Alden Howard Adams was born: April 28, 1886 to John Henry Adams and his wife Fidelia Dutton Adams in Appanoose, Iowa. His date of death is Feb. 5, 1958.
The following was added by Ellen Krull Miller:
He was only 12 years old when his father died, he spent a lot of time at his Uncle Albert Adams.
On Feb 14, 1906 he married Nellie Dorcus Ferren in Seymour, Iowa.
In 1907 they moved to South Dakota, he homesteaded in Fall River County, SD. They lived in Jerauld County, moving to the 'Pocket' in Hughes County, SD in 1924, the land was purchased in the late 1940's by the Corp of Engineers and is now flooded by Lake Sharp. He bought the Hughes county poor farm located east of Blunt and moved the large house into Blunt and with it as their home and the office of the Village Motel that he built owned and operated.
Alden and Nellie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows at the Methodist Church in Blunt.
He passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, SD on Feb 5, 1958.
Alden Howard Adams was born: April 28, 1886 to John Henry Adams and his wife Fidelia Dutton Adams in Appanoose, Iowa. His date of death is Feb. 5, 1958.
The following was added by Ellen Krull Miller:
He was only 12 years old when his father died, he spent a lot of time at his Uncle Albert Adams.
On Feb 14, 1906 he married Nellie Dorcus Ferren in Seymour, Iowa.
In 1907 they moved to South Dakota, he homesteaded in Fall River County, SD. They lived in Jerauld County, moving to the 'Pocket' in Hughes County, SD in 1924, the land was purchased in the late 1940's by the Corp of Engineers and is now flooded by Lake Sharp. He bought the Hughes county poor farm located east of Blunt and moved the large house into Blunt and with it as their home and the office of the Village Motel that he built owned and operated.
Alden and Nellie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows at the Methodist Church in Blunt.
He passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, SD on Feb 5, 1958.
Family Members
-
![]()
John Kenneth "Ken" Adams
1906–1998
-
![]()
Artie Merwyn "Merwyn" Adams
1908–1986
-
![]()
Lois Yura Adams Krull
1909–1987
-
![]()
Veryl Adams Mason
1911–1994
-
![]()
Chancey Ellsworth "Bill" Adams
1913–1974
-
![]()
Lucille Mildred Adams Krull
1915–1942
-
![]()
Melba Naomi Adams Roman
1917–1958
-
![]()
Nelma Marie Adams Wright
1917–1994
-
![]()
Alden Howard "Buster" Adams Jr
1919–1929
-
![]()
Clarice Elizabeth Adams Long
1922–2015
-
![]()
Eileene Rose Adams
1924–1927
-
![]()
Neil (Bud) Warrick Adams
1927–2002
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
