Samuel Clinton Adsit, 76, a retired farmer, passed away at St Elizabeth hospital at 8:30 pm. Sunday following an operation. He formerly resided near Rockfield.
He brought his family to Carroll county in 1913, and came to Delphi to reside with relatives following the death of his wife last August.
Born in Iroquois county, Illinois on March 8, 1875, he was a son of Silas and Prudence Walltrope Adsit.
He leaves five daughters and a son, Mrs. Ira Leslie, Lockport, Mrs. Pearl McKay, Delphi; Mrs. Gertrude Shutz, Buck Creek; Mrs. Dora Gano Clarks Hill; Mrs. Dorothy Haskins Idaville and Leon Adsit, Burrows. Mrs. Louise Grant of West Delphi is a foster daughter.
He also leaves 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Burial was in the IOOF cemetery.
Delphi Journal December 20, 1951
In about 1910 the Adsit family left their home in Milford, Illinois moving west in a covered wagon for Olustee, Oklahoma. After a few years of western frontier living, the family decided to return back east. Without immediate family left in Milford, the family moved to Delphi, Indiana where Clint Adsit's sister Sarah Gordon had been living. The Adsit family arrived in Delphi in 1913 as the town was recovering from the Great Flood. In the Great Flood Aunt Sarah had to be rescued from the second story window of her Delphi home by boat.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Grandson of Silas Adsit who died on March 13, 1817 in Montgomery County, New York.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Great Grandson of Samuel Adsit who was a Revolutionary War soldier, and of Samuel's wife Abigial Kenyon Adsit who was a granddaughter of John Kenyon of Westerly, Rhode Island.
He brought his family to Carroll county in 1913, and came to Delphi to reside with relatives following the death of his wife last August.
Born in Iroquois county, Illinois on March 8, 1875, he was a son of Silas and Prudence Walltrope Adsit.
He leaves five daughters and a son, Mrs. Ira Leslie, Lockport, Mrs. Pearl McKay, Delphi; Mrs. Gertrude Shutz, Buck Creek; Mrs. Dora Gano Clarks Hill; Mrs. Dorothy Haskins Idaville and Leon Adsit, Burrows. Mrs. Louise Grant of West Delphi is a foster daughter.
He also leaves 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Burial was in the IOOF cemetery.
Delphi Journal December 20, 1951
In about 1910 the Adsit family left their home in Milford, Illinois moving west in a covered wagon for Olustee, Oklahoma. After a few years of western frontier living, the family decided to return back east. Without immediate family left in Milford, the family moved to Delphi, Indiana where Clint Adsit's sister Sarah Gordon had been living. The Adsit family arrived in Delphi in 1913 as the town was recovering from the Great Flood. In the Great Flood Aunt Sarah had to be rescued from the second story window of her Delphi home by boat.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Grandson of Silas Adsit who died on March 13, 1817 in Montgomery County, New York.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Great Grandson of Samuel Adsit who was a Revolutionary War soldier, and of Samuel's wife Abigial Kenyon Adsit who was a granddaughter of John Kenyon of Westerly, Rhode Island.
Samuel Clinton Adsit, 76, a retired farmer, passed away at St Elizabeth hospital at 8:30 pm. Sunday following an operation. He formerly resided near Rockfield.
He brought his family to Carroll county in 1913, and came to Delphi to reside with relatives following the death of his wife last August.
Born in Iroquois county, Illinois on March 8, 1875, he was a son of Silas and Prudence Walltrope Adsit.
He leaves five daughters and a son, Mrs. Ira Leslie, Lockport, Mrs. Pearl McKay, Delphi; Mrs. Gertrude Shutz, Buck Creek; Mrs. Dora Gano Clarks Hill; Mrs. Dorothy Haskins Idaville and Leon Adsit, Burrows. Mrs. Louise Grant of West Delphi is a foster daughter.
He also leaves 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Burial was in the IOOF cemetery.
Delphi Journal December 20, 1951
In about 1910 the Adsit family left their home in Milford, Illinois moving west in a covered wagon for Olustee, Oklahoma. After a few years of western frontier living, the family decided to return back east. Without immediate family left in Milford, the family moved to Delphi, Indiana where Clint Adsit's sister Sarah Gordon had been living. The Adsit family arrived in Delphi in 1913 as the town was recovering from the Great Flood. In the Great Flood Aunt Sarah had to be rescued from the second story window of her Delphi home by boat.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Grandson of Silas Adsit who died on March 13, 1817 in Montgomery County, New York.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Great Grandson of Samuel Adsit who was a Revolutionary War soldier, and of Samuel's wife Abigial Kenyon Adsit who was a granddaughter of John Kenyon of Westerly, Rhode Island.
He brought his family to Carroll county in 1913, and came to Delphi to reside with relatives following the death of his wife last August.
Born in Iroquois county, Illinois on March 8, 1875, he was a son of Silas and Prudence Walltrope Adsit.
He leaves five daughters and a son, Mrs. Ira Leslie, Lockport, Mrs. Pearl McKay, Delphi; Mrs. Gertrude Shutz, Buck Creek; Mrs. Dora Gano Clarks Hill; Mrs. Dorothy Haskins Idaville and Leon Adsit, Burrows. Mrs. Louise Grant of West Delphi is a foster daughter.
He also leaves 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Burial was in the IOOF cemetery.
Delphi Journal December 20, 1951
In about 1910 the Adsit family left their home in Milford, Illinois moving west in a covered wagon for Olustee, Oklahoma. After a few years of western frontier living, the family decided to return back east. Without immediate family left in Milford, the family moved to Delphi, Indiana where Clint Adsit's sister Sarah Gordon had been living. The Adsit family arrived in Delphi in 1913 as the town was recovering from the Great Flood. In the Great Flood Aunt Sarah had to be rescued from the second story window of her Delphi home by boat.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Grandson of Silas Adsit who died on March 13, 1817 in Montgomery County, New York.
Samuel Clinton Adsit was the Great Great Grandson of Samuel Adsit who was a Revolutionary War soldier, and of Samuel's wife Abigial Kenyon Adsit who was a granddaughter of John Kenyon of Westerly, Rhode Island.
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