St. Paul Phonograph, January 17, 1902, page 5, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Demise of a Veteran and Pioneer -
Surrounded by the loving ministrations of his wife and children, Benjamin F. Adams, departed this life at his home in this city about 6 o'clock on the morning of Friday, January 10.
During the first part of September Mr. Adams suffered a severe stroke of heart failure, and from that time until his death his condition was for the most part hopeless. A complication of organic diseases, probably originating from the privations of his service in the civil war, set in and accelerated a general break-down of the system.
About a month ago he grew rapidly worse. His daughter, Mrs. J. E. Scott of Denver, Colo, and his sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas, arrived at that time and together with Mrs. Adams and son, Frank, watched at the bedside of the suffering one during the entire last illness.
Mr. Adams had the double distinction of being a veteran of the civil war and also one of the early pioneers of Howard county. He served for the preservation of the Union through the whole four year period of the war, and came to this county in the early part of 1871 to help bring the wilderness within the domain of civilization.
Benjamin Franklin Adams was born February 10, 1845 at Dresden, Ohio, so he was exactly 56 years, 11 months old at the time of his death. October 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 62nd Ohio Vol Inf. On his honorable discharge from that service December 21, 1863, he immediately reenlisted as a veteran in the same company, and was honorably discharged August 23, 1865, having rounded out a long creditable war record.
In 1868 Mr. Adams was married at Dresden to Miss Eleanor E. Johnston. six children were born to them - one son and five daughters. Four of the daughters died at an early age, and rest in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, leaving as the survivors, besides Mrs. Adams, the son, Frank J., and one daughter, Florence C., the wife of J. E. Scott of Denver. Deceased is also survived by one sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas.
Together with his brother-in-law, Mr. Copland, Mr. Adams came to Howard county April 6, 1871, about a week after the first detachment of the "Ohio colony." He homesteaded the southeast quarter of section 28-15-10, a mile north of the present city of St. Paul. Mr. Adams resided for some years upon the homestead, until his trade as a carpenter brought him to St. Paul, and has since resided here. He was a charter member of Canby Post No. 8, G.A.R., and was at one time the post commander. He was also a member of the A.O.U.W.
Mr. Adams was universally esteemed and liked for his manly and citizen qualities, and the community sincerely mourns and extends its sympathy to the bereaved family at the departure of this unassuming but worthy figure in the history of our county.
The remains were interred in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, Sunday, January 12. Services were conducted by Rev. J. J. Smith of the United Brethren church at 2 o'clock at the house, and the funeral held under the auspices of Canby Post and the St. Paul Workman lodge. The funeral procession was one of the longest seen in this city.
Demise of a Veteran and Pioneer -
Surrounded by the loving ministrations of his wife and children, Benjamin F. Adams, departed this life at his home in this city about 6 o'clock on the morning of Friday, January 10.
During the first part of September Mr. Adams suffered a severe stroke of heart failure, and from that time until his death his condition was for the most part hopeless. A complication of organic diseases, probably originating from the privations of his service in the civil war, set in and accelerated a general break-down of the system.
About a month ago he grew rapidly worse. His daughter, Mrs. J. E. Scott of Denver, Colo, and his sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas, arrived at that time and together with Mrs. Adams and son, Frank, watched at the bedside of the suffering one during the entire last illness.
Mr. Adams had the double distinction of being a veteran of the civil war and also one of the early pioneers of Howard county. He served for the preservation of the Union through the whole four year period of the war, and came to this county in the early part of 1871 to help bring the wilderness within the domain of civilization.
Benjamin Franklin Adams was born February 10, 1845 at Dresden, Ohio, so he was exactly 56 years, 11 months old at the time of his death. October 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 62nd Ohio Vol Inf. On his honorable discharge from that service December 21, 1863, he immediately reenlisted as a veteran in the same company, and was honorably discharged August 23, 1865, having rounded out a long creditable war record.
In 1868 Mr. Adams was married at Dresden to Miss Eleanor E. Johnston. six children were born to them - one son and five daughters. Four of the daughters died at an early age, and rest in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, leaving as the survivors, besides Mrs. Adams, the son, Frank J., and one daughter, Florence C., the wife of J. E. Scott of Denver. Deceased is also survived by one sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas.
Together with his brother-in-law, Mr. Copland, Mr. Adams came to Howard county April 6, 1871, about a week after the first detachment of the "Ohio colony." He homesteaded the southeast quarter of section 28-15-10, a mile north of the present city of St. Paul. Mr. Adams resided for some years upon the homestead, until his trade as a carpenter brought him to St. Paul, and has since resided here. He was a charter member of Canby Post No. 8, G.A.R., and was at one time the post commander. He was also a member of the A.O.U.W.
Mr. Adams was universally esteemed and liked for his manly and citizen qualities, and the community sincerely mourns and extends its sympathy to the bereaved family at the departure of this unassuming but worthy figure in the history of our county.
The remains were interred in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, Sunday, January 12. Services were conducted by Rev. J. J. Smith of the United Brethren church at 2 o'clock at the house, and the funeral held under the auspices of Canby Post and the St. Paul Workman lodge. The funeral procession was one of the longest seen in this city.
St. Paul Phonograph, January 17, 1902, page 5, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Demise of a Veteran and Pioneer -
Surrounded by the loving ministrations of his wife and children, Benjamin F. Adams, departed this life at his home in this city about 6 o'clock on the morning of Friday, January 10.
During the first part of September Mr. Adams suffered a severe stroke of heart failure, and from that time until his death his condition was for the most part hopeless. A complication of organic diseases, probably originating from the privations of his service in the civil war, set in and accelerated a general break-down of the system.
About a month ago he grew rapidly worse. His daughter, Mrs. J. E. Scott of Denver, Colo, and his sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas, arrived at that time and together with Mrs. Adams and son, Frank, watched at the bedside of the suffering one during the entire last illness.
Mr. Adams had the double distinction of being a veteran of the civil war and also one of the early pioneers of Howard county. He served for the preservation of the Union through the whole four year period of the war, and came to this county in the early part of 1871 to help bring the wilderness within the domain of civilization.
Benjamin Franklin Adams was born February 10, 1845 at Dresden, Ohio, so he was exactly 56 years, 11 months old at the time of his death. October 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 62nd Ohio Vol Inf. On his honorable discharge from that service December 21, 1863, he immediately reenlisted as a veteran in the same company, and was honorably discharged August 23, 1865, having rounded out a long creditable war record.
In 1868 Mr. Adams was married at Dresden to Miss Eleanor E. Johnston. six children were born to them - one son and five daughters. Four of the daughters died at an early age, and rest in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, leaving as the survivors, besides Mrs. Adams, the son, Frank J., and one daughter, Florence C., the wife of J. E. Scott of Denver. Deceased is also survived by one sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas.
Together with his brother-in-law, Mr. Copland, Mr. Adams came to Howard county April 6, 1871, about a week after the first detachment of the "Ohio colony." He homesteaded the southeast quarter of section 28-15-10, a mile north of the present city of St. Paul. Mr. Adams resided for some years upon the homestead, until his trade as a carpenter brought him to St. Paul, and has since resided here. He was a charter member of Canby Post No. 8, G.A.R., and was at one time the post commander. He was also a member of the A.O.U.W.
Mr. Adams was universally esteemed and liked for his manly and citizen qualities, and the community sincerely mourns and extends its sympathy to the bereaved family at the departure of this unassuming but worthy figure in the history of our county.
The remains were interred in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, Sunday, January 12. Services were conducted by Rev. J. J. Smith of the United Brethren church at 2 o'clock at the house, and the funeral held under the auspices of Canby Post and the St. Paul Workman lodge. The funeral procession was one of the longest seen in this city.
Demise of a Veteran and Pioneer -
Surrounded by the loving ministrations of his wife and children, Benjamin F. Adams, departed this life at his home in this city about 6 o'clock on the morning of Friday, January 10.
During the first part of September Mr. Adams suffered a severe stroke of heart failure, and from that time until his death his condition was for the most part hopeless. A complication of organic diseases, probably originating from the privations of his service in the civil war, set in and accelerated a general break-down of the system.
About a month ago he grew rapidly worse. His daughter, Mrs. J. E. Scott of Denver, Colo, and his sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas, arrived at that time and together with Mrs. Adams and son, Frank, watched at the bedside of the suffering one during the entire last illness.
Mr. Adams had the double distinction of being a veteran of the civil war and also one of the early pioneers of Howard county. He served for the preservation of the Union through the whole four year period of the war, and came to this county in the early part of 1871 to help bring the wilderness within the domain of civilization.
Benjamin Franklin Adams was born February 10, 1845 at Dresden, Ohio, so he was exactly 56 years, 11 months old at the time of his death. October 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 62nd Ohio Vol Inf. On his honorable discharge from that service December 21, 1863, he immediately reenlisted as a veteran in the same company, and was honorably discharged August 23, 1865, having rounded out a long creditable war record.
In 1868 Mr. Adams was married at Dresden to Miss Eleanor E. Johnston. six children were born to them - one son and five daughters. Four of the daughters died at an early age, and rest in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, leaving as the survivors, besides Mrs. Adams, the son, Frank J., and one daughter, Florence C., the wife of J. E. Scott of Denver. Deceased is also survived by one sister, Mrs. H. M. Copland of Logan, Kansas.
Together with his brother-in-law, Mr. Copland, Mr. Adams came to Howard county April 6, 1871, about a week after the first detachment of the "Ohio colony." He homesteaded the southeast quarter of section 28-15-10, a mile north of the present city of St. Paul. Mr. Adams resided for some years upon the homestead, until his trade as a carpenter brought him to St. Paul, and has since resided here. He was a charter member of Canby Post No. 8, G.A.R., and was at one time the post commander. He was also a member of the A.O.U.W.
Mr. Adams was universally esteemed and liked for his manly and citizen qualities, and the community sincerely mourns and extends its sympathy to the bereaved family at the departure of this unassuming but worthy figure in the history of our county.
The remains were interred in the family lot in the St. Paul cemetery, Sunday, January 12. Services were conducted by Rev. J. J. Smith of the United Brethren church at 2 o'clock at the house, and the funeral held under the auspices of Canby Post and the St. Paul Workman lodge. The funeral procession was one of the longest seen in this city.
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