ADAH MAY (RICH) SWEARENGIN, was born at 4:00 a.m., on Saturday morning, June 10, 1905, in Quick City, Missouri, to Joseph and Martha Louisa (Wyatt) Rich. She was the fourth of their six children, ... Benjamin Harrison Rich, Joseph Delbert Rich, John Ela Rich, being born before her and Mary Francis Rich, and William Daniel Rich following.
The family lived on a farm of rich bottom land, up beyond the Osage River, near Quick City, MO, but soon moved to a more upland farm near Holden, MO where they farmed until the last child was out of high school and the family soon moved down to Springfield.
Adah obtained her teacher's certificate in college in Springfield and taught in one room country schools of the area for a number of years. She was a disciplinarian of the 'old school sort' but was dearly loved by all her pupils for her kindness and concern for their well being.
On August 18, 1950, at the age of 45 yrs., Adah married Lester Swearengin, a recently widowed farmer of nearby Sparta, MO area, and assumed the role of wife and mother for Lester and his six children, .. Paul, Buena May, Vern, Janice, Danny Joe, and Bona (Bonnie) Beth. Adah enjoyed this family role until Lester passed away on Aug. 8, 1986.
Adan lived a long and fulfilling life, taking her part in the life of her birth family until her marriage and then assuming the role of full wife and mother until her death in 1996.
The family lived on a farm of rich bottom land, up beyond the Osage River, near Quick City, MO, but soon moved to a more upland farm near Holden, MO where they farmed until the last child was out of high school and the family soon moved down to Springfield.
Adah obtained her teacher's certificate in college in Springfield and taught in one room country schools of the area for a number of years. She was a disciplinarian of the 'old school sort' but was dearly loved by all her pupils for her kindness and concern for their well being.
On August 18, 1950, at the age of 45 yrs., Adah married Lester Swearengin, a recently widowed farmer of nearby Sparta, MO area, and assumed the role of wife and mother for Lester and his six children, .. Paul, Buena May, Vern, Janice, Danny Joe, and Bona (Bonnie) Beth. Adah enjoyed this family role until Lester passed away on Aug. 8, 1986.
Adan lived a long and fulfilling life, taking her part in the life of her birth family until her marriage and then assuming the role of full wife and mother until her death in 1996.
ADAH MAY (RICH) SWEARENGIN, was born at 4:00 a.m., on Saturday morning, June 10, 1905, in Quick City, Missouri, to Joseph and Martha Louisa (Wyatt) Rich. She was the fourth of their six children, ... Benjamin Harrison Rich, Joseph Delbert Rich, John Ela Rich, being born before her and Mary Francis Rich, and William Daniel Rich following.
The family lived on a farm of rich bottom land, up beyond the Osage River, near Quick City, MO, but soon moved to a more upland farm near Holden, MO where they farmed until the last child was out of high school and the family soon moved down to Springfield.
Adah obtained her teacher's certificate in college in Springfield and taught in one room country schools of the area for a number of years. She was a disciplinarian of the 'old school sort' but was dearly loved by all her pupils for her kindness and concern for their well being.
On August 18, 1950, at the age of 45 yrs., Adah married Lester Swearengin, a recently widowed farmer of nearby Sparta, MO area, and assumed the role of wife and mother for Lester and his six children, .. Paul, Buena May, Vern, Janice, Danny Joe, and Bona (Bonnie) Beth. Adah enjoyed this family role until Lester passed away on Aug. 8, 1986.
Adan lived a long and fulfilling life, taking her part in the life of her birth family until her marriage and then assuming the role of full wife and mother until her death in 1996.
The family lived on a farm of rich bottom land, up beyond the Osage River, near Quick City, MO, but soon moved to a more upland farm near Holden, MO where they farmed until the last child was out of high school and the family soon moved down to Springfield.
Adah obtained her teacher's certificate in college in Springfield and taught in one room country schools of the area for a number of years. She was a disciplinarian of the 'old school sort' but was dearly loved by all her pupils for her kindness and concern for their well being.
On August 18, 1950, at the age of 45 yrs., Adah married Lester Swearengin, a recently widowed farmer of nearby Sparta, MO area, and assumed the role of wife and mother for Lester and his six children, .. Paul, Buena May, Vern, Janice, Danny Joe, and Bona (Bonnie) Beth. Adah enjoyed this family role until Lester passed away on Aug. 8, 1986.
Adan lived a long and fulfilling life, taking her part in the life of her birth family until her marriage and then assuming the role of full wife and mother until her death in 1996.
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