Jamas W. Adams was born in Harrison county, Indiana September 14,1840. When the civil war broke out he was attending DePauw University and on the 15th day of August 1862 he enlisted in Company H of the 66th Regiment of Indiana Infantry and served his country at the front until June 6th, 1865 when he was honorably discharged as a corporal. He married Elizabeth Ellis Coble June 20th, 1869. To this union seven children were born.
After his service in the civil war he spent twenty years in public school teaching, being associated for a number of years with one who was at that time the oldest school teacher in the United States. He was made a Mason At Hardinsburg, Indiana over 35 years ago and was a member of the Dexter lodge. He was elder and treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church of Newton Kansas.
Known children:
Cora Blanche (Mooris) Adams 1870-1943
Oliver Morton Adams 1872-1873
Maithena May (Glass) Adams 1875
Mina Lois (Silliman) Adams 1878-1964
Edith Alma (Roby) Adams 1880-1962
Anna Ellis Adams 1885-1912
James Blaine Adams 1889-1963
∼Aged 70 years
Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, Dec. 21, 1910
Died at Dexter
J.W. Adams, father of Miss M. May Adams, county superintendent elect, died at his home at Dexter Sunday morning of heart trouble. He was about seventy years old.
After his service in the civil war he spent twenty years in public school teaching, being associated for a number of years with one who was at that time the oldest school teacher in the United States. He was made a Mason At Hardinsburg, Indiana over 35 years ago and was a member of the Dexter lodge. He was elder and treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church of Newton Kansas.
Known children:
Cora Blanche (Mooris) Adams 1870-1943
Oliver Morton Adams 1872-1873
Maithena May (Glass) Adams 1875
Mina Lois (Silliman) Adams 1878-1964
Edith Alma (Roby) Adams 1880-1962
Anna Ellis Adams 1885-1912
James Blaine Adams 1889-1963
∼Aged 70 years
Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, Dec. 21, 1910
Died at Dexter
J.W. Adams, father of Miss M. May Adams, county superintendent elect, died at his home at Dexter Sunday morning of heart trouble. He was about seventy years old.
Jamas W. Adams was born in Harrison county, Indiana September 14,1840. When the civil war broke out he was attending DePauw University and on the 15th day of August 1862 he enlisted in Company H of the 66th Regiment of Indiana Infantry and served his country at the front until June 6th, 1865 when he was honorably discharged as a corporal. He married Elizabeth Ellis Coble June 20th, 1869. To this union seven children were born.
After his service in the civil war he spent twenty years in public school teaching, being associated for a number of years with one who was at that time the oldest school teacher in the United States. He was made a Mason At Hardinsburg, Indiana over 35 years ago and was a member of the Dexter lodge. He was elder and treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church of Newton Kansas.
Known children:
Cora Blanche (Mooris) Adams 1870-1943
Oliver Morton Adams 1872-1873
Maithena May (Glass) Adams 1875
Mina Lois (Silliman) Adams 1878-1964
Edith Alma (Roby) Adams 1880-1962
Anna Ellis Adams 1885-1912
James Blaine Adams 1889-1963
∼Aged 70 years
Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, Dec. 21, 1910
Died at Dexter
J.W. Adams, father of Miss M. May Adams, county superintendent elect, died at his home at Dexter Sunday morning of heart trouble. He was about seventy years old.
After his service in the civil war he spent twenty years in public school teaching, being associated for a number of years with one who was at that time the oldest school teacher in the United States. He was made a Mason At Hardinsburg, Indiana over 35 years ago and was a member of the Dexter lodge. He was elder and treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church of Newton Kansas.
Known children:
Cora Blanche (Mooris) Adams 1870-1943
Oliver Morton Adams 1872-1873
Maithena May (Glass) Adams 1875
Mina Lois (Silliman) Adams 1878-1964
Edith Alma (Roby) Adams 1880-1962
Anna Ellis Adams 1885-1912
James Blaine Adams 1889-1963
∼Aged 70 years
Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, Dec. 21, 1910
Died at Dexter
J.W. Adams, father of Miss M. May Adams, county superintendent elect, died at his home at Dexter Sunday morning of heart trouble. He was about seventy years old.
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