Some Descendants of James Adams and Sarah Dunn

1. James Adams ¹ ^,2 ^,3 ^,4 ^,5 ^,6 ^,7 ^,8 ^,9 ^,10 ^,11 ^,12 ^,13 was born on 2 Jun 1760 in Hardwick, Sussex County, New Jersey,¹⁴ died on 13 Jan 1838 in Arcadia, Wayne County, New York, at age 77, and was buried in Rhea Cuddeback Or West Cemetery, Phelps, New York.

General Notes: In 1775, James Adams was a bound apprentice to Francis Price. He served in the New Jersey Militia from Newton from 1775 to 1780. He married Ann Dunn, who died, and he then married her sister, Sarah. A James Adams was listed in the township of New Town in 1793. He lived in Walpack Township Township on fifty-seven acres of land near the farms of the Van Neste and Rosencrans families.

Newton, New Jersey is centrally located in the Kittatinny valley, a broad limestone basin where slate ridges partition the waters of the Paulinskill, Pequest Creek and Wallkill. This old county town rests on the decline of the Great Slate Mountain, overlooking the Big Spring and Paulinskill meadows. A chain of Highlands, extending between the Delaware and Hudson Rivers, forms a barrier to tidewater markets along the valley's southeastern rim. The steep escarpment of Blue Mountains, broken only at Culver's Gap, paint the northwest horizon. The old Easton Road (Route #94) pursues the slope of the ridges along the valley's main axis. It traverses the town along High and Water Streets. The New York Road (Route #206) rises from tidewater at Elizabeth and climbs through narrow gaps in the hills, passing Culver's Gap en route to Milford, Pennsylvania, and ultimately, to the Great Lakes.

In June of 1808, James and Sarah negotiated a mortage of their Walpack Township property with Robert Bell to be paid in full by 1810. The farm was bound by the farms of the Van Neste and Rosencrans families. Subsequently, they sold the farm in Walpack to Issac Losey in 1812 and traveled to Ontario County, New York. In New York James Adams lived in a part of Ontario County that became Wayne County, not far from present day Fairville, and it was whiel living here that he filed for a pension for his service in the Revolution for the State of New Jersey. They lived not far from Sarah's brother, Samuel, who had migrated to Ontario County about 1801 and settled in what is now thw Town of Phelps.

James appeared on the 1820 Census of Ontario County in the Township of Lyons (which became Arcadia). He was over 45 years of age as was his wife. There was also a female child in the household who was under 9 years. He appeared on the 1830 Census of Wayne County in the Township of Lyons. He was listed as being between 70 and 79 years old. His wife was listed as being between 60 and 69 years old.

Following is an abstract of the pension deposition filed in 1832. .................

Revolutionary War Pension File No. S.11943 - James Adams, New Jersey State of New York County of Wayne

On this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Wayne now sitting, James Adams a resident of the town of Arcadia in the County of Wayne and State of New York aged seventy two years and upwards who being first duly sworne according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

In the month of September in the year 1775 at New Town, Sussex County, and State of New Jersey, I enlisted as substitute for William Osborn who had agreed to go as a substitute or a person not now recollected by me, for one month, to serve in the militia and did serve as such for one month under Capt. Healey of Sussex County. Peter Hopkins of New Town aforesaid was Lieutenant in Col. Hankerson's Regiment. The Col. lives in Hardwick same county. I marched through Morristown and Woodbridge to Amboy and served there until the expiration of the month and was dismissed there. My service commenced in the month of September in the year 1775 aforesaid.

After expiration of the above term, I entered and served for one month immediately after the above month's service as a substitute for the above named William Osborn who was drafted or whose term it was to serve in the militia for one month. This month's service commended in October 1775. I served under Capt. Francis Price of New Town aforesaid. Thomas Austin of New Town was Lieutenant in Col. Hawkenson's Regiment. I was a bound apprentice at the time to said Capt. Price and I did not return to Newtown until the end of the two months service. The enemy was on Staten Island and we were engaged in watching them and guarding the lines.

In the beginning of the year 1776 I was at Elizabethtown one month under Lieutenant Benoni Astin of New Town. I volunteered and served in the militia for said month .. do not recollect the Colonel's name. We were guarding the frontier. That service was in the Militia of New Jersey. I cannot state the precise time of service, but there was snow on the ground when he was dismissed. In the fore part of the summer of the same year 1776 I was drafted at New Town, Sussex County, in the state of New Jersey from the militia to serve for one month and did serve the time under Capt. Cortright (or Kartright) of Minisink same county and state. Lieutenant's name was Stegg. Do not recall his given name or where he was from. I was stationed at a place called Paramus in New Jersey. Were encamped in the vicinity of the English neighborhood. Was engaged in guarding and protecting the frontier and inhabitants. Col's name was Frelinghouse and he was also at Paramus.

In or about the month of September in the same year 1776, I was drafted at New Town county aforesaid for the militia to serve for the term of one month and did serve the same under Capt. Henry Kuntryman of New Town aforesaid. I do not recollect the names of the other officers of the company. Ephriam Martin of Hardwick Town commander of the Regiment. The company was stationed at Springfield first and then had a battle with the British plundering party. A major had his horse shot from under him. His name was Mott or Spencer. I am not certain which. They then marched to New Brunswick. This was the same time that General Washington retreated from New York through the State of New Jersey. We were driven from New Brunswick and went to Morristown and at the expiration of the term I was discharged at Passack River or near there. The next morning after the engagement at Springfield we were reinforced by 300 of the Continental Troops from Morristown and we then pursued the enemy, but did not overtake them.

In the month of February (I think) in the year 1777, I volunteered for one month in the militia of New Jersey at New Town, Sussex County aforesaid and served the same under Capt. Francis Price of same town. I believe Zachariah Price, a brother of the Captain was Lieutenant and was in Col. Ephriam Martin's, Hardwick, Sussex County, aforesaid Regiment. We marched first to a place called Dubbletown and thence to Westfield where we had an engagement with the enemy who were plundering the inhabitants and took about forty of the enemy. At the end of the month's service I was discharged at Westfield.

In the fall of the year 1777 about the month of October, I was drafted from the militia at Newtown aforesaid to serve for the time of one month and served under Capt. Longsbreed who I believe lived in said New Town. Do not remember the Lieutenant's name. Isaac Martin, a brother of Col. Ephriam Martin, acted as Col. but do not think he had a commission. We marched from New Town to Westfield and was stationed there the whole time. Were engaged in guarding the inhabitants and preventing the English from plundering. Was discharged at Westfield.

In the latter part of June or forepart of July in the year 1780 there was an alarm that the Indians were doing mischief on the Delaware River. The whole of the company which I belonged to in New Town aforesaid then commanded by Capt. Jacob Stull of said town.

To the seventh interrogatory, he answers and states the names of the following persons whom he has known in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution to wit; George Van Ostrand, Daniel Marquant, Isaac Newton Clark, Jasper Woodbeck and Joseph Crandall.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, also declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.

James Adams (Signature)

We Samuel Dunn, residing in the town of Arcadia in the County of Wayne and State of New York and Josiah St. John residing in the town of Arcadia in the County aforesaid do hereby certify that we are wll acquainted with James Adams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and that we concur in these opionions.

Subscribed and sworn this day in the year aforesaid in open court. John S. Cuyler, Clerk

Samuel Dunn (Signature) Josiah St. John (Signature)

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter. .............. ¹⁵

James married Ann Dunn , daughter of William Dunn and Esther , in Mar 1782 in Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. Ann was born about 1760 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut and died before 1787, before age 27.

James next married Sarah Anne Dunn , daughter of William Dunn and Esther , on 3 Jan 1787 in Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.¹⁶ Sarah was born in 1766 in possibly Sussex County, New Jersey, died on 7 Mar 1838 in Arcadia, Wayne County, New York, at age 72, and was buried in Rhea Cuddeback Or West Cemetery, Phelps, New York.

+ 2 F i. Mary Adams ¹⁷ ^,18 was born on 8 Dec 1788 in probaby Sussex County, New Jersey, died on 4 Sep 1869 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 80, and was buried in Ennis Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

3 F ii. Sally? Adams was born about 1789 in Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

Second Generation

2. Mary Adams ¹⁷ ^,18 was born on 8 Dec 1788 in probaby Sussex County, New Jersey, died on 4 Sep 1869 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 80, and was buried in Ennis Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

Mary married Levi Ennis , son of Cornelius Ennis and Eleanor Decker , on 7 Jul 1804 in possibly Sussex County, New Jersey. Levi was born on 23 Mar 1782 in probably Sussex County, New Jersey, died on 13 Jan 1858 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 75, and was buried in Ennis Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

+ 5 M i. James Ennis was born in 1804 in possibly Sussex County, New Jersey.

+ 7 M iii. Issac Ennis was born on 24 Mar 1805 in possibly Sussex County, New Jersey and died on 21 Sep 1896 in Asylum Twp., Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 91.

+ 8 F iv. Sarah Anne Ennis was born on 10 Feb 1813 in Walpack Twp., Sussex County, New Jersey and died on 7 Mar 1893 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, at age 80.

+ 9 M v. Alexander Ennis was born on 24 Nov 1816, died on 10 May 1879 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 62, and was buried in Ennis Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

+ 10 M vi. Benjamin Westfall Ennis was born on 27 Mar 1827 in Standing Stone Twp., Bradford County, PA, died on 29 Jul 1901 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 74, and was buried in Ennis Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

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General Notes: James probably came to Ontario County, New York with his parents and members of his mother's family. He was listed as James, Jr. in Wayne County, New York on the 1820 Federal Census and lived near his father in the Township of Lyons which was formed from Sodus, March 1, 1811. He owned property in Lot 41 and his father owned property in Lot 75 all north of Mud Creek in a part of Lyons that became Arcadia in 1825. It lies on the western border of the county, a little east of the center. Its surface is a moderately rolling region, broken by sand ridges. The Canandaigua Outlet from the south, and Mud Creek from the west, join in the southern part and form the Clyde River. The soil is a sandy and gravelly loam, with marl upon the creek bottom lands. Lyons Village is on the Erie Canal, at the junction of Canandaigua Outlet and Mud Creek, and was incorporated April 18, 1854.

Wayne County had previously been a part of Ontario County which had covered the section of New York which is Northwest of the Finger Lakes Region. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and had drawn many men to the site of its construction. The Adams family of that area lived north of what is now the Village of Lyons on the Canal. The Canal is readily visable as one drives east and west on the highway. It has been well preserved and extends between several towns in that vacinity.

The Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and resulted in a great influx of settlers to Michigan Territory. James Adams, Jr. removed to Michigan Territory probably with members of his mother's family who also settled there. Sarah Dunn Adams' brother, Samuel, transferred his military pension from Wayne County, New York to his Michigan address in 1836 where he lived near his children.

Also in 1825, an Act of Congress had provided for a military road westward from Detroit known as the Territorial Road. The new road connected Detroit to Fort Dearborn, a settlement on the southern edge of Lake Michigan which developed into the city of Chicago. This Chicago Road, was almost an extension of the Erie Canal. The road cut through Section 34, in Canton Township, and at first was nothing more than a path cut through the trees and brush of the deep wooded forest which covered the lands of southern Michigan at that time. Tree stumps, crude bridges, and sticky mud rolling up from the road bed would clog the wagon wheels of many a traveler. By 1837 the stage coach was running from Detroit as far west as Chicago.

Salmon Adams said his parents arrived in Detroit with their family on the 4th of July 1833. While this has not been proven, we do know that James, Jr. and his wife Polly sold their farm in Wayne County, New York in May of 1834 and received a land patent in Canton Township, Wayne County in 1834 and that is where he settled with his family and lived the rest of his life. He was considered a "Michigan Pioneer" having arrived prior to Statehood. While Wayne County was formed in 1796, Michigan did not become a state until 1837.

Many have related stories concerning the trip from New York to the port of Detroit via the Erie Canal and steamer ship. Canal travel was very popular because it was more comfortable and cheaper than going by stage which was the only other method of public conveyance in that direction. It took about three days and nights to reach Buffalo to board a steamer which made weekly round trips to Detroit. There were few harbors on Lake Erie at that time where a landing could be made from a steamer except by means of a small boat, and then only when wind and weather would permit. Some of the available ports were Dunkirk, Erie and Ashtabula, Ohio. The steamships also stopped at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, now Cleveland, or at the Huron and Black Rivers when weather permitted. Occasionally, passengers were required to go on to Detroit even though that may have not been their destination. The steamers, of course, also went as far as Green Bay, Wisconsin and to the ancient stockade fort known as Fort Dearborn, but known today as Chicago. The name of the steamship on which James Adams and his family travelled is not known. Some of the steamer names were, 'Niagara", "Henry Clay", "Cuyahoga", and "William Penn".

An early family in the Canton area by the name of Sheldon, established an inn or traveler's rest. A road was soon constructed which would branch off the Chicago Road and extend across the territory to the city of St. Joseph, Michigan. The second road was known as the South Territorial Road. At the triangle created by the intersection of the Chicago Road, the Territorial Road, and Sheldon Road a village soon developed which was known as Sheldon's Corners. Sheldon Corners is located both in Canton and Van Buren Townships, as was the property of James Adams. In the early days there were two general stores, two churches and a schoolhouse which was established in 1838. It is assumed that the children of James Adams attended this school. The writer has visited this area and little remains of the thriving commuity of the early 1800's. However, houses still remain standing which were built shortly after the Civil War.

Land Patents granted to James Adams consisted of 120 acres: (1) Patent #11567 for the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 34 in Township two, South of Range Eight, East in the District of Lands subject so sale at Detroit, Michigan, Territory containing forty acres, and (2) Patent #11808 for the West half of the Southeast quarter of Section three in township three, South of Range Eight East, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Detroit, Michigan Territory containing eighty acres. The patents were signed by President Andrew Jackson on October 15, 1835. James also purchased land in Canton and VanBuren Townships. By 1840, he and his wife and ten children resided in Canton. He appeared on the 1840 and 1850 Federal Census for Michigan in Canton Township. Other Adams' in Canton Township at that time were William P. Adams, James B. Adams, Alanson R. Adams. The relationship is not known.

When James Adams died, he left no will, and his son Charles served as the primary executor of the estate in probate, representing his brothers and the heirs of his deceased sister Sarah. The land possessions of James Adams were identified and divided between his heirs and his then wife Sally. The considerable inventory identified some of his personal property as two horses, two colts, one bull, one double wagon, one buggy, one sleigh as well as other articles farming utinsils. Household articles included furniture, crockery a parlor stove and a buffalo robe, all of which was sold at auction. The probate file contains the signatures of Allen, Charles, Salmon and Strickland Adams who were living in Michigan at the time of their father's death. James Adams, Jr. was sixty-four years old.

Research Notes: When it opened in 1825, the Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day. When planning began for what many derided as “Clinton's Folly,” there was not a single school of engineering in the United States. Roads had to be built every step of the way as work progressed to bring in supplies. With the exception of a few places where black powder was used to blast through rock formations, all 363 miles were built by the muscle power of men and horses. But more than a feat of engineering, the Erie Canal proved to be the key that unlocked an enor-mous series of social and economic changes in the young nation. The canal spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Allegheny Mountains were the western frontier. The Northwest Territories that would later become Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio were rich in timber, minerals and fertile land for farming. But to reach them took weeks of bone-jarring travel on rutted turnpike roads that baked rock-hard every summer and dissolved in a sea of mud after each winter. Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York envi-sioned a better way: a canal from Buffalo on the eastern shore of Lake Erie to Albany on the upper Hudson River, a distance of almost 400 miles. “As an organ of communication between the Hudson, the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes of the north and west and their tributary rivers, it will create the greatest inland trade ever wit-nessed,” Clinton wrote in 1816. Trade would be funneled straight down the Hud-son to New York City. “The city will, in the course of time, become the granary of the world, the emporium of commerce, the seat of manufactures, the focus of great moneyed operations,” said the governor. “And before the revolution of a century, the whole island of Manhattan, covered with inhab-itants and replenished with a dense population, will constitute one vast city.” In 1817, Clinton convinced the state legislature to authorize $7 million for construction of a canal 363 miles long, 40 feet wide and four feet deep. Eight years later on October 26, 1825, Governor Clinton set out from Buffalo in the canal boat “Seneca Chief” along with two other boats to open the Erie Canal. As he left, a relay of cannons fired across the state and down the Hudson, carrying the news of his departure to New York in less than two hours. Nine days later, Clinton's little flotilla arrived in New York harbor, greeted by almost 150 vessels and thousands of New Yorkers lining the shore in ranks 10 feet deep. The “Seneca Chief” had carried two barrels of water from Lake Erie that Clinton emptied into the ocean at New York in a ceremony celebrating the “Marriage of the Waters” between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic. The effect of the canal was immediate and dra-matic and settlers poured west. The explosion of trade, prophesied by Governor Clinton, began, spurred by freight rates from Buffalo to New York of $10 per ton by canal, compared with $100 per ton by road. In 1829, approximately 3,640 bushels of wheat were transported down the canal from Buffalo. By 1837, this figure had increased to 500,000 bushels; four years later it reached one million. In nine years, canal tolls more than re-couped the entire cost of construction. Prior to construction of the canal, New York City was the nation's fifth largest seaport, behind Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans. Within 15 years of its opening, New York was the busiest port in America, moving tonnages greater than Boston, Baltimore and New Orleans com-bined. With the exception of Binghamton and Elmira, every major city in New York falls along the trade route established by the Erie Canal, from New York City to Albany, through Schenectady and Utica and Syracuse, to Rochester and Buffalo. Looking at a modern map, one can see the impact on the rest of the state. Approximately 75 percent of the state's population still live within the corridors created by the waterways of the New York State Canal System and the Hudson River valley. The Erie Canal's success was part of a canal-building boom in New York in the 1820s. Between 1823 and 1828, several lateral canals opened in-cluding the Champlain, the Oswego and the Cayuga-Seneca. Between 1835 and the turn of the century, this network of canals was enlarged twice to accommo-date heavier traffic. The canals were again en-larged between 1905 and 1918. This time, in order to accommodate much larger barges, the engineers decided to abandon much of the original man-made channel and use new techniques to “canalize” the rivers that the canal had been constructed to avoid—the Mohawk, Oswego, Seneca, Oneida and Clyde—and Oneida Lake. A uniform channel was dredged; dams were built to create long, navigable pools, and locks were built adjacent to the dams to allow the barges to pass from one pool to the next. When it opened in 1918, the whole system was renamed the New York State Barge Canal. With growing competition from railroads and highways, and the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, commercial traffic on the Canal System declined dramatically in the latter part of the 20th century. Today, the waterway network has been renamed again, and as the “New York State Canal System” it is enjoying a rebirth as a recreational, historic and economic development resource. Tens of thou-sands of pleasure craft ply the canals’ waters each year, and thousands of visitors and local residents alike take advantage of the miles of bike and hiking paths, parks and historic sites along the canals.

James married Mary (Polly) Lattimore , daughter of Robert N. Lattimore and Rebecca Beckwith , about 1817 in possibly New York.²³ Mary was born on 25 Aug 1796 in Connecticut Or Massachusetts ³⁶, died on 26 Jun 1842 in Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan, at age 45 ³⁸, and was buried in Downer Cemetery, Canton Twp., Michigan.³⁸

Marriage Notes: The marriage record for James Adams and Mary Lattimore has not been located. The date of their marriage is estimated based on the birth date of their first child who was born in New York.

+ 11 M i. Charles Adams ³⁹ ^,40 ^,41 was born on 30 Jun 1818 in Ontario County, New York,⁴² ^,43 died on 7 Feb 1875 in Van Buren Twp., Wayne, Michigan, at age 56,⁴² and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Belleville, Michigan.

+ 12 M ii. Strickland M Adams ⁴⁵ ^,46 ^,47 ^,48 ^,49 ^,50 was born on 30 Sep 1819 in Ontario County, New York,³⁶ died on 20 Jan 1908 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 88, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan ⁵¹.^,52

13 M iii. Isaac Adams ⁵⁴ was born on 19 Dec 1820 in Lyons, Ontario County, New York.³⁶

Isaac married Elizabeth Druyea on 26 Dec 1846 in Wayne County, Michigan.⁵⁵ Elizabeth was born about 1830.

Marriage Notes: They were married by Rev. Wm. C. Monroe. Betsy Taylor and John Taylor were witnesses.

+ 14 F iv. Sarah Adams ³⁷ ^,56 was born on 12 Mar 1822 in Lyons, Ontario County, New York ³⁶ and died on 1 Jan 1858, at age 35 ³⁷.^,57

+ 16 M vi. Allen Adams ⁴⁷ ^,48 ^,49 ^,66 ^,67 ^,68 ^,69 ^,70 was born on 3 Apr 1825 in Lyons, Ontario County, New York, died on 29 Apr 1894 in Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 69,⁷¹ and was buried in Old Cambria Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan ⁵¹.^,52

+ 18 M viii. Salmon Kinney Adams ²³ ^,49 ^,67 ^,82 was born on 20 Feb 1829 in Arcadia, Wayne County, New York,³⁶ ^,51 died on 24 Jun 1904 in Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 75,⁸³ ^,84 and was buried in Morgan Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan ⁵¹.^,52

+ 19 M ix. James H. Adams ⁵⁸ ^,61 was born on 1 Mar 1830 in possibly New York,³⁶ ^,62 ^,85 died on 26 Dec 1896 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, at age 66,⁸⁵ and was buried in Trempealeau Public Cemetery, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.⁸⁵

20 F x. Mary Adams was born on 23 Mar 1832 in possibly New York,³⁶ died on 1 Jan 1848 in Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan, at age 15,³⁸ and was buried in Downer Cemetery, Canton Twp., Michigan.

21 M xi. Chancy Adams was born on 10 Jul 1836 in Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan Territory,³⁸ died on 22 Jul 1836 in Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan Territory,³⁸ and was buried in Downer Cemetery, Canton Twp., Michigan.

James next married Sally Daines before 1850 in possibly Michigan.³² Sally was born about 1798 in Pennsylvania and died in 1887 in Michigan, about age 89.

Third Generation

7. Issac Ennis was born on 24 Mar 1805 in possibly Sussex County, New Jersey and died on 21 Sep 1896 in Asylum Twp., Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 91.

Issac married Caroline Benjamin about 1826. Caroline was born on 13 Jun 1809 and died on 3 Apr 1847, at age 37.

30 F iv. Almira Ennis was born on 7 Sep 1833 and died on 24 Sep 1838, at age 5.

31 M v. Dayton Ennis was born on 31 Aug 1839 and died on 9 Aug 1862, at age 22.

Issac next married Ellenor Smith , daughter of Johannis Smith and Elizabeth Ennis . Ellenor was born on 1 Jul 1815 in New Jersey and died on 29 Jun 1883 in Liberty Corners, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 67.

8. Sarah Anne Ennis was born on 10 Feb 1813 in Walpack Twp., Sussex County, New Jersey and died on 7 Mar 1893 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, at age 80.

General Notes: Following the death of Jacob, Sarah worked as a seamstress in the household of Joshua Thompson a methodist Minister.

Sarah married Jacob Ross Emery on 29 Aug 1829. Jacob was born on 3 Apr 1806 in possibly Sussex County, New Jersey and died on 20 Aug 1856 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 50.

35 F i. Lucy B. Emery was born on 3 Jun 1830 and died on 8 Feb 1908, at age 77.

36 F ii. Mary B Emery was born on 10 Dec 1831 and died on 1 Oct 1890, at age 58.

Mary married Levi Arnout on 15 Mar 1855. Levi was born on 6 Mar 1832 and died on 5 Aug 1906, at age 74.

37 M iii. Jacob Emery was born on 13 Mar 1833 in Asylum Twp., Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 17 Feb 1896 in Asylum Twp., Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 62.

Jacob married Lucy Ann English on 11 Jun 1854. Lucy was born on 13 Jan 1837 and died on 15 Nov 1902 in Rummerfield, Pennsylvania, at age 65.

38 F iv. Eliza Emery was born on 22 May 1837 in Asylum Twp., Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 2 Apr 1915 in Homets Ferry, Pennsylvania, at age 77.

Eliza married Wilson Kerrick on 25 Feb 1857 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Wilson was born on 22 May 1834 in Middle Smithfield, Pennsylvania and died in 1913 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 79.

39 F v. Hannah Emery was born on 17 Mar 1839 and died on 29 Apr 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age 53.

Hannah married Joshua Van Loon . Joshua was born on 7 Feb 1840 and died on 7 Nov 1886, at age 46.

40 F vi. Ellen Emery was born on 8 Sep 1840 and died on 5 Apr 1845 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 4.

41 M vii. George Emery was born on 8 Apr 1842 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 6 Dec 1912, at age 70.

42 F viii. Sarah Emery was born on 6 Oct 1843 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 8 Mar 1908 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 64.

Sarah next married Thomas Kinsley . Thomas was born on 6 Oct 1842 and died on 8 Mar 1898, at age 55.

43 M ix. Francis Emery was born on 29 Jun 1845 and died on 27 Sep 1899, at age 54.

Francis married Martha Boy on 4 Jul 1864. Martha was born on 27 Jan 1848 and died on 3 Jun 1919, at age 71.

44 M x. Levi Emery was born on 5 Apr 1847 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 18 May 1864 in Battle Of The Wilderness, Virginia, at age 17.

45 F xi. Adelia Emery was born on 22 Apr 1849 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 17 Mar 1929, at age 79.

Adelia married Lyman Forrest on 4 Nov 1866. Lyman was born on 27 Oct 1837 and died on 18 Aug 1915, at age 77.

46 F xii. Ella Emery was born on 10 Apr 1851 and died on 16 Jan 1924, at age 72.

47 F xiii. Adel Emery was born on 3 Oct 1853 and died on 26 Jun 1908, at age 54.

Adel married Morris Nevil on 1 Sep 1870. Morris was born on 6 Jul 1847 and died on 3 Nov 1930, at age 83.

48 F xiv. Elizabeth Emery was born on 2 Apr 1856 in Asylum Twp., Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 28 Apr 1938 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, at age 82.

Elizabeth married Charles Wesley Nevil on 1 Jun 1876. Charles was born on 30 Jul 1857 and died on 14 Sep 1925, at age 68.

9. Alexander Ennis was born on 24 Nov 1816, died on 10 May 1879 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 62, and was buried in Ennis Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

Alexander married Eleanor Stevens in 1837. Eleanor was born on 14 Jan 1818 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, died on 1 Apr 1881 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 63, and was buried in Stevens Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

50 M ii. Frederick Alexander Ennis was born on 6 Jul 1848 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and died on 8 May 1932 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 83.

Frederick next married L. Bertha Brown on 31 Mar 1897. L. was born on 15 Apr 1868 and died on 11 Mar 1937, at age 68.

10. Benjamin Westfall Ennis was born on 27 Mar 1827 in Standing Stone Twp., Bradford County, PA, died on 29 Jul 1901 in Standing Stone Twp, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 74, and was buried in Ennis Cemetery, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania.

Benjamin next married Louisa Coolbaugh on 19 Oct 1851 in Burlington, Pennsylvania. Louisa was born on 2 Nov 1831 and died on 16 Oct 1894, at age 62.

54 M i. Alexander Ennis was born on 12 Nov 1852 and died on 16 Oct 1865, at age 12.

58 F v. Jane Ennis was born in 1859 and died in 1922 in Trumansburg, New York, at age 63.

60 M vii. Oscar Alexander Ennis was born on 5 Oct 1863 in Towanda, Pennsylvania and died in Dec 1945 in Chicago, Cook County, Ilinois, at age 82.

Oscar married Mary Loretta Maroney . Mary was born in Cork County, Ireland and died in 1931.

11. Charles Adams ³⁹ ^,40 ^,41 was born on 30 Jun 1818 in Ontario County, New York,⁴² ^,43 died on 7 Feb 1875 in Van Buren Twp., Wayne, Michigan, at age 56,⁴² and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Belleville, Michigan.

General Notes: Charles and Huldah lived all of their married life in Van Buren Twp., Michigan. They were married just one year before Charles' mother died. He served as an assessor in that township in 1842. On January 3, 1844, Charles purchased from his father, 40 acres in Van Buren Township being the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 3, Twp. 3, S. Range 8 E. The witnesses to this transaction were Thomas Biggam and William Adams, and H. R. Nowland. The transaction was recorded September 25, 1856.

When his father James, Jr. died, Charles received thirteen acres of land in Canton Township as his share of the probate settlement. On January 13, 1863, Charles and Huldah sold these thirteen acres to Michael Fisher of Canton Twp., being 6.5 acres off the South end of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and 6.5 acres off the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all of this land being in Section 34, Twp. 2. , S. Range 8 E.; Canton Twp.

Charles married Huldah Barlow on 18 Aug 1841 in Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan.⁴⁴ Huldah was born on 17 Aug 1822 in New York, died on 20 Sep 1864 in Van Buren Twp., Wayne, Michigan, at age 42, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Belleville, Michigan.

Marriage Notes: Charles and Huldah were married at the house of Samuel Barlow in Canton, Michigan by Amos Stevens, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Augustus Andrews and Stephen R. Tripp, both of Canton.

12. Strickland M Adams ⁴⁵ ^,46 ^,47 ^,48 ^,49 ^,50 was born on 30 Sep 1819 in Ontario County, New York,³⁶ died on 20 Jan 1908 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 88, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹.^,52

General Notes: On March 28, 1845, Strickland received two land patents in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Each patent consisted of forty acres in the SE quarter of Section 16, Twp. 6, S., Range 1 W. This land is located in Wheatland Township. It is not known whether Strickland and Josephine ever lived on this land. In 1850 they lived in Cambria County and by 1870 they had moved to Hillsdale City.

Strickland also received forty acres in Section 34 of Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan from his father's probate settlement. He sold seventeen acres of this land to Allen J. Babcock on February 17, 1863, excepting that portion of wheat owned by John Cilley. The witnesses were M. H. Webb and Josephine E. Adams, his daughter. The transaction was recorded March 15, 1863.

He wrote this letter to his nephew, Nelson Adams.

" Hillsdale - March 20, 1901

Our dear friend Nelson. Yours of Feb. 5th last was duly rec'd glad to hear from you and know that you and your brother are both well.

I am quite well for me have been able to be out and about all winter yet I have not been out very much as there has been too much snow for the last two months for me to go out on the roads with a horse......your Uncle Kiney is some better so that he has been out some yet he is not able to work but does ome chores and has been here once this winter.

I think you are changing your location quite often. Remember that a rolling stone gathers no moss and those that are looking for a better place never find it.

Your aunt is 80 years old today and I will be 82 the 30th of September.

This from your Uncle S. Adams, Hillsdale, Mich."

Strickland married Elizabeth Keyser , daughter of Keyser and Unknown , on 1 Jan 1843 in Dover, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.⁵³ Elizabeth was born on 20 Mar 1821 in New York, died on 5 Nov 1902 in Michigan, at age 81, and was buried in 1902 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

Marriage Notes: They were married by Solomon Stevens in what appears to be a double wedding with Elizabeth's brother James Keyser and his bride Mary Ann Soder.

+ 63 F i. Josephine E Adams ⁹² was born in 1844 in Michigan, died in 1921 in Michigan, at age 77, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵²

General Notes: It is assumed that Sarah's husband was the brother of Elizabeth Keyser who married Strickland Adams. She and Isaac and their first child, Mary, appeared in the 1850 Federal Census in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Sarah's children were mentioned in her father's estate as "the heirs of Sarah Keyser; Mary, Elizabeth, Augusta and Chancy Allen". They received sixteen acres of Section 34 in Canton Twp.

Sarah married Isaac Keyser , son of Keyser and Unknown , about 1842. Isaac was born in 1819 in New York.

+ 67 M iv. Chancy Allen Keyser was born in 1857 in Indiana, died in 1928 in Michigan, at age 71, and was buried in 1928 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

General Notes: By the time he was twenty-five, William had gone to Wisconsin and was one of the early settlers in Trempealeau County. He received a land patent and lived in Section 8, in Caldonia Township and was active in politics in Galesville, serving on the county board from 1854 to about 1857. He was also the county coroner. The 1850 Federal Census lists William as a farmer.

William and Jane left Wisconsin and migrated to Pleasant Mound Township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. In 1862 he recorded a homestead entry in Section 4. His farm is shown on an 1880 Map prepared by the Blue Earty County, Bureau of Planning. He owned the SW quarter of the SW half and the SW quarter of the SE quarter in Section 4. No record of William Adams has been found after the 1880 Census in Blue Earth County where he may have died.

On September 17, 1856, a William J. and his wife Jane, sold 44 acres at the Southeast corner of the Northwest quarter of Section 34, Twp. 1, S., Range 8 E. , in Plymouth, Michigan. This William has not been identified.

William married Jane Radcliff , daughter of Charles Radcliff and Catherine Daugherty , about 1848 in possibly Wisconsin.⁶⁰ Jane was born about 1822 in Isle Of Man, England ⁹³, died on 10 Feb 1883 in Blue Earth, Minnesota, about age 61 ⁹⁴, and was buried in Old Willow Creek Cemetery, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

72 M v. DeMonthemar Adams ⁹³ was born about 1849 in possibly Wisconsin, died on 12 May 1927 in Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota, about age 78, and was buried in Old Willow Creek Cemetery, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

16. Allen Adams ⁴⁷ ^,48 ^,49 ^,66 ^,67 ^,68 ^,69 ^,70 was born on 3 Apr 1825 in Lyons, Ontario County, New York, died on 29 Apr 1894 in Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 69,⁷¹ and was buried in Old Cambria Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹.^,52

General Notes: Allen was seventeen years old when his mother died. By the time he was twenty-four he married and lived in Michigan where is single brothers came to live with him. In the 1850 Federal Census for Michigan, Warren and Strickland were living on the property of their brother, Allen, in Cambria Township of Hillsdale County, Michigan. Later, in the 1860 Federal Census for Michigan, members of his wife's family were living in the household; probably on the same farm.

Allen also received 23 acres of land in Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan from is father's estate which he shared with his brothers, Strickland and Salmon. He owned a farm in Section 21 Cambria Township in Hillsdale County where he appeared on the Plat Index as early as 1857. He was a farmer and remained in Hillsdale County for almost fifty years.

When Allen appeared in the 1870 Federal Census for Michigan, he was listed as a forty-five year old farmer, born in New York. His family included his wife and three children.

Allen married Amy (Anna?) M Barclay , daughter of Rev. Robert Barclay and Amy Dobbin , on 14 Nov 1849 in Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁶⁷ Amy was born on 4 Aug 1832 in New York, died on 27 Sep 1885 in Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 53, and was buried in Old Cambria Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

+ 73 M i. James Byron Adams ⁹⁵ was born in 1851 in Michigan and died in 1925 in Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 74.

74 M ii. Frank R Adams ⁶⁷ was born on 15 Oct 1853 in Michigan,⁵¹ died on 25 Aug 1878 in Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 24,⁹⁶ and was buried after 25 Aug 1878 in Old Cambria Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

75 F iii. Sarah J Adams ⁶⁷ was born on 6 Mar 1857 in Hillsdale County, Michigan, died on 14 May 1921 in Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 64, and was buried in King Lake Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.

General Notes: When Warren was eighteen years old his mother died. He had grown up on the family farm in Sheldon Corners in Wayne County, Michigan. When his father remarried, Warren went to live with his brother Allen who was married and living in Hillsdale County. On December 13, 1849, Warren purchased forty acres of land in Cambria Township, Hillsdale County, from his brother Allen. The land was located in the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 21. He paid his brother $250.

The 1850 Federal Census for Hillsdale County, Michigan lists Warren's brother Allen Adams, his wife Amy, his brother Strickland, and his wife Elizabeth and children Josephine and William, and Warren, all on the Cambria Township farm. On September 6, 1852, Warren sold the land he had bought from Allen, to James Adams, for the sum of $350. This James was probably Warren's brother who had recently married.

By 1853, Warren and his brothers James and William, had decided to go to Wisconsin. On July 14, of that year, Warren applied to the LaCrosse Land Office for land in Wisconsin. He received his patent from the United States Government on the 15th of November, 1854 for the Southeast quarter of Section 8, in Trempealeau County. Trempealeau County had been created from LaCross County in January of that year. Warren paid $200, or $1.25 an acre, for this land which contained one hundred and sixty acres on Beaver Creek off the Black River where McGilvray's Ferry operated during the years 1853 to 1856. On December 1, 1855, he sold eighty acres of this patent to is brother, William, and in February of 1856, he purchased an additional forty acres in Section 3 from Bostwick Beardsley and his wife. In 1857 Warren was also granted two patents from the State of Wisconsin for eighty acres of land in Section 9, in the same county. His brother, James and his wife, settled on Section 30. This area was later to become Caldonia Township. Warren's youngest brother, Hiram, also came to Wisconsin where he was married and subsequently served in the Civil War.

The Adams brothers went to Wisconsin seeking their fortunes in the very active lumbering business of the area, and to take advantage of the low cost for property. At that time, settlers came to Trempealeau County by way of rail to Dubuque, Iowa and from there by boat up the Mississippi River to Wisconsin.

As it would happen, also living on Section 8, in Trempealeau County, was Pardon Wakefield and his family which included Miss Sarah Caroline Rust, his stepdaughter, whom Warren would later marry. Warren's brother, William, had become active in politics in the City of Galesville, having been elected County Coroner in November of 1854. They made the acquaintance of Romonzo Bunn. Romonzo Bunn was the first lawyer in Trempealeau County. He was appointed Circuit Court Judge in 1857. He served for eight years, retiring to go on the bench of the United States Federal Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in 1877, Romonzo and his wife Sarah, were witnesse at the marriage of Warren and Sarah Caroline. Caroline's mother, Charlotte Wakefield, gave her consent to the marriage, as Caroline was under eighteen years of age.

Warren's father died in 1858. When the estate was settled, he received forty-four acres of the family homestead in Sections 34 and 3 of Canton Township, Michigan and one acre, more or less, in Van Bureau Township, all in Wayne County, to be shared with his brothers James, William and Hiram. Warren and Sarah Caroline and their year-old son, decided to return to Michigan. He subsequently purchased this land from his brothers and also purchased his stepmother's dower in Section 34. These transactions were recorded on August 21, 1862. The 1860 Federal Census for Michigan listed Warren, his wife Sarah and James W. living in Canton Township, probably on this property. No record of Warren having sold this property has been found.

By 1870, Warren and Sarah Caroline had five children and had moved to Clinton County, Michigan. They lived in Olive Township. Warren Adams was a carpenter and family tradition relates a story that he worked on the State Capitol Builidng in Lansing, Michigan. The first Capitol of Michigan was in Detroit and existed from 1837 to 1847. The Capitol of Michigan was moved to Lansing in 1847 and remained in the same building until a new Capitol Building was dedicated in 1878. The architect was Elijah E. Myers from Springfield, Illinois and later Detroit. On the 31st of March 1871, the Michigan Legislature passed an Act to construct a new State Capitol Building.

In March of 1872, Warren and Sarah purchased property in DeWitt Township on Rochester Street in the village called New Albany where the Pontiac and Grand River Roads (now DeWitt and Webb) intersected in Section 8, Town 5 North of Range 2 West. They paid $2,000 for the property and it carried a mortgage of $240. On the same day, the purchased sixty acres in Clinton County commencing at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of Section 8 in Town 6, North of Range 2 West, for which they paid $5,000 and carried a mortgage of $214. They also purchased forty acres commencing at the northwest corner of the northwest quarter of Section 8 in Town 6 North of Range 2 West for which they paid $3,000 and carried a mortgage of $214. All of the above property was purchased from James M. Dix and his wife, Helen S. Dix.

The records show that on the 10th of April, 1873, Sarah Caroline sold the property in the town of New Albany to Samual Forman for eleven hundred dollars and a mortgage of two hundred dollars. The property in the village of New Albany (later Dewitt) was described in the original deed as follows:

"Commencing at a point ninety-three rods east of the quarter line runing north and south through Section 8 in the township of Dewitt in the centre of Rochester Street in the ___ village of New Albany, running thence north along the east line of land formerly owned by James Vancier and Eliza Wells to the center of the road leading west from the DeWitt Mills to the Pontiac and Grand River Road. (map description) Leading past the former residence of Jesse Olmsted in said DeWitt across the Looking Glass River ____to the center of Rochester Street then westerly along the center of said Rochester Street to the place of beginning. Together with the water power of Prairie Creek and the Looking Glass River and the right of mending the dam across the said Prairie Creek on the north east quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 8 aforesaid and the right of necessary flowage and the right of race leading from said dam to the DeWitt Mills with the right of ingress and egress for the purpose of repairing said race and dam, excepting and reserving the surplus water of said Prairie ?Creek above a sufficient quantity in connectiono wit the water of the Looking Glass River to drive two run of stone in said mills, for custom and merchandise flouring work. To run a saw mill with one saw or machinery equivelent thereto of the surplus water of the river over and above a sufficient quantity in connection with the water of Prairie Creek to drive two run of stone in said DeWitt Mills, it being the same desceiption as deeded to Parker Webber and Chauncey Lott by James Sturgis and mortgaged by the said Parker Webber and Chauncey Lott to James Sturgis as recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Liber C. of mortgages on pages 628, 629, 630 of the aforesaid premises (description) including the strip of land in the southwest corner deeded to Benjamin Georian by Parker Webber, Betsey Webber, William Roberts, and Jane A. Roberts. This deed is given subject to the individual half of a certain indenture of mortgage given to Betsy Webber on which half there is now claimed to be unpaid twelve hundred and fifty dollars and interest from July 29, 1871 at ten percent. And also reserving all the land lying between the east line of the land formerly owned by James Vancise and Eliza Wells and the Mill Race except a strip four rods wide lying along the west side of the Mill Race and mill."

On the 18th of March, 1874, Warren bought twenty acres in Windsor Township of Eaton County. Eaton County borders Ingham County and also includes a portion of the City of Lansing. He paid $775 for the parcel of land off the north end of the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 12. Town 3 North of Range 3 West. They lived there a little over a year and on November 19, 1875 sold this property to Charles B. Gilbert for $985. It may have been at this time that Warren worked on the Capitol building.

Ground was broken for the new building on the 26th of July, 1872. Nehemiah Osborn & Co. of Rochester, New York and Detroit, Michigan were awarded the contract the build the new Capitol Building at a cost not to exceed $1,200,000. Work on the building continued for five years until September 23, 1878. Carpenters were paid $2.50 a day for 10-hour days. Local boys carried water in tin pails with a dipper for "water breaks". All of the men drank from the same dipper.

In all, Warren and Sarah and their children lived in the Lansing, Michigan area for about five years. Two more sons were born. Erwin, known as Francis, was born in Clinton County and John was born after the move to Eaton County.

Sarah's stepfather, Pardon Wakefield, her mother Charlotte and their family migrated to Dakota Territory from Wisconsin in the fall of 1873. Warren and Sarah followed between 1875 and 1880 and were listed on the 1880 Federal Census for Dakota Territory in Lake County, taken in June of 1880, with their three youngest boys. A family researcher gives the date as May 1, 1879. They were "South Dakota Pioneers" having arrived in Dakota Territory prior to Statehood. Hiram and his sisters remained in Michigan.

In Dakota Territory, in May of 1880, Warren built a frame house on a portion of Section 2, on the east bank of Brant Lake in the township of Chester near the post office of Wicklow. (photo). Their neighbors werer the Wakefields, the Perrys, the Faders, the Larkins, the Bergstressers the Zimmermans and others. Very few white people lived west of these lakes at that time. Deep Indian and buffalo trails led from every direction to a spring of water in what is now Park Lake. It was this spring of water that lead folks to originally homestead in that area. Settlers would put up a temporary house, brake the praire land with a four ox team and later build a small frame house. Many folks lived in sod houses on this land and told stories of braving inclement weather such as tornados and severe winters. A count at that time shows that there were fourteen families and six unmarried people residing in that particular area, in all about fifty persons.

On October 14, 1880 a great blizzard raged. It kept up for three days and three nights. During the blizzard, cattle got lost and the owners found little holes in the snow where the cattle had been breathing. They had to dig them out. In one case a cow got stuck in the snow bank and couldn't get into the house and froze. Since it was the only milk cow, the family had no milk, cream or butter for the rest of the winter. They had no barns for the cattle, but usually had one for the horses. When the heavy snows of January came and sod barns were buried, it was sometimes necessary to feed the stock by poking hay and straw through the roof, and every three days or so it was necessary to shovel the barn door clear to take the horses ad cows out for water. The History of Minnehaha County relates that gullies were full of snow and the landscape would appear level with a cover of two or more feet of snow. When the thaw came, the whole prairie was a vast lake and the gullies running rivers. All a farmer had to do for fish was take a pitchfork to a runnig stream and fork out all the "buffalo fish" he could carry home. The fish ran up from Buffalo Creek in Minnehaha County.

The house that Warren built was 12' by 14' and 1 l/2 stories high. It had a shingled roof and was built of pine lumber. There was a well and a 18' by 44' sod barn with a basement. Warren apparently died shortly after having built this house. No record has been found of his death or burial place.

Warren married Sarah Caroline Rust , daughter of Charles (Nelson) Rust and Charlotte Harriet Brizee , on 30 Aug 1857 in Galesville, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.⁸¹ Sarah was born on 10 Aug 1839 in New York Or Massachusetts ⁹⁷ ^,98, died on 3 Dec 1912 in Lynd, Lyon County, Minnesota, at age 73 ⁹⁷ ^,98, and was buried in probably Marshall, Minnesota.⁹⁹

Marriage Notes: They were married by the County Judge. The certificate was signed by the judge, Romonzo Bunn and Sarah Byron.

76 M i. James Warren Adams ⁷³ was born in 1859 in Wisconsin and died in Nov 1886, at age 27.⁵⁷

+ 77 F ii. Ella Francis Adams ⁴⁹ was born on 1 Dec 1861 in Sheldon Corners, Wayne County, Michigan and died on 18 Dec 1932 in Summit Twp., Jackson, Michigan, at age 71.

+ 78 F iii. Mary Elizabeth Adams was born on 30 Jul 1863 in Sheldon Corners, Wayne County, Michigan, died on 22 Aug 1922 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 59, and was buried in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan.

79 M iv. Hiram Nelson Adams ¹⁰⁰ ^,101 was born on 25 Jan 1865 in Sheldon Corners, Wayne County, Michigan, died on 5 Dec 1929 in Shelton, Mason County, Washington, at age 64, and was buried on 12 Dec 1929 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shelton, Washington.⁶⁹.^,102

+ 80 M v. Otis Chester Adams ⁷⁶ ^,103 ^,104 ^,105 ^,106 was born on 29 Oct 1867 in Sheldon Corners, Wayne County, Michigan,³⁶ ^,107 died on 6 Oct 1946 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 78,¹⁰⁷ ^,108 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.¹⁰⁹

Francis Adams
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81 M vi. Erwin "Francis" Eugene Adams ⁶⁷ ^,111 ^,112 was born on 10 Sep 1871 in Dewitt, Clinton County, Michigan,¹¹³ died on 25 Jan 1912 in Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota, at age 40,³⁶ and was buried in Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota.¹¹¹

82 M vii. John Bender Adams ⁶⁷ ^,111 was born on 21 Dec 1874 in Eaton County, Michigan,³⁶ was christened on 16 Jun 1885 in Lynd Methodist Church, Lynd, Minnesota, and died on 18 Oct 1953 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 78.³⁶

John married Ella Prillman about 1927 in possibly Washington. Ella was born about 1875, died on 16 Jan 1952 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, about age 77, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Olympia, Washington.

18. Salmon Kinney Adams ²³ ^,49 ^,67 ^,82 was born on 20 Feb 1829 in Arcadia, Wayne County, New York,³⁶ ^,51 died on 24 Jun 1904 in Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 75,⁸³ ^,84 and was buried in Morgan Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹.^,52

General Notes: Salmon Adams submitted the family history to be printed in "Portrait and Biographical Album of Hillsdale County, Michigan". This history told of his birthplace, his wives and his heritage. He lived on 100 acres in Cambria Township in Sections 13 and 14. He had also owned property in Section 12 which he sold to pay for a substitute to serve in the Civil War when he was drafted.

Salmon married Martha Felton on 3 Sep 1851. Martha was born about 1830 in New York Or Ohio, died on 10 Nov 1873 in Cambria Twp., Hillsdale County, Michigan, about age 43, and was buried in Morgan Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.

83 M i. Charles Ernest Adams was born on 24 Jun 1858 in Michigan,⁵¹ died on 18 Jan 1874 in Michigan, at age 15,⁵¹ and was buried in Morgan Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

Salmon next married Helen Barclay , daughter of Rev. Robert Barclay and Amy Dobbin , on 26 Nov 1874. Helen was born about 1840 in New York and died about 1890 in Michigan, about age 50.

84 M i. Fred Adams was born about 1875 ⁵⁰ and died after 1894, after age 19.

Salmon next married Sarah A Boyle about 1893. Sarah was born in Mar 1866 in New York, died in 1915 in Michigan, at age 49, and was buried in 1915 in Morgan Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

85 M i. Clarence Burton Adams was born in Jan 1895 in Michigan, died in 1965 in Michigan, at age 70, and was buried in 1965 in Morgan Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

Clarence married June L. . June was born on 19 Jun 1895, died on 26 Sep 1985 in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, at age 90, and was buried in Morgan Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.

19. James H. Adams ⁵⁸ ^,61 was born on 1 Mar 1830 in possibly New York,³⁶ ^,62 ^,85 died on 26 Dec 1896 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, at age 66,⁸⁵ and was buried in Trempealeau Public Cemetery, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.⁸⁵

General Notes: James went to Trempealeau County, Wisconsin with his brothers and settled in Section 30 by 1855. He appeared on the 1860 Census with his family and next door to his wife's parents.

James married Amanda Towner , daughter of Aaron Towner and Susan Colliar , on 15 May 1850 in Canton Twp., Wayne County, Michigan.⁸⁶ Amanda was born about 1832 in possibly Steuben County, New York, died in Feb 1894 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, about age 62, and was buried in Trempealeau Public Cemetery, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.

Marriage Notes: They were married by J. S. Kidder, Minister of God. The witnesses were James' brother Salmon of Canton and M. Charles Stright of Nankin.

87 M ii. Charles B. Adams ⁸⁵ was born on 3 Oct 1856 in Wisconsin, died on 9 Apr 1857 in Wisconsin, and was buried in Trempealeau Public Cemetery, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.

88 M iii. Albert E. Adams ⁸⁵ was born on 30 Apr 1860 in Wisconsin, died on 4 Jun 1862 in Wisconsin, at age 2, and was buried in Trempealeau Public Cemetery, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.

General Notes: Hiram served in Civil War for Wisconsin. He was a Corporal in Company I of the 8th Infantry. He enlisted into military service on the 2nd day of September 1861 at La Crosse, Wisconsin and was mustered into service on the 18th day of September 1861 at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin. Hiram reenlisted January 4, 1864 for a term of three years at Saulsbury, Tennessee. Following a thirty-day leave, he returned to his unit and was subsequently mustered out of active service with his company on the 5th day of September, 1865 at Demapolis, Alabama. He had been engaged in action at the battles of Fredericktown, Island 10, Farmington, Corinth, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mechanicsburg, Frt DeRussy, james Hill, Pleasant Hills, Sugar Mills, Chicot, Yellow Bayou, Hurricane Creek, Abbeyville, Nashville and the Siege of Spanish Fort.

The mascot of the 8th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was the well-known bald eagle named, "Old Abe" which is displayed in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He survived thirty-seven battles and skirmishes during the War, and in 1865 embarked upon a second career as a living symbol of the victorious Union Army. An excellend memoir depicting the story of the men amoung whom Old Abe lived has been published by The State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Hiram appeared in one census in Wisconsin. In 1860 he was 22 years old and was shown in Caldonia Township, with Mary 18 years, William Bright 62 years and Mary Bright 61 years. Their neighbor was Robert Bright 23 years and wife, Mary, 19 years. The relationship of Hiram and his wife to the Bright families is not known. However, it is known that William Bright came to Trempealeau County in 1855 and settled on 160 acres of school Land in Section 16 near McGilvray's Ferry. The land was without any building that could be used as a residence, so that same summer, Mr. Bright built a frame house of five rooms, with upright and wings. In 1859 Robert Bright purchased the farm from his father and his parents were said to reside with him.

Deeds recorded in Wisconsin indicate Hiram may have gone to Michigan following the War as the real estate was transfered to his wife, Mary. They may have divorced.

Hiram married Mary Lorette Bigelow , daughter of Calvin Conant Bigelow and Clarissa Stacy , on 26 Oct 1859 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.⁹⁰ Mary was born 1842 OR 1844 in Vermont Or New York ¹¹⁴ and died on 24 Feb 1893 in Galesville, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.¹¹⁵

90 F i. Emma Or Jamima Adams was born 1861 OR 1862 in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.¹¹⁶

Fourth Generation

General Notes: Myron appeared with his family on the 1870 Census in Van Buren Twp., Wayne County, Michigan. He may have been living on his father's property. By 1880 Myron, Helen and the children had moved to Oceana County where he was a Cooper.

Marriage Notes: The date of this marriage is based upon the age of the children.

63. Josephine E Adams ⁹² was born in 1844 in Michigan, died in 1921 in Michigan, at age 77, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵²

Josephine married Oscar L. Morgan on 19 Mar 1863 in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Oscar was born in 1840 and died in 1920 in Michigan, at age 80.

93 F i. Minta Morgan was born in 1867 in Michigan, died in 1955 in Michigan, at age 88, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵²

67. Chancy Allen Keyser was born in 1857 in Indiana, died in 1928 in Michigan, at age 71, and was buried in 1928 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.⁵¹

General Notes: Chancy Allen Keyser is assumed to be the son of Sarah Adams and Isaac Keyser and the same Chancy Allen Keyser named in the probate record of James Adams.

94 M i. Frank A. Keyser was born about 1879 in Michigan, died on 12 Oct 1949 in Michigan, about age 70,¹¹⁷ and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan.

Jennie married James McDonah , son of Thomas McDonah and Eliza McMahon , on 4 Jun 1877 in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.⁵⁸ James was born on 4 Apr 1845 in Holland, Orleans County, Vermont ⁵⁸ and died in 1931 in Wisconsin, at age 86.⁶¹

95 M i. Perry McDonah was born on 15 Aug 1881 in Wisconsin and died on 27 Jun 1910 in St. Paul, Minnesota, at age 28.

73. James Byron Adams ⁹⁵ was born in 1851 in Michigan and died in 1925 in Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 74.

James married Hannah about 1879 in probably Michigan. Hannah was born in 1857 in New York.

77. Ella Francis Adams ⁴⁹ was born on 1 Dec 1861 in Sheldon Corners, Wayne County, Michigan and died on 18 Dec 1932 in Summit Twp., Jackson, Michigan, at age 71.

General Notes: Ella appeared on the 1880 Michigan Census married to John Bean with one child, Naomi, who was one year old. They lived in Parma Township in Jackson County and remained in that county all of their lives.

Ella married John C Bean , son of John Haynes Bean and Susan Cranmore , on 22 Mar 1878 in possibly Jackson County, Michigan. John was born on 7 Oct 1851 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, died on 18 Dec 1931 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 80, and was buried in Spring Arbor Cemetery, Spring Arbor, Michigan.

+ 101 F i. Naomi Bean was born in 1879 in Michigan and died after 1920, after age 41.

+ 102 M ii. Floyd Wayne Bean was born on 9 Jan 1888 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died on 24 Jan 1958 in Jackson, Michigan, at age 70.

+ 104 F iv. Ethelyn Marian Bean was born on 13 Sep 1902 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died on 8 Dec 1930 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 28.

78. Mary Elizabeth Adams was born on 30 Jul 1863 in Sheldon Corners, Wayne County, Michigan, died on 22 Aug 1922 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 59, and was buried in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan.

General Notes: The writer remembers spending many Sunday afternoons visiting the descendants of Mary and Sinclar Bean in particular at the home of Leo and May Smith. One summer, the family came together for a reunion representing descendants of Otis Adams and his sisters.

Mary married Sinkler Cranmore Bean , son of John Haynes Bean and Susan Cranmore , on 16 May 1881 in possibly Jackson County, Michigan. Sinkler was born on 30 Aug 1853 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died on 21 May 1930 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 76.

+ 105 F i. Nellie Carolyn Bean was born on 22 Mar 1882 in Hillsdale County, Michigan.

106 F ii. Ruby Georgiana Bean was born on 6 Oct 1884 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died on 10 Feb 1952, at age 67.

107 M iii. Clarence Cecil Bean was born on 19 Aug 1886 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died in Sep 1976 in Michigan, at age 90.

+ 108 F iv. May Isabel Bean was born on 4 Dec 1892 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died about 1974 in Michigan, about age 82.

109 M v. John Warren Bean was born on 7 Apr 1894 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died on 9 Sep 1928, at age 34.

+ 110 M vi. Leo Theodore Bean was born on 24 Jan 1902 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan.

Otis Chester Adams
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General Notes: The family later would say that Otis was born near Dearborn, where Henry Ford was born. Henry Ford being the well known automobile manufacturer of the early twentieth century. Otis was born near Dearborn, however, his parents left that area shortly after his birth and lived for a time near Lansing, Michigan before going West to the Dakotas. His father was a carpenter by trade and probably worked on the new State Capitol Building being constructed there. Otis was thirteen when he went to Dakota Territory with his father and mother. While he remembered Michigan well, Dakota in later years became be his home. Following the death of his father, he stayed with his mother and brothers and helped care for the farm near Wentworth, South Dakota where is mother filed a Homestead claim. He lived there, in Lake County, about thirteen years.

After he was married he lived in Ocheyden, Iowa before returning to South Dakota. He made his home in Sioux Falls and he established himself as a businessman and carpenter. He built over 400 houses in the Sioux Falls area during his career as a building contractor. Two homes that remain in use today are located at 1315 S. Summit, Sioux Falls and 1012 W. 22nd, Sioux Falls.

During the early part of the 1900s, Otis owned and operated a silent movie theater known as The Olympia. (photo) He rebuilt the theatre and extended its size to one hundred and forty two feet from front to rear. It was considered one of the most beautiful and comfortable theaters in the city in 1915. The theatre had a seating capacity of three hundred and eighty seven and proudly boasted of a "fireproof operating booth, equipped with the latest safety devices built of reinforced concrete and so arranged that in case of fire, an automatic trap confined the fire to the booth alone and the occupants of the theater were in no danger whatever."

His children were all trained on musical instruments and when old enough they played in the orchestra pit to accompany the movies. Music was always an important part of their lives. In later years the children would still play piano and violin for the entertainment of their families, friends, and themselves.

When his parents went to Dakota, his two sisters married and remained in Michigan. As the years passed, Otis saw little of his brothers and sisters, but missed they dearly. Once, shortly after Otis had purchased his first automobile, he took his wife and daughters on an adventure trip to Michigan from South Dakota. Written on the back of the Model A Sedan were the words, "Jackson or Bust!". They arrived safely and were welcomed by the Adams clan which lived in Jackson Township, Michigan. The family also took a vacation to North Dakota, where they no doubt visited relatives.

Otis saw his brothers occasionally when he was newly married, however, they moved on to jobs which took them to cities farther west and staying in contact was difficult. Once, in about 1920, Otis and Lottie took Otis' stepfather Louis Crane on a somewhat adventurous trip to Washington State to visit Otis' brothers "Ben" and "Nels". The trip was an adventure because Louis was over 80 years old and had a bad hip. They all survived and told stories of their trip for several years later.

Otis and Lottie were known as "Oat and Lot" and well loved by their family and neighbors. They were members of the Methodist Church.

Otis married Lottie May Daniels , daughter of William Wesley Daniels and Mary Elizabeth (Eliza) Healy , on 10 Sep 1894 in Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota ⁶⁹.^,110 Lottie was born on 3 Oct 1875 in Antioch, Lake County, Illinois ¹⁰⁷, died on 4 Dec 1948 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 73 ¹⁰⁷ ^,118, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.¹⁰⁹

Marriage Notes: At the time of her marriage, Lottie said she was living in Lincoln County where her brother, Herbert, had a farm.

+ 111 F i. Mary Caroline Adams was born on 23 Jun 1895 in Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, died on 27 Dec 1982 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 87,¹¹⁹ and was buried in Hazel Park Cemetery, Hazel Park, Michigan.

Bill Adams - WW1
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112 M ii. William Warren Adams ⁶⁹ ^,122 was born on 7 Apr 1896 in Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa,¹²³ died on 19 Nov 1951 in Wadsworth, Missouri, at age 55,¹²⁴ and was buried in Hills Of Rest, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

William married Vivian C McFrye on 26 Apr 1921 in Luverne, Rock, Minnesota.¹²⁴ Vivian was born in 1901 and died about 1922, about age 21.

William next married Beryl Wilson about 1923 in Aberdeen, South Dakota.¹²⁴

+ 113 F iii. Lillian Francis Adams ⁶⁹ ^,125 was born on 3 Dec 1898 in Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa,¹²³ died on 3 Jun 1983 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 84,¹²⁶ and was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Oakland County, Michigan.¹²⁷

Luella May Adams
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114 F iv. Luella May Adams ⁶⁹ was born on 2 Jan 1901 in Iowa, died on 15 Feb 1926 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 25,¹³⁰ and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

115 F v. Edna Elizabeth Adams was born on 3 Mar 1903 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota,¹³¹ died on 20 Feb 1993 in Riverside, Platte County, Missouri, at age 89,¹³² and was buried on 3 Mar 1993 in McGilley Antioch Funeral Directors, Kansas City, Missouri.¹³³

Edna next married Bill Thomas on 11 Jul 1932 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

General Notes: Cora and Elmer were married in the home of their parents by Rev. J. R. Chamberlain of the Trempealeau Congregational Church. Elmer assumed the management of his father's prosperous dairy farm near Galesville, Wisconsin.

Cora married Elmer E. Wilbur on 28 Mar 1886 in Caldonia Twp., Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.⁵⁸ Elmer was born on 27 Nov 1860 in Wisconsin.

116 F i. Hazel E. Wilbur was born on 22 Oct 1887 in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

117 M ii. Raud E. Wilbur was born on 18 Mar 1890 in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

118 F iii. Cora Madge Wilbur was born on 16 Apr 1893 in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

119 F iv. Mable A. Wilbur was born on 21 Sep 1894 in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

Fifth Generation

101. Naomi Bean was born in 1879 in Michigan and died after 1920, after age 41.

Naomi married Warren F. Hall on 1 Feb 1899 in Michigan. Warren was born in 1880 in Summit Twp., Michigan.

+ 131 M i. Edwin Russell Hall was born Sept 21 1901 in Summit Twp., Jackson County, Michigan.

132 F ii. Ruth Hall was born on 18 Jul 1904 in Summit Twp., Jackson County, Michigan.

102. Floyd Wayne Bean was born on 9 Jan 1888 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died on 24 Jan 1958 in Jackson, Michigan, at age 70.

Floyd married Emma Maude Doney on 11 Dec 1912 in Michigan. Emma was born on 9 Apr 1896 in Hillsdale County, Michigan and died Sept 20, 1944 in Jackson, Michigan.

104. Ethelyn Marian Bean was born on 13 Sep 1902 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died on 8 Dec 1930 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 28.

Ethelyn married Fred J Loud on 6 Jun 1922 in Michigan. Fred was born about 1896 in Michigan.

Nellie married Ernest Lucas on 8 Jul 1902 in Michigan. Ernest Lucas died on 18 Oct 1922.

108. May Isabel Bean was born on 4 Dec 1892 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan and died about 1974 in Michigan, about age 82.

May married Leo J Smith about 1914. Leo was born on 14 Sep 1890 in Michigan and died in Aug 1966 in Michigan, at age 75.

110. Leo Theodore Bean was born on 24 Jan 1902 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan.

111. Mary Caroline Adams was born on 23 Jun 1895 in Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, died on 27 Dec 1982 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 87,¹¹⁹ and was buried in Hazel Park Cemetery, Hazel Park, Michigan.

General Notes: Mary played piano in the family orchestra and was also an accomplished artist having painted many scenes which are displayed in the homes of her family. Following her marriage to Clayton Akin, they lived in the home of her parents and she cared for them until their deaths. In 1952 she and her husband came to Michigan and lived with her sister Lillian. They were in business together and owned a sales shop.

Mary married James Calbert Jordan , son of C. H. Jordan and Ida Belle , on 3 Jul 1918 in Deming, Luna County, New Mexico.¹²⁰ James was born on 21 Jun 1890 in St. Paul, Minnesota, died on 1 Oct 1918 in Camp Dix, New Jersey, at age 28 ¹³⁴, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Marriage Notes: At the time of their marriage, Jim Jordan was stationed at Camp Cody, New Mexico.

Mary next married Clayton William Akin Sr. , son of William Richard Akin and Mary Frances Garl , on 18 Jul 1924 in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.¹²¹ Clayton was born on 31 Jan 1892 in Calvin Twp., Cass County, Michigan, died on 16 Feb 1960 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, at age 68, and was buried in Reames And Norton Cemetery, Cassopolis, Michigan.

+ 148 M i. Clayton William Akin Jr. was born on 18 Dec 1929 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota ¹³¹ and died on 2 Jul 1988 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 58.¹³⁵

Lillian Adams
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113. Lillian Francis Adams ⁶⁹ ^,125 was born on 3 Dec 1898 in Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa,¹²³ died on 3 Jun 1983 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 84,¹²⁶ and was buried in White Chapel Cemetery, Oakland County, Michigan.¹²⁷

General Notes: Lillian grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where she attend Lowell School. She was thought to have completed ninth grade. This school was built in 1892 and is known as the Meridith School. She played the violin in the family orchestra at her father's silent movie theater. The Orpheum Theater was built to hold vaudeville stage shows, but soon the motion picture industry replaced live acts and changed the theater business. The Orpheum became the Olympia when owned by her father, Otis Adams. Her father's business was a success and the family lived happily in the thriving community of Sioux Falls.

She told many stories of growing up with her brother and sisters when they lived on Summit Avenue in a house which her father had built. Since music was so much a part of the family, they shared many enjoyable evenings of entertainment at home and at the movie house on Phillips Avenue. Sioux Falls was a thriving town and had even received telephone service by 1882. Phillips Avenue was the first residential street to be paved when pavement was extended to Twenty-first Street.

The Adams family lived at 1012 W. 22nd. As she developed into young womanhood she learned the skills which were customarily taught to girls of her day. She went to class to learn to paint fine china dishes and the set she painted, consisting of over 100 pieces, is treasured today by her descendants. She worked part time at the Bee Hive Department Store in Sioux Falls. Lillian continued to play violin professionally with her sisters in the Adams Orchastra. Later she and her husband would play professionally with Chattaqua Groups across Michigan and on radio stations.

In Detroit, during World War II, she worked at Standard Steel Company and later was employed by the Spencer Corset Company. She owned her Spencer Sales Shop in the Detroit area.

Lillian married Monroe T. Bentson on 30 May 1916 in Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota.¹²⁸ The marriage ended in divorce on 5 Sep 1923. Monroe was born on 21 Aug 1895 and died in Dec 1966 in Minnesota, at age 71.¹³⁶

Marriage Notes:
Location of divorce was Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Jim Brown
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Lillian next married James Waldo Brown , son of Lewis Crandall Brown and Martha Emily Ary , on 26 Dec 1923 in Luverne, Rock, Minnesota.¹²⁹ James was born on 10 May 1896 in Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa ¹³⁷, died on 8 Sep 1974 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, at age 78 ¹³⁸, and was buried in Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Michigan.

Marriage Notes: James and Lillian managed hotels in Iowa until 1942 when they moved to Detroit, Michigan. Jim continued to work as a Chef in the Detroit area.
They were married by a minister named J. T. Brown. Witnesses to the ceremony were Frank Kelley and Norma Sawyer friends of the couple.

Sixth Generation

158 M i. Ede Ardell Hall was born on 18 Oct 1926 in Michigan and died on 26 Jul 1932 in Michigan, at age 5.

Earl married Evangeline Sprague on 23 Aug 1928 in Jackson, Michigan. Evangeline was born on 4 Jan 1907 in Whiting, Indiana.

148. Clayton William Akin Jr. was born on 18 Dec 1929 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota ¹³¹ and died on 2 Jul 1988 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 58.¹³⁵

General Notes: Clayton Akin, Jr. was married three times. His children changed their name to Wilson. There were eight grandchildren.

Clayton next married Judy Palmer on 14 Feb 1979 in Hazel Park, Oakland County, Michigan.

Robert and Nancy Brown Rudolph
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General Notes: Nancy came to Detroit, Michigan with her parents when she was about five years old. She attended high school in the Detroit area and took courses at the Society of Arts & Crafts in Detroit.

After marrying Robert she moved to Harper Woods where they lived for twenty-five years and raised their family. She worked thirty years for General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Division and retired in 1991. She and Robert live in Marshall, Michigan where they enjoy doing genealogy research and traveling. She is a member of the National Genealogical Society and the New England Genealogical Society.

Nancy married William Roy Knepper Jr. , son of William Roy Knepper Sr. and Odessa Madill , on 2 Jun 1956 in St. Andrews Methodist Church, Detroit, Michigan.¹⁴¹ The marriage ended in divorce on 17 Dec 1962. William was born in Feb 1931 in Nanty Glo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and died on 17 Dec 1992 in Chandler, Marico, Arizona, at age 61.¹⁴³

+ 179 M i. James William Knepper was born on 17 Nov 1959 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened in May 1960 in Highland Park Methodist Church, Highland Park, Michigan.

+ 180 F ii. Laura Lynn Knepper was born on 10 Nov 1960 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened in 1961 in Highland Park Methodist Church, Highland Park, Michigan.

Nancy next married Robert Jewell Rudolph , son of William Jewell Rudolph and Allie Deane Dowdy , on 18 Jan 1964 in Nardin Park Methodist Church, Detroit, Michigan.¹⁴² Robert was born on 3 Nov 1934 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

+ 181 M i. Robert Salvatore Rudolph was born on 10 Mar 1959 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

+ 182 F ii. Theresa Marie Rudolph was born on 31 Aug 1960 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

+ 183 F iii. Linda Margaret Rudolph was born on 13 Oct 1961 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

Seventh Generation

Mary married Renwood Carl Flagg Sept 10 1960. The marriage ended in divorce.

179. James William Knepper was born on 17 Nov 1959 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened in May 1960 in Highland Park Methodist Church, Highland Park, Michigan.

General Notes: Jim lived with his mother and stepfather in Harper woods, Michigan and was graduated from Harper Woods High School. He and his family live in Lansing, Michigan.

James married Margaret Metzger , daughter of Heinrich Fredrich Metzger and Anne Heaney , on 9 Mar 1985 in Grosse Pointe Methodist Church, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The marriage ended in divorce in Jan 2003. Margaret was born on 6 Sep 1959 in Bronx, New York.

186 F i. Marian Rose Knepper was born on 6 Feb 1986 in Lansing, Michigan and was christened spring 1986 in Grosse Pointe Methodist Church, Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

187 M ii. Dylan James Knepper was born on 17 Dec 1990 in Lansing, Michigan and was christened spring 1991 in Methodist Chuch, Lansing, Michigan.

Laura Knepper Kaganac
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180. Laura Lynn Knepper was born on 10 Nov 1960 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened in 1961 in Highland Park Methodist Church, Highland Park, Michigan.

General Notes: Laura grew up in Harper Woods, Michigan where she lived with her mother and stepfather. She was graduated from High School. Following high school she worked for a short time before meeting her husband and becoming a homemaker. She lives with her family in Stering Heights, Michigan.

Laura married George Brian Kaganac , son of Carl (Kaganiec) Kaganac and Gertrude Perzynski , on 8 Aug 1980 in Fraser, Macomb County, Michigan. George was born on 21 Jul 1958 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

188 M i. Nicholas Brian Kaganac was born on 7 Jan 1983 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan and was christened spring 1983 in St. Johns Lutheran Church, Fraser, Macomb County, Michigan.

189 F ii. Erica Lynn Kaganac was born on 26 Sep 1984 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan and was christened in Nov 1984 in Fraser, Macomb County, Michigan.

190 M iii. Joseph William Kaganac was born on 11 Dec 1987 in Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan and was christened spring 1988 in St. Johns Lutheran Church, Fraser, Macomb County, Michigan.

General Notes: Robert grew up in the home of his father and stepmother and was graduated from Harper Woods High School, and received his collage education at the General Motors Institute in Flint, Michigan. Following graduation he worked for General Motors in Warren, Michigan and later Allied Signal Corporation in Indiana and Tennessee. He is currently living with his family in Kansas City, Missouri and is employed by the Helstrom Company.

Robert married Roberta Louise Hoedl , daughter of Raymond Gerald Hoedl and Gloria Rose Mannino , on 16 Jun 1984 in Our Lady Queen Of Peace Church, Harper Woods, Michigan. Roberta was born on 16 May 1957 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri and was christened on 9 Jun 1957 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

191 M i. Stephen Robert Rudolph was born on 1 Apr 1985 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened spring 1985 in Our Lady Queen Of Peace Church, Harper Woods, Michigan.

192 F ii. Angela Rose Rudolph was born on 25 Mar 1987 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened spring 1987 in Our Lady Queen Of Peace, Mishawaka, Indiana.

General Notes: Theresa grew up in the home of her father and stepmother and in Harper Woods, Michigan and was graduated from Harper Woods High School. She is currently employed at the East Detroit School Credit Union and lives in Warren, Michigan with her family.

Theresa married James Yee Hing , son of William Lai Hing and Oretta Wright , on 14 Nov 1980 in Harper Woods, Wayne County, Michigan. James was born on 26 Jun 1961 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

193 M i. James Michael Hing was born on 17 Oct 1982 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened in Our Lady Queen Of Peace Church, Harper Woods, Michigan.

194 F ii. Lisa Marie Yee Hing was born on 16 Mar 1984 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened in Harper Woods, Wayne County, Michigan.

195 F iii. Jena Marie Yee Hing was born on 16 Jan 1992 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan and was christened in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

General Notes: Linda grew up in the home of her father and stepmother in Harper Woods, Michigan and was graduated from Harper Woods High School and attended Wayne State University. She is a homemaker and lives in East Point, Michigan.

Linda married Nasser Alnazar on 11 Mar 1984 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Nasser was born in Syria.

196 M i. Khalid Alnazar was born on 25 Jun 1993 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

197 F ii. Sara Lynn Alnazar was born on 11 Mar 2001 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

Eighth Generation

Stephen married Deborah Sue Gipe on 21 Jun 1980. Deborah was born on 15 May 1962 in Jackson, Michigan.

199 M ii. Levi Alexander Flagg was born on 5 Jul 1993 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

200 F iii. Emily Rebekah Flagg was born on 6 Sep 1995 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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