Lennsford Ellis Adams
ADAMS, ELLIS, LANIGAN, SELLWOOD
Posted By: [email protected]
Date: 2/4/2008 at 15:10:28
Courtesy of Enid Adams
Decendants of Jeremiah Adams
Lennsford Ellis Adams was born Oct. 13th 1865 in New York State. His mother died when he was six weeks old, and his father brought him to John. Quincy Adams, asking them to claim his son. His father Mr. Ellis never returned to claim him and he was given the surname Adams.
His first marriage was to Lillie A. Church December 6, 1888. Lillie was the daughter of Orange and Julia Church. She attained a divorce November 3, 1892 in Iowa. Second Marriage was to Sarah Bonner in 1895.
He was called Capt. Lenn as at that time he had his own ferryboat which he operated on the Mississippi River between McGregor, Iowa and Prarie De Chien, Wisconsin. In his later years he was caretaker of the famous Dousman house, an old mansion owned by the Hudson Bay Fur Company at Prarie De Chein, Wisc.
Lenn is in the 1870 census aged 6 born in New York, South Fork Twp. Delaware County Iowa, living with his foster parents John & Rosa Adams, his foster brothers being Dooran and Truman Adams.
Capt. Lennsford Ellis Adams had 3 children. Malen my grandfather, Elsie Mabel and Charles. When Sarah abandoned the family, Lennsford took the children to Ottumwa and had them placed in the Homefindings orphanage. Only my grandfather was adopted by Herman Sellwood and is buried at Memorial Lawn Cemetery at Ottumwa. Elsie Mabel was in about 8 foster homes before moving to Glenwood where she was married to Mr. Munyon. She is buried there.
Children
Photo
Elsie Mabel Ellis Adams Hanford Munyon
1899–1960
Photo
Malen Lensford Ellis Adams Sellwood
1902–1938
When Lensford Ellis Adams was born on October 13, 1865, in Sullivan County, New York, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Rosette, was 20. He married Lillie A Church and they had one daughter together. Lillie divorced him. He then had two sons and one daughter with Sarah Agnes Bonner. He died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was buried in Volga, Iowa.
"COURTESY OF DECENDANTS OF JERIMIAH ADAMS
**PAGE 369
Says that he was a Foster Child but I do believe he was adopted by the Adams family. Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
John D. Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At School
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Birth Date: 1867
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: John Q. Adams
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Name: Rosa Adams
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 547
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 2376
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0333
GS Film number: 1254333
Digital Folder Number: 004240678
Image Number: 00740
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self John Q. Adams M 45 Pennsylvania, United States
Wife Rosa Adams F 37 New York, United States
Son **Lensfore Adams M 15 New York, United States
Son John D. Adams M 13 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Truman H. Adams M 11 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Christopher H. Adams M 8 Iowa, United States
Daughter Mary Adams F 7 Iowa, United States
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"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD23-W8S : accessed 15 Feb 2014), John D. Adams in household of John Q. Adams, Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 547A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T9-0333
**Lenn Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1895
Event Place: Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Family Number: 20
Line Number: 18
Page: 189
GS Film number: 1020190
Digital Folder Number: 004234889
Image Number: 00682
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John Q Adams M 61
Rosette Adams F 50
Christopher Adams M 23
**Lenn Adams M 30
My G. Grandfather who was taken in as a infant when his mother died shortly after his birth by John Quincy Adams & his wife Rose when he was but 6 weeks old.
1910 Census Clayton CO IA; Mandan Twp May 16th 1910
Lansford Adams age 25 married twice (I believe divorced both times)
Born NY
F. born PA
M. born NY
Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
1920 Census (This must be my g.g. grandfather; father of Lensford Ellis Adams who abandoned his son and gave him to John Quincy Adams to raise.
Len Adams
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1920: Mendon, Clayton, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Len Adams 59
Chas Adams 15 (must be my g. uncle; brother of my grandpa Malen Ellis Adams Sellwood)
Chas E Coons 33
First wife was Lillie A. Church Dec. 6, 1888 at Prairie De Chein Wis; dau of Orange and Julie M. Church. Lillie divorced him Nov. 3, 1892 in Iowa. They had one daughter Effie M. Adams who was two years and a few days old at this time. Second wife was Sarah Bonner.
ADAMS, ELLIS, LANIGAN, SELLWOOD
Posted By: [email protected]
Date: 2/4/2008 at 15:10:28
Courtesy of Enid Adams
Decendants of Jeremiah Adams
Lennsford Ellis Adams was born Oct. 13th 1865 in New York State. His mother died when he was six weeks old, and his father brought him to John. Quincy Adams, asking them to claim his son. His father Mr. Ellis never returned to claim him and he was given the surname Adams.
His first marriage was to Lillie A. Church December 6, 1888. Lillie was the daughter of Orange and Julia Church. She attained a divorce November 3, 1892 in Iowa. Second Marriage was to Sarah Bonner in 1895.
He was called Capt. Lenn as at that time he had his own ferryboat which he operated on the Mississippi River between McGregor, Iowa and Prarie De Chien, Wisconsin. In his later years he was caretaker of the famous Dousman house, an old mansion owned by the Hudson Bay Fur Company at Prarie De Chein, Wisc.
Lenn is in the 1870 census aged 6 born in New York, South Fork Twp. Delaware County Iowa, living with his foster parents John & Rosa Adams, his foster brothers being Dooran and Truman Adams.
Capt. Lennsford Ellis Adams had 3 children. Malen my grandfather, Elsie Mabel and Charles. When Sarah abandoned the family, Lennsford took the children to Ottumwa and had them placed in the Homefindings orphanage. Only my grandfather was adopted by Herman Sellwood and is buried at Memorial Lawn Cemetery at Ottumwa. Elsie Mabel was in about 8 foster homes before moving to Glenwood where she was married to Mr. Munyon. She is buried there.
Children
Photo
Elsie Mabel Ellis Adams Hanford Munyon
1899–1960
Photo
Malen Lensford Ellis Adams Sellwood
1902–1938
When Lensford Ellis Adams was born on October 13, 1865, in Sullivan County, New York, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Rosette, was 20. He married Lillie A Church and they had one daughter together. Lillie divorced him. He then had two sons and one daughter with Sarah Agnes Bonner. He died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was buried in Volga, Iowa.
"COURTESY OF DECENDANTS OF JERIMIAH ADAMS
**PAGE 369
Says that he was a Foster Child but I do believe he was adopted by the Adams family. Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
John D. Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At School
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Birth Date: 1867
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: John Q. Adams
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Name: Rosa Adams
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 547
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 2376
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0333
GS Film number: 1254333
Digital Folder Number: 004240678
Image Number: 00740
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self John Q. Adams M 45 Pennsylvania, United States
Wife Rosa Adams F 37 New York, United States
Son **Lensfore Adams M 15 New York, United States
Son John D. Adams M 13 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Truman H. Adams M 11 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Christopher H. Adams M 8 Iowa, United States
Daughter Mary Adams F 7 Iowa, United States
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"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD23-W8S : accessed 15 Feb 2014), John D. Adams in household of John Q. Adams, Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 547A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T9-0333
**Lenn Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1895
Event Place: Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Family Number: 20
Line Number: 18
Page: 189
GS Film number: 1020190
Digital Folder Number: 004234889
Image Number: 00682
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John Q Adams M 61
Rosette Adams F 50
Christopher Adams M 23
**Lenn Adams M 30
My G. Grandfather who was taken in as a infant when his mother died shortly after his birth by John Quincy Adams & his wife Rose when he was but 6 weeks old.
1910 Census Clayton CO IA; Mandan Twp May 16th 1910
Lansford Adams age 25 married twice (I believe divorced both times)
Born NY
F. born PA
M. born NY
Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
1920 Census (This must be my g.g. grandfather; father of Lensford Ellis Adams who abandoned his son and gave him to John Quincy Adams to raise.
Len Adams
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1920: Mendon, Clayton, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Len Adams 59
Chas Adams 15 (must be my g. uncle; brother of my grandpa Malen Ellis Adams Sellwood)
Chas E Coons 33
First wife was Lillie A. Church Dec. 6, 1888 at Prairie De Chein Wis; dau of Orange and Julie M. Church. Lillie divorced him Nov. 3, 1892 in Iowa. They had one daughter Effie M. Adams who was two years and a few days old at this time. Second wife was Sarah Bonner.
Lennsford Ellis Adams
ADAMS, ELLIS, LANIGAN, SELLWOOD
Posted By: [email protected]
Date: 2/4/2008 at 15:10:28
Courtesy of Enid Adams
Decendants of Jeremiah Adams
Lennsford Ellis Adams was born Oct. 13th 1865 in New York State. His mother died when he was six weeks old, and his father brought him to John. Quincy Adams, asking them to claim his son. His father Mr. Ellis never returned to claim him and he was given the surname Adams.
His first marriage was to Lillie A. Church December 6, 1888. Lillie was the daughter of Orange and Julia Church. She attained a divorce November 3, 1892 in Iowa. Second Marriage was to Sarah Bonner in 1895.
He was called Capt. Lenn as at that time he had his own ferryboat which he operated on the Mississippi River between McGregor, Iowa and Prarie De Chien, Wisconsin. In his later years he was caretaker of the famous Dousman house, an old mansion owned by the Hudson Bay Fur Company at Prarie De Chein, Wisc.
Lenn is in the 1870 census aged 6 born in New York, South Fork Twp. Delaware County Iowa, living with his foster parents John & Rosa Adams, his foster brothers being Dooran and Truman Adams.
Capt. Lennsford Ellis Adams had 3 children. Malen my grandfather, Elsie Mabel and Charles. When Sarah abandoned the family, Lennsford took the children to Ottumwa and had them placed in the Homefindings orphanage. Only my grandfather was adopted by Herman Sellwood and is buried at Memorial Lawn Cemetery at Ottumwa. Elsie Mabel was in about 8 foster homes before moving to Glenwood where she was married to Mr. Munyon. She is buried there.
Children
Photo
Elsie Mabel Ellis Adams Hanford Munyon
1899–1960
Photo
Malen Lensford Ellis Adams Sellwood
1902–1938
When Lensford Ellis Adams was born on October 13, 1865, in Sullivan County, New York, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Rosette, was 20. He married Lillie A Church and they had one daughter together. Lillie divorced him. He then had two sons and one daughter with Sarah Agnes Bonner. He died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was buried in Volga, Iowa.
"COURTESY OF DECENDANTS OF JERIMIAH ADAMS
**PAGE 369
Says that he was a Foster Child but I do believe he was adopted by the Adams family. Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
John D. Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At School
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Birth Date: 1867
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: John Q. Adams
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Name: Rosa Adams
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 547
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 2376
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0333
GS Film number: 1254333
Digital Folder Number: 004240678
Image Number: 00740
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self John Q. Adams M 45 Pennsylvania, United States
Wife Rosa Adams F 37 New York, United States
Son **Lensfore Adams M 15 New York, United States
Son John D. Adams M 13 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Truman H. Adams M 11 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Christopher H. Adams M 8 Iowa, United States
Daughter Mary Adams F 7 Iowa, United States
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"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD23-W8S : accessed 15 Feb 2014), John D. Adams in household of John Q. Adams, Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 547A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T9-0333
**Lenn Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1895
Event Place: Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Family Number: 20
Line Number: 18
Page: 189
GS Film number: 1020190
Digital Folder Number: 004234889
Image Number: 00682
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John Q Adams M 61
Rosette Adams F 50
Christopher Adams M 23
**Lenn Adams M 30
My G. Grandfather who was taken in as a infant when his mother died shortly after his birth by John Quincy Adams & his wife Rose when he was but 6 weeks old.
1910 Census Clayton CO IA; Mandan Twp May 16th 1910
Lansford Adams age 25 married twice (I believe divorced both times)
Born NY
F. born PA
M. born NY
Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
1920 Census (This must be my g.g. grandfather; father of Lensford Ellis Adams who abandoned his son and gave him to John Quincy Adams to raise.
Len Adams
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1920: Mendon, Clayton, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Len Adams 59
Chas Adams 15 (must be my g. uncle; brother of my grandpa Malen Ellis Adams Sellwood)
Chas E Coons 33
First wife was Lillie A. Church Dec. 6, 1888 at Prairie De Chein Wis; dau of Orange and Julie M. Church. Lillie divorced him Nov. 3, 1892 in Iowa. They had one daughter Effie M. Adams who was two years and a few days old at this time. Second wife was Sarah Bonner.
ADAMS, ELLIS, LANIGAN, SELLWOOD
Posted By: [email protected]
Date: 2/4/2008 at 15:10:28
Courtesy of Enid Adams
Decendants of Jeremiah Adams
Lennsford Ellis Adams was born Oct. 13th 1865 in New York State. His mother died when he was six weeks old, and his father brought him to John. Quincy Adams, asking them to claim his son. His father Mr. Ellis never returned to claim him and he was given the surname Adams.
His first marriage was to Lillie A. Church December 6, 1888. Lillie was the daughter of Orange and Julia Church. She attained a divorce November 3, 1892 in Iowa. Second Marriage was to Sarah Bonner in 1895.
He was called Capt. Lenn as at that time he had his own ferryboat which he operated on the Mississippi River between McGregor, Iowa and Prarie De Chien, Wisconsin. In his later years he was caretaker of the famous Dousman house, an old mansion owned by the Hudson Bay Fur Company at Prarie De Chein, Wisc.
Lenn is in the 1870 census aged 6 born in New York, South Fork Twp. Delaware County Iowa, living with his foster parents John & Rosa Adams, his foster brothers being Dooran and Truman Adams.
Capt. Lennsford Ellis Adams had 3 children. Malen my grandfather, Elsie Mabel and Charles. When Sarah abandoned the family, Lennsford took the children to Ottumwa and had them placed in the Homefindings orphanage. Only my grandfather was adopted by Herman Sellwood and is buried at Memorial Lawn Cemetery at Ottumwa. Elsie Mabel was in about 8 foster homes before moving to Glenwood where she was married to Mr. Munyon. She is buried there.
Children
Photo
Elsie Mabel Ellis Adams Hanford Munyon
1899–1960
Photo
Malen Lensford Ellis Adams Sellwood
1902–1938
When Lensford Ellis Adams was born on October 13, 1865, in Sullivan County, New York, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Rosette, was 20. He married Lillie A Church and they had one daughter together. Lillie divorced him. He then had two sons and one daughter with Sarah Agnes Bonner. He died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was buried in Volga, Iowa.
"COURTESY OF DECENDANTS OF JERIMIAH ADAMS
**PAGE 369
Says that he was a Foster Child but I do believe he was adopted by the Adams family. Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
John D. Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At School
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Birth Date: 1867
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: John Q. Adams
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Name: Rosa Adams
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 547
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 2376
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0333
GS Film number: 1254333
Digital Folder Number: 004240678
Image Number: 00740
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self John Q. Adams M 45 Pennsylvania, United States
Wife Rosa Adams F 37 New York, United States
Son **Lensfore Adams M 15 New York, United States
Son John D. Adams M 13 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Truman H. Adams M 11 Pennsylvania, United States
Son Christopher H. Adams M 8 Iowa, United States
Daughter Mary Adams F 7 Iowa, United States
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"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD23-W8S : accessed 15 Feb 2014), John D. Adams in household of John Q. Adams, Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 547A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T9-0333
**Lenn Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1895
Event Place: Clayton, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Family Number: 20
Line Number: 18
Page: 189
GS Film number: 1020190
Digital Folder Number: 004234889
Image Number: 00682
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John Q Adams M 61
Rosette Adams F 50
Christopher Adams M 23
**Lenn Adams M 30
My G. Grandfather who was taken in as a infant when his mother died shortly after his birth by John Quincy Adams & his wife Rose when he was but 6 weeks old.
1910 Census Clayton CO IA; Mandan Twp May 16th 1910
Lansford Adams age 25 married twice (I believe divorced both times)
Born NY
F. born PA
M. born NY
Fisherman along the Mississippi(Was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi for a big fur company from Clayton CO IA)
Owns his own business
1920 Census (This must be my g.g. grandfather; father of Lensford Ellis Adams who abandoned his son and gave him to John Quincy Adams to raise.
Len Adams
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1920: Mendon, Clayton, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Len Adams 59
Chas Adams 15 (must be my g. uncle; brother of my grandpa Malen Ellis Adams Sellwood)
Chas E Coons 33
First wife was Lillie A. Church Dec. 6, 1888 at Prairie De Chein Wis; dau of Orange and Julie M. Church. Lillie divorced him Nov. 3, 1892 in Iowa. They had one daughter Effie M. Adams who was two years and a few days old at this time. Second wife was Sarah Bonner.
