John Columbus 'Johnnie' Adams
(February 28, 1871 ~ May 25, 1894)
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A Terrible Accident.
John C. Adams met an awful death last Friday while working in a mine operated by the Braun Mining company on the South Side. He and Link Cole, while working in a drift, were nearly overcome by bad air, and realizing their danger, concluded to get to the surface. Adams got into the tub and started up first. The shaft is about sixty-five feet deep. When about fifteen feet from the surface he came in contact with the fresh air from above, and immediately he apparently fainted and fell to the bottom, striking on his head, and killing him instantly. Cole was afterwards raised and succeeded in getting out before he was completely overcome.
Adams was about twenty-two years old, and had been married about six months. He had lived in this city from boyhood. He was esteemed by all who knew him, and his sad and untimely death is deplored by the entire community. The funeral services were held at the M. E. Church today, and the remains were interred in the city cemetery.
The Galena Times, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 3.
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Instantly Killed.
Friday morning while Link Cole and Johnny Adams were at work in a shaft on lot 18, East Galena, they discovered that the air was bad and concluded to go out. Adams got in the tub and gave the signal to hoist. He was up about fifty feet when he was overcome and fell back into the shaft, his jaw being split and his head mashed in a horrible manner. Deceased was a young man having been married to Miss Mays but about a year. Cole tied himself in the tub and was drawn out in safety. The affair is a sad one and the young wife has the sympathy of everyone in her sorrow.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 1.
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John O (sic) C Adams
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911
John O (sic) C Adams mentioned in the record of John O Adams and Ida Mays.
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 10 Sep 1893
Event Place Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Name John O (sic) C Adams
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
Spouse's Name Ida Mays
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
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Citing this Record
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Q-S2K9), John O (sic) C Adams and Ida Mays, 10 Sep 1893; citing Marriage, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,411,996.
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Johnnie Adams (1871 - 1894) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: MJP, 4 May 2019.
First Name: Johnnie; John
Middle Name: C; Columbus
Nickname: Johnnie
Birth Location: Arkansas,USA
Death Location: Galena,Cherokee County,Kansas,USA
Father: William Adams (1846-1900)
Mother: Mariah Adams (1850-1871)
Inscription: We shall meet again dear …, in a brighter time than this, where the anguish of this world of ours is last in deathless bliss
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(February 28, 1871 ~ May 25, 1894)
***
A Terrible Accident.
John C. Adams met an awful death last Friday while working in a mine operated by the Braun Mining company on the South Side. He and Link Cole, while working in a drift, were nearly overcome by bad air, and realizing their danger, concluded to get to the surface. Adams got into the tub and started up first. The shaft is about sixty-five feet deep. When about fifteen feet from the surface he came in contact with the fresh air from above, and immediately he apparently fainted and fell to the bottom, striking on his head, and killing him instantly. Cole was afterwards raised and succeeded in getting out before he was completely overcome.
Adams was about twenty-two years old, and had been married about six months. He had lived in this city from boyhood. He was esteemed by all who knew him, and his sad and untimely death is deplored by the entire community. The funeral services were held at the M. E. Church today, and the remains were interred in the city cemetery.
The Galena Times, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 3.
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Instantly Killed.
Friday morning while Link Cole and Johnny Adams were at work in a shaft on lot 18, East Galena, they discovered that the air was bad and concluded to go out. Adams got in the tub and gave the signal to hoist. He was up about fifty feet when he was overcome and fell back into the shaft, his jaw being split and his head mashed in a horrible manner. Deceased was a young man having been married to Miss Mays but about a year. Cole tied himself in the tub and was drawn out in safety. The affair is a sad one and the young wife has the sympathy of everyone in her sorrow.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 1.
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John O (sic) C Adams
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911
John O (sic) C Adams mentioned in the record of John O Adams and Ida Mays.
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 10 Sep 1893
Event Place Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Name John O (sic) C Adams
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
Spouse's Name Ida Mays
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Page 105
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familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MY-9QYP?i=53&cc=1851040
Citing this Record
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Q-S2K9), John O (sic) C Adams and Ida Mays, 10 Sep 1893; citing Marriage, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,411,996.
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Johnnie Adams (1871 - 1894) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: MJP, 4 May 2019.
First Name: Johnnie; John
Middle Name: C; Columbus
Nickname: Johnnie
Birth Location: Arkansas,USA
Death Location: Galena,Cherokee County,Kansas,USA
Father: William Adams (1846-1900)
Mother: Mariah Adams (1850-1871)
Inscription: We shall meet again dear …, in a brighter time than this, where the anguish of this world of ours is last in deathless bliss
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*~*
John Columbus 'Johnnie' Adams
(February 28, 1871 ~ May 25, 1894)
***
A Terrible Accident.
John C. Adams met an awful death last Friday while working in a mine operated by the Braun Mining company on the South Side. He and Link Cole, while working in a drift, were nearly overcome by bad air, and realizing their danger, concluded to get to the surface. Adams got into the tub and started up first. The shaft is about sixty-five feet deep. When about fifteen feet from the surface he came in contact with the fresh air from above, and immediately he apparently fainted and fell to the bottom, striking on his head, and killing him instantly. Cole was afterwards raised and succeeded in getting out before he was completely overcome.
Adams was about twenty-two years old, and had been married about six months. He had lived in this city from boyhood. He was esteemed by all who knew him, and his sad and untimely death is deplored by the entire community. The funeral services were held at the M. E. Church today, and the remains were interred in the city cemetery.
The Galena Times, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 3.
~*~
Instantly Killed.
Friday morning while Link Cole and Johnny Adams were at work in a shaft on lot 18, East Galena, they discovered that the air was bad and concluded to go out. Adams got in the tub and gave the signal to hoist. He was up about fifty feet when he was overcome and fell back into the shaft, his jaw being split and his head mashed in a horrible manner. Deceased was a young man having been married to Miss Mays but about a year. Cole tied himself in the tub and was drawn out in safety. The affair is a sad one and the young wife has the sympathy of everyone in her sorrow.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 1.
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John O (sic) C Adams
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911
John O (sic) C Adams mentioned in the record of John O Adams and Ida Mays.
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 10 Sep 1893
Event Place Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Name John O (sic) C Adams
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
Spouse's Name Ida Mays
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Page 105
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familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MY-9QYP?i=53&cc=1851040
Citing this Record
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Q-S2K9), John O (sic) C Adams and Ida Mays, 10 Sep 1893; citing Marriage, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,411,996.
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Johnnie Adams (1871 - 1894) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: MJP, 4 May 2019.
First Name: Johnnie; John
Middle Name: C; Columbus
Nickname: Johnnie
Birth Location: Arkansas,USA
Death Location: Galena,Cherokee County,Kansas,USA
Father: William Adams (1846-1900)
Mother: Mariah Adams (1850-1871)
Inscription: We shall meet again dear …, in a brighter time than this, where the anguish of this world of ours is last in deathless bliss
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*~*
(February 28, 1871 ~ May 25, 1894)
***
A Terrible Accident.
John C. Adams met an awful death last Friday while working in a mine operated by the Braun Mining company on the South Side. He and Link Cole, while working in a drift, were nearly overcome by bad air, and realizing their danger, concluded to get to the surface. Adams got into the tub and started up first. The shaft is about sixty-five feet deep. When about fifteen feet from the surface he came in contact with the fresh air from above, and immediately he apparently fainted and fell to the bottom, striking on his head, and killing him instantly. Cole was afterwards raised and succeeded in getting out before he was completely overcome.
Adams was about twenty-two years old, and had been married about six months. He had lived in this city from boyhood. He was esteemed by all who knew him, and his sad and untimely death is deplored by the entire community. The funeral services were held at the M. E. Church today, and the remains were interred in the city cemetery.
The Galena Times, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 3.
~*~
Instantly Killed.
Friday morning while Link Cole and Johnny Adams were at work in a shaft on lot 18, East Galena, they discovered that the air was bad and concluded to go out. Adams got in the tub and gave the signal to hoist. He was up about fifty feet when he was overcome and fell back into the shaft, his jaw being split and his head mashed in a horrible manner. Deceased was a young man having been married to Miss Mays but about a year. Cole tied himself in the tub and was drawn out in safety. The affair is a sad one and the young wife has the sympathy of everyone in her sorrow.
Galena Weekly Republican, Galena, Kansas, 26 May 1894, Saturday, Page 1.
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John O (sic) C Adams
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911
John O (sic) C Adams mentioned in the record of John O Adams and Ida Mays.
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 10 Sep 1893
Event Place Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Name John O (sic) C Adams
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
Spouse's Name Ida Mays
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Page 105
View the original document.
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MY-9QYP?i=53&cc=1851040
Citing this Record
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Q-S2K9), John O (sic) C Adams and Ida Mays, 10 Sep 1893; citing Marriage, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,411,996.
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Johnnie Adams (1871 - 1894) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: MJP, 4 May 2019.
First Name: Johnnie; John
Middle Name: C; Columbus
Nickname: Johnnie
Birth Location: Arkansas,USA
Death Location: Galena,Cherokee County,Kansas,USA
Father: William Adams (1846-1900)
Mother: Mariah Adams (1850-1871)
Inscription: We shall meet again dear …, in a brighter time than this, where the anguish of this world of ours is last in deathless bliss
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