From the obituary of Theresa A. Adams as it appeared June 9, 1898 in The Dakota Republican.
Mrs. T. A. Adams died at her home in this city at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning after a lengthy sickness from inflammation of the bowels. The funeral took place from the Catholic church on Monday and the remains were laid at rest in the Fairview cemetery. She leaves two sons, Will and James, and Mrs. Elmer Atwood to morn her loss. Four orphan grandchildren who lived with her will feel her loss greatly and the sympathy of the community goes out to them in their bereavement.
The actual illness that caused the death of Theresa was not inflammation of the bowels, but appendicitis. George Martus, one of her grandchildren recounted that his grandmother was feeling ill with pain in her stomach area. She suffered for days until a doctor could be summoned to their home. There was no hospital in the Vermillion area at the time, so the doctor tried to operate on her on the kitchen table. It was found that her appendix had already burst and there was nothing the doctor could do but watch her die.
Genealogy note:
Theresa was the daughter of Aloise and Margaret Bailey Linck. The Lincks were a pioneer family in the Dakota Territory and that is where Theresa meet and married her husband William Ward Adams when he traveled there from his home in the state of Maine. They were married June 1, 1861 in what is now Elk Point South Dakota.
Mrs. T. A. Adams died at her home in this city at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning after a lengthy sickness from inflammation of the bowels. The funeral took place from the Catholic church on Monday and the remains were laid at rest in the Fairview cemetery. She leaves two sons, Will and James, and Mrs. Elmer Atwood to morn her loss. Four orphan grandchildren who lived with her will feel her loss greatly and the sympathy of the community goes out to them in their bereavement.
The actual illness that caused the death of Theresa was not inflammation of the bowels, but appendicitis. George Martus, one of her grandchildren recounted that his grandmother was feeling ill with pain in her stomach area. She suffered for days until a doctor could be summoned to their home. There was no hospital in the Vermillion area at the time, so the doctor tried to operate on her on the kitchen table. It was found that her appendix had already burst and there was nothing the doctor could do but watch her die.
Genealogy note:
Theresa was the daughter of Aloise and Margaret Bailey Linck. The Lincks were a pioneer family in the Dakota Territory and that is where Theresa meet and married her husband William Ward Adams when he traveled there from his home in the state of Maine. They were married June 1, 1861 in what is now Elk Point South Dakota.
From the obituary of Theresa A. Adams as it appeared June 9, 1898 in The Dakota Republican.
Mrs. T. A. Adams died at her home in this city at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning after a lengthy sickness from inflammation of the bowels. The funeral took place from the Catholic church on Monday and the remains were laid at rest in the Fairview cemetery. She leaves two sons, Will and James, and Mrs. Elmer Atwood to morn her loss. Four orphan grandchildren who lived with her will feel her loss greatly and the sympathy of the community goes out to them in their bereavement.
The actual illness that caused the death of Theresa was not inflammation of the bowels, but appendicitis. George Martus, one of her grandchildren recounted that his grandmother was feeling ill with pain in her stomach area. She suffered for days until a doctor could be summoned to their home. There was no hospital in the Vermillion area at the time, so the doctor tried to operate on her on the kitchen table. It was found that her appendix had already burst and there was nothing the doctor could do but watch her die.
Genealogy note:
Theresa was the daughter of Aloise and Margaret Bailey Linck. The Lincks were a pioneer family in the Dakota Territory and that is where Theresa meet and married her husband William Ward Adams when he traveled there from his home in the state of Maine. They were married June 1, 1861 in what is now Elk Point South Dakota.
Mrs. T. A. Adams died at her home in this city at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning after a lengthy sickness from inflammation of the bowels. The funeral took place from the Catholic church on Monday and the remains were laid at rest in the Fairview cemetery. She leaves two sons, Will and James, and Mrs. Elmer Atwood to morn her loss. Four orphan grandchildren who lived with her will feel her loss greatly and the sympathy of the community goes out to them in their bereavement.
The actual illness that caused the death of Theresa was not inflammation of the bowels, but appendicitis. George Martus, one of her grandchildren recounted that his grandmother was feeling ill with pain in her stomach area. She suffered for days until a doctor could be summoned to their home. There was no hospital in the Vermillion area at the time, so the doctor tried to operate on her on the kitchen table. It was found that her appendix had already burst and there was nothing the doctor could do but watch her die.
Genealogy note:
Theresa was the daughter of Aloise and Margaret Bailey Linck. The Lincks were a pioneer family in the Dakota Territory and that is where Theresa meet and married her husband William Ward Adams when he traveled there from his home in the state of Maine. They were married June 1, 1861 in what is now Elk Point South Dakota.
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