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Mattie Cora Lee <I>Elam</I> Adams

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Mattie Cora Lee Elam Adams

Birth
Henderson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
20 Nov 1949 (aged 90)
Alameda County, California, USA
Burial
Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
322, SPACE 7
Memorial ID
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MATTIE ELAM WAS THE DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL M ELAM (1832-1884) AND REBECCA HART DIXON (1839-1928). HER SIBLINGS WERE LILLIAN ELAM WHO MARRIED EWING WILLIAMS, KATE DIXON ELAM WHO MARRIED HENRY W CLARK, AND PERCY H ELAM (NEVER MARRIED).

MATTIE MARRIED ROBERT GRAYSON ADAMS 10 NOV 1881. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHEN OR WHERE ROBERT DIED. THEY HAD BAXTER HARRISON ADAMS (1885-1951) WHO WAS ONE OF THE USA'S FIRST 100 AVIATORS. THEIR OTHER SON WAS ROBERT WILLIAM ADAMS, BORN 18 JAN 1889 IN HENDERSON KY, LAST KNOWN TO BE IN TELLURIDE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO IN 1917, WHERE HE WAS MARRIED (TO WHO?) AND A CHEMIST FOR THE SMUGGLER UNION MINE.

MATTIE EVIDENTLY MOVED TO ALAMEDA CALIFORNIA TO BE WITH HER SON BAXTER (OR VISA VERSA), WHERE SHE DIED 20 NOV 1949. BAXTER WAS IN WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL IN HOPKINSVILLE KY AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. MATTIE WAS LATER REBURIED 24 SEP 1951, IN LOT 322, SPACE 7, IN FERNWOOD CEMETERY IN HENDERSON KY.
MATTIE ELAM WAS THE DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL M ELAM (1832-1884) AND REBECCA HART DIXON (1839-1928). HER SIBLINGS WERE LILLIAN ELAM WHO MARRIED EWING WILLIAMS, KATE DIXON ELAM WHO MARRIED HENRY W CLARK, AND PERCY H ELAM (NEVER MARRIED).

MATTIE MARRIED ROBERT GRAYSON ADAMS 10 NOV 1881. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHEN OR WHERE ROBERT DIED. THEY HAD BAXTER HARRISON ADAMS (1885-1951) WHO WAS ONE OF THE USA'S FIRST 100 AVIATORS. THEIR OTHER SON WAS ROBERT WILLIAM ADAMS, BORN 18 JAN 1889 IN HENDERSON KY, LAST KNOWN TO BE IN TELLURIDE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO IN 1917, WHERE HE WAS MARRIED (TO WHO?) AND A CHEMIST FOR THE SMUGGLER UNION MINE.

MATTIE EVIDENTLY MOVED TO ALAMEDA CALIFORNIA TO BE WITH HER SON BAXTER (OR VISA VERSA), WHERE SHE DIED 20 NOV 1949. BAXTER WAS IN WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL IN HOPKINSVILLE KY AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. MATTIE WAS LATER REBURIED 24 SEP 1951, IN LOT 322, SPACE 7, IN FERNWOOD CEMETERY IN HENDERSON KY.


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