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James Mordecai Adams

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James Mordecai Adams

Birth
Morgan County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 Mar 1914 (aged 83)
Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Avalanche, Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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James Mordecai Adams, son of Johathon and Margaret Adams, was born May 2, 1839 in Morgan County, Ohio, died March 14, 1914 in Vernon County, Wisconsin, aged 74 years, 10 Months and 12 days and was buried in the family plot in the Salem Ridge Cemetery, Avalanche, Vernon County, Wisconsin.

On April 21, 1850 James was united in marriage to Abi Curry born in 1835 in Ohio, daughter of William Curry and Elizabeth Russell. She died in 1893, aged about 58 years, and was buried in family plot in the Salem Ridge Cemetery. Their children, of whom the first was born in Perry County, Ohio and rest in Vernon County, Wisconsin, were:

Mary Jane Adams born 6 Oct 1851
Elijah Russell Adams 6 Jun 1854
William J. Adams 16 Jun 1857
Robert J. Adams 13 Nov 1858
and an unnamed child who died in infancy.

Obituary

James Mordici Adams was born in Morgan County, Ohio, May 2, 1830. He moved west to Wisconsin and settled at Viroqua in 1852, from there he moved to Bloomingdale in 1854 where he settled on a farm which has been his home for about fifty-eight years.

He was married April 21, 1850 to Abi Curry, to this union five children were born, Mrs. Mary Jane Snodgrass, Elijah Adams, Wm. Adams, Robert Adams and a child who died in infancy. He is the last of a large family consisting of seven sons and four daughters everyone of whom were true christians.

Mr. Adams was a member of Salem church for over fifty years and his home was always open to missionaries and ministers.

He leaves to mourn his his loss two grand sons, Wm Snodgrass of Bloomingdale, who with his faithful wife cared for grandpa during his later years, and Howard Adams of Ohio, he also leaves seven great grand children.

The funeral service were conducted in Salem church by the Pastor W.P. Burrows and the remains laid to rest in the cemetery nearby.

The funeral was largely attended and although Mr. Adams's had been affected for over three years yet everyone remembered him as in the days of his bodily and mental strength and they all agreed that a good man had gone from the neighborhood. [Unknown newspaper and date.]
James Mordecai Adams, son of Johathon and Margaret Adams, was born May 2, 1839 in Morgan County, Ohio, died March 14, 1914 in Vernon County, Wisconsin, aged 74 years, 10 Months and 12 days and was buried in the family plot in the Salem Ridge Cemetery, Avalanche, Vernon County, Wisconsin.

On April 21, 1850 James was united in marriage to Abi Curry born in 1835 in Ohio, daughter of William Curry and Elizabeth Russell. She died in 1893, aged about 58 years, and was buried in family plot in the Salem Ridge Cemetery. Their children, of whom the first was born in Perry County, Ohio and rest in Vernon County, Wisconsin, were:

Mary Jane Adams born 6 Oct 1851
Elijah Russell Adams 6 Jun 1854
William J. Adams 16 Jun 1857
Robert J. Adams 13 Nov 1858
and an unnamed child who died in infancy.

Obituary

James Mordici Adams was born in Morgan County, Ohio, May 2, 1830. He moved west to Wisconsin and settled at Viroqua in 1852, from there he moved to Bloomingdale in 1854 where he settled on a farm which has been his home for about fifty-eight years.

He was married April 21, 1850 to Abi Curry, to this union five children were born, Mrs. Mary Jane Snodgrass, Elijah Adams, Wm. Adams, Robert Adams and a child who died in infancy. He is the last of a large family consisting of seven sons and four daughters everyone of whom were true christians.

Mr. Adams was a member of Salem church for over fifty years and his home was always open to missionaries and ministers.

He leaves to mourn his his loss two grand sons, Wm Snodgrass of Bloomingdale, who with his faithful wife cared for grandpa during his later years, and Howard Adams of Ohio, he also leaves seven great grand children.

The funeral service were conducted in Salem church by the Pastor W.P. Burrows and the remains laid to rest in the cemetery nearby.

The funeral was largely attended and although Mr. Adams's had been affected for over three years yet everyone remembered him as in the days of his bodily and mental strength and they all agreed that a good man had gone from the neighborhood. [Unknown newspaper and date.]


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