ADELIA ALICE FRIEND FRIEND 1867-1928

Youngest child of Josuah Monroe Friend (1818-1902) and Sarah Anne VanSickle Friend (1823-1906)

BIRTH: 25 Apr 1867
Friendsville, Allegany County (now Garrett), Maryland

DEATH: 10 Mar 1928
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland
(Died at 6 p.m. at the home of her daughter Odessa Friend Bishoff on Third Street in Oakland. The next day on March 11, Adelia's sister Katie Friend died in Friendsville and her brother Andrew Rufus Friend passed away in Arkansas - all three siblings died within 24 hours.)

BURIAL: 12 March 1928
Sang Run Cemetery
Sang Run, Garrett County, Maryland

On March 8, 1885, married Smith McClelland Friend, her second cousin twice removed. Of this union, ten children:

1. Odessa Mae: b. 23 Mar 1886; d. 28 Jan 1965
2. Roy Victor: b. 24 Sep 1997; d. 24 Nov 1963
3. Lesley Earl: b. 10 Aug 1889; d. 12 Dec 1968
4. Oren Harold: b. 26 Dec 1893; d. 25 Mar 1918
5. Edna Vinita: b. 11 Dec 1895; d. 12 Oct 1972
6. Wesley McClelland: b. 6 Jun 1896; d. 28 Sep 1951
7. Sarah Katherine Gladys: b. 27 Apr 1899; d. 28 Jan 1960
8. Columbia Fernanda "Fern": b. 12 May 1902; d. 3 Oct 1945
9. Orland Milford: b. 16 May 1904; d. 16 Jun 1917
10. Ralph Taft: b. 7 Jul 1908; d. 29 Jan 1988

THE CRFOSSING OF THREE FRIEND LINES

As a result of the union of Smith McClelland Friend and Adelia Alice Friend, the lines of three sons of John Friend, Sr. crossed: John Friend, Jr., Joseph Friend, and Charles Friend. As such, John Jr, Joseph, and Charles Friend became the 2nd great-grandfathers of the ten children of Smith McClelland and Adelia.

ACCOUNT OF DELIA'S DEATH

Delia died during a visit to the home of her daughter Odessa Friend Bishoff on North Third Street in Oakland, Maryland. As told by Odessa, her mother was downstairs brushing her hair and talking with a neighbor, when, in midsentence, she keeled over and fell to the floor. She died four days later, never gaining consciousness.

Delia's viewing took place at the Oakland home of her daughter Odessa Bishoff, where a short service was conducted by Rev. C. A. Shilke, pastor of the Oakland Lutheran Church. The body was taken to the Sang Run Methodist Church where another viewing took place prior to the final service conducted by Rev. VanSickle and assisted by Rev. Hawkins. (Ronn E. Friend, grandson of Adelia – from notes in the family albums of Ralph Taft and Susan (Whorton) Friend. Ralph was the youngest of Adelia and Smith McClelland Friend's ten children.)

SIBLINGS DELIA, KATIE, AND RUFUS FRIEND DIE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF EACH OTHER

On March 18, 1928, Hattie Friend Casteel wrote a letter to her brother Andrew Rufus Friend in Arkansas informing him of the death of their sisters Delia and Katie. Delia passed away at 6 pm on March 10, 1928, and Katie passed away at 9:40 pm the next day, March 11. Little did Hattie know that at some time on March 11, 1928, she also lost her brother Rev. Andrew Rufus.

Katie died from "the flu that turned into pneumonia" at her home in Friendsville. She had been ill for four days. Andrew Rufus suffered a stroke on March 6 at his home near Wesson, Arkansas. He died five days later. With the passing of Delia, Katie, and Andrew, Hattie became the sole survivor of the children of Joshua Monroe and Sarah Ann VanSickle Friend.