Son of David Barclay Adams and Lydia Catherine Mann

Married Margaret Ann Shirts, 23 Mar 1880, Escalante, Garfield, Utah

Children - Robert Darius Adams; David Teasdale Adams; Ellen May Adams; Margaret Jane Adams; Lydia Catherine Adams; Vivian June Adams; Daniel Wells Adams; Pearl Adams; Wayne Barclay Adams; Dewey Mann Adams; Valeria S. Adams; Golda Adams

History. At the age of eighteen Robert left Adamsville to haul timber for the temple at St. George for six weeks.

In July 1876 the family found good land in East Fork of the Sevier, just where Widstoe now stands. They commenced to build a corral. Here his father made a proposition whereby he could have all the cows he cared to milk, just by breaking them. Out of 100 head they tamed 65 to milk.

Robert was second to the oldest son and his father depended upon him to help with the chores. In July 1879 went to Panguitch with the first mail out as his father was appointed postmaster of Escalante. Robert was an industrious person.

On February 25, 1880, Robert brought two loads of logs from the mountains to put up a blacksmith shop. This was the first blacksmith shop for Robert, but it was not to be the last he would build. He bought a claim of land from Meeks for six hundred dollars in Bullberry now Teasdale.

Robert moved to Loa from Teasdale about 1883. He had the first blacksmith shop in Loa. Their stay was short and they moved back to Teasdale. The first shade trees set out in Teasdale was by Robert and Lewis Adams to beautify their small town. Some fruit trees had been planted and were bearing in 1895.

In 1898 he commenced getting material from a sawmill for a meetinghouse. Back in the nineties when Robert N. Nelson was in touch with people of Teasdale, he built a ferris wheel that he successfully operated during a Fourth of July celebration. Sometime around 1910 the family moved to Richfield where he died.

* Robert N. Adams was the inventor of the beet harvester. Patent #1,145,538 filed July 11th 1913 and approved or issued July 6th, 1915.

Obituary. Funeral services for R.N. ADAMS, who died Tuesday of last week, were held in the Third ward chapel last Friday afternoon with Bishop H.J. Hansen in charge. The speakers were J.S. Horne, Maroni Lazenby, President of the North Sevier Stake, and Bishop Hansen. High tribute was paid decedent for his thrift, industry and good citizenship.

Musical numbers were given by Nola Coons and ward choir members, and these were beautiful and appropriate.

R.N. Adams had a varied career since his birth at Beaver 65 years ago. He was the son of Bishop Adams of Adamsville, near Beaver, and was the first white child born in Beaver which event occurred on November 19, 1856,

As a boy he worked at the iron works established at Iron City in the early days of the state's history, and acquired a love for the forge, the anvil and the bellows, so he followed blacksmithing all his life. Just prior to the illness that ended his life he was engaged on the production of a successful beet topper and digger which, had he lived, he would probably have perfected, and which would have been the crowning achievement of a life spent in iron work. He lived in Escalante, where he met and married Margaret Ann Schurtz. He moved around considerably, and lived at Teasdale, Wayne County, where he was one of the original purchasers of the townsite for $500. He moved to Springville, then to Heber City, Marysvale, Coyote, back to Wayne County and then to Richfield. During this time he owned 25 homes, fifteen of which he built with his own hands.

He is survived by nine children, 50 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His sons and daughters are, R.D. Adams, Cedar City; David, Teasdale; Mrs. William Morrell, Torrey; Mrs. Joseph Pitts and Mrs. Voile Johnson, Marysvale; Mrs. Leonard Clayton, Benton, Washington; Wayne and Mrs. Valera Hoops of Richfield. He was well-known here and had many friends.

Mrs. Adams and the family extend thanks to all who so willingly assisted them during the illness and death of Mr. Adams.

Richfield Reaper
2 March 1922