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Clarkson W. “Clark” Adams

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Clarkson W. “Clark” Adams

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
1 Jan 1908 (aged 69)
Iowa, USA
Burial
Laurens, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Civil War Veteran
Co C 116th Ohio Infantry

Clark Adams married Mary Frances Gates in the Buckeye state on the 18th of January, 1846. They were both natives of Ohio and became pioneer residents of Iowa, removing from there to Iowa, where Mr. Adams
engaged in farming and stock-raising.

He later went to New Sharon, Mahaska county, IA, where he conducted a restaurant. After his retirement he settled in Lorenz, this state, and there he passed away on the 1st of January, 1908. Mrs. Adams had preceded him many years, her demise occurring in August, 1867 in New Sharon. Mr. Adams was a man of liberal views and helpful spirit, a member of the Universalist church and of the socialist party. He was also a Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Their daughter, Clara, was born in New Sharon, Mahaska county, this state, on the 25th of June, 1866, and by her marriage on Jan. 1, 1892 to Bailey Allen, she has become the mother of one child, Celoa Belle, whose birth occurred on the 11th of January, 1893.

[Source: "History of Poweshiek County, IA, A Record..." by Prof. L. F. Parker. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago. Published 1911. page 285]
Civil War Veteran
Co C 116th Ohio Infantry

Clark Adams married Mary Frances Gates in the Buckeye state on the 18th of January, 1846. They were both natives of Ohio and became pioneer residents of Iowa, removing from there to Iowa, where Mr. Adams
engaged in farming and stock-raising.

He later went to New Sharon, Mahaska county, IA, where he conducted a restaurant. After his retirement he settled in Lorenz, this state, and there he passed away on the 1st of January, 1908. Mrs. Adams had preceded him many years, her demise occurring in August, 1867 in New Sharon. Mr. Adams was a man of liberal views and helpful spirit, a member of the Universalist church and of the socialist party. He was also a Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Their daughter, Clara, was born in New Sharon, Mahaska county, this state, on the 25th of June, 1866, and by her marriage on Jan. 1, 1892 to Bailey Allen, she has become the mother of one child, Celoa Belle, whose birth occurred on the 11th of January, 1893.

[Source: "History of Poweshiek County, IA, A Record..." by Prof. L. F. Parker. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago. Published 1911. page 285]


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