When William L. Adams suffered his fatal stroke, it made the front page of The Daily Washingtonian, and there were several articles after his sudden death as it was a shock to the community and the Pacific Northwest. Stories of his death were published in the Seattle Times and The Oregonian. It was in the February 8, 1922 edition of The Daily Washingtonian that W. L. Adams' self-written obituary was printed within the article:
W. L. Adams Rites Friday Afternoon
Bishop Keator to Assist at Service
Arrangements were made last night for the burial of W. L. Adams in Hoquiam cemetery, Friday afternoon. The funeral service will be held at the Episcopalian church at 2 p.m. under auspices of the Masonic lodge. Bishop Frederic Keator of Olympia and Rev. Geo. G. Ware will officiate.
In Hoquiam yesterday the full force of the loss to the community was felt on every hand. Hundreds of letters of sympathy and regret were written by friends of the family and everywhere his name was mentioned with a respect which made unquestioned the high esteem felt for him by men who headed large institutions, men who had been his neighbors and men who toiled with their hands in the mills around the city.
That Mr. Adams had a premonition of death's call was suggested in his act of having written his biography at the bank during the last few hours he was there before going to his home where he was seized with the fatal stroke Tuesday afternoon.
The statement, as it was written, follows:
"Adams, William Leidy:
"Banker, residing at 711 Hill avenue, Hoquiam.
"Born at the Adams homestead, near Berwick, Pa., May 27, 1860, being the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Enos L. Adams, representatives of two of the oldest families of Eastern Pennsylvania.
"Graduated from Mount Union college, Alliance, Ohio, with the degree of bachelor of philosophy, in 1881.
"Removed to Western Texas in the spring of 1882. In 1883 and 1884 he was county commissioner of Mitchell county, and in 1885 to '88 he was county assessor of Midland county, Texas.
"Married on the 15th day of August, 1888, at Fort Worth, Texas, to Miss Elizabeth Anderson Davis, a native of Michigan and a graduate of the Mount Holyoke school at Kalamazoo.
"Immediately thereafter they removed to the territory of Washington. It was not until March 12, 1890, that they finally settled at Hoquiam. Was engaged in educational work until Feb. 1, 1893. Organized the Hoquiam high school and graduated its first class. On the latter date, he was appointed cashier of the Hoquiam National bank, which was consolidated with the First National Bank of Hoquiam on the 18th of July following, which was right in the teeth of the panic of 1893. The title of the First National bank was retained and Mr. Adams was elected cashier. Ten years later he was advanced to the presidency of the bank, which position he retained until his death.
"In 1912, 100 years after his great grandfather built the stone house in Eastern Pennsylvania, in which Mr. Adams was born, Mr. Adams erected for his Hoquiam bank a stone building, which is believed to be one of the finest bank buildings in the country for a city of Hoquiam's size.
"Since 1890 the Adams family has grown until it now numbers fourteen members, living. The family now includes Gaylord Adams, his wife, Leal Stevenson and their four children; Gwenivere Adams, her husband, William E. Lamoreaux, and their two sons; Elizabeth Adams, and William L. Adams, Junior.
"During the panic of 1907 and 1908, Mr. Adams organized and was president of the Chehalis County Clearing House association. In 1908 and 1909 he was president of the Washington State Bankers' association.
"He belonged to the Elks club and was a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Grays Harbor Country club and the Rotary club.
"Went to Edinburgh, Scotland, in May 1921, as delegate of the Hoquiam Rotary club to the international convention of Rotarians.
"Was a republican in politics and an Episcopalian in religious affiliations.
Aside from being president of the First National bank, he was vice president of the Grays Harbor Lumber company, president of the Keystone Timber company and president of the Adams company, all of Hoquiam."
Source: The Daily Washingtonian, Hoquiam, WA, February 8, 1922
W. L. Adams Rites Friday Afternoon
Bishop Keator to Assist at Service
Arrangements were made last night for the burial of W. L. Adams in Hoquiam cemetery, Friday afternoon. The funeral service will be held at the Episcopalian church at 2 p.m. under auspices of the Masonic lodge. Bishop Frederic Keator of Olympia and Rev. Geo. G. Ware will officiate.
In Hoquiam yesterday the full force of the loss to the community was felt on every hand. Hundreds of letters of sympathy and regret were written by friends of the family and everywhere his name was mentioned with a respect which made unquestioned the high esteem felt for him by men who headed large institutions, men who had been his neighbors and men who toiled with their hands in the mills around the city.
That Mr. Adams had a premonition of death's call was suggested in his act of having written his biography at the bank during the last few hours he was there before going to his home where he was seized with the fatal stroke Tuesday afternoon.
The statement, as it was written, follows:
"Adams, William Leidy:
"Banker, residing at 711 Hill avenue, Hoquiam.
"Born at the Adams homestead, near Berwick, Pa., May 27, 1860, being the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Enos L. Adams, representatives of two of the oldest families of Eastern Pennsylvania.
"Graduated from Mount Union college, Alliance, Ohio, with the degree of bachelor of philosophy, in 1881.
"Removed to Western Texas in the spring of 1882. In 1883 and 1884 he was county commissioner of Mitchell county, and in 1885 to '88 he was county assessor of Midland county, Texas.
"Married on the 15th day of August, 1888, at Fort Worth, Texas, to Miss Elizabeth Anderson Davis, a native of Michigan and a graduate of the Mount Holyoke school at Kalamazoo.
"Immediately thereafter they removed to the territory of Washington. It was not until March 12, 1890, that they finally settled at Hoquiam. Was engaged in educational work until Feb. 1, 1893. Organized the Hoquiam high school and graduated its first class. On the latter date, he was appointed cashier of the Hoquiam National bank, which was consolidated with the First National Bank of Hoquiam on the 18th of July following, which was right in the teeth of the panic of 1893. The title of the First National bank was retained and Mr. Adams was elected cashier. Ten years later he was advanced to the presidency of the bank, which position he retained until his death.
"In 1912, 100 years after his great grandfather built the stone house in Eastern Pennsylvania, in which Mr. Adams was born, Mr. Adams erected for his Hoquiam bank a stone building, which is believed to be one of the finest bank buildings in the country for a city of Hoquiam's size.
"Since 1890 the Adams family has grown until it now numbers fourteen members, living. The family now includes Gaylord Adams, his wife, Leal Stevenson and their four children; Gwenivere Adams, her husband, William E. Lamoreaux, and their two sons; Elizabeth Adams, and William L. Adams, Junior.
"During the panic of 1907 and 1908, Mr. Adams organized and was president of the Chehalis County Clearing House association. In 1908 and 1909 he was president of the Washington State Bankers' association.
"He belonged to the Elks club and was a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Grays Harbor Country club and the Rotary club.
"Went to Edinburgh, Scotland, in May 1921, as delegate of the Hoquiam Rotary club to the international convention of Rotarians.
"Was a republican in politics and an Episcopalian in religious affiliations.
Aside from being president of the First National bank, he was vice president of the Grays Harbor Lumber company, president of the Keystone Timber company and president of the Adams company, all of Hoquiam."
Source: The Daily Washingtonian, Hoquiam, WA, February 8, 1922
When William L. Adams suffered his fatal stroke, it made the front page of The Daily Washingtonian, and there were several articles after his sudden death as it was a shock to the community and the Pacific Northwest. Stories of his death were published in the Seattle Times and The Oregonian. It was in the February 8, 1922 edition of The Daily Washingtonian that W. L. Adams' self-written obituary was printed within the article:
W. L. Adams Rites Friday Afternoon
Bishop Keator to Assist at Service
Arrangements were made last night for the burial of W. L. Adams in Hoquiam cemetery, Friday afternoon. The funeral service will be held at the Episcopalian church at 2 p.m. under auspices of the Masonic lodge. Bishop Frederic Keator of Olympia and Rev. Geo. G. Ware will officiate.
In Hoquiam yesterday the full force of the loss to the community was felt on every hand. Hundreds of letters of sympathy and regret were written by friends of the family and everywhere his name was mentioned with a respect which made unquestioned the high esteem felt for him by men who headed large institutions, men who had been his neighbors and men who toiled with their hands in the mills around the city.
That Mr. Adams had a premonition of death's call was suggested in his act of having written his biography at the bank during the last few hours he was there before going to his home where he was seized with the fatal stroke Tuesday afternoon.
The statement, as it was written, follows:
"Adams, William Leidy:
"Banker, residing at 711 Hill avenue, Hoquiam.
"Born at the Adams homestead, near Berwick, Pa., May 27, 1860, being the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Enos L. Adams, representatives of two of the oldest families of Eastern Pennsylvania.
"Graduated from Mount Union college, Alliance, Ohio, with the degree of bachelor of philosophy, in 1881.
"Removed to Western Texas in the spring of 1882. In 1883 and 1884 he was county commissioner of Mitchell county, and in 1885 to '88 he was county assessor of Midland county, Texas.
"Married on the 15th day of August, 1888, at Fort Worth, Texas, to Miss Elizabeth Anderson Davis, a native of Michigan and a graduate of the Mount Holyoke school at Kalamazoo.
"Immediately thereafter they removed to the territory of Washington. It was not until March 12, 1890, that they finally settled at Hoquiam. Was engaged in educational work until Feb. 1, 1893. Organized the Hoquiam high school and graduated its first class. On the latter date, he was appointed cashier of the Hoquiam National bank, which was consolidated with the First National Bank of Hoquiam on the 18th of July following, which was right in the teeth of the panic of 1893. The title of the First National bank was retained and Mr. Adams was elected cashier. Ten years later he was advanced to the presidency of the bank, which position he retained until his death.
"In 1912, 100 years after his great grandfather built the stone house in Eastern Pennsylvania, in which Mr. Adams was born, Mr. Adams erected for his Hoquiam bank a stone building, which is believed to be one of the finest bank buildings in the country for a city of Hoquiam's size.
"Since 1890 the Adams family has grown until it now numbers fourteen members, living. The family now includes Gaylord Adams, his wife, Leal Stevenson and their four children; Gwenivere Adams, her husband, William E. Lamoreaux, and their two sons; Elizabeth Adams, and William L. Adams, Junior.
"During the panic of 1907 and 1908, Mr. Adams organized and was president of the Chehalis County Clearing House association. In 1908 and 1909 he was president of the Washington State Bankers' association.
"He belonged to the Elks club and was a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Grays Harbor Country club and the Rotary club.
"Went to Edinburgh, Scotland, in May 1921, as delegate of the Hoquiam Rotary club to the international convention of Rotarians.
"Was a republican in politics and an Episcopalian in religious affiliations.
Aside from being president of the First National bank, he was vice president of the Grays Harbor Lumber company, president of the Keystone Timber company and president of the Adams company, all of Hoquiam."
Source: The Daily Washingtonian, Hoquiam, WA, February 8, 1922
W. L. Adams Rites Friday Afternoon
Bishop Keator to Assist at Service
Arrangements were made last night for the burial of W. L. Adams in Hoquiam cemetery, Friday afternoon. The funeral service will be held at the Episcopalian church at 2 p.m. under auspices of the Masonic lodge. Bishop Frederic Keator of Olympia and Rev. Geo. G. Ware will officiate.
In Hoquiam yesterday the full force of the loss to the community was felt on every hand. Hundreds of letters of sympathy and regret were written by friends of the family and everywhere his name was mentioned with a respect which made unquestioned the high esteem felt for him by men who headed large institutions, men who had been his neighbors and men who toiled with their hands in the mills around the city.
That Mr. Adams had a premonition of death's call was suggested in his act of having written his biography at the bank during the last few hours he was there before going to his home where he was seized with the fatal stroke Tuesday afternoon.
The statement, as it was written, follows:
"Adams, William Leidy:
"Banker, residing at 711 Hill avenue, Hoquiam.
"Born at the Adams homestead, near Berwick, Pa., May 27, 1860, being the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Enos L. Adams, representatives of two of the oldest families of Eastern Pennsylvania.
"Graduated from Mount Union college, Alliance, Ohio, with the degree of bachelor of philosophy, in 1881.
"Removed to Western Texas in the spring of 1882. In 1883 and 1884 he was county commissioner of Mitchell county, and in 1885 to '88 he was county assessor of Midland county, Texas.
"Married on the 15th day of August, 1888, at Fort Worth, Texas, to Miss Elizabeth Anderson Davis, a native of Michigan and a graduate of the Mount Holyoke school at Kalamazoo.
"Immediately thereafter they removed to the territory of Washington. It was not until March 12, 1890, that they finally settled at Hoquiam. Was engaged in educational work until Feb. 1, 1893. Organized the Hoquiam high school and graduated its first class. On the latter date, he was appointed cashier of the Hoquiam National bank, which was consolidated with the First National Bank of Hoquiam on the 18th of July following, which was right in the teeth of the panic of 1893. The title of the First National bank was retained and Mr. Adams was elected cashier. Ten years later he was advanced to the presidency of the bank, which position he retained until his death.
"In 1912, 100 years after his great grandfather built the stone house in Eastern Pennsylvania, in which Mr. Adams was born, Mr. Adams erected for his Hoquiam bank a stone building, which is believed to be one of the finest bank buildings in the country for a city of Hoquiam's size.
"Since 1890 the Adams family has grown until it now numbers fourteen members, living. The family now includes Gaylord Adams, his wife, Leal Stevenson and their four children; Gwenivere Adams, her husband, William E. Lamoreaux, and their two sons; Elizabeth Adams, and William L. Adams, Junior.
"During the panic of 1907 and 1908, Mr. Adams organized and was president of the Chehalis County Clearing House association. In 1908 and 1909 he was president of the Washington State Bankers' association.
"He belonged to the Elks club and was a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Grays Harbor Country club and the Rotary club.
"Went to Edinburgh, Scotland, in May 1921, as delegate of the Hoquiam Rotary club to the international convention of Rotarians.
"Was a republican in politics and an Episcopalian in religious affiliations.
Aside from being president of the First National bank, he was vice president of the Grays Harbor Lumber company, president of the Keystone Timber company and president of the Adams company, all of Hoquiam."
Source: The Daily Washingtonian, Hoquiam, WA, February 8, 1922
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