Adams History
James Robert Adams - (...on his marriage license to Amelia it is listed as James, but on his sons death certificate it is listed as Robert.) He married Amelia Jane Mayfield (Born: 1852 Died: 1932.) (see Mayfield History) on 28 July, 1878 in Gallatin Co., Illinois. They had one son.
John Wesley Adams “Papa” - Born: December 15, 1879 in Equality, Illinois. Died: December 5, 1969 in Elgin, Illinois. Buried: Bluff City Cemetary, Elgin, Illinois. He married 3 times.
(1). Etoy Pruett - They married on November 25, 1897 in Stoddard Co., MissouriThey had 1 child.
1. Mary Jane Adams - Born about 1901 and died in 1945. She is buried in Memorial Garden Cemetery, Blytheville, Arkansas. She had red hair. She married twice.
(1) Clarence Smith - Died: 1935 in Grayridge, Missouri. They had 4 children.
A. Erwin Smith - He married Norma. They had 3 children. (names unknown)
B. Dorothy Smith - She married Joe Sirna.
C. Barton Smith - He married Ruby Healy. She had 1 child prior to marriage - Dale.
D. Molly Smith - Died: 1957 in Detroit, Michigan. She married Don Davis. They had 1 child.
(2) Charlie Bassett.
(2)Flora Jane Grant - Born: 1879in MIllersburg, Indiana. Died: 1922 in Grayridge, Missouri. (see Grant History) She had a daughter prior to marrying John Wesley. According to Charles Robert’s birth certificate John Wesley and Flora Jane were both 34 when he was born in 1914. She died when he was 9.
1. Nellie - Born about 1903. She had red hair. (Died prior to marriage of Charles Robert Adams and Ruth Virginia Elder.) She married Otis Cravens. They had 2 children.
A. Marie Cravens - Born about 1920
B. Lee Cravens
Flora Jane had 3 children with John Wesley.
2. Hazel Ann Adams - Born: March 10, 1911 in Grayridge, Missouri. Died: April 3, 1988 in Benton, Illinois. Buried: Cain Cemetery, Carrier Mills, Illinois. She married twice.
(see Hazel Ann Adams)
3. Charles Robert Adams - Born: May 8, 1914 in Grayridge, Stoddard County, Missouri. Died: January 27, 1993 in Hayti, Missouri. Buried on January 30, 1993 at Mounds Cemetery, Howardsville, Missouri. He married Ruth Virginia Elder (Born: June 24, 1916 Died: July 2, 1977)(see Elder History)
on September 17, 1932 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Performed by Rev. Kilgore. Witnesses were Ben Elder, John Adams, Willie Summers, and Nelson Betts. They had 7 children.
(see Charles Robert Adams)
4. Logan Don Adams “Little Logan” - Died of natural causes around 2 years old in Grayridge, Missouri. Believed to be buried in Taylor Cemetery in Essex, Missouri.
(3) Ruby Craig - They married in 1930. She was from Parkin, Arkansas. Third marriage for John Wesley Adams. They divorced in 1930, it cost $5.00.
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