1. JOHN Q.² ADAMS (JERIMIAH (NOT SURE IF THIS IS RIGHT)¹) was born in PA. He married ROSA, daughter of UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN. She was born April 18, 1845 in NY or Con.

Notes for JOHN Q. ADAMS:

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Notes for ROSA:

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Children of JOHN ADAMS and ROSA are:

2. i. LENSFORD L. (MY LOST LINK)³ ADAMS, b. Abt. 1865, NY.

ii. JOHN D. ADAMS, b. Abt. 1868.

3. iii. TRUMAN H. ADAMS, b. August 1868, Harbor Creek, PA.

iv. CHRISTOPHER(KIT) HARLEY ADAMS, b. February 07, 1871, Cascade, Iowa; d. September 15, 1939, Elkader, [email protected] County insane Hospital.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER(KIT) HARLEY ADAMS:

Subj:Re: OBITUARIES

Date:08/06/2001 3:40:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Charlene Barnhart

To: [email protected]

Kit Adams, 68, Dies at Elkader

C.H. (Kit) Adams, for many years a resident of McGregor, passed away at the

county insane hospital last Friday. He had made his home there for a number

of years, going there when F.L. McCreary was superintendent of the hospital.

Funeral services were held from the Pilkington Undertaking Parlor Sunday.

Christopher Harley Adams was born February 27, 1871, at Cascade, Iowa, and

passed away at the Elkader Insane Hospital September 15th, 1939.

He was the youngest son of John and Rosena Adams and the last of the family

to pass on.

Three brothers, one sister and his parents preceded him in death.

He moved with his parents to McGregor at the age of 12 years and has spent

his life in McGregor until five years ago.

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Other ADAMS burials of Pleasant Grove Cemetery:

FANNIE

GEORGE

GORDON RALPH

J.A. ADAMS

TRUMAN

 

 

 

 

 

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Burial: Pleasant Grove [email protected], Iowa Block 20 lot 58

v. MARY ADAMS, b. Abt. 1873.

 

2. LENSFORD L. (MY LOST LINK)³ ADAMS (JOHN Q.², JERIMIAH (NOT SURE IF THIS IS RIGHT)¹) was born Abt. 1865 in NY. He married SARAH EROHEWOHL? June 16, 1896 in La Cross, Wisconsin / vol. 5 page 189.

Notes for LENSFORD L. (MY LOST LINK) ADAMS:

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Children of LENSFORD ADAMS and SARAH EROHEWOHL? are:

i. ELSIE MABEL⁴ ADAMS, m. MUNYON.

ii. CHARLES ADAMS.

Notes for CHARLES ADAMS:

Returned to his parents of McGregor, Iowa. He was abandoned by his mother and his father took him to the Orphanage of Ottumwa, Iowa. (Homefinders) It is still in Ottumwa. My grandfather was his brother Malen Adams who was adopted by Herman Sellwood. I have no more info on Charles.

Town of McGregor was named after ALEXANDER MCGREGOR

Town was called "CONLEE de SIOUX" prior to the arrival of Mr. McGregor.

Clayton County -- A Brief History

Clayton County, Iowa

A Brief History

Clayton County derives its name from U.S. senator and cabinet member John

Middleton Clayton. Clayton assisted in the passage of the Wisconsin Territorial

bill.

During its early years, Clayton County had a very mobile county seat. The first

county business was conducted in Prairie La Porte, established in 1837. Since

1847 the town has been called Guttenburg, in honor of Johannes Guttenburg. Court

was held in this first county seat in 1838, in rooms rented from Graybill's

Tavern at a cost of $5 per day.

The first courthouse was built in Prairie La Porte in 1840. Robert Hatfield was

paid $73.50 for the delivery of materials and David Hastings was given $23 for

the construction, making the total cost of the building $96.50.

An act to relocate the county seat was approved by the Territorial Governor in

January 1840. The new site was to be Allotat, but residents of the county voted

it down and retained Prairie La Porte in an August 1840 election. Later, in

1843, the voters approved the relocation of the county seat, this time to

Jacksonville.

The second courthouse, first at Jacksonville, was built in 1844. Total cost of

the project was $675. In May 1846, the town's name was changed to Garnavillo,

after a town in Ireland. Garnavillo remained the county seat for a decade. Then

it was removed to the town of Elkader, for only one year. It was then returned

to Guttenburg until 1860, when it again was moved back to Elkader. It has

remained at Elkader since then, fighting off challenges by McGregor and

Garnavillo.

The present courthouse was begun in the summer of 1867. Land for the building

was provided by the town of Elkader, and county funds were appropriated for the

$5,000 project. The cornerstone, laid in 1887, reads "July 4, A.L. 5877'. The

A.L. stands for Anno Lucis, or Year of Light, a date used by Freemasons to

indicate the number of years that have elapsed since 4000 B.C., which is assumed

to be the date the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses.

When it became apparent that Elkader was to become the permanent county seat,

the project was completed in 1878, at a cost of $10,000. The extra $5,000 was

due to the "'work having been done in a more substantial manner than the

contract called for"; the extra cost was paid for by the citizens of Elkader."

A 45-foot clock tower was added in 1896 at cost of $1,860. It was constructed by

Wm. F. Feuiling of Farmersburg. It required daily winding until 1980, when it

was electrified.

Clayton County has lots of historic buildings and sites, including Spook Cave,

which is listed as the longest underground boat tour, and the Indian Mounds at

Effigy Park, which are more than 2,000 years old. The county is also proud of

Keystone Arch Bridge, a twin-arch bridge built in 1889 of local quarried

limestone. It took nine months to build the 346-foot bridge at a cost of

$16,282.49. The bridge is reputed to be the longest of its type west of the

Mississippi. Both the bridge and the courthouse have been placed on the National

Register of Historic Places.

Taken from History of County Governments in Iowa, published in 1992 by the Iowa

State Association of Counties, Des Moines, Iowa

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Originally prepared by Patti Streicher. Last updated, September 4, 1999, by hml.

4. iii. MALEN OR MAYLEY ADAMS (SELLWOOD), b. August 06, 1902, Prairie De Chein Wisconsin or McGregor, Iowa.

 

3. TRUMAN H.³ ADAMS (JOHN Q.², JERIMIAH (NOT SURE IF THIS IS RIGHT)¹) was born August 1868 in Harbor Creek, PA. He married LIZZIE (LIZA) DURAN. She was born in National. Iowa Clayton County.

Notes for TRUMAN H. ADAMS:

More About TRUMAN H. ADAMS:

Children of TRUMAN ADAMS and LIZZIE DURAN are:

i. LAURA⁴ ADAMS, b. 1895.

ii. FLORENCE DELIAHA ADAMS, b. April 12, 1896.

 

4. MALEN OR MAYLEY ADAMS⁴ (SELLWOOD) (LENSFORD L. (MY LOST LINK)³ ADAMS, JOHN Q.², JERIMIAH (NOT SURE IF THIS IS RIGHT)¹) was born August 06, 1902 in Prairie De Chein Wisconsin or McGregor, Iowa. He married HELEN MYERS in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Notes for MALEN OR MAYLEY ADAMS (SELLWOOD):

Children of MALEN (SELLWOOD) and HELEN MYERS are:

i. EDITH MAXINE⁵ SELLWOOD.

ii. JAMES SELLWOOD.

iii. OLLIE E. SELLWOOD.

iv. MALEN (JUNIOR) SELLWOOD.

 

Submitted by [email protected] on August 17, 2001.