John Elmer Adams and Susan Hollister

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Husband John Elmer Adams ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 2 Feb 1845 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
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           Died: 22 Jun 1905 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: "Uncle" John [2] Adams (1807-1891) 5 6 7
         Mother: Sarah Whann (      -      ) 8

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Wife Susan Hollister ^{2 4}

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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Father: P. G. Hollister (      -      ) 2 9
         Mother: Clarissa R. McKee (cal 1810-1854) 2 10

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Children

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1 M Harry E. Adams ⁴

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2 M Lew H. Adams ⁴

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3 F Ella B. Adams ⁴

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         Spouse: Barton J. Forsythe (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1897 - ? Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - John Elmer Adams

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His youth was spent on the homestead farm. He was reared in Mineral township, and received his early education in the public schools and academy at Franklin, Pennsylvania. In 1877 he engaged in the coal business in this city, and subsequently was appointed special agent for the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Company, filling that position three years. On the 31st of March, 1888, Mr. Adams was appointed by President Cleveland to the position of Postmaster of Franklin. Politically Mr. Adams is a stanch Democrat and strongly Methodistic in belief and practice. [HVC 1890, 820]

Cemetery records seem to indicate that he was buried June 19. One would hope, then, that either this is incorrect or the date of death given by the source is inaccurate.

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General Notes: Wife - Susan Hollister

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Residing in Franklin, Venango Co, PA, in 1919.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 820, 1013.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 598.

3 Meryl M. Hilbert, The Descendants of Richard Adams (Hunstville, AL: Self-published, 1987), Pg 23.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 820.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 607.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1012, 1031.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 98.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1013, 1031.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 820, 983.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 983.