1. Thomas Adams,1 son of James Adams 2 and Letitia Cannon,1 was born on 11 Oct 1844 in Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA,3 died in Apr 1923 in Dana, Vermillion Co, IN3 at age 78, and was buried in Bush Cemetery, Brouilletts Creek Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
Thomas married Harriet Delilah Jones,4 daughter of Jacob Basford Jones 4 and Julia Ann Dean,4 on 6 Jan 1870 in Edgar Co, IL.4 Harriet was born on 7 Jan 1852 in Edgar Co, IL,4 died on 9 Dec 1891 in Edgar Co, IL4 at age 39, and was buried in Bush Cemetery, Brouilletts Creek Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 M i. Oscar Adams 4 was born on 16 Jan 1871 in Logan, Edgar Co, IL,4 died on 16 Apr 19414 at age 70, and was buried in Hoult Cemetery, Edgar Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
3 M ii. Harvey Adams 4 was born on 6 Jun 1873 in Logan, Edgar Co, IL,4 died on 26 Jan 1952 in Charleston, Coles Co, IL4 at age 78, and was buried in Hoult Cemetery, Edgar Twp, Edgar Co, IL. He had no known marriage and no known children.
+ 4 F iii. Nora Adams 4 was born on 7 Jan 1876 in Logan, Edgar Co, IL.4
+ 5 F iv. Mary Ethel Adams 4 was born on 5 Mar 1878 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL,4 died in Apr 1945 in Paris, Edgar Co, IL4 at age 67, and was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Prairie Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
6 M v. Thomas John Adams 4 was born on 19 May 1880 in Edgar Co, IL,4 died in 18884 at age 8, and was buried in Bush Cemetery, Brouilletts Creek Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
+ 7 M vi. Alonzo Adams 4 was born on 26 Oct 1882 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL.4
+ 8 M vii. Franklin Adams 5 was born on 2 Oct 1885 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL.5
9 M viii. [Infant] Adams 5 was born on 25 Oct 1887 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL and died on 25 Oct 1887 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL.
+ 10 F ix. Ruth Delilah Adams 5 was born on 7 Dec 1891 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL.5
Thomas next married Sarah J. Luck,5 daughter of Cirtus Luck 5 and M. J. Pauley,5 on 24 Dec 1893 in Kidley, Edgar Co, IL.5 Sarah was born in 1849 in Edgar Co, IL.5
2. Oscar Adams 4 (Thomas1) was born on 16 Jan 1871 in Logan, Edgar Co, IL,4 died on 16 Apr 19414 at age 70, and was buried in Hoult Cemetery, Edgar Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
Oscar married Eliza Wyatt,6 daughter of James Wyatt 6 and Eliza Manning,6 on 11 Aug 1903 in Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL.6 Eliza was born on 17 Oct 1877 in Hume, Edgar Co, IL,6 died on 8 Aug 1948 in Paris, Edgar Co, IL6 at age 70, and was buried in Hoult Cemetery, Edgar Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
For information about the ancestry of Eliza Wyatt, click here.
Children from this marriage were:
11 F i. [Infant] Adams was born about 1912, died on 17 Jan 1912,7 and was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Prairie Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
12 M ii. Marion Adams 7 was born on 17 Jan 1912 in Dana, Vermillion Co, IN,7 died on 17 Jan 1912 in Dana, Vermillion Co, IN, and was buried in Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Prairie Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
One might suppose that the above two children were twins, a girl and a boy, who died at birth. The source is not clear.
+ 13 M iii. Oscar Wyatt Adams 6 was born on 14 Jul 1916 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL6 and died on 17 Nov 1998 in ? Paris, Edgar Co, IL at age 82.
4. Nora Adams 4 (Thomas1) was born on 7 Jan 1876 in Logan, Edgar Co, IL.4
Nora married Everett M. DePuy,4 son of Alfred DePuy 4 and Serena Skidmore,4 on 7 Oct 1896.4 Everett was born on 24 May 1875 in Dana, Vermillion Co, IN,4 died in Dec 1948 in Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL4 at age 73, and was buried in Hoult Cemetery, Edgar Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
5. Mary Ethel Adams 4 (Thomas1) was born on 5 Mar 1878 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL,4 died in Apr 1945 in Paris, Edgar Co, IL4 at age 67, and was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Prairie Twp, Edgar Co, IL.
Mary married William Taylor.4
7. Alonzo Adams 4 (Thomas1) was born on 26 Oct 1882 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL.4
Alonzo married Mildred [Unk].8
The child from this marriage was:
14 M i. Harold Adams .8
Resided in Hammond, Piatt County, Illinois.
8. Franklin Adams 5 (Thomas1) was born on 2 Oct 1885 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL.5
Franklin married Edna Strater.8
The child from this marriage was:
15 F i. Delilah Adams .8
10. Ruth Delilah Adams 5 (Thomas1) was born on 7 Dec 1891 in Scottland, Edgar Co, IL.5
Her mother died when she was born. She was reared by her uncle Harvy Adams.
Ruth married Benjamin H. Bonwell.5 Benjamin was born in 18895 and died on 30 Apr 1925 in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO5 at age 36. He had been previously married to Fern Eslinger, who died in 1915.
13. Oscar Wyatt Adams 6 (Oscar2, Thomas1) was born on 14 Jul 1916 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL6 and died on 17 Nov 1998 in ? Paris, Edgar Co, IL at age 82.
He was born in Chicago Lying-in Hospital and first lived in Dana, Vermillion County, Indiana.
"In June of 1925, I moved to 706 So. Central Ave., Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. Graduated from Paris High School in May of 1934.
I worked with my father in the Adams Insurance Agency until the fall of 1936. I graduated from the University of Illinois with a B. S. Insurance on June 10, 1940. I was also commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Cavalry Reserves.
I was employed by Proctor and Gamble in their St. Louis, Missouri, office. Due to my father's illness, I came back to Paris and took over the Insurance Agency on Labor Day of 1940. My father was bedfast until his death on Feb 16, 1941.
I entered the U.S. Army as a 2nd Lt. in the Cavalry Feb 10, 1942 at Ft. Riley, Kansas. After finishing the Cavalry School at Ft. Riley, I was assigned to Recon Troop of the 8th Division, Ft. Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina.
I was transferred to the 102 Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Jackson in August of 1942. We went overseas in September 1942 and landed in Liverpool, England in October of 1942. We were stationed in Fairford, England, then transferred to Shrivenham Barracks. We shipped out of Scotland on a transport ship with our Squadron's vehicles, on December 16, 1942. We spent New Years Eve in the Rock of Gibraltor Harbor.
We arrived in the harbor at Algiers, No. Africa on Jan. 3, 1943. It took us several days to unload our vehicles. We had German planes dropping bombs every night we were in the harbor. The Squadron was stationed in Douera, North Africa. Our mission was to have mobil patrol on the roads around Algiers twenty-four hours a day.
On December 31, 1943 we were given the mission to move all of our wheeled vehicles in a convoy to Marakech, North Africa. It took us three days and nights to travel about one thousand miles. Our mission was to guard Prime Minister Churchill.
When we returned to Douera, we were moved to the Lammata Forest just East of Oram, North Africa. After a few months training we embarked at Oran on May 13, 1944 and disembarked at Naples, Italy on May 16, 1944.
We saw our first combat in early June when one of our patrols broke thru to Anzio. The troop "C" was asigned to guard General Mark Clark's Fifth Army Advanced headquarter. Our troop escorted General Clark into Rome on June 5, 1944. Our troop spent the first ten days of Rome's freedom camped on the Italian King's Palace grounds.
Our Squadron which is now 117 Cavalry Mechanized Squadron, were pulled out of combat and moved back near Naples, where we staged for the invasion of Southern France. We embarked on landing craft with our vehicles August 8, 1944, stopped off on Corsica, then disembarked behind San Tropez, France on August 15, 1944 "H" hour on "D" Day. We fought our way from Southern France, entered Strasbourg, Alsace Lorraine, in late November 1944.
After the battle of Bitche, France we had to acquire new vehicles and men. We crossed the Rhine River and moved east thru Heidleburg.
I became commander of "B" troop on April 16, 1945. We moved southeast on the right flank of the U.S. troops and left flank of the French troop. We crossed into Austria, and the war ended May 8, 1945.
I arrived back in the States with a detachment of men which I escorted to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.
I was discharged at Ft. Sheridan in Chicago, Illinois, in December of 1945.
Unk newspaper,
Paris Area Obituaries
Wyatt Adams
Wyatt Adams, 82, Paris, died at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 17) at the Paris Community Hospital.
A funeral service will be held at 10:30 am. Friday at the Sutton and Son Funeral Home, with the Rev. Father William Overmann officiating. Burial will follow in Hoult Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home. Military graveside rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 211 and V.F.W. Post 3601.
Mr. Adams was born July 14, 1916, in Chicago, the son of Oscar and Eliza Wyatt Adams, both teachers. He was raised in Dana and Paris, graduating from Paris High School in 1934. His first wife, Jane Sawyer Adams, died Oct. 2, 1969. He then married Theresa "Tess" Retzer Nov. 6, 1971, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Leith Adams of Los Angeles, Calif.; three stepsons, Gary Bowman of Chestertown, Ind., Thomas William Bowman of Lebanon, and Robert Bowman of Paris; two daughters, Beth Sponholtz of Washington and Lynn McMannon of Peoria; several cousins, including Maude Hopper of Paris and Mary Elizabeth Dunn of Chrisman; six step grandchildren and three step greatgrandchildren.
He worked with his parents at Adams Insurance Agency until he entered the University of Illinois. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in insurance in 1940, the first year in which that degree was awarded. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army in North Africa, France and Germany. After the war, he returned to Paris, running the agency until it was sold in the late 1980's to the Ashley-Spillman Agency.
He and his second, wife, Theresa, continued in an appraisal business, working until he entered the hospital last Monday. He was also involved in farming, local area history and [incomplete]
SSDI: ADAMS, WYATT 14 Jul 1916 17 Nov 1998 (V) 82 61944 (Paris, Edgar, IL) (none specified) Missouri 486-22-7842
Oscar married Jane Sawyer,7 daughter of Leith Sawyer 7 and Lauretta P. Jones,7 on 6 Jan 1946 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL.7 Jane was born on 14 Oct 1920 in Catlin, Vermilion Co, IL7 and died on 2 Oct 19697 at age 48.
SSDI: ADAMS, JANE 14 Oct 1920 Oct 1969 48-49 (not specified) (none specified) Illinois 323-14-5278
Children from this marriage were:
+ 17 F ii. Beth Adams .
+ 18 F iii. Lynn Adams .
Oscar next married Theresa Ritzer 7 on 6 Nov 1971.
Possible SSDI: ADAMS, THERESA L
17. Beth Adams (Oscar Wyatt3, Oscar2, Thomas1).
18. Lynn Adams (Oscar Wyatt3, Oscar2, Thomas1).
Lynn married [Unk] McMannon.
1. Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1013.
2. Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1012.
3. Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 6.
4. Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 13.
5. Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 14.
6. Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 20.
7. Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 21.
8. Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 22.