Wife of Jesse Adams
From the Nebraska Journal-Leader – November 1939
"MRS. JESSE ADAMS BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Jesse B. Adams, 78, who passed away at her home in Ponca last Thursday, Nov 16. Services were conducted from Mohr's Funeral Chapel with Rev. George Bray in charge. Burial was in the Daily cemetery under direction of Mohr's Mortuary.
Eliza Alice Adams, daughter of David and Rebecca Taylor, was born at Mount Ayr (Airy), N.C., on May 29th, 1861, and passed to her eternal rest at Ponca, on November 16, 1939, at the age of 78 years, 5 months and 18 days.
At the age of twelve, she moved with her parents and their family to Nebraska, crossing the Missouri river at Blyburg, east of Homer. The first school established in that neighborhood was held in her parents home, where it continued until a new school house was built.
On July 18, 1883, she was united in marriage to Jesse B. Adams. To this union were born two sons, and two daughters: Charles, of Alliance, Ellen, of Bloomfield, Ruby, of Eugene, Ore., and Clarence of Ponca.Her husband preceded her in death on June 11, 1935. Besides her four children surviving, are two brothers, Vestal Taylor of Ponca and Nathan Taylor, of Santa Rosa, Calif.; twenty-six grandchildren and many nieces and nephews and great grandchildren."
Wife of Jesse Adams
From the Nebraska Journal-Leader – November 1939
"MRS. JESSE ADAMS BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Jesse B. Adams, 78, who passed away at her home in Ponca last Thursday, Nov 16. Services were conducted from Mohr's Funeral Chapel with Rev. George Bray in charge. Burial was in the Daily cemetery under direction of Mohr's Mortuary.
Eliza Alice Adams, daughter of David and Rebecca Taylor, was born at Mount Ayr (Airy), N.C., on May 29th, 1861, and passed to her eternal rest at Ponca, on November 16, 1939, at the age of 78 years, 5 months and 18 days.
At the age of twelve, she moved with her parents and their family to Nebraska, crossing the Missouri river at Blyburg, east of Homer. The first school established in that neighborhood was held in her parents home, where it continued until a new school house was built.
On July 18, 1883, she was united in marriage to Jesse B. Adams. To this union were born two sons, and two daughters: Charles, of Alliance, Ellen, of Bloomfield, Ruby, of Eugene, Ore., and Clarence of Ponca.Her husband preceded her in death on June 11, 1935. Besides her four children surviving, are two brothers, Vestal Taylor of Ponca and Nathan Taylor, of Santa Rosa, Calif.; twenty-six grandchildren and many nieces and nephews and great grandchildren."
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