---Dayton Man Dies at VA---
Services are pending from Ferries Funeral Home for Alonzo E. Adamson, Dayton, longtime area resident who died today at the
Sheridan VA Hospital.
Mr. Adamson was born July 10, 1891, in Cardon (sic), Indiana, and homesteaded in Montana. A veteran of WW I, he ranched near Dayton from 1925 until 1960, when he retired and moved into Dayton.
On Oct. 24, 1921, he married Nina Mock in Nevada, Mo. She survives him. Other survivors include a son, David, of Dayton; a daughter, Ruth Mora of Denver; a brother, Clem, of Miles City, Mont., and five grandchildren, Tony Mora of Denver, Cathy, Jimmy, Sandra and Donald Adamson of Sheridan. ### Sheridan Press June 12, 1971
Lon Adamson came with his brother, Bert, from Wyoming bringing cattle to the Epsie area. He filed on a homestead on the head of Fifteen Mile Creek in 1912 and built his cabin.
Following Lon's return from active duty in World War I, in addition to his farming, he did road construction work with Joe Anderson, road supervisor. In the summer of 1917, during a terrific electircal storm, lightening struck, ran along a wire fence and killed five head of the Adamson livestock that had drifted along the fence. Lon traded his homestead to the Palmers for a place in Missouri. Later Lon married Nina Mock and they live in Dayton, Wyo. Their children are a son, David, and a daughter, Ruth. - - - by Nana Bottles Adamson, Echoing Footsteps, History of Powder River County, page 48.
Services are pending from Ferries Funeral Home for Alonzo E. Adamson, Dayton, longtime area resident who died today at the
Sheridan VA Hospital.
Mr. Adamson was born July 10, 1891, in Cardon (sic), Indiana, and homesteaded in Montana. A veteran of WW I, he ranched near Dayton from 1925 until 1960, when he retired and moved into Dayton.
On Oct. 24, 1921, he married Nina Mock in Nevada, Mo. She survives him. Other survivors include a son, David, of Dayton; a daughter, Ruth Mora of Denver; a brother, Clem, of Miles City, Mont., and five grandchildren, Tony Mora of Denver, Cathy, Jimmy, Sandra and Donald Adamson of Sheridan. ### Sheridan Press June 12, 1971
Lon Adamson came with his brother, Bert, from Wyoming bringing cattle to the Epsie area. He filed on a homestead on the head of Fifteen Mile Creek in 1912 and built his cabin.
Following Lon's return from active duty in World War I, in addition to his farming, he did road construction work with Joe Anderson, road supervisor. In the summer of 1917, during a terrific electircal storm, lightening struck, ran along a wire fence and killed five head of the Adamson livestock that had drifted along the fence. Lon traded his homestead to the Palmers for a place in Missouri. Later Lon married Nina Mock and they live in Dayton, Wyo. Their children are a son, David, and a daughter, Ruth. - - - by Nana Bottles Adamson, Echoing Footsteps, History of Powder River County, page 48.
---Dayton Man Dies at VA---
Services are pending from Ferries Funeral Home for Alonzo E. Adamson, Dayton, longtime area resident who died today at the
Sheridan VA Hospital.
Mr. Adamson was born July 10, 1891, in Cardon (sic), Indiana, and homesteaded in Montana. A veteran of WW I, he ranched near Dayton from 1925 until 1960, when he retired and moved into Dayton.
On Oct. 24, 1921, he married Nina Mock in Nevada, Mo. She survives him. Other survivors include a son, David, of Dayton; a daughter, Ruth Mora of Denver; a brother, Clem, of Miles City, Mont., and five grandchildren, Tony Mora of Denver, Cathy, Jimmy, Sandra and Donald Adamson of Sheridan. ### Sheridan Press June 12, 1971
Lon Adamson came with his brother, Bert, from Wyoming bringing cattle to the Epsie area. He filed on a homestead on the head of Fifteen Mile Creek in 1912 and built his cabin.
Following Lon's return from active duty in World War I, in addition to his farming, he did road construction work with Joe Anderson, road supervisor. In the summer of 1917, during a terrific electircal storm, lightening struck, ran along a wire fence and killed five head of the Adamson livestock that had drifted along the fence. Lon traded his homestead to the Palmers for a place in Missouri. Later Lon married Nina Mock and they live in Dayton, Wyo. Their children are a son, David, and a daughter, Ruth. - - - by Nana Bottles Adamson, Echoing Footsteps, History of Powder River County, page 48.
Services are pending from Ferries Funeral Home for Alonzo E. Adamson, Dayton, longtime area resident who died today at the
Sheridan VA Hospital.
Mr. Adamson was born July 10, 1891, in Cardon (sic), Indiana, and homesteaded in Montana. A veteran of WW I, he ranched near Dayton from 1925 until 1960, when he retired and moved into Dayton.
On Oct. 24, 1921, he married Nina Mock in Nevada, Mo. She survives him. Other survivors include a son, David, of Dayton; a daughter, Ruth Mora of Denver; a brother, Clem, of Miles City, Mont., and five grandchildren, Tony Mora of Denver, Cathy, Jimmy, Sandra and Donald Adamson of Sheridan. ### Sheridan Press June 12, 1971
Lon Adamson came with his brother, Bert, from Wyoming bringing cattle to the Epsie area. He filed on a homestead on the head of Fifteen Mile Creek in 1912 and built his cabin.
Following Lon's return from active duty in World War I, in addition to his farming, he did road construction work with Joe Anderson, road supervisor. In the summer of 1917, during a terrific electircal storm, lightening struck, ran along a wire fence and killed five head of the Adamson livestock that had drifted along the fence. Lon traded his homestead to the Palmers for a place in Missouri. Later Lon married Nina Mock and they live in Dayton, Wyo. Their children are a son, David, and a daughter, Ruth. - - - by Nana Bottles Adamson, Echoing Footsteps, History of Powder River County, page 48.
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