Today I’d like to continue the series of articles about Maple Hill’s Adams Family. The material below, is taken from the pages of Wabaunsee County Newspapers, published in Alma, and with the heading, “Maple Hill News Items.” These are verbatim extractions.
When I was a student at Washburn University between 1967 and 1971, I worked part-time at Whelan’s Lumber Company in Topeka, on Fourth Street. I would often have two or three hour breaks between class and work, and the Kansas Historical Society Library was located in the old GAR Memorial Hall at 10th and Jackson, about half way between Whelans and Washburn. I would often use that two or three hour time to copy Maple Hill News Items from the actual copies of newspapers in the library. You see, I was deeply interested in Maple Hill History even 40+ years ago. I used the material gleaned often in the “Notes From Moundview Farm” column I wrote for the “Alma Signal Enterprise” and the “St. Marys Star” between 1970 and 1978. As is easily discerned, I continue to use the information. Friends—reading those old and crumbling pages of faint type was definitely a labor of love!!!
The information contained in these clippings about the Adams family is very interesting and documents their involvement in the development of Maple Hill from its earliest times. Information enclosed in brackets is my addition for clarification only. Although the family arrived in 1879, I found nothing earlier than 1880. As to the writer, the source is unknown until the 1920s because pen names were used by those who submitted the articles. Bill and Jack Warren speculated that one of their male relatives (it would have been unheard of for women to write news at that time) was the writer, probably Albert F. Thayer. The articles are very well written and from “hints” in the text, it would appear that the writer was from the East, which would include Thayer, but also WIlliam A. Pierce and others. Another possibility after the founding of the Eliot Congregational Church, was Rev. W. S. Crouch. I doubt we’ll ever never know for sure.
1880: August 10 Mr. [Alexander A.] Adams has fenced in 1,360 acres of Maple Hill Township near Dry Creek.
1881: February 9 In Maple Hill Township, Franklin Adams was elected trustee, Lyman Thomas, Treasurer, J. W. Woodford, Clerk, H. K. Johnson and William Woodford, Constables and R. F. McGill, road overseer.
1881: May 18 – Mr. Franklin Adams recently purchased 1400 more acres on Dry Creek and is now fencing it in.
1881: September 23 – Mr. Alexander Adams has left to bring Mrs. Adams home from a visit to relatives in Illinois. She has made an extended visit. The church social at Mr. Adams home last Wednesday was a very pleasant affair indeed. The supper and entertainment were most enjoyable. It was to be noticed that the duties of hostess were quite capably filled by Miss Emily Adams, who graced the evenings entertainment and took pains to see that everyones evening was enjoyable.
1882: May 10 Mr. Franklin Adams has purchased all stock in the Rossville Ferry.
Miss Emily Adams has been ill with the chills for three weeks but is stronger now.
1882: June 27 Mrs. Hiram Wagner is suffering from malaria.
Mrs. Case of Mendota, Illinois is now a guest of Mrs. Alexander Adams, her sister. [ This was Sarah Melissa Porter, who married Henry Chauncey Case. They farmed in Troy Grove Township, LaSalle County, Illinois.]
1882: June 27 Franklin Adams sold one of his farms to George A. Fowler in Kansas City.
1882: August 10 – Mr. Alex Adams has returned home from Illinois.
Mr. Horace Adams [son of Alexander] has bought a dazzling new buggy pulled by his high stepping and beautiful dapple gray.
1882: September 4 Miss Emily Adams has left for a visit with Miss Kate Cotton of Wakarusa.
It is very hot and dry. Threshers are almost done.
1883: March 16 Married at the home of the brides parents, by the Rev. W. S. Crouch, Mr. Thomas Andrews and Miss Emily Adams.
1883: March 16 – Mr. Franklin Adams has purchased and is going to open a new farm. L. T. Matthews is going to break 200 acres of prairie for Mr. Adams.
Alexander Adams has bought the Frank Jackson Lucia Farm on Dry Creek.
1884: March 22 Mr. Adams from Illinois is visiting his relatives in Sunny Kansas. [ This would likely have been James Adams, III or Charles L. Adams, brothers of Alexander Adams who stayed in LaSalle County, Illinois when Alex Adams moved his family to Kansas.]
1885: January 3 Franklin Adams is looking happy lately and we cant imagine why. [Franklin Adams and Elizabeth Parsons were married in 1886 and its likely the reference was to his courting of Miss Parsons.]
1885: A county atlas was published for Wabaunsee County in 1885. The following information was taken from the historical contents of that atlas:
Maple Hill Township land owners and amounts of land:
George A. Fowler 4,620 acres
Alexander Adams 680 acres
Franklin Adams 1,640 acres
M. C. Warren 480 acres
Maria J. Warren 630 acres
George M. Hill 640 acres
Charles D. Warren 160 acres
Anthony Jerrue 320 acres
A. E. True 320 acres
William A. Pierce 1,580 acres
Mary C. Beaubien 240 acres
Henderson Hall Clothier 320 acres
Mrs. Albert F. Thayer 320 acres
Rev. W. S. Crouch 120 acres
Mr. M. W. Janes 850 acres
Mr. Robert McClelland 720 acres
Henry Fauerbach 240 acres
1885: The following are dates of settlement in Maple Hill Township, taken from the 1885 Atlas of Wabaunsee County.
Franklin Adams LaSalle Co., Illinois November 1878
Alexander Adams LaSalle Co., Illinois March 1879
Henry Fauerbach Prussia November, 1858
Geiger Brothers Pennsylvania October 1880
Robert McClelland Erie County, Pennsylvania September 1876
William A Pierce Buffalo, New York June 1876
Frederick L. Raymond Worchester Co., Massachusetts October 1874
Albert F. Thayer Massachusetts 1874
Verity and 1870
E. D. Warner Massachusetts November 1881
Ed Worsley Canada 1876
O. E. Walker Postmaster Chautauqua Co., New York February 1880
Mrs. Maria Joy Warren Brooklyn, New York 1874
S. Williams Massachusetts November 1881
1886: January 22 Mr. Franklin Adams and Miss Elizabeth Parsons of Vera were married this past Tuesday evening. Mr. Adams is one of the prosperous farmers and stockmen of this township and the News congratulates them hoping the stars in the family circle will number those on the National Banner. [ The 1886 calendar would indicate that the Adams were married on January 12, 1886 by Rev. W. S. Crouch of the Eliot Congregational Church (The Old Stone Church.]
1886: July 23 – Mr. Franklin Adams is captain of the Maple Hill baseball team which played Fairfield in Alma on Saturday. Mrs. Frank Adams, Mrs. Chapin of Worchester, Massachusetts and Mrs. and Miss Goddard also attended. Maple Hill lost!
1887: July 27 The following were in Alma to watch the Alma-Maple Hill [baseball] ballgame. Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Elliot, prominent stockman William Warren, and Mr. W. B. Jersey Small and wife. The game was easily won by Maple Hill, with the following team: J. Adams, Catcher; J. J. Taylor, Pitcher; J. Paluca, First Base; A. Goddard, Second Base, W. Paluca, Third Base, E. Adams, R. F.; W. Boyd, C. F.; A Morrison, L. F.; and W. A Pierce, S. S. Frank Adams is captain. The score was 17-0 in favor of Maple Hill.
1887: August 26 Frank Adams shipped a car of hogs to Kansas City this week.
1887: September 4 a town well for public use is being dug in the center of Main Street near Mr. Dolleys store.
Miss Alice B. Adams [daughter of Alexander and Mary Jane Adams] returned from her eastern trip Saturday.
1888: January 26 There was a sleighing party Monday night headed by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams. They led the group to Paxico. The music of sleigh bells filled he crisp air with a beautiful tinkling as if angels from the Realms of Glory were about to descend.
1888: February 19 Horace G. Adams has returned from Trinidad, Colorado and is again at home with his parents, Alex and Mary Jane Adams.
1888: March 15 – Mr. Horace G. Adams has purchased the farm of John H. Durham. [This farm was the first in Maple Hill Township purchased by Horace G. Adams. It is currently owned by the Maple Hill representative to the Wabaunsee County Commission, Jim Suber and his wife Jeanette Suber.]
1890: August 8 – Election of officers in School District #84 resulted with Henry Fauerbach, J. H. Ross and Frank Adams winning.
1890: September 2 Two of our communitys prominent ranchers are on cattle buying trips. Horace G. Adams has gone west to buy cattle and W. J. Tod of the Fowler Ranch has gone to New Mexico for cattle.
1895: February 15 Mr. John H. Parsons, one of the oldest citizens of Wabaunsee County, died Tuesday at the home of his son-in-law, Frederick Raymond. Mr. Parsons had congestive chills. He had $3,000 insurance in the Masonic Mutual Benefit Association. Mr. Parsons was the father-in-law of Hon. Frederick Raymond, Vera, and Franklin Adams of Maple Hill, and until recently had lived in Florida. [Interesting that the notice does not mention either daughter, just their husbands.]
1895: February 22 Horace G. Adams shipped a car of coal the first of the week.
[For a brief time, there was thought that a shallow vein of soft coal in the pastures west of Maple Hill might prove to be worth mining. However the coal vein was shallow and the quality of coal was not worth the investment to mine it.]
1895: March 8 – Franklin A. Adams has purchased a farm in our community and will erect a fine dwelling. [This is a 40-acre tract at the northeast corner of the present town of Maple Hill known as The Stone Farm or Stones Addition. Franklin and Elizabeth Adams built a large, two-story frame dwelling that was for many years their home and later occupied by their children. It is now a private residence.]
1895: April 5 Congratulations to Horace G. Adams on the arrival of a new girl.
[This would have been Mary M. Adams, who was born to Horace and Mable Gertrude Adams in 1895 and later married Frank Dougan.]
1895: April 19 Horace G. Adams is building a large boarding house for his workers.
1897: July 27 A fine baby girl arrived at the home of Frank Adams on Tuesday afternoon just in time for lunch no less! [This would have been Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Franklin and Elizabeth (Parsons) Adams.]
1897: August 6 – Frank Adams has his palatial new residence nearly completed and none to soon since his family continues to grow. [The Adams family had lived in a house on their farm northeast of Maple Hill, until this new home was completed.]
1897: November 19 Many went to the stockyards to see 90 cars of cattle unloaded for H. G. Adams last week. We thank Mr. Adams and his men for taking great care not to cause harm to roadsides and farm yards as the cattle were driven north to be fed.
1897: December 10 Alexander Adams got a fine new phaeton carriage.
1898: April 29 Frank Adams and his wife Elizabeth have laid out the grounds of their beautiful new home in a most artistic manner with many trees and flowers.
1898: June 17 Mrs. Miller of Texas is visiting at the home of her brother, Franklin Adams. [This was Alice B. Adams, who married Eugene Miller.]
1899: August 18 Alex Adams has purchased the Fred Verity house on Prairie Avenue and the John Verity house on Fowler Avenue for use as rental houses.
1899: October 20 – Mrs. Frank Adams presented Frank with a daughter, Emily, born October 9, 1899.
October 20 Alex Adams is putting steam heat in at his home north of town.
Horace G. Adams unloaded 18 train loads of cattle this week. There were 189 cars total.
1902: May 23 The present board of directors of the Eliot Congregational Church consists of Frederick L. Raymond, Harry R. Williams, Albert F. Thayer, John Turnbull, Sr., and Franklin Adams. They have begun to solicit funds for the new church in town. They are assisted by an advisory committee of Joseph N. Dolley, Russell T. Updegraff, William John Tod and Rev. W. S. Crouch. Lots have been secured directly across the street from Dr. Kempers house on Main Street. [These lots were on the corner of Third and Main Streets, where the home Rachel Imturn presently lives. The plan at that time was to build a new church with financial assistance from George A. Fowler. The entire plan was scrapped and Fowler donated the lots and building where Maple Hills first town grade school was built. The school was remodeled into the present church (minus the south entrance) and was dedicated in 1905.]
1904: From The Alma Enterprise: January 29, 1904
An Esteemed Citizen Gone
The Enterprise was very sorry last week to learn of the death of Alexander Adams at Maple Hill on January 16. Since 1879, Mr. Adams has been a resident of this county and his honorable and upright life and the excellent family he reared, bear evidence to his splendid worth as a citizen.
Although about 80 years of age, Mr. Adams was around and able to attend to usiness until the day before his death, which came as a surprise to the family.
His esteemed wife, Mary Jane (Porter) Adams survives him. He leaves two sons, Franklin and Horace Greeley Adams, two prominent business and cattlemen of Maple Hill, well and favorably known over the county. He also leaves two married daughters, Mrs. Emily (Thomas) Andrews and Mrs. Alice (Eugene) Miller at Rossville.
His funeral occurred January 18th at 2:30pm from the Maple Hill Congregational Church, Rev. W. S. Crouch officiating. Burial was at the Old Stone Church.
1908: April 3 The best spellers of each school in the county were named for the county spelling contest. From Maple Hill Grade School were: Lillian Oliver, Arthur Adams [son of Franklin and Elizabeth Adams] and Frances Jones.
1909: March 29 Horace G. Adams has a new $4,000 auto and it is a honey. He bought it in Kansas City.
1911: June 17 Franklin Adams has purchased a Great Smith Touring Car.
1911: October 6 The Maple Hill Football Team consisted of McDonald, Light End; J. Romick, Left Tackle; E. Romick, Left Guard; Oliver, Center; Harris, Right Guard; Jones, Right Tackle; Young, Right End; Moses, Quarter Back; Herron, S. Romick, Brock and Joe Romick referee. Franklin Adams was the umpire.
1912: May 24 Commencement services for the Maple Hill High School were held at the Congregational Church. Graduates were: Howard Adams, Clifford Moses, John Romick and Olive Clements.
1912: September 13 Mrs. Martha Olney Warren, wife of Benjamin Warren and mother of Mrs. Mable Gertrude [Horace Greeley] Adams died on September 8 at Maple Hill. She was born at Eastford, Connecticut in 1840 and came to Maple Hill in 1879. Mrs. Adams services were held from the Maple Hill Congregational Church and burial was at the Old Stone Church.
1913: June 25 The social event of the season occurred at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Adams when their daughter Mabel Rae Adams and James Todd were united in marriage. Rev. H. M. McDowell officiated of the Maple Hill Congregational Church officiated. Miss Helen Adams was her sisters matron of honor and James Kelly of Yale University was the groomsman for Mr. Tod. Miss Adams sister, Mary Adams, played Mendelsons wedding march.
1914: May 22 The pupils of Maple Hill Grade School presented the Annual May Pole Dance and Midsummer Eve Program on the beautiful front lawn of the Frank Adams home. Many parents and friends attended.
1914: October 16 Howard Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams, has been elected president of the Junior Class at Kansas University in Lawrence. It is quite an honor for his family and our community.
1914: October 23 Maple Hill Farmers Institute Report
The meeting was held at the Maple Hill School. A large crowd attended.
The Ladies School Auxiliary under the direction of Mrs. Frank McClelland and Mrs. T. H. Woolsey, had the lower primary room as a domestic exhibit. Canned fruits and hand work were displayed.
Mr. John Turnbull, Sr., president, called the meeting to order. Premiums were awarded to the following:
Corn Contest Paul McClelland – $3, James McClelland – $2, and Lester Raine – $1.
Boys Ten Ear Contest George McClelland – $3, James McClelland – $2, and Lester Raine – $1.
Boys Acre Corn Contest Wendell Romig – $10; Lester Raine – $7.50; and George McClelland – $4.
Chickens Edward L. Knapp – $1; A. L. Adams .50; and William Letts – .25
Turkeys Mrs. William Sells, Francis Raine, and Mrs. Grace Whittington
Butter Mrs. John Turnbull, Sr., and Mrs. Steele Romick, Sr.
Canned Peaches Mrs. Dave Stewart, Mrs. Frank Butefish, and Mrs. John Turnbull, Sr.
Canned Pears Mrs. William Sells, Mrs. William Letts, and Mrs. Frank Adams
Jelly Mrs. Frank McClelland and Mrs. William Letts
Canned Cherries Mrs. Dave Stewart, Mrs. T. H. Woolsey and Miss Emily Adams.
Pickled Peaches Mrs. T. H. Woolsey, Mrs. Frank McClelland
Canned Plums Mrs. Ed Vilven
Canned Gooseberries Mrs. Ed Vilven
Crab Apples Mrs. Frank McClelland
Open Faced Pies Mrs. William Sells, Mrs. T. M. Monty Lemon, and Mrs. Frank McClelland.
Cake from Big 4 Flour Mrs. Ed Vilven and Mrs. William Romick
Cake (any flour) Mrs. Steele Romick, Sr. and Mrs. Tom Crawshaw
Bread (Purity Flour) Mrs. Steele Romick, Sr., Mrs. Frank McClelland, and Mrs. John Turnbull, Sr.
Bread (White Loaf Flour) Mrs. Ada Oliver
Bread (Big 4 Flour) Mrs. Ed Vilven, Mrs. William Romick
Bread (Big T Flour) Mrs. William Sells
Pumpkins Lawrence Romick
Sweet Potatoes Mrs. Ed Vilven and S. E. Smith
Irish Potatoes J. A. Meyers, George Crouch and Lawrence Romick
Horse Colts David Kesler, Walter Hamilton and Robert McClelland
Mule Colts Paul McClelland and Bert Singer
Fancy Sewing Margaret Romick, Georgia Knight and Helen Gray
Plain Sewing Sylvia Silverthorne and Georgia Knight
1915: May 28 The Maple Hill High School Class of 1915 was distinguished by quality rather than quantity. Miss Elizabeth Adams was the only graduate and capably assumed responsibilities for the whole school. Gov. Arthur Capper accepted Frank and Elizabeth Adams invitation and spoke at the graduation. There was a capacity crowd in the Maple Hill Congregational Church.
1917: March 23 Mrs. Mary Jane Porter Adams, affectionately known as Grandma Adams by her family and friends, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice B. [Eugene] Miller in Los Angeles, California on March 2, 1917 at the age of 89. Her remains were returned to Maple Hill on the Rock Island Railroad and services were held at the Maple Hill Congregational Church conducted by Rev. Willis Goldsmith of Topeka. Surviving are her sons, Franklin Adams and Horace G. Adams of Maple Hill and daughters Mrs. Emily [Thomas] Andrews and Mrs. Alice B. [Eugene] Miller of Los Angeles.
Miss Ava Sells, who is studying music at Country Day Academy in Kansas City, sang, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. The church quartet rendered Abide With Me, and Where He Leads Me I Will Follow. The quartet was made up of Mrs. Otto E. Winkler, Mrs. Jesse D. Weaver, Mr. Albert B. Black, and Mrs. John Turnbull, Jr. Mrs. David Stewart was organist. Pall bearers were Frederick L. Raymond, F. C. Bradley, Rossville, W. J. Tod, J. W. Thompson, F. M. McClelland and David Stewart of Maple Hill.
Grandma Adams was well-known in our community before Maple Hill was founded and has raised fine children. She was a member of the Congregational Church and faithful in her religious beliefs. She will be missed and the community extends sincere sympathy to her family.
1920: January 2 The newly chartered Maple Hill Post #4 of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank Adams on Friday evening at 7:30pm. [Arthur and Franklin A. Adams, sons of Franklin and Elizabeth Parsons Adams, were both veterans of World War I.]
1921: July 17 Mr. Frank Adams is harvesting his wheat with a new combine machine. It cuts and threshes at the same time. He can get 200 to 300 bushels per day. This is the first mechanized combine in Maple Hill Township. Amazing!
1921: December 16 At the first annual meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Post #4, the following officers were elected: Mrs. James. E. Romick, Sr. president; Mrs. [Mable Rae Adams] James Tod, vice president, Mrs. Franklin [Elizabeth] Adams, secretary-treasurer, Mrs. William. E. Billings, Mrs. Edwin Thompson, and Miss Ava L. Sells, executive committee.
1922: July 14 Frank Adams is building a store house between the Legion Hall and the bank.
Talk about building the new brick high school has solidified. It will be directly across the street north of the grade school.
1925: January 16 The following were elected to officers in the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church: Frank Butefish, Trustee; Harry Ballinger, Deacon; Mrs. Dan Bolton, Clerk; Howard Adams, Treasurer; Sunday School Superintendent, Harry G. McPherson; President of the Ladies Aid, Mrs. Otto Glogau; Organist, Catherine McPherson; Choristers, Mrs. Engberg and Mrs. Bertha Weaver; Social Committee, Mrs. Lillie Hammarlund, Mrs. Sadie Lett, and Mrs. Robert McClelland.
1926: September 3 Maple Hill Grade School teachers are: C. E. Hedges, principal; Agnes Beagel, Myrtle Thoes, and Alice Lee. High School teachers are: Ernest Patchek, Principal, Gertrude Eichman, Miss Emily Adams and Ralph Tweedy.
1927: January 21 Our community and the county were again shocked of the deaths of two of our most esteemed citizens.
Mr. Franklin Adams, son of Alexander and Mary Jane (Porter) Adams and husband of Mrs. Elizabeth (Parsons) Adams, died at his home. Mr. Adams came to Maple Hill, from LaSalle County, Illinois in 1878 and has for fifty years been a prominent cattleman and banker. Mr. Adams was always at the forefront of moving our community forward and his character was without question and his endorsement sterling. We extend our sincere sympathy to the family. His services were conducted from the home and burial was in the Old Stone Church Cemetery.
Dr. J. M. Kemper died at the home of his daughter on Tuesday. He was born in Freemansburg, West Virginia on August 6, 1858. His father was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War and he later became a minister. Dr. Kemper attended Morgansville University in Virginia and Miami Medical School in Oxford, Ohio.
He was married to Helen V. Joseph in 1880. In 1883, he arrived in Rossville and in 1885, he came to Maple Hill where he has since practiced medicine. Dr. Kemper was never too busy to come to the aid of anyone in distress. He kept an office in his home on Main Street, and also downtown in Maple Hill. Although in advanced age, we will surely miss seeing him and we extend to his family our sincere sympathy.
1927: July 8 W. J. Tod of Maple Hill has purchased the Cross-L Ranch from George A. Fowler recently. It has 56,000 acres in New Mexico and is well known throughout the country.
Teachers for this year are: Grade school C. E. Hedges, principal, Ruth Christy, Alice Lee and Myrtle Thoes. High School Ralph Tweedy, principal and Miss Emily Adams.
1928: September 28 Teachers at Maple Hill are: C. E. Hedges, Lois Furney, Myrtle Thoes, Alice Lee, Ralph Tweedy, Miss Emily Adams, Sue Burris and Eber Roush.
1930: July 4 Our community celebrates the marriage of Miss Jessie Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Steward, to Raymond E. Adams, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Greeley Adams. The Adams will live both in Maple Hill and at the West Ranch where Raymond will assist with his fathers cattle business.
1933: February 10 Horace Greeley Adams, Sr., son of Alexander and Mary Jane (Porter) Adams, died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 71. He had complications of pneumonia.
He was born at Ophir, LaSalle County, Illinois on October 21, 1862 and came to Kansas with his father and mother, in 1879. He is survived by three sons: Alexander and Raymond of Maple Hill and Horace G. Adams, Jr. of the XI Ranch at Plains, Kansas.
He was married to Miss Mable Gertrude Warren, daughter of Benjamin and Gertrude Warren, in 1887. Four daughters survive: Mrs. [Mable Rae] James Tod, Mrs. [Agnes Bessie] John Robert, Mrs. [Helen O.] William Miller of Maple Hill and Mrs. [Mary M.] Frank Dougan of Topeka.
Rev. J. B. Gonzales, Topeka, conducted the services at the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church and burial was in the Old Stone Church Cemetery.
Mr. Adams had a keen knowledge of the cattle business, was known across the country, and held many positions of honor and importance. We express our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Adams and the Adams family.
1935: March 15 William Sells and wife Alice, sold 160 acres containing their beautiful country home to Mr. Alex Adams and wife Helen. The Sells will move to their farm one mile south. This house was designed by a Kansas City Architect and was the most modern and conveniently designed in the county. The cost in 1910 was $10,000. Mr. and Mrs. Adams plan to update and remodel the home.
1936: March 28 Mrs. Alice Adams Miller of Long Beach, California died on March 18. She married Eugene Miller of Rossville, Kansas in 1889. She was the daughter of Alexander and Mary Porter Adams. They were the parents of four children. Our community extends sincere sympathy to the Adams Family.
1938: March 4 George Crouch is our County Representatiave to the State Legislature and is doing a fine job.
Emily Adams is the proud owner of a brand new doll, which came from Forfar, Scotland and was sent as a gift by Miss Jessie Watt. Emily says it is a pretty addition to her collection which numbers 110 dolls.
1939: June 16 Mr. Howard Adams was married to Mrs. Marian Brown of Topeka were married in Kansas City on Tuesday. About 300 attended a reception in the beautifully redecorated Updegraff home at the corner of 3rd and Main, which will be their residence.
1940: November 29 A well-known and much loved mother and friend left us early Saturday morning when Mrs. Mable Gertrude (Warren), Mrs. Horace Greeley Adams, Sr., aged 76, of Maple Hill died.
Mable Gertrude Warren was born in Connecticut in 1864, the daughter of Benjamin and Gertrude Warren and moved to Maple Hill in 1879 with her parents. She attended Washburn University in Topeka and was married to Horace G. Adams in 1890.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church, the Daughters of the America Revolution, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Topeka Womens Club, the Maple Hill Research Club, and the American Legion Auxiliary and many other organizations.
Four daughters survive: Mrs. Bessie (John E.) Robert, Hollywood, California; Mrs. Mable Rae (James) Tod, Phoenix, Arizona, Mrs. Helen O. (William) Miller, Long Beach, California and Mrs. Mary E. (Frank) Dougan of Topeka. Three sons survive; Horace G., Jr., Alexander A., and Raymond E. of Maple Hill.
Mable Adams was a fixture of faith and leadership in our community and will be sadly missed. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Adams Family.
1942: April 3 One of the finest young ladies of the county left us Saturday, when Miss Elizabeth Adams, aged 44, died after a short illness. She had cancer. She was born July 20, 1897 in Maple Hill and was a life-long resident. She was a graduate of Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan and was a member of Phi Beta Phi, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church, and the Order of Eastern Star. Miss Adams helped with the operation of Stockgrowers State Bank, her familys business.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Frank Adams, a sister Emily Adams, four brothers, Franklin A. of Salina, Arthur, Howard and Warner of Maple Hill. Her funeral was conducted at the Adams Home in Maple Hill. Elizabeth was a fine young woman and to know her was to love her.
Rev. Walter Randles conducted the services. Mrs. Dick Winkler sang and Mrs. Dave Stewart was at the piano. Pall bearers were Glen Crayton, Jack Herron, Ed Chapman, John Carlson, Dave Stewart and Horace Adams, Jr.
1942: July 3 There was much sorrow in Maple Hill, when it was learned that Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons Adams had passed away at the age of 80. The death of her child, Elizabeth Adams, occurred just weeks ago.
Mrs. Adams was one of the best known and most loved ladies of Maple Hill, having lived here 56 years. Elizabeth Parsons was born February 18, 1862 and came to Kansas with her parents, moving to Vera in 1877. She was married to Franklin Adams on January 15, 1896 in Maple Hill and has since resided here.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church, the Maple Hill Research Club, the Order of the Eastern Star, a charter member o the American Legion Auxiliary and the Womens Club of Topeka.
Preceding her in death were her father, John H. Parsons of the Snokomo Community, her husband, Franklin Adams in 1927 and a daughter, Elizabeth, who died March 27 of this year.
Funeral services were held at her home at 2:00pm. One daughter, Emily, and four sons, Arthur, Howard, Franklin and Warner survive, in addition to one sister, Mrs. Fred Gray of Vera and two grandchildren.