William A. Adams

William A. Adams

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William A. Adams⁵ (William¹, Robert², Daniel,³Rose Ann⁴) was born in December 1857 in Morgan County, Indiana and died on about 20 May 1925 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas. Records are conflicting regarding the year of his birth, but the 1860 census lists his age as 3 years, which may be the most accurate reporting of his birth. He was the first child of Rose Ann and James M. Adams. According to census records he remained single all of his life. William was a miller and farmer for much of his adult life. He and his siblings went to Red Willow County, Nebraska with their mother and William is found 1880 and 1900 census records in this county. Sometime between 1900 and 1910 he and his mother, Rose Ann Adams, moved south to Hale County, Texas. William probably lived in Hale County, Texas until his death in 1925. The 1910 census reports his occupation as a truck farmer. Tradition says that he died from a fall from a windmill he was repairing. He was buried in the Plainview Cemetery in Hale County, Texas.

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William A. Adams
Census Records	1860 - Clay Township, Morgan County, Indiana 1870 - Clay Township, Morgan County, Indiana 1880 - Red Willow County, Nebraska 1900 - Town of Cainsville, Harrison County, Missouri 1910 - Plainview, Hale County, Texas 1920 - Not positively determined, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Deed Records	U.S. to William A. Adams warranty deed (05 April 1887), Red Willow County Deed Record Book 1:85, Recorder of Deeds Office, McCook, Nebraska. Receipt for land acquired in Red Willow County, Nebraska. Legal description: S1/2 of the NE1/4 and Lot No. 2 of Section 2 in Township 1 and the SW1/4 of SE1/4 of Section 35 in Township 2 North of Range 27 West of the 6th P.M. in Nebraska containing 160 and 21/100 acres. [Page 85 top / bottom] Rose Ann Adams to her children, Donation Deed (16 May 1885), Red Willow County Miscellaneous Deed Record Book 1:140, Recorder of Deeds Office, McCook, Nebraska. Legal description: N1/2 of SW1/4 & N1/2 of SE1/4 Section 14 in Township 1 North of Range 27 West of the 6th P.M. containing 160 acres. William A. Adams to Clarance A. Adams, Quit Claim Deed (17 February 1890), Red Willow County Deed Record Book 11:365-366, Recorder of Deeds Office, McCook, Nebraska. Legal Description: 1/7th interest in N1/2 of SW1/4 & N1/2 of SE1/4 Section 14 in Township 1 North of Range 27 West of the 6th P.M. containing 160 acres. [Page 365 / Page 366] William A. Adams to James M. Barber warranty deed (10 March 1892), Red Willow County Deed Record Book 14:478-479, Recorder of Deeds Office, McCook, Nebraska. Legal Description: Sw1/4 of Section 34 Township 2 of Range 27 West of the 6th P.M. subject to a mortgage of $400.00 containing 160 acres, which the grantee agrees to pay and the S1/2 of the NW1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 2, Township 1 N of Range 27 West of the 6th P.M. containing 120 acres. [Page 478 / Page 479] Rose Ann Adams to William Adams, et al, Correction Deed (23 March 1903), Red Willow County Deed Record Book 27:231-233, [Page 231 / Page 232 / Page 233] Recorder of Deeds Office, McCook, Nebraska. Legal description: N1/2 of SW1/4 & N1/2 of SE1/4 Section 14 in Township 1 North of Range 27 West of the 6th P.M. containing 160 acres.
Death Record	Burial in Plainview Cemetery in Hale County, Texas. Cemetery Transcriptions states date of death is 17 March 1917. Cause of death was reported to be from a fall from a windmill that he was repairing.