Horace Nelson ADAMS

Birth:
10 Mar 1846
Hanover Twp., Cook, Illinois
Death:
22 Jun 1929
Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California
Burial:
Jun 1929
Inglewood Pk Cem, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California
Marriage:
12 Sep 1866
Blackhawk, Iowa
Notes:
                   BIRTH:Family records;
MARR:Book B page 202 Blackhawk,IA;
DEATH:Family records;
BURIED:Hawthorne,L.A.,CA;

Conflict on date of birth.  10 or 11 Mar 1846;

Other Sources:
1895 State Census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA GSF# 1,021,712;
1900 Federal Census GSF# 1,024,418 Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA;
1910 Federal Census Fairbank,Buchanan,Ia GSF# 1.374,406;
Family records of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;

Obit of William Harrison Adams said he has 1 half sister Mrs Charley Kelton of
Redwood City, Ca and one half brother, Morris, of Fresno,Ca.

Searched Missouri North 1870 federal census.  There was one Nelson Adams born
in Missouri.

Military:  Civil war, Co C, 9th regiment Iowa Inf. enlisted 9 Mar 1864 mustered
out 18 Jun 1865 at Louisville,Ky.  Affidavit dated 12 May 1886 from Adjutant
General's Office stated no records of wounds or injury.  His physical
description at the time was: eyes, blue;  Hair, light; complexion, fair;
height, 5'4";

Pension:  Horace stated Melissa applied for divorce around 1875 at
Brownsville,Mo. and remarried.  He did not list May Lyons as one of his and
Lucinda Herr's children, so assume Lucinda had her before they were married.
When Lucinda applied for pension after Horaces's death, she stated Horace left
her 15 Jan. 1911.

Residence:  Hot Springs, S.D. in Oct 1912.
Melissa Jane MOORE
Birth:
15 Sep 1850
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Death:
9 Nov 1922
Ashland, Jackson, Oregon
Burial:
Mt. View Cem., Ashland, Jackson, Oregon
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   BIRTH:State of birth and her middle name of Jane given on the death record of
         daughter Elva Mae;
MARR:Bk B p. 202 Blackhawk Co.,IA;
DEATH:Family records of Vickie L. Taute,PO Box 867,Cornelius,OR 97113;
BURIAL:Information supplied by Sharla Hill 8738 SE Market St.,Portland, Or
97216-1824.
This is the first wife of Horace Nelson Adams married in Blackhawk Co.IA;

As of this date (2000) I have not been able to locate him in a federal census
with Melissa and children.

Correspondence from Sharla said Melissa was living in 1887 in Ashland, Or.
Children
Marriage
1
Elva Mae ADAMS
Birth:
5 Nov 1867
Waterloo, Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
3 Dec 1959
San Mateo, San Mateo, California
Notes:
                   BIRTH:Family records;
MARR:
DEATH:Death cert # 59-119875 San Mateo Co.,CA:Family records;
BURIAL:Death cert;Family records;

Sources:
Family records Harold Chase 1216 1st St. Oelwein,IA 50662;
Family records of Sharla Hill 8738 SE Market St. Portland Or 97216-1824;

1920 Federal Census Oakland,Alameda,California GSF# 1,820,090;
2
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:Name supplied by Harold Chase;
3
Morris Leroy ADAMS
Birth:
9 Apr 1873
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Death:
24 May 1959
Fresno, Fresno, California
Addie E. TABLER 
Marr:
22 Apr 1901
Lakeview, Lake, Oregon 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:Family records of Sharla Hill;
MARR:Family records of Vicki L. Taute,PO Box 867,Cornelius,Or 97113;
DEATH:Family Records of Sharla Hill;
BURIAL:Family records;

Sources:
Family records of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
Family records of Sharla Hill 8738 SE Market St.,Portland,Or 97216-1824;
4
Ida L. ADAMS
Birth:
Death:
24 Dec 1964
Los Angeles, California
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
MARR:
DEATH:Family records;
BURIAL:

Sources:
Family records of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
5
Mary ADAMS
Birth:
Abt 1874
Death:
PORTER 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:Family records of Sharla Hill;

Harold does not have this child on his records but he has a girl Ida married to
a Jennings where Mary was married to a Porter.

How many children did Horace Nelson and Melissa have?
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Horace Nelson Adams - Melissa Jane Moore

Horace Nelson Adams was born at Hanover Twp., Cook, Illinois 10 Mar 1846. His parents were Benjamin Curtis Adams and Arminda A. West.

He married Melissa Jane Moore 12 Sep 1866 at Blackhawk, Iowa . Melissa Jane Moore was born at Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa 15 Sep 1850 .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Elva Mae Adams born 5 Nov 1867.
Blocked
Morris Leroy Adams born 9 Apr 1873.
Ida L. Adams
Mary Adams born Abt 1874.

Horace Nelson Adams died 22 Jun 1929 at Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California .

Melissa Jane Moore died 9 Nov 1922 at Ashland, Jackson, Oregon .