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Plat book map of F. B. Adams property
Franklin B. Adams, son of Horace Hale & Lorania G. (Kinney) Adams. Franklin Bildad was born 11 Jan 1828 in Sandusky, OH and married Lucinda Fletcher on 28 Oct 1850 in Van Buren Co., MI. . She died 10 May 1879 in Lawton, Van Buren, MI. He. married (2) Sarah Anna Fletcher (20 Feb 1856 in Whittaker, Frederick, VA - Sep 1946 in Porter, Van Buren, MI) onn15 March 1881 in Van Buren Co., MI.. He died 04 June 1910.
Franklin Bildad Adams Obituary
PIONEER, WHO PLAYED WITH REDS DIES AT AGE OF 82
Franklin B. Adams, Oldest Resident of Porter, Van Buren County, Last One of
the Early Settlers Lawton, Mich.,, June 6.- Franklin B. Adams, aged 85 years,
the oldest pioneer of Porter, Van Buren county, died at his home in Porter at
five o'clock in the morning, June 4. Mr. Adams is the last of the early settlers
of this part of the country.
He came here with his parents in the early winter of 1837 before the state was admitted. When he was a boy of nine years of age the old Ohio farm home was sold. The payment being made in the heavy coins of the time, and of low value, the money was weighed insted of counted and was put in two grain sacks and loaded in a covered wagon and the family started for Michigan. About seven miles west of the present village of Schoolcraft in the heart of the forest the family found an old abandoned log hut in which they wintered, in the spring they bought land, built a cabin and began clearing.
The early playmates of the deceased were Indian boys of an Indian village about one mile south of his home. The old Potawatomie chief (ShoveHead) was well known by Mr. Adams as well as other Indians of this tribe, who were well-known in the early history of this state.
Three sisters, Mrs. Lora Fletcher of Marcellus, Mich., Mrs. I. L. Bates of Groton, S. D., and Mrs. D. F. Smith of Washington, D. C., a devoted wife, one daughter, Clara Thornton, and two sons, Frank K. and Horace H. Adams all of Lawton, survive.
The burial will take place from the home Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
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Notes by submitter: Mr. Adams died at the age of 82, not 85 as written in obituary.
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Submitted by Kathy Linderholm
Horace H. Adams Obituary
Mr. Horace H. Adams, 208 N. LaGrave St., Paw Paw, MI. Passed away last evening at Lakeview Hospital, Paw Paw. Mr. Adams was born July 21, 1884 in Porter Township, the son of Franklin and Anna Adams. Mr. Adams was preceded in death by his wife Iva in 1968. He was a Paw Paw area resident since 1916 and had practiced Law for the past 71 years. He was a member of Paw Paw Lodge No. 25 F & AM, the VB County Bar Association, the Michigan Bar Association, he was a former Prosecuting Attorney for VB County, former United States Commissioner, and a member of the Shrine in Grand Rapids, and a member of the United Methodist Church, Paw Paw. He was a graduate of Lawton High School and later the University of Michigan Law School in 1905. Surviving are a son, Horace of Lawton, 2 grandchildren, Robert of Key West, Florida and a granddaughter Maryjo of Ann Arbor. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 from the United Methodist Church, Paw Paw with the Rev. William V. Payne officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery, Lawton. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the Lakeview Community Hospital Special Equipment Fund. Friends will be received at the Hawley Funeral Home from 7 to 9 this evening. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette Tues 7 Dec 1976
Horace W. "Hoss" Adams Obituary
Horace W. "Hoss" ADAMS
Posted: 6 Jun 2005 12:06AM GMT
Surnames: ADAMS, WOOD, PUGSLEY, COCHRAN
ADAMS, Horace W. "Hoss"
Age 87
County Road 657, Lawton, Van Buren County, MI, USA
Passed away June 1, 2005 in Russia. Horace was born March 30, 1918 in Ann Arbor, Michigan the son of Horace Herbert and Iva (Wood) Adams. He was life-long resident of Van Buren County (Paw Paw & Lawton). He was a graduate of Paw Paw High School, Class of 1936 where he excelled in music, sports and academics. He received his BS degree from the University of Michigan (major in political science and botany) 1940 and his Jurist Doctorate degree from the University of Michigan Law School 1942. Horace served as an attorney for the US Air Force Command in Dayton, Ohio during World War II. Horace practiced law with his father in Paw Paw throughout his entire career. In 1950 Horace was elected as prosecuting attorney of Van Buren County and served two terms. He helped form the Lake View Community Hospital Authority and for several years was the President of the Michigan Community Hospital Authority. He was past president of the Mattawan school board and a life-member of the Van Buren Youth Camp board. Horace has served as an attorney for several villages, townships, and corporations as well as serving on their Board of Directors. He was a member of the Paw Paw Lions Club, Farm Bureau, and active member of the Van Buren County Bar Association since 1946. Horace was a member of the Paw Paw-Lawton Lodge # 25 F&AM and a generous patron of Western Michigan University's Music Department. Horace W. Adams was awarded a Certificate of Proclamation by the State of Michigan celebrating his 58 years of legal service in the state of Michigan as he "contributed to the growth and progress of the Great Lakes State with his personal sense of dedication, integrity, and respect for humanity. His hobbies include international traveler as he passed away in Moscow while exploring the Russian waterways with his beloved wife, Mary. On June 24, 1949 Horace was united in marriage to Mary Louise Pugsley, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Robert W. Adams and his wife Linda Adams of Boise, Idaho daughter, Dr. Maryjo Adams Cochran and her husband, John Cochran III of Huntsville, Texas; three grandchildren, William Christian Adams and his wife, Maria Adams of Duluth, MN; John IV and Hallie Cochran of Huntsville, Texas. Family will receive friends Monday, 5-8 p.m. at the Adams Funeral Home, Paw Paw. A Masonic memorial service will be held Monday evening 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, Paw Paw with Rev. Tom Abbott officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Van Buren Youth Camp. Share a memory or condolence on line at: www.timeformemory.com/
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Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 6/4/2005.
