Mary Jane Porter Adams

1828 - 1917  (88 years)

• Name	Mary Jane Porter Adams
  Nickname	Grandma
  Birth	18 Jun 1828
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Mar 1917	Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
  Burial	Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2509	Rossville
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Porter,   b. 1806   d. 1875 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Isabelle Porter,   b. 1807   d. 1889 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F3962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander Adams,   b. 19 Jul 1822, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania d. 16 Jan 1904, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Franklin Alexander Adams,   b. 1853   d. 1927 (Age 74 years) + 2. Horace Greeley Adams, Sr.,   b. 21 Oct 1862, Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois d. 5 Feb 1933, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 70 years) + 3. Emily Mary Adams Andrews,   b. Illinois d. 15 Dec 1919, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California   4. Alice Adams Miller   d. Mar 1936, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Adams, Mary Grandma Adams At Rest Grandma Adams as she was known here in Rossville by her many friends, mother of Mrs. T.W. Andrews and Mrs. Eugene Miller, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Miller at Long Beach, Calif. Friday morning, March 2, at the age of nearly ninety years. The remains were brought back to Maple Hill, her old home, for burial. Services were held at the Congregational church, the Rev. Willis Goldsmith assistant pastor of the First Congregational church of Topeka having charge of the services. By request of Mrs. Andrews the twenty-third Psalm was read and the same hymns were sung by the quartette that was sung at the burial services of Mrs. Adams’ husband who passed away some thirteen years ago. Grandma Adams leaves two sons and two daughters – Mr. Franklin Adams and Mr. H. G. Adams, of Maple Hill, Mrs. T.W. Andrews and Mrs. Eugene Miller of Los Angeles, Calif. Twenty-one grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Miss Ava Sells sang as a solo, “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”. The quartette rendered, “Abide with Me” and “Where He Leads Me I Will Follow.” The quartette rendering the music was Mrs. O. E. Winkler, Mrs. J.D. Weaver, Mr. Black and Mr. John Turnbull with Mrs. David Stewart as organist. Acting pall bearers were Mr. Fred Raymond of Emporia, J.C. Bradley of Rossville; W.J. Tod, Mr. Thompson, F. McClelland and David Stewart of Maple Hill. Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Vorhies and Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Bradley attended the funeral of Grandma Adams at Maple Hill Thursday of last week. March 15, 1917. Findagrave.com Mary J. Adams DOB 06/18/1828 DOD 03/02/1917 Buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, KS
  		Obituary- Adams, Mary 2 Findagrave.com information.