Birth: 2 September 1876 Mount Hope, Grant, Wisconsin, USA
Father: Ardillis Alvin Adams 1828-1909
Mother: Harriet P Lucky 1842-a1920
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 2 AUG 1909 Jefferson, Union, South Dakota, USA
Wife: Ellen Elizabeth Ryan 1886-1981
Death: 2 August 1947/8 1948 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
James Edward Adams 1909-1957
Dorothy Mae Adams [Knopf, Tovik] 1912-1983
George William Adams 1914-1977
Margaret Lucille Adams 1916-2006
Kathryn Emma Adams [Crook, Daniels, Wright] 1917-a1932
John Joseph Adams 1919-2009
In the 1880 census as John W Addams (sic - on the orginal) aged 3, born in Wisconsin, and living with his parents (A A and Harriett, both born in Ohio), two brothers (George E and Orin E), sister (Stella M), (half)sister (Lucy A), and a housekeeper (Susan J Williams aged 64, born in New York, parents born in Canada and widowed) in Mount Hope, Grant, Wisconsin.
In the 1900 census as Westley (sic - on the orginal) Adams aged 23, born September 1876 in Wisconsin, father born in Ohio and mother in New York, single, a telegraph operator?, and boarding with Lester Williams (aged 50 and a day labourer), his wife (Carrie E aged 44), daughter (Bessie L aged 16), and two other boarders (Stephen Elphick aged 41 and a farm labourer and Frank Walker aged 28 and a railroad labourer) in Lima, Rock, Wisconsin.
Entry in Ancestry South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949 for John Wesley Adams aged 32 and Ellen Elizabeth Ryan on 2 August 1909 in Union, Post Office Gracie Neb. He was a bachelor, and she a maiden aged 29, both of Gracie Neb, and the marriage took place in Jefferson.
In the 1910 census as John W Adams aged 33, born in Winsconsin, father born in Ohio and mother in Pennsylvania, a commercial salesman in office supplies, and living with his wife (Nell) in a rented house at 204 ?, Sioux Ward 1, Woopdbury, Iowa.
Entry in Ancestry World WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 for George Everett Adams of Minnehaha, South Dakota.
Entry in Ancestry WWI Civilian Draft Registrations for John Wesley Adams born on 2 September 1876 and living at 322 So Walts, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD, a hotel proprietor at Adams Bros Teton Hotel, wife Ellen E Adams, dated 12 September 1915.
His children were all born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha.
In the 1920 census as John W Adams aged 42, born in Wisconsin, both parents born in Pennsylvannia, a partner in a hotel, and living in a house he owned which was mortgaged with his wife (Nellie born in South Dakota), three sons (George W, James E and John J), and three daughters (Catherine E, Dorothy M and Margaret L) at 322 South Walts Avenue, Sioux Falls Ward 5, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
In the 1930 census as John W Adams aged 53, born in Wisconsin, father born in Ohio and mother in New York, a salesman in optical goods, and living in a house he owned value $6000 with his wife (Ellen E born in South Dakota), two sons (George E and John J), three daughters (Dorothy M, Kathryn E and Margaret L) and a roomer (David O Dowd aged 55, born in Wisconsin, divorced, and no stated employment) at 522 South Walts Avenue, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
In the 1940 census as John Adams aged 63, born in Wisconsin, parents orn in Wisconsin, divorced, no stated employment, worked 2 weeks in 1939 income $20, and living with his son (James), daughter-in-law (Marquerite), two grandsons (John and Joseph), three granddaughters (Josphine, Justina and Pauline), and daughter-in-law's brother (Ralph Daniels - husband of Kathryn Emma) in a rented house at $8 per month at 324 S 3 Avenue, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota (same place as in 1935).Daniel Swickhard has an entry for John Wesley Adams born in 2 September 1876 who married Ellen E in about 1909, and their six children. John and Ellen were residents of Sioux, Woodbury Co., IA in 1910. In 1920 and 1930, they were residents of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha Co., SD. John Wesley was a resident of Sioux Falls, SD in 1918 when he registered for the draft.
Walt and Jean Peterman have an entry for John Wesley Adams born on 2 September 1876 in Mt. Hope, Grant,, Wisconsin, parents Ardillus Alvin Adams and Harriet P Luckey, his marriage to Ellen Elizabeth Ryan on 2 August 1909 in South Dakota, his six children, and his death on 31 December 1947 in Sioux Falls, Minnihaha, South Dakota. John Wesley Adams worked in many professions. Railroad Telegrapher and Optical Salesman are two of them. He also ran the Teton Hotel in Sioux Falls, SD along with his brother George Adams. John & Ellen Adams lived in a sod house at Gracie NE at one time. It is possible that Gracie was where their marriage took place. Birth place & year of James Adams may be incorrect. Might be 1910
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Wesley Adams born on 2 September 1876 in Mount Hope, Grant, Wisconsin, USA, parents Ardillis Alvin Adams and Harriet P Lucky, his marriage to Ellen Elizabeth Ryan on 2 August 1909 in South Dakota, his six children, and his death on 31 December 1948 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA .
John Wesley Adams was the first cousin of Minnie Adetta Adams, mother of Zelda E Molloy, wife of Frank Bridger Lower, the fourth cousin once removed of Cyril Larby, my second cousin once removed.
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