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IS SUMMONED SUDDENLY
John Adams, Veteran of Civil War, Dies of Heart Failure-Buried at Ulysses.
John Adams of Ulysses, Neb., died suddenly of heart failure, at the age of 71 years
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Nancy Carson in Three Mile. Mr. Adams arrived
Wednesday, Sept. 27, to visit his brother, Hugh Adams, and on the following day he had
a seizure while walking on the street, but ascribed his illness to fatigue from the journey
and had apparently recovered. Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Adams left for Rice for a stay
with Mrs. Nancy Carson, sister of Mrs. Adams. On Sunday they took dinner with J.O.
Hunter and wife, nee Carson, and on their return to the Carson home Mr. Adams
observed, while seated on the porch, that he was feeling remarkably well and would like
a smoke. He had barely begun smoking when his wife saw the pipe drop from his
fingers and rushing to his side found him lifeless. The silent messenger had taken him from his
loved ones.
He was born Aug. 18, 1840, on the old Adams place near Oak Grove church, south of
Nashville, where he grew to manhood. The Adams family was very patriotic and when
the country called for soldiers to defend the flag four brothers enlisted. Robert served in
Co. D, 40th Ill. Inf., while [line unreadable] and John Adams enlisted in Co. I, 80th Ill. Inf.
The veteran John Martin, who fought in the same company with the Adams brothers,
informs us that he was next to Tom Adams in the battle of Marietta, Georgia, July 4,
1864, when a bullet tore a button from Tom's coat, passed through his right arm below
the shoulder and struck John Adams in the breast, but the force of the ball was spent and
did not penetrate. Tom was crippled for life by his wound. Co. I was engaged in the
battles of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, '62; Milton Heights, Tenn., in '64 and during Col.
Streight's raid Tom and John Adams and John Martin were captured by the Confederate
Gen. Forrest 20 miles from Rome, Ga., on May 2, 1863. They were paroled next day and
entered the Union lines sixteen days later. They were exchanged and rearmed the latter
part of June, 1863, and went into camp at Nashville, Tenn. Later they took part in the
battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, were with General Sherman in the
Atlanta campaign and fought in the battle of Franklin Nov. 30 and the battle of Nashville,
Tenn., Dec. 15 and 16, '64. They were mustered out at Camp Harker, Tenn., June 10, '65,
were honorably discharged ten days later at Springfield and were reunited to their loved
ones here June 20, 1865.
In 1867 he was married to Miss Mary Jane Boyle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Boyle,
near Oakdale. Thirty-two years ago the family removed from this county to Butler
county, Nebraska, where he engaged in farming until five years ago when he retired and
has since made his home in Ulysses, Neb.
While a young man he united with the Three Mile Baptist church. After marriage he
joined the Oak Grove Presbyterian church and later connected with the Congregational
church of Ulysses, in which he remained a loyal, faithful member until his death. He was
a good neighbor, and an affectionate husband and father.
He is survived by his wife and six children: Dave and Howard Adams, Mrs. Barbara
Lamb and Mrs. Bessie Stevens of Ulysses, Mrs. John Beaush of Sutton, Neb., and Hugh
Adams of North Loop, Neb., also two brothers, H.C. Adams of this city and Thomas
Adams of Topeka, Kan., two sisters: Mrs. W.D. Cox of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. Thos.
Corr of Staplehurst, Neb., two half-brothers, Wm. Slade of Columbus, Kan., and Ben
Slade of Trenton, Neb., two half-sisters, Mrs. Robert Hamor of Edwardsville and Mrs.
Harry Plummer of Kenosha, Wis.
Brief funeral services were held Monday noon at Rice. Rev. R.H. Park, pastor of the U.P.
church at Oakdale, spoke words of comfort. The funeral cortege then departed for
Nashville and reached here about 4:30 p.m. and drove directly to the L. & N. depot. With
the evening train the remains were conveyed to St. Louis and from thence on the
Burlington Route to Ulysses, Neb. Hugh Adams and daughter, Miss Gertrude,
accompanied the bereaved wife on her sad journey homeward.
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