Descendants of Joseph Sr Adams
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Researcher: Sarah Olsen and Linda Kracke
December 6, 2010
Generation No. 1
1. JOSEPH SR1 ADAMS was born 14 Feb 1766 in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts1, and died 11 Apr 1844 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. He married MERCY GOODING 31 Mar 1789 in Waltham, Middlesex, MA2. She was born 14 Oct 1768 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 09 Apr 1841 in Jay, Franklin, Maine.
More About JOSEPH ADAMS and MERCY GOODING:
Marriage: 31 Mar 1789, Waltham, Middlesex, MA2
Child of JOSEPH ADAMS and MERCY GOODING is:
Generation No. 2
2. JOSEPH2 ADAMS (JOSEPH SR1) was born Abt. 1806 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, and died 18 Jun 1861 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. He married (1) ARETE BARRETT Abt. 1833, daughter of SIMEON BARRETT. She was born Abt. 1810 in Sumner, Oxford, Maine. He married (2) CYNTHIA BARRETT Abt. 1854, daughter of SIMEON BARRETT. She was born Jun 1821 in Maine, and died 20 Feb 1902 in Jay, Franklin, Maine.
Notes for JOSEPH ADAMS:
History of Jay, Franklin County, Maine > Genealogy > I Pg 1
ADAMS FAMILY
ADAMS, Rev. Joseph, b. 1766, d. 1844. married Mercy Goding.
Children:
Amos, b. 1789 William G., B. 1802
Harriet, b. 1790 Joseph, Jr., b. 1803
Sally, b. 1792 Sally, b. 1804
Abraham B., b. 1794 Mercy, b. 1807
Eliza, b. 1795 Amos, b. 1809
Joseph, b. 1797 Ellis F., b. 1811
Sibyl S., b. 1799 Levina, b. 1813
John, b. 1801. Alvarus F., b. 1814
Adams, Joseph, Jr Married Arete Barrett
Children: John.
Charles B.
Helen (married John Merritt)
Henry
Mercy
Married, second Cynthia Barrett
Children:
Willis
Mercy (married H. O. Johnson)
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1850 Census ME Fraklin Jay Pg 21 (29th July 1850 Joseph Covelle)
Barrett,Simeon,67,M,Farmer,MA
Hannah,45,F,MA
Charles,37,M,Farmer,ME
Julia A.,35,F,ME
Cynthia,24,F,ME
Living 2 doors from Simeon
Barrett,James S.,42,M,Farmer,ME
Elizabeth M.,23,F,ME
Simeon,17,M,ME
Benj K.,16,M,ME
James S.,14,M,ME
Cynthia E H, 12,F,ME
Augusta J.,11,F,ME
Fanny W.,8,F,ME
Henry C.,6,M,ME
John F.,1/12,M,ME
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1860 Census ME Franklin Jay Pg 9
Adams,Joseph,54,M,Farmer,Maine
Cynthis,38,F,Maine
Charles B,22,M,Physician,Maine
Addie B.,5,F,Maine
Joseph W.,3,M,Maine
Nancy A.,1,F,Maine
Houstin,Charles E.,21,M,Farm Laborer,Maine
Bannet,Adaline E.,33,F.School Teacher,Maine
Cynthia E.,23,F,Domestice,Maine
More About JOSEPH ADAMS:
Census 1: 1850, ME Franklin Jay Pg 21
Census 2: 1860, ME Franklin Jay Pg 9
More About ARETE BARRETT:
Census: 1850, ME Franklin Jay Pg 21(See Husband)
More About JOSEPH ADAMS and ARETE BARRETT:
Marriage: Abt. 1833
Notes for CYNTHIA BARRETT:
1880 Census ME Franklin Jay ED 74 Pg 472D
Adams,Cynthia B.,FW,58,ME,MA,ME
Ada B.,daughter,FW25,Teaching School,ME,ME,ME
Bertie A.,daughter,FW,21,ME,ME,ME
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1900 Census ME Franklin Jay ED 95 Pg 17A
Johnson,Harry B,head,MW,- 1852,48,wd,ME,ME,ME,Farmer
H Jane,daughter,FW,June 1888,12S,ME,ME,ME
Adams,Cynthis B.,mother-in-law,June 1821,78,wd,3,0,ME,MA,ME
Barrett,Adeline E.,boarder,FW,May 1827,73,?,ME,ME,ME
Laf? Johnson,servant,MW,June 1836,63,wd,ME,ME,ME,Farm Laborer
More About CYNTHIA BARRETT:
Census 1: 1850, ME Oxford Sumner Pg 150(See Father)
Census 2: 1880, ME Franklin Jay ED 74 Pg 472D
Census 3: 1900, ME Franklin Jay ED 95 Pg 17A
More About JOSEPH ADAMS and CYNTHIA BARRETT:
Marriage: Abt. 1854
Children of JOSEPH ADAMS and ARETE BARRETT are:
Children of JOSEPH ADAMS and CYNTHIA BARRETT are:
Generation No. 3
3. HELEN M.3 ADAMS (JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born 31 Jan 1834 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. She married JOHN HALL MERRITT 04 Jan 1854 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. He was born 22 Feb 1831 in Jay, Franklin, Maine.
More About JOHN MERRITT and HELEN ADAMS:
Marriage: 04 Jan 1854, Jay, Franklin, Maine
Children of HELEN ADAMS and JOHN MERRITT are:
4. JOHN F.3 ADAMS (JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born 20 Jul 1835 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, and died 23 Mar 1899 in McMinnville, OR. He married SUSAN F. FRY 17 Dec 1878 in Marion, Indiana3, daughter of ROBERT FRY and AMANDA FRANCES. She was born 19 Apr 1852 in Indiana, and died 13 Jun 1947 in Walla Walla, WA4.
Notes for JOHN F. ADAMS:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/jfadams.txt
Gilbert, Frank T. "Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and
Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon." Portland,
OR: Print. and Lithographing House of A.G. Walling, 1882. p. a2. Umatilla
County.
J. F. ADAMS
A leading sheep and horse raiser of Umatilla county, lives in the edge of
the Blue mountains near the Umatilla reservation. His parents were Joseph and
Areete Adams, of Franklin county, Maine. He was born in the town of Jay, Maine,
July 20, 1835, and has seven brothers and sisters, Charles B., Henry C., Joseph
W., Helen M., Mercy H., Adda B., and Bertha. His boyhood days were spent in the
quiet of New England farm life, attending the public school at intervals, and
dividing two of the later years between attendance at an academy and working on
the farm. In 1858 he resolved to make a bold stroke to better his condition.
He therefore, came to this coast by the Panama rout, and made his way to Umpqua
valley, Oregon, where he began life as a school teacher. He taught four years,
investing his earnings in live stock, thus laying the foundation of his fortune.
He then devoted himself to the stock business. In 1865 he came to Umatilla
county and located his present home, containing 250 acres, which forms one of
the illustrations of this work. J. F. Adams, Robert Thompson and Jacob Frazier
were the pioneers in that section of the county. Mr. Adams confined his
attention to sheep until 1870, when he began raising horses also. His bands of
sheep contain from 6,000 to 10,000, and his horses graze on the hills in large
numbers. In 1868 he married Miss Susan F. Fry, a lady from Indianapolis, Ind.
Their children are: John R., born January 15, 1880; George H., July 27, 1881.
Having lived so long on the frontier, Mr. Adams has had many adventures and
experience incident to such a life, including a narrow escape from the hostile
Bannocks, when they came upon the reservation in 1878 and murdered several
people. He possesses in a marked degree the qualities of energy and activity
required to conduct his business successfully, and is reconed among the most
enterprising citizens of Umatilla County.
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Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Record
about John Adams
Name: John Adams
State Filed: Oregon
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Oregon Historical Records - Oregon Archives
Case# 001-25
Name Adams, John F
Date 1899
Record Type Estate
County Umatilla
Source County
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1860 Census OR Douglas Winchester Pg 154 (27 July 1860 Harry L. Adams)
Line 29
552 550 Charles Banott 47 M Maine Laborer
John Adams 25 M Maine Laborer
Henry Adams 21 Main Maine Laborer
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1870 Census OR Umatilla Weston P.O. Cayuse Pg 364 (9 July 1870 J.S. White)
Line 23
8 7 Adams John F. 34 MW Farmer 330/10,000 Maine Eligible to Vote
Ross George 32 MW Shepherd 0/380 Ireland Mother & Father Foreign Born Eligble to Vote
Adams Henry C. 32 MW Farmer Maine E.igib.e to Vote
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1880 Census WA Walla Walla - Walla Walla City Pg 200C (18 June 1880 C.H. Armstrong)
Line 21
610 947 Adams John F. WM 44 M Stock Raiser ME ME ME
------------------------Susan F. WF 25 Wife M Keeping House Ireland KY KY
------------------------John WM 5/12 Son WA TERR ME Ireland
------------Hill Ellen WF 27 Servant Dv Home Servant MI Ireland Ireland
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More About JOHN F. ADAMS:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington5
Census 1: Jul 1870, Weston Pct, Cayuse PO, Umatilla, OR
Census 2: 1850, ME Franklin Jay Pg 21(See Father)
Census 3: 1860, OR Douglas Winchester Pg 154
Census 4: 1870, OR Umatilla Weston P.O. Cayuse Pg 364
Census 5: 1880, WA Walla Walla - Walla Walla City Pg 200C
Emigration: 1858, ME by Isthmus 34 yrs old
Picnic: 1892, Weston, Umatilla, OR
Residence: 1892, Adams, Umatilla, OR
Notes for SUSAN F. FRY:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1947 > June > 15, page 5
Pioneer Dies At Age of 95
Death brought to a close the career of Mrs. Susan Adams, widow of John F. Adams, one of Umatilla county's early prominent pioneers, late Friday7 in a Walla Walla hospital. She was 95 years old and had made her home in Walla Walla off and on, since around the turn of the century.
The funeral is to take place at 11 o'clock Monday morning from a local chapel with interment in the family plot of Mountain View Cemetery.
Mrs. Adams was born in Indianapolis April 19, 1852 and was married in the Midwest in 1878.
her husband died in 1899. most of the time since, then her home had been in Walla Walla although she had spent considerable time in California.
She was a member of the White Temple Baptist church and at the time construction started on the local church in 1912, she chosen to turn the first spadeful of earth.
Mrs. Adams leaves two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Bemus of Walla Walla and Mrs. Helen Morrison of San Diego; two sons, Walter Adams of Walla Walla and John Adams of Pendleton; seven great grand children.
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1900 Census OR Yamhill McMinnville ED 163 pg 13A
Adams,Susan F.,head,FW,Apr 1851, 49,m20,5,5,IN,VA,KY,Capitalist
John R.,son,Han 1880,20,S,WA,ME,IN,Student
George H.,son,MW,July 1881,18S,OR,ME,IN,Student
Walter F.,son,MW,Mar 1884,16S,OR,ME,IN,Student
Pauline F.,daughter,Jan 1886,14S,OR,ME,IN
Helen M.,daughter,FW,Nov 1892,7S,WA,ME,IN
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1910 Census WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 252 Pg 1B
Adams,Susan F.,head,FW,55,W,5,4,IN,KY,KY
Pauline,daughter,FW,23S,OR,ME,IN
Helen,daughter,FW,17S,WA,ME,IN
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Indexed as Susan F. Asams
1930 Census WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 25 Pg 156A
Line 23 (Clinton Court)
H-1
56 70 Adams, Susan F Head FW 77 Wd 26 IN VA IN
More About SUSAN F. FRY:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington6
Census 1: 1860, IN Shelby Sugar Creek Pg 909(See Father)
Census 2: 1880, WA Walla Walla - Walla Walla City Pg 200C(See Husband)
Census 3: 1900, OR Yamhill McMinnville ED 163 pg 13A
Census 4: 1910, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 252 Pg 1B
More About JOHN ADAMS and SUSAN FRY:
Marriage: 17 Dec 1878, Marion, Indiana7
Children of JOHN ADAMS and SUSAN FRY are:
5. ADELINE B.3 ADAMS (JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born Abt. 1855 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, and died 09 Apr 1900 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. She married HARRISON OTIS JOHNSON 04 Jun 1883 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. He was born 08 Oct 1850 in Canada.
More About ADELINE B. ADAMS:
Census 1: 1860, ME Franklin Jay Pg 9(See Father)
Census 2: 1880, ME Franklin Jay ED 74 Pg 472D(See Mother)
Notes for HARRISON OTIS JOHNSON:
1900 Census ME Franklin Jay ED 95 Pg 17A
Johnson,Harry B,head,MW,- 1852,48,wd,ME,ME,ME,Farmer
H Jane,daughter,FW,June 1888,12S,ME,ME,ME
Adams,Cynthis B.,mother-in-law,June 1821,78,wd,3,0,ME,MA,ME
Barrett,Adeline E.,boarder,FW,May 1827,73,?,ME,ME,ME
Laf? Johnson,servant,MW,June 1836,63,wd,ME,ME,ME,Farm Laborer
More About HARRISON OTIS JOHNSON:
Census: 1900, ME Franklin Jay ED 95 Pg 17A
More About HARRISON JOHNSON and ADELINE ADAMS:
Marriage: 04 Jun 1883, Jay, Franklin, Maine
Child of ADELINE ADAMS and HARRISON JOHNSON is:
Generation No. 4
6. FRANK W.4 MERRITT (HELLEN M.3 ADAMS, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born 23 Nov 1855 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. He married (1) CELIA S. HARTLEY Bef. 1886. She died Abt. 1886. He married (2) ALICE M. YEATON Aft. 1886. She died Bef. 1909. He married (3) JESSIE L. FULLER 24 Nov 1906.
More About FRANK MERRITT and CELIA HARTLEY:
Marriage: Bef. 1886
More About FRANK MERRITT and ALICE YEATON:
Marriage: Aft. 1886
More About FRANK MERRITT and JESSIE FULLER:
Marriage: 24 Nov 1906
Children of FRANK MERRITT and CELIA HARTLEY are:
7. WALTER F4 ADAMS (JOHN F.3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born 20 Mar 1884 in Oregon, and died 24 May 1961 in Walla Walla, Washington. He married MARGARET JANE PAXTON, daughter of MATHEW PAXTON and EDITH KEEFER. She was born 12 Apr 1896 in Washington, and died 14 Jun 1968 in Walla Walla, Washington.
Notes for WALTER F ADAMS:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record
about Walter F Adams
Name: Walter F Adams
City: Not Stated
County: Walla Walla
State: Washington
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1884
Race: White
Roll: 1992176
DraftBoard: 0
Mrs Margaret Adams,Walla Walla,Wash
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1910 Census WA Walla Walla Walla Walla WD 3 Dist 251 Pg 199B
Line 59
Adams Waller F Lodger MW 25 S OR ME VT Laborer Farm
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1920 Census WA Walla Walla Walla Walla WD 1 Dist 122 Pg 139B
Line 97
370 47 49 Adams Walter F Head MW 35 M OR MA IN Farmer Grain
---------, Margarete Paxton Wife FW 23 M WA PA PA Housewife
Eyrand Mrs. Clemence Cook FW 38 M 1910 AL France France France Housekeeper
Murch Edna Roomer FW 31 S OH KY England Nurse Graduate
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1930 Census WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 25 Pg 154B
Line 74
643 17 19 Adams Walter F Head MW 46 M 34 OR MA IN Farmer Sheep-farm
--------, Margaret P. Wife FW 33 M 20 WA PA PA
--------, John P. Son MW 10 S WA OR WA
--------, M. Jane Daughter FW 4 9/12 S WA OR WA
Paxton, Edith M Mother-in-law FW 70 Wd 20 PA PA PA
More About WALTER F ADAMS:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington14
Census 1: 1900, OR Yamhill McMinnville ED 163 pg 13A(See Mother)
Census 2: 1910, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla WD 3 Dist 251 Pg 199B
Census 3: 1920, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla WD 1 Dist 122 Pg 139B
Census 4: 1930, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 25 Pg 154B
Notes for MARGARET JANE PAXTON:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1966 > July > 7 Pg 5
Mrs. Walter Adams accompanied her grandson, Lovell Martin and Mrs. Martin of Walla Walla to Arizona where Martin will be employed on road construction for about a year.
More About MARGARET JANE PAXTON:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington15
Census 1: 1920, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla WD 1 Dist 122 Pg 139B(See Husband)
Census 2: 1930, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 25 Pg 154B(See Husband)
Children of WALTER ADAMS and MARGARET PAXTON are:
8. PAULINE FRANCIS4 ADAMS (JOHN F.3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born Jan 1886 in Oregon, and died 15 Mar 1963. She married WALTER JAMES BEMUS 26 Feb 1913 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA18, son of GEORGE BEMUS and MARY BRIGHAM. He was born 29 Aug 1878 in Marion, Alabama, and died 21 Jul 1942 in Portland, OR19.
Notes for PAULINE FRANCIS ADAMS:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1945 > July > 1
Helen A. Morrison et Vir and Pauline A. Bemus to A. W. Hill et ux, land in W. W. County.
More About PAULINE FRANCIS ADAMS:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington20
Census 1: 1900, OR Yamhill McMinnville ED 163 pg 13A(See Mother)
Census 2: 1910, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 252 Pg 1B(See Mother)
Census 3: 1920, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 139 Pg 6A(See Husband)
Census 4: 1930, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 11 pg 58A(See Husband)
Notes for WALTER JAMES BEMUS:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record
about Walter James Bemus
Name: Walter James Bemus
City: Not Stated
County: Walla Walla
State: Washington
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1878
Race: White
Roll: 1992176
DraftBoard: 0
Nearest Relative: Pauline F Bemus (Wife)
1027 Franklin Ave., Walla Walla,WA
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1920 Census WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 139 Pg 6A
Bemus,Walter J.,head,MW,40,m,AL,NY,NY,Plumber
Pauline F.,wife,FW,32,m,OR,ME,IN
Suzanne F.,daughter,FW, 3 6/12S,WA,AL,OR
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1930 Census WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 11 pg 58A
Bemus,Walter J.,head,MW,50,m,AL,NY,US,Plumber,Own Shop
Pauline,wife,FW,43,m,OR,ME,IN
Susanne,daughter,13S,WA,AL,OR
Mary H.,daughter,FW,9S,WA,AL,OR
More About WALTER JAMES BEMUS:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington21
Census 1: 1920, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 139 Pg 6A
Census 2: 1930, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 11 pg 58A
More About WALTER BEMUS and PAULINE ADAMS:
Marriage: 26 Feb 1913, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA22
Children of PAULINE ADAMS and WALTER BEMUS are:
9. HELEN M4 ADAMS (JOHN F.3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born 18 Nov 1892 in Washington, and died 02 Dec 1983 in San Diego, San Diego, California23,24. She married FREDERICK MORRISON. He was born 10 Feb 1892 in South Dakota, and died 01 Sep 1971 in San Diego, San Diego, California25,26.
Notes for HELEN M ADAMS:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1951 > October > 2, page 6
Annual Sunset Social Is Attended by 100 Persons
...Mrs. Fred Morrison of Oakland, Calif. Mrs. Morrison is the former Helen Adams, sister of Mrs. Pauline Bemus and a former member of the Daughters of the Temple.
More About HELEN M ADAMS:
Census 1: 1900, OR Yamhill McMinnville ED 163 pg 13A(See Mother)
Census 2: 1910, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 252 Pg 1B(See Mother)
Census 3: 1920, CA Alameda Oakland ED 85 Pg 17A(See Husband)
Census 4: 1930, CA Santa Clara San Jose ED 62 pg 10B(See Husband)
Notes for FREDERICK MORRISON:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record
about Frederick William Morrison
Name: Frederick William Morrison
City: Berkeley
County: Alameda
State: California
BirthPlace: South Dakota;United States of America
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1892
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1530674
DraftBoard: 2
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1920 Census CA Alameda Oakland ED 85 Pg 17A
Morrison,Frederick,head,MW,27,m,WY,IL,IL,Asst Pastor,Cong. Church
Helen,wife,FW,27,m,WA,ME,IN
Marian,daughter,FW,3 6/12S,CA,WY,WA
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1930 Census CA Santa Clara San Jose ED 62 pg 10B
Morrison,Fred W.,head,MW,37,m24,SD,IL,IL,Secretary,Community?
Helen A.,wife,FW,36,m24,WA,ME,IN
Dorothy J.,daughter,10S,CA,SD,WA
Helen J.,daughter,FW,1 10/12S,CA,SD,WA
More About FREDERICK MORRISON:
Census 1: 1920, CA Alameda Oakland ED 85 Pg 17A
Census 2: 1930, CA Santa Clara San Jose ED 62 pg 10B
Children of HELEN ADAMS and FREDERICK MORRISON are:
Generation No. 5
10. JOHN PAXTON5 ADAMS (WALTER F4, JOHN F.3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born Abt. 1920 in Oregon.
Notes for JOHN PAXTON ADAMS:
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
about John P Adams
Name: John P Adams
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Washington
State: Washington
County or City: Walla Walla
Enlistment Date: 26 Aug 1942
Enlistment State: Washington
Enlistment City: Spokane
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of college
Civil Occupation: Geographer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 146
More About JOHN PAXTON ADAMS:
Census: 1930, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 25 Pg 154B(See Father)
Children of JOHN PAXTON ADAMS are:
11. SUZANNE F5 BEMUS (PAULINE FRANCIS4 ADAMS, JOHN F.3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born Abt. 1916 in Washington. She married GEORGE E SWANNACK 13 Apr 1941 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA30, son of GEORGE SWANNACK and KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN. He was born 23 Dec 1916 in Whtman, Washington31.
More About SUZANNE F BEMUS:
Census 1: 1920, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Wd 3 ED 139 Pg 6A(See Father)
Census 2: 1930, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 11 pg 58A(See Father)
Notes for GEORGE E SWANNACK:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1945 > July > 11, page 5
Col. George Swannack and MRs. Swannack with their baby have left by automobile for Mobile, Ala, where Col Swannack has been assigned following a long tour of duty in the Pacific. Mrs. Swannack and the baby had been staying with the former's mother, Mrs. Pauline Bemus, while the colonel was overseas.
More About GEORGE E SWANNACK:
Census: 1930, WA Spokane Newman ED 149 Pg 5B(See Father)
More About GEORGE SWANNACK and SUZANNE BEMUS:
Marriage: 13 Apr 1941, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA32
Child of SUZANNE BEMUS and GEORGE SWANNACK is:
12. MARY HELEN5 BEMUS (PAULINE FRANCIS4 ADAMS, JOHN F.3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born 02 Jan 1921 in Washington, and died 21 Nov 1994 in Seattle, King, Washington33,34. She married CHARLES JR HERRING, son of CHARLES HERRING. He was born 18 Aug 1922 in Walla Walla, WA, and died 23 Jan 2006 in Seattle, King, Washington35.
Notes for MARY HELEN BEMUS:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1951 > December > 16, page 17
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herring Jr., are parents of a daughter, born December 14 in Seattle. The Herrings are former Walla Wallans, Mrs. Herring being remembered as Mary Helen Bemus daughter of Mrs. Walter Bemus, who still resides here, and the late Mr. Bemus. . . Herring, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herring of Prescott, recently returned from a five weeks' tour of European captials made in the interests of a Seattle television station with which he is associated. . . The new arrival is the third child of the Herrings, joining Mary Susan and Charles Howard in the family circle.
More About MARY HELEN BEMUS:
Census: 1930, WA Walla Walla Walla Walla Dist 11 pg 58A(See Father)
Notes for CHARLES JR HERRING:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1951 > September > 26, page 6
Charles Herring Jr., son of the Charles Herrings at Prescott and a Whitman grad, is inaugurating a new type of television newscast over a Seattle station. He's been in radio and news work for the past 12 years in the Pacific Northwest and for five years in Seattle. The 15-minutes coverage of world, national and local news will be heard every evening Monday through Friday at 6:45.
He was graduated cum laude from the local college and belongs to Sigma Chi and Phi Beta Kappa. His wife is the former Mary Helen Bemus, daughter of Mrs. Walter Bemus, and the late Walter Bemus.
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) > 1954 > February > 19, page 5
Herring to Join CBS in Hollywood
Charles Herring, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herring, Prescott, graduate of Whitman College, will join the news staff of Columbia Broadcasting System in Hollywood March 1, according to inforamtion received here.
For the past two years Herring has been news director of KING-TV in Seattle and has handled many well known statewide and national programs. Celebrities he has interviewed include former President Harry Truman and numerous others.
Herring started his radio career with a Walla Walla radio station and went from here to Seattle. During Wold Wa II he was in the Navy.
Mrs. Herring is the former Mary Ellen Bemus, daughter of Mrs. Walter J. Bemus of this city.
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Charles H. Herring
Birth Date: Aug/18/1922
Newspaper Title: Seattle Times, The
Newspaper Location: Seattle, WA, US
Obituary Publication Date: Jan/29/2006
Obituary | Charles Herring anchored Seattle's first live TV news
By Tan Vinh
Seattle Times staff reporter
(Picture)
Charles Herring is seen on the set of KING-TV News in 1962. The first live broadcast aired on the station on Sept. 10, 1951.
On an early September evening in 1951, Charles H. Herring Jr. stepped in front of a camera and into history, becoming Seattle's first live-television news broadcaster.
He changed the landscape of this radio- and newspaper-dependent city, colleagues and historians said. He brought Seattle breaking news and live coverage of historic events. He became part of the family dinner-hour ritual.
Mr. Herring died Monday at Swedish Medical Center after a long bout with cancer. He was 83.
Mr. Herring, who worked at Channel 5 for 16 years, was the first live-news anchor north of Los Angeles and west of Minneapolis, said Feliks Banel, a news historian for Seattle's Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI).
His coverage of the 1962 Seattle's World's Fair was the nation's first live broadcast via satellite to Europe, according to KING-TV News.
Through Mr. Herring, a riveted public had a front-row seat for the historic test flight of the Boeing 707 prototype in 1954, the riot in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1955 and the McClellan Committee hearing into the affairs of the controversial Teamsters union leader Dave Beck in Washington, D.C.
With his authoritative voice and dapper suits, Mr. Herring projected a sense of confidence during the nightly 15-minute broadcast.
The first live broadcast aired on Sept. 10, 1951, MOHAI said, and among his top stories, according to a Seattle Times article, was a forest fire that spread across thousands of acres in Forks, Clallam County.
"In the early 1950s, KING-TV was the only television station on the air. Anyone with a television set got the news from Charles Herring," Banel said.
Born on Aug. 18, 1922, Mr. Herring was raised on a farm outside of Walla Walla. He enrolled at Washington State University for a year, then transferred to Whitman College, where the English major graduated cum laude in 1944.
The U.S. Navy sent Mr. Herring to fight in the Pacific. When he returned two years later, he took a newscasting job at a Seattle radio station before becoming Channel 5's first news director and anchor in 1951.
A former mom-and-pop store on Queen Anne Hill that had an uneven floor served as his newsroom. "His desk was propped up with something so that his pencils wouldn't roll off onto the floor as he was trying to edit his news script," Banel said.
He would type his script — he was the fastest two-finger typist you will ever see, his family said — then hop into his car to the studio in South Lake Union, sometimes arriving minutes before airtime.
Every day was a race to the studio because he was chasing news, said his son, Charlie Herring of Seattle.
By the time his son was in middle school, he realized his father was a big deal because at restaurants, diners would always stop Mr. Herring to get his autograph.
Mr. Herring, who once read the news on air with a smoking pipe in his hand, left Channel 5 in 1967, and with his wife, the late Mary Bemus, purchased KAPY-AM in Port Angeles. The couple ran the radio station until 1978. He then worked for Boeing as a video producer until retiring in 1987.
He lived on Glen Acres Golf course in Seattle, near the first hole, for about the past 20 years.
Besides his son, Mr. Herring is survived by his brother, Jerry Herring, of Sonora, Calif.; a sister, Carlee Lorenz, of Rolling Hills, Calif.; daughters Mary Susan Pitlick of Seattle, Pam Beil of Fox Island and Jenny Herring of Edmonds; and six grandchildren.
At his request, no services will be held. Remembrances may be made in his name to Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, WA 99362, Providence Mount St. Vincent, 4831 35th Ave S.W., Seattle, WA 98126-2799 or the Union Gospel Mission, 3800 S. Othello St., Seattle, WA 98118.
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13. MARY SUSAN6 HERRING (MARY HELEN5 BEMUS, PAULINE FRANCIS4 ADAMS, JOHN F.3, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH SR1) was born 05 Jan 1945 in Philadelphia, PA. She married WILLIAM H PITLICK 23 Nov 1966 in King, Washington37. He was born 13 Sep 1944 in Ft Lewis, Washington.
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Endnotes
1. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1600s-1800s, Joseph Adams found in:Massachusetts Vital Records, 1600s-1800s Event Type: Birth Event Date: 14-FEB-1766 Town of Record: Lincoln County of Record: Middlesex Comment: /S JOHN JR. AND ELISABETH More About: A key for abbreviations located in this record can be found in the introduction under "More About the Town of Lincoln."
2. Massachusetts Marriages, Name: Joseph Adams Gender: Male Spouse: Mercy Gooding Marriage Date: 31 Mar 1789 City: Waltham County: Middlesex Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0873745 item 3. .
3. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 Record, Name: John F Adams Spouse Name: Susan F Fry Marriage Date: 17 Dec 1878 Marriage County: Marion Estimated Birth Year: 1863 Age: 15 Source Title 1: Marion County, Indiana Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1876 - 1880 Inclusive Vol Source Title 3: Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Ind Book: 543 .
4. Washington Death Index, 1940-1996, Name: Susan Adams Place of Death: Walla Walla Date of Death: 13 Jun 1947 Age: 95 Gender: F Certificate: 180 .
5. Find a Grave, John F. Adams Birth: 1835 Death: Mar., 1899 Burial:Mountain View Cemetery Walla WallaWalla Walla CountyWashington, USAPlot: WALLA-MV-51-1-5 Created by: Tracy Kuloneli-HanchettRecord added: Aug 15, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57117155.
6. Find a Grave, Susan F. Adams Birth: 1852 Death: Jun. 13, 1947 Burial:Mountain View Cemetery Walla WallaWalla Walla CountyWashington, USAPlot: WALLA-MV-51-1-4 Created by: Tracy Kuloneli-HanchettRecord added: Aug 16, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57124480.
7. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 Record, Name: John F Adams Spouse Name: Susan F Fry Marriage Date: 17 Dec 1878 Marriage County: Marion Estimated Birth Year: 1863 Age: 15 Source Title 1: Marion County, Indiana Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1876 - 1880 Inclusive Vol Source Title 3: Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Ind Book: 543 .
8. Oregon Death Index, Name: Adams, John R County: Umatilla Death Date: 21 May 1959 Certificate: 6980 Spouse: Osa .
9. Delayed Birth Oregon Archives, Case# 1630/56221 Name Adams, Osa Roberts Date 6/26/1881 Record Type Delayed Birth County Yamhill Source Health Identifier Remarks filmed as addendum .
10. Oregon Death Index, Name: Adams, Osa Rob County: Umatilla Death Date: 11 Mar 1976 Certificate: 76-05253 Age: 95 Birth Date: - Jun 1881 Spouse: John .
11. Find a Grave, John Randolph Adams Birth: 1880 Death: May 21, 1959 Burial:Olney Cemetery PendletonUmatilla CountyOregon, USA Created by: PaulaRecord added: Aug 12, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 40582122.
12. Find a Grave, Osa Adams Birth: Jun. 26, 1881 Death: Mar. 11, 1976 Burial:Olney Cemetery PendletonUmatilla CountyOregon, USA Created by: PaulaRecord added: Aug 12, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 40585045.
13. Find a Grave, George H. Adams Birth: 1881 Death: 1903 Burial:Mountain View Cemetery Walla WallaWalla Walla CountyWashington, USAPlot: WALLA-MV-51-1-6 Created by: Tracy Kuloneli-HanchettRecord added: Aug 15, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57116942.
14. Find a Grave, Walter F. Adams Birth: Mar. 20, 1884 Death: May 24, 1961 Burial:Mountain View Cemetery Walla WallaWalla Walla CountyWashington, USAPlot: WALLA-MV-51-1-7 Created by: Tracy Kuloneli-HanchettRecord added: Aug 16, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57124512.
15. Find a Grave, Margaret Paxton Adams Birth: Apr. 12, 1896 Death: Jun. 14, 1968 Burial:Mountain View Cemetery Walla WallaWalla Walla CountyWashington, USAPlot: WALLA-MV-51-1-8 Created by: Tracy Kuloneli-HanchettRecord added: Aug 15, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57117342.
16. SS Death Index, Name: James C. Huetter SSN: 148-14-5029 Born: 17 Sep 1924 Died: 22 May 1985 State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951 ).
17. Oregon Death Index, (Ancestry.com), "Electronic," Name: Huetter, James C County: Washington Death Date: 22 May 1985 Certificate: 85-09728 Age: 61 Birth Date: 17 Sep 1924 Spouse: Jane .
18. Digital Archives, State of Washington, Walter James Bemus - Pauline Francis Adams - Walla Walla Marriage Records Record Series: Marriage Records Collection: Walla Walla Marriage Records County: Walla Walla Document No.: eawwmru3414 Groom's Name: Walter James Bemus Age 34, Marion, AlabamaFather: George BemusMother Mary BrighamBride's Name: Pauline Francis Adams Age 26, Adams, OregonFather John F AdamsMother Susan FryMarriage Date: Feb 26 1913 Filing Date: County: Walla Walla Notes: Witnesses: Mrs. Susan Adams & Miss Helen Adams Source: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=37BD7BC43AFAD9362604EA2523F08B30.
19. Oregon Death Index, Name: Bemus, Walter J County: Portland Death Date: 21 Jul 1942.
20. Find a Grave, Pauline F. Adams Bemus Birth: 1887 Death: Mar. 15, 1963 Burial:Mountain View Cemetery Walla WallaWalla Walla CountyWashington, USAPlot: WALLA-MV-21D-2-11 Created by: Tracy Kuloneli-HanchettRecord added: Aug 29, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57883407 .
21. Find a Grave, Walter J. Bemus Birth: 1878 Death: Jul. 21, 1942 Burial:Mountain View Cemetery Walla WallaWalla Walla CountyWashington, USAPlot: WALLA-MV-21D-2-10 Created by: Tracy Kuloneli-HanchettRecord added: Aug 29, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57883426.
22. Digital Archives, State of Washington, Walter James Bemus - Pauline Francis Adams - Walla Walla Marriage Records Record Series: Marriage Records Collection: Walla Walla Marriage Records County: Walla Walla Document No.: eawwmru3414 Groom's Name: Walter James Bemus Age 34, Marion, AlabamaFather: George BemusMother Mary BrighamBride's Name: Pauline Francis Adams Age 26, Adams, OregonFather John F AdamsMother Susan FryMarriage Date: Feb 26 1913 Filing Date: County: Walla Walla Notes: Witnesses: Mrs. Susan Adams & Miss Helen Adams Source: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=37BD7BC43AFAD9362604EA2523F08B30.
23. CA Death Index, Name: MORRISON, HELEN ADAMS Social Security #: 563421785 Sex: FEMALE Birth Date: 18 Nov 1892 BirthPlace: WASHINGTON Death Date: 2 Dec 1983 Death Place: SAN DIEGO Mother's Maiden Name: FRY Father's Surname: ADAMS .
24. SS Death Index, Name: Helen Morrison SSN: 553-76-4094 Last Residence: 92116 San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America Born: 18 Nov 1892 Died: Dec 1983 State (Year) SSN issued: California (1964 ) .
25. CA Death Index, Name: MORRISON, FRED W Social Security #: 563421785 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 10 Feb 1892 BirthPlace: SOUTH DAKOTA Death Date: 1 Sep 1971 Death Place: SAN DIEGO Mother's Maiden Name: Father's Surname: .
26. SS Death Index, Name: Fred Morrison SSN: 563-42-1785 Last Residence: 92116 San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America Born: 10 Feb 1892 Died: Sep 1971 State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951 .
27. California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Name: Marion L Morrison Birth Date: 29 Apr 1918 Gender: Female Mother's Maiden Name: Adams Birth County: Alameda .
28. California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Name: Dorothy G Morrison Birth Date: 17 Jan 1920 Gender: Female Mother's Maiden Name: Adams Birth County: Alameda.
29. California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Name: Helen Joann Morrison Birth Date: 30 May 1928 Gender: Female Mother's Maiden Name: Adams Birth County: Santa Clara .
30. Digital Archives, State of Washington, George E Swannack - Suzanne F Bemus - Walla Walla Marriage Records Record Series: Marriage Records Collection: Walla Walla Marriage Records County: Walla Walla Reference Number: wallawallamarriagevol s_00005-DA1 Groom's Name: George E Swannack of Spokane, WashingtonBride's Name: Suzanne F Bemus, sunnyside, WashingtonRecording Date: Marriage Date: 04-13-1941 Notes: Witnesses: Mrs. W. J. Bemus & Mrs Geo E Swannack Source: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=76BB817D66E4CBB09350D87D7DDB71DA.
31. Washington Births, 1891-1919, Name: George Swannack Birth Date: 23 Dec 1916 Location: Whitman Sex: Male Race: White Father's name: George Swannack Mother's name: Kate Zimmerman Image Filename: 5267 .
32. Digital Archives, State of Washington, George E Swannack - Suzanne F Bemus - Walla Walla Marriage Records Record Series: Marriage Records Collection: Walla Walla Marriage Records County: Walla Walla Reference Number: wallawallamarriagevol s_00005-DA1 Groom's Name: George E Swannack of Spokane, WashingtonBride's Name: Suzanne F Bemus, sunnyside, WashingtonRecording Date: Marriage Date: 04-13-1941 Notes: Witnesses: Mrs. W. J. Bemus & Mrs Geo E Swannack Source: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=76BB817D66E4CBB09350D87D7DDB71DA.
33. SS Death Index, Name: Mary H. Herring SSN: 536-09-1832 Last Residence: 98168 Seattle, King, Washington, United States of America Born: 2 Jan 1921 Died: 21 Nov 1994 State (Year) SSN issued: Washington (Before 1951 ) .
34. Washington Death Index, 1940-1996, Name: Mary H Herring Place of Death: Seattle Date of Death: 21 Nov 1994 Residence: Seattle Age: 73 years Gender: F SSN: 536-09-1832 Certificate: 034873 .
35. SS Death Index, Name: Charles H. Herring SSN: 534-18-6741 Last Residence: 98168 Seattle, King, Washington Born: 18 Aug 1922 Died: 23 Jan 2006 State (Year) SSN issued: Washington (Before 1951 ) .
36. Digital Archives, State of Washington, Charles H Herring - Cheryl Lynn Palmer - King Marriage Records Record Series: Marriage Records Collection: King Marriage Records County: King Reference Number: kingcoarchmc327751 Groom's Name: Charles Howard Herring, age 22, born Seattle, WashingtonBride's Name: Cheryl Lynn Palmer, age 22, Born San Diego, CaliforniaRecording Date: Marriage Date: 03-22-1969 Notes: Witnesses: Natalie Goetz & Russell PalmerSource: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=D5497FCB04B579D177DD591998E2FDD6.
37. Digital Archives, State of Washington, William H Pithirk - Mary Susan Herring - King Marriage Records Record Series: Marriage Records Collection: King Marriage Records County: King Reference Number: kingcoarchmc299470 Groom's Name: William H Pithirk, age 22, Born Ft Lewis, WashingtonBride's Name: Mary Susan Herring, age 21 Born Philadelphia, PARecording Date: Marriage Date: 11-23-1966 Notes: Witnesses: James Clark & Pamela HerringSource: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=B407B6D47BF649775280197DE8922D4D.