Newton J. ADAMS

1858 - 1905  (47 years)

• Name	Newton J. ADAMS
  Born	1858	Switzerland County, Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	Poor health
  Buried	1905	Ghent, Carroll, Kentucky
  Died	26 Oct 1905	Ghent, Carroll, Kentucky
  Person ID	I33197	Main
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas Frederick ADAMS,   b. 21 Nov 1827, Limerick, York, Maine ,   d. 29 Oct 1906, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Lucy COLE,   b. 23 Oct 1831, Switzerland County, Indiana ,   d. 23 Aug 1859, Switzerland County, Indiana  (Age 27 years)
  Married	27 Sep 1847	Switzerland County, Indiana
  Family ID	F11311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annette Nettie L. GIBBS,   b. Mar 1862, Switzerland County, Indiana ,   d. Ohio or Kentucky
  Married	7 Jul 1878
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Elaine ADAMS,   b. 24 Jun 1896, Kentucky ,   d. Jan 1973, Houston, Harris, Texas  (Age 76 years)   2. Bessie Faye ADAMS,   b. Nov 1881, Indiana, USA ,   d. ?   3. Frederick W. ADAMS,   b. 1883,   d. ?   4. Rexford ADAMS,   b. 27 Sep 1885,   d. Oct 1979  (Age 94 years)   5. Leslie Dwight ADAMS,   b. Mar 1889, Indiana, USA ,   d. 1910  (Age ~ 20 years)   6. Berthie L. ADAMS,   b. Aug 1894, Kentucky, USA ,   d. ?   7. Harold Victor ADAMS,   b. 14 May 1901, Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky ,   d. ?
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F11303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was known to have run away from home according to family oral history. "We are aware of a rift between Newton Adams and his family since he ran away from home. Newton was said to have been a strong headed, rebellious man." (Letter from Gordon Kratz.) Norton was 24 years old at the time of his marriage to 16 year old Nettie Gibbs. He signs his letters to his wife Nettie as NJA, which substantiates his middle initial as being J rather than E which appears on some census records. The copies of the correspondence from Newton J Adams to Nettie, is all from the last two years of his life. He was writing from what sounds like "baths", living as a resident in them, and seeing doctors regularly. and speaks in his letters about his health and appetite. Newton J Adams indentured for 7500 for real estate in the County of Sedgwick, Kansas, Lots 3 and 4 of NW quarter of Section 5, and lots 1 and 2 and the south half of the north east quarter of section 5, all in Township 27 south, range 1 West of the 6th principal meridian, and containing 240 acres, more or less. Newton died six months after this warranty deed. In 1912, Nettie transferred ownership of this land to their daughter, Bessie Faye Tyson.