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1. Censuses:
1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 78b, 13 Sep 1850, entry 217:
Samuel Adair, 46, Laborer, SC.
Nancy, 39, VA.
John, 18, AL.
George, 15, AL.
Samuel, 12, AL.
Rufus, 7, MS.
Mary, 13, TN.
Robert, 7, TN.
Benjamin, 5, TN.
Jemima, 4, IA.
Joshua, 1, IA.
Note: this census locates Samuel in Iowa in 1850 with a previously unknown wife [at least unknown among Utah Adair histories]. It appears Nancy brings into this marriage three children of a previous marriage [Mary, Robert, and Benjamin] who were all born in Tennessee. It also shows a son Joshua only a year old whose birthdate Amy Von Cannon [Iowa descendent of Joshua] states as 25 Dec 1849; this would put a marriage between Samuel and Nancy to approximately no later then March 1849. Samuel's first wife Jemima died 28 Apr 1848. The following census has all of the right children in the proper order except Permelia (Pamelia) who is not listed. It is interesting that the exact next entry [#218] has John Holden, 21, Tenn. and Pamelia, 15, Ala. – could this be Pamelia, George's twin sister, who is misrepresenting her age as not 13 [due to a marriage to this John of which we were not previously aware] but as 15 which in turn leads the family to say that George is also 15 and not 13. My opinion is that this is definitely proof that Samuel's second wife was Nancy ___ and that further documentation and research is needed to more fully develop this. She may very well have not wanted to leave Iowa leading to a separation with Samuel and her retaining her previous natural children plus their common [we assume] son Joshua. Years later when the RLDS was organized, Nancy and Joshua join like most of the Iowa Saints who remained behind from those who went to Utah. This would explain why Samuel may never have been sealed to Nancy, unlike his other wives, in an LDS temple even though he had the opportunity to do so in Utah.
1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return:
Adair: Samuel 45, John M. 18, George 16, Samuel N. 14, Rufus A.B. 10, Jemima 6, Joshua 1. [Note Samuel appears recently separated from his second wife by the time of this census and she is living several pages away in the census under her first married name of Maynard with her children of the Maynard marriage. Joshua Adair is listed twice - once with Nancy Maynard and once with Samuel Adair; evidently the final custodial arrangements for Joshua were not yet settled by the time of the census. Nancy's next husband Andrew Allen is not in the census confirming that Andrew Allen was not a factor in the breakup of Samuel and Nancy's marriage. Her fourth husband Evins O'Banion is listed in the county's census put several pages away. Samuel Adair is also several pages away as well. This confirms the fact that Samuel went west in June 1852 was not the immediate cause of their separation by this census in Sep. 1851. Also note that John and Permelia, his son-in-law and daughter, are living next door. Also the following related families are living as neighbors to each other in the county but several census pages away from Samuel: Thomas/Mary Adair, John/Mary A. Mangum, and William/Sarah Mangum.]
Maynard: Nancy 43, Mary E. 13, Robert 6, Benjamin F. [or T.] 4, Joshua 1. Also in same household is Mary Walker 10 and Charle Hughs 14.
1852 Iowa: Statistical only for Pottawattamie County and of no value in locating Joshua Adair.
The 1856 Utah Territorial Census was taken because Utah was trying to get statehood to avoid some of the problems that later came. As a result they wanted as many people as possible and frequently included names of everyone in a family without regard to whether they were living or dead. As a result, some of the people listed with the family may not actually have been in the household in 1856. This may have caused some confusion among descendants of Joshua as to his whereabouts in the mid-1950's as per remarks of Amy Von Cannon: "I was thinking that maybe there was a custody fight and Samuel came and took Joshua to Utah against Nancy's wishes. It would explain why Andrew Allen [Nancy's husband after Samuel?] was in Utah at that time also and why they ran to Kansas and when they came back they had Joshua as Joshua Allen on a Census for 1860 Iowa, Harrison County." The Adair and Mangums listed included the following heads of households in the Provo and Payson City area: George W. Adair, James Mangum, Joseph Adair (wife Rebecca), Samuel Adair, Thomas Adair, and Aaron Adair. I don't believe Joshua was ever in Utah but was however listed as noted below. Source for the following entry is FHL film # 505,913 (index in FHL book 979.2X22u); Ms d 2929 fd. 33, Payson City, p. 8:
Samuel Adair
Roxana "
Ann "
John M. "
George "
Jane "
Newton "
Rufus "
Catherine "
William "
Joseph "
Emily "
Ezra T. "
Joshua "
Eliza J. "
1860 US: Magnolia P.O., Raglan Township, Harrison, Iowa, p. 782, dwelling 196, household 180, enumerated 22 Jun 1860 US:
Andrew Allen, 78, farmer, $800, $500, VA.
Nancy F., VA.
Joshua, 9, IA.
Emma J., 4, IA.
1870 US: Belvidere, Monona, Iowa. p. 249b, dwelling and family #23 (note there are several Rickman families as neighbors looking like relatives - census taker has them all marked mulatto):
Thomas Rickman, 51, mulatto, farmer, $400, OH.
Rebecca Rickman, 72, mulatto, KY, keeps house.
Joseph Rickman, 16, mulatto, at home, IA.
Nancy, 14, mulatto, IA.
Ellen, 10, mulatto, IA.
Joshuay Adair, 18, mulatto, laborer, IA.
Eliza R. Adair, 19, servant, IL.
Rebecca Adair, 9/12, mulatto, IA.
1880 US: Jordon, Monona, Iowa, Source: FHL film 1254357 (National Archives Film T9-0357), page 92C, enumerated on June 8, 1880:
J. Adair, Self, M, M, W, 30, IA ___ ___, farm hand.
Eliza, Wife, F, M, MU, 29, IL OH KY, keeping house.
Florence, Dau., F, S, MU, 7, IA IA IL.
Willie, Son, M, S, MU, 5, IA IA IL.
Daniel, Son, M, S, MU, 3, IA IA IL.
Mary, Dau., F, S, MU, 1, IA IA IL.
Eliza's parents: US 1880 Census Place: Jordon, Monona, Iowa Source: FHL film 1254357, National Archives Film T9-0357 Page 91A:
Thomas RICKMAN, Self, M, M, MU, 62, OH OH OH, farmer.
Rebecca, Other, F, M, MU, 72, KY KY KY, keeping house.
Rebecca Adair, GDau, F, S, MU, 11, IA IA IA. Rebecca living with Rickman grandparents in 1880 is Joshua's eldest child.
1885 From Jeanie Aldredge: Nebraska State Census, Burt County Enumeration District 94, Decatur Village, enumerated on June 25, 1885 [some obvious errors in census], all ages were at last birthday prior to June 1, 1885:
Johana Adair, white male, 35, teamster, IA, NY, TN.
Elisa C. Adair, white female, 33, wife, Housekeeper, IL, OH, TN.
Florence, white female, 12, attending school, IA.
Daniel, white male, 8, attending school, IA.
Mary, white female, 6, attending school, IA.
Margret, white female, 4, IA.
Lillie, white female, 2, IA.
Walter A., white male, 2 months old born in May of 1885.
1890 UPRR Business Gazetteer, Burt County, Business Listing: J.T. Adair, Justice, Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska.
1890 Business Directory and Farmer's List of the Nebraska Gazetteer: J.T. Adair, Farmer.
1900 US: Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, p. 37A, June 1, 1900, all noted as White for race:
Joshua Adair, W, Dec 1848, 50, m. 30 years, IA TN TN, day labor.
Eliza, wife, W, Nov 1848[?], 49, m. 30 years, 13 total children with 11 living, IA OH IN.
John W., son, Jan 1874, 26, S, IA IA IL, day labor.
Daniel L., son, Dec 1875, 24, S, IA IA IL, day labor.
Walter, son, March 1884, 16, S, NE IA IL, day labor.
Clyde, son, March 1887, 13, S, NE IA IL, at school.
Samuel, son, Oct 1888, 11, S, NE IA IL, at school.
Ralph, son, Aug 1890, 9, S, NE IA IL.
Thomas, son, Aug 1893, 6, S, NE IA IL.
1920 US: Per Amy Morris-Vuncannon: "Joshua and Eliza lived with John William & Lorena (Belle) and my grandfather Marvin in Blackbird Township in 1920. I have the 1920 census."
1930 US: Blackbird, Thurston County, Nebraska Census, enumerated on April 7, 1930:
Joshua T. Adair, head, rent.
2. Amy VunCannon believes the middle name to be Tumeric which is what her side of the family always used; however she offers no documentary proof for it. Jeannie Aldredge uses Tumer. Death certificate says "Teumer." Judging from the obituary and death certificate cited below, I have used Tumer.
3. Email of family researcher and Joshua descendent Amy VunCannon, Feb 2002, provided the following copy of Joshua's biography from a grandson of Joshua. [Kerry's note: the items regarding wives for Samuel, George, and Newton, and the Guardian Angels is standard anti-Mormon misinformation rampant in the late 1800's with no basis of truth as family research has confirmed; this rhetoric was prominent in RLDS areas of the same period and under which influence Joshua was involved. Also the author is misinformed perhaps about Samuel in that he did not know Nancy before the death of his first wife Rebecca Mangum in Apr 1848 and was not married to Nancy until Iowa and is not the father of Benjamin, Lucy, nor Nancy. Finally the birthdate of 1847 for Joshua appears erroneous in light of other available sources such as the death certificate and obituary.]: "Adair Family History. This family history was written by Marvin C. Adair. The family name of Adair is a patriarchal name, not an occupational name. It originated with the Earl of Adair of Scotland. This is recorded in the books of heraldry. Research by the American Historical Society has proven the family name has been prominent in American history. We have a bicentennial flag from them honoring the family as a Bicentennial Family in 1976. Permission was given the name of Marvin C. Adair to be placed in a book of bicentennial families in the Library of Congress. Family history as related by Grandfather Joshua T. Adair and Grandmother Arilla Eliza Rickman Adair. This branch of the Adair family with Samuel Adair as father and his wife who's maiden name O'Bannion came from the territory of Kentucky. They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints somewhere between Kentucky and Kanesville, IA, now known as Council Bluffs. Their family consisted of Newton, George, Benjamin, Lucy, Nancy and Joshua, my grandfather who was born December 25, 1847 in Kanesville. When Joshua was 18 months old, Great Grandfather Samuel and his sons, Newton and George took four wives and followed Brigham Young to Salt Lake City, Utah. Great Grandmother Adair, two boys Benjamin and Joshua and the two girls Lucy and Nancy were forced to hide for safety from the 'Guardian Angels' of the Brighamite faction because the girls were old enough to be given in marriage and were desired by the sons of the Brighamites. Great Grandmother obtained a legal separation and later married a man whose surname was Allen and raised that part of the family. While Joshua was still young, he lived with and worked for the magistrate of Kanesville. While there, he read for the law. He was admitted to the bar to practice law at Soldier, IA. As he worked and studied he traveled in the summer with a man named Kaywoodie and his freight wagon from Kanesville to Preparation Settlement in Western Iowa. There he met Arilla Eliza Rickman. They married in 1869. The Rickman family had joined the original church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints somewhere between New Amsterdam and Kirtland, OH. Arilla's mother, Rebecca, is said to have broken her dishes for the Kirtland Temple building. She and her husband, John Rickman, were acquainted with Joseph Jr. and Emma Smith. They stated that Joseph and Emma were the most handsome couple they had ever seen. Grandmother was a very small girl when they reached Preparation Settlement where she lived and met and married Joshua T. Adair. To this union was born eight sons and five daughters. John William (Marvin's father), Benjamin, Daniel, Anna, Florence and Mary were born in Iowa where Grandfather farmed and practiced law. He traveled from settlement to settlement as the circuit lawyer and judge. In 1883, he traveled with the cavalry as legal representative and on the way back home, he stayed overnight in Decatur, NE. He liked it. A year later, he moved his family there. More children were born. Walter, Samuel, Clyde, Ralph, Thomas, Margaret (Rita Foster's grandmother) and Lillie. Grandpa practiced law and did carpentry while living in Decatur. Later he moved to Macy and was magistrate until about 1936. As far as I know, all of the J. T. Adair family were baptized in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. To John Wm. and Isabelle L. James was born one son, Marvin C. Great Grandfather Samuel Adair, I was told was head scout of the Mormon train. George was counselor to the Mormon Bishop. Newton was a founder of the Mormon colonies in Arizona. Grandfather went to Utah to visit his brothers and his nephews came and visited in this (Decatur-Macy) area. Marvin sent me a single typewritten page, front and back with the information on it after I contacted him in the '80's for some info on our family background. Marvin also told me in a phone conversation that our family had come here from Scotland in 1625, not for reasons of escaping religious persecution in Scotland, but to set up their own kingdom. I did some research with the Mormons one evening and we think that the Samuel Adair mentioned in the Who's Who In Mormon History of Utah is our ancestor. My phone number is 417-962-9621. Please feel free to call. This is so exciting. I learn more about us every time I read this history Marvin gave me. Till I hear from you on this. Rita. Sorry I forgot relationship to Samuel. It reads like this:
1. Samuel Adair
2. Joshua Tumeric Adair
3. John William Adair
4. Marvin Clyde Adair
5. Betty Lou Adair
6. Amy L. Morris, I would be Samuel's ggg-granddaughter"
4. 5 Mar 2002 email from family researcher Jeanette Marie Aldredge in explaining her descendancy from Joshua. "My lineage as follows:
Jeanette Marie Aldredge, b. 7 Aug 1963 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.
Janice Arline Price, b. 1 Apr 1943 at Onawa, Monona, Iowa & Jimmy Lee Aldredge, son of Newton William Aldredge and Edna May Reed, b. 1 May 1941 at Gravity, Taylor, Iowa.
Arthur Sinclair Price, b. 20 Jun 1918 at Onawa, Monona, Iowa, d. 1 Jul 2002 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa & Lillian Olena Swenson, b. 18 Dec 1921 at Soldier, Monona, Iowa, d. 14 Mar 2002 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.
Lillian May Adair, b. 29 Jan 1883, East of Turin, Belvidere Township, Monona, Iowa, d. 1 Feb 1952 at Onawa, Monona, Iowa & John Edwin Price, b. 20 Oct 1876, West of Whiting, Maple Landing, Monona, Iowa, d.28 Jul 1958 at Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa.
Joshua Tumer Adair & Eliza Arilla Rickman
Samuel Adair & Nancy Fountain White
I started this genealogy project as a school project several years ago & most of the information was originally given to me by my grandfather, Arthur Price. My grandfather will be 84 years old in June of this year [since deceased]. He has given me a few tidbits about visiting Joshua & Eliza Adair when they lived on the banks of the Missouri River. Joshua & Eliza were buried in unmarked graves at the cemetery in Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, until 1996, when my grandfather had a tombstone placed on their graves. Joshua & Eliza's children were: Florence, John William, Daniel, Mary, Margaret A. Martha, Lillian May, Walter Ray or A., Samuel, Ralph A., Anna, Tommy, Bennie and Clyde. I have a postcard that is addressed to Mrs. J.T. Adair, Route 2, Walthill, Nebraska. It is postmarked Oct. 19, 1920. It's a birthday postcard & says "To My Dear Old Mother," Lillian Price. Lillian is my great grandmother. So, Joshua & Eliza were apparently living in Walthill, Nebraska in 1920. My records show that Samuel Adair & Nancy Fountain White-Adair had six children: Newton Adair, George Adair, Benjamin Adair, Lucy Adair, Nancy Adair & Joshua Tumer Adair. I have no further information on these Children. [Kerry's note: some of these are Samuel and and his first wife's Gemima's children.] As I stated previously, most of this information was obtained from my grandfather several years ago (about 1976) so I'm unsure if this list of children is complete, or for that matter, completely accurate. My grandfather's siblings have all preceded him in death."
5. On file from Jeannie Aldredge, I have a 40 page Nancy Fountain White descendancy listing with research notes. I have cited all information concerning this specific individual into these notes.
6. Itawamba County Marriage Books 1-3 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~msitawam/marriage.html) lists 30 marriages performed by Samuel Adair. Other records note his registering with the county as a "Christian Minister" on 5 Apr 1841. The last date of 3 Nov 1845 shows that they did not leave for Nauvoo, Illinois prior to that date. There is one entry for Joshua Toomer performing a marriage 3 Aug 1837; there may be some tie with this individual and Samuel since Samuel would later have a son in 1849 with his second wife, Nancy White, in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, whom they would name Joshua Tumer Adair. Can't prove an association but it seems more than coincidence.
7. <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emsichs/history.html> has an excellent history on Itawamba County. The following quote has reference to Joshua Toomer who may the individual from whom Samuel gave a future son the name of Joshua Tumer Adair:
"In 1841 members of the Tannahill family of Scotland immigrated to the new county of Itawamba. After coming down the Tennessee River they landed at Easport in the new county of Tishomingo. A letter dated January 19, 1842 from Fulton to England recollects the journey to Itawamba County: "...on a Sunday night we landed at the town of Easport (containing four log cabins) and the next day we started through the Forest Track for Fulton, Mary mounted on horseback and Robert and I on foot. I carried my gun, but got no chance to shoot. We saw some deer, but they did not allow us to get near them. It was a most awful night at Easport. By the help of poles to steady us, Mary and I got up the bank and got lodging that night in a cabin. The people said they had never seen such a thunderstorm. We did not sleep much. There was in the same room, three men and two females. This is the universal practice here - no separate sleeping appartments. We lay and listed to the thunder rolling overhead and the lightning flashing through a hundred chinks in the cabin...When we got to Mr. T's (Joshua Toomer in Fulton), we found all our people well except Mother... There is very little money current here. Mr. T. is glad to have the yearly accounts of the farmers settled by the cotton which can be turned into specie at Mobile ... I wrote this in my own log cabin, which barring a few chinks is not a bad one...The country here is but thinly settled as it is only six years since the Indians left it ... We live on bread of Indian corn which is the only kind used here. Their hogs are excellent being fed in the woods on nuts and acorns ... All men here are not merely nominally but really equal. The other day a man was taken up here for going to shoot a neighbour. The sheriff allowed him to go at large about the town ... he rode about the town, whooping, crowing like a cock and dared the officer at the point of a knife to lay a hand on him ... Two men have been shot in Mr. Toomer's store."
8. The 1840 US census for Itawamba County, Mississippi, at which time and place Adairs and Mangums lived, the census taker was Joshua Toomer, who may the individual upon whom Samuel Adair based the name of his son Joshua Tumer Adair.
9. From Susan Easton Black's book of Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of LDS:
"Adair, Joshua.
Birth: 25 Dec 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Death: 1 Aug 1938, Nebraska
Joshua Adair was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 29 October 1876 at Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, by P. Caldwell. He was expelled on 1 July 1909 and rebaptized on 30 July 1916 in Nebraska by Hubert Case. He was reconfirmed by Hubert Case and J.M. Baker. Source: RLDS Deceased Files." [Note per Email of family researcher and Joshua descendent Amy VunCannon, Feb 2002, : "You asked where I got the RLDS records. The RLDS records are from the FHL film # 1976561. It reads Nebraska, Walthill RLDS church 1862-1917. I don't know if this was the first baptism or last. Joshua was excommunicated and admitted back in, reason unknown. Joshua was married to Eliza Rickman in Preparation settlement on 10-10-1869, it is now a state park. It is listed in the LDS search site, under the wrong middle initial (L in stead of Tumeric).]
10. 20 Aug 2002, Jeannie Aldredge wrote: The following info is from the 1982 Monona County History Book under a section regarding Jordan Township: "Finally, in 1873, the primary election took place and the following were elected as Jordan Township's first officers: George Montague, President; J.T. Adair, Clerk; Samuel Rickman and Thomas Rickman, Directors; and J.M. Ballantyne, Treasurer." "The first marriage in the township was that of Daniel Butler, sometimes known as Daniel Rickman, and Miss Eunice Allen." Jeannie's notes: Joshua was married to Eliza Arilla Rickman and Joshua's mother, Nancy, was married to Andrew Allen. Andrew Allen's first wife, believed to be Eunice. Since the info from the book refers to Eunice as a "Miss," probably not the same person, but could be in error. Another researcher, Barbara Eades, states: Andrew & Eunice may have had a daughter by the name of Eunice. Eunice, Andrew's wife was quite elderly when she left Iowa with her grown children and headed for Salt Lake City. She rode on the back of the wagon of her son Luke (boy I hope his name was Luke been a while since I looked at this). She never saw Andrew or the children that stayed in IA again and died in UT.
11. Amy VunCannon has a copy of the 24 Jan 1910 marriage certificate for John William Adair of Burt County, Nebraska showing J.T. Adair as Justice of the Peace. John was Joshua's son.
12. Mentioned in his step-sister's obituary: Vol. 54, "The Correctionville News," Thursday, May 7, 1936, NO. 50: "Life of Mrs. Emma Taylor. Mother of Mrs. Joseph Johnson buried at Morehead Friday, where she was Pioneer resident. Emma Jeanette Allen was born at Magnolia, Iowa, August 24, 1855, and departed this life Wednesday, April 29, 1936, at Correctionville, Iowa, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Johnson. She had attained the age of 80 years, 08 months, and 5 days. On July 21, 1874, she was united in Marriage to Chas. Taylor at Magnolia, Iowa. To this union 9 children were born. Her husband passed away Feb. 4, 1914. Also, two children, Frank and Agnes preceded her in death. Mrs. Taylor was baptized in the Christian Church on October 15, 1895, and remained faithful to her God until her death. She was a kind neighbor and a loving mother. She lived nearly all of her life in and around Moorehead, and being an early pioneer she endured much to rear her family. She is survived by her four sons, Guy of Stewart, NEB., John of Salix, Ray of Moorehead, and Bruce of Pisgah; three daughters, Mrs. Joe Lamb of Blencoe, Mrs. J. T. Johnson of Correctionville, and Mrs. Claude Coberly of Moorehead. One brother, J.T. Adair of Macy, Nebr., and 29 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Moorehead Christian Church in charge of the pastor. Mrs. Wilmer Johnson sang "Does Jesus Care," and "The Old Rugged Cross" accompanied by Mrs. Nash at the piano. Burial was made in the Spring Valley Cemetery." [My note: Looked up Macy, NE where Joshua is noted as living and it is in Thurston County, NE.]
13. Extracts from 15 page biography or Eunice Miner with photos received 31 Aug 2003 from Barbara L. Eades [full copy in Samuel Adair file]: "...Andrew Allen lived alone for about three years and then married a much younger woman - 30 years younger - by the name of Nancy who had a son by a previous marriage. Andrew helped to raise young Joshua. Andrew's beloved daughter Emma Jannet Allen was born in 1856. Andrew died at age 84 years and 5 months on January 10, 1867, leaving his estate to his 11-year old daughter Jannet and his 55-year old wife Nancy. (Will written on January 6, 1866. FHL film 1510109, item 4, p. 522.) He stated in his will that if his wife Nancy remarried, his estate would go to his daughter Jannet..."
14. Emails from Jeannie Aldredge at :
A. 25 Aug 2002: No Mormon affiliation was maintained through our family. As far as I know, my g.grandmother, Lillian May Adair, did not have an affiliation neither. Grandpa never mentioned anything about the Mormons. He never spoke much about his grandfather Joshua even in response to my direct inquiries. I think the problem could be that Eliza, Joshua's wife, and Lillian their daughter as well as their other children were listed in the censuses as "mulatto" which could either be Indian or negro mixture. There is an LDS affiliation noted on Joshua's death certificate which is most likely Reorganized LDS. In checking out history of churches in Decatur, Nebraska: "The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in 1879 in a small log school house southeast of Decatur. A new frame building was erected in 1886 and used until 1903 when the present building was dedicated." There are no regular LDS early churches listed in the area.
B. 13 Sep 2003: Joshua came through with [should be: was born among] the Mormons to Kanesville Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, later known as Council Bluffs. He then left the Mormons and went up the Missouri river and grew to manhood in Harrison County, Iowa. He suffered for several years before his death, but bore his sufferings passionately. At the time of his death, he had twenty-seven grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren. Joshua studied law under a friend, William Hubbard, an Attorney in Onawa, Monona County, Iowa. After a long career of active law practice in Iowa and Nebraska, he served as a Judge, as well as, holding various offices of trust in Iowa and Nebraska. He was a kind and loving husband and father and was remembered for the kind and loving aid which he gave to Eliza, when he was scarcely able to care for himself, during her seven years of illness. Hunting, fishing and trapping was the Adair's source of income and when Joshua was older and his eye was not as accurate as it was in the days when he sniped wild turkeys from tall trees with a muzzle loading rifle, the sons carried on the family tradition.
C. 13 Sep 2003: 08.15.2002 note from Dorothy Hotchkiss: I never knew Uncle Jot but always knew of him & where he lived (Macy, NE). My oldest sister, Eddith, taught school on Holman's Island. Amy Vuncannon said 2 of his boys ran the ferry boat across the Missouri River to the Island. Mom & my Dad would go to visit when they took her to the island. I don't remember my ever going to his home, nor do I remember the boys. Uncle Jot was my Gma Taylor nee Allen's 1/2 brother. Jot did live close to the Indian Reservation on the River. My grandparents lived near there at one time too. I have studio pix of Indian family "Our Neighbors on the Reservation".
D. 13 Sep 2003: Residence 1: October 1920, Living at Route 2, Walthill, Nebraska. Residence 2: April 29, 1936, Living in Macy, Thurston County, Nebraska at the time of his sister Emma's death.
E. For detailed list of children and their spouses, see notes to Joshua's wife.
F. "Joshua and Eliza were well acquainted with the hardships and problems of pioneer days. They lived on the banks of the Missouri River, about 3/4 of a mile from the corner of Mission Rock, a rock that the government put in where the river came around. Joshua was a master of these treacherous waters and rowed the river well into his 80's. Joshua sold fish for a living and Grandson Arthur Price, recalls that he and his family would go to visit them and they would come across the river and pick them up in fishing boats. They had two boats and they would load four to five people in each boat. They would then row up the Iowa side of the river a long distance so that when they got to Mission Rock, they could drift back down the river. Then, they would row back up the Nebraska side and drift over to their car to go home. Grandson Arthur Price remembers that while visiting his grandparents on one occasion, the winds were very strong. Normally, the winds would settle down after sunset, so they decided to wait until after dinner to row back across the river. Arthur and his family were living East of Onawa, Monona County, Iowa at the time and they still had milking and other chores to do at home. After dinner, they started out across the river; however, the winds were still too strong and they were forced to turn back and "spend the night with the Indians." Sometimes, while living on the banks of the river, bodies of people who had drowned would be pulled from the river. If they were unidentifiable, or did not have any next of kin, Joshua would give them a proper burial in his cemetery plot. Therefore, at the cemetery in Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, where Joshua and Eliza are buried, there are several unmarked graves nearby. In 1884, Joshua and Eliza moved from Iowa to a log cabin in Nebraska, where they resided until their deaths. In the early 1870's, they became members of the Latter Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ and their faith was such that it entitled them to many moments of happiness and blessings. They were always happy to express themselves in the gospel of which they believed and loved. This pioneer couple believed they claimed a distinction, since they owned and resided in a log cabin similar to those built by pioneers. Joshua and Eliza saw the establishment of the first newspaper, "The Journal," and Joshua was a faithful reader."
15. Copy of newspaper in my possession from Salt Lake City's "Deseret News," vol. 24, no. 49, 5 Jan 1876: "Information Wanted. – J. T. Adair, Magnolia County, lowa, is desirous of learning of the whereabouts of the following parties supposed to be in Utah, and who left Council Bluffs in 1850 or 1851 - Samuel Adair (father of the inquirer) John Adair, Newton Adair, George Adair (the latter a half brother) and Catherine Adair. When last heard from the parties named were at Washington, Washington County, Utah. Mr. Adair also wishes to hear from B. F. Maynard who when last heard from was in Dry Canyon, Tooele Co. Any of the persons named desiring to communicate with Mr. J. T. Adair, should address as above."
16. Notes of D. Neil Allen, 5534 S 1425 East, South Ogden, UT 84403, 801-476-6854, viking893@msn.com received 25 Jul 2015. This is a draft of his working paper being refined and prepared for a future publication. Neil had previously published a book on Charles Allen and his descendants, "Out of Strawbery Banke." The transcript:
"5. Joshua Tumer ADAIR was born on 25 Dec 1849 in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, IA. He died on 2 Aug 1938 at the age of 88 in Decatur, Burt, NE. He was buried on 5 Aug 1938 in Decatur, Burt, NE, Hillcrest Cemetery.13
Joshua Tumer ADAIR and Eliza Arilla RICKMAN were married on 10 Oct 1869 in Onawa, Monona, Iowa, United States. Eliza Arilla RICKMAN, daughter of Thomas H. RICKMAN and Rebecca Ann BENET, was born on 22 Oct 1850 in Jasper, Illinois, United States. She died on 8 Aug 1936 at the age of 85 in Walthill, Thurston, Nebraska, United States. She was buried on 11 Aug 1936 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Burt, Nebraska, United States.
Joshua Tumer ADAIR and Eliza Arilla RICKMAN had the following children:
+11 i. Rebecca Anna ADAIR, born abt Oct 1869, Belvidere Township, Monona, Iowa, United States.
12 ii. Benjamin ADAIR was born after 1870 in Iowa, United States. He died on 4 Mar 1873 at the age of 3 in Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, United States.
13 iii. Florence ADAIR was born in 1873 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, United States. She died.
+14 iv. John William ADAIR, born Jan 1874, Monona County, Iowa, USA; married Malinda MOWERY, 19 Jul 1900, Onawa, Monona, Iowa, United States; married Lorena Isabelle MCKINLEY, 24 Jan 1910, Decatur, Burt, Nebraska; died 1 Feb 1952.
15 v. Daniel L. ADAIR was born in Dec 1875 in Iowa, United States. He died on 25 Jun 1885 at the age of 9.
16 vi. Mary ADAIR was born in 1879 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, United States. She died in 1962 at the age of 83 in Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, United States.
+17 vii. Margaret Armantha ADAIR, born 1881, Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, United States; died 1943, Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, United States.
+18 viii. Lillian May ADAIR, born 1883, Iowa, United States; died 1943, Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, United States.
19 ix. Walter Ray ADAIR was born on 14 Mar 1885 in Nebraska, United States. He died on 30 Apr 1974 at the age of 89 in Nebraska, United States.
20 x. Annie ADAIR was born on 14 Mar 1885 in . She died on 9 Aug 1936 at the age of 51.
+21 xi. Clyde Lemont ADAIR, born 14 Mar 1887, Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, United States; died 6 Nov 1933, Nebraska, United States.
22 xii. Samuel Barlett ADAIR was born on 17 Oct 1888 in Nebraska, United States. He died on 21 Jun 1947 at the age of 58.
+23 xiii. Ralph A ADAIR, born 28 Aug 1892, Decatur, Burt, Nebraska, United States; died 5 Oct 1971, Oakland, Burt, Nebraska, United States.
24 xiv. Thomas ADAIR was born in Aug 1893 in Nebraska, United States. He died.
Footnotes:
13. Find A Grave. Memorial# 36414909 Spouse:Eliza Arilla Rickman Adair (1850 - 1936)."
BIRTH:
1. Date from Amy VunCannon and Jeannie Aldredge and is consistent with 1850 and 1880 censuses. Place per RLDS membership record, obituary, and death certificate. Note that there are discrepancies from the various secondary extraneous sources as to Joshua's year of birth even though the various entries are consistent as to day and month. Marvin Adair in his biography cited above listed it as 1847; LDS records list it as 1849 or 1845; baptism records for the RLDS has it listed as 1848. Death Certificate states he was 88 years, 7 months, and 8 days old at time of death on Aug. 1 [may be 2 subject to handwriting], 1938. Obituary also says 1849.
MARRIAGE:
1. Online Ordinance Index states Monona Co., Iowa; Amy Von Cannon states "Preparation Settlement" which I don't find on current maps; she explains that it is now part of "Preparation State Park" and that there are a couple of cabins in the field and a sign that states old town of Preparation and Belvidere. Both use same date for marriage. She notes October 10, 1869, Onawa, Preparation Canyon, Monona County, Iowa and that this wedding was among the first performed in Monona County in 1869. Obituary says 1868 in Onawa, Iowa; Onawa is in Monona County.
DEATH:
1. "State of Nebraska, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, No. J7022. Place of Death: Burt Co., Decatur Township, Decatur City. Length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 3 days. Full name: Joshua Teumer Adair. Residence: Macy, Thurston County, Nebraska. Male, white, widowed. Wife: Eliza Arilla Adair. Age: 88 years, 7 months, 8 days. Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done: Carpenter. Industry or business in which work was done: General. Total time (years) spent in the occupation: Unknown. Birthplace: Cainsville (Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Ia. Name of father: [blank]. Father's birthplace: Unknown. Name of mother: [blank]. Mother's birthplace: Unknown. Informant: Decatur, Nebr. Burial place: Decatur, Nebr.; Date: Aug. 3, 1938. Undertaker: Racily, Walthill, Nebr. Filed Sep. 15, 1938. Date of death: Aug. [1st or 2nd – hard to read], 1938. I hereby certify that I attended deceased form July 29, 1938 to Aug. [1st or 2nd – hard to read], 1938. I last saw him alive on July 29, 1938; death is said to have occurred on the date stated above, at 1 a.m. The principle cause of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows: angina heart. He had been having angina spells for several days. Contributary causes of importance not related in principal cause: old age. Was disease or injury in any way relating to occupation of deceased? No. Signed: E.A. Sears, M.D., Decatur, Nebr."
OBITUARY:
1. Copy of actual article provided by Jeannie Aldredge; she states there is no date nor newspaper listed with clipping. Text: "The Obituary of Joshua T. Adair. Joshua Tumer Adair, son of Samuel Adiar, was born in Caniville [Kanesville], Pottawattamie County, Ia. (now called Council Bluffs) in 1849. Grew to manhood in Iowa, studied law under a friend Wm. Hubbard, attorney of Onawa Ia. and after a long career of active law practice and as judge, he passed away at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walters Tuesday, August 2, 1938 in his 88th year. He was united in marriage to Eliza Arilla Rickman in 1868 at Onawa, Iowa who preceded him in death August 9, 1938 at the Walthill hospital, Walthill, Neb. To this union was born Bennie and Tommy, who died in Childhood; one daughter, Mrs. Chas. Owens and two sons: Daniel and Clyde, who preceded him in death. There remains to mourn his demise, three daughters: Mrs. Mary Rogers of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mrs. Wm. Buck of Decatur, Neb.; and Mrs. Ed Price of Onawa, Iowa, and four sons; Will, Walter, Ralph, and Samuel of Macyn, Neb.; 27 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. He was a kind and loving husband and father and is remembered for his loving kindness to his invalid wife, who suffered for seven long years. He cared for her when he was scarcely able to care for himself. For many years he and his wife were members of the L.D.S. Church of Jesus Christ and their faith was such that it entitled them to many moments of happiness and blessings and they were always happy to express themselves in the Gospel of which they beloved. The funeral was conducted by Elder Amos Lamson from the L.D.S. church in Decatur on Wednesday, August 3rd and burial was made in the local (Hillcrest) cemetery."
BURIAL:
1. Per Jeanie Aldredge: Joshua and Eliza were buried in unmarked graves until 1996, when Grandson Arthur Price had a tombstone placed on their graves in Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska.
PHOTO:
1. Several photos provided by Jeannie Aldredge and her family and in my files. Two with Joshua:
a. Eliza, his wife sitting in a chair with Joshua standing next to her with a cane. Both appear quite elderly.
b. Joshua rowing a wooden boat across a very large river [Missouri?] as an elderly man.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1849 - 1938 (88 years)