Avis Theresa Johnson-Adams

Obituary - Newspaper - Todd County Argus - Issue Oct4, 1906 Page 1 Col 6
CALLED TO HER LONG HOME
Mrs, Avis Adams Passes Away at a Ripe Old Age
Mrs. E.C. Adams passed away Sunday evening about six o'clock at her home in Reynolds township after a hort illness. A week ago Monday she suffered a paralytic stroke and never rallied. Her old age being against her recovery.
The funeral was held yesterday noon at the White church in Reynolds and J.F. Woodward preached the funeral sermon. A large number of friends were
present. The remains were interred in the local cemetery.
Avis Theresa Sampson was born in 1827 in Oneida County, New York, state, and at the age of nineteen years she moved to Wisconsin in the same year that state was admitted to the Union. She resided in that state for many years and was married to a Mr. Johnson, who died some years later. She married again and her second husband's name was Adams. They came to Todd county 26 years
ago and settled on a farm in Reynolds, where he died some years ago.
Deceased leaves five children. They are M.M. Johnson, of Round Prairie, Mrs. Louis Fowler, of Reynolds, Ansel Johnson, who is in the asylum, and Henry C. Johnson, of Livingston, Montana, and Mrs. Susan Wynn, also of Reynolds. The first four are by her first husband.
Deceased was a kind hearted woman and a good mother. She was a devoted Christian and devoted her life for the good cause. The family have the sympathy of all the community in their loss.