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William Lysander Adams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, United States
Death: April 26, 1906 (85)
Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Sebastian Adams and Eunice Goodell
Husband of Frances Olivia Adams
Father of Helen Elizabeth Johnson; Gaines Melancthon Adams; Inez Eugenia Parker; Claribelle May Adams; William Harmon Adams and 10 others
Brother of Oliver Harmon Adams; Sebastian Cabot Adams; Eunice Marie McBride and Sarah Jerushe Adams

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About William Lysander Adams

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In Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois, Dr. Adams was married August 25, 1844, to Miss Frances Olivia Goodell. She was a daughter of Able Goodell and was born in Harmony, Somerset county, Maine, October 5, 1821. Their first child, Inez Eugenia Adams, was born in Mons Felicitatis, Henderson county, Illinois, October 15, 1845. Helen Elizabeth was born at Galesburg, January 5, 1848. William Harmon was born in Yamhill county, Oregon, March 12, 1851, and on October 13, 1875, was married in Portland to Olive S. Pagett. Julia Frances Adams was born in Yamhill county August 16, 1853. Gaines Melancthon was born June 26, 1856, at Oregon City. Arthur Craig was born October 24, 1859, in Yamhill county and his twin sister was named Annie Cecelia. Claribelle M., the youngest in a family of eight children, was born May 30, 1862, in Astoria, Oregon. After the death of his first wife Dr. Adams married Miss Mary Susan Mosier, a daughter of Jonah Mosier, in whose honor the town of Mosier, Oregon, was named. The daughter was born January 22, 1855, at The Dalles and was married October 22, 1881, at Walla Walla, Washington, the ceremony being performed by Judge J. D. Laymon. On April 26, 1906, Dr. Adams was called to his final rest and his second wife passed away December 11, 1922. They were the parents of two children: Percival Lysander, who was born May 26, 1884, and was graduated from the Oregon Agricultural College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Lenore Evelyn."

The daughter was born April 12, 1891, and attended the public schools of Hood River, continuing her studies in Portland Academy. She was married August 12, 1916, to Edwin Banks Mortimer, a son of Charles and Doletha (Banks) Mortimer, natives respectively of Wisconsin and of Pennsylvania. The death of Charles Mortimer occurred in 1892 and his widow now lives in Austin, Texas. They had two children, the elder of whom is Mrs. Lulu Carter and resides in Richmond, Virginia.

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William Lysander Adams's Timeline

1821
February 5, 1821
Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, United States
1845
October 15, 1845
Henderson, Illinois
October 15, 1845
Henderson, Illinois, United States
1848
January 5, 1848
Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States
January 5, 1848
Galesburg, Illinois
1856
June 26, 1856
Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States
June 26, 1856
Oregon City, Oregon
1862
May 30, 1862
Astoria, Clatsop County, OR, United States
1906
April 26, 1906
Age 85
Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, United States
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August 18
Yamhill, OR, United States