John Burrell Adams

1870 - 1944  (74 years)

• Name	John Burrell Adams  [1]
  Birth	13 Jun 1870	Osceola, Lewis County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Nov 1944	Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA
  Burial	22 Nov 1944	Riverside Cem., Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York
  Person ID	I21864	Stewartsny
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Alvah Burrell Adams,   b. 23 Mar 1843, Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York, USA d. 26 Jun 1908, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Augusta Clemens,   b. 9 Jan 1846, Osceola, Lewis, New York, USA d. 17 Jan 1920, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Dec 1862  [1]
  Family ID	F14738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Marie Colvin,   b. 6 Feb 1872, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States d. 23 Jun 1946, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Grace Ruth Adams,   b. 9 Aug 1894, Dalton, Massachusetts d. 3 Nov 1960 (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mildred Addie Adams,   b. 23 Sep 1900, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA d. 7 Jun 1984 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elwyn Clarence Adams,   b. 14 Dec 1903   d. 12 May 1976 (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  John Burrell Adams - June 13, 1870 - November 19, 1944. Son of Alvah Burrell and Sarah Augusta Clemens Adams. Husband of Lucinda Marie “Lucy” Colvin Adams. Married August 2, 1892. Newspaper Obituary - Monday, November 20, 1944 Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Pulaski - John B. Adams, 74, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Glen Avenue, following a long illness. He had been in poor health since 1929 and had been confined to his bed since last January. He was born in North Osceola, June 13, 1870, son of Alvah and Augusta Clemens Adams. He had been a railroad carpenter for many years until ill health forced him to retire. For many years he had been a member of the Odd Fellows. Surviving Mr. Adams are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Colvin Adams; two daughters, Mrs. C. Owen McNett, Pulaski, and Mrs. Arby L. Hon, Oswego; one son, E. C. Adams, principal of the George Hall Trade School, Ogdensburg; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Etherson, Dalton, Massachusetts, and Mrs. Hal Moyhew, New Haven, Connecticut, and one brother, George Adams, Dalton, Massachusetts. Funeral services will be held at his home at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery, Pulaski. Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, November 23, 1944 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - JOHN B. ADAMS DIED HERE SUNDAY - John B. Adams, 74, died Sunday afternoon at his home, in Glen avenue, following a long illness. He had been in poor health since 1929 and had been confined to his bed since last January. He was born in North Osceola, June 13, 1870, son of Alvah and Augusta Clemens Adams. He has been a railroad carpenter for many years until ill health forced him to retire. For many years he had been a member of the Odd Fellows. Surviving Mr. Adams are his widow, Mrs. Lucy Colvin Adams; two daughters, Mrs. C. Owen McNett, Pulaski, and Mrs. Arby L. Hort, Oswego; one son, E. C. Adams, principal of the George Hall Trade School, Ogdensburg; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Emerson, Dalton, Mass., and Mrs. Hal Moyhew, New Haven, Conn., and one brother, George Adams, Dalton, Mass. Funeral services will be held at his home at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery, Pulaski.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Record for Alvah Burdell Adams