Who's Who at Lawrenceville Meeting Room, IL
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- Lawrenceville Meeting Room, Lawrence, IL (TW) 1917-1992 (TW-N) 1992-2022+
- St. Francisville Meeting Room, Lawrence, IL (TW) 1949-1992
Contents
Correspondents
- Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan +1917+ (1884-1957)
- Ralph Ernest Buchanan +1923-1959+ (1883-1959)
- Harley Ernest Adams +1927-1929 (1882-1929)
- Ernest Buchanan +1944-1973+
- Clement Buchanan +1949+; +1966-1999+
- Warner Buchanan +1951+; +1966-1985+
- Thomas Van Holstyn +1962+
- Joe Sanford +1973+
- Edward F. Dear +1985+
- Ralph E. Buchanan +1985-2005+
- Chuck Hendricks +2005+
Families
Adams family
- Dr. John Quincy Adams (b. 1831 Perry Co., KY - d. 1904 Hopkins, Nodaway, MO). Wife: Mary Ann Summers Adams (b. 1832 TN) 1860 @ Hadley, Lawrence, IL. Dr. Adams was a general physician.
- John Calvin Adams (b. 1853 Hadley, Lawrence, IL - d. 1934 Potosi, Washington, MO). Wife: Laura Belle Payne Adams (b. 1858 Cape Girardeau, MO - d. 1931 Lawrenceville, IL), daughter of David Paine (b. 1826 Cape Girardeau, MO - d. 1871 Lawrenceville, IL) & Elizabeth Lowery Paine (1827-1894 Lawrence Co., IL).
- When John was 6 years old, in 1860, he resided in Hadley, Lawrence, IL with the Kingsbury family: Harley Kingsbury, Jr. (b. 1831 OH - d. 1864 Atlanta, GA) & Harriet E. Shirley Kingsbury-Berkshire (b. 1834 Orangeville, IN - d. 1917 Denver, CO). Harley was a son of Robert Wesley Kingsbury, Sr. (b. 1808 Sharon, Windsor, VT - d. 1870 Friendsville, Wabash, IL) & Rhoda Lucy Castle Kingsbury (b. 1806 VT - d. 1846 Mount Carmel, Wabash, IL). Harriet was a daughter of Henry Shirley (b. 1779 Rockingham Co., VA - d. 1847 Orangeville, IN) & Catherine Wyman Shirley (b. 1790 N.C. - d. 1872 Orangeville, IN). Catherine Shirley lived in 1850 with the William Young Christy family in Lawrence Co., IL.
- Harley Kingsbury was killed in the Civil War, he earned the rank of 1st Lt., while serving with Co. K, 64th Illinois Union Infantry, and is presumably the namesake for John Calvin Adams' son Harley Ernest Adams.
- When John was 6 years old, in 1860, he resided in Hadley, Lawrence, IL with the Kingsbury family: Harley Kingsbury, Jr. (b. 1831 OH - d. 1864 Atlanta, GA) & Harriet E. Shirley Kingsbury-Berkshire (b. 1834 Orangeville, IN - d. 1917 Denver, CO). Harley was a son of Robert Wesley Kingsbury, Sr. (b. 1808 Sharon, Windsor, VT - d. 1870 Friendsville, Wabash, IL) & Rhoda Lucy Castle Kingsbury (b. 1806 VT - d. 1846 Mount Carmel, Wabash, IL). Harriet was a daughter of Henry Shirley (b. 1779 Rockingham Co., VA - d. 1847 Orangeville, IN) & Catherine Wyman Shirley (b. 1790 N.C. - d. 1872 Orangeville, IN). Catherine Shirley lived in 1850 with the William Young Christy family in Lawrence Co., IL.
- Harley Ernest Adams +1927-1929 (1882-1929 Lawrence Co., IL). Harley was self-employed in the 1910's as a sheet metal washer. 1st wife (1904 @ : Melinda Celeste "Leslie" Sechrest Adams (b. 1882 IL - d. 1908 Lawrence Co., IL). 2nd wife (1913 @ Lawrence Co., IL): Ruth R. Whitson Adams +1927-1929+ (b. 1884 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1974 Noblesville, IN), daughter of Charles P. Whitson (b. 1854 Alma, Marion, IL - d. 1937 Pontiac, Livingston, IL) & Elizabeth Jane Tucker Whitson (b. 1863 La Clede, Fayette, IL - d. 1922 Alma, IL).
- Ernestine Etheal Adams Goldschmidt-Mills (b. 1905 Lawrence Co., IL - d. 1993 Orange Co., CA). 1st husband: Alfred Gustav Goldschmidt, Jr. (b. 1906 IA - d. 1986 Ventura Co., CA), son of Alfred Gustav Goldschmidt, Sr. (b. 1868 Davenport, Scott, IA - d. 1936 San Pedro, L.A., CA) & Anna I. Bremer Goldschmidt (b. 1867 Tholpe, Pommem, Germany - d. 1931 Davenport, IA). 2nd husband: Moffitt Rush Mills (b. 1902 Petty, Lawrence, IL - d. 1970 Santa Paula, Ventura, CA), son of Allen Moffit Mills (b. 1866 Roscoe, Coshocton, OH - d. 1942 Petty, IL) & Annie Della Mushrush Mills (b. 1867 Southwest, Crawford, IL - d. 1943 Petty, IL).
- Paul L. Adams (b. 1907 Lawrenceville, IL). In 1930, Paul was employed as a plumber in Wichita, KS while lodging with his paternal aunt Grace Enola Kinkaid Frost (b. 1888 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1963 Wichita, KS) and her husband Bert Frost (b. 1885 Obi, Alleghany, N.Y. - d. 1956 Wichita, KS), who founded the Frost (oil) Drilling Co., based in Wichita. The Frosts were members of Plymouth Congregational.
- Malcom Keith Adams +1927-1929+ (b. 1916 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1999 Noblesville, Hamilton, IN). Retired courier & maintenance worker (25 years) for Wainwright Bank in Noblesville. Wife (1937 @ Bridgeport, IL; div. +1950): Hazel Garnett Dorney Adams-Gadau (b. 1919 Friendsville, Wabash, IL - d. 2015 Sumner, Lawrence, IL)
- Marion Eugene Adams +1927-1929+ (b. 1919 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 2014 Noblesville, IN). WWII Army vet. Truck driver @ Caca City Mill & Elevator (36 yrs.) & Builders Concrete (19 yrs). In Marion's latter years, he was in fellowship with an independent Christian assembly (unlikely PB) known as Refuge Christian Church.
- Wife (1939 @ Henderson, KY): Sara Ruth Bass Adams (b. 1918 Bridgeport, Lawrence, IL - d. 2004 Noblesville, IN), daughter of Edward T Bass (b. 1870 Olive, Lukin, Lawrence, IL - d. 1950 Bridgeport, IL) & Sarah Ann Jones Bass (b. 1875 Lawrenceville, IL - d. 1964 Bridgeport, IL). Marion's wife Ruth was a cook at Fall Creek Elementary School, and at the Sandwich Inn of Noblesville, then owned a restaurant known as "Ruth's" in downtown Noblesville in the 1950's, then employed as a nurse for 15 years for Best Lock of Indianapolis, where she retired. Children: Marian Marshaleen Adams Phillips (Alexandria, IN), Donna Kay Adams Cecil (Sheridan, IN), Helen Adams Kitterman (Noblesville, IN) & Danny Joe Adams (Noblesville, IN).
- John Calvin Adams (b. 1853 Hadley, Lawrence, IL - d. 1934 Potosi, Washington, MO). Wife: Laura Belle Payne Adams (b. 1858 Cape Girardeau, MO - d. 1931 Lawrenceville, IL), daughter of David Paine (b. 1826 Cape Girardeau, MO - d. 1871 Lawrenceville, IL) & Elizabeth Lowery Paine (1827-1894 Lawrence Co., IL).
Buchanan families
- Clarence Buchanan & Phebe Irwin Buchanan
- Ralph Ernest Buchanan +1923-1959 (b. 1883 Denison Twp., Lawrence, IL - d. 1959 Lawrenceville, Lawrence, IL); Wife: Gertrude Minnie Beckwith Buchanan +1917-1957 (b. 1884 East St. Louis, St. Clair, IL - d. 1957 St. Francisville, IL), daughter of Milan Beckwith and Minnie Putnam Beckwith. Her siblings included Forest Beckwith (East St. Louis, IL) & Mrs. Guy Stelle (Fort Worth, TX. Paul Geveden (KY) officiated her memorial service in 1957.
- Ralph E. Buchanan +1999+
- Arthur Buchanan +1999-present
- Daniel Buchanan +2005+
- Greg Buchanan +2010-present
- Ted Buchanan +2010-present
- Sam Buchanan +2010-present
Dear family
- Edward F. Dear +1985+
Hendricks family
- Chuck Hendricks +2005+
Sanford family
- Joe Sanford +1973+
Van Holstyn family
- Thomas Van Holstyn +1962+
