James Adams was a Union Soldier during the Civil War After the War he and his family left Tennessee and came I Jefferson County. The family consisted of James, his wife, and four children: Ed; Tillie; Martha: and Richard (Jud).

Jud married Lucy J. Arnold. They had seven children Clyde: Troy: Oma Eubanks; Evan: Procter; Walter; and Mertie Ham. They lived on a road known as the Adams Gravel which is now 400 N.

Besides farming, the family had peach and apple orchard. trucking company, a store, and an implement dealership. orchard was started in the early 1920's and bulldozed out in the 1940's to make more room for farming. The store was started by Jud and his boys in the early 1930's and the Joh Deere implement dealership was started later in the 1930's.

Troy Adams was married to Nell Kirk of Ina on October­1915 and they had seven children: James: Dorothy Waylanc Bernice Taylor; Wayne; Harry; Wesley: and Kenneth who died in infancy.

Jud Adams died in 1940 when he was struck by C&EI Freight train on the crossing in front of his house. His wife, Lucy, died a few years later. Troy's son, Wayne, was killed when a tractor overturned on him in 1944 and his Wife Nell, died October 1. 1966. In 1969 Troy married Noma Webb of Ina.

All other children are still living. James married Jane Bliss of Ina and they have nine children. Dorothy married Nelson Wayland from Opdyke: they have five children. Bernice married Chester Taylor of Bonnie and they have five children. Harry was married to Judy Howard of Mobile, Alabama a they had three children. Later they were divorced and he married Dora Cox of Mt. Vernon. Wesley married Louise Hugh of Bonnie They have two children, Kathy who married Carl D. Turner of Mt. Vernon and Linda who married Kenny Piercy of Mt. Vernon. A son, Kenneth Dwaine Jr. died in infancy.

All the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. live in the Bonnie area except for Dorothy Wayland and Bernice Taylor and their families.
- Wesley Adams

*NOTE* Some ommisions may have occured to protect living individuals.

Source: Facts and Folks of Jefferson County, Illinois Page 72
Submitted by Sandy Whalen Bauer