Benjamin Horatio Adams

1849 - 1924  (74 years)

• Name	Benjamin Horatio Adams
  Birth	2 Dec 1849	, Scott County, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  familyserch.org ID	LH6M-QS4
  Death	5 Jun 1924	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
  	findagrave.com memorial # 103230312
  		Ben H Adams Obit - The Bloomfiled Vindicator (Missouri) 13 Jun 1924
  		Ben H Adams Obit - The Missouri Herals (Hayti, MO) 29 Jun 1924 pg 1 col 5
  Created	30 Dec 2021
  Burial	Woodlawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  	I, Lot 011, Grave 1S
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  Notes	Goodspeed’s History of Southeast Missouri, 1888, pg 740-741: Biography: Benjamin H Adams, editor of the "Cape Girardeau Democrat", was born in Scott County, Missouri, on December 2, 1847. He is the 9th of 12 children born to Jefferson and Susan (Ollar) Adams. Both natives of Kentucky, from which state they came to Missouri in 1844, and located on a farm in Scott County, where they remained until their deaths, the former and 1865, the latter and 1857. Benjamin was reared at home on the farm, receiving his education in the schools of his native county and at Cape Girardeau. In 1867 he entered the office of the "Dispatch", at Commerce, where he remained about two years. He then, after working a short time in St. Louis, came to Cape Girardeau, and worked on the "Argus" until 1871, when he established the "Gayoso Democrat", which in one year he sold out to Major G. W. Carleton. Returning to Cape Girardeau he, in 1876, established the "Democrat", which has since conducted. On May 16, 1869, he was united in marriage with Mattie Casebolt, daughter of A. M. Casebolt, then editor o
  Person ID	89932972	robsgenealogy
  Last Modified	4 May 2023

  
  

  Family	Martha "Mattie" Victoria Casebolt,   b. 17 Oct 1853, , Jackson County, Indiana, USA d. 20 Feb 1942, San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1869	, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
  		Martha Casebolt to Benjamin Adams Marriage License
  Created	30 Dec 2021
  Children	1. Park Horatio Adams,   b. 26 Dec 1870, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA d. 6 Jul 1942, Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida, United States (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F42988848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Marriage - 16 May 1869 - , Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA Death - 5 Jun 1924 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States Burial - - Woodlawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Ben Adams to California - The Cape County Herald (Jackson, MO) 10 Mar 1911 pg 5 col 2
  		Ben Adams returns to Cape - The Cape County Herald 21 Mar 1913 pg 1 col 2