Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1917 — OLD RESIDENT DIED SUNDAY [ARTICLE]

OLD RESIDENT DIED SUNDAY

Joseph L Adams Succumbed to Recent Stroke of Paralysis. Joseph I. Adams, one of the oldest and well-known residents of ♦his county, passed away Sunday afternoon at his home on south Van Rensselaer street. Some time ago Mr. Adams suffered a stroke of paralysis and since then he had gradually declined. Funeral services were held at the family home at 2 o’clock 'yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. F. H. Beard of the Baptist church, and burial' was made in the Egypt cemetery in Jordan township. Joseph I- Adams was born in Ohio February 7, 1845, and lived to the age of 72 years, 2- months and 1 day. He came with his parents to this county in 1852, and had been a resident here since that time. Prior to 1914 he ‘lived on his farm south of town and was one of the foremost farmers of the county. In 1914 Mr. and Mrs. Adams moved to Rensselaer to live a retired life. Deceased is survived by the widow, one son Earl, one brother, Marion I. Adams, of this city, and three sisters, Mrs. W. M. Hoover of Rensselaer, Mrs. Elizabeth Griswold of Washington, Illinois, and Mrs Sarah Veal of Macon, Missouri.