Walter Ray Adams (1893 - 1952)

Born 28 Feb 1893 in Brown, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 May 1952 at age 59 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Walter Adams was born in 1893.^[1]

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When Walter Ray Adams^[2] was born on February 28, 1893,^[3] in Creek Nation (OK I.T. Territory),^[4] his father, James, was 41 and his mother, Sylvania, was 38. His parents died when he was a toddler and he and some of his siblings were sent to live in an orphanage. He married Millie Minerva Jackson (1900-1943)^[5] on September 13, 1915, when he was 21.^[6] They had four children:

• Robert Ray Adams (1918–1996)^[7]
• Freeman Cleveland Adams (1920–1996)^[8]
• Ruby Jewell Adams (1922–2017)
• Lloyd Edward Adams (1925–1990)^[9]

After her death he remarried to widow Oleander 'Ola' Cora (Payne) Turner (1896–1982). He died on May 30, 1952, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 59, and was buried in Madill, Oklahoma.^[10]

BURIAL^[11]
Woodberry Forest Cemetery
Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDF-C5C : 23 February 2021), Walter Adams, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; Walter Ray Adams, b.28 Feb 1893, NoK: Millie Adams, wife.
3. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration State: Oklahoma; Registration County: Marshall; Roll: 1851887. Walter Adams, b.28 Feb 1893 @Brown, OK
4. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0171; FHL microfilm: 1241340
5. ↑ Millie's obituary: The Madill Record; Publication Date: 15 Apr 1943; Publication Place: Madill, Oklahoma, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/595775572/?article=90ef01fd-244d-4463-a543-efaa75ea2b69&focus=0.28043902,0.729286,0.39479557,0.95580286&x
6. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Madill, Marshall, Oklahoma; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2341649
7. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; child: Robert Ray Adams, s/o Millie M Jackson & Walter R Adams
8. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; child: Freeman Adams, s/o Millie Jackson & Walter Adams
9. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; child: Loyd Edward Adams, s/o Millie M Jackson & Walter R Adams
10. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262094902485/facts
11. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100359451

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Sherman Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas; Roll: T625_1808; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 75

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Taliaferro, Marshall, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03311; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 48-9

• Denison, Texas, City Directory, 1921; Walter R Adams of 928 Hanna, Occupation: Helper, Spouse: Millie Adams

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; child: Loyd Edward Adams

• His obituary, The Madill Record; Publication Date: 5 Jun 1952; Publication Place: Madill, Oklahoma, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/597150649/?article=c95e78f5-6957-40a8-bd6e-44584bcc4df0&focus=0.7404231,0.39650592,0.8529596,0.6474135&xid