Elias Adams. The Pioneer Monument Dedication
August 15, 1964
Elias Adams, the Pioneer
1792 -1886
Program
God Bless America ___________________________________ Audience
Elias Harris Adams, Conductor
Invocation _____________________________________ zulon E. Whitesides
Instrumental Duet. ______________________________ Hazen F. Adams and
Mrs. Merlin W. Adams
Brief History of Elias Adams, the Pioneer _______________ Frank D. Adams
Instrumental Trio _________________________Bill Whitesides, Gary Bodily
and Joe Folkman
Dedication of Memorial... ___________________________ Jabez S. Adams
Memorial Dedicated August 151 1964 at Pioneer
Memorial Park, Layton, Utah
The following members of the Memorial Committee represent the family
membership of Elias Adams. Each member of the "Monument Committee" are
descendants of the ancestor they represent.
Rufus, John Quincy and Anna Maria, represented by William Rufus Adams,
Genoa, Nevada, a descendant of John Quincy Adams
George Washington, represented by John V. Adams, Layton, Utah
Catherine, represented by Howard B. Morgan, Layton, Utah
Joseph Samuel, represented by William Wayne Adams, Layton, Utah
Elias Jr., represented by Ella D. McGlinch, Kaysville, Utah
Caroline, represented by Rebecca E. Ashbaker, Kaysville, Utah
Joshua, represented by Eva L. Payne, Ogden, Utah
Malinda Jane, represented by Robert E. Burton, Kaysville, Utah
Hyrum, represented by Delbert H. Adams, Layton, Utah, who also served
as Committee Chairman
Lilly A. Cheney, Secretary, Ogden, Utah
Enclosed within the Memorial is a water-proof metal box containing valuable
history pertaining to Elias Adams and the construction of the Memorial, the cost of
which was paid for by descendants of Elias Adams.
For a detailed history of Elias Adams and a complete list of his descendants at the
time of publication (1930), see "Elias Adams, The Pioneer," published by Frank D.
Adams, Layton, Utah.
Text Illustrations by Annie Penrod Adams
The Cover by Luke L. Adams
Elias Adams-Soldier, Pioneer, Stalwart Christian.
The all-daring- and all-enduring frontiersman.
Malinda Railey Adams, a pioneer mother who came to rock the cradle of a
new empire.
(NOTE: The Elias Adams Pioneer Memorial Committee regrets that a
picture of Elmira Cadwell Adams is not available. for use in this
brochure.)
George Washington Adams, Layton, Utah, third son of Elias Adams
and Elmira (Cadwell) Adams. At one time he owned more acres of
land than anyone else in Davis County, Utah.
OUR ANCESTORS
The history of the Adams family is like the story of civilization:
It leads to the West toward the setting sun.
Volumes could be written about the Adams family which played an
important role in the drama of America.
This family traces its origin and name to Western Europe where its
ancestors were among the best produced in the old world, including Charles
Martel, the king-maker, who was born in France 1300 years ago; Charlemagne,
Emperor of the West and King of the French, 768 to 814, and Emperor of Rome
at the time of his death; William the Conqueror, King of England in 1053, and
Sir John ApAdam, member of the British Parliament in 1300.
Our blood was transplanted from England to the new world in 1635 by the
arrival of Robert Adams at Newberry, Massachusetts, whose posterity 150 years
later helped draft the Constitution of the United States, sign the "Declaration of
Independence," and were members of the First Continental Congress.
John Adams, a descendant of Robert Adams, was the first Vice President of
the United States with George Washington as President from 1789 to 1797, and
was President one term, 1797 to 1801.
His son, John Quincy Adams, was elected in 1824 to the Presidency and
served with honor for one term.
Robert Adams is the ancestor of Samuel Adams, a signer of the
"Declaration of Independence" and a member of the First Continental Congress.
Gladstone, a British statesman, said, "The Constitution of the United States is the
greatest document ever struck off by the hand of man."
The Adams posterity spread out from Massachusetts to Connecticut,
Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois, and finally to Utah.
In 1776 the United States. Congress wisely decided that troops it had raised
and equipped should be a separate organization from those of local communities
who were known as "Minute Men," of which General George Washington took
command on July 5, 1775 a year and a day before the "Declaration of
Independence."
The ox yoke was heavy and cumbersome.
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John Quincy and Ellen (Dolan) Adams, Genoa, Nevada. Second son of
Elias Adams and Elmira (Cadwell) Adams.
Before them lay the empty prairie waste.
With the forces of the 13 separate Colonies under one head, the small force
was known as the "Continentals."
Washington's force varied from 8000 troops in the operations around New
York to a low of 4000 after the bitter winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge in
Pennsylvania.
Under the stress of the War of 1812 the United States Army was increased to
60,000 men, counting the "Continentals" and local "Minute Men."
Elias Adams was born at Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont, February 18,
1792. He was the second son of Job Adams and Sabra Whitmore. His mother died
when Elias was a small boy, after which he made his home with an aunt, Mrs.
Arunah Otis, at Rutland, Jefferson County, New York, which is only a short distance
from Marlboro, Vermont.
Arunah Otis was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Early in the War of 1812 when the United States was fighting England for the
"Freedom of the Seas," both brothers of Elias, George and Job, were kidnaped by
the British from their Vermont home and drafted into the British Army. Elias never
saw them again.
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Rufus Adams. Genoa, Nevada. He was the eldest son of Elias Adams and
Elmira (Cadwell) Adams.
MILITARY SERVICE
This British kidnaping act aroused the red blood of Elias who was now 20
years old, so he volunteered and joined the American Army to fight against
England.
War was declared by our country June 18, 1812.
Elias entered the United States Army September 17, 1812, at Sacketts
Harbor, New York, a town on the shore of Lake Ontario. He was issued a light
blue uniform, a hi-cornered hat, a flint-lock muzzle-loading rifle, powder horn
and bullet pouch.
He was a member of the "1st United States Rifle Regiment" and soon met
the British soldiers in five battles in the State of New York.
He often told how he watched from a distance the unloading of English
soldiers from the ships. The Englishmen wore red coats, and as they spread out
on the land, they were so numerous as to cause the ground to look red where they
were assembled.
Elias Adams was in the battles fought at Ogdensburg, Little York, where he
was wounded, Fort George, Stony Creek, and Odelltown, where his commanding
officer, Colonel Forsythe, was killed in battle at the side of Elias on June 28,
1814.
The Americans were being hard-pressed by the British who outnumbered
the Continentals three to one and were on the verge of retreating. Colonel
Forsythe climbed to the top of a rail fence and drew his
It was an interesting sight each morning to see the Company break camp; the long train of
wagons stretched out its slow length over the boundless uncharted domain infested with
savage Indians.
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Anna Maria Adams Shephard, Susanville, California. Third daughter of
Elias Adams and Elmira (Cadwell) Adams.
sword; and, waiving it toward the enemy, shouted to his men these words of
encouragement: "Fight on, brave boys; don't give up to the Red Coats." Those
were his last words, for an enemy bullet found its mark, and the faithful and
beloved officer was no more. He fell dead within four feet of Elias Adams, who
was the first to render aid. The men were inspired by the example and last
command of their Colonel. They sprang from their position and charged with
fixed bayonets the stronghold of the enemy, who surrendered following a bloody
battle.
Our American soldiers in the War of 1812 were so badly in need of clothing
they frequently removed and wore the uniforms of dead British soldiers. This,
Elias said, made it difficult to distinguish between friends and the enemy.
Our preparations for defense in 1812 were weak and a British expedition in
1814 met little resistance when it landed and burned our Capitol at Washington,
D.C., and many of our public buildings.
In a transaction known in history as "The Louisiana Purchase," the United
States bought from France the Mississippi Valley for $15,000,000.00 in 1803.
This more than doubled the area of the 13 Colonies.
The British soon furnished the Indians on the Western Frontier with free
guns and ammunition to fight the Americans and offered attractive prices for the
scalps of white settlers.
Private Elias Adams was ordered west with his Company to protect the new
American settlements springing up from Lake Michigan on the north to New
Orleans, Louisiana on the south. Indian attacks upon settlers now increased at an
alarming rate.
Armed conflicts with the Indians were numerous and our casualties were
heavy, but the life of Elias Adams was preserved.
During one of his battles a bullet cut a nick in the division on the bottom
part of his nose. That evening the Commanding Officer, upon observing the
wound, remarked, "Well, my boy, if it had been an inch closer it would have
spoiled your face." To which Elias Adams replied, "Yes, sir, and if it had been an
inch farther away, it never would. have touched me."
The war with England ended and our sea-going men and commerce could
sail the seven seas without fear of being plundered and confiscated by British
men-of-war.
Elias Adams, after five years of faithful service, was honorably discharged
September 28, 1817, at New Madrid, Missouri, on the Mississippi
River.
Having seen both the Northern and Southern parts of the United States while
in military service, Elias Adams decided to return north and select a location for
a home.
He and a companion purchased two yoke of oxen and an ox cart and started
the long journey north of several hundred miles. Roads through
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Indian women sat perched on the pack-saddles, adding to the load of the already overburdened horses.
the wild, uncharted country did not exist. They encountered many difficulties.
Upon reaching a large river, they found it too deep to ford. A tribe of Indians,
camped on the opposite shore, ferried the cart across the river on a raft. The oxen
were forced to swim by the Indians, who cut off the tail from the fattest ox while
the animal was in the water. This act of the Indians displeased the two travelers.
The deed on the part of the Indians was premeditated; for immediately upon
reaching the shore, the chief of the tribe was determined he was going to kill the
fat, bob-tailed ox for food.
The Chief raised his gun to shoot the ox; Elias taking a fine aim on the Chief
with his flint lock rifle said, "Indian kill ox, I kill Indian." His fearlessness
convinced the Chief he was not bluffing and the life of the fat ox was spared. The
Chief was so impressed with this act of bravery he appointed a number of young
male Indians to serve as guides for several days until the travelers reached a trail
they could follow.
LIFE IN ILLINOIS
Upon reaching Illinois, Elias Adams located in a place to his liking.
The county was named "Adams': in his honor.
There, at the mature age of 31 years, he met and married Elmira Cadwell in
1823 who became the mother of seven sons and daughters in the following order:
Mary Ann, born in Illinois, February 25, 1824; died October, 1852, at Layton,
Utah. Selecta, born in Illinois, September 12, 1826; died 1826. Rufus, born in
Illinois, March, 1828; died at Genoa, Nevada, November 2, 1876. Lizetta, born
in Illinois, January 15, 1830; died September 25, 1841, in Illinois. John Quincy,
born in Illinois, May 15, 1832; died at Genoa, Nevada, August 1, 1910. Anna
Maria, born in Illinois, April 9, 1834, died at Susanville, California, January 11,
1929.
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George Washington, born in Illinois, February 20, 1836; died at Layton, Utah,
February 5, 1903. Elmira Cadwell Adams, the mother of the foregoing sons
and daughters, died on the American Western Frontier at Quincy, Illinois, in
1836 when George Washington was born.
Elias Adams was engaged in the manufacture of brick; he also owned and
operated a flour mill in addition to a fertile Illinois farm, He was considered
very prosperous at Quincy, situated on a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi
River. Quincy, Illinois, in 1964 had a population exceeding
50,000.
Following the death of his first wife, Elmira Cadwell Adams, Elias
married Malinda. Railey in 1837 at Quincy, Illinois. She was born August 3,
1815, in Washington County, Kentucky. She was a daughter of Joseph Railey
and. Catherine Ford. Malinda was 22 years old at the time of her marriage and
immediately endeared herself to the boys and girls left without a mother when
Elmira Cadwell Adams passed away.
To the marriage of Elias Adams and Malinda Railey, seven sons and
daughters were born as follows: Catherine, born in Illinois, April 9, 1838; died
October 1, 1935, at Cardston, Alberta, Canada. Joseph Samuel, born in Illinois,
September 19, 1841; died at Layton, Utah, October 13, 1901. Elias, born in
Illinois, January 2, 1843; died August 29, 1912, at Layton, Utah. Caroline, born
in Illinois, July 11, 1845; died February 24, 1923, at Grace, Idaho. Joshua, born
in Iowa, December 30, 1848; died April 15, 1935, at Farmington, Utah. Malinda
Jane, born in Utah, May 14, 1852; died July 23, 1944, at Layton, Utah. Hyrum,
born in Utah, May 28, 1855; died July 8, 1943, at Layton, Utah.
Malinda and Hyrum were the first white children born in what is
now Layton.
Buffaloes on the prairie provided the pioneers with fresh meat and robes for many uses.
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Elias Adams and family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
in 1843 and moved from Quincy to Nauvoo, Illinois, which was 65 miles north, up
the Mississippi River.
Elias Adams was well acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith and
described him as being a handsome man, very large and athletic, who often
indulged in outdoor sports such as running, jumping and wrestling.
Two of the Adams boys were named Joseph and Hyrum in memory of the
Prophet and his brother who were killed by gunfire from a mob on June 27, 1844,
at Carthage, Illinois.
MIGRATION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Because of fierce persecution, the Saints were forced to evacuate Nauvoo,
Illinois, a beautiful city of 20,000 people and start a long, weary journey which led
them to the valleys of the Rocky Mountains where they hoped to live in peace, far
from the mobs of Missouri and Illinois.
The advanced companies of Pioneers reached Mount Pisgah, Iowa, May 18,
1846, which was 172 miles west from Nauvoo, Illinois. The land there in Iowa
belonged to the Pottawattamie Indians.
At Mount Pisgah, President Brigham Young set men to work and over 1000
acres of land was fenced and placed under cultivation and a large collection of log
cabins were erected.
This frontier settlement was established for the benefit of the companies
which followed later and Elias Adams was appointed Presiding Elder of the Church
at Mount Pisgah.
A pack of prairie wolves move in for the kill.
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The Elias Adams family, after a three-year delay were ready to leave Mount Pisgah, Iowa,
for the Rocky Mountains.
There he remained faithful to his calling while the vanguard of the Pioneers
journeyed westward toward the setting sun.
The Church Authorities selected Elias Adams for the position because of his
experience as a pioneer for 30 years at Quincy, Illinois.
His five years training in the United States Army, where he learned discipline
and attention to duties, and his success as a businessman at Quincy, Illinois, was
an .indication of leadership.
These acquired experiences, combined with his native ability, fitted and
prepared him to fully discharge the duties that were placed upon him in this new
calling as a supervisor of a welfare farm.
Today (1964) at the State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, they have the burrs, or
mill stones used in the flour mill built by Elias Adams at Mount Pisgah during his
three-year mission there from 1847 to 1850.
Recently the State of Iowa placed 140 markers along roads of the state
indicating the route of the Mormon Pioneers who traversed Iowa in their historic
journey from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the shores of the Great Salt Lake. Iowa is going
to restore some of the original homes at Mount Pisgah.
The children of Israel had been under Egyptian bondage for 400 years. The
time had come for them to be released from bondage and return to their land of
promise. Moses, their Prophet and leader, who excelled all others of a similar
calling, asked the Egyptian Pharaoh several times for permission to depart with his
people, but his request was always denied.
Then God sent upon the Egyptians hail, lightning, locust plagues, darkness
and finally death of all the new-born Egyptian babies.
It was then Pharaoh sent for Moses and told him to depart from
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Egypt and her armies with all his people and take their flocks and herds.
While Moses and the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years,
God demonstrated his love for his children.
He provided food by sending them manna and quail to eat. Water flowed
from a rock in the desert. He talked face-to-face with Moses and gave him the Ten
Commandments written upon tablets of stone which have been the basic laws of
civilization through the centuries that have come and gone.
At journey's end, God took Moses to the top of Mount Pisgah from where he
could see the promised land of Ephraim, Juda and Jericho, a land flowing with
milk and honey.
Moses died before the grand entry at the age of 120 and was buried in the
land of Moab. Prior to his death, he was instructed by God to appoint Joshua as
the successor of Moses. Joshua was born in Egypt before the exodus began. The
Bible says that Joshua was the highest type of devout warrior, combining the faith
and simplicity of a child with the courage of a hero.
In memory of that Prophet, and the ancient exodus, Elias Adams named his
son Joshua, who was born December 30, 1848, at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, at the forks
of the Grand River.
"This exodus of the Mormons from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City has no parallel
in the world's history," said H. H. Bancroft, the historian.
Relieved by the Church of their mission at the Wayside Farm, the Adams
family continued their westward journey to the Salt Lake Valley in 1850 where
they arrived in October following a 1300-mile journey from Mount Pisgah and
erected a pioneer log home at the base of the Wasatch Mountains three miles east
of the present Layton City crossroads.
Elias Adams reached the high mountain pass and paused to obtain a view of the Great Salt
Lake Valley which was destined to become famous.
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The first home built in 1850 by Elias Adams at Layton, Utah.
THE MOUNTAIN HOME
Elias Adams, with his sons, Rufus, John and George, obtained the pine logs
in the nearby mountain canyons. The days were short. The nights frosty. A recent
storm left snow half-way down the rugged, rocky mountain side, the summit of
which approaches 10,000 feet elevation above sea level. Winter was on its way.
Time and necessity demanded one-room
which was made large, 16 by 18 feet. The
builders arranged for one door and window,
which were placed in the south wall of the
home. A large rock fireplace and chimney
occupied the center of the west wall. Rushes
found growing around springs of water in the
nearby hollow were placed upon the solid
arrangement of pine pole rafters. A heavy
layer of clay, one-foot thick was spread over
the rushes from the ridge pole to the eaves.
The Jog walls were chinked inside and out
and plastered with a mixture of mud. The door
swung from strong wooden hinges. Greased
factory cloth was placed over the window
which prevented the entrance of cold air and
allowed the passage of light. The
hearth of the fireplace was made of smooth flat rocks. Food was cooked
in kettles suspended from an iron rod over the open fire. Bread was baked in dutch
ovens. The furniture was home-made. Boards were obtained in Salt Lake City for
a table top. Bedsteads were built in two corners of the large room. Strips of
rawhide stretched tightly back and
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forth served as bed springs. Chair bottoms were constructed in the same
manner. The spinning wheel and loom were a conspicuous part of the
furnishings of that pioneer home, and were often set in motion by the hands
of Malinda Adams who was seldom idle.
During the cold winter evenings, when members of the family were
seated about the room, each engaged in some duty or pastime-the tallow
candle spreading its mellow glow over the household-the glowing fire in the
fireplace adding its charming effect-the entire scene was one of happiness and
contentment.
The poet Whittier wrote the following appropriate lines in a poem called
"Snowbound." The words are applicable to our pioneer ancestors.
"Look where we may the wide earth o'er,
Those lighted faces smile no more.
We tread the paths their feet have worn;
We sit beneath their orchard trees
We hear like them the hum of bees,
And rustle of the bladed corn;
We turn the pages that they read,
Their written words we linger o'er,
But in the sun they cast no shade,
No voice is heard, no sign is made;
No step is on the conscious floor.
Yet love will dream and faith will trust,
Since He who knows our need is just. That
somehow, somewhere, meet we must."
That's the hope burning today in each of us that somehow, somewhere
meet we must.
In the spring of 1851, Elias Adams and sons began to clear and cultivate the homestead.
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The wagons at night were arranged as usual in a circle for mutual protection against Indians.
Elias Adams was a real trail blazer, a pioneer builder who led the way. He
was the first Anglo-Saxon to build a reservoir in which water was stored for
irrigation in Western America. He and his sons started a reservoir dam in 1852
which has grown in size over the years. The earth fill dam is now 75 feet high
and 400 feet long. The dam, real estate and water rights is valued at one million
dollars.
In the autumn of 1852, heartache and sadness came to the family of Elias
Adams; Mary Ann, the eldest daughter of Elias and Elmira Cadwell, died. A
cemetery had not been established in this frontier area; therefore, she was buried
a short distance west of the pioneer home. Location of the lonely burial spot
became lost during the past century. Several organized attempts have been made
to locate the grave without success. The boulder and other landmarks that
identified her final resting place have been moved with the march of time.
The winters were so cold and severe the Adams family decided to build a
home in the hollow in 1857 which was similar to their first home in construction
except another room was added. A floor in the new home was made from split
logs hewn smooth.
In June of 1858, when Johnson's Army of 3500 Infantry, Cavalry, and Field
Artillery were approaching Utah to put down a rebellion which never existed, all
the pioneers moved south into Utah County to avoid any violence which could
take place between the Army and the inhabitants.
THE MOVE SOUTH IN 1858
Elias Adams and family joined in this exodus to the south, taking with
them all their movable effects.
Malinda and Hyrum were six and three years old, respectively, and rode in
the covered wagon. Joshua was ten years old and drove the oxen, while Elias
Adams, who was 66 years old, drove the cows and the young stock. Caroline,
aged 13 years, walked and drove 11 turkeys. The sheep were placed in a
community herd. Elias Jr. and Joseph, who were 15 and 17 years of age, were
the shepherds. Rufus and John, the eldest sons, were 600 miles from home at
Carson Valley, Nevada. Anna Maria, George W. and Catherine were married
and with their companions participated in the southern exodus with their own
outfits.
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All the inhabitants of Salt Lake City and the northern settlements
numbering 30,000 joined in the migration and awaited the action of the soldiers
upon entering the Salt Lake Valley. The United States military expedition came
in peace and not to wage war. The Army never molested the homes or the
people. The troops moved to Cedar Valley, northwest of Provo, where they
encamped, which was called Camp Floyd.
During the summer of 1858, between 300 and 400 buildings were erected
at Camp Floyd, which was the largest troop concentration in the United States
at the time. There were 586 horses for the mounted units, 500 wagons and 3000
mules. There was pasture for the animals and an ample supply of cedar wood
and spring water at Camp Floyd. When the Civil War broke out the soldiers
were recalled east to fight in the Southern rebellion. The Government stores at
Camp Floyd, valued at $4,000,000.00, were sold at very low prices, greatly to
the relief of the pioneers.
The expedition of the troops to Utah became known as President
Buchanan's Blunder.
The Saints returned to their homes and pursued their various occupations
in the fall of 1858. The wheat grass had grown tall around the home of Elias
Adams during their absence, and Malinda warned her children to remain close
to the house for fear of being stolen by lurking Indians.
.An Indian scout dashes ahead to inform his chief of the approaching wagon train.
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MORMON HAND-CART PIONEEUS-Enroute from Mason City, Iowa, to Salt Lake
City became exhausted from struggling through three feet of snow during an early winter
in the mountains of Wyoming. Toward the end of their journey every camp ground
became a graveyard. Out of 576 in the Martin Hand-Cart Company, 145 died and were
buried in shallow graves or in snow-banks. Volunteers with horses and wagons loaded
with supplies from the Salt Lake Valley reached the survivors and brought them to Salt
Lake City late in November, 1856. Some of the hand-cart pioneers made their home in
Layton as neighbors of Elias Adams and his family.
Because of the isolated condition of our Utah Pioneers, they became very
ingenious in developing methods to improve their home life and crop production
for 20 years before the arrival of the railroad. They made their own brooms. They
made lye from wood ashes. From a combination 'of lye and animal fats they
produced home-made soap. Almost all their clothing was made, including their
shoes, from deer and elk hides. The children gathered the thin white crust along
the lake shore which was used as a substitute for yeast in bread making. Candles
for light were made from tallow. The first farm implements, the plow and
harrow, were made from mahogany which grew on the mountain side. The
handles of the mahogany plow were made from oak and attached to the plow
with wooden pins. The red pine harrow was built in the form of a capitol "A."
The teeth of the harrow were made from oak which were driven into holes made
by an auger in the "A" frame. Necessity is the mother of invention on the frontier.
Wild hay, which grew in the meadows, was cut with a scythe by hand; cured
and stacked for winter feeding of the livestock when deep crusted snow covered
the valley forage.
Besides their fields of wheat and corn, they had a vegetable garden
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which grew potatoes, beans, peas, carrots, sweet corn, squash and watermelon.
All members of the family worked as a team to redeem the desert and
make it blossom like a rose.
The horses, cattle and sheep were placed in a tight pole corral at night for
protection against wolves, mountain lions, bears and unfriendly Indians.
LAYTON'S FIRST BRICK HOUSE
In 1870, at the age of 78, Elias Adams constructed a two-story brick home
with full basement at 2000 East Gentile Street, Layton. He was
assisted by Joseph, Joshua and Hyrum who were young, unmarried men
living with their pioneer parents. That was the first brick house to be erected in
Layton. Today (1964), Layton. has a population of 14000 people. In the
foreseeable future the population of Layton will reach 40,000.
Changes have arrived and more are coming over the once wild West.
Instead of Indian teepees with their trophies of bow, lance, shield and dangling
scalp locks. We have towns and cities with all the modern conveniences of the
20th Century.
The first brick house erected in Layton, Utah. Built by Elias Adams, the pioneer, in 1870.
He died here, February 17, 1886. Standing, left to right, Delbert H. Adams, Caroline
Adams Stoddard and Hyrum Adams. Hyrum Rufus Adams is
seated in the buggy. (1898)
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Five sons of Elias Adams on the early 'Western Frontier. Standing (left
to right): Rufus Adams, George W. Adams. Seated (left to right): Elias
Adams Jr., John Quincy Adams and Joseph S.
Adams (1860).
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Wolves uncovered and devoured the
bodies buried in a shallow grave,
The buffalo are gone, and of all his
millions nothing is left but bones. Herds of
cattle and sheep and fences of barb wire have
supplanted his vast herds and boundless
grazing grounds. The wolves that howled at
night about the pioneers' camp fires have
succumbed to arsenic and hushed their savage
music.
The wild Indians are enrolled at training
schools and universities in keeping with the
promise they will become a white and
delightsome people.
The slow cavalcade of horsemen armed to the teeth has disappeared before
diesel-powered streamliners, automobiles, jet aircraft, radio, television and all the
comforts of modern travel.
The Wild West is tamed and its savage charms have withered.
The pioneer is no more and the grim romance of his wild, hard life is a
memory of the past.
Elias Adams faced death with the same attitude as life: He was not afraid for
he had fought the good fight and had kept the faith. His word of honor was never
doubted. He lived a full life attaining the age of 94 years. He died February 17,
1886, at Layton. His wife preceded him in death by four years. She died at her
home October 13, 1882. Both were kindhearted and benevolent to those less
fortunate than themselves. Many partook of their unbounded hospitality.
James Bridger, famous Rocky Mountain man, trapper, trader, scout, guide and daring
frontiersman, discovered and explored the Great Salt Lake in 1825. "I would give a thousand
dollars if I knew that an ear of corn could be ripened in the Great Basin," said he, when
questioned about the climate by the westward-bound
Pioneers in 1847.
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LEST WE FORGET
Among their descendants are university graduates; State Senators
and Representatives; United States Congressmen;
L.D.S. Stake Presidents; Temple ordnance workers; Bishops ;
Bankers; Patriarchs; L.D.S. Foreign Missionaries;
Businessmen; Stockmen; Farmers; Doctors. Large
numbers of his posterity have served in the Armed
Forces of the United States during national
emergencies, and, in general, are the men and
women who are pillars of strength in the Church,
State and Nation. Their descendants extend from
Coast to Coast and from Canada to Mexico and are
legion in number.
Words are feeble instruments measured against
their devotion to the Gospel embraced by our
pioneer ancestors.
They could have remained in Quincy, Illinois,
and avoided the hardship, suffering, privation,
sacrifice, and relentless toil required to redeem the
desert and harness rivers of water.
From 1847 to 1869, before the corning of the
railroad, 80,000 Mormons walked or rode in covered
wagons over the 1500 miles of prairie waste and
mountains stretching from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt
Lake City.
Of that number, 6000 died and were buried in
unmarked graves on the prairies or in the mountain
canyons.
In song, in story, in marble, in bronze, in oils,
we try to honor them - but the bowed head, the
solemn vow to follow their example are the best
tributes that Latter-day Saints can pay to our pioneer
ancestors.
"I will go and do the things which the Lord has commanded, for I know that
the Lord gives no Commandments unto the children of men, save He shall. prepare
a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which He commands them,"
-Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 3:7
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From their example we can gain courage to so live that we in turn may
inspire others to a like integrity and devotion to the Church, State and Nation.
Then, and only then, will they not have lived in vain. Then, and only then, will
these long deceased pioneers arise to call us blessed.
They gave America the great West and were too proud to quibble at the
cost of the stalwart sons and daughters to whom they willed it.
Lord, God of hosts, be with us yet.
Lest we forget. Lest we forget.
Historian
FRANK D. ADAMS
Layton, Utah
August 15, 1964
Stage coaches provided the fastest passenger transportation in the 'West before the
arrival of the railroad, May 10, 1869. The roads were unimproved and the travel slow
compared to modern methods.
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ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF ELIAS ADAMS, THE
PIONEER
Robert Adams was born in 1602 in Devonshire, England. Married Eleanor Wilmot.
Came to Ipswich in Massachusetts Bay, U.S.A., 1635. Removed to Newbury, Mass., in 1640.
He died Oct. 12, 1682. His son, Jacob, was born Sept. 13, 1651, in Newbury. Married Anna
Allen April 7, 1677, daughter of Nicholas Allen of Dorchester, Mass. She was born Jan. 3,
1658. Their son, John Adams, was born in Suffield, June 18, 1694. Married Abigail Rowe.,
July 26, 1722, daughter of Peter and Sarah Remington Rowe. Their child, Lieutenant Joel
Adams, was born in Suffield, Mass., Dec. 20, 1729; married Elizabeth Fowler, July 16, 1761.
She died May 24, 1814. He died 1820 at Marlboro, Vermont. Their child, Job Adams, was born
April 3, 1765, in Suffield, Conn. He married Sabra Whitmore. Their children as follows:
GEORGE ADAMS, born in Marlboro, Vermont, March 29, 1790; married (1) Polly
Woodward; she died Sept. 30, 1826. Married (2) Polly Edgerton, 1827; she was born 1790 and
died Jan. 21, 1874. He died Aug. 29, 1849.
ELIAS ADAMS, born in Marlboro, Vermont, Feb. 18, 1792; married (1) Elmira Cadwell,
1823; she died 1836 at Quincy, Ill. Married (2) Malinda Railey, 1837; daughter of Joseph
Railey and Catherine. Ford. Malinda Railey was born in Kentucky, Aug. 3, 1815, and died
Oct. 13, 1882, at Layton, Utah. Joseph Railey and Catherine Ford were married May 7, 1811,
at Springfield, Washington County, Ky. Elias Adams died February 17, 1886, at Layton, Utah.
JOB ADAMS JR. was born in Marlboro, Vermont.
DESCENDANTS OF ELIAS ADAMS
Children of Elias Adams (1792) and Elmira (Cadwell) Adams, residence, Quincy, Ill.
1 MARY ANN ADAMS, born Feb. 25, 1824; died October 19, 1852 at Layton, Utah.
2 SELECTA ADAMS, born Sept. 12, 1826; died 1826 in infancy.
3 RUFUS ADAMS, born March, 1828, in Adams County Ill.; died Nov. 2, 1876, at Genoa, Nev.
4 LIZETTA ADAMS, born Jan. 15, 1830; died Sept. 25, 1841, in Illinois.
1 5 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, BORN May 15, 1832, in Adams County, Ill. Married Ellen Dolan
Oct. 1, 1866, at Virginia City, Nev. She was born 1837 at Jerusalem, Canada. He
died at Genoa, Nev., Aug. 1, 1910. She died Genoa, Nev.
2 6 SANNA MARIA ADAMS, born April 9, 1834, in Adams County, Ill. Married (1) Isaac
Monroe Shephard in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1852. He was born Sept. 2, 1806. Died Sept. 8,
1867, Austin, Nev. Anna Maria Shephard
married (2) Albro Starkweather, 1869, at
Carson City, Nev. She died Jan. 11, 1929, at Susanville, Calif.
3 7 GEORGE WASHINGTON ADAMS, born Feb. 20, 1836, in Hancock County, Ill.
Married Mary Ann Pilling, April 1, 1856. She was born March 31, 1836, at Yorkshire,
England. She died Aug. 3, 1910, at Layton, Utah. He died Feb. 5, 1903, at Layton, Utah.
Children of Elias Adams (1792) and Malinda (Railey) Adams:
4 8 CATHERINE ADAMS, born April 9, 1838, in Adams County, Ill. Married Richard Pilling,
March 10, 1856. He was born Nov. 28, 1833, at Yorkshire, England. He died at Cardston,
Alberta, Canada, Dec. 28, 1903. She died at Cardston, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 1, 1935.
5 9 JOSEPH SAMUEL ADAMS, born Sept. 19, 1841, in Adams County, III. Married Isabella
Smith, Feb. 26, 1876, at Kaysville, Utah. She was born April 27, 1859, at Liverpool,
England. She died April 24, 1944, Layton, Utah. He died Oct. 13, 1901, at Layton, Utah.
6 10 ELIAS ADAMS, JR., born Jan. 2, 1843, in Adams County, Ill. Married (1) Elizabeth R.
Harris, Nov. 29, 1863, at Kaysville Utah. She was born Aug. 10, 1845, and died May 7,
1888. Married (2) Lettie May Bennett, April 22, 1903. She was born Jan. 23, 1876, at
Kaysville, Utah. She died Aug. 21, 1957, at Layton, Utah. He died Aug. 29, 1912, at Layton,
Utah.
7 11 CAROLINE ADAMS, born July 11, 1845, in Hancock County, Ill. Married George P.
Stoddard Sept. 6, 1863. He was born Feb. 13, 1839, in Essex County, N. J.; died June 18, 1902, at
Grace, Idaho. She died Feb. 24, 1923, at Grace, Idaho.
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God bless America, Land that we love Stand
beside her, and guide her,
Through the night with a light from above. From
the mountains, to the prairies,
To the Oceans, white with foam.
God bless America, our home, sweet home.
Hyrum Adams, Malinda Adams Burton and .Joshua
Adams, left to right, stand where their father, Elias
Adams, in 1850, built the first pioneer log house to
be erected in Layton, Utah. Adams Canyon can be
seen in the background. A short distance west from
where they stand, Mary Ann Adams, a sister, was
buried in October, 1852, because there was not an
established cemetery in the area. An intensive
search was made but they could not find the grave.
The boulder marking the final resting place of Mary
Ann had been removed. Picture taken in 1930 by
Frank D. Adams.
God will look you over, not for medals,
diplomas, or degrees, hut for scars.
8 12 JOSHUA ADAMS, born Dec. 30, 1848, at Mount Pisgah, Iowa. Married (1)
Sarah Criddle, Dec. 29, 1873. She was born Nov. 7, 1857, at Kaysville,
Utah. Died March 6, 1930, Layton, Utah. Married (2) Emma Gilbert, Dec.,
1885, at Logan, Utah. He died April 15, 1935 at Farmington, Utah
9 13 MALINDA JANE ADAMS, born May 14, 1852, at Layton, Utah. Married
John W. Burton, Feb. 13, 1879, at Salt Lake City. He was born Dec. 14,
1853, at Bradford, England. He died Oct. 9, 1922, at Kaysville Utah. She
died July 23, 1944, at Layton, Utah.
10 14 HYRUM ADAMS, born May 28, 1855, at Layton, Utah. Married (1) Rose
Higgs, Jan. 15, 1877. She was born at Cheltenham, England, April 25,
1858. She died Dec. 25, 1887, at Layton, Utah. Married (2) Annie L.
Penrod, June 13, 1889, at Kaysville, Utah. She was born April 29, 1870,
at Mountain Green, Morgan County, Utah. She died Jan. 11, 1952,
Layton, Utah. He died July 8, 1943, Layton, Utah.
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Children of JOHN QUINCY (ELIAS) and ELLEN (DOLAN) ADAMS.
Residence, Genoa, Nev.
1 MARY LYDIA ADAMS, born July 18, 1867, at Genoa, Nev. Married Delbert
Williams, November, 1891. She died March 6, 1929, at Los Angeles Calif.
2 JOHN ELIAS ADAMS, born Dec. 24, 1868, at Genoa, Nev. Married Lilly
Miller, June 10, 1894., at Carson City, Nev. He died June 9, 1954, at Ocean
Park, Calif.
3WILLIAM RUFUS ADAMS, born Nov. 16, 1871, at Genoa, Nev. Married
Katie Laverene Feb. 21, 1901, at Carson City, Nev. She was born Sept. 1,
1874. She died April 3, 1950. He died July 10, 1950.
2
Children of ANNA MARIA ADAMS (ELIAS) and ISAAC M.
SHEPHARD. Residence, Susanville, Calif.
1 JAMES SHEPARDH, died in infancy
2 MARY ADAMS SHEPHARD, born July 23, 1855. Married Daniel McClane.
3 UNICE SHEPHARD, died
4 BELINDA AURILLA SHEPHARD, BORN July 25, 1859, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Married John William Arnett, May 2, 1875 at Haydenhill, Calif. He died Sept. 30, 1922
Phoenix, Ariz. She died Dec. 10, 1928, at Susanville, Calif.
5 ISAAC MONROE SHEPHARD, born Oct 9, 1863 at Salt Lake City, Utah.
6 FELENDA A. SHEPHARD, born in Cache County, Utah. Married John Davis.
7 FILENA A. SHEPHARD, born in Cache County, Utah. Married Benjamin fisher.
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Children of ANA MARIA ADAMS (ELIAS) and ALBRO
STARKWEATHER
8 RUFUS STARKWEATHER, born 1870, died 1884 in Round Valley, Calif.
9 IDA MAY STARKWEATHER, born in California. Died at age 5 years.
10 GEORGE STARKWEATHER, born in California. Died at age of one year.
3
Children of GOREG WASHINGTON (ELIAS) and MARY ANN (PILLING)
ADAMS. Residence, Layton, Utah
1
GEORGE PILLING ADAMS, born Jan. 1, 1857, at Layton, Utah. Married Ann Eliza
Forbes, Dec. 30, 1876, at Uintah, Utah. She was born Dec. 5, 1855. She died Aug. 3,
1939, at Layton, Utah. He died Nov. 23, 1939, at Layton, Utah.
2
MARGARET MALINDA ADAMS, born Dec. 28, 1858. Married Henry Hudson, Feb. 4,
1879, at Layton, Utah. He was born March 1, 1856, in England. He died Nov. 6, 1932,
at Ogden, Utah. She died Jan. 15, 1946, at Idaho Falls, Idaho.
3 RUFUS ADAMS, born April 23, 1861, at Layton, Utah. Married Sarah A. Hill, Nov. 13,
1881, at Uintah, Utah. She was born Dec. 14, 1865, at Layton, Utah. He died Feb. 24,
1939. She died March 28, 1922.
4 ELIAS PILLING ADAMS, born Jan. 21, 1864, at Layton, Utah. Married Hannah Maria
Fanning, Feb. 11, 1886, at Kaysville, Utah. She was born Feb. 8, 1863, at Kaysville,
Utah. She died Dec. 12, 1934, at Layton, Utah. He died July 9, 1937, at Layton, Utah.
5 JOHN EDMOND ADAMS, born July 29, 1866, at Layton, Utah. Married Margaret
Wiggill, Feb. 9, 1888. She was born Oct. 22, 1865. He died May 2, 1937, at Browning,
Mont.
6 MARION FIFTH ADAMS, born April 5, 1869, at Layton, Utah. Married Louisa Hill,
Aug. 1, 1894. She was born Feb. 2, 1869, at Kaysville, Utah. She died April 8, 1932, at
Layton, Utah. He died April 11, 1957, at Layton, Utah.
7 ANDY WRIGHT ADAMS, born Aug. 20, 1871, at Layton, Utah. Married Harriet Ellen
Forbes, March 8, 1893, at Logan, Utah. He died June 2, 1950.
8 CATHERINE SUSHANAH ADAMS, born May 23, 1874, at Layton, Utah. Married John
A. Whitesides, May 31, 1893. He was born June 3, 1871, at Layton, Utah. He died April
13, 1962, at Burley, Idaho.
.
9 MARY ALICE ADAMS, born Jan 17, 1877, at Layton, Utah. Married William Wilford
Whitesides, May 5, 1898, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born Dec., 1, 1873. He died
Aug. 30, 1953 at Burley, Idaho. She died Nov. 7, 1918, at Layton, Utah.
10 LIZETTA ANN ADAMS, born Sept, 4, 1882, at Layton, Utah. Married Horace Heber
Carlos, May 1, 1899. He died Sept. 24, 1942, at Burley, Idaho.
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Children of CATHERINE ADAMS (ELIAS) and RICHARD PILLING. Residence
Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
1 RICHARD A. PILLING, born Oct. 14, 1857, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Amanda A.
Penrod, Dec. 31, 1879, at Logan, Utah. She was born April 17, 1863, at Fairfield, Utah,
She died Nov. 10, 1935, at Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He died March 9, 1941, at
Cardston, Alberta, Canada
2 JOHN PILLING, born Jan. 5, 1860, at Layton, Utah. Married Harriet Emily Higgs, Oct.
23, 1884, at Kaysville, Utah. She was born April 24, 1865, at Kaysville, Utah.
3 JOSEPH PILLING, born May 5, 1862, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Martha Ann Hyde,
Nov. 29, 1886, at Fairview, Idaho. She was born Nov. 1, 1868, at Kaysville, Utah.
He died Nov. 18, 1924.
4 MARY CATHERINE PILLING, born April 24, 1865, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
Edward T. Morgan, April 17, 1889, at Logan, Utah. He was born Sept. 14, 1864, at
Kaysville, Utah. He died March 19, 1942 at Layton, Utah. She died March 19, 1953
at Layton, Utah.
5
ELIAS PILLING, BORN Nov. 1, 1867, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Ada Louise
Wells, Jan. 27, 1894. She was born May 8, 1872. He Died Aug. 23, 1926.
6 MARGARET MALINDA PILLING, BORN May 27, 1870, at Kaysville, Utah.
Married James E. Nielson, May 17, 1890, at Aetna, Alberta, Canada. He was born
Feb. 22, 1880, at Pleasant Grove, Utah. He died Feb. 11, 1926, at Salt Lake City,
Utah.
7 GEORGE EDMOND PILLING, born Jan. 5, 1873, at Kaysville, Utah. He died Feb.
22, 1878.
8 JAMES HENRY PILLING, born Sept. 2, 1875, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
Margaret Hewitt, July 25, 1907, at Aetna, Alberta, Canada.
9 RUFUS ELIJAH PILLING, born March 26, 1878, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
Susannah E. Harker, Oct. 11, 1899, at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born Sept. 22,
1880, at Taylorsville, Utah.
10 ELIZABETH CAROLINE PILLING, born Jan. 5, 1881, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
Charles T. Marsden, May 17, 1898, at Aetna, Alberta, Canada .
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Children of JOSEPH SAMUEL (ELIAS) AND Isabella (SMITH) ADAMS.
Residence, Layton, Utah.
1 MALINDA ANN ADAMS, born March 30, 1877, at Layton, Utah. Married William
W. Willey, May 12, 1904. He was born May 8, 1875, at Bountiful, Utah. He died Jan.
7, 1962, at Bountiful, Utah.
2 JOSEPH SAMUEL ADAMS, born Dec. 17, 1879 at Layton, Utah. Married Hilda
Margaret Williams, Aug 25, 1919, at Manti, Utah. She was born Oct. 7, 1898 at Salina,
Utah. He died April 6, 1964, at Pomona, California.
3 LILLIE MAY ADAMS, BORN May 1, 1881, at Layton, Utah. Married John B.
Clifford, Feb. 14, 1906, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He died Sept. 11, 1962, at Ogden, she
died Nov. 27, 1947, at Logan, Utah
4 .LAURA ADAMS, twin, born Oct. 7, 1883, at Layton, Utah. Married William D.
Cummings, June 22, 1904, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He died May 1, 1951.
5 LAWRENCE ADAMS, TWIN, BORN Oct. 7, 1883, at Layton, Utah. Married Vida
Brown, April 12, 1915, at Ogden, Utah. He died Feb. 11, 1932, at Layton, Utah.
6 OLIVE LAVINA ADAMS, BORN Jan. 12, 1885. Died in infancy.
7 ASA SMITH ADAMS, twin, born MARCH 30, 1887, AT Layton, Utah. Died Feb. 16,
1945, at Layton, Utah.
8 GRACE ADAMS, twin, born March 30, 1887, at Layton, Utah. Married John t.
Pope, Aug. 14, 1916, at Vernal, Utah. He was born March 2, 1860, at Farmington,
Utah.
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KATHERINE PEARL ADAMS, BORN Feb 3, 1889, at Layton, Utah. Died
April 14, 1923, at Salina, Utah.
10 WILLIAM ELIAS ADAMS, BORN Sept. 18, 1890, at Layton, Utah. Married
Mable Still, April 26, 1922 at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born March 23,
1898, at Ogden, Utah. He died April 10, 1960, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
11
PARLEY ADAMS, TWIN, BORN March 17, 1894, at Layton, Utah. Died in
infancy.
12
CHARLEY ADAMS, TWIN, BORN March 17, 1894, at Layton, Utah. Married
Minnie Nance, Sept 12, 1932 at Coalville, Utah. She was born oct. 8, 1903, at
Cleveland, Idaho.
13
ELZADA LEONA ADAMS, born Oct. 12, 1896, at Layton, Utah. Married
Gilbert Lorenzo Hess, Dec. 24, 1919, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born July
11, 1901, at Basalt, Idaho.
I4 DARLENA ISABELLA ADAMS, born June 28, 1901, at Layton, Utah. Married
E. Mathias Cleveland, March 11, 1920, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He died Feb. 2,
1960, at Layton, Utah. She died Oct. 7, 1948, at Layton, Utah.
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Children of ELIAS JR. (ELIAS) and ELIZABETH R. (HARRIS)
ADAMS. Residence, Layton, Utah.
1
ESTER ANN ADAMS, born Sept. 10, 1865, at Layton, Utah. Married Robert
Green, March 18, 1885, at Kaysville, Utah. He was born April 19, 1860, at
Emerson, Iowa. He died April 27, 1941, at Kaysville, Utah. She died Nov. 27,
1953, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
2
ELIZABETH BELINDA ADAMS, born April 13, 1868, at Layton, Utah. Married
Thomas William Sandall, Aug. 27, 1889, at Layton, Utah. He was born Nov. 27,
1869, at Layton, Utah. He died Feb. 1, 1928, at Tremonton, Utah. She died May
19, 1950, at Tremonton, Utah.
3
DENNIS ELIAS ADAMS, born Feb. 21, 1870, at Layton, Utah. Married
Catherine Priscilla Harris, March 30, 1890. She died July 16, 1953, at Tremonton,
Utah. He died Aug. 15, 1916, at Thatcher, Utah
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ELLA ROSE ADAMS, born Oct. 29, 1871, at Layton, Utah. Married William
A. Dawson, Dec. 12, 1895, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He died Aug. 22, 1903, at
Layton, Utah. She, died May 25, 1953, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
.5
JOSHUA ISAAC ADAMS, BORN March 9, 1874, at Layton, Utah. Married
Elizabeth Bell Evans, Nov. 12, 1895, at Layton, Utah. She was born Nov. 6,
1879, at Kaysville, Utah. She died Jan. 25, 1941, at Layton, Utah. He died
Feb.9, 1943 at Ogden, Utah.
6
RUFUS WILLIAM ADAMS, born Jan. 18, 1877, at Layton, Utah. Married
Elizabeth Dunn, June 1, 1898, at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born April
13, 1879, at South Weber, Utah. She died Dec. 21, 1949. He died Jan. 21,
1953, at Layton, Utah.
J0HN HYRUM ADAMS, born July 23, 1879; died.
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GEORGE WINFIELD ADAMS, born March 22, 1881, at Layton, Utah. Married
Sarah J. Humphrey, Dec. 19, 1917, at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born May
23, 1887, at Salina, Utah. He died Nov. 19, 1937, at Layton, Utah.
9
JABEZ SAMUEL ADAMS, born April 16, 1884, at Layton, Utah. Married Alice
Ellison, June 1, 1911, at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born Jan. 22, 1889, at
Layton, Utah.
1O CATHERINE MARIAH ADAMS, born Jan. 31, 1887, at Layton, Utah. Married
Laurence Ellison, June 12, 1906, at Salt Lake. City, Utah. He was born April 27,
1879, at Layton, Utah. He died Aug. 2, 1964, at Ogden, Utah. She died July 24,
1951, at Ogden, Utah.
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Children of ELIAS JR. (ELIAS) LETTIE MAY (BENNETT) ADAMS
Residence, Layton, Utah.
11 CLAIR JOHN ADAMS, born Feb. 21, 1904, at Layton, Utah. Died Jan. 26, 1960, at
Layton, Utah.
12 CLYDE BENNETTE ADAMS, BORN July 3, 1905, at Layton, Utah. Married Ruth Harris,
April 26, 1928, at Logan, Utah. She was born April 2, 1910, at Layton, Utah.
13 RUTH ELLEN ADAMS, born Aug. 23, 1908 at Layton, Utah. Married Doyle H
Rampton, Sept. 12, 1927, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born Oct. 14, 1904 at Perry,
Utah.
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Children of CAROLINE ADAMS (ELIAS) and GEORGE P.STODDARD.
Residence Grace, Idaho.
1 SARAH BELINDA STODDARD, born July 18, 1864, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
Mark Green, July 17, 1884, at Hooper, Utah. He was born Sept. 14, 1850, at Stafford
Shire, England. Died Jan 9, 1919, at Grace, Idaho. She died March 6, 1919, at
Grace, Idaho.
2 GEORGE STODDARD, born Nov. 11, 1867, at Kaysville, Utah. Married (1) Harriet
Emley Webster, May 13, 1889. She died Nov. 6, 1890. Married (2) Indamora Sullivan,
July 7, 1897. He died Oct. 22, 1898, at Preston, Idaho.
3 CAROLINE REBECCA STODDARD, BORE Jan. 10, 1871, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
James Green, Feb. 10, 1889, at Kaysville, Utah. She died Nov. 20, 1951, at Hayward, Calif.
4 MARY CATHERINE STODDARD, born Nov. 4, 1873, at Kaysville, Utah. Died April 8,
1893.
5 DORATHA ANN STODDARD, born April 11, 1877, at Kaysville, Utah. Died May 24,
1877.
6 ELIA ISRAEL STODDARD, BORN Dec. 20, 1878, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Clara
May Burton, Nov. 22, 1898, at Logan, Utah. She was born May 16, 1880. She died Dec.
3, 1926, at Grace, Idaho.
7 JOHN STODDARD, born Jan. 11, 1882. Died
8 ELIZABETH ELLEN STODDDARD, born Dec. 26, 1863, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
Reuben G. Egbert, Feb. 1, 1905, at Logan, Utah. He was born March 17, 1884, at Logan, Utah.
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Children of JOSHUA (ELIAS) and SARAH (CRIDDLE) ADAMS. Residence,
Layton, Utah.
1 JOB ADAMS, BORN Sept 27, 1874, at Harrisville, Utah. Married Amanda Woolf,
Dec. 16, 1895. She died May 19, 1960, at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
2 SARAH MATILDA ADAMS, BORN OCT. 4, 1876 AT Kaysville, Utah. Married
Richard J. Smith, Oct. 15, 1898. He died May 10, 1911.
3 JOHN ADAMS, born Oct 7, 1878. Married Leuvenia M. Bishop, Jan 23, 1907. He
Died May 23, 1961, at Brigham City, Utah.
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4 MALINDA MAY ADAMS, born May 8, 1881, at Fairview, Idaho. Married Leo Mecham,
Nov. 28, 1900. He was born April 6, 1870, at Spanish For, Utah.
5 AMANDA SABRY ADAMS, born Nov. 24, 1884, at Fairview, Idaho. Married Elijah
Clark, Dec. 23, 1901. He died Jan. 27, 1955, at Blackfoot, Idaho
6 MARY ELIZABETH ADAMS, born Nov. 11, 1887. Died Sept. 11, 1890, at Fairview
Idaho.
7 LILLY ALICE ADAMS, born Oct. 5, 1889, at Fairview, Idaho. Married William Parley
Parley Howell, April 8, 1909, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born at Clifton, Idaho
June 8, 1884.
8 CATHERINE OLIVE ADAMS, born Jan. 23, 1893, at Fairview, Idaho. Married Thomas
Shomaker, Oct. 18, 1911. She died July 30, 1935, at Brigham City, Utah.
9 LAURA BELL ADAMS, born Feb. 2, 1896, at Riverdale, Idaho. Married Henry
Leo Lewis, Jan. 17, 1912.
10 EVA LOUISE ADAMS, born Nov. 8, 1905, at Riverdale, Idaho. Married Ascel Payne,
Sept. 8, 1921. He was born June 25, 1896, at Bloomington, Idaho
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Children of JOSHUA (ELIAS) and EMMA (GILBERT) ADAMS.
11 George Gilbert Adams, BORN Aug. 30, 1887, at Barnbridge, Neb. Married Myrtle
Chadwick in 1906 at Logan, Utah. He died Feb. 18, 1951, at Blackfoot, Idaho.
12 EDSEL H. ADAMS, born March 14, 1889, at Layton, Utah. Married Nessie Packer
Oct 8, 1914. She was born Dec 21, 1893, at Riverdale, Idaho. She died May 28, 1931
At Blackfoot, Idaho. He died Nov. 21, 1956, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
13 SELVESTER ADAMS, born at Feb. 27, 1891, at Preston, Idaho. Married Lucy Ann
Kirby, March 19, 1913, at Logan, Utah
14 EDITH PRISCILLA ADAMS, born Oct. 27, 1893, at Whitney, Idaho. Married Reuben
Henry Fuller, April 17, 1911. He was born Nov. 5, 1889, at Lewiston, Utah
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Children of MALINDA JANE. ADAMS (ELIAS) and JOHN W. BURTON. Residence,
Kaysville, Utah.
1 MALINDA JANE BURTON, born Nov. 11, 1879. Died Nov. 13, 1879.
2 MELZINA A. BURTON, born Oct. 20, 1880, at Kaysville, Utah. Married William E.
Bennett, Jan. 17, 1906, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born June 17, 1883, at Kaysville,
Utah. He died May 2, 1919, at Kaysville, Utah. She died Jan. 23, 1942, at Kaysville, Utah.
3 NETTIA BELINDA BURTON, born March 17, 1883, at Kaysville, Utah. Married
Frank Louis Whitesides, Jan. 13, 1904, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He, was born Jan. 24, 1882.
He died July 30, 1957, at Layton, Utah. She died May 26, 1952, at Layton, Utah.
4 LAURA BURTON, born May 29, 1885, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Joseph A. Egbert, Nov
25, 1903, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born Nov. 30, 1881. He died Dec. 23, 1925, at
Ogden, Utah.
5 JOHN WILLIAM BURTON, born Nov. 14, 1887, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Emily Pearl
Ware, March 10, 1909, at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born Sept. 28, 1888, at Layton,
Utah. She died Sept. 28, 1958, at Layton, Utah.
6 ELIZABETH CATHERINE BURTON, born March 19, 1890, at Kaysville s Utah. Married
Adolphus E. Christensen, March 19, 1914, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He died Oct. 25, 1945, at
Salt Lake City, Utah.
7 MALINDA BURTON, born Aug. 19, 1892, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Robert E.
Green, Nov. 7, 1917, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born March 20, 1895, at Layton, Utah.
8 ROBERT ELIAS BURTON, born May 2, 1897, at Kaysville, Utah. Married Hazel
Lavern Lythgoe, Sept. 6, 1915. She was10born Oct. 13, 1895.
Children of HYRUM (ELIAS) and ROSE (HIGGS) ADAMS. Residence,
Layton, Utah.
1
HYRUM RUFUS ADAMS, born Nov. 30, 1877, at Layton, Utah. Married (1)
Seviah Elzina Egbert, March 13, 1900, at Granite. Utah. She was born Dec. 19,
1881. She died March 29, 1912, at Grace, Idaho. Married (2) Winnifred Reva
Beckstead, Nov. 21, 1917, at Logan, Utah. He died Dec. 1, 1944, at Soda Springs,
Idaho.
2 ELIZA SELECTA ADAMS, born Oct. 4, 1879, at Layton, Utah. Died Dec. 19,
1879.
3 ELIAS ANDREW ADAMS, born June 27, 1881, at Layton, Utah. Married
Annie Laura Green, Feb. 27, 1907, at Layton, Utah. She was born Sept. 12, 1883,
at Layton, Utah. He died ·Oct. W, 1963, at Idaho Falls, Idaho.
4 ALMA JOHN ADAMS, born Dec. 7, 1883, at Layton, Utah. Died March 20,
1884, at Layton, Utah.
5 LOTTIE ROSE ADAMS, born March 20, 1885, at Layton, Utah. Died Dec. 3,
1885, at Layton, Utah.
6 EMERY DAVID ADAMS, born March 28, 1887, at Layton, Utah. Died May 31,
1887, at Layton,
Children of HYRUM (ELIAS) and ANNIE LAURIE (PENROD) ADAMS.
Residence, Layton, Utah.
7 DELBERT HYRUM ADAMS, born Oct. 21, 1890, at Layton, Utah. Married
Sarah Ruth Kershaw, March 17, 1914, at Logan, Utah. She was born Aug. 1'7,
1889, at Layton, Utah.
8 FRANK DAVID ADAMS, horn Oct. 24, 1893, at Layton, Utah. Married Leona
Layton, June 16, 1920, at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born Nov. 29, 1893, at
Layton, Utah.
9 BIRD BELINDA ADAMS, born May 25, 1896, at Layton, Utah. Married Harold C.
Layton, July 30, 1912, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born Aug. 19, 1895, at Layton, Utah.
10 CLAY QUINCY ADAMS, born April 10, 1901, at Layton, Utah. Married (1) Norma Gladys
Layton, Sept. 10, 1926, at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born Sept. 29, 1901, at Layton, Utah.
She died Dec. 10, 1940, at Ogden, Utah. Married (2) Grace Nelson Roberts, Oct. 19, 1941, at
Preston, Idaho. She was born Sept. 6, 1903, at Randolph, Utah.
11 ANNIE. BLANCHE ADAMS, born Oct. 16, 1903, at Layton, Utah. Married Eugene M. Reed,
Jan. 1, 1934, at Layton, Utah. He was born March 1, 1901, at Clearfield, Utah.
12 BLAINE WILLIAM ADAMS, born Nov. 29, 1907, at Layton, Utah. Married Margaret Mabey,
Oct. 31, 1933, at Logan, Utah. She was born June 11, 1908, at Clearfield, Utah.
12 BLAINE WILLIAM ADAMS, born Nov. 29, 1907, at Layton, Utah. Married Margaret Mabey,
Oct. 31, 1933, at Logan, Utah. She was born June 11, 1908, at Clearfield, Utah.
Elias Adams, The Pioneer, and Malinda Railey Adams bequeathed a rich heritage to their posterity.
Where once they tracked the burning desert sands, now smile fair garden lands; streams crystal clear.
They made the desert blossom like the rose, those faithful, patient, fearless Pioneers.
Firm as the mountain around us, stalwart and brave we stand on the rock our fathers planted for us in this
goodly land. The rock of honor and virtue, of faith in the living God. They raised his banner triumphant
over the desert sod. We’ll build on the rock they planted a palace to the King. Into its shinning corridors,
our songs of praise we’ll sing, for the heritage they left us, not of gold or worldly wealth, but a blessing
everlasting of love and joy and health. And we hear the desert singing. Carry on, Carry on, Carry on!
Hills and vales and mountains ringing. Carry on, Carry on, Carry on! Holding aloft our colors we march
in the glorious dawn. O youth of the noble birthright, Carry on, Carry on, Carry on!
Upper-Hyrum Adams, Malinda Adams Burton and Joshua Adams stand on the
spot where Elias Adams built his first home in Utah in 1850. Center-Deer are
plentiful in the mountains near the homestead of Elias Adams. His descendants
usually get their limit each hunting season. A section of the earth fill dam (400
feet long) started by Elias Adams in 1852. Water from Adams Canyon in the
background fills the reservoir to capacity each year. Yeagah 'I'imbimbos and
Diamond Wom-ne-ip only Indian survivors of the Bear River Battle in January,
1863. Wounded soldiers remained overnight at the home of Elias Adams when
returning to Fort Douglas at Salt Lake City. The snow was deep and
temperatures were below zero. Many soldiers had their feet amputated after
being frozen. 368 Indians were killed.
While. the pioneers were on the journey through Iowa, Brigham
Young asked William Clayton, a poet and musician, to compose a hymn
which would encourage and cheer the Saints; this being accomplished, it
was afterward sung by every pioneer company coming to Utah. In the
evening when the people made camp, and all were tired with the day's
march, they would gather around their camp fires, and, proceeding a prayer
of thanksgiving and benediction, they would sing:
1
Come, Come ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear; But
with joy wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
'Tis better far for us to strive,
Our useless cares from us to drive Do
this, and joy your hearts will swell
- All is well! All is-2well!
Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?
'Tis not so; all is right
Why should we think to earn a great reward
, If we now shun the fight?
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take;
Our God will never us forsake;
And soon we'll have this tale to tell
All is well! All is -3well!
We.'ll find the place which God for us prepared,
Far away in the West,
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the Saints will be blessed.
We'll make the air with music ring,
Shout praises to Our God and King;
Above the rest these words we'll tell
All is well! All is well!
-4And should we die before our journey's through,
Happy day! All is well!
We then are free from toil and sorrow too;
With the just we shall dwell!
But if our lives are spared again
To see the Saints, their rest obtain, 0
how we'll make this chorus swell
All is well! All is well!