General Notes

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Joseph Druse from E. Lansing, MICH notes in correspondence with Wm Adams KEMP (10 Oct 1985) that Ophelia lived in Burton, MICH for awhile. Census records indicate that this is true.

Ophelia F. BALL was born on 22 July 1846 in Ogden Town, Monroe County, New York. She was the daughter of Charles Chadwick BALL and Julia HOOD. They came east to Michigan about 1863 and probably settled in Burton Township, near Flint, Michigan. She married James G. ADAMS on 6 March 1866.

GRAND OLD LADY PASSES AWAY

Mrs. James G. Adams Passed Away at Advanced Age of 80 Years

Mrs. James G. Adams, of Oakwood, better known as Grandma Adams, passed away , Friday, Dec 24th, at 3:00 a.m. at the age of 80 years and 5 months, following a two week illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Anderson, 100 Mary Day Ave., Pontiac, where Grandpa and grandma Adams had gone to spend the winter.
Effie Ball was born in Flint in 1846 and was married at Flint to James G. Adams March 6, 1866.  To this union five children were born, Mrs. Myrta L. Keith (Deceased) ; Augusta H. (Deceased) Lucius E., of Munising, Herbert J., of Ishpeming, and Mrs. Edith V. Anderson, of Pontiac., who with her husband survive. Mrs. Adams is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Ainsworth, of Unionville.
For the past sixty years the deceased had lived on a farm near Oakwood where she and Mr. Adams celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary March 6, 1916, and on March 6, 1926 this couple celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Adams had been in failing health for the past four years.  She was a devoted wife and a kind and loving mother, to her friends the soul of fellowship.  Her cheerful, helpful life, her devotion to her family and kindness to everybody will long linger as a fragrant memory in the home which her presence brightened and which death has now darkened.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Anderson, Pontiac, Rev. Paul C. Fetterson of the Presbyterian church conducting the funeral services and burial was made in Oakwood cemetery.
The Oxford Leader, 31 December 1926, Front Page

Birthdate source in Effie's tombstone inscription.
GRAND OLD LADY PASSES AWAY
Mrs. James G. Adams Passed Away at Advanced Age of 80 Years
Mrs. James G. Adams, of Oakwood, better known as Grandma Adams, passed away , Friday, Dec 24th, at 3:00 a.m. at the age of 80 years and 5 months, following a two week illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Anderson, 100 Mary Day Ave., Pontiac, where Grandpa and grandma Adams had gone to spend the winter.
Effie Ball was born in Flint in 1846 and was married at Flint to James G. Adams March 6, 1866.  To this union five children were born, Mrs. Myrta L. Keith (Deceased) ; Augusta H. (Deceased) Lucius E., of Munising, Herbert J., of Ishpeming, and Mrs. Edith V. Anderson, of Pontiac., who with her husband survive. Mrs. Adams is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Ainsworth, of Unionville.
For the past sixty years the deceased had lived on a farm near Oakwood where she and Mr. Adams celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary March 6, 1916, and on March 6, 1926 this couple celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Adams had been in failing health for the past four years.  She was a devoted wife and a kind and loving mother, to her friends the soul of fellowship.  Her cheerful, helpful life, her devotion to her family and kindness to everybody will long linger as a fragrant memory in the home which her presence brightened and which death has now darkened.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Anderson, Pontiac, Rev. Paul C. Fetterson of the Presbyterian church conducting the funeral services and burial was made in Oakwood cemetery.
The Oxford Leader, 31 Dec 1926 (Front Page)

Obituary in Oxford Leader 31 Dec 1926.  Page 1.
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Oakland County, Michigan.  Cemetery located at the intersection of Oakwood and Baldwin Rds in Oakland County. Inscription reads Effie B. Adams, July 22, 1846 - Dec 24, 1926