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Surnames: Shaw Adams
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Elwood, IN., Call-Leader ; Fri. Oct. 15, 1915.
DEATH CALLS A GOOD WOMAN
Mrs Prudy Adams Died This
Morning on Farm Where
She Was Born
A long life ended and a good woman passed to her reward when Mrs. Prudy Almira Adams,
died at 7 o'clock this morning at her home 7 miles south-west of the city on the farm
she was born and where the greater part of her life was spent. The deceased had been ill
for an extended period of time and for days it had been realized that the end was rapidly
approaching. Members of the family had been called to the bedside and when the messenger
called this morning it found the good woman ready and willing to answer the summons.
The deceased was the daughter of James and Mary Shaw and was born on the farm February
25, 1845. On December 27, 1866, she was married to James Adams in Henry County who during
the Civil War which had just ended, had been a member of the 30th. Indiana Volunteers.
They lived on a farm in that county for several years and then moved to the farm near here
where the death of Mrs. Adams occurred this morning. The husband passed away several years
ago.
To their union was born ; Frances who died in 1870, Elmer, now a resident of California
but who was at his mother's bedside when death occurred, Elma, who died at the age of
13 years, and Ora and Earl who lived on the farm with the mother. She is also survived by
one brother, Francis M. Shaw and two grandchildren.
The parents of Mrs. Adams died when she was a child of 7 years and she made her home
with her grandparents on what was known as the French Shaw farm. With the exception of
about 18 years, during which time she lived in Henry County and in Elwood, the deceased
spent her entire life on the farm where both her birth and death occurred.
Early in life Mrs. Adams became a member of the Christian Church and her life was a
beautiful christian example to all about her. She was a faitful wife and mother, and a
woman whose death will be generally mourned. She was a member of the Rebeccas, Pocahontas
and the Womans Relief Corps.
There will be a short prayer at the house Sunday following which the funeral will be
held at the East Main Street Christian Church. Rev. Robert Sellers in charge. Interment
will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.