Boy! I hope your e-mail is still valid!!! Have most all Wm R or "Piney Bill"'s (as he was known) children, by 3 wives, #1 Lucinda Ellen BATES,#2 Mary A. BELL,#3 Pauline Jane DEAN BRADLEY...Our ancestor is from Piney Bill's son: James S. ADAMS (b 21 July 1843 KY;d 19?? Dent MO) & wf Sarah G/C. KIRK (b 1850 TN-1919 MO).
James & Sarah's dtr: Louisa/Lydia E. ADAMS (1871 MO-1943 MO) marr into our KETCHUM fam to:
Isaac M. KETCHUM (1860 MO-1919 MO) in 1895 Dent Co MO(her husb #2) Would you be so kind as to send or e-mail/scan us a copy of Wm R ADAMS' obit? We'd love to have a copy. We've been looking yrs for printed mention of him.
Piney Bill is buried with either his father or uncle, on Henry ADAMS & Sarah ARTHUR's farm, now Old Hale Farm, S Meramec Twp, Phelps Co MO. Henry ADAMS is son of Coonrod "Cooney" ADAMS of NC & KY.
This data provided by "Lundi" in Ca., who is an expert in the ADAMS field. Lundi mentioned that Piney Bill is a possible grand-son of Coonrod ADAMS (& wf Mary Polly HOUK) through one of his sons; Henry (moved to MO), or Abraham (m Cath ARTHUR & stayed KY).
Either way, he's connected to the ADAMS fam of Marion / Washington Co KY, & Phelps/Dent Co MO. Please let me hear from you so we can exchange data. Thanks, Kath <geneseaker@earthlink.net>