Surnames: Braman, Hutchings, McAdams
----Source: NEILLSVILLE PRESS (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 12/19/1929
McAdams, Mrs. J. W. (1875 - 5 DEC 1929)
In a letter to Mrs. Richard Lynch of Levis, Clark County, Wis. from her sister, Mrs. George Braman in Los Angeles, comes the news that Mrs. J. W. McAdams died in the hospital in Los Angeles, Dec. 5, 1929. Mrs. McAdams was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hutchings and was born in the farm home at what was known as Hutchings' Corners or Day Corners, three miles south of Neillsville, Clark County, Here she grew to womanhood, married J. W. McAdams and lived for many years on their farm west of the corners. During all the years of her adult life, Mrs. McAdams was very active in community affairs. She taught music, organized classes in music and Sunday Schools in rural communities. During the summer months for a good many years she superintended a Sunday School at the Prince of Peace Presbyterian Chapel in Pine Valley, and was helpful in the lecture courses and Chautauqua's carried on in Neillsville, besides giving a helping hand to many other good movements in the home neighborhood. Mrs. McAdams was the last of the Hutchings family, one of the early pioneer families of this community.
1920 California Los Angeles Los Angeles Assembly
District 61 ED 106
James W McAdams Male 58 1862 PA Married White Head PA PA
Catherine M McAdams Female 45 1875 WI Married White Wife NY WI
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Obit: Hutchings, Mary Jane (1874 - 1920)
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
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Forty six
year old Mary Jane "Mamie" Hutchings was born 29 Feb 1874 in Clark
County, WI. She was the daughter of
Samuel E. Hutchings who was
born in Peekskill, NY and Margaret J. McKeand who was born in WI to
Scottish immigrants. Mamie's parents had married in Milwaukee,
WI, May 8, 1859, just after Samuel had turned twenty and his bride
was seventeen. Ten years later they moved to Pine Valley twp.,
Clark Co., WI. Mamie was their fourth child and second
daughter. They had lived in Los Angeles, CA for 8 years at the
time of her death. Her beloved father had died that January
and both were laid to rest in the L.A. Cemetery to await the great
awakening at the return of Jesus Christ. |
