Walter Benjamin Adams

Walter Benjamin Adams

• Father: Felix Grundy Adams b. 18 December 1812, d. 2 September 1889
• Mother: Huldah Ann Shields b. 26 February 1820, d. 9 January 1867

• Walter Benjamin Adams was born on 16 May 1857 in Alabama.
• Felix Grundy Adams and Huldah Ann Shields appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in McKinley, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Walter Benjamin Adams, John Howell Adams, Harriet Elizabeth Adams, George F. Adams, Laura Shields Adams and Thomas Felix Adams.
• Felix Grundy Adams and Sarah Elizabeth Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Linden, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Walter Benjamin Adams, George F. Adams, Laura Shields Adams, Thomas Felix Adams and Powell Orgain Adams.
• David D. Yeager and Laura Shields Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Linden, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Walter Benjamin Adams, Walter B. Yeager, Josie Yeager and Felix Grundy Adams. They were enumerated at the jail where David Yeager was sheriff, and also counted with the household were the deputy sheriff, cook, and prisoners. Apparently Felix' wife Sally was living in Waller County, Texas, but she is not enumerated with her sister Roberta.
• He married May Laura Crawford, daughter of (?) Crawford and Unknown (?), circa 1888.
• His partner Charles Marshall Thompson was married to Claudie Crawford.
• Walter Benjamin Adams became a widower at the 14 May 1893 death of his wife May Laura Crawford.
• He married Lizzie Cook, daughter of John F. Cook and Elizabeth Hart, circa 1895.
• Walter Benjamin Adams and Lizzie Cook appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Medina County, Texas. Other members of the household included Frances Ilene Adams, Hallie May Adams and Tom Temple Adams.
• He was a merchant, according to the 1900 census.
• Walter Benjamin Adams died on 31 October 1906 at age 49 in Medina County, Texas.
• His wife Lizzie Cook became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Devine, Medina County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 18 May 2014

• Charts: Descendants of ADAMS Felix Grundy & Huldah Ann Shields