James Harvey Adams

James Harvey Adams

• James Harvey Adams was born in 1878 in West Virginia.
• He married Jennie Ann Scott, daughter of William Harvey Scott and Rosie Leffert, on 17 December 1908 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, by license issued the same day, with H. S. Church officiating.
• James Harvey Adams died on 17 February 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri.
• Jennie Ann Scott became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
• The following appeared on 18 February 1910 in The Kansas City Star: James Harvey Adams, 428 West Thirty-fourth Street, died yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the University Hospital. Mr. Adams was with the Bell-Adams Land Company, 1021 Commerce Building. He was born in West Virginia, May 22, 1878. Most of his life was spent in Lawton, Okl, and Herrick, S. D. His widow survives him.
• The following appeared on 18 February 1910 in The Kansas City Star: James H. Adams, a real estate dealer, with offices in the Commerce Building, died at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the University Hospital. He had been ill for some time with stomach trouble and last Saturday underwent an operation.
       Mr. Adams had spent most of his life on Ranches in Oklahoma and South Dakota. He took an active interest in the opening of Lawton, Ok., in 1901, and Herrick, S. D., in 1906. Following this he came to Kansas City and with Howard E. Bell formed the Bell-Adams Land Company, of which he was manager. He left a widow, mrs. Jennie Scott Adams.
       The funeral is to be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home, 428 West Thirty-fourth Street.
• The following appeared on 28 February 1910 in The Kansas City Star: The death of James H. Adams, an important state's witness, brought to a close this morning a case in the criminal court against Robert L. Faulkner, a wealthy Texas land agent. It was charged that Faulkner sold twelve sections of Randell County, Texas, land to J. W. Ayler of Carthage, Mo., for $70,000. After the transfer was made Ayler complained that the land deeded to him was not the same shown him on a visit. The grand jury indicted Faulkner. James Adams, whose death ended the prosecution, was Faulkner's agent. He went with Mr. Ayler to Texas to show him the land he was supposed to receive for $70,000.
• The following appeared on 3 June 1917 in The Kansas City Star: Mrs. Jennie N. Bouldin brought suit in the circuit court this morning to determine the title to 360 acres of land adjoining the Evanston Golf Club. Mrs. Bouldin alleges that the land was owned by her former husband, James H. Adams. Mr. Adams died February 17, 1910. At the time of his death, Mrs. Bouldin alleges, there were mortgages against the property aggregating $60,000. Shortly before his death Mr. Adams sent for John R. Dexter of Ardmore, Ok., and Mr. Dexter agreed to advance $25,000 to prevent foreclosure of the mortgages.
       Mrs. Bouldin asserts that her husband died in the belief that this arrangement had been effected and that her interests had been protected. Later, she says, she learned that Dexter and his father-in-law, John W. Walters, had foreclosed the mortgage and obtained title to the property. She asks that the title be restored to her.

• Last Edited: 22 May 2015