Walter Clifton Adams

Walter Clifton Adams

• Father: John Howell Adams b. 18 December 1838, d. 6 November 1880
• Mother: Roberta C. Powell b. circa 1851, d. between 1880 and 1900

• Walter Clifton Adams was born on 12 July 1879 in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, or possibly 1978.
• John Howell Adams and Roberta C. Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas. Other members of the household included Walter Clifton Adams, Samie W. Adams.
• The following appeared on 7 November 1880 in the Galveston Weekly News: (Hempstead, Nov. 6) About 9:30 to-night J. H. Adams, assistant city marshal, was shot by Peter Moore, an ex-State convict. The ball entered just over the left eye, breaking the skull and causing the brain to protrude from the wound. Adams is at this writing alive, but must die. The cause of the shooting is not known. Adams was an efficient officer, and leaves a wife and two children without any means of support.
• Walter Clifton Adams appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Harris County, Texas, boarding in the household of widow Mary Stafford.
• He was a solicitor for a fraternal order, according to the 1910 census.
• He married Jewell Holland, daughter of William Holland and Josephine Brown, on 13 September 1914 in Jefferson County, Texas.
• He officially witnessed the death of Infant Adams on 28 July 1915 at 637 Avenue D in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; stillborn.
• Walter Clifton Adams registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Liberty County, Texas, while living with his wife Jewell at 1308 Travis in Houston, and employed there as a salesman by Swift & Company.
• Walter Clifton Adams and Jewell Holland appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, at 614 East Main Street. It appears that Jewell also was enumerated boarding at the YWCA in Beaumont, employed as a cleark in a retail department store.
• He was a traveling salesman, according to the 1920 census.
• At the time of his death Walter Clifton Adams was living in Brenham, Washington County, Texas.
• Walter Clifton Adams died on 6 April 1927 at age 47 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, at Scott & White Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Jewell Holland.
• His wife Jewell Holland became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 22 Apr 2016

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