Descendants of Nicolaus Adam

Fifth Generation (Continued)

Family of John “Jack” ADAM (45) & Elizabeth FRIEDERICK

116. Louisa ADAM. Born on 9 Dec 1821. Louisa died on 29 Dec 1889; she was 68. Buried in Bern Union Cemetery next to sister Joanna.

Louisa married Aaron D. LIEB.

They had the following children:

209i.

UNNAMED

210ii.

UNNAMED

117. John F. ADAM. Born on 26 Dec 1825. John F. died on 6 Apr 1876; he was 50.
1870 Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA page 76 d229 f240

Adams, John F. 44 re $19,000 pp $3500
Elizabeth 44
Sarah 16
John 14
Charles 13
James 11
Rebecca 8
Elizabeth 5
Moyer, Aaron 29 farm laborer
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1880 Ontelaunee Twp., Berks Co., PA page 120 d71 f75
Adams, Elizabeth 55 Widow farming
John 25 son, works on farm
Kehr, Sarah 26 dau., married during census year
Adams, Elizabeth 15 dau. single does house work

John F. married Elizabeth DUNKEL. Born on 30 Dec 1825. Elizabeth died on 18 Jan 1914; she was 88.

118. Aaron K. ADAM. Born on 15 Apr 1828 in Berks Co., PA. Aaron K. died in West Reading, Berks Co., PA, on 22 May 1914; he was 86. Buried on 27 May 1914 in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks Co., PA.
The 1870 census for Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA page 82 d310 f326 shows Aaron 42 with wife Rebecca 36, and children Arbin 15, Rosa A. 12, Henrietta 10, Annie R. 8, Aaron 5, Deborah 3, and Elam 1 along with two laborers.

1880 Spring Twp., Berks Co. PA page 302 d162 f190

Adam, Aaron 52 Farmer
Rebecca 45
Aaron 15 son works on farm
Rose 21
Annie 18
Deborah 12
Mattie 8
Charles 21 nephew, single, farm laborer. (This is apparently the son of Aaron’s brother John F. Adams).
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1900 Census, Spring Twp., Berks Co., ED 110 S25A, F498?, line 12

Adam, Aaron 72 dealer in farm equip
Rebecca 66 (has had 9 children, 6 are still living)
Debbie 32 single
Leinbach, Nelson 21 grandson (illegitimate son of Rose Agnes Adam and Thomas Leinbach)

on line 25 is Aaron’s son Aaron:

Aaron, head Dec 1864 35 M 13
Ida, wife Mar 1867 33 M 13 5-5
Edgar E. July 1887 12
Henry J. Mar 1890 10
Aaron C. Aug 1892 7
John E. July 1895 4
Harvey July 1899 11/12
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I had originally had a 10th child named Ruth as part of Aaron & Rebecca’s family based on a hand-written family tree prepared by Emily Elsie Adams Tait in the 1930s, but there is no other evidence of Ruth Adam and I have deleted her from my data.

Reading City Directory 1909, p. 86
Adam, Aaron h-617 Penn, West Reading

Reading City Directory 1913
Adam, Aaron (Rebecca), home 617 Penn, W. Reading

Reading Eagle, Friday May 22, 1914. obit. Death of Man Who Was Hurt in Auto Wreck. Victim of the Bernville Stage Accident at Mt. Pleasant. Aaron Adams, aged 86 years passes away in West Reading after lingering a week. West Reading, May 22 (Special). After lingering for a week, Aaron Adams, aged 86 years, 1 month and 7 days passed away at 9:45 a.m. today, as the result of injuries received Friday, May 15, when the Bernville auto stage turned turtle following a runaway down the steep grade at Gruber’s Wagon Works, Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Adams was the most seriously injured of 12 people, having been pinned under the truck when it turned over, and sustaining internal injuries, besides a broken shoulder and other injuries. His remarkable vitality, for which he was noted all his life, alone kept him alive during the period of a week.

Mr. Adams had never been seriously ill, and did not have occasion to consult a physician during the past 50 years. He was six feet five inches tall, remarkably hale and robust, and at his advanced age scarcely needed the cane which he habitually carried. By occupation he was a farmer and he conducted a farm implement business in connection with his farming. He served in setting up a number of estates in his time and was consulted in many matters of importance by his neighbors.

Mr. Adams was born within a short distance of where he died. His father, John Adams, conducted the well-known Seltzinger farm, just south of this borough, and it was here that Mr. Adams spent his younger days. He conducted farms in Bern and Exeter townships. For several years past he lived retired, making his home with a son, Aaron Adams, Jr., residing at 617 Penn Ave., this borough. Mr. Adams was noted for his kindly and generous disposition, and made friends wherever he went.

Mr. Adams was superintendent of the old ore mine at Wyomissing while he tenanted and tilled the Seltzinger farm, on which the old mine is located. Mr. Adams was the last man to operate the mine. One morning a huge spring, flowing a stream the size of a man’s body, burst out of the bottom of the ore pit, 35 feet in depth, and flooded the mine so rapidly that men and animals at work had to leave the mine quickly to save their lives.

Efforts were made by Mr. Adams and others, with large pumps, to drain the water, but the outlet of the spring was almost as low as the river level, less than half a mile away, and even had a trench for a drainage pipe been dug, it would not have emptied the mine. Pumping was suspended, and so mining operations ceased.

Mr. Adams and members of the Kalbach and other families were engaged in mining ore at various places between West Reading and Bernville at various times. The ore was all low grade, and had to be hauled in wagons, and eventually the use of Cornwall higher percentage ores, hauled by railroad, put the Berks mines in which Mr. Adams was interested out of commission.

Deceased is survived by his aged widow, Rebecca (nee Klopp), who passed her 80th birthday anniversary on Tuesday, May 19; also the following children: Rose, wife of George Hagy, Reading; Henrietta, widow of Aaron Eyrich, Sellinsgrove; Mrs. Martin Ruth, Aaron Adams, Jr., and Martha, wife of W. W. Bitting, all of West Reading. Deceased was a member of St. James Reformed Church. Undertaker F. F. Seidel has charge of the funeral arrangements.

On 21 Jun 1855 when Aaron K. was 27, he married Rebecca KLOPP, daughter of John Isaac KLOPP (1805-1848) & M. Henrietta LEISS (1810-1849), in Bern Church, Bern Twp, Berks Co., PA. Born on 19 May 1834 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., PA. Rebecca died in Reading, Berks Co., PA, on 28 May 1921; she was 87. Buried on 31 May 1921 in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks Co., PA.
Reading City Directory, 1921
Adams, Rebecca (wid Aaron), h - 617 Penn Ave., W. Reading

Rebecca's obit was discovered by John Klopp in November 2002 and reads:

28 May 1921 Reading Eagle

Dies at age of 87 - Rebecca, widow of Aaron Adams, one of the oldest residents of West Reading, both in age and years spent in the borough, passed away quietly between 3 and 5 o'clock this morning at the home of her son Aaron, 417 Penn Avene. Mrs. Adams was 87 years old. She had been suffering from general debility for five weeks and spent the past three weeks in bed. She was a native of Heidelberg Township and was a daughter of the late Isaac and Henrietta (nee Leiss) Klopp. Mrs. Adams resided in West Reading 47 years. She was one of the oldest members of St. James Reformed Church. Surviving are a son Aaron, with whom she resided, and these daughters; Rosa wife of George Hagy, of Reading, Annie, wife of Martin L. Ruth, West Reading; Mrs. Henrietta Eyrich of Selinsgrove, Snyder Co.; and Martha, wife of William Bitting, of Shillington. Eighteen grand and 15 great grandchildren also remain.

They had the following children:

211i.

Irvin K. “Arben” (1855-1891)

212ii.

Rosa Agnes (1858-)

213iii.

Henrietta Louisa (ca1858-)

214iv.

Anna Rebecca (1862-1941)

215v.

Aaron Cyrus (1864-)

216vi.

Deborah “Debbie” (1868-1906)

217vii.

Elam (1870-1876)

218viii.

Martha Eva “Mattie” (ca1872-)

219ix.

John Quincy (1875-1876)

119. Joanna Ann ADAM. Born on 20 Sep 1829. Joanna Ann died in Shamokin, Coal Twp., Northumberland Co. PA, on 26 Sep 1897; she was 68. Buried in Bern Union Cemetery next to sister Louisa.
There is a long, sad tale about Joanna Adam. In her later years she apparently became quite feeble and according to some accounts mentally unstable. She was cared for by Aaron Adam and family for a number of years then later she was cared for by her sister Esther (Adam) Hahn’s family. After Joanna’s death in 1897 a law suit ensued (1899) between the family of Aaron Adam and the Hahn’s over $1700 that Aaron claimed was owed to him from Joanna’s estate. Copies of various transcriptions concerning this law suit were located by David Adams in Reading and are filed by GWL.

The Lieb’s (her sister Louisa’s married name) paid for Joanna’s tombstone that reads in part “Sister, Gone Home”9

120. James F. ADAM. Born on 5 Aug 1833. At the age of <1, James F. was baptized in First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks Co., PA, ? 18 Jul 1833.
Marriage Record in Reading Adler, Nov. 25th by Rev. Isaac Miesse

1860 Berks Co., PA Bern Twp page 42 d618 f625
Adams, James 26 Farmer re $2500 pp $350
Sarah 24
Tyson 2 months
Gret, Eliza 17 hired girl
Witman, Samuel 18 farm hand
Kim, Agnes 6

On 17 Nov 1853 when James F. was 20, he married Sarah Ann M. REBER, daughter of Joseph REBER (1802-1880) & Elizabeth MINNICH (1803-1875), in Ely’s Inn, Reading, Berks Co., PA. Born on 1 Oct 1835 in Bern Township, Berks Co., PA. Sarah Ann M. died in Glenside, Berks Co., PA, on 19 Dec 1920; she was 85. Buried in Epler’s Reformed Church, Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA. They were divorced.

They had one child:

220i.

Tyson Reber (1860-1930)

121. Esther F. ADAM. Born on 19 Jan 1836. Esther F. died on 5 Apr 1916; she was 80. Buried in Alsace Cemetery, Muhlenberg Twp., Berks Co., PA. At the age of <1, Esther F. was baptized in Reading, Berks Co., PA, on 19 Jun 1836.

Esther F. married John R. HAHN. John R. died on 6 Nov 1895.

122. Richard Bernhard F. ADAM. Born on 5 Sep 1839 in Bern Township, Berks Co., PA. Richard Bernhard F. died in Penn Township, Berks Co., PA, on 13 Aug 1868; he was 28.
Obit in Reading Adler, September 1, 1868: Adam - in Penn, on August 13th, Richard F. Adam, aged 28-10-8.

On 8 Oct 1864 when Richard Bernhard F. was 25, he first married Amelia/Emelia M. HIESTER, daughter of William HIESTER & Elizabeth, in Bern Township, Berks Co., PA. Born on 7 Apr 1843 in Bern Township, Berks Co., PA. Amelia/Emelia M. died in Penn Township, Berks Co., PA, on 10 Mar 1866; she was 22.

They had one child:

221i.

Amelia H. “Millie” (1865-)

ca 1867 when Richard Bernhard F. was 27, he second married Rebecca HOYER. Born on 11 Oct 1844. At the age of <1, Rebecca was baptized in Epler’s Reformed Church, Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA, on 18 May 1845.

They had the following children:

222i.

Ellen (1867-ca1868)

223ii.

Richard William (1869-)

123. William ADAM. Born ca 1844.
in 1870 lived with his mother in Bern Twp., “dealer in lime”
in 1880 lived in Robeson Twp., “hotel keeper”
in 1890 went to Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA; unknown how long he stayed

William married Eliza (?).

They had the following children:

224i.

Annie E. (ca1875-)

225ii.

Catherine E. (ca1878-)

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