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Obituary of Nicholas Adams – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 6, 2018
Nicholas Adams, who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private during the Civil War, died on 16 September 1927.
His obituary appeared in the Lykens Standard, 23 September 1927:
NICHOLAS ADAMS
WILLIAMSTOWN, 22 September 1927 — Nicholas Adams, aged 84 years, 4 months and 26 days, died at the home of his son Clayton Adams last Friday after ailing for the past six months from complications.
He was a resident of this place sixty years and was born in Hubley Township, Schuylkill County.
Surviving are his wife, five sons, Rolandis Adams, William Adams, Charles Adams, and Clayton Adams, of this place; and John Adams of Freeburg. Beside a sister, 4 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren survive.
A military funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, services in charge of the Rev. Cornwall Beamesderfer and the funeral in charge of P. O. S. of A., of which deceased was a member. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery, west of town.
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Obituary from Newspapers.com.
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