Description
“Adam Todd” - - Oskaloosa Settler of 1865, who became head of a considerable family. It was at the close of the Civil War that his master, of Platte County, Missouri, gave Uncle Adam and his wife America and their children a wagon and team and set them on their way to the “Promised Land.” For Adam was an early arrival of that inflow from former slave states known as the Exodusters. He was a respected and loved member of the Oskaloosa community for many years.
(Researcher's note: Contains photos of Adam and America Todd.)Date(s) of Creation
7/14/1960
