Description
“Death of Adam Todd” - - Through an oversight, mention of the death of Adam Todd, the old colored man, was omitted from our last week’s paper. His death was not looked for at all until near the last. He had been wonderfully vigorous for a man 96 years of age, and had mowed grass and done other work during the summer as usual, but a week or two before his death he ruptured a membrane or something in his side in lifting a sack of potatoes, and in a day or two began to fail. Adam was born in Washington County, Virginia, June 2, 1807, and moved from there to Platte County, Missouri, when a boy, and from there to Kansas in 1864, and here he died October 7, aged 96 years, 4 months and 5 days. He was the father of 16 children, 2 of whom by his first wife and 4 by his second wife, survive him. He also leaves several grandchildren and a large number of friends and acquaintances. Adam's quaint ways, his unfailing good humor and kindly nature made him a great favorite with young and old. His funeral was held at the Baptist church by Rev. Haley on the 8th, and the body laid to rest at Pleasant View.Date(s) of Creation
10/16/1903
