FIFTH GENERATION

294. Alvin Clay ADAMS was born on 30 Jun 1900 in Girta, Wirt County, West Virginia. He died on 19 Jan 1938 in Carr Hill, Ohio. Clay Adams Ends Life With Shotgun. Clay Adams, 38, colored, a son of James Adams, below Douda, ended his life January 19, 1938 about 3 o'clock by shooting himself with a shotgun. The load entered his chest and he died about three hours after the shot was fired.

He had been despondent for some time. Adams, who lives at the foot of Carr Hill in Marion Township on the William A. Grimes place, had been employed in a mine at Millfield. Accompanied by his father-in-law, a Mr. Holbert of near Pennsville, he had returned home during the afternoon, bringing his wife, who had been away on a visit. Holbert and the operator of a nearby coal mine were standing outside the house when they heard the lethal shot. A doctor was summoned upon their discovery of the deed but Adams died about 6 o'clock. He had resided on the Grimes place nearly a year, moving there from the Leslie Davis property nearby. Surviving are the widow and one child. Coroner Dr. Edgar Northrup has been summoned for an inquest."


He was buried in Athens County, Ohio, in the Mount Herman Cemetery.

He was married to Ada Blanche HOLBERT (daughter of Luther HOLBERT and Dorothy Augusta SINGER) in 1936 in Morgan County, Ohio. Ada Blanche HOLBERT was born on 24 Mar 1920 in Vanwood, Slab Fork, Raleigh County, West Virginia. She died on 11 Jan 1970 in Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio at the Mount St. Mary's Hospital. She was buried on 16 Jan 1970 in Athens County, Ohio in the Coolville Cemetery. Her birth certificate listed her given name as Susan. Alvin Clay ADAMS and Ada Blanche HOLBERT had the following children:

+832 i. Alvin Clay ADAMS Jr..

He was married to Ina Marie GOINS (daughter of Lewis Henry Cladis GOINS and Emma Frances GIBSON) on 20 Sep 1926 in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. Services were preformed by Rev. Alvin N. Crowe He was divorced from Ina Marie GOINS on 27 Dec 1926. Ina Marie GOINS was born on 27 Mar 1905 in Washington County, Ohio. She died before 2001. Alvin Clay ADAMS and Ina Marie GOINS had the following children:

833 i. Wayne Allen ADAMS was born in 1928. He died in 1928. He was buried in Dresden.

He was married to Mildred D. NEWMAN (daughter of Allen N. "Al" NEWMAN and Nancy E. RUSH) before 1929. He was divorced from Mildred D. NEWMAN before 1936. Mildred D. NEWMAN was born on 4 Jan 1912 in Bartlett, Washington County, Ohio. She died on 22 Feb 1973 in Barkers Run Road, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. She was buried in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio in the Woodlawn Cemetery.