SEVENTH GENERATION

51. MOSES EKEL ADAMS was born on 10 Jun 1852 in Lesterville, Reynolds Co, MO, Adams Hollow. He died on 7 Sep 1928 in LESTERVILLE, MO. He was buried in RAYFIELD CEMETARY, REYNOLDS CO.,MO. Moses Ekel Adams, born in Adams Hollow, son of George and Charlotte Carty Adams, was the tenth of 11 children. Smallpox struck the family in 1862, Moses's parents, a brother and a sister died from the disease. Moses was taken in at the age of ten by James Dobbins, who owned a farm on the Black River near the point where the three forks of Black River run together. He got his board which included a place to stay and what he ate, his washing done, his work clothes furnished and $5.00 a month in cash to spend the way he wanted. He had a horse to use on his own free time.
When Moses got married to Mallissie Hamlet Campbell from Belleview, Missouri, he had saved $100.00 which he had in $1.00 bills. He bought 40 acres of land near Lesterville, Missouri, located near the mouth of the valley known as the Adams Branch. It was mostly woodland at the time and it had a good spring on it. Mose paid $25.00 for the 40 acres of land. It was custom at that time for the parents to give their children something when they got married and since Mose had lived with James Dobbins, he gave Mose a team of mules. They were hand-picked by Mose. Their names were Beck and Betty, Dobbins also gave him a cow and a sow to get a start of livestock. The land had a good stock of timber on it. He cut logs to build a house to live in and a barn for his livestock. All this work was done by him, his wife and children. The buildings were constructed about the year 1875. These rememberances were written by grandson Ray R Adams

He was married to MALLISSIE HAMLET CAMPBELL on 12 Sep 1875. MALLISSIE HAMLET CAMPBELL was born on 19 Nov 1858. She was buried in 1924 in RAYFIELD CEMETARY, REYNOLDS CO.,MO. She died on 17 Nov 1924 in REYNOLDS CO, MO. MOSES EKEL ADAMS and MALLISSIE HAMLET CAMPBELL had the following children:

+100 i. B MONTIE ADAMS.
+101 ii. ADA BELLE ADAMS.
+102 iii. MARY ETTA ADAMS.
+103 iv. HATTIE ADAMS.
+104 v. GEORGE III ADAMS.
+105 vi. JAMES OLIVER (OLLIE) ADAMS.