- Florence E. Adams
After an illness of four months, Miss Florence E. Adams, ALCM, passed away in her sleep at the Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, Ontario, Tuesdday morning, May 21st, 1968.
Miss Adams was the ddaugher of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M. Adams of Adamsville (now Glen Tay) where she was born on March 25, 1883. Her paternal grandparents were Captain and Mrs. Joshua Adams, who with their respective parents and families, emigrated to Canada from the New England States in 1798, settling in leeds County some twenty miles north of Brockville. his branch of the Adams family were Loyalists and wer very much opposed to the Revolutionary War of 1775, the successful conclusion of which made their life most unpleasant and untenable.
Other branches of the Adams family, notagly John Adams and John Quincy Adams, were active and strong advocates of Independence and played a proinent part in the formation of the United States of America as Presidents of their country. Captain Joshua Adams' ancestry goes back to the Mayflower and beyond, the family having its origin in Devonshire, England.
During the war of 1812, Joshua Adams received a Captain's commission and was also adjutant of his regiment and he fought against his former compatriots. The sword he used in this war is in the pssession of his great-grandson, Eric M. Sabiston. After the war he disposed of his land holdings in Leeds County and for his military services was given a substantial grant of land on the Tay River, at what is now known as Glen Tay. He built and operated saw mills and grist mills and built a very active and thriving settlement which was known as Adamsville. His son-in -law, Henry Moorhouse, carried on the saw and grist mills to which was added a woollen mill. Captain Adams was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1820 and in 1850 an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of Common Law for Upper Canada.
Miss Adams was the last member of her immediate family having been predeceased by her brothers, Carroll in 1960 and Evarts in 1962 and by two half-sisters. She was an accomplished musician and upon graduation from the London (Eng.) College of Music, taught pianoforte in the Perth district and for several years in Montreal. In the 1920's she assumed a responsible postion in the Accounting Department of the Head Office of the Canadian National Railways and continued until her retirement in 1948.
She was a faithful and actie member of Fairmount - St Giles United Church in Montreal. She took a keen interest in the work of the Sunday School, serving for many years as teacher and Superintendent. Upon her return to live in Perth she transferred her membership to St. Paul's United Church. Egery Snday, regardless of weather and health permitting, found her in her favourite pew in Church. She was an active memger in the United Churh Women's organization.
The funeral service wa held in the chapel of Blair and Son and was conducted by the Reverend G.M. Richardson, BA, BD, STM, who spoke very feelingly of the great influence Miss Adams had on his life. The service was well attended, the mourners being her cousins, Mrs. Jean Wartman, Kingston, Ontario; Mrs. J.N. Clark and Mr. Haold mcLaren, Montreal and Mr. and Mrs Eric M. Sabiston and family.
The pallbearers were Mayor Scott Burchell, Arthur Thornbury, Walter Cameron, Peter Sinclair, Charles Hanna and Harry Viser. Interment was made in the family plot, Elmwood Cemetery, Perth.
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1883 - Abt 1968 (84 years)
