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Note from Peggy:

Sarah and Benjamin had a son named William Adams; but the only William I could find in Miller County records was Dr. William H. Adams, a veterinarian, who with his wife and son, lived in north Iberia in the late 1930s and early 40s. He died in 1940 and was buried in the Iberia Cemetery, but his wife and son evidently moved elsewhere because no record of them was found in later records.

I was told by Eugene Keeth, before his death, that he remembered Dr. Adams. He said that one year he was at the Iberia Cemetery during a Memorial Day holiday and he became acquainted with a man who stated he was the son of Dr. Adams and had come to Iberia to visit his father’s grave.

Sarah A. (Long) Adams

(printed in THE MILLER COUNTY AUTOGRAM-SENTINEL in the column, 'WINDOW TO THE PAST', Feb. 28, 2013)

Sarah A. Long was born in Miller County 1 February 1849, a daughter of James and Catherine Long who were early settlers in the Iberia area. The children of James and Catherine included:

1. William Long b. 1839 m. unknown
2. Nicholas Long b. 1841 m. unknown
3. John Long b. 1942 m. unknown
4. George Long b. 1844 m. unknown
5. James Long b. 1846 m. unknown
6. Sarah A. Long 1849-1917 m. Benjamin Franklin Adams

Catherine Long, Sarah’s mother, died in 1849 and her father married his second wife, Harriett Caroline Leonard, circa 1849-50. Sarah was very young when her mother died, so she probably never remembered her.

On January 4, 1866, Sarah married Benjamin Franklin Adams who was born 6 July 1840, a son of Benjamin B. (1797-1870) and Malinda (1798-1876) Adams .

Sarah and Benjamin Adams were parents of several children including:

1. Mary C. Adams 1867-1964 m. George Allen Mace
2. Martha C. Adams 1868-1954 m. James M. Shelton

(Martha & James moved to Oklahoma where both died and are buried there.)
3. George W. Adams 1870-1958 m. Lou Gertrude Gardner
4. James Dawson Adams 1873-1956 m. Della Doran Thompson
5. Rosa Alma Adams 1883-1961 m. Frank Farnham
6. William Adams b. ? d. ?
7. John Frank Adams 1878-1905 m. no record

Sarah Long Adams lived most of her life on her home place near Iberia . Her husband, Benjamin F. Adams, died 21 August 1885 and she remained his widow until her death on July 1, 1917. She was survived by 5 children and several grandchildren. She had been a member of the Iberia Baptist Church and her funeral services were conducted there by Rev. W. D. Crane of Crocker , MO. She was buried beside her husband at Iberia Cemetery .