Adair
Family
Submitted
on 16 Aug 2003 by Diantha Sarver
George and John Adair were
born in Ontario, Canada, to Alexander
and Rozilla Soles Adair. They
were two of ten children born to this
family. About 1870, the family
immigrated from Canada to Michigan and
by 1880 they were settled in Champaign
Co, Illinois. George and John
remained there on the family farm
until the early 1900's when George
with his bride, Alpha, and John moved
to Crawford Co, MO.
According to Crawford
County and Cuba Missouri
by James Ira Breuer,
"In 1904 the Adair brothers,
John and George, moved to the
valley. Each of them built a
home and a barn. They came from
Illinois and were excellent farmers
and livestock growers. At the
time these young men came to Scotia, a
young lady named Eliza Jane "Lennie"
Harrison was teaching at the Scotia
School which was only a few hundred
yards down the valley from the furnace
works. Lennie was the daughter
of Benjamin Harrison and married John
Adair."
George and Alpha Kemper Adair
had five children born while living at
their Scotia ranch. These
children were: Ward - born 15
Aug 1904, Irene - born about 1906,
Clifford - born August 23, 1909, Anna
- born 19 July 1912, and Thomas - born
2 July 1916.
John and Eliza Jane Harrison
Adair had either 5 or 6 children born
there. These children were
Margaret, Harry, Edith, Ben, and a
child who died young.
These families lived near
Scotia until about 1930. Their
children attended school there.
They seemed to be good friends with
the Pinnell, Walker, and Peetz
families among others.
The story goes that they had
a very prosperous ranch that was debt
free. They had plenty of money
in the bank. When the banks
closed during the depression, they,
like many others, lost their savings
and were unabale to pay their
taxes. Their ranches were sold
for nonpayment of taxes. The two
brothers then took their families and
left the area. John and his
family moved to Washington state and
George and his family eventually
settled in Peoria Co, IL.
I would love to hear from
anyone who remembers anything about
this family.
