Phillip William Adams

Surnames: ADAMS, ROGERS, MYERS, PRICE, URQUHART, LEAGUR, SESSIONS, MORGAN, BASS, LILES, GRAY, MORTON, FARNEY, STANLEY, NEELEY, BLACKMAN, BYRD, RACHING

Phillip William Adams, b August 22, 1864, in Kentucky, d February 23, 1939 at Chilton, Falls County, Texas, was a son of Jesse L. and Julia (Rogers) Adams of Kentucky. He married in Falls County, Texas on December 18, 1887 to Rebecca Louisa Myers, b October 7, 1868 in Anderson County, Texas, d July 30, 1959 at Chilton, Texas, a daughter of Jarett Myers b September 8, 1824, d April 2, 1874 in the Carolina Community of Falls County) and his wife Mary (Price) Myers, who moved to Oklahoma after her husband's death.

After Phillip William and Rebecca Louisa married, the couple had no money, but got advance provisions to make a crop. He bought a two dollar cook stove and a stock of groceries to set up housekeeping. Their first crop was a success, and during the next thirteen years, they were able to buy land and rear nine of their eleven children. The children, who attended the Chilton School and became prominent members of that community, are nearly all buried in the Chilton Cemetery. They were:

Jessie Dagma Adams, b October 23, 1888, married William Robert Urquhart, b July 22, 1880 in Rama, Alabama, d June 20, 1975 at Chilton, Texas.

Thomas Jefferson Adams, b November 24, 1890 in Chilton, d March 2, 1974 was married to Gladys Wilma League, b December 10, 1894, d October 2, 1960 in Chilton, Texas.

Stewart A. Adams, b April 1, 1893 at Chilton, d January 4, 1972, married first to Mary Jane Sessions, b August 5, 1894 at Durango, d April 25, 1925 when her daughter, Billie Joyce (Adams) Robyn now lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Mary Jane (Sessions) Adams was a daughter of William Washington and Missouri (Liles) Sessions, and a granddaughter of Thomas B. and Martha (Morgan) Sessions of Alabama, and Ephram and Charity (Bass) Liles of Alabama. Stewart A. Adams married a secondly to Myrtle Alice Gray, who graduated from Chilton High School as her class Valedictorian, b December 11, 1903, d February 2, 1969. Myrtle received her high school teaching certificate from the College of Industrial Arts at Denton in 1923.

Bess Adams, b January 28, 1895 at Chilton, d April 28, 1969, was married to Newton Bonard Morton, b June 13, 1895, d January 20, 1973.

Dewey Phillip Adams, b June 6, 1898 at Chilton, d February 22, 1967. Was married to Clyde Ann Farney, b September 14, 1906. After Dewey death, Clyde Ann married a Mr. Stanley. She is an artist who paints in oils, and has used the signatures, "C. A. Adams" and "F. Stanley" on her paintings.

Clayborne William Adams, b September 24, 1900, b February 1982, was married to Wilma Neeley, b November 11, 1910.

Boyd Adams, b June 6, 1904, married Freddie Evelyn Blackman, b February 8, 1907.

Floyd B. Adams, b January 12, 1906, married Alma Lois Byrd, b September 27, 1910.

Mamie Adams, b October 4, 1908, d in September 1979, married Herbert Albert Raching.

Louise Adams (twin of Mamie), b and d October 4, 1908.

Louise Adams (the second), b November 5, 1912 d January 8, 1916.

Some biographies from "Families of Falls County", compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission.
Permission granted To Theresa Carhart by the Falls County Historical Commission, for use on this page.