Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-13
Oh. deem not they are blest alone
Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep,
The Power, who pities man, hath shown
A blessing for the eyes that weep,

How truthfullJ the words of the
poet come back to us Of the Reporter
and Farmer; only Monday w. S. d.
and j. j. Adams were witnesses at
the demise of their loving, kind and
affectionate father, and I'll. +. Denton
heard of the death of him who was
more than an uncle. In our great
sorrow we have had expressions of
sympathy from many who are near
and dear to us, but none could come
closer and lend that blessing than
those early settlers here in Day and
Marshall counties. Away back in
early eighties j. G. Adams settled in
Marshall county andcame from there
to reside in Webster. He gave to
this northeastern part of South
Dakota ten of the best years Of his
life. With his pen, knowledge of
men and love 70. their welfare he
did much for their fortunes and to
build up the great state of South
Dakota. We deem it today "a
blessing for the eyes that weep"
that SO many people of this section
of the state deeply lament the death
of our father and uncle and say: "To
his advice, we'll followed, is due our
present prosperity, and we mourn
with you his taking off as We have
lost one of our nearest, dearest and
best friends"
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall
be comforted,
We are comiorted in the fact that
from his early days the life of j. G.
Adams was a life Of sacrifice. He
was a soldier in the civil war, first to
prevent the dissolution of this gov
eminent, then to give the negro his
freedom granted by emancipation
proclamation of Abraham Lincoln.
He was an officer in the South dur
ing the reconstruction period and
aided in showing our southern
brothers and leading them to a true
conception of American citizenship.
He located in southwestern Iowa in
the early seventies and assisted in
building up that great state. Later,
when sterling honesty and unswery-
ing purpose RI necessary Tor the
proper groundwork Of South Dakota,
he was one of that colony of early
settlers.
His life was one Of sacrifice and
he has gone to his reward which is
peace eternal.
James Christopher Adams was
born in Bourbon county, Kentucky,
August %, 1887. When a mere
child he removed with his parents to
Clinton, Eli.
AT the age of twelve years, in the
Office of the Clinton Public, he began
his apprenticeship for his life's work
as printer, editor and publisher.
In Clinton in 1859 he married
Miss Elizabeth Denton. Three
children survive this union, w. S. d,
and Josiah j., Of this city, and Mrs.
Maude S. Baker, Of Everett, Wash.
After his marriage he worked at
his trade to support his family, and
attend college. just before time for
him to graduate came Lincoln's first
call for volunteers and he enlisted in
company i, 4lst Illinois Volunteer
Infantry as a private, Served four
years and three months. Served on
detached duty during the siege OF
Vicksburg with the rank Of captain.
During the war was wounded several
times.
After his discharge from the gov
eminent service he acted as city edi-
tor Of the st. Louis Globe, Democrat
for several months.
In 1886 he established the Repub-
Tic at Eureks, FL, which he ran but
a short time when he sold out and
went to Columbus, Miss, where he
conducted one of the three republi-
! can papers which were published in
that state during the reconstruction
period and stumped the state for the
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