Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt Carmel, Wabash County IL
William Denver [Jumbo] Adams
William Denver [Jumbo] Adams Born: 7 Sep 1880 Died: 19 Jan 1941 Plot:
age: 60y 4m 12d; b Lawrence Co IL Where died: Mt Carmel IL Son of: Wiley Blount Adams (Mar 1852 TN-28 Oct 1909 Mt Carmel IL) & Martha Ellen Miller (Sep 1847 IL-21 Feb 1916; m1: Alfred Barnes) both buried Sand Hill Cem Married: 20 Jun 1900 Wabash Nellie Tarpley*; divorced by 1930 Lived at: 1900-10 Mt Carmel 1920-30 Vincennes - Knox Co IN 1940 Mt Carmel IL Children: - Hazel Bennett* (12 Mar 1898 IN m: Philip Hoffee*) -
Estella/Stella (ca 1902 IL m: 18 Aug 1921 Lawrence Co IL Raum Spencer (9 May 1890 Bridgeport IL-10 May 1968 Saline Co IL) -
Eva Pearl* (19 Apr 1903 IL m2: Vern Burgener) -
Ida (ca 1907 IL; m: 2 Feb 1929 Lawrence Co IL Prentiss Clyde Davis; divorced; m2: 17 May 1938 Mt Pleasant MI Virgil V Dowty) -
Naomi Elizabeth* (4 Jul 1909 m: 1935 Irvin Hamm*) -
Lucille A* (1914 IL; m1: ? Broshears; m2: 1939 IN Joseph L Garrett; m3: 1947 James J Baker*);Note: William was a pearl hunter on the Wabash River; sentenced to life in Chester prison for the shooting and murder of Frank Pate; info on ch: Mrs. T. A. (m: Connady res: St Louis) and ? (m: Eugene Garrett res: Mt Carmel IL) and ? (m: Joe Garrett res: Hammond IN) sentenced to life in Chester prison for the shooting and murder of Frank Pate.
* indicates buried with William Denver [Jumbo] Adams in Highland Memorial Cemetery.
About Highland Memorial Cemetery:
Highland Memorial Cemetery, founded in 1916, is the largest cemetery in Wabash County and receives more interments each year than all other cemeteries in the Mt Carmel area. Other cemeteries in Mt Carmel include Sand Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill Cemetery, St Mary's Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery. Burials: 8587 Location: 1827 College Drive, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
