Individual Details

Minnie M. ADAMSON

(8 Jan 1872 - 21 Mar 1927)



Cemetery Index gives 1873 for year of Minnie's birth.
Elias was age 30 and Minnie 21, when they applied for license to marry on the 2nd of Jun 1894. They were married on the 3rd by W. B. Johnsey, Clergeman [sic]

Married name was Mussleman by Aug 1898.

They were hard to find in the 1900 Benton Co AR Census. Surname appears to be Hussloma, but the given names assure me this was the correct family.
Ernest, b. Jan 1864, age 36, born in IL. father b. Germany, mother b. IL. Occupation: baker.
Minnie, b. Jan 1873, age 27. Married 5 years. She has had 1 child. Born in Kansas, father b. Ohio, mother b. IN
Ralph, son, b. Feb. 1897. age 3, b. in Arkansas.

1910 Census, Benton Co, AR, Escalupia Twp. This time they got Ernest's given name wrong.
Elias E. Musselman. Age 46. Married once, for 13 years. Born IL, father b. Germany, mother b. IL. Baker by profession.
Minnie A., age 37. She's had 2 children. b. Kansas, parents b. IN
Ralph A., son, age 13, b. AR
Ernestine, daughter, age 9, b. AR

1920 Census, Benton Co AR, Escalupia Twp. Ernest E. was now 56 years old, b. Illinois as were both his parents, Minnie was 46, born in Kansas. Children were Ralph, age 22, Earnestine 18, and Geraldine 9. Ernest was a baker in a bakery, Ralph working as a salesman in the bakery. They lived on S. 4th Street.

Arkansas Death Certificate #54
Mrs. Minnie Mussleman died 21 Nov 1927 of diabetes in Rogers, Benton Co, AR She was married to E. E. Musselman. Born 3 Jan 1874 in Kansas. E. R. Adamson, b. IN was her father. Mary E. Harmon, b. Indiana, her mother. E. E. Mussleman was the informant. Buried Rogers Cemetery.

Events

Birth8 Jan 1872Kansas
Marriage3 Jun 1894Benton County, Arkansas - Elias Ernest Musselman
Death21 Mar 1927Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseElias Ernest Musselman (1864 - 1927)
ChildRalph Adamson Musselman (1897 - 1933)
ChildErnestine Musselman (1901 - 1984)
ChildGeraldine Musselman (1910 - 1987)
FatherENOCH REUBEN ADAMSON (1841 - 1910)
MotherMARY ELIZABETH "Molly" HARMON (1849 - 1912)
SiblingLee Harmon Adamson (1869 - 1949)
SiblingBlanche Adamson (1877 - 1905)
SiblingRAY WEYMOUTH ADAMSON (1884 - 1958)
SiblingClair Donald Adamson (1892 - 1969)

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