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Country Today in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

17 Aug 1983

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Country Today

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Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1983

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3

Adams Sisters Claim Pierce County Oldest Farm

Elizabeth and Charlotte Adams Mahler, great granddaughters of Jeremiah Adams, may own Pierce County’s oldest farm a 40 acre parcel on a bluff over the Mississippi. The 300 acre tract holds a 1882 home built by their grandfather Allen, with artifacts from ancient and recent history, and the sisters recall sea Wing victims and Mayflower lineage while continuing to farm and cherish century farm status.

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Mississippi River Pierce County Jeremiah Elizabeth Adams Charlotte Adams Mahler Elizabeth Dolly) Adams Chub Surrey Lake Pepin Sea Wing John Adams U.S Adams Sisters Franklin Pierce Allen Adams Red Wing Minn Charlotte Charles Dolly Ellsworth Century Farm Adams Farm Ednah Henry Marshall Sary Busteads Jeremiah Adams
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Letter From Jeremiah Adams to Allen Adams in 1876

A long letter dated October 8 1876 from Jeremiah Adams in Long Prairie Minnesota to his son Allen and daughter in law Sarah in Hager City Wisconsin. He describes farm yields including potatoes cabbage tomatoes onions and fruit trees planted fifty years earlier, notes bad weather for hay, milk cows and livestock, and mentions health concerns and pension matters for David. He urges support for Hase and Wheeler and asks for ongoing correspondence and news from home.

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Jeremiah Adams Pierce County Mr. Adams Allen Sarah Hager City Long Prairie Minn Wisconsin Illinois Buiss Henry Mary David Sparks Holt
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Hager City Farm Pierce Lincoln University of Minnesota Pittsfield Ill Charlotte Adams Trenton Elizabeths Charlie Vernon Swanson Bay City Allen and St. Paul and Pioneer Press Hase Wheeler J. Adams Wes Chedarrt Are Opay Adams Farm Owners Mary Adams Sarah Adams Allen Adams Charlie Adams
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