Lewis, the son of William Henry Adams and Elizabeth E Rhoades, was born in 1861. He married twice: Mary Garrity in 1885 (5 children) and Edith Ione Bushman in 1895 after Mary died.
(Some sources use "Louis". However, pictures on Ancestry.com list the name as "Lewis.")
Sources
↑Marriage:
"Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900"
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Iowa, Select Marriages, 1851-1900. See extended description for original data sources listed by county Ancestry Record 4460 #112703 (accessed 18 September 2022)
Mary A Garrity marriage to Lewis A Adams on 30 Jun 1885 in Guthrie, Iowa.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JX-25Y : 9 March 2021), Lewis Alfred Adams in entry for Ralph P Oliver and Elva Willamene Mchenry, 25 Jun 1934; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,113,651.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8X8-W77 : 9 March 2021), Lewis Adams in entry for Ralph Pete Oliver and Willamene Elva Oliver, 15 Dec 1956; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,358,087.
"Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F334-FX2 : 2 March 2021), Louis A. Adams in entry for Chester C. Sykes and Edith Marie Adams, 30 May 1916; citing Marriage, Kalispell, , Montana, various county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,902,479.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K86B-KBP : 9 March 2021), Lewis Adams in entry for Lionel Dennis Sullivan and Lora Loraine Coe, 31 Jan 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,135,937.
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94484648/lewis-alfred-adams: accessed 18 September 2022), memorial page for Lewis Alfred Adams (9 May 1861–26 Jun 1940), Find A Grave: Memorial #94484648, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Jane A (contributor 47269401).
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