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Tobias Adams¹

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2020

• Tobias Adams was born on 30 May 1850, Rebuck, Northumberland County, PA.²
• He was the son of Nicholas Adams and Elizabeth Schreffler.²
• Tobias Adams married Otttila Bergner.¹
• Tobias Adams died on 8 February 1927, Frackville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 76.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  TOBIAS ADAMS
  Died At The Homse Of His Daughter At Frackville
  Tobias Adams, aged 76, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. J. Griffiths, 236 Washington St., Frackville, on Tuesday. Death was attributed to old age,
  He leaves to survive, four daughters, Mrs. Robt. Smeltz, of Red Cross, Pa. Mrs, Levi Paul, of Dornsife, Pa; Mrs. Rufus Swalm, of Dornsife, and Mrs. Wm. J. Griffiths, at whose home he died, and one son Monroe, of Allentown, a brother, John of Dornsife, also survives.
  He was a former resident of Dornsife, and has made his home with his daughter for the past five months. He was a devout member of the Reformed church. Rev. Schellhase, pastor of St. Peters Reformed church, Frackville, will hold a short service before 7 a. m., Saturday, at the house, at which time the funeral cortege will leave by auto for Dornsife, where services will be held in Hummel's [Himmel's] church, and interment to follow in Hummel's church cemetery. W. A. Nice, of Frackvillle, will be undertaker in charge.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 09 Feb 1927, Wed, Page 3.³
  
• He was buried at Himmel Church Cemetery, Rebuck, Northumberland County, PA.⁴

• Father*: Nicholas Adams²
• Mother*: Elizabeth Schreffler²

Otttila Bergner¹

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2020

• Otttila Bergner is also referred to as Ottile in some sources.^2,3
• She was born on 5 July 1852.³
• She married Tobias Adams, son of Nicholas Adams and Elizabeth Schreffler.¹
• Otttila Bergner died on 2 December 1906, at age 54.³
• She was buried at Himmel Church Cemetery, Rebuck, Northumberland County, PA.³