In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
HOWARD ADAMS (1903), proprietor of the Hotel Atlantic barber shop, came to Marshall July 20, 1903, from Luverne, Minnesota, where he learned his trade in the barber shops of F. A. Larkin and Eugene Barck. He worked at his trade in Marshall before buying C. W. Eckes' shop in September, 1906. Mr. Adams conducts a well appointed, three-chair tonsorial parlor and enjoys a liberal patronage.
Our subject was born in Oxford Mills, Iowa, September 25, 1881. At the age of eleven years he moved with the family to Luverne and there learned his trade in the local shops. July 1, 1908, occurred the marriage of Howard Adams and Louisa Oestreich at Worthington, Minnesota. She is a native of Iowa. Mr. Adams is prominent in local fraternal orders, being a member of the Elks, Modern Woodmen, Royal Neighbors and Yeomen lodges.
Howard Adams is one of nine children born to S. J. Adams and Anna L. (Brinn) Adams, natives of Pennsylvania and Missouri, respectively. The other children are Ida, Nora, Myrlti, Bud D., Vera, Glenn and Inez. One daughter, Gertrude, is deceased.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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