He was born at Ft. Crook while his father was stationed there.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 June 1920
Dies in Auto Wreck on Belt Road When Steer Gear Breaks
Dr. Francis J. Adams, 103 Third avenue north, was killed and Sister Edgar, superior of the Saint Thomas orphans home, suffered severe bruises about the body, when the car in which they were returning to Great Falls last night from a picnic at Belt turned turtle about ten miles from the city. Four other sisters from the orphans home, who were also in the car were uninjured. The party had been to a picnic Wednesday afternoon, which had been given by some of the nurses of Great Falls hospitals. They began the return trip from that place shortly after dark. When a few miles out from Belt, the steering gear became loosened and Dr. Adams went to a nearby farmhouse and sent a call to Great Falls for an auto mechanic to fix the car. Becoming impatient, he repaired the car the best he could and again began his journey to this city. About ten miles from Great Falls, a rear tire burst and the car swerved out of the track and rolled over the embankment, pinning Dr. Adams beneath it. Four of the sisters were able to extricate themselves from the machine, but were unable to get Sister Edgar away from it. It was not until the mechanic from Great Falls reached the scene that she was released, but her injuries were so slight that she was not taken to the hospital here.
The mechanic was unable to release Dr. Adams and went to Hikey ranch for aid. When finally taken from beneath the car he was dying, and lived only a few minutes. He was unconscious when released.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was a western man, born at Fort Crook, Calif., Dec. 16, 1859. He was the son of John Adams, who was in every sense a military man, having been sent to West Point from Tennessee where he gained high honors, having served through the war with Mexico with General Scott, being promoted to first lieutenant after the battle of Cherubusco and being made a captain after the fall of Monterey. After the Mexican war he served with the first cavalry against the Indians through the southwest and in 1861 he returned to Tennessee and served as chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was graduated from Georgetown college in 1881 and for several years was acting assistant surgeon in the regular army stationed at Fort Hamilton, L.I., and Fort Adams, Newport. In 1883 he was transferred to Montana and in 1887 was ordered to join an expedition on the staff of Gen. Ruger against the Crow Indians. He remained in the service until the close of 1887 being stationed at Fort Assiniboine.
The same year he became an assistant instructor in a post-graduate school at St. Louis but resigned this in 1889 and came to Fort Benton where he associated with Dr. Atkinson until 1890 when he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Conrad, a daughter of Col. J. W. Conrad of Virginia, and thereupon removed to Great Falls where he had since made his home.
In 1893 he assisted in the erection of the first hospital in Great Falls, which later was sold to Columbus hospital, and for several years thereafter he was surgeon for that institution. In 1896 he organized a training school for nurses in connection with the hospital, the first to be organized in the state.
In 1898 he was surgeon with a rank of major, of the First Montana Volunteers, formed for service in the Spanish war and he served in the Philippines on the staffs of Generals Wheaton, Otis and Funston, and was promoted to brigade surgeon. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Palo, March 25, 1898, and in October 1899 he returned to the United States and resumed his practice in this city. Dr. Adams volunteered in the medical service of the national army during the recent war and served with the rank of major in this country but did not get into the overseas service.
Contributor: cara (47072115)
There is one error in this obituary, it was not John Adams who was chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee, it was his father-in-law Dr. Charles McDougall. John Adams became a Brigadier General in the Confederate army and died at the Battle of Franklin in November 1864.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 June 1920
Dies in Auto Wreck on Belt Road When Steer Gear Breaks
Dr. Francis J. Adams, 103 Third avenue north, was killed and Sister Edgar, superior of the Saint Thomas orphans home, suffered severe bruises about the body, when the car in which they were returning to Great Falls last night from a picnic at Belt turned turtle about ten miles from the city. Four other sisters from the orphans home, who were also in the car were uninjured. The party had been to a picnic Wednesday afternoon, which had been given by some of the nurses of Great Falls hospitals. They began the return trip from that place shortly after dark. When a few miles out from Belt, the steering gear became loosened and Dr. Adams went to a nearby farmhouse and sent a call to Great Falls for an auto mechanic to fix the car. Becoming impatient, he repaired the car the best he could and again began his journey to this city. About ten miles from Great Falls, a rear tire burst and the car swerved out of the track and rolled over the embankment, pinning Dr. Adams beneath it. Four of the sisters were able to extricate themselves from the machine, but were unable to get Sister Edgar away from it. It was not until the mechanic from Great Falls reached the scene that she was released, but her injuries were so slight that she was not taken to the hospital here.
The mechanic was unable to release Dr. Adams and went to Hikey ranch for aid. When finally taken from beneath the car he was dying, and lived only a few minutes. He was unconscious when released.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was a western man, born at Fort Crook, Calif., Dec. 16, 1859. He was the son of John Adams, who was in every sense a military man, having been sent to West Point from Tennessee where he gained high honors, having served through the war with Mexico with General Scott, being promoted to first lieutenant after the battle of Cherubusco and being made a captain after the fall of Monterey. After the Mexican war he served with the first cavalry against the Indians through the southwest and in 1861 he returned to Tennessee and served as chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was graduated from Georgetown college in 1881 and for several years was acting assistant surgeon in the regular army stationed at Fort Hamilton, L.I., and Fort Adams, Newport. In 1883 he was transferred to Montana and in 1887 was ordered to join an expedition on the staff of Gen. Ruger against the Crow Indians. He remained in the service until the close of 1887 being stationed at Fort Assiniboine.
The same year he became an assistant instructor in a post-graduate school at St. Louis but resigned this in 1889 and came to Fort Benton where he associated with Dr. Atkinson until 1890 when he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Conrad, a daughter of Col. J. W. Conrad of Virginia, and thereupon removed to Great Falls where he had since made his home.
In 1893 he assisted in the erection of the first hospital in Great Falls, which later was sold to Columbus hospital, and for several years thereafter he was surgeon for that institution. In 1896 he organized a training school for nurses in connection with the hospital, the first to be organized in the state.
In 1898 he was surgeon with a rank of major, of the First Montana Volunteers, formed for service in the Spanish war and he served in the Philippines on the staffs of Generals Wheaton, Otis and Funston, and was promoted to brigade surgeon. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Palo, March 25, 1898, and in October 1899 he returned to the United States and resumed his practice in this city. Dr. Adams volunteered in the medical service of the national army during the recent war and served with the rank of major in this country but did not get into the overseas service.
Contributor: cara (47072115)
There is one error in this obituary, it was not John Adams who was chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee, it was his father-in-law Dr. Charles McDougall. John Adams became a Brigadier General in the Confederate army and died at the Battle of Franklin in November 1864.
He was born at Ft. Crook while his father was stationed there.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 June 1920
Dies in Auto Wreck on Belt Road When Steer Gear Breaks
Dr. Francis J. Adams, 103 Third avenue north, was killed and Sister Edgar, superior of the Saint Thomas orphans home, suffered severe bruises about the body, when the car in which they were returning to Great Falls last night from a picnic at Belt turned turtle about ten miles from the city. Four other sisters from the orphans home, who were also in the car were uninjured. The party had been to a picnic Wednesday afternoon, which had been given by some of the nurses of Great Falls hospitals. They began the return trip from that place shortly after dark. When a few miles out from Belt, the steering gear became loosened and Dr. Adams went to a nearby farmhouse and sent a call to Great Falls for an auto mechanic to fix the car. Becoming impatient, he repaired the car the best he could and again began his journey to this city. About ten miles from Great Falls, a rear tire burst and the car swerved out of the track and rolled over the embankment, pinning Dr. Adams beneath it. Four of the sisters were able to extricate themselves from the machine, but were unable to get Sister Edgar away from it. It was not until the mechanic from Great Falls reached the scene that she was released, but her injuries were so slight that she was not taken to the hospital here.
The mechanic was unable to release Dr. Adams and went to Hikey ranch for aid. When finally taken from beneath the car he was dying, and lived only a few minutes. He was unconscious when released.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was a western man, born at Fort Crook, Calif., Dec. 16, 1859. He was the son of John Adams, who was in every sense a military man, having been sent to West Point from Tennessee where he gained high honors, having served through the war with Mexico with General Scott, being promoted to first lieutenant after the battle of Cherubusco and being made a captain after the fall of Monterey. After the Mexican war he served with the first cavalry against the Indians through the southwest and in 1861 he returned to Tennessee and served as chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was graduated from Georgetown college in 1881 and for several years was acting assistant surgeon in the regular army stationed at Fort Hamilton, L.I., and Fort Adams, Newport. In 1883 he was transferred to Montana and in 1887 was ordered to join an expedition on the staff of Gen. Ruger against the Crow Indians. He remained in the service until the close of 1887 being stationed at Fort Assiniboine.
The same year he became an assistant instructor in a post-graduate school at St. Louis but resigned this in 1889 and came to Fort Benton where he associated with Dr. Atkinson until 1890 when he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Conrad, a daughter of Col. J. W. Conrad of Virginia, and thereupon removed to Great Falls where he had since made his home.
In 1893 he assisted in the erection of the first hospital in Great Falls, which later was sold to Columbus hospital, and for several years thereafter he was surgeon for that institution. In 1896 he organized a training school for nurses in connection with the hospital, the first to be organized in the state.
In 1898 he was surgeon with a rank of major, of the First Montana Volunteers, formed for service in the Spanish war and he served in the Philippines on the staffs of Generals Wheaton, Otis and Funston, and was promoted to brigade surgeon. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Palo, March 25, 1898, and in October 1899 he returned to the United States and resumed his practice in this city. Dr. Adams volunteered in the medical service of the national army during the recent war and served with the rank of major in this country but did not get into the overseas service.
Contributor: cara (47072115)
There is one error in this obituary, it was not John Adams who was chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee, it was his father-in-law Dr. Charles McDougall. John Adams became a Brigadier General in the Confederate army and died at the Battle of Franklin in November 1864.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 June 1920
Dies in Auto Wreck on Belt Road When Steer Gear Breaks
Dr. Francis J. Adams, 103 Third avenue north, was killed and Sister Edgar, superior of the Saint Thomas orphans home, suffered severe bruises about the body, when the car in which they were returning to Great Falls last night from a picnic at Belt turned turtle about ten miles from the city. Four other sisters from the orphans home, who were also in the car were uninjured. The party had been to a picnic Wednesday afternoon, which had been given by some of the nurses of Great Falls hospitals. They began the return trip from that place shortly after dark. When a few miles out from Belt, the steering gear became loosened and Dr. Adams went to a nearby farmhouse and sent a call to Great Falls for an auto mechanic to fix the car. Becoming impatient, he repaired the car the best he could and again began his journey to this city. About ten miles from Great Falls, a rear tire burst and the car swerved out of the track and rolled over the embankment, pinning Dr. Adams beneath it. Four of the sisters were able to extricate themselves from the machine, but were unable to get Sister Edgar away from it. It was not until the mechanic from Great Falls reached the scene that she was released, but her injuries were so slight that she was not taken to the hospital here.
The mechanic was unable to release Dr. Adams and went to Hikey ranch for aid. When finally taken from beneath the car he was dying, and lived only a few minutes. He was unconscious when released.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was a western man, born at Fort Crook, Calif., Dec. 16, 1859. He was the son of John Adams, who was in every sense a military man, having been sent to West Point from Tennessee where he gained high honors, having served through the war with Mexico with General Scott, being promoted to first lieutenant after the battle of Cherubusco and being made a captain after the fall of Monterey. After the Mexican war he served with the first cavalry against the Indians through the southwest and in 1861 he returned to Tennessee and served as chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee.
Dr. Francis J. Adams was graduated from Georgetown college in 1881 and for several years was acting assistant surgeon in the regular army stationed at Fort Hamilton, L.I., and Fort Adams, Newport. In 1883 he was transferred to Montana and in 1887 was ordered to join an expedition on the staff of Gen. Ruger against the Crow Indians. He remained in the service until the close of 1887 being stationed at Fort Assiniboine.
The same year he became an assistant instructor in a post-graduate school at St. Louis but resigned this in 1889 and came to Fort Benton where he associated with Dr. Atkinson until 1890 when he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Conrad, a daughter of Col. J. W. Conrad of Virginia, and thereupon removed to Great Falls where he had since made his home.
In 1893 he assisted in the erection of the first hospital in Great Falls, which later was sold to Columbus hospital, and for several years thereafter he was surgeon for that institution. In 1896 he organized a training school for nurses in connection with the hospital, the first to be organized in the state.
In 1898 he was surgeon with a rank of major, of the First Montana Volunteers, formed for service in the Spanish war and he served in the Philippines on the staffs of Generals Wheaton, Otis and Funston, and was promoted to brigade surgeon. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Palo, March 25, 1898, and in October 1899 he returned to the United States and resumed his practice in this city. Dr. Adams volunteered in the medical service of the national army during the recent war and served with the rank of major in this country but did not get into the overseas service.
Contributor: cara (47072115)
There is one error in this obituary, it was not John Adams who was chief surgeon of the Army of the Tennessee, it was his father-in-law Dr. Charles McDougall. John Adams became a Brigadier General in the Confederate army and died at the Battle of Franklin in November 1864.
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