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Rial Armel Adair
1870 - 1938

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• Birth	23 Aug 1870	Henderson Co., Texas
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Sep 1938	Leagueville Cem., Henderson Co., Texas   [1]
  Buried	21 Sep 1938	Leagueville Cemetery, Henderson Co., Tx.
  Person ID	I0087	J. Purifoy Adair8
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	William Wesley Adair,   b. Jun 1847, Mississippi ,   d. 1907, Leagueville Cem., Henderson Co.,Texas
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Alameda E. Watkins,   b. Jun 1847, Alabama ,   d. 1904, Choctow Co., Oklahoma
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	2 Nov 1869	Anderson County, Texas
  Family ID	F03	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Claudia Ophelia Burgamy,   b. 25 Mar 1873, Georgia ,   d. 14 Jul 1916, Leagueville Cem., Henderson Co., Texas
  Married	21 Oct 1900	Texas
  Children	1. J. Purifoy Adair,   b. 29 Dec 1915, Henderson Co., Texas ,   d. 18 Jul 1988, Tyler, Texas, Smith Co. Buried Leagueville Cem.
  Family ID	F02	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Rial lived with the Charlie Broyles family until marrying Claudia. New Hope Baptist Church Records, Henderson County, Texas, shows: Rial Adair Name of member How and when joined - Exp. & Bapt. Sept. 1887 How dismissed - Exc. - March 1999 First Note: Letter dated 11/1972 from Aunt Avis Adair 1. Rial did not want to talk about Molly's death 2. Questions had to be asked of him before he would give any infomation 3. Rial was very bitter with the Freemans, the relatives of Molly, for taking Connie away 4. The Freemans' kidnapped Connie and took him into Louisiana and into t he "cane breaks." 5. Rial went to Louisiana and stole him back 6. Connie was "stolen" while Rial was at work 7. Rial followed them but lost their tracks in the river (or branch of wa ter) 8. Rial hunted them for years 9. He was told by someone where he could find Connie 10. Rial went to a place near New Orleans in the cane breaks where the Freeman's lived 11. Connie had been left with a family 12. Rial let Connie live with the Charlie Broyles (Rial's Aunt Mary's hus band) until he married Claudia Ophelia Burgamy Belcher 13. Avis answered an ad in the "lost relatives column" which had stated that they were wanting to know the whereabouts of Rial and his son Connie - the ad was signed by Charles Freeman 14. Mr. Charles Freeman and his son can to visit Rial from Texarkana, Ark. 15. Rial and Charles cried and hugged when they met 16. Rial and Charles corresponded for some time. 1900 Federal Census Henderson Co., Tx., ED 59 image 21 ancestry.com Adair, William P.6/187426Tx.Tx.Tx " Mary E.1/187822Tx.Tx.Tx. " George W.8/1895 4Tx.Tx.Tx. (son) " William F.3/1897 2Tx.Tx.Tx. (son) " Henry A.2/1899 1Tx.Tx.Tx. (son) " Rily A.8/187029 Tx.Tx.Tx.(brother, widower) " Coney9/1894 5Tx.Tx.Ga. (nephew) 1910 Federal Census of Henderson County, Texas District 16, page 8B (image 16 on Ancestry.com) Enumerated April 27, 1910 Adair, Rial age 37 B: TX. Fath. Ms. Moth. Ala. " Claudia O.age 37 B: Ga. Fath. Ga. Moth. Ga. " Connie (son)age 15 B: Tx. Fath. Tx. Moth. Ga. " Lela M. (dau.)age 7 B: Tx. " Armel (son) age 7/12 B: Tx. Belcher, Orrie M. (stepson) age 17 B: Tx. Fath. Tx. Moth. Ga. " Lou E. (stepdaughter) age 13 B: Tx. Fath. Tx. Moth. Ga. Burgamy, Talula (mother-in-law) age 64 B: Ga. Fath. Ga. Moth. Ga. 1920 Federal Census of Henderson County, Texas Prec. 4, E.D. 21, p. 2b Enumerated January 9, 1920 Adair, Rial49 years " Lela May16 years " Armel 9 years " J. P. 4 years & 1/12 mos. ITEM IN LEAGUEVILE NEW, SEPTEMBER 26, 1938, HENDERSON CO. TX. The deth angel has visited in our community since our last report and clai med for its victim, Mr. R. A. Adair and "Aunt" Betty Barton. Funeral serv ices for Mr. Adair were conducted on Thursday afternoon with Rev. Roy Gib bs of Chandler in charge, interment folowing the local cemetery. He had b een missing since Monday afaternoon but is body was not discovered until W ednesday. Death was attributed to heart trouble. "Uncle" Rial, as he w as familiarly known, was loved and respected by all who knew him and wi ll be greatly missed by everyone. A large number of relatives mourn his l oss. He had long been a member of the Methodist Church. ITEM IN NEWSPAPER REGARDING DEATH Athens Weekly Review Thursday, September 29,1938 MISSING THREE DAYS BROWNSBORO MAN IS FOUND DEAD After being absent from the home of his son for three days, the bo dy of R. A. Adair, 67, of near Brownsboro, was found late Wedensday aftern oon on the farm of his son, A. G. Adair, in the Brownsboro communit y. He was a brother of Dewitt Adair of Athens. The body of the aged Henderson county citizen was found by his daughter-in -law, Mrs. A. G. Adair, who was a member of a searching party. Deceased was last seen alive on Monfday afternoon but no search was starat ed immediately as he frequently visited other relatives in the vicinity. The body was found in a field where he had been clearing ground. Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at the Leaguevil le cemetery with Rev. Roy Gibbs, past of the First Methodist Church of Cha ndler, in charge. He is survived by three sons, A. G., C. A., and J.P. Adair, all of near Br ownsboro; one daughter, Mrs. Lela May Richardson, of Brownsboro; three bro thers, Price Adair, Brownsboro; Dewitt Adair, Athens, and Charles Adair.




• Sources

  [S24984] Tombstone Leagueville Cem, Henderson Co., Texas.