Drummer Oscar L. Adams

Drummer Oscar L. Adams

       From the 1880 Census
Name - Oscar Adams
Aged - 11/12 months
Birth Place - Illinois
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill
Race - White

       From the Ill. Adj't. Gen's. Report
Name - Oscar L. Adams
Unit -

Co. E       3rd Ill. Nat. Guard

Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill.
Enlisted – April 26, 1898
Mustered In – May 7, 1898 at Camp Tanner, Springfield, Ill.
Service History - Left for Chickamauga Park, Georgia May 16,1898 and arrived at Newport News July 24, 1898.   Sailed on board the 'St. Louis' for Puerto Rico.   Dugy in the area of Guayama, Puerto Rico until Nov. 2, 1898.   Embarked on board the 'Roumiai' for New York arriving Nov. 9, 1898.   Ordered to home station vis railroad arriving Nov. 11, 1898.
Mustered Out – Jan. 13, 1898
       Known Actions;
Aug. 2, 1898 – Under fire while landing at Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Aug. 5, 1898 – Battle at Guayama, Puerto Rico
Aug. 8, 1898 – engagement north of Guayama, puerto Rico
Aug. 13, 1898 – Engagement north of Guayama, Puerto Rico

       U.S. Spanish-American War Volunteers Index
Name - Oscar L. Adams

Co. E       3rd Ill. Inft.

Musician

       From the 1920 Census
Name - Oscar Adams
Aged - 40 Years
Birth Place - Illinois
Home in 1920 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 623 Grace street
Race - White
Occupation - Rural Letter Carrier
Home Owned or Rented - Owned
Able to Read - Yes
Able to Write - Yes
Home Free or Mortgaged - Mortgaged
Spouses name - Anna Adams
Spouses Age - 32 Years

       From the US Civil War Pension Index, 1861-1934
Soldier - Oscar L. Adams
Service -

E       3 Ill. Inft.

Date Filed - Oct. 4, 1924
Class - Invalid
Application No. - #1507828
Certificate No. - #1236575
State Filed - Illinois
Remarks - C2,396,500

       From the WWII Draft Registration Records - 1942
Name - Oscar Leonard Adams
Address - 623 Grace street, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Aged - 62 Years
Date of Birth - June 5, 1879
Place of Birth - Elgin, Ill.
Employer - U. S. Post Office, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Name - Oscar L. Adams
Died – July 14, 1945
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin
Location – lot 215, Section 17

       From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Name - Oscar L. Adams
Rank - Musician
Unit

Co. E       3rd Ill. Inft.

War - Spanish-American War
War Years - 1898
Residence - Elgin, Ill.
Record Source - Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans

       From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - Oscar L. Adams
Birth Date - 1879
Death Date - 1945
Cemetery - Bluff City
Burial Place - Elgin, Cook Co., Ill.