Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898.

Dates:
Birth 1811
Death 1898

Biographical notes:

Samuel Adair: Congregational missionary, minister, Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) hospital chaplain. Of Ohio; Dundee, Mich.; Osawatomie, Kan.

Samuel Lyle Adair and Florella (Brown) Adair were born in Ohio and educated at Oberlin College of Ohio. He was a Congregational minister as well as a school principal in Ohio and Michigan. They had 7 children but only 2 survived to adulthood. Samuel was supported as a missionary to the Kansas frontier by the American Missionary Association and moved his family to Kansas in 1854. They settled at Osawatomie in Lykins (now Miami) County in 1855. Samuel organized the First Congregational Church as an anti-slavery church. John Brown, Florella's half-brother, was also in Osawatomie at that time. During the Civil War, Reverend Adair was a chaplain for the U.S. Army at Fort Scott and at Fort Leavenworth. After the war, Samuel helped found the Kansas State Insane Asylum at Osawatomie. He died in Osawatomie.

Florella Adair: half-sister of John Brown (1800-1859). Of Ohio; Dundee, Mich.; Osawatomie, Kan.

Florella died in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1865.

From the description of Samuel Lyle and Florella Brown Adair family collection [microform], 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 62271716

Samuel Adair: Congregational missionary, minister, Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) hospital chaplain. Of Ohio; Dundee, Mich.; Osawatomie, Kan.

Samuel Lyle Adair and Florella (Brown) Adair were born in Ohio and educated at Oberlin College of Ohio. He was a Congregational minister as well as a school principal in Ohio and Michigan. They had seven children but only two survived to adulthood. Samuel was supported as a missionary to the Kansas frontier by the American Missionary Association and moved his family to Kansas in 1854. They settled at Osawatomie in Lykins (now Miami) County in 1855. Samuel organized the First Congregational Church as an anti-slavery church. John Brown, Florella's half-brother, was also in Osawatomie at that time. During the Civil War, Reverend Adair was a chaplain for the U.S. Army at Fort Scott and at Fort Leavenworth. After the war, Samuel helped found the Kansas State Insane Asylum at Osawatomie. He died in Osawatomie.

Florella Adair: half-sister of John Brown (1800-1859), Of Ohio; Dundee, Mich.; Osawatomie, Kan.

Florella died in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1865.

From the description of Samuel Lyle and Florella (Brown) Adair collection, 1831-1921 (bulk 1856-1865). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 49356400

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  • Slavery
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  • African Americans
  • American diaries
  • American letters
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  • Kansas (as recorded)
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  • Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) (as recorded)
  • Ohio (as recorded)
  • Oberlin (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Ohio (as recorded)
  • Hudson (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Osawatomie (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Kansas (as recorded)
  • Leavenworth (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Leavenworth County (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Oberlin (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • Leavenworth (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Miami County (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Osawatomie (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Fort Scott (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Hudson (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • Miami County (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Dundee (Mich.) (as recorded)
  • Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Leavenworth County (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Dundee (Mich.) (as recorded)
  • Fort Scott (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Kansas--Osawatomie (as recorded)
  • Kansas--Osawatomie (as recorded)
  • Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) (as recorded)