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Adams, Emma Hortt, 1903-1994

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1903 - 1994

Biographical History

Emma Hortt Adams (1903-1994) was a rancher in Kanab, Utah.

Emma Hortt was born on May 8, 1903, in Fredonia, Arizona, to parents James Henry and Eva Ann Brown Hortt. She attended school in a one-room school house, graduating from 9th grade at age 14. She went to the family ranch every summer to feed calves and pull weeds, but did not particularly like it.

She married Merle V. Adams on May 31, 1920, in Kanab, Utah, where they settled; and set about becoming a cattleman's wife. They had 4 children: John Hortt Adams, Vivian Allen Adams, Emma Jean Adams Crosby, and Merlyn "Pinkie" Adams Esplin.

Adams died on July 8, 1994, in Kanab, Utah.

Citation:
FamilySearch, via WWW, April 28, 2014 (mother is Eva Ann Brown Hortt; married Merle V. Adams on May 31, 1920, in Kanab, Utah; died on July 8, 1994, in Kanab, Utah).

UPB files, April 28, 2014 (Emma Hortt was born on May 8, 1903, in Fredonia, Arizona, to parents James Henry and Eva Ann Hortt; attended school in a one-room school house, graduating from 9th grade at age 14; went to the family ranch every summer to feed calves and pull weeds; married Merle V. Adams; settled in Kanab, Utah; 4 children: John Adams, Vivian Adams, Jean Crosby, and Merlyn Esplin).

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