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Note: MY MOTHER ABOVE ALL ELSE WAS - - A LADY... SHE CAME FROM A WELL TO DO FAMILY "ADAMS" WHO RESIDED IN OKLAHOMA CITY. HER FATHER WAS A CONTRACTOR AND MADE THE FIRST STREETS IN OKLA CITY. HE WAS PAID WITH LAND GIVEN TO HIM WHICH WAS COMPOSED IN PART BY THE J. PAUL GETTY original OIL FIELD AND THE LAND WHERE THE STATE CAPITAL IS NOW LOCATED. HE LET IT GO FOR TAXES IN THE OKLA DEPRESSION AROUND 1918. ELIZABETH CAME TO OKLAHOMA CITY WITH HER MOTHER AND FATHER IN A COVERED WAGON FROM TEXAS. SHE LIVED WITH HER PARENTS AT 1124 N.E. 14TH STREET, OKLA CITY AND WHEN SHE MARRIED JOHN, THEY BUILT A HOUSE AT 1017 N.E. 16TH STREET WHERE BETTY AND BILL WERE BORN. SHE NEXT LIVED AT BETHANY, OK AND THEN PUTNAM CITY, OK. LATER MOVED TO 3601 GRAND BLVD NEXT TO WILL ROGERS PARK IN OK CITY. WHEN JOHN DIED. SHE MOVED FOR A SHORT TIME TO WICHITA, KS AND THEN RETURNED TO OKLA CITY. SHE LATER MOVED TO CLOVIS, NM WHICH WAS HER LAST RESIDENCE. SHE IS BURIED IN ALBQ.,NM AT THE = = = = WHERE SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT TO HER DONE BY THE FAMILY. A VERY TENDER AND LOVING PERSON AND THE BEST OF MOTHERS......
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