I just joined the Perry County, IL, message list, researching the names: ADAMS/HOUSE. Here is the information that I have to share: MY GRANDFATHER John Quincy Adams III Estimated Birth Date: 1890-1891 (this estimation is based on the fact that his 1st child was born in 1918 when his wife was 27 yrs.old) Place of Birth: ? County, Illinois Place of Residence in 1918: Duquoin, Perry County, IL Marriage Date: 1917?(this estimation is based on the fact that his 1st child was born in 1918 Spouse: Myrtle House Children: 3 (2 sons, 1daughter) Estimated Death Date: 1929-1930(this estimation is based on the fact that my father was 3 yrs. old when he died and that my father was born in 1926) Estimated Age at Death: 38-39 yrs. Buried: Perry County, IL (cemetery unknown) Circumstances at Time of Death: It is believed that John Quincy AdamsIII(and possibly his brother)were both killed at the same time, while in the employ of the Southern Illinois Railroad, in a freak electrocution accident while on the job. The Children of John Quincy Adams III and Myrtle House 1st Child: Wayne Edward Adams born: 11Jun1918 birthplace: Duquoin, Perry County, IL died: 21Sep1943 circumstances at time of death: died serving his country during WWII. Was KIA in the Adriatic on a bomber plane. He was a flying mechanic for the big bomber planes in the USArmy Air Force. Joined in 1939. buried: Jefferson Memorial National Cemetery(St. Louis, MO) age at death: 25 yrs. 2nd child: Virginia D. Cole (nee Adams) born: 1924? birthplace: Duquoin, Perry County, IL died: 1969 age at death: 45 yrs.? buried: Lake Charles Memorial Park(St. Louis, MO) 3rd child: Robert Jack Adams (my father) born: 28May1926 birthplace: Duquoin, Perry County, IL(even though his mother, Myrtle(House)Adams, moved to St. Louis around 1929, Robert Jack was left in the care of his grandmother House, in Duquoin, IL, until 1939, when he was 13 yrs old.(he was raised by grandmother House). I am assuming that he moved to St. Louis to live with his mother, Myrtle(House)Adams, in 1939, after the death of his grandmother House) baptised as: Bobby Jack Adams(Baptist) died: 30Jun1995 age at death: 69 yrs. buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery(St. Louis, MO) THE WIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS III(my grandmother) name: Myrtle House born: 1891 married: 1916-1917? divorced: 1928? residence in 1918: Duquoin, Perry County, IL place of birth: ? County, Illinois residence from the late 1920's to 1943: 1265 Hamilton Blvd, St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO occupation: nurse at City Hospital in St. Louis City (no longer exists) date of death: 3?Dec1943(estimated from her burial permit notice in the December 5, 1943 issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch) burial: ? (I have called every cemetery in St. Louis and can't locate her, it may be she was returned to Perry County for burial) If anyone has any information on this family, please contact me: Virginia(Adams)Pierce [email protected]