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Adaline Going[1, 2]
Female 1813 - 1896

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  • Birth  15 May 1813  Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender  Female 
    Alt. Birth  15 May 1813  Fairlee, Orange, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Perry says Waterford or Fairlee.
    Alt. Birth  Abt 1814  Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1880 Census, Adaline Johnson
    Census  1820  Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    US Federal 
    • Adaline is probably living in the household of Hezekiah Martin. She would be about 7 years old in 1820 and there is one female under ten in the household.

      Adaline mentions in her letter to Rhoda Street Rice (it is in the Stearns-LIvingston-Rice Notebook transcription of Perry J Stearns) that she lived with a Mr. Martin after her father died. I found Hezekiah Martin living in St. Johnsbury in 1830 (the only Martin). He is a next door neighbor to Abel Rice. I believe Adaline is in this household. Hezekiah Martin was also in Waterford, Vt in 1820. So he must have known both Abel Rice and the Going family and I am convinced he was the one who took in Adaline. He ran the St. Johnsbury Female Academy in St. Johnsbury later to be renamed the St. Johnsbury Academy. There are quite a few references to him and Abel (and also one of Lester and a Lanson or Lonson and a T.G. Rice) in the book. Abel ran a hotel/tavern and is probably where Lester got his experience as bookkeeper and bartender.
    Census  1830  St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    US Federal 
    • Adaline is probably living in the household of Hezekiah Martin. She would have been about 16-17 years old. There is not a female in that category, but there is one female 10-15. While not conclusive, it is felt that Adaline was living here. Her age may not be know exactly by Mr. Martin or she may have been visiting her mother, but there is no other Martin family in St. Johnsbury in 1830 and Adaline stated she did not leave Mr. Martin's household until she was 18 years old or about May 1831.
    Census  1840  Macoupin County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    US Federal 
    • Adaline is head of the household. Her household consists of 1 female 20-29, 1 female under 5 and one male under 5. Her children are Ellen and Lester. 1 person in engaged in agriculture. Her husband Lester died about a year earlier. Adaline would be about 27 years old.
    Census  1850  Woodburn, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    US Federal 
    • Adeline is 35 and living with her husband W D H Johnson and her children Ellen Rice, 12, Lester Rice, 9, and Edward N Johnson, 2. He is a B Preacher (Baptist?) and owns real property worth $350. Adeline has no occupaiton.
    Census  1860  Greenville, Bond, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    US Federal 
    • WDH is 40 and living with his wife Adaline, 47, and their children Ed M, 12, W.A., 9, John K, 8, and Susan E, 4. WDH is a preacher B (Baptist?), Value of his real estate is $250 and personal property is $500. He was born in England. Adaline was born in Vermont. Their children were all born in Illinois.
    Census  1870  Greenville, Bond, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    US Federal 
    • WDH is 52 and living with his wife Adaline, 57, and their children Edward M, 22, William A, 18 and John K, 16. He is a farmer and owns real property worth $2000 and personal property worth $476. He is a US citizen. Adaline is keeping house.
    Census  1880  Greenville, Bond, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    US Federal 
    • WDH is 62 and living with his wife Adaline, 66, their son John K, 27 and their granddaughter O (probably Ora), 6. He is working as a clergyman. His parents are from England. Adaline is keeping house. Her parents are from Vermont.
    Census  1885  St Libora Precinct, Howard, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Nebraska State 
    • WDH is 67 and living with his wife Adaline, 72, and their son John K, 31 and granddaughter Ora, 11. WDH states his birthplace as Vermont as does Adaline.
    Died  14 Sep 1896  Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 14, 15, 16] 
    Buried  16 Sep 1896  Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    • Crown Hill Cem., Sect. A, Lot 3338.
    Person ID  I997  Stearns Family
    Last Modified  07 Apr 2009 
     
    Father  John Going,   b. 2 May 1780,   d. 23 Apr 1817, Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Sally Story,   b. 3 Jan 1787, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1885, Annisquam, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  16 Mar 1806  Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F489  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Lester Rice, Sr,   b. 22 Jan 1810, Claremont, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1839, Macoupin County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  18 May 1836  Boston, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21] 
    • According to Adaline Going Johnson's letter to Rhoda Street dated Feb 13, 1893 Indianapolis, and transcribed by Perry Jay Stearns, she and Lester were married on May 18, 1836 at the home of Mr. Hosner where Adaline was boarding. "Mrs. Hosmer was an old school teacher of mine in St. Johnsbury".

      It is not entirely certain that they were married in Boston (where the Hosner's lived) or in St. Johnsbury where Lester's parents lived and where other sources say they were married.

      Ahnentafel Report for Adeline Going
      Richard Sherman
      Adeline Going was married to Lester Rice "of Natchez, Mississippi" in Boston in May 1836, according to the May 21, 1836 edition of the "Columbia Centinel." [19]
    Alt. Marraige  18 May 1836  Saint Johnsbury, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Ellen "Nellie" Rice,   b. 11 Nov 1837, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1920, Greenville, Bond, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lester Rice, Jr,   b. 7 Jul 1837, Woodburn, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1924, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  12 Apr 2009 
    Family ID  F487  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  William Dalrymple Horatio Johnson,   b. 23 Nov 1817, Hull, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1887, Saint Libory, Howard, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  15 Nov 1840  Woodburn, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 18, 22] 
    • by Rev R Black

      According to Johnson Bible No. 2: Rev R Blake [3, 17]
    Children 
     1. Robert Dalrymple Johnson,   b. 5 Sep 1844, Woodburn, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1844, Woodburn, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Jane Angelina Johnson,   b. 5 Jul 1846, Winchester, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1847, Winchester, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Edward Miner Johnson,   b. 28 Oct 1847, Winchester, Scott, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1913, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William Addison "Will" Johnson,   b. 9 Aug 1851, Woodburn, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1927, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. John Kendall "Deac" Johnson,   b. 7 Sep 1853, Greenville, Bond, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1947, Baptist Old Peoples Home, 315 Pine St., Maywood, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Susan Elizabeth "Lizzie" Johnson,   b. 3 Sep 1856, Greenville, Bond, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1864, Greenville, Bond, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  24 Feb 2009 
    Family ID  F866  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Her first husband was the Rice who went from Boston to Natchez. They came to Bloomington. He died there soon after leaving 2 children, Ellen and Uncle Lester. They sent a man clear from Bloomington to Chicago but help did not get back soon enough. She moved to Greenville and rented old Sargent House where Uncle Joh now boards. One of her boarders as Wm Dalrymple Horatio Johnson and English man with a big farm who raised his own tobacco and smoked his own pipe. GOS used to help him hang up the tobacco on his farm to cure. They had 3 boys and 1 daughter. Will (oldest) Edward next and John (Deac) was last. The daughter Lizzie was getting meal at the olde fashioned fireplace with crane when dress caught fire and she burned to death. Age about 17 or 18. Will, Ed and Deac Johnson did not care for farm outside of Greenville and all came to Greenville and worked for Chas Ed. in painting business. Will became expert grainer.

      Chas Ed. Had fistula piles and went to clinic at Indianapolis and stayed there for 2 years. He boarded at a boarding house on street right back of circle toward State House - with widow woman who had a daughter. When he returned he told Will about a job he could get and about the boarding place. Will went later, married the daughter. Ed (widower of Lizzie - Chas Eds cousin) also went to Indianapolis and he married a girl there who would not take any interest in Eds daughter Ora.
      Dad bought plaque (which broke) in Indianapolis. When Mary would not take Ora Grandmother Johnson and Dess? [Deak?] took her. For several years, GOS boarded with them in Grand Island until his folks came from Arapahoe.

      The letter from my great grandmother Johnson copied above and the following one from Ora are in possession of Harlow Rice and loaned to GOS to copy.

      (1) Adaline Going was born in Waterford, Vt. May 15, 1813, was married in St. Johnsbury, Vt. To Lester Rice in 1836, day and month not known, (May 18, 1836 is date given in Adaline's letter copied above) (26 years before GOS born) went to Natchez Miss by boat (a trip of 13 weeks says GOS) while there one daughter, Ellen, was born on Nov 11 1837. Sometime after that they moved to Woodburn, Ill. Where a son Lester was born July 1839. Mr. Rice died there when the baby was about 6 months old, I believe, then Mrs. Rice married W.D.H. Johnson also of Woodburn, on Nov. 15, 1840. They had four sons and two daughters and Mrs. Johnson died in Indianapolis Ind. Sept 14, 1896, at the age of 83 years, 4 months. Her father was Mr. Going who was born May 2, 1780 and her mother was Sally Woodbury or Sally Story, I am not sure which but am almost positive it was Woodbury. (GOS thinks it was Story)

      Ora's letter continued: She (Sally) was born Jan 3, 1787. They had six children, five girls and one boy. Hannah, Sally, Mary, Lucy, Adaline, and John. Mr. Going died April 23, 1817, when Adaline was four years old. Mrs. Going wasn't able to support children so put them out among different people and sewed to make her living. I think she kept the baby herself. The children all lived to be over 8 except Lucy who died when she was 4 years old, and I think Hannah was not so old but was married and had children. Adaline was bound out to a Mrs. Martin of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Who I think kept boarders, and Adaline was with her for several years, possibly till she was married, although I think Mrs. Going got the children all home again after she was married again to a Mr. Lane. Mrs. Lane died in Lanesville, Mass Nov 24, 1885 at the age of 98 years 10 mos and 21 days. I think that is the most of grandmas history that would be needed for the family tree. She said that she had one grandfather and grandmother that lived to

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      Be over 100. One of them was 104. I don't know anything about Mr. Rice only they were married in St. Johnsbury and she said they were engaged when she was 17 and married when she was 23. I think he lived there but after they were engaged he went south and worked for several years then came back and married her and I think grandma sewed for her living, made neck stocks on ties for a while, so she must have left Mrs Martins before that. I have heard her say that Mrs. Martin took her on horseback from Waterford to St. Johnsbury (about 15 miles) and how sick she was. Poor little four year old baby to be taken away from her mother and the other children. How I pity her. I guess Mrs Martin was good to her, but she made her work very hard. I guess she sent her to school part of the time, but she always had to work when she was at home. I don't know how she and Mr. Rice got acquainted, whether he lived in St. Johnsbury, or he may have boarded at Mrs. Martins. She used to say that Mrs. Martin played the flute and was a good musician. [Lester Rice played the flute in the Handel and Hayden society. He was a charter member of that socieity. Deak and Lester Rice both played the flute. GOS says Uncle Lester

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      Was a very good player but he does not believe Deak Johnson was so good. One or the other had a flute made out of ivory instead of ebony (Letter cont.). I think she left Mrs. Martin after she was engaged. I guess she had to quit because the work was too hard and her health was giving out. She was married and they went to Natchez right away. She was seasick all the time, and they were on the water for six weeks, and she said she was so sick that she didn't care how soon the vessel went to the bottom. I guess they had some bad storms while they were out, of course they had to use sails instead of steam and I guess it was an awful trip. They sailed from Boston and went clear around the end of Florida through the gulf and up the Mississippi river. Un.Rice was book keeper I believe in a big hotel there. Of course it was during the slavery times and she used to tell how the hotel keeper would tread the slaves. She said Mr. Rice would come in sometimes (they had rooms in the hotel) and say, now Adaline stay in your room for they are going to whip one of the slaves. It used to make her blood boil the way they treated the slaves. She said the colored folks all liked her for she always treated them well. She said they used to laugh

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      About her name and say it was going done gone when she was married. I think they got tired of seeing the slaves abused so was the reason they came north again. I don't know how they came to decide on Illinois. I guess it took about all their money to get there and I don't know how long they were there before Mr. Rice died, nor whether he could get any work or not but I know they had an awful hard time of it. She said they lived on corn meal till she got so she hated the sight of it. She said she wanted a barrel of flour so bad that she didn't know what to do and when Uncle Lester was born she said he had perfect little barrel hoops and all on one cheek, and it showed for years. Mr. Rice was sick a good while. I think he had intermittent fever. I guess it nearly killed her when he died. She didn't stay single long but said she had the two little children and needed help to support them so she took grandpa. I suppose they were all acquainted before Mr. Rice died as grandpa and his first wife lived in Woodburn too. His wife died in April 1840 and his baby in Sept. I am not sure but what grandma kept his baby for him after his wife died. The baby was only 11 days old when his wife died. She always said she thought a good deal more of Mr. Rice

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      Than she did of grandpa, although she thought lots of him too. She always had to work hard and was poor, and they moved around so much that she said she got so she was satisfied wherever she was. She was always cheerful and made the best of everything. She always said things were easier for her after she took me, for after that grandpa would get up and build the fires and do lots of things that he never did before so she could take care of me, then of course when I got old enough I took all the work off of her and she did have things easy. She didn't do anything except wash the dishes, dust, sew or read for the last three years of her life, and didn't do them unless she wanted to. She surely was one of the best women that ever lived. If you want to know more about Mr. Rice you might find out something by writing to the county clerk at St. Johnsbury. That is a county seat. I got most of these dates from old letters that grandma's sister Sally wrote about the time we came here. She spoke of her own marriage but not of grandmas. There were a few items in our old Bible, but it belonged to the Johnsons and was mostly about them. Notice she spelled her name Adaline instead of Adeline. She did that because some boy used to call her Ad e line and emphasized

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      The e so she got to hate it. If you want to know anything else let me know and I will try to help you. Ora


      GOS went to Cape Ann to help his grandmother Johnson and Ora with their baggage. It was his mother's idea he thinks. They stayed on and he came back alone. Ora was not much past babyhood at the time. [15]
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S109] Dale Leyse Pedigree, (is-dbs.jpg).

    2. [S966] Perry J Stearns Pedigrees, (From David B. Stearns genealogy files, Las Vegas, Nevada Copied March 9-14, 2005).

    3. [S633] Johnson, WDH Family Bibles, (Sent to David B. Stearns, Jr by Ann Virginia Pike June 22, 2008).

    4. [S545] Correspondence: Perry J Stearns, (Collection of letters from and to Perry Jay Stearns copied from Dave Stearns files in Las Vegas, NV March 9, 2005), Letter to Mrs. Hebel, Mar 1944 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S652] 1820 US Census: Martin, Hezekiah - Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: M33_127; Page: 453; Image: 86. Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1820. M33, 142 rolls.).

    6. [S643] Town of St Johnsbury VT, (The Town of St Johnsbury VT A review of One Hundred Twenty-Five Years to the Anniversary Pageant 1912 By Edward T. Fairbanks St. Johnsbury The Cowles Press MCMXIV).

    7. [S653] 1830 US Census: Martin, Hezekiah - St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: 187; Page: 340. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1830. M19, 201 rolls.).

    8. [S649] 1840 US Census:.

    9. [S601] 1850 US Census:Johnson, W D H - Woodburn, Macoupin, Illinois, (Image Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Woodburn, MacOupin, Illinois; Roll: M432_118; Page: 291; Image: 337.).

    10. [S651] 1860 US Census: Johnson, WDH - Bond County, Illinois, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Bond, Illinois; Roll: M653_156; Page: 237; Image: 238. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.).

    11. [S655] 1870 US Census: Johnson, WDH - Greenville, Bond, Illinois, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Greenville, Bond, Illinois; Roll: M593_188; Page: 171; Image: 346. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls.).

    12. [S656] 1880 US Census: Johnson, WDH - Greenville, Bond, Illinois, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Greenville, Bond, Illinois; Roll: T9_176; Family History Film: 1254176; Page: 226.3000; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 0092. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls.).

    13. [S657] 1885 Nebraska State Census: Johnson, WDH - St Libora Precinct, Howard, Nebraska, (Ancestry.com. Nebraska State Census, 1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Schedules of the Nebraska State Census of 1885. M352. RG029. 56 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.).

    14. [S613] Stearns Family Bible, (Family Bible - given by Aunt Mary to Uncle John and by him to Frank and / or Aline. Probably transcribed by Perry J. Stearns, no date.).

    15. [S618] Stearns-Rice-Livingston Notebook, Perry J Stearns, (Handwritten notebook in possession of David Stearns, Jr. Written in the late 1930's and early 1940's by Perry J Stearns based on interviews with his father and transcriptions of various family letters.).

    16. [S658] Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920: Johnson, Adeline, (Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941. Source location: County Board of Health, Indianapolis Source notes: The source of this record is the book H-6 on page 157 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.).

    17. [S632] Correspondence: Pike, Ann Virginia.

    18. [S634] Ahnentafel Report for Adeline Going, Richard Sherman, (Send to David Stearns by Richard Sherman email May 2, 2008).

    19. [S618] Stearns-Rice-Livingston Notebook, Perry J Stearns, (Handwritten notebook in possession of David Stearns, Jr. Written in the late 1930's and early 1940's by Perry J Stearns based on interviews with his father and transcriptions of various family letters.), Page 28 - Letter from Adaline Johnson to Rhoda Street - Feb 13, 1893. (Reliability: 3).

    20. [S1173] Perry Stearns - Correspondence, (Copied from Dave Stearns files March 9, 2005), Mrs Hebel, Mar 16, 1944 (Reliability: 3).

    21. [S2696] Marriage Certificate: Rice, Lester and Adaline Going, (City of Boston Registrar).

    22. [S747] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Johnson, W.D.H., ( http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html).

  

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