Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Pinal County, Arizona}}
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| name = Adamsville Cemetery
| image = Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-1.jpg
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| established = May 31, 1894
| country = U.S.
| location = Highway 79 and 287 on Adamsville Road, Pinal County, Arizona
| coordinates = {{coord|33|01|26|N|111|24|31|W|region:US-AZ_type:landmark_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}{{GNIS|23543|Adamsville Cemetery}}
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| owner = Florence, Arizona
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| graves = 54 identified
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| findagraveid = 56960
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| interments = 66
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The Adamsville Cemetery is a historic cemetery, established by the Ancient Order of United Workmen (A.O.U.W.) in Adamsville, a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona. The Pioneers' Cemetery Association (PCA) defines a "historic cemetery" as one which has been in existence for more than fifty years.[http://www.azhistcemeteries.org/our-cemeteries.html Pioneers' Cemetery Association]
History
Adamsville was one of the first two towns formed in Pinal County, Arizona. The town was located at an elevation is 1,450 feet, on the south bank of the Gila River, west of Florence, Arizona. It was named for its original settler in 1866, Fred A. Adams.[http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/adamsville.html Adamsville] In 1900 the Gila River overflowed and wiped out most of the town. Those who survived the flood moved to the town of Florence.{{GNIS|24293|Adamsville}} The remaining Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery (Ancient Order of United Workmen) was deeded on May 31, 1894, to Florence. It is among the few original remains of the town of Adamsville.
In 1996, V. Phil Hawkins, cleaned, repaired, and identified graves in the cemetery as part of his Eagle Scout Service Project. Hawkins was able to identify the graves of 54 of those who are interred in the cemetery.[http://www.clubrunner.ca/Data/5500%5C3232%5CHTML%5C38700%5CAdamsville%20Cemetery.pdf Club Runner]
Notable burials
Among those interred in the cemetery and whose graves are pictured are:[https://arizonagravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=56: Arizona Gravestones]{{cite book |author1=Moulton, Heather L. |author2=Tatterson, Susan |title=Graveyards of the Wild West – Arizona|chapter=Adamsville Cemetery and Butte View Cemetery – Established Late 1800s |date=2020 |publisher=America Through Time (Fonthill Media)|isbn=978-1634992275 |pages=100–113}}{{cite web |title=Andersonville Cemetery and Butte View Cemetery |url=http://theexasperatedhistorian.com/adamsville-and-butte-view-cemeteries-florence-arizona/ |website=The Exasperated Historian |date=December 20, 2020}}
- Fred A. Adams – Founder of Adamsville.[http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/adamsville.html Arizona Ghost towns]
- Felix Grunde and his wife Martha Angeline Hardwick – Family known as the Hardwick pioneers. On December 23, 1883, Felix received $500 from the Arizona Territorial Legislature for the first bale of commercial cotton raised in Arizona. The bale was exhibited at the New Orleans Fair of 1884.Will Croft Barnes, Arizona Place Names, University of Arizona Press, {{ISBN|978-0816507290}}. {{OCLC|1099579111}} p. 154
- Capt. Granville Henderson Oury – Judge: District court of New Mexico. Delegate to Confederate Congress. Arizona Mounted Volunteers CSA, Territorial legislator to U. S Congress, Pioneer-Soldier-Statesman.
- The Stevens family – Olnorah Nora Stevens, first wife of Daniel C. Stevens; Carmen Sarah Stevens, daughter of Daniel C. & Ollie (Olnorah) N. Stevens and Taylor Stevens, infant son of Daniel C. and Mary E. Stevens. Daniel C. Stevens had served as Clerk of the United States District Court of the second judicial district of Arizona and Secretary of the Arizona Consolidated Stage & Livery Company.Portrait and Biographical Record of Arizona, 1901, Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 531, {{OCLC|247520194}}
- Judge H. B. Summers – Summers had also served as a Pinal County District Attorney.
Image gallery
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File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-6-Capt. Granville Oruy CSA-2.jpg
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|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-2.jpg |Cemetery trail
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-3.jpg |Entrance
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-8.jpg |Rock formation in the middle of the cemetery
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-7-Fred A. Adams.jpg|Grave of Fred A. Adams (1844–1910)
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-4-Judge H. B. Summers.jpg |Grave of Judge H. B. Summers (1823–1895)
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-6-Capt. Granville Oruy CSA.jpg |Grave of Capt. Granville Henderson Oury (1825–1891)
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-10-Felix and Martha Hardwick-Hardwick pioneers.jpg |Graves of Felix Grunde Hardwick (1831–1908) and his wife Martha Angeline Hardwick (1831–1896)
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-9-Stevens family.jpg |The Stevens family: Olnorah Stevens (1858–1893); Carmen Sarah Stevens (1888–1889) and Taylor Stevens (1898–1898)
|File:Adamsville-Adamsville Ghost Town-Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery-1894-5.jpg |Unknown grave
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See also
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