of both these banks until 1912 when he and his friends sold their interests in the National bank and he remained from then on as president and general manager of the State bank until its conversion into the American National Bank of Bellingham in 1922, since which time and until the present date he is still holding that position. Mr. Adair has never been a politician, and is independent in politics. He is a member of Kulshan Club, Bellingham Golf and Country Clubs, a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, and a Presbyterian. CHAPTER IX ALEXANDER ADAIR The Marshal of Florida, and His Descendants (9) Alexander Adair, son of William Adair, Revolutionary soldier and Nephew of the Governor: Was appointed Marshal of Florida, Being a Territory at that time, Florida was largely ruled by the U. S. Marshal. Everything was moving along orderly when Marshal Adair was suddenly attacked with YellowFever and died, leaving a family of little children. The GodMother of these children put them in covered wagons and carried them overland back to Kentucky, where they were raised and most of them continued to live in Green County, Kentucky. 9 Alexander Adair Elizabeth W. Monroe 39 Nephew of the Governor 44 V 45 VI Progeny: Six Children William Adair, b Mary Pawling Adair, b. Anna Bell Adair b. Andrew Monroe Adair, b. John Alexander Adair, b. 40 Dr. William Adair Elvira Bowling 46 Progeny of Dr. William Adair and Elvira Bowling: 47 I 48 II 49 III 51 Three Children Alexander M. Adair. William Bowling Adair. 41 Mary Pawling Adair Thomas M. Wagoner 50 52 II 53 III 54 IV 55 V Progeny: Five Children I Betty Wagoner, m Thomas Edwards 51, one daughter, dead. Adair Wagoner, died. Arthur Wagoner. Cattie Wagoner, m Rev. Thomas M. Gunn, 56, have four children. Thomas Wagoner, killed on Brush creek, Green Co., Ky., during Civil war. |