Ada Clara Grier was born on October 28, 1889 in Hoosier, Cowley
County, Kansas. One of seven children born to John A. Grier
and Mary Matilda Raney. Ada came
to Florida with her parents as part of the Koreshan Unity. From
the book Folks We Knew While in the K. U. by Marie McCready,
"Ada was Lovelle's age. We never thought she paid much attention
to her school studies but, when she became angry at someone, as
often happened, and sounded off about that person, the big words
she used, and generally correctly, were amazing. Everybody in
the dormitory would gather around for it was well worth listening
to. She married Carlton Case." Ada married Henry Carleton
Case on May 1, 1910 in Fort Myers,
Lee County, Florida.
This notice appeared in the Fort Myers News-Press
Last Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, in the presence of the immediate family, at the residence of the brides parents, on First Street, Mr. H. Carlton Case and Miss Ada Grier were united in the holy bond of matrimony. Judge A. B. Beall, county judge, officiating. Both the contracting parties have many friends in this city and elsewhere that will be pleased to learn of their marriage, and we join them in wishing for the young couple a life of happiness, prosperity, and length. Mr. and Mrs. Case are now in Tampa on their honeymoon, but will return shortly to this city, were they will reside in future.
Ada and H.C. would be the parents of a son
and a daughter. In the 1910 census she is living with her husband
and his parents on First Street in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.
Ada and H.C. later lived at 1326 Melaleuca Lane in Fort Myers,
Lee County, Florida. Ada died on May 2, 1969 at 9:55pm in Lee
Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. She was
buried on May 4, 1969 in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee
County, Florida, her tombstone inscription reads simply Ada 1890-1969.
Her cause of death was a Ventricular Rupture which was due to
Myocardial Infarction.
John A. Grier was
born on February 20, 1855 near Blue Grass, Scott County, Iowa.
John was married to Mary Matilda Raney
about 1883. They were the parents of Jess, Bess, Harry, James,
Grover, Homer and Ada, two of the daughters being a set of twins.
John and Matilda would move to Estero, Florida as part of the
Koreshan Unity Cult. In the book Folks We Knew While in the
K. U. by Marie McCready, John and his family are mentioned
in this quote "They came to the Unity from the west, and
I believe Oklahoma. The two older boys did not stay long, and
do not believe they came to Estero. Bessie and Jessie were twins.
They came to Florida but soon left."
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