Carl was born in Waterloo, IA with 9 brothers and sisters. His family moved to Mabelvale, AR as share croppers and later moved to Silvis, IL around the late 1920s, early 1930s.
Carl met Marion as a teenager, where both of them were attending Silvis Baptist Church youth program. They were married on June 22, 1937, Carl's birthday in Blue Island, IL. Their first child, Donald "Don" Lee Adams was born in Blue Island in 1940. Shortly after the birth of Don, Carl and Marion moved to Moline, IL where the rest of their children were born and lived, moving several times throughout out the Quad Cities, IL (Moline, E Moline, Hampton, and Silvis).
Carl worked for the railroad, then Minneapolis Moline Farm Company, and retired at John Deere as a welder.
Carl was born in Waterloo, IA with 9 brothers and sisters. His family moved to Mabelvale, AR as share croppers and later moved to Silvis, IL around the late 1920s, early 1930s.
Carl met Marion as a teenager, where both of them were attending Silvis Baptist Church youth program. They were married on June 22, 1937, Carl's birthday in Blue Island, IL. Their first child, Donald "Don" Lee Adams was born in Blue Island in 1940. Shortly after the birth of Don, Carl and Marion moved to Moline, IL where the rest of their children were born and lived, moving several times throughout out the Quad Cities, IL (Moline, E Moline, Hampton, and Silvis).
Carl worked for the railroad, then Minneapolis Moline Farm Company, and retired at John Deere as a welder.
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