Son of George H. and Rosina C. (Cooke) Adams, aged 21 years.
Ernest George Adams was buried in the Adams family plot on February 2, 1898.
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OBITUARY, Paterson Daily Press, 1/31/1898.
SORROW BEHIND THE CLOWN'S GRIMACE.
WHILE GEORGE H. ADAMS MADE PEOPLE LAUGH, HIS BOY LAY DYING.
George Ernest Adams died of consumption in his 21st year, Saturday night, at the house of his father, George H. Adams, the well known clown in Totowa. For the past week, the father, his daughters, Lillie and Tonina, and his brother James had been playing on New Brunswick presenting "A Village Terror", a pantomime. While the clown grinned and capered on the stage his heart lay heavy within him, for his only boy lay dying at home. Mr. Adams always hastened to catch the last train to Paterson. Each night he left here at 6:52 for New Brunswick arriving there at 8:20 in time to begin his act.
Feeling certain that his son was on his deathbed, Mr. Adams did not leave him Friday or Saturday, but sat the bedside of his dying boy, while, in the little New Brunswick theatre, people laughed at the pranks of the uncle and sisters of the stricken young man. The end came at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening, their minds far away from the stage.
Young Adams, like most of the family, had been on the stage. He was clever in German comedy lines, but his specialty was violin playing.
Ernest George Adams was buried in the Adams family plot on February 2, 1898.
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OBITUARY, Paterson Daily Press, 1/31/1898.
SORROW BEHIND THE CLOWN'S GRIMACE.
WHILE GEORGE H. ADAMS MADE PEOPLE LAUGH, HIS BOY LAY DYING.
George Ernest Adams died of consumption in his 21st year, Saturday night, at the house of his father, George H. Adams, the well known clown in Totowa. For the past week, the father, his daughters, Lillie and Tonina, and his brother James had been playing on New Brunswick presenting "A Village Terror", a pantomime. While the clown grinned and capered on the stage his heart lay heavy within him, for his only boy lay dying at home. Mr. Adams always hastened to catch the last train to Paterson. Each night he left here at 6:52 for New Brunswick arriving there at 8:20 in time to begin his act.
Feeling certain that his son was on his deathbed, Mr. Adams did not leave him Friday or Saturday, but sat the bedside of his dying boy, while, in the little New Brunswick theatre, people laughed at the pranks of the uncle and sisters of the stricken young man. The end came at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening, their minds far away from the stage.
Young Adams, like most of the family, had been on the stage. He was clever in German comedy lines, but his specialty was violin playing.
Son of George H. and Rosina C. (Cooke) Adams, aged 21 years.
Ernest George Adams was buried in the Adams family plot on February 2, 1898.
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OBITUARY, Paterson Daily Press, 1/31/1898.
SORROW BEHIND THE CLOWN'S GRIMACE.
WHILE GEORGE H. ADAMS MADE PEOPLE LAUGH, HIS BOY LAY DYING.
George Ernest Adams died of consumption in his 21st year, Saturday night, at the house of his father, George H. Adams, the well known clown in Totowa. For the past week, the father, his daughters, Lillie and Tonina, and his brother James had been playing on New Brunswick presenting "A Village Terror", a pantomime. While the clown grinned and capered on the stage his heart lay heavy within him, for his only boy lay dying at home. Mr. Adams always hastened to catch the last train to Paterson. Each night he left here at 6:52 for New Brunswick arriving there at 8:20 in time to begin his act.
Feeling certain that his son was on his deathbed, Mr. Adams did not leave him Friday or Saturday, but sat the bedside of his dying boy, while, in the little New Brunswick theatre, people laughed at the pranks of the uncle and sisters of the stricken young man. The end came at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening, their minds far away from the stage.
Young Adams, like most of the family, had been on the stage. He was clever in German comedy lines, but his specialty was violin playing.
Ernest George Adams was buried in the Adams family plot on February 2, 1898.
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OBITUARY, Paterson Daily Press, 1/31/1898.
SORROW BEHIND THE CLOWN'S GRIMACE.
WHILE GEORGE H. ADAMS MADE PEOPLE LAUGH, HIS BOY LAY DYING.
George Ernest Adams died of consumption in his 21st year, Saturday night, at the house of his father, George H. Adams, the well known clown in Totowa. For the past week, the father, his daughters, Lillie and Tonina, and his brother James had been playing on New Brunswick presenting "A Village Terror", a pantomime. While the clown grinned and capered on the stage his heart lay heavy within him, for his only boy lay dying at home. Mr. Adams always hastened to catch the last train to Paterson. Each night he left here at 6:52 for New Brunswick arriving there at 8:20 in time to begin his act.
Feeling certain that his son was on his deathbed, Mr. Adams did not leave him Friday or Saturday, but sat the bedside of his dying boy, while, in the little New Brunswick theatre, people laughed at the pranks of the uncle and sisters of the stricken young man. The end came at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening, their minds far away from the stage.
Young Adams, like most of the family, had been on the stage. He was clever in German comedy lines, but his specialty was violin playing.
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