Rosalie ("Rosa") Belle Weber was born in Pontoosuc, Hancock County, Illinois, on June 14, 1885, the first of five children born to Albert James Weber and Josephine ("Josie") Kimes Weber. Her parents were both from the Hancock County (Illinois) area, with her father Albert a native of Appanoose Township, and her mother Josie hailing from Pontoosuc. Rosa's siblings would eventually include two younger sisters and two younger brothers.
At some point in the mid-1890s, Albert and Josie moved the family from Illinois to Missouri, settling in the Hurdland area of Knox County. There, Rosa, at age 18, married Charles Henry Adair in Hurdland, on August 9, 1903.
Rosa and Charles eventually had three children: Christopher Weber Adair (born in 1904); Beulah ("Betty") M. Adair (born in 1907); and Mary Violet Adair, born in 1910. Chris and Betty were born in Missouri, but Charles Adair moved the family south from Missouri to Arkansas for a period, and daughter Mary Violet was born in Arkansas. In 1910, the Adair family was living in Gum Springs, Clark County, Arkansas. By 1920, they had moved west to Oklahoma, living in Mooreland.
However, sometime in the 1920s they decided to move back to Missouri and did so, settling in West Plains. In 1928, Rosa and Charles suffered the tragic death of their youngest daughter, Mary Violet, in what became known as the "West Plains Dance Hall Explosion." Mary, age 17, was attending a Friday-night dance on April 13 when an explosion and fire leveled the building housing the second-floor Bond Dance Hall on East Main Street in West Plains. Thirty-nine people perished in the disaster and young Mary was one of 19 victims that were never positively identified. She is buried with the other unidentified victims in a mass grave at Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains.
Rosa and Charles Adair's marriage ended at some point in the late 1920s or early 1930s. In 1933, Rosa remarried, in West Plains, to Alfred Payton Clark. Alfred was a widower whose first wife had died in 1931. Alfred had four children by this first marriage: Carl (b. 1906), Thelma (b. 1910), John (b. 1917), and Alfred Jr. (b. 1922).
Rosa and Alfred Clark remained residents of West Plains until their respective deaths. Rosa became a widow upon the death of her husband Alfred, who died on May 12, 1962. Rosa lived another 20 years until her death in West Plains on December 28, 1982.
Both Rosa and Alfred are buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains, the same cemetery where Mary Violet, Rosa's daughter by Charles Adair, is buried in the common grave allotted for the unidentified victims of the dance hall explosion and fire.
At some point in the mid-1890s, Albert and Josie moved the family from Illinois to Missouri, settling in the Hurdland area of Knox County. There, Rosa, at age 18, married Charles Henry Adair in Hurdland, on August 9, 1903.
Rosa and Charles eventually had three children: Christopher Weber Adair (born in 1904); Beulah ("Betty") M. Adair (born in 1907); and Mary Violet Adair, born in 1910. Chris and Betty were born in Missouri, but Charles Adair moved the family south from Missouri to Arkansas for a period, and daughter Mary Violet was born in Arkansas. In 1910, the Adair family was living in Gum Springs, Clark County, Arkansas. By 1920, they had moved west to Oklahoma, living in Mooreland.
However, sometime in the 1920s they decided to move back to Missouri and did so, settling in West Plains. In 1928, Rosa and Charles suffered the tragic death of their youngest daughter, Mary Violet, in what became known as the "West Plains Dance Hall Explosion." Mary, age 17, was attending a Friday-night dance on April 13 when an explosion and fire leveled the building housing the second-floor Bond Dance Hall on East Main Street in West Plains. Thirty-nine people perished in the disaster and young Mary was one of 19 victims that were never positively identified. She is buried with the other unidentified victims in a mass grave at Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains.
Rosa and Charles Adair's marriage ended at some point in the late 1920s or early 1930s. In 1933, Rosa remarried, in West Plains, to Alfred Payton Clark. Alfred was a widower whose first wife had died in 1931. Alfred had four children by this first marriage: Carl (b. 1906), Thelma (b. 1910), John (b. 1917), and Alfred Jr. (b. 1922).
Rosa and Alfred Clark remained residents of West Plains until their respective deaths. Rosa became a widow upon the death of her husband Alfred, who died on May 12, 1962. Rosa lived another 20 years until her death in West Plains on December 28, 1982.
Both Rosa and Alfred are buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains, the same cemetery where Mary Violet, Rosa's daughter by Charles Adair, is buried in the common grave allotted for the unidentified victims of the dance hall explosion and fire.
Rosalie ("Rosa") Belle Weber was born in Pontoosuc, Hancock County, Illinois, on June 14, 1885, the first of five children born to Albert James Weber and Josephine ("Josie") Kimes Weber. Her parents were both from the Hancock County (Illinois) area, with her father Albert a native of Appanoose Township, and her mother Josie hailing from Pontoosuc. Rosa's siblings would eventually include two younger sisters and two younger brothers.
At some point in the mid-1890s, Albert and Josie moved the family from Illinois to Missouri, settling in the Hurdland area of Knox County. There, Rosa, at age 18, married Charles Henry Adair in Hurdland, on August 9, 1903.
Rosa and Charles eventually had three children: Christopher Weber Adair (born in 1904); Beulah ("Betty") M. Adair (born in 1907); and Mary Violet Adair, born in 1910. Chris and Betty were born in Missouri, but Charles Adair moved the family south from Missouri to Arkansas for a period, and daughter Mary Violet was born in Arkansas. In 1910, the Adair family was living in Gum Springs, Clark County, Arkansas. By 1920, they had moved west to Oklahoma, living in Mooreland.
However, sometime in the 1920s they decided to move back to Missouri and did so, settling in West Plains. In 1928, Rosa and Charles suffered the tragic death of their youngest daughter, Mary Violet, in what became known as the "West Plains Dance Hall Explosion." Mary, age 17, was attending a Friday-night dance on April 13 when an explosion and fire leveled the building housing the second-floor Bond Dance Hall on East Main Street in West Plains. Thirty-nine people perished in the disaster and young Mary was one of 19 victims that were never positively identified. She is buried with the other unidentified victims in a mass grave at Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains.
Rosa and Charles Adair's marriage ended at some point in the late 1920s or early 1930s. In 1933, Rosa remarried, in West Plains, to Alfred Payton Clark. Alfred was a widower whose first wife had died in 1931. Alfred had four children by this first marriage: Carl (b. 1906), Thelma (b. 1910), John (b. 1917), and Alfred Jr. (b. 1922).
Rosa and Alfred Clark remained residents of West Plains until their respective deaths. Rosa became a widow upon the death of her husband Alfred, who died on May 12, 1962. Rosa lived another 20 years until her death in West Plains on December 28, 1982.
Both Rosa and Alfred are buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains, the same cemetery where Mary Violet, Rosa's daughter by Charles Adair, is buried in the common grave allotted for the unidentified victims of the dance hall explosion and fire.
At some point in the mid-1890s, Albert and Josie moved the family from Illinois to Missouri, settling in the Hurdland area of Knox County. There, Rosa, at age 18, married Charles Henry Adair in Hurdland, on August 9, 1903.
Rosa and Charles eventually had three children: Christopher Weber Adair (born in 1904); Beulah ("Betty") M. Adair (born in 1907); and Mary Violet Adair, born in 1910. Chris and Betty were born in Missouri, but Charles Adair moved the family south from Missouri to Arkansas for a period, and daughter Mary Violet was born in Arkansas. In 1910, the Adair family was living in Gum Springs, Clark County, Arkansas. By 1920, they had moved west to Oklahoma, living in Mooreland.
However, sometime in the 1920s they decided to move back to Missouri and did so, settling in West Plains. In 1928, Rosa and Charles suffered the tragic death of their youngest daughter, Mary Violet, in what became known as the "West Plains Dance Hall Explosion." Mary, age 17, was attending a Friday-night dance on April 13 when an explosion and fire leveled the building housing the second-floor Bond Dance Hall on East Main Street in West Plains. Thirty-nine people perished in the disaster and young Mary was one of 19 victims that were never positively identified. She is buried with the other unidentified victims in a mass grave at Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains.
Rosa and Charles Adair's marriage ended at some point in the late 1920s or early 1930s. In 1933, Rosa remarried, in West Plains, to Alfred Payton Clark. Alfred was a widower whose first wife had died in 1931. Alfred had four children by this first marriage: Carl (b. 1906), Thelma (b. 1910), John (b. 1917), and Alfred Jr. (b. 1922).
Rosa and Alfred Clark remained residents of West Plains until their respective deaths. Rosa became a widow upon the death of her husband Alfred, who died on May 12, 1962. Rosa lived another 20 years until her death in West Plains on December 28, 1982.
Both Rosa and Alfred are buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains, the same cemetery where Mary Violet, Rosa's daughter by Charles Adair, is buried in the common grave allotted for the unidentified victims of the dance hall explosion and fire.
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