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Possibly because his step-mother was so mean, Adam swore to his children that he would never remarry (Great Aunt Freda told me this). There was a woman Adam knew for many years who was a midwife and well liked by everybody. Aunt Freda can't remember her name, but she does remember everybody liked her, yet they never did marry. Even though Adam wouldn't remarry because of his mean step-mother, I was told by Aunt Freda that Adam himself was pretty strict. Family lore has it that Roland Rollo Rheude ran away at 15 because of Adam. The 1930 Census shows Adam and his family living in Riverton, the child, Claudine Hawkins, is my mother. I'm not sure of the reasons why, but my mother lived with Adam and his family until she was eight years old, when her sister, Freda Alice, was born. At that time her parents came and took her out of the classroom and took her home to help with the new baby. Adam was a coal miner and he worked for the railroad. When the coal miners went on strike he would lay brick and do other odd jobs. At one time, Riverton (used to be called Howlett) boasted two distilleries, the railroad and a couple of paper mills. After Adam retired he delivered newspapers in Riverton. Adam had lived on Adams Street (possibly 213) in Riverton, Illinois and had been a resident for over 70 years. When I visited his gravesite (30 AUG 1997), my Great Aunt Freda told me Adam had planted the two trees that were next to it, one for him and one for Christina. Adam James Rheude passed away August 24, 1968 in Riverton, Illinois. He is buried in Oakhill Cemetery near Riverton. I've heard there was a big squabble in the family about Adam's Family Bible. It couldn't be agreed upon who would get the Bible, so copies of the entries were made, passed to his children, and his Bible was buried with him. If you look at these Bible pages, you will see they look like two different sets. I'm guessing one is from George Rheude's Bible and the other is from Adam Rheude's Bible. Of course, this is just a guess! Both Aunt Freda and Aunt Ruth have told me that Christina hit her head on a nail when she was younger. Aunt Ruth thinks this may be why Christina passed away at so young an age. The only variation in the two stories is that Aunt Freday says Christina was playing in the barn and hit her head on a board with a nail, Aunt Ruth says that Christina was playing under the porch and hit her head on a nail. Adam Rheude in the 1920 Census
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