Did you know there was a settlement in Arizona called Adair? The tiny town of Adair near Show Low has long since been covered by Fool Hollow Lake. It was Thomas Jefferson Adair who was responsible for the name Fool Hollow. In 1885, Adair moved into the area with the intention of farming. The locals joked that only a fool would try and farm the place. The name stuck.
Adair Cemetery Entrance
Those buried in Adair
Edmund Lovell Ellsworth, Adair Cemetery
Ghost of Adair, Page 1
Test your knowledge of the Adair Settlement (Fool Hollow) by clicking on the link below.
Adair, Arizona (Fool Hollow Quiz)
People who are believed to have lived at the Adair Settlement that are not buried at Adair Cemetery
Thomas Jefferson Adair Jr. and Mary Vance and Family (Founders of Adair)
Aaron Porter Adair and Fanny Peach Crosby Adair
Aaron Porter Adair Jr.
Ellen Adair
Thomas Vancil Adair
Jesse Jackson Brady and Mahettabelle Oliver Brady (First Postmasters)
Etta Jane Colvin
Henry Colvin
Sarah Ann Colvin
Hans Hansen Jr. and Loretta Ellsworth
Mary Hansen
Anna Catherine Jacques
Sarah Jane Jacques
Heber Jarvis
Maude Jarvis
Jesse Rulon Jarvis
George Jarvis
Janet Jarvis
Joseph Smith Jarvis
Pearl Jarvis
William Prior Jarvis
Henry Mills and Ann Allen Mills
Daniel Mills and Sarah Alice McNeil
Frank Ludwig Nickolaus and Mary Elizabeth Laxton
William Temple Oliver and Nancy Francis Lavern Oliver
Theodore Turley
Willard Whipple Sr. and Emma Melissa Oliver
Edson Whipple and Rowena Celestia Whipple
Lavina Goss Whipple
Levi Lisk Whipple
John Lowell Whipple
Rowena Whipple
Lester Whipple
Below are those buried at Adair Cemetery
David Henry Adams 1885-1889
Fanny Dicy Adams 1887-1899
Ida Adams 1883-1883
Maggie Myrtle Adams 1883-1889
Martha Louise Devey Adams 1859-1993
Marie Aliza
Karen Ritz Berg 1814-1887
Ann Lucille Jaeger Buck 1937-1993
Charles Spencer Burk 1882-1957
Jessie Roselle Burk 1896-1951
Joel Fredrick Burk 1891-1910
Mary Magdeline Mcfate Burk 1860-1918
Milton Alfauren Burk 1852-1920
Carter (an old man) died about 1886
Collins (girl) died about 1886
Etta Jane Colvin 1872-1884
Abner Ellsworth 1857-1936
Alvin Ellsworth 1898-1906
Betsy Ann Merrill Ellsworth 1866-1951
Cecil Lovell Ellsworth 1901-1911
Edmond Lovell Ellsworth 1819-1893
Mary Ann (Polly) Jones Ellsworth 1836-1925
Merrell Ellsworth 1910-1939
Parley Ellsworth 1902-1905
Willford Ellsworth 1892-1918
Zina Ellsworth 1908-1919
Mary Flake 1906-1906
George Clarence Freestone 1885-1886
Louis Frederick (Freddie) Freestone 1885-1886
Dixie Stock Gillespie 1945-2019
Carrie Ellsworth Hall 1890-1971
Maynard Hall 1887-1913
Harvey Fuller Hansen 1893-1894
Julie Sabin Hansen 1888-1888
Olive Adelaide Lexton Hansen 1875-1904
William Hansen 1901-1904
Sanford Warren Jacques and Anna Christine Hansen
Anna Catherine Jacques
Sarah Jane Jacques
Annie Lucinda Jaeger 1906-1995
Jerome Anthony Jaeger 1904-1979
Tony Jaeger 1939-2013
Matt Dee Jaynes 1973-2020
Harold Dean Jones 1954-2021
Adelaide Atkin Laxton 1833-1915
Israel Pickern Laxton 1868-1936
Margaret Melba Laxton 1917-1918
William Laxton 1816-1890
Carol Jane Lewis 1943-1943
Elbert J. Lewis 1932-1992
Geraldine Ozment Lewis 1932-1981
Jessica Nicole Lewis 1995-1995
Marion (child)
James Hibbert McNeil 1885-1886
Olive Lizzie McNeil 1876-1881
William Smith McNeil 1892-1892
Alonzo Clark Merrill 1831-1906
Charles Merrill 1891-1893
Eliza Jane Bird Merrill 1841-1916
William Alonzo Merrill 1887-1954
Hilda Gertrude Sinderman Merz 1920-2008
Ben Mills 1899-1899
Charles Henry Mills 1885-1885
Retta Hareup Morgan
James Muse Unknown-1886
Paul Leroy Neuman 1936-1987
Frank Ludwig Nikolaus Jr. 1893-1910
Frank Ludwig Nikolaus Sr. 1856-1927
Mary Elizabeth Laxton Nikolaus 1870-1916
Christena Luella Oliver 1872-1883
Eliza Jane Oliver 1883-1883
Harrison Oliver 1884-1887
Lucinda Adeline Oliver 1884-1884
William Temple Oliver 1833-1909
May Owens
Judith D. Carlson Patarozzi 1944-2020
Lee Ephraim Penrod 1887-1928
Vilate Whipple Penrod 1868-1891
Lucinda Kay Hamblin Power 1949-2005
Tanner Lee Power 1981-1990
Aldean Savage 1894-1906
Alonzo William Savage 1884-1922
Charles Thomas Savage 1864-1932
Elenour Caroline Hall Savage 1873-1912
James Wayne Savage 1939-1993
Lettie Savage 1886-1886
Mary Eliza (Mamie) Savage 1879-1890
Rillie Savage 1859-1900
James Wayne Schubel 1939-1993
Mattie Jo Sayers Sears 1927-2005
Will Spoonseller
Edward Stock 1822-1906
Edward John Stock 1854-1854
Frank Joseph Stock 1939-2009
Mary Kirby Stock 1850-1931
Peter Lars Stock 1968-2020
Sarah Lumbers Stock 1829-1855
Effie Echo Tenney Whipple 1887-1914
Edson Whipple 1855-1933
Hyrum Hanford Whipple 1871-1949
John Lowell Whipple 1894-1920
Joseph Whipple 1885-1885
Laura Whipple 1855-1897
Lavina Goss Whipple 1886-1888
Lester Whipple 1911-1911
Levi Lisk Whipple 1892-1908
Oliver Whipple 1898-1898
Rowena Whipple 1899-1900
Rowena Celesta McFate Whipple 1867-1942
William Mickle Whipple 1890-1918
Chloe Wood 1878-1886
Mahala Wood 1880-1886
Peter Nathaniel Wood 1885-1886
Rebecca Willard Turner Workman 1834-1885
John R. “Jack” Young 1882-1933
Laura Young 1895-1895
Mary Emily Young 1898-1898
Mary Louise Nikolaus Young 1896-1977
Rosey May Young 1916-1917
Thelda Louise Young 1919-1933
Wiliam Alma Young 1892-1894
William Alma Young Jr. 1849-1914