Edna Ingalls Adams (2001)

Born in Surprise in the Town of Greenville in 1914, Edna was the oldest child of Stanley Ingalls and Eleanor Goff. She graduated from GCS in 1933 and married Rev. Norman Adams in 1934

Edna moved with Norman to his churches in Richfield Springs and Troy in New York before moving to western PA. Edna would return summers to Norton Hill, which would become her retirement home. Edna and Norman’s children are Annella, Noel, Tim, and James.

Always a person known for her interest in the community and its history, Edna, along with her sister Claribel Gardiner, compiled in 1976 an album of photos of houses of Norton Hill and brief house histories. In 1980, Edna became Town Historian for Greenville where she collected information about the various aspects of town history. She wrote several articles for the Greene County Historical Society Journal as well as for local newspapers. She not only was part of one of the town’s earliest families but she also was instrumental in the recording of our town history. She passed away in 1996.

- by Don Teator, Greenville Town Historian