Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Gaddess, Sydney d. 20 Aug 1884 R80/131 Gaddess. On August 20th, 1884, Sydney, wife of Thomas A. Gaddess. The funeral from the residence of her son-in-law, J. A. Augusterfer, 10th and Boundary streets northeast, at 4 p.m. Friday, 23d. Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery Last Updated: 2/12/2015 Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Gaddis, (Child of Adam, Jr.) d. 2 Aug 1864 R64/192 Gaddis, (Child of Adam, Jr.) d. 14 Jun 1870 R64/193 Gaddis, (Child of Adam, Sr.) d. 13 Jan 1833 R51/141 Gaddis, (Child of Adam, Sr.) d. 7 Mar 1845 R51/141 Gaddis, (Child of Lemuel) d. 21 Jun 1866 R23/17 Gaddis, (Daughter of James P.) d. 22 May 1922 R63/194 Gaddis, Adam (Sr.) d. 21 Jul 1867 86 yrs. R51/139 History of the Naval Lodge, No. 4, F.A.A.M. ... Adam Gaddis, Sr., was a Scotch-Irish emigrant of Presbyterian stock, native of Newry, County Down, Ireland, who located in the District of Columbia in 1820. It is interesting to note in passing that the father was made a Master Mason, Dec. 19, 1824, and the Lodge records show that he was regular in attending the sessions and that he served as Junior Warden in the years 1831, 1832 and 1838, and, as Senior Warden in 1837; for forty-five years he was the foreman of the Galley Shop in the Washington Navy Yard, and died July 21, 1867, being buried with Masonic honors. … Gaddis, Adam (Jr.) b. 26 Jul 1829 - d. 28 Dec 1915 86 yrs. R64/195 Gaddis. On Tuesday December 28, 1915 at noon at his residence 225 A street s.e. Adam Gaddis beloved husband of Mary Trimble Gaddis in the 87th year of his age. Funeral Friday December 31 at 2 p.m. from his late residence. Relatives and friends invited to attend. Please omit flowers. The Evening Star, December 29, 1915 Adam Gaddis Dies in his 87th Year Adam Gaddis, former president of Metropolis Building Association, prominent in Masonic circles, and for many years engaged in the wholesale grocery business in this city, died yesterday at the family residence, 225 A street southeast. He was in the eighty-seventh year. Death was due to general debility. Funeral services will be held at the residence Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. C. Rochford Statson, rector of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, officiating. Masonic services will be conducted under the auspices of Naval Lodge, No. 4, F.A.A.M., and De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar. Interment will be in the family plot at Congressional cemetery. History of the Naval Lodge, No. 4, F.A.A.M. Adam Gaddis, Treasurer of the Lodge, was elected to that position in 1889, having previously been Trustee since 1869, and has served continuously in both offices ever since. Brother Gaddis became an Entered Apprentice in Naval Lodge Feb. 22, 1865; a Fellow Craft Mar. 23, 1865, and a Master Mason May 6, 1865; received the capitular degrees in 1869 in Washington Naval Royal Arch Chapter, No. 6, whereof he has been the Treasurer since 1889; received the Templar degrees in DeMolay Mounted Commandery, No. 4, in 1887; became a member of the Masonic Veterans Association of the District of Columbia June 27, 1887, and was the Second Vice-President from 1898 to 1902 inclusive, and the First Vice-President in 1903; became a member of Almas Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., July 29, 1892. He has been especially active and painstaking in the business affairs of the Lodge and was a member of the committee which supervised the construction of the present Naval Lodge edifice. Brother Gaddis has been a life-long resident of East Washington, where he was born July 26, 1829. …Adam Gaddis, Jr., for thus he was styled in the lifetime of the father, attended private schools in East Washington, among them that of Charles H. Cragin on the upper floor of the then Columbia Engine House, approximately at the corner of New Jersey Avenue and B Street, S.E., the site being part of the Capitol parking; also, that of school-masters French and Shyne, on the lower floor of the old Naval Lodge building, Virginia Avenue and Fifth Street, S.E., where young Gaddis acted as the assistant of School- master Shyne in teaching the younger pupils while pursuing his studies. At sixteen years of age he commenced business life; was a drug clerk two years, afterwards a grocer's clerk five years, and then opened a grocery store, continuing as a proprietor in that line until 1891, when he retired from active business. During most of this period his brother, Lemuel Gaddis, was associated with him under the firm name, A. Gaddis, Jr., and Co., Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Eleventh and M Streets, S.E.; he is the President of Metropolis Building Association, No. 8, and was for a number of years a member of the vestry of Washington Parish (Christ P.E. Church), and one of the vestry committee of three having direct supervision of Congressional Cemetery, which cemetery is appurtenant to Washington Parish. He has four sons, one of whom, Edgar T. Gaddis, is a member of Naval Lodge, also three brothers who are members of the Lodge, to wit, Lemuel (before mentioned), George H. and William Gaddis, the last named a resident of Helena, Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery Last Updated: 2/12/2015 Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Montana. In the interest of the better preservation of the records Brother Gaddis on Feb. 7, 1895, presented the Lodge the handsome safe now in use in the building. Gaddis, Addie W. d. 14 Jul 1952 R61/202 Gaddis. Addie W. On Monday July 14, 1952, Addie W. Gaddis of 1017 East Capitol street, wife of Edgar T. Gaddis and mother of Margaret Gaddis Dutton. Funeral service will be held at the St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3rd and A street southeast on Wednesday July 16 at 11 a.m. Interment Congressional cemetery. The Evening Star, July 15, 1952, p. A-12 Mrs. Addie W. Gaddis, 86 Lifelong Resident Here Mrs. Addie W. Gaddis, 86, of 1017 East Capitol street, died yesterday in a hospital here after a long illness. A native of Washington, Mrs. Gaddis attended the public schools here before being married. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and was active in that church's Daughters of the King society. Survivors are her husband, Edgar T. Gaddis, and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Gaddis Dutton. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. Mark's Church, Third and A streets S.E. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. Gaddis, Clara Minnette d. 10 Dec 1864 4 yrs. 1 mos. 16 days R64/193 Gaddis. On the 10th instant, Clara Minnette, second daughter of Adam and Margaret Gaddis, aged 4 years 1 month and 16 days. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral on Monday afternoon, the 12th instant, at 2 o'clock, from the residence of her father on 12th street east. (Baltimore Sun please copy). Gaddis, Clarence d. 30 Nov 1883 1 yr. 11 mos. 23 days R51/139 Gaddis. On Friday, November 30, 1883 at 4:30 p.m., Clarence Thornburgh, only child of George H. and Josephine Gaddis, aged 1 year 11 months and 23 days. Then weep not tho' the grave doth hide His little form from loving eyes, Remembering that a Father's love Hath welcomed him beyond the skies. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his parents, 812 C street southeast, at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, December 2d (Prince George's, Md., papers please copy). Gaddis, Edward Trimble d. 6 Oct 1967 R61/201 Gaddis. Edgar Trimble. On Friday, October 6, 1967, at Washington Hospital Center, Edgar Trimble Gaddis of 1017 East Capitol street, husband of the late Addie W. Gaddis, father of Mrs. Margaret G. Dutton. Friends may call at the Lee Funeral Home, 4th street and Massachusetts avenue northeast, until 10 p.m., Monday, October 9. Services in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 3rd and A streets southeast on Tuesday, October 10 at 11 a.m. Interment Congressional Cemetery. Gaddis, Edgar T. Special communication Naval Lodge, No. 4, F.A.A.M., is called at 7:30 p.m., Monday, October 9, 1967, for the purpose of conducting the Masonic funeral service for our late brother, Edgar T. Gaddis. James R. King, Master Roland M. Brown, Secretary The Evening Star, October 9, 1967, p. B-4 Edgar Gaddis, 101, Director of Washington Bank, Hiker Edgar T. Gaddis, 101, whose resignation as a director of the National Capital Bank was turned down last year, died Friday at Washington Hospital Center. Although still in good health, Mr. Gaddis told the bank, "I feel I should make way for a younger man." But the resignation was not accepted; instead, the bank honored him at a banquet for his long service. Active Hiker Mr. Gaddis recently had undergone a cataract operation, hospital officials said. He lived at 1017 E. Capitol St. Mr. Gaddis was born in Washington just after the close of the Civil War. He attended what was called Washington's "Advanced Grammar School," then the old Washington High School and Georgetown University Law School, where he earned a master's degree in 1893. After that, he became a pension lawyer until his gradual retirement from 1925 to 1930.