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Adams, Francis

farmer, merchant, state senator, was born in April, 1862. He was elected a member of the Florida state senate from Hamilton in 1894; and in his town and county has filled numerous offices of honor. ADAMS, FRANCIS ALEXANDRE, journalist, orator, was born May 11, 1874, in New York city. In 1890 he edited and published the Gotham Monthly, which was the pioneer genealogical periodical in America, and which in 1891, under the title of Adams' Magazine, became the official exponent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. He has gained prominence as an orator, and in 1896 was appointed a campaign speaker by the New York democratic party.

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