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Adams, John Milton – Adams, Nehemiah

Adams, John Milton

journalist, was born Sept. 22, 1819, in Rumford, Maine. In 1866 he became sole owner and editor of the Eastern Argus; and has contributed numerous articles to magazines.

Adams, John R

clergyman, was born in 1802, in Plainfield, Conn. He was appointed chaplain of the fifth Maine volun-, teers and was present at nearly all the battles of the army of the Potomac, from the first battle of Bull Run to the close of the civil war. He died April 26, 1866.

Adams, John Turrell

lawyer, author, was born in 1805 in British Guiana.

He was a lawyer of Norwich, Conn., and the author of The Knight of the Golden Melice, an historical tale; and The Lost Hunter. He died in 1882.

Adams, Jonathan

civil engineer, was born July 8, 1798, in Taunton, Mass.

Many of the important lines in New York and New England were constructed under his supervision, and for fifty years he ranked as one of the most skillful railroad engineers in the country. He died Sept. 6, 1872.

Adams, Jonathan Edwards

educator, clergyman, was born April 29, 1822, in Woolwich, Maine. He graduated from the Phillips academy of Andover, Mass., and from the Hampden academy, Bowdoin college, and the Bangor theological seminary. He is a successful clergyman of the congregational church, and during 1876-95 was secretary of the Maine Missionary society. He is an overseer of Bowdoin college, and a trustee of the Bangor seminary and the Maine Missionary society.

Adams, Joseph

tobacconist, banker,. was born Jan. 5, 1827, in West Cambridge, Mass. In 1854 he commenced the tobacco business, putting up strips and leaf for the English markets. In 1867 he built an additional establishment, at Uniontown, Ky., and is now one of the most successful and extensive tobacco dealers in the country.

Adams, Julius Walker

civil engineer, author, was born Oct. 18, 1812, in Boston, Mass. He is an engineer of distinction, who has been employed in many important engineering works; and the author of Sewers and Drains for Populous Districts.

Adams, Julius W

soldier, was born in April, 1840, in Westfield, Mass. He was graduated at West Point in 1861, served there as assistant instructor of infantry tactics till June, 1862, was wounded and taken prisoner at Gaines' Mills, promoted captain in August, 1862, and served at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, where he commanded a regiment, and the second battle of Cold Harbor, where he received wounds that caused his death. He died Nov. 15, 1865, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Adams, Milward

theatrical manager, was born Jan. 6, 1857, in Lexington, Ky. In 1881 Mr. Adams assumed the sole management of Central music hall, but in 1887 he gave this up for the management of the Chicago Auditorium.

Adams, Myron

clergyman, author, was born in 1841 in New York. He was a congregational clergyman of Rochester, N. Y., from 1876 until his death. He was the author of The Creation of the Bible; and The Continuous Creation, an Application of the Evolutionary Philosophy. to the Christian Religion. He died in 1895.

Adams, Nehemiah

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 19, 1806, in Salem, Mass. He was a noted congregational clergyman of Boston, whose most famous work, A South Side View of Slavery, provoked much hostile criticism. Among other works by him are Walks to Emmaus: Scriptural Argument for Endless Punishment; Remarks on Unitarian Belief; Life of John Eliot; Agnes and the Little Key; and Evenings with the Doctrines. He died Oct. 6, 1878.