Adams, John Quincy – Adams, Oscar Fay
Adams, John Quincy
lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 22, 1833, in Boston, Mass., and was the eldest son of Charles Francis Adams. He was graduated at Harvard college in 1853, and admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1855. During the civil war he was on Gov. Andrew's staff. He was elected to the legislature by the town of Quincy in 1866. In 1869 and 1870 he was again a member of the legislature.
In 1867 and 1871 he was democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts.
Adams, John Quincy
a descendant of the famous Adams family of Massachusetts, was born in 1848, in Lancaster, N. H. He is a charter member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and also secretary-general of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America.
This society embraces the early settlers of the colonies from 1.607 to 1657, with revolutionary descent thereafter. Mr. Adams was educated in the Lancaster academy, and has been a student of and writer on political subjects all his life. He was a candidate for congress in his district in 1896. He is the brother of Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, the founder-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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, John Wesley
clergyman, poet, was born May 23, 1832, and is a lineal descendant of the presidents of that name. In 1858 he joined the New Hampshire conference of the methodist episcopal church, and has held pastorates in Rye, Derby, South Newmarket, North Salem, East Canaan, Winchester, Great Falls, Tilton, Newport, Exeter, and Keene. In 1889 he retired from active service, and is now living in Methuen, Mass. He has been president of the trustees of the conference seminary and female college, and has held various positions of honor. He has rare literary attainments, and his poems have been given a place in National Poets of America and other standard works.
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, J. McGREGOR
manufacturer, was born March 11, 1834, in Londonderry, N. H. In 1858 he settled in Chicago, representing Morris K. Jesup and Co., the house being subsequently merged into that of Crerar, Adams and Co., which is yet in existence, and of which Mr. Adams is a partner. In this concern and in The Adams and Westlake Co., incorporated in 1874 with a capital of $650,000, of which he is president, The Union Brass Manufacturing Co., and kindred concerns, Mr. Adams manufactures the whole range of goods called railroad supplies, including headlights, lanterns, car trimmings and other specialties in metals, many of them patented articles.
ADAMS, JULIUS
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, Louise Catherine
the wife of John Quincy Adams, was born Feb. 11, 1775, in London, England. She was the daughter of Joshua Johnson of Maryland, but passed her early years in England and in France. She was married to Mr. Adams July 26, 1797, in London. She was possessed of high intellectual qualities; well versed in both French and English literature: translated from the French; was the author of a number of meritorious poems; and was an accomplished musician and vocalist.
She died May 14, 1852, and was buried by the side of her husband in the family burying ground at Quincy, Mass.
Adams, Mrs. Mary Mathews
educator, poet, was born Oct. 23, 1840, in Ireland; and is the wife of Charles Kendall Adams, president of the university of Wisconsin. She came to America in her childhood, and was mainly educated at the Packer institute of Brooklyn, N. Y.
For ten years she was engaged in educational work, and subsequently acquired success in literary pursuits. Her verse is largely lyrical, and her themes include romance, heroism, and religion.
She is the author of a brochure of poems entitled The Choir Visible; and among her other works The Epithalamium is perhaps the best known.
Adams, Mrs. Mary Newbury
the wife of the late Judge Austin Adams, of Dubuque, Iowa, was born Oct. 17, 1837, in Peru, Ind. In 1868 she was urged to speak before a class of girls graduating from the Lombard university of Galesburg, Ill.; and since that time her life has been devoted to the advancement of women. She has been vice-president of the Iowa Suffrage association; trustee of the Humboldt college, Iowa; vice-president of the association for Advancement of Women for nearly a quarter of a century; and has lectured extensively before women graduates.
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, Moses S
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Oct. 19, 1826, in Rindge, N. H. In 1854 he graduated in law from the university of Albany, and has attained prominence as an able and successful lawyer. For two terms he was a member of the Kansas house of representatives, during which time he was speaker in that body. President Lincoln appointed him army captain and commissary of subsistence of volunteers during the civil war.
He was district attorney of the sixth district of Colorado; and county judge of Fremont county in that state.
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.
Adams, Nellie E
poet, was born July 12, 1864, in Exeter, N. H. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled Blossoms; and a successful writer of both prose and verse for current magazines.
Adams, Oscar Fay
poet. He is the author of Post-Laureate Idyls, and Other Poems; and is a popular poet and graceful writer.