Adams, Parmenio – Addicks, George B
Adams, Parmenio
congressman, was born in Hartford, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Batavia, N. Y., from 1823 to 1827.
Adams, Robert
geologist, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 26, 1849, in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated at the university of Pennsylvania in 1869; studied and practiced law for five years; was a member of the United States geological survey from 1871 to 1875, and engaged in explorations of the Yellowstone park.
He was a member of the state senate of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887; graduated in 1884 from the Wharton School of Economy and Finance of the university of Pennsylvania; was appointed United States minister to Brazil April 1, 1889, and resigned June 1, 1890.
He was elected to the fifty-third and fiftyfourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican, and served on important committees.
Adams, Robert Chamblet
author, was born in 1839 in Massachusetts, and is the son of Nehemiah Adams. He is the author of History of England in Rhyme; History of the United States in Rhyme; On Board the Rocket; Aids to Endeavor; Evolution, a Summary of Evidence; Travels in Faith from Tradition to Reason; and Pioneer Pith.
Adams, Robert H
United States senator, was born in 1792 in Rockbridge, Va. He was a senator in congress, from Mississippi, by appointment, from January to May, in 1830. He died July 2, 1830, in Natchez, Miss.
Adams, Samuel
statesman. He was acting governor of Arkansas in 1844.
Adams, Samuel
military surgeon, was born in Maine. Dr. Adams distinguished himself during the civil war by riding along the advanced line of combatants, and under the fire of the enemy, dressing the wounds of Gen. Potter, who could not be removed from the spot where he fell, and, but for the action of Surgeon Adams, would have lost his life. He died Sept. 9, 1867, in Galveston, Texas.
Adams, Samuel
governor of Massachusetts, was born Sept. 27, 1722, in Boston, Mass., and was a cousin of President John Adams. He graduated from Harvard university in 1740; studied for the ministry; received the degree of A. M. in 1743; was one of the first who organized measures of resistance to the mother country, and drew up the instructions of the town of Boston against taxation in 1764. He was elected a representative in 1765; was chosen clerk and served in that body for ten years, and, it is said, he suggested the congress that assembled at New York in 1765, and the non-importation agreement of 1769. He addressed a public meeting the day after the Boston massacre, and was chairman of the committee to demand the removal of the troops. In 1772 he organized the committee of correspondence, which was first adopted by Massachusetts, and followed by all the provinces; was a signer of the declaration of independence; was one of those who matured the plan of the continental congress, and was delegate from Massachusetts from 1774 to 1782. He signed the articles of confederation; was a member of the state convention which adopted the federal constitution, and made some amendments to that instrument. On the adoption of the state constitution, he was made president of the senate; was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1789-94, and governor from 1794-97. So ardent was his patriotism, that he was one of the three leaders who were to be exempt from the pardon offered in 1775. As a statesman and orator he fills a large place in the annals of the American revolution. He died Oct. 2, 1803, in Boston, Mass.
Adams, Samuel M
clergyman, legislator, was born Dec. 10, 1853, in Dallas county, Ala. He was twice elected to the state legislature of Alabama; and was president of the Alabama Farmers' State alliance for six years in succession. For twenty years he has been a missionary baptist clergyman, and is now pastor of the baptist church at Jemison, Ala.
Adams, Seth
inventor, manufacturer, was born April 13, 1807, in Rochester, N. H. In 1836 he began the manufacture of the famous power printing presses which had been invented by his brother Isaac. For many years he had charge of the Adams Sugar Refinery, which was then the largest of its kind in the United States. He took an active part in the public affairs of Newton, Mass., where he died Dec. 7, 1873. He left large bequests of money to Bowdoin college, and other institutions; and a massive monument has been erected to his memory.
Adams, Silas
soldier, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1839, in Pulaski county, Ky. He received an education in the public schools of the county, the Kentucky university of Harrodsburg, and the Transylvania of Lexington. In 1867 he entered the law school at Lexington, and received license to practice; served two terms as county attorney; served three terms in the legislature; in 1892 was nominated and voted for by the republicans of the state legislature for speaker, and also for United States senator. He entered the union army in 1861 as first lieutenant, first Kentucky volunteer cavalry; was promoted to captain, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel of the regiment, and was mustered out Dec. 31, 1864. In 1892 was elected to the fiftythird congress as a republican.
Adams, Stephen
lawyer, legislator, jurist, United States senator, was a native of Franklin county, Tenn., and was a member of the senate of that state. Removing to Mississippi, he took an active part in public affairs; was a member of the state legislature; a representative in congress from 1845 to 1847; was elected judge of the circuit court, and from 1852 to 1857 was a senator in congress from Mississippi. He removed to Tennessee, with the intention of practicing law at Memphis, where he died of smallpox, May 11, 1857. ssman. He
Adams, Thomas
congressman. was a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress from 1778 to 1780, and signed the articles of confederation.
Adams, Washington Irving
manufacturer, was born March 25, 1832, in New York city. In 1875 he became president of S. Peck and Co., manufacturers of photographic apparatus; and was for many years vice-president of the Centennial Photograph company. :
Adams, William
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 25, 1807, in Colchester, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman of prominence in New York city during 1835-80. He was the author of the Three Gardens:
Eden, Gethsemane, Paradise; Conversations of Jesus Christ with Representative Men; In the World, Not of the World; Thanksgiving, and Memories of the Day and Helps to the Habit. He died Oct. 31, 1880, in Orange Mountain, N. J.
Adams, William
clergyman, theologian, author, was born July 3, 1813, in Ireland. He was an episcopal clergyman who was one of the founders of Nashotah Theological seminary, Wisconsin, and professor of systematic divinity there from 1841. He was the author of Mercy to Babes; Elements of Christian Science; and New Treatise of Baptismal Regeneration. He died in 1897.
Adams, William Forbes
bishop, was born Jan. 2, 1833, in Ireland. He was admitted to the Mississippi bar. He afterward removed to Tennessee, and became a candidate for holy orders in 1857. Removing to Mississippi while pursuing his theological course, he was ordained deacon in 1859; priest in 1860, and is now a bishop in the protestant episcopal church in the diocese of Easton. Md.
Adams, William Taylor
(Oliver Optic), educator, author, was born July 30, 1822, in Medway, Mass. He was a prolific and popular writer of books for boys, and was for many years a teacher in the Boston public schools.
Among his writings are: Army and Navy Series: Young America Abroad Series; Lake Shore Series; and Starry Flag Series. In 1867 he founded the journal known as Our Boys and Girls.
He died in 1897.
Adamson, William Charles
law-. yer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 13, 1854, in Bowdon, Ga. He spent his youth alternately in working on the farm and in hauling goods and cotton between Atlanta and Bowdon; took the collegiate course at Bowdon college, graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1874, the degree of A. M. being conferred a few years later by the same institution. He was admitted to the bar October, 1876, and has lived at Carrollton, Ga., ever since.
He was judge of the city court of Carrollton from 1885 to 1889, and was attorney for the city of Carrollton for a number of years; was presidential elector in 1892; and had never held nor sought any other office until elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Addams, William
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1776, in Lancaster county, Pa. He was a member of the state legislature from 1822-24. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825-29; and associate judge of Berks county from 1839-42. He died in the spring of 1858.
Addicks, George B
clergyman, college president, was born Sept. 9, 1854, in Hampton, Ill. For many years he was professor of German language and literature in the Iowa Wesleyan university of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; and subsequently became president of the Central Wesleyan college and clergyman of the German methodist episcopal church of Warrenton, Mo.