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50 Adams, Francis Colburn, author, was born 1850. He was a writer of Charleston, S.C; and wrote under various pseudonyms. He was the author of Manuel Pereira, or the in

Sovereign Rule of South Carolina; Uncle at Home; Our World, or the Democrats' Kule; Justice in the Byways; Life and Adventures of Major Potter; An Outcast, a novel; The Story of a Trooper; Siege of Washington, for Little People ; and The Von Toodleburgs, or the Memoirs of a Very Distinguished Family.

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Adams, Frank T., soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1862-63 he was a private soldier in the fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry; and became second lieutenant in the second New Jersey cavalry. In 1869 he was in the eighth regiment United States infantry. He died July 26, 1880.

Adams, Frank Yale, educator, college preswas born July 1, 1867, in Whitney's

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Point, N.Y.

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graduated with the degree of

A.B. from St. Lawrence university in 1888; and subsequently received the degree of A.M. from that institution. In 1888-93 he was principal of Union high school; and in 189397 was superintendent of schools at St. Johnsville, N.Y. In 1897-99 he was professor of languages and in 1899-1901 professor of history and pedagogy at the university of Arizona; and since 1901 has been president and professor of economics and pedagogy at that institution. He has been president of the Arizona teachers' association; in 190003 was director for Arizona of the national educational association; and is a member of the American historical association.

Adams, Frankln George, lawyer, jurist, librarian, author, was born May 13, 1824, in Rodman, N.Y. In 1876, at the beginning of the work of the Kansas state historical society, he was appointed secretary. In 187884 he was judge of the circuit court of St. Louis, Mo. He was the author of Homestead Guide. He died Dec. 2, 1899, in Topeka, Kan.

Adams, Frederick Upham, civil engineer, was born Dec. 10, 1859, in Boston, Mass. In 1876 he graduated from inventor, author,

the high school of Elgin, 111. In 1882-90 he was a mechanical engineer. In 1886 he invented the electric lamp post; and in 1887 invented electric light towers. In 189496 he was chief smoke inspector of Chicago, 111. In 1896 he was in charge of the press and literary work of the democratic national committee. In 1900 he constructed experimental passenger trains tor the Baltimore and Ohio railway, which broke all speed records. He is the author of Atmospheric Resistance and Its Relation to the Speed of

Railway Trains; President John Sniith; John Burt; The Kidnapped Millionaires; How Cities Are Governed in Great Britain; the Colonel Monroe's Doctrine; Shades of Fathers; Follow Through; and The Bottom of the Well.

Adams, Frederick Whiting, physician, surgeon, poet, was born in 1786 in Pawlet, Vt., and was a descendant of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass. In 1814-36 he practiced medicine in Barton, Vt.; and from 1836 Montpelier; Vt. He was a philosophical thinker and writer; and also a musician and poet. He was a skillful violinist; gave particular attention to the manufacture of violins from old woods; and was a friend of Ole Bull. He died Dec. 17, 1858, in Montpelier, Vt. Adams, George, publisher, author, was born in 1807. He was the publisher of the Massachusetts Register, Rhode Island Register and several Boston directories. He died in 1865 in Boston, Mass.

Adams, George, lawyer, jurist, was a citizen of Mississippi. He was United States judge for the district embracing that state. Adams, George, soldier, merchant, banker, was born Sept. 13, 1834, in Baltimore, Md. In 1864 he organized the First national bank of Wheeling; and for many years was president of one of the largest banking institutions of that city. During the civil war he served as captain and subsequently as colonel in the fifth regiment of the West Virginia militia, an organization that gave good service in defense of the Union. He has been president of the Wheeling library association; president of the Buckeye glass company; and of various other institutions.

Adams, George Bethune, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born April 3, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated in the public and private schols of Philadelphia, Pa. In 1861 he served as a volunteer soldier in the civil war. During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania he again went to the front; and when he received his discharge he entered the quartermaster's department, remaining until 1871. He then entered mercantile pursuits, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1878. He practiced law in Philadelphia until 1883; and subsequently became a noted admiralty lawyer of New York City. In 1901-07 he was judge of the United States district court for the southern district of New York. He died in 1907 in New York City.

Adams, George Burton, educator, author, was born June 3, 1851, in Fairfield, Vt. He is an historical writer and professor of history at Yale university. He is the author of Civilization During the Middle Ages; and The Growth of the French Nation.