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Rh Adams, George Crawford, clergyman, theowas born March 7, 1850, in Castine,

logian,

Maine.

In 1875-81 he

pastorates in Hillsboro and Alton, 111.; and in 1881-96 filled a pastorate in St. Louis, Mo. In 1880-90 he was a trustee of Illinois college; and in 1881-96 was trustee of Drury college.

Adams, George Everett, lawyer, state senator congressman, was born June 18, 1840, in Keene, N.H. Since 1865 he has been a lawyer of Chicago, 111.; and in 1880 he was elected a state senator for a term of five years. In 1883-91 he was a representative from Illinois to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth filled and fifty-first congresses.

Adams, George F., clergyman, educator, founder, author, was born Oct. 3, 1802, in Dorchester, Mass. For fifty years he was a minister of the baptist church; and in 1842 became general missionary for the state of Maryland. For a short time he was a chaplain in the confederate army. In 1836 he was one of the four founders of the Maryland baptist union association. He was the author of History of the Maryland Baptist Churches. more, Md.

He died April 16, 1877, in Balti-

Adams, George Irving, was born Aug. 17, 1870,

geologist, scientist, in Lena, 111. Since 1901 he has been assistant geologist in the United States geological survey.

Adams, George M., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1837, in Knox

county, Ky.

He was

educated at Centre

col-

lege; studied law; was clerk of the circuit court of Knox county from 1859 to 1861; subsequently served for a Tew months as a captain in the union army; and was an additional paymaster of volimteers in 1861-65.

In 1867-75 he was a representative from Kentucky to the fortieth, forty-first, fortysecond and forty-third congresses.

Adams, George Moulton, clergyman, author, was bom July 7, 1824, in Castine, Maine. In 1844 he graduated from Bowdoin college;

and in 1850-1906 filled pastorates in the congregational church. He was the author of The Biblical Encyclopedia, in five volumes. He died Jan. 11, 1906, in Auburndale, Mass. Adams, Green, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 20, 1812, in Barboursville, Ky. In 1839 he was elected to the state legislature. In 1847-49 and 1859-61 he was a representative from Kentucky to the thirtieth and thirty-sixth congresses; was a presidential elector in 1844 and 1856; and a judge of the circuit court of Kentucky in 1851-56. In 1861 he was appointed sixth auditor of the United States treasury; and was disbursing clerk in the house of representatives at Washington in 1875-81. He died Jan. 18, 1884.

Adams, Hannah, the United States to

first

make a

woman

in the

profession of

lit-

was born in 1755 in Medfield, Mass. After the civil war she opened a school to prepare young men for college. Her principal work appeared in 1784, entitled A View of erature,

51

Religious Opinions; and a fourth edition of Dictionary of Rethat work was entitled ligions. She was also the author of His-

A

A

New

England; llJvidences of Christianity; History of the Jews; and Letters on the Gospel. She died Nov. 15, 1832, in Brookline, Mass.

Adams, Henry, pioneer, projenitor, was born in England. He was one of the first settlers in that part of Massachusetts designated as Mt. Wollaston, which in 1640 was incorporated as the town of Braintree, Mass. He arrived in 1632 with his wife, eight sons and a daughter. He was the noted projenitor of the Adams family of Quincy. His sons were Henry, Thomas, Samuel, Jonathan, Peter, John, Joseph and Edward, all of whom

tory of

numerous descendants; and a, full history of them is given in a Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree and His Descendants. He died Oct. 6, 1846, in Braintree, Mass. Adams, Henry, educator, historian, author, was born Feb. 16, 1838, in Boston, Mass. He left

an historian and political biographer. He the author of Life of John Randolph Life of Albert Gallatin; Life of Jeflferson; and History of the United States. is is

Adams, Henry A., naval officer, was born in 1833 in Pennsylvania. He was commissioned a lieutenant in 1856; and was on the Brooklyn at the passage of forts St. Philip and Jackson, and the capture of New Orleans in 1862. He volunteered for anything and everything. After the taking of Richmond lie was one of the party that accompanied President Lincoln on his entry into the city. He was commissioned a commander in 1866.

Adams, Henry Carter, political economist, author, was born in 1851 in Davenport, Iowa. He is a political economist of note. He is the author of Public Debts, an Essay in the Science of Finance; Taxation in the United States, 1789-1816; and Outline of Lectures on Political Economy.

Adams, Henry Herschel, soldier, business president, was born July 9, 1844, in CoUamer, Ohio. He served three years in the union

army during the

civil

war; and was confined three months in a rebel prison at Cahaba, Ala.; and was engaged in the battles of Chick-

amauga, Chattanooga, Resaca, of

New Hope

Church and Kenesaw Mountain. In 1867 he became engaged in the iron business in Cleveland, Ohio; and then

removed to New York the president of the Columbus, Hooking coal and iron company in 1890; president of the Colonial iron company in 1899 president of the Sonora copper company of Mexico in 1900; and vice-president of the Empire consolidated quicksilver minin 1882.

He became