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hundred Sunday

schools.

He

died April 34,

1863.

Adams, John, naval

officer, was born Nov. Mass. He was the last survivor of all who witnessed the victory gained by Hull in the Constitution over Dac-

29, 1796, in Boston,

res in the Guerriere in 1812.

He was

subse-

quently captured and confined in Dartmoor prison till the end of the war. For nearly fifty years afterward he followed the sea, commanding some of the finest merchantmen that sailed from Boston. He died March 17, 1886, in Allston, Mass.

Adams, John, soldier, was born in 1825 in Tennessee. His first service was in the Mexican war, where he was brevetted first lieutenant for gallantry at Vera Cruz de Resales in 1848. At the outbreak of the civil war he became a major-general in the confederate

He was killed in battle in Franklin, Tenn. army.

Nov.

30, 1864,

cated in the country schools; and in 1876 graduated from Columbia law college. In 1883-87 he was a representative from New

York to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat.

Adams, John McGregor, merchant, manuwas born March 11, 1834, in Lon-

facturer,

donderry, N.H. In 1858 he settled in Chica-

Morris K. Jesup and company, which firm was subsequently merged into that of Crerar Adams and company, still in existence, and of which he was a partner. He was also president of the Adams and Westlake company, incorporated in 1874 with a capital of over half a million dollars. He died Sept. 18, 1904, in Highland Park, go, representing

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Adams, John Quincy, sixth president of the United States, was born July 11, 1767, in Braintree, now Quincy, Mass., and at the age of eleven years he ac-

companied his father, John Adams, to France.

Adams, John Coleman, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 25, 1849, in Maiden, Mass. He

He

attended school In In 1781 he accompanied the American ambassador, Francis Dana, to Russia as

a universalist clergyman of Brooklyn, N.Y, is the author of The Leisure of God; Christian Types of Heroism ; and Nature Stuis

Paris.

He

dies in Berkshire.

Adams, John Dunning, soldier, statesman, was born June 23, 1827, in Humphreys county, Tenn. He served in' the Mexican war; and during the civil war attained the rank of major in the confederate service. In 1876-82 he owned and controlled the leading daily newspaper of Arkansas. He became a noted statesman, and his name was mentioned for governor of his state. He died Dec. 7, 1892, in Little Rock, Ark.

Adams, John was born May

He

F., clergyman, abolitionist, 23, 1790, in Stratham, N.H. served as a circuit rider in the backwoods

of Maine. In the anti-slavery agitation he took a prominent part in favor of emancipation. He was four times chosen as a delegate to the general conference. He died June 11, 1881, in Greenland, N.H. Adams, John Greenleaf, clergyman, author, was born May 23, 1790, in Stratham, N.H. His principal works are The Universalist Church, Its Faith and Its Works Universalism of the Lord's Prayer; Talks About the Bible to Young Folks; and Fifty Notable Years, or Views of the Ministry of Univer;

salism.

He

died in 1887.

Adams, John Gregory Bishop, soldier, public official, was bom Oct. 6, 1841, in Groveland, Mass. He served with distinction in the civil war; and for bravery in the field attained the rank of captain. He participated in numerous battles; and was captured and confined in southern prisons. For ten years he was postmaster of Lynn, Mass.; and was Bergeant-at-arms at the state house until his death. In 1893-94 he was cOmmander-inchief of the grand army of the republic. He died Oct. 19, 1900, in Lynn, Mass. Adams, John J., lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1848, in Canada. He was edu-

private secretary. returned home in 1785, and entered Harvard college, where he his

He

graduated in 1788. He then began the study of law with Hon. Theophilus Parsons. In 1794 he was appointed resident minister to the Netherlands, and afterwards to Portugal; but, while on his way to Lisbon, he received a new commission from his father, then president, which changed him to Prussia. In 1797 he was married to Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson. He returned to America in 1801; and in 1802 was elected to the senate of Massachusetts. In 1803 he was elected to the United States senate; and resigned his seat in 1806. In 1809 he was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Russia; and in 1814 he was placed at the head of the American commissioners who negotiated the treaty of peace with Great Britain at Ghent. Mr. Adams was appointed minister to the court of St. James in 1815; was appointed secretary of state in 1817, and held the ofiioe eight years. Feb. 9, 1825, he was elected president of the United States by the house of representatives, the electoral college having failed to make a choice; and was inaugurated

March

He was

defeated for re-election, and left the executive chair and retired to private life. In 1830 he was elected to the house of representatives, and held the office by re-election until his death, Feb. 23, 1848, which occurred in the Capitol at Washington in the speaker's room, two days after falling from his chair in the house of representatives. His last words were: This is the end of earth; I am con4.

on the 4th of March, 1839, he

tent.

His writings, though mainly political