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Adams, Samuel Herbert, educator, designwas born Jan. 35, 1858, in West Concord, Vt. He was educated in the public er, artist,

schools of Fitohburg, Mass.; and in 1885-90 studied art in Paris, France. He is an instructor in the Pratt institute of Brooklyn, N.Y. He designed one of the doors in the new congressional library of Washington, D. C. ; and designed the statue of Joseph Henry.

Adams, Samuel Hopkins, or, was born Jan. 36, 1871,

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journalist, authin Dunkirk, N.Y.

a contributor to McClure's Magazine, Weekly and other periodicals. He is the author of The Great American Fraud; and part author The Mystery. Adams, Samuel M., clergyman, jurist, statesman, banker, was born Dec. 10, 1853, in Dallas county, Ala. He was twice elected to the is

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state legislature of Alabama; and was president of the Alabama farmers' state alliance for six years in succession. For thirty years he has been a missionary baptist clergyman was pastor of the baptist church at Jemison, Ala. ; and is now pastor of the Baptist church at Calera, Ala. In 1898-1904 he was probate judge for Chilton county, Ala.; and is now also president of the Citizen's bank of Calera, Ala. Adams, Samuel Shugert, physician, pediatrist, was born July 13, 1853, in Washington,

D.C. In 1875 he graduated from the West Virginia university; and in 1879 graduated with the degree of M.D. from Georgetown university. He is a professor of theory and practice of medicine and diseases of children at the Georgetown university; and is attending physician to the Children's hospital, at the Washington hospital for foundlings, and is the secretary of the American pediatric society of Washington, D.C. Adams, Seth, manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, 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, Sejmiour Webster, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 1, 1815, in Vernon, N.Y. In 1846-64 he was the pastor of the First baptist church in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the author of Dr. Nathaniel Kendrick, a memoir of his father-in-law. He died Sept. 17, 1864, in Cleveland, Ohio. Adams, Sherman Wolcott, lawyer, historian, was born May 6, 1836, in Wethersfield, Conn. During the civil war he was acting assistant paymaster in the United States navy. He then took up the practice of law in Hartford, Conn. He contributed to Memorial History of Hartford County, Mass.; and his writings appear in various other historic-

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soldier, lawyer, congressman, 9, 1839, in Pulaski county, Ky. He served for two terms as county attorney; served three terms in the state legis-

Adams, Silas, was born Feb.

was nominated and voted for by the republicans of the state legislature lature; in 1893

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, lieutenantcolonel, and colonel of the regiment and was mustered out Dec. 31, 1864. In 1893-95 he was a representative from Kentucky to the fifty-third congress as a republican. about 1903 in Liberty, Ky.

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Adams, Smith, merchant, genealogist, was born April 33, 1838, in NewDuryport, Mass. He is clockmaker of Milltown, Maine. He is the author of the Genealogy and History of the Newbury-Adams Family. Adams, Stephen, lawyer, jurist, congressman. United States senator, was a native of Franklin county, Tenn. He was a member of the Tennessee state senate. Removing to Mississippi, he took an active part in public affairs; and was a member of the state legislature. In 1845-47 he was a represeiiiative from Mississippi to the twenty-ninth congress. He was elected judge of the circuit court; and in 1853-57 was United States senator from Mississippi. He removed to Tennessee, with the intention of practicing law at Memphis, where he died of smallpox. May 11, 1857.

Adams, Suzanne, vocalist, was born in 1873 in Cambridge, Mass. She is the wife of Professor Leo Stern, violincellist. For five seasons she was engaged at Covent garden as operatic singer; and has successfully, toured the United States.

Adams, Thomas, congressman, was born

in

Virginia; in 1778-80 he was a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress; and signed the articles of confederation.

Adams, Thomas, clergyman, author, was born in 1793 in Maine. He was a clergyman of Farmington, Vassalboro and Augusta, Maine. He was the author of several published Sermons, Memoirs and Addresses. He died in 1881 in Vassalboro, Maine. Adams, Thomas Boylston, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 15, 1772, in Quincy, Mass. In 1790 he graduated from Harvard university. In 1805-06 he was a state representative from Quincy; and in 1809-11 was chief justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts. He died March 13. 1833, in Quincy, Mass. Adams, Thomas Brooks, banker, broker, statesman, was born Oct. 34, 1852, in Santiage de Cuba. In 1879-84 he was a member of the New York stock exchange; then until 1891 was in the cattle business at Cheyenne, Wyo. For two terms he was a representative in the Wyoming legislature; and in 1886-88

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