First Lieutenant, Headquarters Co, 161st FA Brigade, 86th Division. Son of Edward Q and Helen Gay Adams. Entered the service May 15, 1917, at Galesburg; First Officers' Training Camp, Ft. Sheridan; promoted to Second Lieutenant, August 15, 1917; to First Lieutenant, August 22, 1918; transferred from Training Camp to 86th Division, August 29, 1917; in the service 20 months and 5 days; discharged January 20, 1919.
Student Knox College. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1918, also United States District Court 7th Circuit, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice of Law, Chicago, 1919-1972. Member firm Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams.
Director John B Thompson Company, Drovers National Bank, also director JR Short Milling Company.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit, American Judicature Society, Society Trial Lawyers Chicago. Clubs: Law, Legal, University, Mid-Day (Chicago)
Married Frances Ruth Cummings on June 14, 1924.
Father of Edward Quincy and Frances Suzanne
Memorial services for Edward R. Adams, 79, of 200 Woodley Rd., Winnetka, a Chicago attorney for 53 years and a partner in the law firm of Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung, 1 N. LaSalle St., will be held 4 p.m. tomorrow in Christ Church, 784 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Adams who died Monday in Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, is survived by his widow, Frances; a son, Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Becker; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: JUNE 14, 1972
Student Knox College. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1918, also United States District Court 7th Circuit, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice of Law, Chicago, 1919-1972. Member firm Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams.
Director John B Thompson Company, Drovers National Bank, also director JR Short Milling Company.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit, American Judicature Society, Society Trial Lawyers Chicago. Clubs: Law, Legal, University, Mid-Day (Chicago)
Married Frances Ruth Cummings on June 14, 1924.
Father of Edward Quincy and Frances Suzanne
Memorial services for Edward R. Adams, 79, of 200 Woodley Rd., Winnetka, a Chicago attorney for 53 years and a partner in the law firm of Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung, 1 N. LaSalle St., will be held 4 p.m. tomorrow in Christ Church, 784 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Adams who died Monday in Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, is survived by his widow, Frances; a son, Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Becker; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: JUNE 14, 1972
First Lieutenant, Headquarters Co, 161st FA Brigade, 86th Division. Son of Edward Q and Helen Gay Adams. Entered the service May 15, 1917, at Galesburg; First Officers' Training Camp, Ft. Sheridan; promoted to Second Lieutenant, August 15, 1917; to First Lieutenant, August 22, 1918; transferred from Training Camp to 86th Division, August 29, 1917; in the service 20 months and 5 days; discharged January 20, 1919.
Student Knox College. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1918, also United States District Court 7th Circuit, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice of Law, Chicago, 1919-1972. Member firm Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams.
Director John B Thompson Company, Drovers National Bank, also director JR Short Milling Company.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit, American Judicature Society, Society Trial Lawyers Chicago. Clubs: Law, Legal, University, Mid-Day (Chicago)
Married Frances Ruth Cummings on June 14, 1924.
Father of Edward Quincy and Frances Suzanne
Memorial services for Edward R. Adams, 79, of 200 Woodley Rd., Winnetka, a Chicago attorney for 53 years and a partner in the law firm of Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung, 1 N. LaSalle St., will be held 4 p.m. tomorrow in Christ Church, 784 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Adams who died Monday in Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, is survived by his widow, Frances; a son, Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Becker; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: JUNE 14, 1972
Student Knox College. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1918, also United States District Court 7th Circuit, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice of Law, Chicago, 1919-1972. Member firm Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams.
Director John B Thompson Company, Drovers National Bank, also director JR Short Milling Company.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit, American Judicature Society, Society Trial Lawyers Chicago. Clubs: Law, Legal, University, Mid-Day (Chicago)
Married Frances Ruth Cummings on June 14, 1924.
Father of Edward Quincy and Frances Suzanne
Memorial services for Edward R. Adams, 79, of 200 Woodley Rd., Winnetka, a Chicago attorney for 53 years and a partner in the law firm of Gorham, Adams, White & DeYoung, 1 N. LaSalle St., will be held 4 p.m. tomorrow in Christ Church, 784 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka. Mr. Adams who died Monday in Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, is survived by his widow, Frances; a son, Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Becker; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: JUNE 14, 1972
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