History of Whitley County, Indiana (extract from son, Andrew A. Adam's, biography)
By Samuel P. Kaler, R. H. Maring
John Q. Adams, deceased, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, November 26, 1826, and was the youngest son of James Adams, whose ancestors came to the North of Ireland from Scotland. His mother was Jane Moore, being a member of the family that gave to the world Thomas Moore, the Irish poet.
John Q. Adams while yet a child came to New York with his mother and other members of the family. His mother died shortly afterward and he was taken into the family of his uncle Andrew Adams, of Columbiana county, Ohio. Upon attaining manhood he became an expert machinist and worked for several years in the government ship-yards at New York and New Orleans. His health not being equal to the demands of this work, he came with his brother Andrew to Whitley county in 1849 and entered a tract of land near the Noble county line in Thorncreek township.
In 1854 he disposed of this land and purchased a farm of three hundred acres six miles northwest of Columbia City, and here spent the remainder of his days with the exception of a period of four years when he lived in Columbia City. In 1852 he was united in marriage with Miss Christiana Elliott, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (McDonald) Elliott, the formerof whom was a native of Berwick-on-Tweed' England, and the latter of Inverness, Scotland.
A family of six sons was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adams: George, who died in 1884, at the age of thirty; John W., who is the editor and proprietor of the Daily and Weekly Post of Columbia City; Charles, who is a partner in the Adams Lumber Company of Chicago and Tennessee; James M., who died in 1882, at the age of twenty-one; Andrew A., who is a practicing attorney of Whitley county bar; Frank E., who is associated with his brother Charles in the above mentioned industry. Mr. Adams was an enterprising and public-spirited citizen and served as county treasurer from 1866 to 1871.
He was one of the active spirits in building the Eel River Railroad, and was for many years at the head of the Agriculture Association of this county. Both Mr. and and Mrs. Adams were zealous Presbyterians and were charter members of the Presbyterian church at Columbia City, in which Mr. Adams was an elder. Politically he was a Democrat, while fraternally he was connected with the Masonic order. He died at the homestead in Thorncreek township, September 23, 1902. and Mrs. Adams died at her home in Columbia City, on January 13, 1906. Possessed of distinct and forceful individuality, they left their impress upon the commercial, social and moral development of the community.
By Samuel P. Kaler, R. H. Maring
John Q. Adams, deceased, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, November 26, 1826, and was the youngest son of James Adams, whose ancestors came to the North of Ireland from Scotland. His mother was Jane Moore, being a member of the family that gave to the world Thomas Moore, the Irish poet.
John Q. Adams while yet a child came to New York with his mother and other members of the family. His mother died shortly afterward and he was taken into the family of his uncle Andrew Adams, of Columbiana county, Ohio. Upon attaining manhood he became an expert machinist and worked for several years in the government ship-yards at New York and New Orleans. His health not being equal to the demands of this work, he came with his brother Andrew to Whitley county in 1849 and entered a tract of land near the Noble county line in Thorncreek township.
In 1854 he disposed of this land and purchased a farm of three hundred acres six miles northwest of Columbia City, and here spent the remainder of his days with the exception of a period of four years when he lived in Columbia City. In 1852 he was united in marriage with Miss Christiana Elliott, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (McDonald) Elliott, the formerof whom was a native of Berwick-on-Tweed' England, and the latter of Inverness, Scotland.
A family of six sons was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adams: George, who died in 1884, at the age of thirty; John W., who is the editor and proprietor of the Daily and Weekly Post of Columbia City; Charles, who is a partner in the Adams Lumber Company of Chicago and Tennessee; James M., who died in 1882, at the age of twenty-one; Andrew A., who is a practicing attorney of Whitley county bar; Frank E., who is associated with his brother Charles in the above mentioned industry. Mr. Adams was an enterprising and public-spirited citizen and served as county treasurer from 1866 to 1871.
He was one of the active spirits in building the Eel River Railroad, and was for many years at the head of the Agriculture Association of this county. Both Mr. and and Mrs. Adams were zealous Presbyterians and were charter members of the Presbyterian church at Columbia City, in which Mr. Adams was an elder. Politically he was a Democrat, while fraternally he was connected with the Masonic order. He died at the homestead in Thorncreek township, September 23, 1902. and Mrs. Adams died at her home in Columbia City, on January 13, 1906. Possessed of distinct and forceful individuality, they left their impress upon the commercial, social and moral development of the community.
History of Whitley County, Indiana (extract from son, Andrew A. Adam's, biography)
By Samuel P. Kaler, R. H. Maring
John Q. Adams, deceased, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, November 26, 1826, and was the youngest son of James Adams, whose ancestors came to the North of Ireland from Scotland. His mother was Jane Moore, being a member of the family that gave to the world Thomas Moore, the Irish poet.
John Q. Adams while yet a child came to New York with his mother and other members of the family. His mother died shortly afterward and he was taken into the family of his uncle Andrew Adams, of Columbiana county, Ohio. Upon attaining manhood he became an expert machinist and worked for several years in the government ship-yards at New York and New Orleans. His health not being equal to the demands of this work, he came with his brother Andrew to Whitley county in 1849 and entered a tract of land near the Noble county line in Thorncreek township.
In 1854 he disposed of this land and purchased a farm of three hundred acres six miles northwest of Columbia City, and here spent the remainder of his days with the exception of a period of four years when he lived in Columbia City. In 1852 he was united in marriage with Miss Christiana Elliott, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (McDonald) Elliott, the formerof whom was a native of Berwick-on-Tweed' England, and the latter of Inverness, Scotland.
A family of six sons was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adams: George, who died in 1884, at the age of thirty; John W., who is the editor and proprietor of the Daily and Weekly Post of Columbia City; Charles, who is a partner in the Adams Lumber Company of Chicago and Tennessee; James M., who died in 1882, at the age of twenty-one; Andrew A., who is a practicing attorney of Whitley county bar; Frank E., who is associated with his brother Charles in the above mentioned industry. Mr. Adams was an enterprising and public-spirited citizen and served as county treasurer from 1866 to 1871.
He was one of the active spirits in building the Eel River Railroad, and was for many years at the head of the Agriculture Association of this county. Both Mr. and and Mrs. Adams were zealous Presbyterians and were charter members of the Presbyterian church at Columbia City, in which Mr. Adams was an elder. Politically he was a Democrat, while fraternally he was connected with the Masonic order. He died at the homestead in Thorncreek township, September 23, 1902. and Mrs. Adams died at her home in Columbia City, on January 13, 1906. Possessed of distinct and forceful individuality, they left their impress upon the commercial, social and moral development of the community.
By Samuel P. Kaler, R. H. Maring
John Q. Adams, deceased, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, November 26, 1826, and was the youngest son of James Adams, whose ancestors came to the North of Ireland from Scotland. His mother was Jane Moore, being a member of the family that gave to the world Thomas Moore, the Irish poet.
John Q. Adams while yet a child came to New York with his mother and other members of the family. His mother died shortly afterward and he was taken into the family of his uncle Andrew Adams, of Columbiana county, Ohio. Upon attaining manhood he became an expert machinist and worked for several years in the government ship-yards at New York and New Orleans. His health not being equal to the demands of this work, he came with his brother Andrew to Whitley county in 1849 and entered a tract of land near the Noble county line in Thorncreek township.
In 1854 he disposed of this land and purchased a farm of three hundred acres six miles northwest of Columbia City, and here spent the remainder of his days with the exception of a period of four years when he lived in Columbia City. In 1852 he was united in marriage with Miss Christiana Elliott, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (McDonald) Elliott, the formerof whom was a native of Berwick-on-Tweed' England, and the latter of Inverness, Scotland.
A family of six sons was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adams: George, who died in 1884, at the age of thirty; John W., who is the editor and proprietor of the Daily and Weekly Post of Columbia City; Charles, who is a partner in the Adams Lumber Company of Chicago and Tennessee; James M., who died in 1882, at the age of twenty-one; Andrew A., who is a practicing attorney of Whitley county bar; Frank E., who is associated with his brother Charles in the above mentioned industry. Mr. Adams was an enterprising and public-spirited citizen and served as county treasurer from 1866 to 1871.
He was one of the active spirits in building the Eel River Railroad, and was for many years at the head of the Agriculture Association of this county. Both Mr. and and Mrs. Adams were zealous Presbyterians and were charter members of the Presbyterian church at Columbia City, in which Mr. Adams was an elder. Politically he was a Democrat, while fraternally he was connected with the Masonic order. He died at the homestead in Thorncreek township, September 23, 1902. and Mrs. Adams died at her home in Columbia City, on January 13, 1906. Possessed of distinct and forceful individuality, they left their impress upon the commercial, social and moral development of the community.
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