James Adams was the son of Elias Adams and Elizabeth Harris Adams.
He fought in the Civil War and was blinded. He was a Baptist minister and his wife would read the scripture for him and he would preach.
VIMY RIDGE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Organized in 1895
The first Baptist Church to be organized in the vicinity of the Vimy Ridge (Germania) community was the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church. It began meeting about 1855 in a building near where the McPherson Cemetery is now located. Early families active in this congregation were Ball, Laster, Morton, and Mashburn. Soon after the Civil War this church moved south into the Sardis Community. About 1873, James Adams, a Civil War veteran and a Baptist preacher, migrated from Alabama with a large family and settled along the southern part of Chicot Road. Shortly after his arrival, he and members of his family formed a new church, called Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, at the Blunt School House near the old Fairview Church site on Sardis Road. Other early members of this church were George M. Cullins and J. G. Abererombie. It remained active until about 1890.
The third Baptist church in the area was China Grove Missionary Baptist Church organized in 1882 several miles west of Vimy Ridge. James Adams was its first pastor. Families active in its membership were Mashburn, Brooks, Cullins, Greer, Lasater, Covington, and Abercrombie. This church continued meeting until about 1915.
Adapted from A History of Vimy Ridge Baptist Church, by LeRoy Polk (1989), by Russell P. Baker. Church Clerk (2003).
James and his first wife, Mary Nall, had 3 children:
William Graves Adams (1876-1954)
Matilda "Tilda" Adams Mills (1869-
Mandy Naomi Adams Gentry (1866-1948)
James and his second wife, Mary J. ?, had 5 girls.
He fought in the Civil War and was blinded. He was a Baptist minister and his wife would read the scripture for him and he would preach.
VIMY RIDGE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Organized in 1895
The first Baptist Church to be organized in the vicinity of the Vimy Ridge (Germania) community was the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church. It began meeting about 1855 in a building near where the McPherson Cemetery is now located. Early families active in this congregation were Ball, Laster, Morton, and Mashburn. Soon after the Civil War this church moved south into the Sardis Community. About 1873, James Adams, a Civil War veteran and a Baptist preacher, migrated from Alabama with a large family and settled along the southern part of Chicot Road. Shortly after his arrival, he and members of his family formed a new church, called Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, at the Blunt School House near the old Fairview Church site on Sardis Road. Other early members of this church were George M. Cullins and J. G. Abererombie. It remained active until about 1890.
The third Baptist church in the area was China Grove Missionary Baptist Church organized in 1882 several miles west of Vimy Ridge. James Adams was its first pastor. Families active in its membership were Mashburn, Brooks, Cullins, Greer, Lasater, Covington, and Abercrombie. This church continued meeting until about 1915.
Adapted from A History of Vimy Ridge Baptist Church, by LeRoy Polk (1989), by Russell P. Baker. Church Clerk (2003).
James and his first wife, Mary Nall, had 3 children:
William Graves Adams (1876-1954)
Matilda "Tilda" Adams Mills (1869-
Mandy Naomi Adams Gentry (1866-1948)
James and his second wife, Mary J. ?, had 5 girls.
James Adams was the son of Elias Adams and Elizabeth Harris Adams.
He fought in the Civil War and was blinded. He was a Baptist minister and his wife would read the scripture for him and he would preach.
VIMY RIDGE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Organized in 1895
The first Baptist Church to be organized in the vicinity of the Vimy Ridge (Germania) community was the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church. It began meeting about 1855 in a building near where the McPherson Cemetery is now located. Early families active in this congregation were Ball, Laster, Morton, and Mashburn. Soon after the Civil War this church moved south into the Sardis Community. About 1873, James Adams, a Civil War veteran and a Baptist preacher, migrated from Alabama with a large family and settled along the southern part of Chicot Road. Shortly after his arrival, he and members of his family formed a new church, called Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, at the Blunt School House near the old Fairview Church site on Sardis Road. Other early members of this church were George M. Cullins and J. G. Abererombie. It remained active until about 1890.
The third Baptist church in the area was China Grove Missionary Baptist Church organized in 1882 several miles west of Vimy Ridge. James Adams was its first pastor. Families active in its membership were Mashburn, Brooks, Cullins, Greer, Lasater, Covington, and Abercrombie. This church continued meeting until about 1915.
Adapted from A History of Vimy Ridge Baptist Church, by LeRoy Polk (1989), by Russell P. Baker. Church Clerk (2003).
James and his first wife, Mary Nall, had 3 children:
William Graves Adams (1876-1954)
Matilda "Tilda" Adams Mills (1869-
Mandy Naomi Adams Gentry (1866-1948)
James and his second wife, Mary J. ?, had 5 girls.
He fought in the Civil War and was blinded. He was a Baptist minister and his wife would read the scripture for him and he would preach.
VIMY RIDGE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Organized in 1895
The first Baptist Church to be organized in the vicinity of the Vimy Ridge (Germania) community was the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church. It began meeting about 1855 in a building near where the McPherson Cemetery is now located. Early families active in this congregation were Ball, Laster, Morton, and Mashburn. Soon after the Civil War this church moved south into the Sardis Community. About 1873, James Adams, a Civil War veteran and a Baptist preacher, migrated from Alabama with a large family and settled along the southern part of Chicot Road. Shortly after his arrival, he and members of his family formed a new church, called Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, at the Blunt School House near the old Fairview Church site on Sardis Road. Other early members of this church were George M. Cullins and J. G. Abererombie. It remained active until about 1890.
The third Baptist church in the area was China Grove Missionary Baptist Church organized in 1882 several miles west of Vimy Ridge. James Adams was its first pastor. Families active in its membership were Mashburn, Brooks, Cullins, Greer, Lasater, Covington, and Abercrombie. This church continued meeting until about 1915.
Adapted from A History of Vimy Ridge Baptist Church, by LeRoy Polk (1989), by Russell P. Baker. Church Clerk (2003).
James and his first wife, Mary Nall, had 3 children:
William Graves Adams (1876-1954)
Matilda "Tilda" Adams Mills (1869-
Mandy Naomi Adams Gentry (1866-1948)
James and his second wife, Mary J. ?, had 5 girls.
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