Jose Pierre Adams, born near Brunswick Missouri.
The first experience of Mr. Adams in the west was during the civil war, when he was but a boy. He was then living in Missouri, but affairs in that state were exciting and residence there undesirable; so in 1863 he went to St. Joe by railroad and there took the stage to Leavenworth, where he hired as a driver of a six-yoke ox-team over the government trail to Santa Fe. However, they soon had an unfortunate encounter with the Indians. At Larned, Kan., while the men were in camp and the cattle were grazing on the plains, a band of Comanche Indians attacked the party.
The first volley by the whites killed seven Indians and enraged the others so that they continued fighting all afternoon, killing the wagon master, and finally leaving with the oxen. The following day government troops from the Larned post rescued Mr. Adams and the other members of the party.
During the years that have since elapsed Mr. Adams has had many other thrilling experiences, in all of which he has borne himself valiantly.
He is fond of Colorado, and is especially interested in the welfare of Denver, where he is engaged in business as a commission merchant. He also owns a ranch at Corona, sixty miles east of Denver, on the Kiowa Creek, where he is engaged in raising cattle and horses. While in Douglas County he served as county commissioner for two terms of three years each, and each year he was re-elected chairman. In 1875 he was elected sheriff of the county (which was Republican) on the Democratic ticket, by a fair majority, although there were two other candidates.
While he was in office he was instrumental in securing the erection of the courthouse at Castle Rock, one of the prettiest public buildings in the state, for the erection of which $20,000 bonds were voted, but it was necessary to float only $14,000 of the amount.
His grandfather, Jose Pierre Adams, was born in Scotland, emigrated to America in early manhood, married in Virginia and was there employed as a chemist. While testing a variety of herb he was accidentally poisoned and soon died. He was then forty-five years of age.
He had two sons, George P. and Alexander Washington, and three daughters. The first-named son was born in Jefferson County, Va., where be engaged in farming until 1827, and then removed to Chariton County, Mo., settling upon a tract of prairie land that had been set aside for the war of 1812 land grants.
One of these he bought and subsequently sold, after which he was permitted to pre-empt another one hundred and sixty acres, paying twelve and one-half cents per acre, and was also given permission to take another tract of similar size. He improved all the land and devoted it principally to the stock business, buying adjacent property, until he finally owned a section. While there he served as justice of the peace. In 1886 he came to Colorado and afterward lived retired until his death, at eighty-one years.
The mother of our subject, who was Cynthia Lane, was born in Kentucky and died in Missouri in 1861. Her father, John Lane, removed from Kentucky to Chariton County, Mo., where he died. She was the mother of four sons and four daughters, all still living. James Casper is a cattleman in Douglas County, Colo.; A. W. is a stock commission merchant in Kansas City; and John W. is a farmer, living near Marceline, Chariton County, Mo.
After his encounter with the Indians at Larned, our subject secured employment as driver of a train of six mules up the Arkansas River to Fort Lyons, Pueblo and Denver, which city he first saw in July, 1863. For six months he was employed as a stage driver from Julesburg to Fort Morgan, and afterward for eighteen months engaged in freighting. He then went to Nebraska City, where he attended school a few months, and next spent a year on the home farm.
During this time he married Susan M. Pugh, daughter of Alexander Pugh, who removed in early days from Louden County, Va., to Missouri.
Coming to Colorado again in 1869, Mr. Adams embarked in the cattle business in Douglas (now Elbert) County, where he started a ranch. In 1873 he removed to a ranch on Plum Creek in Douglas County, where he began to deal in cattle, in addition to raising them. For fourteen years he was a member of the firm of Adams & Green at Castle Rock. In 1893 he removed to Denver, where he resides at No. 43 Sherman avenue and has his place of business in the Exchange building.
While in Douglas County he was active in securing the removal of the county seat from Frenchtown to Castle Rock. He has been active in the Democratic party and has been a member of the state central committee and a delegate to state conventions. He and his wife have three daughters: Mrs. Alice Hazleton, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mary and Edna. He is still a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at Castle Rock, in which he was formerly an official.
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Jose Pierre Adams, born near Brunswick Missouri.
The first experience of Mr. Adams in the west was during the civil war, when he was but a boy. He was then living in Missouri, but affairs in that state were exciting and residence there undesirable; so in 1863 he went to St. Joe by railroad and there took the stage to Leavenworth, where he hired as a driver of a six-yoke ox-team over the government trail to Santa Fe. However, they soon had an unfortunate encounter with the Indians. At Larned, Kan., while the men were in camp and the cattle were grazing on the plains, a band of Comanche Indians attacked the party.
The first volley by the whites killed seven Indians and enraged the others so that they continued fighting all afternoon, killing the wagon master, and finally leaving with the oxen. The following day government troops from the Larned post rescued Mr. Adams and the other members of the party.
During the years that have since elapsed Mr. Adams has had many other thrilling experiences, in all of which he has borne himself valiantly.
He is fond of Colorado, and is especially interested in the welfare of Denver, where he is engaged in business as a commission merchant. He also owns a ranch at Corona, sixty miles east of Denver, on the Kiowa Creek, where he is engaged in raising cattle and horses. While in Douglas County he served as county commissioner for two terms of three years each, and each year he was re-elected chairman. In 1875 he was elected sheriff of the county (which was Republican) on the Democratic ticket, by a fair majority, although there were two other candidates.
While he was in office he was instrumental in securing the erection of the courthouse at Castle Rock, one of the prettiest public buildings in the state, for the erection of which $20,000 bonds were voted, but it was necessary to float only $14,000 of the amount.
His grandfather, Jose Pierre Adams, was born in Scotland, emigrated to America in early manhood, married in Virginia and was there employed as a chemist. While testing a variety of herb he was accidentally poisoned and soon died. He was then forty-five years of age.
He had two sons, George P. and Alexander Washington, and three daughters. The first-named son was born in Jefferson County, Va., where be engaged in farming until 1827, and then removed to Chariton County, Mo., settling upon a tract of prairie land that had been set aside for the war of 1812 land grants.
One of these he bought and subsequently sold, after which he was permitted to pre-empt another one hundred and sixty acres, paying twelve and one-half cents per acre, and was also given permission to take another tract of similar size. He improved all the land and devoted it principally to the stock business, buying adjacent property, until he finally owned a section. While there he served as justice of the peace. In 1886 he came to Colorado and afterward lived retired until his death, at eighty-one years.
The mother of our subject, who was Cynthia Lane, was born in Kentucky and died in Missouri in 1861. Her father, John Lane, removed from Kentucky to Chariton County, Mo., where he died. She was the mother of four sons and four daughters, all still living. James Casper is a cattleman in Douglas County, Colo.; A. W. is a stock commission merchant in Kansas City; and John W. is a farmer, living near Marceline, Chariton County, Mo.
After his encounter with the Indians at Larned, our subject secured employment as driver of a train of six mules up the Arkansas River to Fort Lyons, Pueblo and Denver, which city he first saw in July, 1863. For six months he was employed as a stage driver from Julesburg to Fort Morgan, and afterward for eighteen months engaged in freighting. He then went to Nebraska City, where he attended school a few months, and next spent a year on the home farm.
During this time he married Susan M. Pugh, daughter of Alexander Pugh, who removed in early days from Louden County, Va., to Missouri.
Coming to Colorado again in 1869, Mr. Adams embarked in the cattle business in Douglas (now Elbert) County, where he started a ranch. In 1873 he removed to a ranch on Plum Creek in Douglas County, where he began to deal in cattle, in addition to raising them. For fourteen years he was a member of the firm of Adams & Green at Castle Rock. In 1893 he removed to Denver, where he resides at No. 43 Sherman avenue and has his place of business in the Exchange building.
While in Douglas County he was active in securing the removal of the county seat from Frenchtown to Castle Rock. He has been active in the Democratic party and has been a member of the state central committee and a delegate to state conventions. He and his wife have three daughters: Mrs. Alice Hazleton, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mary and Edna. He is still a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at Castle Rock, in which he was formerly an official.
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