"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN, MORGAN CO., IN.
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HUGH ADAMS, pioneer farmer and stock-raiser, was born April 11, 1808, in
Henry County, Ky., and is the eleventh of the fourteen children of David and
Polly (Kephart) Adams, the former a native of Ireland, the latter of
Germany, and respectively of Irish and German descent. David Adams came to
this county about 1830, remained awhile and returned to Kentucky, then came
back, and here finished his course of life. Hugh Adams was brought up to
farming, and located in this township in 1832, which has since been his
residence, he living now upon his original entry of 120 acres, to which he
has added 180, making a large farm, well improved and stocked. When he was
eighteen years old, he became an apprentice to the blacksmithing trade,
which he set up in Morgantown and continued five years. He afterward
engaged in farming, working alternately on the land and in his shop; but
after 1869, he devoted himself entirely to his farm and stock-raising. Mr.
Adams has been twice married--first, January 8, 1829, with Miss Ruth Paton,
who bore ten children--Charity, David, Mary J., Elizabeth, Christina, Ruth
(deceased), C. H., Amy, Sarah (deceased), and an infant deceased. His
second marriage was with Mrs. Eunice Kephart, August 26, 1875. Mr. Adams is
a Democrat, and gave his first vote for Gen. Jackson. His career has been
honorable and his life a useful one. He and wife are members of the Baptist
Church.
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