"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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JACOB ADAMS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in this township July 24,
1829, and is the eldest of the six children of Henry and Amy (Kephart)
Adams, both natives of Kentucky, and of Irish and German descent
respectively, who came to and settled in this vicinity in 1828. Jacob
attended school some time during the winters, and worked on the farm in
other seasons until he was twenty-five years of age, when he began the
effort of taking care of himself, as a help to which he received 100 acres
of rich land as a parental reward. April 13, 1854, he wedded Miss Mary
Lake, a native of Virginia, which marriage gave being to six
children--George A., Rebecca A. (deceased), Henry A., John J. C., Hendricks
V. and infant. Mr. Adams is an esteemed member of the Masonic fraternity,
of the Knights of Honor, and also of the Democratic party, and has served
his township seven years as Trustee and four years as Assessor. He is an
advocate of all good and progressive measures, a well-to-do farmer and able
manager. Mrs. Adams is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
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