"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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JOHN ADAMS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born December 14, 1834, in this
township, and is the second of the fourteen children of Jacob and Julia A.
(Shell) Adams, the former a native of Kentucky, the latter of East
Tennessee, and of Irish and German descent respectively. Jacob Adams came
hither about 1830, married, went back to Kentucky for about two years, when
he returned to this county and reared a family. In 1862, he was elected
County Treasurer; he is now a resident of Kansas. John Adams gave his
boyhood to the labor of the farm, during which he obtained about three
months' schooling each year; but he qualified himself by self-study, and
has taught two terms of school. November 20, 1856, he married Miss Ann
Lake, a native of this county, which union was followed by ten children,
eight of whom were named Leroy, Joseph S., Jacob (deceased), Mary A.,
William K., Amanda C., Elizabeth and George H. Mr. Adams has managed his
business successfully, now having two good farms, and dealing somewhat in
stock. In politics, he has always been a Democrat, and was elected Township
Trustee in 1866, which office he held for three terms. Mr. Adams is a
liberal citizen, an advocate of public education, and a member of the
Knights of Honor. Mrs. Adams is an esteemed member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
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