From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant,
Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901-
Grant County
Pages 489 - 490
HENRY ADAMS, late of Patch Grove, Grant county there lived a retired life in
the enjoyment of a rest, which by reason of his industrious efforts of former
years, he truly earned and richly deserved. Accomplishment and progress ever
imply labor, energy and diligence, and it was those qualities that enabled Mr.
ADAMS to rise from the ranks of the many and stand among the successful few.
He was one of the highly respected citizens of Patch Grove, and his long
residence in Grant county and the active part he had taken in its development,
well entitled him to representation in its history. A native of New York, Mr.
ADAMS was born in Montgomery county, in 1820, a son of Samuel and Jemima
(JUDD) ADAMS, and was the first of the family to come West. Arriving in Grant
county, Wis., in the fall of 1841, the following year he made a claim of
government land in Patch Grove township, which became his homestead. To the
arduous task of clearing and improving his farm he at once turned his
attention, and in due time the tract became one of the best cultivated farms
in the locality.
In 1845 Mr. ADAMS married Miss Hannah ASHLY, since deceased, and of the nine
children born of that union six are living at the present writing in 1901. Mr.
ADAMS was again married, Aug. 6, 1865, his second wife being Mrs. Emma J.
HITCHCOCK, a native of Illinois, born Aug. 15, 1840, and a daughter of Amos
and Rebecca (FONCE) BARROWS. Her first husband was Eli HITCHCOCK, by whom she
had three children, but only one is now living. Six children have been born of
the second marriage of Mr. and Mrs. ADAMS, all of whom are living, while Daisy
and Henry are still under the parental roof.
Mr. ADAM continued to reside upon the farm until March, 1900, when he removed
to the village of Patch Grove to spend his remaining years in ease and quiet,
free from the cares and responsibilities of business life. Notwithstanding he
was well advanced in years, he enjoyed good health, though rheumatism made it
difficult for him to go around much, until his death Jan. 1, 1901, from heart
disease. For the long period of sixty years he was identified with the
interests of Grant county, and in early days when engaged in the work of
improving his farm he endured all the hardships and privations incident to
frontier life. He watched with interest the marvelous transformation that had
taken place during his residence here, and as a generous, liberal-minded and
progressive citizen aided in the development of his town and county. Mr. ADAMS
led a life of honest toil, and his death caused genuine sorrow among his
friends.
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