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JOHN F. ADAMS John F. Adams, one of the well known farmers of Staunton township, was born in Troy on the 16th of July, 1833, a son of David Adams, whose birth occurred in Iredell county, North Carolina, July 29, 1784. The father came with his family to Ohio, locating in Preble county in 1816, and removed to Miami county in 1817, settling in Concord township, where he took up a tract of government land of one hundred and sixty acres, for which he paid two dollars and a half per acre. He was married, in North Carolina, to Miss Sallie Hall, and they had a family of five children: Lewis J., Emeline and Elizabeth, all of whom are deceased, and two who died in infancy. After the death of his first wife the father was married, in 1828, to Eleanor Dugan, who was born December 27, 1797, and they became the parents of five children, as follows: Andrew, now deceased: John F., of this review; David M., who resides in Kansas; Martha D., who resides with her brother, John F.; and Sarah E., who married Robert Moffet and died in 1861. The father made the trip westward from North Carolina by team, and casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers he lived in the true pioneer style. His first home was a log cabin, erected in the midst of the dense forest. For a time he engaged in agricultural pursuits, but about 1827 went to Troy, where he carried on his trade of wagon making. His was a long, active and useful life, and he passed away March 26, 1875, when more than ninety years of age, respected by all who knew him. His wife survived him until February 18, 1879, when she was laid to rest. John Finley Adams, whose name begins this record, was reared in Troy, obtaining his education in the public schools of that city, and during his boyhood began work in a wagon shop with his father. At the age of twenty years he filled the position of chainman with the engineers engaged on the construction of the Dayton & Michigan Railroad, being thus employed from 1852 until the spring of 1855, when he removed to Carver county, Minnesota. There he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, but in November of the same year he returned to Troy and the following spring engaged in farming in Concord township. He continued the operation of land there until 1883, when he came to his present farm in Staunton township. Here he has a rich tract of forty acres, pleasantly located about three miles from Troy. He carries on general farming and his land is under a high state of cultivation. Like many of the residents of the neighborhood, Mr. Adams went to the defense of his country in response to the call for men to serve for one hundred days. He enlisted on the 16th of May, 1864, becoming a member of Company H, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry. The regiment was mustered in at Camp Dennison and participated in the defense of Washington until August 30, 1864, when the men received an honorable discharge. Mr. Adams then returned to his home, and on the 1st of January, 1866, he married Miss Isabella G. Pence, who passed away October 9, 1897. In politics he is a Prohibitionist, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Troy, his substantial support and encouragement being given to temperance movements and to all measures calculated to promote the advancement of the community along educational, material and moral lines. Return to the Biography Index Copyright © 2000 by Computerized Heritage
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