John E. Adams

As printed in 1902

JOHN E. ADAMS.

A country has but one chief ruler, be he king, emperor or president. Comparatively few men can attain to the highest offices in civil and military life, but commerce offers a broad and almost limitless field in which one may exercise his powers

In early life he was a Whig, and * unrestrained and gain a leadership as the head of a chosen calling. Drawing the lessons which we do from the life of Mr. Ad-

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Mr. Adams is a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, his birth having occurred near the village of Sheartown on the 20th ot October, 1853, his parents being William and Barbara (Hartman) Adams, both of whom were residents of Cincinnati from infancy and were educated in the public schools there. The father was a millwright by trade and in the early *50s removed to Hamilton county, where he followed farming-throughout remaining days. He died in 1872, at the age of sixty-four years, his birth having occurred in 1818. His wife, who was born in 1828, died in 1882, at the home of her son, John E., in Springfield. Unto this worthy couple were born ten children, of whom one died in infancy, while Samuel died at the age of twenty-four years, and Josephine passed away in Cincinnati. The surviving members of the family are: Margaret, who is the wife of George Metzger and resides near the old homestead; William, who makes his home in the same locality, his postoffice being Taylor Creek; Eliza, the wife of John Schafer, of the same neighborhood; Caroline, the wife of Andrew Schmidt of Cincinnati; Louisa, the wife of Martin Krapp, of Springfield; John E., of this review; and George, of Springfield. The two. youngest were born upon the home farm in his ve J +e x 27 f AS

As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.