from A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 972-974:
James Q. Adams, an ex-soldier and the leading blacksmith of Lizton, Hendricks County, Ind., descends from the same family from which John Quincy Adams, formerly president of the United States, also was derived, his paternal ancestors having been from Scotland. His grandfather, John Adams, was a native of Pennsylvania, but while yet a young man was filled with a desire for western pioneer life, and he therefore sought a territory of Ohio, with a pack-horse as his means of transportation, and settled in what was later called Ross County, in 1814, entered land, made a home, reared a family, and there passed the remainder of his days. He had been a true American patriot, was a soldier in the War of 1812, married Isabella Murry, was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and died a highly respected citizen. Thomas Adams, son of above and father of our subject, was born in Perry County, Pa., April 22, 1803, and was highly educated for the age in which he lived, being a skillful surveyor and an extensive reader. He was several times honored by the old Whig Party with the offices of township trustee and township assessor. He married Miss Hannah Kilgore, daughter of William and Margaret (Cochran) Kilgore, and to this union were born the following children: John K., Margaret E., Isabella J., William, James Q., Mary J., Thomas M., Louisa, Matthew M., Hugh F. and Alice L. The maternal grandfather, William Kilgore, was a captain in the War of 1812, and died of the dumb plague on the terrible march to the great lakes. Thomas and Hannah (Kilgore) Adams, were devout members of the Presbyterian Church, and lived the major portion of their lives in Ross County, Ohio, but in their later years came to Hendricks County, Ind., where the father expired October 22, 1872, and the mother July 4, 1882.
James Q. Adams was born in Ross County, Ohio April 18, 1839, and came to Hendricks County, Ind., with his parents. He was well educated, and December 18, 1867, married Sarah J. Thompson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Cundiff) Thompson, and there were born to this union children in the following order: William T., who gained his education at the Danville Normal College, and the state Normal College, attained much success as a teacher in Hendricks County, Ind., and is now a clerk in a shoe store in Illinois; Charles F., is with his father in his shop. The father is a strong Republican in his politics, and the mother is a pious member of the Christian Church. Fraternally, Mr. Adams is a member of Pittsboro lodge, No. 342, I.O.O.F., in which he has passed all the chairs and which he has represented in the grand lodge. Mr. Adams owns a good village residence, with an acre of ground, also a fine blacksmith shop, in which he does a lucrative trade, and beside, thirty acres of farm land near the village.
The military experience of Mr. Adams was long and arduous, but is here briefly summed up as follows: He enlisted October 18, 1861, in Company F, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the army of the Potomac, later to the army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Virginia and West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. In the battle of Port Republic he was chiefly on the skirmish line, and was then in the noted battle of Antietam, in the main line, his company losing thirteen men out of sixty. His next important battle was that of Gettysburg, where his regiment was stationed on Culp's Hill, but later charged and captured the Devil's Den amid a raking and destructive fire, in which he passed within fifteen feet of Gen. Cross. A bullet also shaved off the eyebrow of Mr. Adams in this fight, the mark of which will never leave him. Later, he was captured by Jackson's forces and sent to Libby prison and to Belle Isle, where he was confined for nine months and four days, and during his confinement in these noxious dens was reduced in weight from 165 pounds to ninety-two. He finally escaped, however, and reached the union lines through the kindly offices of a friendly negro. He also participated in the Lookout Mountain fight, and was honorably discharged in 1865, having served forty-five months. Mr. Adams is a member of George A. Kendall Post, No. 499, G.A.R., has filled the position of post commander, and receives a pension of six dollars per month as a reward for his bravery and suffering.
from the Republican for June 20, 1918:
Pittsboro - James Adams, an old war veteran, who came here at the close of the war from Ohio, married Miss Jane Thompson and resided in this town some twenty years, died at his late home in Lizton, Monday, June 17. He and his wife had been invalids several years. Mrs. Thompson (Note: Most likely this reference is to his wife) and Thomas, his elder son, preceded him within the past year. He is remembered here by older citizens as one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows Lodge No. 271, and a competent blacksmith, residing in the residence which he built now owned and occupied by Milton Armstrong and wife.
James Q. Adams, an ex-soldier and the leading blacksmith of Lizton, Hendricks County, Ind., descends from the same family from which John Quincy Adams, formerly president of the United States, also was derived, his paternal ancestors having been from Scotland. His grandfather, John Adams, was a native of Pennsylvania, but while yet a young man was filled with a desire for western pioneer life, and he therefore sought a territory of Ohio, with a pack-horse as his means of transportation, and settled in what was later called Ross County, in 1814, entered land, made a home, reared a family, and there passed the remainder of his days. He had been a true American patriot, was a soldier in the War of 1812, married Isabella Murry, was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and died a highly respected citizen. Thomas Adams, son of above and father of our subject, was born in Perry County, Pa., April 22, 1803, and was highly educated for the age in which he lived, being a skillful surveyor and an extensive reader. He was several times honored by the old Whig Party with the offices of township trustee and township assessor. He married Miss Hannah Kilgore, daughter of William and Margaret (Cochran) Kilgore, and to this union were born the following children: John K., Margaret E., Isabella J., William, James Q., Mary J., Thomas M., Louisa, Matthew M., Hugh F. and Alice L. The maternal grandfather, William Kilgore, was a captain in the War of 1812, and died of the dumb plague on the terrible march to the great lakes. Thomas and Hannah (Kilgore) Adams, were devout members of the Presbyterian Church, and lived the major portion of their lives in Ross County, Ohio, but in their later years came to Hendricks County, Ind., where the father expired October 22, 1872, and the mother July 4, 1882.
James Q. Adams was born in Ross County, Ohio April 18, 1839, and came to Hendricks County, Ind., with his parents. He was well educated, and December 18, 1867, married Sarah J. Thompson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Cundiff) Thompson, and there were born to this union children in the following order: William T., who gained his education at the Danville Normal College, and the state Normal College, attained much success as a teacher in Hendricks County, Ind., and is now a clerk in a shoe store in Illinois; Charles F., is with his father in his shop. The father is a strong Republican in his politics, and the mother is a pious member of the Christian Church. Fraternally, Mr. Adams is a member of Pittsboro lodge, No. 342, I.O.O.F., in which he has passed all the chairs and which he has represented in the grand lodge. Mr. Adams owns a good village residence, with an acre of ground, also a fine blacksmith shop, in which he does a lucrative trade, and beside, thirty acres of farm land near the village.
The military experience of Mr. Adams was long and arduous, but is here briefly summed up as follows: He enlisted October 18, 1861, in Company F, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the army of the Potomac, later to the army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Virginia and West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. In the battle of Port Republic he was chiefly on the skirmish line, and was then in the noted battle of Antietam, in the main line, his company losing thirteen men out of sixty. His next important battle was that of Gettysburg, where his regiment was stationed on Culp's Hill, but later charged and captured the Devil's Den amid a raking and destructive fire, in which he passed within fifteen feet of Gen. Cross. A bullet also shaved off the eyebrow of Mr. Adams in this fight, the mark of which will never leave him. Later, he was captured by Jackson's forces and sent to Libby prison and to Belle Isle, where he was confined for nine months and four days, and during his confinement in these noxious dens was reduced in weight from 165 pounds to ninety-two. He finally escaped, however, and reached the union lines through the kindly offices of a friendly negro. He also participated in the Lookout Mountain fight, and was honorably discharged in 1865, having served forty-five months. Mr. Adams is a member of George A. Kendall Post, No. 499, G.A.R., has filled the position of post commander, and receives a pension of six dollars per month as a reward for his bravery and suffering.
from the Republican for June 20, 1918:
Pittsboro - James Adams, an old war veteran, who came here at the close of the war from Ohio, married Miss Jane Thompson and resided in this town some twenty years, died at his late home in Lizton, Monday, June 17. He and his wife had been invalids several years. Mrs. Thompson (Note: Most likely this reference is to his wife) and Thomas, his elder son, preceded him within the past year. He is remembered here by older citizens as one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows Lodge No. 271, and a competent blacksmith, residing in the residence which he built now owned and occupied by Milton Armstrong and wife.
from A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 972-974:
James Q. Adams, an ex-soldier and the leading blacksmith of Lizton, Hendricks County, Ind., descends from the same family from which John Quincy Adams, formerly president of the United States, also was derived, his paternal ancestors having been from Scotland. His grandfather, John Adams, was a native of Pennsylvania, but while yet a young man was filled with a desire for western pioneer life, and he therefore sought a territory of Ohio, with a pack-horse as his means of transportation, and settled in what was later called Ross County, in 1814, entered land, made a home, reared a family, and there passed the remainder of his days. He had been a true American patriot, was a soldier in the War of 1812, married Isabella Murry, was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and died a highly respected citizen. Thomas Adams, son of above and father of our subject, was born in Perry County, Pa., April 22, 1803, and was highly educated for the age in which he lived, being a skillful surveyor and an extensive reader. He was several times honored by the old Whig Party with the offices of township trustee and township assessor. He married Miss Hannah Kilgore, daughter of William and Margaret (Cochran) Kilgore, and to this union were born the following children: John K., Margaret E., Isabella J., William, James Q., Mary J., Thomas M., Louisa, Matthew M., Hugh F. and Alice L. The maternal grandfather, William Kilgore, was a captain in the War of 1812, and died of the dumb plague on the terrible march to the great lakes. Thomas and Hannah (Kilgore) Adams, were devout members of the Presbyterian Church, and lived the major portion of their lives in Ross County, Ohio, but in their later years came to Hendricks County, Ind., where the father expired October 22, 1872, and the mother July 4, 1882.
James Q. Adams was born in Ross County, Ohio April 18, 1839, and came to Hendricks County, Ind., with his parents. He was well educated, and December 18, 1867, married Sarah J. Thompson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Cundiff) Thompson, and there were born to this union children in the following order: William T., who gained his education at the Danville Normal College, and the state Normal College, attained much success as a teacher in Hendricks County, Ind., and is now a clerk in a shoe store in Illinois; Charles F., is with his father in his shop. The father is a strong Republican in his politics, and the mother is a pious member of the Christian Church. Fraternally, Mr. Adams is a member of Pittsboro lodge, No. 342, I.O.O.F., in which he has passed all the chairs and which he has represented in the grand lodge. Mr. Adams owns a good village residence, with an acre of ground, also a fine blacksmith shop, in which he does a lucrative trade, and beside, thirty acres of farm land near the village.
The military experience of Mr. Adams was long and arduous, but is here briefly summed up as follows: He enlisted October 18, 1861, in Company F, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the army of the Potomac, later to the army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Virginia and West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. In the battle of Port Republic he was chiefly on the skirmish line, and was then in the noted battle of Antietam, in the main line, his company losing thirteen men out of sixty. His next important battle was that of Gettysburg, where his regiment was stationed on Culp's Hill, but later charged and captured the Devil's Den amid a raking and destructive fire, in which he passed within fifteen feet of Gen. Cross. A bullet also shaved off the eyebrow of Mr. Adams in this fight, the mark of which will never leave him. Later, he was captured by Jackson's forces and sent to Libby prison and to Belle Isle, where he was confined for nine months and four days, and during his confinement in these noxious dens was reduced in weight from 165 pounds to ninety-two. He finally escaped, however, and reached the union lines through the kindly offices of a friendly negro. He also participated in the Lookout Mountain fight, and was honorably discharged in 1865, having served forty-five months. Mr. Adams is a member of George A. Kendall Post, No. 499, G.A.R., has filled the position of post commander, and receives a pension of six dollars per month as a reward for his bravery and suffering.
from the Republican for June 20, 1918:
Pittsboro - James Adams, an old war veteran, who came here at the close of the war from Ohio, married Miss Jane Thompson and resided in this town some twenty years, died at his late home in Lizton, Monday, June 17. He and his wife had been invalids several years. Mrs. Thompson (Note: Most likely this reference is to his wife) and Thomas, his elder son, preceded him within the past year. He is remembered here by older citizens as one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows Lodge No. 271, and a competent blacksmith, residing in the residence which he built now owned and occupied by Milton Armstrong and wife.
James Q. Adams, an ex-soldier and the leading blacksmith of Lizton, Hendricks County, Ind., descends from the same family from which John Quincy Adams, formerly president of the United States, also was derived, his paternal ancestors having been from Scotland. His grandfather, John Adams, was a native of Pennsylvania, but while yet a young man was filled with a desire for western pioneer life, and he therefore sought a territory of Ohio, with a pack-horse as his means of transportation, and settled in what was later called Ross County, in 1814, entered land, made a home, reared a family, and there passed the remainder of his days. He had been a true American patriot, was a soldier in the War of 1812, married Isabella Murry, was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and died a highly respected citizen. Thomas Adams, son of above and father of our subject, was born in Perry County, Pa., April 22, 1803, and was highly educated for the age in which he lived, being a skillful surveyor and an extensive reader. He was several times honored by the old Whig Party with the offices of township trustee and township assessor. He married Miss Hannah Kilgore, daughter of William and Margaret (Cochran) Kilgore, and to this union were born the following children: John K., Margaret E., Isabella J., William, James Q., Mary J., Thomas M., Louisa, Matthew M., Hugh F. and Alice L. The maternal grandfather, William Kilgore, was a captain in the War of 1812, and died of the dumb plague on the terrible march to the great lakes. Thomas and Hannah (Kilgore) Adams, were devout members of the Presbyterian Church, and lived the major portion of their lives in Ross County, Ohio, but in their later years came to Hendricks County, Ind., where the father expired October 22, 1872, and the mother July 4, 1882.
James Q. Adams was born in Ross County, Ohio April 18, 1839, and came to Hendricks County, Ind., with his parents. He was well educated, and December 18, 1867, married Sarah J. Thompson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Cundiff) Thompson, and there were born to this union children in the following order: William T., who gained his education at the Danville Normal College, and the state Normal College, attained much success as a teacher in Hendricks County, Ind., and is now a clerk in a shoe store in Illinois; Charles F., is with his father in his shop. The father is a strong Republican in his politics, and the mother is a pious member of the Christian Church. Fraternally, Mr. Adams is a member of Pittsboro lodge, No. 342, I.O.O.F., in which he has passed all the chairs and which he has represented in the grand lodge. Mr. Adams owns a good village residence, with an acre of ground, also a fine blacksmith shop, in which he does a lucrative trade, and beside, thirty acres of farm land near the village.
The military experience of Mr. Adams was long and arduous, but is here briefly summed up as follows: He enlisted October 18, 1861, in Company F, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the army of the Potomac, later to the army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Virginia and West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. In the battle of Port Republic he was chiefly on the skirmish line, and was then in the noted battle of Antietam, in the main line, his company losing thirteen men out of sixty. His next important battle was that of Gettysburg, where his regiment was stationed on Culp's Hill, but later charged and captured the Devil's Den amid a raking and destructive fire, in which he passed within fifteen feet of Gen. Cross. A bullet also shaved off the eyebrow of Mr. Adams in this fight, the mark of which will never leave him. Later, he was captured by Jackson's forces and sent to Libby prison and to Belle Isle, where he was confined for nine months and four days, and during his confinement in these noxious dens was reduced in weight from 165 pounds to ninety-two. He finally escaped, however, and reached the union lines through the kindly offices of a friendly negro. He also participated in the Lookout Mountain fight, and was honorably discharged in 1865, having served forty-five months. Mr. Adams is a member of George A. Kendall Post, No. 499, G.A.R., has filled the position of post commander, and receives a pension of six dollars per month as a reward for his bravery and suffering.
from the Republican for June 20, 1918:
Pittsboro - James Adams, an old war veteran, who came here at the close of the war from Ohio, married Miss Jane Thompson and resided in this town some twenty years, died at his late home in Lizton, Monday, June 17. He and his wife had been invalids several years. Mrs. Thompson (Note: Most likely this reference is to his wife) and Thomas, his elder son, preceded him within the past year. He is remembered here by older citizens as one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows Lodge No. 271, and a competent blacksmith, residing in the residence which he built now owned and occupied by Milton Armstrong and wife.
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