MINOS ADAMS. Prominent among the physicians and capitalists of Lexington is the subject of this brief notice, who by his honorable life is adding luster to the name he bears. He is descended from patriotic ancestors.
His grandfather, Edward Adams, who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1,1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1, 1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer, and was a Captain during the War of 1812 and like his father, was a man of undaunted valor and patriotism. The mother of our subject
was Margaret, daughter of James Wilson, whose birth occurred in England. Mrs. Adams was born in Maryland, where she married, and died at the age of eighty years. The father of Dr. Adams attained his ninety-third year before death.
In Dorchester County, Md. July 16, 1826, our subject was introduced upon the stage of life.
His happy boyhood and youth were passed in his native place, where he attended school and grew to manhood under the care of a wise and prudent mother. He was the seventh in a family of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity, married and established homes of their own. The name is known in almost every State, everywhere in connection with the higher walks of life. At the age of twenty-two year our subject became a student of medicine under the able tuition of Dr. J B Eavens, of Clarksburg, Ross County,Ohio, and in 1849 entered the Stalling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1854.
Previous to his graduation, our subject practiced medicine for two years in Arkansas, but after taking his degree he removed to Missouri and located at Pleasant Hill, Cass County, where he built up a good practice. At the opening of the Civil War, he returned to Ohio, where he continued in the practice of his profession until 1866, at which time he removed to Lexington, Mo., and here he has since resided. Although not at the present time engaged in active medical work, he has been too well known as a skillful physician to permit him to entirely lay aside professional duties, but he is more particularly interested in the management of his excellent farm of five hundred and fifty-five acres of land in Clay Township, and his farm is in a line state of cultivation, and at present he has it rented.
The marriage of Dr. Adams in December, 1847. united him with Miss Miranda Clark, of Clarksburg, Ohio, a sister of Judge Milton L.Clark, of Chillicothe, Ohio. The two children resulting from this union both passed away in infancy. In politics, the Doctor was an old-line Whig, casting his vote for Bell and Everett while first residing in Missouri, but later he affiliated with the Democratic party. The pleasant residence of Dr. and Mrs. Adams is located upon Third Street, and is a modern brick dwelling, elegantly furnished and supplied with all the comforts of life.
****This biography is taken from the "Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri" published in 1893
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The Weekly Intelligencer, August 20, 1898
Lexington, Mo.
Dr. Minos Adams was once a victim of circumstances which caused him much trouble, and which might have cost him his life. He was practicing medicine at Pleasant Hill, and he and Doctor Taylor were in consultation over an important case. They had retired to the consultation room, leaving the front room vacant. While they were consulting they heard a man come in the front room. They merely noticed that the man had taken a seat near the stove, and they went on with their consultation. In a few minutes they heard other men coming to the door of the front room. As the door opened a pistol shot was heard, and a second and a third followed rapidly. Drs. Adams and Taylor were unarmed, but they could see the man sitting at the stove, shooting toward the door. When the shooting ceased they went into the room and recognized a well-known bushwhacker, and saw three dead federal soldiers lying at the door. The bushwhacker made his escape, but was killed about a week later. Drs. Adams and Taylor were both arrested, but were soon released, and were ordered to leave the state, and they lost no time in getting away. At that time to be a "suspect" was nearly as bad as to be an openly avowed outlaw. Dr. Adams was also a suffered from Ewing's famous Order No. 11.
His grandfather, Edward Adams, who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1,1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1, 1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer, and was a Captain during the War of 1812 and like his father, was a man of undaunted valor and patriotism. The mother of our subject
was Margaret, daughter of James Wilson, whose birth occurred in England. Mrs. Adams was born in Maryland, where she married, and died at the age of eighty years. The father of Dr. Adams attained his ninety-third year before death.
In Dorchester County, Md. July 16, 1826, our subject was introduced upon the stage of life.
His happy boyhood and youth were passed in his native place, where he attended school and grew to manhood under the care of a wise and prudent mother. He was the seventh in a family of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity, married and established homes of their own. The name is known in almost every State, everywhere in connection with the higher walks of life. At the age of twenty-two year our subject became a student of medicine under the able tuition of Dr. J B Eavens, of Clarksburg, Ross County,Ohio, and in 1849 entered the Stalling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1854.
Previous to his graduation, our subject practiced medicine for two years in Arkansas, but after taking his degree he removed to Missouri and located at Pleasant Hill, Cass County, where he built up a good practice. At the opening of the Civil War, he returned to Ohio, where he continued in the practice of his profession until 1866, at which time he removed to Lexington, Mo., and here he has since resided. Although not at the present time engaged in active medical work, he has been too well known as a skillful physician to permit him to entirely lay aside professional duties, but he is more particularly interested in the management of his excellent farm of five hundred and fifty-five acres of land in Clay Township, and his farm is in a line state of cultivation, and at present he has it rented.
The marriage of Dr. Adams in December, 1847. united him with Miss Miranda Clark, of Clarksburg, Ohio, a sister of Judge Milton L.Clark, of Chillicothe, Ohio. The two children resulting from this union both passed away in infancy. In politics, the Doctor was an old-line Whig, casting his vote for Bell and Everett while first residing in Missouri, but later he affiliated with the Democratic party. The pleasant residence of Dr. and Mrs. Adams is located upon Third Street, and is a modern brick dwelling, elegantly furnished and supplied with all the comforts of life.
****This biography is taken from the "Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri" published in 1893
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The Weekly Intelligencer, August 20, 1898
Lexington, Mo.
Dr. Minos Adams was once a victim of circumstances which caused him much trouble, and which might have cost him his life. He was practicing medicine at Pleasant Hill, and he and Doctor Taylor were in consultation over an important case. They had retired to the consultation room, leaving the front room vacant. While they were consulting they heard a man come in the front room. They merely noticed that the man had taken a seat near the stove, and they went on with their consultation. In a few minutes they heard other men coming to the door of the front room. As the door opened a pistol shot was heard, and a second and a third followed rapidly. Drs. Adams and Taylor were unarmed, but they could see the man sitting at the stove, shooting toward the door. When the shooting ceased they went into the room and recognized a well-known bushwhacker, and saw three dead federal soldiers lying at the door. The bushwhacker made his escape, but was killed about a week later. Drs. Adams and Taylor were both arrested, but were soon released, and were ordered to leave the state, and they lost no time in getting away. At that time to be a "suspect" was nearly as bad as to be an openly avowed outlaw. Dr. Adams was also a suffered from Ewing's famous Order No. 11.
MINOS ADAMS. Prominent among the physicians and capitalists of Lexington is the subject of this brief notice, who by his honorable life is adding luster to the name he bears. He is descended from patriotic ancestors.
His grandfather, Edward Adams, who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1,1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1, 1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer, and was a Captain during the War of 1812 and like his father, was a man of undaunted valor and patriotism. The mother of our subject
was Margaret, daughter of James Wilson, whose birth occurred in England. Mrs. Adams was born in Maryland, where she married, and died at the age of eighty years. The father of Dr. Adams attained his ninety-third year before death.
In Dorchester County, Md. July 16, 1826, our subject was introduced upon the stage of life.
His happy boyhood and youth were passed in his native place, where he attended school and grew to manhood under the care of a wise and prudent mother. He was the seventh in a family of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity, married and established homes of their own. The name is known in almost every State, everywhere in connection with the higher walks of life. At the age of twenty-two year our subject became a student of medicine under the able tuition of Dr. J B Eavens, of Clarksburg, Ross County,Ohio, and in 1849 entered the Stalling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1854.
Previous to his graduation, our subject practiced medicine for two years in Arkansas, but after taking his degree he removed to Missouri and located at Pleasant Hill, Cass County, where he built up a good practice. At the opening of the Civil War, he returned to Ohio, where he continued in the practice of his profession until 1866, at which time he removed to Lexington, Mo., and here he has since resided. Although not at the present time engaged in active medical work, he has been too well known as a skillful physician to permit him to entirely lay aside professional duties, but he is more particularly interested in the management of his excellent farm of five hundred and fifty-five acres of land in Clay Township, and his farm is in a line state of cultivation, and at present he has it rented.
The marriage of Dr. Adams in December, 1847. united him with Miss Miranda Clark, of Clarksburg, Ohio, a sister of Judge Milton L.Clark, of Chillicothe, Ohio. The two children resulting from this union both passed away in infancy. In politics, the Doctor was an old-line Whig, casting his vote for Bell and Everett while first residing in Missouri, but later he affiliated with the Democratic party. The pleasant residence of Dr. and Mrs. Adams is located upon Third Street, and is a modern brick dwelling, elegantly furnished and supplied with all the comforts of life.
****This biography is taken from the "Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri" published in 1893
==
The Weekly Intelligencer, August 20, 1898
Lexington, Mo.
Dr. Minos Adams was once a victim of circumstances which caused him much trouble, and which might have cost him his life. He was practicing medicine at Pleasant Hill, and he and Doctor Taylor were in consultation over an important case. They had retired to the consultation room, leaving the front room vacant. While they were consulting they heard a man come in the front room. They merely noticed that the man had taken a seat near the stove, and they went on with their consultation. In a few minutes they heard other men coming to the door of the front room. As the door opened a pistol shot was heard, and a second and a third followed rapidly. Drs. Adams and Taylor were unarmed, but they could see the man sitting at the stove, shooting toward the door. When the shooting ceased they went into the room and recognized a well-known bushwhacker, and saw three dead federal soldiers lying at the door. The bushwhacker made his escape, but was killed about a week later. Drs. Adams and Taylor were both arrested, but were soon released, and were ordered to leave the state, and they lost no time in getting away. At that time to be a "suspect" was nearly as bad as to be an openly avowed outlaw. Dr. Adams was also a suffered from Ewing's famous Order No. 11.
His grandfather, Edward Adams, who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1,1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer who was born in 1734, became one of the patriots of the Revolutionary War. The son of Edward was Minos Adams, born May 1, 1776, in the State of Maryland, where he became a merchant and farmer, and was a Captain during the War of 1812 and like his father, was a man of undaunted valor and patriotism. The mother of our subject
was Margaret, daughter of James Wilson, whose birth occurred in England. Mrs. Adams was born in Maryland, where she married, and died at the age of eighty years. The father of Dr. Adams attained his ninety-third year before death.
In Dorchester County, Md. July 16, 1826, our subject was introduced upon the stage of life.
His happy boyhood and youth were passed in his native place, where he attended school and grew to manhood under the care of a wise and prudent mother. He was the seventh in a family of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity, married and established homes of their own. The name is known in almost every State, everywhere in connection with the higher walks of life. At the age of twenty-two year our subject became a student of medicine under the able tuition of Dr. J B Eavens, of Clarksburg, Ross County,Ohio, and in 1849 entered the Stalling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1854.
Previous to his graduation, our subject practiced medicine for two years in Arkansas, but after taking his degree he removed to Missouri and located at Pleasant Hill, Cass County, where he built up a good practice. At the opening of the Civil War, he returned to Ohio, where he continued in the practice of his profession until 1866, at which time he removed to Lexington, Mo., and here he has since resided. Although not at the present time engaged in active medical work, he has been too well known as a skillful physician to permit him to entirely lay aside professional duties, but he is more particularly interested in the management of his excellent farm of five hundred and fifty-five acres of land in Clay Township, and his farm is in a line state of cultivation, and at present he has it rented.
The marriage of Dr. Adams in December, 1847. united him with Miss Miranda Clark, of Clarksburg, Ohio, a sister of Judge Milton L.Clark, of Chillicothe, Ohio. The two children resulting from this union both passed away in infancy. In politics, the Doctor was an old-line Whig, casting his vote for Bell and Everett while first residing in Missouri, but later he affiliated with the Democratic party. The pleasant residence of Dr. and Mrs. Adams is located upon Third Street, and is a modern brick dwelling, elegantly furnished and supplied with all the comforts of life.
****This biography is taken from the "Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri" published in 1893
==
The Weekly Intelligencer, August 20, 1898
Lexington, Mo.
Dr. Minos Adams was once a victim of circumstances which caused him much trouble, and which might have cost him his life. He was practicing medicine at Pleasant Hill, and he and Doctor Taylor were in consultation over an important case. They had retired to the consultation room, leaving the front room vacant. While they were consulting they heard a man come in the front room. They merely noticed that the man had taken a seat near the stove, and they went on with their consultation. In a few minutes they heard other men coming to the door of the front room. As the door opened a pistol shot was heard, and a second and a third followed rapidly. Drs. Adams and Taylor were unarmed, but they could see the man sitting at the stove, shooting toward the door. When the shooting ceased they went into the room and recognized a well-known bushwhacker, and saw three dead federal soldiers lying at the door. The bushwhacker made his escape, but was killed about a week later. Drs. Adams and Taylor were both arrested, but were soon released, and were ordered to leave the state, and they lost no time in getting away. At that time to be a "suspect" was nearly as bad as to be an openly avowed outlaw. Dr. Adams was also a suffered from Ewing's famous Order No. 11.
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