Dr. Wellington Adams was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. but moved to Washington, D.C. as a child. He served several years as a page in the Senate. He attended Georgetown University, where he studied medicine. He practiced very little, and turned his attention to electricity.
Dr. Adams came to public notice in a suit to establish his rights as the patentee of the method in use in applying electricity in propelling street cars. The courts decided against him after a legal battle which lasted five years.
He married Susie Slayback, daughter of Colonel Alonzo Slayback, on March 4, 1884. Six children, four boys and two girls, were born. It was first decided to take the body to Lexington for burial, but the idea was abandoned and he was buried at Bellefontaine.
Buried in unmarked grave.
Dr. Adams came to public notice in a suit to establish his rights as the patentee of the method in use in applying electricity in propelling street cars. The courts decided against him after a legal battle which lasted five years.
He married Susie Slayback, daughter of Colonel Alonzo Slayback, on March 4, 1884. Six children, four boys and two girls, were born. It was first decided to take the body to Lexington for burial, but the idea was abandoned and he was buried at Bellefontaine.
Buried in unmarked grave.
Dr. Wellington Adams was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. but moved to Washington, D.C. as a child. He served several years as a page in the Senate. He attended Georgetown University, where he studied medicine. He practiced very little, and turned his attention to electricity.
Dr. Adams came to public notice in a suit to establish his rights as the patentee of the method in use in applying electricity in propelling street cars. The courts decided against him after a legal battle which lasted five years.
He married Susie Slayback, daughter of Colonel Alonzo Slayback, on March 4, 1884. Six children, four boys and two girls, were born. It was first decided to take the body to Lexington for burial, but the idea was abandoned and he was buried at Bellefontaine.
Buried in unmarked grave.
Dr. Adams came to public notice in a suit to establish his rights as the patentee of the method in use in applying electricity in propelling street cars. The courts decided against him after a legal battle which lasted five years.
He married Susie Slayback, daughter of Colonel Alonzo Slayback, on March 4, 1884. Six children, four boys and two girls, were born. It was first decided to take the body to Lexington for burial, but the idea was abandoned and he was buried at Bellefontaine.
Buried in unmarked grave.
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