Built Lincoln Settlement House in Boston Massachusetts. Husband to Mary Pickavant Cranford
John Davis Adams, retired director
of the famous Lincoln House settlement
in Boston and former newspaper
and magazine editor, died last Saturday
at Wakefield, his estate on the
Plainville-Jack's Rift road. He was 82
years old.
He had been in failing health several
years and his condition became serious
while he was vacationing at Southern
Pines, South Carolina, last week. He
Was taken by ambulance from the railroad
station in Syracuse to his home
last Thursday night.
Mr. Adams, well known to Baldwinsville
academy alumni before whom he had spoken at reunions, served 17 years
as director of Lincoln House settlement,
retiring in 1920, and returning
to Onondaga county where he was
born. He was a son of James A. and
Clarissa Davis Adams, pioneer residents
of the Plainville area.
He began his career as a
reporter with The Standard, a predecessor of
Syracuse's Post-Standard, in 1882, after
a year's apprenticeship with the New
York Herald, then owned by the
younger. James Gordon Bennett.
Six years later, after serving as telegraph editor and editorial writer, Mr. Adams returned to New York, to join
The World. He married in 1899. For
a short period he was associated with
several magazines, including The Cosmopolitan
and Harper's. He was assistant
editor of Harper's.
- In 1903, he went to Boston to become
director of the settlement house. Although
he never wrote a book, he was
for many years associated with numerous
authors in an advisory capacity
and as editor of their works.
After
leaving. Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Adams
made several trips to Europe.
Mr. Adams was graduated from Cornell
university with the class of 1882.
He was a member and former president of Chi Phi fraternity. He was a
member of Second Unitarian church at Boston.
Baldwinsville Gazette
BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1942
John Davis Adams, retired director
of the famous Lincoln House settlement
in Boston and former newspaper
and magazine editor, died last Saturday
at Wakefield, his estate on the
Plainville-Jack's Rift road. He was 82
years old.
He had been in failing health several
years and his condition became serious
while he was vacationing at Southern
Pines, South Carolina, last week. He
Was taken by ambulance from the railroad
station in Syracuse to his home
last Thursday night.
Mr. Adams, well known to Baldwinsville
academy alumni before whom he had spoken at reunions, served 17 years
as director of Lincoln House settlement,
retiring in 1920, and returning
to Onondaga county where he was
born. He was a son of James A. and
Clarissa Davis Adams, pioneer residents
of the Plainville area.
He began his career as a
reporter with The Standard, a predecessor of
Syracuse's Post-Standard, in 1882, after
a year's apprenticeship with the New
York Herald, then owned by the
younger. James Gordon Bennett.
Six years later, after serving as telegraph editor and editorial writer, Mr. Adams returned to New York, to join
The World. He married in 1899. For
a short period he was associated with
several magazines, including The Cosmopolitan
and Harper's. He was assistant
editor of Harper's.
- In 1903, he went to Boston to become
director of the settlement house. Although
he never wrote a book, he was
for many years associated with numerous
authors in an advisory capacity
and as editor of their works.
After
leaving. Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Adams
made several trips to Europe.
Mr. Adams was graduated from Cornell
university with the class of 1882.
He was a member and former president of Chi Phi fraternity. He was a
member of Second Unitarian church at Boston.
Baldwinsville Gazette
BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1942
Built Lincoln Settlement House in Boston Massachusetts. Husband to Mary Pickavant Cranford
John Davis Adams, retired director
of the famous Lincoln House settlement
in Boston and former newspaper
and magazine editor, died last Saturday
at Wakefield, his estate on the
Plainville-Jack's Rift road. He was 82
years old.
He had been in failing health several
years and his condition became serious
while he was vacationing at Southern
Pines, South Carolina, last week. He
Was taken by ambulance from the railroad
station in Syracuse to his home
last Thursday night.
Mr. Adams, well known to Baldwinsville
academy alumni before whom he had spoken at reunions, served 17 years
as director of Lincoln House settlement,
retiring in 1920, and returning
to Onondaga county where he was
born. He was a son of James A. and
Clarissa Davis Adams, pioneer residents
of the Plainville area.
He began his career as a
reporter with The Standard, a predecessor of
Syracuse's Post-Standard, in 1882, after
a year's apprenticeship with the New
York Herald, then owned by the
younger. James Gordon Bennett.
Six years later, after serving as telegraph editor and editorial writer, Mr. Adams returned to New York, to join
The World. He married in 1899. For
a short period he was associated with
several magazines, including The Cosmopolitan
and Harper's. He was assistant
editor of Harper's.
- In 1903, he went to Boston to become
director of the settlement house. Although
he never wrote a book, he was
for many years associated with numerous
authors in an advisory capacity
and as editor of their works.
After
leaving. Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Adams
made several trips to Europe.
Mr. Adams was graduated from Cornell
university with the class of 1882.
He was a member and former president of Chi Phi fraternity. He was a
member of Second Unitarian church at Boston.
Baldwinsville Gazette
BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1942
John Davis Adams, retired director
of the famous Lincoln House settlement
in Boston and former newspaper
and magazine editor, died last Saturday
at Wakefield, his estate on the
Plainville-Jack's Rift road. He was 82
years old.
He had been in failing health several
years and his condition became serious
while he was vacationing at Southern
Pines, South Carolina, last week. He
Was taken by ambulance from the railroad
station in Syracuse to his home
last Thursday night.
Mr. Adams, well known to Baldwinsville
academy alumni before whom he had spoken at reunions, served 17 years
as director of Lincoln House settlement,
retiring in 1920, and returning
to Onondaga county where he was
born. He was a son of James A. and
Clarissa Davis Adams, pioneer residents
of the Plainville area.
He began his career as a
reporter with The Standard, a predecessor of
Syracuse's Post-Standard, in 1882, after
a year's apprenticeship with the New
York Herald, then owned by the
younger. James Gordon Bennett.
Six years later, after serving as telegraph editor and editorial writer, Mr. Adams returned to New York, to join
The World. He married in 1899. For
a short period he was associated with
several magazines, including The Cosmopolitan
and Harper's. He was assistant
editor of Harper's.
- In 1903, he went to Boston to become
director of the settlement house. Although
he never wrote a book, he was
for many years associated with numerous
authors in an advisory capacity
and as editor of their works.
After
leaving. Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Adams
made several trips to Europe.
Mr. Adams was graduated from Cornell
university with the class of 1882.
He was a member and former president of Chi Phi fraternity. He was a
member of Second Unitarian church at Boston.
Baldwinsville Gazette
BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1942
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