Married Cora Belle Kreis July 22, 1886 in Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota.
Extract from "10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z" by William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman: Henry Rice Adams (1861-1928) Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, 1903-04. He was born in a Masonic lodge and fatally stricken in a Masonic lodge. b. Sept. 15, 1861 in the lodge room of Monticello Lodge No. 16, Monticello, Minn. His father, Samuel E. Adams, was a pioneer merchant of that city and rented a room above his general merchandise store to the lodge. When their living quarters at the rear of the building became crowded, Mrs. Adams was moved into the lodge room on the night her son was born. The attending physician, Dr. James W. Mulvaney, was junior warden of the lodge. In. Feb., 1884, Adams was initiated in the lodge room in which he had been born. He moved to Minneapolis, became a member of Minneapolis Lodge No. 19 in 1885, served as it master, and in 1898 affiliated with Minnesota Lodge No. 224 and was charter master. Member and past high priest of St. John's Chapter No. 9, R.A.M.; Zion Commandery No. 2, K.T.; 32nd degree AASR (NJ) and member of Zurah Shrine Temple. He engaged in the real estate and insurance business until 1895, when he was employed by the city water department of Minneapolis until retirement in 1927. He was stricken fatally, while attending a communication of Minnesota Lodge No. 224, and died, March 30, 1928.
Extract from "10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z" by William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman: Henry Rice Adams (1861-1928) Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, 1903-04. He was born in a Masonic lodge and fatally stricken in a Masonic lodge. b. Sept. 15, 1861 in the lodge room of Monticello Lodge No. 16, Monticello, Minn. His father, Samuel E. Adams, was a pioneer merchant of that city and rented a room above his general merchandise store to the lodge. When their living quarters at the rear of the building became crowded, Mrs. Adams was moved into the lodge room on the night her son was born. The attending physician, Dr. James W. Mulvaney, was junior warden of the lodge. In. Feb., 1884, Adams was initiated in the lodge room in which he had been born. He moved to Minneapolis, became a member of Minneapolis Lodge No. 19 in 1885, served as it master, and in 1898 affiliated with Minnesota Lodge No. 224 and was charter master. Member and past high priest of St. John's Chapter No. 9, R.A.M.; Zion Commandery No. 2, K.T.; 32nd degree AASR (NJ) and member of Zurah Shrine Temple. He engaged in the real estate and insurance business until 1895, when he was employed by the city water department of Minneapolis until retirement in 1927. He was stricken fatally, while attending a communication of Minnesota Lodge No. 224, and died, March 30, 1928.
Married Cora Belle Kreis July 22, 1886 in Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota.
Extract from "10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z" by William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman: Henry Rice Adams (1861-1928) Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, 1903-04. He was born in a Masonic lodge and fatally stricken in a Masonic lodge. b. Sept. 15, 1861 in the lodge room of Monticello Lodge No. 16, Monticello, Minn. His father, Samuel E. Adams, was a pioneer merchant of that city and rented a room above his general merchandise store to the lodge. When their living quarters at the rear of the building became crowded, Mrs. Adams was moved into the lodge room on the night her son was born. The attending physician, Dr. James W. Mulvaney, was junior warden of the lodge. In. Feb., 1884, Adams was initiated in the lodge room in which he had been born. He moved to Minneapolis, became a member of Minneapolis Lodge No. 19 in 1885, served as it master, and in 1898 affiliated with Minnesota Lodge No. 224 and was charter master. Member and past high priest of St. John's Chapter No. 9, R.A.M.; Zion Commandery No. 2, K.T.; 32nd degree AASR (NJ) and member of Zurah Shrine Temple. He engaged in the real estate and insurance business until 1895, when he was employed by the city water department of Minneapolis until retirement in 1927. He was stricken fatally, while attending a communication of Minnesota Lodge No. 224, and died, March 30, 1928.
Extract from "10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z" by William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman: Henry Rice Adams (1861-1928) Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, 1903-04. He was born in a Masonic lodge and fatally stricken in a Masonic lodge. b. Sept. 15, 1861 in the lodge room of Monticello Lodge No. 16, Monticello, Minn. His father, Samuel E. Adams, was a pioneer merchant of that city and rented a room above his general merchandise store to the lodge. When their living quarters at the rear of the building became crowded, Mrs. Adams was moved into the lodge room on the night her son was born. The attending physician, Dr. James W. Mulvaney, was junior warden of the lodge. In. Feb., 1884, Adams was initiated in the lodge room in which he had been born. He moved to Minneapolis, became a member of Minneapolis Lodge No. 19 in 1885, served as it master, and in 1898 affiliated with Minnesota Lodge No. 224 and was charter master. Member and past high priest of St. John's Chapter No. 9, R.A.M.; Zion Commandery No. 2, K.T.; 32nd degree AASR (NJ) and member of Zurah Shrine Temple. He engaged in the real estate and insurance business until 1895, when he was employed by the city water department of Minneapolis until retirement in 1927. He was stricken fatally, while attending a communication of Minnesota Lodge No. 224, and died, March 30, 1928.
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