Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Adams, Robert T. 1867 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley

   Robert T. Adams, of Wichita, Kan., is a native of St. Joseph, Mo., where he
was born on May 20, 1867. His parents were William and Sarah (Bailey) Adams,
natives of Kentucky and West Virginia, respectively, who moved in the '60s to
Buchanan county, Missouri, where the father was engaged in farming until 1872,
when the family removed to Burden, Cowley county, Kansas, and remaining until
1881, when he removed to Sedgwick county, where Mr. Adams, Sr., has been a
gardener. Robert T. Adams was educated in the public schools of Kansas and early
took to farming, first locating in Wichita township, where he engaged in farming
until 1893, when he became interested in the manufacture of hominy, which he has
conducted successfully with a plant costing $1,000. He has an output during the
season of 200 gallons per day, which is all marketed in Wichita and vicinity.

This plant has the distinction of being the only one in the state of Kansas.
Fraternally Mr. Adams is a member of the Modern Brotherhood of America. He was
married on August 10, 1893, to Miss Ola Childs, daughter of Worthington and
Johana (Johnson) Childs. One child has been born of this union, William
Worthington.


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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)

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