BIO: John R. Adams, Oldham & Henry Co., KY -------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: "Virginia K. Tolman" Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 22:57:53 -0600 -------------------------------------------- **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ***************************************************************************** I've attached the Biography of John Rowan Adams of Oldham County. Hisfamily moved to area of Jefferson which became Henry County Kentucky. His great grandfather William Adams died in Henry in 1818. Kentucky: Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, EmbracingBiographies of Many of the Prominent Men and Families of the State, 1896Oldham Co.John Rowan Adams, Circuit Clerk of Oldham County, son of Allen Adams and Susan(Vance) Adams, was born in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1848. He was educated in the common schools of the county and in Georgetown College. Leaving school in 1863, he taught for several years in Henry and Oldham Counties, and then engaged in farming and trading, selling his stock in the markets between Louisville and New York.He was enterprising and successful as a trader; was elected sheriff of Oldham County in 1870 and re-elected in 1883. In 1886 he was elected county and circuit clerk, and discharged these offices so efficiently that he was re-elected in 1890. He is a Knight Templar in Masonry and a Knight of Honor, and was master of Lodges Nos. 156 and 47, F. & A. M., for twelves years.Allen Adams (father) was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and educated in thecommon schools of that county. When Oldham County was formed in 1824 from parts of Jefferson, Shelby and Henry Counties the Adams farm was transferred to the new county, and there Mr. Adams engaged in general farming; was first a Whig and afterwards a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He married (first) Susan Vance, a native of Jefferson County, and she was the mother of four children, who survived her: Robert F., James A., John R., and Mary Agnes, wife of Dr. Alonzo Morrison, all of whom are living in Oldham County.He married (second) Mrs. Thornton, nee Augusta Taliaferro, a native of OldhamCounty, and by this marriage there were five children: Mayo, Coleman Co. And Richard (twins), Thornton and Sue.Frank [Francis] Adams (grandfather) was a native of Pennsylvania and came toJefferson County, Kentucky, where he was a farmer. Robert Vance (maternal grandfather) was born in Virginia and came to JeffersonCounty and married Nancy Adams.