Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Adams, Rev George Burton October 4, 1841 - August 25, 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 12, 2006, 3:38 pm Author: E O Jameson GEORGE BURTON ADAMS, son of Newell and Abigail Fales (Blake) Adams, was born Oct. 4, 1841, in Medway, Mass. He graduated in 1875 from Amherst College, Massachusetts, and in 1876 from the Hartford Theological Seminary, Connecticut. He was ordained and installed Nov. 19, 1879, pastor of the Congregational Church in Northboro, Mass. He married, Oct. 26, 1880, Emma C. Noble, daughter of James and Eliza Ann (Smith) Noble, of Hartford, Conn. He had entered upon a useful ministry, and was much beloved by his people, when he died Aug. 25, 1881. He was succeeded by his elder brother, the Rev. Edwin Augustus Adams, recently returned from a mission to Prague, Austria. Additional Comments: THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886. Illustrated WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS. BY E. O. JAMESON, THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS.." ETC. MILLIS, MASS. 1886. Copyright, 1886. E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS. All Rights Reserved. J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/norfolk/bios/adams50gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb