Benjamin Adams Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Barbara Gottlock - BGOTTLOC@ccsd.edu

Surname: ADAMS
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915


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     BENJAMIN ADAMS, in former years one of the best known and most
highly esteemed citizens of the town of Derry, was born in Salem, N. H.,
June 10, 1824, a son of Edmund and Elizabeth (Karr) Adams. His early
paternal ancestors were residents of Massachusetts. His uncle, Jacob Adams,
who died in 1823, gave $800 to the parish for the purchase of a bell and left
a fund for the establishment in Derry, N. H., of the Adams Female Semi-
nary, which was the first incorporated academy for young ladies in the state.
It was put under the charge of Miss Z. P. Grant, and afterwards the dis-
tinguished Mary Lyon, and for many years enjoyed a prosperous and useful
existence, but has since been discontinued. 
      Edmund Adams, father of Benjamin, was born in Massachusetts. He
was at the garrison at Portsmouth during the War of 1812-15. He resided
at Salem, N. H., until 1830, when he removed with his family to Derry,
where he bought the farm now owned by his grandson. He also engaged in

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lumbering, erecting a saw-mill near his home. In politics he was a Democrat.
He died in 1856. His wife, Elizabeth Karr Adams, before her marriage
was a resident of Derry , having been born here.
     Benjamin Adams was educated in the district schools and at Pinkerton
Academy, outside of school hours making himself useful on his father's farm
and in the saw-mill. When the father died, he and his brother, Edmund,
Jr., took charge of the business, conducting it successfully under the firm
name of Adams Bros., their association being continued until the death of
Edmund Adams Jr., in July, 1892. Benjamin Adams died in March, 1901.
He had acquired wealth in the lumber business and was a widely known and
respected citizen. Although a prominent Democrat, he never aspired to
public office.
     On Decemeber 15, 1884, Benjamin Adams married Katherine J. Foster,
of Oteshire County, N. H., a daughter of Henry P. Foster, a native of the
same county, who served in the War of 1812-15. Mrs. Adams' maternal
grandfather, Daniel Marsh, served in the Revolutionary war as a soldier
in the American army. Mr. and Mrs. Adams had one son, Benjamin Foster,
a sketch of whom may be found in this volume.

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