Benjamin Foster 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


Page 1280

     BENJAMIN FOSTER ADAMS, a wealthy resident and highly
esteemed citizen of Derry, N. H., was born on the old family homestead in
this town, September 9, 1888. a son of Benjamin and Katherine J. (Foster)
Adams. The father, Benjamin Adams, was born in Salem, N. H., and when
a small boy settled with his father Edmund on this homestead. His entire
active career was spent in the lumber and milling business, in which he was
pre-eminently successful, becoming a very wealthy man. At his death, which
occurred in March, 1901, he left a Sltn1 of $10,000 for the erection of a
library building in Derry, and the result of that donation is the fine Adams
Memorial Building, in which the citizens take much pride and which attracts
the attention of every visitor. It contains a fine stock of well selected books
and is an important factor in the educational life of the village and town.
His wife, Mrs. Katherine J. Adams, is still living and is a highly respected
resident of Derry.
      Benjamin Foster Adams acquired his early education under a private
tutor. He subsequently graduated from the Newton High School and, in
1912, from Dartmouth College, receiving the degree of A. B. His time has
since been occupied in looking after the parental estate. Aside from this,
he has some important business interests, being a stockholder in several Bos-
ton corporations.
      Mr. Adams was married, December 27, 1913, to Miss Josephine C. Clark,
of Cambridge, Mass. He and his wife attend the First Church at East
DetTY. His society affiliations include membership in the K. K. K. of
Dartmouth.

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