BIOGRAPHY: Charles L Adams; Watertown, Jefferson co., NY surname: Adams submitted by Ray Brown (ray at rays-place.com) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm Submitted Date: December 3, 2004 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb ************************************************ Author: UNKNOWN Biography of Charles L. Adams FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE A DESCRIPTIVE WORK ON JEFFERSON COUNTY NEW YORK EDITED BY: EDGAR C. EMERSON THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1898 Adams, Charles L., was born in Wisconsin in 1852. He is a graduate from Hamilton College and was a teacher for several years. He came to Watertown in 1878, and entered the office of John Lansing, under whose tutelage he remained until he was admitted to the bar in 1882, and has since been in active practice. Mr. Adams was appointed city attorney in 1884 and again in 1889, and was elected surrogate in November, 1895.