Obion County TN Archives Biographies.....Adams, John P. 1864 - 
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Author: Will T. Hale

   JOHN P. ADAMS. For seventeen years the business activities of Union City,

Tennessee, have had an influential factor in John P. Adams, one of the leading

grocers of the town, and the social life of the place also has felt his genial

influence.



   Mr. Adams is a native of Tennessee, born in Obion county, June 27, 1864,

fifth in the family of thirteen children of Robert A. and Ellen (Thompson)

Adams, both natives of the "Volunteer" state. His early ancestors in this

country were residents of New England. They migrated from Massachusetts to

Tennessee in the days of pioneering and were among the primitive settlers of

this state, where they engaged in agricultural pursuits. Robert A. Adams has

been a farmer all his life. On the home farm, John P. passed his boyhood days,

and in the public schools he received his education. On reaching man's estate,

he engaged in the occupation in which he had been reared, and this he followed

for several years. Indeed, he is still interested in farming and stock dealing,

owning and operating two farms, of one hundred acres each, on which he raises

corn, wheat, cotton and tobacco. A business career, however, had its attractions

for him and he directed his attention to the grocery business, in which he has

met with success commensurate with his genial personality combined with correct

methods and honest efforts. By keeping his store well stocked with the best high

grade goods, at reasonable prices, and by promptness and carefulness he early

established and has maintained throughout the years a large and lucrative business.



   In October, 1895, Mr. Adams was married to Miss Lena Beeves, and their union

has been blessed in the birth of four children, Louise, Marjory, Edward and
Wallace.



   At this writing, 1912, Mr. Adams is a member of the Board of Equalizers of

Obion county, and for the past thirteen years he has been city councilman.

Fraternally, he is identified with the B. P. O. E., the K. of P. and the W. of

the W.





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A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in

commerce, industry and modern activities

by Will T. Hale

Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co.,  1913



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