BIOGRAPHIES:  Charles McADAMS, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  14 January 2004
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Charles McAdams, a prominent farmer of Maple Grove Township, Sections 19,
23 and 30, west, was born in Indiana, Nov. 25, 1870, adopted son of John
and Mary (America) McAdams. He was taken to Missouri as a baby, from there
was brought to this state, and was reared to young manhood in the township
where he now lives. He worked at farming and milling until 1890 when he
purchased 80 acres in Section 19, Maple Grove Township. To this he has
since added an eighty in Section 30, and an eighty in Section 23. Here he
has erected a good set of buildings, and here he carries on general
farming, stock raising and dairying, making a specialty of a herd of
Guernsey cattle and Poland-China swine. He has taken an active part in the
affairs of the community, has served for six years as member of the town
board and for several terms as member of his school board. He and his
family attend the Baptist Church and are liberal contributors to its
support. Mr. McAdams was married Dec. 18, 1890, to Mary Parker, daughter of
William Hamilton and Mary (Caanan) Parker, natives respectively of
Pennsylvania and Indiana, The father, who was a carpenter by trade, brought
the family to Barron county in May, 1882, and bought 80 acres of wild
railroad land in Section 17, Maple Grove. Township, where he developed a
good farm. He continued working at his trade, and erected many buildings in
the county which still stand as a monument to the fidelity and skill with
which he labored. He died in 1903 and his wife is still living on the
place. In the Parker family there were five children: William L., James W.,
Nathan S., Addie, the wife of Ervie Carr, of Prairie Farm Township; and
Mary, the wife of Charles McAdams. Mr. and Mrs. McAdams have four children:
Minnie, born Jan. 29, 1892, now Mrs. Benjamin Conor; Carl, born Feb. 3,
1894; Claude, born Sept. 19, 1898, and Ruth, born Aug. 10, 1910.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 512-513.

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