MRS. MARY ADAMS - Biography

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This biography appears on page 658 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.


MRS. MARY ADAMS, widow; born in Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H., Jan. 4,
1815; daughter of David and Rachel Whitman, who emigrated to Michigan in
1835; they had seven children. Mary married John B. Wade, Oct. 1, 1839;
they had four children; came to Rochester same year; one son living-
Lawrence W. -in business at Bay City, Mich.; Mr. John B. Wade was killed
by the Indians in California in 1851. Robert Adams married Mrs. Wade,
Jan. 13, 1869; he died Sept. 30, 1878; buried in Rochester Cemetery. Mr.
Adams was a native of England, and came to America in 1840. In 1849, he
engaged in the hardware business in the town of Rochester. He
accumulated a nice little fortune, and was spoken of in very high terms.