Lacrosse-Dodge-Racine County WI Archives Biographies.....Adams, Victor M. 1816 - 
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VICTOR M. ADAMS, Salem; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1816. He removed, with his 
parents, Origen and Anna Adams, to the State of Ohio, in 1821. He traveled 
through Iowa in 1839. In June, 1843, he came to Wisconsin, and resided at Mt. 
Pleasant, near Racine, where he made him a home, and was married to Esther H. 
Carrington. In 1844, he removed to the town of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., where he 
lived three years. His wife being in poor health, he went South, hoping she 
might be improved by a milder climate; thence to Ohio, where his wife died, 
Dec. 31, 1846. He returned to Beaver Dam, and engaged in the mercantile 
business, and was also County Surveyor for two years; he removed from Dodge 
Co. to La Crosse Co., May, 1853, and settled in the town of Burns; he resided 
in the town of Burns, Sec. 19, about two years; he then located in the town of 
Neshonoc, now the town of Hamilton. Mr. Adams assisted in the organization of 
the town of Burns, and was Chairman of the Town Board of Neshonoc for three 
years. In the fall of 1859, having been elected Register of Deeds for La 
Crosse Co., he removed to the city of La Crosse; he served as Register of 
Deeds from January, 1860, to January, 1862, and again, from January, 1864, to 
January, 1866. During 1862 and 1863, he had charge of a ferry-boat which plied 
between La Crosse and the Minnesota side of the river. His second wife was 
Eliza, sister of his former wife; she died at La Crosse, December, 1859. His 
present wife was Mattie F. Vincent, a sister of James Vincent, of La Crosse. 
In April, 1866, he removed to West Salem, and engaged in the hardware and 
grocery business with William Van Zandt; afterward his partner was Mr. C. C. 
Palmer, the firm then being Adams & Palmer; he sold out to his partner in 
1874. Mr. Adams was one of the Commissioners elected to build the court house 
at La Crosse. He has always been prominently identified with the interest and 
progress of La Crosse Co. He had seven children by his first wife, three sons 
and four daughters, two daughters still living - Anna Emogene, now Mrs. W. A. 
Houghton, resides in Mexico, Mo.; Kate E., who resides with her sister. Has 
one son by present wife - Victor O.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 819.

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