BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio
edited by
Hon. Bert S. Bartlow, W. H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater,
Frederick Schneider and Others To which is appended
A Comprehensive Compendium of Local Biography and Memoirs of Representative
Men and Women of the County.
Illustrated
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Co., Publishers
1905
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M. J.
ADAMS, the popular agent of the Panhandle Railroad system at
Hamilton, is a native of Preble county, Ohio, born at Hambery, on the
16th of July, 1854, a son of Martin C. and Mary (Shewmon) Adams,
who were also natives of Preble county. Martin Adams spent
most of his mature life in mercantile pursuits of Galveston, Indiana,
and died in that town at the age of fifty-five years.
His widow is now a resident of Kokomo, while her seen sons and daughters
are variously distributed, though mostly in the Indiana gas belt.
The eldest of the family in Harriett, who is the wife of Amos French
of Bluffton, Indiana; Madison J., of this sketch, was the second
in order of birth; Alice married Robert Cox, of
Alexandria, Indiana; Florence is the wife of Edmond Leech,
of Fairmount, in the Hoosier state; Daniel is a prosperous farmer
at Hague, Illinois; Lincoln is train dispatcher of the Northern
Pacific Railroad at Spokane, Washington, and Grant has a
lucrative clerkship with the Pennsylvania lines at Kokomo, Indiana, his
position being designated as that of cash clerk. All of the
family, except Lincoln, are married and the heads of happy
families of their own.
M. J. Adams was reared and educated at Galveston
and Kokomo and his life thus far has been devoted to railroading and its
contingent employments. As early as 1878 he was employed as
telegraph operator in the office of the Pennsylvania Company, at
Frankton, Indiana. After four years' service there, he was
promoted to a more lucrative position as agent at Elwood, remaining
there until 1886, when he received another deserved promotion and was
placed in charge of the company's business as agent at Kokomo. He
remained there eleven years, and in October, 1897, he took charge of the
office in Hamilton. Mr. Adams has been in the employ of the
Pennsylvania company, continuously, for twenty-six years, each of the
three changes during that time representing an increase of salary and an
increase of responsibilities. These facts are sufficient evidence
of the high standing which Mr. Adams sustains with his employers,
as well as of the company's estimate of his business capacity.
There are two assistants employed in the Hamilton ticket office, and
five clerks are required in the freight office to handle the large
volume of business in this city.
On the 20th of March, 1880, Mr. Adams was united
in marriage with Miss Louise Edson, then a resident of Frankton,
Indiana, but a native of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have an
interesting family of three children, the eldest of whom, Miss Ethel,
is a student in the senior class of the Hamilton high school. Her
educational advancement, at the age of sixteen, gives evidence of
superior intellectual talents. Charles is a bright boy of
twelve, and little Miss Lena, at eight, takes greater pride in
being the family pet than in mastering the intricacies of class-room
exercises.
Mr. Adams is a member of the Masonic order,
still continuing his membership in the home lodge at Kokomo, Indiana.
He is also a member of Esther Court. Tribe of Ben Hur, in
Hamilton. In political views he is a Republican. Mrs.
Adams is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Source: Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio - Publ. B. F. Bowen
& Co., Publishers - 1905 - Page 580 |
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