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E.
S. ADAMS, a view of whose
farm in Marrowbone township appears
on another page, is a Kentuckian by
birth. He was born in Oldham
county, Kentucky, on the 17th of
February, 1834. His ancestors
came from North Carolina, and were
among the early settlers of
Kentucky. His grandfather,
Ephraim Adams, was born in North
Carolina, was married in that state,
and came to Kentucky soon after
Boone made his first settlement.
His wife was a Bryant, a
sister to the wife of Daniel
Boone. Joel Adams, father
of the subject of this sketch, was
born in Kentucky in the year 1797,
and companions had established. He
married Susannah Taylor, daughter of
Benjamin Taylor, who
was a Virginian, and had been a
soldier of the Revolutionary war.
She was born in Kentucky.
Mr. Adams' mother died in
Kentucky in 1840, and his father in
1848. Edward S. Adams
was the seventh of a family of nine
children. His birthplace was
seventeen miles east of Louisville.
He was raised in that neighborhood.
The schools were all of the
subscription order, and afforded
inferior advantages, in contrast
with those of the present time.
Each family had to pay for the
education of its own children.
Mr. Adams went to school
quite regularly, and secured a good
education in the common branches.
His father died when he was nearly
fourteen, and after that event he
was obliged to earn his own living.
He found employment on a farm.
He first came to Illinois in the
year 1852, when nineteen years old,
and remained for a time in Sullivan
township, Moultrie county, but in
the fall of 1853 returned to
Kentucky. In the spring of
1855 he came back to this state. In
1856 he rented a farm three miles
north-west of Sullivan, and was
farming on rented land three years.
He was married on the 23d of
September, 1858, to Matilda Ann
Roney, daughter of John Roney,
one of the old settlers at Todd's
Point. Mrs. Adams was
born and raised at Todd's Point, in
Marrowbone township. Since
1859 Mr. Adams has been living on
his present farm, which consists of
267 acres. He has five children,
John, Alice, Jenettie,
William and Edward.
He has always been a democrat in
politics, and has been an active and
consistent member of that party
since 1856, when he cast his first
vote for president for James
Buchanan. He is known
as a man of liberal views and
enterprising disposition, and his
name deserves a place in this work
as one of the representative farmers
of Marrowbone township.
Source: Combined History of
Shelby and Moultrie Counties,
Illinois - Published by Brink,
McDonough & Co., Philadelphia
Corresponding Office, Edwardsville,
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J. G. ALLEN.
One of the enterprising business men
of Windsor is J. G. Allen.
He is the proprietor of the Windsor
livery, feed and sale stables, and
takes great pains in fitting out the
public in single or double rigs with
or without drivers. His terms
are very reasonable, and as low as
any livery in the county. The
public will find him a very
accommodating and obliging
gentleman.
Source: Combined History of
Shelby and Moultrie Counties,
Illinois - Published by Brink,
McDonough & Co., Philadelphia
Corresponding Office, Edwardsville,
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