Edward P.
Adams
Edward P.
Adams, an honored old citizen of Posey township, was born in Scott
County, Ky., August 21, 1822, being the son of Isaac and Nancy Ann
Adams with whom he came to this State when he was between two and
three years of age. The family settled upon a tract of land near
Morristown in the Southern part of Hancock County. Some years later they
removed to the northern part of Shelby County, and still later, or in about
1843, they came to Rush County and settled within the present limits of Posey
Township. There our subject continued with his parents until the time of
his marriage which occurred February 7, 1847. The lady he chose for his
life companion was Miss Elizabeth Six who was born in Fleming
County, Ky., October 22, 1820, being the daughter of John and Mary Six,
both natives of the State of Kentucky. In 1826 her parents came to Rush
County and settled in the woods of Posey Township, and the childhood days of
Mrs. Adams were spent within five miles of her present home. In the spring
following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Adams settled upon a farm in Ripley
Township, and after two or three other short moves in the same vicinity, they,
in 1853, settled upon the farm they now occupy. It was then a tract of
unimproved land containing but ten or twelve acres of ground ready for the
plow. Though the outlook for Mr. Adams was then very bad and though he has
had many difficulties to surmount, he has come bravely through it all and now in
the decline of life he and wife are permitted to enjoy a comfortable home.
They have had eleven children as follows: Amanda J., Nancy
E., John W., Adenath M., James C., William E.,
Isaac L., Verneila J., Margaret E., Mary S., and
Hettie D., of whom only four are living. They are John W.,
Asenath M., James C., and Hettie D. Our subject and wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church, the former having joined it when he
was nineteen and the latter when she was seventeen. In politics, Mr. Adams
is an uncompromising Republican.
History of Rush County, Indiana, Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1888, page
495-496.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming for Carleene Hubbard
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