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From: "Charlotte M. Davis" <>
Subject: [ADAMS-L] William ADAMS of Bethel, Vermont 1800's
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:20:49 -0600


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Surname: ADAMS, MARSH, DAVIS, PARKER, LATIMER
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The Illustrated History of Bethel, Vermont 1895 by Fred G. Cox
Transcription by Charlotte M. Davis, Fairbanks, Alaska

Picture of William R. Adams Page 66

William Adams, born in Randolph, Vt., in 1810, came to Bethel in 1830,
where he followed his trade as a wheelwright and cabinet maker for a number
of years. He served as deputy sheriff for several years, and later he bought
a farm where he resided until his death, which occurred September 17, 1852.
He married Irene March in 1834, who bore him three children, and died in
Bethel April 11, 1872. The children of this marriage were William R., Ellen
M., and Rush M.

William R. Adams was born in Bethel, Vt., January 26, 1835. His early life
was spent on the farm with his father, and in 1863, he started in business
for himself at Bethel Village, dealing in books and stationery, and a few
years later he added a printing office to his establishment. Mr. Adams
has been in business for a loner time in this locality than any other merchant
on the street. He was elected town clerk in 1865, and with the exception
of two years he has held that office ever since. He was chosen town treasurer
in 1865, and served for several years, and he has been justice of the peace
for the last twenty years. Mr. Adams has always been interested in the
Universalist church, and for a period of nearly forty ears has been a member
of the choir at that church. He was one of the original promoters of the
first band organized in Bethel, and was a musician in the same for over
thirty years.

He was married in 1856 to Dora A. Davis, daughter of Rev. S. A. Davis,
a former pastor of the Universalist church in Bethel, and they have reared
a family of thirteen children, ten of whom are living, viz: (1) Leslie
R., born March 11, 1857, married Clara I. Latimer of Middlebury, Vt., September
14, 1892. Mr. Adams in now with the Pennsylvania roofing Company, in Philadelphia,
Penn. (2) Rollin M., born May 23, 1858, married Cora E. Parker of Boston,
September 9, 1886, and they have one son, Rollin Parker, born August 7,
1893. They reside in Boston, Mass. (3) Mary Ellen, born January 3, 1860,
resides in Bethel. (4) Minnie J., born July 25, 1861, died August 25, 1864.
(5) Elmer D., born April 19, 1863, died September 1, 1864. (6) Florence
I., born January 25, 1865, now at Northampton, Mass. (7) Gilbert L., born
August 3, 1866, and resided in Visalia, California. (8) Bennie W., born
April 30, 1868, died September 23, 1868. (9) Percy R., born August 29,
1869, now living in Bethel. (10) William D., born November 9, 1870, married
Iola E. Latimer of Middlebury, Vt., July 3, 1895, and they reside in Philadelphia,
Pa. (11) Harry E., born January 11, 1873, in business with his father in
Bethel. (12) Stella E., born February 16, 1877, at home with her parents
in Bethel. (13) Arthur A., born June 13, 1878, now in Bethel.

Mary Ellen Adams, daughter of William and Irene (Marsh) Adams, was born
in 1841, and died when fourteen months old.

Rush M., born June 2, 1845, and died in Crawford, Nebraska, April 23, 1889.



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