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Conni,
Found this Morgan Co., Indiana Biography for Hugh Adams:
"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND
BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN, MORGAN CO., IN.
PAGE 245
HUGH ADAMS, pioneer farmer and stock-raiser, was born April 11, 1808, in Henry County,
Ky., and is the eleventh of the fourteen children of David and Polly (Kephart) Adams, the
former a native of Ireland, the latter of
Germany, and respectively of Irish and German descent. David Adams came to this county
about 1830, remained awhile and returned to Kentucky, then came back, and here finished
his course of life. Hugh Adams was brought up to
farming, and located in this township in 1832, which has since been his residence, he
living now upon his original entry of 120 acres, to which he has added 180, making a large
farm, well improved and stocked. When he was
eighteen years old, he became an apprentice to the blacksmithing trade, which he set up in
Morgantown and continued five years. He afterward engaged in farming, working alternately
on the land and in his shop; but
after 1869, he devoted himself entirely to his farm and stock-raising. Mr. Adams has been
twice married--first, January 8, 1829, with Miss Ruth Paton, who bore ten
children--Charity, David, Mary J., Elizabeth, Christina, Ruth (deceased), C. H., Amy,
Sarah (deceased), and an infant deceased. His second marriage was with Mrs. Eunice
Kephart, August 26, 1875. Mr. Adams is
a Democrat, and gave his first vote for Gen. Jackson. His career has been honorable and
his life a useful one. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
Could C. H. be Captain Hugh?................Karen
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