Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - J. Q. Adams J. Q. ADAMS

<>    The Adams and Eastman families were of New England stock.  Charles ff. Adams and Maluthia, his wife, the grandparents, were among the first arrivals of pioneers in Madison County, Ohio, where they both died.  A. P. and Betty R. (Converse) Adams, the parents of our subject, were both born and reared on Darby Plains.  They raised a family of six children, but two of whom survive, viz., J. Q. and the youngest sister, now the wife of S. McNeir, of Hardin County, Ohio.  The subject of this sketch was born on the homestead in Madison County, in 1841.  He was married in 1861 to Miss Mary McNeir, of this county.  He served the three months' call for volunteers in Company K, Ohio National Guards, in 1864, and in 1866 settled upon his present estate, consisting of 123 acres.  He is School Director at the present time, and a member of the Christian Church.  His living children are Flora and Elizabeth U.