Biography of John Q Adams, Baxter Co, AR

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JOHN Q. ADAMS. This gentleman owns and resides on the farm in Baxter County,
Ark., on which he was born in 1854, his parents being Alexander and Syrena
(Kellough) Adams. The father was born on this farm also and died in 1866 at the
age of forty-two years. His father, John Adams, came to this neighborhood many
years ago and located among the Indians, three miles above the mouth of North
Fork, in what was then Izard County. At that time the Talburt and Wolf families
were the only ones living here, and for many years, until the tide of emigration
set in, Mr. Adams and his family had to put up with many inconveniences and
hardships, but he was possessed of the sturdy perseverance of the successful
pioneer, and here he continued to live and labor, and witnessed quite a
transformation in the country prior to his death. He successfully tilled the
soil, and in this respect his son Alexander followed his footsteps, also
becoming extensively engaged in the raising of stock. During the Civil War he
served in the Fourteenth Arkansas Infantry, and was a participant in a great
many battles. Just before the war he was sheriff of Izard County and held other
positions of trust and honor. He was a Mason, a member of Adams Lodge, and
located on White River below the mouth of North Fork where his home now is. He
has always been a Democrat, but has never been an official aspirant. His wife
was born in Kentucky, and came to this section with her people in a very early
day. She died in 1862 after having borne her husband five children, of whom the
subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth. After the death of
their parents, the children made their home with Wythe W. Adams, an uncle, on
White River, and during this time the subject of this sketch attended the common
schools and when old enough commenced farming for himself. He and a brother and
sister afterward secured possession of the old Adams homestead, and later he
bought their interests and is now the sole owner, besides which he owns a. good
farm on Gobler Flats, which he has improved with buildings, etc. In 1879 he was
married to Miss Mary E. Sowell of this county, by whom he has three sons and
four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are members of the Christian Church, and
politically he is a Democrat. His sister Ann is the widow of William Nelson and
lives at Buford,this county; Robert, his brother, resides near Mountain Home,
and his sister Betty is the wife of Jesse N. Nelson.


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A REMINISCENT HISTORY OF THE OZARK REGION

COMPRISING A CONDENSED GENERAL HISTORY, A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY OF EACH
COUNTY, AND NUMEROUS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF SUCH COUNTIES.

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CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
1894.