Henry Clay Adams, Sr.

1844 - 1910  (66 years)

• Name	Henry Clay Adams  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	8 Apr 1844	Indianapolis, Ind
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Nov 1910	Indianapolis, Ind
  Burial	Crown Hill - Sec 16 Lot 59
  Person ID	I54100	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2006

  
  

  Father	Reuben S. Adams, Jr.,   b. 28 Apr 1817, Liberty, KY. d. 6 Mar 1866, Indianapolis, Ind. (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Matilda Glazier,   b. 1825, Maryland. d. 1901, Indianapolis, Ind. (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1843	Indianapolis, Ind
  Family ID	F24633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stella E. Barneclo,   b. 17 Jun 1846, Georgetown, DC d. 29 Aug 1904, Indianapolis, Ind. (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1868	Marion Co. Ind
  Children	1. Bertrand B. Adams,   b. 1868-1869, Indiana d. Abt 1910 (Age 41 years)   2. Harry P. Adams,   b. 21 Jun 1871, Indianapolis, Ind. d. 12 Aug 1871, Indianapolis, Ind. (Age 0 years)   3. Henry C. Adams, Jr,   b. 1875, Indianapolis, Ind d. 1948, Indianapolis, Ind (Age 73 years)   4. Walter C. Adams,   b. 26 May 1877, Indianapolis, Ind. d. 29 Apr 1879, Indianapolis, Ind (Age 1 year)   5. Stella M Adams,   b. 31 Jul 1879, Indianapolis, Ind. d. 17 Jan 1952, Indianapolis, Ind. (Age 72 years)   6. Bertha Adams,   b. 1880, Indianapolis, Ind. d. 1892, Indianapolis, Ind (Age 12 years)   7. Edith Jamison Adams,   b. 2 Sep 1882   d. 20 Mar 1947, Los Angeles, CA (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F22539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 15 Apr 1868 - Marion Co. Ind Burial - - Crown Hill - Sec 16 Lot 59  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Attended Indianapolis Public Schools until 14. Joined Indiana Volunteer Infantry 7/25/1861. Declared ineligible because of age and stature and rejoined as Bugle Boy. Served in Civil War with General Fremont 1861, Gen. Shofield 1862, Gen. Herron at Vicksburg and Yazoo. Discharged 1/25/1866.Rank of 1st Lt. Delegate to Rep. Nat. Convention in 1884.   Owned Flatrock Quarries - St. Paul, Ind Helped build Central Avenue Bridge over Fall Creek in Indianapolis.   Sheriff of Marion Co, Ind. 1880-1882, Deputy Sheriff from 1866 to 1875. In 1876 he was engaged as assignee in bankrupt cases and did most of the business in that line in Indianapolis. (Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 )   Henry C. Adams, more generally known as Harry Adams, was born in Indianapolis on the 8th of April, 1844; he is the eldest son of the late Reuben Adams. Mr. Adams is married to Miss Stella Barneclo, who was a belle of the southside. During the war he was a lieutenant in the 26th regiment Indiana volunteers; He enlisted as a prvate.   In 1866 he was appointed deputy sheriff, a position which he held until 1875. While Mr. Adams was in the sherriff's office he did the most important part of the business.   He was nominated by the Republican party for Sheriff in 1874 but was defeated by Mr. Albert Reissner. Mr Reissner magnanimously offered to retain him, but he preferred other business. He is now engaged as asignee in bankrupt cases, and does most of the business in that line for this city.   Mr. Adams' father was one of the earliest settlers of Marion county, and himself a deputy sherrif for a considerable time, and for a length of time engaged in the dry goods business. There was a large family of Adams, uncles of Harry, living near Bethel, in the southeast part of the county.   Harry Adams is perhaps as well known in this county as any man in it.   from "Indiana at Vicksburg" by Henry C. Adams, Jr (1911) 1880 Census Marion Co. Indiana Name relation age born in occupation father born mother born Henry C. Adams self 36 IN D. U.S. Marshall MD KY Stella B. Adams wife 33 DC   MD MD Bertram Adams son 11 IN       Henry C. Adams son 5 IN       Stella M. Adams dau 11 mos IN       Matilda M. Adams mother 54 MD   MD MD John Fulford other 22 NC works on Farm NC NC Census: 1900 Indianapolis 3rd Ward, Marion Co., Indiana, 1208 North Alabama St #cg name relation born age mar status born in mother born father born occupation Henry C. Adams head Apr 1844 56 md 32 Indiana Penn Penn Gen Contractor Stella P. Adams wife jun 1848 51 md 32 Md Md Md   Bert B. Adams son nov 1868 31 md 8 Indiana Indiana MD   Nellie H. Adams d-law Jun 1870 30 md 8 Indiana Germany Germany Merchant H. C. Adams Jr son Jun 1876 23 md 2 Indiana Indiana Md Contractor Mary P. Adams d-law Mar 1877 23 md 2 Indiana Indiana Indiana   Stella M Adams dau Jul 1880 29 S Indiana Indiana Md   Edith Adams dau Jul 1882 17 S Indiana Indiana Md   3 servants                 Mary M. Adams mother Nov 1825 74 Wd Md Md Md Lawyer   (note it the above census, the occupations (Merchant and Lawyer) appear to be on the wrong lines) For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S919] Nowland, John H. B ., Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876, (Indianapolis. Tilford & Carlon, printers. 1877.), pg 548 (Reliability: 3).