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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of Charles B. ADAMS 

Transcribed exactly according to the original complete text by Joan Achille and Alice Stipak. 

[Surnames: ADAMS, BULER, STEVENSON, TUCKER] 

[Page 765] 

    
ADAMS, Charles B.--Since his admission to the bar of Illinois in 1900, Charles B. Adams has lent dignity and stability to professional affairs in Canton, and thus has maintained and even added to a reputation for ability and resourcefulness established during his residence in the State of Missouri. Mr. Adams is a native of Illinois, born in Jasper County, April 29, 1857, a son of T. R. B. and Mary E. Adams, who were natives of New York and Indiana respectively. 
    
Like many other men who seek a broader field of activity than that presented on the farm, Mr. Adams inaugurated his independent career as a country school teacher, for two years having charge of schools in Barton County, Mo., to which State he removed as a boy and where the greater part of his education was acquired. Faithfulness in his work and economy in his expenditures enabled him to carry forward the long cherished project of studying law, and he entered the office of Tucker & Buler, at Lamar, Barton County, and was admitted to the bar of Missouri May 3, 1883. After continuing practice in Lamar for fifteen years, or until coming to Canton in October, 1899, during the following June he entered upon a general practice in his present location, which has been materially extended with the lapse of time. 
    
December 25, 1882, Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Anna Stevenson, who was born near Glasgow, Scotland, and educated in the public schools of Fulton County. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Adams three are living: Salome M., Harold G. and Bernice C. Politically Mr. Adams subscribes to the principles of the Democratic party. He is a broad-minded and progressive practitioner, a careful observer of the courtesies and amenities of his profession and at all times seeking its most intelligent and praiseworthy compensations.