ADAMS, Francis Sr.

1829 - 1915  (86 years)

• Name	ADAMS, Francis  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	26 Mar 1829	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  History	From the Annual Report of the Illinois Bar Association, 1916: FRANCIS ADAMS, of Chicago, died December 27, 1915. He was a native of Enniskillen, Fermanagh County, Ireland, and was born March 26, 1829. He was the eldest of twelve children of John and Alice (McCallen) Adams who migrated to the United States about 1841. [They settled in Kentucky, probably Russellville.] He is survived by a brother, The Right Rev. William Forbes Adams, Episcopal Bishop, residing at Easton, Maryland. The Bishop is nearly four years the junior of the elder brother Francis. The latter, who is the subject of this sketch, was well and carefully trained and educated. He was admitted to the bar at Clarksville, Tennessee in 1855, and soon after his removal to Illinois was admitted to the Illinois bar October 12, 1844. After having been in practice in Chicago for a few years, he was for a time in Peoria, associated with the late Judge Marion Williamson of that City under the firm name of Williamson & Adams, but returned to Chicago to re-engage himself in professional work there, in which he rendered long and valuable service, not only in a general practice, but as a City Official and as a Judge. He was City Attorney for a term of two years and assistant to the Corporation Counsel for a number of years under different City administrations, and was Corporation Counsel for the City under the elder Mayor Carter H. Harrison. He became a Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in June 1891, and held that office eighteen years, having been re-elected twice. During the major part of his service as Circuit Judge he was assigned to and sat in the Appellate Court for the First District, as one of the Judges of that Court, or as Presiding Justice of the same. His services, not only as a City Official before he took his place on the bench, but afterwards as a Judge, were conspicuously valuable. With intentness of application and directness and firmness of purpose and clearness of conception and understanding, he applied the law to the cases in which he sat and earned a high reputation. His reported Opinions in the Appellate Court will be found in Vol. 72 III Appellate and succeeding volumes. He married Miss Maryette Chase. Her death preceded his own. Their surviving children were a son, Francis Adams, Jr., who is an attorney, and a daughter, Mrs. Florence Adams Dobson.
  Immigration	1841  [3]
  Occupation	Lawyer, Judge in Cook County, Illinois  [4]
  Residence	1900	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois   [5]
  Death	27 Dec 1915	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois   [6]
  Burial	30 Dec 1915	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois   [7]
  Person ID	I4005	O'Rear-Hussey | Ancestors of Mariana Hussey O'Rear, Ancestors of Patrick O'Rear and siblings, Ancestors of Brian Andrew O'Rear and siblings
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2016

  
  

  Family	CHACE, Maryette,   b. 9 Mar 1840, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois d. 8 Nov 1914, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1875	Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota   [1, 5]
  Children	1. ADAMS, Florence,   b. 5 Feb 1877, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 7 Feb 1916, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 39 years)   2. ADAMS, John Chace,   b. 4 Aug 1878, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 23 Apr 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 1 year)   3. ADAMS, Frances E.,   b. 10 Apr 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 22 Apr 1881, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 1 year)   4. ADAMS, Francis Jr.,   b. 18 Jun 1882, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 18 Jan 1949, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky (Age 66 years)   5. ADAMS, Unknown 1   d. Bef 1900   6. ADAMS, Unknown 2   d. Bef 1900   7. ADAMS, Unknown 3   d. Bef 1900
  Family ID	F1481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Mar 1829 - Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland Residence - 1900 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Death - 27 Dec 1915 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Burial - 30 Dec 1915 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S1873] . [S1983] (b. 26 Mar 1829 in Enniskillen, Ireland). [S1983] (immigrated to U.S. about 1841). [S1983] . [S1874] . [S1983] (d. 27 Dec 1915 in Chicago). [S1983] (burial 30 Dec 1915 in Chicago, Graceland Cemetery).