Mrs.  Adams  died  June  25,  1849,  and  Mr.  Adams  married
Mary  (Evans)  Chase,  of  Hopkinton,  who  died  in  July,
1874.
Joseph  H.  Adams,  the  son  of  Henry  Adams  and  Betsey
Maxon,  was  born  in  Sutton,  July  11,  1836.  In  the  course
of  his  life,  he  has  resided  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  Iowa,  New-
bury, Weare,  Bradford,  and  Hopkinton.  He  spent  a  year
on  the  Mississippi  river.  He  served  in  Company  D,  1st
Regiment  N.  H.  V.,  during  the  late  war.  In  1862,  August
24,  Joseph  H.  Adams  married  Judith  (Sargent)  Currier,
daughter  of  John  and  Miriam  Sargent,  of  Hopkinton.  They
have  had  children, — Lillian  Iona,  Leola  Hortense,  Claud
Delno,  Lindsey  Warren.
Myron  Winslow  Adams  was  born  in  Gilsum,  Novem-
ber 27,  1860,  being  a  son  of  Rev.  Ezra  Adams  and  Alice
M.  Ware.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  at  Wil-
berforce  university,  Ohio,  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meri-
den,  and  at  Dartmouth  college,  graduating  in  the  class  of
1881,  being  valedictorian  of  the  class.
302  LIFE   AND  TIMES  IN   HOPKINTON.
Resolving  to  devote  his  life  to  the  ministry,  Mr.  Adams
spent  a  year  at  Andover  (Mass.)  Theological  Seminary  and
two  years  at  Hartford  (Ct.)  Theological  Seminary,  where  he
graduated  in  1884.  The  same  year  he  became  the  minister
of  the  Congregational  church  at  Middle  Haddam,  Ct.,  where
he  remained  two  years,  being  ordained  January  16,  1885.
He  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church  in  Hopkinton,  De-
cember 2,  1886,  and  was  dismissed  August  30,  1888.  He
next  spent  a  year  in  the  post-graduate  course  in  Andover
Theological  Seminary,  and  then  accepted  an  appointment
as  teacher  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  where
he  now  resides.
