Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Adams, Jasper August 27, 1793 - October 25, 1841
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Author: E O Jameson

   JASPER ADAMS, son of Jasper and Anna (Rounds) Adams, was born Aug. 
27, 1793, in EastMedway. He fitted for college under the Rev. Luther Wright, 
and graduated in 1815 from Brown 
University, Rhode Island. Mr. Adams studied theology for two years in Andover 
Theological Seminary and taught 
in Phillips Academy. He was a tutor in Brown University in 1818-'19, and 
ordained to the ministry, Aug. 4, 1820, 
in the Episcopal Church. For five years prior to 1824, he was professor of 
mathematics and natural philosophy in 
Brown University, Rhode Island. Professor Adams married, May 16, 1820, Miss 
Mercy D. Wheeler, of East Medway, 
who died Nov. n, 1821, while they resided in Providence, R. I. In 1824 he was 
called to the Presidency of the 
Charleston College, S. C, and soon after married Miss May rant, of that city. 
In 1826 he resigned his position 
to accept the Presidency of Geneva College, N. Y., which he held until 1828, 
when he resumed the Presidency of 
Charleston College, where he remained until 1836, when he was appointed 
chaplain and professor of ethics in the 
United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. In 1840, circumstances 
making it desirable for him to reside 
South, he resigned his position, purchased an estate in Pendleton, S. C, for 
his home, and preached in an Episcopal 
Church in that vicinity, lie received the degree of D. D. in 1827, from 
Columbia College, N. Y. he was a line 
scholar and a writer of ability, he published a book on moral philosophy, and 
was recognized as a man of eminence 
in the literary world. Several of his occasional addresses and sermons were 
printed. The Rev. Dr. Adams died after 
a brief illness, Oct. 25, 1841, at the age of forty-eight years. His sister, 
Mrs. Elizabeth (Adams) Bigelow, widow 
of Dea. Calvin Bigelow, of Dover, Mass., now resides with her son, Charles A. 
Bigelow, Esq., of Millis, in vigorous 
health, and in the full enjoyment of her mental powers, having passed her 
ninetieth birthday, Sept. 26, 1885. She is
the last survivor of her father's family.

Additional Comments:
THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records 
OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES 
IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.

Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

BY
E. O. JAMESON,

THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS.." ETC.

MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

 Copyright, 1886.

E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.

All Rights Reserved.

 J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.

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