Thomas Adams (sheriff)

Thomas Adams
Norfolk County, Massachusetts Sheriff
In office
1853 – January 1, 1857[1]
Appointed by John H. Clifford[1]
Preceded by John W. Thomas
Succeeded by John W. Thomas
Norfolk County, Massachusetts Sheriff
In office
1848–1852
Preceded by Jerauld N. E. Mann
Succeeded by John W. Thomas
Personal details
Born April 20, 1804.[2]
Quincy, Massachusetts [2]
Died January 2, 1869[3]
Political party Whig[4]
Spouse(s) Mehetabel Field[4]

Thomas Adams (April 20, 1804 - January 2, 1869) was sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1848 to 1852, and from 1853 to January 1, 1857.[1][5]

Biography

Adams was born in Quincy, Massachusetts on April 20, 1804.[2] Early in life Adams worked as a butcher alongside his father, later he owned several different stage lines and traded in horses.[2] Adams married Mehetabel Field, the daughter of Joseph and Relief (Baxter) Field on April 4, 1826.[4]

Adams died of apoplexy on January 2, 1869[6][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cutter, William Richard (1908), William Richard Cutter, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol. I, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., p. 1873
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I., Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 28.
  3. 1 2 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I., Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 29.
  4. 1 2 3 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I., Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 375.
  5. ↑ "History". Norfolk County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I., Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 376.


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