1891 Biography - William H. Adams

William H. Adams, blacksmith and carriage maker, was born in Mississippi. He is the son of James A. and Margaret (Floyd) Adams, natives of South Carolina. Our subject grew to maturity in Mississippi, where he received his education. He learned the blacksmith trade with his father, at which, on his own account, he worked for a number of years. He then left Mississippi; and made a tour through eight different States, after which he located in the town of Baldwin, where he has since worked at his trade-blacksmithing and carriage making, his being the only establishment of the kind in Baldwin. March 24, 1873, he married Julia Forbes, a native of Mississippi, born in 1854, and daughter of Jonathan Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have a family of four children: Minnie, Medora, William Albert and John Quincy. Our subject was at one time constable of Leberton, Mississippi, and held the position for the period of one year.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, pages 358-359.