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Adams last name misc.Entry/Object ID
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Information on people with the surname of Adams who impacted the life and history of Jacksonville and / or St. Augustine area before statehood. These include but not limited to: Dr. Afesa Marie Adams (former Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at UNF, Prof. Emeritus) -- Charles Sullivan Adams (Lawyer, Secretary of the Sub-Tropical Exposition, City Council 1891-1894) -- Frank Adams (President of the Barnett National Bank, 1910-1918, largely responsible for building of Riverside Methodist) -- Frances Davis Adams (founder of NE FL Planned Parenthood) -- Joe Adams (aka Mr. Winn-Dixie) -- Juliette H. Adams (in 1907 bought Ocean View Hotel in JB, later owned Atlantic Beach Hotel)-- Leslie "Rudy" Adams (St. Vincent's physician, creator of the mediphone) -- Thomas Shaw Adams (Navy physician, founder of the US Naval Hospital in Jax, ran for mayor unsuccessfully) -- William H. Adams, III (Lawyer)-- William R. Adams (President St. Regis, ship named after him which was first one to use Blount Island port facility).
Available at JHS Archives Library vertical files area.
For in-library reference use only.Collection
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Vertical file biography Adams