Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Carroll Co.

JOHN Q. ADAMS, M.D., a practicing physician at Sanders Station, was born
in Carroll County, Ky., July 2, 1859, and is a son of Benjamin S. and
Sarah E. (Hanks) Adams, natives of Carroll and Boone Counties. Benjamin
Adams was born in Boone County, Ky., where he lived until 1857 when
he moved to Carroll County, and was married November 4, 1858, and reared
a family of seven children. He has always been a farmer. In 1862 he
moved to Vevay, Ind., and remained there until 1865. He and his wife
are still living at Sanders Station, Carroll County. John Q. Adams was
brought up on the farm, and received a common-school education. In 1881
he commenced the study of medicine, with Dr. J. B. Grant, of Sparta,
Ky., and in 1885 he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine
and Surgery. He then located at Sanders Station, Carroll County, where
he has since been constantly and actively engaged in the practice
of this profession. In 1881 he was commissioned postmaster of Sanders
Station, filling that position until 1884. March 3, 1886, he married
Miss Julia Chambers, daughter of John and Frances (Jennings) Chambers,
of Owen County, Ky. One son blessed this union, Barry G.  Mr. Adams is
a member of the F. & A. M., and is also a member of the Christian Church.
Politically he is a Republican.

Adams Hanks Grant Chambers Jennings
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Boone IN Owen

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