BIO: CLEMENT J. ADAMS of Atlantic County New Jersey

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TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN, County Coordinator in 2007Please see the web site for my email contact.
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SOURCE: The Daily Union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing 
sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and county, with maps and 
illustrations specially prepared; by John F. Hall; Atlantic City, N.J.: Daily Union, 
1900

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CLEMENT J. ADAMS, the well-known real estate dealer and insurance agent is the son of
the late Enoch Adams and was born at Bakersville NJ in 1845. He finished his academic
education at Pennington Seminary and thereafter graduated from a business college at
Poughkeepsie, New York. He saw service in the war of the Rebellion, ranking as a 
corporal. He enlisted in Company B. 25th New Jersey Volunteers, September 1, 1862,
and was mustered in September 26th of the same year. He was mustered out on
June 20, 1863.  For thirteen years he taught school at English Creek, May's Landing,
and elsewhere in the county, with great acceptability.

In 1880 he came to this city [Atlantic City] and formed a partnership in the real
estate and insurance business with his cousin, Israel G. Adams, having their first
office for someyears on Atlantic Avenue, near Arksansas.  Since the completion of the
Real Estate and Law Building in 1838, their office has occupied the best half of the
first floor.

In 1882 he was married to Phoebe A. Tilton, of Bakersville, and has two very promising
children, Miss Mae N. and Master Charleton.  Mr. Adams served this city several years
as Superintendent of Public Schools, and for a number of years as President of the Board
of Education. He is one of the Trustees of St. Paul M.E. CHurch, has been very
successful in business and has been largely identified with improvements.

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