G. W. ADAMS, Livingston County, is a native of Dixon County, Tenn., and was born February 11, 1824. He is the fifth of a family of eight children born to George and Sallie (Boyd) Adams, both parents natives of Halifax County, Va. George Adams' parents came from Ireland and were among the early settlers of the Old Dominion State, subject's grandfather dying there shortly after the Revolutionary war. George Adams emigrated from Virginia to Tennessee in 1823, settling in Dixon County, where he resided until 1832, at which time he moved to Livingston County, Ky., locating near the town of Old Salem. He was a successful farmer, and died in Crittenden County in 1845. Sallie (Boyd) Adams, died of cholera in the year 1833. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and remained with his parents until their death, when he commenced life for himself as a common laborer, finding employment on different farms for the small sum of $8 per month. Part of the time he worked in a mill, and later was employed as overseer on a plantation, for which service his wages were increased to $13 per month. He was next engaged with his brother, Richard, with whom he farmed in partnership until 1849, since which time, with the exception of three years spent in California, he has been farming in Livingston County. In 1854, after returning from California, he located in Livingston County, one and a half miles from where he now lives. One year later he purchased his present place of residence, a beautiful farm of 266 acres, in Carrsville Precinct, to which he has added at different times until he now owns 350 acres, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Adams belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of the United Baptist Church. Mr. Adams was married March 28, 1850, to Sophronia, daughter of Anthony and Sallie Franklin, of Livingston County. The following children have been born to this union: Henry I., Mary H., wife of W. H. Kidd; Sallie, wife of William Rutter; Kit C., George E., Florence, Jefferson D. (deceased), Ida A. (deceased) and Robert E. (deceased). Since the above was written Mr. Adams was killed in his own yard by one whom he had employed to work for him.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 807.