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[S37] 1895 History of Butler County, Pennsylvania.
EBENEZER C. ADAMS was born in Clay township, Butler county, August 24, 1831, son of John and Annabel (WASSON) ADAMS, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania, respectively. His father located in Butler county in 1800, and reared a family of twenty children, our subject being the eighteenth in order of birth. John Adams died in 1838, aged seventy-three years. Ebenezer C. learned the carpenter's trade in early manhood, and has followed it more or less all his life. He conducted a hotel at West Sunbury for a time, and in 1889 purchased his present farm of twenty acres, where he makes a specialty of growing small fruits. Mr. ADAMS was married October 15, 1856, to Ann SMITH, who became the mother of five children, two of whom are living. John S., and Sarah N., wife of J.P. CAMPBELL, Mrs. ADAMS died September 15, 1881, and he was again married June 29, 1882, to Margaret EKIN. Mr. ADAMS and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, and in politics, he is a Republican.
[S98] 1870 Census of Butler County, Clay Twp., PA.
P.O. Coultersville, July 9, 1870, Dwelling 136, Visit 135, Pg. 19, Sheet 128; Ebenezer Adams, age 38, Occ: Carpenter, Value of RE $2200., Value of PE $1000.; Ann, age 39; Marilda, age 12; Joihn, age 10, At Home; Jemina, age 8; Nancy, age 4. All born in Pennsylania.