Biographies - Elmira Township

John Adams, born in Cumberland county, Me., in 1794, served in Captain Knight's company in 1794, as drafted for the defense of Portland, came to Illinois in 1853, died in Elmira township Jan. 21, 1879.

Israel Adams, his father, died at Freeport, Ill., served under Arnold in the Quebec expedition, and his grandfather, Moses Adams, was a son of one of the two Adams who came after the Plymouth settlement was made.