Amador County Biographies

ROBERT J. ADAMS

Submitted by Kathy Sedler

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Sheriff and Tax Collector of Amador County, was born in the province of Quebec, 
Canada, November 10, 1846.  He received his education in the public schools of 
that country.  His father was a farmer, and Robert stayed at home until about 
the age of twenty, when he came to California and engaged in the lumber business 
on the Mokelumne River.  He remained in that business until 1882, then took a 
position with F. M. Whitmore, as book-keeper and business manager for about two 
years.  In 1884 he was nominated, on the Republican ticket, for Sheriff but was 
defeated in the election.  In 1884 he went to work for the Amador Canal Company, 
where he remained till 1886.  In that year he was again nominated for Sheriff 
and this time elected.  In 1888 he was re-elected, and is the present Sheriff of 
Amador County.  His parents were natives of Scotland.  His father still resides 
in Canada and is well advanced in years:  his mother died in February, 1887, at 
the age of sixty-five.
   Mr. Adams was married May 17, 1887, to Miss Ann Nickols.  They have three 
children living; the oldest, Nellie O., is twelve years of age; the second, 
Alexander Garfield, is nine years old; the third died at the age of three years; 
and the fourth, Robert J., is four years old.  Mr. Adams is a gentleman of 
pleasing address, but firm in the line of his duty, and makes a very efficient 
and popular officer.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891