Alhain W. ADAMS, owning a half interest in the Daily Times of
Brazil, was born in Monroe county, Indiana, March 26, 1870. He is a
son of George W. and Caroline (Smock) Adams, and in the paternal
line is of English lineage and in the maternal of German descent. The
father, a painter by trade, was born in New York city, and the mother
was a native of Kentucky. They were marired in Monroe county, In-
diana, and hecame the parents of six children, of whom three are living.
Mr. Adams served his country as a soldier in the Civil war, being a
member of Company K, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Indiana Volun-
teers.
    Alhain W. Adams was the youngest child in his father’s family, and
pursued his education in the schools of Brazil. He has worked in a
newspaper office from the age of sixteen years, beginning as “devil” in
the office of the Brazil Register. Gradually he worked his way upward
and when twenty-three years of age purchased that paper, which he con-
ducted for five years, when he became reporter on the Daily Enterprise.
Later he joined the reportorial staff of the Daily Times, with which he
was thus associated for twelve years, and in 1905 he purchased a half
interest in the paper. They own a most extensive newspaper plant in
Clay county and the business is a most profitable one.
    Mr. Adams was married at Knightsville, this county, in 1894, to
Miss Lillian E. Scott, a daughter, of John J. and Agnes (Snell) Scott,
natives of England, in whose family were six children, all of whom are
yet living. Mrs. Adams was the second in order of birth and for thirty—
two years has been a resident of Clay county. By her marriage she has
become the mother of one son, Everal.
    Mr. Adams is a Republican in his political views. His fraternal
relations are with the Home Defenders, the Modern Woodmen, the Elks
and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is also a member of Brazil
Lodge, No. 264, A. F. and A. M.