SOUTH MAIN STREET

BELOW: The Allendale Bridge, en route from South Main Street in Adams NY to Lorraine NY

This was 27 S Main St before it burned a couple years ago....was called the old 'Parlow Mansion'

Below 1980

Adams Rural Cemetery at the top of the South Main Street hill

Nicholas Salisbury was the first settler in the town, born April 2 1762 and died December 10 1833
His wife, Roweena Wheelock was born December 20 1760 and died 1802. His second wife,
Caroline Lord was born 1766 and died August 7 1822. He moved to Adams in 1801 and in attempting to
cross the creek in a scow was borne over the dam and drown. This was the first death in town

Buried in Rural Cemetery

EDWARD SALISBURY

A native of Rhode Island moved to Western Oneida County NY in 1793 and to Adams in 1802.
He was the father of twelve children: Nicholaus, Edward, Duty, Enon, Lodowick, Alexander,
De Esting, Smith, Lovina, Sarah, Charlotte and Abigail. Was 1st Lieutenant in the French and Indian War and served
1755-1758. Was in several battles at Ticonderoga where 2,000 men fell. His brother was killed at his side and he
had nine balls shot in his coat. He was in the battle on the plains of Abraham where Wolf fell. Served in the
Revolutuionary War and died march 1829 age 104 years

Revolutionary War Veterans buried in the Village of Adams
Rural Cemetery, Adams -
Abiel Carpenter (6/20/1750 - 1840)
John Carpenter (2/2/1739 - 1/12/1805)
Peter Doxtater (12/25/1750 - 12/1/1842)
John Mandeville (10/11/1753 - 4/17/1827)
John Merriman (1/17/1756 - 12/14/1843)
Jabez Moore (dates unk.)
Ammiel Penny (7/18/1743-2/16/1816)
Preserved Redway (7/14/1764 - 4/25/1837)
Edward Salisbury (9/6/1733 - 3/29/1829)
Jacob Weaver (3/7/1760 - 3/9/1852)
Carmi Wright (1853 - 7/3/1833)
Moses Wright (1750 - 7/5/1830)
Westwood Wright (4/20/1757 - 4/9/1826)

There USED to be an historic sign in front of the cemetery commemorating the Revolutionary War burials

ADAMS ASSEMBLY OF GOD in 1981, GETTING A NEW STEEPLE:

1980, the Pastor was Jack Isbister

BELOW: Birthplace of J Sterling Morton home, South Main St, Adams. Later used as the
Parsonage for Adams Assembly of God, then torn down.

J Sterling Morton founder of Arbor Day lived in the residence of Mrs. Ruth Tabor Widow of Edwin C Tabor
former grocer and Adams. The Tabors purchase the home from rural cemetery Association which sold the
building so the cemetery could expand. It was on the site of the present cemetery across from where the slightly
altered house now stands where Morton lived. Old newspaper records indicate that Martin was born in a black
and the downtown section of South Main and moved shortly thereafter to the home on the hill. The more popular
concept is that he was born in the present Tabor house.

BELOW:

David Smith House, Adams NY, 10 S Main Street, was built in 1807 to replace his original log cabin.
This house of Adams original founder, David Smith, had 18 rooms and 8 fireplaces including one for cooking equipped with a
bake oven. The home went to the Smith daughters, Clarissa and Elizabeth. Clarissa gave her interest in the house to
her husband Ward E Hunt, and Elizabeth later sold her interest to Mr Hunt. After Clarissa's death, Mr Hunt eventually married Elizabeth. The Hunt family kept the home until 1945 when the house, with some modification and expansion but
still with its fine front doorway embracing rectangular transom and side lights, became and remains the home of Don Rounds Post No 586, American legion.

1980 Below:

Don Rounds American Legion Post.

1980, Below:

Former home and gun shop of W D Dixon. He later had his shop on Grange Avenue where he operated out of the building
that now has Frazer Brothers written on it. This is located at the corner of South Main and Grove Sts

Below in 1980

To the right, about where the cars are parked was a big building last used as
apartments which burned.

There was a big building just this side of the building with the sagging roof
which was the Jay-Kay Laundromat. That is where G B Hardware, a beauty shop
and a liquor store (owned y Donad Edgar) were. In the 1970's the liquor store caught
fire and all the businesses were engulfed in flames.

Across the street is the South Jeff Rescue Squad where in the past stood a saw mill, and a
grist mill which obtained power from a dam which crossed the creek near the downtown bridge.
The dam gave way in the 1930's. Later the site had on it a gas station.

This view is from the lawn belonging to the old Dixon home at the top of the hill at the
corner of Grove and South main.

1980, Below was a Catholic Church but then turned into an apartment house.

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