N. Q. Adams | |
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![]() 1908 | |
Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 23rd district | |
In office January 1896 –January 1900 | |
Preceded by | R. T. Love |
Succeeded by | James L. Seawright |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Oktibbeha County district | |
In office January 1908 –January 1912 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rutherford County,North Carolina,U.S. | January 22,1839
Died | May 1922 83) | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 15 |
Non Quincy Adams (January 22,1839 - May 1922) was an American pastor and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1896 to 1900,and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1908 to 1912.
Non Quincy Adams was born on January 22,1839,in Rutherford County,North Carolina. [1] He was the son of Azariah Adams and his wife,Mary Runyons. [1] He moved to Mississippi with his parents in his infancy. [1] Adams attended the rural schools of Choctaw and Oktibbeha Counties. In 1863,Adams entered Company A of the Twenty-Seventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment with the rank of Lieutenant. [1] Adams lost his left arm in the Atlanta Campaign on July 28,1864. [1] In 1870,Adams became a pastor in the Missionary Baptist Church. [1] He was the moderator at ten different gatherings of his religious association. [1]
In 1895,Adams (a resident of Sturgis,Mississippi) was elected to represent the 23rd District (Oktibbeha and Choctaw counties) in the Mississippi State Senate;he served from 1896 to 1900. [2] [1] During his Senate term,Adams also led the opening prayers during some Senate sessions. [2] Adams also served on the following committees:Unfinished Business;Humane &Benevolent Institutions;Temperance;and Enrolled Bills. [2] On November 5,1907,Adams was elected to represent Oktibbeha County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives,and served from 1908 to 1912. [1] Adams died in May 1922. [3]
Adams was a member of the Freemasons. [1] He married three times:first Catharine Griffith in 1857,second Lois Avaline Hannah in 1870,and third Mary Delilah Atkins. [1] He had a total of fifteen children,of whom twelve were living in 1908. [1]
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