The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-02-01

tor. In 1874, Rev. Adams was married to
Miss Margaret Corbin, the beautiful and
accomplished daughter of William and Su-
san Corbin, of Chillicothe Ohio She was
young woman of education, refinement
and true Christian character, and during
the % years of their married life she was
devoted helpmeet.7 She was Of French,
Indian and Negro blood. ! =. +. = = - q
At that time it was unlawful to teach a
slave to read in the state of Kentucky, but
special act of the state legislature per-
mitted Rev. Adams, free man of color, to
open a school for free people Of color, and
such slaves as We're allowed by their mas
tiers to attend. In this work he was very
successful Many of the old &Afro-Ameri-
can families owe their first start in educa-
ton to the training received in Rev. Henry
Adams school. His high character COM
PEELED people to forget his Negro blood He
was accorded privileges allowed no other
man of color in Kentucky. He was invited
to preach in many of the Caucasian
churches, and was received as the guest of
many Of the leading families A special,
permit allowed him to ride inside Louis
vile street cars, and this in Kentucky be-
fore the war! -. - IL = e =
80 * ~ Il ~ 9 ~ , /. e : $3.50
Rev. Adams desire for the uplift Of his
people was intense, and he started the
movement for state school, which cul-
minated in the establishment of two col
leges, the State University at Louisville,
and the Eckstein Norton University at
Cane Spring When he died in 1872, his
church was being repaired so the funeral
was held in Walnut Street Baptist church.
the leading Caucasian church of that faith
in the city. The white ministers of the
city attended the funeral in a body, and
the Western Recorder, a Caucasian paper
{ Of wide circulation, went into mourning
for him. Out of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
[ church many churches have grown, and If
& IS said that the direct influence of the la
bors Of Rev. Adams was the conversion of
more than twenty-five thousand souls.
# As has been shown by the foregoing. C,y
rus Fed Adams had the advantage Of a
gCnflstlan nome and was reared in the at
mosphere OF the school,. He began to at
TEND his fathers school at the age of three
& years At the Adams house there was =
lWell-selected library, and young Adams
read With avidity nearly every book there
Z IN. 81 He seemed to have an Unsuitable desire
Tor reading; duh encyclopedias had no fer
rors for him: he. read every thing and filed
his mind with much valuable informa ton
MI Adams is today one Of the we'll
ed men of the country At the age Of
eight years, young Adams was sent to Gin
elnnan and placed in the public schools of
j tha It. city His parents desiring to secure
advantages not offered in Cincinnati, at the
age Of eleven he entered the high school at
yoDeriin, Ohio. and later the college He
did not complete the course. as the dealt,
OF MS father occurred, and he was OBLIGED
zto leave school to hustle fora living. He
Worried rlse while delivering an oberlin gro.
ger goods in a hand cart; returning e
cincinnati elllel he secured employment nc an
once boy for q real estate firm. The for.
m l9l ofiiee boy received stipend Of So. 30
per .Week.s No 70 greement was made re-
garding Adams ray, but at the end Of stbe