Evening star., 1915-03-20

Charles Francis Adams great-grand-
son of President John Adams and
grandson of President John Quincy
Adams. died at his winter residence
| here, 1901 Massa chusetts avenue. at !"
o'clock this morning. Mr.. Adams had
! been i'll with grip for week
| Mr.. Adams came to WASHINGTON in
| November to spend the winter. Mrs.
Adams, who was Miss Mary Hone Og-
den of Newport. X. l.. and who was
married to him in 1865. was the only
member of the family with him at the
| time of his death. one of his daughters,
| Miss Elizabeth 0. Adams, who resides
at the Massachusetts, avenue house,
being out of town,
| Mr.. Adams is survived by two broth
ers, Henry Adams and Brooks 4Adahs,
who reside in Washington, and " no
are also distinguished men of Ameri-
can letters and noted historians. In
addition, he is survived by two other
daughters and two sons. Mrs. Grafton
| st. l.. Abbott of Concord, Mass; Mrs
Thomas Nelson Perkins of Westwood
| Mass; John Adams of South Lincoln.
| Mass, and Henry Adams. Cd, also of
South Lincoln
|
| Out-of-town members of the family
| have been telegraphed for and funeral
| arrangements will not be completed
until their arrival. Mr.. Adams secre-
/ tary said today that in all likelihood
| interment will be at Quincy, Mass. Mr..
Adams home when he not living
| here was at South Lincoln. Mass, and
! he also maintained an Office i'll Boston.
| Mr.. Adams liked the quiet and COM
paratively mild winters of Washington.
| and DR.. Herbert Putnam. librarian of
Congress, one of his friends, said today
that the dead historian had lately been
| working on his fathers life and papers
| in preparation for another book. The
Adams collection of historical docu-
| ments is now on deposit with the Mas
sachusetts Historical Society, and Mr..
| Adams was supervising their collation.
] at the time of his death.
| Friends of the historian were greatly
| shocked today to learn of his death.
| These included DR.. jameson of the bu-
| reau of historical research of the Car
| negie Institution and other historians
| widely known in their field of endeavor,
| among them senator Lodge. DR.. Put
nam, when informed of Mr.. Adams
| death, quoted Treveiyan. one of tre
| famous historians of the American
| revolution, to the effect that probably
no other country in the world possesses $
| a family whose members from genera
ton to generation represented such
| ability in various fields and such long
| continued vigor.
Publicist and Historian.
| Mr. Adams was widely known a
publicist and historian. He was the
| son of the Charles Francis Adams who
| was minister to Great Britain in the
civil war period A biography of his
| father, which included review of the
| diplomatic negotiations between the
| United States and Great Britain over
civil war problems. was one of Mr..
Adams most noted books.
| Born in Boston May p. 1852, and
\ graduated from Harvard III 1856, he
| was admitted to the Massachusetts bar
| two years after leaving college. He
| served i'll the Union army throughout
i the civil war, rising in rank from first
lieutenant to colonel and brevet brig
| adler general of volunteers.
| He was commissioned first lieutenant of
the list Massachusetts Cavalry. December
| 2S, 1861; captain. December ]. 1862 !;
was mustered out September l. 1864.
| He was then commissioned lieutenant
colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry
September s, 1864 colonel. March 4, 1865.
He brevetted brgadier general of
| volunteers March 13. 1855. and resigned
from the army August /. 1863.
Identified With Railroads.
| After the war he was identified with
railroad affairs for many years. serving
for six years president of the Union
Pacific railroad. and for ten years as a
member OF the Massachusetts board of
railroad commissioners. He was chair
man of the commission which planned
the metropolitan park system in and
about Boston.
Never seeking public Office. Mr.. Adams
took an active part. as an Independent. in
political affairs through his writings and
speeches. His addresses in Chicago in
1902. when he gave high praise to Gen.
Robert E. Lee, and suggested the erec-
tion of a monument to Lee at Washing
ton, and at Richmond in 1908, and when,
as an independent democrat" he urged
the election OF Taft over Bryan, attracted
| wide attention.
| Mr.. Adams was member of the board
of overseers of Harvard University for
4 more than twenty years In 1918 he lee
tured at Oxford on American history. He
was the author of numerous books on
railroads and on various phases of Amer
lean history, and WAS fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and q member of the American Academy
1 oP Arts and ettArs