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Charles Follen Adams

Personal Profile

Charles Follen Adams
  • Date of Birth:
    April 21, 1842
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Taurus
  • Place of Birth:
    Dorchester, MA
  • Place of Death:
    Roxbury, MA
  • Date of Death:
    March 8, 1918
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Charles Follen Adams
  • Father:
    Ira Adams
  • Mother:
    Mary Elizabeth Senter
  • Spouse:
    Hattie Louise
  • Son:
    Charles Mills Adams
  • Daughter:
    Ella Paige Adams

Career

Charles Follen Adams

Quotes

Charles Follen Adams
  • “If an S and an I and an O and a U - With an X at the end spell Su; And an E and a Y and an E spell I, - Pray what is a speller to do? Then, if also an S and an I and a G - And an HED spell side, There's nothing much left for a speller to do."
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Biography

Charles Follen Adams
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Adams was born on April 21, 1842 to Ira and Mary Elizabeth (Senter) Adams in Dorchester, Massachusetts. A businessman by trade, Adams is also known for his dialectic poems, including “Leedle Yawcob Strauss” (1876), for which he is most well known. Married in 1870 to Hattie Louise Mills, they had two children, Charles Mills and Ella Paige Adams (married name: Sawyer.)

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