WI BIO - Kenosha Co - ADAMS, George F.
The City of Kenosha and Kenosha County, WI. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 
1916, Vol II, pp 195-196

While engaged in the general practice of medicine, Dr. George F. ADAMS 
largely specializes in the treatment of mental and nervous diseases and is 
frequently called upon for expert medical testimony in legal cases. George 
F. ADAMS was born at Theresa, Jefferson County, NY, in 1863, a son of Elias 
and Cornelia (HALL) ADAMS, both of whom were born in that county. The 
father, Elias ADAMS, was born in the town of Antwerp, Jefferson County, NY, 
and was a representative of an old and well established New England family, 
which was founded in America in 1633 by ancestors who came from England and 
settled in MA.

George F. ADAMS attended the State Normal School at Potsdam [St. Lawrence 
County], NY, and in preparation for a professional career he entered the 
Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago [Cook County], IL, from which he was 
graduated with the class of 1888. He afterward located for practice in 
Pulaski [Oswego County], NY, where he remained for [p 196] seven years, and 
subsequently he became chief of staff of the State Hospital at Westboro 
[Worcester County], MA, where he remained for three years. On the expiration 
of that period he became connected with the State Hospital for the Insane at 
Gowanda [County], NY, giving his services for the benefit of that institution 
for six years. Later he spent eleven years at the Pennoyer Sanitarium of 
Kenosha, WI, having come to this city in 1904, and on 01 Feb 1915 he opened a 
private office and now engages in general practice but specializes in mental 
and nervous diseases, to which branch of practice he has long devoted his 
attention. He has made a close study of this field of practice, and his 
ability along this line is pronounced. He is in touch with the most modern 
methods of treating mental and nervous diseases, and has utilized the most 
recent scientific discoveries in caring for those thus afflicted. He also 
does medico-legal expert work, often being called upon for testimony.

In 1891 Dr. George F. ADAMS was married to Miss Beulah MUZZY, a daughter of 
Lawson and Alma (WITT) MUZZY, of NY, and they have two children, Dorothy and 
Lawson. Dr. ADAMS belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he attained 
the Knights Templar degree, and he is also connected with the Elks. Beulah 
(MUZZY) ADAMS is a graduate of Rutgers Female College of NJ, class of 1890, 
and is an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Both 
are members of the Episcopal church. Dr. ADAMS also belongs to the Press 
Club of Chicago, the Business Men's Association of Kenosha, the Country Club, 
the WI Golf Association, and the Automobile Club. In politics he is largely 
independent. He does not feel that he is bound by party ties and votes 
according to the dictates of his judgment. He was a delegate to the first 
progressive convention which was held in Milwaukee, WI, and he believes that 
advancement and progress should characterize political thought and activity, 
as it does other branches of life. In a word, Dr. George F. ADAMS is a very 
active and energetic man, accomplishing what he undertakes and seeking at all 
times to institute improvement not only in his own practice, but in the 
public welfare of the community, for he recognizes the duties and obligations 
as well as the privileges of citizenship.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly