VT BIO - Windsor Co - ADAMS, Benjamin Franklin

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. P. 
C. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, pp 93-94

Benjamin Franklin ADAMS, builder, contractor and lumber dealer, White River 
Junction [Windsor County, Vermont], was born in Canaan [Grafton County, New 
Hampshire], 21 September 1883, and was a son of Ephraim and Philomine 
(ROBERTS) ADAMS. He was educated in the public schools of White River 
Junction.

In 1908 Benjamin Franklin ADAMS married Grace LaPORTE of Lebanon, Grafton 
County, New Hampshire. He was a telegraph operator for ten years for Central 
Vermont, New York, New Haven & Hartford, and Boston & Maine Railroads. In 
October of 1908, in company with his brother he formed the building, 
contracting, and lumber dealing firm of P. E. & B. F. Adams, with office and 
plant at White River Junction. He was a member of [p 94] St. Anthony's 
Catholic Church in White River Junction [Windsor County, Vermont]. 
Fraternally he was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He served as 
assistant deputy for Windsor, Windham, and Washington Counties.

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