Windsor County

ADAMS, Placide Ephraim 

Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical 
Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other 
States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery, 1912, p 96

Placide Ephraim ADAMS, contractor and builder, White River Junction [Windsor 
County, Vermont], was born 01 November 1878 in Lebanon [Grafton County, New 
Hampshire], son of Ephraim and Fannie (ROBERTS) ADAMS. At an early age moved 
with his parents to Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He was educated 
in the public schools there and in Franklin, New Hampshire. Mr. ADAMS 
learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1909 formed, with his brother, the firm 
of P. E. & B. F. Adams, builders and contractors, with a business which 
covers Vermont and New Hampshire.

In 1904 Placide Ephraim ADAMS married Agnes RAYMOND of White River Junction. 
They have three children: Ephraim Luke, Sarah Esther, and Robert Placide. 
Mr. ADAMS is a Democrat, and a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church. He 
is also a member of White River Junction Camp, Modern Woodmen of America; and 
Richelieu Court, Catholic Order of Foresters, of Lebanon, New Hampshire. 
[See also the Windsor County, Vermont, biography of Benjamin Franklin ADAMS.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly