. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. ational Credit Mens Association. In 1808, associated with his brother, Robeit A. Adams, he incorporatedAdams Bros. and opened, in the principal cities in the Eastern States,wholesale distributing depots for dressed beef, provisions and enterprise proved very profitable and in 1905 was purchased bySwift & Armour. During this period Mr. Adams bought a controlling in-terest in a New York City bank, and,
. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. ational Credit Mens Association. In 1808, associated with his brother, Robeit A. Adams, he incorporatedAdams Bros. and opened, in the principal cities in the Eastern States,wholesale distributing depots for dressed beef, provisions and enterprise proved very profitable and in 1905 was purchased bySwift & Armour. During this period Mr. Adams bought a controlling in-terest in a New York City bank, and, under his administration as president,its deposits were increased fourfold. He sold his banking interest in1906. In 1907, he and his brother took up actively their mterest ui th?warehouse business — the Manhattan Refrigerating Company. New YorkCity, Union Terminal Cold Storage Company. Jersey City, and KingsComity Refrigerating Company, Brooklyn, N. Y. These companies haveincreased in size and importance very rapidly since that time. Mr. Adams is a director of several corporations. He is a member ofmany clubs and has always had time for charitable and philanthropic. 6 Adams work. His brother and himself built the Adams Memorial Church atWestfield, Perm., in memory of their mother. He has been a resitlenr ofMontclair for fifteen years. WASHINGTON IRVING LINCOLN ADAMS—Montclair. (32Llewellyn Road.)—Banker. Publisher and Printer; Major, OfficersReserve Corp. U. S. A. Born in New York City, February 22nd,1865; son of Washmgton Irving and Marian Lydia (Briggs)Adams; married in Montclair, November 21st, 1887. to Grace Wil-son, daughter of James Wilson, of Georgetown. Ohio. Children: Wilson Irving, born 1890, married June 5, 1915, toHelen Elizabeth Morrison : Marian Elizabeth, born 1891. marriedOctober 11th, 1913. to David Oswald Pfaelzer, of Boston; BriggsKilburn, born 1893, Harvard. 1917: Carolyn Styles, born 1896,died 1910; Washington Irving Lincoln, Jr., 1898. W. I. Li
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