U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Adams, G. W. (b. 1832) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 723-724 G. W. ADAMS, M. D., a prominent physician and surgeon of Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia, was born August 20, 1832, in Cabell County, and is a son of Charles and Nancy (Buxton) Adams, both of whom were natives of Virginia. Charles Adams was a prominent agriculturist and a highly respected citizen. The parents are survived by five of their seven children. Dr. G. W. Adams received his education in the common and select schools of Cabell County and was also given private instruction. He read medicine with Dr. E. F. Buffington, of Huntington, West Virginia, for about two years and then entered Louisville Medical College and later the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Cincinnati, graduating there in 1889, with the degree of M. D. He practiced for two years in Wayne County, West Virginia, and then went to Kentucky for a year, returning then to Cabell County, West Virginia, and locating in Barboursville. Dr. Adams has become prominent in his profession, his superior skill and careful treatment having been shown on many occasions. In 1878 Dr. Adams married Ada Huff, who was born in the Valley of Virginia, and a family of six children has been born to this union, viz: Frank, Fred, Harry, Blandon, Florence, deceased, and Dewey. Politically, Dr. Adams is affiliated with the Republican party. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Tri-State Medical Society of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, and of the American Medical Association. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Cabell County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/cabell/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------