a Methodist Episcopal minister, was admitted into the Virginia Conference in 1866, and in it labored until the close of his life, July 9,1879. As to Mr. Adams's birth and early life, we have no means of information. Through his instrumentality many were added to the Church. He was an affectionate father, a devoted Christian, and a clear pointed soul, stirring preacher. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1879, p. 20.