Robert Watkins Adams (October 20, 1839 – August 15, 1886) was a soldier during the American Civil War and a Florida State Senator. He was born in Athens, Georgia, served in the Confederate Army, and was imprisoned after the war. He lived in White Springs, Florida.[1]
Robert Watkins Adams | |
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| Senator in the Florida Senate | |
| In office 1870–1873 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 20, 1839 Athens, Georgia |
| Died | August 15, 1886 |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
His parents were Nathaniel and Mary Mildred née Flournoy Adams. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1859[2] and taught at a school in Hamilton County. He served under Captain Frink in the 5th Florida Regiment and rose to the rank of captain, commanding a company at Gettysburg. He married Sophia Broward in 1862 and had 5 children, Frank Adams, Nathaniel Adams, Robert Watkins Adams, Julia Adams and Minnie Adams.[3] He was elected to the Florida Senate in 1870.[1]
His son Frank Adams served in the Florida Legislature as a senator, as did his grandson Robert Stanley Adams.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Robert Watkins Adams - White Springs, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography". Virginia Historical Society. November 7, 1895 – via Google Books.
- ^ Rivers, Fournoy (1895). "The Flournoy Family". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 3 (1): 70. JSTOR 4241867. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Senators Robert Stanley Adams, Frank Adams, Robert Watkins Adams". The Miami Herald. May 16, 1943. p. 47. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
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