Simeon R. Adams

Simeon R. Adams
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the Jasper, Newton, Scott, and Smith Counties district
In office
January 1844 – January 1848
Preceded byJohn C. Thomas
Succeeded byJames McDugald
Personal details
Born1813 or 1814
Vermont, U.S.
DiedApril 3, 1860(1860-04-03) (aged 46–47)
Paulding, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Simeon Roe Adams (1813/1814 - April 3, 1860) was an American newspaper printer and politician. He served in the Mississippi State Senate from 1844 to 1848. He also owned the Eastern Clarion newspaper, a predecessor of The Clarion-Ledger, from 1839 to 1860.

Biography

Simeon Roe Adams was born in Vermont in 1813 or 1814.[1][2] He grew up in the state of Ohio and moved to New Orleans and then to Mississippi in early adulthood.[1][2] He was a newspaper printer by trade who lived in Paulding, Mississippi.[1] In 1839, Adams bought the Eastern Clarion newspaper (a predecessor of the Clarion-Ledger) from Governor John J. McRae.[3] Adams would run the newspaper until his death.[4][2]

In the 1840 session of the Mississippi State Senate, Adams was appointed its reading clerk.[2] In 1843, he was elected to represent Jasper, Newton, Scott, and Smith Counties as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1844 session.[5][6][7] In November 1845, Adams was re-elected and served in the 1846 session.[6][7] Adams was a member of the Mississippi State Democratic Committee in 1843 and 1845.[2] He was also the chairman of the Jasper County Democratic Committee in 1845.[2]

Adams died at his home in Paulding on April 3, 1860.[4][8]

Personal life

Adams was married; his wife was named Isabella A. Adams.[9] They had several young children who along with Isabella survived after Simeon's death.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mississippi Legislature Names & Ages 1846". Southern Reformer. 1846-02-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Davis, Jefferson (1975-02-01). The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1841--July 1846. LSU Press. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-0-8071-5864-7.
  3. ^ "East Mississippi". Vicksburg Whig. 1860-06-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  4. ^ a b "Death of Simeon R. Adams". Vicksburg Whig. 1860-04-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  5. ^ "Mississippi Legislature 1846". Southern Reformer. 1846-01-05. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  6. ^ a b "Article clipped from The Semi-Weekly Mississippi Free Trader". The Semi-Weekly Mississippi Free Trader. 1845-11-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  7. ^ a b Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. pp. 500–502. ISBN 978-0-404-04610-1.
  8. ^ "Death of S. R. Adams, Esq". Semi-Weekly Mississippian. 1860-04-10. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  9. ^ a b "Simeon R. Adams Estate". The Eastern Clarion. 1861-03-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-23.