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GEORGE W. J. McADAMS, Coraopolis, was born in Warrenton, Jefferson county, Ohio, April 9, 1847, a son of John and Hannah L. (King) McAdams, and ninth descendant of Gov. Winslow, one of the Pilgrim Fathers who came over in the Mayflower. John was born in a fort on the present site of Portland, Ohio. He was a merchant, owned a mill, and manufactured and shipped flour south to New Orleans. He was elected treasurer of Jefferson county in 1856, and re-elected in 1858, serving four years. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the 98th O. I. and served as sutler, his son-in-law, George Webster, being colonel of the regiment. John McAdams died in 1863, aged sixty-three years. He built the warehouse and wharf at Warrenton, and was part owner of the steamboats Cabinet and Hibernia. He was a member of the M. P. Church, which he and Moses Kimball built at Warrenton, and held various offices of trust in his town. He was a prominent Mason at Warrenton and Steubenville. His widow died March 31, 1886, aged sixty-two years, a member of the U. P. Church. They had seven children, five yet living: G. W. J., L. C. C. (an M. D. in Warrenton, Ohio), S. L. (R. R. official at Ravenna), Annabel K. (wife of W. M. Litten, at Rush run, Ohio), and Joseph H. (R. R. official at Montour Junction). George W. J. was educated at Steubenville, Ohio, and at eighteen began to teach music. At nineteen he began the study of telegraphy, at which he worked at Pittsburgh and various other points until Nov. 1, 1879, when he was appointed agent at Coraopolis. Mr. McAdams was united in marriage, June 9, 1881, with Maggie Watt, a native of Coraopolis, a daughter of William Watt, late manufacturer of that place, and they have one son, James E., born Dec. 9, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. McAdams are members of the U. P. Church at Coraopolis, and it was through his and others’ efforts that the church was established and built here, of which he is treasurer.