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Robert R. Adams has been intimately and prominently identified with the interests of Jefferson County for a period of time sufficiently long to have acquired extensive acquaintance. He is a native of Twiggs County, Ga., being a son of Donald Adams, who was born in South Carolina, November 23, 1801, but who removed to Georgia in 1824, where he married Miss Elizabeth Ellis. The latter first saw the light of day in Georgia in 1807, and there Robert was born February 26, 1842. Mrs. Adams died in her native State in 1883, her husband having preceded her about three years. In this family were nine children, four of whom are now living. Young Robert received his education in private schools, and on the breaking out of the war entered the army in 1861, under Col. Anderson, in Company K, Eleventh Georgia Regiment. He participated in the battles of Second Manassas, Thoroughfare Gap, Richmond, Yorktown, and several others, being finally honorably discharged, and he has now in his possession his discharge and furlough papers and numerous others, mementoes of an experience severe but honorable. In 1875 he came to Little Rock, where he became engaged as a planter. His possessions have increased most perceptibly, until, besides owning valuable property in Hutchinson, Kas., he has about 700 acres in Jefferson County, Ark., in cotton and corn. He is a Mason in good standing, and also belongs to the American Legion of Honor and Royal Arcanum. He is a Democrat, and a man of great public enterprise, keeping thoroughly apace with the progress of the day. Since 1879 he has kept a diary of passing events, in which he takes great pride. October 8, 1863, Mr. Adams married Miss Rebecca Perry, of Haynesville, Houston County, Ga. They have two children, Virginia E. (born October 1, 1864) and Mattie Joe (born April 5, 1866).