Father of American viticulture, discoverer and promoter of the Catawba wine grape
Spouse
Margaret K. Adlum (née Adlum)
(m. 1805)
Children
Margaret Catherine Adlum and Anna Maria Adlum
Parent(s)
Joseph and Catherine (née Abbott) Adlum
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
Continental Army Pennsylvania militia Provisional Army United States Army
Years of service
1776–1777, 1795, 1799–1800, 1807–18??
Rank
Captain
Unit
Flying Camp 11th Regiment of Infantry
Battles/wars
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Fort Washington
War of 1812
Raid on Havre de Grace
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John Adlum (April 29, 1759 – March 14, 1836) was a pioneering American viticulturalist who was the first to cultivate the Catawba grape. He is known as "the father of American viticulture" (grape-growing). He also served in the American Revolutionary War; was a well-known surveyor; was one of the first associate judges in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; and served in the United States Army in the War of 1812.
JohnAdlum (April 29, 1759 – March 14, 1836) was a pioneering American viticulturalist who was the first to cultivate the Catawba grape. He is known as...
the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 Cultivation and harvesting of grapes. JohnAdlum – father of American viticulture Helmut Becker – German viticulturist...
to an employee of the surveyor company Holland Land Company, perhaps JohnAdlum, known friend of Cornplanter. It is the primary source of the mention...
Revolutionary War, in 1790 Colonel Timothy Matlack, Samuel Maclay and JohnAdlum were commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth...
commissioned Timothy Matlack (1736–1829), Samuel Maclay (1741–1811) and JohnAdlum (1759–1836) to survey the Swatara, West Branch of the Susquehanna River...
of two species in the family Papaveraceae. The genus name derives from JohnAdlum (1759–1836), a surveyor, associate judge, plantsman and agriculturist...
continued after the war. In 1790, Timothy Matlack, Samuel Maclay and JohnAdlum were commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth...
Deardorff. JohnAdlum on the Allegheny: Memoirs for the Year 1794. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 84, No. 3 (July 1960). John L. Earl...
of their having been disinterred prior to the cemetery's destruction.) JohnAdlum (1759-1836), father of American viticulture (disinterred c.1852 and reburied...
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viticulturists: Nicole Abiouness, American female entrepreneur and winemaker JohnAdlum, American viticulturist who was the first to cultivate the Catawba grape...
pp. 41–42. Horowitz 2018, pp. 31-35 Adlum, Eddie (November 1985). "The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum". RePlay. Vol. 11, no. 2. pp. 134-175...
History, 1958 Treason of the Blackest Dye, 1958 Memoirs of the life of JohnAdlum in the Revolutionary War, 1968 Narratives of Colonial America, 1704–1765...
on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2011-04-27. Adlum, Eddie (November 1985). "The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum". RePlay. Vol. 11, no. 2. pp. 134-175...
from the original on May 12, 2006. Adlum, Eddie (November 1985). "The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum". RePlay. Vol. 11, no. 2. pp. 134-175...
Amusement Press, Inc. 15 April 1984. p. 29. Adlum, Eddie (November 1985). "The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum". RePlay. Vol. 11, no. 2. pp. 134-175...
starring Schaeffer, Eric Mabius, Devin Matthews, Zane Adlum, Callie Thorne, Samantha Buck and John Doman. Schaeffer as Wirey Spindell Eric Mabius as Wirey...
September 1982 issue of RePlay, Adlum is credited with first naming these games as "video games": "RePlay's Eddie Adlum worked at 'Cash Box' when 'TV games'...
Gamer. No. 45. January 2008. p. 47. Adlum, Eddie (November 1985). "The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum". RePlay. Vol. 11, no. 2. pp. 134-175...
Director DoP. 1972 Invasion of the Blood Farmers Ed Adlum Roberta Findlay 1974 A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes Al Ruban Mitch Breit 1976 The Killing...
GamesRadar Adlum, Eddie (November 1985). "The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum". RePlay. Vol. 11, no. 2. pp. 134-175 (160-3). Szczepaniak, John (2014)...
p. 209. Muir 2007, p. 278. Bush, John. "The Man from Deep River". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011. Bush, John. "Moon of the Wolf". AllMovie. Retrieved...