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Robert Watkins Adams
Senator in the Florida Senate
In office
1870–1873
Personal details
BornOctober 20, 1839
Athens, Georgia
DiedAugust 15, 1886
Alma materUniversity of Georgia

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]

Nathaniel and Mary Mildred née Flournoy Adams were his parents 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]

  1. ^ a b "Robert Watkins Adams - White Springs, Florida". Florida Memory. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography". Virginia Historical Society. November 7, 1895 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Rivers, Fournoy (1895). "The Flournoy Family". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 3 (1): 70. JSTOR 4241867. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Senators Robert Stanley Adams, Frank Adams, Robert Watkins Adams". The Miami Herald. May 16, 1943. p. 47. Retrieved November 7, 2020. Open access icon

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