Robert Watkins Adams

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]

Robert Watkins Adams (circa 1870)

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]

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