WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA ***************************************************************************** Biography transcribed & donated to Wabasha County, MN Bios by Barbara Koska Timm. For more information, please check out her site "Biographies and Historical Sketches of Wabasha County, Minnesota" at . ***************************************************************************** "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY MINNESOTA" COMPILED BY FRANKLYN CURTISS-WEDGE AND OTHERS ILLUSTRATED WINONA, MINN. H. C. COOPER, JR., & CO. 1920 Adams, Carleton C. (p. 501), once a resident of this county, was born in Elgin Village, June 3, 1883, son of Dr. William T. and Nellie (Gibbs) Adams. In his boyhood he attended the Elgin school and was graduated from high school in 1902. He then became a student at Minnesota University, taking a course in pharmacy and graduating in 1905. On his return from college he took a position in the Charles Burchardt drug store in Plainview, where he remained until 1907. In that year he went to Dodge Center, Minn., where he worked until 1910. The next two years he spent at Foley, Minn., and in 1912 went to St. Charles, Minn., where he is now residing, being employed by the drug concern of Frisch & Co. Mr. Adams is a member of the Masonic order, including the Eastern Star. His religious affiliations are with the Congregation church. He was married October 16, 1906, to Bernice Richardson, and he and his wife are the parents of three children: Michael C., born January 18, 1908; Gene M., born August 7, 1910, and Barbara E., born September 5, 1912.