George F. Adams, M.D. Biography
As published in
"The City of Kenosha and Kenosha County Wisconsin: A Record of Settlement,
Organization, Progress and Achievement"
by Frank H. Lyman Vol. 2, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1916.
While engaged in the general practice of medicine, Dr. George F. Adams largely
specializes in the treatment of mental and nervous diseases and is frequently
called upon for expert medical testimony in legal cases. He was born at Theresa,
Jefferson County, New York, in 1863, a son of Elias and Cornelia (Hall) Adams,
both of whom were natives of Jefferson county. The father, whose birth occurred
in the town of Antwerp, was a representative of an old and well established New
England family which was founded in America in 1633 by ancestors who came from
England and settled in Massachusetts.
George F. Adams attended the State Normal School at Potsdam, New York, and in
preparation for a professional career he entered the Hahnemann Medical College
of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the class of 1888. He afterward
located for practice in Pulaski New York, where he remained for seven years, and
subsequently he became chief of staff of the State Hospital at Westboro
Massachusetts, where he remained for three years. On the expiration of that
period he became connected with the State Hospital for the Insane at Gowanda,
New York, giving his services for the benefit of that institution for six years.
Later he spent eleven years at the Pennoyer Sanitarium of Kenosha, having come
to this city in 1904, and on the 1st of February, 1915 he opened a private
office and now engages in general practice but specializes in mental and nervous
diseases, to which branch of practice he has long devoted his attention. He has
made a close study of this field of practice, and his ability along this line is
pronounced. He is in touch with the most modern methods of treating mental and
nervous diseases and has utilized the most recent scientific discoveries in
caring for those thus afflicted. He also does medico-legal expert work, often
being called upon for testimony. In 1891 Dr. Adams was married to Miss Beulah
Muzzy, a daughter of Lawson and Alma (Witt) Muzzy, of New York, and they have
two children, Dorothy and Lawson. Dr. Adams belongs to the Masonic fraternity,
in which he has attained the Knights Templar degree, and he is also connected
with the Elks. His wife is a graduate of Rutgers Female College of New Jersey,
class of 1890, and is an active member of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Both are members of the Episcopal church. Dr. Adams also belongs to
the Press Club of Chicago, the Business Men's Association of Kenosha, and to the
Country Club, the Wisconsin Golf Association, and the Automobile Club. In
politics he is largely independent. He does not feel that he is bound by party
ties and votes according to the dictates of his judgment. He was a delegate to
the first progressive convention which was held in Milwaukee and he believes
that advancement and progress should characterize political thought and
activity, as it does other branches of life. In a word, he is a very active and
energetic man, accomplishing what he undertakes and seeking at all times to
institute improvement not only in his own practice, but in the public welfare of
the community, for he recognizes the duties and obligations as well as the
privileges of citizenship.
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