Levi Adams | |
Office: | Member of the Council of Appointment |
Term Start: | 1820 |
Term End: | 1821 |
State1: | New York |
State Senate1: | New York |
District1: | Lewis County |
Term Start1: | 1818 |
Term End1: | 1822 |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1762 |
Birth Place: | Simsbury, Connecticut Colony |
Restingplace: | East Road Cemetery, |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | New York Militia |
Battles: | American Revolutionary War |
Levi Adams (December 30, 1762June 18, 1831) was an American farmer and politician. He served in the New York Senate from 1818 through 1822, representing Lewis County, and was a member of New York's Council of Appointment in 1820. As a young man during the American Revolutionary War, he served in the New York militia.[1] [2]
His youngest son, James M. Adams, became a prominent physician and pioneer settler at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Two of his grandsons died in the service of the Union Army during the American Civil War.[2]