Charles Adams (1858-1931)

Harness maker, Mayor of Brandon (1887), MLA (1896-1899).

Born on 27 February 1858 in Oxford County, Ontario, a son of Henry John Adams and Jane Brown, brother of Frank W. Adams. He was educated at the public schools of Oxford County and Dundas Collegiate Institute. He was taught the harness-making trade by his father. He moved to Brandon in 1881. He was elected to the provincial legislature in 1891, was defeated in 1899. In the Brandon municipal government, he served as alderman, and mayor. He was a director of the Brandon Board of Trade, and the Crown Bank of Canada, and secretary-treasurer of the Rideout River and Lake Navigation Company. In 1877, he married Clara Filey of Woodstock, Ontario with whom had four children: Lorne H., Stanley, Louisa, and Russell.

He died of arteriosclerosis at Toronto, Ontario on 2 April 1931.

Sources:

Death registration, Ancestry.

Western Municipal News, April 1931, page 140.

“Frank W Adams, former alderman dies in Toronto” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 December 1935.

Profile revised: 29 January 2010

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