Alphabetical Listing
ALPHABETICAL LISTING ADAMS, HENRY CULLEN (1850-1906), inducted by 1920 See page 31 ADAMS, JOHN (1821-1889), inducted between 1920 and 1936 Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Pioneer Chicago livestock dealer John Adams established a business at the Myrick House, the city’s first stock yards, in 1861. Originally from the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England, Adams moved to Milwaukee before settling in Chicago. His firm—later Adams, Eldredge & Jackson—became John Adams & Sons when his children joined the business. ADAMS, WILLIAM PHIPPS, II (1901-1996), inducted 1970 Artist: Thomas Embert (“Tom”) Phillips (1927-2005) William “Bill” Adams was born in Odebolt, Iowa, and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1933. Under the business name Adams Brothers & Company, Adams operated his family’s farm—the largest in Iowa. Historically a grain farm, Bill Adams expanded the Hereford herd on Adams Farm (also known as Fairview) in 1946. In 1963, he moved the operation to Kilgore, Nebraska. Adams served as director of the Iowa Hereford Association, the American Hereford Association, and the International Live Stock Exposition (1960-1974). ALEXANDER, ROBERT AITCHESON (1819-1867), inducted 1903 Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); original portrait by James R. Stuart Robert S. C. (Spreul Crawford) Aitcheson Alexander was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, and raised on Woodburn, the farm his father established in Woodford County. He enrolled in Trinity College, the University of Cambridge, England, around 1837. While abroad, Alexander inherited the estate of his Scottish uncle, and was transformed, overnight, into one of the wealthiest men in the world.
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