Thomas Adams (April 20, 1804 – January 2, 1869) was sheriff of

Norfolk County, Massachusetts Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a boro ...

, from 1848 to 1852, and from 1853 to January 1, 1857.

Biography

Adams was born in

Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy ( ) is a coastal U.S. city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county and a part of Greater Boston, Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 1 ...

, on April 20, 1804. Early in life, Adams worked as a butcher alongside his father; later, he owned several different stage lines and traded in horses. Adams married Mehetabel Field, the daughter of Joseph and Relief (Baxter) Field on April 4, 1826. Adams died of

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on January 2, 1869.

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