Durham, N. N.  "Spokane and the Inland Empire; History of the City of Spokane
and Spokane County Washington."  Vol. 3.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.  
Vol. 2.

CHARLES ADAMS

	One of the enterprising younger members of the business circles of Colville
is Charles Adams, vice president of the Colville Loan & Trust Company and the
Bank of Chewelah, in addition to which he is financially interested in other
activities of Stevens County. His birth occurred in Mason, Michigan, on the 16th
of June, 1877, his parents being Ira W. and Sophia (Van Houten) Adams. His
father passed away in 1908, but the mother, who has attained the age of
sixty-seven, is still living and continues to make her home in this state. Ira
W. Adams originally came from New York state, whence he removed to Michigan,
residing there until 1887, when he came to Washington, thereafter making this
state his home. In both the paternal and maternal lines our subject is descended
from American ancestry, his forefathers having located in this country during
colonial days. 
	The education of Charles Adams was begun at the usual age in the common
schools of Michigan and completed in those of Washington, his student days being
terminated at the age of fifteen years when he became a wage earner. His first
year in the business world was spent in Portland, Oregon, whence he removed to
Spokane, where for three years he was employed by Mitchell, Lewis & Staver. In
1896 he went to Fairfield, this state, and engaged in the hardware business for
two years, but at the expiration of that period he returned to Spokane. During
the following eighteen months he was in the employ of the J. I. Case Threshing
Machine Company, leaving their service to enter that of the American Steel &
Wire Company, being connected with the Spokane branch of the latter concern for
one year. His next removal was to Loon Lake, this state, where he engaged in
farming for a year, when he came to Colville to take the position of assistant
county treasurer. He filled this position for four years, at the end of which
time he was elected treasurer for a similar period. Following the expiration of
his term of office, he became identified with the Colville Loan & Trust Company,
acquiring an interest in this institution on the 1st of January, 1911, since
which time he has held the office of vice president. In addition to his other
interests Mr. Adams, with several others, owns a large marble quarry in the
vicinity of Colville, the operation of which gives every promise of proving most
lucrative. 
	He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with the chapter
and the Order of the Eastern Star, and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows,
Rebekahs, Knights of Pythias and Eagles. In politics he is an ardent republican
and is prominently identified with the local faction, being at the date of
sketch chairman of the county committee. Mr. Adams has the utmost confidence in
a great agricultural and industrial, as well as commercial, future for
Washington and is one of the enthusiastic workers in the local Chamber of
Commerce. A man of clear judgment and initiative who has always been found
thoroughly trustworthy and responsible in both his public and private life, Mr.
Adams is favorably regarded and highly esteemed by his associates in both
business and social circles.


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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in May 2015 by Diane Wright.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
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