Parmenio Adams was a from New York.

Life

He was the son of Parmenio Adams (1747/8-1809) and Chloe (Nearing) Adams (b. ca. 1754). On October 23, 1795, he married Eleanor Wells (1778-1836) and they had four children.

In 1806, the family removed to Phelps Corners, to a place now located in that part of the Village of Attica

Attica (village), New York

Attica is a village in Wyoming County, New York in the USA. The population was 2,597 at the 2000 census. It is named after a region in Greece.The Village of Attica is on the northern border of Wyoming County...

 which lies in the Town of Alexander, and remained in Genesee County after the creation of Wyoming County

Wyoming County, New York

Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. At the 2010 census, the population was 42,155. The county seat is Warsaw. The name is from a modified Delaware Indian word meaning "broad bottom lands"...

 in 1841.

He fought in the War of 1812

War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...

, and retired as a major

Major

Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

 of the New York State Militia in 1816. He was Sheriff of Genesee County from 1815 to 1816 and from 1818 to 1821. He ran a gristmill

Gristmill

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 and was a construction contractor on the Erie Canal

Erie Canal

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.

At the United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1822

United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1822

The 1822 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held from November 4 to 6, 1822, to elect 34 U.S. Representatives to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives of the 18th United States Congress....

, Isaac Wilson was declared elected in the 29th District by a small margin. Adams contested Wilson's election, showing that the returns had been certified mistakenly, and Adams was seated in the 18th United States Congress

18th United States Congress

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 as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican on January 7, 1824. Adams was re-elected as an Adams man to the 19th United States Congress

19th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: John Gaillard , until December 4, 1825** Nathaniel Macon , from May 20, 1826- House of Representatives :* Speaker: John W. Taylor -Members:...

, holding office until March 3, 1827.

He was buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery in the Town of Attica

Attica (town), New York

Attica is a town in Wyoming County, New York, United States. The population was 6,028 at the 2000 census .The town is named after a region in Greece....

, now in Wyoming County.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71 and 400; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• Obit transcribed at Ancestry.com
• Adams genealogy at RootsWeb
• Cases of Contested Elections in Congress 1789 to 1834 compiled by Matthew St. Clair Clarke
  Matthew St. Clair Clarke
  Matthew St. Clair Clarke was an American journalist, book author and politician. He was for seven terms Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.-Life:...
  
   and David A. Hall (Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
  
  , 1834; Case XLIX, pages 369ff)

External links

• Adams-Cotton family marker at the Forest Hill Cemetery