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Charles Francis Adams

Biography

Born in Boston, son of John Quincy Adams. Graduated from Harvard in 1825. He read law, passed the bar and practiced law in Boston. Married Abigail Brown Brooks in 1828. They had seven children.

He inherited a coin collection formed by his grandfather and father.

He died in Boston and is buried at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Source credit: Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies

 

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