Charles Follen Adams

Charles Follen Adams (April 21, 1842 – March 8, 1918) was an American poet.[1][2]

Charles Follen Adams
Charles F. Adams (published 1910)
Charles F. Adams (published 1910)
Born(1842-04-21)April 21, 1842
Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMarch 8, 1918(1918-03-08) (aged 75)
Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupationpoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
SubjectAdams enlisted in the 13th Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. He was wounded in action at Gettysburg, and taken as a prisoner of war.
Notable works
  • 1878: Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems
  • 1885: Mother's Doughnuts
  • 1886: Cut, Cut Behind
  • 1887: Dialect Ballads
  • 1910: Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems
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Biography
1878 portrait of Adams

Adams was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 21, 1842. He came from revolutionary ancestors, being a descendant of Samuel Adams, as well as of Hannah Dustin, of Haverhill, Massachusetts.[3] He was the son of Ira and Mary Elizabeth Adams, née Senter. He had 9 siblings, and was the youngest of all of them.

He received a common school education, and at the age of fifteen entered into mercantile pursuits. During the American Civil War, at age 22, Adams enlisted in the 13th Massachusetts Infantry.[4] He was wounded in action at Gettysburg, and taken as a prisoner of war.[5][6] On his release from prison, he was detailed for hospital duty.[4]

In 1864 he returned to Boston and once more engaged in mercantile business.[3] He was married to Hattie Louise on October 11, 1870 in Boston. The couple had two children, Charles Mills and Ella Paige Adams.[7] In 1872, he began writing humorous verses for periodicals and newspapers in a burlesque broken-English imitation[8] of Pennsylvania German dialect.[6] His first published work was "The Puzzled Dutchman" which appeared in Our Young Folks.[4]

Adams died at his home in Roxbury on March 8, 1918.[9]

Works

References
  1. Adams, Charles Follen, 1842-1918. Papers: Guide
  2. Charles Follen Adams at Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  3. Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Adams, Charles Follen". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 36. Retrieved October 22, 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Adams, Charles Follen" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  5. Dorchester Atheneum: Charles Follen Adams
  6. Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Adams, Charles Follen" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  7. Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First National Publishing Company. pp. 3–4.
  8. Mehring, Frank (2006). "Deutsch, Dutch, Double Dutch: Authentic and Artificial German-American Dialects". Amerikastudien / American Studies. 51 (1): 93–113.
  9. "Charles Follen Adams, Roxbury Poet, is Dead". The Boston Globe. March 9, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems
  11. "Mother's doughnuts" by Charles Follen Adams
  12. "'Cut, cut behind!'" by Charles Follen Adams
  13. "The new international encyclopaedia". 1905.
  14. Quint, Wilder D. (December 18, 1897). "VII. Charles Follen Adams ('Yawcob Strauss') in Roxbury". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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