Although this man does not qualify as a "famous person" by the "Find A Grave" web site - he was in fact a famous person in his county and even his state...the great state of Virginia. For he was loved and admired by his relatives, friends and the general citizens of all Virginia.
Berkley D. Adams was nominated to the Virginia House of Delegates by the Democrats of Charlotte County and was elected in November, 1903.
He served as a member of the House for eight sessions. In that body he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Mining and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee for several sessions.
He was patron of quite a number of bills which were enacted into law, principally relating to agriculture and road construction.
Mr. Adams was a highly educated man for his time. He had been educated in the public schools, attended Emory and Henry Collage and Roanoke Collage... and then the Southern Business College.
When only eighteen years old, he left school and accepted a position as bookkeeper for a large Virginia manufacturing company.
At the young age of twenty-two years old, he bought a farm on credit, paid for it by his own exertions and put it in a high state of cultivation. In years to come he would own a 1000 thousand acre farm which produced a variety of crops and animals. Mr. Adams was one of the largest prize winners of corn at the Virginia State Fair, as well as other fairs in the State over the years.
On June 9, 1919, he was appointed by Governor Davis of Virginia to a membership on the State Corporation Commission to fill a vacancy and hold office until the next general election.
He was then duly elected to this position in the November, 1919, election, without opposition. He enjoyed the distinction of being the first new member ever elected by the people of the State to that body.
Mr. Adams' popularity with those who knew him best, is due to his recognized sound judgment and business ability, rather than to the fortunes of politics. He was a leading example to other farmers in the area and a person that other men ( in particular ) looked up to.
His name "Berkley Adams" will live on in Charlotte County and other neighboring counties. In fact many sons were named after him in the following years including a son of his brother Vincent...Berkley Ernest Adams.
The name Berkley itself most likely originated from another famous person in Virginia's history...."Lord Botetourt", Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718 – October 15, 1770) who came over from England and was Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1768 to 1770 and a member of Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary at the capital of the Colony in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County, Virginia in 1772 and remained a part of Virginia until the state of West Virginia was created in 1863. That county was named for Lord Norborne Berkeley as well. Martinsburg, WV is the county seat for Berkeley County WV.
The Adams family is "huge" in Virgina, in and around where Berkley D. Adams had his farm. Some folks believe that they are connected to the Adams family of Massachusetts that furnished two Presidents in the history of these United States. This is currently being investigated by several researchers doing Adams genealogy in order to prove it 100%. If ever there comes a day that there is proof then it shall be posted here.
Berkley D. Adams was nominated to the Virginia House of Delegates by the Democrats of Charlotte County and was elected in November, 1903.
He served as a member of the House for eight sessions. In that body he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Mining and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee for several sessions.
He was patron of quite a number of bills which were enacted into law, principally relating to agriculture and road construction.
Mr. Adams was a highly educated man for his time. He had been educated in the public schools, attended Emory and Henry Collage and Roanoke Collage... and then the Southern Business College.
When only eighteen years old, he left school and accepted a position as bookkeeper for a large Virginia manufacturing company.
At the young age of twenty-two years old, he bought a farm on credit, paid for it by his own exertions and put it in a high state of cultivation. In years to come he would own a 1000 thousand acre farm which produced a variety of crops and animals. Mr. Adams was one of the largest prize winners of corn at the Virginia State Fair, as well as other fairs in the State over the years.
On June 9, 1919, he was appointed by Governor Davis of Virginia to a membership on the State Corporation Commission to fill a vacancy and hold office until the next general election.
He was then duly elected to this position in the November, 1919, election, without opposition. He enjoyed the distinction of being the first new member ever elected by the people of the State to that body.
Mr. Adams' popularity with those who knew him best, is due to his recognized sound judgment and business ability, rather than to the fortunes of politics. He was a leading example to other farmers in the area and a person that other men ( in particular ) looked up to.
His name "Berkley Adams" will live on in Charlotte County and other neighboring counties. In fact many sons were named after him in the following years including a son of his brother Vincent...Berkley Ernest Adams.
The name Berkley itself most likely originated from another famous person in Virginia's history...."Lord Botetourt", Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718 – October 15, 1770) who came over from England and was Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1768 to 1770 and a member of Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary at the capital of the Colony in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County, Virginia in 1772 and remained a part of Virginia until the state of West Virginia was created in 1863. That county was named for Lord Norborne Berkeley as well. Martinsburg, WV is the county seat for Berkeley County WV.
The Adams family is "huge" in Virgina, in and around where Berkley D. Adams had his farm. Some folks believe that they are connected to the Adams family of Massachusetts that furnished two Presidents in the history of these United States. This is currently being investigated by several researchers doing Adams genealogy in order to prove it 100%. If ever there comes a day that there is proof then it shall be posted here.
Although this man does not qualify as a "famous person" by the "Find A Grave" web site - he was in fact a famous person in his county and even his state...the great state of Virginia. For he was loved and admired by his relatives, friends and the general citizens of all Virginia.
Berkley D. Adams was nominated to the Virginia House of Delegates by the Democrats of Charlotte County and was elected in November, 1903.
He served as a member of the House for eight sessions. In that body he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Mining and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee for several sessions.
He was patron of quite a number of bills which were enacted into law, principally relating to agriculture and road construction.
Mr. Adams was a highly educated man for his time. He had been educated in the public schools, attended Emory and Henry Collage and Roanoke Collage... and then the Southern Business College.
When only eighteen years old, he left school and accepted a position as bookkeeper for a large Virginia manufacturing company.
At the young age of twenty-two years old, he bought a farm on credit, paid for it by his own exertions and put it in a high state of cultivation. In years to come he would own a 1000 thousand acre farm which produced a variety of crops and animals. Mr. Adams was one of the largest prize winners of corn at the Virginia State Fair, as well as other fairs in the State over the years.
On June 9, 1919, he was appointed by Governor Davis of Virginia to a membership on the State Corporation Commission to fill a vacancy and hold office until the next general election.
He was then duly elected to this position in the November, 1919, election, without opposition. He enjoyed the distinction of being the first new member ever elected by the people of the State to that body.
Mr. Adams' popularity with those who knew him best, is due to his recognized sound judgment and business ability, rather than to the fortunes of politics. He was a leading example to other farmers in the area and a person that other men ( in particular ) looked up to.
His name "Berkley Adams" will live on in Charlotte County and other neighboring counties. In fact many sons were named after him in the following years including a son of his brother Vincent...Berkley Ernest Adams.
The name Berkley itself most likely originated from another famous person in Virginia's history...."Lord Botetourt", Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718 – October 15, 1770) who came over from England and was Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1768 to 1770 and a member of Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary at the capital of the Colony in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County, Virginia in 1772 and remained a part of Virginia until the state of West Virginia was created in 1863. That county was named for Lord Norborne Berkeley as well. Martinsburg, WV is the county seat for Berkeley County WV.
The Adams family is "huge" in Virgina, in and around where Berkley D. Adams had his farm. Some folks believe that they are connected to the Adams family of Massachusetts that furnished two Presidents in the history of these United States. This is currently being investigated by several researchers doing Adams genealogy in order to prove it 100%. If ever there comes a day that there is proof then it shall be posted here.
Berkley D. Adams was nominated to the Virginia House of Delegates by the Democrats of Charlotte County and was elected in November, 1903.
He served as a member of the House for eight sessions. In that body he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Mining and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee for several sessions.
He was patron of quite a number of bills which were enacted into law, principally relating to agriculture and road construction.
Mr. Adams was a highly educated man for his time. He had been educated in the public schools, attended Emory and Henry Collage and Roanoke Collage... and then the Southern Business College.
When only eighteen years old, he left school and accepted a position as bookkeeper for a large Virginia manufacturing company.
At the young age of twenty-two years old, he bought a farm on credit, paid for it by his own exertions and put it in a high state of cultivation. In years to come he would own a 1000 thousand acre farm which produced a variety of crops and animals. Mr. Adams was one of the largest prize winners of corn at the Virginia State Fair, as well as other fairs in the State over the years.
On June 9, 1919, he was appointed by Governor Davis of Virginia to a membership on the State Corporation Commission to fill a vacancy and hold office until the next general election.
He was then duly elected to this position in the November, 1919, election, without opposition. He enjoyed the distinction of being the first new member ever elected by the people of the State to that body.
Mr. Adams' popularity with those who knew him best, is due to his recognized sound judgment and business ability, rather than to the fortunes of politics. He was a leading example to other farmers in the area and a person that other men ( in particular ) looked up to.
His name "Berkley Adams" will live on in Charlotte County and other neighboring counties. In fact many sons were named after him in the following years including a son of his brother Vincent...Berkley Ernest Adams.
The name Berkley itself most likely originated from another famous person in Virginia's history...."Lord Botetourt", Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718 – October 15, 1770) who came over from England and was Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1768 to 1770 and a member of Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary at the capital of the Colony in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County, Virginia in 1772 and remained a part of Virginia until the state of West Virginia was created in 1863. That county was named for Lord Norborne Berkeley as well. Martinsburg, WV is the county seat for Berkeley County WV.
The Adams family is "huge" in Virgina, in and around where Berkley D. Adams had his farm. Some folks believe that they are connected to the Adams family of Massachusetts that furnished two Presidents in the history of these United States. This is currently being investigated by several researchers doing Adams genealogy in order to prove it 100%. If ever there comes a day that there is proof then it shall be posted here.
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