The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, Jasper

ADAMS, Jasper, educator, was born in Medway, Mass., Aug. 27, 1793; son of Maj. Jasper and Emma (Rounds) Adams, and a direct descendant from Henry Adams. He was graduated at Brown in 1815, studied at Andover theological seminary, 1816-'17; was tutor at Brown, 1818-'19, and professor there, 1819-'24. He was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal church, deacon, Sept. 2, 1819, and priest, Aug. 4, 1820; was president of the College of Charleston, S.C, 1824-'26, and in 1828-'36; president of Geneva, N. Y., college, 1826-'28; U.S. chaplain and professor of geography, history and ethics, West Point, N.Y., 1838-'40; and principal of the seminary at Pendleton, S.C, 1840-'41. He received the degree of A.M. from Yale in 1819 and that of S.T.D. from Columbia in 1827. He died at Pendleton, S.C., Oct. 25, 1841.