Samuel B. Adams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSamuel B. Adams
Justice of Supreme Court of Georgia
Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1853
Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Date of Death: 20-Mar-1938
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Samuel B. Adams
- Samuel Barnard Adams (September 8, 1853–March 20, 1938) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1902. Born in Savannah, Georgia, to William B.
- and Laleah Pratt Adams, Adams received an A.B.
- from the University of Georgia in 1872.
- After gaining admission to the bar in 1873, Adams entered the practice of law in Savannah, serving as a city attorney there for over twenty years.
- In 1877, Adams "was involved in a duel with another Savannah attorney, Rodolph Rufus Richards": The challenge was issued by Richards as he felt that he had been dishonored by Adams.
- Neither man was harmed in the exchange of shots; they both signed a settlement apologizing to each other. Due to his involvement in the duel, Adams was forced to leave his church, and join a different one.In 1902, Adams was appointed by Governor Allen D.
- Candler to fill an unexpired term on the Supreme Court of Georgia, created by the resignation of Justice Henry T.
- Lewis.Adams died in Savannah, and was interred in Bonaventure Cemetery.
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