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|name = James N. Adam |image = Portrait of James N. Adam.jpg |caption = Portrait of James N. Adam |birth_name = James Noble Adam |birth_date = March 1, 1842 |birth_place = Peebles, Scotland |residence = |death_date = {{death date and age|1912|02|09|1842|03|01}} |death_place = Buffalo, New York |resting_place= St. Cuthbert's Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland |order = 45th |office = Mayor of Buffalo |term = 1906–1909 |predecessor = Erastus C. Knight |successor = Louis P. Fuhrmann |party = Democratic |religion = |spouse = Margaret Linton Paterson |website = |footnotes = }}James Noble Adam (March 1, 1842 – February 9, 1912) was a businessman and founder of the J. N. Adam & Co. as well as the 45th Mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1906–1909.[1] Early lifeJames Noble Adam was born in Peebles, Scotland on March 1, 1842, a son of Reverend Thomas Adam,[1] a Presbyterian minister.[2] CareerHe began his business career in Scotland, where he lived until about 1872, when he moved to the United States upon the advice of his brother, Robert B. Adam, co-founder of Adam, Meldrum & Anderson.[2] He initially settled at New Haven, Connecticut, where he began a successful retail operation. In 1881, he moved back to Buffalo and started a full-scale department store at Main and Eagle Streets, the J. N. Adam & Co. In 1905, he retired from the company.[3] In 1901, he was elected alderman of the 24th ward. He was elected mayor on November 7, 1905, as the Democratic candidate, serving from 1906 until 1909. He did not run for another term.[3] Personal lifeOn January 9, 1872, he married Margaret Linton Paterson of Edinburgh, she died in 1894. They did not have children.[1] He died at Buffalo on February 9, 1912, and was buried in St. Cuthbert's Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, next to his wife.[3] PhilanthropySome time between 1910 and 1915, he purchased almost {{convert|300|acre|km2}} of land adjacent to the village of Perrysburg, New York using proceeds from his own personal fortune to establish a tuberculosis asylum.[4] A hospital was opened known as the J. N. Adam Memorial Hospital for Tuberculosis; it later became the J. N. Adam State School for Severely Mentally Retarded. References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Rizzo|first=Michael|title=Through The Mayors' Eyes|year=2005|publisher=Lulu|isbn=978-1-4116-3757-3|pages=424}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title=Mayor of Buffalo, NY | before=Erastus C. Knight | after=Louis P. Fuhrmann | years=1906–1909}}{{end}}{{BuffaloMayors}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, James N.}}{{NewYork-mayor-stub}}{{BuffaloNY-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|last1=LaChiusa|first1=Chuck|title=AM&A's|url=http://buffaloah.com/a/main/377/source/5.html|website=buffaloah.com|publisher=Buffalo Architecture and History|accessdate=27 September 2016}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.buffalonian.com/history/industry/mayors/Adam.htm|title=James N. Adam|date=2009-05-27|work= Through The Mayor's Eyes, The Only Complete History of the Mayor's of Buffalo, New York, Compiled by Michael Rizzo|publisher=The Buffalonian is produced by The Peoples History Union}} 4. ^Buffalo's Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Perrysburg, Larry Behan, July, 2005 8 : 1842 births|1912 deaths|Mayors of Buffalo, New York|19th-century American politicians|People from Peebles|Scottish emigrants to the United States|19th-century American businesspeople|Burials in Scotland |
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