Edson F Adams was not listed in the Jan 1922 Oakland Pioneer Membership List but he is listed on LocalWiki as being one of Oakland's three founders and in newspapers as being eligible to be an Oakland Pioneer and shows up on the Oakland Pioneer Walk.
Edson Adams (1824–1888) was one of Oakland’s three founders (along with Horace W. Carpentier and Andrew Moon). Adams was born in Connecticut and came to San Francisco in 1849 because of the gold rush. He came to Oakland in 1850.
Adams (along with Carpentier and Moon) leased 160 acres along Broadway from Vicente Peralta, and the trio illegally sold lots to other arrivals to Oakland. According to one source, when these three bought the land, the country was a “wilderness.” The trio (along with silent partner Alfred Burrell) hired Julius Kellersberger to plan the physical layout of the city. The Adams Point neighborhood was named after Mr. Adams, because he owned the area for quite some time.
He married Hannah Jayne, Oakland’s first schoolteacher (look for a nice painting of her on the back wall of the Oakland History Room). One of their children, Edson F. Adams, was the person that inherited the majority of Adams Point, and refused to develop or sell the property for decades, hoping to gouge Oakland to the max.
In 1869 the office of Edson Adams was located on the northwest corner of Broadway and Water Streets. He resided on 6th Street, between Grove and and Castro Streets.
Oakland Tribune - Sat - Nov. 1, 1879
1870 Census:
Name Edson Adams
Age in 1870 45
Birth Date abt 1825
Birthplace Connecticut
Dwelling Number 1627
Home in 1870 Oakland, Alameda, California
Race White
Gender Male
Post Office Oakland
Occupation Real Estate Agent
Male Citizen Over 21 Yes
Personal Estate Value 5000
Real Estate Value 200000
Inferred Spouse Hanna Adams
Inferred Children
Julia Adams
Edson Adams
John Adams
Household Members (Name) Age
Edson Adams 45
Hanna Adams 40
Julia Adams 11
Edson Adams 9
John Adams 7
H E Jayne 24
G A Smith 22
Jim Ah 18
Mung Ah
Denis Murry 35
View of de la Montanya home at NW corner 6th & Grove (MLK) St formerly home of Edson Adams.
Name Edson Adams
Gender Male
Birth Date 1824
Birth Place Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Death Date 1888
Death Place Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States of America
Cemetery Mountain View Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States of America
Father Isaac Adams
Mother Sarah Adams
Spouse Hannah Adams
Children
Edson Francis Adams
Julia P. Prather
John Charles Adams
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