This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adams, Golman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CI.2ADEB/9369 Message Board Post: I am searching for decendants of Maciah L. Adams of Joliet Illinois. He passed away in Joliet in 1885 as the result of a carriage accident. He was about 80 yrs of age. He was a prominant Joliet businessman and quary owner. His firm brought the first gravel to Chicago in the 1840s to pave the muddy streets. He was a brother to Dr. Ripley E.W. Adams of Joliet and Springfield, Ill. Maciah and Ripley were both born in Maine and were the sons of Benjamin and Fannie Golman Adams.