Julius Walker Adams
Born: October 18, 1812
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Father: Eli Adams 1770 – 1822
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut)
Mother: Sarah Delano Swift 1788 – 1839
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut)
Wife: Elizabeth Denison 1812 – 1888
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Children:
Kirkwood H. Adams – 1867
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)
Irving Adams – 1875
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)
Alice D. Adams – 1923
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)
Captain Julius Walker Adams Jr. 1840 – 1865
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)
Lt. Stephen Dennison Adams 1844 – 1883
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)
William Swift Adams 1850 – 1868
(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York)
Education:
1830 – 1832: Attended West Point Military Academy
Occupation before War:
1832 – 1844: Assistant Engineer for Several Railroad Companies
Assistant Engineer for Cochituate Water Works
Superintendent Engineer for Erie Railroad Company
Designed the Starrucca Viaduct built by New York and Erie Railroad
Editor of Mechanic’s Magazine
Chief Engineer for Central Railroad Company in Kentucky
Chief Engineer for Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company
Designer of the first large – scale urban sewer system for Brooklyn, New York
Engineer of New Haven, Connecticut Water Works
Civil War Career:
Colonel of 67th New York Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
Commander of troops who defended New York Times and Tribune
Occupation after War:
1869 – 1878: Chief Engineer of Brooklyn Board of City Works
1874 – 1875: President of American Society of Civil Engineers
1878 – 1889: Consulting Engineer, New York City Public Works Board
Died: December 13, 1899
Place of Death: Brooklyn, New York
Age at time of Death: 87 years old
Burial Place: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
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