Born in Ohio on February 14, 1839 to Phineas Adams and Hannah nee Carpenter. His father was from Connecticut and his mother was from New York. The family are Mayflower descendants. See Sources Tab.

Married Sarah E. Bennett, daughter of Ezra Bennett and Mary Ann Bryant in 1869. They had two children, Ernest Bennett Adams and Frances Mary Adams (Fanny May). In 1880, Louella van Eaton was living with them, listed as a "step-daughter". She was the daughter of James van Eaton and Elizabeth Bennett, sister to Sarah E. Bennett. Since Louella was born in 1863 and Sarah and Horace got married in 1869, there is some mystery as to why she is listed as the step-daughter. Is she Sarah's daughter from a marriage to a van Eaton? My records say that Ezra Bennett had two daughters, one married an Adams and the other married James van Eaton.

Moved from Ohio to California between 1880 Census and 1888 voter registration in California.

Living in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio in 1880. We know from the biography of Ezra Bennett, his father-in-law, that they had a furniture shop in Bellefontaine (see directly below).

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EZRA BENNETT, furniture; Bellefontaine; was born in Cumberland Co., N. J., on the 13th of March, 1812, and is the son of Timothy Bennett, a farmer. Our subject was born on the farm, where he remained until he was some 14 years of age, when he commenced to learn his trade as a cabinet-maker, in Cincinnati, O., having come to Ohio with his parents in the fall of 1817. Subsequently he worked at his trade at Cincinnati, Springfield and Xenia. On teh 10th of July, 1844, he married Miss Mary A. Bryant, in Clarke Co., O. In his leisure hours he had studied law, and in 1844 was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court, at Urbana. In March, 1845, he moved to Bellefontaine, where he engaged in the practice of law, and in the fall of 1847 was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Logan Co., under the new Constitution, in teh fall of 1851, and re-elected in 1854. Not liking the practice of law as well as he anticipated, Mr. Bennett purchased an interest in a foundry and machine shop, which proved an unsuccessful venture. Himself and two sons, Lucius C. and John Q. A., and a son-in-law, James Van Eaton, served in the late Rebellion. Mr. Bennett helped to recruit the 13th Ohio Battery, of which a history will be found in another part of this work. He enlisted in this Battery as a 1st Lieutenant, and served faithfully. He was honorably discharged on account of sickness. After the war Mr. Bennett returned to the furniture business in Bellefontaine, which business he has continued ever since, being now in partnership with his son-in-law, Mr. Adams. Bennett & Adams' place of business is located on Columbus Street.

(Source: History of Logan County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1880 - w/ some illustrations and portraits ~ Page 590)

1880 U.S. Census

• Name: Harris B. Adams (later records show Horace Bishop Adams)
• Age: 42
• Birth Year: abt 1838
• Birthplace: Ohio
• Home in 1880: Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio
• Race: White
• Gender: Male
• Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
• Marital Status: Married
• Spouse's Name: Sarah E. Adams
• Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
• Mother's Birthplace: New York
• Neighbors: View others on page
• Occupation: Keeps Furniture Store

Household Members:

• Harris B. Adams 42
• Sarah E. Adams 42 wife
• Luella F. Van Eaton 17 step-daughter
• Fanny M. Adams 7 daughter
• Ernest B. Adams 5 son