Adams, George J.
From New York City LDS History
Adams, George J.
Adams, George Washington Joshua (c.1811-1880), tailor, actor; born at Oxford, Warren County, New Jersey. Adams was a Methodist lay preacher and actor before joining the Latter-day Saints in New York in 1840. Accompanied Orson Hyde on his mission to Palestine in 1841 but did not go farther than Europe. Proselyted in England. Excommunicated in 1845. Affiliated with James J. Strang, 1846-1851. Organized the Church of the Messiah at Springfield, Massachusetts, 1861. Led 156 colonists to Jaffa to prepare Palestine for the return of the Jews in 1866, but the colony ended in failure. Returned to the United States about 1870. Died in Philadelphia. [1]
Notes
- ↑ Dean C. Jessee, ed., The Papers of Joseph Smith, 2 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989-92)
