John Adams (shoemaker)

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John Adams (February 1, 1745 [O.S. January 21, 1744] – March 26, 1849) was an American master craftsman, house builder, farmer, civic official, veteran of the American Revolution, and celebrated centenarian who is widely recognized as one of the earliest-born people to have been photographed alive. While he sustained a life-long trade as a shoemaker, he was also a prominent early builder in Worcester County, responsible for constructing historic timber-framed homes in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, including the 1798 Federal-style house on Russell Hill Road, as well as contributing to other early structures within the Cambridge Grant Historic District While not to be confused with either of the U.S. Presidents who share his name, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, he is a third cousin once removed with President John Adams through Henry Adams as a common ancestor, making John Quincy Adams his third cousin twice removed.