Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
John Adams
ADAMS, JOHN (1821–1889), inducted between 1920–1936
Pioneer Chicago livestock dealer John Adams established a business at the Myrick House, the city’s first stockyards, in 1861. Originally from the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England, Adams moved to Milwaukee before settling in Chicago. His firm became John Adams & Sons when his children joined the business. It was later known as Adams, Eldredge & Jackson.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 36