Orson Adams (1835-1907)

He was born in Somerset County, Maryland. In 1858, he joined the Bank of Commerce in Baltimore and rose to become President, relocating to New York. He kept a summer house, Oak Hill, near his wife's native Baltimore and when it burned down he rebuilt it with 27-rooms. He later retired from banking and moved full time to Oak Hill, serving as a clerk of the circuit court in Baltimore before becoming a merchant and forming his own firm that imported wines, liquors, and cigars.