Adams, Edward Franklin apr.1848-14.aug.1917 USA NY, Troy - Massachusetts, Boston Dorchester
violinist, as music teacher and composer he used the name E Franklin Adams but Franklin was his secondary name, his usual name was Edward F Adams
facts under his professional name E Franklin Adams :
born 1848 in Troy NY, 1876-1877 as music teacher boarding at 54 Oak Street in Boston, 1878 as music teacher boarding at 220 Harrison Avenue Boston, 1879 teacher of violin at Carlyle Petersilea's Academy of Music, Elocution and Technique in Boston, 1880 music teacher at 281 Columbus Avenue and boarding at 1 Davis Street, 1882-1885 music teacher at 281 Columbus Avenue and residing at 21 Common Street, 1884 also residing/publishing at 293 Washington Street in Boston Somerville ; son of John Adams and Olive B Adams ; 28.jul.1881 in Boston he married Minnie Williams (Ireland 1853-) daughter of Michael and Mary Mahoney Williams
facts under his usual name Edward F Adams :
1850 aged 2 (1848-) residing with his widowed mother (1815-) in Boston Ward 7, 1855 aged 7 (1848-) residing with his widowed mother (1815-) in Boston Ward 9, 1860 aged 12 (1848-) residing with his widowed mother (1815-) in Boston Ward 3, 1865 aged 17 (1848-) as confectioner residing with his widowed mother (1815-) in Boston Cambridge, 1870 aged 22 (1848-) as canvasser Edwin (sic) Adams residing with his widowed mother (1815-) as housekeeper in Boston Ward 10, 1900 as musician residing with wife Mary, daughter Florence and son James at 17 Shafer Street in Boston, 1910-1917 as music teacher residing with wife Mary and daughter Florence at 17 Shafer Street in Boston ; son of John Adams (died c1849 ?Boston) and Olive B Adams (New Hampshire, Meredith 1815-7.feb.1872 Boston) ; 28.jul.1881 in Boston he married Mary 'Minnie' L Mahoney Williams (Ireland 1853-) ; daughter Florence Lambert Adams (Boston 25.oct.1882-), son James Henry Adams (Somerville 15.mar.1887-)

not to confuse with the music teacher in Boston with the same initials who may have composed too :
Adams, Edwin Francis
born 1848 in Boston, 1848-1865 residing with his parents in Boston, 22.dec.1862-21.dec.1863 in the Civil War his father served in the Navy as cook on the USS Ohio and the USS Nahant, 1865 his father died aged 38 from phthisis (consumption) and typhoid fever, 1877 as bookkeeper and 1878 as music teacher E Francis Adams residing at 12 Lindall Place in Boston, 1878-1899 as music teacher E Francis Adams and Edwin F Adams and Edwin Francis Adams music teacher in Boston, 1880 as music teacher Edwin F Adams boarding at 5 Davis Street in Boston, 1899 as music teacher Edwin Francis Adams rooming at 46 East Brookline Street in Boston, no compositions by E F Adams can be attributed to him ; son of naval cook Royal Wells Adams (Vermont, Brookline 1826-18.apr.1865 Boston) and Julia M Lombard (Vermont 1825-) who married 2.mar.1848 in Boston