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Upon his conversion Adams became active in local Mormon affairs, serving as the leader of the Springfield Mormon congregation as Branch President.He was also ordained a patriarch by Smith, probably in 1843; a few of his patriarchal blessings have survived from that year.As the Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Illinois (1840 to 1843), he was instrumental in establishing Freemasonry among the Mormons, participating in the installation of the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge in 1842.