Ed Rossmann Special to The Citizen Thereâs no evidence that John Quincy Adams, librarian of Auburn Theological Seminary, ever made an issue of his name, which is of course also the name of the sixth president of the United States. In his memoir, "An Old Boy Remembers," Adams makes no mention of the fact. He was born Aug. 8, 1849, in Ogden, Monroe County, son of Caleb Kimball and Laura Keeler Adams. He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1874, and from the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1877, and was ordained a Presbyterian minister the following year. He served in s...