Background
Adair, Henry Porterfield was born on August 26, 1883 in Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. Son of Lewis Cass and Sidney (Taylor) Adair.
Adair, Henry Porterfield was born on August 26, 1883 in Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. Son of Lewis Cass and Sidney (Taylor) Adair.
Admitted to Florida bar, 1911. Member Knight & Adair, Jacksonville, 1911-1925, Cooper, Knight, Adair, Cooper & Osborne, 1925-1929, Knight, Adair, Cooper & Osborne, 1929-1938, Adair, Cooper, Osborne & Copp, 1938, Adair, Kent, Ashby & McNatt, 1939-1952, now Adair, Ulmer, Murchison, Kent & Ashby. Director Florida National Bank of Jacksonville, Saint Joe Paper Company Chairman State Board Control.
Florida Institutions of Higher Learning 1939-1945.
Chairman Duval Company Budget Commission, 1931-1934. Chairman board of managers The Nemours Foundation.
Director Florida
Member American, Florida State, Jacksonville bar associations, American Law Institute, Association Bar City New York, Newcomen Society North.A., Lawyers. Clubs: Seminole.
Married Marie Manning, June 1, 1910. Children: Polly Manning, Louise Manning, Sidney Taylor.