Elizabeth Jane Adkins

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane

When Elizabeth Jane Adkins was born on 25 February 1835, in Nicholas, Virginia, United States, her father, Francis 'Frank' Adkins, was 28 and her mother, Winny Lucinda Stanley, was 20. She married John Pritt Nicholas on 28 April 1851, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Clay, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died on 25 June 1878, in Clay, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Adair Cemetery, Clay, Clay, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Pritt Nicholas
1826–1899
Elizabeth Jane Adkins
1835–1878
Marriage: 28 April 1851
George W Nicholas
1851–
Octavia Jane Nicholas
1854–1882
Sinnett R Nicholas
1855–1908
Charles Nicholas
1857–1857
Naoma Caroline Nicholas
1858–1955
William Harrison Nicholas
1859–
James Franklin Nicholas
1861–1950
Andrew Linton Nicholas
1865–1952
Harriet Rowena Nicholas
1868–1942
Enoch Nicholas
1869–1874
Alexander Sampson Nicholas
1871–1950
Anthony R Nicholas
1872–1892
Adam Burton Nicholas
1874–1957
Sarah Nicholas
1889–1889

Sources (22)

  • Elizabeth Nicholas, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Nicholas, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
  • Elizabeth Nicholas in entry for Enoch Nicholas, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"

World Events (7)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established

Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Adkin (a pet form of Adam formed with the suffix -kin) + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name was particularly common in the English Midlands. Compare Atkins .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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