When Susanna Adkins was born on 26 November 1848, in Gasconade, Missouri, United States, her father, Parker Atkins, was 39 and her mother, Charlotte Matilda Shockley, was 36. She married William Henry Mitchem about 1866, in Gasconade, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Osage, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Jefferson Township, Maries, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 3 July 1891, in Belle, Maries, Missouri, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Belle, Maries, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1855: Maries, Missouri, United States
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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 .
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