Isaac Adkins

Male15 April 1890–23 December 1947

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Adkins was born on 15 April 1890, in Greasy Creek, Pike, Kentucky, United States, his father, Winright Adkins, was 65 and his mother, Elizabeth Harris, was 30. He married Elizabeth Adkins in 1910, in Pike, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Magisterial District 3, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 23 December 1947, in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Shelbiana, Pike, Kentucky, United States.

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Isaac Adkins
1890–1947
Elizabeth Adkins
1892–
Marriage: 1910

Sources (7)

  • Isaac Adkins, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Isaac Adkins, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
  • Isaac Adkins, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1910Pike, Kentucky, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1892 · The Radio is invented

    Age 2

    Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 6

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 16

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    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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