Brief Life History of Richard Caswell
When Richard Caswell Adkins was born in 1852, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Caswell Richard Adkins, was 51 and his mother, Margaret Peggy Conley, was 34. He married Rhoda Ann Geddes on 22 December 1878, in Vernon, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Sioux, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 9 December 1898, in Sioux Township, Clay, Iowa, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States.
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- Richard Adkins in entry for Samuel Richard Adkins, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Ritchard C Adkins, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Richard Caswell Adkins in entry for Rhoda Ann Adkins, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1852–1898 Male
1853–1938 Female
Children (10)
1879–1950 Male
1880–1964 Male
1881–1940 Male
1882–1979 Male
1885–1966 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1801–1852 Male
1818–1856 Female
Siblings (7)
1835–1921 Female
1838– Female
1842– Male
1843– Female
1846–1932 Male
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party
Age 2
1854
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1865
Age 13
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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