Eliza Adkins

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Adkins was born about 1848, in West Virginia, United States, her father, Sergeant Harvey Adkins, was 18 and her mother, Elizabeth Asbury, was 15. She married Jacob R Adkins on 4 August 1864, in Boyd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Grant, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Stonewall District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. She died about 1915, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Jacob R Adkins
1844–1883
Eliza Adkins
1848–1915
Marriage: 4 August 1864
Harvey J. Adkins
1866–1955
Hester Ann Adkins
1882–1965
Florida Adkins
1869–1930
Florence Adkins
1872–1952
Tolbert Adkins
1873–1948
Rev. Paris Brumfield Adkins
1876–1950
Jacob Ross Adkins
1879–1960

Sources (35)

  • Eliza Adkins, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizah Adkins - Published information: birth: January 1848; Wayne, Virginia, United States
  • Eliza Adkins, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

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.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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