America Adkins

Brief Life History of America

When America Adkins was born on 11 November 1855, in Raleigh, Virginia, United States, her father, Cumberland Adkins, was 33 and her mother, Nancy Ann Jarrell, was 32. She married Andrew Jackson Fauber on 3 July 1872, in Boone, West Virginia, United States. She lived in Boone, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Peytona, Boone, West Virginia, United States in 1870.

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Andrew Jackson Fauber
1849–
America Adkins
1855–
Marriage: 3 July 1872

Sources (4)

  • America Adkins in household of Cumberland Adkins, "United States Census, 1860"
  • America Adkins, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
  • America Adkins in household of Cumberling Adkins, "United States Census, 1870"

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World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

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

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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