Brief Life History of Marion James
When Reverend Marion James Adkins was born on 19 October 1898, in Lott, Falls, Texas, United States, his father, Mordecai or Maud K "Maudie" Adkins, was 19 and his mother, Laura Matlock, was 19. He married Kittie Jackson "Kittie Jo" Taylor on 6 May 1921, in Nolan, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Winkler, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 31 August 1973, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Tioga Cemetery, Tioga, Grayson, Texas, United States.
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- M J Adkins, "United States Census, 1940"
- M J Adkins, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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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