When Laura Ann Adkins was born before 1877, in Wicomico, Maryland, United States, her father, Stansbury Bassett Adkins, was 19 and her mother, Levicia Ann Truitt, was 19. She married George Francis Adkins on 4 January 1905, in Worcester Parish, Worcester, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in District 6, Wicomico, Maryland, United States for about 30 years. She died before 1979, in Wicomico, Maryland, United States, at the age of 101.