ALFRED
ADKINS
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20th Century Atlas of Mason County,
Illinois, published 1903
Page 100
Submitted by
Pam
Ross
ADKINS, ALFRED, Farmer, Sec. 19, Bath Twp. Was
born in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1831. Married in 1852 to Miss Sara
Schoonover. P. O. Saidora.
ALFRED
ADKINS, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Saidora ; was born in Campbell Co., Tenn., May
10, 1831, but removed to Illinois with his father's family in 1833 ; they first
settled in Morgan Co., and about four years later removed to what is now Bath
Township, this county. His father, Joseph Adkins, was born in East Tennessee in
1812 ; his death occured Oct. 30, 1878 ; his mother, Betsey (Johnson) Adkins was
also a native of Tennessee. The subject of this sketch was married, March 11,
1853, to Miss Sarah Schoonover, who was born in Delaware; they have six
children—Nancy J., Joseph F., Clarissa L., Herman B., Richard C. and Mary B. Mr.
Adkins owns 243 acres of land in Bath Township.