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Elijah Melvin Adkins 1828–1908 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Mar 1828

Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 30 Mar 1908

Death Location: Wayne, West Virginia, USA

Father: Hezekiah Adkins

Mother: Sarah Childers

Spouse(s): Delia Price

Children(s): Sterling Adkins, Sarah Adkins, Hezekiah Adkins, Volney Adkins, Elijah Adkins, Melvin Adkins, Christina Adkins, Lucinda Adkins, Loda Adkins, Lola Adkins, Mildred Adkins, Virginia Adkins

Elijah Melvin Adkins was born in 1828 in Cabell, West Virginia, USA, the child of Hezekiah Adkins And Sarah M Childers. Elijah Melvin Adkins married Delia Margaret Price, and had children including Christina B Adkins, Elijah Stewart Adkins, Hezekiah Long Adkins, Loda E Adkins, Lola E Adkins, Lucinda Oakley Adkins, Melvin Gordon Adkins, Mildred May Adkins, Sarah M Adkins, Sterling Price Adkins, Virginia Adkins, Volney Hiram Adkins. Elijah Melvin Adkins passed away in 1908 in Wayne, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Melvin Adkins was born in 1828 in Cabell, West Virginia, USA, the child of Hezekiah Adkins And Sarah M Childers.
  • Elijah Melvin Adkins married Delia Margaret Price, and had children including Christina B Adkins, Elijah Stewart Adkins, Hezekiah Long Adkins, Loda E Adkins, Lola E Adkins, Lucinda Oakley Adkins, Melvin Gordon Adkins, Mildred May Adkins, Sarah M Adkins, Sterling Price Adkins, Virginia Adkins, Volney Hiram Adkins.
  • Elijah Melvin Adkins passed away in 1908 in Wayne, West Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hezekiah Adkins
1795–1876
Birth Location: Montgomery, Virginia, USA
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Sarah Childers
1798–1863
Birth Location: Giles, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Delia Price
1843–1903
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Sterling Adkins
1866–1940
Birth Location: Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Sarah Adkins
1868–1883
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Hezekiah Adkins
1869–1945
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Volney Adkins
1871–1958
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Elijah Adkins
1875–1953
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Melvin Adkins
1877–1959
Birth Location: Salt Rock, Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Christina Adkins
1865–1933
Birth Location: Wayne, West Virginia, USA
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Lucinda Adkins
1873–1931
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Loda Adkins
1879–1881
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Lola Adkins
1879–1959
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
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Mildred Adkins
1884–1910
Birth Location: –
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Virginia Adkins
1886–1970
Birth Location: West Liberty, Jasper, Illinois, USA
VA

Elijah Adkins's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Adkins
1828–1908
Birth Place: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Parents
Hezekiah Adkins
1795–1876
Montgomery, Virginia, USA
Sarah (M) Childers
1798–1863
Giles, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Hezekiah Adkins
1759–1842
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, USA
Mary Levon
1768–1855
Halifax, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Adkins's Descendants

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Elijah (Melvin) Adkins (29 Mar 1828–30 Mar 1908) m. Delia (Margaret) Price (11 Oct 1843–2 Jun 1903)
  1. 1. Sterling (Price) Adkins 1866–1940
  2. 2. Sarah (M) Adkins 1868–1883
  3. 3. Hezekiah (Long) Adkins 1869–1945 m. Minnie (Caroline) Childers 1871–1952
  4. 4. Volney (Hiram) Adkins 1871–1958
  5. 5. Elijah (Stewart) Adkins 1875–1953 m. Eva (L) Ramsey 1875–1971
    1. 1. Arlie (Vanloe) Adkins 1899–1958 m. Mollie (Ethel) Adkins 1907–2001
    2. 2. Emma (Gladys) Adkins 1901–1991 m. Charles (Harrison) Thompson 1888–1978
    3. 3. Olive (Grace) Adkins 1903–1996 m. Lake (Manville) Crouse 1897–1978
    4. 4. Delle (O) Adkins 1907–1995
    5. 5. Seward (Elijah) Adkins 1907–1990
    6. 6. Zola (Vindal) Adkins 1909–2007 m. Arthur (William) Wilson 1903–1976
    7. 7. Eva (L) Adkins 1914–1999
  6. 6. Melvin (Gordon) Adkins 1877–1959 m. Margaret (Mary) Thacker 1883–1963
    1. 1. Homer (R) Adkins 1901–1901
    2. 2. Nano Adkins 1903–1903
    3. 3. Cassie (Audra) Adkins 1905–1977 m. George (Thurston) Porter 1906–1991
    4. 4. Leo (B) Adkins 1907–1983 m. Ethel (Marie) Martin 1909–1998
    5. 5. Halena Adkins 1909–1910
    6. 6. Dorothy (O'Fay) Adkins 1912–1980 m. Isaac (Joyce) Marshall –1997
    7. 7. LaRene Adkins 1914–1971
    8. 8. Garnet (Fredrica) Adkins 1916–1988
    9. 9. Lois (Virginia) Adkins 1919–1987 m. Merrill (M) Rossen 1915–1999
    10. 10. Wanda (Leila) Adkins 1921–2006 m. Donald (Vaughn) Colburn 1918–2003
  7. 7. Christina (B) Adkins 1865–1933 m. Charles (Lee) Keyser 1865–1947
  8. 8. Lucinda (Oakley) Adkins 1873–1931 m. Millard (F) Bias 1870–1937
    1. 1. Gertrude Bias 1891–1971
    2. 2. Chloe Bias 1893–1985
    3. 3. Edyth Bias 1894–1933 m. Grover (Cleveland) Earley 1893–1974
    4. 4. Irene Bias 1895–
    5. 5. Rufus (H) Bias 1898–
    6. 6. Erna (A) Bias 1900–1937
    7. 7. Ernests Bias 1901–
    8. 8. Leslie Bias 1903–
    9. 9. Sadie (P) Bias 1904–1931
    10. 10. Annie (M) Bias 1906–1926
    11. 11. Ethel Bias 1908–1926
    12. 12. Madge (Hattie) Bias 1911–1979
  9. 9. Loda (E) Adkins 1879–1881
  10. 10. Lola (E) Adkins 1879–1959
  11. 11. Mildred (May) Adkins 1884–1910
  12. 12. Virginia Adkins 1886–1970

Elijah Adkins's Timeline

2 Records

1828
29 Mar 1828
Birth of Elijah Melvin Adkins in Cabell, West Virginia, USA
Cabell, West Virginia, USA
1908
30 Mar 1908
Age 80
Death of Elijah Melvin Adkins in Wayne, West Virginia, USA
Wayne, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1828
    Event Place: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Mccomas, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: 1401; Family History Film: 1255401; Page: 123A; Enumeration District: 015; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Mar 1908
    Event Place: Wayne, West Virginia, USA
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