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John Marshall Adkins 1918 – 1977 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Nov 1918

Birth Location: Dondale Sumn, West Virginia

Death Date: 16 Jan 1977

Death Location: Walkerton, St Joseph, Indiana, USA

Father: Avril Adkins

Mother: Venilla Manns

Spouse(s): Hester Brogan

Children(s): Loretta Adkins, John Adkins, Marshall Adkins, Jimmy Adkins, Donna Adkins, Kent Adkins, David Adkins, Betty Adkins

In 1918, John Marshall Adkins entered the world in Dondale Sumn, West Virginia, born to Avril Vernon Adkins and Venilla Susan Manns. Years later, John Marshall Adkins married Hester Jane Brogan, and the couple became parents to Loretta Adkins, John Garfield Adkins, Marshall W. Adkins, Jimmy Adkins, Donna Jean Adkins, Kent Noel Adkins, David Lester Adkins and Betty Lou Adkins. John Marshall Adkins died in 1977 in Walkerton, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.

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Parents

Avril Adkins
1887 – 1957
Birth Location: Logan, West Virginia
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Venilla Manns
1890 – 1972
Birth Location: West Virginia
VM

Spouses(s)

Hester Brogan
1921 – 1988
Birth Location: Cabin Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
HB

Children(s)

Loretta Adkins
1940 –
Birth Location: West Virginia
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John Adkins
1940 – 1964
Birth Location: West Virginia, USA
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Marshall Adkins
1942 – 2010
Birth Location: Charleston, West Virginia
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Jimmy Adkins
1944 –
Birth Location: West Virginia
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Donna Adkins
1951 – 2022
Birth Location: , Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
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Kent Adkins
1956 – 2012
Birth Location: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
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David Adkins
Birth Location: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
DA
Betty Adkins
– 1946
Birth Location: Logan County, West Virginia, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 13 Nov 1918
    Event Place: Dondale Sumn, West Virginia
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Year: 1920; Census Place: Green Sulphur, Summers, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1968; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 138, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1977; Roll: 02, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia; Roll: 1078; Page: 31; Enumeration District: 22-13

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Green Sulphur, Summers, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Green Sulphur, Summers, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1968; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 138

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia; Roll: 1078; Page: 31; Enumeration District: 22-13

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 Jan 1977
    Event Place: Walkerton, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1977; Roll: 02

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Walkerton, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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