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John W. Atkinson 1837 – 1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1837

Birth Location: Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama, USA

Death Date: Aft 1865

Death Location: , Coosa, Alabama, USA

Father: William Atkinson

Mother: Mary Pinson

Spouse(s): Cassina West

Children(s): Joseph Atkinson

John W. Atkinson was born in 1837 in Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama, USA, the child of William Atkinson and Mary Polly Pinson. John W. Atkinson married Cassina Cassie Pinson West, and had children including Joseph Jow Cephas Atkinson. John W. Atkinson passed away in 1865 in , Coosa, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • John W. Atkinson was born in 1837 in Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama, USA, the child of William Atkinson and Mary Polly Pinson.
  • John W. Atkinson married Cassina Cassie Pinson West, and had children including Joseph Jow Cephas Atkinson.
  • John W. Atkinson passed away in 1865 in , Coosa, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Atkinson
1786 – 1850
Birth Location: , , Georgia, USA
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Mary Pinson
1798 – 1880
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Cassina West
1838 – 1918
Birth Location: Coosa, Alabama, United States
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Children(s)

Joseph Atkinson
1862 – 1931
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
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John Atkinson's Ancestors

Self
John Atkinson
1837 – 1865
Birth Place: Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Parents
William Atkinson
1786 – 1850
, , Georgia, USA
Mary (Polly) Pinson
1798 – 1880
Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Boyd) Pinson
1776 – 1835
Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
Jane Tuck
1783 – 1870
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Pinson
1724 – 1800
Martha Boyd
1749 – 1791
Mary Powell
1733 – 1828
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Atkinson's Descendants

1.
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John (W.) Atkinson (Abt 1837 – Aft 1865) m. Cassina (Cassie Pinson) West (30 Mar 1838 – 23 May 1918)
  1. 1. Joseph (Jow Cephas) Atkinson (23 Jun 1862 – 31 Aug 1931) m. Frances ("Fannie" B.) Carden (30 May 1862 – 28 Feb 1910)
    1. 1. Florence (Levine) Atkinson (13 Apr 1883 – 17 Feb 1979)
    2. 2. Columbus (Carasso) Atkinson (20 Jan 1886 – 8 Jul 1946)
    3. 3. Joseph (Benton) Atkinson (10 Aug 1890 – 03 May 1964) m. Helen (Lorene Kendrick) Atkinson (3 May 1917 – 16 February 1984)
      1. 1. Jo (Ann) Atkinson (abt 1926 – )
      2. 2. Joseph (Benton 'Ben') Atkinson (12 April 1944 – 21 Sep 2021) m. Gwen (Marie) Welch
        1. 1. Julie (Renea) Atkinson m. Hugh (Wingard) Reynolds

John Atkinson's Timeline

2 Records

1837
Abt 1837
Birth of John W. Atkinson in Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama, USA
1865
Aft 1865
Age 28
Death of John W. Atkinson in , Coosa, Alabama, USA
, Coosa, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1837
    Event Place: Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 1865
    Event Place: , Coosa, Alabama, USA
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