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William Joseph Adkins 1785–1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Aug 1785

Birth Location: Montgomery, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 3 Jun 1866

Death Location: Wayne, West Virginia, USA

Father: Hezekiah Adkins

Mother: Mary Levon

Spouse(s): Magdalene Bowen

Children(s): Tillman Adkins, John Adkins, Enoch Adkins, Nancy Adkins, Elizabeth Adkins, Mary Adkins, William Adkins, Lemach Adkins, Emma Adkins

The story of William Joseph Adkins began in 1785 in Montgomery, Virginia, USA. William Joseph Adkins married Magdalene Bowen, and had children including Elizabeth Ann Adkins, Emma Adkins, Enoch C Adkins, John Blackhead Adkins, Lemach Christopher Columbus Adkins, Mary Levon Adkins, Nancy Barrett Adkins, Tillman Crockett Adkins, William Joseph Adkins. William Joseph Adkins passed away in 1866 in Wayne, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William Joseph Adkins began in 1785 in Montgomery, Virginia, USA.
  • William Joseph Adkins married Magdalene Bowen, and had children including Elizabeth Ann Adkins, Emma Adkins, Enoch C Adkins, John Blackhead Adkins, Lemach Christopher Columbus Adkins, Mary Levon Adkins, Nancy Barrett Adkins, Tillman Crockett Adkins, William Joseph Adkins.
  • William Joseph Adkins passed away in 1866 in Wayne, West Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hezekiah Adkins
1759–1842
Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, USA
HA
Mary Levon
1768–1855
Birth Location: Halifax, Virginia, USA
ML

Spouses(s)

Magdalene Bowen
1787–1850
Birth Location: Montgomery, Virginia, USA
MB

Children(s)

Tillman Adkins
1822–1863
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
TA
John Adkins
1807–1876
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
JA
Enoch Adkins
1809–1860
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
EA
Nancy Adkins
1811–1880
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
NA
Elizabeth Adkins
1811–1870
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
EA
Mary Adkins
1813–1890
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
MA
William Adkins
1817–1880
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
WA
Lemach Adkins
1819–1897
Birth Location: Cabell, West Virginia, USA
LA
Emma Adkins
1859–1919
Birth Location: Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, USA
EA

William Adkins's Ancestors

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William Adkins
1785–1866
Birth Place: Montgomery, Virginia, USA
Parents
Hezekiah Adkins
1759–1842
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, USA
Mary Levon
1768–1855
Halifax, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Adkins's Descendants

1.
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William (Joseph) Adkins (17 Aug 1785–3 Jun 1866) m. Magdalene Bowen (23 Apr 1787–24 Oct 1850)
  1. 1. Tillman (Crockett) Adkins 1822–1863 m. Surrilda Adkins 1824–1900
    1. 1. Emanuel (Manville) Adkins 1848–1934 m. Alafare Adkins 1854–1937
      1. 1. Diana Adkins 1891–1970 m. Lawrence (Eddie) Bias 1889–1961
        1. 1. Lillie Bias 1909–1998 m. Joseph (Oakley) Dick 1904–1948
        2. 2. Clellan Bias 1911–1994 m. Pansy Lucas 1906–1988
        3. 3. Odessa Bias 1917–2005
        4. 4. Gable (Stanley) Bias 1918–1998
        5. 5. Vergie (B) Bias 1921–1986
        6. 6. Freda (S) Bias 1925–1999
      2. 2. Elva Adkins 1873–1946 m. Walter (Scott) Childers 1869–1962
        1. 1. Ezra Childers 1896–1978 m. Emma Adkins 1892–1972
        2. 2. Henry (Clay) Childers 1898–1965 m. Edith Adkins 1898–1984
        3. 3. Era Childers 1904–1981
        4. 4. Ethel Childers 1906–1998 m. James (Personal) Bias 1906–1984
        5. 5. Emmett (D) Childers 1911–1981 m. Lessie (E) Gue 1909–1984
        6. 6. Nella Childers 1913–1941 m. Thurman (Theodore) Cremeans 1913–1981
      3. 3. Mose Adkins 1875–
      4. 4. Bruce Adkins 1877–1957 m. Elizabeth Brock 1880–1927
      5. 5. Boyd Adkins 1879–1939
      6. 6. Ida Adkins 1882–1931 m. James (Albert) Lucas 1876–1963
      7. 7. Claude Adkins 1884–1953
        1. 1. Rita Adkins 1910–1996 m. Verlin Adkins 1909–1997
      8. 8. Floyd Adkins 1886–1958
      9. 9. Laura Adkins 1870–1951 m. McPherson Adkins 1875–1930
        1. 1. Ersa Adkins 1912–1938 m. Rena Adkins 1914–1996
    2. 2. Tilmon (C) Adkins 1821–1947
    3. 3. Dallas Adkins 1845–1899
    4. 4. Enoch Adkins 1846–1882
    5. 5. Marrieth Adkins 1848–
    6. 6. Naomi Adkins 1850–
    7. 7. Emeline Adkins 1852–1929
    8. 8. Alderson Adkins 1854–1938
    9. 9. Hurston Adkins 1855–1857
    10. 10. Helena (Parisade) Adkins 1857–1927 m. Whitley Mills 1857–1931
    11. 11. General (Lee Hound) Adkins 1859–1930
    12. 12. Perry (Martin) Adkins 1859–1944 m. Alabama (Ollie) Mills 1867–1924
    13. 13. Martha (P) Adkins 1860–
    14. 14. Elizabeth Adkins 1864–1927
    15. 15. General (Lee) Adkins 1866–1962
  2. 2. John (Blackhead) Adkins 1807–1876
  3. 3. Enoch (C) Adkins 1809–1860 m. Margaret (Ann Peggy) Stokes 1809–1887
  4. 4. Nancy (Barrett) Adkins 1811–1880
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Ann) Adkins 1811–1870 m. Benjamin (Franklin) Childers 1808–1860
    1. 1. Hester (Ann) Childers 1838–1895 m. Thomas (A) Bias 1842–1920
      1. 1. Millard (F) Bias 1870–1937 m. Lucinda (Oakley) Adkins 1873–1931
        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
      2. 2. Joseph (Deaton) Bias 1865–1952
      3. 3. Clifton (S.) Bias 1866–1945 m. Julia (Ann) Adkins 1865–1929 m. Ida Henderson 1876–
        1. 1. Lawrence (Eddie) Bias 1889–1961 m. Diana Adkins 1891–1970
        2. 2. Lacey (Marcum) Bias 1892–1972
        3. 3. Jennings (B) Bias 1896–1922
        4. 4. Albertis Bias 1903–1905
        5. 5. James Bias 1905–
        6. 6. Arla (Adeline) Stoll 1907–1991
        7. 7. Willie Bias 1900–
        8. 8. Arlie Bias 1894–1975
      4. 4. Benjamin Bias 1868–1904
      5. 5. Emma Bias 1871–
      6. 6. Billington (Stafford) Bias 1874–1949 m. Ida Henderson 1885–1945
        1. 1. Walter Bias 1900–1958 m. Nettie Morrison 1897–1985
        2. 2. Luther (Marion) Bias 1905–1977 m. Carrie (Fern) Raines 1910–1994 m. Willanelle Hesson 1910–2003
        3. 3. Paul (E) Bias 1908–1972
      7. 7. Polly Bias 1874–1924 m. William (Jasper) Self 1873–1952
    2. 2. Shem Childers 1841–1932 m. Jeanett (Caroline) Bias 1848–1926
      1. 1. Joseph Childers 1869–1950 m. Valeria (French) Curry 1873–1958
      2. 2. Ida (M) Childers 1870– m. Thomas (Jefferson) Adkins 1856–1973
      3. 3. Lavina Childers 1872–1912 m. Henry (Harrison) Johnson 1872–1969
        1. 1. Infant Johnson 1912–1912
      4. 4. Claudius (C) Childers 1874–1929
      5. 5. Lucy Childers 1876–1903
      6. 6. Edmond (Bud) Childers 1878–1939 m. Mary Pratt 1884–1922
        1. 1. Verda Childers 1912–1994 m. Eustice Hatfield 1912–1995
        2. 2. Gwineth Childers 1907–
        3. 3. Sherry Childers 1909–
        4. 4. Curvel Childers 1911–
        5. 5. Philby Childers 1917–
        6. 6. Wilton Childers 1920–
        7. 7. William (Shem) Childers 1915–
      7. 7. David (M) Childers 1880–1973
      8. 8. Mamie Childers 1891–1977
    3. 3. Elizabeth Childers 1832– m. Josephus Adkins 1829–1861
    4. 4. Elias (Adkins) Childers 1833–1904
    5. 5. William (Royal) Childers 1835–1897 m. Martha Adkins 1838–
    6. 6. Polly Childers 1843–1935 m. John (Kelly) Swann 1844–1893
      1. 1. Georgianna Swann 1870–1967
      2. 2. Onielda Swann 1871–1948
      3. 3. Susan (Agnes) Swann 1874–1946
      4. 4. Elizabeth (F) Swann 1876–1912
      5. 5. Zena Swann 1879–1949
      6. 6. Roscoe (Conklin) Swann 1882–1957 m. Lillian Jackson 1880–1929 m. Una (Marie) Fannin 1898–1962
    7. 7. Daniel (Benjamin) Childers 1848–1880 m. Martha (Ann) Swann 1847–1880
    8. 8. Benjamin (S) Childers 1852–1891 m. Perlina (Ann) Tooley 1855–1945
    9. 9. Adeline (B) Childers 1856– m. McHurston Adkins 1853–1880
    10. 10. Tilman (Albert) Childers 1850–1919 m. Cynthia (Caroline) Adkins 1851–1928
      1. 1. Minnie (Caroline) Childers 1871–1952 m. Hezekiah (Long) Adkins 1869–1945
      2. 2. Walter (Scott) Childers 1869–1962 m. Elva Adkins 1873–1946
      3. 3. Elizabeth Childers 1873–1935 m. Horatio (Seymour) Fraley 1871–1935
      4. 4. Adeline Childers 1876–1968 m. Millard Pratt 1877–1931
      5. 5. Tillman (Albert) Childers 1878– m. M (B) Adkins 1881–
      6. 6. Meddy Childers 1880–
      7. 7. Benjamin (J) Childers 1880–
      8. 8. Lillie Childers 1882–
      9. 9. Daniel Childers 1885–1885
      10. 10. James (Ervine) Childers 1888– m. Ethel Berry 1908–
      11. 11. Lee Childers 1890–1895
      12. 12. Rosa Childers 1893–1894
  6. 6. Mary (Levon) Adkins 1813–1890
  7. 7. William (Joseph) Adkins 1817–1880
  8. 8. Lemach (Christopher Columbus) Adkins 1819–1897 m. Christina Adkins 1823–1891
    1. 1. Alexander Adkins 1841–1931 m. Sarah (J) Childers 1841–1921
  9. 9. Emma Adkins 1859–1919 m. John (Harrison) Kellogg 1857–1910

William Adkins's Timeline

2 Records

1785
17 Aug 1785
Birth of William Joseph Adkins in Montgomery, Virginia, USA
Montgomery, Virginia, USA
1866
3 Jun 1866
Age 81
Death of William Joseph Adkins in Wayne, West Virginia, USA
Wayne, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1785
    Event Place: Montgomery, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Jun 1866
    Event Place: Wayne, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: West Virginia, Deaths Index
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