William Adkisson, my great-great-grandfather, lies in one of the unmarked graves in this cemetery. His month and year of birth come from the 1900 Morgan County, Tennessee, Census, and the time frame for his death would have been 1900-1903. He married Louisa Butler, and they were the parents of the following children (in birth order according to census records*): 1) Catharine, Adkison Cemetery; 2) James; 3) John, Adkison Cemetery; 4) Sarah Elizabeth, Adkison Cemetery; 5) William; 6) Margaret McCampbell, Tollett's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Crossville, Tennessee; 7) Jacob, (old) Petros Cemetery, Petros, Tennessee; 8) Thomas, Harriman Cemetery, Harriman, Tennessee; 9) Elijah, Shady Point Cemetery, Shady Point, Oklahoma; 10) Mary Jane Cozart, Pleasant View Cemetery, Graysville, Tennessee; 11) Walker (my great-grandfather), Davis Cemetery, Coalfield, Tennessee; and 12) Lulu Dayton, Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.

*William can be found in the following Morgan County, Tennessee, censuses:

1. 1850 (James Adkison household)
2. 1860 (James Adkinson household)
3. 1870 (James Adkinson household)
4. 1880 (William Adkison [Atkison] household)
5. 1900 (William Adkisson household)

MARRIAGE DATES OF WILLIAM'S CHILDREN:

1. Catharine Adkisson (died at almost eleven months).

2. James P. (probably Preston) Adkisson m. Julia K. Sales on August 19, 1877, in Webster County, Kentucky.

3. John L. Adkisson m. Mary E. "Mollie" Wallace on August 5, 1877, in Williamson County, Illinois.

4. Sarah Elizabeth (likely died between 1870 and 1880).

5. William F. (probably Franklin) Adkisson m. Margaret L. Henson on July 29, 1890, in Morgan County, Tennessee.

6. Margaret Angeline Adkisson m. Oliver Perry McCampbell on October 11, 1880, in Morgan County, Tennessee.

7. Jacob Harvey Adkisson m. Laura Bell Privette on February 8, 1896, in Anderson County, Tennessee.

8. Thomas Boliver Adkisson (never married).

9. Elijah Elias Adkisson m. (1) Ruth Amanda Coulter on May 30, 1891, in Rhea County, Tennessee; (2) Annie Hurd on September 11, 1906, in Sebastian County, Arkansas.

10. Mary Jane Adkisson m. James W. "Jim" Cozart on September 11, 1890, in Morgan County, Tennessee.

11. Archie Walker Adkisson m. Artelia Davis on September 28, 1890, in Morgan County, Tennessee.

12. Lulu Ann Adkisson m. Clyde W. "C. W." Dayton on October 22, 1909, in Los Angeles County, California.