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Calvin Adkins

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Calvin Adkins

Birth
Death
9 Mar 1886 (aged 71)
Burial
Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Knoxville Daily Chronicle
Wednesday, March 10, 1886

Mr. E W Adkins, received a telegram from Clinton yesterday announcing the death of his father, Calvin Adkins, near that place at the ripe old age of 76 years. The deceased was one of the best known residents of Anderson County and was highly respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and five children.
When Calvin Adkins was born on June 6, 1814, in Anderson, Tennessee, his father, Levi, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 19. He married Eleanor "Ellen" Mitchell on October 6, 1834, in Knox, Tennessee. They had five childern during their marriage. He died on March 9, 1886, in his hometown at the age of 71, and was buried in Old Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery, located at 215 Edgewood Ave Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA

Medical Information: Medical discharge from Union Army due to chronic rheumatism and diarrhea.

Military service: Bet. 01 Jan 1862 - 21 Feb 1863, Civil War - Union 2nd TN Inf,Sgt, Co H-appointed 1st Sgt 1 Sep 1862. Resigned to Pvt 30 Sep 1862.Occupation: 1860, Carpenter 1860; miller 1880 More About Eleanor Mitchell:Burial: Old Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson Co, TN

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Knoxville Daily Chronicle
Wednesday, March 10, 1886

Mr. E W Adkins, received a telegram from Clinton yesterday announcing the death of his father, Calvin Adkins, near that place at the ripe old age of 76 years. The deceased was one of the best known residents of Anderson County and was highly respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and five children.
When Calvin Adkins was born on June 6, 1814, in Anderson, Tennessee, his father, Levi, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 19. He married Eleanor "Ellen" Mitchell on October 6, 1834, in Knox, Tennessee. They had five childern during their marriage. He died on March 9, 1886, in his hometown at the age of 71, and was buried in Old Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery, located at 215 Edgewood Ave Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA

Medical Information: Medical discharge from Union Army due to chronic rheumatism and diarrhea.

Military service: Bet. 01 Jan 1862 - 21 Feb 1863, Civil War - Union 2nd TN Inf,Sgt, Co H-appointed 1st Sgt 1 Sep 1862. Resigned to Pvt 30 Sep 1862.Occupation: 1860, Carpenter 1860; miller 1880 More About Eleanor Mitchell:Burial: Old Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson Co, TN

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(father link provided by Dave Hicks #49271810)


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  • Maintained by: Dave Hicks
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  • Added: May 24, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70331014/calvin-adkins: accessed ), memorial page for Calvin Adkins (6 Jun 1814–9 Mar 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70331014, citing Old Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Dave Hicks (contributor 49271810).