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Henry Owen Adkins

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Henry Owen Adkins

Birth
Franklin County, Kansas, USA
Death
12 Jan 1946 (aged 80)
Benewah County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Saint Maries, Benewah County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
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Henry O. Adkins was born in Kansas, a son of William H. & Casander (nee Davisson) Adkins. Henry was listed with his parents in several state and federal census reports in Peoria Township of Franklin County, Kansas. Most census reports list his birth in or about 1863.

Henry married Rachel Nelson, a daughter of Milton P. & Susannah Nelson, 1 Dec 1892. (Osage County, Kansas marriage index) Rachel was age 3, with her parents and sisters, on the 1875 Franklin County, Kansas State census. Her parents and older sisters, Artanza and Prudence, had been listed in Peoria Township of Franklin County, Kansas in 1870. Milton P. Nelson was born in Indiana in or about 1835. He was listed as a widower, age 84, on the 1920 Inyo County, California census with Artanzia & Elliot Cartmell.

Rachel and Henry Adkins were listed in Idaho and Washington census reports. They had also lived in Colorado, where their children were born. Their children were listed in census reports as Wilbur N., b. ca. 1901; Frances E., b. ca. 1902; & Dorothy I., b. ca. 1912.

Henry O. Adkins is listed in the Idaho Death Index with a death date of 12 Jan 1946, in Benewah County. Rachel Adkins, wife of Henry, is listed in the Oregon Death Index with a death date of 4 Jan 1938 at Portland. They are also listed together in a 1933 Portland, Oregon, city directory.
Henry O. Adkins was born in Kansas, a son of William H. & Casander (nee Davisson) Adkins. Henry was listed with his parents in several state and federal census reports in Peoria Township of Franklin County, Kansas. Most census reports list his birth in or about 1863.

Henry married Rachel Nelson, a daughter of Milton P. & Susannah Nelson, 1 Dec 1892. (Osage County, Kansas marriage index) Rachel was age 3, with her parents and sisters, on the 1875 Franklin County, Kansas State census. Her parents and older sisters, Artanza and Prudence, had been listed in Peoria Township of Franklin County, Kansas in 1870. Milton P. Nelson was born in Indiana in or about 1835. He was listed as a widower, age 84, on the 1920 Inyo County, California census with Artanzia & Elliot Cartmell.

Rachel and Henry Adkins were listed in Idaho and Washington census reports. They had also lived in Colorado, where their children were born. Their children were listed in census reports as Wilbur N., b. ca. 1901; Frances E., b. ca. 1902; & Dorothy I., b. ca. 1912.

Henry O. Adkins is listed in the Idaho Death Index with a death date of 12 Jan 1946, in Benewah County. Rachel Adkins, wife of Henry, is listed in the Oregon Death Index with a death date of 4 Jan 1938 at Portland. They are also listed together in a 1933 Portland, Oregon, city directory.


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