Charles McKinley Elkins was the second son born to Albert Wilson Elkins and Emily A. (Adkins) Elkins. His older brother Wattie died of typhoid fever at the age of 17. Charlie had a sister Spicie and two younger brothers Bernard Roosevelt and Delmont. At 8 years old, he lost
his mother. His father and Ruth Lovejoy married and three half-siblings were born later: Sampson, Boyd Preston, and Talitha Belinda Jane.
On March 25, 1917 in Palermo, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Charlie and Martha Lovejoy, daughter of Scott and Louisa Lovejoy, wed. Following the Great Depression, they and their family moved from their Lincoln County farming community to the Lorado coal camp in Logan County, West Virginia. There he, and his eldest sons, worked for The Lorado Coal Mining Company.
After Martha’s death in December 1949, Charlie married Gladys Oliver and they had a son Doran McKinley "Kinny" and a daughter Patricia "Pat."
Directions to his burial site:
2.8 miles, 5 minutes from downtown Ransom, KY.
1) Begin by going southwest on State Highway 1056 toward Dials Bridge.
2) Go 1.64 mi., then turn left onto Left Fork Blackberry Rd. KY-3419.
3) Go 1.14 mi., then you come to the mailbox for 493 Left Fork Blackberry Rd.
This is the homestead of the Barney family. Charlie is interred in a small, 13-or-14-grave-cemetery on the hill behind their residence. There is a blacktop road to it and Charlie’s kin are welcome to pay their respects.
his mother. His father and Ruth Lovejoy married and three half-siblings were born later: Sampson, Boyd Preston, and Talitha Belinda Jane.
On March 25, 1917 in Palermo, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Charlie and Martha Lovejoy, daughter of Scott and Louisa Lovejoy, wed. Following the Great Depression, they and their family moved from their Lincoln County farming community to the Lorado coal camp in Logan County, West Virginia. There he, and his eldest sons, worked for The Lorado Coal Mining Company.
After Martha’s death in December 1949, Charlie married Gladys Oliver and they had a son Doran McKinley "Kinny" and a daughter Patricia "Pat."
Directions to his burial site:
2.8 miles, 5 minutes from downtown Ransom, KY.
1) Begin by going southwest on State Highway 1056 toward Dials Bridge.
2) Go 1.64 mi., then turn left onto Left Fork Blackberry Rd. KY-3419.
3) Go 1.14 mi., then you come to the mailbox for 493 Left Fork Blackberry Rd.
This is the homestead of the Barney family. Charlie is interred in a small, 13-or-14-grave-cemetery on the hill behind their residence. There is a blacktop road to it and Charlie’s kin are welcome to pay their respects.
Charles McKinley Elkins was the second son born to Albert Wilson Elkins and Emily A. (Adkins) Elkins. His older brother Wattie died of typhoid fever at the age of 17. Charlie had a sister Spicie and two younger brothers Bernard Roosevelt and Delmont. At 8 years old, he lost
his mother. His father and Ruth Lovejoy married and three half-siblings were born later: Sampson, Boyd Preston, and Talitha Belinda Jane.
On March 25, 1917 in Palermo, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Charlie and Martha Lovejoy, daughter of Scott and Louisa Lovejoy, wed. Following the Great Depression, they and their family moved from their Lincoln County farming community to the Lorado coal camp in Logan County, West Virginia. There he, and his eldest sons, worked for The Lorado Coal Mining Company.
After Martha’s death in December 1949, Charlie married Gladys Oliver and they had a son Doran McKinley "Kinny" and a daughter Patricia "Pat."
Directions to his burial site:
2.8 miles, 5 minutes from downtown Ransom, KY.
1) Begin by going southwest on State Highway 1056 toward Dials Bridge.
2) Go 1.64 mi., then turn left onto Left Fork Blackberry Rd. KY-3419.
3) Go 1.14 mi., then you come to the mailbox for 493 Left Fork Blackberry Rd.
This is the homestead of the Barney family. Charlie is interred in a small, 13-or-14-grave-cemetery on the hill behind their residence. There is a blacktop road to it and Charlie’s kin are welcome to pay their respects.
his mother. His father and Ruth Lovejoy married and three half-siblings were born later: Sampson, Boyd Preston, and Talitha Belinda Jane.
On March 25, 1917 in Palermo, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Charlie and Martha Lovejoy, daughter of Scott and Louisa Lovejoy, wed. Following the Great Depression, they and their family moved from their Lincoln County farming community to the Lorado coal camp in Logan County, West Virginia. There he, and his eldest sons, worked for The Lorado Coal Mining Company.
After Martha’s death in December 1949, Charlie married Gladys Oliver and they had a son Doran McKinley "Kinny" and a daughter Patricia "Pat."
Directions to his burial site:
2.8 miles, 5 minutes from downtown Ransom, KY.
1) Begin by going southwest on State Highway 1056 toward Dials Bridge.
2) Go 1.64 mi., then turn left onto Left Fork Blackberry Rd. KY-3419.
3) Go 1.14 mi., then you come to the mailbox for 493 Left Fork Blackberry Rd.
This is the homestead of the Barney family. Charlie is interred in a small, 13-or-14-grave-cemetery on the hill behind their residence. There is a blacktop road to it and Charlie’s kin are welcome to pay their respects.
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