Family Group Sheet
NameBenjamin Breckenridge Adkins
BirthSep 1860, Kentucky
Marriageabt 1880, Kentucky
SpouseSarah Jane
Birth18 Dec 1861, Kentucky
Death15 Sep 1905, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialSiloam Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Children
1 MJesse Adkins
BirthApr 1885, Kentucky
SpouseLeda F. Harris
SpouseClarence Myers
Notes for Sarah Jane
Her gravestone says Sarah J. Adkins, Dec 18, 1861 - Sep 15, 1905, Wife of B. B. Adkins.
Census Notes for Benjamin Breckenridge & Sarah Jane (Family)
1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, enumerated 12 June, lists on p. 20 as family #151:
Adkins, Benj. B., 20, b. Ky NC Ky, farmer; Jane, 19, wife, b. Ky Ky Ky.
There are seven Adkins families on this page.
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 28 June, lists on p. 25A as family #435/442:
Adkins, Beng. B., 39, b. Sep 1860, Ky Ky Va, day laborer; Sarah J., wife, 38, b. Jan 1862, Ky Ky Ky, married 20 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living; H. Eddie, son, 18, b. Aug 1881; Jessie, son, 15, b. Apr 1885; Girtrude, dau, 11, b. Sep 1888; Vestia M., dau, 9, b. June 1890; Rosco, son, 6, b. May 1894; Marvin, son, 3, b. Oct 1896. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
The birthdates are not to be trusted.3 Most of them are inconsistent with the dates on gravestones, draft records, etc.
Adkins, Benj. B., 20, b. Ky NC Ky, farmer; Jane, 19, wife, b. Ky Ky Ky.
There are seven Adkins families on this page.
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 28 June, lists on p. 25A as family #435/442:
Adkins, Beng. B., 39, b. Sep 1860, Ky Ky Va, day laborer; Sarah J., wife, 38, b. Jan 1862, Ky Ky Ky, married 20 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living; H. Eddie, son, 18, b. Aug 1881; Jessie, son, 15, b. Apr 1885; Girtrude, dau, 11, b. Sep 1888; Vestia M., dau, 9, b. June 1890; Rosco, son, 6, b. May 1894; Marvin, son, 3, b. Oct 1896. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
The birthdates are not to be trusted.3 Most of them are inconsistent with the dates on gravestones, draft records, etc.
