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Caleb Adkins[1, 2]

Male 1848 - 1916  (67 years)


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  • Name Caleb Adkins  [3
    Born 22 Nov 1848  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Jan 1916  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7963  My Reynolds Line | Descendants Hugh Pittsylvania Reynolds, Descendants of James Mitchell, Descendants of James Reynolds
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2022 

    Father Anderson Henderson Adkins,   b. 5 Aug 1806, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1876, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Nancy Booker Reynolds,   b. 15 Mar 1817, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1894, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1836 
    Family ID F2698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Almira Green 'Mira' Reynolds,   b. 15 Jul 1853, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 4 Oct 1865  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Caleb also married Permelia Lawrence Their Family:
      Permelia Lawrence
      AKA: Amelia Individual Information
      Birth Date: Jan 20, 1861 - VA
      Death: May 2, 1943
      Burial: in Lawrence-Adkins Cem., Museville, VA
      Spouses and Children
      1. *Caleb Adkins (Nov 22, 1848 - Jan 16, 1916)
      Partnership: 1881
      Status: Unmarried
      Children:
      1. Leander A. Lawrence (1882-1945)
      2. Maggie Bell Lawrence (1883-1941)
      3. John Lawrence (1896-1974)
      4. James Lawrence (1898-1954)
      5. Buck Lawrence (1900-1972)
      6. Bee Lawrence (1904-1968)
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Cephus Adkins,   b. 1868, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1912  (Age 44 years)
     2. Mary Frances Adkins,   b. 1 Aug 1874, Callands, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1934, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     3. Thomas Perkins Adkins,   b. 1870, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1941, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F2696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Marriage Record - Almira G. Reynolds & Caleb Adkins
    Marriage Record - Almira G. Reynolds & Caleb Adkins
    Pittsylvania Co. Marriages Reynolds Pg 3.jpg
    Death Certificate-Caleb Adkins
    Death Certificate-Caleb Adkins
    dcalebadkins.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S31] Cottagehill/Southside, http://www.cottagehill.com/southside/f10.htm#f17636.
      Betsy Adkins Family

    2. [S37] Death Certificate, Caleb Adkins.

    3. [S31] Cottagehill/Southside.

    4. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, https://www.genlookups.com/va_marriages/va_state_search.html?firstname=moses&lastname=Reynolds.
      ADKINS, Caleb, age 17, single, occ Farmer, s/o Anderson and N.B. Adkins to Almeria G. Reynolds, age 16, single, d/o P. G. and C. W. Reynolds. 4 October 1865.

    5. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LW7N-RFQ/william-neal-adkins-1855-1927.
      William Neal Adkins
      April 1855?18 September 1927 (Age 72)

      Sallie Ann Malissa Reynolds, Female, 1856?1923,
      Marriage, 8 April 1880 Pittsylvania, Virginia

      Children (10)
      Claude James Adkins, 1881?1948,
      Lila Elizabeth Adkins, 1883?1971
      Nannie Love Adkins, 1884?1884
      Loise Adkins, 1886?1940
      William Barton Adkins, 1888?1954
      Frances Booker Adkins, 1891?1946
      Ralph Anderson Adkins, 1893?1935
      Samuel Gilmore Adkins, 1895?1957
      Robert Eldridge Adkins, 1899?1946
      Minnie Roxie Adkins, 1903?1965

      Parents
      Anderson Henderson Adkins, 1806?1876
      Nancy Booker Reynolds, 1817?1894

      Siblings (7)
      Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Adkins, 1834?1919
      Ralph Adkins, 1836?1914
      Henry A Adkins, 1841?1863
      Caleb Adkins, 1848?1916
      William Neal Adkins, 1855?1927
      Henry Gilmer Adkins, 1862?1940
      John Ward Adkins, 1864?Deceased