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Family: Owen Sanford Adkins / Louisa H. [Hawkins] Kendrick (F1499)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male Owen Sanford Adkins

  
  

  Born	1785	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	15 May 1885	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried		Adkins Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Married	Not married
  Other Spouse	Isabelle Harris | F22737
  Married	15 Jul 1809	Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
  Other Spouse	Frances Ann 'Fannie' Campbell | F5241
  Married	9 Sep 1825	Pittsylvania County
  Father	William Vortimer Adkins | F3994 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Anne 'Polly' Hartman | F3994 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Louisa H. [Hawkins] Kendrick

  
  

  Born	16 Jun 1820	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	20 Jun 1882	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried		Kendrick Cemetery, Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Father	John Hawkins Kendrick | F1493 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Reynolds | F1493 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male John Saunders Kendrick

  
  

  Born	Abt 1841	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	23 Dec 1905	Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Buried		Kendrick Cemetery, Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Spouse	Ardenia Frances Casey | F1500
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Massie Kendrick

  
  

  Born	Abt 1844	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male + Green Wade 'Pos' Kendrick

  
  

  Born	Abt 1845	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	15 Apr 1908	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried		Kendrick Cemetery, Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Spouse	Virginia Wade 'Jenny' Adkins | F6277
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Christopher Kendrick

  
  

  Born	Abt. 1842	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	29 Dec 1916	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female + Melissa Anne Kendrick

  
  

  Born	10 Mar 1851	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	4 Dec 1947	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried		Highland Burial Park Danville, Virginia
  Spouse	Kendrick | F5235
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Louisa Kendrick

  
  

  Born	Abt 1856	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	4 Mar 1860	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried		Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Elisha Keen Kendrick

  
  

  Born	1857	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Died	1 Nov 1933	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried		New place near home
  Spouse	Victoria Haskins | F5237
  Married

  
  

  Child 8 | Male M. Kach Kendrick

  
  

  Born	5 Apr 1861	Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.
  Died	14 Aug 1945	Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.
  Buried		Christian Tabernacle Church, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Newspaper Article, https://www.roanoke.com/news/woym-retired-doctor-shares-the-unusual-tale-of-th-century/article_44075109-89d8-571f-8faa-a34bbf8ef1d1.html. A MODERN PATRIARCH. The Living Progenitor of 550 Persons. LIFE IN THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. Horse Racing, Card Playing, Fox Hunting, and Running Contests. Bob Kinsey was incredulous when he read a recap in this space not long ago. ?I don?t know what to make of this latest one,? came the recording on the answering device at newspaper offices, ?but all I can say is, I don?t know when he found time to go hunting.? After reading the sensational above headline, many of us might share in that skepticism. So perhaps did the enterprising reporter from the Herald who arrived at the old man?s ?mansion,? described as being built in 1803 ?odd-shaped, queer and old-timey; and it, along with all the outhouses and fencing, seem to be in an advanced stage of dilapidation.? Who has time for house repairs when there?s so many more entertaining enterprises from which to choose? The reporter had plenty of time to examine the southeast Franklin County real estate given his near-centenarian host was not home at sunrise of their previously arranged appointment. The writer waited all day. That evening, the host, age 96, arrived home ?head erect and not a tremor in his step,? rifle in one hand, the product of his hunt over his other shoulder ? a pair of wild gobblers. The scribe asked where old man Adkins had been. Complaining of springtime mud on the mountain, Adkins responded he could only manage 20 miles that day. On a dry path, his stalking was likely to be ?much farther.? Long as the fishing and hunting were good, Adkins indicated he?d be loathe to put in a good day?s work. Not that he wasn?t up to it. A man whose powers of endurance in footraces covering miles of broken countryside had won handsome wagers more often than he lost in literally hundreds of head-to-head meetings. Adkins assured the much younger interviewer that he?d be pleased to race him right then long as the money was right. As for the foxes he hunted in that most gentlemanly of Old Dominion sports, Adkins said he would typically dismount when the chase was at its height and pursue ?Reynard? on foot. That was so as best to be poised to throw his hounds one by one over any fence that got in the way ?in order that they might hurry on and press the fox home.? The prudent reader may then wonder how one who was documented to have fathered 70 children by two wives and four ?concubines? could provide for such a multitude with little to no conventional labor. Who says that pokerplaying, silver dollar pitching, horse and footracing, fox and turkey hunting isn?t work? In any event, those pursuits are what paid the bills. Clearly, he was a master of frugality, not to mention his own good health. The old man said he wasted little treasure on strong drink and none on the top local agricultural product, tobacco. Sounds like a good approach for us all.