Charles Wyclif Adkins (1865 - 1931)

Born 20 Jan 1865 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Ida Maria (Fydell) Adkins — married 6 Mar 1895 in Manistique, Schoolcraft, Michigan

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1931 at age 66 in Waukesha, WI

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Biography

Charles was born in 1865 in Grant County, Indiana. His father died when he was young; in the 1880 census, he and his mother and brother are living with his maternal grandparents. While there, Charles worked in his grandfather's carriage shop.

Charles moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan sometime in the late 1880s/early 1890s, where he worked as a cook for a logging camp for a while. In 1895, he married Ida Fydell.^[1] They had two children, and then he volunteered for the Spanish-American War.^[2] He was very proud of his military service.

Charles and Ida had 6 children altogether: Florence L. (m. George Young), Ruth H. (m. Marion Hubbard), W. Gilette (never married), Catharine F. (m. Marcus Rough), Richard R. (died young), Mildred L. (m. Whitney Darrow, Jr.)

Burial: Lakeview Cemetery, Manistique, Schoolcraft County, Michigan, USA Plot: Sec 8 - Lot 9 - Grv 5

Inscription: 2 Lt Co I 35 Mich Inf

Headstone photographed by Cathy Foos, profile manager.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ3H-HTH : accessed 10 Jun 2014), Charles W. Adkins and Ida M. Fydell, 06 Mar 1895; citing Manistigue, Schoolcraft, Michigan, v 4 p 152 rn 6, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2342502.
2. ↑ Military Service: General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the War with Spain. Microfilm publication M871, 126 rolls. ARC ID: 654543. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s–1917, Record Group 94. The National Archives at Washington, D.C. (accessed via the online database at Ancestry.com)

US Census Data: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930