Elijah
(Lije)
Atkins
Born in Foster, Boone, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Isiah Adkins
and Elizabeth Ann (Holstein) Baldwin
Brother of
Joseph G Adkins [half], Dora Alice (Adkins) Kinder [half], John Wilson Adkins [half], Oscar Adkins [half], Myrtle Leigh (Adkins) Banks [half], Walter G Adkins [half], Wilburn W Adkins [half] and Vera Ottie Adkins [half]
Husband of
Margarette Jeanetta Clark
— married
30 Jul 1903 in Kanawha Co., WV
Descendants 
Father of
Mack Atkins
Died
at age 79
in Van, Boone, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jan 2015
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Biography
Elijah was born in 1878. [1]
Elijah died (age 79) on 29 July 1957 in Boone County, West Virginia.[2] He started working in the coal mines at an early age. He was an organizer and official in the United Mine Workers of Amarica, District 17, Boone Co., WV. Lij was a devout Christian and outstanding citizen of his community.
Sources
- ↑
Military:
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
citing Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards; Affiliate Publication Number: M1509; FHL microfilm: 1992562;
FamilySearch Record: K8Q9-BVF (accessed 26 February 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYY1-JT Image number 05277
Name: Elijah Atkins; Military Draft Registration Date: from 1917 to 1918; Military Draft Registration Place: Logan, West Virginia, United States; Birth Date: 1 Jan 1878; Birth Place: , , United States; Citizenship Place: United States; Race: White. - ↑
Death:
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
citing Boone Co., West Virginia, County Records, v 4, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,246.
FamilySearch Record: NMKW-1ZQ (accessed 26 February 2023)
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=571246&ImageNumber=7
Elijah Atkins death 29 Jul 1957 (born 1 Jan 1878), son of E. Atkins & Nettie Clark, in Boone Co., West Virginia.
See also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Elijah Atkins (1 Jan 1878–29 Jul 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #53970135 , citing Boone Memorial Park, Madison, Boone County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Bonita Hager (contributor 46933846).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lije by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lije by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Harry Atkins
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #n25406
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~25.00%
Harry Atkins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T702827 [compare], FTDNA kit #N25406
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~0.78%
Desiree (Gillespie) Ferguson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jackie Eplin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PU1190697 [compare], Ancestry member eplind
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