Charles Adkins (1834 - bef. 1880)

Born 1834 in Tennessee, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Carden) Adkins — married 25 Dec 1856 in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States

Died before 1880 before age 46 in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States

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Timeline

1834 Charles Adkins is born abt. 1834 in Tennessee, United States.^[1]

1850 Charles age 16, listed in the household of his mother with his five siblings. His occupation is a Farmer. Their home is Anderson, Anderson, Tennessee.^[1]

1856 Charles marries Elizabeth Carden on Dec. 25, 1856 in Anserson Tennessee.^[2]

1861 Charles Adkins enlisted for the US Civil War on Aug. 07, 1861. He served as Private with Co. C, 2nd Regiment Tennessee Infantry (possibly on the side of the Union). He was discharged Feb. 08, 1865.^[3]

1870 Charles age 35, listed as head of household with his wife and their five children. His occupation is a Farmer. Their home is Anderson, Tennessee.^[4]

1880 Charles dies sometime during the mid to late 1870's. In 1880 his wife is listed as Widowed and their last child was born in 1875.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDQ-VQM Charles Adkins age 17 in household of Mary Adkins, Anderson county, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 981, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database @ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCB-M9 Charles Adkins and Elizabeth Carden, 25 Dec 1856; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images Ancestry.com (original); citing p. 127, Anderson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S3-373 Charles Adkins, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,254.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8X-HRT Charles Adkins age 34 head of household, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 2, family 13, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,012.