Sarah Elizabeth (Atkins) Nees (1845 - 1916)

Born 8 Apr 1845 in Illinois, USA

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Died 2 Oct 1916 at age 71 in Browns Creek, Kansas

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Biography

Name: Sarah Elizabeth ATKINS

Sex: F

Birth: 1845 in IL

Burial: Couch Cemetery, Brown's Creek Twp, Jewell Co, KS

Death: 02 OCT 1916 in Brown's Creek Twp, Jewell Co, KS;

Note:

JC REPUBLICAN, 28 SEPT 1894, Brown's Creek items, pg 5: Mrs. Nees returned from Oklahoma last week and brought her daughter's two children with her.

JC REPUBLICAN, 06 SEPT 1895, Front page: Mrs. Isaac Nees suffered from a severe illness this week. The doctor got out there about as quick as horseflesh could make the trip.

JC REPUBLICAN, 13 SEPT 1907, Brown's Creek items, pg 5: Mr. Nees received a telegram last Saturday noon telling of the death of Mrs. Wm. Atkins, his brother-in-law's wife, who lived near Goffs. Mrs. Nees and Betsey Atkins started Saturday evening to attend the funeral.

JC REPUBLICAN, 03 JAN 1908, Brown's Creek items, pg 5: Mrs. Isaac Nees is in poor health at present, she seems to be sick similar to the spell she had last winter.

JC REPUBLICAN, 13 JUN 1913, Brown's Creek items, pg 8: Mrs. Isaac Nees received a card saying her brother, Wm. Atkins, was expected to live but a few days, and she and Aunt Betsy Atkins started to see him Monday. He lives near Corning in eastern Kansas, and was a pioneer settler in this township.

JC REPUBLICAN, 01 JAN 1915, Brown's Creek items, pg 5: A few days ago Mrs. Isaac Nees received word that her brother, Wm. Atkins, had died at the home of his son near Corning, Kansas, Dec. 14. Mr. Atkins was one of the pioneer settlers of this township, and one owned the place where Frank Blacker now lives. The Corning Gazette has this to say about him: Mr. Atkins was a schoolmate of Abraham Lincoln and attended school in the little old log schoolhouse. He and Mr. Lincoln made rails and cut cord wood together. He was born where Springfield, Ill., now stands. The funeral sermon was preached from the text, 2nd Cor., 5:1; the same text being used at his father's funeral twelve years ago. The Bible used on this occasion was about 175 years old, the deceased having received it from his grandmother.^[1]

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Sarah Elizabeth Atkins. Given Name: Sarah Elizabeth. Surname: Atkins. Atkins. Given Name: Sarah. Surname: Atkins. ^[2] Found multiple versions of name. Using Sarah Elizabeth Atkins. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Born 8 Apr 1845. Illinois, USA. ^[3]

Event: Census-Wife 30 Jul 1870. Crane Creek, Mason, Illinois, USA. Note: Role: Wife. 3 ^[4] Census-Wife 14 Jun 1880. Browns Creek, Jewell, Kansas, USA. Note: Role: Wife. 3 ^[5] Census-Wife 1 Mar 1895. Browns Creek, Jewell, Kansas, USA. Note: Role: Wife. 3 ^[6] Census-Wife 9 Jun 1900. Browns Creek, Jewell, Kansas, USA. Note: Role: Wife. 3 ^[7] Census-Wife 6 Apr 1910. Browns Creek, Jewell, Kansas, USA. Note: Role: Wife. 3 ^[8]

Physical Description: Race: White. ^[9]

Marriage Husband @I63@. Wife @I64@. Marriage 19 Nov 1863. Mason City, Illinois. ^[10][11] Child: @I375@. Child: @I376@. Child: @I62@. Child: @I377@. Child: @I379@. Child: @I380@. Child: @I378@. Child: @I381@. Child: @I382@. Child: @I383@. Child: @I384@. Child: @I385@.

Sources

1. ↑ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smlslau&id=I39409 Database owned by Marjorie Slaughter
2. ↑ Source: #S83 T623, roll T623, Browns Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 4B, dwelling 84, family 85, Sarah Nees, accessed 25 Aug 2017 Certainty: 3 File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
3. ↑ Source: #S46 T624, roll T624_442, Athens Township, enumeration district (ED) 0056, sheet 9B, dwelling 192, family 193, Anna Buyers, accessed 12 Aug 2017 Certainty: 3 Note: The 1910 entry for Anna Buyers in the U.S. census gives proof that her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother was born in Illinois. File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO File Format: csv Transcription Scrapbook: Y DOC
4. ↑ Source: #S274 Crane Creek, p. 26, dwelling 175, family 170, Isaac Neece; NARA microfilm publication M593, M593_255. Certainty: 3 File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
5. ↑ Source: #S275 T9, roll 384, Browns Creek, enumeration district (ED) 132, p. 17, dwelling 152, family 155, Isaac Neece, accessed 31 Dec 2017 Certainty: 3 File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
6. ↑ Source: #S176 Browns Creek, p. 8, line 5, Isaac Nees; (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 7 Feb 2018); citing Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1895 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: v115_65 Certainty: 3 File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
7. ↑ Source: #S83 T623, roll T623, Browns Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 4B, dwelling 84, family 85, Isaac Nees, accessed 25 Aug 2017 Certainty: 3 File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
8. ↑ Source: #S46 T624, roll T624_442, Browns Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 1B, dwelling 11, family 11, Isaac Nees, accessed 25 Aug 2017 Certainty: 3 File Format: jpg 1910 Census Isaac Nees Family 1910 Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
9. ↑ Source: #S83 T623, roll T623, Browns Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 4B, dwelling 84, family 85, Sarah Nees, accessed 25 Aug 2017 Certainty: 3 File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
10. ↑ Source: #S83 T623, roll T623, Browns Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 4B, dwelling 84, family 85, Isaac Nees and his wife Sarah Nees, accessed 25 Aug 2017 Certainty: 3 Note: The census says that in 1900 they had been married for 36 (+/-1) years. This supports the concluded marriage date in 1863 File Format: jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO
11. ↑ Source: #S307 Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920." Neece-Atkins, accessed 7 Feb 2018. Certainty: 3 Name:Isaac Neece Gender:Male Marriage Date:19 Nov 1863 Marriage Place:Mason, Illinois, USA Spouse Name:Sarah Elizabeth Atkins Spouse Gender:Female

See also:

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• Source: S176 1895 State Census, population schedule Kansas, Jewell Publication: Digital images. Ancestry.com . https://www.ancestry.com/ : n.d. 27 May 2017
• Source: S274 1870 U.S. census Illinois, Mason Publication: Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 9 Jun 2017
• Source: S275 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images Kansas, Jewell Publication: https://www.ancestry.com/: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 27 May 2017
• Source: S46 1910 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images Kansas, Jewell Publication: https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 31 May 2017
• Source: S83 1900 U.S. census, Family Search, Digital images Kansas, Jewell Publication: https://familysearch.org/: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.