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Owen Sanford Adkins

Owen Sanford Adkins[1, 2, 3]

Male 1785 - 1885  (100 years)

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  • Name Owen Sanford Adkins 
    Born 1785  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 May 1885  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Adkins Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I4062  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 29 May 2020 

    Father William Vortimer Adkins,   b. 21 Sep 1760, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Mary Anne 'Polly' Hartman,   b. Abt 1765,   d. Bef 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married Abt 1780  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabelle Harris,   b. Abt 1800, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1830, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 15 Jul 1809  Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Adkins,   b. 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1891, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Owen Sanford Adkins, Jr.,   b. 12 Dec 1812, Museville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1896, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +3. Jackson Adkins,   b. 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1864, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     4. Mastin Adkins,   b. May 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary 'Polly' Adkins,   b. Abt 1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1893, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
    +6. Permelia 'Millie' Adkins,   b. 31 Jan 1825, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1911, Vashti, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2019 
    Family ID F22737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Frances Ann 'Fannie' Campbell,   b. Abt. 1800, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1839, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1825  Pittsylvania County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Adkins,   b. 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Abner Adkins,   b. 1829, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elijah Adkins,   b. 1831, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Jesse Adkins,   b. 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. James Adkins,   b. 1835, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2019 
    Family ID F5241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Louisa H. [Hawkins] Kendrick,   b. 16 Jun 1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1882, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married Not married 
    Children 
     1. John Saunders Kendrick,   b. Abt 1841, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1905, Museville, Pittsylvania, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
     2. Massie Kendrick,   b. Abt 1844, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Green Wade 'Pos' Kendrick,   b. Abt 1845, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1908, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     4. Christopher Kendrick,   b. Abt. 1842, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1916, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
    +5. Melissa Anne Kendrick,   b. 10 Mar 1851, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1947, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     6. Louisa Kendrick,   b. Abt 1856, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 4 years)
     7. Elisha Keen Kendrick,   b. 1857, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1933, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. M. Kach Kendrick,   b. 5 Apr 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1945, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2019 
    Family ID F1499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Owen S. Adkins    		Owen S. Adkins
    powenadkins.jpg
    Owen Sanford Adkins    		Owen Sanford Adkins
    powenstanfordadkins.jpg
    Owen Sanford Adkins by Kyle Griffith    		Owen Sanford Adkins by Kyle Griffith
    4062OwenSanfordAdkins.jpg

    Documents
    Owen Sanford Adkins    		Owen Sanford Adkins
    4062OwenAdkins.jpg

    Histories
    Owen Adkins-Quite Feeble at 98    		Owen Adkins-Quite Feeble at 98
    Richmond Dispatch
    Mar 22, 1885
    Owen Sanford Adkins    		Owen Sanford Adkins
    The Sedalia-Weekly Bazoo
    Mar 12, 1878
    Owen Sanford Adkins    		Owen Sanford Adkins
    New York Daily Herald
    Mar 2, 1878
    Owen Adkins Book    		Owen Adkins Book
    OwenAdkinsBook.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Owen b ca. 1750 Lunenberg Co. Virginia s/o William and
      Lydia (Owens) Jr.; Owen married ca. 1769 to Agnes Goad d/o
      John and Margaret ??? Jr.?
      Children of Owen and Agnes (Goad) Adkins:

      1- Benjamin b. Va. ca. 1770; d. Kentucky Nov. 1839.
      2- Wyatt b. Va. ca. 1772; d. Missouri; Nov.5, 1833; m.????
      m(2) Mary Bledsoe.
      3- Emil (Milly) b. ca. 1779 Va.; d. Tennessee; m. Jan. 11,
      1798 Phillip Smith.
      4- James b. Va. or Tenn. ca. 1781; m. Sept. 9, 1800 Chloe
      Hargis d. 1860.
      5- Owen Jr. b. Feb. 4, 1783.
      6- Jessee b. ca. 1788.
      7- Others ?
      The Adkins/Adkinson/Adkerson (etc)documents that are
      included on the site are those that are related to Adkins
      Goad Shockley interrelationships primarily in the Stanton
      River and Pigg River area of Pittsylvania County in the
      1700s and early 1800s. Also, not all of the on-line
      documents are indexed yet in the "People" index she
      referened you to. All of them are indexed in the documents
      index listed below

      ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/docindex.htm )

      http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/AdkinsFamily.html

      OWEN SANFORD ADKINS (WILLIAM, WILLIAM, WILLIAM V., JOHN
      THOMAS, JOHN THOMAS, THOMAS, HENRY) was born November 1786
      in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died May 15, 1885 in
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He married (1) FRANCES
      CAMPBELL. He married (2) ISABELL HARRIS July 15, 1809 in
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She died January 31, 1825.

      Notes for OWEN SANFORD ADKINS:
      Per
      http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=p
      oki00&id=I010199
      "Stories were told that during Owen's lifetime, he had 44
      mistresses and was the father of 108 children. He was known
      as "Owen of All". Rumor also has it that there is a book
      titled "The Life and Legend of Owen of All"."

      Appears as #987 in 1850 (Oct. 25) census for Northern
      District of Pittsylvania County, VA, work $656, born VA.
      With him are Pamelia, 26; Elijah, 19; Papo (illegible), 18,
      male, a laborer; James, 15, a laborer; Jane, 13, Arabella,
      8; Preston, 6; William, 5; and Isabella, 2.

      At #981 is Henry Adkins Sr; at #982 is Francis Adkins, age
      50, female; at #983 is Elizabeth Adkins and four children;
      at #986 is William Adkins Sr.; at #988 is Martin Adkins,
      age 30, with wife and four children; at #989 is Henry
      Adkins Jr. , 25, laborer, with wife Nancy, 17.

      Register of Deaths 1855--1896 p. 136 line5
      Owen Adkins
      white male
      Died May 15, 1885 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
      Cause: old age
      age: 99 yrs 6 mo (this would place birth approximately Nov.
      1786)
      Parents: William & Mary Adkins
      born: Pittsylvania Co.
      Occupation: farmer
      Consort; unmarried (actually widowed)
      Informant: Owen Adkins, Jr. Relationship: son

      Children of OWEN ADKINS and FRANCES CAMPBELL are:
      ...i....SAMUEL ADKINS, b. Abt. 1827, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...ii....ABNER ADKINS, b. Abt. 1830.

      Notes for ABNER ADKINS:
      1861 June 24 Abner Adkins, 33 yrs old single, born
      Pittsylvania Co., Va., son of Owen & Fanny Adkins,
      occupation-Farmer to Matilda Gibson 37 yrs old single born
      Pittsylvania Co., VA dau of Sally Gibson married by: Asa
      Hodnett.

      An Abner Adkins, soldier, is on the Confederate pension
      rolls for Pittsylvania Co.:
      Adkins, Abner Soldier
      Adkins, Ballard P Soldier
      Adkins, Elizabeth F Widow
      Adkins, Lewis (?) Soldier
      Adkins, Martha Ann Widow
      Adkins, Ralph W Soldier
      Adkins, W D Soldier
      Adkins, W T Soldier

      APPLICATION OF A WIDOW OF A DECEASED SOLDIER, SAILOR OR
      MARINE FOR A PENSION.
      Name: Abner Adkins, age 60
      --wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville by a ball which
      shattered his jaw: tongue shortened and teeth knocked out
      with paralysis of chin. These cited by Dryden Wright in a
      letter interceding on his behalf.
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia--resident of Museville, VA
      Member of: 21st Virginia Regiment of Infantry, I Company

      I, William Smith, Notary Public in and for the County of
      Pittsylvania do certify that Abner Adkins whose name is
      signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared
      before me in my county, and, having the said application
      fully read and explained to him, as well as the statements
      and answers therein made, he the said Abner Adkins made
      oath before me that said statements and
      answers are true. Given under my hand this 14th day of
      March, 1904.
      Signed: William Smith

      (Beneath the signature is a note that says "My cousin
      expired Sept. 29, 1905) Martha his wife received the
      pension thereafter.

      PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO WIT: I, J. D. Coles, Judge
      of the County Court for the County of Pittsylvania, do
      certify that I have carefully enquired and examined into,
      and am fully satisfied from the evidence adduced before me
      that each and all of the facts set forth in the within
      application are true; that the applicant is the identical
      person name in the application; that the application is for
      the reasons approved, and it is therefore certified that
      Abner Adkins is entitled to receive annually from the State
      of Virginia the sum of fifteen dollars. Given under my hand
      this 26th of May 1858.
      Signed: J. D. Coles

      ...iii....ELIJAH ADKINS, b. Abt. 1831, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...iv....JESSE ADKINS, b. Abt. 1832, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...v....JAMES ADKINS, b. Abt. 1835, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...vi....JANE ADKINS, b. Abt. 1837, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...vii....ARABELLA ADKINS, b. Abt. 1842, Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia.
      ...viii....PRESTON ADKINS, b. Abt. 1844, Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia.
      ...ix....WILLIAM ADKINS, b. Abt. 1845, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...x....ISABELLA ADKINS, b. Abt. 1848, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.

      Children of OWEN ADKINS and ISABELL HARRIS are:
      ...xi....WILLIAM ADKINS, b. Abt. 1811, Museville,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1891.
      191....xii....OWEN SANFORD ADKINS, b. December 12, 1812,
      Museville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. July 20, 1896,
      Museville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      ...xiii....MARY ANN ADKINS, b. Abt. 1813, Museville,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. March 1893.
      192....xiv....JACKSON ADKINS, b. February 01, 1815,
      Museville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. March 14,
      1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      193....xv....MASTIN ADKINS, b. May 1818, Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia.
      ...xvi....PERMELIA ADKINS, b. January 31, 1825,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. May 17, 1911, Vashti,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

      age 99 years, 6 months
      Owen Adkins and Louisa Kendrick never married
      Children of OWEN ADKINS and FRANCES CAMPBELL are:
      ...i....SAMUEL ADKINS, b. Abt. 1827, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...ii....ABNER ADKINS, b. Abt. 1830.
      ...iii....ELIJAH ADKINS, b. Abt. 1831, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...iv....JESSE ADKINS, b. Abt. 1832, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...v....JAMES ADKINS, b. Abt. 1835, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...vi....JANE ADKINS, b. Abt. 1837, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...vii....ARABELLA ADKINS, b. Abt. 1842, Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia.
      ...viii....PRESTON ADKINS, b. Abt. 1844, Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia.
      ...ix....WILLIAM ADKINS, b. Abt. 1845, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      ...x....ISABELLA ADKINS, b. Abt. 1848, Pittsylvania County,
      Virginia.
      Children of OWEN ADKINS and ISABELL HARRIS are:
      ...xi....WILLIAM ADKINS, b. Abt. 1811, Museville,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1891.
      191....xii....OWEN SANFORD ADKINS, b. December 12, 1812,
      Museville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. July 20, 1896,
      Museville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      ...xiii....MARY ANN ADKINS, b. Abt. 1813, Museville,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. March 1893.
      192....xiv....JACKSON ADKINS, b. February 01, 1815,
      Museville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. March 14,
      1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      193....xv....MASTIN ADKINS, b. May 1818, Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia.
      ...xvi....PERMELIA ADKINS, b. January 31, 1825,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. May 17, 1911, Vashti,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia.


      !NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
      Frances Reynolds

      !NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh, email
      dated 18.Jun.2000

      !DEATH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh, email
      dated 18.Jun.2000

      !BURIAL:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh, email
      dated 18.Jun.2000

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Today, 4/14/2014, I spoke with Tony Adkins, a direct descendant of Owen Adkins and Louisa Kendrick. He told me stories about Owen and that he raced horses on a tract around Callands and that he was said to have been a short wirey fellow and very quick on his feet, often winning races with friends from Callands to Chatham. One particular horse was named Black Miranda and the shoe from this horse was last known to be in the possession of Desmond Kendrick, also a descendant of Louisa. Louisa Kendrick never married Owen Adkins, but had at least 8 of his children.

    2. [S150] Photograph, http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/27fd3ac6-1ede-464a-a15a-59fe26ffe89b/12174188/1040240039.

    3. [S150] Photograph, Owen Sanford Adkins by Kyle Griffith.
      Yesterday I spent my time carving this familiar charcoal face whose eyes peer out from many of our own as the progenitor of a couple thousand Virginians and Americans. He is Pittsylvania County?s modern Adam with no particular Eve?my ancestor, your ancestor, probably his own ancestor?Owen Sanford Adkins (1785-1885). His biggest fans may notice that this drawing is actually a flipped version of his original ferrotype image, because those images are flipped along the vertical axis, so this is his true face as if he were staring back at you in person.

      Once more businesses reopen I will be able to make quality prints of this piece and get them to any descendants who may like to purchase one.

    4. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40829075.
      Owen Stanford Adkins, Sr.
      Birth Nov 1785
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      Death 15 May 1885 (aged 99)
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia

    5. [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.


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