JOSEPH ADKINS
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The subject of this brief sketch was born in east Tennessee, in 1812, and removed to Illinois, in 1833, and settled in Morgan county, where he resided four years, and then removed to his present place of residence in 1837, which makes him one of the very early settlers of this region, and four years before the organization of Mason county. He engaged in farming and merchandizing, and after the construction of the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville railroad, he laid out the town of Saidora, and built a commodious warehouse, and in addition to his other occupations, has added quite an extensive grain trade. Mr. Adkins was first married in 1831, two years before his removal to the west, and again, in 1845, and a third marriage, in 1865, to his present companion. Like all substantial citizens, Mr. Adkins has served his share as township and school official, and now, as the hand of time begins to bear slightly on his once vigorous organism, he has, in a great measure, relinquished business affairs to the management of his sons, who are entirely competent for the trust imposed.

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