ALFRED ADKINS, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Saidora; was born in Campbell Co., Tenn., May 10, 1831, but removed to Illinois with his father's family in 1833; they first settled in Morgan Co., and about four years later removed to what is now Bath Township, this county. His father, Joseph Adkins, was born in East Tennessee in 1812; his death occurred Oct. 30, 1878; his mother, Betsey (Johnson) Adkins was also a native of Tennessee. The subject of this sketch was married, March 11, 1853, to Miss Sarah Schoonover, who was born in Delaware; they have six children-Nancy J., Joseph F., Clarissa L, Herman B., Richard C. and Mary B. Mr. Adkins owns 243 acres of land in Bath Township.

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