Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe (1850-1934)

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe was born August 23, 1850 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the seventh child born to John D. Wickliffe, but the thirteenth born to Rachel Oates Boggess Wickliffe.

Harriet married Marcellus Adkins on March 12, 1879 in the county of her birth.  She was 28 years old and he was 24 years.  Marcelle was born on May 30, 1854, in the same county.  He was the son of Sanders Monroe Adkins, and Lucinda Bell, both of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

After their marriage, Marcellus and Hattie settled on a farm in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  They relocated to Greenville, in Muhlenberg County, sometime before 1920, where Marcellus was working at a saw mill.  They were the parents of four children:

Ruby              born February 1880
Forrest            born November 15, 1881
Iola                  born June 28, 1884
Grace             born November 1887

Marcellus Adkins died on March 19, 1927, at the age of 72, shortly after suffering a stroke.  He was living in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Harriet survived her husband by just seven years.

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe Adkins died on February 3, 1934.  At the time of her death, she had been living with her son, Forrest, in a home on Cherry Street in Greenville.  Her death resulted from an arterial aneurysm.  She was 82 years old at her death.
Forrest Adkins, Iola Adkins Moore, Harriet Wickliffe Adkins, Louise Moore Martin (baby), Ruby Adkins Taggert
Iola, Ruby, & Grace Adkins

Notes for Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Birth:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Marriage:  Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Original data: See extended description for original data sources listed by county.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.



Notes for Marcellus Adkins

Birth and Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.

Residence and Occupation in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place:  Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T9_435; Family History Film: 1254435; Page: 81.2000;            Enumeration District: 135; Image: 0369.

Residence and Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place:  Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky;  Roll: T625_593; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 422.
 

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