Grace Adkins (1887-1972)

Grace Adkins

Daughter of Marcellus Adkins & Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Grace Adkins

Grace Adkins was born November 20, 1887 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the youngest of four children born to Martelle Adkins and Harriet Artesia Wickliffe.  She was raised on the family farm in Boggess.

Grace married William Henry Feiler on December 29, 1909 in Madisonville, Kentucky.  She was 22 years old and he was 25 years.  William was born on December 11, 1884 in Kentucky, the son of Frederick G. Feiler and Cinderella Laffoon.  They were the parents of three children:

Fred                born in 1912
William           born in 1914
Charlie           born in 1928

William registered for the draft for World War I on September 12, 1918.  At that time, he and Grace were living in Clay, Webster County, Kentucky, where William was employed as a bookkeeper for the West Kentucky Coal Company.  He was described as a tall man, of medium build, with grey eyes and dark hair.

By 1920, the Feiler family was living in a home on Adams Street in Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky.  William was employed as a shipping clerk for a coal company.  They moved to Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky by 1930, where William continued his employment as a shipping clerk for a coal yard.

William Henry Feiler died on June 5, 1955 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 67 years old at his death.  Grace outlived her husband by almost 17 years.  Grace Adkins Feiler died on May 7, 1972, at the age of 84, in the same city.



Notes for Grace Adkins

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com, FamilyTree Grace Adkins

Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Number: 401-90-4702; Issue State: Kentucky; Issue Date: 1973.


Notes for William Henry Feiler

Birth, Occupation, Physical Description, and Residence in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Webster County, Kentucky; Roll: 1653847; Draft Board: 0.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Sturgis, Union, Kentucky; Roll: T625_600; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 438.

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place:  Paducah,  McCracken,  Kentucky;  Roll: 768; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 619.0.

Death:  Ancestry.com, FamilyTree Grace Adkins

 

Iola Adkins (1884-1978)

Iola Adkins

Daughter of Marcellus Adkins & Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Iola Adkins

Iola Adkins was born June 28, 1884 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the third of four children born to Marcellus Adkins and Harriet Artesia Wickliffe.  She was raised on the family farm in Boggess.

Around 1902, Iola married Loran Paschal Moore in Boggess.  She was 18 years old and he was 27 years.  Loran was born April 12, 1874 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, the son of William Riley Moore and Francis Familiar Hanks.  Loran and Iola were the parents of three chidren:

                        Hazel R.                     born in 1906

                        Iola Lucille                  born in 1909

                        Loran Paschal          born December 1, 1915

By 1920, Loran and Iola had settled their family in a home on Main Cross Street in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, near the home of Iola’s parents.  Loran was a Medical Physician, having graduated from Barnes Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri in 1898.

Loran Paschal Moore died on October 18, 1948, in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  His death certificate states that the cause of death was hypertension, heart disease, chronic infection, and diabetes.  He was 74 years old at his death. 

Iola passed away three decades after the death of her husband.  Iola Wickliffe Moore died on April 26, 1978 in Muhlenberg County.  She was 93 years old at her death. 

Notes for Iola Adkins

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Source Citation: Number: 404-66-6470; Issue State: Kentucky; Issue Date: 1964.

Marriage:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 771; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 984.0.

Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Notes for Loran Paschal Moore

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

 

Forrest Adkins (1881-1976)

Forrest Adkins

Son of Marcellus Adkins & Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Forrest Adkins

Forrest Adkins was born November 15, 1881 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the second of four children born to Marcellus Adkins and Harriet Artesia Wickliffe.  He was raised on the family farm in Boggess.

On September 12, 1918, Forrest registered for the draft for World War I at the age of 36 years.  He was living in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky and was a self employed merchant.  He was of medium height and build, with blue eyes and black hair.  He was not a veteran of the World War.

Forrest was living with his widowed mother in 1930.  They owned a house on Cherry Street in Greenville, valued at $4,000.  

           

Forrest Adkins died on March 31, 1976 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was 94 years old at his death.

Notes for Forrest Adkins

Birth, Occupation, Physical Description, Residence in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 771; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 993.0.

Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning.  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Signature:  see draft card information above

 

Ruby Adkins (1880-1955)

Ruby Adkins

Daughter of Marcellus Adkins & Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Ruby Adkins

Ruby Adkins was born February 1880 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the eldest of four children born to Marcellus Adkins and Harriet Artesia Wickliffe.  She was raised on the family farm in Boggess.

On December 13, 1905, Ruby married William Pinkney Taggart in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was 25 years and he was 32 years old.  William was born March 4, 1873 in Kentucky, the son of James M. Taggart, III and Mary Elizabeth Poole.

William registered for the draft for World War I on September 12, 1918.  He and Ruby were living in a home located at 1028 Greenwood Ave, Cannon City, Fremont County, Colorado.  William was employed as a grocery merchant for Anderson & Taggart in Cannon City.  William was described as tall and slender, with brown eyes and medium dark hair.  He and Ruby lived in Colorado for the remainder of their lives. 

Ruby Adkins Taggart died on May 26, 1955 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky at the age of 75 years.  Her residence was listed as Colorado.  William went on to live another 33 years after his wife’s death. 

William Pinkney Taggart died in December 1968 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. He was 95 years old at his death.

Notes for Ruby Adkins

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T623 545; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 68.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com FamilyTree, Ruby Adkins

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for William P. Taggart

Birth, Residence, Employment, & Physical Description in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Fremont County, Colorado; Roll: 1561813; Draft Board: 0.

Residence and Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Canon, Fremont, Colorado; Roll: T625_164; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 78.

Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Source Citation: Number: 524-07-1250; Issue State: Colorado; Issue Date: Before 1951.

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe (1850-1934)

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Daughter of John Davis Wickliffe and Rachel Oates Boggess

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.

 

Kelon Davis Wickliffe (1847- )

Kelon Davis Wickliffe

Son of John Davis Wickliffe & Rachel Oates Boggess

 

 

 Kelon Davis Wickliffe was born in October 1847 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the sixth child born to John D. Wickliffe, but the twelfth born to Rachel Oates Boggess Wickliffe.  

Kelon married Anna Elizabeth DePoyster on October 8, 1879 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was 32 years old and she was 21 years.  Annie was born on May 25, 1856 in Kentucky, the daughter of Riley DePoyster and Hulda Williams.

In 1900, Kelon and Annie were renting a farm in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  They were the parents of seven children:

            (Child)                        born and died between 1879/1900

            (Child)                        born after 1879

            Willie L.                      born May 1883

            Robert R.                   born February 1885

            Mary G.                      born December 1887

            Claude M.                  born January 1893

            Annie                         born December 1895

Anna Elizabeth DePoyster Wickliffe died on September 30, 1925 in Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky.  Her death resulted from lymphoma, or cancer of the lymph nodes, from which she had suffered for two years preceding her death.  She was 69 years old at her death.

Kelon Davis Wickliffe died sometime before 1925, as Annie was listed as a widow on her death certificate.

One of Kelon’s and Annie’s children has a death certificate on record.  The name on the certificate is W.C. “Bob” Wickliffe.  There is conflicting information on the death certificate, so I cannot tell which child he is.  The birth date listed is April 28, 1875, the death date is June 14, 1913, and his age is listed as 28 years old.  Obviously, all of that information cannot be correct.  I suspect he is either Willie or Robert, but I cannot be sure.  W.C. had been employed by the Illinois Central Railroad Company as a railroad section hand.  The cause of death was “being struck by a train, or in other words trying to catch a train.”  W.C. was married at the time of his death; his wife’s name was listed as Mrs. W.C. Wickliffe.

Notes for Kelon Davis Wickliffe

Birth, Residence, and Occupation in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T623 545; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 68.

Marriage:  Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.     

               

Notes for Anna Elizabeth DePoyster

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

Children:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T623 545; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 68.

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

Notes for W.C. “Bob” Wickliffe

Birth, Marriage, Death, and Cause of Death:  Source Information:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Martha C. Wickliffe (1845-1923)

Martha C. Wickliffe

Daughter of John Davis Wickliffe and Rachel Oates Boggess

Martha C. Wickliffe was born on May 4, 1845 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the fifth child born to John Davis Wickliffe, but the eleven born to Rachel Oates Boggess Wickliffe.  

Mattie married Joseph Martin Mitchell on October 18, 1892 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was 47 years old, and he was 70 years.  Joseph was born in March 1822, in Kentucky.  He was a widower at the time of his marriage to Mattie.

In 1900, Joseph and Mattie were living on a farm in Fordsville, Ohio County, Kentucky.  Their farm was adjacent to the one owned by Joseph’s son, Joseph Mitchell, Jr.

Joseph Martin Mitchell died on August 27, 1904, in Barretts Ferry, Ohio County, Kentucky.  He was 82 years old at his death. 

Sometime after the death of her husband, Mattie moved in with her brother-in-law, Marcellus Adkins, and his family in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky.  She lived there until her death in 1923. 

Martha C. Wickliffe Mitchell died on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1923, in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, at the age of 78 years.  Arthritis was listed as the cause of death, a condition from which she had suffered for 30 years.  She was buried on Christmas Day.

 

Notes for Martha C. Wickliffe

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

Marriage:  Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Source number: 1160.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM.

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

Notes for Joseph Martin Mitchell

Birth, Residence, and Occupation in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Fordsville, Ohio, Kentucky; Roll: T623 546; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 112.

Death:  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah  84150, USA, www.familysearch.org.  

William Ross Utley (1886-1965)

William Ross Utley

Son of William Obediah Utley & Cynthia Ann Wickliffe

 

 

William Ross Utley was born September 25, 1886 in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky.  He was the last of five children born to William Obediah Utley and Cynthia Ann Wickliffe.  His mother died when he was just three years old. 

In 1900, Ross was living with his sister, Elizabeth C. Nourse, and her husband, John, and their children, in Kitchen, Hopkins County, Kentucky. 

On December 1, 1909 Ross married Bonnaline Martin in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky.  He was 23 years old and she was 19 years.  Bonnaline was born August 19, 1890, also in Madisonville. 

Shortly after their marriage, Ross and Bonnaline settled on a rented farm on Pleasant View Road in District 7, Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Their farm was near the one owned by Ross’s eldest brother, Aspsia Utley.  They also had one daughter:  

                  Mary W.        born on November 28, 1911.

On June 5, 1917, Ross registered for the draft for World War I.  He was ranked as a Private, having been in the Kentucky State Militia for three years already.  He and Bonnaline, and their daughter Mary, were living on a farm which they had purchased on Kirtwood Road in Manitow, Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Ross was described as short, of medium build, with blue eyes and dark grey hair.

William Ross and Bonnaline Martin Utley lived the rest of their lives in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Ross died there on August 2, 1965, just one month short of his 79^th birthday.  Bonnaline lived another 15 years after her husband’s death. 

Bonnaline Martin Utley died on April 29, 1980 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  She was 89 years old at her death.

Notes for William Ross Utley

Birth, Occupation, Physical Description, Residence in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.

Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Kitchen, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: T623 528; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 73.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree - Bonnaline Martin. http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=36230861.  Accessed 6 January 2008.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: 7-Dist, Hopkins, Kentucky; Series: T624; Roll: 481; Page: 48A; Enumeration District: 99; Part: 2; Line: 7.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Manitow, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: T625_576; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 108; Image: 210.

Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Signature:  see draft card information above

Notes for Bonnaline Martin

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.   Source Citation: Number: 402-74-1414; Issue State: Kentucky; Issue Date: 1966.

Death:  Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp.. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Notes for Mary W. Utley                                                                                                               

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.