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.