Wade & Webb Family History

Rufus Govan Adkins1847–1923

Goodwater · Mount Olive · Mission Burial Park · San Antonio

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 21 Mar 1847 Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. 25 Jan 1869 Susan Virginia Carlisle, at Coosa, Alabama 5

Death and burial

  1. 1923 Burial: Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
  2. 5 Mar 1923 Death: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas 9

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 25 Jan 1869
Susan Virginia Carlisle 1842–1885
Children
Robert W Adkins 1872–1931
Rufus Mitchell Adkins 1872–1952
John Franklin Adkins 1874–1935
Martha C Adkins 1876–?

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Rufus Govan Adkins
  2. Husband of Susan Virginia Carlisle
  3. Clarrissa Jane Carlisle
  4. James Pleasant Webb, son
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Husband of great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Rufus Govan Adkins was born on 21 March 1847 at Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date and records no parents.1 The federal censuses of 1850 and 1860 list him, under the spelling Atkins, in the household of William Atkins in Coosa County, the second in its 2nd Subdivision.2 Inference William Atkins was probably his father, but the census indexes do not give the relationship.2 The tree records that he served in Company D of the 17th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army, in 1864, in Tennessee, the company of his future brothers-in-law John S. Monk and Brinson Ross White.3 Records attached to his profile from Ancestry, cited without further detail, include entries in the compiled service records of Confederate soldiers, in Civil War prisoner-of-war records, in a collection of Alabama Civil War soldiers and in Confederate pension records.4 Inference The prisoner-of-war entries suggest that he was captured during the campaign in Tennessee, but the records themselves would need to be read to say when and where.4 On 25 January 1869, as R. G. Adkins, he married S. V. Carlisle, Susan Virginia, a daughter of Robert Whatley Carlisle and Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens, in Coosa County.5 The tree names four children, born between 1872 and 1876: Robert W., Rufus Mitchell, John Franklin and Martha C. Adkins.6 The census of 1880 lists Rufus G. Adkins at Mount Olive, Coosa County.7 Susan died in February 1885.8 He moved to Texas and died at San Antonio, Bexar County, on 5 March 1923, and was buried in the Mission Burial Park there, according to the Texas death index, the tree and the Find a Grave index.9 The death records of his sons name him as R. G. Adkins (Robert W., in Texas in 1931), Rufus Govan Adkins (Rufus Mitchell, in Texas in 1952) and "Van Adkins" (John F., in Alabama in 1935).10 Inference Van is probably a short form of his middle name, Govan.10

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Rufus Govan Adkins.

  1. 1850Rufus Atkins, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 1860Rufus G Atkins, "United States, Census, 1860"
  3. 25 Jan 1869R. G. Adkins, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  4. 25 Jan 1869R. G. Adkins, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  5. 1869R. G. Adkins, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  6. 1880Rufus G. Adkins, "United States, Census, 1880"
  7. 05 Mar 1923Rufus G Adkins, "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000"
  8. 5 March 1923Rufus G Adkins, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  9. 22 Feb 1931R G Adkins, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  10. 1935Van Adkins, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  11. 25 Feb 1952Rufus Govan Adkins in entry for Rufus Mitchell Adkins, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  12. 25 Feb 1952Rufus Govan Adkins, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  13. Alabama Civil War Soldiers 1860-1865
  14. Alabama Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions 1884-1958
  15. Civil War Prisoner of War Records 1861-1865
  16. Civil War Prisoner of War Records 1861-1865 #2
  17. Civil War Prisoner of War Records 1861-1865 #3
  18. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865
  19. Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records 1861-1865
  20. Rufus Govan Adkins, "Find a Grave Index"
  21. Texas Death Certificates 1903-1982
  22. Texas Death Index 1903-2000

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M1NC-9XV: birth 21 Mar 1847, Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama, no source attached; no parents recorded back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Rufus Atkins in entry for William Atkins, 1850. Record: Rufus Atkins in entry for William Atkins, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Rufus G Atkins in entry for Wm Atkins, 1860. Record: Rufus G Atkins in entry for Wm Atkins, 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M1NC-9XV: residence 1850, Coosa; 1860, 2nd Subdivision, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M1NC-9XV: military service 1864, Tennessee: Rufus Govan served in Company D 17th Alabama Infantry CSA; no source attached to the event FamilySearch Family Tree, profile PM8X-CKM (their page): Company D 17th Alabama Infantry CSA FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L7JX-RLN (their page): Company D 17th Alabama Infantry CSA back to the text
  4. Ancestry Record: Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records 1861-1865 Ancestry Record: Civil War Prisoner of War Records 1861-1865 Ancestry Record: Civil War Prisoner of War Records 1861-1865 #2 Ancestry Record: Civil War Prisoner of War Records 1861-1865 #3 Ancestry Record: Alabama Civil War Soldiers 1860-1865 Ancestry Record: Alabama Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions 1884-1958 back to the text
  5. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, R. G. Adkins and S. V. Carlisle, 25 Jan 1869. Record: R. G. Adkins and S. V. Carlisle, 25 Jan 1869 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, R. G. Adkins, 25 Jan 1869. Record: R. G. Adkins, 25 Jan 1869 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KJZD-DKH (their page): parents Robert Whatley Carlisle and Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M1NC-9XV: children: Robert W (1872–1931), Rufus Mitchell (1872–1952), John Franklin (1874–1935), Martha C (1876) back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Rufus G. Adkins, 1880. Record: Rufus G. Adkins, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M1NC-9XV: residence 1880, Mount Olive, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KJZD-DKH (their page): death 24 Feb 1885, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  9. "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000", FamilySearch, Rufus G Adkins, 05 Mar 1923. Record: Rufus G Adkins, 05 Mar 1923, Texas, Death Index "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, Rufus G Adkins, 5 March 1923. Record: Rufus G Adkins, 5 March 1923, Texas, Deaths FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M1NC-9XV: death 5 Mar 1923, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; burial 1923, Mission Burial Park, San Antonio "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Rufus Govan Adkins. Record: Rufus Govan Adkins, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  10. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, R G Adkins in entry for Robert W Adkins, 22 Feb 1931. Record: R G Adkins in entry for Robert W Adkins, 22 Feb 1931 "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, Rufus Govan Adkins in entry for Rufus Mitchell Adkins, 25 Feb 1952. Record: Rufus Govan Adkins in entry for Rufus Mitchell Adkins, 25 Feb 1952 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Van Adkins in entry for John F. Adkins, 1935. Record: Van Adkins in entry for John F. Adkins, 1935 back to the text