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James Fentress Adkerson

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James Fentress Adkerson

Birth
Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1943 (aged 77–78)
Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Carter, Beckham County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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James F (Jim) Adkerson birthday is listed in 1865, his bithday is 25 Feb 1861. His father, James Fentress Atkinson was in the Civil War serving in CO. "F" MURRARY'S 4TH TENN. CAVALRY, was killed 25 March 1861 near McMinnville, Tennessee. It is reported he changed the birth year to 1865 because his wife was born in 1874.
He did not want to appear that much older than her.
James F (Jim) Adkerson was one of three brothers who spelled
their names differant. No one is sure where this spelling can from.
Thomas Pane spelled his last name Atkinson as his dad spelled in the Mexican War of 1848.
Dudley the oldest, spelled his last name Adkins, the name
his father used in the Civil War.


James F (Jim) Adkerson birthday is listed in 1865, his bithday is 25 Feb 1861. His father, James Fentress Atkinson was in the Civil War serving in CO. "F" MURRARY'S 4TH TENN. CAVALRY, was killed 25 March 1861 near McMinnville, Tennessee. It is reported he changed the birth year to 1865 because his wife was born in 1874.
He did not want to appear that much older than her.
James F (Jim) Adkerson was one of three brothers who spelled
their names differant. No one is sure where this spelling can from.
Thomas Pane spelled his last name Atkinson as his dad spelled in the Mexican War of 1848.
Dudley the oldest, spelled his last name Adkins, the name
his father used in the Civil War.




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