DESCENDANTS OF

MARY POLLY MONROE

Generation No. 1

MARY POLLY MONROE (ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1785 in Lunenburg County, VA, and died 1817 in Grainger County, TN. She married RICHARD ADKINS November 15, 1805 in Grainger County, TN, son of Elijah Adkins and Nancy Hunter.

Children of Mary Monroe and Richard Adkins are:

    i. RICHARD ADKINS, b. September 27, 1810, Grainger County, TN; d. October 23, 1885, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO.

    ii. WILLIAM ADKINS, b. Abt 1815, Campbell County, TN; d. Aft 1815.

    iii. ROSANNAH MONROE ADKINS, b. January 01, 1810, Campbell County, TN; d. Aft 1830; m. JOHN JOHNSON, March 1825, Anderson County, TN.

Generation No. 2

RICHARD ADKINS (MARY POLLY4 MONROE, ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born September 27, 1810 in Grainger County, TN, and died October 23, 1885 in Elmo, Nodaway, MO. He married MARGARET ADKINS December 25, 1835 in Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN.

Children of Richard Adkins and Margaret Adkins are:

    i. JAMES A.R.R. ADKINS, b. May 15, 1837, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. 1893.

    ii. WILLIAM HENRY ADKINS, b. May 15, 1837, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. May 18, 1917.

    iii. MARY R. ADKINS, b. October 04, 1839, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. August 30, 1908; m. WILLIAM RICHARD SHUMAKER.

    iv. JOHN J. ADKINS, b. December 26, 1840, Anderson County, TN; d. January 12, 1908.

    v. RANDALL RICHARD ADKINS, b. May 27, 1842, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. March 13, 1923.

    vi. MARGARET ADKINS, b. November 24, 1845, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. October 16, 1913, Nodaway County, MO.

    vii. HOWARD HUSTON ADKINS, b. July 15, 1849, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. February 23, 1886, Nodaway County, MO.

Generation No. 3

WILLIAM HENRY ADKINS (RICHARD5, MARY POLLY4 MONROE, ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born May 15, 1837 in Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN, and died May 18, 1917. He married KATHARINE KATE SHOWALTER November 10, 1863 in Havan, Mason County, IL.

Children of William Adkins and Katharine Showalter are:

    i. AMANDA JANE ADKINS, b. August 02, 1867, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. March 02, 1933, Alexandria, Thayer County, NE.

    ii. ALICE BELLE ADKINS, b. August 09, 1870, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. Aft 1880.

    iii. GEORGE ADKINS, b. May 1872, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO.

    iv. INA MAY MARTIN ADKINS, b. August 09, 1874, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. Abt 1953.

    v. MARGARET SHELTON ADKINS, b. 1877, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. Aft 1890.

    vi. LIZZIE M. ADKINS, b. December 1880, MO; d. Aft 1900.

    vii. ELIZABETH MARY ADKINS, b. December 1880, Nodaway County, MO.

    viii. WILLIAM ALBERT ADKINS, b. February 20, 1884, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. 1970.

JOHN J. ADKINS (RICHARD5, MARY POLLY4 MONROE, ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born December 26, 1840 in Anderson County, TN, and died January 12, 1908. He married ELIZABETH SPENCER March 05, 1868 in Elmo, Nodaway County, MO, daughter of Ransom Spencer and Susannah Johnson.

Children of John Adkins and Elizabeth Spencer are:

    i. MARGARET ADKINS.

    ii. CHARLES R. ADKINS.

    iii. GEORGE W. ADKINS.

    iv. JOHN REUBEN ADKINS.

    v. RICHARD ADKINS, b. 1870; d. 1880.

    vi. JAMES A. R. ADKINS, b. January 04, 1870; d. December 01, 1870.

    vii. NAPOLEON B. ADKINS, b. December 02, 1872; d. March 28, 1875.

RANDALL RICHARD ADKINS (RICHARD5, MARY POLLY4 MONROE, ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born May 27, 1842 in Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN, and died March 13, 1923. He married CATHERINE QUEENER January 02, 1862 in TN, daughter of Thomas Queener and Susan Rains.

Children of Randall Adkins and Catherine Queener are:

    i. FLORENCE TENNESSEE ADKINS, b. December 16, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. February 11.

    ii. JOHN HENRY ADKINS, b. September 01, 1863, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN; d. May 20, 1925.

    iii. THOMAS RICHARD ADKINS, b. March 26, 1868, MO; d. March 18, 1939.

    iv. JAMES J ADKINS, b. July 15, 1870, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. October 12, 1958, Clearmont, Nodaway County, MO.

    v. JOSEPH ADKINS, b. December 06, 1872, Nodaway County, MO; d. August 03, 1875.

    vi. EDWIN MARION ED ADKINS, b. July 26, 1878, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. January 03, 1964, Burlington Junction, Nodaway County, MO.

    vii. LUKE ERNEST ADKINS, b. September 25, 1881, Nodaway, MO; d. October 22, 1975.

    viii. MARK MAYNARD ADKINS, b. May 03, 1885, Elmo, Nodaway County, MO; d. October 23, 1940.

    ix. ERNEST ADKINS, b. August 01, 1887, Nodaway County, MO; d. February 12, 1888.

    x. MOLLIE ADKINS, b. 1874, Elmo, Nodaway, NO; d. September 25, Nodaway, MO.

MARGARET ADKINS (RICHARD5, MARY POLLY4 MONROE, ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born November 24, 1845 in Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN, and died October 16, 1913 in Nodaway, MO. She married (1) SAMUEL SHEPHERD. She married (2) WILLIAM SHEPHERD. She married (3) REUBEN GEORGE RAY November 24, 1878 in Elmo, Nodaway County, MO, son of Daniel Ray and Louisa George.

Child of Margaret Adkins and William Shepherd is:

    i. WILLIAM SHEPHERD, b. Abt 1873, MO.

Children of Margaret Adkins and Reuben Ray are:

    ii. IDA ENOWILLA RAY, b. December 15, 1879, Nodaway County, MO; d. February 10, 1965, St. Joseph, MO.

    iii. DANIEL RAY, b. 1881, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO; d. 1881, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO.

    iv. INFANT SON RAY, b. 1883, Burlington Junction, Nodaway County, MO; d. 1883, Burlington Junction, Nodaway County, MO.

    v. BERTHA CATHERINE RAY, b. 1885, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO; d. 1885, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO.

    vi. CHLOA JANE RAY, b. 1887, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO; d. 1887, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO.

    vii. JESSE TALMADGE RAY, b. 1889, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO; d. 1889, Possum Walk, Nodaway County, MO.

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