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Living Elkins

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Living Elkins (son of Calvin Elkins and Margaret Robertson Robinson).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Calvin Elkins was born on 26 Oct 1867 in Brown County, Indiana (son of Andrew James Elkins and Ellen Combs); died on 7 Jun 1955 in Bartholomew County, Indiana; was buried in Jun 1955 in Old Hall Cemetery, Now Elkinsville Cemetery, Near Elkinsville, Johnson (Now Van Buren) Township, Brown County, Indiana.

    Calvin married Margaret Robertson Robinson about 1898 in Brown County, Indiana. Margaret was born on 4 Jul 1862 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 26 Apr 1928 in Bartholomew County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Robertson Robinson was born on 4 Jul 1862 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 26 Apr 1928 in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
    Children:
    1. Anna Elkins was born on 2 Mar 1901 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 13 Jan 1938 in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
    2. 1. Living Elkins


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Andrew James Elkins was born on 19 Oct 1842 in Brown County, Indiana (son of *Thomas Elkins and *Rebecca Stogdill); died on 11 Sep 1909 in Bartholomew County, Indiana.

    Notes:

    American Civil War Soldiers; www.Ancestry.com
    Name: Andrew Elkins
    Residence: Elkinsville, Indiana
    Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1861
    Side Served: Union
    State Served: Indiana
    Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 September 1861.
    Enlisted in Company G, 31st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 20 Sep 1861.
    Mustered Out Company G, 31st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 8 Dec 1865.
    Sources: 76
    Source Citation: Side served: Union; State served: Indiana; Enlistmentdate: 20 Sep 1861..
    Historical Data Systems, comp.. American Civil War Soldiers [databaseon-line].

    Note: He was in the same company as his brothers George W. & Richardand must have been at Fort Donelson, Tennesse when his brother died.

    UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
    31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry
    Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., and mustered in September 15, 1861.Ordered to Kentucky and camp at Green River till February, 1862.Attached to 13th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 13thBrigade, 5th Division, Army Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rdDivision, Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4thDivision, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. 22nd Brigade, 4thDivision, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 22nd Brigade, 4thDivision, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1stBrigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of theCumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st ArmyCorps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1stDivision, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.Dept. of Texas to December,1865.
    SERVICE.-Moved to Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 11-13, 1862.Investment and capture of Fort Donelson February 14-16. Expedition toCrump's Landing, Tenn., March 9-14. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.Phillips' Creek, Widow Serratt's, May 21. Bridge Creek before CorinthMay 28. Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle TennesseeJune to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battleof Perryville, October 8. Wild Cat October 17. March to Nashville,Tenn., October 22-November 8. Destruction of Goose Creek Salt WorksOctober 23-24. Duty at Nashville till December 26. Advance onMurfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Battle ofStone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty atMurfreesboro and Cripple Creek till June. Action at Spring Hill,Woodbury, April 2. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee to August 16. Passage of theCumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.)Campaign August 16-September 22. Lee and Gordon's Mills September11-13. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga,Tenn., September 24-October 26. Reopening Tennessee River October26-29. At Bridgeport, Ala., October 28, 1863, to January, 1864.Regiment Veteranize January 1, 1864, and on Furlough February andMarch. At Ooltewah till May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton,Ga., May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance onDallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battlesabout Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on KenesawJune 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. ChattahoochieRiver July 5-17. Vining Station July 7. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy StationSeptember 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and NorthAlabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December.Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30.Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the TennesseeRiver December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there tillMarch, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Duty atNashville till June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16, thence toTexas, July. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till December.Mustered out December 8, 1865.
    Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 115 Enlisted men killedand mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 253 Enlisted men by disease.Total 378.

    Birth & death dates on the children supplied by www.RootsWeb.comWorldConnect Project; No Title; Contact: Dave--buchroeder@telus.net.NOTE: Dave has an Alberta Elkins listed with a b. 29 Dec 1907,Bartholomew County. This would have made Nancy Ellen more than 50 yrsold at her birth. I'm wondering if Alberta is a granddaughterinstead. [11 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

    Andrew married Ellen Combs on 10 Feb 1866 in 1st Marriage; Brown County, Indiana. Ellen was born in 1852 in Jackson Co., Indiana, USA; died in 1875 in Brown County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ellen Combs was born in 1852 in Jackson Co., Indiana, USA; died in 1875 in Brown County, Indiana.
    Children:
    1. Sarah Elkins was born in Brown County, Indiana.
    2. 2. Calvin Elkins was born on 26 Oct 1867 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 7 Jun 1955 in Bartholomew County, Indiana; was buried in Jun 1955 in Old Hall Cemetery, Now Elkinsville Cemetery, Near Elkinsville, Johnson (Now Van Buren) Township, Brown County, Indiana.
    3. Lovina Vina Elkins was born on 5 May 1870 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 4 Jan 1932 in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
    4. Francis Marion Elkins was born in 1873 in Brown County, Indiana; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  *Thomas Elkins was born in 1813 in Pulaski County, Kentucky (son of Richard Elkins and Rhoda Stephens, son of Drury Drewrea Elken Elkin Elkins and Margaret); died in 1859 in Brown County, Indiana.

    Notes:

    This Thomas Elkins is either the brother of William Sr. Elkins or hiseldest son. He drops out of the Indiana census after c.1850.

    "1850 United States Federal Census
    Name: Thomas Elkins
    Age: 37
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
    Birth Place: Kentucky
    Gender: Male
    Home in 1850(City,County,State): Johnson, Brown, Indiana
    Household Members: Name Age
    Austrew j Elkins 4
    George W Elkins 6
    Margaret Elkins 2
    Nancy Elkins 13
    Patsy Elkins 16
    Rebecca Elkins 37
    Rhoda Elkins 18
    Richard Elkins 9
    Thomas Elkins 37
    Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Johnson, Brown, Indiana;Roll: M432_137; Page: 245; Image: 113. Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005."

    SOURCE OF MOST ORIGINAL CENSUS RECORDS: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkinsof Parke County, Indiana; Records kept in Elkins volumes under Drury &Margaret Elkins section. [daughter, SLJuhl, compiler;SLJuhl1234@yahoo.com]

    Another Source For the Families Genealogy: www.RootsWeb.comWorldConnect Project; Descendant Register Report of Drury Elkins, b.12 Oct 1819; Dave - buchroeder@telus.net; Updated: 2007-01-01,20:29:31 UTC (Mon); Entries: 1010808; Obtained 11 Jan 2008 [SLJuhl,Compiler & Family Genealogist; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]

    U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
    Name: Thomas Elkins
    Issue Date: 10 May 1848
    State of Record: Indiana
    Acres: 40.07
    Accession Number: IN2870__.072
    Metes and Bounds: No
    Land Office: Jeffersonville
    Canceled: No
    US Reservations: No
    Mineral Reservations: No
    Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
    Document Number: 19618
    Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
    31 8-N 3-E 2nd PM Brown
    Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [databaseon-line].
    [Obtained & Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler-copy infiles]

    U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
    Name: Thomas Elkins
    Issue Date: 10 Apr 1849
    State of Record: Indiana
    Acres: 80
    Accession Number: IN2910__.004
    Metes and Bounds: No
    Land Office: Jeffersonville
    Canceled: No
    US Reservations: No
    Mineral Reservations: No
    Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
    Document Number: 21517
    Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
    31 8-N 3-E 2nd PM Brown
    31 8-N 3-E 2nd PM Brown
    Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [databaseon-line].
    [Obtained & Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler-copy infiles]

    THE ELKINS EAGLE NEWSLETTER, VOLUME I, # 4, PAGE 85: #43 - THOMASELKINS
    "In 1850 Brown Co., IN., Thomas Elkins b. ca. 1813 KY probable son ofRichard & Rhoda Stevens Elkins, is living next to his step-fatherWilliam Elkins. He is mar. to Rebecca Stogdill, dau. of Samuel &Martha (Elkins) Stogdill, m. 1831. Their children: Rhoda b. ca. 1832m. Harvey Johnson; Cumberland b. ca. 1833 IN., m. 1st Lucy Shipley m2nd Nancy C. Davis; Patsy b. ca. 1834 No further info; Nancy b. ca.1837 m WM Sullivan Jr.; Richard b. ca. 1841 No further info; Thomasdisappeared by 1860 and I want to know where he went. Any descendantsout there to correspond with??? 19E-Carol Stultz 165 No SR RD75,Danville, IN 46122."

    *Thomas married *Rebecca Stogdill on 8 Jun 1830 in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana. *Rebecca (daughter of Samuel James Stagdol Stogsdill and Martha Elken Elkin Elkins) was born in 1813 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died in 1856 in Brown County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  *Rebecca Stogdill was born in 1813 in Pulaski County, Kentucky (daughter of Samuel James Stagdol Stogsdill and Martha Elken Elkin Elkins); died in 1856 in Brown County, Indiana.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
    Name: Thomas Elkins
    Spouse Name: Rebecca Stogdill
    Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1830
    Marriage County: Jackson
    Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
    OS Page: 1314624
    Source Citation: Title: , , ; Book: Family History Library, SaltLake City, UT;Page: 1314624.
    Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [databaseon-line].
    [Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

    Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
    Name: Thomas Elkins
    Spouse Name: Rebecca Stogdill
    Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1830
    Marriage County: Jackson
    Performed By: Elkins, Thomas
    Comment: Elkins, Thomas married Stogdill, Rebecca on 08 Jun 1830 inJackson County, Indiana
    Source Title 1: Elkins, Thomas married Stogdill, Rebecca on 08 Jun1830 in Jackson County, Indiana
    Source Title 2: Indiana
    Jackson County
    Source Citation: Title: Elkins, Thomas married Stogdill, Rebecca on 08Jun 1830 in Jackson County, Indiana, Indiana
    Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [databaseon-line].
    [Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

    Jackson County, Indiana Marriage Book; Elkins; Bride/Groom, Volume II,# 4, page 173 gives marriage date of 1831/06/08, Book A & B, Page 189.[21 April 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]

    Children:
    1. Rhoda Elkins was born in 1832 in Brown County, Indiana; died in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
    2. Martha Patsy Elkins was born on 5 May 1834 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 5 Feb 1914 in Brown County, Indiana; was buried in Feb 1914 in Old Hall Cemetery, Now Elkinsville Cemetery, Near Elkinsville, Johnson (Now Van Buren) Township, Brown County, Indiana.
    3. Nancy Elkins was born between 1836 and 1837 in Brown County, Indiana; died in Brown County, Indiana.
    4. Richard Elkins was born between 1839 and 1841 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 15 Feb 1862 in Fort Donelson, Tennessee; Civil War.
    5. 4. Andrew James Elkins was born on 19 Oct 1842 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 11 Sep 1909 in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
    6. George W. Elkins was born in 1844 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 10 May 1890 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
    7. John William Elkins was born on 11 Jul 1846 in Brown County, Indiana; died on 6 Dec 1921 in Jackson Co., Indiana, USA.
    8. Margaret Elkins was born in 1848 in Brown County, Indiana; died in Bartholomew County, Indiana.



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