Notes:

Known as "Lee".

William married Noma Wood on 27 Feb 1913 in Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. Noma was born on 31 Dec 1896 in Norwood, San Miguel County, Colorado; died on 25 Jul 1984 in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado; was buried on 29 Jul 1984 in Nucla Cemetery, Nucla, Montrose County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Ada Belle Elkins on 29 Jul 1887 in Brown County, Indiana. Ada (daughter of Lewis Elkins, Corp. and Louisa White) was born on 25 Nov 1871 in Brown County, Indiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Ada Bell Elkins
Spouse Name: Abraham L Bennett
Marriage Date: 28 Jul 1887
Marriage County: Brown
Source Title 1: Brown County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Marriage Records 1853-1901 Books 2-4 Books 2 - 6
Source Title 3: Part I Index of Grooms Part II Index of Brides Com
Book: 5
OS Page: 160
Source Citation: Title: Brown County, Indiana, Marriage Records1853-1901 Books 2-4 Books 2 - 6, Part I Index of Grooms Part II Indexof Brides Com; Book: 5;Page: 160.
Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [databaseon-line].
[Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

Notes:

SOURCE OF CENSUS RECORDS: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins of ParkeCounty, Indiana; Records kept in Elkins volumes under William & RhodaElkins 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. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; www.Ancestry.com
Name: Lewis Elkins/with George W., Andrew, Richard, & William Elkinsfrom Elkinsville also.
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment Name: 31 Indiana Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry
COMPANY: G
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Alternate Name: Louis/Elkins
Film Number: M540 roll 22
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and SailorsSystem, online , acquired 2007.
[Transcribed 12 January 2008, SLJuhl, compiler]

American Civil War Soldiers; www.Ancestry.com
Name: Louis Elkins (Lewis Elkins)
Residence: Elkinsville, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Indiana
Service Record: Promoted to Full Corporal.
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].

UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS; www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
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.

Lewis married Louisa White on 4 Mar 1866 in Nashville, Brown County, Indiana. Louisa was born between 1847 and 1848 in Ohio; Father B. VA, Mother B. OH; died on 5 Mar 1884 in Brown County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]