Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Adkins, Sampson 1846 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Adkins, Sampson. Resides at Scott's Mills, Ore.; born April 18, 1846, in Morgan
County, Ky., a son of Richard Caswell Adkins and Margaret Cormoly Adkins, both
of whom were born in the same county. He was married to Elizabeth Jane Clark
March 27, 1869; fourteen children were born. Enlisted at Lancaster, Wis.,
February 20, 1862, in Company B, Fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Third
Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps. Later enlisted as member Company I same
regiment. Took part in following battles: Second Bull Run, first and second
Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, Antietam, Gettysburg, South Mountain, Wilderness,
Winchester, Petersburg, Hay Market; was wounded by shell in 1864; discharged
July 11, 1865, at Jeffersonville, Ind. Settled in O'Brien County in 1888,
residing at Sheldon. Member I. O. O. F. and G. A. R.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909


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