Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Adkins, Nashville 1831 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Nashville Adkins, farmer, Veedersburg, was born in 1831, is a native of
Fountain county, son of Granville and Ipsley Adkins, both natives of Kentucky,
and came to Fountain with its first settlers and located in Troy township, where
they still live. The subject of this sketch was reared to the occupation of
farming. His early education was such as he was able to obtain in the pioneer
schools of his pioneer birthplace and home. He was married in 1865, to Mary
Elkins, native of Kentucky, emigrated to Fountain county in 1855 with her
parents, Matthew and Nancy Elkins. By this marriage he has four children:
Granville B., William T., Ollie, and Men. His wife is a member of the church
known as Christians or Disciples, at Veedersburg. He has a farm of fifty acres
fairly stocked. In politics he is a republican of the first rank.

Additional Comments:

Van Buren Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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