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PVT James Atkins

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PVT James Atkins Veteran

Birth
Ireland
Death
21 Jul 1864 (aged 35–36)
Georgia, USA
Burial
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.9508944, Longitude: -84.5400611
Plot
F, 4620
Memorial ID
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Co I 51st Ohio Infantry
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps
Died of Cholera Morbis in Div. Hospital near Atlanta.
-U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 and Widow's pension file

VA grave locator spells name as Atkins.

ATKINS, J
DATE OF DEATH: 07/22/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION F SITE 4620
-VA gravesite locator

Listed in the 1850 census under the name of Aikin, born in Ireland, and living in Coshocton County, Ohio. Occupation, shoe maker. Listed in the 1860 census under the name of Aiken, with wife Sarah, and children, Caroline, Mary, and Charles.

His widow, Sarah E. Moore Akins, applied for a Widow's pension. She later married Josiah Green. She died July 4, 1919, according to a letter to the pension board from her daughter, Carrie Beans. Children mentioned in file include: Caroline b. 1851, Mary b. 1852, Charles b. 1858, and Lucy b. 1862.
-Widow's pension file
Co I 51st Ohio Infantry
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps
Died of Cholera Morbis in Div. Hospital near Atlanta.
-U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 and Widow's pension file

VA grave locator spells name as Atkins.

ATKINS, J
DATE OF DEATH: 07/22/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION F SITE 4620
-VA gravesite locator

Listed in the 1850 census under the name of Aikin, born in Ireland, and living in Coshocton County, Ohio. Occupation, shoe maker. Listed in the 1860 census under the name of Aiken, with wife Sarah, and children, Caroline, Mary, and Charles.

His widow, Sarah E. Moore Akins, applied for a Widow's pension. She later married Josiah Green. She died July 4, 1919, according to a letter to the pension board from her daughter, Carrie Beans. Children mentioned in file include: Caroline b. 1851, Mary b. 1852, Charles b. 1858, and Lucy b. 1862.
-Widow's pension file


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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Nov 9, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31251149/james-atkins: accessed ), memorial page for PVT James Atkins (1828–21 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31251149, citing Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).