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Thomas Jefferson Atkins

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Thomas Jefferson Atkins

Birth
Henry County, Tennessee, USA
Death
2 Feb 1904 (aged 61)
Weakley County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Palmersville, Weakley County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Spouse:
Julia Ann Josephine Ridgeway
Married: March 21, 1869, Weakley Co., TN

Parents:
James Henry F. Atkins
Lucy Ann Dabney

Children:
Gus Henry Atkins
Sarah Maud Atkins
Virginia Bell Atkins
John D. Atkins
James Edgar Atkins
Clara Beatrice Atkins
Samuel Thomas Atkins
Charles Leslie Atkins
Emma Ruth Atkins
Willie Herbert Atkins
Anna Lucile Atkins
Lillian Atkins
Josephine Lorene Atkins

** He served in the 7th Regiment of TN Cavalry Volunteers Army of U.S. from 1/1/1862 until honorably discharged.

7th Tennessee Calvary, Co B, private/sergeant, enlisted by L. D. Crockett at Columbus, KY on 1/10/64 and mustered at Columbus, KY on 6/10/64 at age 22. He received a bounty of $300 for enlistment. He escaped capture at Union City, TN and mustered out with the regiment at Nashville on 8/9/65. Atkins applied for and received an invalid pension in 1887. When he answered the 1890 census he lived in Weakley Co, TN near the Palmerville Post Office. His wife, Julia A J, received a widow's pension in 1871 which in 1883 was worth $8 per month.
Spouse:
Julia Ann Josephine Ridgeway
Married: March 21, 1869, Weakley Co., TN

Parents:
James Henry F. Atkins
Lucy Ann Dabney

Children:
Gus Henry Atkins
Sarah Maud Atkins
Virginia Bell Atkins
John D. Atkins
James Edgar Atkins
Clara Beatrice Atkins
Samuel Thomas Atkins
Charles Leslie Atkins
Emma Ruth Atkins
Willie Herbert Atkins
Anna Lucile Atkins
Lillian Atkins
Josephine Lorene Atkins

** He served in the 7th Regiment of TN Cavalry Volunteers Army of U.S. from 1/1/1862 until honorably discharged.

7th Tennessee Calvary, Co B, private/sergeant, enlisted by L. D. Crockett at Columbus, KY on 1/10/64 and mustered at Columbus, KY on 6/10/64 at age 22. He received a bounty of $300 for enlistment. He escaped capture at Union City, TN and mustered out with the regiment at Nashville on 8/9/65. Atkins applied for and received an invalid pension in 1887. When he answered the 1890 census he lived in Weakley Co, TN near the Palmerville Post Office. His wife, Julia A J, received a widow's pension in 1871 which in 1883 was worth $8 per month.


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