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Oliver C. Adkinson Veteran

Birth: 1 Jul 1843
Moorefield, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA
Death: 12 Dec 1873 (aged 30)
Switzerland County, Indiana, USA
Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery

Moorefield, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 39552206 View Source

He was "home" visiting his family with his family from Kansas and went to pick his younger sister up from teaching school in the horse and buggy...on their way home he drove it into a swollen creek and the buggy turned over drowning both of them...he trying to save her...

He was with Co.B, 140th Ind., Inf....during the Civil War.

He was "home" visiting his family with his family from Kansas and went to pick his younger sister up from teaching school in the horse and buggy...on their way home he drove it into a swollen creek and the buggy turned over drowning both of them...he trying to save her...

He was with Co.B, 140th Ind., Inf....during the Civil War.

Family Members

Parents

Spouse

Julia V. Adkinson Pierce

1853–1928 (m. 1869)

Siblings

Children

Oliver G. Adkinson

1873–1923

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Created by: Ruth Adkinson
Added: Jul 17, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39552206/oliver_c-adkinson: accessed ), memorial page for Oliver C. Adkinson (1 Jul 1843–12 Dec 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39552206, citing Ebenezer Cemetery, Moorefield, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Ruth Adkinson (contributor 47152072).

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