Cash Adkins was born on June 9, 1886, in Jackson County, Kentucky, to Susan J. P. (Cain) Adkins (1862-1928) and to Manuel Adkins (whose gravesite has not yet been identified). Cash Adkins is the youngest of Manuel's and Susan's four sons, whose first three in the order of their birth are: (1) James "Jim" Adkins (1880–1976) who wed Martha J Alcorn Adkins (1896–1974) and raised one son, Cash Earl Adkins (1923-2006), (2) Preston Adkins (1881–19790 who did not wed and died at the age of ninety-seven, and (3) John Cleveland Adkins (1885–1968) who in 1913 wed Jennie M. Calohan Adkins
(1894–1980) and with her raised one son, CPL Donald Thomas Adkins (1922-1942) who served as a mechanic in the U. S. Army Air Force during World War II until his death at Sumpter in Sumpter County, South Carolina.
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During World War I, Private Cash Adkins served in Company "M" of the 61st Infantry Regiment of the U. S. Army with the American Expeditionary Force (A. E. F.) in France. Two months after having returned to the United States from France on July 20, 1919, aboard the Steamship "Aquitania", Cash Adkins on September 24, 1919, in Butler County, Ohio, wed Addie Frances Durham (1891-1955), daughter of James W. Durham (1863–1933) and Mary L. (Baker) Durham (1870–1933), who had been born in Kentucky and had moved with their children to Butler County, Ohio. Together in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, Cash Adkins and Addie Frances (Durham) Adkins raised two sons, Robert Adkins (1921–1933), who died at age eleven, and Leonard Adkins (1924-1963) who died in Columbus, Ohio, without having ever married.
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Cash Adkins died at the age sixty=six on January 28, 1953, in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, and was interred there on February 2, 1953, at Greenwood Cemetery in Section WW1 ("World War I"), Row 01, Grave 159. Two years and a day later on January 29, 1953, Addie Frances (Durham) Adkins died at the age of sixty-three in Hamilton, and was interred there at Greenwood Cemetery in Section W, Lot 462. Gravee 06.
Before writing the above "bio" of PVT Cash Adkins, Bruce Garver attached the following four documents to this Memorial that he manages for Cash Adkins:
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(1) From the "U.S. Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939" in the National Archives at College Park, Maryland: "Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985", Record Group # 92; Roll or Box #39.
Name: CASH ADKINS
Military Unit: CO. M, 61ST INFANTRY [Company "M" 61st Infantry Regiment]
Rank: Private / Service Number: 2,388,715
Departure Date: 13 Jul 1919 / Departure Place: Brest, France
Ship: Aquitania
Arrival Date: 20 Jul 1919 / Arrival Place: New York
Residence Place: Alcorn, Kentucky
Mother: Susan Cain Adkins
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(2) From the "Ohio, U.S., Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958":
Name: Cash Adkins
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1886
Death Date: about 1953 =January 28, 1953, per document (4) below.
Burial Date: 2 Feb 1953
Burial Place: Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Cemetery: Greenwood
Branch of Service: Army
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(3) From the "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993", Film #000355792:
Name: Cash Adkins / Gender:Male
Birth Date: June 9, 1886, per document (2) above.
Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1919
Marriage Place: Butler Co., Ohio, USA
Father: Manuel Adkins
Mother: Susan Kain = Susan Cain
Spouse: Addie Frances Durham
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(4) CASH ADKINS in the records of the Greenwood Cemetery Association:
Loc: Section WW1, Row 01, Grave 159, Original Interment #34337 Owner: Cash Adkins
Date of Birth: 06/09/1886
Place of Birth: JACKSON CO., KENTUCKY
Father Name: EMANUEL ADKINS - Emmanuel Adkins
Mother Name: SUSAN KAIN ADKINS
Spouse Name: ADDIE FRANCES (DURHAM) ADKINS
Date of Death: 01/28/1953
Age at death: 57
Place of Death: HAMILTON, OHIO
Service Date:02/02/1953
Gender: Male