William H. H. Adkins - Civil War Soldier
William H. H. Adkins was born 1830 in Kentucky. Sept.1,1850 he
married Lucinda Wiley in Louisa, Lawrence Co. Ky. She was the daughter
of Hezekiah Wiley and Lucretia Nelson and granddaughter of Jenny Wiley
. They had 6 children. George Washington, Samuel B., John, Nancy A.
Jeremiah (lived only 6 mos.), and Benjamin.
William was a Private in the Civil War. He was in the 14th.Ky.Inf.
Co. D. He served from 1861-1865. About 1869 he moved his family
to Lawrence County Ohio. He was a farmer and a well known
preacher in Lawrence County. In a later newspaper article from a
local paper listed him as one of a group of ministers that started an
evangelistic movement after the Civil War and established several
churches in the area. It was called the Bethlehem Association. The
members that were listed were ( Elders J. E. Rice, Phillip Hager,
Andrew White, James Kirk, W. H. H. Adkins, William (Sonny) Dillon, H
.H. Saunders, R. L. Hollandsworth and Joshua Damron.) Also listed were
the churches that were established for the Bethlehem Assn. (Center
Point, Lucinda Chapel, New Zion, Good Hope, Linnville,
Palestine, Guyan Valley, Osa Chapel and Bethel.) The first Sunday in
Sept. 1895 they held last meeting in Lawrence Co. when they met at
Center Point Church and founded Center Point Assn. composed of their
churches in Ohio and Kentucky. Linnville Church had only existed since
April of that year,27th. of April 1895,it was organized with W. H. H.
Adkins-moderator and G. L. Wickline, clerk.
March of 1881 his wife Lucinda died. She is buried in Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery on Greasy Ridge. At that time he had a monument put at the
grave site. On one side is his name the way he signed it, Attkins. So
who ever he ordered it from spelled the name the same. Some of his
children from first marriage used Atkins, the children from
2nd.marriage used Adkins. In his Civil War Pension papers and
census both D and T were used. Also he buried his second wife there.
He lived in several places in Lawrence Co., Ironton, Rappsburg,
Polkadotte, Scottown, Greasy Ridge, and Miller to name a few.
He married his second wife in August 1881,5 mos. after his first
wife died in March. Her name was Dolly A. Massie. They had 3 children,
Mary Lucy Jane, Ada Susan, and James William. James lived only 3 mos.
Mary married Ed Dillon. Ada married James Nance.
Dolly had a son 10 years old when they were married. Dennis L.
Massie born Mar.15,1871. He married Elizabeth Hunley.
After Dolly died William married Susan Shafer daughter of Samuel
and Mary Shafer.
In 1896 William married his 4th. wife. Nancy White, Joplin,
Hutchison. Nancy was the daughter of Benjamin White. Her first husband
John Joplin died-she then married James Hutchison They were divorced.
She then married William. William died 1912 and is buried in Miller
Cemetery, Miller Ohio. He has a Civil War monument. His 4th. wife
Nancy lived till 1934.
