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Martin Adkins Martin
Adkins was born in Wayne County, Kentucky, January 26, 1821, the son of James
and Nancy (Pemberton) Adkins, the father a native of one of the Carolinas; the
mother was born in Wayne County, Kentucky, and her death occurred in 1879. Martin Adkins grew up in
his native state and went to school there.
He made the overland trip to Jasper County, Iowa, in 1845 and in March of
that year settled in Kellogg Township, two miles west of the town of Kellogg,
and there he farmed all his life, being actively engaged in his affairs until
his death, on August 7, 1878. He was one of the earliest pioneers of the County
and although he had to undergo the usual hardships and privations that all who
choose to invade a new country must bear, he let nothing discourage him and
became well to do for those days. At the time of his advent here the city of
Newton had not been laid out and there was an unbroken prairie where the town of
Kellogg now stands. There was not a house between his farm and Lynnville, a distance of
sixteen miles, and there was not a railroad in the state and only stage lines
between important places. The mother of these children is still living, being now eighty-six years
of age, owning a large, substantial and comfortable home in the town of Kellogg,
where she is spending her declining years in the midst of plenty, her sons
William and George making their home with her. She is a woman of beautiful Christian character and is
beloved by all who know her. Her
two sons who live with her are unmarried. The father, Martin Adkins, belonged to the Grangers, one
of the prominent lodges in his day. He
was a Democrat and a member of the Baptist Church. |
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