John Lewis Adkison b. 13 Jan 1861 , Benton, Missouri, USA d. 29 Dec 1936 Cedar Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1861 - 1936

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Birth 13 Jan 1861 , Benton, Missouri, USA

Gender Male

Died 29 Dec 1936 Cedar Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Cause: Carsinoma of prostate, hypostatic pneumonia

Buried 30 Dec 1936 Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I10901 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 05 Apr 2011

Father John Enoch Adkison, b. 6 Jan 1836, d. 6 Jan 1874, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Mother Nancy Jane Lawson, b. 14 Jun 1837, , Halifax, Virginia, USA , d. 14 Sep 1913, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 12 Feb 1860 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Family ID F14347869 Group Sheet

Family Effie Mae Farmer, b. 9 Jun 1875, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 19 Jan 1966

Married 22 Oct 1893

Children

	1. Enoch Waller Adkison, b. Nov 1894, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	2. Flora May Adkison, b. 25 Mar 1896, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Apr 1975
	3. Logan Adelbert Adkison, b. Aug 1898, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Bef 1910
	4. Charles Lewis Adkison, b. Abt 1901, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Nellie Beatrice Adkison, b. 15 Mar 1903, Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 19 Feb 1910, Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	6. Hazel Irene Adkison, b. Abt 1905, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Howard Thomas Adkison, b. Abt 1908, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Luther Ford Adkison, b. 6 Aug 1910, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 24 Sep 1922, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA
	9. Frances Ledell Adkison, b. Abt 1913, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Opal Nadine Adkison, b. Abt 1915, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 05 Apr 2011

Family ID F14347872 Group Sheet

Notes	1900; Census Place: Summit, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T623_844; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 35. Name: Lewis Adkisson Home in 1900: Summit, Callaway, Missouri Age: 39 Birth Date: Jan 1861 Birthplace: Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Name: Nancy J Adkisson Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Spouse's Name: Effie Adkisson Marriage Year: 1893 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 7 Occupation: Farmer Household Members: Name Age Lewis Adkisson 39 Effie Adkisson 24 Enoch W Adkisson 5, Nov. 1894 Flora M Adkisson 4, May 1896 Logan A Adkisson 1, Aug. 1898 Nancy J Adkisson 62, mother, widowed, 10 children born 5 living William Clark 24, servant Eli Wilcoxen 30, servant 1910; Census Place: Summit, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T624_774; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0042; Image: 525; FHL Number: 1374787. Name: J L Adkison Age in 1910: 49 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Spouse's Name: E M Adkison Home in 1910: Summit, Callaway, Missouri Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age J L Adkison 49 E M Adkison 34 E W Adkison 15 Flora M Adkison 13 Charles Adkison 9 Hazel D Adkison 5 Howard Adkison 1 11/12 1920;Census Place: Summit, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T625_909; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 1029. Name: John L Adkison Home in 1920: Summit, Callaway, Missouri Age: 59 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Eplie Adkison Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age John L Adkison 59 Eplie Adkison 44 Charlie Adkison 18 Hazil Adkison 14 Howard Adkison 12 Ford Adkison 9 Ledell Adkison 7 Opal Adkison 5 Mrs. Floe Wilson of New Bloomfield, Mo., gave the info on his death certificate. From the 1984 Callaway county history book: The family home was a 195 acre farm near Holts Summit, Missouri (Cedar Township). The father had purchased this farm some years before his marriage at age 33, but from 1883 until 1966, when the mother died, it was in operation. Although farming was the principal occupation, John Lewis was very community minded and gave lots of his time to its betterment and progress. Starting in 1920, John Lewis assisted the State Highway Department in securing "free right-of-way" for U.S. Highway 54. This was first a dirt road, then gravel, and now the present concrete. Along with this he secured many jobs for neighbor men with the highway department. He served on the local school board; for many years he served as a member of the "Special Road District" which took care of road repair. He was often called on to make the rounds to collect money so the preacher could be paid. Holts Summit and the surrounding community had a local phone system so that neighbor could talk to neighbor, but the Kinlock Telephone Company came to the area and John Lewis was out soliciting people to subscribe to a phone system that could call "long distance." He was the first in the community to have a long distance phone. The Kinlock Company later sold out to Bell Telephone Company. As a member of the County Court, John Lewis was known as an official who "was honest and a man who played fair." A more accurate phrase could not have been used to describe him.

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	Died - Cause: Carsinoma of prostate, hypostatic pneumonia - 29 Dec 1936 - Cedar Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Buried - 30 Dec 1936 - Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Holts Summit, Callaway, Missouri, USA

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