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Lewis ADKINS was born in Wayne county, (then) Virginia, in 1814, and in 1841
came to what is now Lincoln county. Jacob and Phebe (Bradshaw) Adkins were his parents, both now deceased.
Lewis Adkins has been twice married; his first wife, Melcena Hunter, died leaving eight children, born as
follows: Evermont, February 1, 1839; Anderville, February 28, 1842; Albert M., August 27, 1844; Hansford,
October 27, 1847; Emily, August, 1850, died in 1866; Hugh C., April 17, 1853; Spencer, May 17, 1856; Richard,
May 26, 1861. In Cabell county, in 1866, Mr. Adkins was again united in wedlock, with Emma Broomfield, and to
them one child was born: Sampson, December 27, 1866. Mrs. Adkins was born in this codnty, in 1824, the year
in which her parents, John and Rachel (Haskins) Broomfield, settled here. Mr. Adkins is one of the farming
population of Laurel Hill district, and any mail for him may be addressed to Fourteen, Lincoln county, West
Virginia.
Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Lincoln County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.