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Evermont ADKINS is a son of Lewis and Melcena (Hunter) Adkins, whose personal
hibtory follows this. He is a native of Wayne county, West Virginia, born February 1, 1839, and he came to
Lincoln county in 1844. Evermont Adkins was united in wedlock in Lincoln county, in 1865, with Elizabeth Hester
Drake, and to them four children have beea born, namely: Mary E., October 21, 1866; Paulina F., February 24,
1869; William H., April 10, 1871; Emma J., June 29, 1882. Mrs. Adkins was born in Lincoln county January 2,
1848, and her parents, Henderson and Catherine (Lucas) Drake, are both deceased. Mr. Adkins enlisted in the
war between the States in 1862, serving two years in the 2d Virginia Regiment, Confederate army. He is, at
present, a prosperous farmer in Laurel Hill district, owning 767 acres of farming land, a part of which is
situated on Fourteen-mile creek, and a part on Guyan river. The land is well timbered, and has upon it a
young apple and peach orchard. Evermont Adkins is school trustee in Laurel Hill district, and receives his
mail at 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.