Cordelia “Delia” AdkinsAge: 95 years1865–1960
- Name
- Cordelia “Delia” Adkins
- Given names
- Cordelia
- Surname
- Adkins
- Nickname
- Delia
- Married name
- Cordelia Stern
 Birth | calculated 1865 25 30 |
 Marriage | … Stern — View this family unknown |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Stephen Atkins 1866 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins March 3, 1867 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Warham Eastey Adkins July 4, 1869 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 4, 1870 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Walter William Adkins May 26, 1874 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Lillie Rebecca Adkins calculated 1879 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | June 14, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Millie Rector March 4, 1885 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Chandler March 1, 1890 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Needham July 22, 1909 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Adkins April 12, 1915 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a brother | Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins September 12, 1922 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins 1925 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Lillie Rebecca Adkins after 1935 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel M Adkins December 2, 1937 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Warham Eastey Adkins April 16, 1938 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Walter William Adkins May 25, 1942 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | November 26, 1960 (Age 95 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Adkins Birth: March 13, 1839 27 25 — Powder Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1915 — Lincoln Park, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Needham Birth: May 30, 1834 43 32 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 22, 1909 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1856 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Samuel M Adkins Birth: May 8, 1857 18 22 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 2, 1937 |
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22 months elder brother |
Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins Birth: February 28, 1859 19 24 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: September 12, 1922 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years herself |
Cordelia “Delia” Adkins Birth: calculated 1865 25 30 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1960 — Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins Birth: March 3, 1867 27 32 — Powder Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: 1925 — Clark, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Warham Eastey Adkins Birth: July 4, 1869 30 35 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: April 16, 1938 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Walter William Adkins Birth: May 26, 1874 35 39 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: May 25, 1942 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Lillie Rebecca Adkins Birth: calculated 1879 39 44 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1935 |
| Family with … Stern |
| husband |
… Stern Death: |
| herself |
Cordelia “Delia” Adkins Birth: calculated 1865 25 30 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1960 — Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States |
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Marriage: — |
Cordelia “Delia” Adkins has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Adkins - Household
Powder Springs Granger, Tennessee
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Adkins - Household
Dist. 14 Granger, Tennessee
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