Cora Mae Adkins

  General Notes:

Cora Mae Adkins is the grand daughter of Permilia Adkins ... see general notes on Permilia Adkins for 1900 census facts.

The 1910 Federal Census for Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA, ED#89, page 74A, dated April 20, 1910 records James L. (28 - VA/VA/VA) and Cora M. (25 - VA/VA/VA) Kendrick with children Hattie M. (7), Bertha M. (5), James F. (3), and Stanford (2). Also in this household is the widowed mother-in-law Elinor Smith (56 - VA/VA/VA). [Elinor Smith must be Elinor/Mige Adkins and perhaps she married a Smith ca 1905 who died] Next door is Permelia Adkins (85) and her daughters Isabella M. Adkins (60) and Alice K. Adkins (46) as well as the widower Jennie [Adkins] Kendrick (57) and her children. On the other side of James and Cora is William J. Kendrick (39) and his widowed mother Ardenia F. Kendrick (64). [William is the son of John S. Kendrick who was the son of Owen Adkins and his mistriss, Louisa Kendrick]

The 1920 Federal Census for Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA, District 140, page 72B, dated January 19, 1920 records the widow Cora M. Kendrick (35) with her children Hattie M. (15), Bertha M. (15), Stanford L. (12), Jim J. (10), Mary Loue (6), Vincint A. (4), Edd Lunis (3), and Lemon Wilson (6/12). Also in the household is Cora's widowed mother, Elna Adkins (67) [Mige Adkins].

The 1930 Federal Census for Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA, District 5, page 67A, dated April 11, 1930 records the widow Cora M. Kendrick (45) with her children Stanford L. (21), Jeffers J. (19), M. Louise (16), Vincin A. (14), Eddie L. (12), and L. Wilson (10).

  Research Notes:

In an email from Harmony Hasselhoff dated January 8, 2010:
... I would like to know more about Cora Mae Adkins. She was my great grandmother's mother. She was supposedly born out of wedlock and was quite a skeleton in the closet. I think that Alice Keen Adkins was her aunt and this woman Alice died in what used to be my Grandmothers house in Danville. My sister has Alice's bible.
Would you mind if I sent you some photos? Maybe you could id some folks we could not. My grandmother is still living but doesn't really know anything about it. She said that her family's cemetery was in Callands and that she was sure the land had been sold years ago. I promise it won't take me four months to respond next time. The photo I attached is Cora Mae as the mother and I think the older lady is Eleanor 'Mige' Adkins, my great grandmother is the little girl in the middle Hattie Mae Kendrick. The man pictured is Lemon Kendrick whom I have a number of photos of. I know for certain who everyone in the photo is except the older woman.
Thanks, Harmony

Cora married James Lemon Kendrick, son of William Rigney and Melissa Ann (Shug) Kendrick, on 12 Dec 1901 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. (James Lemon Kendrick was born on 2 Jan 1881 in Pittsylvania Co., VA and died on 28 Dec 1918.)