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Dr. Royal (Roy) Chase Adkinson (b. 1871, Ridgefield, Indiana) was a medical doctor in the town of Florence, Fremont county at the turn of the century and is listed in the Medical Doctors of Colorado (1903-1904). He graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois and having been "sponsored" by his uncle, Dr. Charles Enfield of Jefferson, Greene Co., Iowa. Dr. Adkinson was four when his father, Irvin D. Adkinson, a Congregational minister in West Concord, New Hampshire died. His mother, Mary J. Elden Adkinson and sister, Blanche soon moved to Jefferson to be close to her sister, Josephine (Elden) Enfield. After Dr. Adkinson's graduation in 1895, the family moved to Colorado. He began his practice in Florence and shortly his wife died and is buried in Jefferson, Iowa. He remarried and within a year, this wife died. Then I believe he married Madelon Reed in 1904. I would like to know if they had any children. He lived in Florence until 1926. His mother is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. My husband's father, Omer Paris Adkinson was a second cousin to Dr. Adkinson and did not know he was from Colorado. Omer Adkinson came to Colorado in 1917 and helped build the Pike's Peak Road. He then settled in Crowley County and in 1930 bought and ran Adkinson's General Store in the town of Crowley until he retired in 1963.

Submitted by: Ruthie Adkinson

I'm looking for additional data on the following:

FAMILY EDGE PLUS             EXTENDED FAMILY REPORT
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WIFE: Mary KINDT
BORN: 2 Aug 1882 Hillside, Fremont Co CO
DIED: 10 Jun 1974  Pueblo, Pueblo Co CO
BURIED: Gardner Cem, Gardner, Huerfano Co CO
ADD. SP: Married Frederick YOUCK;
FATHER: Charles Christopher "the immigrant" KINDT
b:24 Jul 1846,  Mecklenburg, GERMANY; d:12 Jan 1933, Gardner, Huerfano Co CO.
MOTHER: Rose (Ahleit/Ollie) "the immigrant" KUCK (Kueck/Kick) b:21 Dec 1853, Hanover, GERMANY; d:14 Sep 1912, Gardner, Huerfano Co CO.
SOURCES: BPlace..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
Other...data supplied by source note 1, 31 Jan 2000
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HUSBAND: Robert N. JARRELL
BORN: 11 Apr 1877 AL
MARR: 7 Oct 1917
DIED: 25 Oct 1923 Gardner, Huerfano Co CO
BURIED: Gardner Cem, Gardner, Huerfano Co CO
FATHER: "Nat" Nathaniel JARRELL b:17 May 1834, AL; d:1900,
Nacogdoches Co TX; buried Nat Cemetery; served with the CSA in The War for Southern Independence; child #5 of David JARRELL and Mahala (Mahaley A.) ABNEY;Note: town of Nat Texas is named for him.
MOTHER: Alice V. ALFORD b:1846 to 1847, AL; child of D. Fenner ALFORD and Sarah A.G. CHERRY.
SOURCES: BPlace..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
DPlace..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
Other...data supplied by source note 1, 31 Jan 2000
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NAME: Ruth Alice JARRELL
BORN: 1 Apr 1918 Gardner, Huerfano Co Co
MARR: 9 Dec 19(private)
DIED: 31 Dec 1987 Payette Co ID
WIFE: John Paul PENNINGTON
BORN: 21 May 1903 DIED: 17 Feb 1976
SRCE: Other...data supplied by source note 1, 31 Jan 2000
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Grandchild by John Paul PENNINGTON
NAME: Betty Lou PENNINGTON
BORN:
MARR:
DIED:
SRCE: Oth..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
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Grandchild by John Paul PENNINGTON
NAME: Alice Jane PENNINGTON
BORN:
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DIED:
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NAME: Opal Estella JARRELL
BORN: 10 Feb 1921 Gardner, Huerfano Co CO
MARR: 26 Dec 19(private) Raton, Colfax Co NM
DIED:
HUSB: Hyrum Anderson MEAD
BORN: 12 Jul 1920 DIED:
SRCE: BPlace..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
Other...data supplied by source note 1, 31 Jan 2000
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Grandchild by Hyrum Anderson MEAD
NAME: Elaine Gail MEAD
BORN: 6 Nov 19(private) Aurora, Arapahoe Co CO
MARR:
DIED: 7 Nov 1942 Aurora, Arapahoe Co CO
BUR: Fort Logan National Cem, Fort Logan, Arapahoe Co CO
SRCE: Oth..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
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Grandchild by Hyrum Anderson MEAD
NAME: Hyrum Anderson Mead Jr.
BORN: 24 Mar 19(private) Pueblo, Pueblo Co CO
MARR: 2 Jan 19(private) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co UT
DIED: living 27 Sep 2003 North Salt Lake, Davis Co UT
WIFE: Gloria Rosemary DUNN
BORN: 12 Sep 19(private)      
DIED: living 19 May 1981
SRCE: Oth..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
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Grandchild by Hyrum Anderson MEAD
NAME: Colleen Joy MEAD
BORN: 12 Jan 19(private) Pueblo, Pueblo Co CO
MARR: 2 Aug 19(private) Provo, Utah Co UT
DIED: living 22 Dec 1987 Idaho Falls, Bonneville Co ID
HUSB: David Maurice EVENSEN
BORN: 20 Nov 19(private)
DIED:            
SRCE: Dth..data used from birth of last known child
DPl..data used from birth of last known child
Oth..data supplied by source note 2, 27 Sep 2003
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Grandchild by Hyrum Anderson MEAD
NAME: Delaine Joyce MEAD
BORN: 9 Oct 19(private) Pueblo, Pueblo Co CO
MARR: 30 Mar 19(private) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co UT
DIED: living 25 Nov 1984 Pueblo, Pueblo Co CO
HUSB: Robert Kent SHIFFLETT (Shifflet)
BORN: 11 Jun 19(private)
DIED:
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Grandchild by Hyrum Anderson MEAD
NAME: Nola Jean MEAD
BORN: 19 Jul 19(private) Pueblo, Pueblo Co CO
MARR: 28 May 19(private) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co UT
DIED: living 26 Sep 1989 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co UT
HUSB: Reid Cummings SWENSON
BORN: 3 Apr 19(private)
DIED:
SRCE: Dth..data used from birth of last known child
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Grandchild by Hyrum Anderson MEAD
NAME: Carl Wayne MEAD
BORN: 4 Jan 19(private) Pueblo, Pueblo Co CO
MARR: 5 Jun 19(private) Logan, Cache Co CO
DIED:
WIFE: Patricia Ann WINGET
BORN: 28 Jul 19(private)       
DIED: living 6 Oct 1997
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Sources

source note 1:  Gladys Marie Stovall Armstrong
source note 2:  Hyrum Anderson Mead Jr.

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This history was taken from a typed manuscript:
"The Reminiscences of George W. Griffin of Canon City, Colorado" as related by George W. Griffin on February 18, 1931:

George W. Griffin was born in VanWert County, Ohio on 2 January, 1847. His father, Benjamin Griffin, joined the gold rush to California in 1849 and remained in California something over a year, then returned to Ohio. In the year 1860, the Griffin family came across the plains with ox teams along with Anson Rudd's family. This party had heard of the rich placer mines that had been discovered the year before in Colorado. The trip across the plains was rather uneventful. They saw thousands of Indians, but they were all peaceful. No live buffalo were seen, although many dead ones that had been shot by hunters were scattered over the plains.

The first destination of the party was Denver, and there they stopped for two days, getting information as to which of the many placer diggings was the best. Denver was only a village at that time but full of people who could tell of the wonderful strikes being made at different camps. California Gulch was chosen because here, they were told, gold could be found lying right on top of the ground. The trip from Denver to California Gulch took almost a week. They stopped at Fairplay and it was here that Anson Rudd with a stranger who told him all about Canon City. Rudd went to Mr. Griffin and told what he had heard and remarked that he believed that Canon City was just the kind of place they were hunting. Mr. Griffin answered that they had started west to try mining and that he was going to California Gulch, which he did. The Griffin family arrived at California Gulch on July 14, 1860. They made good money from their placer mining operation, but their claim wasn't nearly as good as those above or below them.

When winter came on in 1860, the Griffin family came to Canon City, as it was impossible to mine during the winter months. Mrs. Griffin had known Mrs. Rudd in Kansas, and they were great friends. The Rudds were living in what is now the Penitentiary Park. Mr. Rudd was running a blacksmith shop at about Third or Fourth street. The Griffin family set up their tent alongside the Rudd house. The two ladies wanted to have homes close to each other, so Rudd and Griffin each purchased two lots on River street, Rudd owning where the new Municipal Building now stands, and Griffin owning the two lots directly east. The Griffin home was built first and then the Rudd home. George Griffin hauled the logs for both homes. Later the log home of the Griffins was moved to Griffin avenue in South Canon and is now part of the barn on the Griffin Homestead.

At this time, there was a sort of bridge over the river at about First street, but was washed out in the high water on 1871. A foot bridge was put across the river and it was used in the winter, but when the summer rains started it would be taken down and stored until fall. Teams had to cross the fiver fording. There were two fords, one at First street and the other at the back of the Municipal Building. When the waters were up in the summer, the people did not try to cross the river by fording, but used a boat on a cable, a sort of ferry. Benjamin and Joanna Griffin, the parents of George Griffin, homesteaded the land south of the river where the Diamond Ford Brick Plant is now located, and all the land lying between Fourth street and Ninth street and extending south to the South Canon Ditch. They lived in North Canon until 1864 when they moved to where George Griffin now lives at 629 Griffin Avenue, South Canon. George W. Griffin secured a squatter's right to the ranch at the head of Oak Creek Canyon in 1870. He lived there with his wife Ellen for many years and it was here that all but one of his children were born. The children of George W. Griffin were: Leota Griffin Bell, Will, Albert E., Edward, Charles, and John.

My parents are buried here in Canon City at the Lakeside Cemetery. My father, Leo M. (Tree) Kennedy died 11-6-1980, in Aurora, but we had him buried here. He was born 6-17-1907 in Oklahoma. My mother died here in Canon on 8-8-1990; she was born 7-29-1917 in Voca, Texas.
This was submitted by Anne Mallary. Soon after this was received I was informed that Anne Mallary has passed away.