A Brief History of the Atkins, Stewart, and Smith Families - New Page 1

Also living in the same household as Sarah was her son William E. and his family:
1910 Census
Name Age Born In Notes
William E. Atkins 37 ~1873 TX Occ: blacksmith (horseshoeing)
Eunice J. 19 ~1891 AR
Thomas 1yr 8mo ~1908 TX
Noname son 0 ~1910 TX
William and Eunice were married in about 1908 and the records show she had 2 children of
which both survived. The first child was born when Eunice was about 17 years old and William
was about 35.
The (apparently) complete family of Ira Bennett Atkins looks like this:
Name Born In Died In Notes
Ira B. Atkins 1/24/1848 or Franklin Co, TN ~1910 TX
4/12/1847
Sarah J. ~1854 MS
William E. 1873 1951
Charles B. 1876
Phillip Sheridan 7/11/1888 Kaufman Co, TX 12/1/1974 Marlin, Falls Co, TX
Maude ~1891
Ada M. ~1893
George M. and Nancy M Atkins had died prior to the 1910 census.
Phillip Atkins continues the family line forward.
1920
Phillip Sheridan Atkins married Myrtle Boyd sometime between 1910 and 1912. Myrtle was
born in Texas around 1894. The family was living in Precinct 7, Archer County, Texas (actual
town not listed) and was as follows:
1920 Census
Name Age Born In Notes
Phillip Sheridan Atkins 31 7/11/1888 Kaufman Co, TX
Myrtle Boyd 26 ~1894 TX
Onida M 7 ~1913 TX
Edward 5yr4mo ~1914 TX
Chester 1yr6mo ~1918 TX
They rented their home and Phillip was employed as a garage mechanic.
Their neighbor was the Allen Boyd family, thought to be the parents of Myrtle:
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