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

It is thought that Polly Ann might be part Cherokee Indian. Polly Ann and her mother Peggy
Clark were listed as “mulatto” in a Georgia census. Mulatto was a term used to describe a person
of “mixed race” including the Native American race. However, no other supporting data has
been found.
It appears that William Owen Dunham and family moved to Illinois at some point. The date is
uncertain because the birth locations of their children changes as can be seen in the above table.
However, two data sources say that Charles Franklin Dunham was born on 3 September 1867 in
Union County, IL. In 1886, he married Laura Lee Adams. They had 5 children:
Name Born In Died In
Charles Frank 9/3/1867 Union Co, IL 6/23/1941 Madera, Madera Co,
Dunham
CA
Laura Lee Adams 12/28/1867 Denison, Grayson Co, 6/29/1946 same
TX
William 3/1887 TX
Lacy May 2/1890 TX
Claude Douglas 10/1891 TX
Anna 6/6/1895 Bowie, Montague Co, 6/16/1938 Faulkner Co, AR
TX
James Fine 6/1897 TX
Charles and Laura Lee married on 6 March 1887 in Montague Co, TX.
The California Death Index 1940-1997 confirms that Charles and Laura Lee both died in
California on the dates shown.
A Change in Data Sources
From this point on, we will use US Census data. This data is presumed to be more accurate than
Public Family Trees. As we make the transition from Public Family Tree data to US Census data,
there will be some overlap between family status on the day of the census, as shown below, and
the family-tree-based tables shown above.
There are also some very noticeable differences in data between the two data sources. Generally,
but not always, when there is conflict between census data and the research of others, we are
inclined to believe the census data.
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