Individual Details

Julia Christine Buchanan

(10 Feb 1903 - 9 Dec 1948)

On her daughter, Marion Jane Adkins', birth certificate viewed on-line, it has a question "How many of the mother's children born alive and still living--5, born alive but now dead-- 3." This means Julia had 8 children in 16 years. She was married in 1920 and her daughter Marion was born in 1936.

Modesto Bee & Herald-News
, Modesto, California, January 1, 1949, Page 8, Col. 2: Adkins Funeral Will Be Held On Monday. Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Adkins, whose husband is charged with heating her fatally Thanksgiving Day, will be held Monday at 2 PM in the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel. Dr. George F. Kettner of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, will officiate. Interment, will be in the Modesto Cemetery. Mrs. Adkins died in the Stanislaus County Hospital several days after the beating, which took place in the family's cabin near Firebaugh. Her husband, Vern Adkins, has been charged with murder.

Events

BirthAbt 1903Arkansas
Birth10 Feb 1903Johnson Co., Arkansas
Birth10 Feb 1903Johnson Co., Arkansas
Birth10 Feb 1903Johnson Co., Arkansas
Birth1904Jefferson, Independence, Arkansas, USA
Residence1910Schulter, Okmulgee Co., Oklahoma
Residence1910Schulter, Okmulgee Co., Oklahoma
Residence1920Horsehead, Johnson Co., Arkansas
Marriage21 May 1920Johnson Co., Arkansas - Ira Verne Adkins
other21 May 1920
Residence1930Horsehead, Johnson Co., Arkansas
Residence1930Age: 27; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Horsehead, Johnson Co., Arkansas
Residence1930Horsehead, Johnson Co., Arkansas
Residence1930Age: 27; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Horsehead, Johnson Co., Arkansas
Death9 Dec 1948Modesto, Stanislaus Co., California
Death9 Dec 1948Stanislaus Co., California
Death9 Dec 1948Age: 45, Stanislaus Co., California
Alt nameJulia Adkins
Alt nameJulie Christine Buchanan
Alt nameJulie Christine Buchanan
BurialModesto Citizens Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus Co., California
RaceWhite
ResidenceHarmony, Johnson Co., Arkansas
BurialModesto, Stanislaus Co., California

Families

SpouseIra Verne Adkins (1903 - 1973)
ChildArlen Lee Vern Adkins (1923 - 1997)
ChildReginald Lavonne Adkins (1924 - 1978)
ChildHarold Dean Adkins (1928 - 1976)
ChildMarion Jane Adkins (1936 - 2003)
ChildBernell Adkins (1939 - 1971)
ChildLaura Christine Adkins (1941 - 1990)

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