Adkains, Merit Winfield

ADKAINS, DUNN

Posted By: Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/23/2007 at 20:14:54

In the daily laborious struggle for an honorable competence and a solid career of most individuals there is little to attract the casual reader in search of a sensational chapter, but to a mind thoroughly awake to the reality and meaning of human existence there are noble and imperishable lessons in the career of one who, without other means than a clear head, strong arm and true heart, directed and controlled by correct principles and unerring judgment, conquers adversity and, toiling on, finally wins.

The above paragraph briefly describes the life record of Merit Winfield Adkains, farmer of Kellogg Township, of which he is a native, having been born here on April 19, 1871, and he has continued to make his home in Jasper County. He is the son of Lewis B. and Arlimeck Adkains, the father born in Kentucky, April 17, 1848, and the mother in Kellogg, Iowa, January 28, 1850. They came to this County in its early history and became well established on a farm here. Merit W. Adkains, of this review, was their only child. He grew up in Kellogg and attended the local schools. Upon reaching maturity he went to Nebraska, later to Kansas and engaged in farming, but returned to Kellogg Township, Jasper County, and in 1904 he located on his present farm of twenty-four and one-half acres in section 27, and here he has a neat little place which is yielding a very comfortable living under his able direction.

Mr. Adkains was married on September 17, 1896, to a Miss Dunn, who was born in Columbus, Texas, December 31, 1878, the daughter of Christopher and Nancy Jane Dunn, the father born in Ireland, November 13, 1843. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Adkains, five sons and one daughter, namely: Gaston, Agatha, Ceril, Alphonse, Basil, Marion R.

Politically, Mr. Adkains is a Democrat and he is a member of the Christian Church.

The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1299.