Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGuy Clay “Cass” Adkins 
Birth15 Dec 1887, Hot Springs, Garland Co, AR
Census13 May 1910, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co, AR
Memoroll#51, pg 7
Census3 Jan 1920, Olathe, Johnson Co, KS
Memoroll#535, pg 115
Death18 Sep 1924, Garland Co, AR
Burial21 Sep 1924, Morning Star Cem, Hot Springs, Garland Co, AR
Occupationteamster, railroad engineer
FatherHenry Clay Adkins (1844-1891)
MotherSusan Jane “Jennie” Box (1862-1940)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Guy C. in 1900 census with his mother (indexed as Denny) and her second husband Wyman Armstrong.
In 1910 he is listed as Cass, a teamster on a log team (21, AR) single and working as a hired hand for the family of Bill Dodson.
He married Maggie Jackson on 14 Oct 1916 in Garland Co, AR.
His draft registration record for WWI lists him has Cas Guyado Adkins, born 15 Dec 1890 in Hot Springs, AR. He is listed as married and working as a teamster for the Arkansas Land & Lumber company.
He is listed as a truck driver (33, AR) and his family is living with his mother and step-father in 1920, where he is listed as Cass, some listings show him as Guy.
Cass and Maggie are listed in the 1923 Hot Springs city directory.
His death record in Garland County is listed as Guy Odi Cass Adkins, similar to his draft registration.
In 1910 he is listed as Cass, a teamster on a log team (21, AR) single and working as a hired hand for the family of Bill Dodson.
He married Maggie Jackson on 14 Oct 1916 in Garland Co, AR.
His draft registration record for WWI lists him has Cas Guyado Adkins, born 15 Dec 1890 in Hot Springs, AR. He is listed as married and working as a teamster for the Arkansas Land & Lumber company.
He is listed as a truck driver (33, AR) and his family is living with his mother and step-father in 1920, where he is listed as Cass, some listings show him as Guy.
Cass and Maggie are listed in the 1923 Hot Springs city directory.
His death record in Garland County is listed as Guy Odi Cass Adkins, similar to his draft registration.
Spouses
Birth26 Jan 1896, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK
Death7 Nov 1981, Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR
BurialChapel Hill Memorial Park Cem, Jacksonville, Pulaski Co, AR
Misc. Notes
Seems to have gone by Maggie prior to the death of her first husband, and Madge after that.
She is listed as age 18 (abt 1898) on her marriage record to Cass in 1916.
Then listed in 1920 as Maggie (20, AR) with her parents born in Tennessee & Arkansas.
After Cass Adkin’s death, she remarried Lewis Lawrence Nelson (1892, LA- 29 May 1932 AR) and they are listed in Hot Springs, AR in 1926.
In 1930 the family consisted of Lewis Nelson, working for the Telephone company, Madge (33, OK), Lewis Jr (3y 2m, AR), Juanita H. Adkins (11, IL), Bonnita Adkins (9, IA) and Ida R. Adkins (7, MO). It showed Lewis as being first married at age 34, indicating that they had been married 4 yrs, while Madge was first married at age 19 and her parents born in Oklahoma and Germany.
By 1940 Madge Nelson was widowed and working as a seamstress (40, OK) in a WPA sewing room. Listed with her are children Ida R. (18, AR) and Laurence (13, AR), indicating that Ida had adopted the Nelson name.
Listed as both Madge Nelson and Madge Taylor, a machinist operator in the 1953 Little Rock city directory.
She then married Albert E. Taylor (1908-1977) on 10 Dec 1953 in Pulaski Co, AR as Madge Nelson (53).
She is listed as age 18 (abt 1898) on her marriage record to Cass in 1916.
Then listed in 1920 as Maggie (20, AR) with her parents born in Tennessee & Arkansas.
After Cass Adkin’s death, she remarried Lewis Lawrence Nelson (1892, LA- 29 May 1932 AR) and they are listed in Hot Springs, AR in 1926.
In 1930 the family consisted of Lewis Nelson, working for the Telephone company, Madge (33, OK), Lewis Jr (3y 2m, AR), Juanita H. Adkins (11, IL), Bonnita Adkins (9, IA) and Ida R. Adkins (7, MO). It showed Lewis as being first married at age 34, indicating that they had been married 4 yrs, while Madge was first married at age 19 and her parents born in Oklahoma and Germany.
By 1940 Madge Nelson was widowed and working as a seamstress (40, OK) in a WPA sewing room. Listed with her are children Ida R. (18, AR) and Laurence (13, AR), indicating that Ida had adopted the Nelson name.
Listed as both Madge Nelson and Madge Taylor, a machinist operator in the 1953 Little Rock city directory.
She then married Albert E. Taylor (1908-1977) on 10 Dec 1953 in Pulaski Co, AR as Madge Nelson (53).
Marriage14 Oct 1916, Garland Co, AR