| Birth | Mary Smith Brown was born 21 April 1859 in Crawford County, North Carolina. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE REGISTER. Chatham County, North Carolina. Issued: 23 Dec 1878. Adkins, Edward A [sic], age 23, white. Mary S. Brown, age 20, white. Officiating J.E.Bryan J.P. Marriage date: 24 Dec 78 at Cape Fear, witnesses: C F Siler, T A Yarbrough, D B Johnson. (NCarCoMarrFS.) |
| Marriage | She married Edward Eaton Atkins, son of Henry Holmes Atkins and Hannah Tams, 24 December 1878 in Cape Fear, North Carolina. |
| Death | Mary Smith Brown died 11 November 1912 in Sanford, North Carolina, at age 53. |
| INFO | DEATH CERTIFICATE. North Carolina State Board of Health. Mary Smith Atkins. Death in Sanford, Lee County. Date of death, 11 Nov 1912. Female, white, married, born 21 April 1859, age 53-7-11. Born in Chatham Co. Father William J. Brown born Chatham Co. Mother Sousin McCormick born Harnett County. Cause: cancer of uterus. . . .[doctor's certification] . . . Informant Edward Atkins, Sanford N.C. Burial Poplar Spring, 12 Nov 1912. Undertaker Carter Furn [?] Co. Inc, Sanford N.C. Filed 11 Nov 1912 A.G. Carter Registrar. (NCarDeathFS.) |
| INFO | OBITUARY. Sanford Express [Sanford, North Carolina] 15 November 1912 - "Death of Mrs. E. E. Adkins. Mrs. Mary Smith Adkins, wife of Mr. E.E. Adkins, passed into the beyond on last Sunday at the age of 53 years. She had been a great sufferer for more than two years, but bore her pain with that patience and fortitude that only the children of the most high God can possess. She had been a member of the M.E. Church, South, since girlhood, and her body was interred in the cemetery at Poplar Springs church on Monday afternoot [sic] at 3 o’clock. The funeral was conducted by Rev. G. R. Underwood. The pall bearers were: Messrs C. T. Gunter, Cyrus Caddell, T. R. Moffitt, G.C. Hill, H.D. Byrd and O.C. Hill. Mrs. Adkins is survived by her husband and five children, Messrs. Fulton, Eugene and William Adkins, Mrs. Beaula McFarland and Miss Bessie Adkins; two brothers, Mr. Mack Brown and Mr. Archie Brown; three sisters, Mrs. J.J. Campbell, Mrs. Jordan F. Sloan and Mrs. J.R. Kelly. At the earnest request of his mother, Mr. William Adkins, the youngest son, set his wedding day and was married only a few days before her death. The bereaved family have the deepest sympathy of their many friends. A Friend" (SanfordExpr 15Nov1912, p.1.) |
Mary Smith Brown