The Mitchell Atkinson Family of Texas:Information about James Albert Atkinson
James Albert Atkinson (b. 21 Jul 1876, d. 22 Apr 1968)
James Albert Atkinson (son of Albert Neale Atkinson and Sarah Amanda Johnson)2559, 2560, 2561, 2562 was born 21 Jul 1876 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois2563, 2564, 2565, 2566, and died 22 Apr 1968 in Olney, Young, Texas2567, 2568, 2569, 2570.He married Annie Elizabeth Childress on 09 Dec 1896 in Hasse, Comanche, Texas2571, 2572, 2573, 2574.
Notes for James Albert Atkinson:
!CENSUS: 1880 Comanche Co., TX (James, 4, IL)
!MARRIAGE: Comanche, Co., TX; Bk. 3; p. 219; J. A. Atkinson & A. E. Childress 9
Dec 1897
!CENSUS: 1910; Comanche Co., TX; Prec. #1, Dist. 3; Sheet 10B; 26 Apr 1910;
Comanche Dublin Rd.
CENSUS: 150/151 Jim Atkinson, head, m, w, 32, farmer, rents farm, 1st marr, 11
yrs., IL, US, US
Annie Atkinson, wife, f, w, 31, 1st marr, 11 yrs., 4 kids, 3 Liv, MS, US, MS
James L. Atkinson, son, m, w, 10, single, farm laborer, TX, IL, MS
William A. Atkinson, son, m, w, 8, single, farm laborer, TX, IL, MS
Luella Atkinson, Dau., f, w, 3, single, TX, IL, MS
Sam Morris, boarder, m, w, 57, single, AL, MA, AL
All speak English, can read & write.
!BURIAL: Woodson Cem.; Woodson, Throckmorton, TX
TOMBSTONE: James A. Atkinson; b. 21 Jul 1876, d. 22 Apr 1968
(Double Stone with wife, Annie E.)
NOTES: James Albert Atkinson was my Ma Gardner's brother.I remember Uncle Jim
and Aunt Annie quite well.They lived at Woodson, TX, from the time I was a
small child until his death in 1968.Often, in the spring and summertime, my
mother would take us children for a long walk across town (about 1 mile) to
visit them.When I was young Aunt Annie seemed like a very stern person, but
as I grew older I learned that she was more "bark" than "bite".She had a piano
that we were not to touch.I don't know if she could play it or not as I never
heard her do so.Their oldest son, Lester, a Batchelor lived with them. When
thunder storms threatened in the spring and summer time we could usually expect
them to walk over to our house to spend the night.Many nights we sat for
hours in the storm cellar.I loved to hear them laugh and talk about the times
they had spent together.Some of the Atkinson-Gardner cousins grew up in the
same area.In my mind, I can hear Uncle Jim call my mother, "Slim", which was
their nickname for her.Their son, Lester, called "Big", by everyone, perhaps
because he was so tall and his siblings were all short like his mother, did not
marry until after his mother died and he was fifty-seven years old. Uncle Jim
would take us crayfishing once in a while when we were small children. Once we
left our pole in the tank for a while and a good sized fish caught hold of the
hook and pulled the pole into the tank with it.It was being pulled around the
the tank when we went back to it.What a thrill!
Jim and Big did manual labor and worked very hard to provide the necessities of
life.I can remember working in the cotton patch with them and seeing them
pulling cotton and dragging those long heavy sacks full (holding 100 lbs. or
more) from daylight to dark.(I always had a shorter sack and only worked for a
few days or a couple of weeks in the fall to make some money to buy clothes or
to have a little spending money.)In their later years Big built a new house
for them.Once, they went to Globe, AZ, to work in the copper mines and
stayed for a year or two.Their son, Duke, took his family and went along and
while there, his wife bore a son, who died in infancy.Aunt Annie usually had
pretty flowers in her yard and a vegetable garden.The year I graduated from
eighth grade into high School, there was no money for a corsage to wear on my
new dress.My teacher, Mrs. Myra Daws, suggested I might get some flowers
somewhere.The other girls had them and as I was giving the valedictory
speech I suppose she thought I would like one too.I thought of Aunt Annie's
flowers, so I walked the two blocks to her house and asked her if I could have
some roses for a little corsage.She helped me with it and I was very pleased.
Though Aunt Annie was stern and made us toe the mark, I was always fond of her.
One thing I remember about her was that she dipped snuff as did some of the
older ladies of her time.Uncle Jim said that they married at Hasse, Texas.
He said he was named for both grandfathers, James Johnson and Albert Neal
Atkinson.(BR)
!LETTER: 25 Aug 1972; Nita Hurford, Woodson, TX 76091 (niece)
LETTER:...Clara has filled out one of the sheets on Duke and her family.She
has collected her kids and grand kids birth dates on a sheet of paper. She said
she wants to copy it for herself and would send you one when she gets another
made.She is also going to fill out one on Uncle Marion and Aunt Nona and
family.She has another sheet she is going to have Susie fill out.She gave
me Nettie Alice's address.It is Mrs. Robert D. Smith, 7594 W. 2820 South,
Magna, Utah 84044.She said she had been through Provo going to visit Nettie
who lives near Salt Lake City.Harvey and Nora's address is Box 514, Snyder,
TX 79549.She said she has a record of Uncle Jim's family, father, grandfather
and brothers and sisters names, birth dates, and deaths.If you would like to
have this just write to Mrs. Clara Atkinson, Box 269, Clyde, TX 79510 and she
would send them to you.She said Louella Whitaker said for you to write to
some of Uncle Charlie's folks at Corpus Christi, TX.She might give you some
information.I think she and Uncle Jim visited some of them once.Her address
is Mrs. Nathan Whitaker, Throckmorton, TX 76983.Louella and Nathan went to
Hasse to the cemetery (Sardis Cem.) to find her sister Bessie's grave. Uncle
Jim wanted to buy a stone for it.Of course, they didn't know where to look
but but someone told them of an old lady who had lived there all her life, so
she talked to her and she knew all of the Atkinsons and went to the cemetery
and showed them where the graves were.This old lady told Louella that Grandpa
was the best stone mason she ever saw and Grandma was the best cook she ever
knew...
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!CENSUS: 1880 Comanche Co., TX (James, 4, IL)
!MARRIAGE: Comanche, Co., TX; Bk. 3; p. 219; J. A. Atkinson & A. E. Childress 9
Dec 1897
!CENSUS: 1910; Comanche Co., TX; Prec. #1, Dist. 3; Sheet 10B; 26 Apr 1910;
Comanche Dublin Rd.
CENSUS: 150/151 Jim Atkinson, head, m, w, 32, farmer, rents farm, 1st marr, 11
yrs., IL, US, US
Annie Atkinson, wife, f, w, 31, 1st marr, 11 yrs., 4 kids, 3 Liv, MS, US, MS
James L. Atkinson, son, m, w, 10, single, farm laborer, TX, IL, MS
William A. Atkinson, son, m, w, 8, single, farm laborer, TX, IL, MS
Luella Atkinson, Dau., f, w, 3, single, TX, IL, MS
Sam Morris, boarder, m, w, 57, single, AL, MA, AL
All speak English, can read & write.
!BURIAL: Woodson Cem.; Woodson, Throckmorton, TX
TOMBSTONE: James A. Atkinson; b. 21 Jul 1876, d. 22 Apr 1968
(Double Stone with wife, Annie E.)
NOTES: James Albert Atkinson was my Ma Gardner's brother.I remember Uncle Jim
and Aunt Annie quite well.They lived at Woodson, TX, from the time I was a
small child until his death in 1968.Often, in the spring and summertime, my
mother would take us children for a long walk across town (about 1 mile) to
visit them.When I was young Aunt Annie seemed like a very stern person, but
as I grew older I learned that she was more "bark" than "bite".She had a piano
that we were not to touch.I don't know if she could play it or not as I never
heard her do so.Their oldest son, Lester, a Batchelor lived with them. When
thunder storms threatened in the spring and summer time we could usually expect
them to walk over to our house to spend the night.Many nights we sat for
hours in the storm cellar.I loved to hear them laugh and talk about the times
they had spent together.Some of the Atkinson-Gardner cousins grew up in the
same area.In my mind, I can hear Uncle Jim call my mother, "Slim", which was
their nickname for her.Their son, Lester, called "Big", by everyone, perhaps
because he was so tall and his siblings were all short like his mother, did not
marry until after his mother died and he was fifty-seven years old. Uncle Jim
would take us crayfishing once in a while when we were small children. Once we
left our pole in the tank for a while and a good sized fish caught hold of the
hook and pulled the pole into the tank with it.It was being pulled around the
the tank when we went back to it.What a thrill!
Jim and Big did manual labor and worked very hard to provide the necessities of
life.I can remember working in the cotton patch with them and seeing them
pulling cotton and dragging those long heavy sacks full (holding 100 lbs. or
more) from daylight to dark.(I always had a shorter sack and only worked for a
few days or a couple of weeks in the fall to make some money to buy clothes or
to have a little spending money.)In their later years Big built a new house
for them.Once, they went to Globe, AZ, to work in the copper mines and
stayed for a year or two.Their son, Duke, took his family and went along and
while there, his wife bore a son, who died in infancy.Aunt Annie usually had
pretty flowers in her yard and a vegetable garden.The year I graduated from
eighth grade into high School, there was no money for a corsage to wear on my
new dress.My teacher, Mrs. Myra Daws, suggested I might get some flowers
somewhere.The other girls had them and as I was giving the valedictory
speech I suppose she thought I would like one too.I thought of Aunt Annie's
flowers, so I walked the two blocks to her house and asked her if I could have
some roses for a little corsage.She helped me with it and I was very pleased.
Though Aunt Annie was stern and made us toe the mark, I was always fond of her.
One thing I remember about her was that she dipped snuff as did some of the
older ladies of her time.Uncle Jim said that they married at Hasse, Texas.
He said he was named for both grandfathers, James Johnson and Albert Neal
Atkinson.(BR)
!LETTER: 25 Aug 1972; Nita Hurford, Woodson, TX 76091 (niece)
LETTER:...Clara has filled out one of the sheets on Duke and her family.She
has collected her kids and grand kids birth dates on a sheet of paper. She said
she wants to copy it for herself and would send you one when she gets another
made.She is also going to fill out one on Uncle Marion and Aunt Nona and
family.She has another sheet she is going to have Susie fill out.She gave
me Nettie Alice's address.It is Mrs. Robert D. Smith, 7594 W. 2820 South,
Magna, Utah 84044.She said she had been through Provo going to visit Nettie
who lives near Salt Lake City.Harvey and Nora's address is Box 514, Snyder,
TX 79549.She said she has a record of Uncle Jim's family, father, grandfather
and brothers and sisters names, birth dates, and deaths.If you would like to
have this just write to Mrs. Clara Atkinson, Box 269, Clyde, TX 79510 and she
would send them to you.She said Louella Whitaker said for you to write to
some of Uncle Charlie's folks at Corpus Christi, TX.She might give you some
information.I think she and Uncle Jim visited some of them once.Her address
is Mrs. Nathan Whitaker, Throckmorton, TX 76983.Louella and Nathan went to
Hasse to the cemetery (Sardis Cem.) to find her sister Bessie's grave. Uncle
Jim wanted to buy a stone for it.Of course, they didn't know where to look
but but someone told them of an old lady who had lived there all her life, so
she talked to her and she knew all of the Atkinsons and went to the cemetery
and showed them where the graves were.This old lady told Louella that Grandpa
was the best stone mason she ever saw and Grandma was the best cook she ever
knew...
More About James Albert Atkinson:
Confirmation (LDS): AFN: BXVR-D6.2575, 2576, 2577
Fact 1: 10 Jun 1971, SGEOR.2578, 2579, 2580, 2581
Fact 2: Woodson Cem, Woodson, Throckmorton, TX.2582, 2583, 2584, 2585
Fact 4: 29 Sep 1971, SGEOR.2586, 2587, 2588, 2589
Fact 5: 10 Jul 1973, ALBER.2590, 2591, 2592, 2593
More About James Albert Atkinson and Annie Elizabeth Childress:
Marriage: 09 Dec 1896, Hasse, Comanche, Texas.2594, 2595, 2596, 2597
Unknown-Ending: 13 Nov 1970, IFALL.2598, 2599, 2600, 2601
Children of James Albert Atkinson and Annie Elizabeth Childress are:
- James Lester Atkinson, b. 21 Sep 1898, Hasse, TX2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, d. 28 Nov 1964, Throckmorton, Throckmorton, Texas2606, 2607, 2608, 2609.
- Bessie Atkinson, b. 06 Aug 1899, Comanche, Texas2610, 2611, 2612, 2613, d. Dead, Hasse, Comanche, Texas2614, 2615, 2616, 2617.
- +William Alvin Atkinson, b. 26 Sep 1901, Hasse, Comanche, Texas2618, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2622, d. 10 Feb 1977, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas2623, 2624, 2625, 2626, 2627.
- +Louella Atkinson, b. 03 Sep 1906, Hasse, Comanche, Texas2628, 2629, 2630, 2631, d. 12 Nov 1992, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas2632, 2633, 2634, 2635.
- +Duke Atkinson, b. 22 May 1912, Hasse, Comanche, Texas2636, 2637, 2638, 2639, d. 11 Jun 1971, Clyde, Callahan, Texas2640, 2641, 2642, 2643.