Jerry, Were your Adkins in Jasper and Newton Counties for the 1900 census? I have Wyatt, son of Owen who had a brother Owen and son Wyatt Jr in Cass and Bates Counties before and during the 1830's. Those names are used so frequently because of maiden names Owen and Wyatt in earlier generations that it is difficult to keep track. Wyatt Jr even named sons Wyatt and Owen. Bill Landers Cape Cod, MA