Can you list the children of Ebenezer Erskine Larkins and his two wives? Thanks, Susan Knight Gore In a message dated 10/24/01 4:36:48 PM Central Daylight Time, PBooks4U@aol.com writes: > Kathy, > Ebenezer Erskine Larkins, born 27 Nov 1812; died between 1870-1880, is the > son of James M. Larkins and Mary McAdoo; grandson of John Larkins and Sarah > McAdoo, all early settlers in Dickson Co. > > James M. and Mary McAdoo Larkins had 6 children: > 1. Margaret, born 22 June 1811; died 15 Oct 1898; married Robert McNeilly > 2. Ebenezer E.; married Elizabeth Alice Dickson and Mary Jane Good > 3. Dorcas, born 26 Aug 1814; died 31 Dec 1892; never married > 4. James Calvin, born 9 Aug 1816; died 21 Sept 1878; married Susan Gatewood > 5. John McAdoo, born 15 June 1819; death date unknown > 6. Felix Alexander, born 14 May 1826; died 9 July 1827 > > The following text is from Robert Corlew's "History of Dickson County": > Professor Ebenezer Erskine Larkins, who devoted nearly a half century to > teaching in public and private institutions of Middle Tennessee, was one of > the best known of the early faculty members of Tracy Adademy in Charlotte. > Born and reared in what is now Houston County (Dickson Co. then), Larkins > came as a young man during the 1830's to take charge of Tracy, and for the > most of the next half century served either as teacher or principal. > > It's tragic to me that a person so well-respected and influential lies in > an > unknown grave in the Town Cemetery in Charlotte. Public records show that > as > his place of burial, but anyone who knew the spot has long since died. > > Charlotte >