From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Page 481 - 482
 
HENRY ADKINS, son of Henry ADKINS and Elizabeth HUCKSTEP, was born at Ramsgate, 
Kent, England, December 23, 1812; apprenticed to an apothecary; came to 
neighborhood of Utica, New York, in 1833; married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of 
William ADAMS, at New York Mills, July 22, 1836; came to Sugar Creek in 1841; 
next year bought government land in sections 11, 14, Lagrange; came to Elkhorn 
as register of deeds, 1855 to 1859; began compilation of abstract of titles to 
real estate; from the organization of the First National Bank of Elkhorn, in 
1865, to his death, May 17, 1887, was its competent and trustworthy accountant 
and teller.  His wife was born in Otsego county, September 10, 1813, and died 
at Elkhorn January 25, 1889.  His sons, William E. and Henry Breckenridge, and 
son-in-law, Reuben EASTWOOD, were soldiers of Company K, Thirtieth Wisconsin 
Infantry.

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