Keefer Earl Adkins ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Shafer, Mildred Ida Mae Adkins. Interview with Cathy Dianne Deavours Shafer. November 2003.

"Keefer would come over to Mama's, let her wash and mend his
clothes, and eat her food then turn around and berate Daddy about how he was going to hell for drinking and cussing. Keefer, who had a house of his own, cheated Daddy out of the farm Granddaddy gave to him. Granddaddy bought farms so that each of his sons could have one."

"Keefer had a club foot and spoke very loudly because he was hard of hearing."
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1900 US Census, 21 June 1900, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Page 12A, District 26, Dwelling 218, Family 224
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Keefer E. Adkins..Son..12..Jun 1887..MD..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)

2. 1910 US Census, 29 April 1910, Middletown District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 57, Family 233, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Keefer E. Adkins..Son..22..MD..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)

3. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Election District 3, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 66, Family 43, Roll 672
Election District 3, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Kyfer E. Adkins..Son..32..MD..Chicken ???, Home
(Living with wife, son, and daughter at the home of his parents.)

4. 1930 US Census, 15 April 1930, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1930 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 35, Dwelling 115, Family 118, Roll 874
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Rockville and Jefferson Road; Home owned
Keeffer E. Adkins..Head..42..MD..Farmer, General Farm
(Living with wife and 5 children.)

5. 1940 US Census, 9 April 1940, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 42, Family 94, Roll 1549
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
RFD 2; home owned, $3000
Keffer Adkins..Head..53..MD..7th grade..Farming
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 4 Jun 1887, then his age should have been 52 instead of 53.

6. Cemetery: Christ Reformed Cemetery, After 23 December 1983, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁶ Lot #454
Find A Grave Memorial #147915567
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7. Obituary: Unknown newspaper, After 23 December 1983, Frederick, Maryland, United States. Mr. Keefer Earl Adkins, 96, of Roy Shafer Road, Middletown, died Friday, Dec 23, at Citizens Nursing Home, Frederick. He was the husband of the late Lottie Routzahn Adkins. Born in Middletown, June 4, 1887, he was the son of the late Charles and Ida Shafer Adkins. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include two sons, Earl E. Adkins, Frederick and John E. Adkins, Jefferson, three daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Godfrey, Washington, D.C. , Mrs. Elva C. Castle, Middletown and Mrs. Sara J. Knox, Clarksburg, one brother Guy Adkins, Middletown, 16 grand children and 17 great-grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 1 PM Tuesday, Dec 27, from the Donald B. Thompson Funeral Home, 31 E. Main St, Middletown. The Revs. James Muller and James Jones will officiate. Interment will be in Reformed Cemetery, Middletown.

Keefer married Lottie Emma Routzahn, daughter of Elmer Clayton Routzahn and Medora Lee Stone, about 1912.^{1 2} (Lottie Emma Routzahn was born on 14 September 1896 in Frederick, Maryland, United States,^{1 7} died after 1 April 1930 and was buried after 1 April 1930 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Election District 3, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 66, Family 43, Roll 672
Election District 3, Frederick County, Maryland
Kyfer E. Adkins..Son..32..MD..Chicken ???, Home
Lottie E. Adkins..Daughter-in-law..23..MD
Mary E. Adkins..Granddaughter..6..MD
Earl E. Adkins..Grandson..1..MD

(Keefer and his family were living at the home of his parents.)

2. 1930 US Census, 15 April 1930, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1930 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 35, Dwelling 115, Family 118, Roll 874
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Rockville and Jefferson Road; Home owned
Keeffer E. Adkins..Head..42..MD..Farmer, General Farm
Lottie E. Adkins..Wife..34..MD
Mary E. Adkins..Daughter..16..MD
Earl E. Adkins..Son..12..MD
Elva C. Adkins..Daughter..8..MD
John E. Adkins..Son..5..MD
Para F. Adkins..Daughter..2..MD

3. 1940 US Census, 9 April 1940, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 42, Family 94, Roll 1549
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
R.F.D. 2; home owned, $3000
Keffer Adkins..Head..53..MD..7th grade..Farming
Goldie Adkins..Daughter..48..MD..7th grade
Earl Adkins..Son..21..MD..7th grade..Farming
Elvia Adkins..Daughter.18..MD..7th grade
John Adkins..Son..15..MD..7th grade
Sarah Adkins..Daughter..11..MD..4th grade
Ann Hudowann..???..21..PA..12th grade

Was "Goldie" a second wife to Keefer or was it merely a nickname for Lottie? On the census record, her relationship was originiallnly written as "daughter" but it appears that may have been scratched out and nothing else written in. Basen on the similar age to Keefer, it must be his wife.