Col. James Atkinson

Col James Atkinson BIRTH 28 May 1811 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 11 Sep 1866 (aged 55) Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Spring Hill Cemetery Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

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Following a dinner at his daughter's home on Elk River, Atkinson slipped to the cellar where the cider jugs were stored. Unfortunately, "near the cider there had been set a glass of caustic soda, or lye, and he helped himself to a glass and by mistake took a swallow of this deadly soda, and the wonder was that it did not kill him at once... he afterwards became but a living skeleton." After two years, in Laidley's words, Atkinson "gave up the struggle."

Children Photo Sarah Jane Atkinson Duling 1843–1875

Photo George Wesley Atkinson 1845–1925