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- !BIRTH: U.S. CENSUS, 1850, Essex County, VA: Columbia BROOKS is listed
as a female, age 4, living in the household of Beverly BROOKS.!MARRIAGE:
Essex County, VA, Marriage Register, Book 1, Page 19: Columbia A.
BROOKS, age 19, single, born and living in Essex County, VA, daughter of
Beverly BROOKS and Lucy A. ATKINS, married Ezra C. ATKINS, age 28, born
in Essex County, VA, living in King & Queen County, VA, the son of
Clayton C. ATKINS and Laura A. HUNDLEY. Date of marriage was
5 Nov 1867. Ezra was a farmer. They were married by H.P. Mitchell.
!DEATH: Essex County, VA, Death Register, Page 46: Columbia ATKINS died
25 Jun 1896 of "La Grippe". She was 46 years of age, her occupation was
housekeeper, her death was r
eported by her consort, Ezra ATKINS.!U.S. CENSUS, 1860, Essex County, VA,
Roll 1343, Page 88: Columbia is listed as a white female, age 12, living
in the household of Beverly BROOKS.!U.S. CENSUS, 1870, Essex County, VA,
Roll 1644, Page 103:
Columbia ATKINS is listed as a white female, age 20, keeping house in the
household of Ezra ATKINS, age 30. Others in the household are Benjamin
F., white male, age 2, Ida, white female age 7/12, Martha SMITH, black
female, age 5, Thomas Turn
er, black male, age 70.!U.S. CENSUS, 1880, Essex County, VA, Roll 1363,
Page 193/3: Columbia ATKINS, age 32, white female, is listed as the wife
of E.C. ATKINS. Others in the household were: Frank ATKINS, white male,
age 10, son; Calhoun, whi
te male, age 8, son; John, white male, age 5, son; Laura, white female,
age 4, daughter; Mollie, white female, age 2, daughter; Kate, white
female. age 1, daughter.U.S. CENSUS, 1900/1910/1920, Essex County, VA:
Can find no record of Ezra, hus
band of Columbia, in the 1900 census. He shows up again in the 1910
census in the household of Henry COLEMAN, the husband of his daughter,
Lucy K. ATKINS, as "father-in-law, age 72, widower. He does not appear
in the 1920 census in Essex Coun
ty, but according to his gravestone did not die until 1931 at age 97.
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