Columbus Lee HARKINS4,5,1,2,6,3

18641,2,3 - 30th Jul 19204,3

Life History

1864	Born in Georgia.1,2,3
27th Oct 1912	Married Mary Golda ROCKWOOD.3
30th Jul 1920	Died in McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma.4,3 Knife wounds in prison
after 30th Jul 1920	Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas.3

Notes

1880 Federal Census, Platte County, Missouri, 1 June, Carroll Township, District 92, page 5, Hse #44, Fam #47
Harkins, Asbury W M 50 Laborer $200 Personal Estate NC NC NC
Harkins, Nancy W F 43 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC
Harkins, Columbus W M 16 Son GA NC SC

The Harkins-Shield Genealogy fills out the facts about Columbus Lee Harkins.

Columbus Lee HARKINS
Birth 1864 in Georgia
Death 30 JUL 1920 in McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
Parents Asberry B HARKINS 1828-1916
Nancy C TERRY 1843-1893
Spouse Mary Golda ROCKWOOD b 1892
-- Harkins-Shield, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11900634/person/-374832546

In 1885, Columbus is recorded with his father and siblings in Parker Township of Montgomery County, Kansas.

1885 Kansas State Census, Montgomery County, 1 March, Parker Township, page 6
Asberry Harkins 56 M W Married Farmer b NC Moved to KS from MO [b abt 1829]
Nancy Harkins 48 M W married b SC Moved to KS from MO [b abt 1837]
Dillen [John Dilling] Harkins 28 M W b Geo Moved to KS from MO Single
George Harkins 25 M W b Geo Moved to KS from MO Single
Columbus Harkins 21 M W b Geo Moved to KS from MO Single

Note that since the age of Columbus reported here is only 5 years more that in the 1880 census.

In 1910, Columbus is enumerated as the Head of a household with two boarders and a housekeeper, in Nowata, Nowata County, Oklahoma. He is the census enumerator, identified by his initials, C L.

1910 Federal Census, Nowata County, Oklahoma, 25 April, Nowata, District 130, Sheet 7A, Hse/Fam #1
Harkins, Columbus L Head M W 46 Single GA NC GA Farmer Owns
Bill, Charley Boarder M Indian 29 3rd Marriage, Married 1 year OK OK OK Own Income
Bill, Pearl M Boarder F W 16 1st Marriage, Married 1 year IL MO IL
Rockwood, Mary G Housekeeper F W 20 Single IL MO IL

rom the birth places, I will venture that Mary G Rockwood is the older sister of Charley Bill's young 3rd wife Pearl M Bill. And from the Harkins family genealogy above, we learn that olumbus married his earlier housekeeper, Mary Golda Rockwood.

In 1920, C L is in the State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma. I have not discovered why he was in the penitentiary.

1920 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 5 January, McAlester Ward 1, District 207, page 3A, 2nd Street, State Penitentiary, Fam #214
Harkins, C L M W 55 GA NC GA Laborer, Brick Yard [b abt 1865]

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Columbus Lee Harkins
Birth 864 Georgia, USA
Death Jul. 30, 1920 McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA

There is no longer a stone at his gravesite.
Columbus married Mary Golda Rockwood (b. 1892) 27 Oct 1912.
The 1920 census shows him in the State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, where he died of knife wounds.

Parents:
Asberry B Harkins (1829 - 1916)
Nancy C Terry Harkins (1843 - 1893)
Siblings:
Mary Robertson (1861 - 1931) Half-sibling
John Dilling Harkins (1897 - 1927) [This is his nephew, brother should be 1860-1952]

Burial Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA

Created by Beth Shields Jan 12, 2015
-- Find A Grave Memorial #141239484, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141239484
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Sources

1. 1880 Federal Census, Platte County, Missouri
- 1 June, Carroll Township, District 92, page 5, Hse #44, Fam #47
2. 1920 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- 5 January, McAlester Ward 1, District 207, page 3A, 2nd Street, State Penitentiary, Fam #214
3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
4. Ancestry Trees
- Harkins-Shield, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11900634/person/-374832546
5. Email Sources
6. 1885 Kansas State Census, Montgomery County
- 1 March, Parker Township, page 6