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Jesse T. Atkins was born in the town of En- 

 field, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1820. He 

 was one in a family of six children of William and 

 Rozina Atkins. His father by a previous marriage 

 had fifteen children, and hence was the father of 

 twenty-one children. He was a native of Cherry 

 Valley. His parents removed from Enfield and 

 settled in the town of Greenwood among the earlier 

 settlers; was a farmer during his residence here, 

 where both he and his wife died. 



Jesse T. Atkins had very limited opportunities for 

 in education, as ir the early history of the town 

 a pecuniary value was placed upon the time of chil- 

 dren ; he was reared on the farm and inured to the 

 hardships common to a farmer^s life, in clearing off 

 the forest and preparing the land for cultivation. 

 After reaching his majority he purchased one hun- 

 dred and ninety-five acres of land in the west part 

 of the town of Greenwood, — on which his widow 

 and family now reside, — a considerable part of which 

 he cleared and made improvements upon of good 

 farm buildings. July 19, 1854, he married Harriet, 

 daughter of John and Roby Scott, of Greenwood. 



Her parents formerly resided in Genoa, Cayuga 

 Co., N. Y., and settled in Greenwood about 1841 ; 

 her father died two years prior to the settlement of 

 the family here; her mother died February, 1876. 

 Mrs. Atkins was born Dec. 21, 1836. 



Mr. Atkins spent his life as a farmer. He was a 

 man of indomitable perseverance, resolution, and 

 industry. He carried forward to successful com- 

 pletion whatever he undertook. For many years 

 prior to his decease he dealt quite largely in stock, 

 shipping to New York. He was known as an enter- 

 prising, thrifty business man, and possessed strict in- 

 tegrity in all his business operations. Mr. Atkins 

 never gave much attention to politics, but was a 

 member of the Republican party, and valued the 

 right of suffrage. Of him it may be truthfully said 

 no more stirring, active, and enterprising man lived 

 in the town of Greenwood, and his farm and build- 

 ings show that he was a thoroughgoing agricul- 

 turist. He died April 13, 1868. His wife, a lady 

 of good executive ability, is successfully carrying on 

 the farm and making improvements thereon. Their 

 children are William, Jesse, and Rhoda. 



