DEAKINS John O.

Other Events:

• Cemetery Location: Row J, North to South L

Notes:

* Gravestone
Atoka Cemetery, Coleman County, TEXAS
- Photo posted on FindAGrave.com and in HEADSTONES.
John O.
Deakins
Born
July 29, 1883.
Died
April 19, 1895.
[unable to read inscription]
[common gravestone with John O. DEAKINS]
[alternate face]
Sons of
F. E. & S. E.
Deakins
[end]

* Research Notes
- FindAGrave.com, Atoka Cemetery, Coleman County, TEXAS; contributed by Ralph TERRY; posted in HEADSTONES

Died:
* "Mr. F. E. [Finnis Ewing] Deakins of TX and a brother to J. B. [John Bell] Deakins of Chattanooga Valley, met with a sad bereavement. His [Finis Ewing DEAKIN's] two sons were at school. While bathing Lawrence [b. 1880] took the cramps. John [b. 1883] went to rescue him. Both were drowned. May 16, 1896" Family History: Deaths of Brothers Lawrence A. and John O. DEAKINS; BOOK "Births, Marriages, Deaths, Legal Notices in Walker County, Georgia, for the years 1892-1896" posted in HISTORIES

* "Lawrence and John drowned in the Ward Tank near the schoolhouse, having gone there from school. This is near [sic] Novice Cemetery is located, but they were buried in Atoka Cemetery, as the Novice Cemetery was started after the town of Novice was started." Family Story: Finis Ewing DEAKINS: Notes from one of his children, By R. DEAKINS, posted in HISTORIES

Buried:
"sons of F. E. & S. E. Deakins" / common stone with DEAKINS, Lawrance A.