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COLLECTION INFORMATION	TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dates: 1854-1963 Size: 1 folder Acquisition: Gift, 1984 Access: Open for research Processed by: Linda Reynolds, 2001	Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Location of Record Inventory

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Benjamin Arthur Atkinson was born in Butts County, Georgia on August 24, 1938, the youngest son of Washington G. Atkinson and Mary Newport Goss. He was educated in Atlanta and married Eliza Y. Hankla on January 17, 1960. They had two daughters, Mary A. and Bennie Arthur, who was born after Benjamin's death in Arkansas during the Civil War. Eliza was married again a few years later to Robert T. Noble and they had a number of children together. She was postmistress in Chireno from 1880 to 1888, and died in Logansport, Louisiana on August 7, 1919.

(Landry, Bennie Jean and Holke, Molly Gray."Atkinson, Benjamin Arthur." Nacogdoches County Families. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corp., 1985. p.142.)

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection contains photographs, letters, genealogical information, and news articles related to the Atkinson-Gray families.

LOCATION

[A-186]

INVENTORY

Folder 1:

Photograph of Benjamin Arthur Atkinson, 1838-1863.
Photograph of Samuel Houston, belonged to Washington G. Atkinson.
Love letter dated December 17, 1862, to Eliza Y. Atkinson of Chireno, Texas from her husband Benjamin A. Atkinson, in Camp near Van Buren, Arkansas.
Letter November 6, 1854, to his sister Elizabeth from H. P. Bales.
Letter ___ 12, 1874, to his sister Elizabeth from H. P. Bales.
Note from Thelma Gray Brown September 12, 1948 explaining about the power of attorney referred to in the letter.
Family pedigree chart and group sheets for Atkinson and Gray family.
Newspaper article about Estill Gray home burning in Chireno, Texas January 26, 1963.
Newspaper article February 28, 1963, that contains a history of the old Atkinson-Gray home by Mrs. Evie Gray George.

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