ELKINS FAMILY CONNECTION WITH BISBEE ARIZONA

HISTORY'S TIDBIT (ELKINS FAMILY) - Several members of the Elkins family emigrated from the Coleman Texas area to Bisbee Arizona in the 1940's. Three brothers, Winston, Buren and Sam, made the move to Bisbee, worked in the copper mines for decades and were active in labor unionism. Two of their nephews, Melvin and Merle, both sons of older brother Herman Elkins, relocated to Bisbee at about the same time. Sam and Melvin Elkins still reside in the Bisbee area.

ELKINS FAMILY HISTORY - STARTUP

ELKINS FAMILY HISTORY STARTUP - This site is designed to provide information about the Elkins family. Specifically, this site will concern itself with the descendants of Captain John M. Elkins and his wife Emma Johnson Elkins of West Texas. Emphasis will be placed on research concerning Captain Elkins' son John M. Elkins II and his wife Maggie Alexander Elkins, their descendants and families related by marriage. Captain Elkins is widely recognized as a prominent Texas pioneer and Indian fighter. Elkins served in the Confederate army. He was subsequently captured by the Union and held as a prisoner of war. He later served as a Captain in the Texas Rangers and was the first sheriff and tax collector of Coleman County Texas. Captain Elkins was also the co-author of his autobiography INDIAN FIGHTING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER. I'm Larry Elkins. I'll be managing this blogsite. My goal is to offer interesting and informative facts to family members and researchers as well as a forum for discussion of the Elkins family history.