Biographical sketch, Hon. Joseph A. Adkins, Volume III, pp. 1212-1213. Born 9/12/1864 in Lamar County, son of Dr. J.N. Adkins. "In the fall of 1906 he became a candidate for election to the office of representative of the Eighty-eighth District, in the Texas Legislature, and during the term that followed proved one of the working members of that dignified body."
A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Joseph Abraham Adkins, birth date 9/12/1864 in Lamar County; death date 2/1/1942 in Brady, McCulloch County; lawyer; father Dr. J.N. Adkins.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Joe A. Adkins, birth date 9/12/1864, death date 2/1/1942, burial in Live Oak Cemetery, Brady, McCulloch County.
Find a Grave .
Mentioned in son Evans J. Adkins' candidate announcement for McCulloch County D.A., "Brady Lawyer in Race For District Attorney," Brownwood Bulletin, 4/8/1924, p. 6, crediting Howard Payne University Library.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, "Adkins Rites Held in Brady Monday," 2/3/1942, p. 7.
San Angelo Standard-Times .
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9.
San Saba News .
Mentioned in son Evans J. Adkins' candidate announcement, "For Representative," 2/1/1940, pp. 1, 10.
San Saba News .
30th Legislature (1907) - Joe A. Adkins, postoffice Brady, nativity Texas, age 41 (born circa 1866), lawyer.
Texas Legislative Manual .