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Dr William Thomas Atkinson

23 Jan 1848 – 25 May 1929

Birth	23 Jan 1848
Death	25 May 1929
Cemetery	Old Town Cemetery Paintsville , Johnson County , Kentucky , USA
Added by	J. R. VanHoose on 13 Jun 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15644243

Bio

Son of John Atkinson and Rosetta Amsberry of New York. Husband of (1) Sarah Anna "Sallie" Prater of Kentucky and (2) Julia Frances McClure Kise. Dr. William Thomas Atkinson served in the 13th Kentucky as the first assistant surgeon in the Spanish-American War. He was a prominent, well-to-do physician and druggist at Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky. In the 1880s he was instrumental in exterminating smallpox during an epidemic on Beaver Creek. He received his literary education at the Gallia Academy, then attended the St. Louis Medical College, subsequently graduating from the Kansas City Medical College in 1872. He opened an office in St. Louis after graduation, but owing to failing health went to Charleston, West Virginia where he practiced for two years. Then he moved to Ashland, Kentucky and practiced with Dr. J.W. Martin for one year. He then practiced medicine in Magoffin County, Kentucky and then located at Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky. In 1876, he was appointed as United State Pension Examining Surgeon, a position he was still holding in 1887.

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Family

Parents

• John Atkeson 1807–1891
• Rosetta Amsberry Atkinson 1814–1855

Spouse

• Sarah Ann "Sallie" Prater Atkinson 1854–1894 FaG
• Julia Frances McClure Atkinson 1861–1949 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Almira Atkeson Booten 1834–1886
• John Milton Atkinson 1836–1901
• Maria Atkinson 1838–1838
• Darius M Atkinson 1840–1918
• Adaline Rosetta Atkeson 1845–1848
• Louisa Elizabeth Atkinson Preston 1845–1926
• Frances Josephine "Fannie" Atkinson Polsey 1850–1917
• James H. Atkeson 1850–1895
• Alonzo Parish Atkeson 1852–1912

Children

• PVT Guy Wesley Atkinson 1877–1965 FaG
• Robert Lawrence Atkinson 1880–1926 FaG
• John Earl Atkinson 1881–1959 FaG
• Thomas Prater Atkinson 1884–1970 FaG
• Raymond Atkinson 1888–1888 FaG
• Rosalie "Rosa" Atkinson 1888–1888 FaG
• Fannie Atkinson 1891–1891 FaG
• Chester O. Atkinson 1893–1894 FaG

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