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BirthMonth: 11
BirthDay: 22
BirthYear: 1886
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OriginalBirthCounty: Crawford
OriginalBirthNation: USA
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DeathDay: 22
DeathYear: 1921
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OriginalDeathCounty: Macon
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Parents: Thomas S. Atkins and Ada Bertha (Coryell) Atkins
Children: 2 sons by Maude: Paul and Walter; son Edward Francis by wife Zilpha
Spouse1Name: Maude Murray
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Spouse2Name: Zilpha E. Foster
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:48:03 PM
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OriginalNotes: Early Photographers of Porter County, on blog "Porter County's Past: An Amateur Historian's Perspective, by Steve Shook, dated April 30, 2017, updated April 4, 2019 (viewed April 30, 2019 by Joan Hostetler http://www.porterhistory.org/2017/04/early-photographers-of-porter-county.html?fbclid=IwAR35AFnb2sr3nusPUOrnOLkz1wm6IAbLSTp12_fi_XJSYFKfqQach_2oTQQ)
Atkins, Ernest G.
Ernest G. Wagner is thought to have been a involved in photography as an income-producing hobby rather than as an occupation. He and his family resided in the Town of Porter on Sherman Avenue, later renamed Wagner Road, and he was employed as a telegraph operator for a railroad company. It is believed that Atkins resided in Porter County no earlier than 1907 and no later than 1917. Wagner produced several different postcards depicting street scenes located in Chesterton and the Town of Porter. These postcards were likely sold by local retailers. Several examples of his postcards exist and they are postmarked between 1907 and 1910. Atkins imprinted his work with E. G. ATKINS and Photo by E. G. ATKINS. Ernest G. Wagner was born on November 22, 1886, at West York, Crawford County, Illinois, the son of Thomas S. Atkins and Ada Bertha (Coryell) Atkins. Ernest married Maude Murray on December 20, 1906, at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and to this union were born two sons, Paul and Walter. It is believed that Ernest and Maude divorced, and he would then marry Zilpha E. Foster on June 5, 1918, at Taylorsville, Christian County, Illinois. One son, Edward Francis Atkins, was born to Ernest and Zilpha. Atkins passed away on November 22, 1921, just hours prior to the birth of his son Edward, at Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. Ernest is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Decatur.

Find A Grave #64690488
DECATUR REVIEW 11/19/1921 - ERNEST G. ATKINS OF 815 N MERCER STREET DIED AT 8:45 OCLOCK FRIDAY EVENING AT THE WABASH EMPLOYES HOSPITAL. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THIRTY FIVE YEARS OLD IN NOVEMBER. HIS DEATH WAS CAUSED BY CHRONIC BLADDER TROUBLE. HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE LAST MAY AND HAD SUBMITTED TO THREE SURGICAL OPERATIONS IN THE HOPE OF GETTING RID OF THE AILMENT, WHICH PROVED TO BE INCURABLE.
MR. ATKINS WAS BORN IN WEST YORK NOV 22, 1886. HE WAS A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR AND FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE EAST DECATUR OFFICE OF THE WABASH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL CHURCH AND OF THE ORDER OF RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS. HE WAS WELL KNOWN AMONG THE RAILROAD MEN AND HAD MANY FRIENDS.
MR. ATKINS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, WHO WAS FORMERLY MISS ZELPHA FOSTER OF DECATUR. THEY WERE MARRIED IN TAYLORVILLE JUNE 5, 1918. HE ALSO LEAVES TWO SONS BY A FORMER MARRIAGE, WALT AND PAUL ATKINS, BOTH OF GREENUP. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY THE FOLLOWING SISTERS AND BROTHERS: MRS. EDITH MORGAN OF INDIANAPOLIS, MRS. OLIVE BACOUPULOS, JAMES AND CHESTER ATKINS OF DECATUR AND LORIN ATKINS OF KANSAS AND HIS MOTHER MRS. ADA ATKINS OF DECATUR. THE BODY WAS REMOVED TO THE BRINTLINGER & SONS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT AND PREPARED FOR BURIAL.
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:48:03 PM
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CATNUM: 4251
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City: Porter
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:55:04 PM
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Name: E. G. Atkins
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OriginalSource: Shook, "Early Photographers of Porter County"
Ernest G. Wagner is thought to have been a involved in photography as an income-producing hobby rather than as an occupation. He and his family resided in the Town of Porter on Sherman Avenue, later renamed Wagner Road, and he was employed as a telegraph operator for a railroad company. It is believed that Atkins resided in Porter County no earlier than 1907 and no later than 1917. Wagner produced several different postcards depicting street scenes located in Chesterton and the Town of Porter. These postcards were likely sold by local retailers. Several examples of his postcards exist and they are postmarked between 1907 and 1910. Atkins imprinted his work with E. G. ATKINS and Photo by E. G. ATKINS.
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