no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Jasper Alston Atkins (1898 - 1982)

Jasper Alston Atkins
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 83 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Robynne Lozier private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 12 Feb 2023
This page has been accessed 59 times.


Biography

US Black Heritage Project
Jasper Atkins is a part of US Black heritage.
Notables Project
Jasper Atkins is Notable.

First black editor of the Yale Law Journal. As he graduated Yale Law School cum laude with his LL.B. in June 1922, Atkins was elected to the Order of the Coif honor society, the first black to ever earn such a distinction

Jasper Alston Atkins was born on August 8, 1898 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, son of Simon Green Atkins (1863–1934) and Oleina Pegream (1867–1936).[1]

In 1900, Jasper A (1) was in the household of his father, Simon. [2]

In 1910, Jasper A (11) was in the household of his father, Simon, in Winston, Forsyth, North Carolina. [3]

In 1920, Jasper (21) was in the household of S G Atkins. [4]

Jasper died on June 28, 1982 in Winston-Salem, aged 83. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179517505/jasper-alston-atkins: accessed), memorial page for Jasper Alston Atkins (8 Aug 1898–28 Jun 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 179517505, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Graveyard Granny (contributor 47744353).
  2. ↑ 1900 Census - "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSY6-ZZV : 28 January 2022), Jasper A Atkins in entry for Simon G Atkins, 1900.
  3. ↑ 1910 Census - "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9D-R35 : accessed 12 February 2023), Jasper A Atkins in household of Simon G Atkins, Winston, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 6A, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1111; FHL microfilm 1,375,124.
  4. ↑ 1920 Census - "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2Q-779 : 2 February 2021), Jasper Atkins in entry for S G Atkins, 1920.

See also:





Is Jasper your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA
No known carriers of Jasper's ancestors' DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.


Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.

Featured German connections: Jasper is 25 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 27 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 25 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 25 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 23 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 23 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 23 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 17 degrees from Alexander Mack, 35 degrees from Carl Miele, 21 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 20 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 23 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.

A  >  Atkins  >  Jasper Alston Atkins

Categories: Winston-Salem Teacher's College | Yale Law School | Omega Psi Phi | Fisk University | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Evergreen Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | African-American Notables | Notables