A reminiscence of Benicia : copy of address at the reunion of alumnae, Benicia Young Ladies Seminary : typescript, 1920 Oct. 8.
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Mary McAfee Atkins was born in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, on October 22, 1836. She worked as a school teacher in her hometown until 1878, when she married her old friend James Burris Atkins, a widower with no children. They settled in Kansas City, where he had lived and worked in the mill business since 1865. James Atkins made some very successful speculations in downtown real estate. When he died in 1886, he left her a sizable fortune. Mrs. Atkins was in deep mourning for a year. Friends like Sara...