William D. Atkinson

William DeBoice Atkinson (March 26, 1861 – September 23, 1945) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from January 1, 1904, to December 1, 1904.

[2] From the age of eighteen he taught in his home district school for a year before going to study in Ames, Iowa at the agricultural college.

[2] He married Miss Fannie Cooper a local high school principal on October 13, 1892, with whom he has a son that did not survive past infancy.

[7] She was the president of the Parsons City Federation of Women's Clubs for four years, and president of the Third District Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs for two years, as well as other notable roles[7] Atkinson has also served on the Parsons school board and been generally active in the community include as a member of the Presbyterian church, and the chamber of commerce.

[9] The appointment was until the next general election for the post at the end of the year, and he was given the oath by Chief Justice William Agnew Johnston.

[3] Atkinson died September 23, 1945, in his home in Parsons, after suffering pneumonia earlier in the year, from which he never completely recovered.