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Family Group Record: James H. Akin and Marinda Cecil and Sophia Burnett and Lena Oden

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen

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Husband
   James Houston Akin
   Born: August 12, 1832 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: January 21, 1911 Place: Thomspon Station, Williamson County, Tennessee; he is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Williamson County, Tennessee
   Parents: Emily Biffle and Samuel Watson Akin
1st Wife
   Marinda W. Cecil
   Born: Place: Indiana (?)
   Married: November 12, 1859 Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: 1867 Place:
   Parents:
Children
1 Walter C. Akin
Sex Born: ca. 1861 Place: Tennessee
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
2 J.H. Akin
Sex Born: ca. 1862 Place: Tennessee
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
3 M.B. (Bette) Akin
Sex Born: ca. 1866 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
2ndWife
   Sophia Burnett
   Born: Place:
   Married: October 20, 1881 Place: Davidson County, Tennessee; she lived in Williamson County at the time of their marraige
   Died: 1893 Place:
   Parents:
  She had a first husband named ? Kernan
4 Ethel Akin
Sex Born: Place:
F Married: Johnson Place:
   Died: Place:
5 Andrew Kernan Akin
Sex Born: Place:
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
6 Jimmie Akin
Sex Born: Place:
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
3rd Wife
   Lena Oden
   Born: Place:
   Married: January 29, 1900 Place: Davidson County, Tennessee
   Died: Place:
   Parents: Dr. H. Oden
  • He is listed in Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits, Judge John Allison, Editor. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association, 1905.
  • October 1861, he organized Company E, Ninth batalion, Tennessee cavalry; he was elected captain; March 1864, the batalion joined the Army of Tennessee
  • Lived in Maury County until 1881, moving to Williamson County in 1882
  • 1870 U.S. Census, District 15, Maury County, Tennessee, M593-1548, p. 502; his mother is living with the family
  • 1880 U.S. Census, District 16, Maury County, Tennessee, T9-1271, p. 405D, living with his two sons; a Bettie Akin is living with W.R. Kindel family (grandaughter), correct age for James' daughter, but who is Kindel if his first wife is Cecil?


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