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Family Group Record: Emily Biffle and Samuel Watson Akin

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen and Jackie Wood

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Husband
   Samuel Watson Akin 
   Born: February 24, 1788 Place: York County, South Carolina
   Married: February 18, 1813 Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: November 2, 1833 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
   Parents: Rev. John Akin (b. 1761, South Carolina) and Mary Watson (widow of Robert Howe)
Wife
   Emily Biffle (Millie)  
   Born: June 1, 1795 Place: Buncombe County, Morgan District, North Carolina
   Died: March 2, 1871 Place: Tennessee
   Parents: Jacob C. Biffle and Mary (Polly) Deavers
Children
1 Nathan Biffle Akin
Sex Born: 1814 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
  M Married: January 1, 1837; Priscella E. Lusk Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: April 18, 1868 Place: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  In 1850 he was the sheriff in Lewis County, Tennessee; can't find him after that
2 Andrew J. Akin
Sex Born: February 12, 1816 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
  M Married: August 10, 1837; Ellen Jane Lusk Place:
   Died: January 8, 1889 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee; buried in Pisgah Church cemetery, Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
3 Lewis Samuel Akin
Sex Born: 1818 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
  M Married: May 10, 1838; Elizabeth C. Smith Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: Place:
4 Polly Akin
Sex Born: June 16, 1820 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
 F Married: Place:
   Died: November 28, 1822 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee; she is buried in Pisgah Church cemetery
5 Elizabeth Akin
Sex Born: 1824 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
F Married: December 8, 1840, George W. Isom Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: before 1860 Place: Maury County, Tennessee
6 Frances Akin
Sex Born: 1825 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
F Married: March 1841; Jeremiah Hobson Place: Maury County, Tennessee
   Died: 1853 Place: Maury County, Tennessee
7 Winifred S. Akin
Sex Born: 1829 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
F Married: January 10, 1849; Richard H. Grimes Place: Lewis County, Tennessee
   Died: Place:
8 Caroline Akin
Sex Born: May 21, 1830 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
F Married: September 9, 1848; Harvey A. Grimes Place: Lewis County, Tennessee
   Died: January 29, 1853 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
9 James Houston Akin
Sex Born: August 12, 1832 Place: Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee
M Married: 1st: November 12, 1859, Marinda W. Cecil; 2nd: October 20, 1881, Sophia Burnett Kernan, 3rd: January 29, 1900, Lena Oden Place: 1st: Maury County, Tennessee; 2nd: Davidson County, Tennessee; 3rd: Davidson County, Tennessee
   Died: January 21, 1911 Place: Thompson Station, Williamson County, Tennessee; he is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Williamson County, Tennessee
  • 1850 U.S. Census, District 9, Lewis County, Tennessee, M432-887, p. 420; Millie is living with son James Houston Akin.
  • 1860 U.S. Census, Maury County, Tennessee, M53-1264, p. 437; Millie is in the household with James Houston and his wife, along with children of Elizabeth Akin Isom (deceased).
  • 1870 U.S. Census, District 15, Maury County, Tennessee, M593-1548, p. 502; Millie is living with son James Houston Akin
  • 1870 U.S. Census, District 15, Maury County, Tennessee, M593-1548, p. 503; Andrew Akin family
  • 1880 U.S. Census, District 15, Maury County, Tennessee, T9-1271, p. 396B; Andrew Akin; James H. is found in District 16, Maury County, Tennessee, T9-1271, p. 405D


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