James Jackson AKERS
Death Records Of Lawrence Co., Illinois
Cemetery Records of Lawrence Co.,Illinois
Death Records of Fresno Co.,California
1880 Census Lawrence Co.,Illinois
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Birth: Civil War Pension Application, Application No. 426504, Certificate No. 303770, Service: E154 Illinois Infantry, Application date - August 8, 1885, (U.S. Veterans Administration, US 540,760)
Birth: Civil War Pension Application; Application No. 426504, Certificate No. 303770, Service: E 154, Illinois Infantry, Filing Date: 8 Aug 1885 (Pension Index File - U.S. Veterans Administration, U.S. 540,760) Death: Same as birth.
Birth: 1)Same as marriage source for parents, Civil War Pension Application for father, James Jackson Akers. 2) 1880 U.S. Census for Lawrence Co., Illinois: Vol. 33, Ed. 190, Sheet 15, Line 25: Listed as son of James Akers, age 8.
SOURCES: BIRTH MARRIAGE Registry of Marriages; Fresno Co., California; Bk. R; Pg. 96; Certificate 9370 DEATH Registry of Deaths; Fresno Co., California; Bk. 37; Pg. 337
He married Martha an Wineman 8 Mar 1870 at Vincennes, Knox, Indiana . Martha an Wineman was born at Oxford, Guernsey, Ohio 26 Apr 1854 daughter of Adam Wineman and Mary Selby .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Frank Jackson Akers
born 25 Dec 1871.
Annie Akers
born 14 Oct 1873.
Arthur Akers
born 9 Nov 1876.
Ella May Akers
born 1 Jan 1880.
Viola Akers
born 15 Nov 1881.
Frances Winnie Akers
born 22 Aug 1885.
James Jackson Akers died 22 Jan 1926 at Parlier, Fresno, California .
Martha an Wineman died 4 Jan 1888 at Allison, Lawrence, Illinois .