Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Place of Death: West Providence Twp. Bedford County
Full Name: NANCY AKERS
Personal and Statistical Particulars:
Sex: Female
Color: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: March 28, 1834
Age: 71y 10m 18d
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Father: Ephraim Hixson
Birthplace of Father: Penna.
Maiden Name of Mother: Osa Barton
Birthplace of Mother: Fulton Co. Pa.
Informant: J.H. Williams, Mench, Bedford Co. Pa.
Medical Certificate of Death:
Date of Death: Feb. 18, 1906, 11:30 p.m.
Cause of Death: Failure of heart, due to exhaustion, the result of cancer of stomach
Contributory Causes: Non-assimilation of food, some months duration
Signature: Walter P. Trimbath, M.D., Feb. 19th, 1906, Everett, Pa.
Burial: Akersville, Pa., 2/21/1906
Undertaker: D.S. Gump, Everett, Pa.
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McConnellsburg, PA: The Fulton County News, issue of Wednesday, 28 February 1906

Death of Mrs. W.A. Akers.

Mrs. W.A. Akers died on Monday, the 19th, at her home in Brush Creek township, and was buried at the Akersville cemetery on Wednesday 21st. Her age was about 71 years. Her husband, West Asa Akers, died about five years ago.

Mrs. Akers was a daughter of Ephraim Hinson. Surviving her are the following sisters: Mrs. Harvey Akers, of Akersville; Mrs. Hanks, of Emmaville; Mrs. N.J. Jackson, of Everett, and one brother, Amos Hinson. The following children also survive her: Erastus, Frank, Charles, Frances, and Jennie, of Kansas; Elliott H. of Bethel township; Hinson E., and Minnie of Bedford county, and Lerue, of Iowa. One son, Alvah, of Licking Creek township, preceded her to the Spirit land.
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Bedford, PA: Bedford Gazette, issue of Friday, 2 March 1906, p. 4, col. 2

AKERS--In West Providence on February 18, 1906, Mrs. Nancy Akers, aged 71 years, 10 months and 18 days.
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