Theodore Akins, father of Hazel Glendora Akins, Mary Alice Akins Gable, and step-father to the six William Saylor children, was born on April 6, 1864 in Hopewell, York, Pennsylvania and died on July 22, 1951 in Felton, Pennsylvania. He was the 2nd child of Levi Akins and Lucinda Keesey Akins. Theodore was married to Emma Jane Baughman-Saylor, the widow of William Saylor, on June 8, 1902, by Pastor W. C. Hoch. Both are buried along with Emma's first husband in the Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery in Felton, Pennsylvania.
In 1899 he was voted in as a councilman for Felton Borough. His occupation in the 1910 and 1920 census is listed as "Farm Hand" and in the 1930 census as "Cigar Maker". He enjoyed playing the fiddle.
Theodore was a raconteur whose stories were passed on to the family. His phrase for the key turning point in his stories as he described his thought processes was, "Says I to m' self..." One of his more memorable stories was an account of an evening trip home through a wood reputed to have a ghost residing in it. As he glanced towards the barely lit sky to the west he saw the profile of a man where there couldn't be one (what he found later to be a stump and a head-high hornets' nest). Now the turning point and the phrase used, "Says I to m' self, 'there the gentleman is!'". Off down the hill he ran. Complicating the situation was his straw hat which was attached to his collar by a string, but knocked off his head by a branch. The hat bumped against his back as he raced down the hill, spurring him to even finer efforts!
Theodore was affectionately called "Pop" by his daughters Hazel and Mary.
In 1899 he was voted in as a councilman for Felton Borough. His occupation in the 1910 and 1920 census is listed as "Farm Hand" and in the 1930 census as "Cigar Maker". He enjoyed playing the fiddle.
Theodore was a raconteur whose stories were passed on to the family. His phrase for the key turning point in his stories as he described his thought processes was, "Says I to m' self..." One of his more memorable stories was an account of an evening trip home through a wood reputed to have a ghost residing in it. As he glanced towards the barely lit sky to the west he saw the profile of a man where there couldn't be one (what he found later to be a stump and a head-high hornets' nest). Now the turning point and the phrase used, "Says I to m' self, 'there the gentleman is!'". Off down the hill he ran. Complicating the situation was his straw hat which was attached to his collar by a string, but knocked off his head by a branch. The hat bumped against his back as he raced down the hill, spurring him to even finer efforts!
Theodore was affectionately called "Pop" by his daughters Hazel and Mary.
Theodore Akins, father of Hazel Glendora Akins, Mary Alice Akins Gable, and step-father to the six William Saylor children, was born on April 6, 1864 in Hopewell, York, Pennsylvania and died on July 22, 1951 in Felton, Pennsylvania. He was the 2nd child of Levi Akins and Lucinda Keesey Akins. Theodore was married to Emma Jane Baughman-Saylor, the widow of William Saylor, on June 8, 1902, by Pastor W. C. Hoch. Both are buried along with Emma's first husband in the Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery in Felton, Pennsylvania.
In 1899 he was voted in as a councilman for Felton Borough. His occupation in the 1910 and 1920 census is listed as "Farm Hand" and in the 1930 census as "Cigar Maker". He enjoyed playing the fiddle.
Theodore was a raconteur whose stories were passed on to the family. His phrase for the key turning point in his stories as he described his thought processes was, "Says I to m' self..." One of his more memorable stories was an account of an evening trip home through a wood reputed to have a ghost residing in it. As he glanced towards the barely lit sky to the west he saw the profile of a man where there couldn't be one (what he found later to be a stump and a head-high hornets' nest). Now the turning point and the phrase used, "Says I to m' self, 'there the gentleman is!'". Off down the hill he ran. Complicating the situation was his straw hat which was attached to his collar by a string, but knocked off his head by a branch. The hat bumped against his back as he raced down the hill, spurring him to even finer efforts!
Theodore was affectionately called "Pop" by his daughters Hazel and Mary.
In 1899 he was voted in as a councilman for Felton Borough. His occupation in the 1910 and 1920 census is listed as "Farm Hand" and in the 1930 census as "Cigar Maker". He enjoyed playing the fiddle.
Theodore was a raconteur whose stories were passed on to the family. His phrase for the key turning point in his stories as he described his thought processes was, "Says I to m' self..." One of his more memorable stories was an account of an evening trip home through a wood reputed to have a ghost residing in it. As he glanced towards the barely lit sky to the west he saw the profile of a man where there couldn't be one (what he found later to be a stump and a head-high hornets' nest). Now the turning point and the phrase used, "Says I to m' self, 'there the gentleman is!'". Off down the hill he ran. Complicating the situation was his straw hat which was attached to his collar by a string, but knocked off his head by a branch. The hat bumped against his back as he raced down the hill, spurring him to even finer efforts!
Theodore was affectionately called "Pop" by his daughters Hazel and Mary.
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