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John Seward Akin

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John Seward Akin

Birth
Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Death
27 Feb 1915 (aged 74)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 1,J Lot 2 sp 1
Memorial ID
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1880 census Chico Twp, Butte, CA: John S. Akin, aged 40, farmer, bp NY, both parents NY; Mary J. aged 40, bp NY, both parents NY; John S. Jr. aged 6 months, born December, bp CA; three step-children, last name White: Frank aged 15; Alice aged 13; and Marinda aged 11 -- all born CA, father NY, mother NY.

1900 census Chico Twp, Butte, CA: John S. Aken, aged 60, born Nov. 1839, day laborer, bp AR, both parents NY; Mary J. aged 61, born Sept. 1838, married 22 years, five children w/four living, bp NY, both parents NY; Frank J. [White, step-son] aged 35, born April 1865, day laborer; John aged 20, born Dec. 1879, day laborer, bp CA --for both the father bp AR, mother NY; granddaughter, Amy Chapman, aged 15, born July 1884, bp CA, father AR, mother NY.-census information courtesy the files of Carolyn Hackett Dowd.

Name: John S Akin Birth Year: abt 1841 Death Date: 27 Feb 1915 Age at Death: 74 Death Place: Butte, California, USA. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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Chico Record, Sunday Morning, February 28, 1915, pg 4 col 4: John S. Akin, Pioneer, Is Dead. John S. Akin, a pioneer resident of Butte county, died at his home, 916 Eighth street, from Bright’s disease and the infirmities of old age late yesterday afternoon, Akin was seventy-five years old.

Akin was born in Albany, N.Y., November 3, 1840. He came to Butte county in 1860 and had resided here since, living a great part of the time in Chico.

From 1900 until 1908 he was sexton at the Chico cemetery. He was well known in this county and leaves a large number of friends to mourn his death.

One son, John W. Akin of Chico, survives. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock and interment will be made in Chico cemetery.
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73-year-old [sic: 75] John Steward [sic: Seward] Akin was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on March 2, 1915.
1880 census Chico Twp, Butte, CA: John S. Akin, aged 40, farmer, bp NY, both parents NY; Mary J. aged 40, bp NY, both parents NY; John S. Jr. aged 6 months, born December, bp CA; three step-children, last name White: Frank aged 15; Alice aged 13; and Marinda aged 11 -- all born CA, father NY, mother NY.

1900 census Chico Twp, Butte, CA: John S. Aken, aged 60, born Nov. 1839, day laborer, bp AR, both parents NY; Mary J. aged 61, born Sept. 1838, married 22 years, five children w/four living, bp NY, both parents NY; Frank J. [White, step-son] aged 35, born April 1865, day laborer; John aged 20, born Dec. 1879, day laborer, bp CA --for both the father bp AR, mother NY; granddaughter, Amy Chapman, aged 15, born July 1884, bp CA, father AR, mother NY.-census information courtesy the files of Carolyn Hackett Dowd.

Name: John S Akin Birth Year: abt 1841 Death Date: 27 Feb 1915 Age at Death: 74 Death Place: Butte, California, USA. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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Chico Record, Sunday Morning, February 28, 1915, pg 4 col 4: John S. Akin, Pioneer, Is Dead. John S. Akin, a pioneer resident of Butte county, died at his home, 916 Eighth street, from Bright’s disease and the infirmities of old age late yesterday afternoon, Akin was seventy-five years old.

Akin was born in Albany, N.Y., November 3, 1840. He came to Butte county in 1860 and had resided here since, living a great part of the time in Chico.

From 1900 until 1908 he was sexton at the Chico cemetery. He was well known in this county and leaves a large number of friends to mourn his death.

One son, John W. Akin of Chico, survives. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock and interment will be made in Chico cemetery.
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73-year-old [sic: 75] John Steward [sic: Seward] Akin was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on March 2, 1915.


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