Thomas Akers came to Miami County, Kansas in the spring of 1856, from Putnam County, Indiana at the age of 29. The county was then known as Lykins. That fall he contracted to carry the mail from Osawatomie to Westport, Missouri. On one of these trips, he was captured by a ruffian, Stringfellow, in Westport, robbed of his mail and sent on a boat, penniless, to Alton, Illinois. He made his way back to his home in Putnam County and returned to Paola in 1857 where he practiced his trade of carpentering for many years, contracting and building several buildings around Park Square and a number of houses in Paola.
He was married to Caroline Colton, of DeKalb County, Illinois December 27, 1859, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ezra W. Robinson, in Paola. They moved into a home at 106 North Pearl following their marriage and lived there until their deaths in the early 1900's. A part of the house is still at 106 North Pearl.
He served as county treasurer in 1864 and 1865 and was a charter member of the Congregational Church, organized at his home in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Akers had three daughters: Effie May, wife of Harry Stockwell, born May 14, 1864 and died November 16, 1929 in rural Miami County, where she spent most of her married life; Mary, wife of W L. Joyce, Miami County lawyer, born October 29, 1867 and died January 8, 1961 in Paola. The other daughter, Caddie, born April 7, 1870, died March 15, 1931, married and lived in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Source: "Thomas Akers". By Winifred Stockwell Clark. Swan River Museum: Family Histories and Stories of Miami County, Kansas. Published by the Miami County Historical Society, Paola, Ks, 1987. pp. 80-81.
Addendunm: Daughter, Carrie Lee Akers (aka Caddie) married Jefferson Davis Cox in 1913 at Muskogee OK. They had no children together. Carrie Lee (Akers) Cox died in 1931 and is buried at Paola KS near her family. J. D. Cox died in 1952 and is buried next to an earlier wife with whom he had three children.
Wife: Caroline Robinson "Carrie" Colton Akers (1832-1911)
Children:
Elmer Akers (1858-1861)
infant Akers (1862-1862)
Effie May Akers (1864-1929)
Emma J Akers (1864-1864)
infant Akers (1866-1866)
Mary M Akers (1867-1961)
Caroline Lee "Carrie" Akers (1870-1931)
He was married to Caroline Colton, of DeKalb County, Illinois December 27, 1859, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ezra W. Robinson, in Paola. They moved into a home at 106 North Pearl following their marriage and lived there until their deaths in the early 1900's. A part of the house is still at 106 North Pearl.
He served as county treasurer in 1864 and 1865 and was a charter member of the Congregational Church, organized at his home in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Akers had three daughters: Effie May, wife of Harry Stockwell, born May 14, 1864 and died November 16, 1929 in rural Miami County, where she spent most of her married life; Mary, wife of W L. Joyce, Miami County lawyer, born October 29, 1867 and died January 8, 1961 in Paola. The other daughter, Caddie, born April 7, 1870, died March 15, 1931, married and lived in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Source: "Thomas Akers". By Winifred Stockwell Clark. Swan River Museum: Family Histories and Stories of Miami County, Kansas. Published by the Miami County Historical Society, Paola, Ks, 1987. pp. 80-81.
Addendunm: Daughter, Carrie Lee Akers (aka Caddie) married Jefferson Davis Cox in 1913 at Muskogee OK. They had no children together. Carrie Lee (Akers) Cox died in 1931 and is buried at Paola KS near her family. J. D. Cox died in 1952 and is buried next to an earlier wife with whom he had three children.
Wife: Caroline Robinson "Carrie" Colton Akers (1832-1911)
Children:
Elmer Akers (1858-1861)
infant Akers (1862-1862)
Effie May Akers (1864-1929)
Emma J Akers (1864-1864)
infant Akers (1866-1866)
Mary M Akers (1867-1961)
Caroline Lee "Carrie" Akers (1870-1931)
Thomas Akers came to Miami County, Kansas in the spring of 1856, from Putnam County, Indiana at the age of 29. The county was then known as Lykins. That fall he contracted to carry the mail from Osawatomie to Westport, Missouri. On one of these trips, he was captured by a ruffian, Stringfellow, in Westport, robbed of his mail and sent on a boat, penniless, to Alton, Illinois. He made his way back to his home in Putnam County and returned to Paola in 1857 where he practiced his trade of carpentering for many years, contracting and building several buildings around Park Square and a number of houses in Paola.
He was married to Caroline Colton, of DeKalb County, Illinois December 27, 1859, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ezra W. Robinson, in Paola. They moved into a home at 106 North Pearl following their marriage and lived there until their deaths in the early 1900's. A part of the house is still at 106 North Pearl.
He served as county treasurer in 1864 and 1865 and was a charter member of the Congregational Church, organized at his home in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Akers had three daughters: Effie May, wife of Harry Stockwell, born May 14, 1864 and died November 16, 1929 in rural Miami County, where she spent most of her married life; Mary, wife of W L. Joyce, Miami County lawyer, born October 29, 1867 and died January 8, 1961 in Paola. The other daughter, Caddie, born April 7, 1870, died March 15, 1931, married and lived in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Source: "Thomas Akers". By Winifred Stockwell Clark. Swan River Museum: Family Histories and Stories of Miami County, Kansas. Published by the Miami County Historical Society, Paola, Ks, 1987. pp. 80-81.
Addendunm: Daughter, Carrie Lee Akers (aka Caddie) married Jefferson Davis Cox in 1913 at Muskogee OK. They had no children together. Carrie Lee (Akers) Cox died in 1931 and is buried at Paola KS near her family. J. D. Cox died in 1952 and is buried next to an earlier wife with whom he had three children.
Wife: Caroline Robinson "Carrie" Colton Akers (1832-1911)
Children:
Elmer Akers (1858-1861)
infant Akers (1862-1862)
Effie May Akers (1864-1929)
Emma J Akers (1864-1864)
infant Akers (1866-1866)
Mary M Akers (1867-1961)
Caroline Lee "Carrie" Akers (1870-1931)
He was married to Caroline Colton, of DeKalb County, Illinois December 27, 1859, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ezra W. Robinson, in Paola. They moved into a home at 106 North Pearl following their marriage and lived there until their deaths in the early 1900's. A part of the house is still at 106 North Pearl.
He served as county treasurer in 1864 and 1865 and was a charter member of the Congregational Church, organized at his home in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Akers had three daughters: Effie May, wife of Harry Stockwell, born May 14, 1864 and died November 16, 1929 in rural Miami County, where she spent most of her married life; Mary, wife of W L. Joyce, Miami County lawyer, born October 29, 1867 and died January 8, 1961 in Paola. The other daughter, Caddie, born April 7, 1870, died March 15, 1931, married and lived in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Source: "Thomas Akers". By Winifred Stockwell Clark. Swan River Museum: Family Histories and Stories of Miami County, Kansas. Published by the Miami County Historical Society, Paola, Ks, 1987. pp. 80-81.
Addendunm: Daughter, Carrie Lee Akers (aka Caddie) married Jefferson Davis Cox in 1913 at Muskogee OK. They had no children together. Carrie Lee (Akers) Cox died in 1931 and is buried at Paola KS near her family. J. D. Cox died in 1952 and is buried next to an earlier wife with whom he had three children.
Wife: Caroline Robinson "Carrie" Colton Akers (1832-1911)
Children:
Elmer Akers (1858-1861)
infant Akers (1862-1862)
Effie May Akers (1864-1929)
Emma J Akers (1864-1864)
infant Akers (1866-1866)
Mary M Akers (1867-1961)
Caroline Lee "Carrie" Akers (1870-1931)
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