Middle name taken from Citizens Funeral Home record which gave birth year as 1887. Listed father as George Akins and mother unknown. Lived at Turrell since 1910. Church was Assembly of God.

SSDI gives birth year of 1890 and last residence as Turrell. World War I Draft Registration, Crittenden County Tyronza Precinct, dated Jun 5, 1917, gives his date of birth as Dec 23, 1890. The 1900 census of Lost Creek, Cleburne County, AL gives his age as 10 and his date of birth as Dec 1889.

The World War I Draft Registration shows he was living in Cloar, AR and farming for G. A. Carter. He had a wife and three children. He stated he had been born in Noonan, GA. He was short, medium build, with brown eyes and black hair. World War II Draft Registration for 1942 gives his name as Tobe Bryant Akins, residence Earle, Crittenden County, AR. His date of birth was given as Dec 23, 1889 in Calhoun County, GA. He was age 52. His wife was Willie Akins of Earle, and he was employed by Sidney Warner Farm, Earle, AR.

Tobe Akins was married three times. His first wife was Lizzie; second wife was Annie Belle Fennel (married 18-Dec-1918 Crittenden County) and third wife was Willie Verna Lee Kimbrell (first married to Homer Buchanan 1937, she married Tobe Akins 15-Oct-1938 in Crittenden County).

Jerry Akins, youngest child, gave data on this family in Sept 1999.

T. B. Akins, 30 born GA, was found on the 1920 census living in Tyronza Twp with wife Annie B., 21 born MS, and children Freeman 9, (child of Lizzie) Burlie 4, & Philipp 2, all born AR.

Tobe Aiken, 41 born GA, was found on the 1930 census living in the north part of Tyronza Twp with wife Annie Bell 39 AL, and children, all born AR, Louis [Lois] 9, T. B. 5, Tom 3, Mattie 2, Geo. W. 1/12, Freeman?, dau 19, and Burley 14.

The 1940 census of Crittenden Co., AR Tyronza Twp, shows Tobe Akins, head, 50, OK, living in Cross Co in 1935. His wife was Willie Akins, age 30, born AR, living in Critt Co in 1935. Freeman, son, age 29, widow, born TN, living in Cross Co in 1935. Thomas, son, 13, AR, living in Cross Co in 1935. Mattie Mae, dau, 11, born AR, living in Cross Co in 1935. G W, son, age 9, AR, Cross Co in 1935. Bobby Gene, grandson, age 2, born AR, and Lovebelle Buchanan, step dau, age 5, born AR.

Information from Glenda Middleton gives second wife of Tobe Akins as Annie Belle Fennel born October 1899 in Tupelo, Lee Co. Mississippi. Daughter of Charles Houston Fennel and Elizabeth "Bettie" Hopper. Children of Tobe Bryant and Annie Belle Akins were: Louis, Thomas, Tobe B. Jr., Mattie, and Geo. W.. Tobe Bryant Akins and Annie Belle (Fennel) Akins were divorced about 1933.