Pvt John Wesley Akers (1846-1865) - Find a Grave Memorial

Pvt John Wesley Akers Veteran

Birth

1846

Indiana, USA

Death

21 Apr 1865 (aged 18–19)

Georgia, USA

Cenotaph

Upper Bay Cemetery

Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Add to Map

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John W WAKERS/AKERS
s/o James Monroe Akers 1830 – 1907.NE &
Mary Frances Wright 1829 – 1892

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Enlisted as a Private on 29 February 1864 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company B, 4th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 29 Feb 1864. Died as a prisoner at Andersonville, GA.

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Family Members

Parents

James Monroe Akers

1821–1897
Mary Francis Wright Akers

1828–1892

Siblings

PVT John Wesley Akers

1846–1865
Sarah Ellen Akers Bloodgood

1855–1922
Asbury Francis Akers

1859–1927
Elmer Newton Akers

1862–1923

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Upper Bay Cemetery
Delhi
Delaware County
Iowa
USA
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Records on Ancestry

Geneanet Community Trees Index
1860 United States Federal Census
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Iowa, U.S., Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998

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Family Members

James Monroe Akers

Mary Francis Wright Akers