Daughter of Thomas Sneed and Cynthia Penn
Mrs. Stephen Akers, who died at her home in Schellville last week at the advanced age of 90 years, was a second cousin of William Penn. She was born in Virginia in 1802. In 1834 she was united in marriage to Judge Stephen Akers, also a native of Virginia. IN 1850 she started overland with her husband for California, and in October of the same year she arrived in Sonoma Valley and located on a farm four miles south of Sonoma, where she lived continuously up to the day of her death. Grandma Akers, although an invalid for many years, bore her afflications with true Christian fortitude. This good woman was known to almost every resident of the valley and by many throughout the county and her amiable character, her mild and affable manner and her unaffected goodness of heart had much endeared her. The recollections of those virtues, however, which caused her to be beloved whilst living, and which preserve her memory in the hearts of those who survive her, serve at present to allay the sorrow and distress which has visited them. Mrs. Akers leaves an aged husband, one son, Montgomery Akers and four daughters to mourn her death. The funeral took place last Sunday and was attended by a very large number of people, who came from all parts of the valley eager to pay the last mark of respect to the remains of a woman so universally beloved by all. The floral tributes sent by friends were both numerous, chaste and beautiful.
Mrs. Stephen Akers, who died at her home in Schellville last week at the advanced age of 90 years, was a second cousin of William Penn. She was born in Virginia in 1802. In 1834 she was united in marriage to Judge Stephen Akers, also a native of Virginia. IN 1850 she started overland with her husband for California, and in October of the same year she arrived in Sonoma Valley and located on a farm four miles south of Sonoma, where she lived continuously up to the day of her death. Grandma Akers, although an invalid for many years, bore her afflications with true Christian fortitude. This good woman was known to almost every resident of the valley and by many throughout the county and her amiable character, her mild and affable manner and her unaffected goodness of heart had much endeared her. The recollections of those virtues, however, which caused her to be beloved whilst living, and which preserve her memory in the hearts of those who survive her, serve at present to allay the sorrow and distress which has visited them. Mrs. Akers leaves an aged husband, one son, Montgomery Akers and four daughters to mourn her death. The funeral took place last Sunday and was attended by a very large number of people, who came from all parts of the valley eager to pay the last mark of respect to the remains of a woman so universally beloved by all. The floral tributes sent by friends were both numerous, chaste and beautiful.
Daughter of Thomas Sneed and Cynthia Penn
Mrs. Stephen Akers, who died at her home in Schellville last week at the advanced age of 90 years, was a second cousin of William Penn. She was born in Virginia in 1802. In 1834 she was united in marriage to Judge Stephen Akers, also a native of Virginia. IN 1850 she started overland with her husband for California, and in October of the same year she arrived in Sonoma Valley and located on a farm four miles south of Sonoma, where she lived continuously up to the day of her death. Grandma Akers, although an invalid for many years, bore her afflications with true Christian fortitude. This good woman was known to almost every resident of the valley and by many throughout the county and her amiable character, her mild and affable manner and her unaffected goodness of heart had much endeared her. The recollections of those virtues, however, which caused her to be beloved whilst living, and which preserve her memory in the hearts of those who survive her, serve at present to allay the sorrow and distress which has visited them. Mrs. Akers leaves an aged husband, one son, Montgomery Akers and four daughters to mourn her death. The funeral took place last Sunday and was attended by a very large number of people, who came from all parts of the valley eager to pay the last mark of respect to the remains of a woman so universally beloved by all. The floral tributes sent by friends were both numerous, chaste and beautiful.
Mrs. Stephen Akers, who died at her home in Schellville last week at the advanced age of 90 years, was a second cousin of William Penn. She was born in Virginia in 1802. In 1834 she was united in marriage to Judge Stephen Akers, also a native of Virginia. IN 1850 she started overland with her husband for California, and in October of the same year she arrived in Sonoma Valley and located on a farm four miles south of Sonoma, where she lived continuously up to the day of her death. Grandma Akers, although an invalid for many years, bore her afflications with true Christian fortitude. This good woman was known to almost every resident of the valley and by many throughout the county and her amiable character, her mild and affable manner and her unaffected goodness of heart had much endeared her. The recollections of those virtues, however, which caused her to be beloved whilst living, and which preserve her memory in the hearts of those who survive her, serve at present to allay the sorrow and distress which has visited them. Mrs. Akers leaves an aged husband, one son, Montgomery Akers and four daughters to mourn her death. The funeral took place last Sunday and was attended by a very large number of people, who came from all parts of the valley eager to pay the last mark of respect to the remains of a woman so universally beloved by all. The floral tributes sent by friends were both numerous, chaste and beautiful.
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