The following biographical sketch is added by request of Gerald Hobson:
"Robert Wesley Akin, son of Joseph Wiley and Cynthia Ann Willmore Akin, was born June 17, 1868, in Benton County, Ill.
At the age of five, he moved with his parents to Kansas. The family first settled at the Hart's Mill settlement east of Hewins. After living there a year, they moved to a farm on Otter Creek, northwest of Cedar Vale, where he grew to manhood.
He first married Miss Daisy Vandruff and to this union two children were born. After her death, he married Miss Pearl Parks. This union was blessed with seven children, three boys and four girls.
He was preceded in death by his wife and four of his children; an infant daughter, Parks, Loverne and Roger. Mr. Akin was the last surviving member of the family of Joseph and Cynthia Akin.
He was a member of the Hewins Church of Christ and had always taken an active part in the work there.
Those surviving him are: L. D. Akin of Blackwell, Okla., Nadine Pate of Cedar Vale, Nedra Dissinger of Manistique, Minn., Donald of North Highlands, Calif., Lauveve Fox of Denver, Colo., sixteen (16) grandchildren and twelve (12 great-grandchildren."
"Robert Wesley Akin, son of Joseph Wiley and Cynthia Ann Willmore Akin, was born June 17, 1868, in Benton County, Ill.
At the age of five, he moved with his parents to Kansas. The family first settled at the Hart's Mill settlement east of Hewins. After living there a year, they moved to a farm on Otter Creek, northwest of Cedar Vale, where he grew to manhood.
He first married Miss Daisy Vandruff and to this union two children were born. After her death, he married Miss Pearl Parks. This union was blessed with seven children, three boys and four girls.
He was preceded in death by his wife and four of his children; an infant daughter, Parks, Loverne and Roger. Mr. Akin was the last surviving member of the family of Joseph and Cynthia Akin.
He was a member of the Hewins Church of Christ and had always taken an active part in the work there.
Those surviving him are: L. D. Akin of Blackwell, Okla., Nadine Pate of Cedar Vale, Nedra Dissinger of Manistique, Minn., Donald of North Highlands, Calif., Lauveve Fox of Denver, Colo., sixteen (16) grandchildren and twelve (12 great-grandchildren."
The following biographical sketch is added by request of Gerald Hobson:
"Robert Wesley Akin, son of Joseph Wiley and Cynthia Ann Willmore Akin, was born June 17, 1868, in Benton County, Ill.
At the age of five, he moved with his parents to Kansas. The family first settled at the Hart's Mill settlement east of Hewins. After living there a year, they moved to a farm on Otter Creek, northwest of Cedar Vale, where he grew to manhood.
He first married Miss Daisy Vandruff and to this union two children were born. After her death, he married Miss Pearl Parks. This union was blessed with seven children, three boys and four girls.
He was preceded in death by his wife and four of his children; an infant daughter, Parks, Loverne and Roger. Mr. Akin was the last surviving member of the family of Joseph and Cynthia Akin.
He was a member of the Hewins Church of Christ and had always taken an active part in the work there.
Those surviving him are: L. D. Akin of Blackwell, Okla., Nadine Pate of Cedar Vale, Nedra Dissinger of Manistique, Minn., Donald of North Highlands, Calif., Lauveve Fox of Denver, Colo., sixteen (16) grandchildren and twelve (12 great-grandchildren."
"Robert Wesley Akin, son of Joseph Wiley and Cynthia Ann Willmore Akin, was born June 17, 1868, in Benton County, Ill.
At the age of five, he moved with his parents to Kansas. The family first settled at the Hart's Mill settlement east of Hewins. After living there a year, they moved to a farm on Otter Creek, northwest of Cedar Vale, where he grew to manhood.
He first married Miss Daisy Vandruff and to this union two children were born. After her death, he married Miss Pearl Parks. This union was blessed with seven children, three boys and four girls.
He was preceded in death by his wife and four of his children; an infant daughter, Parks, Loverne and Roger. Mr. Akin was the last surviving member of the family of Joseph and Cynthia Akin.
He was a member of the Hewins Church of Christ and had always taken an active part in the work there.
Those surviving him are: L. D. Akin of Blackwell, Okla., Nadine Pate of Cedar Vale, Nedra Dissinger of Manistique, Minn., Donald of North Highlands, Calif., Lauveve Fox of Denver, Colo., sixteen (16) grandchildren and twelve (12 great-grandchildren."
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