Biographical sketch of Col. William Beard Aikin, from: Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown; L.E. Daniell, Austin, TX, 1890:
Col. W. B. Aikin was born in Burke County, North Carolina, January 23, 1805. His father, John Aikin, a native of Ireland, came to America at the age of twenty-three years, was a farmer by occupation, and died in Mississippi in 1838. Col. Aikin's mother, Mrs. Anne Aikin, was a daughter of Samuel Aken, of Pennsylvania. She died February 5th, 1867. Her father lived to the mature age of one hundred and six years.
The subject of this memoir left his native State in 1823 and went to Jefferson County, Ala., where he resided until 1831. He moved to Noxubee County, Miss., in that year, and in 1847 to Cass County, Texas, where he resided until 1860, and then moved to Red River County. In 1872 he made his home in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, and, until the time of his death, was prominently identified with the commercial and social interests of that thriving little city. He was always largely engaged in agricultural pursuits and left a landed estate of about fifteen thousand acres of land situated in Lamar and Red River counties. Prior to his death he was vice-president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Paris, a director of the First National Bank of Jefferson, Texas, and president of the Lamar Ware House Company, of Paris. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, South, over fifty years, and took a great interest in church work.
In March, 1827, he married Miss Araminta Flanagan, of North Carolina. Four children were born of this union. Only two of these lived to maturity, Mrs. O. C. Connor, now living in Paris, Texas, and Mrs. W. B. Ward, who died in 1882, at Jefferson, Texas.
In 1881 Col. Aikin founded what is now known as Aikin Institute, an educational institution that has since been given to the city. In 1892 he built and gave to the city of Paris the Aikin Charity Hospital at a cost of $12,000. He was a liberal contributor to churches and charitable purposes, and in every way, to the full extent of his means and personal influence, sought to promote the best interests of the community and country. He died at Paris, Texas, June 2, 1893, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. One of the finest granite monuments ever erected in Texas now marks his grave; a tribute to his memory prompted by the love of Mrs. O. C. Connor.
Col. W. B. Aikin was born in Burke County, North Carolina, January 23, 1805. His father, John Aikin, a native of Ireland, came to America at the age of twenty-three years, was a farmer by occupation, and died in Mississippi in 1838. Col. Aikin's mother, Mrs. Anne Aikin, was a daughter of Samuel Aken, of Pennsylvania. She died February 5th, 1867. Her father lived to the mature age of one hundred and six years.
The subject of this memoir left his native State in 1823 and went to Jefferson County, Ala., where he resided until 1831. He moved to Noxubee County, Miss., in that year, and in 1847 to Cass County, Texas, where he resided until 1860, and then moved to Red River County. In 1872 he made his home in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, and, until the time of his death, was prominently identified with the commercial and social interests of that thriving little city. He was always largely engaged in agricultural pursuits and left a landed estate of about fifteen thousand acres of land situated in Lamar and Red River counties. Prior to his death he was vice-president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Paris, a director of the First National Bank of Jefferson, Texas, and president of the Lamar Ware House Company, of Paris. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, South, over fifty years, and took a great interest in church work.
In March, 1827, he married Miss Araminta Flanagan, of North Carolina. Four children were born of this union. Only two of these lived to maturity, Mrs. O. C. Connor, now living in Paris, Texas, and Mrs. W. B. Ward, who died in 1882, at Jefferson, Texas.
In 1881 Col. Aikin founded what is now known as Aikin Institute, an educational institution that has since been given to the city. In 1892 he built and gave to the city of Paris the Aikin Charity Hospital at a cost of $12,000. He was a liberal contributor to churches and charitable purposes, and in every way, to the full extent of his means and personal influence, sought to promote the best interests of the community and country. He died at Paris, Texas, June 2, 1893, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. One of the finest granite monuments ever erected in Texas now marks his grave; a tribute to his memory prompted by the love of Mrs. O. C. Connor.
Biographical sketch of Col. William Beard Aikin, from: Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown; L.E. Daniell, Austin, TX, 1890:
Col. W. B. Aikin was born in Burke County, North Carolina, January 23, 1805. His father, John Aikin, a native of Ireland, came to America at the age of twenty-three years, was a farmer by occupation, and died in Mississippi in 1838. Col. Aikin's mother, Mrs. Anne Aikin, was a daughter of Samuel Aken, of Pennsylvania. She died February 5th, 1867. Her father lived to the mature age of one hundred and six years.
The subject of this memoir left his native State in 1823 and went to Jefferson County, Ala., where he resided until 1831. He moved to Noxubee County, Miss., in that year, and in 1847 to Cass County, Texas, where he resided until 1860, and then moved to Red River County. In 1872 he made his home in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, and, until the time of his death, was prominently identified with the commercial and social interests of that thriving little city. He was always largely engaged in agricultural pursuits and left a landed estate of about fifteen thousand acres of land situated in Lamar and Red River counties. Prior to his death he was vice-president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Paris, a director of the First National Bank of Jefferson, Texas, and president of the Lamar Ware House Company, of Paris. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, South, over fifty years, and took a great interest in church work.
In March, 1827, he married Miss Araminta Flanagan, of North Carolina. Four children were born of this union. Only two of these lived to maturity, Mrs. O. C. Connor, now living in Paris, Texas, and Mrs. W. B. Ward, who died in 1882, at Jefferson, Texas.
In 1881 Col. Aikin founded what is now known as Aikin Institute, an educational institution that has since been given to the city. In 1892 he built and gave to the city of Paris the Aikin Charity Hospital at a cost of $12,000. He was a liberal contributor to churches and charitable purposes, and in every way, to the full extent of his means and personal influence, sought to promote the best interests of the community and country. He died at Paris, Texas, June 2, 1893, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. One of the finest granite monuments ever erected in Texas now marks his grave; a tribute to his memory prompted by the love of Mrs. O. C. Connor.
Col. W. B. Aikin was born in Burke County, North Carolina, January 23, 1805. His father, John Aikin, a native of Ireland, came to America at the age of twenty-three years, was a farmer by occupation, and died in Mississippi in 1838. Col. Aikin's mother, Mrs. Anne Aikin, was a daughter of Samuel Aken, of Pennsylvania. She died February 5th, 1867. Her father lived to the mature age of one hundred and six years.
The subject of this memoir left his native State in 1823 and went to Jefferson County, Ala., where he resided until 1831. He moved to Noxubee County, Miss., in that year, and in 1847 to Cass County, Texas, where he resided until 1860, and then moved to Red River County. In 1872 he made his home in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, and, until the time of his death, was prominently identified with the commercial and social interests of that thriving little city. He was always largely engaged in agricultural pursuits and left a landed estate of about fifteen thousand acres of land situated in Lamar and Red River counties. Prior to his death he was vice-president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Paris, a director of the First National Bank of Jefferson, Texas, and president of the Lamar Ware House Company, of Paris. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, South, over fifty years, and took a great interest in church work.
In March, 1827, he married Miss Araminta Flanagan, of North Carolina. Four children were born of this union. Only two of these lived to maturity, Mrs. O. C. Connor, now living in Paris, Texas, and Mrs. W. B. Ward, who died in 1882, at Jefferson, Texas.
In 1881 Col. Aikin founded what is now known as Aikin Institute, an educational institution that has since been given to the city. In 1892 he built and gave to the city of Paris the Aikin Charity Hospital at a cost of $12,000. He was a liberal contributor to churches and charitable purposes, and in every way, to the full extent of his means and personal influence, sought to promote the best interests of the community and country. He died at Paris, Texas, June 2, 1893, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. One of the finest granite monuments ever erected in Texas now marks his grave; a tribute to his memory prompted by the love of Mrs. O. C. Connor.
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