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Rhoda <I>Hixson</I> Akers

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Rhoda Hixson Akers

Birth
Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Jun 1923 (aged 94)
Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Akersville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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1900 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 69, p. 1b, lines 62-63
Series T623, roll 1412, dwelling 11, family 11, 2 June 1900

Rhoda AKERS, Head, May 1826, age 74, widow, 2 children / 0 still alive, Pa/Pa/Pa
Esta, granddau, Sep 1890, age 9, at school
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Altoona, PA: Altoona Mirror, issue of Thursday, 21 June 1923

MRS. RHODA AKERS,

One of Tyrone's oldest and best known residents, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oliver Holly, 725 Washington avenue, yesterday afternoon of diseases incident to old age. She was born in Brush Creek valley, May 31, 1829, residing in that vicinity until fifteen years ago, when she moved to Tyrone to make her home with her daughter. She was a daughter of Ephraim and Osa Hixon. Surviving are these children: Mrs. Oliver Holly, Tyrone; Mrs. A.E. Carpenter of Texarkana, Ark.; James and Robert Akers of Baltimore; Mrs. C.A. Stoner and Mrs. J.V. Oster of Tyrone. The husband, J. Harvey Akers, preceded the wife to the grave about thirty years ago. One brother, Jared Hixon of Los Angeles, also survives. Mrs. Akers was a lifelong member of the Methodist church in Brush Creek valley. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. A.S. Fasick, pastor of the Methodist church, at the home of Mrs. Oliver Holly at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. On Sunday morning the body will be taken to Akersville for interment.
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1900 PA Census: Fulton Co. Brush Creek Twp. ed 69, p. 1b, lines 62-63
Series T623, roll 1412, dwelling 11, family 11, 2 June 1900

Rhoda AKERS, Head, May 1826, age 74, widow, 2 children / 0 still alive, Pa/Pa/Pa
Esta, granddau, Sep 1890, age 9, at school
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Altoona, PA: Altoona Mirror, issue of Thursday, 21 June 1923

MRS. RHODA AKERS,

One of Tyrone's oldest and best known residents, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oliver Holly, 725 Washington avenue, yesterday afternoon of diseases incident to old age. She was born in Brush Creek valley, May 31, 1829, residing in that vicinity until fifteen years ago, when she moved to Tyrone to make her home with her daughter. She was a daughter of Ephraim and Osa Hixon. Surviving are these children: Mrs. Oliver Holly, Tyrone; Mrs. A.E. Carpenter of Texarkana, Ark.; James and Robert Akers of Baltimore; Mrs. C.A. Stoner and Mrs. J.V. Oster of Tyrone. The husband, J. Harvey Akers, preceded the wife to the grave about thirty years ago. One brother, Jared Hixon of Los Angeles, also survives. Mrs. Akers was a lifelong member of the Methodist church in Brush Creek valley. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. A.S. Fasick, pastor of the Methodist church, at the home of Mrs. Oliver Holly at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. On Sunday morning the body will be taken to Akersville for interment.
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RHODA | Wife of | J.H. Akers | Died | June 21, 1923 | Aged | 94 Yrs. 21 Ds.

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