Enterprise Record Chieftain Newspaper, Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, dated (Thursday) September 21, 1916.
"End Comes Quietly To Samuel J. Akins"
"Pioneer Passes Away At Night Without Waking From Peaceful Sleep"
Samuel J. Akins died early Saturday morning at the home of his son, T.R. Akins in Enterprise, after a long illness. He had hardly been able to get about for some months, although his mind was clear and he kept in unusually good spirits for one with his afflictions. Friday night he retired feeling very cheerful. He had been joking with members of the family about going to Joseph on Saturday and had no premonition that the end was so near.
When Mrs. T.R. Akins went to his room to call him Saturday morning she was startled to find him dead. He lay in his bed as peacefully as if asleep, without a sign of having suffered any pain, or of having had any moments of consciousness before his spirit departed. Apparently he had passed from the dreams of sleep to the other world. It was just the way he had said he wanted to go, his sons said.
The funeral was held on Sunday and burial was in the Enterprise cemetery, Rev. A.J. Adams conducting the services. Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Akins came from their home on the Imnaha for the funeral, but the third brother, S.L. Akins, could not get here in time form his home at Fossil.
Mr. Akins was born at Bloomington, Illinois, December 16, 1835, and so was nearly 81 years of age. He moved to Missouri when a young man and was married at Rockport, that state, to Mary A. Burns, September 25, 1856. In the spring of 1860 they moved to Colorado where they lived at Boulder until 1883, when they moved to Union county, coming to Joseph in 1885. Their home was in Joseph until last fall, when, both being in poor health, they came to Enterprise where both lived the closing months of their lives under the care of their son. Mrs. Akins died April 4 of this year. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary would have come this month.
There were six children, of whom two sons and a daughter passed away before their mother. The surviving chidren are H.D., T.R. and S.L. Akins. mr. Akins was a good, upright citizen who did his part in bringing Wallowa county from pioneer conditions to the present state of development.
Card of Thanks - We wish to express our appreciation of the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors during the illness and after the death of our father. T.R. Akins and family, and H.D. Akins and family.
"End Comes Quietly To Samuel J. Akins"
"Pioneer Passes Away At Night Without Waking From Peaceful Sleep"
Samuel J. Akins died early Saturday morning at the home of his son, T.R. Akins in Enterprise, after a long illness. He had hardly been able to get about for some months, although his mind was clear and he kept in unusually good spirits for one with his afflictions. Friday night he retired feeling very cheerful. He had been joking with members of the family about going to Joseph on Saturday and had no premonition that the end was so near.
When Mrs. T.R. Akins went to his room to call him Saturday morning she was startled to find him dead. He lay in his bed as peacefully as if asleep, without a sign of having suffered any pain, or of having had any moments of consciousness before his spirit departed. Apparently he had passed from the dreams of sleep to the other world. It was just the way he had said he wanted to go, his sons said.
The funeral was held on Sunday and burial was in the Enterprise cemetery, Rev. A.J. Adams conducting the services. Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Akins came from their home on the Imnaha for the funeral, but the third brother, S.L. Akins, could not get here in time form his home at Fossil.
Mr. Akins was born at Bloomington, Illinois, December 16, 1835, and so was nearly 81 years of age. He moved to Missouri when a young man and was married at Rockport, that state, to Mary A. Burns, September 25, 1856. In the spring of 1860 they moved to Colorado where they lived at Boulder until 1883, when they moved to Union county, coming to Joseph in 1885. Their home was in Joseph until last fall, when, both being in poor health, they came to Enterprise where both lived the closing months of their lives under the care of their son. Mrs. Akins died April 4 of this year. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary would have come this month.
There were six children, of whom two sons and a daughter passed away before their mother. The surviving chidren are H.D., T.R. and S.L. Akins. mr. Akins was a good, upright citizen who did his part in bringing Wallowa county from pioneer conditions to the present state of development.
Card of Thanks - We wish to express our appreciation of the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors during the illness and after the death of our father. T.R. Akins and family, and H.D. Akins and family.
Enterprise Record Chieftain Newspaper, Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, dated (Thursday) September 21, 1916.
"End Comes Quietly To Samuel J. Akins"
"Pioneer Passes Away At Night Without Waking From Peaceful Sleep"
Samuel J. Akins died early Saturday morning at the home of his son, T.R. Akins in Enterprise, after a long illness. He had hardly been able to get about for some months, although his mind was clear and he kept in unusually good spirits for one with his afflictions. Friday night he retired feeling very cheerful. He had been joking with members of the family about going to Joseph on Saturday and had no premonition that the end was so near.
When Mrs. T.R. Akins went to his room to call him Saturday morning she was startled to find him dead. He lay in his bed as peacefully as if asleep, without a sign of having suffered any pain, or of having had any moments of consciousness before his spirit departed. Apparently he had passed from the dreams of sleep to the other world. It was just the way he had said he wanted to go, his sons said.
The funeral was held on Sunday and burial was in the Enterprise cemetery, Rev. A.J. Adams conducting the services. Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Akins came from their home on the Imnaha for the funeral, but the third brother, S.L. Akins, could not get here in time form his home at Fossil.
Mr. Akins was born at Bloomington, Illinois, December 16, 1835, and so was nearly 81 years of age. He moved to Missouri when a young man and was married at Rockport, that state, to Mary A. Burns, September 25, 1856. In the spring of 1860 they moved to Colorado where they lived at Boulder until 1883, when they moved to Union county, coming to Joseph in 1885. Their home was in Joseph until last fall, when, both being in poor health, they came to Enterprise where both lived the closing months of their lives under the care of their son. Mrs. Akins died April 4 of this year. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary would have come this month.
There were six children, of whom two sons and a daughter passed away before their mother. The surviving chidren are H.D., T.R. and S.L. Akins. mr. Akins was a good, upright citizen who did his part in bringing Wallowa county from pioneer conditions to the present state of development.
Card of Thanks - We wish to express our appreciation of the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors during the illness and after the death of our father. T.R. Akins and family, and H.D. Akins and family.
"End Comes Quietly To Samuel J. Akins"
"Pioneer Passes Away At Night Without Waking From Peaceful Sleep"
Samuel J. Akins died early Saturday morning at the home of his son, T.R. Akins in Enterprise, after a long illness. He had hardly been able to get about for some months, although his mind was clear and he kept in unusually good spirits for one with his afflictions. Friday night he retired feeling very cheerful. He had been joking with members of the family about going to Joseph on Saturday and had no premonition that the end was so near.
When Mrs. T.R. Akins went to his room to call him Saturday morning she was startled to find him dead. He lay in his bed as peacefully as if asleep, without a sign of having suffered any pain, or of having had any moments of consciousness before his spirit departed. Apparently he had passed from the dreams of sleep to the other world. It was just the way he had said he wanted to go, his sons said.
The funeral was held on Sunday and burial was in the Enterprise cemetery, Rev. A.J. Adams conducting the services. Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Akins came from their home on the Imnaha for the funeral, but the third brother, S.L. Akins, could not get here in time form his home at Fossil.
Mr. Akins was born at Bloomington, Illinois, December 16, 1835, and so was nearly 81 years of age. He moved to Missouri when a young man and was married at Rockport, that state, to Mary A. Burns, September 25, 1856. In the spring of 1860 they moved to Colorado where they lived at Boulder until 1883, when they moved to Union county, coming to Joseph in 1885. Their home was in Joseph until last fall, when, both being in poor health, they came to Enterprise where both lived the closing months of their lives under the care of their son. Mrs. Akins died April 4 of this year. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary would have come this month.
There were six children, of whom two sons and a daughter passed away before their mother. The surviving chidren are H.D., T.R. and S.L. Akins. mr. Akins was a good, upright citizen who did his part in bringing Wallowa county from pioneer conditions to the present state of development.
Card of Thanks - We wish to express our appreciation of the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors during the illness and after the death of our father. T.R. Akins and family, and H.D. Akins and family.
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