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Eliza <I>Akin</I> Sherman

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Eliza Akin Sherman

Birth
Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Death
23 Mar 1857 (aged 42)
Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Burial
Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
E72
Memorial ID
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Eliza was a daughter of Rebecca Follett and William Holloway Akin. She had 9 siblings: Sarah S., Mahala & Amanda (twins), Rebecca, Benjamin, William Holloway, Jr., Lois, John Howard and George Washington.

She married Orin Sherman November 25, 1830 in Pittstown, NY. They had 11 children: Sarah, Harriet A., Charles, Amanda Akin, Mary, John E., William H., Rebecca, Catherine, Lydia Jane and Emily.

Eliza and her husband were going to church in their carriage and they sat on chairs. Eliza says to her husband, "whip up the ponies and let's show off a bit!" He did. She went over backward in her chair and he asked, "Have you shown off all you want to now?" Story by Jenny Akin Hayner fm Daphne Brownell Records, Benjamin Akin notebook 2.



Eliza was a daughter of Rebecca Follett and William Holloway Akin. She had 9 siblings: Sarah S., Mahala & Amanda (twins), Rebecca, Benjamin, William Holloway, Jr., Lois, John Howard and George Washington.

She married Orin Sherman November 25, 1830 in Pittstown, NY. They had 11 children: Sarah, Harriet A., Charles, Amanda Akin, Mary, John E., William H., Rebecca, Catherine, Lydia Jane and Emily.

Eliza and her husband were going to church in their carriage and they sat on chairs. Eliza says to her husband, "whip up the ponies and let's show off a bit!" He did. She went over backward in her chair and he asked, "Have you shown off all you want to now?" Story by Jenny Akin Hayner fm Daphne Brownell Records, Benjamin Akin notebook 2.





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  • Created by: Sue Williams
  • Added: Jan 28, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33346237/eliza-sherman: accessed ), memorial page for Eliza Akin Sherman (27 Aug 1814–23 Mar 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33346237, citing Millertown Cemetery, Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, USA; Maintained by Sue Williams (contributor 46538018).