Linda Akins Lee - Brush Creek Chronicles: The Family of John and Elizabeth Akin

Linda Akins Lee

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John Akin and ElizabethBetsy McKinney were married on December 19, 1809, in LincolnCounty. Their marriage marked the beginning of a Kentucky familythat settled along Brush Creek in Green County in the early 1800sand grew to include hundreds of descendants. John and Betsy werethe parents of eight children. Their family grew to includeforty-two grandchildren, at least one hundred eightygreat-grandchildren, and an ever-increasing number ofdescendants.

The story of the Akin family fromcolonial times to the post-World War II era reflects the events ofAmerican history. Their story begins on the Eastern Seaboard andmoves westward. From the earliest settlers, the Akin family werefarmers. Johns father was a farmer in Pennsylvania, and then inNorth Carolina, before moving to Kentucky. After settling in GreenCounty, John and his sons continued to farm, as do many of hisdescendants today. The majority of the descendants still live inthe central Kentucky area, including the counties of Green, LaRue,Hardin, Hart, and Taylor.

However, some branches of the familymoved beyond the rolling hills of central Kentucky. In the 1880s,some left Kentucky and traveled west, settling in Missouri, Kansas,Texas, and Oklahoma. Another migration after World War I saw sometraveling to Nebraska and other western states where they farmed orpursued other occupations. During and after World War II, some leftthe rural life in pursuit of jobs in Louisville and cities farthernorth. Some retired in places farther south. The list of familyoccupations expanded to include the fields of education, industry,medicine, and technology.

Five generations of descendants arechronicled in this book. This family history is arranged in adescendant outline. Each child of John and Betsy is given a onedigit number to show his or her position in the family birth order.Each grandchild is given a two digit number. The first digit is thesame as the parents number. The second digit shows thegrandchilds position in the family birth order. Eachgreat-grandchild has a three digit number. Eachgreat-great-grandchild has a four digit number.

This descendant outline is presentedtwice in this book. Immediately following this introduction is adescendant outline with each persons assigned number, name, anddates of birth and death if known. Spouses are listed on thefollowing line with a + before the spouses name. If the parent wasmarried more than once, the letter a is used to denote childrenof the first marriage and the letter b to denote children of thesecond marriage. This descendant outline is also used in Chapters 1through 8 of the book to organize the information known about eachindividual in each branch of the family.

Descendants of John Akinand Elizabeth Betsy McKinney

1 Mary "Polly" AKIN 1810-before1895

.. +George NOE 1806-1859

.. 1.1 Edward L. NOE 1830-before1870

.. +Nancy Jane BRIGHT1832-1914

... 1.1.1 Mary Elizabeth "Mary Bet"NOE 1853-1932

.... +James R. EADS 1847-before1910

..... 1.1.1.1 James E. EADS1872-?

..... +Mary J. _____1869-?

..... 1.1.1.2 Mary M. EADS1880-1944

..... +Fielden BALE1878-1945

..... 1.1.1.3 Eddie Bell EADS1885-1953

..... +Curtis LeeNICHOLS

... 1.1.2 George S. NOE 1855-before1860

... 1.1.3 Martha Jane NOE 1856-about1881

... +George W. DIXON1852-1935

..... 1.1.3.1 Lou Ellen DIXON1872-1955

..... +John Wesley SMITH1863-1954

..... 1.1.3.2 Permelia LindseyDIXON 1875-1949

..... +Jesse Reynolds GOODMAN1872-1963

..... 1.1.3.3 Elizabeth DIXON1877-1938

..... + John Turner EADS1867-1917

..... 1.1.3.4 Jossie DIXON1880-1947

..... +William LAMPKINS

..... *2nd Husband of JossieDIXON:

..... +Elisha GARDNER1850-1916

..... *3rd Husband of JossieDIXON:

..... +John RAGLAND1875-1940

... 1.1.4 James Wesley NOE1857-1942

... +Sarah J. Sallie LOCKE1866-1941

..... 1.1.4.1 Nora E. NOE1886-1903

..... +Irvin MASSIE1883-1945

..... 1.1.4.2 David Edward "Ed" NOE1890-1939

..... +Katherine___________

..... 1.1.4.3 William Robert NOE1892-1930

..... 1.1.4.4 Mary Alice NOE1895-1978

..... +Jesse L. MURRAY1889-1931

..... 1.1.4.5 John Henry NOE1899-1984

..... +Mildred HUMPHREY1906-1983

..... 1.1.4.6 James Roy NOE1902-1971

..... +Emma Rose WEISHAUPT1907-1972

..... 1.1.4.7 Charles Walter NOE1907-1954

..... +Norine ROBINSON1908-1987

... 1.1.5 Lucy Margaret NOE1863-1936

... +William C. BREEDEN1857-1919

..... 1.1.5.1 Hattie M. BREEDEN1885-?

..... +Walter F. MCGLASSON1886-1986

..... 1.1.5.2 Norma C. BREEDEN1886-?

..... +Thomas L. WESTMORELAND about1877-1958

..... 1.1.5.3 James G. BREEDEN1889-1904

..... 1.1.5.4 Effie BREEDEN 1890-?

..... +Cyrus E. BLACKERBY1891-1954

.. 1.2 Daniel NOE 1831-1854

.. 1.3 John Wesley NOE1833-1913

.. +Elizabeth "Bet" WHITLOW1836-1910

... 1.3.1 Helan Mary NOE1860-1875

... 1.3.2 Charlie Milton NOE1862-1950

... +Nancy Susan WALKER1868-1939

..... 1.3.2a.1 Mary Elizabeth"Lizzie" NOE 1883-1949

..... +2.5.1 Wm. J. CRABTREE1874-1971

..... 1.3.2a.2 Nora Ellen NOE1885-1938

..... +Nathaniel Edward "Edd"GENTRY 1882-1950

..... 1.3.2a.3 Daisy Lillian NOE1886-1970

..... +2.5.4 Albert L. CRABTREE1883-1980

..... 1.3.2a.4 Victor Hugo NOE1888-1950

..... +Julia Ann BLOYD1891-1972

..... 1.3.2a.5 Verdie Green NOE1889-1959

..... +Clyde WARREN1890-1968

..... 1.3.2a.6 Kate Lou NOE1891-1976

..... +Walter MARCUM1889-1918

..... *2nd Husband of Kate LouNOE:

..... +Christopher C. WARREN1865-1945

..... 1.3.2a.7 John Thomas NOE1892-1976

..... +2.7.1.2 Ora J. CANTRELL1896-1918

..... *2nd Wife of John ThomasNOE:

..... +Virgie SLAYTON1899-1933

..... *3rd Wife of John ThomasNOE:

..... +Fannie R. MILBY1892-1973

..... 1.3.2a.8 Wm. M."Willie" NOE1894-1896

..... 1.3.2a.9 Nannie Jane NOE1896-1977

..... +Burton SKAGGS1890-1969

..... *2nd Husband of Nannie JaneNOE:

..... +Ansel T."Tom" KESSLER1881-1969

..... 1.3.2a.10 Eva Lee NOE1898-1969

..... +George M. BENNINGFIELD1895-1961

..... 1.3.2a.11 Sallie Mat NOE1901-1993

..... +Wm. Cleveland LARIMORE1884-1951

..... 1.3.2a.12 Allie Mae NOE1902-1988

..... +2.2a.4.5 Sam Frank AKIN1902-1969

..... 1.3.2a.13 Cora Frances NOE1904-1918

..... 1.3.2a.14 Charlie Wesley NOE1906-1931

..... +Grace CANTRELL1906-1968

... *2nd Wife of Charlie MiltonNOE:

... +Mabel STANFIELD

... 1.3.3 Sarah Jane NOE1865-1947

... +Luther E. LARIMORE1853-1918

..... 1.3.3.1 Sylvester LARIMORE1884-1967

..... +Hattie VANCE1885-1916

..... *2nd Wife of SylvesterLARIMORE: