Hamilton M Akers (1911 - 1949)

Born 14 Mar 1911 in Hayters Gap, Washington, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby Glenn (Roberts) Akers — married 14 Apr 1936 in Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States

Died 28 Feb 1949 at age 37 in Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Hamilton Akers was an Appalachian.

Hamilton Akers was the son of Nellie and Ernest Akers. He was born 14 Mar 1911 in Hayters Gap, Virginia.

He married Ruby Glen Roberts. He worked as an electrician and lived in Waynesville, North Carolin. They had the following children:

1. David Hamilton Akers, b 1938^[1]
2. Victor Glen Akers, (1941 - 1941)^[2][3]
3. H M Akers, (1943-1943)^[4]
4. Howard Craig Akers, (1946-1946)^[5]

Hamilton died at age 37 from a malignancy in his chest; he is buried in St James Cemetery, Chilhowie, Virginia.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHL8-X3F : 8 December 2014), Ruby Glenn Roberts in entry for David H Akers, 29 Mar 1938; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 25, p. 465, Haywood, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHL8-X3V : 8 December 2014), Ruby Glenn Roberts in entry for Victor Glenn Akers, 30 Nov 1941; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 28, p. 883, Haywood, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
3. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG3B-5MJ : 18 July 2017), Ruby Glem Roberts in entry for Victor Glenn Akers, 06 Dec 1941; citing Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, 450, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,208.
4. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYG-XRYR : 16 August 2019), Ruby Roberts in entry for H M Akers, 24 Oct 1943; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Newport News, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
5. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHL8-X3L : 8 December 2014), Ruby Roberts in entry for Howard Craig Akers, 07 Aug 1946; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 33, p. 629, Haywood, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
6. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPNN-85B : 18 July 2017), Nellie Hill in entry for Hamilton M Akers, 28 Feb 1949; citing Waynesville, Haywood Co., North Carolina, 5407, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,698.

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