Born in Franklin, Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Hudson Akers
and Nancy (Cooper) Alers
Sister of
Nathaniel Brown Akers and Elisha Arnold Akers
Wife of
Frederick William Dodson
— married
1 Dec 1852 in Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ann Elizabeth (Dodson) Cooper, Christopher Columbus Dodson, Elisha John Dodson, Eliza Jane (Dodson) Dunbar, Willie Mae (Dodson) Meador and James Robert Dodson
Died
at age 46
in Raleigh, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
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Biography
Sarah (Akers) Dodson lived in Appalachia, in West Virginia.
Sarah Akers was born 26 August 1834 in Franklin, Virginia the daughter of Hudson Akers and Nancy Cooper.
She married Frederick W. Dodson on 1 December 1852 in Franklin, Virginia.[1]
Sarah and Frederick Dodson would have the following children:
- Hudson Henry DODSON
- Mary Ann Elizabeth DODSON
- Christopher Columbus DODSON
- Eliza Jane DODSON
- Sara Elvira DODSON
- William Tyler DODSON
- Nannie Frances DODSON
- Edward B. DODSON
- Elisha John DODSON
- Willie Mae DODSON
- James Remley DODSON
Sarah passed away on 10 November 1880 in Raleigh Co., West Virginia[2]
- Name: Sarah Akers/Dodson
- Sex: Female
- Death Date: 10 Nov 1880
- Death Place: Raleigh, Raleigh Co., West Virginia
- Age at Death: 40y
- Birth Place: Franklin Co., Virginia
- Marital Status: M
- Spouse: William/Dodson
- Mother: N./Akers
- Mother's Birth Place:
- Father: H./Akers
Sources
- 1850 Franklin County Virginia U. S. Federal Census, Dwelling 1255 Family 1250 Series: M432 Series: 944 Page: 144
- 1860 Union Furnace, Patrick County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p 59, Dwelling 403, Family 414 Series: M653 Series: 1369
- 1870 Pearisburg Township, Giles County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p. 20, Dwelling 136 Family 136 Series: M593 Series: 1648 Page: 137
- 1880 Shady Spring, Raleigh County, West Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p 18 Dwelling 140 Family 144 Series: T9 Series: 1412 Page: 173
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Andrea (Stawski) Pack
Stephanie Myers
Andrea (Stawski) Pack
Akers-1547 and Akers-509 appear to represent the same person because: Same family and person please merge thank you
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Stephanie Myers
Akers-1547 and Akers-2388 appear to represent the same person because: Birth and death records. List of children.
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by Stephanie Myers
Rejected matches › Sarah Ann (Unknown) Fothergill (1836-1928) › Sarah (unknown) Gibson (abt.1835-abt.1881)
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