Joseph Amos Akers (1879 - 1921)

Born 15 Nov 1879 in Floyd, Virginia, United States

Died 18 Feb 1921 at age 41 in Camp Dix, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

Biography

Joseph Amos Akers was born on November 15, 1879, in Floyd, Virginia to Valentine Walker and Rhoda Catherine (Dickerson) Akers. He married Edith Marie Marker on March 16, 1915, in La Veta, Colorado. They were the parents of Sadie Virginia (1916–2001) and Josephine Marie (1918–2003). He died on February 18, 1921, at the age of 41 in Camp Dix, New Jersey, and was buried in La Veta Cemetery in La Veta, Colorado.

• Fact: Residence (1880) Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Manati, Puerto Rico
• Fact: Residence (1910) Fort Duchesne, Uintah, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
• Fact: Burial La Veta Cemetery, La Veta, Huerfano, Colorado, United States

Sources

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC52-HMC : 15 January 2022), Joseph A. Aken in household of V. Walker Aken, Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M31Z-T5C : 17 February 2022), Joseph A Akers, 1900.

• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5X6-34W : accessed 27 August 2017), Joseph A Akers, Fort Duchesne, Uintah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 182, sheet 2A, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1609; FHL microfilm 1,375,622.

• 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGS-LHQ : 1 February 2021), Joseph A Akers, 1920.

• Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Q-64ZG : 13 December 2015), Joseph Amos Akers, 1921; Burial, La Veta, Huerfano, Colorado, United States of America, La Veta Cemetery; citing record ID 59175647, Find A Grave: Memorial #59175647.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 June 2023, 00:21), entry for Joseph Amos Akers (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZ7F-LCM ); contributed by various users.

• Marriage: "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN35-RLR : 19 February 2021), Joseph A Akers and Edith Marker, 16 Mar 1915, La Veta, Huerfano, Colorado, United States; citing no. 45865, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,047.