George W Akers (abt. 1844)

Born about 1844 in Carthagena, Mercer, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Sarah V Crowder — married 12 May 1873 in Allen, Ohio, United States

Biography

George Akers is a part of US Black heritage.

Private George Akers served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 30 May 1863
Mustered out: 29 Aug 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company B, 55th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

George was born about 1844.

In 1880, he lived in Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio, with his wife, Sarah V., and children Virginia, Anna, and George A.^[1]

NOTE: The 1880 census lists his birth place as Tennessee.

The 1890 Special Schedule of Union Veterans gives his address as 317 Mound Street, Dayton, Ohio.^[2]

Civil War Pension

George applied for a pension on 7 May 1880. His widow, Sarah V. Akers, applied for a pension on 25 November 1903; her application was filed from Indiana.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
   Citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: MZ1C-NW6 (accessed 29 April 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBK-94K1 Image number 00584
   George W Akers (35), married head of household in Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States. Born in Tennessee, United States.
2. ↑ * 1890 Census: "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
   Citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,223.
   FamilySearch Record: K83V-1KN (accessed 29 April 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 939V-5GT6-9
   George W Akers in Dayton O, Preble, Ohio, United States. (NOTE: FamilySearch has this incorrectly placed in Preble County; the records themselves clearly state Montgomery County.
3. ↑ George W Akers Pension Index Card: "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
   The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 4
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4654 #652440 (accessed 29 April 2022)
   Name: George W Akers; Gender: Male; Unit: B 55 Mass. Infantry; Filing Date: 7 May 1880; Place Filed: Indiana, USA; Relation to Head: Soldier; Spouse: Sarah V Akers; Roll number: 4.

• Fox, Charles Barnard. Record of the Service of the Fifty-Fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Cambridge, Massachusetts : Press of John Wilson and Son, July, 1868), pg. 118-120.