Family
Histories of Coleman County, Texas
The Akin(s)
Family
by Elsie Acrey
From A History of Coleman County
and Its People, 1985
edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and
Vena Bob Gates - used by permission
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Sometime
after the birth of their youngest daughter,
Fannie Mae, February 26, 1907, Nancy Ella
(Bell) and James children moved from Avalon,
Ellis County, Texas, to the then thriving
community of Gouldbusk. While
attending Gouldbusk schools, one or two of
the Akin children added an "s to the name,
making it Akins. The family was of
Scotch, Dutch and Cherokee Indian
ancestry. Grandfather Samuel Akin was
from Tennessee died September 1, 1906,
buried in Talpa. One Grandmother was
from Holland. Grandfather Thomas Bell
was born in Ireland in 1820 and lived to the
age of 86; his wife's name was Susanna
Hart. He was an engineer on
Mississippi River steamboats. The boat
on which he was an engineer won the famous
race between the Natchez and the Robert
Lee. James William died in 1919 at
Gouldbusk and Nancy Ellen, December 11,
1870-May 31, 1934, both are buried at
Gouldbusk.
Several of the Akin
children left Gouldbusk to live with
relatives near Yuma. Arizona. While in
Yuma, Vern became Vern Carlisle; Tom became
the local Ford dealer. James (J. H.)
returned to Coleman but moved to San Marcos
in the 1930's. In 1923, Fannie Mae
married Claud Ray Acrey in Yuma, Arizona.
(See John T. Acrey).
This is what
happened to the children of Nancy and James
William Akin.
(1) Maud and
Homer Monroe farmed in the Talpa area. (See
Samuel Milton Monroe);
(2) Vern lived in
Long Beach, California, for many
years. She'\ managed a restaurant and
had three daughters;
(3) Fannie
Mae died in Clovis, New Mexico in 1965;
(4) Ben
remained in Gouldbusk:
(5) Tom died
in Yuma, Arizona;
(6) Fred lived at
San Luis Obispo, California;
(7) James lives in
Pueblo. Colorado
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