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John Paul Akins 1893–1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Nov 1893

Birth Location: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 17 Oct 1961

Death Location: Hickory Flat, Cherokee, Georgia, USA

Father: James Akins

Mother: Nevada Lawson

Spouse(s): Julia Thompson

Children(s): John Jr.

John Paul Akins was born in 1893 in Cherokee County, Georgia, USA, the child of James Marion Akins And Nevada Jane Lawson. John Paul Akins married Julia Thompson, and had children including John Paul Akins Jr. John Paul Akins passed away in 1961 in Hickory Flat, Cherokee, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • John Paul Akins was born in 1893 in Cherokee County, Georgia, USA, the child of James Marion Akins And Nevada Jane Lawson.
  • John Paul Akins married Julia Thompson, and had children including John Paul Akins Jr.
  • John Paul Akins passed away in 1961 in Hickory Flat, Cherokee, Georgia, USA.

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Children(s)

John Akins's Ancestors

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John Akins
1893–1961
Birth Place: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
Parents
James Marion Akins
1865–1941
Georgia, USA
Nevada (Jane) Lawson
1871–1912
Mica, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Warren (Thomas) Lawson
1851–1908
Union County, South Carolina, USA
Elmina Sartor
1848–1917
Great-Grandparents
Nevel Lawson
1828–1890
Rebecca Smith
1832–1913
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Smith
1787–1854
Amanda Duke
1787–1878

John Akins's Descendants

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John (Paul) Akins (22 Nov 1893–17 Oct 1961) m. Julia Thompson (1905–)
  1. 1. John (Paul Akins) Jr. 1924–1925

John Akins's Timeline

2 Records

1893
22 Nov 1893
Birth of John Paul Akins in Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
1961
17 Oct 1961
Age 68
Death of John Paul Akins in Stone Mountain, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
Stone Mountain, De Kalb, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Nov 1893
    Event Place: Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Atlanta Constitution; Publication Date: 18 Oct 1961; Publication Place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ,0.061326697,0.25887904,0.21844107&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1961
    Event Place: Stone Mountain, De Kalb, Georgia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Atlanta Constitution; Publication Date: 18 Oct 1961; Publication Place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ,0.061326697,0.25887904,0.21844107&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hickory Flat, Cherokee, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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