Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Aker, James 1844 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Aker, James - That prosperity has come to many of the Grundy County 
agriculturalists is not due to luck but to a fortunate selection of location 
and persistent and intelligent working of the land. One of the retired farmers 
of this locality who developed his property into a very valuable place is 
James Aker of Vienna Township. He was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., 
February 9, 1844, a son of Jeremiah and Julia Ann (Granby) Aker, natives of 
Cairo, Greene County, N. Y., where they were married, but later went to 
Schoharie County that same state. In 1850 these parents came to Morris, Ill., 
later settling on a farm of eighty acres in Vienna Township, which the father 
developed from raw prairie into valuable land. His death occurred January 31, 
1900.

James Aker attended the schools of Vienna Township, and lived with his mother 
until his marriage, following which he located on his present farm. This was 
partly improved, but he made many changes, including the erection of a 
comfortable residence and other modern buildings. On July 6, 1882, Mr. Aker 
was married by the Rev. W. A. Cumming, of Zion Methodist Church, to Cora A. 
Passage, born in Columbia County, Wis., April 30, 1865, a daughter of Joseph 
L. and Sarah L. (Seward) Passage. Mr. and Mrs. Aker have children as follows: 
Julia Alice, who is Mrs. Clarence E. Dewey, of Fort Morgan, Colo.; George B., 
who is Mrs. C. R. Winsor, of Norman Township, who has two children, Gordon A. 
and Alice H.; Mabel H., who is Mrs. O. T. Winsor of Norman Township, who has 
one daughter, Dorothy; Edna May, who is the wife of Will J. Trotter, of Coal 
City; Alta H., who is a trained nurse, of Morris, Ill.; Ruby E., who is at 
home, and Pearl E., who died in infancy. Mr. Aker belongs to the Zion 
Methodist Church of Norman Township, of which he has been a trustee since 
1904. He has held several public offices, having been road overseer and school 
director for a quarter of a century, and town clerk for two terms.  Logan Camp 
No. 1212, M. W. A., of Seneca, Ill., holds his fraternal membership, and he is 
popular with his fellow lodge members as he is with all with whom he is 
brought in contact. On October 23, 1913, Mr. Aker moved to Mazon, Ill., where 
he is living retired.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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