Sullivan-Clark County IN Archives Biographies.....Akin, Ransom W. 1806 - 
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Author: Wilson, Fuller & Co. (1899)

  No history of Sullivan County would be complete without a review of the life
of the late Hon. Ransom W. Akin. He was one of the most prominent citizens of
his day in that locality, Mr. Akin was a native of Clarke [sic] County, Ind.,
being born October l8, 1806. He was the son of Josiah and Rebecca (Stewart)
Akin, both natives of Virginia. The subject of our sketch was reared on a farm.
He began the mercantile business at New Albany in 1830; he was later at Bowling
Green, Ind. After remaining there two years he returned to New Albany though
afterwards moved to Carlisle, this county, where he continued in and built up a
splendid business, which at the time of his death came into the hands of his
sons. Mr. Akin's first marriage was in 1826 to Miss Martha Jacobs, by whom he
had four children: Evaline Jenkins, of Illinois; Wm. M. Akin, Sr., of
Evansville; Mary A. and Francis M. Akin are both dead. Mrs. Akin died June,
1833. Mr. Akin's second marriage occurred on December 9, 1831, to Miss Sarah R.
Sedgwick, who was born September 19, 1817, being the daughter of John and Bettie
(Rawlins) Sedgwick, natives of Maryland. They settled in Monroe County, Ind., in
1823. Mr. and Mrs. Akin were the parents of eight children: John S., Charles T.,
Edgar W.; Josiah T. Akin; Eloise J. Price, of Rock Island, Ill.; Sarah W. Cloud,
of Boston, Mass., are among the living; Margaret E., Ransom W., Jr., are dead.
Mr. Akin died June, 1880, in Carlisle. He bears the distinction of being the
first native born Hoosier elected to the Indiana legislature.

Additional Comments:
Haddon Twp.

Extracted from:

AN ILLUSTRATED Standard Atlas OF 
Sullivan County, INDIANA.

WILSON, FULLER & Co.,
PUBLISHERS.
1899


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