Diana... Sorry to inform you BUT Obadiah Akers, born 1814 died at the age of 103 in Roseburg, OR. His great grand son Elbert "Hoopy" Akers was in his 90s when he died at Ashland, OR. Deanna On Sun, 5 Mar 2000 01:13:02 -0500 Joni L Pontius <jlpontius@juno.com> writes: >Diana~I couldn't resist; you said that no Akers man gets past 70-72. I >knew my great-grandfather Charles Edgar Akers in 1957, who was born in >1865. His father Andrew Jackson was only 76 when he died...~Joni > > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.