Hello, Maybe this is part of the family that stopped for a while in Iowa on its way to Utah. Jane Akers b. 1794 -- the daughter of Thomas Akers b. abt 1882 and Kate Malone-- married Jesse Purcell. They were Mormons and stopped in Iowa and never left there. I do not know if part of their group went on to Salt Lake or not. Jesse and Jane had 7 or 8 children. One of their daughters Mariah married George L. D. Jones and they had eight children. Jane's brother Bedy or Benjamin had a son named Wm. C. Akers. Jane is one of my favorite foremothers. She must have been a valiant lady. She went to Iowa in a covered wagon with her children and grandchildren. W.L. Barker