This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Akers, Gee, Hoyt, Murphy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1666 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Fri. Apr. 21, 1882, in part: " Died in Barry, Illinois on Saturday morning April 15, 1882, George I. Akers, aged 86 years. Father Akers was one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens. He was born in New Jersey May 26, 1796. When a boy he removed with his father's family in the state of New York. Here in his 23rd year he was married to Miss Catharine Gee, who died some 16 years ago. In 1823 he removed to Ohio, and in 1828 he removed to Cincinnati where he remained some 8 years. In this city he was converted and joined the Methodist church, of which he has been a member ever since. The memories of his home, and of his conversion and his church relationship in Cincinnati, were very precious to him in all his years. He came to this State in 1836, and in the fall of that year settled upon his farm near Kingston. Here he resided, with only a short interval, until 1877, when he removed to this town. He married his second wife, Mrs. Mary ! A. Akers, his now bereaved widow, Oct. 11, 1866. Of his family of eleven children only three remain to mourn his loss and honor his memory. One of these, Mr. D.G. Akers, is a resident of this city. The funeral services were held in Kingston on Monday last. They were conducted by Rev. Wm. Hoyt, an old and loved friend of the deceased, and Rev. Wm. Murphy, a pastor. His large number of his former friends and neighbors accompanied the remains to the burying ground on the old homestead, whereby special request of Father Akers they were interred."