Posted on: Johnston Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/joh/Johnston?read=263 Surname: Akers, Steele, King, Laird ------------------------- Geo W. Akers was born in Putnam County, Ind. about 1838. He married his wife Margaret Matilda (Maggie) Steele when she was 16, around 1858-60, and they came to Paola, Kansas about 1863 where his younger brother Thomas worked. George's father was Thomas Akers. George died at Stafford, KS in 1924, after a colorful career which included teacher, minister, pharmacist, doctor, merchant, and newspaper owner. The oldest son of George was Larkin Neanian Akers, named for a grandfather or great grandfather through the Steele family. He married Ida Louetta King in 1882, at Little River, Kansas. 'Lou' was a daughter of Abigail Belcher Spear King, widowed of (Daniel?) King of Orange, Mass about 1875. They had 3 daughters, Stella (married to J. A. Cravens), Clara (married to Earl Fickertt), and Margaret (married to Otis Zenor).