Was your AKIN family ever in the Brown/Monroe/Owen County, IN? I am searching for kin of Elizabeth Akin who married Reuben Lawson in Owen Co., IN in 1835. I think the Akin family was passing thru the area on their way to Missouri! I don't know where Reuben and his wife were in 1840, but by 1850 he was in Marie's Co., MO I think. Mary In a message dated 8/2/2010 12:39:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Looking for "Cynthia" of California who corresponded with me in April and who evidently has since changed her e-mail address. Cynthia's ancestors have connections to my collateral ancestor, Benton Akin, of New Madrid. Cynthia: Please e-mail me. Thanks. -- Mary Sue Anton "New Madrid: A Mississippi River Town in History and Legend" NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact "Don E. Wright" [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For Mary:  Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Akin, b. 1845, married Richard W. Wathen, b. 1840; they are my paternal gr-grandparents. (Bettie's uncle was Judge Benton Akin whose third wife was named Elizabeth Emory.)   This Akin branch (John Akin, b. circa 1785) migrated from Ireland to Cape Girardeau, Missouri and from there to New Madrid.  Maries County, Mo. is in the middle of the state and is located several hundred miles from New Madrid.  Sorry I cannot help you. -- Mary Sue Anton "New Madrid: A Mississippi River Town in History and Legend" On Aug 2, 2010, at 7:47:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: [email protected]