Eliezer Franklin Akin and Novaline Polk Akin (my 2x great-grandparents) moved to Bonham, Texas, sometime around 1890. They were from the Carter’s Creek area in Tennessee and had two daughters, Myrtie and Emma, and a son (my great grandfather), William Polk Akin. Sadly, Eliezer would die shortly after arriving in Texas. William Polk Akin married Mary Whitsett in 1891, and they moved to be closer to her family in Sallisaw, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Novaline would outlive both of her daughters and end up living with her granddaughter, Vivian Estes.
Eliezer Franklin and Novaline Rebecca Akin
Left to Right: Graves of Emma, Novaline, Eliezer, and Myrtie
ELIEZER FRANKLIN AKIN
Eliezer Franklin Akin (July 31, 1823 – December 12, 1890)
My great-great grandfather - father of William Polk Akin, grandfather of Alfred Nicholson Akin, great grandfather of Peter, Don & Earl Akin
[The year of death on his tombstone is clearly 1897, yet the Family Bible and his obituary record 1890 as his year of death. I'm not sure why his tombstone has this error.]
NOVALINE REBECCA POLK MILLER AKIN
Novaline Rebecca (Polk) (Miller) Akin (January 25, 1831 - October 31, 1915)
My great-great grandmother - mother of William Polk Akin, grandmother of Alfred Nicholson Akin, great grandmother of Peter, Don & Earl Akin.
MYRTIE LEE AKIN ESTES
MYRTIE LEE ESTES
Myrtie Lee (Akin) Estes (December 29, 1864 – January 28, 1897)
Myrtie Lee Estes (October 24, 1896 – May 31, 1908)
Myrtie Lee Estes (October 24, 1896 – May 31, 1908)
Sister of William Polk Akin; daughter of Eliezer and Novaline Akin.
Myrtie was buried with her daughter Myrtie Lee Estes who died at age 11 of a brain tumor.
EMMA AKIN THOMPSON
Emma (Akin) Thompson (December 15, 1871 – November 2, 1901)
Sister of William Polk Akin; daughter of Eliezer and Novaline Akin.
[Based on other records (Bible and census) Emma's middle initial should most likely be "O" for Ophelia. I have seen "Winifred" also as a middle name, but in the Bible record kept by Emma's mother, Novaline Akin, "Ophelia" is noted as the middle name.]
JOHN A. THOMPSON AND NANNIE SANDERS THOMPSON
Emma Akin Thompson's In-Laws