Lawyer, policeman, judge, land office registrar, miller, merchant, candidate for Governor of Kansas (lost by 4 votes), father of 9 children (two died in infancy). Director of Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. 1858-1861 Journalist in the "Lawrence Republican" under the pseudonymn of "Freedom Shrieker" a series of articles. One of these articles was the first mention of Lincoln for President.
Source: The United States Biographical Dictionary, 1879 (pages 14-16)
The Coyville Star (Kansas Newspaper) Fri. Apr. 22, 1898 page 3:
"Judge Andrew Akin, founder of Guilford, this county, and builder of the Guilford grist mill, died at the home of his son , H.C. Akin, in Omaha, Neb., April 14, 1898, aged 88 years. He is remembered by all the old settlers as a prominent citizen in the early history of the county. The Fredoina Citizen says he wrote the first editorial for that paper when it was started, twenty-eight years ago this month, and that the republican party of this county was organized under a tree near his house on the Verdigris, thirty years ago. Another The Ottawa Daily Republic ( Ottawa, KS ) Fri. Apr 15, 1898 p. 1 Andrew Akin a pioneer of Kansas and once register of the land office at Topeka , died at Omaha, Neb., aged 88. Mr. Akin was very prominent in the early political history of Kansas , being one of the anti-slvery leaders."
Lawyer, policeman, judge, land office registrar, miller, merchant, candidate for Governor of Kansas (lost by 4 votes), father of 9 children (two died in infancy). Director of Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. 1858-1861 Journalist in the "Lawrence Republican" under the pseudonymn of "Freedom Shrieker" a series of articles. One of these articles was the first mention of Lincoln for President.
Source: The United States Biographical Dictionary, 1879 (pages 14-16)
The Coyville Star (Kansas Newspaper) Fri. Apr. 22, 1898 page 3:
"Judge Andrew Akin, founder of Guilford, this county, and builder of the Guilford grist mill, died at the home of his son , H.C. Akin, in Omaha, Neb., April 14, 1898, aged 88 years. He is remembered by all the old settlers as a prominent citizen in the early history of the county. The Fredoina Citizen says he wrote the first editorial for that paper when it was started, twenty-eight years ago this month, and that the republican party of this county was organized under a tree near his house on the Verdigris, thirty years ago. Another The Ottawa Daily Republic ( Ottawa, KS ) Fri. Apr 15, 1898 p. 1 Andrew Akin a pioneer of Kansas and once register of the land office at Topeka , died at Omaha, Neb., aged 88. Mr. Akin was very prominent in the early political history of Kansas , being one of the anti-slvery leaders."
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