Enlisted at Ellicott at age 34 to serve 3 years and mustered in as a private in Co. F, 112th New York Infantry, on August 30, 1862; absent on furlough at muster out of company. Mustered out on June 13, 1865 at Raleigh, North Carolina.

WIVES: China Celestia Deveraux*/Clara Augusta Lake**
CHILDREN:
*Florence Akin Northrup
*Edmund Eugene Akin
*Addison Howard Akin
*Lewis T. Akin
*Meta Akin Van Dusen
*Hartley H. Akin
**Rhoda Akin
**Dudley Akin
**Mertie Myra Akin Myers

He died in 1906 in the state hospital. His first wife, China Devereaux, was killed in the explosion of a steamer boat on Lake Chautauqua in 1871.

Perry Akin, a prominent Jamestown veteran, died at Gowanda, yesterday, aged 78 years. He leaves a wife and seven children. Mr. Akin came from the Akin family of Kiantone, which settled in Kiantone in 1801, being one of the first families in the southern portion of the county."
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Obituary from a Boswell scrapbook, D.A.R.: "Perry Akin, well known Civil War Vet of this city {probably Jamestown} died at the Gowanda State Hospital yesterday at the age of 78. Besides his wife Clara A., he leaves five sons: D.M. of Springfield, Mass., H. of Bradford; Addis of Stedman; Lewis and Eugene of Cripple Creek, Colo. Daughters: Mrs. H. E. Douglass of Kent, Ohio and Mrs. F. Northrop of Busti. Also brothers DeWitt of Frewsburg; F. of Union City, and Marion of Marietta, Ohio."

Half Brother Marshall J. Akins

1865 New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865:
Record of soldiers and officers in the military service:
Aiken, Perry
Busti, Chaut Co.
Born: 28 Sep 1828, Carroll, Chaut. Co., NY
Private, NYV 112 Inf Vols, Co F
Enlisted: Sep 1, 1862
Mustered In: Sep 11, 1862
Enlisted for 3 years
Place of Enlistment: Busti, NY
Bounty paid by Town: $100
Married
Parents: John Howard & Lucinda Stevens,
Previous Occupation: Farmer
Promotions, etc: In battles Coal Harbor, Fort Fisher &c
Still living at P.O. address, Busti, NY.

1878 US, Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (ancestry) Roll #3.
Perry Akin, soldier, F company, 112, NY Inf. Filing date: 13 Mar 1878 at New York, USA; Spouse: Clara A. Akin
Date of Filing 1878 Mar 13 Invalid. Application # 250276, Certificate # 170958
1906 May 21 Widow: Application #849157; Certificate # 609?37

Sale Notices:
Akin, Perry 55 acres improved; Value of farm: $4000; Value of farm implements & machinery $150; Total wages paid in 1879: $80; Horses 3; Milch cows 7; other cattle 6; Sheep 17; Swine 2; Value of all livestock $880;
Wheat 75 bushels; Indian corn 30 bushels; oats 100 bushels
Wool 51 pounds; Irish Potatoes 40 pounds;
Dairy Products: butter 900 pounds;
Hay 30 tons
Value of animals slaughtered $180
Value of all farm production: $995.

Perry Akin Owner; 47 Acres; 30 acres permanent meadows, pastures, orchards, vineyards; 23 acres unimporved Woodland/forest. Value of farm land, fenes, bldgs: $2510; Value of farming implements & machinery $175; Value of livestock: $420; Cost of building and repairing in 1879: $5; Amt paid for wages ofr farm lebor in 1879: $25; Estimated value of all farm productsfor 1879: $661; 30 acres grasslands, mown; 40 acres grasslands, not mown; 25 tons of hay harvested in 1879;
On hand June 1, 1880: 2 horses; 4 Milch cows; 1 other cow; 5 calves; 1 cattle sold living; 500 lbs butter made on farm; 43 sheep; 17 lambs; 8 sold living; 27 sheep fleeces shorn at 108 pounds; 5 swine; 25 poultry; 100 eggs produced in 1879
In 1879: Buckwheat crop: 10 bushels; Indian Corn 3 acres for 40 bushels; 6 acres of oats for 187 bushels; 1 acres of wheat for 16 bushels; 5 bushels dry beans; Maple - Molasses 10 gallons.
In 1879: 1 acre Irish Potatoes for 90 bushels; 3 acres apples 100 trees for 300 bushels; Total value of orchard products of all kinds: $75;
In 1879: Amount of wood cut: 50 cords; Value of all forest products: $25
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