Rosa Ann Duvak (1890 -1977)
On April 19,1906, at the age of sixteen, Rosa Ann Duvak married William Jesse Akin in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. (Pottawatomie County Marriage Book 9, William Akin and Annie Byrons) He was known as Bill and was eleven years older than Rosa. He was also a widower with a five-year-old son, William Culis. His first wife was Ida Sells.
Bill and Rosa farmed in the Durant and Bennington, Oklahoma areas. Their first child, Susie Elinore was born June 22, 1907 in Warnett, Oklahoma. A second daughter, Sadie, was born a couple of years later, but died as an infant. On September 27, 1911, another daughter, Bertha Lee, was born in Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma. Rhudell Chester Akin, (everyone called him Check) was born April 28, 1914, also in Bennington.
Death of William Jesse Akin
The family was doing very well farming, then Bill began having problems with his lungs and breathing. It was said to be caused from breathing in the dust and chaff from working in the fields; it was possibly tuberculosis. The doctor said his health might improve in a drier climate. The family packed up and started out west in a covered wagon. They may have been headed toward New Mexico. However, when they got to Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, Bill was so bad they pulled into a wagon yard to spend a few days, hoping he would get better. Rosa gave twelve-year-old Culis all the money they had to buy some food for the family and feed for the horses. Culis didn’t return, leaving the family with no money. Bill continued to worsen and eventually died in July 1915. Culis did not know his father had died until two years later when he returned to the family in Oklahoma.
Rosa was destitute, with three children. Other people in the wagon yard took up a collection for Rosa. She was able to bury Bill and somehow got word to Bill’s father, Sidney Akin, who lived in Oklahoma. Sidney was eighty years old; however, he on horseback he rode to Vernon, Texas and helped Rose drive the family back to Oklahoma. Sidney lived with Rosa and the children for awhile to help her out.
On April 19,1906, at the age of sixteen, Rosa Ann Duvak married William Jesse Akin in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. (Pottawatomie County Marriage Book 9, William Akin and Annie Byrons) He was known as Bill and was eleven years older than Rosa. He was also a widower with a five-year-old son, William Culis. His first wife was Ida Sells.
Bill and Rosa farmed in the Durant and Bennington, Oklahoma areas. Their first child, Susie Elinore was born June 22, 1907 in Warnett, Oklahoma. A second daughter, Sadie, was born a couple of years later, but died as an infant. On September 27, 1911, another daughter, Bertha Lee, was born in Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma. Rhudell Chester Akin, (everyone called him Check) was born April 28, 1914, also in Bennington.
Death of William Jesse Akin
The family was doing very well farming, then Bill began having problems with his lungs and breathing. It was said to be caused from breathing in the dust and chaff from working in the fields; it was possibly tuberculosis. The doctor said his health might improve in a drier climate. The family packed up and started out west in a covered wagon. They may have been headed toward New Mexico. However, when they got to Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, Bill was so bad they pulled into a wagon yard to spend a few days, hoping he would get better. Rosa gave twelve-year-old Culis all the money they had to buy some food for the family and feed for the horses. Culis didn’t return, leaving the family with no money. Bill continued to worsen and eventually died in July 1915. Culis did not know his father had died until two years later when he returned to the family in Oklahoma.
Rosa was destitute, with three children. Other people in the wagon yard took up a collection for Rosa. She was able to bury Bill and somehow got word to Bill’s father, Sidney Akin, who lived in Oklahoma. Sidney was eighty years old; however, he on horseback he rode to Vernon, Texas and helped Rose drive the family back to Oklahoma. Sidney lived with Rosa and the children for awhile to help her out.
Rosa Ann Duvak (1890 -1977)
On April 19,1906, at the age of sixteen, Rosa Ann Duvak married William Jesse Akin in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. (Pottawatomie County Marriage Book 9, William Akin and Annie Byrons) He was known as Bill and was eleven years older than Rosa. He was also a widower with a five-year-old son, William Culis. His first wife was Ida Sells.
Bill and Rosa farmed in the Durant and Bennington, Oklahoma areas. Their first child, Susie Elinore was born June 22, 1907 in Warnett, Oklahoma. A second daughter, Sadie, was born a couple of years later, but died as an infant. On September 27, 1911, another daughter, Bertha Lee, was born in Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma. Rhudell Chester Akin, (everyone called him Check) was born April 28, 1914, also in Bennington.
Death of William Jesse Akin
The family was doing very well farming, then Bill began having problems with his lungs and breathing. It was said to be caused from breathing in the dust and chaff from working in the fields; it was possibly tuberculosis. The doctor said his health might improve in a drier climate. The family packed up and started out west in a covered wagon. They may have been headed toward New Mexico. However, when they got to Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, Bill was so bad they pulled into a wagon yard to spend a few days, hoping he would get better. Rosa gave twelve-year-old Culis all the money they had to buy some food for the family and feed for the horses. Culis didn’t return, leaving the family with no money. Bill continued to worsen and eventually died in July 1915. Culis did not know his father had died until two years later when he returned to the family in Oklahoma.
Rosa was destitute, with three children. Other people in the wagon yard took up a collection for Rosa. She was able to bury Bill and somehow got word to Bill’s father, Sidney Akin, who lived in Oklahoma. Sidney was eighty years old; however, he on horseback he rode to Vernon, Texas and helped Rose drive the family back to Oklahoma. Sidney lived with Rosa and the children for awhile to help her out.
On April 19,1906, at the age of sixteen, Rosa Ann Duvak married William Jesse Akin in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. (Pottawatomie County Marriage Book 9, William Akin and Annie Byrons) He was known as Bill and was eleven years older than Rosa. He was also a widower with a five-year-old son, William Culis. His first wife was Ida Sells.
Bill and Rosa farmed in the Durant and Bennington, Oklahoma areas. Their first child, Susie Elinore was born June 22, 1907 in Warnett, Oklahoma. A second daughter, Sadie, was born a couple of years later, but died as an infant. On September 27, 1911, another daughter, Bertha Lee, was born in Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma. Rhudell Chester Akin, (everyone called him Check) was born April 28, 1914, also in Bennington.
Death of William Jesse Akin
The family was doing very well farming, then Bill began having problems with his lungs and breathing. It was said to be caused from breathing in the dust and chaff from working in the fields; it was possibly tuberculosis. The doctor said his health might improve in a drier climate. The family packed up and started out west in a covered wagon. They may have been headed toward New Mexico. However, when they got to Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, Bill was so bad they pulled into a wagon yard to spend a few days, hoping he would get better. Rosa gave twelve-year-old Culis all the money they had to buy some food for the family and feed for the horses. Culis didn’t return, leaving the family with no money. Bill continued to worsen and eventually died in July 1915. Culis did not know his father had died until two years later when he returned to the family in Oklahoma.
Rosa was destitute, with three children. Other people in the wagon yard took up a collection for Rosa. She was able to bury Bill and somehow got word to Bill’s father, Sidney Akin, who lived in Oklahoma. Sidney was eighty years old; however, he on horseback he rode to Vernon, Texas and helped Rose drive the family back to Oklahoma. Sidney lived with Rosa and the children for awhile to help her out.
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