Legislator Details
Image Description:
Simeon VanAkin portrait from Nimmo p.117
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election: 60
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 10/14/1842
City: Hudson, MI
County: Lenawee County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 3/16/1928
City: Ida, MI
County: Monroe County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 3/16/1928
City: Monroe, MI
County: Monroe County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Woodland Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Charlotte E. Southwick, 1/15/1868 in Monroe, MI, she died in 1909;married May or Mary Fairbanks Rogers, dau. of John W. and **phena (Marshall) Fairbanks, 4/19/1916, in Monroe, MI
Number of Children: 0
Background
Religion:
Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: farmer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
district schools
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Simeon and Lydia (Winslow) Van Akin. His family lived in the Tiffin valley before moving to Michigan. At 19, he enlisted in Co. C, 1st Regiment US Sharpshooters, Berdans. Shortly after the Civil War he married and moved to Ida Township in Monroe County to farm. He served as postmaster, township clerk, justice of the peace and as a member of the board of supervisors. Lived in Ida about 50 years.
Notable Facts:
Sharpshooter with the Berdans. *Death date previously recorded on this record as March 18, 1928: the obit was published March 16, 1928.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Asylum for Insane at Pontiac , Banks and Corporations , Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind , Military Affairs , Soldiers' Home , Supplies and Expenses
County of Residence Monroe
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committees on Asylum for Insane at Pontiac; and Soldiers' Home
Committees Served On: School for the Deaf , Agricultural Interests , Fisheries , Horticulture , Labor Interests, Military Affairs
County of Residence Monroe
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Nimmo p.117, includes portrait; MILegHdbk 1903 p.18; MIBiog 2:380-81; USCen 1920; MIMarRec 1867-1952; SeekMI; Monroe Evening News: Fri16Mar1928p1c2 and SAT17Mar1928p11c8;
