SEVENTH GENERATION

241. Huldah N. Pettijohn Sr. ⁽⁵²⁸⁾ was born on 8 Jun 1837 in Brown county, Ohio. She died on 24 Sep 1913 in Carthage, Illinois. She Nony Code adcaacca. In April, 1838, when Huldah was less than one year old, her parents moved from Ohio to Schuyl er county, Illinois, where they remained but a short time, finally locating in Moultrie count y in the eastern part of the state, taking up government land under President Van Buren. Huld ah's parents both died within three days of each other. Her aunt, Ruth Pettijohn (82) came o ut from Ohio and took little Huldah, then about fourteen months old, back with her. Later, R uth, with her parents, settled at Huntsville, Illinois, making three trips for Huldah in a wa gon across the states of Indiana and Illinois. When she was fifteen years old, Huldah went t o Minnesota where she worked in the Mission under Drs. Rigg and Williamson in a school for th e Sioux Indians. She returned to Illinois in 1858, settled up her parent's estate in Moultri e county, attended the Academy in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illinois, and taught school .

She was married to James F. Aiken or Akin on 10 Jan 1865 in the home of her uncle, James Northcott, in Mechanicsburg. James F. Aiken or Akin⁽⁵²⁹⁾ resided in Adrian, Illinois. He Nony Code adcaacca1. They lived at Adrian, Hancock county, Illinois, where their children grew up. Mr. Akin's fam ily was of Irish descent, his grandfather having landed at Philadelphia the day he was two ye ars old. His grandmother's maiden name was Jane Witherspoon. Huldah N. Pettijohn Sr. and James F. Aiken or Akin had the following children:

530 i. Elias Cooper Akin⁽⁵³⁰⁾ was born on 4 Nov 1865. He died in Jan 1866. He Nony Code adcaaccaa.
+531 ii. Fannie Jane Akin.
+532 iii. Hannah Naomi Akin.
533 iv. Ruth Miriam Akin⁽⁵³¹⁾ was born on 30 Jun 1869. She resided in Colchester, Illinois. She Nony Code adcaaccad.
+534 v. John Homer Akin.
+535 vi. Anna Huldah Akin.
+536 vii. Mary Rachel Akin.
+537 viii. James Franklyn Akin.