Person:Rachel Sperry (1)

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Rachel Sperry
b.14 Feb 1829 Lawrence County, Kentucky
d.14 Feb 1902 Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Sep 1825
  1. Emma America Sperry1827 - 1914
  2. Rachel Sperry1829 - 1902
  3. James Harvey Sperry1833 - 1910
  4. Andrew Jackson Franklin Sperry1835 -
  5. Susan Sperry1836 -
  6. Joseph Rudolph Sperry1838 - 1862
  7. Nancy SperryAbt 1840 -
  8. Milton Martin SperryAbt 1841 - 1862
  9. Thomas Rudolph Sperry, Jr.1844 -
  10. Vandelia Sperry1847 - 1909
  11. Sarah Margaret Sperry1851 - 1934
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Jun 1849
  1. Nancy Elizabeth Akers1850 - 1935
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Facts and Events
Name Rachel Sperry
Gender Female
Birth? 14 Feb 1829 Lawrence County, Kentucky
Marriage 13 Jun 1849 Lawrence County, Kentuckyto Burwell Akers
Death? 14 Feb 1902 Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky

Husband Burwell Akers enlisted as a Private on 25 October 1861. Enlisted in Company E, 14th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 10 December 1861. Mustered out Company E, 14th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 31 January 1865 in Louisa, Kentucky. Two of Burwell's brothers were in the 14th, and their daughter Nancy Elizabeth Akers married Fernandes F. Hager, who was also in the 14th Kentucky Infantry. Fernandes was a nephew of Robert W. Hager, one of the founding fathers of the State of West Virginia, representing Boone County at the State's Constitutional Convention in Wheeling.

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