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Tunis Adolphus Aikin

Male 1849 - 1912  (63 years)


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  • Name Tunis Adolphus Aikin 
    Born 22 May 1849  Java Village, Wyoming, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 May 1912  Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Wheatfield Cemetery, Shawnee, Niagara Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7519  Blum Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2019 

    Father DeWitt C. Aikin,   b. 1820,   d. 1877  (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Polly B. Bush,   b. 1827,   d. 1862  (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F2554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Jane O'Neill,   b. 1859,   d. 1953  (Age 94 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lena Aikin,   b. 1884,   d. 1983  (Age 99 years)  [natural]
     2. Ruth O'Neill Aikin,   b. 1885,   d. 1970  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     3. Harold O. Aikin,   b. 1887,   d. 1972  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     4. Howard DeWitt Aikin,   b. 1890,   d. 1939  (Age 49 years)  [natural]
     5. Grace Aikin,   b. 1891,   d. 1973  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     6. Arthur Coldren Aikin, Sr.,   b. 1894,   d. 1967  (Age 73 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F2730  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • PARENTS: DeWitt Akin / Polly Bush

      GRANDPARENTS: Horace P. Akin / Maria Wisemore

      GREAT GRANDPARENTS: John Gray Akin / Margaret Salmon

      WIFE: Eliza Jane O'Neill

      CHILDREN: Lena Aikin Waite / Ruth O. / Harold O. / Howard DeWitt Aikin / Grace Aikin Herr / Arthur Coldren Aikin Sr.

      SIBLINGS: Augustus Irvin Aikin / Julia Maria Aikin Sowerby

      Adolphus Aikin died at his home, near Lockport, Wednesday, May 22nd and was buried last Saturday. Mr. Aikin’s boyhood days were spent at Oatka, and he was the son of the late DeWitt and Polly Bush Aikin. He was a half brother of Mrs. Gilbert Main of Oatka. Mr. Aikin was 63 years of age, and left Oatka about 36 years ago. For several years he lived West, but had been at Lockport the past
      six years.

      Silver Springs Signal
      Silver Springs, NY
      Thursday, May 30, 1912

      Adolphus Aikin died at his home near Lockport Wednesday, May 23, aged 63 years. He was the son of Dewitt and Polly Bush Aikin, former residents of this place. Mr. Aiken was a graduate of the Warsaw school also of Hillside College, Mich. After teaching several terms he married Miss Jennie O’Neal of Indiana and for several years they lived in Nebraska. About ten years ago they moved on to a
      farm near Lockport where he spent his last days. Mr. Aikin was an honest, upright christian. He leaves a wife and six children two brothers and two sisters, besides a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] Headstone/Gravestone (year only).