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ANDREW M. AKINS, oil producer, who has been a resident of Butler since 1896 and is identified with a number of the city's successful enterprises, has been connected with the oil industry for a numlier of years. He was born
July 19, 1848, in Sweden, and was three years old when his parents brought him to America.
The Akins family settled in Warren Count}', Pennsylvania, and Andrew M. attended school near his father's farm, both in Pennsylvania and across the line in the State of New York. He first went to work in a brickyard and this kept him busy in the summer and in winter he
worked at lumbering. Later he conducted a brickyard for himself, at Warren, for two years, and in 1871 he entered the oil fields in Warren County, coming to Butler County in 1873. He located in Fairview Township and engaged extensively in the oil business, at one time having
interests in Allen County, Ohio. He has visited all the oil regions and has been financially interested in Allen County and in Butler and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania. His business judgment has regulated his investments and he has prospered greatly.
On June 14, 1876, Mr. Akins was married to Miss Lucinda M. Kramer, who was born in Indiana, and they have four children, namely: Maude May, who is a graduate nurse, residing at Washington, D. C.; Alice, who is with the firm of Leedom & Worral; Arthur, who is a student
in the Pennsylvania State College; and Edna, at home. Mr. Akins and family belong to the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Butler and he is a member of its board of trustees. He is one of the city's earnest and active citizens and at the present writing (1908) is serving
as councilman from the Fifth Ward. In his public life Mr. Akins is actuated by the motives that attest good citizenship.
Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 900.
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