Residence: OCT 1843 Harmony, Rock Co., Wisconsin

"History of Rock County, Wisconsin", 1879, p 890.
WILLIAM F. AKIN, farmer; P.O. Janesville, born in Cayuga Co., N.Y., in September, 1843, son of Edward and Adeline AKIN, both deceased, and brother of M. J. AKIN, who owns a large farm adjoining him. William F. came, when 6 weeks old, with his parents to Wisconsin. They lived on a farm in Harmony Township. William F. was born and raised on a farm; his parents gave him a good education. He assisted them in working the farm till he was 20 years old, and then began life for himself. At the age of 20, in 1863, he bought forty acres of unimproved land, which he improved and sold at a profit, in 1865. In 1864, William F. enlisted in Madison, Wis., in Company H, 42d Regt., Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. They were sent to Cairo, Ill., and detailed on duty in different parts of that State; mustered out in June, 1865, he returned home and engaged in farming. Married in Harmony, in the fall of 1865, Miss Vina GREEN, who was born in March, 1845, in Ontario Co., N.Y.; have six children - Clarence, born in 1866; Julia, in 1869; George, in 1871; Edna R., in 1873; Edward in 1875; Henrietta in 1878. Mr. AKIN and his wife went, in the fall of 1866, to Harrisonville, Cass Co., Mo., where he bought 100 acres of wild land, on which he built, lived and worked till the fall of 1867; he sold that farm, and they returned to Harmony Township, where he worked and managed his father's farm. In 1874, he bought eighty acres of unimprovedland, on which he is now living; he built a new house and made other improvements; has forty-five acres under cultivation; he raises the usual crops of the county, Norman horses, hogs (Poland-China crossed with Berkshire); besides working his own farm, he is renting and working other farms successfully. Religion, liberal; radical Republican.

Melvina Eliza (Green) Akin 1846-1915 
Categories: 1840's Settlers, Janesville Gazette Obituary, Woman's Christian Temperance Union
"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Monday, Apr. 12, 1915, p 2.
  Mrs. William F. Akin, aged sixty-nine years, passed away shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday morning at her home, 325 South Main street.   Death was due to complications of la grippe and pneumonia.   She was sick but ten days.
  Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home, the Rev. Charles E. Ewing, pastor of the First Congregational church of this city, and the Rev. Barnard of Whitewater officiating.   Interment will be made at Oak Hill cemetery.
  Mrs. Akin was born March 13, 1846, at Canandaigua, New York, and her parents, Erastus and Rachel Green, were among the early settlers who came to the opening west.   They settled at Harmony and were pioneers in this vicinity.   Shortly after the civil war she was united in marriage to William F. Akin, also of Harmony.
  After a number of years spent at Whitewater they took up their residence in this city.   Mr. Akin passed away at Missoula, Montana, while visiting his son and daughter.
  Besides a wide circle of friends and relatives in and about Janesville, Mrs. Akin leaves to mourn her loss seven sons and daughters; Clarence Akin of Missoula, Mont.; Mrs. Hans Hanson of Avalon; Dr. George S. Akin of Hebron, Wis.; Mrs. J. A. McArthur of Emerald Grove; Edward Akin of Hamilton, Montana; Mrs. Charles Shields of Missoula, Mont.; Will Akin of Bonner, Mont.   One of seven sisters, Mrs. Ada Swan of Minneapolis, was at her bedside at the passing.
  Mrs. Akin was an active member in the local Ladies' Circle No. 41 G. A. R.   She was also prominent in W. C. T. U. circles, a member of the local Civics league and also of the Home Economics club.   Her influence and personality also found expression in the work of the First Congregational church.