The Old Akers Cemetery

also known as

Old Kings River Cemetery

This pioneer cemetery is located near Belmont Avenue, on the west side of the Trimmer Road, which connects Kings Canyon Highway at Centerville and the Pine Flat or Trimmer Springs Road. There will soon be no identifying graves to make future locations possible, as destruction of the old burying ground is almost complete.

In 1958 a monument was erected by relatives in memory of the Fresno County Pioneers buried in this place. These are the names on the monument with the dates given. The information is as accurate as possible, though there may be some differences in spelling or ages.

In 1965 a record was made and at that time twenty eight monuments, readable but damaged. Now there are only five or six, and these all badly damaed by vandals. (1970)

Elizabeth Howard		1854		18
Albert Howard		Unknown		Unknown
Margie Huckaby		1860		18
John Tucker		1864		2
Martha Ann Huckaby		1865		76
Nathan Huckaby		Unknown		Unknown
James Turner		1866		66
Delilah Akers		1868		66
Henry Akers		1868		67
Ina Bell Caldwell		1869		4
Mary Clay Anderson		1871		1
W.C. Caldwell		1873		39
Richard Glenn Jr.		1875		2 mos.
Richard Glenn		1875		48
Albert Anderson		1871		1
Ellen Clark		1878		30
Darling Blevins		1871		1
Elizabeth Street		1880		2
Gabriel Moore		1880		67
Amanda Akers*		unknown		unknown
Isac Pierson		unknown		unknown
Nancy Akers		unknown		unknown
Chas. F. Smedley		1881		31
Thomas W. Simpson		1881		44
Seborn Laskey**		1882		53
Morgan Caldwell		1871		23
Elizabeth Hutchison		1883		53
Pauline Hill		1884		44
Johnnie Hill		unknown		unknown
Albert Hill		unknown		unknown
W.W. Hill		1874		44
Jimme Moore		1884		2
Samuel Caldwell		1885		2
Pauline Caldwell		1887		53
Sarah Jane Evinger		1887		5 Mos
Freddie Parsons		1887		16
Jennie Street		1889		42
James Lewis		1892		84
Mary Jane Evinger		1898		35
Malvina Lewis		1901		79
Ida Lewis		1903		18

*Amanda Akers - Information in an old diary belonging to descendants of her husband gives the date of her death as Jan. 1, 1877.

**Seborn Laskey - Research of this family shows the name correctly spelled on legal papers as Lashley.

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