When John Lewis Akins was born on 20 October 1884, in Bartow, Georgia, United States, his father, Ira Middleton Akins, was 29 and his mother, Dorcie Caroline Timms, was 27. He had at least 2 sons and 8 daughters with I N Melton. He lived in District 924, Floyd, Georgia, United States in 1940 and Floyd Springs, Floyd, Georgia, United States for about 1 years. He died on 22 November 1967, in Floyd, Georgia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pleasant Hope Cemetery, Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
English: variant of Atkins .
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