Deseret Evening News | 1908-10-17 | Page 24 | The Aker Family

THE AKER FAMILY In tho last days of ur tile the there was no family which was moro more distinguished than tho Aker Akol family In tho first of tho twentieth cen een century tury tur Itu l a or magazine hut but had somo reference to ono one or the other of them Tho rho most distinguished oi 01 them were Muck K n ker Nature F 1 and T 1 It Is not clear now what the tho relationship of ot these three was although It is known that they were closely closel connected Many llau of the tho best authorities bellevo them to have been heon brothers but Jut it Is hardly that three men of such diverse character could havo ho been the tho SOILS sona o of ono It II seems moro more likely cly that T TAker TAI Aker AI el was the son or UI tho brother of one o Jor Alter lter was United States Senator from ono of the principal commonwealth at that time timo choro authorities who deny tills till relationship strenuously and Insist that For Aker AI or belonged to a Il collateral and Insignificant brunch of the tho Aker family of which Trouble M J AI er was by b far the th ablest representative As to Muck It n kor there Is no doubt douht that ho wits closely connected with t 1 certain by tJ the tho name of Robert flobert It 11 Aker I el a It resident of the district then known as liS Brooklyn There aro come who bo be 1100 they have traced tr the family back baek backas as far as us the tho First American Revolution tion and who aver that they were lilt all descendants from u a famous religious mull man who was caller called Q U Alter Al el who came to this country and settled first firstIn firstIn In Pennsylvania Penns but this averment is substantiated on philological grounds only on I Rebate T 1 Aker Akol was immensely Immense wealthy wealth and history tells of a U hitter bitter feud between him and his followers and the followers of one Trust 13 D R fl B E BAker Eker Aker ker a distant Doth Both Nature F Aker Akel and Muck ruck R were noted for their literary literal abili abilities ties tie und and their theil vivid imaginations al nl although though their work lay la different dl ernt lines lilies tho former d himself to the tho study of biology und and animal ani 01 lifo life the tho latter attending solely to and social phenomena