{"id":170,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:32:48","latitude":30.800534991542775742345838807523250579833984375,"longitude":-95.45373022556304931640625,"title":"Akin Hill<br />","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://easttexashistory.org/files/fullsize/ac659ce876acc18c4d77a7aa19ca25f4.jpg","address":"","all_locations":[],"zoom":18,"creator":["Texas Historical Marker"],"description":"A landmark on the &quot;Old Colony Road&quot; between Huntsville and Ryan&#039;s Ferry on the Trinity River.  Named for Thomas Akin (1828-78), a native of Mississippi, who came to Texas in 1853 with his wife, Ruth Leakey Akin, whom he met and married in Bienville Parish, Louisiana., along the way.  Akin, a horse trader, farmer, and singing teacher, came to this area in 1854, settled in the rural community of McGuire, and built a cabin at the base of the hill.  While Akin served in the Civil War as a courier for Confederate Gen. John B. Hood, Mrs. Akin moved the family a few miles to the east.  The couple had 7 children.    <br />","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":[],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://easttexashistory.org/files/fullsize/ac659ce876acc18c4d77a7aa19ca25f4.jpg":{"id":1673,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Grave marker Thomas Akin at Shockley Chapel Cemetery in Dodge Texas.","description":"findagrave.com","thumbnail":"https://easttexashistory.org/files/square_thumbnails/ac659ce876acc18c4d77a7aa19ca25f4.jpg"},"https://easttexashistory.org/files/fullsize/8b16718648a88381bc72f1cc4d60ecb4.jpg":{"id":1674,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Grave marker of Ruth Leakey Akin at Shockley Chapel Cemetery in Dodge Texas.","description":"findagrave.com","thumbnail":"https://easttexashistory.org/files/square_thumbnails/8b16718648a88381bc72f1cc4d60ecb4.jpg"}}}