_____________________
                                                |                     
                        _John Henry AKERS ______|
                       | (.... - 1937)          |
                       |                        |_____________________
                       |                                              
 _James William AKERS _|
| (1874 - 1939) m 1898 |
|                      |                         _____________________
|                      |                        |                     
|                      |_Mary Jane GREER _______|
|                        (1851 - 1934)          |
|                                               |_____________________
|                                                                     
|
|--John McDonald AKERS 
|  (1907 - ....)
|                                                _Henry PRESTON ______+
|                                               | (1799 - 1872)       
|                       _John McDonald PRESTON _|
|                      | (1842 - 1906) m 1871   |
|                      |                        |_Elizabeth CAINES ___+
|                      |                          (1799 - 1885)       
|_Surilda PRESTON _____|
  (1880 - 1953) m 1898 |
                       |                         _John Lewis BORDERS _+
                       |                        | (1823 - 1863) m 1842
                       |_Louisa Jane BORDERS ___|
                         (1851 - 1928) m 1871   |
                                                |_Zarilda PRESTON ____+
                                                  (1824 - 1911) m 1842