Second Generation

4. Cpl Adnah L "Adney" ACKLEY was born on 24 Jun 1833 in New York.^{9,10,14,15,16} 1850 census spells name Adney He appeared in the census in 1850 in New York. He was living in 1850 in De Ruyter, Madison , New York.¹⁴ living with the Benjamin Burdick family 1850 On 20 Sep 1850 he was Farmer at De Ruyter, Madison , New York.¹ He appeared in the census in 1860 in Wisconsin. He was living in 1860 in Ripon, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.¹⁰ On 6 Jul 1860 he was Farm laborer at Ripon, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.¹⁰ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Iowa. He was living in 1870 in Douglas, Clay , Iowa.¹⁶ On 23 Jul 1870 he was Farmer at Douglas, Clay , Iowa.¹⁶ He died on 12 May 1878.^9,15 He was buried in Burr Oak cemetery, Webb, Clay, Iowa.¹⁵ He served in the military Civil War in 37 Wisconsin Infantry Company H.¹⁷ 37th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry


Organized at Madison, Wis., April 9, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., April 28 (Cos. "A" to "F"). Two more Companies, "H" and "I," join at Maryland Heights May 17. Duty at Washington, D. C., till May 30. Moved to White House, Va., May 30-June 1, and guard duty there till June 10. Guard supply train to Cold Harbor June 10. Attached to Casey's Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July 1865.

SERVICE.-Movement across James River to Petersburg, Va., June 12-15. Assaults on Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road , Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman , Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 21-24. Grand Review May 23. Provost duty at Washington and Alexandria till July. Mustered out July 26, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 149 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 89 Enlisted men by disease. Total 247.

Cpl Adnah L "Adney" ACKLEY and Sophronia L EATON were married about 1854 in New York.^9,10,16 Sophronia L EATON (daughter of VanRensselaer EATON and Anna Angeline DAVIS) was born in Mar 1838 in New York.^8,9,10,11 1870 census has birth ca 1836 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Wisconsin. She was living in 1900 in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista , Iowa.¹¹ last name McKline She died after 1900.⁹ She appeared in the census 1870, 1880 , 1885 & 1900 in Iowa. Cpl Adnah L "Adney" ACKLEY and Sophronia L EATON had the following children:

+11	i.	Silas D ACKLEY.
+12	ii.	Viola R ACKLEY.
13	iii.	Etta L ACKLEY was born between 1863 and 1867 in Fond Du Lac , Wisconsin.9,16,18,19 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Iowa. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wisconsin. She was living in 1930 in Brandon, Fond du Lac , Wisconsin.19
+14	iv.	George Page ACKLEY.