Fourth Generation

131. Homer ACKLEY was born on 14 Nov 1895 in Vinton , Ohio.^{24,34,83,89,104,222} Terry Gregory has birth bdate as 12 Sep 1896
Ohio Deaths, 1993-98 has date as 12 September 1895 On 27 Jan 1920 he was Farm manager at Ross , Ohio.⁸³ He was living in 1920 in Union, Ross , Ohio.⁸³ He was living in 1924 in Chillicothe, Ross , Ohio.²²⁵ He was living in Apr 1972 in Clarksburg, Ross, Ohio.²³² He died on 19 Mar 1995 in Chillicothe, Ross , Ohio.^{24,104,143,222} He appeared in the census 1900, 1910 & 1920 in Ohio. His Social Security Number was 295-34-6071 OH.²²² He Pair Ponders 70th Wedding anniversary.¹ It's hard for Homer and Jenola Ackley to believe they've been married for nearly 70 years.
It doesn't seem like it's been that long," Homer said.
"Sure don't," Jenola said, beginning to let a smile overcome the wrinkles in her earnest 87-year-old face.
Thinking back to Dec. 11, 1916 - their wedding day - brought a smile to Homer's face, too, as he sat last week in the kitchen of their farm home off Ohio 104. In fact, the 91-year-old laughed aloud as he began to share the details of their first date.
The couple met in 1913 at the United Brethren Church on Ohio 50 east Of Londonderry.
"I was about 13, I reckon, when I first remember seeing him," Jenola said. Homer would have been 17 and sporting a horse and buggy.
"I suppose he was good-lookin'. Anybody you went with back then though was the whole cheese"
Homer asked to take Jenola and another couple home from church. Even with others in the buggy he got up the courage to ask Jenola for another date.
From then on they were a couple. They went to church picnics, school spelling bees and whiled away some hours just talking.
"I don't know what we talked about in them days," Jenola said laughing again.
They may have, been making wedding plans because after an extended courtship they figured - why not get hitched. The big day, however, was without a honeymoon.
"People didn't know what honeymoons was then. We've had a lot of trips since then though," Jenola said.
For the first few months the couple lived divided - a mile apart in the homes of each of their respective parents. But in March of 1917 they moved to Frankfort. Homer had landed a job - farming.
"He worked on a farm for $1.10, had a house furnished, a garden and a milk cow," Jenola said. She milked the cow. It wasn't hard but "sometimes I'd have to give her a lick or two."
The fresh milk and vegetables from the garden provided for the Ackleys during World War I when groceries were financially out of reach - $1.50 for a 25-pound sack of flour, Jenola said.
In 1917, the couple moved to the site of their present home and farm. And in the spring of 1918, the Ackleys had a daughter - Lavaughn.
While Jenola was inside the farm house, cooking, cleaning and attending to her daughter, Homer was outside working the land with his hands.
"The plows you pulled with horses. You did everything the hard way. But I liked practically all of it," he said.
When the plow was put to rest in the evening, the Ackleys would visit neighbors. Or sometimes they attended a Farm Bureau meeting. It was a time for Jenola to compare recipes with other farmer's wives. And it was a time for Homer to get the latest crop reports from his fellow farmers.
But later those interests overlapped. Jenola was driving tractors while Homer combined their land. And Homer did some taste-testing in the kitchen while Jenola cooked.
What's kept the couple together long enough for them to have two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren?
Jenola said the secret is having a life of "give and take."
Homer said his wife's good cooking hasn't hurt the relationship.
They agree that they still enjoy each
other's company.
He has Death Cert # 022755¹⁰⁴ His Obituary appeared in the²⁴ He lived to be 99 yrs old, a farmer, member of Walnut Street United Methodist Church, the Ross co. Farm Bureau and the Ross County Farmers Club. He had 1900 acres of farmland on 104.

Homer ACKLEY and Jenola E DARBY were married on 11 Dec 1916 in Vinton , Ohio.^{24,83,104,233} Jenola E DARBY (daughter of Wilson DARBY and Sarah Miranda ANKROM) was born on 16 Sep 1900 in Vinton , Ohio.^{83,104,222,233} She appeared in the census in 1920 in Ohio. She died on 3 Feb 1996 in Chillicothe, Ross , Ohio.^104,143,222 Her Social Security Number was 270-62-3200 OH.²²² She has Death Cert # 014069 Her Obituary appeared in the¹ Jenola E. Ackley
Jenola E. Ackley, 95, of Chillicothe, died early Saturday, February 3, 1996, at her residence, following an extended illness.
She was born September 16, 1900, in Vinton County, the daughter of Wilson and Sarah A. Ankrom Darby. She was married December 11, 1916, to Homer Ackley, who preceded her in death March 19, 1995.
Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Lavaughn Cleo and Vincent Mckee, New Holland; grandchildren, David Lee and Kathy Mckee, Chillicothe; Janice
Ann and Dr. Robert Frank, Columbus; great-grandchildren, Sean and Christa Mckee, New Holland, Chad and Michele Mckee, and Hillery and L. J. Kennedy, Columbus; step-great-grandchildren Brandi and Sean Frank, Columbus; several nieces, nephews and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Freda Ackley; six brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Ackley and her husband were well known Ross County farmers for more than 50 years. She was a member of Walnut Street United Methodist Church and the Ross County Farm Bureau.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Grandview Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Medical Center Hospital P0 Box 708, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601.
Homer ACKLEY and Jenola E DARBY had the following children:

318	i.	Freda V ACKLEY was born on 2 Feb 1917 in Vinton , Ohio.24,234 She died of Colitis on 11 Aug 1917 in Liberty, Ross , Ohio.91,143,234 She has Death Cert # 5458587,91 Volume Number: 2355 She was buried on 13 Aug 1917 in Boblett Cemetery, Allensville, Vinton , Ohio.24,234
+319	ii.	Lavaughn Cleo "Bonnie" ACKLEY.
320	iii.	Living.