Second Generation

4. Pvt William A "Will" ACKLEY was living 1900 & 1910 in Santa Clara , California.^18,19 He was born on 30 Jul 1842 in Northmoreland, Luzerne , Pennsylvania.^{3,5,18,19,20,21,22,23} He appeared in the census in 1850 in Pennsylvania. He moved to Iowa from Blair Co., Pennsylvania about 1854²⁴ He received a military pension on 23 Mar 1863 in for service during the Civil War in the Iowa Infantry, Regiment: 20, Company: D²⁵ Between 1870 and 1880 he was Rail Road Conductor at Davenport, Scott , Iowa.^3,5 He was living between 1870 and 1880 in Davenport, Scott , Iowa.^3,5 About 1875 he was Passenger Conductor C.R.I. & P.R.R at Davenport, Scott , Iowa.²⁴ He died on 22 Dec 1918 in San Jose, Santa Clara , California.^23,25 He appeared in the census 1870 & 1880 in Iowa. He appeared in the census 1900 & 1910 in California. He served in the military Civil War in Iowa Infantry, Regiment: 20, Company: D.^25,26

Pvt William A "Will" ACKLEY and Mary F CLOSE were married.⁵ Mary F CLOSE was born about 1851 in Ohio.⁵ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Iowa. Pvt William A "Will" ACKLEY and Mary F CLOSE had the following children:

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Harry M ACKLEY.

Pvt William A "Will" ACKLEY and Nellie B were married.^18,19 Nellie B was born in Jul 1852 in Illinois.^18,19,23 She appeared in the census in 1900 in California. She appeared in the census in 1910 in California. She received a military pension on 17 Jul 1919 in for husbands service during the Civil War in the Iowa Infantry, Regiment: 20, Company: D²⁵ She died on 24 Feb 1924 in San Jose, Santa Clara , California.²³ Her Death Notice appeared in the Iowa City Press Citizen on 1 Mar 1924 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa Messages from San Jose, Calif., tell of the death of Mrs. Nellie B Ackley, aged 71.
She was the widow of William Ackley, a former Iowan, and of William K White, known to Iowa City's elder attorneys, as a pioneer lawyer of Davenport. She has Death Cert # 10348²³