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8. Lemuel Malon
ACKLEY Sr appeared in the census 1900 & 1920 in Illinois.
He was living 1900 & 1920 in Chicago, Cook , Illinois.14 He was born on 22 Nov 1857 in Allegheny, Allegheny
, Pennsylvania.1,3,4,14 1900 IL census has birth as Sep 1850 On 11 Jun 1880
he was a reporter at Allegheny, Allegheny , Pennsylvania.6 He was living in 1880 in Allegheny, Allegheny , Pennsylvania.6 living with sister Laura J Ackley
Raynor 1880 About 1887 he was Lawyer at Chicago, Cook , Illinois.1 The Chicago Law Directory shows he was still practicing
Law in 1914 at 1715 City Hall Square Bldg., 139 North Clark St., Chicago, Cook
Co., IL He died on 29 Jul 1921 in Chicago, Cook , Illinois.15,16,17 death listed as a homicide He appeared in the following
News Article from the The Chillicothe Constitution on 29 Jul 1921 in Chillicothe,
Livingston, Missouri Desk Sergeant Harry B Kellogg, After Killing
Attorney, Turned the Weapon Upon Himself--
A Near Panic
Chicago, July 29 Attorney Lemuel Ackley was shot and killed by a policeman
in Judge Sabeth's court room here today.
Desk Sergeant Harry B Kellogg, with whom Ackley had some difficulty, fired
four shots into the attorney's body while court was in session. Kellogg then
turned the gun on himself. It is believed he is fatally injured.
The court room was in a panic.
Kellogg had been sentenced to serve 15 days in jail because of contempt of
court,
The policeman was alleged to have been living on some land which did not belong
to him and was ordered to vacate the premises some time ago. When he did not
leave, Ackley had Kellogg brought into court and the contempt sentence followed.
He appeared in the following News Article from the The Atlanta Constitution
on 30 Jul 1921 in Atlanta, De Kalb , Georgia POLICE SERGEANT
SHOQTS ATTORNEY.. IN COURTROOM
Chicago, July 29 Angered after being dispossessed of some property and fined
for contempt of court. Police Sergeant Henry D. Kellogg shot Lemuel Ackley, an
attorney. and wounded himself twice in Judge McDonald's court today..
The courtroom was crowded at the time. One of the bullets was said to have passed
between the judge's legs. Immediately after the shooting it was said Kellogg
was likely to die.
Judge McDonald Is chief justice of the criminal court.
Ackley died an hour after the shooting. Surgeons said `Kellogg would recover.
His Death Notice appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune on 30 Jul 1921 in Chicago,
Cook , Illinois ACKLEY- L M Ackley, suddenly, July 29, 1921, of 842
Wolfram St., loving husband of Agnes V., fond father of Mrs Stella Hickey, H
F Ackley, Mrs Harold Kuhlber, Laura and Lemuel Jr. Funeral from late residence,
842 Wolfram St., Tuesday, Aug 2 at 2 p m . Interment Rosehill. He was buried
on 2 Aug 1921 in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook , Illinois.18 He has Death Cert # 602095516,17 He appeared
in the census 1860, 1870 & 1880 in Pennsylvania. He.1 from The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania,
1903. It states:
Lemuel Mahlon Ackley was born in 1857 in Allegheny City. He was graduated from
the
Western University of Pennsylvania with the class of 1879, and from the law
department of the University of Michigan with the class of 1885. Registered
November 30, 1880. Admitted Dec. 24, 1885, on motion of James S. young. His
preceptors were Charles S. Fetterman and S.A. Johnston. He removed to Chicago
in
September, 1887, where he is now in practice.
The other source is The Hand-Book of Chicago Biography. Edition of 1893.
ACKLEY, LEMUEL M - Born at Allegheny, Pa., November 22, 1857. Son of Mahlon Ackley
and Selena Hammond Ackley; parents of American descent; first ancestors of the
Ackley name came to America about 1630 and located at Haddam, Conn. Educated
at
various institutions, among them Western University of Pensylvania, graduating
in
1879; law school of Michigan University from 1883 to 1885; after leaving college
in
1879, was for about four years on writing force of several Pittsburg, Pa., papers,
notably the Dispatch and the Commercial Gazette; was reporter, correspondent
and
editor successively; came to Chicago in 1887. Is republican in politics, and
though
in no way connected with any important commercial enterprises, has followed up
a
general practice of the law, to which he gives his best energies time and
attention.
Lemuel Malon ACKLEY Sr and Agnes Victoria MACE were married about 1895 in
Chicago, Cook , Illinois.14,19,20
Agnes Victoria MACE (daughter of Living and Living)
appeared in the census 1900 & 1930 in Illinois. She was born on 4
Oct 1865 in Jackson , Tennessee.14,21,22
1900 census has Oct 1871 and place as Il
1930 census has place as Iowa She was living in 1930 in Wheeling, Cook, Illinois.21 She died on 26 Oct 1940 in Palatine,
Cook , Illinois.22 She has
Death Cert # 000327516,22 Lemuel Malon ACKLEY Sr and Agnes Victoria MACE had
the following children:
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