Third Generation

24. Rev Charles Breck ACKLEY⁵⁴ appeared in the census 1880 & 1900 in Wisconsin. He was born on 13 Apr 1878 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha , Wisconsin.^{17,28,31,36,37,54,55,56,57,58} birth place also listed as New York
1920 census has birth place as New York
Wisconsin Birth Records, 1820-1907 lists as Henry H M Ackley & birth record # as 215 He appeared in the following News Article from the Waukesha Freeman on 27 Dec 1888 in Waukesha, Waukesha , Wisconsin Oconomowoc

Breck Ackley spent Christmas with his parents here He appeared in the following News Article from the Waukesha Freeman on 6 Apr 1905 in Waukesha, Waukesha , Wisconsin Oconomowoc
Hon and Mrs. H M Ackley are anticipating a visit from their son, Rev Charles B Ackley, shortly after Easter. Mr. Ackley comes west in response to an invitation from Bishop Morrison, of Duluth, missionary bishop of Minnesota to visit the missions of that state, Mr. Ackley having under consideration being a missionary among the Indians. He was passenger on 28 Jun 1911 on the Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba⁵⁴ He was passenger on 24 Jul 1912 on the Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba⁵⁴ He was passenger on 12 Sep 1914 on the Liverpool, England, UK⁵⁴ He appeared in the following News Article from the The Washington Post on 23 May 1916 in Washington D. C. ASKS SECRET DIVORCE
Assistant Rector of Fashionable
Church May Be Freed

WIFE NOTED FOR HER BEAUTY


The Rev. Charles B. Ackley Charges That "Man of Mystery" Made Trip to Italy and France With Mrs. Ackley, Who Is Niece of Mrs. John B Gordon, of Georgia.


Special to The Washington Post.
New York. May 22.-The filing of an application to confirm a referee's report today brought to light a secret divorce action In the supreme court In, which the Rev. Charles B. Ackley assistant rector of St. Bartholmews Church, accuses Mrs. Henrietta L. Ackley of misconduct with Samuel Charles. Mrs. Ackley, who Is a niece of Mrs. John B. Gordon, widow of Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, is noted for her beauty. Mr. Charles Is a "man of mystery" In the case.
All that is known of Mr. Charles Is that he Is said to have been with Mrs. Ackley while they were In Genoa, Italy, and in Paris together, Every effort was made to keep the entire action a secret and no one but the closest friends of Dr. Ackley might have known of the Proceeding had not his attorney, John B, Coleman, been forced to appear before Justice Glegerich asking that the finding of the referee In favor of the clergyman be confirmed

Accused of Misconduct,

If the finding is confirmed Mrs. Ackley will be divorced for having been guilty of misconduct Mr.. Coleman was greatly surprised by the reporters who asked him concerning the action. He thought It was still a secret It was learned that Mrs. Ackley was out of town.
Phoenix Ingraham was the referee in the case. Mrs. Ackley, through her counsel R. Ruel, entered a general denial of the accusations against her, but Mr. Ingraham, after weighing the evidence, decided that she was not innocent of wrongdoing. The precise nature of the evidence is still known only to those who attended the hearings before the referee.

Noted for Her Beauty

The marriage of Dr and Mrs Ackley took place in Atlanta, Ga,. In December, 1907. She was the daughter of Mrs Lucy Pace Owsley and noted throughout the South not only for her beauty, but for her contralto voice. Dr Ackley comes from Wisconsin, where his family was noted in the missionary field as pioneers of the West.
When he left his theological studies he became a curate in Grace Church, giving much of his time to settlement work and to the education of boys through community enterprises. He was at one time archdeacon of Oriente province in Cuba. He has refused to discuss the proceedings.
He appeared in the following News Article from the The Washington Post on 26 May 1916 in Washington D. C. VICAR GRANTED A DIVORCE.

The Rev. Dr. Ackley Freed From
Southern Belie He Wedded.

New York, May 25.- The Rev. Charles B. Ackley, vicar of St. Bartholomew's Chapel and assistant to the Rev. Dr. Leighton Parks, rector of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. obtained an Interlocutory divorce today from Henrietta L. Ackley, a belle of Atlanta and Washington, whom he married in 1907.
Justice Glegerich granted the decree upon the recommendation of the referee, Who found, according to the one sided testimony adduced in the action undefended by Mrs. Ackley, that she had been guilty of the impropriety of traveling through Italy and other parts of Europe for her health with one "Sam Charles."
Mrs. Ackley is a niece of the widow of Gen. John B. Gordon, once United
States senator and governor of Georgia.
She was an Intimate friend of Miss Theodora Shonts and her sister, the
Duchess de Chaulnes.
On 2 Jan 1920 he was Clergyman at Manhattan, New York, New York.³⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in New York. He was living in 1920 in Manhattan, New York, New York.³⁷ living with mother 1920 He was passenger in Sep 1923 on the Naples, Campania, Italy⁵⁴ He St. Mary's Episcopal Church 521 West 126th Street on 4 Oct 1935 New York City, New York. My dear Mr. President
I beg to express my deep appreciation of your letter to the clergy in regard to social legislation. Whether we as individuals may be able to offer any helpful suggestions or not, we are in touch with the poor, the sick and the aged and know their needs.

It is always a deep satisfaction to the members of any profession to be recognized and especially so when it is done so graciously as in your letter. But it is a far deeper gratification to be given an opportunity to speak for those whose very need makes them oftimes unable to speak for themselves. May I offer, then, the following comments and suggestions?
I. OLD AGE PENSIONS

The Old Age Pensions have been a wonderful thing for us here in the State of New York. Old people who were a burden to their relations suddenly became a boon to them. Doors were thrown open to these old people, homes were offered. Overnight the position of these old people was changed from that of a liability to an asset. And for the old people themselves no words can express the peace and sense of joy that comes from the removal of that awful dread and want which faces old age.

It would be a great service to the community if the age could be lowered to 65 years. In the business and industrial world men and especially women are considered "too old" at 50 years- even at 45 years. The gap between this and 70 years is too great.

A SUGGESTION. Give employers an incentive to employ older people by a certain reduction in taxation if they employed a given percentage of men and women over 50 or 55 years of age, just as we are allowed to write off up to 15% of our income taxes when we contribute to recognized charities. Make it worthwhile to employ 10 or 15% of people over the present "too old" age. This would give an incentive to employ many older people and we can not blame them. There must be some inducement offered. The details would have to be worked out but in principle it would be economy in the long run to both the government and the community at large-- that is the amount of loss in revenues by this would be much less than the cost of relief for these aged or older people out of work.

CARING FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN is so obvious a duty of the community that it is only a question as to which division of the government should assume the responsibility , local, state, or national.

THE UNEMPLOYED INSURANCE is a complicated question. As clergymen we see it from the angle of the needs of the working people and from that point of view it is fast becoming a necessity. If we think only of the children, something of the sort is vital to the future of our citizenship.

THE WORKS PROGRAM has saved us from revolution! No man capable of working and willing to work is going to meekly stand by and see his wife and little children slowly starving to death in a land of plenty! Not if he is a man! But the millions out of work here in this land did not have to face this and we can thank the general relief program, local, state and Federal. It has saved us from a revolution, the cost of which is money alone, would have been so tremendous that in comparison, what we have spent in relief is insignificant. Cost what it may it is nothing compared with the cost and terrors of a great social upheaval.

The C.C.C. camps especially are doing a fine work both in the way of prevention of the dangers attending young men with nothing to do and in the positive side- the training and up building if the young manhood of the nation.

While much of the Works Program is to meet the temporary emergency, many people feel that it should be a permanent part of the governmental machinery. It should be ready with needed projects to be put into operation at once in "hard times"- to rake up the slack in unemployment and then in years of prosperity reduce this work to the lowest terms.

UNEMPLOYMENT has been on the increase ever since the introduction of the modern labor saving machines (as long as there were new lands to settle and natural resources to discover and develop we did not feel it) and this unemployment will go on increasing as time goes on. Already, under our present system there is not work enough for anything like all our people to do.

SUGGESTION We should reduce the hours of work for all who are engaged in gainful business or production, with the possible exception of seamen, stewards, farm hands etc. But in all the usual employment, where the laborer lives in his own home this should apply. Personally I see no reason for exempting the "Manager" class. If ocean liners can have two captains where there is more absolute and concentrated authority than in any other civilian position- why not managers?

It is far better and more wholesome for a family with four brothers to have all four working at $25. a week, than it is for three to be working at $33.33 a week although the family income is the same. The three brothers who are working and earning their money will soon come to feel that their brother is a burden to them and it is demoralizing to the brother out of work.

The nation is a family. It is not only better but distinctly safer for all the employable people to be working and receiving salaries than for three fourths to be working and having to support the other fourth through some form of relief. The three fourths today are (many of them) complaining about this awful burden of taxation for relief and it is all too easy for the one fourth to get into the way of living without working.

Of course this shortening of hours may only solve the problem for a few generations but we can leave the future to take care of itself.
VI. THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT

The Declaration of Independence without which and a revolutionary war to make it good, there would have been no Constitution states that the purpose of government is to secure "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness" to all men- it says "to secure these rights governments are instituted among men." And it goes on to say "that when any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to altar or to abolish it." Pretty strong language we must admit. But six of those patriots who signed that Declaration were later among the framers of the Constitution and three more of then became Presidents of the United States.

I quote this because I firmly believe that your Administration, Sir, has gone further in its efforts to bring life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to ALL the people than any in the history of our Land.
Most sincerely yours,
Charles Breck Ackley, Rector
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
521 West 126th Street
New York City
October 4, 1935
In Oct 1935 he was St. Mary's Episcopal Church at New York City, New York.⁵⁹ He died in Jul 1964 in New York City, New York.^56,60 His Obituary appeared in the The New York Times on 28 Jul 1964 in New York City, New York Dr Charles B Ackley, Ex-Rector Of St. Mary,s Church Here, Dies

The Rev Dr Charles Breck Ackley, rector emeritus of St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church of Manhattanville, died Saturday in the Lynwood Nursing Home at 306 West 102d Street after a long illness. His age was 86 and he lived at 500 West 112th Street.
At his retirement in 1956, Dr Ackley had been rector of St Mary's at 521 West 126th Street, for 37 years.
When called to St Mary's Dr. Ackley was field secretary of the Every Name campaign of the Episcopal Church. During World I he served as an Army chaplain with the rank of captain. From 1908 to 1912 he was a missionary in Cuba. Before going to St Mary's he also had served at Grace and St Bartholomew's Chapels and as a chaplain of the New York Fire Department.
Dr Ackley was a past Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery of the State of New York of the Knights Templar and had been recording secretary of the Episcopal Actors Guild for many years.
He was born in Oconomowoc, Wis., and graduated from Hobart College in 1899, where he received a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 1926. In 1903 he was graduated from the General Theological Seminary here.
There are no immediate survivors. A funeral service will be conducted in St Mary's at noon Wednesday. Burial will be in Oconomowoc. His Death Notice appeared in the The New York Times on 29 Jul 1964 in New York City, New York The Rev. Dr. Charles Breck Ackley, Rector Emeritus of St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal church of Manhattanville; on July 25, 1964. Service at the Church, 521 W. 126th St., Wednesday, 12:oo noon.
He was buried in Nashotah House Seminary Cemetery, Nashotah, Waukesha, Wisconsin.³⁵ His Social Security Number was 096-30-7027 NY.⁵⁶ He was living Jul 1912 & Sep 1923 in New York City, New York.⁵⁴

Ackley, Charles Breck 1878-1964
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 7: September, 1964-August, 1967. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1968. (BioIn 7)
Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Volume 4, 1961-1968. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1968. (WhAm 4)

Rev Charles Breck ACKLEY and Henrietta Leonara Harralson OWSLEY were married on 12 Nov 1907 in Atlanta, De Kalb , Georgia.^54,61 Owsley-Ackley
Mrs Lucie Pace Owsley has issued invitations to the marriage of her daughter, Leonora, to the Reverand Charles Breck Ackley, on the evening of Tuesday, November 12, at 8:30 o'clock, at All Saints church They were divorced on 25 May 1916 in New York.⁵² Henrietta Leonara Harralson OWSLEY⁵⁴ (daughter of Living and Living) was baptized about 1887.⁵⁴ She appeared in the following News Article from the The Atlanta Constitution on 6 Sep 1907 in Atlanta, De Kalb , Georgia Miss Owsley to Marry Rev. Charles B Ackley


Mrs. Lucie Pace Owsley has announced the engagement of her daughter. Leonora Harralson, to Rev. Chas Breck Ackley, of New York. the wedding to take place In November at All Sainta church, Atlanta. Ga.
Miss Owsley made her social debut in Atlanta society last winter, and In her beauty talents and culture. has been the center of admiration in a coterie of Atlanta's moat representative people. 11cr studio was unique and charming, and her painting drawing and Illustrating. is far above that of the amateur. Her salon was one of the moat popular In Atlanta. She was called the most queenly of all the girls in her sets while her voice of sweetness and cultivation charmed old and young alike. She sang the soprano roles in All Saints choir, and was ever ready to lend her talents to any entertainment for philanthropic purposes. She is the only daughter of Mrs Owsley, who was Miss Lucie Pace, a daughter of a Georgia family old and aristocratic.
Doctor Ackley has charge of the St. Bartholomew mission of New York, a most responsible appointment In the Episcopal diocese of New York state, and Is recognized as a man of brilliant and scholarly attainment.

She was passenger on 29 Apr 1909 on the null, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands⁵⁴ She was passenger on 28 Jun 1911 on the Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba⁵⁴ She appeared in the following News Article from the The Atlanta Constitution on 25 Feb 1912 in Atlanta, De Kalb , Georgia⁶² Miss Katherine Richardson, of Atlanta, and Miss Laura Boyd, of Savanah are being delightfully entertained as the guest of Mrs Charles Breck Ackley, who was Miss Leona Owsley, in Havanah. The presence of a fleet of fifty warships makes the season there a gay one She was passenger on 15 May 1912 on the Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba⁵⁴ She was passenger on 28 Sep 1914 on the London, England, UK⁵⁴