Third Generation

25. Sylvanus H ACKLEY was living 1850 and 1870 in Walworth, Walworth , Wisconsin.^78,79 He appeared in the census 1850 & 1870 in Wisconsin. He was born on 12 Jun 1821 in Thompkins , New York.^{1,3,24,27,78,79,80,81} On 8 Jul 1850 he was Farmer at Walworth, Walworth , Wisconsin.⁷⁸ He appeared in the census in 1860 in Illinois. He was living in 1860 in Chemung, McHenry , Illinois.⁸¹ 1860 IL census spells name Sylvester On 11 Jul 1860 he was Farm Laborer at Chemung, McHenry , Illinois.⁸¹ On 10 Aug 1870 he was a farmer at Walworth, Walworth , Wisconsin.⁷⁹ He was living between 1874 and 1900 in Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.^25,80,82 On 7 Jun 1880 he was a farmer at Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.⁸² He died on 5 Jun 1905 in Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.^1,3 CHICKASAW SCENE OF SUICIDE


S.H. Ackley, Aged 84, Hanges himself in a vacant store room.

S.H. Ackley, an old man of 84 years, hanged himself in a vacant store room near his home in Chickasaw MOnday afternoon. His body was found by his wife about 5 o'clock and Dr. Landon, county coroner, was summoned. He found no necessity for an inquest.
Mr. Ackley had been suffering greatly from bladder trouble and in the forenoon of Monday had asked a member of his family to cut his throat.
He made deliberate preparations for the ending of his life. Going up stairs in the vacant house, he passed a chain down the stove pipe hole, placed a cross bar through the ring, then went below and stood on a milk can while he made the noose fast. He then stepped off the can and choked himself to death.
Mr. Ackley was a pioneer of the county and was among our highly esteemed citizens. He was buried in 1905 in Cedar View Cemetery, Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.^3,17 He appeared in the census 1880 & 1900 in Iowa.

Sylvanus H ACKLEY and Deborah Ann "Libbie" ALLISON were married on 10 Mar 1842.^{1,17,79,81,82} Ethel Louise Haines MacDonald has year as 1843 Deborah Ann "Libbie" ALLISON (daughter of William ALLISON and Rebecca ELYA) appeared in the census 1850 & 1870 in Wisconsin. 1850 WI census has Initials J B
1870 WI census has name as Libbie She was born on 26 Jan 1823 in Stueben , New York.^{3,17,78,79,80,81,82} She appeared in the census in 1860 in Illinois. 1860 IL census spells name Debra L She died on 27 Apr 1911 in Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.^3,83 Her Obituary appeared in the New Hampton Gazette on 4 May 1911 in New Hampton, Chickasaw , Iowa OBITUARY


Mrs. S. H. Ackley was born in Steuben county, New York, Jan 26, 1823, and died at her home in Chickasaw April 27, 1911, at the advanced age of 88 years, 3 months and 21 days.
Miss Deborah A. Allison was the eldest of a family of ten children, all of whom have preceded her to that land from which no traveler e'er returns, with the exception of one brother, W. P. Allison, of Nashua, and one sister, Mrs. Harriet Godfrey, of Canastota, South Dakota.
March 10, 1843, she gave her hand in marriage to Sylvanus H. Ackley, and together they journeyed down life's pathway , ever faithful and true to those vows for a period of more than sixty-two years.
Five children were the fruit of this union, four of whom survive her -Mrs Mary Sortor of lonia, Marion and Frank Ackley of Chickasaw and Mrs. Hattie Gillett of Hamar, N.D., Charles M Ackley, her first-born preceding~ the mother home July 18, 1907.
In the spring of 1846 deceased, with her husband, moved to Walworth Co., Wisconsin, and in 1873, they together with their family, came to Iowa, settling in the village of Chickasaw, where she has since resided, until the Savior said, "Child, come home."
This call came to her husband June 5, 1905, since which time mother has only been waiting and longing for the summons - "it is enough; come up higher."
Deceased was a faithful Christian, uniting with the Baptist church in Illinois in 1865, and ever since being a true follower of Christ, doing her duty and serving her Maker earnestly and conscientiously. Her's was a life of labor and devotion to her family A good woman and a loving~ mother has fallen asleep - "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to weep."
She leaves besides her children, brother and sister, fifteen grandchildren, grown to manhood and womanhood, and eighteen great-grand children, to mourn her loss.
Thus one by one they are passing to that home where there is neither sickness, sorrow nor death.
She was buried in 1911 in Cedar View Cemetery, Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.^3,17 She appeared in the census 1880 & 1900 in Iowa. Sylvanus H ACKLEY and Deborah Ann "Libbie" ALLISON had the following children:

+93	i.	Charles Montgomery ACKLEY.
+94	ii.	Mary ACKLEY.
+95	iii.	Marion Adelbert ACKLEY.
96	iv.	Frank M ACKLEY was born about 1856 in Wisconsin.1,3,79,81,82 1860 IL census has birth place as IL 1880 census has birth place as NY He appeared in the census in 1860 in Illinois. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wisconsin. On 7 Jun 1880 he was a laborer at Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.82 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Iowa. He died on 9 May 1912 in Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.3,17 He was living 1880 & 1911 in Chickasaw, Chickasaw , Iowa.82,83 living with parents 1880
+97	v.	Harriet E (Hattie) ACKLEY.