Second Generation

5. Gideon Charles ACKLEY¹ was born on 29 Dec 1826 in Oneonta, Otsego , New York.^{1,2,3,4,5,9,11,13} 1900 census has year as 1827 He appeared in the census in 1850 in New York. Between 1860 and 1880 he was Farmer at Union, Floyd , Iowa.^4,10,11 He was living between 1860 and 1900 in Union, Floyd , Iowa.^4,10,11,13 living with mother in 1870 He was buried about 1905 in West Side cemetery Union, Marble Rock, Floyd , Iowa.^3,5 He died on 9 Dec 1905 in Marble Rock, Floyd , Iowa.^1,5 Son William's obituary has year as 1906 He appeared in the census 1860,1870, 1880 & 1900 in Iowa. Notes for Gideon C Ackley:
" From the History of Floyd County published 1882 "
G. C. Ackley was born in Otsego County, New York, in 1827. He was the third child of James and Nancy Ackley. Her Mr. Ackley made his home till 1853, when he came to Floyd County, Iowa, where he remained only a short time, when he went to Illinois and remained three or four months, when he again returned to this county, staid about six months, when he again returned to Illinois and staid till 1855, when he and the rest of the family came to this county, and have since resided. G. C. Ackley resides where he first settled with his parents, situated on section 20, Union Township. Mr. Ackley was married in this county in 1869, to Miss Lucinda Vanduzen. Their family consists of four children--William Henry, Lilly Elmer, Charles E. and George M. Mr. Ackley is not only first among the citizens of this county in point of time, but in point of citizenship. Though not an aspirant for office he has always taken an active interest in the success of the Republican party. Mr. Ackley is another man who, by his life, has demonstrated that it requires a man of energy and pluck to face these pioneer hardships.

Gideon Charles ACKLEY and ? were married.

Gideon Charles ACKLEY and Lucinda E VAN DUSEN were married on 19 Apr 1870.^{10,11,13,14,15} Lucinda E VAN DUSEN³ (daughter of Martin Sheldon VAN DUSEN and Elizabeth NEARS) was born on 19 Apr 1854 in Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont.^{3,5,10,11,13,15} She appeared in the census in 1860 in Vermont. She died on 20 Jan 1913 in Marble Rock, Floyd , Iowa.^1,5,15 She was buried about 1913 in West Side cemetery Union, Marble Rock, Floyd , Iowa.^3,5 She appeared in the census 1870, 1880 & 1900 in Iowa. Gideon Charles ACKLEY and Lucinda E VAN DUSEN had the following children:

16	i.	William H H ACKLEY15 was born on 18 Feb 1871 in Iowa.1,5,11,13,16,17 He died on 16 Jul 1922.5,16 He was buried in West Side cemetery Union, Marble Rock, Floyd , Iowa.5 He appeared in the census 1880, 1900 & 1905 in Iowa. His Obituary appeared in the WILLIAM H H ACKLEY The veiling of tre future is a merciful dispensation of Providence. It is best for man that it is so. Happy the man who views the past with both pleasure and satisfaction. We owe to the James and Nancy Ackley family a historic courtesy in stating that looking backward over a period of sixty-eight years. These sturdy sons and daughters pioneered and made for us in Union township records of early settlement that for generations to come, children shall hunger for the story of these sturdyand worthy settlers. William H. H. Ackley, son of Gideon C. and Lucinda Ackley, was born February 18, 1871, in the "old log house" on the old homestead, where the family had settled In 1855-one mile south of the town of Marble Rock, Iowa. On this same farmstead he was reared, schooled, fitted for his functions in the world, lived his life of 51 years, 4 months and 21 days, weaving his most estimable characteristics into the love and friendship of all his neighbors and acquaintances, quietly setting forth the motto of his choice, "That he might live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man." No one was ever heard to speak unkindly of him. A prevailing grief is hovering over his community, all feeling that his death was untimely and less worthy citizens might better have been called if need be, in his stead. -. He had from boyhood shared his father's and mother's problems over increasing responsibilities of the family and younger children were laid on his-shoulders. In December, 1906, 'the father was called from the family home. For a time the strong hands and sound judgment of the mother was his support, however, her strength suddenly blighted; for eight months she lingered, suffered and gradually weakened until she was called in January, 1913. Uncomplainingly he held to his task as he saw it, and while his home for which he had lived was broken, yet the same co-operative hospitality was manifest, and during the illness of the mother the much needed help of his first cousin, Arminta Ackley and eight months later of his aunt, Sarah Ackley also, mutually, continued the family spirit and kept, for him, the home fires burning. How glad we shall ever be, that when the long, tedious, wasting sickness came to Mr. Ackley, that there was yet for him the sacrificing touch of mutual love, sympathy and care Mr. Ackley', sound judgment and bussiness principles were early recognized when he was made school director, at twenty-one years of age, of his home district, where he had previously attended school. He served for a time as member of the Union township' board of trustees. The fraternal spirit of Neighborliness was manifest, he being a member of the Order of M. W. A. Camp No. 4468, Marble Rock Mr. Ackley continued the manifestation of the Faith in God, well founded, of his grandfather, he too, was baptized in early manhood and became a member of the Free Baptist church of Marble Rock, and later uniting with the Regular Baptist Church of the same place. There survive of Mr. Ackley's immediate family, one sister, Mrs. Lillian Inman of Ashland, Oregon, and two brothers, Charles Ackley of Annandale, Minn., and George Ackley of Marble Rock. The writer as a friend, playmate, companion, who has had the high privilege of noting his every move in life, can hardly reconcile himself (nor ourselves) to his death. The prevailing thought is that, somehow, he should have been permitted to enjoy the fruits of his labor in this world. - - However, much as we feel this, yet nevertheless we are face to face with the keen competition of life itself, sometimes hopeful, sometimes cast down. He whom we have laid in the grave started in life with a vigorous body, physical courage, a mind well balanced, enough family history to cornmand self respect, a boyhood and youth that faced hardship, trained to labor and wrestle with difficult affairs. Thus God endowed him and He has called him home. As we respectively gaze on our unfinished tasks, or shall stand uncovered at the mound in his memory, may the good things that William Ackley has done for others find its repetition in the lives of his neighbors, and thus may we truly say that he yet lives to bless human kind, and may it also be said of him and of his neighbors "A life well lived and a death well died, and In faith we trust; a Heaven gloriously won." Card of Thanks We wish to join with the brothers and sister in thanking the neighbors and friends for assistance during the sickness, also for the kind acts and words of sympathy after the death of our nephew and cousin W H Ackley Mrs. S. J. and Minta Ackley.
+17	ii.	Lillian Ellenor ACKLEY.
+18	iii.	Charles Edward ACKLEY Sr.
+19	iv.	George Martin ACKLEY.