First Generation

1. Pvt James E ACKLEY was born on 17 Mar 1822 in England.^1,2,3,4,5,6 1865 Census states birth place as PA
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR has birth day as 12th He was living in 1860 in LeCompton, Douglas , Kansas.¹ On 1 Aug 1860 he was Farmer at LeCompton, Douglas , Kansas.¹ He was living between 1865 and 1880 in Ridgeway, Osage , Kansas.^2,5,7 He died on 19 Jan 1886.^3,4 SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR has day as 10th He was buried in Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway, Osage , Kansas.^4,6 He appeared in the census 1860, 1870 and 1880 in Kansas. 1865 census list name as Jas. E 24 Jul 1870 to 4 Jun 1880 he was Farmer at Ridgeway, Osage , Kansas.^2,5 He served in the military Civil War in 8th Kansas.⁶

Pvt James E ACKLEY and Rebbeca H BRYSON were married.^2,8 Rebbeca H BRYSON (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 16 Feb 1833 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3,4,7 She died on 27 Jun 1893.^3,4 She was buried in Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway, Osage , Kansas.⁴ She appeared in the census 1860, 1870 and 1880 in Kansas. Pvt James E ACKLEY and Rebbeca H BRYSON had the following children:

2	i.	Florence ACKLEY was born about 1853 in Pennsylvania.1,5,7 She appeared in the census 1860, 1865 &1870 in Kansas.
3	ii.	Mary Luella ACKLEY was born about 1856 in Pennsylvania.1,2,5,7 1865 census puts birth place as KS She appeared in the census 1860, 1870 and 1880 in Kansas.
4	iii.	May ACKLEY appeared in the census 1860 & 1870 in Kansas. She was born about 1859 in Pennsylvania.1,5 She died before 1865.7
5	iv.	Laura B ACKLEY was born about 1862 in Kansas.2,5,7 She appeared in the census 1865, 1870 and 1880 in Kansas.
6	v.	Ada ACKLEY was born about 1865 in Kansas.2,5,7 She appeared in the census 1865, 1870 and 1880 in Kansas.
7	vi.	Jessie ACKLEY was born about 1868 in Kansas.2 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Kansas.
8	vii.	Maria ACKLEY was born about 1868 in Kansas.5 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Kansas.
+9	viii.	John B ACKLEY.