| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation2. Samuel ACKLEY was born on 3 Jan 1831 in New York.1,3,6,7,8,9 In 1850 he was Farmer at Chatham, Medina , Ohio.1 He was dicharged from the military on 17 Jul 1865 in Bowling Green, Wood , Ohio10 He was living between 1870 and 1880 in Center, Wood , Ohio.7,9 His Veterans Schedule in 1890 in Blissfield, Lenawee , Michigan11 He was living between 1894 and 1900 in Blissfield, Lenawee , Michigan.6,12 Biography of4 Samuel Ackley, who has been a resident of Lenawee county since 1886 was born in the state of New York, Jan. 3, 1831, the son of Jonathan M. and Rhoda A. (Reynolds) Ackley. The parents removed to Medina county, Ohio. in 1840, and lived on a farm which the father had purchased until 1856, when they came to Michigan and located on an unimproved farm in Blissfield township. This remained their home during the balance of their lives, the father's death occurring in September 1881, and the mother's on Feb. 14, 1891. Seven children were born to the parents; Joseph died May 1904; Susan (Ackley) Young now lives in Deerfield Township; Conrad died Oct. 28, 1907; Gilbert lives in Deerfield village, and Charles and Jonathan live in Adrian. Samuel Ackley received his elementary education in the schools of the Empire state and finished his scholastic training with a course in the district schools of Medina county, Ohio. For about a year immediately thereafter he assisted his father in the conduct of the farm and then removed to New York, where he continued his residence for a period of five years. At the end of that time he returned to Ohio, but a year later again went to the Empire state. There he enlisted in Company G. One Hundred and Forty-first New York infantry, and saw active service with that regiment for a period of three years. After the cessation of hostilities he returned to Wood County, Ohio, and was there engaged in farming until 1886, when he determined to remove to Lenawee County. He located on the farm he now occupies and has been most successfully and lucratively engaged in his calling ever since. In the matter of politics he has been allied with the Republican party ever since its inception, but the only office of public trust which he has ever held has been that of school director, in which he served several years. Mr. Ackley has been married three times. His first union was to Miss Fannie M. Punches, daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Talbot) Punches, in Steuben county, New York, in 1852. Four children were the issue of this union, namely Jarvis, who died at the age of seven; Antoinette, who died at the age of five; Willard, who died in infancy, and Charlotte' M. (Ackley) Martin, now living in New York state. The first wife died in 1864 and in August, 1865, Mr. Ackley married Miss Sarah J. Lee, the daughter of George and Sarah Lee. Four children were born to this second marriage. Edith (Ackley) Stickles lives in Wood County, Ohio; Frank is a barber in Cement City. Mich.; Nora (Ackley) Twining died Dec. 25, 1891; and Winifred (Ackley) Harris died in 1898 Mr. Ackley's third marriage occurred at Bowling Green, Ohio, June 21, 1881, to Miss Phoebe A. Lee, born Aug. 23, 1850, the daughter of Thomas and Mary J. Lee. Mr. Lee died on March 23, 1891. and his wife on Sept. 10, 1883. Two children were the issue of this third marriage, Elza L., born Jan. 25, 1883, and Grace M., born Sept. 9, 1890. EIza L. married Miss Myrtle Lincoln and is a farmer in Adrian Township. He died about 1914.3 He appeared in the census 1894 & 1900 in Michigan.13 He appeared in the census 1850, 1870 & 1880 in Ohio. 27 Jul 1870 to 22 Jun 1880 he was a farmer at Center, Wood , Ohio.7,9 He served in the military Civil War.10 He served in the military Civil War in Company G 141 NY infantry.4 Samuel ACKLEY and Fannie M PUNCHES were married about
1852 in Stueben , New York.4
Fannie M PUNCHES (daughter of Living and Living)
died about 1864.4 Samuel
ACKLEY and Fannie M PUNCHES had the following children:
Samuel
ACKLEY and Sarah Jane LEE were married in Aug 1865.4,7,9,14,15,16,17,18,19 Sarah Jane LEE (daughter
of Living and Living) was born about 1843 in Ohio.7,9,20 She died on 7 Apr 1881 in Wood , Ohio.20 She appeared in the census 1870 & 1880 in Ohio.
Samuel ACKLEY and Sarah Jane LEE had the following children:
Samuel
ACKLEY and Phoebe A LEE were married on 21 Jun 1881 in Wood , Ohio.22,23 Phoebe
A LEE (daughter of Thomas LEE and Mary J) appeared in the census 1900 & 1920
in Michigan. She was born in Aug 1851 in Ohio.6,24 LDS spells
name Phebe She was living in 1920 in Summerfield, Monroe , Michigan.24 living with son in-law Edward
Traub 1920 Samuel ACKLEY and Phoebe A LEE had the following children:
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