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841. 2nd Lt
Solon Napolean ACKLEY198
appeared in the census 1870 & 1880 in Kansas. He appeared in the
census 1880 , 1885 & 1900 in Colorado. He was born on 9 Oct 1836
in Cleveland, Cuyahoga , Ohio.26,360,442,443,546,548,836,909,910,911 1850 OH census lists as Initial
A only
The Haverhill Emersons has birth as 7 Oct 1837 He was living in 1860 in Parma,
Cuyahoga , Ohio.442 On
11 Jul 1860 he was a farmer at Parma, Cuyahoga , Ohio.442 On 21 Jun 1870 he was Farmer at Republican, Clay ,
Kansas.910 He was living
in 1870 in Republican, Clay , Kansas.910
On 16 Jun 1880 he was a farmer at Oakland, Clay , Kansas.546 He was living in 1880 in Oakland, Clay , Kansas.546 He was living in 1880 in Eagle
River Country , Summit , Colorado.912
He was living between 1885 and 1900 in Red Cliff, Eagle , Colorado.909,913 He received
a military pension on 24 May 1892 in for service during the Civil War in the
Colorado Cavalry, Regiment: 1, Company: F547
He appeared in the following News Article from the The Washington Post on 23
Jun 1905 in Washington D. C. Daughter of the Late David Wolfe Brown
Becomes Owner of Rich Gold Mine.
Red Cliffe, Colo., June 14.- Miss Elizabeth Killingworth Brown, eldest daughter
of the late David Wolfe Brown, who was for forty years chief of the official
reporters of debates, House of Representatives, while visiting Mrs Dunn, who
is known as the "mining Queen" of Colorado, has become owner of what
they say will be one of the biggest and richest mines in Colorado. Miss Brown
came here a month ago to spend the summer with Mrs Dunn, and by the merest chance
heard of the claims known as "the Lone Star". There are five large
claims situated just two miles from Red Cliffe, where Miss Brown is staying.
The claims were owned by two men, Judge Ackley and a man named :Scotty"
a prospector, who located all the big mines in Cripple Creek, such mines as the
Vindicator, the Finley, and many others, He bought the claims for little or
nothing, and then found it impossible to work them from lack of money.
Since then these mines have been producing millions. This is just how Miss
brown has become the owner of the claims known as "The Lone Star" the
owners though they knew the claims were valuable were in need of ready money,
so Miss Brown persuaded them to sell.
He appeared in the following News Article from the Nevada State Journal on
27 Oct 1912 in Reno, Washoe , Nevada FOR JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE (Wadsworth Township) Vote for one
Ackley, Solon N.................Republican Party
Washhelm, David..............Deomcratic Party
On 31 Jan 1920 he was Postmaster at Wadsworth, Washoe, Nevada.911 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Nevada.
He was living in 1920 in Reno, Washoe , Nevada.911 He died on 19 Oct 1928 in Wadsworth, Washoe, Nevada.547,548,836 He was buried in Wadsworth
South Fraternal , Cemetery, Wadsworth, Washoe, Nevada.548,914,915 Row 14L #3
He appeared in the census 1850 & 1860 in Ohio. 19 J8un 1880 he
was a silver miner at Eagle River Country , Summit , Colorado.912 1896 & 1899 He was a county judge at Red Cliff, Eagle
, Colorado.916 He served
in the military Civil War in 1st Regiment, Colorado Cavalry Co F.547,548,917 1st Regiment, Colorado Cavalry
Regiment organized from 1st Colorado Infantry November 1, 1862. Attached to District
of Colorado, District of the Upper Arkansas and District of the Plains till November,
1865, operating against Indians and protecting stage routes. Stationed by detachments
at Denver, Camps Collins, Curtis, Fillmore, Robbins, Weld and Canon City and
at Forts Lyon and Garland.
SERVICE.-Skirmish at Grand Pass, Fort Halleck, Idaho, July 7, 1863 (Detachment).
Expedition from Denver to Republican River, Kansas, April 8-23, 1864 (Co. "D").
Skirmish near Fremont Orchard, Colo., April 12 (Cos. "C" and "H").
Expedition from Camp Sanborn to Beaver Creek, Kansas, April 14-18 (Cos. ("C"
and "H"). Skirmish at Big Bushes, Smoky Hills, April 16 (Cos. "C"
and "H"). Skirmish at Cedar Bluff, Colo., May 3 (Co. "C").
Scout from American Ranch to Cedar Bluff May 9-10. Scout from Fort Sumner August
3-November 4 (Cos. "A," "B" and "G"). Scout from
Fort Union, N. Mex., August 4-September 5. Affair near Fort Lyon, Colo., August
7. Skirmish near Sand Creek August 11 (Cos. "D," "G," "K"
and "L"). Scout on Fort Union Road, near Fort Garland, August 12-16
(Detachment). Skirmish, Atkins' Ranch, August 22. Skirmish, Walnut Creek, Kansas,
September 25 (Cos. "L" and "M"). Skirmish, Fort Lyon, October
9. Affairs near Fort Lyon November 6-16. Pawnee Forks November 25 (1 Co.). Engagement
with Indian at Sand Creek, Colo., November 29 (Cos. "C," "D,"
"E," "G," "H"and "K"). Company "B"
at Fort Zarah, Kansas, August to October, 1864, then at Fort Garland. Skirmishes
at Valley Station and Julesburg, Colo., January 7, 1865. Operations on Overland
Stage Route between Denver and Julesburg January 14-25, 1865 (Co. "C").
Skirmish, Valley Station, Colo., January 14 (Co. "C"). Skirmish, Godfrey's
Ranch, January 14 (Detachment). Skirmishes at Morrison's or American Ranch and
Wisconsin Ranch January 15. Point of Rocks or Nine- Mile Ridge, near Fort Larned,
January 20. Gittrell's Ranch January 25. Moore's Ranch January 26. Lillian Springs
Ranch January 27. Near Valley Station January 28 (Co. "C"). Operations
against Indians near Fort Collins, Colo., June 4-10 (Co. "D"). Expedition
from Denver to Fort Halleck, Dakota, June 17-19 (Co."D"). Operations
about Rock Creek Station, Seven-Mile Creek, Dakota, June 24-30 (Cos. "A"
and "D"). Mustered out at Leavenworth, Kansas, November 18, 1865.
His Obituary appeared in the198
Obituary of Solon Napolean Ackley:
PIONEER DIES IN WADSWORTH
Civil War Veteran Who Saw Denver's Birth Passes
A man whose career extended through the stirring events of two generations and
the greater part of a third, died yesterday at Wadsworth (Nevada). He was Solon
N. Ackley, 92, miner, officer in the Civil war, justice of the peace, judge,
county clerk, postmaster, mechanic and maker of stringed musical instruments.
The old gentleman passed suddenly yesterday afternon when the machinery that
had carried him through double the span of years most men are allowed, abruptly
broke down.
Saw Denver's Birth
Of Ohio stock, born in 1836, young Ackley felt the western urge in his blood
and in his 'teens went with an emigrant train to Colorado, scene of an exciting
gold rush. It has been the boast of the nonagenarian for years that he "knew
Denver when the town was nothing but a log cabin on Cherry Creek."
With the outbreak of the CIvil war he enlisted as a private in Company F of the
First Colorado Volunteers, became a sergeant, and in 1862 was commissioned as
second lieutenant. Fighting on the southwestern front under General Chivington,
Lieutenant Ackley took command when his captain was killed in a New Mexico engagement
and later was seriously wounded himself.
Follows Ranching
Following the war he engaged in ranching in Kansas and at Clay Center also held
offices of justice of the peace and county judge for several terms. He also
filled several public offices in Colorado during his long career. In 1905 he
came to Nevada to be with his son, Constable Frank Ackley of Wadsworth, and for
five years was postmaster there. With a flair for mechanics and a master of handicraft,
Ackley during the later years of his life had developed a hobby for musical instrument
manufacture.
Made Instruments
Scores of stringed instruments including violins, cellos, guitars, were fashioned
with knife, plane and sandpaper to augment the novelty instruments he had made
for vaudeville comedians, and other entertainers a score of years ago. Although
he is said to have a fine mastery in the making of the instruments, none was
ever sold and he took pleaseure in presenting them to his friends and relatives.
The veteran leaves two daughters, Mrs. Sophia Emerson of Cleveland, and Mrs.
Minnie McArthur of Wadsworth; two sons, Frank and G. A. Ackley of Wadsworth;
a sister, Julia Stearns of Pittsburgh, and 15 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.
A brother, John M. Ackley, who died in 1925, was a member of the Nevada territorial
legislature.
The remains, wrapped in the Stars and Stripes, will be taken to Wadsworth today
for funeral services Sunday afternoon. Interment will be in the Wadsworth cemetery.
may or may not be a conflict as he is listed as Sloan in the 1880 CO census,
this census also states father from VT and mother from ME, occupation listed
as miner, no family.
Solon Napoleon Ackley made stringed instruments - violins, violas.
His wife, Cornelia Victoria James Ackley, played the violin. (Family legend
has it that Cornelia was first cousin to outlaw Jesse James)
The family lived in around the Little Blue River in Nebraska and Kansas; most
of their 14 children were born in Oak Hill or Clay Center. They moved to Redcliff
(Eagle County), Colorado in 1883-84. Solon served in the Union Army during the
Civil War. He retired to Wadsworth, Nevada. He lived in Wadsworth, Nevada with
his youngest son Garfield (a barber) until his death in 1928
2Nd Lt Solon Napolean ACKLEY and Cornelia Victoria JAMES were married on 5
Apr 1857 in Cuyahoga , Ohio.5,442,448,546,910,913 Cornelia
Victoria JAMES appeared in the census 1870 & 1880 in Kansas.
She appeared in the census 1885 & 1900 in Colorado. She was born
on 16 Jul 1840 in Hinkley, , Ohio.49,198,442,546,909,910,913,918 She appeared in the census
in 1860 in Ohio. She died on 25 Jan 1910 in Eagle , Colorado.49,918
She was buried in Greenwood cemetery, Red Cliff, Eagle , Colorado.49,918 2nd Lt
Solon Napolean ACKLEY and Cornelia Victoria JAMES had the following children:
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