Seventh Generation

2605. Pvt Seward B ACKLEY was born on 3 Oct 1841 in Cutler, Washington , Maine.^{26,140,656,657,1162,1193,1421} 1900 WA census has birth as Oct 1837 On 19 Jul 1860 he was a seaman at Cutler, Washington , Maine.⁶⁵⁷ In 1880 he was Sailor at Cutler, Washington , Maine.¹¹⁶² He purchased land on 11 May 1888 in Kitsap , Washington⁴⁰¹ Document #: 9927 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Washington. He was living in 1900 in Argyle, San Juan, Washington.^140,1421 He appeared in the census 1850, 1860 & 1880 in Maine. He served in the military Civil War in Maine Coast Guard Infantry Co C.⁹¹⁷ Company "C" mustered in at Eastport May 16, 1864. Stationed at Fort Sullivan, Eastport, Me. Mustered out September 6, 1865.

He was living 1860 & 1880 in Cutler, Washington , Maine.¹¹⁶² living with parents 1860

Pvt Seward B ACKLEY and Margaret E RAMSDELL were married on 2 Jun 1864 in Cutler, Washington , Maine.^{140,1162,1193,2222} Margaret E RAMSDELL (daughter of Bartlett RAMSDELL and Ruth ANDREWS) was born about 1846 in Cutler, Washington , Maine.^{49,140,1162,1218,2223} based on age of 39 at death She appeared in the census in 1880 in Maine. She died on 22 Jul 1885 in Port Gamble, Kitsap , Washington.^{49,140,1421,2223} Her stone reads:

Maggie E. ACKLEY:
wife of Seward B. ACKLEY,
born in Cutler, Maine,
died July 22, 1885,
aged 39 years.

"Her suffering ended with the day; yet lived it at it's close and breathed the long glory right away in...[hard to read]
She was buried in Buena Vista , Port Gamble Historic Cemetery, Port Gamble, Kitsap , Washington.^49,2223 The historic town of Port Gamble was established in 1851 by three
men from East Machias, Maine, named Pope, Talbot, and Walker. The town






has always been a company town of the Pope and Talbot Company or its
subsidiaries, with no public or private land except in company
ownership. The town is a nearly exact replica of the Maine seaport
of its founders. Most original homes and structures are still
standing and in everyday use. Port Gamble, originally known also by
its Indian name Teeklalet, was home to what for decades was the world's






largest lumber mill, the Puget Mill Company of the Pope and Talbot
Companies. Until its recent closure this mill dating from 1851 was
the oldest continuously operating lumber mill in the world.
The Buena Vista Cemetery dates from the early 1850's, and
contains numerous unmarked graves in addition to the surviving stones
shown below. The cemetery, as well as the entire town, is listed
on the National Register of Historic Places, and is very well
preserved and maintained by the company. Besides the remarkable
beauty of its surroundings, which include a 270 degree breathtaking
view of Puget Sound and Hood Canal, the cemetery is well known for
another reason. It is the final resting place of the first US Navy
man ever lost in enemy action in the Pacific Ocean.
Coxwain Gustave Engelbrecht was a crewman on the USS Massachusetts,
the single American warship (actually a small gunboat) stationed in
these waters, which had been US territory for only ten years. In
November of 1856 the Massachusetts responded to an urgent call for
help from the town of Port Gamble, where residents and local Indians
were under heavy attack by a large war party of Haida Indians.
The Haida (sometimes called "the Vikings of the Pacific") were
a fierce, warlike people from a thousand miles to the north, roughly
the coastal area where the Russian possessions (Alaska) met the
English possessions (British Columbia, Canada). They used huge
sea-going canoes holding dozens of men to attack once or twice a year
in large raids of hundreds of men seeking slaves and plunder, and
their coming literally terrorized the local native population.
The USS Massachusetts arrived at Port Gamble to find the town
besieged and the battle underway. In the Battle of Port Gamble, the
little vessel was able to drive off the Haida with heavy losses,
including the death of their principal chief and several other
headmen. The Massachusetts sustained fairly light casualties,
but they included the US Navy's first man to die in combat in the
Pacific, Gustave Engelbrecht, whose grave is honored in the center
and highest point of Buena Vista Cemetery.