First Generation

1. Pvt Ransom ACKLEY was born in Jan 1825 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He Enlisted in the military on 28 Oct 1862⁴ He was dicharged from the military on 14 Nov 1862⁴ In 1880 he was runs a saw mill at Asylum, Bradford , Pennsylvania.² He was living in 1880 in Asylum, Bradford , Pennsylvania.² He received a military pension on 25 Mar 1884 application under the name Ransom Acla He appeared in the census in 1900 in Pennsylvania. He was living in 1900 in Monroe, Bradford , Pennsylvania.^1,5 Widower
census note: living alone He died about 1901.³ He was buried in Cole's farm Cemetery, Towanda, Bradford , Pennsylvania.³ He appeared in the census 1880 & 1900 in Pennsylvania. He served in the military Civil War in Co. D 171 Reg. Pennsylvania Vol..³ Name: Ransom Acla RESIDENCE: Bradford County, Pennsylvania Enlistment Date: 28 Oct 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Pennsylvania Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 October 1862.
Enlisted in Company D, 171st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 28 Oct 1862.
Received a disability discharge from Company D, 171st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 14 Nov 1862
1880 census spells surname Acla

Pvt Ransom ACKLEY and Lucretia CHILSON were married.^2,3 Lucretia CHILSON (daughter of Samuel CHILSON and Vargasons ANNA) was born on 15 Apr 1828 in Terrytown, Bradford , Pennsylvania.^3,6,7,8 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Pennsylvania. She died on 18 Feb 1889 in Bradford , Pennsylvania.^6,8,9 She was buried in Cole's farm Cemetery, Towanda, Bradford , Pennsylvania.^3,8 Pvt Ransom ACKLEY and Lucretia CHILSON had the following children:

+2	i.	Orin ACKLEY.
+3	ii.	Adelbert G ACKLEY.
+4	iii.	Rudolph B ACKLEY.
+5	iv.	Mary ACKLEY.
+6	v.	Emma ACKLEY.
+7	vi.	Joseph Lawson ACKLEY.
8	vii.	Living.