Obit: Ackerman, Charles A. #2 (1834 - 1919)

Contact: Ann Stevens
Email: ann@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Ackerman, Condit, Garvin, Longencker

----Source: Neillsville Times (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/15/1919

Ackerman, Charles A. (31 DEC 1834 – 8 MAY 1919)

Chas. A. Ackerman died May 8th, 1919. He was born Dec. 31st, 1834 at Hartwick, Otsego County, New York. He resided there until he was nineteen years of age and then came to Dodge County, Wis. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Condit Jan. 1, 1857, and made their home at Rubicon, Dodge County, until Oct. 20, 1864, when they moved with oxen and prairie schooner to Neillsville, arriving here Nov. 1st, 1864. The following spring they moved onto the farm in Pine Valley, which has been their home ever since. To them were born five children, Cecil, Isabell, Edith, Frederick and Cora, three of whom, Cecil of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Henry Garvin of Cathay, N.D., and Frederick, who lives on the home farm, survive their parents. Mr. Ackerman also leaves twelve grandchildren and one brother in New York State. He was a member of the Odd Fellow Lodge and of the Congregational Church, where the funeral was held Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Odd Fellows and Rev. G.W. Longenecker.

Mr. Ackerman was a man of sterling worth and high principles and will always be remembered by those who knew him personally as a really good man.

Mrs. Henry Garvin of Cathay, N.D., was here to attend the funeral.