Obit: Ackerman, Mrs. Charles (1834 - 1919)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames:
ACKERMAN
GARVIN HAMILTON COOK ----Source: CLARK
COUNTY REPUBLICAN & PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 04/03/1919 Ackerman, Mrs.
Charles (13 Oct 1834 - 25 Mar 1919) Mrs. Charles A.
Ackerman, one of the oldest residents of this locality, died at her
home in North Pine Valley, Clark County, Wis., March 25, 1919. She
was born at West Bloomfield, N.J., Oct 13, 1834; came to Dodge Co.,
Wis. with her parents in 1849, and was married to Charles Ackerman
Jan. 1, 1857. They moved to Neillsville Nov. 1, 1864 and the
following spring moved on their farm in Pine Valley, which has been
their home ever since. To them were born five children: Cecil,
Isabel, Edith, Frederick and Cora. She is survived by her husband
and three children: Mr. Cecil Ackerman, of Spokane, Wash., Mrs.
Henry Garvin, of Cathay, N.D. and Mr. Fred Ackerman, who lives on
the home farm. She leaves also twelve grandchildren; four brothers
and five sisters reside in Pierce Co., Wis. and one brother in
Washington. Mrs. Ackerman was
a woman who filled well her place in life. Her industry and
economy, her knowledge of home work and how to care for her family
where the necessities of life were largely produced at home, and at
a time when luxuries could not be bought al all, fitted here to
pioneer life. There in the wilderness, she and her husband and
children opened a farm, and built them a home surrounded by orchard
tree, gardens and flowers. It was a real home in all its
surroundings, and within the home Mrs. Ackerman shed the influence
of her Christian character. She was a member of the Congregational
Church, also of the Rebekah Lodge. In later years, age and feeble
health prevented her taking active part in social life, but her
influence will long be felt among those who knew her best. The funeral was
held Friday afternoon at the Congregational Church, Rev. G. W.
Longenecker officiating. Among those from a distance present were
two sisters from Spring Valley, Wis.; Mrs. John Hamilton and Mrs.
Sylvester Cook. The members of the
family wish to extend their thanks to those who gave them help and
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