Sixth Generation

1612. George Washington ACKLEY was born on 11 November 1819 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States.^{5,51,795,799,1500,1501,1502} Between 1860 and 1880 he was a Farmer in Pulaski, Jackson , Michigan.^540,685,795 He was living between 1860 and 1900 in Pulaski, Jackson , Michigan.^{540,685,795,1500} living with son Newton George lived 21; Pulaski in Pulaski, Jackson , Michigan about 1888.¹⁵⁰³ He died of apoplexy on 16 September 1907 at the age of 87 in Pulaski, Jackson , Michigan.^51,799 He was buried on 17 September 1907 in Pulaski Cemetery, Pulaski, Jackson , Michigan.^799,1009 George appeared in the census 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900 in Michigan. Biography of¹⁵⁰² George W Ackley. of Pulaski township, Jackson county. He is at pres­ent in his eighty-fourth year, while she is only a few years younger. They have been married fifty-seven years, and if longevity is the reward of honor bestowed upon parents, their progenitors were certainly unusually honored.
George W. Ackley is a native of New York, having been born in Seneca county. November 11, 1819. In his native county he grew to manhood, receiving a fair com­mon school education and in early life se­ lecting agriculture as his vocation. In 1846 he was united in marriage to Miss Almira Yale, a native of Seneca County and a de­scendant of Governor Yale, of Connecti­cut, one of the early patrons of Yale Col­lege. New Haven, and the man after whom the college was named. For a number of years after his marriage Mr. Ackley prose­cuted his labors on the farm and so success­fully that he amassed enough means to justify him in coming west and investing in some of the fertile acres of Jackson county, Michigan. It was during the early 'fifties that he arrived in Jackson county and he immediately invested in one hundred and sixty acres of good land in Pulaski town­ship, a part of section 21. Here he and his wife have resided for upwards of half a century. Prosecuting their farm work until the weight of years admonished them to desist. From their very modest beginning they have added to their earthly stores, year after year. Until at the present time they are very comfortably situated financially and can well afford to accord to themselves that quiet peace and comfort which should be the in­variable reward of a well spent life.
Eight children, of whom six are yet liv­ing, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ackley. viz: Mary C., deceased; Cordelia M., wife of James A. Taylor, of Colorado; Underhill J., of Antrim county, Michigan; Philander G., of Litchfield, Michigan; Hiram C., de­ceased; Newton J. a brief account of whose career is given below: Clara A.. widow of A. S. Drake, of Ortonville, Minnesota; Jen­nie, wife of Schuyler Whittaker, of Litch­field, Michigan. He has Death Cert #

George Washington ACKLEY and Almira M YALE were married on 30 June 1846 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States.^{5,540,685,795,1500,1501,1502,1504,1505} Almira M YALE, daughter of Joel YALE and Delia STONE, was born on 7 September 1827 in Granville, Washington, New York, United States.^{51,540,685,795,1500,1501} She was living in 1910 in Concord, Jackson Michigan.¹⁵⁰⁶ living with son in-law Schuyler Whittaker and daughter Jane 1900 She died on 3 October 1911 at the age of 84 in Concord, Jackson Michigan.⁵¹ Almira was buried in October 1911 in Pulaski Cemetery, Pulaski, Jackson , Michigan.⁵¹ She appeared in the census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 & 1910 in Michigan.

George Washington ACKLEY-2120 and Almira M YALE-2121 had the following children: