Wife of Lewis Ackley. Born in Philadelphia, Pa.
Daughter of John E. (b. Ireland) and Judith (Springer) Grace (b Wales).
Stone reads aged 70 years 10 months and 22 days.
The following letter is from Lewis Ackley to Samuel and Maranda Noble, explaining the death of his wife.
Caldwell, Ohio
Oct. 8th 1887
Most affectionate children, it is with grief that we take up the pen to inform you of the Death of your Mother. She died the 19th of September about five o'clock in the morning and was buried on the 21st. Her funeral sermon was preached at the house by Brother Willis. All of thee children was here but you and I was sorry that you was not here. We have been constant housekeepers for 58 years and it was hard to give her up, but it is a debt that we all have to pay. And what is our loss is her gain. God giveth and God taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. She was followed to her last resting-place by a large concourse of friends and neighbors.
I thought I would break up housekeeping but I have taken the advice of the children and Mr. Noble. They all said to stick to my own fireside and Lottie and I are keeping house. Columbus's children and Hanny (Hannah) comes and stays all night with us whenever they can but Margaret is sick now with the rheumatism. She has it so bad that she can not stand alone. All the rest of the relatives is well as far as we know of.
I will try and tell about her sickness. She wanted to go down to see Mrs. Hurst about three weeks before her death and
came home as well as common. That week she took on diarrhea which lasted a few days and then she was real smart for a few days and then took the diarrhea again and vomiting one night and then stopped. But she got perfectly helpless and seemed to be in great pain and short of breath and out of her head at times and sometimes so sleepy that we could not arouse her and on Wednesday night we sent for Mary and Mrs. Hurst. Mary had gone home and she asked for the doctor and he told Jane that he could not do anything for her but still kept on a coming to see her everyday till Sunday. I dismissed him for he did no good and she could not swallow medicine. If we put anything in her mouth it would run out again. She tried to swallow but could not.
Jane came down on Sunday and Green came about 15 minutes before she died on Monday. Mary was here almost day and night; she had all her burying clothes except shoes and cap. We had heels and slippers and sent to the Millinars and got her cap made and white bobinette to go around her neck and black silk mitts for her hands. Will send you pieces of her dress and cap and the lace and ribbon that it was trimmed in. Since we have been left so lonely someone was so cleaver as to come over to our spring house one night and take all of our pickled meat.
Butter is from 15 to 18 cts. a pound; eggs, 15 cts. A dozen; potatoes, 1$ a bushel. Myron is well. He came to see your mother about every day while she was sick and he was up her last Sunday till after dinner. He went to church in the afternoon at the valley. I here this summer there was no fruit at all and the water is getting very scarce.
No more at present and if we should never meet no more here on earth I hope to meet where parting is no more. Now
children, write often for we are very lonely here and it does us much good to hear from our friends.
From your ever loving father,
Lewis Ackley
Transcription courtesy of Allen Ackley - [email protected]
Ackley Family Website
Daughter of John E. (b. Ireland) and Judith (Springer) Grace (b Wales).
Stone reads aged 70 years 10 months and 22 days.
The following letter is from Lewis Ackley to Samuel and Maranda Noble, explaining the death of his wife.
Caldwell, Ohio
Oct. 8th 1887
Most affectionate children, it is with grief that we take up the pen to inform you of the Death of your Mother. She died the 19th of September about five o'clock in the morning and was buried on the 21st. Her funeral sermon was preached at the house by Brother Willis. All of thee children was here but you and I was sorry that you was not here. We have been constant housekeepers for 58 years and it was hard to give her up, but it is a debt that we all have to pay. And what is our loss is her gain. God giveth and God taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. She was followed to her last resting-place by a large concourse of friends and neighbors.
I thought I would break up housekeeping but I have taken the advice of the children and Mr. Noble. They all said to stick to my own fireside and Lottie and I are keeping house. Columbus's children and Hanny (Hannah) comes and stays all night with us whenever they can but Margaret is sick now with the rheumatism. She has it so bad that she can not stand alone. All the rest of the relatives is well as far as we know of.
I will try and tell about her sickness. She wanted to go down to see Mrs. Hurst about three weeks before her death and
came home as well as common. That week she took on diarrhea which lasted a few days and then she was real smart for a few days and then took the diarrhea again and vomiting one night and then stopped. But she got perfectly helpless and seemed to be in great pain and short of breath and out of her head at times and sometimes so sleepy that we could not arouse her and on Wednesday night we sent for Mary and Mrs. Hurst. Mary had gone home and she asked for the doctor and he told Jane that he could not do anything for her but still kept on a coming to see her everyday till Sunday. I dismissed him for he did no good and she could not swallow medicine. If we put anything in her mouth it would run out again. She tried to swallow but could not.
Jane came down on Sunday and Green came about 15 minutes before she died on Monday. Mary was here almost day and night; she had all her burying clothes except shoes and cap. We had heels and slippers and sent to the Millinars and got her cap made and white bobinette to go around her neck and black silk mitts for her hands. Will send you pieces of her dress and cap and the lace and ribbon that it was trimmed in. Since we have been left so lonely someone was so cleaver as to come over to our spring house one night and take all of our pickled meat.
Butter is from 15 to 18 cts. a pound; eggs, 15 cts. A dozen; potatoes, 1$ a bushel. Myron is well. He came to see your mother about every day while she was sick and he was up her last Sunday till after dinner. He went to church in the afternoon at the valley. I here this summer there was no fruit at all and the water is getting very scarce.
No more at present and if we should never meet no more here on earth I hope to meet where parting is no more. Now
children, write often for we are very lonely here and it does us much good to hear from our friends.
From your ever loving father,
Lewis Ackley
Transcription courtesy of Allen Ackley - [email protected]
Ackley Family Website
Wife of Lewis Ackley. Born in Philadelphia, Pa.
Daughter of John E. (b. Ireland) and Judith (Springer) Grace (b Wales).
Stone reads aged 70 years 10 months and 22 days.
The following letter is from Lewis Ackley to Samuel and Maranda Noble, explaining the death of his wife.
Caldwell, Ohio
Oct. 8th 1887
Most affectionate children, it is with grief that we take up the pen to inform you of the Death of your Mother. She died the 19th of September about five o'clock in the morning and was buried on the 21st. Her funeral sermon was preached at the house by Brother Willis. All of thee children was here but you and I was sorry that you was not here. We have been constant housekeepers for 58 years and it was hard to give her up, but it is a debt that we all have to pay. And what is our loss is her gain. God giveth and God taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. She was followed to her last resting-place by a large concourse of friends and neighbors.
I thought I would break up housekeeping but I have taken the advice of the children and Mr. Noble. They all said to stick to my own fireside and Lottie and I are keeping house. Columbus's children and Hanny (Hannah) comes and stays all night with us whenever they can but Margaret is sick now with the rheumatism. She has it so bad that she can not stand alone. All the rest of the relatives is well as far as we know of.
I will try and tell about her sickness. She wanted to go down to see Mrs. Hurst about three weeks before her death and
came home as well as common. That week she took on diarrhea which lasted a few days and then she was real smart for a few days and then took the diarrhea again and vomiting one night and then stopped. But she got perfectly helpless and seemed to be in great pain and short of breath and out of her head at times and sometimes so sleepy that we could not arouse her and on Wednesday night we sent for Mary and Mrs. Hurst. Mary had gone home and she asked for the doctor and he told Jane that he could not do anything for her but still kept on a coming to see her everyday till Sunday. I dismissed him for he did no good and she could not swallow medicine. If we put anything in her mouth it would run out again. She tried to swallow but could not.
Jane came down on Sunday and Green came about 15 minutes before she died on Monday. Mary was here almost day and night; she had all her burying clothes except shoes and cap. We had heels and slippers and sent to the Millinars and got her cap made and white bobinette to go around her neck and black silk mitts for her hands. Will send you pieces of her dress and cap and the lace and ribbon that it was trimmed in. Since we have been left so lonely someone was so cleaver as to come over to our spring house one night and take all of our pickled meat.
Butter is from 15 to 18 cts. a pound; eggs, 15 cts. A dozen; potatoes, 1$ a bushel. Myron is well. He came to see your mother about every day while she was sick and he was up her last Sunday till after dinner. He went to church in the afternoon at the valley. I here this summer there was no fruit at all and the water is getting very scarce.
No more at present and if we should never meet no more here on earth I hope to meet where parting is no more. Now
children, write often for we are very lonely here and it does us much good to hear from our friends.
From your ever loving father,
Lewis Ackley
Transcription courtesy of Allen Ackley - [email protected]
Ackley Family Website
Daughter of John E. (b. Ireland) and Judith (Springer) Grace (b Wales).
Stone reads aged 70 years 10 months and 22 days.
The following letter is from Lewis Ackley to Samuel and Maranda Noble, explaining the death of his wife.
Caldwell, Ohio
Oct. 8th 1887
Most affectionate children, it is with grief that we take up the pen to inform you of the Death of your Mother. She died the 19th of September about five o'clock in the morning and was buried on the 21st. Her funeral sermon was preached at the house by Brother Willis. All of thee children was here but you and I was sorry that you was not here. We have been constant housekeepers for 58 years and it was hard to give her up, but it is a debt that we all have to pay. And what is our loss is her gain. God giveth and God taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. She was followed to her last resting-place by a large concourse of friends and neighbors.
I thought I would break up housekeeping but I have taken the advice of the children and Mr. Noble. They all said to stick to my own fireside and Lottie and I are keeping house. Columbus's children and Hanny (Hannah) comes and stays all night with us whenever they can but Margaret is sick now with the rheumatism. She has it so bad that she can not stand alone. All the rest of the relatives is well as far as we know of.
I will try and tell about her sickness. She wanted to go down to see Mrs. Hurst about three weeks before her death and
came home as well as common. That week she took on diarrhea which lasted a few days and then she was real smart for a few days and then took the diarrhea again and vomiting one night and then stopped. But she got perfectly helpless and seemed to be in great pain and short of breath and out of her head at times and sometimes so sleepy that we could not arouse her and on Wednesday night we sent for Mary and Mrs. Hurst. Mary had gone home and she asked for the doctor and he told Jane that he could not do anything for her but still kept on a coming to see her everyday till Sunday. I dismissed him for he did no good and she could not swallow medicine. If we put anything in her mouth it would run out again. She tried to swallow but could not.
Jane came down on Sunday and Green came about 15 minutes before she died on Monday. Mary was here almost day and night; she had all her burying clothes except shoes and cap. We had heels and slippers and sent to the Millinars and got her cap made and white bobinette to go around her neck and black silk mitts for her hands. Will send you pieces of her dress and cap and the lace and ribbon that it was trimmed in. Since we have been left so lonely someone was so cleaver as to come over to our spring house one night and take all of our pickled meat.
Butter is from 15 to 18 cts. a pound; eggs, 15 cts. A dozen; potatoes, 1$ a bushel. Myron is well. He came to see your mother about every day while she was sick and he was up her last Sunday till after dinner. He went to church in the afternoon at the valley. I here this summer there was no fruit at all and the water is getting very scarce.
No more at present and if we should never meet no more here on earth I hope to meet where parting is no more. Now
children, write often for we are very lonely here and it does us much good to hear from our friends.
From your ever loving father,
Lewis Ackley
Transcription courtesy of Allen Ackley - [email protected]
Ackley Family Website
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