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Samuel Acker

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Samuel Acker

Birth
Death
8 Oct 1853 (aged 55–56)
Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Bushkill, Pike County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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When it was thought the Tocks Island Dam would be built, a number of public notices went into newspapers to locate next of kin for people interred on land the dam would put underwater.

Below is such a notice, which contained many names, including the person on this memorial. Here the cemetery is called "Bushkill Cemetery" which is an alias for the Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground.

From the Milford Dispatch Thursday December 21, 1972:

-- NOTICE --

This Notice seeks information about the following names or initials taken from headstones or footstones in the Bushkill Cemetery located at Bushkill. Pennsylvania:

[Following was a long list of names, which included the individual memorialized here.]
When it was thought the Tocks Island Dam would be built, a number of public notices went into newspapers to locate next of kin for people interred on land the dam would put underwater.

Below is such a notice, which contained many names, including the person on this memorial. Here the cemetery is called "Bushkill Cemetery" which is an alias for the Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground.

From the Milford Dispatch Thursday December 21, 1972:

-- NOTICE --

This Notice seeks information about the following names or initials taken from headstones or footstones in the Bushkill Cemetery located at Bushkill. Pennsylvania:

[Following was a long list of names, which included the individual memorialized here.]


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  • Created by: sr/ks
  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50459545/samuel-acker: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Acker (1797–8 Oct 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50459545, citing Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground, Bushkill, Pike County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by sr/ks (contributor 46847659).