Evening times-Republican., September 26, 1917
About Evening times-Republican. (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923
Thanks Mary!
F.H. Ackert's Funeral
The body of Fountain H. Ackert, who died at Lake Forest, Ill Monday night, was brought to this city for burial this morning, services being held at the grave in Riverside shortly after the arrival of the train. Rev. B.P. Martin was in charge of the services, and the pall bearers were A.A. Moore, L.G. Abbott, B.A. Morgan, A. Janney, and Charles J. and H.F. McCombs.
Accompanying the body to the city were Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest; Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Dugan, of Chicago; and Mrs. A.F. Banks, of Evanston, Ill. The members of the funeral party were guests at the Moore home today, and will return to Chicago tonight.
I found the most amazing obituary for Fountain Ackert in the Evening
Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) of 9/25/1917. What an interesting individual! I thought you might like to add this to his memorial. I have transcribed it below and included a link to the source. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1917-09-25/ed-1/seq-11/
Thanks, Rebecca
“GRANDPA” ACKERT DEAD
According to telegrams received here today Fountain H. Ackert, father of Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest, Ill. And former resident of this city, died Monday night at his son’s home. Mr. Ackert, who was 94 years old, this month, had been in failing health since last winter.
“Grandpa” Ackert, as he was familiarly known by his friends here, was a striking illustration of the happy faculty of growing old gracefully. Mr. Ackert,despite his extreme age, was, up to the time of his last illness, as spry as
many men of 60. He retained his mentality to a degree seldom seen in men of his years, and each day saw him taking a long walk. It was a hobby with him to wear a pedometer, and he could tell, and did tell, his friends just how many miles he had walked in a week, month, or year, as the case might be.
Mr. Ackert had lived during an age that had seen all of the wonderful inventions. He remembered the first railroads of the country in the early stages of their development, and when automobiles came into use, believed that the acme of human invention had been reached. However, airplanes followed, and Mr. Ackert was not satisfied until he had ridden in one of them. At past 90, off the coast of Florida, where he was spending the winter, Mr. Ackert took a
ride in a biplane.
Mr. Ackert was a native of New York state, where he was born on Sept. 71, 1823.
He was a member of the One Hundred Thirty-seventh New York Infantry during the Civil War, his company having been recruited at Binghamton, the old Ackert home.
He participated in different engagements of his regiment, including the battle of Gettysburg.
Eight years before the civil war was declared, or on June 4, 1853, Mr. Ackert was united in marriage with Miss Frances Davis, of Pine Plains, N.Y. For many years after the war, Mr. and Mrs. Ackert lived at Moberly, Mo., and it was from
that city that they came here in 1904. Mrs. Ackert died in his city at the age of 80, July 24, 1915 and since that time, Mr. Ackert has been making his home with his son. Charles H. Ackert, at whose home Mr. Ackert died, is the only surviving won. Another son, Lewis H. Ackert, who was division superintendent of the Southern Railway at Columbus, Miss., was killed in a railway accident at Greenville,
Miss. about fifteen years ago.
Mr. Ackert’s body will be brought to this city Wednesday morning at 8:17 for burial in the family lot in Riverside. Services will be held at the grave, the funeral party going directly to the cemetery from the station.
About Evening times-Republican. (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923
Thanks Mary!
F.H. Ackert's Funeral
The body of Fountain H. Ackert, who died at Lake Forest, Ill Monday night, was brought to this city for burial this morning, services being held at the grave in Riverside shortly after the arrival of the train. Rev. B.P. Martin was in charge of the services, and the pall bearers were A.A. Moore, L.G. Abbott, B.A. Morgan, A. Janney, and Charles J. and H.F. McCombs.
Accompanying the body to the city were Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest; Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Dugan, of Chicago; and Mrs. A.F. Banks, of Evanston, Ill. The members of the funeral party were guests at the Moore home today, and will return to Chicago tonight.
I found the most amazing obituary for Fountain Ackert in the Evening
Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) of 9/25/1917. What an interesting individual! I thought you might like to add this to his memorial. I have transcribed it below and included a link to the source. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1917-09-25/ed-1/seq-11/
Thanks, Rebecca
“GRANDPA” ACKERT DEAD
According to telegrams received here today Fountain H. Ackert, father of Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest, Ill. And former resident of this city, died Monday night at his son’s home. Mr. Ackert, who was 94 years old, this month, had been in failing health since last winter.
“Grandpa” Ackert, as he was familiarly known by his friends here, was a striking illustration of the happy faculty of growing old gracefully. Mr. Ackert,despite his extreme age, was, up to the time of his last illness, as spry as
many men of 60. He retained his mentality to a degree seldom seen in men of his years, and each day saw him taking a long walk. It was a hobby with him to wear a pedometer, and he could tell, and did tell, his friends just how many miles he had walked in a week, month, or year, as the case might be.
Mr. Ackert had lived during an age that had seen all of the wonderful inventions. He remembered the first railroads of the country in the early stages of their development, and when automobiles came into use, believed that the acme of human invention had been reached. However, airplanes followed, and Mr. Ackert was not satisfied until he had ridden in one of them. At past 90, off the coast of Florida, where he was spending the winter, Mr. Ackert took a
ride in a biplane.
Mr. Ackert was a native of New York state, where he was born on Sept. 71, 1823.
He was a member of the One Hundred Thirty-seventh New York Infantry during the Civil War, his company having been recruited at Binghamton, the old Ackert home.
He participated in different engagements of his regiment, including the battle of Gettysburg.
Eight years before the civil war was declared, or on June 4, 1853, Mr. Ackert was united in marriage with Miss Frances Davis, of Pine Plains, N.Y. For many years after the war, Mr. and Mrs. Ackert lived at Moberly, Mo., and it was from
that city that they came here in 1904. Mrs. Ackert died in his city at the age of 80, July 24, 1915 and since that time, Mr. Ackert has been making his home with his son. Charles H. Ackert, at whose home Mr. Ackert died, is the only surviving won. Another son, Lewis H. Ackert, who was division superintendent of the Southern Railway at Columbus, Miss., was killed in a railway accident at Greenville,
Miss. about fifteen years ago.
Mr. Ackert’s body will be brought to this city Wednesday morning at 8:17 for burial in the family lot in Riverside. Services will be held at the grave, the funeral party going directly to the cemetery from the station.
Evening times-Republican., September 26, 1917
About Evening times-Republican. (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923
Thanks Mary!
F.H. Ackert's Funeral
The body of Fountain H. Ackert, who died at Lake Forest, Ill Monday night, was brought to this city for burial this morning, services being held at the grave in Riverside shortly after the arrival of the train. Rev. B.P. Martin was in charge of the services, and the pall bearers were A.A. Moore, L.G. Abbott, B.A. Morgan, A. Janney, and Charles J. and H.F. McCombs.
Accompanying the body to the city were Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest; Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Dugan, of Chicago; and Mrs. A.F. Banks, of Evanston, Ill. The members of the funeral party were guests at the Moore home today, and will return to Chicago tonight.
I found the most amazing obituary for Fountain Ackert in the Evening
Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) of 9/25/1917. What an interesting individual! I thought you might like to add this to his memorial. I have transcribed it below and included a link to the source. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1917-09-25/ed-1/seq-11/
Thanks, Rebecca
“GRANDPA” ACKERT DEAD
According to telegrams received here today Fountain H. Ackert, father of Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest, Ill. And former resident of this city, died Monday night at his son’s home. Mr. Ackert, who was 94 years old, this month, had been in failing health since last winter.
“Grandpa” Ackert, as he was familiarly known by his friends here, was a striking illustration of the happy faculty of growing old gracefully. Mr. Ackert,despite his extreme age, was, up to the time of his last illness, as spry as
many men of 60. He retained his mentality to a degree seldom seen in men of his years, and each day saw him taking a long walk. It was a hobby with him to wear a pedometer, and he could tell, and did tell, his friends just how many miles he had walked in a week, month, or year, as the case might be.
Mr. Ackert had lived during an age that had seen all of the wonderful inventions. He remembered the first railroads of the country in the early stages of their development, and when automobiles came into use, believed that the acme of human invention had been reached. However, airplanes followed, and Mr. Ackert was not satisfied until he had ridden in one of them. At past 90, off the coast of Florida, where he was spending the winter, Mr. Ackert took a
ride in a biplane.
Mr. Ackert was a native of New York state, where he was born on Sept. 71, 1823.
He was a member of the One Hundred Thirty-seventh New York Infantry during the Civil War, his company having been recruited at Binghamton, the old Ackert home.
He participated in different engagements of his regiment, including the battle of Gettysburg.
Eight years before the civil war was declared, or on June 4, 1853, Mr. Ackert was united in marriage with Miss Frances Davis, of Pine Plains, N.Y. For many years after the war, Mr. and Mrs. Ackert lived at Moberly, Mo., and it was from
that city that they came here in 1904. Mrs. Ackert died in his city at the age of 80, July 24, 1915 and since that time, Mr. Ackert has been making his home with his son. Charles H. Ackert, at whose home Mr. Ackert died, is the only surviving won. Another son, Lewis H. Ackert, who was division superintendent of the Southern Railway at Columbus, Miss., was killed in a railway accident at Greenville,
Miss. about fifteen years ago.
Mr. Ackert’s body will be brought to this city Wednesday morning at 8:17 for burial in the family lot in Riverside. Services will be held at the grave, the funeral party going directly to the cemetery from the station.
About Evening times-Republican. (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923
Thanks Mary!
F.H. Ackert's Funeral
The body of Fountain H. Ackert, who died at Lake Forest, Ill Monday night, was brought to this city for burial this morning, services being held at the grave in Riverside shortly after the arrival of the train. Rev. B.P. Martin was in charge of the services, and the pall bearers were A.A. Moore, L.G. Abbott, B.A. Morgan, A. Janney, and Charles J. and H.F. McCombs.
Accompanying the body to the city were Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest; Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Dugan, of Chicago; and Mrs. A.F. Banks, of Evanston, Ill. The members of the funeral party were guests at the Moore home today, and will return to Chicago tonight.
I found the most amazing obituary for Fountain Ackert in the Evening
Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) of 9/25/1917. What an interesting individual! I thought you might like to add this to his memorial. I have transcribed it below and included a link to the source. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1917-09-25/ed-1/seq-11/
Thanks, Rebecca
“GRANDPA” ACKERT DEAD
According to telegrams received here today Fountain H. Ackert, father of Charles H. Ackert, of Lake Forest, Ill. And former resident of this city, died Monday night at his son’s home. Mr. Ackert, who was 94 years old, this month, had been in failing health since last winter.
“Grandpa” Ackert, as he was familiarly known by his friends here, was a striking illustration of the happy faculty of growing old gracefully. Mr. Ackert,despite his extreme age, was, up to the time of his last illness, as spry as
many men of 60. He retained his mentality to a degree seldom seen in men of his years, and each day saw him taking a long walk. It was a hobby with him to wear a pedometer, and he could tell, and did tell, his friends just how many miles he had walked in a week, month, or year, as the case might be.
Mr. Ackert had lived during an age that had seen all of the wonderful inventions. He remembered the first railroads of the country in the early stages of their development, and when automobiles came into use, believed that the acme of human invention had been reached. However, airplanes followed, and Mr. Ackert was not satisfied until he had ridden in one of them. At past 90, off the coast of Florida, where he was spending the winter, Mr. Ackert took a
ride in a biplane.
Mr. Ackert was a native of New York state, where he was born on Sept. 71, 1823.
He was a member of the One Hundred Thirty-seventh New York Infantry during the Civil War, his company having been recruited at Binghamton, the old Ackert home.
He participated in different engagements of his regiment, including the battle of Gettysburg.
Eight years before the civil war was declared, or on June 4, 1853, Mr. Ackert was united in marriage with Miss Frances Davis, of Pine Plains, N.Y. For many years after the war, Mr. and Mrs. Ackert lived at Moberly, Mo., and it was from
that city that they came here in 1904. Mrs. Ackert died in his city at the age of 80, July 24, 1915 and since that time, Mr. Ackert has been making his home with his son. Charles H. Ackert, at whose home Mr. Ackert died, is the only surviving won. Another son, Lewis H. Ackert, who was division superintendent of the Southern Railway at Columbus, Miss., was killed in a railway accident at Greenville,
Miss. about fifteen years ago.
Mr. Ackert’s body will be brought to this city Wednesday morning at 8:17 for burial in the family lot in Riverside. Services will be held at the grave, the funeral party going directly to the cemetery from the station.
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