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Fleming Wilson “Colonel Speck” Ackerman

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Fleming Wilson “Colonel Speck” Ackerman

Birth
Niles, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Death
19 Sep 1946 (aged 83)
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
Burial
Moravia, Cayuga County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Family members:
- George & Mary O. Ackerman (parents, deceased)
- Mabel (Hubbard) Ackerman (wife, deceased)
- Mary C. (Ackerman) Punzelt (David Wallace) of Hamden CT (daughter)
- Henry W. Ackerman of Ithaca NY (son)
- Virginia Ackerman of Ithaca NY (daughter)
- Mary Ann Ackerman (daughter)
- Ross DeWitt Ackerman of New York City NY (brother)
- 2 grandchildren

Famous midget who traveled with the "Barnum and Bailey Circus" and with the "Lilliputian Opera Co." He was also a pioneer businessman of Moravia.

Had a book written about him in 2005: "The Drum Major of Company A: A Biography of Fleming W. Ackerman a.k.a. Colonel Speck" by Frank S. Foti.
Family members:
- George & Mary O. Ackerman (parents, deceased)
- Mabel (Hubbard) Ackerman (wife, deceased)
- Mary C. (Ackerman) Punzelt (David Wallace) of Hamden CT (daughter)
- Henry W. Ackerman of Ithaca NY (son)
- Virginia Ackerman of Ithaca NY (daughter)
- Mary Ann Ackerman (daughter)
- Ross DeWitt Ackerman of New York City NY (brother)
- 2 grandchildren

Famous midget who traveled with the "Barnum and Bailey Circus" and with the "Lilliputian Opera Co." He was also a pioneer businessman of Moravia.

Had a book written about him in 2005: "The Drum Major of Company A: A Biography of Fleming W. Ackerman a.k.a. Colonel Speck" by Frank S. Foti.

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