Greensburg Daily Tribune
July 11, 1890

JUDGE ACHESON DEAD
Washington, PA, July 11- 1 a.m. Judge A.W. Acheson, who was prostrated by the head Wednesday, died at his home in this place at midnight.

Judge Acheson was born in Philadelphia, July 15, 1809; was graduated at Washington College in 1827; admitted to the bar in 1832 and was married in 1836 to Jane Wishart.

He was three times District Attorney of Washington and in 1866 was elected President Judge of the Beaver-Washington district. He was noted on the bench for the strength and clearness of his judicial opinions and especially for his rulings in liquor cases. As early as 1867 he recognized the right of women to sign remonstrances, and maintained that the court had discretion to judge as to the character as well as number of signers of the petition for license. The principle was upheld by the Supreme Court in Reed's appeal decided nearly 20 years afterward.

Judge Acheson retired from active practice on the first of last October, after 57 years devotion to the profession. He was a man of great ability and learning. No man in the country was more universally loved and respected.


Name Alexander Acheson
Event Type Census
Event Date 1880
Event Place Franklin, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender Male
Age 71
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) W
Occupation Ex Judge-Lawyer
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1809
Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
Father's Birthplace Ireland
Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
Sheet Letter D
Sheet Number 234
Person Number 0
Volume 1

Name Alexander W Acheson
Event Type Census
Event Year 1850
Event Place Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender Male
Age 41
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1809
Birthplace Pennsylvania
House Number 207

Alexander W Acheson M 41 Pennsylvania
Jane Acheson F 35 Pennsylvania
John W Acheson M 13 Pennsylvania
Mary Acheson F 11 Pennsylvania
David Acheson M 9 Pennsylvania
Alexander Acheson M 7 Pennsylvania
Marcus Acheson M 5 Pennsylvania
Joseph Acheson M 3 Pennsylvania
Martha Acheson F 0 Pennsylvania
Mela G Rofe F 19 Germany
Charlotte Sims F 40 Maryland