The Iola Register, 15 Sep 1882, pg 6
Obituary.
Died, at Iola, Kansas, Tuesday, Sept. 12th, of bilious fever, after a brief illness of eight days, Mrs. R.W. Acers, in her 71st year. Mrs. R.W. Acers, who maiden name was Juliett Spencer, was born in the village of Geneva, Cayuga Co., N.Y., on the 10th day of June 1811. She came of one of the oldest families of the country, and several of them served with distinction during the war of the Revolution. Her grandfather was captured with the noted Col. Ethan Allen, and was with him transported across the seas to English [sic] for trial. They were imprisoned in an England [sic] dungeon and subjected to many hardships being continually kept in the stocks and also handcuffed. Her grandfather soon discovered that he could slip his hands out of the hand cuffs and began working for his own and Col. Allens escape, always taking the precaution to be apparently secure in the stocks when the guard came around to examine. By so continually working, after a time he succeeded in releasing himself and Col. Allen also, when they together made their escape from the prison and from England, and finally made their way back to America.
Mrs. Acers father died during her infancy, and she with some of her relatives, in 1832, moved to Chautauqua county, N.Y., where she married R.W. Acers Sept. 15th 1833. On the 26th day of May, 1836, they moved to a point 40 miles west of Chicago, Ills. Chicago at that time being but a village of a few hundred people in an almost uninhabited country. Here her son, Judge Nelson F. Acers, was born. In 1867 R.W. Acers and Mrs. Acers followed their son (who had two years previously come to Kansas), and located at Iola, where they have continuously since lived, honored and respected by all who knew them.
Only three hours before her death the relatives of the deceased were cheered with the belief that her recovery was almost certain. But this was not to be, and the closing hours of a well spent life were cheered by the presence of husband, son and relatives, and many warm friends.
The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. E.S. Miller, and was attended by many friends of the family.
Obituary.
Died, at Iola, Kansas, Tuesday, Sept. 12th, of bilious fever, after a brief illness of eight days, Mrs. R.W. Acers, in her 71st year. Mrs. R.W. Acers, who maiden name was Juliett Spencer, was born in the village of Geneva, Cayuga Co., N.Y., on the 10th day of June 1811. She came of one of the oldest families of the country, and several of them served with distinction during the war of the Revolution. Her grandfather was captured with the noted Col. Ethan Allen, and was with him transported across the seas to English [sic] for trial. They were imprisoned in an England [sic] dungeon and subjected to many hardships being continually kept in the stocks and also handcuffed. Her grandfather soon discovered that he could slip his hands out of the hand cuffs and began working for his own and Col. Allens escape, always taking the precaution to be apparently secure in the stocks when the guard came around to examine. By so continually working, after a time he succeeded in releasing himself and Col. Allen also, when they together made their escape from the prison and from England, and finally made their way back to America.
Mrs. Acers father died during her infancy, and she with some of her relatives, in 1832, moved to Chautauqua county, N.Y., where she married R.W. Acers Sept. 15th 1833. On the 26th day of May, 1836, they moved to a point 40 miles west of Chicago, Ills. Chicago at that time being but a village of a few hundred people in an almost uninhabited country. Here her son, Judge Nelson F. Acers, was born. In 1867 R.W. Acers and Mrs. Acers followed their son (who had two years previously come to Kansas), and located at Iola, where they have continuously since lived, honored and respected by all who knew them.
Only three hours before her death the relatives of the deceased were cheered with the belief that her recovery was almost certain. But this was not to be, and the closing hours of a well spent life were cheered by the presence of husband, son and relatives, and many warm friends.
The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. E.S. Miller, and was attended by many friends of the family.
The Iola Register, 15 Sep 1882, pg 6
Obituary.
Died, at Iola, Kansas, Tuesday, Sept. 12th, of bilious fever, after a brief illness of eight days, Mrs. R.W. Acers, in her 71st year. Mrs. R.W. Acers, who maiden name was Juliett Spencer, was born in the village of Geneva, Cayuga Co., N.Y., on the 10th day of June 1811. She came of one of the oldest families of the country, and several of them served with distinction during the war of the Revolution. Her grandfather was captured with the noted Col. Ethan Allen, and was with him transported across the seas to English [sic] for trial. They were imprisoned in an England [sic] dungeon and subjected to many hardships being continually kept in the stocks and also handcuffed. Her grandfather soon discovered that he could slip his hands out of the hand cuffs and began working for his own and Col. Allens escape, always taking the precaution to be apparently secure in the stocks when the guard came around to examine. By so continually working, after a time he succeeded in releasing himself and Col. Allen also, when they together made their escape from the prison and from England, and finally made their way back to America.
Mrs. Acers father died during her infancy, and she with some of her relatives, in 1832, moved to Chautauqua county, N.Y., where she married R.W. Acers Sept. 15th 1833. On the 26th day of May, 1836, they moved to a point 40 miles west of Chicago, Ills. Chicago at that time being but a village of a few hundred people in an almost uninhabited country. Here her son, Judge Nelson F. Acers, was born. In 1867 R.W. Acers and Mrs. Acers followed their son (who had two years previously come to Kansas), and located at Iola, where they have continuously since lived, honored and respected by all who knew them.
Only three hours before her death the relatives of the deceased were cheered with the belief that her recovery was almost certain. But this was not to be, and the closing hours of a well spent life were cheered by the presence of husband, son and relatives, and many warm friends.
The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. E.S. Miller, and was attended by many friends of the family.
Obituary.
Died, at Iola, Kansas, Tuesday, Sept. 12th, of bilious fever, after a brief illness of eight days, Mrs. R.W. Acers, in her 71st year. Mrs. R.W. Acers, who maiden name was Juliett Spencer, was born in the village of Geneva, Cayuga Co., N.Y., on the 10th day of June 1811. She came of one of the oldest families of the country, and several of them served with distinction during the war of the Revolution. Her grandfather was captured with the noted Col. Ethan Allen, and was with him transported across the seas to English [sic] for trial. They were imprisoned in an England [sic] dungeon and subjected to many hardships being continually kept in the stocks and also handcuffed. Her grandfather soon discovered that he could slip his hands out of the hand cuffs and began working for his own and Col. Allens escape, always taking the precaution to be apparently secure in the stocks when the guard came around to examine. By so continually working, after a time he succeeded in releasing himself and Col. Allen also, when they together made their escape from the prison and from England, and finally made their way back to America.
Mrs. Acers father died during her infancy, and she with some of her relatives, in 1832, moved to Chautauqua county, N.Y., where she married R.W. Acers Sept. 15th 1833. On the 26th day of May, 1836, they moved to a point 40 miles west of Chicago, Ills. Chicago at that time being but a village of a few hundred people in an almost uninhabited country. Here her son, Judge Nelson F. Acers, was born. In 1867 R.W. Acers and Mrs. Acers followed their son (who had two years previously come to Kansas), and located at Iola, where they have continuously since lived, honored and respected by all who knew them.
Only three hours before her death the relatives of the deceased were cheered with the belief that her recovery was almost certain. But this was not to be, and the closing hours of a well spent life were cheered by the presence of husband, son and relatives, and many warm friends.
The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. E.S. Miller, and was attended by many friends of the family.
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