Residences: New York, Eureka, California; Rohnerville, California
(Census, Cemetery Lot Records)
Residences: New York, Eureka, California; Rohnerville, California
(Census, Cemetery Lot Records)
Inscription
Inscription on front of headstone:
JACOB
ACKERSON
BORN
IN OHIO
MAY 17 1813
DIED
AUG 27 1896
"Jesus.all the
day long
Was my joy
and my song
O that all his sal
vation might see
He hath loved
mee I cried
he hath suffered
and died
to redeem even
rebels like me"
Inscription on back of headstone:
ABIGAIL
ACKERSON
DIED
Sept. 5, 1886
AGED
71Yrs,2Ms,2Ds
Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord
from henceforth,Yea
saidth the Spirit that
they may rest from
their labours,and their
works shall follow them
Gravesite Details
The large tall headstone leans heavily to the right. Abigail's inscriptions on the back of the headstone were so worn it required a headstone rubbing.
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