He was named for the doctor who delivered him, David Gardiner Houston. The boys were part of a family of 14 children, 7 boys & 7 girls.
When the twins were 17, they joined Company C, 14th Virginia Cavalry and rode their way through the rest of the Civil War. They joined their 4 other brothers who were fighting for the South. After the war, David left Virginia and moved west, first to Missouri and then to Nebraska. The oldest daughter, Minnie, died in Schuylar, Colfax, Neb in 1892. In 1894 he moved with his wife and remaining daughter to the new settlement of Pearland, Texas. Unfortunately, his wife, Echolean, died shortly after in Aug. of 1894. She was the first burial in the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Pearland. David then made application to the Confederate Old Soldiers Home in Higgansville, Mo. where he remained until his death in 1898.
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[Note: Death date does not match memorial.]
The Weekly Intelligencer, April 02, 1898
Lexington, Mo.
DEATHS
Died, at the Confederate Home, Sunday night, March 20, 1898, David Ackerly, aged about 60 years. Interment took place in the Home cemetery.
He was named for the doctor who delivered him, David Gardiner Houston. The boys were part of a family of 14 children, 7 boys & 7 girls.
When the twins were 17, they joined Company C, 14th Virginia Cavalry and rode their way through the rest of the Civil War. They joined their 4 other brothers who were fighting for the South. After the war, David left Virginia and moved west, first to Missouri and then to Nebraska. The oldest daughter, Minnie, died in Schuylar, Colfax, Neb in 1892. In 1894 he moved with his wife and remaining daughter to the new settlement of Pearland, Texas. Unfortunately, his wife, Echolean, died shortly after in Aug. of 1894. She was the first burial in the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Pearland. David then made application to the Confederate Old Soldiers Home in Higgansville, Mo. where he remained until his death in 1898.
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[Note: Death date does not match memorial.]
The Weekly Intelligencer, April 02, 1898
Lexington, Mo.
DEATHS
Died, at the Confederate Home, Sunday night, March 20, 1898, David Ackerly, aged about 60 years. Interment took place in the Home cemetery.
Family Members
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Elizabeth Ackerly Patterson
1829–1896
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Pvt John S. Ackerly
1830–1863
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Sgt George Washington Ackerly
1832–1871
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Mary Margaret Ackerly Zollman
1833–1889
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Sarah Ann Ackerly Pettigrew
1834–1870
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James P Ackerly
1837–1862
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Agnes L Poague
1841–1920
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Elvira J Ackerly Black
1841–1888
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Maria W. Ackerly
1843–1855
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Shanklin McClintic Ackerly
1846–1922
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Andrew Jackson Ackerly
1852–1927
