According to ackleygenealogy.com, Solon Napoleon was the 5th child of 7 born to John Anson and Caroline Smith Ackley and had the following siblings: Anson, David, Mary Elizabeth, John Milton, Miriam "Minnie", and Elizabeth Calista "Lizzie". His parents divorced on March 11, 1843 when Solon was 7 years old. His father married a second time to Miram Emerson. Solon had the following half sisters: Sarah and Julia.
However, according to the Haverhill Emersons, Volume 2, written by Charles Henry (1841-1918), Cambridge, Mass., Murray and Emery Company, Kendall Square, 1916: Miriam Emerson and John Anson Ackley were the parents of the above children except for Anson.
Solon was raised in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and on 5 April 1857 married Cornelia V James. Together they had the following children: Cora Victoria, Sophia Louise, Minnie Emma, John Frank, Solon David, Ammie, and Garfield Arthur. Sadly, Solon and Cornelia were divorced on 31 Jan 1889 in Eagle County, Colorado.
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Solon N. Ackley
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Colorado Territory
Regiment Name: 1 Colorado Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Colorado Cavalry
COMPANY: F
Rank In: 6 Sergt.
Rank In Expanded: Sixth Sergeant
Rank Out: Second Lieutenant
Rank Out Expanded: Second Lieutenant
Film Number: M534 roll 1
Nevada State Journal
October 20, 1928
WADSWORTH MAN DIES AT AGE OF 92
Solon N. Ackley, who lived in the West for nearly eighty years, died yesterday at the home of his son, Constable Frank Ackley in Wadsworth. He was ninety-two years old, but his death was unexpected although he had been in poor health for many years.
He was born in Ohio in 1836 and when in his 'teens joined an emigrant train and went to Colorado. He remained in Colorado for several years and often said that he remembered the city of Denver when it was nothing but a cabin on Cherry Creek. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Company F of the First Colorado volunteers, was promoted to sergeant and in 1862 was commissioned as Second Lieutenant. He saw service on the Southwestern battlefields and was seriously wounded in an engagement.
He turned to ranching in Kansas when the war ended, and served several terms as justice of the peace and county judge in Kansas and Colorado. Twenty-three years ago he moved to wadsworth to make his home with his son, and for five years was postmaster at the old railroad town.
Musical instruments were his hobby and in the later years of his life he spent much of his time making all kinds of stringed instruments, and also devised many novel instruments, which were used in vaudeville stunts. He never sold any of his works, but presented them to his friends.
Reno Evening Gazette
October 20, 1928
ACKLEY-At Wadsworth, October 19, 1928, Solon N. Ackley, beloved father of Mrs. Sophie Emerson of Cleveland, Mrs. Minni McArthur and Frank and G.A. Ackley of Wadsworth and loving brother of Julia A. Stearns of Pittsburg. Aged ninety-two years, ten days, a native of Cleveland, OH.
Funeral at Wadsworth Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment Wadsworth Cemetery. Friends may call at the Groesbeck & O'Brien Mortuary this afternoon and tomorrow morning.
https://www.ackleygenealogy.com/nicholas/b1130.htm#P1130
However, according to the Haverhill Emersons, Volume 2, written by Charles Henry (1841-1918), Cambridge, Mass., Murray and Emery Company, Kendall Square, 1916: Miriam Emerson and John Anson Ackley were the parents of the above children except for Anson.
Solon was raised in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and on 5 April 1857 married Cornelia V James. Together they had the following children: Cora Victoria, Sophia Louise, Minnie Emma, John Frank, Solon David, Ammie, and Garfield Arthur. Sadly, Solon and Cornelia were divorced on 31 Jan 1889 in Eagle County, Colorado.
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Solon N. Ackley
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Colorado Territory
Regiment Name: 1 Colorado Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Colorado Cavalry
COMPANY: F
Rank In: 6 Sergt.
Rank In Expanded: Sixth Sergeant
Rank Out: Second Lieutenant
Rank Out Expanded: Second Lieutenant
Film Number: M534 roll 1
Nevada State Journal
October 20, 1928
WADSWORTH MAN DIES AT AGE OF 92
Solon N. Ackley, who lived in the West for nearly eighty years, died yesterday at the home of his son, Constable Frank Ackley in Wadsworth. He was ninety-two years old, but his death was unexpected although he had been in poor health for many years.
He was born in Ohio in 1836 and when in his 'teens joined an emigrant train and went to Colorado. He remained in Colorado for several years and often said that he remembered the city of Denver when it was nothing but a cabin on Cherry Creek. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Company F of the First Colorado volunteers, was promoted to sergeant and in 1862 was commissioned as Second Lieutenant. He saw service on the Southwestern battlefields and was seriously wounded in an engagement.
He turned to ranching in Kansas when the war ended, and served several terms as justice of the peace and county judge in Kansas and Colorado. Twenty-three years ago he moved to wadsworth to make his home with his son, and for five years was postmaster at the old railroad town.
Musical instruments were his hobby and in the later years of his life he spent much of his time making all kinds of stringed instruments, and also devised many novel instruments, which were used in vaudeville stunts. He never sold any of his works, but presented them to his friends.
Reno Evening Gazette
October 20, 1928
ACKLEY-At Wadsworth, October 19, 1928, Solon N. Ackley, beloved father of Mrs. Sophie Emerson of Cleveland, Mrs. Minni McArthur and Frank and G.A. Ackley of Wadsworth and loving brother of Julia A. Stearns of Pittsburg. Aged ninety-two years, ten days, a native of Cleveland, OH.
Funeral at Wadsworth Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment Wadsworth Cemetery. Friends may call at the Groesbeck & O'Brien Mortuary this afternoon and tomorrow morning.
https://www.ackleygenealogy.com/nicholas/b1130.htm#P1130
According to ackleygenealogy.com, Solon Napoleon was the 5th child of 7 born to John Anson and Caroline Smith Ackley and had the following siblings: Anson, David, Mary Elizabeth, John Milton, Miriam "Minnie", and Elizabeth Calista "Lizzie". His parents divorced on March 11, 1843 when Solon was 7 years old. His father married a second time to Miram Emerson. Solon had the following half sisters: Sarah and Julia.
However, according to the Haverhill Emersons, Volume 2, written by Charles Henry (1841-1918), Cambridge, Mass., Murray and Emery Company, Kendall Square, 1916: Miriam Emerson and John Anson Ackley were the parents of the above children except for Anson.
Solon was raised in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and on 5 April 1857 married Cornelia V James. Together they had the following children: Cora Victoria, Sophia Louise, Minnie Emma, John Frank, Solon David, Ammie, and Garfield Arthur. Sadly, Solon and Cornelia were divorced on 31 Jan 1889 in Eagle County, Colorado.
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Solon N. Ackley
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Colorado Territory
Regiment Name: 1 Colorado Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Colorado Cavalry
COMPANY: F
Rank In: 6 Sergt.
Rank In Expanded: Sixth Sergeant
Rank Out: Second Lieutenant
Rank Out Expanded: Second Lieutenant
Film Number: M534 roll 1
Nevada State Journal
October 20, 1928
WADSWORTH MAN DIES AT AGE OF 92
Solon N. Ackley, who lived in the West for nearly eighty years, died yesterday at the home of his son, Constable Frank Ackley in Wadsworth. He was ninety-two years old, but his death was unexpected although he had been in poor health for many years.
He was born in Ohio in 1836 and when in his 'teens joined an emigrant train and went to Colorado. He remained in Colorado for several years and often said that he remembered the city of Denver when it was nothing but a cabin on Cherry Creek. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Company F of the First Colorado volunteers, was promoted to sergeant and in 1862 was commissioned as Second Lieutenant. He saw service on the Southwestern battlefields and was seriously wounded in an engagement.
He turned to ranching in Kansas when the war ended, and served several terms as justice of the peace and county judge in Kansas and Colorado. Twenty-three years ago he moved to wadsworth to make his home with his son, and for five years was postmaster at the old railroad town.
Musical instruments were his hobby and in the later years of his life he spent much of his time making all kinds of stringed instruments, and also devised many novel instruments, which were used in vaudeville stunts. He never sold any of his works, but presented them to his friends.
Reno Evening Gazette
October 20, 1928
ACKLEY-At Wadsworth, October 19, 1928, Solon N. Ackley, beloved father of Mrs. Sophie Emerson of Cleveland, Mrs. Minni McArthur and Frank and G.A. Ackley of Wadsworth and loving brother of Julia A. Stearns of Pittsburg. Aged ninety-two years, ten days, a native of Cleveland, OH.
Funeral at Wadsworth Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment Wadsworth Cemetery. Friends may call at the Groesbeck & O'Brien Mortuary this afternoon and tomorrow morning.
https://www.ackleygenealogy.com/nicholas/b1130.htm#P1130
However, according to the Haverhill Emersons, Volume 2, written by Charles Henry (1841-1918), Cambridge, Mass., Murray and Emery Company, Kendall Square, 1916: Miriam Emerson and John Anson Ackley were the parents of the above children except for Anson.
Solon was raised in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and on 5 April 1857 married Cornelia V James. Together they had the following children: Cora Victoria, Sophia Louise, Minnie Emma, John Frank, Solon David, Ammie, and Garfield Arthur. Sadly, Solon and Cornelia were divorced on 31 Jan 1889 in Eagle County, Colorado.
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Solon N. Ackley
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Colorado Territory
Regiment Name: 1 Colorado Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Colorado Cavalry
COMPANY: F
Rank In: 6 Sergt.
Rank In Expanded: Sixth Sergeant
Rank Out: Second Lieutenant
Rank Out Expanded: Second Lieutenant
Film Number: M534 roll 1
Nevada State Journal
October 20, 1928
WADSWORTH MAN DIES AT AGE OF 92
Solon N. Ackley, who lived in the West for nearly eighty years, died yesterday at the home of his son, Constable Frank Ackley in Wadsworth. He was ninety-two years old, but his death was unexpected although he had been in poor health for many years.
He was born in Ohio in 1836 and when in his 'teens joined an emigrant train and went to Colorado. He remained in Colorado for several years and often said that he remembered the city of Denver when it was nothing but a cabin on Cherry Creek. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Company F of the First Colorado volunteers, was promoted to sergeant and in 1862 was commissioned as Second Lieutenant. He saw service on the Southwestern battlefields and was seriously wounded in an engagement.
He turned to ranching in Kansas when the war ended, and served several terms as justice of the peace and county judge in Kansas and Colorado. Twenty-three years ago he moved to wadsworth to make his home with his son, and for five years was postmaster at the old railroad town.
Musical instruments were his hobby and in the later years of his life he spent much of his time making all kinds of stringed instruments, and also devised many novel instruments, which were used in vaudeville stunts. He never sold any of his works, but presented them to his friends.
Reno Evening Gazette
October 20, 1928
ACKLEY-At Wadsworth, October 19, 1928, Solon N. Ackley, beloved father of Mrs. Sophie Emerson of Cleveland, Mrs. Minni McArthur and Frank and G.A. Ackley of Wadsworth and loving brother of Julia A. Stearns of Pittsburg. Aged ninety-two years, ten days, a native of Cleveland, OH.
Funeral at Wadsworth Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment Wadsworth Cemetery. Friends may call at the Groesbeck & O'Brien Mortuary this afternoon and tomorrow morning.
https://www.ackleygenealogy.com/nicholas/b1130.htm#P1130
Inscription
Solon N. Ackley
2nd Lt.
Co. F
1st COLO. INF.
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