ACKERMAN, GEORGE G. The colonial period of our country's history witnessed the arrival upon our shores of a large number of heroic, adventurous men, who aided in the early development of the untilled soil and whose descendants in their turn contributed to the gradual growth and prosperity of the nation. Such is the record of the Ackerman family, founded in the east prior to the war of the Revolution and established on the bleak New England coast by a sturdy German. At a somewhat later date members of the family resided in the city of New York and acquired property now occupied by the famous Trinity church. Through imperfect titles caused by the crude conditions of that era, the land passed out of their possession. Some fifty years ago the then representatives of the family made a contest for the real estate, but could not fully prove their claim.
Drifting a little further toward the unsettled regions of the frontier, John Ackerman removed from the vicinity of Saratoga to Jefferson county, New York, and settled on the shores of Lake Ontario, where his son, Albert, became a sailor on the lakes. Civilization was rapidly building up the west and the call of the frontier came to Albert Ackerman, impelling him to seek a home far distant from the associations of his youth. For some time he remained in Ohio, whence he returned to New York for a brief sojourn, and in 1859 became a pioneer of Wisconsin. During June of 1864, he became a pioneer of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where he bought a farm in Medo township. Three years later he bought land five miles west of Mapleton in the township of that name. Retiring from agricultural pursuits about 1891, he removed to Mapleton and there his death occurred April 30, 1901. During the long period of his residence in this county it was his privilege to witness the gradual increase in population, the constant improvement of farm lands, the steady building up of the villages, and the increasing prosperity of the people; and to these results his own quiet, industrious and energetic life contributed.
The marriage of Albert Ackerman united him with Annis S Burlingame, of Norway, Herkimer county. New York, and to their union were born five children. The eldest, Frederick E, carries on farm pursuits in Sterling township. Blue Earth county, and the fourth, George G, continues on the old homestead of the family in Mapleton township. The three other members of the family, Willis G, Edith (now Mrs Frank Roberts) and Harold, make their home at Millbank, Grant county, South Dakota. While the family were living in Jefferson county, New York, George G Ackerman was born March 8, 1858. Being an infant at the time of the removal to Wisconsin, his earliest recollections cluster around what was then called the frontier. When six years of age he was brought to Blue Earth county and here he attended the district schools near the home farm. As a boy he alternated attendance at school with work on the home place, and thus gained a fair common school education and a thorough practical knowledge of agriculture. Continuing on the farm purchased many years ago by his father, he has maintained its high state of cultivation and has added such buildings as the equipment of the estate rendered necessary. During 1880 he brought a bride to the home, his marriage uniting him with Miss Ella Roberts, member of a well-known family represented elsewhere in this volume. They became the parents of seven children, namely: Burton, who is employed in the mail service; Josie E, Earl, Louis, Wilna, (deceased), Iva F and Ray. In the social circles of the township the family are well known and universally honored as people of substantial worth and intelligence.
[[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
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Drifting a little further toward the unsettled regions of the frontier, John Ackerman removed from the vicinity of Saratoga to Jefferson county, New York, and settled on the shores of Lake Ontario, where his son, Albert, became a sailor on the lakes. Civilization was rapidly building up the west and the call of the frontier came to Albert Ackerman, impelling him to seek a home far distant from the associations of his youth. For some time he remained in Ohio, whence he returned to New York for a brief sojourn, and in 1859 became a pioneer of Wisconsin. During June of 1864, he became a pioneer of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where he bought a farm in Medo township. Three years later he bought land five miles west of Mapleton in the township of that name. Retiring from agricultural pursuits about 1891, he removed to Mapleton and there his death occurred April 30, 1901. During the long period of his residence in this county it was his privilege to witness the gradual increase in population, the constant improvement of farm lands, the steady building up of the villages, and the increasing prosperity of the people; and to these results his own quiet, industrious and energetic life contributed.
The marriage of Albert Ackerman united him with Annis S Burlingame, of Norway, Herkimer county. New York, and to their union were born five children. The eldest, Frederick E, carries on farm pursuits in Sterling township. Blue Earth county, and the fourth, George G, continues on the old homestead of the family in Mapleton township. The three other members of the family, Willis G, Edith (now Mrs Frank Roberts) and Harold, make their home at Millbank, Grant county, South Dakota. While the family were living in Jefferson county, New York, George G Ackerman was born March 8, 1858. Being an infant at the time of the removal to Wisconsin, his earliest recollections cluster around what was then called the frontier. When six years of age he was brought to Blue Earth county and here he attended the district schools near the home farm. As a boy he alternated attendance at school with work on the home place, and thus gained a fair common school education and a thorough practical knowledge of agriculture. Continuing on the farm purchased many years ago by his father, he has maintained its high state of cultivation and has added such buildings as the equipment of the estate rendered necessary. During 1880 he brought a bride to the home, his marriage uniting him with Miss Ella Roberts, member of a well-known family represented elsewhere in this volume. They became the parents of seven children, namely: Burton, who is employed in the mail service; Josie E, Earl, Louis, Wilna, (deceased), Iva F and Ray. In the social circles of the township the family are well known and universally honored as people of substantial worth and intelligence.
[[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
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ACKERMAN, GEORGE G. The colonial period of our country's history witnessed the arrival upon our shores of a large number of heroic, adventurous men, who aided in the early development of the untilled soil and whose descendants in their turn contributed to the gradual growth and prosperity of the nation. Such is the record of the Ackerman family, founded in the east prior to the war of the Revolution and established on the bleak New England coast by a sturdy German. At a somewhat later date members of the family resided in the city of New York and acquired property now occupied by the famous Trinity church. Through imperfect titles caused by the crude conditions of that era, the land passed out of their possession. Some fifty years ago the then representatives of the family made a contest for the real estate, but could not fully prove their claim.
Drifting a little further toward the unsettled regions of the frontier, John Ackerman removed from the vicinity of Saratoga to Jefferson county, New York, and settled on the shores of Lake Ontario, where his son, Albert, became a sailor on the lakes. Civilization was rapidly building up the west and the call of the frontier came to Albert Ackerman, impelling him to seek a home far distant from the associations of his youth. For some time he remained in Ohio, whence he returned to New York for a brief sojourn, and in 1859 became a pioneer of Wisconsin. During June of 1864, he became a pioneer of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where he bought a farm in Medo township. Three years later he bought land five miles west of Mapleton in the township of that name. Retiring from agricultural pursuits about 1891, he removed to Mapleton and there his death occurred April 30, 1901. During the long period of his residence in this county it was his privilege to witness the gradual increase in population, the constant improvement of farm lands, the steady building up of the villages, and the increasing prosperity of the people; and to these results his own quiet, industrious and energetic life contributed.
The marriage of Albert Ackerman united him with Annis S Burlingame, of Norway, Herkimer county. New York, and to their union were born five children. The eldest, Frederick E, carries on farm pursuits in Sterling township. Blue Earth county, and the fourth, George G, continues on the old homestead of the family in Mapleton township. The three other members of the family, Willis G, Edith (now Mrs Frank Roberts) and Harold, make their home at Millbank, Grant county, South Dakota. While the family were living in Jefferson county, New York, George G Ackerman was born March 8, 1858. Being an infant at the time of the removal to Wisconsin, his earliest recollections cluster around what was then called the frontier. When six years of age he was brought to Blue Earth county and here he attended the district schools near the home farm. As a boy he alternated attendance at school with work on the home place, and thus gained a fair common school education and a thorough practical knowledge of agriculture. Continuing on the farm purchased many years ago by his father, he has maintained its high state of cultivation and has added such buildings as the equipment of the estate rendered necessary. During 1880 he brought a bride to the home, his marriage uniting him with Miss Ella Roberts, member of a well-known family represented elsewhere in this volume. They became the parents of seven children, namely: Burton, who is employed in the mail service; Josie E, Earl, Louis, Wilna, (deceased), Iva F and Ray. In the social circles of the township the family are well known and universally honored as people of substantial worth and intelligence.
[[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
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Drifting a little further toward the unsettled regions of the frontier, John Ackerman removed from the vicinity of Saratoga to Jefferson county, New York, and settled on the shores of Lake Ontario, where his son, Albert, became a sailor on the lakes. Civilization was rapidly building up the west and the call of the frontier came to Albert Ackerman, impelling him to seek a home far distant from the associations of his youth. For some time he remained in Ohio, whence he returned to New York for a brief sojourn, and in 1859 became a pioneer of Wisconsin. During June of 1864, he became a pioneer of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, where he bought a farm in Medo township. Three years later he bought land five miles west of Mapleton in the township of that name. Retiring from agricultural pursuits about 1891, he removed to Mapleton and there his death occurred April 30, 1901. During the long period of his residence in this county it was his privilege to witness the gradual increase in population, the constant improvement of farm lands, the steady building up of the villages, and the increasing prosperity of the people; and to these results his own quiet, industrious and energetic life contributed.
The marriage of Albert Ackerman united him with Annis S Burlingame, of Norway, Herkimer county. New York, and to their union were born five children. The eldest, Frederick E, carries on farm pursuits in Sterling township. Blue Earth county, and the fourth, George G, continues on the old homestead of the family in Mapleton township. The three other members of the family, Willis G, Edith (now Mrs Frank Roberts) and Harold, make their home at Millbank, Grant county, South Dakota. While the family were living in Jefferson county, New York, George G Ackerman was born March 8, 1858. Being an infant at the time of the removal to Wisconsin, his earliest recollections cluster around what was then called the frontier. When six years of age he was brought to Blue Earth county and here he attended the district schools near the home farm. As a boy he alternated attendance at school with work on the home place, and thus gained a fair common school education and a thorough practical knowledge of agriculture. Continuing on the farm purchased many years ago by his father, he has maintained its high state of cultivation and has added such buildings as the equipment of the estate rendered necessary. During 1880 he brought a bride to the home, his marriage uniting him with Miss Ella Roberts, member of a well-known family represented elsewhere in this volume. They became the parents of seven children, namely: Burton, who is employed in the mail service; Josie E, Earl, Louis, Wilna, (deceased), Iva F and Ray. In the social circles of the township the family are well known and universally honored as people of substantial worth and intelligence.
[[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, 1901]
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