Ackley, William Leroy

Abt 1818 - 1894  (~ 76 years)

• Name	Ackley, William Leroy
  Birth	Abt 1818	Coventry, Chenango, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  1870 Census	1870	Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
  Willard L Ackley 39 Sarah Ackley 40 Alexander Ackley 14 Dewitt Ackley 11 Charles Ackley 8
  Death Record - Civil	25 Nov 1894
  Name: W Le Ackley Death Date: 25 Nov 1894 County: Langlade Volume: 01 Page #: 0067 Reel: 047 Image: 0064 ImageNum: 100014 Sequence #: 000951 Level Info: Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index
  Death	25 Nov 1894	Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	1922  [1]
  History of Langlade County
  WILLIAM LEROY ACKLEY. the first white settler in Langlade County, was born in the State of New York on or about 1830. Little is known of his boy- hood days except that he was a venturesome lad who was lured to the western states by the stories of ad- venture among the Indian tribes and the plucky fur traders of the great northern wilderness. He came west to the hamlet of Wausau where he stopped for a time before definitely settling in Ackley township, Langlade County, in 1853. Mr. Ackley was associated with P. Hogarty, a proprietor of a stopping place, who had extensive commercial intercourse with In- dians and home seekers. He built a log shack on the banks of the Eau Claire river, section 28, when he first came into this vast wild country inhabitated by Indians and animals. Young Ackley was twenty-one years old when he first made a claim in this region. He married Me-Da-Gee-Wa-No-Kwa, "Maiden of the Forests," a Chippewa Indian maiden, who bore him two children — De Witt and Charles Ackley. Charles Ackley is a merchant in Wabeno, Forest County; De Witt Ackley is living with the Pottawattomi Indians near Mole Lake, Wisconsin. Ackley, fur trader, lum- ber cruiser, adventurer, was a leader of the Indians who sought his counsel. He was a just barterer and those who were acquainted with him acknowledged him to be an upright business man. He never took advantage of the Chippewa's in their fur transactions. Most of his fur products were shipped down the Eau Claire river to Schofield and sold to agents of St. Louis fur buyers. Mr. Ackley died November 24, 1894. His wife died March 9, 1899, having lived to be over one hundred years of age.
  Reference Number	7965
  Burial	Antigo Cemetery, Antigo, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I322768	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	No-Ouay, Ma-Dwa-Ji-Was "Sarah" "Mary",   b. Abt 1802, Post Lake, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA d. 9 Mar 1899, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 97 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1840	Weston, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Ackley, Alexander,   b. Abt 1856, , Langlade County, Wisconsin, USA d. 26 Feb 1952, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 96 years)   2. Ackley, Dewitt,   b. 7 Apr 1857, , Langlade County, Wisconsin, USA d. 24 Apr 1936, Mole Lake, Forest, Wisconsin, USA (Age 79 years)   3. Ackley, Charles,   b. 20 Oct 1858, , Langlade County, Wisconsin, USA d. 26 Feb 1952, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F207777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S835] Robert M. Dessureau, History of Langlade County Wisconsin, (1922 (Robert M. Dessureau) BERNER BROS. PUBLISHING CO. ANTIGO, WISCONSIN HISTORY OF LANGLADE COUNTY WISCONSIN From U. S. Government Survey To Present Time, With Biographical Sketches By ROBERT M. DESSUREAU Member of Wisconsin State Historical Society Wisconsin Archeological Society Langlade County Historical Society ILLUSTRATED COPYRIGHTED 1922 (Robert M. Dessureau) BERNER BROS. PUBLISHING CO. ANTIGO, WISCONSIN).