Caroline (Murray) Acklin (1914)
ACKLIN, DICE, MURRAY
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 6/19/2024 at 13:17:48
Evening Times-Republican
Marshalltown, Iowa
Wednesday, March 25, 1914
Page 6, Column 3DES MOINES WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Caroline Acklin Passes Away at Soldier’s Home
Mrs. Caroline Acklin, aged 72, a member of the soldiers home from Des Moines, died at 8:45 this morning in the home hospital of bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Acklin had been a member of the home since Jan. 24, 1911.
Mrs. Acklin was a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, where she was born Oct. 27, 1841. Her husband, John Acklin, served in the Mexican war as a private of Company A, Second Ohio infantry.
Mrs. Acklin is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Emma Dice, formerly matron of the soldiers home, now of Heppner, Ore.; and two sons, Frank Acklin of St. Joseph, Mo.; and George Acklin, of this city.
_________________________Transcriber's note: Although not in the Madison County Marriage Records, her husband's obituary states they were married in Madison County in 1854.
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