Alfred Acheson
Al Acheson, for many years a resident of and prominently identified with the affairs of Springwater township(Rock county, Mn), died August 23, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis. His death was sudden and was due to heart failure.
The Herald is indebted to a friend for the following particulars in regard to his life, although refrences to the period of his residence in Rock county are lacking.
"Alfred L. Acheson of Colton, SD died very suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday morning August 23, at 8:30 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis."
"He was the next to the youngest of ten children born to Mr and Mrs Wm. Acheson. He was born at Coldenham, Orange county, New York, on August 22, 1852. When eight years of age he came with his parents to Rock county, Wis. At the age of twenty one he took up a homestead near Garretson, SD.
"In 1884 he was married to Claudia M. Pierce, and in 1900 they moved to his farm west of Colton, where Mrs. Acheson died on May 12, 1905.
"For the past six years he had made his home at Long Beach, Calif. during the winter, spending the balance of his time at home and with relatives at Janesville, Evansville and Broadhead, Wisconsin."
"He is survived by four children, Vera and Claude of Hay Springs, Neb., and Steve and Mabel, of Colton, SD. His daughter, Daisy, died on May 13, 1916. Also two sisters survive him. Mrs. Mary Harper of Broadhead, Wis. and Mrs. Sarah Cochran, of Janesville, Wis.; and one brother David Acheson of Evansville, Wis.
He was buried in the Colton cemetery on August 26, 1921.
October 21, 1921
Rock County Herald
Al Acheson, for many years a resident of and prominently identified with the affairs of Springwater township(Rock county, Mn), died August 23, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis. His death was sudden and was due to heart failure.
The Herald is indebted to a friend for the following particulars in regard to his life, although refrences to the period of his residence in Rock county are lacking.
"Alfred L. Acheson of Colton, SD died very suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday morning August 23, at 8:30 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis."
"He was the next to the youngest of ten children born to Mr and Mrs Wm. Acheson. He was born at Coldenham, Orange county, New York, on August 22, 1852. When eight years of age he came with his parents to Rock county, Wis. At the age of twenty one he took up a homestead near Garretson, SD.
"In 1884 he was married to Claudia M. Pierce, and in 1900 they moved to his farm west of Colton, where Mrs. Acheson died on May 12, 1905.
"For the past six years he had made his home at Long Beach, Calif. during the winter, spending the balance of his time at home and with relatives at Janesville, Evansville and Broadhead, Wisconsin."
"He is survived by four children, Vera and Claude of Hay Springs, Neb., and Steve and Mabel, of Colton, SD. His daughter, Daisy, died on May 13, 1916. Also two sisters survive him. Mrs. Mary Harper of Broadhead, Wis. and Mrs. Sarah Cochran, of Janesville, Wis.; and one brother David Acheson of Evansville, Wis.
He was buried in the Colton cemetery on August 26, 1921.
October 21, 1921
Rock County Herald
Alfred Acheson
Al Acheson, for many years a resident of and prominently identified with the affairs of Springwater township(Rock county, Mn), died August 23, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis. His death was sudden and was due to heart failure.
The Herald is indebted to a friend for the following particulars in regard to his life, although refrences to the period of his residence in Rock county are lacking.
"Alfred L. Acheson of Colton, SD died very suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday morning August 23, at 8:30 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis."
"He was the next to the youngest of ten children born to Mr and Mrs Wm. Acheson. He was born at Coldenham, Orange county, New York, on August 22, 1852. When eight years of age he came with his parents to Rock county, Wis. At the age of twenty one he took up a homestead near Garretson, SD.
"In 1884 he was married to Claudia M. Pierce, and in 1900 they moved to his farm west of Colton, where Mrs. Acheson died on May 12, 1905.
"For the past six years he had made his home at Long Beach, Calif. during the winter, spending the balance of his time at home and with relatives at Janesville, Evansville and Broadhead, Wisconsin."
"He is survived by four children, Vera and Claude of Hay Springs, Neb., and Steve and Mabel, of Colton, SD. His daughter, Daisy, died on May 13, 1916. Also two sisters survive him. Mrs. Mary Harper of Broadhead, Wis. and Mrs. Sarah Cochran, of Janesville, Wis.; and one brother David Acheson of Evansville, Wis.
He was buried in the Colton cemetery on August 26, 1921.
October 21, 1921
Rock County Herald
Al Acheson, for many years a resident of and prominently identified with the affairs of Springwater township(Rock county, Mn), died August 23, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis. His death was sudden and was due to heart failure.
The Herald is indebted to a friend for the following particulars in regard to his life, although refrences to the period of his residence in Rock county are lacking.
"Alfred L. Acheson of Colton, SD died very suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday morning August 23, at 8:30 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, at Janesville, Wis."
"He was the next to the youngest of ten children born to Mr and Mrs Wm. Acheson. He was born at Coldenham, Orange county, New York, on August 22, 1852. When eight years of age he came with his parents to Rock county, Wis. At the age of twenty one he took up a homestead near Garretson, SD.
"In 1884 he was married to Claudia M. Pierce, and in 1900 they moved to his farm west of Colton, where Mrs. Acheson died on May 12, 1905.
"For the past six years he had made his home at Long Beach, Calif. during the winter, spending the balance of his time at home and with relatives at Janesville, Evansville and Broadhead, Wisconsin."
"He is survived by four children, Vera and Claude of Hay Springs, Neb., and Steve and Mabel, of Colton, SD. His daughter, Daisy, died on May 13, 1916. Also two sisters survive him. Mrs. Mary Harper of Broadhead, Wis. and Mrs. Sarah Cochran, of Janesville, Wis.; and one brother David Acheson of Evansville, Wis.
He was buried in the Colton cemetery on August 26, 1921.
October 21, 1921
Rock County Herald
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