James Ackison

  General Notes:

The 1860 Federal Census for Upper Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Ironton P.O., page 216A taken June 22, 1860 records Pleasant Ackerson (sic) (7 - Ohio) with his parents James (33 - PA) and Sarah (36 - VA) Ackerson and siblings Jane (10 - Ohio), James L. (9 - Ohio), Sarah A. (5 - Ohio), Luvina (3 - Ohio), and Benjamin F. (11/12 - Ohio). James is a teamster and has a personal estate valued at $450. Neither James nor Sarah can read or write.

The 1870 Federal Census for Upper Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Ironton P.O., page 555B taken June 15, 1870 records James (46 - PA) and Sarah (50 - VA) Akeson (sic) with children Thomas (18 - Ohio), Pleasant (15 - Ohio), Sarah (14 - Ohio), Lavinia (12 - Ohio), Benjamin (9 - Ohio), Rinaldi (6), Fidelia (4), and Anna (3). James is a common laborer and has a personal estate valued at $100. Neither James nor Sarah can read or write. Nearby are George (66 - VA) and Elizabeth (53 - VA) Smith, possible relatives of Helen Smith, Pleasant Ackison's wife.

The 1880 Federal Census for Upper Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Ironton P.O., page 362A taken June 12, 1880 records James (55 - PA/PA/PA) and Sarah (59 - VA/VA/VA)Achinson with children Benjamin (21 - Ohio), Albert (18 - Ohio), Fidella (15 - Ohio, and Annie (13 - Ohio).

James married Sarah circa 1848. (Sarah was born circa 1821 in Virginia and died after 1880 in Lawrence Co., Ohio.)