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Nathaniel Scudder Ackerly
1843 - 1920 (76 years)-
Name Nathaniel Scudder Ackerly Birth 29 May 1843 Centerport, Suffolk, New York 
Gender Male Death 10 Apr 1920 Northport, Suffolk, New York Burial Northport, Suffolk, New York Person ID I46285 Scudder Last Modified 19 Feb 2013
Father Samuel Ackerly, b. Nov 1798, Centerport, Suffolk, New York d. 19 Mar 1866, Northport, Suffolk, New York (Age 67 years) Mother Jane Lucinda Scudder, b. Abt 1812, New York d. 4 Jan 1875, Northport, Suffolk, New York (Age 63 years) Marriage Abt 1835 Family ID F2818 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Martha Davis, b. 5 Mar 1849, Kingston, Ulster, New York d. 31 Oct 1925, New York (Age 76 years) Marriage 1870 Children 1. Gracie E. Ackerly, b. Jun 1871, Northport, Suffolk, New York d. Yes, date unknown2. Samuel Leroy Ackerly, b. 28 Jan 1873, Northport, Suffolk, New York d. 25 Mar 1929, New York (Age 56 years)3. Natalie May Ackerly, b. 23 Nov 1875, New York d. 30 Mar 1932, Grafton, Taylor, West Virginia (Age 56 years)4. Harold Davis Ackerly, b. 28 Jun 1876, New York d. Aft 1930 (Age > 55 years)5. Edna Ackerly, b. 23 Nov 1878, Northport, Suffolk, New York d. 25 Apr 1955 (Age 76 years)6. Neil Ackerly, b. 12 Oct 1880, Northport, Suffolk, New York d. 22 Dec 1886, Northport, Suffolk, New York (Age 6 years)7. Jennie Burton Ackerly, b. 12 Jul 1884, New York d. 2 May 1923 (Age 38 years)Family ID F16466 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Nathaniel attended country schools until soon after the completion of his eighteenth year. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company K., 48th New York state volunteers, and for a period of two years he was engaged in active service. In the charge on Battery Wagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863, he lost his left arm, and in the November following he received his discharge, being awarded a medal for gallant and meritorious conduct by Major General Q. A. Gilmore, commanding.
After leaving the army, Nathaniel attended the Albany State Normal School, from which he was graduated in March, 1866. He also completed a course at the Albany Law School, was admitted to the bar at Albany, ]\Tay 4, 1868, and later was admitted to prac- tice successively in the United States District and Circuit Courts of New York, and the United States Supreme Court. For a period of about six months after his admission to the bar he pursued profes- sional studies in the office of J. Lawrence Smith. In 1869 he began practice in his native place, Northport, Long Island
- Nathaniel attended country schools until soon after the completion of his eighteenth year. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company K., 48th New York state volunteers, and for a period of two years he was engaged in active service. In the charge on Battery Wagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863, he lost his left arm, and in the November following he received his discharge, being awarded a medal for gallant and meritorious conduct by Major General Q. A. Gilmore, commanding.