OBIT: Will ACKER, 1881, Fredericksburg, Blair County, PA

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MARTINSBURG MATTERS.

  Typhoid fever prevails to an alarming extent in and around 
Fredericksburg among the children, a number of whom have climbed the 
golden stair.  Lately it has attacked young men and proved fatal, Will 
Acker, having fallen a victim to its ravages.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, May 23, 1881

CORRESPONDENCE.

  Typhoid fever at Fredericksburg increases rather than decreases.  
Four deaths from that fatal disease have occurred in the family of 
Martin Hoover, three children and a nephew.  Will Acker, an account of 
whose death appeared in Monday's edition of the TRIBUNE and this 
(Wednesday) afternoon Mrs. Levi Brenner, sister to M. H., passed over 
the flood, leaving a young babe.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, May 26, 1881

1880 Fredericksburg, Blair County census -
Paul B. Acker, 45 
Sarah Acker, 40 
Albert Acker, 19 
Annie Acker, 15 
Ervin Acker, 13 
William Acker, 11 
Franklin Acker, 9 
Jacob E. Acker, 7