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BIOGRAPHIES
† Source:
A. History of Northwestern Ohio
A Narrative of Its Historical Progress and
Development
from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and
Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of
Lake Erie, down to the Present Time
by Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D.
Assisted by a Board of Advisory and Contributing Editors
Illustrated
Vol. II
Published by
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1917
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JOSEPH
L. ACKER has spent a very busy career in Toledo, has been
identified with several well known industries of that city, and for
the past fifteen years has been in the undertaking business and is
now operating under his individual name as successor to the firm of
Senn & Acker, of which he was a member until he took the
entire establishment about three years ago. He has acquired
splendid facilities for prompt and reliable service as funeral
director, and his establishment is located at 1602-1604 Cherry
Street.
The name Acker has been identified with Toledo
for a great many years. Though Joseph L. Acker was born
at Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1868, his parents lived
there only a year or so before they returned to Toledo. His
father, Anthony Acker, was born in Germany, was brought to
the United States at the age of six months, his parents locating in
what was then called Liverpool, now Abbyville, in Medina County,
Ohio. The grandparents were farmers, and they lived in Medina
County Until the late Anthony Acker was about nineteen years of age.
Anthony's sister is still living on the old homestead.
On leaving the farm Anthony Acker went to Toledo, where he
married Elizabeth Weaver, who is still living and
resides at 387 Belmont Avenue in Toledo. After his marriage
Anthony Acker moved to Perrysburg, Ohio, where for two
years he was in the furniture and undertaking business with Mr.
Krupp. Selling out his interests to Mr. Krupp
he returned to Toledo and resumed his trade as carpenter. He
then became superintendent of the L. M. Skidmore Company, and
his death, which occurred about five years after he returned to
Toledo was the result of an accident in the factory. About ten
days after this accident he passed away Aug. 15, 1874, on the
sixth birthday of his son Joseph. Anthony
Acker was a man of mechanical genius, was an inventor, and
filled a number of responsible positions as foreman and
superintendent in mechanical industries. At the time of his
death he was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, and his widow
is now a member of St. Patrick's Church of Toledo. Of the
three children all are still living, and all except Joseph
were born in Toledo. The second child is Mrs. Martin Maher,
wife of Capt. Martin Maher of Toledo. The youngest is
Frank E., a brick layer by trade, but now engaged in farming
on the Holland Road in Washington Town ship of Lucas County.
Joseph L. Acker grew up in Toledo, received his
early education in St. Peter's Parochial School, and had his first
regular experience in business affairs as a worker in a cigar shop
on Summit Street between Monroe and Jefferson streets. During
the six months he spent there he stripped tobacco, was press boy and
made himself generally useful. The proprietor of that cigar
factory was Colonel Haughton, who afterwards founded the Haughton
Elevator Company.
Leaving the cigar factory, Mr. Acker next
went to Tiffin, Ohio, and entered the employ of his uncle, Father
Joseph L. Bihn, who was the sole owner and founder of the St.
Francis Orphanage at Tiffin. That institution is still in
existence, and it was founded and conducted for a number of years by
Father Bihn, who supplied both the money and the
executive ability required for its administration. Mr.
Acker spent two years there working on the farm for his
uncle. Returning to Toledo he found employment for six months
in the box factory' of George Wilson, and then
identified himself with the Gendron Wheel Company.
Mr. Acker was connected with the Gendron
Wheel Company for about twenty-two years, most of the time as
assistant foreman and wheel inspector. When he began
employment there the company occupied a very small shop on Water
Street. Some years later he helped the company move to its
present location, in a large plant on Superior Street.
In 1901, having left the wheel company, Mr.
Acker took up undertaking and embalming. Dec. 10, 1901, he
became associated with an old established undertaker, Frank J.
Senn, and the firm of Semi & Acker continued
business under that title until Apr. 1, 1913, when Mr.
Senn retired and has since lived in Florida. Mr.
Acker is now sole owner of the business, while the building, a
brick block at the corner of Cherry and Bancroft streets, is owned
in partnership by Senn & Acker. Mr.
Acker has complete facilities, including both automobile and
horse service, and has proved himself a very successful undertaker.
He is president and a director of the Corn City Savings
Association. He belongs to the Undertakers Club, the Toledo
Automobile Club, the Toledo Young Men's Catholic Benevolent Society,
the St. Mary's Catholic Church, and is a member of the National
Union, the Knights of Columbus, and Lodge No. 53 of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
On Apr. 18, 1896, Mr. Acker married
Miss Mary Pfefferle of Toledo. They were married in St.
Mary's Church. Mrs. Acker was born in Toledo, received her education
in St. Mary's Parochial School and is a daughter of John
and Margaret (Dimmer) Pfefferle. Her
father died about thirty-five years ago and her mother still lives
at Toledo. To their marriage were born three children, all of
whom claim Toledo as the place of their nativity. Joseph and
Mary are twins and the youngest is Paul. The
boys were educated in St. John's College at Toledo, while Mary
secured her education in the Ursuline Convent of Toledo and the
Ursuline Convent at Tiffin, Ohio, and is now in Notre Dame Academy.
† Source: History of
Northwestern Ohio - Vol. II _ 1917 - Page 1297 |
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