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DE WALT G. ACKER, an industrious and comfortably situated farmer of 
Houston Township, is a son of John and Elizabeth (Garner) Acker, and was 
born in Clover Creek Valley, Houston Township, Blair County, 
Pennsylvania, October 16, 1849. His paternal grandfather, Henry Acker, 
was born in central Pennsylvania, but passed the larger part of his life 
in Houston Township, where he died July 13, 1848, at the age of 
seventy-two years, ten months and thirteen days. He was an early settler 
in Clover Creek Valley, in which he owned a farm of two hundred acres of 
land, which was almost entirely in the woods when he purchased it. He 
was a democrat, and an active and zealous member of the Reformed Church. 
He married Susanna Ditch, by whom he had ten children, nine sons and one 
daughter. One of these sons, John Acker (father) was born in 1806, in 
Huntingdon County, and came with his father to Houston Township, where 
he died March 18, 1885, aged eighty years, five months and twenty-two 
days. He was a carpenter by trade, but was principally engaged in 
agricultural pursuits, and resided on his father's farm until his death. 
He was an old-time democrat, had held most of his township's offices, 
and served very acceptably as a school director and a road supervisor. 
Mr. Acker was an elder of the German Reformed Church, and married 
Elizabeth Garner, who was born May 21, 1835, and died January 21, 1874, 
aged fifty-nine years, two months and two days. To their union were born 
eight children, of whom five are living: Susan Meyers, Sarah, Nancy 
Dinner, Adam, and De Walt G. De Walt G. Acker was born and reared on the 
old Acker homestead, on a part of which he has always resided. He 
received his education in the common schools of his native township, 
purchased one hundred and nine acres of the home farm, and has been 
engaged in farming ever since. He is a strong democrat, and a useful 
member of the Reformed Church, like his father and grandfather before 
him, and has well earned the reputation of being and industrious farmer 
and good citizen. On February 24, 1887, De Walt G. Acker was united in 
marriage with Sarah Imler, daughter of Solomon Imler, of Roaring 
Spring.Transcribed and submitted to Blair County, PA, USGenWeb Archives 
by Janet L. Gray  bmgray@dol.net