Brown County NeArchives Biographies.....Ackerman, Ellen 1868 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Ellen Ackerman

Ellen Ackerman, home maker and club woman, was born at Stillwater, Minnesota,
May 13, 1868, daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth (Burden) Murphy.

Her father was born at Bradford, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1842, and died at
Ainsworth July 9, 192 He was a ranchman, a farmer, and politician, whose family
came to America from Ireland about 1840. His wife, Elizabeth, was born at
Chatham, New Brunswick, February 4, 1844, and died at Ainsworth, January 28,
1919. She was of English descent, and a leader in all civic and cultural movements.

On May 8, 1887, Mrs. Ackerman was married to James George Ackerman at Ainsworth.
Mr. Ackerman was born at Ramseys, New Jersey, August 26, 1855, and is a
prominent banker and merchant at Ainsworth. Mrs. Ackerman is a Democrat and has
served as a member of the board of education. She is author of numerous articles
for publication, and for two years was a teacher in the public schools. At the
present time she is state director of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs
for Nebraska.

During the late war she worked on all Red Cross activities and made speeches on
Liberty Loan drives. She is a member of the Women’s Relief Corps, and from 1912
to 1913 was department president. She is also a member of the American Legion
Auxiliary, Ainsworth Woman’s Club, and a member of the board of the Alder Free
Library of Ainsworth, having held this position since its organization in 1911.
She is a member of the Christian Science Church. Her hobby is reading.
Residence: Ainsworth. 



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Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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