The first installment of my "Ackersons Across America: Descendants of John and Rachel (Lowe) Ackerson in New York and California" is fresh from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record for October 2020. It starts with an indirect-evidence proof that Rachel Lowe the daughter of Segar Lowe was indeed Rachel Lowe the wife of John Ackerson, and then we're into the life stories. Thanks to editor Laura Murphy DeGrazia for keeping me on track.
Next installment in the January issue: John Walter Ackerson goes to the California Gold Rush and gets rich on trees and real estate, and his sister Mary Elizabeth -- well, I won't tell that part yet. Keep the Kleenex handy.
