| Elbridge Acker
The funeral of Elbridge Acker, a veteran of the Fifteenth Massachusetts REgiment, was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, at his late home in Paxton. Rev. Mr. Pratt of the Congregational Church officiated and there was singing by the church quartet. The body was taken to Auburn for burial. Mr. Acker was 71 years old. In the Civil War he enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment, was captured by the Confederates and was confined for a year in Andersonville prison. Since the war he had lived in a number of towns in Worcester County, among them being Holden, Rutland, Oxford and Auburn. He went to Paxton about six years ago. Mr. Acker leaves a daughter, Mrs. A. P. Robbins of this city. |