Ambrose Fisher Achenbach
1847 - 1917 (70 years)-
Name Ambrose Fisher Achenbach [1] Born 12 Jan 1847 Orangeville, Columbia County, PA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 19 Nov 1917 Soldier, Jackson County, KS [2] Buried Soldier Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, KS [2] Person ID I2365 Kreider Moyer Last Modified 27 Sep 2020
Father George A. Achenbach, b. 13 Nov 1815, Fishing Creek Valley, Columbia County, PA , d. 17 Nov 1886 (Age 71 years) Mother Catharine Kleckner, b. 30 Sep 1817, Loganton, Clinton County, PA , d. 25 Mar 1898, Loganton, Clinton County, PA (Age 80 years) Married 30 Sep 1840 [1] Family ID F801 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hattie Rachel Gish, b. 24 Jul 1849, Ohio Married 25 Oct 1873 [1] Children 1. George Ambrose Achenbach, b. 17 Jul 1875, Kansas , d. 1958 (Age 82 years)2. Maude Achenbach, b. 17 Feb 1879, d. 06 Jul 1879 (Age 0 years) [natural] 3. Glen Roy Achenbach, b. 27 Aug 1880, Monrovia, Atchison County, KS , d. 1947 (Age 66 years)4. Burt Harold Achenbach, b. 22 Nov 1885, Kansas , d. 1943 (Age 57 years)5. Daisy V. Achenbach, b. 03 Oct 1887, Kansas , d. 15 Jul 1965 (Age 77 years)Last Modified 17 May 2018 Family ID F827 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 12 Jan 1847 - Orangeville, Columbia County, PA 
Died - 19 Nov 1917 - Soldier, Jackson County, KS 
Buried - - Soldier Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, KS = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Family Memorial of John Phillip Achenbach and Descendants
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Notes - Ambrose Fisher Achenbach was born in Orangeville, Columbia county, Penn., Jan. 12, 1847, and died at Soldier, Kansas, November 19th, 1917, aged 70 years, 10 months and seven days. He was the fourth child of George A. and Catherine A. Achenbach, whose family consisted of ten children, four boys and six girls, three of whom with the father and Mother have preceded him to the great beyond. He came west in 1872, when comparatively a young man and located at Washington, Kan., where he met and married Hattie R. Gish, Oct. 25, 1873. To thus union were born five children, Geo. A., of Walters, Okla., Maude H., died in infancy, Glen R. of Soldier, Ks., Burt H., of Walters, Okla., and Daisy, the mother and three grandchildren are left to mourn his death. In 1877 he moved to Atchison county where he located on a farm and later to Monrovia, where he was engaged in the mercantile business and was also postmaster. He removed from there to Effingham and then to Avoca. In the fall of 1888, he moved to Holton and engaged in the implement business for a number of years and later moved back to Avoca and afterwards to Soldier. He was appointed postmaster at Soldier in 1913, which he was holding at the time of his death .. He was a member of the Christian church, Soldier Lodge 240 A. F. & A. M. and Soldier Lodge No. 509 A. O. U. W. .. For nearly five years the editor of the Clipper .. Among the out of town people who were here to attend Mr. Achenbach's funeral were, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Achenbach and daughter, Elizabeth of Topeka.
The Soldier Clipper, November 21, 1917. [3]
- Ambrose Fisher Achenbach was born in Orangeville, Columbia county, Penn., Jan. 12, 1847, and died at Soldier, Kansas, November 19th, 1917, aged 70 years, 10 months and seven days. He was the fourth child of George A. and Catherine A. Achenbach, whose family consisted of ten children, four boys and six girls, three of whom with the father and Mother have preceded him to the great beyond. He came west in 1872, when comparatively a young man and located at Washington, Kan., where he met and married Hattie R. Gish, Oct. 25, 1873. To thus union were born five children, Geo. A., of Walters, Okla., Maude H., died in infancy, Glen R. of Soldier, Ks., Burt H., of Walters, Okla., and Daisy, the mother and three grandchildren are left to mourn his death. In 1877 he moved to Atchison county where he located on a farm and later to Monrovia, where he was engaged in the mercantile business and was also postmaster. He removed from there to Effingham and then to Avoca. In the fall of 1888, he moved to Holton and engaged in the implement business for a number of years and later moved back to Avoca and afterwards to Soldier. He was appointed postmaster at Soldier in 1913, which he was holding at the time of his death .. He was a member of the Christian church, Soldier Lodge 240 A. F. & A. M. and Soldier Lodge No. 509 A. O. U. W. .. For nearly five years the editor of the Clipper .. Among the out of town people who were here to attend Mr. Achenbach's funeral were, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Achenbach and daughter, Elizabeth of Topeka.
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