Biography

03/23/1836 - 05/05/1915

ACKLEY, Perrin Ross, a Representative from Sullivan County; born in Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pa., March 23, 1836; proprietor, mercantile business; elected, justice of the peace; elected, council, Dushore; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1880; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1882); co-owner, Tioga Hotel, NY (1887-1888); elected, burgess, South Waverly (1891); died, May 5, 1915 in South Waverly, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.