Sophronia E. "Lena" Culbertson

1873 - 1938  (64 years)

• Name	Sophronia E. "Lena" Culbertson  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	23 Sep 1873	Christian County, Illinois, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Omphghent township, Madison County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	1. Culberson [Culbertson], Josiah, white, male, 46, married, farmer, cannot read or write, Illinois, North Carolina, [Kentucky?] 2. _____, Christiana [?], white, female, 36, wife, married, keeping house, [can read, implied], cannot write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, Sarah B., white, female, 9, daughter, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, Sofrona E., white, female, 6, daughter, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
  Died	14 Feb 1938	Staunton township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [3, 4]
  Obituary	15 Feb 1938	Edwardsvile, Madison County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	Obituary, The Edwardsville Intelligencer "New Douglas, IL -- Mrs. Lena Ackermann, wife of August Ackermann, died at the home of her son Jack Ackermann, four miles northwest of this city, Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock, following a lingering illness. Mrs. Ackermann was formerly Miss Lena Colbertson. She was born in Christian county on Sept. 23, 1873, and had attained the age of 64 years, 4 months and 21 days. She had been married to Mr. Ackermann for about 42 years. Her husband survives as do two daughters, Mrs. Elmer Schott and Mrs. Stanley March, both of St. Louis, two sons, Elvin of New York and Jack Ackermann, of near New Douglas. A sister, Mrs. Asa Best, and three grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Latowsky Funeral Home at New Douglas. Rev. Latham, pastor of the Methodist Church at Staunton, will officiate. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery at Alton"
  Parents	Sophronia's death index names her parents as "Joe Culberson" and "A. L. Housman." The transcription from the death certificate was obviously in error on the latter, which probably actually gave her mother's last name: "Alhousen."  [4]
  Buried	Oakwood Cemetery, Upper Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I5994	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Josiah Culbertson,   b. Abt 1831, Illinois, USA
  Mother	Christina Ohlhousen,   b. Abt 1843, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1900  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	3 Jul 1868	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	Date of license, not marriage.
  Family ID	F2128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	August Ackerman,   b. 9 Feb 1874, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1940, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	Abt 1898  [2, 3]
  Children	1. Christine Ackerman + 2. Annie Ackerman,   b. 1897,   d. 1982  (Age 85 years)   3. Elvin Ackerman   4. Jack Ackerman
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F2129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4329] 1880 U. S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Omphghent township, enumeration district (ED) 4, p. 14 (penned), p. 6a (stamped, verso), dwelling 128, family 128, Josiah Culberson [Culbertson] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 29 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 233. [S4327] Elmer Best (elb8652@yahoo.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 28 May 2014, subject “Best/Culbertson.” Detailing his line of descent from Susan M. Walker and Joseph Best of Macoupin County, Illinois. [S4729] TammyG, contributor, "Sophronia E. 'Lena' Culbertson Ackerman," memorial 38774758, database, digital image of marker, and transcribed obituary, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : accessed 10 February 2015); obituary citing The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Ill.), 15 February 1938. [S4731] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 11 February 2015), entry for Lena Ackerman, Macoupin County, 14 February 1938; FHL film no. 1,818,554; citing Public Board of Health, State Archives, Springfield. URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3VK-ZYS. [S4328] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 29 May 2014), entry for Josiah Culbertson-(Mrs.) Christiana Alhouser [Christina Ohlhousen), Macoupin County, 3 July 1868; citing Macoupin County, Marriage Book 5:[n.p.], license no. 6295. .