Biographies
                                     William K ACKERMAN
                                    Cook County, Illinois

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Information contributed for use in Cook County ILGenWeb by 
        Cristy Thompson [Blondie2jt@aol.com], May 2000

 
WILLIAM K. ACKERMAN

Railway President and financier was born in New York City on Jan 29 1832, of 
Knickerbocker and Revolutionary ancestry his grandfather, Abraham D. 
Ackerman, having served a Captain of a company of the famous "Jersey Blues" 
participating with "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the storming of Stony Point during 
the Revolutionary War, while his father served as Lieutenant of Artillery in 
the War of 1812.

After receiving a high school education in NY Mr. Ackerman engaged in 
mercantile business, but in 1852 became a clerk in the financial department 
of the Illinois Central Railroad. Coming to Chicago in the service of the 
Company in 1860, he successively filled the positions of Secretary, Auditor 
and Treasurer until July 1876 when he was elected Vice President and a year 
later promoted to the Presidency voluntarily retiring from this position in 
August 1883, though serving some time longer in the capacity of Vice 
President. 

During the progress of the World's Colombian Exposition at Chicago (1892-93) 
Mr. Ackerman served as Auditor of the Exposition, and was City Comptroller of 
Chicago under the administration of Mayor Hopkins (1893-1895). He is an 
active member of the Chicago Historical Society, and has rendered valuable 
service to railroad history by the issue of two brochures on the "Early 
History of Illinois Railroads," and a Historical Sketch of the Illinois 
Central Railroad."

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Source:     The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Biographies of McHenry County Citizens
Published:  1903



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