Hiram Ackers lived on Buckeye and 10th Street and was a very successful real estate broker. He and his wife raised two sons (one of them, Deane). Deane started in with C.L. Brown as an engineer with the United Power and Light Co. With its demise, he was instrumental in putting together a collection of power companies, forming the Kansas Power and Light Co. He was President and C.E.O. of that firm. Deane and his wife had no children and are buried in Topeka, Kansas. In high school, he was on the football team with Dwight D. Eisenhower.
I am the great-niece of Deane Ackers, the grand-daughter of his younger brother Frank Ackers. My mother was born in the house on Buckeye and I visited it as a child while my grandfather was living. I also stayed with Great Uncle Deane and Aunt Vinnie in their Topeka home. I would like to know if there is a museum, either in Abilene, or, at the University of Kansas which may be interested in some ephemera in my possession.
ReplyDeleteHi Charlotte. The Dickinson County Historical Society in Abilene may be interested in this collection. If you would like to give us a call, our Director could discuss this further with you. Our society can be reached at (785) 263-2681, please ask for Jeff. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI will be visiting Abilene in May, 2022. I am hoping to contact the current owners of the Ackers home on Buckeye. I'd love to see the home again and can give them a picture of the house with Deane and Frank and their ponies on the front lawn.
I plan to contact KU as well as I understand they have the Deane E Ackers papers. I have ephemera from his and Frank's college years.
I would appreciate any assistance in contacting the Buckeye home owners.