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Ezekial Ackley 
Married; Ella 
Children; 1. Frederick E. Ackley b. 23 Aug 1892 d. Nov 53
    Married; Sophia b. abt 1897 in MI (her father was b. in New York, mother in Canada)
    Children; 
    1. Lualla Ackley 
    2. Wilma Ackley b. abt 1917 in MI 
    3. Charles Edward Ackley b. 14 Aug 1921 ~ d. 22 Feb 1972 c. Oakwood Sect 5 Lot 005 GRC 
    Married (2); abt 1926 to Frank Barr b. abt 1899 (Machinist of Motor Products 18 APR 1930 Detroit, Wayne , Michigan)

Charles Edward Ackley (s/o Frederick & Sophia Ackley) S. S. #  364-18-4988 ~ b. 14 Aug 1921 ~ d. 22 Feb 1972 c. Oakwood Sect 5 Lot 005 GRC Michigan PFC 164 Infantry World War II BSM
Married; abt. 1946 in Indianapolis, IN to Elizabeth I Boles
Children; 
1. Larry W. Ackley
Charles Edward Ackley Married (2); June Lenore b. 28 May 1922
Children;
1. Charles Ackley 
2. Linda Ackley 

Charles' obit was listed in the Macomb Daily on Feb 23, 1972

1930 Census  - 14840 Eastwood Ave., Detroit, MI 

Have you ordered his birth and death certificates? Original social security application? I can send you the links if you like!

Newspaper articles:

OVERSIZED POLICEMAN PLANS TO QUIT BECAUSE NEW SCOUT CAR IS TOO SMALL

NEW BALTIMORE, Mich.- (UP)- Bulky Charles Ackley said today he's going to quit the police force because an undersized scout car has changed him from a policeman to a Pied Piper.
" I have to grunt to squeeze into it." The 269 pound Ackley said. "and wherever I go the kids follow me around, laughing and yelling 'Hen-reeee!"
Also following Ackley yesterday was a mock scout car driven by a disgruntled auto dealer, Ted Brousseau, whose bid to furnish the new car for the force wasn't accepted.
On Brousseau's car, a bamboo fishing pole served for a radio antenna and a battered telephone for a radio. A sign on the side said "Please" instead of "Police."
Bringing up the rear of the parade was Councilman Fred Blay, who sold the midget auto to the police force. Pointing at the snickering Brousseau rolling by in his "Please" car, Blay shouted, "Arrest that man for impersonating a policeman."
Lloyd Rivard, chief of the village's three-man force, declined to arrest Brousseau.
Rivard said he sympathized with Ackley but that the force is stuck with its new car.
"I'm stuck to," Ackley said "I cant get in and out of the thing fast enough. It's a nice car, but not for a man of my size. I guess I'll have to quit."
"Don't worry about Ackley quitting." Said Councilman Blay "He's going to be fired

BRUISER QUITS HIS CRUISER

NEW BALTIMOR, MICH., Mar. 29-(UP)- A 320 pound ex-musician squeezed behind the wheel of New Baltimore's new but small police car and offered his services as a patrolman.
Jack Wieck, 22, applied for the job after village patrolman Charles Ackley, who weighs in at 260 pounds, complained that the car- a Henry J- was to small for him. He quit and was fired at about the same time.
Ackley said the size of the car prevented him from getting in or out of it fast enough. But Wieck, who has 60 pounds on Ackley standing on the sidelines. But his efforts were wasted. Mayor Arthur Schorkey and Police Chief Lloyd Rivard were out of town.
So the scout car stands empty and New Baltimore streets go unguarded.

Traverse City Record Eagle, 29 Mar 1952

Traverse City Record Eagle, 16 Apr 1952

 

Big Cop, Little Car Bring On Scandal

NEW Baltimore, Mich., Apr 16-(UP)- The complaint of a 260 pound patrolman who said he was to big to fit into New Baltimore's tiny Henry-J police scout car resulted in two official resignations today.
Quitting their post were Patrolman Charles Ackley, the bulky officer, and Fred Blay, town councilman who sold the little car to the town council.
Ackley protested that he became the butt of community jokesters when he tried to squeeze in and out of the bantam-sized automobile- the only car in use by New Baltimore's three-man police force.
Blay, the local Henry-J dealer, resigned from the council when a citizens committee delved into dealings in which the vehicle was purchased for the use as a police scout car.
The citizens committee presented a petition accusing Blay, Mayor Arthur Shorkey and three councilmen of causing the community "great embarrassment and unwarranted publicity by disregarding the public will…"
Two other auto dealers said they also submitted bids on a new car, but Blay's bid was the only one opened when his fellow councilmen ruled the other bids arrived "too late."