Alonzo served in Battery H, 1st Light Artillery Regiment, PA during the Civil War. He enlisted Feb. 24, 1864 at Greensburg, PA and was mustered in as a private the same day. He was mustered out on June 27, 1865. He was 18 when he enlisted, with a fair complexion, grey eyes and dark hair. He was 5’ 6.5” tall and lived in Greensburg, where he was a glass blower.137

1870 PA Census, Fayette Co., Brownsville Borough, p. 9
Acklin, Alonzo, 25, glass worker, b. PA
Sarah, 22, keeping house, b. PA
John, 2, b. PA
Mary, 6 months, b. PA

1880 PA Census, Fayette Co., Brownsville, p. 27
Acklin, Alonzo, 30, glass blower, unemployed 2 months of year, b. PA, parents b. PA
Sarah, 34, keeping house, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland
John, 12, b. PA
Mary, 10, b. PA
Edward, 5, b. PA
Duncan, 3, b. PA

Alonzo was living in Pittsburgh in 1897 when his father’s obituary was published. He was identified as a son of John Acklin.136

**Possible record:
boarding with John & Mary Runly in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH
Aicklin, Alanzo, b. Ap. 29, 1849, 51, married 26 years, b. MI, parents b. MI, RR Foreman

1900 PA Census, Fayette Co., Brownsville, p. 45A-45B
Acklin, Edward, 24, coal miner, b. Jan. 1876, PA, father b. PA, mother b. Ireland
Sarah, mother, 62, b. Jan. 1838, Ireland, married 21 years, immigrated 1870, parents born Ireland.

1910 PA Census, Fayette Co., Brownsville, April 23, 1910, p. 14B, Church Street
Acklin, Sarah, 71, married 49 years, 5 children, 3 survive, b. PA, parents b. Ireland, widowed
Edward, son, 35, laborer at odd jobs, single, father b. PA, mother b. Ireland
(Note: this would make marriage occurring around 1850 when Alonzo was 15 and Sarah age 21 or 22)

from Charleroi Mail (Charleroi, Washington Co., PA), Jan. 5, 1911:
“Al G. Field’s career makes an interesting story. His first public appearance was in 1869 in Brownsville with a home talent minstrel show in which he was ‘bones’ and Billy Story ‘tambourine’. Tommy White who later entered vaudeville and Will Hyatt were dancers; the Acklin brothers, John, Charles and Alonzo, vocalists; Will Getty guitarist and Charles Wagner violinist.”

He is named “Long Acklin” on his son Charles’ death certificate.