A Brief History of the Atkins, Stewart, and Smith Families - New Page 1

All of this suggests that David’s first 6 children were born to the unknown wife, and the
remaining children including and after Talitha were born to Mathilda.
In any case, David’s son John B. (Buly) Hackler continued the family line.
In addition, in 1850, David Hackler’s parents John (Johannes) and Catherine were found living
with one of their sons, Jacob A. (Alvin), on a farm valued at $700 in Grayson County, VA in
1880. Here is that family:
1850
Name Age Born In Died In Misc
Jacob A. Hackler 36 ~1814 VA
Sarah 27 VA
Elbert W. 4 VA
James 1 VA
John Hackler 80 ~1780 PA Father of Jacob and David Hackler
Catherine 75 ~1785 NC
Two other people were living in the same farm or household:
James J, Parks age 21 laborer
Jane Perkins age 18
Perhaps these people were farm laborers or boarders.
1860
By the census in June of 1860, David Hackler had died (but no death data has been found for him
and so no cause of death is known) and his widow Mathilda Hackler and children were found
living on a farm in Clay Township, Atchison Co, MO. Here is her family:
1860
Name Age Born In Died In
Mathilda Hackler 44 ~1820 MO 1870
Washington J. 19 ~1841 MO
Tabitha E. 16 ~1844 MO
William E. 16 ~1844 MO
Hiram E. 14 ~1846 MO
Mary E. 13 ~1847 MO
Julia A. 10 ~1850 MO
The names of Tabitha and William were manually bracketed on the census page and considering
that the census taker recorded their ages as both being 16,this suggests that they might have been
twins.
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