Joseph Ackroyd

Joseph Ackroyd was an American politician from New York.

Early life and education

Ackroyd attended the common schools in New York Mills, and Whitestown Seminary and Business College.

Career

After college, Ackroyd became a grocer.
In 1882, he became supervisor of the town of Whitestown, and a member of the New York State Assembly in [107th New York (state)|New York State Legislature|1884].
He was a member of the New York State Senate in 1907 and 1908.

Personal life and death

He married Adelaide Hoag, and they had two children.
He died suddenly on March 15, 1915, at his home in Utica, "while reading a newspaper"; and was buried at the Glenside Cemetery in New York Mills.