My grandfather, Harry D. Acton (born 1880) was born in Kansas,where his father briefly homesteaded, but returned to Ohio at the age of two and grew up in Hendrysburg, OH. His father was John Acton (born Abt. 1858). His mother's name was Lena. What was the name of John's father and the name of his grandfather? The Actons had lived in Hendrysburg, Belmont County, since around the end of the 1700's or very early 1800's, coming to Ohio from Md via VA.. Although the name has always been spelled Acton, my grandfather said that it was pronounced Ecton in Hendrysburg.