This is a forwarded message From: Edward D Costello <costello13@juno.com> To: HAGERTY-L@rootsweb.com, HEGARTY-L@rootsweb.com, CURTIS-L@rootsweb.com, GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com, MNRAMSEY-L@rootsweb.com, MNHENNEP-L@rootsweb.com, MNWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, March 12, 2006, 1:43:10 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Fw: History of Houlton, WI ToWhomItMayInterest: My Grand/Uncle Thomas Haggerty "invented" the town of Houlton WI, as follows. More on my website, noted below. ^...THOMAS HAGGERTY & ELIZABETH CURTIS: b: 1846, Belfast Academy Grant (Ludlow ME); baptized 29 August 1846, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME , sp:Kyran Walsh & Bridget Gilaspey Thomas worked the farm at Ludlow ME, migrated, 1868, to Cambria Co PA, resided there for 4 years, then came to Stillwater MN, 1872. There he established the village of Houlton WI (after Houlton ME, now the villiage of St Joseph WI, just across the St Croix River from Stillwater MN) ) became a retail store, tavern & hotel keeper as well as property and lumber dealer, farmer and Houlton WI's post-master for varying lengths of time during the period from 1880 to 1893. >From "Red" Haggerty (son of Edmond P Haggerty in the Peter Haggerty Jr line); "Uncle Tom Haggerty originated in Houlton Maine and about more or less emigrated to Wisconsin where he opened up a general merchandise store on the Wisconsin side of the St Croix River and christened the town, that grew up around his store, Houlton. I can still remember him, shorter than our dad and more heavy set, but the same type of mould. Besides the store he was the postmaster also. I do not remember when or how he died but do recall that he turned the store over to E. P. to manage and run it, while still alive. Dad did not do very well. He gave credit to anyone and everyone and finally closed up the business. Shortly after doing so, as I recall, the building burned down, completely." >From Ms Jayne Finnergan Smith a long time resident of Houlton WI: " Our Ggp's Mary Jane Keays and Wm Keays were very good friends of both Tom Haggerty and "old" Ed Haggerty . We grew up thinking that we (the Conway's, my grandparents), the Joyce's and Haggerty's were the only 3 Catholic families in Houlton and later in life we equated ourselves to Houlton what the Kennedy's were to Hyannisport. Yes, I was present in my best Sunday garb to many of your family. I remember Charles in his service uniform coming to visit us during WWII. If you could call me , I have some entertaining stories about the 3 families. My number is: 651-439-5447". m: Elizabeth Curtis, 28 June 1875 , at St Michael's RCCh, Stillwater MN; w: Jacob Hinchey & Mary J Curtis; o: M E Murphy. She, b: 1855 MN, d: 14 July 1914, age 59, interred w/Thomas & other family members, St Charles/St Michaels RCCem, Bayport MN.Elizabeth was the daughter of a prominent local farmer (b: Ireland), horse breeder, deputy sheriff, Stillwater police chief, town treasurer & school director. He d: suddenly at age 79 at his home at on Second St. Her mother was Bridget Fenton who had 13 kids. d: Houlton WI, heart failure, 9 June 1908, age 63, Interred St Charles/St Michaels RCCem, Bayport MN w/ Elizabeth & other family members . ALL THE BEST, ED & EVELYN COSTELLO e-mail: <Costello13@Juno.Com> Web: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ed1009 COSTELLO: Co Mayo, Ireland; JOYCE: Co Mayo, Ireland HAGGERTY: Co Donegal, Ireland; LAVERTY: Co Armagh, Ireland