This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1158 Message Board Post: My grandparents are buried in an old Catholic Cemetery on the outskirts of Rice Lake. Does anyone know the name of that particular cemetery? Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1157 Message Board Post: Looking for Steltzner families in Barron County. Irene b. 1910, d. 1999. Her sisters and brothers. Any help appreicated. Sallie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunneboil, Wald, Melotik, Stark Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1156 Message Board Post: Any information on this family name or this family is greatly appreciated. Louis Dunneboil, b. 1877 in Germany. He is my grandfather. He was superintendent of the municipal water company in Barron. Having trouble pinning down his immigration date and age. Married to Anna Wald, b. 1875 in Germany also. All help GREATLY appreciated.

Happy New Year, 'list mom' - and to everyone else on the list too! Each posting I see on this list is a welcome surprise - I ALWAYS expect that I'll find someone asking about the families I'm researching... And even if I don't, it's great to know that others out there are searching too! I didn't get back to Barron Co. this year... Hope to do so in the coming year, and spend some time wandering around cemeteries, poring through books in the county courthouse, etc. All that fun stuff! And in case you have any of these families in your tree, the names I'm searching for are JACOBSON, JOHNSON, KITTELSON, and DAHL. (and a bunch of others - see the genealogy section at http://sphnt6.sph.uth.tmc.edu/kate for everyone I have so far...) Kate Houston, TX (formerly from Rice Lake) -----Original Message----- From: Nance Sampson [mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:09 AM To: WIBARRON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIBARRON] A message from the list 'mom' Dear Listers, We are now in a new year and what better time to get re-acquainted with you all and let you know what's been happening over the past year with Barron County. First of all, we have grown! As of this morning we have 77 subscribers to Barron Co. mail list, an increase of 2 over the last year, but in actuality there has been alot more subscribers, with a high of 89 total. This tends to change over the holidays with the busyness of the season. If you are a new subscriber, we'd love to hear from you and find out who you are researching in this county. Someone may be able to help you with your brick walls. Also associated with this mail list is the Barron Co WIGenWeb Project website, located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/ If you haven't visited this website lately, I encourage you to do so. There have been many new additions over the past year and there will be many more to come. Feel free to browse through the pages or use the site's Search Engine to find what's been added to the site for your surname and/or your area of interest. (Hint: for best results with the search engine, type your search term in all small [lower case] letters!) If you are interested in finding out in general what's been added to the website over the past year, visit our What's New page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/whatsnew.htm. This is a good place to check if you are a frequent visitor to this website. Looking for more information on your ancestors than what's on the main Barron Co. pages? Try the Barron Co. Archives (located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/barron.htm)! This area of the website is set aside for biographies, census, land records, obituaries and other items that have been submitted by people like you. Be sure to check the Biographical Indexes if you don't find the biography that you are looking for. If you find one that hasn't been posted yet, request the information from the person who is offering the lookups. These volunteers are listed below on the same page (biographical indexes). Also be sure to check out the Barron Co. Message Board at <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.u sa.states.wisconsin.counties.barron>. If you have a yearning to help others, there are lots of great queries on this board, along with more biographies, obituaries and other great topics of interest to you. The message board is gatewayed to this mail list, so many of the items that have been posted are seen right here on this mail list. A REMINDER! If a message comes through to this mail list that you would like to respond to, BE SURE TO RESPOND ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. Many people who post on the message board are not subscribed to this list. If you only respond here on this list, the people posting the query will never receive what you have to offer or what you are seeking. You will know that a message is gatewayed when you see the following: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/ [reference number] - (this will lead to a blank page because I removed the reference number, but this gives you an example of how it works) Message Board Post: <snip> If you click on the link, it will take you directly to the place you need to be to respond to that particular message. As you can see, there are many facets to our Barron Co. WIGenWeb Project! It is my hope that you will utilize each of the facets. I pray you will find the information that you are seeking and that the year 2002 will prove to be the year that your brick walls are knocked down! Thanks for being a part of this great project! -- Take Care, Nance (list mom) mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP: Because of the large volume of mail I receive every day due to my involvement with the county genealogical websites, I'm asking you to not send jokes, cute stories, junk mail or forwarded messages to me. Thank you so much! I appreciate your help! |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Out-going mail is certified "Virus Free" Checked By Norton Anti-Virus 2002 <http://www.symantec.com> |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ______________________________

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1155 Message Board Post: Holly, I do not do Dietz research, and am not related to this line. This is an obit that I submitted to the BArron GenWeb pages as a donation. I must have had it in with a bounch of other research, and I simply donate materials to those pages for the benefit of others. Good Luck with your search. Denise

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DIETZ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1132.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I also have a Henry Dietz in my genealogy. I know that he's not the exact same one that you posted the obit for, but it's possible that they are related. My Henry Dietz had a brother John born 1826 or 1830 in Hesse-Darmstadt. I do not know anything else about this John Dietz that I mentioned except that my Henry and John's father was Johannes Dietz and mother Anna Elisabetha Screiner. Let me know if you think there is a connection! Thanks, Holly Dietz Hoffmaster

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAHL BARDEN BLOOD KOPP ANDERSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZEC.2ACE/1153 Message Board Post: Am looking for info on Gustav Dahl family. Gustav was the son of Hans & Carra Dahl & was born in Christiana Norway 1866. His wife was Emma Francelia Barden, dau of Ahira and Mary Ruby Blood Barden b 1876 in Chippewa Co. Gustav and Emma's children were Evelyn Gustava (1893), who married a Kopp, Grant C (1895), who married Marie Anderson, and Clarence H (1897). Am looking for deaths of Gustav & Emma, and any info on the kids. Thank you!

Nance, There was a son of Jesse & Julia's who's name was Josiah who had a land patent in Sheridan Twnshp, Dunn County. Josiah Harmon was the father of William Samuel Harmon who left Wisconsin in the very early 1900,s. As far as I have been able to determine there wasn't any contact between Jesse or Josiah and William Samuel Harmon after the later left Wisconsin. It is possible the Julia Harmon sold the land to one Daniel D. Harmony before her death. A General Land Office record shows that Daniel D. Harmony purchased land described as the "Northeast fractional quarter of section two in twnshp 32, range 13 West which contained one hundred thirty-nine and eighty-three one hundredths of an acre. A July 3, 1888 certificate of marriage #00792 performed in Prairie Farms, Baron Co., listed the groom as Daniel Harmon, son of Jessie and Julia Harmon. I wonder if this additional information might be of assistance in locating these Harmons?Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Nance Sampson <nsampson@spacestar.net> To: <WIBARRON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [WIBARRON] A message from the list 'mom' > Icehouse wrote: > > > My name is Donald J. Thompson, dthomp@icehouse.net, I am researching > > Jesse Harmon, b 1792 in Pennsylvania, land patent issued 1 Apr 1874, Baron > > Co., Twnship 32-N-13-W, listed 1870 Census, Baron Co., died 22 Nov 1872. His > > wife Julia N. Harmon registered the land parcel to her name as widow of > > Jesse Harmon 1 April 1874. I am attempting to secure information as to his > > burial and the date of death and burial of Julia N. Harmon. Any help would > > be greatly appreciated. Donald J. Thompson > > Hi Donald, > > Thanks for writing and sharing with us what your brick wall is. I haven't been able > to find anything that would help you as far as finding a death date for Julia. I > realize that these early deaths are very hard to track. The land description tells > us that they lived in the township of Prairie Farm (section 2). Do you have any > idea which cemetery Jesse was buried in? Did they have children that this land > would have been passed down to? Did the Harmon family stay in Barron Co. or did > they move on after Jesse died? If you have any answers to these questions, it may > help us to track the information down. > > Anyone else have any ideas to help Donald? > -- > Take Care, > > Nance > mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > PLEASE HELP: > Because of the large volume of mail I receive every day due to my > involvement with the county genealogical websites, I'm asking you > to not send jokes, cute stories, junk mail or forwarded messages > to me. Thank you so much! I appreciate your help! > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Out-going mail is certified "Virus Free" > Checked By Norton Anti-Virus 2002 <http://www.symantec.com> > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Dear Victor, This is very interesting and a great idea that all of the biographies are now being sent out email too. One of the first ones you sent me was Albert Lowell. He is the great great grandfather to my children on their fathers side. Did someone send this in or do you just print new ones every day? I also have the Barron County History Book of l922. It has a lot in it. My grandparents on my mothers side( the Schentens) and my fathers side (the Hibers) are in there also. I would like to someday submit some of the things about them when I have time. If you have anyone that submitted the Lowell information I would like to be in contact with them. The great grandfather would be Frank E. Lowell and he married a woman that came out from New York. She had two children, Nathan and Laura. She returned to New York, nothing was said why but apparently she couldn't take life in the "wilderness". She returned but I don't know much more about her than that. Her maiden name was Esther Cohen and I think she returned to Long Island. Any help would be appreciated. This is the family mystery lady. Thanks yvonne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bent Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZEC.2ACE/1152 Message Board Post: I visited the Barron County Courthouse in early August 2001 and met the president of the Barron County Geneological Society. She was researching Civil War vets from Barron County and was interested in learning more about my great-great grandfather William Bent whom she believed had served in the Civil War. She said she would send me some info she had on him. I have misplaced her name and so cannot contact her and have not heard from her. Would anyone be able to tell me who she is and where I might reach her? Thank you.

Julius Kruger, proprietor of Pokegema Valley Stock Farm and a prosperous farmer owning 160 acres in section 19, Sumner Township, and section 24, Stanley Township, is a native of this state, born on a farm in Racine County Sept. 2, 1862, the son of Robert and Henrietta (Koeler) Kruger, who brought him to Dodge County, and then to Barron County. The oldest of six children, and born while his parents were still struggling with poverty, he had little opportunity for attending school. He helped his father develop the present place, and as a young man took over a half of it. Later he bought the remainder. He has continued the improvements and has now a place of which he is justly proud, with good buildings, good equipment and good stock. Mr. Kruger is a broad minded man of considerable influence in the community and has various interests outside of his farm. He has been a town supervisor and town assessor and has also held other public positions. He has been an official of the Sumner German Lutheran Church and has given it his loyal support. He has been treasurer of the Farmers Store Co. at Canton, and is still one of its stockholders. He is also a stockholder in the State Bank of Cameron. Mr. Kruger was married January 26, 1893, to Tena Bortz, who was born in Germany Aug. 18, 1867, the daughter of William Bortz, one of the earliest pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Kruger have four children: Esther, born Feb. 11, 1894; Lionel, born March 1, 1896; Ruth, born Feb. 18, 1899; and Fadus, born Nov. 11, 1904, all now living at home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 573-574.

John Sullivan, who is successfully operating a farm of 140 acres in section 15, Sumner Township, is a native of this county, born in Rice Lake City May 13, 1887, the son of James and Ella (Wetzel) Sullivan. He was reared on a farm in Stanfold Township, this county, attended the rural schools, and learned farming from his father. As a young man he worked six winters in the lumber woods. He remained with his parents, assisting with the home farm until 1915, then married, and since then has rented land in Stanley Township; also owning land in Sumner Township. He is a good farmer and is well on the road to success. He is a lover of good stock and raises grade Guernsey cattle, Hampshire sheep and Leghorn fowls. In 1919 he purchased 140 acres of improved land in Sumner Township, east of Canton. Mr. Sullivan was married Nov. 18, 1915, at Rice Lake, to Louisa Klossner, who was born in Switzerland in May, 1893, the daughter of John Jacob and Marie (Wuefler) Klossner, who brought her to the United States in 1914 and settled in Stanley Township. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan have two bright children: Ralph, born June 23, 1917, and Elaine, born Sept. 1, 1919. The family faith is that of the Swedish Lutheran Church at Rice Lake. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 809.

Robert Kruger, for some years a farmer in section 24, Stanley Township, and section 19, Sumner Township, now living retired at Rice Lake, was born in Germany Oct. 18, 1827, and was there reared and educated. There he married Henrietta Koeler, and had one child, Fernand. In the late fifties they started with this child for America. The voyage was a long and tedious one aboard a sailing vessel, and before America was reached the child died and was buried at sea. The bereaved couple found their way to Racine, this state, and there he was employed at his trade as a wagon maker. In 1865 he enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the remainder of the conflict. Upon his return he took 20 acres of wild land in Racine County and began to clear it up. Later he added 35 acres more. He had but little to work with, but by perseverance and industry managed to get a yoke of oxen and a cow. From there he went to Beaver Dam in Dodge County, this state. In the middle eighties he came to Barron County and secured 160 acres on the town line between Sumner and Stanley. A shanty had been erected and a part of the land cleared. He started in with a will and developed a good place, with suitable buildings, stock and equipment. With advancing years he gradually left the work in the hands of his son, Julius, and after his wife's death in 1904 he moved to Rice Lake, where be lived until his death Feb. 6, 1921, at the good old age of 94 years. He was a substantial God-fearing man, and was prominent in the German Evangelical Church, in which he held various offices. He was well regarded by all who knew him and was venerated for his worth and for what he had accomplished in life. Mr. and Mrs. Kruger were the parents of seven children: Fernand, who died at sea; and Julius, Gust, Otto, Anna, Emma and Amelia, who were born in this state. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 573.

Percy Lowell, an energetic young farmer of section 7, Sumner Township was born Feb. 3, 1896, and was reared on his present place by his foster parents, Eugene Silas and Amelia (Gorman) Lowell, the pioneers. He attended the schools of the neighborhood, thoroughly learned farming, and gradually took over the responsibility of the home place which he now operates. He has continued the improvements, he has a good farm, and is carrying on general farming and agriculture. His herd is of good Holstein strain. Mr. Lowell is well liked in the community, has already got a good start in life, and is one of the leaders among the younger set in the township. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 810.

Eugene Silas Lowell, Sumner Township, now deceased, was a man of sturdy, character who stood high throughout the community, and his death was sincerely mourned. He was one of those men who quietly go their way in life, taking their deepest interest in their work and in their families, and go to make up the backbone of those desirable qualities which constitute the best elements of American life. He was a hard worker, he had good judgment, and attained a well-earned success. He was born in Michigan Jan. 1, 1853, the son of Harvey and Sarah (Randolph) Lowell, both descendants of a long line of good American ancestry. Upon coming west he lived for a while in Wisconsin and then went to Minnesota. He came to Barron County in 1876 and secured a tract of land on the south half of the northeast quarter of section 14, Sumner Township, and the west half of the southeast quarter of the same section. This was all wild land. He built a log cabin and moved into it with his wife. He had an ox team and two cows, and a few tools, and thus started his farming operations. He gradually cleared and improved the land and erected a good set of buildings. One of the Knapp & Stout Co.'s logging camps was in the vicinity, and after the logging operations were suspended Mr. and Mrs. Lowell became the custodians of the property. They were real pioneers and Mrs. Lowell was the first white woman on the east side of Long Lake. The nearest neighbors were far away. A journey to the nearest stores was a long and wearisome one, and provisions were usually brought in afoot. Wheat was carted to distant mills with the oxen over trails and tote roads, often amid actual dangers. But Mr. and Mrs. Lowell were then young people, they were sustained by the hope of establishing a home for themselves and posterity, and in time they built up a good place. After eighteen years' residence on that farm they sold out and came to their present place on section 7, Sumner Township. Here again they built a log cabin, started to clear the land and develop a farm. This time they were better equipped than before, as they had brought many of their possessions from their former farm. Here, too, in time, they built up a good place. After a long and useful life Mr. Lowell died Sept. 3, 1918. His wife is still living on the home place. Mr. Lowell was married at Winona, Minn., April 22, 1875, to Amelia Gorman, born in Racine April 22, 1857, daughter of Abraham and Sophia (Martin) Gorman, natives of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell had two daughters, Addie May and Della, and a foster son, Percy. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 810.

Arthur Lowell, an industrious farmer of section 19, Sumner Township, was born at Cook's Valley, Chippewa County, Nov. 2, 1889, the son of Nelson and Helen Eva (Wood) Lowell, who brought him to Sumner Township when he was a baby. He was reared and educated here. At the age of fifteen he went to Birchwood, on the boundary line between Sawyer and Washburn counties. Three years later he came back and remained on the home farm until he was twenty-one. Then he married and went back to Birchwood. There he worked in the mills and for a time had charge of the barns which housed the lumber teams. Subsequently for some years he farmed on rented places near Canton, and in between, owned 40 acres in section 20. In 1917 he bought his present place of 100 acres in section 19. Here he has made general improvements and here he has since carried on mixed farming and dairying. He believes thoroughly in co-operative effort among farmers, and holds stock in the Farmers Telephone Co. and the Farmers Threshing Machine Co., all of Canton. Mr. Lowell was married Aug. 16, 1911, in Rusk County, Wis., to Mabel Apker, born in Rusk County, this state, daughter of Tunis H. and Harriet Apker, natives of Wisconsin. This union has been blessed with three children, Ruth, Clifford and Harvey. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 809-810.

Albert Lowell, veteran of the Civil War, one of the earliest pioneers of Sumner Township, and at one time keeper of a hotel on the old village site of Sumner, was born in Illinois, son of Harvey and Sarah (Randolph) Lowell. He came west as a young man, and married Margaret Gorman, a native of Sauk County, this state. He served in the Civil War as a private in Co. D, Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He came to Barron County in the seventies, and located in Sumner Township, where he homesteaded wild land and built a log cabin. He subsequently farmed in different parts of the township and at one time, as noted, kept a hotel in the old town of Sumner. Later he moved to Canton where he died at the age of sixty-three, and his wife is still living with her son, Frank. In the family there were six children: Herman, Frank, Clara, Sadie, Walter and Laura. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 778.

Nelson Lowell, an honored and respected resident of Canton who has had his share in the upbuilding of Barron County, first came to this region over forty years ago, and has watched with interest its growth from a lumbering country into one of the most flourishing dairy counties of the state. In his long residence here he has always stood squarely for everything that he has believed to be right and just, he has encouraged the younger people in well doing, and he is now reaping the reward of a well spent life. He was born in Jackson County, Mich., Dec. 10, 1845, the son of Harvey and Sarah (Randolph) Lowell. He first came to Barron County in the eighties, and homesteaded 160 acres in section 14, Sumner Township. He built a log house, cleared part of the land and stayed long enough to secure his title. Then he sold his rights and went to Chippewa County, where he rented a farm in Cook's Valley. Six years later he came back to this county and bought 130 acres in section 19, Sumner Township, about half a mile south of Canton. There he improved and developed a good farm. He was a real leader among his neighbors, and became well known in this part of the county. In 1913 he sold out and moved to Canton, where he is now living a retired life after his years of strenuous endeavor. He was married to Helen Eva Wood, who was born in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell have five children: Clarence, Arthur, Ernest, Charles and Fred. The two last mentioned are now deceased. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 809.

Charles William Lowell, a solid and substantial citizen of Sumner Township, is one of the earliest pioneers, still living in the county. He has developed several good farms, and has had his part in the wonderful growth and progress of this part of the state. He has been acquainted with the men who have made the county, and has borne an enviable reputation during all the 45 years that he has lived here. His influence has always been felt in the right direction. In temperament he is kindly and genial, he has been a hard worker, and he has always been ready to lend a hand whenever help and encouragement have been needed. He was born in Baraboo, Sauk County, this state, Dec. 4, 1856, the son of Harvey and Sarah (Brandon) Lowell, the pioneers. He came to La Crosse County with his parents, and in 1875 came to Barron County, and secured 80 acres of wild land. He erected a log building, and started farming with a yoke of oxen and a cow. In 1880 he bought a place in Section 22, Sumner Township. Of this tract, ten acres had been broken, and a log building had been erected. A few years later he moved to Canton Village and erected a house there. In 1901 he bought 40 acres in Section 7, north of Canton, and to this he added 50 acres in Section 18, Sumner Township. There he remained about 20 years, building up a good place. In 1912 he bought eighty acres of partly improved land in Section 1, Stanley Township, only a few miles from Rice Lake. A year later he bought a tract of 40 acres in Section 21, Sumner Township. Buildings had been erected, and some 14 acres broken. This property he sold in the fall of 1920. Mr. Lowell is a stockholder in the Farmers' Co-operative Store of Canton and in the State Bank of Canton. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 726.

Hi Listers, It has been suggested that the submissions of biographies to the Barron County Archives Website be posted to this list as well. Please let me, or Nance Sampson know your feelings about this change. We are doing this for you, and if for some reason it creates a problem let one of us know. Perhaps in reading these you will find an unexpected connection to someone in your research, we can hope anyway.. For the new subscribers, be sure to visit the Barron Co. Archives for the index of biographies and the previously posted biographies. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Harvey Lowell, who experienced pioneer life in Illinois and Michigan, and in Sauk, La Crosse and Barron counties, in this state, was born in New York State, of an old American family. He came to Illinois as a young man and there married Sarah Brandon, who was born in that state, descended, like himself, from a long list of sturdy American ancestry. In the forties he moved to a farm in Jackson County, Michigan, from where, in the fifties, he came to Baraboo, in Sauk County, this state. His next location was in La Crosse County, this state. Then in the late seventies, he and his wife came to Sumner Township, this county, and here spent the remainder of their lives. They were most worthy and God-fearing people, whose chief thought, next to their duty to their Creator and their fellowman, was the welfare of their children. Four of the sons, Eugene Silas, Charles William, Nelson and Albert Lowell, were Civil War veterans and became prominent and influential men in Barron County, and several representatives of the family make the county their permanent home. Harvey Lowell died Jan. 7, 1896, at the age of about 84 years. His wife died in October, 1908, at about the same age. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 725-726. Harvey Lowell, who experienced pioneer life in Illinois and Michigan, and in Sauk, La Crosse and Barron counties, in this state, was born in New York State, of an old American family. He came to Illinois as a young man and there married Sarah Randolph, who was born in that state, descended, like himself, from a long list of sturdy American ancestry. In the forties he moved to a farm in Jackson County, Michigan, from where, in the fifties, he came to Baraboo, in Sauk County, this state. His next location was in La Crosse County, this state. Then in the late seventies he and his wife came to Sumner Township, this county, and here spent the remainder of their lives. They were most worthy and God-fearing people, whose chief thought, next to their duty to their Creator and their fellow-man, was the welfare of their children. Three of the sons, Eugene Silas, Charles William and Nelson, became prominent and influential men in Barron County, and several representatives of the family make the county their permanent home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 809.