Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12363 Surname: Gosline, Wells ------------------------- St. John the Baptist Church in Marshfield, WI has a burial record for Theophilus (Theodore) Gosline (Gosselin) that would match with the above obit. Deceased fell from a mower and died before the priest could get to his place. Death date is September 3, 1892 with burial on September 6, 1892 in the Catholic cemetery in Marshfield. He was 62 years old according to the church record. Theophilus Gosline was Elizabeth (Wells) Gosline's husband.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12362 Surname: Salzwedel ------------------------- Carl Salzwedel of Clark County, WI. was my ggrandfather.My grandmother was Delia. Would like to be in touch with others researching this line. Parents of Carl (Charles) unknown. Wife was Wilhelminia Rahn(Rohn).
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10768 Surname: SHAKAL, AGNEW, NEISIUS, ESLINGER, PFAFF, JANSSEN, ETTEN, ZIMMERMAN, ROTH, PHELPS, SYKORA, LACENA, BEDNAR, MATHERN, POZARSKI, REITH, PHELPS, SCHESEL, LEACH, GUTOWSKI, BACKHOUS, HOLEWINSKI, MICEK, SAMUELS, HEEREY, WALKER, GLENZER, KNAUS, SOPER, GROHN ------------------------- BIOGRAPHY SHAKAL SACRED HEART, EDSON, 1869 / ST. JOSEPH, BOYD, 1890, HISTORY 1990 Page 61 Joseph W. Shakal married Anna Agnew in 1898 and they had four children. Joseph (m. Martha Neisius d. 1942/m. Christa Eslinger in 1949) children: 1. Joseph (d.) 2. Donald (m. Madaline?). 3. Glen (m. Winnie Pfaff). 4. James (m. Brenda Eslinger). Henry (m. Loretta Janssen). Children: 1. John (m. Annette Etten). Children: John Jr. (m. Susan Zimmerman, child: Kerri). Patty, Cathy, and Roxy (m. J. Roth). 2. Henry Jr. (m. Janet Phelps). 3. Clarence (m. Theresa Sykora). 4. Robert (m. Phyllis Etten). 5. Janet (m. Jack Lacena). 6. Clayton (d.) 7. Bernard (m. Joyce Bednar). 8. Jerome (m. Cheryl Mathern). Mayme (m. Stanley Pozarski) children: 1. William (m. Maryann Reith). 2. Robert (m. Cleo Phelps). 3. Jack (m. ?). Leo (m. Frances Schesel) children: 1. Sister Betty. 2. Lawrence (m. Joyce Leach). 3. Richard (m. Joanne Gutowski). 4. Joseph (m. Noreen Backhous); children: Toyna and Jarod. 5. Mary (m. John Holewinski). 6. Stephen (m. Patricia Micek). 7. Lucy (m. Ed Samuels). 8. Anthony (m. Diane Heerey). 9. William (m. Virginia Walker). 10. Thomas (m. Sharon Glenzer). 11. Charles (m. Barbara Knaus). 12. Anne (m. Ray Soper) and 13. Rita (m. Gary Grohn).
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10767 Surname: SPAETH, PINTER, YEAGER, LORENZ, NEISLUS, HERRICK, ETTEN, WAGNER, LANGE, SCHMITZ, SATLER, MICKELSON, ESSER, MELSENER, COONEY, MARION, GOETTLE, HURT, FARBER, ROTHBAUER, RHYNE, LANGEL, WITROUT, MICKELSON, WINK, SWOBODA, WITROUT, FREDRICK, ROTHBAUER, PLASS, DZIENKOWSKI, STEINMETZ, LICHT, ZYSIHE, BENSZSCHAWEL, SHILTS, MARSH, WEINZERIL, SCHESEL, LaMARCHE, ESLINGER, HOHMAN, FAGAN, SHAKAL, KASTEL, ESSER, JACKSON, SEMANKO, MEYER, GOETTLE, NORDLAND, ARNESON, CUNNINGHAM, MARCELLIS, HENNEMAN, TIRY, MACOMBER, FARBER ------------------------- BIOGRAPHY SPAETH SACRED HEART-EDSON 1869 / ST. JOSEPH-BOYD 1890, HISTORY 1990 Page 63-64 Bernard and Agnes emigrated from Bycen, Germany with their three small children, Adam, Sebina (Pinter) and Elizabeth (Yeager). They first lived in the hayloft of a barn, which is now known as the Old Joe Licht farm, until they built their cabin. Three more children were born to them, Maggie (Lorenz), Joe and George. Adam married Mary Neislus, Marys father was in the German Army, which he deserted and came to the U.S. as a stowaway. Mary was one of eleven children but several died due to diphtheria. Some of Marys sisters: Lena (Herrick), Christie (Etten) and Minnie (Wagner). Adam and Mary had 5 boys and 6 girls: Ben (m. Rose Lange) children: 1. Adam. 2. Albert (m. Alice Schmitz). 3. Andrew (m. Verona Spaeth). 4. Frank (m. Mary Ann ?). 5. Joe (m. Catherine Satler). 6. George (m. Pearl?). 7. Norman (m. Geneva Mickelson). 8. Fred (m. Emma Esser). 9. Pete (m. ? Melsener). 10. Susan (m. Charles Cooney). 11. Ann (m. Jake Marion). 12. Helen (m. Jerman Goettle). 13. Delphine (m. Walley Hurt). John (m. Grace Farber) children: 1. Louis (m. Louise Rothbauer). 2. Henry (m. Betty Rhyne). 3. Joseph. 4. Mike (m. Elsie Langel). 5. Clarence (m. Margaret Witrout). 6. Herbert (m. Mabel Mickelson). 7. Embert. 8. Charles (m. Betty Wink). 9. Margaret (m. Albert Swoboda). 10. Rose Ann (m. Francis Witrout). 11. Dorothy (m. Julian Fredrick). 12. Raymond (m. Lorraine Rothbauer). Matt (family unknown). Pete: Children: 1. Bill. 2. Reinhard. Edward (m. Ann Farber) 1. Cecelia (m. Ed Plass). 2. Florence (m. Edward Dzienkowski). 3. Leona (m. Herbert Steinmetz). 4.Francis (m. Herb Marion). 5. Sylvester (m. Lorraine Licht). 6. Bernadette (m. Florian Licht). 7. Norbert (m. Ann Zysihe). 8. Jerome. 9. Larry (m. Mary Ann Benszschawel). 10. Don (m. Lorraine Shilts). Agnes (m. Wenzel Marsh). Caroline (m. Carl Weinzeril). Child: Irene. Elizabeth (m. Frank Schesel). Children: 1. Frank (m. Wanda LaMarche). 2. Bernard (m. Delphine Eslinger). 3. Verona (m. Al Hohman). 4. Ann (m. John Fagan). 5. Frances (m. Leo Shakal). See SHAKAL. Lena (m. Pete Kastel), Children: 1. Ella (m. Joe Esser). 2. Thereas (m. Robert Jackson). 3. Gertrude (m. Clarence Semanko). 4. Hilda (m. Hilmai Meyer). 5. John. Ella (m. Martin Goettle), children: 1. Julianne (m. Lawrence Nordland). 2. Adam. 3. Olive. 4. Lorraine (m. ? Arneson). 5. Margie (m. ? Cunningham). 6. Elsie (m. Marty Marcellis). 7. Antonette (m. ? Henneman). 8 Valeria (m. Richard Tiry). 9. Charlene. 10. Francis. 11. Sally (m. Jack Macomber). Mary (m. Louie Farber).
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Clark/10485 Surname: Ipsen, Sorensen ------------------------- My e-mail address has changed to barbaram@gallatinriver.net as of 05/30/01
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10765 Surname: MEINHOLDT ------------------------- CHARLES MEINHOLDT WAS MY GRANDFATHER IN PAXICO, KS. MY DAD'S NAME IS GEORGE. HES HAS 4 DAUGHTERS.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12361 Surname: Miller, Sternitzky, Hale, Opelt, Ayers ------------------------- The Neillsville Times, Jan. 25, 1917 p. 4 Mrs. Lucas Hale died Monday, Jan.8, 1917, after a brief illness of only eight days, at the age of 71 years and 19 days. Mrs. Hale suffered a stroke of paralysis on the last day of the year of 1916, but was not confined to her bed until the second day, when she seemed to grow worse and remained in bed. Dr. Housley of Chili was called to give medical aid, but he gave the relatives no hopes for her recovery, and she grew continually worse but was conscious and knew her relatives and friends who came to the bedside until the last. On Monday night, Jan 8th, at 10 o'clock, she passed away. Her husband and children were with her during her illness and did for her everything that loving hands could do. The funeral services were held from the home Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral was a large one and Rev. Hasz of the Greman Lutheran church officiated. Interment was made in the Lynn cemetery beside the body of her deceased husband. The pall bearers were six of her grandsons, Leo, Gilbert, Raymond, Carl and Rudolph Sternitzky, and Carl Opelt. Deceased was born Catherine Miller, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert MIller at Hartford Wis., and later became a resident of Neillsville. She was born Dec. 20th, 1845, at Hartford, Wis., and when she was ten years old came to Neillsville with her parents, where she grew to womanhood. On Feb. 11th, she was married to Carl Sternitzky. Mr. and Mrs. Sternitzky settled in the town of Lynn, on the farm where she has always lived and where she died. There were born to them four children, two sons and two daughters, Albert and William, Mrs. John Martin and Mrs. Max Opelt, all residing in Lynn except Mrs. Opelt, who a few moonths ago moved from here to her new home in the town of Levis. Mr. Sternitzky died 17 years ago on the 12th of this month. On Sept. 20th, 1904, deceased was married to Lucas Hale, and he with her four children, 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren survive her. She alos leaves two sisters, Mesdames Anna and Elizabeth Ayers. To say she will be missed inadaquately expresses the vacancy made by the hand of the grim reaper. She was a kind neighbor and a faithful friend, and in her younger days she was ever offering her aid to the sick and the suffering. Her life was spent honestly and industriously and her memory will long remain in the hearts of her neighbors and friends. The floral tributes sent in during her illness and for the funreal were many and beautiful. The family gave a beautiful floral pillow with the word "Mother", which bespoke the love of the family for their mother. The Carnation Art Club of Lynn gave a carnation piesce which showed the honor and esteem in which she was held by the members of the club. She leaves many warm friends who extend their sincere sympathy to the bereaved family. A particularly sad incident which connected with this death was that while Mrs. Max Opelt was at the bedside of her mother, Mr. Opelt and his daughter, Martha, drove home to Levis from here and found his father, Carl Opelt, dead, as a result of heart trouble or apoplexy at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, and at 10 o' clock that same day, Mrs. Hale passed away.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12360 Surname: Hale, Sternitzky, Miller, Opelt, Martin, Ayers ------------------------- The Niellsville Times, Jan. 25, 1917 p. 4 Mrs. Lucas Hale died Monday, Jan.8, 1917, after a brief illness of only eight days, at the age of 71 years and 19 days. Mrs. Hale suffered a stroke of paralysis on the last day of the year of 1916, but was not confined to her bed until the second day, when she seemed to grow worse and remained in bed. Dr. Housley of Chili was called to give medical aid, but he gave the relatives no hopes for her recovery, and she grew continually worse but was conscious and knew her relatives and friends who came to the bedside until the last. On Monday night, Jan 8th, at 10 o'clock, she passed away. Her husband and children were with her during her illness and did for her everything that loving hands could do. The funeral services were held from the home Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral was a large one and Rev. Hasz of the Greman Lutheran church officiated. Interment was made in the Lynn cemetery beside the body of her deceased husband. The pall bearers were six of her grandsons, Leo, Gilbert, Raymond, Carl and Rudolph Sternitzky, and Carl Opelt. Deceased was born Catherine Miller, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert MIller at Hartford Wis., and later became a resident of Neillsville. She was born Dec. 20th, 1845, at Hartford, Wis., and when she was ten years old came to Neillsville with her parents, where she grew to womanhood. On Feb. 11th, she was married to Carl Sternitzky. Mr. and Mrs. Sternitzky settled in the town of Lynn, on the farm where she has always lived and where she died. There were born to them four children, two sons and two daughters, Albert and William, Mrs. John Martin and Mrs. Max Opelt, all residing in Lynn except Mrs. Opelt, who a few moonths ago moved from here to her new home in the town of Levis. Mr. Sternitzky died 17 years ago on the 12th of this month. On Sept. 20th, 1904, deceased was married to Lucas Hale, and he with her four children, 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren survive her. She alos leaves two sisters, Mesdames Anna and Elizabeth Ayers. To say she will be missed inadaquately expresses the vacancy made by the hand of the grim reaper. She was a kind neighbor and a faithful friend, and in her younger days she was ever offering her aid to the sick and the suffering. Her life was spent honestly and industriously and her memory will long remain in the hearts of her neighbors and friends. The floral tributes sent in during her illness and for the funreal were many and beautiful. The family gave a beautiful floral pillow with the word "Mother", which bespoke the love of the family for their mother. The Carnation Art Club of Lynn gave a carnation piesce which showed the honor and esteem in which she wass held by the members of the club. She leaves many warm friends who extend their sincere sympathy to the bereaved family. A particularly sad incident which connected with this death was that while Mrs. Max Opelt was at the bedside of her mother, Mr. Opelt and his daughter, Martha, drove home to Levis from here and found his father, Carl Opelt, dead, as a result of heart trouble or apoplexy at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, and at 10 o' clock that same day, Mrs. Hale passed away.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10764 Surname: Sparks, Calkins, Messing, Eager, Chandler, Howe, Tyrell ------------------------- Additions to the biography of Robert W. Sparks, found in the 1891 Bigraphical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, WI. The parents of Robert W. Sparks were James Freeman Sparks and Sylvia (or Silvia) Calkins. James Freeman was born July 23, 1818 in Summit, Schoharie County, New York, and died June 1, 1902 in Clark County, Wis. He is buried at Sherwood Cemetery in Clark County, Wis. He was married to Sylvia Calkins on August 20, 1837. She was born September 5, 1813 (some sources have listed the year as 1814, and others have listed it as 1819). She was the daughter of Martin Luther Calkins and Hannah (maiden name not known). Sylvia died January 23, 1871 in Plainfield, Wis., and is buried there. The parents of James Freeman Sparks were Thomas Sparks and Mary Howe. An article titled "The Descendants of Thomas Sparks (1790-1869) and his wife Mary (Howe) Sparks (1795-1862)" by M. Ward Wilson was published in The Sparks Quarterly (The Official Publication of The Sparks Family Association), Vol. XVIII, No. 1, March,1970. The March/April 2001 issue of Everton's Genealogical Helper notes the name and address of the contact person for The Sparks Quarterly as Russell E. Bidlack, Sec.-Treas./Editor, 1709 Cherokee Rd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48104-4498. Mary Howe's parents were Cyrenius Howe and Sarah Tyrell. An account of the ancestors of Mary Howe is found in the book, Howe. Genealogy of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Iswich, Abraham of Marlborough, Edward of Lynn, MA, with appendix, by D.W. & G.B. Howe, published 1929. Mary is descended from Edward Howe of Lynn, MA. This book can most likey be found at most major genealogical and family history libraries. Robert W. Sparks, the subject of the above biography, had two brothers who married two other Messing sisters. John Sparks (my ancestor) married Augusta Elizabeth Messing in 1885, and Jess Sparks married Laura Louise Messing in 1892. Descendants of these three pairs of siblings are to be found throughout the United States. For more information regarding the Sparks,Messing, Eager and Chandler lines, please e-mail me. Robert W. and Julia had five more children besides the ones listed in the biography: Margaret Elizabeth, born Dec. 1, 1892, Inez Lillie, born Nov. 8, 1894, Walter George, born Aug. 25, 1898, Kenneth Rollin, born Dec. 17, 1900, and Loren Milton, born Aug. 20, 1902. In 1905, Robert and Julia, with their nine youngest children removed to Hood River, Oregon. (Laura Grace remained in Wisconsin). Robert died in Hood River on September 4, 1936, and Julia died August 13, 1939, in Hood River.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12359 Surname: MOEN, POPPE, HENDERSON ------------------------- I'm seeking information and contacts on related family lines. If anyone has information on these people please contact me. Thank you very much.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12358 Surname: Gosline, Vanderhoof ------------------------- GOSLIN Marshfield News Herald, 8 Sep 1892 - page 5, column 2 A farmer named Goslin, living a few miles west of Spencer, broke his neck on Saturday last by falling off from a reaper while at work in the grain field. It appears that the man was subject to dizzy spells and was taken with one of these spells while at work, falling backwards and striking in such a way as to cause almost instant death. The remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery, in this city on Monday. Note: Since the obit posted earlier of Elizabeth (Wells) Gosline states that her husband had died 20 years previous, this would be about the right time for his death. Perhaps this farmer is Theophilus Gosline????
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Clark/10484 Surname: GOSLINE, VANDERHOOF ------------------------- My records show that the GOSLINE family lived in the Veefkind area of Sherman Township between Spencer and Loyal. The parents were Theophilus and Elizabeth (Wells) Gosline. They had 13 children, only five were still living at the time of Elizabeth's death in Marshfield in 1914. I show some of the children marrying well-known names in that area - Hebert, Clark, Vanderhoof. Does anyone know more about this family? I am willing to share what I have, have names and a bit more information on 8 of the children, but am wondering about the other five. We are descended from their daughter, Melinda, who married Elijah Vanderhoof. mary_hirsch@msn.com
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10762 Surname: Tompkins, Lindsay, Weston, de Lindsay, William the Conqueror, Raymond ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties WI Jones Tompkins, of section 34, township 26, range 2 west, town of Eaton, Clark County, was born in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, on the Hudson River, twelve miles east of Saratoga Springs, June 2, 1826. His father, Elias Tompkins, a native of the same place, was a farmer by occupation, and a Jacksonian Democrat, politically. He was a son of Moses Tompkins, who was one of the men who helped clear the ground where Saratoga Springs now are. His employer was a Mr. Cadwell. Our subjects mother, also a native of New York, has twenty-two children, fourteen of whom reached maturity, and seven are still living. Our subject has one half-sister still living, three full sisters and three half-brothers. Jones Tompkins left home at the age of nineteen years, and first worked several years at rafting logs from different points to New York during the summers, and in the fall would buy and ship stock and grain to New York City. He came to La Crosse in the spring of 1859, and the next winter worked on bridges in Arkansas and Mississippi. In 1860 he prospected some, and then returned to Henry County, Illinois, where during the summer he had charge of the cutting of a broom-corn field. In 1860 he went to Davenport, Iowa, and worked in the saw-mills of his brother-in-law, Edward Lindsay, and in the fall of 1862 came to this county, where he commenced work in the pineries. He next became manager of the timber land of S.F. Weston, who owned 28,000 acres in this county. In the spring of 1866 Mr. Tompkins settled on his present farm, which was then covered with timber. The county was at that time mostly tax-title land, and when he found a good forty-acre tract he would purchase, and he now owns 640 acres, where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and also deals in real estate. Mr. Tompkins was married January 7, 1850, to Martha E. Lindsay, a daughter of Robert D. Lindsay, whose ancestors have preserved the history of the family for hundreds of years, beginning with William de Lindsay, in 1116, who was a son of Baron Baldric de Lindsay, the Anglo-Norman, contemporary with the Conqueror, William, the Norman. Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins have had four children, only one of whom still survives, James E., who married Frances Raymond, and they have two children: Earl and Jones. Mr. Tompkins has been chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and also of the County Board three years. Politically he is a Democrat, but votes for the man rather than the party. Besides being a successful farmer and real estate dealer, he is a breeder of registered Jersey cattle and Oxford-down sheep, and is supplying this community with this excellent stock as fast as he can raise them.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10761 Surname: Travis, Thompson, Niles ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties WI Charles Benjamin Travis, furniture dealer in Humbird, Clark County, was born in Chenango County, New York, February 18, 1836, the only child of Benjamin Travis. His father was born in Westchester County, that state, in a family of five sons and two daughters, all of whom were natives of that county. The grandfather Travis was also born in that county, in 1782, of a line of ancestry that cannot be further traced. He served in the war of 1812 and was wounded, but lived to an age of seventy-eight years, after having settled near Madison, this State. The grandmothers ancestry were English; her maiden name was Mary Ann Thompson. Benjamin Travis arrived in Wisconsin June 1, 1846, driving from Milwaukee to Madison with a hired team, there being no stage at the time. The family had come all the way from Chenango Forks, New York, by canal to Buffalo and thence to Milwaukee on a steam propeller, the lake voyage requiring eighteen days. Mr. Charles B. Travis, our subject, spent a portion of his time from 1856 to 1874 in Jackson and Clark Counties, and since that date has been a permanent resident of the town of Mentor. In 1861 he offered himself for enlistment as a hundred-day man in the army, under the first call for volunteers, and was rejected; after he was again rejected as a cavalryman, and as an infantryman in the Eighth Wisconsin, but in 1864 he was accepted and given the position of carpenter. He was sworn into service at St. Louis, Missouri, August 26, and was sent to Nashville, Tennessee. After the war was over he returned to the North, and on October 4, 1866, married Josephine H. Niles, of Dane County, Wisconsin, who was born April 21, 1839, the eldest of eleven children, five daughters and six sons, natives of Tolland County, Connecticut; seven of these are still living, but none in this State excepting Mrs. Travis. This lady taught school most of the time from the age of sixteen years to about seven years ago; has taught seven years in Clark County, the rest of the time in Dane County and in Madison. She is now a member of the Board of Education. Mr. Travis is Justice of the Peace of the village and Town Clerk; he has been Deputy Sheriff of Clark County, and was postmaster during Clevelands administration. He takes an active interest in public affairs.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12356 Surname: Ehlers, Burgemeister, Fabian, Pieper, Neumann ------------------------- The parents of Frank (Franz) Ernst Ehlers were Heinrich and Friederike Wilhelmine Burgemeister Ehlers. (Not Bermeister)
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10760 Surname: Taplin, Clifford, Drew, Brundage ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties WI William W. Taplin, proprietor of the Neillsville Foundry, located on North Hewett street, started the same in the spring of 1881. The size of the building is 24 x 60 and 20 x 90, with two wings for storage. The machinery is run by fifteen-horse-power engine, and the shop is the only one of its kind in the city. His work is shipped through out the State. He does all kinds of work, and has also done most of the plumbing and steam-fitting for the city, employing several men, besides himself, who is a first-class mechanic. Mr. Taplin was born in Canada, February 14, 1845, the son of Hiram and Lucina (Clifford) Taplin, natives of Canada. The father was the son of Augustus and Polly (Drew) Taplin, natives of Vermont, who in 1890 emigrated to Lower Canada, and subsequently removed to Oshawa , Ontario, where the former died at an advanced age of eighty-nine years. Our subjects parents are still living in Oshawa, Ontario, being at present engaged in the dairy business. They have four children still living: William W., Elgin W., a hardware merchant in Muskoka, Canada, and Oscar H., a farmer residing in Quebec, and Anna Drew, of Riverside, California. William W. was reared in the mills and carriage shops of his father, which business the latter followed until 1865. He was a graduate of the High School of Canada. At the age of eighteen he left his native country and located at Detroit, Michigan, where he was engaged in a saw-mill for a short time. He then went to Lucus County, Ohio, where he engaged in the erection of a mill for the noted Captain E.B. Ward, of Detroit. In the spring of 1864 he visited relatives in Richland County, Wisconsin, returning to Canada. At the close of the war, he removed to Saginaw County, Michigan, and there worked at the milling business six months. He next went to La Fayette, Indiana, and engaged in setting up machinery for manufacturing baskets, visiting several cities, including Cincinnati, putting up machinery for the same business. He returned to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where he operated a mill for one year. In 1867 he again returned to Canada, being engaged with a A.S. Whiting Manufacturing Company for about one year, after which he came to Chicago. He was there engaged as foreman for the S. I. Russell Companys Shop until the same was destroyed by fire. Mr. Taplin then accepted the agency of the Singer sewing-machine of that city, and acted in that capacity till the year 1870. In 1869 he was married to Miss Adella Brundage, of Chicago. In the spring of 1870 he returned to Canada, where he was again engaged with the A.S. Whiting Manufacturing Company, remaining there till the spring of 1871, when he engaged with the Chase Bros. & Bowman, nurserymen, of Rochester, New York, till the summer of 1872. Returning to Chicago, he followed various occupations until the fall of 1876. Accompanied by two other mechanics, he went to Port Washington, Wisconsin, where they were engaged in the manufacture of sewing-machines, which business proved a failure. The following year they went to Fredonia, Wisconsin, where they rented and operated a foundry till 1881, after which Mr. Taplin went to Neillsville, where he is still engaged in the same business. He held the office of Alderman of the First Ward three years, and is one of the prominent business men in Neillsville. He has a family of four children, viz: May, Frank, William and Neil, all of whom are attending school. Politically Mr. Taplin affiliates with the Republican Party.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10759 Surname: Thiel, Reseberg, Hansmann, Roesler ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties WI Herman Thiel, of section 16, Withee Township, Clark County, was born in the Province of Pomerania, Prussia, February 3, 1855, the son of William Thiel, a native of the same province. The latter brought his family to the United States in the spring of 1871, settling in the woods in Manitowac County, where they still reside. The parents had five children: Herman, Albertine, now Mrs. Reseberg, of this township; William; Minnie, who married August J. Hansmann; and Louisa, who lives with her parents. Herman Thiel, our subject, was reared on a farm in his native country, and since coming to the United States has learned to read and write the English language by his own efforts. Before marriage he worked five or six years in the pineries of Menominee County, Michigan. He came to this county in March, 1880, and settled on his present farm of 120 acres, forty-five of which he has since cleared. He has held the office of Town Supervisor two years, and has been School Director ever since coming to this county. Mr. Thiel was united in marriage in Manitowac County, Wisconsin, February 29, 1880, to Albertine Roesler, a native of Prussia, born December 12, 1860, the daughter of Charles Roesler, deceased. They have four children, namely: Ida, Agnes, Louise and Amanda.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10758 Surname: Taylor, Chase ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties WI H. E. Taylor, jeweler, Neillsville, Wisconsin, took up his abode in Clark County in 1868. He established his business here at that time, has since been identified with the best interests of Neillsville and is today one of its prominent citizens. Mr. Taylor was born in Tioga County, New York, and is the seventh of eight children born to Perkin Taylor. He received his education in his native county, and remained with his parents till he was twenty-one years old. He learned the carpenters trade there and was working at it when the war broke out. He at once joined the ranks of the Union Army, enlisting in 1861, in Company H, Sixty-fourth New York Regiment, Captain Barstow, and as a musician, was in active service with the Army of the Potomac for six months. In 1862, on account of disability, he was discharged, after which he returned to New York and was an invalid for a long time. He learned the jewelers trade in Minnesota, to which place he emigrated in 1865, and followed the business there for two years. From that place he came to Neillsville in 1868 and has since made his home here. Politically he is a Republican. He is known as one of the best rifle shots in the country, and is a total abstainer from gambling and the use of whisky, beer, tobacco, and even tea and coffee. September 3, 1872, Me. Taylor married Nellie Chase, a native of Franklin County, Vermont. She was educated at Friendship Academy and Alfred University, in Allegany County, New York, was engaged in teaching in the public schools of New York nine years and in Wisconsin two terms. Her father died in Franklin County, Vermont, in 1855.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10757 Surname: Schwamb, Voltz ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson counties WI Jacob Schwamb, of section 12, Weston Township, Clark County, was born in Washington County, Wisconsin October 16, 1858, the son of Jacob Schwamb, who was born in the Province of Rhine, Hess-Darmstadt, Germany, September 2, 1817, where he learned the cabinet-makers trade. He came to New York city in 1846, and worked at his trade there and at other points until 1858, when he came to Washington County, Wisconsin. He lived in the village of Cedar Creek until 1877, when he came to this county, and settled where our subject now lives. He was married in New York City, August 3, 1856, to Henrietta Voltz, who was born in the Province of Ober, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, January 6, 1825, the daughter of Ernest Voltz, deceased. They had four children: Eliza, Jacob, John and George. The father died December 29, 1888, and both he and his wife were members of the German Reformed Church. The subject of this sketch was educated and reared on a farm in Cedar Creek, and also worked several years in the pineries on Wedges Creek. He came with his parents to this county in October, 1877, where he worked for others several years, but now farms the old homestead, which consists of forty acres, and also eighty acres in Eaton Township, thirty-five of which is cleared. He has been Assessor one year, and in his political views is a democrat.
I am searching for members of this Young family. Nelson Henry Young born 1825 and his wife Lucretia Mills(Mabis) born June 1836 NY. They lived in York township and arrived there 1864. Chilren were Coral b. 1863 Otis b, 1866 Edwinb. 1872 Erwin b. 1872 WaldoB. 1878 There son Coral Henry Married Viola Leothac Smith born Dec 1861, there children were Olive L. born Apr 1890 Flora Adilade born 30June1892 Frank E, born May1895 John A. born Nov1896 Nathaniel born *Sept1902 Esther born 1904 Coral Henry born 25Oct1905 Gideon born 1908 and Ruth born 13Apr1909 All born York township Clark co. I would appriciate any help in locating members of this family or info as to what happened to the members of this family. Also cemetery records would be very useful to me. Bill Ft. Walton,Fl