Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10721 Surname: Nichols, Fisk ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties Wisconsin Thomas H. Nichols, was born in Surry County Court-House, Virginia, August 5, 1849, of quadroon parentage. When he was a mere lad his parents removed to Prince George County, and thence to Petersburg, Dinwiddie County. He was a resident of that city and vicinity during the siege by the Union Army under General Grant. At the close of the war of the Rebellion in 1865, he came North with Captain G.A. Fisk, of Company C, Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He lived with Captain Fisk at his home in Sparta, Wisconsin, and in Cataract, Wisconsin, until the spring of 1866, obtaining a few months schooling in the latter place. He then determined to take up the responsibilities of life for himself, and found his way to Black River Falls, where he worked at whatever presented itself. In the autumn of the same year he returned to Sparta, and continued his studies the following winter. At the end of the school year he went back to Black River Falls and learned the barbers trade; but realizing full well the advantages of a good education, and having a natural aptitude for all literary studies, he persevered in the pursuits of learning. He paid his own way at school in Sparta for two years after he had learned his trade, and then went to Neillsville, where he established himself in business. At the end of four years he removed to Winona, Minnesota, but after a short stay there he returned to Black River falls, where he owns property and is located permanently. He is entitled to much credit for the persistency he has shown in acquiring his education. When he came North, at the age of fifteen years, he was unable to read; but being possessed of much natural intelligence, he overcame many difficulties that would discouraged one of smaller ambitions. He now owns a fine library of well-selected books, embracing a variety of subjects. Politically he affiliates with the Prohibition party, being a strong opponent of the use and sale of all intoxicating drinks. He believes that so-called religion is nothing more than superstition with the corners knocked off and polished. He is agnostic in his belief; is public-spirited, generous, social, kind, self-reliant, courteous, and at all times and under all circumstances independent in the extreme. He is well informed on the leading topics of the day, and ranks among the leading and intelligent citizens of the place.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10720 Surname: Smith, Swartzwout, Miles, Burch, Brasier ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties Wisconsin The Rev. Charles A. Smith, a farmer on section 23, Loyal Township, and a minister of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, was born in Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, a son of Albert W. and Harriet A. (Swartzwout) Smith, natives of Steuben County, same state, who, in 1843, settled in Waukesha County, Wisconsin; later they removed to Plover, Portage County, where Mrs. Smith died, in 1849, aged about twenty-nine years. He afterward returned to Waukesha County, but now lives in Monroe County, this State, aged seventy-four years. He has been a farmer and a minister of the Free Will Baptist Church, beginning to preach when about twenty-one years of age. Exercising his ministerial gifts only in a sparsely settled county of pioneers and having met with many financial reverses, his treasures of the earth are at present not very extensive. He has had seven children, viz.: George, Charles A. Adaline, Emma, Eli, Elias, and Judson, of whom the eldest and three youngest are deceased. Mr. Smith, of this sketch, was reared in Waukesha and Portage Counties, on a farm. At the age of eleven years he began working out by the month, and at the age of twenty began teaching school, in Dane County, and followed that vocation until the spring of 1861. In August following he joined the army as a private in Company E, Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and after serving out the time of that enlistment he re-enlisted and served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged and mustered out at Demopolis, Alabama, in September, 1865. In January, 1863, he was promoted to be First Sergeant. The arena of his military career embraced Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and Missouri. He participated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Banks Red River expedition, second battle of Nashville, siege and capture of Spanish Fort, etc. After the war he came to Dane County and soon moved to Clark County, homesteading 160 acres of timber land where he now lives. Here he built a log-house 18 x 28 feet and a story and a-half high, and at once began clearing up the land for cultivation. His place was at first many miles in the woods from any neighbor, and there were no roads. Altogether he has cleared here about eighty acres. He now owns eighty acres where he lives, besides 240 acres of timber land in sections 24 and 25 in the township of Loyal. He started out in life with only what money he received when discharged from the army. He has given all his time to farming until within the last three years, which he has devoted more to the ministry. He joined the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in 1874, and in 1887 was licensed to preach. He has held almost all the offices of his township; he is a Republican. January 4, 1863, is the date of his marriage to Augusta M. Miles, of Dane county, who was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania March 16, 1843, a daughter of Samuel J. and Sarah (Burch) Miles, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and New York. They came to Dane County and settled on a farm near Madison, where they still live, each aged sixty-eight years. Mr. And Mrs. Smith have had two children: Harriet A., now the wife of Robert A. Brasier, a farmer in Loyal Township; and Allen J., who died when an infant.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10719 Surname: Smith, Armstrong, Carr ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties Wisconsin John O. Smith, foreman and chief engineer of the saw and planning mills of the Sterling Lumber Company, Sterling, Clark County, was born in New Brunswick, January 4, 1857, the son of William and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Smith, both natives of New Brunswick. They had three children: James C., Henry D., and John O. The latter was reared to farm life, and received his education in the common schools of his native country. He served his apprenticeship of four years at the blacksmiths trade in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and in 1876 removed to Kingman, Maine, where he again served an apprenticeship of two years in the machine shops. He next worked in Holton, same state, for F. Sharp Bros., until 1880, when he came to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, and worked at the blacksmith and millwrights trade for the Northwestern Lumber Company, and was also second engineer for the same company at Wheaton three years. He came to Sterling in the spring of 1886, and commenced work for the Eau Claire Lumber Company as engineer, and when the business was purchased by the Sterling Company, he was continued on by them, and now has a general control of the engines and machinery in both the saw and planning mills. Mr. Smith was married in Maine, April 6, 1877, to Rachel Carr, a daughter of W.H. Carr, deceased. They have four children: Maggie E., Grant W. Jimmie E. and Roy.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10718 Surname: Sterling, Fessenaber ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson counties Wisconsin Joseph R. Sterling, of the Sterling Lumber Company, Sterling, Clark County, was born in Somerset County, Maine, April 7, 1846, the son of C.I., a native of Anson, Maine, nut now also a resident of this place. Our subjects mother was also a native of the same place. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom still survive: Julia, John, Philena, Joseph, Caroline, and Aurilla. The parents came to Black River Falls, Wisconsin, in 1853, when the Indians were numerous, and where the father engaged in lumbering. Joseph R., our subject, was educated in Black River Falls, and has been engaged in lumber most of his life. He served in the late war, in Company K, Tenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, remaining four years, and was in many hard-fought battles. He came to this county in 1860, where he worked for W.T. Price in the pineries two years, and was engaged in driving logs in the summers. He began first in a humble situation, and rose to the position of superintendent and general manager, and is now a member of one of the largest lumber companies here. The firm owns about 5,000 acres of pine and hard-wood land in Clark County, and do an immense business, employing 100 men in their mills alone, beside running three camps which employ 100 men also. The mills run day and night, and they ship in nearly every direction. Mr. Sterling was married April 30, 1871, to Angie Fessenaber, daughter of Henry J. Fessenaber, of Sterling. They have two children: Gertrude, born April 30, 1874, and Everard F., October 8, 1877. Mrs. Sterling is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and politically Mr. Sterling is a Republican. The Sterling Companys saw-mill was erected by the Eau Claire Lumber Company, and was transferred to the Sterling Company in 1888. The main building is 150 x 32 feet, and two stories in height. They use the hand-saw and band-saw, driven by the Phoenix engine, which is a 175-horse power, supplied by a battery of three Kinney Bros. boilers, 32 x 44 inches each, beside a pump boiler. The capacity of the mill is 60,000 feet in ten hours. The mill and yards are supplied by electric lights, generated by a dynamo in the mill. The engine and boiler room is 24 x 50 feet, and the electric light room is 16 x 20 feet. The logs are brought from their camps and those in the neighborhood camps in winter, and during the summer of 1890 they ran the mill night and day. Their planning mill was erected in 1886, and is a large frame, the main building being 120 x 56 feet, with an engine and boiler room 18 x 36 feet. They use the Fisher & Mallory 26-inch double surfacer, The Willoughby, Rugg & Richardson fourteen-inch flooring mill, and also have self-fed rip-saws and other machinery, driven by a sixty-horsepower Stevens Point engine, supplied with steam from an 18 x 4 feet boiler.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10717 Surname: Steinfeldt, Schultz, Freudle, Huyck, DeLong, Ebbe ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties Wisconsin John Steinfeldt, residing on section 34, York Township, is one of the many German citizens who have largely assisted in the development of the resources of this country. He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, March 24, 1844, and is a son of John and Minnie (Schultz) Steinfeldt, natives of the same province. The parents emigrated to America in 1853, and settled in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, where they died at an advanced age. They had five children born to them, only two of whom lived to maturity: Mary, the wife of William Freudle, and John the subject of this biography. The latter was nine years of age when he came to America, and passed his youth in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, where he had the advantage of the public schools. He continued a resident of that county until 1883, and then removed to Clark County, and located on the farm where he now lives. He purchased at the time 120 acres, ten of which were cleared; he now has about fifty acres under cultivation, and in time will reclaim the whole farm from the state in which nature left it. The life of a pioneer is not an easy one, and only those who have experienced it can appreciate the privations and hardships to which the early settlers were subjected. Mr. Steinfeldt began his career without any means, and it is through his own exertions that he has accumulated his property. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, and has represented the people of his township in many of its offices. 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company B, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was honorably discharged in September, 1865, at Brownsville, Texas; he participated in the battles of Little Rock, Jenkins Ferry, Prairie Duane, Vicksburg Spanish Fort and in the siege of Mobile, and several minor skirmishes, but was never wounded or taken prisoner. Mr. Steinfeldt was married December 23, 1869, to Miss Margaret Huyck, of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin; she was born in Canada, June 17, 1851, and is a daughter of Aaron and Margaret (DeLong) Huyck, natives of the state of New York, and now residents of York, Clark County Wisconsin. Mr. And Mrs. Steinfeldt are the parents of one daughter, Mildred, the wife of John Ebbe, further notice of him will be found in this volumn.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10716 Surname: Stepens, Nicholas, Timmerman, Scott, Barnett ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties Wisconsin Silas T. Stephens, of section 8, Mayville Township, was born in Schoharie County, New York, March 8, 1831, the son of Perry C. (deceased) and Betsey (Nicholas) Stephens, both natives of New York. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, under Captain Dominie, and was at the battle of Plattsburg, New York. The parents had ten children, seven of whom survive: Betsey A., Mercy, Silas, Phoebe, Lydia, Louis, and Martha. Their two eldest were burned to death when their house was destroyed by fire, and the other, a grown daughter, died after marriage, leaving a family of four children. Silas T., our subject, was reared to farm life, and educated in the common schools. In 1852 he came to Wisconsin, settling in the woods of Fond du Lac County, where he was surrounded by wild animals and Indians, and where he also cleared a farm. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company H, Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served nearly three years participating in the battles of Salt Hatchs Swamp, siege of Atlanta, North Edisto River, Bentonville and others. After the war Mr. Stephens returned to Fond du Lac, where he worked in a flouring-mill three years, and then engaged in farming in that county until 1873. In that year he came to this county, bringing his family all the way in an ox wagon. He homesteaded 160 acres, his present farm, then in a heavy woods, his nearest neighbors being two miles distant, and the nearest post office was Colby, ten miles distant. At that time there were no roads, and he carried his flour and groceries on his back. He now owns 120 acres, twenty-two of which is cleared. The first five or six years here he worked in the woods in the winters, and during the summer cleared and worked on his farm. Mr. Stephens was married July 31, 1853, to Melissa Timmerman, a daughter of Benjamin and Lany (Scott) Timmerman, both deceased. The parents had eleven children, five now living, namely: Alfred, Diantha, Amelia, Chancy and Melissa. The mother had two children by a former marriage, only one of whom still survives- Henry Barnett. Mr. And Mrs. Stephens have had five children, four now living: Emma J., Josephine, William S. and Ella M. One daughter, Lydia M. died when six years of age. Mr. Stephens has served several years as a clerk of the school board. Socially he is a member of the G.A.R. post, and politically a Republican.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10706 Surname: Meinhold, Nuendorf, Thielen, Horner ------------------------- 1891 History of Clark & Jackson counties Wisconsin Theodore E. Meinhold, of section 8, Eaton Township, Clark County, was born in Saxony, Germany, August 24, 1860, the son of Gottlieb and Wilhelmina (Nuendorf) Meinhold, both also natives of Saxony. The parents came to the United States in 1869, settling in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, where they lived until 1879, and in that year came to this county and settled on our subjects land. They had 10 children, five of whom still survive, namely: Theodore, Minnie, Lina, Emma,and Gustav. Minnie married Frank Horner, of this county, and they have three children: Charles, Lina and Edward. Lina married Henry Theienlen, also of this county and they have two children: Oscar and an infant boy. Mr. Meinhold, our subject, owns eighty acres of good land, twenty-five of which is cleared. He has worked in the pineries during the winters, drove logs in the spring, and farmed in the summers. He was induced to accept the office of Clerk of the School Board. he is a member of the German Reformed Church.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12309 Surname: Fravert, Kuester ------------------------- Thank you for the reply. Where can I find the information you referred to? We plan on attending a family reunion in Tomahawk, Wi. in July and I could possibly check then. Thanks again.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10705 Surname: McEwen, Bacon, Spaulding, Darling ------------------------- 1891 History of Clark & Jackson Counties Wisconsin George E. McEwen, Superintendent of Spauldings mill, lumberyard and store, on section 33, Hixton Township, Clark County, was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1865, the son of John A. (deceased) and Rebecca (Bacon) McEwen, natives of Pennsylvania. The father was for many years a proprietor of a saw-mill in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; the mother still lives in the latter city. The parents had eight children, six now living: Daniel H., a member of the firm of Glass & McEwen, of Minneapolis; Seth C., superintendent of a lumber yard in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Henry A., a lumberman of the same place; Lucius, superintendent of 250 men in a lumber camp of Gull River, Minnesota; George E., our subject, and William A., engaged in running logs at Sparrows Point, Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in the city schools and also in the Williamsport Commercial College, under Professor F. E. Wood. He worked in the sawmill there for some time, and then, in 1885, went to North Landing, Virginia, where he superintended the saw-mill and lumberyard of Reeves, Oatman & Co., of New York city for about eight months. The climate there not permitting him to remain, he resigned his position and returned home, but in August, 1886, came to this county, and worked at the carpenters trade a week at Unity. Next he ran a saw-mill at Butternut, Ashland County, on Butternut Creek, for H.L. Bessie, after which he went into the pineries and scaled logs for the firm of Bessie & Cemenger, on the North Fork of Flambeau River, and next in the pine lands of Chippewa for the Logging & Boom Company. Mr. McEwen came to his present place in May, 1887, where he has since had charge of the large business of D.L. Spaulding, which consisted of one large steam saw-mill, a planing-mill, lumberyard and store. They ship the lumber mostly to points in Iowa, also Mexico and Arizona. He was married December 24, 1888, to Etta Darling, who was born in Nelsonville, Portage County, Wisconsin, April 6, 1869, the daughter of F.H. Darling, of Unity, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Socially, Mr. McEwen is a member of the Modern Woodmen; religiously he is a Presbyterian.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10704 Surname: McCalvy, Reed, Rector, Shutter ------------------------- 1891 History of Clark & Jackson Counties Wisconsin Robert McCalvy, of section 25, Eaton Township, Clark County, was born in Ireland, August 29, 1827, the son of Patrick and Mary (Reed) McCalvy. The parents crossed the ocean when our subject was an infant, and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then in 1842 settled on Government land eight miles from Milwaukee, Waukesha County, where the father died in 1887, at the age of eighty-five years. The Parents had eight children, all of whom are deceased but our subject and a sister, Mary Mead, of Auburn, Fond du Lac County Wisconsin. The mother died in 1846. Two brothers, Thomas and Albert J., were members of Company A, Seventh Wisconsin Infantry; both were injured at the battle of Gettysburg. Thomas died from his wound, and Albert recovered and was returned to his command, and was killed in the battle of Petersburg. The subject of this sketch received his education principally by studying at home. Since his marriage he has been engaged more or less in the carpenters trade, but farming is his principal industry. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company G, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Fort de Russy, Louisiana, Pleasant Hill Landing, Cloutierville, Cane River, Marksville, Yellow Bayou, Tupelo, Mississippi, Camargo Cross Roads, Old Town Creek, Augusta, Arkansas, Nashville, Tennessee, Spanish Fort, Alabama, and Fort Blakely. He never received a scratch, and was discharged a color guard. He endured many hardships, but remained to the close of the war. He kept a diary of events during his services. After the war, he lived in Fond du Lac County until 1868, when he came to this county, settling on his present farm of 160 acres, which was then covered with heavy timber, mostly hard-wood. He afterward cleared sufficient space to build a house and garden, where he was surrounded by Indians and wild animals. The former would camp near him and kill game, and always brought venison to his family. There were but five houses between him and Neillsville, a distance of fourteen miles, and there was but one house in Greenwood, and one in Loyal. Mr. McCalvy and his wife had six children when they first came to the county, where they lived in a log cabin with puncheon floor and shake roof. He still owns the original 160 acres, but has since cleared eighty acres, and now has fine barns and other improvements. He was married January 14, 1849, to Anna L. Rector, a daughter of John and Mary (Shutter) Rector. Mrs. McCalvy was born in Albany, New York, March 4, 1825. They have six children, namely: Adelia E., George E., Sophronia A., Margaret M., Thomas J., and Albert M., all of whom are married and have children. Mr. McCalvy is a Republican politically, and a strong supporter of the little school-house, and believes in standing by it. He attended a reunion of his regiment in Milwaukee in August 1889, and met many of his old comrades, and received a photograph of the assembled veterans on that occasion, and also a record of their names and addresses, and an account of the proceedings. His regiment captured a large cannon at Shiloh, and the General gave it to the regiment. It is taken to all the reunions, and is kept in Madison. Socially Mr. McCalvy is a member of the G.A.R. Post, and also of the I.O.O.F. Mr. And Mrs. McCalvy are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10703 Surname: McCarty, McLaren, Smith ------------------------- 1891 History od Clark & Jackson Counties John A. McCarty, of Hixton, Clark County, was born in Luzern County, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1847, the son on Dominick McCarty, formerly of this place, and a native also of Ireland, near Loch Erin, born May 12, 1798. He was taken to London, England, when a small boy, where he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, which business he followed several years. He came to Prince Edwards Island when a young man, and there married to Matilda McLaren, a native of that place. He worked at his trade there several years, and then came to Luzern County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1838. They were the parents of ten children, six of them who are still living, viz.: Catherine, Elizabeth, John, William, Maggie, and Mary E. The eldest child, Margaret, died at the age of sixteen years; Charles H. died in 1882, at the age of forty-seven years; James, in 1876, at the age of thirty-eight years. Mr. McCartys parents came to La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in the spring of 1857, settling on a farm, where he attended the common schools. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company C, forty-ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, serving one year. After the war he went to Melrose, Jackson County, Wisconsin, where he farmed two years, and in the fall of 1867, he came to this county. He worked in the pineries during the winters, and on the farm for W.H. Mead in the summer until 1872, when he settled of his present farm of 200 acres. He has run logging camps several years for others, and also for himself several winters. Mr. McCarty was the first Postmaster at Longwood, having been appointed in January, 1874, by U.S. Grant, which office he held until 1876, when he resigned. He was also the first Town Clerk of Hixton, and he held the office from 1875 to 1886; was Assessor two years; Chairman of the Town Board one year; Constable one year; Justice of the Peace three years; Clerk of School Board six years; School Director three years, and is now serving his fourth year as school treasurer, and has also filled the office of Treasurer by appointment one year. Mr. McCarty was married January 1, 1872, to Jeanette Smith, daughter of Christopher Smith, and they have three children, - Almon H., Haskell and Dora E. Mr. McCarty is a member of the I.O.O.F. at Greenwood, and also the G.A.R. Post. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Clark/10481 Surname: ------------------------- There are 4 or 5 gravestones in the Fairview Catholic Church graveyard with the name of Bever. My grandmother, Freda McKenzie was adopted by Andrew Bever. Andrew is buried at Fairview. A Peter Bever had one daughter named Loretta and a son named Leonard. If you would like I would be happy to go up to the graveyard (3 miles away) and write down the information as it appears on the gravestones. Maybe even take some pictures for you. The Fairview church is located on a hill in the country...The Bevers lived about 1/2 mile below the church in Clark county.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12308 Surname: BROKER, JOHNSON, HOLMBERG ------------------------- SCRAPBOOK BIO: -------------------------------------------ELAINE BROCKER, IRON MOUNTAINElaine V. Brocker, 75, of W8764 Peterson Dr., Merriman, died Sunday (March 28, 1993) at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain. Mrs. Brocker was born Dec. 27, 1917 in Escanaba, daughter of Emil and Elsie Johnson. She graduated from Iron Mountain High School in 1936 and was a long time resident of Iron Mountain. She married Howard Brocker (native of Owen, Clark Co., WI) on May 10, 1941 in Iron Mountain. He preceded her in death on June 22, 1991. Mrs. Brocker enjoyed playing bridge and bowling for Peninsula Oil Company in the local leagues. She leaves a daughter, Debra (Perry) Leanna of Merriman; a brother, Clyde (Betty) Johnson of Duluth, MN; a sister, Joyce Righter of Iron River; three grandchildren, Sandi (Kurt) Oman of Merriman, and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Jacobs Funeral Home in Iron Mountain. Services will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Rev. James Holmberg will officiate. Burial will be in Cemetery Park.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12307 Surname: BROCKER, JOHNSON, EWIG, SPERA ------------------------- News Source Unknown, This was a scrapbook obit: ---------------------HOWARD BROCKER IRON MOUNTAIN, Howard A. Brocker, 73, of W-8764 Peterson Drive, Merriman, died Saturday (June 22, 1991) at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brocker was born April 7, 1918, at Owen, (Clark County) WI, son of the late Gus and Mildred Brocker, and graduated from Abbotsford, WI High School in 1936. Mr. Brocker married the former, Elaine Johnson on May 10, 1941, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church of Iron Mountain. The couple recently observed their 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. Brocker served as an electricians mate in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a professional drummer for several years with the Wally Ewig Orchestra and later with Fritz Spera and Kenny Rubbo. The groups played at many local supper clubs and functions. Mr. Brocker retired Jan. 1, 1980, from the Wisconsin Electric Power Co. as Iron Mountain District assistant superintendent of operations after nearly 40 years of service with the company. Mr. Brocker was a very active member of the Iron Mountain Lions Club for many years and performed for many years in the clubs Lions Roar performances. He also was active in many local parades as a clown. Mr. Brocker was a member of the United Commercial Travelers (UCT), WEPCOs Employees Mutual Benefit Association (EMBA) and was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Uren-Cooper American Legion Post No. 50. He is a past member of the Iron Mountain Lions Club and Local 249, American Federation of Musicians. He leaves his wife, Elaine: a daughter, Debra Leanna of Merriman; three brothers, Walter of Chippewa Falls, WI, Clifford of Palm Desert, Calif., and Norman of Phoenix, Ariz.; a sister, Mabel Sweek of Milwaukee, and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Bernice Brocker, in 1880. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron Mountain.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10702 Surname: Maynard, Murray, Allen, Marshall ------------------------- History of Clark & Jackson Counties 1891 George E. Maynard, of section 20, Hixton Township, Clark County, was born in Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, January 25, 1841, the son of John and Persis (Murray) Maynard, the former a native of Ticonderoga, New York, and the latter of Sudbury, Vermont. The father, a son of Abner Maynard, a soldier in the War of 1812, was a descendant on the maternal side of the noted Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. The parents had three children: George E., J. Edgar and Warren M. Edgar now lives in Kingston,Green Lake County, and Warren works on the railroad and has no regular home. George E. came with his parents to Green Lake County, Wisconsin, in 1855, settling on a farm in Kingston, Green Lake County, where he lived until 1861. He then enlisted in Company A, Second Wisocnsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until August 21, 1861, having been wounded at the first battle of Bull Run. He re-enlisted in the fall of 1862, in Company B, First United States Sharp Shooters, Colonel Berdan's Regiment, and was discharged in May 1863, by order of General Hooker, on account of disability. He assisted in rescuing Burnside's Artillary from the mud on the Rappahannock River, and was in the battles of Fredricksburg and many others. He again re-enlisted, in August 1864, in Company H, First Wisconsin Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, participating in the battles of Franklin, Pulaski, Nashville, and many raids and skirmishes. After the war Mr. Maynard went to Marquette County, Wisconsin, where he followed farming three years. In 1868 he went to Osage County, Kansas, setting in Burlinggame, where he worked in the coal mines, but in 1872 returned to Wisconsin, and worked in the woods one season. In 1873 he came to this county and settled in Greenwood, where he lived until 1879, and in that year he settled on his present farm. He first homesteaded 40 acres, built a log house 18 x 24 feet, and in 1880 the floods drove the family out of the house. He then bought sixty acres more on higher ground, built a frame house 18 x 24, one and a half stories high, with an L 16 x 24 feet, one story, and he now owns 100 acres, thirty-five of which is cleared. Mr. Maynard was married in May, 1863, to Adaline E. Marshall, a daughter of Thomas (deceased) and Phoebe (Worth) Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard have six children, namely: Frank E., Charles E., Phoebe P., John T., Warren M., and George O. Mr. Maynard has been Justice of the Peace, Health Commissioner and School Clerk. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and the former is a Republican politically.
Hi Everyone, In case there are any new subscribers here, just a brief run down of what my entries are. I receive 2 newspapers weekly from Clark Co. Wisconsin (I live in CA). Each has an Old Items section which lists many many names. Because of copyright infringements, I type some information from these and mail them to the list in hope they will help someone find some information on their family. If you do find info that pertains to your family and it is in a 2 week or so period of me sending the post out, please write me and I'll send you the entire tidbit. Forgive me if you find typos :-) Take care! Kathy THORP COURIER dated May 16, 2001 100 YEARS AGO... Mr & Mrs John Pinter had a daughter. Peter VanErt and family moved into the village from the Stone farm. Mr & Mrs Ernest Anderson had a daughter on the 14th. John Daniels has moved here from Boyd and will be a stave cutter at the Cirkel Mnfg. Co's factory. Jos. Sheblak sold his property to Stan. Pietrowich. On May 9, 1901, Ida M. Covert and Guy D. Sargent were wed. Building new sidewalks are A. David, Nelson & Brunner, Louis Kolb, Dr. Selden, Dr. McCutcheon, F.A. Klemp, E.R. Wiley, Jos. Shblak, P. Egnoski, W. Walsdorf, Nye, Luck & Hudson, Ollie McKee and Wm. Sattler. 75 YEARS AGO... Mr & Mrs Wm. Glasshof had a son on May 9th. Anton Klugiewicz's barn and home were destroyed by a fire on April 29th. George L. Schmidt and Alvian Kocherer were wed on May 11th. Thorp Volunteer Fire Co held the annual meeting and baquet. Officers elected were Wm. Schoch-President, R.G. Lawrence-VP, R.H. Tolford-Secretary, Wm. S. Wagner-Treasurer, Harvey Ebben-Fire Chief and Jos. Walsdorf-Asst. Fire Chief. Louis Turenne, age 67, died in Reseburg on May 6th. 50 YEARS AGO... Irene Moczarny will graduate from Eau Claire Teachers College. Pvt. John L. Slupski is completeing his AF basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland AFB. Mr & Mrs Tony Sandel had a son on April 28th. Mr & Mrs Alvin Kubera had a son on May 3rd in Stanley. Laverne Irene Horn and PFC Vern E. Vollrath, were married on Friday. Phyllis Tollefson and Glenn Shilts were wed April 21st in Stanley. On Paril 19th, Roselyn Janssen and Marvin Steinmetz were wed. John Keller, age 52, died April 28th. 25 YEARS AGO... John Romanowski died May 7th and his brother Richard died May 1st from an car accident. Robert Benzschawel, age 71, died May 6th. Mr & Mrs Chester Johnson are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on May 22nd. James H. Boylan, age 70, died in Marshfield on Friday. Mr & Mrs Kenneth Grajkowski had a daughter on May 1st. Mr & Mrs Gaylord Tieman had a daughter on May 5th. Joseph Wynimko recently advanced in rate from Airman to Petty Officer Thrid class. Sam and Mary Daines graduated from Stephens College in Columbus Missouri. 10 YEARS AGO... Tyrni Dehne, age 85, died May 12th in Withee. Ruth Zimmer, 86, died May 11th in Marshfield. Frank Everett Johnson, age 61, died May 10th in Marshfield. Lorraine Wehlacz, age 61, died May 1st in West Covina, CA Candace Walteraitis and Gerald Woodford were wed April 27th in Lublin. Wally and Kim Zurakowski had a son May 9th. Sherrie Szemraj recieved the "Outstanding Graduating Senior Award" from UW-Madison. OLD PICTURE: A man and small child. I'm guessing the 1940's. April 25th's picture is Mr & Mrs Paul Slinka. May 2nd's picture was Olga (Winiarczyk) Burns at age 14. The May 9th picture is Carolyn (Samuelson) Isenberger & Patricia (Samuelson) Rimes. OBITUARIES: GORSEGNER, Richard 5/16/1915 - 5/9/2001 (Parents: Christian & Pearl (Warner); spouse: Dolly Couillard) SLAWATYNIEC, Tom ? - 5/19/2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THORP COURIER dated May 23, 2001 Ed. Heller broke his leg last week. Dr. McCutheon reduced the fracture. Coaude Colby and his best girl, drove to hear Maj. Lake of the Christian Crusaders preach. L.N. Jones sold his home and goods to Mary Deforth of Kiel. R.H. Tolford rented Chris Zapp's home. Prof. A.F. Elmegreen, principal of schools at Hillsboro will be principal here next year. C.H. Sheldon purchased another forty adjoining to his farm in Aurora and now owns 200 acres. 75 YEARS AGO... Apoulinia Tomczak died May 9th. Rheinhold Daniels bought a Gardner coach fro mOtto Simmers. Mr & Mrs Nick Sydorowicz had a son on the 16th. Bill Lockbaum broke his leg while playing ball. John Papera and Mrs. Ksaweny, were wed May 11th by Judge O.W. Schoengarth. Helen Kotrych and Oscar Dudonsky were wed May 4th. Magnus C. Hansen & Dorothy M. Parvis were wed. John Pogodzinski Sr., died at his home on Sunday in Thorp. Mr & Mrs S.J. Manicki had a son on May 15th. Mrs. Dan Fitzhugh died in Eau Claire last Thursday. 50 YEARS AGO... Barbara Ann Przybylski and Joseph S. Kosik were wed May 5th by Father Piekarski. Barbara Vanderhyden, age 65, died Wednesday. Ella Soper, age 37, died on the train in Oklahoma enroute from Chicago to Houston on May 12th. John Ciokewicz, age 76, died May 14th in Neillsville. Charles (Sol) Pettit, age 82, died May 15th of a blood clot. Mr & Mrs Ben Wibben had a daughter on May 7th. She is the former Grace Godferson. Otto Beckman's farm had a fire and destroyed the machinery shed. The farm is rented to his son Arnold. John Misfeldt received word that hi sister Margaret Aitchison had died in Missoula, Montana. 25 YEARS AGO... Kurtis D. Brandt, age 15, was killed May 17th in a car accident. Robert Elkins is going on a 3,000 mile solo canoe trip. James Kuehni, age 18, died Saturday of a car accident near Ashland. Mrs. Alfred Kleckner died May 15th. Arnold (Arleigh) Syth, age 75, died May 2nd in Marshfield. Pearl Maslowski, age 72 of Twin Lakes, died Friday. Celine Gau and Dale Danielewicz were wed May 1st in Wausau. Melvin (Midge) and Mabel Biddle celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 10 YEARS AGO... Walter Pietras, age 75, died May 17th at Oakbrook Manor. James Babbitt, age 38 of Vancouver, Washington, died May 17th. Betty Halida, 60, died May 16th. Sergeant Jeffrey Frenette was selected to attend the FBI Academy in Virginia. Edward John Lato, age 31 of Madison, died May 17th. Rose Schmidtmayr's 1975 cadillac was destroyed by an engine fire. Victoria V. Zawadzki, age 76 died May 15th. Ray and Kathryn Pszeniczny had a son May 16th. Randy and Loralee Madlon had a son May 13th. OLD PICTURE: Service Station in the 1960's-70's. OBITUARIES: HAAS, Marion F. 1/5/1931 - 5/18/2001 (Parents: John & Beatrice (Wry) Foster; spouse: Arnold Haas) ZALEWSKI, Rose A. 9/24/1911 - 5/15/01 (Parents: Michael & Catherine (Zaranski) Djubenski; spouse: Joseph Zalewski) SZCZESNIAK, Evelyn 12/5/1919 - 5/21/2001 (Parents: Alvin & Martha (Hanneman) Pribbernow; spouse: Stanley Szczesniak) RUFF, Marie 7/15/1916 - 5/18/2001 (Parents: William "Jack" & Anna (Harings) McQuillan; spouse: Alvin Ruff)
Hi Everyone, In case there are any new subscribers here, just a brief run down of what my entries are. I receive 2 newspapers weekly from Clark Co. Wisconsin (I live in CA). Each has an Old Items section which lists many many names. Because of copyright infringements, I type some information from these and mail them to the list in hope they will help someone find some information on their family. If you do find info that pertains to your family and it is in a 2 week or so period of me sending the post out, please write me and I'll send you the entire tidbit. Forgive me if you find typos :-) Take care! Kathy STANLEY REPUBLICAN dated 5/10/2001 100 YEARS AGO (May 4, 1901) Sol Caswell who is well know for his breeding of Plymouth Rock chickens, showed an egg that was 6-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches in circumference. 50 YEARS AGO (May 3, 1951) Veterinarian Andrew P. Lien has sold his practice to M.T. Szatalowicz. He was in business 39 years. Tony Long, harry Webber and his son Bob came home with 28 brook and German brown trout. The largest one weighed about 3 pounds. 40 YEARS AGO (Mary 4, 1961) Arion award for outstanding musical ability was presented to Elaine Samuelson and Carl Weissenberg. Mrs. R.J. Mathwig made the presentation. The 2 top students for the class of 1961 are Phyllis Christianson and Janet Huls. 25 YEARS AGO (April 29, 1976) Receiving "A" ratings at the State Forensic contest on April 24th were Brenda Bergman, Mary Kubisiak and Dick Plombon. Brenda for her poetry readings and Mary and Dick for the playacting. 10 YEARS AGO (May 2, 1991) August Lotz Co. has been sold by Chuck Smmot and Joe Sweeny to Mark Barton and Mark Schlicter. Wendy Mahr was selected the winner of the WIAA Scholar/Athlete Award. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STANLEY REPUBLICAN dated May 17, 2001 100 YEARS AGO (May 11, 1901) Wojiech Sowa, the man who murdered Policeman Moore, received a 14 year sentence in Waupun. 70 YEARS AGO (May 8, 1931( A 6-year old boy who rolled rocks on to the train tracks in Drexel, NC causing a wreck, was sentenced by Judge Bowers to have his adenoids and tonsils removed as a punishment. 60 YEARS AGO (May 9, 1941) On May 7th, Leonard L. Wold, Norbert P. Felix, Lloyd Simenson, Elmer E.Oas and Wilmer A. Reetz, left for training for the US Army. 50 YEARS AGO (May 10, 1951) Janice Witt, Delores Meske and Betty Jo Meske have all entered the "Alice in Dairyland) contest. 40 YEARS AGO (May 11, 1961) John Mathwig and Joseph Koutney are representing Stanley High in the Badger Boys State and Rosemary Tryboski is for the Badger Girls State. Archie Van Zutphen was elected commander of the Stanley American Legion Post 112. Richard Huls will be finance officer, Andrew Streck the service officer, Bernard Haase the chaplain, George Rank the sergeant-at-arms and Ornell Anderson the historian. 25 YEARS AGO (May 6, 1976) Bicycle winners for the poster contest are Julie Nitz, Karen Reppe, Dean Spaeth and Daniel Shakal. Creative Writing contest winner is Tammy Raether (7th grade). Her teacher is Miss Betty Wells and the title of her essay was "The U.S.A. 100 Years from Now". OBITUARIES: CLANTON, Irma H 8/9/1909 - 5/2/2001 (Parents: John & Hilda (Ojala) Wiita; spouse: Earl Clanton) CHWALA, Theodore 4/3/1918 - 5/3/2001 (Parents: Oscar "Boots" & Mathilda (Conrad); spouse: Armella Yeager) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STANLEY REPUBLICAN dated May 24, 2001 100 YEARS AGO (May 25, 1901) Agent Johnson of Stanley has a new mail delivery wagon. It is enclosed and is a miniature post office on wheels. May 30th, the "20th Century Class" graduates. The graduates are Effie Horton, Margaueritte Devine, Myrtle Ruscher, Roy Johnson and Ferne A. Smith. 70 YEARS AGO (May 22, 1931) P.J. Murphy, an attorney from Chippewa Falls, will deliver the Memorial Day address. 50 YEARS AGO (May 24, 1951) M.G. Hamel the school band director for 16 years, excepted offers to teach at Greenwood, Pittsville and Loyal. OBITUARIES: RUFF, Marie C 7/15/1916 - 5/18/2001 (Parents: William & Anna (Harings) McQuillan; spouse: Alvin Ruff) CLARK, Sharon A 7/24/1944 - 5/17/2001 (Parents: Charles & Mabel (Fjelstad) Colburn: spouse: Richard W. Clark)
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10699 Surname: Makela ------------------------- Oscar Makela who was born Antti Oskari Hietakangas in Honkajoki, Finland on March 14, 1875. He moved with his parents October 4, 1883 from Isojoki to Ikaalinen. He married Emiilia Korkeakoski on June 26,1899 in Turunlaani, Finland. Emiilia was born in Suodenniemi on March 22, 1881. They had 2 children in Finland, Oiva and Sigrid. Oscar emigrated 1902 from Ikaalinen to America. Emiilia and the two children joined him in America in 1903. They settled for a time in IronWood, Michigan. There they had 4 more children, Arne, Karthryne, Esther and Gertrude. In April of 1913 they moved from Ironwood to an 80 acre farm about 5 miles north of Withee, Wisconsin. Oscar farmed the land and sold milk to the co-op. Two more children were born while they were in Withee, Walter and Roy. In 1917 they moved to Waukegan, Illinois where he lived until he retired at 94 years old. He was a tailor for Fort Sheridan in North Chicago and Great Lakes Naval Base in Waukegan. Emiilia passed away in 1955 and Oscar passed away in Lowell, Michigan in 1976. Webpages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~makelabille/index.html http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makela/WC_TOC.HTML Link: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makela/WC_TOC.HTML URL: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~makelabille/index.html>
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12306 Surname: DEMERS, GREISEN, SAFFERT, BARD, RICHTER ------------------------- Marcella (Demers) Greisen (wife of Paul Greisen)Obituary in Dec 20, 1989 Barron County News Shield: "Marcella Greisen, 74, Rice Lake, died Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Barron Extended Care Unit. The former Marcella Demers was born Aug. 16, 1915, in Rice Lake. She married Paul Greisen on Nov. 9, 1937, in Rice Lake. They lived and farmed in the town of Rice Lake for many years. She was an employee of the Lazy A Ranch for many years.She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Saffert of Rice Lake; four sons, Paul of Spring Green, Wis.; Robert of Eau Claire; Gerald of Greenwood, Clark Co. and John of Rice Lake; 16 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Isabelle Bard of Duluth and Leona Richter of Rice Lake; six brothers, Clarence, Donald, Patrick, LeRoy and Joe Demers all of Rice Lake and Elmer Demers of Indianapolis.Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Rice Lake with Father Eugene Teofolo officiating with interment at St. Joseph's cemetery." provided by Shirley Saffert of Rice Lake, Barron County, WI.
Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkObits/12305 Surname: GREISEN, SAFFERT ------------------------- Paul Greisen Obituary from March 8, 1982: Paul Greisen (Rice Lake Chronotype?)"Funeral services were held Saturday from the St. Joseph's Catholic church in Rice Lake for Paul Greisen, 67, of Rt. 2, Rice Lake who died Thursday at Lakeview medical center. Rev. Gerald Harris officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Greisen was born in Monroe county Sept. 8, 1914, and farmed in the town of Rice Lake most of his life. He was married Nov. 9, 1937 at Rice Lake to the former Marcella Demers and had been a member of the national guard and a 50 year member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He is survived by his wife; four sons, Paul, jr. of Spring Green, Robert of Eau Claire, Gerald of Greenwood, Clark Co. and John of Rice Lake; a daughter, Shirley Saffert of Rice Lake and by 16 grandchildren." Provided by: Shirley Saffert of Rice Lake, Barron County, WI.