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/lEC.2ACE/1308.2.1 Message Board Post: At least five of us are discussing this portrait on the net(from Calif to Maine to Georgia). We believe we know his descendency. Bob Lefler

I have the Boorman's signed in on the Wedding/Reception book of my Grandfather and Grandmother, George A. Willard and Bessie Naomi Townsend. They were married 26 June 1901 in Mount Hope, Wisconsin. Would you like a copy? Both were raised in that area. budengelhardt@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <julie.sandland@ndsu.edu> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:11 AM Subject: [WIGRANT] Re: John BOORMAN Biography, NY<WI > 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/lEC.2ACE/969.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Thanks for this. > I figured the Boormans also made their way west into Wisconsin, but hadn't > run across this. > Julie S. > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Chain letters, 'virus warnings' and the like should not be > posted to the list. Send them to the list admin first for verification of > validity: Mari at WIGRANT-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

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/lEC.2ACE/969.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for this. I figured the Boormans also made their way west into Wisconsin, but hadn't run across this. Julie S.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carley, Sherwood, Jackson, Scott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/520.2.3.1 Message Board Post: If anyone from this family has any information RE: the Jackson family of Fairfield, CT, please contact me - our family has a round-about connection to Scott's and Ohio, and directly to Jackson's of Fairfield, as well as to Grant Co. Thanks -

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/lEC.2ACE/520.3 Message Board Post: Do any of the Scott's in Grant Co. know of a connection to a Benj. Scott b @ 1775, of Montgomery Co., NY, m. Malissa Carley @ 1800, lived in Constantia, Oswego, NY? Malissa's nephew Thomas A. Carley and his mother were living in Jamestown, Grant, WI in 1855. Other Carleys/Cadys in Northern IL in 1837.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Glenn, Pace Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1969 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 1041. TOWN OF WYALUSING EDWIN GLENN, Sec. 19; P. O. Wyalusing; was born in this county in 1844. Married Mary Pace, a native of this county; had two children - Walter E. and George. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 31st W. V. I., and was discharged in 1865. He has held different public offices; elected Chairman in the spring of 1881. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Frank Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1508.1 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of George R. Frank in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 577. That portrait is attached here. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Farquharson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1968 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of H. D. FARQUHARSON in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 613. That portrait is attached here. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eastman Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1213.2 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of George W. EASTMAN in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 505. That portrait is attached here. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eastman, Emmons, Hall, Martin, Snoall Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1213.1 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 882. HON. BEN C. EASTMAN. Among the distinguished coterie whose names grace the pages of the early history of the county, and by whose talents and ability Grant County was pushed to the front rank almost from the beginning of its settlement, none filled a larger space than Mr. Eastman. The son of Hon. Samuel Eastman and Jane Eastman, he was born at Strong, Frank County, Me., October 24, 1812. He received, as he advanced in years, a common school and academic education, after which he turned his thoughts to the legal profession, and commenced the study of law with Judge Emmons, of Hollowell, Me., afterward completing his studies with Judge Hall of New York. In 1838, he left the East for the new Territory of Wisconsin, stopping first at Green Bay, where he entered into a law partnership with Morgan L. Martin. The succeeding year, Mr. Eastman removed to Grant County, locating at Platteville, which remained his home from that time until the date of his death, February 2, 1857. As a lawyer, Mr. Eastman exhibited marked abilities, ranking among the foremost of that bar which was rarely equaled and never excelled in the State. Political questions were viewed by Mr. Eastman from a Democratic standpoint, and his marked abilities were recognized by that party, resulting in his election as a member of the Thirty-second Congress for the Second District. Upon the expiration of his term he was honored by a re-election, and faithfully did he protect the interests confided to his care by his constituents. At the close of his second term Mr. Eastman retired to private life, and, although an active participant in political matters and occupying a prominent position in the county, he accepted no further official position, but devoted the years previous to his death to his practice and attention to private interests. Mr. Eastman married Miss Charlotte L. Snoall, of Hollowell, Me., who remained to mourn his early death. Though cut off in his prime, and just as the county of his adoption was entering upon its fullest prosperity, he had still left his imprint upon the pages of its history, which will ever remain as long as Grant County continues as an integral portion of this great State. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunn, Burks, Pope, Shrader, Dewey, Edwards, Irvin, Frazier, Miller Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1660.1 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 878 - 880. HON. CHARLES DUNN. Although not a resident of Grant County for many years previous to his death, the name of Judge Dunn is so indelibly connected with the early annals of the county as to claim a loving remembrance in the chapter of distinguished dead. Charles Dunn was born in Bullet County, Ky., December 28, 1799. His father was from Dublin, Ireland, and his mother, Amy Burks, was a native of Virginia. After having received a collegiate education at the best institutions of learning in that State, he commenced reading law with Mr. Worden Pope, of Louisville, continuing his studies with Mr. John Pope, of Frankfort. In 1819, he removed to Illinois, and finished his legal studies with Hon. Nathaniel Pope, then United States District Judge for Illinois, and the following year was admitted to the bar. He commenced the practice of his profession in Jonesboro, Ill., and was married in 1821, to Miss Mary Shrader, of Missouri, the beginning of a companionship extending over fifty-one years. Four sons and one daughter - Mrs. Gov. Dewey - were the fruits of this union. The young barrister was soon after appointed Chief Clerk of the Illinois House of Representatives, and in 1829 was appointed by Gov. Edwards Acting Commissioner of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and, with his associates, surveyed and platted the first town of Chicago, the Commissioners superintending the first sale of lots in 1829. The sales were continued during the two succeeding years. In 1832, Mr. Dunn entered the service, and was engaged during the Black Hawk war as Captain of a company he raised in Pope County, Ill. Capt. Dunn was severely, and it was thought mortally, wounded in what is now called the town of Dunn, in that county, by a cowardly sentinel, whom he, as officer of the day, was proceeding to relieve. There were three in the company - Capt. Dunn, the Sergeant of the Guard and the relief. When, as they approached the sentinel on duty, in his terror forgetting the customary challenge, fired at the group at a distance of about ten paces, severely wounding Capt. Dunn in the groin. He was taken to Fort Dixon, where he remained until the close of the war. He served a short time as Assistant Paymaster, and then resumed the practice of his profession. In 1835, he was elected a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and served during the session as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In 1836, upon the formation of the Territory of Wisconsin, Judge Dunn was appointed Chief Justice of the Territory, his associates being Judge Irvin and Judge Frazier, the latter being shortly after followed by Judge Miller. The bench, as thus composed, remained unchanged until the admission of the State into the Union in 1848. Judge Dunn was always esteemed a sound lawyer and upright judge; he was a man of dignified appearance, and was generally acceptable to the bar and the people of the Territory. His duties were quite onerous, as, during the greater portion of the time he was on the bench, his district was the most populous and important in the Territory, and produced the largest amount of litigation. But, notwithstanding all this, Judge Dunn performed his judicial duties with "ability, fidelity and integrity." Of the convention which framed the constitution of the State Judge Dunn was a member, he being made President, pro tem., in the organization of the convention, and afterward appointed Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He took a leading part in the proceedings of that body, and his counsel was influential in shaping many of the provisions of the organic law of our State. As a speaker, he was concise and clear. "There was no eloquence in his manner of speaking, but his argument was strong and convincing. His speeches in this body were frequent but never long. He was always heard with pleasure, and generally with profit by members of the convention." During the sessions of 1853, 1854, 1855 and 1856, Judge Dunn represented La Fayette County in the State Senate, serving as Chairman a portion of the time on the Judiciary Committee. In 1856, the Judge was a candidate for Congress against C. C. Washburn, and he was also a candidate for the State Senate in 1870 against Hon. H. S. Magoon, who was elected. In politics, Judge Dunn was always an able and true Democrat. A native of Kentucky, he retained Southern ideas of the slavery question, and opposed the Republican organization with all his power. While he was firm in his political faith, he treated his opponents with respect and fairness. In social life Judge Dunn was highly respected, and possessed qualities that rendered him very attractive and popular with his acquaintances. He was pleasant and instructive in conversation, and dignified and courteous at all times. He was without personal eccentricities, yet unlike other men. For years he continued to reside in the old capitol building at Belmont, the original capital of what are now four different States. His home was surrounded with extensive shrubbery and an excellent flower garden. With these, his books and his family, passed his time, when not absent on professional business. He kept his body strong by constant exercise, spending much time with his gun, remaining for ! days in the woods, camping out in the autumn months. His annual deer-hunt was never adjourned, no matter what stood in the way. He kept his heart young by sunshine and regulated amibiton. Judge Dunn was always averse to money-making outside of his profession, his usual remark being, "I tell you, my dear sir, these money-makers are not happy; my little fees are sufficient to supply my wants, if my friends would not forget to pay me what they borrow." Judge Dunn died on the 7th day of April, 1872, in the seventy-second year of his age, at the residence of his sister, Mrs. David W. Jones, of Mineral Point. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the legal profession in the State, and was actively engaged in practice to the last. At a meeting of the members of the bar of the Supreme Court, resolutions expressive of the extreme respect and reverence and esteem felt by all for their departed brother were passed, followed by addresses by leading members. At a meeting of the bar of the State, the Hon. E. G. Ryan (so soon to join his great cotemporary) said: "It was Judge Dunn's lot in life to fill many stations, professional and lay, executive, legislative and judicial. So far as I know or have been able to learn, these sought him rather than he them. He certainly intruded himself into none of them. There was a modesty in the man which was rare in its generation. I think that his own estimate of his own powers was below, not above the estimate of all who knew him well. And he was a thoroughly earnest man. He filled all his offices with a singular fidelity and zeal, as if each in its turn were the chief end of his life. To say that he filled them with ability would be faint praise. He did not achieve succ! ess in them by just escaping failure. He was a faithful officer; his offices were never below him, but he was always above them. None of them gave opportunity of showing all that he was, of calling out the strength that was in him. They were all respectable, some of them were high. But his intellect, his culture, his general capacity, towered far above any station he ever occupied. We mourn for the untried powers which died out of the world with the young. Let us mourn for the world when it suffers great powers to die, unused in its service with the old. "In his life Judge Dunn saw many men around him reach stations which he did not reach. Some of them rose worthily and usefully. Some rose only to show their own unfitness. With like pliancy or like artifice he, too, might have risen where his inferiors rose. But he was above these, and, standing below on the solid level of his own life and character, he ranked the superior of the most and the equal of any of his cotemporaries. He might have ennobled many positions filled by them - none of them could have ennobled him. "His character was solid, strong and resolute, but not stern or harsh. His stronger qualities were softened by great sense of humor and great kindness of heart. He was generous and trustful to a fault. His foible, for, like all born of woman, he had them, all arose from his genial character, the warmth of his heart and the kindness of his temper. Strong in character among the strongest, he was, in carriage and manner, gentle among the gentlest. His culture was of a high order in and out of his profession. His knowledge of men and things, of the world and its ways, was profound. There were singularly combined in him the sagacity of a man of the world and the personal simplicity of a child. His sense of self-respect was unerring, and never deserted, never betrayed him. It is little to say that he was the soul of honor. He could be nothing that is false or mean. He did not know what treason was. That which he believed, that which he loved, that to which he gave his faith, were ! parts of himself. He could not desert faith, or friend, or duty, without betraying his own life. Dishonor in him would have been moral suicide." Hon. George B. Smith said, in a few remarks, "On the formation of our State government, he retired from the bench, and, from that time to his death, he was engaged in the practice of his profession. His high character as a jurist secured for him an extensive practice in the western part of the State, and his benevolent and pure character made him, at all times and in all respects, the counselor and friend of a large circle of acquaintances. Although he died in the fullness of years, he died deeply regretted by all who knew him." To conclude, in the language of another biographer, "He was endowed with moral and physical courage in a high degree; he was polite and condescending but no compromiser. For one-half of a century he has made history. "'Like a shadow thrown Softly and sweetly from a passing cloud, Death fell upon him.'" [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

Greg, They're posted on the message board. So, use the URL listed below ( http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1544.1 ) and you'll be able to click on the picture. Roxanne -----Original Message----- From: Greg [mailto:massage@gregsedbrook.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:22 PM To: WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WIGRANT] Luther BROWN Portrait Are pictures supposed to be attached? Thanks greg -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rmunns@uwalumni.com Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:23 PM To: WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIGRANT] Luther BROWN Portrait This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1544.1 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of Luther BROWN in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 415. It is attached. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== Support free volunteer genealogy. Contribute your data and your time. For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html RootsWeb supports our research by hosting our mailing list! Do you support RootsWeb? ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/413 - Release Date: 8/8/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/413 - Release Date: 8/8/2006 ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== There has been reported a highly contagious virus making the rounds. No one will be exempt from it, and as List Admin, I wanted everyone to be aware of it. It seems that there's only one way it can be spread. It comes in the form of a S M I L E!!! :)) *--*--*--*--*--*Keep Smiling!!*--*--*--*--*--* ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 8/7/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 8/7/2006

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dewey, Dunn Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1967 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 1045. TOWN OF MILLVILLE LEWIS E. DEWEY, Sec. 8; P. O. Patch Grove; owns 122-1/4 acres of land; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1833; came to Wisconsin in 1839; settled in Patch Grove; located on present farm in 1861. Married Harriet Dunn, a native of this State; they have six children - Jane, George, Joseph, Edward, Albert and Laura. Mr. D. has been a member of the Town Board about fifteen years. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dean Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1315.1 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of C. K. Dean in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 775. That portrait is attached. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

Are pictures supposed to be attached? Thanks greg -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rmunns@uwalumni.com Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:23 PM To: WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIGRANT] Luther BROWN Portrait This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1544.1 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of Luther BROWN in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 415. It is attached. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!] ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== Support free volunteer genealogy. Contribute your data and your time. For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html RootsWeb supports our research by hosting our mailing list! Do you support RootsWeb? ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/413 - Release Date: 8/8/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/413 - Release Date: 8/8/2006

Noticed tombstone pictures being posted lately…. Are any available from Potosi, Wisconsin? In Grant county… Recently….a fellow poster…David Taft….helped me find the family connection I had been looking for, for years…which I will forever be grateful David… Any pictures of the Sedbrook’s (Sudbrock’s) would be greatly appreciated… Or any other info anyone can give me… Finally found my great-great grandfather…William Sedbrook, who resided their along side his brother Frederick….and their dad John Henry… Thanks everyone…. This has been a God send! Greg E. Sedbrook -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/413 - Release Date: 8/8/2006

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cronin Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1209.1 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of Edward Cronin, M. D., in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 703. The portrait is attached. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Croft, Hutchison Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1966 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 1042 - 1043. TOWN OF MOUNT HOPE CHARLES CROFT, farmer and minister, Sec. 12; P. O. Wesley; was born in 1840 in Yorkshire, England; son of William and Rebecca Croft; he received a common school education, and emigrated to America in 1842, locating in Rock Co., Wis., where he lived for eleven years; going thence to Grant Co., where he has lived since. He was married in 1860 to Sarah Hutchison, daughter of Joseph and Mary Hutchison, of Grant Co.; they have eight children - Mary R., William J., Ferguson A., Flora E., Charles E., John W., Bertha J. and Ethel A. Has 240 acres of land. He enlisted in 1864, in Co. C, 25th W. V. I., and served seventeen months; was in four battles, and was wounded at Decatur, Ga., in the right arm. he has been a minister in the United Brethren Church since 1878, and previous to that date was a minister in the Primitive Church. Politics, Republican. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cover Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1965.2 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of Joe COVER in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 631. The portrait is attached. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cover Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1965.1 Message Board Post: There is a portrait of Joseph C. COVER in "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 361. It is attached. [I am not related to this family. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]