This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRAZEE, COTRELL, HALSTEIN, JENEWEINE, STIEHL Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oEC.2ACE/609 Message Board Post: From the Badger State Banner [Black River Falls, Jackson Co. WI], Thursday Dec 28, 1916, Page 1 (condensed from a long article) Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. STIEHL will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Monday January 1st, 1917. Mr. STIEHL is a veteran of Company K, 23rd Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Mr. STIEHL came to Jackson County in 1867, from Sauk county, and bought a farm in the town of Springfield. He was married January 1st 1867 to Miss Christina Margaret JENEWEINE, at the home fo the bride's parents, in the town of Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wis., the Rev. John Hameter of the German Evangelical Church officiating. The Stiehl's lived on their town of Springfield farm until April 1891, when they moved to Black River Falls to give their children the advantages of better educational facilities here. They are the parents of seven children: Miss Emily of Madison; Joe H of Merrillan; Mary (Mrs W H COTRELL) of Chicago; Miss Lydia of Madison; Rose (Mrs W HALSTEIN) of Madison; and Misses Sarah and Ella, also of Madison. Mrs. L. M. BRAZEE will also be there, Mrs. BRAZEE being a sister of Mr. STIEHL. The Brazee's celebrated their 50th anniversary last September. Submitter: Joan M Benner <jmbenner@tznet.com> Golden Rule Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm Specializing in Central Wisconsin Records Member, Association of Professional Genealogists