Hi Mary - I was really excited to get your message and yes, I am very interested in sharing information. I am actually descended from Mary Ann's youngest brother, William Henry Cummings. He was my great grandfather. I never knew him though, because he died the month before I was born. A few months ago I was able to find one of Mary Ann's descendants on the internet. Her name is Jean Lee and she also lives in Wisconsin. We have been sharing information and I forwarded your message to her, so I imagine you will be hearing from her as well. It will be great to have another person to share information with and to help in the search. Jean and I are trying to trace the family back in Ireland. We know Mary Ann's parents names and approximate dates of birth (from the 1870 census record) and where they came from in Ireland but not much else. I have a packet of information I need to copy and send to Jean so I will make an extra set for you and send you the other things I have if you will send me your address. Just for your information - the reason I am trying to find some of Thomas' descendants is that I know a couple of his daughters did some genealogy on the family, went to Ireland and visited the town where they came from. But I don't know what happened to the genealogy and thought it might be worth a try to see if it is sitting around in someone's attic. I'll be looking forward to working with you. Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Armitage" <dma@wctc.net> To: <WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 7:06 PM Subject: [WIWOOD] CUMMINGS > Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11036 > > Surname: CUMMINGS, STOUT, DICKSON, CLOW > ------------------------- > > How wonderfully surprised I was to see your posting! I am not researching > your particular Thomas (married to Mary), but I am researching his sister > Mary Ann. She married my g-g grandfather, William Stout after first being > married to a Mr. Clow. I don't have much on this line, and I am a novice > researcher. I do live in WOOD COUNTY WI, so Babcock area research should > be relatively easy for me. I would love to share information with you. > Please let me know if you are interested in working together. > > > > ==== WIWOOD Mailing List ==== > Visit Wood County WI at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/> or > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/WLHN/WoodCoWI/ > WIWOOD-L Listowner: Marcia Ann KUEHL <makkuehl@yahoo.com> > >

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11039 Surname: PROVOST ------------------------- I did a quick check of the WI Archives on-line and found this for WoodCoWI, and there was more for the rest of the state which is not included here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/wood/wood.htm http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wi/wood/bios/wood23.txt Biographical Index: History of Wood Co, WI 1923 Provost, Joseph T., 463 http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wi/wood/bios/wr-1918.txt PROVOST, Jesse; ; WI; grndrapidstrib; 1918-10-24; bjohnson CHARTIER also came up several times. I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. R/S MAK

Hi Lynn, How wonderfully surprised I was to see your posting! I am not researching your particular Thomas (married to Mary), but I am researching his sister Mary Ann. She married my g-g grandfather, William Stout after first being married to a Mr. Clow. I don't have much on this line, and I am a novice researcher. I do live in Wood County WI, so Babcock area research should be relatively easy for me. I would love to share information with you. Please let me know if you are interested in working together. Thanks! Mary Armitage ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn Ishii <Squish.ish@gte.net> To: <WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:37 PM Subject: [WIWOOD] Cummings/Bissig > Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11019 > > Surname: Cummings, Moore, Bissig > ------------------------- > > Looking for descendants of Thomas Cummings, b. abt 1860 in Wisconsin, son > of Thomas Cummings and Catherine Moore. He married Mary Agatha Bissig who > was born in Switzerland about 1872. Thomas'family were living in Babcock, > Wood Co. WI by 1874 and Thomas and at least one of his brothers moved to > Tacoma, Washington about 1907. Thomas and Mary had a daughter, Josephine, > born in Babcock in 1895. I have more information to share with descendants > of Thomas and Mary. > > > > ==== WIWOOD Mailing List ==== > Visit Wood County WI at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/> or > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/WLHN/WoodCoWI/ > WIWOOD-L Listowner: Marcia Ann KUEHL <makkuehl@yahoo.com> >

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11038 Surname: OLSZEWSKI ------------------------- Did a quick search of the WI on-line Archives and found the following: WI Births Pre 1907 http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wi/portage/births/o-birth.txt August OLSZEWSKI Birth Date: 02 Feb 1904 Reel: 0241 Record: 001541 Igney OLSZEWSKI Birth Date: 23 Apr 1901 Reel: 0241 Record: 000318 http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wi/portage/cemeteries/depines.txt DE PINES CEMETERY, Section 33, Township of Hull, in Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI on Sunset Boulevard. http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wi/portage/cemeteries/guard2.txt GUARDIAN ANGEL CEMETERY - Stevens Point, Portage County, WI on Highway 10 on the east side Green Lake: http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wi/greenlake/indexes/glpruss.txt LHS Graduates: http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wi/greenlake/indexes/glpruss.txt Numerous Obits for this surname at St Point Obit Index: http://library.uwsp.edu/Obits/ And numerous listings for the cemetery at: http://library.uwsp.edu/cemetery/cresult.asp?NEW=1&Value=OLSZEWSKI I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. R/S MAK

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11036 Surname: CUMMINGS, STOUT, DICKSON, CLOW ------------------------- How wonderfully surprised I was to see your posting! I am not researching your particular Thomas (married to Mary), but I am researching his sister Mary Ann. She married my g-g grandfather, William Stout after first being married to a Mr. Clow. I don't have much on this line, and I am a novice researcher. I do live in WOOD COUNTY WI, so Babcock area research should be relatively easy for me. I would love to share information with you. Please let me know if you are interested in working together.

Jean, Good question. Yes Portage County WI borders changed several times. In 1818, WI was still the MI Territory, there were originally only two counties - Brown and Crawford. In 1929, the area was split and Iowa county was formed in the southern section of what is now WI, and in 1834 followed Milwaukee Co. MI Territory Map is at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/us_terr_1830.jpg In 1836, with the forming of the WI Territory, 16 more counties were formed from the counties of Brown, Crawford, Iowa, and Milwaukee... Of them was PortageCoWI, made from parts of Brown and Crawford Counties... WI Territory Map is at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/us_terr_1840.jpg WI State Map is at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/us_terr_1850.jpg So from 1836 to 1846, PortageCity was in PortageCoWI... The final change to Portage Co WI was in 1856 when the county was split almost in two, with the west half converting to WoodCoWI. And the eastern half remaining PortageCoWI Hope that answers your question. R/S MAK --- Jean Rice <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: Was Portage Town every in Portage County and the boundaries changed??? ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" WI ACS http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Hello Laura, Are you out there yet. I haven't e mailed you as in 2000, it came back, as Maybe you changed your E Mail. I have some time ago got more in Clayton and Fayette Co's Ia on Brooks. Please contact me again with correct E mail. THanks, Maxine Baldwin Brooks Wilton mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Mary Armitage <dma@wctc.net> To: WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com <WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, June 03, 2001 8:52 PM Subject: [WIWOOD] CUMMINGS Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11036 Surname: CUMMINGS, STOUT, DICKSON, CLOW ------------------------- How wonderfully surprised I was to see your posting! I am not researching your particular Thomas (married to Mary), but I am researching his sister Mary Ann. She married my g-g grandfather, William Stout after first being married to a Mr. Clow. I don't have much on this line, and I am a novice researcher. I do live in WOOD COUNTY WI, so Babcock area research should be relatively easy for me. I would love to share information with you. Please let me know if you are interested in working together. ==== WIWOOD Mailing List ==== Visit Wood County WI at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/> or http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/WLHN/WoodCoWI/ WIWOOD-L Listowner: Marcia Ann KUEHL <makkuehl@yahoo.com>

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11031 Surname: HUFF ------------------------- I did a check and there are no HUFF's recorded on the WI Pre 1907 Births. That does not mean none were born there, only that it is not on the microfishe. I did find the following census record: 1860 HUFF MICHAEL Wood County WI 966 Grand Rapids Grand Rapids is now known as Wisconsin Rapids, WoodCoWI. I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. R/S MAK

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Bios Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodBios/10142 Surname: BURNWORTH, CLARK, COOK, DEAN, GLEASON, HART, STUCK ------------------------- Simpson B HART Simpson Brady HART was born August 31, 1835 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the son of Moses Jefferson and Ann Maria (BURNWORTH) HART. He served in the Union Army from 1861 to 1865 as a corporal. He was in the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Simpson married Julia Ann (STUCK) COOK in 1858. On July 20, 1860 their son Thomas was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Thomas never married and lived most of his life in Nasonville, WI died on September 23, 1946. On January 20, 1863 their little girl Mary was born. She was a real hard working girl and took the trip to Wisconsin like allot of other young children, in stride. She married George CLARK on March 12, 1882 at Neilsville and spent their life in Nasonville. They had 4 children. After his discharge he moved his family to Indiania and then came to Nasonville to join the rest of his family. Their last son, William was born in 1860, on Indiania on their way to Wisconsin. He married Ella Bedill. Julia had a daughter Samatha from her first marriage. Samatha was born on April 15, 1856 in Pennsylvania. In 1973 she married Donald McKercher in Nasonville. They had 8 children. Samatha died on January 13, 1904. Julia died September 12, 1873 in Nasonville. Six years later on April 01, 1879 Simpson married Inez GLEASON. They had 4 children. Sadie, born July 30, 1880, who died at the early age of 19. Frank came next on May 07, 1882 in the Town of Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin. He never married but lived all his life where he was born and died on January 28, 1838. Charlotte (Lottie) was born on August 30, 1887. She married John Leo Wellman On February 20, 1912 in Nasonville and died April 20, 1959, living all her life in Nasonville. Last came little Herbert who lived but two years. Born May 22, 1889 and died in September of 1891. Simpson was a quiet, honest and sturdy old settler. He came to Nasonville in the fall of 1871. The land was all woods where he settled. Later he moved onto his mother’s, Mrs Stephen DEAN, farm. That was located on Highway 10, east of Nasonville cheese factory. Simpson died on September 06, 1911. In a write up in the Marshfield News Herald, Simpson’s daughter, Mary CLARK, recalls early Wood County days. Mary remembers taking trips with her aunt, Emma DEAN. They would go to the trading post in Marshfield. (Which was the only trading post around). The trip was made on foot, through forests scarcely touch by loggers, along a trail that led through Bakerville, where only a few settlers lived. They carried baskets of butter, eggs and sometimes beans or other produce from their farm. They trudged to the Louis River Trading Past, where they exchanged their goods for tea, coffee, salt and necessities they were unable to grow on the farm. Mary said the Indians were very friendly to the white settlers. Simpson was a cook in the lumbers camps for awhile. He gave the Indians food. They liked the white mans food. The Indians would then give the HARTs Maple sugar, berries and other native delicacies. Submitted by Marlys Steckler Link: Marlys Steckler Homepage URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-marlys.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Bios Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodBios/10140 Surname: ARMSTRONG, BURNWORTH, HART, INGLE, McMAHAN, SMITH, TAYLOR ------------------------- John Gaddue and Elizabeth (TAYLOR) HART John G. HART, the son of Moses Jefferson and Ann Maria (BURNWORTH) HART was born in Fayette county , Pennsylvania, on August 10, 1842. He married Elizabeth on June 04, 1862, in Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. On October 22, 1862, John enlisted in Company F of the Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served as chief bugler until his discharge on July 31, 1865. He took part in 52 separate battles in the civil war. In the same year he was mustered out of the cavalry he and his wife came to Wood County and settled on the Town of Rock. On a section of uncleared land he made their home. He lived on this farm for the rest of his life. He died on February 24, 1917. Elizabeth died in During the last 25 years of his life he was totally blind. This came from an eye infection he developed during the Civil War. He was a patience and gentle, loving husband and father. He served Rock Township in many offices and was Republican in politics. John and Elizabeth has seven children; John Ross, who married ; Dora Jane who married Michael McMAHAN; next was Celia, who became the wife of Charles A. INGLE; Harvey who died at the age of 22, who had married Carrie ARMSTRONG; Amanda , who became Mrs. Edward J. Ingle; Minnie who married Edward Corley and Lydia, who became the wife of Seth SMITH. Submitted by Marlys Steckler Link: Marlys Steckler Homepage URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-marlys.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Bios Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodBios/10138 Surname: BURNWORTH, CASPER, COMPEAU, COX, DAY, EAGER, HALL, HANSEN, HART, MERCER, MORRISON, SALISBURY, THEISEN, TODD, WOOD ------------------------- James H. and Martha Ellen (HART) MORRISON Biography James and Martha Ellen were both born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. James, the son of William and Susan (HALL) was born May 7, 1836 and Martha Ellen, the daughter of Moses Jefferson and Ann Maria (BURNWORTH) HART, who was born August 1, 1839. They were married on July I, 1856 in Stewart Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. At the breaking out of the civil war, he was the first to enlist for the cause, on August 21, 1862, faithfully serving in Company F in the 14th regiment of the Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was honorably discharged on May 30, 1865. While at the battle of Winchester, VA he was wounded by a musket ball which struck him in the left side just above the hip joint. At the same time he was wounded in the right had by a saber. The horse on which he was riding was shot and killed. The horse fell on James injuring his back. At the Marshfield Historical society you will find his bayonet and the horse bit that his horse wore. After the end of the Civil War, with his family (parents, children, brothers and sisters) they came to Nasonville, Wood County, Wisconsin. When James’s father William died, each of his children were given 50 acres. They had 11 Children; John born and died on March 15, 1858; next was Abigail who was born on March 15, 1858 who married Andrew Faulkner MERCER, the son of Joseph , Jr. And Anna (DAY) MERCER; next came Ross who married Abigail EAGER; the Joseph who married Maggie WOOD. Three years later Isaac was born and he married Nettie M COX SALISBURY; Eliza Jane was born 2 years later and married George COMPEAU 1882; Orlando who never married; Leander was born in 1874 and married Ella Jane TODD; followed by Vernon and he married Mary HANSEN; the came Aseneth who married John THEISEN and last came Oral CASPER in 1881 and he married Lottie LEAKY. In 1929, Martha Ellen was the oldest living settler in Nasonville. She had lives for 60 years on the same farm and was the head of five generation. James was a upright, honest, hard working (even with his injuries from the Civil War) and a public benefactor in the community. James was a justice of peace, as was his father and followed by his son-in-law, Andrew Faulkner MERCER, His grandson James MERCER and his great grand-son-in-law, Robert MEYER. They no longer have justice-of-peace so the next generation could not follow. James died on July 31, 1909 and Martha died on September 08, 1931. They both died in Nasonville and are buried in the Nasonville cemetery. Submitted by Marlys Steckler Link: Marlys Steckler Homepage URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-marlys.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Bios Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodBios/10137 Surname: DEAN, GADDUS, HART, MERCER, MORRISON, STUCK, WHYSONG ------------------------- Ann Maria Burnworth Hart Dean Biography In a beautiful timbered valley that laid between the turbulent Monongahela and the swift, capricious Youghiokeny Rivers nestled a small clearing. It had been hewed out of a hardwood forest and most of the stumps still stood in the meadow and around the small cabin in a fertile valley in the southwest corner of the state of Pennsylvania. This one special valley laid in Fayette county and this one special cabin was the home of J.G. and Elizabeth BURNWORTH. Ann Maria was the first child born to J.G. and Elizabeth and was born on November 03, 1820. Ann Maria’s mother was born on December 31, 1788 and died February 13, 1860. The father of Ann Maria was J.G. BURNWORTH, he was born March 20, 1799 and died November 05, 1865: married Elizabeth WHYSONG when he was not yet 21. The childhood of Ann Maria must have been a happy one, “if” says one of her grandsons, “she ever had a childhood". She, like all pioneer children, learned early in life the tasks that would required of her. She probably started first be helping with the dishes, then there was the butter to churn with the wood plunger; then butter to “work” in a wooden bowl with wooden paddles; churn, plunger, bowl and paddles all made by hand in the home: wool to card; then there was sewing, spinning and weaving: sometimes there were candles to dip and all the other numerous tasks that kept the pioneer family clean, healthy and well fed. It is presumed that the home of J.J. and Elizabeth was exceptionally well cared for since all the persons from that home lived to a ripe old age, free from affliction which were common in those days. It was a happy home, judging from the tales that Ann Maria was to tell in later years. She attended the religious meeting when ever they were held in the valley. She joined in the frolicking and” funning” of the neighbors which consisted of house-raising, corn shucking parties (where the youthful shuckers were always on the look out for the coveted red ear which gave them the right to kiss the contestant of their choice); There were quilting bees and barn dances, or dancing in the various homes. Ann Maria used to tell a ghost story that had its setting at such a dance, only this time the dance was held in a deserted old cabin. The night of the dance the valley folks all gathered at the cabin, the Burnworth family coming later then the others. The neighbors of theirs were all fearless men and women. Such things as famine, wars, beasts, and fights were taken in their stride, but the supernatural “doings”, the ghost that lurked in dark areas and the hoot of an owl, or the howl of a hound dog, the eerie shriek of the wind, sometimes even the shape or color of the moon, foretold ominous dangers. Most pioneers believed in the superstitions with all their hearts, staking their very lives on the beliefs. Not so Ann Maria. She never lost an opportunity to “show up” the ghost and this ghost in the deserted cabin was just several such stories as she used to tell about. When the BURNWORTHhs arrived at the “gathering” the story of the ghost was told and it was about some unfortunate pioneer who had met a horrible death on the loft of the cabin. Ann Maria Picked up a lighted lantern and started for the now dark cabin. Neighbors pleaded with her not to go looking for trouble. Some of the young men, ashamed that a mere girl was not afraid of the ghost, joined her. Inside the cabin they found a pole ladder that led up to the loft and Ann Maria climbed this, lantern in hand. At the floor level, the lantern was held high and Ann Maria peered into the darkness until her eyes grew accustomed to the shapes about her and them she saw the ghost. It was a huge broken spinning wheel. A wind swept through the loft, turned the huge wheel on creaky old joints and when it reached a broken portion it shrieked and squawked a bit and then went back to moaning and groaning. Ann Maria always laughed when she told this story. She used to tell about other things that she recalled. Said she once seen a alligator in the Monongahela River. Since the alligator was not a native of those water it was presumed that some Mississippi River boatman dumped the critter there as a prank. She roamed the woods about her home, gathered hickory nuts in the fall; picked berries in the summer months; picked the flowers that grew in the meadows. Once, as she gathered flowers, she was bit on the little finger by a deadly copperhead. The treatment for that must have been rough as it left her finger scarred and twisted. There was no schools in the sparsely settled section of the state. Anyway, book -leaning was considered wasted on little girls. Ann Maria was a grown woman when she learned to read but she never did learn to write, used an X to sign her name. Ann Maria watched the pack horses Come over the mountains from the east, bringing new settlers; saw the lumbering red, white and blue Conestoga wagons moving westward; the flat-boats poled up the rivers toward the Ohio; saw the steam-boats churn up the Monongahela; and with the passing of time, she saw canals dug across the state of Pennsylvania, and when she was grown, she saw the steam trains come. She was still just a little girl (13 years, 8 months and 6 days) when she married Moses Jefferson HART. Her husband was 14 years older than her and very little is known about him. He was born September 11, 1806, died February 05, 1856. He and Ann Maria were married on July 09, 1834 in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Moses was an herb doctor, probably never saw the inside of a medical school; but he, like many of the other pioneer doctors, is credited with giving these early settlers the only medical aid that they could reach or afford. He taught Ann Maria the curative values of the herbs which they gathered about the countryside; The pennyroyal; the wintergreen; yarrow, used for curing minor ills and as a tonic; the dandelion used as a vegetable or wine, or the roots used for treating liver complaints; he taught her how to distill essence from the herbs from their roots and leaves; how to make peach brandy and apple-jack for medicinal purposes, from her husband she leaned a charm used to stop bleeding. She often said that she would leave that secret to some member of the family but it is thought that the secret died with her. Another remedy which she often used in later years for rheumatism was a concoction of Needle Gum and Oleum Oil and rubbed into the aching joints. There were 12 children born to Ann Maria and Moses; the first, a son, Simpson B., was born before his mother was 15, there was Sarah, who lived but a day, Mary E., who lived a year and a half, then Martha Ellen, who married James MORRISON and lived to be 92 years old; the John GADDUS, the rebellious Ruth Ann, who walked out of her mother’s heart and life during her teen age; Eliza E., who become Mrs. Henry STUCK; then a little boy George Washington , who lived but a day, Lafayette B. was next; then Minerva J., who married George Wood; a little boy Anthony W., who lived a one year and a half; and last was Mary Ann who was only a year old when her father died, she later became Mrs. John MERCER. At the time of Moses’s death, there were eight living children, ranging in the age from 21 years to the baby. Simpson and Martha Ellen married shortly after their father’s death. That left 14 year old John as the eldest of the six children still at home. It was necessary for the children to take such jobs as the neighborhood offered and for Ann Maria to nurse or sew, work she was qualified to do. A granddaughter recalls hearing Ann Maria speak of tailoring men’s clothing, doing all the work by hand . It was 1860, when her mother died. That was the year when Lincoln became president; the year when bitter feeling were voiced between the north and the south, There were many families from the southern states that lived in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, and the tension between them and the dyed-in-the-wool northerners grew with passing time. In 1861, an elderly widower, Stephan DEAN, a Methodist circuit rider, rode into Ann Maria’s life. They were married February 17, 1861. It was in 1861 that the war between the north and the south started, Both Simpson enlisted in the Union forces; both took part in some of the important battles of the Civil War. John contacted eye disease during that time from which he later became totally blind. Both young men received honorable discharges in 1853/ . The Stephen DEANs and their little daughter Emma Jane, born February 05, 1862, and younger members of the HART family, Martha Ellen and James MORRISON and their three little children, Abigail, Ross and Joseph; William Morrison and his wife Susan, made up the party to settle in the Nasonville, Wood County, Wisconsin. Simpson, his wife and children moved first to Indiana and later followed their relatives to Nasonville. All of these families became pioneers in their new homes, respected members of the area and most of them lived the rest of their lives in Nasonville. In 1873, Stephan Dean Died at the age of 91; again Ann Maria was a widow. This time all her family was married except the 11 year old Emma Jane. Shortly after the death of Stephen, the first wife of Simpson HART died and he came to live with his mother. For the rest of her life, Ann Maria made her home with Simpson and his family. After the marriage of her daughter, Emma, to Andrew Gottfrey, Anna spent much of her time visiting the various members of her family; staying with each a few weeks or months, welcomed and loved by all of them. A year before her death on February 01, 1905, there were 5 generations. In an interview at that time , Grandma Dean said she had nine living children, 42 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren, a group of 133 persons. At the time she was working on a 80 piece quilt, this one making a total of 50 pieced during her life time. This quilt was exhibited at the next county fair. In conversation she was very entertaining and recounts happenings of the pioneer days with a vivid recollection of the happenings of yesterday. She marveled at the changes in Marshfield and its vicinity, how the ox teams were giving way to automobiles and the little wooden buildings to the row of brick business blocks. When she died the following year, she was buried in the Nasonville cemetery, near her second husband, Stephen, and other members of her family. “She was a good representative of the pioneer stock of Americans, hardy, brave, pious, honest and upright” Submitted by Marlys Steckler Link: Marlys Steckler Homepage URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-marlys.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Wood/11027 Surname: LOSSELYONG ------------------------- I did a quick search, nothing in WoodCoWI, but decided to list what I found, since it was minimal, and you might want to check it out... WI Pre 1907 Births Elizabeth Losselyong Birth Date: 24 Feb 1903 County: Outagamie Reel: 0230 Record: 001325 Leona M Losselyong Birth Date: 29 Dec 1902 County: Milwaukee Reel: 0202 Record: 001514 Marie Losselyong Birth Date: 21 Apr 00 County: Outagamie Reel: 0231 Record: 000243 Mary C Losselyong Birth Date: 28 Jan 1885 County: Outagamie Reel: 0224 Record: 002821 WI Pre 1907 Marriages Henry F Losselyong 08 Sep 1891 Outagamie 02 0355 John Losselyong 10 Jan 1872 Outagamie 01 0316 John Losselyong 10 Jan 1872 Outagamie 01 0111 Leo Losselyong 17 Sep 1901 Outagamie 03 0488 WI Pre 1907 Deaths Clarance Mike Losselyong Death Date: 21 Jan 1902 County: Outagamie Volume: 03 Page: 0077 Reel: 104 Image: 2453 Index Volume: - CA Deaths 1940 - 1972 Surname Given Name Middle Name Sex Birth Date Death Date Birth Place Death Place Social Security # LOSSELYONG EDNA M FEMALE 12/13/1919 12/18/1974 SOUTH DAKOTA SAN BERNARDINO 554146223 LOSSELYONG HOWARD C MALE 05/18/1917 04/27/1974 WISCONSIN SAN BERNARDINO 572058089 MI Land Records LOSSELYONG, JOHN Land Office: MARQUETTE # Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section # 1 SW MICHIGAN-TOLEDO STRIP No 51 N 30 W 26 I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames.

Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10515 Surname: RESHEL, RICHTER, SMRECEK, STEPONIK, ZSCHERNITZ ------------------------- Patricia Ann SMRECEK Obit printed in the Pittsville Record, Volume 92 Number 17, Thursday April 26, 2001 Patricia Ann SMRECEK 1939 - 2001 Patricia Ann SMRECEK, 61, of Greenwood (Town of Warner) died on April 18, 2001 at her home. Funeral services were held April 21st at St Mary's Catholic church in Greenwood, Reverends Joseph Follmar and Michael Mertens officiating. Burial followed in Holy Family Catholic cemetery at Willard. A prayer service was held Friday at Cuddie Funeral Home. Patricia Ann STEPONIK was born June 9, 1939 in Wood County, the daughter of John and Christine (RESHEL) STEPONIK. She received her elementary education in the City Point and Pittsville Schools and graduated from Pittsville High School. She attended teaching college in Wisconsin Rapids and Whitewater. She taught for Waterloo, Neillsville (Mound School) and Greenwood School Districts. On August 10, 1962, Patricia and Ralph SMRECEK were united in marriage at Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard. They lived in Willard and then moved to Greenwood in 1978. They raised four boys together and farmed in the Town of Warner. Patricia enjoyed her collection of bears and butterflies, gardening, flowers and walks along the river. Pat was a member of St Mary's Catholic church and their St. Ann's Society. She was very proud of her four sons and enjoyed the time they spent as a family. She is survived by her husband, Ralph SMRECEK of Greenwood; her mother, Christine STEPONIK of Wausau; her four sons, Ralph Jr. (Vicki) of Greenwood, Jeff (Michele) of Edgerton, Tim (Amy) of Eau Claire and Jon of Marshfield; four grandchildren, Katelyn, Ashley, Kade and Kellie SMRECEK; two sisters, Betty (Al) RICHTER of Hancock and Joyce (Larry) ZSCHERNITZ of Schofield; and one brother, Jim (Barb) STEPONIK of Merrill. Patricia was preceded in death by one brother, John STEPONIK, Jr. and her father in March 1999. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10514 Surname: BREUDETTE, CASTLEBERG, CHALKER, GIBSON, LINDSTROM, MORAUSKE, OTTO, SANDE ------------------------- Berneda C CASTLEBERB Obit printed in the Pittsville Record, Volume 92 Number 17, Thursday April 26, 2001 Berneda C CASTLEBERG 1919 - 2001 Berneda C CASTLEBERG, 82, of Arpin, died Monday April 23rd at her home. Funeral services will be held Friday April 27, 2001 at Bethel Seventh Day Adventist church in Arpin. Elder Alex Romanov, grandsons Charles CASTLEBERG, Jr and Byron CHALKER will officiate. Burial will be in Lyster Cemetery, rural Nelson. Her eight sons will serve as pallbearers. Berneda CASTLEBERG was born January 30, 1919 in Maxville Township, Buffalo County to Solomon and Bernice (GIBSON) LINDSTROM. She was educated at Burnside School and was married to Clarence CASTLEBERG January 30, 1940 at the Lyster Lutheran church parsonage. Berneda was a homemaker and also Food Service Supervisor at Bethel Nursing & Rehab Center in Arpin for many years. She was a member of the Durand Seventh Day Adventist church. Berneda is survived by her husband, Clarence CASTLEBERG of Arpin; eight sons, Charles (Vivian) of Arpin, Clarence Jr (Donna) of Mondovi, Donald (Nancy) of Dallas, TX, David (Evelyn) of Durand, Phillip of Apopka, FL, Marty of Mondovi, Michael (Shirley) of Fall River and Mark (Kerri) of Oconto; four daughters, Barbara (Byron) CHALKER of Mercedes, TX, Phyllis (Duane) MORAUSKE of Howard's Grove, Margaret (Jack) OTTO of Orlando, FL and Lois (Dan) BEAUDETTE of Seymour, TN; 39 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; one brother, Wilbert (Esther) LINDSTROM of Durand; and one sister, Lorene SANDE of Nelson. She was preceded in death by one siter, Margaret, and two grandchildren. Buchanan Funeral Home, Pittsville, is handling arrangements. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10513 Surname: CAMPBELL, FITENSE, HEUER, KSATNER, LEBRICK, MARQUARDT, POPE, SCHORR, TRUCHINSKI, VOEKLER, WAGNER ------------------------- Cora M BOELKER Obit printed in the Pittsville Record, Volume 92 Number 17, Thursday April 26, 2001 Cora M. VOELKER 1913 - 2001 Cora M. VOELKER, 87, of Pittsville, died Wednesday April 18th, 2001 at the Bethel Center, Arpin, where she had resided since Friday, April 13. Funeral services were held Saturday April 21, 2001 at Buchanan Funeral Home in Pittsville with Rev Bruce Naugle officiating. Burial was in Mound Cemetery, Pittsville, with family members serving as pallbearers. Cora was born September 4, 1913 in the Town of Hull, Marathon County, to Fred and Emma (MARQUARDT) FITENSE. She was educated at Riverside School and Colby High School. Cora was married to Marvin VOELKER on July 18, 1931 in Dorchester. He died January 6, 1988. Cora was employed as a cook for the Pittsville school system for 23 years. She also did seasonal work for Ocean Spray and Walker Cranberry Company. She was a former member of the Pittsville American Legion Auxiliary. Cora was a homemaker and loved her flowers and gardening. She is survived by three daughters, Darlene "Tootie" (Richard) WAGNER of Abbotsford, Karen (Melvin) HEUER of Pittsville, and Sandra (James) CAMPBELL of Edina, MN; two grandchildren, Judy LEBRICK and Jennifer SCHORR; two great-grandchildren, Jason and Lindsey LEBRICK; and one sister, Clara POPE of Plover. She was preceded in death by one son, Robert on September 23, 1961; two brothers, Walter FITENSE and Arthur KASTNER; and one sister, Eleanor TRUCHINSKI. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10512 Surname: HANNA, VETTER, VIERTEL, WOLLENSCHLAGER ------------------------- Mrs Louis P WOLLENSCHLAGER Obit printed in the Wisconsin Valley Leader, Page 1 Thursday June 19, 1913 Mrs Louis P WOLLENSCHLAGER, 1859 - 1913 Mrs Louis P WOLLENSCHLAGER, who has been in failing health the past winter, died Wednesday morning at her home on Sixth Street after ten days' intense suffering. The nature of the disease causing death being a complication of liver and kidney troubles, which she has been troubled with more or less for the past 22 years. Victoria VETTER was born at Pittsburg, PA, May 16, 1859, and came west with her parents the same year, locating at Marathon City, where she was married to L P WOLLENSCHLAGER in 1873. She is survived by her husband and five children, Mrs Ernest VIERTEL of this city, Mrs J B HANNA of Chicago, William WOLLENSCHLAGER of Neenah, Arthur of Chicago, and John of Sioux Falls, SD. She also leaves five brothers and one sister. Prior to five years ago, when the family moved to this city, the family had been residents of Stevens Point. Mrs WOLLENSCHLAGER was a whole souled, companionable lady, devoted to her family and church and her associates in general will regret her untimely death and extend sympathy to the bereaved husband and children. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning in Stevens Point. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10511 Surname: ATWOOD, HORTON, SMITH, THOMPSON ------------------------- Abner M ATWOOD Obit printed in the Thursday June 19, 1913 Wisconsin Valley Leader, Page 1 Abner M. ATWOOD, 1828 - 1913 Abner M "Towhead" ATWOOD, died at the home of his son Fred, in the Fourth ward on Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock. He was born in Lawrence, PA, Dec 17, 1828 and was in his eighty-fifth year at the time of his death. He came to Wisconsin in 1855 and located in the city of Grand Rapids in 1857. On the 29th day of August 1861, he enlisted as private in Company G, 7th regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers and was honorably discharged the first day of September 1864 at Petersburg, VA. He was married to Miss Alice SMITH in 1864, in Grand Rapids, where they have resided ever since. He leaves five sons: Fred ATWOOD of Grand Rapids; Chester and Edward of Biron, George of the Town of Grand Rapids; and Abner M Jr, of Beloit, WI. He also leaves two daughters, Mrs Fred HORTON of Biron and Mrs Guy THOMPSON of Dawson, ND. Mr ATWOOD was a born story teller and a jovial character whom everybody liked. The latter years of his life were spent on a nice little farm just without the city limits, and old friends will be glad to know that they were years of peace, plenty and contentment. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10510 Surname: BLAIR, LEMAY ------------------------- Lillie LEMAY Obit printed in the Wisconsin Valley Leader, June 5, 1913, Page 1 Lillie BLAIR LEMAY, d. 1913 Mrs Wilford LEMAY passed away at her home in Rudolph Sunday night following the birth of twin sons and a three days' illness. One of their little sons died at birth and the other is still alive. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at the Catholic church in Rudolph and interment made in the Rudolph cemetery. Lille BLAIR, who was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Moses BLAIR, was born in Rudolph 37 1/2 years ago and has always made her home in that town. She is survived by her husband and five children, the oldest a son of 16. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>

Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/10509 Surname: CRAWFORD, MISCOLL, SMITH ------------------------- John MISCOLL Obit printed in the Wisconsin Valley Leader, June 5, 1913, Page 1 John MISCOLL, d. 1913 An old time resident of Grand Rapids died in the Ashland hospital Sunday of pneumonia and the remains accompanied by Mr MISCOLL's two sisters, Mesdames Edw. CRAWFORD of Minneapolis and G A SMITH of Altoona, were brought to the city Monday for burial. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church, Rev. Reding officiating and interment made in Calvary cemetery. Deceased was over 50 years of age and a son of Mr and Mrs Pat MISCOLL, former residents of Sand Hill. He had been gone from Grand Rapids about 30 years. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>