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02 MAR 1899 WALTER LILLEY Feb 24th (CAN/NY)
Walter LILLEY was born May 6, 1819 in the state of New York and at the time of his death was 79 years, 9 months and 18 days of age. At the age of five years he removed with his parents to Canada. He was married in 1846 to Miss Mary FAIRBAIRN and two years later came to Wisconsin. He had resided at Neenah, Ripon and in the town of Mt. Morris. At the time of his decease he was living with his son-in-law, Tom BISHOP, of Deerfield. He had been sick but two weeks of lung fever, and although this disease was over he gradually sank owing to his extreme age. He leaves to mourn six children. The deceased died Feb. 24th, and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.E. MANNING at the Forest City schoolhouse, Sunday, Feb. 26th, and was interred at the Richford cemetery.
The undersigned take this method of expressing their heart felt thanks to the kind friends who so cheerfully assisted them during their sad affliction. Mrs. LILLY and family (note Lilly spelling change.)
23 MAR 1299 JAMES CAMPBELL d. March 16, 1899 (SCOT/SD/MONT)
James CAMPBELL died March 16, 1899 at the age of 66 years. He was born in Scotland and came to America in 1850 with his parents, two brothers and one sister, and as they settled on the Indian land that same year was one of Waushara's oldest settlers. For a number of years he was foreman in the Centennial Bell Foundry in Milwaukee, but a little over a year ago his health failed him and he was obliged to resign his position, on July 17, 1898. He with his wife came to his sister's, Mrs. E.M. LEACH, and remained with her between three and four months when his daughter, living near Nakoosa, came to see him taking him and his wife to her home. After staying a few weeks and still failing he was brought to Saxeville where he remained until his death. He leaves his wife, three sons and two daughters, the oldest James CAMPBELL, of Montana, John and Frank, both of Bryant, S. Dakota, also his daughter, Mrs. Mary EASTLING, of Bryant, S.Dak., who visited her father during the winter, and his youngest daughter, Mrs. Emma SMITH, of Nekoosa, one brother, Henry CAMPBELL, of Berhlet, Wis., his only sister, Mrs. E.M. LEACH, of Springwater. . . .He was not a church member but was kind and charitable . . . . .
30 MAR 1899 ALFRED W. CAREY d. March 23, 1899 CAN/MICH/NY/OHIO)
Alfred W. CAREY, one of the most prominent physicians of Waushara county died at his home in Wild Rose, Thursday, March 23, 1899. The funeral services were conducted on Sunday by Rev. MANNING of Wautoma, assisted by Rev. Thomas and Rev. Jaquith of Wild Rose. The deceased was born in Euphemia Township, Ontario, Canada, January 9th, 1853. Having finished a course of study at Woodstock College, he entered the teacher's profession, which he pursued four years. On March 3,1881 he graduated from the Detroit Medical College. To prepare himself still better for his life's work, in 1855 he discontinued his practice of medicine and took up a post-graduate course at the University of New York City, completing also a course in Operatic Eye Surgery at the Ophthalmic Institute. After practicing medicine several months in Caro, Michigan, he accepted a professorship in the Toledo Medical College, Toledo, Ohio, for the course of one year. Returning to Caro in 1888 he pursued his vocation there until he came to Wild Rose in September 1892. In 1875 he married Phoebe Catherine BROWN, and to them were born three children, one of whom died in infancy. In 1890 his wife died and two years later he was married to Della May RICHARDS by whom he had two children. He was a member of the Wisconsin Medical Association, the Masonic Fraternity and the Home Forum. Of his near relatives besides wife and children, an aged father and mother, seven brothers and two sisters are living . . .
30 MAR 1899 JOHN FULLER d. March 24th, 1899 (VT/IOWA)
Last Friday, March 24th, 1899, occurred the death of John FULLER, of Spring Lake, after a protracted sickness . . .Deceased was born in the town of Bloomfield, Essex County, Vermont, Sept. 1, 1847. He came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1853, and since that time has resided in Waushara County with the exception of one year which he spent in Iowa. July 13, 1873, he was married to Jane JOSLIN. There were three sons born to them, Lewis John, Elmer Rufus, and Roy Ray, who still reside at the old homestead at Spring Lake. Mrs. Fuller died November 17, 1881. Sept. 16, 1883, Mr. Fuller was again married to Miss Lottie DURKEE. The result of this union was one daughter, Miss Lillie Ellen. Deceased was 51 years, 6 months and 21 days of age.
06 APR 1899 JEROME B. McINTYRE d. March 30th, 1899 (NY/SD)
Died March 30th, 1899, Jerome B. McINTYRE, aged seventy-eight years and three days. Deceased was born in Delaware County, N.Y., where he resided till thirty-two years of age. Forty-six years ago he came with relatives to Wisconsin and settled in that part of Waushara County known as Burr Oak Valley. Later he went to Friendship, Adams County, where he resided until a few weeks before his death, when he came to Wautoma and stayed with his nephew, Chas. A. McINTYRE where he died. For a few years past his health had been gradually declining and a severe attack of cardiac asthma resulted in his decease. … Mr. McINTYRE never married…was an honored member of the Masonic Fraternity…His funeral was held at the M.E. church on April 2nd. The sermon was preached by Rev. MANNING after which his remains were deposited in the Wautoma cemetery. The relatives who attended the funeral from a distance were a brother, Rev. J. McINTYRE, of Madison, S.D., a sister, Mrs. C. COUSE and husband, E.COUSE and wife, Geo. COUSE and wife of Burr Oak Valley, Geo. E. McINTYRE and wife and Elisha MORTON and wife of Berlin.
13 APR 1899 MICHAEL MORIARTY d. April 4, 1899 (IRE/NY/MI/IL)
Michael MORIARTY an old and respected citizen of the town of Marion died of heart failure at his home at Rodney, Tuesday morning, April 4, 1899. The funeral services were conducted on Thursday, Apr. 5th by Father FISS, of Neshkoro, with interment in the Berlin cemetery…The deceased was born in County Kerry, Ireland, Sept. 28, 1820. At an early age in company with a younger sister, he emigrated to America, settling in Buffalo, N.Y., where he was married to Mary O'CONNOR (who died in 1890) moving to Wisconsin, they settled in Berlin, when the place was known as Strong'' Landing. About 28 years ago they moved to the farm at Rodney where he resided till the time of his death. To them was born a large family of children, five of whom survive them: Maurice, who resides on the home farm, Mrs. Frank METCALF, of Rodney, John of Greenland, Mich., Mrs. Will TYLER of Wautoma, and James, of Chicago. All of whom were with him during his last sickness.
04 MAY 1899 MILLA BARKER HARRIS d. Apr 21st (NY)
Mrs. L.D. HARRIS. Milla BARKER was born Aug. 5, 1826 and was married to L.D. HARRIS on Jan. 30, 1849, while living in the state of New York. They moved to Fox Lake in '55 where they resided for two years. From thence they came to the town of Coloma where they made their home for ten years and then moved to the town of Richford where they lived for 25 years, and where Mr. HARRIS died, Oct. 24th, 1891, leaving her a widow with two children. Since then she has made her home with her son William. About a year ago the family moved to Coloma Station where on Friday, April 21st, she was called home to rest . . . joined the M.E. church . . . Deceased leaves two sons and some grandchildren who are baraft . . .The funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon, April 23rd at the M.E. church in Coloma Station and were conducted by the pastor . . . Interment was made in the Richford cemetery.
11 MAY 1899 MARGARET JEFFERS WILEY d. May 3, 1899 (NY/ILL)
WILEY, Margaret JEFFERS was born in the town of Rose, Wayne County, N.Y. Dec. 11, 1827 and died in Wild Rose, Wisc., May 3, 1899. She was married to O.J. WILEY, of Wayne county N.Y., at which place they resided about six years. In 1855, they came to Wisconsin and settled at Chippewa Falls, where they lived one year, and then returned to the state of New York. In 1876 they again came to Wild Rose, where they have since resided. Mrs. WILEY united with the M.E. church in 1852 while living on Hickory Creek, Will County, Ill., and has since lived a consistent Christian life. In 1895, she united with the Wild Rose M.E. church by letter. For the past year Sister WILEY's health has been failing. . .For two or three weeks she has been helpless and unable to speak, having suffered a stroke of paralysis. She leaves her husband and two brothers, one in the state of New York . . .
25 MAY 1899 MRS. B.M. BARNES d. May 12th (Canada)
The sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. B.M. BARNES which occurred at the family residence, Friday evening, May 12th, was a sad blow to her many friends in this vicinity. Mrs. BARNES was enjoying her usual good health up to Friday morning when she was taken ill very suddenly and died in the evening of heart failure. Deceased was born near Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada, in 1831, and was 68 years of age. She was married to B.M. BARNES, July 6th, 1896, and since that time has made it her home in this village. Mrs. BARNES was a sister of B.M. BARNES' former wife, who also died very suddenly some four years ago. The funeral was held from the M.E. church in this village on Monday with interment in the Wautoma cemetery, Rev. J.E. MANNING officiating.
25 MAY 1899 STEPHEN S. BROWN d. last week Tuesday (NY/KAS/CALIF)
Stephen S. BROWN, for ten years a well known and highly respected citizen of Berlin, died at 11 o'clock last week Tuesday night at his home on Broadway after an illness of over a year with Bright's disease. He was nearly 79 years of age and leaves a wife and three children: Jay S. BROWN, principal of the Shullsburg high school; Mrs. Kate REED, of San Francisco, and Hattie BURR, of Dresden, Kas. Mr. BROWN was born in Oswego county, N.Y. on July 28, 1820, and in 1842 came west and located in Walworth county, this state, where he remained till 1851, when he removed to Waushara county and settled on a farm in the town of Mt. Morris, there remaining till 1890 where he removed to Berlin where he has since resided. The funeral services were held at the residence Friday morning at 7:30 o'clock and at the Congregational church at Pine River at 11 o'clock with interment at Pine River.
01 JUN 1899 STEPHEN S. BROWN d. May 16th, 1899
Died on May 16th, at his home in the city of Berlin, after a long and painful illness, Stephen S. BROWN, aged 78 years, 9 months and 18 days. Mr. BROWN was married three times. Two daughters of his first wife are still living. Mrs. Kate REED, of San Francisco, Cal., and Mrs. Hattie BURR, of Dresden, Kas; one son of the second wife, Jay S. is now the principal of the Shullsburg high school in this state. Two of his brothers, Everett and Sumner, are buried in the Pine River cemetery. Sumner's son, Nathan S., is now living in Berlin with his grandmother and attending the East Side high school. Mr. BROWN was born in Oswego, Walworth County. In 1851, he removed to Waushara county and made himself and family a home on a tract of land in the town of Mt. Morris; it being a wilderness when he first camped on it, but it had many natural advantages and for thirty-nine years they were well utilized by Mr. BROWN. In 1890, Mr. BROWN sold his Mt. Morris home and bought a fine home in Berlin on the west side where he remained the rest of his days . . . was a member and official in the Pine River Congregational church. . taking his family some four miles to church quite regularly…he was a model farmer…the writer has known him some forty-eight years and has had many pleasant visits and his family at our two homes. The two Mrs. BROWN's that the writer knew were Christian ladies and cared faithfully and wisely for their families . . . . .. Oliver Peirce, Pine River, Wis., May 23, 1899
08 JUN 1899 WILLIAM WALLACE GILSON d. June 5th (VT)
Wm. GILSON, who resides north of this village about three miles died at his residence on Monday, June 5th after a lingering illness with lung trouble. . . William Wallace GILSON was born in Berlin, Wis., August 25th, 1850, and came to the town of Wautoma with his parents when nineteen years of age and settled on the farm where his brother Edward, now resides. He was married on April 2nd, 1884, to Georgiana MORSE, of Mt. Morris. The result of this union was two children a boy and a girl. He is survived by his wife and two children, a brother, Edward O. and a sister, Mrs. Jennie L. DIX, of Tyson, Vermont. The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. J.E. MANNING with interment in the Stand-a-lone cemetery.
13 JUL 1899 JOHN SONTAG d. July 12th, 1899 (PRUSSIA)
. .death of John SONTAG. . at his residence between the hours of four and five o'clock, July 12th, 1899, at the advanced age of 66 years, 1 month and 7 days. John SONTAG was born in Saxony, Prussia, June 5th, 1833, and served four years in the King's Body Guard in his native country after which he came to the United States in January, 1860, and in July of the same year to Wisconsin and settled at Ripon. July 13, 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna R. NICKEL, of Ripon. In 1864, he entered the U.S. service as a musician being a member of the band, 1st Brig., 1st Div., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, and was discharged in 1866, after being in the service for nearly two years. In the fall of 1866, deceased moved to Wautoma and for several years conducted a shoe shop in this village. Mr. SONTAG was the youngest of three brothers and is survived by a brother, wife, daughter and two sons, all of whom have the sympathy of the entire community. . .The funeral was conducted by the Ed. Saxe Post, No. 135, Dept. of Wis., G.A.R. of which deceased was a charter member. . . The following relatives from a distance were present at the funeral: Mrs. H. SONTAG, Vienabalt SONTAG, Wm. BECHLE and Miss BECHLEM, of Chilton, Wis., Mrs. H. BOETGER, of Ord, Neb., Henry NICKEL and wife, and Harry SMITH and wife, of Westfield, Peter HAMEL and wife, Frank HAMEL and wife, John HAMEL, Gust HINTZ and wife.
20 JUL 1899 WILLIAM SPENCER MONROE d. July 8, 1899 (VT)
Died.--At Cadott, Wis., July 8, 1899 of paralysis, William Spencer MONROE, aged 59 years, 11 months, 13 days. William S. MONROE was born in the town of Bolton, Chittendon County, Vermont, July 21, 1839, and came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846, settling in Sheboygan County. He began learning the printer's trade in the Free Press office in Sheboygan Falls, and after working there a year went to the State Journal office at Madison, where he remained until 1861, when he removed to Wautoma to take an interest in the Waushara Argus. He enlisted in the Union Army in the fall of 1861 as a private, serving his country through the war earning numerous promotions by his fidelity and zeal and was discharged at the close of the conflict as First Lieutenant and Captain of Company I, 16th Regiment, having won his honors through the many arduous and hard-fought battles of the campaign with the western army and through the march to the sea. After the war he again took up the newspaper work on the Argus, which he continued until 1881 with the exception of a few years spent on his farm at Richford, when he moved to Cadott, Wis., where he established himself in the printing business. In 1893, in company with Dan. CLARK he built a large sawmill there…Mr. MONROE was married at Wautoma, December 20, 1865, to Clarissa CLARK, who died in 1892. Four sons and one daughter were born to them, two sons surviving him. He was again married Sept. 30, 1893, to Harriet PHELPS, who survives him…. The funeral services were held at Cadott, July 10th, under the auspices of George C. Ginty Post G.A.R., assisted by James ComerfordPost of Chippewa Falls, the member of Columbus Lodge I.O.O.F… Cadott Blade
MISC.
09 MAR 1899 Mr. and Mrs. W.A. HAMLIN 50TH Anniversary
Golden Wedding. Saturday, March 4, 1899 was the fiftieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. HAMLIN's marriage and was celebrated by a few intimate friends together with all their children and grandchildren. (There was no other genealogical information noted, just good wishes, etc.)
03 AUG 1899 (NY)
Saxeville - Mrs. Carrie SHERMAN, of Fergus Falls, N.Y., is here visiting her parents, L. CHRISTENSON and wife, and other relatives.
14 SEP 1899 (COLO)
Anton BAUER received a letter from Jas. McGINTY the fore part of the week. They are located at Boulder, Col., where they have purchased a house and four lots. Mrs. McGINTY's health is improved in some respects but he is still troubled with asthma.
21 SEP 1899 (CONN/MIN)
Pine River - At the home of B. SEARS near this village are gathered some of their children that have long been absent from the parental roof: Mr. and Mrs. HART, of Winsted, Conn., nee Alida SEARS. Also Mrs. D. CLARK and son, of Minneapolis, nee May SEARS.
MARRIAGES
31 AUG 1899 BERTHA GRAMSE - FRED ANDERSON m. Monday (MINN)
Miss Bertha GRAMSE and Fred ANDERSON, of Rochester, Minn., were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius GRAMSE< of the village of Dakota, on Monday afternoon. Miss GRAMSE is their eldest child and has been making her home in Rochester for the past nine years. The newly married couple will reside in Manchester, where the groom has recently built a new residence.
07 SEP 1899 HERLIN-THOMPSON m. August 30, 1899 (IL)
Married - Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1899, at the home of the bride's mother, in the town of Mt. Morris, occurred the marriage of Miss Lena THOMPSON to Mr. Frank M. HERLIN, of Chicago….The bride is the second daughter of Mrs. A. THOMPSON and a very highly respected young lady…The happy couple left in the evening for Berlin where they took the train for Chicago their future home. They will be at home to friends after Sept. 1st at 1307 E. Cornelia Ave….
05 OCT 1899 YATES - YATES m. Sept. 23? (ND)
Married - At Wild Rose, Wis., Sept. 23, by W. Lane, J.P., Ths. Yates, of North Dakota, and Mrs. Eliza YATES, of Wild Rose.
13 APR 1899 FRY - WREIDEN, m.? (MO)
Ed. FRY returned from his trip to Missouri the fore part of the week. During his absence he was joined in marriage to Miss Cora A. WREIDEN, of Versailles, MO. The Argus extends congratulations