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Elijah SOWL and Lucinda SMITH

Elijah and Lucinda SOWL are my fourth greatgrandparents.

***Elijah and Lucinda SOWL married in MA 1809. They emigrated west to Geauga Co, OH in 1819, acquiring 100 acres there. Lucinda's father, Revolutionary Soldier, John SMITH and other family members came earlier, about 1817. (Land comprising Geauga Co, OH was claimed by CT under a charter of 1662.)

***For reasons unknown, Elijah and Lucinda again emigrated, this time to Lafayette Co, WI in 1842, again becoming pioneers. Of this was said "As early as 1836, nearly all the land in the Town of Argyle (Lafayette Co) was entered by a company of eastern capitalists, organized for this purpose. It disposed of its title to farmers emigrating west. Owing to inducements offered by this company, in 1839, a settlement formed on Mud Branch, 2 miles from Argyle. Among them were Robert THREADGOLD and Elijah SOWL. Here, along the bottoms and among the hills of Mud Branch, these hardy pioneers erected cabins and cultivated farms.

***The children of Elijah and Lucinda were: John b. 1809, Lyman b 1817, Caroline b 1818, William b 1820, Marilla b 1827, and Joseph b 1832 d 1848.

***All the children emigrated with their parents. John, Lyman, and Caroline were the first to emigrate with their parents from MA to OH. After the births of William, Marilla, and Joseph, the SOWLs emigrated again to Lafayette Co, WI, where they remained until their deaths.

***Wisconsin became a state in 1848; however, the southeastern part of Lafayette County was slow in settling because of the number of Indians there who found it a paradise for trapping, hunting, and fishing. After 1851, the advantages of Argyle became better known to immigrants and vast numbers of Norwegians flocked into it, opening up small farms together. Argyle thrived until the panic of 1857.

Elijah was one of the first Petit Jurors in the year Lafayette County was organized. His wife Lucinda (nee SMITH), died in 1850 and Elijah in 1854.

Elijah and Lucinda, along with many other family members are buried in a unique little family cemetery on top of a hill in Mudd Branch.

** p 31 - Cemeteries
The churches of Apple Grove and Yellowstone Lutheran maintain cemeteries where former parishioners are laid to rest. These old cemeteries in the township, are located on the John Flannery farm in Mud Branch, and the Fred Kipfer farm in Yellowstone. Some markers in the cemetery in Mud Branch bear the name of SOWL, whose family were early settlers in the area.


Sources:
* Second to None: A History of Argyle, Wisconsin 1844 - 1990
** The LaFayette County Bicentennial Book 1776 - 1976
*** Soule Kindred Newsletter Vol XIX, Nr 2, Apr 1985 as submitted by: Juliette, wife of Frank SOWL Junior

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