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email me. Copyright © 2010-2012 Paula Vaughan ___________________________ From "Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of Biographical Records - Containing Personal Sketches of Army Men and Citizens Prominent In Loyalty To The Union Also A Chronological and Statistical History of the Civil War and A History of the Grand Army of the Republic with Portraits of Soldiers and Prominent Citizens" Chicago, Illinois Grand Army Publishing Company 1888 Samuel
Girard of
Clintonville, Wis, a member of G.A.R. Post No 32 was born Oct 27, 1816 in
Rome,
Oneida Co.,
New
York. He is
the son of Samuel and Margaret (Perry)
Girard and
grandfather, Peter
Girard, was a
patriot of Revolution and was in the command of General
Lafayette,
his son Samuel being born on the ocean while his parents were coming to
America.
Stephen
Girard, the
Philadelphia
philanthropist was the brother of Peter
Girard. _______________________ From Commemorative Biographical Record of Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood and Marathon by Chicago S.H. Beers and Co. 1895 Evan R. Vaughan,
one of the prosperous and most highly respected farmers of Little
Wolf
township,
Waupaca County,
is a native of
Wales, born
in Llansyllin, December 7, 1833. _________________________ From
History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company,
Chicago, 1881 _________________________ From
History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company,
Chicago, 1881 _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 Winsell Chady jewelry and stationery, Waupaca, born 1834 near Prague, Austria came to America in 1855 with his parents and two brothers, locating in Hartford, Conn; two years later he came to Waupaca, Wis and began work as a carpenter. Enlisted in August, 1862 in Co G, 21st W.V.I. at the battle of Perryville, Oct 8, 1862 he was stuck by a fragment of a shell which cut through a blanket-roll in his shoulder, striking his right shoulder with such force as to make him insensible for hours. He lay all night among his foes on the battlefield and was disabled for three months, was orderly in a New Albany, Ind hospital for a year, then rejoined this regiment for Lookout Mountain, at Marietta, GA he went back on sick leave and did hospital duty on Lookout Mountain until the close of the war. On his return finding it impossible to labor as formerly, he opened a small saloon and after a year went into the grocery business and constantly added to his stock, which now comprises a good line of jewelry, clocks and stationery, besides groceries. He married Mary Thompson of Waupaca and they have three children. Mr. Chady is an Odd Fellow; in 1879 he served as Alderman. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 W J Chamberlain, Waupaca, Treasurer of Waupaca County, was born April 10, 1826 in Ellsworth, Hancock Co., Maine. His younger life was spent as a mercantile clerk in his native village, on the 14th day of May 1851, arrived in Dayton, Waupaca Co, Wis made a beginning on a new farm and the following year brought out his family; in 1856 he was in business in Waupaca removed the next year to Rural in this county and was in business there until 1860; he then farmed it four years, which was followed by another eleven years' residence in Rural, of which hamlet he was Postmaster fourteen years in all; he also served as Clerk and Treasurer and Chairman of the town of Dayton for years, was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1875 and is now serving his third consecutive term, is a stalwart Republican and an Odd Fellow. M. Chamberlain is one of the stockholders and is Treasurer of the Greenwood Park Association; object of the association to improve the lakes about Waupaca and to build it up as a summer resort. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 James A Chesley druggist, Waupaca, born Jan 16, 1827 in Cornwall, Ont in 1843 his family settled in Waukesha, Wis; here young Chesley was at school and in his father's drug store; his father, Peter Chesley, owned a branch store in Milwaukee; he died in August 1847, in Waukesha; J. A. having become a druggist, began business for himself 1848 in Oshkosh, in 1851 he returned to Waukesha, remaining until 1853, when he came to Waupaca and opened up store near the present engine house, sold out to Dr Thayer in 1855, and for two years was clerk for Wilson Holt; in 1859 he clerked for Mr. Cameron in Waupaca and in Scandinavia; in 1860 he resumed business and continued in active business until 1874, when he sold his drug store to H C Mumbrue; has since been Justice of the Peace two years and is now serving his fifth tern as Assessor of the city. Mr. Chesley was a founder of and has since been a most active supporter of the Waupaca Episcopal Church, he married at Nashotah Mission, Waukesha Co, Wis to Miss Isabel Crawford by whom he has five sons and a daughter. Mr. Chesley has led a busy and useful life and has earned for himself a competence and a most pleasant home. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 P A Chesley the veteran hardware merchant of Waupaca County, was born in 1834 in Cornwall, C W; nine years later the family settle in Milwaukee and the next year removed to Waukesha, Wis; his father, Peter Chesley, began business in Milwaukee in 1841 and died in 1847 in Waukesha. P A Chesley was educated in Waukesha and in the historic Episcopal Seminary of Nashotah, he learned the tinner's trade in Waukesha and in 1853 went to Madison; two years later he came to Waupaca and opened in what is not the Third Ward, the first stock of tinware ever brought into the county; in 1856 he opened the first stock of stoves, tinware and hardware in the county, in a building opposite the present engine house, the goods were drawn from Milwaukee with teams; a part of his present store (though enlarged and improved) was the first frame building, erected in Waupaca, since his settlement here Mr. Chesley has been among the foremost in pushing forward all enterprises tending to the prosperity of Waupaca; in 1857 himself and a brother went into the woods near town and with own hands cut trees for the frame of the Episcopal Church of which they were the founders and most active supporters. Rev M F Sorenson was the first Rector. Mr. Chesley has since been prominent in the building of the M E Church and is foundling the Centennial Encampment; he is also a member of the I.O.O.F., the K. of P. and the A.O.U.W. of which he is now an honorary member; he was elected in April 1881 as Chief of Police. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 Wm M Dayton of Waupaca came with his father Lyman Dayton to Waupaca County, April 17, 1850; Lyman Dayton was a Connecticut man, but became an early settler in Attica, Wyoming Co, NY; the town of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis was named in his honor; he made the fourth "claim" in that town and was the first Chairman of it's Board of Supervisors, he was once or twice Sheriff of the county. Resided as a farmer in Dayton until 1875 then he came to Waupaca, where he died in April 1877 at the age of eighty-four years; his second son, whose name heads this sketch, built the flouring mill at Parfreyville, in Dayton, selling it two years later to J D Cass. During the war he, with others, speculated extensively in stock, often shipping 100 head of cattle per week to the south and besides large numbers of army horses. In 1866 he bought the old City Mills, one and one half miles from Waupaca; in 1867 the firm of Dayton, Dewey and Co. (JM Dewey and MR Baldwin) built the City Mills in Waupaca; much of the machinery was removed here from the old City Mills; which was at the time converted into a woolen mill; this firm did an enormous business, dealing in lumber and stock besides the milling interests; branch feed and flour stores were established at Stevens Point and New London and half a dozen four-horse teams employed in hauling lumber, flour and goods. Mr. Dayton was specially interested in the lumber business and made trips to the copper region of Michigan in the interest of the firm, he followed the old Lake Superior trail, crossing the State line near Lake Butte des Morts; hogs and cattle were afterward driven over the same routes, 260 miles. The City Mills burned in 1870 and were rebuilt in 1871 by the firm; turning his attention to railroads, Mr. Dayton by contracts, built twenty-four miles of the W.C.R.R. and with Geo Hiles and H C Mumbrue, built about one hundred and ten miles of the G.B. & M. R. R. Since that time Mr. Dayton has devoted himself to the stock business, and various speculations, some of which require his making extended trips through different states. He is also the owner of some costly and as yet untried horses, which are expected to show speed; his wife was Cornelia Randall, of Albany, NY They have three children, the family attend the Congregational Church. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 E S Donaldson, MD Waupaca was born July 28, 1844 in Aztalan, Jefferson Co, Wis his early life was spent in Oconto Co, Wis and in Green Bay, where he studied medicine with the well known Dr. Henry Pearce, for three years; he then entered the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago (homeopathic) from which he graduated as physician and surgeon in 1864; began practice in Kewaunee, Wis from which place he enlisted in the 44th Wis Vol Infty served one year, or until the close of the war of secession, as Hospital, steward; returning North in 1865 he located at New Lisbon, Wis practiced there eighteen months and married Anna Coon of Palmyra, Jefferson Co., Wis in 1867 he located to Oconto, Wis where he served as Alderman, and as City Physician having charge in the latter capacity of the hospital improvised for the sufferers by the Peshtigo fire. After a most successful practice of seven years in Oconto, Dr Donaldson removed to Waupaca; here his usual success has attended him, resulting in his building up the largest practice enjoyed by any physician in the county. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 John F. Dufur District Attorney of Waupaca Co., is a son of A H and Clarisse (Howe) Dufur and was born Aug 6, 1854 in Geneva, Kane Co., Ill. In November, 1855, the family settled at Iola, Waupaca Co., Wis where the parents still reside. J F Dufur was educated in the Waupaca High School and was two terms at Lawrence University, Appleton. He began when 17 years old as a teacher, thus earning the money to defray the major part of the expenses of his education, alternately teaching and attending school until August 1878, when he began the study of law with Hon. E.L. Browne, of Waupaca, continuing his studies in his office until February 1880, when he was admitted to the bar of Wisconsin. In November of the same year he was elected to his present office. For a man not 27 years of age, this is surely a good record. Mr. Dufur married April 4, 1878 Miss Arabella W Parker. She was born near Mobile, Ala. They have two children. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 Rev J W Donaldson of Waupaca is a son of the Rev Asa Donaldson who was born in Monson, Mass and died aged eighty-eight in Dover, Bureau Co., Ill. He was for years pastor of the Guilford, NY Congregational Church. His son, our subject, was born June 24, 1816 in Hardwick, Otsego Co, NY At twenty years of age removed to Bureau Co, Ill where his parents joined him in 1839. He married in 1843, Harriet E Smith of Princeton, Ill. The same year they came to Dane Co, Wis and a few years later removed to Neenah, Wis. After two years labor here, for the American Bible Society, he was licensed to preach the Gospel, by the Rev W G Miller, a Methodist divine. Elder Donaldson enjoys the honor of having been the first minister ever sent by the ME Church to preach the Gospel in Oconto Co., Wis. This was in 1854, and he traveled both as a minister and as School Superintendent of the town of Oconto, then the only organized Township in that county. Many an exciting adventure had he in those early days of Northern Wisconsin. Indian trails and the ice of frozen rivers were his most usual routes. On one occasion he was rescued from drowning by two Indians. His horse was drowned and the Elder badly frozen before the arrival of the ducky "Good Samaritans". On another occasion the timber wolves gave him a four-mile chase. A portion of the lumber used by him in building a parsonage at Oconto was rafted from the Jones mill. After five years active labor in the ME Church, Elder Donaldson united with the Presbyterian-Congregational Church was ordained in June 1858, returned to Oconto Co, and was there until 1861. Organized a Presbyterian Church at Oconto and a few years later had the pleasure of offering the dedication prayer in the new church edifice. In 1861 he organized a Presbyterian Church in Kewaunee, Wis and remained in that county until the patriotism of his members caused such wholesale enlistments in the Union Army as to break up his church. He then removed to Wyocen, Wis preaching there and at Rio where he practically built a Congregational Church. He next went to Wautoma, Wis, thence to Hancock, Wis. This was his home nine years, though his labors extended to Coloma, Coloma Station, Westfield, Deerfield, Plainfield, etc. He traveled over 15,000 miles in Waushara Co, and built churches at Hancock and Coloma. His home and that of his faithful wife was the last earthly home of her parents, both of whom are buried in Hancock. Owing to failing health, Elder Donaldson resigned his position as missionary of the A.H.M.S. in 1879 but traveled a year for the A.B.S. in Adams, Marquette, Waushara and Wood Cos. Since the fall of 1880 he has been enjoying a well-earned rest at the pleasant home of his son, Dr. E S Donaldson. _________________________ From History of Northern Wisconsin: Illustrated : Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 J W Evans Waupaca Woolen Mills. Born in 1843 in Wales; he has spent nearly his whole life in the woolen-mills of America. His parents located, when he was an infant in Central New York. When but eight years of age he began work in the local woolen mills. During the civil war he served eighteen months with the 3rd NY Light Artillery, in the Army of the James. Coming to Waupaca in 1867, he at once bought an interest in the firm of Dayton, Dewey & Co. This firm had the year previously, bought the old City Mills, and Mr. Evans being a practical woolen manufacturer, at once took charge of the remodeling of the old flouring mill as woolen mill. Mr. Evans gradually bought out the interests of the various men composing the firm of Dayton, Dewey & Co. and finally became sole owner. In 1877, he erected a new and substantial dam and dye house; in 1879 he sold a quarter interest in the property to Charles Evans, who is now associated with him. Mr. Evans married Anne Edwards of Marcellus, NY. Their four children were born in Waupaca. _________________________
Daniel and Esther Louise (Girard) Morris Daniel Morris was born August 12, 1818 in the Ridgeway District of western New York State to David Morris, descended from Welsh Quakers who came to Pennsylvania in the second migration with William Penn, and Experience Field, descended from an early Massachusetts Puritan family. At age about 11, Daniel was apprenticed as a cobbler to his great uncle, possibly in Buffalo, NY. Daniel's mother, Experience, died in 1832 and Daniel, age 14, left his apprenticeship and ran away, working on canal boats along the Erie Canal. By age 21, Daniel had saved enough money to purchase a small cargo vessel, a sloop, with which he plied the great lakes. He had a regular trading route: Grand Haven, Port Franklin, Manitowoc, Smithstown, Sheboygan, up as far as Green Bay. His sloop worn out, he went up the Wolf River to claim land. In about 1845/46, he was squatting on Menominee land on the Wolf River and later claimed one of the best pieces of land in the area, Preemption 23-8E, Section 20 on a bend in the Wolf River. Daniel built a 65 foot dugout canoe with which he hauled cargo up from New London, for the other settlers. He would haul barrels of tobacco, flour, and other merchandise, as well as the mail. On his trips down stream he took shingles which he'd split and shaved, sometimes taking as many as 30,000 shingles on a single trip. The dugout canoe required four oarsman and a helmsman. This canoe was still visible, rotting on the banks of the Wolf River in 1900. On September 5, 1851, Daniel Morris married Esther Louise Girard in the town of Algoma. Esther Louise Girard was said to be the daughter of Samuel Girard, another early settler to the area, but on one census form she is listed as "servant." On a list of Samuel Girard's children there is an Esther, but she is listed as dying very young. Esther Louise Girard's death certificate shows her as having been born in Canada. Her date of birth is listed variously as 1839, which would make her 13 at the time of her marriage, or 1834, which would predate Samuel Girard's marriage to Esther Davis. It is unclear if Esther Louise Girard was a daughter of Samuel Girard and Esther Davis Girard, a daughter of Samuel Girard alone, or perhaps just a relative. Daniel and Esther Louise Girard Morris had a large family. An old family bible gives the following record. Due to the age of the copy, some dates were not completely legible: "Daniel Morris and Esther Morris, Shiocton, Wisconsin. The ages of our children: Elizabeth, born November 22, 1857, Leander, born February 4, 185?, Charles, born February 26, 1859, Johnathan, born February 19, 186?, George, born March 29, 186?, Eunice, born February 26, 1865, Wesley (later named John Wesley - after his older brother Johnathan died - apparently before the 1870 census), born March 11, 1869, Olive, born May 16, 1871, Marion, born June 3, 1875, Montigal, born October 3, 187?, Eva, born February 25, 1877" – from a copy of a page in an old Family Bible. This copy is accompanied by a Notary Public signature of Lillian Graff which states: "This is to certify that I have personally inspected the record shown on the Family Bible and this is an exact copy of the same." also, "My Commission Expires Dec. 3, 1939. Daniel lived in Matteson Township working as a logger, shingle maker, and farmer until his death in 1897. Daniel and Esther Louise were members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Esther Louise Girard Morris died on January 19, 1914. The date of birth on her stone is given as December 23, 1834. They are buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Embarrass.
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