Wedded Half a Century Across Wisconsin History
Wallace Rowin and Abe Wood families, early Baraboo settlers who built the first dam and mill in the west part of the city in 1839, celebrate a golden wedding in Wonewoc. John Li Rowin, born March 12 1832 at Fort Winnebago, moved with the family from Baraboo to Paynette and back, tracing a longtime Wisconsin lineage.
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Wallace Rowin
Abe Wood
Baraboo
Rowin
Wonewoc
la Mars
Fairfield
John Li. Rowin
Fort Winnebago
Wisconsin
John L. Bowin
Golden wedding of John L Rowin and Abi Hill noted in Wonewoc
The couple celebrated fifty years of marriage on New Year’s Day with an old style cotillion and heirloom violin music. Abi Hill, born October 30 1836 in New York, and John L Bowin settled in Wonewoc after moving from Jefferson County. They raised nine children, six living, in a small farm near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowen
O. D. Whitehill
Wonewoc Reporter
John L. Rowin
Abi Hill
Silver Hill
Ludlow Hill
J. D. Hill
N. P. Minster
Emil Dargel
Baraboo
Jefferson County
New York
Higin
Ill
Beaver Island
Mich
Racine
Wis
Wonewoc
Mr. Rowin
Peter Minister
James Ray
John Ferguson
LaDue
LaFayette
John
Norwalk
LeRoy
Lillian
Eugenie
Death of Mrs. Amarillis Perry in Sumpter
Mrs. Amarillis Perry died at five oclock this morning at the home of her nephew Sylvester King in Sumpter. Born in Ohio May 28, 1816 she was nearly ninety. Paralysis caused death. Funeral Friday at the M E church in Sumpter. She was one of three sisters believed to be the oldest in the United States. The others are Mrs Clarina King of Sumpter aged 83 and Mrs Phebe Ann Johnson of Iowa Falls aged 79. Their combined ages were 252 years.
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Amarillis Perry
Sylvester King
Sumpter
Ohio
M. E
Perry
United States
Clarina King
Phebe Ann Johnson
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Chicago
St. Paul
M. H. Goodrich
Hot Springs
S. Dak
S. A. Teneyck
Rodman
Jane
Collision Kills Two in Northwestern Baraboo Yards
A morning train collision in Baraboo’s northwestern yards at 7 o'clock killed two switchmen, John F. Dwyer and John Conroy, as escaping steam created a dense vapor cloud. Dwyer, 50s, left a wife and five children. Conroy, a recent groom, left behind a wife. A coroner’s jury will reconvene next Monday to consider the verdict.
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Baraboo
John F. Dwyer
John Conroy
Dwyer
Conroy
Gollmar Bros
M. J. Murphy
Murphy
Justice of the Peace
H. L. Halsted
F. E. Lettergren
I. L. Humphrey
Volney Moore
J. R. Hofstatter
J. S. Griggs
A. T. Johnson
U. S. Squires
W. J. Paddock
J. R. Desmond
Siegel
C. J. Thompson
Bert Griggs
Fifth Street
B. of R. T
Eagles
John Wesley
Hast Sauk
Eagies
Iliopolis
Gasoline Power Seen as Future Motive on Rail Lines
An Omaha dispatch reports gasoline motor cars, perfected by Union Pacific, may revive suburban traffic for several railroads. Chicago and Kiton lines will lead with cars operating from Chicago St Louis and Kansas City. Illinois Central also plans suburban service to New Orleans. Units may cost 0.14 dollars per mile, avoiding costly electric plants. Nearby, Baraboo residents Mattie Ringling Alice Ringling Rose Dickens vacationed with Nellie Finn in Elroy Tribune.
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Charles Wild
Electric Railway Committee
Thz
Devil’s Lake and Dells
Omaha Dispatch
Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Chicago and Kiton Railroad
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Illinois Central
New Orleans
San Pedro
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Cal
Huntington
Eastern Railroad
Baraboo shooting injury mars rabbit hunt
Mrs John Terry reports the Baraboo accident where Fred Neitzel was wounded when a gun exploded while uncle Richard Neitzel tried to unload. Fred, about twenty, was near the weapon and remained in serious condition. The event occurred during a moonlight rabbit hunt. wadding entered his flesh.
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John Terry
Baraboo
Richard Neitzel
Fred
Eddie Neitzel
Neitzel
Fred Neitzel
Paul Neitzel
Terry
School With A History In Baraboo Freedom District
A community meeting in Baraboo Freedom joint district 4 reviewed a newly built one story schoolhouse near Baraboo. Settlers cut timber and hauled logs by oxen, constructing a 22 by 28 foot structure with mud and straw chinking and daubed interior plaster.
Baraboo Praises Carpenters For Fine Building Work
The building committee and the district thank the carpenters C F Schellenberger Herman Voll August Knoop Fred Knoop and Marion Slentz for excellent work. It notes the extended illness of Miss Alla Pierce daughter of J H and Mrs Pierce of Niagara Falls New York with peritonitis.
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Sauk County
C. F. Schellenberger
Gust & Miller
Baraboo
Marion Slentz
August Knoop
Fred Knoop
Herman Voll
Charles Scheilenberger
Cecilia McGuan
George Armbruster
Charles Getchman
Alla Pierce
J. H. Pierce
Niagara Falls
New York
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Paynette
Rowins
Mrs. Rowin
Devil’s Lake
Delis
Mattie
Alice Ringling
Rose Dickens
Nellie Finn
Elroy Tribune
Jennie Mead
Beloit
Geo. McArthur Jr
Charles Hirschinger
Hirschinger
la Pete
Pine Creek
Peter la Pete
Peterly
Thas Peterly
Crandall
Gerlaugh
Wm. C. Newell
Graves
J. B. Alexander
Josiah Dart
Sarah Crawford
Eliza Dart
Sarah
Julia Flanders
Ellen Stone
Eleanor Davis
Eliza Chapman
James Waddell
James Rutherford
George Karstetter
Jacob Young
John A. Salter
LaCrosse Seed Firm
Slentz
Freedom
Snyder
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