Wisconsin

Burnett County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records

Wisconsin Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Wisconsin county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Burnett County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Hosted at Burnett County USGenWeb Archives Project Anscarius Cemetery Benson Cemetery Bluff Lake Cemetery Clam Lake Cemetery Danbury Cemetery Davidson’s Island Cemetery Ekdall Cemetery Falun Cemetery Forest Home Cemetery Freya Cemetery Greendale Cemetery Hillcrest Cemetery Holmes Cemetery Karlsborg Cemetery Lakeview Cemetery Lakewood Cemetery Logging Creek Cemetery Lutheran Cemetery, aka Chelmo or Scandia Misson Cemetery … Read more

Chippewa County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records

Wisconsin Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Wisconsin county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Chippewa County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Hosted at Chippewa County USGenWeb Archives Project County Q Cemetery Marquardt Cemetery O’Neill Creek Cemetery Rufledt Cemetery Tilden Emmanuel Cemetery Tilden Lutheran Cemetery Hosted at Chippewa County, Wisconsin WIGenWeb Auburn Cemetery Big Drywood Lutheran Cemetery Bloomer City Cemetery Bohemian  National Cemetery Cooks Valley Cemetery Cornell Cemetery Duncan Creek Cemetery Emmanuel Evangelical Cemetery Hope Catholic … Read more

Clark County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records

Wisconsin Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Wisconsin county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Clark County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Hosted at Clark County USGenWeb Archives Project Dorchester Memorial Cemetery Town of Grant Cemetery Town of Weston West Cemetery Abbotsford Cemetery Colby Cemetery St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery Hosted at Clark County, Wisconsin WIGenWeb Town of Sherwood Cemetery  

Columbia County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records

Wisconsin Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Wisconsin county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Columbia County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Hosted at Columbia County USGenWeb Archives Project Dekorra Cemetery Hosted at Columbia County, Wisconsin WIGenWeb Arlington Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery Rubin/Guenther Cemetery Saint Camillus Novitiate Cemetery aka Durwards Glen Cemetery Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Hillside Cemetery Surnames A-O Surnames P-Z Dekorra Cemetery Hillside Cemetery Veterans Inch Cemetery Saint Marys Lost Lake Cemetery Surnames … Read more

Adams County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records

Wisconsin Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Wisconsin county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Adams County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Hosted at Adams County USGenWeb Archives Project Spring Branch Cemetery, Partial Surname Tuttle Hosted at Adams County, Wisconsin WIGenWeb Project 5th Avenue Cemetery Big Flats Cemetery Colburn Leola Cemetery Cottonville Cemetery Davis Corners Cemetery Dogwood Cemetery East Arkdale Cemetery Easton Cemetery Edwardson Cemetery Gould Rock Cemetery Hamilton (Old Holiday) Cemetery Lakeview (Vroman or Jackson) … Read more

Barron County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records

Wisconsin Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Wisconsin county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Barron County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Arland Independent Cemetery Bethany Immanuel Luthern Cemetery Bethany Lutheran Cemetery (AKA Neby Cemetery) Big Moon Cemetery Cedar Lake Cemetery Collingwood Cemetery Dallas Cemetery Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Laaland/Johnson Cemetery Lakeview Cemetery, aka Perley Cemetery Maple Grove Baptist Cemetery Meadow Creek Cemetery Neby Cemetery Nora Cemetery Old Hillsdale Cemetery, aka Weisman Cemetery Orchard Beach … Read more

Wisconsin Cemetery Records

Wisconsin Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Wisconsin county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Adams County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Ashland County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Ashland County Hosted at Ashland County, Wisconsin WIGenWeb Cemetery List Barron County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Bayfield County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Brown County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Buffalo County, Wisconsin Cemetery Records Buffalo County Hosted at Buffalo County, Wisconsin WIGenWeb Norden Trinity Church A B-F G-H I-K L-N O-R S T-Z … Read more

Biography of William A. Meese

When that evil day shall come whereon William A. Meese exchanges his 7 1/8 derby of commerce for the starry crown of heavenly reward, doffs his conventional haberdashery of the Mississippi Valley for the celestial cerements of eternal bliss, Moline will pause in its onward march to industrial eminence, consider well this life-time of devotion to the city’s interests, drop a tear of affection for a departed comrade and wonder with apprehension where the half-dozen men are to spring from to take his place in the struggle for civic improvement. He has been for a half-century the loyal friend of … Read more

Biography of Rev. R. F. Sweet, D. D.

The old axiom which tells us that kind deeds and gentle words live forever is one which not only inspires the mind with its sublimity, but its truth is so often brought home to us, and so forcibly that it affords a solace we do not always feel. A noble life invariably begets its full measure of love and veneration, and even though myriads of kindness done and self-sacrificing efforts are lost to earth the hand-maidens of the Great Seer of Heaven have the fullest knowledge of them all. All men who have been so graciously endowed with that most … Read more

Biography of W. E. Taylor, M. D.

Placed at the head of a great state charitable institution, carrying the responsibility for the welfare of hundreds of unfortunates whose reason has been shattered and imbued with an earnest desire to restore his unfortunate charges to health and friends, stands Doctor W. E. Taylor, superintendent of the Illinois Western Hospital for the Insane at Watertown. He was born at Waukesha, Wisconsin, May 24, 1854, where his parents, E. T. and Esibell (Irving) Taylor resided. Here his boyhood was spent, and after thoroughly fitting him-self in preparatory schools, he entered the University of Wisconsin, and upon completing a course in … Read more

Biography of Hon. William McEniry

In considering the prominent legal firms in Rock Island County one’s mind instinctively turns to the firm of McEniry & McEniry, a firm composed of the two brothers, Hon. William McEniry and Matthew J. McEniry, having offices both in Rock Island and Moline. It is the life and character of the former of these two gentlemen that we pro-pose to depict in the sketch that is to follow. The life and character of Matthew J. McEniry will be found elsewhere in this work treated at length. William McEniry was born in Rock Island County, Illinois, May 9, 1860, his parents … Read more

Biography of Matthew J. McEniry

It is said that the legal profession is one of the most difficult in which to achieve success. It is doubtless true that to be a truly successful attorney requires ability of a high order. We have spoken elsewhere in this work of; the success achieved by the legal firm of McEniry & McEniry, and one of the fruits of that success is a renown that is not merely local but that has spread throughout the northwest. In the article mentioned the life and character of one of the members of the firm, William McEniry, was taken up and discussed … Read more

Biography of Mrs. Lavinia (Gates) Chapman

Mrs. Lavinia (Gates) Chapman. One of the most interesting personalities and entertaining conversationalists among the older residents of Ottawa County is Mrs. Lavinia (Gates) Chapman, one of Minneapolis’ most esteemed and admired ladies, whose actual life experiences are, to some extent, the basis of her published volume of “Pioneer Short Stories,” which book deserves a place in every library, and especially in those designed to preserve the true annals of one of the most trying periods in the progress of civilization in the West. Surrounded as she now is by every creature comfort and protected by stable laws in every … Read more

Biography of Willard E. Lyon

Willard E. Lyon, of Lincoln, is an old time Kansas man, having lived in this state from early infancy. He became widely known in educational affairs, but in more recent years had applied his time and energies to a rapidly developing business as a real estate and oil man at Lincoln. Mr. Lyon was born at Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin, March 30, 1874, but came to Kansas too early in life to have any distinct recollections of his native locality. His grandfather, Christopher C. Lyon, was born in Western New York in 1817, was a farmer by occupation, and lived … Read more

Biography of Chester C. Shelden

Chester C. Shelden has followed in the profession which his father, the late Alvah Shelden, did much to dignify and honor, and is now proprietor and editor of the Walnut Valley Times at El Dorado, his father’s old paper. The late Alvah Shelden was for thirty years owner and editor of the Walnut Valley Times. He was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, January 13, 1849, a son of Benjamin and Louisa (Vaught) Shelden, the former of German and the latter of Dutch ancestry. When Alvah was three years old his parents removed to Little Rock, Arkansas, and a year … Read more

Biography of Reinhold W. Simon

Reinhold W. Simon. One of the representative business men of Westfall, Kansas, is found in Reinhold W. Simon, who is cashier of the Westfall State Bank, a financial institution that was established in 1916 and already is doing a large business, great confidence being placed in its solidity because of the high character of its officials. Although one of the younger generation of business men here, Mr. Simon had had considerable banking experience and had an enviable reputation for business ability. Reinhold W. Simon was born at Markesan, Wisconsin, January 26, 1889, and is a son of E. F. and … Read more

Biographical Sketch of James P. Atwood, M.D.

JAMES P. ATWOOD, M.D. – One of the most successful physicians of Baker City, Oregon, is the gentleman whose name appears as the heading of this sketch. A careful and conscientious gentleman of temperate habits, and thoroughly reliable in all public and professional as well as private matters, he enjoys the confidence of the public, and has a large practice. He was born in Wisconsin in 1846, but was educated in Oregon, at Sublimity and at Corvallis, and took his degree in medicine from the medical department of the Willamette University at Salem, and from the medical department of the … Read more

Biography of Walter A. Bull

WALTER A. BULL.- In the gentleman whose name heads this brief memoir, we find one of the most substantial farmers of the Kittitass valley, and the owner of the beautiful ranch, a view of which finds a place in this work. He is a native of Albany, New York, and was born June 20, 1838, being the son of John and Sarah (Fish) Bull. When our subject was ten years of age, he with his parents moved to Racine, Wisconsin, where his father engaged in the shipping business on the lakes, and where Walter attended school and resided until twenty … Read more

Biography of A. M. Brookes

A. M. BROOKES. – A portrait of Mr. Brookes is placed in this work. The present efficient postmaster of the “Queen City” (Seattle) was born in Galena, Illinois, September 2, 1843, and is the son of Samuel M. and Julia B. (Jones) Brookes. His father was one of the early pioneers of Milwaukee. When our subject was but an infant his parents moved to Chicago, and two years later moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where A.M. was educated at the Milwaukee Academy, and where he resided until August, 1862. When, on the call by President Lincoln for three hundred thousand men, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George Brackett

GEORGE BRACKETT. – Mr. Brackett, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Canada East, May 22, 1842. There he resided until eighteen years of age. He then with his parents moved to Maine, his father being a native of that state. There they lived for six years, and then moved Eu Clare, Wisconsin, and embarked in the lumber business, which he followed until December, 1869.Then George came west to Washington Territory, and first found employment in Pierce county. In 1870 he came to Seattle, and in 1872 began logging on Salmon Bay, which business he followed until 1877, … Read more