The pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin : containing the records of the Outagamie County Pioneer Association; also a biographical and historical sketch of some of the earliest settlers of the county, and their families, their children, and grand-children, Part 22

Author: Spencer, Elihu
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Appleton, Wis. : Post Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 314


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In spite of his 80 years, Mr. Boyd is a spry active man, and is able to do more work now than many men of 50; he possesses a wonderful memory and can recount tales of stirring pioneer life. Passing through this county in 1832 on the way to the Black Hawk War, he has lived to see all"" the wonderful development since then. Among his many narrow escapes the following may bear repeating as the location is now the city of Appleton. In 1837, several


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thousand Menominee Indians congregated at the Grand Chute for the annual payment. Although it was strictly forbidden to take liquor into the Indian agent, the noise and disturbance in the camp indicated that the most of them were on the verge of a big spree. About 9 o'clock at night while the officers were lying about the camp fire, resting from the labors of the day, a great commotion was heard on the hill and an Indian came running down, saying another Indian had just killed a couple of women. James Boyd and A. Grignon ran up the hill to arrest him, armed only with a heavy cane. The murderer was located in one of the tents and as Mr. Boyd and Grignon rushed in, he stood over one of his victims, brandishing his bloody knife. Mr. Grignon stumbled over a log and fell quite close to him before the Indian could strike him with his knife as he attempted to do, Mr. Boyd felled him with a well-directed blow with his club, and together they tied his arms and dragged him down to the camp and tied him to a tree. The Indians, furious at the murder of the women, soon surrounded the camp and demanded the captive be returned to them to be dealt with according to Indian law and jus- tice. Col. Boyd refused for a time until he saw that the soldiers and traders had sought places of safety in flight and the chief said he could not restrain his young braves, and he feared harm might come to the officers, Lieut. Boyd was there upon given orders to turn the Indian over to them. With a rush the drunken savages threw the mur- derer with his arms and legs tied right out to the large camp fire. With a sizzle his breech clout and hair disap- peared and he straightened up and said in his Indian tongue, "I am a brave man," before he could be pulled out he was so badly burned that he died in a few hours.


The next morning on the return to Green Bay, while walking along the bank of the river alone, Lieut. Boyd met a powerful savage in war paint who enquired if he knew, which one of the officers it was who captured his friend last night. Mr. Boyd said he did and asked how much he would give to find out, drawing nearer as the Indian replied, he suddenly struck him a fearful blow,


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knocking the Indian down and telling him he was the man and that if he ever laid eyes on him again he would kill him. The Indian, knowing that he had met his match, rapidly got away. This all took place near where the Roger's residence stands to-day in Appleton.


LORENZO E. DARLING.


Lorenzo E. Darling was born August 9, 1829, in Brad- fore county, Pennsylvania. He came to Wisconsin in 1845, first settling in East Troy, Walworth county. Mr. Darling came to Outa- gamie county, in 1849, where he bought eighty acres of land in the town of Greenville, on which he and his mother moved the following spring. They suffered many hard- ships and privations in their new home, Indians, bears and wolves being their frequent visitors. Lorenzo during his first winter in Greenville, boarded with his brother, Simeon Darling, who af- terward died in the Civil War. During the winter L. E. DARLING. of 1849, our subject walked two miles to his work, but the following spring, he built a cabin on his place, where he and his mother took up their residence. He worked very hard, cleared sixty acres of heavily timbered land, and about that time, bought forty acres, which made him a fine farm of 120 acres, which he sold in 1867, for $6,100. He then moved with his family to Appleton, the legisla- ture of Wisconsin having appointed him a commissioner


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to appraise and sell about 30,000 acres of swamp land in Outagamie county, the proceeds to be used in opening roads in the newer portions of the county. His associates were James Gilmore and Joseph H. Marston; the bulk of the work, however, falling upon Mr. Darling. After resid- ing in Appleton four years, he moved in Ellington. In 1867 he was the Republican candidate for State Senator, but owing to the large Democratic majority in the district, he was not successful. In 1864, he was the Republican candidate for Member of Assembly, his opponent being Samuel Ryan, Jr., of Appleton, who was elected. Mr. Darling was the choice of the people for member of assem- bly in 1873, and his popularity was apparent, when being a Republican, he was elected in a strong Democratic dis- trict, by a good majority. In 1878, he visited Texas, in the employ of the Southern Pacific railroad company to report the agricultural advantages of that growing state.


Upon the first organization of Outagamie county, he was elected county clerk, over Moses W. Allen, of Hortonville, and re-elected. He has been a member of the county board of supervisors, in all, twenty years, and chairman of that body four years, and when he retired, he was considered the best posted man in county matters in the county. In 1875, Mr. Darling moved to Shiocton, where he has since resided. He was married in 1854, in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, to Mary E. Morse, by whom he had four child- ren : Eugene A., who lives at home ; Elwin C., who is mar- ried to Nora Webb, and resides in California ; Willis E., died in infancy ; and Edith M., who is the wife of George H. Lonkey, one of the business men of Shiocton. Our subject's father, Otis Darling, was a native of Vermont, and was married, in New York State, to Elizabeth Chub- buck, of New Hampshire. Mrs. Elizabeth Darling was an aunt to the celebrated "Fannie Forrester," who was there- fore a cousin to Lorenzo E. Darling, our subject.


Mr. Darling has written considerable poetry for the Mil- waukee, Chicago, Green Bay, and Eastern papers besides what he has furnished Appleton papers. He composed the


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first poem ever set in type in Outagamie county in the first number of the "Crescent," which was highly spoken of.


PAUL H. BEAULIEU.


Paul H. Beaulieu emigrated from Canada in 1812 on his way to the then unexplored regions of Lake Superior. He encountered countless privations and hardships, peculiar to early pioneer life. A notable event being his detention at Fort Malden and compulsion to serve in the British army for the space of four months in which time he parti- cipated in many skirmishes amongst which was the mem- orable battle of Lake Erie classed in history as Perry's Victory, after which he was allowed to continue his jour- ney and after having successfully followed the fur trade for twenty-one years he started with his family (his wife, one daughter and one son) for Green Bay, where he arrived Aug. 16, 1834, residing there until the fall of 1835 he removed to Kaukaloo or Kaukauna and settled on the Buchanan side of the river where he had previously pur- chased lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 on Sec. 21, T. 21, R. 18, on which was situated a grist and saw mill. He resided here up to the time of his death which occurred Oct. 15, 1841. The property then reverted to his only son and heir (the daugh- ter having died), Bazil H. Beaulieu and more familiarly known as B. H. Beaulieu, who was almost continuously con- nected with the affairs of Brown and afterwards Outagamie county until 1876 when he sold out and removed to White Earth, Becker county, Minn., where he resided until his death a few years ago. B. H. Beaulieu has held satisfac- torily the offices of justice of the peace, assessor, clerk and supervisor, which latter office he held fourteen years, dur- ing which he introduced to the board a bill for the division of the then town of Kaukauna, setting off all that part lying south and east of Fox River and organizing the present town of Buchanan, Mr. Beaulieu raised a large family of children, but I am unable to give their names, the above sketch of the Beaulieu family was extracted from a letter of greeting sent from White Earth, Minn., by


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Theo. H. Beaulieu, a son of B. H. Beaulieu, to the Outa- gamie County Pioneer Association to be read at their annual festival in 1885.


THE PHINNEY FAMILY.


The three Phinney brothers, Samuel C., James M. and Hiram A., were among the early pioneers of Appleton. Samuel C. Phinney was a Methodist preacher until his voice failed. In 1853 he came to Appleton and engaged in business with his brothers. His wife was a superior woman, a leader in society ; she died in 1880. They had two daughters, Mary A., the oldest, graduated at Lawrence University in 1859. She was married to Edward P. Hum- phrey in 1862; they had one son, Edward P. Humphrey, Jr., born in 1865, is now secretary and treasurer of the Post Publishing Company. Mr. Humphrey, Sr., died in 1865. His widow was married to Dr. Emory Stansbury, of Appleton ; they have two sons and one daughter. The other daughter of S. C. Phinney, Lora E., is the wife of W. D. Mason ; they now live in Green Bay and have two sons and her father now has his home with her. The second brother, James M. Phinney, was born at Vernon Center, N. Y. He received his education in the common schools of that state and at Wesleyen University. He spent several years teaching and was two years county superintendent of schools in Monroe county, New York. He was married to Helen L. Rich in 1847 in Pennfield in the same county ; they came to Dartford in Wisconsin in 1848. In November, 1849, they came to Appleton and for six years was the first professor of mathematics and natural sciences in Lawrence University. He served twenty years as trustee and for fifteen years sold goods, in company with his brothers in Appleton. They have had two daughters. The eldest, Ella L., is the wife of H. C. Sloan, a lawyer of West Superior ; Clara, the youngest daughter, was a graduate of Lawrence University and spent some time teaching. She was married to G. V. Nash in 1876, and died in 1880 ; her son when six years old was killed by a fall. The


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youngest brother, Hiram A. Phinney, was for many years an honorable merchant in Appleton, and for several years postmaster. He is now retired and lives in Appleton. The ancestors of the Phinney family were all descendants of the Puritans. Their grandfather was a large ship- owner of Cape Cod, when 50 years old he lost seven vessels in succession which reduced him from affluence to poverty. Their father, James Phinney, was adopted by a relative with whom he lived until his majority. He then moved to the State of New York, where he lived until 1823; he then came to Dartford, Wis., where he resided until his death, aged 86. He was over fifty years a member of the Method- ist church; a man of great ability. Their maternal grandfather, Samuel Cody, was a soldier in the Revolu -. tionary War; he enlisted when 16 years old and served during the war, was in the battle of Saratoga and admired the skill and bravery of Arnold in managing that battle, and was almost willing to forgive him for his afterward deserting to the British.


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OUTAGAMIE COUNTY PIONEERS.


LIST OF PIONEERS WHO DIED


From Feb. 22, 1895, to Dec. 1, 1895.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


DATE OF SETTLEMENT.


DATE OF DEATH.


AGE.


Mrs. John McMurdo.


Hortonville ..


1851


Feb. 23


79


Philip Van Busum


Dale


1840.


Feb. 23


7.8


Mrs. Haffner.


Appleton.


Came early


Feb. 23


65


Michael Cleary


Appleton


1860


March 3.


69


Daniel Nussbaum


Ellington


1-60


March 4 ..


68


Baker Green


Seymour


Old Pioneer


March 8.


92


Dennis Tierney


Grand Chute


Old Pioneer.


March 13 ..


76


Mrs. Martin Garrets


Little Chute


Old Pioneer.


March 14 ..


73


John Murry .


Appleton


Old Pioneer.


March 14 ..


75


Theodore Van Domel


Appleton


Old Pioneer


March 11.


75


John Singer ..


Black Creek


A Soldier


March 15 ..


52


George White .


Appleton


1854


March 16 ..


55


Mrs. Chartz Tuttle


Kaukauna


1849


March 14.


84


Rev. P. S. Bennett.


Appleton


April 5 ..


78


Mrs. Ketchum.


Appleton


1856


April 9.


81


L. H. Waldo


Appleton


A Soldier


April 6.


Mrs. Gainor


Born in Center


April 11.


35


Stephen Thompson.


Maine.


1853


April 12.


87


Mrs. Callen.


Ellington.


1850


April 11.


70


Mrs, Jewell.


Maine.


1865


April 14.


83


Theodore Ross


Greenville


82


Ahea Jewell ..


Kaukauna.


1854


May.


56


Mrs. Wm. Haffner


Appleton


May ..


50


Thomas Ward.


Appleton


May 18.


60


Timothy Heenan


Grand Chute


1855


May 17


77


Jacob Deagle


Dale.


Old Pioneer


July 7


59


Henry Neaman.


Greenville


Old Pioneer.


July


Ella Dey


Born in Greenville.


July 22


Bernet Mills ..


Born in Greenville ..


Aug. 14


James McMurdo


Hortonville


Old Pioneer


Aug. 15


80)


Ludwick Blake ..


Greenville


Old Pioneer.


Aug. 17


Sarah Burckanch


Osborn ..


1858.


Aug. 23


Mical Homley ...


Hortonville


Aug. 25


Sanford Sherman.


Born in Hortonia


1849


Aug ..


46


Elijah Thomas


Hortonia


Old Pioneer.


Sept. 3.


71 24


Orne Fillmore.


Greenville.


A Pioneer Boy


Sept. 7.


44


Mr. Hartman.


Appleton


Old Pioneer.


Sept. 3.


Mrs. A. P. Lewis


Greenville.


1854.


Sept. 8.


Lawrence Maye.


Appleton


Old Pioneer


Sept. 13


William Nabbefeldt.


Freedom


Old Pioneer.


Sept. 10


i:)


Mrs. Elmira Spears.


Ellington


Sept. 12


25


Mrs. Thomas Glasheen.


Buchanan.


Old Pioneer.


Sept. 19


68 70


Mrs. Solomon Glass.


Dale.


Old Pioneer.


Sept.


71


Samuel Rhodes ..


Medina


Old Pioneer.


Oct. 7.


73


John Steffens .


Hortonia


Old Pioneer.


Oct. 6


72


Gerhardt Kamps


Appleton


Old Pioneer.


Sept.


62


Ottmar Buchman ..


Hortonville


Old Pioneer


Oct. 19.


65


Homer Gaspensen.


Greenville


Old Pioneer.


Oct. 28.


82


Herman Eberhart.


Cicero


1867


Oct. 3.


73


John McGregor


Greenville.


Old Pioneer.


Oct. 12.


58


Fred Ballard.


Born in Appleton.


Nov. 2


30


John H. McGillan.


Center


1851


Nov. 25


68


Michael Leahy.


Greenville


Old Pioneer.


Nov. 24.


86


.


Anna Steffen Miller


Dale ..


Sept. 3.


74 65 75 7.3


Joseph Wihpert.


Appleton


Sept. 13


Mrs. Charles H. Vogel.


Born in Ellington


Sept. 8


Mrs. Bogan ..


Grand Chute


1854


Oct. 1


85 68 36 78


Adam Miller


Hortonville


Old Pioneer.


Aug. 23


76 34 26


A. G. Kramer


Born in Freedom


April 9. .


35


April 19.


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OUTAGAMIE COUNTY PIONEERS.


ERRATA.


PAGE. ERROR. CORRECTED.


89-H. C. Sheenin


H. C. Sherwin.


89-J. W. Letchen J. W. Letcher.


90-Lobeina Lanphear Sabina Lanphear.


90-Dr. Maake. Dr. Mosier.


91-Ben. T. Craft. Burr S. Craft.


92-N. B. Crane.


Wm. B. Crane.


92-Nelson Meunep.


Nelson Mereness.


92-Governor Tegon. . Gov. Tryon.


92-B. Mills.


L. B. Mills.


92-Kiles Perry Miles Perry.


92-Isaac Wicknin


Isaac Wickwire.


92-Miron Wicknin


Myron Wickwire.


92-Geo. E. Darling Lorenzo E. Darling.


92-Leeman Darling


Simeon Darling.


92-Henry Greenfield Harvey Greenfield.


93-James McChitchie. James McClatchie.


93-Edward Spice.


Edward Spicer.


93-Thomas Collon Thomas Callen.


93-Wm. H. Bever Wm. H. Bruce.


94-Milo Cobs Milo Coles.


94-H. Cobs H. Coles.


94-D. D. Anger. D. D. Auger.


54-S. W. Hunger S. W. Munger.


54-Rev. Mr. Lenier Rev. Mr. D. Lewis.


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OUTAGAMIE COUNTY PIONEERS.


INDEX.


Preliminary Meeting


Page 5


Constitution 7


List of Pioneers.


9


Song of the Pioneers


12


Meeting, 1875


15


Annual Meeting, 1876.


17


Annual Address, Prof. D. M. Hyde


19


Annual Meeting, 1877


25


President John Dey's Opening Remarks


27


Annual Address by John Leith, Jr.


26


Sketch of the Early History and Settlement of Appleton by J. S. Buck. 28


Sketch of Early Settlement of Grand Chute by D. Huntley 36


Sketch of Early Settlement of Greenville by John Dey. 37


Sketch of Early Settlement of Dale by Philo Root


41


Sketch of Early Settlement of Hortonia by Matthew McComb ..


43


Sketch of Early Settlement of Buchanan by Wm. Lamure


49


Sketch of Early Settlement of Ellington by Ansel Greely


49 50


Sketch of Early Settlement of Kaukauna by E. St. Louis.


51


Sketch of Early Settlement of Seymour by Geo. R. Downer. 53


Sketch of Early Settlement of Seymour by James Dean. 55


Annual Meeting, 1878


56


Annual Meeting, 1879.


58


Sketch of Early Times in Kaukauna by Geo. W. Lawe.


59


Letter from Mrs. Emily J. Lawe. 63


64


Sketch of the Early History and Settlement of Appleton by H. L. Blood.


65


Annual Meeting, 1881


71


Annual Meeting, 1882.


73


Annual Meeting, 1883.


76


Annual Address by W. H. Sampson


75


List of Pioneers who died in 1883.


80


Annual Meeting, 1884. 81


Pioneers' Memorial, a Poem by Mrs. Stansbury 82


Annual Meeting, 1880.


Sketch of Early Settlement of Center by John McGillan.


301


INDEX.


Annual Meeting, 1885.


Page 86


Annual Address by Judge Geo. H. Myers . 86


Annual Meeting, 1886. 96


Annual Address by Hon. John Bottensek 97


Pioneers' Experiences by Mrs. L. B. Mills, of Greenville


102


Annual Meeting, 1887. 108


Annual Address by J. M. Phinney


108


Annual Meeting, 1888. 118


Annual Address by Hon. Humphrey Pierce. 118


Resolutions on the Death of Col. H. L. Blood. 123


Annual Meeting, 1880. 124


Annual Address by Hon. H. D. Ryan


125


Annual Meeting, 1890. 130 131


138


Annual Address by Rev. John Faville


139


Annual Meeting, 1892.


148


Annual Address by Hon. A. B. Whitman


149


Annual Meeting, 1893.


152


Annual Address by Rev. R. H. Pooley.


153


Annual Meeting, 1894. 157


Annual Address by Judge Samuel Boyd. 158


List of Pioneers who died during the past year. 159


Annual Meeting, 1895. 160


H. M. Culbertson's Paper. 161


Paper by Mrs. Geo. Downer. 166


Poein by W. J. Bedell, "The Old Log House on the Hill" 169


Paper by D. Huntley. 171


Names of Pioneers who died since our last meeting, Feb. 22, 1894 172


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


Abbott, E. B. and Family 254


Beaulieu, Paul. 295


Boyd, James M 290


Balliet, Stephen and Family


252


Ballard, Anson and Family.


246


Brothers, Capt. D. J


245


Brill, Michael and Family


243


Blackwood, O. A. and Family


235


Briggs, Wm. W. 189


Blood, Henry L 190


Bennett, Rev. Philo S. 204


Baer, John M . 212


Bottensek, John Henry


214


Breiterick, Karl .. 278


Bateman, Robert R 284


Annual Address by Rev. A. A. Drown


Annual Meeting, 1891. .


302


INDEX.


Page


Conkey, Col. Theodore.


241


Cough, Jere and Family


208


Culbertson, John and Family .


192


Conklin, Nathan S.


270


Darling, Lorenzo E


293


Downer, Geo. R


283


Dean, James


279


Dey, John and Family


186


Draper, Nelson B


193


Diener, Henry J


191


Douglas, Dr. Byron


258


Fuller, J. F


275


Greenfield, Harvey.


272


Gerrits, Martin .


267 237


Gates, Porter J


198


Grignon, Augustin and Family


239


Hyde, Capt. Welcome.


226


Hardaker, James and Family.


200


Hopkins, C. W


218 270


Huntley, Daniel.


Johnston, Col. William


207


Johnson, William.


199


Jordan, Woodford D


202


Jones, Hiram A


219


Jacquot, Lewis F


≤47 285


Kobusson, John


195


Kethroe, Henry


197 180


Lamure, Wm. and Family


277


Leiby, George and Family


217


Lawe, Geo. W.


244


Lite, Peter.


248


Munger, Wmn. H


262 261


McComb, Matthew


188


McGillan, Frances and Family.


213


McLeod, Peter


215


McKay, Hector


243


Murch, Bela B


255


Myers, Judge Geo. H.


204


McMurdo, John, Sr


263


Nye, Nathan J.


185


McNab, Duncan. 276


Palmer, E. S. and Family 197


Goodland, Judge John


Knox, John


Kamps and Moeskes Families.


Manley, Wm. R.


INDEX.


303


Perrot, Ferdinand and Family


Page 210


Pierce, Humphrey .


220


Poole, Oliver and Family


253


Perry, Seth J


264


Phinney Family.


296


Rogers, Wmn. H.


222 242


Reuter, Peter.


249


Rexford, Jabez B.


205 201


Randall, Levi


Ryan, Col. Samuel and Family


182 266


Root, Stephen


Sauberlich, Christian


288 174


Spencer, Blanchard.


289


Scott, Jared G


195


Shepherd, George W


211 258 265


Smith, Rev. Reeder


265


Saunders, Evert


271


Simpson, James


273 282


Tompkins, James.


209 259


Tanner, H. B


286


Verstegen, Arnold.


281


Vandebogert, Frank C.


216


Whitman, Sylvester, S.


196


Woodward, John W


184


West, Edward. 251


Wolcott Family .


268


Young, Samuel and Family.


215


Spencer, Elihu and Family


Southmayd, Jolın S.


Shulze, Daniel.


Speel, Win. aud Family .


Tubbs, Peter.


Rhodes, Solomon.


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