Wisconsin Genealogy
Oak Mound Cemetery is located in section 14 of the town of Alto, adjacent to the Zion Congregational Church on County Highway EE, one mile north of the village of Alto. The deed for the cemetery property is dated July 19, 1858.
Located north of Iron River. To reach Valley View Cemetery take County Highway A to Cheese Factory Road, turn right and proceed for approximately 1½ miles to Battle Axe Road. Turn left until you reach the High Lines. At the next road turn left and Cemetery Lane will be on the right.
A compiled cemetery record for the former Swedish Baptist Cemetery, with burials listed by name, family connections, immigration details, and dates. Because a fire destroyed records before 1911, the list is incomplete. Compiled by Ruth Guhl in 1999 and updated in 2003, it documents many Finnish and Swedish immigrant families.
A detailed historical and geological survey of Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley, describing its sandstone and drift formations, fertile soils, climate, river tributaries, and vast water power. It also traces early exploration, pioneer settlement, Native American treaties and reservations, the region’s immense timber resources, and the changing legislative, congressional, and judicial districts that shaped its political history.
This transcribed 19th-century history traces Wisconsin’s early exploration and settlement, from Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain to Jean Nicolet, Joliet and Marquette, La Salle, Hennepin, and French missions and fur trade posts. It also covers conflict with Native nations, British control, territorial changes, and Wisconsin’s path to statehood in 1848 under Governor Nelson Dewey.
John Turner Olin died Dec. 1, 1900, at his son’s home in Washington, Wisconsin, after months of illness and an apoplectic stroke. Born in Delaware County, N.Y., he moved with his family to Iowa and then Wisconsin before settling in Eau Claire in 1855. He is survived by his wife, four children, and one brother.
Mrs. Mildred Phillippe, 67, of LaCrosse, Wis., formerly of Ottumwa, died Dec. 27, 1969, after a four-month illness. Born in Ottumwa in 1902, she moved to LaCrosse in 1954. Survivors include her husband, Roi; a son, a daughter, five grandchildren, her father and brother. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery.
E. Stilson, a 72-year-old pioneer of West Salem, Wisconsin, died at home from the infirmities of old age. He is survived by his widow, three sons in Washington, and a daughter, Mrs. Quiggle of West Salem. Funeral arrangements were delayed until word could be received from his sons in the West.
Henricksen Jacobson, a Racine wholesale grocery firm founded in 1910 by Henry M. Henricksen and Jacob Jacobson, has grown rapidly into a substantial business. Originally located on Mound Avenue and later moved to State Street, the company carries a large line of groceries, including butterine, butter, eggs and cheese, serving Racine and Kenosha counties.
Joseph S. Hartmann, a German-born immigrant who came to the United States in 1862, founded the Hartmann Trunk Company, which grew from a small Racine operation into a major trunk and luggage manufacturer with plants covering three acres and sales offices in Chicago and New York. The company holds more than 100 patents and employs 300 workers.