1840 census this family is in Lawrence Illinois
Arrived in Wisconsin by 1848.
known children:
1.- John H b.4 Feb. 1836 Ohio; a Miner in Grant Co. Wi. (& mined gold at the Boise River Gold mine in Montana mid-1860's) Married Theresa J. Haldhauser; d. 26 Sept.1880 Ca (stone 44Y 7m. 22d); did not serve in Civil war, possibly for religious reasons. Founder/leader of the Estrella Adobe Church, San Luis Obispo County California.
2.- David A b. 14 Jan 1838 Ohio d. 17 Jan 1901 Webster Iowa Otho cemetery. m. Isabelle Todd
3.- George Washington. b.29 Oct 1839 Ohio d. 18 March 1863 enlisted 8-19-1861 age 20 Platteville; listed POW died in Andersonville Ga. died of Dysintery March 12, 1864 Blue Eyes, Black hair, dark complected, 5' 9" farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 10 August 1861. Enlisted in Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 Aug 1861. Died of disease as a POW Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 12 Mar 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
4.- William Westley. b.25 Nov.1841 Ill. d. 31 Aug. 1865 23y 9mo Co. F. 20th Reg. Civli War Musterd into service 8-18, 1862, out July 14, 1865 gray eyes, light hair, light complected, 5' 9" miner (wife ? Mary)
5.- Joseph Franklin b.4 Nov.1843 Lawrenceville Ill. married 29 July 1866 Enlisted 7-10-1862 /out July 14, 1865 "blue Eyes, Brown Hair, light complected 5'8" farmer married Caroline E. Clayton July 29,1866 d.28 March 1915 Big Patch Wi.
6.- Mary Elizabett. b.8 Nov 1847 Wi. married William McCloskey 27 Jan 1874 Webster Iowa; lived in Iowa. d. 26 March 1876
7.- Sarah Jane b. 14 Nov.1849 Wi. d. 18 Aug. 1852; buried Big Patch cemetery.
on William's probate records there is this:
"John Fortney, brother of the deceased, amounting to principal and interest of doubtful and uncertain value, $358.35".
NOTE: - shell design on a tombstone is a symbol of a person's Christian pilgrimage or journey through life, resurection, Baptism.
- Clasped Hands symbolize "farewell" or hope of meeting in eternity.
NOTE; there is a will in Jo Davies County, Illinois;
- Will Book A, 1850 - 1863
- LANE, John of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, dated April 22, 1858, proved Jo Davies County Feb 3, 1860 .
Estate both real and personal to wife Harriet LANE during her natural life and after her death to be divided equally among my heirs, namely, Eliza LANE, Harriet LANE, John LANE, Roseanna LANE, and Emma LANE.
- Executor: None Named.
- Witnesses: William FORTNEY, farmer aged 46 years, Grant County; Joseph QUICK, farmer, aged 37 years, Grant County; Goerge E. COBANIS, carpenter, aged 42 years, Grant County. (Page 315)
Arrived in Wisconsin by 1848.
known children:
1.- John H b.4 Feb. 1836 Ohio; a Miner in Grant Co. Wi. (& mined gold at the Boise River Gold mine in Montana mid-1860's) Married Theresa J. Haldhauser; d. 26 Sept.1880 Ca (stone 44Y 7m. 22d); did not serve in Civil war, possibly for religious reasons. Founder/leader of the Estrella Adobe Church, San Luis Obispo County California.
2.- David A b. 14 Jan 1838 Ohio d. 17 Jan 1901 Webster Iowa Otho cemetery. m. Isabelle Todd
3.- George Washington. b.29 Oct 1839 Ohio d. 18 March 1863 enlisted 8-19-1861 age 20 Platteville; listed POW died in Andersonville Ga. died of Dysintery March 12, 1864 Blue Eyes, Black hair, dark complected, 5' 9" farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 10 August 1861. Enlisted in Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 Aug 1861. Died of disease as a POW Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 12 Mar 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
4.- William Westley. b.25 Nov.1841 Ill. d. 31 Aug. 1865 23y 9mo Co. F. 20th Reg. Civli War Musterd into service 8-18, 1862, out July 14, 1865 gray eyes, light hair, light complected, 5' 9" miner (wife ? Mary)
5.- Joseph Franklin b.4 Nov.1843 Lawrenceville Ill. married 29 July 1866 Enlisted 7-10-1862 /out July 14, 1865 "blue Eyes, Brown Hair, light complected 5'8" farmer married Caroline E. Clayton July 29,1866 d.28 March 1915 Big Patch Wi.
6.- Mary Elizabett. b.8 Nov 1847 Wi. married William McCloskey 27 Jan 1874 Webster Iowa; lived in Iowa. d. 26 March 1876
7.- Sarah Jane b. 14 Nov.1849 Wi. d. 18 Aug. 1852; buried Big Patch cemetery.
on William's probate records there is this:
"John Fortney, brother of the deceased, amounting to principal and interest of doubtful and uncertain value, $358.35".
NOTE: - shell design on a tombstone is a symbol of a person's Christian pilgrimage or journey through life, resurection, Baptism.
- Clasped Hands symbolize "farewell" or hope of meeting in eternity.
NOTE; there is a will in Jo Davies County, Illinois;
- Will Book A, 1850 - 1863
- LANE, John of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, dated April 22, 1858, proved Jo Davies County Feb 3, 1860 .
Estate both real and personal to wife Harriet LANE during her natural life and after her death to be divided equally among my heirs, namely, Eliza LANE, Harriet LANE, John LANE, Roseanna LANE, and Emma LANE.
- Executor: None Named.
- Witnesses: William FORTNEY, farmer aged 46 years, Grant County; Joseph QUICK, farmer, aged 37 years, Grant County; Goerge E. COBANIS, carpenter, aged 42 years, Grant County. (Page 315)
1840 census this family is in Lawrence Illinois
Arrived in Wisconsin by 1848.
known children:
1.- John H b.4 Feb. 1836 Ohio; a Miner in Grant Co. Wi. (& mined gold at the Boise River Gold mine in Montana mid-1860's) Married Theresa J. Haldhauser; d. 26 Sept.1880 Ca (stone 44Y 7m. 22d); did not serve in Civil war, possibly for religious reasons. Founder/leader of the Estrella Adobe Church, San Luis Obispo County California.
2.- David A b. 14 Jan 1838 Ohio d. 17 Jan 1901 Webster Iowa Otho cemetery. m. Isabelle Todd
3.- George Washington. b.29 Oct 1839 Ohio d. 18 March 1863 enlisted 8-19-1861 age 20 Platteville; listed POW died in Andersonville Ga. died of Dysintery March 12, 1864 Blue Eyes, Black hair, dark complected, 5' 9" farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 10 August 1861. Enlisted in Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 Aug 1861. Died of disease as a POW Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 12 Mar 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
4.- William Westley. b.25 Nov.1841 Ill. d. 31 Aug. 1865 23y 9mo Co. F. 20th Reg. Civli War Musterd into service 8-18, 1862, out July 14, 1865 gray eyes, light hair, light complected, 5' 9" miner (wife ? Mary)
5.- Joseph Franklin b.4 Nov.1843 Lawrenceville Ill. married 29 July 1866 Enlisted 7-10-1862 /out July 14, 1865 "blue Eyes, Brown Hair, light complected 5'8" farmer married Caroline E. Clayton July 29,1866 d.28 March 1915 Big Patch Wi.
6.- Mary Elizabett. b.8 Nov 1847 Wi. married William McCloskey 27 Jan 1874 Webster Iowa; lived in Iowa. d. 26 March 1876
7.- Sarah Jane b. 14 Nov.1849 Wi. d. 18 Aug. 1852; buried Big Patch cemetery.
on William's probate records there is this:
"John Fortney, brother of the deceased, amounting to principal and interest of doubtful and uncertain value, $358.35".
NOTE: - shell design on a tombstone is a symbol of a person's Christian pilgrimage or journey through life, resurection, Baptism.
- Clasped Hands symbolize "farewell" or hope of meeting in eternity.
NOTE; there is a will in Jo Davies County, Illinois;
- Will Book A, 1850 - 1863
- LANE, John of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, dated April 22, 1858, proved Jo Davies County Feb 3, 1860 .
Estate both real and personal to wife Harriet LANE during her natural life and after her death to be divided equally among my heirs, namely, Eliza LANE, Harriet LANE, John LANE, Roseanna LANE, and Emma LANE.
- Executor: None Named.
- Witnesses: William FORTNEY, farmer aged 46 years, Grant County; Joseph QUICK, farmer, aged 37 years, Grant County; Goerge E. COBANIS, carpenter, aged 42 years, Grant County. (Page 315)
Arrived in Wisconsin by 1848.
known children:
1.- John H b.4 Feb. 1836 Ohio; a Miner in Grant Co. Wi. (& mined gold at the Boise River Gold mine in Montana mid-1860's) Married Theresa J. Haldhauser; d. 26 Sept.1880 Ca (stone 44Y 7m. 22d); did not serve in Civil war, possibly for religious reasons. Founder/leader of the Estrella Adobe Church, San Luis Obispo County California.
2.- David A b. 14 Jan 1838 Ohio d. 17 Jan 1901 Webster Iowa Otho cemetery. m. Isabelle Todd
3.- George Washington. b.29 Oct 1839 Ohio d. 18 March 1863 enlisted 8-19-1861 age 20 Platteville; listed POW died in Andersonville Ga. died of Dysintery March 12, 1864 Blue Eyes, Black hair, dark complected, 5' 9" farmer
Enlisted as a Private on 10 August 1861. Enlisted in Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 Aug 1861. Died of disease as a POW Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 12 Mar 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
4.- William Westley. b.25 Nov.1841 Ill. d. 31 Aug. 1865 23y 9mo Co. F. 20th Reg. Civli War Musterd into service 8-18, 1862, out July 14, 1865 gray eyes, light hair, light complected, 5' 9" miner (wife ? Mary)
5.- Joseph Franklin b.4 Nov.1843 Lawrenceville Ill. married 29 July 1866 Enlisted 7-10-1862 /out July 14, 1865 "blue Eyes, Brown Hair, light complected 5'8" farmer married Caroline E. Clayton July 29,1866 d.28 March 1915 Big Patch Wi.
6.- Mary Elizabett. b.8 Nov 1847 Wi. married William McCloskey 27 Jan 1874 Webster Iowa; lived in Iowa. d. 26 March 1876
7.- Sarah Jane b. 14 Nov.1849 Wi. d. 18 Aug. 1852; buried Big Patch cemetery.
on William's probate records there is this:
"John Fortney, brother of the deceased, amounting to principal and interest of doubtful and uncertain value, $358.35".
NOTE: - shell design on a tombstone is a symbol of a person's Christian pilgrimage or journey through life, resurection, Baptism.
- Clasped Hands symbolize "farewell" or hope of meeting in eternity.
NOTE; there is a will in Jo Davies County, Illinois;
- Will Book A, 1850 - 1863
- LANE, John of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, dated April 22, 1858, proved Jo Davies County Feb 3, 1860 .
Estate both real and personal to wife Harriet LANE during her natural life and after her death to be divided equally among my heirs, namely, Eliza LANE, Harriet LANE, John LANE, Roseanna LANE, and Emma LANE.
- Executor: None Named.
- Witnesses: William FORTNEY, farmer aged 46 years, Grant County; Joseph QUICK, farmer, aged 37 years, Grant County; Goerge E. COBANIS, carpenter, aged 42 years, Grant County. (Page 315)
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