Garner Waite Allen was born September 28, 1812, in New York. In the early 1830s, he married Lucretia, the mother of his two sons, Nelson and Albert. After Nelson’s birth in Chautauqua County, New York, in 1834, the three left for Michigan. Garner purchased 40-acres in Seneca Township of Lenawee County, Michigan, on September 15, 1835. Albert was born there in 1838, and the family was in Seneca when the 1840 census was conducted. After several more years, the Allens moved westward – this time permanently, to Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was still an undeveloped territory and not yet a state when a census was taken in 1846. In that report, Garner and family lived at Winnebago Township on the west side of Lake Winnebago. Among the earliest settlers in the town, Garner had a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh. He tended that property for decades before his death. Sadly, he lost Lucretia at the age of 35, on February 15, 1846, leaving him with their two boys.
Garner next married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. She was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys. Garner purchased his property at Green Bay’s land office on May 10, 1848, according to Judy Wollangk’s book, Names Upon the Land. Technically, his farm was part of section 12 of Algoma Township. But, because much of Algoma was soon absorbed into Oshkosh Township, his name is usually associated with pioneer settlers of the latter. The farm was situated about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh, about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
There is a record of an 80-acre land purchase at Saxeville in Waushara County, Wisconsin. Garner’s brother-in-law, Gilbert Brooks, had married Frances Adsit in 1853. Her brother, William G. Adsit, and their parents, Josiah and Maria Adsit, lived in Saxeville around the time the 1856 land transaction took place. The parents farmed there in 1860, and William ran a hotel in town as of 1863. It’s not certain if Garner and the Adsits were in business together.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. The 1880 report noted that Garner had asthma – indeed, his health declined in the next couple years. Death finally claimed him on October 30, 1882.
A notice appeared that day in the Oshkosh Northwestern. "Died. ALLEN - In this city, this morning, G.W. Allen, at the age of 70 years. The funeral will take place from the Algoma Street M.E. church at 10,30 o'clock tomorrow, Tuesday." The Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
Wisconsin was still an undeveloped territory and not yet a state when a census was taken in 1846. In that report, Garner and family lived at Winnebago Township on the west side of Lake Winnebago. Among the earliest settlers in the town, Garner had a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh. He tended that property for decades before his death. Sadly, he lost Lucretia at the age of 35, on February 15, 1846, leaving him with their two boys.
Garner next married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. She was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys. Garner purchased his property at Green Bay’s land office on May 10, 1848, according to Judy Wollangk’s book, Names Upon the Land. Technically, his farm was part of section 12 of Algoma Township. But, because much of Algoma was soon absorbed into Oshkosh Township, his name is usually associated with pioneer settlers of the latter. The farm was situated about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh, about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
There is a record of an 80-acre land purchase at Saxeville in Waushara County, Wisconsin. Garner’s brother-in-law, Gilbert Brooks, had married Frances Adsit in 1853. Her brother, William G. Adsit, and their parents, Josiah and Maria Adsit, lived in Saxeville around the time the 1856 land transaction took place. The parents farmed there in 1860, and William ran a hotel in town as of 1863. It’s not certain if Garner and the Adsits were in business together.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. The 1880 report noted that Garner had asthma – indeed, his health declined in the next couple years. Death finally claimed him on October 30, 1882.
A notice appeared that day in the Oshkosh Northwestern. "Died. ALLEN - In this city, this morning, G.W. Allen, at the age of 70 years. The funeral will take place from the Algoma Street M.E. church at 10,30 o'clock tomorrow, Tuesday." The Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
Garner Waite Allen was born September 28, 1812, in New York. In the early 1830s, he married Lucretia, the mother of his two sons, Nelson and Albert. After Nelson’s birth in Chautauqua County, New York, in 1834, the three left for Michigan. Garner purchased 40-acres in Seneca Township of Lenawee County, Michigan, on September 15, 1835. Albert was born there in 1838, and the family was in Seneca when the 1840 census was conducted. After several more years, the Allens moved westward – this time permanently, to Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was still an undeveloped territory and not yet a state when a census was taken in 1846. In that report, Garner and family lived at Winnebago Township on the west side of Lake Winnebago. Among the earliest settlers in the town, Garner had a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh. He tended that property for decades before his death. Sadly, he lost Lucretia at the age of 35, on February 15, 1846, leaving him with their two boys.
Garner next married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. She was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys. Garner purchased his property at Green Bay’s land office on May 10, 1848, according to Judy Wollangk’s book, Names Upon the Land. Technically, his farm was part of section 12 of Algoma Township. But, because much of Algoma was soon absorbed into Oshkosh Township, his name is usually associated with pioneer settlers of the latter. The farm was situated about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh, about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
There is a record of an 80-acre land purchase at Saxeville in Waushara County, Wisconsin. Garner’s brother-in-law, Gilbert Brooks, had married Frances Adsit in 1853. Her brother, William G. Adsit, and their parents, Josiah and Maria Adsit, lived in Saxeville around the time the 1856 land transaction took place. The parents farmed there in 1860, and William ran a hotel in town as of 1863. It’s not certain if Garner and the Adsits were in business together.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. The 1880 report noted that Garner had asthma – indeed, his health declined in the next couple years. Death finally claimed him on October 30, 1882.
A notice appeared that day in the Oshkosh Northwestern. "Died. ALLEN - In this city, this morning, G.W. Allen, at the age of 70 years. The funeral will take place from the Algoma Street M.E. church at 10,30 o'clock tomorrow, Tuesday." The Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
Wisconsin was still an undeveloped territory and not yet a state when a census was taken in 1846. In that report, Garner and family lived at Winnebago Township on the west side of Lake Winnebago. Among the earliest settlers in the town, Garner had a farm about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh. He tended that property for decades before his death. Sadly, he lost Lucretia at the age of 35, on February 15, 1846, leaving him with their two boys.
Garner next married Ann Brooks in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, on August 9, 1846. She was 35 and would have no children of her own. Instead, she focused on being a step-mother to her husband’s boys. Garner purchased his property at Green Bay’s land office on May 10, 1848, according to Judy Wollangk’s book, Names Upon the Land. Technically, his farm was part of section 12 of Algoma Township. But, because much of Algoma was soon absorbed into Oshkosh Township, his name is usually associated with pioneer settlers of the latter. The farm was situated about three miles north of the city of Oshkosh, about a mile north of the Fox River. It was near what today is the intersection of Wisconsin Street and West Irving Avenue in Oshkosh.
There is a record of an 80-acre land purchase at Saxeville in Waushara County, Wisconsin. Garner’s brother-in-law, Gilbert Brooks, had married Frances Adsit in 1853. Her brother, William G. Adsit, and their parents, Josiah and Maria Adsit, lived in Saxeville around the time the 1856 land transaction took place. The parents farmed there in 1860, and William ran a hotel in town as of 1863. It’s not certain if Garner and the Adsits were in business together.
The Allens lived on their Oshkosh farm when the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were taken. The 1880 report noted that Garner had asthma – indeed, his health declined in the next couple years. Death finally claimed him on October 30, 1882.
A notice appeared that day in the Oshkosh Northwestern. "Died. ALLEN - In this city, this morning, G.W. Allen, at the age of 70 years. The funeral will take place from the Algoma Street M.E. church at 10,30 o'clock tomorrow, Tuesday." The Oshkosh pioneer was laid to rest in Brooks Cemetery.
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