20 JUL 1899 WILLIAM SPENCER MONROE d. July 8, 1899 (VT)
Died.--At Cadott, Wis., July 8, 1899 of paralysis, William Spencer MONROE, aged 59 years, 11 months, 13 days. William S. MONROE was born in the town of Bolton, Chittendon County, Vermont, July 21, 1839, and came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846, settling in Sheboygan County. He began learning the printer's trade in the Free Press office in Sheboygan Falls, and after working there a year went to the State Journal office at Madison, where he remained until 1861, when he removed to Wautoma to take an interest in the Waushara Argus. He enlisted in the Union Army in the fall of 1861 as a private, serving his country through the war earning numerous promotions by his fidelity and zeal and was discharged at the close of the conflict as First Lieutenant and Captain of Company I, 16th Regiment, having won his honors through the many arduous and hard-fought battles of the campaign with the western army and through the march to the sea. After the war he again took up the newspaper work on the Argus, which he continued until 1881 with the exception of a few years spent on his farm at Richford, when he moved to Cadott, Wis., where he established himself in the printing business. In 1893, in company with Dan. CLARK he built a large sawmill there…Mr. MONROE was married at Wautoma, December 20, 1865, to Clarissa CLARK, who died in 1892. Four sons and one daughter were born to them, two sons surviving him. He was again married Sept. 30, 1893, to Harriet PHELPS, who survives him…. The funeral services were held at Cadott, July 10th, under the auspices of George C. Ginty Post G.A.R., assisted by James ComerfordPost of Chippewa Falls, the member of Columbus Lodge I.O.O.F… Cadott Blad
Died.--At Cadott, Wis., July 8, 1899 of paralysis, William Spencer MONROE, aged 59 years, 11 months, 13 days. William S. MONROE was born in the town of Bolton, Chittendon County, Vermont, July 21, 1839, and came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846, settling in Sheboygan County. He began learning the printer's trade in the Free Press office in Sheboygan Falls, and after working there a year went to the State Journal office at Madison, where he remained until 1861, when he removed to Wautoma to take an interest in the Waushara Argus. He enlisted in the Union Army in the fall of 1861 as a private, serving his country through the war earning numerous promotions by his fidelity and zeal and was discharged at the close of the conflict as First Lieutenant and Captain of Company I, 16th Regiment, having won his honors through the many arduous and hard-fought battles of the campaign with the western army and through the march to the sea. After the war he again took up the newspaper work on the Argus, which he continued until 1881 with the exception of a few years spent on his farm at Richford, when he moved to Cadott, Wis., where he established himself in the printing business. In 1893, in company with Dan. CLARK he built a large sawmill there…Mr. MONROE was married at Wautoma, December 20, 1865, to Clarissa CLARK, who died in 1892. Four sons and one daughter were born to them, two sons surviving him. He was again married Sept. 30, 1893, to Harriet PHELPS, who survives him…. The funeral services were held at Cadott, July 10th, under the auspices of George C. Ginty Post G.A.R., assisted by James ComerfordPost of Chippewa Falls, the member of Columbus Lodge I.O.O.F… Cadott Blad
20 JUL 1899 WILLIAM SPENCER MONROE d. July 8, 1899 (VT)
Died.--At Cadott, Wis., July 8, 1899 of paralysis, William Spencer MONROE, aged 59 years, 11 months, 13 days. William S. MONROE was born in the town of Bolton, Chittendon County, Vermont, July 21, 1839, and came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846, settling in Sheboygan County. He began learning the printer's trade in the Free Press office in Sheboygan Falls, and after working there a year went to the State Journal office at Madison, where he remained until 1861, when he removed to Wautoma to take an interest in the Waushara Argus. He enlisted in the Union Army in the fall of 1861 as a private, serving his country through the war earning numerous promotions by his fidelity and zeal and was discharged at the close of the conflict as First Lieutenant and Captain of Company I, 16th Regiment, having won his honors through the many arduous and hard-fought battles of the campaign with the western army and through the march to the sea. After the war he again took up the newspaper work on the Argus, which he continued until 1881 with the exception of a few years spent on his farm at Richford, when he moved to Cadott, Wis., where he established himself in the printing business. In 1893, in company with Dan. CLARK he built a large sawmill there…Mr. MONROE was married at Wautoma, December 20, 1865, to Clarissa CLARK, who died in 1892. Four sons and one daughter were born to them, two sons surviving him. He was again married Sept. 30, 1893, to Harriet PHELPS, who survives him…. The funeral services were held at Cadott, July 10th, under the auspices of George C. Ginty Post G.A.R., assisted by James ComerfordPost of Chippewa Falls, the member of Columbus Lodge I.O.O.F… Cadott Blad
Died.--At Cadott, Wis., July 8, 1899 of paralysis, William Spencer MONROE, aged 59 years, 11 months, 13 days. William S. MONROE was born in the town of Bolton, Chittendon County, Vermont, July 21, 1839, and came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846, settling in Sheboygan County. He began learning the printer's trade in the Free Press office in Sheboygan Falls, and after working there a year went to the State Journal office at Madison, where he remained until 1861, when he removed to Wautoma to take an interest in the Waushara Argus. He enlisted in the Union Army in the fall of 1861 as a private, serving his country through the war earning numerous promotions by his fidelity and zeal and was discharged at the close of the conflict as First Lieutenant and Captain of Company I, 16th Regiment, having won his honors through the many arduous and hard-fought battles of the campaign with the western army and through the march to the sea. After the war he again took up the newspaper work on the Argus, which he continued until 1881 with the exception of a few years spent on his farm at Richford, when he moved to Cadott, Wis., where he established himself in the printing business. In 1893, in company with Dan. CLARK he built a large sawmill there…Mr. MONROE was married at Wautoma, December 20, 1865, to Clarissa CLARK, who died in 1892. Four sons and one daughter were born to them, two sons surviving him. He was again married Sept. 30, 1893, to Harriet PHELPS, who survives him…. The funeral services were held at Cadott, July 10th, under the auspices of George C. Ginty Post G.A.R., assisted by James ComerfordPost of Chippewa Falls, the member of Columbus Lodge I.O.O.F… Cadott Blad
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