Dwight Daniel Pooler, son of Silas Pooler and Almira Noteman, was born June 18, 1842, in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. He died April 10, 1909, at Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, aged 66 years, 9 months and 22 days. His remains were probably buried there beside those of his wife in Hill Grove Cemetery.
On January 8, 1865, Dwight was united in marriage to Charlotte Jane Baxter in a ceremony performed by E. I. Messinger, J.P., at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and witnessed by Joseph Wheeler and John A. Baxter. Charlotte, daughter of John Albert Baxter and Harriet Jane Laforge, was born January 30, 1847, at Sullivan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. She died April 15, 1904 at Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, aged 57 years, 2 months and 15 days, and was buried there in Hill Grove Cemetery. Their known children, all born in Wisconsin, were:
Harriet born 1867
George F. 7 Jun 1870
Adabell 10 Apr 1872
Minnie May 23 Apr 1877
Walter D. 28 Dec 1880
Otis D. 8 May 1887
Dwight's Civil War pension file revealed that Harriet apparently died before January 15, 1898, as she was not reported by him as a living child on that date.
Dwight was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted August 14, 1862 at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin to serve three years as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry. On September 13, 1862, he was mustered into Federal service with the regiment at Madison, Wisconsin. At that time he received $25.00 of his $100.00 enlistment bounty, and was listed as a 22 years and 2 months old, 5 ft. 10 & 3/4 inches tall Ohio born blacksmith, with brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. On August 21, 1863, he was given a disability discharge at Camp Convalescent, near Alexandria, Virginia, due to an accidental spinal injury made him totally unfit for duty.
Dwight's pension file revealed that the injury occurred at Bell Plain Landing, Virginia, when he was engaged in the repair of his winter quarters. He was carrying a log on his shoulder when he slipped and severely injured his back, spine & hip. He was treated by the Regimental Surgeon and also at Mt. Pleasant Hospital in Washington, D.C. In March 1863 he was transferred to Harwood Hospital where he remained a short time before being sent to Camp Convalescent, Virginia. As a result of those injuries he eventually received a veterans pension. His pension file is unique in that it contains his original discharge, which he submitted in support of his pension application.
In the 1860 US Census, Dwight Pooler was enumerated with his parents in the Township of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin. A notation was made that the family was not at home and neighbors provided the names and probable ages of the family members. A 15 years old daughter Eliza Pooler, was listed that has not shown up in subsequent census reports.
In the 1870 US Census, Dwight Pooler was a 27 years old farmer living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte and their 3 years old daughter Harriet. They had $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby.
In the 1870 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 27 years old farmer with $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property, living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 3 years old daughter Harriet Pooler. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby and were listed in the census as 58 years old Silas Pooler; 56 years old Elmira Pooler; 25 years old Charles Pooler; 20 years old Nelson Pooler; 26 years old Jennett Pooler; and 10 years old Franklin Pooler. Also living with the family was Mary Moore, 8 years of age, relationship unknown.
In the 1880 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 38 years old miller living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 31 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their three children: 9 years old George Pooler; 7 years old Ida B. Pooler; and 4 years old Minnie M. Pooler. Listed next in the census was his brother Nelson Pooler.
In the 1890 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and as having served as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry from August 14, 1862 to August 21, 1863 for total service of one year and 7 days.
In the 1900 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 57 years old Ohio born carpenter living in Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 53 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 13 years old son Ottis Pooler. Also listed with them was her 14 years old niece Lottie Baxter, daughter of her brother James Bradford Baxter and her sister-in-law Jennett Pooler; and Dwight's 86 years old widowed mother Almira Pooler born in New York in April 1814.
References: Marriage License, Dwight Pooler and Charlotte Baxter, January 8, 1865, Volume 1, Page 47, Dunn County Register of Deeds, Menomonie, Wisconsin. 1860 U.S. Census, Town of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin, August 11, 1860, Page 168, Lines 19-26, Family 1374/1263. 1870 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, August 25, 1870, Page 3, Lines 24-26, Family 20/20. 1880 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 4, 1880, Lines 31-35, Family 49/49. 1890 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 1890, ED 80, Page 1, Line 8, Family 86/88. 1900 U.S. Census, Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 15, 1900, ED 80, Sheet 8B, Lines 97-100, Family 144/149. Civil War Pension Records, Dwight Pooler, Invalid Application 226,657 filed October 16, 1876 and veteran's pension approved under Certificate 325,984. National Archives, Washington, DC.
Obituary
Old Resident Passes Away.
Last Saturday Feb. 27th, Dwight Pooler died at the home of his son Walter in this village with pneumonia after a short illness.
Deceased was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 18th, 1842, being 67 years old when he died. With the parents he came to Wisconsin in 1854, making his first residence in Rock county and later in Adams county. In 1860 he became a resident of this county and has lived here ever since.
Shortly after the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Co. F 5th Wisconsin Volunteers, and served under McClellan in the Peninsular campaign, being mustered out after serving for thirteen months on account of broken health, returning to this neighborhood where he continued to make his home among us.
On January 8th, 1865 he was united in matrimony to Charlotte Baxter, who died five years ago the 15th of April. Seven children came to this union of whom five live to survive the deceased.
Deceased was one of the most highly respected citizens among us and was loved and respected by his vast number of acquaintances. He was a favorite among his old comrades who turned out in a body to accompany him to his journey to the great beyond, six of whom acted as pallbearers.
All of the five children, George, Walter, Otis, Mrs. Minnie Leach and Mrs. Ada Heyerdahl, all of this village, being at the bedside of the deceased in the last hours that he was among us.
The following relatives from out of town were present: A.H. Baxter, of Withee; Nelson Pooler and son William, of Mud Brook and Brad Baxter, of Wheeler. Chas. Pooler, was sick and unable to be present at the funeral of his brother. Published Friday, March 5, 1909, The Colfax Messenger, Colfax, Wisconsin.]
There is a reaper whose name is Death
And with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain in a breath,
And the flowers that grow between.
"Shall I have nought that is fair?"
saith he,
"Have nought but the bearded grain?
Tho the breath of those flowers is
sweet to me
I will give them al back again."
He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes,
He kissed their drooping leaves;
It was for the Lord of Paradise
He bound them in his sheaves.
"My Lord has need of these flowers
gay,"
The Reaper said and smiled;
"Dear tokens of the earth are they,
Where He was once a child."
"They shall all bloom in fields of light,
Transplanted by my care.
And saints upon their garments white,
These sacred blossoms wear."
And the mother gave in tears and pain,
The flowers she most did love;
She knew she would find them all again
In the fields of light above.
O; not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day;
"Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.
[Longfellow.]
On January 8, 1865, Dwight was united in marriage to Charlotte Jane Baxter in a ceremony performed by E. I. Messinger, J.P., at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and witnessed by Joseph Wheeler and John A. Baxter. Charlotte, daughter of John Albert Baxter and Harriet Jane Laforge, was born January 30, 1847, at Sullivan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. She died April 15, 1904 at Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, aged 57 years, 2 months and 15 days, and was buried there in Hill Grove Cemetery. Their known children, all born in Wisconsin, were:
Harriet born 1867
George F. 7 Jun 1870
Adabell 10 Apr 1872
Minnie May 23 Apr 1877
Walter D. 28 Dec 1880
Otis D. 8 May 1887
Dwight's Civil War pension file revealed that Harriet apparently died before January 15, 1898, as she was not reported by him as a living child on that date.
Dwight was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted August 14, 1862 at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin to serve three years as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry. On September 13, 1862, he was mustered into Federal service with the regiment at Madison, Wisconsin. At that time he received $25.00 of his $100.00 enlistment bounty, and was listed as a 22 years and 2 months old, 5 ft. 10 & 3/4 inches tall Ohio born blacksmith, with brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. On August 21, 1863, he was given a disability discharge at Camp Convalescent, near Alexandria, Virginia, due to an accidental spinal injury made him totally unfit for duty.
Dwight's pension file revealed that the injury occurred at Bell Plain Landing, Virginia, when he was engaged in the repair of his winter quarters. He was carrying a log on his shoulder when he slipped and severely injured his back, spine & hip. He was treated by the Regimental Surgeon and also at Mt. Pleasant Hospital in Washington, D.C. In March 1863 he was transferred to Harwood Hospital where he remained a short time before being sent to Camp Convalescent, Virginia. As a result of those injuries he eventually received a veterans pension. His pension file is unique in that it contains his original discharge, which he submitted in support of his pension application.
In the 1860 US Census, Dwight Pooler was enumerated with his parents in the Township of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin. A notation was made that the family was not at home and neighbors provided the names and probable ages of the family members. A 15 years old daughter Eliza Pooler, was listed that has not shown up in subsequent census reports.
In the 1870 US Census, Dwight Pooler was a 27 years old farmer living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte and their 3 years old daughter Harriet. They had $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby.
In the 1870 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 27 years old farmer with $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property, living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 3 years old daughter Harriet Pooler. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby and were listed in the census as 58 years old Silas Pooler; 56 years old Elmira Pooler; 25 years old Charles Pooler; 20 years old Nelson Pooler; 26 years old Jennett Pooler; and 10 years old Franklin Pooler. Also living with the family was Mary Moore, 8 years of age, relationship unknown.
In the 1880 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 38 years old miller living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 31 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their three children: 9 years old George Pooler; 7 years old Ida B. Pooler; and 4 years old Minnie M. Pooler. Listed next in the census was his brother Nelson Pooler.
In the 1890 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and as having served as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry from August 14, 1862 to August 21, 1863 for total service of one year and 7 days.
In the 1900 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 57 years old Ohio born carpenter living in Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 53 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 13 years old son Ottis Pooler. Also listed with them was her 14 years old niece Lottie Baxter, daughter of her brother James Bradford Baxter and her sister-in-law Jennett Pooler; and Dwight's 86 years old widowed mother Almira Pooler born in New York in April 1814.
References: Marriage License, Dwight Pooler and Charlotte Baxter, January 8, 1865, Volume 1, Page 47, Dunn County Register of Deeds, Menomonie, Wisconsin. 1860 U.S. Census, Town of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin, August 11, 1860, Page 168, Lines 19-26, Family 1374/1263. 1870 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, August 25, 1870, Page 3, Lines 24-26, Family 20/20. 1880 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 4, 1880, Lines 31-35, Family 49/49. 1890 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 1890, ED 80, Page 1, Line 8, Family 86/88. 1900 U.S. Census, Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 15, 1900, ED 80, Sheet 8B, Lines 97-100, Family 144/149. Civil War Pension Records, Dwight Pooler, Invalid Application 226,657 filed October 16, 1876 and veteran's pension approved under Certificate 325,984. National Archives, Washington, DC.
Obituary
Old Resident Passes Away.
Last Saturday Feb. 27th, Dwight Pooler died at the home of his son Walter in this village with pneumonia after a short illness.
Deceased was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 18th, 1842, being 67 years old when he died. With the parents he came to Wisconsin in 1854, making his first residence in Rock county and later in Adams county. In 1860 he became a resident of this county and has lived here ever since.
Shortly after the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Co. F 5th Wisconsin Volunteers, and served under McClellan in the Peninsular campaign, being mustered out after serving for thirteen months on account of broken health, returning to this neighborhood where he continued to make his home among us.
On January 8th, 1865 he was united in matrimony to Charlotte Baxter, who died five years ago the 15th of April. Seven children came to this union of whom five live to survive the deceased.
Deceased was one of the most highly respected citizens among us and was loved and respected by his vast number of acquaintances. He was a favorite among his old comrades who turned out in a body to accompany him to his journey to the great beyond, six of whom acted as pallbearers.
All of the five children, George, Walter, Otis, Mrs. Minnie Leach and Mrs. Ada Heyerdahl, all of this village, being at the bedside of the deceased in the last hours that he was among us.
The following relatives from out of town were present: A.H. Baxter, of Withee; Nelson Pooler and son William, of Mud Brook and Brad Baxter, of Wheeler. Chas. Pooler, was sick and unable to be present at the funeral of his brother. Published Friday, March 5, 1909, The Colfax Messenger, Colfax, Wisconsin.]
There is a reaper whose name is Death
And with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain in a breath,
And the flowers that grow between.
"Shall I have nought that is fair?"
saith he,
"Have nought but the bearded grain?
Tho the breath of those flowers is
sweet to me
I will give them al back again."
He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes,
He kissed their drooping leaves;
It was for the Lord of Paradise
He bound them in his sheaves.
"My Lord has need of these flowers
gay,"
The Reaper said and smiled;
"Dear tokens of the earth are they,
Where He was once a child."
"They shall all bloom in fields of light,
Transplanted by my care.
And saints upon their garments white,
These sacred blossoms wear."
And the mother gave in tears and pain,
The flowers she most did love;
She knew she would find them all again
In the fields of light above.
O; not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day;
"Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.
[Longfellow.]
Dwight Daniel Pooler, son of Silas Pooler and Almira Noteman, was born June 18, 1842, in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. He died April 10, 1909, at Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, aged 66 years, 9 months and 22 days. His remains were probably buried there beside those of his wife in Hill Grove Cemetery.
On January 8, 1865, Dwight was united in marriage to Charlotte Jane Baxter in a ceremony performed by E. I. Messinger, J.P., at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and witnessed by Joseph Wheeler and John A. Baxter. Charlotte, daughter of John Albert Baxter and Harriet Jane Laforge, was born January 30, 1847, at Sullivan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. She died April 15, 1904 at Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, aged 57 years, 2 months and 15 days, and was buried there in Hill Grove Cemetery. Their known children, all born in Wisconsin, were:
Harriet born 1867
George F. 7 Jun 1870
Adabell 10 Apr 1872
Minnie May 23 Apr 1877
Walter D. 28 Dec 1880
Otis D. 8 May 1887
Dwight's Civil War pension file revealed that Harriet apparently died before January 15, 1898, as she was not reported by him as a living child on that date.
Dwight was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted August 14, 1862 at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin to serve three years as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry. On September 13, 1862, he was mustered into Federal service with the regiment at Madison, Wisconsin. At that time he received $25.00 of his $100.00 enlistment bounty, and was listed as a 22 years and 2 months old, 5 ft. 10 & 3/4 inches tall Ohio born blacksmith, with brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. On August 21, 1863, he was given a disability discharge at Camp Convalescent, near Alexandria, Virginia, due to an accidental spinal injury made him totally unfit for duty.
Dwight's pension file revealed that the injury occurred at Bell Plain Landing, Virginia, when he was engaged in the repair of his winter quarters. He was carrying a log on his shoulder when he slipped and severely injured his back, spine & hip. He was treated by the Regimental Surgeon and also at Mt. Pleasant Hospital in Washington, D.C. In March 1863 he was transferred to Harwood Hospital where he remained a short time before being sent to Camp Convalescent, Virginia. As a result of those injuries he eventually received a veterans pension. His pension file is unique in that it contains his original discharge, which he submitted in support of his pension application.
In the 1860 US Census, Dwight Pooler was enumerated with his parents in the Township of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin. A notation was made that the family was not at home and neighbors provided the names and probable ages of the family members. A 15 years old daughter Eliza Pooler, was listed that has not shown up in subsequent census reports.
In the 1870 US Census, Dwight Pooler was a 27 years old farmer living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte and their 3 years old daughter Harriet. They had $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby.
In the 1870 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 27 years old farmer with $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property, living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 3 years old daughter Harriet Pooler. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby and were listed in the census as 58 years old Silas Pooler; 56 years old Elmira Pooler; 25 years old Charles Pooler; 20 years old Nelson Pooler; 26 years old Jennett Pooler; and 10 years old Franklin Pooler. Also living with the family was Mary Moore, 8 years of age, relationship unknown.
In the 1880 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 38 years old miller living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 31 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their three children: 9 years old George Pooler; 7 years old Ida B. Pooler; and 4 years old Minnie M. Pooler. Listed next in the census was his brother Nelson Pooler.
In the 1890 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and as having served as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry from August 14, 1862 to August 21, 1863 for total service of one year and 7 days.
In the 1900 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 57 years old Ohio born carpenter living in Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 53 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 13 years old son Ottis Pooler. Also listed with them was her 14 years old niece Lottie Baxter, daughter of her brother James Bradford Baxter and her sister-in-law Jennett Pooler; and Dwight's 86 years old widowed mother Almira Pooler born in New York in April 1814.
References: Marriage License, Dwight Pooler and Charlotte Baxter, January 8, 1865, Volume 1, Page 47, Dunn County Register of Deeds, Menomonie, Wisconsin. 1860 U.S. Census, Town of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin, August 11, 1860, Page 168, Lines 19-26, Family 1374/1263. 1870 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, August 25, 1870, Page 3, Lines 24-26, Family 20/20. 1880 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 4, 1880, Lines 31-35, Family 49/49. 1890 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 1890, ED 80, Page 1, Line 8, Family 86/88. 1900 U.S. Census, Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 15, 1900, ED 80, Sheet 8B, Lines 97-100, Family 144/149. Civil War Pension Records, Dwight Pooler, Invalid Application 226,657 filed October 16, 1876 and veteran's pension approved under Certificate 325,984. National Archives, Washington, DC.
Obituary
Old Resident Passes Away.
Last Saturday Feb. 27th, Dwight Pooler died at the home of his son Walter in this village with pneumonia after a short illness.
Deceased was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 18th, 1842, being 67 years old when he died. With the parents he came to Wisconsin in 1854, making his first residence in Rock county and later in Adams county. In 1860 he became a resident of this county and has lived here ever since.
Shortly after the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Co. F 5th Wisconsin Volunteers, and served under McClellan in the Peninsular campaign, being mustered out after serving for thirteen months on account of broken health, returning to this neighborhood where he continued to make his home among us.
On January 8th, 1865 he was united in matrimony to Charlotte Baxter, who died five years ago the 15th of April. Seven children came to this union of whom five live to survive the deceased.
Deceased was one of the most highly respected citizens among us and was loved and respected by his vast number of acquaintances. He was a favorite among his old comrades who turned out in a body to accompany him to his journey to the great beyond, six of whom acted as pallbearers.
All of the five children, George, Walter, Otis, Mrs. Minnie Leach and Mrs. Ada Heyerdahl, all of this village, being at the bedside of the deceased in the last hours that he was among us.
The following relatives from out of town were present: A.H. Baxter, of Withee; Nelson Pooler and son William, of Mud Brook and Brad Baxter, of Wheeler. Chas. Pooler, was sick and unable to be present at the funeral of his brother. Published Friday, March 5, 1909, The Colfax Messenger, Colfax, Wisconsin.]
There is a reaper whose name is Death
And with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain in a breath,
And the flowers that grow between.
"Shall I have nought that is fair?"
saith he,
"Have nought but the bearded grain?
Tho the breath of those flowers is
sweet to me
I will give them al back again."
He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes,
He kissed their drooping leaves;
It was for the Lord of Paradise
He bound them in his sheaves.
"My Lord has need of these flowers
gay,"
The Reaper said and smiled;
"Dear tokens of the earth are they,
Where He was once a child."
"They shall all bloom in fields of light,
Transplanted by my care.
And saints upon their garments white,
These sacred blossoms wear."
And the mother gave in tears and pain,
The flowers she most did love;
She knew she would find them all again
In the fields of light above.
O; not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day;
"Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.
[Longfellow.]
On January 8, 1865, Dwight was united in marriage to Charlotte Jane Baxter in a ceremony performed by E. I. Messinger, J.P., at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and witnessed by Joseph Wheeler and John A. Baxter. Charlotte, daughter of John Albert Baxter and Harriet Jane Laforge, was born January 30, 1847, at Sullivan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. She died April 15, 1904 at Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, aged 57 years, 2 months and 15 days, and was buried there in Hill Grove Cemetery. Their known children, all born in Wisconsin, were:
Harriet born 1867
George F. 7 Jun 1870
Adabell 10 Apr 1872
Minnie May 23 Apr 1877
Walter D. 28 Dec 1880
Otis D. 8 May 1887
Dwight's Civil War pension file revealed that Harriet apparently died before January 15, 1898, as she was not reported by him as a living child on that date.
Dwight was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted August 14, 1862 at Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin to serve three years as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry. On September 13, 1862, he was mustered into Federal service with the regiment at Madison, Wisconsin. At that time he received $25.00 of his $100.00 enlistment bounty, and was listed as a 22 years and 2 months old, 5 ft. 10 & 3/4 inches tall Ohio born blacksmith, with brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. On August 21, 1863, he was given a disability discharge at Camp Convalescent, near Alexandria, Virginia, due to an accidental spinal injury made him totally unfit for duty.
Dwight's pension file revealed that the injury occurred at Bell Plain Landing, Virginia, when he was engaged in the repair of his winter quarters. He was carrying a log on his shoulder when he slipped and severely injured his back, spine & hip. He was treated by the Regimental Surgeon and also at Mt. Pleasant Hospital in Washington, D.C. In March 1863 he was transferred to Harwood Hospital where he remained a short time before being sent to Camp Convalescent, Virginia. As a result of those injuries he eventually received a veterans pension. His pension file is unique in that it contains his original discharge, which he submitted in support of his pension application.
In the 1860 US Census, Dwight Pooler was enumerated with his parents in the Township of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin. A notation was made that the family was not at home and neighbors provided the names and probable ages of the family members. A 15 years old daughter Eliza Pooler, was listed that has not shown up in subsequent census reports.
In the 1870 US Census, Dwight Pooler was a 27 years old farmer living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte and their 3 years old daughter Harriet. They had $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby.
In the 1870 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 27 years old farmer with $2,000 worth of real estate and $300 worth of personal property, living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 22 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 3 years old daughter Harriet Pooler. His parents and brothers and sisters lived nearby and were listed in the census as 58 years old Silas Pooler; 56 years old Elmira Pooler; 25 years old Charles Pooler; 20 years old Nelson Pooler; 26 years old Jennett Pooler; and 10 years old Franklin Pooler. Also living with the family was Mary Moore, 8 years of age, relationship unknown.
In the 1880 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 38 years old miller living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 31 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their three children: 9 years old George Pooler; 7 years old Ida B. Pooler; and 4 years old Minnie M. Pooler. Listed next in the census was his brother Nelson Pooler.
In the 1890 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as living in Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, and as having served as a Private in Company F of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry from August 14, 1862 to August 21, 1863 for total service of one year and 7 days.
In the 1900 U.S. Census, Dwight Pooler was listed as a 57 years old Ohio born carpenter living in Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, with his 53 years old wife Charlotte Pooler and their 13 years old son Ottis Pooler. Also listed with them was her 14 years old niece Lottie Baxter, daughter of her brother James Bradford Baxter and her sister-in-law Jennett Pooler; and Dwight's 86 years old widowed mother Almira Pooler born in New York in April 1814.
References: Marriage License, Dwight Pooler and Charlotte Baxter, January 8, 1865, Volume 1, Page 47, Dunn County Register of Deeds, Menomonie, Wisconsin. 1860 U.S. Census, Town of Springville, Adams County, Wisconsin, August 11, 1860, Page 168, Lines 19-26, Family 1374/1263. 1870 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, August 25, 1870, Page 3, Lines 24-26, Family 20/20. 1880 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 4, 1880, Lines 31-35, Family 49/49. 1890 U.S. Census, Colfax, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 1890, ED 80, Page 1, Line 8, Family 86/88. 1900 U.S. Census, Colfax Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, June 15, 1900, ED 80, Sheet 8B, Lines 97-100, Family 144/149. Civil War Pension Records, Dwight Pooler, Invalid Application 226,657 filed October 16, 1876 and veteran's pension approved under Certificate 325,984. National Archives, Washington, DC.
Obituary
Old Resident Passes Away.
Last Saturday Feb. 27th, Dwight Pooler died at the home of his son Walter in this village with pneumonia after a short illness.
Deceased was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 18th, 1842, being 67 years old when he died. With the parents he came to Wisconsin in 1854, making his first residence in Rock county and later in Adams county. In 1860 he became a resident of this county and has lived here ever since.
Shortly after the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Co. F 5th Wisconsin Volunteers, and served under McClellan in the Peninsular campaign, being mustered out after serving for thirteen months on account of broken health, returning to this neighborhood where he continued to make his home among us.
On January 8th, 1865 he was united in matrimony to Charlotte Baxter, who died five years ago the 15th of April. Seven children came to this union of whom five live to survive the deceased.
Deceased was one of the most highly respected citizens among us and was loved and respected by his vast number of acquaintances. He was a favorite among his old comrades who turned out in a body to accompany him to his journey to the great beyond, six of whom acted as pallbearers.
All of the five children, George, Walter, Otis, Mrs. Minnie Leach and Mrs. Ada Heyerdahl, all of this village, being at the bedside of the deceased in the last hours that he was among us.
The following relatives from out of town were present: A.H. Baxter, of Withee; Nelson Pooler and son William, of Mud Brook and Brad Baxter, of Wheeler. Chas. Pooler, was sick and unable to be present at the funeral of his brother. Published Friday, March 5, 1909, The Colfax Messenger, Colfax, Wisconsin.]
There is a reaper whose name is Death
And with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain in a breath,
And the flowers that grow between.
"Shall I have nought that is fair?"
saith he,
"Have nought but the bearded grain?
Tho the breath of those flowers is
sweet to me
I will give them al back again."
He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes,
He kissed their drooping leaves;
It was for the Lord of Paradise
He bound them in his sheaves.
"My Lord has need of these flowers
gay,"
The Reaper said and smiled;
"Dear tokens of the earth are they,
Where He was once a child."
"They shall all bloom in fields of light,
Transplanted by my care.
And saints upon their garments white,
These sacred blossoms wear."
And the mother gave in tears and pain,
The flowers she most did love;
She knew she would find them all again
In the fields of light above.
O; not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day;
"Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.
[Longfellow.]
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