Mazomanie Historical Society Obituary File
Volume 4: 1895-1899,
from the "Mazomanie Sickle"
1895
May 24, 1895
John McKenzie May 19, 1895
Mr. John McKenzie died at his home near Black Earth Sunday, May 19th, 1895, from the effects of a fall in the barn that he sustained the previous Thursday. He was able to walk to the house with the help of his daughter and was not thought to be in a serious condition until Saturday evenlng. He had only just got over an attack of the grip which leaves everyone as it did him in poor condition to resist any fresh ailment.
Mr. McKenzie was born on Prlnce Edward Island in 1821, came to Chicago in 1845 and to Wisconsin in 1849. After working around Green Bay for a year or so he settled down in Blue Mounds and came with his family to Black Earth in 1865 and has lived on his farm there ever since. His wife was killed about nine years ago by the cars while crossing the track.
He leaves five sons and three daughters all grown up.
Mr. McKenzie served one term as county poor commissioner and for many years represented Black Earth in the Dane county board. In these positions as well as in other places of public trust which he has held he always acquitted himself in an honorable and creditable manner.
He will long be remembered as a valuable citizen, a good neighbor, and a vise and loving father.
The funeral, largely attended, took place at the house Wednesday,
May 22, Dt. Stodard officiating.
https://www.mazomaniehistory.org/documents/MHSObitFile-Vol04.pdf
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Parents:
Benjamin George McKenzie
Isabella McLeod
Siblings:
- George McKenzie (1817-1898). He married Hannah Calder McKay (1817-1894).
- Mary MacKenzie (1819–1904). She married Donald John McClure (1810-1873).
- Jane MacKenzie (1824–1900) m. Alexander Campbell (1821-1909).
- Margaret MacKenzie (1826–1913) m. William Allen Ward (1804-1884).
- Alexander McKenzie (1828–1908). He married Catherine E. Ward (1830-1903).
- Amelia McKenzie (1831–1908). She married George Samuel Ward (1828-1916).
- William Allen MacKenzie (1836–1925). He married Nancy Victory Ward (1839-1904).
- Christy Ann MacKenzie (1837–1850)
Spouse:
Agnes Parks (1829-1886)
Children:
-- Heman Wallace MacKenzie, b. Nov 1854 in Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1939 in Mazomanie, Dane co. Wisconsin. He married Annie Sophronia 'Trona' Mary Bywater, b. Apr 1869 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin, and d. 18 Nov 1914 in Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
-- Margaret Jane Maggie' MacKenzie, b. 1855, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 1930, Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin. She married in 1900, as his second wife, John Henry Fesenfeld, b. Apr 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, d. 10 Aug 1836, Black Earth Dane, Wisconsin
-- John Benjamin MacKenzie, b. 1855 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1950 in Merton, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married Anna Johns. She was born in 1862 in Avoca, Iowa co., Wisconsin and she died 23 June 1931 in Merton twp., Waukesha, Wisconsin.
-- Agnes S. MacKenzie, b. December 1861, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 8 Dec 1836, San Bernardino co., California. She doesn't seem to have married.
-- Brigham Bliss MacKenzie, b. Jan 1866, Blue Mounds, Dane Co., Wisconsin, d. 28 Aug 1931, Vallejo, Solano Co., California. He married Ellen 'Nellie' W. Munsell. She was born December 1861 in Oregon, Butte Co., California. She died 15 Dec 1925, Vallejo twp., Solano co., California
-- Annabelle 'Belle' MacKenzie, b. 3 April 1867, Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 26 Oct 1963, Vallejo, Solano, California. She married in 1896 to Francis Edward 'Frank' Ainsworth. He was b. 10 March 1861, in Pierpoint, Ashtabula co. Ohio. He died in 1922, as the result of a fatal accident, when he jumped from a runaway wagon. Their son George McKenzie Ainsworth, having recently finished his degree from Lawrence University at Appleton, was accidently electrocuted whilst working as an electrician for a mining company.
-- George Arthur MacKenzie, b. April 1869 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin. He died in 1918 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin. On the 6th Nov 1892, he married Amelia Baldwin Drake. She was b. Jun 1864 in Middleton, Dane co, Wisconsin, and d. in 1930 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin.
-- Elmer Ellsworth MacKenzie, b. 11 Jun 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane, Wisconsin, d. 26 Jun 1955 in San Francisco, California. He married Clara W. Meyer, who was b. 11 Jan 1875 in New York. She d. 5 April 1952 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
-- William R. MacKenzie was b. Oct 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 21 Apr 1928, Richmond, Shawano co. Wisconsin. He married Jessie L. Ainsworth, b. 5 Jan 1877, Richmond, Shawano Co, Wisconsin, d. 2 Mar 1961, Santa Clara Co, California
Volume 4: 1895-1899,
from the "Mazomanie Sickle"
1895
May 24, 1895
John McKenzie May 19, 1895
Mr. John McKenzie died at his home near Black Earth Sunday, May 19th, 1895, from the effects of a fall in the barn that he sustained the previous Thursday. He was able to walk to the house with the help of his daughter and was not thought to be in a serious condition until Saturday evenlng. He had only just got over an attack of the grip which leaves everyone as it did him in poor condition to resist any fresh ailment.
Mr. McKenzie was born on Prlnce Edward Island in 1821, came to Chicago in 1845 and to Wisconsin in 1849. After working around Green Bay for a year or so he settled down in Blue Mounds and came with his family to Black Earth in 1865 and has lived on his farm there ever since. His wife was killed about nine years ago by the cars while crossing the track.
He leaves five sons and three daughters all grown up.
Mr. McKenzie served one term as county poor commissioner and for many years represented Black Earth in the Dane county board. In these positions as well as in other places of public trust which he has held he always acquitted himself in an honorable and creditable manner.
He will long be remembered as a valuable citizen, a good neighbor, and a vise and loving father.
The funeral, largely attended, took place at the house Wednesday,
May 22, Dt. Stodard officiating.
https://www.mazomaniehistory.org/documents/MHSObitFile-Vol04.pdf
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Parents:
Benjamin George McKenzie
Isabella McLeod
Siblings:
- George McKenzie (1817-1898). He married Hannah Calder McKay (1817-1894).
- Mary MacKenzie (1819–1904). She married Donald John McClure (1810-1873).
- Jane MacKenzie (1824–1900) m. Alexander Campbell (1821-1909).
- Margaret MacKenzie (1826–1913) m. William Allen Ward (1804-1884).
- Alexander McKenzie (1828–1908). He married Catherine E. Ward (1830-1903).
- Amelia McKenzie (1831–1908). She married George Samuel Ward (1828-1916).
- William Allen MacKenzie (1836–1925). He married Nancy Victory Ward (1839-1904).
- Christy Ann MacKenzie (1837–1850)
Spouse:
Agnes Parks (1829-1886)
Children:
-- Heman Wallace MacKenzie, b. Nov 1854 in Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1939 in Mazomanie, Dane co. Wisconsin. He married Annie Sophronia 'Trona' Mary Bywater, b. Apr 1869 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin, and d. 18 Nov 1914 in Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
-- Margaret Jane Maggie' MacKenzie, b. 1855, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 1930, Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin. She married in 1900, as his second wife, John Henry Fesenfeld, b. Apr 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, d. 10 Aug 1836, Black Earth Dane, Wisconsin
-- John Benjamin MacKenzie, b. 1855 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1950 in Merton, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married Anna Johns. She was born in 1862 in Avoca, Iowa co., Wisconsin and she died 23 June 1931 in Merton twp., Waukesha, Wisconsin.
-- Agnes S. MacKenzie, b. December 1861, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 8 Dec 1836, San Bernardino co., California. She doesn't seem to have married.
-- Brigham Bliss MacKenzie, b. Jan 1866, Blue Mounds, Dane Co., Wisconsin, d. 28 Aug 1931, Vallejo, Solano Co., California. He married Ellen 'Nellie' W. Munsell. She was born December 1861 in Oregon, Butte Co., California. She died 15 Dec 1925, Vallejo twp., Solano co., California
-- Annabelle 'Belle' MacKenzie, b. 3 April 1867, Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 26 Oct 1963, Vallejo, Solano, California. She married in 1896 to Francis Edward 'Frank' Ainsworth. He was b. 10 March 1861, in Pierpoint, Ashtabula co. Ohio. He died in 1922, as the result of a fatal accident, when he jumped from a runaway wagon. Their son George McKenzie Ainsworth, having recently finished his degree from Lawrence University at Appleton, was accidently electrocuted whilst working as an electrician for a mining company.
-- George Arthur MacKenzie, b. April 1869 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin. He died in 1918 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin. On the 6th Nov 1892, he married Amelia Baldwin Drake. She was b. Jun 1864 in Middleton, Dane co, Wisconsin, and d. in 1930 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin.
-- Elmer Ellsworth MacKenzie, b. 11 Jun 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane, Wisconsin, d. 26 Jun 1955 in San Francisco, California. He married Clara W. Meyer, who was b. 11 Jan 1875 in New York. She d. 5 April 1952 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
-- William R. MacKenzie was b. Oct 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 21 Apr 1928, Richmond, Shawano co. Wisconsin. He married Jessie L. Ainsworth, b. 5 Jan 1877, Richmond, Shawano Co, Wisconsin, d. 2 Mar 1961, Santa Clara Co, California
Mazomanie Historical Society Obituary File
Volume 4: 1895-1899,
from the "Mazomanie Sickle"
1895
May 24, 1895
John McKenzie May 19, 1895
Mr. John McKenzie died at his home near Black Earth Sunday, May 19th, 1895, from the effects of a fall in the barn that he sustained the previous Thursday. He was able to walk to the house with the help of his daughter and was not thought to be in a serious condition until Saturday evenlng. He had only just got over an attack of the grip which leaves everyone as it did him in poor condition to resist any fresh ailment.
Mr. McKenzie was born on Prlnce Edward Island in 1821, came to Chicago in 1845 and to Wisconsin in 1849. After working around Green Bay for a year or so he settled down in Blue Mounds and came with his family to Black Earth in 1865 and has lived on his farm there ever since. His wife was killed about nine years ago by the cars while crossing the track.
He leaves five sons and three daughters all grown up.
Mr. McKenzie served one term as county poor commissioner and for many years represented Black Earth in the Dane county board. In these positions as well as in other places of public trust which he has held he always acquitted himself in an honorable and creditable manner.
He will long be remembered as a valuable citizen, a good neighbor, and a vise and loving father.
The funeral, largely attended, took place at the house Wednesday,
May 22, Dt. Stodard officiating.
https://www.mazomaniehistory.org/documents/MHSObitFile-Vol04.pdf
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Parents:
Benjamin George McKenzie
Isabella McLeod
Siblings:
- George McKenzie (1817-1898). He married Hannah Calder McKay (1817-1894).
- Mary MacKenzie (1819–1904). She married Donald John McClure (1810-1873).
- Jane MacKenzie (1824–1900) m. Alexander Campbell (1821-1909).
- Margaret MacKenzie (1826–1913) m. William Allen Ward (1804-1884).
- Alexander McKenzie (1828–1908). He married Catherine E. Ward (1830-1903).
- Amelia McKenzie (1831–1908). She married George Samuel Ward (1828-1916).
- William Allen MacKenzie (1836–1925). He married Nancy Victory Ward (1839-1904).
- Christy Ann MacKenzie (1837–1850)
Spouse:
Agnes Parks (1829-1886)
Children:
-- Heman Wallace MacKenzie, b. Nov 1854 in Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1939 in Mazomanie, Dane co. Wisconsin. He married Annie Sophronia 'Trona' Mary Bywater, b. Apr 1869 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin, and d. 18 Nov 1914 in Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
-- Margaret Jane Maggie' MacKenzie, b. 1855, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 1930, Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin. She married in 1900, as his second wife, John Henry Fesenfeld, b. Apr 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, d. 10 Aug 1836, Black Earth Dane, Wisconsin
-- John Benjamin MacKenzie, b. 1855 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1950 in Merton, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married Anna Johns. She was born in 1862 in Avoca, Iowa co., Wisconsin and she died 23 June 1931 in Merton twp., Waukesha, Wisconsin.
-- Agnes S. MacKenzie, b. December 1861, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 8 Dec 1836, San Bernardino co., California. She doesn't seem to have married.
-- Brigham Bliss MacKenzie, b. Jan 1866, Blue Mounds, Dane Co., Wisconsin, d. 28 Aug 1931, Vallejo, Solano Co., California. He married Ellen 'Nellie' W. Munsell. She was born December 1861 in Oregon, Butte Co., California. She died 15 Dec 1925, Vallejo twp., Solano co., California
-- Annabelle 'Belle' MacKenzie, b. 3 April 1867, Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 26 Oct 1963, Vallejo, Solano, California. She married in 1896 to Francis Edward 'Frank' Ainsworth. He was b. 10 March 1861, in Pierpoint, Ashtabula co. Ohio. He died in 1922, as the result of a fatal accident, when he jumped from a runaway wagon. Their son George McKenzie Ainsworth, having recently finished his degree from Lawrence University at Appleton, was accidently electrocuted whilst working as an electrician for a mining company.
-- George Arthur MacKenzie, b. April 1869 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin. He died in 1918 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin. On the 6th Nov 1892, he married Amelia Baldwin Drake. She was b. Jun 1864 in Middleton, Dane co, Wisconsin, and d. in 1930 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin.
-- Elmer Ellsworth MacKenzie, b. 11 Jun 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane, Wisconsin, d. 26 Jun 1955 in San Francisco, California. He married Clara W. Meyer, who was b. 11 Jan 1875 in New York. She d. 5 April 1952 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
-- William R. MacKenzie was b. Oct 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 21 Apr 1928, Richmond, Shawano co. Wisconsin. He married Jessie L. Ainsworth, b. 5 Jan 1877, Richmond, Shawano Co, Wisconsin, d. 2 Mar 1961, Santa Clara Co, California
Volume 4: 1895-1899,
from the "Mazomanie Sickle"
1895
May 24, 1895
John McKenzie May 19, 1895
Mr. John McKenzie died at his home near Black Earth Sunday, May 19th, 1895, from the effects of a fall in the barn that he sustained the previous Thursday. He was able to walk to the house with the help of his daughter and was not thought to be in a serious condition until Saturday evenlng. He had only just got over an attack of the grip which leaves everyone as it did him in poor condition to resist any fresh ailment.
Mr. McKenzie was born on Prlnce Edward Island in 1821, came to Chicago in 1845 and to Wisconsin in 1849. After working around Green Bay for a year or so he settled down in Blue Mounds and came with his family to Black Earth in 1865 and has lived on his farm there ever since. His wife was killed about nine years ago by the cars while crossing the track.
He leaves five sons and three daughters all grown up.
Mr. McKenzie served one term as county poor commissioner and for many years represented Black Earth in the Dane county board. In these positions as well as in other places of public trust which he has held he always acquitted himself in an honorable and creditable manner.
He will long be remembered as a valuable citizen, a good neighbor, and a vise and loving father.
The funeral, largely attended, took place at the house Wednesday,
May 22, Dt. Stodard officiating.
https://www.mazomaniehistory.org/documents/MHSObitFile-Vol04.pdf
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Parents:
Benjamin George McKenzie
Isabella McLeod
Siblings:
- George McKenzie (1817-1898). He married Hannah Calder McKay (1817-1894).
- Mary MacKenzie (1819–1904). She married Donald John McClure (1810-1873).
- Jane MacKenzie (1824–1900) m. Alexander Campbell (1821-1909).
- Margaret MacKenzie (1826–1913) m. William Allen Ward (1804-1884).
- Alexander McKenzie (1828–1908). He married Catherine E. Ward (1830-1903).
- Amelia McKenzie (1831–1908). She married George Samuel Ward (1828-1916).
- William Allen MacKenzie (1836–1925). He married Nancy Victory Ward (1839-1904).
- Christy Ann MacKenzie (1837–1850)
Spouse:
Agnes Parks (1829-1886)
Children:
-- Heman Wallace MacKenzie, b. Nov 1854 in Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1939 in Mazomanie, Dane co. Wisconsin. He married Annie Sophronia 'Trona' Mary Bywater, b. Apr 1869 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin, and d. 18 Nov 1914 in Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
-- Margaret Jane Maggie' MacKenzie, b. 1855, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 1930, Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin. She married in 1900, as his second wife, John Henry Fesenfeld, b. Apr 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, d. 10 Aug 1836, Black Earth Dane, Wisconsin
-- John Benjamin MacKenzie, b. 1855 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 1950 in Merton, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married Anna Johns. She was born in 1862 in Avoca, Iowa co., Wisconsin and she died 23 June 1931 in Merton twp., Waukesha, Wisconsin.
-- Agnes S. MacKenzie, b. December 1861, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 8 Dec 1836, San Bernardino co., California. She doesn't seem to have married.
-- Brigham Bliss MacKenzie, b. Jan 1866, Blue Mounds, Dane Co., Wisconsin, d. 28 Aug 1931, Vallejo, Solano Co., California. He married Ellen 'Nellie' W. Munsell. She was born December 1861 in Oregon, Butte Co., California. She died 15 Dec 1925, Vallejo twp., Solano co., California
-- Annabelle 'Belle' MacKenzie, b. 3 April 1867, Black Earth, Dane co., Wisconsin, d. 26 Oct 1963, Vallejo, Solano, California. She married in 1896 to Francis Edward 'Frank' Ainsworth. He was b. 10 March 1861, in Pierpoint, Ashtabula co. Ohio. He died in 1922, as the result of a fatal accident, when he jumped from a runaway wagon. Their son George McKenzie Ainsworth, having recently finished his degree from Lawrence University at Appleton, was accidently electrocuted whilst working as an electrician for a mining company.
-- George Arthur MacKenzie, b. April 1869 in Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin. He died in 1918 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin. On the 6th Nov 1892, he married Amelia Baldwin Drake. She was b. Jun 1864 in Middleton, Dane co, Wisconsin, and d. in 1930 in Mazomanie, Dane co., Wisconsin.
-- Elmer Ellsworth MacKenzie, b. 11 Jun 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane, Wisconsin, d. 26 Jun 1955 in San Francisco, California. He married Clara W. Meyer, who was b. 11 Jan 1875 in New York. She d. 5 April 1952 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
-- William R. MacKenzie was b. Oct 1871, Blue Mounds, Dane co., Wisconsin and d. 21 Apr 1928, Richmond, Shawano co. Wisconsin. He married Jessie L. Ainsworth, b. 5 Jan 1877, Richmond, Shawano Co, Wisconsin, d. 2 Mar 1961, Santa Clara Co, California
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