Obits and Deaths in Juneau County Wisconsin

Juneau County
Obituaries and Death Notices

Mrs. J. W. Babcock
Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (20 July 1899) Submitted by Diana Heser Morse

MRS. BABCOCK DEAD
Wife of the Well-Known Congressman Succumbs to Cancer at Necedah
Necedah, Wis., July 18 -- (Special) -- Mrs. J. W. Babcock, wife of Congressman Babcock, died yesterday, the result of a cancer of the breast, from which Mrs. Babcock suffered over ten years and for which she submitted to two operations. She was 49 years old and was married twenty-six years ago. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Finch, live at Lyons, Iowa. She leaves a son, C. E. Babcock, and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Silas Reed, both residents of Necedah. Mrs. Babcock had a wide acquaintance, having met many prominent people in official life during her ten years' residence in Washington. She was especially noted for her charity. Last summer she organized a soldiers' relief society among the prominent women of Washington, which distributed much money and many supplies. The interment will be at Cedar Falls, Ia., probably Thursday afternoon.

Ralph Bowes
Wisconsin State Journal (10 May 1889) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Deaths in Wisconsin
Mauston, May 3. --- Ralph Bowes, an esteemed business man of this place, died yesterday, aged 54. His burial, which will take place sunday afternoon, will be conducted by the Masonic fraternity.

Joseph Bradford
Wisconsin State Journal (16 Sept. 1887) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Death of a Lumberman
Necedah, Wis., Sept. 13 --- News has just been received here of the death at the seashore of Joseph Bradford, formerly a wealthy lumberman of this place. About one year ago he removed to Chicago, and soon afterward suffered a stroke of paralysis. Then his father, also well known here, died of dropsey. He then went to the seashore, seeking a restoration to health, but was stricken twice more with paralysis, dying with the second shock. He was about 36 years of age and leaves a beautiful young widow and several small children. His parents resided at Quincy, Ill., where he was reared.

Andrew C. Brovald
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (28 July 1947) transcribed & submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Andrew C. Brovald, Old Resident of Juneau Co., Dies

Finley --- Andrew C. Brovald, 93, a resident of Juneau county since 1898, died Sunday. He resided with his son, Clarence Brovald, where he had made his home for 24 years.

Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Congregational church in Babcock with the Rev. C. A. O'Neill officiating. Burial will be in the Babcock cemetery.

Mr. Brovald was born in Oslo, Norway, on January 21, 1854. He was a sailor for 10 years prior to coming to the United States, sailing from Norway to Italy and Australia. In 1882 he came to Stoughton, Wis., where he married Rachel Vingom in 1881. Four years later they moved to Finley, where his wife died in 1921.

He is survived by five children, Carl of finley, Clarence of Babcock, Mrs. James McConnell of Pittsville, Lynn of Eau Claire and Mrs. Edward Brost of Verona, 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Carl Brovald
Capital Times (23 March 1970) transcribed & submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Verona --- Carl J. Brovald, 90, of Finley, Route 1, Necedah, Wis., a brother of Mrs. Edward Brost, Verona, died Saturday in a Marshfield hospital.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Babcock, Wis., Congregational Church, and burial will be at Babcock.

Friends may call today and tonight at the Feldner Funeral Home, Nekoosa.

Mr. Brovald was born at Stoughton in 1879, and moved to Finley in 1898.

Surviving, besides the sister in Verona, are his wife, the former Sara McMahon, to whom he was married in 1923; two daughters, Mrs. John Mauiokaitis, and Mrs. Chelsea Saylor, both of Route 1, Necedah; another sister, Mrs. James McConnell, Neillsville; two brothers, Clarence Babcock, and Lynn, Eau Claire, and three grandchildren.

Anthony Cafferty
The La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wis.) 12 Feb. 1951; submitted by Diana Heser Morse

ANTHONY CAFFERTY

Elroy, Wis. (Special) funeral services for Anthony Cafferty, 89, who died at his home in Glendale township Friday evening, will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from St. Patrick's church with the Rev. A. Lecheler officiating. Cafferty was born in Canada and came to this country when nine years of age. He had lived in his present farm home for 61 years. His wife, a son and daughter preceded him death. He is survived by six sons: Dan Beech, N.D., John and Hugh, Los Angeles; Edward, Trenton, Mich.; James and Michael at home; and two daughters, Mrs. Rose Barrett, Woodstock, Ill., and Margaret, Elroy. All the children will be present for the services. The rosary was to be recited at home Monday at 8 p.m. Burial will be in St. Patrick's cemetery, Fresleys are in charge of arrangements.

F. A. Canfield
Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (24 Apr. 1902) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

PIONEER PHYSICIAN OF JUNEAU COUNTY
Dr. F. A. Canfield Expires at His Home at Necedah at Ripe Old Age

Necedah, Wis., April 23 -- (Special) -- Dr. F. Antes Canfield, Necedah's pioneer doctor and until now the oldest living physician of Juneau county, died at 2 o'clock yesterday, aged 71 years. He was a native of Pennsylvania and located in Necedah in 1857, residing here and practicing his profession ever since. He was a life-long Democrat and served as president of the village board and was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1884 which nominated Cleveland for President. He has a large circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the state. Funeral will be held Friday afternoon at Necedah at 2 o'clock.

Rufus R. Dawes
Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (3 Aug. 1899) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

GEN. DAWES IS DEAD
He Commanded the Sixth Wisconsin Regiment and was a Gallant Soldier
Marietta, O., Aug. 2. --- Gen. Rufus R. Dawes, father of Charles G. Dawes, comptroller of the currency, died at midnight, aged 61. He enlisted in the Sixth Wisconsin regiment in the Civil war, and was finally promoted to brevet brigadier general and fought in twenty battles. He served one term in Congress 1880-82. President McKinley tendered him the post of minister to Persia; but he declined.
Gen. Dawes was on of the heroes of the Iron brigade. He went out from Mauston, Wis., in the spring of 1861 as captain of a company in the Sixth Wisconsin volunteers. He rose to the command of the regiment in 1864 when his predecessor, Col. Edward S. Brass, was made a brigadier-general, and was afterward brevetted brigadier-general for his gallant services. He has resided at Marietta since the war.
At Gettysburg, Gen. Dawes, then a lieutenant-colonel, commanded the Sxith Wisconsin in a gallant charge upon Davis' brigade and rescued the 147th New York from a perilous position. In this charge the Sixth carried the enemy's position at the point of the bayonet and captured parts of two Confederate regiments, with their battle flags. The 147th New York was practically surrounded by the enemy when this splended charge was made. Gen. Doubleday, in his official report, says that "the moment was a critical one, involving the defeat, perhaps the utter rout of our forces." Gen. Dawes' horse was shot under him in the charge, and he led the men on foot.
Gen. Dawes was a native of Ohio, but came to Wisconsin as a young man. He was only 22 years old when President Lincoln called for volunteers in April, 1861. He began to raise a company in Juneau county in April 25 and got forty-eight men the first day. John A. Kellogg, who was prosecuting attorney of the county, aided in the work of recruiting. The command was called the Lemonweir Minutemen, and on July 6 Capt. Dawes, with ninty-four men, went to Madison to join the Sixth regiment. From that time until the close of the war his history is that of his gallant regiment. After the war Gen. Dawes settled in Ohio and prospered there, showing in peace the same energy and ability that raised him to high command in time of war.
The Iron Brigade association will undoubtedly hold a special meeting at an early date, to take action upon the death of Gen. Dawes, who was one of the most prominent and most high-esteemed members of the organization.
Gov. Wheeler, president of the local association of the Iron brigade, was not at the Soldiers' home this afternoon, and just what will be done could not be definitely learned, as the call for a meeting would come from him. Capt. Johnson, superintendent of mails at the postoffice, who is a member of the organization, stated that some early action would undoubtedly be taken, but Gov. Wheeler would be the only man who would know.
Capt Johnson then proceeded to pay a high tribute to the memory of Gen. Dawes, who was brevetted for his bravery at Gettysburg, where he was in temporary command of the regiment during the illness of his colonel. "I became well acquainted and quqite intimate with Gen. Dawes during the early part of the war." said Capt. Johnson, "and I was very much impressed with his mobility of character, his sterling worth as a man, and his earnestness and bravery as a soldier. He was a man of high ideals and firmness, and was popular with the soldiers of his regiment. His death will cause more than ordinary sorrow to his comrades."

Hester A. Edwards
The Mauston Star (19 Sept. 1860) transcribed & submitted by Diana Heser Morse

DIED
At Seven Mile Creek, Sept. 6th, 1860, Hester A., aged 10 years, daughter of Wm. and J. Edwards.

Mrs. Harty
Marathon County Record (Wausau , Marathon County , Wis.) Thursday, 6 Mar. 1862; transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Frozen to Death - Mrs. Harty, of Linden, Juneau county, froze to death last Friday. She was in a sleigh with others, going home from Kilburn City.

H. H. Hatch
Wisconsin State Journal (20 May 1887) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Deaths
A JUNEAU COUNTY PIONEER
Mauston, Wis., May 19. --- H. H. Hatch, one of the pioneer attorneys of Juneau county, died at his residence in New Lisbon Saturday, of paralysis, after a somewhat lingering and painful illness. His funeral was largely attended by the legal and Masonic fraternities from New Lisbon, as well as by the citizens generally of Juneau county. At the time of his death and for several years previous, Mr. Hatch was physically and mentally unable to attend to the duties of his profession. But in an early day he was accounted a brilliant practitioner and a worth antagonist in court.

Mrs. C. H. Johnson
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (21 Oct. 1927) transcribed & submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Mrs. C. H. Johnson, wife of the postmaster of Meadow Valley, died at her home there Wednesday morning after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, with burial in the Meadow Valley cemetery.

John Kingston
Source: Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (30 Mar. 1899) transcribed by FoFG MZ

Necedah, Wis., March 28. – John T. Kingston died late Sunday evening of heart failure, after an illness of only three days. He was an early settler in Wisconsin, having located where this village now stands in 1847. He was one of its founders. He served as state senator from 1857 to 1861 and in 1882 and 1883 and was in the Assembly two terms, 1874 and 1880. He was register of deeds
for Juneau county for two terms, postmaster of Necedah during Harrison’s administration and president of the village of Necedah many times. His son, John T. Kingston, Jr., died in Porto Rico on August 26, 1898, while serving in the Third Wisconsin Volunteer infantry, and his remains were recently received here and buried in the family lot in the cemetery. A wife and five children survive. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon.

Robert McBride
The Mauston Star (3 Oct. 1860) transcribed & submitted by Diana Heser Morse

DEATH IN THE MINISTRY
At the home of his father, in Sparta, Wis., on Wednesday, 12th inst. died the Rev. Robert McBride, aged 24 years, of Haematemasis, hemorrhage of the stomach. The deceased was a son of D. McBride, Esq., editor of the Sparta Herald. (D. McBride, former resident of Mauston, founder of the Mauston Star)

Herman Miller
Wisconsin State Journal (Tuesday 25 May 1971) page 2, section 2; submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Mauston - Herman Miller, 72, died Monday (May 24, 1971) in a hospital after a brief illness. He was a lifelong farmer and was married to Amelia Belke in 1924. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Ed Petrowitz Jr., Mauston; two sons, William, Mauston; and Robert, Elroy; a brother, Henry, Mauston; a sister, Mrs. Helene Luedtke, Mauston, and 10 grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. today and from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Crandall Funeral Home.

T. P. Naughtin
Wisconsin State Journal (27 Apr. 1888) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Canceled His Last Stmap
Mauston, Wis., April 23 --- T. P. Naughtin, postmaster, died Sunday, after an illness of some months, from necrosis. Mr. Naughtin had been a resident of Mauston since 1857. In 1861 he was appointed under-sheriff, and served in that capacity for two years. He was elected sheriff for 1863-4, and served as assessor for ten or twelve years, was clerk, county supervisor, and for twelve years occupied the position of chairman of the democratic county committee. He was recognized as the leader of his party in this county. Since 1866 he had been engaged in the general merchandise business. He was appointed notary public.

Edwin Newren
Wisconsin State Journal (Tuesday 25 May 1971) page 2, section 2; submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Mauston - Edwin Newren, 76, died Monday (May 24, 1971) in a hospital after a brief illness. He was a WWI veteran. Surviving are his wife, Kitty; two sisters, Mrs. Elin Klock, in California; and Mrs. Charles Johnston, Antioch, Ill.; and a brother, Eric, in Indiana. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Crandall Funeral Home, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Eddie Nicholaus
Wisconsin State Journal (6 May 1887) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Record of Accidents
Mauston, April 29 --- While hunting near his home in the town of Germantown, Eddie Nicholaus was almost instantly killed by the accidental discharge of his gun.

Herbert B. Roth
The La Crosse Tribune (Friday Evening, 26 Sept. 1947) page 13; submitted by Diana Heser Morse

HERBERT B. ROTH
Mauston, Wis. (Special) Herbert B. Roth, 55, died Thursday, Sept. 24, in a Mauston hospital. He is survived by his wife, Rhessa, one son, Robert, and one daughter, Mrs. Emma Lois Gittus, and his mother, Mrs. Emma Roth, all of Mauston; three brothers, Martin of Mauston, William of New York and Norman of California; 2 sisters, Mariam Munkwitz of Madison, and Johanna, Mauston. Funeral services for Roth are to be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Odd Fellows hall, and burial is to be in Oakwood cemetery in Mauston. Friends may call at Crandall Funeral home.

Arthur Smith
Waukesha Daily Freeman (Monday 21 June 1926) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

FATHER KILLED TRYING TO SAVE BABY DAUGHTER
Mauston, Wis. - (U.P.) - Arthur Smith, 28, was instantly killed in a futile attempt to save his sixteen month old daughter from being crushed by a Milwaukee road train. The child died of injuries received a few hours after the accident. Hearing the train whistle, Smith looked out upon the tracks which are within a 100 feet of his home and saw his daughter Harriet, toddling along the ties. He rushed from the house and ran to the tracks, grabbing the little girl just as the train bore down upon them. He was only a fraction of a minute too late. Both Smith and the child were hurled into the air. His body was badly crushed as he received the force of the blow. The child was not mangled, but died of internal injuries. Mrs. Smith, wife and mother, saw the accident from the front porch of her home.

David Truell
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (15 Feb. 1889) transcribed by FoFG MZ

MAUSTON, Feb. 12. – David Truell, of Lyndon, a pioneer of Juneau county, is dead.

W. A. Van Wie
Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (21 June 1900) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Other Deaths in the State
Mauston, Wis., June 19 --- W. A. Van Wie, aged 28 years.

Fernando Winsor
Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (29 Dec. 1898) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

Mauston, Wis., Dec. 29 --- Fernando Winsor, a leading member of the Juneau county bar and ex-county judge, died here yesterday, aged 68. He had practiced law here since 1855.