Obit: Mead, William (1840 - 1924)
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Surnames: MEAD
MARSHALL MADAGM TIEDEMANN SHEEHAN ----Source: THORP
COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04/17/1924 Mead, William (17
SEP 1840 - 10 Apr 1924) William Mead, one
of the oldest residents of Clark County, Wis., died suddenly on
Thursday morning, April 10th, 1924 at his home in this village.
Several months ago he suffered a paralytic stroke, from which he
recovered. On Thursday last he was about to step through the door
of the garage when he dropped and died instantly. His wife passed
away on March 25, 1920. William Mead was
born Sept. 17, 1840 near Poughkeepsie, Duchess Co., N.Y. the son of
Van Rennsler and Margaret (Marshall) Mead, natives of New York. He
came to Wisconsin with his folks in the year 1845, and settled near
Watertown, Wis. He was united in marriage to Mary Madagm at
Watertown, N.Y., Jan. 2, 1865. Five children were born of this
union, William (deceased), Fred, now residing near Sturgeon Valley,
Saskatchewan, Byron of Wenatchee, Wash., Hixon at Thorp, and Laura,
Mrs. H. C. Tiedemann, at Thorp, one brother, Daniel Mead of
Milwaukee, and one sister, Mrs. Patrick Sheehan of Mesa, Ariz.,
also survive. Mr. Mead moved to
Clark County in the fall of the year of 1868, settling on a
homestead 6 miles north of Greenwood, Wis., where he resided until
the year 1912, when he sold out and moved to Withee, Clark County,
where he lived until 1918, when he again sold and moved to
Thorp. Deceased served as
assessor in 1869 in this portion of the county before the several
townships were organized hereabouts. The funeral took
place on Saturday afternoon last from the residence, Rev. J. H.
Benson officiating, interment following in the Thorp Village
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