Obit: Rossman, Paul (1842 - 1918)
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Surnames: ROSSMAN
RUSSLER COCHRAN NUTTING DARTON ----Source:
GREENWOOD GLEANER (Greenwood, Wis.) 01/31/1918 Rossman, Paul (16
MAR 1842 - 24 Jan 1918) Paul Rossman,
known as "Grandpa" Rossman, was born in Neirstein, Germany, March
16, 1842. He came to America in 1851, going to Plymouth, Sheboygan
Co., Wis. He enlisted on
Sept. 14, 1861, being mustered into service at Camp Seigel,
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 18, 1861 as a private in Co. A. Ninth
Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry under Captains Andra and
E.H. Horn and Col. Fredrick Solomen. He enlisted to serve three
years or for the duration of the war. His regiment was assigned to
the First Army Brigade of the Third Division of the Army of the
Arkansas. He participated in the following battles, Newtonia,
Prairie Grove, Spoonville, Little Missouri River, Prairie De Ann,
Poison Springs, Camden Road and Jenkin’s Ferry. He was
promoted to Corporal. His enlistment having expired he was mustered
out of service on Dec. 2, 1864. In 1865 he was
united in marriage to Miss Anna Russler of Sheboygan County. There
he followed the blacksmith trade and in 1884 he moved to Clark
County, Wis., where he resided on a farm seven miles east of
Greenwood. Ten years later he move to the City of Greenwood, where
he resided till the days of his death, which occurred on the
morning of Jan. 24, 1918. The deceased was a
kind and loving husband and father and was liked by all who knew
him. He is survived by
his wife and the following children, William Rossman of Greenwood,
Mrs. Geo. Cochran of Bemidji, Minn., Mrs. Thos. Cochran of
Portland, Ore., Alfred L. Rossman of Priest River, Idaho, Paul R.
Rossman of Greenwood, Wis., Mrs. H.L. Nutting of Brookings, Ore.,
Mrs. Arthur Darton of Loyal, Wis., and Roy P. Rossman who was
brought up with the family since the death of his mother, which
occurred when Roy was but a few days old. He is also survived by
twenty-two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, besides many
friends. The funeral was
held last Saturday afternoon from the Woodmen Hall, Rev. Rainey
officiating, with interment in the Greenwood Cemetery, where the
Odd Fellows had charge of the burial.
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