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Winnebago Indian Mission School, Neillsville, Wisconsin

Surnames: Hauser

----Source:  Family Records, Census Records,

Students & Teachers at the Winnebago Indian Mission School, Neillsville, Wisconsin (Left Side)  (Right Side)

Biography of Gretchen Hauser (teacher)

*If you can identify any of these individuals, please contact us.

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Bio: Cassiman, Francis / Frances Arthur  (1915-2002)

Transcriber: Janet

Surnames: Blackhawk, Buffalo, Carriman, Cassiman, Clay, Climar, Crow, Hindelay, Red Bird, Walker, Whiterabbit, Yellowthunder, Young Thunder

----Source: Rachel C. Cassiman, Census, Military

Francis Arthur Cassiman (1915-2002)

Feb 21, 2020 — Birth. Francis was born 16 March 1915 in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. (Draft Card) He is the son of Arthur Cassiman and Belle [Ah-Noo-Sooten-Ray-Win-Kah] Blackhawk (1888-.1930)
He attended the Winnebago Indian Mission School, Neillsville, Wisconsin in the early 1920s. I do believe he might be student number 7 in the photograph.

of students.

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He also appeared in the 1920 Charles Van Schaick Album (below)

1929 Indian Census Roll, Grand Rapids Sub-Agency, Tomah, Wisconsin

1937 Native American Census, Tomah, Wisconsin Indian School

Opened in 1893 and is pictured above (1910), the Tomah Indian Industrial School was intended to teach Indian

children how to shed their cultural background and to become more like white, middle-class Americans. Funded

primarily by the federal government, Indian boarding schools were established throughout the United States in an

attempt to acculturate Indians to "American" ways of thinking and living. The children's time was carefully monitored,

with boys receiving instruction in agriculture or trade and girls in the domestic arts.

Tomah, Wisconsin, 1940

 Inglewood, CA Census, 1940

Francis Cassiman appears on the 1940 Census working as a 40 yr. old sheet metal worker for an aircraft manufacturer (Douglas Aircraft).

Military Records

Francis Arthur Cassiman had a light brown complexion and dark hair with brown eyes.  He was tall (5 ft. 11) and slender (159 lbs.).  His index finger was scared.

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Obit: Blackhawk, Belle [Ah-Noo-Sooten-Ray-Win-Kah] Blackhawk (1881-1926)

----Source: U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
Tomah: (Winnebago Indians)

Name Belle Blackhawk
Gender Female
Residence Age 49
Death Age 49
Record Type Death
Birth Date abt 1881
Death Date 2 Jun 1930
Residence Date 1 Mar 1930-1931
Residence Place Wisconsin
Agency Tomah Indian School, Tomah
Degree of Blood Full

*Cause of Death: Gall stones and inflammation of the bladder

Charles Greencrow, a Nebraska Winnebago and his wife, Belle Blackhawk Monegar Cassiman Greencrow (AwHooSuchRayWinKah). She was the former wife of Arthur Cassiman, and sister of John Blackhawk according to Jackson County Historical Society notes.

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BioM: Blackhawk, Belle

----Source: Jackson Co., Historical notes, Wis. State Historical Society.

Marriages
 

Belle Cassiman / Blackhawk married Charles Greencrow.  He was born in Nebraska and she was a former student of Greenwood, Wisconsin High School and the former wife of Arthur Cassiman..

  Charles Greencrow & Belle Monegar Blackhawk

       Charles Van Schaick photograph, (abt 1930)

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Bio: Blackhawk, Chief

----Source: Banner-Journal, 11 Jan 1933, Black River Falls Banner Journal 6 Jan 1937

Chief Blackhawk--Prominent figure years ago. One of the best known and respected characters of the logging days before turn of century in Black River Falls area was Chief Blackhawk, who died about 20 years ago at the age of 80. The Winnebago chief spent the declining years of his life at the Black River Falls Indian Mission.

Banner-Journal, 11 Jan 1933

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Obit: Blackhawk, Chief  (1796-1896)

Obit: Blackhawk, George (

----Source: Associated Press Daily, Salem, Oregon, 18 Apr 1896, The Wolf Point herald., October 28, 1932, Wood County Reporter, 23 Apr 1896

Associated Press Daily, Salem, OR, 18 Apr 1896

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Obit: Minthorn, Molly (1820-1932)

        The Wolf Point herald., October 28, 1932

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Obit: Cassiman, Arthur (1871-1918)

----Source: Cemetery Records, Census, family records

Arthur Cassiman, aged 46–47 (1871-1918)
Burial: Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA
Plot, Section 5

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