Bio: Jerald, Henry V. (History - 1836)

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Surnames: JERALD WRIGHT WARNER CARKINS

----Source: 1891 History of Clark and Jackson Co., Wisconsin, pg. 226

HENRY V. JERALD, of section 32, Thorp Township, Clark County, was born in Wilmer Township, Herkimer County, New York, July 30, 1836, the son of William Jerald, deceased, a native of Yorkshire, England, who came to the United States when a young man. He was an English Soldier, and was sent to Kingston, Canada, and from that city, with others deserted and came to the States. He settled in Theresa Township, where Henry V. was reared to farm life and educated in the common schools, and also in the Academy of Theresa. Before the war he sailed on the lakes several years, after which he went to Branch County, Michigan. He was a soldier in the late war, in Company G, Ninth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battle of Murfreesborough, where he was captured and taken to Winchester, Tennessee, but was paroled after two days. After the war Mr. Jerald returned to Jefferson County, New York, and the following spring (1866) resumed sailing on the lakes. In the fall of 1876 he came to Juneau County, Wisconsin in the fall of 1878 to this county, and the next spring settled on his present farm of eighty acres, thirty of which he has since cleared.

He was married August 13, 1863, to Hester A. Wright, who was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, the daughter of William Wright, deceased. They have had two children: Alice B. and Mary E. The former married Marttelo Warner, of this county, and has three children: Grace, Peter, and William. Mary died January 16, 1889, at the age of twenty-two years. She was married to Jerome B. Carkins, who lives with Mr. Jerald. She left three children: Henry B., Iva B. and William O. Mr. Jerald has served as Town Clerk one year, Justice of the Peace two years, and School Clerk one year. Politically he is a Republican.