BioA: Essex, Mr. and Mrs. William (65th - 1982)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Essex, Wallace, Grambsch

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/22/1982

Essex, Mr. and Mrs. William (65th – 4 April 1982)

Mr. and Mrs. William Essex, 221 South Main St., Loyal, were honored April 4 at a family gathering in Loyal. The festivities marked the 65 year mark for the couple.

William Essex and the former Mary Elizabeth Wallace were married at Yuba in Richland County on April 4, 1917. After farming there for several years, they moved to Clark County where he became a cheesemaker at the Cherry Valley Cheese Factory.

William worked at several other factories before they came to the Town of York in 1930. Six years later they moved to Loyal. There he had trucked milk, later operated a gas station and worked at several other places through the years.

Both like to travel. They are members of the Loyal United Methodist Church.

They have two children, Mrs. Clyde (Eva) Grambsch, Loyal, and Eddie, living in Florida. There are six grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.