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Deaths of old settlers from 15 Sep 1894 - 29 Aug 1895

Taken from the Dodge County Pionier, 19 September 1895, page 3

• Mrs. Sophrona Crocker from Fox Lake, settled 1849, died 20 September; age 71 years
• Mrs. Wm. Baker from Beaver Dam, settled 1846, died 21 September; age 84
• John Beckert from Hubbard, settled 1852, died 23 September; age 71
• Mrs. John Koch from Hubbard, settled 1855, died 24 September; age 87
• Mrs. Geo. H. Beers from Horicon, settled 1846, died 27 September; age 75
• Stephen R. Manzer from Beaver Dam, settled 1854, died 27 September; age 75
• Mrs. Jas. Bowes from Beaver Dam, settled 1848, died 2 October, age 72
• Daniel Buckley? from Emmet, settled 1844, died 8 October; age 92
• Mrs. Wm. R. Williams from Calamus, settled 1850, died 15 October, age 75
• Mrs. A. Hiebler from Juneau, settled 1852, died 18 October; age 68
• Geo. Goung from Huelsburg, settled 1846, died 20 October; age 87
• Mrs. D. D. Ashley from Fox Lake, settled 1844, died 4 November; age 82
• Mrs. M. F. Pease from Lowell, settled 1845, died 6 November; age 72
• Mrs. G. N. Loberg from Ashippun, settled 1844, died 8 November; age 81
• Mrs. Dennis Kelly from Lowell, settled 1848, died 12 November; age 83
• Alb. Goung from Beaver Dam, settled 1848, died 16 November; age 46
• Daniel Eldred from Lowell, settled 1843, died 16 November; age 74
• David Horgan from Beaver Dam, settled 1854, died 20 November; age 70
• Jos. Beischel from Beaver Dam, settled 1854, died 27 November; age 82
• Mrs. Stephen Weeks, from Beaver Dam, settled 1855, died 28 November; age 83
• Miss Gratia M. Learned, from Waupun, settled 1847, died 2 December; age 57
• Henry Rothring, sen., from Hustisford, settled 1855, died 8 December; age 73
• Thos. Godsell, sen., from Clyman, settled 1845, died 10 December; age 75
• Dennis Darcey, from Clyman, settled 1852, died 13 December; age 89
• Christ F. Kamrath, from Theresa, settled 1855, died 14 December; age 80
• Mrs. M. Triplett, from Emmet, settled 1846, died 15 December; age 67
• - Fuiten, from Herman, settled 1847, died 18 December; age 79
• Mrs. Jas Hall, from Watertown, settled 1848, died 29 December; age 70

• C. B. Tozer, from Juneau, settled 1855, died 1 January; age 78
• Julius H. Andrae, from Mayville, settled 1854, died 3 January; age 64
• Mrs. Van R. Lawrence, from Rubicon, settled 1847, died 22 January; age 72
• Peter Harth, from Theresa, settled 1847, died 26 January; age 75
• Edmund Gallagher, from Juneau, settled 1846, died 27 January; age 76
• Mrs. M. Carroll, from Emmet, settled 1845, died 29 January; age 84
• Mrs. Jas. Farrell, from Herman, settled 1846, died 4 February; age 85
• Mrs. John Leslie, from Oak Grove, settled 1854, died 9 February; age 58
• Mrs. Owen Roberts, from Calamus, settled 1844, died 9 February; age 72
• Patrick Duffy, from Clyman, settled 1847, died 12 February; age 88
• Lyman Tracy, from Oak Grove, settled 1843, died 21 February; age 69
• Margaret Dervin, from Clyman, settled 1848, died 23 February; age 95
• Mrs. John Mayne, from Beaver Dam, settled 1848, died 3 March; age 74
• Mrs. Henry Kelly, from Rubicon, settled 1844, died 6 March; age 70
• Philo Lamphear, from Minnesota Junction, settled 1844, died 7 March; age 78
• John Ruehl, from Hubbard, settled 1848, died 12 March; age 74
• John R. Craver, from Beaver Dam, settled 1853, died 15 March; age 74
• Horace Barnes, from Le Roy, settled 1847, died 18 March; age 71
• John Jones, from Emmet, settled 1845, died 23 March; age 72
• Lyman N. Root, from Fox Lake, settled 1842, died 23 March; age 67
• Heinrich Jorns, from Herman, settled 1850, died 23 March; age 70
• Mrs. M. Gates, from Minnesota Junction, settled 1847, died 27 March; age 73
• Mrs. John G. Putnam, from Neosho, settled 1850, died 2 April; age 77
• John F. Heusler, sen., from Beaver Dam, settled 1851, died 5 April; age 82
• Theo. Heesen, from Hustisford, settled 1849, died 5 April; age 71
• Mrs. Mich. Moriarity, from Oak Grove, settled 1845, died 7 April; age 50
• A. Scott Sloan, from Beaver Dam, settled 1854, died 8 April; age 75
• Mrs. John Wood, from Horicon, settled 1850, died 9 April; age 70
• Mrs. Margareth Douglas, from Ashippun, settled 1844, died 17 April; age 78
• Mrs. David Flavin, from Emmet, settled 1846, died 19 April; age 79
• Alex Ramsay, from Clyman, settled 1846, died 23 April; age 82
• Mrs. Levi Johnson, from Beaver Dam, settled 1855, died 26 April; age 83
• Mrs. Thos G. Eggleston, from Fox Lake, settled 1853, died 3 May; age 84
• Isaac Fowler, from Chester, settled 1848, died 3 May; age 85
• Asa B. Kellon, from Beaver Dam, settled 1848, died 9 May; age 73
• Mrs. J. J. Edwards, from Juneau, settled 1855, died 11 May; age 54
• Duncan Chisholm, from Beaver Dam, settled 1850, died 13 May; age 86
• Mrs. E. Raymond, from Mayville, settled 1847, died 13 May; age 80
• - Killmeier, from Beaver Dam, settled 1855, died 18 May; age 67
• Obadiah Clough, from Oak Grove, settled 1846, died 18 May; age 89
• Eugen Husting, from Theresa, settled 1855, died 23 May; age 43
• James McDermott, from Hustisford, settled 1845, died 24 May; age 86
• Mrs. Patrick Denning, from Beaver Dam, settled 1855, died 28 May; age 65
• Mrs. Maria Beltum, from Juneau, settled 1848, died 3 June; age 89
• Alonzo Whipple, from Portland, settled 1848, died 4 June; age 89
• Marcus Sterr, sen., from Le Roy, settled 1846, died 5 June; age 78
• Alex Rudolf, from Ashippun, settled 1844, died 6 June; age 76
• Alfred Farlow, from Burnett, settled 1845, died 7 June; age 74
• Mrs. Alex Rudolf, from Ashippun, settled 1846, died 17 June; age 68
• Wm. Pierce, from Rubicon, settled 1852, died 22 June; age 82
• James McHugh, from Shields, settled 1846, died 27 June; age 69
• James Deaveny, from Lowell, settled 1855, died 7 July; age 78
• Mrs. Anna Schaumberg, from Theresa, settled 1855, died 9 July; age 77
• Heinrich Kimbell, from Beaver Dam, settled 1848, died 12 July; age 73
• George Bonner, from Calamus, settled 1854, died 16 July; age 61
• James Snow, from Beaver Dam, settled 1854, died 16 July; age 66
• Mrs. J. P. Anderson, from Beaver Dam, settled 1852, died 18 July; age 43
• Mrs. Martin Kelly, from Shields, settled 1853, died 22 July; age 85
• David Jillson, from Beaver Dam, settled 1847, died 23 July; age 67
• Anthony Derse, from Ashippun, settled 1845, died 23 July; age 86
• Warren Jillson, from Lowell, settled 1847, died 26 July; age 65
• David O'Connell, from Emmet, settled 1847, died 26 July; age 80
• Phineas Parmelee, from Oak Grove, settled 1851, died 27 July; age 62
• Mrs. Louis Barr, from Beaver Dam, settled 1848, died 31 July; age 65
• Mrs. Nic. Heublein, from Herman, settled 1848, died 1 August; age 79
• Michael Geinger, from Beaver Dam, settled 1853, died 2 August; age 70
• Mrs. Gunder Solverson, from Alderly, settled 1845, died 3 August; age 72
• Mrs. N. F. Goodrich, from Burnett, settled 1854, died 15 August; age 65
• Lorenzo Merrill, from Burnett, settled 1846, died 15 August; age 77
• Thos. Hughes, from Elba, settled 1853, died 18 August; age 74
• Mrs. Matthew Fardell, from Beaver Dam, settled 1852, died 20 August; age 89
• Valentine Buerger, from Herman, settled 1845, died 21 August; age 81
• Mrs. Barney Tierney, from Shields, settled 1850, died 25 August; age 76
• Homer Bunker, from Fox Lake, settled 1854, died 25 August; age 66

1889 deaths contributed by Janet (Bruce) Nelson:

David and Cynthia(Smith) Bruce, settled in Dodge County in April 1843 (came to Burlington in 1842) and is mentioned in the history of the county. He was a member of the Old Settlers Club.

In their old age, they went out in 1888 to live and be cared for by their oldest child, Electa Sarah (Bruce) Bixby at Shellsburg, Benton Co, Iowa. They died there within a couple days of each other. Cynthia died on July 1 and David died on July 4, 1889. They were buried near Electa's farm.