49 10 556 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Age Years 80 Birth Day 01 Birth Month 06 Birth Year 1823 Birth County Yorkshire Birth Country Code UK Birth Country England Comments Shared Monument - illegible - name on base; Death Day 07 Death City Mineral Point Death County Iowa Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Month 11 Death Year 1903 First Name Nancy (Mrs Radcliffe) Last Name Royston Maiden Name Moorehouse Obituary Day 12 Obituary Month 11 Obituary Source MP Tribune Obituary Transcription Death of Mrs. Royston Mrs Nancy Royston, the late widow of Mr. Radcliffe Royston, was born in Yorkshire, England, June 1st, 1823. She came to Mineral Point with her husband and two daughters 47 years ago, and here she remained a resident to the hour of her death, which occurred at 8 o'clock last Saturday morning, Nov. 7th. Seven weeks ago she took a severe cold, from which she never recovered. She was a sincere and loving wife, mother, and grandmother and was beloved by all who knew her. There are left to mourn her death two daughters, Mrs. R.C. Libby and Mrs. Norman Wright; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The funeral was conducted from her late residence Monday afternoon, Rev W.W. Hurd officiating and the male quartet, consisting of Messrs. Williams, Lewis, Martin and Hughes, rendering appropriate selections. Mineral Point Tribune, Nov. 12, 1903 Obituary Year 1903 Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial NC.28.2 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royston, Nancy (Mrs Radcliffe) (1823-1903) Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Comments Shared Monument - illegible - name on base possibly Mary Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin First Name Mary ? Last Name Royston Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial NC.28.3 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royston, Mary Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Age Years 18 Birth Year 1851 Birth City Mineral Point Birth State Postal WI Birth State Wisconsin Birth County Iowa Birth Country Code US Birth Country United States Comments 2018: Had been in SC; need numbers Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Year 1869 First Name James Last Name Coad Middle Name J Notes son of Nicholas and Mary Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial NC.30.1 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coad, James J. (1851-1869) Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Comments husband of Elizabeth; shared monument Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin First Name William Last Name Paynter Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial NE.37.1 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paynter, William Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Comments wife of William; shared monument Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin First Name Elizabeth Last Name Paynter Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial NE.37.2 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paynter, Elizabeth Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Age Years 11 Birth Year 1880 Birth City Mineral Point Birth State Postal WI Birth State Wisconsin Birth County Iowa Birth Country Code US Birth Country United States Comments shared monument; restored stone. Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Year 1891 First Name Herbert Last Name Luke Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial NW.04.3 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Luke, Herbert (1880-1891) Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Age Years 4 Birth Year 1853 Birth City Mineral Point Birth State Postal WI Birth State Wisconsin Birth County Iowa Birth Country Code US Birth Country United States Comments 2nd name on obelisk - illegible Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Year 1857 First Name Harry? Last Name Bliss Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial NW.35.2 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss, Harry (1853-1857) Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Comments shared monument Death Day 28 Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Month 05 Death Year 1865 First Name Augustine Last Name Poquette Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.01.6 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poquette, Augustine (-1865) Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Age Years 64 Birth Day 26 Birth Month 12 Birth Year 1816 Birth State Postal Ontario Birth State Ontario Birth Country Code CA Birth Country Canada Biographical Text Louis Poquette was born in 1816 in the province of 'Upper Canada' now called Ontario province. At the age of 16, he signed on with John Jacob Astor's American Fur Co. as a 'voyageur' [a rookie canoe-man/porter of furs]. He worked for the Green Bay unit for the years 1833 and 1834. In 1834, the Green Bay unit of the company to which he belonged declared bankruptcy and Louis parted ways with the fur trade. In 1870, Louis gave testimony in an Iowa County court that he first became acquainted with a certain tract of land in Mineral Point, WI, in 1834. He may have still been working as a voyageur when he traveled into Mineral Point, but he certainly became aware of the ease with which the miners were locating the mineral ore, lead, simply by picking it up off the surface of the land, and by digging [at that time] shallow mines. Between 1837 and 1841, Louis Poquette focused his digging at a mine designated the 'Duke Smith diggings. 'At that time [1841], he was arrested for 'claim-jumping,' although through the eventual testimony presented at the long series of trials, it was proven that he had permission from the [then] owner of the land to mine there. Louis Poquette married Jane Selena Holmes in 1844, daughter of Thomas and Sarah [Cotton] Holmes, British immigrants and the first naturalized citizens of Iowa County, WI [page 1, Naturalizations]. Jane was only the age of 14, and her father signed permission for her to marry. In 1846, Louis mortgaged a house in Dodgeville for his growing family. This mortgage was not recorded in county records until 1850. Louis received a land patent in 1849 for a farm in the bounds of Linden township, and continued to add to his land over the next five years. He mined for lead during the winter season, and appeared to be doing moderately well. There may have been some chronic illness in the family, such as tuberculosis. 5 male babies died in infancy, and one daughter, Mary C, aged about 26 years, died of diphtheria, as had one of her infant brothers, during the same epidemic. In 1859, Jane's father, Thomas Holmes died, and following this event, her mother was taken into custody by the sheriff as an insane person, and released into Louis Poquette's custody for a brief period, until she was committed to the care of the county, where she died in 1860. In the 1870's, the claim-jumping trial had grown to include other defendants, and had transformed into a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Louis and his son, John were merely 'pawns' in the case, and my records include their personal testimony from the transcripts. They appear to have been innocent of wrong-doing,as many prominent citizens stood up on their behalf, although they themselves appeared to be of lower income and education. Jane Selena 'Jennie' was in such good community standing, that the minister of the Trinity Episcopal Church, March Chase, and his wife, stood up as godparents for a few of her grandchildren. She also testified in the pension application of her son-in-law, Thomas Ward Mitchell, that she was a midwife, and had been present at the births of her daughter's [Louisa's] children. In 1879, the 26-year old daughter, Mary C, died of the diphtheria epidemic, and Louis himself died in Nov. of 1880. Iowa County Democrat, Nov. 26, 1880: "Died at his home in the town of Linden, on Thursday, Nov. 18th, Mr. 'Lewis' Poquette, after a severe illness of nine weeks. The deceased was 63 years of age. He came to this country in 1832. He leaves a wife and family of grown up sons and daughters who have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. The funeral took place on Sunday last from the late residence of the deceased, to the old cemetery in this city." By Nancy Poquette Comments shared monument Death Day 18 Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Month 11 Death Year 1880 First Name Louis Last Name Poquette Middle Name Henry Obituary Day 26 Obituary Month 11 Obituary Source Ia Co Dem Obituary Transcription Iowa County Democrat, Nov. 26, 1880: "Died at his home in the town of Linden, on Thursday, Nov. 18th, Mr. 'Lewis' Poquette, after a severe illness of nine weeks. The deceased was 63 years of age. He came to this country in 1832. He leaves a wife and family of grown up sons and daughters who have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. The funeral took place on Sunday last from the late residence of the deceased, to the old cemetery in this city." Obituary Year 1880 Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.01.7 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poquette, Louis Henry (1816-1880) Gravesite of Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old City Cemetery Gravesite The site of a grave. Birth Month 11 Birth Year 1882 Comments shared monument Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin First Name Hannah Last Name Poquette Notes birth date per baptismal records in Iowa County WI Archives Church Records.....Platteville Microfilms 13, Reel 7, Church Records, Iowa County, WI at http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/iowa/churches/plattevi3gbb.txt Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.01.8 Cemetery Old City Cemetery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poquette, Hannah Gravesite of