7 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. Comments shared monument; son of J & H;per 1966 list: “Child of John & Hannah” Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Year 1847 First Name Hannah Last Name Mc Nair Notes daughter of John and Hannah McNair Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.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 Mc Nair, Hannah (-1847) 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 19 Birth Year 1843 Birth City Redruth Birth County Cornwall Birth Country Code UK Birth Country England Comments shared monument Death Day 27 Death City Min Pt Township Death County Iowa Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Month 08 Death Year 1862 First Name Elizabeth Last Name Odgers Obituary Day 17 Obituary Month 09 Obituary Source MP Tribune Obituary Transcription Died. On Tuesday Aug. 19th near this City, Susan, wife of Mr. Richard Odgers. Also in Wednesday, 27th of the same month, Elizabeth daughter of the above. Mineral Point Tribune, Sept. 17, 1862 Obituary Year 1862 Notes daughter of Richard and Susan Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.19.3 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 Odgers, Elizabeth (1843-1862) 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 42 Birth Year 1820 Birth City Camborne Birth County Cornwall Birth Country Code UK Birth Country England Comments shared monument Death Day 19 Death City Min Pt Township Death County Iowa Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Month 08 Death Year 1862 First Name Susan Last Name Odgers Maiden Name Harris Obituary Day 17 Obituary Month 09 Obituary Source MP Tribune Obituary Transcription Died. On Tuesday Aug. 19th near this City, Susan, wife of Mr. Richard Odgers. Also on Wednesday, 27th of the same month, Elizabeth daughter of the above. Mineral Point Tribune, Sept. 17, 1862 Obituary Year 1862 Notes baptised 7/7/1821; married to Richard 8/10/1840 in Camborne (per Mary Knudson) Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.19.2 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 Odgers, Susan (1820-1862) 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 76 Birth Year 1820 Birth City Camborne Birth County Cornwall Birth Country Code UK Birth Country England Comments shared monument - possibly 5 in all Death Day 27 Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Month 12 Death Year 1896 First Name Richard Last Name Odgers Obituary Day 31 Obituary Month 12 Obituary Source MP Tribune Obituary Transcription Richard Odgers This esteemed and wellknown citizen died at his home in this city Sunday night, aged 76 years. Deceased was a native of England, and became a resident of Mineral Point over forty years ago. For some time he was engaged in farming a few miles east of the city, but for several years has resided within the city, having reached the time of life when age and strength were insufficient for vigorous pursuits. He has been through life a faithful member and active worker in the M.E. church, acting as a class leader for more than a quarter of a century. He was three times married. By his first wife several children were born to him, and then she was taken from him, leaving them in his care when quite young. Of these five are now living, to wit: William, John, Susan, Caroline and Joseph. Only one, Joseph, the youngest, was with the father when he died, the others being in as many different parts of the country. The second Mrs. Odgers after giving to the family a mother's care through several years was also taken to her final home, and Mr. Odgers found in the present widow a faithful helpmate and companion down life's closing term. His aim through life was to do the right, and his end was accordingly hopeful and serene. Mineral Point Tribune, Dec. 31 1896 Obituary Year 1896 Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.19.1 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 Odgers, Richard (1820-1896) 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 repaired stone Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin First Name William Last Name Unknown Notes repaired stone; hand pointing to crown Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.13.1 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 Surname unknown, 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. Age Years 72 Birth Day 29 Birth Month 04 Birth Year 1830 Birth Country Code UK Birth Country England Comments shared monument; nee Holman Death Day 09 Death City Mineral Point Death County Iowa Death State Postal WI Death State Wisconsin Death Month 11 Death Year 1902 First Name Jane Last Name Matthews Poquette Maiden Name Holmes Middle Name Selena Obituary Day 13 Obituary Month 11 Obituary Source Ia Co Dem Obituary Transcription Mrs. Jonathan Matthews. Died at her home in this city last Sunday night, aged between 72 and 73 years. Deceased has been in feeble health for some time. Thus another old resident takes a final departure. She was formally Mrs. Poquette, and besides a husband, several grown up children survive her. Mineral Point Tribune, Nov. 13, 1902 Obituary Year 1902 Notes wife of Louis Poquette; married at age 14 Louis died in 1880; she married Jonathan Matthews in Dec 1898 when whe was 65 and he was nearly 80 Gravestone Section.Stone.Burial SC.01.9 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, Jane Selena Matthews (1830-1902) 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 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. 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 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