Category Archives: Genealogy

Campbell, Thomas

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Thomas Campbell Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 01/16/2006 Descendants of Donald Campbell GenerationNo. 1 1.DONALD1CAMPBELL was born 1800 in Rosshire, Scotland, and died 1875 in ?, Scotland. Hemarried CATHERINE ROSS 06 Jan 1821 in Fearn, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland(Source: IGI Individual Record, familysearch.org.). Notes for DONALD CAMPBELL: 10 children born to couple. More About DONALD… Read more »

Champeny Family: Creamery Business

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Champeny Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/24/2009   Descendants of William Champeny Generation No. 1 1. W ILLIAM1 CHAMPENY was born 1781 in Wedmore, Somerset, England, and died Mar 1817. He married ELIZABETH NORMAN 23 Jul 1807 in St. Mary’s, Wedmore, Somerset, England. Notes for W ILLIAM CHAMPENY: Source of William and Elizabeth as parents… Read more »

Botsford, Lucius

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Lucius Botsford, akaBottsford, Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/11/2005    Lucius Botsford was one of the first settlersin the Town of Lisbon. He very well have been one of the first to stake hisclaim on the northeast quarter section of Section 36 and later the southeastquarter section, a total of 320 acres.     According to Melinda Weaver… Read more »

Bowes Family

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Bowes aka Bows Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 10/01/2005     William Bowes aka Bows (1860 and 1880) orRowes (1870), b. abt 1827, England; married Jane Thompson, b. abt 1830 in NewYork; bef. 1850 William and Jane married, and lived with her father, CharlesThompson in the town of Vernon, Oneida county, New York. Her father was a… Read more »

Robert M. Brown Family (Wife Lucretia West)

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Robert M. Brown Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 01/05/2006 Descendants of Samuel Brown Generation No. 1 1. SAMUEL1BROWNHe married MARY?. Notes for S AMUELBROWN: Father named in Retrospect, Brown Family on Lake Five Road were VIPS, page10, Wednesday, January 4, 2006 Child of S AMUELBROWNand MARY?is: 2. i. ROBERT M. 2 BROWN, b. 22 Feb 1821,… Read more »

George August Brown Family (Wife Catherine Eleanor Hopkins)

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George August Brown Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 01/07/2006 Descendants of George August Brown, Sr. Generation No. 1 1. GEORGEAUGUST1BROWN, SR.was born 12 Aug 1808 in Kentshire, England, and died 20 Mar 1884 in North Lisbon(Town of Lisbon), Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married CATHERINEELEANORHOPKINS(Source: OneWorldTree.). She was born 23 Sep 1808 in England, and died 26 Aug1891… Read more »

Butler, William

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William Butler Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 09/21/2007   Descendants of Simon Butler Generation No. 1 1. S IMON1 BUTLER (Source: Familysearch.org Mormon website.) was born 1763, and died Jan 1826. He married ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT 04 Mar 1795 in Monk Frystone, Yorkshire, England. She was born 1768, and died Aug 1822 in Hillam, Yorkshire, England. More… Read more »

Butler Ax Murder

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James Butler Ax Murder of His Wife Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 09/22/2007 Editor’s Comment: While I don’t agree on the method that James took to cure his marital problems, I have to wonder what drove this man to commit this murderous act. I look back at his life with the few documents available and see that… Read more »

David Bonham’s Life

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David Bonham’s Life Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 09/03/2012 Also read the “David Bonham – murder trial and more” Editor’s Note: Much of what has already been published about David Bonham’s life comes from the “History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 1880”; but,  after reading the newspaper entries below about his life and the  accounts of the murder… Read more »

Bonham, David – murder trial and more.

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David Bonham – murder trial and more Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/18/2006 First Murder In Waukesha County Return to David Bonham’s Life page There are many different versions of this first murder in WaukeshaCounty by David Bonham. As Editor, I don’t deny that David Bonham killed Henry Keene; but the circumstances surrounding the murder, the… Read more »