Former Lisbon chairman writes poem before scheduled hanging By Fred Keller Sussex Sun, Posted: July 16, 2008 One great piece of local pioneer literature was written by Lisbons David Bonham as he faced the hangmans noose the following morning. It was March 1847, and he was the featured guest at a necktie party in Racine for his killing of Henry… Read more »
Selected Biographical Sketches of Town of Lisbon Residents – 1894 Excerpts from: Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county. Published 1894 by Excelsior publishing co. in Chicago. MRS. GEORGE ELLIOTT, one of Waukesha County’s most highly respected ladies, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., November… Read more »
Arter Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 09/29/2005 1920 Census town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin [Name, Born, Place] Thomas Arter, abt 1873, England, d. April 20, 1921 at his Sussex, Wisconsinhome. Leoma Arter, abt 1878, Wisconsin, wife of Thomas. Below are there children. Isabel Arter, abt 1903, Wisconsin Helen Arter, abt 1905, Wisconsin. Note: A… Read more »
Arter Family Researched and Compiled by BrianHunt Edited by Mike Reilly Last Revised 10/23/2010 Descendants of Edward Arthur Generation No. 1 1. EDWARD1 ARTHUR was born Abt. 1686. He married JANE PEPPER 03 Apr 1711 in St Mary, Dover, Kent. More About EDWARD ARTHUR: Burial: 25 Jun 1753, Charlton, Dover, Kent More About JANE PEPPER: Burial: 22 Dec 1736 Children… Read more »
Rev. James Augustus Baynton aka Boynton and Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 01/18/2011 Descendants of James Augustus Baynton Generation No. 1 1. REV. JAMES AUGUSTUS1 BAYNTON was born 28 Feb 1863, and died 1925 in Centralia, Illinois. He married HARRIET “ALLIE” ELIZABETH WEAVER 19 Jul 1889 in St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Sussex, Lisbon Township, Waukesha… Read more »
Landholding Beaumont brothers owned showcase farms in Merton, Lisbon Posted: Apr. 28, 2009, Living Sussex Sun By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Multiple generations of Beamonts have descended from the brothers who moved the family en masse to Merton-Lisbon in the middle of the 19th Century: Esau and the Honorable Ephraim Beaumont. The family began its American journey in a… Read more »
Herb and Jeanette Beier Photos from the collection of Sussex Village Historian Fred H. Keller Posted: Aug. 4, 2009 Living Sussex Sun, Retrospect. Recently Bruce Johns, grandson of Herbert Ray Beier and Jeanette Muria Brown and resident of the Partridge Hills subdivision of Lisbon, gave the Sussex Lisbon Area Historical Society a set of three Beier family photos, including the… Read more »
Norbert and Karl Berschdorf Family 1866 LISBON, WWII, SIBERIA, GERMAN ARMY TOUCH SUSSEX By Fred H. Keller Some multi-different situations are tied up in a doctors office in downtown Sussex. The cream brick Sussex Wheaton Franciscan Medical office on Main Street, Sussex has been the domain of Drs. James Davis and Terrace Hughs since 1988. They acquired the former 1866… Read more »
David Bonham Family Notes Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 06/07/2007 Also read the “David Bonham – murder trial and more” Editor: As noted on the web page “David Bonham’s Life”, some of the articles below result from inaccurate information published in the “History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 1880”. David Bonham, a native ofNorthhamptonshire, England. He… Read more »
Ainsworth Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/30/2007 Descendants of Silas Ainsworth Generation No. 1 1. S ILAS1 AINSWORTH (Source: 1880 History of Waukesha County – Historical Sketches, page 976.) was born 27 Apr 1817 in Stafford, Genesee, New York. He married ROXANA ROBE in Elba, New York. She was born in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Notes… Read more »
