Charles Byron Kerr: Lisbon farmer, milk hauler by Fred H. Keller, Living Sussex Sun, Retrospect, September 1, 2009 C. B. Kerr was the common name of a prominent Lisbon farmer on Good Hope Road from before World War I to the early 1960s. Very few people knew that his proper name was Charles Byron. The Kerr farm was the old… Read more »
Fryda Family Transcribed by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 07/21/2008 WORKING Betty Fryda, Lisbon town clerk for 25 years, performed the unglamorous chore of operating the farm’s manure spreader. FRYDA FARM GOES BACK 76 YEARS by Fred H. Keller, Staff Writer, Sussex Sun, June 8, 2005 Mike Fryda graduated from St. John’s of Lannongrade school and was part of the… Read more »
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 »
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 »
WISCONSIN POTTERIES Redware & Stoneware Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly,copyright 1996 Last Revised 04/20/2010 Wisconsin’s potteries, particularly those at Belmont andWhitewater, rivaled Galena, Illinois, in producing redware of the highestquality. John Hammett was an active potter between 1842 and 1879.Characteristics of his colors were glazes in variations of yellow, orange, andgreen, colors also typical of… Read more »
