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TACKMAN, Louis was born in the year 1874 in
Outagamie County. Jessie Maude Tackman was born in the year 1870
in Outagamie County. Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer
Record.
TANNER, Herbert Battles, was born in
Whitewater, Wisconsin February 1859; came to Kaukauna July 27,
1880; married to Mary G. Boyd September 1, 1881; children: Kennth
Boyd, born July 20, 1883; Blanche Lawe Tanner, January 25, 1885;
Harold Ford, November 23, 1878; Herbert Johnson, born March 17,
1894. Residence: Crooks Avenue, South Kaukauna. Taken from The
Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
TANNER, Ford was born in 1822 and came to this
state in 1853. Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
THOMPSON, J.Q. was born in the month of October,
1850 Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
THOMPSON, Samuel was born in Walpole, N.H., July 30,
1814; came to Outagamie county in 1867. In business seven years
with D.B. Bailey. He died in Appleton April 27, 1898. Taken from
The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
THOMPSON, Wilbur, was born in 1842 and came to
Outagamie county in 1866. Ellen Thompson was born in 1847 and
came to Outagamie County in 1867. Children, Frank W. born in 1878;
William E., born in 1870; Charles D. born in 1872; Flora D., born
in 1874. Children have all been born in Appleton. Taken from The
Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
Picture is of Mrs. James
Tompkins
TOMPKINS, James, was born in Oneida county, New York,
March 7, 1819; came to Outagamie county in 1848 and settled on
Section 23, T. 21, R. 16, now in the town of Greenville, where he
resided until 1865, when he removed to Apppleton and has since
resided here. He was married to Sarah Pierce, who was born in
Oneida county, New York, October 28, 1821. Their children were
born as follows: Jane Augusta Tompkins Mills, born February 3,
1839; Maria Louisa Tompkins Babcock, born June 3, 1846; Loretta C.
born May 3, 1849; Helen Paulina Tompkins Clark, born September 7,
1861; Sarah E. born August 3, 1863, died October 1880; Henrietta
E. Tompkins Usher, born March 6, died 1883; Cornelia T. Tompkins
Slatter, born July 28, 1858, died 1881. Ophelia Tompkins
Thompson, born January 5, 1853. Residence, 1020 Fifth Street,
Appleton. Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
TOWLEY, F. A. who for the past several years has
been the efficient cashier at the Bank of Kaukauna, is a native
of Wisconsin; born Port Washington, Ozaukee county in 1859. He is
a son of Lafayette and Martha Calkins Towsley, who were natives
of New York state. Mr. F. A. Towsley, after receiving a liberal
education at the public schools of Port Washington, learned
telegraphy, and for five years was employed as operator at that
point. In 1876, he removed to Kaukauna, and here he was in the
employ of M.L. S. & W. Railway company as station agent for
some seven years, after the road had been built to this point. At
that time the present south side of Kaukauna was a wilderness,
there being but one residence of any size in the neighborhood.
The railway station house was made of rough boards, neither
lathed or plastered. This was destroyed by fire July 7, 1878 and
while the new depot was being built, a box car on a side track
was improvised for an office for two months. On the completion of
the new depot, Mr. Towsley continued as station agent until his
appointment, August 1, 1881 as cashier of Reuter Bros., a private
bank. On September 1, 1883, this bank was incorporated under the
banking laws of Wisconsin and became known as the Bank of
Kaukauna. The present officers are Peter Reuter, preseident, Otto
H Runte, vice-president, F. A. Towsley, cashier, and under their
judicious and conservative management the bank has enjoyed a
remarkable degree of prosperity, some of the main reasons being,
undoubtedly, the prompt and business-like methods employed. In
December 1880, Mr. Towsley was married in Kaukauna to Miss Ella
Tarwiliger, a native of Brown County. Four children have been
born to them, three of whom are living, named respectively,
Pearl, Charles and Ethel. In politics Mr. Towsley is a republican
and at the present time is serving as clerk of the board of
education in Kaukauna City. Taken from The Outagamie County
Pioneer Record.
TRACY, John, Honorable, Foreman of the Appleton
Spoke factory, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, April 18,
1852 and is a son of Edward and Joanne Brown Tracy. The father,
who was a farmer, died when John was but ten years old. The
mother still survives and resides in Appleton. They were the
parents of two sons and three daughters, of whom our subject and
two of his sisters are still living. The family came to America
in 1865 about three years after the death of the father, and John
being the eldest child, the greatest share of the responsibility
fell upon him. The September following their arrival, our subject
commenced to work in the spoke factory in Appleton and during
winters attended the evening schools until 17 years old, when he
left school. This, with some little instruction he received in
the old country, constituted the sum of scholastic studies. He
now devoted all his attention to his duties in the factory,
working his way up until he attained the position of foreman,
which he reached in 1877 and which his merit still entitles him
to. An enthusiastic Democrat, he has worked energetically in the
interest of his party and in recognition of his services he has
been honored with several positions of interest. He was alderman
from the Fourth ward of Appleton from 1882 to 1890, and president
of the council in 1887 and since 1882 also he has been school
treasurer; in 1890 he was elected to represent the First District
of Outagamie County in lower house of the State Assembly and so
well did he satisfy his constituients that he was re-elected in
1892. Few men of his age in this section of the county have been
more highly honored. Mr.Tracy was united in marriage November 18,
1870, with Miss Maggie Powers, a native of Massachusetts and a
daughter of William Powers, a farmer who came to Appleton when
his daughter, Maggie, was three years of age. Six children have
blessed this union, named respectively; Eddie, Maggie, Kittie,
Emma Agnes, Mabel and Florence Tracy. Mrs. Tracy lost her mother
in 1885 and her father died in 1889.Taken from
The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
TUBBS, Peter
was
born May 3, 1841 in Erie county, NY; came to Dodge County, WI in
May 1848; bought present homestead December, 1867; moved here
September 1868, with wife and one child; married Phebe H.M.
Armitage of Rubicon, Dodge county, WI, January 6, 1866. She was
born August 12, 1848 in Rubicon, WI. Their children are as
follows: Lloyd H. born November 26, 1866; Carrie J., born April
14, 1869; Flora E., born July 17, 1871; Mary F. Born June 9, 1874;
Leonore L. born April 19, 1878; Phebe L. born September 22, 1880;
George P. born April 6, 1884; John H. born June 1, 1886; Eleanor
E. born November 26, 1890; Frank W. born December 1, 1896.
Residence, S.E. 1/4 Section 17, T. 24, R. 18, Seymour, Wisconsin.
Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
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