HISTORY OF WOOD COUNTY



through the great dangers of that service without a scratch. Margaret Gertrude
was born Sept. 10, 1889; she is now Mrs. Martin Franson, of City Point, Wis.,
and has five children: Clatus, Esther, Hazel, Glenn and Thorval. John David
was born Aug. 8, 1890; he married Marie Reshel, who was born at City Point,
Wis., July 2, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Curtin have two children, David
V.,
who was born May 22, 1921, and Mitte L., born Nov. 16, 1922; they have their
home with Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Curtin and John is operating the farm in part-
nership with his father. John also served during the World War; he was stationed
in England as a member of the 127th Infantry, and did embarkation and prison
guard duty at various points, serving in all for 22 months. James William,
born
to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Curtin, Sept. 25, 1891, married Edith Grosbeyer,
and
owns a 40-acre farm in Richfield Township; they have three children, James,
Timothy and Audry. William Henry, born May 30, 1893, is living at home.
Frank Edward was born Feb. 4, 1896, and is now living at Grady, Ark. Daniel
Foster, born Aug. 22, 1897, married Gertrude Grosbeyer and is operating his
father's 80-acre tract in Section 22, Richfield Township. He and his wife
have
four children: Kyra, Caroline, Clyde and Keith. The Curtin family are members
of St. Michael's Catholic Congregation at Hewett, and are prominent and active
workers in the service of the church. In politics Mr. Curtin is liberal,
adhering
to no party lines. He was clerk of School District No. 5 for nine years,
and is a
stockholder in the Cloverdale State Bank of Marshfleld. He is very highly
thought
of by all, and his life has been well spent; he has reared a fine family
and has done
a great work in aiding the agricultural development of the country by developing
a tract of its forest land into a fine, well-tilled farm. He is a stockholder
in the
Cooperative Produce Co. of Marshfield; also in a cooperative dairy company
of
Richfield Township, and is a member of the Equitable Fraternal Union.
   George W. Andress, owning and operating a farm in Hansen Township and
representative of a pioneer Wood County family, was born in Waushara County,
this state, July 15, 1859, son of Thomas and Marilla (Snell) Andress. The
parents
and grandparents on both sides of the family were born in New York State;
the
next preceding generation were of English birth. The paternal grandfather
took
part in the War of 1812; Indians were very numerous during his lifetime,
and he
was at one time made a captive by one of their bands and, but for the intervention
of a friendly squaw, who assisted him to escape, he would have been burned
at the
stake, as had been planned by his captors. Thomas Andress, father of George,
took part in the Civil War, being with the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
until he was discharged after being wounded at the battle of Lookout Mountain;
recovering from this wound, he re enlisted in the 32nd Wisconsin Volunteers
and
served with this organization until the close of the war. He had come to
Wiscon-
sin in 1848, previously having been an ocean sailor on a merchant ship and
as such
having visited all the principal ports of the globe. In Wisconsin he settled
in
Waushara County and homesteaded a tract of wild land, which he proceeded
to;
develop into a farm; he made his home there until 1879, when he came to Wood
County and bought 240 acres of heavily timbered land in Section 24 of Wood
Township. Living under primitive conditions here, he cut and sold the timber
on his land, cleared away the stumps, and erected buildings from hewn logs,
grad-
ually, as the years passed, converting the forest into agricultural land.
On this
farm he made his home until his death, May 17, 1920; he was survived by his;
widow, mother of George W., until May 23, 1921. Of the 11 children of these
parents, three, Susan, Almira, and Harvey, are now deceased; those living
are:
George, Sarah, Samantha, Ycena, Alva, Ira, Clara, and Clark. Sarah is the
wife
of George W. Rogers of Oshkosh; Samantha is Mrs. Adolph Bie, of Stoddard,
Wis.;
Ycena is the wife of Albert Rensleau and lives at Maple Park, Ill.; Alva
is living
at Big Forks, Minn.; Ira is a resident of Cassville, Wis.; Clara is the wife
of Walter
Hemple, of Bagley, Wis.; Clark, twin brother of Clara, lives on the home
farm.
George W. Andress was raised and educated in Waushara County, Wis., and sub-
sequently engaged in farming there. Coming to Wood County at the same time
as his parents, in 1879, he bought 40 acres of land in Wood Township; he
later sold



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