- PETER ALLER, retired; P.O. Evansville; born in New Jersey,
March 18, 1817; came to
- Wisconsin in 1840; located in Union and engaged in farming.
In 1862, entered the drug business in Evansville; continued until
1864, when he returned to farming. In 1870, he sold his farm
and removed to Evansville, retiring from active pursuits. Mr.
ALLES is a member of the Baptist Church. He married in Union,
on Dec. 8, 1841, Miss Eleanor TEMPLE, a native of Maine. They
were the first couple married in the town of Union; married by
a Justice of the Peace, there being no ordained minister in the
township. Mrs. Eleanor ALLES died in 1860. He married again at
Evansville, Dec. 2, 1863, Miss Nancy SMITH, a native of Vermont;
has two children living; lost four - Mary O., born May 31, 1845,
died in July 1845; Eben F., born Aug. 24, 1847, died March 16,
1849; Mercy J., born March 21, 1849, died Aug. 2, 1878. Sumner
H., born June 3, 1855, died March 8, 1856; Arthur P., born Nov.
27, 1864.
-
- [Transcriber's Note: The writer spelled name as ALLER
and ALLES.]
-
- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 862-863.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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