- JEREMIAH SCHENCK, farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Tiffany; born in
New York in 1839. Came to
- Wisconsin in 1845, locating at La Prairie, where the early
part of his life was devoted to his father, who, on account of
sickness, turned over the farm of 176-1/2 acres to Jeremiah;
he raises stock and grain. Married, in 1872, Miss M. J. KELLOGG,
a native of Ohio. They have two children - Harriet, born Jan.
15, 1874; James, born Feb. 22, 1876. In 1864, he enlisted in
the 8th Ill. Cav., Co. L, and joined the regiment in Chicago;
was mustered out June 1865. Mr. SCHENCK spent three years in
Colorado, also three years in Kansas and two in St. Louis.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 836.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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