- LOU MORGAN NYE, of section 28, Beloit township, Rock county,
Wisconsin, was born June
- 16, 1877, son of William Morgan and Fannie (MILLER) NYE.
The father was a native of Herkimer county, New York, and the
mother of Massachusetts. He was born April 28, 1829, and died
September 22, 1905. Mrs. NYE, mother of our subject, was for
many years an invalid. She was a member of the Baptist church,
and a noble Christian woman. Her death occurred on September
25, 1882. they were the parents of two children, viz.: Nellie,
now Mrs. Charles SNYDER, of Beloit, and Lou Morgan, our subject.
Mr. NYE was a man of great force of character and held in high
esteem by his fellow men. He had received an excellent education
in the public and select schools of Beloit. After leaving school,
he began the life of a hustling western farmer, breaking prairie
and getting the land subdued and ready for the crops that were
to come later. In 1857 he removed to Minnesota and purchased
160 acres of land on the Crow river, but in the fall of 1858
returned to Beloit, and in 1859 bought 120 acres of land in section
28, Beloit township, which constitutes part of the old homestead
now owned by our subject and his sister Nellie. He was keenly
alive to the best interests of the commonwealth and was even
ready to devote his time and talents to his fellow men. He served
thirteen years as assessor of the township, and was a member
of the state legislature in 1887. His father, Clark NYE, grandfather
of our subject, was the pioneer of the family in this country,
coming here from Herkimer county, New York, in 1846, but in 1849
went to California during the gold fever, going by vessel via
the horn, and on his return located on what is now the old homestead,
where he spent the balance of his days, dying at the age of eighty-six
years.
- On the death of his father, Mr. NYE, our subject, and his
sister, Mrs. SNYDER, came into
- possession of the old home of 180 acres of land, 120 acres
of it being under cultivation, the balance is in fine timber,
chiefly oak and hickory.
- Mr. NYE is a good sample of the products of Rock county,
being an active and enterprising
- young business man, up with the times and proud of his state
and county and his chosen occupation.
- He was married on November 28, 1900, to Miss Amy COLE, of
Beloit, Wis., daughter of
- George COLE. Her parents were of English birth and came
to Wisconsin in the early eighties. Mr. and Mrs. NYE have a
family of two children - Florence and Frances.
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- Taken from "Rock County, Wis." by William Fiske
Brown, (c)1908, pp. 976-977.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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