- MRS. NANCY HOWELL FORDHAM WILLISTON was born in Montrose,
Pa., January 26,
- 1815, and was married to George H. WILLISTON, April 2, 1839.
Her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Williston NASH, of Canton, S.D., writes
thus lovingly of her mother:
- "Soon after their marriage our parents journeyed to
Wisconsin. Their first home was north of
- Janesville near the SPAULDINGs. The house, of logs, about
sixteen by twenty feet, was built on the edge of the openings.
Here they remained three years, when father was elected register
of deeds, and they moved to the village of Janesville, in a little
house on Main street, one room of which served as an office,
the other as a living room. During the Civil War mother was
always ready to work for the soldier boys. The ladies had rooms
in the Jackman block where they met every Thursday to sew. Mother
was chief cutter, and the whole day she gave to this work.
- "September 6, 1845, mother united with the Congregational
church, and was always an active
- church worker. She was called home without illness, March
10, 1884, three years after my father's death, while visiting
at my home in Canton. She had five children who lived to adult
age. In our hearts she will dwell forever in sainted memory."
-
- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. I"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, pp. 458-459.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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