Samuel Jeffers

Samuel Jeffers will be one of the people we honor with the Cemetery Walk on June 6th in Wild Rose Wisconsin. Sam was one of the earlier settlers in the Wild Rose area. He came in the spring of 1850 from Rose, Wayne County, New York. They took the Erie Canal and Great Lakes and then over land in a covered wagon pulled by oxen. He was the son of Robert Jeffers and his wife Christiana Foote. He was born October 5, 1797 In New York state.

Glenn Murty and Friends

Glenn Murty and the story of why he did not eat fowl will be one of the stories told in the Wild Rose Cemetery walk at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Mt Pleasant was originally called the Standalone Cemetery after the religious group who moved from Rose, Wayne County, New York to Wild Rose, Waushara County, Wisconsin. This is a picture when the chickens were his friends. The Cemetery walk will be June 6th from 1:00PM to 4:00 PM. The cemetery walk is done by the Wild Rose Historical Society and there will be a $5 fee charged to raise money for the Wild Rose Historical and upkeep on our Pioneer Museum and its six buildings.

Maurice Anderson

Maurice Carleton Anderson was born November 14, 1911 to Halbert Anderson and his wife Louisa Charleson. He enlisted in World War II in Milwaukee on June 23, 1942. He was described as five feet seven inches and 125 pounds. Some of his military service was in Japan. He marrie Marjorie Hesness April 6, 1946. They had two sons Roger and Dale. Maury lived in Wild Rose for a time and worked for the creamery. He later worked for the Waushara County Highway Department. He was on the road crew and worked on roads and highway signs. He was a good singer and part of the Anderson Brothers quartet who often sang for funerals. He also sang in church choir.

Wild Rose Historical Society- Cemetery Walk & Lunch

The Wild Rose Historical Society will hold a Cemetery Walk and Lunch on October 11, 2009. The Walk will be in the Oakhill Cemetery on River Street. The Lunch will be in Roberts Park at 12:30 PM. After the lunch, people will then go to the cemetery. A second walk will began at 2:30PM. The proceeds will be used to pay part of the cost of the new roof for the Elisha Stewart building. The cost of the walk together with the lunch is $20 and reservations are necessary so we have enough food. If you do just the walk the cost is $5 per person. Oakhill has fairly steep hills. You may want to bring a folding chair because each of the eleven people we are honoring have a story of about 5 minutes each.

The eleven people are all buried in Oakhill. They are in alphabetical order: Clarence Corning, Dr. Ben Fisher, Henry I Hart, Anna Hoaglin, William J Knights, Ernie Knoke, Leon "Specks" Murty, Maty Murty, James Patterson, John Protheroe and Dr. Arthur Stevens. Mr. Knights was a co-founder of the Gideons, Specks Murty helped capture Ed Gein, John Protheroe was village marshal when the Wild Rose robbers were captured, Henry Hart went to India and has a story, Mrs. Hoaglin was the first librarian, James Patterson served over 3 years in the Civil War, Ernie Knoke helped start the Wild Rose Skating shows in the 1940s & 50s, Maty Murty taught in at least 12 one room schools in the county, Clarence Corning delivered the mail for 39 years as well as directed the city band and played baseball, Dr Fisher was on the school board as well as a doctor and Dr. Stevens was the dentist whose office was over the Mercantile with the scary outside stairs.

Orilla Jeffers Hursh & Joseph Hursh

Orilla Jeffers daughter of William & Phebe Wiley Jeffers born March 9, 1815. Orilla died March 12, 1872. Married Joseph Hursh. Joseph was born ca. 1810 and died October 4, 1892. Had three sons, William James Hursh, Chauncy Hursh and James Hursh. They moved from Galen, Wayne County, New York to Waushara County, Wisconsin.

Josiah & Nancy Permelia Pease Etheridge

Josiah Etheridge was born January 31, 1829 in Woodmancote, Gloucestershire, England to Benjamin Etheridge and Mary Boulton Etheridge. He came to the United States in 1848 and settled in the Town of Wautoma when it was part of Marquette County and listed as Indianlands. He married Nancy Permelia Pease who was born September 14, 1836 in Rose, Wayne County, New York. Her parents were Alanson Pease and Nancy Jeffers Pease. Because her mother was also named Nancy, she was known as Permelia. Josiah and Permelia lived in a house on Highway A west of Wild Rose in the Town of Rose. They had four children: Alanson Pease Etheridge who married Emma Spicer, Mary Etheridge who married Oren Jenks, Benjamin who died at 5 months and Fannie Etheridge who married Jerry C Pierce. Permelia died June 29, 1912 and Josiah died January 12, 1922. They are both buried in Wild Rose Union Cemetery.

Jesse Etheridge & Maud Jeffers Wild Rose Times

This picture is from 1907. Jesse Irving Etheridge, Maud Jeffers and the printer of the Wild Rose Times. Jesse Etheridge bought the Wild Rose Times from I R Nash who was the editor from 1903-1907. Jesse was born June 26, 1881 in Wild Rose, the son of Alanson Pease Etheridge and Emma Spicer Etheridge. He married Irma Gautchi September 5, 1915 in Washburn, Wisconsin. Jesse later became a county agenct and died in Oconto, Wisconsin September 10, 1961. Maud Jeffers, the daughter of John Robert Jeffers and his wife Mary Jane Bromaghin, was born in Wild Rose October 24, 1886. She married Alvin Goellen December 30, 1908 and died February 17, 1939.