Organ & light fixture in Parlor in Wild Rose Historical Museum

 

Marvin Jackson Valentine

 

Marvin Jackson Valentine was born Feb. 7,

1869 in Rose, Wayne County, NY. His

parents were Jackson Valentine and 

Christiana Dodds. He married Adah 

Rutherford Ellis but she went by Ruth

Ellis.  They married 2 July 1895 in

Ellicottsville, NY. They had 2 

children. He moved to Denver, Co.

and he died March 25 1923. Ruth

lived to 102 and is bried in the state

of Georgia.

Cora Eliza Barden

 

Cora Eliza Barden was born July 26, 1905 in

the Town of Buena Vista, Portage County, WI.

Her parents were Doward and Jessie(Adams)

Barden. They lived in the Town of Springwater

in Waushara County when the picture was 

taken. She went to school and graduated from

Waupaca. She went to the Normal School in

Stevens Point and taught in rural schools. She

married Albert Frederic Gehrke May 1, 1927.

They had a daughter, Doria Gehrke Plog. She

died Jan. 11, 1990 in Green Bay.

Delmar Thompson Stationed at Pearl Habor Dec. 7, 1941

Delmar Thompson Dec. 14, 1916 in Wild Rose, WI. His 

parents were Anton Thompson and Hazel Etheridge. They 

lived on Grant St. He won first prize in the Waushara 

County Fair in 1932 for his yearling heifer. He graduated 

from Wild Rose High School in 1934. He enlisted Oct.24, 

1940 in Milwaukee. He was 5'9" and 164 pounds He had

blue eyes, brown hair and a light complexion. His military 

training was a Jefferson Barracks in Missouri. He was sent 

to Hawaii and received the Distinguished Flying Cross as a 

gunner on a B-24 Liberator transport and bombed a large 

Japanese transport. He was in 45 bombing missions in the 

New Guinea theatre. He also received three oak leaf 

clusters for gallantry He was killed on a training mission 

over Cuba on May 14,1944 when the plane crashed on 

Batista Field. He was a staff Sgt. He is buried on

Oakhill in Wild Rose, WI.

Rev. David James Roberts died in South Africa

 

David was the son of Rev. Ellis R
Roberts of Wild Rose. David was
born in Wild Rose and was a
Presbyterian.

 

Ellis Roberts Family

The girls in the back are Jenny who died in

1910 and Barbara who married Charles

Jones.  Ellis has Ellis Wynn in front of him.

Mrs Roberts is holding Elizabeth who 

became Mrs Earl Towne. Moses is front

of Ellis W. There were additional children:

ohn Griffith, Mary, William and David James.

Boyd Alfred Clark

Boyd Alfred Clark was born January 18, 1918 in Wild Rose. His parents were

Fred Patterson Clark and Margaret Lowe.  His father died in April of 1931 so

the family left Wild Rose and he didn't graduate from Wild Rose High School.

His draft card said he was 5'10" and a half, weighted 180 pounds, had brown 

eyes and hair with a freckled complexion. He married Brydine Nelson on May

30, 1942. He enlisted June 23, 1942 in Milwaukee.He was released Sept. 12, 

1945.  He got his Law degree from UW- Madison.He representated Green 

Lake and Waushara County in the Assembly until he ran for  Distrct Attorney 

in Waushara County in 1956. He was Waushara Judge for over 20 years. He died 

March 6 1978 and is buried atOakhill Cemetery in Wild Rose. He had 4 children, 

Crysti, Nelson, Thomas, and Betsy.