William M. Dall/Dole
1862-1944William M. Dole was born on Jan. 1, 1862, in or near Grafton, or Port Washington, Wisconsin. The family name was actually "Dall" instead of "Dole." His parents were William Dall and Ellen Clifton Dall. We have an 1860 census, an 1870 census, and four deeds involving his parents which show the name as "Dall." William apparenty changed his name to"Dole" sometime after he left Wisconsin. He first shows up as "Dole" in the 1880 census in Great Bend Township, Barton County, Kansas He may have changed his name to embellish his family background since there was a "William Dole" who was a prominent citizen in a town about 30 miles away from Grafton. Or, he may have discovered that his father, William Dall, and the William Dole in the other town were one and the same person. Thirty miles would be a little more than a day's ride away. Either way, we are now "Dole."
He is listed in the 1880 census for Barton County, Kansas, as "W. M.Dole." His occupation was listed as "hired" and he lived in the same household as a farmer named "Dodge." This farmer also had another hired hand and several children.
. William may have lived in the Grafton area of Wisconsin until hewas 13 years old. He apparently left after the 1875 census in Wisconsin. At that time, family oral history says that he left home to travel to Kansas with an uncle. His uncle, John Clifton is also listed in the 1880 Barton County census, but in a different area. We have a deed dated August 5, 1879, from his uncle, John Clifton. This deed was signed in Barton County, Kansas. This suggests William probably did leave witht his uncle to go to Kansas.
From September 3 to 5 of 1862, the year of William's birth,there was a great Indian scare. It was feared that Black Hawk's warriors were on the rampage and headed for this area. Some Grafton residents fled to Milwaukee, some to the mill in Cedarburg and many congregated inside the Grafton Flour Mill. According to some accounts, the local Indians were as frightened as the white settlers.
William married Estella Louella Haney on April 20, 1884 in Burrton,Kansas. They built a home across the road from Estella's parents, Is a acand Melvina Haney. This home is the back drop for many of the family pictures in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. It is still in very good shape and in use today. William and Estella had eight children and seven of them lived to adult hood. One boy, Harry, died at age 15 from atetanus infection. William and Estella were both active participants inthe community. William helped organize the first school and Estella was active in the ladies auxillary of the "Anti Horse Thief Association."
William was a tall, thin, quiet and soft-spoken man. He wasprobably at least six feet tall. All the pictures we have of him show that he wore a handle bar mustache. In the family picture of him that was taken about 1887 or1888, he appears to be a very hand some man. He was always very pleasant. In his later years he usually sat in a rocking chair in the room between the kitchen and the parlour. This chair was in an ideal spot during the winter--it was right behind the round wood burning stove. He never seemed to be out working and this was explained by the phrase, "Grandpa has hernias."
Estella Louella Haney Dole
1864-1942Estella Louella Haney was born in Wisconsin to Isaac H. Haney and Melvina Ann Day. She moved with her parents and brother to a home stead just outside Burrton, Kansas. She lived there until she married William Henry Dole. At that time they built a home across the road from her parents. Later, she and William moved back into her parents home stead. She and William lived there until they died. She died in 1942 and he died in 1944.
Estella was a very short woman. She wore her hair in a big bun ontop of her head. When the grandchildren came to visit they were always welcomed with a very moist kiss. She would also direct "Niny" (herdaughter Melvina) to give them a slice of home made bread with heavy creamand brown sugar on it. She always seemed to be busy talking. One of her grandchildren described her as a "Pistol." Another grandchild and a niece have described her as a very sweet person.
Isaac Haney
1835-1898He was born in Ohio on August 14, 1835. He went with his parents about 9 years later to Wisconsin. He enlisted in the Union army in 1862in Co. H 25th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry but he was discharged for disability the same year. He re-enlisted in 1864 in Company B 43rd Wisconsin. He served in Kentucky and Tennessee and resisted Hood's advance from Bridgeport, Alabama.
When he was discharged in March of 1865, he was described as 5' 8''tall with hazel eyes, sandy complexion and chestnut hair. He received adisability discharge for "chronic diarrhea and functional diseases of the heart."
In 1870 he was in Ellenborough, Wisconsin. He went to Kansas inDecember of 1871 and brought his family in 1872. He sold everything in Wisconsin that he could not bring with him. He started to Kansas with his wife, fifty six dollars, two wagons and two small children. Hisdaughter, Estella Louella Haney Dole, said they had to wait for the river to freeze before they could start. She was probably referring to the Mississippi river.
They arrived in Kansas with only two dollars and fifty cents. Theprospect was gloomy but they both went to work in earnest. His wife, Melvina Ann Day Haney, hired out and he hauled freight from the end ofthe railroad to Hutchinson, Kansas. In a short time, they had enough money to build a small house on the 160 acres in Section 20 just west of Burrton, Kansas that they had home steaded. About this time, his horses gave out and he went to work on the railroad. By over work, he cleared eighty five dollars in two months. He put up a sod stable and continued to work on the railroad. When the railroad reached Fort Dodge, he left and returned home. The next spring he hunted buffalo and put in a crop.He got his meat and fifty dollars from the buffalo but the grass hoppers ate all his crop.
At this point, he took any job he could get. When the Mennonites moved into the area, he hauled timber for them at a very low rate and managed to get enough to live on. He had two teams and he put his seven year old son, Alva, on one and he took the other.
His farm was said to be in a fine state of cultivation. He was continuosly working. While his horses rested at noon, he planted trees.He even worked at night to make other improvements on his farm. Aftersome years, he had fifteen acres of orchard and five acres of cultivated timber. He had seven horses and mules, ten head of cattle and thirty hogs. A total of one hundred and fifty acres were in cultivation. The house he built is still in use today. Part of his homestead is still infamily hands.
Family oral history suggests he was a prisoner in the infamous Andersonville prison. We have found no records to confirm this, how ever he was in an army hospital in Johnsonville. The picture frame on the front cover with the picture of the little girl in it was supposedly carved while he was in prison, but may have been carved in the hospital at Johnsonville.
He applied for a disability pension in July of 1884 and his father-in-law, Leicester Day, sent a notarized statement to the pension department saying that Isaac Haney was able bodied and that he, Leicester Day, sent this statement because he felt that "fraud should be prevented." In spite of this, when Leicester Day applied for adisability pension in July of 1890, Isaac sent a notarized statement confirming Leicester Day's disability.
Isaac Haney did get his pension of $30. a month until his death. Atthat time his widow, Melvina Ann Day Haney applied for her widow'spension. She was supported in this by her father, Leicester Day.
It is interesting to speculate on what sort of family dynamicsbrought Leicester to contradict his son-in-law and to try to deny him apension. In other areas, such as organizing the first school, theyworked together. Perhaps the pension protest was an unusual incident andantagonism did not permeate their entire relationship.
After helping organize the Burrton school, he served on the schoolboard for three years. He was also a member of the G.A.R. Isaac and hiswife, Melvina Ann Day Haney, had two children, Estella Louella, andAlva. They also raised several orphan children.
Isaac Haney seems to have been a dynamic individual with plenty of"get up and go." Hopefully his genes survive intact in some of hisdescendants.
Melvina Ann Day Haney
1845-1924At the age of ten, she moved with her parents to Grant Co. Wisconsin.On July 4, 1863, she married Isaac H. Haney in Wisconsin. In April of1872, she and her family moved to Kansas where they home steaded a farm adjoining the city limits of Burrton, Kansas. Some of that farm is still in the hands of her descendants
Melvina Ann Day Haney was a very independent lady. She traveled toColorado From Kansas by herself in an age when most women were afraid to do that. She was also a very caring person. She enjoyed ministering to others and her home became the home for several orphan children. Two of them, Edward Charles Lewis and Mary Lillian Black, took the name of their foster parents.
She was also a liberal contributor to the benevolent work of her church. For many years, she accepted the responsibility of maintaining a bed in her name in the orphans home at St. Louis, Mo. She has been described by some family members who knew her as a "sweetheart, a realdoll, and a very nice lady." A very good picture of her in her later years shows her reading a book--probably the Bible.
She was a lady of very small stature--probably much less than 5 feettall. In several group pictures where she is shown with other women, the top of her head barely reaches the height of the other women's shoulders. A fair estimate of her height might be about 4 feet 7 or 8 inches. In most close-up pictures her eyes appear to be very light--probably gray or very light blue. Although she was physically small, she played a large and generous role in her family and her community.
William Dall (father of William Dall/Dole)
July 22 (?) 1834--Dec. 5, 1913We believe William Dall was born in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, on July 22, 1834 and baptized August 7, 1834. However the death certificateand the cemetery information conflict with this date. At the time of his death, (in 1913,) he was living in an "Alms House" and the death certificate information and possibly the cemetery information was givenby an employee of the Alms House. One thing is definitely wrong on thedeath certificate and that is his age at death. It clearly says 69 years but a possible correction looks like 79. The 79 is believed to be correct. If not, he would have been 8 years younger than his wife who was born in 1836. He would also have been around 16 when he married a 24year old woman.) That was not likely to happen in the mid 1800's. The cemetery information lists his birth date as February 25, 1844, again a probable mistake. The 1870 census lists him as 35 years old which mean she was born in 1834 or 1835. The 1900 census lists him as 60 years old--which would mean that his birth date was 1840. The 1900 census also says he was born in February. There is only one male Dall listed as being born in Scotland in 1834 or 1835 and that is William, born July 22,1834. So far we have found no record of any William Dall born in Scotland in 1840. If he was born in February of 1840 the birth was not recorded. If he was born on July 22 1834, he was the son of AlexanderDall, a weaver, and Margaret Butter. All the known members of Margaret Butter's family were sailors or associated with shipping. Newburgh is a port city located on the Firth of Tay. a large river in eastern Scotland. William's death certificate lists him as a sailor which again lends credence to his being born on July 22, 1834. Family oral history relates that William or some one in his family was a ship owner or Captain of a vessel. We find no confirmation that he was a ship owner or Captain. However, if he was born in Newburg in July of 1834, he had a cousin, David Dall, who was a Captain. William died December 10, 1913.The cause of death was listed as senility and atereo scherlosis. He is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
William Dall arrived in America in 1852. His brother-in-law, John Clifton, arrived in 1848 in New York. Another William Dall, probably our William's uncle, arrived in 1855. We also do not know the date or placeof our William Dall's marriage. The first record we have of him is in the 1870 census for Grafton, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin. His wife, Ellen Clifton Dall, is listed in the 1870 census and also in the 1860 census with her married name. The 1860 census was taken in Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. For this reason we believe William Dall was married and living in Port Washington by 1860. He may have missed the census by being at sea when the census was taken. If he is the son of Margaret Butter Dall, his maternal family history is consistent with this maritime profession. In the 1870 census, William was listed as a farmer. In 1870 his farm real estate was listed as having a value of $1000, and his personal property was listed with a value of $210. This census also shows him as able to read and write. In 1884 he and his wife Ellen sold the farm and probably moved to Milwaukee where they later died. The 1900 census shows William living at 486 Hanover street in Milwaukee Wisconsin. However, his daughter, "Maggie," is listed as the head of the household. William's son John is also listed as living inthis household. This census also states that William was a naturalized citizen. This address, 486 Hanover, is the same as the address listed for Ellen Clifton Dall's place of death.
One of the major obstacles to tracing our family history was not knowing that William Dole, our Grandfather, started life named "William Dall." We did know that he was born in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, that he had a sister named Margaret, that his father was born in Scotland and his mother in Ireland and that his mother's maiden name was Ellen Clifton. After looking through the 1860 and 1870 census for the name"Dole" we came up with a blank. Then when we looked at every name in the1870 census for Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, we came across a "William Dall." His age was consistent with our grandfather, he had a sister named Margaret, he had three brothers, his father was born in Scotland and his mother was born in Ireland. The clincher was that, living in the same household, was a "Joseph Clifton" of an age that he could be the father of our Ellen Clifton. This evidence makes us certain that this William "Dall" is our Great Grandfather. Our Grandfather, WilliamDall/Dole was first recorded as William Dole on the 1880 census in Great Bend township, Barton County, Kansas. We now have copies of four deeds showing the name as "Dall" so there is no question of improper spelling of the name. William M. Dall/Dole is the first one to use the name Dole and that was on the 1880 census.
William Dall/Dole was born in Port Washington, Wisconsin, if we can believe his death certificate. The town of Grafton, the general area where William Dall/Dole spent part of his childhood originated in 1838 when Timothy Wooden purchased 147.55 acres of land for $1.25 per acre.This land eventually became the business district of Grafton. In 1849, the town of Cedarburg was created from the western half of Grafton. The first settlers in the area were Yankees primarily from New York and Ohio.The influx of German and Irish immigrants began in 1841. Most of the Irish settled in Hamilton, originally called New Dublin and now a part of Cedarburg. This left Grafton with a primarily German population.
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[lindsay.FTW]ELLEN CLIFTON #4-2
1836 - Nov. 13,1899Ellen Clifton was born in Ireland. She listed on the June 20, 1860census as being 24, and she is listed on the July 30, 1870 census as 40.The 1860 census is consistent with her death certificate. She diedNovember 13, 1899, in Racine County, Wisconsin. She is listed in the1860 census as "Allen" Dall, female, living with Joseph Clifton, herfather in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Her husband, William may have beenmissed in the 1860 census by being out to sea when it was taken. In the1870 census she is living in Grafton, Wisconsin with her husband Williamand her four sons, her daughter and her father, Joseph. In 1870 her sonJohn was 9, William was 8 ,James was 4, Robert was 2, and her daughterMargaret was 6 months.
Her father, Joseph Clifton, is listed in the 1860 census as 65, buthe is listed in the 1870 census as 78. The census states that he couldnot read or write. If the 1860 census was correct he was born in 1794 or1795 We have found a marriage record dated March 3, 1794 for a JosephClifton and a Bridget O'Brien in Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. There is astrong possibility that Joseph and Bridget are the parents of our Joseph.
In the 1870 census, William was listed as a farmer. It lists thevalue of their real estate as $ 1000, and the value of their personalproperty as $ 210. The family sold their 70 acres of land January 14,1884, to Henry Kruche. After that time we believe they moved toMilwaukee where they later died. Ellen died in 1898 and William died in1913.
Ellen had a brother named John and a brother named James. Herbrother John applied for citizenship on October 29, 1849. Hisapplication stated that he arrived in the port of New York in Septemberof 1848. The whole Clifton family may have arrived at the same time butwe currently have no record of Ellen's arrival. She would have beenabout 19 in 1848
It is quite possible that Joseph and his family emigrated toAmerica to escape the potato famine in Ireland. The famine lasted from1845 to 1849. During this period, over a million people died and severalhundred thousand emigrated to the United States and to Canada. The peakperiod of emigration was in 1847. Many of the immigrants during the timeof the potato famine were from southern or western Ireland. Limerick isin southwest Ireland. This was the area that was hardest hit by thefamine. Although the Clifton's may have been from southern or westernIreland, her brother James , a batchelor, apparently returned to theBelfast area. We have a copy of a deed that was executed there
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Ellen's son, William Henry Dole, visited her during the time of theChicago Exposition in 1893. At that time she still lived somewhere nearChicago. She was blind when he visited her. The cause of her blindnesswas unknown.
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[lindsay.FTW]Joseph Clifton #5-3
1891/1892-?Joseph Clifton is recorded in the 1860 census in Port Washington,Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin. In that census he is listed as a farmer. In1870 the census recorded him as living in the same house with hisdaughter Ellen and his son-in-law, William Dole. This was in Grafton,Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin. According to the census, Joseph could not reador write.
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[lindsay.FTW]Andrew Dall was listed as shoemaker on the Newburg registry of births andmarriages.
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William Dall was listed as a weaver on the Newburg registry of births andmarriages.
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William Baxter
William Baxter was listed as a chaise driver in Newburgh in 1801.