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Source: S101 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
Note N49Joseph (AKA Josiah) Hemingway was born 12/12/1835 in Canada to Josiah and Elizabeth Lawrence Hemingway.
Siblings: Mary Getman, Calvin, Caroline Sheldon, Aaron, Sarah Stout, Clinton, George and Rilla Crittenden Lansing.
Reportedly Joseph was married 01/07/1857 to Rosalia Fortier? (born 1/29/1832) and had a daughter Ella(born 1858). (The 1860 census shows they were in Rosendale, Wisconsin and the 1870 census shows them in Steele County, Minnesota. The 1895 census shows Joseph living in Minnesota with his brother Calvin...with no mention of Rosalia & Ella.)
Added note: I question whether Rosalia Fortier is the correct Rosalia. The birthdate is off according to a couple of the census records and other family trees say that Rosalia married Joseph Hemingway...for legal purposes I think Joe is usually listed as Josiah. The 1880 Census shows J.C. Hemingway living in Fond du Lac, WI as a boarder, occupation horseman, birthplace Canada...he is listed as being 38, but since he was a boarder the age could have been incorrectly given. Rosalia Hemingway (age 40) is listed as living in Spink County, Dakota Territory. Rosalia is listed as a housekeeper for John Walker(age 31). Rosalia's daughter is listed as Ellen/age 21/ school teacher. Rosalia is listed as married...probably listed as such because of her daughter. Could Josiah & Rosalia have divorced or separated?
Joseph who was listed as Josiah Hemingway was a Civil War Veteran. He is listed as serving as a private in Co. 1, 1st Infantry Minnesota. He enlisted April 1865 and was discharged July 27, 1865. His address on the military records lists his address as Cooleyville.
The Dodge County Republican newspaper in January 21, 1897 had the following article :
"The Republican is in receipt of a letter from Joe Hemingway, who left several weeks ago to spend the winter at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. We reproduce the letter in part, which is as follows:
'Oconomowoc is a summer resort in every sense of the word. The first place we came to yesterday was Oconomowoc Lake. Here the Montgomery Ward & Co. summer house is located. Further up the shore is one of the Peck's. Another Peck owns an island, where a trestle bridge is built at the cost of ,000. The island contains 4 acres for which he paid ,000. One and a half miles east is Summit Lake, where Armour has a 200 acre farm. The elegant summer building perched on the hills, and a hot house for plants in the valley make it a place long to be remembered by the visitor.'
In 1900 he married his 2nd wife Mrs. Margaret Anna Broon Wyatt in Spencer, Iowa.(Her 1st husband had died in 1899) They made their home in Ellendale, Minnesota until 1903 when they moved to Gentry, Arkansas. Margaret died November 26,1913. She is buried along with Joseph at Mt. Carmel Cemetry in Gentry, Arkansas.
The above "obit" was put together by Shirley Hemingway with information received from various sources. I have yet to find out exactly what happened to Joseph's 1st wife and their child.
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Anna Broon Wyatt
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Anna Broon Wyatt
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Anna Broon Wyatt
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Anna Broon Wyatt
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Anna Broon Wyatt
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Anna Broon Wyatt
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Josiah Hemingway
↑ Source: #S101 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Lawrence
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