Henry Ammirus Darrow (1791 - 1886)

Born 19 Sep 1791 in New London, Connecticut, United States

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Died 30 Nov 1886 at age 95 in Winfield, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States

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Note: "A History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley", written byMerton Krug: This book covers the area of Sauk County, WI. HenryDARROW came to Wisconsin in 1839 to Walworth Cty, WI and then to SaukCty, WI in 1852. This is where he died Nov 30, 1886. His mother,Sarah, came to live with him after having lived with Jedidiah in Ohio.She died there Dec 6, 1856 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, SaukCty ... he was a landowner in Oneida Cty, NY in 1820.

Obituary for Henry Ammiras Darrow published in the Reedsburg WI FreePress, Dec 9, 1886:

Mr. Henry Amminos (that was the newspaper spelling, DCH) Darrow, ofthe town of Winfield, whose death occurred November 30th, 1886, wasborn at New London, Ct., Sept. 19, 1791. His father was aRevolutionary soldier, and a shoemaker by trade. He removed toBooneville, (newspaper spelling, DCH) N.Y., in 1795. When this placefirst began to be occupied and the early settlers underwent manyhardships. There were eleven children in the family, eight boys andthree girls. These early settlers were very poor, having but littlemoney to pay the shoemaker, and that which they had was very muchdepreciated in value, requiring some seventeen dollars of this"Continental Currency" to pay for a meal of victuals. The style ofliving was quite different from the present. Instead of pantry andkitchen filled with all that is needful and convenient, the old ironbake kettle, some wooden dishes, perhaps a few pewter plates, a gourdinstead of a tin dipper, a few knives and forks, manufactured by theblacksmith, constituted the outfit of the common people. The bread wasmade from corn meal or rye flour. Their clothes either from wool orflax, manufactured from the raw material by each household forthemselves. Each farmer made his own wooden plow. All the implementswere of a very rude and primitive character Every one had a hard fightfor a living. Of course the educating of a family of eleven children,by employing a tutor or private teacher was not to be thought of. Itwas so expensive, and our present system of free schools had not beenoriginated. The name Darrow is not of recent origin. It is traceableto the North of Scotland, thence to England, thence to America. Theancestors were large, strong and healthy-quite noted for their size.Several of the men were said to have been about seven feet high and tohave weighed nearly three hundred pounds. Henry A. was the second sonand fourth in the family, and was obliged to go out to service quiteyoung. As his father died when he was 20 years old and the otherchildren were married as (unreadable) support of the family, until hewas about 32 years of age, when he gave up all his interest in thefarm and other property to his sister, and went to what was thenregarded as "the far west," that is to the Genesse county, in westernNew York, and commenced for himself near Rochester. Then he marriedthe oldest daughter of Nathaniel Dann, (a well to-do farmer,) andmoved to Ohio and bought a farm. In 1839 he sold his farm and moved toWalworth Co., Wis. In 1851, he exchanged this farm for the one onwhich he lived until the day of his death. He had very little sicknessor suffering, except from rheumatism. His good health and long life,(for he was in his 96th year of age when he died) are no doubt to beascribed partly to his temperate habits, and partly to the fact thathe was descended from long-lived stock. Some of ancestors having livedto be one hundred years old. He drank no liquors of any kind, made nouse of tobacco in any form; he used no profane language; he neverallowed himself to get into a passion and scarcely ever punished achild; he seldom fretted, was almost always cheerful and jovial; histhought and care for himself was but little, while it was exercised inlarge measure for the comfort and enjoyment of his family. He desiredthat all his children should acquire a good education and assistedthem so far as he was able, making home a school for them during thelong winter evenings. He subscribed to no religious creed, but he wasa constant reader of the Bible and believed all of it. He did notpractice family worship, but made his whole life religious, and hischildren are grateful for his good example and his many good counsels.It is rarely that we meet with one who was spared to such a good oldage; to see such a large family of children grown up to manhood andwomanhood about him, besides several grandchildren, and to be able, ashe was to go back in memory to the days of George Washington, recallthe numerous interesting events - remarkable changes - the marvelousprogress that has occurred during nearly the century that he lived. Aperiod during which greater advancement has been made in civilization,education and Christianity than in any 2,ooo years of the world'sprevious history. Though the weather was very cold on the day of thefuneral the attendance was large. Three of the sons and four of thedaughters and husbands were present, and several of the grandchildren,also a large number of old acquaintances and friends. The text of thefuneral discourse was Job 5:26, "Thou shalt come to thy grave in afull age like as a shock of corn cometh in his season."

Spouse Luceba Dann^[1]

Henry was born in 1791. He passed away in 1886.

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1. ↑ Name: Luceba Dann Gender: Female Birth Place: NY Birth Year: 1808 Spouse Name: Henry Ammirus Darrow Spouse Birth Place: Cn Spouse Birth Year: 1791 Marriage Year: 1832 Marriage State: NY Number Pages: 1 Source Citation Source number: 188.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DH2 Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

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• 1850 Census

Name: Henry A Darrow Age: 58 Birth Year: abt 1792 Birthplace: New York Home in 1850: Sharon, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 69 Household Members: Name Age Henry A Darrow 58 Lucelia Darrow 40 Delia Darrow 15 Henry Darrow 10 Elizabeth Darrow 17 Nathaniel Darrow 8 Sarah Darrow 7 Albert L Darrow 6 Geo Darrow 5 Caroline Darrow 2 Jno Darrow 1 Heman Miller 24 Source Citation Year: 1850; Census Place: Sharon, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1007; Page: 280B; Image: 236

• 1860 Census

Name: H A Darrow Age: 68 Birth Year: abt 1792 Gender: Male Birth Place: New York Home in 1860: Winfield, Sauk, Wisconsin Post Office: Reedsburg Dwelling Number: 1019 Family Number: 927 Occupation: Farmer Real Estate Value: 1600 Personal Estate Value: 600 Household Members: Name Age H A Darrow 68 Euceba Darrow 52 Henry Darrow 21 Nathan Darrow 19 Sarah Darrow 18 Albert Darrow 16 George Darrow 15 Caroline Darrow 12 John Darrow 10 Henry Miller 7 Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: Winfield, Sauk, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1429; Page: 909; Family History Library Film: 805429

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