History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley, by Merton Edwin Krug, Publ. February 1929 by the author. Printed by Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wis., Page 487

STONE. THOMAS MORLEY, son of Isaac and Maryette (SMITH) MORLEY, was born March 31, 1859, in the town of Excelsior; married, Sept. 27, 1890, Adie CRAKER, daughter of Levi and Lucelia (HURD) CRAKER. She was born March 1, 1870, in the town of Reedsburg. They had eight children: Ralsa, born Nov. 16, 1891; died Oct. 13, 1918 - married Ethel TUCKER and had one son, Boyde Thomas MORLEY, born April 12, 1918; Sidney, born March 22, 1893 - died Nov. 18, 1893; Reuben Smith, born Feb. 7, 1896 - died Oct. 23, 1918; Pearl, born Sept. 17, 1899 - married Harold CLINE, July 14, 1923 - had two children, Betty Lou, born April 20, 1924 and Faye Jean, born March 24, 1925, died May 7, 1926; Eva, born March 12, 1902; Alice, born May 5, 1906 (wife of Bernard GILMORE, of St. Louis, Mo.); Lena, born Dec. 11, 1909; Rose Dickins, born Sept. 17, 1912.

JAMES O'CONNER, son of Hugh and Ann (WERNER) O'CONNER, was born in the township of Excelsior, Aug. 11, 1866; married Bernice SWETLAND, daughter of George and Emma Caroline (FOSNOT) SWETLAND. This lady was born in Winfield, where her grandparents, Joseph and Hester Ann (MILLER) SWETLAND settled in 1850. Her birth date is Sept. 27, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. O'CONNER had four children: Roland, born May 25, 1897; Faye, born 1899 - married Bert VOGEL, June 22, 1921; three children, Fred, Robert, James; Vada, born Nov. 6, 1900, married Clinton CHURCHILL Dec. 22, 1920 - two children, Lucille and La Veta Dorothy; Gale, born April 26, 1905; died with the influenza, Feb. 13, 1920.

ERNEST RETZLAFF, son of Carl and Eva (PRIESKORN) RETZLAFF, was born in Prussia, Germany, April 1, 1870; married, Feb. 27, 1895, Miss J. Maud COLE. This lady was born July 7, 1875, in the town of Reedsburg, daughter of Rodney and Anna Maria (BEEBE) COLE. They had four children: Obee, born Nov. 27, 1895 - married in 1921, Miss Jessie SIMPSON - they have three children, Harold, born April 12, 1922 - Betsy Jane, born Jan. 13, 1924 - and Virginia, born July 1925; Harold, born Aug. 24, 1899 - died Jan. 2, 1919; Wylder A., born April 8, 1904 - at home; Vernie, born Oct. 10, 1907 - married Grant OLSON Nov. 20, 1926 - they reside in the town of Reedsburg - have one daughter, Irene, born Christmas morning, 1927.

PETER J. HORKAN, son of James and Mary (GALLAGHER) HORKAN, was born July 12, 1875, in Winfield; married Nellie McCABE, April 29, 1903. She was born Dec. 14, 1880, daughter of Edward and Mary (McCONEN) McCABE, in the town of Winfield. They have seven children, all living; Francis, born May 30, 1904; Leo, born Oct. 16, 1905; Mary, born April 3, 1908; Harry, born Sept. 26, 1910; Bernard, born Dec. 28, 1911; Arvilla, born Oct. 14, 1916; Willie, born Oct. 25, 1919.

MRS. MARGARET DONAHUE, daughter of James and Margaret (MULLIGAN) MULIGAN, was born Oct. 21, 1853, in Caledonia, Canada; married Dennis DONAHUE Mary 3, 1881. He was a son of Dennis, Sr., and Mary (CROWLEY) DONAHUE, born march 4, 1882; married Belva ALLEN - residence, Hudson, Wis.; Mary Agnes, born July 22, 1883 - died April 22, 1890; Julia Theresa, born Feb. 19, 1886 - died April 25, 1890. William, born May 19, 1888 - married Vernie NINMANN; Gertrude, born Nov. 1, 1891 - married A. L. LANGSLOW, residing at Cleveland, Ohio; Walter, born Dec. 12, 1894 - married Blanch BOND.

EDWARD DONAHUE, son of Michael and Ann (CAREY) DONAHUE, was born Dec. 25, 1874, in Reedsburg, Wis., married Nov. 24, 1905, Mary Elizabeth HORKAN. She was born Feb. 4, 1876, in the town of Dellona, daughter of George and Bridget (DAVENPORT) HORKAN. They have had eight children: Mary Elizabeth, born Sept. 5, 1906; she is Physical Education Teacher in a Milwaukee school; Charles Austin, born Nov. 24, 1907, at home; Ann Cecelia, born June 8, 1909 - she is a Stenographer in the Westinghouse Electric Company, of Milwaukee; Grace Theresa, born Sept. 22, 1912 - she is a Senior in the Reedsburg High School; Helen Agnes, born Feb. 2, 1915; Eleanor Margaret, born Sept. 22, 1917; Edward Michael, twin brother, died Dec. 24, 1918; John Hillary, born Oct. 13, 1922; died Jan. 13, 1923.

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