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The Notebooks of Sarah Reeves Douglas
Written Circa 1920-1934, Adams County, Wisconsin 
Transcribed and Edited by J. T. Elderkin

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NAGLE - Katie (Mrs. Irving) Nagle died April 18, 1931. Was born October 27, 1857.
NAGLE - Irving Nagle died 1921.
NAGLE - Mary, death, see Mary Rich.
NEEDHAM - Byron Needham, son of James and Clorynda (Hakes) Needham [entry gives relationship only, no dates].
NEEDHAM - Charlie Needham, son of James and Clorynda (Hakes) Needham [entry gives relationship only, no dates].
NEEDHAM - Clorynda (Hakes) Needham died November 25, 1914.
NEEDHAM - Elmer Needham, son of James and Clorynda (Hakes) Needham [entry gives relationship only, no dates].
NEEDHAM - Elsie Needham, daughter of James and Clorynda (Hakes) Needham, married John Stephens.
NEEDHAM - Elsie R. (Needham) (Stephens) was married to Paul Michel March 29, 1929.
NEEDHAM - James, marriage, see Clorynda Hakes.
NEEDHAM - John Needham, son of James and Clorynda (Hakes) Needham, married Marie Irwin.
NEEDHAM - Julia Needham, daughter of James and Cloyrnda (Hakes) Needham, married Fred Gibson.
NEEDHAM - Lillie Needham, daughter of James and Cloyrnda (Hakes) Needham, married Luther Morley.
NEEDHAM - Marie Needham, wife of John Needham, died May 6, 1927.
NEEDHAM - Oren Needham, son of James and Clorynda (Hakes) Needham [entry gives relationship only, no dates].
NEEDHAM - Zua Needham, daughter of James and Clorynda (Hakes) Needham, married Will Fairchild.
NEFF - Mrs. George Neff died August 28, 1927.
NEFF - Rachel Bessie Neff was born October 30, 1900.
NEFF - Rachel Bessie, marriage, see Henry A. Colburn.
NORSE - Estella, death, see Estella Atcheson.
NORTH - Eliza North was born July 1856.
NORTH - Eliza, marriage, see Herbert A. Reeves.
NORTH - Eliza, death, see Eliza Reeves.
OAKES - Albert Oakes, son of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married 1) Rose ______, married 2) Fannie _______.
OAKES - Albert Oakes died December 8, 1913.
OAKES - Amy Oakes, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married John Wood.
OAKES - Angeline Oakes, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married Joseph Cummings.
OAKES - Annie (O'Hara) Oakes was born in Toronto, Canada, July 25, 1843 and died October 24th, 1929 at her son George H. Oakes.
OAKES - Edward Oakes, son of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married twice; [name of first wife not given, name of
second wife shown as Annie].
OAKES - Elizabeth Oakes, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married ______ Evens.

OAKES - Florence, death, see Florence Smith.
OAKES - Frances Oakes, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married ______ Bates.
OAKES - George W. Oakes and Annie O'Hara were married October 29, 1865.
OAKES - George W. Oakes died April 18, 1906. 
OAKES - George [H.] Oakes died September 2, 1930.
OAKES - Harriet Oakes (twin of Nancy Marie Oakes), Maryann Oakes, Samuel Oakes, and Jonas Oakes, children of Edward and
Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, died in infancy.
OAKES - Henry Oakes, son of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married Sarah ______.
OAKES - Henry Oakes died August 30, 1925, being 87 years old.
OAKES - Isabella Amanda Oakes born May 1, 1839.
OAKES - Isabella Amanda, marriage, see John Smart Douglas.
OAKES - Isabelle Amanda, death, see Isabelle A. Douglas.
OAKES - Jessie, death, see Jessie Woodhouse.
OAKES - Levi Oakes, son of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married Tilda ______.
OAKES - Levi Oakes died spring 1923, son of Henry Oakes.
OAKES - Nancy Marie Oakes, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married Charlie Pelton.
OAKES - Nettie May (Wintersteen) Oakes, wife of George Oakes, died May 19, 1924.
OAKES - Susan Oakes, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married Aaron Carsley.
OAKES - Unice Oakes, daughter of Edward and Nancy (Lawrence) Oakes, married ______ Smith.
OAKES - Unice, death, see Unice Smith.
O'HARA - Annie, birth and death, see Annie Oakes.
O’HARA - Annie, marriage, see George Oakes.
PACE - Alice Pace goes south for heart in 1914.
PACE - Amy Alice Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born July 24, 1912.
PACE - Benjamin Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born 1917, died January 28, 1918.
PACE - Britomarte Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born March 5, 1904, died March 6, 1904.
PACE - Dorothea Elizabeth Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born July 15, 1909, died November 9, 1924.
PACE - Guy L. Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born October 23, 1900.
PACE - Guy Pace and Margaret Horsley were married June 9, 1928, she is brought up a Methodist in Denver.
Guy has position in Boston.
PACE - James Stanley Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born October 13, 1902.
PACE - Jimmie Pace and Ollive _____ were married near the holiday season, winter 1927-1928. Ollive brought up Baptist. [Another entry indicates that they were residing in Mount Shasta, California in 1930].
PACE - Lovina Adelia Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born December 15, 1916.
PACE - Lovina Adelia Pace died October 28, 1917.
PACE - Marurite Julia Maroe Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born June 1, 1915.
PACE - Percy Lewelleyn Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born April 18, 1906.

PACE - Robert Oswin Pace and Mary _____ were married shortly after Oswin's birthday February 11, 1920. Mary is Catholic. Oldest child a girl born December same year.
PACE - Robert Oswin Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born February 11, 1899.
PACE - Thomas William Pace died March 19, 1914.
PACE - Thomas William Pace, child of Will and Sarah Alice Pace, born March 9, 1914.
PACE - Will Pace and Sarah Alice Bannister married February 7, 1898.
PAGE - Dorothy Page died October 9, 1924 being 15 years old July 15, 1924.
PEASE - Eugene Pease and Edna Wickersham married June 7, 1914.
PELTON - Charlie, marriage, see Nancy M. Oakes.
PELTON - Charlie Pelton, a cousin of Jed's [Jeremiah Elmer Douglas was known as Jed], died September 9, 1925, was born in

1868. Run over by a car driven by a young lady.
PELTON - Mrs. May Pelton (widow of Charlie Pelton) was buried July 14, 1930.
PIERCE - Major Guy Pierce died May 23, 1917.
PIERCE - Viola (Cummings) Pierce died May 7, 1929.
PIERSON - Verna Pierson died October 5, 1926 [note: year written over, appears to be 1926].
QUINN - Jack Quinn married second time September 25, 1920 [name of wife not given].
QUINN - Jack Quinn's wife died December 23, 1930.
REEVES - Abner Reeves died February 7, 1898.
REEVES - Abrum Reeves, son of Azeal and Alzina Reeves, died in infancy [Jefferson Co., NY].
REEVES - Anson Reeves, son of Azeal and Alzina Reeves, born May 24, 1830.
REEVES - Anson Reeves married Julia Maroe Hakes September 30, 1851 [in Jefferson Co., NY].
REEVES - Anson Reeves and wife came to Wisconsin [and] are buried at Davis Corners, Adams Co., Wis.
REEVES - Anson Reeves died March 4, 1875.
REEVES - Anson Herbert Reeves, child of Herbert A. and Eliza Reeves, born July 25, 1881.
REEVES - Anson Herbert Reeves died 1881 [another entry says December, 1880].
REEVES - Bertha Lovina Reeves, daughter of Anson and Julia (Hakes) Reeves, born September 3, 1861.
REEVES - Bertha Lovina, marriage, see Oswin E. Bannister.
REEVES - Bud Reeves died September 9, 1898.
REEVES - Charlot Orcelia Reeves, daughter of Anson and Julia (Hakes) Reeves, born September 13, 1870, died May 18, 1875.
REEVES - Charlot Olivia Reeves, child of Uzell and Mattie Demott Reeves, born December 19, 1890.
REEVES - Eliza, wife of Herbert Reeves, died October 1, 1931, and was buried at Everett, Washington, October 3, 1931.
REEVES - Ena Adna Anson Reeves, child of Uzell and Mattie Demott Reeves, born May 25, 1900.
REEVES - Eric Uzell [or Uzell E.] Reeves, son of Anson and Julia (Hakes) Reeves, born April 8, 1866. [Note: Sarah consistently
referenced him as “Eric Uzell” although other records show him as Uzell E.].
REEVES - Eric Uzell Reeves and Mattie Demott married March 10, 1889.
REEVES - Herbert Anson Reeves, son of Anson and Julia (Hakes) Reeves, born December 5, 1854.

REEVES - Herbert Anson Reeves and Eliza North married May 31, 1875.
REEVES - Herbert Anson Reeves died February 5, 1911. Another entree states “Anyone wishing to find the lot where Herbert A. Reeves is buried will find it in the Hillsboro Cemetary, Vernon Co., Lot No. 178.”
REEVES - Julia Maroe Reeves [known as Maroe, pronounced “Maroy”], daughter of Anson and Julia (Hakes) Reeves, born

April 19, 1859. Her twin [name not given] died in infancy.
REEVES - Julia Maroe, marriage, see John W. Crothers.
REEVES - Julia Maroe (Hakes) Reeves died February 27, 1877.
REEVES - Lettie Maroe Reeves, child of Uzell and Mattie Demott Reeves, born January 1, 1893.
REEVES - Martha Adell Reeves [known as Della], daughter of Anson and Julia (Hakes) Reeves, born April 13, 1868.
REEVES - Martha Adell, marriage, see Harvey B. Colburn.
REEVES - Persis Reeves, daughter of Azeal and Alzina Reeves, died at 19 years of age [Jefferson Co., NY].
REEVES - Sarah Alzina Reeves, daughter of Anson and Julia (Hakes) Reeves, born April 17, 1864.
REEVES - Sarah Alzina, marriage, see Jeremiah Elmer Douglas.
REEVES - Sarah Ann Reeves, daughter of Azeal and Alzina Reeves, married John Hilton, resided Newport, New York.
REEVES - Sarah Ann, death, see Sarah A. Hilton.
REEVES - Uzell E., see Eric Uzell.
REEVES - Uzell Reeves, child of Herbert A. and Eliza Reeves, born July 2, 1896.
REEVES - Uzell Reeves died February 7, 1897.
REEVES- Charlot Olivia, marriage, see Seymour Edmunds.
REIBE - Charlie Reibe died October 2, 1909.
REIBE - Mrs. Reibe died December 22, 1927, was buried December 24, 1927.
REINHEIMER - Charlie Reinheimer [event not indicated, perhaps death?] July 25, 1916.
RICH - Mrs. Mary (Nagle) Rich died August 1927.
RIFENBERRICK - Bertha Elizabeth Rifenberrick, child of George and Winnie Rifenberrick, born August 3, 1910.
RIFENBERRICK - Bertha Rifenberrick was married to Edgar Haller September 8, 1929, she being 19 years old August 3, 1929 and
Edgar being 23 years old August 10, 1929.
RIFENBERRICK - Carl George Rifenberrick, child of George and Winnie Rifenberrick, born November 2, 1914.
RIFENBERRICK - Clair Wilbur Rifenberrick, child of George and Winnie Rifenberrick, born October 13, 1916.
RIFENBERRICK - George Rifenberrick and Winnie Adelia Bannister married October 1906.
RIFENBERRICK - Jimmi Oswin Rifenberrick, child of George and Winnie Rifenberrick, born October 25, 1912.
RIFENBERRICK - Ruby Rosalia Rifenberrick, child of George and Winnie Rifenberrick, born July 4, 1919.
ROGERS - Mike Rgers [meant to be Rogers?] died December 31, 1926.
RUSSELL - Hans Russell [died] June 21, 1922.
SCHOFF - Bessie Cummings Schoff was born June 23, 1880. Died March 16, 1914.
SCHOFF - Floy [?] Schoff died March 16, 1914.
SCHOFF - Fred, marriage, see Elsie M. Colburn.

SCHOFF - Hazel Schoff and Bernie Needham were married May 21, 1930 at Kilbourn [now Wisconsin Dells].
SCOFF - Dane Schoff died January 8, 1932.
SHEPARD - Frank Shepard died January 10, 1930.
SHIPWAY - Ella Shipway died December 28, 1926, being 69 years old.
SIMERMAN - Edward W. Simerman of Springville formerly died at his home in Kilbourn August 22, 1913.
SIMOMAN - Mrs. Julia Simoman, wife of Ed Simoman, died May 30, 1931.
SMITH - Ada K. [Note: This appears to be an obituary copied out in Sarah's journal.] Ada K. (Chesebro) Smith was born at
Osford, July 11, 1852, was married to Heney K. Smith, June 23, 1881, and died June 4, 1925, having lived a Christian life. She
leaves her Husband, her Brother, E. Chesebro, and two sons, George and Arleigh, to mourn her loss.... Interment in the Burr
Oak Cemetery.
SMITH - Florence (Oakes) Smith died October 24, 1930.
SMITH - Mr. Smith died January 28. He was Hef Smith's father.
SMITH - Unice (Oakes) Smith died in August 1904.
SOBOTTA [?] - Joseph B., marriage, see Hattie A. Douglas.
SPERBECK - Alva Sperbeck [died?] January 25, 1925.
STEPHENS - Elsie, see Elsie Needham.
STEPHENS - John, marriage, see Elsie Needham.
STEVENS - Mr. George Stevens died November 15, 1926.
STONE - Mrs. Lonnie [?] Stone died January 29, 1927.
STONE - Louisa (Knudson) Stone [died] December 30, 1929, age 80 years, 8 months, 12 days.
SUTHERLAND - Maggie (Douglas) Sutherland died March 2, 1924. Leaves a son Walter Sutherland and a daughter Arlie [?].
TAYLOR - Dr. Taylor died June 12, 1917.
TELLOCK - Becky Tellock died of heart trouble April 23, 1929.
TELLOCK - Levi Tellock died March 2, 1934.
THOMAS - Mrs. Fred Thomas, 82 years, died June 18, 1928.
THOMPSON - Celia Thompson died January 21, 1916.
TRUMBLE - James Trumble died January 13, 1927.
VAN WIE - Charlie Van Wie died January 8, 1927, age 82 years.
WALKER - Cliff Walker died November 4, 1926.
WALRATH - Calvin Walrath and Celia Belle Douglas married September 19 [another entry says 9th], 1914.
WALRATH - Mrs. H. Walrath died September 24, 1922.
WICKERSHAM - Edna, marriage, see Eugene Pease.
WILCOX - Mrs. Gertie Wilcox [died] December 30, 1929.
WILLARD - Belle, marriage, see Lawrence Woolery.
WINTERSTEEN - Mrs. Minnie [?] Wintersteen died August 15, 1931.
WINTERSTEEN - Nettie May, death, see Nettie M. Oakes.
WITT - Leslie Witt died April 19, 1922.

WOOD - John, marriage, see Amy Oakes.
WOOD - Ned Wood's wife (Art Cummings mother-in-law) died January 1922.
WOODHOUSE - Jessie (Oakes) Woodhouse died January 1934.
WOOLERY - Lawrence Woolery and Belle Willard [married] November 25, 1914.
YOCUM - Miss Hellen Cordelia Yocum died July 1, 1916, aged 60 years.
ZENTER - Mr. Ralph Zenter died March 1903.
ZENTER - Mrs. Ralph Zentner [died?] January 4, 1920.
ZIEGLER - Dr. E. J. Ziegler died April 23, 1926.
ZIEGLER - Johannah, marriage, see Henry A. Douglas.

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