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Permelia married Lewis H. Boyce. Lewis was born on 1 Apr 1814 and died in 1879 in East Schodak, NY.

Their children were:

   54 F    i. Charity Boyce was born about 1835.

   55 F    ii. Mary Boyce was born about 1836.

   56 F    iii. Phebe Boyce was born about 1837.

   57 F    iv. Fanny Boyce was born about 1839.

Hiram married Catherine Valentine.

Their children were:

   58 U    i. Richard P. Valentine was born in 1840 and died in 1849 in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY.

Lorenzo married Amanda Hermance in 1848 in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY. Amanda was born on 18 Mar 1829 in NY and died on 15 Aug 1912 in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY.

Their children were:

+ 59 F    i. Anna E. Valentine was born on 30 Sep 1850 in Rensselaer Co., NY and died in 1930 in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY.

+ 60 M    ii. Richard Lorenzo Valentine was born on 9 Dec 1851 in West Nassau, NY and died on 7 Jan 1908 in Millerton, Dutchess Co., NY.

   61 M    iii. Frank Valentine was born on 20 Apr 1860 in Rensselaer Co., NY and died on 30 Jul 1861 in NY.

+ 62 M    iv. Edwin E. Valentine was born on 3 Aug 1862 in Rensselaer Co., NY and died on 12 Sep 1938 in Millerton, Dutchess Co., NY.

General Notes:John Valentine was a very early settler in Jackson County and a partner of Andrew Sheppard for over twenty-five years. They both lived in the ghost town of Boomville, which was in the vicinity of the area of the present day Rustic Mill Supper Club. After the death of his 1st wife, Chloe Gaffin, he moved to the Fifth Ward in La Crosse, Wisconsin and built the first frame house in that vicinity. In 1851, he built the mill later known as The Packet Company Mill. While working there in sawing lath bolts, he was struck by one of the sawed pieces and injured severely. The accident took place on a Friday. He was taken to his home and medical aid was summoned, but the injury proved to be fatal and on Sunday, he died. Both he and his son, Horace, lost their lives in that mill. He was a Mason since 1862 and his funeral took place at the Baptist Church. All of the mills in the Fifth Ward shut down and the funeral attendance was very large. John is buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Lot #518, Section 21. His 2nd wife, Chloe is also buried here and his son, Ellis.

John married Chloe Elizabeth Marr, daughter of William Howard Marr and Phebe Merril, on 12 Oct 1856 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Chloe was born on 24 Sep 1832 in Hope, Ontario Co, NY and died on 12 Oct 1897 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin Another name for Chloe was Chloe Randall.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census: 1880, Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Census Place: Campbell, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Source: FHL Film 1255432 National Archives Film T9-1432 Page 357D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Chloe VALENTINE Self F W W 47 CAN
Occ: Keeping House Fa: CAN Mo: CAN
Flavius VALENTINE Other M S W 29 WI
Occ: Works In Saw Mill Fa: NY Mo: CAN
Eice L. VALENTINE Other M S W 19 WI
Occ: Laborer Fa: NY Mo: CAN
Biren H. VALENTINE Other M S W 16 WI
Occ: Laborer Fa: NY Mo: CAN
Elule BLOOD Other F M W 19 WI
Fa: NY Mo: CAN
Frankn BLOOD Other F S W 5M WI
Fa: NH Mo: WI

• Alt Birth: 24 Sep 1833.

Their children were:

   63 M    i. Flavius Lester Valentine was born on 30 Jul 1857 in La Cross, WI and died on 7 Jun 1952 in La Cross, WI.

General Notes:The death record said he was buried at Oak Grove cemetery in La Crosse. The informant was Frances Valentine. Flay had been working in the rubber mills for an occupation.
His obituary in the La Crosse Tribune Newspaper dated, 9 June 1952 gave his address as 1733 Kane Street in La Crosse. There was also a photo. He was born in a house near the area now occupied by Copeland Park. He had lived in the northern part of the city his entire lifetime. He attended schools in La Crosse and at an early age became a lumberjack. He worked in the lumber industry until the last logs went down the river.
He recalled often that in 1880, the year of the "big water", saw mills closed because of the flood. In the spring of that year, he and his brother took a canoe from the North Side down the river to the foot of Main Street to do an errand.
The trip took 80 minutes, he often recalled.

Flay was employed at the La Crosse Rubber Mills for 25 years, retiring when he reached the age of 80 years. He held a variety of other jobs, including superintendent of the County Farm for six years and Burlington Railroad blacksmith for a similar period. He was the oldest member of North La Crosse Lodge 190, F. and A.M. He was a member of that order for 58 years.
He was survived by his wife, the former Frances Bronson of Viroqua and several nephews and nieces. Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery

Noted events in his life were:

• Alt Birth: 30 Jul 1859.

• Alt Death: 7 Jun 1957.

• Newspaper Article: 1948, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin. First Norm La Crosse School, Lumbering
Among Memories of 91 year old Resident
A 91 year old man, Flavius Valentine, lives in north L Crosse and recently recalled days when he went up 'to the first school in that part of this city. Valentine, whose home is at 1733 Kane street, remarked that school days now ant then won't even compare, either in teaching methods r subjects studied.
The nonagenarian was born on July 30, 1857, in a house on the corner of what was then wall and mill streets. Mill street is now Caledonia street. The area itself was known as the village of North La Crosse, town of Campbell, and as yet had not been incorporated into the city of La Crosse lying to the south of this territory.
First School In 1866
The first school was taught by Arthur MaGuire, an enterprising and civic minded man of 1866, and was located in MagGuire's home near the corner of St. James street and Copeland avenue.
"When we entered school," Valentine said, "we immediately were handed a spelling book, When we had done pretty well with that we got an arithmetic book, then a volume on United States history. If we wanted to take further grammar or geography we could, but spelling was MaGuire's main point.
"We studied out loud, and when wwe all got started it sounded like a mighty loud hive of bees. Those who didn't talk were handled in our teacher's own quick way. At his desk he kept a raw hide whip. We learned to study hard and fast."
Recess time, then as now, was a period for great rejoicing among those who had been at extracting studies all morning or afternoon. "We would burst out of the one room study hall," Valwntine said, "and would we have lots of fun playing pullaway of leapfrog. As soon as school was out in the afternoon we would head for the river.
Had no Special Halls
"In my days, the river afforded everything a boy could ask for in the line of fun. We didn't have special halls built for us to play in. In the winter we skated, in the summer we swam."
In 1870, when he was 13 years old, valentine quit school and started to work in a lathe mill. He worked 11 hours a day, earned 40 cents per day. He told how prosperous he felt when his pay on the following year, was raised to 50 cents per day. For 11 years he kept his position, he recalled, then he began work as a log skidder. He said he has covered almost every stream in Wisconsin as a lumberjack.
His stories include how the Milwaukee railroad came to this part of the country in the fall of 1858, how freight was hauled on the river packets, and how the famous War Eagle, a river packet, burned at the dock in the autumn of 1868.
Recollections of general stores of that time, with their hogheads of blackstrap, a delicious kind of ----- end of page --- I don't have rest ---------

Flavius married Frances Bronson.

Flavius next married Lillian Margerete Jay on 19 Sep 1885 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Lillian was born in 1857 and died on 19 Sep 1925 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

   64 F    ii. Syrena Valentine was born on 30 Jul 1859 and died on 6 Sep 1893.

Noted events in her life were:

• Alt Birth: 30 Jul 1857.

+ 65 M    iii. Ellis 'Elice' Lewis Valentine was born on 30 Apr 1861 in Campbell Town, La Crosse, WI and died on 27 Aug 1888 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

+ 66 F    iv. Laura Oliva Valentine was born on 30 Apr 1861 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin and died on 13 May 1945 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

+ 67 M    v. Byron Howard Valentine was born on 6 Nov 1867 in Campbell Town, La Crosse, WI, died on 8 Apr 1946 in Seattle, King Co, WA and was buried on 11 Apr 1946 in Seattle, King Co, WA (Evergreen Cemetery, 11,111 Aurora Ave. North, Seattle, Washington 98133-8299).

+ 68 F    vi. Elura D. Valentine was born on 23 Oct 1862 in Wisconsin and died on 14 May 1945 in Wisconsin.

John next married Chloe Ann Gaffin on 25 Jun 1845 in Ogle County, IL. Chloe was born on 10 Jun 1819 in Fr. Canada and died on 24 Jan 1854 in Boomville, Jackson, WI.

General Notes:Chloe and her husband, John, lived in the town of Boomville which is now a ghost town. She is buried in what was at one time, quite a large cemetery there. The stones were never cared for in later years and when new roads were built, they took no care in preserving the historic site. In 1991, while recording the inscriptions of all the cemeteries in Jackson County, our group persuaded the Town of Albion to place a fence around the broken pieces of Chloe's stone. More than likely, her twin boys are also buried here, although there is no trace of their stone.

More About CHLOE ANN GAFFIN:

Burial: Boomville Cemetery

Noted events in her life were:

• Alt Birth: 10 Jun 1818.

Their children were:

   69 M    i. Horace Valentine was born on 4 Mar 1846 in Boomville, Jackson Co, WI and died on 24 Apr 1857 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

General Notes:Horace was working at the Packet Company Mill at La Crosse when he bacame entagled in the machinery of the steam sawmill. This caused the loss of one arm and a fracture of both legs. Two doctors were prompty in attendance. This accident happened on a Thursday and he died the following day. He was only 11 years old at the time. Burial: Campbell Cemetery

+ 70 F    ii. Harriet Valentine was born on 11 May 1849 in Boomville, Jackson, WI and died on 3 Aug 1908 in West Salen, La Crosse, WI.

   71 M    iii. Albert Valentine was born on 22 Feb 1853 in Boomville, Jackson, WI and died on 23 Oct 1857 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

   72 M    iv. George Valentine was born on 22 Feb 1853 in Boomville, Jackson, WI and died on 5 Sep 1853 in Boomville, Jackson, WI.

George married Mary Washburn. Mary was born in 1829 in NY and died in 1892 in NY.

Their children were:

   73 F    i. Elisha Smith Valentine was born in 1848 in Collins, Erie Co., KY.

   74 F    ii. Emma Valentine was born on 10 Mar 1850 in Collins, Erie Co., KY.

Emma married John Brack on 7 Oct 1874.

+ 75 M    iii. Ernest Valentine was born on 17 Jan 1854 in Collins, Erie Co., KY.

   76 F    iv. Victoria Valentine was born on 24 Dec 1859 in Collins, Erie Co., KY.

Victoria married Albert Smith on 7 Oct 1875.

   77 F    v. Virginia Valentine was born on 25 Oct 1861 in Collins, Erie Co., KY and died in 1932 in Collins, Erie Co., KY.

Virginia married Elmer N. Tice.

+ 78 M    vi. Ralph Plummer Valentine was born on 19 Jun 1866 in Collins, Erie Co., NY and died on 19 Nov 1946 in Collins, Erie Co., NY.

+ 79 M    vii. Thorn White Valentine was born on 28 Mar 1869 in Collins, Erie Co., NY and died in Aug 1939 in Cataragus Co., NY.

   80 M    viii. Gilmore Valentine was born on 31 Dec 1865 in NY.

   81 M    ix. Winfield Scott Baker Valentine was born on 30 Apr 1869 in NY.

General Notes:The 1850 Federal NY Census, indicates he was residing at
Arcadin, Wayne Co., NY, and his mother, Anna (age 46), was
residing with him. He moved to Chicago where he ran a
cattle-feeding operation

Daniel married Sally Ann Galloway in 1842 in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY. Sally was born in 1821 and died in 1905 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL.

Their children were:

   82 F    i. Mary Elizabeth Valentine was born in 1843 and died in 1925.

Mary married Milton Parish Bartlett in 1867.

   83 F    ii. Anna Valentine was born in 1846.

   84 F    iii. Ella Valentine was born in 1848.

   85 M    iv. John Valentine was born in 1851.

   86 M    v. Richard H. Valentine was born in 1853.

   87 M    vi. Charles Valentine was born in 1855.

   88 M    vii. George Valentine was born in 1858.

   89 F    viii. Anna Valentine was born in 1863.

1. 1920.

2. Barbara Cope Svetlick, Author's Addr: 1506 S.W. 24 StreetFort
Lauderdale, Fl 33315Gumba@worldnet.att.net, (15Apr1997).

3. Barbara Cope Svetlick, Author's Addr: 1506 S.W. 24 St.Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33315Gumba@worldnet.att.net, (15apr1997).