Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1889 — WISCONSIN TO THE FRONT. [ARTICLE]

WISCONSIN TO THE FRONT.

Four Children at One Birth Near Ran Claire—Some Big Babies. Eau Clabe. Wls. About two years ago Mrs. Grindale, of Chetek, a small town north of this city, gave birth to foiir boys at once, two of them weighing six pounds each and two of thorn five pounds eaoh. The pair had be’en married about two years, and had previously been blessed with no children, nor have they had amy since. The boys were all perfectly farmed and lively, bright babies, but two of them died within a week, the other two living respectively six and five months. Bad not tho family been in destitue circtfmstanees at tho time, and had not the infants thereby sullered from tho lack of immediate, attention and of subsequent ca.e, they’; would doubtless have lived. The parents had but just arrived in this country, and 1 had settLcifin a remote spot, where aid did not reach them at once. Mrs. John Neher, of tins city, who is enjoying excellent health at the goud old are’ of eighty-four, has had sixteen children—nine boys and seven girls—all of whom are ljving and aro well-to-do residents of vari-. ous Northwestern States, 'iho youngest of the family, a boy, was born when Mrs. Neher was fifty-one years of age. The young man, who is a substantial citizen of Eau .Claire, rejoices in being uncle to sixtynine children ami tho lather of six. Mr. Neher, the father of this remarkable lamily o: sixteen, is dtfud. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ihle have four boys and eight girls, the oldest twenty-six, and Mrs. Ihle is but forty-three years of age. Mrs. Louis Enguard, aged forty ,-eoentiy gave birth to triplets and has had seven children in all. Mrs. William Bell lias presented her husband with eleven children, who range in age irom one to nineteen years, four boing girls and seven boys. Mrs. J. Hotchkiss has nadten, the youngest a year old and the eldest nineteen. Families with nine children aro frequently found, and ten children of one mother is not uncommon. Angus MoVicur has be n presented by his wife with fourteen.,the oldest of whom is twenty-two. Mrs. Joseph Whelihan has sixteen, ranging from four to twenty years. Mrs. William Carden recently gave, birth to a boy weighing seventeen pounds, and Mrs. A. Gilbert to twins weighing seven pounds each.

Figures from Dodgeville. Dodgeyllle. Wis. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Brown, of Linden, are the parents of eleven children, all of whom are now living in different parts ofi the country. Mrs. Bleakly, a daughter, is in Chicago. Mr. ,nnd Mrs. James Callom,, also of Linden, and Ms. and Mrs. Andrew Peterson, of the same town, have been blessed with families of twelve childrens Mr. and Mrs. James Hutchinson, of! Mineral Point, have had a like number. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curry, of the town of Linden, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Davey. of Dodgeville, have magnified tho record by one, and onjoy the enviable dibtinottoh of having boooine the rarents of thirteen children in their respective families. Mr. and Mrs. Erick Halverson, of Dodgeville; Mr. and Mrs. William Lanyon of Min-; eral Point: and Mr. end Mis. William Thomas, of MilJKn, are the parents of four-, teen children. Kearton Coates, a wealthy farmer and a former member of the Legislature. of the town of Linden, is the father of fifteen children, ten girls and five boys. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Linley. of the town of Arena, have had seventeen children. John Cruse, of thalKbUlic town of Linden, comes forward with a bright and interesting column of twenty-one children. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Williams, of Dodgeville, preside over a family of twenty-two children. Mr. Williams being the. fattier of all of them, he having been twico married. Mr. Williams is a wealthy tarmer and lives near this village, and wields the domsstta scepter over the largest and most interest-i Ing family, perhaps, in this part of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Griffiths, of the town ot Dodgeville, early settlers, and avdo now enjoy a comfortable homo and competence, are the joyful parents of sixteen children, of whom two are twins. Mr., and Mrs. Francis Prideaux, of this village, besides being the happy parents of three othor ohildren, enjoy the proud distinction of being the parents of iwo pairs of twins. Capt. W. It. Jones, of Bidgeway. made a roeord of twelve children,among whom were three pairs of twins. This was considered a very remarkable record until a family in Mineral Point made a record that lias not been excelled, or at lea9thas not been made public, in this part of tho State. Mr. and' Mrs. William Jacka. of that place, were the proud parents of ten children, among them a pair of twin girls. The girls grew to womanhood, and one of them married Wm. Paynter. of Mineral Point, and became the proud mother of twenty-one children. The othor one married John Huxtable. also of that city, and .raised a family of nineteen children, among whom were two pairs of twins. Nothing Great at LaCrosse. LaCbosse, Wis. Peter Bott is the father of twelve children, all living. John Olson, a Norwegian mill-hand, is the father of fourteen chip dren, eight boys and six girls. Mr. Damrod, a resident of the Fifth Ward, is the father of a baker’s dozen, aU of whom are living. Mr. Lynch in the father of seventeen.