Columbia County WI Archives Obituaries.....Older, Milton Dewitt April 2, 1905 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wendy Johnson wbjay@satx.rr.com April 22, 2008, 9:32 pm Portage Newspaper (Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin), 3 April 1905 DEATHS - M. DeWitte Older passed away Sunday afternoon after a lingering illness. Mr. Older suffered from asthma for many years. The son of Amos and Ann Older was born at Farmersville, Cattaraugus Co., New York, on December 20, 1831. The Older family came to Wisconsin in 1838 and settled in Darien in Walworth county. He enlisted in company H, 5th W.V.I., on August 23, 1864 and was mustered out of service June 20, 1865. After the war he returned to Wisconsin, and was married to Elizabeth A. Clark, daughter of James B. and Jane Clark, at Nevada, Martin County, Minnesota, on April 26, 1859. He is survive by Mrs Older and five children - Mrs. Robert Buglass, Clark, James A. and Dr. Bertram Older all of Portage, and Clifford Older, a civil engineer of Slater, Missouri. Additional Comments: Abstract of Obituary File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/columbia/obits/o/older444gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb