Dane County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....NORTH, Thomas Langford And Sarah Jane ************************************************ 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: Erin Proctor Proctor37@charter.net March 4, 2007, 9:24 am Cemetery: Albion Prairie Cemetery, Albion, Dane Co., Wi. Name: Thomas Langford And Sarah Jane NORTH Photo can be seen at: Image file size: 41.8 Kb NORTH, Thomas Langford and Sarah Jane NORTH, Sarah Jane 23 Oct 1834- 14 Oct 1900 Born in Boulogne, La Seine, France. Dau of Joseph and Mary (BIGGEN) BRESLFORD. Married Thomas Langford NORTH on 04 Jul 1852 in Albion, Dane Co., Wi. Mother Obit from the Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter, Edgerton, Rock Co., WI. 19 Oct 1900: Mrs. Sarah J. North, wife of Thos. North, died at her home in this city on (?) morning, Oct 14th after a brief illness of blood poisoning, aged 66 years. Sarah Jane Brelsford was born Oct 23rd, 1834, and while of English decent, her parents having been born in Derbyshire, England, yet she was born at Boulogne (?) La Seigne, near Paris, during a temporary abscence of her parents from England while in the employ of Baron James (?) Rothschild. In 1840 her family returned to England, and in 1845 she came with her parents to America, Living with them at Albion, Wisconsin, until July(?), 1852, when she was united in marriage to Thomas North. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. North, five sons and five daughters. Mrs. North was converted during the winter of 1857, and united with the Methodist Church in March 1858, and has since lived a consistent christian life. A few years since Mr. and Mrs. North removed to this city from their farm on Albion Prairie, which had been their home for nearly a half a century. The funeal services which were held from the church at Albion Prairie Tuesday afternoon at 2 P.M.,, were very largely attended by neighbors and friends, who came to pay their respects to the memory of a good women. Rev. W. W. Woodside preached, and Rev. Scheinder of Ft. Atkinson, and Rev A.W. Stevens the resident pastor, also took part in the services. Interrment took place in the cemetery on the Prairie. NORTH, Thomas Langford 28 Oct 1828- 27 Jul 1913 Born in Totley, Derbyshire, England Son of Thomas and Ellen (HOPKINSON) NORTH Married 04 Jul 1852 Father Rock County, Wisconsin Biographies "Thomas North" THOMAS NORTH. Among the pioneers of Wisconsin, who during the 'forties' peopled the forest of this then inhospitable region, were many who by their migration laid the foundation for future success. The hardships undergone were severe, the rewards commensurate to those possessing patience, fortitude and strength. The NORTH family of Edgerton, Rock County, was founded in Wisconsin in 1847. In that year Thomas NORTH, Sr., the father of our subject, was an English farmer, who was approaching the half century mark in years, without having attained that financial success which brings comfort and ease. A tide of English emigration had set in toward the distant wilderness of America, and Thomas NORTH joined it. He was the son of William NORTH, a farmer, and had married Ellen HOPKINS, who died in England about 1832, leaving three children, two of whom, Thomas, our subject, and William, of Cottage Grove, Wis., are living. For his second wife the father married Jane BIGGIN, by whom there were no children. After his migration to America, in 1847, Mr. NORTH settled in Albion township, Dane Co., Wis., where with his two sons, Thomas and William, he bought eighty acres of land. Their industry won, and the holdings grew, first by the purchase of 126 acres, and later by the addition of another tract, of 176 acres. Here the father and two sons farmed in common for some years, then divided the property. The father in religious faith was a devout Episcopal Methodist, and for a number of years was, a local preacher. In politics he was a Republican, and in Albion township he was assessor for several years. He was a highly respected citizen, and died in 1868, aged nearly seventy-one years. Thomas NORTH, our subject, was born in Derbyshire, England, Oct. 28, 1828, was reared a farmer's boy, and received a common-school education. Coming to America with his father in 1847, he shared generously in the toil essential to success in the new land, and when a division of the property was made came into possession of a tract of 160 acres in Albion township, Dane County, and Sumner township, Jefferson County. This he farmed, and by purchase subsequently increased to a well-tilled and valuable farm of 255 acres. Mr. NORTH lived in Albion township until 1864, then removed to Sumner township, Jefferson County, where he resided until 1894. In that year he retired from active farming, erecting the handsome home in Edgerton which he now occupies. Mr. NORTH married July 4, 1852, Miss Sarah BRAILSFORD, daughter of Joseph and Mary (BIGGIN) BRAILSFORD. Mrs. NORTH came to America with her parents in 1845, when a girl of ten years. Her father was an Englishman, but prior to his emigration to America had spent eleven years on the estate of Baron Rothschild, in France, and there three of his children were born, Mary, Hannah and Sarah, the last named on Oct. 23, 1834. After his emigration to America, in 1845, Joseph BRAILSFORD located in Albion township, Dane County. Here his wife died in 1856, aged fifty-two years, and for his second wife he married Miss Margaret PEPPER. Later he removed to Tyndall, S. Dak., where he lived, a farmer, to the age of about eighty-two years. Of his seven children by the first marriage, two Mary and Ann, survive. The four children by the second marriage are all living: John, James, George and Henry. To Thomas and Sarah (BRAILSFORD) NORTH were born ten children, five sons and five daughters, as follows: (1) George Henry died in infancy. (2) Mary Jane married Samuel WILEMAN, and died in 1894, leaving six children, Emily Jane and Thomas, Sarah, Charles, Arthur, and Edith. (3) Sarah Ellen died aged four months. (4) Thomas W., a Methodist Episcopal minister, now stationed at Milton, Wis., married Josie WALES, and they have four children, Beulah, Hazel, Vincent and Laura. (5) Charles Edwin, who studied medicine, died in Chicago, Ill., aged twenty-four years. (6) Sarah Ann, wife of James WILEMAN, of Edgerton, has two children, Lilly and Louie. (7) David Willard, a resident of Edgerton, married Sarah Elizabeth NELSON, and has three children, Theodora, Jessica and Herschel. (8) Ellen Melissa married Rev. Lucius Augustus WHITCOMB, a Free Methodist minister, who was principal of the Evansville Seminary for several years, and now resides in Evanston, Ill; they have five children, Ethel, Grace, Pearl, Lawrence and Willard. (9) Emily Elizabeth married Archibald TEMPLETON, and is living at Madison, Wis.; they have one child, Hugh Longville. (10) Fred Arthur married Lilly McCARTHY, and has two children, Charles and Thomas WILFORD; they live at the home farm in Sumner township. Mr. NORTH is a prominent member of the Albion Prairie M. E. Church, in which he is class-leader, trustee and Sunday-school teacher. His wife, who passed away Oct. 14, 1900, also united with that church; her remains rest in Albany Prairie cemetery. Politically Mr. NORTH is a Prohibitionist. For a year he served as supervisor of Sumner township, but has not aspired to office. He is a conscientious Christian, a patriotic citizen, a sympathetic friend and neighbor, and the many most estimable traits of himself and family have given them the affection and high regard of a wide acquaintanceship. Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin" (c) 1901, pp. 199-200. Additional Comments: http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/cemetery/images/dane/albiontwp-albionprairie/albiontwp-albionprairie083.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/dane/photos/tombstones/albionprairie/north7273gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 8.3 Kb