Outagamie County, WI - Biography of Henry L. BLOOD of Appleton 1813-

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SUBJECT: Biography of Henry L. BLOOD of Appleton 1813-
SUBMITTER: W. David Samuelsen
EMAIL: dsam@wasatch.com
DATE SUBMITTED: Apr 15, 1999
SURNAMES: BLOOD, SOUTHMAYD, WASHBURN, CURTIS, MILLER, BROWN, FULLER, JARVIS
SOURCE: Record of the Pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin;  page 8, pub. 1898, The Post Publishing Co.


BIOGRAPHY:
HENRY L. BLOOD

Henry L. BLOOD was born Dec. 27, 1813, in Oxford county, New Hampshire; was married to Miss Catharien
SOUTHMAYD, of Jay, N.Y., April 25, 1838; they had three children, E. J. BLOOD, born April 10, 1846, married to
Miss Laura WASHBURN; had two children, both dead;
E. J. BLOOD died in 1885. Second son, Fred BLOOD, born Aug. 6, 1848, married to Miss Lillian CURTIS on Oct.
18, 1875; they have four children, three boys and one girl, and now live in Appleton. F. H. BLOOD is engaged in the
wood and coal business. Kitty BLOOD was born May 4, 1851, married to George M. MILLER in 1872; they have
had two children, one boy having died and the girl now living; Mrs. MILLER died in Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 28, 1874.
Mrs. H. L. BLOOD died Jan. 11, 1855. Mr. Blood was married to Miss Mary BROWN, Jan. 5, 1859; they have two
children now living, Frank L. BLOOD, born June 15, 1862; married to Miss Benito FULLER; they have two children,
a boy and a girl. May BLOD, born July 31, 1865, married to C. W. JARVIS Sept. 16, 1891; they now live in
Ishpeming, Mich.
Mr. H. L. BLOOD moved to Mackinaw Island in 1844; in 1846 he moved to Oshkosh and kept the
first hotel; in 1847 moved into the Astor House, Green Bay; in 1849 moved to Appleton; he was
agent for Lawrence University and built the First College Building; he built the first shanty in Appleton
in 1848, and hired John F. JOHNSTON and wife to move into it to board the men who worked on
the first college building. Mr. BLOOD kept a hotel for several years in Appleton and was a
prominent citizen. He died Feb. 21, 1888.