Clipping from Stevens Point Weekly Journal 29 July 1911 Submitted by Rick Campen Death of A.B. Redfield Has been respected resident of the city for 58 years The death of a B. Redfield which occurred at his home, 916 Division street, at 7:45 o’clock Saturday evening, July 22 marks the passing of another of the early residents of Stevens Point and a veteran of the civil war. Arthur B. Redfield was born in Bainbridge N.Y. November 03, 1830 and therefore had attained the advanced age of nearly 81 years. With the exception of a few years spent at Jordan where he had taught school for time and later had charge of the Wadleigh and Walker saw mill he had resided Stevens Point since 1853. On March 28, 1855 he was married to Miss Phoebe Otis. The latter was also a teacher and taught in school that was maintained at what is now the Jacob hatch homestead. Mr. Redfield was among the early postal railway clerks on Wisconsin Central. This position he held for many years and up to President Cleveland’s administration. At that time the postal railway service was not in the civil service class classification list and Mr. Redfield being active Republican, had to give way to a member of the opposite party. After retiring from the service he became engaged in a grocery business, in which he continued until declining health compelled him to retire. His health been quite poor for the past four years, during which time the suffered from dropsy and heart trouble. He had been failing quite rapidly during the past four weeks and although he had been able to be about the house most of the time, the last long sleep into which he quietly passed at the hour stated above was not unexpected. He was the last of a family of five sons and two daughters. Mr. And Mrs. Redfield, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary March 28, 1905 were the parents of five sons and two daughters. He is survived by Mrs. Redfield and three sons and two daughters. The latter are Mrs. A. F. Redfield of the city, John of Burley Idaho, Mrs. O. Ostrander who had been living at home and assisting her mother for several months, Alfred E. of the city and Charles E. of St. Louis. All are now expected Monday. Two sons, Martin aged six years, died in 1863 and Frank aged 35 years died in 1891. September 8, 1864 Mr. Redfield and enlisted in Company D, Fifth Wisconsin infantry, which was serving in the Army of the Potomac. During his enlistment he served in the commissary department and was mustered out with the regiment at the close of the war. The death of Mr. Redfield marks the passing of a kind of husband and father, a good neighbor and intelligent and honorable citizen. Stevens Point Weekly Journal 29July1911 The Funeral of A.B. Redfield The funeral of the bee Redfield was held in the family residence at 916 Division Street at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The services conducted by Rev. W. H. Fuller of the Baptist church, internment following at Forest Cemetery. The pallbearers were S. W. Andrews, E.M. Copps, H. O. Halvorson, E. McGlachlin, Wm. Reading, and J. B. Sawbelle. The hymns “Nearer My God to Thee”, “Asleep in Jesus”, and “Abide with Me”, were sung by W.B. Backingham, W.J. Shumway, Mabel Enter in Rosetta Johnson. Clipping from Stevens Point Weekly Journal 29 July 1911 (c) 2004 All Rights Reserved - Rick Campen ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Rick Campen ==========================================================================