Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Charles CONINE

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Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, <rmontgomery@cishome.com> April 2008

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Charles Conine passed quietly away Friday afternoon, in his seventy-sixth
year.

For over thirty years Mr. Conine has made Evansville his home. Coming with
his wife from Sparta, he has identified himself with the upbuilding of the
city ever since. About ten years ago his wife was buried in Maple Hill
cemetery, and since her death he has made his home with Ellis A. Robinson
and family.

The life of Mr. Conine has been a somewhat checkered one, sorrows and
trials playing a most important factor. During the breaking out of the
Civil War, he was one of the first to join an eastern regiment, leaving a
young wife and family. Wounded many times in the battles, he at last was
captured and spent dreary months in the Libby prison until paroled.
Returning to his home, found his wife dead, children separated and he
reported killed.

Coming west he lived in Milwaukee for some time, thence at Sparta and
finally at Evansville. Three children from his first wife are supposed to
be living.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist church. The
Knights of Pythias and the Grand Army societies, of which he was a member,
attended in a body, the former society having charge of the remains at the
grave.

November 1, 1906, Evansville Review, Evansville, Wisconsin