Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: William Henry ST. JOHN ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ OBITUARY Wm. Henry St. John William Henry St. John was born October 31, 1835, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Here his early boyhood home was until the family moved to Dunkirk, New York, and from there to Dunkirk, Dane County. He was married November 23, 1858, to Miss Cornelia Becker. Mr. St. John's home has since that time been in this section of the state. For many years he has been a resident of Evansville. His death occurred at the county house near Janesville yesterday afternoon. The body was brought to the city last evening. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dowse on South Madison Street. Mr. St. John leaves five sons, Charles of this city, Frank and Sam of Beloit, George of Utica, Wis., and Leu of Chamberlain, South Dakota, and one daughter Mrs. John Apfel of Evansville. July 25, 1912, Evansville Review, p. 5, col. 4, Evansville, Wisconsin