Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-29
Obituary-Joseph CIementson.

Joseph Clementson, who died at Hazel
Green the 10th inst. was born at Neasham, a
small village on the river Leas near Darling
ton, in the county of Durham, England, on
July 9th, 1916.
| He served seven years apprenticeship in
Darlington in learning the trade of wagon
maker and joiner While here he saw COM
pleted the first railroad ever built, being the
line constructed by George Stephenson from
Darlington to Stockton, and was one of the
first to ride upon it. When his apprentice,
ship ended he removed to Richmond in
Yorkshire, and was there married in
| lS4l to Elizabeth Peacock, whose decease
| preceded his thirteen months. In the early
spring OF ls49 he, with his wife and two chill
dren left England for America. His desti-
nation was this part of Wisconsin, and he
| took passage for New Orleans that he might
reach Wisconsin by the Mississippi River.
Cholera was fatally prevalent in New Orleans
when he arrived there, and twenty.nine died
OF it on the boat he took passage on to ST.
Louis during the six days of the trip. and be-
fore reaching st. Louis he was down with it.
At st. Louis he was removed to a boat for
Galena and by the time that place was reached
was convalescent. As soon as his health
permitted he removed from Galena to
Hazel Green, where he ever afters
wards resided, with the exception Of eighteen
months in 1872. that he lived in Hudson
(then Willow RIVER in this state He was
one of the principal sufferers by the tornado
that struck Hazel Green in March, 1876. His
house and shop were destroyed by it, and he
escaped with his life almost miraculously,
but suffered broken leg and bodily injuries.
The latter were doubtless a principal cause
OF the disease of which he died. but for them
he would probably have lived many years. He
was ola long-lived ancestry. His mother
died in 1872 aged 10 years and his father two
years after aged eighty one.
In the community of his residence and
wherever known no man was more highly
respected and esteemed. When positions of
trust were confded to him, which was of
frequent occurance but never with his solci.
tation, those who confded took no further
care of their interests. To those who rested
upon him he was a rock of safety. He was a
man of large mind, clear conceptions, ever
interested in the educational and moral adj
vancement of the people. He was endeared
to the people and his loss was a public be.
reavement as well as an sfflicton to those to
whom he was endeared by the ties of consan-
guinity. There are now living of his family
son, Geo. Clementson, Esq. of Lancaster,
and daughter, Fanny Clementson, of Hazel
Green.
The following resolutions relative to the
deceased, are received from the lodge of I.
o. G. T. of Hazel Green with request to pub
lish:
On the death of brothers J oseph Clement
son, Rechabite Lodge No. IS, l. o. of G. T.
at meeting held April 26th, adopted the
following resolutions OF respect
WHEREAS, The Almighty and Advise has
removed from our midst and taken from our
Clementson, and
WHEREAS, BY this providence his devoted
children have lost beloved and affectonate
father, and
WHEREAS, This Good Templar's Lodge has
lost worthy and faithful member; therefore
Resolped, That we most sincerely sympa-
thze with the afflicted family in this their
hour of bereavement and grief
Resolved. That our Lodge room and regalia
be draped in mourning for sixty days, as fit
expressions of our own personal sorrow, and
of our loss as Good Templars Lodge.
RESOLVED, That copy of these resolutions
be furnished to the family and also published
ia the Galena Gazette and in the Grant Coun.
ty HERALD.
A. J. DAVIS,
JOHN FERN,
EDWARD THOMPSON
Committee