Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23
DEATH OF BENJAMIN SINGLE.
One Of Wausaus Earliest Settlers, Passed Away Last Night
= at 1000 at His Home in Ripon, Wisconsin.

/ the mil was destroyed by fire; the in
surance companies would not insure
the plant, so at this time S25, 900 was
lost to him in few hours time. Mr..
! Single was wonderful self-made man.
He was over six feet in height, very
powerful aud possessed of az indomita-
BILE will. That which he set out to
| accomplish, he waded through all sorts
of hardship and finally would conquer.
A man with kindlier heart or one pos
sessed of more of the milk of human
kindness in his make up than Mr.. Sim
gle never lived de never used intox-
icating liquors or tobacco, and lived a
J life which his fellow man could follow
and it would lead them ight-along
quiet paths of life where honesty, hap
piness and contentment reigned.
He was known and beloved by .all
| in the pinery, and his kindly deeds
/, and generous gifts recounted speak
| in glorious terms of him as a
man. He is the last of that noble band
of brothers who came to Wausau in an
early day, and without recounting their
good works and good deeds, the his
tory of Marathon county could not be
written.
Mr.. Single was united in marriage in
this city, in the McIndoe residence on
Main street, on the 23d day of August,
1849 to Miss Jane Shutter Bosworth, of
st. Louis. Their courtship and mar
riage was indeed a romance that very
few experience. In 1649, Mr.. Single
took his lum Der down the river to St.
Louis. The cholera was prevalent all
along the Mississippi river. MIR. Single
and Mr.. Joseph Dessert were together.
They agreed that if either of them had
the sickness the other would take care
of him. MIR. Single was taken with the
cholera and by the faithful help of Mr.
Dessert, he survived, though he was
very nigh unto death for some time.
Mr.. Single went to st. Louis, sold his
lumber, and being still very weak, he
started as quickly as possible for the
pinery to recuperate.
Miss Boswell was just out of college
at Monticello. Her parents feared the
cholera, so sent her north to Wausau to
visit her uncle, Col. Shutter. She was
taken north by her parents to Galena
by boat, and from there it was found
that Mr.. Single was going to drive
through to Wausau, and they induced
him to take their daughter with him,
which he was very glad to do.
They drove to Mineral Point, Mad
ison, Portage, Stevens Point, and from
there came up in canoe to Wausau.
They were married shortly after reach
ing here, and the union was very
happy one throughout their long mar
ried life. They lost by death daugh-
ter when in infancy, and one son, Hen
ry, who died when ten years of age.
Mrs. Single died December 18th, 1897,
of pneumonia. Deceased leaves one
daughter to mourn his loss, Mrs. l.. w.
Thayer, of Ripon. Mr.. Single was an
uncle of Mrs. R. E. Parcher, Mrs. c.
F. Dunbar, Mrs. w. c. Silverthorn, Ed.
Single, Nellie Single, Mrs. 2. o. Means
and the late B. T. Single and brother
in-law of Mrs. James Single, of this
city; DR.. Henry Single, of Amigo, and
Chas. w. Single, of Ingram.
Mr.. Single sold his saw mill and lum-
Der yard in 1884 and went to Fond du-
Lac county, where he purchased large
farm, on which he has lived ever since,
Mr.. and Mrs. VI. w. Thayer residing
with him and looking after interests
and comforting him in his declining
years.
Mr.. Single will be buried in this city
on the family lot in Pine Grove GEM
etery, beside the remains of his wife,
son and daughter. The hour and place
of the funeral has not yet been made
known.