Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-03-23

in which to live but had her un-
qualified support and her energy and
fearlessness counted much for success
These innovations for they were
such IL tlose rough and ready days
of the pinery-oftentinles TOOK long
and persistent effort ON the part of
this noble band Of pioneer women, be-
fore they became an everyday reality.
The Pilot has often said that we, of
the present generation, owe much to
that coterie of women who came here
when the population was composed Of
more Indians than whites; when it
was on the very outskirts of civiliZa-
tion and in the extreme sense, "the
wild west
Charter Member
Mrs. Harriet Smith was one of the
charter members of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal church of Wausau and
she was consistent, sincere Christian
woman. Her home was always in the
very center of the village and city.
and men who are now entering the
1tseer and yellow leaf" tell how she
delighted in making it rendezvous
for the boys and girls and in her kind
and motherly way, directing their
citizenship Her family and their
playmates have long since grown to
manhood and womanhood but the les
sons taught them by the deceased
have been revered in memory and
passed to another generation.
Mrs. Harriet Smith was born at
Groton, Caledonia county, Vermont, on
December 16, 1882. Her maiden name
was Harriet Crown and she was the
daughter of Alanson and Amity Crown,
of Scotch descent She came to Wis
consin with her pirents in 1S49, set
ting in Green Lake county. She came
to Wausau in 1851 to be present at the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. James Sim
gle, the latter girlhood friend. II
was while here on that visit that she
met Burton Millard to whom she was
united in marriage at her home in
Princeton, Wis, December 25, 1851.
They spent one month or more in
southern Wisconsin and at Stevens
Point and then came to Wausau in
February, 1852. 1t took two days and
a half at that time to make the trip
from Stevens Point to Wausau. Up
to 1851, Mrs. Smith was the eleventh
woman who had come here to reside.
Mr.. Millard was miilwright, having
come to Wausau in 1S49. He and M.
D. Corey erected a building in the
same block where the old home is To-
Gated, equipped it with machinery and,
operated / by steam, manufactured
nearly everything wanted by our citi-
zens in those days. Mr.. Millard's abil-
ity and popularity soon brought him
public honors. He was elected sher-
iff of the county and in 1858 repre-
sented the county in the state assem-
bly,. He was one of the first men to
enlist in the civil war from Marathon
county, going to the front in 1861.
a member of Company G, Fifth Wis
consin V. /. He was the first man from
Wausau to meet his death in that
war He was killed while on picket
duty at Lees Mills, April 30, 1862.
His remains are inferred in the Ma
tional cemetery in Virginia.
Build Home
In 1854 they completed the home in
which Mrs Smith has ever since re-
sided At that time it was the finest
residence in the village. 1t faced
Third street and the grounds included
the south half of the block. The well
dug on the prem's IS was the second
sunk in the town. In the '70's. when
business began TO crowd that street
the residence was moved to the east
side Of the property 70 its present To-
cation on Fourth street On the 25th