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| Jacob 'Jack' Reed Wolverton, 1837-1890; Family Group Sheet | |
| Husband / Father | Jacob 'Jack' Reed Wolverton |
| Birth Date | 16 JAN 1837 Censuses suggest 1837, 1838, and 1839 |
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| Single/Married/Divorced | twice married and twice widowed |
| Military service | Private, Company A, 13th Illinois Regiment 19 months; 24 May 1861 to 23 December 1862; the regiment participated in no significant battles during J.R. Wolverton's service. |
| Federal Pension Application | Name of Soldier: Wolverton, Jacob R. Name of Dependents: Lercher, Laura; Guardian Service: [Co.] A, 13 [th] Ill. Inf. Date of Filing: 1890 June 17 Class: Minor Application No: 427.042 Certifcation No: 560.718 Note01: Certification number indicates that the pension was granted. Note02: A copy of the pension file can be obtained from the National Archives at a cost of about $40. |
| Occupation | Farmer Labor:1860 Lee County, Ill, Census Section Foreman on railroad:1880 Larimer County, Colo., Census Section Boss [ on railroad ]:1885 Boulder County, Colo., Census Section Foreman on railroad: 1890 obituaries |
| Residence | Pennsylvania, birth place and 1850 Census; Illinois, 1860 Census; Pennsylvania, 3 children born there, ~1865, ~1867, ~1869; Michigan, 3 children born there, 1876, 1878, 1880; Colorado, 2 children born there, 1882, 1883; - Larimer County, 1880 Census - Boulder County, 1885 Census - Louisville, Boulder County, death place |
| Arrived Colorado / arrived Boulder County |
present in Larimer County, Colorado, 1880 Census: present in Boulder County, Colorado, 1885 Census |
| Fraternal Organization | none known |
| Death date | Tuesday, 11 Feb 1890 |
| Place of death | Louisville, Boulder County, Colorado |
| Buried | Thursday, 13 Feb 1890 in Superior Cemetery, Boulder County |
| Father | Benjamin Saxton Woolverton Born: 15 Feb 1810 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Died: 16 Feb 1841 |
| Mother | Mary P. Reed Born: 16 Dec 1813 Died: 09 Oct 1878 |
| Marriage date | 18 Apr 1834 |
| Marriage place | Pennsylvania |
| Siblings_full | Children of Mary P. [nee Reed] and Benjamin Saxon Woolverton include: 01. Isabella Woolverton; b. 23 Mar 1835; d. 23 Jan 1890 02. George Higgins Woolverton; b. 01 May 1839; d. 09 Dec 1839 03. Jacob, himself 04. David Wolverton; b: 11 Oct 1840; believed to have been: Pvt., Co. D, 34th Ill Infantry |
| Siblings_half | Children of Mary P. [nee Reed] Woolverton and J.P. Kennedy include: 01. Arthur Willard Kennedy; b. 28 Oct 1851 02. Harriet E. Kennedy; b. 13 Mar 1855 |
| Obituary / Notice | Boulder County Herald: 19Feb1890:page 8 Boulder News: 13Feb1890:page 4 Boulder News: 27Feb1890:page 4 see below. |
| Rose [nee Knorr] Wolverton, ~1841 - not before May 1869 | |
| Wife_1 | Rose Knorr |
| Birth date | about 1841 |
| Birthplace | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Marriage date | ~ 1864; Jacob R. Wolverton's first marriage |
| Marriage place | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Death date | no earlier than May 1869 [Laura's birth] |
| Place of death | reckoned to be Pennsylvania |
| George H. Wolverton, ~1865 - 1927 | |
| Child_01 | George H. Wolverton |
| Sex | Male; son of Rose [nee Knorr] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | ~1865 |
| Birthplace | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Death date | 1927 |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Arthur B. Wolverton; ~1867 - unknown | |
| Child_02 | Arthur B. Wolverton |
| Sex | Male; son of Rose [nee Knorr] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | ~1867 |
| Birthplace | Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| Death date | unknown |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Laura B. Wolverton; 1869 - unknown | |
| Child_03 | Laura B. Wolverton |
| Sex | Female; daughter of Rose [nee Knorr] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | May 1869 |
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| Death date | unknown |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Marriage date | 23 Aug 1886 |
| Marriage place | Methodist-Episcopal parsonage, Boulder County, Colorado |
| Spouse | John Lercher; born 1861 in Austria |
| Children | 1. George Lercher, born Jan 1887 2. John Lercher, born April 1891 3. Carlos Lercher, born April 1895 4. Walter Lercher, born Feb 1892 |
| Other | Orphaned Siblings orphaned by death of Jacob, 11 Feb 1890, and Emma, Dec 1883 or 1884 - Mary Wolverton, age 17 - David Wolverton, age 16 in household in 1900 Arapahoe County, Colorado, Census. In Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, on April 1905 [Boulder County Colorado, Estate Files] |
| Emma M. [nee Hess] Wolverton, ~1858 - > Dec 1883/1884 | |
| Wife_2 | Emma M. Hess |
| Birth date | about 1841 |
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| Marriage date | 22 Nov 1875; Jacob R. Wolverton's second marriage |
| Place of marriage | Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania | Death date | Dec 1883 or 1884; TBR with 1885 Boulder County Mortality Schedule |
| Place of death | reckoned to be Colorado |
| Frank S. Wolverton, 1876 - unknown | |
| Child_04 | Frank Shuck or Schuck Wolverton |
| Sex | Male; son of Emma M. [nee Hess] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | 03 Nov 1876 |
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania :censuses |
| Married | Mary Elizabeth Spengler; date, place currently not known |
| Children | Second Son: Frank Daniel "F. Dan" Wolverton - born: 1908 in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado - married: Jean Allen; date, place currently not known - children: one currently known: Carol Wolverton; born in 1937 in Seattle, Washington; married: Darrell L. Baird; living |
| Death date | 1924 |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Other | living in Seattle, Washington, in 1918 |
| Edward Wolverton; 1878 - 1952 | |
| Child_05 | Edward Wolverton |
| Sex | Male; son of Emma M. [nee Hess] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | 18 Aug 1878 |
| Birthplace | Michigan :censuses |
| Death date | 1952 |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Other | 29 May 1905, living in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois :Boulder County,
Colorado, Estate Files; significant because Jacob R. Wolverton
Married Vera unknown, date and place unknown 1910, Edward Wolverton, age 31, and wife Vera and their children were living in Boulder County, Colorado 25 Mar 1914 divorced living in Omaha City, Nebraska, in 1920 |
| Rose Wolverton; 1880 - unknown | |
| Child_06 | Rose Wolverton |
| Sex | Female; daughter of Emma M. [nee Hess] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | 08 Feb 1880 |
| Birthplace | Michigan |
| Death date | 1942 |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Marriage date | unknown |
| Marriage place | unknown |
| Spouse | Burns |
| Mary 'Mazzie' Wolverton; 1882 - unknown | |
| Child_07 | Mary 'Mazzie' Wolverton |
| Sex | Female; daughter of Emma M. [nee Hess] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | 15 Aug 1882 |
| Birthplace | Colorado |
| Death date | unknown |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Marriage date | unknown |
| Marriage place | unknown |
| Other | Living in family of elder sister Laura [nee Wolverton] Lercher in April 1900 in Arapahoe County, Colorado, :1900 Arapahoe County, Colorado Census. |
| David Ranson Porter Wolverton; 1883 - unknown | |
| Child_08 | David Ranson Porter Wolverton |
| Sex | Male; son of Emma M. [nee Hess] and Jacob Reed Wolverton |
| Birth date | 20 Dec 1883 |
| Birthplace | Colorado |
| Death date | unknown |
| Place of death | unknown |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Cook |
| Marriage date | 05 Jun 1910 |
| Marriage place | Denver, Colorado, at Pastor C.S. Uezell's People Tabernacle |
| Other | Living in family of elder sister Laura [nee Wolverton] Lercher in April
1900 in Arapahoe County, Colorado, :1900 Arapahoe County, Colorado Census. 01 April 1905 in San Francisco. 1910; involved in digging the Panama canal. 06 Sept 1913, divorced. :Divorce Records Boulder County, Colorado |
| Sources | |
| Source_01 | Census 1850 Census Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Rush Township in the County of Northumberland, State of of Pennsylvania, 14th Day of October 1850. 1860 Census Lee County, Illinios Town of Dixon, County of Lee, State of Illinois, 14th June 1860. 1880 Census Larimer County, Colorado Town of Bristol Precinct 11 in the County of Larimer, State of Colorado, 2nd day of June 1880. 1885 State Census 1885 Boulder County, Colorado State Census |
| Source_02 | Michelle Abrajano's RootsWeb's WorldConnect database entries. |
| Source_03 | Correspondence with husband of Carol [nee Wolverton] Baird; great granddaughter of Emma M. [nee Hess] and Jacob Reed Wolverton. |
| Source_04 | Estate Files Boulder County, Colorado, Estate Files. Complied, abstracted, indexed, and published in by the Boulder Genealogical Society. Information taken from the Colorado State Archives, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, CO, 80203 Files 1049 and 1050, WOLVERTON, Jacob R. |
| Source_05 | Divorce Records Boulder County, Colorado, Divorce Records compiled by the Boulder Genealogical Society. |
| Source_06 | Boulder Grand Army of the Republic Minutes, 1890 Minutes book of the Grand Army of the Republic, Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5 [Boulder, Colo.] for 1890. These books are archived at Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder Public Library. |
| Source_07 | Marriage Records Boulder County, Colorado, Marriage Records, 1860-1900, compiled by the Boulder Genealogical Society 1982. |
| Source_08 | 1885 Colorado Census Mortality Schedule The 1885 Colorado Census Mortality Schedule. |
| Source_09 | Federal Pension Index To Be Supplied obtained through LDS Family History Center, Louisville, Colo. |
Obituaries / Death Notices for Jacob 'Jack' Reed Wolverton
THE BOULDER NEWS Twenty-First Year Thursday, February 13, 1890; [ page 4; column 3 ] A man named Wolverton, section boss on the railroad, died at Louisville Tuesday. He was a veteran of the late war and a request was sent here for the comrades to go down and bury him with military honors today but no enough could be gotten together to perform the ceremony properly, but a small squad went in order to show proper respect to his memory. [ 'here' being Boulder; 'comrades' being the Grand Army of the Republic, the GAR ] THE BOULDER NEWS Twenty-First Year Thursday, March 27, 1890; [ page 3; column 3 ] Mention was made some time ago of the death of Jacob Wolverton, an old soldier, at Louisville and that he left a family of small children destitute, without father or mother. The G.A.R. post here has been looking after the case and last week two of the members visited the family and learned what was most needed. The ladies of the Relief Corps then took the matter in hand and canvassed the town for clothing. All the clothing, dry goods and shoe stores gave freely and a good supply was secured and taken to them, so that they are well provided for the present. Steps have also been taken to secure pensions for the children, which will probably be successful. THE BOULDER COUNTY HERALD, BOULDER COUNTRY,WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890 Volume 11 Number 2; [ page 8; column 4 ] Jack Wolverton, section boss at Louisville was buried Thursday, a delegation of Boulder G.A.R. men attended the funeral. Some time ago Mrs. Wolverton died and now six little children are left orphans and are in destitute circumstances. |
| Boulder Grand Army of the Republic Minutes, 1890 J.R. Wolverton's death and his orphaned children's circumstances are mentioned four times in the Grand Army of the Republic, Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5 [Boulder, Colo.] Minutes book for 1890. These books are archived at Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, Boulder Public Library. |
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