Once Upon a House

1825

Mary (Jenkins) Huyke died.

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  • “William Huyke, for many years a prominent citizen of Rock county, Wisconsin, was born in Montgomery county, New York, July 31, 1818 the son of Christopher and Mary (Jenkins) Huyke, both of whom passed their entire lives in Montgomery county, New York, the father dying in 1832 and the mother in 1825. William attended the public schools in his early boyhood, but after the death of his parents, worked by the month part of the year and attended school during the winter months.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 557 / book p. 1041

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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