Frank Teboe, missing since about Christmas 1839, was heard of when his son Frank astonished the settlement at Milton with his inquiry.

The evidence

• “Yes, Teboe drank, and whenever he got into what is termed by Shakespeare, " the sere and yellow leaf," to which must be added "of pure cussedness," then his feelings would overstep the bounds of prudence, and he would "bang " his unfortunate wives about the head, and carry on in such an outrageous manner as to finally "get himself disliked." At other times, when the demon of drink was upon him, he would wander off, to be absent some weeks. Upon one of these latter occasions, about Christmas, 1839, he went away and was never heard of until about March 12, 1840, when his son Frank astonished the settlement at Milton by the inquiry, " Have you seen my father? " The gentleman addressed replied no, and then it transpired that he had been missing since Christmas.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 679 / book p. 683

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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