Henry Lines
Henry Lines was born on February 10, 1813, in Connecticut. He lived in New Haven, Connecticut, until around 1850, when he moved to Bristol, Wisconsin. He married a woman named Susan, and they had at least four children: Henry, born around 1843; Catherine, born around 1845; Robert, born on July 15, 1848; George, born around 1853; and Rossiter, born around 1858. He worked as a farmer, and by 1850, he owned $2,000 of real estate. The family moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, around 1850, and he worked as a harness maker there. He supported the Democratic Party until the mid-1850s, when he joined the Republican Party. In 1856, he helped organize a local “Fremont and Dayton Club.”
By 1860, he owned $1,200 of real estate and $4,000 of personal property. They moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in the 1860s, and by 1870, he owned $2,200 of real estate and $100 of personal property. A local writer described him as an “active, prompt, industrious business man, and in all respects, a useful public spirited citizen.” He died in Oshkosh on December 23, 1877.
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| (2787) | Lines, Henry | 1813-02-10 | 1877-12-23 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; The Telegraph-Courier (Kenosha, WI), 17 July 1856, 16 July 1863, and 3 January 1878
