Seventh Generation

51. John Henry BELCHER Sr. was born in 1837 in Cape Vincent Township, Jefferson County, NY.^1,11,34 He served in the military on 16 November 1861.³⁴ He served as a Corporal in Regiment 10, Wisconsin Battery. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Orange Township, Juneau County, WI.³⁴ John died on 23 January 1899 at the age of 62 in Orange Township, Juneau County, WI.^1,34

John Henry BELCHER Sr. and Caroline "Carrie" MATTESON were married on 23 March 1886 in Elroy, Plymouth Township, Juneau County, WI.¹¹ At the time of their marriage, he was a "Farmer" and resided in Orange, WI. Caroline "Carrie" MATTESON, daughter of Sylvanus MATTESON and Mary A. TURK, was born on 25 January 1854 in New York.³⁴ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Orange Township, Juneau County, WI.¹⁹ She was the Head of Household and her occupation was "Farmer." She died in Juneau County, WI.³⁴

John Henry BELCHER Sr. and Caroline "Carrie" MATTESON had the following children:

70	i.	John Henry BELCHER Jr. was born on 9 August 1887 in Juneau County, WI.³⁴ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Orange Township, Juneau County, WI.¹⁹
71	ii.	Ethel Marion BELCHER was born on 24 June 1889 in Juneau County, WI.³⁴ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Orange Township, Juneau County, WI.¹⁹ (She was listed as "Effin M.")
72	iii.	Ora Sherman BELCHER was born on 17 February 1891 in Juneau County, WI.^19,34 (She was not listed with her mother and siblings in the 1900 Census.)
+73	iv.	Harrison Theodore BELCHER.

John Henry BELCHER Sr. and Helen M. BROWNELL were married about 1866 in Wisconsin.^11,34 (Her given name may have been "Ellen.") Helen M. BROWNELL, daughter of Ezekiel BROWNELL and Adeline PRATT, was born about 1845 in Wisconsin.³⁴ She died before 1880 at the age of 35 in Juneau County, WI.³⁴

John Henry BELCHER Sr. and Helen M. BROWNELL had the following children:

Adda May "Addie" BELCHER was born on 24 December 1866 in Wernerville Township, Juneau County, WI.^11,34

"There really was a town called Werner in Juneau County....Werner Village Juneau Co WI... was 2 miles upstream from the mouth of the Yellow River in Germantown Twp. Werner was a ghost town long before it was flooded by a dam in the 1920's.

Germantown, at the mouth of the Yellow R. was founded in 1848. It was a lively town, reaching its peak population in the 1880's. It had 4 sawmills, school, etc. plus a hotel. This would be the hotel owned by our Wm Belcher - age 47 in 1880 Germantown Census.

Werner was established 1857. It was discontinued in 1887 and its papers were sent to Germantown. The proprietor/founder of Werner was John Werner. He was born in New York in about 1822 and was a lumberman and one of the first white men to settle in Juneau Co., where he set up a lumber mill. You can read about early Juneau County by Googling Werner Village WI and looking under Collections of the State historical society of WI. Page 370-410 tells about the county's early history."

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Lydia Celestia BELCHER was born about 1869 in New York.³⁴