Notes for Lavinia WITHROW

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Notes for Lavinia WITHROW

The 1901 Grant County, Wisconsin, Biographical Sketch Book, in the entry for Daniel Stanton, shows that Lavinia Withrow, daughter of William and Martha Withrow, was the wife of Silas Vanetta, of Harrison.

The Wisconsin marriage index shows that Levina E. Withrow and Silas A. Vannatta were married February 5, 1873, in Grant County, Wisconsin, and the record is in Volume 5, Page 233, Sequence 21864 - 21865.

The 1926 "History of William Withrow by Nellie Stanton shows that "Levinia was born Sept. 6, 1855. She married Silas Van Natta. Five children were born to them, four daughters and one son. Two daughters Maud and Nellie died in childhood. Levinia and her husband lived active lives on their farm at Cornelia, where their children were brought to manhood and womanhood. They were faithful church workers and ready to aid in everything for the betterment of the community in which they lived. When their son Howard was married, they sold their farm to him where he still lives and they purchased a home in Platteville, where they are enjoying a comfortable and happy old age.

Their eldest daughter Jenny Harms has always been a leading and greatly beloved woman. She and her husband George Harms, reside in Platteville, where they have large business interests. Their children are Clarence, Harry, Helen and Eleanor. Clarence has a wife Ruby and little son Billie.

The son of Lavenia and Silas is Howard Van Natta. He and his wife Lena have one son George Van Natta. The youngest daughter of Lavenia and her husband Silas is Mrs. Verna Steinhoff, wife of George S. Steinhoff, who is engaged in farming near Platteville. Their children are Lester, Blanche and Dorothy Ann."

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