William Miller Workman

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• Community Work: De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; Masonic Lodge and Fire Department
• FamilySearch ID: 9QCB-CTR
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 84576970
• Occupation: West DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; Druggist
• _UID: 657671410B944954B9373BC2F09A4BDD68D9
• Census-Household Member: 1855, Ceresco, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States; Wisconsin State
• Census-Household Member: 1860, Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1870, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Occupation: Abt 1870; Musician
• Occupation: 1874, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; Book-keeper for the DePere Car Works
• Occupation: Abt 1875, Menomonee, Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States; Book-keeper for Menomonie Furnace Company
• Census: 1880, West DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Occupation: 1885, Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States; Breeding of trotting horses
• Occupation: 1877-24 Feb 1885, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; Painter, book-keeper, Secretary for DePere Agricultural Works
• Occupation: 1893, West DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; Drug Store Owner
• Occupation: 1892 1893, Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States; Secretary, Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company
• Census: 1900, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Census: 1910, De Pere Ward 3, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; USA

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Community Work:
William passed through the subordient chairs and was Worshipful Master of the DePere Masonic Lodge. He was Chief Templar of the Temple of Honor at DePere.
The first record book of the Ripon Lodge #95. F&AM shows that while not a charter member, he soon took his three degrees in Masonry; 29 Dec 1857, 8 Jan 1858, and 12 Jan 1858.
William was a member of the West DePere Fire Department, serving four years as Chief.

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3 males, 3 females; Censor, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

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Occupation:
At age 20 William was proficient in the use of nearly all band musical insturments and accepted a position with the Blakeley Concert & Oratorio Company as tenor singer. Later he was a member of the Harry Robinson Minstrel Company, as a tenor singer, traveling with them for four years. William was so versatile that he could fill replace any absent member on a moments notice during Company performances.

Occupation:
In February he left the DePere Agricultural Works to become associated with his brother-in-law David Thomas in the breeding of trotting horses on a farm six and a half miles southwest of Ripon. Among the trotting horses bred here, one, 'Barney F' made a record of 2:29 1/2 when five years old. Mr Workman also brought to Brown County 'Achilles', #2535 in Wallaces's Trotting Register, the first registered trotting-bred stallion brought to the county.

Occupation:
The Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company carried risks averaging a million and a half annually.

William married Harriet Sharp Stewart on 24 Oct 1878 in De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. Harriet (daughter of Mary) was born about Feb 1860 in De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; died about 1942 in Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
?i?Necrol 1857-1854, pg. 103?/i?
William Stewart Workman, eldest son of Mr. & Mrs William M. Workman, died 17 Apr 1891 at his father's farm in Green Lake township (six and a half miles southwest of Ripon).

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• FamilySearch ID: LL33-GWN
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• Census-Household Member: 1900, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1910, De Pere Ward 3, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Residence: 1919, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsins, United States

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Died:
Name:?tab?Dean M Workman
Birth Date:?tab?19 Jun 1888
Claim Date:?tab?25 Jun 1956
SSN:?tab?492037559
Notes:?tab?18 Jun 1956: Name listed as DEAN M WORKMAN

Dean married Mildred Beatrice Golden on 26 Dec 1914 in Kane, Illinois, United States. Mildred (daughter of Clarence Herman Golden and Mary Thomas) was born about 1892 in Illinois, United States; died about 1972; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LL33-G4Y
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 84576969
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• Census-Household Member: 1900, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1910, De Pere Ward 3, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States; USA
• Residence: 1919, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States

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Birth:
Name:?tab?Nannie Workman
Birth Date:?tab?2 May 1893
Birth Place:?tab?Green Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Reel:?tab?0320
Record:?tab?DX2784

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