23. Justin Sackett (Morris Newton , Merrill Cleveland , Joseph ) was born on 25 Dec 1861. He died on 12 Mar 1892.
R. E. Sackett, p. 19
He had the following children:
81 M i Harry Sackett 82 F ii Grace Sackett Grace married (1) Mr. Saunders. Grace married (2) Mr. Gillett.
24. George Willis Sackett (Morris Newton , Merrill Cleveland , Joseph ) was born on 22 Jan 1864.
Lived at: #180 West St., Battle Creek, Mich. - [R. E. Sackett, p. 19]
George married Esther M. Lillie.
They had the following children:
83 M i Harry LeRoy Sackett
29. George M. Sackett (Volney DeForrest , Merrill Cleveland , Joseph )
He had the following children:
84 M i Earl LeRoy Sackett 85 F ii Grace Sackett 86 F iii Jessie Sackett 87 F iv Florence Sackett 88 F v Alice Sackett 89 M vi Howard Sackett
44. Cora Belle Sackett (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 28 May 1865. She died in 1938.
Cora married David Perle Thompson on 15 Jan 1887.
They had the following children:
45. Luella May Sackett (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 6 Nov 1868.
Luella married James Andrew Hoha on 6 Nov 1894. James was born on 29 Jul 1863. He died on 28 Sep 1929.
of New London, Wis.
James and Luella had the following children:
96 M i Lawrence Charles Hoha Lawrence married (1) Faleda Lucille Lange. Lawrence married (2) Georgia Willa Schultz. + 97 F ii Susan Arvilla Hoha + 98 F iii Edith Luella Hoha
46. Ray Melvin Sackett (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 10 Aug 1872. He died on 24 Jul 1935. He was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI.
Ray Melvin and his wifes are buried at Floral Hill Cemetery in New London, Wi. section J 40 # 74, # 77 & #78
Ray married (1) Ellen Dexter in 1891. Ellen died on 7 May 1895. She was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI.
died May 7, 1895 at the age of 29 years.
Ray married (2) Della Nickol in 1897. Della was born in 1872. She died in Feb 1957. She was buried on 16 Feb 1957 in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI.
of New London, WI.
Ray and Della had the following children:
99 F i Hazel Arvilla Sackett
47. Rena June Sackett (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 26 Jun 1876. She died in 1949. She was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI.
RENA JUNE SACKETT PARFITT (b. June 26,1876 - d. 1949) Fourth child of Charles Melvin and Fleeta Arvilla Sackett. She married on Dec. 23, 1893, to James Parfitt, "PARFITT THE PICTURE MAN" b. 1873 - d.
1965. They are buried at Floral Hill Cemetery in New London, Wi. in section J 40 #75 & J 40 #76 - [Source: John Sackett]
Rena married James Parfitt on 23 Dec 1893. James was born in 1873. He died in 1965. He was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI.
"PARFITT THE PICTURE MAN"
James and Rena had the following children:
48. Ralph Howard Sackett (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 28 Aug 1878. He died on 18 Feb 1940. He was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI.
Ralph married Flora Jordan on 17 Sep 1902. Flora was born on 15 Feb 1882 in DuPont, Wi. She died on 27 Sep 1975. She was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI.
They had the following children:
+ 101 M i Rexford Raymond Sackett 102 M ii James Melvin Sackett was born on 14 Mar 1907. He died on 4 Sep 1973. He was buried on 7 Sep 1973 in Veterans Home, King, Waupaca Co., WI.
James was never married. James was a labor foreman. He served in World War II as a TEC 5. He was buried Sept. 7, 1973 at the Veterans Home in King Wi. in section 7, lot 11, grave # 32+ 103 M iii Harvey Addison Sackett + 104 M iv Claude Ralph Sackett 105 F v Adelia Margaret Sackett Adelia married (1) Adolf Raider. Adelia married (2) William Griffith Elan. Adelia married (3) Paul Gibbs. + 106 F vi Garna Jane Sackett 107 M vii Vernon Henry Sackett was born on 14 Dec 1916. He died on 28 Jan 1918. He was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, New London, Outagamie Co., WI. + 108 M viii Milton William Sackett + 109 M ix Earl Howard Sackett
49. Charles Rexford Sackett (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 2 Aug 1882.
Charles married Mary Ann Rohan "Molly" on 25 Oct 1905.
They had the following children:
50. Ruth Myrtle Sackett (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 8 Nov 1884.
Ruth married Charles Samuel Hoha.
They had the following children:
+ 119 F i Mildred Madge Hoha + 120 M ii Ray Charles Hoha 121 M iii Harold Melvin Hoha Harold married Lillian Frances Duke.
51. Madjeska Arvilla Sackett "Madge" (Charles Melvin , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 27 May 1890.
by Evelyn Rohan Lowney (Retyped as written)
Today, the day after Merlin's funeral, I sit here thinking of all the memories I have of him
when we were kids and thereafter. Merlin and I were the only family of Mother and Dad's after
Orville died and Norbert did'nt come along until six years later. It seemed our whole lives were
devoted to each other; where Merlin went, I went, and he acted as my guardian and supervisor.Mother and Dad were married when Mother was eighteen years old and Dad was
twenty-four. Mother had a hard time in her early years. Her mother died when she was eleven. Her
dad married a widow lady who had two children named Merna and George ( Tice). Mother never
felt comfortable with her stepmother. She and her sister called their stepmother "The Mrs.". The two
youngest girls in the Sackett family, Madge and Ruth, were "assigned" to Aunt Rena and Aunt
Luella. So when things got too uncomfortable, they'd seek refuge with their sisters, especially after
they had a new stepsister - Alice.Aunt Rena and Uncle Jim had no family and they were very good to Mother, who spent most of her time with them at their home in Tigerton. Mother went to high school through her sophomore year. She took a class of German language in school. When there was an opportunity for her to teach elementary school in a rural area predominently occupied by people of German descent, she accepted the job. Although she had learned to speak "high" German in school, she could not converse well with the people she boarded with because they spoke "low" German. Mother was very lonesome and quit her job.
Mother's brothers Ray, Ralph, and Charles were carpenters as was their father. They worked in many different locations, one of which was where Charlie met my Dad's sister, Molly. Aunt Molly was a strict Catholic and after a short courtship Charlie dedided to become Catholic. He and Molly married and it was through this marriage that Mother met Dad.
Dad worked on a farm in Lebanon for Dan Sullivan. After courting Mother for about six months, he asked her to marry him- She took the necessary instructions and they were married at St. Mary's Church in Bear Creek. Father Conrad Ripp married them. They lived with Dan Sullivan, who was a bachelor for some time when Orville was born. Then Dad worked at a chair factory in New London.
The family then moved to Withee near Dad's brother, Will. Dad worked in the woods and lived with Uncle Will. It was there that Merlin was born. Uncle Will and Kathryn Battes were Merlin's sponsors in baptism. Mother was lonely in Withee so they moved back to New London to the Hoha place. Aunt Ruth married Charlie Hoha and Aunt Luella married James Hoha. so Mother and Dad stayed there a short time, but it was then that Orville took sick. He was'nt a strong baby (blue at birth) and he went into a convulsion and died. Mother was pregnant with me at this time and she became very depressed.and although Dad was really despondent over Orville's death, he had to be strong for Mother.
I heard how sad they were when they carried the little white casket into church at St. Mary's. He
was buried in St. Mary's cemetery. The headstone on his grave is a little stone "log. The lettering on
the stone had become very faint.Last year under the leadership of Bud and Jayne we had the lettering renewed to be legible.
The next major step in Dad and Mother's marriage was when they rented a farm from Larry Crain in Lebanon. Those were happy years. I was born there when Merlin was two. The farm was small, the buildings quite crude, but this was home. Dad had a few cows. Each one had a name and all were pets. When Dad milked the cows, Merlin and I played in the barn and often Mother came out to keep us company. Mother had a beautiful voice and Dad loved to hear her sing. She would sit on a stool on the walk behind the cows and Merlin and I would know what was coming. "Madge, sing that song about _________ " I can't remember listening too intently to the songs, but Dad surely enjoyed them.
After chores, we listened to Mother read-usually some animal stores which we all enjoyed. I can remember when it really was bedtime, we'd beg for just another chapter and Dad would say, "Just
another chapter, Madge." That evening entertainment of reading continued until Merlin and I were in
high school. Then she read the classics (our assignment for English class). We did'nt get much out of
literature by ourselves, but Mother could make it live for us. Usually on winter evenings we ate popcorn and apples as we sat around tile "Old Oak" heater listening to Mother read.We had a close neighbor family next door- Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crain and their kids. They were super to all of us. Mrs. Crain was my mother's closest friend. She and her husband were my sponsors in baptism. We often walked over to Crains to visit and spend the evening. When Crains returned our call, Merlin would entertain-dressing up and acting funny. Mrs. Crain got a big kick out of the silliness.
I remember many happy days out in the meadow back of the house where there was a huge maple tree giving shade on hot days-a place to play all kinds of "make believe". It's strange how huge that meadow seemed as a child and now when I go by there it does'nt seem to be more than five or six acres. The apple tree where we had our swing is long gone but it served a double purpose in its day.
Time passed on. When I was six years old Norbert was born. Everyone waited for that new member of our family, but he almost did'nt make it. He was a blue baby and Dr. Pfiefer baptized him right after he was born. He was colicky and quite sickly for a while. Mrs. Crain helped Mother nurse him back to good health.
About this time, Merlin had to start school over in the little one-room building which was a mile and a half from home. Those were lonely days for me. I'd ask about the time of day many times when I thought school would be out so that I could go and meet Merlin. There were other neighbor kids who walked to school but Merlin always watched for me to come to the corner to meet him.
That same year we got notice that a relative of Larry Crain's wanted to rent "our" farm. Dad had to find us a place to live. We finally moved to a different place in Lebanon. It was "across the swamp". People on one side of the swamp often sqabbled with those on the other side, but we were graciously received. The farm Dad chose was not a good one. The land was low, poor and rocky. We rented on halves and the landlord was a widow who was very disagreeable and who made our lives miserable. We lived there only one year. That's where Pat was born. Pat was healthy and always happy.
Merlin and I went to the little country school which was again about 1½ miles from home. We walked to school as did all the other kids. It was that year that we moved again to another farm about a half mile to the north with better land and farming conditions. We lived there three years during which time Jean was born and a new consolidated school was built right across the road from us. I was happy about that because I could look out from school and see home. I was getting over being lonesome for home.
Our new school was a beautiful building. It had two rooms and two teachers for grades one
through eight. The kids came from quite a large area. My dad was one of the "bus drivers".to hawl
kids to school. He'd make six mile routes. In the summer he drove the car and in winter the sleigh. He was'nt paid too well but it helped financially.Uncle Ray Sackett was one of the carpenters who worked on the school project during which time he boarded and roomed with us.
When I was ten we moved again. This time we moved to Dad's old homestead in Bear Creek township. Again we lived across the road from the school. It was a one-room school for grades one through eight. Merlin and I went through grade seven there, then transferred to the Catholic school in the village of Bear Creek. We graduated from St. Mary's. Roger was born that year.
Now for our high school days in Bear Creek. Somehow, Merlin and I got to be in the same grade in eighth grade and onward through high school. In those days, if the teacher thought you could work well in the next grade you were automatically "promoted". We had wonderful times in high school. We went all over together in our Ford which was available to any kids who were walking along the road. Sometimes the old car was squatting pretty close to the ground. Our folks never scolded about how many friends we had and we had "a ball". We went to ball games and any other entertainment the school offered, Mother packed us a good lunch of homemade bread, cookies and fruit. Sometimes we would get a ring of bologna from Scheider's Meat Market and divide it. A ring of bologna cost 10 so we did'nt always have one.
Merlin wan a wild driver. We never had but one accident and we never lost any time on the road. The one time we bad trouble was in the spring of the year. The roads had thawed, then froze again leaving deep ruts. We hit one of those ruts and tipped over. No one was hurt so we tipped the car back up and were on our way.
During summer vacation Merlin went up to Uncle Jim Parfitt's at Eagle River and worked with him in the picture business. Uncle Jim was known as "Parfitt the picture man". He went out to boy's camps and lodges and took pictures with his tripod and hooded camera. Then he had a good sale for anyone who wanted a picture. Merlin worked in the studio mostly. He and Aunt Rena did the finishing of the pictures.
The studio was on the main street in Eagle River and it was quite a hang out for young people (not in the shop but near It). Merlin had many freinds Bain's Tin Shop was next door to the studio and Cameran Bain was about Merlin's age and they were big pals. They also chummed with Eddie Schlarp who worked at Holprin's Fruit Market on the corner. Then there was Eddie Schultz who worked for his dad in the filling station. Herbie Neuman was a college boy who came to Eagle River on his summer vacations. Herbie always had money and he was well liked by all his peers.
I went up to work at Eagle River too during the next summer. I could'nt go before that because Dad
needed me at home with Merlin gone. I did all kinds of farm work with horses - dragged, disked,
cultivated and hayed. Dad and I were great companions.When I went up to work in Eagle River, I took Edith Shilleman's place working at a cottaqe out on Cranberry Lake for some people from Chicago. If it was'nt for Merlin, I would'nt have lasted long up there. The people were "Upper Crust" and I was a country hick. But we had out good times too.
The next vacation time I stayed with Aunt Rena and she was so good to both of us. I worked for a lawyer's wife - babysitting among other things. I really earned good money that summer - $5 a week and board. Poor Aunt Rena and Uncle Jim, they did'nt have kids of their own and I guess we made up for any lack of excitement.
We often talked about the trouble we had sneaking in late a night. Aunt Rena had one very good ear. I remember one night when Merlin went out with the boys. It was getting late and I was getting worried. Then I heard him tip-toeing in, just as the clock starting to strike the hour. Something went wrong with the clock and it kept on striking - at least 20 times. Well there was more concern about the clock not working than about the actual hour, so "M.C." got by again.
Aunt Rena loved to fish and she and Merlin found an excuse to go fishing many evenings. I was always included. Uncle Jim filleted the fish and we fried our supper on the open grill. Aunt Rena said, "I sure enjoyed the kids' vacation." Merlin liked to include as many of the family in his fishing excursions as possible.
By this time, there was quite a crew of us at home, Roger, Rena Mae and Kenny were added to the brood. Merlin got Uncle Jim's camper, invited all he older kids to come up and we camped out on Lake Arbutus. Fun, fun, fun. I got my line caught on to Merlin's when we got a big Musky. A musky had to be 31 inches to be lawful so when we knew Uncle Jim and Aunt Rena were coming out for supper we hesitated because Uncle Jim was very law abiding. Merlin said, "Cut the head off before Uncle Jim gets here"
Time marches on. Roger was born the next January and the following January Rena Mae made her appearance. That fall I went to Oshkosh Teachers College and Merlin joined the CC Camp in Elcho. It was during my first year of teaching at a country school near Manawa that Kenny was born.
Aunt Rena asked Merlin to drive Mr. Menaphe's car south for him and his wife. When he went south, he met Minnie at Perdido Beach and the next spring he brought her up to Wisconsin to meet us. We were a big happy family. Everyone loved Minnie. She joined the Church, married Merlin at St. Mary's in Bear Creek, Jean and Norbert were their wedding attendants. These were hard times at home. Dad was afraid of losing our farm, so I was happy to have pay checks from school to help out.
Kenny was a cute little guy. I had so much fun with all the "little kids". Bud always called me "Ebbo". (He still does once in a while.) Kenny called me "Way". (why I'll never know) He'd stand by the cow I was milking and say, "Way, you pumpa tow?" We kept that saying going for a long time. Kenny followed me all over. He'd wait for me when I'd get home from school to see if I brought him something in my lunchbox.
Now back to Merlin and Minnie. Merlin worked again for Uncle Jim and Minnie got a job working in the restaurant near by. They rented a cute little cottage in the woods at the edge of Eagle River. We got up there quite often to see then. Then they started planning on the birth of their baby. Babe was born at the Rhinelander hospital. Babe was a plump, cute little baby. Aunt Molly took care of Minnie at her home in Rhinelander when Minnie left the hospital with her new baby. From then on Minnie and Aunt Molly were very close friends.
That fall, Minnie and Merlin moved to New London. They rented an apartment from an ugly old bachelor. When we'd go down to see them we had to muffle Betty and Babe because the bid man could'nt stand noise.
About this time, Merlin got a call to go to work at the Naval yards in Pensacola. He and his family moved to Alabama. Later they moved to Pensacola where they bought a beautiful home where they had Don, David and Bill.
My Mark and Merlin were always pals. They were close enough in age to be interested in the same things And we all had good times together. One time, when the four of us had made plans to go out at night, Merlin and Mark wanted to go in town for a little while - but they'd be back shortly! Well, Minnie and I got ready- waited and waited. We got angrier by the minute and what we would say to them when they came. They were late all right and really boozed up. They carried on like a couple of clowns and were so funny. Minnie and I had to laugh. Then it was all off about being angry.
Now the years have past. AIthough there were many miles between us we laughed and cried together over the years. Merlin felt my pain at the loss of Mark, as I did when Minnie passed away. Today my heart aches at the loss of Merlin my brother and friend. I will miss him dearly.
Madjeska married Patrick R. Rohan.
They had the following children:
122 M i Orville Conrad Rohan was born on 17 Feb 1910. He died on 4 Oct 1911. 123 M ii Myrlin Charles Rohan 124 F iii Evelyn Marie Rohan Evelyn married Mark Lowney. 125 M iv Norbert Joseph Rohan + 126 M v Patrick James Rohan 127 F vi Jean Lucile Rohan Jean married Mr. Dieck. 128 M vii Roger William Rohan 129 F viii Rena May Rohan Rena married Mr. Heiman. 130 M ix Kenneth Rohan
55. Archie Fay Sackett (George Emory , Harvey Chafy , Joseph ) was born on 7 Oct 1882.
ARCHIE FAY SACKETT (22) b. Oct. 7, 1882.
Second son of George Emory (3) and Emma Augusta Sackett.
Is Contractor and Builder at Ironwood, Mich. and Hurley, Wis., where he made his home and reared his family.
Was married on Nov. 6, 1903 to Charity Davis. - [R. E. Sackett, p. 13]
Archie married Charity Davis on 6 Nov 1903.
They had the following children: