Category Archives: Dakota Territory

Adah Jane Hazel Perry

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Adah Jane Hazel Perry’s gravesite in Madison SD. Adah Jane Hazel was born in October of 1857 in Wisconsin. She moved with her parents and siblings to Blue Earth County in Minnesota sometime after that. She married Allen Perry, son … Continue reading →

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Bessie Nelings

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

  Aunt Bess Nelings wrote this story of her family. She is one of the women in these beautiful hats. [on back of paper] This is the Nelings Family My father was D.T. Nelings. This is a story I wrote … Continue reading →

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Thomas Bescoby Tyrrell

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Thomas B Tyrrell/Tirrell came to the US from Lincolnshire, England. He was born in 1854 and came to the US in approximately 1868. His family, including father Philip Tirrell and brother Phillip, lived in Illinois when they came to the … Continue reading →

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Daniel T. Nelings

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Daniel T Nelings was the brother of William and James, who fought in the Civil War. D.T. married Elmina Osborne in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (Isn’t that “Prairie Dog, WI?). Mysteries: They both still lived in Iowa at the time, so I am … Continue reading →

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