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Alanson
Boomer,
L E
Boomer
and
Boomer’s
Dam
Alanson Boomer
Alanson Boomer, farmer, Secs. 9 and 8; P.O. Watertown; born
L E Boomer
At the Government sale the land was bought in his brother’s L. E.
Boomer’s name.
Mr. Wood
The land was all wild, but Mr. Wood, who had squatted on one of the
sections and whom they bought out, had built one of the earliest log houses
erected in the township, in which Mr. Boomer lived till 1841, when he went back
to New York; from that time till 1845, it was in the hands of a tenant; then
Mr. L. E. Boomer came West and took possession.
Indians used frequently to come to trade, but they had no trouble with
them, never even had anything stolen, which Mr. Boomer attributes to keeping
whiskey away from them and treating them as honorably as he would white
men. At one time his brother anticipated
trouble and wrote to the Governor, who sent arms to the settlers, but
fortunately it proved a false alarm.
Boomer Dam
In 1849, Mr. L. E. Boomer built a dam and saw-mill, and made bricks as
well as farming.
Alanson Boomer
In January, 1858, Mr. Alanson Boomer bought his brother out after being
East sixteen years. He built himself the
handsomest farmhouse in the county, in 1861, and also erected all the barns and
outbuildings; he now owns 350 acres of land, and raises principally wheat,
oats, barley and corn, and makes a specialty of fattening stock, keeping about
forty head constantly ready for the market.
Married Miss Lydia Van Wormer, of Watertown Township, January 12, 1862;
they had one little boy who died when 1 month old; he has since adopted two
children, the first a boy [editor’s note:
Mason], who was drowned when about 8 years old, and then a little girl
named Alice, now living. He was Ward Supervisor
two years.
Derived from: The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin
by C. W. Butterfield, 1879
1897
Jefferson County Union, 07 02 1897
Another
old and well known resident, of Watertown, Alanson Boomer, has been called to
his final abode. He died Friday morning
at 4 o’clock. Mr. Boomer was 82 years of
age and had been a resident of Wisconsin for sixty-one years. He had been ill since Thursday. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Chas. A.
Vanghan, of this place, and Mrs. M. Douglass, of Waterloo. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock. Services were conducted at the
house by Rev. G. C. Weisa. Alanson Boomer, wife Lydia and son Mason are buried in Oak
Hill Cemetery
Cross-References:
No 1: Boomer Street named
in honor of the Boomer clan
