This file
part of www.sainthenryparish.org
website
Augusta
(Stock) Wolfram
1884 -
1966
Mrs. Augusta Wolfram, 81, of 108 1/2
South Second Street, died at her home on
She was the former Augusta Stock,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Stock and was born in the town of
Lowell on
She was a member of St. Henry's
Catholic Church.
The requiem Mass at St. Henry's was
conducted by the Very Rev. A. J. Herrmann and interment is in the parish cemetery.
SURVIVORS:
Daughter Mrs. William Boettcher
Daughter Mrs. John Knaak, Watertown
Daughter Mrs. Melvin Anderson, Watertown
Son Edward of Juneau
Son Elmer at home
Son Ray of Watertown
Son Francis of Mukwonago
Son George who was in the
service in 1966
and stationed in the
Philippines.
There
were 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
PRECEDED IN DEATH:
Mrs.
Wolfram was the last member of her immediate family, four brothers and four
sisters having preceded her in death.
Augusta (Stock) Wolfram
Augusta was born in
the Town of Lowell in Wisconsin on
Rueben and Auguste Wilhelmina (Prietz) STOCK
She was the seventh
child of nine children born to this family living on a farm in Dodge
County.
When her parents
married, her mother had just recently emigrated from Germany. Her father was
already a Civil War Veteran, having been raised on a farm in the Lowell area.
Her father (Rueben)
served in Company F - 5th Wisconsin Infantry during the American Civil War.
Her father had
arrived in Wisconsin circa 1850 from Massachusetts at the young age of 2 yr.
and he had grown up in the Lowell area.
Her Mother had been
born in Germany and had arrived in USA when she was 18 years old, circa 1869.
Her parents married
1870; a year after her mother had arrived from Germany. Augusta's parents then settled in the Lowell
area to farm as her paternal and maternal grandparents both farmed in the area.
Either her maternal
grandfather or an uncle, William Prietz, still owned farmland in the eastern
Lowell-Reesville area in Dodge County in 1910 as shown on a map in a Dodge
County Land Plat book.
Her father was a
tinsmith, as her grandfather had manufactured and sold tin and hollow ware.
Augusta STOCK
married Joseph WOLFRAM
Augusta was
remembered by her children as being soft spoken and kind. She was olive skinned with black eyes and had
an attractive face, although in her old age, she insisted on wearing make up. However, she seemed to "live in the
past" and continued to wear old period clothing, long dark dresses from
the turn of the century . . .
Family oral
history: According to her
daughter-in-law, Elizabeth EGYHAZI Wolfram, Augusta was a tidy
housekeeper. She "always had the
table set ready for guests. She always
had a tablecloth and crackers on the table.
She would baby-sit her grandson, Charles, and would sit rocking him in her
chair. She often sat in rocking chair in
a corner of the living room. She washed her clothes by hand and did her own
housework and cooking. She was soft spoken and Liz recalls her often saying,
"Now you mustn't quarrel. The Lord
doesn't want you to do that."
She had suffered the
death of one child who died 8 days after birth in 1916 when she was 32 yr. old.
However, three more children were born, making a total of eight births . . .
Augusta died of
congestive heart failure on
Additional family
history to be found within the Stock Family History book written by Karren
Wolfram and held by the Dodge/Jefferson
Counties Genealogical Society Library (REFER: R-929.2-Stock)
Reuben
STOCK Father of Augusta
CIVIL WAR
VETERAN
Per Dodge County
Courthouse Records --00039
Marriage
Registration
Occupation: Tinsmith
Residence: Lowell, Wisconsin
Married Auguste W.
Pritz on
with witnesses William Richer and
Alice Richer
Born 1848 in
Massachusetts, young Reuben Henry traveled to Wisconsin soon after his birth
and was about 2 yr. old when his parents settled in the Lowell area circa 1850.
There were a total of
at least 12 children born to parents Henry and Caroline.
Civil War -Reuben
served in Company F - 5th Wisconsin Infantry
A roster of
enlisted men shows Reuben served with several other men from the Township of
Lowell, Andrew McFadden, Carl Wilbe and Nathan Powell. Also from Watertown were
Alexander E. Brown, Ferdinand Ott, and Arunah B. Dwinnell
Rueben enlisted
This was after the original 5th Regiment had been mustered out
on 3rd August at Madison, Wisconsin after three years of service in
war battles. In May and June of 1864
there had been large numbers of casualties at Petersburg, Virginia. On 11 July,
the 5th Infantry had accompanied the 6th Corps to
Washington, arriving on the 12th, to assist in the defense of that
city. On that day, the three years term
of the non-veterans having expired, they volunteered for the defence of the
Capitol. The danger having passed, they left Washington on the 16th,
for Wisconsin, and arrived at Madison on the 22nd July where they
received a hearty welcome from the State authorities. They were finally mustered out the 3rd
of August. Thus ended the service of the
original 5th Regiment.
The re-enlisted veterans and recruits were organized into an “Independent
Battalion” of three companies under command of Captain Kempf, Company A,
Captain Jacob Cook, Company B, and Captain Butterfield, Company C. On the 13th of July, they moved
with the 6th Corps to the Shenandoah Valley in pursuit of the enemy.
Returned to Washington on the 26th, and proceeded to Harper’s
Ferry. There were casualtie4s in
September and October while near Charleston,
taking part in the battle of Cedar Creek.
Meanwhile in
Wisconsin-----
Per MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN ---
Gov. Lewis then re-organized the 5th Infantry and
re-commisioned Col. Allen as its leader.
Previously in 1863, Col. Allen had been struck by a bullet which had
shattered his left hand. Now, under his supervision, seven companies were
rapidly recruited, organized and mustered into the United States service, and
left the state on the 2nd of October, to join the “Indpendent
Battalion” at Winchester.
Colonel Thomas S. Allen had 10 companies under his command and our Rueben
STOCK was in Co. F under Captain William Bremmer. Rueben enlisted
The seven companies recruited arrived at Washington, received arms, and
were sent to Alexandria, where they remained, doing provost duty, until the 20th
of October. Then they proceeded by way
of Martinsburg and Winchester to Cedar Creek, where they joined the Battalion
and the forces under General Sheridan.
They remained at that place until the 1st of December, Col.
Allen being put in command of the Brigade.
Rueben would have been about 16 yr. of age then.
With the 6th Corps, they rejoined the forces of General Grant
in the trenches before Petersburg on the 4th of December, where they
remained until
On
In the charge on the enemy’s works at Petersburg, April 2nd,
the 5th Wisconsin and Thirty –seventh Massachusetts, led by Col.
Allen, were in the extreme front, supported by two lines in the rear. At
Col. Allen led a portion of the regiment two miles through the abandoned
lines of the enemy to the South Side Railroad.
By
“On the afternoon of April 3rd, they joined in the pursuit of
General Lee, marching with great
rapidity day and night. The Sixth Corps encountered General Ewell’s forces at
“Little Sailors’ Creek” on the 7th.
The lines were quickly formed, and they pushed forward at a double
quick, the regiment marching with unbroken line
through a swamp waist deep, under the fire of the enemy’s musketry. They
moved to a brow of a hill, where the enemy was discovered but a few paces
distant, admirably posted, and fighting with the energy of despair. The regiment was in an extremely hazardous
position, being subjected to a severe flank and cross fire. Colonel Allen rode in advance of the line
as though danger was unknown.” Company G, and Company C were deployed as
skirmishes. “Lieutenant General Ewell
and staff surrendered to six men of the skirmishers, under command of Sergeant
Cameron, Company A, who was promoted Lieutenant on the field, for his
gallantry. The action of the regiment
elicited high encomiums from the corps, division, and brigade commanders.”
Reuben was listed
as one of the 79 wounded—on Wed April 7th (8 later died of wounds) and 16 had been killed directly in the
skirmish. In Rueben’s Company F, the men
killed included Corporal George L, Welty and Privates C. TRUAX and George
TRUAX.
The pursuit was continued until the 9th, when General Lee
surrendered.
On the 10th, the regiment commenced it’s return, and reached
Burke’s Station on the 18th, marched to Richmond, Virginia, which
they reached on the 20th. On the 24th, left for
Washington where they arrived on the 2nd of June, after a long and
tedious march. Left Washington June 16th,
1865, and arrived at Madison June 20th. They were soon mustered out, Rueben listed as
MO on June 13th, thus closing the record of the “Fighting Fifth”.
“Col. Allen was brevetted Brigadier General for gallant and meritorious
services during the war. Regimental statistics: ---
Original strength, 1,058.
Gain, by recruits in 1863, -- 210,
in 1864, ---684, in 1865, ---
25;
(Reuben had joined
in 1864)
by substitutes, 50; by drafting
1865, 25; by veteran enlistments, 204;
TOTAL 2,256.
Losses----deaths, 285; missing, 4; desertion, 105; transferred, 33; discharged, 405; mustered out,
1,424.”
Reuben was wounded
Five years later he
marries Auguste PRITZ at St. Henry’s Church, Watertown, Wisconsin and they live
in the Township of Lowell, Dodge County.
Beaver Dam Argus Newspaper -
Buried in family
plot at Lowell Cemetery in Wisconsin