David Cardon Churchill

 

Taken from the

History of Waupaca County

John Ware 1917

 

David C Churchill came to Wisconsin bringing his wife (Harriett) and child (Leroy) in 1873. They located on a farm just east of Marion. The farm is now occupied by C. C. Rasey in Dupont township. David C. Churchill bought the land in that place from the Fox River Land Company, paying $1.25 per acre for it.

David C. Churchill was a son of David A and Martha (Buchanan) Churchill of New York state. David A Churchill was the son of Daniel and Marian (Clark) Churchill, who were also natives of New York State and of English descent. Daniel Churchill served with distinction as a captain in the War of 1812, and subsequently became a large land owner in Cayuga county, New York, where he died.

David A Churchill was a currier and shoemaker by trade and in 1845 moved from Cayuga County, New York to Tioga County, Pennsylvania. That  was his home until 1867, and in that year he joined his son, James B, in Grant township of Shawano County. He was in advanced years when he came to Wisconsin, and after that lived retired until his death in 1880. His wife died in 1887. She was a daughter of John and Miriam (Yeager) Buchanan, a native of Ireland, came to this country in time to serve in the Revolutionary War as a Captain on the American side. By occupation he was a farmer. He was of the same family that gave to the services of the Country, James A Buchanan, president of the United States. the children of David A Churchill and wife were; Wilbert, William, David, Daniel, James and Mrs. Ebenezer Burley. A remarkable part of the family record is that all of the above named sons and also the son-in-law Burley saw active service in the Union Army during the Civil War. Of these soldiers Daniel died while in the army in Maryland, but all the rest returned home after the war.

David C Churchill's services as a Union soldier were given with a New York regiment. After the war he married and located in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and from there came to Wisconsin as already noted. On leaving the Rasey farm near Marion he followed the occupation of race horse driver in Ohio and Michigan, and then again settled in Waupaca County a little north of Marion. In 1885 he returned to Michigan, and spent three years in Oakland County. He finally bought a farm in Larabee Township of Waupaca County, and it is was his home until his death, and his his wife also died there. They were the parents of two children, the older Willard dying when about a year and a half old.

 

 

Marion Advertiser

21 Apr 1905

David C Churchill

David C. Churchill, a veteran soldier widely known in this section of the country, died at his parental home in Pennsylvania, April 17th, 1905, at the age of sixty five years. His body was returned here and interred in the Marion Cemetery Thursday beside his wife who died February 8th, 1903. Rev Pipher preached  the funeral sermon. Since the death of his wife, David has been back and forth between Pennsylvania and Wisconsin several times, and in February had made up his mind to return here for the summer, when he was taken ill with a complication of diseases which ended his life as above stated. He has resided in and near Marion since 1872. Mr. Churchill was a great lover of the horse and was an expert trainer and pharmacist. His only son L. D. Churchill is a prosperous farmer. his property being in Dupont. 21 Apr 1905.

Wellsboro Agitator

26 Apr 1905

Churchill, David Cordon

Knoxville. R.F.D. No 2 April 22 - David Churchill, of Marion, Wisconsin, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. E R Burley, on Sunday evening. His funeral was held at the house on Tuesday. E. K. Burley, a nephew of the deceased accompanied the remains to Marion.

 

David C Churchill

Enlisted as Pvt 189th NY Inf Co H on 15 Sep 1864 at Wheeler, NY

Mustered out as Pvt 189th NY Inf Co H on 29 May 1865

Time Served

Born Oct 1837 Tioga Co. Pennsylvania

Died 17 Apr 1905 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Buried Greanleaf Cemetery, Marion, WI

No Stone at present time

Spouse Harriet Short

Children Wiburt and LeRoy

Parents David C and Martha (Buchanan) Churchill

Pension