Person:Florentine Liscum (1)

Biographical Sketches – Town of Cassville, History of Grant County, Wisconsin (1881), p. 981
F. P. Liscum (deceased): was born in Vermont Aug. 28, 1830; came to Illinois in 1840 with his parents. [More likely sometime between 1846 after the death of his grandmother, and 1849 when his father purchased property.] His father now [1881] resides in Kansas; his mother died at Lancaster in 1857. They came to Wisconsin in 1845; settled in Lancaster, where he was first a clerk in a store, and afterward in the mercantile business; also Postmaster about 1853. They removed to Cassville in 1865 in the fall engaged in clerking for Geiger, also Reinke. He died Sept. 25,1878. In politics, he was a Democrat; served as Town Clerk. In religion, Methodist; was a member of A., F. & A. M.; also Worthy Master of Lancaster Lodge. His wife, Harriett M. McCartney, a native of Cassville; was born March 25, 1835. They were married July 6, 1857. By this union there were two children--Frank Emmett, born Oct. 13, 1858; William, born Feb. 7, 1860; d. March 1860. They own town property and 300 acres of farm land. Mr. L., his father, was a native of New York; his mother from Vermont. They came to Wisconsin in 1827; settled at Cassville; both buried in this vicinity. [The last two sentences more accurately describe Harriet McCartney's parents.]

1. ↑ Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, in United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   Horace Liscomb, 1 m under 5 [Franklin], 1 male 5-10 [Elliot], 1 m 10-15 [Florington], 1 male 40-50 [Horace], 1 female under 5 [Melvina], 1 female 10-15 [??], 1 female 40-50 [Abigail], 1 female 70-80 [Sally]

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 District 24, Grant, Wisconsin, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   HH 327, Family 331.

   Horace S. Liscum, age 44, male, occupation farming, value of Real Estate $500, born VT, able to read and write
   Abigal Liscum, age 43, female, born [NY]
   Florington Liscum, age 19, male, born Vt.
   Elliot Liscum, age 16, male, born Vt.
   Malvina Liscum, age 13, female, born Vt.
   Franklin Liscum, age 12, male, born Vt.
   Dorothy Timpkins, age 39, female, Real Estate = $300, born NY

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} History of Grant County, Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources; an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages -- their improvements, industries, manufactories, churches, schools and societies; its war record, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; the whole preceded by a history of Wisconsin, statistics of the state and an abstract of its laws and constitution and of the constitution of the United States. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox, 1974 (1881))
   pp. 647-8, 846, 651, 654-5.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records.

   Certificate No. 17388, dated 2 October 1854
   According to the Act of Congress, 24 April 1820
   Land Office in Mineral Point
   40 acres to Florentine P. Liscum, of Grant County, Wisconsin
   The NW1/4 of the NW1/4, Sec 35, T5N, R3W, containing 40 acres,
   Grant County, Wisconsin

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Grantee Index, 1837-1874; FHL #1479373, in Grant County (Wisconsin). Register of Deeds. Grant County (Wis.) land records, 1837-1940. (Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin State Historical Society, 1976, 1986).

   On 1858/10/25,
   Dean, Charles K. & Catherine A. sold Lot 2, Block 34, Village of Boscobel, to Liscum, Florentine P., for $150; , Record H2-612 recorded 1858/12/01
   On 1859/12/17,
   Liscum, Horace S. & F. P. & H. M. Liscum sold Lot 2, Block 34, Boscobel, to Barnett, John H., for $600; Record L2-413, 1859/12/21

6. ↑ Lancaster, Grant, Wisconsin, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   HH 875, Fam 875.

   Liscum, F. P., 30, Merchant, [no RE listed], PE = $300, b. VT
   , Harriet, 25, b. VT
   , Frank, 2, b. WI

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Cassville (Village), Grant, Wisconsin, in United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   HH 6, Fam 7.

   Liscum, Florentine, 38, Clerk in Store, [no RE listed], PE=$300, b. VT
   , Harriet, 35, keeping house, b. WI
   , Frank, 12, b. WI

8. ↑ Wisconsin, 3rd Congressiional District, in United States. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. (Online database: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)
   Vol 2, Class 1, L-Z.

   Residence: Grant County, Beetown
   Liscum, F. P., 33, Merchant, married, b. VT

9. ↑ Lemanski, Cheryl D. (Cheryl D. Lyght), and Wisconsin) Grant County Herald (Lancastser. Memorable happenings in the Grant County Herald: a surname and newspaper reference index to births, deaths, marriages and historical happenings, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin. (Fennimore, Wisconsin: C.D. Lemanski, c1991-).

   Liscum, F. P. (Mr.) d. 1878 Se 25 Casville Twp - Reported 78/Oct/03 3a2