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Notes for Lavinia WITHROW
The 1901 Grant County, Wisconsin, Biographical Sketch Book, in the entry
for Daniel Stanton, shows that Lavinia Withrow, daughter of William and
Martha Withrow, was the wife of Silas Vanetta, of Harrison.
The Wisconsin marriage index shows that Levina E. Withrow and Silas A.
Vannatta were married February 5, 1873, in Grant County, Wisconsin, and
the record is in Volume 5, Page 233, Sequence 21864 - 21865.
The 1926 "History of William Withrow by Nellie Stanton shows that
"Levinia was born Sept. 6, 1855. She married Silas Van Natta. Five
children were born to them, four daughters and one son. Two daughters
Maud and Nellie died in childhood. Levinia and her husband lived active
lives on their farm at Cornelia, where their children were brought to
manhood and womanhood. They were faithful church workers and ready to
aid in everything for the betterment of the community in which they
lived. When their son Howard was married, they sold their farm to him
where he still lives and they purchased a home in Platteville, where they
are enjoying a comfortable and happy old age.
Their eldest daughter Jenny Harms has always been a leading and greatly
beloved woman. She and her husband George Harms, reside in Platteville,
where they have large business interests. Their children are Clarence,
Harry, Helen and Eleanor. Clarence has a wife Ruby and little son Billie.
The son of Lavenia and Silas is Howard Van Natta. He and his wife Lena
have one son George Van Natta. The youngest daughter of Lavenia and her
husband Silas is Mrs. Verna Steinhoff, wife of George S. Steinhoff, who
is engaged in farming near Platteville. Their children are Lester,
Blanche and Dorothy Ann."
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