Third Generation

4. Nehemiah "Myron" OAKLEY was born on 19 August 1834 in Montgomery County, NY.^7,8 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^7,10 His occupation was "Farmer."

From a 'Remembrances of March 6, 1903' article in the Tomah Journal: "N. Oakley, of the Town of Greenfield, sold a couple of remarkably fine steers at Henry Meinecke's meat market last week. The pair, said to be only nine months old, weighed 2,022 lbs." Myron appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1910 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² He died on 15 December 1917 at the age of 83 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸

BIOGRAPHY: 1837 Moved to Oxford Co. Ontario Canada when he was 3
1846 His father died when he was 12
1852 Bought house from stepfather and got married. Sold in 1863
1869 Came to Monroe Co. Wisconsin and homesteaded 80 acres near Tunnel City and then added 80 acres Sec 2 Greenfield Twp
1915 Moved to Tunnel City, per Fannie's Obit

Article in the History of Monroe County, Wisconsin, by Richards, 1912, Pg 825 & 826:

"Nehemiah Oakley, who has been a resident of Monroe County, Wisconsin for forty-three years, is an active and useful citizen and has done his full share in developing the material resources of the county and transforming it from a wilderness to its present high place among the rich and fruitful counties of the state. A native of Montgomery county, New York, he was born August 19, 1834. When he was three years old, his parents Edward and Polly (Wire) Oakley, who were also natives of New York state, moved to Ontario, Canada, and there spent the balance of their days. Mr. Oakley, our subject, is the second child and only surviving member of his family of brothers and sisters; the others were Charity, Charles, Mary Elizabeth and Phoebe Jane.

Nehemiah attended the common schools of Ontario, but the death of his father having occurred when he was twelve years of age, he was practically thrown upon his own resources, and his chances for advances were limited. At the age of eighteen, he purchased the home farm from his stepfather, and in that year married and began a farmer's life in earnest; he afterward sold this farm, however, and rented a farm in the same locality, where he remained for six years.

In 1869 he came to Wisconsin and homesteaded an eighty-acre tract in Monroe county near Tunnel City, to which he subsequently added another eighty acres in section two, Greenfield township, where he now resides. He was not long in clearing the first eighty and fifteen acres of the other, which he subdued and brought to a good state of cultivation, erected a good class of buildings and added all the needed appliance and conveniences of an up-to-date, model farm. Energetic, enterprising and progressive, he takes pride in his farm, town and county. Mr. Oakley is one of the representative and intelligent citizens of Greenfield township and is a man of general worth in the community; he has been chairman of his town for nine terms and a member of the side board; clerk of the school district, and for nineteen consecutive years school treasurer.

On May, 23, 1852, Mr. Oakley was married to Miss Fannie H. Woodard, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Sisco) Woodard, who also were natives of the Empire state, but who moved to Ontario, Canada, and later to Michigan, where both died. Mrs. Oakley is one of a family of eleven children, six of whom survive, viz.: Elvira is the wife of William Sisco, and resides in Michigan; Edwin, also of Michigan; Clifford lives in Lincoln township, this county; Sophia married Alfred Quick of Michigan; Flavilla is the wife of Andrew Hilliker, late of Tomah, and Sarah is the wife of Wellington Schnell, of Michigan. Those deceased are Wilson, Anna, Marietta, Daniel and one who died in infancy.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley are Elveretta, who married Stowell Brown, of Trout Falls, LaFayette township; Mary E. is the wife of John Purdy, of Greenfield township; Wellington lives in Oregon; Oscar resides in the state of Washington; Armina is the wife of Hamlin Griffin, of the town of Grant, this county, and Arcenith, wife of Edwin Purdy of Greenfield . Those deceased are Sarah Jane, who married Frank Purdy; Alice, Emma and three who died in infancy. The celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley was an event long to be remembered by their wide circle of friends."

CENSUS1851: South half of Norwich Twp., Oxford Co. Ontario, Canada
He and sister Mary living with Ralph & Sarah Willcox Family

CENSUS1861: North Norwich Twp., Oxford Co. Ontario, Canada

CENSUS1870: Greenfield Twp., Monroe Co. WI

CENSUS1880: Greenfield Twp., Monroe Co. WI

CENSUS1900: Greenfield Twp., Monroe Co. WI

CENSUS1910: Greenfield Twp., Monroe Co. WI Myron was buried in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^8,13,14 in the Greenfield Cemetery.

Nehemiah "Myron" OAKLEY and Fannie Helena WOODARD were married on 23 May 1852 in Springford, Oxford County, Ontario Province, Canada.⁸ (According to the 1900 Census, they had 14 children, of whom 6 were living at the time. The 1880 Census lists a daughter, Marie, age 17, born in Canada; it was not Mary, because she was married in 1875 and not living with the family in 1880.)

(He could not be located anywhere in the U.S. in the 1860 Census; he was probably living in Canada because they were listed in North Norwich Township, Oxford County Ontario, Canada in the 1861 Canadian Census.)

` Fannie Helena WOODARD, daughter of Daniel WOODARD and Hannah SISCHO, was born on 29 August 1835 in Champion Township, Jefferson County, NY.^7,8,11 (The 1900 Census listed her birth date as July 1835.)

She appeared in the census in 1870 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Fannie appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ She died on 5 October 1921 at the age of 86 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She was buried in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^8,13,14,15 in the Greenfield Cemetery.

Nehemiah "Myron" OAKLEY and Fannie Helena WOODARD had the following children: