Seventh Generation

76. Julia Ann GETMAN was born on 4 August 1839 in Jefferson County, NY.^{6,20,21,26,39,40,78} (The 1900 Census records for her sons Alfred and Jake indicate that she was born in Wisconsin.)
She appeared in the census in 1850 in Schaumburg Township, Cook County, IL.⁶¹ She was living with her sister Mary and her family. She lived at home with her husband and family in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI about 1870.³⁹ Julia appeared in the census in 1875 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁹ She appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ She died on 28 October 1906 at the age of 67 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{6,20,28,29,30,80,81} Her cause of death is listed as "stenocardia, siguina pectoris."

Obituary Notes: "Julia Ann Vandervort nee Getman was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., Aug. 4, 1839, and died at her home in this city Oct. 28, 1906, aged 67 years, 2 months and 24 days.

In 1846 she with her parents came west and made her home at Oconomowoc, Wis. On Sept. 27th, 1857, she was united in marriage with Cornelius Vandervort and five years later they moved to Monroe County, settling on a farm in LaGrange where they brought up their family and continued to reside until their removal to this city.

The deceased was converted to Christ and united with the Methodist Episcopal church at LaGrange under the ministry of Rev. Thomas Harwood, and remained a consistent and faithful member of the same until the time of her death. She was also a member of the Woman's Relief Corps and ever ready to assist in the good work of that organization so far as her strength and time would permit.

Together with her husband, four children live to mourn, viz: William Vandervort of Milbank, S. Dakota; Lewis, Jacob and Alfred Vandervort, all of this community. She is survived also by three sisters, viz: Mrs. Jane Hoffman of LaGrange; Mrs. Mary Dohle of Peotone, Ill.; and Mrs. Caroline Wilson of Chicago, Ill. She also leaves eleven (grand)children and a host of nieces and nephews and friends to mourn her departure.

One of the early settlers of this community and an excellent woman in all the relations of life, she won for herself the confidence of all with whom she was associated. Although for years she had been in poor health, her last illness was brief. But in perfect submission to the divine will, her end was peace.

The funeral was held in the M.E. church Tuesday afternoon, Nov. (actually, Oct.) 30th, at 1:30, Rev. Wm. Atkinson officiating. The Relief Corps attended in a body and formed an arch at the door through which the funeral party passed to and from the church. The singing was rendered by Mrs. and Mrs. Bosshard, I. N. Palmer and Mrs. Fred Keyes, with Miss Myrtle Smith accompanist. The pall bearers were Harry Lea, Henry Coome, Wallace Amons, D. R. Jones, Charles Taft and C. E. Loomer. The interment was at the LaGrange cemetery." Julia was buried on 30 October 1906 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^20,28,29,82 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery

Julia Ann GETMAN and Cornelius "Neil" VANDERVORT were married on 27 September 1857 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI.^{6,29,78,80,83,84} (Their marriage date may have been 27 December 1857, but her obituary listed it as 27 September.)

Cornelius and Julia adopted a child by the name of Lida Kinney; she later married David Medd on September 25, 1889.
Cornelius "Neil" VANDERVORT, son of James Robert VAN DER VOORT and Mary BAKER, was born on 3 May 1833 in Blenheim Township, Schoharie County, NY.^{6,21,26,39,78,83,85,86,87,88,89} (His birth date may have been 3 May.) He appeared in the census in 1840 in Blenheim Township, Schoharie County, NY.⁸⁹

He and his sister came to California in an ox cart from Wisconsin in search of gold. He panned the Yuba river near Maryville. He remained in California for two years. After making enough money he moved back to Wisconsin and bought land next to his father, and got married.
He appeared in the census in July 1850 in Summit Township, Waukesha County, WI.²¹ He was living with his parents. Neil appeared in the census in 1860 in Monterey, Oconomowoc Township, Waukesha County, WI.^49,90 His occupation was listed as "Farmer." He served in the military about 1864.^91,92 He served as a Private in Company H of the 51st Wisconsin Infantry. He was pictured with the Civil War Veterans of Tomah, WI, in 1890. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁹ His occupation was listed as "Farmer." His household consisted of Cornelius and Julia; their children William, Lewis, Jacob, Alfred and Charles; and an Annie Vandervort, age 25, "keeping house" and born in Maine. It is not known who she was. Neil appeared in the census in 1875 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁹ His household consisted of 6 males and 2 females. Between 1880 and 1900 he was a farmer in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^26,93 He owned a 210-acre farm in Section 8. He appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ Neil appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴² He was living with his son Lewis. Neil died on 26 March 1921 at the age of 87 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{6,28,80,81,83,94,95}

An article in "The History of Monroe County" states: "Cornelius Vandervoort, retired farmer of Tomah, a native of Schoharie county, New York state, was born May 13, 1833. His parents were James R. and Mary (Baker) Vandervoort, also natives of New York, coming to Buffalo in 1844. One year later they continued their journey westward, locating with their family of eleven children in Waukesha, Wis., and after three years removed to Oconomowoc, and there purchased a farm on which he lived for ten years. It was in 1852, during the gold excitement in California, that our subject left the parental roof and joined the successful army of gold diggers, and during his stay there sent enough money to his father to pay in full for the farm that he had bought at Oconomowoc.

James R., the father of our subject, was first married to Miss (Rebecca) McIntyre in the state of New York, and ten children were born to them, five of whom are now living. His second marriage occurred March 14, 1830, with Miss Mary Moon. In early life he learned the trade of a carpenter and became an expert mechanic and one of the best hewers of timber to be found in the country. He was a man highly respected in the community, a sincere Christian gentleman and in religious affiliations a Methodist. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He died January 4,1881.

John Vandervoort. the grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War under Washington.

Cornelius attended the district school until he was sixteen years of age, and at the age of eighteen in 1852 he started overland with his brother-in-law (Charles Willette Ryder) and his family for the gold fields in California, making the trip with an ox team, reaching their destination at the end of six months. Their first stop in the Golden state being forty-five miles from Sacramento. They resumed their journey further, where they engaged in their search for the golden metal. After one year they went to a point on the Yuba river, where the subject was taken ill with fever, resulting in a physical breakdown. Becoming homesick, he abandoned further mining explorations and returned to Wisconsin, making the trip by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in New York City after a twenty-three days' trip in 1855, after an absence of three years.

Arriving at Oconomowoc, Wis., his former home, he bought two forty-acre tracts of land on each side of his father's farm and there resided for about six years. In the beginning of the sixties he moved with his family to Monroe county and bought eighty acres of land in LaGrange township, adding to this until he acquired 210 acres in the township, where he resided for some thirty years. Since that time he has been a resident of the city of Tomah, where he owns a neat and comfortable residence, besides other valuable city property.

Mr. Vandervoort has been a successful general farmer, and ran the first steam thrasher in Monroe county, and carried on that business for eight years. While conducting his farming interests he was ever successful in the raising of grain and grass crops, to which he gave special attention, as well as the raising of cattle and hogs and the dairy business. After bestowing largely the real estate he has acquired to his children, he still retains a sufficient amount of the world's goods to keep him in comfort during his declining years.

Mr. Vandervoort was united in marriage with Miss Julia Ann Getman in 1857. Six children were born to this union, four of whom are living, viz. - W. E., born August 12, 1858; J. L., born July 9, 1860; Jacob, born October 19, 1862; and Alfred, born July 20, 1865. Mrs. Vandervoort is deceased.

Mr. Vandervoort is a member of the Methodist church, the Knights of Pythias and the G. A. R. In August 1864, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-first Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until the end of the war."

(His date of death may have been 27 March 1921. His cause of death was listed as "senile dementia, bad cold, failed rapidly.")
He was buried in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^20,28,82 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery.

Julia Ann GETMAN and Cornelius "Neil" VANDERVORT had the following children:

+152	i.	William Edgar "Will" VANDERVORT.
+153	ii.	J. Lewis "Lute" VANDERVORT.
+154	iii.	Jacob A. "Jake" VANDERVORT.
+155	iv.	Alfred Eugene VANDERVORT.
156	v.	Charles Henry VANDERVORT was born on 16 March 1869 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.39,83,96,97 He lived in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI between 1870 and 1880.96 He appeared in the census in 1875 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.79 Charles died on 8 January 1880 at the age of 10 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.6,82,83,96,97 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery. He was buried in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.28,82 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery
157	vi.	Walter VANDERVORT was born on 28 January 1876 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.6,26,98 He appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.26 He died on 27 June 1892 at the age of 16 in Milbank, Grant County, SD.6,81,98 by drowning. He had gone to work for his brother, William. Walter was buried in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.28,82 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery
158	vii.	Gracie D. VANDERVORT was born on 1 January 1889 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.28,97 She was an adopted child. She died on 7 October 1889 at the age of 0 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.97 She was buried in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.28,48,80 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery.