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 Jim Walker Family scotlandforever7@sbcgl
 by Jim R Walker
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Peter James DUBOIS1 SmartMatches
Birth:18 Dec 1837 in Washington Co., NY 1 2 3
Death:12 Apr 1906 in Sauk Co. WI; buried in Butterfield Cem, Excelsior, Sauk Co., WI; age 68y 3m 14d 4
Sex:M
Father:Henry DUBOIS b. 13 Sep 1812 in according to Amity RDC records
Mother:Sarah VANDENBURGH\VANDENBURG b. 17 Oct 1816 in Washington Co., NY, per her obituary and death certificate
  
Where buried: Butterfield Cem., Excelsior, Sauk Co., WI
1837: 18 Dec 1837 born in NY, prob in Washington Co.
1858 first marriage: 1 Jan 1858 Peter, 20, married Elizabeth "Libby" Ordway, 17-18; they had 6 children
1873: 4 Apr 1873 first wife's death
1874 second marriage: 3 Jul 1874 Peter, 37, m.#2 Carrie Graves, 21; they had 10 children
1870 Census: 1870 lived in Delton, Sauk Co., WI; 5 children in household
1860-1865: Bet 1860 and 1865 Served over 3 years in Civil War 12th Battery Lt Artillery
1880 census: 1880 census yet to do
1900 census: 1900 census yet to d
1868-1870 daughter Pearl?: Bet 1868 and 1870 I have no documentation that a daughter Pearl was born
1850 NY to WI: May 1850 Peter, 13, traveled with his parents and siblings from NY to Sauk Co., W
1896 moved to Baraboo: About 1896 Peter moved to live in Baraboo
1891 death of father: 4 Apr 1891 Peter's father Henry Dubois died
1858 sister married: 25 Jun 1858 Peter's sister Jane Ann Dubois married John Greenslit (Helen Graves' line). They went immediately to Dodge Co., MN, to live.

Spouses & Children 
Elizabeth "Libby" ORDWAY (Wife) b. About 1840
5
Marriage: 1 JAN 1858 in Reedsburg, Sauk Co., WI, by E. D. Barbour.
Children: 
  1. William DUBOIS b. Nov 1859 in WI; on 1870 census with parents age 10
  2. Sarah Ann (Annie) DUBOIS b. About 1861 in WI; on 1870 census age 9 living with parents
  3. Ida DUBOIS b. 5 Feb 1865 in WI; on 1870 census living with parents age 4
  4. Elizabeth "Lizzie"M. DUBOIS b. Nov 1867 in WI; age 2 on 1870 census living with parents
  5. Pearl (not proven a child) DUBOIS b. Bet 1868 and 1870
  6. Edward Ernest DUBOIS b. 11 Aug 1872
 
Caroline "Carrie" GRAVES (Wife) b. 21 Sep 1852
5
Marriage: 3 JUL 1874 in Sauk Co., WI
Children: 
  1. Flora I. DUBOIS b. 1877
  2. Alma DUBOIS b. 1879
  3. Willis DUBOIS b. 1882
  4. Ora W. DUBOIS b. 1885
  5. Hattie (died young) DUBOIS b. Sep 1887 in Sauk Co., WI
  6. Ray DUBOIS b. 1891
  7. Hazel d.y. DUBOIS b. Mar 1892
  8. Dolly DUBOIS b. 1893
  9. Peter DUBOIS b. 1895 in (this is Kathy Dransart's line; he is her grandfather)
  10. Clarence E. DUBOIS b. 1898
 
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When Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hubbell, dau of William DuBois, published her family genealogy in 1928, she did not have complete nor accurate information on Peter's children by his two wives. She did not know his second wife's name nor all of their children. It appears that she and her family did not keep in touch with Peter J. Dubois too well.

1837 Dec
1850 - age 13, traveled with his parents and other relatives from Washington Co., NY, to Sauk Co., WI. Lived with parents on their farm.

1858 Jan 1 - Peter J. Dubois, 20, married Elizabeth "Libby" Ordway.

1860

CIVIL WAR service: 12th Wisc. Battery for 3 yrs 5 mo.

1870 - Delton-Excelsior, Sauk Co., WI
Dubois, Peter J. 31 farmer b. NY
Harriet (?) b. NY
William 10 b. WI
Sarah 9 b. WI
Ida 4 b. WI
Eliza 2 b. WI

1873- first wife Libby Ordway died after their last child was born.

1874 - married wife #2 Caroline "Carrie" Graves

1880 census to do

1900 census - to do to see which children are still in their home

c. 1896 - moved to Baraboo
1900 census

1906 April 12 - died in Baraboo at his home 729 Second Ave.; heart trouble per his obit. A wive and 10 children survived him, per his obit.

Burial in Butterfield Cem.

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Sources 
  1. Title: American Descendants of Chretien DuBois of Wicres, France (1968). Compiled by William Heidgerd
    Page: Vol. 1, Part 7, p. 698, F-2143 Henry DuBois (Jacques-Pierre-Jonathan-Cornelius-Peter), DuBois Family Assn., The America
    n Descendants of Chretien DuBois of Wicres, France (1968). Compiled by William Heidgerd for the Assn. Vol. 1, Part 7, p. 698, The family of F-2143 Henry DuBois (Jacque
  2. Title: Descendants of Peter DuBois by Sarah Elizabeth DuBois Hubbell (1928)
  3. Title: Death Record in Sauk Co., WI
    Page: See files.
  4. Title: Wisconsin State Death Index
    Page: Sauk Co., Vol 2, pg 370
  5. Title: Sauk Co., WI Marriage Records
    Page: V3:43
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Peter James DuBois of My Buker Family

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