William Scholes (1814-1864), a cotton carder in one of the "dark Satanic mills" of the Industrial Revolution in England, won a workers' lottery on New Year's Day 1849. That fall, he and wife Ann Mills (1814-1875) and their children arrived in central Wisconsin with high hopes and few skills. In 37 chapters, "The Lottery of Life" follows the ancestral couple and their descendants -- among them teachers, telegraphers, engineers, homesteaders, active union members, farmers, inventors (from farm equipment to recycling fluorescent lights), an encyclopedia manager, and a world authority on glass.
Table of contents:
People
Finder by Descent
and Chapter
Prequel Escape from the Cotton
Factory
ENGLISH GENERATION
Chapter 1. SamuelA Mills–Alice Stocks Family
FIRST GENERATION
(1814-1875, presidents Madison to Grant)
Chapter 2.. Ann Mills1–William Scholes Family
SECOND GENERATION
(1835-1941, presidents Jackson to Franklin Roosevelt)
Chapter 3. Mary Scholes2–Bissell Sherwin Family
Chapter 4. Sarah Ann Scholes2
Robert Walker Hume Sr. Family
Chapter 5. Elizabeth Scholes2 Family
Chapter 6. Alice Scholes2–Joseph Cockroft Smith Family
Chapter 7. Robert2 Scholes–Caroline Cornelia Parkes + Ellison Family
Table 1. Scholes-Ellison Families:
Seven Somewhat Related Children
Chapter 8. Samuel Mills2 Scholes–Harriet Newell Mozley Family
STORY 1. Traveling in
Minnesota
in 1879
Chapter 9. William2 Scholes–Mary Ellen Dixon Family
Chapter 10. George Walker2 Scholes–Susanna Rebecca Audiss Family
Chapter 11. James Mills2 Scholes–Emma Maria Hull Family
THIRD GENERATION (& FOURTH GENERATION THROUGH 2016)
(1856-1995, presidents Pierce to Clinton)
Chapter 12. Charles Truman3 Sherwin–Jane Thressa Young Family
Chapter 13. Francis Roderick “Frank”3 Sherwin–Annie Henry Family
Chapter 14. William Orlando3 Sherwin–Harriet M. Manley– Lottie Mazie Taylor Family
Chapter 15. Flora Ann3 Sherwin–John James Bell Family
Chapter 16. Margaret Alice3 “Maggie” Hume–Judson Stiles Berry Family
Story 2. The Berry Patch and Its House
Chapter 17. Robert Walker3 Hume, Jr.–Alice Sarah Smith Family
Chapter 18. William Scholes3 Hume–Eliza May “Lida” Sutcliff Family
Story 3. Endeavor Christian Academy
Chapter 19. Sarah Ann Janet “Nettie”3 Hume–Henry Eden Jones Family
Chapter 20. James Samuel3 Hume–Lydia Alberta “Birdie” Sawyer Family
Chapter 21. George Walker3 Hume–Lois/Louise DeMott Family
Chapter 22. William Henry3 Smith–Ruth Rosie Haines Family
Chapter 23. Eva Florence3 Smith–Richard Albert Beichl Family
Chapter 24. Mary Irene3 Smith Family
Chapter 25. Robert Joseph3 Smith–Myrtle M. Page Family
Chapter 26. Nettie A.3 Scholes–Thomas Clarence Moran Family
Chapter 27. Mary H.3 Scholes–William Robert Heames FamilY
Chapter 28. Hattie C.3 Scholes–John Rodney Schwemerlein Family
Chapter 29. Eleanor “Nellie” Elizabeth3 Scholes Family
Chapter 30. Bonnie Elizabeth3 Scholes
Chapter 31. Samuel Ray3 Scholes–Lois E. Boren Family
Chapter 32. Marion Edith3 Scholes
Chapter 33. Lillian Estelle3 Scholes–Fred Gaylord Russell Family
Chapter 34. Elmer Roy3 Scholes–Mary Elsie Rood Family
Chapter 35. Samuel Eugene3 Scholes–Edna Peake Family
Chapter 36. Robert Henry3 Scholes–Pearl Alida Edwards Family
Chapter 37. Ruth Emma3 Scholes–Leo Robleske–George Redman Family
