Amos DAKINS[1, 2, 3, 4]
1812 - 1892-
Born 12 May 1812 Canada 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Gender Male Died 16 May 1892 Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States [6, 7] Buried Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States [6] Notes - After the marriage of Amos and Phoebe Dakins, they lived in Canada for nearly twelve years. In June 1850, the family started for Wisconsin. By wagon they traveled sixty miles to Port Huron, where they took passage on a boat and reached Sheboygan. Journeying by wagon to Fond du Lac, WI, Mr. Dakins, with the aid of his brother-in-law, built a sailboat, on which they sailed up the Wolf river, as far as Fremont. Here he bought 160 acres of government land, and after cutting timber on the same, he sold eighty acres, and for five years they resided in a log cabin. Then Mr. Dakins bought forty acres, upon which stood a comfortable dwelling.
Amos Dakins [note: I assume Amos, Jr] enlisted at Fremont March 23, 1864, in Co. B, Thirty-seventh Wis. V. I, which was sent to Virginia, and participated in the battle of Petersburg. Mr. Dakins was taken sick in Virginia, and came home on a two months furlough. Rejoining his regiment, he remained till the close of the war; meanwhile the mother sold the Fremont property, and purchased eighty acres of partially improved land in Lind township. Here they lived until 1873, when they came to Buena Vista township, Portage county.
Mr. Dakins bought forty acres of wild land, and built the home in which his son, Albert H. now lives. In 1890 he removed to McDill, where he died May 16 1892, aged eighty years and one day. His wife now resides with her son, Albert H.
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Father Unknown DAKINS, New York, New York, United States Mother Unknown UNKNOWN, New York, New York, United States Family ID F926 Group Sheet
Family Phoeba C RILEY, b. Abt 1824, Canada , d. 31 Jan 1903, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Married Y [1, 3, 8] Children 1. Amos R DAKINS, b. Abt 1842, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown2. Ezra DAKINS, b. Abt 1845, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown> 3. William J DAKINS, b. 29 Apr 1846, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Apr 1916, Springville, Portage Co., Wisconsin 4. Jerusha DAKINS, b. Abt 1849, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown5. Anna E DAKINS, b. Abt 1854, Wisconsin, United States , d. Yes, date unknown6. Edgar DAKINS, b. Abt 1856, Wisconsin, United States , d. Yes, date unknown7. Albert H DAKINS, b. Sep 1861, Wisconsin, United States , d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F660 Group Sheet
- After the marriage of Amos and Phoebe Dakins, they lived in Canada for nearly twelve years. In June 1850, the family started for Wisconsin. By wagon they traveled sixty miles to Port Huron, where they took passage on a boat and reached Sheboygan. Journeying by wagon to Fond du Lac, WI, Mr. Dakins, with the aid of his brother-in-law, built a sailboat, on which they sailed up the Wolf river, as far as Fremont. Here he bought 160 acres of government land, and after cutting timber on the same, he sold eighty acres, and for five years they resided in a log cabin. Then Mr. Dakins bought forty acres, upon which stood a comfortable dwelling.
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Born - 12 May 1812 - Canada 
Died - 16 May 1892 - Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Buried - - Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States 
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Sources - [S192] 1860 US Census, Weyauwega, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin; p. 917; h.645 f.544; Amos Dakins; 3 June 2010.
- [S200] 1880 US Census, Buena Vista, Portage Co., Wisconsin; 135; p. 43B; h.62 f.63; Amos Dakins; 3 June 2010.
- [S183] 1870 US Census, Town of Lind, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin; p. 75A; h.21 f.21; Amos Dakins; 3 June 2010.
- [S191] 1850 US Census, District 9, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin; p. 262A; h.263 f.263; Amos Dakin; 3 June 2010.
- [S190] 1905 Wisconsin State Census, Plover, Portage Co., Wisconsin.
Birthplace of Father - [S343] Find-A-Grave Entry, 29 September 2012; Amos Dakins; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36354334.
- [S200] 1880 US Census, Buena Vista, Portage Co., Wisconsin.
- [S200] 1880 US Census, Buena Vista, Portage Co., Wisconsin; 135; p. 43B; h.62 f.63; Phebe Dakins; 3 June 2010.
- [S192] 1860 US Census, Weyauwega, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin; p. 917; h.645 f.544; Amos Dakins; 3 June 2010.