Zalewski Family Genealogy

Amos DAKINS[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male 1812 - 1892  (80 years)


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  • Name Amos DAKINS 
    Birth 12 May 1812  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Military 23 Mar 1864–27 Jul 1867  [7
    Occupation 1850–1880  [1, 2, 3, 4
    FamilySearch ID L4TG-Y48 
    Death 16 May 1892  Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11, 12
    Burial Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10
    Address:
    Plover Cemetery 
    Amos Dakins (1812-1892) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Amos Dakins (1812-1892) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Person ID I2116  Zalewski Family
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2019 

    Father Unknown DAKINS,   b. New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Unknown UNKNOWN,   b. New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phoeba C RILEY,   b. 10 Feb 1824, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1903, Buena Vista, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1842  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 13
    Children 
     1. Amos R DAKINS,   b. Abt 1842, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ezra DAKINS,   b. Abt 1845, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. William J DAKINS,   b. 29 Apr 1846, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1916, Springville, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     4. Jerusha DAKINS,   b. Abt 1849, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Anna E DAKINS,   b. Abt 1854, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Edgar DAKINS,   b. Abt 1856, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Albert Hastings DAKINS,   b. Sep 1861, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 May 1812 - Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 1842 - Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 May 1892 - Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Plover Cemetery - - Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States
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  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S192] 1860 US Census, Weyauwega, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin; p. 917; h.645 f.544; Amos Dakins; 3 June 2010.

    2. [S200] 1880 US Census, Buena Vista, Portage Co., Wisconsin; 135; p. 43B; h.62 f.63; Amos Dakins; 3 June 2010.

    3. [S183] 1870 US Census, Town of Lind, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin; p. 75A; h.21 f.21; Amos Dakins; 3 June 2010.

    4. [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.

    5. [S251] Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930, 1871; p85; line 1; William J. Dakin and Ellend M. Warner; 4 October 1871.

    6. [S354] 1875 Wisconsin State Census, Buena Vista, Portage, Wisconsin; Amos Dakins.

    7. [S269] 1890 United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, SD 4; 78; Page 2; Amos Dakins.

    8. [S437] United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, 6 January 2019; Dakins, Amos; image 491 of 876.

    9. [S190] 1905 Wisconsin State Census, Plover, Portage Co., Wisconsin.
      Birthplace of Father

    10. [S343] Find-A-Grave Entry (Old), 29 September 2012; Amos Dakins; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36354334.

    11. [S200] 1880 US Census, Buena Vista, Portage Co., Wisconsin.

    12. [S343] Find-A-Grave Entry (Old), 29 September 2012; Amos Dakins; #36354334.

    13. [S200] 1880 US Census, Buena Vista, Portage Co., Wisconsin; 135; p. 43B; h.62 f.63; Phebe Dakins; 3 June 2010.