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                   Name: ALONZO PURINTUN
Source: "History of Green County, Wisconsin" published by Union
Publishing Co., Springfield, IL. 1884 pg. 732-733
Biography: AlonzoPurintun was born in the State of New York, Nov. 23,
1825. His father, DavidH. Purintun, was also a native of the Empire
State, and his mother, Chestina(Messenger) Purintun, was born in
Connecticut. Alonzo attended the district school and for four years
worked on the Rochester and Olean canal. At the ageof eighteen he came
to Wisconsin, first stopping in Jefferson county, and later in Waukesha
county, and followed teaming as a business, drawing freight toand from
Milwaukee. In 1847 he came to Green county, his parents have preceded
him. Here he helped to till the soil, also followed teaming. On the 14th
day of April, 1850, Nancy Young became his wife. She was born in Erie
Co., Penn., Dec. 25, 1827. He has since been engaged in farming in the
town of Brooklyn. In 1884 he resided on section 29 and owned 200 acres of
land. Feb. 4, 1865, he enlisted in company I, 46th Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry, and serveduntil mustered out of service. He is a member of the
G.A.R., and is a Royal Arch Mason. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Purintun
are - Elvira A., who marriedM.X. Sisson, and died leaving one daughter;
Talburt G., Elliott E., LeanderA., Seymour J., Bertha, wife of James P.
Ingals; Lois, wife of James Davis, Jr.; Hiram B. and Archilles.
Name: ALONZO PURINTUN
State: WI
County: Green County
Township: E.D. 98 Brooklyn
Year: 1890
Page: 002
Database:WI 1890 Veterans Schedule
Civil War Pension Index: General Index to PensionFiles, 1861-1934 Record
about Alonzo Purintun
Name: Alonzo Purintun
StateFiled: Wisconsin
Widow: Nancy Purintun
                  

                   unsure if this is a child; she is shown at the bottom of the Census
"Family"not in order of her age