Adam H. Loucks
Surnames: Heild, Kemerer, Van Wie
ADAM H. LOUCKS, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Shopiere; born in Montgomery Co., N.Y., Feb. 16, 1828; son of Adam H. LOUCKS, Sr., whose father, Henry LOUCKS, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; he enlisted when he was 16 years old and served through most of the war. Adam H. LOUCKS, Sr., died in 1828, aged 35 years. Adam H., Jr., went to California in 1851; was in the mines ; was successful and returned in 1853 to Montgomery Co., N.Y., and was in the shoe business a year; then came to Kenosha (Wisconsin); was there six months; then came to Shopiere; again went into the shoe business and carried it on successfully for ten years, and in 1864 bought a farm of 107 acres.
Married, on Dec. 26, 1850, Miss M. A. VAN WIE, the daughter of Philip S. VAN WIE, of old Dutch stock settlers on the Hudson and Mohawk in early days; they have had seven children - Mary C., born Oct. 16, 1851, died Dec. 18, 1853; Charles N., born May 8, 1854, and is now in Iowa in railroad business; Annette, born Oct. 16, 1856 (married George HEILD, of Janesville); Jane E., born Dec. 21, 1858 (married Charles KEMERER, of La Prairie); Clark, born Dec. 6, 1862, and is at home; George, born Aug. 20, 1866, and is attending school; Olive B., born Aug. 10, 1871, and is at school. The family are members of the Methodist Church, at Shopiere.
Source: History of Rock County, Wisconsin, publ. 1879; Pages 805/806
Submitted by Carol