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History of Northern Wisconsin
pub: The Western Historical Company,
     Chicago, 1881


         [page 184]
         
         C. H. OAKLEY, farmer, Sec. 30, P.O. Chilton. Born in Pough-
       keepsie, Dutchess Co., N.Y., Feb. 26, 1824. During his early 
       life he lived in New York City, and in 1832 was taken over to 
       England, returning to the United States in 1833. At the age 
       of fifteen he went into a drug store, and at the age of seven-
       teen went into the United States navy, shipping on board the 
       "Columbus" for the Mediterranean Sea; and on returning was 
       ordered on the "St. Louis" corvette, a sloop of war, and after 
       a very adventurous voyage, returned to Norfolk, Va., in 1845. 
       He then attended the Annapolis naval school, but finally left 
       the service, and entered mercantile life. In 1848 he came west 
       to Fond du Lac, where he remained till 1851, when he took a 
       pre-emption claim in Calumet County, where he now lives, having 
       a farm of 133 acres. In 1864 he enlisted in the 48th Wis. V. I., 
       Co. H., and was mustered out in 1865. In 1852 he married Miss 
       ELIZABETH L. POWERS. They have  had three children - CAROLINE I., 
       now Mrs. WILKINSON, GEORGE E.,  and have lost a son named GEORGE. 
       They are members of the Church  of England.
       
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