When but a boy, John Adsit went to work as a driver on the “Tow Path” on the Erie Canal. Before he was of age, he was captain of a boat. He continued in this business until 1855, when he moved to Travers City, Michigan to engage in farming and lumbering. He married Sarah J. Wood on February 21, 1847, with whom he later had four children. In 1854, the couple moved to Michigan. In July of 1867, he moved with his family to Waubeek, Wisconsin to farm. In 1890, by reason of failing health, he sold the farm and moved into the city, where he lived until the time of his death. He held various town offices in Waubeek and served one term as street commissioner.
John's obituary describes him as follows:
"... a first class citizen, scrupulously honest in the fulfillment of all his obligations, kind hearted and charitable. This community is richer because Mr. Adsit has been a part of it and it is poorer because he is dead. The most enviable epitaph a man can create for himself is the tacit acknowledgement of his neighbors, that he was a good man. Mr. Adsit was this, as all who knew him best will testify. A large congregation of neighbors and friends attended the obsequies and the funeral procession that followed the body to its last resting place in the Waubeek cemetery showed the esteem in which he was held."
Source: Pepin County Courier, 10/18/1895
John's obituary describes him as follows:
"... a first class citizen, scrupulously honest in the fulfillment of all his obligations, kind hearted and charitable. This community is richer because Mr. Adsit has been a part of it and it is poorer because he is dead. The most enviable epitaph a man can create for himself is the tacit acknowledgement of his neighbors, that he was a good man. Mr. Adsit was this, as all who knew him best will testify. A large congregation of neighbors and friends attended the obsequies and the funeral procession that followed the body to its last resting place in the Waubeek cemetery showed the esteem in which he was held."
Source: Pepin County Courier, 10/18/1895
When but a boy, John Adsit went to work as a driver on the “Tow Path” on the Erie Canal. Before he was of age, he was captain of a boat. He continued in this business until 1855, when he moved to Travers City, Michigan to engage in farming and lumbering. He married Sarah J. Wood on February 21, 1847, with whom he later had four children. In 1854, the couple moved to Michigan. In July of 1867, he moved with his family to Waubeek, Wisconsin to farm. In 1890, by reason of failing health, he sold the farm and moved into the city, where he lived until the time of his death. He held various town offices in Waubeek and served one term as street commissioner.
John's obituary describes him as follows:
"... a first class citizen, scrupulously honest in the fulfillment of all his obligations, kind hearted and charitable. This community is richer because Mr. Adsit has been a part of it and it is poorer because he is dead. The most enviable epitaph a man can create for himself is the tacit acknowledgement of his neighbors, that he was a good man. Mr. Adsit was this, as all who knew him best will testify. A large congregation of neighbors and friends attended the obsequies and the funeral procession that followed the body to its last resting place in the Waubeek cemetery showed the esteem in which he was held."
Source: Pepin County Courier, 10/18/1895
John's obituary describes him as follows:
"... a first class citizen, scrupulously honest in the fulfillment of all his obligations, kind hearted and charitable. This community is richer because Mr. Adsit has been a part of it and it is poorer because he is dead. The most enviable epitaph a man can create for himself is the tacit acknowledgement of his neighbors, that he was a good man. Mr. Adsit was this, as all who knew him best will testify. A large congregation of neighbors and friends attended the obsequies and the funeral procession that followed the body to its last resting place in the Waubeek cemetery showed the esteem in which he was held."
Source: Pepin County Courier, 10/18/1895
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