John T. Rollins Jr. ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Fremont, WI on 10 May 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 24, Family 236, Roll 1704
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Farm owned, with mortgage
Newly married
John Rollins..Head..41..WI..Farmer, General

(Living with wife and widowed mother.)

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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fremont, WI on 8 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 18, Family 43, Roll 1979
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Farm owned, with mortgage
John Rollins..Head..50..WI..Farmer

(Living with wife, 2 children, mother, sister, and brother.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Fremont, WI on 2 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 11, Family 6, Roll 2563
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Home owned
John Rollins..Head..61..WI..Farmer

(Living with wife, son, and adopted daughter.)

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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Fremont, WI on 3 May 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 10-11, Family 230, Roll 4465
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1000
Residence in 1935: Same house
John Rollins..Head..71..WI..8th grade..Farm Laborer

(Living with wife and adopted daughter.)
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• He was buried after 27 September 1947 in the Loyal City Cemetery in Loyal, WI.

Inscription:
PVT 3 WIS INF
SP AM WAR

Find A Grave Memorial #74003318
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• His obituary was published in The Loyal Tribune on 19 October 1947 in Loyal, WI.

John T. Rollins, 78, died at his home in Loyal at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. He had been in poor health for several years.

Mr. Rollins, son of the late John and Josephine Rollins, was born in Adams county on Jan. 25, 1869, but Came to Clark county when he was about a year old. He was married on Sept. 14, 1959, to Miss Clara Schultz of Cadott. They then began farming in the town of Fremont, continuing until two years ago, when they retired and moved to Loyal. Mr. Rollins was a member of the Methodist church. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war.

Surviving are Mrs. Rollins and three children, Mrs. Helmuth (Vera) Lavandowska of Greenwood, Robert Rollins of Spencer, and Mrs. Jake (Cecelia) Kerr of Milwaukee. There are 11 surviving grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church at 2 p.m. last Tuesday, the military rites being in charge of the Loyal American Legion post and the Rev. Lee H. Holmes as pastor. Mrs. R. A. Prior, Mrs. Calvin Prior and J. R. Colby sang "Face to Face," and "Under His Wing." Donna Mae Gotter was accompanist.

In charge of the flowers were four grandchildren, Joyce Lavandowska, Beverly Rollins, Shirley Ann Rollins and Marlene Rollins, and a niece Marlene Schultz.

Burial was in the Loyal cemetery with Legionnaires Perry Volk, Jesse Raab, Edd Dobbe, Claude Catlin, P. F. Voight and Henry Boe as bearers.

Those from away who attended the funeral were: Mrs. J. C. Kerr of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Helmuth Lavandowska and two children of Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pickett of Augusta; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. August Schultz and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. August Pilgrim of Cadott; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rollins and children of Spencer; Mrs. Edith Munroe of Chippewa Falls; Mrs. Edna Allison and Joe Matonich of Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Chancy Tarbox of Seattle, Wash. and Mrs. William Dankemeyer of Chili.

The Tribune extends to the bereaved its sympathy in the loss of a beloved relative.

(Source: The Loyal Tribune, 19 Oct 1947)
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John married Clara Louise Schultz, daughter of William Frederick Schultz and Bertha Spiegler, on 14 September 1909 in Sigel, WI.^{1 2 3 4} (Clara Louise Schultz was born on 20 May 1881 in Oakwood, MN,^{1 2 3 4 6} died on 25 July 1966 in Neillsville, WI ⁷ and was buried after 25 July 1966 in Loyal, WI ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Fremont, WI on 10 May 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 24, Family 236, Roll 1704
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Farm owned, with mortgage
Newly married
John Rollins..Head..41..WI..Farmer, General
Clara L. Rollins..Wife..28..MN
Josephine Rollins..Mother..82..ME..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fremont, WI on 8 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 18, Family 43, Roll 1979
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Farm owned, with mortgage
John Rollins..Head..50..WI..Farmer
Clara L. Rollins..Wife..38..MN
Vera L. Rollins..Daughter..9..WI
Robert R. Rollins..Son..7..WI
Josephine Rollins..Mother..91..ME..Widowed
Amanda Tarbox..Sister..72..ME..Widowed
Edgar Rollins..Brother..65..MI..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Fremont, WI on 2 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 11, Family 6, Roll 2563
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Home owned
John Rollins..Head..61..WI..Farmer
Clara Rollins..Wife..48..MN
Robert Rollins..Son..17..WI..Laborer, Farm
Cecila Rollins..Adopted daughter..11..WI
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Fremont, WI on 3 May 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 10-11, Family 230, Roll 4465
Fremont, Clark, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1000
Residence in 1935: Same house
John Rollins..Head..71..WI..8th grade..Farm Laborer
Clara Rollins..Wife..58..8th grade..MN
Cecelia Rollins..Daughter..21..WI
Louis Vanderhoff..Hired hand..34..WI
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  Marriage Notes:

Prepared by: KevinRess@yahoo.com; John & Clara's great-grandson on July 27, 2014:

See the included image of the postcard that was written in 1909 by John T. Rollins to his future bride, Miss Clara Louise Schultz. It is postmarked August 24, 1909 at 6 p.m. in Spencer, Marathon County, Wisconsin post office. The front of the postcard depicts the street scene in Chili (Clark County), Wisconsin. The back side contains a secret message John writes to Clara that only the two of them could decipher. The initials "J. R." in the upper-left hand corner are John Rollins, who was 40 years old at the time; his love Clara would've been 28 years old. At the time, John was farming at the Chili homestead. Clara, was working in the kitchen at the Hotel Manley in Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Kevin Ress shared the postcard with members of the Associated Bank Information Security team in January 2014. Very quickly, they decoded it. The message reads:

My love, my darling, my own sweet wife.
This is a picture of your future home.
Dearest how do you like it love?
I am still lame but at work all the same.
Good bye my love.
Write soon. Your loving.

John and Clara would marry a month after this postcard in the Town of Sigel, Chippewa County WI on September 14, 1909. They would subsequently have two children, Vera Louise (Lavandowski) on June 3, 1910 (death March 23, 2004) and a son Robert Roy Rollins on May 20,1912 (death December 23, 1994).

John and Clara also had a third child they fostered, Charolette Helen (Libby) Rollins; known to the family as "CeCe". She comes from John's older brother Charles, who had a daughter named Perseus that bore three children. Unfortunately Spanish Influenza took the lives of Perseus and her husband Thomas Libby. The two oldest children, Thomas Jr (named after their father) and Josephine (named after her grandmother) were sent to an orphanage. The youngest was CeCe; she was sent to live with John and Clara. In 1925, when CeCe was 6 years old, John and Clara adopted her.
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