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Information on Zebulon and Betsy Lamphear's Family    
Updated August 21, 2001

1840 New York. The family first appears on the 1840 New York Federal Census. St. Lawrence County, Canton Township.

Lamphear, Zebulon
  2 males under 5 [George & Lymann]
  1 males 20 and under 30 [Zebulon]
  1 female under 5 [Laura]
  1 female 5 and under 10 [Lorinda]
  1 female 20 and under 30 [Elizabeth]

1850 New York. Taken August 28, 1850 in St. Lawrence County, Canton Township.

Name, Relation to Head of Household, Age, State Born In
Lamphear, Zebulon Head, 37     VT
  Betsey, Wife, 36, VT
  Lorinda, Daughter,  16, VT
  George, Son, 14, VT
  Laura,  Daughter, 12, NY
  Lymon, Son, 10, NY
  Hannah,  Daughter, 3,  NY
  Justice,  Son, 6, NY
  Chester,  Son, 6,  NY
  Eveline , Daughter, 3, NY
  Henry,  Son, 1, NY
  Lorin, Son,3 months,  NY

1851 Justus Hier, father of Betsy, dies in Canton, New York.

1853. Zebulon Lamphear and David Wood are listed as executors of the estate of Justus Hier.

1854. Around 1854 the family moved to Weyeuwega, Wisconsin and then later Lind Township, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, becoming some of the first settlers of the area. It is said that they traveled in a wagon train with others from New York.

William, their last child was born around this same time, perhaps right before they began to travel west.

1854, July 5 Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Zebulon Purchases 80 acres for $100. Two 40 acre tracts

1855, Feb 5 Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Zebulon purchases 10 acres for $100. Book 4, page 452.

1855, April 2 Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Zebulon purchases 40 acres for $50

1860 Wisconsin Census. On June 8, 1860 Zebulon and his family lived in Lind Township, Waupaca County. They are listed as dwelling #248, family #214 on page 29. By this time Lorinda and George have married and left. Laura has married Richard Woolsey and is residing with the family. The value of Zebulon’s real-estate is listed as $3,000; his personal estate value, $600. He occupation is listed as a farmer.

Name, Relation to Head of Household, Age, State Born In
Lamphear, Zebulon, Head, 46, VT
  Betsey,  Wife, 45, VT
  Lyman, Son, 20, NY
  Hannah, Daughter, 18, NY
  Justice, Son, 16, NY
  Austin, Son, 16, NY [Chester]
  Eveline, Daughter, 13, NY
  Henry, Son, 12, NY
  Lorin, Son, 10, NY
  Wallace, Son, 6, NY
 
  Woolsey, Richard Son in Law, 26, PA
  Woolsey, Laura, Daughter, 22, PA [should be NY]
  Woolsey, Fred, Grandson,9 months, PA [should be WI]

1860 Wisconsin Census Taken June 8, 1860 Waupaca County, Lind Township, Dwelling #257, Family #224, Page 24.

Name, Relation to Head of Household, Age, State Born In
Lamphear, George, Head, 24, NY
Gill, Mary, Wife, 18, IL
Lamphear, Francis, Son, 1, WI

1893, February 24 Newspaper Article

"Mr. Z. Lamphear an old resident of Lind is very ill."

Commemorative Biographical Record. pages 817-820, under R.J. Woolsey:

"The parents of Mrs. R.J. Woolsey were Zebulah and Betsy (Hier) Lamphear, who came to Wisconsin in 1854, located on a farm in Section 26, in Lind township, where the father thereafter lived. He died in March, 1893, but his widow is still living. hey had four daughters and seven sons. Z. Lamphear was a well-to-do farmer and at one time owned large tracts of land."

1893, March 19. Registration of Deaths. Waupaca County. Page 225. Number 116:

Zebulan Lamphear, White Male, 82 years,
Birthplace: Vermont
Spouse: Betsey E. Lamphear
Born: September 14, [no year listed]
Died: March 19, 1893 in Lind, Waupaca County. Cause Unknown. Buried in Lind.
registered by J. F. Corbet of Weyauwega on November 1, 1894.

1893, March 23 The Waupaca Post. Death notice of Zebulon Lamphear.

"Died - Mr. Z. Lamphear on Sunday morning, March 19th of old age. He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. He was a very conscientious and upright man and highly respected by his neighbors. He was 88 years of age, and one of the first to settle on the "Indian Land". The funeral took place from the house on Tuesday at two p.m."

1893 Probate Records - Waupaca County, Wisconsin.   Zebulon Lamphear, Case #462. Volume 1, Page L18