633. Frederick Ruland¹⁰ BARBER (William Alonzo⁹, Bradford Kenyon⁸, Benjamin B.⁷, Thomas⁶, Thomas⁵, Moses⁴, James A.³, James², Thomas¹) (#6968) was born in Monroe Co., WI 1 JUL 1869. Frederick died 1938 in Monroe Co., WI, at age 69. His body was interred date unknown in Monroe Co., WI. Warren Mills Cem.

He married Adele WETHERBY 18 APR 1898 in Jeneau Co., WI. (Adele WETHERBY is #6969.) Adele was born JUL 1875 in Juneau Co., WI. Adele was the daughter of John Cummings WETHERBY and Isadore CARTER. Adele died 1937 in Lincoln Co., WI, at age 61. Her body was interred 1937 in Lincoln Co., WI. Warren Mills Cem. By his grandson Daniel F. Barber, Moline, IL: Frederick Ruland was born on the family farm in Westfield, and in 1874 moved with the family to Warrens Mills, Wisconsin. He attended local schools and graduated from Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, a private school that provided an educational curriculum equivalent to high school and community college. He returned to Warrens Mills and became associated with his father in the George Warren Company lumbering and general merchandise store, and related business ventures. In one of his letters, he describes a time when the mills were shipping 100 train cars a month of lumber that was being used to build buildings for the Chicago World's Fair. As was his father, F.R. was committed to developing the land that had been denuded by the lumbering business, as well as providing jobs for the many workers in the growing village. One of these interests was development of cranberry marshes, or bogs. The Barber's were pioneers in this business, which was to stay in the family until the mid 1970's.

Adele Wetherby Barber was born in Mauston, WI, and was one of eight children (brother Clayton and sisters Agnes, Tamson, Mary Augusta, Grace, Alta, and Jessie. Adele had exceptional musical talent, and studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, graduating in 1893, and winning the only gold medal for singing awarded that year by the Conservatory. With the financial backing of older sister Agnes and her husband (Will Boorman), she opened a music studio in Madison and taught under the auspices of the University of Wisconsin. She also was active in university and church choirs as a soloist, and spent some time in New Orleans, where she was a soloist in the Coliseum Baptist Church. Her daughter, Mary Agnes, described her parent's marriage as a lifetime love affair, and on those occasions when they were apart, each wrote to the other every day.

Following a courtship that included frequent team and carriage trips between Warrens Mills and Mauston, F. R. and Adele Wetherby were married in 1898, and had five children: Ruland Wetherby b. 3/21/1899, Warrens (married Susan Gulbransen) d. 3/10/84 Sun City, AZ; Frederick Wetherby b. 9/23/1900 Warrens (married Lucy Daniels 1933) d. 5/2/74 Warrens…see biography above; Isadore Adele b. 3/14/04 (married Irwin Krohn, MD, and later, Perry Hull) d. 3/19/58 Black River Falls, WI; William Alonzo b. 4/11/10 Warrens (married Betty Jane Schiefelbein b.8/3/37, Mauston) d. 10/16/86 Warrens; and Mary Agnes b. 3/7/14 Warrens (following teaching career, lived in Sun City, AZ and Orland Park, IL with lifelong friend and teaching colleague, Ethel Harmeling), d. 1/22/02, Warrens.

Adele Barber's obituary relates a lifetime of good deeds and community service, mostly associated with her singing talent, her encouragement of musical interest in young people in the Warrens area, and her involvement with area school, church, and community activities. During the war, she was active in Liberty Bond drives and was awarded a medal by the government for her services.

Frederick Ruland BARBER and Adele WETHERBY had the following children:

Left to Right
Wm. A. Barber, Ruland W. Barber, Dr. Irwin Krohn, Frederick W. Barber
Left to Righ
Betty Barber, Sue Barbe, Isadore A. Barber Krohn, Lucy Barber
ca 1947/48

757 i. Ruland Wetherby¹¹ BARBER (#6978) was born in Monroe Co., WI 21 MAR 1899. Ruland died MAR 1984 in Maricopa Co., AZ, at age 84. He married Susan (?) BARBER date unknown. (Susan (?) BARBER is #7007.) Susan was born 7 MAR 1903. Susan died JAN 1975 in Monroe Co., WI, at age 71. He resided in Cook Co., IL and worked for the McGlurg Publishing in Chicago, and was an active ham radio operator, which he enjoyed as a hobby. He retired to Warrens, Monroe Co., WI, then on to Arizona. From Virginia Krohn: "Did you know about Ruland's wife Sue? She was a great person also..they never had children and Rulland worked for publishing company in Chicago and was a Ham radio operator, he had apt with closed in back porch and kept his Ham outfit back on the porch and I loved to go out there with him and listen to him talk to people all over the world, especially during WW2 and one in particular was in the Canary Islands.....he was very special, and when he died, Mary Agnes took control and in charge of everything also...typical for her.....!!"

+ 758 ii. Frederick Wetherby BARBER was born 23 SEP 1900.

Isadore Adele Barber Krohn

+ 759 iii. Isadore Adele BARBER was born 14 MAR 1904.

William Alonzo Barber and Wife Betty along with sons Robert in the left and John W. on the left.

+ 760 iv. William Alonzo BARBER was born 11 APR 1910.

761 v. Mary Agnes BARBER (#6986) was born in Monroe Co., WI 31 MAR 1914. Mary died 11 NOV 2003 in Mohave Co., AZ, at age 89. resided in Northbrook, IL and was a teacher.

Acording to Virginia Krohn "my mother's youngest sister, died two years ago at 89? never married, was in WACs during WW2, was teacher at Northbrook Illinois (Glen-brook) high school for many years since WW2 over......her friend Ethel Harmeling is still alive in Chicago area, they lived in Sun City Az near Ruland Barber for years"

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