Bio: Getts, William H. (1881)

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Surnames: Getts, Page

----Source: History of Northern Wis. (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1208

WILLIAM H. GETTS, painter, Centralia, was born in Wilks Barre, June 11, 1845. The family moved to Lake View, near Oregon, Dane Co., Wis., in 1847, where his parents still live. William H. enlisted in Co. H, 31st Wis. V. I., as private, in 1862, and was mustered out as corporal, July, 1865. His regiment went to Nashville, and went with Sherman to the sea. He was disabled by the cars running off the track, July 17, 1864, near Kingston, Ga., by which accident, he received a severe contusion of the back and chest, and his right leg was fractured; this laid him up in hospital, until January 1865, when he rejoined his regiment at Savannah. He came to Centralia in 1866 and engaged in painting. He was married, June 11, 1870, to Miss Sarah M. Page, of Armenia, Juneau Co., Wis. They have three children, Grace E., Minnie A., and Guy.