Homeward and heavenward

Author: Eben E. Rexford

Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916) Born: Ju­ly 16, 1848, Johns­burgh, New York. Died: Oc­to­ber 18, 1916, Green Bay, Wis­con­sin. Buried: Bovina Cem­e­te­ry, be­tween Black Creek & Shi­oc­ton, Wis­con­sin. Rexford’s fam­ily moved to Wis­con­sin in 1855 and set­tled in the town of El­ling­ton. He re­ceived his ear­ly ed­u­ca­tion in the Mea­ger coun­ty schools and at Law­rence Coll­ege, which lat­er award­ed him a Ba­che­lor of Lit­er­a­ture de­gree. His lit­er­ary gi­fts be­came ev­i­dent ear­ly in life, and his first vers­es were pub­lished in the New York Ledger when he was 14 years old. In 1890, Rex­ford mar­ried Mrs. Har­riet Bau­man Harsh. He served as town clerk of Bo­vi­na for… Go to person page >