William Webster Sackett
(1836-1913)
Father | William Walker Sackett (1813-1893) |
Mother | Polly Ann Nash (1813-1900) |
William Webster Sackett, son of William Walker Sackett and Polly Ann Nash, was born in Panama, Harmony Township, Chautauqua County, New York StateG, on 13 January 1836.1 He died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MinnesotaG, on 24 August 1913.1 He married in MinnesotaG on 2 February 1864, Catherine Splaine.1
William was the first teacher at the school established in Fillmore VillageG in 1857. The school had seven or eight pupils and was housed in a log hut.2
In 1880 William was living in Lanesboro, Fillmore County, MinnesotaG, and was recorded in the census as William Sackett, a worker in a flour mill, head of household, married, aged 43 and born in New York. Living with him were his wife Catharine, 35, and their children, Lorena, 15, Clyde, 13, Clifton, 11, Maud, 7, Kittie, 4, and Martha, aged one. Also in the household was a Catharine Splaine with her three young children.3
William was a justice of the peace in LanesboroG from 1893 to 1905.4
William was the first teacher at the school established in Fillmore VillageG in 1857. The school had seven or eight pupils and was housed in a log hut.2
In 1880 William was living in Lanesboro, Fillmore County, MinnesotaG, and was recorded in the census as William Sackett, a worker in a flour mill, head of household, married, aged 43 and born in New York. Living with him were his wife Catharine, 35, and their children, Lorena, 15, Clyde, 13, Clifton, 11, Maud, 7, Kittie, 4, and Martha, aged one. Also in the household was a Catharine Splaine with her three young children.3
William was a justice of the peace in LanesboroG from 1893 to 1905.4
Children of William Webster Sackett and Catherine Splaine
- Ann Lorena Sackett b. 1864
- Robert Clyde Sackett+ b. 19 Aug 1866
- James Clifton Sackett b. 27 Jun 1870
- Maude Sackett b. 30 Jun 1873
- Kathleen Elizabeth "Kittie" Sackett b. c 1876
- Martha Sackett b. c 1879
- Theresa Sackett b. after 1880
Notes & Citations
- Thurmon King's database, 20784 William Webster Sackett.
- Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, History of Fillmore County Minnesota (Chicago: H C Cooper, Jr & Co, 1912), 1:408, “Fillmore. It is claimed that the first school in the town was called to order by William Sackett. The school was held at Fillmore Village in a little log hut in 1857, and had an attendance of seven or eight scholars. The teacher, Mr. Sackett, had just arrived from New York; he afterward married Catherine Splain, and moved to Lanesboro. District 94. This district comprises what is known as the Fillmore village district. Its organization was effected in 1856, being without doubt the first organized district in the town, and the first place in which school was held. A log house was put together in 1856, by subscription, which lasted until 1873, when a new house was put up in the village at a cost of $900. The first school was taught by William Sackett, and was attended by seven or eight scholars."
- 1880 United States Federal Census, FHL 1254619 NA T9-0619/285A
Lanesboro, Fillmore, Minnesota
William Sackett, head, married, 43, b. NY, works in flour mill, father b. NY, mother b. CT
Catharine Sackett, wife, 35, b. England, keeping house, father b. Ireland, mother b. England
Lorena Sackett, dau, 15, b. MN, father b. NY, mother b. England
Clyde Sackett, son, 13, b. MN, clerk in RR office, father b. NY, mother b. England
Clifton Sackett, son, 11, b. MN, at school, father b. NY, mother b. England
Maud Sackett, dau, 7, b. MN, father b. NY, mother b. England
Kittie Sackett, dau, 4, b. MN, father b. NY, mother b. England
Martha Sackett, dau, 1, b. MN, father b. NY, mother b. England
Catharine Splaine, other, married, 29, b. England, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland
Annie Splaine, other, 5, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. England
Robert Splaine, other, 3, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. England
Charles Splaine, other, 1, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. England. - Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, History of Fillmore County Minnesota, 1:244, William Sackett was a justice in lists of municipal officers of Lanesboro in 1893, 1895, 1899, and 1901. W W Sackett was a justice in 1903, and William Sackett in 1905.
Sackett line | Grandson of Nathaniel Sackett |
Charts | Line 3a (American) |
Generation.Tree | 8P.3 |
Last Edited | 5 Sep 2019 |