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Leroy William OUTHOUSE

Leroy William OUTHOUSE

Male 1922 - 1971

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  • Born  28 Jan 1922  Cottage Grove, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    News item  15 Apr 1931  Madison Twp, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    hit by lightning 
    Census  1940  Westport, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Religion  lifetime  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Lutheran 
    • He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Milton and then Pella Lutheran Church at Clinton when he moved to Avalon. At Pella, he served on the Board for a short period of time.
    Occupation  Between 1948 and 1962  Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    farmer 
    Residence  1949  Milton, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • The first farm LeRoy rented at Milton was owned by Theresa (pronounced Tressa) Jennings, mother-in-law to Raymond Wenham, Alice's uncle. They lived there from 1949 to 1953 when they bought a farm on Milton-Shopiere Rd. Before that, the couple lived with his parents at Avalon.
      They moved to their new farm in the Spring of 1953 and didn't install an indoor bathroom until after Sue was born in August, 1953. Several years later, they remodeled again, removing the dividing cupboards between the kitchen and dining room and adding closet space down the hall to the bathroom.
    Residence  1962  Avalon, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID  0185C2BFAABF41F788DA3326633957AA0045 
    Died  19 May 1971  Janesville, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • News articles available with details of his accidental death.
    Buried  22 May 1971  Milton Lawns Cem, Janesville, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID  I2171  OuthouseLine2014 | Descendants of Emanuel Henika b. 1757 Germany
    Last Modified  24 Jul 2013 

    Father  Roy Johnson OUTHOUSE,   b. 8 Oct 1893, Madison, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1967, Janesville, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Clara Josephine BROSTUEN,   b. 12 Aug 1890, Mt. Horeb, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1977, Madison, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  28 Jun 1917  Mt. Horeb, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F432  Group Sheet

    Family  Alice Emma WENHAM,   b. 29 Apr 1927, Milton, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 2010, Janesville, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  30 Jun 1948  Milton, Rock, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    >1. Private
    >2. Private
    >3. Private
    >4. Private
    Last Modified  1 Jan 2007 
    Family ID  F883  Group Sheet

  • Photos
    Lightning Bolt Etches Boys Body
    Lightning Bolt Etches Boys Body
    A lightning bolt struck near Silver Spring school injuring 2 students.
    LeRoy Outhouse
    LeRoy Outhouse

  • Sources 
    1. [S73] Personal Knowledge of Lynne Bliss.

    2. [S150] Newspaper, Capital Times, 15 Apr 1931 (Reliability: 3).
      Children, Hit By Lightning, to Leave Hospital
      Monroe Man Seriously Burned by Bolt During Thunderstorm
      Two of three children who suffered burns from a lightning bolt Tuesday afternoon are to be discharged from the Madison general hospital late today, according to attendants, the third child was released from the hospital after an examination. Lightning also injured two persons, and knocked a third across a room near Monroe Tuesday.
      Three women also were bowled over by the bolt which set fire to, and destroyed a garage belonging to William Bomingkhof, near the Silver Springs school three miles south of Madison. Teh Bomingkhof home also was set afire but it was saved.
      The children still in the hospital are LeRoy Outhouse, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Outhouse, route 4 and Christopher Odegard, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.C. E. Odegard, route 5. The boy released after an examination was Lester Williams, 6. The children were playing in the school yard when the bolt struck the garage.
      The women temporarily ? by the bolt included Mrs. Bomingkhof, her sister-in-law Mrs. Damon Bryant, and Mrs. Eva Lange, ?? in the school who were at lunch in the Bomingkhof house.
      The belt left peculiar marks on the bodies of the Outhouse and Odegard children, and on trees and shrubs in the vicinity of the Bomingkhof home.

    3. [S201] Federal Census, 1940 Westport, Dane, WI; ED 13-104; Fam #36 (South Side St Mendota Rd-NS of Seat 36 East-West) (Reliability: 3).
      LeRoy, son, age 18, b. Wis; 1935-Town of Madison, Educ-H-3; farmer

    4. [S74] BLUE, Alice Wenham Outhouse.