WI BIO - Chippewa Co - WILTSE, C. J.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol I, p 221

C. J. WILTSE, lawyer, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, was born 29 
May 1823 in Clarence, Erie County, New York, and lived there until he came to 
Wisconsin. He came to this state in September 1850. He located at 
Mukwanago, Waukesha County [Wisconsin], where he resided until 1862, when he 
came to the town of Lafayette, Chippewa County, where he purchased a large 
farm and resided on it until 1868, when he removed to Chippewa Falls. He was 
County Judge from 1865 to 1868, and resigned that position in 1868. While in 
Lafayette [Chippewa County, Wisconsin] he was Justice of the Peace, Town 
Clerk, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Since coming to Chippewa 
Falls, he has been Member of the Legislature, Justice of the Peace, District 
Attorney and City Attorney, holding the latter position for five years. Ever 
since 1868 he has been engaged in active practice of law.

He [C. J. WILTSE] was first married to Ellen M. TANNER [a maiden name?], a 
native of Clarence [Erie County], New York. She [Ellen M. WILTSE] died 21 
January 1870. Six children of this marriage [of C. J. and Ellen M. WILTSE] 
are now [1881] living: (1) Rachel R., now Mrs. John SELLERS, of Pine City 
[Pine County], Minnesota; (2) Ellen; (3) Alice, now Mrs. Hector C. McREA; 
(4) Diana, now the wife of Judge William P. SWIFT, of Barron County, 
Wisconsin; (5) Thomas and (6) Sarah. The Judge's present wife [the present 
wife of C. J. WILTSE] was Mary Frances BILLIARD [a maiden name?]. She was 
born in the State of New York. 

Submitted by Cathy Kubly