WIKI reference to the household

HERCULES L DOUSMAN was a trader and real-estate speculator who played a large role in the economic development of Wisconsin He is often called Wisconsin's first millionaire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_L._Dousman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_L._Dousman

As Dousman began building his investments during the 1830s, he also began a long affair with a Prairie du Chien woman named Margaret Campbell. Together they had three children: Emily, George, and a third unnamed child who died at birth in 1838. Campbell also died at that time. Dousman would eventually marry Jane Fisher Rolette, the soon-to-be widow of his partner in the trade, Joseph Rolette.
[note here, death in childbirth of his first wife]



Dousman died of heart failure on September 12, 1868. By this time he was regarded as one of Wisconsin's wealthiest and most influential men, and his property passed to his wife Jane and son Louis. Dousman has since been immortalized by the Villa Louis historic site in Prairie du Chien and as the central character of two novels by August Derleth, Bright Journey and The House on the Mound. Dousman is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Prairie du Chien

1872 the aging and infirm Madam Jane Dousman relied upon her Housekeeper

Penelope F. Mcleod

Companion and head Housekeeper