Appendix

Electa’s Timeline

Around 1807 —	Electa is born in New York.
1814–1822 —	Electa goes to boarding school.
1822–1828 —	Electa teaches school in New York.
1828 —	On June 20, Electa arrives in Wisconsin and begins teaching in Statesburg. This is the first public school in Wisconsin. Electa is the state’s first public schoolteacher.
1832 —	On September 17, Electa begins teaching school at Smithfield, Wisconsin.
1833 —	On July 25, Electa marries Daniel Adams. Electa and Daniel move to Duck Creek, Wisconsin.
1836 —	Electa and Daniel move to Missouri.
1838 —	Electa’s son Alex is born.
1840 —	Electa’s son Daniel is born.
1842 —	Electa’s son John is born.
1844 —	On March 3, Daniel Adams dies. On October 20, 60 people, including important church leaders, come to a church service at Electa’s house in Missouri.
1845 —	On December 25, Electa marries John Walker Candy.
1846 —	Electa and John Walker Candy take their family to Texas.
1847 —	Electa and John Walker Candy return to Indian Territory.
1855 —	Electa, John Walker Candy, and Electa’s 3 sons move to the town of Stockbridge, Wisconsin. On July 21, Electa’s brother John W. Quinney dies. He leaves Electa his farm in the town of Stockbridge.
1857 —	Electa agrees to give a portrait of her brother John to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
1859 —	In February, John Walker Candy returns to Indian Territory. Electa lives for a little while on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation near Shawano, Wisconsin.
1860 —	Electa moves back to her farm in the town of Stockbridge.
1861 —	On October 16, Electa’s son Daniel signs up to fight in the Civil War.
1862 —	On March 24, Electa’s son Daniel leaves for Missouri with the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry.
1863 —	On February 21, Electa’s son Daniel dies of pneumonia while fighting in the Civil War. He is buried in Missouri.
1867 —	Electa’s name is on a list of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians who want to quit the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe to become US citizens.
1868 —	On August 21, Electa’s second husband, John Walker Candy, dies in Arkansas.
1871 —	Electa becomes a US citizen.
1882 —	On March 7, Electa dies. She is buried in the town of Stockbridge, Wisconsin.
1896 —	On January 27, Electa’s son John Clark Adams dies in Antigo, Wisconsin.
1932 —	A trunk that had belonged to John Clark Adams is found in Antigo.