Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 204
WILLIAM WALLACE DOLSEN, deceased, was born in Orange County, N. Y.., in the year 1813. In the public schools of his native county he received a liberal education, and there was reared to manhood. He was united in marriage with Miss Susan Dolsen, and three children were born of their union, two sons and a daughter: James F., who is now a resident of Joplin, MO., Theophilus, who is located at Gibbon, Neb., and Susan, wife of A. Richman, a leading citizen of Muscatine County. In 1837 Mr. Dolsen resolved to try his fortune in what was then considered the Far West, and emigrated to Schuyler County, Ill., where for fourteen years he continued to reside. In 1851, at the expiration of that time, he continued his journey westward and located in Muscatine County, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1867. Honorable and upright in all his dealings, he won the confidence and esteem of the people in whatever community he resided, and was a prominent and influential citizen. He is numbered among the early settlers of this county, and aided largely in its growth and prosperity.

In 1843, while a resident of Schuyler County, Ill., the death of Mrs. Dolsen occurred, and he was again married, becoming the husband of Latitia A. Briscow, and two children graced their union; George W., who served as a soldier in the late Rebellion, enlisting in the 8th Iowa Cavalry, was taken prisoner and confined in Andersonville Prison for eight months, suffering all the hardships and cruelties that his inhuman keepers could invent; he is at present a resident of Fayetteville, Ark. Phoebe J., the other child, is the wife of John R. Umstead, of Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa. Mrs. Dolsen is still living, and resides at Rushville, Ill.

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