Menomonie in Dunn County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Dr. Stephen Tainter

Revolutionary War Veteran

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

1. Dr. Stephen Tainter Marker (front)

Inscription. Up the hill on the left lies patriot Dr. Stephen Tainter, born October 13, 1760, in Westborough, Massachusetts. He first enlisted in December 1776, at the age of sixteen, as a drummer with Captain Kimball's company in Colonel Sparhawk's Massachusetts regiment. During the next three years, Tainter enlisted five more times. During the course of the Revolution, Tainter served with several Massachusetts militias that were stationed at various times in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Jersey.
(Continued on / from other side)
According to his pension application, after the war Tainter practiced "physic" (medicine) for about thirty years in various places, including Somers, Connecticut; Bradford and New Fane, Vermont; Ludlow and Sheldon, Massachusetts; and Gainesville and Wethersfield, New York. In 1839, Dr. Tainter moved west to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin Territory, to live with his children. In 1846, he moved to Utica, Crawford County. There, Stephen Tainter died on July 11, 1847, at the age of 86 years, 9 months. Later his grandson, Captain Andrew Tainter, relocated his body to Evergreen

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Cemetery, Menomonie, where he rests today.

Erected 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society; Wisconsin Society Sons of the American Revolution with contributions from the Stephen Tainter Chapter and the George Washington Endowment Fund. (Marker Number 501.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), and the Wisconsin Historical Society series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1777.

Location. 44° 53.333′ N, 91° 54.678′ W. Marker is in Menomonie, Wisconsin, in Dunn County. It can be reached from North 5th Avenue / Evergreen Cemetery Road, 0.4 miles north of Northeast 13th Street and Shorewood Drive, on the left. Marker is in Evergreen Cemetery, an island. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Menomonie WI 54751, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Western Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western

Dr. Stephen Tainter Marker <i>(back)</i> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

2. Dr. Stephen Tainter Marker (back)

Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Evergreen Cemetery / Earliest Evergreen Burials (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stori House (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Honor of Company H (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mabel Tainter Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Historic Building (approx. 1.2 miles away); Gateway to the Historic Corridor (approx. 1.2 miles away); Chippewa Valley White Pine (approx. 1.3 miles away); Dunn County Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Menomonie.

Other markers no longer nearby. "Fine Meadows Where… Droves of Buffaloes and Elks were Feeding" (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Wisconsin's Oak Savanna (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Evergreen Cemetery. Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on July 30, 2009.)

Dr. Stephen Tainter Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

3. Dr. Stephen Tainter Marker

Dr. Stephen Tainter Grave image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

4. Dr. Stephen Tainter Grave

Nearby Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

5. Nearby Civil War Memorial

(front) In memory of the Union Veterans of 1861 to 1865.
May their deeds of valor forever inspire love of liberty and country.
Erected by the Wm. Evans Woman's Relief Corps No. 7, of Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1901.
(back) In memory of those who sacrificed their lives in the Spanish-American War of 1898.
(base - clockwise) Gettysburg · Appomattox · Porto Rico · Vicksburg

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

6. Memorial

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

7. Memorial

Cemetery Entrance Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, July 21, 2009

8. Cemetery Entrance Plaque

This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Site #06001117; added 2006.
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance: Landscape Architecture

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2009, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,949 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on July 30, 2009, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.