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.
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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 Cemetery, Menomonie, where he rests today.

Erected 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society; Wisconsin Society Sons of the American Revolution with contributions

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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,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western 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.

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)