Pinkham Genealogy
Pinkham is on this site from the marriage of Charles Daniel O’Rourke to Dora Marie Pinkham.
Farmer Josephus Pinkham was an Indian Fighter in Illinois and Lafayette County Wisconsin.
Fort Hamilton was a hastily built frontier fort in present-day Wiota, Wisconsin, crucial during the 1832 Black Hawk War as a base for U.S. forces and a refuge for settlers, serving as a key location for recruiting Indian allies and witnessing events like the St. Vrain Massacre and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, though no direct attack was made on the fort itself.
St. Vrain Massacre (May 24, 1832): Four men, including St. Vrain, were killed by Kickapoo warriors while traveling from Dixon’s Ferry towards Fort Hamilton to deliver dispatches, prompting heightened alert at the fort, say this snippet from Wikipedia and this snippet from The Historical Marker Database.
Battle of Horseshoe Bend (June 16, 1832): After the massacre, Dodge’s militia, reinforced by Hamilton and his allied warriors from the fort, engaged Kickapoo attackers near the Pecatonica River, leading to a significant militia victory, mention this snippet from Wikipedia and this snippet from the Apple River Fort State Historic Site.
