Dane County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1906 (part 12 of 29)

Charles R. Head, M. D., was one of the honored pioneer physicians and surgeons of Albion, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession for nearly half a century and where his death occurred June 19. 1906, about two months prior to his eighty-sixth birthday. Dr. Head was born in Alfred, Alleghany county, Newr York, August 30, 1820, being a son of Solomon and Sarah (Coon) Head, both representative of families founded in America in the colonial epoch. The mother was a descendant of the prominent old Maccoon family, which was settled in Rhode Island in an early day. Solomon Head was a contractor and also owned a large farm in the Susquehanna valley, near Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania . from which state he removed with his family to the state of New York, where they maintained their home for a number of years. They then set forth for the wilds of Wisconsin, settling in Milton, Rock county, as pioneers of 1839. In 1843 Solomon Head established a home in Albion township, Dane county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of government land, the entire tract being in the wild state, and here he reclaimed a considerable portion, both he and his wife remaining on the homestead until they were summoned from the field of life's endeavors. Both were zealous and devoted members of the Seventh-day Baptist church. To them were born six children, and of the number only two are now living, Sylvia and Henry, both of whom remain resident of Albion township. Dr. Head, subject of this memoir, passed his youth in the state of New York and received good educational advantages, having attended college at Alfred, that' state, and Castleton. Vermont, and having secured his medical education by private study and by attendance in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, from which celebrated institution he was graduated with the degree of doctor of medicine, in 1848. He forthwith rejoined his parents, in Albion, Dane county, Wisconsin, where he entered upon the active work of his chosen profession, in which he there continued for forty-five years. None unfamiliar with the conditions which obtained in those early pioneer days when he first essayed his labors in this section can fully understand the arduous and unremitting toil, the self-abnegation and the generous fidelity which actuated this typical physician of the day. The country was thinly settled, roads were none or of the most primitive type, and in sum- mer's heat or winter's rigors and storms Dr. Head made his way, night or day, over many weary stretches of road to minister to those in affliction, and his kindly ministrations and cheerful presence brought comfort to many an isolated sufferer. His name was a familiar one in almost every household in the region and his practice extended even beyond the environs thereof. When he was called to his final rest, in the fullness of years and honors, there were many of the representative families, of even the second and third generations, who felt his loss with a sense of deep personal bereavement. He was significantly humanity's friend, and he rode and wrote during a long and active life, bearing comfort and consolation and encouragement into many a home. The family retained possession of the original farm in Albion township, gradually adding to its area until it comprised a valuable landed estate of two hundred and forty acres, and of this property Dr. Head also had the general care and supervision during his father's declining years. The place has since been divided among his children, with the exception of the homestead of eighty acres which he retained to himself until his death and which continues to be the residence of his widow. The doctor was a stanch supporter of the Union cause during the climacteric period of the Civil War, and from 1863 to 1865 he was surgeon of the board of enrollment. For three terms he served as a member of the assembly in the state legislature, - in 1854. 1856 and 1863, and he was uncompromising in his allegiance to the Republican party. He stood in all things for the highest type of citizenship, doing all in his power to further the material, moral and civic development and prosperity of his county and state and having been especially interested in educational affairs. He was one of those primarily instrumental in founding Albion Academy, for the support of which he contributed generous sums of money, besides furnishing" a large amount of material for the construction of the academy buildings. For forty years he was president of the board of directors of the institution. His religious faith was that which made for faithfulness in all the relations of life, and his was a symmetrical and noble and useful manhood. May 13, 1854, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Flead to Miss Seraphkia Potter, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (West) Pottei, of Rensselaer county, New York, who removed thence to Wisconsin in 1848, purchasing a farm in Albion township, this county, where they passed the residue of their lives. Dr. and Mrs. Head became the parents of four children, namely: Charles R., who died in 1858; Grace, who died in infancy; Dr. Louis R. who is a representative physician of the city of Madison, where he controls a large practice ; and Mark A., who is one of the successful agriculturists of Albion township, residing on a portion of the old homestead ; he was engaged in the drug business for a number of years but was compelled to retire on account of impaired health.

John F. Hebl was born in Austria. October 20, 1846, and came to America with his parents when he was three years old ; his first home was in Jefferson county, and it was in the common schools of that county that he received his education ; after a residence there of twenty-five years he came to Dane, (1876). He located on the farm which is at the present time his home, and entered into the life of the community as a member of the Catholic church, as a member of the Grange, as a supervisor of the township, - an office to which he was elected several times, ait the present time serving his second term as as chairman of the board, - and, since 1890. as president of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. He married, in i860, Miss Frances Springer, daughter of Joseph and Anna Springer, early Gterman settlers of Medina township. Their children are Matilda, Mary, Charles, Alvina, U'lma, Dotty and Tena, of whom all except Tena and Lotty are living. Mr. Hebl's parents, John and Mary (Odoum) Hebl, were natives of Austria, and came to the United States in 1850, making their home in Jefferson county, where Mrs. Hebl died the same year; her husband survived her nearly half a century, dying in 1897. He was a farmer by occupation, a Democrat, - as was also his son, the subject of this sketch, - and both he and his wife were members of the Catholic church. Of their seven children five are living.

Charles M. Heer, one of the prominent farmers and stock breed ers of Roxbury township, has been a life-long resident of Dane county, having been born in the township in which he resides, June 25, 1868. He is a son of Martin and Amelia (Honeisen) Herr, both of whom are natives of Germany, the former being born in 1826 ami the latter on April 7, 1832. The father migrated to America about 1847 or 1848, and the mother a year or two later, both settling in the state of New York, where they met, and they were married in 1850. Four years later they continued their travels westward, selecting Wisconsin as the state for their permanent abode, and after a vear spent in Dodge county they came to Dane county and established their home in Roxbury township, on the farm now owned in partnership by their son, George M., and daughter, Anna. Here they lived the remainder ol their lives, maintaining the high regard of their neighbors and the veneration of dutiful children. They were members of the Lutheran church, and the father claimed allegiance to the Democratic party. These worthy parents had born to them eight children, and it is fitting in this memoir that mention should be made of each: John, the eldest, is a prosperous farmer in Sauk county. Margaret and Emma are residents of Lodi. George M. remains upon the old homestead of one hundred and fifty-three acres, and also owns eighty acres in Dane township; with his brother (the firm being known as Heer Bros.), he is a breeder of Short-horn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs ; he is also an extensive feeder of stock. In politics he is a Republican. Anna also lives on the homestead. Mary, another daughter, died at the age of four years and three months. Charles M. is the immediate subject of this review, and Frank is a resident of Caledonia, Wis. Charles M. Heer received his education in the common schools of the vicinity and in the high school at Lodi. Upon reaching manhood he decided to make farming his life's occupation, and that he selected wisely is shown by the flattering success that has been his portion. He owns a fine farm of one hundred and ninety acres, and is an extensive breeder of short-horned cattle and Shropshire sheep. He showed his cattle at the international stock show in Chicago., in 1905, and had the distinction of receiving several first premiums. At the Wisconsin state fair he took nearly all of the second, besides some first premiums. He also raises Duroc Jersey hogs, and is an extensive feeder and shipper of live stock in general. For "Royal Sultan," the prize-winner at the international stock show, standing at the head of the short-horned herd, the owner has refused $3,000. In politics Mr. Heer is an adherent of the Republican faith, and has filled the position of clerk of his district for twelve years in succession. He wds married, on May 8, 1893, to Miss Mary M. Mills, of Columbia county, Wis., the daughter of Job and Mary Amanda (Dye) Mills, who were very early settlers of Columbia county, and who now reside in Lodi, Mr. Mills being an extensive land-owner (and an active, participant in affairs generally. Mr. and Mrs. Heer have a family of four very interesting and promising children : Francis, Vernon, Josephine and Marion.

William C. Hegelmeyer, secretary of the Storghton AVagon Co., is of German origin. His grandfather, Frederick Hegelmeyer, was one. of the advance guard of the mighty army of Germans who1 settled in Milwaukee county, where he located in 1835. He was a farmer in Milwaukee county as was also Leonard Wiler, maternal grandfather of William Hegelmeyer, who came to Milwaukee county from Pennsylvania in 1836. John Hegelmeyer, son of Frederick, was foreman of a lumber yard in Milwaukee and for several vears was ward fore- man for the eleventh ward of that city. He served four years in the Civil War as a piivate in Company C, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, participated in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and minor engagements and saw much hard service. He married Hannah Wiler and both are now living at Greenfield. Milwaukee county, retired from active life. Their son William was born in Milwaukee county, October 16, 1869, received his education in the Milwaukee public school and high school and also attended Excelsior College in Milwaukee. W-hen a young man he left home and entered the employment of the T. G. Mandt Manufacturing Co. at Stoughton as a stenographer. With this company which is now known as the Stoughton Wagon Co. he has been connected ever since and has been secretary for over three years. Mr. Hegelmeyer is affiliated with the Republican party and takes an active interest in local affairs. In 1895 be was city clerk of Stoughton and was elected a second time without opposition. He has also served on the city council as alderman from the fourth ward and has been vice-president of the board of education. Mr. Hegelmeyer is a member of the K. of P., U. R. K. of P. and the Modern Woodmen of the World. February 28, 1891, he was married to Miss Fleta B. Hibbard of Stoughton, daughter of John M. and Jennie (Warren) Hibbard, Four children were born to the marriage; Warren, Grace, Harlow and Gretchen.

William Heiliger was for nearly thirty years a well known citizen of Madison, where he worked at the trade of a blacksmith and for a few years prior to his death conducted a livery business. He was a native of Germany, from which country so many of Dane county's residents came, and he was born there on January 28, 1837. He received his education in the excellent schools of the Fatherland, and at the age of eighteen years migrated to America. He first located in Milwaukee, and there worked at his trade for about two> years, when the promising inducements offered by the thriving village of Madison attracted him hither and he resided within her confines the remainder Of his life. He soon became one of the leading blacksmiths of the capital city and followed that employment during the greater part of his active life, but in the late years conducted a livery business, meeting with flattering success in all of his undertakings. His livery establishment was on East Washington Avenue. While not an office-seeker in any sense of the term ,yet he took the interest of a good citizen in public affairs and rendered an unswerving allegiance to the principles and policies of the Democratic part)'. His religious faith was attested by a life-long membership in the Catholic church, and he was also a member of the St. Michael's society. Mr. Heiliger was married on November 10, 1866, to Miss Frances Minch, who was also a native of Germany and the daughter of John and Salone (Fisher) Minch, who migrated to America and became prominent residents of the town of Montrose, where the father followed the occupation of farming. The parents are now deceased, as are three of the five children born to them, the surviving ones being Frank H. Minch, of Paoli, Wis., and the wife of the subject of this review. Mr. and Mrs. Heiliger became the parents of five children, all of whom were born in Madison and received their education in the city schools. Their names follow : Adeline, Elenora, Emma. Otto, and Walter. The latter is a dentist, having received his professional education in the dental college at Milwaukee. Mrs. Heiliger resides in her pleasant home at No. 320 West Wilson Street, in Madison.

John B. Heim, superintendent of the Madison city waterworks, now serving his twenty-fourth year, was born in Rochester, N. Y., July 15, 1848. His father, Conrad Heim, was a native of Unterle'chtersbach, Bavaria, Germany, and a son of John Heim, a prominent leader in his township. Anastasia (Aut) Heim, mother of fhe~subject of this sketch, was born near Fulda, Hesse, Germany. The father of subject emigrated to America in 1846, the mother coming the year following, to seek their fortunes in the new world, leaving behind in the old country their parents, brothers and sisters. They both made the voyage across in sailing vessels and in each instance fifty-six days were spent on the waiter. They first met and became acquainted at Rochester, N. Y., and in that city they were married. The father was a tailor by trade and at this trade he found work in Rochester, and soom he had accumulated a sufficiency to establish a home. The depression in business caused by the hard times of the year 1857, was the cause of the father leaving the east the following year and coming west, he and his family landing in Madison on April 22, 1858. From the east he brought with him a stock of goods and he opened a clothing store in this city. But the fashions of the eastern goods being ahead of those of the west, and the hard times following him, he did not succeed in his undertaking, and finally his entire accumulations were swept away. Later, however, he again engaged in business on a small scale, meanwhile learning the art of cutting. To the latter vocation he finally gave all his attention and became assistant cutter in the establishment of Samuel Klauber & Co. On May 27, 1865, the mother departed this life aged forty-three years. The father was again marrie-d and, after living a retired life for many years, died Xovember 11, 1900, at the ripe old age of seventy-nine years. John B., the eldest of a family of ten children, received a common school education, leading his class in the different grades and was anxious for a higher education, but because of the misfortune of his parents was unable to obtain it, and was apprenticed to B. W. Suckow to learn the trade of a book-binder, and assisted his parents in the support of the family until he was over twenty-one years of age. He finished the trade in all its branches and accepted the management of the establishment of W. J. Park & Co., April 12, 1871., which position he resigned October 11, 1882. During this period of over eleven years, he built up a large trade and regained the state work which had been lost to the firm; secured the supreme court reports, which work had been lost to a firm in Chicago ; secured the work of the city and university libraries ; designed the new cover for the blue book and the style for the geological reports, both of which were adopted ; and carried off the first prize for the best and most artistic work at both the state and county fairs. In April, 188 1, he was nominated, against his wishes, as alderman in the republican second ward and elected for a term of two years. This was a turning point in his career. At the first meeting of the common council. May 1881, an ordinance for a franchise for a system of waterworks by a private corporation was introduced. This he opposed at once and had it referred to a select committee of four citizens and four members of the common council, of which committee he was made a member. The company, fearing the opposition, withdrew, and another company asked for a franchise. Alderman Heim again took the lead, urging municipal ownership, and backed by Mayor James Conklin and the city attorney, R. M. Bashford, succeeded in defeating the ordinance, and legislation was secured by which the city was empowered to construct, own and operate its own waterworks. Mr. Heim, the youngest member of the council, was then made chairman of a committee of construction, which committee rendered most efficient service to the city. On completion of the work Mr. Heim, at the urgent request of the mayor, city attorney, city clerk and members of the committee, after a two weeks deliberation, accepted the management of the waterworks and was so elected by the common council. From a plant, the original cost of construction of which was $95,027.54 with twelve and one-half miles of water mains, it has grown, under the supervision of Mr. Heim, until the plant now represents a valuation of $453,224.51 with forty-six and one-half miles of main and a total indebtedness of only $35,000. Superintendent was always an advocate of the meter system and in his first annual report recommended its adoption by the city. Finally, in 1888, after presistently urging the matter, the general meter sysem was adopted, Madison as a city, taking the lead in this method of selling water. In May, 1895, Supt. Heim presented a paper at the national convention of the American Water Works Association at Atlanta, Ga., on his experience with water meters. This gave him a national reputation and was the incentive to a general adoption of the meter system not only in municipalities but by water companies as well. Mr. Heim has also presented the following papers at national conventions : "Laying and Lowering of Water-mains," Denver, Colo., 1897; "Meters and Meter Rates," Buffalo, N. Y., 1898; "Artesian Wells," Richmond, Va., 1899; "Thawing of Frozen Mains and Services by Electricity," Columbus, O., 1900; "Management of Water Works," Chicago, 111., 1901; "Meter Rates," St. Louis, Mo., 1903. Superintendent Heim has held important positions on committees of the American Water Works Association, being chairman of the .publishing committee, through whose hands all papers must pass before they are read at the convention; member of the executive committee; and vice-president for years, which position he now holds. As an expert in his line he has a reputation all over Wisconsin, and his services have been frequently secured by different cities and companies as appraiser in the sale or transfer of water works plants. He has represented as appraiser the cities of Sheboygan, Appleton, Waukesha,. Portage, and was the expert to accept plants at Evansville, Wis., and at Jefferson, Wis. He has also been called as expert to Fond du Lac and Monroe, Wis., and was recently appointed as chairman of the commission to appraise the plant of the Water Co. at Monroe, Wis. Mr. Heim's long service of twenty-three years as superintendent of the Madison city water works, demonstrates his entire fitness for the position. He has taken an active part in city matters and has served on innumerable committees. Politically he is a Democrat, and has been a delegate to city, county, congressional and state conventions. He is religiously inclined and is a member of the Holy Redeemer congregation, being its secretary in 1877-8, the youngest member ever elected, and now again serving his seventh year. He is a member of the board of directors. In 1892, he was appointed, by the archbishop, cha'rman of a committee to erect a large school building in Madison, but preferred to have the oldest member act as such and nominated him, Mr. Heim accepting the chairmanship of a committee to solicit the funds. The amount raised by the committee exceeded $13,000. He is the founder of a free eight grade school in connection with the parish. He was chairman of the three bazaars held by the congregation to liquidate the church debt, which netted the congregation $14,190, author of an Easter offering which netted $4,300. He is also a member of the St. Michael's Benevolent Society and was its secretary from 1891 to 1897, and has been its president for eight years, since 1898, which is for a longer period than any former president lias served. He represented the society at the national and at every state convention, and has been a member of the executive comm.ttee of the state organization since 1891. He is a member of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin and has been treasurer of the local branch for years and its president for five years longer than any predecessor. Mr. Heim is also a member of the Relief Association, Madison No. 2, which was originally a hand fire-engine company, and of which he was a torch boy. This company afterwards organized itself into a benevolent association and will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary July 30, 1906. Mr. Heim is now serving his thirty-fourth year as secretarv and is chairman of the Golden Jubilee committee. He was married to Miss Mary E. Rickenbach who was born in the town of Blooming Grove, Dane county, in 1853. Her parents and grandparents were all natives of Pennsylvania, and her father, Abraham Rickenbach, was one of the early settlers of Dane county. Mrs. Heim d.ed in Madison, May 14. 1889, aged thirty-six, after suffering as an invalid for many years. She was the mother of four children, Oliva, John B. Jr., Katie and Petronilla. Mr. He m afterward married Miss Prudence Rickenbach, a sister of his first wife, and they have one daughter, Mary Prudence.

John K. Helgerson, a prosperous farmer of the town of Dunn, was born on the farm where he now resides on May 13, 1863. He was the fourth of five children of Knute and Breta (Iverson) Helgerson, natives of Norway; the other children living are Eric, a farmer in the town of Dunn, and Anna, now Mrs. Ere of Soldiers Grove The subject's mother with her first husband, a Mr. Olson, came to Dane county from Milwaukee on foot. The husband worked as a farm hand in the town of Cottage Grove for a couple of years, and then did the same work for a couple of years in the town of Dunn, where he died, leaving a widow and four children, only one of whom is living, Thomas Olson of Fort Dodge. la. Knute Helgerson went to Canada from Norway; from Norway he drifted to Wisconsin, where he had the same work as in Canada, - grading on the railroad. Shortly after his arrival in Wisconsin he married Mrs. Olson and purchased eighty acres of land in the town of Dunn. From time to time he added to it, until at the time of his death in 1882 he had two hundred and eleven acres. John K. Heleerson received his education in the district schools in the town of Dunn and in the Northwestern Business College of Madison. He was but nineteen years old at the time of his father's death, but under a guardian he bought forty acres of his father's place and started life for himself. So successful was he that before many years he was enabled to add to the place until it contained one hundred and nineteen acres. Not long ago he sold forty acres, realizing a handsome profit on it. In politics Mr. Helgerson is independent. His religious affiliations are with the Norwegian Lutheran church. In 1893 he married Bessie, daughter of Peter and Mary (Iverson) Hanson, natives of Norway. Mrs. Helgerson was born February 19, 1864, received her education in the common schools of Norway and was the only member of a family of ten to come to America. Six children have blessed this union, - Maltha Berdena, born December 15, 1893; Clifford Johan, born July 18, 1895; Nora, born September 10, 1897; Inger, born February 20, 1899; Anna Bertina, March 31, 1901 ; and Athel Caroline, August 11, 1903. Mr. Helgerson's domestic relations are such that any man might well be proud of them. His spare moments are given to the entertainment of his children. For several months his wife has been in failing health and it has been the husband's most devoted effort to relieve her of the drudgery attendant upon a woman's part of the farm life, and to make her comfortable. Although he has expended a goodly part of his hard-earned savings in attempts to benefit his consort, he does not begrudge it. If he thought the remainder of his wealth would make her well he would willingly use it all, and begin again at the bottom of the ladder.

Ole Hellickson, who is engaged in the merchant tailoring, clothing and men's furnishing goods business in the city of Stoughton, controls a most prosperous enterprise and is one of the popular business men of the city. Mr. Hellickson is a native of Norway, having been born December 25, 1853, and having thus been a welcome Christmas guest in the home of his parents, Hellick and Bertt (Hellicksdatter) Christenson. He was reared and educated in his native land, where also he served a thorough apprenticeship, of three years' duration, at the tailor's trade. For two years thereafter he was engaged in business on his own account, and he then decided to come to America, whither many of his sterling countrymen had preceded him. In May, 1876, he landed in New York city, whence he came forthwith to Dane county, taking up his residence in Stoughton. where he worked at his trade, as a journeyman, for four years, at the expiration of which, in 1880, he engaged in business in an independent way. From a small beginning he has built up a flourishing enterprise and he caters to a discriminating and appreciative trade. In 1889 his establishment was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of one thousand dollars, and he at once erected his present building, which is modern and well equipped and he has attained prestige as one of the leading merchants of the city. In politics he is a Republican, he is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and both he and his wife hold membership in Christ Norwegian Lutheran church. July 29, 1885, Mr. Hellickson was united in marriage to Miss Anna C. Holten, daughter of Levi G. and Sonnev (Christopher) Holten, formerly of Utica, Wisconsin, but now of Stoughton, and they have five children, - Henry. Sophia, Levi, Bessie and Gustav.

Hon. Joseph R. Henderson was born in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, August 14, 1848, and was the son of Andrew and Margaret Robinson, both natives of Perthshire, Scotland. The father was a farmer by vocation and -acted as foreman on one farm for twenty-one years. In 1854, when Joseph was six years of age, the family came to America. They came first to Canada and landed at Quebec, reaching the LTnited States via the St. Lawrence river and the Great Lakes. They reached Madison by rail and Mrs. Henderson and the children remained at the depot while Mr. Henderson walked to Verona and procured a team for the transportation of his family and their goods toi the town of Springdale. He located on section twenty-five but afterward moved to section fourteen where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a man who would take no part in politics and refused to accept office, but was a generous contributor to the Presbyterian church of Verona. He died January 19, 1900. aged eighty-four years, three months and nineteen days. His wife died December 29, 1859 at tne age- of forty-nine years. They had a family of six children: William, of St. Mary's, Minn.; Rachel, married James McKeand, of Hamilton county, Nebraska; Katharine, died, aged sixteen; Joseph R., the subject of this sketch and Andrew his twin brother, a farmer of Wells, Minnesota; Bessie, of Wells, Minnesota; Elizabeth, married John Farley, of Owatonna, Minnesota. Mr. Henderson received his education in the public schools of the township, at Professor George's academy, of Madison, and in the high school of Wilton, Minnesota. He remained with his father until he was twenty years of age when he went to- Minnesota and remained four years, working most of the time on a farm; he then returned to his father and remained with him until his death. He is now one of the large farmers of that locality, owning four hundred acres of land in sections 10, 11, 13, and 14. He was married September 28, 1876, to Miss Margaret Nimmo, of Springdale, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Blake) Nimmo, pioneers who settled on section thirty-six 26 - iii in 1854, and there their daughter was born. They came to Wisconsin from New York state, but were both natives of Scotland, and they still living, having their home in Verona. Air. Nimmo served 'in the Civil War, belonging to Company E, Eighteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Yolunteen Infantry. To Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have been born five boys and three girls: Maggie, married Andrew E. Patten, of Springdale, died aged twenty-seven; Andrew, resides at home; Joseph, with Gisholt Machine Co., Madison; Mary, married Charles Himsel, of Verona; Gracie, died, aged thirteen; Clarence, Lester and Forrest, all attending school. Mr. Henderson served as clerk of the district school board for twenty-one years, and until he refused to longer accept the position; he was a member of the board of supervisors for seven years, chairman of the town board for four years, assessor for five years and was representative of the third assembly district in the legislature of 1891-92. His district was so gerrymandered at the time that it was forty-two miles long and only six miles wide and was known as "the shoe-string district." Mr. Henderson is a member of the M. W. A. and belongs to the Presbyterian church of Verona. He is a clever writer and has written a good deal of verse, his longest production of this kind being called "Uncle Joe's Advice to His Father, or Abraham Lincoln." Another entitled "On the Road to Riley" received much local commendation.

Knud Henderson (Lonne) of Cambridge is one of the best known of the Norwegian pioneers of Dane county. Like most Norwegians he has always been a music-lover and he early engaged in the profession of teach ng music. Many valuable collections of Norwegian music have also been published by him. With his parents, Halgor and Margaret (Glunnie) (Lonne). he came from Voss, Norway, in 1849. Eight ch ldren accompanied their parents to* America, of whom Knud was the oldest. After the long and ted'ous voyage and the journey to Milwaukee were safely accomplished, the father hired a wag. n to transport the household goods while the family walked beside it. After two weeks of travel their destination was reached and the family settled upon a farm of. two hundred eighty acres in the town of Chr'stiania. The labor of reclaiming the land from the wilderness occupied them all and a small frame house was built which still marks the spot they first called home in America. But three children of Halgor Lonne are now living: Knud; Claus, a farmer in Winnebago county, Iowa, and Susan, wife of G. Robey of Chicago Byngen and Margat Lonne, brother and sister of Halgor, came to America in 1844 and lived in Chicago. Knud Henderson was born in Voss, November 16, 1835, attended school in Dane county and in Chicago. He learned carriage painting and decorating and lived in Chicago for a number of years. In 1857 he purchased the old homestead and in 1869 returned to make it his home after a long visit to the .scenes of his childhood in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. His first musical publication was a "Karol Bog" or book of carols in 1865 and it wab followed by a collection of songs in Norwegian in 1876 called "National Selskabs" and "Music Laeri'' in 1870. A set of valuable musical charts was copyrighted by Mr. Henderson in 1 881. In 1 87 1 his establishment in Chicago was burned and over 2000 copies -A musical publications destroyed by, the fire. This was not Mt. Henderson's only severe loss by fire for he lost his home in 1885 and another year his entire crop of ten stacks of grain. July 4, 1869, he married Miss Martha Glunnie of Voss, Norway, daughter of Knud and Bretha Glunnie, who lived on a farm in Voss. Six children blessed the marriage. Margaret is the wife of H. L. Wilson, a lawyer in Chicago ; "Bertina was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1896 and is employed as a high school teacher; Amanda attended the Milwaukee college and resides with her parents ; Henry, a graduate of the Cambridge high school, is farming the old homestead in Chr stiania; Lettie is a graduate of the Chicago Musical college and teaches music in Chicago; Leonora was graduated with the class of 1906 from the University of Wisconsin. The family is prominent in the Liberty Lutheran church of Deerfield and Mr. Henderson is an active worker for the cause of temperance. He is a Republican but not an office-seeker. Mr. Henderson is secretary of the Society of Norwegian Pioneers, also of the Prairie Queen Telephone Co. and the Wisconsin Tobacco Grower's Association and treasurer of the National Norwegian Association. He also writes for various papers, the Chicago Scandinavian, the American Cultivator, of Boston, and a Norwegian newspaper. Mr. Henderson is fond of traveling and knows his adopted country well besieles having traveled in England and other parts of Europe.

Leander J. Henika, a farmer and thrasher living in the town of Madison, three miles from the city, was born November 16, 1832 in Canandaigua, Ontario county, N. Y. His parents were Frederick Henika, born April 8, 1806, in Ontario county, N. Y. ; and Lucy F. Pratt, born September 9, 1810. Frederick Henika was of German descent, and his wife of good English stock. Their marriage occurred December 17, 1829, and to this union were born, - Julia Ann, December 22, 1830, lives in Madison; Leander J., the subject of this sketch; George Hayner, January 31, 1835, now retired and living in AVashington, D. C; Charles Burgoin, April 30, 1837, an undertaker in

Petoskey, Michigan; Franklin, died February 24, 1901; Minnie Pratt, born September 20, 1842, died September 23 of the year following; Elisha P., June 21, 1845, lives in Milwaukee; Holmes Lucas (M. D.), born March 15, 1848, died April 19, 1876; and Morris Edward, born June 2$, 1850, a traveling salesman who makes his home in Milwaukee. Leander J. Henika received a limited education in the public schools of his native state. In the spring of 1855 he came to Dane county with his parents. He started life for himself when he was twenty-four years of age. His first labor was the breaking of land with five yoke of oxen in the town of Oregon, where later he purchased eighty acres of land. After a few years he sold out and bought property three miles south of the city of Madison, where he continued his residence for several years and then purchased the home where he now resides. Like his father Mr. Henika is a Republican. His religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal church of Madison. On January 5, 1859, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Mahoney) Collins, natives of Ireland. Mr. Collins settled in Canada after first coming to America; from there he went to Ontario county, N. Y., where he worked at his trade of weaver for a few years and then drifted to Oregon in this county. He and his wife \ver° members of the Catholic church. Mrs. Henika was the youngest of six children, - all of them deceased except herself, - John, Catherine, Sylvester, Emily and Mary. Mrs. Henika was born in Genesee county, N. Y., August 1, 1840. Only one child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henika, a son, Frederick R., who first saw the light of day on November 16, 1859. He has been twice married, the first time to Jessie Ganoe; his second wife was Alice Page, by whom he has had three children, only one of whom, Robert, is living. Frederick R. Henika is in the teaming business in Madison. Leander J. Henika is probably best known as a thresher. For over forty years he has not missed a harvest season.

E. J. Henry, general merchant and postmaster at Basco, Dane county, is a native of France, born January 2, 1876. His parents, Joseph and Josephine (Maley) Henry were both born in France, reared there, and came to this country when their oldest child, the subject of this sketch, was an infant. Mr. Joseph Henry was a soldier in France and served all through the Franco-Prussia war. On coming to Wisconsin the family settled in Montrose township, Dane county, where they still reside or a farm of ninety acres. They have two sons, E. J. and Fred ; the latter is engaged in farming with his father. Mr. Henry was brought up in the town of Montrose, and received his education in the public schools ; he as- sisted in the work of his father's farm until he was sixteen years of age, when he began working for himself as a cooper, in Basco, which business he followed for six years. He then entered the employ of the Elgin Creamery Packing Co., of Elgin, 111., for a short time, and after that worked at the carpenter trade in various parts of Green and Dane counties for four years. In February, 1903, he opened a general store in Basco, where he has since conducted a successful mercantile business, carrying a good line of merchandise, and also buying and shipping farm produce. He was appointed postmaster shortly after coming to Basco. He was married June 2. 1903, to Miss Josephine Faivre, daughter of Charles Faivre, of Montrose township. They have two children, Francis Emile and Vincent Joseph. Mr. Henry is a member of the M. W. A. and the Beavers, of Stoughton. He is at present town treasurer, this being his third term.

William Arnon Henry, dean of the college of agriculture, and director of the agricultural experiment station, in the University of Wisconsin, was born at Norwalk, Huron county, Ohio, June 16, 1850. His early education was obtained at home and at a private academy; he then attended Wesleyan University, Delaware, for a year and a hr.lf ; was principal of the high school at New Haven, Ind., 1871-72; and of the high school at Boulder, Col., 1873-76. In 1876 he entered Goinnell University and was graduated in 1880 with the degree of Agr. B. While pursuing his university work, he assisted C. V. Riley of the United States entomological commission, Washington, in 1879, and also served as assistant instructor in botany at Cornell in 1880. Quoting from his article, "The Agricultural College," in "Madison, Past and Present," he writes, "On the first day of September, 1880. I reached Madison to take up my work at the University. I had been chosen by President Bascom to relieve Professor Daniells of the care of the university farm, and Doctor Birge of the work of instruction in botany ; then I was to spend my winter in visiting the farmers and holding farmer's meetings. To give some idea of the scope of my efforts, as indicated by the title . I was given, I was made professor of botany and agriculture. That was a pretty broad title for one person janitor's room, formerly occupied by 'Patrick' in Main Hall. In 1883. after much hesitation, we were granted two rooms on the third floor of the old South Domitory. It had taken three years for the agricultural department to find a place where it could put a desk and chair." The college of agriculture is now in possession of over $300,000 worth of buildings devoted exclusively to research and in- struction in agriculture, and the number of students in the agricultural department, including those in the dairy course, and the long and short agricultural courses, is in excess of the total attendance at the University when Professor Henry first took charge. Much of this extraordinary growth is due to the enthusiasm and zealous efforts of Professor Henry. Quoting again from the above mentioned article of Professor Henry, he says: '"When I came to Madison twenty-two years ago, the agricultural department received about one letter per week on the average. Now our correspondence amounts to thousands of letters annually, farmers writing to us on every conceivable topic. The department, grown into a college and experiment station, has become a bureau of information. Not only do we get letters from' farmers, but from business men of all classes who are interested in some line of agriculture." Since coming to the University Professor Henry's instructional work has graduallv narrowed in scope, until now he teaches only the subjects of feeds and feeding. His time is necessarily given, almost exclusively, to the executive work of the college of agriculture and the experiment station. For many years he has given numerous lectures before the farmers' institutes on feeding and care of live stock. He has published, by direction of the legislature, a "Report on Amber Cane and the Ensilage of Fodders" (Madison, 1881-82, 2 vols.) ; ''A Hand-book for the Home Seeker" (Madison, 1895); "Feeds and Feeding;" and "The Feeding of Cattle." Sixteen annual reports and more than one hundred bulletins have been issued by the Wisconsin state agricultural experiment station since he has been its director. He is a staff correspondent of the "Breeders Gazette," Chicago, and the "Country Gentleman," Albany, N. Y., and a frequent contributor to other agricultural journals. In 1891 he was president of the Wisconsin State Dairymen's Association. Fie married Clara Roxana Taylor, in August, 1881, and has one child. He is still in the prime of a vigorous manhood, and has many years of usefulness before him. He is the recognized authority in the country on feeds and feeding.

Elling Hermanson, a successful farmer of the town of Dunkirk, is a native of southern Norway, son 'of Herman Herhanson (Lunde) and Christiana (Mellheim) Hermanson. His parents spent their entire lives in Norway and Elling. He was born August 3, 1858, was educated in Norway and remained at his father's home until he reached the age of twenty years. In 1878 he embarked for the United States and continued his journey as far west as Stoughton, wlrere he entered the employment of the Mandt Wagon Co. and worked in the mechanical, carpentering and warehouse departments for six veal's. In 1884 he bought eighty acres of farm land in section 36; town of Dunkirk, improved the property in every way and made it his home until 1904, when he moved to the adjoining farm of one hundred and sixty acres which he had purchased in 1902. His farm property of two hundred and forty acres is in a fine state of cultivation and supplied with modern equipment and comfortable buildings and Mr. Hermanson carries on an extensive business. The first wife of Mr. Hermanson was Miss Annie Severson, daughter of Louis Severson, a veteran of the Civil War. Three children were born to them, of whom but one, Louis IT., survives. After the death of Mrs. Hermanson, Mr. Hermanson married, March 8. 1888, Miss Martha Peterson, daughter of Peter and Ingeborg Peterson of Richland county, Wis., and six children blessed the marriage: Herman, Palma, Emily, Etta, Elmer and Ella. The family is associated with the First Norwegian Lutheran church of Stougfhton. Mr. Hermanson is a member of the Farmers' Equitable Association. For two years he has served on the board of supervisors and is affiliated with the Republican party. Mr. Hermanson has been a member of the Emerald Creamery Association since its organization in 1893. It is one of the most successful creameries in the county, which has been in operation every day since it started.

Parke C. Herrick, of Oregon, was born in Rutland township, May 25, 1866, and is the son of J. T. Herrick, one of the sturdy lumbermen which Maine sent out in such numbers to subdue the great forests of the northwest, fifty years ago. Mr. Herrick was a native of Bangor, and until he was thirty years of age worked in the pineries of his native state; he came to Wisconsin about 1850, but abandoned his old occupation and settled down as a farmer in the town of Rutland, Dane county, taking up eighty acres of government land and turning it from a forest wilderness into a cultivated farm. Parke Herrick's mother, Mary E. (Morgan) Herrick, was a native of Ireland ; she and her husband have both passed away. Parke Herrick received his education principally at the district schools of Rutland. He was reared as a farmer and has always followed that occupation, except one year, when he worked at the carpenter trade; he settled in Oregon, December, 1894. renting eighty acres of the J. D. Burk estate, and has occupied the place ever since, running it for general farming purposes and the raising of cattle, hogs and sheep. He is a member of the Baptist church and a Republican in politics. He was united in marriage. Septem-

Charles W. Heyl, cigar and tobacco dealer of Madison, and secretary and treasurer of the Union Ice company, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 14, 1857. His parents, Charles W., Sr., and Margaret (Beck) Heyl, natives of Germany. Charles W. Heyl, Sr., was a tinsmith and hardware merchant in Philadelphia and continued in the same business after coming to Madison, when the subject of this sketch was but one month old. For two terms he served as city treasurer and at different times served in the common council. He died at the age of sixty-three. Charles W. Heyl was one of five children, of whom two, Louis and John, are dead; the others are Joseph, connected with the Hampton Hardware Company of Marysville, California; and Matilda living in Fremont, Nebraska. The education which Mr. Heyl received was in the public schools of Madison. After a few years spent in clerking he learned the tinners' trade, after which he took charge of the -Northwestern Hotel. He maintained a high class hostelry there for twenty years and then went into the business which now furnishes him a livelihood. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served in the lower house of the legislature as the representative from the Madison district. While Hons. R. M. Bashford, W. H. Rogers and John Corscot were mayors of Madison Mr. Heyl was a member of the common council, and Hon. Jabe Alford made him chief of the city police, which position he held one year. He has also been a member of the board of education. On June 9, 1881, he married Augusta, daughter of John and Elizabeth Reiner, of Madison. Mr. Reiner is dead but his widow is still resident of Madison. Mr. and Mrs. Heyl have two children living, - Edmund Charles, a clerk in his father's store, and Lewis W., attending the public schools. Mrs. Heyl is a member of the Presbyterian church. Her husband is a member of all the Masonic bodies, has been delegate to the grand commandry several years, and for five years was eminent commander of the commandry. He is also> a member of the Knights of Pythias.

John M. Hibbard, editor and publisher of the Sfoughton Courier, and former postmaster of the city, is one of the best known and most popular citizens of Stoughton. where he has maintained his home for more than forty years. Mr. Hibbard is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Wisconsin, of which commonwealth he is a native, having been born at Lafayette, Walworth county. January 19, 1849, and being a son of Richard M. Hibbard, who came to the state in 1843, having been in Milwaukee when that present beautiful city was represented by but two or three houses. The parents continued residents of Wisconsin until their death. The subject of this review was afforded the advantages of the common schools and was graduated from the Stoughton high school at the age of sixteen years. In September, 1969, he was appointed assistant postmaster, under A. C. Croft, of Stoughton, serving in this capacity five and one-half years. He was then appointed postmaster, by Hon. Marshall Jewell, who was then postmaster general, and he held the office during the administrations of Presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield. Arthur, Cleveland and Harrison, a total of eighteen years. This record of service is exceptional and indicates the confidence and esteem in which the incumbent is held in the community of which he has so long been a resident. In 1893 Mr. Hibbard was elected city treasurer, being re-elected in 1894 and thus serving two terms. He later served four years as deputy sheriff of the county, under Sheriffs Michaelson and Moulton. In 1894 he purchased the plant and business of the Stoughton Courier, of which he has since continued editor and publisher. The Courier is a weekly paper, is an effective exponent of local interests, supports the cause of the Republican party, and is ably edited and cleanly issued. Mr. Hibbard is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and other social organizations. November 16, 1870; he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie E. Warren, who was born in the state of New York, and they have five children, namely: Fleta B., who is the wife of W .C. Hegelmeyer, secretary of the Stoughton Wagon Company ; Waldo W., who is wire chief for the Bell Telephone Company at Greeley, Colorado; Loretta D., who is an expert stenographer; Walter E., who is in the employ of the Wisconsin Telephone Company ; and Leona Hazel, who remains at the parental home. Mr. Hibbard is the proud possessor of a photograph of five generations, in which he himself is represented, and he appreciates the distinction implied in the exceptional condition thus indicated.

Jacob R. Hiestand, deceased, was a pioneer of Dane county and one of the leading and highly respected citizens of Blooming Grove township, where he lived in his fine homestead for half a century. Mr. Hiestand was a native of the Buckeye state, having been born on a farm nine miles from Dayton, Ohio, on February 7, 1821. His parents were John and Barbara (Cochran) Hiestand, both natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in which state the family had resided for many years. Mr. Hiestand was but a boy when his parents removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio. He was reared on the farm and secured a good common school education. While a boy he returned to Lancaster county on a visit in company with an uncle, making the journey over the Allegheny mountains on horseback. He remained on this visit to his Pennsylvania relatives for a year or more, and during that period attended school. Mr. Hiestand after reaching man's estate, engaged in the dry goods business in Dayon, ()., in partnership with his cousin, William Dixon. While thus engaged his health failed, and acting on the advice of his physician, he closed out his mercantile interests and went to live on his father's farm. After one year on the farm he decided to visit the west, and in the spring of 1850, he and his friend David Carrol, left Dayton for Madison, Wis., in a two horse buggy and made the entire journey in that manner, and theirs was one of the first, if not the first, covered buggy ever seen in Madison. Here Mr. Hiestand became acquainted with the then Governor Farwell, and was by him shown many courtesies. So well pleased was Mr. Hies tand with the country that he decided to make Dane county his permanent home; but on the advice of Governor Farwell, he did not at that time purchase any land. He returned to Ohio, settled up his affairs, and in the fall of 1851, he started on the return trip to Madison with his wife and two children. The return journey was made from Dayton to Maumee, Ohio, by canal, thence to Chicago by rail, and thence by lake boat to Milwaukee, thence to Watertown by rail, and completing the way to Madison by team. Soon after arriving the second time in Madison, Mr. Hiestand lost no time in purchasing a farm, which was the eighty acres in Blooming Grove township four and a half miles from the capitol building, where he afterwards made his home, and where his widow resides at the present time. This homestead he improved and brought to a high state of cultivation. The buildings he erected are of the best, the residence being one of the most comfortable farm houses in the county, with beautiful surroundings. Mr. Hiestand carried on p-eneral farming successfully. An historical fact is that he and Mr. Pomeroy grew the first tobacco in Wisconsin that was ever marketed. This, however, was not grown on his homestead but on the Yeager farm. Politically, Mr Hiestand was a Republican, and as such held various town offices for many years. While a resident of Dayton he was a member of the first Presbyterian church, but never transferred his membership to the Madison church because of his inability to attened. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Dayton, Ohio. His death occurred January 23, 1901. On September 2, 1847, ne married Mary A., daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Stutsman, living in Dayton. Six children were born to them, - Elizabeth, born January 21, 1850, now Mrs. William Gay, of Blooming- Grove township; John Edwin, born November 24, 1852, living with his mother on the old homestead; Eannie Jane, born February 6, 1855, now Mrs. J. R. Morton of Chicago; Harry Cochran, born August 1, 1857, died April 22, 1900, his widow and three children now live on the son's farm adjoining the homestead; William Dixon, born July 8, 1861, became court reporter in the circuit court in Minneapolis in 1887; in the fall of 1888 became private secretary to President Chamberlain of the University of Wisconsin, and the following year was made registrar of the University which position he has since retained. He married Frances M., the daughter of William and Eliza (Shaffer) Richards, of Platteville, Wis., and they have one son. Clara Mary, born July 11, 1863, is now Mrs. Milford A. Pelton of Madison, and the mother of three children. Charles Hildreth is one of the well known and popular citizens of Dane county, being the owner of the fine estate known as Indian Garden, on the western shore of Lake Waubesa. a few miles distant from Madison. He has been significantly successful as a business man and has been the artificer of his own fortunes, showing that power of mastering expedients which ever conserves personal advancement along legitimate lines of enterprise. Mr. Hildreth is a native of the Empire state of the Union and a scion of a family founded in America in the colonial epoch. He was born in W^atertown, Jefferson county, New York, in 1851, and is a son of Lampson and Sarah (Tuttle) Hildreth, both of whom were likewise born in that county. The maternal grandfather and two of his brothers were soldiers in the War of 181 2. When Mr. Hildreth was a child of about three years his parents removed from New York state to Wisconsin and settled at the point now known as Clinton Junction, in Rock county, where they remained about three years, at the expiration of which they removed to what is now the village of Rutland, in the township of the same name, in Dane county. While residents of Rock county their nearest trading point was Milwaukee, and the trip had to be made with team and wagon. In Rutland township the father engaged in farming, reclaiming much of the land utilized, and here Charles was reared under sturdy discipline, early becoming inured to the arduous labors of the pioneer farm. Incidentally it may be stated that on the home farm he aided in raising what was undoubtedly the first crop of tobacco ever propagated in Wisconsin, a state whose product in this line is now of great commercal importance. In the local schools ot Rutland township Mr. Hildreth secured his fundamental educa- tional training, while he continued to assist in the work of the home farm for a number of years, his parents continuing residents of Dane county until the close of their lives. From the beginning Mr. Hildreth has had to make his own opportunities, and ambition and self-reliance have been dominating characterics of the youth and the man. At the age of fourteeen years he had saved enough from his small earnings to enable him to enter Albion academy, where he remained as a student for one term. In the following year he was enrolled as a student in the University of Wisconsin, where he completed his education. At the time there were only three buildings on the grounds of what is now one of the greatest universities of the country, and he had a sleeping room in the old building which was then used as the library. Mr. Hildreth's first business venture of an important nature was to secure control of one of the best hotels in the city of Rochester. New York, and he owned and successfully conducted the same for a number of years. After disposing of the same he engaged in the laundry business in Utica, New York. He later closed out this business and returned to Wisconsin , purchasing the Indian Garden farm, his present place of residence. He gave his attention to the management of this farm until about 1880 when he leased the property to his tenants and returned to Rutland township, where he had previously purchased another valuable tract of land, upon which he took up his residence, leasing the major portion of the land to desirable tenants. On this place he continued to make his home for a score of years, at the expiration of which period he sold the property for a consideration of twelve thousand dollars and returned to his Indian Garden farm, in May, 1905. He here intends to make his permanent residence and to develop the entire tract of one hundred and twenty-nine acres into a beautiful park. - making the same a pleasure resort for the citizens of Madison. The enterprise is a commendable one and the natural attractions of the place render it possible to develop a most beautiful summer resort. Mr. Hildreth is a stanch supporter of the Republican party and its cause and has always taken an active interest in public affairs, but has never sought or held office. He and his wife are members of the Seventh-day Adventist church. In association with one of his brothers he erected the Adventist church in Stoughton, and he has been a liberal supporter of the work of the church, locally and at large. He is the owner of fourteen city lots in South Madison, besides other property in the capital city, and he has extensive creamery interests in Dane county and other points in southern

Wisconsin. He is a man of genial nature and has a host of loyal friends, while his generosity and kindliness are ever manifest in his intercourse with his fellow men. He has accumulated a competency, and he and his devoted wife are now living a life of gracious retirement, in the full enjoyment of the rewards of years of earnest endeavor. April 22, 1881, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Wise, daughter of Solomon and Amanda (Unax) Wise, of Davis, Stephenson county, Illinois, no children having been born of the union.

Frederick G. Hill is one of the leading contractors and builders of the city of Stoughton and is one of the popular citizens and business men of the thriving second city of the county. He was born in Stoughton, October 10, 1858, and is a son of Joseph A. and Jane E. (Buckman) Hill. His father was born in England, whence he came to the United States abouf 1855, soon afterward taking up his residence in Stoughton, where he followed the painter's trade for several years. At the time of the Civil War he tendered his services in defense of the Union, enlisting in Company A, Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in which he was promoted corporal. He died while in the service, having contracted disease which terminated fatally. His wife was born in ISt. Lawrence county, New York, being a daughter of Reuben Buckman, formerly of Ogdenburg, that state, and one of the worthy pioneers of Dane county. He reclaimed a good farm in Dunkirk township, where he resided until his death. Joseph A. and Jane E. Hill became the parents of two children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the elder; his sister, Emma G., is now the wife of James M. Gancy, of Stoughton. Mr. Hill was afforded the advantages of the public schools of Stoughton, where he was reared to manhood. Here he served a thorough apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, becoming a skilled artisan in the same. For eight years he followed his trade as a journeyman, and in 1887 he engaged in business for himself, as a contractor and builder. He has gained an excellent reputation for high-grade and reliable work and has been very successful in his operations. He did the carpenter work for the Hyland building, the Scheldrup drug store, the Hausman building, and the Methodist and Baptist churches in Stoughton, where also many of the handsome residences of "the city stand in evidence of his skill. He also erected a number of the best cottages on Lake Kegonsa. Mr. Hill is a staunch advocate of the cause of the prohibition party, fraternally is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work they take an active in- terest. October 19, 1883, Mr. Hill was united in marriage to Miss Cora L. Lombard, daughter of Ford Lombard of Pulaski, New York. They have no children.

Ole O. Hill is a pioneer resident of Perry township, where he came with his father in 1848 and has been engaged in farming ever since he finished attending school. Ole Boken and Anna (Bergum) Boken, his parents, were natives of Norway, married there and came to America with their little family when Ole O. was but five years old. Mr. Boken served in the Norwegian army for several years but in America turned his attention at once to farming. He purchased forty acres in the town of Perry, cleared and improved it and from time to time, added to i<: until he owned two hundred acres of improved land, well equipped with comfortable buildings. Mr. Boken died in 1878 and his wife in 1896. Ole O. is their oldest son and there are three other members of the family living; Therman O. resides in Trempeleau county, Wis. ; Mary is Mrs. Slotten of Trempeleau county ; Astrea is Mrs. Helgeson. Ole O. was born in Valdras, Norway, September 23, 1843, attended the Dahleville district school and assisted his parents on their farm until he was twenty-five years old. At this time he purchased eighty acres of unimproved property and began to work upon it, adding to it from time to time. He now owns a fine farm of two hundred forty acres all of which he has improved and equipped by his own unaided efforts and upon which he carries on an extensive general farming business. In March, 1868, Mr. Hill married Miss Astrea Jelly, born in the town of Blue Mounds, February 26, 1851, daughter of Ole and Maria (Severude) Jelly. Six children blessed the marriage ; Anna, Maria, Lena, (Mrs. Edward Goli of Dahleville), Alma, Otto C. and Elmer. Mrs. Hill has one younger sister Anna, who resides in Dahleville and two younger brothers, Knudt, who lives in Blue Mounds and Ole, who farms the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have lived in Dane county since the early days and have materially aided in the progress of the community. They are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr. Hill is affiliated with the Republican party but has never devoted much time to practical politics.

Joseph W. Hobbins, president and cashier of the Capital City bank of Madison, was born in Birmingham, England, on July 23, 1848. He is a son of William and Fannie Hobbins, both natives of England. On December 10, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary N. Mears, daughter of James R. and Lois C. Mears of Madson. To this union have been born eight children,, as fol-

Martin Hobbs, one of the old settlers of Dane, was born in Ireland, November n, 1837. His parents, Michael and Katharine (Feinerty) Hobbs, natives of Ireland, were farmers in their native land where they lived and died. They had a family of two sons and six daughters, all of whom are living. One son and three daughters remained in Ireland; the other son, the subject of this sketch, and two daughters are living in this country. All of them received their education in their native land, and Martin was twenty-five years of age when he left his home to seek his fortune in a ne wcountry. He came to Washington county, Wis., when he first arrived in the United States, lived there for a few months and then moved to Waukesha county where he remained four years. Later, about 1866, he came to Dane and settled in Oregon township; after a stay of two years he went to the town of Primrose, which was his home for thirty years. His last move was to return to Oregon, in which town he owns an improved farm of two hundred acres. Mr. Hobbs has taken his share of responsibilities in public affairs having served as chairman of the town board and as school treasurer, and as supervisors of Primrose for seven years. His party politics are Democratic, and his church connections are with the Catholic church of Oregon. Miss Mary Cullen. daughter of Daniel and Ann Cullen of Fitchburg, became his wife February 27. 1867. They were also natives of Ireland, Mrs. Hobbs coming to the United States with her parents when she was two years old; Mr. and Mrs. Cullen settled in Dane, town of Fitchburg, in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs have nine children, all born in Dane county and all living. - Michael, of Oregon village; Daniel of Oregon township ; Margaret, at home ; Catherine, a stenographer, Mary a book-keeper. Bezie, with Electric Company of Madison as stenographer and book-keeper; Agnes, Thomas and Ambrose, at home on the farm. All were educated in the schools of Primrose township and of the village of Oregon.

William Hoberland, one of the successful German farmers of the town of Middleton, was born in Hanover, Luneburg, Germany, December 22, 1847. His parents. George and Elizabeth (Flucher) Hoberland, were natives of Hanover, where the father was a laborer. In 1871, after the family was grown up, George Hoberland and his wife came to America and located in Middleton. They were devout members of the Lutheran church. William Hoberland, the subject of this sketch, was the second of four children, the others being Dora, widow of John Sander of Madison ;

John, a farmer in Verona, and Henry, a carpenter in Middleton. The parents died in Middleton not many years ago. William received his education at the common schools of Hanover and at the age of fourteen went to work on a farm. For six years he remained in that wrork, and then came to- the United States. Houston county, Minn., was the scene of his labors for the first two years of his life in this country, after which he drifted to Middleton, where he farmed on a rented farm for four years. At the end of that time an opportunity was offered to buy one hundred and twenty-four acres of partly improved land at the head of Lake Mendota, and Mr. Hoberland took it. He lived there for thirteen years and then sold it to buy the farm where he now lives, a part of section 28, town of Middleton. When the place first came into Mr. Hoberland's hands it was entirely unimproved. In 1898 he built the house and in 1903 the barn was erected. Though an active Republican the only office he has ever held was as a member of the school board for two years. He is a believer in the Lutheran faith, and worships with the congregation of that denomination at Middleton. On October 6, 1875, he married Mary, daughter of James and Charlotte (Windt) Koepcke. Mr. and Mrs. Koepcke came to America from Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1853, living at different times in the towns of Madison, Pheasant Branch, Springfield and in Middleton, where Mrs. Koepcke has continued to reside since her husband's death a few years ago. To William and Mary Hoberland have been borne two sons, Augustave and John, both living at home. Both sons received all the educational advantages that the schools of the vicinity offered. William Hoberland is distinctively a self-made man. He started life with no other capital than ambition and energy and today Is one of the most prosperous farmers in the community.

John Hoepker is an old resident of Dane county and one of its well-known farmers. He came from Germany in 1847 with his parents, Mink and Catherine Hoepker, and lived upon a farm in the town of Madison. Mink Hoepker died the same year of his arrival in Dane county and his son John cared for the widowed mother, who lived until 1882. John is the only living child of Mr. and Mrs. Mink Hoeoker and was born November 12, 1830, in Germany, where he attended echool until the age of seventeen when he came to the United States with his parents. After a few years on the farm in Madison township he went to Blooming Grove and in 1867, purchased a farm of two hundred and forty acres in the town of Burke, which is his present home. All of the improvements upon the property have been made by Mr. Hoepker and he has been obliged to rebuild both house and barn after their destruction by fire. He raises a good deal of stock, particularly Poland China hogs and short-horned cattle and carried on for years an extensive farming business, which is now managed by his two youngest sons, Walter and Frank. December 13, 1856, Mr. Hoepker married Miss Angeline Scheible, who was born in Wittenburg, Germany, in 1840, daughter of George and Christian Scheible, who were natives of Germany and came to Madison, in 1853 and afterward lived in Burke. Ten children were born to* Mr. and Mrs. Hoepker; Margaret, the oldest, is the wife of Yernard Vahlen; Mary is Mrs. George Wolf; Christina is Mrs. William Hessing; Henry and Alfred are farmers ; George, Emma and Charles are deceased ; Walter and Frank manage the home farm for their father. The family belong to the Lutheran church. Mr. Hoepker is a Democrat in his political affiliations.

Peter Eric Hoveland, who died on his fine homestead farm, in section 32 Cottage Grove township, December 2, 1904, was a sterling type of that sturdy element which has contributed so materially to the development and material prosperity of Dane county and the state of Wisconsin at large. He and his estimable wife came to America without financial means and worked together, frugal, industrious and economical, until they had gained a position of independence and prosperity. He was born in Norway, November 3, 1839. and was a son of Eric Oleson and Gro (Nelson) Hoveland, both of whom passed their entire lives in Norway. He was reared to maturity in his native land, where he received a common school education and where he was identified with agricultural pursuits up to the time of his immigration to America. He was married in 1867 and shortly afterward set forth with his young wife to establish a home in the United States. They came at once to Wisconsin and located on the farm which is now the home of Mrs. Hoveland. About a year after their arrival, however, they left this homestead and went to what is now the state of South Dakota, where Mr. Hoveland continued to be engaged in farming for the ensuing fourteen years, becoming the owner of a valuable property in that section. At the expiration of the interval noted he disposed of his Dakota farm and returned to the original homestead in Cottage Grove in township, Dane county, Wisconsin, where he passed the remainder of his life. The homestead comprises forty acres of fine land and is maintained under a high state of cultivation, while the permanent improvements are of subbstantial order. Mr. Hoveland commanded the high regard of all who knew him. He was a Repub- 27 - iii lican in politics, and was a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, as is also his widow, who still resides on the home farm, which is now operated by his only son. On Christmas day of the year 1867 Mr. Hoveland was united in marriage to Miss Martha Johnson Offerdahl, who was born in Norway, September 25, 1843, a daughter of John Christopherson ' and Ellen (Offenson) Offerdahl, who remained resident of Norway until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Hoveland became the parents of nine children, whose names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows: Lena, March 4, 1869; Julia, July 7, 1872; Eric Guotave, October 24, 1875; Rachel, July 14, 1876; Julia, July 12, 1877; Lena, October 12,1879; Olans, September 6, 1880; Caroline, June 17, 1882; and Nellie, October 28, 1885. Of the children only three are living: Eric G., who has charge of the home farm ; Julia, who is a trained nurse and employed in the Madison sanitarium; and Caroline, who is the wife of Otto Niemann, of the firm of Fischer & Niemann, dealers in wood, coal, etc., in the city of Madison.

John Hoeveler is now living in comfortable retirement in the city of Madison after long years of activity in mercantile affairs, in which he met with a reasonable degree of success and also maintained the high regard of his associates and competitors. He was born at Cologne, Germany, on April 28, 1835, his parents Vainer and Agnes Hoeveler - having been life-long residents of the same country. Our subject received his education in the excellent schools of the Fatherland. When he was but twelve years of age his mother died, and six years later he started for an independent career in the land of more favorable opportunities. He landed in New York and remained in that city about eight months, then continued his journey westward to Wisconsin. In Janesville he secured employment in a furniture store and continued so engaged for four years, at the end of which time he came to Madison and started in business as a partner in the firm of Daubner & Christofferson. He was a member of this firm for thirty-three years and three months, Mr. Christofferson dying seven years prior to the dissolution of the partnership. Our subject then sold the establishment to his son, who still continues the business on Main Street. During the years from 1863 to 1865 he conducted a grocery store at Pheasant Branch, but at the same time retaining his relations with the furniture esablishment. Mr. Hoeveler made all of the desks now used in the Assembly chamber in the state capitol. In 1885 he made an extended visit to the Fatherland. When he first came to Madison, in 1858, he purchased the lot where his residence now stands in the city and paid for the same $150. Some idea will be given of the increase in the value of real estate in Madison when the fact is stated that the same lot is now valued at $150 per fiont foot. During the years of our subject's prosperity in business he bought a lot and built a home thereon for his wife's parents in Richland Center, Wis. He was married in April, 1857, to Miss Agnes Kirch, who was also a native of Germany, born in February, 1835, daughter of Peter Kirch and wife. To this union fourteen children were born, the names and other facts concerning whom are given as follows: Mary Elizabeth married Jacob Kehrein and resides in Milwaukee; John P. married Anna Weyman and resides in the city of Madison; Chanes is deceased; Theodore married Julia Stoeviken and resides in Madison; Barbara married Professor Kehl and resides in Madison; Wilhelmina married Jacob Buellesbach and resides in Madison; Christina resides with her father; Martha marri< d Leo Sachs and resides in Madison; Anna Frances married Frank Kemp and resides in Beloit, Wis. ; Agnes is deceased ; Frances resides with her father; Theresa married Edward A. Iverson and resides in Chicago; Catherine married Edward Argost and resides in Illinois; and two children died in infancy. The mother died May 17, 1905. Mr. Hoeveler gives an unswerving alleg'ance to the tenets of the Democratic party, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Roman Catholic church. He has been a member in good standing of the St. Michael's Society for the past forty years.

Theodore Hoeveler, who conducts the furniture and upholstery establishment at 115 West Main street, and an undertaking establishment at 137 West Johnson street, which concern is the oldest of the kind in Madison, was born in Dane county, May 16, 1865. His parents were John and Agnes (Kirch) Hoeveler, both natives of Cologne, German Prussia. He received his preparatory education in the Madison schools and at the age of fourteen years went to work for his father in the furniture business as a finisher. After two years his father took him to Milwaukee to learn the trade of upholsterer. Two years more of his life were spent in the Cream City, and his apprenticeship was completed in Chicago, where he was employed by the Pullman Palace Car Company for a portion of a year. He then returned to Madison and entered the Northwestern business college, graduating in 1884. Upon the completion of his commercial course he worked as an upholsterer in St Paul, Minneapolis. St. Louis and New York, and in 1885 established an upholstery store on Wabash avenue in Chicago which he conducted for six years. Mr. Hoeveler then returned to Madison and opened a store on Carroll street and in 1901 bought out his father's business. The firm name was "H. Christophers & Company" and "later "Hoeveler & Barckhan" but since 1903 Mr. Hoeveler has been conducting the business alone. He has an excellent stock of goods, filling all four stories of the commodious building on West Main street which he owns. The undertaking department is situated in the new brick building on Johnson street which he has leased. He has been granted a license as an undertaker and embalmer by the state board of health and his business in that line is constantly increasing. On June 2, 1891, he was united in marriage in Milwaukee to Miss Julia Stoeveken, a resident of that city although a native of Minnesota. Her parents are Anton and Louise (Munchrath) Stoeveken. To Mr. and Mrs. Hoeveler have been born two children - Louise and Theodore Anthony. The family are communicants of the Holy Redeemer Catholic church. Mr. Hoeveler is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of America and St. Michael's Benevolent Society. Of sound business sense and genial manner a brilliant future is predicted for him by all with whom he comes in contact.

August Hoffman, deceased, for many years a farmer in the town of Primrose, was born in Switzerland en Christmas day, 1830. With his wife, also a native of Switzerland, he came to the United States in the fall of 1881 and settled on a farm in the town of Primrose. The place comprised some eighty acres of ground, wholly unimproved when he purchased it, which he cleared and improved. It was on this farm that Mrs. Hoffmari died two years after her arrival in this country, and her husband was still active in its management when he succumbed in 1902. The place then reverted to a son, Henry Hoffman and a daughter, Elizabeth Hoffman. Henry was born in Switzerland, January 14, 1859, and preceded his family to this country some four years. Since the father's death Henry and his sister Elizabeth have made the old homestead their residence and have earned a livelihood from it. Politically Henry is independent, casting his vote as his conscience and judgment dictate. His religious affiliations are with the Reformed church. He has turned his special attention in farming to dairying and is making a great success of it. The only other child of August Hoffman, Mary, makes her home in New Glarus, Wis.

William Hoffman, proprietor of the grain and flour mill at Middleton, is a native of Germany. His parents, Godfried and Christina Hoffman were born in Bavaria and there spent their lives farming. Two of their sons, Theobald, who is a farmer in Arkansas, and William came to America; the other three children, Mary, Frederick and Jacob, remained in Bavaria. William, who was the third child, was born at Hexiheim, November I, 1847, educated in the common schools and lived with his parents until he had attained the age of seventeen years, when he determined to go to America. For two years and a half he worked in a brewery at Manetta, Lancaster county, Pa., and then journeyed to Madison, Wis., where he worked one year. For .the next three years Mr. Hoffman found employment at the Pheasant Branch brewery and then located at Middleton, where he opened a hotel, which he managed successfully for seventeen years. In 1889, he built a grain and flour mill which was destroyed by the fire in 1900. The same year it was rebuilt and in it Mr. Hoffman carries on a general custom business, shipping to Madison, Pheasant Branch, Pine Bluff, Springfield and other villages in the vicinity. Mr. Hoffman is a Democrat but has never aspired to office, his time completely occupied by his business. In October. 1868, he was married to Miss Catherine Hoffman, daughter of William and Lena Hoffman of Bavaria, Germany. Their family consists of five children, all of whom have attended the Middleton schools. The oldest daughter, Lena, is the wife of Henry Niebold of Middleton. William, the second child, is a butcher of Middleton, and Emma, John and Albert still live at the parental home. The family are supporters of the German Lutheran church as were their ancestors in Germany. Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Middleton branch of the I. O. O. F. James Hogan, of Waunakee, was born at Freshford, Killkenny County, Ireland, September, 1883. His ancestors, on both sides of the family, were natives and residents of Ireland, and there they all died. His paternal grandfather was Columbus Hogan, who married a Miss Butler; his maternal grandfather was Timothy Hickey who married a Miss Dunn. His parents, Michael and Annastatia (Hickey) Hogan, wero both natives of Freshford, Ireland ; they had a family of seven children, of whom all that remain are Mrs. Kennedy, widow of Martin Kennedy, and James, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Hogan was a young man when he came to the United Status (1857), but he supplemented the instruction which he had received in his native country by attendance at the Northwestern Business college, sharing the instruction of Prof. Tullev with two distinguished citizens of Madison, Dr. Jackson and Col. Vilas. Mr. Hogan's first stop was in New York, but the same year came on to Madison, and first found employment on a farm ; then he turned his attention to the educational line and taught school for several years, and assisted in garden work. D. J. Powers, of Madison, when he was secretary of the agricultural society. He is musical in his tastes and during his residence in Madison belonged to the Madison band. In 1864 Mr. Hogan bought the farm known as the Louis Montandon farm, of one hundred and sixty acres. His sons, Dominic and Joseph, who are now operating the farm in partnership with their father, have added another hundred and sixty acres to the original homestead, and now work it under the firm name of Jas. Hogan & Sons, breeders of Poland China swine, Cottswold sheep and short-horn cattle. Mr. Hogan is a supporter of the Democratic party and has filled the office of clerk of the township for thirteen years ; he has also served as justice of the peace, and was chairman of the board of Westport for two years ; he and his family are members of St. Mary's Church of the Lake, (Catholic). On November 26, 1864 he was married to Miss Hannah O'Malley, born in Ireland, 1836, daughter of Michael O'Malley and Mary (O'Neal) Malley, who is mentioned in this work; their children are, Mary, born October 4, 1866; Michael, born January 16, 1868, a farmer of West Bend; James C, born August 6, 1869, a Catholic priest of Oshkosh ; Joseph, born July 30, 1878, and Dominic P., born November 8, 1872, partners of their father in the home farm; Annastatia, born October 19, 1876, John M., born July 21, 1878, a physician of Rhinelander, Oneida county.

Captain William Hogbin is one of the well known residents of the city of Madison. He carries on the business of repairing, dyeing and tailoring for the university battalion, at Madison, and in addition to this occupation is a practical carpenter, mechanic and harnessmaker. The present business was established about thirty year ago and is now located at No. 414 West Gilman street. Mr. Hogbin spent seven years on the tailors' bench in London, and there learned the details of his business, and for the past thirty-five years has carried it on with the greatest success winning the high regard of, not only his customers, but also of the people of the city generally. Our subject was born in Dover. England, September 24, 1834, coming of good old Anglo-Saxon stock, and is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Monday) Hogbin, natives of Kent, Dover county, England, where they lived near neighbors to the parents of the great temperance lecturer, Gough. Robert Hogbin grew up in his native county and passed many years on the English racecourse as a successful jockey, and was one of the most daring riders of either England or Wales in his day. Many times he was the driver selected by the Duke of Wellington, and was a driver for the late Queen Victoria in her youthful days, as his skill with a horse was widely known. Later in life Ihe became a reserve soldier under Wellington, serving some time, but later, in 1853, with his wife and family, removed to America. They left London on the sailing vessel, the "Prince Albert," landing in New York city in June, going from there to Utica, N. Y. After the children had grown, the parents came as far west as Dubuque, Iowa, where they both died, the father at the age of eighty-nine and the mother at the age of eighty-one years. The father was born in 1792, the mother in 1791, and for many years they had been worthy members of the Methodist church. Captain Hogbin is the youngest of a family of eleven children, of whom two are yet living. He was a young man when his parents came to this country, and had learned his trade with his brother George in "West London, serving an apprenticeship of nearly seven years, and after coming to the United States he followed his trade one year in LTtica and then engaged as a clerk in a market store for a term of two years, during which time he was married. This important alliance was with Mrs. Catherine Knott, nee Tiffany, the widow of Joseph M. Knott, a native of England and a harness-maker who died in the prime of life at Utica, N. Y.. leaving his widow with three children. Walter S. and Albert W. Knott are both deceased. The former served in the Civil War in Company D, Ninth Illinois volunteer cavalry, came home, married and died about fifteen years ago. The daughter of Mrs. Knott was Mary, now the widow of Stedman B. Farrier, of Michigan. She now lives in Chicago, with her two daughters and one son. Mr. Farrier served through the Civil War with Company D, Fifth Michigan volunteer infantry, and entered the service as a student from the University of Wisconsin. Captain Hogbin enlisted from Chicago, 111., in 1862, in Company E, Eighty-eighth Illinois volunteer infantry, as a tailor, being, however, soon put upon detached duty as regimental tailor, in what was well known as the the Second Board of Trade Regiment of Chicago. He took part in the battles of Perryville and Stone's River and was in many other engagements, remaining in the service nearly three years, and being mustered out July 5, 1865, at Indianapolis, Ind. A full record of the military career of our valiant subject can be found in the "Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of the State of Wisconsin." Since the war he has been a devoted citizen of the Union, a lover of th; old flag for which he fought, and he is a prominent member of the Lucius Fairchild post. No. 11, of Madison, in which he held the office of chaplain three and one half years, and has also been officer of the day for three years, commander of post one year and is now trustee of the post, inspector general, assistant surgeon, and also past commander. He served as aide dc camp on the staff of Gen- eral Shaws, who was commander-in-chief. In his political opinions our subject is one of the strongest of Republicans. Mr. Hogbin has been member of Good Templars for years and has been in all the chairs in this organization and also in the Sons of Temperance. He was also organizer of five Sunday school classes in Dubuque, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Hogbin attend the Congregational church, are honest, upright people, and have many warm friends in the capital city. Their only daughter, Elizabeth Jane, is the wife of Edwin M. Dorn, a retired liveryman of Chicago.

Rev. Peter Holfeltz, the popular pastor of St. Norbert's Catholic church, in Roxbury township, is a native of Germany, having been born at Remerschen, Luxemburg, September 8, 1856. His parents were John and Susan (Kieffer) Holfeltz, both of whom were born in Germany, the former on June 9, 181 8, and the latter in 1820. The mother of Father Holfeltz died when the latter was but ten years old, and his father migrated to America, in 1875, and died in Manitowoc county, Wis., in 1893. Five children were born to John Holfeltz and wife, and four of them are living, as follows : Matthias resides with his brother, the Rev. Peter Holfeltz, in Dane county ; John resides on the home farm in Manitowoc county ; Susan is a resident of Marinette, Wis., and Peter is he to whom this review is especially dedicated. Father Holfeltz received his preliminary education in the excellent common schools of his native land, and after coming to America entered the Mt. Calvary school in Fond du Lac, county, Wis., in winch he took a classical course, and was graduated from the St. Francis seminary, in philosophy and theology, with the class of 1887. After thus completing his education he occupied the position of assistant in St. Michael's church at Milwaukee for a time, and then became pastor at Caledonia of the St. Louis congregation. He filled the latter position for nine years, was then stationed at Saukville, Wis., for two years, at Alvemo, Wis., for four years, and was forced to leave the last-named charge on account of illness. In 1902 he came io Roxbury as pastor of St. Norbert's Catholic church, and under his direction, during the past four years the church has prospered exceedingly. Among the material improvements should be mentioned the house in which Father Holfeltz resides, and which was built under his direction and he is now remodeling the church at an expense of $18,000.