Dane County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1906 (part 14 of 29)

John T. W. Jennings, member of the firm of Jennings & Kronenberg, architects, with offices in the Wisconsin building, Madison, comes of a line of New England patriots. His father, George H. Jennings, was in the wholesale grocery and provision business in New York state for many years. He was born November 9, 1824. During the Civil War he was in the cotton commission business for Warren Newcombe & Company and later was general auditor of the entire business of Grover & Baker, manufacturers of sewing machines and subsequently was secretary and treasurer of the Biddle Manufacturing company of New York. The first Jennings to arrive in the colonies was Nathan, who settled in Massachusetts in 1690. Subsequently he removed to Windham, Conn., Where he was one of the pioneers. Through his brothers' descendants, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota became peopled with Jennings. His son Jonathan was the first white child born in Windham settlement. From the Windham Jonathan emigrated to where Sandusky, Ohio, now stands and entered a timber claim. On account of an ocular trouble Jonathan returned to New York where he died. His son Nathan, the father of George H., was a soldier in the war of 1812. A great uncle oi the subject of this sketch was Jay Jennings, who kept an inn and a store where Delafield is now located, it being a stopping place for stages running between Madison and Racine. Jay's descendants are scattered throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Royal Jennings, a cousin of George H., was the father of two sons, Royal H. and Edward, who settled in Milwaukee in 1842. The first named was for many years treasurer of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway system. His daughter. Miss Frances, is still a resident of Milwaukee. Edward was treasurer of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance of Milwaukee. He left three children, George, Ferguson and Clara. The latter is now Mrs. Cassius Noyes of the Cream City. Maternally J. T. W. Jennings is of Scotch descent. His mother, nee Elizabeth Wilson, was a direct and lineal decendent of James Wilson, who came from Paisley, Scotland, to New York in 1740. Her father, John Wilson, was a major in the eleventh New York artillery in the War of 1812. Airs. Jennings died March 14, 1861. She is survived by two other children besides the subject of this sketch, - Linson De forest, who makes his home in Buffalo, and Mary Elizabeth, now the wife of Wilfred Buckland, a resident of New York. John T. W. Jennings was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 29, 1856. His education was received in the Brooklyn public school and the polytechnic school of the same city. In 1877 he was graduated from New York university with the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Civil Engineer. When his collegiate work was over he entered the architect's office of the Astor estate under Thomas Stent. Later he became assistant engineer of the New York suburban rapid transit road and in 1883 accepted a similar position with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad company. From 1885 to 1893 he was the architect for the company, from the later year until 1899 was engaged in general practice in Chicago. In 1899 he removed to Madison to accept the position of supervising architect of the University of Wisconsin buildings and grounds and held that position until November II, 1905, when the firm of Jennings & Kronenberg was established. While engaged in university work he oversaw the building of the agricultural hall, the dairy barns, the university stable, the agricultural power house, the engineering building, the horticultural building and the chemistry building. On March 11, 1886, Mr. Jennings was united in marriage to Miss Jeanette McKee Williams, a native of Milwaukee, and a daughter of Lansing" and Amelia (Leland) Williams. Mr. Williams is deceased, but his widow is still a resident of Ola, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have one daughter, Ruth Leland, a student of the University of Wisconsin, and one son, John Williams Jenning, born November 11, 1896. Mrs. Jennings is a communicant of the Episcopal church. Her husband is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks and the Zeta Psi college fraternity. While a resident of of New York he belonged to the Company B, Thirteenth Regiment, state militia.

Knut Jenson, a successful contractor and builder, with residence and business head quarters in the thriving city of Stoughton, was born in Norway. April 27, 1864, being a son of Jens Knutsen and Carrie Jensen. He was reared to manhood in his native land, where he was afforded the advantages of the excellent Lutheran schools and where he remained until 1884, when, at the age of twenty years he set forth for America. He came to Dane county soon after his arrival in the new world, and here he was employed at the carpenter's trade for three years, at the expiration of which he removed to Lodi, county, where he engaged in business for himself, as a contractor and builder. Reliable workmanship and honorable methods gained to him rapid advancement and he .built up a prosperous enterprise. He remained at Lodi six years and then, in 1903, located in Stoughton, in order to secure a broader field of operations. As a contractor he iias here been most successful, having erected a number of fine buildings in the city and surrounding districts and having also remodeled the Stoughton water works. In politics he is a stanch Republican, fraternally he is identified with the Beavers, and both he and his wife are members of the First Lutheran church. October 13, 1 89 1, Mr. Jenson was united in marriage to Miss Joanna Quern, daughter of Lt<rs and Anna Quern, of Dane county, and the children of this union are Clara, Annie, Mabel, Lena. Joseph, and Cora.

Adolph Johnson, carpenter and contractor, also operating a planing mill at 138 to 142 Frances street, was born in Grenaa, Denmark. January 16, 1866. He is one of ten children of Jens and Mary (Boreson) Johnson, natives of Denmark where the father still resides. The mother died in 1892 at the age of fifty-two. There six of the ten children still living, only one of whom, Julia, beside the subject of this sketch ever left the native land. Julia is married and lives in Nebraska. Adolph was educated in the common schools of Denmark and served his apprenticeship in that country - From Denmark he removed to Germany, where he worked at his trade a year in each Keil and Hamburg. About 1889 he came to the United States, settling in Chicago, and worked there as a stair builder for four years. In 1893 he arrived in Madison and went into the employ of Jacob Leutscher, a contractor. He remained with him eight years and in the spring of 1902 started in business for himself. The planing mill was started at the same time. His advance has been rapid and he is now considered one of the most skilled workmen in the city. The contracts he undertakes have always been most satisfactorily fulfilled. In the line of house building, to which he directs his especial attention, he is exceptionallv proficient. He employs from eight to twenty men the year around and does work in practically all the towns of the county. On September 20, 1897.. Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Kapple, a native of Austria, and a daughter of Anton and Johanna Kapple residing on a farm in the town of Roxbury. Mrs Johnson is one of ten children, nine of whom are living. The others are Frances, the wife of Matt Loy ; Joseph, who lives in Warsaw, Washington: diaries, a farmer of the town of Roxbury;

Anna, wife of Charles Buckles of Madison ; Anton, a carpenter in Madison ; Minnie, Mrs. Charles Fuss, died at the age of twenty-one ; Frank, a carpenter, employed in the shop of his brother-in-law; Matt, on the farm ; and John, a farmer in the town of Roxbury. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have no children. Both are communicants of the German Catholic church and the husband is a member of the Order of Eagles. Mr. Johnson is an honest, upright and intelligent workman who is rated among the best in his line of work.

Andrew P. Johnson, a prominent farmer of the town of Rutland, spent his youth and young manhood in Norway and Sweden. He is of Swedish birth and ancestry and his parents, John Anderson and Bertha Anderson, were both natives of Ellstaate, Sweden. This was also their home after their marriage and their family of seven children were bom on a farm in Ellstaate. The parents are now deceased and the family widely scattered. Mary, the oldest daughter, lives in Norway : Andrew P. and Lewis in Rutland ; Tillie, in Madison, Wis. ; Sophia, in Norway and Charles in Michigan. The youngest son, Edwin, died in infancy. Andrew P. was born on the farm in Ellstaate, October 18, 1846, attended the common schools, and whdn a young man, went to the forest district of Norway, where he worked in a saw-mill until 1881. At that time he concluded to try his fortune in the west and located in Spring Lake, Mich., where he found employment in the mills. After three years in Spring Lake, he crossed Lake Michigan and located in Stoughton, where he worked in a wagon-shop. Three years of farm life in the town of Dunn followed, three years more in the town of Dunkirk and then another period hi the town of Dunn. His next location was Oregon, Wis. and he finally purchased, in March, 1902, a farm of two hundred acres in Rutland, which is his present home and on which he has expended much labor and money and brought it to a high state of cultivation. Mr. Johnson raises considerable stock as well as all kinds of farm produce. Mrs. Johnson was formerly Miss Louisa Torgerson, daughter of Andrew Torgerson, whose home is in Norway, and she married Mr. Johnson in 1870. Their union has been blessed with nine children; John A. is a stone-cutter In Milwaukee ; Adolph operates a farm in Dunkirk ; the next two sons, Oscar and Severson, are both deceased ; Morris is a successful farmer of the town of Dunn and the younger children, Tolaf, Frank, George, and Andrew P. remain at home. The children were educated in the Rutland and Stoughton schools and the family attend the Lutheran church. Mr. Johnson is a Republican in his political affiliations but is not an active politician.

C. O. Johnson, of Norwegian origin, is a prosperous farmer of the town of Vienna. His parents. Irwin and Carie (Elling) Johnson, were both born in Norway and there spent their entire lives. Three sons and one daughter were born to them; and two sons, Elling. the oldest, and C. O., came to Dane county, Elling in 1850 and his brother in 1854. In 1854, Elling Johnson, went to Minnesota and there he died in 1862. C. O. Johnson was born in Norway, July 11, 1837, attended school in his native country and came to Wisconsin when he was seventeen years of age. After a year in Dane county, he went to Minnesota to join his brother, returning to Vienna in 1858. He then went west to the Rocky Mountains and engaged in gold mining for seventeen years. He was very successful and when he became independent, he returned to the town of Vienna and purchased a farm of two hundred acres, which has ever since been his home. The buildings have been erected by Mr Johnson and many other improvements to the property have been made. Mr. Johnson makes a specialty of Clydesdale horses and short-horned cattle. Formerly allied with the Republican party, he has become independent in his political beliefs. For thirteen years, Mr. Johnson was a supervisor and for two years chairman of the township. September 25, 1878, he married Miss Carrie Johnson, daughter of Peter Johnson and sister of Nels Johnson of Vienna. Mrs. Johnson died June 15, 1904, leaving eight children. Jessie Charlotte, the oldest, was educated at the Lutheran Academy at Mount Horeb, Wis., and taught school for a year; Irwin Percival attended the De Forest high school and the Northwestern Business College of Madison ; Edna Louisa and Clarissa Tonetta graduated from the De Forest high school and are both engaged in teaching; Charles Elling and Willard Wallace are students at De Forest; Archie Fremont and Cephas Clarence are the youngest of the family. They all attend the Norway Grove Lutheran church.

George K. Johnson, a native of the Hoosier state, came to Rutland in 1878 and since that time has made it his home. He is a welljknown farmer and sheep-breeder. William D. Johnson and Ann (Knight) Johnson, his parents, died in 185 1 within two months of each other at Terre Haute, Ind., where they are both buried. Mr. Johnson came to Dunkirk. Dane county, Wis., with his grandfather, Richard Knight, in 1856 and settled upon a farm. William D. was born in New Jersey, lived in Indiana and Illinois and was a shoemaker. Mrs. Johnson was a native of England. Of their family, George is the only one living. George K. Johnson was born at Madison, Ind., November 4, 1844, attended the common schools and in August, 1862, enlisted as a private in the Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E. The regiment was ordered south and placed under Gen. Buell's command. Mr. Johnson was captured at Spring Hill tmd sent to Libby Prison, but was fortunately exchanged after a captivity of two weeks and rejoined his company at Nashville. He shared in the march of Gen. Sherman to Atlanta, participating in the /battles of Resaca, Burnt Hickory, Kenesaw Mountain, Dallas and other smaller engagements and the siege operations before Atlanta. At Nashville, July 29, 1865, the regiment was mustered out of the service. After the close of the war, Mr. Johnson lived until 1878 at Dunkirk and at that time purchased one hundred and fifty-two acres of farm' land in the town of Rutland, sections 10 and 11. This farm he improved and sold at a considerable profit hi 1896. He then bought his present large farm, to which he has added many substantial improvements and upon which he raises fine stock, particularly registered Shropshire sheep, his flock usually numbering about two hundred head. Mr. Johnson is a Republican but does not take any part in active political life. He is a member o<f the Baptist church and also of the Stoughton Commandery of the G. A. R. In September, 1866, he married Miss Temperance Dimick of Dunkirk, daughter of John nnd Dollie (Tanner) Dimick. They came from New York to Rock county, Wis. in 1842 and afterward to Dunkirk. Four of their children are living: Harriet, in Beloit; Jeromie, in Black River Falls; Darwin at Beloit; and Temperance, Mrs. Johnson, in Rutland. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have three children ; the oldest daughter, Lavinia, is the wife of Mr. Usher of Rutland; Isadore lives at home and Silas E. in Idaho, where he owns a ranch.

Grove S. Johnson was born in the town of York and has been known in Dane county for years as a successful school-teacher and farmer. The family came to Wisconsin from New York and were of colonial descent. Grove S. is the son of E. Spencer Johnson, who was born in Oneida county, N. Y. July 12, 1819, educated m New York and came to Dane county with his parents, Elias and Polly Sherman) Johnson, in 184s. Elias Tomison was born in Massachuetts in 1783 and his wife in Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y. in 1790. They took up eighty acres of wild land in the town of York in 1845, cleared and improved it, added twenty acres more and made it their permanent home. 'Mr. Johnson died there in 1865. Elias Johnson served in the war of 1812. His widow lived uno-n the farm with her family until her death in t88t. when she was ninety-three years of age. Her son, E. Spencer, attended school in New York and became a carpenter. Many of the earliest buildings in the town of York are his handiwork. His wife,

Mary A. Johnson, was born at Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y. November 6, 1812, and married Mr. Johnson in 1845. Three children were born to them; Grove S. is the oldest son; the second child, a daughter, d'.ed in infancy and the youngest is a daughter, Bertha E. Grove S. was born in York township, March 9, 1846, attended the home schools, the Marshall academy and the Columbus high school. For nineteen vears he was a school-teacher but finally decided to engage in farming. He now owns >a farm of one hundred and thirtyfour acres upon which he carries on general farming and stock-raising business. He is a Democrat and served for a number of years as clerk of the town board. Mr. Johnson is identified with the Columbus Lodge, No. 75, F. & A. M.

Rev. Iver A. Johansen, the able and honored pastor of Our Saviour's Norwegian Lutheran church, in the city of Stoughton, was born in Norway, April 10, 1874, the place of his nativity having been Kobberdahl, Helgeland. He is a son of Johan and Anna (Arntsen) Johnansen, and in a remote way he is of Scotch descent. He was reared to the age of eighteen years in his native land, laying the basis for a liberal education in the excellent schools there maintained. In 1892 he came to America and proceeded to the city of Minneapolis, where he entered the Augsburg Seminary, where he completed the collegiate course, after which he pursued the theological course, being graduated from this department of the school as a member of the class of 1899 and being forthwith ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran church. His first pastoral charge was at Larimore, North Dakota, where he* remained one year, at the expiration of which he returned to Norway, where he remained two years as a home missionary in the little city of Bodoe. In September, 1902, Mr. Johansen again came to the United states, locating in Stoughton, where he became assistant to Rev. T. H. Dahl, pastor of the First Lutheran church. When the congregation of the church of Our Saviour was formally organized, in 1903, he was chosen pastor of the church, the edifice of the same having been erected under his supervision and having been completed in 1905, the dedication taking place in the Christmas season. The building is a beautiful structure, erected at a cost of seventeen thousand dollars, and the parish is in a most prosperous condition, both spiritually and temporally. The church has six hundred communicants, and the membership is constantly increasing. The pastor is an able and earnest speaker, devoting himself with all of zeal and consecration to the work of his parish and the cause of humanity and enjoying the high regard of the entire community. In politics he gives his allegiance to the Republican party. At Larimore,

July 22, 1900, was solemnized the marriage of Air. Johansen to Aliss Caroline Strandres, daughter of Sigve and Christine (Kron) Strandres, natives respectively of Norway and Sweden and numbered among the sterling pioneers of North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Johansen have one daughter, Hansince Theodora.

John A. Johnson, whose name is prominently associated with the manufacturing interests of Wisconsin, as president and director of the well-known firm of Fuller & Johnson, and as founder and owner of the Gisholt Machine Company, came to the United States from his native land, Norway, in 1844. He was the eldest of five children, and was but twelve years of age when the family arrived in Milwaukee. He began life, as did many other Norwegian immigrants of that period, as a poor boy on a farm in Walworth county, and by sheer hard work and force of character achieved success. He was essentially a self-made man. He settled in Madison in 1861 and for several years dealt in farm machinery. In the early eighties he joined in the organization of the Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., for the manufacture of farm machinery ; became its first president and remained at its head until the time of his death. A few years later he also organized the Gisholt Machine Co., for the manufacture of turret lathes and machine tools. The latter enterprise has expanded into one of the largest manufacturing conerns in the city and state, and has always been exclusively owned and managed by the Johnson family, - father and sons. Mr. Johnson was for a time a member of the firm of John Thompson & Company, of Beloit, plow manufacturers, and thus became familiar with the farm implement business. From 1861 to 1869 he served as county clerk of Dane county ; also served as member of the assembly for one term, and one term as state senator, and was a member of the board of trustees of the Scate Hospital for the Insane. In addition to his extensive business interests, Mr. Johnson found time for considerable literary work, and was devoted to the cause of education. He was a frequent contributor to the public press, and wrote several books in the Norwegian language, which found a wide circulation among his countrymen. In J876 he founded the J. A. Johnson scholarships at the University of Wiscons'n, donating $5,000, as a perpetual fund, the annual income of which is "applied in aid of attendants at the University, who have previously attended a common school or the University, at least one year. . . .Until the year 1900, the aid thus provided for is limited to those students (without distinction of sex) of the class already described, who can read or speak, reasonably well, one of the Scandinavian languages. . . .No student shall receive more than fifty dollars in one year, nor shall more than two hundred dollars in the aggregate be given to any cue student." The authorities of the University were thus enabled to provide ten scholarships of $35 each, which were the first ever offered by the institution. Another noble charity which owes its origin to his wise beneficence is the Gisholt Home for the Aged, in the town of Burke, near Madison, ample provision for which was made in his last will and testament. Mr. Johnson died November 10, 1902, and in his death Wisconsin lost one of her best and most influential citizens, and the Norwegians of me country, one of their ablest representatives. He is survived by his wife, four sons, Frederick A., Carl A., Hobarc S., and Maurice I., all of Madison, Wis., and one daughter, Mrs. Ida (Johnson) Fisk, of Champaign. 111. The four sons are all actively engaged in the management and operation of the extensive Gisholt Machine Company plant.

J. B. Johnson, an enterprising farmer of the town of Fitchburg, was born at Albion, Dane county, Wis., October 19, 1845. His parents, John and Ellen Johnson, were both natives of Norway who came to this country and county in 1845, settling on sixty acres in the town of Albion. Later the family moved to Jackson county, this state, where they stayed ten years. During the residence there the subject of this sketch learned the blacksmiths' trade. After a few years at the forge he went to Stoughton and engaged in the meat business with his brother Julius. Two years later he bought a farm in Rutland and managed that for seven years. After a residence of a few years in Janesville and Evansville he returned to Stoughton and for another year was in business with his brother. When the opportunity offered, Mr. Johnson went back to farming, buying one hundred acres of the old Fox farm in the town of Fitchburg. After six years he exchanged this property for the farm he now occupies in section 10, in the same town. He has one hundred and sixty acres devoted to general farming. Politically Mr. Johnson is active as a Republican, and has served a year on the town board and five years on the school board. Mr. Johnson is affiliated with the Lutheran church. In May, 1876, he married Isabelle Johnson, a native of Norway, and by her has had ten children. Emma (deceased), wife, of Henry Roberts; Edith, wife of Frank Roberts: Oscar, Seymour, Melvin, Alma, Gladys, Julian, Isabelle and Lewis. J. B. Johnson is a type of the Norwegian farmer who has done much to exploit the resources of Dane county. John D. Johnson is a prominent farmer of the town of York and a son of a pioneer of Dane county, John Johnson. John Johnson was born in Hudson county, N. Y. August 17, 1833, attended school in New York and came with his parents to Dodge county and then to 30 - iii

Dane county in 1847. His father, Silas Johnson, was a native of New York and was fifty-three years of age when he began farming in Dane county. He lived until 1878 and his wife, Polly (Smith) Johnson survived him ten years, reaching the great age of ninety-three years. John Johnson taught school for a time in his early manhood but soon began farming and purchased a farm in the town of York, which is the present home of the Johnson family. He married Miss Emily Dodge, who was born near Utica, N. Y. and five children were born to them, of whom three are living. He was a Republican and represented the district in the Assembly for a term and also served as chairman and clerk of the town board. John D. Johnson was bom July 5, 1863, in the town of York, attended the district school and a private school and the Marshall Academy. He has always been a and carries on a general farming business at the old home farm. He gives particular attention to the breeding of a fine strain of Durham cattle. Mr. Johnson is a Republican and active in local affairs. For two years he served as treasurer of the town, for two years more as chairman of the town board and was then reelected for four years following. October 28, 1885, he married Miss Sarah Alice Norton, who was born in York 'n 1865, daughter of Miles and Sarah (King) Norton, of Vermont. They came to Dane county in 1847, located in York township on a farm and there Mr. Norton died in 1900 and his wife in 1901. Of their five children, three are living. Mr. Norton was prominent in the township and served as member of the town board and as assessor. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were born two children ; Eunice May and James King, who are now attending the Waterloo h'gh school. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Waterloo Lodge, No. 63, F. and A. M. and a charter member of the E. F. U.

John M. Johnson, the supervisor of Blooming Grove township, is one of the representative citizens of this part of the county, where he has passed his entire life and where he is numbered among the successful agriculturists of the state. He was born on the old homestead farm, in Blooming Grove township, March 25, i860, and is the son of Gilbert and Betsey (Hauge) Johnson, both natives of Norway. They came from the fair Norseland to the United States, and the father was one of the pioneers of Dane county. The subject of this sketch was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and his educational advantages were confined to a somewhat irregular attendance in the common schools of the day. He has never wavered in his allegiance to> the great basic industry of agriculture, through the medium of .which he has gained independence and distinctive prosper- ity, being the owner of a well improved farm of one hundred and twenty acres. Mr. Johnson has been a loyal adherent to the Republican party from the time of attaining his majority, and he was elected township treasurer in 1891, serving two terms, after which, in 1893, he was elected township supervisor, of which position he has since held through successive re-elections. His long tenure of the office shows the confidence placed in him and the esteem in which he is held by the people of the community in which he has lived from the time of his birth. He and his wife are consistent members of the Norwegian Lutheran church. December 25, 1888, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to* Miss Anna Datiaker, daughter of John and Ingeborge (Larson) Dataker, of Stoughton, this county, and they have five children, whose names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows: Ingebeld B., August 5, 1891; Ida Louisa, March 6, 1893; Joseph Clarence, August 3, 1895; Bertha Sophia, September 5, 1898; and Thomas K., May 29, 1904.

Jonas Johnson, a respected citizen of the village of McFarland, was born in Meragiar, Norway, August 8, 1828. His parents were Jens and Mary Johnson, natives of Norway. Jonas received a limited education in Norway, the minister of their parish having inculcated the idea into his parents' heads that because they belonged to the laboring class an education was not necessary. In 1850 he arrived in Milwaukee. For eleven months he was employed in a furniture factory, there working at turning bedposts, Stoughton next offered him a livelihood for a few months, and then the site of McFarland village offering possibilities for a blacksmith, he and another man opened a shop. It soon became apparent that blacksmithing was not a paying proposition, so the shop was remodeled and made into a carpenter shop. A feed mill has since been added to the equipment, and a sixteen-horse power engine runs the machinery of mill and shop. Mr. Johnson has all the work he can do, the people of the village appreciating the fine repairing he does. Though well along in years he keeps keenly in touch with matters pertaining to the public welfare and is conversant with all the current affairs of the state and nation. Before coming to this country he served some time in the Norwegian militia. Politically he is a Democrat, but has never aspired to office. He is not affiliated with any religious organization. In the spring oi 1857 he was married but has no children. A number of years ago he purchased eight acres of land on the village site, built himself a home and has since lived there. He is well-known in the community and his genius as a mechanic is highly valued.

Knudt A. Johnson is a merchant and well-known wool and tobacco buyer of Morrisonville. His family originated in Norway, whence his grandfather, John Johnson, came to Columbia county, Wis., in 1848. Andrew Johnson, son of John Johnson, was born in Norway, January 26, 1822, married Miss Julia Meland, also a native of Norway, born in 1825 and they came to the town of Leeds in Columbia county, Wis. in 1846. They obtained a farm of government land and owned about four hundred and fifty acres. Mr. Johnson died in 1902 at Morrisonville and his wife in 1987. Their son, Knudt A. Johnson, was born in Leeds township, October 8, 1848, attended the home schools and engaged in fanning near Morrisonville, where he owned three hundred and twenty i-xres of fine farm property. This he sold and now owns a farm of one hundred acres. In 1885, he bought the village plat of George O. Clinton;', R. R. Supt, and gave away eleven lots to promote the interests of the new village. He built the grain elevator and double corner store building and has also 'built other buildings which he has since sold. He rents his farm and is extensively engaged in various business interests in the village, [prominent among them being trade in wool and tobacco. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Republican party and has been chairman and supervisor in the town of Windsor, February 5, 1883. he married Miss Susie Whitelaw, who was born in Columbia county, daughter of Robert Whitelaw and his wife, who were both natives of Scotland and early residents of Columbia county. Mrs. Wh'telaw died in 1905 and her husband is living, eighty-seven years of age. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson consists of six children ; Isabel, Grace, Arthur, Jennie, Julia and Margaret. At present they reside in Portage, Wis. on account of the superior educational advantages afforded by the larger place. They are identified with the Portage Congregational church.

Lewis Johnson, whose death occurred July 1, 1885, was numbered among the representative farmers and sterling citizens of Blooming Grove township, while he was also numbered among the honored pioneers of the state of Wisconsin. He was born and reared in Norway, the date of his birth having been February 1, 1824, and was a son of Ole and Gertie Johnson, who passed their entire lives in their native land. Lewis Johnson immigrated to America and settled in Dane county when this section was largely given over to the primeval forest, and by his persevering energy and good judgment he reclaimed a good farm in Blooming Grove township, where he continued to reside until his death and where his youngest son still resides. He is a man of sterling attributes of charac- ter, generous in his intercourse with his fellow men and ever ready to aid those in affliction or distress. His circle of friends was limited only by that of his acquaintances, and he commanded the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. His widow is now living retired in the pleasant village of McFarland, not far distant from the old homestead. Mr. Johnson gave his political support to the Republican party, and was a consistent and zealous member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, as is also his widow. By his first wife he became the father of seven children, of whom three are living. His second marriage was solemnized in November, 1857, when Miss Anna Aaroen became his wife, she being a daughter of Ole and Mary (Olson) Aaroen, natives of Norway. The eight children of the second marriage are all living, and their names and dates of birth are as follows : Gilbert, December 19, 1858 ; Mary, December 2, 1861 ; Ole, March 24, 1867 ; Martin, December 21, 1872; Severt, January 19, 1873; Anna, August 22, 1875; Luvian. May 2, 1876 ; and Nels, March 29, 1878.

Lewis L. Johnson, one of Rutland's prosperous farmers, is a native of Sweden. Johannes and Bertha (Larson) Anderson, his parents, were born in Dahlsland, Sweden, married there and lived their entire lives in their native place. Six children were born to them, of whom two daughters, Mary and Sophia, remained in Scandinavia and the others came to America. Andrew is a farmer near Rutland ; Carl lives in Michigan and Tilda is the wife of John Frederxkson of Madison. Lewis L. was born at Dahlsland, January 7, 1852, educated in the common schools and lived with his parents until lie was seventeen years old, when he went to Norway and worked in a sawmill for two years. The boy had always a longing for the sea and shipped as a common sailor, from which he worked up to mate, chief mate and finally master. He visited the East Indies and South America and crossed the equator eight times, was chief officer of four different ships and followed the sea for eighteen years. In 1877, he was shipwrecked off the Danish coast. In 1883 he came to America, located at Grand Haven, M5ch., and sailed the Great Lakes for five years. He then came to Stoughton and worked one year in a wagon shop, after which he commenced farming. For eight years he rented, and finally purchased the fine farm of one hundred and fifty acres at Rutland, upon which he now lives and has made many improvements. Decmeber 31, 1878, he married Miss Josephine Thoreson, daughter of Andres and Sigri (Larson) Thoreson, natives of Norway. The marriage has been blessed with eleven children. Joseph, the oldest, was giaduated from the veterinary college of Toronto, Can.; Sigri lives in

Chicago; Olga, in Janesville and Louisa in Beloit; Minnie S. and Paul G. are students at the Stoughton high school ; Lena, Bertha, Leonard and William Oscar remain at home ; Axcel, the youngest, died in infancy. Mr. Johnson is a Republican and has been a member of the school board. The family attends tKe First Lutheran church of Stoughton and is prominent in church activit'es.

Martin A. Johnson, cashier of the First National bank of Stoughton and member of the firm of Melaas-Johnson Co., of that city, was born in the town of Dunkirk on May 26, 1862. He is a son of Matthew and Olivia (Johnson) Johnson. His paternal grandfather was John Johnson (Vea) and the maternal grandfather Andrew Johnson (Tommerstigenj, both natives of Norway and pioneers of Dane county. The subject of this sketch received a preparatory education in the schools of Stoughton and the Augsburg Seminary of Minneapolis. His education was completed with a course at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1883. at the death of his father, he succeeded him as a member of the firm of Johnson & Melaas, clothiers, of Stoughton. From 1883 to 1891 he acted as manager of the M. Johnson estate and for the ten years following was president, treasurer and superintendent of the Stoughton Wagon company, of which concern he is still a heavy stockholder. In 1904 he was made cashier of the First National bank of Stoughton. He is a third owner of the "Big Daylight Store," operated by the Melaas-Johnson Company, successors to the firm of Johnson & Melaas. This concern is one of the largest as well as the best equipped in, the state. On June 3, 1884 Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Matilda C. Nelson, daughter of William and Jorgina (Bekke) Nelson of Boscobel. Wis. One daughter, Mildred W., is the issue of this union. Mrs. Johnson, a highly esteemed and deservedly beloved woman, passed away January 6, 1906.

Michael Johnson, retired, for many years a prominent figure and farmer of the town of Springdale, now living in Mount Horeb, was born in Sogn in Bergen Stift, Norway, January 4, 1832. He received a common school education and in 1853 came to Wisconsin, settling first in the town of Windsor. Later he removed to the town o-f Vienna and still later to the town of Springdale (1856) where he purchased one hundred and forty-eight acres of land. For twenty-six years he held the office of justice of the peace of the last named town; for five years was its town treasurer and for nine more was chairman. He served three years as chairman of the Dane county board of supervisors and in 1873 was elected to represent his district in the lower house of the state, legislature, being- re-elected in 1874, 1875 an^ 1876. When the Dane county asylnm at Verona was proposed he was one of the commissioners appointed to see to its construction and in 1891 was nominated by the school-land commissioners to re-appraise the low lands of Crawford county along the Mississippi river. In 1892 he was one of the sucessful presidential electors on trie Democratic ticket, casting his vote for Grover Cleveland. On the second day ot October, 1893, the president appointed him to be deputy revenue collector of the second district of Wisconsin, which position he held until the last day of January, 1900. In April, 1853, Mr. Johnson was married to J one Nelson Hone, who died in Dane county in June, 1854. In May, 1856, he was united in marriage to Betsey Sampson, who passed away April 19, 1864 leaving two children. His third marriage occurred on March 3, 1865, to Betsey T. Lee, and to this union were born four daughters and two sons, and all but one of the children are now married. Mr. Jonson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and for the past twelve years has represented the congregation of Springdale in the Norwegian Lutheran synod. He was twice elected by the synod as a member of the church council and served in that capacity six years. In March, 1893, he sold his farm and built the residence in Mount Horeb which is now his home.

Nels Johnson, of Westport, is a native of Norway, born June 15, 1851. His father, Johannes Nelson, and his mother, Ingeborg Mary (Peterson) Nelson, were also born in Norway, the former in 181 1 and the latter in 1810. The parents came to Windon, Minn., in 1873, anc* there lived with a son, J. J. Johnson, and there both died, he in 1893 and she in 1881. They had twelve children of whom five are living. Mr. Nelson was, in Norway, engaged in the lumber business. Mr. Johnson was educated in Norway, and came to Stoughton, June 2, 1870, when he was nineteen years of age ; he worked on a farm for -eleven years and then came to Madison, where he worked for Halle Steensland for four years. In 1884 he became a resident of Westport, bought a farm of eighty acres, which he has improved, and on which, in 1904, he built a fine residence. He has been the creator of his own prosperity, and has, by his integrity and public spirit, won the respect of the community in which he lives. For fourteen years he has held the office of school clerk and for four years that of supervisor, and is occupying those positions at the present time. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church, and he is superintendent of the Sunday school of Rev. T. H. Eggen's congregation at Burke, beside having held for fifteen years a private Sunday school in his own home.

He was married in 1879, to Miss Julia Haldorson, born in Norway, July n, 1855, daughter of Haldor Shervim Syverson and his wife Gjoren (Severson) Syverson, natives of Norway, where Mr. Syverson still resides, his wife having died in 1899. To the subject of this sketch and his wife have been born nine children, John Henry, born May 15, 1880; Josephine Maria, born May 10, 1882; Edward Benjamin, born February 27, 1884; Martin Lewis, born March 3, 1886; and died December 16, 1903; Alexander Luveen, born August 2, 1888; Emma Amanda, born May 13, 1891 ; Mabel Helena, born August 22, 1893; Neman Howard, born May 11, i8q6 and died February 17, 1897; Nella Elvine, born March 5, 1898.

Nels Johnson, owner of a farm of one hundred and ninety acres in the town of Vienna, was brought to Wisconsin by his parents, when he was a year old. His home has been in Vienna ever since and he is well-known in the community. Peter Johnson, his father, was born in Norway, March 28, 1814, was there married to Mrs. Gertrude Husebo Rognehong, widow of Nels Rognehong. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson came to the United States in 1852 and purchased a farm in Vienna township which became their permanent home and is still owned by their son Nels. Six of the family of eight children are living. They attended the Norway Grove Lutheran church but Nels Johnson and his family are members of the First Lutheran church of De Forest. Nels Johnson was born September 27, 1851, attended the home schools and the Marshall Academy and early engaged in farming. He is interested in stock-raising, particularly short-horned cattle and Poland China hogs. An adherent of the Republican party, Mr. Johnson has always been active in the interests of the community and has served it in many different capacities; as supervisor, township clerk, chairman, etc. In 1885 and 1895 he officiated as census-taker and is at present chairman of the town board. In 1876, he married Miss Johanna Erickson, who was born in Leeds township, Columbia county, Wis., daughter of Ambion and Jorend Erickson. early settlers of Leeds, which is their present home. Mrs. Johnson died in 1890 in Vienna, leaving two sons Albert and Herman, and one daughter, Gertie. Two sons and two daughters, children of Mrs. Johnson's first marriage, died. In 1893, Mr. Johnson married Miss Anna Nelson, daughter of Henry and Johanna Hermanson. Three children were born to them: Josevius, Norman (deceased), and Palmer.

N. P. Johnson is a prominent farmer of Vienna township and a son of Peter Johnson, of Dane county. With his parents N. P. Johnson came to the United States in 1852 and lived in the town of Vienna.

He was born in Norway, August 22, 1840, attended school in Norway and also in Vienna and early engaged in farming. His farm is a fine property of two hundred and ninety-seven acres, on which Mr. Johnson has made almost all the improvements and carries on a general farming business. He raises short-horned cattle, and Poland China hogs, which he introduced into the locality. Considerable tobacco is also raised upon the farm. Mr. Johnson is active in political affairs and allied with the Republican party. For many years he served the town as supervisor and has been chairman of the board and assessor. June 15, 1870, he married Miss Julia Erickson, who was born in Norway, December 14, 1848, daughter of Herman and Susan (Larson) Erickson, who came to Vienna from Norway in 1854 and" there spent the residue of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have had six children, - Gertrude, the oldest, was born in 1871 and died in 1878; Sina Elina is the oldest living daughter ; Peter J., the oldest son, was educated at Mount Horeb Academy, St. Olaf's College of Northfield, Minn., the United Church Seminary of St Paul, Minn., and is now a minister of the Lutheran church at Blanchardville, Wis. ; Henry Bennett is a successful farmer; Gilbert L. is also engaged in farming; Edward is the youngest son. Mrs. Johnson died in SeptemberV i886r and in 1888. Mr. Johnson married Miss Rande Nelson, also a native of Norway, born in 1851. Three children blessed the marriage; Joseph, Arthur Norman and Anna. The family are all well-educated and have nearly all been graduated from the De Forest high school. They are prominent in the Norway Grove Lutheran church. Mr. Johnson has held the office of director in the Arlington Farmers' Insurance Co. for thirty years.

Peter Johnson, deceased, was one of those noble sons of a foreign land who have done so much and contributed so effectually to the material advancement of their adopted country, America. Mr. Johnson was born in the province of Bergen, Norway, on May 11, 1846, and died at McFarland. Dane county, Wis., in 1903. He was one of seven children born to John and Betsy Johnson, both natives of Norway, and of these seven children four are now living. Lewis, the elder, resides in the town of Dunn ; Andrew is a resident of the town of Rutland ; Anna is the wife of a Mr. Olson in the town of Cottage Grove, and Ole resides in South Dakota. The Johnson family came to America about the year 1860, end settled in the town of Dunn, Dane county, where the fathe- worked as a farm hand for a short time and then purchased forty acres of land, upon which the family lived until the fathers death. Peter Johnson received his English education in the district schools of the town of

Dunn, and remained at home until he was about twenty-five years old, when he purchased sixty acres of land in Dunn and began general farming. Later he added one hundred acres more to the homestead and resided thereon until 1903, when he rented the farm and purchased a comfortable home in McFarland, contemplating a life of retirement. But his hopes were shattered, as he was stricken with death twelve days after taking up his residence in the village. He was a Republican in politics, a Norwegian Lutheran in his religious faith, and in character was a man of much determination, well known and highly respected throughout the neighborhood in which he lived. The date of his marriage was December 25, 1871, the day of his choice being Mrs. Julia ( Knudtson) Thompson, born October 7, 1846, daughter of Ole and Guneld (Halverson) Knudtson of the town of Dunn, and the widow of Thomas Thompson, deceased. By her first marriage Mrs. Johnson became the mother ot one child, Triphena Matilda, who is deceased, and of her second marriage there were born four children : - Nellie Bertina, who is the wife of Andrew Johnson, of Blooming Grove ; Clara Sophia, the wife of Oscar Vick, of Dunn ; Thenora Gurena, who resides with her mother, and John O., deceased. The parents of Mrs. Johnson came to Dane county in 1843 and first settled in the town of Pleasant Springs, where Mrs. Johnson was born. Her father first bought a small tract of government land, upon which the family resided for four or five years, when he sold it and moved to Dunn. In the last named town he bought forty acres of land and added thereto from time to time until his farm comprised one hundred and twenty-six acres. Mr. and Mrs. Knudtson were the parents of three children : Mrs. Brickt Dyreson, of the town of Dunn ; Mrs. Johnson, to whom this memoir more particularly refers, and Gwena, who married a Mr. Brickson and is now deceased. The father sold his farm in the late years of his life, and he and his estimable wife made their home until death with their son-in-law, Brickt Dyreson. Sure Johnson, a retired farmer of the village of McFarland, was born in Lister, Norway, November 28, 1838. He was the oldest son of John and Carrie (Jenson) Johnson, natives of Norway. Of the six children of John Johnson, Mrs. Erick Lewis of the town of Dunn, and the subject of this sketch are the only survivors. In 1855 Sure came directly to- Stoughton from) Norway. The following five years were spent in the woods of northern Wisconsin. At the time all provisions had to be hauled from Madison by team!, and Mr. Johnson tells many interesting tales of his trips. In Bloominc; Grove and Cottage Grove he worked land on shares for two years, and then in 1864, bought one hundred and seventeen acres in the town of Dunn. When the village of McFarland was incorporated, later, part of the farm was included in its limits and was platted and sold in lots and he still owns the remainder. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and on its tickets he has been elected at different times supervisor and town treasurer. In 1880 and 1900 he was census enumerator and has held different positions as an employe in both houses of the state legislature. Of late years he has been urged by his many friends to accept certain offices but has steadily declined to stand for -election. For nearly twenty years he has been treasurer of the Lutheran church, with which society he worships; during that time he has helped build three churches and of all except the last one paid off the debts. In June, 1861, he married Betsey, daughter of Andrew and Martha (Everson) Anderson, natives of Norway. Mrs. Johnson was born in Norway on November 11, 1830, and received her education in the schools of that country. She died November 11, 1905. Her death was very sudden and was a severe shock to the family and her many friends in the community where she had spent nearly all her life. To Sure and Betsey Johnson have been born seven children, - Lena S., born May 4, 1862, married Aaren Lurios, and lives near Stoughton; John S., born September 30, 1863, married Louisa Lewis, and is now serving as postmaster of McFarland; Ole Andrew, born July 13, 1865, died May 25, 186? ; Mary S. born December 17, 1866, now Mrs. William Crooks of Belleville, Wis. ; Christine, born July 26, 1868, now a milkner of McFarland ; Soverina, born June 18, 1870. lives at home; and Ellen S. born October 7, 1873 a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and now principal of a graded school in Waukesha county.

Torkel Johnson is one of the prosperous and honored farmers of Dane county, being the owner of a fine property, lying in section 36 Blooming Grove township, the area of the estate being one hundred and twelve acres and all being in one body. Mr. Johnson was born in Sogen, in the province oT Bergen, Norway, October 11, 1830, and is a son of Johans and Jarond Johnson, who passed their entire lives in their native land. Torkel Johnson received limited educational advantages in his youth and earlv learned the necessity and value of honest labor. He was a coast sailor in the fair norseland until 1857, when he determined to seek his fortunes in America. He arrived in New York city in due course of time, and his adventurous spirit soon led him to proceed still farther to the west and to learn the secrets of life on the frontier. He crossed the plains to California, making the long and tedious trip in company with a man named Charles Moore and taking a number of horses, which they sold at good prices after reaching their destination. Mr. Johnson then found employment in the gold mines, remaining in California for some time. He made ihe return trip by way of Aspinwall, United States of Colombia, from which point he crossed the isthmus of Panama and took passage on a steamer for New York, the entire trip consuming about two months. He endured many hardships on the home journey, as had he also in crossing the plains, where there was at all times imminent danger of attack on the part of the Indians, while other trials and deprivations made the trip arduous in the extreme. Soon after his return from California Mr. Johnson located in Vernon county, Wisconsin, where he remained two years, at the expiration of which he removed to Dane county, where he has since made his home. Here he purchased his present farm of one hundred and twelve acres, in Blooming Grove township, while later he purchased the sixty acres, adjoining, in Cottage Grove township. Of the latter tract he disposed several years ago, realizing a good profit on the transaction, having made excellent improvements on the property in the meanwhile. He has devoted himself faithfully and energetically to the development and improvement of his farm and has made the same one of the fine places of the county, while his labors have brought to him the boon of independence. He is one of the thrifty and progressive farmers of this section of the state, is a man of strong personality and marked intellectuality, and is held in high regard in the community which has been his home for so many years. In 1900 he visited his native land, renewing the associations of his childhood and youth and finding much satisfaction in the trip, but having no desire to take up permanent abode there, after Its long and fruitful experience in the American republic. Mr. Johnson is a Democrat in his political allegiance, but has never cared to take active part in political affairs. He and his family hold membership in the Norwegian Lutheran church. On May 17, 1863, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Betsey N. Sime, a daughter of Nels T. and Mary Sime, of Cottage Grove township. Of the seven children all are living except the first born, Anna Maria, who was "born in 1866 and died in infancy. John N., born May 8, 1867, is a foreman in a manufacturing concern in Stoughton this county. He married Miss Bertha Olson, of that place, and they have three chilrden. Nels M. was born August 30, 1869, and is associated in the management of his father's farm. Andrew C, who was born December 27, 1871, married Miss Nellie Johnson, and they have five children. George who was born March 17, 1874, resides on a farm near the old homestead. He married Miss Amelia Ottum of McFarland, and they have two children. Maria H., born October 24, 1876, is the wife of Knute Anderson and they reside on the home farm of her father; they have two children. Alfred E., born June 17, 1880, married Miss Emma Dorn and resides in the city of Madison, where he is employed in the works of the Gisholt Machine Company.

Burr W. Jones, of the law firm of Jones & Schubring, and one of the leading attorneys of Madison, was born in Evansville, Rock county. March 9, 1846. He is the son of William and Sarah (Prentice) Jones, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New York. His father died in 1855 and his mother contracted a second marriage with Mr. Levi Leonard, one of the early settlers of Rock county. There were but two children in the family, the subject of this sketch and one sister who married A. J. Pettigrew, and is deceased. Mr. Jones' early life did not differ greatly from the life of other farmer boys of the period, and his ambitions in the direction of his later career were first stirred while attending the Evansville Seminary, and he then decided to obtain a collegiate education and to enter professional life. That was before the days of luxury in Wisconsin and ambitious boys who desired the advantages of a higher education found themselves under the necessity of helping themselves through college, and Mr. Jones was twentyfive years of age when he was graduated from the law school, having been delayed, like so many students of that time, by staying out a number of terms to teach school. He graduated from the class! cal department of the university the year previous, 1870, and had for classmates, several men who have attained more than ordinary eminence, in the profession of the law. After finishing his law course, Mr. Jones entered the office of Colonel Vilas for a short time, but within the year opened an office of his own in Portage. He soon after returned to Madison and entered the office of Judge Alden S. Sanborn, one of the pioneer lawyers of Wisconsin. This association lasted only a short time and afterward Mr. Jones practice alone until 1874; at that date he formed a partnership with Gen. A. C. Parkinson and later one with F. J. Lamb. He subsequently practiced alone for some time, until forming his connection with Judge E. Ray Stevens which continued until the appointment of Mr. Stevens to the bench. Mr. Jones has not entered very largely into political life, his political affiliations with the Democratic party in a state largely Republican, as well as his own tastes, which are those of a scholarly gentleman, have probably combined to exclude him from positions in national political affairs which he is eminently fitted to occupy. In 1872, at the very beginning of his legal career, he was elected district attorney on the Democraticticket and re-elected in 1874. In 1882, he was elected to congress from what was then the third' district, a Republican stronghold which was at the time indulging in a party conflict. During his two years of service he demonstrated his ability to fill the position, but a union of the divided Republican forces prevented his return and substituted Robert M. La Follette, although the fact that he ran far ahead of his ticket spoke for itself of his congressional record. In 1891, he was elected city attorney and held the office forsome time and was also chairman of the state tax commission for 1897-98. He has served his own party as chairman of the state Democratic convention in 1892 and as delegate to the national Democratic convention in 1896, and has repeatedely declined to act upon other similar occasions. He is an eloquent speaker and his. services have always been in demand above his power to accept for campaign work and other occasions when the persuasive voice of the orator is needful. Mr. Jones has chosen to place the emphasis of his legal work along two lines, - primarily, upon the legitimate work of the attorney, and the laurels won in his legal battles when the ablest counsel of the northwest have been arrayed against him, have been fairly obtained and well-deserved, for his learning is extensive and accurate, his judgment in legal matters, nearly infallable and his courtesy, under the most trying of circumstances, unfailing; secondly, - upon his work as a member of the faculty of the law school, which position, as lecturer on Domestic Relations, on the law of Evidence and on Corporations, he has filled most acceptable for more than twenty years In this connection he has produced a three-volumle work on Evidence which is a standard authority. As a man of many interests, Mr. Jones is one of the leaders of Madison and has identified himself with the city in many ways looking toward the advancement and prosperity of the community in which he ranks among the twenty-five heaviest tax-payers. His literary tastes are those of the student, and he frequently appears upon the programs of the Madison Literary Club, of which he is a member; and he is one of the most prominent members of his profession, in the city, considered socially. Mr. Jones was married December 4, 1873, to Miss Olive Hoyt, the daughter of L. W. Hoyt, - one of the early settlers of Dane county, and the sister of Frank W. Hoyt. - a leading banker of the city. She was born in Milwaukee but reared in Madison. One child, Marion B., was born to them. Mrs. Jones was an ideal hostess, and will be especially remembered in this respect by the young men of the law depart merit to whom her hospitality was frequently and delightfully tendered; she was a charter member of the Woman's Club, was interested in all its work and filled for a time the chair of the presiding officer ; she was an active participant in the social life oi the city and her sudden death, April 19, 1906, was a shock to the whole community.

Elijah Fred Jones hai been the owner of a farm in Bristol township for a number of years. The family is of Welsh origin and Nathaniel Jones, grandfather of Elijah, came from Wales to Utica, N. Y.j in 1844. Later he came to Wisconsin and resided in Racine and finally upon a farm near Watertown. Richard Jones, son of Nathaniel, was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, November 22, 1828, came with his father to Utica, and to Wisconsin in 1846. For a time he worked out near Janesville and, upon obtaining one hundred and sixty acres of farm land from the government, he located in Windsor. This farm was enlarged and improved in the course of years until Mr. Jones owned five hundred and forty- four acres, much of it improved by his own labor and care. Mrs. Richard Jones was Jane E. Caradine, who was also a native of Montgomeryshire, Wales, where she was born May 13, 1836. Her father, John Caradine, came to Wisconsin in 1846 and owned a large farm near Albany, W's. He lived there to the great age of ninety-two years. His wife died in Wales. Elijah F., son of Richard Jones, was born in Windsor, Dane county. Wis., July 19, 1861, attended the home schools and the Sun Prairie graded school and graduated from the Northwestern Busmess college in 1886. Farming always engaged his interests and he accordingly pursued a course of study at the agricultural college of the University of Wisconsin. He owns a well-equipped farm of one hundred and twenty -seven acres in the town of Bristol, turning his attention especially to dairy farming and stock raising. February 17, 1897, he married Miss Mabel Taylor, who was born in Bristol January 27, 1872, daughter of James Taylor, a we11-urown resident of Bristol, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere. Mr. Jones is a Republican in political sympathy. Besides Irs other business interests he is secretary of the Ideal Cream erv Co . of Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are both identified with the Methodist Episcopal church.

Jonathan Jore? Congregational preacher and farmer of the village of Mazomanie, was born in Carmarthen, South Wales, April 3, 1833. H:s pannes were Rev. Dan'el and Ann (Thomas) Jones of Carmarthen, where the father was a Congregational preacher. Daniel

Jones was the father of eight children, of whom Jonathan was the fourth, and is the only survivor in America. The others were John, Thomas, Mary, Benjamin, Daniel, Elizabeth and David. Jonathan Jones started life for himself at the age of seventeen. In 185 1 he started for America. The voyage took twenty-four days, and after landing in New York, Mr. Jones went first to a small town called Minersville, near Pottsville, Pa. In 1854 he entered Western Reserve University, then situated at Hudson, Ohio, having had his preparation in the subscription schools of the old country. He was graduated in 1858 and the following year came to Mazomanie to teach in an institution which failed before he reached there. For a year he taught a private ^school and then went into the drug business. This business kept him occupied until he sold out in 1884. At present he is managing a large farm of four hundred and forty acres near Dodgeville, devoting his attention more especially to the dairy business. Politically Mr. Jones is a Republican, but has never aspired to office, though he has worked hard for and always voted that ticket. For the past twenty years he has preached in the Congregational churches of Spring Green and Wyoming and all his life has been active in che work of the Congregational church. His grandfather, after whom he is named, preached for over sixty years in the church in the village where the subject of this sketch was born. Mr. Jones has been twice married; his first marriage occurred in 1861 to Miss Sarah Ella Southerland, of Bernly, England, who died February 14,' 1884. On April 7, 1886 he was united in marriage to Ellen M., daughter of William and Maria (Benedict) Tredeau, of Pittsfield, Mass. Mr. Tredeau was a native of France, and his wife of Pittsfield, where they both died. Mr. Jones has had no children by either marriage.

Thomas Jones, a wealthy farmer and dealer in real estate in Mount Vernon, is of Welsh descent. His birthplace was Wales and the date June 20, 1838. His parents, John and Jeanette (Williams) Jones, both horn in Wales, came to the United States in 1841, landing in Pennsylvania. From there they moved to Beloit, W'is., and thence to Wiota, where they remained four years. Subsequently after four years more spent in farming in the town of Primrose, they settled in Mount Vernon where for many years the father owned and operated a hotel. After closing out his business interests he lived a retired life until his death about 1890. His widow died some ton years later. Thomas Jones received what education the schools of Mount Vernon afforded. About the time of the Civil War he made a trip through the western states of the country, remaining away about one year.

On his return he became interested in real estate and since that time has been engaged in dealing in it as a diversion from the farm life. Today he is the wealthiest man of his town and pays taxes on more real estate than any other citizen of the vicinity. Politically he is a Republican, but although he is ever ready to lend his influence, financial or otherwise, for the advancement or success of the tenets of his party, he has never aspired to office. In religious matters his convictions are with the Free-will Baptist society. Mr. Jones never married. Although not a native of the country he was one of its earliest settlers, and remembers Madison when it was nothing more than a cluster of log buildings, and Indians and wild animals roamed the woods which have now given place to building lots and streets. Of his father's family of four sons and two daughters there is but one survivor besides himself, - a sister, Mary, the widow of Eldred Hale. Mrs. Hale, with her four children, Ada, Laura, Thomas and William, makes her home in Mount Vernon.

Herman O. Jonas, deputy United States marshal, with headquarters in the Federal building at Madison, is a native of Dane county, where he was born September 23, 1864. He was a son of August Carl and Wilhelmina Dorothy Rica (Gundlach) Jonas, both natives of Germany. The father, who wao born March 31, 1823, came to the United States in 1853 an^ to Madison in 1855, was a merchant tailor. The maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who was a soldier in the body guard of Emperor William, came to this country in 1856, after the death of his wife, settling on a farm near Arlington, Columbia county. Herman O. was the fourth of the five boys in the family. Dr. A. F. Jonas, probably the most renowned surgeon west of the Mississippi river, is professor of clinical surgery at the Omaha Medical college. He was the founder of the Xew Methodist hospital at Omaha. His wife, who died in 1895, was Miss Metha Helfritz of St. Annsgar, la., and was herself a medical practictioner. At one time she was professor of Latin in the University of Iowa. The other two brothers are Frank W. and Benjamin G. who have been engaged in the dry goods business in Madison since 1883. After completing his educat'on, which was such as the schools of Madison afforded, Herman O. Jonas went into the mercantile business. Twelve years he was in Chicago in a wholesale concern and in 1893 returned to Madison. On July 2, 1900, he was appointed deputy United States marshal for the western district of Wisconsin and has efficiently filled the position since that time. He was united in marriage on August 26, 1900, to Miss Clara E. Edwin of Verona, Dane county. She was the daughter of L: P. and Ella (Malone) Edwin of Verona, where 31 - iii

Mr. Edwin is superintendent of the county poor farm and asylum. Mrs. Jonas died August 17, 1904, at the age of twenty-nine. She was a member of Christ Presbyterian church, of the Eastern Star, of which organizaton she was an officer, and a graduate of the Whitewater normal school. Before her marriage she had been a teacher and for a time acted as private secretary to her father. She was deeply interested in Sunday school work, and devoted much time to her class. She was a most estimable woman and her loss was deeply felt by all her friends. Mr. Jonas is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of the Woodmen of the World. He is a man of fine physique, excellent carriage and a genial manner which makes him many friends.

John C. Kading, who is one of the representative farmers of Cross Plains township, is a worthy scion in the second generation of one of the sterling pioneer families of Dane county. He was born in Springfield township, this county, October 15, 1858, and is a son of John and Mary (Windland) Kading, both of whom were born in Mecklenburg, Germany, where they were reared to maturity. Both came to America and here their marriage was solemnized. They came to Dane county about 1855, and for several years the father worked by the day, in that township and also in Berry and Springfield townships. In 1868 he removed with his family to Cross Plains township, purchasing one hundred and twenty acres of partially improved land, in section 6, and here passing the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat in his political adherence and was a worthy and valuable citizen. He was a member of the Lutheran church, as is also his widow, who now resides in the village of Black Earth, this county. Of the fourteen children the names of those living are as follows : August H. John C, Christian C, Mary, Emma L., William F., Gustave H.. Charles W. and Anton A. John C. Kading, the immediate subject of this sketch, was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and wras afforded the advantages of the public schools of his native county. For seven years after the death of his father he continued in charge of the home farm, and in 1888 he purchased the place on which he now lives, in section 6, Cross Plains township, not far distant from the old homestead. At one time he owned two hundred and seventy acres, but he has disposed of all but one hundred and fifty acres, which he finds sufficient to demand the maximum efforts he can put forth and adequate to render good financial returns. The farm is under a high state of cultivation, is improved with good buildings and is one of the model places of this part of the county, being devoted to general agriculture and dairying. Mr. Kading takes a loyal interest in all that makes for the wellbeing of the community but is free from all ambition for public office and is independent in political attitude. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. In June, 1888, Mr. Kading was united in marriage to Miss Lena Miller, a daughter of Joachim and Johanna (Weiss) Miller, who were born in Mecklenburg, Germany, whence they came to the United States about 1855, being numbered among the pioneers of Dane county. Mr. and Mrs. Kading have four children: Johanna M., Elma A., Sylvia E., and Leslie J.

A. J. Kaiser, of Marshall, was born in Lake Mills, Jefferson county, March 11, 1868. His parents were Carl Kaiser, born in 1829, and Henriettta (Gray) Kaiser, born in 1838, both natives of Germany. They came to Wisconsin and settled in Jefferson county in 1856 ; after living there for twelve years, they came to Medina township, Dane' county, and located on a farm south of Marshall, where, in 1876, Mr. Kaiser died. His wife survived him many years, dying in the village of Marshall, in 1902. They had ten children, of whom nine are living. In politics Mr. Kaiser was a Republican, and served in the Civil War, enlisting as a private in Company K, Third Wisconsin Cavalry in 1861. He took part in a number of important engagements, and was discharged in 1864, on account of injuries which he received from his horse falling upon him, and from the effects of which he finally died. Mr. Kaiser's maternal grandfather also served in the war ; he enlisted in Company K, Third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in 1864 and remained in service until the close of the war. He came to Jefferson county in the same year with Mr. Kaiser (1856) and returned to Germany in 1877 where he died in 1885 ; his wife also died in Germany. A. J. Kaiser was educated at Marshall, finishing his education at the free high school, under Prof. Win. Hodge. He began his life as a clerk, serving two years in that capacity, first in Marshall and then in Madison, and then in company with his brother, G. L. Kaiser, engaged in the agricultural implement business ; in 1898 he entered the general mercantile business, which he carries on his own building. In politics he is a Republican, and he is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church and he belongs to the E. F. U. and M. W. A. He is reckoned among the successful business men of his community. On July 11, 1893, he was united in marriage to Miss Grace Irene Cowan, who was born in Columbia county, April 10. 1876. She is the daughter of Horatio Cowan, born in Massachusetts, May 2 1835, and Cecelia ( Xarracong) Cowan born in Oneida county, N. Y.. June 10. 1844. They have three children, Keith Horatio, born October 29, 1894; Gor-

-don August, born July 27, 185)7; Cathryn Grace, born March 9, 1901. Mrs. Kaiser is of Scotch ancestry. Nelson Cowan, a native of Scotland, in company with two brothers, came to the United States and settled in Massachusetts, where he married Miss Alida Blue. They made that state their residence until their death. Their son, Horatio, father of Mrs. Kaiser, came to Columbia county, Wis., about 1856, and to Marshall in 1891 ; he was a shoemaker by trade, and was in business in Lodi for many years. He was a successful business man. a Republican and a member of the fraternity of Free Masons. His wife belonged to the Presbyterian church. Mr. Cowan died in Marshall in 1892. Mrs. Kaiser's maternal grandfather, Jonas Narracong, was a native of New York state. He was born in 1846, came to Jefferson county, Wis., in 1846, and settled at Watertown ; he helped to build the mill there and operated it for five years. From Watertown he went to Lodi, in 1854, and followed his business there for many years. His last move was to Black River Falls where he died. His wife was Sallie Ann Hunt, who died in Lodi. They had four children, all living. The father of Jonas Narracong was David Narracong, a native of New York. He was also a miller ; he came to Lodi in 1854, and died in Sauk county.

Gustavus L. Kaiser, son of Carl Kaiser, was born in Lake Mills, Jefferson county. July 21, 1859. His earliest instruction was received in the common schools of Lake Mills ; he afterward attended the Marshall academy and the Waterloo high school. His business life began at Lake Mills, where he was engaged in the selling of agricultural implements for Charles A. Kuhl. In 1888, he began in the same business for himself, which he has conducted with marked success. He owns his home in Marshall with two acres of land about it, and the buildings in which he carries on his business. In politics he is a Republican, and has held the offices of supervisor of Medina township and as a member of the Medina high school board for three years ; he has also acted as health officer for two years. He and his wife attend and support the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, October 23, 1884, Miss Laura X. Parsons, who was born in 1862 in the town ot Medina. She is the daughter of William K. and Anna (Hart) Parsons; he is a native of Pennsylvania and his wife of England. They settled in Marshall, where Mrs. Parsons died in 1883, and where Mr. Parsons still makes his home. Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser have one son. Carl William, born November 17. 1885, who is now a student at the University of Wisconsin.

George Kalbfleisch has a well improved and most beautifully situated farm of forty acres, in Blooming Grove township, the place being one of those valuable tracts which touch the shores of Lake Monona and lying not far distant from the beautiful capital city of the state. The subject of this sketch has been a resident of Dane county for half a century, and is thus entitled to be designated as a pioneer. He has gained a competency through his own energy and application in the years past, and is now living practically retired, as he is nearihg the age of four score years. Mr. Kalbfleisch is a native of Germany, having been born in the province of Hessen, Germany, March 2, 1828, and being a son of Johann and Elizabeth (Trivet) Kialbfleisch, both of whom passed their entire lives in Hessen, the father having been a man of prominence and influence in the community and having served as mayor of his home village for twelve years. The subject of this review was afforded the advantages of the excellent schools of bis native land. He was reared to' manhood in his fatherland, where he remained until he had attained to the age of twenty-seven years, when he decided tO' immigrate to America, starting forth with no knowledge of the English language and with but a mere pittance in the way of money. He reached the shores of the new world in the year 1855, working on shipboard to defray the expenses of his passage. He bravely faced the problem which confronted him upon his arrival in the United States and a few months later he was married. This action is one which he considers as one of the wisest ever charged to his credit, for he gained the affectionate co-operation of a loyal and able companion, whose presence has cheered and sustained him during the period of more than half a century which has indicated their wedded life. Mr. Kalbfleish's first employment after his arrival was that of a common laborer, and he thus continued to apply himself for three years, in the meanwhile gaining a knowledge of the language of the country and the methods and manners of the people. He took up his residence in Dane county, Wisconsin, in the same year which marked his arrival in America, and after three years of strenuous labor and most careful economy and frugality he was enabled to purchase a home in Madison, then a mere village. This home was located in what is now the sixth ward of the city. A few years later he removed the original dwelling from the lot and erected a new and comfortable residence, which continued to be his home until 1867, when he traded the place for the farm where he now lives. He is now one of the substantial citizens of the county and all that is represented in his material success has been gained entirely through his own efforts and the assistance of his faithful wife. They are possessed of the most sterling characteristics, and have the high regard of all who know them. Mr. Kalbfleisch is a man of strong character, has always been temperate and industrious and has been a zealous supporter of religious work and all good objects. He and his wife are devoted members of the German Lutheran church, and he has assisted in erecting three church edifices, having donated hundreds of dollars in the support of religious and other worthy causes. In politics he is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party, but he has never sought or held public office. November 18, 1855, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kalbfleisch to Miss Mary Elizabeth Long, daughter of George and Elizabeth Long, who were born in Germany, as was also the daughter. Of the five children of this union the following data are properly entered:, Barbara, born November 4, 1856, is the wife of Charles Hemmer, a successful grocer of Milwaukee; George, born December 29, 1862, is married and is a prosperous farmer of Blooming Grove township, residing near the parental homestead; Henry, who was born in 1865, was found dead on the ice on Lake Monona, March 21, 1901, the presumptions being that he was murdered; Ella is the wife of Frank Manacon, of Crookston, Minnesota; and August, the youngest, is married and resides with his parents, having charge of the homestead farm.

Melchior Kalscheur, of Middleton, was born at Cross Plains, July 27, 1870. His father, Jacob Kalscheur, was born in Gotteskirchen, Prussia, December 4, 1827, and came to this country with his parents about the middle of the century, having already served in the Prussian army. He located at Cross Plains about 1851 or 1852. There in 1855 he met his wife, Josepina, daughter of Mel-, chior Conrad, who was born in Neunkirchen, Bavaria. April 23, 1836. They were married the following year, and upon the homestead then located and established they reared their family of twelve children, eleven of whom are still living. The father still lives in his early home. The grand-parents of Melchior Kalscheur, both paternal and maternal, were among the early settlers of Dane. The former, of Prussian birth, John and Theresia (Cohnen) Kalscheur, came to Springfield in 1850, and the next year located at Cross Plains. The maternal grandfather, Melchoir Conrad, also came first to Springfield, but did not change his residence to Cross Plains until 1860. There he became the owner of a large farm of six hundred acres. Mr. Kalscheur is a buttermaker by trade. In politics and religion he follows the family traditions, being, like his father and grandfather, a Democrat' and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He has served in the office of town clerk. On

May 29, 1900, he was married to Miss Rosa Acker, daughter of George and Josepina (Faber) Acker, of Springfield, and they have three children, Josephina R.. Cazilia T.. and Elizabeth H.

Kampen Bros, is a leading mercantile firm of Morrisonville, who have owned a general store in the village since December, 1899. The firm consists of Oscar A. and Adolph J. Kampen, the sons of Henry and Augusta (Winrich) Kampen, who lived in the town of Leeds and Morrisonville. Henry Kampen was born in Cadenberge, Germany, November 11, 1850, was educated in Germany and learned the shoemaker's trade. He came to Leeds in 1869, married Miss Augusta Winrich. who was born in Leeds, December 25, 1857, and engaged in farming. He bought and sold several farms and finally opened a hotel in Morrisonville. At the time of his death in July, 1902, he had retired from active business. His widow lives in Morrisonville. Eight children were born to them ; Adolph J., Alma (deceased), Arthur (deceased), Oscar, George (deceased), Jacob. Eleanor and Julia. Adolph J., the eldest son. was born in the town of Leeds, February 28, 1876, attended the public schools of Columbus and Madison, Wis., and was employed as a clerk by Keeley, Xeckerman & Kessenich of Madison. He was also for a time clerk in Ogilvie's dry goods store in Madison. May 15. 1901, he married Miss Tinka Knutson, who was born in Columbia county, Wis., December 22, 1883, daughter of Gabe and Bertha (Peterson) Knutson, who came to Columbia county from Norway. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kampen, Aralet and Walter. Oscar A. Kampen was born in the town of Leeds, Columbia county, September 13, 1880, attended school in Columbus and graduated from the high school at Madison in 1899. In December, 1899, he with his brother Adolph. opened the store in Morrisonville of which they are now proprietors and they have established a large and thriving business. In political affiliations Mr. Kampen is a Democrat.

Fred J. Karberg, a prominent citizen of Mazomanie, was born in Berry township, Dane county, November 8, 1859. He is the son of William and Minnie (Hacker) Karberg> both of whom were born in Germany, the former on February 20, 1823, and the latter in the province of Pomerania, June 17, 1836. William Karberg received his education in his native land and in 1834 emigrated from Germany with America as his destination, being accompanied by his family and his parents, both of the latter dying within a year after arriving in Wisconsin. The mother of Mrs. Karberg also came to America and died in Berry township, Dane county. Arriving in Dane count}-, William

Karberg settled on a farm of eighty acres at Marxsville, and lived thereon until 1903, since which time he and wife have made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Asa Hawley, of Berry township. The marriage of William Karberg and wife occurred on March 31, 1855, and the fiftieth anniversary of that event was celebrated by a beautiful golden wedding on March 31, 1905. Both of these honored parents are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and the father gives allegiance to the Republican party. Six children were born of this union, the names of whom and other facts concerning them being given as follows: William, the eldest child, died in 1876, at the age of eighteen years ; Fred J. is the immediate subject of this sketch ; Lewis is a jeweler at Sauk City, Wis. ; Robert is a traveling salesman, out of Minneapolis, Minn. ; Theresa is the wife of Asa Hawley, of Berry township; and Walter. Fred J. Karberg received his education in the common schools of the locality where he was reared, and later took a course at the Northwestern Business College, at Madison. He then engaged in farming for a time, but being inclined toward mercantile pursuits he engaged in that line of business at Marxsville and followed it very successfully for ten years ; and although now practically retired he retains an interest in the Lochner & Karberg mercantile establishment at Marxsville. It should also be stated that in his youth he followed teaching for a short time. He is a Republican in his political affiliations, and has been a delegate to the county conventions at Madison for a number of years. At the present time he is the treasurer of Berry township. He is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and also of the Modern Woodmen of America. Walter Karberg, the youngest of the children named above, was born in 1869, and was educated in the common schools. He is a farmer by oecupation and owns the old homestead of eighty acres, and there he is engaged quite extensively in general farming and stock-raising. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the order of the Modern Woodmen of America, and his wife and he are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church. He was married on June 17, 1903, the lady of his choice being Miss Flora Fehlandt. daughter of William Fehlandt, of Madison, Wis.

Robert Keenan, of Oregon, was born in Fitchburg, September 16, 1854. He is the second son of John and Flora (McKee) Keenan. natives of Ireland. The father came from the old country and the mother from New York city to Lim|a, Ind. ; they came from Indiana to Wisconsin by team, by way of Chicago and were married in the town of Dunn, Dane county. They were among the earliest settlers, coming with the Foxes in 1843. Mr. Keenan took up gov- eminent land, one hundred and twenty acres, in Fitchburg. - formerly Greenfield, a part of the precinct called Rome. - improved it and added to it until he owned at the time of his death in December, 1871, a large farm of four hundred and sixty-eight acres. Mr.- John Keenan was chairman of the town at the time of the Civil War and assisted in getting recruits for the service. He had six children, four sons and two daughters, all living; they are J. A. Keenan, of Battle Creek, la.; Robert, the subject of this sketch; Jennie, (Mrs. Joseph Bennett), of Lancaster; Charles, of Battle Creek, la. ; Agnes and George, - who make their home with their mother in Madison, - the latter being employed by the Avery Machinery Co. They were all born in Fitchburg and began their school life there at Oak Hall or the "old red brick." J. A. attended the university of Wisconsin for two years and George for three. Robert Keenan has been a farmer most of his life, beginning for himself when twenty-seven years old. He purchased the farm of one hundred and nineteen acres, where he lives, some eleven years ago. It is an improved property and he uses it chiefly for stock raising, making a specialty of short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs. Mr. Keenan is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Modern Woodmen, of Oregon, and of the Presbyterian church. He was united in marriage, December 14, 1881, to Miss Ella York, daughter of Nathan and Phoebe Ann (Bartlett) York. Mr. York was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and his wife in Newark, N. J. They came to Oregon in 1854, bought a hundred and sixty acres of land, improved it and finally sold it and moved into the village of Oregon where they now reside. They have had six children, two died in infancy ; Mrs. Henrietta Lamont, of Oregon ; Mrs. St. John, of Monroe; Mrs. Coward, (deceased) and Mrs. Robert Keenan; the last has had three children. Flora May, York and John. all born on the old homestead where their father was born and which was the early home of the family. The daughter was graduated from the high school of Oregon, in 1904. and the two sons are now in attendance at the same school.

William Keenan, the occupant of the old Keenan homestead in the town of Dunn, was born in the town of Fitchburg, Dane county, December 19. 1852. His parents were George and Matilda Elizabeth (Fox) Keenan, natives of Moat, County Meath, Ireland, where Mr. Keenan was born August 18, 1818, and his wife February 18, 1818. Mrs. Keenan was the daughter of Rev. William Fox, a Presbyterian minister and her mother was Eleanor Lynn. In 1833, while Mrs. Keenan was still a girl, the family came to America settling first in