Dane County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1906 (part 17 of 29)

George W. Levis, secretary and treasurer and general manager of the Starks-Levis land company, comes of English-Quaker ancestry. His great-great-great-grandfather, Samuel Levis, was a founder of the family in America, securing a thousand acres of land near Philadelphia during William Penn's settlement of that section of the country. About one-half of this property is still in the family name. Samuel Levis II, the great-great-grandfather, was the father of Thomas Levis, who served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. Samuel Levis III, son of Thomas Levis, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and the father of John Levis, born in 1807, in Bristol, Pa. John Levis marlied Emeline Gullord, born in 1821 in Norway, and in 1811 brought his family to Wisconsin, locating in Black River Falls, where in 1854 he was instrumental in organizing, with the aid of German capital, an iron company which built the first iron furnace in Wisconsin. Aside from this business he was engaged in the lumber trade, operating a saw mill. When the Civil War had closed he devoted himself entirely to the lumber interests until about 1870, when he retired. His death occurred in 1893. While residents of Black River Falls a son, George W. Levis, the subject of this sketch, was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Levis. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native city and in 1893 was graduated at the law department of the University of Wisconsin. From 1893 to 1896 he engaged in the practice of his profession in West Superior and La Crosse, Wis., and in the latter year located permanently in Madison to take a position as deputy United States marshal for the western district of Wisconsin. This position he held until L900, when he became the chief influence in the organization of the Starks-Levis land company, of which he has since been secretary and treasurer, beside general manager. In his political connections Mr. Levis is a stanch supporter of Democratic principles and has several times been the candidate of his party for different offices. In 1890 he was the nominee for the office of assemblymen from Jackson county, and was defeated by only eightysix votes in what had always been a Republican stronghold. In 1894 he was the Democratic candidate for congress from the seventh Wisconsin district and managed to reduce materially the former Republican majority in that district. In 1904 he was made secretary of the Democratic state central committee and has since served in that capacity. He has filled at different times practically all the minor offices of Jackson county. His church connections are with the Unitarian society. Mr. Levis has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Clara Winden, to whom he was wedded in 1893, daughter of Gilbert P. and Christine (Colby) Winden of Madison. Mrs. Levis died at La Crosse on January 9, 1896, leaving a son, George. On October 31, 1903. Mrs. Susie Findorff, widow of Augustus Findorff, became his bride. She is a daughter of George Speckner of Madison. To this union has been born a daughter, Emeline. Fraternally, Mr. Levis is identified with the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Mystic Workers of the World. He is a man of excellent qualities, active, enterprising and resourceful, the kind of man who infuses new blood into the life of a community.

Eric A. Lewis, who is now living retired in the city of Stoughton, ic a native of Dane county and has been prominently identified with the agricultural industry here until impaired* health compelled him to sever his active connection with work of the sort. He was born in Dunn township, this county, June 24, 1863, being a son of Thomas and Bertha Lewis, both natives of Norway, whence they came to America and settled in Stoughton in 1854. Here the father was employed in railroad work about one year, at the expiration of which he removed to Dunn township, where he bought eighty acres of wild land, developing the same into a productive farm. The place is now owned by his son-in-law, Henry Lewis. Tie later added another eighty-acre tract to his possessions. After the death of his wife he removed to Dunkirk township, where he continued to reside until his death, at the age of seventy-five years. He reared a family of four children, namely: Benjamin T., Ann'e, wife of Henry Lewis ; Eric A., and Tollif. Eric A. Lewis passed his vouth on the home farm, in Dunn township, and his educational advantages were those afforded by the common schools of the locality. For a number of years he owned and resided upon the second farm purchased by his father, finally selling the same tohis brother and in 1889, purchasing one hundred and five acres in Dunkirk township. In 1892 he bought one hundred and twentyone and one-half acres, adjoining, and in 1893 he removed from Dunn township to his large farm in Dunkirk, making many improvements on the place, including the erection of a good dwelling, two barns three tobacco sheds, stripping house, etc. He fenced practically the entire farm and personally reclaimed about forty acres of virgin land. In 1906 he purchased seven and one-half acres with buildings adjoining his Dunkirk farm and in the summer of 1908 erected a handsome home for himself on the corner of Page and Washington streets, Stoughton. In 1897 his health became so impaired as to render imperative his retirement, and he has since lived in the city of Stoughton, although still retaining possession of his farm. In politics he is a Republican and he takes much interest in all that concerns the welfare of his native county. August 1, 1889 Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Emma Johnson, who was born and reared in Dunn township, her parents having immigated from Norway and numbered themselves among the pioneers of Dane county. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have three children. Theodore K., Elmer A., and Myrtle B.

John Lewis, for many years an engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, now in charge of the company's round house in Madison, was born in Monmouthshire, England, July 20, 1846. His parents, James and Mary (Jones) Lewis, never crossed the sea but lived and died as subjects of the British Empire. The father was a farmer by vocation. Of the family of two sons and two daughters only the two sons survive, the other beside the subject of this sketch being Henry, who conducts a drug store on State street. John Lewis was but fourteen or fifteen years old when he came to this country, landing in Quebec, and going thence directly to Milton, Wis. While still a youth he entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad when it was known as the Milwaukee & Mississippi, starting as a newsboy. For three years he continued in that capacity and then by diligence and strict attention to the business in hand was gradually promoted to the position of fireman and then engineer. He served as such some thirty years, and then through an unfortunate accident, the side rod of his engine breaking and causing a wreck, he was so maimed and crippled that he was unable longer to attend to the duties of an engineer's position and resigned. The company, however, in recognition of his fidelity and life-long service placed him in charge of the round house in Madison and he still holds that position. Since 1866 he has been continuously in the employ of the St. Paul system, and aside from vacations has scarcely missed a day. In his political relations Mr. Lewis is a Republican and as the repre sentative of that party served two terms in the city council as alderman from the fifth ward. He is not identified with any religious organization, but notwithstanding is a man whose life is worthy of emulation. He claims membership in the Free and Accepted Masons and the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. In August, 1887, Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Ziel, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ziel of Prairie du Chien, and a native of Germany. Mr. Ziel and his wife are still living, making their home in Prairie du Chien. To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis# have been born eight children, Caroline, John, Jr., James, Florence, Mary, Earl. Pauline and Fanny.

John Leroy Lewis was one of the sterling pioneers of Dane county and was for many years a valued member of the police force of the city of Madison, where he died August 4, 1893. Mr. Lewis was born in Petersburg, Rensselaer county. New York, January 28, 1822, and was a son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Allen) Lewis, who were likewise born and reared in that county. Mr. Lewis received a good common school education in his native state, and was reared to the discipline of the farm. He was marlied in 1847, and in the following year came with his young bride to Wisconsin which was then in the initial stages of its development, industrially and socially. He took up his residence in Dane county, and during the Civil War he was employed at Camp Randall, this county, under Napoleon B. VanSlyke, who is now president of the First National bank of Madison. While thus engaged he assisted in the shipping of seven thousand horses from Madison, the same being used in the Federal armies. After the war Mr. Lewis was employed for two years on the farm of the University of Wisconsin, and he then accepted a position on the Madison police force, continuing to be identified with this department of the municipal service until his death, representing a period of a quarter of a century. Few men were better known in the capital city than was John L. Lewis, and he had hosts of friends among all classes. He was the soul of honor and generosity, always ready to aid those in affliction, but his name was a terror to malefactors, his courage being of the maximum, while he exempli- fied most fully in his character the truth of the saying, "The bravest are the tenderest ; the loving are the daring." He was ever solicitous of the welfare of those about him, eager and ready to aid every charitable enterprise or movement, and one to whom friendship was inviolable and personal honor impregnable. His life was not lived upon a lofty plane but it was one true to itself and to the highest ideals, so that from it are to be gained both lesson and incentive. With the co-operation of his devoted wife he gained financial independence, and this was much, when cognizance is had of the fact that when they arrived in Madison they had no acquaintances and very little money. Economy and careful management brought due rewards, however, and finally Mr. Lewis was enabled to purchase a farm in Blooming Grove township, where they remained about five years, then returning to Madison, where he passed the remainder of his life and where his widow still resides. .Mr. Lewis was a stanch advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On May 23, 1847. was celebrated his marriage to Miss Virtue Cushman Ward, daughter of Silas and Susan (Hathaway) Ward, of Cayuga county. New York, where she was born and reared. Mr. Lewis is survived by one son, Leroy Ward Lewis, who was born on the 1st of May, 1851, is now. a resident of Chamberlain, South Dakota, who has one daughter, Jean Gladys, the wife of John Widmeier. of Dubuque. Iowa.

Henry M. Lewis is a veteran member of the Mad'son bar, and a brief outline of his legal work and positions may be given as follows : He received his legal training with the firm of Vilas & Remington, later with Collins, Smith & Keyes ; was admitted to practice in Dane county in October, 1853, his examining committee being Hon. Levi Y7ilas, Hon. Thomas Hood and Hon. Arthur McArchur, the last was afterward judge of the circuit court of Milwaukee county and judge of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, ^nd was the father of General Mc Arthur of the United Staces army. His first partnership was with Major W. H. Semmes, of Hudson and his next was with Leopold Lathrop. son of Chancellor Lathrop of the University of Wisconsin. Later partnersh'ps were Ainsworth, Johnson & Lewis, Stevens & Lewis, Stevens, Lewis & Flower, Lewis, McKenney & Tenney, Lewis, Lewis & Hale, Lewis & Harding, Lewis & Pfund, Lewis & Briggs, and Lewis. Briggs & Dudgeon. Ik- was admitted to the supreme court of Wisconsin in 1855 and to the supreme court of the United States in 1878; he was district attorney of Dane county from 186] to 1863, collector of in- lernal revenue for the second district of Wisconsin from 1867 to 1873; United States district attorney for the western district of Wisconsin from 1878 to 1886 ; referee in bankruptcy since 1898. He is a member of the state bar association and of the American bar association. In municipal affa'rs he has taken a prominent part from the time when, from 1863 to 1869. he served as alderman and devoted his energies to the difficult task of extracating the city from the financial difficulties involved in its issue of railroad bonds, and placing it upon a sound financial basis, through the fifteen years which he served on the board of education, three as president, to his present position on the board of the hospital association and on the board of the Madison free library, which latter position he has held since the inception of the institution in 1873. Back of this summary of a successful legal career lie certain facts of temperament and environment which account for the opinion passed by another member of the Madison bar in pronouncing him, "the most admirable character of the Dane county bar." The bare facts of his early life read like those of hundreds of others. He was born in Cornwall, Addison county, Vermont, September 7, 1830, the son of Martin and Sophia (Russell) Lewis, the former a native of Cornwall, Vermont, and the latter of Tolland, Connecticut. He passed through the hard conditions of a New England boyhood, where the severity of the climate impressed itself upon the character of the people and the unwilling earth found something of a counterpart in the life of the inhabitants of that rock-ribbed country. Mr. Lewis on the occasion of the presentation of his portrait to the circuit court, tells the story of his early life. His school training consisted of two yearly terms of ihree months each, which was termnated when he became large enough to be useful in the work of the farm, and he says of the teachers, who were usually changed from term to term, "Only ihree or four are held in grateful remembrance as inspirers of my youthful mind." He was fifteen years of age when his father came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Burke, Dane county, but previous to that time two ardent desires had found lodgement in his mind and grew with his years ; one, stimulated by the vicinity of Middlebury college, was a collegiate education, and the other, by the accident of being present at a law suit in a justice court, a wish to enter the legal profession. Only one of these was destined to fulfillment, and while he was admitted to the bar and attained eminence as a lawyer, he was in other respects a self-educated man, and was obliged to substitute his solitary -reading and study for the 36 - iii culture of the schools. His collegiate life was limited to a single term at the University of Wisconsin, then an institution of only thirty students, all told. Nevertheless the association with the faculty of this infant university, men of scholarly attainments and social culture, was a life-long stimulus to Mr. Lewis, as the friendships formed there, many of which lasted for half a century, were a life-long benediction. Few men have carried away with their diplomas as much of real value in what goes to make up the essential qualities of true manhood, as Mr. Lewis obtained from his single term. Mr. Lewis' characteristics as a lawyer are studiousness, earnestness, close reasoning and candor. In speaking of the deach of his partner, and son-in-law, Mr. Harry E. Briggs. which he says is his "great, abiding sorrow," he unconsciously reveals his own character. He says, ''his conduct was guided by the loftiest ideals of honor and ethics, which should ever be the ruling principle of the lawyer." His strength as a jury lawyer is conceded and one of the lasting memorials of his work as an attorney is his contribution of the Wisconsin section of "The Law of Incorporated Companies Operating Under Municipal Franchise," published in 1892, by A. R. Foote of Washington, D. C. The appreciation of Mr. Lewis by his brethren of the bar was demonstrated in a practical manner when January 14, 1905, they presented his portrait, a painting in oil by James R. Stuart, to the circuit court. It is handsomely framed in gilt and hangs upon the walls of the circuit court room. Hon. C. K. Tenney, in presenting the gift made an appreciative address in which he says, "For nearly fifty-two years our friend has been a member of this bar. You have all, I believe, young and old, met him in the active practice of your profession. You know him. many of you intimately, and you will approve my statement when I say that no more honest, upright, unselfish, conscientious and obliging gentleman ever practiced in this or any other court. I speak of these characteristics because I feel their truth, and because they should be a beacon light to guide the actions of every lawyer." This is high praise, but it receives the endorsement, not only of the members of his profession, but of the general public as well. Mr. Lew's is an active member of the Unitarian church and belongs to the fraternity of Free Masons. He was married, September 1, 1858, to Miss Charlotte E. Clarke, born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, and the daughter of Addison and Cynthia M. (Arnold) Clarke. Three daughters were born to them, Lottie Breese, (deceased), who married William H. Holmes, of Janesville ; Jessie Russell, who married Rev. Lloyd Skinner of Eau Claire, and Sophia M.. who was, before her marriage to Harry E. Briggs, the librarian of the Madison free library, and since the death of her husband has been librarian of the agricultural college of the University of Wisconsin. The death of Mrs. Lewis occurred in August, 1884.

Ledyard Verdine Lewis, M. D., of Sun Prairie, is one of the able and popular representatives of the medical profession in this part of the county, where he controls an excellent practice. The doctor claims the old Green Mountain state as the place of his nativity, having 'been born in Cornwall, Addison county, Vermont, on July 9, 1845, and being a son of Chauncey A. and Mary Cornelia (Flanagan) Lewis, the former of whom was born in Cornwall, Vermont. March 10, 1817, and the latter in Vergennes, same county, Oct. 30, 1819. Their marriage was solemnized Oct. 14, 1840, and they came to Dane county and took up their residence at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, in 1854, thus becoming pioneers of this sect'on. Here the father turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, developing a good farm, and he continued his residence here until 1858, when he removed to the west, being now a resident of Waterville, Washington, and having attained to the patriarchal age of eightynine years, in 1905. His loved and devoted wife died March 20, 1905. They became the parents of four children, namely : Julian C., who was a valiant soldier in the Civil War, meeting his death in the battle of Gainesville, Virginia, August 28, 1862, and having been a member of the Seventh Wisconsin regiment of volunteers Company B ; Ledyard V., who is the immediate subject of th's sketch ; Leslie L., who died in Virginia township, Union county, S. D., in 1892 ; Flora E., who is the widow of Seth Huggins, of Waterville, Wash. The honored father of these children is a stanch Republican in his political adherency, and while a resident of Dane county he served as treasurer of Bristol township and later was assessor of Virginia township, Union county, S. D., where he resided for a number of years He :s a member of the Congregational church, as was also his wife, and he early identified himself with the Independent Order of Good Templars. His father, Alanson Lewis, was a brother of the late Martin Lewis, and uncle of Judge H. M. Lewis, one of the veteran members of the bar of Madison, where he is now incumbent of the office of referee in bankruptcy. Dr. Ledyard V. Lewis secured his earlier educational training in the public schools of Dane county, having attended the high school in Sun Prairie, after which he passed about one and one-half years as a student in the University of Wisconsin. In 1886-7 he was a student in the medical department of the Univer- sity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and in 1869-70 prosecuted his technical studies in the celebrated Rush Medical College, in the city of Chicago, from which he was graduated February 2, 1870, duly receiving his degree of doctor of medicine and coming forth specially well equipped £or the exacting work of his chosen profession. Shortly after his graduation he established himself in practice in Sun Prairie, and in this part of the county he controls a leading professional business, having been most successful in his work and being held in affectionate regard by the many families to whom he has ministered. From 1872 to 1879 he was associated in practice, and also in the conducting of a drug business in Sun Prairie, with Dr. C. G. Cross, having been in the employ of this pioneer physician and druggist for two years prior to forming the alliance noted. Since 1879 he has individually continued in the drug business, in connection with his practice, while he is one of the leading citizens and influential business men of the town.. In 1889 he erected the building in whcih his drug store is now located while he also owns the business block occupied by David Assorsky. The doctor owns three hundred and twenty acres of valuable land in Clark county, South Dakota, while he disposed of a tract of two hundred and forty acres which he previously owned in that state. He has been the artificer of his own fortunes, is a clear-headed and reliable business man and has attained distinctive success. He has one of the finest residence properties in his home town, of which he served as president in 1884, in which year the improvement of the streets was inaugurated, while he was also prominently concerned in securing the establishment of the municipal water works, at all times showing a public-spirited interest in local affairs. He was postmaster of Sun Prairie for four years, during the administration of President Harr'son, being a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party. He is a member of the state and county medical societies and also that of central Wisconsin, being president of the last mentioned. He also belongs to the American Medical Association. He is master of Sun Prairie Lodge, No. 143, Free & Accepted Masons, and was the first venerable counsel of the local organization of the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is now medical examiner. On November 20, 1872, Dr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Ada A. Annis. daughter of William Annis, of Livonia, Lorain county, Ohio, and now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Lewis have no children.

Thomas and Bertha (Ommondson) Lewis, natives of Norway, and one of the first families to settle in the town. Thomas Lewis worked for some years for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, first cutting wood and later keeping boarding house for the construction gang. He then purchased a small tract of government land about three-quarters of a mile from the railroad station, and built his home. The farm he continued to enlarge until at the time of his death he had one hundred and sixty acres. In 1882 he retired, and he and his wife made the'r home with their son Tollef until the mother's death in 1898 ; the father then went to "Stoughton to live with another son and died there in 1900. To Thomas and Bertha Lewis were born four children : Ben, a farmer near Stoughton ; Anna, (Mrs. H. Lewis) lives near MacFarland ; Eric, a retired farmer, lives in Stoughton ; and Tollef, the subject of this sketch. Tollef Lewis was educated in the public schools of MacFarland. When seventeen years of age he started life for himself, he and a brother working their father's farm on shares. Five years of that labor enabled him to buy eighty acres from his father, on which he did general farming until 1899. In 1901 he bought several lots in the village of MacFarland and built a modern business block, where he carries on a well-patronized furniture business, transferring his stock from the Anderson block in wh'ch he had conducted his business since 1899. The same year that Mr. Lewis erected his business block, he built a beautiful home just on the outskirts of the village, on a part of the old homestead. In politics he is a Republican and is at present a supervisor, having been elected on that ticket ; in his religious work he is affiliated with the Norwegian Lutheran church. May 18, 1887, he married Hannah, daughter of Jert and Randie Heltne, residents of Norway. Three children blessed this union, Theodore G., born October 19, 1890; Raymond B.. born August 12, 1893; and Mabel, born in August, 1895, and died a year later. Mrs. Lewis died in September. 1895, aged twenty-seven years. On December 23, 1897, Mr. Lewis led to the altar M'ss Julia Johnson, daughter of Halvor and Anna (Larson) Johnson of the town of Dunn. Three children have been born to them - Lillian L., July 2, 1899 ; Helmer E., February 7, 1901 ; and Earl, January 24. 1904.

Mathias Lindas is a dairy farmer and manager of the Medina Creamery in the southern part of the town of Medina. He is a native of Norway and his parents, Hans Mathias and Kari (Enderson) L:ndas, were born in Norway, married there and came to America in 1857. They obtained a farm in Medina, Dane count}'.

Wis., which became their permanent home and there Mr. Lindas died in 1860 and his wife in 1902. Seven children were born to them, of whom four are livng. The family have always been associated with the Lutheran church. Two sons of Hans M. Lindas, John and Andrew, served in the Civil War; John with Company A, 29th Wisconsin Volunteers and Andrew with the 40th Wisconsin Volunteers, Company K. Mrs. Lindas was married a second time to Arent Hanson and one daughter, now Mrs. O. S. Huseboe, was born to them. Mathias Lindas was born in Norway, October 17, 1847, attended the common schools and the Marshall Academy and learned the cooper's trade. For a time he worked as clerk in a store but preferring a more active life he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which he has managed successfully and improved in many ways. He is a Republican in his political opinions and is a member of the board of supervisors, which office he has held several times. He takes an active part in local affairs. Mrs. Lindas was before her marriage Miss Anna Leverson, daughter of Thore and Signe (Skalvek) Leverson, who came to Deerfield from Norway. Anna Leverson was born in Deerfield, September 14, 1851, and was married to Mr. Lindas, June 27, 1874. Six children have blessed the marriage; Josephine Maria, Andrew Mathias, who died in infancy ; Sarah Emelia, Carrie Henretta, Theodore Aaron and Agnes. All the family attend the Lutheran church.

Andrew A. Linde is a prominent business man of De Forest, cashier of the state bank, and representative of one of the old families of the county. His father, Andrew P. Linde, (see following sketch) came to Windsor in 1847 and has ever since made Dane county his home. Andrew A. Linde was born in De Forest, Dane county, Wis., January 24, 1864, attended school in Windsor and a'ded his father upon the farm until he was twenty-two years of age. He became interested in the live-stock markets and has dealt in stock for a number of years, carrying on his operation in all the leading markets of the middle west. He still owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres and his home, but occupies himself manly with his other business interests. In the organization of the De Forest state bank in 1902, Mr. Linde took an active part and has since been its cashier. In political sympathies he is a Democrat and takes a prominent part in local affairs. Active in the promotion of the Windsor free high school, he has also served as supervisor in Windsor township and as a member of the village board. June 18, 1890, he married Miss Nettie Knudtson, who was born in De Forest, January 23, 1871, daughter of Knudt and Carrie (Erickson) Knudtson. Mr. and Mrs. Linde attend the Norway Grove Lutheran church. Knudt Knudtson was born in Norway. January 9, 1840, son of Knudt and Sarah (Oleson) Knudtson, both natives of Norway. Mr. Knudtson, St., died in Norway and his widow came to Wisconsin in 1868, and now lives in De Forest, ninety-five years of age. Her parents lived to be one hundred and three and one hundred years of age, respectively. Knudt Knudtson came to Madison in 1861, worked for a time in a machine-shop and moved to De Forest in 1879, where he was a blacksmith for many years. He marr'ed Miss Carrie Erickson and six children were born to them ; Kate, Nettie, Edward, Emma, Oliver and Sadie. Nettie is Mrs. Andrew A. Linde.

Andrew P. Linde was an early settler of Dane county, where he came with his parents in 1847. and has for many years owned one of the largest farms in the district. His father, Peter Jenson, was born and educated in Norway, was married there to Miss Martha Berdal and came with his wife and seven children to the United States in 1844. One of their family died in Norway. For three years they made their home in Spring Valley., Rock county, Wis., and in 1847 came to Windsor township, where Mr. Jenson obtained one hundred and ten acres of government land and made it their home, improving and building upon it with the aid of their sons and making a substantial property. Mr. Jenson was at first a Democrat but afterward became a Republican. With his wife he attended the Norway Grove Lutheran church, which his family still continue to support. Andrew P. L:nde, his son, was born January 20. 1828, in Norway, attended school in Norway and taught himself the English language after he came to America. He has always occupied himself with his extensive farming interests and for a number of years, farmed a tract of five hundred acres. At present his farm consists of two hundred and forty-three acres of valuable property, well under cultivation, a short distance north of the village of De Forest. Always active in local affairs, Mr. Linde is a Republican and has held the office of school treasurer for many years, has served as constable and often represented h:s locality on the town board. September 13, 1850, he married Miss Anna Hovey, daughter of Peter and Ragnhild (Stein) Hovey, both of Norwegian birth. Mr. Hovey died in Norway and his wife came to the LTnited States with her family in 1845 and l'ved in Rock county, afterward in Dane county and Boone county. 111., where she died. Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Linde; Peter

(deceased), John, Joseph, Martin (deceased), Rachel (deceased), Martin, Andrew A., Rachel, Adolph, Olons (deceased), Carl, Martha and Herman.

Carl A. Linde, assistant cashier of the state bank of De Forest, is a brother of A. A. Linde and son of A. P. Linde. He was born in Windsor, Dane county, Wis., January 1, 1873, attended the home schools and entered the store of A. Moldstad at De Forest, as clerk, when he was fifteen years old. After six and one-half years with this firm he went to Madison and was employed as clerk by Keeley, Neckerman and Kessenich. In 1902 he was made assistant cashier of the newly organized state bank in De Forest, in which h's brother was heavily interested and has since held the same office. He is also a stockholder in the bank. A Democrat in political affiliations, Mr. Linde holds the office of village treasurer and is actively interested in everything wh'ch tends to promote its welfare. December 26, 1903, he married Miss Margaret A. Moran, who was born in De Forest, Wis., daughter of John and Ellen Moran, now of Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Linde have one son, Carl Adrain, born October 13, 1904. Mr. Linde is a member of the Norway Grove Lutheran church and his wife belongs to the Roman Catholic church,

John Lindsey, (deceased), born in County Down, Ireland, July 10, 1837, was the son of Alexander Lindsey, a teacher by profession. - He was educated in Ireland and learned the trade of a harness-maker in Glasgow, where he went at the age of fifteen years. He came to the United States in 1854 and settled in Milwaukee where he resided one year^ when he came to Marshall and engaged in the harness bus ness ; he sold out in 1861, and entered the army as a private in Company B, Seventh Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, August 17, 1861. He was in the famous Iron Brigade, and took part in nineteen engagements with the armv of the Potomac, and was severely wounded near Petersburg, Va. He was discharged, Aug. 21, 1864, near Whitehall, Pa. After the war closed he returned to Marshall and opened a boot, shoe and harness store, in which he continued until 1898 when he engaged in general mercantile business and opened a hotel. For the lattepurpose he built, in 1897, a fine building which is now occupied by his family. He died Dec. 27, 1904. In politics, Mr. Lindsey was a Democrat and was chairman of the town board for a number of years, also town treasurer, and, in fact, held at different times, nearly all the town offices. He was married, Dec. 9, 1868, to Miss Christie McPerson, born in Louisville, N. Y., April 4, 1850. She was the daughter of Elijah and Margaret (Buchannan) McPerson of Marshall, who came to Dane county in 1864 ; Mr. McPerson was a blacksmith by trade ; in politics he is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, as 's also their daughter, Mrs. Lindsey. Mr. Lindsey belonged to the fraternal order of Free Masons, and he and his wife had one fosterdaughter, Mrs. Kate M. Harger. Mrs. Lindsey's paternal grandparents were Moses McPerson, - who served and w>as wounded in the War of 1812, - and his wife Sarah (Jackson) McPerson, who' came to Wisconsin in the pioneer days; both of whom died in the state of their adoption.

George H. Litch has been identified with the agricultural interests of Dane county during all of his active life, and though not a native of the Badger state, he was so young when his parents establ'shed their residence upon her soil that he has no knowledge of any other place of abode. He was born in the village of Thetford, Orange county, Vermont, on May 6, 1858, and is one of five children born to George H. Litch, Sr., and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah W. Preston. The father was born at Norwich, Vermont, September 16, 1823, and the mother is a native of Strafford, in the same state, where she was born September 2, 1827. The children of these parents were as follows : Luella Frances, now the wife of Ed. Lazier of Rochelle, 111.; Susan Soph'a, the wife of George Dow of the city of Madison ; Mary Adeline, the widow of B. J. Knight of Rochelle, 111. ; George H., whose name introduces this review, and Eugene P., who also resides on the old homestead. The parents of these children came to Wisconsin in 1858 and first bought forty acres of land in the town of Dunn and began general farming. They remained on this farm but two years, however, and then turned it in as part payment on one hundred acres which the father bought in the town of Rutland, paying the difference in cash ; and he added to this from time to time until he owned at the time of h's death more than seven hundred acres of land, part of his possessions being in Illinois. George H. Litch, the younger, remained at home and worked under his father's direction until he had reached the age of twenty-three years, and then he and his brother, Eugene P.. were taken in as partners by the father, the latter retiring from active participation in affairs and appointing the subject of this sketch, as manager of the entire estate. This partnership continued about eight years or until the father's death, April 27, 1891, when the estate was divided. In this divis'on our subject received the old homestead, upon which he and his mother has since resided, and he has made extensive improvements, having built large barns and sheds, and also a new residence, which in all its appointments and furnishings corresponds well with the average home in the more pretentions city. Mr. Litch is a wellpreserved man and does not look to be more than thirty-five years old. He has never married, and his mother, who, despite her many years of strenuous life, is still enjoying good health, shares his home with him.

Mathias Lochner is one of the progressive and up-to-date farmers of the town of Fitchburg, and he is justly entitled to recognition as a pioneer resident of this part of the Badger state. He was born in the k'ngdom of Prussia, Dec. 21, 1828, and received his education in the public schools of his native land, although the opportunities were very limited. He remained in Prussia until he had reached the age of twenty-two years, and then migrated to America, in 1850, with Wisconsin as his final destination. Locating at Milwaukee, he first secured employment on a steamboat, plying the great lakes, and later turned his attention to farm work in the town of Sun Prairie, Dane county. He was thus employed only one summer, and was then taken sick and returned to Milwaukee. After he had sufficiently recovered his next employment was chopping cord wood for one winter, after which he worked in a brck yard for three months and then went to Kenosha. From the latter place he went to Chicago, where he was employed by a large lumber company, but remained in that place only about three months, and then worked on a farm in Illinois for seven months. He then came to the town of Berry, in Dane county and purchased six yoke of cattle, which he used as one team for breaking new ground, and he remained in Berry for three years, at the end of which time he was married. Purchasing forty acres of land, he resided thereon for twenty-four years, and then disposing of his farm he removed to the town of Springfield and worked a farm on shares for one year. He then removed to Marshfield, Wis., where he resided five years, and then returned to Dane county, locating in the town of Fitchburg, which place has been his home since 1882. A sister of our subject, Mrs. Peter Marks, resides in Brooks' addition to the city of Madison, and another s'ster, Anna, is also living. Mr. Lochner was married in May, 1858, to Miss Barbara Smith, who is also a native of Prussia, born March 1, 1836, daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lochner there have been born ten children, of whom the following facts are appropriately given, in connection with the re- view of their worthy parents : John married Elizabeth Marks and resides in the town of Berry ; Matthew married Bridget Kenney and resides in the town of Fitchburg, where he now fills the responsible position of town treasurer ; Mary was the third child in order of birth, and is deceased; Peter married Katie Croud and resides in Madison ; Nicholas married Tillie Kettlepeter and resides in the town of Springfield ; Henry married Mary Holt and resides in Madison; Willie and Michael reside at home; Katie married Fred Tupp and resides in the town of Madison ; and Frank died in infancy. The subject of this review proved his loyalty to the country of his adoption when the integrity of the nation was being attacked in the early sixties. On February 13, 1865, he enlisted as a private soldier in Company K of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, and served with that command until July 17, 1865, when he was mustered out, peace having been restored. During his term of service he remained at Nashville on guard duty. Mr. Lochner gives an unswerving allegiance to the tenets of the Democratic party, although he has never been an aspirant for public office. He and his wife are members of the Catholic church at Madison.

John Lockwood, of Dane, was born in Norway, May 30, 1811. His paternal grandfather was Justice B. Lockwood, born in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1792 he was captain of an American vessel, and during the French revolution, was captured and finally landed in Norway. He remained there and died in 1835. His wife was a Miss Reimers. Mr. Lockwood's maternal grandparents were natives of Norway and died there. John Lockwood, Sr., was born in 1820, and educated in Norway and was a commission merchant. He died there in 1889. His wife was Sophia (Blix) Lockwood, born 1815 and died 1890, in Norway. They had seven children of whom six are living, two in Boston, three in their native country, and one, the subject of this sketch, in Dane. When he was twentyone, Mr. Lockwood came to Chicago, having received his tuition in the common and private schools of Norway. He remained in the city about a year and a half and then came to Madison and three years later to Middleton where he remained two years. In both of these places he was engaged in the grain commission business. From 1872 to 1893 he was in the grain and live-stock business in the village of Dane ; then he sold out to Caldwell & Nelll Co. For ten years he has been in the mercantile business, with his son, O. C. Lockwood, as manager. L:pon the death of his son, in 1899, he took possession of the business, and in 1902. entered into a partner- ship with Air. O. S. Jacobson. The firm is now Lockwood & Jacobson, and is the leading general store of Dane. In politics, Mr. Lockwood is a Democrat; has been assessor and town clerk for about twelve years, and has for many years been a member of the school board. He is an attendant and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Anna Larson, born in Norway, Dec. 19, 1847. became his wife August 12, 1867. She is the daughter of Ole Larson. Her mother was a Miss Kari, and they were both natives of Norway; they came to Rock county in 1848. Mr. Larson served four years in the Civil War and died in 1902, aged seventy-two' years. His widow is now living in Iowa county. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood have had seven children, - John S., who died in 1885; Ove Carl, a graduate of Valporaso normal school, died in 1899 ; Justice B., educated in Madison academy, died in 1892; Anna T., educated at Madison Academy; Norman R., educated at Madison high school ; both of these reside in Madison ; Cora May, educated in the Lodi high school, is at home ; the youngest, John S., is still a student of the high school of Lodi.

A. R. Loveland has served as postmaster at the village of Oregon in Dane county since July 1, 1897, and no better evidence of his efficiency and courtesy is needed than the mere statement of this fact. He is a native-born citizen of Dane county, having first seen the l'ght of day in Rutland township on Aug. 20, 1854. His parents are Carpus E. and Emily L. (Colvin) Loveland, both of whom are natives of the state of New York, but they have resided in Dane county for more than fifty years, and have had the extreme 'and somewhat rare pleasure of celebrating the golden anniversary of their marriage. The father followed farming for a time, and then clerked for a number of years, but he is now living retired in the village of Oregon, his son who is the immediate subject of this review being one of the happy family circle. Carpus E. Loveland was a member of the legislature of Wisconsin, in 1870, was a member of the county board of supervisors for a number of years, and also officiated for a time as justice of the peace. A. R. Loveland received his education in the excellent schools of Rutland township, and as he has never married, he has always made his home with his parents. He is a member of the Masonic order, holding membership in the lodge at Oregon, and in politics he gives an unswerving allegiance to the Republican party. Aside from the office of which he is now incumbent he has never been a seeker of political honors.

A. L. Lund of the Lund Drug Co., of Cambridge, is the owner of a large drug store and also carries a stock of books, stationery, etc. He has always engaged in mercantile pursuits and built his present store in 1903. His father, O. J. Lund, was born in Bergen, Norway ; there received his education and married and worked at the trade of the shoemaker and tanner until 1847. A. L. Lund was was born in Christiana, Norway, and came to the United States with his parents when a boy. Mr. Lund was employed in shoemaking in New York city, Milwaukee, Chicago and Janesville for several years and came to Cambridge in 1855. Here he resided until 1861 when he went to Milwaukee, returning some years later to Cambridge to spend his last years with his sons. Two children, Alfred J and A. L., were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lund. Mr. Lund died in 1877 and his wife in 1878. A. L. Lund attended the home schools in the different places where his parents resided while he was a boy and lived with his parents until the outbreak of the war when he enlisted as a private in Company H, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry, in January, 1862. His regiment was part of the Army in the West after Vicksburg, Miss., in which battle it had a share. It was the first regiment to enter Little Rock, Ark. Private Lund was promoted to second lieutenant but was obliged by a severe attack of fever to return home where he spent the next two years in efforts to regain his health. When sufficiently recovered to work he engaged in distilling at Fort Atkinson but sold the business after a short period and returned to Cambridge where he became proprietor of a hotel. For some years he traveled for a commercial house and in 1903 opened his present store. Mr. Lund is a Republican but not an active politician. Like his parents he is a member of the Lutheran church. In March, 1862, Mr. Lund was married to Miss Hannah Reinertson of Milwaukee and the marriage was blessed with six children. George, the oldest, is in business with his father as is also the youngest son, Norman. The others in order of their age are Bert, Adolph, Andrew and Josephine. Mr. Lund is commander of the F. H. Potter Post, No. 229, G. A. R. of Cambridge and has held the office for eight years. Before that t'me he was active in other offices of the post.

Theodore Lund, who has always engaged in farming and is a native of Dane county, is of Norwegian parentage. He is the son of Benn and Matilda Lund, both natives of Norway, who were married there and came to Wisconsin about 1860. Of their family of thirteen children. Theodore is the youngest but one. Benn Lund resided for a short time at Rock Prairie when he first came from Nor- way but soon purchased a farm in the town of Blue Mounds. Later he moved to Perry township and bought a farm which is now owned by his son Theodore. Theodore was born in Perry township, April 25, 1869, and at the age of twenty-two years began to work out as a farm-hand. He soon was able to rent a farm and later purchased a farm in the town of York, Green county, where he resided for eleven years. This property he sold and now resides in the town of Perry where he bought one hundred and seventy-seven acres of fine farm land and has a pleasant home and well-equipped farm. Benn Lund died in 1906 and his widow still resides in Perry. Theodore was married in September, 1893, to Miss Carrie Gilbertson, a native of Norway, daughter of G'lbert and Caroline Gilbertson of Blue Mounds. Five children were born to the marriage, all of whom reside with their parents ; Elvin Lloyd, Ida May, Clara Irene. Artie William and Obert Raymond. Mrs. Lund spent part of her girlhood in La Fayette county, where she was educated. She is the oldest of a family of twelve children. Mr. Lund is a member of the Republican party although he does not take an active part in local affairs. He attends the Norwegian Lutheran church.

Thorvald C. Lund is numbered among the representative business men and popular citizens of Stoughton, where he is incumbent of the responsible position of manager of the Mandt Wagon Company, which represents one of the important industrial enterprises of Dane county. Mr. Lund was born in Sarpsburg, Norway, November 3, 1847, and is a son of Halvor T. and Maren C. Lund, members of sterling old families of Norway. They immigrated to the Un'ted States in 1864, locating in Cambridge township, Dane county, Wis., where they remained until 1872, when they removed to Blanchardville, Lafayette county, where they engaged in the hotel business. The father died in 1892, and the mother now maintains her home in Stoughton. They became the parents of four sons and one daughter, all of whom are living. Thorvald C. Lund was reared to maturity in his native land, where he received a collegiate education. He was seventeen years of age at the time of accompanying his parents to America, in 1864, and here he initiated his active business career by taking a position as clerk in a dry-good store at Beloit, Wis., in 1865, later being similarly engaged at Cambridge, Dane county. In 1871 he removed to Stoughton, where he entered the employ of T. G. Mandt as bookkeeper at the wagon factory. He was finally promoted assistant manager of the business, thus continuing as the capable aid of the founder of the enterprise until 1883, when Mr. Mandt organized the Stoughton Wagon Co., of which Mr. Lund was elected secretary, a position of which he continued incumbent until 1898, when he resigned his office and engaged with the Johnson Electric Service Company, of Milwaukee, in the capacity of office manager. He remained with that concern for a period of eighteen months, at the expiration of which, in 1890, he returned to Stoughton and again became associated with T. G. Mandt, who at that time effected. the organization of the T. G. Mandt Vehicle Co. After the death of Mr. Mandt, in 1892, the company was reorganized, being then incorporated under the present title, the Mandt Wagon Co.. and becoming a branch of the Moline Plow Co., of Moline, Illinois. Mr. Lund was then elected local manager of the business, in which capacity he has since continued to render most effective service. The Mandt W7agon Co. has grown to a position of marked relative priority in its line, its factory now being one of the largest of the sort in the Union, with a yearly output of twenty-five thousand wagons, four thousand manure spreaders and five thousand sets of farm sleighs. Employment is given to more than five hundred men. Within the period of his residence in Stoughton Mr. Lund has been honored by his townsmen with several city offices. The first office to which he was thus called was that of police justice, later he was city clerk for two terms and he also served as a member of the board of aldermen. He was clerk of the board of education for many years, and has five times been elected and served as mayor of the city, each of his administrations having redounded to the best interests of the city. In politics he is a stanch adherent of the Republ'can party, though he was aligned with the Democracy for a few years, in the early seventies. During 1873-4 he was assistant and later superintendent of public property under the administration of Governor Taylor. This office he resigned in 1874 and returned to his former position with Mr. Mandt, after having passed one and one-half years in the state service, at Madison. June 8, 1868, Mr. Lund was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Johnson, who was born in Cambridge, Dane county, Wisconsin, and they have three ch ldren, all of whom were educated in the excellent schools of Stoughton, Arthur H., Mattie E. and Christine M.

Gunder Lunde, of Pleasant Springs, is one of the leading 3^oung farmers of that locality. He is a son of Iver G. and Anna (Juve) Lunde, both natives of Hardanger, Norway, who came to America with their parents when quite young. Iver Lunde came over in 1842 in a sailing: vessel which was six weeks en route. He landed in New York but very soon started west and secured a tract of wild land in section 23, Pleasant Springs. First a rude dug-out made his home and later a log cabin. After six years spent in clearing his farm, the western fever was still upon him and California became his goal in 1849. The perilous journey overland was made with ox teams but after four years of mining, Mr. Lunde returned to Pleasant Springs, married, and obtained another farm of wrild land, one hundred and twenty acres in section 14, the present Lunde homestead. A log house was first built and gradually many improvements were made. Mr. Lunde and his wife lived there the remainder of their lives and became honored members of the community. The family has always been interested actively in the Western Lutheran church, of which Iver Lunde was one of the founders. Its first meetings in the early days were held in a sort of a brush shelter on the Juve farm : Five children were born to the Lundes, of whom four are living. Knute, the oldest, is a farmer of Albion, W's. ; Christina is house keeper for her brother, Guilder, on the old home farm ; George is a farmer of Pleasant Springs. His wife was, before her marriage, Miss Susan Wittleson. Guilder Lunde was born at Pleasant Springs, November 1, 1869, was educated with his brothers and sister at the district school and has always worked on the farm. In 1898 he bought the home farm and has since carried on a general farming business. He raises tobacco, grain, etc., and considerable stock. Like his father, Guilder Lunde is a Republican but does not take an active part in politics. He is also a warm adherent of the Western Lutheran church and prominent in its management.

Ole K. Lunde, a substantial farmer of the town of Pleasant Spr'ngs, was born at Pleasant Springs, Dane county, Wis.. July 19, 1850. His parents were Kittle and Torger (Oleson) Kittleson, natives of Telemarken, Norway- In 1843 Kittle Kittleson and his wife (grandparents of the subject of this sketch) came to America in a sailing vessel. They landed at Quebec, came to Milwaukee by steamer and from Milwaukee to Pleasant Springs by team, where they located on a farm on section 9. Ole Lunde's father died in 1852, and the widow married his brother, Guilder Kittleson. Both Guilder and Kittle Kittleson were Lutherans and assisted in the construction of the old log Lutheran church. Mrs. Kittleson had two children by her first husband. Ole K. Lunde and Jorand, the wife of T. G. Mandt of Stoughton. Five children blessed the second union, - Charles, deceased; Tobias, living in Pleasant Springs; Tonne, the wife of Osmund Drotning of Pleasant Springs; Ella, the wife of T. O. Mandt of Windsor; and Lewis. Ole K. Lunde had such educational advantages lis the schools of the vicinity afforded. He lived at home until he was twenty-three years old and then went to Stoughton, where he worked in a carriage factory for five years. In 1877 he located on what was then known as the Grimsrude place, where he has since made his home. All the improvements on the place have been made by Mr. Lunde. While he does general farming and a little dairying, his specialty is tobacco. As a Republican Mr. Lunde is now serving his town as supervisor for the sixth year. He has also been a member of the school board. His church affiliations are with Christ Lutheran church of Stoughton. On May 24, 1877, he married Augusta, daughter of Helger and Berget (Oleson) Severson, natives of Norway, who came to Pleasant Springs in 1843 and passed away in their home there. To Ole and Augusta Lunde have been born seven children, - Clarence, who died at the age of eighteen ; Daisy and George, both at home ; Adolph and Oswald, twins, Oswald having passed away ; Joseph and Ovedia. Mr. Lunde is a hard-working and industrious citizen.

Orin N. Luraas, a prominent farmer of Dunkirk, was born on the farm which is now his home, October 1, 1856. The pioneer of the family in Wisconsin was John Nelson Luraas, father of Orin N., who came from Norway in 1839. John was born in Telemarken, Norway, Dec. 25, 1813, married Anna Olson Berg and first located at Muskego, Racine county. Wis., of which he was one of the founders. After four years in Muskego, the family changed their residence to Dane county and arrived in the town of Dunkirk, June 16, 1843. Here Mr. Luraas obtained a farm of two hundred and ninety acres in section 3 and was the first settler in the v'cinity known as Wheeler Prairie. The five years between Octpber, 1868, and the autumn of 1873 were spent by Mr. Luraas and his family in WTebster county, Iowa, and from there they returned to the farm in Dunkirk, where they lived until 1886 when they moved to Stoughton. where Mr. Luraas died in 1890. Nels Johnson, father of John N. Luraas, joined the family in Wisconsin in 1845 but lived only two years after his arrival. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Luraas ; John, Orin N.. Cornelia, the wife of Ole Nelson, Isabel (Mrs. Sam. Johnson), and Anna (Mrs. Ole Lewis). Orin N. received his education in the schools of Dane county and Webster county. Iowa, and has always engaged in farming. He is the sole owner of the old homestead and a successful and prosperous farmer. Oct. 25, 1888, he married Miss Lena Johnson, born 37 - iii

May 4, 1862, daughter of Sure and Bertha (Anderson) Johnson, who were natives of Norway and pioneers of Dunn township, where they lived on the same farm over forty years. Six children blessed the marriage ; Florence L., Valborg L., O. Melvin, Joel, A. Burnette and Lydia N. The family are stanch adherents of the Norwegian Lutheran church, of which Mr. Luraas' father was a most devoted member. They are active in church work and belong to the First Lutheran church in Stoughton. Mr. Luraas is a Republican in his political affiliations.

Richard Lynch, 302 W. Wilson St., Madison, is a native of Ireland. FLs parents, Michael and Mary (Buckly) Lynch, were both born in Ireland. His father was a railroad contractor, and in company with his uncle by marriage, John Noonan, built the second railroad into the city of Baltimore about 1833. The father came to this country in 1829, but lived only about seven years; he d'ed in Georgetown. Maryland. Mrs. Lynch married the second time and although Richard had no own brothers or sisters, he had twelve half-brothers and sisters ; of these there remains only one, T. J. McCarthy, of St. Paul, chief ticket agent for the Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha Railway. His mother died in Galena. 111. From Maryland, Richard Lynch went with his mother to Boston, where he lived one year, and then moved to Stonington, Conn., where he remained until he was about twenty-eight, and where he was educated. Dec. 10, 1854, he came to Madison by way of Chicago, Afton and Janesville, coming from Afton to Janesv!lle by stage. The country was new then and Madison a little village in the woods, but he located here and his fortunes grew with the growing city. He followed his father's business of contract'ng, and interested himself in the affairs of public welfare. He is a Republican, and has several times been nominated for city offices. He married Miss Margaret McMahon. daughter of Peter McMahon, a native of Ireland, where Mrs. Lynch was born also. Their wedding occurred June 10, 1857. They have three children living, Mrs. Timothy McCarthy. Mrs. Patrick Lynch and Mrs. Robert Kerr, all residents of Madison. The children were all educated in Madison. Charles P. Bennett, a son of Mr. Lynch's half sister is, and has been for over twenty years, secretary of state of Rhode Island. His home is in Providence, and another nephew is a leading physician of the same city.

Michael L. Lyons, proprietor of the Lion Laundry of 313 Williamson street, Madison, was born in Oswego. N. Y., May 8, 1858. His parents were M:chael and Elizabeth (Gorahan) Lyons, both natives of Ireland. The father was a hotel-keeper for a number of years, and upon his retirement from that business he went to farming. About 1870 he brought his family to Dane county, settling in the town of Westport, where the father died at the age of eighty-seven years. The mother is still living. Michael L. was the fourth of eight children - John, the night watch in the state capitol ; Patrick, died in Madison at the age of fifty-one ; Martin, employed in his brother's laundry ; Edward, lives in La Crosse ; Ella. Margaret and Timothy, all deceased. Michael's education was received in the district schools of the town of Westport. His first labor was done on a farm, but agricultural pursuits did not appeal to h"m, and he quit to learn the blacksmith trade under his brother, Patrick. For a time blacksmithing furnished him a means of livelihood and then he drifted into the laundry business in 1884. For twenty-one years Mr. Lyons was actively connected with the management of the F. F. F. laundry of Madison, severing his connection in 1905 to engage in the same business with Nels A. Ladd. The Lion Laundry, which these two gentlemen now conduct, is probably the most completely and most modernly equipped plant in the state. Mr. Lyons is a Republican in his politics, belonging to the La Follette wing of that party. He has served two years as under-sheriff of his county and was for some years a member of the Madison police force. While serving in the latter capacity he served on the governor of Ohio the first requisition Gov. La Follette ever issued. He is a member of the Catholic church. Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and has the distinct'on of being the second Madisonian to take the obligations of that order.

Ole P. Lysager is a member of Rutland's Norwegian community and owns a fine farm in the township. With his father, Paul Lysager, and his brother, he came to America in 1878. Paul Lysager was born at Vaage, Gudbrasdalen, Norway, and there married Miss Gertie Sveum, a native of the same place. There their s'x children were born and Mr. Lysager had a small farm. Mrs. Lysager died in 1875 and her husband and two sons, Ole P. and Paul, soon embarked for America. The daughters, Mary, who now lives at Black River Falls, Annie, the wife of S. O. Hangen of Dunkirk and Mary, who is Mrs. S. Sveum of Dunkirk, soon followed them and all located at Pleasant Springs. Ole P. was born in Vaage, January 25, 1862, attended school in Norway and after assisting his father in making a start in the new home, purchased for himself a farm of eighty acres in the town of Rutland, which is his present home. It is sometimes called the "Old Coburn place," but under Mr. Lysager s careful management has been improved very greatly, the buildings remodelled and new barns, etc., erected. Considerable tobacco is raised and grain, hay, etc. In October, 1888, Mr. Lysager married Miss Annie O. Rustom, also of Norwegian birth. Her parents, Ole and Ingabret Rustom, are living in Norway but four of their children came to Wisconsin. John lives with his sister, Annie ; Ole lives in Green county ; Mary is Mrs. Thomas Klevan of Pleasant Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Lysager have five children, all at home ; Nora, Alma, Paul, Henry and Alvin. They attend the schools of Rutland and Stoughton. Mr. Lysager is a Republican and interested in school affairs. He has held several local offices and been a member of the school board. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Stoughton.

James McCarthy is a native of Ireland and has been engaged in farming in the town of Dunkirk, Dane county, since 1857. He was born in Kinnaigh parish, County Cork, Ireland,, August 15, 1834, son of John and Ellen (Murphy) McCarthy, with whom he lived until his seventeenth year. In 1851 he took passage for the United States and landed in Boston, Mass. in May of that year. For six years following he lived in Lewiston Falls, Maine, where he was employed at various occupations and in 1857 traveled west to Wisconsin, locating in the town of Dunkirk. He purchased a farm of forty acres, which formed the nucleus of the present fine property of three hundred and twenty acres which is his homestead and he also now owns a farm of two hundred and forty acres one mile east of his home. The land was quite unimproved when purchased by Mr. McCarthy and of all the improvements have been made by him, buildings erected, etc. In 1855 Mr. McCarthy married Miss Catherine Driscoll, also a native of County Cork, Ireland, and a large family blessed the marriage. Eleven children grew to 'maturity ; John J., Charlie (deceased), Cornelius, Ellen, who is the wife of William Nichols, Timothy. James, Jr., William D., Thomas H., Joseph, Frank J., and Edward. John J., is a practicing attorney in Nebraska and member of the house of representatives from his congressional district. Thomas H. is a well-known physician of Janesville, Wis.. Joseph is connected with the Hollister Drug Company of Madison, Wis. William is also practicing law in Nebraska. The other sons are successful farmers. Mr. McCarthy and his family are devout members of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. McCarthy has 'for many years been identified with the Republican party and takes a warm interest in school matters, for several terms serving as clerk of the school board of the town of Dunkirk.

Alexander McCaughn, of Lodi, Columbia county, was born in Antrim, Ireland, July, 1822. where his parents, Charles and Sarah (Christie) McCaughn, were also born, and where the former died in 1837, aged sixty years. x\'fter her husband's death, Mrs. Mc- Caughn came, in 1841, with her family, to New York. After a short stay in the city, Alexander came with his mother to Delaware county, N. Y., where she died in 1857. The son continued his residence there for fourteen years. In 1855 he removed to West Point, Columbia county, Wis., and two years later changed his residence to Dane county, and settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. McCaughn. It consisted orignally of one hundred and twenty acres, but Mr. McCaughn subsequently increased it by the purchase of eighty acres more, thus owning at the time of his death, a farm of two hundred acres. The farm was uncultivated at the time of his first occupancy, and it is to his energy and industry that all of its improvements are due. The property is operated for stock raising and general farming. Mr. McCaughn was a Republican, but did not care for active participat:on in political affairs. He and his family were associated with the Methodist Episcopal church of Lodi. He was twice married, but had no children by his first wife, Margaret Steele, daughter of Robert Steele. She was born in Deleware county, N. Y., and died in 1874, aged fifty years. In 1875, Mr. McCaughn married Mary Steele, daughter of Samuel Steele and granddaughter of Robert Steele, who was born in Iowa county, in 1855. Samuel Steele was born in Delaware county. N. Y., in 1824, and his wife, Ruth Farwell, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1833. He came to Iowa county, Wis., in 1848, where he married and resided a number or years. He afterward lived for a time in Illinois, later in Minnesota, and finally, in 1871, returned to Wisconsin and settled in Baraboo. His wife died in 1885, but he remained in his home until 1899, when he took up his residence with his daughter. Mrs. McCaughn. until his death in 1901. He was a farmer by occupation, a Democrat, and later a Prohibitionist in politics, and both he and his wife were members of the Congregational church of Baraboo. Of his seven children there are still three living. Mrs. Mc- Caughn's maternal grandfather, Isaac Farwell, was born in Charleston. Cheshire county, X. H., May 14, 1804, and his wife, Mahala (Daniels) Farwell, was born in Rutland, Rutland county. Yt., December 30, 1801. They were married January 10, 1825, at New Fane, Niagara county, N. Y. and came to Rochester, N. Y. They were afterward among the early settlers of Ashtabula county,

O., and later- came to Iowa county, Wis., where both died, Mrs. Farwell in 1873 and her husband in 1883. Five children were the issue of the marriage of Alexander McCaughn and his second wife, Mary Steele: Charles, born May 13, 1876; William, born January 21, 1877; Rollo, born July 17, 1880; Emery S., born February, 1884; Howard, born August 2, 1887. Of these the eldest died in infancy. The others were educated in the common and high school of Lodi, and William resides at present in that town. Rollo and Emery S occupy farms in the vicinity of their former home, and the youngest, with his family, lives upon the old homestead. Beside the children born into the family, Lura West, daughter of Iola West, and niece of Mrs. McCaughn, who was born in Baraboo, February 7, 1883, was adopted when she was two years old, and has made her home with Mrs. McCaughn since that time.

Frederick S. McChesney, of Waunakee, is a native of Vienna township, Dane. His genealogy as preserved in the family is as follows: i. John McChesney in 1763 immigrated to America when six weeks old ; he married Abigal Stevens, of Rupert, Vt., and died in Oswego Co., N. Y. in 1824. John McChesney and probably several brothers served in the Revolutionary War ; he also served in 1812 as did three or four of his sons, one of them the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. 2. John McChesney, born 1795, was an early settler of Selkirk, Port Ontario, Oswego county, N. Y., to which place he came before 1812 with Robert, James, and William, his brothers, and there died in 1832. He married Betsey Winch (see below). 3. Rudolph McChesney), born in Richland, Oswego county, N. Y., December 21, 1824, married 1856 Hannah Shaq) 4 see below), daughter of Job Sharp, and a native of Easington, Durham county, England ; died October 1, 1891 ; his children were, Rudolph, born August 21, 1857 and died June 29, 1862; John, born June 7, 1859; William, born July 17, 1861 ; and died September 19, 1889; Frederick S. (subject of sketch) born May 6, 1864; Joseph B., born July 19, 1866S Elizabeth Ann, born January 2, 1869 and died January 21, 1888; Rosa, born September 10, 1874. 4. Frederick S. McChesney married March 16, 1892, Miss Amelia Bresemann, daughter of John and Minnie (Dabelow) Bresemann, all natives of Strasburg, Germany, who came to the village of Dane in 1890 and there reside. Their children are six; Cora Elizabeth, born February 7, 1893; Harvey Winch, horn June 22. 1894; Oliver Frederick, born March 26, 1899; Rudolph John, born March 14, 1903; Esther Hannah and Lester James, born April 30, 1905. The maternal great grandfather of F. S. McChesney was Benj. Winch, born 1767; an early settler (1801) of Pulaski, Oswego county, N. Y. where he built the first house ; he came to Rock county, Wisconsin, in 1849; ne was ciyil engineer, and surveyor in both Oswego county and in Rock. He was united in marriage to BetseySmith, born at Whitesboro, X. Y. in 1772;, and who died October 15, 1843. Betsey, daughter of Benj. and Betsey (Smith) Winchney, was born in Worchester, Mass., 1791 and died in Oswego county, N. Y., in 1879. Maternal grandfather was Jo'b Sharp, a native of England, who died there in 1842; his wife Margaret (Dixon) Sharp died 1871. The father of the subject of this sketch was educated in X. Y. ; came to Rock county in 1848, and to Dane about 1850. He owned in Vienna township eight hundred and forty acres of land in one farm, and other land amounting to about seventeen hundred! acres. He was an independent in politics as was also his son Frederick. The latter was educated in the common schools, the academy of Mad'son and the Xorthwestern Business college, being a graduate of the last. He is a carpenter and wagon-maker by trade, and also a farmer. He owns three hundred and sixty acres of land which is run for general farming and stock-raising. He has a considerable acreage of tobacCo and keeps short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs.

Joseph B. McChesney, of Dane, was born in Vienna township, July 19, 1866. He is of English and Irish ancestry, the son of Rudolph McChesney, mentioned in this work, whose grandfather took part in the Revolutionary War. He attended the common schools of Vienna township, but when he was nineteen years of age the illness of his father threw upon him the care of the farm of eight hundred and forty acres. He followed farming for eighteen years, and in 1903 he moved to the village of Dane and engaged in the agricultural implement business. He still owns one hundred acres of land in Vienna township. Mr. McChesney is a Republican, and was for years a member of the school board in Vienna; he is at the present time a member of the board of trustees for the village of Dane. Xovember 24, 1887, he was married to Miss Frances DeBower, to whom three children were born, Edna Mabel; Viola Blanche; Lesley Dwight, (deceased). Mr. McChesney married as his second wife, Miss Fannie R. Hyslop, January 29, 1896. She was born in Dane, August 19, 1868, and was the daughter of Robert Hyslop, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, September 25, 1830, and his wife Martha (Anderson) Hyslop, born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, August 12, 1837. Mr. Hyslop came to Peoria, 111., in 1857, and in 1858 to Vienna township; later he settled in Dane township where he died. He was a farmer. Mr. Mc- Chesney has three children bv his second wife, Robert Grav, born

B. McDermott Sons is the firm name of the leading mercantile establishment in the village of Oregon, and it is now being successfully managed and kept up to the high standard attained, by George and William [McDermott, sons of Bernard McDermott, who was the founder of the establishment. Bernard McDermott was a native of Vermont, and lived in the Green Mountan state until his removal to Wisconsin in 1881. His occupation in early life was that of a marblecutter, but after coming to Wisconsin he entered the merchantile business at the village of Orgon, in Dane county, and successfully conducted a department store until his death, September 5, 1901. To his energy, honesty, and superior intelligence is due the extraordinary success with which he met in the mercantile business, and his sons, who' took charge of the business at the time of their father's death, have found no better talisman than the precepts of their sire. Bernard McDermott chose as his helpmate in life Miss Sarah Mc- Xulla, who is also a native of Vermont, and who still lives with her children at Oregon. She is the mother of two sons and one daughter, the latter being the wife of J. F. Litel, Jr., who is given more extensive mention upon another page of this publication. George Mc- Dermott and his brother, William B. McDermott, were both born in Rutland, Vermont, the former on February 19, 1876, and the latter on January 9, 1880. As will be seen they were very young when their parents removed to Wisconsin, and they received their education in the high school at Oregon, each of them supplementing the knowledge obtained there by a course in a commercial college at Madison. Thus they were splendidly equipped, both in the matter of experience and scholastic training, to take up the work of their father at the time of his demise, and since that sad event they have given their undivided attention to mercantile affairs ; and it should be added, with very gratifying success. Neither of them are married. In politics they maintain an unswerving allegiance to the Democratic party, and in religious affairs they are members of the Catholic church.

John McDermott, deceased, was one of the most promising young farmers of the town of Fitchburg, where he had lived from early childhood, and by industry, integrity and neighborly kindness had won the high regard of a large circle of acquaintances who sincerely mourned his untimely taking off. He was born in the state of Vermont, January 6. I860, of pure Irish lineage, his parents John and Mary (Kivlin) McDermott both having been natives of the little green island. The subject of this review came to Dane county, Wis., with his parents about 186(3. and his educational training was received in the district schools of Lake View. The father purchased a farm in the town of Fitchburg, which he operated until his death in November 1892. and after h/s demise the son took charge of affairs, and purchased the homestead, the mother continuing to reside there until her death, in 1902. After the death of our subject, which occurred July 26, 1893, his widow remained on the farm until 1905, when she removed to the city of Madison, for the purpose of giving her children the excellent educational advantages there afforded. Mr. McDermott was married in February, 1885, to Miss Catherine Kivlin, of the town of Fitchburg. and to the mvon there was born three children: Francis Bernard, May Myra. and Lawrence John. A more extended sketch of the Kivlin family appears in the biography of John Kivlin, elsewhere in this volume. Mr. McDermott was a Catholic in his relig:ous faith, and his political views were expressed by an unswerving allegiance to the Democratic party.

William H. McFarland, after whom the village of McFarland is named, was born in London, England. March 6, 1820. His parents were John and Elizabeth McFarland, natives of England. When fourteen years old William McFarland came to America on the largest vessel then plying between the two countries. He had shipped as steward of the ship, which touched at Charleston, S. C, for a cargo of cotton. When it was learned that the cotton had been shipped otherwise the crew were released from their contracts. Mr. McFarland started in to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for three years. Owing to three attacks of fever, he gave up his life in the south and went to New York From there he drifted to Albany, then to Buffalo and by steamer to Milwaukee. The carpenter's trade offered a livelihood for three years. About this time the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad Company was building its line and Mr. McFarland secured employment with it. He built the first box car used on the line and was later made construction superintendent. After four years at this kind of work he tendered his resignation, wislvng to have work which would allow him to remain at home. The railroa 1 company which later became the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, desired a station between Madison and Stoughton and proposed to McFarland that he should buy land and build a depot and the company would make him agent and pay him a salary. The first part of the agreement was duly carried out and the latter carried out its part, naming the place McFarland. The old depot which

Mr. McFarland built is still standing, though not used by the company. In politxal matters he is independent, and with characteristic self-reliance, he backs his opinion with his vote. In church affairs he works with the Congregational society. Mr. McFarland lias been twice married. By his first wife he had three children, only one of whom is now living, a daughter, who is married and resides in the east. In 1879, Mr. McFarland married Mrs. Celia Nelson, daughter of Nels and Martha (Olson) Aagerson, natives of Norway. By her previous marriage Mrs. McFarland had had seven children, five of whom are now living, - Martha (Mrs. Scruven), Osage, la.; John, a liveryman of McFarland; Louis (married Laura Johnson), McFarland; Eddie, at home; and Mary (Mrs. William Mack), of Dunn township. To Mr. and .Mrs. McFarland have been born three children: William, born April 15, 1880, died at the age of ten ; Joseph, born October 7, 1881, married Mary Hovey, and lives in McFarland ; and Charles, lives at home. Of "his original purchase of one hundred and sixty acres of government land Mr. McFarland still retains three lots, and on them has "built the home where he expects to pass the remainder of his days. Besides his other attainments he is something of a poet, and has written some very clever verses about the village bearing his name. Though well advanced in years he is still keenly alive to everything of interest in the village. Beloved and respected by his neighbors he is passing his last years among the scenes of his youthful labors.

Stewart McGaw is a prominent farmer of Fitchburg, in which town he has had his residence since the days of his childhood. He was born in County Derry, Ireland, in September, 1843, and his parents were Samuel and Mary (Hughes) McGaw, both of whom were also natives of the Emerald Isle. In 1849 the father migrated with his family to America and for a time worked as a helper in a foundry at Patterson, N. Y. He then continued his journey westward to the city of Chicago, where for one year he was employed in the McCormick machine works, having charge of the entire plant. He had been an acquaintance of the senior Mr. McCormick in Ireland. After leaving the McCormick Machine Co., Mr. McGaw came to the city of Madison where he was first employed as a carpenter assistant in the erection of buildings, and later worked as a common laborer for two years, after which he took a farm on conditions of taking good care of the timber and paying the taxes. On this place he broke forty-five acres of new ground, and he lived thereon until 1867, when lie bought a tract of ninety-five acres in the town of Fitchburg. where the subject of this review now resides. There the father and mother lived the remainder of their allotted years, the mother dying in February, 1874, and the father passing away in 1892. They were the parents of eleven children, only three of whom are now living: Elizabeth, who is the wife of Thomas McFadden; James, who resides in Patterson, N. J., and Stewart, whose name introduces this memoir. Our subject received his education in the district schools of the town of Fitchburg and remained at home with his parents until the death -of his mother, soon after which he was married and has since continued to reside at the old homestead. The date of his marriage was May 14, 1874, and the lady of his choice was Miss Mary Steele, who is also a native of Ireland, born September 15, 1854, daughter of William and Margaret (Cammel) Steele ; her parents now reside in Evansville, Wis. Mrs. McGaw is one of eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Steele, and eight are now living: Jennie, Thomas, Margaret, William, Robert, Ida and Tina - all residing at or near Evansville, - and Mary who is1 the wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. McGaw are the parents of eight children: Mary married Edward Haight, and resides in Milwaukee; Lizzie M. married John Sommers, and resides in Syene; James is deceased; Matilda resides at home; Jennie is deceased; Samuel and Ida M. reside at home, and Cecil is deceased. Mr. McGaw is a Democrat in his pohtical affiliations, but has never aspired to official position, preferring to give his undivided attention to his agricultural interests.

John A. McGuiggan, cashier of the bank of Verona, was born in Hastings, Dakota county, Minn.. January 8, 1880. He is the son of Anthony and Anna (McDermott) McGuiggan. His father was born :n Dunmore, Lackawanna county, Penn., and his mother is a native of Hastings, Minn. They now reside at Delevan, Minn., where Mr. McGuiggan is engaged in a general blacksmith and machinery business. They have a family of ten children, all living, of whom the subject of tlrs sketch is the oldest. He was educated in the high schools of Winnebago City and Delavan, Minn. After leaving school he entered the bank of Delavan as clerk, from there be went in the same capacity to the Faribault county bank, at Winnebago City, and from there to Wells National bank at Wells, Minn. On April 1. 1003, he accepted the position as cashier of the bank of Verona, which position he has since held. He is a member of the F. H. C, of Delevan, Minn. When a resident of Delevan he served as treasurer of the village and was elected town clerk of Verona in 1006.

William J. McKay, dealer in real estate and insurance in Madison, was born in County Down, Ireland, near Belfast, May 29, 1847. He was a son of William and Margaret McKay, natives of Ireland, but of Scotch-Irish extraction. In 1852 William McKay brought his family to this country. Their first home was near Port Washington, where the father owned a farm. In 1856 they moved to Dodge county, where the father died just before the war, at the age of fortyfive. In early life he had been a member of the Presbyterian church, but had later united with the Baptist society, in whose church he was for several years a deacon. The mother was also a member of the Baptist society. She passed away in 1893 at the age of seventy-nine. Of the eight children in the family, six are living. They are Agnes, resides with a sister, Mrs. Jones, in Madison; William J.; James, lives >n Oklahoma; Sarah H., now Mrs. D. W. Jones, lives in Madison; Robert, a prominent merchant of Los Angeles, Cal. The deceased are Mary, Mrs. W. H. Pier, of Richland Center, Wis.; Sarah, the eldest, killed in a railway wreck at Niles, Mich., on the arrival of the family in this country; and another child "vybo died in infancy. Dr. McKay received his early education in the common schools of the state. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company I, Forty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry, and did service in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama, and though but seventeen years of age he stood the service well. In 1869 he received a license to preach the gospel from the Methodist Episcopal church.- After three years spent in the ministry he took further studies at Northwestern University in Evanston. His first pastorate was at Mount Sterling, Wis., where he remained three years; the second was Avoca, a circuit charge; then he was stationed at Liberty Pole, Richland Center, Eau Claire, Lake street church and Baraboo; at the end of two years' service at Baraboo he was made presiding elder of the Eau Claire district, but the duties of the position were too arduous for Dr. McKay's impaired health and he was obliged to resign. He accepted a call to the church at Merrimac, where he' remained a year and then returned to Baraboo. Then a year at Portage followed, and four years were spent as pastor of the Madison church. During his incumbency of the Madison charge the auditorium of the present magnificent church was completed. From Madison he went to Sparta and then to Chippewa Falls, staying three years in the two places, at the end of which time he was again made a presiding elder, this time of the Madison district. He served the full term of six years and then was appointed pastor of the First Methodist Episcopalian church at La Crosse. After two years he was transferred to the Rock River conference and was appointed to the church at Waukegan. In the fall of 1902 Dr. McKay gave up his active work in the ministry because of failing health and succeeded to the real estate business of C. F. Cronk in Madison. Since that time he has been supernumerary of the church, responding to extra service calls and assisting in various church functions. During his thirty-three years in the Methodist ministry he has united in marriage nearly four hundred people and has said the last words of consolation over the remains of many departed souls. Four times he served as delegate to the general conferences of his church, - at Philadlphia in 1884, New York in 1888, Cleveland in 1896, ana Chicago in 1900. He has always been deeply interested in temperance and Sunday school work, and for a number of years did considerable effective lecture work in these causes. Political he is a Prohibitionist and has a number of times been the candidate of his party for office. In 1881 he was .the nominee for assemblyman and polled nearly six hundred votes, the* issue being the submission of the prohibitory law to the people of the state. The second time he was the nominee of his party for the same office the issue was the general principle of the temperance law. In 1904 he was the Prohibition candidate for congressman and polled nine hundred and fifty-eight votes. In 1894, Lawrence University, of Appleton, Wis., conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Mr. McKay. On January 1, 1875, Dr. McKay married Mrs. A. A. McKtendric, a native of West Virginia, and a daughter of Dr. Isaiah and Malinda Roberts. They are the parents of five children. - Helen L., lives at home and teaches music ; Evarts S.. a printer in Rockford. 111. ; Raymond R., a mechanic in Chicago; William, and Paul W., in business with his father. All the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. McKay is a meimber of Lucius Fairchild Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Madison, and is at present serving his second term as its commander. He has been a member of the old Washingtonians, Good Templars, Sons of Temperance and the Temple of Honor. Dr. McKay is recognized as a great success in his present business as he was in the ministry He is accounted one of the leading citizens of Madison.