Dane County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1906 (part 18 of 29)

Jerry V. McKee, D. D. S., is one of the rising young professional men of the city of Madison, and during the four years in which he has been engaged in the practice of dentistry he has by his superior skill and close attention to business secured a patronage that would do credit to an establishment much older; but added to the qualities mentioned, that have been so conducive to his success, is the fact that Dr. McKee is a Dane county boy, and by a life of rectitude and moral probity he has won a place in the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances that would have been a valuable asset in any vocation that he might have decided to follow. He was born on a farm in the town of Fitchburg, where his parents then resided, December 3, 1878, and is one of eleven children born to Dennis and Bridget ( Sweeney) McKee, both of whom were natives of Ireland. The father came to the United States in early manhood, and after a residence of three years in the state of New York, came to Madison, Wis., in 1859, making the trip by way of Chicago and driving overland most of the way. He lived in Madison about three years and then located in the town of Fitchburg,. where he purchased forty acres of land and began the kfe of a farmer. By close application to business and tireless industry he met with success from the very start, and was soon able to add forty acres more to his landed possessions, then an eighty-acre tract,, followed by another of one hundred and sixty acres and then the addition of eleven more, making a total of three hundred and fortyone acres of well-improved farming land wh:ch he still owns. The father cleared and improved the land himself, and now lives in retirement in the city of Madison, quietly enjoying the fruits of his early toil and endeavor, wlrle two of his sons remain upon the old homestead and superintend the management of its affairs. The names of the children of Dennis McKee and wife, with other facts concerning them, are given as follows: William resides at 129 North Franklin street in the city of Madison; Bridget is the wife of a Mr. Frenzel and resides in St. Paul ; Margaret is also a resident of St. Paul ; Nora makes her home with her parents and is at present a teacher in the schools of Green Bush, Wis. ; Catherine is the wife of a Mr. Swedlend and resides at Evanston, 111.; Sarah kves in Durand, Wis. ; Jerry V., is the subject of this review ; and Anna, Bess, Mary and Julia reside at home. Dr. J. V. McKee, whose name introduces this review, received his primary education in the Fitchburg district schools, and was afterward graduated from the aceademy in the city of Madison. During the school vacations he remained at home, working on his father's farm until he had reached the age of twenty years. Then, after completing his course at the Madison academy, he entered the Chicago Dental College for the purpose of making himself proficient in his chosen profession, and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1902. He then returned to Madison and opened a dental office at No. 3, West Main street, where he has since given his undivided attent:on to the practice of dentistry, and, as heretofore, stated, with very gratifying success. In politics he maintains an hide- pendent attitude, supporting men and measures as they meet his approval, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Catholic church. His fraternal affiliatinos are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Sigma Delta fraternity of Chicago and the Knights of Columbus at Madison.

William F. McKee takes his place in that large and highly respected portion of the population of the city of Mad:son, commonly spoken of as retired farmers, and although he is yet a comparatively young man he has achieved success and distinction in the affa:rs of his life. He was born in the city of Madison, November 1, 1860. and is the son of Dennis and Bridget (Garen) McKee, both of whom were born in Ireland. The father and mother each came to the United States from their native land about 1855, and were married in Madison a few years later. After Irs marriage thefather worked by the month in the city for the first three years, and then bought land in and moved to the town of Fitchburg, in 1864. As a farmer he was very successful and has accumulated a fine tract of land, comprising three hundred and thirty acres, in Fitchburg. besides owning property in the city of Madison, where he has lived in retirement since 1902. His wife died in 187 1, and although he married a second time he was again widowed in 1891. William F. McKee received his education in the district schoolsof Fitchtburg, and upon reaching manhood decided upon the occupation of a farmer and entered upon his life's work with zeal and enthus'asm. He had supplemented the knowledge gained in the district schools by attendance during two winters at the Commercial college in Madison, and was thus equipped to employ business methods in the conduct of his affairs. He owns two hundred and eighty acres of fine farming landjn the town of Fitchburg, upon which he has made extensive improvements, until it has all the appomtments of an up-to-date farmstead. He also owns two niceproperties in the city of Madison, in one of which he has lived since he retired from the farm in 1904. the location of h's residence being 129 North Franklin street. Mr. McKee was married October 3, 1893, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary A. Smith, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Garrahan) Smith, both of whom were natives of Ireland, but they were married in the state of New York, and Mrs. McKee was born at Cahoes. in that state. The father died in New York and the mother removed to Madison, where she was married to Patrick Duffy, of the town of "Westport, where the family continued to reside after the marriage. Mr. Duffy was one of the pioneer settlers of Dane county, locating first on land which he had purchased from the government. Mrs. McKee had one brother. Wlliam Smith, who died in Madison in 1887, and she has one half-brother, the Rev. Joseph F. Duffy, the mother and step-father being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. McKee are the parents of one daughter, Lillian, born in the town of Fitchburg, in 1896. Mr. McKee gives an unswerving allegiance to the principles of the Democratic party, and during his residence in Fitchburg served in the position of town treasurer for one year. He and wife are members of the Catholic church.

John McKenna, a prominent real estate dealer of Madison, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, February 1, 1834. His parents were Francis and Sarah (O'Neal) McKenna. ' Francis McKenna came to this country in 1840 settling on a farm of 1,500 acres in Iowa county, this state, where he remained until his death, December 29, 1885, at the age of eighty-five. He was a highly cultured gentleman and broadly educated, having received a priest's training in an Irish college. As a Democrat he was elected to practically all of the town offices at different times, and for a number of years was chairman of the Democratic county committee. On the material side Mr. John McKenna is a nephew of Capt. John O'Neal, one of the commissioners appointed by President Andrew Jackson to locate the territorial capital in 1836. Several years previous he had passed over the site where Madison now stands in the famous pursuit of the Fox and Sac Indians under the leader Black Hawk. An old flint-lock horse pistol which the captain carried during this uprising is in the possession of the subject of this sketch. Capt. O'Neal built the shot tower on the bluffs of the Wisconsin river, near Helena, Wis. He died in 1875 in h's seventy-sixth year. Mrs. Sarah (O'Neal) Mc- Kenna was born in 1798, the year of Emmett's Rebellion in Ireland: she died in 1849. Jonn McKenna is the only survivor of a family of three girls and two boys. His education was received in a log cabin school three or four miles west of Mineral Point, in a settlement known as O'Neal's Grove. Upon the completion of his studies he worked on his father's farm until 1846, when he moved to a farm in the southeastern part of Iowa county. There he remained until 190:, removing thence to Madison to engage in the real estate business. Politically he is a Democrat. For some time he was chairman of the town of Moscow and for thirty years was school treasurer. He has also served a chairman of the Democratic county committee. On June 24, 1864, Mr. McKenna was united in marriage to Ann McNeill, a native of Kentucky and a daughter of Hugh and Margaret McNeill, both deceased. To this union have been born eleven children. Mary

Josephine is the wife of Henry J. Dumuth and lives near Mineral Point. She has five children, Alles A.i. Frances J., Mary J., Vincent D. and Lucy. Lucy, the second child of Mr. and Mrs. McKenna, lives at home. She is an accomplished musician. Ella, a graduate of the Milwaukee normal school, is a teacher in the Milwaukee schools. Francis Eugene, a graduate at the University of Wisconsin in the class of 1 891, is traveling secretary of the Bell Telephone company and makes his home in Milwaukee. He married Maud Bennett and has three children, Harold, Nellie and Anna. John C. is a life insurance agent in Madison and is a graduate of the high school of that city. He married Miss Marsha Nichols. Henry M. is the agent for the United States Educational Company with headquarters at Eau Claire. -William O. is a student at the Wisconsin academy in Madison. Sarah Irene, the youngest, is at home. The other children died in infancy. The family are members of the Catholic church. Mr. Mc- Kenna is a man of fine business sense, a courteous gentleman and a highly respected citizen.

Alexander McMurran, of Windsor, was born in the town of Burke, September 28, 1862. His father, Marshall McMurran, was born in Pennsylvania, February 25, 181 1, and his mother, Mary Ann (KJnight) McMurran, in Indiana, October 6, 1826. Mr. McMurran came to' Indiana in an early date, married there and had one son before coming to< Wisconsin in 1856. He settled on one hundred and eighty acres in the town of Burke, and by later purchases he acquired the title to four hundred acres* of land, three hundred and twenty of it in the farm now owned by his son. Alexander. After the death ot his first wife, he married Miss Knight, by whom he had eight chidren, six of whom are living. He was by trade . a tanner and worked at his trade in Indiana, but followed farming after coming to Wisconsin. He was a general farmer and stock dealer, and was also interested in outside investments, one of which, in Kansas City, proved very profitable. In politics he was a Republican. He died August 21, 1887, and his wife, March 15, 1890. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of Burke, and follows the occupation of a farmer; lie owrts two hundred and forty acres of land, and beside general farming, cultivates tobacco; he is also a stock-raiser. He was married November 20, 1895, to Miss Cora Bell Crabtree, born in Green county, September 11. 1874, daughter of John C. Crabtree. of Windsor, whose parents, Jonathan and Mary (Hudson) Crabtree are natives of Lancastshire. England, the former born February 5. 1809, and the latter November 5. 181 1. They vcere married in England and came to New York in 1846, locating on Staten Island. There 38 - iii were eleven children in the family, all of whom are living, except one, who died in Pennsylvania. Mr. M'cMurran's grandfather, Jonathan Crabtree, was a block printer by trade, employed in printing dress goods and silk handkerchiefs, and was manager of the printing department in a business owned by his brother, John Crabtree. Both of the brothers were Independents in politics, and members of the Baptist church. John C. Crabtree, father of Mrs. McMurran, was educated in England and Staten Island, in the district school in the town of Castleton, district No. 7. He went to Pennsylvania when he was twenty-one years old, and engaged in coal mining, remaining for ten years at Powelton, Center county, and there married, June 5, 1835, Miss Matilda Mouchmer, daughter of Adam and Margaret (Traister) Mouchmer, natives of Pennsylvania, the father of Berks county, the mother of Cling Grove, Union county, and the daughter, - born June 15, 1835, of Pine Grove Mills. The family came to Green county, Wis., where both parents died. They had twelve children, three of whom died in infancy; the others are: Cyrus, Margaret, Mary, Elinor, Anna, Charles, Albert, Cora Bell, wife of Alexander McMurran; Edward. Mrs. Crabtree died December 18, 1897. Mr. Crabtree came, in 1866, to Green county, Wis., and located on a farm near Monroe, and in 1882 came to Burke. Dane county, where he bought a farm of ninety-five acres, upon which he has put most of the improvements; he is a general farmer and stock raiser, is an Independent in politics, formerly a Republican, and with his wife supported the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. McMurran have had three children, Bessie Pearl, born December I, 1897; Marshall, born March 7, 1898; Margaret, born January 20, 1904. who died in infancy.

George E. McWatty is one of the youngest farmers of the town of Fltchburg. but he gives promise of being one among the best in a town that is noted for progressive and up-to-date tillers of the soil. He was born in the village of Lake View, Dane county, Wis., on August 28, 1871, and is one of five children born to William and Joanna (Bellman) McWatty, the father being a native of Pennsylvania and the mother was born in England. The father died in 1880. and of the five children only two are living - Charles E., who resides in Waunakee, and George E., whose name introduces this review. Our subject started in life for himself at the age of thirteen years, working as a farm hand during the summer months and attending school during the winter. In this way he managed to secure a very good education at the high school in the village of Oregon, and his uncle. ex-Sheriff R. J. McWatty, kindly furnished him a home. When he was twenty-one years old he rented a farm and remained upon it one year, and then, in 1893, gave up agricultural pursuits and went to Chicago, where he entered the employ of Marshall Field* as shipping clerk in the wholesale department, and continued so engaged until 1895. He then returned to Dane county and engaged in farming with his uncle in the town of Fitchburg, continuing so employed until his uncle was elected sheriff of Dane county, in 1902. After that he continued the operation of the farm until his uncle disposed of his place in Fitchburg, and in 1906 our subject bought the farm in the town of Fitchburg, where he expects to continue general farming and make his permanent residence. He is a man of splendid physique and is above the ordinary in mental attainments, being splendidly equipped in every way for a successful career. In his political views he clings to the tenets of the Republican party, his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Methodist church, and fraternally he affiliates with the Masonic lodge in the village of Oregon.

Robert J. McWatty, retired, formerly sheriff of Dane county was born in Mercer county, Pa., March 26, 1848. His father was Win. McWatty, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States in the early forties and secured work on the Erie Canal, after having farmed for a time in Mercer county, Pa. In September, 1848, William McWatty came to Dane county, taking a one hundred and twenty acre farm eight miles south of Madison. He was an ardent Whig while that party was strong and later became a Republican, and although he never 'held an office he was always keenly interested in politics His wife was Sarah Jane McBurney, born in the north of Scotland. Both of them are strictly orthodox Presbyterians of the old school and believed in the rigid observance of the Sabbath. William McWatty died in the early seventies, at the age of sixty-two. He had never been ill a day in his life, and the last summons came suddenly. His wife died ten years later at the age of fifty-four, after having borne Mr. McWatty sixteen children. They were Jane, Mrs. Ralph Ray, deceased : Ann Eliza, widow of Wendell Yeager, resides in Texas ; Margaret, widow of Mark Canada, lives in Iowa; Susan, widow of Michael Hagen, lives in Oregon; Martha, Mrs. John McFarland, died in 1904, and her husband a year later; William, deceased; Ellen, Mrs. Edward Nicholas, of Iowa; Robert J., the subject of the sketch; John, a farmer in Michigan; Sarah, Mrs. Frank McGann, of Madison; Maria, Mrs. Andrew Murphy, deceased; Hugh, a farmer in the town of Fitchburg; David, died in infancy; Andrew, farming in the town: of Fitchburg; Almira, widow of Walter Graves; and another child which died young. By a former marriage William McWatty was the father of two children). Mary, Mrs. George Gillin, deceased, and John Wesley, also deceased. Robert J. McWatty received what education the common schools of the county afforded. In March, 1864, when but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. His regiment was assigned to duty with the Army of the Potomac 'and was in all the large engagements of that army in 1864 and 1865. He was in the division of Gen. A. J. Smith, who precipitated the battle of Nashville. In the last engagement in which his regiment participated, Mr. McWatty was wounded slightly in the shoulder. In September, 1865, he received an honorable discharge from the army and went to farming, continuing that pursuit four years. Then he went toi Chicago and was employed for some ten years by the late Marshall Field. At the end of that period he went to mining near Omaha, Neb., and for several years successfully followed that labor. On his return to Chicago in 1884 he drove stage for a year or more, and then once more turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in the town of Fitchburg. Here he remained until his election as sheriff in 1903, when he removed to Madison where he has since resided. In 1882 he married Katie, a daughter of Peter and Bridget Kane, natives of Wisconsin. Mrs. McWatty was one of eight children, of whom she and a sister, Margaret, (Mrs. Fred Kriger, of Milwaukee,) are the only survivors. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Watty have no children. The genial ex-sheriff is a member of the Presbyterian church, of the Knights of Pythias, of the Independent Order of the Odd Felows; of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. His wife is a member of the Catholic church.

Nicholas P. Mader, Sun Prairie, was born in Flessenhime, Germany, March 26, i860, the son of Theodore and Margaret (Shackmut) Mader, both natives of Germany. The parents came to Kenosha in 1861, which was their home for the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Mader dying there in 1872 and her husband, October 2, 1882. Nicholas Mader received his education in the schools of Kenosha, and began in 1876 to learn the trade of carriage and wagon making, in the wagon shop of Nich. Persch, of. Kenosha. Later he worked for a number of firms, including the Mitchell Lewis Wagon Co., the Bain Wagon Co., Fish Bros., and the Racine Wagon Co.; he was foreman for the Empire Cross Spring Co., of Janesville, for three years. He learned the business of organ making, beginning in 1881. He first opened a business in his own name in Sullivan and remained there for three years. On September 18), 1896, he came to Sun Frairie, where he established a black-smithing and wagon-making busienss, and where he is at present engaged. He has added agricultural implements to his stock, and is carrying on a flourishing business. He is a member of two fraternal societies, the E. F. U. and the M. W. A., and of the Catholic church. He is a Republican in his political preferments. He married Miss Gertrude Neiderprim, who was born at Kenosha, in i860. Their four children, all living, are Albert J. ; Emma M.; Russel B.; and Marie M.

Frank P. Maher, passenger conductor on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, whose home is at 1037 Jenifer street. Madison, was born in Dane county on April 7, 1859. His parents were Mark and Catherine (Fardy) Maher, both natives of County Wexford, Ireland. The father was a farmer in the old country who came to the United States in 1849. His wife followed the next year and they were married in Madison in 1853. The father worked a farm after settling here. His death occurred in March, 1886. at the age of seventy-six. His widow died August 21, 1902, in her eightythird year. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of the three children in the family. William is living on the old homestead and Patrick died in infancy. Frank P. Maher was educated in the Blooming Grove district schools, completing his scholastic work with a course in the capital city schools. His first employment after the completion of his studies was as a laborer for the same railroad that he is now working for. Subsequently he became a brakeman. in which position he served three years. In 1883 he was promoted to the position of passenger conductor and has served as such ever since. His record is one of the best. He has never had a serious accident. On November 3, 1895, he married Miss Delphine Grogan, born in Whitewater, Wis., and a daughter of Bernard and Agnes (Hannagan) Grogan. Her father was a blacksmith who came to the United States from Ireland when twenty-one years of age. His death occurred April 27, 190), in his sixty-eight year. The widow is still living, a res:dent of Jefferson county. Wis. Mrs. Maher is one of eight children, all of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Maher have six clrldren, - A'gnes Catherine and Mary Iva, members of the Madison high school classes of 1907 and 1908 respectively, Frank Bernard, Jennie Clare, William Raymond and Bernard Joseph. Like the ancestors on both sides the family are all members of the Catholic church. The father is a member of the Catholic Kirghts and of the Brotherhood of Railwav Conductors.

Edwin Dakin Main, a resident of the village of Oregon, was born November 3, 1847, being a native of Dane county and of the town wherein he has spent all the years of his useful life. His father, Robert P. Main, was born in North Stonington, Conn., and his grandfather, Rial Main, was a native of the same state. Tracing still farther back we find that the great-grandfather of our subject, whose name was David Main, was a captain in the Revolutionary War. The grandfather followed the trade of a ship-builder in Connecticut until 1853, and then came to Wisconsin, settling in the city of Madison, where he built a home and spent the remainder of his years. He was well educated, and after he bad reached the age of sixty years he taught several termis of school. The maiden name of his wife was Eunice Palmer, a native of Connecticut, and she also spent her last days in Madison. Robert P. Main attended school very steadily until he was seventeen years old, then began teaching, and at the age of eighteen went south, where he taught in several states, but finally drifted to Cincinnati, and thence to Clinton county, Ohio, where he met and married Miss Cordelia, daughter of Preserved Dakin. She was born in Oakland, Clinton county, and her ancestors were among those who' came to' this country in the Mayflower. Her father, Preserved Dakin, left his home in New York in the year 1804, and settled in Ohio on a tract of land containing one thousand five hundred acres, all in one 'body, which 'he purchased of the government and upon which he resided until his death. Mr. Main continued to reside in Ohio- until 1843, when, with his wife and three children, he started with a team and made an extended journey to- Bureau county, 111. Two years were spent there, but as the locality at that time seemed unhealthy, in 1845 they started again with team and made an overland journey to Dane county, Wis. At that time northern Illinois and the entire state of Wisconsin had but few settlers, and the greater portion of the land was still owned by the government. There were but few roads, and in making the journey hither Mr. and Mrs. Main followed the trail marked by the first team driven from Janesville to Madison by Mr. Stoner. The parents of our subject located in the town of Oregon, where the father selected a tract of land in section thirteen, and there built a log house in which E. Dakin Main was born. The father went back to Ohio to collect some money that was due him-, and upon his return to Oregon bought one hundred and twenty acres more at government prices. The family resided for three years on the land first purchased and then moved to the other farm. At that time there were no railroads, and all the grain had to be hauled to Milwaukee, entailing much time and labor. The father improved his farm and occupied the place until 1864, when he sold it and bought three hundred and seventy-six acres in the town of Rutland, where he lived until 1868, and then moved to the village of Oregon. -There he lived in retirement until his death, which occurred in 1882, and his estimable wife lived to the advanced age of ninety years, dying on July 4, 1902. These honored pioneers were the parents oi eight children: Mary Frances, who is unmarried and resides at Stoughton, Wis.; Louisa, deceased; Hattie, now Mrs. Glass, of Harvard, 111.; Martha, deceased; E. Dakin, whose name introduces this memoir; Anna, now Mrs. Comstock, of Oregon; Alice, now Mrs. Ames, of Brooklyn, and Robert Walter, who resides in Columbia Falls, Montana. Robert P. Main was formerly a Whig, but became a Republican at the formation of that party. He was public-spirited, and filled various offices of trust, being elected to the state legislature in 1856. E. Dakin Main received his early education in the district school, supplemented by attendance at a select school in the village of Oregon, and in 1870 he took charge of his father's farm. This was located in Rutland, and here he operated until 1876, when he located on a farm of three hundred and twenty acres that he still owns, on section thirty-one of the town of Fitchburg. At the time he purchased this large and valuable tract of land he was able to pay only $1,000 of the purchase price, but by his untiring industry and good business ability, aided by his noble wife, the entire debt was paid off in a few years, and he was in a position of ease, if not of affluence. He followed general farming and stock raising, including the raising of horses and Shetland ponies, and resided on his farm for sixteen years. In the fall of 1892 he rented his farm out, and, purchasing a tract of s!xty acres adjoining the 'village of Oregon, erected the most beautiful residence in that section of the county, where he has since resided; and though he deals extensively in real estate, he is living practically a retired life. Mr. Main was married November 26, 1872, to Miss Julietta Chapin, who was born in the town ot Union, Rock county, on June 2, 1853. Her parents were Thomas P. and Amanda (Ellsworth) Chapin, and it may be truthfully said that the family was one of the first in Wisconsin. Mrs. Main has three sisters and two brothers living, there having been eight children born to- her parents. Those living, besides herself are as follows : Anna now Mrs. Burgess of Beloit, Wis.. Emma now Mrs. Buckman, of Brooklyn, Dane county: Fred and James who reside on the old homestead in Rock county: and Lillian, who is now Mrs. Martin of Beloit. To E. Dakin Main and wife have been born five children, all of whom are members of the home circle : Celia H., Florence E., who is a teacher in the Brooklyn high school ; Delia, a student in the musical department of the University of Wisconsin; Stanley D., and Lillian H. In politics Mr. Main is a Republican and he has served on the county board of supervisors and was president of the village of Oregon one term, was also a member of the town board of Fitch burg for several terms. He 'has always taken a deep interest in all public enterprises, is highly esteemed by by a wide circle of friends, and is a man of strict intergrity and high moral character. In his social relations he is a member of the Masonic lodge at Oregon.

Willett S. Main was born in Edmeston, Otsego county, N. Y., August 15, 1828. son of Alfred and Samantha (Stillman) Main. His father, grandfather, Laban Main, and his great grand-father were all natives of North Stonington, Conn. ; the great, greatgrandfather was the pioneer of the family in America, and came to this country from England in colonial times. Alfred Main was married at the age of eighteen, in Otsego county, N. Y., his wife Samantha St:llman, being in her fifteenth year. She was the daughter of Rev. Willett and Soviah (Noyes) Stillman, of the same county and state. In 1833 our subject's father emigrated with his family of wife and three children to Allegany county, where he engaged in farming and lumbering until 1846, when he sold and came to Wisconsin territory. He traveled by team to Buffalo, thence by lake to Milwaukee, and then by team to Waukesha, where he remained until 1847, and then came to Madison, dying on his farm, four miles east of the city at the age of seventyseven. Willett S. was only nineteen at the date of his arrival in Madison in February. 1847, and walked into town. He was appointed under-sheriff in 1851. serving for two years, and was elected sheriff in 1852, also serving in that office for two years. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits with his brother, Alexander H., until 18G0, when he again served as under-sheriff for two years, and then as sheriff for the same period. He was alternately under-sher'ff and sheriff until 1871, when he was appointed deputy United States marshal. This position he held up to the time of his death, with the exception of the periods. 1885-89, and 1893-!'?. Mr. Main was a life-long Republican and served as a delegate to the different county, district and state conventions, and represented Dane county In the state senate, 1889 to 1893. He was for many years president of the Monona Lake Assembly, one of the largest so-called "Chatauquas" in the country, and much of its success is due to his efficient labors. He married in 1855 Eliza A. Jenison, a native of Indianapolis, the daughter of Hon.

Samuel and Melvina (Wingate) Jenison, by whom he had two sons, Hamilton W. and Frank J., now engaged in business in Madison. Mrs. Main died January 15, 1866, and in June of the following year, Mr. Main married Sophia L. Smith, a native of Rochester, Windsor county, Vermont, daughter of Samuel N. and Lo:s (Williams) Smith. There are four children of the second marriage: Susie, wife of Charles P. Spooner, Annie E.. John and Lois. Mr. Main was an active member of the Baptist church from the age of twenty-one, and was a trustee from 1852. His death took place July 5, 1902; and his wife and six children survive him.

Thomas Harvey Mair is a successful dealer in grain, coal. woodr farm machinery, carriages, etc., at Morrisonville. where he has for some years been engaged in mercantile pursuits. Of Scotch origin, his parents, Charles and Margaret (Caldrow) Ma:r, came to Wisconsin when they were children. Charles Mair was the son of Thomas and Anna (Jameson) Mair, who settled in Lima, Rock county, Wis., in 184!). Later they owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Columbia county, where Mrs. Mair died. Mr. Ma:r lives in Poynette. Charles Mair, their son, was born in 1845j was educated in Columbia county and engaged in farming. He married Miss Margaret Caldrow, whose parents also resided in Columbia county and he now resides in Poynette. Wis. Mr. Mair was prominent in local politics, was supervisor in Arlington and assessor and treasurer though not identified with any political party. Mrs. Mair was a leader in the Presbyterian church of Arlington until her death in 1893. Their son, Thomas Harvey, was born in Columb:a county, October 29, 1867. attended the Arlington school and the Poynette high school and worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-four years old. He then was employed by Jamieson Bros., at Arlington, in the grain business for two years, when he moved to Morrisonville and was in partnership with Jamieson Bros, in the same business. In February 1902, Gilbert P. Rockstead bought the interest of the Jamieson Bros, and the firm became Mair, Rockstead & Co. January 1, 1905, the Rockstead interest was purchased by Mr. Mair. who now owns the entire business. Mr Mair is a Democrat, and has been a member of the board of Windsor township. June 20, 1894, he married Miss Nett:e Robertson, who was born in Columbia county. Wis., daughter of Robert and Maggie ( Patton ) Robertson, who reside on a farm in the town of Arlington, Columbia county. Wis. Mr. Roberton is a native of Scotland and his wife was born in Milwaukee.

John Maly, a large farmer and prominent citizen of Springfield, was born in Bohemia, October 4, 1842. He is the son of John Maly, Sr.. (born 1806) and Ella (Zizska) Maly, (born 1808). The parents, of Bohemian birth, came to New York in December, 1853, and after remaining there' a short time came to Sauk City, Wis., and the following year located on a farm of eighty acres in the town of Roxbury. John Maly Sr., was a shoemaker by trade, but he followed the custom of most of the pioneers, and found that the breaking of virgin soil and the improvements necessary on a farm in a new country left little energy for other occupation. He identified himself with the life of the community which he had entered and took part in its politics as a supporter of the Democratic party. He died at Roxbury in 1873 and his wife in 1877. Of the six children born to him, four are still living. John Maly, Jr., born in Bohemia, spent the first eleven years of his life and began his education in his native land. This he supplemented by study for two winters in the school of Roxbury, to which place he came with his parents in 1854. He followed his father as a farmer, and owned in Roxbury, a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which he sold to his brother. Rev. Joseph Maly, and removed, in 1880 to the town of Springfield. There, to his first purchase of eighty acres, he added from time to time until he became one of the largest landholders in that vicinity, and out of his estate of seven hundred acres he has been able to provide homes for his children, and is still a well-to-do farmer with two hundred and forty-five acres for a homestead ; this he runs for general agricultural purposes and for stock-raising. A Democrat in politics, he has been elected a supervisor of Springfield for ten years and is now chairman, a position which he has held for five successive years. He was married in 180(3 to Miss Mary Germinder, who was born in Germany and is the daughter of Franc Germinder. Their only son. Norbert, is a prosperous farmer of Dane, owing a property of two hundred and twenty acres. Mrs. Maly died in 1868, and the following year Mr. Maly married Miss Mary Pertzborn. who was also German by birth, and who came with her parents, Mathias and Wolfborga (Allen) Pertzborn. from Germany to Springfield in 1852. Mr. Pertzborn died in 1894 and his wife in 1890. Mary (Pertzborn) Maly was one of a family of eleven children, seven of whom survive their parents. Mr. Maly has eight children by his second marriage, all of whom are living; Henry, Anna, John, Maggie,

Michael G. Mandt is one of the prominent business men and highly esteemed citizens of Stoughton, being one of the interested principals in the Mandt-Powell Concrete Machine & Foundry Company, of which he is president, and also being one of the leading contractors and builders of this part of the county. Mr. Mandt is a native son of Dane county, having been born on the family homestead, in Pleasant Springs township. September 2, 1856, and bieing a son of Guilder and Jorand (Serines) Mandt, both of whom were born and reared in Norway. The father settled in Pleasant Springs township in 1846, securing one hundred acres of wild land, which he reclaimed and improved, developing a good farm and there continuing to reside for twenty-seven years. He then removed with h:s family to Stoughton, where he died at the age of seventy-two years, his second wife, Jorand, surviving him and passing away at the age of seventy-three years. Of the first marriage four children were born, and two of them are still living, - Julia, who is the widow of Hanson Rasmussen, and Mary, who likewise resides in Dane county. Of the twelve children of the second marriage eight are living, namely: Anna, widow of Asbjorn Hanson; Belle, wife of George Brown; Michael G.. of this sketch ; Ella, wife of Albert Burell ; Peter ; Delia, wife of T. A. Homme ; Carrie ; and Gunder G. On the home farm, in Pleasant Springs township, Michael G. Mandt was reared to the age of seventeen years, having in the meanwhile duly availed himself of the advantages of the public schools. In 1873 he located in Stoughton, where he worked at the blacksmith trade for three years. He then learned the carpenter's trade, tc which he gave his -attention for twelve years, the greater portion of the time as a contractor. For twelve years past he has also been a successful stone contractor and builder. Among the more important structures which he has erected may be mentioned the Orphans' Home, the Old People's Home, and the postofnce in Stoughton. He is the inventor of the Mandt concrete building blocks, and in January. 1906, he effected the organization of the Mandt-Powell Concrete Machine & Foundry Company, for the manufacturing of the -concrete building blocks upon an extensive scale, as well as the making of the machines for their construction. A large and well equipped plant will afford all the needed facilities and will add materally to the industrial prestige of Stoughton. In his political adherency Mr. Mandt is a Republican, in a fraternal way he is identified with the Woodmen of the World, and both he and his wife hold membership in the United Lutheran church. January 25, 1881, Mr. Mandt was united in marriage to Miss Andrea Halverson, daughter of Ole Halverson, of Primrose, Wisconsin, and they have four children, - Obert, Maude, Tekla and Alsward.

William T. Mann, of the firm of Chase, Gross & Mann, engaged in the retail lumber business in Sun Prairie, is one of the representative citizens of the town and is a member of one of the pioneer families of Dane county. He was born in Fitchburg, this county, January 19, 1857, and is a son of John Edwin and Josephine (Bliven) Mann, the former of whom was born in Unadilla, Otsego county, Xew York, April 29, 1817, and the latter of whom was a native of Fall River, Mass., both families having been founded in America in in the colonial era. John E. Mann, who is now living retired in Sun Prairie, is a son of Andrew and Anna Maria (Phelps) Mann, both natives of Hebron, Conn, where the former was born September 14, 1784, and the latter November 29, 1787. They were numbered among the early settlers of Otsego county, N. Y., whence they later removed to Marshall, Calhoun county, Mich., where the latter died September 9, 1850. Andrew Mann had been the owner of a large farm in Otsego county. New York, and upon locating in Marshall, Michigan, he there erected a commodious hotel, which he successfully conducted for a number of years. He was a Democrat in politics and his wife was a comunicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. Of their five sons and two daughters only two are living, - Mrs. Anna M. Thomson, of Jackson, Mich.; and John E. father of the subject of this sketch. Andrew Mann passed the closing years of his life in Sun Prairie, where he died September 21, 1872. John Edwin Mann was educated in the schools of Connecticut and New York, and accompanied his parents on their removal to Michigan, where he assisted his father in the management of the hotel, of which he himself was proprietor several years. Later he operated a flour mill in Illinois, for a period of about nine years. In 1850 he located in Madison, Wis., where he engaged in the livery business, while he later became the owner of a farm in the vicinity of the capital city. He disposed of this property in 1872, exchanging the same for a hotel, called the American House, in Sun Prairie, and he operated this hotel successfully for a number of years, after which he was engaged about ten years as traveling salesman for the Smith Middlings Purifier Company, a large concern in Jackson, Michigan. Since 1884 he has lived retired in Sun Prairie, where he has an attractive home and where his friends are in number equal to his acquaintances. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and for a number of years he was a member of the county board of supervisors, representing Fitchiburg township. July 5, 1842, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Josephine Bliven, who was born at Fall River, Mass., but who was a resident of Illinois at the time of her marriage. She was a daughter of Joseph S. and Rachel Bliven, the former of whom died in Illinois and the latter in Sun Prairie, Wis., Airs. Josephine (Bliven) Mann was summoned into eternal rest January 20, 1903, having been a communicant and devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal church. Of her eleven children nine are living: Juliette, who was the wife of A. M. Seymour, is deceased ; Joseph A. died in childhood ; Harriet is the widow of George E. Knapp, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin ; Louise is widow of C. H. Chittenden, of Berkley, Cal. ; Louis T. is a resident of Jackson, Mich., being a twin of Louise ; Josephine is the wife of Professor Howard L. Smith, of Madison, a member cf the faculty of the University of Wisconsin ; William T., subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Frederick M. is a resident of South Dakota, as is also George A. ; Charles E. is treasurer for the Swift Packing & Provision Company, in the city of Chicago; and Allie is the wife of Frank Richie, of Jefferson, Wis. William T. Mann secured his educational discipline in the pubic schools of Sun Prairie and Mazomanie, this county, and he then became his father's assistant in conducting the American House, of which he later was proprietor for several years, becoming one of the well known and popular hotel men of this part of the state. In 1881 he removed to Spink county, S. Dak., this being while the two states were still the territory of Dakota, and there he was engaged in farming until 1889, when he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in the lumber bus'ness, at Ashland and Washburn. In 1889 Mr. Mann returned to his old home in Sun Prairie, where he has since been associated in the retail lumber business with James W. Chase and Albion Gross, under the firm title noted in the opening lines of this sketch. He is one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of the town and is thoroughly identified with local interests. In 1 901 he completed the erect'on of his attractive modern residence. In politics Mr. Mann clings to the faith of the Democratic party, and he is now president of the village, having previously served two years as a member of the board of trustees ; he is also supervisor for Sun Prairie village. He and his wife are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal church, and he is affiliated with Sun Prairie Lodge, Xo. 143, Free and Accepted Masons, and also with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Insurance of Beavers. On March 22, 1881, Mr. Mann was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M. Haner, who was born in Bristol township, this'county, November 17, 1856, being- a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Stroup) Haner, who are now venerable residents of Sun Prairie. Air. and Mrs. Mann have two children, - Edwin H., born August 8, 1888, and Dorothy M. born December 5, 1895.

Charles E. Marks, a carpenter and contractor living at 1815 Jefferson street, Madison, was born in Platteville, Wis., June 9, 1875. His parents were Henry P. and Anna (Staver) Marks, the former was born in St. Louis in 1840, the latter a native of the Badger State. The father was in the grocery business at Platteville, Wis. but after removing to Rockford he was contractor and builder, also following up the trade in Dane county. On August 22, 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and with his regiment was a participant in the Vicksburg and Red river campaigns and the battle of Spanish Fort. The Thirty-third did garrison duty moist of its four years serveice, and was mustered out August 9, 1865. Mr. Marks served without being either wounded or captured. His wife died in 1880 and he passed away in November, 1903. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of the three surviving members Of a family of four children. Miss Louise is a stenographer who makes Madison her home. Eugene is a carpenter residing in Madison. Charles E. Marks received his scholastic training in Rockford, 111., schools and served his apprenticeship with his father. He continued to work with and for him until he came to Madison in 1894 and then became employed by John L. Cary, with whom he remained several years, and for several years he and his brother Eugene were in partnership. His special line of carpentering now is the building of dwellings. He is his own architect, as a general rule, and the symmetry of the buildings which he has erected bears witness to his ability in that line. On April 21, 1897. Mr. Marks was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Agnes Mullen, born in La Fayette county, Wis., and a daughter of William and Sarah Mullen. Her parents are still living, making their home in La Fayette county. Mr. and Mrs. Marks are the parents of one child, Harold Eugene. The home in Wingra Park is one of the most sightly places in the city and the home life is well worthy of emulation.

Henry Marks is the owner of a valuable farm of two hundred acres, in section 1, Blooming Grove township, and has here resided for the past forty years. He was born in Minden. province of Westphalia, Prussia, December 15, 1849, and is a son of Moritz and Lizzie Marks, both of whom were born in that same province, where they remained until 1866, when they immigrated to America, making Wisconsin their destination and settling on a port!on of the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. The father, with the aid of his sons, reclaimed a considerable portion of the homestead from the virgin forest, and here both he and his devoted w:fe continued to reside until they were called to the life eternal. They were people of unassuming worth of character and lived lives of signal honor and usefulness. Henry Marks secured his educational training in the excellent schools of his native land, and was eighteen years of age at the time of accompanying his parents on their voyage across the Atlantic to the United States and thence onward to the Badger state, of which he may thus claim to be a pioneer. After the death of his parents, he purchased the interests of the other heirs to the old homestead, and has since given his attention to its cultivation, while he has made permanent improvements wh'ch mark it as one of the most valuable and attractive farmsteads in the county. He has shown much of energy, discrimination and business acumen in handling the work of his farm, has known the dignity of honest labor through long and intimate experience, and has stood exponent of the utmost rectitude and honor in all the relations of life, so that to him has been accorded the fullest of measure of popular confidence and esteem in the community which has so long been his home. He is one of the prominent and influential citizens of his section and one of the county's representative agriculturists. He still maintains a general supervision of his farm, but has delegated the more arduous work to others, as his health has become somewhat delicate in later years. He may well feel that his "lines are cast in pleasant places," for he has the companionship of a devoted and cherished wife and has a family of children of whom he may justly be proud, while he is in a community filled with loyal friends. Mr. Marks espouses the cause of the Democratic party and he and his family are members of the German Lutheran church. In 1870 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Marks to Miss Soplra Poggemiller, who was born in Cottage Grove township, being a daughter of Christian and Sophia Poggemiller. Mr. and Mrs. Marks have six children : Lizzie, who was born June 27, 1871. is now the wife of Henry Brandt, of Burke township, this county; Henry Carl William was born November 28, 187G ; Christian Frederick Carl, February 12, 1879; Charles William August, August 24, 1882; Anna Maria Fmma, March 20, 1885; Sophia Louisa justina. October 13, 1887.

very early settlers of Connecticut, the first of the family being Cornwall Marks, a native of Cornwall, England, a blacksmith by trade, who first settled in Hartford, Conn, and later removed to Pawlet, Yt. where he built a large house, himself fashioning all the nails for its construction. They lived during the thrilling esipode of the witchcraft excitement, and his wife related to her descendants the gruesome story of havng seen a woman hanged for witchcraft. This founder of the American branch of the family lived to ninety years old. His direct descendant, Elisha Marks, born in Pawlet, Rutland county, Vt. was also a blacksmith by trade, and was married to Miss Ann Smith. In 1883 he went into the mercantile business in Pawlet, in company with a brother, and remained there twelve or fourteen years ; from there he went to Granville corners, N. Y. where he was engaged in the same business for a while. He sold out, eventually, to his partners and purchased a farm in the vicinity, which he operated for six or seven years and then sold out and went to Burke, N. Y. and again engaged in business; he remained there until 1876 when at the age of eighty-one years, he came to Dodgeville, [Wis. with his son Reuben, and lived with him until his death the following year; his wife survived him less than a year, being eighty-one years old at the time of her death. Reuben, son of Elisha and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pawlet, Vt. December 27, 1823. His mother also belonged to the old New England stock. There were four children in the family, Reuben, Mary Ann, who married a Mr. Derby, of Burke, N. Y. ; Malona, who married and lived in N. Y., and Ira, who lived in Canada. Reuben was ten years qld at the time of the removal of the family from Vermont to Xew York, and received most of his education in the latter state. At the age of eighteen, he went to work for an uncle, in a starch mill, in Pawlet, which was just across the state line, in Vermont. Three years later he went to Burke, N. Y. where he built a starch mill and ran it for three years ; from there he went to Chateaugay Corners, where he built a saw mill which he operated for two years and then returned to Pawlet where he engaged in mercantile business, with a partner, under the firm name of Marks & Woodward, where he remained for a period of three years, being at the same time interested in a foundry. In 1855 he came to Wisconsin, landing in Belleville, April 11. He bought a farm in the town of Montrose where he staid until 1864, when he joined a party and, with an ox-team, went to Montana, where he operated as a builder and contractor, building mills, etc., in the Gallatin valley. He earned twenty dollars a day, and remained there three years. He built the first boat that came down the Yellowstone river and in all built fourteen boats for service on that river. He was in a region frequented by hostile Indians!, and had several encounters and narrow escapes. When he returned to Wisconsin he improved his farm and sold it, investing in property in Belleville, and once more engaged in business as a merchant, remaining three years ; he then went to Adamsville where he was in business for three years, then traded his property for a hotel in Dodgeville, the Marks House, now the Merchant Hotel. He built a new, three-story hotel which he ran for seventeen years. In 1893 he sold his hotel and engaged in the hardware business with his son under the name of Marks & Son, for two years, when he retired from his long and varied activities. He was married at the age of twenty-two to Miss Lorena Waite, a native of Hebron, Washington county, N. Y. They had five children, viz., Charles R., of Neosha, Wis. ; Emma, married Frank Faulkes of Brooklyn ; Stella, married Mr. Wiloughby, of Belleville ; Frank, now a traveling salesman, of Dodgeville ; Reuben W., merchant of Belleville. Mrs. Marks died in 1902. Mr. Marks was an independent in politics and never accepted any political office. He is a member of the Masonic order and also of the I. O.O. F. being the oldest member of the latter order in that vicinity. He made two subsequent trips to the Yellowstone Park, in 1886 and in 1888, and has a large and valuable collection of minerals and natural history specimens. Reuben Marks, Jr., was educated in the Dodgeville high school and learned the tinner trade in the same place and went into the hardware business in Belleville, in which his father was afterward partner ; he sold out and went to Basco, where he combined tinning with a general store for seven years. He then returned to Belleville and worked at his trade for a short time when he engaged again in mercantile business with Mr. Arnold under the firm name of Marks & Arnold and continued under this name for one year, then the\ incorporated under the laws of 1895 and consolidated with the firm of Manson & Ulerich, Mr. Ulerich retiring from business. They occupy a large building, two stories and basement, and carry the largest stock of goods in the village. Mr. Marks was married October 15, 1890, to Miss Lena Kramer*, of Waldwick. Iowa county, the daughter of Thomas (deceased) and Mary Kramer. The latter lives with her daughter. Mr. Miarks is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of the F. & A. M., the I. O. O. F., and M. W. A. He has also been village clerk and director of the school.

uel Marsden, the elder, was born in Derbyshire, England, and served in the Queen's Guards when a young man. He married Miss Ann Henstock of the same county and engaged in farming in England until 1841 when he took passage for himself and family on a sailing vessel bound for America. The voyage was stormy and it was with devout thanksgiving for their escape from the perils of the sea that the passengers finally landed in New York city. The journey from Milwaukee to Albion was made on foot with several other new arrivals, all of whom, including Mr. Marsden, purchased farms of government land. The tract bought by Mr. Marsden contained six hundred and forty acres, almost all wild and it was Irs task to clear and improve it. He was always 'prominent in the community and particularly so in the establishment of a branch of the Primitive Methodist church to which the family belonged in England and of which he became a local preacher, holding the first meetings on his farm. Mr. Marsden died in 1863 aged sixty-eight years and his wife in 1881, aged eighty-five years. Fifteen children were born to them. Priscilla lives in England ; Anna married Samuel Vickers of Albion ; Ruth married Samuel Clark of Albion ; Esther (deceased) was the wife of Rev. James Wileman ; Jonathan is deceased ; Job lives at the old home ; Henry resides in Edgerton ; Joseph lives at Sumner, Wis. ; Mary is Mrs. Samuel Tall of Albion ; George is deceased ; Samuel farms the old homestead ; the other children died in infancy. Samuel was born in Derbyshire. Eng.. March 25, 1841, and came to Wisconsin with his parents when he was a little fellow. Dane county schools were rare at that time and he had little opportunity for education except at home. Samuel helped his father on the farm and succeeded him in its management. June 7, 1863, he married Miss Janette McKinsin Calder, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of James Calder, who was a teacher in Perthshire. In 1848 he came to Wisconsin and located on a farm in Lisbon, Waukesha county, returning the next year to bring his family. Later he moved to Albion where he died in 1897 at the home of Mr. Marsden. Mrs. Calder died in 1859. They had a family of five children, all of whom came to America, - Mary is Mrs. John Hebeden of Providence, R. I., Janette is Mrs. Marsden. Ellen is Mrs. Silverrud of Albion ; James is deceased ; Lydia married Orrin Poole of Waukesha. Ten children blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Marsden ; Annie K., the wife of Rev. Charles Stark of Sun Prairie ; Emma J., who married Samuel Hall, a farmer of Albion ; Joseph W., a machinist of Waukesha county ; Maggie I., the wife of Amos Bunting of Albion ; Lillie (deceased) ; Jonathan, who married Ethel Gardner and lives at the old home; Mae E., a teacher; Viola, a teacher; Rollin, who teaches in the M'enominee Manual Training school. All have attended the Albion and Edgerton schools and are members of the Primitive Methodist church. Mr. Marsden is a Republican in political affiliations.

George Martin is now living retired in the village of Sun Prairie, having been actively engaged in farming in this locality for more than thirty years, and being one of the honored citizens of the county, which he represented as a soldier in the Union ranks during the Civil War. Mr. Martin was born in East Aurora, Erie county, New York. February 22, 1833, being a son of John and Rachel (Crumy) Martin, both of whom were born and reared in Ireland, where two of their eight children were born, while of the number only one, the subject of this sketch, is now living. His brother. Richard, was a resident of the beautiful city of Los Angeles, California, and died at the age of eighty. The parents immigrated to America about 1825 and took up their residence in Erie county. New York, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father having been a farmer by vocation. He was originally a Democrat in politics, but espoused the cause of the Republican party at the time of its organization, his death occurring a few years later, in 1859 ; his wife passed away about 1810, both having been zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church. George Martin was reared on the home farm and secured such educational advantages as were afforded in the common schools of his native county. He continued to reside in the state of New York until 1861. when he came to Dane county, Wisconsin, and purchased one hundred and twelve acres of land in section 20, Bristol township, reclaiming a portion of the place from the virgin forest and developing the same into one of the valuable farms of the county, making all improvements, including the erection of substantial buildings, at a cost of about three thousand dollars. He continued to give his personal attention to the operation of Irs farm until 1896 when he disposed of the property and removed to Sun Prairie, where he purchased his present attractive residence and where he has since lived essentially retired. May 30, 1861, Mr. Martin enlisted as a private in Company B, Forty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with which he served principally on guard duty at Cairo and other points in Illinois until the close of the war, receiving his honorable discharge, in the city of Madison, Wisconsin, June 20, 1865. Mr. Martin exerceises his franchise in support of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church in their home town. He is identified with the Patrons of Husbandry and the Independent Order of Good Templars. September 23, 1855, Mr. Martin was married to Miss Sarah King, who was born in Erie county, New York, September 24, 1833. being a daughter of Darius and Sarah (Little) King, the former of whom was born in Rhode Island, May 30, 1796, while the latter was born in Massachusetts. Their marriage was solemnized in Erie county, New York, and there they passed the remainder of their lives, the mother dying in 1858. while her husband survived her by many years, passing away in 1885. He was a Democrat in polices and she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of their eight children three are living. Mr. and Mrs. Martin became the parents of three children, concerning whom the following brief record is entered: Nellie, who was born in 1860, first married Henry Hart, remaining a widow a number of years after his death, and she is now the wife of Tobias Archer, whose first wife was her younger sister, Ada. Ada, who was born in 1862. first married George Easton and after his death became the wife of Tobias Archer, who is now a prominent lawyer of Los Angeles, Cal. ; she died in January, 1894, leaving two children, - Cec'l M., and Robert P. Archer. Eva. who was born August 30, 1868, is the wife of Ulysses S. Jones, a represenetative farmer of Bristol township, and they have two children, - George Richard and Margaret Ellen.

Martin Mason is the only son of Mads Olson and Bertha (Gurena) Olson, who spent their entire lives in Norway, where Mr. Olson was employed in the silver mines. Martin was born March 16, 1847, attended the public schools in Norway and worked out among the farmers of the neighborhood as a boy. The prospects for the acquisition of property of his own did not seem bright at home so in 1867 he left Norway and took passage in a sailing vessel for Quebec. In a short time after landing in Quebec he continued his journey by boat to Milwaukee and thence to Edgerton, Wis. Until 1884 he was obliged to work out but by that time was able to purchase a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Albion, which has since been his home. The property was almost unimproved and Mr. Mason has brought it to a fine and profitable condition by unremitting energy. Substantial and comfortable buildings have been erected and everything done to render it a pleasant home. Mrs. Mason was before her marraige Miss Karen S. Anderson of Albion, daughter of Ole O. Anderson and

Gurie (Peterson) Anderson, pioneer residents of Albion. Air. and Airs. Mason were married in December, 1878, and five children have blessed the marriage. Claude M., the oldest son, is a prosperous farmer of Pleasant Springs ; Clara married Fred Lintnedt and lives on a farm in the town of Christiania; Oscar G. resides at the old homestead with his parents; Matilda lives with her brother Claude in Pleasant Springs; Xeil H. is still at home. The family is identified with the Norwegian Lutheran church of Edgerton, havng remained in the same faith as their parents. Mr. Mason is an enthusiastic member of the Repubican party and has held several local offices, taking an active interest in town and county matters. The children all attended the district schools of Albion and are successful farmers.

Vroman Mason of Madison, a prominent attorney of that city, was born there, March 15, 1873. He is the son of Edwin C. and Josphine (Woman) Mason, and .on his mother's side of Dutch ancestry, the Vromans being one of the old Dutch families of Xew York. His ancestors, on both sides, took part in the Revolutionary War, and his paternal grandfather, L. B. Mason, was chaplain of the Twelfth AYiscons'n Regiment in the Civil War, and died in service. His maternal grandfather, William AYoman, was one of the pioneers of Dane county, coming in 1836. Air. Alason was educated in this city; was graduated first from the high school; from the University of Wisconsin, in 1895 > and from the college of law in 1899. He began practice at Dodgeville; as a member of the firm of Reese, Curtis & Alason. For three years he was a member of the firm of Chynoweth & Alason, of Aladison, and in January, 1906, opened an office by himself. He is a Republican and has served the city of Aladison as an alderman of the first ward. He is a member of the Congregational church, and belongs to several professional and fraternal societies; the Wisconsin Bar Association, American Historical Society, Free Alasons, (Aladison Lodge, Xo. 5), and Elks.

John O. Mawney, a retired dentist of Alazomanie. was born at Penn Yan, Yates county, X. Y., May 7, 183 1. His father, John Mawney, was born at Saratoga Springs, and his mother, whose maiden name was Alary Briggs, was a native of Yates county. The father grew to manhood and received his education at Saratoga Springs, after which he went to Yates county and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He died in 1844 and his widow lived until 1895, when she died at the age of seventy-six years. They were both members of the Alethodist Episcopal church, and were consistent in the practice of their faith. Of their seven children William. Robert, Sarah and Mary E. I've in Yates county ; John G. is the subject of this sketch ;

Semah is deceased, and Caleb died in the Chicago fire in 1871. Robert Mawney, the grandfather of John G., was a soldier in the War of 1812. John G. Mawney received his elementary education in the schools of his native county and in 1852 graduated at the Philadelphia dental college. He began the practice of his profession at Penn Van, where he remained until his marriage on April 14, 1858, to Miss Ruth Ward, daughter of John and Eliza Ward, of Yates county. Shortly after his marriage he went to Richmond, 111., and practiced there until he enlisted in July, 1862, as orderly sergeant in Company D, Ninetyfifth Illinois Infantry. His regiment was assigned to duty in the department of the Mississippi under General Grant, and the company was Grant's provost guard at Holly Springs. After the surrender of Aricksburg Sergeant Mawney was taken sick and sent home for three months to recover his health. He then rejoined his command and was for a time on the Red River, but was again taken ill and sent home for two months. He then went to the marine hospital at Chicago, from which institution he was discharged in the fall of 1864. After receiving his discharge from the army he located at Horicon, Wis., where he practiced dentistry until the year 1871, when he located at Mazomanie. For twenty years he had an office in Sauk City, in connection with his practice at Mazomanie. In 1903 he retired from active professional work. Politically Mr. Mawney is a Democrat, and while he takes a keen interest in all questions relating to the public welfare, he can hardly be classed as an active politician. He is a member of A. "R:. McDonald Post, No. 56, Grand Army of the Republic, at Mazomanie, and has frequently been called to some of the office of the post. Mrs. Mawney died on October 28, 1905. She joined the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of fourteen years, but after coming to Mazomanie attended the Congregational church. They never had any children.

Cheney C. May, cashier of the bank at Cambridge, was one of the original members of the banking house of E. P. May & Co., who organized the international hank at Cambridge in 1893. In 1904 its organization was changed to that of a state bank. The May family have lived in Wisconsin since 1839, when Christian May, grandfather of Cheney C, came to Fort Atkinson from Chester, Oneida county. N. Y. Five children were born to Christian May and his wife Elizabeth ; Zida, George, Chester, Eli and Elizabeth, of whom Eli P. is the sole survivor. The farm at Fort Atkinson consisted of six hundred acres and this the family improved and upon it built the first frame house erected in Fort Atkinson. Iron was discovered by Mr. May at Mayville and the village was named in his honor. He died in 1846 and his wife in 1879. Eli P. was born in Oneida county, N. Y. in 1825, worked on the farm for his father and managed the farm for several years. He then became a merchant in Fort Atkinson and afterward engaged in the milling business in which he was very successful. He has been active in village affairs, served as supervisor and president and belonged to the Republican party. Harriet ( Vosberg) May, his first wife, died in May, 1856, leaving one daughter, Ida. who married Edward Scott. Mrs. Scott died, leaving two daughters, Laura and Margaret. Mr. May's second wife was, before her marriage, Miss Ann Curtis, a native of Vermont and daughter of Cyrus Curtis, founder of the Northwestern Manufactu'ng Co. of Fort Atkinson. Four children blessed the second marriage. Dorr C. the oldest son, resides on the old homestead at Fort Atkinson and carries on a general farming 'business. Cheney, the subject of this sketch, is the second son. Clara is Mrs. John Wurtzburg of Edenville, Cal., and has two sons. Harold and Russell. Hattie (deceased) married Willard Frost. Two children, Rowland and Zida, were born to them. Cheney C. was born at Fort Atkinson, September 7, 1859, attended school in Fort Atkinson, lived with his father until he was twenty-six years of age and was employed for a number of years in the Fort Atkinson Roller Mills owned by E. P. May. For nine years he was employed in milling at Rockdale and in 1893 located at Cambridge, where he opened the bank. May 9, 1883, he married Miss Mary Delano, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Westcott) Delano of Fort Atkinson, who came to Wisconsin from New York. One son was born to the marriage, Harry C, May 29, 1886. Harry was graduated from the Cambridge high school in 1902 and holds the position of assistant cashier in the bank.

George A. Meek, of Dane, was born at Westminister, London, Eng., November 20, 1852. Both his paternal grandparents, George and Jane (Morris) Meek, and his maternal grandparents, James and Ann Roof was born in Yorkshire, Eng., and spent their lives in their native shire. George Meek, the father of the subject of this sketch, and his mother, Ann (Roof) Meek, were also born in Yorkshire, the former on October 12, 1816, and the latter December 6, 1823. They came to this country in 1857. landing in New York, and soon coming on to Cambria, Columbia county; after a residence of three years there they moved to Vienna township, Dane. They experienced the hardships incident to life in a new country, and for the first year in Wisconsin, substituted the friendly shelter of a big oak for the conventional roof-tree. The father, at least, was somewhat inured to severe conditions, as be- fore coming to the United States, he had served in the Crimean war; that he did not fear to face them was shown by his enlistment in the Twenty-second regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, as a private, March 10, 1865. He was discharged June 28, 1865, after three months of service. Geo. A. Meek attended the common schools of Columbia and Dane, and early began life on his own account His first independent work was in lumbering in the pine woods ; at the age of twenty-six he turned his attention to farming, but continued in. that occupation for only one year; following that brief experience he took up the business of wagon-making in Dane, in which he was engaged for eight years. His early work in the lumber camps, and the knowledge necessarily gained of the values of woods, determined the work of his later years, which has been that of builder and contractor for five years, and, since 1896, the allied business of the lumber dealer. Mr. Meek has held a number of elective offices ; was town treasurer for nine years, supervisor of Dane village for three years, and chairman for two, also deputy sheriff for some time. He is one of a family of twelve children, ten of whom are living; one brother, David, was killed on the railroad, at Dane, when he was eighteen years old. A talent for adaptability is a characteristic of the family, Geo. Meek, Sr., also having been able to turn himself to any work that circumstances demanded, from warfare to railroading and pioneer farming, which itself, necessitated a large and varied knowledge. Both father and son achieved competency, the former having increased his first investment in one hundred and twenty acres in Arlington township, Columbia, to three hundred and sixty of unencumbered property at the time of his death in Arlington, July 20, 1894; his wife and helpmeet died October 25, 1901. Geo. Meek, Jr., also owns a farm in Dane, real estate in Madison and other property. An interesting item in connection with the coming of the family to America, was that the Northumberland, the boat in which they came, was the same that conveyed Napoleon to St. Helena. The elder family was connected with the United Presbyterian church, but the subject of this sketch is associated with the Catholic church of which his wife and family are members. Like his father he is an adherent of the Republican party. He married Miss Catherine Albrecht, August 4, 1878. She was born in Bavaria, - November 12. 1857, - as were also her parents, Geo. and Anna Mary (Weigl) Albrecht, he in 1820 and she on August 31, 1827. They came to Dane in 1873 and lived for nine years on a farm one mile south of Dane ; he afterward kept a hotel in Dane, but had re- tired from active work at the time of his death, which was the result of an accident on the railroad at Dane, December 7, 1899 ; his wife died April 11. 1900. Mr. Meek and wife have four children, Rosa, born May o, 18T9 ; Catherine, born October 8, 1881 ; Geo. W., born September 29, 1881; Anna, born July 19, 1886. All have been graduated from the Lodi high school ; Rosa was for four years the post mistress of Dane, and is now, with her youngest sister, a nurse in St. Joseph's hospital, Milwaukee. Catherine taught school for three years and is now studying in the University of Wisconsin, at Madison ; George spent four years in California, and is now brakeman on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.

Christian J. Melaas, senior member of the firm of Melaas-Johnson Co., proprietors of the "Big Daylight Store," one of the largest department stores in the city of Stoughton, is a son of John J. and Christie J. Melaas, natives of Bergen, Norway, who settled in Pleasant Springs on one hundred and sixty acres of government land immediately after their arrival in this country in 1844. The father made all the improvements on the property and lived there until his death, which occurred in his sixty-second year. The widow, now eightytwo years of age, still resides on the homestead. The subject of this sketch was the eldest of the five sons in the family, the others being Mons J., Ole J., John J. and Louis J. All were born on the Pleasant Springs homestead. Christian J. Melaas first saw the light of day on September 5, 1845. After attending the common schools he entered Albion Academy, receiving his certificate as teacher when eighteen vears old. For three years he followed the vocation of teacher and then went to Madison where until 1868 he was employed as a clerk and bookkeeper in a dry goods and clothing house. He then returned to Stoughton and engaged in the drug business, continuing at it six years. His connection with the drug enterprise was severed to embark in the clothing business with Matthew Johnson under the firm name of Johnson & Melaas, which firm has continued up to the present time. M. A. Johnson purchased his father's interest upon the latter's death, in 1883 and since 1904 the concern has been managed under the name of the Melaas-Johnson companv. The present owners are C. J. Melaas, Martin A. Johnson, cashier of the First National bank of Stoughton, and J. F. Melaas, who acts as general manager and superintendent of the company. Their store is the handsomest in tlie city and one of the best equipped places of business in the county. It is exceptionallv well lighted, and from that fact has rereceived the name of the "Big Daylight Store." All lines of goods usually found in a department store are kept in the "Daylight" and a spec- ialty is made of hardware and agricultural implements and machinery. Mr. Melaas has been twice married. Elizabeth K. Sheldrup, a native of Norway to whom he was united on December 5, 1869, died February i, 1893, leaving the following children, --Julius Ferdinand; Christiana Amelia, the wife of George A. Nohr, a banker of Oklahoma ; Xellie Josephine ; Wilma Amanda ; Guda Olive ; Wilbur Guy, a graduate of Rush Medical college of Chicago, who has served as interne in the Milwaukee county hospital; Alva jeanette; and Ruby Dagmar. Mr. Melaas' second marriage was to Emma J. Evanson of Albion, to whom he was united on August 2, 1894. This second union has been blessed with two children, Elizabeth Marie and Christian Karel. Mr. Melaas and 'his family are communicants of the Lutheran church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Summit club. Politically he is a stanch Republican and as the candidate of that party was two times, eleted mayor of Stoughton, filling the chair to the satisfaction of the whole community. Besides his commercial interest he is largely interested in agricultural pursuits. He is well entitled to the place he has won as one of the most enterprising and progressive business men of a rapidly growing city.

Prof. Edward Christopher Meland is principal of the Windsor township free high school of which he has had charge since 1895, and prominent in educational and business circles in De Forest. The Meland family is of Norwegian origin. The first representative in Dane county was Anthon Nelson Meland, who was born in Ydre Sogn, Bergens-Stift, Norway, June 16, 1830. He came to the United States in 1849 anc^ worked for a time in Leeds township, Columbia county. Wis. and then went to the northern woods, where he found employment in the lumber camps. After three years in the north he obtained a farm in Dane county of two hundred and thirty acres, all but eighty acres of which are in the town of Windsor. Nels Rasmusson, father of Anthon, after the death of his wife, Anna Tenningen, in 1849 married Rryteva Fjerstad and came with his wife to the town of Leeds, where he spent the remainder of his life. Anthon Meland married Miss Anna Graue, who was born in Voss, Bergens-Stift, Norway, April 14, 1833 and fifteen children were born to them, of whom five are living; Anna, Britha, Edward C, the subject of this sketch, Sophia and Tena. Mr. Anthon Meland lives in De Forest and has been for some years retired from active business. From 1883 to 1903, he was editor of "Den Kristelige Laegmand" and he and his wife have always been leaders in the work of the Evangelical Lutheran church. Their son Edward Christopher wras born in the town of Leeds, Columbia county, Wis. January 30, 1866, attended school in Leeds and also the academic department of the Northwestern Business College, at Madison. He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1889 and while he was a student he also taught German and Latin in the preparatory school. For four years after graduation he was employed in the preparatory school and left it to take charge of the public schools of Deerfield. During the two years of his work there. Mir. Meland organized the high school at Deerfield and in 1895 he was called to De Forest. Prof. Meland is an active and energetic principal and much progress has been made by the schools under his government. In 1895. he and his father established the De Forest Times and he also was one of the first stockholders of the De Forest state bank, of which he if a director. A Republican in political affiliations, Mr. Meland has served as town clerk at De Forest and as village clerk at Deerfield and ,has been sent as delegate to both county and congressional conventions. May 27, 1890, Prof. Meland married Miss Isabel Woll. who was born in Norway, September 7, 1868, daughter of Ole Woll. Five children were born to the marriage ; Agnes, who died in infancy. Hazel, who is a sophomore in the high school. Elsie, Ruth and Reuben. The family is prominent in the Evangelical Lutheran church and Mr. Meland is one of the national board of trustees of the church.

Thor J. Mell, a native of Norway, where his mother and a brother and sister, the oldest and youngest of a family of seven children, still reside, was born January 24, 1864. His father, John Torsen Mell, was born in 1832 and died in 1879: his mother Gojra (Omel) Mell was born in 1840. The children are, Ole, Thor J., Hans, Susie, Betsey, ( the last three live in Minnesota ) , Andrew who lives in De Eorest with his brother. Thor, and Johanna lives in Berlin, Norway. Mr. Mell obtained his education in his native country as he did not camel to Dane 'county until he was twenty-four years of age. He began life bv working by the month, as a farm hand, but by his industry and frugality he was able, in 1898. after a residence here of only ten years, to purchase a farm of his own. He now owns one hundred and seventy acres which he runs as a stock farm, principally raising short-horn cattle and China-Poland hogs. He a'so cultivates a considerable acreage of tobacco. He is endebted only to his own energy and good management for his possessions, and is esteemed by those who have knowledge of methods, as a first class farmer. He is a Republican and he and his wife belong to the Norway Grove Lutheran church. On April 2, 1896. he was married to Miss Carrie Swallen, and thev have two children. Ruth Genevieve, born 1896, and John Otto, born July 6, 1898. Mrs. Carrie (Swallen) Mell is the daughter of Ole Swallen and Rande (Fetcn) Swallen, natives of Norway, who came to Vienna in an early day, where they were married. They had twelve children, of whom eight are living. He was a farmer, voted with the Republican party, and with his wife, belonged to the Norway Grove Lutheran church. He passed away some time ago, although his widow is still living1. One son, Thomas O. Swallen, born in Vienna, January 10, 1853, resides at Dane. He married, October 8, 1885, Miss Betsey Eggum, daughter of Lars and Gertrude (Holms) Eggum._ They have seven children, Rhoda Jenett, Leonard Orton, Olin Bernhart, Gertrude Amanda, Lottie Josephene, Ida Beatrice and John Leonard ; of these all except Leonard O. are living.

Adolph F. Menges is the president and treasurer of The Menges Pharmacies, incorporated, with establishments in the city of Madison at 28 West Mifflin street and 829 University avenue. He is also a director in the Savings, Loan & Trust company of Madison, and is a director in the Wisconsin Brick company, holding die office of treasurer in the same. He i's the vice-president and one ol the directors in the Starks-Levis Land Company and has been a member of the state board of pharmacy for ten years and secretary of the same for the three years ending May I, 1906. He is also a member of the board of water commissioners of the city of Madison. Mr. Menges is a native of the capital city, having been born in Madison, November 1, 1863, and his parents were Adolph and Louise Menges, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, December 8, 1810, and migrated to America in 1833, locating first in Missouri, where he remained until 1847, an(l then came to Wisconsin. He established his residence in Milwaukee, where he remained two years, the four years following he lived in Watertown and then removed in 1853 to Madison, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying on May 21, 1878. He became widely and favorably known as a substantial citizen of this part of the state. His wife died on June 15, 1890, at the age of fifty years. The subject of this review is one of a family of four children that were born to the above-named parents, and the following facts are given concerning them: Louise married J. W. Gardner, and died in 1890 at the age ot thirty years; Emma is the wife of William Kayser and resides in Madison ; Adolph F. is he to whom this sketch is more particularly dedicated, and Augusta is the wife of George W. Bradshaw with res:dence in Milwaukee. Adolph F. Menges received his education in the public schools of Madison and at the University of Wisconsin, graduating in the college of pharmacy with the class of 1886, receiving the degree of Ph. G. After leaving school he clerked for a time with Duminsr &

Sumner, and in 1891 he engaged in business for himself, establishing the Mifflin street pharmacy. In 1900 lie added the University avenue establishment and incorporated the business, with two of his clerks - A. H. Glenz and George H. Fett - as partners. The company carries a full line of drugs and photo and stationery supplies. Mr. Menges was married on June 19, 1901, to Miss. Eva Frattinger, a native of Milwaukee. Mrs. Menges died February 5, T903, at the age of twenty-nine years. On July 18, 1906, he was married to Hilda Shakshesky, of Watertown, Wis. Mr. Menges is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Madison.

S. W. Merrick, secretary and general manager 'of the Wisconsin Rubber company, whose headquarters are in Madison, was born in Niles, Mich., March 30, 1844. His father was L. H. Merrick, a native of New Hampshire and a tanner, currier anei shoemaker by trade. His first labors were in the vicinity of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Adrian, Mich. From Adrian he went to Xiles, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and made shoes until 1855 and then removed to Prescott, "Wis. Here he died at the age of sixty-four years, while carrying on a grocery business. The subject's mother was Cornelia Whelpley, a native of New York state, who passed away one year previous to her husband's death. Of the six children in the family George Byron Merrick and S. W. Merrick are the only survivors. S. W. Merrick received his education in the schools of Prescott, Wis. He learned the printer's trade but did not follow it, engaging in carpentering, building and millwrighting until 1895. In that year he organized the Lodi Mutual Fire Insurance company at Lodi, and continued as secretary of that company for five years. Then he engaged in the sale of stock of the Philidelphia Plantation Company and in 1 903 with Prof. R. B. Anderson, Dr. C. H. Hall, and F. C. Hutson he organized the Wisconsin Rubber Company without severing his connection with the Philadelphia concern. On March 24, 1873, he married Carrie R., daughter of John B. and Mary (Thornton) Taber. natives of Wisconsin, and to this marriage three children have been born, - George W., a graduate from the Lodi high school, died May 1, 1895. aged seventeen years; Jessie B., a graduate from the University of Wisconsin with the class of 1904, and now taking postgraduate work in the same institution ; Grace Gladys, a pupil in the Wisconsin Academy. Mrs. Merrick is a member of the Presbyterian church.

the imaginary line that separates Dane from Jefferson county, his large farming interests on this side of the division mark makes it decidedly proper that the record of his successful career be preserved in this volume. The place of his birth is in Germany and the date thereof is June 6, 1844, his parents being Gotfried and Minnie (MinskuerJ Meseka, who were also natives of the Fatherland. The father worked as a laborer during his life and died in the land of his nativity, after which the mother came to the United States and is now living near her son, whose name introduces this review. Carl Meseka received his education in the schools of his native land and followed the occupation of a farmer there until 1873, when he migrated to America, The statfe of Wisconsin was the objective point in his journey, and he made the trip by the way of .Chicago and Milwaukee, finally locating in Jefferson county, just over the Dane county line. He located on his present farm in 1894, and the same consists of two hundred acres of fine tillable land, well improved, with good buildings erected thereon. All of these evidences of prosperity are the reward of the unflagging industry and careful management, so characteristic of our citizens of of German extraction, and especially pronounced in Mr. Meseka. He has followed the business of general farming, which is of course unerstood to include stock-raising, and in the latter line he has given particular attention to the breeding of a good grade of cattle. Since coining to America Mr. Meseka has attended strictly to his life's vocation, and has not been enticed away from his noble calling by the seductive song of the political siren. He does not "belong" to any party, but in the exercise of the right of franchise he supports the men and measures that meet his intelligent approval, regardless of the label that may be stamped thereon. And this is as it should be. His religious faith is expressed by membership in the Bavarian church at London. He was married in Germany to Miss Minnie Beam, who was also a native of that country, and to this union there have been born eleven children, the birth of the three older ones having occurred before the migration of the parents to America. The names and other facts concerning these children are as follows: Tennie is now Mrs. Strausburg of Lake Mills, Wis.; Bertha is the wife of Mr. Myers and resides at Fort Atkinson; Herman is the oldest son; Lizzie is now Mrs. Rhoda, of Fort Atkinson; Anna resides at Janesville; Amelia is the wife of Mr. Hultz, of Lake Mills; Ida and Anna reside at Fort Atkinson; and Charles, Albert and Willie remain at home.