Dane County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1906 (part 2 of 29)

John H. Auby, a farmer ,in the town of Deerfield, was born November 12. 1857, in the neighborhood where he now lives. His grandparents. Lars and Catherine (Larson) Auby, were both born in Norway, the former in 1778 and the latter in 1780. They were among the pioneers of Illinois, but later came to Dane county and there passed the rest of their lives. Hans Auby, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Norway, July 4, 1824, and the mother, whose maiden name was Helga Halverson, was born there on August 12, 1826. They were married December 13, 1847,. and to them were born the following children: Helen Catherine, born August 20, 1848, married Halvor A. Nestestu and is now living a widow at Deerfield; Louis, born December 9, 1850, married Cornetia Tarson, and lives in South Dakota ; Carl Henry, born March 11. 1853, married Catherine Fairweather, and lives at Galena. 111. ; Benjamin O., born August 2, 1855, married Henrietta Melang and resides in the village of Deerfield; John H., the subject <>t this sketch; Lizzie B., born April 26, 1860, now the wife of John Ollis. an attorney of Madison; Henrietta Christiana, born Inly 18. 1862. married Andrew Husebo, and now lives at Sioux Falls. S. D. ; Marion Christene, born April 4, 1866, and died February in. 1892. The father of these children came to America July 4, 1843, and made his way directly to Wisconsin. He worked as a farm hand for a year near Milwaukee, and then went to Illinois, where Ik- was employed in the lead mines for two years. About three years later he came to Dane county with his parents,. who boughl one hundred and sixty acres of land, on which the subject of this sketch now lives. Here Hans Auby died on December 9, L895, and his widow now lives with her daughter in Deerfield. John II. Auby received a common school education in the town of Deerfield and at the age of twenty-five years went to Clark county. S. I )., where hi' entered three hundred and twenty acres of land under the homestead law, and farmed there for two years. He then sold his land and returned to Dane county. For three years he worked his father's farm on the shares, and after his death bought out the other heirs and continues to reside on the old homestead. He is a Democrat in his political affiliations and has been elected a member of the town board three times, now serving his second term as chairman of the board. On March 20, 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie, daughter of James and Mary (Nellen) Copland,, of the town of Medina. Her father came to Wisconsin at an early date and settled in the town of Medina, where he died in May, 1905, the mother still lives on the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Auby have four children : Arthur H., born June 21, 1891 ; Leonard James, born June 18, 1893 ; Gladys Evelyn, born August 20, 1897; and Lawrence C, born December 20, 1901. Stephen C. Baas has long been a well-known citizen of Madison. For many years he owned a boat livery on Lake Monona and is an authority among fisherman and lovers of water sports. From boyhood he learned to handle boats and to understand the vagaries of inland seas, for his father and uncles were fishermen and exporters of fish in Milwaukee. Henry Baas, father of Stephen, came to Milwaukee from Pomerania, with his parents when he was a young lad. With his brothers, Henry, Chris, and Will, he ran fishing smacks near Milwaukee and cured fish for Milwaukee and Chicago markets. Henry married Miss Sophia Siggelko, a native of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1863 they came to Madsion and opened a grocery store on Williamson street. Mr. Baas enhsted in the Ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and was sent to Little Rock,. Ark., where he suffered from illness produced by the climate. In 1865 he returned to the store which he managed until his death in 1869. His widow still resides in Madison, eighty-six years of age. Of the six children, three are living. The oldest son, William, died in 1896. He was born in Milwaukee in 1853, married M'ss Carrie Showers and left one son, Arthur, who is a book-keeper with the Marshall Field Co. in Chicago. For many years William Baas was proprietor of the Madison Hotel. Stephen C. is the second son ; Amelia, the oldest daughter lives with her mother in Madison ; Lucy is also at home ; Minnie and Emma died in infancy. Stephen C. was born in Milwaukee, Jan. 3, 1855, attended both German and English schools and also the Northwestern Business College at Madison. He engaged in the shoe business for some years but his tastes led him to seek an out-of-door life and until 1905, when he sold his business, his boat-landing was a Mecca for fisherman. May 14, 1879, he married Miss Emily F. Mayer.. daughter of Casper .Mayer and Elizabeth (Steinle) Mayer. Mrs. Mayer was a native of Baden and Mr. Mayer was also born in Germany. They came to Madison in 1853 and Mr. Mayer resided in the city until his death in 1884. Mr. Mayer's oldest son. Caspar A., lives in Madison. Anna is the wife of William Vallender. Theresa M. is Mrs. Peter Hoven of New Haven, Conn. Emily F. is Mrs. Bass. Bertha M. is the wife of George Breitenbach of Madison. Helen L. is Mrs. Harry Hunt of Madison. Mrs. Baas has marked musical ability which has been inherited by her one son, Alexius H., who is one of the most popular singers of Madison. Alexius was born May 18, 1885, was graduated from the Madison high school, and from the University of Wisconsin with the class of 1906. When he was a little lad he began to sing in the choir of St. Raphael's church and has been a member of that choir ever since. He also plays the pipe-organ and piano but is best known as a singer. Madison people always regard it a great treat to hear his wonderful voice and he is wellknown in many other cities. He expects to start for Berlin soon where he will take an advanced course in music and will remain abroad in these pursuits for perhaps a couple of years.

Ulysses S. Baer, first assistant dairy and food commissioner and dairy expert of the state of Wisconsin, secretary of the state cheese makers' association (the largest organization of its kind in the world), vice president of the Wisconsin cheese and butter educational scor'ng contest association, and associate editor of the Cheese and Dairy Journal and Creamery Reporter, was born at Ithaca, Richland county, Wis., Aug. 21, 1873. His parents are 1). \Y. and Malinda (Daniels) Baer, the former a native of Ohio, the latter of New York state. Both came to Wisconsin when children, the Baer family settling in Sank county and the Daniels fam'ly in Marquette county. For several years Mr. and Mrs. I). \\ . I'.aer have made their home at Hartford, Washington county. Wis., where D. YY. Baer is a hardware merchant, machinist and contractor. U. S. Baer is the oldest of their five children, the others being Melvin (deceased) ; Lillie, now Mrs. J. K. Powell of (Jtica, X. Y. ; Daisy, proprietor of a dress-mak'hg establishment in Milwaukee, and Edna, a student in the University of Wisconsin. I'. S. I'.aer. the subject of this sketch, embarked in the dairy business in Richland county in the year 1887, entering the dairy department of the University of Wisconsin in the winter of 1891. In 1892 he received a graduating certificate from that institution and the same year was appointed to the position of assistant instructor in dairying at the Wisconsin dairy school, serving the school in that capacity during the winter months only. During the summer months of those years he was personally engaged in the manufacture of both butter and cheese in Richland and Juneau counties. In the spring of 1893 he had charge of the instructional work in dairying, given in the "short courses" at the Minnesota experiment station, St. Anthony Park, Minn. In the spring of 1895 he was called to the Pacific coast to take charge of work of the same nature at the Washington state agricultural college and school of science, located at Pullman, Wash. Early in the season of 1895 he was employed by the Wisconsin state dairymen's association as its expert traveling cheese-instructor, which position he held until October, 1899, when he resigned to accept the appointment as chef instructor in cheese-making at the Wisconsin experiment station, which position he gave up to accept an appointment by Gov. Robert M. La Follette, as first assistant dairy and food commissioner and dairy expert in 1903. Mr. Baer's special fitness for the position was long recognized, and since h's incumbency of the office he has filled every requirement. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Baer is unmarried and makes his home at 450-452 West Gilman street, Madison, Wis. The dairy press of the entire country unanimously said of Mr. Baer at the time of his appointment: "By ability, technical training, wide and varied experience, Mr. Baer is pre-eminently qualified to perform in a highly efficient a"nd satisfactory manner the duties of the position. He is widely known among the alumni of the dairy and agricultural college of the University of Wisconsin, among the membership of the Wisconsin dairymen's, cheese makers' and butter makers' associations, and by dairymen generally throughout the state and country at large, among whom there was a strong sentiment favor'ng his last appointment to a public office of trust."

William R. Bagley, lawyer, was born at Charles City, Iowa, on April 2, 1860. After completing his literary education he studied law and was admitted to the bar in his native state, in 1883, removing to Madison, Wis., in the same year, and he has practiced his profession in the capital city ever since. His fam'ly consists of himself, wife, and four children.

Nelson R. Bailey, retired farmer of Madison, Avas born in Essex county, N. Y., August 2. 1835. His parents, Samuel and Almira (B'sby) Bailey, were both born in the same county, there grew to maturity, and after their marriage came to Wisconsin, settling in what is known as the "Bailey neighborhood." near Sun Prairie, in 1846. Here Samuel Bailey bought three hundred and forty acres of unimproved land, which he opened to cultivation and passed the remainder of his life on the farm. He was one of the pioneers of the Republican party and held a number of offices during his lifetime. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Four of their children are still living. John is a physician at Sioux City, la.; Nelson R. is the subject of this sketch; Eugene R. is a retired farmer at Selma, Kan. ; and Martha is the wife of Edgar Cobb, residing at Colby, Wis. Nelson R. Bailey lived at home with his parents until his marriage to Miss Amanda R., daughter of Richard F. and Jane (Young) Cameron, in November, 1863. She was born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., her parents being nat'ves of the "Empire State." the father of Morgan and the mother of Saratoga county. They came to Wisconsin in 1846. Their children were Amanda R., now Mrs. Bailey; J. W., a physician and dentist at Salina, Kan. ; Helen F., wife of W. E. Bailey, and F. Y., who died in July, 1904. In August, 1864, Mr. Bailey enlisted as a private in Company M, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, and served until June, 1865, his regiment during that time being stationed at Washington, D. C, on guard duty- While in the service he filled the position of clerk to the captain of his company. He was educated in the public schools and taught two terms. Until April, 1902, he continued to live on the old homestead. He then sold all the farm except fifty acres, retired from active pursuits and took up his residence in Madison. Politically he is a Republican, and in religious matters is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has held several local offices and takes a deep interest in all questions relating to the public weal. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have had four children. Thurman C. died at the age of nine months, and Randolph A. died at the age of five years. Wallace is a dentist at Cadott, Wis. He married Antonia Rosenberg and has one son, Thurman. Ada B. is the wife of Clarence L. Kocher of Madison, and has one son, Russell B.

Edward T. Baillie is one or the representative exponents of the retail mercantile interests of the city of Madison, being junior member of the firm of Schmedeman & Baillie, merchant tailors and dealers in clothing and men's furnishing goods. Mr. Baillie has the distinction of being a native of the famed old city of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was born April 19. 1866, being a son of Peter and Catherine (Tapp) Baillie, both of whom were likewise born in the land of hills and heather. In his native land Peter Baillie followed the carpenter's trade for many years, becoming a successful contractor, and there he continued to reside until his death, his widow still maintaining her home in Scotland. The subject of this sketch and one of his sisters are the only representatives of the family in America, his two sisters and one brother being still resident of Scotland. Mr. Baillie was reared to maturity in his native land, receiving the advantages of the excellent schools of Edinburgh. On his twenty-second birthday he severed the home ties and set forth to establish a home in America. He landed in Philadelphia, whence he came direct to Madison. Here he secured a position as clerk in the grocery establishment of Alexander Findlay, at the corner of King and Doty streets, remaining thus engaged for a period of four years, at the expiration of which he became night mailing clerk in the postoffice, retaining this incumbency about two years, then becoming bookkeeper in the dry-goods establishment of R. B. Ogilvie, who was then one of the leading merchants of the capital city. His next position was that of clerk in the clothing and merchant-ta'loring establishment of the firm of Grinde & Schmedeman, and he continued thus engaged until the dissolution of the firm, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Schmedeman. February 18, 1904, since which time they have continued the enterprise under the firm name of Schmedeman & Baillie, the senior member being Albert G. Schmedeman. Their finely appointed establishment is located at 25 East Main street and they control a representative patronage, catering to the discriminating trade of the city, the university and the territory normally tributary to the cap tal city. Mr. Baillie gives his support to the Republican party and both he and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church. He is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen and the Independent Order of Foresters, and he enjoys marked popularity in both business and social circles. July 7, 1892, Mr. Baillie was united in marriage to Miss Julia O. O'Dea, who was born and reared in Madison, being a son of Patrick and Ellen O'Dea, the former of whom is deceased and the latter of whom still resides in Madison. Mr. and Mrs. Baillie have three children. - Joseph, Helen and Edward. Lewis Baker, of Waunakee, is a native of Prince Edward's Island, born February 25, 1827. His father, Robert Baker, was born in Bait' more, Md., in 1778 and his mother in Dover, Kent county. Eng., in 1785. Mr. Baker's paternal grandparents were Quakers, and on account of religious persecution, left Baltimore during the Revolutionary 'War. They found a refuge in Prince Edward's Island, where they reared their family ; there his father married, spent most of his life and d:.ed in 1864; his wife, Ann (Moice) Baker died in 1864. In 1812, Robert Baker went to Baltimore, and under an injunction was detained three years. During this time he found employment with his uncle in a shoe factory. He and his wife had eight children, of whom four are living. Mr. Baker's maternal grandparents were Episcopalians. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of Prince Edward's Island. In 1852 he went to Maine and engaged in the lumber business. 'Three years later he came to Madison and located at Pheasant Branch, where he remained one year and then went to Wood county, where he again engaged in the lumber business. In 1860 he came to what is now Waunakee and settled on eighty acres of land. The village of Waunakee, named by Simeon Mills of Madison, was in 1871 platted by Mr. Baker and Mr. George F'sh and that part north of Main street was located on Mr. Baker's land. He has increased his acreage to four hundred and has made all the improvements upon his farm. For the past ten years his son, Theodore Wr, has been associated with him in farming and the breeding of Aberdeen Angus cattle ; he has also for twenty-five years been a breeder of road and carriage horses. While Mr. Baker in an active Republican, he is not an aspirant to office, but has served on both the school and village boards. He is liberal in his religious views. He was married February 14, 1854. to Mrs. Sophia Taylor, born in I'rince Edward's Island n 1825, of parents who were resident there. Their children are Emeline, wife or R. B. Parker, of Cleveland, Ohio; Lilly, wife of W. R. Rudd, of St Paul, (deceased, 1899); I lattie,. died at age of five years; Theodore W., farmer and in partnership with his father; Lewis R., a veterinary surgeon and employed by the government; resides at Kansas city, Kansas. Mrs. Baker, wife of the subject of this sketch, died June 13, 1900.

Loren Baker is a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of the town of Medina and came to Dane county with his parents, Gaylord and Adeline (Sperry) P>aker, when he was ten years of age. Gaylord Baker was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, N. Y. in 1821. the son of Stephen and Margaret (Lemon) Baker; and his wife was born in ( >hio, < >ctober 18, 1825. Mr. Gaylord Baker was educated in Jefferson county, X. Y. and came to Jefferson county, Wis., in 1845 and to Medina in 1864. He obtained a farm of one hundred and three acres in Medina township and there his wife still lives. Mr. Baker died in 1902. Six children were born to them, of whom but four are living. Mr. and Mrs. Baker attended the Universalist church. Loren Baker was born in Watertown, Jefferson county. "Wis., December 13, 1854, attended the common schools in Dane county and the Marshall Academy and assisted his father in the work of the farm, which is now his home. He has a fine farm of one hundred and fifty acres with well-kept buildings and modern improvements. He makes a specialty of fine coach-horses and Durham cattle and carries on a general farming business. Mr. Baker is a Republican, as was his father, but is not active in politics although interested in the welfare of the community. In 1888, he married Miss Alice Wood, who was born in the town of York, Dane county. Wis., the daughter of G. D. WTood and Lovina (Van Dassbeck) WTood, who came to Dane county from New York state. Mrs. Wood died in 1881 and Mr. W'ood now res'des in Portage. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have four children ; Truman, Lewis, Melvina and Hattie. The family received their education in the home schools and attend the Baptist church. Mr. Baker is a member of the local branc'i of the Modern Woodmen.

Lloyd M. Baldwin, of Belleville, is the son of Julius and Clara (McLaughlin) Baldwin ; the former came to Wisconsin with his parents about fifty years ago ; they came from Canada, settled in Dane county and engaged in farming. Mr. Julius Baldwin still owns the old homestead in Oregon township where his father settled, although he gave up the active management of it a few years since and made his home in the village of Brooklyn. Mrs. Clara (McLaughlin) Baldwin is a native of Ohio, daughter of W. W. McLaughlin, who came from Ohio to Wisconsin nearly seventy years ago, when his daughter was a baby. He settled in the town of Brooklyn. Green county, and there spent his life. He was one of the very earliest of the pioneers who faced the hardships inci- 1 dent to life in an unbroken forest wilderness, far from a base of supplies, and with only the most rudimentary means of communication and transportation. The difficulties of the situation were increased for him by the death of his wife which occurred before he left Oho for what was then the new northwest. He was a man who was actively interested in public affairs and was frequently called upon to fill local offices. Mr. L. M. Baldwin is one of a family of seven children, all living except one ; they are Charles, of Madison ; Clinton, of Brooklyn ; Lloyd M.. the subject of this sketch ; Mimmie married P. A. Haynes, of Brooklyn ; Myra, (deceased) ; Boyd, on the old homestead in Oregon; Daisy, at home in Brooklyn. Mr. L. M. Baldwin passed his boyhood on the farm and amid the usual surroundings., advantages and disadvantages of rural life : when he was twenty-one he began life for himself as a clerk in Gray's general store of Brooklyn. After four years of commercial life he engaged in farming for two years and then returned to his former employment and position, where he remained three years longer; he again took up farming as an occupation, this time go'ng west and setting in Spink county, S. D. which was his home for eight years, at the end of which he returned to Brooklyn and stayed one year before engaging in his present business as a meat dealer and butcher in Belleville. There he has a finely equipped market, and since beginning his enterprise in 1902 has built up a flourishing trade, not only in the village, but, by means of his wagon, he supplies a large demand among the rural population. He was married, first, to Miss May L. Gray, of Oregon, who was born in the town of Brooklyn, Green county. She died in October, 1891. After her death, Mr. Baldwin married Mrs. Rosa Upton, a native of Dane county. They have one child, Harold Lloyd, aged two years. Mr. Baldwin is a member of the M. W. A. and Loyal Americans.

George Baltes, of Dane, is a man whose varied interests have made him a prominent factor in the life of his community from his majority to the present time. He comes of German ancestry. His parental grandfather, George Baltes. and his wife were both natives of Germany ; the former, born in 1804, came to Roxbury township, Dane county, in 1847. There he became the owner of a large farm of two hundred acres, where he resided unt'l his death in 1882, and where his wife continued to make her home up to the time of her death. The maternal grandparents came to Springfield township in 184G. where both died of the cholera in 1853. Peter Baltes, father of George Baltes, the subject of this sketch, was born in Germany in 1840, and came to this country with his parents in 1847. He was educated in the common school of Roxbury, and followed the occupation of both the farmer and the blacksmith. He died in 1896, and his wife, Theresa Dahnn, born in Pennsylvania in 1845, (now Mrs. Taylor of Waunakee), and six of his nine children survive him. George Baltes was born May 17, 1867, in the town <>f Springfield, Dane county, and was educated in the public school at Springfield Corners. He began his independent life as a farmer, and st'll, although his active interests are directed into other lines, owns a farm of two hunded and twenty acres in Columbia county. He followed at different times the occupation of cream-gatherer, - a pursuit developed by the exigencies peculiar to a dairy country, - and that of a saloon-keeper, and for twenty years operated a threshing-mach'ne. At the present time he divides his attention between the duties of a hotel-keeper and those of a manufacturer of lumber. Mr. Baltes political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and he has served the public in the capacity of treasurer of Spr'ngfield township. He and his family are members of St. Martin's Catholic church. His marriage occurred October 4, 1886, in Springfield, Dane county, to Miss Ationie Raemisch, daughter of Frank and Louise (Ruhl.) Raemisch both natives of Germany and among the pioneers of Mazomanie township, Dane county. Mrs. Baltes mother died in Sauk county, in 1905, but her father is still living and resides in Baraboo. Mr. and Mrs. Baltes have two children, Peter and Henry.

Hon. Charles Valdo Bardeen (deceased), a res' dent of Madison from his appointment to the supreme bench, February, 1898, until his death, March 20. 1903, was born in Brookfield, Madison county, N. Y., September 23, 1850. Five years later his parents, Rasselas and Maria (Palmer) Bardeen removed to Wisconsin, locating in Dane county, where his boyhood was spent on a farm near the village of Albion, and his early education was obtained at the district schools. The vicinity of Albion Academy offered the opportunity for the beginning of his higher education and he was graduated from that institution in 1870. Following this he entered the University of Wisconsin but was obliged to discontinue his studies on account of failing eyesight, and he went to Colorado where he remained for two years, being associated while there with Alva Adams, afterward governor of Colorado. Upon his return to Madison he entered the law department of the university from which he was graduated in 1875 ; he was admitted to practice in the courts of Wisconsin and the United States in June of the same year. His first partner was Roger C. Spooner, youngest brother of Senator John C. Spooner, and they opened their office at Wausau. Carl H. Mueller afterward joined the firm and after the retirement of Mr. Spooner, the partnership was continued until 1877 as Mueller & Bardeen. Following this a partnership was formed with Gen. John A. Kellogg, which lasted until the death of Gen. Kellogg in 1882. In 1883 Judge Bardeen became associated with W. H. Mylrea, afterward attorney general, and in 1885 Judge Louis Marchetti was added -to the firm and this partnership was maintained until April, 1891, when Mr. Bardeen was elected to the posit'on of judge of the sixteenth judicial circuit; in 1897 he was reelected without opposition, having the support of the entire bar of the circuit for the office. In February, 1898, Governor Scofield appointed Judge Bardeen to a vacancy in the supreme court, occasioned by the death of Hon. A. W. Newman, and in April following he was, without opposition, elected to fill the remainder of the term. He was a member of the society of Elks, and of the Masonic order, belonging in the latter organization to the Forest lodge, No. 130; Wausau chapter, R. A. M. No. 51 ; St. Omar commandery, K. T. No. 19, and was elected in 1892 grand high priest, R. A. M., of Wisconsin. He was married June 17, 1876, at Albion, Wis., to Miss Frances H. Mdler, a classmate of Albion Academy. His wife and three children, Eleanor (Mrs. Maurice Johnson), Charles V., Jr., and Florence, survive him. The first-born, Bessie, died in infancy. Two brothers. Alden R. and Henry L., reside in Wausau, one, Claire B., in Milwaukee, and one brother, Frank, and a sister, Mrs. Arthur Yale, in Colorado Springs, where she is a practicing physician. These are the few fundimental facts in connection with the life of a man whose untimely death, in his very prime and in the midst of a most successful career, called forth from the bench, the bar and the press of the state such expressions of sorrow and appreciation as are accorded to few men n public life. From the superabundance of material thus supplied it seems difficult to select the fitting expression in which the essence of a man's life and influence may be condensed, and yet from these many sources, - from public associates and pr'vate friends, from official documents and political opponents, from fraternal and society records, from the relations of the intimate family life, - the inferences drawn have a singular unanimity. They agree upon his native ability, - the inheritance of a sturdy New England ancestry, - which built the successful achievements of his later life upon the strong foundation of that personal endeavor which lim'ted circumstances necessitated. By sheer force of character, he made his way to the front. They agree in their estimate of him as a student; while disclaiming genius, as that term is too frequently applied, he is credited with the genius which is the power of concentrated application. A "hard worker," a "close student," a "painstaking student," are terms constantly applied to him. As an attorney the emphasis of his associates is placed upon his thorough equipment, his accuracy, his clear-headed, fair-minded honesty, his candor and his fearlessness, - some of which qualities any successful attorney must possess, but which are seldom found in such measure and completeness were exhibited in the character of Judge Bardeen. In his official capacity both in the e'reuit and supreme court, his judicial temperament was fully recognized and h's opinions were characterized by a clarity, logical sequence, and conscientiousness that well merited the opinion that a "few more years on the supreme bench would have raised him to an equality with the greatest jurists that Wisconsin ever produced, as even at fiftytwo he was little below that mark". His work as a lawyer was not marked by orator'cal flights and yet he was a most convincing speaker, and as a judge his instructions to a jury were models of legal diction, clearness and simplicity. And yet it is, perhaps as a man, as a fr'end, as a citizen, that his life appeals most strongly for an enduring recognition. The qualifies which distinguished him in his professional 1 fe were even more in evidence in his association with his personal friends ; and while of a somewhat retiring disposition, his genial temper, kindliness of heart and loyalty, united to a distinguished presence and pleasing personality, gave him a place peculiarly his own in the esteem of h's wide circle of intimate friends, as well as in the still wider circle of acquaintances. Perhaps out of all the tributes to his memory which the death of Judge Bardeen called forth there is no more just or appreciative one than that expressed by Rev. F. A. Gilmore, from which a few phrases may be culled ; "His life was normal. There are no gaps in it. . . All that he became was already foreshadowed in his youth. . . He was an honest, laborious, k'nd-hearted man; simple, direct, affable ; an able lawyer and an upright, conscientious judge. His life is an open book wherein the youth may read how the highest positions are open to any man who adds to talent, - industry and honesty. He ornamented a profession which offers few prizes to mere genius unaccompanied by application. . . He united a broad grasp of legal principles, gained by labor and research, with accuracy and fidelity in investigation. . . With all his gifts and strength of character he had a charming and direct simplicity of manner and speech. He was enamored of truth, right and goodness ; he loved these deeply. Truth and right were for him the attributes of God. He trusted in God with a large and beautiful faith. . . I know of no severer test of a man's life than the way he faces death. He stood this last supreme test so well and bravely that in this he was perfect."

One of Judge Bardeen's strong characteristics was the great interest he took in young attorneys just starting out on their careers - the counsel he gave them, the aid and encouragement he extended them - was a part of the man, and many are the now well-established attorneys who look back upon his kindness to them.

Samuel J. Barry, (deceased), was a prominent farmer of Verona ; he was born at Wa'ddington, St. Lawrence county, X. Y., March 16, 1834, a son of Samuel Barry, of Tipperary, Ireland. H's father died when he was two years old and his mother ten years later. There were five children in the family, three boys and two girls. Mr. Barry was reared and educated in his native place, and in 1852, at the age of eighteen, he came to Madison; he followed various, occupations for a while and in 1856, began farming for himself. He married Mary Jane Welch, by whom he had two children, Mrs.. Patrick Burns, of Fitchburg, and Mary, who married Thos. Lucas,, of Madison. After the death orf his wife, he married, April 30, 1872, Hannah, daughter of James Sullivan, - mentioned elsewhere, - by whom he had three children, Lillie Bertha, died, aged seven ;. Charles J. ; George F. Mr. Barry came to Verona in 1871, and engaged in farming there until his death, February 12, 1905. His wife and two sons survive him and operate the farm of two hundred and forty acres for general farming and stock raising. In 1862 Mr. Barry enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry; after serving three years he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer ; he was in the army of the west, escaped injury during his four years of service, and returned after receiving his honorable discharge. Hewas a member of the G. A. R., an active Democrat, and a number of times the holder of local and town offices. He and his family are members of the Catholic church of Madison. George F., second son of Samuel J. Barry, and grandson of James Sullivan, of whom mention is made elsewhere, married Miss Frances Stack of Verona, and resides on the old homestead with his mother and brother.

John H. Barsness, retired, of the village of Black Earth, was born at Barsness, Saagen, Norway, on April 4, 1836. His parents were Herman Johnson and Christina (Peters) Barsness, natives of Norway, where the father was born in 1807 and the mother in 1800. The father was a brewer by trade. In 1856 he started for America with his family. The trip was made in a sailing vessel and it was. more than five weeks before he arrived in Quebec, Canada. From 'Quebec he traveled to Milwaukee, thence to Black Earth where he purchased eighty acres of wild land. After some years spent in improving and clearing the place the father pulled up stakes and" went to Polk county, Minn. The mother died November 30, 1881,. and the father followed on April 14, 1887. There were five children in the family, of whom John H., the subject of this sketch,, was the oldest; Peter, (died in 1866); Inger, Martha and' Inga. The family were all members of the Lutheran church. John H. Barsness attended the public schools of Norway and the district schools of this county. In L858 he started out on life's journey..

He hired out to the farmers of the vicinity for a few years and in September, 1864, enlisted in Company G, Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry. The regiment saw service with the Army of the West and later was with Sherman on his march to the sea. Mr. Barsness was taken sick and was invalided for some time. He received an honorable discharge from the army at Washington, D. C. in 1865, and returned to Wisconsin. Two miles south of Black Earth village in the town of Vermont was a place of one hundred and ten acres with a small clearing and a log house, which Mr. Barsness purchased and upon which he settled. This farm furnished him a means of livelihood until 18,98, when he retired and went to Black Earth village to live. Politically he is a Republican. He has held the office of school director and been honored with other minor offices. He is a member of and an active worker in the Norwegian Lutheran church of Black Earth. On June 15, 1866, Mr. Barsness married Sarah, daughter of Ingabrecht and Sarah (Severson) Nelson of Norway, and on June 15, 1906, they celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson lived and died in the old country, where the father was a farmer. Four of the children came to this country when Mrs. Barsness was twelve years old, fettling in Black Earth. Twelve children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Barsness. - Christina, March 23, 1867; Nels, August 31, 1869, died February 11, 1884; Hannah Sophie, born September 27, 1871, died November 18, 1902 ; Peter, a practicing dentist at Middleton, born December 8, 1873 ; Hermand, working the homestead farm, born April 9, 1876 ; Edwin Samuel, June 20, 1878 ; Selina, September 7. 1887; Joseph, September 27, 1882; Nelsina, August 21, 1884; Ida Amelia in 1887; Melvin, July 29, 1889; and Nels Gerhard, July 27, 1892. Upon moving to Black Earth Mr. Barsness built himself a fine residence, which is today one of the most beautiful homes in the community.

Seth Bartlett, one of the well known citizens of the town of Madison, was born at Strafford, Orange county, Vt., Jan, 1, 1823. his parents being Jesse and Nancy (Strong) Bartlett, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New Hampshire. The Bartlett family is one of the old and honored families of the "Green Mountain State," the greatgrandfather of the subject of this sketch having been the first governor of Vermont. Jesse Bartlett was a carpenter by trade and was called the "great hewer," because of his proficiency with the broad-ax. He was a fine singer, was a man of jolly disposition, and was noted for his great physical strength. In the earlv days of Minnesota he went to Minneapolis and all trace of him was lost. His wife died on July 17, 1878. Their children were Lucinda, < Irmal K.. Seth, Cynthia, Hannah and Jackson. Seth, the subject of this sketch, is the only one of the family now living. At the- age of fourteen years he ran away from home and went to Boston, where he learned the trade of carpenter and cabinet-maker. In 1846 he came to Madison, and there worked at his trade until the discovery of gold in California. He then drove his own team and made the trip overland to the new gold fields, living for a time at Hangtown, after which he went to Sacramento, wdiere he helped to build a large hotel. After a few years in California he returned to Madison by water, forty days being required for the voyage. He then engaged in the livery and horse buying business, and during the war bought more horses for the government than any other man in the county. After the war he bought the place in the town of Madison where he now lives, and where he owns two hundred and seventy-six acres of fine land, upon which he has made all the improvements. In addition to his farming interests, and the raising of fine horses and cattle, he has speculated extensively in real estate, in which he has been very successful. Mr. Bartlett, while claiming affiliation with the Republican party, is one of those men who always places the general welfare above mere party considerations and votes for the best man, especially in local affairs. He has never aspired to public office, though he takes a commendable interest in all matters of public policy, and keeps h' inself well informed on political topics. Beginning life for himself at an early age his opportunities to attend school were cut off, and all the educat'on he has was acquired by self-study. He has been a great traveler, has spent several winters in Florida, and few men have a better general working education. Mr. Bartlett is one of the charter members of Madison Lodge, No. 5, Free and and Accepted Masons, and he is also a member of the Independent ( )rder of Odd Fellows. He married Miss Hannah Ogden, daughter of Abram and Mary Ogden. of Michigan, and to this union was born one daughter, Jessie, now the wife of Walter C. Xoe. of Madison, and the mother of four children, viz: "Walter, Mary, Roberta and Edgar. Mrs. P.artlett was a member of the Congregational church and her husband was one of the liberal contributors toward the erection of the church. Mr. Bartlett also as an adopted daughter. Miss Mary Linde. an accomplished young lady and a native of Germany. For a man of his years Mr. Bartlett is well preserved, due in a large degree to his cheerful disposition and his correct habits of living. He is well known and universally respected for

Albert O. Barton, managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, a daily evening paper published in Madison, was born on a farm in the town of Primrose, Dane county, Dec. 11, 1869. He is a son of Ole and Mary Ann (Twedten) Barton, both natives of Norway, who came to this country at the ages of seven (1818) and three (1852) respectively. The father was educated in the schools in the town of Blue Mounds, where his father had located. In 1862 Ole Barton enlisted in Company D, Twenty-Third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. This regiment participated in the disastrous Red river expedition under General Banks, in the reduction of the forts at Mobile, the fight at Spanish Fort and the other engagements of the brigade. While home on a furlough in 1863 he was married. Mr. Barton was mustered out at Mob'le in 1865 and on his return from the war began farming on one of the La Follette farms in the town of Primrose. Since that time he has purchased several farms of his own, and today conducts a two hundred and twenty-four acre place in the same town. During the winter months he taught school. He was one of the first farmers to arouse an interest in the dairy business, and was very influential in the erection of the cheese factory in Primrose, Feb. 6, 1878. He is an enthusiastic and loyal member of the Grand Army of the Republic and attends all encampments of the order. Mrs. Barton died August 16, 1878, at the age of thirty-eight years and her husband was married a second t'.me in 1881 to Miss Ingeborg Oakland of Primrose. By his first wife he is the father of five children, and by his second wife of eight. He has held all the offices that it is within the power of the town electors to fill. Pie has been justice of the peace, town clerk, chairman of the town and school district clerk. Probably no other man is more widely or favorably known over the county than Mr. Barton. Several years ago he purchased a farm in Taylor county, and has overseen the operation of it in connection with the management of the home place.

Albert O. Barton was educated in the district schools of the town of Primrose and completed his preparatory educat'on in the Dodgeville high school. He then entered the University of Wisconsin and was graduated from that institution with the degree of B. L. in the class of 1806. Immediately after completing his scholastic labors he entered the newspaper field, in the employ of the Madison Democrat. He continued thus until 1903, in the meantime rising to the managing editorship. In the spring of that year he 5 - iii assumed the same position with the Wisconsin State Journal and has remained with that publication ever since. During his collegiate course he was active in journalism, being one of the editors of the Daily Cardinal, a student publication. He has frequently contributed to and corresponded regularly for St. Paul, Minneapolis, New York and Boston papers and different magazines. For some years after graduation he was editor of the Alumni Magazine, a periodical issued by the graduates of the state university. In 1895 he published a book entitled "The Story of Primrose from 1831 to 1895", being a history of the township. In 1899 Mr. Barton spent the summer abroad, visiting the British Isles, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. He has also traveled extensively through the south and Canada, contributing letters on the same to the magazines and periodicals interested. When the Ygdrasil society of Madison, composed of the Scandinavian college men of the town, was formed, he was one of the charter members. He has done considerable research work along the line of Scandinavian history and literature, in which he is much interested. Politically Mr. Barton is a Republican, belonging to the dominant wing of the party. He has never aspired to public office and despite the fact that he has labored hard and earnestly in behalf of the principles he upholds he has never sought appointment to office as a reward for his work. He has the distinction of having been the last secretary of the Republican city committee before the operation of the new primary election law. On June 2i. 1901, he was united in marriage to Miss Ada Winterbotham, a native of Madison, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Winterbotham of Madison. Both Mr. and Mrs, Winterbotham are graduates of the University, of Wisconsin. Mrs. Winterbotham finishing her course with the class of 1865, the first class which contained "co-eds" to graduate from the state institution. Mr. and Mrs. Barton have one son, Harold Edward Sharp, and a daughter. Mr. Barton is a member of the Sons of Veterans and an alumnus of the Athenaean literary society of the University of Wisconsin. His friends pred'ct a brilliant future for him in the literary world.

Thomas Barton is one of the progressive farmers of the town of Blue Mounds, and as his entire life has been spent in that vicinity the esteem in which he is held by his neighbors is a flattering tribute to his integrity and probity of character. He was born on the place where he now resides on August 1, 1866, and is a son of Ole and May (Thompson) Barton, both of whom were natives of Norway. The father came to America in 1848. and in the same vear settled on the place where the son now resides and where the father spent all of his life after coming to Wisconsin. He was one of the earlysettlers of Dane county and lived nearly a half century within her confines, dying in August, 1895, at the advanced age of seventynine years. Thomas Barton, whose name introduces this review,, is one of a family of six children that were born to the pioneer parents above mentioned, and he was reared in the town of Blue Mounds, receiving his education in the public schools, and his occupation has always been that of a farmer. His well improved farm comprises one hundred and ninety acres of extremely fertile land. Mr. Barton was married on November 13, 1895 to Miss Emma Kably, daughter of Philip Kably, a long-time resident of the town of Blue Mounds but now residing in the village of Mt. Horeb. Mr. and Mrs. Barton have become the parents of four children ; Adele, Oscar, Myrtle and Earl. Our subject has always been a strenuous worker in the ranks of the Republican party and consistently believes that continued application of the principles of that political organization will solve any problems of government that may present themselves. In addition to general farming, which he carries on quite extensively, he also devotes considerable attention to the co-ordinate industries of stock-raising and dairying. Of the brothers and sisters of the subject of this review, Anna married Andrew Jacobson and resides in Richland county, Iowa ; Carrie married John Hogred and resides in Mt. Horeb ; Bennett resides at Blue Mounds ; Edward at Blue Mounds and Julia at Mt. Horeb. where the mother of these children also resides. Bennett Barton, a. brother of the subject of this review, was born in the town of Blue Mounds on April 1, 1870, and was reared there, receiving his education in the public schools. He supplemented the knowledge thus gained by attending school' at different times in Dodgeville and Black Earth, and the years of his early manhood were devoted to the occupation of teaching. He commenced farming for himself in 1894 on the place where he now resides, comprising one hundred and ninety-two acres, and there he has since met with flattering successin the business of general farming and dairying. He was married Feb. 12, 1894, to Miss Julia Haakenes. daughter of Hanse Haakenes. a prominent farmer of the town of Blue Mounds, and to this union there have been born five children : Orvin, Eleanor. Harland, Benjamin and Margaret. Mr. Barton is a Republican in his political affiliations and his personal worth and ability have been recognized by election to the office of justice of the peace, which position he

Robert McKee Bashford, a leading member of the Madison bar, was born in La Fayette county, Wisconsin, December 31, 1845. His father was Samuel Morris Bashford, a native of New York city who was reared by a relative, Dr. Morris, and educated as a physician. After his removal to Grant county, Wisconsin, in 1835, he discarded the practice of medicine for the more congenial pursuit of agriculture. His first wife died soon after his coming west and on June 27, 1843, he married Mrs. Mary Ann (McKee) Parkinson, the widow of W. C. Parkinson, the daughter of Robert McKee. of Edwardsville. 111., and a native of Kentucky. Robert M. Bashford is a son of this second marriage. Mr. Bashford is one of the best known of Madison's c'tizens, having been before that community since he entered the state university in 1863, as a student of general literature and law, as the editor of a leading paper, as city attorney, as mayor, as state senator, as well as in the capacity of a practic'ng attorney in a private firm for much of the time. His university studies were taken leisurely, as he was not graduated from the college of liberal arts until 1870 and from the law school in 1871. This deliberateness was partly the result of financial necessities, as he varied his school life by teaching and had even before graduation served as the principal of schools in Linden, Poynette and Darlington. He had, however, -the advantage of entering upon his later work with more maturity of character than the young man has usually attained whose road to professional proficiency is strewn with metaphorical flowers. While pursuing his law studies at the university, he attained practical knowledge of his profession in the office of Smith & Lamb, a leading law firm of Madison. After his graduation he did not enter upon an active practice for some years, as he formed a partnership with John B. and A. C. Parkinson and George Raymer for the purchase of the Madison daily and weekly Democrat, wh'ch occupation engaged his attention for five years. During his association with this paper it was enlarged, changed from an evening to a morning paper and supplied with new presses and material. In its editorial management, he pursued a liberal policy and carried out his views with characterstic independence, and frequently directly against the violent opposition of certain factions of his own party. It was during his editorial connection with this paper that there was formed the coalit'on of the liberal Republicans and the Democrats which nominated Horace Greeley for the presidency, and also, in the state politics, that union of the Grangers and the Democratic party which resulted in the election of William R. Taylor as governor. The subsequent legislation and the testing of its validity by the courts, has had wide-reaching results, as it established the rights of the state in the control of railway corporations. During this same time Mr. Bashford compiled the legislative manual for the years 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878, and was engaged in the publication of the revised statutes of Wisconsin for 1878. This work resulted in a familiar knowledge of legislative enactments and methods, and with affairs of the state. In 1876. Mr. Bashford gave up his work in connection with the paper and entered upon the practice of h's profession as a member of the firm of Gill, Bashford & Spilde, which partnership he held until 1880. In 1881 he became a member of the law firm of Tenney, Bashford and Tenney, of Madison, which held his office there until 1885, when an office under that firm name was opened in Chicago, and continued until 1885, when Mr. Bashford returned to Madison and formed a partnership with Hon. James L. O'Connor, later attorney general, which continued for a number of years. Mr. Bashford is at present the senior member of the firm of Bashford, Aylward & Spenseley. Mr. Bashford's service in municipal affairs have been noteworthy. He was the city attorney from 1881 to 1886 and in that capacity defeated the propos'tion to give to a private corporation a franchise for the construction of the city waterworks. Moreover, he secured the legislation by which the city was empowered to construct, own and operate its own waterworks, and, the year following, that work was begun. Throughout all the business of contracting and supervising the construction of the waterworks and sewers, he rendered efficient service to the city. In 1890 Mr. Bashford was elected mayor of the city of Madison, coming into office at a time when the conditions rendered that office a particularly trying one. The financial condition of the city treasury would not admit of needful improvements, or even defray the necessary expenses connected with municipal life, and at the very opening of his administration, charges were preferred against two members of the council and the chief of the fire department, for corrupt practices in conection with the city finances. This investigation, resulting in the removal of all the parties accused, was an unpleasant beginning for the official head of city affairs, but Mr. Bashford conducted the investigation with such thoroughness coupled with fairness, as commended him to all lawabiding citizens ; and he was supported in this action by the common council, the press and the general public, as having performed a difficult and unpleasant duty in a spirit of judicial equity. The financial condition of the city treasury was met, during Mr. Bashford's incumbency, by the sale of certain city property, and thus he was enabled to inaugurate necessary work upon the streets. A quarry and a steam road roller were purchased, and by the aid of special assessments the work of a thorough street improvement was begun, which has been continued up to the present time, and which contributed so largely to the beauty and comfort of Madison as a residence city. Mr. Bashford's services in the larger field of state politics are considerable, and while he has labored for the success of the party with which he is politically allied, he has always reserved for himself the liberty of his private judgment, and has, on many occasions, beginning with his early editorial work, been able to influence the attitude and action of his political confreres. He has frequently been selected to serve on central committees and to act as delegate for the city, the county and the state, and in 1884 .was a delegate to the national Democratic convention at Chicago, was also served as state senator from 1891 to 1895. Previous to the last judicial election, Mr. Bashford received a very flattering endorsement from the Madison bar, as a nominee for the position as judge of the supreme court, but which after consideration, he declined to accept, notwithstanding a very generally expressed opinion as to his fitness for that position. Mr. Bashford's legal career has been one which has developed a well-rounded character, and he is considered as one of the able members of the^ Wisconsin bar. He has been associated with many cases involving large interests, and perhaps -obtained his greatest distinction as an attorney from his prosecution of the suits against the ex-treasurers of Wisconsin for the recovery of interest upon the public funds ; he was engaged in these cases as special council by Governor Peck, and was associated with Attorney General O'Connor and Senator Vilas. Mr. Bashford was employed as special counsel for Secretary of State Houser in the suit brought in the summer of 1904 by S. A. Cook and others to determine the regularity of the state ticket nominated by the Republican convention of that year and with his associates succeeded in obtaining in the supreme court, a decision in favor of the ticket headed by Governor La Follette ; in 1906 he was employed as special couns-:: for the state in the suit brought in the supreme court to test the validity of the inheritance tax and made the brief and argument on the reargument ordered by the court, the final decision sustaining the law upon the grounds for which he contended. Mr. Bashford has for many years been a professor of the college of law of the University of Wisconsin, and his work has covered a broad field and has been singularly acceptable to the hundreds of students who have had the benefit of lis instruction. Mr. Bashford was married November 27, 1873, to Miss Florence E. Taylor, who was born at Cottage Grove, Dane county, June 16, 1854 a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and a daughter of ex-Governor Taylor. She died August 16, 1886. leaving one daughter. Florence M., who was born September 4, 1875. and who was married to C. F. Spensley in 1891. February 7, 1889, Mr. Bashford married Miss Sarah A. Fuller, daughter of M. E. Fuller, one of the leading business men of Madison. Two of Mr. Bashford's brothers, John Wesley and James Whitford, and a half-brother, Samuel Whitney Trousdale, are also graduates of the University of Wisconsin. John W. Bashford, who died at Hudson in March, 1905, was a lawyer of prominence, who had served his city as attorney and mayor and also as a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin. The other brothers are ministers in the Methodist Episcopal church. At the last general conference. James W. Bashford, who had occup'ed prominent positions in the church, was elected to the position of bishop.

George Adam Batz, the president of the Farmers' & Merchants' bank of Sun Prairie, is well-known in the community as a successful farmer and has won international recognition by some of the products of his farm.. He is the son of Dane county pioneers, Peter and Johanna (Terronf) Batz, who were natives of Germany. Peter Batz was born in Bavaria. April 25, 1822, and came to Milwaukee in 1848. In the same year he was married in Milwaukee and came to the town of Bristol, where he obtained a farm of eighty acres. For three years he worked out, at $10.00 per month, while his wife managed the home property. Mr. Batz traded in lands, at one time owning eight hundred and forty acres in Bristol. In 1891 he went, to Sun Prairie and organized the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. For ten years the bank was a private institution in which Mr. Batz was assisted by his sons, George P. and Erhard, and in 1901 it was incorporated as the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Sun Prairie, with George A. Batz as president, his father, Peter Batz, retiring from active business. George A. was one of a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, all of whom are living. Two brothers. John and Valentine, I've in Minnesota, where Valentine has a seat in the state senate. The family are prominent in the Roman Catholic church, whose first log chapel and whose present edifice in East Bristol, Peter Batz a'ded in erecting. The experiences of Peter Batz in the early days of the com- munity are typical of the hardy pioneer; he was forty-eight days crossing the Atlantic and after reaching- Milwaukee, walked the rest of the distance to Dane county. George Adam, son of Peter Batz, was born in Bristol, January 22, 1865, attended the Bristol district school and the Roman Catholic school of East Bristol. He has always devoted most of his attention to farming and resides upon farm of two hundred and sixty acres in Bristol, where he raises Holstein cattle and carries on an extensive sheep-raising business. Cheviot sheep are his specialty and Mr. Batz was the second man in Wisconsin to breed this particular strain. Fine Clydesdale horses are also raised by Mr. Batz. He is a careful student of farming methods and keeps well abreast of the times, employing modern, up-to-date methods. The premium on Dutch clover was awarded to Mr. Batz at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, both for quality and for the largest yield (ten bushels to the acre), and at the World's Fair at St. Louis, he won the gold medal for his exhibit of red kidney beans and also a premium for his oats. Like his father, Mr. Batz is always active in promoting the interests of the town and has served as supervisor and secretary and director of the school board. He is identified with the Democratic party. January 22, 1894, occurred the marriage of George A. Batz and Miss Catherine Germinder, daughter of Alois Germinder. Four children have blessed the marriage; Peter Clements, Cita Barbara, Mary Regina and Prisca Barbara. The family attend the Sun Pra'rie Catholic church. At the golden wedding celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Batz. forty-eight grandchildren were present. In the bank at Sun Prairie owned by the Batz family, George A. is president, George P., vice-president, Erhard, cashier and Misses Johanna and Anna, assistant cash'ers.

Hubert J. Bauhs has been a resident of Dane county from the time of his birth, is the owner of a well improved farm in Cross Plains township. He was born in this township, September 14, 1863, and is a son of Adam and Anna Mary (Jorden) Bauhs, both ol whom were born and reared in Germany. Adam Bauhs came to America about the year 1851, and his future wife accompanied her parents on their immigration to the United States, about the same time. Adam Bauhs located in Perry township. Dane county, soon after his arrival in Wisconsin, and two years later removed to Cross Plains township, where he purchased a tract of wild land, in section 31, reclaming a good farm and continuing to reside on the homestead for forty years. He passed the closing days of his life in the home of the subject of this sketch, his death occurring

November 25, 190-1. He was a Democrat in his political proclivities, and both he and his wife, who passed away March 9, 1880, were communicants of St. Mary's Catholic church, at Pine Bluff. Of the thirteen children seven are living, namely: Mary who is the wife of Lawrence Michaels, of Barron county, this state ; William, who is a farmer of Middleton township; Hubert, who figures as the immediate subject of this sketch; Joseph, who is a carpenter and contractor of Appleton, Wisconsin; John, who is employed as teamster at the University of Wisconsin ; Elizabeth who is the wife of John Haack, of Madison ; and Frances, who is the wife of Henry Miller, of Middleton, Wis.; Hubert Bauhs was afforded the advantages of the public school in Pine Bluff, and he continued to be associated in the work of the home farm until his marriage, when he became concerned in the same line of enterprise on his own responsibility. He purchased one hundred and twenty acres In section 10, Cross Plains township, the tract being to a large extent in its wild state, with no improvements of more than nomenal order. He has reclaimed the land to cultivation, has erected good buildings, and he has been very successful in his operations as a general farmer and dairyman. In July, 1905, he engaged in the saloon business in Cross Plains, but he also continues to give his personal supervision to his farm. Mr. Bauhs is a staunch supporter of the causes of the Democratic party, and he served twelve years as townsh'p treasurer, was a member of the town board four years, and has held other minor offices. His preferment in this way indicates the high esteem in which he is held in the community. He :s a communicant of the Catholic church and is a liberal supporter and active worker in the same. He was treasurer of the St. Francis church, Berry township, for six years. November 25, 1885, Mr. Bauhs was united in marriage to Miss Theresa Mary Birrenkott, daughter of Michael Birrenkott, who was one of the honored pioneers of this county, more specific mention of the family being made in the sketch of Adolf Birrenkott, on another page of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Bauhs have seven children, namely: Adam J., John M., William H., Michael A., El"zabeth Clara, Peter J., and Victor M.

Edward Baus, a cigar manufacturer of Madison, was born in Prussia, Germany, February 13, 1846. His parents were Richard and Sophia (Hess) Baus, who came to this country from Germany in 1851. They lived first in Cleveland, Ohio, then in Watertown, Wis., and on February 18, 1853, arrived in Madison. The trip from Watertown was made with ox-teams and horses. The snow was deep and in some places the roads were almost impassable, but the hardy pioneers persisted and finally reached Madison after untold hardships. The father continued his business as cigar maker after his arrival continuing in it actively until his death on May 8, 1880. His wife passed away some eight years later, at the age of sixty-seven. The two children were Edward and Johanna, widow of Capt. August Bartsch of Oakland, Cal., who has one son, Edward E. Bartsch. Edward Baus received his education in the common schools of Madison, and upon the completion of his school work learned his trade from Bernhardt Nienaber, a pioneer cigarmaker of the city, and in 1863 started a business for himself. Later his father assumed active control of the business, continuing it until his death, when Edward again took charge. The trade has grown rapidly and Mr. Baus and his partner, Mr. Walters, now employ seven or eight operatives the year round. On April 21, 1877, Mr. Baus married Anna, daughter of Andrew and Sophia Hippenmeyer, the latter of whom is now deceased. Mrs. Baus is the fifth of the six Hippenmeyer children. The others are Andrew, Jr., a machinist employed by the Fuller & Johnson company; Charles, a barber at Stoughton ; Alexander, a moulder of Madison; Clara, widow of John Ambrecht, of Madison ; and Alma, wife of Henry W. Lamp, a machinist. Mr. and Mrs. Baus have two children, - Richard Edward, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin in the mechanical engineering course, now in the employ of the Western Electric company in Chicago ; and Irma J., a stenographer employed by the American Thresherman company. Mrs. Baus and her daughter are members of the Congregational church. Mr. Baus is a member of the Turnverein. He is an excellent marksman, and has in his possession two gold medals won in tournaments, one in the state of Wisconsin and the other at Philadelphia during the centennial celebration of 1876.

Daniel Bechtel, one of the extensive farmers and progressive citizens of Blooming Grove township, is a native of the old Keystone state of the Union, having been born in Larry's Creek, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1845, and being a son of John and Catherine (Eyer) Bechtel, the former of whom was born near Reading. Burks county, that state, while the latter was born in Dry Valley, Union county, Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Peter Bechtel. was likewise born in Burks county, of stanch German ancestry, the fam'lv having been one of the first to settle in Pennsylvania. John Bechtel was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm, but when a young man he turned his attention to freighting on the canal, later engaging in the lumber business; for some time he operated two saw mills and a grist mill in Pennsylvania. In 1850 he traded his grist mill for a tract of land in Pleasant .Springs township, Dane county. Wisconsin, and in the autumn of the same year he came with his family to this county, making the journey via the canal and great lakes to Milwaukee, whence they completed their journey to Madison with team and wagon, this being before the advent of railroads in this section. On his arrival JVlr. Bechtel found that he had been egregiously swindled, in that the land which he had secured in exchange for his mill was a marsh, and, under the conditions which then existed, entirely unavailable for development into farming land. He therefore purchased forty acres of land, and in a log house which had been previously erected on the place he and his family spent the first winter. In the following spring he purchased the farm - now owned and operated by his son Daniel, subject of this review, - and moved on the place in 1853. Here he made the best of improvements, including the erection of a substantial and commodious brick residence, becoming one of the prominent and influential citizens of the township and continuing to reside on the homestead until his death, which occurred on February 5, 1876. His wife long survived him, continuing to remain on the home farm until she too was summoned into the life eternal, her death occurring in 1900, at the venerable age of eighty-one years. Daniel Bechtel was a child of five years at the time of his parents' removal to Dane county, and he has resided on the old homestead farm for more than half a century, while he has identified himself with the best interests of the community and is a successful farmer and popular citizen. After attending the district schools he supplemented the discipline by a course of study in a business college in Madison, - the institution now known as the Northwestern Business College. He remained with his parents, with utmost filial devotion, until both were called to the world beyond, and since the death of his father he has had the supervision of the farm, of which he is now the owner, having greatly improved the place, making it one of the best in the township, while he has added to the area of the original homestead until he is now the owner of two hundred and eighty-five acres. Mr. Bechtel is one of the prominent representatives of the Democratic party in the county, and has been called upon to serve in various offices of public trust and responsibility. He served three terms as township clerk, and for a period of twenty years he represented his township on the board of supervisors of the county. In November, 1882, he was elected sheriff of the county, serving one term, of two years, while in 1896 he was elected a member of the assembly of the state legislature, retaining the office one term. For six years Mr. Bechtel was president of the Cottage Grove Fire Insurance Company, of which he has been secretary since 1900. He is a member of the lodge of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks in Madison. He has two brothers and one sister, one of the brothers residing in Howard county. Iowa, and the other in Clark county, Wisconsin, while the sister, Mary A., is the wife of Fred Lohff, of Madison. Mr. Bechtel has never married.

Frank Joseph Beck, deceased, was for years a trusted employe of the Chi. & N. W. Ry Company in the city of Madison, and during his residence in that city won the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. He was a native of the kingdom of Austria and was born on March 19, 1844. His parents were Frank and Anna Beck, who were also natives of Austria, and the father during life was a man of considerable prominence, holding the position of mayor of the city in which he lived. In the Beck family there were five children, three of whom are now living: Joseph, who is a very wealthy man, resides in Italy ; Ferdinand is a resident of Virginia City, Nevada; and a sister still remains in Austria. The subject of this review received his education in his native country and in Italy, and in his youth prepared himself for the occupation of a machineest. He migrated to America in 1874, and coming directly to Wisconsin first worked at his trade in the Chi. & N. W. Railway shops in Baraboo and also at Kendalls, where he was foreman of the round house, remaining thus employed for about nine years. He was then promoted to foreman of the Chi. & N. W. Railway round house at Madison, and he then established his home in the capital city, where he resided until the occurance of the unfortunate accident which resulted in his deatn, in January, 1898, he being killed by the explosion of an engine. He had purchased a home at 1130 Jenifer street, in Madison, which his widow still owns. Mr. Beck was married on August 10, 1874, to Miss Louisa Ann Magerl, who is also a native of Austria, born May 1, 1855, the daughter of Wenzel and Ann (Ploner) Magerl. Mr. and Mrs. Beck became the parents of two children, a son and a daughter, the former of whom. Joseph F., married Elizabeth Purcell and resides in Madison, and the daughter, Frances C, resides at home with her mother. Mrs. Beck received an excellent education in Switzerland and is a woman of high intellectuality and an energetic disposition. She is an experienced masseur, of exceptionable ability in that line; is highly respected, and takes a great interest in her children. Her religious faith is that of the Methodist church, her husband having also been a member of that denomination, and the latter also had membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a Republican in his political affiliations.

Joseph D. Beck, commissioner of labor and industrial statistics, was born in Vernon county, near the village of Avalanche, March 14, 1866. His father, Mitchell Beck, was born in Pennsylvania, March 3, 1838, saw service for three months in the Civil War in Company A, Twenty-fifth Wisconsin infantry with Gen. Jeremiah Rusk, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea, receiving an injury to his right arm while driving an artilery wagon, which crippled him for life. He died May 19, 1897, at the age of sixtynine. Mitchell Beck's father, Josiah Beck, was a farmer of Pennsylvania and Ohio, who in 1818 removed to that part of Crawford county, Wis., which later became Bad Ax county, and still later Vernon county, where he died at the age of sixty-two. His wife was Mary Mitchell, who lived to be eighty-six years of age. Of the'r eight children but two are living, - Eva, Mrs. W. C. Snodgrass of Pacific Grove, Cal., and Armilda, Mrs. J. P. Melvin, who lives on the Beck homestead in Vernon county. Josiah Beck's father, John Beck, in the early part of the nineteenth century, owned the only mill in what is now the city of Johnstown, Pa., and which was carried away by the great flood. Mitchell Beck married Susanna A., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Showen) Snodgrass, natives of Virginia, who removed to Indiana and later, in 1853, to what is now Vernon county, Wis., where they died. The daughter mentioned was born October 27, 1846, and died July 6, 1890. She was one of twelve children, of whom three are living. Mitchell and Susanna A. Beck were the parents of fourteen children, - Joseph D.. of Madison, being the oldest. He received his education in the common schools of Vernon and Richland counties, and had one term in the Richland Center high school. From 1886 to 1889 he taught in the country schools of Vernon county, and for the following five years was principal of and taught in the graded schools of Cashton, Wis., and held the office of village clerk of Cashton in 1895. He then entered the Stevens Point Normal School, receiving his diploma from that institution in 1897. The school year of 1897 - 1898 he was principal of the Wesfby school and the next three years was at the head of the Cashton high school.. In the fall of 1901 he entered the University of Wisconsin as a junior and received his degree in 1903. On Jan. 1, 1903, he was made deputy commissioner of labor and industrial statistics by Commissioner Halford

Erickson. Upon the appointment of Mr. Erickson to the railwayrate commission by Governor La Follette in 1905, Mr. Beck was promoted to the head of the labor bureau, and still occupies that position. On November 24, 1888, he married S. Jane, daughter of I. W. and Sally Peavy, of Vernon county. Mrs. Peavy died while Mrs. Beck was still a chid; Mr. Peavy died in 1905 at the age of eightysix. Mr. and Mrs. Beck have had two children, - A. Lori, born April 11, 1890, died April 17, 1893 ; and Maud Ethel, born in August,. 1891, and died three months later. Politically Mr. Beck is a Republican, a strong and influential member of the La Follette wing of the party. Fraternally he is a Mason, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which order he has held all the offices in the subordinate lodge, and all the offices except grand master in the grand lodge, and is at present the incumbent of the office of deputy grand master.

Hon. George W. Becker, mayor of Stoughton and a prominent grocer of that city, was born in Frankfort, Germany,. April 13, 1851, a son of Valentine and Elizabeth Becker. The parents immigrated to America in 1854, locating in Jefferson county, where the father purchased a tract of land at Fort Atkinson and lived the rest of his days. He was a mason-contractor by vocation. His three children are John, Catherine, (now the wife of Jacob Westerfield) and George W., the subject of this sketch. The latter was. but three years of age when the family settled in Fort Atkinson, where his scholastic training was acquired. When he had completed his studies he served his apprenticeship as a mason and bricklayer under his brother John, and at the age of twenty-two launched out as a contractor. In 1882 he removed to Stoughton to engage in the same business and followed it continually up to 1889. Many of the business blocks and fine residences of Stoughton are monuments to his sk'll and artistic ability. The last building which he erected before retiring from the business was the Erickson block, one of the principal business blocks of the city. In 1889 Mr. Becker embarked in the grocery business and has been successfully engaged in it s'nce that time. In politics he is a staunch Republican and asthe representative of his party has several times been selected to offices of public trust. In 1885 - 1886 he was a member of the citycouncil and in 1893 served on the county board of supervisors. In April, 1906, he was chosen by a large majority to be the executivehead of the municipality for a term of two years. In 1873 Mr. Becker married Miss Libbie Keat, daughter of Philip and Mary Keat of Jefferson county, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Becker have no chil- dren. The mayor is a member of Kegonsa Lodge, No. 73, Free and Accepted Masons. He in a genial, courteous and hearty, - a man well equipped to fill any position of public trust.

Warner Becker, (deceased), was for over thirty years a wellknown stone mason and contractor in the city of Mad' son, and many of the stately buildings of the capital city were erected under his supervision. Mr. Becker was born in Germany, February 14, 1840, and was one of six children born to Frank and Catherine Becker, the parents being also natives of the Fatherland. Our subject was the only one of his family that ever came to America. He received a fair education in the excellent common schools of his native land, and served for a time in the regular army of Germany, but in 1860, at the age of twenty years, he severed all relations with the institutions of that country and turned his face toward the land of freedom and better opportunities. Coming directly to Wisconsin he first "worked as a common laborer and mason-helper, being thus employed about seven years and in the meantime gaining a good knowledge of contracting and building. He then began an independent career as a contractor and followed the same very successfully until his death, which occurred about ten or twelve years ago. He became a property owner in the city of Madison, and a few years prior to his death purchased two full building lots on East Main street, where he erected two houses, in one of which his widow still resides. He was an honest and industrious citizen, and his success was due entirely to his enterprise and intelligence, assisted by the wise counsel of his faithful wife. The subject of this review was married on April 11, 1874, to Miss Barbara Schneider, born in Germany, August 12, 1843, daughter of John and Barbara (Wonderly) Schneider, who migrated to America and were respected citizens of Sauk City, Wis. In the Schneider family there were seven children, and five of these are living: Clara married John Vaner and resides in Dubuque, Iowa ; Barbara is the widow of the subject of this memoir; Nicholas married Ave Veda, and his wife is now deceased ; Andrew married Anna Williams and resides in Dane county; John married Anna Williams (not a relative of his brother's wife) and resides at Baraboo, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Becker became the parents of four children, the names and other facts concerning whom are here given : Bernard is a practicing physician in St. Louis ; John married Carrie Hauk and resides in the city of Madison ; Katie resides at home with her mother; and Clara married Matthew Schmitz and is deceased. Warner Becker, whose name

J. S. Bell, of Brooklyn, a veteran of the Civil War, comes of a soldierly line. He was born in Sussex county, N. J., February 9, 1842. His parents. Almond and Mary (Sutton) Bell, were natives of the same state, the former born in 1800 and the latter in 1821. Mr. Bell's paternal grandfather, Josiah Bell, was in the Revolutionary War, and took part in that famous crossing of the Delaware, leaving his blood-stained tracks upon the ice and snow. That he was no weakling is shown by the fact that he not only survived the incredible hardships of the war but lived to the extreme old age of ninety-eight years. Mr. Bell's parents were married in New Jersey and resided there a number of years before coming west in 1848. They came to Dane county, staying for a few weeks in Cookville. and then setled in Rutland township, buying one hundred and twenty acres of land of Rogers & Cummings ; this Mr. B-ell improved, and made his home continuously until the time of his death, April 28, 1900, except one year that he spent in California. His widow is still living upon the old homestead. Mr. J. S. Bell was a child of six years when he came with his parents to Wisconsin. He rece'ved his education in the public school of district number five, and was a young man of nineteen at the breaking out of the Civil War. He promptly enlisted as a private soldier in Company D, Second Wisconsin Infantry, and served four years, two months and nine days. He enlisted May 19, 1861, was sworn into the U. S. service June 19, and mustered out July 1865, following the close of the war. He took part in a number of battles and was appointed captain in the battle of the Wilderness, by General Grant. In one engagement he was wounded in the head and left for dead on the field where he was captured by the Confederates. His wound was neglected, for the first ten days not even washed, and he suffered the privations of three rebel prisons, Libby first, for four months, then Tuscaloosa, where he first saw the black flag raised, and then four months in Salisbury prison. Mr. Bell belongs to the Republican party, has been treasurer of the town of Rutland for four years, and postmaster in the village of Brooklyn for eight years. He was was a charter member of the Masonic and Modern Woodmen's lodges in Brooklyn, and Master for first five years after organization ; was a charter member of the Evansville chapter of I. Q. O. F., to which he belongs ; he is also a member of G. A. R. Post, No. 41, of Evansville. He was married, November 4, to Miss Elnora V. Colburn, daughter of Hobart and Katherine

( Prouty) Colburn, who came from Vermont and settled in Rutland, where the father died two years ago, and where the mother is still living-. They have five children, Bertha M., (Mrs. Albert Winkler), of Iowa; Dr. Hugh R. Bell, of Ft. Atkinson; Harvey H. ,who is in the west; Leslie H., of Iowa; LeGrand L., at home. All were born in Rutland and educated in Brooklyn and Madison. Mr. Bell has lived in Brooklyn for twenty-five years ; he has an interest in one hundred acres of land now in the probate court, and owns property in the village. He still has many interests although he has retired from some or his more active labors.

Charles W. Bennett, a respected merchant of Black Earth village, was born at Hemyock, Devonshire county, England, August 3, 1854. His father, Frederick Bennett, was born in Comstock. England, in 1816. The maiden name of the subject's mother was Betty Lutley, born in Hemyock, England in 1816. In 1867 Frederick Bennett brought his family to America, settling in the town of Black Earth on one hundred seven and a half acres of section 23. For several years the family home was on this farm, and then Mr. Bennett retired and removed to Black Earth village ; he acted as local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. He died in 1899, and his wfe died in the same year; both at the ripe old age of eighty-three. They had six children, Frederick M., a farmer and miller of Black Earth ; Agnes M., wife of Jas. Holway of London. Ohio; John, who died in infancy; Samuel, a retired farmer living in Black Earth ; Charles W., and Edward, who died October 16. 190-4. Charles W. Bennett was educated in the common schools of England and those of Black Earth. At the age of twenty he left home and went with his brother Frederick, into the meat business in Black Earth village. In 1902 he and his brother bought an interest in the Black Earth Roller Mills, the firm name being Bennett Bros. & Ward. Beside their milling business the Bennett brothers own six hundred acres of the best farming land in the township. Politically Mr. Bennett is a Prohibitionist, and has twice, in 1902 and 1904, been elected as the member of the town board of supervisors. Mr. Bennett is not a member of any church, but attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of wh'ch his wife is a member. He has been married twice. In October, 1884, he was wedded to Nora Haseltine, who died in 1892. His second wife was Mertie B. Hewitt of Mt. Sterling, Ohio. He has no living children by his first wife ; by his second marriage he had three sons, Hewitt F. and Donald and an infant son. Mr. Bennett 6 - iii

Egbert Bennett, one of the pioneers of Dane county, now living retired in the town of Dunn, was born in Albany, N. Y., June 4, 1819. His father. William C. Bennett was born in Stephenson, Rensselaer county, N. Y., and his grandfather, whose name was also William C. Bennett, was a native of Connecticut from whence he came to Stephenson, N. Y., purchased land, engaged in farming, and there spent the remainder of his days. The father of the subject of this sketch enlisted as a volunteer for the War of 1812, but was never called into the service. He learned the trade of a tanner and currier, and went to Albany, N. Y., as a young man, where he conducted the business until 1821. In the latter year he removed to Coblesk'll. Schoharie county, and continued the same business there until 1837, when he moved to Chenango county, purchased a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He resided in Chenango county until 1848, and then came to Wisconsin and spent the remainder of his days in Dane county, dying in 1854. He chose as his helpmate in life Miss Laura Mygatt, who was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., the daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Smith) Mygatt. After her husband's death Mrs. Bennett returned to New York for the purpose of visiting friends and she died in Albany county of that state. Two children were reared by this couple Egbert and Isaac M. Egbert Bennett was reared to manhood in his native state and educated in the public schools, which, though limited, were better than the average existing in that day. He resided with his parents until 1848, and during the last few years of that time was in charge of their farm. In 1846 he made his first visit to the territory of Wisconsin and purchased a tract of land at where is now situated the village of Oregon in Dane county. After a short stay there he returned to his Eastern home and remained until 1848, when he again came to Wisconsin, this time for the purpose of making a permanent settlement in Dane county. His first employment in the embryo Badger state was cradling wheat for a neighbor, and he continued to work as a farm hand for a short time. Dane county' was then but sparsely settled, Stoughton was a village of about 300 inhabitants, Madison had about 2,000, with two hotels and a bank, and much of the land on all sides of the new state capital was still owned by the government. Deer and other wild animals roamed at will over the unpreempted soil with a freedom born of a common and undisputed possession. Home-made wagons were in general use, oxen were used almost exclusively as beasts of burden, and in the absence of railroads the farmers' grain was hauled to Milwaukee. Mr. Bennett says that in those days families who lived two miles west of his residence would come to a spring on his farm every day and get their water supply. A short time subsequent to the date of his permanent settlement in Dane county, Mr. Bennett purchased ten acres of land, upon which now stands the principal part of the village of Oregon, erected a home, and while residing there improved the first tract of land which he had purchased. The bank building in Oregon occupies the site of the residence then erected by Mr. Bennett, and it was the first frame building to appear in the village. In 1857 Mr. Bennett disposed of the ten acres mentioned and purchased a tract of eighty acres in section 31 of the town of Dunn, having at the time a frame house and forty acres broken. ' He began at once to make further improvements on the place and was soon the owner of two hundred and ten acres, with good buildings, which has been his homestead for years. Aside from this he accumulated one hundred and twenty acres more, part of which he sold and the remainder he gave away. Mr. Bennett was married, February 9, 1840, to Miss Margaret Miranda Holmes, who was born in Albany, N. Y., the daughter of John and Alma (Robbins) Holmes. Mrs. Bennett died October 16, 1884, having become the mother of two children, the names of whom and other facts concerning them are as follows : Huldah Celestia, the eldest, was born December 1, 1840, and is the wife of Mason M. Green, of Estilene, S. D., and the mother of two children, George and Hattie. William C, the second child, was born on March 4, 1843, married Louisa Griffin, a native of Albany county, N. Y., and died October 5, 1877, having become the father of five children, two of whom are now living - William C. and Lewis J., both of whom are practicing physicians in the village of Oregon. Mr. Bennett was formerly a Whig and cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison, but he has been a Republican since the formation of that party. He was the first postmaster of Oregon, receiving his appointment from President Pierce, and was chairman of the town of Dunn in 1864 and has served on the side board four terms. He joined the Masonic lodge at Evansville, Wis., in 1854. Although eighty-seven years of age, he is in full possession of his faculties, congenial, generous, exceedingly sociable and hospitable, and is ever endeavoring to please others.