Dane County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1906 (part 26 of 29)

Ole Andrew Stolen is a popular young professional 111111 of the village of Alt. Horeb, and although he has but recently entered upon the practice of law, his natural ability, combined with a thorough preparation, already gives promise of a successful career. He was born in the town of Perry, April 26, 1876, and is a son of Thor and Aaste (Hovrud) Edittleson, both of whom are natives of Norway. The father came to America and located near Stoughton, in Dane county, but later removed to the town of Perry, where he now resides and where he has been for many years successfully engaged in the basic industry of agriculture. The subject of this review is one of twelve children born to these honored parents, four of whom are deceased. Those living are Kittle T., Knndt. Alarie (the wife of A. Lindllett), Caroline (the wife of Fd. Anderson), Ole Andrew, Albert T., Jacob, and William. Air. Stolen was reared on the parental farm, working in the summer and attending school in the winter, and in this way laying the foundation of an excellent education. He was graduated from the Mt. Horeb academy with the class of 1896, as valedictorian, after which he spent one year at the Normal College at Valparaiso, Ind. He then entered the University of Wisconsin and was graduated with the class of 1900 with the degree of B. L. After completing this course in the university he turned his attention to teaching and for the ensuing" two years was principal of the public schools at Mt. Horeb, after which he re turned to the university and entered the law department, graduating as a B. B. L. with the class of 1905. He immediately began the practice of his chosen profession at Alt. Horeb and has had a verv flattering clientage from the start. Mr. Stolen was married in 1902 to Miss Minnie Severson, of York, Green county, Wis., and to this union has been born two children: Robert Marion and Agnes Lenora. In politics our subject gives an unswerving allegiance to the men and measures of the Republican party, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Lutheran church at Mt. Horeb, of which organization he is secretary.

August Stolte, a prominent farmer of Middleton, Wis., was born in Middleton. December 14. 1854. His father, John Stolte, and his mother, nee Sophia Luth, were born in Mecklenburg, Germany, and there were married. In 1854 they came to America in a sailing vessel which was ninety days en route and landed in Xew York. Continuing their journey as far as Middleton, Wis., they bought eighty acres of wild land and built upon the prospective farm a log cabin in which their son August was born. Three years later Mr. Stolte died and his wife was married a second time, her husband being Charles Goth. The boy. August, worked on the farm after attending for some years the county schools and. in 187 7. started out for himself. For eight years he worked rented land and was then able to purchase eighty acres of land with the money he had saved. On this farm in Middleton he lived for ten years. Subsequently he bought eighty acres in section 4. where he now lives and which he has very greatly improved. Mr. Stolte is a loyal member of the German Lutheran church, of which he is a trustee. He has also held many political offices and is a stanch Democrat. For five years he was school director: for six years road superintendent : and constable several times. December 8, 1877, he was married to Miss Sophia Rode, daughter of Henry and Minna Rode, natives of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Five children were born to them : Carl, who is a clerk in a grocery store in Chicago ; Herman. a farmer; Alfred, Clara and Irwin, who still remain at home. Mrs.

Albert M. StondaU, representative of the twenty-sixth senatorial district, comprising" Dane county, in the state senate, is a native of Dane county and is now one of the representative real estate men of the capital city. He was born on a farm in Cottage Grove township, this county, August 4. 1865, his parents having been numbered among the pioneers of that section of the county. After completing the curriculum of the common schools he attended the Northwestern Business College, in Madison. He continued to be actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1894, when he engaged in buying and selling Wisconsin lands, operating especially in Wood, Clark, Washburn and Barron 'counties, and his business has been extensive and successful, while at the same time he has been able to 'render material assistance in the development of the sections which he has covered in his operations. He Ss' a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and in 1904 he was elected to the state senate, from the twentysixth district, proving an active and valuable member of the deliberative body of the state legislature.

James B. Stone, a retired farmer of Oregon, was born March 27, 1826, on the Isle of Wight, both of his parents, Jonathan and Harriet (Dore) Stone, being natives of that island. The father was a shepherd by occupation. He came to America about 1851 and the following year to Dane county. He first located in the town of Berry and lived there until 1853, when he moved to the place where the subject of this sketch now lives, in the town of Fitchburg. Jonathan Stone was born in the year 1790 and died in 1877. His wife died in 1883. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of their eight children only two are now living: James B. and George W., the latter living in the city of Madison. Those deceased were Maria, Jacob, Charlotte, Eliza, Ann and John. James B. Stone received his elementary education on his native island and attended school for a short time in the state of New York after coming to this country. He left home in February, i842, when but sixteen years of age. and made his way to America, crossing the Atlantic in a sailing vessel, the voyage requiring six weeks and five days. He landed jn New York city, and in April went to the town of Hopewell, Ontario county, and then to Waterloo, Seneca county, where he lived until November, 1846. From that time until 1853 he worked in a soap and candle factory, and in other occupations, coming to the place where he now lives in

February, 1853. His first possessions there were eighty acres of wild land, which he improved and has added to it until he now owns two hundred and thir.ty-seven acres. Part of this he leases out every year, and upon the rest conducts a general farming business, though he has practically retired from the active management of the farm. Air. Stone takes a keen interest in public affairs, though he is independent in his political views. He keeps himself well informed on the issues of the day and votes according to his judgment. In June, lS-~)9, he married Miss Emma Dore. a native of Xew Haven, Conn., and a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Gradge) Dore. Her parents were both natives of England, but came to America in 1832. locating first in Connecticut, but in 1843 settled in Racine county. Wis., where her father bought a farm and became one of the pioneers of that section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have two sons. Homer A. is a farmer in the town of Fitchburg. He married Miss Elizabeth Owens of Dane county. James D. is single and lives at home with his parents on the farm. Theron G. Stone, junior member of the firm of Dunphy & Stone. owners and publishers of the Sun Prairie Countryman, was born at Johnson's Creek, Jefferson county, Wisconsin, June 12, 1870, and is a son of Chauncey R. and Helen M. (Genung) Stone. The father was born in the state of Vermont, June 28, 1844, and his mother was born in Aztalan, Jefferson county. Wisconsin, February 6, 1842. The latter was a daughter of Charles Genung, who was born in Xew Jersey, July 24, 1808, and who was numbered among the first settlers of Aztalan, Wisconsin, where he took up his residence in 1839, about five years before Wisconsin was admitted to the Union. He there engaged in the manufacture of wagons and plows, becoming one of the prominent business men and influential citizens of the locality and beingpossessed of a very considerable property at one time. His wife, whose maiden name was Dency J. Hathaway, was born in the state of Xew Jersey. April 14, 1814, and she died in Aztalan, in 1S57. She was one of a large family, and one of her sisters became the wife of the late Alvinza Hayward. a millionaire citizen of California. Chauncey R. Stone came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1857 and he was reared to maturity in Jefferson county. He learned the trades of blacksmith and wagonmaker, which he followed for many years in Jefferson, whence he removed to Waterloo, this state, in July, 1875, there following his trade until 1805. when he retired, he and his wife still residing in that village. He is a son of Elijah and Lydia M. (Bridges) Stone, the former of whom was born in Underbill, Vermont, in February, 1821, while his wife was born in Berlin, that state, in the same month and year. They located in Aztalan, Wisconsin, in 1857, passing the remainder of their lives in Jefferson county, where he died about 1863, his wife passing away in 1874. The marriage of Chauncey R. Stone and Helen M. Genung was solemnized November 8, 1865, at Aztalan, the latter having been a resident of Jefferson county from the time of her birth to the present. They became the parents of three children, one of whom died in infancy; Ora A. became the wife of Dudley J. Humphrey, of Waterloo, where she died in May, 1903; and Theron G., subject of this sketch, is the only surviving child. Chauncey R. Stone was one of the first Wisconsin men to tender his services in defense of the Union when his integrity was menaced by armed rebellion. On September 30, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Third Wisconsin Battery of Light Artillery, having been a member of the regimental band, and having been promoted adjutant. He received his hororable discharge, December 11, 1862, on account of physical disability, but on the 31st of the same month, 1863, he re-enlisted, becoming a member of Company E, Third Wisconsin Cavalry. He was transferred to Company H upon the reorganization of the regiment, and was in active service with liis command, principally in the west, until the close of the war, having received his final discharge, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, July 11, 1865. He is a stalwart in the ranks of the Republican party, is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Theron G. Stone, the immediate subject of this review, secured his educational discipline in the public schools of his native state, having been graduated from the high school at Waterloo as a member of the class of 1888. He initiated Ids association with the "art preservative of all arts" by entering the office of the Waterloo Democrat, on March 25, 1889, learning all of the intricacies of the printer's craft, with which he has ever since been identified. In August, 1905, he purchased a half interest in the Sun Prairie Countryman, in whose publication he has since been associated with Walter R. Dunphy. He is a Republican in his political allegiance, and is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, while he is held in high regard in the business and social circles of his home village. < >n ( krtober 10. 1805. Mr. Stone was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Daum, daughter of Jacob and Charlotte (Youker) I >aum, of Waterloo, Wisconsin, and they have one son, Gerald D., who was born February 4, 1897.

with the Salem colony ; there were three brothers, one of whom settled at Marblehead, and it is from this branch of the family that the distinguished jurist, Joseph Story, of the United States supreme court, and his son, William W. Story, equally renowned in his own line as sculptor, are descended. Another brother settled in Essex and was a ship-builder, and many of his descendants have become prominent in that business, and are conneted by ties of blood or marriage to a majority of the people of the town. The third brother was a dissenter from the Puritan church and the rest of the family drove him to Connecticut. Later, some of that branch came to the Western Reserve with the Connecticut Land Co. H. E. Story is the son of Stephen Story, a shoemaker, who spent his life in Manchester, dying at the age of eighty-five years; he married Maria Revere T. Tuck, a relative of Paul Revere, of Revolutionary fame. She died at the age of eighty-six, and, with her husband, is buried at Manchester. They had a family of twelve children, five of whom are still living, and exhibiting three of the family characteristics of strength, industry and longevitv. H. E. Story was reared in Manchester and educated in the public schools ; he had for an instructor a MJr. Hillyard, a graduate of West Point, and afterward editor of the Boston Courier. Mr. Story was gifted with an active mind and a good memory, for although he seldom used a pencil in making his accounts, he very seldom made a mistake. At the age of fourteen he was one of the promoters of a public library in Manchester, which is still in operation. At the age of sixteen he left home and went to Beverly, Mass., where he worked for the first six months for a truck farmer. He afterward went into business as a manufacturer of shoes, and owned the first machine made for the manufacture of shoes, in this country, and made his home in Beverly for twenty years; during that time he was, for a period of sixteen years, the manager of the lyceum of the town and came into contact with the most prominent and talented men of the day, such as Webster. Phillips and Beecher. In 1858, on account cf business failures, he came west, although one bank offered him assistance to the amount of $25,000, if be would remain. He came to Madison with a view to going into business there, but instead he bought a farm in Montrose township, for the purpose of starting in life two young men, sons of a friend of bis of Boston. In 1859 he engaged in business in Belleville, in a general store, stocked with the best quality of goods which he could obtain, and conducted a general mercantile business until 1883, when he was succeeded by his son, Charles H. At this time he built a warehouse for rent, but on account of the failure of the lessees, he assumed the management.

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and until lis death was engaged in the sale of grain, feed, coal, brick, etc. .Mr. Story was married, in 1849, to Mary Elliot Friend, a native of Beverly, and the daughter of a very prominent and wealthy man ; she died in [902; they had three children, William Friend, who has been in the American express office in Chicago, for over forty years; Charles H., a merchant of Belleville, and Edwin C. Mr. Story was a Democrat until the organization of the Free Soil part)', was a man who has always kept himself posted on affairs of public interest, but never aspired to public office. He belonged to the Sons of Temperance from 1840 until he came west in 1859. His interest in the public welfare, as shown by the establishment of the public library in Manchester, was similarly manifested in Belleville where he established a library for the use of the public and maintained it for several years at his own expense, and later had it incorporated. He was familiarly known in his community as "The Grand Old Man of Belleville," from his resemblance to Mr. Gladstone. He died March 3, 1906.

Jacob Strand is the owner of a well improved little farm of thirty acres, the greater portion of which lies within the corporate limits of the village of Sun Prairie. He is a representative of the sturdy Norsemen, who have contributed so largely to the development and substantial upbuilding of the Badger state. He was born in Noway, December 31. 1865, and is a son of Thomas K. and Sarah (Gunderson) Strand, both of whom were likewise born in Norway, the former March 15, L828, and the latter in May, 183d. They settled on a farm in Burke township, Dane county, Wisconsin in 1885, and there remained until 1898, when they removed to Sun Prairie, where the father died in 1901, and where the mother still maintains her home. In politics Thomas K. Strand was a stanch Republican, and his religions faith was that of the Lutheran church, of which his widow also is a devoted member. They became the parents of nine children, of whom eight are living. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native land, whence he accompanied his parents on their immigration to America, having been a resident of Dane county since L884. His first farm comprised forty-seven acres and was located in Burke township, and his present place, which he has improved with excellent buildings, has been in his possession since L898. Mr. Strand exercises his franchise in support of the cause of the Republican party, is identified with the Order of Beavers, and both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. June '-1. 1897, Mr. Strand was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ekan, who was born in Norway, April 2, i874, being a daughter of Iver and Joanna Ekan, who came from Norway to Dane county, Wisconsin, in 1875, locating on a farm. The mother died April 21, 1902. and is survived by eight of her nine children. The father consummated a second marriage and still resides on his farm, in Vienna township. To Mr. and Mrs. Strand have been born three children, - Tenny Elmer, Joanna Semanda, and Andrew, the last named having died in infancy.

Martin A. Strommen, son of Kettli and Lena (Holton) Strommen, is a native of the town of Christiania and a farmer upon the old family homestead. Jorge and Ann Strommen, parents of Kettli, came to Dane county, with their parents in the early days and obtained a fine farm of six hundred and twenty acres, upon part of which Martin, their grandson, now lives. Mrs. Jorge Strommen still lives at the o|d home. Kettli was their only child and always lived with his parents, assisting in the care of their large property. He married Miss Lena Holton, who after the death of Mr. Strommen in January. 1882, married Ole P. Nelson of Christiania. Mr. Nelson was born in Haviland, Norway, son of Peter and Bertha Olson Nelson, who came to Richland county, Wis., in 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Kettli Strommen were born four children : Albert (deceased), Martin, and Carl (deceased). Three children were born to Mrs. Strommen's second marriage ; Clara, Relia and Oscar. Martin was born in Christiania, February 22, 1878, attended the district schools and farmed on the old homestead until 1903, when he built his present beautiful home on a part of the original Strommen property. His large barn was built in 1902 and he is interested in dairying as well as general farming. Considerable tobacco is also raised upon the farm. Martin was married November 15, 1899, to Miss D. Amelia Christianson, daughter of John and Ingebrigt Christianson, natives of Norway. Two children have blessed the marriage ; Deloris x\lfred, born in 1900 and Inez Lena born in 1903. The Strommen family has always been identified with the Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr. Strommen is a member of the Repubican party, has served as the town board and held other local offices. He is always interested in the welfare of the community.

Rev. Jacob Aall Ottesen Stub, the popular and able pastor of Christ Lutheran church in the city of Stoughton, was born in Utica township, this county, August 6, 1877, and is the son of Hans G. and Diddrikka (Ottesen) Stub, representatives of sterling pioneer families of Wisconsin, the father having been born in Muskego. Waukesha county, this state, February 23, 1849, and his mother being born in

Manitowoc, Manitowoc county, in the early 50's. The paternal grandfather, Rev. Hans A. Stub, was a native of Norway, where he was educated in the University of Christiania, and there he was ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran church. He became one of the earliest clergymen of the Norwegian Lutheran church to take up pastoral work in America, having come to Wisconsin in 1848, locating in Muskego where he had charge of mission work, being also one of the six clergymen who organized the Norwegian Lutheran synod in the United States. He was afterward incumbent of pastoral charges in Vernon county, Wisconsin. At the time of the Civil War he returned to Norway, where he remained five years, at the expiration of which he came again to America and located in Winnesheik county, Iowa, where he had charge of several churches for twenty-nine years. In 1891 he again visited Norway, returning to America in 1897, and retiring from the active work of the ministry in the following year. He now resides in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the home of his son, Rev. Hans G. Stub, D. D. The maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Rev. Jacob Aall Otteson, who likewise was born and reared in Norway, where he received a liberal education and where he was ordained a minister of the Lutheran church. He taught for three years in the Latin schools of Christiania, and in 1852 came to the United States, locating in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he was one of the pioneers in the mission work of his church, having charge of congregations in various places in that section of the state. In i860 he removed to Dane county, locating in-Utica township and thereafter serving several congregations until 1891, when he retired and removed to Decorah, Iowa, where he died in the autumn of 1904, at the age of seventy-nine years. Professor Hans G. Stub, the father of him whose name initiates this article, was graduated from Luther College, at Decorah, Iowa, as a member of the class of 1866. He studied theology thereafter, in St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1872 was ordained to the ministry of the church of his fathers. In the same year he took up his residence in Minneapolis, Minnesota, there becoming pastor of Our Saviour's Norwegian Lutheran church and mission, in which he served zealously and ably until 1878, when he became professor of theology in the Lutheran Seminary, at Madison, Wisconsin. This incumbency he retained until 1888, with the exception of two years passed in special study in Leipsic, Germany. In 1888 the seminary was removed from Madison to the city of Minneapolis, and there he held the chair of theology to the present time, save for an interval of four years, 1896 to 1900, during which time he was pastor of a church in Decorah, Iowa. The mother of the subject of this sketch died when he was but two years of age, and thereafter he was reared to the age of seven years in the home of his maternal grandparents, in Dane county. He then went to his father who had but recently consummated a second marriage, having wedded Miss Yalborg Hovind, of Madison, who was born in Norway and who was a well known vocalist and teacher of vocal music, having been educated in Germany and France. Mr. Stub's father was then living in the city of Madison, and here the boy was afforded the advantages of the public schools which he continued to attend until 1888. He finally matriculated in Luther College. Decorah, Iowa, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1898, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. It was but natural that inherent predilections should lead him to the work of the ministry, and in 1901 he was graduated from the seminary of the Xorweigian Lutheran church, in 'the city of St. Paul. After his ordination 'he became assistant pastor, under Rt. Rev. Halverson, of Wesby, being assigned to a congregation at Viroqua, Vernon county, where he remained nearly a year. In May 1902, he became pastor of Christ Lutheran church, in Stoughton, and the pastorate he still holds, having in fused much zeal and vitality into all departments of the church work and enjoying unqualified popularity in the community. August 26, 1902, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Stub to Miss Aleda Hoverson, daughter of Hover and Bertha (Johnson) Hoverson, of Soldiers' Grove, Crawford county, and of this union has been born one child, Didrikka Aall.

George Sullivan, the efficient superintendent of streets of the city of Madison was born in Madison, February 12, 1856. He comes of good Irish stock, his parents, Timothy and Elizabeth (McCune) Sullivan, being natives of the Emerald Isle, the former of County Clare and the latter of Rosscommon. Timothy Sullivan came to the United States in the early forties, locating first in Railway, N. J., where he engaged in farming and truck gardening. In 1855 he and his wife made their way to the capital city of AYisconsin, and for many years lived on a farm, Mr. Sullivan doing occassional jobs of teaming. He is now retired, having reached the age of seventy-four, while his wife is seventy-two. Of their ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the second, five are still living. Mary is the widow of John O'Connell of Madison ; Hannah is the wife of Frank Memhard of Madison ; Dennis, a clerk, makes the same city his home ; and John, a teamster, also makes his home in the city of his nativity. George Sullivan received his early schooling in the public institutions of Madison. The print- ers' trade appealed to him and four years were spent in learning its "ins and outs," and the following seven years were put in on a farm. On his return to the city at the end of that time he engaged in the construction work and has since made that his means of livelihood. During the years of 1887-1888 he served as alderman from the sixth ward. In 1899 the common council of the city of Madison made Mr. Sullivan superintendent of streets and he has served continuously since through the different changes of administration. That his work as a public officer has been highly satisfactory there is no doubt. On May 3, 1880, Mr. Sullivan was united in marriage to Katie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McCarthy of Madison. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy are natives of Ireland, who came to this country in the early fifties. For many years McCarthy was a hop and tobacco grower, but like so many other Dane county farmers, has of late years turned his attention to the raising of sugar beets. McCarthy is now about seventy-two years of age and his wife is sixty-eight. Mrs. Sullivan died December 14. 1900, leaving, beside her husband, six children: Emma, a stenographer; Helen, who keeps house for her father ; Jennie, a student in the business college; Anna, attending the public schools; Florence and Eugenia. The family are all members of -the Catholic church and the father belongs to the Catholic Knights of America.

James Sullivan, (deceased), was a native of Queenstown. Cork county, Ireland. He came to Toledo, O., at an early date, having first spent some time in Pennsylvania. In May, 1839, he came to Madison, Wis., and engaged in teaming. He followed that occupation for about five years, part of the time making the long journey between Milwaukee and Madison, hauling the material for the budding of the old capital. He owned a farm in Toledo, O., and this he sold and invested the proceeds in the land in Burke township where he made his home until his death, April 19, 1867. The story of Mr. Sullivan's l'fe is the story of the thrilling and adventurous experiences of the pioneer. His first journey from Toledo to Madison was made alone on horseback, and the following year he made the same journey accompanied by his family. His was among the first Catholic families to settle in that vicinity, and they preceded the first priest by three years. Father Condig, of Milwaukee, was brought out to baptize two children of Mr. Sullivan, Jane and Michael, and at that time the first mass was said in his house. They were the first children christened in the Catholic church of Wisconsin. At that time their nearest neighbors were a mile away and the farms were also separated by a creek. In this home, carved out of the wilderness, Mr. Sullivan spent h's life of seventy-five years, and brought up his family of nine children. His marriage occurred about 1828, to Miss Catherine Cahoo, also a native of Ireland. It was solemnized in Albany X. Y. Six children were born in Toledo, Ohio, and three in Dane county. Mlargaret, of Mauchchunk, Penn., married Matthew Gorry, of Fitchburg; both are deceased ; Mary, of New York state, married John Conlisk, of Toledo, O. ; both are deceased ; Patrick, deceased, of Toledo, O., spent most of his life in Missouri. Hannah, married Samuel Barry; James spent most of his life in the west ; was in the Civil War, in Kit Carson's cavalry, and died in Mexico, shortly after the war; Catherine, now Sister Mary Magdaline, a sister of charity, in Cleveland, O. ; Jane, died young; Michael, died in Toledo, O. ; Ellen, died unmarried. The mother of this family died at Burke, 1864, aged sixty years, and is buried in the family burying plot in the Catholic cemetery of Madison. The subject of this sketch was a man of strong personality a stanch democrat, and while deeply interested in political movements, was not a seeker of official positions, but nevertheless served in local offices at different times. He was a well-to-do farmer, owning at the time of his death, two hundred acres of land in the town of Burke.

Edwin Sumner, the senior member of the firm of Edwin Sumner & Son,, wholesale and retail druggists, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, September 23, 1841. In 1845 ms parents moved to Tiffin, Seneca county, of the same state, which was his home until he was fifteen years of age. After the death of his father, his mother, MVs. Jane Sumner, with three of her children, two daughters and one son, the latter the subject of this sketch, removed to Wisconsin, settling in Madison in 1856. A picture of Pinckney street, where the establishment of Sumner & Son is now located, taken in 1856, shows an irregular and inartistic sky-line formed by low wooden buildings and a glimpse of a corner of the Capitol Park, with its saplings protected from molestation by the public by a high board fence. At that time railway communication with the outer world had been established barely two years and, although the population had reached about seven thousand, the place had just been incorporated as a city and was still without public buildings and the conveniences of water, light, etc., which are now in common use in the minature cities of a quarter of the size of Madison in 1856. Soon after his arrival, Mr. Sumner, although only a boy in years, began the moulding of his own career by seeking employment with PhilO' Dunning, a sturdy, honest pioneer of 1840, at that time a partner in the firm of Dunning & Paine, grocers and drug- 55 - iii gists, established at 109 King street. After three months a change was made in the firm and it became Wright & Paine, and Air. Sumner remained in their employ for nearly three years. In February, 1859, when the subject of this sketch was only eighteen years of age, he formed a partnership with Philo Dunning, John N. Jones, and James W. Sumner, (his brother), under the firm name of Dunning, Jones & Sumners which was the foundation of the present business firm, and its present location at 15 South Pinckney street selected. A year later the building was found to be too small to accomodate the growing business and it was moved off the site and in two months a new building stood in its place. This display of prompitude and energy is typical of the spirit which has animated the firm through all the changes which the years have made in the personel of the principals. February 10, 1862, the firm was changed to Dunning & Sumner, and it is at the present time Sumner & Son, but the man of whom this brief sketch is written has for nearly half a century maintained his connection as an active partner in the business, and the memory of but few of the present residents of the city runs back to' the time when he did not dispense his wares for the healing and comfort of the inhabitants. At the present time the firm has a force of four assistants in its employ and has established a branch store on State street, at the intersection of Gilman street, which in size and appointments nearly equals the original establishment. On September 6. 1864, Mr Sumner was married to Miss Mary Annette Dunning and they have had two children, one daughter, who died at the age of sixteen months and one son, Louis D., born November 7, 1870; he was educated in the city schools and at the University of Wisconsin in the English course ; He also took a post graduate course in the college of pharmacy, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science, and is now the junior member of the firm. He married Miss Mary Clawson. daughter of A. J. Clawson, an early graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Edwin Sumner is a member of the fraternal order of Free Masons and also of the Congregational church, and he has been a trustee of that church for the last forty years. In the Madison Democrat of May 6. 1906, under the heading "A Semi-Centennial, appeared this notice of the Sumner family: "Just fifty years ago yesterday, James AY. Sumner had a neat little cottage purchased and furnished in the 100 block of East Gilman street, and on that day he sent to Tiffin, Ohio, for hia mother, two sisters and one brother to come to Madison. They arrived in due time and found a thrifty village. Only two are now living, Mr. Edwin O. Sumner and Mrs. J. IT. D. Baker. Mr. James Sumner came to Madison in 1847, being one of the pioneers."

James W. Sumner, of 15 Hancock St., Madison is a native ot England; he was born in Manchester, August 1, 1832, the son ot James and Jane (Mathew) Sumner. The parents came to America in 1833. landing- in New York. They settled in Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio. James Sumner was a lawyer by profession and a thoroughly educated English gentleman. He practiced law in Tiffin and entered into the political interests of his time, stumping the state against Tom Corbin. He remained in the town where he settled until his death. The subject of this sketch received his education in the schools of Tiffin, but began at an early age to carve out his own fortunes ; he began learning the harness trade when he was only fourteen and worked at it two years in Ohio and two years after coming to Wisconsin. He came to Dane county. May 26, 1817. and settled in Madison ; he took up forty acres of government land in the town of Oregon ; after the death of his father, his mother came west and Air. Sumner sold his little farm, purchased a house for his mother on Gorham St., opposite Judge Riser's, furnished it and installed her in her new home. He has been identified with the' interests of Madison for nearly sixty years, having served on the board when it was a village, at the time when it received its charter as a city, and afterward as a member of the council representing the second ward. He was nominated for sheriff in 1869. Mr. Sumner's family belonged to the Episcopal church and he was christened in that church in England. He is, in politics, an old-time Democrat, and his fraternal relations are with the K. P.. Monona Lodge No. 12, of Madison. He was in business, as a druggist, in Madison, for twenty-five years but has now retired. He owns his home in the city and three other buildings on the same property lying between Hancock and Franklin Streets. April 8, 1861. Mr. Sumner married Miss Frances E. Foster, daughter of Louis and Lucy Foster, of Xew York. She was born in Jefferson county. Wis., and died March 30, 1890. They had two children. James F.. of Milwaukee and Ella, who married Mr Steinberg, of Chicago. Both of the children were born and educated in Madison, the daughter having received special training in music.

August Sutter, a prominent farmer of Perry township, was born in Madison, Wis., September 9, 1863. His father, Ludwig Sutter, was a native of Baden, Germany, and married Crescienta Heller, who was born in the same district. In 1850, they left Germany and came to Madison, Wis., where Mr. Sutter bought wheat for the Conklin firm. In 1875, he moved to Perry township and en- o^aged in farming, having purchased one hundred and twenty acres of farm land. To this he added one tract after another until his property comprised two hundred and seventy acres. The last few years of his life Mr. Sutter spent in Mount Horeb, retired, and there he died in May, 1904. Mrs. Sutter still resides in Mount Horeb. Ten children were born to Ludwig Sutter and his wife, all of whom are living. Joseph resides in Perry township; Julia is - Mrs. George Schmidt of Perry ; August is the subject of this sketch; Frank lives with his mother in Mount Horeb; Louie resides in Blue Mounds township; Mary resides in a convent in Milwaukee; Frances married Casper Hagg of Mount Horeb ; Grace is with her sister Mary in Milwaukee; Leo lives in the town of Blue Mounds, and Willie on the old home farm. August was at home with his parents and assisted his father until he was twenty-nine years old. at which time he bought a farm of one hundred acres in the town of Perry and engaged in general farming at which he has prospered. In May, 1892. he married Miss Catherine Schmidt, born in Perry, daughter of George and Frances (Conlee) Schmidt, natives of Germany. Eight children blessed the marriage ; George Ludwig. Eddie Joseph, Clara Julia, Frank August, Ella Grace, Raymond Leo, Stella and Laura Teresa, all of whom are at home. Mrs. Sutter is one of a family of seven children, of whom four are living; George, who resides in the town of Perry ; Albert,, who lives in Blue Mounds ; Mrs. August Sutter, and Teresa, the wife of a brother of August j Sutter. Mr. Sutter is allied with the Democratic party. The family belongs to the German Catholic church.

Louis O. Sveom, of Stoughton. is a contractor and constructor of all kinds of cement and concrete work, and is numbered among the successful and reliable business men of the second city of Dane county. He was born in Norway, February 12, 1868, and is a son of Ole A. and Bertha (Torgeson) Sveom. who came to the United States in the spring of 1881. settling in Rock county, Wisconsin, where the father continued identified with agricultural pursuits until 1900, when he retired. He and his wife still reside in Rock county, making their homel in Avan, though they originally settled in Plymouth township. They have nine children, namely: Andrew; Bertha, wife of Hans Ljom; Bernt; Thea, wife of John Hegge ; John ; Olive, wife of O. C. Jensen; Louis O. ; and Olaus. The subject of this review secured his early educational training in his native land, having been twelve years of' age at the time of the family removal to the United States. Here he continued his studies for two terms in the common schools of Rock! county, and he was employed at farm work until he had reached the age of thirty-two years. In 1894 he engaged in the contracting business in the city of Milwaukee, giving employment to a number of men and there remaining one year. Thereafter he followed the same line of enterprise in Rock county until 1901, when he located in Stoughton, where he established his present business, in which he has met with gratifying success, being the only contractor of the sort in the city and having gained a high reputation for work of the highest grade. In politics he is found aligned as a supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party. September 6, 1899, Mr. Sveom was married to Miss Sophia Torema Freeman, daughter of Magnus and Helen (Everson) Freeman, of Spring Valley township, Rock county. Mr. and Mrs. Sveom have two chicken, - Lillian R. and

Harold L. Swan, proprietor and editor of the Mazomanie Sickle, was born in Christiania, Norway, November 29. 1869. He is the son of Hans H. and Randina Swan, both born in Norway, the former on January 13, 1840, and the latter on June 4. i«45- Mr- Swan received his scholastic training in the institutions of Stoughton and in 1882 started in to learn the trade of printer. He served his apprenticeship with the Normannen of Stoughton. of which he later became one of the publishers. In 1893 he purchased the plant of the Mazomanie Sickle, and since- that time has been its editor. He is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. On February 5, 1891, Mr. Swan was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Johnson, daughter of Richard and Jane (Lowrv) Johnson of Stoughton and to this union have been born three children. The names of these, with the dates of their birth, follow ; Jane Idelle, March 29, 1892; Harold Johnson, Mlarch 30. 1896; and Julian McAllister, September 16, 1898. Mr. Swan is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, the Equitable Fraternal Union, the Mystic Workers of the World and the Order of Beavers.

J. D. Synon, of Verona, was born in the district of Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, December 22, 1842, of Irish ancestry, his father having come from Ireland to Canada, with his parents, at the age of fourteen years and his mother at the age of nine. His father, Thomas Synon, came to Milwaukee. July 4. 1859. and immediately came on to Verona, Dane county. Here he bought land, improved it and made his home until his death December 5, 1902, his wife having died four years previously. They were the parents of nine children, J. D. Synon, the subject of this sketch; Jane, who married James Budrase, of Minnesota; George, (deceased) who was a physician in Chicago; William, a physician of Milwaukee; Thomas and Daniel, twins, the former an attorney in Norfolk, Va.. and the latter a farmer of Fitchburg; Emily, (deceased) was a teacher in Chicago; Alary Ellen, of Eitchbnrg-; Agnes (deceased) was a teacher. Air. Synon received the greater part of his education in Canada, and after coming to Wisconsin, worked a farm in partnership with his father until he was thirty years of age ; he then bought the farm of two hundred and forty acres which he occupies at the present. He was married February 24, i88r. to Miss Jane Miles of Verona; they had two children, Cassie and Jerome, both at home. Mrs. Synon died June 17, 1887, and Mr. Synon subsequently married Miss Delia Reynolds, of Madison.

Hon. Jonas Swenholt, the incumbent of the office of state fishand game-warden, whose Madison home is at 2102 Oakland avenue, was born near Oconomowoc, Waukesha county. Wis., December 20, 1855. He is a son of John and Ingeborg Swenholt, both of whom wrere born in Norway. The father was a Norwegian farmer who settled in Waukesha county in 1844, clearing and improving a farm. In 1861 he moved to Waupaca county and lived on the farm which he cleared, until his death, which occurred July 2, 1881, the day that' President Garfield was shot. His widow is still living, having passed the eighty-third milestone on April 14, 1906. She makes her home with her son in Madison. There were but two children in the family. Ingeborg is the widow of Rev. E. J. Homme, the founder of the Norwegian orphans' home at Wittenberg, Shawano county. His death occurred in June, 1903, at the age of sixty years. His widow is now living in Glendale, Oregon, Jonas Swenholt received an academic education in the common schools of Wisconsin. He devoted his time to farming for a few years after the completion of his studies, and then moved to Shawano county and built the first house in what is now the village of Wittenberg. The village today has a population of about thirteen hundred and the government conducts an Indian school at the place. Mr. Swenholt conducted a store there for thirteen years and then operated a saw mill which he previously purchased. In 1893 the mill was burned to the ground with a loss of fifteen thousand dollars. In 1894 he was made register of deeds of Shawano county and re-elected to the position in 1896. In the fall of 1900 he was elected to a seat in the lower house of the state legislature, and again in 1904 was chosen to fill the same position. During the last session in which he served he was chairman of the committee on fish and game and a member of the committee on claims. On September 19. 1905, Gov. R. La Follette appointed him fish and game warden. His term expires July 1. 1907. His political affiliations are with the Republican party and his appointment to office was a recognition of his faithful services in its behalf. Previous to his coming to Madison to live he had held all the political offices of his town and village, and had served as postmaster, the appointment having been made by President Garfield. In July. 1883. Mr. Swenholt married Miss Anna Lysne, daughter of Henry Lysne, and a native of Portage county. Her parents, both deceased, were natives of Norway. Henry Lysne and his son Ole served throughout the Civil War in the Union army, the son being killed in the last battle before Petersburg. To Mrs. and Mrs. Swenholt have been born four children. John is a student at the University of Wisconsin in the class of 1908, in the pharmacy course. Helmer is also an attendant of the same institution, in the engineering course. Edna is in the high school and Casper in the grade school.

A. J. Swenson is a retired gardener of Madison, where he has lived since 1856. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, July 22, 1819, son of Sever and Carrier Swenson, both natives of Sweden. His parents were poor and their son had no opportunity to attend school but was hard at work as soon as he was old enough to find employment. He became an expert gardener and in 1856 embarked for America, soon after becoming a resident of Madison, Wis. He was employed for three years by Governor Farwell in various kinds of work about his home and bought a lot of Governor Farwell as soon as he could save enough from his wages. The entire sum which he possessed with which to erect his house was ten dollars and this only sufficed to purchase covering for three sides of the little cottage. A blanket temporarily enclosed the fourth side but Mr. Swenson soon earned money to finish his dwelling and continued to add to his property as he accumulated a competence, little by little, by means of thrift and unceasing energy and labor. He now owns two full city lots and his daughter owns two adjoining lots. Each of Mr. Swenson's children have been presented by their father with two lots. The first strawberries ever cultivated in Madison were raised by Mr. Swenson, who was fond of making experiments with his garden and was always very successful. In 1853 Mr. Swenson married, in Chicago, Miss Carrie Peterson, a native of Sweden, and four children were born to the marriage. Albert, the oldest son and Christine, the oldest daughter, reside with their father in Madison. Anna is Mrs. Ole Swenson and lives in Minnesota. Sophia is Mrs. Hamilton, also of Minnesota. The family belongs to the Norwegian Lutheran church. In political sympathies Mr. Swenson is a Republican.

Andrew W. Swenson, carpenter and contractor and member of the firm of Swenson Brothers, first saw the light of day in Norway, October 15. 1863. He is a son of John and Sonnov (Wesnes) Swenson. The father was born December 12, 1822, and In 1882, having been sent for by his sons, came to the United States. From the t'me of his arrival until his death in 1886 ho lived with his son William on a farm. In Norway he had followed the vocation of rope-maker. His widow is still living, an honored resident of Elmside, a suburb of Madison. She is a member of the Lutheran church. By a previous marriage John Swenson was the father of four children. Severen, now deceased, was a resident of Minnesota and president of a bank there. At one time he was county auditor. John A., formerly a carpenter and contractor of Madison, is now a prospector. Magnus, who makes his home in Madison, is interested in the manufacture of mining tools in Chicago. Mary is now Mrs. Harvey. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of the three children by the second marriage. The others are William R., the partner of Andrew W., and Anna B., the wife of John Golbin, a painter of Madison. Andrew W. Swenson received his education in the public and private schools of his native country. As soon as he had been confirmed he took passage as a sailor, plying between Europe and America for five years. He then came to Madison in 1881 to serve his apprenticeship as a carpenter under his brother, J. A. Swenson, of the firm of Warns & Swenson. For some four years he worked intermittently at farming and carpentering at Stoughton, where he also put in six years clerking in a store and another year at the same occupation in Sun Prairie. In 1891 he returned to carpentering again, removing to Waukesha as a railroad carpenter. He did not stay there long, however, but came back to Madison, going into the employ of his brother J. A. Swenson. He continued in this position until the present partnership was formed in 1900. On April 18. 1887, Mr. Swenson led to the altar Miss Annie E. Ham, a native of Wisconsin, and daughter of H. A. and Martha Ham, now residents of Stoughton. To this union has been born one son, Verne A. H. Mr. and Mrs. Swenson are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Swenson is a third degree Mason, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Beavers. He is a finished workman and an industrious, enterprising and cheerful citizen. His home and its surroundings are worthy of emulation.

George W. Swenson, postmaster and general merchant in the little village of Klevenville, is a native of Norway. He was born in Telemarken, Askenaud. June 24. 1860, and came to America with his father when he was about four years old. He was the youngest of a family of nine children of whom only three are living, - Reguild, widow of Andrew Goodmanson, of Fertile, Worth county, Iowa; Jerjan, of Forestville, Iowa, and George W., the subject of this sketch. The mother died in Norway and the father, Swen Swenson, settled in Perry, Dane county, about 1864. He was a teacher in his native land, but adapted himself to the conditions of a new country and followed farming and employed himself wtih mason work as necessity demanded, until his death in 1875. George W., was reared in the town of Perry, Dane county, and in Rudd, Iowa, and attended the public schools and later the Northwestern Business College of Madison. He began life for himself as a clerk and book-keeper at Mt. Vernon. Later he followed the same occupation at Alt. Horeb until 1885. In 1886 he received the appointment as postmaster at Mt. Vernon and he remained at that place until 1891 when he came to Klevenville and entered into a partnership with Iver Kleven ; three years later (1894) he bought out his partner and has since been sole proprietor of the business. He carries a good line of general merchandise, hardware, groceries, dry goods and boots and shoes. April 3, 1895, he was married to Inger Kleven, of Springdale, daughter of Iver Kleven, who now resides at Madison. They have three children, Ivester Mabel, Grace Alpha and Irene Alena. Mr. Swenson has always taken an active interest in local politics and has served as postmaster of Klevenville since 1891, with the exception of one term of four years when the position was held by his father-in-law, Iver Kleven. He has been justice of the peace since locating in Klevenville, was town clerk in 1897-98, served as census enumerator in 1900 and at the present time is serving as clerk of the school district. He was instrumental in organizing joint district number 9, and carried his point against great opposition. The school district was organized in 1899 out of territory belonging to five other districts, all of which appealed to the state superintendent. Mr. Swenson has always been connected with the Republican party and has been chairman of the town organization for four years ; he was also a delegate to the Republican state convention in 190-4. He belongs to the order of F. and A. M. at Mt. Horeb, and is a member of the Lutheran church.

Ole C. Swenson, a well known and successful carpenter and builder of Stoughton, claims the fair land of Norway as the place of his nativity, having there been born August 24, 1844, and being a son of Swen and Martha (Pederstatter) Nelson. He was reared and educated in Norway, where also he learned the blacksmith trade. In

1868, at the age of twenty-four years, he bade adieu to home and native land and came to America, making- Stoughton his objective point. In the autumn of that year he entered the employ of T. G. Mandt, who later organized the present Mandt Manufacturing Company, and lie remaned with this concern nine years, at the expiration of which he turned bis attention to the carpenter's trade, which he has since continued to follow in this city, except for an interval of four months passed in Minnesota and fifteen months in Chicago. In 1904 he erected Irs own handsome residence, in Harrison street, at a cost of three thousand dollars. For eight years he was in the employ of F. G. Hill, and since 1902 he has been one of the valued employes of Morten Christensen. one of the prominent contractors of Stoughton. In politics he gives his support to the Republican cause and he and his family hold membership in the Norwegian Lutheran church. In 1874 Mr. Swenson married Miss Dora Forthun, of Stoughton, and they became the parents of six children, - Lovena, Annie (deceased) Helmer. Orvin, Eda and Raymond.

William R. Swenson, carpenter and contractor, and member of the firm of Swenson Brothers, was born in Norway, November 3, 1864. He is a son of John and Sonnov (Wesnes) Swenson, for a brief outline of whose lives see the sketch of Andrew W. Swenson in this volume. William R. Swenson was educated in the Christiania, Norway, common and high schools, and then entered life as a sailor, continuing in that occupation for five years. He has visited Russia, Denmark, Holland, Germany, France, England, Ireland, and Scotland. When he touched the s'hores of America he determined to make this country his home, and in 1882 came directly to Stoughton. His first labor was that of a farm hand, and then he accepted a position as a clerk in a Stoughton store, remaining there some seven years. He worked at his trade in the summer and clerked during the winter months. For a year he was employed in Milwaukee as a railroad carpenter and subsequently for the shipyard in that city. In 1893 he returned to Madison and went to work for his brother, continuing in that occupation until the present partnership was established. The firm has done a great deal of business in Madison, and the surround ing towns, and that it has been satisfactory is evidenced by the increase of business from year to year. In 1885 Mr. Swenson married Miss Hansine Anderson, a native of Norway who came to the United States in 1883. Her parents, John and Hannah (Hokins) Anderson, still reside in Norway. Airs. Swenson is the eldest of the seven children in the1 family. Of the others. Alice is the wife of Christ Hansen and lives in South Dakota; Morris is a farmer near

Edgerton, Rock county; Carl is employed by the Knickerbocker Ice company at Williams Bay ; Inga ; Lena is married and has four children, and Bert lives in Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Swenson have had five children. Sigurd, the first born, died when but two years of age. Sigurd J., the second child, is now a tinsmith in Madison ; and Eleanor L., Ruth Elizabeth and Anna Maria Pauline are at home. The family are members of the Trinity Lutheran church. Mr. Swenson is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He is a man of excellent judgment, sound business sense and* genial, courteous manner.

Matthew J. Tappins, secretary of the state board of control, was born in Iowa county, Wis., May 2, 1863. His parents, George and Ellen (Flannery) Tappins, were both natives of Ireland, the father coming to this country in 1841 and settling in Benton, Wis. His occupation was that of farmer and he continued in it until his retirement in 1896. He now makes his home in Avoca, and although he has passed the seventy-third milestone he is still hale and hearty. His wife died in 1893 at the age of fifty-six. She was a devout member of the Catholic church, as is her husband today. Of their six children five are still living. The subject of this sketch finished his preparatory education in the Highland high school. After the completion of his academic studies he taught for several years and was eminently successful. In the fall of 1884, when Mr. Tappins was but twenty-one, he was elected circuit clerk of Iowa county, which position he held for ten successive years, in 1894 he entered the office of Spensely & Mcllhan at Mineral Point for the purpose of studying law. After eight months he became assistant cashier in a Dodgeville bank ; he had been there but three months when he was appointed (December 1, 1895) assistant secretary of the state board of control and on the 10th day of March, 1898, was elected by the board as its secretary. The efficiency of his work in that capacity is attested by his successive service there through the many changes of administration. On March 8, 1888. he married Miss Anna Noble, a daughter of Richard and Louisa (Corbin) Noble of Dodgeville. Mr. Noble is now deceased, and his wife is a resident of Denver, Colo. To Mr. and Mrs. Tappins have been born four children. - Garold fames. Homer, Noble L., and an unnamed baby. Mrs. Tappins is a member of the Christ Presbyterian church of Madison. Mr. Tappins belongs to the Knights of Pythias.

i. w n i f Primrose, December 13. [866. His parents, John and Mary i Elmer) Tasher, wen natives of Switzerland who came to this country in the latter part of the titties, landing- in New York. They came west by way of the Eric canal and the Great Lakes. Mrs. Tasher (then Miss Elmer) joined the Swiss colony, at Xew Glarus, Green county, and Mr. Tasher made his way to Sank county, Wis., where he worked for Judge Siebecker's father. From Sauk county he went to Green county, there married, and subsequently the family removed to Dane count v and in January, 1866, moved onto the farm which the subject of this sketch now conducts. Here the father remained until within two years of his death, which occurred at New Glarus, Wis., July 9, 1898. The mother died October 30, 1890. Werner Tasher was but six weeks old when his parents moved to the farm where he now resides. His scholastic education was received in the district schools of Primrose and the Mount Vernon institution and he immediately took up the vocation of farming when he had completed his course. He has followed that calling" all his life. In time the father's farm came into his hands, he being the only survivor of a family of three children. The place contains some three hundred and twenty-five acres and is devoted chiefly to the raising of blooded stock and dairying. Mr. Tasher is the owner of the Clyde stallion. Rustic Prince, registered No. n 583. In politics Mr. Tasher is a Democrat and now the representative of his town on the county board of supervisors, a position which his father held many years before him. In religious matters he is associated with the Reform church. On March 2, 1893, ^ie married Fredericka, daughter of William and Caroline (Bortlung) Schettler, an:l a native of Springdale. The parents were both natives of Germany and the father was a soldier in the Union army, participating in Sherman's march to the sea. Mr. and Mrs. Tasher have four children, Mary M. Emil.ne E., and Iva A. and Eva E., twins. The Tasher home, known as the Sugar River Valley Farm, is beautifully located and one of the best equipped places in the county.

Charles A. Taylor, a genial conductor in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, is a native of Iowa county. Wis. His parents were John and Mary (Pullis) Taylor, the former a native of New York state and the latter of Pennsylvania, who came to Wisconsin early in its history. John Taylor was one of the many Wisconsin men who offered their services to assist in preserving the union. He enlisted at Highland, August 21, 1862, in the Thirty-third Wisconsin infantry. This regiment was recruited principally from Green. Kenosha, Rock and La Fayette counties and its organization was completed at Camp Utley, Racine, under the superintendence of Col. Jonathan B. Moore, its commanding officer. It entered the United States service on October 18, 1862, and less than a month later (November 12, 1862) left the state, via Chicago and Cairo, 111., for Memphis, where it arrived on November 16. Here it was assigned to a brigade in Lauman's division of Sherman's wing of the Army of the Tennessee and participated in Grant's movement toward Jackson, Miss., leaving Memphis ten days after its arrival with ten days rations and one hundred rounds of ammunition per man. Sherman had the advance and when his command arrived at Wyatt it was ordered back to engage in the campaign against Vicksburg. Later the Thirty-third went into winter quarters at Moscow and while there was transferred, with Lauman's division, to the Sixteenth Army Corps under General Hurlburt. In April, 1863, the Thirty-third participated in the Coldwater expedition under Col. George E. Bryant of the Twelfth Wisconsin. The following month the regiment was thrown to the rear of Vicksburg, being stationed at the extreme left. There it remained until after the capitulation of the city on July 4. The next engagement of the Thirty-third was the second battle of Jackson. In February, 1864, it formed a part of Sherman.s Meridian expedition, marching three hundred and seventy miles in twentynine days. The same year Banks' Red river expedition was undertaken and Moore's regiment formed an integral part of the movement. At Nashville and Spanish Fort the Thirty-third participated, at the latter place being the first regiment to enter the stronghold, capturing two Napoleon guns and a number of prisoners. August 8, 1865, tho regiment was mustered out at Vicksburg and a week later reached Madison. John Taylor was never seriously wounded nor taken prisoner, although his eye sight was seriously impaired. He passed away March 28, 1903, at the age of eighty-two. His wife died November 1, 1887 at the age of fiftyseven. They had four children. - George, employed by the Fairbanks-Morse company of Beloit ; La Fayette, in the livery business in Milwaukee; Charles A., the subject of this sketch ; and Jane, who married John De Lany of Montfort, Wis., and died in 1892, aged twenty-six. Charles A. Taylor was born June 20. 1861. and was educated in the public schools of Avoca and upon the completion of his studies he went to work on his father's farm. At the age of twenty-four his career as a railroad man was begun. For ten years he served as a brakeman and saw many of the modern conveniences and appliances come into use. On February 13, 1892, he was made a conductor and has ever since been one of the most trusted and skillful employes of the company. On April 14, 1884 Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Hilda M., daughter of William and Mary (Lieber) Nebel, residents of Prairie du Chien, Wis. Mr. Nebel was a piano tuner and repairer, having learned his trad? in Germany. Years ago, before there was a railroad in that section of the country. Mr. Xebel was a merchant in Sauk City. He' was born in Germany, March 2, 1821, and died April 11, 1906. Mrs. Nebel was born in the same country on December 17, 1838. Mrs. Taylor is one of four living children, of whom she .is the oldest. Henry Nebel is a traveling salesman for a La Crosse clothing firm and makes his home in Prairie du Chien, Wis.; Oscar and Leo Nebel are engaged in the poultry business in Worthington, Minn. To Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have been born three children: Henry Charles, employed by the Alford Brothers' laundry company ; Alma Alida, a milliner; and Hazel May a student in the third year class of the Madison high school. The family are all attendants of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Taylor is a member of Madison Division No. 82, Order of Railway Conductors. He weighs two hundred and twenty-five pounds and is a fine specimen of vigorous manhood.

Herbert J. Taylor, who lives upon the farm reclaimed from the wilderness by his father, John A. Taylor, an early settler of Dane county, is one of the well-known members of the community. Together with his sister Carrie he owns an 1 operates the farm upon which they were born and does a general farming business. John A. Taylor, their father, was born in Mad. son, Madison county, N. Y. March 31, 1817, son of Nathan Taylor, whose father and grandfather bore the same name and resided in Connecticut colony. John A. Taylor was educated in New York and married Miss Frutilla F. Ferguson, who was born in Oriskany Falls, N. Y. January 28, 1824, daughter of Daniel K. and Gertrude (Casety) Ferguson, who came to Sun Prairie in 1846 and there spent the residue of their lives. Gertrude Casety 's father, Thomas, was prominent in the Oriskany Falls settlement in its earl)- history and owned a grist-mill and practiced law. .Mr. and .Mrs. John Taylor came to Sun Prairie township in 1845 and [846, obtained a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which they cleared and improved, sharing in the deprivations and struggles of the new community- Mr. Taylor lived until 1888 and his wife until 1905. Eight children were born to them; William, deceased: Rosalie; Julia and I lenry, deceased; Carrie who lives on the old homestead with her brother Herbert; Lenora, Herbert and Albert. Herbert was born in the town of Sun Prairie. September 16, i860, attended school in Sun

Prairie and has always been a farmer. He is a Republican in his political affiliations but is not an office-holder at present. Carrie Taylor is a member of the Presbyterian church.

James Wr Taylor, a retired farmer of Dane county, Wis., residing on a farm in Bristol, section 2, was born in New York city, January 22, 1853. His parents, James and Maria (Vincent) Taylor, were also born in New York city, the father dying- there when his son was but a mere child. His mother was a daughter of Gilbert Vincent, an early settler of Kenosha county where both he and his wife are buried. STie moved to Windsor about 1869 and died there three years later. James was her only child. He was educated in New York state and in Kenosha county. Wis. He has always been a farmer and at present owns eighty acres of land. At one time he owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Windsor. Although not now actively engaged in the tillage of the soil he still glories in the profession which he has made his life work. He was married January 21. 1859, to Miss Mahala Van Kleek, the daughter of James and Jane (Vanderwarker) Van Kleek, both of whom were natives of New York state. She was born in New York, November 3, 1839. Her parents moved to Sun Prairie in 1845 an^ b°tn died there, the father in 1887 and the mother in 1896. They had eight children, three of whom are living. James Van Kleek was a strong Republican and he and his wife were members of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have seven children as follows: Ida Estella, Frank E., Lida M. (deceased), Elmer J.. Mabel M., Jennie L, Clarence R. Both Mr. Taylor and his wife are members of the Methodist church. In politics Mr. Taylor is a Republican and he has served his party as constable at Windsor.

Richard F. Taylor, senior member of the well-known and prosperous firm of Taylor & Gleason, printers and bookbinders, was born in Leicestershire, England. April 2, 1848. His parents, James F. arid Sarah (Chatwin) Taylor were both natives of. the British Isles, where the father was a grocer. In May, 1856, James F. Taylor came to the United States and located on a farm in Dane county. A few years later he entered the employ of the R. K. Findlay (later the Alex. Findlay) grocery company of Madison. He died in 1877 at the age of sixty-four and his wife passed away three years later. Both were members of the Church of England. Of their six children five are still living. James F. lives in Waunakee ; Arthur died at the age of thirtytwo; William H. resides in Oregon; Sarah E. is the wife of John F. Farrell of Gladstone, Mich. ; John E. makes his home in Milwaukee. Richard F. Tavlor received the limited education afforded by the district schools and at the age of fifteen went to work in a printing office after having served an apprenticeship on the farm. Since 1864 he has been continuously engaged in the same business with marked success. The firm employs four operators and is busy the year around. Mr. Taylor served in the common council of the city of Mkdison for six years and for the past ten years has been city assessor. That he is absolutely square and honest in his dealings with his fellow cit'zens there is not the shadow of a doubt. His election to positions of trust is further evidence of the confidence in which he is held. On January I, 1872, he married Catharine, daughter of Patrick and Bridget Dacey of Madison, and to this union have been born five children, Louis R., a machinist, who married Anna Kingston and has two children, Elizabeth and Mary : Edwin, died at the age of twenty-two ; Daisy, wife of Geo. F. Esser of Madison ; Lillian, a graduate of the University of "Wisconsin and a teacher in Elroy, Wis. ; and Joseph, who has just completed his first year in the University of Wisconsin. The family are members of the Catholic church and the father of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin.

Thomas G. Taylor has always been a farmer and since 1850 has been a resident of the town of Dunkirk, where he has been prominent in the community for many years. His father, Israel A. Taylor, was a native of Massachusetts and married Miss Eliza Webb, who was born in Connecticut, daughter of Joshua Webb, who settled on a farm in Rock count}-, Wis., in 1842, and made that his home until his death. Israel A. Taylor was also a pioneer farmer of Porter, Rock county, Wis. but in 1850 moved with his family to Dunkirk, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which he cleared and improved and made his permanent home. In later life he sold the farm to his children and made his home with his son Thomas, where he died in 1872, nearly eighty years of age. He left three children; Thomas G., Harriet who is the wife of Hiram W. Upton, and Edward J. Thomas G. was born May 20, 1830, in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., attended school in New York and accompanied his father to Rock county and thence to> Dane county. In 1871 he purchased his present property, a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, upon which he has made many improvements and erected substantial farm buildings. In 1858, he married Miss Lucy D. Upton, daughter of John and Lucy Upton of Massachusetts. Six children have blessed the marriage; John Everett, William G., Edward A., Carrie L., Nellie, who married Dwight Haw-ley. and Mabel (deceased), wife of Thomas El wood. Mr. Taylor is a stanch supporter of the Universalist church and a regular attendent upon its services. He is also an ardent sympathizer

William H. Taylor, who merits consideration in this publication as one of the sterling pioneers of Cross Plains township, where he is the owner of two hundred and eighty acres of most productive land, is a native of England, having been born in Sussex county, February 5, 1825, and in that county also were born his parents, Jesse and Elizabeth (Billings) Taylor, the latter of whom: died there, in 1835. Of the nine children of this union only the subject of this review is now living. In 1835, soon after the death of his wife, Jesse Taylor came with his children to America, making the trip on a sailing vessel and being on the ocean seven weeks and two days. There were two hundred persons on board and the voyage was a very rough one., the vessel having narrowly escaped being wrecked. Mr. Taylor and his family disembarked in Xew York city and thence removed to Henrietta township, Monroe count}-, that state, where the father passed the remainder of his life, Irs death occurring in 1854. His second wife was a widow bearing the name of Durand, and after her death he married Mary Jones; of Monroe county, three children having been born of this union and two of the number surviving, Edward and Lucy Ann. The father was a member of the Baptist church. Two of his brothers were soldiers in the English army and he himself was a member of the militia for some time. William H. Taylor was reared in Monroe county, Xew York, where he received such educational advantages as were afforded in the common schools, which he attended for but a limited period. Ait the age of fourteen years he began to depend upon his own resources, finding employment at farm work, and he continued a resident of the old Empire state of the Union until 1846, when he started for the west, making Wisconsin his destination. His brother, James W., had located in Jefferson county, this state, in the preceding .ear, and having thence removed to Middleton township, Dane county, where he was joined by William H. The latter took up his residence in the same township, remainng five and one-half years, rl ring three of which he maintained his home in the village of Middleton. He thereafter passed one year in Springfield township and six months in Berry township, and then took up his abode in Cross Plains township, where he has since made his home. Here he secured two hundred acres of wild land, in sections 8 and 17, the same being a portion of his present fine homestead of two hundred and eighty acres, and here he has reclaimed from the forest one of those fine farms which have given to Dane county so high a reputation in connection 56 - iii with the agricultural and allied interests of the state. He has resided on the homestead since 1853, and all the improvements have been made by him since he came into possession of the property. He has given his attention to diversified agriculture and to dairying and stock-growing, and is a citizen who has ever merited the unqualified respect and esteem which are so uniformly accorded him in the community. He is a Republican in his political adherency but has never desired public office, the only position in which he has consented to serve having been that of clerk of his school district. He and his wife are zealous members oT the Methodist Episcopal church. March 29, 1849, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Taylor to' Mfiss Elizabeth A. Simpson, who was born and reared in England, being the eldest of the five surviving children of James and Ann (Burton) Simpson, both of whom were born in England. They came to America in 1845, m which year they took up their residence in Cross Plains township, where the father became a pioneer farmer, his death here occurring in 1866, while his wife passed away in 1882. They became the parents of ten children, of whom those surviving are: Elizabeth A. (Mrs. Taylor), Francis J., Eliza S., Rhoda R. and James W. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have seven children, namely : Edmund Orville, who is a resident of Kansas ; William Eugene, who resides in Douglas county, Missouri ; Charles Walter, who has charge of the old homestead farm ; George Raymond, who resides in Taylor county; Mary Elizabeth, who is a resident of Berry township; Matilda Ellen, who remains at the parental home, being a teacher by vocation ; and Howard Elmer, who is now a resident of Shellville, Sonoma county, California.

Albert M. Techam is a prosperous farmer of Middleton and is of German origin. His father. Henry Techam came to America in his early youth and was brought up on a farm in the town of Middleton. Here he lived until he was eighteen years old when he bought two hundred and forty acres of land, upon which his son Albert now resides. Henry Techam has retired ^from active farming and has now a comfortable home in Middleton. He is a member of the German Lutheran church as is also his son. Mr. Techam and his wife, Mary A. B. Techam, have two children; Albert and Josephine, the wife of Otto Niebuhr of Middleton. Mr. Techam is a Democrat and has held the office of constable. Albert Techam was born August 23, 1878, attended the home schools and early became interested in the work of the farm, which he has since carried on. He is also a Democrat but not a strong party man, believing in securing the best possible administration of local affairs by men of either party. August 16, 1809, he married Miss Minnie Denner, daughter of John and Catherine Denner, natives of Germany. Mrs. Denner is a widow and resides with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Techam have one daughter, Edna,, six years of age. Mr. Techam has always been interested in the diseases and treatment of stock and in October, 1905, decided to pursue a course in veterinary surgery.

John Techam, a retired farmer of Middleton, Wis., is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and thirty acres in the vicinity of Middleton which he operated until recent years. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Techam, his parents were born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin and remained there until after their marriage. Fritz Techam was a weaver and a farmer. With their family they started for America in 1853 and arrived in New York city after a terrible voyage of nine weeks during which they narrowly escaped shipwreck. Deciding to locate at Middleton. Wis. Mr. Techham obtained two hundred and forty acres of wild land, which he proceeded to clear and make habitable. His work and improvements made the land valuable and he occupied it until his death in 1883. Mrs. Techam died in 1853. Of their four children three are living; John. Mary and Henry, all of Middleton, Wis. Fritz Techham was a Democrat and a rnember of the German Lutheran church. John Techam was born October 29. 1846 and had but little opportunity to attend school, working on the farm at home until he was twenty-seven years old. In January. 1874, he married Miss Luzetta Willenberg, a native of Holstein, Germany, and after their marriage the young couple resided in Verona where they obtained one hundred and forty acres of land. This farm was their home for nine years after which it was sold and they purchased a farm near Middleton, often called the old Bailey place, which has since been their home. This large and valuable farm is all under cultivation, many improvements have been made and a handsome new house built in 1902. Mrs. Techam died in April. 1895, leaving five children ; Louisa, now the wife of Chas. Albrecht of Verona ; Amanda, Mrs. August Niebuhr of Middleton ; Frederick, who married Miss Lena Schuelburg and lives in Middleton; Fannie, who keeps house for her father; Carrie and Hilda who also live at home. The children were educated in the district schools. Mr. Techam is a Democrat in his political sympathies and has held the office of school treasurer and other local offices. He is a member of the Evangelical Association.

William J. Teckemeyer, president of the Teckemeyer Candy company of Madison, was born in St. Louis, Mo., October 24, 1857. His parents were Henry and Mary (Meyer) Teckemeyer, natives of Prus- s:a, Germany. The mother died about 1870 at the age of thirty-five and the father was buried On his seventy-first birthday, April 17, 1905. William J. Teckemeyer received his education in the parochial and public schools of St. Louis. For a few years he served as clerk in a wholesale grocery house in that city and in 1882 came to Madison, and in 1888 he organized a confectionery company. The firm name was Teckemeyer & Kurz, but upon Mr. Kurz's death in 1896 he assumed the management of the whole concern and incorporated the business under the name of the Teckemeyer Candy Co. A son, H. O., is the vice-president of the company, and a brother, Edward H., is secretary. The business is increasing rapidly, and the firm employs four men as traveling salesmen. Mr. Teckemeyer has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Charlotte Owens, a native of St. Louis, by whom he had one son, H. O. now vice-president of the company. Airs. Teckemeyer died in 1889 at the age of thirty-two. Mr. Teckemeyer's second marriage was to Miss Emma O. Brendler, a native of Cross Plains, Dane county. TIiqv have three children, - Russell Arthur, A'dolph Otto, and Oscar William. The wife is a member of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Teckemeyer is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mrs. Teckemeyer's parents were Michael and Elenora Brendler, the father a merchant and farmer of the town of Cross Plains. Mr. Brendler is dead, but his wife still lives, making her home in Milwaukee.

C. O. Tellefson & Son carry on a thriving general merchandise business in the village of Rockdale and also deal in all kinds of farm produce. Charles O. Tellefson worked for his father until 1877 when he went into partnership with S. Bronty and after two years started in business as a partner of his father. He was born in Rockdale, Dane county, in September, 1856, and received his education in the schools of that district. His father, Chester Tellefson, was a native of Norway and came to x\merica in 1843. A >'ear was spent at Water - ford, Wis. and at the end of that time the young man returned to Norway to bring his parents to Wisconsin. On their arrival the family located at Albion and Chester worked out on farms for a time and then entered the store of Daniel Davidson as clerk. For four years he worked at Cambridge and then opened a general store at Rockdale in [853 which he continued until 1879 when he took his son Charles O. as partner. Chester Tellefson was prominent in local matters, served as school treasurer, was elected justice of the peace and appointed postmaster of Rockdale. He was a stanch Democrat. Eleven children were born to Chester Tellefson and his wife, Haga (Asmonson)

Tellefson, also a native of Norway. Eight are now living; Serena is Mrs. John Halverson of Rockdale ; Charles O. is the oldest son ; Theo is a furniture dealer and undertaker of Rockdale ; Louisa is married to George Lien and lives in Granite Falls, Minn. ; Hannah is Mrs. Martin Lien of Rockdale ; Amelia is Mrs. Ed. Ellingson of Edgerton ; Henry is in partnership with his brother Theo at Edgerton, Wis. ; Ella is Mrs. Olson of Rockdale. Chester Tellefson died in 1889 and his wife lives in Rockdale. Charles O. married, Mjarch 9, 1878, Miss Sena Anderson, daughter of Amond Anderson, of Norway, who came to Albion in the early days and lived on a farm. Seven children blessed the marriage. Adolph, the oldest son, is his father's partner in the store ; Harlow has a butcher shop in Rockdale, his wife is Stella (Anderson) and they have one daughter, Verna ; Mjarcus died in infancy and the next son, also named Marcus, is employed in Milwaukee as a machinist : Reuben, Clara and Ralph are the younger ones. The children of the family attended the Rockdale schools and the Albion academy, and all are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Rockdale. Mr. Tellefson is active in local politics, a member of the Democratic party, and has been justice of the peace, school treasurer and chairman of the town for two years. He succeeded his father as postmaster of Rockdale.

Theo. Tellefson, undertaker and furniture dealer of Rockdale, is a son of Chester and Haga (Asmonson) Tellefson, who came from Norway in 1846, and a brother of Charles O. Tellefson of the firm of C. O. Tellefson & Son, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere. He was born in Rockdale, Dane county. Wis., August 15, 1858, attended the home schools and obtained his first business experience associated with his brother Charles in his store and in the tobacco business. He worked for his brother from 1883 to 1892 and then opened the store which he now owns in Rockdale, where he carries a fine line of furniture, carpets, pianos, etc. Theo. and his brother Henry have been associated in business for some time and in 1900 started a furniture and undertaking establishment at Edgerton, in which they have been very successful. The firm is Theo. Tellefson & Brother. In recent years Mr. Tellefson has enlarged the stock carried in Rockdale until it now includes all kinds of farm machinery and he has taken his son Chester into partnership with him. Theo. Tellefson was married November 22, 1882, to Miss Mary Clachan, daughter of Andrew and Isabela Clachan, who came from Scotland to Jefferson county in the early days. Mr. Clachan died in 1892 and Mrs. Clachan lives in Cambridge. Five children make up the family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Tellefson. Isabella was grad- uated from the high school at Cambridge and subsequently from the Gregg school of shorthand and typewriting in Chicago, with the class of 1903. She is now employed by the firm of Donnelly & Son in Chicago. Chester is in partnership with his father. Genevieve, Bernice and Wesley remain with their parents in Rockdale. The family is identified with the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church of Rockdale, of which Mr. Tellefson has been treasurer since its organization in 1892. He has also served as town clerk and is a Democrat in his political sympathies.

Andrew A. Tenjum is a well-known business man of De Forest who has for some years been engaged in the purchase of tobacco from the farmers. He is a native of Dane county and his parents, Andrew P. and Carrie (Anderson) Tenjum, were born in Norway in 1825 and 1827 and came to Dane county in 1856, where they located upon a farm. Their home consisted of a farm of one hundred and ten acres, in the town of Pleasant Springs, which they cleared and improved and made their residence for many years. Mr. Tenjum now lives in Stoughton. Mrs. Tenjum died in 1868 and Mr. Tenjum married MSss Anna Peterson. Six children were born to the first marriage, of whom five are living, and six to the second marriage, of whom four are living. Andrew A. was born in Pleasant Springs, August 2, 1858. received his early education in the district schools and early engaged in farming. For a few years he worked out by the month and then rented a farm upon which he engaged in tobacco growing. Later he purchased a farm in Norway Grove and operated it for some years. In recent years he has engaged in the purchase of tobacco' and sold his farm in Norway Grove. In political sympathy Mr. Tenjum is a Republican and is a member of the village council. He was school clerk for three years in Vienna and is now clerk of the Windsor township free high school. January 31, 1886, he married Miss Carrie Kalland. who was born in Norway. July 25, 1863, daughter of Sjur and Carrie Kalland. who came from Norway to Stoughton in 1870 and there spent the residue of their lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Tenjum were born three children ; Clara Louise, who is a senior in the Windsor township high school; Sine Christina, who attends the same school and Adolph John, who is in the graded school. Mrs. Tenjum died February 25, 1902. The family is identified with the Norway Grove Lutheran church, of which Mr. Tenjum has been trustee and treasurer.

Charles H. Tenney is a member of the well-known and influential firm of Tenney, Hall & Tenney. attorneys, and is a direct descendant of Daniel and Sylvia (Kent) Tenney. The earlier history of the family is found in connection with sketch of Daniel Kent Tenney and the incidents in connection with the life of Horace A. Tenney, paternal grandfather of Charles H. are given in the sketch under his name. CTiarles Kent Tenney, father of Charles H., the first son and second child of Horace A. and Juliette (Chaney) Tenney, was horn in Madison, April 19, 1848. He was married in Jancsville, Sept. 28, 1870, to Miss Anna Baldwin, daughter of Jonathan and El:za Baldwin, a native of Everett, Mass., born April 26, 1847. He is an attorney by profession and a resident of his native city. A recently published sketch says of him: "'He was educated at the University of Wisconsin, and like many other good men served his term in the State Journal office. Hp studied law with H. W. and D. K. Tenney and was for four years city attorney. M|r. Tenney is legal adviser to many interests and many fraternal orders do not consider the meeting constitutionally under way until this Xestor of right procedure is present." He has practiced law in Madison for thirty-eight years. The three children of Mir. and Mrs. C. K. Tenney were all born in Madison ; of these Chales H., the subject of this sketch, is the oldest and was born August 1, 1871 ; of the others, Fred B., born September 15, 1872, died October 9, of the same year, and the youngest, William D., born October 21, 1873, is a resident of Madison and connected with the Madison lumber company. Charles H. Tenney was educated in the Madison public schools and the University of Madison and was graduated from the law department of the latter in 1896. He practiced under his own name until 1898 when ho became associated with his uncle, D. Iv. Tenney. F. W. Hall afterward joined the partnership and that business relation is maintained up to the present time. Mr. Tenney practices in the state' and Federal courts, and besides his general law practce is interested in the Virginia Land & Improvement Co. As a representative of a family largely devoted to the legal profession the "family traditions are not likely to fail in his keeping, as he is one of the most popular and promising of the younger attorneys of Madison. He is fond of out-door life, is secretary of the boat club and a member of the Maple Bluff golf club, and spends his summers in his cottage on the shores of Lake Mendota, driving back and forth to his work in the city. Mr. Tenney was married October 22, 1902, to Miss Elizabeth M. Abbott, the daughter of H. W. and Helen P. Abbott, of Baraboo. Mrs. Abbott died September 1, 1901, aged fifty-five years, and her husband still makes his home in Baraboo. Mrs. Tenney is a member of the Episcopalian church and was, before her marriage, a very successful teacher in the state school for the blind,