Dane County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1906 (part 28 of 29)

time of his birth, which occurred on the old homestead farm which he now own-, March 16, L857. His parents, Christian and Louisa Uphoff, were both born and reared in Germany, and were numbered anion-- the sterling pioneers of Dane county, having resided in Cottage Grove township until their death. They became the parents of fourteen children, of whom six are living, namely: Henry, a resident of Milwaukee; William, a resident of Chicago; Ferdinand, a successful farmer at Cottage Grove township; August, a resident of Madison; Samuel J., a representative farmer of Cottage Grove township ; and John C, the immediate subject of this sketch. John C. Uphoff was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and was afforded the advantages of the public schools of his native township. He has been actively identified with agricultural pursuits from his boyhood to the present, having initiated his independent career at the age of seventeen years, when his father gave him the homestead of fifty acres on which he now resides. A few years later he purchased another farm, of forty acres, not far distant from the home place, and he has since continued to operate both farms, which are among the best in this .section of the count}'. having good improvements and being maintained under a high state of cultivation. His life has been such as to commend him to the confidence and uniform esteem of his fellow men, and he is one of the substantial farmers and popular citizens of Cottage Grove township. In politics Mr. Uphoff votes in accord with his convictions, being a stanch supporter of the Prohibition party and its principles. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and both he and his wife are devoted members of the Evangelical church. On June 3, 1880, Mr. Uphoff was united in marriage to Miss Mary Graceley, who was born February 18, I860, being a daughter of George and Mary (Herb) Graceley, of Cottage Grove township. She has five sisters and one brother, namely: Catherine, who is the wife of August Uphoff, of Madison ; Sarah, who is the wife of William Wittie, of Cottage Grove township; Emma, Helen and John, who remained with their father on the old homestead, the mother being deceased; and Julia, who is the wife of Peter C. Cotris, of Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Uphoff have six children, whose names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows. Mabel Catherine. May 12, 1881; Sadie Luella. March 3, [884; Clara Louisa, May 12. 1886; Elmer Christian, September 21, L889; Alice Adella, August 21. 1891 : and Raymond Franklin, August 31, 1894. Mabel C, the eldest daughter is now the wife of Frank I'phoff of Cottage Grove township.

Simon J. Uphoff, a thrifty and respected farmer of the town of Cottage Grove, was born in the same town, June 18, 1855. His parents were Fannet Christian and Louisa Gertrude (Dupken) Uphoff, natives of Germany. Of their fourteen children only six are living, - Henry, a resident of Milwaukee; William, of Chicago; Ferdinand, of Cottage Grove ; August of Madison ; Simon J., the subject of this sketch; and John C, who resides on the old homestead in Cottage Grove. Simon J. Uphoff had a very limited education. At the age of twenty he started out to win his own bread. For one year he rented and worked his father's farm. The second year the father divided the estate, and Simon received fifty-five acres as his share. After a few years he purchased two hundred and forty acres adjoining, so that now he has a farm of two hundred and ninety acres. Politically Mr. Uphoff is an Independent. In 1883 his neighbors showed their appreciation of him by electing him their town treasurer, which office he held for two years. In his religious life he is connected with the Evangelical church. On November 5, 1876, he married Mary Ellen, daughter of Charles and Lavina Schafer, of the town of Blooming Grove. Mrs. Uphoff was born February 23, 1855, and died June 16, f88c). Beside Mrs. Uphoff there were ten children in the Schafer family, of whom all are living: Daniel Franklin, now a resident of Iowa ; Sarah Jane, widow of Walter Dodge, Madison ; Emma Lucinda, now Mrs. Mann of Milwaukee; Horace Manuel of Cottage Grove ; Charles Edward, of Madison ; AYilliam Arthur, of Cottage Grove; Angelina Matilda. (Mrs. Charles Smith) of Madison; Larin Benjamin, of Arizona ; Irwin Lerov, of Blooming Grove ; and Frances Sophia, now the wife of the subject of this sketch. To Simon J. and Mary Ellen Uphoff were born five children. - Adelaide Lavina, born October 27, 1877, now the wife of Charles Korfmacher of Cottage Grove; Charles Franklin, born October 7. 1879, who married a cousin. Mabel Catherine Uphoff, and now resides in Cottage Grove; Orvin Freddie, born March 16. 1882, and who married Belle Maden, of Iowa; Warren Winfield, born March 12. 1884; and Laura Blanche, born April 13, 1887. who married John Friedenburg, of Cottage Grove. On July 22, 1891. Mr. Uphoff led to the altar Frances Sophia Schafer, a sister of his first wife, and to this union six children have been born, - Robert Waine. born August 19, 1892; Edith Frances, born June 8, 1895; Marion Elizabeth, born November 24. 1898, died May 12, 1900; Leonard Arthur, born June 2, 1900; and Ralph Edward, born February 3, 1903, and Myron Kenneth, born November ir, 1905. Mr. Uphoff is a member nf Cottage Grove camp. No. 3061. Modern Woodmen of America. .Aside from the

Frederick R. Usher is now living in retirement in the village of Stonghton enjoying a well-earned respite from a life of activity and close application to agricultural pursuits. He is a native of the old Empire state, having been born at Sheridan, Chautauqua count)-, X. Y., September 30. 1841. His parents were Newell and Anna (Asham) Usher, both natives of Madison county, N. Y., where the families of each had long been prominently identified with affairs. Indeed, members of these families were pioneers of that portion of the state. Robert Usher, who was the paternal grandfather of him whose name introduces this memoir, was born in Madison county, and it is thought that he lived his entire life there, engaged in the ancient and honorable occupation of a tiller of the soil. The maternal grandfather was also a life-long resident of Madison county and was engaged as a hotel proprietor during the major portion of his active career. Returning to him who is the immediate subject of this review it should be stated that Mr. Usher grew to manhood in his native state and was educated in the schools of Chautauqua county, supplementing the knowledge thus gained by an academical course, in which he graduated at the age of nineteen years. He had scarce had time to give much thought to his future career when the lowering clouds of impending Civil War attracted his attention and aroused the patriotism within him. He enlisted on October 29, 1861, as a corporal in Company K. of the Ninth New York cavalry and served with it in that capacity until the one year term of enlistment had expired. During his term of service he participated in some of the most sanguinary conflicts of that' year, the principal ones being the engagements at Fairfax Court House, Manassas Junction, in the spring of 1862. Big Bethel, the many skirmishes leading up to the siege of Yorktown, May 7 to 12. 1862. and the battles of Williamsburg and White House Landing. He was mustered out in the fall of 1862. upon the expiration of his term of enlistment, and soon thereafter migrated to Wisconsin, settling in the township of Rutland, Dane county. There he made his home for nineteen years, engaged in the occupation of a farmer, and then removed to the village of Stonghton. where he now lives in comparative retirement. In politics he has always maintained an unswerving allegiance to the principles of the Republican party, and has been honored by his fellow citizens in the election to the position of trustee of Rutland township, and also filled for fifteen years the position of clerk of the district. In religious faith he is a Universalist and officiates as trustee of the local church organization. On September 26, 1861, he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Roberts, daughter of Franklin and Sophia (Smith) Roberts, the former being a prominent farmer of Chautauqua county, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Usher are the parents of the following children: Mirton is a farmer; Frank follows the occupation of a carpenter at Stoughton ; Charles is a farmer in Iowa ; Duwayne is a prominent grocer at Stoughton ; Anna is a saleswoman in the employ of a dry goods esfablishhment in the same village, and Elbert is a farmer at Rio, Wis. The family is well known in that section of the county and the members of it are all highly respected. Mr. Usher identifies himself with his old comrades in arms by keeping a membership in the G. A. R. post, Xo. 153, at Stoughton, in which he holds the office of quartermaster.

Charles Richard Van Hise, Ph. DM president of the University of Wisconsin, was born at Fulton, Wis., May 29, 1857, the son of William Henry and Mary (Goodrich) Van Hise, the former born near Trcnton, N. J., and the latter near Bangor, Maine. The senior Van Hise was a farmer in early life, but later became a merchant. President Van Hise was one of a family of four daughters and three sons. He spent the first eight years of his life on the farm, when the family moved to East Milton. He prepared for college at MHlton Junction and Evansville, and entered the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 1874, was graduated with the class of 1879 in the metallurgical engineering course. He had meanwhile taught school for one year, 1876-77. His slma mater has conferred upon him the following degrees: B. Met. in 1879; B. S. in 1880; M. S. in 1882 and Ph. D. in 1892. He was married to Alice Bushnell Ring, a native of Wisconsin, and a daughter of John and- Janet (Bushnell) Ring, December 22, 1881. President Van Hise entered the facultv of the University of Wisconsin immediately after graduation, and has been connected with it ever since, a period of twenty-six years, holding successively the positions of instructor in chemistry and metallurgy (1879-83) ; assistant professor of metallurgy (1883-86) ; professor of metallurgy (1886-88) : professor of mineralogy and petrography (1888-90); professor of archean and applied geology (1890-92); professor of geology from 1892 until elected president of the university at the April meeting of the board of regents in 1903. He has also been non-resident professor of structural geology in the University of Chicago since 1892. Along with his work as a teacher, he has prosecuted extensive research work in geology. He was assist- ant in the Wisconsin geological survey in 1881-82; consulting geologist to the Wisconsin geological and natural history survey since 1 8 )~ : a member of the staff of the United State's geological survey since [883, and since 1888 has had charge of the Lake Superior division of the survey, and since 1892 has also supervised the work on the crystalline rocks of the New England and Appalachian regions, lie has been one of the editors of the Journal of Geology from the date of its foundation in 1893. The results of his work have appeared as monographs in various scientific journals, and government publications, and have given him an international reputation in the scientific world. His earlier papers were on the secondary enlargement of minerals in rocks, including quartz, feldspar, and hornblende. Many of the details of the genesis of quartzites, schists, and gneisses were worked out. This led to a general consideration of the phenomna of the metamorphism of rocks and rock-flowage. The results of his investigations on the alterations of rocks will shortly appear as a monograph on Metamorphism, to be published by the United States geological survey. A third main line of work has been stratigraphy and historical geology. Besides various papers on these subject-, Professor Van Hise has taken a chief part in the publication of three monographs of the United States geological survey: No. xix, "The Penokee Iron-bearing District;" Xo. xxviii, "The Marquette Ironbearing District:" and No. xxxvi, "The Crystal Falls Iron-bearing District," all of Michigan. As Bulletin No. 86 of the United States geological survey, he has published a "Correlation Paper on the Archean and Algonkian Rocks of North America;" he also has a paper in the Sixteenth Annual Report of the United. States geological survey, on "Principles of North American Pre-Cambrian Geology." When the long story of the ancient and altered rocks of our country is finally told, it will be found that many of the more important chapter-; have come from the observations and deductions of Professor Van Hise. From "The University of Wisconsin," by R. G. Thwaites, this summary of the writings of President Van Hise is obtained.

Generous Rood Van Sant, D. D. S., the leading dentist of Deerfield, was born September 5, 1875, in Baraboo, Wis. He is one of two children of Oliver and Nancy (Rood) Van Sant, the former a native of [ndiana and the mother of New York state. In 1873 Oliver Van Sant came to Sun Prairie and two< years later removed to Baraboo, where he remained until 1884, when he returned to Sun Prairie. He is still farming the old homestead in that town, the daughter, Edith, making her home with her parents. Oliver Van Sant was a private in Company K, Tenth Indiana Infantry, Captain Bush commanding, and served from 1861 to 1864, when he received his honorable discharge. Dr. Van Sant attended the public schools of Sun Prairie. His scientific training" was received at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, where he was graduated in 1895. He immediately began the practice of his profession in Deerfield, and has continued there successfully since. In politics Dr. Van Sant is a Republican and is the present incumbent of the office of village clerk, in which he is serving his second term. He is not affiliated with any religious organization. He is a member of Deerfield lodge, No. 1413, Modern Woodrhen of America: he was elected venerable consul of this organization in 1904 and re-elected in 1905. On December 5, 1897, Dr. Van Sant married Annie, daughter of A. O. Skaar, of Deerfield and to this union have been born three children, - Franklin Arthur, born Sep ember II, 1898; Morley Xansen, born in October 1901 ; and Rose Emley. born in September,'1903. Dr. Van Sant is a much respected citizen of the community and a leader in political and fraterneal affairs.

Napoleon B. Van Slyke, president of the First National bank of Madison. Wisconsin, was born in Saratoga county. New York, December 21. 1822. He is the son of Daniel and Laura (Mears) Van Slyke ; Daniel's father was Gerrett Van Slyke. a .farmer, who was born in Herkimer count}". X. Y., of early Holland ancestry. Daniel was a civil engineer and had charge of the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal from Georgetown to Harper's Ferry. He was also associated with De Witt Clinton. Jr., in the construction of the ship canal connecting Savannah and Ogeechee rivers in Georgia. He died while still a young man 1 age thirtyone) in Onondaga county, X. Y.. in 1831. The mother of Xapoleon B. was a native of Montgomery county, X. Y., and died in Onondaga county, in 1842, when thirty-eight years of age. Her parents James and Louis Mears were natives of Vermont, and spent the last years of their lives in Madison, Wis., the former living to be ninety years of age, and the latter eighty-five. Napoleon B. was but nine when his father died and. without brothers or sisters, was dependent on his own exertions for the means of living. He received an academic education at irregular periods and place- ; was married in 1844, at Sennett, in Cayuga county. X. Y.. to Laura Sheldon, a native of that state, and a daughter of Hon. E. W. Sheldon. He was again married in L859 to Annie Corbett, daughter of Cooper Corbett, of Corbettsville. X. Y. Two children survive as issue of the first marriage, and one of the second. During his early manhood he engaged in farming in Cayuga county. X. Y., and was for a short time engaged in the manufacture of salt at Syracuse, whence he removed to Madison, Wis., in the spring of 1853. He organized the Dane county bank in 1854, of which he was the first cashier, and then president for five years. Mr. Van Slyke was active in public as wrell as private affairs at this early period; was a member of the first city council after the incorporation of Madison in 1856; assissted in making many of the first substantial improvements in the city ; in the erection of the city hall ; in the selection and improvement of beautiful Forest Hill Cemetery ; and in the purchase of the city's first fire engine and apparatus. Some of the city's oldest residences were also built by Mr. Van Slyke at this time. For a brief period before the war, he abandoned banking and engaged in the manufacture of lumber in the northern part of the state. During the war he was assistant quartermaster of the state until 1862 and was then placed in charge of the quartermaster's department for the United States, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. From 1862 to the close of the war he furnished all Wisconsin soldiers with everything pertaining to the quarter-master's department, and was given large discretionary powers by the general government. Since then he has been the president of the First National bank, (No. 144) the successor of the old Dane county bank. For man}' years he was a regent of the University of AYisconsin, and was chairman of the executive committee for twelve years. He has also served as president of the Wisconsin Banker's association and as a member of the executive council of the American Banker's association. He is also vice-president of the Savings Loan and Trust Co.. and president of several other corporations. He is an honorable, courteous gentleman, regarded as one of Madison's most successful and capable business men, and is justly held in the highest esteem in the community in which he his lived so long.

Fritchiof Johnson Vea, president of the Stoughton Wagon Company, is one of the representative, young business men of the Badger state and is one of Stoughton's most progressive and public-spirited citizens. He was born in the city of Stoughton, November 29, 1875, and is a son of Matthew and Oliva (Johnson) Johnson, both natives of Norway. The name of the paternal grandfather of the subject of this review was John Johnson, who was a pioneer of this county and died in Stoughton. The maternal grandfather, Anders Johnson (Tomomerstigen) came from Norway to' America in 1844, settling in Cambridge township, Dane county, Wisconsin, where he secured three hundred and twenty acres of government land, being one of the early settlers of that township. The old homestead farm, which he reclaimed from the wilderness, is still in the possession of the family. He passed the closing years of his life in Stoughton. Matthew Johnson, father of Mr. \ ea - the surnames differing according to the custom of Scandinavian nomenclature - came to America as a young man and took up his abode in Dane county. Here he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, finally locating in Stonghton, where he opened a tailor shop, having learned the trade in his native land. Eventually he became one of the leading clothing merchants of the town, later engaging in the buying and shipping of wool and finally turning his attention to dealing in the local product of tobacco upon a large scale, under the firm name of Johnson & Company. With this line of enterprise he continued to be identified until his death. He was one of the leading business men of Stoughton and held the unqualified confidence and esteem of the community. He was one of the founders and principal stockholders of the Stoughton state bank, was the senior member of the retail grocery firm of Johnson, Tusler & Company, and also dealt extensively in farm lands. He died January 10, 1883, and his widow and ten children survive him, viz., Alartin A., cashier of the First National bank of Stoughton; Josie J., wife of Olaf Hoff ; Charles, a resident of Canal Dover, O. ; Ada J., wife of Dr. Julius Xoer; Matthew M., treasurer of the Stoughton Wagon Company ; Georgia, wife of Dr. Henry Williard ; Martha, wife of Dr. Walter Winchester; Fritchiof J., the immediate subject of this sketch;: Valborg, wife of Merle Davis; and Elleda, a resident of Stoughton. Fritchiof J. Yea was afforded the advantages of the public schools of Stoughton and later attended Gordon academy, in Ogden, Utah. In tooi he was graduated from the engineering department of the University of Wisconsin. From 1894 to 1897 he was engaged in the mining business in southern Idaho. In 1901 he was elected president of the Stoughton Wagon Company, one of the most important industrial concerns of Stoughton, and of this office he has since remained in tenure. In politics he is independent of strict partisan lines, and is a member of the First Norwegian Lutheran church of his native city.

Herman Jansen Veerhusen, junior member of the firm of Olson & Veerhusen. clothiers and furnishers, is a Madison product. He was born October (>. 185.*), and is a son of William and Elsbeth ( Freitag) Veerhusen, the father a native of Germany and the mother of Switzerland. Both parents arrived in the United States in 1848, coming directly to Wisconsin. The}" were married in Madison in 1854. The father was one n\ the prominent merchants 59 - iii of Madison in pioneer days. His death occurred in 1888 and his widow died in 189G. Miss Elsbeth Yeerhusen, an assistant professor of the department of German of the University of Wisconsin, is the only member of the family beside the subject of this sketch who now resides in this locality. Herman J. Veerhusen received his preparatory education in the common schools of this city and in Professor George's academy, completing his scholastic work with a course in the business college. In 1877 he formed a partnership with Torgrim Olson and the firm of Olson & Veerhusen has been one of the landmarks of Madison ever since. For twenty-two years the place of business was at 23 South Pinckney street, but in September. 1899. the firm removed to more adequate and commodious quarters at Nos. 7 and 9 North Pinckney street. This is the oldest partnership in the city. Politically Mr. Veerhusen is affiliated with the Republican party, but aside from one term as alderman in the city council, he has never aspired to nor held political office. He is identified with the Blue Lodge of the Masonic order, and also with the council and commandery, and is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the AVoodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Forty Thousand club and the Maple Bluff golf club. He was one of the organizers of the Provident Building & Loan Association, the first organization of the kind in Madison, and was also one of the original stockholders of the Central Wisconsin Trust Company, organized in January, 1906. In city affairs he is known as a man of influence and activity, and his interest in them is worthy of emulation. On July 9. 1884. Mr. Veerhusen was united in marriage to Miss Emma M., daughter of Col. and Mrs. William Helm of Madison. To this union have been born two children, Vera, now seventeen years of age, and Herman li., two years younger. They are both students in the Madison high school.

Hans Veium is one of the substantial and highly respected members of the farming community of Dunkirk township and has been very successful :n his efforts as an agriculturist. He was born in Norway, July 23. 1853, and is a son of Toleff (Skobba) and Margaret Halvor (Jonsaas) Veium. Fie was reared and educated in his native land, where he remained until he was twenty-seven years of age, when, in 1879, he immigrated to America and forthwith made his way westward from New York city to Dane county, Wisconsin, where he secured employment on a farm in Dunn township, working the place on shares and making tobacco his principal crop. He was thus en- gaged for two years, in the meanwhile carefully conserving his earnings, and he then in 1881, purchased the farm of one hundred and six acres where he now resides, subsequently adding to its area until he now has ione hundred and fifty-nine and seventy-two one hundredths acres. The greater portion of the place is under effective cultivation, and he has made good improvements throughout, erecting substantial buildings and showing himself to be a man of energy and good judgment in the carrying forward of his farm enterprise. He is a Democrat in his political proclivities and he and his family are members of Christ church, (Norwegian Lutheran), in the citv of Stoughton. August 2, 1884, Mr. Veium was united in marriage to Miss Gunhil Lunde. daughter of Even and Guro (Larson) Lunde, who were born in Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Yieum. have seven children, namely: Tollef and Gund'a (twins). Even, Halvor, Mary, Hans, Jr.. and Agnes.

Arthur Vickers, who is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred acres in Albion, section 11, is of English descent but has always lived in Abion. His father, Samuel Vickers, was born in Derbyshire, England, and there learned the stone mason's trade, at which he worked until 1869. He married Miss Hannah Marsden, also of Derbyshire, and in 1869 took passage for himself and family to America. Other men from the vicinity of their home in England had settled at Albion and Mr. and Mrs. Vickers were encouraged by their success to continue their journey to Dane county, where they obtained a tract of one hundred and twenty acres, partially under cultivation, and made it their home. The buildings upon the farm were small and in bad condition and Mr. Vickers replaced them by substantial and comfortable ones. While engaged in improving his farm, Mr. Vickers also worked at His trade and soon became established. With his family he attended the Primitive Methodist church of Albion, with which his son Arthur and his family are likewise identified. Mrs. Vickers died in 1897 and her husband in 1889. Eight children were born to them : Martha, who married Thomas Moore and resides in Hanson county, South Dakota ; John a retired farmer of Alexander, South Dakota; George, who lives. at Edgerton; Samuel, of Mitchell, South Dakota ; Walter a citizen of Edgerton ; Mary who married H. W. Goodrich and lives at Elkhorn, Wis. ; Arthur, who lives on the old homestead, and Joseph, who makes his home in Mitchell, S. D. Arthur was born in Derbyshire, August 20, 1859, attended the common schools and has always been occupied with farming in which he is successful. Since 1880 he has managed the old home farm which he now owns and upon which he carries on an extensive business. In

October, 1889. he married Miss Eizabeth Bunting, of Albion, daughter of foe and Mary Hunting, who were also natives of England. Five children blessed the marriage: Harvey, George (deceased) Russell, Clifford and Rosamond.

Hon. William F. Vilas. In the long roll of distinguihsed citizens of Wisconsin none has achieved higher place than the subject of this sketch. Soldier, lawyer, statesman, - his vigorous personality stands forth, and marks him a leader of men. The limits of this sketch can only hint at some of his achievements. William Freeman Vilas was born in Chelsea, Orange county, Vt.. July 9, is ID, and was only eleven years of age when his father, Judge Levi B. Vilas, came to the new territory of Wisconsin and made his home at Madison. He was one of the first graduates of the University of Wisconsin, and was but eighteen when he received his degree in 1858 ; a year later he went to the Albany law school and received the degree of that eminent law school in I860; the University of Wisconisn granted him the degrees of A. M. in 1861, and of L. L. D. in 1885. When he had finished the law course he at once returned to Madison and formed a partnership for the practice of law with Charles T. Wakeley, with whom was afterward joined Eleazer WTakeley, a former United States territorial judge, and subsequently a Federal judge in the state of Nebraska. While in his twentieth year. Colonel Vilas argued his first case in the state supreme court, and promptly won the esteem of his brethren in the profession. During the earlier years of his practice he was an exceedingly popular advocate, and established a reputation among the people as a winner of verdicts, and an eloquent and successful jury lawyer. His later practice, chiefly in the courts of last resort, has found him engaged in weighty controversies, involving large interests, and yielding him correspondingly large rewards. His early career as a lawyer was interrupted by the Civil War. lie bad gained some military experience in the old Governor's Guard, and as captain of a Zouave company. When the urgent need for troops came in 1862, he raised' a company for the Twentythird Wisconsin Infantry, and was mustered in as senior captain of the regiment, being soon promoted major and then lieutenant-colonel, and was in command of his regiment during part of his term of service in the absence of Colonel Guppy. He served with Grant in tlie Army of the Tennessee, and during the Vicksburg campaign and the subsequent siege and capture of that city, and led his regiment in several battles and skirmishes. On the fall of Vicksburg, his regiment was ordered to New Orleans, and Colonel Vilas, see- ing only a prospect of a long term of comparative inactivity in that quarter of the Confederacy, resigned and came home. Moreover, his father was threatened with heavy litigation, and desired the aid of his son in defending it. Unlike many others he was able to resume the duties of civil life where he had left off when he became a soldier, and he at once pressed forward in his professional career. Despite the high order of his natural ability, and his undoubted oratorical ability, he was systematic, diligent and pains-taking in the preparation of his cases, and never made the mistake of going into court unprepared. It was at this period of his life that he was married to Miss Anna M, Fox. in 1S66, and soon after establishhed imself in a beautiful country home near Madison, where he could devote his evenings without interruption to his books and family. Though absorbed for many years thereafter in the exacting duties of a busy and highly successful lawyer, he yet found time to delve deep in the well of general literature, history, politics, science and belles-lettres. In - 1872-1875, Colonel Vilas, in conjunction with Gen. Edwin E. Bryant, his law partner from 1872 to 1883. published a new edition, wth notes, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Reports, vols. 1, 2, 3. 4, 6-20; in 1875 he was appointed, together with Judge David Taylor and Hon. J. P. C. Cottrill, as member of a commission to revise the statutes of Wisconsin. The work was admirably done, and was accepted by the legislature of 1878. being the recognized authority until the revision of 1898. He was a member of the law faculty of the university 1868-1885. and 1889- 1892, when his profound grasp of the law, and his scholarly attainments came into full play ; he has rendered signal service also to the university as one of its regents during the years 1881-1885, and 1897-1904, serving with great fidelity, and giving unsparingly of his time and efforts ; no man has taken a deeper interest in the upbuilding of the state's great institution of learning. Politicallv Colonel Vilas has been a consistent adherent of the time-honored constitutional principles and policy of the Democratic partv. and has always acted in sympathy with it, except on the issues of the Chicago platform in 1896. A brilliant stum]) speaker, he has been a powerful factor in political campaigns, and became the acknowledged leader of his party in the state, as well as one of the great national leaders. He often declined to become a candidate for office, but served as a delegate to the national conventions of his party in 1876. 1880, 1SSI and 1892, and in 1884 was chairman of the convention which first nominated Grover Cleveland. As a minority party for many years in the state, the Democracy of Wisconsin lias put forth but few men of national distinction, among whom Colonel Vilas is facile princeps. As Cleveland's postmaster general, and secretary of the interior, 1885-89, and as United States senator, 1891-97, he was afforded an opportunity to display his talents as an administrative officer and his great powers of constructive statesmanship. He made a brilliant record as a member of President Cleveland's first cabinet ; and in the senate, was one of his trusted supporters during his second administration. Few men have been better equipped for service in the United States senate. He is a clear-headed, well-trained jurist, deeply versed in constitutional law, familiar with all the needs of government, and gifted with superb powers of expression, and a high order of ability as a public speaker and debater. He was thus able to cope on equal terms with the best minds of the world's greatest legislative body. He has a voice "of wonderful range and compass, capable of filling the largest auditorium," and his language is "rich in thought, with lofty diction," while he is "felicitous and clear in argument, vigorous always, thoroughly in earnest, full of the ardor of conviction, never abusive of adversaries, full of high-toned courtesy, yet a foe to be feared." His fame as an orator had become national long before he was called to fill high station. His address at the annual reunion of the Army of the Tennessee in 1878, in Indianapolis, and his speech the following year in response to the toast to General Grant, at the banquet of the Army of the Tennessee in Chicago, are entitled to a place among the classics of American oratory. Cornelius Vilas Guild Hall, his beautiful memorial to a loved daughter, and Henry Vilas Park, his largehearted gift to the public in memory of an only son, show his devotion to the city of his residence and its interests. His beautiful and stately home, crowning the highest hill overlooking Lake Mendota, is one of loveliest in a city of beautiful homes.

Daniel D. Vincent is a farmer of Windsor township and the president of the Fanner's Ideal Creamery Co. He is also interested in other business matters in the township, is agent for the Coe, Converse & Edwards Nursery Co., which he represented for ten years, and is a director in the Arlington Farmers Fire Insurance Co., which office, he has held for thirteen years, and district clerk, which last position he has held for over twenty years, and is chairman of the town board. He is identified with the Republican party and has held the office of supervisor and justice of the peace. Samuel Vincent, father of Daniel D., was born in Scoharie county, New York, September 21, 1813, attended school in New York and was there married to Miss Hannah

Tompkins, who was also from an old New York family and was born in 1818. Airs. Vincent's uncle, Daniel Tompkins, was at one time vice-president of the United States. Air. and Airs. Vincent left New York in 1849 an,d came west as far as Kenosha county, where they lived until June, 1856, when they came to Windsor and purchased a large farm, now occupied by their sons, Daniel V. and E. T. Vincent. Air. Vincent died August 31, 1874, and his wife October 12, 1873. Four of their seven children survive them. Daniel D. was born in Scoharie county, N. Y., April 20, 1847, educated in the Windsor schools and at the University of Wisconsin. At the age of eighteen years he began to teach school, which profession he practiced for thirteen terms. He now owns a farm of one hundred and twentytwo acres, whose improvements have been almost altogether made by the present owner and he carries on a large general farming and Quarry business. Jnjy 4, 1872, he married Aliss Alaria Peckham, daughter of Parden L. Peckham, who came to Wisconsin in 1855, lived in the town of Sun Prairie and in Arlington and now resides on a farm in Sun Prairie. Airs. Vincent's grandfather, Parden Peckham, stood the draft of 1812 when they took every other man. To Air. and Airs. Vincent were born eight children of whom but four are living. Samuel, Herbert. Katie and Perlie T. are deceased; the survivors are D. Ray, Phebe Delia, Rex R. and Nella Carrie

Eldert Tymesen Vincent is a prominent farmer of Windsor, and son of Samuel Vincent, whose history appears with that of Daniel D. Eldert T. A'incent was born in Kenosha county. Wis.. Xov. 4, 1850. He was one of a family of seven brothers and sisters, was educated in Windsor and with his parents attended the M. E. church. He came to the town of Windsor in 1856, when six years of age, and has always been a farmer. His farm in Windsor is a fine property of three hundred acres, on which he raises all kinds of farm produce and also short-horned cattle and Poland China hogs. Air. Vincent also owns a farm in South Dakota of one hundred and sixy acres. Air. Vincent is allied with the Republican party. July 4, 1871. he married Aliss Alargaret Baxter, who was born in Philadelphia, October 6, 1848, daughter of George and Alary (Eddy) Baxter. Mr: Baxter was born in Ireland in 1800 of an English family and died in Windsor, in 1866, and Airs. Baxter was born in Ireland in 1808 and was of Scotch descent. They came to the United States from Canada and settled in Dane county in 1853 and lived in Windsor and Burke. Airs. Batxer was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and died in Aladison in 1857. Four children were born to Air. and Airs. Vincent; Hannah Alav was educated at the Madison higfh school and the Whitewater normal school, taught school for a short time and married C. II. Thompson, a successful farmer of the town of Sun Prairie. They have two sons; John Eldert and Russell Vincent. Darwin Baxter, second child of Eldert Vincent, was educated in the De Forest schools and died ( )ctober 18, 1902. in his early manhood, aged twenty-six years and nine months. Margaret Ada. the second daughter, was graduated from the high school in Sun Prairie, taught school for some time and was married, November 30, 1905, to Aden McCallen, of Leeds. Ethel Violet, the youngest, attended the high schools of Sun Prairie and De Forest, was graduated from the latter, and was afterward a student at the University of Wisconsin. In June. 1901, she graduated from the Northwestern Business College at Madison. Mrs. Vincent is well-educated and has been a teacher. She leceived her education in Chicago high school and at the University of Wisconsin. The family attends the Congregational church.

Lars N. Vingum, who operates a well equipped planing mill in the city of Stoughton, where he also does a successful business as a contracting carpenter, was born near the city of Bergen, Norway, March 4, 1844. He is a son of Xels Larson Vingum and Ellen (Nelson) Vingum. The father was a farmer in Norway, where he remained until about 1875, when he came to Amercia and took up his residence in Stoughton, where he passed the rema'nder of his life, his wife having died in Norway. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native land, and in 1865, at the age of twenty-one years, he immigrated to America and took up his abode in Stoughton, where served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, thereafter working as a journeyman at his trade for two years. For the past thirty-five years he has been engaged in business for himself as a contractor and builder, and for the past ten years he has operated a planing mill, finding the same valuable adjunct to his contracting business and also doing a large amount of custom work. In 1868 Mr. Vingum was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Halverson, daughter of Halver Raaennei of Norway, and they became the parents of six children, - Nels, Henry (deceased), Ellen (deceased wife of Louis Larson). Mary (deceased wife of John Erdahl), Annie (wife of Emil Herod), and Martin. In politics Mr. Vingum is a Republican, and he and his wife hold membership of Our Saviour's Norwegian Lutheran church. He is one of the poineer business men of Stoughton and is held hi high esteem in the community.

Robert Voss, a well known farmer of the town of Berry, is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of that part of Dane county. He was born at Dantzic, Germany. November [9. 1852. and when three years of age came with his parents, Frederick and Henrietta (Leatzow) Yoss, to America. The voyage was made on an old fashioned sailing vessel, and owing to rough weather lasted for eleven weeks. Soon after landing in New York the family came on west and finally located in the town of Berry, where the father bought eighty acres of unimproved land, erected a log cabin, and began making a home in the New World. While in the Fatherland he worked at the trade of brick making but after coming to this country he followed farming foi the greater part of his life. A.fter living on his first farm for eleven years he sold it and bought two hundred acres where Robert now lives. His death occurred in October, 1902. During his life he was a consistent Democrat in his political faith, but was never an aspirant for office, and was a member of the Lutheran church. His widow is st'll living- at Black Earth. They had four children, viz: Robert, the subject of this sketch ; Alexander, who learned the trade of blacksmith and followed it for thirty years, died in the Black Hills ; Bertha, now the wife of Carl Fehlandt, a printer of Port Washington, Wis. ; and August, who conducts a restaurant at Black Earth. Although Robert Voss received only a limited education in his youth, he is one of the well informed men of the community in which he lives, having educated himself by reading and associating with educated people. He lived at home until he was twenty-five years of age, when he began farming on his own account. In 1887 he bought the old home place, upon which he has built a new house and barn, and his place is pointed out as one of the model farms of the neighborhood. He carries on a general farming business, devotes some attention to stock raising and dairying, and in all his undertakings has been successful, owing to his industrious habits and his good business judgment. In political matters he affiliates with the Democratic party. He takes a commendable interest in all questions of public policy ; was for two years constable, and has served for many years as clerk of the school board. For fourteen years he was treasurer of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Marxville, and was one of the liberal contributors toward the erect'on of the church building. In fraternal circles he is a member of the Modern Woodmen's lodge at Mazomanie. On May 31. 1877. he married Alary, daughter of Carl and Mary Fehlandt. natives of Mecklenburg, Germany. To tins marriage have been born the following children: Adolph, Alma. Will 'am, Clara, Lewis. Walter. Lunda, Ada and Robert. Adolph is employed at Gill's undertakng establishment at Madison; Alma is also in the city: William holds a position on the state farm, and the rest of the chidren are at home.

William H. Voss, of Middleton, is the owner of a fine stock farm, with about two hundred and ninety acres under cultivation. His parents wore natives of Mecklenburg.-Schwerin, Germany, and came to America in 1852. John and Sophia (Dahling) Voss were married in Germany and shortly after located in Milwaukee where they remained only a year. They purchased a farm of forty acres of wild land in section 16. upon which they worked for six years, when they obtained eighty acres in section 19, which was partly under cultivation. This became their permanent home and many improvements were made and buildings erected. Mr. Voss was a Democrat and an active member of the German Lutheran church, whose first edifice in Middleton he helped to build. He died in 1888, leaving five children and his wife, who still occupies the old homestead. William is the oldest son ; the next, Adolph, operates the home farm ; Louisa married Charles Barckhan of Middleton ; Emma is Mrs. Henry Wittenberg and Mary is the wife of Wm. Brumm of Middleton. William was born at Middleton, August 2, 1854, educated in the district school and worked on the farm until he was seventeen years of age. He then worked out for seven years, when he married and located at Springfield. Mrs. Voss was, before her marriage. Miss Augusta Frenz, daughter of Henrv and Dora (Schaeffer) Frenz, natives of Mlecklenburg. The young couple purchased eighty acres of farm land near Springfield and resided there six years, then moved to Middleton and bought one hundred and sixty acres in section 30, which is their present home. In 1905 the old homestead was also purchased, making in all an unusually large and valuable farm. Mr. Voss raises fine short-horn cattle, Poland China hogs and Shropshire sheep and raises all the feed for his stock upon his own fields. In 1881 he built the house and a large barn in 1901. The family attends the German Lutheran church. Mr. Voss is an active Democrat and has held several local offices ; that of town treasurer for two years ; clerk of the school board for twelve years. He is a member of the local branch of the Modern Woodmen. March 4, 1879, he married and five children comprise his family. Ella, the oldest, is the wife of Frank Brown and lives on a farm near Verona. She has one son, George. Emil, George, John and Clara, all live at home. Emil attended the Middleton high school, the others the district schools.

Hiram Vroman, a pioneer farmer of the town of Fitchburg, was born on the homestead where he now resides, January 18, 1847. His father was Joseph Vroman, born in 1816, in Oineida county, N. Y.

The subject's paternal grandfather was Jacob Vroman, of Dutch descent, who moved early in the nineteenth century to Vincennes, Ind., where he died, leaving seven children, John, Charles, George, Joseph, William, Elizabeth and Sarah. Hiram Vroman's mother was Alary \V. ( Westrope) Vroman, who was born in 1821 in Jacksonville, 111. Mr. Westrope, the subject's maternal grandfather, was a native of Kentucky who; had removed early to Jacksonville, and from there to Lafayette county, Wis., in 1829 where he was killed in a runaway three years later. Mar}- Westrope (Mrs. Joseph Vroman) was the oldest of six children, the others being Thomas, Boone, Austin, Lewis and Ella. In 1836, in company with his brother George, Joseph Yromas came on foot to Milwaukee. After two winters in the woods Joseph started farming at Dodgeville. In 1840 he and Mary Westrope were united in mariage and immediately after the wedding started for Dane county, where they located on section 20 in the town of Fitchburg. The log house they erected was the first structure in the town. To Joseph and Mary Vroman were born five children, George W., an engineer on the Northern Pacific railroad, whose home is in North Platte, Neb. ; Harriet, wife of Isom Sherman of Oneida, N. Y. ; Emeline, wife of S. D. Moore, Cleveland, Ohio; Hiram, and William A., a grain dealer of Gothenburg, Neb. ; Hiram Vroman. the subject of this sketch, received his education in the district schools, the academy and the LJniversity of Wisconsin. In politics he upholds the Democratic faith, as did his father. He has served as chairman of the town board for four years and for thirty-one years has been district clerk". Mrs. Vroman is a member of the First Congregational church of Madison. On November 13, 1878, he married Mary E., daughter of Boone and Sarah (Evans) Westrope. Mrs. Westrope is a native of Pennsylvania and Mr. Westrope, now deceased, was born in Illinois. The children of Hiram Vroman, all at home, are Joseph A., Elmer and Harry. Mr. Vroman is engaged in general farming and stock" raising. William Vroman, (deceased), a leading citizen and pioneer settler of Madison, was born in Syracuse, Onondago county, N. Y., Febrnary 28, 1818. He was of Dutch descent, the family name being originally Van Vrooman. The American founders of the family were two brothers who settled in New York in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Mr. Vroman's parents were Jacob and Olive (Tools) Vroman. His father was a native of New York and his mother of England. When he was but three years old his parents emigrated to what was then the far west, and settled in Terre Haute. Ind. Both parents soon died and the children were sent back to relatives in New York, where they grew up and received the advantages of a common school education. At the age of eighteen, Mr. Yroman returned to the west, and in June, lsiK;. readied Madison, where he found employment as a carpenter and remained until October of the same year. He returned to New York and remained there until 1844 when he married and with his wife removed to Wisconsin. He bought land near Madison and became a farmer, which occupation he followed with great success until I860 when he was elected treasurer of Dane county This office he held for four years, being re-elected in 1862. He then became engaged in the lumber business, in which, and as the senior partner in the hardware firm of Vroman, Frank & Ramsey, he continued until 1889, when he sold his interest in both firms and retired from active business. In nearly all his ventures Mr. Vroman was very successful and retired from his enterprises with an ample fortune. Always a stanch Republican, Mr. Vroman was a determined supporter of the Union during the war, and approved all measures for pensioning the veterans of that conflict. A resident of the county for over half a century, he was interested in every enterprise of a public character, and had a wide circle of acquaintances and many warm friends. Although belonging to an Episcopalian family, he was a member of the Congregational church. His wife was Miss Harriet Field, daughter of Lincoln and Fanny (Xewcomb) Field, of Oneida, N. Y., whom he married March 14, 1844. Their two children are Charles E. Vroman, of Chicago, assistant general solicitor for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y, and Josephine E.. now Mrs. Edwin C. Mason, of Madison. Mr. Yroman died at his home in Madison, May 1, 1896 Dr. B. J. Wadey of Belleville, the oldest physician of the place in point of residence, was born at Ogle county, 111., of English parentage. His paternal grandfather, John Wadey. came to this county in 1853, and settled in Ogle county, 111; Dr. Wadey's father was at that time only two years of age, and so, although he is still a comparatively young man. he is one of the oldest residents in that section of the state, as the country was at that time an uncultivated prairie. Mr. Harry Wadey married Miss Harriet Richards, and their son was reared and received his early education in his native county; he later attended the Sherwood normal school at Sherwood, Mich., and in [894 entered the Rush Medical College, Chicago. After his graduation in medicine in 1897 he located in Belleville, where he is practicing at the present time. May 4, 1899, he was married to Miss (dra Ross, daughter of John A. and Catherine (Martin) of Belleville. Mr. Ross is a native of Xew York and Mrs.

Ross of Scotland. Dr. Wadey is a Republican and a member of the Presbyterian church, which organization he serves as clerk; he also belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State Medical society, the Central Wisconsin Medical society, the Dane County Medical society, and to the Masonic order, being a member of the lodge at Dayton, Green county.

John Wahl is one of the honored pioneers and prominent farmers and stock-growers of Cross Plains township, where he owns a fine landed estate of three hundred and twenty acres, being also president of the Cross Plains Dairy Company. Mr. Wahl was born in Horm, Germany, May 26. L835, and is a son of John and Katherine (Biemer) Wahl, both of whom were born and reared in Germany, where they continued to reside until 1852, when they came to America, the entire family settling in Cross Plains township, this county, in section 2, where the father secured eighty acres of heavily timbered land, reclaiming the greater portion before his death, which occurred in 1882, his wife having passed away in 1856. John Wahl, Sr., was one of the charter members of St. Francis Xavier's church, at Cross Plains, the first services of the same having been held in his house, and he was for many years a trustee of the church and active and zealous in the work of the parish, his wife also having been a devoted communicant of the Catholic church. They became the parents of three children, two of whom are living. In politics the father was aligned as a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and he ever commanded the esteem of those with whom he came in contact in the varied relations of life. The immediate subject of this sketch secured his education in German and French schools in his native province, having principally attended private schools. He was seventeen years of age at the time of the family immigration to America and he has thus maintained his home in Dane county for more than half a century. He assisted in the reclaiming of the home farm and has been consecutively identified with agricultural pursuits in Cross Plains township to the present time, while he is now the owner of one of the most finely improved landed estates in this section of the county, the buildings being of the most attractive type, and the land under a high state of cultivation. He has given special attention to the raising of all kinds of fruit and to the dairying business, having a high grade of live stock, and being one of the principal stockholders in the Cross Plains Dairy Company. He erected his fine modern residence in 1893 and his large barn in 1809, and he still gives his personal supervision to the farm. He has ever commanded the unequivocal esteem of the community in which he has so long" and effectively labored, and he served forty-five years as clerk of his school district, was township clerk for a decade, having been incumbent of this position during the Civil War. and he has also rendered effective service as justice of the peace. He and his wife are communicants of St. Francis Xaviers church, in the village of Cross Plains, and he is one of the members of its board of directors, taking an active interest in all departments of the church work. February 19, 1859, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Wahl to Miss Eva Barbara Ulrich. daughter of Anthony and Engelbertha (Conrad) Ulrich, who were natives of Baden, Germany, as was also Mrs. Wahl, the family having come to Dane county in an early day. In conclusion is entered a brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Wahl : Katherine is the wife of Peter Birrenkott, of Black Earth township; Max is a resident of the city of Madison and is employed as collector for the Hausmann Brewing Company ; he married Miss Agnes Essen ; Charles is associated in the work and management of the home farm ; Sylvester died in the state of Wyoming; Bertha is the wife of Matthew Kelzenberg, of Madison; Gertrude remains at the parental home ; and Constance is attending college in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Warren Walker, retired, of Black Earth village, was born in Windsor county, Yt, in March, 1837. His parents, Jesse and Diantha (Lord) Walker were natives of Windsor county, Vt, where they were married. In 1851 Jesse Walker brought his family to Wisconsin, coming by way of the Eric canal to Buffalo, and then by the Great Lakes to Detroit and Milwaukee. From Milwaukee he came to the town of Black Earth and bought a farm just north of Black Earth village, winch at the time had only a mill and five houses. After improving the place he went, in 1894, to Minnesota, where he died in 1897. His wife died in 1863. Jesse and Diantha Walker had five children, only two of whom are living, Jane, who makes her home in New York state, and Warren, the subject of this sketch. Until he was twenty-one Warren lived at home, receiving such educational advantages as the schools of the vicinity offered. Then he started farming and followed it without a break until 1901, when he retired and removed to Black Earth village. Mr. Walker is a stanch Republican, and although he has never aspired to office, he has been honored with several positions. On November 24, 1861, he married Ellen L.. daughter of Orien and Dorcas L. (Pierce) Haseltine. Mr. and Mrs. Haseltine had lived in the same locality in Vermont from which Mr. Walk- er's parents had come, and had removed early to Waukesha county, Wis., and ten years later to Black Earth, where Mr. Haseltine helped plat the vilage. He was well known throughout the county as a politician and stanch Republican, and was the father of seven children. of which number Orien P., a farmer living near Black Earth, Rollin, and Calista Park of Grand Junction, la., and Ellen L., (Mrs. Walker) are the only ones living. Mir. Walker is a member of the Ancient Order of United Woodmen. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have had three children. Elmer W., the only living child, is the superintendent of the state school for the deaf at Delavan, Wis. He was educated in the schools of Black Earth and the University of Wisconsin. One child, Avenelle, passed away in 1882, at the age of five and one half 3'ears. Since graduating Mr. Elmer Walker has taught in Westfield, Black Earth, Whitewater and Superior. While living at Westfield he married Miss Martha Tompkins, who is now matron of the institution of which her husband is superintendent.

Martin Walsh, of Waunakee, -is a native of Ireland, born in 1837. His parents, Patrick and Mary (Whalen) Walsh were born and died in Ireland. Mr. Walsh received his educational training in his native land. In 1855, he came to New Orleans where he remained one year, and in 1856 came north and located first in Springfield, and later (1861) in Westport township. In 1865, he entered the Wisconsin Volunteer infantry as a private in Company G, Forty- fourth Regiment, and was mustered out the same year. In Westport he bought eighty acres of land, which in time he doubled. This property is operated for general agricultural purposes and stock raising, and in this he is assisted by his son, Edward J., who was born on the homestead March 14, 1882, was educated in the common school and the Middleton, high school, is politically a Republican and is serving his second term as clerk of the township. The subject of this sketch is a Republican, and the family are members of the Catholic church. His wife was Miss Bridget Lynch, born in Ireland, in 1847, daughter of Peter and Bridget (McQuellen) Lynch, both natives of that country. After the death of his wife Mr. Lynch came to America and located in Dane county, in 1861 ; his home has been in Westport since 1895. To Martin and Bridget (Lynch) Walsh have been born ten children, Patrick (deceased); Mary; Celia (deceaseel) ; Peter; Xellie ; Willie and Martin (deceased); John; Edward J.; Joseph M.

Otto Walters, junior partner of the cigar manufacturing firm of Baus & Walters, was born in Hanover, Germany, September 3, 1868. Hi's parents were John and Dorothy (Pleuer) Walters, natives of Germany where the father died in 1870 at the age of thirty- two years. The mother was married, later, to Charles Kuehne, a laborer of Madison. She died February 26. 1903, in Madison. By her first husband she was the mother of three children. Otto; George, a tailor; Sophia, Mrs. William Wirka, of Madison; by her second husband she had one son, Philip Kuehne, a member of the Madison Model Creamery firm. Otto Walters received his education in the public schools of Madison. Then he learned the cigarmakers' trade and has worked at it almost continuously since. On October 22, 1!M>2, he married Dorothy Stehr, a native of Germany who came to this country when but five years of age, and by her has two children, Edna and Aneta. Mrs. Walters is a member of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Walters belongs to the Woodmen of the World and to the Eagles. He is the traveling salesman of the firm.

John Walterscheit, who died on his fine homestead farm, on the northeastern shore of beautiful Lake Monona, on March 30, 1904, was one of the well known and highly respected citizens of Blooming Grove township, while it was his distinction to be one of the brave ( rerman-American citizens of Dane county who went forth in defense of the Union when its integrity was menaced by armed rebellion. Air. Walterscheit was born in famous old Cologne, one of the provinces of Rhenish Prussia, on March 8, 1832, and in the same province were born his parents, Theodore and Magdaline Walterscheit, who there passe .1 their entire lives. His brother Theodore was a soldier in the Franco- Prussian war, in which he sacrificed his life on the field of battle. Mr. Walterscheit was reared and educated in his native province, where he learned the trade of broom-making. As a young man he set forth to seek his fortunes in America, and he became one of the early representatives of Germany in Dane county. He located in Springfield township, where he followed his trade up to the outbreak of the Civil \\ ar. when his loyalty to his adopted country was roused to definite protest, the result being that, in September, 1862, he sacrificed all personal interests to go forth as a soldier of the Union. He enlisted as a private in Company G, Twenty-ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with which he saw long and arduous service, having taken part in many of the most important battles and operations incidental to the progress of the great civil conflict. Among the more noteworthy should be mentioned the following; Helena, Arkansas; Friar's Pont, Mississippi; Dewall's BlufF, Arkansas; Port Gibson. Fourteen Mile Creek, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg and battle of Jackson, all in Misssippi; and the subsequent operations in Louisiana and Alabama, including the engagements at Carrion Crow Bayou) Spanish Lake, Sa-

Line Crossroads, Alexandria, Marksville, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, besides several others. He thus continued in active service until victory had crowned the Union arms and the long and bitter struggle reached its clos^: he was mustered out in June, 1865. duly receiving his honorable discharge. His interest in his old comrades was manifested in later years by his retaining membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. After the war Air. Walterscheit was employed for nine years at the Dane county orphans' home, and after the closing of this institution he engaged in the dairy business in MJadison, where he built up a large and profitable trade, supplying a large number of customers with milk and cieam. This line of enterprise practically engrossed his attention for fourteen years, at the expiration of which he located on his farm, in Blooming Grove township, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a man of unbending integrity and won and retained the good will and regard of those with whom he came in contact. He was a devoted communicant of the German Catholic church and was a Democrat in his political proclivities, while for three years he served as school elerk in his township. On September 2. 1865, Mr. Walterscheit was united in marriage to Mrs. Margaret Fibers, widow of Feter Elbers and a daughter of Matthew A. and Anna M. (Neasen) Adolph, both of whom were born in Germany. Mrs. Walterscheit's one son by her first marriage was Constantine Elbers, who was boni October 31, 1862, and who died March 3, 1903. Her first husband, Peter Elbers, served in the Civil War, as a member of the Fourth Regiment Wisconsin Calvary and died in Cairo, Wis. on his way home on a furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Walterscheit became the parents of nine children, concerning whom the following record is entered: Theodore, born November 3, 1866, died May 5, 1898, having been waylaid and killed by thugs in the city of Chicago. Anna S., who was born December 17, 1868, was married in 1887, to James Nolan, now a resident of Janesville, Wisconsin, where she die I July 4, 1904. Bernard H., born April 22, 1871, resides in Chicago. John W.. born April 13, 1874. married Miss .Minnie Wisinger, and they reside on a farm near the old homestead of his father. Matthew A., born August 21, 1876, remains with his widowed mother on the farm. Frank J., born September 22, 1878. died at the age of fourteen months. Anna M., born September 20, 1880. is the wife of Patrick O'Day. of Blooming Grove township; Sophia was born September 29, 1883, and Frederick J.. M&rch 20. 1889, and they are still at the parental home.

Charles Waltzinger, proprietor of the "Bon-Ton," a confectionery store at 19 North Pinckney street, was born in Madison, February 7. 1858. He is a son of A. F. and Elizabeth (Scherhamer) 60 - iii

Waltzinger, both natives of Prussia. The father came to the United States while still a youth. He opened and conducted for many years the only confectionery store in .the Capital city and was the first man to bring- a bunch of bananas to Madison. At the time of his death in 1901 he was probably as widely and well known as any man in the city. His wife was a member of the Catholic church. There were eleven children in the family. Charles, the first born, died at the age of six years. August F., is in the confectionery business in Madison. Elizabeth, now Mrs. A. C. Maas, resides in Madison. Henry J., makes Chicago his home. Minnie is the wife of William Askew of Madison. Louis is a tracer for the American Express company and makes Chicago his headquarters. Emma is the wife of John Hyland of Madison. Miss Amelia makes her home with the subject of this sketch. Louise is the wife of Mr. Walter Afford of the capital city. Bertha married George Boniface. After completing the course of study in the city schools Charles Waltzinger went into his father's employ. Subsequently he worked at the same business in New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Providence, Baltimore, Buffalo and Detroit. After his return to Madison he was again employed by his father, but after a year or two joined a theatrical party, doing acrobatic "stunts." Three or four years of the time he was in New York and for a number of months traveled with the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers circus. On again returning to Madison he purchased his father's business and has been successfully conducting it ever since. He has at present a beautiful and well equipped store and does an immense business. Mr. Waltzinger was united in marriage to Miss Apoloma Fichten, a native of Madison, and daughter of Hubert and Helen (Berhand) Fichten, natives of Germany. Mr. Fichten died at the age of sixty-six. Of the children in the family seven are still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Waltzinger has been born one son, August Frederick. Mrs. Waltzinger is a communicant of the Catholic church. Fler husband is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Order of Eagles. lie is genial, courteous and hearty, and a great favorite among his many friends.

Colonel Clement E. Warner is a well-known farmer of the town of Windsor and a veteran of the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War. The family came to Wisconsin from New York in 1852. Samuel Warner, grandfather of Col. Warner, was born in Connecticut. Samuel A. Warner, son of Samuel, was born in Otsego county, N. Y., there received his education and came to Windsor township in 1854. He owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and was prominent in the community. He was an ardent abolitionist and Republican. Mrs. Samuel A. Warner was, before her marriage. Miss Martha E. Simonds, a native of Rutland, Vermont. She lives in the town of Windsor, aged ninety-five years. Of her six children, but three are living. Her son, Clement E., was born in Batavia, Genesee county, N. Y., February 23, 1836, attended the home schools, the Sun Prairie Academy and the University of Wisconsin in its early years and has always been engaged in farming since his return from the war. In March, 1864, he enlisted as captain of Company B of the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and fought through the bloody Wilderness campaign at Spottsylvania, the North Anna river. Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom and Petersburg. At Deep Bottom, he was wounderd and lost his left arm. In the final assault on Petersburg, he was in action and was also present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, April, 1865. During that arduous year he was promoted from captain to major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel and finally mustered out in July, 1865. Since that time Colonel Warner has engaged in the peaceful occupation of farming and owns a three hundred acre farm on which he raises a considerable amount of stock, Poland China hogs and short-horned cattle, besides giving some attention to the growth of beets and general farm produce. He is a member of the G. A. R. and one of the trustees of the soldiers' aid fund of Dane county. In political affiliation a Republican he has held various offices in the county. For twenty-one years he was superintendent of the Dane county poor farm and trustee of the insane asylum for twelve years. Two terms of the legislature saw him in his seat in the assembly and he was elected to the senate for one term. In February. 1867, he married Miss Eliza Noble, who was born in New York, daughter of Alanson Noble, who lived later in Beloit. Wis. Six children were born to Colonel and Mrs. Warner, Ernest W., the oldest son, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a prominent lawyer of Madison, Wis. Edith M., attended Oberlin University in Ohio. Bessie also received her education at Oberlin ; Fannie graduated from the University of Wisconsin, as did her sister Florence and brother Julius. The last-named specialized in geology at the University. The family is identified with the Congregational church of which Colonel Warner has been a member for fifty years. He was one of

Hon. Ernest Noble Warner, is a native of Dane county. He was born in the town of Windsor. July 23, 1868, son of Col. C. E. and Eliza (Noble) Warner, the former a native of Batavia, N. Y., and the mother a native of Oneida county, N. Y. The parents still occupy the farm at Windsor, which has been their home throughout their married life. Mr. Warner took a preparatory course in the Madison high school. He received a degree from the academic department of the University of Wisconsin in 1889. In the fall of 1890 he entered the law department of the same institution. In 1891 he was admitted to the bar upon examination by the state board of law examiners, but continued his work in the law school, and received the degree of LL. B. in 1892. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in Madison, and has continued it successfully since. Politically Mr. Warner is a stanch Republican. He has received numerous honors at the hands of his party. In 1892, the year of his graduation from the law department, he was the nominee of his party for the office of district attorney. In 1899 he was appointed law examiner in the office of the attorney-general and continued in that capacity until 1903. During these years he was doing faithful work for his party as secretary of the Dane county Republican committee, and also serving as a member of the city committee. In he fall of 1904 he was the nominee of the Republican party for the lower branch of the state legislature. Notwithstanding the bad split in the party that year Mr. Warner was eleced by a good majority. He easily took rank as one of the leaders of the assembly throughout the session of 1905. The state civil service bill, placing the appointive officers of the state upon a merit basis was championed by Mr. Warner. This measure became law and is acknowledged by persons high in authority on this class of legislation to be perhaps the most comprehensive and satisfactory civil service law enacted. All through the session he was one of the administration leaders on the floor and did much to carry through the house the measures to which his party was pledged. On behalf of the Republicans of the legislature he was selected to present the name of Hon. Robert M. LaFollette, as their choice for the United States senator. During many years Mr. Warner has delivered numerous public and political addresses throughout the state, and has contributed to newspapers and magazines articles on kindred subjects. On July 5, 1894 he was married to Lillian Dale Baker, daughter of Rev. John Uglow and Elizabeth (Dale) Baker. Mr. Baker was an early settler in Iowa county. Wis., and served throughout his mature years as local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church. For a few years of his early residence in the state, 1 837-1 841 he was engaged in lead mining. He died in Madison, August 24, 1902, at the age of eighty-four. Airs. Baker having died December 25, 1899, at the age of seventy-five. Mrs. Warner, was a classmate of her husband, graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1889. For four years after graduation she taught in the schools of the state. To Mr. and Mrs. Warner, have been born three children: John Clement, July 9, 1896; Elizabeth Dale, June 23, 1900; and Ernest Noble, Jr., December 2, 1905. Both Mr. Warner and his wife are members of the First Congregational church of Madison, taking an active part in its work. At present Mr. Warner is one of the trustees of the society. They are members of the University O'f Wisconsin Alumni Association, (Mr. Warner having served the Association for many years in an official capacity) and Mrs. Warner having served for one term as vice president. Mr. Warner belongs to the order of Sons of Veterans, Modern Woodmen of America, Independent Order of Foresters and Defenders. He is a life member of the State Historical Society, a member of the State Civil Service Reform 'Association and a member and executive officer of the State Bar Association.

Wilber W. Warner, well-known citizen and business man of Madison, Wis., was born on July 24, 1850. at Lockport, Erie county, Penn., and is the son of William C, and Susan (Partridge) Warner. The father of our subject was born in Rome. N. Y., in 1813, where he grew to manhood and married. In 1852 he brought his family to Baraboo, Wis., where he was a well-known citizen for many years, serving as postmaster of the town under President Buchannan. In 1864, he went to Colorado and spent a number of years prospecting and locating mining properties. He died in Baraboo, July 24, 1882. In his mining work Mr. Warner was assisted greatly by his son (W. W.J who seemed to possess to a marked degree, the faculty of locating mineral deposits.

W. W. Warner was prepared for the University of Wisconsin at the collegiate institute, Baraboo. Ht entered the university with the class of '77, but left the same in his sophomore year. He became a clerk and traveling salesman for H. X. Clark, music dealer of Madison, and in 1875, Mr. Clark failing, our subject succeeded to the business, which he reorganized and placed on a strong basis. This business he has since conducted with uninterrupted success to the present, the establishment being one of the largest in this section of the state in its line, and one of the oldest business houses in any line in the city. In 1883 he was awarded a gold medal by

Mr. Warner has served as a member of the city water board, and rendered valuable service to the city in that capacity and along the line of municipal improvement and economy. On May 13, 1875, Mr. Warner married Medora A., daughter of Sherman W. Finster, of Pulaski, X. Y., and to them a son, Paul S., has been born, who is associated with his father in business.

Justin S. Waterman is one of the highly respected citizens of the village of Oregon, and although a comparatively young man he can look back upon an extended and successful business career. He was born in the state of Connecticut, November 12, 1854, and was the only child of J. S. Waterman, Sr., and his wife, Clara J. (Sugden) Waterman. The father was born in Vermont, and the mother was of Scotch descent, but her place of birth is unknown to her son, as the parents died when he was but four years of age. Being thus left an orphan at so tender an age, and with neither brother nor sister, he was taken care of by a kind-hearted uncle, Charles Waterman, who reared him to manhood. It is but fitting that our subject's benefactor should be given more than a passing mention here. Charles Waterman was born October 13, 1822, in Orleans county, Vermont, and afterward resided in Springfield, Mass., and Windsor Locks, Conn., being in business at different times in each of these places. He came to the town of Oregon, in Dane county. Wis., in 1849, and in May of that year bought what became the Waterman homestead, a farm of two hundred acres. The first survey for a village plat was made not long thereafter, under Mr. Waterman's direction and on part of his land, and in 1858 he opened and for two years conducted the Oregon Exchange hotel, it being the first hostelry in the village. For two years, beginn'ng in 1SG0, he was engaged in the mercantile business, and in 1862-3 was a contractor in grading the Chicago & Northwestern Railway from Oregon to Madison. He was in the livery business at Oregon from 1874 to 1880, and the remainder of his business career was devoted to farming. In politics he was a Democrat, and filled the positions of justice of the peace, and collector, and for six years was deputy sheriff of Dane county. During his incumbency of the latter position he was shot and seriously wounded by a horse-thief whom he was endeavoring to arrest - an incident that will be remembered by the older residents of the county. J. S. Waterman, to whom this memoir specially refers, received his education in the common schools of Dane county, and at the age of nineteen years started in life for himself. He first began in the business of buying- and shipping live stock, and followed that line very successfully for a period of sixteen years. Since about 1889 he has devoted his attention almost exclusively to farming, with the usual adjunct, stock-raising. In the latter business he has more than a local reputation, as he has raised a great many blooded horses, and has shipped stallions to all parts of the United States, the German coach stallions being his specialty. He is the owner of two hundred and eighty-seven acres of land, two hundred acres of which are within the corporate limits of the village of Oregon, and the entire tract is well improved, being either under cultivation or devoted to grazing purposes. At this place Mr. Waterman has made his home for forty-two years, and no one is more favorably known or more highly respected than he and his estimable wife. He was married on April 27, 1873, to Miss Anna T. Ozburn, daughter of William T. Ozburn, deceased. Mrs. Waterman is of Scotch-Irish descent and her parents came originally from Pennsylvania. They lived a number of years in Illinois, but moved to Dane county about 1885, Mrs. Ozburn now living with her daughter in Oregon. Mr. Waterman is a Democrat in his political views, and in religious matters unites with the Presbyterian church. No children have been born to Mr. Waterman and wife.

George C. Watson, a prominent nurseryman of Stoughton, has attained to marked success in. his chosen sphere of endeavor and is one of the well known and nighly esteemed citizens of Dane county's second city. Mr. Watson was born at Maiden Hall, Suffolk county, England, June 19, 1841, and is a son of William H. and Charlotte (Kent) Watson, who immigrated to America in 1848, making Wisconsin their destination. They settled in Dunkirk township, Dane county, where the father purchased six hundred acres of government land, paying one dollar and a quarter an acre, the patent to the property being signed by President Zachary Taylor. Mr. Watson reclaimed three hundred and fifty acres of this heavily timbered tract and here continued to1 make his home for many wars, finally removing to Rock county, where he died at the age of eighty-three years, his wife having preceded him into eternal rest. They became the parents of n'ne children, namely: Samuel. William. ( ieorge C, Charlotte. Frances, Edward, Alfred. Emily, Mary-Ann. Charlotte is the wife of James Taylor; Emily is the wife of Moses Chidester; Mbry Ann is the wife of Rev. George W. Burdick; and Frances is the wife of Albert Martin. George C. Watson was reared to the sturdy discipline of the pioneer farm, early beginning to contribute Irs quota to the work of the same, and being afforded the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period, and later finishing his education at Milton College. He has passed practically Ids entire life in Dunkirk township. On attaining to his legal majority he engaged in farming in this township, continuing his operations as a general agriculturist until 1882, in March of which year he removed to Stoughton and engaged in the nursery business, to which he has since devoted his attention and in which he has been most successful. In politics he is a stanch supporter of the cause of the Republican party, and served one term as clerk of Dunkirk township and later as alderman of the city of Stoughton. October 16, 1867, Mr. Watson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Gilbert, daughter of Samuel A. and Charlotte M. (Clark) Gilbert, who came to Wisconsin from Oswego county. Xew York, in 1844, first settling in Kenosha county and later becoming pioneers of Dunkirk township, Dane county, where they passed the closing years of their lives. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Watson ; Willis L. : Albert E. ; George R. ; Alfred A. ; Maude L. ; Lucius H. Four are still living, Albert E., having died in infancy and George L., in young manhood. Maud L. is the wife of Thomas Derrickson. Mrs. Watson's father was born in Tolland county, Connecticut, and her mother in Scriba, X. Y. Samuel A. Gilbert was a son of George O. and Theodora (Gilbert) Gilbert, the former of whom was a son of Colonel Samuel Gilbert, who commanded a regiment during the War of the Revolut'on. He was a son of Samuel Gilbert, of Keene, New Hampshire, who was a son of Samuel Gilbert, of Hebron, Connecticut, the latter being a son of Sir Matthew Gilbert, of England who was lieutenant governor of Connecticut colony in 1662. The maternal great grandfather of Mrs. Watson was Judge Sylvester Gilbert, a brother of Colonel Samuel Gilbert, previously mentioned. Judge Gilbert served several terms in Congress, having been, when first elected, the youngest member of the house of representatives and the oldest member when he was again elected to that body, many years later.

William Weber is the owner of one of the beautiful farms lying on the shores of Lake Monona and in close proximity to the capital city, his place being at the western end of the lake and comprising seventy-one acres. Mr. Weber is a native of the Badger state, having been born in the village of Oak Creek, now South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. August 17. 1849, and being a son of James and Caroline (Gower) Graham the former of whom was born in Scotland and the latter in ( in-many. He was an infant at the time of his father's death, and has always born the name of his mother's second husband, Mr. W eber. He received very limited educational advantages, as a boy attending in a somewhat irregular way, the public schools of his native village, and early beginning to depend upon his own resources. He has won success through his own efforts and is now in independent circumstances. He has been a resident of Dane county for the past thirty-one years and has made his farm one of the most attractive in this section of the state, the same being under a high state of cultivation and improved with good buildings. Air. Weber gives his political support to the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the German Lutheran church. October 14, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Fredericka Kepka, daughter of Frederick and Sophia (Stoll) Kepka, both native of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Weber have four children whose names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows: William Herman, January 5, 1877; Carl Frederick Daniel, January 14, 1883; Caroline Sophia, June 1, 1889; and Elsa*Emma, February 18, 1892.

William Wernick is the owner of a large farm in the township of Windsor and an old resident of the community. Gottlieb and Louisa (Wrolf) Wrernick, his parents, were natives of Germany and spent their entire lives in the Fatherland. Gottlieb Wernick served in the war between Germany and France in 1812 and at his death in 1877 was eighty-five years of age. Mrs. Wernick died in 1824. Four children were born to them ; Caroline, Henrietta Albertine and William, of whom William is the only survivor. William Wernick was born in Germany February 25, 1823, received his education in Germany and came to the United States in 1852, twenty-eight years of age. He soon decided to make Dane county. Wis., his home and obtained a farm of 80 acres from the government and worked in the pine woods to pay for it. To this property he added from time to time until his farm comprised three hundred and fifty-two acres. Mr. Wernick carries on an extensive general farming business and raises considerable stock. He is always actively interested in local affairs and has served as supervisor in the town of Windsor. Fie is a Democrat in his political sympathies. Mrs. Wernick is also. a native of Germany and was before her marriage. Miss Matilda Schneider. Mr. and Mrs. Wernick were married June 1, i860, and their marriage has been blessed by eight children; Albert, the oldest son. is a successful farmer; Emil resides in Hillsboro and is the president of the state bank of that city; Louisa is the oldest daughter and Agnes next to her in age; Matilda is the wife of Fred Meixner; Richard is deceased; Willie also a farmer and the youngest daughter is Augusta. Mrs. Wernick was prominent in the Lutheran church, which her family attends. She died January 26, 1896. Mrs. Wernick was the daughter of Emmanuel and Theresa (GolmokaJ Schneider, both of whom were born in Germany and Mr. Schneider spent his entire life there. After his death in 1856, his wife came from Windsor and lived there from 1870 to her death in April, 1874.

Christian Wessel, is now living retired in the city of Madison, having a pleasant home at 308 South Patterson street. His vocation during his entire active career was that of farming, and that he made a success of his operations is evidenced in the competency which he gained. Mr. Wessel is a native of the province of Wrestphalen, Germany, where he was born November 5, 1838, being a son of John and Mary (Glentmeier) Wessel, who passed their entire lives in that province, the father having been a farmer by occupation, and having served three years in the Union army during the Civil War. Mr. Wessel was reared and educated in his fatherland, where he remained until he had attained the age of seventeen years, when, like many another of his worthy countrymen, he set forth to win such fortune as could be gained through personal effort in the great American republic. He landed in New York city in 1855, and in that state soon found employment on a farm devoted almost entirely to the cultivation of broom corn, and he continued to be concerned with agricultural pursuits in the old Empire state until the time when the integrity of his adopted country was thrown into jeopardy through the outbreak of the Civil War. His loyality was of no uncertam nature, for in the autumn of 1862 he enlisted as a private in Companv C, One Hundred and Fifty-third New York Volunteer Infantry. He proceeded to the front with his command, and took part in a number of the important engagements of the great conflict between the states, including the battles of Pleasant Hill and Markville, La., and Cross Lanes, in wli rli last engagement the troops had to march and fight three abreast. In this engagement he was severely wounded, being sent to the Chestnut Hill hospital, in the city of Philadelphia, where he was confined seven monhs. He continued in the service until the close of the war, having received his honorable discharge in the autumn of 1865. After being mustered out lie returned to the farm, where he remained until tlie following spring, when he was married. Shortly afterward, in the summer of 1866, he started with his bride for the state of Wisconsin. They located in Sauk county, where he farmed rented land for the first tw<> years, after which he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, in Troy township, that county, where they resided until Id tin- property and removed to Dane county, purchasing a farm in Blooming Grove township, near the capital city. There he was.

successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1895, when he removed to the city of M]adison, where he has since lived practically retired, still retaining possession of his farm. He has stood for loyalty of the highest type as a citizen, as did he when following the old flag on the battle-fields of the south, and he is held in high regard by all who know him. He is a stalwart supporter of the principles of the Republican party, is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and both he and his wife are members of the German Methodist Episcopal church. March 29, 1866, Mr. Wessel was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Hugo, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Hugo, who were born in Westphalen, German}", as was also Mrs. Wessel. Mr. and Mrs. Wessel have one child, Carrie Louisa Mary, who was born May 5, 1872, and who is now the wife of George Yoit, of Blooming Grove township.