Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 12 of 17)

JOHN WENZilL, farmer. Sec 3 ; P. 0. Campbellsport ; born in Hesse-Darmstadt, in 1832 ; in 1848, he accompanied his parents to Algeria, Africa, where he spent two years ; returning, he remained in the Fatherland until he was 25, when, accompanied by his future wife. Miss Margaret Bader, he came to America and to Wisconsin ; they reached Ashford with nothing but health and resolution to make a home ; both hired exit, he for a year at $100. The next year they married and began housekeeping in a granary. Mr. Wenzel getting $12 per month the second year, then renting his present farm for three years ;. beginning $20 in debt, he has, in twenty-two years, earned a splendid 162-acre farm, on which he has built a large and tasty residence, and a basement barn, 82x34 feet in size, and has all tools, etc., besides grade short-horn cattle and Leicester grade sheep. He can now speak and read English, and is educating his children, having seven living - John, Bena, Mary, Charlotte, Henry, William F. and George D. Politics^ Independent Republican ; has been Supervisor two years, and Assessor four years.

JOHN and E. C. AIRHART, farmers, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Osceola ; John Airhart was born in Alsace, France, July 24, 1790; when 16 years old, he joined Napoleon's army, served through the German and Spanish campaigns, was captured by the English and held prisoner in Malaga six months ; then enlisted with the English and served over three years with the garrison on the Isknd of Malta was then sent into Canada, and fought during the war of 1812 ; deserting the British at Plattsburg, he settled in Albany Co., N. Y., where he married, Deo. 15, 1816, Miss Mary Killmer, who was born June 19, 1794, in Greenbush, Rensselaer Co.,N. Y.; about 1833, they left Albany Co. and settled in Rensselaer Co., remaining until June, 1848, when the family settled on the Airhart homestead in Osceola ; bought 320 acres, part of which has been given to the heirs, the farm now containing 200 acres. For some time the family lived in a rude shanty built by a Mr. Cole; there are five children living - Eveline, Mary M., Edward C., Willam B. and Martha; they have lost four - Sarah, Dinah, Helen and John H. (who died in the Union service at Duvall's Blufi", Ark., in 1864) ; Edward C, William B., John H., Helen and Martha, and Mary M. (now Mrs. Nathan Carey), all came to Wisconsin with the old folks, who are now doubtless the oldest married couple in the county. Edward C. was born in Albany Co. N. Y., March 16, 1828, and married, Dec. 25, 1851, Miss Sarah J., eldest daughter of Aaron Walters, of Eden, she leaving at her death, June 14, 1867, one daughter - Helen E. (now Mrs. A. R. Pasenger, of Watson, Lewis Co., N. Y). On the 30th of April, 1868, he married Miss Mary E., daughter of E. R. Tripp, who came from Oneida Co., N. Y., to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1854, and settled in Fond du Lao Co. in 1862 ; his wife was Sarah E. Bartlett, and both are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Airhart have two daughters - Edith M. and Blary E. Father and son are Republicans, E. C. having served as Supervisor and Chairman.

CAIiVIN H. AliLiEN, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Waucousta ; was born ia Ashland Co., Ohio, Oct. 19, 1835 ; son o'f Capt. Silas Allen, who led a restless life, sailing for many years on Lake Michigan md the other great lakes ;*in 1847, he bought 400 acres of Government land in Osceola, on which he settled with his family in May, 1848 ; having but little means, the family saw much of pioneer privation md hardships ; after making a good farm and home of this wild land, Capt. A. sold it and removed to St. Joseph, Mich., where he died Jan. 12, 1872 ; a strong, earnest and true man, he was missed by scores of irarm friends. C. H. Allen settled on his farm of eighty acres in 1857 ; of his first forty only eight had leen cleared and broken; beginning with almost nothing, he built a shanty and kept " bachelor's hall " ibout three years ; Mr. Allen has reclaimed his land find made a most pleasant home. He married, March 22, 1860, Miss Sarah, daughter of James Yapp ; she was born in Worcestershire, England, coming to ^.merica in 1851, and residing in Fond du Lac until her marriage ; they have one son - Leonard J., born Hay 31, 1868. Both Mr. and Mrs. A. are supporters of Christianity, she being an Episcopalian. Mr. \.. is, like his father, a Democrat.

JACOB ARIMOND, merchant, Dundee; born Oct. 12, 1840, in Germany; his mother died the next July, and, in 1844, his father came to America; Jacob came with his grandfather in 1851, and joined his father in Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., and learned the mason's trade of him ; after three years, he went to Taycheedah, and, when he left there, entered the paint store of James Edwards, Fond du Lac, going from there to a hardware store ; in August, 1863, he went to California via the isthmus, and the second year opened a store' in San Francisco, returning to Wisconsin, via the Nicaragua route, in February, 1866; in May, 1866, he bought the store and stock of A. Larsdt, Dundee; did business in the old stand three years; then built his large two-story store, which is 24x66 feet in size, and well fitted up ; here he has the post office, as deputy, and carries a large and complete stock, the only one in Dundee; keeps any and every thing to meet a country trade, including drugs, medicines, notions, etc., besides farming implements. Married, in 1866, Miss Mary Deweis, of Fond du Lac, and has two children - Gudula C. and Edward J. Mr. Ariinond is a Democrat, and a Roman Cathplic, with his wife, who was born in Germany, and settled in t'ond du Lac in 1855.

ASHER ARMSTRONG, farmer. Sec. 2 ; ^P. 0. Armstrong's Corners ; born in Hoosic, Rensselaer Co. N. Y., June 17, 1821 ; was educated there, and married Miss Adelia Harris; made a visit to Wisconsin in 1847, and, in 1849, settled on a farm near the McCullough Sohoolhouse, in Auburn ; in 1851, he exchanged with Mr. Bates, and settled on his present farm of 200 acres ; of this, perhaps six were cleared, on which was a log shanty ; since his settlement, the crossing of the road south of his house has been called Armstrong's Corners, and the post office was established here in his house in 1854 or 1855 ; it was soon transferred to the house of S. F. Armstrong, where it was kept until 1872, when the brothers left their farms, and Mr. Stannard, who still serves, was appointed ; he rented Mr. Asher A.'s farm, and began keeping the office in his house, where it is still kept. Asher A. took a position under Mr. Wheeler in the State Prison, where he served until 1874; was then a year in business in Fond du Lac, returning to his farm in 1875; in 1878, he built a cheese factory and store, which burned New Year's Day, 1880 ; Mr. A. has nearly completed a large two-story building, which he will fit up in the best manner for a cheese factory, and one large room for a store ; the upper story will be a public hall, 34x20J feet in size ; his factory was and will be a complete success in spite of rival factories. In the fall of 1851, his vote, with three others, were the only ones cast for the Free Soil ticket in a town which afterward gave a Republican majority of forty ; his first vote, in 1844, was for Mr. Bisney. Mr. A. has been Town Treasurer, Supervisor and Superintendent of Schools, and received a vote of thanks from his town for his able settlement of a dispute between Osceola and Eden in 1851, he settling with Messrs. William Stuart and Carr, of Eden ; he has also served with credit as Clerk of the County Board, Deputy United States Assessor, Sergeant-at-Arms in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1860-61, and took the United States census of 1870 in his district, as Deputy Marshal. Mrs. Armstrong died in 1867, leaving six children - Harper (deceased), Mary, Sarah, Van H., Jay P. and Ida. In 1870, he married Mrs. Sarah Odekirk, by whom he has two daughters - Hattie and Lucy Hayes. As a religionist, Mr. A. believes in doing his whole duty.

O. F. BROK9IEYER, proprietor of the Dundee Hotel, Osceola ; born March 25, 1845, in Prussia; came to America in 1861, and worked a year in a pail factory at Two Rivers, Wis.: was two years in Fond du Lac and eighteen months in the iron region of Lake Superior ; he then made a year's visit to the Fatherland ; returned, and opened a store in Elmore, where he was the first Postmaster; after two years here, he sold out, and bought the Dundee Hotel April 4, 1870 ; it is the only public house in the village, and he has more than doubled it in size, added good stabling, ice-house, etc.; has also the only livery and bar in the place. Married at West Bend, Wis., July 4, 1866, Miss Catherine Lenn, a native of Switzerland, by whom he has four children - William, Caroline, Anna and Kate. Mr. Brokmeyer is a public-spirited and genial landlord, and a liberal giver to the local churches ; was also the originator of the Dundee Stock Fair of June, 1870. Politics, a Democrat.

DANIEIi CAVAWAGH, farmer, Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Osceola; born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, Feb. 2, 1831 ; is a son of James and Ellen Cavanagh, who emigrated to America in 1834, stopping a short time in Bangor, Me., then settling in Waltham, Mass., where Daniel received his schooling ; the family settled on a farm in Washington Co., Wis., in 1842, remaining until April, 1849, when they settled on Government land on Sec. 3, Osceola, being the second Irish family to locate here. The subject of this sketch continued his studies in Wisconsin, living on the homestead until 1869, when he bought his farm of 220 acres ; his mother died in September, 1853, and his father in January, 1868 ; Mr. Cavanagh has proved himself a capable farmer, having built a basement barn 46x71 feet, with twenty -two foot posts, and a handsome square, two-story residence ; has also brought 135 acres of his farm to a good state if improvement. In politics, a Democrat ; Mr. Cavanagh was elected in 1861 Town Treasurer ; then followed his election as Chairman of Osceola from 1864 to 1877, with the exception of three years ; in

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1869, he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly, and to the State Senate in 1875. He married Miss Margaret, daughter of Henry Hardgrove, one of the Irish pioneers of Forest, on the 20th of February, 1854, they having seven children - Ella, Mary, James T., Daniel, Anna, Henry and Jennie ; Mary is the wife of E. H. Lyons, of Osceola. Mr. Cavanagh and family are Roman Catholics.

CHABIiE$$ COOPER, farmer. Sec. fi; P. 0. Osceola; born Oct. 17,. 1808, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, where he married, in 1838, Miss Mary Inglis, a native of that shire; they came with three children - Elizabeth, Charles and Mary - to America, reaching the Cooper homestead in October, 1849, with a team hired in Milwaukee. Fond du Lac then had but two stores. Mr. Cooper bought the farm of W. Nobles, and was the second Scotchman to settle in the town of Osceola. The lumber for the floor of his log house was hauled from Sheboygan, and it was roofed with poplar troughs. Roads were poor and without bridges - Mr. Cooper going often to Plymouth to mill when there was only flour enough for a single baking in the house ; all his teaming and breaking was with oxen, and he did good work as a pioneer ; died Sept. 22, 1876. Elizabeth is Mrs. Horace Eels, of Waupun Township ; Mary is Mrs. J. B. Tripp, of Fond du Lac; Charles was born June 3, 1843, and did his share in improving the farm, which he now owns, with its excellent barns and spacious house, which has replaced the log house of old times ; the farm is 160 acres; on the 17th of July, 1879, he married Miss Sophia Yokeum, of Auburn. The family are Presbyterians, and Mr. Cooper a Republican.

JOHN OR AHAM, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Osceola ; born in the city of Carlisle, Cumberland, England, March 28, 1821 ; came to America with his parents in 1836, both he and his father taking an active part in the patriots' outbreak in 1837, narrowly escaping the vengeance of the British, and settling in Albany, N. Y.; then going to New York City, where John Graham resided three'years, then locating in Geneva, N. Y., where he worked three years for T. B. Burrell ; in September, 1844, he reached Milwaukee, and, during the next two years, was engaged in chopping in the woods south of the then village ; was joined here the second year by his wife, he having married Miss Louisa Legare, they then settling among the openings of Dodge Co., living in a bark-roofed shanty floored with basswood slabs ; on the 10th of January, 1848, they settled on Government land on Sec. 17, town of Osceola, building the first house in the town, all other buildings being shanties ; for doors and windows they used blankets, and, when Mrs. Graham was alone at night, with a pack of ravenous wolves howling on either side of the house, we may well excuse her fright. The oldest son, Byron, was born here on the 14th of March, 1849, and theirs was the first white child born in the town ; the other living children are Caroline, Agnes, Josephine and Garrie; Caroline is the wife of Allen Pulling, of Greenbush, Wis.; Agnes is Mrs. Noble Adams, of Fayette Co., Iowa; Josephine resides in Menominee Falls, Wis., and Garrie is a teacher in Rosendale ; Byron married Miss Catherine Roltgen, and is now on the homestead. John Graham began in this town with 18 cents in his pocket, his family doing without a floor or a stove the first fall, and living on cornmeal ground in a coffee-mill, destitute of butter, pork or milk, and using an old chest for a table, sleeping on a pile of logs, and doing without chairs. As a reward for the privations so patiently endured then, he has a well-improved farm of 120 acres, a pleasant home and all needed barns, etc. Is a Catholic and a Republican. He also served about a year with Grant in the 5th W. V. I., Co. H ; during the assault on Petersburg, his brother was shot dead; the honorable discharge of Mr. Graham dates June 14, 1865.

Wllilil AM KEYS, farmer. Sees. 17 and 18 ; P. 0. Osceola ; born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, July 17, 1810 ; came to America with his family in 1850, settled in the town of Empire, and, after four years, on his present farm. To reach this, he cut a track through the dense brush, which track is now the highway passing his house. Building a log shanty, he did sturdy work with his ax, having little to do with and much to contend with; in payment, he has a well-improved farm of 160 acres, several barns, sheds, etc., and has supplanted the shanty with a tasteful residence. In 1837, he married Miss Margaret Wiley, of County Tyrone, Ireland ; they have six children - Thomas W., William C, Sarah L., Hannah J., Eliza A. and Etta M. ; the eldest is a physician in Le Roy, III. ; William C. is a substantial farmer in Eden; Sarah L. is Mrs. Charles Montgomery, of Calumet Co., Wis., and Hannah is Mrs. C. E. Tripp, of Eden. The family are members of the M. E. Church ; Mr. Keys is a Democrat, and has been Supervisor and Chairman of Osceola.

THOMAS McGrRATH, farmer. Sec. 11 ; P. O. Armstrong's Corners; born in County Tipperary, Ireland, Aug. 3, 1821 ; came to America in 1841, followed, in 1842, by his mother and brothers, his father having died in Ireland. The brothers worked on the railways of the different New England States for several years; the family settled in Osceola in 1849, Thomas buying his 160-acre farm of the -Government. He and his wife saw much of pioneering, he chopping and burning the heavy timber which covered his farm, and living in a shake-roofed log shanty. Beginning with little or nothing, the result of care and labor is an improved farm, a basement barn, 30x80 feet, with other buildings, and a tasteful residence in place of the shanty of early days. He married Miss Mary Donaher, of Chester Co., Penn.^ by whom he has seven children - Hugh, Maria, Anna, Martha, Emily, Thomas and AUce. The parents of Mrs. MoGrath settled in Pennsylvania in 1827, and in Sheboygan Co. in 1847. Mr. McGrath is a Democrat and was for many years a Supervisor; the family are Boman Catholics.

WAIiTER STANTON, farmer, Sees. 7 and 8; P. 0. Osceola; born in March, 1820, in County Mayo, Ireland ; came to America with his wife in 1851, she staying in Onondaga Co., N. Y., while he pushed out for Wisconsin, bought his farm and planted corn and potatoes that spring. His wife joined him, and, they began their struggle with the privations of frontier life ; their capital was good health and pluck. Mr. S. did without a team at first, planting his corn in the rooty, unbroken soil with a grub hoe. Tbey^saw many hardships, but persevered, and, as a result, have a well-improved farm of 120 acres, good barns and a pleasant home ; a striking coiitrast to their surroundings when deer could be shot from the door of their slab-roofed shanty. Mrs. Stanton was Miss Hannah Durkin, born and wedded in County Mayo, Ireland. They have one son - James H., born Dec. 10, 1860, who was educated in the State Normal School, Oshkosh. Mr. S. is a Democrat, and the family are Catholics.

JOHIV H. TRENTLAGE, merchant, Waucousta ; born Feb. 18, 1833, in Hanover; came to America in August, 1848; was a year in a New York grocery store; then clerked ten jears in Milwaukee; came to New Cassel in 1859, and with J. D. Iding, began business in Waucousta the next year,^ they building the large two-story store of Mr. T. The partnership was dissolved by mutual consent in 1865 ; Mr. Trentlage served as Postmaster of Waucousta from 1864 to 1879 ; is a Republican of Greenback tendencies. He carries a large and complete stock of dry goods, groceries, drugs and medicines, boots and shoes, hats, caps, glassware, notions, etc., etc.; he has a saloon in connection, and also deals in agricultural implements. He married Laura Jane Lake, of Milwaukee Co., by whom he has eight children - Eliza, Marion, Laura, Cora, John, Annie, Willie, Ernest and George. Mrs. T. was born in 1844, in Ohio.

DAVID TWOHIG, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Armstrong's Corners ; born Feb. 14, 1837, in County Cork, Ireland ; is a son of Bartholomew and Hanorah T., who emigrated to America in 1848, and remained in Chicopee, Mass., until 1852, when the family made a brief visit to Wisconsin and bought the farm. After the return to Massachusetts, Mr. Twohig, Sr., died, and, in 1855, the family settled on the farm of eighty acres, now owned by David Twohig, he having built good barns and a handsome modern residence. He married, Feb. 6, 1877, Miss Bridget Hardgrove, a native of County Clare, Ireland, her people having reached America in 1846, and settled, in 1852, in Forest. Mr. and Mrs.iT, have five children - Bartholomew, Norah E., Henry F., David J. and George R. The family are Boman Catholics. Mr. Twohig is oflBcially identified with his town, as he was elected Supervisor at 22 years of age, and has been elected Assessor four years.

A. ADAMS (deceased) was born in Rutland Co., Vt., Dec. 18, 1808. April 28, 1838, he married, in his native county, Merinda Bartlett. She was born in Rutland Co. Sept. 14, 1816. In about 1845, they came to Wisconsin, and lived in Walworth Co. one year, at the end of which time they moved to the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., where he died Oct. 8, 1868. He was a leading member of the M. B. Church, and took a deep and active interest in religious and educational matters, and during his lifetime was elected to various ofiBces. His wife, Mrs. Adams, is still living, and resides on the homestead, on Sec. 13, town of Forest. She is a member of the M. E. Church ; owns 80 acres of land. Their children are Samuel A. - he married, in this county, Melissa Heath, they live in Clark Co., Wis.; Emily E., wife of David Rogers, Clark' Co., Wis. (he served in the 14 W. V. I. during the Avar of the rebellion, and. was wounded in the service) ; Mortimer, who enlisted, at the age of 19, in Co. A, 10th W. V. T., and died in the service May 27, 1862 ; Emery C, wife of Henry Rancier, Dunn Co., Wis. (he served in a. New York regiment during the late war, and was severely wounded) ; Helen S., deceased ; Noble, who married, in this county, A.gnes Carter - they now live in Iowa ; David, now in Dunn Co., Wis.; Frankie, wife of Charles George, Dunn Co., Wis.; Eugene Ernest and Delyle, of this town (Forest). Mrs. Adams' father. Hooker Bartlett, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his father, J. Bartlett, was in the Colonial army during the war of the Revolution.

DAVID M. CARSOX, Jr., farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. St. Cloud ; was a soldier during the ate war of the rebellion in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., and participated in numerous battles, sieges and skirmishes ;.

ras enrolled in September, 1861, at Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., and was honorably discharged in )eoember, 1865. He was born in 'Augusta, Me., Feb. 16, 1837 ; removed with his parents, David M. and lary J. Carson, to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co. He married, in Greenlush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., oq May 31, 1868, Miss A. C. Barnes. She was the daughter of Samuel K. nd Salome Barnes, who settled in this town, Forest, in 1853. She was born in Steuben Co., N. Y. ?hey have three children - William D., Ella A. and Austin J. Mr. Carson owns 120 acres of land; is a lepublican in politics. His parents moved to Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis. (where they now live), in 868. Their children are David M., Jr., James H., now of Shell Rook, Iowa; Frederick D., who served 0 5th W. I. during the war ; Ellen, wife of L. W. Casey, Forest ; Otis M. Mrs. David M. Carson's ather, Samuel K. Barnes, died in 1858. His wife is still living. Their children are Uphasia L., wife f S. W. Van Doran, of Oshkosh, Wis. (he was a soldier in the war of the rebellion ; served in Co. H, .4th W. V. I.) ; William J., of Springvale, this county, he was also a soldier in the 14th W. V. T., luring the war; Milton K., also served in the 14th W. V. I., and died in the service; Austin T., was in }o. I, 5th W. V. I., and was killed at Fredericksburg, Va.; Antoinette, wife of James McConaughty (he erved in Co. H., 14th W. V. I. during the war; Alvina C, wife of David M. Carson, Jr.; Salome L.,. fife of George W. Brown, and Miss Viola.

E. C. COOIV, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Armstrong's Corners ; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in .83^. Dec. 23, 1855, he married, in his native county, Angelica Crosier ; she was also a native of" )aondago Co. In 1859, they came to Wisconsin, located in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., which las been their home since ; they have three children - ^Ida, Willard and Charlie. Mr. Coon owns 240 ores of land. In politics, he is a Republican ; he takes an active interest in religious and educational aatters, and is, in every respect, a public-spirited citizen.

JAMES COBBETT, farmer, Sec. 13; P. 0. St. Cloud; was born in Benson, Rutland Co.,. h., April 11, 1826. He received a liberal education in his native county, and followed teaching there intil 1849, in which year he came to Green Bay, Wis., and there and in vicinity, followed teaching and arming until about 1855. Nov. 1, 1854, he married in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., iJinderilla Barragar, daughter of Hiram and Catherine Barragar, who settled in Greenbush, Sheboygan )o., Wis., in an early day ; she was born near Belleville, Canada West, Sept. 3, 1836. During the war of' he rebellion, Mr. Corbett enlisted in Co. G, 36th W. V. I., and was honorably discharged at the close of' he war. He owns 80 acres of land. In politics, is a Republican ; himself and wife are leading members; f the M. E. Church. Their children are James P. (a graduate of the Cleveland Medical Institute, Ohio), jharles B., Ella and George W. Mr. C. is Secretary of the Dotyville M. E. Church, a position he has illed since its organization. His parents were Peter and Melinda Corbett, who came from Vermont to Fond lu Lao Co., afterward moved to Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., where his mother died March 18, 1879 ; his ather is still living in Greenbush, a prominent citizen ; their children were Sylvester (now of Waterloo, owa) ; James (whose name appears at the head of this sketch) ; William H. (now in Minnesota, who was soldier in Co. B, 8th W.V. I., two years) ; Sarah (wife of C. R. Barrager, of Crete, Neb., he was Captain of a ompany in 3d W. V. I., during the war of the rebellion) ; Charles (now in the mercantile business in Greeniush, served in the 8th W. V. I., during the war, and was severely wounded) ; Lester (also of Greenbush, erved in the 14th W. V. I., in the late war), Alexander (of Greenbush). Mrs. J. Corbett's parents, liram and Cathrine Barrager, came from Canada to Greenbush. Sheboygan Co., where they lived two ears ; then moved to Forest, Fond du Lac Co., where her mother died in 1857 ; her father now resides in Iheboygan Falls, Wis. ; their children are Henry (of Kearney, Neb.), Charles R. (who was Captain of a ompany in 3d W. V. I., lives in Crete, Neb.), Bidwell, (of Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., was a soldier in the 4th W. V. I.) George W. (now in Iowa), Walter M. (now in Sibley, Iowa), Alfred J. (in Crete, Neb.), V^endell H., Sheboygan Falls, Wis.

SE YMOtJB ELLICSOX, farmer, Sees. 23 and 24 ; P. 0. St. Cloud. During the war rar of the rebellion, Mr. Ellicson served in Co. B, 8 W. V. I. ; he was enrolled in the autumn of 861, and participated in nearly all the sieges, battles and skirmishes his command was in, the principal nes being Frederiokstown, Corinth, New Madrid, Ft. Pillow, Vicksburg, and a series of engagements round that, place ; at luka, he was taken prisoner and retained a short time ; was honorably discharged J the autumn of 1864. He is a native of Norway; was born May 7, 1831, and in 1846, emigrated 'ith his parents, Leaman and Ann Ellicson, to Brie Co., N. Y.; his mother died at Lockport, N. Y., ad his father married again and moved to Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis.; they afterward moved to V^innebago Co., where they died. In 1853, S. Ellicson, the subject of this sketch, married in Greenbush, heboygan Co., Wis., Salome Snell, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., born in 1835 ; she was the daughter f John and Phoebe Snell, who came to Wisconsin in 1847, and settled in the town of Forest, Fond du

Lac Co., Wis., where they resided until their death. Mr. EUicson and wife, after th^ir marriage, lived in Greenbush until 1859, in which year they moved to their present 'home ; their children are John A., Florence C. (the wife of Eugene Chase, Dunn Co., Wis.), Dora M. (wife of Silas Carpenter), Delbert, Esther E., Truman W., Annie S., and Lillian B. Mr. EUicson owns 120 acres of land; Himself and family are members of the M.E. Church, ;n which he is a leading member; he takes an active part in the religious and educational interests, giving them his support on every possible occasion ; in politics, he is a Republican.

HENRY ENGELS, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Dotyville, Wis.; born in town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Feb. 9, 1858. His father, Matthias Engels, was born in the village of Arbuck, Kreis Adana, Germany, on 6th of July, 1819, and emigrated to Canada in 1843, thence to this town (Forest) in 1847. In 1851, he married Annie Balzar; he died in Forest June 11, 1879; his wife is still living, and resides on the homestead ; their children are Henry, John, Michael Martin, Frank, Katie, Lizzie, Mary and Rosa. The estate consists of 160 acres of land, well improved. During his life in the town of Forest, Mr. Matthias Engels was elected to various local offices, and took an active part in the advancement of the educational interests in the district wherein he lived.

MARY C CrlBSON, farming; P. 0. Banner; owns 160 acres of well-improved land. She was bgrn in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1826 ; while she was a child, her parents, Christopher and Henrietta Carpenter, moved to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. She was twice married, first in Onondaga Co., N. Y., to Chauncey A. Greeuman, now deceased ; by the above marriage there was one child - William J. Greenman, now "of Bremer Co., Iowa. In 1854, she came to Wisconsin, and, in 1861, married her second husband, Russel D. Gibson, a native of Vermont, who had settled in Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in about 1852 ; he died Nov. 2, 1866. By this marriage, there is one child - Ella M. Mrs. Gibson oversees all work done on her farm, and is very successful in her management of it, and is a most exemplary woman.

HOST. JOHX W. HAIili ; P. 0. St. Cloud; was born in the town of Herkimer, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Jan. 9, 1819 ; he received a liberal education in his native county ; in 1841, he went to Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he remained until 1853, in which year he came to Wisconsin ; located in the town of Forest, Pond du Lac County, which has been his home since. Mr. Hall was Chairman of Town Supervisors in Forest eleven years ; County Treasurer one term, and a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1861. In February, 1863, he enlisted in Co. B, 35th W. V. I., and served until "June, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Politically, Mr. Hall is independent, votingifor and giving his influence to the candidates whom he believes will serve the interests of the whole people best. He has been twice married - first wife was Margaret Elliott; she died in 1869 ; his' present wife was Hannah C. Burns. Mr. Hall takes an active interest in public affairs, and has filled every position he has been elected to, with credit to himself and ^constituents.

SPEIVCER A. HAMBIilN, farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. St. Cloud. Mr. Hamblin enlisted in Co. H. 14th W. V. I., Sept. 11, 1861 ; he was severely wounded at Shiloh April 7, 1862, and discharged on account of said wound on Nov. 13, 1862 ; after he had fully recovered he again enlisted, and was enrolled in Co. C, 4th W. V. C, in December, 1863, and served until Oct. 26, 1865, whea he was honorably discharged. He was born in Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 8, 1837, and came to Wisconsin in 1852, and has made the, town of Forest, Fond du Lao Co., his home the greater part of the time since. ,March 3, 1866, he married, in Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis.,, Elizabeth Ghoslin; they have two children - Lavina N. and William S. Politically, Mr. H. acts with the Republican party. He owns 80 acres of well-improved land. His father, A. H. Hamblin, was born Aug. 2, 1794, and was a soldier in active service during the war of 1812 ; he married, io Onondaga Co., N. Y., Susan Woodward; they came to Wisconsin in 1852 ; he died April 9, 1874 ; she is still living. Their children are Samantha, wife of P. Spaulding, St. Cloud ; Martha, wife of L. A. Griswold, Ida Co., Iowa ; Hartwell C, who served in Co; H, 14th W. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, he died in 1872 ; Berlin ; Candace, wife of C. Alley; Spencer A.; Holland^ who served in Co. H, 14th W. V. I. during the war ; Lucilla A., wife of B. Miller, Osceola Co., Iowa (he was a soldier in the 8th 'W . V. I. during the war) ; Miles A,, who served first in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., and afterward in Co. C, 4th W. V. C, was all through the war, he now lives in Osceola Co., Iowa; Louisa K., deceased ; Owen H. N., deceased ; Theresa, deceased.'

JOHIDT HARD(:;}ROYE, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Armstrong's Corners; was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1836 ; he emigrated with his parents, Henry and Mary Hardgrove, to near Toronto, Canada, where they lived about three years ; moved thence to Milwaukee, where they remained two years, at the end of which time they came to Fond du Lac County and settled in the town of Forest, of which they were residents several years ; in 1873, they moved to Eden, this county, where they now reside. John Hardgrove, the subject of this sketch, received a liberal education at the common schools ; he has lught district schools for several terms; prior to 1861, when the system was changed, he was Town chool Superintendent ; he is at present Town Clerk of Forest, a position he has been the incumbent of lur years. He owns 100 a,cres of land. In 1862, Mr. Hardgrove married, in the town of Byron, athrine Heragarty (daughter of James and Bridget Heragarty, who settled in the town of Mitchell, Sheoygan Co., Wis., in about 1850) ; they have seven children - Emily, Julia, Katie, Agnes, James, Mary, ad Frances. In politics; Mr. Hardgrove is independent.

THEODOREi liORHAXG, dealer in agricultural implements, machinery and a full line of spairs, also proprietor of general blacksmith-shop, where he attends to general repairing and horseshoejg, Dotyyille. Was born in Edensdorf, Kries Trier, Prussia, Oct. 18, 1850 ; in 1853, his parents emirated to this country, and settled in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where Theodore lived ntil 1872, when he learned the blacksmith trade. He married at Mt. Calvary, on Oct. 12, 1874, Annie resellchen, she was born in Mt. Calvary; they moved to Dotyville in 1876 ; their children are Theodore, '^incent and J. Joseph; Mr. Lorhang engaged in his present business in Dotyville in 1876 ; he is a firstlass mechanic, and his work gives general satisfaction, therefore he has a large custom. His parents were Sernard and Angelica Lorhang ; he a native of Paris, France, she of Kries Trier, Germany ; he died in !alumet in 1866 ; she is still living. Mrs. T. Lorhang's parents were Peter and Gertrude Gesellchen, atives of Germany, who settled in Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co., in 1850.

C C liYOX, a leading farmer. Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Banner ; is a native of Strongsville, Cuyahoga )o., Ohio; was born Sept. 12, 1823, where he remained until 21 years of age; he then went to Jleveland, Ohio, and there learned the machinist and engineer trades ; worked at the machinist trade in arious places in Ohio and New York in the winters, and in the summer seasons, following the vocation f engineer on the lakes ; in 1857, he came to Wisconsin, and Pond du Lac Co. has been his home the ;reater part of the time since ; he owns 177 acres of land, and in conneclion with John A. Smith, of Sheboygan Co., carries on a cheese factory ; their, factory is located on Sec. 29, and the cheese they make 5 widely known for its superior quality. In politics, Mr. Lyon is a Democrat ; he has been elected to ^ious local offices. Has been twice married, first in Buffalo, N. Y., to Matilda Curtis, she died in Forest a June, 1872; children by the above marriage are Frank M. (now in Denver, Colo.), Charles C. (who aarried Bertie A. Nutting and resides in Forest), Mary M., Emma, Fred and May ; present wife was jaroline Nutting, widow of E. D. Nutting ; her maiden name was Parmalee ; she was born in Pittsfield, lutland Co., Vt., where she married her first husband, and came with him to Wisconsin in 1856 ; he died n Fond du Lac; she married Mr. Lyon Feb. 22, 1872; they have one child, Samuel S. ; by her first narriage, there are five children, viz. : Charlotte (wife of Lewis Langstaff, of Milwaukee) ; Sarah R. (wife if A. D. Lytle, Wood Co., Wis.), Ella J., wife of D. B. Hadlock, Kearney Co., Neb.), Bertie, wife of jharles C. Lyon) ; Frankie, (wife of William Zan, of this town. Forest).

JOH^ 1&£IIS, merchant, Dotyville. Was born in the town of Marshfield, Pond du Lac Co., i^is., in 1851 ; was educated at Mount Calvary ; engaged in the mercantile business at Dotyville in 1877, md has a large and constantly increasing trade. His father, Theodore Reis, was born in Mehring, Kries Trier, Germany, in 1817 ; emigrated to America in 1846; settled in the town of Marshfield, Fond lu Lac Co., Wis., where he married Gertrude Hoffman ; they are still living in Marshfield, old and lonored citizens ; their children are John, Mary (wife of Matt. Lanser, of Dotyville), Peter (proprietor larness-shop, Dotyville), Gertrude, Theodore, Helen, Annie, Philip, Clara and Applonia.

HENRY STAXXARD, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Armstronit's Corners. At the breakingrat of the war of the rebellion, Mr. Stannard enlisted in Co. B, 8th W. V. I.; served until October, 1862, ifhen he was honorably discharged. He was born in the town of Gates, Monroe Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1843 ; irhen he was 3 years old, his parents moved to Rochester, N. Y., thence to Wisconsin in 1851, and lettled in the town of 'Greenbush, Sheboygan Co. He married in Madison, Wis., Nov. 9, 1866, Unice N. Bryant, a native of Cheshire Co., N. H. On his return from the army, Mr. Stannard engaged as clerk n a mercantile house at Madison, Wis., two years ; in about 1865, he engaged in the mercantile business 3n his own account until 1870; in 1871, ^e moved to Forest, where he has resided since. Himself md wife are members of the Union Church ; their children are George E., Allen W., Gilbert H., and Laura Z., one deceased, James B. (born March 26, 1871, died 'July 30, 1874). Mr. Stannard owns sighty acres of land. In politics, he is a Republican. His father, Hon. E. W. Stannard, was born in Portland Co., N. Y., Nov. 22, 1817; he married in Sullivan, N. Y., in 1840, Zeviah Knowles; she was Dorn in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1820; in 1848, he went to California, returned in May, 1851, and immeliately moved to Grreenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis., where he lived until the breaking-out of the war of ;he rebellion, when he was made Captain of Co. B, of the 27th W. V. I., and was killed in the service, near Satarica, Miss., June 7, 1863. He was, for a number of years. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Greenbush, and several terms a member of the Wisconsin Assembly; she is still living, and resides in Greenbush ; their children are Allie L. (wife of H. C. Wade, of Greenbush) and Henry, whose name appears at the head of this sketch.

GEORGE QUACKEIVBOSS, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. St. Cloud ; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1817. In 1835, he removed, with his parents, to Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he married, in 1846, Miss C. M. Marshall, a native of Onondaga Co., born Nov. 11, 1823 ; in 1849, they moved to the town of Cato, N. Y., thence to Wisconsin in 1853 ; settled in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co., where they have resided since ; their children are Chester A. (now of Clark Co., Wis.), David S., John R., and George N. (of Forest), Sarah C. (deceased). Mr. Quackenboss owns eighty acres of land ; in politics, he acts with the Greenback party. His father, Richard Quackenboss, was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., where his ancestors had settled prior to the war of the Revolution. He married Cathrine Garland ; both are deceased. Mrs. G. Quackenboss' father was Nodiah Marshall, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y. ; was a soldier in active service during the war of 1812, and his father, Joel Marshall, served in the Colonial army, under Washington, during the war of the Revolution. Mr. Quackenboss has been engaged in farming since his coming to Fond du Lac Co., in 1853, and is among the most successful in the town of Forest.

C. F. G. WERIVICKE, farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. St. Cloud ; was born in Vaethen, Kries Stendal, Regierungsbezirk, Magdeburo;, Prussia, Nov. 7, 1831 ; in 1843, he entered the College of Halle, and pursued his studies there until 1846, when he entered the Agricultural College at Bedersleben, where he graduated in 1848 ; he then was appointed to oversee and manage several large estates until 1850, when he volunteered in the 31st Regiment, Prussian Army, servinguntil the 27th of September, 1851, when he was honorably discharged ; in July, 1858, he received a full discharge from the Prussian Government as a citizen and as a Lieutenant of militia, and he emigrated to this country, arriving in New York Oct. 20, 1858 ^ went thence to Calhoun Co., Mich., where he lived until February, 1859, when he came to Wisconsin, and purchased land in the town of Marshfield, Fond du Lac Co. On July 3, 1859, he married Sophia Fricke; they lived in Marshfield until October, then moved to Charlestown, Calumet Co., Wis., where he rented a farm, having lost his farm in Marshfield ; in 1864, he purchased a farm in Charlestown of 120 acres. In March, 1865, he was drafted ; reported at Green Bay ; was assigned to the 14th W. V. I. at Madison ; was discharged May 7, 1865. After being discharged, he returned to Charlestown, sold his farm, and, in the autumn of 1865, returned to his native country on a visit, remaining until March, 1866, when he returned to Charlestown, remaining there until May, when he moved to Forest and bought the farm he now resides on ; he owns 121 acres of land, well improved. His first wife died in Forest, April 29, 1872 ; she was born Aug. 31, 1839 ; she was the mother of five children - Antoine, born April 1, 1860, is now teaching school; Otto, June 18, 1862, is now attending Commercial College at Fond du Lac ; Charlie, July 16, 1865 ; Anna, Feb. 26, 1867 ; Clara, May 17, 1869. June 6, 1872, Mr. Wernicke married his present wife ; her maiden name was Louise Knabe ; by this marriage there are four children - Alfred, born April 21, 1873 ; Ida, Dec. 4, 1874 ; Fredrick, May 18, 1876 ; Agnes, Nov. 7, 1879. In politics, Mr. Wernicke is a Democrat ; he has been Justice of the Peace about six years. He represents three fire insurance companies - Northwestern National, of Milwaukee ; the Milwaukee Merchants' Insurance Company, and the German, of Freeport, 111. His father, the Rev. Wernicke, a Lutheran minister at Vaethen, Kries Stendal, Prussia, was born in the city of BUerich, Prussia, July 3, 1795 ; was a soldier in active service in the Prussian Army from 1812 to 1815, and participated in the battles of Leipsic, Waterloo and Paris. . His wife was Caroline M. W. Breust ; she was born in 1797, and died Sept. 24, 1861.

V. Cr. AVERILL, farmer and shoemaker, Eden; born in Plattsburg, N. Y., June 7, 1829; spent his early life, was educated and learned his trade in his native county ; is a son of Stephen and Susan (Moore) Averill ; Stephen Averill was born_ in Connecticut,, his parents removing to Plattsburg when he was 2 years of age ; he grew to be a man of unusual energy and business talent ; carried on an extensive boot, shoe and leather business in Plattsburg for sixty years ; at one time owned two tanneries ; was despoiled ot over 81,000 worth of leather by the British in 1814 ; died at 9-1, outliping his wife by many years. In 1850, V. G. Averill removed to Cleveland, Ohio, with his family ; in 1849, opened a shop on St. Clair street, where he did business until 1855, when he removed to Wisconsin and to Eden ; bought his farm of 61 acres, on which he resided until August, 1876, when he reihoved and began business in Eden Village. Married Miss Margaret Dupys, of Clinton Co., N. Y., 1847 ; they have seven children - Rosanna C, Sarah J., Verannus, Alfred, Leonard C, Jasper S. and Maybell M. Mr. Averil! manufactures and sells everything in the line of boots and shoes for both sexes, having a combined shop and store. He is a Democrat, and favors the greenback.

GEORGE C. BAGIiEY, of D. S. Bagley & Sons, grain and produce dealers ; P. 0. Eden ; born in Coos Co., N. H., March 1, 1851 ; son of D. S. Bagley, who located with his family in Milwaukee, 1856 ; he engaged first in farming, then in milling; during 1872, Mr. Bagley, Sr., located five warehouses at as many different points on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, making his home in Plymouth ; George C. went into the mines of Colorado at this time, remaining four years ; on his return he joined his father and brother, H. P., thus constituting the present firm, which owns seven warehouses and elevators, viz., Eden, New Cassel, Plymouth, Random Lake, Chilton, New Holstein, and Saukville ; they buy from 300,000 to 500,000 bushels of grain per annum, and deal extensively in wool, seeds, etc.; amount of business done preceding year, $500,000 ; George C. located at Eden in 1877 ; he has the best-equipped steam elevator on his road, built with a capacity of 12,000 bushels ; he also controls the New Cassel warehouse, and is a live young business man, and is a hard-money Democrat. He married Miss Cornelia Dudley in 1876 ; they have one son, Dudley S., born Oct. 11, 1876.

, JLUCIUS A. BATTERSOKT, fiirmer. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in Medina Co., Ohio, Aug. 12, 1830, son of Lewis and Nancy B., who came from Ohio to Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1847, settling on wild land in Eden, 1848 ; bought 320 acres on Sees. 33 and 29 heavily timbered with white and red oak. maple, ash, basswood, etc.; Lewis Batterson died soon after, but his family did the work of pioneers, and saw all the experiences of the new settlers ; Lucius Batterson lived on the homestead until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the 32d W. V. L; was with his regiment in pursuit of Forrest in Mississippi and Tennessee ; he was also in Alabama and Georgia ; was stricken with chills and fever in Memphis, and came homfi^ on a six-months furlough; he rejoined the regiment at Atlanta September, 1864, going with Gen. Sherman on the famous march to the sea; at Buford, S. C, he was again attacked with his old malady, and was for a time in a New York City hospital ; then transferred to Prairie du Chien and honorably discharged in May, 1865. He spent the summer with hi.s mother; then bought his present farm of 80 acres ; built an elegant residence in 1868, where he lives with his aged mother, who retains her faculties at 84 ; she is a daughter of A. Derthick ; was born in Chatham, Conn., and married Mr. Batterson in 1813, in his native State, going from there to Ohio. Her son's farm was a part of the Vandevoort homestead, and about 15 acres is in the villase plat of Eden. Mr. Battersonis an Independent Republican.

JACOB BAiniHART, farmer. Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in Rhenish Prussia in 1828 ; was educated in his native land, and served three years in the Prussian Infantry Guards ; came to America in 1854; spent a year in Ohio ; then came to Pond du Lac Co.; worked about three years for S. Silvester. Married Miss Elizabeth Brem, a native of Switzerland, in 1858, and settled the same year on 40 acres, now owned by his brother ; after selling this he bought 80 acres of his present farm, on which was a good barn ^nd a log house. Mr. Baumhart now owns 155 acres, well improved, and has built a pleasant home. This is a good record for a man who reached Fond du Lac Co. with $3 in money, and who worked out the first summer at $10 per month, having only good health and good pluck to begin with. Mr. and Mrs. Baumhart have six children - Charles, Samuel, Frederick, Matilda, Carolina and Amelia. The family are Evangelical Lutherans ; Mr. Baumhart is a good farmer and citizen, voting for men instead of party.

MONJIOUTH BRIGGS, fairmer. Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Eden; born in Scranton, Penn., Feb. 20, 1827 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native town ; coming to Wisconsin, 1850 ; locating for a time in Empire ; in 1851, he bought his farm of a Mr. Cogswell ; about thirty acres of this was broken and the remaining fifty timbered openings. Mrs. Briggs was Miss Charlotte Berry, a native of Putnam Co., N. Y. ; she was educated in Peekskill and came to Wisconsin and Empire in 1849 ; they were married April 5, 1851, and at once began farm life, living in what was then called the " Old Abbey," a most picturesque log house, well built and partitioned, and ornamented with rustic porches, seats, lattice-work^ etc., to complete the picture it was overrun with ivy, honeysuckle and bittersweet; this cozy home burned 1857 or 1858, and was replaced by the present substantial and elegant farmhouse. Mr. Briggs and wife worked hard,~added forty acres to the farm, and have all necessary barns, stock, implements, etc; the farm and vicinity lie higher than the surrounding country, yet it has near the farm a never-failing and neverfreezing spring ; Mr. B. also has two wells, each about twenty feet in depth, though many almost adjoining farmers have to dig at least fifty feet for water ; having a pleasant home, they now recall the toilsome days of yore with pleasure ; they have three children - Albert L., Eugene T. and Frank, having lost a daughter, Lottie. Mr. Briggs is a Republican and has been Supervisor ; his wife is a member of the M. E. Church, As a stock-raiser Mr. Briggs has shorthorn cattle. Merino sheep and, other stock.

WIIiLIAM BEIRN£, farmer, Sdc. 13; P. 0. Eden ; born in the town of Underbill, Chittenden Co., Vt.. June 7, 1848 ; son of Joseph and Mary Beirne ; William was educated in the Underbill Academy, living on the farm of his parents, and, in 1864, coming with them to Eden; his father bought his farm nf L. J. Harvey, an early settler, who built a most pleasant residence, inclosing it with a double row of diiFerent kinds of evergreens, he at the time owning a nursery in New Jersey; this makes the home of Mr, Beirne amohg the most attractive in the county; Joseph Beirne died June 29, 1865, his only son has since owned the homestead of 160 acres. He married Miss Alice, a daughter of John O'Brien, who came from Massachusetts to Osceola in 1858 ; Mrs. Beirne was born, educated and married in Osceola ; they have two children - Joseph and John. Mr. Beirne is a Greenback Democrat, and a member, with his wife, of' the Roman Catholic Church.

THOMAS CAIiE, farmer. Sees. 10 and 11 ; P. 0. Eden; born in the town of Underbill, Chittenden Co., Vt., Sept. 17, 1848 ; he was a farmer's son and was educated in Underbill Academy ; beaan teaching in his native State, and has taught twelve terms in Wisconsin ; he spent three years ip Eastern New York, and came to Wisconsin in 1869, buying his farm of 118 acres. He married Miss Margaret R,ooney in April, 1872 ; she was born in County Clare, Ireland, and came to America and to Eden, 1866 ; they have four children - James M., Rosanna, M. Agnes and Thomas P. Mr. and Mrs. Cale are Roman Catholics. He is an enterprising young farmer, devoting his farm to both grain and stoftk. Politics, Greenbacker.

HARVEY J. CARTER, farmer. Sec, 35 ; P. 0. Campbellsport ; born in Crawford Co., Penn., March 8, 1817. Arriving at the age of 20, he married and removed to Illinois ; in October, ] 839, he drove an ox team to Milwaukee, and at once made a " squatter's claim " in that county ; here the young couple saw all they wished of frontier life, living on a scant supply of milk and corn-meal, the corn pounded fine in a log hollowed out for the purpose ; knowing that he must have an ox to clear a piece for his first wheat, he tramped to the then village and applied to Hal Ludington, then a hardware merchant, afterward Governor of Wisconsin ; he told Mr. L. that he was penniless, but that he would pay with the first money the ox earned ; Mr. L. refused this, though Mr. Carter found a friend and got an ox, and Mr. Ludington lost a customer ; Mr. Carter cleared the land and sowed the wheat, and though his nearest mill was Watertown, and his wife and child were often on a starvation diet, his first wheat crop marked the beginning of a brighter era ; on June, 1847, settled on his present farm, and was the first settler in the south half of Eden; the farm and country around him was a wilderness; he built a good log house and resumed his pioneer work, also helping to lay out all the roads in his vicinity. Mr. C. improved a large farm, has sold 120 acres, and now has eighty and a good home ; his, wife, a most faithful helpmeet, was Miss Sarah Cole ; she died in 1851, leaving three children - Miles, Mary J. and Emma. He married again Miss Margeret Mullen ; they have six children - Helen E., Clara S., Delilah N., Sarah L., George H. and Harriet R. Mr. Carter is a Democratic Greenbacker ; was Supervisor several years, also Assessor ; is a member, with his family, of the Roman Catholic Church.

THOMAS COIiEMAN, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in County Louth, Ireland, March 10, 1832 ; his parents were farmers, he being educated in his native county, came to America, locating at Vienna, N. Y., whei;e he worked at malting; in February, 1853, he catoe to Milwaukee and remained until May, then located at Oshkosh ; here he was in the lumber traffic ; fettled on his farm in May, 1862, and has improved it in many ways - built an elegaqt farm residence, other farm buildings, and has all necessary stock, implements, etc. He married, Nov. 23, 1857, in Oshkosh, Miss Ann Murphy, who was born in his native county, coming to America in 1848, and to Wisconsin in 1854; they have sro children^Thomas A. and Mary A. Mr. Coleman is a Democrat, and, with his family, a Roman latholie. He has been President of the Ashford Town Insurance Company for five years, and is now Brving his fifth term of Town Clerk.

GEORGE W. DENWISTOIV, carpenter and wheelwright, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in leading, Penn., Sept. 15, 1824 ; spent his early life in Orange Co., N. Y., where he learned his trades of is father, Joseph Denniston, who came with his family to Eden in 1848 ; G. W. Denniston settled on lis present location in 1865 ; was made Postmaster of Foster in 1874, resigning in 1879, when the office ras removed to Eden. Married, in Eden in 1857, Miss Margaret Mclntyre ; they have four living ohilren - Alice I., Emma L., Anna M. and Florence K. ; have lost two children. Mr. D. is a Eepublican, nd has been Justice of the Peace ; the family are Methodists. He bought a farm on Sec. 11 of the rovernment, cleared it and exchanged it for one on Sec. 15 ; his services as carpenter were in such request hat, in 1865, he sold his ferm and bought his location of twelve acres, where he has a pleasant home. Ir. D. is the inventor of a double, adjustable land-roller, which gives the best of satisfaction to those ising them ; he has applied for a patent, and will manufacture about thirty the coming season.

J. H. DEMNISTON, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Campbellsport ; born in Orange Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1826 ; he spent his early life and was educated in his native county ; in 1849, he accompanied his larents, Joseph and Mary D., to the town of Eden ; Joseph Denniston was a mechanic, though he at nee bought Government land on Sees. 1 and 11 ; this he soon exchanged for a partly improved farm on iecs. 14 and 15 ; J. H. Denniston lived here until 1863, when he bought eighty acres on Sec. 10 ; in 873, he sold this and bought property in New Cassel, where he lived over two years, at the time owning , farm north of the village ; in April, 1876, he settled on his present farm of sixty acres ; this is well mproved, and on it is a large and handsome farm residence, built by Edmund L. Peck. Mr. Denniston aarried, Feb. 25, 1857, Miss Anna J., daughter of Joshua and Ellen Morehouse ; she was born in Cauda, her parents removing to Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. Y., when she was a babe; the family settled on a arm in Byron in 1849 ; Mr. and Mrs. D. have five children - Ella M., Warren C, Carrie E., Harry J. ,nd Mabel A. Mr. Denniston is a stanch Republican, and a successful farmer, having all needed buildngs, implements, stock, etc.

WIIililAH DUSENBERY, farmer,, Seer 4; P.O. Pond du Lac ; born in the town of larrison (Harrison's Purchase), Westchester Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1817 ; was educated in his native own, living on the farm Until he was 18, when he went to New York City, remaining one and one-half 'ears ; after his marriage, he was made overseer of a large farm in Pelham for nine years ; in 1852, he emoved with his family to Eden and bought 160 acres (sold 80 in 1869); the land was almost as the land of nature left it, though a log house had been built ; Mr. Dusenbery has improved the farm, built a irge, handsome residence, good barn, etc., and has all the belongings to a first-class farm. He married tliss Harriet Bouton June 27, 1839, who died Dec. 31, 1866, leaving seven children - Phebe A. deceased), William A., George E., Electa, Matilda, Harriet and Rebecca; Feb. 1, 1870, he married Mrs; jlarissa Shays, daughter of Gains Alexander; she was born in Lewis Co., N. Y., where she married illisha Shays ; they lost two children, and he died in the same county. Mr. Dusenbery was the founder nd is a leading member of the Empire M. E. Church ; was its Sunday-school Superintendent fourteen 'ears ; he was also one of the original Stewards and Trustees, still holding both positions ; he is a Demoicrat, and is serving his sixth term as Supervisor.

CHRIISTOPHER FliOOD, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Eden; born in County Meath, Ireand, on the historic " Hill of Tara ; " he came with his parents to America in 1843, remaining in loosic, N. J., until March, 1848, when he came to Eden^and bought his farm ; Messrs. Ward, McGinty nd Odekirk were his neighbors ; no road in the town, but a track ran north of the side of his house ;. le was joined by his parents, brothers and sisters the next summer, they living first in a shanty, then in . log house ; with a yoke of cattle they used to go twenty-one miles to Mayville to mill, and did good lioneer work chopping, logging and burning the timber. Feb. 22, 1857, he married Miss Catherine, a laughter of James Lynch, who came from County Cavan to America with a family, settling in Dutchess }o., N. Y., where Mrs. F. was born ; the family settled in Wisconsin in 1848 ; Mr. and Mrs. Flood have en children - James T., Peter F., Thomas, Mary A., Catherine J., Christopher J., John N., Amelia R., tiathias P. and Michael H. The old couple died on the homestead, now containing 130 acres ; on this is n excellent living spring, several good barns, and the largest frame house in Eden, built in 1878 ; the ipright is 18x26, wing 18x24, woodhouse and kitchen 16x26 feet ; this is a well-built and handsome esidence ; Mr. F. has all needed tools and stock, and is one of the successful pioneers of Eden. With lis family, he is a Roman Catholic, and an Independent Democrat in politics. He is a good citizen, and vas public spirited enough to give the land on which the district schoolhouse was built.

PETER FLOOD, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Eden; born in County Meath, Ireland, Nov. 19, 1838; son of James and Hose Flood, who emigrated to America in 1841, locating in Hoosic, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., where they lived until 1848, when they came to Wisconsin and bought Government land, now owned by C. Flood; Peter Flood attended the local schools, and, at the age of 17, began teaching; taught nine winter terms in Eden, two in Ashford and two in Sheboygan Co.; in 1861, he settled on his farm of ninety acres, then heavily timbered land, destitute of buildings; as a result of sturdy work with his ax, it is now cleared and improved;- he has also built a large and tasty residence and basement barn, having all needed implements and stock. Married Miss Ann, daughter of George Lloyd ; she was a native of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and settled with her parents in Byron in 1850, marrying Mr. F. in 1864; they have five children - George H., James E., Annie, Rose and Peter A. The Floods bought a heavily timbered slice of Uncle Sam's domain, when they had but three neighbors; built a trough-covered "wigwam," and began pioneer life ; the milling was done at Mayville with ox teams ; the old couple ended their lives in a pleasant home, won by pluck and enterprise. James Flood was a carpenter, and did the inside work on the first Roman Catholic church ever built in Eden ; it was built of logs, on the south line of Sec. 29, and served well up to the time of the building of St. James' Church in 1865.' Peter F. is a Greenbacker, and was twice Supervisor of Eden ; is, with his wife, a Roman Catholic.

PETER HERAT Y, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Eden ; born in County Mayo, Ireland, Nov. 18, 1839 ; son of James and Bridget H., who emigrated to America in 1847, living two years in Oswego Co., N. Y., then settling on Sec. 5, town of Mitchell, Sheboygan Co., Wis.; they bought eighty acres of heavy timber, crossed by Indian trails and Indians also; built a log shanty, roofed with log "shakes;" having paid their all for the land, they, for three long years, dujjf the land with a grub hoe ; all meat was obtained of the Indians, the' family faring hard and working harder; in 1851 or 1852, they raised a crop of potatoes, and, as the market was good, sold enough to get a yoke of cattle. Peter, the eldest son, did his share of this work, the result of which is the well-improved homestead of 240 acres, a large basement barn, etc. On the 7th of January, 1874, he married in Osceola Miss Ellen, daughter of Daniel and Mary Sullivan ; for their wedding trip, they canie to their present farm the next day ; this contains 200 acres, and, with the large and pleasantly located residence upon it, was earned on the Sheboygan Co. farm by men who were not afraid to dig the new, rooty soil of Wisconsin with a grub hoe. Mr. Heraty received , a common-school education and has taught eight terms, his wife having beaten him by one; they have one son - James, born Oct. 20, 1874. Religion, Roman Catholic. Mr H. has served as Town Treasurer and three times as Town Clerk of Mitchell, and was Town Clerk of Eden in 1875-76 ; his politics are Democratic.

IV. P. KELIiOGG, farmer. Sec. 18; P. 0. Eden; born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1825 ; spent his early life in his native county, and, in 1845, came to Wisconsin ; during the first winter, he was in Kenosha Co., Wis.; the next spring, in company with his brother A. G., he made a cart, the wheels of which were sawed ,off the end of a large log ; with two yoke of oxen on this, they reached Ceresco, Fond du Lac po.; they hought 160 acres two and a half miles east of what is now Ripon, then open prairie ; built a shanty of green lumber, which dried and left wide cracks, through which the snow would often sift to a depth of several inches ; here they lived a bachelor's life, getting out fencing and shingles the first winter, and baking bread every day, which froze in their barnlike shanty, in which was an old-fashioned " Jewsharp " stove ; the next spring, they alone built, raised and shingled a good log house ; they had much trouble to get milling done, and once, Mr. K. going forty-five miles to Columbus with a grist, by bribing the miller got his in good time ; he had been long enough on a diet of beans, potatoes and milk ; the brothers bought 160 acres more in 1847, and did good work with their breaking team. N. P. Kellogg exchanged his share of the farm for a hotel near Watertown, where he spent the winter of 1851 ; removed, the next June to Forest, where he built the well-known old Kellogg Tavern, on the plank road ; this he kept four years, then farmed it on Sec. 18, same town, until 1868, when he bought his present farm of 147 acres ; this was well improved ; he has a large and most pleasant farmhouse, and all needful stock and implements. Married, in January, 1854, Miss Anna Owen, of the city of Dublin ; her parents came to America when she was eight years old, locating in New York State, she coming to Wisconsin in 1847 ; Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg have three sons - Walter N., Charles H. and John F. Mr. K. is a Republican of Greenback tendencies. He is a hardy Wisconsin pioneer, who has earned a good home and ^oys it.

WIIililAM C. KEYS, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Waucousta ; born in County Tyrone, Ireland, May 25, 1841 ; came to America in 1849 with his parents, William and Margeret Keys, who came direct to the then village of Fond du Lac ; Mr. K., though then a lad, well remembers the building of Dr. Darling's block; the family located one and a half miles east of the town, William attending district ichool, as the schools were then organized ; in 1853, they settled in Osceola, where his father bought leavily timbered Grovernment land, crossed by Indian trails, and Indians as well, during the first two rears ; this was a genuine pioneer family, and saw much of pioneer life. In 1865, W. C. Keys settled in his farm of eighty acres, marrying, the same year, Miss Ellen Adams, who was born, educated and maried in the town of Forest; they haYe one son - Willie A., born August 14, 1869. Mr. K. is a Green- )acker, and is both a farmer and dairyman.

DANIEL McCarthy, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in County Cork, Ireland, in [814; came to America in 1844, and lived in Ontario Co., N. Y., until 1849, when he and his brother Florence came to Wisconsin and bought 160 acres in Eden ; this took all his money, and he returned to ^ew York, worked to earn more, married, and, on his return, took his share of the quarter-section and )uilt a log shanty, where the young couple lived frontier fashion two years ; he then bought forty acres in Byron, on which was a small house, which ho moved, and is now part of his residence ; from this hard )eginning, he has prospered ; has a good farm of 226 acres, a well-built modern house, and a basement )arn 110 feet in length ; also has over two hundred Merino and Cotswold sheep, besides breeding cattle, lorses, hogs, etc. Married Miss Mary Kingston, a native of County Cork, who came to America in 1847, n Ontario Co., N. Y.; they have three children - Honora, Charles and Daniel. Mr. McCarthy is a Dem- )crat and, with his family, a Catholic; he is a successful and self-made man.

FliOKENCE McCarthy, farmer. Sec. 18; P. 0. Eden; born in County Cork, Ireland, n 1811 ; came to America in 1842, and was six years in the service of Thomas Beals, Esq., of Cananlaigua, N. Y.; in 1849, came with his brother Daniel to Wisconsin and to Eden, where they spent their ill for 160 acres of land ; his wife died in July, 1849, it being the first interment in the Byron cemetery ; ;his was a hard blow to the lonely settler ; but he worked away, cleared the farm, and then bought a farm )f his own. In 1856, he married Miss Honora Butler, who died in 1858. , Mr. McCarthy has seventybur acres and a most pleasant home ; was, in old times, an extensive wheat-grower, and sold the first load iver drawn to the Eden market. He is a Democrat and a Catholic, and has held school office. His third irife was Mrs. Mary McGraw, who died in July, 1872. leaving one daughter - Hannah, now the wife of John Soannell, who was born and raised in Osceola Township.

JEREMIAH McCarthy, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in County Cork, Ireland, ,n 1819; came to America in 1845, residing in Ontario Co., N. Y., until 1850, when he joined his brothsrs in Eden and worked in partnership with them several years ; like his brothers, he began poor and is a self-made man. After his marriage to Miss Nancy Kingston, he settled and built on his present location. Mr. McCarthy has worked hard, managed well and been successful ; has a good farm of 166 acres, part of ffhioh is the old homestead of 1849; has a large and pleasant farmhouse, good barns, etc. His worthy ^ife died Feb. 26, 1871, leaving two children - Florence and Mary A.; the second wife was Miss Mary Mullen, by whom he has three children - Catherine T., Ellen M. and Jeremiah J. Mr. McCarthy lost ;wo children by the first wife and one by the second. He is a Democrat and, with his family, a Roman Datholic; has on the farm 100 good Cotswold sheep, cattle (one Durham), horses, etc.

GEORfj-E McFARLAlVD (deceased) ; born in Glasgow, Scotland ; came to America about 1832, and worked as a quarryman in Ulster Co., N. Y. Here, in 1839, he married Miss Esther L. Somes, I native of Greene Co., N. Y., to which they removed. In May, 1844, Mr. McFarland bought a farm in Southern Wisconsin, which he sold, and was joined by his wife in 1846, they living in the town of Milvaukee three years; in May, 1849, they bought the McFarland homestead of the Government, built a louse of peeled poplar logs, roofed with basswood troughs, and which was the best in the vicinity; Mr. Mcl^arland at once began clearing and breaking; sowed eight acres of wheat the first fall, some of vhich he hauled with his ox team to Mayville, twenty miles, to have it ground ; the young couple law enough of pioneering, but still prospered. Mr. McFarland died Feb. 9, 1865, leaving ten children - Smeline, Phebe A., George E., Charles, Lucy S., William, John, Lorenzo D., Wiler (deceased) and Elmer S. Mrs. McFarland has proved a most capable mother, as the house has been rebuilt and made a most )leasant home, several good barns, etc., erected and the farm stocked and made valuable; it is now the lome of Mrs. McF., William, Lucy and B. E., and is controlled by William. Mr. McFarland was an ndependent Democrat. Emeline is married and is in Mower Co., Minn.; Phebe A. is also married and ives in Fond du Lac, as is also George E.; Charles is married and a resident of Arizona; John and Jorenzo are in Minnesota, the latter owning a farm in Pearlham. Mrs. McFarland is a Baptist in religious lelief

JAMES MAHONE Y, farmer. Sees. 7 and 8 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in County Cork, Ireland. Tune 20, 1830 ; came to America in 1844, locating in Ontario Co., N. Y., where he remained until May, 847, when he came to Eden and bought Government land for his brother, which he began clearing ; after two years, he received eighty acres of this in payment ; he reached this by an Indian trail, and was penniless, of course seeing many hardships ; used to carry a tomahawk and blaze the trees in getting about the country, going to Watertown and Sheboygan Falls to mill ; he stayed the first few Aights on the soft side of Mr. Bishop's cabin floor ; the best of feeling existed among the pioneers wlio used to go eight and ten miles to a raising ; he says it took half the men in the county to raise Col. Conklin's mill, since burned. Paul Cayee, Cass, Vandervoort and- Bailey were his neighbors; Mr. M. is now the oldest actual settler, except Q. Hayes and Dr. Vandervoort. He married, in 1856, Miss Mary J., daughter of P. Kelly, one of the first settlers in Byron; she died May 7, 1871, leaving eight children - Patrick, Ann M., Margeret, James, Michael, Mary, Daniel and Eliza. On the 7th of November, 1871, he married Miss Catherine, daughter of B. Twolig ; Mrs. M. was also of County Cork, coming to America in 1848, and to (Dsceola in 1853 or 1854 ; she was educated and began teaching in this town, and has taught thirteen terms; they have three children - Nora A., Bartholomew S. and Katie. Mr. Mahoney was a most successful pioneer, now owning 204 acres, with good buildings.

THOIIAS F. mEADE, farmer, Sees. 21 and 29; P. 0. Eden; born in Washington Co., Wis., June 28, 1851, son of Patrick and Catherine M., who came to Washington Co., Wis., in 1850, and to Eden, 1856; they bought the present Meade homestead of W. Odekirk, the Meades adding to both the farm and the buildings ; in 1874, Patrick M. removed to a farm in the northwest part of Byron, he and his wife coming from Ireland to America in 1848; they have five children - Thos. F., Mary A., Charles L., Andrew and Wm. H. Thomas P. Meade now owns 100 acres of the farm, and has control of the remaining 100. He married Miss Mary P., daughter of A.'Dolan, of Byron, Nov. 27, 1877, she dying June 6, 1879. Mr. M. is a Democrat of Greenback tendencies, and a Roman Catholic. He is a good type of the stirring, progressive young Wisconsin farmer, devoting his farm to the usual grains and all kinds of stock.

CHARLES MITCHELiL, farmer, Sees. 6 and 7 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in Middletown, Conn., March 1, 1819 ; when about 16, he went to New York City where he learned the carpenter's trade; then locating in Onondaga Co., N. Y. where he married Miss Caroline Austin. Mr M. spent the winter of 1843 in Kenosha, Wis. ; then lived in McHenry Co., 111., until May, 1846, when he bought United States land on Sec. 7, town of Eden, on which he settled ; on the arrival of his wife, they lived for a time in their wagon, he building a rude shanty, roofed with hollow basswood logs split in half, the door hewed from a log, and in one end, a rude fire-place ; he plowed a furrow for his first potato crop, turning back the tough sod on the seed, and says he did raise the " murphys," but that they were flat as pancakes ; Indians, bears, deers and wild-cats were his neighbors, the latter sometimes " borrowing " his poultry. Mr. Mitchell helped to lay out the road past his farm, and many others ; drew his first grist to Fisher's mill, waited two weeks, returned, and could find neither bags or grist ; after a period of semi-starvation on rice, etc., he went with his ox toam to Watertown to mill ; then, owing to the rush of grists, was obliged to bribe the miller in order to get his ground ; he used to carry an ax in his wagon to repair the primitive bridges of the times, and was often out of both money and food ; his wife, a most worthy helpmeet, died June 20, 1879, leaving nine children - James, now an Iowa farmer; Helen, now Mrs. Chas. Hanson; Austin, a New London (Wis.) M. D. ; Esther, wife of P. Anderson, of Clinton, Iowa ; and Oscar, Charles, Carrie, Lula and Lenora, all on the farm. Mr. M. is a Republican, and a member of the U. B. Church in Christ ; has 120 acres, on which is a valuable ledge of limestone, and a lime kiln, now managed by his sons.

JADIES J. ODEKIRK, farmer. Sec. 22, P. 0. Eden; born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Feb. 17, 1822 : spent his early life and was educated in his native town of Hoosick : came to Wisconsin and to Eden in 1847, buying heavily timbered land of the Government; he built a shanty, 12x20, with a flat roof of basswood troughs ; among the first trees he cut was an immense " bee tree," from which he and his wife took four pails of honey, which was a most welcome feast; during the first years, Mr. 0.,in order to live, used to seek and find work by the day, sometimes many miles from home, his plucky wife remaining for days alone in the forest cabin, with Indians and wild animals for neighbors ; the present Fond du Lac road was then an Indian trail ; one dark night, in coming from the house of a neighbor with a lantern, they lost their way in the dense woods, and actually " camped out " that February night, building a fire by the aid of the lantern ; most of their household furniture was home-made - a pork barrel and soap barrel dug from logs, and a butter-bowl and ladle made of maple, the latter still in active use, and kept as a token of old times ; they made large quantities of maple sugar, and exchanged it for coarse flour ; as a result of this toilsome and needy beginning, Mr. Odekirk has 135 acres well improved, several large barns, (one new one), and a pleasant residence, besides property in Fond du Lac - a good showing for a man who used to make his summer shoes of old boot-legs. He married, Feb. 12, 1846, Miss Almira Kelyer, a native of Grafton, N. Y., who was then 16, and began frontier life at 17 ; they have two children - Emma

^Dow Mrs. S. M. Kuter), and Alice A. (the wife of Charles Youmans). Mr. Odekirk is a Kepublican, and las b^en Supervisor and Justice of the Peace. Three of the childrea are not living - Harriet A., James F. and Julia.

WILiIilAM E. ODEKIRK, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Eden ; bora in Peninsula, Ohio, May 16, 1853 ; his parents, Josiah P. and Harriet L. Odekirk, removed from Ohio to Eden, Wis., in 1857 ; his father bought the homestead, which was then an oak and maple forest, and built a rude trough- ' covered shanty, where the family lived a number of years ; he did good work on the farm, built the farmhouse, and made improvements which are a monument to his memory. Enlisting September, 1864, in Co. F, 43d W. V. I., he died in the service at Clarksville, Tenn., in February, 1865 ; his only son attended school in the district, and after the marriage of his mother tQ Mr. B. Williams, bis home was sometimes with him, and at other times with his grandfather, Isaac 0., in Ashford. April 9, 1874, he married Miss Mary A., daughter of J. Kenney, who removed with his family from New Haven, Conn., to Fond da Lac in 1855 ; Mrs. 0. was educated in Fond du Lac, and came to Eden in 1865 ; they have three children - Mary J., Jirah F. and Edward J.; Mr. Odekirk has owned the homestead of 109 acres since 1874, has built a large basement barn, has a good flock of fine-wool sheep, etc., with all needful implements. He is a progressive young farmer, and, like his honored father, is a Democrat, and, with his wife, a Koman Catholic.

MARTIN RYAW, farmer. Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in County Tipperary, Ireland, 1820 ; came to America in 1847, settling on forty acres of Government land in Eden, April, 1850 ; built a small shanty by splitting logs and carrying them on his shoulders, as he had no team, or money to buy one, and then dug up an acre with a spade to raise corn and potatoes ; the furniture was made with, an ax out of logs. Mr. R. use to thrash oats from dawn till dark for-every ninth bushel ; then shoulder a bag of flour and carry it ten miles to his home ; his young wife, alone in the shanty day after day, used to take her child on her back and tramp off at night to find their cow in the woods ; they fared for weeks on potatoes and salt, Mr. R. being glad to hoe corn at 50 cents per day. The wife was Miss Ellen McMahon, who was married at 18 ; they have nine children - James, Thomas, John, Michael, Margaret, Anna, Laura, Ellen and Mary. In recompense for the hardships of pioneer times, Mr. R. now owns 330 acres of good land, with a large house and several barns. The first fifteen years were spent in the shanty, which was only four logs high, with a trough roof. Mr. Ryan is an independent Democrat, and, with his family, a Roman Catholic.

THOmAS SEAMAN, farmer. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in Norfolk, England, Feb. 16, 1837 ; when 18 years of age, he resolved to seek his fortunes in the New World ; locating at Syracuse, N. Y., he began as a laborer, educating himself; came to Fond du Lao Co., in 1859. Enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, in Co. B, 10th W. V. I., operating against the Tennessee railroads for some time ; participating in the bloody battles of Stone River, Chattanooga and Chickamauga ; was on special recruiting service in Madison, Wis., six months, as acting Quartermaster Sergeant; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta in May, 1864; at the expiration of his time, became back to Wisconsin, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant by Gov. James T. Lewis Jan. 28, 1865. He married, in 1867, Mrs. Hannah Carr, born in Norfolk, England, who came to America when a babe, with her parents, settling in Wisconsin in 1849 ; she married; in 1853, John Carr, who bought Government land in Eden in 1848, the patent being signed by Jam.es K. Polk. Mr. C. enlisted, in 1864, in the 4th W. V. C, and died at Memphis, Tenn., April 25, 1865, leaving seven children - Joseph, Calvin, Ann M., John H.. James W., William W. and Hannah. Mr. and Mrs. Seaman have one child - Hattie G. Joseph Carr, the father of John, was the first actual settler in Eden ; his old homestead, now the Seaman farm of 156 acres, is one of the very best in the town, well watered and cultivated. Mr. Seaman was among the first to introduce the Lost Nation wheat, and sold his crop for three years for seed ; he is now testing other varieties, which he will, in time, offer for sale ; his wheat crop for 1872 averaged forty-eight bushels per acre. Mr. S. is a stirring farmer, and a Republican in politics.

GrEORGE V. THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Eden ; born on the homestead in Eden, Feb. 14, 1852; son of Edward T., who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to America, locating in an early day in Waukesha Co., Wis., removing in 1849 to Eden, with his family, and buying 131 acres of the homestead, and has since bought forty acres ; the farm was wild and as nature's hand left it ; Mr. Thomas built a log house and sowed wheat the first fall ; his wife was < Ann Robinson ; they have nine children - Mary, Sarah, Richard, John, George V., Willam, Charles, Jennie and Anna. George V. Thomas was aducated in the district and in the Fond du Lac High School ; at 21 he went to Kansas, remaining two years, and was one summer in the Northwest, part on the United States survey, helping to lay out fiftyseven townships; has since resided on the homestead. Married, Nov. 11, 1875, Miss Belle, daughter of Isaac and Mary Nightingale, who came from England to America and Wisconsin nearly together ; married and settled on Government land in Byron ; Mrs. Thomas was born in Byron, and educated in the Highi School in' Fond du Lac, and has taught two terms ; they have two children - Geneva and Ethel. Mr. Thomas, like all his and also his wife's relations, is a stanch Republican. Mr. Thomas, Sr., has been Justice of the Peace and Supervisor, and is now a resident of Fond du Lac; Mr. Nightingale has also held various town offices. Mrs. Thomas is a member of the Byron Methodist Episcopal Church.

GEORGE TITUS, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in Orange Co., N. Y., March 1, 1835 ;. son of Albert and Margaret Titus, with whom he came to Eden in 1857, locating on a farm on Sec. 10; Mr. Titus enlisted in Co. A, 14th W. V. I., Feb. 23, 1863 ; at Rome, Ga., Mr. Thomas was in the hospital three and one-half months, but was under Thomas in the bloody battle of Nashville, and did good service at Spanish Fort and Mobile, his regiment there being under fire thirteen days and nights ; at the end of the war Mr. Titus again took hold of the plow. On the 24th of March, 1866, he married Miss Lydia, daughter of Martin and Mary Beas, who came from Erie Co., N. Y., to Eden in October, 1852 ^ she is a native of Erie Co., and was married in Fond du Lac ; they have one son - Willie A., born -Aug. 30, 1868 ; Mr. Titus is an enterprising farmer ; has an excellent farm of forty-eight acres and a good home. In politics a Republican. His father died in August, 1873 ; his mother is still living with him.

C. E. TRIPP, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Eden ; born in the town of Floyd, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, 1847 ; in 1853, his parents, E. E. and S. P. Tripp,, removed to Walworth Co., Wis., remaining several years, Chester attending school ; about 1863, the family came to the town of Fond du Lac, he then attending a select school in the city ; the family, after three years, located on a farm in Eden ; Mrs. Tripp died in Fond du Lac Township in 1863, followed by Mr. Tripp in 1876. C. E. Tripp married, Dec. 8, 1870, Miss Hannah J., daughter of William and Margaret Keyes, who left County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1851, when Mrs. Tripp was a babe, coming at once to Fond du Lac Co., Mr. Keyes buying land in Osceola in 1853, when the forest was so dense that he cut a road to his farm ; then cut more for a building spot ; Mr. and Mrs. Tripp have two children - Herbert E. and Rose B., Mr. Tripp, a progressive young farmer, has a most pleasant home and a good farm of sixty acres ; he is a practical butcher and stock-dealer, selling beef and stock in Chicago and Fond du Lac ; he is also a contractor for the Northern Wisconsin markets. In politics a Democrat, and a member in good standing of the Fond du Lac Lodge^ No. 30, I. 0. 0. F. Mr. Tripp, in company with J. J. and E. J. Tripp, is owner of a steam-thrasher.

H. W. "VAX TASSEIa, agent of the Chicago & North-Western Railway Co., and American Express Co., Eden ; born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1844. In 1852, his parents removed to Kenosha, Wis., where H. W. attended the public schools; in 1851, he enlisted in the grand old 1st W. V. I.; was under Rosecranz and Sherman in the battles of Perryville, Stoue River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Rocky Face Ridge, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Kingston, Marietta, Chattahoochie River and three desperate battles before Atlanta, also at Jonesboro, where the regiment made an unusually brilliant record, doing what several veteran regiments failed to do, and holding the rebel position ; this was not only the first Wisconsin regiment to go forward, but is the first on the pages of Wisconsin's glorious war record ; going into the service 1,204 strong, it came out in October, 1865, with 131 men all told; Mr. Van Tassel lost but eight day in three years, and came out safely with a sergeant's commission. During the next six years he sailed on Lake Michigan ; kept a restaurant in Muskegon two years ; then began his railroad life, helping to grade and fence both the M. & N. and the N. W. Union roads ; in October, 1873, he was appointed to his present position, which he has since held ; did the business for three years in what is now the well-house, as the depot was not built. Married Miss Sarah Guyou, of Kenosha, in 1870 ; they have one son - Louie, born in Ashford June 23, 1873. Mr. Van Tassel is a stanch Republican.

M. VANDERVOORT, M. D., Eden ; bom in Clinton Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1840 ; son of Rev. Peter Vandervoort, who came to Eden with his family in March, 1846,, buying a large tract of Government land ; he built a log shanty which served in those days as a hotel, and for town meetings ; roads were trails, and bridges very primitive in those days ; Rev. Peter Vandervoort, preached the first sermon in the town, and the only ones for years ; he is thought to have preached the first funeral sermon in the county, in the spring of 184(3; the Elder now resides in Fond du Lac ; has identified himself with the U. B. Church for many years. In the fall of 1849, the district schoolhouse was built, and of A. Briggs, the first teacher, Michael Vandervoort learned the rudiments of his education ; when about 16 he attended a private school in Fond du Lac ; was then in the city High School one year ; during the winter of 1858, he taught school, and in 1859, went overland to Pike's Peak, spending six years in Colorado, Mexico, the Northwest Territories and British Possessions ; he had made a study of medicine during his travels, and on his return to Eden devoted his whole energy to the study of his chosen profession ; in the spring of 1866, he entered Hahnemann College, Chicago, graduating from the full course as physician and surgeon in the fall of 1867 ; has since practiced in Eden, with the exception of the year 1875, when he practiced in Walla.