Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 15 of 17)

L.EA]!(rDER AIVDERSOIV, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Eldorado Mills ; was born in Lewis Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1823. His father, Nicholas Anderson, was born in Connecticut ; his mother, Sybil Buel, was a native of New York. Leander, the third son of a family of seven children, lived with his parents on a farm in his native county till about 15 years old ; then, induced by some boys, he threw his budget of clothing from the chamber window, and stole away from his father's home at night, and sought empFoy on the Block River Canal, in Lewis Co. ; not finding it, on his way homeward, he bargained himself to a man who put him to chopping, a few strokes with the ax convinced him that he had not yet found hia expected easy job, so he left his ax sticking in the tree, and left without telling his employer good-by, and went to his brother-in-law's in Oswego Co., then he followed the painter's trade for two years, but it proving injurious to his health, he sought other employment for a while,; he then began the ship carpenpenter's trade in Oswego, which he continued there for two years; in the summer of 1844, he came to Huron, Erie Co., Ohio, where he found employment at painting a vessel for a short time ; thence to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued the painter's trade three months ; then in company with three others, he went to Cincinnati, where they found work for a short time ; he next came with a comrade to St. Louis, but finding no employment, he came to Vandalia, 111., with no better success ; returning again to St. Louis, he found a few weeks' work ; almost penniless, he went thence to New Orleans with better results, for a short time; in January, 1845, via the Ohio River, he returned to Cleveland, thence to his brother-in-law with only 13 cents in his pocket; after a short stay there, having received a letter from Capt. Dana, he went again to Huron, and in the spring of 1845, went to Detroit, Mich., for two months; he then returned to Huron ; two months later, he went home for a short time ; thence to Quebec, thence home agaip, thence via Cleveland to Adrian, Mich., where he continued painting till June, 1847 ; he next went to Jackson, Mich., and to Eaton Rapids, where he built a skis', put his trunk in, and sailed down the river to- Grand Haven, where he arrived without a cent; then, as best he could, made his way to Chicago ; remaining there a short time, he took passage on the Luther Wright, a three-mast schooner bound for Bellville Bay, Canada ; returned thence with Capt. Dana to Huron, where he continued the painter's trade for some time. March, 1848, he was married to Miss Susan, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dent) Nichols, and in March,. 1850, he left his wife in Huron and went to California, where he was employed by the Virginia Mining Damming Company ; in June, 1851, he returned to Huron, and there continued the ship-builder's trade till the fall of 1854 ; he next returned to his father's farm for a short season, and in Juqe, 1855, went to Cape Vincent, Jefi"erson Co., N. Y., where they took passage for Wisconsin, and in September following, landed in Sheboygan ; here he painted a boat and lived till January, 1856, and then went to Manitowoc, Wis., where he followed the ship-carpenter's trade till June, 1856 ; lastly, he came to the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., and settled on a farm of forty acres in Sec. 32, and in the spring, of 1868 bought a farm of sixty acres, forty in Sec. 31, town of Eldorado, and twenty in Sec. 36, town of Rosendale ; he has since been a farmer ; their children are Blanche, Nicholas and Lillian M.

KENDRICK DIIiTS, farmer. Sees. 29 and 3 ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills; born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Aug. 29, 1818 ; son of William and Cylinda Dilts, a farmer ; at the age of 11 years, he went with his people to Qhio, and was educated in that State ; he was brought up on a farm ; at the age of 26, he moved to Racine, buying some land and engaged in farming there for three years ; he then came to- Fond du Lac, buying forty acres of land in Sec. 20, town of Eldorado ; the following year he bought another forty ; in 1863, he purchased another sixty, in Sees. 29 and 30, and sold his first farm; he ha* lived here ever since engaged in farming. He married in Liberty, Crawford Co., Ohio, in 1842, Matilda, daughter of Richard and Polly King, a farmer of that town, and one of the first settlers there; have had seven children - Sally A., Lyle K., William R. (deceased), Cyrus A., Wilson H., Amanda M., Ettie E.^ Family attend the Free- Will Baptist Church ; Mr. Dilts has held the office of Supervisor of his town, and is the present owner of sixty acres of land in Sees. 29 and 3. Is politically. Independent.

MELrVIlV DUEL (deceased) was born in Hebron, Washington Co., N. Y., June 29, 1824 ;_ he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and settled in the town of Eldorado, where he married, on the 27th of March, 1850, Laura Wolcott, daughter of W. C. and Mercy Wolcott, pioneer settlers and still honored citizens of the town of Eldorado, she was born in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1813 ; their children are Dirg, now of Brown Co., Minn.; Delia, wife of William Carpenter, of the town of Eldorado, he was a soldier during the war of the rebellion ; Dora, Delos, Strabo, Effie M., Lewis, Arthur, Lottie B.,

George (deceased) ; during the war of the rebellion, Mr. Duel served in Co. A, 2d W. V. C, was enrollei Oct. 2, 1861, and served until January 23, 1865, when he was honorably discharged ; the records of hi regiment show that he was a gallant and brave soldier ; after his discharge, he returned to his home ii Eldorado, where he died Jan. 8, 1880 ; himself and his wife were the first couple married in the town o Eldorado ; she owns 156 acres of land, and cheese factory, which was the first factory in Eldorado, wa established by her husband in 1878.

JOiSIAII ROBERTS, farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Nekama, Winnebago Co ; was born in Eldorado Fond du Lac Co., in 1849 ; son of David and Mary Roberts, formerly of Wales, Vale of Clwyd, a farmer, whi came to America in 1847, buying 220 acres of land in Sec. 6, Eldorado ; he returned to Wales for hi health in 1869, and died therein 1870 ; he built the first frame house in the town in 1847. Thesubjec of this sketch received an academic and common-school education in his native county, and was brough up on a farm ; at the age of 22, he went to California and engaged in speculating in stocks for two yean and a half; he then returned to Eldorado and settled on the homestead farm with his mother, takinj charge of and running the farm, at which he has been occupied ever since, and, at the death of his mother he will be the entire owner, having bought out his brother's interest in it. He married in Oshkosh, Dec 17, 1879, Martha J., daughter of Samuel and Ann Williams, a farmer of Henry Co., 111. They ar( members of the Calvin Welsh Methodist Church ; he is politically a Republican.

.lAlIE!^ K. 8CRIBXER ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills; was born in Norwalk, Conn., in 1828 is the son of Joseph and Sarah Kellogg Soribner, a farmer. The subject of this sketch received a com mon-school and academic education in his native place ; at the age of 21 he came West to Rosendale Wis., and settled on land previously purchased by his father, of 160 acres; in 1853, he purchased ar undivided half of this farm of his father ; in 1858, he came to Eldorado and located on property he owned having, in 1857, bought Barnett's saw-mill, water-power lands, and privileges connected with them. Mr Biram Wheeler was connected with him in running the mill, and they afterward built a small grist-mill Mr. Wheeler died in the summer of 1859 ; Mr. Van Ostrand then bought Mr. Wheeler's interest ; ii 1867, Mr. Scribner bought out Mr. Van Ostrand, and, in 1868, he rebuilt the mills, enlarging the capacity and has ever since been engaged in milling ; his mill now has four run of stone ; he is also proprietor o the only general store in the village of Eldorado Mills, and is the present owner of fifty acres of land ii Sec. 31, 32 and 29, besides his mill property. He married, in Rosendale, in January, 1857, Laura M. daughter of Hiram Wheeler; have had eight children - Winthrop, Walter, Lizzie L., Abbie L., Josepl H., Kittle M., Harry C. and Mabel W. They are members of the Congregational Chureh. Mr. Scribnei was a member of the State Legislature in 1876, and is now the Chairman of the Town Board ; politicallj he is a Republican.

JOHX F. STEEIiE, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills ; born in the town of Remsen Oneida Co., N. Y., June 23, 1814; son of Joseph and Betsy Steele, a clothier by trade, and afterwarc followed farming. The subject of this sketch, when he was about 9 years of age, moved, with his family to the town of Trenton, same county, and received a common and select school education in this place, and in 1845, after receiving a certificate, he commenced teaching in that county until June 5, 1848, when hi started for Wisconsin, and came to Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co. ; that fall he took Mr. C. H. Lyman'i farm, and ran it for one year ; he then accepted the position in the first school in the town of Eldorado he followed the occupation of teaching for thirteen winters, and farming in the summers on a farm owned bi him of forty acres, in Sec. 19, Eldorado ; after giving up teaching, he applied himself directly to farming and is the present owner of 296i acres, in this county ; he is also extensively engaged in raising stock He married June, 1857, Jennie, daughter of Theron Prisbee, a carpenter and farmer ; had one child bi this wife - Orpha J. ; this wife died Feb. 15, 1859. He married a second time, July 25, 1863, in Lamar tine, to Charlotte, daughter of Adam and Judith Holliday, a farmer ; have had seven children - Ellsworth deceased ; John P., Carrie E., Arthur A., Lottie M., Anna J., Henry F. Mr. Steele has held the office o Town Clerk, Town Superintendent for several years. Family attend the Congregational Church ; he is politically, a Republican.

JOHIV ^TELZER, manufacturer of furniture, and undertaker, P. 0. Eldorado Mills ; bori in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1834; son of John and Margaret Stelzer, a farmer. The subject o this sketch received his education in the common schools of his native place ; in his 20th year, he cami to America, and located in New York City ; when he was 14 years old, he learned the cabinet-maker'; trade ; and, during his stay in New York, he followed his trade ; in 1869, he came Wes to Fond du Lac, and, for two years, worked in the car-shops ; he then worked for H. L. Bas, & Co. until they closed business, when he went to work for Blankenberg ; in 1876, he cam; to Eldorado and opened a cabinet store, and engaged in the manufacture of furniture, also undertaking in 1877, ke bought a piece of property, put up a two-story store and dwelling, where he has continued in business ever since. He married in New York, in 1857, Caroline, daughter of John and Christina Kog, a farmer; have had seven children - Henry (deceased), Rosa, Mary, Lizzie, George, Fred (deceased), John ; are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Stelzer is a member of the Order of Druids of Fond du Lao ; he is, politically, Independent.

A. J. STEPHENS^ farmer, Sec. 26; P. 0. Eldorado; was born in Clarkstown, Eockland N. Y., Nov. 25, 1814; was liberally educated in the town of his birth, and, in early Hfe, followed teaching school for several years ; had also learned the carriage-maker's trade and worked, at it in various cities in the East. He married, in the city of New York, in 1844, Hannah Wallace, a native of Glasgow, Scotland; they came West in 1848 and settled in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where they have since lived ; their children are John A., now in Los Angeles Co., Ca!., he married in Eldorado, prior to his going to California, Annie Cowham ; Mary Agnes, now wife of David Richards, of Pond du Lac; Maggie E., wife of Frederick Paine, of the town of Oakfield ; Abram A.; James W., and Douglas W. Mr. Stephens owns 300 acres of land in Wisconsin, and 324 acres in the vicinity of Russell, Russell Co., Neb.; he is extensively engaged in farming, fruit-growing and stock-raising, and has, in all those pursuits, been very successful. , He is a Republican in politics.

JOSEPH STEPHENS, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Eldorado; was born in Rockland Co., N. Y., March 11, 18 - . Sept. 24, 1857, he married, in Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y., Miss Mary Lloyd, a native of Glamorganshire, Wales, and emigrated to America with her parents, John and Ann Loyd, who settled in Rockland Co., N. Y.; Mr. Stephens and wife lived in Rockland Co., N. Y., until 1858, when they moved to Wisconsin and settled where they now reside, in Eldorado ; they have four children - Annie E., John W., Albert J., and Joseph H. He owns eighty acres of well-improved land, and is an energetic and enterprising citizen, and a leading farmer of Eldorado. In politics, Mr. Stephens is Republican.

NATHANIEL S. THOMPSON, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills; was born in I'ranklin Co., Mass., May, 1813; his parents, David and Fannie Thompson, had a family of seven children, four of whom came to Wisconsin ; Nathaniel S., the subject of this sketch, was married in 1840, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Goodnow, of Vermont; in 1846, they immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in Dodge Co., and in May, 1845, removed to the town of Eldorado, Pond du Lac Co., and settled on a farm of 104 acres in Sec. 31, which has since been his home; here his wife died in May, 1855, leaving two children as follows : Phebe E., now the wife of William Brunson, and lives in the town of Metomen, and David H., who now lives on Sec. 31, town of Eldorado. In 1856, he was married to Mrs. Nancy, widow of Samuel Randall, of the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., whose maiden name was Hall, a daughter of Wanton and Fannie Hall, of Washington Co., N. Y. ; her first marriage was in 1837, to Lyman Matteson, who died in Wisconsin in 1850, leaving her with one son, George W., now of Eldorado Mills ; her second marriage was in May, 1851, to Samuel Randall, a native of Pennsylvania, but an early emigrant to Wisconsin, who' died the same year of their marriage, leaving her with one son, Samuel, who now lives in the village of Hartford, Washington Co., Wis. Mrs. Thompson came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1845. Mr. T. was Chairman of the Town Board for one term, Assessor one year, and Justice of the Peace several years.

DAVID R. WATSON, Sec. 26 ; P. O. Eldorado ; was born in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Nov. 5, 1849 ; is the son of James and Sarah Watson, who settled in the town of his birth in 1847 ; he was educated at the Normal School at Oshkosh, Wis., and has taught school several terms. In politics, Mr. Watson is a Republican. He is the present Assessor of the town of Eldorado, a position he has filled since 1875. April 5, 1877, Mr. Watson married, in Eldorado, Jessie B. Kirkwood, daughter of Alexander and Agnes Kirkwood, wbo settled in Eldorado in about 1853 ; they have one child - James A., born Aug. 12, 1878. Besides attending to his duties in teaching school, Mr. Watson owns and manages a farm of several acres of land ; his farm is well improved, and desirably located.

JAMES WATSON (deceased), was a native of County Kent, England ; was born Jan. 19, 1821 ; his father, James Watson, died in England, and his mother married again and emigrated to America, when tbe subject of this sketch was but 4 years of age ; he was educated in Oneida Co., N. Y., and when 16 years old, engaged in seafaring life, which he followed for several years ; Aug. 4, 1847, he married in Philadelphia, Penn., Sarah Edwards, a native of Monmouthshire, England, born May 3, 1819 ; immediately after their marriage, they came to Wisconsin, and settled in tbe town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., whei;e he lived and was prominently identified with its history until his death, Nov. 22, 1860 ; he was the third Treasurer of the town, an office he filled for over seven years ; he was continually in office from 1850, and was Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors when he died. He was a leading member of the M. E Church, and took an active part in the promotion of the religious and educational interests of the county during his life. Their children are Edward L., who was a soldier in the 18th W. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, and died in the service; David R., Sarah J., now deceased; Frank P., Annie E., James and George W. Mrs. Watson married a second husband, Archibald McDonald ; he was a soldier in active service during the war of the rebellion, and was elected to various local offices in the town of Eldorado, he died Oct. 25, 1877 ; she is still living, is an earnest and Christian woman, a member of M. E. Church; she owns 200 acres of land, well improved.

WILLrlAM C. WOLCOTT, Sec. 14; P. 0. Eldorado Mills ; horn in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., 1810 ; son of Sylvester and Jane Wolcott, a farmer of that county, buying his land there in 1806 ; the subject of this sketch received a common-school education in the schools of his native place, and was brought up on a farm ; at the age of 25 he went to the western part of New York State, to Wethersfield, Wyoming Co., buying a farm of 178 acres ; he farmed it there for seven years, when he went back to Trenton and worked there for three years; then in 1846, he came West to Eldorado, taking 240 acres of Government land and 40 acres of Allen Lyman, also 20 acres of State land on the big marsh; hfe has lived on this farm ever since ; Mr. Wolcott has, for over forty years, been extensively engaged in bee culture. He married, Feb. 23, 1832, in Trenton, N. Y., Mercy M., daughter of Silas and Mary Pierce, a farmer; they have had six children - Laura J., Edward T. (deceased), Ella A., Sarah A., Charles A., Nelson W. (all married). He is a member of the Masonic Order, Rosendale Lodge ; has held the office of Supervisor and Treasurer ; is the oldest settler now living in the town ; is, politically, a Republican, and, with the exception of the first year of his life in Wisconsin, he has not missed an election or town meeting for forty- .seven years ; he is the present owner of 175 acres of land in Sees. 14, 17, 20 and 21.

Calumet

CHARl/ES BOCK, lumber merchant, Calumet Village; is a native of Holstein, Germany; was born Dec. 11, 1825; in 1848, he emigrated to America^ settle^ in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in July of the same year (1848). In October, 1851,' he married in Calumet Miss Sophia Kratzsch ; they have seven children - -Amelia, Charles, William, Sophia, Emma, Louise and Tom. In early life, Mr. Bock learned the carpenter's trade, and followed the business of contracting and building several years; he has been engaged in the lumber business in Calumet Village for a number of years, and has a large trade ; he has been District School Treasurer for over eighteen years, and was a membei* of the Town Board of Supervisors three years. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics, he is a Democrat. His parents were Henry and Lena Bock; they died in Germany; they had twelve children, two of whom came to America - Charles, the subject of this sketch, and Christoph, who left this (Fond du Lac) 6ounty in 1851, went to the gold mines in California, and has not been beard from since.

THOMAS BOYD (deceased) ; was born near Dublin, Ireland, in 1785. He married, in his native country, Ann Boyd; they emigrated to New York in 1844 ; thence to Calumet, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., where he resided until his death, in 1862 ; their surviving children are John, ex-member of the Wisconsin Assembly, who now lives near Independence, Kan.; Thomas, also ex-member of the Wisconsin Assembly, resides in Calumet Harbor; Samuel, attorney at law, Appleton, Wis.; Adam; a leading farmer, Springvale, this county; Mary A., wife of M. D. Henry, Independence, Kan.; Letitia, wife of A. Huyssen, Eau Claire, Wis.

HOIV. THOMAS BOYD, capitalist, Calumet Harbor; was born near Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 25, 1844 ; in 1845, emigrated with his parents (Thomas and Ann Boyd) to this (Fond du Lac) county, and located on Sec. 34, town of Calumet ; he was educated at the Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. He was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1864-65, a position he filled with credit to himself and constituents ; he has also been elected to various town and school offices. In politics, he is a consistent and active Democrat; he is an honest, truthful, capable man, both in public and private life, ardently attached to what he believes to be true and just, and ever ready to rebuke meanness wherever it shows its head ; he has throughout his life maintained a high reputation for strict honor and integrity.

liAMBERT BROST, farmer; P.O. Heinsburg; was born at Ulmen on the Rhine, Germany, on the 10th of October, 1835; in 1842, emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents (John and Anna Brest), they located in Calumet, Fond dulLac Co.; he was;a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1876-77 ; he is Chairman of the Calumet Town Board of Supervisors, a position he has filled for several years } he is also Chairman of the County Board, which office he was elected to in the autumn of 1879 ; in educational interests, he has taken an active part, and has heen District School Clerk for over nineteen years. July 11, 1859, he married at Calumet Miss Anna Mussburger ; she was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1837 ; they have eleven children, viz., Mary (now tfce wife of N. Mullenbach, they live in Wood County Wis.),. Peter, Antoine, Annie, Joseph, Theresa, Josephine, John, Barbara, Mathias and Michael. Mr. Brest owns ninety acres of land; in early life he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and followed it several years in the city of Fond du Lac and in Calumet. Politically, he acts with the Democratic party.

JOHN H. DITTMAR, farmer and stock-raiser. See. 35; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; he was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan. 13, 1821; in early Jife, he received a liberal education ; he came to the United States in 1840, lived in the city of New York until 1852, in which year he moved to Philadelphia, Penn.; in New York and Philadelphia, he followed the business of cloth dyeing, a trade he had learned in his native country; in 1866, he removed to where he now lives. He has been twice married, first wife was Frances Kamp, she was born in 1817, died in 1848; by this marriage there were three children - Christine, now the wife of Philip Carr, Philadelphia, Penn.; Sophia, wife of George Campbell, they alsolive in Philadelphia; Henry, who was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, he served in the naval service over two years ; he married Katie Johnson, they live in Pond du Lac City. Mr. Dittmar's second wife was Theresa Aisla; she was born July 25, 1823 ; they were married in 1849 ; she died April 4, 1878; their children are Louisa, now the wife of John Theurwachter. Jr.; Louis, who married Laura Peth, they live in Nebraska ; Charles, also a resident of Nebraska ; Theresa, Julia, William and Fredrick. Mr. Dittmar and family are members of the Lutheran Church. He owns 202 acres of land; he is an enterprising, public-spirited citizen ; his farm is well improved and most desirably located.

HENKY F. KOENKjr, proprietor of blacksmith and general repair shop, Cajumet Village ; was born in the city of Fond du Lac ; his father, Martin Koenig, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1832 ; he learned the wagon-maker's trade in his native country, and emigrated to this country in 1849 ; lived in Milwaukee, Wis., until 1850, when he came to the city of Fond du Lac, where he married, in 1853, Wilhelmina Meyer ; in 1856, they came to Calumet Village, where he has been engaged in the manufacturing of wagons, and general repairing, at that place since ; their children are Henry F.. Mary, Emma, Lissette, Caroline ; the oldest of those children, Henry F., was born in the city of Fond du Lac, in 1855. He married, Nov. 19, 1877, Miss Dorothea Burg; they have one child - Laura Henry F. Koenig has been engaged in carrying on a general blacksmith-shop at Calumet Village about five years, and has a large custom.

AliUERT NORTH, dealer ia general merchandise, Calumet Village ; was born in the town of Otsego, Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1823 ; his father, Albert North, was a. native of Vermont, and a leading merchant in Otsego, N. Y., for a period of over forty years ; his mother was Irene Taylor, a woman of rare Christian principles. She married Albert North, the father of the subject of this sketch, in New York ; they had eight children, of whom our subject is the only survivor ; he first came to Wisconsin in 1846, and looked over the ground to pick out a location. In 1848, he opened a general store in Calumet Village, and has been successfully engaged in that business since ; therefore is the pioneer merchant of the town of Calumet. In the early history of Calumet Village, he was Postmaster several years. Politically, in early life, he acted with the- Whig party, giving his first vote to Henry Clay ; on the organization of the Republican party, he joined its ranks, and has remained a constant supporter of its principles ; he is a man of strict integrity in all his dealings.

HENRY MANDERSCHEID, retired farmer; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; was born in Bassenheim, Germany, in 1814. He married, in his native country, Elizabeth Meisen, and emigrated to America in 1845, settling in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which has been their home since ; Mr. Manderscheid has been very successful in life, and has accumulated a large property. He has been, at various times,- elected to offices of honor and trust, and was Assessor of the town of Calumet for more than twenty years.

LiOUIS MANDERSCHEID. This gentleman, present Treasurer of Fond du Lac Co . and a leading grain merchant, Calumet Harbor, was born in Basenheim, Germany, Sept. 26, 1840 ; emigrated to Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., with his parents, Henry and Elizabeth Manderscheid; in the autumn of 1845 ; the country then being comparatively new and almost a wilderness, most of Louis' early life was spent amidst the hardships and privations of pioneer life ; he was educated in the schools at Calumet, and acquired a good education, and speaks and writes the German and English languages with great fluency. During the late war of the rebellion, he served in Co. Gr, 36th W. V. I. ; was wounded, and participated in every battle, siege and skirmish his command was in, with but few exceptions, andwas honorably discharged in Jefferson ville, Ind., at the close of the war. He has been frequently selected by his fellow-citizens to fill positions of trust and honor, upon which he has always reflected the highsst credit ; he was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1878, a position he still holds ; he is a public-spirited citizen and one whose fidelity to public and private trusts is unimpeachable ; he has been elected to various town offices. He married, in Calumet, on the 26th of February, 1859, Miss Elsie Murdock, a native of Madison Co.; N. Y. ; she was the daughter of Wheeler and Lucy Murdock, who were natives of Providence, R. I., and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1845 ; she is deceased, and he lives at Brothertown, Calumet Co. Mr. Mandersoheid and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; in politics, he is a consistent and active Democrat. He has been engaged in the grain business in Calumet Harbor several years, and has, by his strict integrity and fair dealing, secured the confidence of all with whom he has had to do. His father, Henry Mandersoheid, was married in his native country (Germany) to Miss Elizabeth Measen ; they are still residents of Calumet, where they have lived for over thirty-five years, old and respected citizens.'

THEODORE MAXDERSCHEID, Calumet Village ; was born in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Feb. 22, 1849 ; his parents are Henry and Elizabeth Mandersoheid, pioneer settlers, and still residents of Calumet. He has been twice married ; first wife was Charlotte Path ; they were married in May, 1871 ; she died in October of the same year; his present wife was Susan Peth ; they were married Nov. 26, 1872 ; they have one son - Henry. In politics, Mr. Mandersoheid is a Democrat; he owns about 100 acres of land, and is an enterprising citizen, one who takes an active part in all that goes to advance the interests of his town.

HEXRY M. MUSKAT, proprietor of blacksmith and general repair shop, Calumet Village ; was born in Germany, Jan 13, la§t5 ; in 1854, he emigrated with his parents to this county ; they settled in Dane Co., Wis. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, 4th W. V. C. ; served three years; was honorably discharged at Madison, Wis. ; in 1866, he came to Fond du Lac Co. In 1868, he married Gertrude, dausihter of Henry and Elizabeth Mandersoheid, of Calumet ; they have three children - Freddie, Lisette and Marianne. Mr. Muskat has been engaged in general blacksmithing in Calumet Village since 1867. In politics, he is a Republican. A portion of the time he was in the service of the Union, he served as Corporal.

JOHIV PETH, a leading farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; was born in Switzerland in 1818 ; he came to America in 1840 ; lived in Albany, N. Y., until 1843, in which year he came to Wisconsin. He married, in Racine Co., Wis., Mary Conrad; in about 1845, they came to Calumet, where they have since resided ; their children are Mary, now the wife of Edward Stramer, Brothertown, Wis. ; Susan, wife of Theodore Mandersoheid, Calumet Village ; Katie, wife of Andrew Meisen, and John P. Mr. Peth and famjly are members of'the Lutheran Church ; he is a Democrat in politics ; owns 300 acres of land ; is an enterprising and go-ahead citizen.

ADAM PFAFF, retired farmer, Calumet Harbor; was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan 19, 1811 ; he came to this country in 1836; lived in Canaan, Conn., until 1842, in which year he came to this (Fond du Lac) county, and settled in Calumet July 2, 1844. He married Susan Burg, a native of Rechtenbach, Bavaria; she was born in January, 1819 ; emigrated to Detroit, Mich., in 1838, thence to this town (Calumet) a short time prior to her marriage ; their children are Daniel, who married Amelia Heipsman ; they live in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wis. ; Susan, now Mrs. J. Shenborn, Minn. ; Jacob, married Apple Jackni, they reside in Calumet Harbor ; Maggie, wife of Theodore Miller, St. Cloud, Wis. Mr. Pfaff and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; they own 120 acres of land ; he has been elected to various local offices. His father, Jacob Pfafi', was born in Bavaria, Germany ; he married Susan Essecth ; they both died in their native country, Bavaria ; they had six children, two of whom came to this country - Adam and Michael Pfaff. Adam Pfaff, the subject of this sketch, has resided continually in Calumet over thirty-eight years ; himself and wife were among the first couples married in the town of Calumet; they have triumphantly passed through the hardships of pioneer life, and are now spending their old age in comfort in the town where they have resided so long.

GEORGE REICHART, general blacksmithing, Calumet Harbor ; is a native of G ermany ; was born Jan. 2, 1843 ; in 1849, he emigrated with his parents to this country ; they settled at Addison, Washington Co., Wis., where George was educated ; he learned the blacksmithing trade at Hartford, Wis. ; worked for the Government, during the war of the rebellion, as a blacksmith. In 1866, he married, in Fond du Lac City, Wis., Miss Fredrica Bhlers ; they have three children - Rose, Anna and Henrietta. He engaged in business in Fond du Lac in 1868, and in 1875, moved to Calumet Harbor, where he has been successfully engaged in the business of blacksmithing since. Politically, he acts with the Democratic party.

settlers of Welsh Prairie, Columbia Co.; in October, 1874, he was assigned to Shawano, Sljawano Co., Wis., where he remained in charge of the church for three years; in 1877, he took charge of the church at Markesan, Grreon Lake Co., and, in 1878, came to the Lamartine charge ; they have three children, as follows - Jessie E., born in 1874 ; Mary K., born in 1876; Charles F., born in April, 1879.

liAWREWCB ENNIS, farmer, Sec. 8 ; P. 0. WoodhuU ; is a native of County Wicklow, Ireland ; born April 15, 1831, and is the son of James Ennis and Winford Doyle, with whom he made his home in his native country until 19 years of age. In May, 1850, he emigrated to America, and landed in Quebec, where he followed teaming for five years. April 18, 1855, he married Miss Letetia, daughter of Patrick and Mary Greening, nee Finland, of Canada West, , but a native of County Monahan, Ireland ; they then went to St. Louis, Mo., for a few months, thence to Jacksonville, 111., for a short time, and lastly to Fond du Lac, where they lived fourteen years. In the fall of 1868, he bought a farm of eighty-five and one-half acres in Section 8, town of Lamartine, where he has since been a farmer. They had one son - James, deceased, and are members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Fond du Lac.

PHILiLIP E ABER, farmer. Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Rhine Province ; born Sept. 7, 1832, and is the son of John and Mary E.' Faber, nee Bard ; - he lived with his parents on a farm in his native country, and with them came to America in 1847 ; they settled first in Washington Co., Wis., and made that their bome till 1874 ; he then bought a farm of eighty acres in Section 33, town of Lamartine, where he has since lived and followed farming. In January, 1859, he married Miss Sophia, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Warner, nee Beck, of Wayne, Washington Co., Wis., but a native of Germany. They have six children - Caroline, Carl, Henry, Elizabeth, Sophia and Hermind. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

WATHANIBIi W. FABTCHER, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; was born in Wyo- > ming Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1830 ; his parents, Elias Fancher and Sally Worden, were natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y., but removed to Wyoming Co. shortly after their marriage. In May, 1847, he with his father and family came to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Section 22, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where his parents both died ; his mother Nov. 1, 1859, and his father Oct.. 12, 1875 ; ten years after their arrival in Lamartine, he bought a farm of eighty acres in the southwest quarter of Section 22, which he afterward traded for another one, and, after trading three or four times, in 1858, he got his father's homestead, which he has since owned, and where he has since lived. March 12, 1866, he married Miss Mary, daughter of James and Catharine Hendry, nee Greig, early settlers of Lamartine.

JOSEPH FISCHER, farmer. Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; the subject of this sketch is a son of John and Barbara Fischer, and was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 3, 1822 ; at the age of 14, he began to learn the clock maker's trade in his native place, and followed it there for eight years ; in 1844, he went to Dublin, Ireland, and continued his trade for nearly six years ; in the fall of 1849, he emigrated to America, and, in 1851, established a jewelry store on Fifth avenue, in New York City, of which he was proprietor till 1855 ; he then came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., bought 120 acres of land in Section 28, tojvn of Lamartine, returned to New York for his family, disposed of his interest in jewelry stock there, and came again to Lamartine, where he has since been a farmer. In New York City, in 1852, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Endimiller, who emigrated to New York in ,1846 , they have six children - Joseph, Jr. (a carpenter and joiner of Lamartine), Matilda, Mary E., John A.; Adelaide, Emma L. Mr. Fischer is a member of the Catholic Church, and his wife of the Lutheran.

AliBERT FOL,TS, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, 1841 ; when 4 years of age, he, with his parents, J^bn and Emily Folts, immigrated to Wisconsin, and were among the first settlers of the towti of Lomira, Dodge Co., which was their home for a number of years. Oct. 12, 1861, he married Miss Arvella F., daughter. of Alexander and Mary A-. Sager, nee Auburn, immigrants to the town of Williamstown, Dodge Co., in 1850, but natives of Oneida Co., N. Y.; soon after marriage, they removed to the town of Byron, Fond du Lac Co., which was their home for four years; in 1865, they removed to the town of Oakfield, and, in 1874, he disposed of his interest in Oakfield, and bought a farm of eighty acres on the west half of the northwest quarter of Sec. 34, which has since been their home ; they have had four children - Clarence J., born June 15, 1868 ; Rollie L., March 18, 1864 ; two infants deceased, not named. Mrs. Folts is a member of the Baptist Church.

PHILIP CirREEIVING, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Fond du Lac; is a native of Devonshire, England; born Feb. 29, 1824; he spent the first fourteen years of his life with his parents, Philip and Frances Greening, on a farm at his birthplace, and then entered upon a three years' apprenticeship at the machinist's trade, which he afterward followed in England for a number of years ; in 1848, he sailed for America, and settled in Upper Canada, where he continued Tiis trade for three years ; he next came to Green Bay, Wis., and there followed the same calling for two years ; in 1853, he removed to the town of

Oharlestown, Calumet Co., Wis., where he was one of the first settlers; here he purchased a farm, and "began the life of a farmer again, which he has since followed ; in 1863, ha removed thence to Winnesheik Iowa, and in five years afterward (1868), returned to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Byron, Fond du Lao Co.; here he was known as a farmer until 1873 ; he then purchased a farm of 270 acres, in Sees. 21 and 28, town of Lamartine, where he has since lived. Mr. Greening's political career has been quite an eventful one ; though not an office-seeker, his friends saw fit to elect him to the offices of Town Clerk and Town Treasurer for four terms each, in the town of Charlestown, Calumet Co., and Assessor one year, and Chairman of Town Board of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., for three years, and^ in the fall of 1878, decided that he should represent the Third District in the Wisconsin Assembly at Madison ; polit'- cally, he is a Democrat. At Ingersoll, Ont., Oct. 13, 1848, he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Michael and Hannah Sage, natives of County Tipperary, Ireland, but immigrants to Canada in 1847 ; children have blessed their household, as follows : Helen (now Mrs. Dennis McKanna, of Byron), Philip, (deceased), William H., Francis, and three infants, deceased. Mr. Greening is a member of the Episcopal and his wife of the Catholic Church.

WIIililAML J. HAIiE, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Saratoga Co., N^. Y.; born Oct. 1, 1801 ; when 12 years of age, he, with his parents, Daniel and Mary Hale, removed to Albany, N. Y., and, five years later, he went to Ohio, but returned to Albany in 1820, and worked at the cooper's trade for about two years ; he then went to Montgomery Co., where he followed coopering and farming until 1844. Here, in 1824, he married Miss Betsey, daughter of Isban Eaton, with whom, in 1844, he removed to Saratoga Co., N. Y., and lived there on a farm until the fall of 1855, when they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., settling in the town of Sprino;vale ; they have since followed farming in the towns of Lamartine, Oakfield, Pond du Lao and Waupun, and now reside on Sec. 25, town of Lamartine ; Mrs. Hale died Dec. 9, 1876, leaving five children - John (of Dakota), Cynthia A., Mrs. Kendall (of Fond du Lao), Elias A. (who enlisted in Co. P., 2flst W. V. I., under Col. Sweet, and was in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, and with Sherman in his campaigns^mustered out at Milwaukee in 1865, and, in 1872, married Miss Laura J., daughter of Jason and Jerusha Monroe, of Lamartine - they had one son, Jesse), A. P. (now of Jefi'erson Co., N. Y.), and Sarah (now Mrs. Harvey Wolcott, of Dakota).

GEORGE W. JACKSOIV, farmer. Sec. 27 ; P. O. Lamartine ; is a son of Joseph and Ann Jackson, whose biography appears in this work ; George was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1838 ; when 10 years of age, he, with his parents, sailed from Liverpool for America, landing in New York Sept. 15, 1848; they at once came to Wisconsin, and stopped for the winter in Waukesha Co.; in the spring of 1849, they removed to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., which has since been his home, and where he now owns ninety acres of land in the southwest quarter of Sec. 27. He married Miss Lydia, second daughter of Eyre E. and Mary Crowe, immigrants to the town of Lamartine from St. Johns, New Brunswick, in 1847, and, ten years later, to Waushara Co., Wis., where her marriage to Mr. Jackson was solemnized Nov. 13, 1858 ; four daughters and one son have blessed their household, and their names are as follows : Florence A., Lydia A., Jennie M., Jessie D. and Tlieron J. Mr. Crowe, Mrs. Jackson's father, was doubtless the oldest man in the town of Lamartine at the time of his death, Feb. 18, 18J2 ; nature having blessed him with a strong physical constitution, and possessing a great deal of will-power and tenacity of life, he lived to the good old age of 99 years 4 months and 10 days ; he was born on Staten Island, Oct. 8, 1773, and married Miss Mary Morris, of Granville, Nova Scotia, April 24, 1834.

JOSEPH JACKSOX, retired farmer, Sec.'35 ; P. 0. Lamartine; is a son of John Jackson and Hannah Noble ; born in the eastern part of Yorkshire, England, Oct. 31, 1810; his father was a , contractor for cutting timber, in which he assisted for some time ; but for four years prior to his emigration to America, he was woodman and under game-keeper for a wealthy gentleman by the name of Joseph Sykes, of Roywell, Yorkshire. April 4, 1835, he married Miss Ann, daughter of George and Jane Galland, nee Lyon ,of the parish of Newbaid, Yorkshire, England, who was born March 8, 1811, and with whom, July 16, 1848, he sailed from Liverpool for America, and landed in New York September 15 following, after a nine-weeks' voyage. They came thence via the lakes and Milwaukee to Waukesha, Wis., where they arrived with only an English shilling Oct. 16, 1848 ; stopping at Waukesha for one month, then removed to the town of McUanaca, Waukesha Co., where they spent the winter, and finally reached their Western home in the town of Lamartine, April 14, 1849 ; Mrs. Jackson lived with her brother, Mr. William Galland, till her husband built a log shanty, to which they, with Mr. Galland and family (the two having eleven children), removed; here they lived as best they could, under somewhat cramped circumstances, till September, when they removed to Mr. Dill's farm in Sec. 20, town of Lamartine, lived here four years. It was here in their house, that the first day school in District 4 was taught ; the teacher being Mary Story, now Mrs. Boyd, of Rock River, Wis.; the first Sunday school and preaching of that neighborhood was also held in their house, by a Methodist minister, in the summer of 1851, after which they had regular service there by different ministers for two years, and then they held it in the sohoolhouse near by; in 1853, he bought a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 21, to which they removed and made their home till 1869, when he sold that and bought another of eighty acres in Sec. 20, and forty acres in Sec. 35, making the latter his home since. The children are as follows : Mary J., Mrs. Benjamin Brand, of Lamartine, now deceased ; George W., of Lamartine ; William, of Lamartine ; Jonah G., of Humboldt Co., Cal.; Anna E., deceased ; Hannah E., Mrs. Warren P. Cook, of Massachusetts, now deceased ; Martha, deceased, born with three thumbs on right hand ; Joshua, who died on the voyage from England ; Joshua D., now of this town (Lamartine) ; Isabella M., Mrs. Dusenberry, of Empire. Mr. Jackson was Town Assessor for two years. In England, they were members of the Primitive Methodist Church for twenty years; here they are members of the M. E. Church.

WIIiLiIAM JACKSOX, farmer, Sec. 22; P. 0. Lamartine; was born in Yorkshire, England, Nov. 4, 1839, and when 9 years of age, with parents, Joseph and Ann Jackson, nee Galland, emigrated to America; landing in New York, they came thence to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Lamartine in the spring of 1849; he made his home with parents till about 28 years of age, when he purchased of his father the farm of eighty-nine acres in Sec. 21, which was their first settlement in the town, and made that his home till 1873, when he sold that and brought his present one of 1Q5 acres, in northwest quarter Sec. 22, in the same town, which has since been his home ; he has also ten acres in Sec. 10. In February, 1868, he married Miss Lydia, daughter of Enoch and Lydia Palmer, early settlers of Lamartine; thfey have four children - Helen M., Leila D., Clarence, Ida L. They are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Town Board; politically, he is a Republican.

ALBERT A. JOHNSON, farmer. Sees. 24, 13, 15, 16; P. 0. Lamartine; is of New England descent, and a son of Jesse and Dorathy Johnson ; born in Grafton Co., N. H., in 1825 ; he was educated in the public schools of his native county, after which he followed the teacher's profession in that county for four years, whence, in 1850, he removed to Deerfield, Lake Co., 111., where he continued teaching during winter and farming in the summer season ; in 1859, he came to Fond du Lac Co., and settled on his presentifarm of 100 acres; here he continued to teach during the winter terms, and devote the summer season to agricultural pursuits till 1876, when he gave up the profession after having devoted a good part of twenty years to it, and tiirned his whole attention to his farm. He was married to Miss Cordelia A., daughter of Guy and Lucinda Williams, of Deerfield, Lake Co., 111., in 1851 ; they have eleven children - Emma, now Mrs. Thomas Huston, of Fond du Lac Township ; Ella, Mrs Henry Brown, of Lamartine ; Addie, Eugene, Ettie, Minnie, Clara, Lorin, Carl, Ida, Hattie. Mr. Johnson was Chairman of the Town Board of Lamartine for two years ; member of County Board for same length of time, also Town Treasurer for two years. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.

CHILIOIV F. JOHNSON, deceased; was a native of Bridgeport, Vt. ; was born May 27, 1823 ; he made ,his home with parents on a farm in his native State, till his marriage, Sept. 22, 1846, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Solomon Jenner, of that State. In 1847, they immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Taycheedah, Fond du Lao Co., where he followed farming for ten years ; he then purchased a farm of 285i acres in Sees. 35 and 36, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where he continued farming and stock-raising till his death, July 23, 1879 ; he was the father of seven children, five of whom, wilh wife, survived him - Darwin (deceased); Anna E. now Mrs. B. F. Monroe, of Blair, Washington Co., Neb. ; Darwin, Jr., now an M. D. of Fox Lake, Wis. ; Mary A. ; Frank C. ; an infant daughter (deceased) ; Wallace L. The fitting words of the Kev. J. B. Cole, Pastor of the M. E. Church of Lamartine, in his funeral notice, may well be inserted in this biographical sketch : " In March, 1846, he was converted and joined the church, and was for many years an active oflSce-bearer in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and remained until promoted to the church triumphant ; he was a man of a warm heart, gefnerous impulses and great sympathy ; he was a devoted husband, a kind father and a worthy citizen, who is very much missed ; his end was a decided victory ; as the end drew nigh he exclaimed, morning, noon and night, ' I have no fear ; I have tried to serve my God faithfully, and now I leave the rest ;" his sufferings were great, but he bore them without a murmur; he awaited the approach of death with a perfect calmness; gladly did he close his eyes on earth to open them in Heaven."

JOHN KRAEiUBB, proprietor of blacksmith-shop, Lamartine, is a son of Philip and Margaret Kraemer ; born in Washington Co., Wis., April 10, 1855 ; when 'about 14 years of age, he began his trade with Seaman & Goetel, of Waupun, and, after remaining with them two and a half years, has since continued it at Oakfield, Burnett Junction; Fond du Lac, Brandon, Pair Water, and established the shop here in April, 1876, with a capital of $1,000, where he carries on all branches of the blacksmithing business, and makes a specialty of horseshoeing. In August, 1876, married Miss Minnie, daughter of

Fred Kraemer, of Fond du Lae, but a native of Germany. They have two children - Edward and Elmer. Mr. and Mrs. Kraemer are members of the Lutheran Church ; politically, he is a Democrat.

PETER W. liAIXCr, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills ; was born ia Brechin, Scotland, January 1, 1810, and is the son of William Laing and Jane Montgomery, natives of Montrose, Scotland. Our subject is the oldest living of seven children, five of whom were daughters ; when 10 years of age, he was apprenticed to the flax-dresser's trade, in Montrose, which he continued there for nearly twenty-three years. May 28, 1843, he landed in New York, from Liverpool, and went thence direct to Andover, Mass., where he continued his trade in the shoe-thread factory for nine years ; in May, 1852, hecame to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he purchased 80 acres in Sec. 19; he has now 120 acres in Sec. 18, 52 in Sec. 19, and 17 acres in Sec. 4, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Dec. 22, 1832, he married Miss Ann, daughter of Duncan and Fannie (Smith) Mcintosh, of Dundee, Scotland. In 1873, Mr. and Mrs. Laing paid a visit to their native land, after an absence of thirty years. They were members of the Church of Scotland.

GEORGrE li AlVG, farmer. Sec. 31 : P. 0. I^amartine ; is the son of Kobert and Catharine Lang, natives of New York, but descendants of Scotland; George was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., April 7, 1833; his father died when he was 2 years old ; but his devoted mother was long spared him. In the spring of 1856, he, with his mother, emigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of 120 acres, in Sec. 31, town of Lamartine, which has since been his home, and where she died, in 1879 ; he now has a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 31, town of Lamartine, and 90 acres in Sees. 6 and 7, town of Oakfield. Sept. 25, 1867, he married Miss Leila, daughter of William D. and Almira Ash, of the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., but a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y., from which, she, with her parents, emigrated in 1848. One daughter and two sons have blessed their marriage - Katie, George and William R. They attend the M. E. Church at Lamartine.

IRA^ McCHAIN, farmer. Sees. 32 and 33 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; was born in Westchester Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1833, and is the son of James and Sarah McChain, nee Hopkins ; when 17 years of age, he entered upon a three-years apprenticeship at the molders' trade, after whi<jh he continued it as journeyman in New York for a short time, and then came to Chicago, 111., about 1848, where he remained nearly one year; in fall of 1849 he came to Fond du Lac, and took a position as clerk in the post office under Charles Tompkins, for the winter, having made a visit to his relatives, Mr. Berry's family, of the town of Empire, the previous year ; in the spring of 1850, he formed a copartnership with Levi Tompkins, of Fond du Lao, in the meat-market, which lasted nine years ; he was, for the next four years,- molder in the Union Iron Works ; in August, 1867, he bought a farm of 136 acres in Sees. 32 and 33, ,town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Oct. 7, 1858, he married Miss Lucinda P., daughter of Harvey and Mary Smith, who were among the first settlers on the Western Reserve of Ohio ; three sons have blessed their household - Albert N., Harvey J., and Frank D. Mr. McChain has been a member of the Common Council of Pond du Lac, also School Treasurer of the district where he now resides, for several terms.

RICHARD MACOIIBER (deceased), was the oldest son of Jonathan and Eunice Macomber, Quakers, of Keesville, N. Y., born Oct. 2, 1824 ; when about 20 years old, he began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed more or less for a few years ; his father being an extensive farmer, of Essex County, Richard spent much of his time in agricultural pursuits ; in 1855, he came to Wisconsin, and soon after bought a farm of 160 acres, in Sec. 8, but did not settle on it for some time. In February, 1861, he married Miss Harriet, a daughter of Norridon and Waity Bennett, who immigrated from Onondaga Co., N. Y., to Pond du Lao in 1845, with her father and family, her mother having died in New York in 1839 ; two years after their arrival in Fond du Lac she went to live with Reuben and Louisa Simmons, with whom she made her home till about two years before her marriage to Mr. Macomber; her father removed to Big Rapids, Mich., where he died March 17, 1879. Immediately after their marriage they removed to the farm in Lamartine, which now consists of 97 acres, and where Mr. Macomber died Dec. 2, 1871, leaving one son - Gerald, by a former marriage.

ASA P. MARSHALL, retired farmer, carpenter and joiner; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Jefierson Co., N. Y.; he is the son of John and Sally Marshall ; born in 1818 ; when 19 years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship at the molders' trade, in the machine-shops of Adams, Jefiferson Co., N. Y.; continued there for ten years ; his health not permitting him to continue that trade longer, he then took up the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he has followed most of tte time since." In 1843, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail Marshall, of Jefferson Co.; in spring of 1846, they immigrated to Milwaukee, Wis.; remaining there a few months, they went thence to White River Mich., where he followed the trade for three years ; in 1849, he removed to a farm in the town of Lamartine

Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which he had entered two years previous ; one year ?ifter, they returned to Michigan for three years longer ; in 1852, they came again to Lamartine, which has since heen their abiding place. They have one daughter - Edna A., and are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ADAM HENOCH, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Woodhull ; is the son of Peter and Elizabeth Mensch, and brother to Peter, whose biography appears in this work. He was born in Prussia Nov. 17, 1822 ; came with his parents to Ohio, and in 1846 to Fond du Lac ; he entered forty acres of land in Sec. 11, town of Lamartine, which has been his home most of the time since. Jan. 29, 1850, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Anna M. Wagner, native of Nassau, Germany, but early settlers of this town (Lamartine) ; they have had three children - Elizabeth, Anna Caroline (deceased) and H. William ; members of the Evangelical Church.

PETER MEIVSCH, farmer, P. 0. Woodhull; See. 11 ; was born in Prussia Feb. 17, 1825, and, with his parents, P^ter and Elizabeth Mensch, he emigrated to America in 1836, and settled in Stark Co., Ohio, where they followed farming for ten years; April 5, 1846, they reached Fond du Lac, and soon after settled on a farm southeast of the city for one year; they then removed to the town of Lamartine, which has since been their home, and where he has now eighty acres of land in southwest quarter of Sec. 11, which he entered in 1847. Dec. 26, 1851, he married Miss Fredricka, only daughter of Gotleib and Fredricka Grosse, a native of Saxony; they have two children - Fredricka, now Mrs. Morris Lewis, of the town of Spriogvale, Fond du Lac Co., John. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

CHARIiEIS MILLER, farmer. Sees. 4 and 9; P, 0. Woodhull; is the son of Henry and Sophia Miller; born in Washington Co., Wis., Oct. 8, 1853; when 5 years of age, he, with parents, removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where he followed lumbering and teaming for a number of years. Dec. 20, 1879, he married Miss Minnie, daughter of William Smith, of Eldorado, and now resides on Sec. 9, where he has a farm of 125 acres in that and Sec. 4; they attend the Methodist Church.

CONRAD MILLER, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a .son of Henry and Martha Miller; born in Prussia in 1807 ; he emigrated to America in 1836 ; landed at New York and then came to Detroit, Mich., where, in 1838, he enlisted as a recruit of Co. D, of the Fifth Infantry, regular army, then stationed at Ft. Winnebago, Wis. ; in 1841, the regiment was ordered from there to Ft. Gratiot, Mich., where they remained till 1845, and were then sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., but Mr. Miller being on a furlough at the time, was written by his Captain from the barracks to join his company at once ; on receiving this notice, he started on foot for his regiment, but by the time he reached Jefferson Barracks, the regiment had started for Corpus Christi, Texas ; Gen. Brooks being then at St. Louis, he detained Mr. Miller a week, and placed him in charge of a recruiting corps, with orders to take them to Gen. Vorse, then the commanding oflScer of his division of the army ; he then returned to Newport, near Louisville, Ky., and from there took fifty more recruits to his regiment and rejoined his company at Corpus Christi; his term of enlistment expiring in 1846, he re-enlisted and served under Gen. Taylor till the battle of Monterey, where his regiment was so badly cut up that he was soon sent on another recruiting service to Mauch Chunk, Penn. ; was' under Gen. Scott, at Vera Cruz, and served till 1851 ; was in the battle of Chapultepec, where they lost four Captains and Maj. Scott ; in 1848, they returned via New Orleans to Ft. Towson, in the Indian Territory; in 1849, they guarded the first emigrants to California, from Ft. Smith to Santa Fe ; returning to Ft. Towson, they were sent in 1850 to Camp Arbuokle, in the northern part of the Indian Territory ; while here during part of the years of 1850-51, he carried the United States mail from that point to Ft. Smith; he was discharged in February, 1851, when he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres on Sec. 26, towh of Lamartine, and has since followed farming; he now has 195 acres in that section. Feb. 5, 1852, he married Miss Catharine,- daughter of Joseph and Geneva Ruff, of Black Forest, Baden, Germany ; they have seven children, whose names and births are as follows: Caroline, born Nov. 18, 1852 ; Annette and Louise (twins), April 26, 1854; Winfield S., May 20, 1856 ; Emily, Oct. 24, 1857 ; Adell R., April 6, 1860 ; Mary M., May 1, 1865. Caroline, Annette and Louise have been teachers in the public schools of Fond du Lac Co. ; Miss Annette is now editress of the Lamartine Literary Journal ; the family is connected with the Baptist Church.

JASON MOIVROE, farmer. Sec. 35; P. 0. Lamartine; was born in Jericho, Chittenden Co., Vt., May 12, .1801; is the son of Jesse Monroe (a farmer) and Susan Stone; he followed farming, the shoemaker's and cooper's trades, and various other kinds of business there till 1847 ; in June, 1847, came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 35; he now has twenty acres in another section ; Lamartine has been his home since he came to Wisconsin. Oct. 27, 1828, he married Miss Jerusha, daughter of Hiram and Rhoda Rublee, nee MoorS, of Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vt.; they have had eight children - Orlando, deceased ; Otis, deceased; Edgar, a druggist, of Blair, Neb.; Sidney H., of Lamartine; Almira (now Mrs. Silas Stone, of Grlenbeulah, Sheboygan Co. Wis.), Laura J., Mrs. E. A. Hale, of Lamartine; Byron F., M. D., of Blair, Neb.; Otto H., of Lamartine. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. M. has held school and various otber oflSces in the town.

SIDNEY H. MONROE, farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Eldorado Mills; is a son of Jason and Jerusha Monroe, immigrants to town of Lamartine, Fond du Lao Co., in 1847 ; he lived with his parents on Sec. 35 of this town, till about 17 years old, when he entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpentet and joiner's trade, with Hill & Webster, which he continued till 1863. In November of that year, he enlisted in Co. A, 2d W. V. C, under Col. Stevens; was with the Army of the West in the battles of Oak Grrcrve, Mo., Egypt Station, Mo., Yazoo City, Miss., and a number of other smaller battles ; was mustered out of service at Austin, Tex., in November, 1865, and reached his home in December following; he continued the carpenter's trade for three years, and in October, 1868, bought a farm of fifty-eight acres in Sees. 19 and 20, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Nov. 15, 1863, he married Miss Maggie A., daughter of David Hendry and Janet Hall,'natives of Brechen, Scotland, but immigrants to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1848; her mother died in three months after their arrival. The children are Janet H., Jason D., David D. (deceased). Sedate A., Maude A., Sarah M. and William Berthold. Mr. Monroe has been a member of the Town Board for two years ; politically, he is a Republican.

AUGUSTINE D. NASH, farmer, Sec. 34; P. 0. Lamartine; was born in Summit Co., Ohio, in November, 1822, and is the son of Phineas and Fidelia Nash; his mother dying when he was about a month old, he was taken to live with his grandfather Nash, near Williamsburg, Mass., where he made his home till 6 years of age ; his father, having married a second time, he then returned to his home in Ohio, and lived on the farm with his father till 21 years of age ; he next followed various kinds of labor in Ohio and Kentucky for seven years. Dec. 19, 1850, he married Miss Nancy, daughter of William and Mary Meridith, of Summit Co., Ohio, and in the fall of 1851, they emigrated to Fond du Lao County, and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 2, town of Forest, which he bought in the fall of 1846, while on his first visit to this county; he soon bought another eighty joining the first in the same section, and afterward bought another farm of eighty acres in Sec. 14, to which he removed and made his home till 1867, when he disposed of his interest there and bought a farm of 121 acres in Sec. 34, town of Lamartine, for $50 per acre, where he has since followed farming and stock-raising ; he carries on a small dairy, and has 100 head of sheep. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., under Col. Ward, for one year; was sent to Mobile, where his regiment was mustered out in November, 1865 ; he held the office of School Clerk in district for several years, in the town of Forest, and for nine years in the town of Lamartine; in spring of 1879, he was elected Chairman of the Town Board. They " have three children - Helen A., now Mrs. Thomas Orchard, of Lamartine ; Mary F., now Mrs. John H. Quick, of Lamartine, and Charles S.

ENOCH PALilIER, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of the Province of New Brunswick ; he is the son of Enoch and Lydia Palmer, nee Burpee ; was born in May, 1822 ; his father being a farmer and lumberman, Enoch spent most of his time at the same business ; at the age of 17, he went to Canada West, where his father had purchased a farm, and there, with a brother, spent about three years at farming; ho then returned to his home in New Brunswick, and, in the fall of 1846, with his brother, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm on Sec. 16, town of Oakfield ; in the following year (1847), he sold out his farm in Oakfield, and purchased another in Sec. 29, town of Lamartine, where he was one of the first settlers, and now has 289 acres, and 159 acres in Sec. 36, town of Springvale ; in 1850, he went to California, and for two years was engaged principally in mining. He then returned to Lamartine, and, in August, 1853, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of William and Hannah Tripp, of Canada West, but a native of New Brunswick, her parents having immigrated to Canada, where they afterward died - her mother at the age of 75,; twelve children have been born unto them, as follows - Elizabeth, now Mrs. Joseph Spaiford, of Fond du Lac ; Apphia, now Mrs. Charles Galloway, of Oakfield ; Ella M., who, with her younger brother, Enoch, lives on the farm in Springvale; John M., Milford P., Clara A., Chester, Franklin, Fredrick, Annette A., Victor. They all attend the Baptist Church of Lamartine.

GEORGE GRAFTON PIKE, farmer, cooper and carpenter. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Mt. Vernon, Hillsboro, Co., N. H., and is the son of Ephraim and Nancy Pike ; born Dec. 11, 1814 ; when 4 years of age, he, with his parents, removed to Burlington, Vt., where he made his home for twenty-five years, and worked at the cooper's trade most of the time ; in May, 1847, he immigrated to New Buffalo, Berrien Co., Mich., where he continued his trade for two years ; in the spring of

1849, he removed to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., settled on a farm of eighty acres, in Sec. 33 ; followed farming for four years ; in 1853, he sold that, and bought a place of sixteen acres in Sec. 35, where he has since lived, and devoted his attention to the carpenter and joiner's trade, and also farming. Dec. 17, 1837, he married Miss Clara H., daughter of Charles and Nancy Grann'is (nee Bean), of Burlington, Vt., but a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; they have adopted one daughter - Julia M. Mrs. Pike is a member of the Baptist Church ; politically, Mr. Pike is a Democrat.

ALiONZO F. QUICK, farmer ; P. 0. Lamartine; born in Schenectady Co., N. Y.,in 1828; son of Mary and John Quick, a shoemaker of that county ; the subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his native place ; at the age of 15, he left home and hired out to work at farming during the summer months, and was at home winters ; in 1854, he bought a small farm of fifty acres, and lived in that place until 1863, when he sold out and game West to Lamartine, buying the farm on which he now resides of 147 J acres, known as the Meekin place. Mr. Quick married, in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1354, Jeannette, daughter of Eliza and Ephraim Ladd, a farmer ; they have three children - John H., Elwood B., Willie W. ; family attend the Baptist Church, and he is, politically, a Republican.

ALBXAIVDBR A. RAMSEY is a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is the son of Alexander and Ann Ramsey; born in July, 1838. In 1841, with parents, he came to America and settled in Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; in 1843, they removed to Andover, Mass, where his father continued the flax-dresser's trade, which he had learned when a boy, in Scotland ; two years later they immigrated to Dodge Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Clyman, where he lived most of the time till November, 1875 ; in 1863, he went to California, where he followed scroll-sawing part of the time, and spent the rest in traveling over various parts of the State ; he returned to Dodge Co. in the fall of 1866, and made it his home till 1875, as above stated ; in November of that year, he bought a farm of 158i acres in Sec. 20, town of Lamartine,. Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he has since lived. March 3, 1860, he married Mrs. Jeanette, widow of William M. Kellie, and daughter of Peter and Isabelle Gardner, nee Ferguson, and natives of Scotland, but immigrants to Wisconsin in 1854, she having at time of second marriage three children - William M., now of Minneapolis, Minn.; James G., of same place; Agnes, Mrs. James Collins, also Qf , Blinneapolis ; they have five children - Alexander G., Jeannette, Margaret A., John A., and Walter D. Mr. R. has been Justice of the Peace of this town for four years. Politically, is a Republican ; they are members of the Baptist Church.

JOSEPH SCHABFER, farmer, carpenter and joiner ; was born in Prussia May 26, 1821, and is the son of Joseph and Christina Schaefer, both of whom died in Germany. April 26, 1846, he married Mary Handshumaker, of Prussia,' and, April 27, 1849, sailed for America and landed in New York, and May 17 following, reached Fond du Lac, where he followed the carpenter and joiner's trade for a number of years ; in 1850, he bought a farm, of forty acres in Sec. 11, town of Lamartine, to which he removed his family, and which has since been their home ; he still continues his trade much of the time; he now has fifteen acres of land in Sec. 15. They have had eleven children - Mary A., now Mrs. John Schnuar, of Eldorado; Daniel; Catharine, now Mrs. Casper Hoifmaan, of Fond du Lac City; Joseph ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Casper Jagdfeld, of Fond du Lac; John, Michael, Fredricka, Mathias, Frank Annie. Members of the Catholic Church.

JACOB SCHMIDT, farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Woodhull ; was born in Prussia July 10, 1833, and is the fourth son of Mathias and Mary Schmidt, with whom he came to Wisconsin in 1847, and settled on a farm in the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where he now has a farm of 140 acres in Sees. 2 and 11. March 31, 1856, he married Miss Christina, daughter ot Mathias and Genoefa Reidmeeler, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany ; they have had nine children, five of whom died of diphtheria, within two weeks' time, in the year 1878 ; their names and births, and deaths of the deceased, are as follows - Helena, born April 29, 1859, died Nov. 9, 1860 ; Mary, born July 4, 1861, died Aug. 4, 1878;^ Helena, Jr., born Nov. 29, 1863, died July 19, 1878 ; John N., born Jan. 17, 1866, died July 20, 1878 ; Michael F., born July 23, 1868, died July 25, 1878 ; Joseph G.. born July 26, 1874, died July 28, 1878 ; Catharine, born Deo. 19, 1870 ; Maggie, born Aug. 8, 1872; Dena K., born July 15, 1877. They are members of St. John's Catholic Church.

PETER SERESSE, cooper and farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Fond du Lac; is a son of Peter and Jennie Sersse; born in Prussia in 1842 ; when 15 years of age, he began the cooper's trade with his father, and with him and family came to America in 1865, and settled on a farm in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where his father followed farming, though he worked in a brewery for J. & C. Frey, in the city of Fond du Lie ; in 1874, he purchased a farm of seventy acres in Sec. 13, town of Lamartine, where he followed farming in the summer, and the cooper's trade during the winter..

In 1874, he married Miss Augusta, daughter of Fredrick and Mena Henry, who came with parents from Germany to Fond du Lao Co., Wis., when 2 years and 6 months old ; they have three children - Anna M., Mena and Peter F. They are members of the Evangelical Church of Fond du Lac.

STEPHEN W. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 20; P. 0. Lamartine; is a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y., and is the son of Phillip and Cynthia Smith, nee Smith; born Dec. 1, 1816 ; when quite young Tie, with parents, removed to Ulster Co., N. Y., and settled in the village of Woodstock, where his father followed teaching for a number of years ; in 1849, he, with wife and family, immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of eighty acres in See. 20 - the east half of the southwest quarter - town of Lamartine, which has since been their home. April 23, 1842, he married Miss Huldah A., daughter of John and Sophia Tompkins, nee Maise, of Greene Co., N. Y. ; their children are as follows - Aletta, Emily M. (now Mrs. Thomas Mason, of Fond du Lac), Cynthia S., Melissa (now Mrs. Jerald Maccumber, of Lamartine), Barnum E., of Harlan Co., Neb. ; John W., of Harlan Co., Neb., and Charles Fremont. They are members of the M. E; Church ; Mr. Smith is a Republican, politically.

ORYIIiLE J. SOPER, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Fond du Lac; was born in Bristol, Addison Co., Vt., Feb. 26, 1807, and is the son of Enos Soper and Desire Drake, natives of Massachusetts ; when 14 years of age, he began the trade of a millwright with his father, and afterward continued it in his native State till 1836 ; he then immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled at Green Bay ; he huilt the first saw and grist mill at De Pere, Wis., and continued his trade in Green Bay and vicinity for nine years ; in 1845, he came to Fond du Lac and built the well-known " Soper's Mill," two miles south of the city, of which he was proprietor for twenty-five years; in 1870, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sees. 23 and 26, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming, and now has a farm of eighty acres. At Monkton, Addison Co., Vt., June 8, 1836, he married Miss Helena S., daughter of Captain and Sally Kendrick, nee Eastman ; they have four children - Charles K. (deceased), William E. (deceased), Rodney W. H., who married Miss lola E. Mitchell, of Lamartine ; Delia A., Mrs. Christian Block, of McLennan Co., Tex. Mr. Soper has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for more than fifty years.

MARTIN STRATZ, farmer. Sec. 9; P. 0. Woodhull; was born in Baden, Germany, Nov. 17. 1829, and is the son of Sabastin and Magdaline Stratz ; at the age of 16, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the clockmaker's trade in his native city, which continued for four years, and then returned to his father's farm for two years; in October, 1852, with his wile Maria, a daughter of Joseph and Maria Lehman, sailed for America, and landed in New York in the following December ; they came thence to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and bought a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 9, where he has since lived, and is now a member of the Town Board. Politically, he is a Democrat. The children are Joseph, John, Martin, Louis, Wilhelmena (now Mrs. Stephen Lisowi, of this town, Lamartinej, Mary and Emma. They are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN UERLiING- (deceased) was a native of Prussia, and son of John and Catharine Uerling ; born April 6, 1794, and, in 1820, married Miss Anna M., daughter of Michael and Anna Catharine Poetz, of the Rhine Province, Germany. He followed farming in his native country till 1850, when, in May, of that year, he, with wife and family of six children, immigrated to America, and settled on a farm on Sec. 11, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; here he died January 10, 1868, leaving a wife and five children to survive him ; their children were as follows : Michael (who married Clementina Koch, of this town - Lamartine - in May, 1854, and is the father of eight children), ftlary (now Mrs. Urland Landre), Catharine (deceased), Josephine (deceased), John, of Lake Superior; Christina Margaret (deceased), Francis and William (deceased); he has twenty acres in See. 11, town of Lamartine, and is proprietor of a saloon ; the second daughter is Catharine (now Mrs. John Pass, of the town of Fond du Lao). William, who died in 1852; Margaret (now Mrs. Daniel Schaefer, of Fond du Lac); John, of California ; Frank, who married Miss Margaret, daughter of Blathias and Catharine Schaefer, of this town. May 4, 1878, by whom he has had eight children, as follows: Mathias J., John (deceased), Catharine, Agnes, Christina, Clementina, Josephine and John. He has forty acres of land on Sec. 11, town of Lamartine. They are all members of the Catholic Church.

WILL.IAM S. WARNER, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Jeflferson Co., N. Y., and is the son of Seth Warner and Ether Drake; born Aug. 6, 1820; in April, 1821, his parents removed to the town of Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y., where his father died June 30, 1840 ; in December, 1843, he left his home in York State for Charlestown, Portage Co., Ohio, where he followed farm laboring for nearly a year; in September, 1844, he returned to Genesee Co., taking passage on board the steamer "Julia Palmer" at Cleveland for Buffalo; and, April 13, 1845, he started westward to try his fortune in the wilds of Wisconsin ; coming via Milwaukee, he reached the town of Byron, Fond du

Lac Co., April 26, just thirteen daiys after leaving his home in New York ; he at once pre-empted eighty acres of land in Sec. 30, of that town, which was his home till April 1, 1858, and where his mother and the rest of the family joined "him' in six months after his arrival ; his older brother having immigrated to Wisconsin about six months before him ; here his mother died April 29, 1852. Dec. 9, 1846, he married Miss Martha B., daughter of Abner and Damarius Beebe nee Wicks, of the town of Byron, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., but immigrated from the town of Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y., at the same time Mr. Warner came; she died Dec. 14, 1850, leaving one son, Charles F., now of Lamartine. Oct. 22, 1851, he married Miss Hannah, daughter of James and Hannah Craig, of the town of Byron, Fond du Lac' Co., Wis., but immigrants from the Mohawk Valley, N. Y.; she died April 27, 1857, leaving three children - William H., of Lamartine; Esther A: (deceased) and Alice E. Nov. 23, 1857, he was married to Mrs. Adaline C, widow of the late William Jones, deceased, of Lamartine, and daughter of Elias and Sally Fancher, immigrant from Wyoming Co., N. Y.; they have one son - iClark E. In April, 1858, he removed to a farm on Sec. 22, town of Lamartine, where he has since lived, and now has ninety-seven acres of land - the north half of the southwest quarter, and seventeen acres of the east half of the south quarter of the southwest quarter. Mr. Warner was Chairman of the Town Board for a number of years, was also elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly. from the Third Assembly District in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Warner are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have always taken an active part in all its interests.

JACOB WJEWJEIIAN (deceased). The subject of this sketch was one of the first settlers in the town of Lamartine, having come in 1844 ; he was the son of Jacob and Sophia Wedeman, and was born near Albany, Albany Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1812 ; his father was a native of York State, his mother of Holland. When 16 years of age, with parents, he removed to the town of Cicero, N. Y., where, in March, 1836, he married Miss Ann, daughter of Mathias-and Sally Morris ( nee Lathrop),,and, in the following spring (1837), they immigrated to Wisconsin ; landing in New York, they came, via the lakes, to Milwaukee, where they stopped for three weeks, thence to Oconomowoc for a short time ; they removed thence to Watertown, Wis., and there kept the first boarding-house of thatplace. About four months later, they removed to a farm near Watertown, where he followed farming for two years ; then returned to Oconomowoc and there followed the cooper's trade, which he learned in the State of New York, when about 18 years of age ; in 1844, they removed to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where he followed farming for three years ; he next went to Fox River, Winnebago Co., Wis., for another three years ; in 1852, he went to California, where a little more than three years he was engaged in mining; lumbering, etc. During his absence, in 1854, his wife bought a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 29, town of Lamartine, Pond du Lac Co.,. which has since been the home of the family. Jan. 20, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 14th W. V. 1., under Col. Wood, of Fond du Lac; he was in the battle of Shiloh and siege of Vicksburg, where he was killed May 19, 1863, in the first movement; they had five children, as follows - Orrilla, now Mrs. Peter Stark, of Hortonville, Outagamie Co., Wis. ; Emily, was Mrs. Orrin Baden, of Kansas, now deceased ; Chauncy, who served three years in the late war with the 32d W. V. I. ; Sarah Jane, now Mrs. George Temple of Eldorado ; William W., who enlisted in the same company and regiment as Chauncy, but discharged by President Lincoln, after the death of his father. Mrs. Wedeman is a member of the M. B. Church. I

JOHN ABERCBOMBIE, lumber merchant, Brandon ; born April 19, 1830, in Kingsey,. Canada East ; his father was a farmer and drover, and John was early inured to the 'labors of the farm and accustomed to the care of stock; and this will account for his well-known admiration for fine stock, especially horses; from the fall of 1851 to the spring of 1855, he was in Boston, Mass, engaged in the express business as delivery agent for Baker & Eaton. He was married, in November, 1854, to Miss Harriet Earl, of Maine ; they came to Wisconsin in January, 1856, and that same season he bought the lots and built a small house on the same land where, in 1877, he erected his present residence; they have five children - Louis R., John A,, Guita, Caroline and Charles H. For ten years he engaged in farming and grain-buying ; since 1867, he has been in the lumber trade ; he was for some time foreman for a firm, afterward partner, and for several years has been proprietor. He was a member of the first Village Board of Brandon; he is not at present connected with any secret society ; his wife is a Methodist. Mr. Abercrombie is familiar with all the changes and improvements which this village has undergone since the

WIIililAM D. ASH, dealer in grain, produce and agricultural implements, Brandon ; was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., April 23, 1818 ; his parents were farmers, and he worked on a farm till he was of age, after which he served an apprenticeship as carpenter and joiner, and he continued to work at his trade until his marriage. He married, Feb. 2i, 1844, Miss Elmira Putnam, of Onondaga Co., N. Y. In 1846, he came West .and settled in the township of Oakfield, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., on 160 acres, ' which he still owns; he now owns 1,050 acres of land in this county, besides many village lots and one business block ; also has 365 acres in Iowa. They have had six children, of whom five are married and living in Fond du Lac Co., and the other one is dead; their names are Helen M., Leila, William H., David (dead), Adelbert and Eddie. , He moved to Brandon in 1868 and built his present residence, and also, in partnership with F. M. Hillman, bought eighty acres adjoining the village, and platted as an addition to Brandon ; the next year he purchased a farm near the village, which claimed his attention ; in the spring of 1870, he bought a store and stock of dry goods from F. M. Hillman, and sold the same, in the fall of 1872, to R. C. Kelly ; for two years he attended to his farms, and also sold considerable wood and timber ; since 1874, he has been engaged in buying grain, produce and live stock, and in the sale of agricultural implements; he was School Superintendent in the township of Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1841 ; in the township of Oakfield he was Assessor and Supervisor ; also Justice of the Peace for fifteen years ; he is. a member of the Brandon Board of Trustees, and has been Chairman two years from Brandon ; he is not a member of any secret society. Himself and wife affiliate with the Congregational Church ; he is a consistent, reliable Democrat. Although a large producer, he is nevertheless most efficient and useful as a "middleman ; " anybody with anything to sell is assured of an ofier by calling on W. D. Ash ; he ships both to the Milwaukee and Chicago markets.

DEACON JOSIAH BATSOBT, farmer ; P. 0. Fairwater ; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in July, 1829 ; he is of English parentage ; he worked on his father's farm till he removed to the West in 1852 ; he bought land immediately on his arrival in the county, which he kept till 1862. He was married July 10, 1853, to Miss Arabell Wells, of Green Lake ; they have had six children - M. Josephine, Warren A., Fayette J., Lora Belle ; the other two children died in infancy. Has lived since 1862 on his present farm. Sec. 29, Metomen Township ; has 300 acres on this homestead ; has also an improved farm of 160 acres in Minnesota; he began life poor, has now a competency ; he is well known as the leading sheepraiser of that region ; he now has 550 grade Merino sheep ; fleece averaged about seven pounds each last season ; his barns are commodious, and nearly new, having been, not long ago, entirely destroyed by fire, with all their contents ; loss fully $4,000. His wife has been in delicate health for several years ; her mother, Mary Wells, aged 82, lives with them, and is still active, and claims the privilege of caring for the milk of five cows. For several years, Mr. Batson has been a Deacon in the Baptist Church ; he is a conservative Republican.

JOHN H. BERNING, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Brandon ; born April 12, 1815, in Westphalia, Prussia; came to America in 1847, and pre-empted forty acres of his present farm ; afterward, he bought fifty acres more, and his homestead now contains ninety acres, of which fully fifty are cultivated ; he has also a house and two lots in Brandon. He was married, in 1849, to Miss Eva Dina Liesveld, of Arnheim, Holland; have had nine children - ^Henry, born in 1850, married Lena Freze in 1876; Garret, born. in 1851, died in 1864 ; James, born in 1853, married AdeUa Videto in 1875 ; John, born in 1855, died in 1859 ; Eva Dina, born in 1857, married D. A. Duitman in 1879 ; Anna, born in 1859, died in 1862 : Ma,ry, born in 1861 ; John, born in 1864, and Anna, born in 1869. He raises extra wheat; his son, Johnnie, raises blooded poultry. Mr. Berning is a Republican ; he has good improvements, and is a thrifty farmer and a good.citizen.

ADEIiBERT M. BLY, farmer. Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Brandon ; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Dec. 19, JI837 ; came West with his parents in 1854, and' from that time to the present his home has been in this township. He enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, in the United States Service, and was honorably discharged on the 12th of June, 1865 ; he was in the Western army, and went with Sherman to the sea; he came home as First Lieutenant of Co. B, 32d W. V. I. ; in the spring of 1865, he endured peculiar hardships and exppsure while wading the swamps of South Carolina ; these experiences have told upon his health. He was married, June 6, 1867, to Miss Anna Burdick, of Green Lake ; they have three children - Mabel, Myrtie A. and George S. He has eighty acres, nearly all tillable. He is Superintendent of Schools under the township system. Himself and wife are Methodists ; he is a consistent Republican and an honorable citizen.