Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 2 of 17)

JAMBS li. CROWIjEY, grocer, was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1831, where he -lived till he was 16 years of age, when he came to America and located in the State of Maryland, where he stayed for one year ; he then moved to West Virginia and resided there for two years ; from there he went to Ohio where he lived three years ; thence to Pennsylvania for nine months ; thence to Ohio again for a few months, and from there he came to the State of Wisconsin and settled at Pond du Lac in 1855. ' He was married to Miss Julia Fitzgerald, of the town of Empire, Wis., in 1856 ; after his marriage he settled on a farm near Empire, where he lived until 1873, when he moved to Fond du Lac and began the grocery business, which he hds since followed. His wife died in May, 1872, leaving nine children, as follows : John aad Bridget (twins), bbrn in 1857 ; Margaret, born in 1859 ; Mary, born in 1861 ; James, born in 1863 ; Catharine, born in 1865; Julia, born in 1867 ; Edmond, born in 1870, and Honora, born in 1872. Mr. Crowley and family are members of the Outholic Church, and he has at different times been Trustee of the same. He is now a member of the Catholic Benevolent Society of Fond du Lac.

DAVID R. CURRAN, 'a native of Ithaca, N. Y., came to Fond du Lac in the fall of 1846, and has been in business and resided here ever since ; he began to clerk for his brother in a drug store in 1837, and when he came to Pond du Lao brought a stock of druggist's goods and put them upon the market as soon as a suitable building couU be procured ; in 1853, R. P. Root became Mr. Curran's partner for one year, and, in 1858, C. F. Kalk became a member of the firm of Curran & Kalk, as Mr. Curran had been appointed Register of the Wisconsin Land Office at Menasha, which position he held three years ; in 1866, the firm of Curran & Kalk dissolved, the former continuing alone until 1873, when his son, E. S. Curran, was admitted to partnership under the firm name of D. R. Curran & Son; in 1879, D. R. Curran retired from the firm. He has been Under Sheriff two years ; Deputy County Treasurer four years ; member of the School Board thirteen years, and held other local offices. He was married at Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1847, to Eveline Stoddard, of that city. '

ED S. CURRAN, druggist; was born at Fond du Lac, July 15, 1849 ; he is a graduate of the Pond du Lao High School ; during thirteen years, up to March, 1879, he was in the drug business with his father, since which time he has carried on the business alone.

GrEORGE P. DANA was born in the town of Empire, Fond du Lac Co., Nov. 25, 1849; came to city of Pond du Lac when 6 years old, and attended school, with the exception of working six months at the jeweler's trade, until 14 years of age; after that, he clerked one year for N. L. Bullis, in a grocery store, and then! began, in 1865, the business of a gunsmi h with T. S. Weeks, wliich he has followed ever since ; in 1877, he was appointed First Assistant Fire IMarshal ; was appointed Chief in 1878, and re-appointed in 1879, and has been a fireman fifteen years. Mr. D. was married at Fond du Lac, May 19, 1874, to Phoebe Lanners; they have four children - Alexander G., Paul J., Lanna J., and George A.; he is a member of St. Michaels Society, and is President of the Firemen's Mutuil Aid Society.

JOHN li. DANA, hatter, furrier and dealer in gents' furnishing goods; born in the town of Fond du Lac Sept. 12, 1851 ; he is a son of John Dana, who came to this county in 1844, and is now a resident of this city. The subject of this sketch was employed as a clerk in a grocery store for two years, and, for five years, he was in the employ of Hoyt & Cole, hatters, of this city; in 1872, he engaged in business for himself.

SAMUEIi R. DANIEIiS was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., in 1831, and is the son of David and Hannah Daniels, nee Roblee, also natives of New York.; he spent his early life on a farm in New York, and, with parents, came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Eden, where his father died in the following year; his mother now lives in Michigan; he followed farming in Eden for thirteen years, and then removed to the city of Pond du Lao, where he has since followed teaming ; he now owns a house and lot on Green street, a lot on Grant, and one on corner of Grant and Eleventh streets. In 1861, he was married to Miss Prussia, daughter of Howard and Electa Mitchell, natives of New York, but immigrants to Wisconsin in 1859 ; they have one daughter - Cora E. Mrs. Daniels is a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

(jrEORCJE D. DABfKS, house, sign and ornamental painter ; was born in New London, Wis., in 1856 ; came to Pond du Lac in 1862 ; learned the painter's trade under his father while young ; during the year 1877, he was steamboating on the lake ; in 1878, began grocery business in city of Pond du Lac, on Scott street, which he continued till spring of 1879 ; owns brick building on Scott street. He married Miss Ma];y E. Parrish, of Pond du Lac, in 1877; they have one son - Edward L.; has been a member of the Order of United Workmen since March, 1878.

KEYES ARMSTRONG- DARLING, oldest son of the pioneer Dr. M. C. Darling, of Fond du Lac, was born in Greenwich, Mass., in 1824 ; received his early education in the schools of Amherst, whither his parents removed when he was quite young ; thence, in 1836, to Fond du Lao, where Keyes spent must of his time for many years ; at the age of 18, his father sent him and his sister, now Mrs. Helen Eastman, back to Albion, N. Y., to continue their studies; his sister completed her course and he, after remaining two years, changed to Janesville, Wis. ; thence to Beloit, where he attended a select school in the basement of the old brick church ; in 1846, he, with his father, opened a broker's office at Fond du Lac, which they continued for about ten years, when, in company with Dr. T. S. Wright, opened a banking-house under the name of Darling, Wright & Co. In 1850, he married Miss Ann M., daughter of John and Lovice Bowman, of Monroe Co , Wis. ; they have two sons - William M., of Minnesota ; John B., medical student at Madison. The family are members of the Episcopal Church.

E. W. DA VIS, retired ; was born in the town of Sebago, Cumberland Co., Me., Aug, 26, 1808 ; when 16 years old, went to Boston and vicinity, where he lived seven years ; attended Beverly Academy, in Massachusetts, two years and six months ; removed then to Schenectady, N. Y., for six months ; went to Syracuse in 1837 ; where, in the fall of 1838, he enlisted in the " Patriot War ;" was Captain of a company of patriots composed principally of salt-boilers ; after a campaign of a few weeks, returned to Syracuse for a short time and then went to Massachusetts ; in 1839, he removed to Kochester, N. Y., where he carried on the boot and shoe business for Massachusetts factories until 1841, when he went to Des Moines Co., Iowa. Mr. D. remained in Iowa, where he was a farmer and a member of the Legislature, until coming to Fond du Lac, in August, 1847 ; at Fond du Lac he has been engaged in building ; he resided one year at Appleton, where, with Dr. M. C. Darling and Amos A. Lawrence, he built a mill, which he sold, and returned to Fond du Lac. Mr. D. has been Alderman ten years. School Commissioner, Fire Warden, and held other offices. He was married, in Massachusetts, to Lavini Brown, who died in 1833. , He was married a second time, at Milwaukee, in February, 1853, to Emma B., daughter of Dr. John B. Audley, who came to Milwaukee in 1842 ; she was born at Newcastle-under-Lyme, England ; Mrs. D. has two brothers and a sister at Nashotah, and one brother keeps the Nagowicka Cottage, near Pewaukee Lake ; her father and mother - who was Eleanor Bubathan - were born in Staffordshire, near Newcastle, England ; Mrs. Davis inherited some poetical genius, and has written several articles of merit, the latest being " Well-remembered scenes of early girlhood in old England."

FREDERICK F. DAVIS was born in Marbletown, Ulster Co.,N. Y.,in 1803 ; came lo Pond du Lac in 1844, and followed farming for a short time ; in 1845, he built the first flouring-mill in Fond du Lac, there being only one log and two frame dwellings in the town at that time ; Mr. McWilliams occupied the log house. Dr. Darling one of the frame dwellings and the other was occupied by a Frenchman ; Mr. Davis soon sold his mill to Col. Conklin and began farming the land on which the town of Waupun is situated, his being the only shanty there at that time ; in 1847, he returned to Fond du Lac, and in company with A. G. Buggies, built the first steam saw-mill erected here ; brought the first raft of logs from the Wolf River to the town of Fond du Lac, after which, in the winter of 1847-48, they placed 3,000 logs on the banks of that river, which they rafted down to the mill in the spring of 1848, and sawed in the following summer ; they continued this business together for about two years, when Mr. Davis bought out Mr. Buggies and managed the mill for a year longer, when, upon his election as Sheriff of the county of Fond du Lac, he disposed of his saw-mill ; after his term of office had expired, he purchased a lumber establishment on the Sauk River, of which he was proprietor for two years, when he exchanged it for property at Calumet ; being a man of enterprise and not content when out of business, he soon purchased a flnuring-mill at Calumet, of which he was proprietor for three years, when inducements were such as to cause him to dispose of this, move to New York State and purchase a larg;e flouring and saw mill and farm, with which he operated for twelve years ; in 1874, he again returned to Fond du Lac and has since led a more quiet life, having been one of the most active and enterprising men in the early settlement or that city and county. He married Mariah Johnson, of EUenville, Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1826, who died at Fond du Lac in 1859, leaving three children - Cornelia (deceased). Sarah J., now Mrs. Lee, of Fond du Lac, and Betsy, now Mrs. West, of Fond du Lac. In 1862, he married Miss Sarah Smith, of Ulster Co., N. Y., by whom he had three children, as follows : Frank, Leonard and Annie.

C H. DE GROAT, of the firm of DeGroat & Giddings, manufacturers of engines, mill machinery, brace saw-mill machinery, foundry, farm machinery and agricultural implements ; is a native of the State of New York ; born in 1839 ; came to Fond du Lac in 1852. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, of the 1st W. V. I.; served with his company one year; came home to recruit; raised Co.* A, of the 32d W. V. I.; was elected Captain, and, before the close of the war, was made Colonel of his regiment; was with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea ; was mustered out of service, at Milwaukee, in June, 1865 ; returned to Fond du Lao and followed farming for one year ; was elected County Clerk in 1866 and served for four years; in 1870, moved to Salt Lake; in 1874, returned to Fond du Lac and became part^ ner of Mr. Giddings, in the firm of De Groat & Giddings. In 1862, he married Miss Josephine Allen, of Fond du Lac ; they have four children - Charles, Grant, George and Paul. Mr. D. and wife are members of the Congregational Church. Mr. D. has also been a K. of P. since 1877.

FJRED WIIjLIAII DEI^XERT, brick manufacturer ; was born in Prussia May 4, 1840 ; came direct to Fond du Lac in December, 1868, where he has been engaged in the man^ufacture of brick for. six years. He was married, in Lomira, Dodge Co., Wis., Nov. 6, 1871, to his first wife, and to his present wife, Caroline Spielberg, at the same place, Feb. 21, 1876; she was born in Prussia; they have two children - William and Bertha ; Mrs. Dehnert has four children by a former marriage - Albert, Emil,. Emma and Minnie.

ADEIiBERT DE LiAND, druggist, was bom at Detroit, Mich., July 28, 1849; came, with his father, John R. De Land (who still resides here), to Fond du Lac, in 1851 ; Mr. De L. began clerking in Dr. T. S. Wright's drug store, in 1864; in 1865, he went to Chicago, and was with J. H. Reed & Co., and their successors, H. A. Hurlbut & Co., until he returned to Fond du Lac and established, his present business Jan. 1, 1877. He was married, at Janesville, Wis., Dec. 25, 1876, to Emma A. Terwilliger, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y.

EDMIIIVD DEI. ANY, Jr., Cjty Clerk ; was born at Factory ville, Tioga Co., N. Y., Nov. 11, 1841 ; a son of Edmund Delany, who is now a resident of Fond du Lac; came to Calumet, in thiscounty, in 1849, and to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided, in 1853. Mr. D. enlisted in Co. A, 14th W. V. I., in October, 1861, as a private, but was elected Sergeant at the organization of the company, and promoted, Aug. 9, 1862, to Second Lieutenant of Co. I, 21st W; V. I.; he was in all the battles in which his regiment participated ; was mustered out March 29, 1863, after which, he was clerk inthe Provost Jlarshal s office until it was abolished in October, 1865 ; he studied engineering and aided in preparing a map of the city of i Fond du Lao ; in 1870, Mr. D. was chosen City Clerk, which position he has since continuously occupied.

CHARLES DE9IARAIS, blacksmith ; was born in Massachusetts in 1852 ; came to Fond du Lac with his parents, and settled at Fond du Lac in 1855 ; was educated in the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, at Delavan, Wis., from. 1863 to 1870 ; learned the cabinet-maker's trade, but did not work at it very long; began blacksmithing in the La Belle Wagon Works in 1877, and has continued there since that time.

JULiIEJf DEMERS, proprietor of saloon ; is a native of Canada, where he was born in 1837 ; he removed to Fond du Lac in 1854 and began running a saw-mill, which he now continues in connection with his saloon business. In 1859, he married Miss Lucy Latournau, a native of Canada, by whom he has had thirteen children, only two of whom - Julien and Adis - are living, and, with parents, are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Demers has taken quite an active part in the political interests of the Greenback party in his ward ; was one of the men who organized the Greenback club in the Sixth Ward, and has since held the office of Vice President of the same.

H. G. DE SOUBRE, dealer in fine watches and jewelry, silver and plated ware, musical instruments, etc.; is a native of Prussia; he came to America with his father, B. C. De Sombre, in 1856- (his father is stiJl a resident of this city), located here at that time; commenced learning his trade of watchmaker and jeweler in October, 1861 ; began business for himself in the spring of 1866. He is. Alderman of the Eighth Ward at the present time.

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FRED W. DE QUINE was bom in Calumet Village, this county, Oct. 30, 1853; in September, 1854, his father, Louis De Quine, died, and he came with his mother to Fond du Lac in 1855; she resides at No. 27 Doty street ; Mr. D. attended school until April 4, 1870, when he served three years' apprenticeship as a machinist, and has worked ever since at that trade in Eond du Lac; he is foreman of the Union Iron Works; is a Turner, and a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Lodge.

DR. C. E. DICKIXSOX, dentist ; was born at Guilford, Chenango Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1849, where he lived until removing to Delaware in 1868, whence he came to Fond du Lac in 1871 ; he began the study of dentistry with Dr. C. W. Barnes in 1873, and began practice in April, 1878, in the city of Fond du Lac, where he now has a good business.

JOHIV W. DILiIiON, photographer; was born in London, England, Oct. 27, 1847, and came to Ainerica when 12 years of age, living in New York City until July 27, 1864, when he enlisted in Battery B, 5th U. S. A., for three years, as a musician or bugler : at the expiration of his term of service in 1867, he went to Chicago, thence to Bloomington and Lincoln, finally, coming to Fond du Lac the same year, and engaging in his present business, that of a photographer. He was married in Fond du Lac Feb. 25, 1873, to Ella M., a native of Manitowoc Co., daughter of Evander Soper, one of the earliest settlers of Wiseousiii ; they have two children - Frank Earle and Harry Walton. Mr. D. belongs to the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias Lodges of Fond du Lac, and has been Alderman from the Eighth Ward since the spring of 1879.

JOHN A. DITTJER, druggist, was bom at Baden, Germany, June 2, 1852, whose father, Amos Ditter, now resides in this county; he came to Taycheedah in 1857, where he resided until coming to Fond du Lac in 1868; in 1871, he removed to Waterloo, but after three years returned to Pond du Lac, where, in December, 1875, he began the drug business. In 1877, Mr. Mitchell became his partner, under the firm name of Ditter & Mitchell. Mr. Ditter was married, at Fond du Lac, Nov. 15, 1877, to Katie Trimbor, a native of Marshfield, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Ditter are members of St. Mary's Church, and Mr. Ditter of St. Joseph's Benevolent Society.

PHILjIP ditter, was bora in Baden, Germany, June 27, 1844; came to Taycheedah from Europe in 1857. He enlisted Feb. 15, 1864, in Co. K, 35th W. V. I., and was mustered out in May, 1866 - serving in the Department of the Gulf at the siege of Mobile, White River and ten months in Texas. Mr. Ditter began his trade in March, 1861, and has been in business for himself about nine years. He was married at Fond du Lac July 6, 1871, to' Mary Trimbor, who was bora near Marytown, Wis.; they have five children - Joseph A., John P., Mary <J., Mathias J. and Edward J. Mr. Ditter is a member of the Capuchin Church, and St. Joseph's Benevolent Society.

HESTRY C. DITTMAR, proprietor of a steam dyeing and scouring establishment ; born in New York City July 4, 1846. He entered the United States Navy Feb. 22, 1864 ; served on the steam sloop Pawnee, United States sloop New Hampshire, the flag-ship Malvern and the surveying steamer Bibb; left the naval service Feb. 20, 1867, and was located in Philadelphia until he came to Fond du Lac in 1873. He commenced work at the business he now carries on twenty-two years ago. He was married in Philadelphia, Dec. 31, 1867, to Catharine Johnson, a native of that city; they have two children - Annie H. and West A. Mr. Dittma,r is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and of the K. of P. He is a son of Henry Dittmar, who came to this county in 1865, and is now engaged in farming in Calumet Township.

HENRY DIRCKS, Foreman of the Hook and Ladder Co.; was born in New Holstein, Germany, Dec. 25, 1852 ; came with his parents, Henning N. and Theodocia Dircks, to America in 1857 ; after one year's residence in the State of New York they came to Fond du Lac, where they still reside ; at the age of 11 years Henry commenced to work in Griffith's saw-mill, in this city, where he remained three years ; afterward, for six years he was employed in the sash, door and blind manufactory of C. J. L. Meyer; since that time he has been engaged in some work at the Mihills factory. He was married in the town of Lomira, Dodge Co., Wis., Nov. 13, 1879, to Amelia WoUenburg, who was born near Berlin in Prussia. Mr. Dircks was Secretary of the Volunteer Fire Department for about five years ; since the organization of the present system he has been Foreman of the Hook and Ladder Co. He is a member of the Fireman's Mutual Aid Society. He belongs to the Lutheran Church, and St. Peter's Society connected with the church.

RICHARD DIX, was bom in Saxony, April 27, 1827, from where, after attending Jena University, Dresden College, and studying for a veterinary surgeon and practicing that profession about one year, he came to America in 1849, locating in Milwaukee ; he followed the profession of veterinary surgeon in Milwaukee and vicinity until 1855, when he came to Fond du Lac and engaged in the business of brewing, which he continued until 1862. Mr. Dix lived in Green Bay three years, where, with his parents, he built the gas-works ; during the last two years he has not been in active business. He was married: at Fond du Lac July 11, 1859, to Josephina Krembs, a native of Wurtemburg ; they have one son - Richard. Mr. Dix also has a son by a former wife - Edwin J., who is in C. J.L. Meyer's office at Chicago. The two fine brick stores south of the Patty House belong to Eichard Dix, who is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter at Fond du Lac.

JUJLICJS DOZOTEilili, engineer; residence corner of Brook and Euggles street; he was born in Lewis Co., N. Y., July 20, L839; in 1849 he went to Galena, 111., and came to Pond du Lac in 1850. He married in Jefferson, Wis., in 1861, Jennie Mclnnis; their children are May, Josephine, Jennie L., Caddie V. and Francis A ; Mr. Dozotell has been engaged as an engineer for over eighteen years. In politics, he is a Republican.

ERA-STUS W. DBUBIT, son of Needham and Clarissa Drury, nee Ladd ; was born in Bangor, N.Y., in 1814; when he was about 2 years of age, his father changed his residence to Pittsford, Vt., from there, to Highgate, Vt., where he died in 1822. His son Brastus, being then only 8 years of age, was left to struggle upwanl alone as best he could ; he acquired a taste for study from his father, who was a teacher and had excited his ambition ; he afterward improved every opportunity, until he acquired a good academic education ; he was decidedly a self-made man ; he was early apprenticed to the printing business, and at the age of 18 years, became editor and publisher of the Vermont Argus, a Democratic paper which he conducted with remarkable ability and energy, working until midnight and rising at 3 A. M., thus allowing, himself but three hours of sleep, and from three to five minutes for his meals ; he continued the paper about two years, and ihen passing it over to his brother Hamilton Drury, he devoted himself to the study of law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice at Middlebury; Vt. In 1837, Mr. Drury was married to Eveline T. Horton, daughter of Daniel G. and Mary Horton, nee Drury, of Sudbury, Vt., went to Washington, D. C, on his wedding tour, and received the appointment of Postmastet at Middlebury, Vr.., through the influence of Hon. Silas Wright, U. S. Senator, from New York, and a personal friend of Mr, Drury ; in 1843,- he came to Wisconsin Territory, and after entering a tract of land near Racine, he came to Fond du Lac County and entered 400 acres in Lamanine ; he then formed a pleasant acquaintance with Dr. Mason C. Darling, became much interested in his plan for "laying out" the village of Fond du Lac, and concluded to make it his future home ; he went back to Middlebury, Vt., intending to return soon, but on account of the protracted illness and subsequent death of his wife, he was delayed until 1846, when he returned to Pond du Lac and found the village being formed, with here and there a house on Main street, and a few buildings seemingly scattered over the prairie, but each stood on a street regularly laid out ; Mr.. Drury then formed a partnership with Mr, John A. Eastman, a son-in-law of Dr. M. C. Darling, for the practice of law. In 1847, Mr. Drury went back to Schenectady, N. Y., and was married to Deborah Van Patten, daughter of Simon P. and Hannah Van Patten, nee Toll, and returned soon after to Fond du Lao with his wife, and two children of his first wife, a daughter and son, named Mary Eveline, who died after a few years, and Hamilton Horton ; of Mr. Drury's children after his second marriage, but one is living, a daughter named Harriet, Deborah ; after having a house built on Marr street for his residence, Mr. Drury had a block erected on Main street, opposite from where the Patty House now stands, for stores and offices, in which he had his law office for a number of years until the building was destroyed by fire ; Mr. Drury made investments in Fond du Lac and the vidinity from time to time, and in difierent parts of the State ; he continued in the practioe of law until his failing health compelled him to retire from business. Vv^iile Mr. Drury aimed to occupy a respectable position among his fellow-citizens, he was most anxious that his moral and religious influence in the church and community might be such as would meet th(5 approval of his dear Savior to whose blessed service he consecrated himself at the early age of 11 years, when he became a member of the Congregational Church ; when he came to Fond du Lac, he united with the Congregational Church, which was then in its infancy, and assisted in sustaining it for , several years, when he felt it his duty to join with eleven others of the members in organizing a Presbyterian Church, in which he labored to the best of his ability until his strength failed and he was laid aside, but he has been sweetly sustained through many trying years of illness by the presence of the dear Master whnm he sousiht to, serve.

PETER DUFRAKfE, Jr., grocer, on West Division street; was born in Canada in 1853; when quite young, his parents moved to Pond du Lac, where he has since made his home ; in 1870, he be"-aii clerking in a grocery store for C. E. Errard, with whom he remained until 1877, when he began the grocery business for himself. Mr. Dufrane is a member of St. Louis Catholic Church.

FRANK F. DUFFY, attorney ; was born in Richmond, Va., Feb. 2, 1851, and was educated at St. Charles College, in Maryland, where he graduated in 1870 ; he came to Pond du Lac in 1872 ; studied law w'th Coleman & Spence ; was admitted to the bar, and is now serving his second term as_ City Attorney of Fond du Lac ; he is a member of the law firm of Conklin & Duffy, and has a good business.

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HARVEY DIJRA-IVD was born at Westficld, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 182Y, where he resided until coming to Fond du Lac, in 1853 ; he read medicine five years out of curiosity ; after coming to Fond du Lac, was engaged with the engineer corps three years, on the Chicago & North- Western and Milwaukee and La Crosse railroads, after which he engaged in farming and speculating in the town of Fond du Lac about four years, after which he removed to the city where he has since resided, amusing/ himself by speculating and dealing in real estate ; he has been Assessor five years; was in the Provost Marshal's office of the Fourth District during the war, and has been Deputy U. S. Marshal since 1861. Mr. Durand also spent one year with James Coleman securing the right of way between Fond du Lac and Milwaukee, for the North-Western Union Railway; in 1876, he made a tour of Europe, landing at Glasgow, Scotland, in which country he visited Melrose Abbey, Abbotsford, Dumfries and the birthplace of Burns ; traveled over England and France, spending some time in London and Paris ; visited the amphitheater at Niems ; explored Lyons, Versailles, Nancy and other French cities ; passed down the shore of the Mediterranean to Rome, Naples and the Italian seaports ; ascended Mt. Vesuvius, exploring its crater ; spent some time in Venice, at the Italian lakes, in Switzerland, Baden-Baden, and several German and Alsatian cities ; he returned in 1877, bringing, among other valuables, one of the finest guns to be found in England, with which he has since slaughtered great numbers of " yellow-bills," being fond of hunting and fishing, to which he devotes considerable attention. He was married at Rosendale, Wis., Sept. 33, 1860, to Jennie B., daughter of John Brown, who was born at Towanda, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.

HENRY W. DURAND was bom at North East, Erie Co., Penn., Feb. 2, 1843; came to Racine, Wis., in 1855, to town of Fond du Lac the same year, and to Fond du Lac City in 1859 ; he attended school until the rebellion, and then enlisted in Co. I, 1st W. V. I., in April, 1861 ; after serving three months, he re-enlisted, in Co. A, 14th W. V. I., in which he served till the close of the war, being mustered out as First Lieutenant ; he was in all the battles in which his regiment engaged, except the Red River expedition, being at home recruiting, in which he secured fifty-two men ; the principal engagements in which he served were Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Vicksburg, Spanish Fort, Mobile, Tupelo and Nashville ; after leaving the army, he engaged for four years in the fruit and confectionery business, since which he has dealt in hay and grain. He was married, March 20, 1866, at Fond du Lac, to Mary M. Heth, who was born at Silver Creek, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., July 12, 1844 ; they have one child - Ella M.,born March 10, 1867.

R. K. DYE, Jr., dealer in musical instruments and musical merchandise ; born in Lomira, Dodge Co., Wis., Dec. 13, 1854; came to Byron, Fond du Lac Co., with his parents, in 1865 ; resided there until 1877, when he came to this city; engaged in present business ever since ; he has taught instrumental music for the last four years. Oct. 28, 1877, he was married in Washington, Conn., to Sarah Mayhew.

REV. GEORC^E B. EASTMAN was bom at Randolph, Orange Co., Vt., Dec. 2 t, 1811 ; pursued his preparatory studies at Orange County Grammar School, entering when about 15 years of age, and continuing the same till in his 21st year, when he changed to and entered the freshman class at the University of Vermont in 1832, from whence he was transferred to the sophomore class of Dartmouth College, where he graduated with the class of 1836 ; for three months immediately following his graduation, he was teacher and theological student under Bishop Hopkins, of Episcopal Institute of Vermont, at Burlington ; in the fall of 1836, he went from there as tutor in Bristol College, at Bristol, Penn., where he remained till the spring of 1837, when he was chosen Principal of the Classical School, at Detroit, Mich., which he held till the spring of 1838 ; in the spring of 1838, he was chosen Principal of the Kalamazoo branch of the University of Michigan, but resigned this in the fall of 1839 for the professorship of language in the Episcopal Institute, of Troy, New York ; resigning the professorship in the spring of 1840, he became- Rector of Grace Church, at Waterford, N. Y., having preyiously pursued his studies for holy orders, which he received Aug. 25, 1839, under Bishop McCoskry, of Michigan. He held the pastorate of Grace Church till the summer of 1845, when he was chosen Rector of Christ's Church, Quaker Farms, and St. Peter's Church, at Oxford, having the two charges at that time>; from the summer of 1846 to the spring of 1847, he was general missionary of Rensselaer Co., N. Y., when he became Rector of Zion, Avon, N. Y. ; in 1850, he was chosen Rector of St. Paul's, Brownville, N. Y., and after three and a half years' pastorate at Brownville, he was chosen Rector of St. Paul's Church at Fond du Lac, beiug its second Pastor, and which charge he had for more than twelve years ; in autumn of 1866, he went from St. Paul's, Fond du Lac, to the pastorate of St. Paul's, Bast Saginaw, Mich., where he remained till the spring of 1870, when he became Rector of Trinity Church, at Monrop, Mich., which, on account of his health, he resigned in May, 1878, and again took up his residence at Fond du Lac, Wis. Dec. 31, 1838, he married Miss Margaret Brother, a native of Geneva, N. Y., where she was born May 1, 1819 ; the children are

Wilber, Francia, Henry B.; Mary, now Mrs. G-riffith, of Fond du Lac; Margaret, now Mrs. Col. Ferris, of Idaho; George K-, Catharine M , William T., Elizabeth T., Charles W., and Eleanor H.

HIBAM W. EATON, born in Canada Nov. 28, 1833, son of Hiram Eaton; came to Wisconsin in 1845, locating near Whitewater, where he lived fifteen years; spent the next twelve years in Missouri and Illinois ; returned to Monroe, Wis., and came to Pond du Lac in February, 1874, where he has since carried on the business of manufacturing soda water and spruce beer, which he has followed for twenty years, recently adding jfacilities for bottling laser beer. He was married at Whitewater, May 10 1857, to Jane, daughter of Wm. Page, who came to Wisconsin in May, 1845 ; she was born in the town of Marshall, Oneida Co., N. Y. ; they have seven children - Roderick D., Maud A., Blanche, Harry, Charles F., Alma J. and Bessie, and two infants have died.

RUDOIiPH JEBliBT, President of the German American Savings Bank ; was born at Dermbaeh, Grand Duchy of Saxe Weimar, Eisenach, June 29, 1829, and came to America, to Fond du Lac County in the fall of 1848, first locating in the town of Calumet ; he there engaged in farming, which he continued until the spring of 1850, when he moved to Fond du Lac ; he at once secured a position as Clerk in the Register of Deeds' oflSce, which he held until he was elected Register in November, 1852 ; he served 1853 and 1854 - one term^after which he opened an office for the transaction of real-estate, loan and abstract business ; in the spring of 1865, Mr. E. visited Europe, returning in the fall to renew his business, which was continued until 1866, when the private banking-house of Ebert & Perry was established ; in 1873, the bank was organized under the State law as a savings bank, R. Ebert, President, and J. C. Perry, Cashier. Mr. P!bert has been six terms City Treasurer of Pond du Lac, and a member of the Board of Education. In November, 1856, he was married to Louisa Encking, a native of Holstein, Germany ; they have had six children, but only one is living - Augustus, born July 22, 1861, and now in the order and sale department of C. J. L. Meyer's factory.

HIRAM EDGERTOIV, retired farmer ; is a native of Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y. ; born in September, 1802 ; he spent his boyhood with his father on a farm, and received a limited education in thi; district schools of that county; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1846 ; settled on a farm of 160 acres in the town of Fond du Lac, which his brother Thomas had entered two years prior to their immigration ; having built a small frame house 16x24 feet, though at that time, perhaps, the b^st in the neighborhood, in the spring of 1847, he returned to New York for his family, with which he reached Fond du Lac June 16 following; he did not get his house plastered, however, till December, and then it was by constantly thawing the mortar by the stoves, around which the family sat while the men plastered the walls. Thus beginning pioneer life in Fond du Lac Co., Mr. Edgerton has always been one of its reliable and successful farmers ; though the toil and struggle were severe, his resolution to succeed was equal to the task, so step by step he has gradually acquired a comfortable home to enjoy in his old age. In 1825, he married Miss Lucinda Pelton, daughter of Robin and Sylva Felton, of Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., who died at her home in Pond du Lao, Wis., in 1864, leaving five children - Francis (now Mrs. John J. Tripp, of the town of Fond du Lac), Sarah (who married Oliver. Pier, but her husband dying in three years after their marriage, she married Mr. De Witt Williams, of Oneida Co., N. Y.), Sylvia A., (now Mrs. David H. Vinton, of Empire), Ophelia (now Mrs. Samuel B. Stanchfield), Charles B. (who married Miss Matilda Hamilton, daughter of Henry Hamilton, of Fond du Lac, Jan. 1, 1866 ; they have two children - Katie and De Witt). Mr. Edgerton married Miss Jule Olmstead, of Pond du Lac, in the spring of 1866 ; she had three children - W. J. Olmstead, C. 0. Olmstead, Dr. Austin P. Olmstead, of Green Bay.

JAMES EDMUND, foreman of engine-room and round-house of N.-W. R. R. -Co., is a native of Yorkshire, England, born in 1829 ; spent most of his time till 20 years of age on a farm; came to America in 1849, and settled at Fond du Lac, where he engaged in farming for about two years ; from 1851 to 1854, he was employed in the construction of the Rock River Valley & Union Railroad ; in 1854, he was employed in the Union Iron Works, where he continued three years ; was next employed as engineer in Butler & Hiner's saw-mill for three seasons ; from 1861 to 1866, was employed as machinist in the shops of the N.-W. R. R., when he was appointed foreman in the car and locomotive shops of railroad at Fond du Lac, which position he now holds. He married Miss Alice Gainford, a native of Durham, England, in 1856 ; they had two children - William J. and an infant deceased. Members of the Presbyterian Church,

WILL.ARD EDSON was bom at Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt., Feb. 5, 1813. Was married at Braintree, Vt., to Ann Pratt, in May, 1837 ; she died Dec. 24, 1852, leaving one son - Solon W.

SOIiOX W. EDSON, was born at West Randolph, Orange Co., Vt., March 31, 1838; came to Wisconsin in October, 1854, where he has since resided; he was eight years clerk in a shoe store; since

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-then has been engaged in manufacturing pumps, horse-rakes, and various articles in wood. Mr. E. has ."been a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge since 1859. He was married at Greenbush, Wis., March 31, 1864, to Frances Josephine, daughter of Perry O. Weaver ; she was born in Chittenango, N. Y., in 1833 ; they have two children living - Eugene WiUard, born May 17, 1868, and Mabel Elizabeth, born Dec. 8, 1878, and have lost two - Mary Knowles, died at the age of 6 months, and Anna Pratt died at the age of about 5 years. Edson & Son are manufacturers of plain and ornamental building-work, brackets, moldings, newel-posts, stair-railing, balusters, etc.; ornamental carving, furniture, office-work, turning and seroU-sawing to order. Much of their work will be found in the private residences, public buildings, lodge-rooms, churches, etc. Solon W. Edson was a member of the Fond du Lac Fire Department from the time of its organization until the abandonment of the hand machines, a period of about twenty years, the last five years being an honorary member. He helped draw the first engine from the depot.

VITAL EDWIX, foreman of yard at McDonald's saw-mill, was born in France in 1838 ; came to Fond du Lac in 1863, and began work for Sexmith & Davis, in a saw-mill, where he continued for six years, after which, in 1869, he worked one year for the Fond du Lac Lumbering Co.j in 1870, he worked in a planing-mill for Mr. McDonald, whence he was transferred to the position of foreman of the lumber-yard by Mr. McDonald. Married Miss Malvina DeneauU, of Russelltown, Canada, ;in 1859 ; they have seven children - Alfred, Lafayette, Thelisford, Alexander, Adaline, Merceline and Emma. Owns house and lot and five acres of land two miles from the city.

OSC Alt C EGER, order and shipping clerk for C. J. L. Meyer's sash, door and blind factory, was born in Saxony in 1854 ; came to America with his parents in 1858, and settled at Watertown, Wis., where he lived and attended school most of the time till 1874; in 1874, he came to Fond du Lac, and -was employed as clerk in Sarp & Whittelsey's dry-goods store for one year ; in 1875, he was employed by Mr. Meyer as salesman in the sash, door and blind factory ; in 1878, he was made order and shippingclerk of the manufactory. Mr. E. has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F., since 1875- - Knights of Pythias since 1878.

CHABIiES A. ELDREDGtE was bom at Bridgeport, Vt.; when a child he moved with his parents to the State of New York and settled in St. Lawrence Co., near the village of Canton ; at this time, St. Lawrence Co. was little better than a wilderness, and Mr. Eldredge endured the hardships incident to the settlement of a new country, enjoying only the meager educational advantages afforded by the district schools of the neighborhood; from about the time he was 18 years of age, he attended the . academy at Canton, being able to secure this aid to his education only by the severest labor, supporting himself, and, at the same time, paying the wages of a man to take his place upon his father's farm ; when 21, he had prepared himself for college, but, finding that he must still rely upon his own exertions alone, he unwillingly gave up the hope of attending college, entered the law office of John L. Russell, of Canton, and began his legal studies ; here he remained for nearly six years, supporting himself by teaching school ; some of the time, also, acting as Superintendent of Schools ; in 1847, he was admitted to the bar ; in 1848, having practiced for some time in the lower courts of New York, he came West, settled at Fond du Lac, and at once began the practice of his profession. In 1849, he married Maria A. Bishop, only daughter of Arch Bishop, then of Washington Co., N. Y., but afterward of the town of Eden, Fond du Lac Co.; his family consists of five children - William A., Arch B., May R., Charles and Adda. In 1854, Mr, Eldredge was elected State Senator, served two terms and refused a renomination ; in 1862, he was elected a Representative in Congress over Edward S. Bragg, a Democrat, who accepted the Republican nomination; in 1864, 1866, 1868, 1870 and 1872, Mr. Eldredge was unanimously renominated, and re-elected by large, though varying, majorities; his opponents, during this time, were A. Scott Sloan, J. A. Watrous, Orrin Hatch, Judge Frisby, of West, Bend, and Louis Baetz, formerly State Treasurer; in 1874, Mr. Eldredge was defeated for a renomination, the result being largely, if not wholly, due to his action on the " back-pay bill," generally called the " Salary Grab," which measure he supported and defended in Congress, and as to his error or wrong in the matter is still unconvinced. Mr. Eldridge's service in Congress was during the most heated and bitter time of the war, and, while he supported and' favored, with all his energy, every measure having for its object only the suppression of the rebellion and the forcing back of the seceding States to their allegiance, he opposed with equal vigor every measure which he believed had for its object the subjugation of those States as conquered provinces; every measure tending to keep alive and prolong the hostile and bitter feelings resulting naturally from the war ; he claimed then, and the same doctrine has been held by every court which has yet passed upon the question, that only by successful rebellion could those States get out of the Union, and that legislation by Congress which produced or admitted such a result was only less criminal than actual rebellion in that it saved the country from the horrors of war; by his speech on the subject, he' forced from Thaddeus Stevens the announcement that the rebel States were out of the Union ; were conquered provinces and rightly to be treated as such. Mr. Eldredge served for many years upon the Judiciary Comnjittee of the House, and, with Mr. Marshall, of Illinois, made the minority report against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson; he opposed the passage of the law known as the " Federal Election Laws," and, in his speech upon the bill, foretold, with a clearness almost prophetic, tiie result ; his predictions have been more than fulfilled, and the time is rapidly coming when they will be blotted from our statute-books ; when the question of the distribution of the Greneva award was before Qongress, Mr. Eldredge differed with both the majority and minority of the Judiciary Committee, and, in opposing the bill proposed by the majority, held in a forcible and eloquent speech, that as the money awarded came from Great Britain, whose wrong was against the United States, ' and the losses from which the whole people of the United States suffered, and as it was an indemnity paid by a neutral nation for wrongs done to this nation or its citizens and for losses sustained by the nation or its citizens during the war, nothing would more completely and justly satisfy the demands of equity, than to cover the money into the people's Treasury for the people's use, and not to pay it over to insurance companies and corporations who were making money and dividing among themselves two dollars for one of their investments, while the mass of the people suffered all the horrors and calamities of the war. In 1870, Mr. Eldredge opposed the right of the Federal Government to determine the qualification of electors, and in an able speech spoke against the action of party and party spirit in regard to such a measure. In opposing a bill very materially changing our present naturalization laws, making it much more difiBcult for foreign immigrants to become citizens, Mr. Eldredge advocated '- that the immigrant, coming here in good faith to make this country his country and to cast his lot in with us, should be granted all these privileges at once. Actual residence, with intention of remaining, renunciation of all former allegiances, and his oath of allegiance to the United States being all that should be required.

W. A. ELDREDGE, of the firm of Butterfield & Eldredge, merchant tailors; born in Fond du Lac June 25, 1850 ; son of Hon. C. A. Eldredge, who came here in 1849 ; Mr. Eldredge graduated from the Law Department of the Georgetown University at Washington, D. C, in June, 1875 ; he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia ; he was engaged in practice at Milwaukee for a short time prior to engaging in his present business, in November, 1878. He married Miss Lillie Cook, daughter of Charles Cook, of Washington, D. C, in Washington, Nov. 11, 1873; she died in that city in March, 1875 ; his present wife was Anna, daughter of WiUiam Mason, of Fond du Lac ; they were married Dec. 25, 1878 ; she was born near Windsor Castle, England.

C. li. ESrCKINtt, real-estate agent, was born at Holstein, Germany, Jan. 17, 1837 ; came to Taycheedah in 1852, where he lived two years ; he then came to Pond du Lac and engaged as a dry-goods clerk with Sewell & Co.,, which firm he bought out eighteen months later, the firm becoming Bower & Encking ; this firm continued two years, after which Mr. Enoking followed agricultural pursuits until 1862, when he returned to the city and, in January of that year, began clerking in the Register's Office, which he followed until December, 18^4, when he bought out R. Ebert's real estate, loan and notary business, and hascontinued in it ever since ; he is also ocean steamship ticket agent, abstracter of lands, perfecter of titles,- etc. He has been City Comptroller two terms. Alderman and in other local offices. He was married, at Fond du Lac, Jan. 6, 1868, to Ida Bechaud, a native of Germany ; they have two children - Emelie and Louise. Mr. Encking is a member of the Commandery, Chapter, Masonic Lodge, Concordia Benevolent Society and German English Academy.

CAIilCE E. ERRARD, proprietor of grocery store ; was born in Canada in 1824 ; he grew up and lived on a farm there until 1862, when he went to Vermont, from there to New Hampshire and thence to Michigan, spending six years in the three States, after which he returned to Canada and spent the winter of 1868-69 ; in the spring of 1869 he moved to Fond du Lac and began the grocery business, in which he has continued since that time. He married Miss Delphine Ladduke, of Fond du Lac, in 1874, and has two children - Malina and Joseph. Mr. Errard and his family are members of St. Louis Catholic Church.

SEDASTIAN EUDEMILLiBR, proprietor of marble works, was born in Germany in 1829; came to New York City with his parents in 1845 ; in 1846, he began his trade with the firm of Fisher & Bird, of New York City, and with whom he remained until 1861, when he came to Fond du Lac, and was in the employ of Sterns & Sherwood, marble men, for one year ; in 1863 he began the business for himself, and has since been proprietor of the same. He is one of the charter members of the German Odd Fellows' Lodge, prior to which he was a member of the American Lodge ; was a member of the City Council from the Second Ward in 1875; was assistant engineer of the Fire Department for two years; organized the Hook and Ladder Company, of which he was Foreman until 1873 ; he was also a member of the Fire:

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Department while in New York City. In 1852, he married Miss Barbara Schneider, of New York ; they have seven children - Rebecca, Barbara, Katie, Paulina, Matilda, Louisa and Charles.

OWEN EVANS, Foreman of Fire Engine No. 3 ; was born in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov.- 22, 1855 ; came with his parents, William and Catherine Evans, now residents of the city, to Fond du- Lac in 1868 ; Mr. E. has been connected with the fire department three years, prior to which time he was connected with various mills and factories ; he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Lodge.

ASAPH C. EVEItEST, grain-dealer; was born in the town of Addison, Addison Co., Vt., in 1816 , his parents, Zadock Everest and Olive Taylor, both died in Vermont ; in 1836, he immigrated to Knox Co., 111., and for one and a half years was engaged in merchandising, and then removed to Rock Island, 111, whence, in 1840, he returned to Vermont ; in 1841, he came again to Knox Co., 111., and was in business one year in Knoxville and then returned a second time to Vermont ; in 1846, he came to Fond du Lao Co., Wis., and settled on a farm in the town of Lamartine, where he followed farming till 1854; he was one of the organizers of the town of Lamartine and was the first Chairman of the Town Board ; in 1854, he entered some land in Minnesota, but never settled on it ; in the fall of 1854, he removed to Galesburg, 111.; remained the winter, and, in the spring of 1855, came to the city of Fond du Lao, where he has since been dealing in grain and produce. In June, 1846, he married Miss Clara Drury, who died in the spring of 1857, leaving two children - Anna, now the wife of Daniel Abercrombie and lives in the Province of Quebec, Canada, and Mary D., now the wife of William Coolbaugh and lives in Algona, Iowa. In 1857, he married Thankful M., daughter of Ralph and Sarah Abercrombie. of Lower Canada; their children are Kate A. (now a student at the State University), Byron (deceased), Albert C, now at home. Mr. and Mrs. E. are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. E. has been a member of the City Council several terms. i

JAMES E WEN, retired ; is a native of New York City, where he was born in 1806 and resided until 1831, spending much of his time with his brothers, who were civil engineers of that city, and, at the same time, devoting his attention to steaml^oat building ; in May, 1831, he went from New York to Canada to build steamboats for the navigation of the St. Lawrence River, which he continued tiU 1835, when he returned to the city of New York and made that his home till 1840 ; after an absence of five years from Canada, he was again sought by the company, in whose employ he had been, to again engage in building steamboats for them, which he consented to do, and remained with the company for nine years; in 1849, he came to Pond du Lac and began the lumber trade, which he continued one year, when he exchanged that business for a hotel, then known as the '- Lewis House," of which he was proprietor for a little more than ten years ; his wife growing weary of such a life, he rented the hotel and retired to private life ; in two or three years after that, he disposed of the hotel building, and has since been mostly engaged in buying and selling real estate, cashing notes, loaning money, etc. He married Miss Isabella Milton, of Niagara, in September, 1835, by whom he has had seven children, three of whom are now deceased; those living are Mariah (now Mrs. Dudly, of Fond du Laej, Milton, John J., Isabella and Frank E.

J. Ij. D. EYCLESHimEB is a native of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., born June 1, 1824, and is the son of John P. and Mary (Cushman) Eycleshimer, also natives of New York, but of Holland descent; he spent his earlier life on a farm in his native county, and, in October, 1850, immigrated to Wisconsin ; he firsi settled in the city of Janesville, Rock Co., where for seven years he was engaged in the livery business and at the same time carried on a farm ; during the year 1858 and part of 1859, he was dealing in fast horses, and spent much of the time in the Southern States ; returning to Janesville in October, 1859, he formed a copartnership with Louis P. Harvey, afterward Governor of Wisconsin, H. 0. Clark and John S. Harvey, and began milling at Shopiere, Rock Co., Wis., which they, as a. firm, continued till 1865 ; Nov. 21, 1859, he removed to the city of Fond du Lac for the purpose of supplying their mill with wheat from that market; after the dissolution of their milling firm in 1865, he continued dealing in grain and produce, more or less, till the fall of 1870 ; in November, 1862, he was elected Sherifi"of Fond du Lac Co; in the spring of 1864, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Public Works in the city. In the fall of 1870, he was elected Register of Deeds of this county and filled the office with such credit to himself and satisfaction to his friends that he was re-elected to that office in 1872; his term of office expiring January 1, 1875, he again resumed the grain trade, which he has followed most of the time since; spent one year (1879) in the business in Dakota; he is now operating in grain at Rosendale, Pond du Lac Co. Sept. 1, 1847, he married Miss Harriet A., the youngest daughter of Elisha and Lydia Sherman, of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; they have two sons - Charles S., now Deputy Register of Deeds of Fond du Lac County, and Fred L. D., who is now a student at stenography in this city. Mrs. Eycleshimer is a member of the Baptist Church.

JAMES H. FARNS WORTH, Secretary of the La Belle Wagon Works ; is a native of St. 111., where he was born in 1839 ; his parents soon afterward moved to Racine, Wis., where they lived till James was about 8 years old, when in 1848 they came to Fond du Lac; in 1868 he became SL partner in the firm of Farnsworth, Knapp & Co., wholesale and retail hardware merchants ; then the largest wholesale house in the State outside of Milwaukee ; in 1873 he disposed of his interest in the hardware trade, and in 1874 became business manager of the La Belle Wagon Works, in which capacity he served till 1879 when it became a stock company and he was chosen Secretary for the company. In February, 1868, he married Miss Aurelia S. Ingram, niece of Dr. Darling, of Fond du Lac; they have three children - Dana A., born Nov. 29, 1871 ; Claire, born April 1, 1875 ; Annie, born Dec. 29, 1877. Mr. F. and wife are members of the Congregational Church. Mr. F. has been a Mason for a number of years. Mr. Farnsworth has been connected with the La Belle Wagon Works since its origin ; he was one of the originators of the works which are now so well known throughout this country.

WILIilAM FARIVSWORTH, (deceased); was born in Groton, Mass., Oct. 23, 1819 ; received his education at the Seminary of Groton by the time he reached his 15th year; in 1834, he with his parents moved to St. Charles, 111.; he desired to learn the cooper's trade, and his father agreed to give him his time and all he could earn from that time On; before he reached his 21 year he had saved $300 from his earnings, but the company failed and caused him so much trouble in getting his hardearned savings that he firmly resolved that in after life he would make his living with his brains rather than his hands, which resolution he faithfully kept ; in 1840 he with his parents moved to Racine, Wis.; -whence in 1848 he came to Fond du Lac, landing here with only $5 in his pocket to meet his expenses till he could find a way by which he could replenish his much-reduced purse ; his first business after settling here was with his father in the manufacture of grain cradles, which he continued till 1854, when he established the wholesale and retail hardware store ; in the same year he took Mr. Isaac Sherwood in as a partner when the firm was known and existed till 1868 as Farnsworth & Sherwood, hardware merchants ; in 1868 James H. Farnsworth and William H. Knapp purchased Mr. Sherwood's interest, and the firm was then known as Farnsworth, Knapp & Co.; in 1868, under the name of Farnsworth, Knapp & Co., the La Belle Wagon Works were established, Mr. Farnsworth being the prime mover in the establishment, and the most active and energetic man connected with the works till 1873, when- the business changed hands, though he continued an interest in the business till 1876 ; in June, 1877, he went to Colorado and was there interested in the sale of wagons and lumber till his health suddenly failed him and he was compelled to return to his home at Fond du Lac, shortly after which he died, Sept. 3, 1878. In 1852, he married Miss Mary Bdgerton, sixth daughter of Dr. J. Edgerton, of Fond du Lac, whom he left a widow with three children - Cara, M. Antoinette and Emma. Mr. Farnsworth was one of those enterprising and public-spirited men to whom much credit is due for the establishment of some of the most beneficial industries of which Fond duLac to-day is so justly proud.

HOW. JAMES FITZGERAIiD, was born in County Cork, Ireland, April 13, 1817 ; came to Boston April 20, 1848 ; resided in the town of Randolph, Mass., six years ; arrived at Fond du Lac.July 12, 1854, and began the business of shoemaker, which he has followed for over fifty years. Mr. F. has taken an active part in- politics; served as Alderman of the Fourth Ward, and was a member of the Assembly for the city of Fond du Lao in 1878. He was married in Boston, Aug. 5, 1849, to Johanna Berry, born in county Cork, Ireland. They have five children - William, James, John, Thomas, Edmund and Johanna.

FRAXK A. FLOWER, journalist ; was born at Cottage, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y._, May 11, 1854'; began attending school at the age of 6, and, from that time until his education was finished, was never absent a whole day from his classes ; at 13, he was sent to Madame Staats' private school for Latin, French and literary students ; at 14, to the Gowanda Academy, and at 15 to the State Normal School at Fredonia, N. Y., where he took a classical course. His first contributions to the press appeared, under a fictitious name, simultaneously in the New York Tribune and EUicottsville Union, in 1867. From that time he has written continuously for the leading newspapers and periodicals. At 18, he was engaged for one year as reporter and traveling correspondent for the Fredonia (N. Y.) Advertiser and Union. At 19, he was engaged as Principal of the school at Perrysburg, which position was retained until he came to Fond du Lao in November, 1874. At school, he was chosen editor of the Zetesian and the Sans Souci. He wrote several dramas, which were successfiTlly put upon the stage, and numerous stories, while carrying three extra studies in school. At the graduating exercises at the State Normal School, after delivering his oration on " Hogs Amongst Kings, or Kings Amongst Hogs," he was requested to elaborate and deliver it as a lecture for the benefit of the Public Library of Sinclairville, which he did to a full house. This earned for him the title of " boy lecturer," and this oration, or " lecture," was delivered twenty times during that winter in Erie, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Cos. After arriving in Wisconsin, Mr. P. eng;aged to deliver the same lecture in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, but, being taken severely ill, only filled two engagements - at Eureka and Winneoonne, Wis. During the winter of 187i-75, he did his first newspaper work in Wisconsin upon the Ripon Gommonwealih, which he left in the early spring of 1875, to read law with Coleman & Spence. May 1 of that year, he engaged as local editor of the Fond du Lac Saturday Reporter, continuing in that capacity until the paper changed hands, after which he was employed upon the Milwaukee News. Connection with that paper was severed in the fall, and Mr. F. took the " stump " with Congressman Charles Gr. Williams, Hons. E. C. McPetridge, Satterlee Clark and Quartus H. Barron against the re-election of William R.. Taylor for Grovernor, his first speech being at Waupun. Immediately after the State election of 1876, he went to Iowa, where he taught .school one term at Mitchell, returning to Fond du Lac March 1 , 1877, to become associate editor of the Daily Commonwealth, which position he held, performing most of the necessary editorial labors, until Nov. 8, 1879, when he resigned on account of ill health, and to accept literary labors of a less exacting nature. Mr. Flower was married at Ripon, Dec. 22, 1875, to Miss Nettie E. Appleby, born in Green Lake Co., Wis., April 20, 1854. He never has used tobacco in any form, played a game for money, or used liquor as a beverage. In 1874, he was awarded the cash prize by the National Butter and Egg Association, which was paid by Daniel W. Dake of Beloit, Wis., for an illustrated pamphlet on the manufacture of butter and cheese.

CHARLES W. FJLOWER, dealer in books and stationery ; was born in Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 22, 1842 ; lived several years in Montreal, Canada ; came to Fond du Lac in 1864, and engaged in the lumbering business; in 1871. he began his present business. Married at Chicago, Jan. 18, 1870, to Frances E. Arnett, of Chicago ; they have one child - William Arnett Flower, born in April, 1874. Mr. Flower's only brother, Aaron Parker Flower, is a hardware merchant at Spring Valley, Minn.

EDWARD FLYNN was born in County Waterford, Ireland, in 1832; his parents, William and Honora (Corcoran) Plynri, were also natives of that county; he came to America in 1853, and stopped in Massachusetts for three years ; in 1856, he came to this city, where he has since lived ; he now owns a house and lot on corner of Rees street. He was married to Catherine, daughter of Joseph and Julia Lynch, nee Foly, also natives of County Waterford, Ireland ; their children are John, Hanora, William, Ellen, Patrick, Mary, Julia, Edward, Joanna, Margaret. The family are members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

E. F. FORD, paper dealer ; was born at Bast Livermore, Me., March 14, 1840, where he resided until 1852, when he moved to Massachusetts, after which, Aug. 15, 1854, he came with hia father to Fond du Lac ; after 1858 he was the traveling representative of a confectionery establishment at Milwaukee for nine years ; three years thereafter, represented a wholesale grocery house, and, in 1877, began dealing in paper, bags, twine, etc., at Fond du Lac. Mr. F. was married, Sept. 23, 1863, to Maggie Dewrose, who was born near Pittsburgh, Penn.; they have one child - Nellie E. Mr. Ford's father, Luther L. Ford, died at Fond du Lac in 1872.

FRANK N. FOX, dealer in hats, caps, ladies' fine furs, gents' furnishing goods, sachels, valises, etc.; born in Prussia Nov. 4, 1842; came to Milwaukee with his parents in June, 1854. In August, 1865, he enlisted in Co. C, 24th W. V. I.; served until June 28, 1865, when he was mustered out at Milwaukee ; during his service, he was detailed to do provost-marshal duty at Gen. Sheridan's ieadquarters for about nine months. Came to Fond du Lac in August, 1865; commenced business here Aug. 25, 1865 ; learned the trade of hatter and furrier in Milwaukee ; commenced work at his trade in 1858 ; Mr. Fox is a member of the Turner Society, I. 0. 0. P., and A., F. & A. M. Married, in Fond du Lac, to Miss Mary Altpass, Aug. 20, 1867 ; they have two children - Prank E. and Edwin P.

JOHN FRANCIS was bom in Cornwall, England, July 17, 1834; came to Canada in 1854; to Portage City in 1857, where he resided one year, and to Pond du Lac, June 28, 1858, engaging for two and a half years in the livery business, since which time he has been in the hardware trade ; he first began this businsss with S. E. Lefierts, and has been with him and his successor twenty years. Mr. F. was married in the town of Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., April 25, 1861, to Mrs. Sophronia Harris, born near Cornwall, Canada, Dec. 19, 1833 ; she is a daughter of Elizabeth Hitsman, who came to Pond du Lao Co. in 1845.

EDWIN C. FRENCH (deceased), was a native of Cornwall, county of Stormont, Can.; born JVIay 5, 1817 ; he received a common-school education in his native county, and early in life began to earn his own living by clerking in a dry-goods store ; later, he became interested in public works, as follows : Beauharnois, Lachine and St. Ann's Locks ; the Northern Railroad, of New York ; the Bytown & Presoott, now called the Ottawa and St. Lawrence, of Ontario ; the Union Canal, of Pennsylvania, and several railroads of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The last few years of his life were devoted to the manufacture of gas and building of railroad bridges ; having thus spent most of his life in public enterprises, which shall be of lasting benefit to those who may come after him, he died at his home in Pond du Lao June 30, 1876; he was a man of an active and acquisitive disposition, and by his public sjiirit, enterprise and industry, he acquired a reasonable portion of this world's gocUds as the fruits of his honest toil, Nov. 21, 1848, he was married to Miss Mar;?aret, daughter of Daniel and Esther McArthur, of Montreal,. Can., by whom he had five daughters - Esther A. (the late Mrs. G. P. Knowles), Catherine (now Mrs. G. P. Knowles, of Fond du Lac), Josephine, Jennie and Jessie M. The family are members of the Episcopal Church.

CHARLES Li. FREDERICK, attorney, was born in Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., in 1853 ; son of Charles W. and Louise D. Frederick, who were early settlers of the town ; attended the Fond du Lac High School and Commercial College ; was in the Kegister's office two years ; studied law with Coleman & Spence, after which he entered the Michigan University, graduating in the law and literary departnlents in 1876, being then admitted to the bar of the Circuit and Supreme Courts of Michigan ; he was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin the same year, since which time he has been in the practice of his profession.

- JACOB ERE Y, of the firm of J. & C. Frey, grain-dealers and brewers ; was born in Germany in 1824 ; came to Milwaukee in August, 1848, and in May, 1849, he, with his brother Charles, began the brewery business here in the summer of 1849, and have since continued the business ; in 1866, they purchased an elevator, having capacity of 30,000 bushels, and have since been engaged in buying grain in connection with their brewery establishment. Mr. Jacob Frey married Miss Dora Newkirk, of Milwaukee, in 1850, she being a native of Germany also ; they have three children-^Amelia, Frank and Anna. Mr. Frey was a charter member of the first Odd Fellows' lodge organized at Fond du Lac.

CHARLES FREY, partner and brother of Jacob Frey; was born in Germany in 1826; came with his brother Jacob to Milwaukee in 1848, and to Fond du Lac in 1849; has always been been a partner in business, so that the history of one's business is a history of the other's also ; in 1859, he married Miss Mary Schafer, of Fond du Lac, by whom he has three children - Charles, Julia and Johanna. Messrs. J. & C. Frey are now the oldest German residents in the city of Fond du Lac, the few who cam& prior to them havinsr died or moved away.

RUDOLPH FRITZ KE, Principal of German Lutheran School ; was born in Prussia Oct; 7, 1849 ; came to America in 1867 and settled at Milwaukee, Wis. ; he was educated at Du Page Seminary, Addison, 111., where he entered in 1871 and graduated in 1873, soon after which he began teaching in the Lutheran school at Fond du Lac, and after his first year's work, he was made Principal of the school, which position he has since held. In 1874, hd married Miss Emma Luseberg, of Addison, whose acquaintance he formed while there at school ; they have three children - Julia, Emma and Rosa.

JACOB C. FIIHR3IAN, superintendent of J. C. Huber & Co.'s drug-mill ; was born in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., April 11, 1851 ; son of Jacob and Kate Fuhrman, now residents of that town ; Mr. F. was raised on a farm ; served an apprenticeship at wagon-making in Caluniet Village ; worked at that trade three years ; went to California in 1870 ; returned after six months to Missouri, where he worked one year at his trade ; removed then to Woodville, Calumet Co., where he worked one year at his trade, and two years at farming ; in 1874, he sold out and came to Fond du Lac, where he has since been engaged in the medicine-manufacturing business, associated with J. C. Huber ; Mr. F. is one of the proprietors and Superintendent of the drug-mill. He was married at Fond du Lac April 15, 18.79, to Clara L. Bischoff ; she was born in the city of Fond du Lac Aug. 22, 1856. He is a Turner and a member of Economical Lodge, K. of H.

JOHjV F. M. tirAERTlVER, overseer of the County Poor and Insane Asylum ; was born in the province of Rhine in 1831; emigrated to America with his parents, John and Barbara Gaertner, reaching the town of Byron, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Aug. 12, 1847, where he followed farming for about fourteen years, whence, in 1861, he removed to the city of Fond du Lao, where he was in the eimploy of J. & C. Frey, brewers, from 1862 till 1868, after which, for one year, he was interested in the grain trade with Mr. Louis Rupp, of that city ; he next was in the saloon business till September, 1877 ; Jan. 1, 1879, he was installed overseer of the County Poor and Insane Asylum, by the County Board, which office he has efficiently filled. In January, 1855, he was married to Miss Helena, daughter of Mathias and Mary Schmidt, of the town of Lamartine ; they have five children - Maggie, Ma'ry, Bertha, Dina and Annie. Mr. Gaertner and family are members of the Catholic Church.

CHARLES STELSON ALL AND, carpenter and traveling salesman ; was born in the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Dec. 25, 1857 ; a son of William and Mary Galland, who

-came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1841, and wto are still living on Sec. 2, town of Fond du Lac ; at the -age of 14, Charle3 N. began leamiog the carpenter's trade, which he has ever since followed, working

CHARIiFiS ALFRED GAIiliOWAY, lumber manufacturer ; was born near Lowville, Xewis Co., N. Y., in April, 1835; came to Fond du Lao in 1863, where he very soon after enlisted in the 39th W. V. I. ; on his return from the army, he was employed in the lumber business with his brother, Edwin H. Galloway, now deceased, with whom he continued a few years before entering the same business for himself, which he still follows on an extensive scale, being a member of the firm of Moore & Galloway. Mr. Galloway has served as Alderman, Mayor, member of the Board of Supervisors, and, March 4, 1880, was appointed by President Hayes United States Collector of Revenue for the Third Wisconsin District. He was married at Sergeant's Blufis, Iowa, in November, 1870, to Emma A. Kennedy ; they have one child, born in September, 1871.

JAMES OAYBfOR, lumbermDu ; was born in Canada in 1839, and lived there till 1855, when he went to Janesviile and lived one year; in 1856, he came t) Fond du Lac ; began the lumber business, rafting from Oshkosh to Fond du Lac, which he continued till 1874, since which time, he has been operating in lumber over on the Chippewa and its tributaries, where he has 7,000 acres of pine land, shipping from three to five million feel annually down the Mississippi River. Mr. Gaynor has a one-acre lot on Sheboygan street which is covered by a growth of the natural forest trees, making one of the nicest lots for a dwelling in the city of Fond du Lac. He was a member of the City Council from -the Second Ward in 1875. Married Miss Mary Doherity, of Fond du Lao, in 1872 ; they have three

AUGUST GEISIiFR, proprietor of meat market; was born in Germany in the year 1830 ; he followed farming there until 1855, then came to America and began the butcher trade in Milwaukee, whence he came to Fond du Lac in 1871. In 1855, he married Miss Ernestina Bericle, of Germany, by whom he has three children - Edward, Paulina (deceased), Amelia. He and family are members of the -Lutheran Church.

HE\R¥ J. GERPHEIDB,attorney at law ; he was born at Manitowoc, Wis., May 5, 1853; from 1871 to 1873, he was a student at th'3 State Normal School at Oshkosh ; he then entered upon the study of law with the firm of H. G. & W. J. Turner, of Manitowoc, and continued in their office until early in the year 1875 ; after spending a short time in Appleton, he came to Fond du Lac,' locating here in March, 1875; May 7, of the same year, he was admitted to the bar, and has continued the practice of his profession in the city ever since. In October, 1878, he married Eleanor P. Perkin^!; daughter of Hon. George Perkins, present County Judge of Fond du Lac Co.; she was born at Brandon, in this county; tneyhave one son - George H.

JOFLi B. tJERlIOND, watchmaker; he was born at Pleasant Valley, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1818 ; in 1839, he removed to Savannah, Ga., where he lived two years ; lived one year in Philadelphia; twenty-three years in New York City ; removed to Chicago in 1865, and to Fond du Lao in 1872. Mr. G. began the business of watchmaking in 18315, and has worked at it ever since. He was married in New York City, April 12, 1849, to Perraelia Hunt, born in that city March 23, 1828 ; they have four children - Irving Hunt, Joel Arnoux, Harry Johnson and Myra Jane.

OEORGF GIDDIIVGS, of the firm of Do Groat & Giddings; is a native of Wisconsin, and was born in 1852; lived at Sheboygan till 14 years of age, when, with his parents, he came to Fond du Lac ; was educated in the public schools of Sheboygan and Fond du Lac; followed farming till 1872; from 1872 to 1875, he worked in aflouring-mil! with his father; in 1876, became a partner of Mr. De Groat, in the firm of De Groat & Giddings, manufacturers of engines, mill machinery, etc. In 1878, he married Miss Hattie Belle Hunter, daughter of George Hunter, of Fond du Lac ; she is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Giddings has been a K. of P. since 1878.

NATHAN C. GIFFIN ; was born Oct. 18, 1833, at Hamilton, a small village seven miles south of the city of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.; he is the oldest son of Nathan Ford Giifin, and a lineal descendant of Simon Giffin, who, about the year 1761, was a prominent citizen of Halifax, Nova Scotia; his grandfather, David Giffin, was a native of Bennington, Vt., who, in 1800, at the age of 34 years, settled in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., on a farm in the town of Oswegatchie, six miles above Ogdensburg, where he resided for forty years ; he was a captain during the war of 1812. Nathan Jord, his fourth son, in 1830, at the age of 25 years, located in Hamilton, where he still resides, having, by his untiring energy and strict business habits, secured a competency for his old age ; he has one daughter, his firstborn, who resides in Nebraska, and his six living sons (one died at the age of 16 years) are all married and well settled in life ; two are lawyers, one a physician, one a merchant, one a teacher and oneis a farmer. Dr. L. W. Griffin, the youngest of the family, is a resident of this State and at present located at Menasha. Nathan C. Giffin, the subject of this sketch, was educated at the Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, N. Y., and Union College, of Schenectady, N. Y., at which latter institution he graduated in 1859, and at once went to New York City to finish his law studies ; be was admitted to the bar in 1860 ; during the Thirty-Seventh Congress, he was Clerk of one of the United States Senate Committees. In 1862, he was married to Miss Jane C. Eddy, daughter of Zephaniah Eddy, a prominent farmer of the town of Philadelphia, N. Y.; in 1863, he came to Pond du Lac with his wife and infant daughter, (where he has since resided), and opened a law office; he has held several prominent positions here; has been a member of the Board of Education, Chairman of the First Ward, President of the Common Council, for five years. City Attorney, and for four and one-half years County Judge, and is at present one of the Directors of the Public Library, which is maintained by the" city of Fond du Lae. He has four children, three daughters and one son. He, his wife and three daughters, are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is one of the Trustees. Judge Giffin is at present practicing law in the city of Fond du Lac, and 0. T. Williams, a graduate of Lawrence University and a promising young lawyer, is his partner. Mrs. Giffin is well known throughout the county, and is noted for her benevolence and zeal in every good cause.

JOHN W. (irllili, roadmaster of the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac Railroad ; was born jn County Mayo, Ireland, June 24, 1838; came to America in 1849 ; resided in Syracuse, N. Y., until he came to Fond du Lac, in November, 1856; Mr. Gill has been in the employ of the Chicago & North- Western Railway Co. about twenty years, spending four years in their employ in Michigan. He was married at Neenah, Wis., to Catherine Mongan, June 6, 1864, a native of County Roscommon, Ireland ; they have five children - Mary A., Ellen M., William J., Catherine and John C. Mr. Gill has served several terms as Alderman ; been member of the County Board, and for many years President of the St. Patrick's Benevolent Society.

COIi. N. S. GrIIiSOJf, attorney at law; was born at Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio; he came to Wisconsin in 1860 ; in September, 1861, he enlisted at West Bend, in Co. D, 12th W. V. I.; he entered the service as 'a private, and was promoted to be Sergeant of his company, then as Sergeant Major of his regiment ; during a portion of the year 1862, his regiment was doing duty in Missouri and Kansas; in June of that year, they joined the Army of the Tennessee at Columbus, Kentucky; a portion of the time he was with the Army of the Cumberland on detached duty ; in August, 1863, he was promoted to the first lieutenancy of Company H, 58th Regiment U. S. Colored Infantry ; he participated in the siege of VicksbUrg, siege of Jackson, battle of Perryville, and other engagements; he served as Judge Advocate of the District of Natchez, on the staff of Maj. Gen. Davidson, and in 1865-66 was Judge Advocate of the Department of Mississippi, on the stafi' of Maj. Gen. Osterhaus, and also on the stafi" of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Wood; he was mustered out of the service as Lieutenant Colonel June 12, 1866, and was brev^tted Colonel of V. 8. Volunteers by the President. After leaving the army, Mr. Gilson spent a year at the Albany (N. Y.). Law School, graduating in 1867; in 1868, he began the practice of his profession in the city of Fond du Lac ; since that time Col. Gilson has served one term as City Attorney of Fond du Lac, and one term as District Attorney of Fond du Lac County ; he is now practicing law as a member of the firm of Gilson & Ware, at Fond du Lac.

L.01JIS GOIiDSTUCKER, Justice of the Peace ; born in the kingdom of Hanover, in January, 1819; came to America in October, 1849 ; came to Fond du Lac in April, 1853; elected Justice of the Peace first in 1857.

THOMAS GOUGrH, groceryman; was born in Ireland in 1833, where he lived on a farm till 1852, when with parents he moved to Quebec, where he remained for three and one-half years ; he came to Fond du Lao in the year 1856 and began clerking in a hardware store for R. Deacon, with whom he remained for one year ; he then clerked in different stores in the city of Fond du Lac till 1863, when he entered the store of E. H. Jones & Bro., for whom he clerked eight and one-half years; leaving them in 1871 he started a grocery store of his own, which business he has since continued. He married Miss Katie Kelly, of Elba Township, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1870, who died in June, 1872, leaving three children, whose names are as follows : Mary, John T. and Katie; Mary and John T. are now living, but Katie, the youngest, lived only about two weeks after the death of her mother. Mr. Gough married Miss Sarah Ford, of Rosendale, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., in 1876, by whom he has one child - Annie. Mr. Gough and all his family are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN JE. GOUIiD, farmer; was born in Monmouthshire, Wales, in 1821. In April, 1846, he with his parents - John and Margaret Grould - set sail for America, and landed in New York June 8, following ; they stopped for one year at Minersville, Penn., where he engaged in coal mining ; thence to Clinton, Ohio ; thence, in 1849, to Fond du Lac Co., and followed farming in the town of Eldorado till 1865. He then disposed of that farm and bought his present home of ninety-eight and one-half acres in Section 4, town of Fond du Lac, of which he sold nineteen and one-half acres, leaving him seventy-eight acres, valued at about $80 per acre. He married Miss Isabella Kendall of Eldorado, in 1861 ; they have had three children - George, Charles (deceased), Martha. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

WEiNDlili OBAUS, proprietor of saloon; was born in Prussia in 1821; immigrated to America in 1845 ; landing at New York, he went to Pennsylvania ; thence to Ohio, and there was employed as a molder in a foundry for about six years ; leaving Ohio in 1856, he spent most of that year in traveling through Illinois, Iowa, down the Mississippi to St. Louis and hack to Cincinnati, Ohio ; thence he emigrated to California, where he remained till 1861. He then returned to New York, and there set sail for Europe, where he visited Hamburg, Heidelberg, Baden, Ludwick, Paris and Southampton, and various other places of interest. He set sail from Southampton, and reached America again in 1 863, and settled in Fond du Lac, where he soon began his present business. Married Miss Eva Halk, daughter of Michael Halk of Germany ; they have four children as follows : Louisa, August (deceased), George (deceased), Joseph, now of New York. Mr. G. and family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Mr. Graus was a member of Common Council from Fourth Ward, for one term - 1869.

liEROY GRAVES is a native of Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y., where he was horn in 1830, and lived till 15 years of age. He moved to Waukesha, Wis., and was engaged in the manufacture of saleratus and pearl-ash for about two years ; moved to Rochester, Wis., and was with his father in same business for about three jears ; after which, he founded Gravesville, Calumet Co., and from which county he was a member of the State Legislature in 1861. From Calumet Co., he moved to Kansas, and was engaged in the horse and mule trade till 1866, when he began the dry-goods and grocery business at Fond du Lac. In 1867, he was appointed Chairman of the Committee of Councilmen of Fifth Ward; in 1868, was elected Chairman of the Board of Public Works, and has twice since been elected Chairman of the Council from the Sixth Ward. In 1878, he built a store at Coleman Station on Wisconsin Central Railroad, which burned Jan. 6, 1879, since which time he has been engaged in looking after lands along the Weston & Lake Shore R. R. Married Miss Kate Baldwin of Lowell, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1848, who died in 1866. In 1868, he married Miss Marietta Cumming of Fond du Lac, by whom he has had three children - John L. and Edwin (now decease^), and Pearl H. Mr. Graves has been an active worker in the Greenback party, and was one of the Delegates to the State Convention at Madison in 1876.

EDWIN C. GrRAY, physician and surgeon; was born at Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., in April, 1838 ; studied medicine with his brother at Eaton, Madison Co., in the same State, where he began practicing in 1862; it the fall of 1867, Dr. Gray came to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of his profession and in manufacturing. He is a member of the Masonic, Knights of Pythias and Knights of Honor Lodges, and is the State Medical Examiner of the last-named order.

JAMES T. (jrRBENE, abstracter and insurance agent; was born at Rochester, N. Y.; came to Fond du Lao in 1847, which has since been his home; he was engaged in farming until 1863 ; in 1866, he entered the Register's office as Deputy, where he remained until January, 1871, where he was appointed Enrolling Clerk of the State Senate; Mr. G. then spent one year in Oregon; returned to Fond du Lac, and in May, 1862, became a member of the firm of Lamb & Greene, which lasted until January, 1875; he was then Deputy Register one year, after which he engaged in his present business; recently the firm became Greene & Newton ; Mr. Greene was City Assessor in 1878 ; City Comptroller sinCe April, 1879; Superintendent of the Poor and City Purchasing Agent since February, 1880.

COIi. THOIflAS H. GREEN, architect; was born in East Greenwich, Kent Co., R. I., April 2, 1828; reared in the town of North New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y.; on his 17th birthday, started for Fond du Lac, which has since been his home, arriving here May 1, 1845 ; after serving three years with Isaac Brown as carpenter, began contracting and building, his first contract being to build Fry's first brewery ; in 1855, opened an office as architect, having done much of that kind of work previous to that time. Col. G. enlisted April 17, 1861 for ninety days, in Co. I, 1st W. V. I.; commissioned First Lieutenant April 23, 1861 ; at end of the ninety days, he re-organized the company for three years, and was commissioned Captain of Co. K., Aug. 28, 1861 ; was with his regiment in all its principal engagements ; was shot through the neck at Perryville, July 8, 1862 ; wounded in left foot and forehead at Chickamauga, September, 1863; promoted to Major July 1, 1864, having acted as Major and had virtual command of his regiment after first year's service as Captain; discharged Oct. 13, 1864; soon after entered Gen. George H. Thomas' army, as Field Hospital Sutler, of the Army of the Cumberland, in which he served to the close of the war ; he then speculated in oil during two years in Canada, returning afterward to Fond du Lac and his profession. Col. G. was married at Fond du Lao, April 17, J851, to Sarah I., daughter of Selim Newton, who located in Fond du Lac Co. in 1844; they have three children - Charles T., born Feb. 2, 1853; Lucy A., now Mrs. C. W. Morris, born Jan. 26, 1855; Dwight E., -born Dec. 24, 1860. The finest blocks, residences and public buildings in Fond du Lac, Waupun, Clinton' Escanaba and other cities, were from designs by Col. Green ; in Fond du Lao, pome of them are the High School, residences of M. D. Moore and W. B. Brand, No. 5 engine house, Bartlett's market, Murphy Block, La Belle wagon works, storehouse and many others. He served as Alderman of the First Ward in 1856.