Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 3 of 17)

DR. E. li. GRIFFIjV, physician and surgeon ; was born at Hillsboro, N. H., Sept. 21, 1821 ; he was educated at Kimball Union Academy, of Meriden, N. H., and Dartmouth College; graduated at Pittsfield, Mass., from the Berkshire Medical College, in 1849; he practiced medicine in New Hampshire until 1855, when he came to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. Dr. G. was one to take initiatory steps in forming the State Board of Health, of which he is President ; he is also a member of the Rock River Medical Society, and a prominent member of the Congregational Church. He married Abby M. Mason, of Newburyport, Mass.; they have two daughters living and two dead; the living ones are Abbie W., now Mrs. J. W. Bass, of Red Wing, Minn., and Susan M., residing with her parents; the deceased were an infant and Helen T., who died Sept. 12, 1868, aged 15 years.

JOHIV Q. G-RIFFITH, lumberman ; was born at Pike, N. Y., March 1, 1818 ; came to Fond du Lac in 1850 and followed the transportation business between Fond du Lac and Sheboygan until engaging in the manufacture of lumber in 1856 ; he operated the old Wilbor & Henry mill in 1859, and, in 1860, purchased the Forest Street Mill, which he run until 1871, when he erected his present large mill on West Division street; in 1866, his son. Carver N., was admitted to partnership, and, in 1870, Wilbur A., another son, was also admitted, the firm being since that time, J. Q. Griffith and sons. Carver N. Griffith was born at Centreville, Allegany Co., N. Y., and Wilbur A., at Hume, in the same county. The maiden name of the first Mrs. J. Q. Griffith, who was born in Vermont, and died in January, 1853, leaving four children, was Lucy Goss; the present Mrs. G. was Jennie M. Riddell, of Massachusetts; the children are Carver N., Wilbur A., Albert G., Hattie S., now Mrs. J. C. Heitbahn, of Fond du Lao, and Jennie (a daughter by the second Mrs. Griffith), now Mrs. Dr. Haucker of Oshkosh.

JOHlSr GrRISSiJIAJiflV, farmer, Sec. 21 ; was born in Germany in 1803 ; he learned the stone and brick mason's trade, which he continued there till 1847, when he immigrated to America and settled in Sheboygan Co., Wis., where he followed farming till 1876 ; he then bought his present farm of eightysix acres in Sec. 21. In 1847, he married Maggie Sittler, of Germany; they have six; children - Herman, Annie, John, Jr., Charles, Augustus, Jennie.

S. S. ijrUIIiE, veterinary surgeon ; residence on Twelfth street ; office and stable on Third street; he was born in Batavia, N. Y., May 11, 1832 ; in his native city he learned the profession of veterinary surgeon, and practiced there until 1853, in which year he came to Wisconsin, and practiced in Brandon, Fond du Lac Co., until about 1865, when he commenced delivering a series of lectures on the various diseases that the horse was heir to, and traveled over several of the Northwestern States and Canada; in 1872, he located permanently in this city (Fond du Lac) and successfully followed the practice of his profession here since ; he has several fine blooded stock horses that are unequaled in the State. Mr. Guile has been twice married ; his first wife was Martha Jones ; she died in Rochester, Wis.; his present wife was Meta Paine ; has one child - Nellie, born in Fond du Lac Co., Wis. luNpolitics, Mr. Guile is a Democrat. In his profession he has an extensive practice, and has attained a good reputation as a thoroughly qualified surgeon.

REV. FATHER HAAS, ex-Custos of St. Joseph's of the Capuchin Order; is a native of Switzerland; bora Nov. 25, 1826 ; he received his preparatory education at Salura and Lucerne and pursued the higher studies of philosophy and physics, in the Lyceum at Lucerne, but completing that part of his education in the Seminary of Resoul, France ; his theological studies were pursued in the Universities of Freiburg, Tubingen and Munchen ; he was ordained to the Holy Order by Bishop Solzmann, of Basel, of Salura, Dec. 28, 1851 ; from the time of his ordination till 1856, he was assistant priest of Sts. Peter and Paul's Church, Liesberg ; in 1856, he, in company with Rev. Father Bonaventura Frey, came to America to establish the Capuchin Order ; they located at Kenosha for six months, and, in the spring of 1857, returned to Europe to get the ecclesiastical approval of the establishment of the Order in America, and also to bring over seven brethren, with Antowine M. Gachet, the appointed

Superior for the establishment of the Order in this country ; Dee. 2 was the day set for the investment of himself, Father Bonaventura Prey and one layman with the habits of the Order, at Calvary, Fond du Lac After the departure of Father Antowine M. G-achet, May 19, 1859, Father Haas was appointed Superior of the institution of the Order ; with its growth, he became Guardian Commissary and Gustos of the Province till October, 1879, having thus safely guided the Province through the first twenty years of its life ; it now numbers three convents and five houses with Superiors.

IjOUIS F. HAAS, of the firm of McLean & Haas ; was born at Worms, on the Rhine River, Nov. 3, 1843 ; oamd", with his parents, in 1848, to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., ; three years later, came to Milwaukee ; two years later, removed to Humboldt ; in 1857, removed to Kershena, Wis., where his father, Frederick Haas, was Government farmer among the Indians until March, 1861 ; he came then to Fond du Lao, and began learning the blacksmith's trade in April of that year, which he has since followed, having been in business for himself since 1867. Mr. Haas was married at Fond du Lao, Nov. 5, 1870, to Maggie Vaughan, born in New York State. He is a Turner, and has been Foreman and First Assistant Chief Fire Marshal in the Fire Department.

JOHX HABERKORIV, merchant tailor; was born in Prussia Nov. 24, 1830, and came from there direct to Fond du Lac in 1855, where he began work at his trade for others ; in 1866, he began business for himself, which he has since continued. He was married at Fond du Lac April 19, 1856, to Johanna Hundt, a native of Prussia; they have ten children, seven sons and three daughters - Charles, William, Hermina, Louis, Othelia, Gustav, Dora, Edward, Frank and Albert, all living at home -with their parents. His father and mother, John and Maria Haberkorn, live on Sec. 18, town of Ashford, where they settled in 1854. Mrs. H.'s father and mother, Martin and Sophia Hundt, reside with Mr. Haberkorn.

ERNEST HAEBfTZE, gardener and florist, on Linden street; is a native of Germany ; born in 1839 ; began his wade when 12 years of age, and followed it there for four years ; in 1856, he set sail for America, and landed in New York Dec. 24, and January following came to his mother at Fond du Lac, who had preceded him three years ; in May, he went to Milwaukee, where he was in the employ of Mr. Jacob Mahler, florist, till 1861 ; he then returned to Fond du Lac, and for one year was interested in the sale of nursery stock ; in spring of 1862, he went to New York City, and worked as gardener on Staten Island during that year ; returning to Fond du Lao in 1863, he purchased three and two-fifths acres of land, and began the business of gardener and florist, with a capital of $4,000. In New York City, in 1863, he married Miss Caroline Beck, daughter of John Beck, a shoemaker of Germany ; they have had seven children - Charles, Edward, Robert, Lena, Ernest, Richard, and Otto (deceased).

REV. SARIN HAL.se Y, Pastor of the Division Street M. B. Church, is a native of Elmira, Steuben Co., N. Y., born in December, 1843 ; at the age of 12, he with his parents immigrated to Illinois, where he attended public school for a while ; then entered the seminary at Evansville, but completed his theological studies at Evanston, 111. in 1870 ; in the following year, he was ordained Deacon at Milwaukee, and two years after, at Whitewater, he was ordained Elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church ; his first was that of Pleasant Prairie, in 1869 ; in 1870, he was assigned to the charge at Pensaukee, and in 1871, to-Waterford, and for the two years following at Union Grove; he was next at Waukesha, 1875-76 ; thence to Kenosha for two years, whence, by the Conference, in 1879, he was assigned to his present charge. He "was married to Miss Ella Ward, daughter of 0. M. Ward, a farmer of Walker's Prairie, Kenosha Co., in 1871. They have one daughter, Ethel. Mr. H. has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F. for two years.

AliFRED K. HAIIILTON, lumberman-,, was born at Lyme, Grafton Co., N. H. ; spent two years at the West Point Military Academy ; came to Fond du Lac in 1863 ; followed the drug business two years, and then began the manufacture of lumber, which he has since continued ; in 1868, he became a member of the firm of I. K. & W. C. Hamilton & Co., which continued until 1871, when the firm became Hamilton & Finley - A. K. Hamilton and W. S. Finley ; in May, 1879, Mr. F. retired from the firm, and the mill and lumber business established in 1856 by I. K. & W. C. Hamilton, are now carried on by A. K. Hamilton ; Mr. H.'s mill, which is located at Luco, just outside of the city limits, has been in operation for twenty-four consecutive seasons.

JOHN HAlIIIiTOlV was born in the year 1812, near Newton Stewart, county of Tyrone, Ireland, his father being a weaver by occupation, to which trade his son was early apprenticed ; his father was John Hamilton, his mother Jane Meekin ; when 21 years of age, the subject of this sketch, with his next younger brother, believing that free and generous America offered greater inducements to young men having their fortunes to carve and create by personal effort, than could be found within the crowded limits of his native isle, bade good-by to the loved ones at home, and set sail on the 6th of May, 1833, in the ordinary emigrant vessels of that day, for Quebec, where, after a stormy trip of forty-two days, they landed with but very little money ; of course, there was no opportunity to work at his trade, but with ready and willing handsie sought any employment which by the most diligent effort and closest economy promised a livelihood ; his first permanent engagement was probably as a farm hand to one Deacon Swift, to whom he engaged for six months at $5 per month ; more faithful service was never rendered, and the most complete satisfaction given, but the " Deacon " cheated his employe out of every cent, and during the remainder of John Hamilton's life, so strong was he - by his early experience - prejudiced against this common church title, that it is probable the most unfavorable impressions always followed any name having this prefix. The great object was to earn money to send back to his home to 3efray the expense of bringing other members of the family to America ; at the close of his six months' engagement, he had just one shilling in money more than when he commenced, and earned in the following manner: After dark, at the close of a long, hard day's work, a person stopping at his employer's house said to young Hamilton, who was milking the cows, " Can you find me a boy who will carry a letter to Perriburg (nine miles distant), and bring me a reply before morning? I will give him a shilling." Hamilton replied that as soon as the chores were done he would find some one to carry it. On foot and alone he made the trip that night, and earned the offered price. This, as before indicated, was the only pay he received for his first half-year's labor in free America. But here was demonstrated the secret of John Hainilton's coming success. When he left the Deacon's employ, he had every cent of his shilling in his pocket. The earnings of the first few years were all sent back to his home, to aid in the support of his invalid father, and in bringing over his brothers and his sisters with their families. In this enterprise he was always joined by his brother Henry, who, like John, got his start by severe manual labor, rendered for a remarkably low price. The brothers commenced and remained through life in business partnership. After three years, when they had saved for themselves a few dollars cash in hand, they united their capital and embarked in business - the sale of nice dress goods, silks, laces, fine linens, shawls, etc., goods in demand by the wealthier class of commnity,. and for which high prices and corresponding profits were readily received. They were both excellent judges of the merchandise they handled, sold nothing but the best quality, bought and sold for cash, gained and held the confidence of their patrons, and, in comparison with their earlier efforts, accumulated rapidly. When 31 years of age, John married Miss Mary A. Meekin, at Charlotte, Vt., while his brother Henry, on the same day, hour and place, married her sister Kate. The wedding, in fact, was appointed for Henry and his bride, the additional nuptials having the very briefest origin, love, courtship and marriage all within twenty-four hours, and which, nevertheless, proved from thenceforth through life a most pleasant and harmonious union. Though still in partnership, the brothers ceased merchandising, and in an unostentatious way retired from active business of any kind, further than the purchase of securities^ and loaning of their money. In 1851, they both, with their families, started westward, and finally located at Fond du Lac, continuing the same business, and rapidly won and held the hishest respect and esteem of all with whom their business or social relations brought acquaintance. Financial prosperity rewarded their efforts, not fast, but steadily and surely. Mr. Hamilton raised a family of three children - Henry M., the oldest, now a banker at Mankato, Minn.; Kate, the only daughter, now the wife of C. K. Pier; George T., the youngest, in the U. S. Army, now stationed at Fort Totten, Dakota Territory. The present labor and land troubles in Ireland recall an incident characteristic of the man, and at the same time explain the troubles referred to. While riding with his daughter along a country road, past a farm he had recently purchased, having reached a point commanding a rich scene of fields, groves and streams, it reminded him of some familiar spot of his younger days in the old country, and he remarked upon the fact, but added, it was much nicer in Ireland with its groves all trimmed, its level roads and beautiful hedges. " Then, father, if it was so much nicer, why did you leave there? " ' " Ah ! Katie, your father stood no chance of owning them there." As a husband, parent and neighbor, he ranked among the purest and best. Although not a member, he was for years a regular attendant at the Presbyterian Church. In national politics, he _^ was always a Repubhcan ; in local elections, his vote and voice were for the man he deemed best fitted for the office named. His social nature was most remarkable, his cup of happiness being apparently full to overflow when at home surrounded by his family, or neighbors, and his discomfiture simply indescribable when left alone. The infiuence of his kindness of speech and sterling integrity was felt and seen in a thousand different ways. Borrowers preferred to borrow from him, at even a higher rate of interest than their securities would readily command with banks or brokers. Lenders, those having a surplus of money, urged that he take and keep it for them. The confidence of the people in John Hamilton's word was simply unbounded and without limit. His death occurred April 16, 1871, the result of a long and painful sickness, apparently having its origin in a simple indisposition, occasioned by an ordinary cold. Hiswidow resides with her daughter, surrounded by ample and merited comforts, not the least of which are six grandchildren, while two others are in Minnesota.

HENRY HAMIIiTON, capitalist ; was bom in Ireland, thence he came to America in 1834, settling first in Vermont ; in 1849, he went to California and afterward to South America, returning and locating in Pond du Lac in 1853. Mr. Hamilton has, since he came to Fond du Lac, been extensively engaged in real-estate transactions and loaning money. He been a member of the County Board, but gives no attention to politics.

IBENUS K. HAMILiTOHr, lumberman ; was born Dec. 1, 1830, at Lyme, Grafton Co., N. H.; came to Fond du Lac in the spring of 1855, where he was one of the leading citizens and lumber manufacturers until May, 187Y, when he removed to Chicago to attend to the large lumber interests of the Hamilton & Merryman (Jo., of which he is President, in that city. Mr. Hamilton has held various local offices in Fond du Lac, and was a member of the Legislature in 1869. He was married at Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mary Louise Waierbury, a native of New York City ; they have four children - Amy (now the wife of R. J. Orby Hunter, a prominent attorney of Kansas City), Louise, Nathaniel W. and Irenus K.

WOODIWASJ C. HAMlLiXOX, lumberman and capitalist ; was born at Lyme, Grrafton Co., N. H., Feb. 22, 1834; came to Fond du Lac in May, 1855, and at once engaged inthe manufacture of lumber ; in 1866, he began lumbering operations in Menomonee, Mich., which he has since continued on an extensive scale ; in 1870, Mr. Hamilton transferred his lumbering interests to Chicago and Northern Michigan. In 1873, he erected the Post Office Block, and the Grand Central Block in 1874. Mr. Hamilton has held various offices - among them. President of the Board of Public Works ; President of the Board of Education ; Alderman, and is now a member of the Prudential Committee of Ripon College. He was married, Feb. 16, 1858, at Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mary Taylor Weed, who was born at Darien, Conn., but who was reared in New York and Brooklyn; they have had six children - William Irenus, Charles Woodman, Stephen Dolson (died January, 1868, aged 4i years), Herbert Weed, Edgar Lookwood and Arthur Little, all born in Fond du Lac. Mr. Hamilton gives his personal attention to every department of his immense mining, real-estate and lumbering operations.

E. K. HAHIIEOIVD, was born in Massachusetts May 14, 1853; his father, Edward S. Hammond, came to Fond du Lac twenty-three years ago. Mr. Hammond has been connected with the Fire Department for some time, being now stationed at JElna Engine House No. 5. He is a member of the Firemen's Mutual Aid Society.

CHARIiES A. HAIVDT, insurance agent; was born in Saxony, Dec. 7, 1824; came to Milwaukee June 28, 1849, located ia Milwaukee, and, one year later, came to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided. Mr. Handt was educated for an architect ; in Fond du Lao he was four years in the cigar manufacturing business ; then a house and sign painter ; next a hotel proprietor ; three years in the Register's office, and, for eighteen years, has followed the insurance business. He was mamed at. Fond du Lac in March, 1853, to Wilhelmina Encking, born in Schleswig Holstein, Germany ; they have had four children - Charles R. (died May 28, 1879^ aged 22 years and 6 months) ; the living are Lena, Minnie C. and Louis C. Mr. Handt was three years City Clerk ; is a member of the Concordia Society and 1 .0. 0. F. Lodge.

P. H. HAXlVIGrAlV, senior member of the firm of Kuicks & Hannigan, grocers, on the corner of Forest and Brook Streets; was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 15,1852; came to Dodge Co., Wis., with his parents, when only 1 year and 6 months old ; settled at Horicon, whence they moved to Burnett Junction in 1858 ; thence to Fond du Lac in 1865 ; he first began in the shingle manufactory for J. Q. Griffith & Sons, where he was foreman of the shingle department till 1870 ; he was next in the grocery house of Branchaud & Branchaud, where he remained till a short time before his establishment of the firm of Kuicks & Hannigan in May, 1878. July 30, 1874, he married Miss Emifia Odett, daughter of George Odett, grocer, of Fond du Lac ; they have one daughter - -Alice. They are members of St. Patrick's Church.

H. S. HAK^SON, confectioner, was born in Lincolnshire, England, Sept. 25, 1829; came with his parents at the age of 4 years to Hudson, Ohio ; removed to Beaver Dam, Wis., in 1856, and came irom there to Fond du Lac in 1870 ; Mr. Hanson has been in the mercantile business since he became 17 years of age, and has followed his present business seven years. He was married at Beaver Dam on March 16, 1864, to Henrietta A. Price, born in Manchester, England, July 8, 1845 ; they have two children - Edward H., born Feb. 13, 1865, and Albert R., born April 10, 1872 - and have lost one, a son, who died in infancy. Mr. Hanson is a member of the orders of A. 0. U. W. and I. 0. 0. F. Their infant son who died was named Guy Stringer ; he was born March 2, 1876, and died Sept. 3, 1876.

MARK R. HARRISOX, artist, was bora at Hovingham, Yorkshire, England, Sept. 7, 1819, whence he was brought by his parents, Robert and Ann Balmore Harrison, to the village of Hampton, Oneida Co., N. Y., when 3 years of age ; at the age of 14 he went with the family to Hamilton, Canada ; he studied for an artist under Bowerman, in Toronto, Kimble, in Rochester, and Inman, in New York City, about five years, and then went to Europe, spending eighteen months in the Royal Academy under the tuition of Charles Hilton ; after traveling for some time, Mr. Harrison returned to Toronto, lived there two years, at Rochester one year, and then went to Hamilton, where he painted dioramas, which were burned; Sept. 18, 1849, he located at Oshkosh, and engaged in shipbuilding, which was abandonec( when he came to Fond du Lac in 1852, where he has since resided; in 1843, Mr. Harrison painted the " Death of Abel," which attracted much attention in this co,untry and Europe ; " The Deluge," " Jephthah's Rash Vow," " The Angel Delivering Peter from Prison,*' "Indian Summer," and " Peter Listening to the Cock Crowing," are some of Mr. Harrison's paintings which have gone to England at high figures ; other paintings have gone to Paris, Boston, New York, the British Museum, Chicago, Indianapolis and other cities ; Mr. Harrison painted four pictures from Longfellow's " Hiawatha," and photographs of them by Chadbourne having been sent to the poet, he replied as follows, referrmg also to " Gathering for the Warpath," a strong picture of an actual scene before the Custer massacre :

Cambridge, February 2, 1880. My Dear Sir - I have had the pleasure of receiving your letter, and the photographs you have had the kind- ' ness to send me have arrived safely. I hasten to thank you for them, and say how much I like them.

I cannot enter into' any detail of criticism, but, in my judgment, your strong point is the landscape, and the Indian faces, which are very characteristic.

I should like to know if Sitting Bull, Raln-in-the-Face, and Crazy Horse are portraits or only fancy heads. It is a striking picture in which tliey appear.

Please accept my thanks for this mark of your consideration, and the compliment you pay me in illustrating " Hiawatha," and believe me, with best wishes for your success,

Among Mr. Harrison's other noted works are " Cleopatra's Triumph," " Castle Canon," " Sunset on the Coast of Labrador," " The Haunted Lake," " Morning in the Elk Mountains," " Cromwell's Charge at Marston Moor," and various paintings of Western scenery. Although past 60, Mr. Harrison still makes daily use of his brush.

Tj. J. HARVEY, retired; is anative of SuiFolk, England ; botn in 1809, and is the son of Joseph and Lydia Harvey ; he early learned the nursery trade, and in the spring of 1830, he, with a friend, set sail lor America, landing in New York in June of that year ; after traveling over much of the country, from New York to Albany and Buffalo, and not being; pleased with it, they concluded to return to New York and apply for passage to ^England ; they did so, and after reaching New York, and delivering some messages to friends there, they applied for passage, but were told that they would have to wait about a fortnight, as the ships on the line to London sailed only on alternate Wednesdays ; during the time they were waiting for passage, Mr. Harvey found employment in a nursery at Brooklyn for three days, July 1, 2 and 3 ; the 4th being Sunday, his friend came to see him at his hotel, and was murdered without any pro vocation by an Irishman ; Mr. Harvey was bound by the authorities to appear at the trial of the murderer, and was thus detained ; on account of the feeling in New York at that time, and the desire to keep all rumors of murder from European countries, for fear of retarding immigration, Mr. Hardy was detained till the fall of 1831 before being able to return ; Feb. 29, 1832, he landed again in New York, and, on March 2, he began work with Mr. Hogg, at what is now known as the Botanic Gardens, where he continued for two years; in 1834, he went to Newark, N. J., where, in one house for twenty-seven years, he conducted a nursery business, and, at the end of that time, left it to his oldest son, who continued in the same for nine years more; in 1853, he came to Pond du Lac (Jo., and bought several hundred acres of land in the towns of Eden and Fond du Lac ; he left a man, whom he had brought with him, to take charge of and superintend his land; Mr. Harvey returned to Newark, where he spent most of his time until 1861, occasionally coming out to look after his land in this county ; during the first year of the war, Mr. Harvey moved his family to his land in the town of Eden, Fond du Lac Co., where they resided until 1864, when they returned to Newark ; in 1870, he moved to Richmond, Va., and started a nursery for his son, which he himself managed or looked after until 1876, when he again came to Fond du Lac, and lived in the city until October, 1878 ; he then purchased eight acres of land in Sees. 24, 15 and 17, known as the John McDonald Place. Jan. 1. 1832, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter of John and Elizabeth Jones, of Suffolk, England, who died at Fond du Lac in 1871, leaving three children - Jacob J. (now of Richmond, Va.), Anna V. (now Mrs. Adams, of Fond du Lac), and Henry (of Lincoln, Neb.). Nov. 22, 1876, he married Mrs. Ruth R. Brown, widow of Capt. Brown, and second daughter of Edward Pier, the second white settler of Fond du Lac, she being the first baby in Fond du Lac, having been born at Green Bay and brought here when only four weeks old ; she had two children, a son and a daughter - Edward Pier Brown and Hattie A. Brown, the latter of whom is a member of the Episcopal Church.

CHARIiliS W. HASKELIi, dealer in boots and shoes, 458 Main street; was born in Cornwall, Addison Co., Vt., where he received a commercial education and the advantage of a position in his father's store ; when a youth, he went to Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., and became connected with the extensive boot and shoe manufactory of Haskell & Lamb, afterward the Greenwich Boot and Shoe Co., with which concern he remained eight years ; then, after spending a year with Weed, Haskell & Co., of Troy, N. Y., he was in the employ of the North Bennington (Vt.) Boot and Shoe Co. for two years ;. his connection with the best factories enabled Mr. H. to become familiar with all the different grades of goods placed upon the market ; after severing his connection with these factories, Mr. Haskell engaged in business for himself, representing seven of the leading factories of the East, whose goods he sold extensively to the merchants of the Northwest-, in 1874, he came to Fond du Lac and engaged in the boot and shoe business, at 520 Main street, and, in 1876, removed to his present quarters, where he has increased facilities for his extensive business ; having travel ed for and represented the leading manufactories for a long period of years, Mr. H. has the advantage of purchasing goods direct from the factories, thus enabling him to sell all classes of goods at the lowest prices.

CHARIjES HASS was born in Schoenrade, city of Friedberg, New Mark, Germany, March 27, 1855 ; came to Fond du Lac from Europe in 1874 ; worked for C. J. L. Meyer for some time ; April 3, 1877, he opened a saloon, which he has since continued ; Mr. Hass is a member of the Sons of Herman, Turner Society and Sharp Shooters. He was married at Pond du Lac, Jan. 6, 1878, to Miss Minnie Beatzer, born in Germany ; they have had one child, which died in infancy.

HENRY HASTINGS, son of Thomas and Eunice Clark Hastings ; was born in the town of Amherst, Mass., May 1, 1818; removed to Oshkosh, Wis., in 1855 ; came to Fond du Lac in April, 1861 ; ran the Empire Mills until December, 1861 ; carried on butchering business until 1866 ; sold agricultural implements and ran a nursery two years ; in 1868, carried on butchering business in Negaunee, Mich., and from fall of 1869, engaged in mining operations in Utah; worked one year in the car-shops at Fond du Lac : in 1872, helped form the firm of Sabin, Bushnell & Hastings, owning the wheel and seeder shops ; spent four years in these shops and on the road ; then manufactured tinware one year; in December, 1877, began the coal business and shipping produce and meats to the Lake Superior country ; he still is a Director of the Wheel and Seeder Co. Mr. H. was married first at Amherst, Mass., June 2, 1840, to Sarah C. Pomeroy; she was born at Hadley, Mass., July 9, 1819, and died at Amherst, Sept. 21, 1849, leaving three, children, two of whom are living - Harriet E., now Mrs. Geo. A. Badger, of Minneapolis, and Thomas H., residing at Amherst; Emily P., died Dec. 5, 1845. He was married a second time, at Springfield, Mass., June 10, 1851, to Mrs. Esther A. Dickinson, born in Amherst, Jan. 17, 1817; they have three children - Cora B. (now Mrs. C. E. Plumb, of Oshkosh), George P. and Charles L. Mr. Hastings has been an Alderman two terms.

coil. ORIN HATCH, retired farmer ; is a native of Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., N. Y. ; born May 15, 1807 ; enlisted in Light Infantry, 188th Kegiment, 14th Brigade, 14th Division of the New York State Militia ; was soon elected Sergeant in his company, and thence gradually promoted till he became Colonel of his regiment in 1828 ; in 1834, was elected Assessor of the town of Florida, N. Y., which office he held for two years; in 1843, was appointed Superintendent of the Poor in Montgomery Co., by the County Board ; was appointed Superintendent of Sec. 3 of the Erie Canal, by the Canal Board, in 1846, serving in that capacity till 1848, when he resigned to take charge of a farm he had purchased in Schoharie Co.; leaving the farm in 1849, he moved to Sharon Springs, N. Y.; bought forty acres of land and laid it out in town lots ; in 1851, he moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y,, and engaged in the hotel business for about two years, after which, in 1853, he returned to the homestead in Schenectady Co.; thence in 1854, to Wisconsin, and settled in Fond du Lac Co. on a farm, where he followed agricultural pursuits till 1871 ; was elected member of the County Board of Fond du Lac Co. for three terms; was appointed United States Assessor for the Fourth District of Wisconsin in 1861, by President Lincoln ; removed by President Johnson and re-appointed by President Grant in 1872 ; was a member of City Council, from Eighth Ward, in 1876; was elected Mayor of city in 1878. In 1830, he married Miss Mariah Howe, daughter of Judge Reuben Howe, of Montgomery Co., N. Y., who died in 1840, leaving one son, Reuben, who died at the age of 18. In 1841, he married Miss Emily A. Braman, daughter of Dr. Joseph Braman, of Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., N. Y., by whom he has had five children - Delos, farmer ; Marvin, of 1st W. V. I., died 1863 ; Eugene, farmer, near Jefferson, Wis. ; Louis (deceased at 14 years), Julia A. Col. H. owns 700 acres, mostly in Fond du Lac Co., aside from town

JONATHAN A. HAZARD was born at Binghamton, N. Y., and came to Pond du Lac in 1868, where he began the real-estate business; four years later he added the fire and life insurance business, which he continued until 1878; dealing in real estate he has continued up to the present time ; Mr. Hazard lived in Broome Co., N. Y., except one year in Steuben Co., until he moved to Wisconsin in 1868. He married at Windsor, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1857, Miss Achsa A. Blatchley; they have two children - Vesta J. and Willie J. Mr. H. is a member of the Division Street M. E. Church; has been Alderman of the Fourth Ward, and a member of the City or Ward Committee ever since he arrived in Fond du Lao.

MOTITER MARY AGNES HAZATTE, the first elected Sister Superior of St. Agnes' Convent, of Fond du Lac; is a daughter of Christopher and Mary Hazatte, natives of Loraine, France, but emigrants to Buffalo, N. Y.,in 1846, where Mother Mary Agnes was born, May 7, 1847; not long after her birth, her parents removed to Detroit, Michigan, where they both died; her mother in 1853 and her father in six years after; at 5 years of age, she entered the school of the Sisters of Notre Dame, and continued there until about 12 years old, after which for two years she attended the school of the Sisters of " Sacred Heart " at Detroit ; in 1863, she went to Barton, Washington Co., Wis., where her church had established a small community, and there continued her studies till 1865, when she was elected Superior of the Convent; was re-elected in 1868, and in 1870, removed the community to Fond du Lac, and has since been twice re-elected. Such is a brief sketch of the life-history of one, who, though deprived of her parents early in life, has ever kept in view the reward of a life of charity and Christian virtues; though motherless, she (possessing those maternal qualities) has been a kind mother to all connected with the convent.

JOHIV HEATH, of the firm of B. Wild & Co.; was born at Over Cheshire, England, June 13, 1847 ; came to America to Mineral Point, Wis., where he remained one month, and then to Fond du Lac, his present home, in 1867 ; during his entire residence here, he has been connected with B. Wild's steam bakery, and, since 1872, has been one of its proprietors. Mr. H. has served as Alderman two terms and is in the samepfiice now; is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and Royal Templars of Temperance. He was married at Fond du Lao, June 8, 1869, to Sarah J., daughter of B. Wild; she was born in Crewe, England; they have one child living, William Henry, born in December, 1871, and have lost an infant son.

WIIililAM A. HE ATHCOTE, architect and practical builder for C. J. L. Meyer ; is a native of Rotherham, Yorkshire, England ; born in May 17, 1829; he began his studies in his native country, but came to America in 1848, and coinpleted them with Fields & Correager, of New York City, in 1850; in 1853, ha immigrated to Pond du Lac, where he has since continued his trade; his first work in Fond du Lac was the driig store for 0. S. Wright, after which he was interested in and architect for several large buildings in the city and surrounding country and neighboring towns ; among them, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, of Fond du Lac, the Oshkosh Court House, High School building at Waupun ; the First Grammar School, of Fond du Lac; High School building at Plymouth, Wis.; Gas Works building, of Fond du Lac ; the machine-shops and foundry for Mr. Meyer's factory ; among the residences, Mrs. E. H. Galloway's, McDonald's, Mr. Meyer's and others; in 1864, he raised a recruit force of eighty men, ahd was appointed to take charge and superintend the construction of transfer barracks at Nashville, Tenn., under Capt. Irvin. He was married to Miss Jane M. Wherrey, daughter of William Wherrey, farmer, of West Farmers, Westchester Co., N. Y., May 14, 1850; the children are Margaret J., now Mrs. Alson Cole, of Vesper, Wood Co., Wis.; Mary A., now Mrs. R. G. Turner, machinist of Fond du Lao; Addie v., Susie, Henry, Sarah, Guy, Gracie (deceased). The family are -members of the Episcopal Church. f

THOMAS HEN IVIBfCr, carpenter, contractor and builder ; was born in Devonshire, Eng., Jan. 6, 1832; came to Hamilton, Canada, in '1838, where he resided three years; removed to Ancaster one year ; then on a farm at Port Dover until 1852 ; in May of that year, removed to Aurora, Kane Co., 111., where he lived four years; returned to Canada for three years ; in October, 1859, removed to Dixon, 111., whence, in October, 1866, he came to Fond du Lac. He was married at Aurora, 111., April 9, 1855, to Sarah Melissa Smith, a native of West Stockbridge, Mass. ; they have two children living, - Charles W. and John N. - and lost an infant son at Dixon, 01.

ROBERT FITZ HENRY, confectioner and fruit-dealer; born in New York April 20; 1853 ; when he was only 2 years of age he was brought to Fond du Lao by his parents at the age of 9. years he was employed in the shops of the Chicago & North- Western R. R. Co., where he remained until the fall of 1876 ; Jan. 20, 1878, Mr. Pitz Henry engagtd in his present business. Dec. 26, 1876, he was married to Katie Corcoran ; she was born in the city of Pond du Lac ; they have had two children - one son died Aug. 29, 1878, aged 9 months ; they have a son named Georgie, he was born July 6, 1879.

THOJIAS S. HENRY was born at Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1812, and moved to Erie Co., in that State, in 1832, where he resided until he moved to Fond da Lac, in 1849 ; he, with others, built the first circular-saw mill in Pond du Lao ; has been engaged in lumbering and milling under the firm name of T. S. Henry & Co. ever since he came to Wisconsin ; in 1866, he began the manufacture of flour in the Galloway Mills, which he has continued ever since ; he has also been engaged in the grocery and foundry business, the former being an adjunct of his lumbering operations. Mr. H. was married in Erie Co.,N. Y., to Miss Lucinda Howard, a native of Paris, in that State ; they have three children - C. S.. Greortre A. and Frank W. Mr. H. has been Alderman one term and City Treasurer one year.

CHARIiES HETH, retired ; was born at Ticonderoga, Essex Co., N. Y., removed when a youth to Silver Creek, Chautauqua Co., in that State, where he lived, engaging in the hotel business the last few years before coming to Pond du Lac Township, in 1857. and to Fond du Lac City, which has since been his home, in 1859. Mr. Heth's business in Pond du Lac was that of dealing in hay and grain, which he carried on extensively until 1879, when he retired. He was married, at Silver Creek, N. Y., in August, 1843, to Vilutia Buxton, a native of Brockville, Genesee Co., N. Y., who died Oct. 11, 1879, ' leaving two children - Mary M., now Mrs. Henry W. Durand, and Emma A. ; they lost two children - Louie and AUie, aged 8 and 9 years respectively.

fi'. W. HINES, dealer in agricultural implements ; born at Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1838; when he was only about 9 years of age, his father, James Hines, came with his family to Waukesha Co., Wis. In August, 1862, the subject of this sketch enlisted in Co. E, 2'lth W. V. I. ; served until June 22, 1865, having been in the service two years and ten months ; he was in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, etc. In February, 1873, he came to Fond du Lao, and has been extensively engaged in selling farm machinery ever since.

JOSEPH W. HTIVER, attorney at law ; was born at Fond du Lac Sept. 12, 1854, where he has since resided ; he was educated at the State University, at Madison, from which he graduated in 1 876 ; the next year he began reading law with Coleman & Spence, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1879. Mr. H. is now a member of the law firm of Spence & Hiner ; a member of the Board of Education, and Secretary of the Public Library Association.

WIlrlilAM H. HIJVER, retired; was born in Bedford Co., Penn., Deo. 16, 1821, and is the son of William and Elizabeth Hiner; when about 7 years old, with his parents, he removed to Wayne Co., Ohio, where he received his earlier education in the common and select schools; in 1840, he began teaching in the common schools of Wayne Co., and, a year later, secured a position in the select schools of that county, where he continued the profession for one and one-half years; in 1845, he removed to Madison, Ohio, where, for the next five years, he was engaged in the drug business, and, at the same time, pursued the study of medicine ; he came to Pond du Lac in 1850, and continued the drag trade for four years, after which he turned his attention to lumbering for five years ; in 1863, he established the iron foundry in this city, and continued that business till 1878. He was elected County Treasurer by the County Board in 1854 to fill a. vacancy; was twice Mayor of the city ; was elected a member of the Wisconsin Senate in 1871, and re-eleeted in 1873 and 1875 ; was President pro tem. of the Senate during the session of 1877. In 1850, he was married to Sarah Fisher, who died in 1868, leaving one son - Joseph W., who is a graduate of the State University, and is now an attorney of this city. He was married to Mrs. Mary L. Jenney (nee Pish) in 1870 ; she having two daughters prior to her second marriage ; they are Mary C. and Prances L. Mrs. Hiner is a member of the Episcopal Church.

REV. PHIIiIPP HOELZEL, Pastor of the German Lutheran Church ; was born in Germany in 1854 ; he received his preparatory education at the High School of Hanover, Germany, entering in 1869, and remaining till his graduation in 1871 ; he then entered the Theological College of Steeden, Germany, where he graduated with the class of 1872 ; after his graduation in 1872 he left his native country to continue his studies in American colleges, beginning with the Lutheran Concordia College of St. Louis, Mo., at which he graduated with the class of 1875 ; he then attended Concordia Theological Seminary at Springfield, 111., from 1875 to his graduation there in 1876 ; in September, 1876, he was ordained to the holy ministry at Great Bend, Kan., and immediately began his ministerial work at that place in connection with six other charges in the State of Kansas. In 1877, he received a call from the church at Fond du Lao, to assist his brother, who was the regular Pastor, but whose health failing, was unable to attend to all the duties of his church. After the death of his brother, which occurred in the winter, he was chosen regular Pastor of the church in February, 1878. Nov. 17, 1878, he married Miss Eloise Wambsganss, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Wambsganss, of Sheboygan Co., Wis.

ETHIEL H091IIST0N, farmer. Sees. 30, 15 and 17 ; is a son of Jere and Mary Homiston, of Berkshire Co., Mass., born Aug. 26, 1812; his father being a blacksmith as well as a farmer, Ethiel learned the trade, and worked with his father till 21 years of age, when he formed a copartnership with another man, and continued for five years. In 1838, he bought in that county and followed farming there till 1843, when he disposed of his land, and immigrated to Wisconsin, settling in Milwaukee Co. for one year. H(^ was making arrangements to visit this part of the country, when his father and brother unexpectedly came out from New York. He, with his father, started to look at the country round Oshkosh, with a view to locating, but stopping at a tavern for the night, they met Dr. Darlingj by whom they were induced to locate near Fond du Lac. After selecting an eighty-acre tract for each, they returned for their families - he to Milwaukee Co., and his father to New York. Ethiel reached his new home as soon as arrangements were made for a habitation, but his father and family did not get in till early the following year, 1845, coming via Sheboygan, where he met them with ox teams, requiring five days and nights to make the trip there and return, during which time they slept without shelter each night. He built a logsha,nty, which served them for a house for the next five years ; the prairie hens and gophers being so troublesome that he was compelled to build a barn to protect his grain from them ; often were they comt pelled to grind their wheat in a eofiee-mill, and crack their corn in a burr-oak mortar in order to have bread of any kind for their families. He married Miss Almira, daughter of Uriah and Ellen Woodruff, of Spencer, Tioga Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1837 ; they have one son - Aurelius, who married Miss Amanda, daughter of Col. Isaac Tompkins, of Fond du Lac, who died Oct. 18, 1863, leaving two daughters - Emma and Lydia. May 16, 1866, he married Miss Clara B. Tompkins, sister of his first wife; they have two children - Gracie and J. Mansfield. They are members of the M. E. Church.

FRAIVK B. HOISKIXi^, bom in Chenango Co., N. Y.; came to Fond du Lac in December, 1850, with his father, D. Everett Haskins, now deceased ; after leaving school, he entered the First National Bank, of Fond du Lac, after which, during 1869 and 1870, he was Secretary of the La Belle Wagon Works ; during five years thereafter, he was in the hardware business with the late Chapin Hall, as a member of the firm of Hall & Hoskins. Mr. Hoskins was elected Register of Deeds of Fond du Lac Co., on the Democratic ticket, in November, 1878, taking the office in January, 1879 ; he has also been three years a member of the Board of Education of the city of Pond du Lac, and two years Alderman and Supervisor for the First Ward.

CHARLES HOT AlilNG:, engineer for the Mihills Manufacturing Co.; was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1838, and is the son of Peter and Harriet (Buokbee) HotaUng, natives of New York also ; his father came to Fond du Lac in 1842, and that year, by the aid of the Brothertown Indians, built the first steamboat (Manchester) that ever navigated Lake Winnebago, of which he was proprietor and Captain for fifteen years ; he died in 1857 ; in 1845, his wife and two sons (one having come out with his father; joined him in his Western home ; Charles began as a cabin-boy on the boat when quite young, and continued navigation till 1865 ; he was Captain of the " Fountain City" for the last year, and had been her pilot for five years before ; he then began engineering, which he has since followed ; he now lives with his mother, on Scott street, and she is 70 years old.

ALEXANDER HOUSTON, farmer ; is a native of Ayrshire, Scotland ; born in 1822; his birthplace being within two miles of that of Robert Burns; his parents, Alexander and Jane Houston, gave him an education in the parish schools of that country, after which he devoted his attention to farming there till 1848, whence he set sail for America and landed in New York, in June of that year ; he stopped on Long Island, then removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked at masonry for about four years ; thence, in 1852, he came to Fond du Lac, and there continued his trade for ten years ; in 1862, he purchased a farm of 115 acres in Sec. 19, town of Fond du Lac, where he has since devoted his time and attention to farming. He was married to Miss Annie, daughter of Thomas Miller, a wheelwright, and Bettie Martin, of Dundee, Scotland, in 1848; they have seven children ^ Thomas, Alexander,. Robert, Mary (now .Mrs. J. Asher, of Michigan), John, David and James. Mr. H. and wife are members of the Congregational Church.

J. C HUBER, druggist, is a native of Switzerland ; came to New York in 1847, with his father (Jos. Huber), being then about 7 years of age ; resided in New York until 1849, when he moved to Taycheedah and to Fond du Lac in 1855, remaining two years ; in 1861, returned to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided ; he was employed as a clerk until June, 1864, when he began business for himself; in 1868, Mr. H. began running a drug, medicine and herb mill, which has several times been enlarged, and is now doing a thriving biisiness. Mr. Huber is prominently connected with the Congregational Church, the County Bible Society, and other orders and associations.

SAIIUEL HOTALING, engineer, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1842 ; when 1 year old, was brought by his parents, Peter and Harriet Hotaling, to Mineral Point, Wis., in 1843 ; came to Fond du Lac, which has since been his home, in 1846, enlisted, Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. A, 21st W. V. I ; was in all the battles engaged in by his regiment ; mustered out in June, 1865; was employed before entering the army and ever since as engineer for various mills; during the last seven years he has been engineer in the Galloway Mills. He was married, in Fond du Lac, Oct. 28, 1866, to Amelia Gardner, born near Ogdensburg, N. Y.; they have one child - Charles, born Jan. 4 1868 ; and have lost two - Belle, aged 2 J years, and Samuel, aged 4 years and 3 months.

PROF. C. A. HIJTCHKVS, Principal of the High School and Superintendent of Schools in the city of Fond du Lao, was born at Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y., January 1, 1828 ; was taken by his parents to Adrian, Mich., in 1831, where he grew to manhood ; Prof. H. was educated at the Norwalk (Ohio) Academy, and pursued his studies, before and after, under his brother at the academy at home ; in 1852, he emigrated to Sharon, Walworth Co., Wis., where he engaged in farming until 1858, after which, for three years, he taught Latin and Greek at Wayland University ; for two years, he was in charge of the public schools at Janesville ; had charge of the schools Jat Ionia, Mich., four yeats, those at Baraboo, Wis., one year, and thereafter was two years County Superintendent of Schools, coming to Fond du Lac in 1873, where he has since been Principal of the High School and Superintendent of the City - Schools ; Prof. H. has been President of the Public Library since its organization, and has done a great deal of work for it ; he is also Church Clerk of the First Baptist Church, of which he is a member. He was married at Fairfield, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1853, to Mary E., daughter of Eev. Samuel Wadsworth ; they have three daughters - Julia A., Sarah and Hattie.

PROF. C. M. HUTCHINS, musician, was born at Lisbon, N. H., July 29, 1838 ; came to Fox. Lake, Wis., in November, 1845, where he resided on a farm twenty years; removed to Waupun, where he lived until 1873, and thence came to Fond du Lao; Prof.' H. has followed teaching instrumental music twelve years, in which time he has organized a great many bands, and taken part in a great number of concerts and musical conventions in various parts of the country. He was married at Fond du Lac, January 10, 1877, to Annette Morse, a native of Waupun, Wis.; they have one child; Prof. H. has three children by a former marriage. His father is dead, and his mother resides with him at Fond du Lac.

S. MARTIIV INGALLS, farmer. Sec. 26; a native of Essex Co., N. Y.; born in 1834, and is the son of a farmer; was educated in the district schools of his native county ; in 1855, he came West, and for a few months traveled through La Salle Co., 111., in tne interest of a publishing house, after which he came to Tremont, Dodge Co., Wis., where he was employed by Mr. U. D. Mihills in his saw-mill at that place ; in 1856, he removed to Bipon, Fond du Lac Co., and for about seven years followed the carpenter and joiner's trade, whence, in 1863, he removed to his father in-law, Mr. John Brown's farm, a short distance west of the city of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming for about three years ; he bought his present place of eighty acres in Sec. 26, town of Fond du Lac, in 1866, then an unimproved farm. He was married to Miss Cynthia, daughter of John and Mercy Brown, of Fond du Lac, in February, 1861 ; they have four children - Elmer B., Edith M., Fred M. and Willard.

E. B. INCrRAlI, farmer; is a native of Hampshire Co., Mass., where he was born in 1823; he was there engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods till 1848, at which time he emigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm at Fond du Lac, where he followed agricultural pursuits for about five years ; in 1853, he returned to Worcester Co., Mass., and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods for nearly six years ; disposing of his interest in that business in 1869, he came again to Fond du Lac, where he has since engaged in farming. In 1856, he married Miss Nancy Shepard, daughter of Samuel Shepard, blacksmith, of Barre, Mass.; they have five children - Fred A., Emily B., Frank, Edith and Eugene. Mr. Ingram and family are liberal in their religious vie\>s.

ALiEXAHTDER A. JARVIS, carpenter ; was born in Canada, of French parents, Nov. 30, 1834; came to Jefierson Co., Wis., in 1843; went to Menasha in 1865, and came to Fond du Lac in the spring of 1867; Mr. Jarvis learned the carpenter's trade, which he has since followed, when 18 years of age. He was married at Watertown, Wis., Jan. 20, 1861, to Elizabeth Blair, born in Bochester, N. Y.; they have five children livings - Walter, George, Angeline, Mary Elizabeth and an infant son, and have lost two infant children.

FDWARD JONES, ticket clerk of the North-Western Bailway at Fond du Lac; is a native of that city ; born in July, 1857 ; was educated in the public schools of Fond du Lac ; in 1873, he became freight receiver and biller for the road, and July 25, 1877, was promoted to the position of ticket clerk ; has been a Mas6n since 1878 ; is also a Knight of Pythias.

HIRAM E. JOHNSON, retired farmer ; was born in Addison Co., Vt., Aug. 7, 1818; is the son of Jonathan Johnson and Susan Burwell, natives of New Jersey ; his grandfather was an early emigrant to America, and took part in the struggle for American Independence ; Hiram is the son nf a farmer, hence was brought up at honest toil, and has since tried to follow out the Divine injunction, " Go till the soil." When about 14 years of age, he removed to Niagara Co., N. Y., where he lived till 1847 ; leaving then, the old Empire State, he sought a home in the wilds of Wisconsin ; sailing from Buffalo, he came via Sheboygan to Milwaukee, thence on foot via Watertown to Fond du Lac, where he stopped over Sunday with Edward Pier; he soon entered '320 acres of land in Sec. 10, town of Empire, and 160 acres in Sec. 8, town of Forest; returning to Milwaukee, he eschanged his money for land office orders and came again to Fond du Lie, bringing with him from near Waupun, some ox teams with which to break his farm; having made some improvements and built a board shanty 12x12 feet. Oct. 14, 1848, he married Miss ' Lucinda, daughter of G-ilderoy and Rhoda McA.rthur, natives of Birdport, Addison Co. Vt., she with her parents having come West on the same boat with Johnson, and, till .the time of marriage, had followed teaching in Vermont and Chicago ; they at once removed to the board shanty, which served them as a home till their new house, ' then under construction, was completed ; when their oldest daughter, Hattie, was about a year old, Mrs. Johnson made a visit to Chicago, and on her return, her husband met her at Sheboygan, and on their way home, they met two huge bears, which, though harmless, gave Mrs. Johnson one of the worst frights she ever had ; they lived there on the farm till about 1878, when he sold that and moved to the city ofv Pond du Lac, where he has since lived a more retired life; they have had eight children - Hattie A., now the wife of Rev. William Fox, a Presbyterian minister of Quincy, Mich.; Rhoda C. (deceased), Sadie A., now Mrs. Dr. G-eorgeiDixou, of Sacramento, Cal; Fred A., farmer, of Sacramento Co., Cal.; Eva L., Lillie E., Willie E., Louisa D. Members of , the Presbyterian Church.

JOHSf JUCKER, salesman in Meyer's lumber-yard on Western Avenue; was born in Grermany in 1850; came to America with parents in 1855, and settled at Burlington, Wis., where he received his early education ; in 1860, he began clerking in a dry-goods store at Burlington, where he remained till 1864. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Co. D, 39th W. V. I., and served till his term of service expired Sept. 25, 1864, at Milwaukee; returning to Burlington, Wis., he re-enlisted in Co. C, 48th W. V. I.; served till March, 1866, when he was mustered out at Port Leavenworth, Kan.; he then came to Fond du Lac, and was engaged in the lumber business with P. Sawyer & Son till 1876, when he became salesman for Mr. Meyer's in lumber-yard, where he has since been employed.

MARTI'M' F. KAEDIlVGr was born in Prussia Sept. 11, 1844 ; came from there to Fond du Lie in July, 1862, where he engaged in wagon-making - his present business; from 1875 to 1878, was in the furniture business ; sold lime and stone at Pond du Lao and Eden two summers ; entered the La Belle Wagon Works in the fall of 1879, where he now is, and in which he had worked five years from 1870. Mr. Kaedinghas been Alderman three years, and a member of the County Board two years. He was married at Fond du Lac March 2, 1869, to Amelia Nast, born in Prussia; they have five children - Herman A., Louise W.; Emma L., Amelia E. and Martin W. Mr. K. is a member of the Lutheran Church and of the Concordia Benevolent Association.

C V. KAIiK, of the firm of Kalk & Kent, druggists; born in Berlin, Germany; came to America in the spring of 1848 ; located at Sheboygan, Wis., where he remained until he came to Fond du Lac in September, 1849; commenced clerking in drug store the month of his arrival here; in 1857, he entered into partnership with his former employer, D. R. Curran ; continued with him until 1866, when he sold out to Mr. Ojirran, and formed a copartnership with William F. Kent, under the present firm name, which has continued to the present time. This firm has done a wholesale and retail busness since its existence, and is one of the leading drug houses of the State. Mr. Kalk has held various important positions - Supervisor and Alderman several terms. Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, member of the Board of Education, etc. He is esteemed as one of the most enterprising and public-spirited citizens of the county.

WIIiJLIAMS KARSTEWS, foreman second floor in C. J. L. Meyer's sash, door and blind factory ; was born in Holstein, Germany in 1833 ; learned the carpenter and cabinet-maker's trade in his native country ; came to America in 1854, and settled in Michigan, where he worked in a saw-mill for carpenter's trade ; in 1867, he moved to Davenport, Iowa., continued the carpenter's trade for three years, eight months, whence he went to Sheboygan, Wis., where, for two and a half years, he followed the from there he moved to Fond du Lac in 1860, and still continued the carpenter's trade till 1872, and since that time has been employed by Mr. Meyer in sash, door a,nd blind factory. In 1861, he married Miss Annie Wilkins, daughter of Fred Wilkins, of Holstein, Germany ; they have three children, as follows - Charles, Annie, and Willie. Mr. K. and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

FATHER JOSEPH J. KEENAN, Priest of St. Joseph's Catholic Church; is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was born in 1845 ; his parents came to America, and located at

Philadelphia, when he was only 18 months old. In 1860, he entered the Milwaukee Seminary, where lae spent five years, preparatory to entering upon his theological studies, after which he attended the Chicago University for one and a half years, and began his theological studies, whence he went to Mt. St. Mary's, at Emmittsburg, Md., where he received his degrees with the Class of '69. After his graduation, he returned to Milwaukee, Wis., and continued his theological studies under Archbishop Henni, by whom he was ordained to the priesthood in 1870. His first charge was that of Portage City, Wis., with^ five other missions, which he served for one year, when he was recalled to the Teacher's Seminary of Milwaukee, as Professor of English Language and Mathematics for three years, when, at the request of Bishop Heiss, of La Crosse, Wis., he went to Eau Claire, Wis., for a few months only, being recalled by his own Bishop to the diocese of Milwaukee, and placed in charge of Oconomowoc for one year ; at the expiration of the year, he was sent back as Procurator of the Seminary and Professor of Natural Science, where he spent nearly two years ; in February, 1879, he received the appointment to St. Joseph's, at Fond du Lac, to succeed Rev. Father Gr. L. Willard, who took his place at the Seminary.

A. A. KEIiL/Y, attorney; born at Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1848; he is a son of Anthony Kelly, who came with his family to Osceola, Fond du Lac Co., in 1852 ; the subject of our sketch was brought up on a farm, and attended the public schools of Osceola until 1872, when he came to Fond du Lac and entered a commercial college ; he commenced the study of law in April, 1873 ; after reading with H. P. Rose, Hauser & Colman, and Judge Flint, he was admitted to the bar in November, 1875, and has engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. His father is still a resident of Osceola.

CHARLES DAVIS KENDALL., farmer; is a son of Nathan N. Kendall and Betsey L. Stearns; Charles was born in Rockingham, Vt., Jan. 28, 181.3; his mother dying while ho was quite young, he went to live with a married sister in Roxbury, Washington Co., Vt., remaining with her for two years ; he then returned to Rockingham and made his home with his grandfather for about two years, after which he went to Warren, Vt., and worked one summer at farm labor ; he then returned to his sister, where he made his home until 19 years of iige ; from that time until he reached his 22d year, he followed farm labor for the farmers in that vicinity. He then married Miss Malissa, daughter of William and Eunice Blanehard, and in November, 1835, removed to Westfield, Orleans Co., Vt., where he farmed for one year ; thence to Northfield, Washington Co., for one year ; at the end of this time, he returned to Roxbury, and purchased a farm of 100 acres of timber, and in clearing up about twenty acres, he received a severe injury from a log rolling over him while attempting to load it on a sled ; he remained on this farm for about two years, and then took charge of his wife's grandfather's farm for two years, after which he moved to Brookfield, Orange Co., and rented a farm for two years. After these various changes, he returned to Roxbury, from whence, in September, 1847, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he soon preempted 120 acres of land and built a log house, which, with nearly everything they had, was burned the following May ; Edward Pier, then living at Fond du Lao, allowed them to move to his farm, where they lived for two years; in the fall of 1848, he built what was long known as the " Two-Mile House," of which he was proprietor for eight years, during which time he kept the county poor for one year; in 1856, he sold this hotel, and built a house on the military road, where he owned a farm of forty acres; remaining here only a short time, he removed to Brandon, Wis., where he kept hotel for one year; the purchaser of the Two-Mile House failing to make his payments, Mr. Kendall was compelled to take it back ; he kept this as proprietor for some time, then bought his present place, built a house and removed thither in 1868, and has since made it his home; in 1873, while finishing a house for his daughter in Cresco, Howard Co., Iowa, the scaffold fell with him, and injured his ankle so as to cause his foot to be amputated, since which time he has led a more quiet and retired life. His wife bore him seven children at six births, as follows : Eunice A., born Aug. 23, 1836, now Mrs. Alexander Stimpson,of Cresco, Iowa - she has now five children, the last two being twins ; Jehial, born June 27, 1837, deceased ; Alden P., who enlisted in Daniel's cavalry in October, 1862, and was wounded the morning after reaching Arkansas, three bullets having struck him - his mother nursed him through his sickness at Memphis. Tenn., after which he was discharged, and, returning home, regained his health, enlisted in the 20th W. V. I., was placed in charge of the hospital at New Orleans, and died there with small-pox ; Albert, born Nov. 10, 1846 ; infant, not named, deceased ; Arabella and Isabella, twins - Arabella, now Mrs. Miles, of Waupun, has fiive children, two of whom are twins ; this family had three pair of twins - the mother and two daughters.

CHARLES II. KENDALL, commercial traveler; was born at Martinsburg, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1842; came with his parents, Curtis N. and Maria M. Briggs Kendall, in 1843, to where Twelfth street crosses the river in Fond du Lac, and engaged in farming during the day and shoemaking nights ; C. M. Kendall attended District No. 2 School and Fond du Lac Academy ; clerked in a bakery ; worked in a hotel at Brandon ; spent three months on a farm in Rock Co.; learned the printer's trade at Beaver

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Dam m 1861, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Co. K., 29111 W. V. I. ; he participated in the battles of Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, where he received three flesh-wounds, and Champion Hills, where he had his leg broken and received four other bullet wounds, disabling him from field duty; after a furlough of thirty days in ISeS; he went on duty as Ward Master of the hospital at Memphis for two months, and then, till mustered out in May, 1865, was acting Steward and Commissary of the hospital. He returned to Fond du Lac and carried on the painting business until 1 877, when he became a commercial traveler. He was married at Pond du Lac to Jennie A. Oliver, Nov. 13, 1867 ; she was born in Byron, Fond du Lac Co.

EDWARD KEIVT, son of Alban and Walburge Kent, was born at Erie, Penn., Feb. 26, 1843 ; came to Sheboygan, Wis., in 1844; to Pond du Lac at the age of 18, where he engaged one year with Drummond Brothers, dry-goods merchants; one year with C. J. Pettibone; eight years with H. Woodworth ; in the boot and shoe trade one year, as a member of the firm of Barber & Kent ; three years with C. W. Seaver ; two years with Haskill, and with Laughlin & Carey, dry-goods merchant, since January, 1878. He was married at Pond du Lac July, 24, 1866, to Martha Jane Clark, who was born in Pond. du Lac, the daughter of Alexander H. and Hannah Simmons Clark ; they have two children - Nellie Eloise, born Jan. 24, 1869, and Mallory Alban, born Sept. 22, 1872.

JOHN E._KENT, attorney; was born at Beloit, Wis., July 8, 1850, where he resided five or six years, since which time he has resided in Janesville, Chicago and Roekford, until coming to Pond du Lac in 1875. He was educated at Beloit College and Chicago University ; read law with J. B. Cassoday, at Janesville, and also studied with lawyers in Chicago. In August, 1879, Mr. Kent became a member of the law firm of Colman, Carter & Kent. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Illinois at Mount Vernon, in June, 1875.

WIIjLIAM F. KEIVT, of the firm of Kalk & Kent, druggists; was born at Erie, Penn.;. came to Sheboygan in 1843, and to Pond du Lac in 1854, where he clerked two years in the grocery business; two years in a confectionery store, and, in 1859, began clerking for the drug firm of Curran & Kalk. In 1866, the firm of Kalk & Kent was formed, which has been continuously in the drug business ever since, doing a wholesale and retail trade.

JOHX B. KllililPP, engineer; is a native of Burlington, Vt.; born in 1808; followedengineering on Lake Champlain till 1 855, when he came to Pond du Lac and began engineering for Butler & Mitchell in a saw-mill, which he continued with them till 1857 ; then with Wilber, Herman & Lewis till 1859 ; from 1859 to 1862 for Bissell & Co.; then with Crane & Moore for one year ; in 1863, he began running the engine in U. D. Mihills' sash, door and blind manufactory, and remained there till 1870 ; kept flour and feed store from 1870 to 1871, when he went to Winneconne, Winnebago Co., for eight years ; in 1879, returned to Pond du Lac, and has since been running the engine in Mr. Meyer's saw-mill. He married Miss Lucy J. Gaud, of Middlebury, Vt., in 1830, who died Jan. 26, 1860, leaving seven children, as follows - George (now deceased), Lucretia (now Mrs. Robinson, of Pond du Lac), William, Lutia (now Mrs. Bonnell, of Fond du Lac), Richmond (deceased), Henry and Elmira. Mr. Killipp is a member of the I. 0. 0. P. Fraternity.

«fOSEPH KING, ice-dealer, was born in Lower Canada, Sept. 8, 1815, whence he removed to Green Bay, Wis., in 1834 ; in 1837, he engaged in the mercantile business at the Belmont lead mines, which he lefl in July, 1838, and came to Sec. 22, town of Pond du Lac, having visited the spot and purchased the land in 1836 ; Mr. King made two trips to Pond du Lac in 1836, " took up " his land in June of that year, on which he lived ten years, and then moved into the city which has since been his home, though he carries on his farm and generally spends the summers upon it ; he has carried on the ice business in Fond du Lac for twenty-three years, and has also been engaged in passenger staging and teaming. He was married at Fond du Lac, in June, 1839, to Mrs. Dianthe May, who died May 28, 1861, leaving three children - Harry May, who died in the army; Lucy Ann, now Mrs. A. W. Chapman, of Fond du Lac, and Prank, who was a member of Bragg's Rifles, and shot at the battle of Gettysburg ; Mr. King was married a second time, Oct. 5, 1863, to Mrs. Alice Tuff, daughter of Benjamin T. Midgeley, who had three children by her former husband - Frank G., Geprgiana and Mary - who are now living.

JUDGE A. KIBTYON, President of the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railway Co., is a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he was born in 1818 ; in 1837, he removed to La Salle Co., 111., where he was engaged in contracting and building for about thirteen years ; in 1850, he removed to California, where he continued the builder's profession for two years in the cities of Sacramento and San Francisco ; he was next employed for one year in filling a contract for work on what wag then known as the South Pork Canal; in 1853, he returned to Amboy, Lee Co., 111., where he was engaged in contracting for the Illinois- Central Railroad Co., during 1864 and 1865 ; for the next three years he practiced law in that county, and, in 1868, he was elected a member of the State Legislature from the county, and filled the office with- such credit to himself and satisfaction to his friends that he was returned a third time to that body ; failing health while in the Legislature compelled him to quit the practice of law, and seek some outdoor employment; in 1872, he built the Chicago & Eock River Railroad from Shabbona, De Kalb Co., to Sterling, Whiteside Co., 111.; in 1874, he organized the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railway Co., of which Jhe has since been President. Such is a brief sketch of the career of one who has through life been actively engaged in public enterprises of various kinds.

ISAAC KliOCK (deceased), was the son of John and Nancy Klock, of Montgomery Co., N. Y.; born in 1812 ; he was educated in the district schools of his native county, and after he grew to manhood chose his father's avocation - that of an honest farmer ; in 1839, he removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., whence, in 1855, he immigrated to Pond du Lac Co., Wis., a,nd settled on a farm of 100 acres, three miles southeast of the city of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming till about 1873, when he traded his farm for the old Soper grist-mill and 8 acres of land, this being the first mill built in the neighborhood and the second one in the county ; he continued as proprietor of this mill till his death, June 9, 1876. He married Miss Laranay N., daughter of John and Nancy Nellis, of Montgomery Co., N. Y.; they have nineteen children, as follows : John I., Ira (deceased), Delos, Nancy (now Mrs. C. Raymond, of Appleton, Iowa), Robert (deceased), Christian, August (deceased), George, Joseph, Elizabeth (deceased), Lucinda (Mrs. John E. Parks), Zilpha (late Mrs. George T. Hamilton, deceased), Amy (Mrs. C. E. Baldwin), Arvilla (Mrs. William E. Hughes, of Chicago, 111.) and Parley P., of Fond du Lac, who is now proprietor of the mill in his father's stead, and who was married to Miss AUie S., daughter of William E. and Elizabeth Davis, of Fond du Lac, May 13, 1879 ; there were four other children, who died in infancy. Mr. Kloek was a member of the Masonic Fraternity for a number of years before his death, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.

Cjr. A. KNAPP, Treasurer of the Fond du Lac Savings Bank, came to Pond du Lao in 1868, and engaged 'in the hardware business with Farnsworth & Knapp, first as book-keeper ; he continued in the hardware business until 1874, and has been Treasurer of the Savings Bank since Jan. 1, 1878.

W. A. KNAPP, Secretary and Treasurer of the Fond du Lac Harrow Company; he was born in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 30, 1821 ; removed to Green Bay, Wis., in 1837 ; resided there eleven years, then went to Oshkosh, where he remained until he came to Pond du Lac in 1866 ; while at Green Bay he was in the hardware business with his brother; after 1841, he was a partner with him ; at Oshkosh he was engaged in genei-al merchandising for about three years ; for a number of years he carried on steamboat business, and for a period of eight years prior to coming to Fond du Lac, he was engaged in farming ; after coming here he was extensively engaged in the hardware trade until 1874 ; afterward, for two years, in insurance and real-estate business ; since then he has given his entire attention to his manufacturing interests. March 26, 1845, he married Lucinda A. Gilbert, at Green Bay ; she was born in Cortland Co., N. Y. ; they have had six children ; the living are Clarence A., Gaines A., Prank A. and Minnie A. ; they have lost two daughters, Anah A., born Oct. 20, 1850, died in Pond du Lac, Nov. 8, 1871 - at the time of her death she was the wife of C. W. Powers; Katie A., was born Jan. 16, 1857, and died Jan. 8, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp are members of the Congregational Church.

Gr. A. KBETliOW, Chief of Police, was born in Prussia Aug. 23, 1843, and came to Milwaukee in 1856, where be resided until coming to Pond du Lac in 1866 ; from 1866 to 1873, Mr. K. was engaged in the manufacture of tobacco ; in 1874, was chosen Chief of Police, and has occupied that position continuously since. He was married to Pauline Quandt May 22, 1866 ; they have five children - Martha, Carl E., Albert Q., Paul G. and Alma. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., I. 0. 0. F., Turner Society, and German-English Academy.

P. KRUIIME, druggist and apothecary; was born at Calbe, on the river Saale, Prussia, Oct. 7, 1831 ; came to Preeport, III., Dec. 25, 1854, where he resided until coming to Pond du Lac in 1866 ; in 1861, recruited Co. C., and was commissioned Captain of it in December, 1861 ; promoted to Brevet Major July 18, 1866 ; he resigned, on account of disability caused by typhoid fever, in April, 1862, after participating in the battles of Port Donelson and Pittsburg Landing ; Mr. K. has followed the drug business since 1846. He married at Preeport, 111., in 1858, Sophie Huellhorst, who died Dec. 4, 1863, leaving one child, Sophie, born Nov. 26, 1863. June 9, 1864, he was married to Theresa Wolff, who was born at Schoeneburg, Alsace, Aug. 14, 1844; they have two children - Simon A., born April 10, 1865, at Freeport, and Frederick Otto, born Sept. 7, 1876, at Fond du Lac. Mr. K. is an Odd Fellow and Mason, Druid, and member of the German-English Academy.

GrUSTA V KUENNE, watchmaker, jeweler, engraver and practical optician ; born in Prussia in 1825 ; came to America in 1849 ; first located in Milwaukee, where he resided two years ; he then spent about nine months tr?iveling in different States in this country, afterward was a resident of Chicago for six years ; came to Fond du Lac May 6, 1856 ; engaged in present business ever since he came here. He was married at Grand Kapids, Mich., Aug. 17, 1858, to Louisa Preusser; she was- born in Prussia; they have one child, Lena ; Mr. Kuenne learned the manufacturing jeweler's trade in Europe, and the trade of watchmaker in Milwaukee and Chicago.

H. P. K.XIICKS, of the firm of Kuicks & Hannigan, grocers, was born in the city of Fond du La& in 1851 ; was educated in the public schools ; began telegraphing with the N.-W. R. Ka in 1867 ; from 1869 to 1872, he worked as machinist for Heiner, when he changed to the machine-shops of the N.-W. R. R.; in May, 1878, he became a partner in the present firm. He married Miss Bettie Launstein, daughter of P. Launstein, of Fond du Lac, Oct. 4, 1878. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

-FACOB KUNZE, manufacturer, corner of Division and Sophia streets; is a native of Prussia; was born Aug. 14, 1828; in his native country he acquired a liberal education, and, in about 1847, emigrated to America and engaged to learn the carriage and wagon making trade at West Menden, Monroe Co., N. Y. In 1856, he married, in Rochester, N. Y., Catharine Fee; immediately after they were married, they came to Fond du Lac ; they have had four children, only one of whom is living - John J. Mr. Kunze established his present business about twelve years ago, and manufactures carriages, buggies, spring and lumber wagons ; he is a skilled mechanic, and employs the best workmen, therefore turns out a. superior class of work, which is widely known for durability and neatness ; he possesses every facility for attending to general repairing, and for supplying all who require anything in his line.

HOWARD MALCOM KUTCHIJV, journalist; was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Nov. 4, 1842, where his father, the late Rev. T. T. Kutchin, was a clergyman ; the family came to Wisconsin in 1853, and soon after arriving in the State, settled at Fond du Lac ; Mr. Kutchin never was given a college instruction, but acquired a good education in the common schools which he attended ; at the age of 19, he entered a printing ofiBce at Ripon, with a view to becoming a journalist, and from that time until 1866, was connected in an editorial capacity with newspapers in Peoria, 111., St. Louis, Mo., Cairo, Ills., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Joseph, Mo.; from the latter city he removed to Port Atkinson, Wis., where he purchased the Herald, which he conducted until 1871 ; in that year, Mr. Kutchin went to California and aided in founding a daily paper at San Diego, intending to make that State his home ; but concluding not to do so, returned to Wisconsin in September, 1871, and purchased an interest in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth (daily and weekly), with which he has since been connected as part or sole editor and proprietor. Mr. Kutchin has taken an active part in politics, as a Republican, both local and general ; served as Chairman of the Republican County Committee in 1878 and 1879; was appointed State's Prison Director in 1878, for a term of six years; was a prominent candidate for Postmaster of Fond du Lac, in 1877, but was defeated in spite of exceptionally strong petitions and recommendations, and was appointed by President Hayes, in 1879, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third Wisconsin District, which ofiice he brought from Oshkosh to Fond du Lao. Mr. Kutchin is identified with the principal secret societies, and for two years was Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Wisconsin. To Mr. Kutchin and his paper is given the credit, and justly, of securing the election of Matthew H. Carpenter as U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, for the term beginning March 4, 1879. He was married to Elsie, daughter of John Irving, one of the earliest settlers of Ripon; they have two children - a daughter and a son.

P. J. liADD, baggage-master and collector for North- Western Railway at Pond du Lac ; was born in Ontario, Canada West, Dec. 11, 1846 ; emigrated to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled at Neenah,, Winnebago Co., where he received a common-school education ; in the spring of 1865, he began braking on the Illinois Central Railroad, whence, in the fall of the same year, he changed to the North- Western road, where he continued as brakeman for two years, when he was appointed baggage-master on the road, in which position he remained till the fall of 1868, when he was assigned to the position of baggage-master and collector for the road at Fond du Lac. Dec. 11, 1867, he married Miss Jane A. Stewart, daughter of William J. Stewart, of Fond du Lac ; they have three children - Willie, Eddie and Carrie. Mr. and Mrs. Ladd are members of the Congregational Church- Mr. Ladd has been a Mason since 1868.

PROF. JAMES S. liAKE, teacher of music and piano-tuner ; was born at Reading, Penn., Jan. 9, 1853, where he resided until 7 years old, when his parents moved to Chicago; Prof. L. studied music under Theo. Gramman, a German Professor of Music, in New York, about five years, and studied also with his sister, Julia C. Lake ; since he was 18 years of age. Prof Lake has been engaged in teaching music and tuning pianos in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and since November, 1877, in Fond du Lac.

liEOX liAIiLIER, florist and market gardener, on Fourth street ; is one of two surviving sons of a family of five ; he was born in France in 1834, and learned the gardener's trade there with his faiher,- who had learned it from his father before him: in 1852, the family came to America, and settled here in.

Fond du Lac, where they continued.the business of florist and gardener; three years after, the family was afflicted with the typhoid fever, and Leon lost his only sister and two brothers within twenty days after the first was taken sick; in 1858, his only surviving brother removed to Kansas, leaving him and his father as the only members of the family here. In 1860, he married Miss Julia C. Pierron, daughter of J. C. Pierron, of Pond du Lac, she being a native of Syracuse, N. Y. ; they have seven children - Frank E., Louis, Lovina, Leon, Charlotte, Charles and Hester.

D. C. liANO was born at Albany, N. Y., July 8, 1852, and came to Sheboygan Falls, Wis., in 1855 ; Springvale in 1857, and Fond du Lac in 1874 ; he purchased the Fond du Lao Trunk Factory of A. Payne that year, and managed the business alone until 1875, when his brother became a partner under the firm name of D. C. & J. H. Lang ; the factory gives employment to eighteen men, and the sales, which are in several of the surrounding States, amount to $25,000 per annumn." Mr. Lang was married to Miss Kittle Pogue, at Fond du Lac, Aug. 23, 1877.

JOHIV H. LiANG was bom at Albany, N. Y., June 16, 1850, and came with his father, Wm. Lang, to Sheboygan Falls, Wis., in 1855, and to Fond du Lac Co., town of Springvale, in 1857 ; there he remained until 1873 ; he became a partner with bis brother in the firm of D. C. & J. H. Lang as trunk manufacturers at Fond du Lac, in March, 1875. He was married to Miss Ida B Lee, of Fond du Lac,. Dec. 17, 1876.

liJEAWDEJR liANDERMAlV, farmer; 'is a son of Augustin and Mary Landerman, born in Montreal Co., Canada, in 1825 ; at the age of 20 he entered upon an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade with his father, continuing with him four years ; he then went, in 1846, to a place near Troy, N. Y., and for two years was engaged in an ax factory; in 1848, ho came to Fond du Lac, and began work at the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed for a number of years ; he was employed by the North-Western Railway Company to assist in building depots, etc., etc., and while finishing the woodshed at Fond du Lac, he was knocked ofi' the scaffolding while an engine was passing, and it ran over his arm, crushing it so badly that it had to be amputated; he was then appointed night-watch at the depot, which position he held for seven years ; in 1848, he began dealing in real estate, and has been at it more or less since that time; he now owns 180 acres in Sec. 8, town of Fond du Lac; probable value, $75 per acre. He married Miss Orellie, daughter of Lewis and Felicity MuUer, of Fond du Lac, in 1848, by whom he has six children, as follows : Helaire, Martha, Henry, Pacific, Orellie (now Mrs. Jos. Balargeon, of Fond du Lac) and Rose. Mr. L. and family are members of St. Louis' Catholic Church.

FRAIVZ liAUEXSTEIST, wholesale liquor dealer ; was born at Brunswick, Germany, May 25, 1830 ; came direct to Fond du Lac in May, 1850 ; for two years conducted Henry Rahte, Sr.'s, distillery ; worked two years at cabinet-maker's trade, and, in 1855, began the wholesale liquor business, which he has followed ever since. He was married at Fond du Lao, in 1852, to Lissetta Bergen, a native of Hanover ; they have five children living - Frank H., Betty, Rosa, Frances and Johanna ; three children are deceased. Mr. L. was one of the organizers of the German-English Academy, and is now its President ; is a Turner, and a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge, and a Director of the Gemnan American Savings Bank.

HIRAli K. Li AUGHIilN, of the firm of Laughlin & Carey, dry-goods merchants ; is a native of Hopkinton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he was born in 1818, and lived till 1845, when he became connected with the Treasury Department at Washington, and remained till 1849, going in under James K. Polk and coming out under Taylor's Administration. In 1848, he married Mrs . Carey, of Fond du Lac, and, in 1849, he moved from Washington to Fond du Lac, and became engaged in the drygoods trade, which he has since followed ; they have only one son - -William T., who is now the bookkeeper for the firm. Mr. Laughlin and family are members of the Episcopal Church.

JOHIV LiEIKAlIF, proprietor of meat market on Main street; was born in New York City in 1846 ; at the age of 15, he began to learn the butcher trade, which he followed in his native city till 1867, when he came to Fond du Lac and continued the same business, working for other parties till the spring of 1879 ; he then became proprietor of his present market. In 1871, he married Miss Lacorda S. Wright, daughter of Joseph Wright, of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; they have one daughter - Maggie. Mr. L. and -wife are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

S. <3r. JLEIiAND, Clerk of the Court; born in Holliston, Mass., in 1843 ; moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1853 ; resided there until July, 1869, when he came to Wisconsin, and located at Beaver Dam, where he remained until October, 1870 ; at that time he came to Pond du Lac, and engaged in business as a merchant, dealing in boots and shoes, having carried on same business in Brooklyn and Beaver Dam prior to coming here ; continued in trade about one year after locating in this city ; then, for seven yearji, was employed in the .County Register's office, five years of the time being Deputy Register ; in the fall.

of 1878, he was elected to the position which he now occupies. Mr. Xjeland was married, at East Bridgewater, Mass., Nov. 20, 186Y, to Jennette C. Harlow, a native of Massachusetts; they have four children - Gilbert H., Harry H., Arthur Little and Alice Maud.