Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 4 of 17)

JOSEPH F. 1/ENZ, of the firm of Lenz & Ehlers ; was born in Austria Jan. 10, 1841 ; came directly to Fond du Lac in 1856, where he has since resided, working at the wagon-maker's trade, which he began learning in Europe. Mr. Lenz has been engaged in business for himself since 1873. He -was married at Fond du Lac, Jan. 24, 1861, to Fredericka A. Eiohmeyer, born in Holstein, Germany; have three children - Joseph H., Rudolph and Louis. He has been one of the managers of the German -English Academy during thirteen years.

SAlIUEIi LEVEL, dealer'in wood; was born in Ohio, but lived at Buffalo, N. Y., and vicinity, until coming to Fond du Lac May 8, 1858, where he has since resided ; he engaged in lumbering several years ; five years engineer for Stevely & Bartlett, but during the last eight years has been dealing in wood, stock and ice. Mr. L. is a bachelor, and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

A. H. LEWIS, of the firm of 0. F. Lewis & Bro.; from Essex Co., N. Y., where he was born, came to .Fond du Lac Co. in 1847, and settled with his father in the town of Springvale; he enlisted Feb. 22, 1864, in the 4th W. V. C, and was mustered out as Sergeant of Co. B, at Brownsville, Tex., May, 28, 1866, after which he went to Minnesota and engaged in farming for two years; in April, 1874, com- . meaced business with his brother at Fond du Lac, as dealers in agricultural implements, pumps, etc. He was married at Fond du Lac, Dec. 15, 1874, to Martha F. Barber, a native of Vermont.

R. M. LEWIS, station agent; is a native of Madison Co., N. Y.; born in 1820; came to Chicago, 111., in 1851, and engaged in the manufacture of saleratus till spring of 1854, when he came to Fond du Lac, and engaged in the lumber business till 1869 ; ho was next interested in the grain trade; in 1867, he was appointed Postmaster at Fond du Lac, by President Johnson, which position he held for two years; was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly in fall of 1872; in February, 1876, he was appointed station agent of the N.-W. R. R. He married !Miss Helen Williams, daughter of Imri Williams, of Madison Co., N. Y., in 1844; they have four children - Mary, now Mrs. E. L. Patrick, of Kansas City, Mo.; Ella, now Mrs. K. M. Adams, of Fond du Lac ; Addie, now Mrs. H. B. Dodd, of Watertown, Wis.; Carrie, now Mrs. Lebrick, of Racine, Wis. Wife and family are members of the Congregational Church.

ORIX F. LEWIS, dealer in agricultural implements ; was born in Hague, Warren Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1832 ; came to Rosendale in September, 1847, and engaged in farming, which he has since carried on in addition to other business ; during five years, in addition to dealing in pumps and all kinds of farm machinery, as a member of the firm of 0. F.. Lewis & Brother, he has been a traveling salesman of the Fountain City Wheel & Seeder Co. He was married, Dec. 31, 1856, to Mary A. Murray, a native of Prince Edward's Island; they have five children - George A., Carrie A., Charles E., Arthur M. and Bertie 0. While living in Rosendale - he now lives just east of the city of Fond du Lac - Mr. Lewie was Supervisor, and held other town offices. Mr. L.'s mother, Betsy Lewis, died in Rosendale Feb. 23, 1857 ; his father, Matthew I., is now a resident of Springvale.

L. R. LEWIS, marble dealer ; was born in Wethersfield, Windsor Co., Vt., June 6, 1831, and moved with his parents to Maryland in 1833, where they resided until 1840, and then moved to Clinton Co., N. Y.; from there, in 1850, they came to Eden, Fond du Lac Co., and settled upon Sec. 16 ; Mr. Lewis engaged in farming, speculating, dealing in wood, and story-telling in Eden, until 1866, when he moved to Fond du Lac, and engaged in the marble business. He was married in October, 1853, at Taycheedah, to Miss Delilah, daughter of Stafford Potter ; they have two children living - George W. and Cora B. In Eden, Mr. L. was Town Clerk and Supervisor, and has been Alderman, Supervisor and member of the Board of Education in Fond du Lac; his father, Stephen Lewis, died in Eden in 1871 ; his mother. Thankful Lewis, is living in Nebraska. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

R. LIEBERMAN Jf, wool merchant, and dealer in grain, seeds, hides, furs, pelts, etc.; born in Austria Aug. 28, 1852 ; came to America with his parents when he was a child of about 5 years of age ; they were located in Milwaukee for two years, then removed to Sheboygan ; from there the subject of ' this sketch returned to Milwaukee, and graduated from the German and English Academy, and also from Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, and for two years was in a tannery in Milwaukee, then he went to Manitowoc, where he was employed for about two years as a dry-goods salesman; in 1870, he came to Fond du Lac, and was associated with L. Rosenberg in the clothing business for several years, a portion of the time dealing in wool, grain, hides, etc.; he was with Mr. Rosenberg until the fall of 1878, since then alone ; Mr. Liebermann is one of the live young business men of this city, enterprising and public spirited. He is a son of M. Liebermann, who was engaged in dry-goods business about 1868. ,

EDWARD C LITTJLE (deceased), was a native of Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., where he was born April 10, 1811; being the son of a farmer, he spent his boyhood and youth, except while attending district school, by which he received rather a limited education, in agricultural pursuits ; in 1848, he began the business of a hardware merchant in New York City, which he continued with his brother till 1863 ; disposing of his interest there at that time, he came to Pond du Lac Co., Wis., bought a farm of 160 acres in Sees. 33 and 34, town of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming till his death, which occurred Oct. 30, 1870. He was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Smith, of Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1846 ; they have four sons and one daughter - Edward S., Charles S., John A., Joseph B. and Isabella P., now Mrs. Theodore Van Cleef, of Jersey City, N. J. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church of Pond du Lao ; formerly members of the Collegiate Church of New York City, one of the oldest churches of that city ; its 250th anniversary was celebrated in 1878.

JOH]V W. liOCKIN, printer and publisher, was born in Sauk Co., Wis., June 6, 1852 ; came to Fond du Lac Co. in October, 1864 ; began the printer's trade at Brandon April 13, 1869; had -charge of the Ripon Free Press for some time ; worked a few months in the old Star office at Milwaukee and came to Pond du Lao, where he has since resided, in August, 1872 ; in April, 1878, he purchased the Globe office, and, in August, 1879, purchased the Champion steam outfit and merged the two offices into one ; in company with Edward Beeson, he began the publication of the Wisconsin Farmer in September, 1879. Mr. L. was married at Fond du Lac, June 12, 1878, to Jennie S., daughter of the late John Keyes ; they have one child - Florence Edna.

ROBERT liOlVGSTAFF, retired ; was born in County Durham, England, Nov. 11, 1804 ; came to New York City, where he worked at the carpenter's trade a few months ; in September, 1844, he moved to Rochester, where he worked at wagon-making less than a year ; returned to New York City for a few months and then came to Fond du Lac Co., which has since been his home ; Mr. L. worked at the carpenter's trade one winter in Pond du Lac, and then bought a farm, on which he lived five years, and which he afterward rented. He was married in England, in December, 1831, to Dianah Atkinson, a native of County Durham ; they have had eight children, of whom three are living - Jane, Robert B. and Anna ; the five deceased were Thomas, who died in England ; William, who died in Kansas, aged 26 years ; Alice, who died in Eden, aged 19 years ; Mary, who died in Pond du Lac, aged 23 years; and Tarah, who died also in Fond du Lac, aged 7 years. Although in his 76th year, Mr. Longstaff is in good health and works every day about his place.

mUTHER MARY AGXES LiUBY, Sister Superior of St. Joseph's Convent and Orphan Asylum, is a daughter of Patrick and Mary Luby ; born in Cashel. County Tipperary, Ireland, Aug. 28, 1846; at the age of 4 years, she entered the Convent of the "Presentation Nuns," of her native city, and remained there till she reached her 16th year, spending the first part of her time at study, the latter part at teaching ; in October, 1870, she, with two other Sisters, came to America and entered the Convent of Mercy, at Sterling, 111., in November following ; remaining there about two weeks, they, with the Community, removed to Janesville, Wis., where, March 11, 1873, she was appointed Sister Superior of the Community by the Rev. Father Doyle ; in January, 1876, the convent was removed to and established at Pond du Lac, under her care, who, as Superior, has carefully managed and guarded its interests as one whose life-work and life are consecrated to a work of charity toward the poor, the sick and the orphan children of the church ; and many will be the thankful hearts, which, in future years, will beat with almost reverential pulsations when fond recollection brings to memory the many blessings they have received from her benevolent hands.

(irEORdrE W, IjUSK., lumberman ; a native of New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y.; came to Fond du Lac in May, 1866, and began the lumbering business in the firm of Merryman & Co.; this firm lasted until 1878,, when Mr. Lusk became proprietor of the entire business, which he continues; he has a saw-mill with a capacity of about 40,000 feet of lumber per day, and in which are employed thirty-five men; he manufactures from 5,000.000 to 7,000,000 feet each year; before coming to Pond du Lac, Mr. Lush was engaged as a lumberman at Edgerton, Wis., about nine years. He has been Mayor of Fond du Lac, and held various local offices.

FRAIVCIS D. Mccarty was bom in Martlnsburg, Lewis Co. N. Y., Jan. 12, 1816; educated at his native place; immigrated to Green Bay in 1836; came to Pond du Lac July 8, 1838, and located a farm at Taycheedah, where he built a house the same year, and in March, 1839, brought his family to reside in it ; Mr. McCarty's residence has since been in Fond du Lac Co., though he has been traveling three years in the iron and steel trade ; his first office was that of Constable and Collector; was elected Sheriff in 1850, and was Under Sheriff under George W. Mitchell and J. L. D. Eoclesheimer ; Deputy rJnited States Marshal in 1860 ; member of the Legislature ia 1858; one of the first Trusteess of Fond du Lac Village ; Alderman several terms ; Justice of the Peace in Empire. Mr. McO. was married at Green Bay, March 18, 1838, to Eliza A. Vandresar ; their children are Lovica L., Catherine K., Prances E., Darwin D. and Grace; all married. Mrs. McC. died Sept. 14, 1867.'

OfiORGIii McCIiUSKB Y, Superintendent of the Luco lumber-mills ; was born in Strathford County, Perth, Canada, May 23, 1845 ; came to Fond du Lac in about 1867. Married in Fond du Lac, in 1872, Miss B. MeCabe ; they have two children - Maggie and John ; Mr. McCluskey has been Superintendent of the Luco Mill over four years ; prior to that time he was foreman in the sawing department several years. He is a Republican in politics.

GEORGE H. McClJMBER, millwright for C. J. L. Meyer; is a son of Gordon De Wolf McCumber and Hannah Mosher; born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jan. 11, 1828 ; when 16 years of age, he entered upon his apprenticeship with his uncle, John Mosher, of Toronto, Canada West, with whom he worked seven years ; from 1851 to 1855, he was engaged in building several mills on the Little and Big Otto Rivers, of Canada West. An interesting event in Mr. McCumber's life at this place was when he with Mr. Freelove was traveling along the old military road, near the Little Otter ; they saw by the roadside a bear's cub ; Mr. McCumber proposed to pick it up, but Mr. Freelove protested ; Mr. McCumber told Mr. F. to get across the log bridge with the horses and he would pick up the young bear ; the plan was finally agreed to, and Mr. F. crossed the bridge, and stationed himself oa the opposite side of the river to see the result of the project; McG. at onee seized his innocent victim and started for his companion ; but the young cub immediately gave the alarm and the mother instantly rushed to the rescue ; in McCumber's haste to cross the bridge, he came upon it with such force that it went down with him, and he dropped the cub thinking the old bear would cease her chase; but she, not content with the rescue of her babe, hotly pursued the would-be kidnaper till he reached his horse and made good his escape. In 1857, Mr. McCumber, with his family, removed to Fond du Lac Co., coming through from Milwaukee to Oconomowoc on the first emigrant train that passed over that road, stopping at Ooonomowoc for the night, where there were only three hotels of three rooms each to give lodging to the multitude of immigrants ; forty of them were finally made comfortable in one of the hotels, by scattering them rather promiscuously upon the floors for the night ; the next morning there was a rush for the stage which was to convey them to Beaver Dam ; Mr. McCumber's family were fortunate enough to secure a passage, while his friend, Mr. Fisher, and family took the ox cart for Birds' Corners ; arrived at Beaver Dam June 7, soon after which, Mr. Mc- Cumber joined them, and they removed to Mound Prairie, town of Byron, Fond du Lac Co., for a short time ; here an interesting event took place, which is given in another part of this work ; they next removed to Fond du Lac in October, where he has since made his home, and devoted his time to his trade ; in spring of 1856, he built a saw-mill for Mr. Alex. McDonald, and has since been interested in the building of several large mills, among them a grist-mill for the Indians on their reservation ; a saw-mill for Merryman, at Marinette; one in city of Fond du Lac, for Mr. Meyers, also the Railroad Mill, the Hollister Mill, at Rochester, N. Y.; one for Mr. Coleman, at La Crosse, and has been constantly in Mr. Meyer's employ for the past two years (1879). Dec. 3, 1849, he was married to Miss Eliza, daughter of Henry and Sarah Branum, of Toronto ; they have had six children - Sarah L., now Mrs. William Tostivin, of St. Paul, Minn.; H. Adel, now Mrs. Robert N. Woollett, of Minneapolis ; William G., George (deceased), death caused by a fall ; William H., Nettie A. Mr. McCumber and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. McC. is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., also of the Temple of Honor.

WILililAM. McDERMOTT, insurance agent, was born in Ireland, in 1846, and came to Washington Co., Wis. the same year, with his father ; to Fond du Lao, town of Byron, in 1855, where he lived with' James McDermott - his father - until 1867, when he moved to Fond du Lac and began work for L. M. Wyatt, in the insurance business ; began business for himself as insurance, loan and real-estate agent, April 1, 1872, and now has fourteen companies - all first-class. He was married, July 7, 1868, to Annie C. DufiBe ; they have two children - James P. and George L. All are members of St. Joseph's Church ; Mr. McDermott has been a member of the Board of Education one year, but gives no attention to politics.

AliEXAWDER McDON AliD, manufacturer and lumberman, was born at Lancaster, Glengarry Co., Canada, Sept. 16, 1827, of Scotch parents; his education was acquired at the schools of his native place, after which he spent three years in a large grocery store in Montreal ; he then returned to Lancaster and engaged with Archibald McBean, merchant and lumberman, for one and a half years, when he became a partner in the 'business, taking charge of a branch store ; in 1848, the partnership, which had existed two and a half years, was terminated, and Mr. McD. became clerk in William Flower's railroad-contracting oflBce, in which he remained one year, and was given charge of a gang of men, and at the end of another year was made Division Superintendent;, owing to his wonderful energy and uniform good judgment; in 1856, after finishing with the railroad contractor, Mr. McD. came to Fond du Lac, and, in company with his hrother and others, hegan the manufacture of lumber, which he has since continued without interruption ; he now is the sole owner of a saw-mill and a large tract of pine lands ; President of the Wheel and Seeder Co.; Vice President of the McDonald Manufacturing Co.; part owner of the McDonald & Stewart Sash, Door and Blind Factory ; Director of the German- American Savings BaDk ; a member of the Log Harbor Co., and Director of the Gravel Eoad Co., giving attention to every branch of his business ; Mr. McDonald is an astonishing, tremendous and tireless worker ; he has rushedhimself through the heaviest labors with only four hours per day of rest and sleep, not simply for a week, but during long periods ; and at his mill, or in handling lumber, takes the place and the labors of two men ; the same prodigious vigor characterizes all his mental operations ; the most prolonged exposure and hardest tug at labor even yet appears to leave him as fresh and strong as when he began ; his working trim is 6 feet 2 inches in height and 215 pounds in weight - all bone and sinew ; the first seven years of Mr. McD.'s life after he left school were devoted to paying the debts contracted by his father, who died when he was only 5 years of age,. thus saving the old homestead to his mother. Although giving no attention whatever to politics, he has been elected Alderman, member of the County Board and Mayor. He was married first, in 1859, to Annie Cameron, who died Dec. 12, 1863, leaving one daughter - Sarah ; in February, 1868, he married Christiana McLennan, who died year later ; in 1872, Mr. McDonald married his present wife, Sarah E. Vaughan, who is the mother of his only son - -Alexander Vaughan McDonald. Mr. McDonald uses no liquor or tobacco, gives his influence to temperance matters, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN S. McDONAIiD, manufacturer and lumberman ; was born in Lancaster, Glengarry Co., near the Province line, between Upper and Lower Canada, Dec. 7, 1831 - a locality noted for the large size of its men and women. When Col. Frasier's regiment was reviewed at Montreal, during the Revolution of 1837, the English General declared he had never seen so fine a regiment - not a man in it being less than six feet, and some of them were over seven feet in height ; and the Colonel said he could furnish ten more regiments of such men, and as many as might be wanted of men six feet in height. Donald McDonald, lumberman and farmer, father of John S., was born at Glengarry a year after the grandparents settled on the old homestead. His mother, Marion Stewart, born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, was, on her mother's side, a McLeod ; her father's family consisted of six brothers and four sisters - none of the brothers being less than six feet - of whom three sisters and one brother are now living, the youngest being 70 years of age, and his mother, who resides in Fond du Lac, being in her 84th year. Mr. McD.'s father died Feb. 28, 1848, after a brief illness. His family consisted of twelve children - six boys and six girls, all now living but two.

The subject of this sketch attended the common schools from the farm on which he was born, beginning at the age of 4 years, and walking regularly every day, rain or shine, with his brothers and sisters, from one to three miles. At the time of his father's death, he had been clerking, for a period of two years, in a general store at $4 per month, which gave him a practical knowledge of general business. Liquors were retailed over the counters of this store, and, for five years, young McDonald sold intoxicating drinks as a beverage, without ever tasting them himself. His mother lived a mile distant from the store, and every Sunday, after he was ready to return fr,om his visit to her, she would admonish him to " be a good boy for another week, and not touch the liquor;" and to his beloved mother Mr. McD. ascribes his strength to handle liquor five years without tasting a drop of it. All this time, he and his brother, Alexander, were earning money to pay for the old farm and educate the younger children. At the age of 16, he left Glengarry and engaged with William Flower, a prominent railroad contractor; as book-keeper and paymaster, with whom his brother Alexander had previously been engaged, and the two labored together for years with but one aim, that of paying their father's debts. After finishing the Grand Trunk Railroad, Mr. McD. left the employ of Mr. Flower, in January, 1856, and, after arranging his mother's affairs, went to Chicago ; thence to Dixon, 111.; out through Iowa and finally brought up at Fond du Lac the last of February, 1856, riding in a box-car behind the little Winnebago engine, over the strap-railed Rock River Valley Union Ry., then in operation from Fond du Lao to Minnesota Junction. On his arrival at Fond du Lac, he had only $190, but was introduced to R. and A. Merryman and H. Hunter, with whom he entered into business under the firm name of McDonald, Merryman & Co. His old employer, Mr. Flower, had promised that if McDonald could get into business, to draw on him for capital. This was done, and Mr. Flower responded by remitting $4,500, and the new firm erected a saw-mill on the corner of Johnson and Follett streets, which burned years after. The same spring his brother Alexander came to Fond du Lac, and purchased a quarter-interest in the mill, which was continued until the panic of 1857, when lumber could hardly be sold at any price. About this time, Mr. Flower, his former employer, had taken the contract for building the Stanstead, Sheiferd & Chambly Ry., in Lower Canada, and wanted Mr. McD. to organize and begin the work for him, which, with the consent of his partners, he did, and continued in the railroad business until the first division, from St. John's to Granby, was completed. By letter, he then arranged yfith his partners to carry on his lumber business at Fond du Lac for three years, and, in 1858, set sail from New York to California, with such letters in his possession as would enable him to get along in case his hands should fail him.

While on shipboard, Mr. McD. became acquainted with two Frenchmen, who were on their way to California to embark in the wine business, and who, as they did not understand the manner of doing business in this country, offered him a one-third interest without a dollar of cash. But McD. declined the offer solely on account of the nature of the business - his early experience leading him to make such a decision. He also met men going to the Frasier River gold mines, and made arrangements to accompany them, taking steerage passage from San Francisco to Victoria, Vancouver's Island, experiencing hardships never to be forgotten. After preparing boat and equipages for mining, he was enabled, through the kindness of Gov. Douglass, to whom BIcD. bad letters of introduction, to get passage across the Gulf of Georgia, [an altogether dangerous undertaking in small boats], on the steamer Otter, the first steam vessel to navigate the Pacific Ocean. He landed at the mouth of the Frasier, near Ft. Langley, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of a rainy October day. After rowing up stream two miles, they camped with other miners for the night. The next day was Sunday, and most of the miners made ready to proceed on the journey. But McD. said he never worked a Sabbath in his life, and should not begin in British Columbia, suggesting that their luggage be divided, and he would remain behind with another, who was against Sabbath-breaking. The next Thursday the McD. party passed all the boats that started on Sunday, and when they reached the mines, was several weeks in advance of the Sabbath-breakers. The Frasier Kiver was a dangerous stream to navigate, and McD. and his friends had many hair-breadth escapes while ascending it. It was winter in the mountains, and, on reaching Ft. Hope, he took a job of the government, with others, to build a jail of logs eight inches thick. When this was finished, he tried mining. Which was good in some places. On the arrival of spring, the company parted. McD. and a man named Cornell, remained together and made shingles or shakes, and sawed lumber with a whip-saw for a living. After some unpleasant experiences with hostile Indians, exposure of the utmost severity, and tiresome mountainclimbing until the next summer, he determined to return down the river, and landed at New Westminster soon after the government established its headquarters at that point, making it the port of entry for British Columbia, although the place contained nothing but a restaurant, grocery and post office. In the post office, Mr. McD. found three letters, upon which 75 cents postage was due, but not having any money, he told the Postmaster he would call later, and not knowing what else to do, went out and started up an Indian trail. He had proceeded but a few rods, when he discovered a gold dollar shining near a small rivulet that crossed the trail. Believing it the work of Providence, McD. snatched the coin and hastened back for his letters. After paying the postage, he had 25 cents left,' which, not having tasted food since the day before, he hastened to expend in the restaurant for buns. While eating them, and reading his letters, he saw an advertisement calling for choppers for the government. This directed him to Col. Moody, who said the government wanted fifty cords of eighteen-inch wood, for which 13 per cord would be paid. Although without money, ax or provisions, he pluckily took the job, afterward getting trusted by Armstrong, who kept the grocery, for both, and began his work toward night the same day. After working about an hour or so, a tall man came up and wanted work. McD. hired him at $3 per day, which proved a good bargain, as the man was a good chopper. The next day the two put up four cords, thus making $9 per day for McDonald. He next went into a grocery, but left it very soon after to engage in the fish business - catching and packing salmon ; but, after working night and day, making 1,000 fish barrels, getting boats, sheds, nets and other things ready, found the salmon did not run that year. _ This was a heavy blow, as McDonald had borrowed the money for his costly but disastrous fishing experiment. Hay then commanding a fabulous price, he determined to go into the hay business, and after searching out a marsh at the peril of his life, among hostile and ugly Indians, and, finding that the old chief would protect him, as he wanted the hay cut, he hired five men and put up eighty tons, working like a slave to do it. This was twenty miles from any settlement, and, as 2,000 Indians, enraged by whisky furnished by the coast-traders, constantly sought opportunity to take their lives, the task was a disagreeable as well as perilous one, in the extreme. But the hay was never moved, as opposition companies had put the price down far below even the cost of transportation. The experience with the Indians was a terrible one. Not a day has passed, from that day to this, which failed to recall the dangers then passed through, or the feeling of thankfulness at escaping with his life, as McD. was left alone with them by his less plucky companions. As soon as the disastrous hay business was droppeii, he took a job from the government of cutting a trail fourteen miles through heavily timbered country, frequently encountering trees so large as to extend, while standing, across the entire trail, which was twenty feet wide. On finishing this job, he took for pay land scrip, and entered lands back of New Westminster, which he still owns. Rev. E. White, a Methodist minister, arrived at New Westminster, and McDonald helped to erect the first church in that country, a few bearing all the burdens. But as yet, he had made no money - had many a day gone without food, shelter, or proper clothing ; had taken a salmon in either hand and gone about trying to sell them for bread. At last, he learned of a man who owned a saw-mill but could not run it. He, therefore, went to two men named Homer and Jackson, who put their money against his experience and labor, and the mill was put in motion. In this new enterprise, McDonald worked with the same tremendous energy, and made a success of it. So, after making enough to pay all his debts, and show the people he could make a success of something, he determined to leave the Pacific Coast. Before leaving, however, in July, 1859,'he got up public meetings and circulated petitions, praying the English Grovernment to grant a Colonial Legislature to British Columbia, which prayer was soou granted ; and, on his departure, Mr. MoD. was tendered a public dinner for the energy and enterprise with which he had helped to develop the colony. On arriving in Canada, he found great excitement over copper mining, and, after paying a hasty visit to Pond du Lao, buying out, with his brother Alexander, Hunter and the Merrymans, and forming the firm of A. & J. S. McDonald, which continued for many years, he enterred into mining operations with his old employer, William Flower. The rebellion in the States caused a promiscuous fleeing of capitalists and cessation of mining operations, so McD. determined to return to- Pond du Lac, and give his energy and attention to the lumber business. But he had no notion of returning alone, so proposed to, and was accepted by, Jane Elizabeth, his- former employer's second daughter, whom he had known from childhood, and they were married at Montreal, Nov. 12, 1861, making the journey to Fond du Lac, their future home, their wedding tour. The issue of this marriage has been four girls and three boys - Williamina Elizabeth, born Aug. 8, 1862 ; Annie Stewart, May 3, 1864; Marion Maria, Aug. 26, 1867; John Flower, June' 19, 1870 ; Edwin Corydon French, July 28, 1872 ; Alexander Dee, Dec. 5, 1874, and Jennie Louise Alberta, Sept. 2, 1878. Marion Maria died Oct. 31, 1871, at the age of 4 years. Since taking up his permanent residence in Fonddu Lac, Mr. McDonald has most of his attention to lumbering, as a member of the firms of A. & J. S. McDonald ; A. & J. S. McDonald & Co.; McDonald Flower & Co. and McDonald, Lynch & Co., carrying on the business at Fond du Lac, on the Wolf River and other Wisconsin waters. More recently, he began at Ford River, Mich., taking as partners Blanchard & Borland, of Chicago, under the name of McDonald, Borland & Co., which gave place to Ford River Lumber Co.; of which he has been President and Manager from the start. In 1877, he formed, at Oconto, the lumber-manufacturing firm of McDonald & Billings' Lumber Co., of which he is President. The same year he purchased the thrashing machine works at Fond du Lac, after their failure, in which, as a stockholder he lost heavily, and, in company with John Spenoe, his brother Alexander, and C. H. Benton, formed the McDonald Manufacturing Co., J. S. McDonald, President - - which is doing a large and increasing business. Mr. McD. also was heavily interested in the manufacture of peat fuel and paper. He is an earnest member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is a Ruling Elder, and, while liberal in his views of other denominations, has no sympathy whatever with the so-called Liberal Christians. Mr. McD. was for several years President of the Fond du Lac Co. Bible Society ; is Trustee of the First Presbyterian Church ; Superintendent of the Home and Mission Schools of the Church ; Trustee of Carroll College, and Lake Forest University ; member of the Executive Committee of the State Sabbath School Association ; one of the Vice Presidents of the American Sabbath School Union and is connected with other societies, manufactories and business interests in and around Pond du Lac, and other sections of the Northwest.

lIOBf. CAMPBELL lIcLEAlV, Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., May 16, 1825, but raised in Clinton Co., where he received an academic education at Keyesville, and where he studied law with Hon. Geo. A. Simmons. Judge McLean was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced in Keyesville until 1856, when he removed to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided ; he was a member of the Assembly in 1862 ; elected to the Fourth Judicial Circuit judgeship in 1868, and re-elected without opposition in 1874. He was married at Fond du Lac, in January, 1860, to Emogene S. Gillett, daughter of Rev. Dr. Erastus Gillett; she was born at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. ; they have one child - Kate M.

CHA-RLES.ll. McLEAX, of McLean & Haas; was born in Ireland in 1822; came to America in 1848 ; spent six years in Steuben Co., N. Y., after remaining a short time in Pennsylvania; came to Pond du Lac in May, 1855, from Steuben Co., N. Y. ; learned the wagon-maker's trade in New York State, which he has followed since coming to Wisconsin ; has been in business for himself since

1863. Mr. McLean was married in Pond du Lac, May 9, 1859, to Ann Kayburn, born in County Galway, Ireland. They have four children - Mary Jane, Teresa, Thomas Jtfhn and Ann. He is a member of the Total Abstinence Society.

MADISOX McIiE AX, farmer ; was born at Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1829 ; removed when a child to Chenango Co.; then five years in Onondaga Co. ; came to Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1854, where he engaged in farming until 1868, when he removed to Oshkosh ; removed to Kipon in 1870 ; to Fond du Lac City and Town in 1873, where he now resides. Mr. McLean was married near Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1853, to Sarah 0. Bull, born in Onondaga Hollow, June 29, 1832; they have three children - Alice E., now Mrs. Ed Ingram, of Northampton, Mass.; Elsie Beecher and Mary Elizabeth._ During several years in Fond du Lac, Mr. McLean carried on the business of dairying ; he is now farming two miles east of the city.

OEORdrE McWIIiLIAlIS; the subject of this sketch is a native of Mercer Co., Penn. ; was born on the 11th of December, 1800, and is the son of George McWilliams (a farmer), and Naomi, nee Mitdhell ; he passed his early life in his native place, attending school during the winters and spending the summers at farm work,- and at the age of 16 years, entered upon an apprenticeship of four and a half' years to learn the carpenter's trade ; at the expiration of this time, he began work as journeyman, and soon removed to Painesville, Ohio, and there spent eight years working at his trade; iu 1830, goina to Wisconsin, he settled at Green Bay ; then in Michigan Territory, during the next thirteen years, he was actively engaged at his trade ; during that time, he had the contract for many important buildings in his section of the country ; he built the first Protestant Mission buildings of Green Bay for the education of the half-breed Indians ; he was also superintendent or architect for rebuilding Ft. Howard, and was there engaged four years ; having become largely ioterested in the Pond du Lac Company, - he removed thither in 1843, and took charge of the business of the Company ; he has been a large dealer in real estate, and, at one time owned a large part of the land where the city of Pond du Lac now stands, and by judicious investments and careful management has accumulated a large fortune ; he has not, however, confined himself to his private afiairs, but in all matters pertaining to the growth and welfare of his city and State, has taken an active part; he was a member of the first Territorial Legislature in 1836, and during a period of several years, served as Justice of the Peace, at Green Bay, under an appointment by Gov. Dodge; after removing to his present home, he was elected Mayor of his city two years after its incorporation ; Mr. McWilliams has traveled extensively over the United States, and being a man of close observation, he has gained in this manner a most valuable experience and a practical knowledge of men and things. Politically, he has been identified with the Republican party since its organization. Mr. Mc- Williams has never been identified with any church organization, and has never married ; he is, however, a worthy member of the Masonic Order. Such is a brief outline of the life-history of one, who beginning life without means, has worked his way up step by step, and stands now a worthy example of that success which may be attained by constant, persevering and honorable effort.

E. G. MAlX was born at Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y., April 18, 1834; reared in Chenango and Madison Cos.; removed to Chilton, Calumet Co., Wis., in 1855, and to Fond du Lac in 1864, where he has since resided ; Mr. Main began the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds when first coming to Fond du Lao, continuing it until 1876, when he began the manufacture of furniture and agricultural implements. He was married in Chicago, April 2, 1856, to Margaret Foley, born in Ireland ; they have three children - Mary Lizzie, Margaret and Ella. Mr. M. is a member of the A., P. & A. M., and I. 0. 0. F. Lodges.

CAPT. MICHAEL MAXGAW was bom in Ireland Sept. 30, 1830;, came to America ,in 1854, and to Fond du Lac in December, 1855, where he engaged in the lumber business until 1861. He enlisted as a private in Co. E, 6th W. V. I., leaving for the front in June, 1861, in which he served until mustered out as First Lieutenant, in April, 1864 ; he then entered the Veteran Reserve Corps, Army of the Potomac, remaining in New York Citjr until the close of the war, when he went to Florida in connection with the Preedmen's Bureau ; in September, 1866, he was mustered out, and returned to Pond du Lac, remaining until December, when he joined the Regular Army as Second Lieutenant of Co. A, 45th Regiment; in this he served until April, 1871, when he was retired as Second Lieutenant, on three-quarter pay ; Capt. M. lost a leg at the battle of Gettysburg. He was Doorkeeper of the United States Senate, one sessiou, after the close of the war, and has been Alderman and Chairman of the Fourth Ward.

JONATHAN W. MANIjE Y, farmer, corner of Forest and Seymour streets ; he is a son of Rev. Ira Manley, a Congregational minister, of Essex Co., N. Y.; though a native of Rutland Co., Vt., Jonathan was born in Essex Co., N. Y., in September, 1818 ; at the age of 22, he began teaching school in his native county, and continued it during the winter seasons for four years ; he next began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he continued chere till 1845, when, in the fall of that year, he immigrated to Wisconsin ; landing at Racine about the 25th of October, he started to Delavan ; from Delavan went to Hustisford, Dodge Co., thence on foot to Milwaukee ; stopping over night at an unfinished hotel, he was put up in the second story of the yet unfinished part to sleep ; the landlord, taking him around the house and up an outside stairway, and pointing to an open window in the second part of the house, told him he could find a place in there somewhere, and bid him good-night ; Mr. Manley crawled in, thougb not very manly, however, for he was never more frightened in his life ; 'tis well to state, however, that he awoke the next morning muoh refreshed and less frightened ; on his way to Milwaukee, he made application for a school and was accepted by the Directors, but, upon reaching his destination, he found business so good that he could make more at work on the water-power, so gave up the school ; in the spring of 1846, he went to Sheboygan and continued his trade for four years, whence, in 1850, he removed his family to Pond du Lac, and, for two years, was employed by J. B. Maoy, then by the North- Western Railway Co. for twenty-one years ; leaving the road in 1875, he has since followed farming, and now owns ten acres in the city, eighty-seven acres on Sees. 16 and 17, also forty-five acres in Sec. 18, all in the town of Fond du Lac. He married Miss Frances A., daughter of Elijah and Harriet Rouse, of Litchfield, Conn., in January, 1855 ; they have had five children - Charles W. (deceased), Alice C. and Wallace J. (twins), Ira J. and Henry H. Mrs. Manley is a member of the Congregational Church.

FRANCIS MARCOE, Jr., dealer in wines, liquors, etc., corner of Third and Main streets ; was born in Cohoes Falls, N. Y., April 29, 1841 ; in 1849, came to Wisconsin with his parents; they settled in Fond du Lac Co., where the subject of this biographical notice remained until the summer of 1862, when he enlisted in Co. A, 31st W. V. I., in which he served about one and a half years ; at the end of that time, was transferred to the 1st U. S. Vet. Vol. Engineer Corps, in which he served until June 30, 1865, when he was honorably discharged; during the time he was in the service, Mr. Marcoe participated in a number of battles, the principal ones being Murfreesboro, Perryville, Lookout Mountain ; during the battle of Murfreesboro, he acted as Orderly Sergeant, and was made Corporal for some time previous to his being discharged. Feb. 22, 1870, he married in Fond du Lac, Josephine Roy, a native of Cyprien, Canada, born Feb. 2, 1849 ; they have had five children - Melvina (born July 3, 1871), Amelia (born Jan. 4, 1873)* Francis E. (born July 19, 1874), J. Henry (born Nov. 22, 1877), one child deceased, Josephine (who was born March 18, 1876, and died Jan. 28, 1879); Mr. Marcoe's parents, Ffanois Marcoe and Amelia Seur, were both natives of Canada, where they were married ; they moved to Cohoes Falls, N. Y., thence to Wisconsin in about 1849 ; settled in the town of Fond du Lac, where they resided several years; then moved to Friendship, where she died Dec. 16, 1879, aged 52 years ; he is ^ill living and resides in the town of Friendship ; their children are Theodore, who was a soldier in the 5th W. V. I., during the war, and was promoted to First Lieutenant, he married Mary Malthouse, they live in Taylor Co., Wis.; Francis, Jr., whose name heads this sketch ; Mary, wife of John Baltzour, this county ; Armina, wife of J. Baltzour, also of this county ; Melinda,wife of Chas. Busan, Blewitt, Minn.; Jeremiah, of Taylor Co., Wis.; Julius, also of Taylor Co.; Alexander, who resides in the town of Friendship, married Lenora Young ; Lavina, wife of Oliver Greeney, Warsaw, Wis. Mrs. Marcoe's parents, Isaac and Julia Roy, nee Ebero, were natives of Canada; they came to Wisconsin in 1867, and settled in Fond du Lac, where they still reside ; their children are Legnorie, of this city, he married 3Iary Fonchcr; Amelia, wife of Louis Lebeau, this city; Nelson, of Cyprien, Canada, married Marclien Perrinn ; Eliza, now Mrs. M. Smith ; Josephine, wife of Francis Marcoe, Jr.; Melvina, wife of S. Marion, of Marinette, Wis.; Aleda, wife of H. Labossier, a merchant of Dorchester, Wis.; Mrs. Marcoe's maternal grandparents were Jacob and Araenge Ebert ; they are nearly a century old, and live in Cyprien, Canada ; he was a soldier in active service during the French and English war in Canada ; was taken prisoner by the British, and exiled to Australia for 11 years.

M. W. MARSHAIili, manufacturer of patent medicines, No. 14 Oak street; he was born in Havana, N. Y., in 1842 ; in 1849, his parents, S. and Mary J. Marshall, came to Wisconsin and settled near Green Bay ; moved thence to Fond du Lac, where they resided until their deaths ; Mr. Marshall engaged in the manufacture of patent medicines in about 1855, and since that time .has been constantly increasing his facilities for the making of his medicines, to keep pace with an increasing trade. He married, in 1861, Mary Nicholson, of Maysville, N. Y.; they have three children - Alice M., Flora B. and Clara H.; Mr. Marshall owns several finely improved farms in Fond du Lac Co., and a farm in Marquette Co., Wis. In politics, he is a Republican.

FERDINAND J. MARTIX was born in Prague, Germany, June 21, 1842; came to America in 1848, with his parents, Henry A. and Caroline C. Martin ; after residing in Milwaukee one year and a half, they came to Fond du Lac ; the first employment which Ferdinand had was with J, CLowell, a druftgist of this city; he remained with him eight years, then he was for six months with C. J. Pettibone & Co., six months in the store of G. W. Weikert, afterward worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner two years and a half ; six months employed in Mihill's factory, three years in the employ of Gaertner & Fry, one year in partnership with R. Haentze, as booksellers and news-dealers ; since June, 1872, he has been employed in the post office in this city. He was married here, July 27, 1865, to Anna W. Abel ; she was born in Meeklenburg-Sohwerin, Germany ; they have two children - Emma C. A., born June 6, 1865 ; Nettie E. M., born April 4, 1874. Mr. Martin's father died here in 1859 ; mother isnow residing in Chicago. Mr. M. is a member of the I. 0. 0. P. Lodge, Turner Society and Sods of Hermann ; he served fourteen years in the Fire Department ; was one of the charter members of No. 5.

JOH^f H. MARTIW, farmer and stock-trader. Sees. 23, 15, 17; is a native of Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Penn.; born Dec. 31, 1806 ; spent the first twelve years of his life there on a farm with his parents ; they removed to Susquehanna, Susquehanna Co., Penn., 'for a few years, whence he removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., where fov six years he was engaged in superintending a large farm and dealing in stock for Gen. Wadsworth ; here he acquired a taste and knowledge of stock-trading, which he afterward successfully made use of; in 1836, he went to Chicago, 111., where he dealt in stock till 1841 ; thence to Racine, Wis., for about five years; thence, in 1846, to Fond du Lac; in spring of 1852, he purchased a farm of 100 acres in Sec. 23, Town 15, Range 17 of Fond du Lac, where he built a house and made other improvements for a comfortable home. In 1852, he was married to Miss Caroline P., daughter of Gordon and Ann Clark, of West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y.; they have three sons - Edward C, banker of Beloit; Mitchell C, Kan.; Charles H., who makes his home with parents.

JOHIT li. MARTIBf, insurance agent; was born in the town of Eden, Fond du Lac Co., March 13, 1849, where he lived until coming to the city of Fond du Lac; in 1871, he went to Kansas City ; in 1872, to St. Louis, thence to Toledo ; one year in the Government Works at White River,- Arkansas; in insurance business in St. Louis from spring of 1875 to 1877, when he returned to Fond du Lac, and opened a fire and life insurance office, representing the Phoenix, Trader's, Star and other companies. Mr. M. was married to Maggie L. Fitzgerald Aug. 27, 1873.

EDWARD CJ. MASCRAFT, artist; was born at Esperance, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1840 ; moved to New York City at the age of 10 ; resided there about five years, and came to Fond du Lao in 1855; be enlisted as a private, in the spring of 1862, in Co. A, 14th W. V. I., Col. David E. Wood's regiment ; was wounded by a shell at Shiloh ; disabled about a month ; became chief bugler in Gen. Ransom's brigade; participated in nearly all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, and was mustered out-at Mobile Ala., in the fall of 1865 ; he then began the study of art and painting with Mark R. Harrison, in whose studio he has ever since been engaged.

W. H. JHASSON, machinist; was born at East Hill, Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 13, 1854 ;,, came to Fond du Lac in the spring of ] 863, where he has since resided, working as a skilled machinist. Mr. M.'s father is dead, but his mother and grandmother are still living. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and of the Royal Temple of Temperance.

T. F. MAYHAM, physician and sur^on ; was born at Schoharie Co., N. Y., whence he came to Fond du Lac Nov. 22, 1854. Dr. M. graduated from Michigan University, and attended a full course at the Albany, N. Y., Medical College; after which he taught school three terms in Empire, and was engaged in introducing school-books until he began the practice of his profession in 1859 ; he was hospital surgeon at Cairo, 111., three years from the fall of 1863. Dr. M. is a member of the State Medical Society, Chairman of the Democratic County Committee, member of the Board of Supervisors ; has been in the City Council four terms, in the Board of Education several years, and held other local offices. He was married, at Fond du Lac, Dec. 26, 1860, to Mary E., daughter of Col. Abner Baker, who settled in Empire in 1847 ; she was born in Washington Co., N. Y.; they have one child - Bessie.

CHARLES J. Li. MEYER, manufacturer, was born at Minden, in West Prussia, May, 1831, where he attended the thorough schools for which that country is noted, until 14 years of age, beino- an apt scholar and an intense worker ; during the last year of his attendani-e at school, the Governor of the province made a visit of inspection, calling up young Meyer as the first scholar of the school, and putting him under a most rigid examination ; the ready and intelligent replies from the youthful student interested the Governor, who proposed to qualify him for the service of the State, with the assurance of his royal protection and favor ; the youth had previously determined to follow his father's calling, that of a manufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, and therefore declined an ofi'er which would have been gladly embraced by those whose worldly prospects were more hopeful than his ; therefore, upon leaving school he spent three years in his father's shop, acquu-ing the practical knowledge which has been so beneficial sincerOND DTJ LAC. 839 in successfully carrying on his immense business ; at the expiration of this time Mr. Meyer determined to find a wider field for his labors and came to America ; the city of New York, where he landed, not being suited to his tastes, he resolved to go West, and took passage on the Erie Canal ; near Syracuse a break was encountered, and, not having means to defray the expense of a detention, Mr. Meyer sought employment in that city; failing to find any, he went into the country, and, although unskilled in the ways of farming, hired out to David ColHns, near Fayetteville, for $5 per month ; his honesty aptitude and industry so pleased Mr. Collins, that at the end of the first month he voluntarily increased the wages agreed upon ; during the succeeding winter he cut cordwood, split rails and performed general farm work ; in the spring Mr. Collins, Sr., built a mill, in the erection of which Mr. Meyer aided the millwright, who was so well pleased with his skill in using tools that he was urged to learn the millwright's trade ; he therefore spent a profitable year in that business, finally abandoning it on account of the severity of the weather ; he then spent a year in Syracuse acquiring the wagon-maker's trade, after which, in 1855, he removed to Chicago, where he spent six months, working at the wheelwright business, then coming to Fond du Lac, which has since been his home and the seat of his wonderful success as a lumberman and manufacturer, a full account of which will be found elsewhere in this work. Although giving an astonishing amount of time and attention to his diversified business, Mr. Meyer has creditably filled the offices of Alderman, Supervisor and Mayor, was Delegate at large to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia, and organized and was the means of building the Northwestern Union Railroad, of which he was President three years, and is still a Director. Mr. -Meyer was married, in August, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Hax ; they have five children - Julius P., who is manager of the Chicago branch of his father's business ; Herman P., who is engaged for his father at Hermansville, Mich., after whom the place was named and of which he is Postmaster; Minnie H., Emma and Louise.

tJHARIiES W. MIHIIjIiS, manager of Pond du Lac Building Association ; was born in Essex Co., N. Y. in 1849 ; in 1856, he with his parents moved to Medina Co., Ohio ; two years after, his father died, leaving him without any means of support, save that of his own hands ; when a boy, he worked on a farm during the summer, and attended school some in the winter ; from Ohio in 1864, he came to Michigan, and worked on a farm most of the time till 1869, when he came to Fond du Lac and began work for Mr. U. D. Mihills, in a lumber-yard ; he soon became foreman in the yard and retained that position for about five years, after which he ran a lumber-yard for P. Simple, for one year ; in 1876, he became a stock-holder in and manager of the Fond du Lac Building Association ; he is also a breeder of Mambrino horses and Jersey cattle. In 1875, he married Miss Ella E. Collins, of Plymouth, Sheboygan Co., Wis., she is a member of the Episcopal Church.

GrUINDON IV. 11 IHIIililS, manufacturer ; was born at Wilmington, Essex Co., N. Y., Jan. 13, 1847 ; came to Fond du Lac in 1865, and engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, which he has since followed; he is now Vice President, Secretary and Superintendent of the Mihills Manufacturing Co., which employs about one hundred and sixty men in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds and moldings. Mr. M. was married in December, 1870, to Mary L. Peck, who died June 29, 1874, leaving one child, Grace L., born Aug. 9, 187.3; he married a second time, April 27, 1876, to Mrs. Harriet Antoinette Denzer, daug^iter of John W. Carpenter, of Pine River, Wis., and grand-daughter of Edward Pier, deceased ; she has one child by a former husband.

URIAH D. MIHIIiliS is a native of the town of Tukeley, Shefferd Co., Lower Canada, born May 7, 1818; received a common-school education; came to the State of Wisconsin in 1854, settled in Dodge Co., where he farmed one year, after which he moved to Hartford, Washington Co., Wis., and then was engaged in farming and lumbering till the spring of 1865 ; removing thence to Fond du Lac, where he engaged more extensively in the lumbering and manufacturing business ; Mr. Mihills was a member of the County Board of Supervisors of Essex Co., N. Y., during the years 1851-52-53; was appointed County Supervisor by Gov. Fairohild in 1869 ; was elected Alderman and Supervisor from the Fifth Ward in the city of Pond du Lac in 1870 ; was chosen Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors in the same year; was elected a member of the State Legislative Assembly in 1869, and was appointed by the Governor a member of the Committee to visit the charitable and benevolent institutions of the State; in October, 1870, was appointed by Gov. Fairohild as a delegate to the Commercial Convention at Cincinnati ; in 1870, was again elected a member of the State Legislature on the Republican ticket by 122 majority ; in 1871, was elected for the third time w:ith a majority of 169 ; was Chairman of the Committee on Lumber and Manufactures while in the Legislature ; in November, 1873, was appointed Director of the State Prison, but declined to accept, and Wm. E. Smith was appointed in his stead. Sept. 12, 1839, he married Miss Caroline Partridge, daughter of Reuben Partridge, of Essex Co., N. Y.; they have had nine children - Per.sis A., now Mrs. Johnson, of Columbia Co., Wis. ; Myra J., now Mrs.

Temby, of Dallas, Tex. ; G. N., of Pond du Lac ; Francis C, now Mrs. Bishop, of Kansas City, Mo - Uriah D., Jr., Emma M., Norris D., H. William and H. Lillian. , '

WILLIAM B. HILLER was bom in Delaware Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1832; resided there until 10 years old, then came to Waupun, Wis., with his parents ; in 1850, he removed to Waupaca, and in 1866, came to Fond du Lac, engaged in wagon-making until 1868, and then engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds until 1877, when he began the manufacture of agricultural implements. He was married at Waupaca, April, 1859, to Mary Ann Dickinson, born in Scotland, March, 1842 ; they one child - Oletta L.

JOSEPH MITCHELL, druggist, of the firm of Ditter & Mitchell; was born at Green Bay, Wis., May 20, 1851 ; lived twelve years in Oshkosh; came to Fond du Lac Sept. 12, 1871, where he has since resided ; Mr. M. followed the business of a grocer the first three years after coming to Fond du Lac, and began the drug business in September, 1877.

BESi' JAMIEir F. MOORE, manufacturer : was born at Clinton, Kennebeck Co., Me., where he learned the printer's trade ; he removed to Philadelphia in 1833, remaining there six years, after which he lived a short tinie in New York City, coming to Taycheedah in September, 1841, and to Fond du.Laq in 1846 ; Mr. M. at first engaged in Indian trading; built the first mill on the Wolf River in 1843 ; sent the steamer Manchester up that stream the first time any orafo ever ascended it, and brought down the first raft in the fall of 1843; in 1852, he began steamboating on Lake Winnebago, controlling seven steamboats and all the barges' and other boats, until 1857; Mr. Moore was engaged in lumbering until 1856, and in real estate most of the time since 1846 ; he was interested in the old Bank of the Northwest, and also in the First National Bank until 1874 ; during that year, he purchased with A. G. Ruggles, the La Belle Wagon Works, and eight months later, became sole proprietor ; in 1879, a stock company was formed, of which B. P. Moore is President; A. L. Moore, Vice President and Superintendent; James H. Farnsworth, Secretary, and C. H. Moore, Treasurer ; the factory employs about two hundred men and turns out twenty wagons per day ; Mr. Moore also owns a large hotel at London, Canada ; he has held various county and city offices.

MARQUIS I>. MOORE, lumber manufacturer; was born at Montgomery, Hampden Co., Mass., July 15, 1825 ; his mother died when he was 5 years of age, after which he was without a permanent home, although residing eight years with an aunt at Lowville, N. Y. ; at the age of 16, he returned to Massachusetts and engaged in business for himself as farmer and dealer in lumber, which was abandoned at 21 for the carpenter's trade ; this he followed several years, working two years at pipe-organ building in Westfield, Mass., after which, in 1853, he began the business in that city of a fancy dry-goods merchant, following it uninterruptedly for ten years ; in 1864, Mr. M. came to Pond du Lac, and arranged for the purchase of a half-interest in the Crane saw-mill, which is still owned and run by him' in company with C. A. GalloWay ; he then returned for his family, and has since resided in this city, carrying on the business of a lumberman in all. its branches. Mr. Moore was first married at Southampton, Mass., Jan. 4, 1849, to Cordelia T., daughter of Theodore Bascom; she disd Sept. 1, 1850, leaving one child who died April 7, 1858, aged 8 years ; he married a second time at Keene, N. H., Nov. 26, 1853, to Elida Thatcher ; they have four children - Minnie Elida, born Aug. 21, 1861 ; Henry Warren, born Sept. 21, 1863; Eddie M., born Sept. 26, 1868, and Freddie M., born Dec. 16, 1870. Mr. Moore never had the important advantages of a collegiate education, and has hewed his own way to his present high social and business position, unaided ; he is in every sense of the term, a self-made man.

SAMUEL P. MORSE, foreman in the blacksmith department of the La Belle Wagon Works, is a native of New York State; was born in 1842; in 1843, came to Wisconsin, and settled at Waukesha for four years ; then, with his parents, moved to Chester, Dodge Co., where he lived on a farm till about 1852; he then moved to Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., where he began and worked at his trade till 1864; he next went to Ripon, and followed his trade there until 1867, when he came to Pond du Lac, and worked in the blacksmith shops of the La Belle Wagon Works, till the spring of 1873; in the spring of 1878, he took a contract to build spring wagons for Fish Brothers & Co., of Racine, which gave him employ for about eighteen months ; in October, 1874, he returned to Pond du Lac and was again employed in the blacksmith shop of the La Belle Wagon Works, and in 1875, he was appointed foreman of the shop In 1865, he married Miss Cynthia J. Stockton, of Brandon, Wis. ; they have four children - Jessie M., Ella C, Bessie and Mable. Mr. Morse has been a member of the T. O. 0. P. since 1862 ; was a member of the City Council from the Third Ward in the city of Fond du Lac during the years 18'77-78.

LOUIS MUEIVTER, cashier of the German- American Savings Bank ; was born at Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany, Feb. 7, 184Q, whence he came to Beaver Dam, Wis., in August, 1864, where he resided four years, three years of which he was a clerk, and one year a member of the mercantile firm of

Krueger & Co.; in February, 1868, he came to Fond du Lac and engaged for nine months in the, realestate and loan business ; after that, for two years he was in the dry-goods business with John Sewell & -Co., until he entered the firm of Walliehs & Muenter, in the grocery business, which continued until March 31, 1876, when he entered the Grerman-American Savings Bank as assistant cashier, but is now cashier. He was married at Fond du Lac, in April, 1867, to Alwine Rueping, a native of Essen, Prussia ; they have six children - Bertha, Louis, Meta, Otto, Johanna and Alma. Mr. M. is a member of Darling Chapter, Fond du Lac Commandery, and of the Masonic Lodge.

PATRICK IV AKIT, contractor ; was born in County Mayo, parish of Armagh, Ireland, April 7, 1838, and came to America, locating at Georgetown, Mass., Dec. 2, 1854 ; he lived there one year, at Lyon two years, and in Cambridgeport until coming to Fond du Lac Aug. 2, 1861, Vhere he at once as a contractor and builder of all descriptions of brick, stone and masonry work, which business he has since continuously followed ; Mr. N. has spent some time in traveling in various parts of the world, living twelve years in London, Eng., before coming to America. He was married at Lynn, Mass., Nov. 29, 1856, to Elizabeth Maloy, who was born in County Donegal, Ireland ; they have sis children living - Catherine N., James H., Daniel, John T., Mary and Francis P.; they have lost three - Thomas, George and Matthew. Mr. N. is Alderman of the Second Ward, Vice President of St. Patrick's Benevolent Society, and a member of St. Joseph's Temperance Society.

NEWEIiL iriC^^HTllVGrAIiE, accountant and cashier in the office of C. J. L. Meyer's sash, door and blind manufactory ; is a native of Fond du Lac Co., Wis., born in 1853 ; received his early education in the public schools of Fond du Lac, after which he attended Douglas University, at Chicago, nearly two years ; returning to Fond du Lac, he graduated at De Land's Commercial College in 1870 ; his first employment was in 1871 in D. C. Lamb's real-estate, abstract and insurance office ; from 1872 to

1875, he was employed in Fond du Lac Paper Mill ; in 1875, he became accountant and cashier for Mihilis Manufacturing Company, which position he held till December, 1878; in January, 1879, he was -employed by Mr. Meyer as accountant and cashier. Mr. Nightingale has been a Mason since 1876, Knight of Pythias since 1876, and is also a charter member of Royal Ai'canum.

MATHIAS li. XORJIAN, book-keeper in Hamilton's lumber office ; was born in Norway in 1843; in 1863, he entered the Military School of Norway, graduating with th^ class of 1868, after which he served as sergeant iu the army of that oouatry for one year; in 1869, he came to La Crosse, Wis.; thence to Madison, where he studied civil engineering in the University of Wisconsin for four years ; In 1876, he came to Fond du Lao and was engaged in surveying the F., A. & B. R. R. for one year ; since October, 1877, he has been employed as book-keeper in the lumber office by Mr. A. K. Hamilton. Mr. N. is a cjharter member of the Royal Arcanum, of Fond du Lac ; also a member of the Presbyterian Church.

STEPHEBT OBEBRETCH, proprietor of Lewis House; was born in Germany in 1828; came to America in 1851, and settled at Sbeboygan; from there he soon moved to Milwaukee, and followed the tinsmith's trade, which he had learned in Germany; in 1854, he returned to Sheboygan, and, in August of the same year, came to Fond du Lac, where he followed his trade till 1875, when he began keeping the Lewis House. In 1854, he married Miss Catharine Helmer, of Pond du Lac, she being a native of Germany also ; the children are Herman, Oscar, Lewis, Ernest and Julius. Mr. Oberreich was a member of the School Board in 1870 and 1871 ; has been a Mason since 1865.

WIIiLIAM H. A. OEH^TEBBEICH, miller; was born in Prussia July 5, 1844; came to America in 1866, to Watertown, Wis., and from there to Fond du Lac; he learned milling when 14 years of age ; has been seven years in the Galloway Mills. He was married, Feb. 27, 1875, to Lizzie Krumer, born in Germantown, Milwaukee Co., Wis. they have two children - Carrie May, born May 4,

CHABIiES Olill, machinist; is a son of Charles and Caroline 01m; born in Berlin, Prussia, in 1839 ; in 1856, in his native city, he entered Upon a three-years apprenticeship at his trade ; after this, for the next three years, he carried on a machinist business for himself in Harrisburg, Prussia ; then, faithful to his country, he joined the Prussian Army and served as a soldier for four and one-half years ; in 1867, he came to Chicago, where for one year he was employed as machinist in McCormick's Reaper Manufactory ; thence, in 1868, he removed to Fond du Lac, where he has since been in the employ of C. J. L. Meyer, as machinist, in his door, sash and blind factory ; by his careful management, industry and economy, he has saved from his earnings money enough to purchase a house and lot on Main street, opposite the fair ground. In 1865, he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Edward and Caroline Menge, of Posen, Prussia; they have four children - Lena, Max, Oscar and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. 01m are mem- of the Lutheran Church.

WARREX P. OTTARSOIV, joiner and carpenter ; is a native of Bradford Co., Penn.; bora in 1838; came to Wisconsin and settled at Fond du Lac in 1856, where he followed farming till 1861, when he enlisted in Co. A, 3d W. V. I.; was in the battles of Winchester and Chancellorsville, losing ia the latter a finger from his right hand ; he was then sent to Carver Hospital, at Washington, D. C., whence he was transferred to the 2d Battalion, Invalid Corps, where he served the remainder of his ternt of enlistment, which expired in June, 1864, after which he returned to Fond du Lac, and, in November of the same year, re-enlisted in Co. B, 1st W. V. C, where he served till the close of the war; the last military act of his regiment being in a detachment to assist in the capture of Jeff Davis, which occurred at Irwinville, Ga., May 9, 1865 ; his regiment was mustered out of service at Edgeville, Tenn., in 1865, when he returned to Fond du Lac and began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he has followed most of the time since. In September, 1865, he married Miss Catherine Abbs, daughter of William B. Abbs, of Fond du Lac ; they have one daughter - Lizzie B., born in July, 1866. Mrs. Ottarson has an interest in a greenhouse, with her father, at No. 150 West Division street.

JOHX PAAS, farmer, Sees. 30, 15 and 17 ; P. 0. Fond du Lac; a son of John and Mary Paas, of Prussia ; his father being a native of France, and his mother of Prussia ; John spent much of his boyhood at work in a small vineyard owned by his father ; in 1844, he went to France, where he spent a short time at farming, then returned to his home and spent about eight months more in his father's vineyard ; in 1847, he returned a second time to France, and continued his stay for about a year before he returned to Prussia; in 1850, he set sail for America, and landed in New York in August of that year ; ' thence, in September, to Oshkosh, where he spent the winter ; in the spring of 1857, he removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where he soon began keeping hotel, which he continued for about four years ; in 1854, he purchased a farm of fifty acres in the town of Lamartine, which he controlled in connection with his work at the Fond du Lac House in the city ; in July, 1870, he boughtthe " Four Mile " House, of which he was proprietor for eight years ; then changed it into a private residence, where he still makes his home. He was married to Miss Catharine, daughter of John and Anna C. Orleges, of Fond du Lac, in November, 1853, she being a native of Germany ; they have three children - John H. (now a teacher of Fond du Lac Co.), Julia (deceased), Regina. They are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

CHRISTIAN F. PADE, foreman on the first floor in C. J. L. Meyer's sash, door and blind factory ; is a native of Prussia, where he was born in 1832 ; he learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed there till 1852, when he emigrated to America and settled at Fond du Lac in the same year; here he followed the carpenter and joiner's trade till 1862, when he was employed by Mr. Meyer, as foreman of the sawing and planing department of the sash, door and blind factory. In 1854 he married Miss Paulena Arns, of Fond du Lac, she being a native of Holstein, Germany, born in 1833 ; they have four children - Bertha, Herman, Henry and Minnie. The family arc all members of the Lutheran Church.

SPENCER PAIiMER, printer; was born at Lodi, Wis., July 7, 1849; in 1850, went with his parents to Ourtown, Sheboygan Co.; lived there five years, at Cascade three years, at Dundee, in this county, two years, and then settled at Waucousta; in 1870, Mr. P. began the printer's trade, and has followed it most of the time since, spending one year in Appleton before coming to Fond du Lao ; he is now proprietor of a job printing office on First street. He was married at Huntington, Ind., Feb. 12, 1875, to Lillie E. Varney, born in Vermont; they have one child - Gracie E.

ARTHIIR D. PARKER, superintendent of Sherry's saw-mill, also general agent for thecounties of Fond du Lac, Winnebago and Sheboygan, for the sale of white bronze monuments, manufactured at Bridgeport, Conn., by Schuyler, Parsons, London & Co.; is a native of the East Province of Quebec, Canada, where he was born in 1836; came to Wisconsin in 1857, and settled in Washington Co., where he followed saw-milling for two years ; thence he went to California in 1859; in 1-867 he returned to Wisconsin and settled at Fond du Lao, where he has since been mostly engaged in lumbering and saw-milling. In 1867 he married Miss Caroline Kneeland, of Hartford, Wis.; they have three children - Charles A., Edna E. and Andrew A. Mr. Parker has been a member of the Royal Arcanum, since Jan. 1, 1879.

FRANCIS F. PARSONS, market gardener and small-fruit grower, a son of John and Elizabeth Parsons; born in Bridgewater, England, March 25, 1830; in August, 18i3, he, with parents, landed in New York, as immigrants to America - thence to Mackinaw, where they intended to take the boat for Racine, Wis.; the boat having left before they could reach it, they took passage on another for Green Bay, where his father purchased an Indian pony and took the trail for Fond du Lac ; here he made the acquaintance of Dr. Darling, by whom he was induced to make this his home ; he entered 120 acres in the town> of Byron, where he with his two sons immediately began building a log house ; having got the work fairly started, he left his boys to complete it while he returned to Green Bay for the rest of his family ; returning

-vfith them before the house was finished, they improvised things as best they could ; here Francis made his home for some time; his first business was that of a local agent at Fond du Lac, for the Wisconsin Stage Company; he next was in the employ of the American Express Company; in 1858, he bought a farm of 100 acres in the town of Byron, on which he made his home till 1863, when he removed to the city of Fond du Lac, and there kept a flour and feed store for three years; in 1865, he purchased a farm of fifteen acres in Sec. 10, town of Fond du Lao, joining the city limits, where he is now engaged in market gardening and small-fruit growing. Jan. 6, 1857, he mai:ried Miss Sarah, daughter of Riley and Mary Shepard, who died in January, 1863. He was married to Miss Hattie, daughter of Johannie and Elizabeth Bevier, of Fond du Lac, in March, 1864, she being a native of Elmira, but immigrated to this State with parents in 1844; they have two sons, Harry and Frank. Mr. Parsons and wife are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. P. is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.

BEIVJAllflllV STOCKTOxV PATTY, son of John Patty and Sarah Stockton, was born at Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1815; after completing his education at the best schools in that part of the State, he entered the employment of Lis father, who was the most extensive tanner in that section of the country. In that early day transportation was done by teams, and ia this way he traveled through New York, Pennsylvania and Canada, selling goods and attending to colleot;ions ; later, devoting a portion of his time to farming, but still attending to his father's collections. Oct. 23, 1839, he married Susannah Y. Blythp, daughter of George Blythe and Margaret Patty, of Ithaca, N. Y. After his marriage, Mr. Patty devoted his entire time, for a number of years, to farming at Little Sodus Bay, N. Y.; in 1850, he moved into the town, and, besides the charge of two large farms, took the contract for grading the Auburn & Sodus Bay R. R., at the same time entering into the hotel business at that place - this was his first experiencfe as a " host." In 1855, he moved to Woodstock, McHenry Co., 111., which was at that time the terminus of the Chicago & North- Western Ry.; there he took the Woodstock House and established its reputation as the leading hotel in Northern Illinois. In 1860, he moved still further north to Fond du Lac, Wis., at that time a place of about five thousand inhabitants, Oshkosh being then the northern terminus of the railroad ; still pursuing the hotel business, to which he found himself particularly adapted, he leased the Lewis House, which then stood on the ground now occupied by the Patty House ; in 1863, he purchased the property. Four years later, the Lewis House was destroyed by fire, but before it was fairly consumed Mr. Patty had planned the erection of the finest hotel in this part of the country, and, without waiting for the embers to cool, he commenced clearing away the debris and perfecting the plans of the present Patty House, which he opened to the public June 9, 1868. He lived to enjoy this result of his labors for three years, dispensing the hospitalities of the house with that open hand and genial manner which won the friendship of whoever came within his doors. Mr. .Patty felt a justifiable pride in the completion of this undertaking, the result of his own efforts and enterprise, placing him as it did in the front rank of the hotel men of the Northwest. But, beyond this, he felt he had done something for the credit and benefit of Fond du Lac. Strangers coming into a place are, to a very great extent, impressed favorably or otherwise by the appearance and treatment of the hotels. This was Mr. Patty's thought, and he felt that in building the Patty House he had added to the architectural attractions of the place, and had provided accommodations that would make the town attractive to every stranger who came hither ; thus, in constructing the Patty House, he aided materially in bringing Fond du Lac into good repute, and, probably, no one enterprise was ever started and completed in this city that gave a greater impetus to the city's reputation than the erection of this mammoth and imposing hostelry. He was not long permitted to enjoy the fruits of his anxious care and indomitable labors, for, on the 25th of January, 1871, he was suddenly stricken down with dropsy of the heart, and expired on the 28th, after an illness of but three days. So, after an honorable, active and useful career, he departed this life at the early age of 55, leaving behind him a host of mourning friends, a wife and three children. The family now consists of Mrs. Susannah Y. Patty, Margaret H. (now Mrs. 0. D. Sickler, of Redwood Falls, Minn.), George H. and John R. Patty - the former residing with her sons, who are still keeping the Patty House at Fond du Lao. As a man, Mr. Patty possessed, in a marked degree, thos^ qualities which endear men to their fellows ; no man in the community was more loved and respected by all than he ; he was the friend of any one who stood in need ; his doors were always wide open to the distressed, and he gave with a genereus hand to any cause that appealed to his sympathies ; liberal in his sub.soriptions and support of the various denominations of the church, he confined his generosity to no seot or creed. As a citizen, neighbor, friend, husband and father he richly won this proudest epitaph : " Take him for all in all, he was a man."

GEORGrE H. PATTY, of the firm of Patty Bros., proprietors of the Patty House ; was born at Sodus Bay, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 9, 1844; son of Benjamin S. Patty, who built the present Patty House ; he came to Fond du Lac in 1860 ;' was in the hotel business with his father for some years ; proprietor of a livery stable three years prior to 1871 ; and in August, 1873, became one of the proprietors of the Patty House. He was married at Fond du Lac, March, 1872, to Kate Seaver, a native of Janesville. Wis.; they have one daughter, Alice.

ANDREW PAYNE, livery stable proprietor ; was born in Warminster, England, Feb. 11, 1815 ; came to America, to Prescott, Canada, in 1828 ; he was engaged in sailing upon the lakes fourteen years ; was master of a vessel two years ; came to Sheboygan, Wis., in 1846, where he engaged in the grocery business; lived next at Sheboygan Falls two years, and then came to Fond du Lac in 1861j and engaged in the livery business; Mr. P. is the oldest man in that business in the city; he started a trunk factory in 1867, which he sold to D. C. Lang in 1874. He wj.s married in Gibbsville, Sheboygan Co., Feb. 25, 1847, to Maria Johnson, a native of New York.

A. T. PERKINIS, of the firm of Perkins & Clement, proprietors of the Fond du Lac Spring- Wagon Co.; was born at Belts' Mills, Jefierson Co., N. Y., in 1839 ; came to Fond du Lac in 1856, and clerked in a grocery store for two years ; he then went into the bakery and confectionery business under the name of Perkins & Morrison, which continued for three years, when he bought out Mr. Morrison and continued the business alone till 1865 ; disposing of his bakery business, he next ran a transfer line in the city till 1874;, he then became a member of the present firm. In 1862, he married Miss Lizzie Dewrose, daughter of Charles Dewrose, a farmer of Omro, Winnebago Co., Wis.; she died in 1864, leaving one son, Charles. Oct. 15, 1"68, he married Miss Jemima Lewis, daughter of William Lewis, molder, of Oshkosh ; they have one child, Hattie. Mr. P. has been a Mason since 1864. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church.

HON. GEORCirE PERKINS, County Judge; was born at Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Penn., May 8, 1820, whence he removed to Luzerne.Co. in that State, and to Ripon, Wis., in 1855 : the next year he entered the mercantile business at Brandon, Wis., but returned to Ripon in 1858, where he practiced law until he enlisted in Co. B, 41st W. V. I., in the spring of 1864, as Second Lieutenant; he was mustered out as such ; he returned to Ripon, and in 1864 was elected District Attorney ; he then removed to Pond du Lac, where he has since resided, holding the office of District Attorney six years ; City Comptroller one year, and County Judge since 1877. He was married in Connecticut to Abby Perkins, a native of that State, by, whom he had three children - Eleanor P., now Mrs. H. J. Gerpheide, and two who are deceased. He was married^a second time, June, 1870, at Windham, Conn., to Emeline Larrabee, a native of that place ; they have three children^George B., Fannie G. and Jed B. While at Ripon, Judge P. was City Clerk one term, and is now Trustee of the Fond du Lac Public Library.

JAMES JB. PERRY, bank cashier ; was born at Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 25, 1835, and came, with, his parents, Nathaniel and Margaret Perry, to Taycheedah in 1842 ; at the age of 14, Mr. P. entered the Register's office, in which he remained six years, being deputy several years ; in May, 1855, he became connected with the Bank of the Northwest, in which he was book-keeper, teller, assistant cashier and cashier, continuing with the concern when it was re-organized into the present First National Bank, and in which he has beeii cashier since 1866 and Director since 1875. Mr. Perry is one of the most active members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in which he has been Senior Warden ten years, and is now the Treasurer of the Diocese of Fond du Lac. He was married, at Fond du Lac, Sept. 26, 1864, to Clara N., daughter of Wm. and P. N. Carey ; they have two boys, aged, respectively, 13 and 7 years.

JOHN ClilTZ PERRY was born at Green Bay, Wis., -\pril 10, 1831 ; lived there with his father, Nathaniel Perry, until 1837, when the family moved to Winnebago Rapids, now Neenah ; in 1842, Mr. Perry moved to Taycheedah, Fond du Lac Co., where he kept hotel and resided until his death in 1850. Mrs. Perry, J. C.'s mother, died two weeks after the burial of her husband. J. C. Perry began clerking in a. store at Neenah in 1848, where he remained until 1860. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Co. K., 11th W. V. I., and served three and one-half years in that regiment, most of the time in detached service; from July, 1862, he was in the Brigade Quartermaster's department; after being mustered out in 1865, Mr. Perry returned to Neenah, but, soon after, returned to Louisville, Ky., and remained four months in the Quartermaster's department; in the fall of 1866, engaged in the banking^ business with Rudolph Ebert, at Pond du Lac, establishing the German American Savings Bank; in January, 1880, Mr. Perry severed his connection with this bank and entered the First National Bank of Fond du Lac, as correspondent. He was married, June 22, 1856, at Neenah, to Miss Susan A. Jones; they have three children - C. L., now Mrs. W. I. Way, of Topeka, Kan.; C. Frederick and Susie A., who live at home.

MARTIN PETRIE, proprietor freight line; was born in Prussia July 19, 1830; came to Calumet, tliis county, with his parents, in 1847 ; came from there to Pond du Lac in 1852, and, for four years, was engaged in freighting between this place and Milwaukee; now he is engaged in the local freight business. Mr. P. was married, at Fond du Lac, May 6, 1854, to Martha Trauthfett^r, born in Saxony;' they have four children - Emma F., William J., Edwin J. and Nettie. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, and, for several years, was cooneoted with the Grerman-Boglish Aeademv.

WM. MICHAEL PHELAJT, son of Michael Phelan and Martha Colclough, farmer; born. April 27, 1819, at Gore's Grove, County Kilkenny, Ireland ; received a liberal education at a select school , under Prof. Campion; at 16 years of age was apprenticed in a general mercantile house, in the city Kilkenny, for a term of five years ; after three years returned to the farm ; was enrolled for military conscription during the Papineau or Patriot War, in Canada, in the year 1838 ; was then apprenticed to a civil engineer and surveyor named Lehy, in Thurless, County Tipperary, where he studied the higher mathematics, Euclid, etc.; both parents dying, returned to the farm and made agriculture - -both practical , and theoretical - -and agricultural chemistry, his study and occupation for eight years, with much success ; in the years 1843^5, took an active part in the repeal agitation and O'Connell monster meetings ; in August,. 1846, joined Smith O'Brien, Meigher and the Young Ireland party; became. a revolutionist and assisted in the formation of clubs ; after the fiasco in 1848, left the country and came to the United States, via Dublin and Liverpool, arriving at Fond du Lac Village Aug. 8, 1850, where he permanently settled, buying some lots in the village and a farm in the town of Eldorado ; -the first house he built was in what is now the Fifth Ward, in 1851. Was married in the city of Bufialo, June 22, 1853, to Margaret, daughter of Michael and Honoria M. Norton, born in Forkhill, near Gores Grove, parish of Crane, County- Kilkenny, Ireland, by whom he had seveu children - five boys and two girls, all born in Fond du Lac. The subject of this sketch worked as a carpenter and joiner and general contractor until opening a grocery store in one of his buildings, No. 377 Main street ; also built and opened a flour and feed store, No. 300 Main street, in the year 1877 ; also served the city in various capacities; was elected Street Commissioner in 1853; Alderman in 1854-56 and 1862; as City or Ward Assessor about eighteen years ; served as member of the County Board, School Commissioner, etc.; was elected some twenty-five times to various ofiices in the city, and last year, 1879, as City Assessor and School Commissioner.

C. P. PHELiPS, insurance agent ; was born at Ira, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1812 ; moved in 1842, to Mt. Pleasant, Racine Co., Wis., and, in 1845, to Section 34, Byron, where he followed farming until the fall of 1868, when he- moved to Fond du Lac and engaged in the insurance business, which he has since followed: At the organization of the town of Byron in 1846, Mr. P. was elected Assessor, and served without pay ; he held other town offices during nearly his entire residence in Byron. He was married at Ira, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1836, to Polly Beach, a native of that place, born Aug. 25, 1820 ; the children are Amelia (now Mrs. John Hecker, of Iowa), born May 23, 1839 ; Fernando, July 29, 1841 ; Mary J. (now Mrs. A. D. Clark), Oct. 10, 1844 ; Martha (now Mrs. A. A. Shepard), July 25, 1846, in Byron ; Sarah L., Aug. 4, 1848, died May 3, 1873, and Edward W., born in Byron Dec. 9, 1864.