Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 7 of 17)

ORRA U. AKIN, druggist, bookseller and agent of the American Express Co.; was born in Richmond, Ontario Co., N. Y., March 26, 1831 ; lived in Lockport, N. Y., from 1836 until the spring of 1850, when he came to Marquette, Wis., where he remained until 1858 ; he then removed to Madison, where he was employed for three years in the School Land Department of the State ; came to Ripon in the spring of 1862, and was one year in partnership with his brother-in-law, M. W. Seeley, in the drug business ; from the spring of 1863 until December, 1864, he and his brother, D. W. Akin, carried on the same business as partners ; from January, 1865, to September, 1866, he resided at Kingston, Green Lake Co., then returned to Ripon and was in the furniture business about a year ; from 1869 to 1875, he was engaged in the drug trade with J. M. De Frees; in 1874 and 1875, he was Sergeant-at-Arms of the Wisconsin State Senate ; during the war he served nearly a year with the Department of the Missouri, as Paymaster's Clerk ; he was agent for the Merchants' Union Express during the time of its existence, and afterward agent of the American Express Co. until 1873 ; was nearly a year in Iowa in 1875 and 1876 ; returned to Ripon and has been in his present business ever since, his brother, Dennis W., having been associated with him since January, 1878. He has been Mayor of this city, and is serving now as Alderman. April 10, 1861, he was married, at Marquette, to Mary A. Curtis, a native of Syracuse, N. Y.; they have four children - Charles C, Alice M., Anna W. and Mary B.

LOUIS 11. AIiIiESf, painter, son of Jonathan Allen, one of the first settlers in Oakfield, and who died in Ripon, was born at Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Oct. 19, 1845 ; when 9 years of age he moved to Iowa, and three years later came to Ripon, where he has since resided ; lie learned the painter's trade in 1867. Mr. Allen is the only charter member of Living Water Lodge, I. 0. G. T., now in good standing. He was married. Oct. 9, 1877, to Antoinette Ro6tj a native of New York State ; they have olie child - Leo Allen.

ROBERT AIjIjEN, retired; was born in Durham, England ; came to the town of Brooklyn, Green Lake Co., Wis., in 1847, and located on a farm, which he still owns ; in 1870, he retired from active life and came to Ripon, where his residence now is. Mr. Allen was married at Berlin, Wis., Nov. 27, 1860, to Josephine Walton, born at St. Andrews, Pi-ovince of New Brunswick ; her parents, George and Jane Walton, died in Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co.; Mr. and Mrs. Allen have three children - George R., Maud M. and Frederick W.

C^EORGE W. ANNIX was born at Le Koy, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1816 ; came to Wisconsin in 1853, where he has since resided. He was married, March 27, 1843, to Mrs. Harriet Pierson; they have ^ix children - Harriet, George W., Grace, Bryant W., Flora B. and Jerome ; Mrs. Annin has two children by her former marriage - Irving J. and Harlow W. Pierson.

DAVID C ATKINSOX, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Lincolnshire, England, Oct. 6, 1824 ; in 1846, came with his parents, David and Rebecca Atkinson, who settled in Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., for two years, and in 1848, came to Wisconsin and settled in Ripon Township, where they still reside ; the subject of this sketch, from that time up to 1856, teamed from Ripon to Fond du Lac, Milwaukee and Sheboygan, and assisted his parents upon the farm ; in 1856, he came to his present farm of 180 acres. He has held the office of Supervisor of the town for five years. He married, Sept. 24, 1857, Miss Harriet Newell Hubbard, daughter of William and Salome Hubbard, of Leverett, Franklin Co., Mass. ; both of her parents died there when she was quite young ; Mrs. Atkinson was born in Leverett, Mass., Sept. 30, 1828 ; tbey have one child - William A., born May 2, 1859. They are members of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. Atkinson is a Republican.

D. D» ATI4.1WSOX, farmer, Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Lincolnshire, England, in August, 1800 ; came to the United States in 1847, and settled in Saratoga Co., N. Y. ; in 1849, came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Ripon, about half a mile from the city of Ripon ; the next year, moved into the city and built himself a residence on what is now called West street ; remained'there three years, and then moved to the farm on Sec. 18, upon which his son, D. C. Atkinson, now lives ; in 1878, he moved to his present farm ; he has always been enojaged in farming pursuits. He married Miss Rebecca Cook Sept. 25, 1822, daughter of John and Mary Cook, of Lincolnshire, England; she was born in Lincolnshire, England, Oct. 10, 1798 ; they had five children, four living, viz.: D. C. Atkinson, whose record is given in this work ; Mary A., born March 21, 1824, now Mrs. David Walford, of Kenyon, Minn. ; Ruth, born August 6, 1826, married twice, now widow of Uriah Daft ; she had four children by her first husband and one by the second ; Susan W., born Dec. 21, 1828, now Mrs. W. A. West, of Waupaca, Wis., and one deceased; Rebecca, born March 28, 1830, married James Lathrop, of New York, and died in July, 1863.

E. BABCOCK. farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Albany Co., N. Y., Aug. 22, 1828; his parents' names were Joseph and Phoebe Babcoek ; his father died in 1872, and his mother in 1878; the subject of this sketch was engaged in assisting his parents upon the farm up to the time of his coming West in the fall of 1851 ; he first took up his residence at Berlin, Green Lake Co., Wis., and remained there until the next fall (1852), when he moved to Fond du Lac Co. and purchased the farm in this town where he has ever since resided, containing 100 acres. He is at present a member of the Board of Supervisors of the county and Chairman of the Town Board. He married Miss Elvira Smith, daughter of David and Emeline Smith, of Schoharie Co., N. Y., on the 26th of October, 1853 ; they had three children - Blanche B., now deceased, Frank Larue and Fred Leroy, living.

HENRY D WIGHT BALDWIN, marble dealer; was born at Victory, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1837 ; moved to Michigan with -his parents in 1838, where he lived until 1859, when he came to Wisconsin ; he has worked at the marble business since 1861 ; began for himself with Cyrus Pedrick in 1864, and became a member of the firm of Stuart & Baldwin, which is still in business. In 1866, Mr. B. was married at Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 11, 1874, to Mary J.. Pedrick, who was born on Lake Erie on the steamer " James Madison ;" they have one child - Helen.

PROF. C. G. B ALiDWIN was bom at Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1852 ; moved to Ohio when 6 years of age; graduated from Oberlin College in 1873, teaching Latin in that institution the last two years ; graduated from Andover in 1875, and in that fall came to Ripon College, taking a position as a member of the Faculty, which he has since held. Prof. B. was married in Ripon, Aug. 5, 1876, to Ella V. Biilinsis, born near Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.

ASA IVEWELLi BARNEY, architect and builder ; wa3 born at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 17, 1829 ; came directly to Ripon, April 3, 1855, where he has since resided. He was married at Ripon, April 17, 18G1, to Abigail H. McCord, born in the town of North East, Erie Co., Penn. ; they have two children - John Lynn and Lizzie Gertrude.

HENRY L,. BARNES, M. D., was bom inMexico, 0.swego Co., N. Y., April 16, 1835; with parents, Jehiel S. and Sarah Ann (Cole) Barnes, he immigrated to \Yiscon3in in 1846, and settled on a farm near Markesan, Green Lake Co., where he spent the next five years of his life at flirniing ; he was educated in the High School of Ripon, and in September, 1854, began the study of medicine with Dr. A. W. Hewitt, then a practicing physician of that city ; he attended lectures one term at Rush Bledical College, of Chicago, and spent a year with Profs. Thayer and Webber, of Cleveland, Ohio, giving special attention to surgery; he graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in March, 1858, and thereupon settled in Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis., in which place and in Ripon, his present home, he has since continued to practice with constantly growing success; in January, 1865, Dr. Barnes went into the United States Service as Assistant Surgeon of the 21st W. V. I. which had just joined in the march from Atlanta to the sea with Gen. Sherman's army through the Carolinas ; he remained with his reiiiment until it was mustered out in the summer of that year ; his studies while with Profs. Thayer and Webber were especially adapted to fitting him for an army surgeon, so that he filled the position with marked credit; at the close of the war, he resumed the practice at Ripon, and here he is now a successful physician ; he is a member of the County and State Medical Societies ; Dr. Barnes is a Knight Templar in the Masonic Order, and was Master of the lodge for several years. Jan. 3, 1861, he was married to Miss Nellie Cody, of Dartford, Wis. ; they have four children.

H. B. BATEMAIV, proprietor of " Coresco Mills ;" was born at Newport, R. T., Dec. 10, 1 841 ; enlisted May, 1862, in the f)th R. I. V. I. for three months ; re-enlisted as second Sergeant of the 5th R. I. Heavy Artillery, and was promoted to captaincy of Co. C. ; was color-bearer one year. Captain nine months; Adjutant of the post for a time; participated in all the battles enga^od in by his regiment ; was mustered out Aug. 2, 1865 ; came to Ripon the same year, and eni^aged in operating the Cerosco Mills, of which he is still proprietor and operator. Mr. B. was married at Ripon, May 2, 1866, to Jennie M. Mason, born at Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1845; they have two children - Luther M., bora April 14, 1867, and Henry W., born Aug. 15, 1869. Mr. B. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Ripon and Berlin Conimandery.

A. E. BISHOP, proprietor of grocery store ; is a native of County Kent, England ; son of George Bishop and Elizabeth Wells; born in 1833; he spent the first years of his life with his father on a farm and in th^ hotel of which ho was proprietor; he began the grocery bnsinossjn his native county at an early ago, which he continued there till his immigration to America in 1863 ; he settled at Ripon, Wis., and for seven years clerked for BIr. Kingberry ; in the spring of 1877, he went into the grocery business with Mr. David Clough, and continued as a partner in the firm of Clough & Bishop till the spring of 1879. In England, in 1865, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George and Margaret Wells, of Kent, Eng., and, in one week after, sailed for America; they have one daughter - Nellie M. They are members of the Grace M. K. Church.

ERASTUS J. BLODWETT, son of Louis Frank Blodgctt; was born at Beaver Dam, Wis., Oct. 22, 1846; was taken to Vermont when 18 months old, whence, four years afterward, he was brought to Hartford, \Vis., which was his home till 1865. In March, 1865, he enlisted in Co. B, 52d W. V. I., and was mustered out in August, 181)5. The next year he removed to Ripon and learned the painter's trade; during tlie past two years, he has been a member of the firm of Treanorc & Blodgett, wagon and carriage manufaciurers. Mr. B. was married at Ripon, Nov. 26, 1867, to Jliss Emma Lyon, born at St. Albans, Vt.; they have two children - Faunie Lyon and Harvey Charlie. Mr. Blodgett is a member of the Masonic Lndse.

li. F. BLODdiETT, farmer, Sec. 9; P. 0. Ripon; was born in Orleans Co., Vt., April 1, 1820; in the year 1813, ho came to Wisconsin, first locating in 31ilwaukoe, where fir eighteen months he clerked for Drs. Weeks & Miller, in the old Hide Block ; from there he went to Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis., and clerked for Waldron & Stimpson; having bought them out, the busine.-s was carried on tinder the firm name of Van Eps & Blodgett; in 1847, he wont to Hartford, Washington Co., and engaged in mercantile business up to the year 1808, when he came to Fond du Lac Co., and settled in the city of Ripon ; in 1870, he purchased his present farm of 160 acres. He has been married twice, his first wife being Miss Lucinda Boutwell, of Washington Co., N. Y., to whom he was marriel Sept. 21,

1845 ; she died July 27, 1848, leaving two children, one living - E. J., and one deceased - Esther, who died Aug. 3, 1848 ; his second wife is Miss Elizabeth A; Higby, daughter of Oliver and Clarissa Higby, of Connecticut; they were married Sept 27, 1849 ; they had four sons, two deceased - Lewis F., who died Nov. 3. 1864, and Edson L., died May 8, 1878 ; two living - William F. and Arthur.

W. H. BOXJ^ELIi (deceased); was born in Erie Co., Penn., Jan. 1, 1818 ; he came West in 1856, and settled six miles north of Rosendale, Eosendale Township, in this county, having purchased there a farm the year before ; he lived there nine years and then moved to Nekimi Township, Winnebago Co., Wis., Nov. 15, 1865, and remained there until the spring of 1867, when he came to this township and resided upon his farm until 1872, when he went back to Winnebago Co. and died there July 22, 1873; he always followed farming pursuits. He married Miss Margaret E. Goble in Erie Co., Penn., March 6, 1845; her parents were Timothy and Mary B. Goble, of Rochester, N. Y.; they had eight children, seven now living - James M., Austin W., Duane W., George C; Henry W., Wiltsie I. and Wilson T. (twins), and one deceased - Eliza J. Mrs. Bonnell is still living.

AliVAN EARL BOVAY, A. 11., of Ripon, was born July 12, 1818, in the town of Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; graduated at Norwich University, Vt., in July, 1841, and was afterward Principal of the Glens Falls and Oswego Academies, in New York State ; Professor of Languages in the Bristol (Penn.) Military College, and Professor of Mathematics in the New York City Commercial Institute. Mr. Bovay also had studied law and was admitted to the bar of the State of New York at Utica in July, 1846. He was married to Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Ransom Smith, in St. Luke's Church, Hudson street, New York City, by the Rev. Dr. Forbes, Nov. 25, 1846, and settled with his family at Ripon Oct. 5, 1850, where, in the November following, he laid out '' Bovay's Addition to the City of Ripon." Mr. Bovay was the framer of the earliest Republican organization ever formed, on the 20th of March, 1854, at Ripon, during the pendency of the '' Nebraska Bill " in the House of Representatives. He was a member of the Assembly for the First District of Fond du Lac Co., in 1859 and 1860, where he was the author of the famous, much-abused and finally much-rescinded " resolutions of '59." Mr. Bovay took an active part in all abolition movements ; served in the army, in which he was Major of the 19th W. V. I., and also Provost Marshal of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, in Virginia. He is now living in retirement at Ripon.

-FEHDIAH BOWEIV, banker and merchant ; was born in Breckeashire, parish of Llanellyr South Wales, July 19, 1817 ; came to America and located in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1830, where his father, John Bowen, died in 1867. Mr. B. came to Ripon - then a huddle of four buildings - June 17, 1850 ; July 29, returned to Pennsylvania, and, Oct. 26, returned with his daughter to make a permanent residence. He erected a store where the Kingsbury Block now is, and began business in it Dec 15 of that same year, as a dealer in general merchandise, continuing eight, years in that building, and in another sfore, until 1864. In 1863, he began the hardware business with 0. J. Clark, which connection continued , until March, 1877. In 1867, Mr. B. had an interest with J. D. Hamilton in the boot and shoe business, the entire control of which came into his hands in 1872. In 1855, he opened a branch store at Brandon, which continued about three years; in 1861, opened another at Waupun, which ran three years; in 1866, he conducted a store at Red Wing, Minn., for a time; in 1857, owned two farms, but disposed of them as soon as possible; in May, 1864, began the business of banking with Charles F. Wheeler, which has been continued ever since ; in 1855, with others, built a mill at Brandon, which he ran one and a half years, in connection with partners, and, in Ripon, he has been engaged almost continually for thirty years in building residences and business blocks. Mr. Bowen has been connected with the Ripon College from its foundation ; is connected with the Congregational Church ; was Mayor in 1859 and 1868 ; a member of the Assembly in 1871; a member of the City Council; was appointed Postmaster in 1861, which ofBce he resigned in May, 1866, and has always interested himself in all public moves and matters, being one of the organizers of the Milwaukee & Horicon Ry., with which he was sevei-al years connected, and a Director of the Ripon & Wolf River Ry. Mr. B. was first married to Harriet N., daughter of Judge William Root, of Lewis Co., N. Y. ; she died in Pennsylvania April 19, 1843, leaving a daughter, Jane A., now Mrs. Alex. K. Shaw, of Chicago. He married a second time, in Pennsylvania, in August, 1853, to Emma C. Perkins, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have two children - Carrie and Maggie L.

ISAAC BROWN, merchant tailor ; was born in Dorsetshire, England, Jan. 10,1834; came to Chicago, with his mother, in 1846 ; enlisted in Co. A, 2d.I. V. C, August, 9, 1861, and served three years, mostly on detached duty; was mustered out in the spring of 1865 ; came to Ripon in the spring of 1874, and engaged in merchant tailoring the next year. Mr. B. was married in Ripon, Sept. 13, 1877, to Miss Frances Miller. Mr. B., who was two years on detached service with Gens. Ord and Logan, helped to raise the first company of volunteers in Ogle Co., 111.

J. E. BROWX, merchant tailor; was born at Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., July 16, 1839; came from there to Ripon in the spring of 1865, and engaged in the merchant tailoring business, which he has since followed, having at all times a large store in Ripon, and, during the last five years, a branch at Waupun. He was married at Ripon, July 16, 1867, to Grraee Annin, a native of Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis.; they have two children - Bertie Howard, born May 2, 1870, and May Belle, born June 22, 1874.

LYSANDER MARTIN CARLISLE, grain-dealer, was born at Goshen, Addison Co., Vt., Oct. 15, 1818 ; removed to Buffalo, N. Y., in the fall of 1843 ; in 1844, came to Milwaukee ; returned three months later to Buflfalo ; surveyed the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, just south of that city, in 1843; resided in Western New York until coming to Ceresco, May 31, 1849, where he worked for the Phalanx until 1850 ; Sept. 1, 1850, Mr. C. bought a house of the Phalanx and opened a hotel called the Ceresco House, which he conducted until 1854, then selling out and erecting a brick house near the railroad crossing; in 1864, he went into the Mapes House with Gilbert Lane, now of Oshkosh, remaining two years ; since then, Mr. C. has been dealing in grain. He was Justice of the Peace before the city was incorporated, Assessor of the Second Ward three years and of the First Ward two years ; he once owned five shares of Phalanx stock for which, at Potter's Corners, N. Y., he traded to the value of $125. Mr. C. was married at Madison, Aug. 31. 1850, to Harriet Gorham, born in Wyoming Co., N. Y.

I>R. WILLIAM E. CARNAHASf, homoeopathic physician and surgeon ; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Jan. 14, 1838 ; removed to Columbia Co., Penn., with his parents in 1840 ; removed from there to Michigan when 16 years old, where he attended school until 1860 ; taught school two years; returned then to Pennsylvania and began the study of medicine; graduated from the Western Homoeopathic College of Cleveland, Ohio ; attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College ; began practice at Cambridge City, Ind., in the spring of 1867 ; removed in 1873, on account of ill health, to Hamilton, Ohio, and from there came to Ripon in June, 1877. He was married at Lebanon, Ohio, in February, 1866. to Lucy Wood, who died in 1873, leaving one child - Ada W., born in June, 1870; he was married a second time, at Ripon, Oct. 11, 1877, to Sadie G. Barker, a native of Columbus, Ohio. Dr. C. is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and I. 0. O. F.

HORACE L. CHADBOURXE, of the firm of Fish & Chadbourne, sign, house and carriage painters; was born in Oxford Co., Me., in 1844; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1856 and located in the city of Ripon. In January, 1865, he enlisted in Co. I of the 47th W. V. I., under Col. Ginty, and partook in all the movements of his regiment till it was mustered out at Madison in the following autumn (1865). He then returned to Ripon, and soon after began the painter's trade, which he has since followed; in 1876, he formed a copartnership with Fish under the present firm name. He was married to Miss Eveline Williams, of this city in 1868 ; they have two children - Charles and Amy.

O. H. CHAMBERLAIN, farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in the town of Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 5, 1822. His parents, Harlem G. and Anna, died in Union Corners, Livingston Co., N. Y., his father in 1869, his mother in 1874 ; they were pioneers of that part of the State, having come from Vermont at a very early day ; they had six sons and five daughters, all of whom lived _ to be men and women. The subject of this sketch came to the State of Wisconsin in the fall of 184II, iind first settled in Fond du Lac Co., one mile southeast of the city of Ripon, living in that neighborhood for seven years; in the fall of 1856, he moved to his present farm on Sec. 12, where he has ever since resided, containing 1 55 acres ; for six winters he taught school in this county and one winter in Winnebago Co.; he also held the office of Town Superintendent of Schools several years ; Magistrate several terms, and is at present Justice of the Peace, and has been two terms previously. He married Miss Harriet E. Weber (daughter of Daniel B. and Emily Weber) in Ceresco, Feb. 1, 1852 ; she was born in Liberty, McKean Co., Penn., Aug. 22, 1829 ; they have four children - Oscar H. (living in Champion, Mich.), Fremont C., Francis A. and Albert 0. Mrs. Chamberlain's mother afterward married Caleb Kendall, of this county, who died in Winnebago Co., Minn., in 1865 ; she came West in 1841 and settled in Walworth Co., Wis., and, in 1847, came to this county, where she has ever since resided; she was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1805. Mrs. Chamberlain's father was born in the year 1800 in Worcester Co., Mass. Her grandfather, William Weber, enlisted in the Revolutionary army in November, 1775, in Brimfield, then Hampshire Co., now Hampden Co., Mass., in the company of Capt. Joseph Thompson, and Massachusetts regiment of Col. John Nixon, and served one year ; the official records show his death to have occurred on Feb. 26, 1831, in Columbia, Bradford Co., Penn., where he lived sixteen years, and previous thereto in Holden, Worcester Co., Mass.

DAVID of the firm of Clough & Wellcome, is the son of Abram Clough and DoUy Norris, of Wyoming Co., N. Y., born in 1823 ; his father being a farmer, David spent most of his time with him at that business until 28 years of age; he then entered upon an apprenticeship at the miller's trade, and, after serving one year as an apprentice, he was placed in charge of the mill at Folsomdale, "Wyoming Co., N. Y., wherq he continued three years; in 1844, he came to Wisconsin, made some invest ments in real estate, spent nearly a year there, and then returned to his native State; in 1858, he came the second time to Wisconsin, and began the milling business at Brandon, Fond du Lac Coi; two years later, he removed to Ripon, Wis., where for ten years he was connected with the Ripon Mills ; in 1870, he became iHterested in the meat market (then the firm of Clough & Fenlon), where he continued the business for seven years ; in 1877, he, with Mr. A. E Bishop, began the grocery business ; the firm was known as Clough & Bishop until the spring of 1879, when Mr. H. C. Wellcome became partner in Bishop's stead, and the firm has since been knowp as Clough & Wellcome. In 1844, he married Maria S., daughter of Oliver Harnden, of FolSomdale, Wyoming Co., N. Y., though a native of Genesee Co., wlio died at Folsomdale, N. Y., in February, 1866 ; they had five children, as follows: Clara (the late Blrs. George Norris, of Braqdon. Wis.,- now deceased), George H. (deceased - died at the age of 4 months), Ella J. (Mrs. E. Cush- . man, of Cowlesville, Wyoming Co., N. Y.), Nilcs F. (of Kansas City, Mo.), and Frank F. (of Ripon, Wis.). Dec. 25, 1877,'ho married Mrs. Louisa L., widow of the late L. Barnes - a daughter of Walter and Clementina Atwell, residents of Ripon since 1854; Mis. Clough had, at the time of her second marriage, one daughter - Laura J., now Mrs. Toohey, of Kansas C'ty, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Clough are members of the M. E. Church; Mr. C. is also a member of the I. 0. 0. F. , , V j

JOSEPH COMBS, farmer; P. 0. Ripon, was born in the town of Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 4, 1811 ; h;s parents, Oliver and Sarah Combs, Hved upon a farm, and afterward moved into the village of Holland Patent, Oneida Co., N. Y., where, they both died'; the subject of this sketch remained upon his father's farm until tlie year 1850, when he came West and purchased his present farm of 100 acres, and, in the spring of 1851, returned to New York State and brought out his family, where they have since resided; his farm is now within the limits of the city of Ripon. ' He held the ofiice of Assessor one year. He married twice ; his first wife was Miss Lucy A. \Vells, daughter of Daniel and Frances Wells, of Oneida Co., N. Y.; they are both dead ; they were married in September, 1838, and Mrs. Combs died in September, 1855; they had six children (two living), viz.: Sarah F., born Dec. 1, 1847; Katie E., Aug. 8, 1851 ; four died - Stephen R., in 1847; Daniel W., December, 1855; James H., Oct. 4, 1864, and one died in infancy. He married his second wife. Miss Arietta Wetmoro, Sept. 30, 1856; her parents were James and Elizabeth Wetmorc, of Holland Patent, Oneida Co., N. Y., who died there; Mrs. Combs was born March 4, 1818; they had three children, one living - Charles J., born Nov. 18, 1861; the two deceased ar-; Henry W., born Aug. 31, 1S.J7, died April 11, 1872, and Laura E., born May 12, 1839, died May 29, 1872. Mrs. Combs is a member of the Kpiscopal Church.

JOHX COKBETT, merchant tailor; is a son of William and AnnaCorbelt; his father was a native of Eniiland, and was Paymaster of the 47 th Regiment of the British Arny in Canada ; his mother was a native of Scotland; John was born in Canada July 8, 1810; w;;s o luoatcd in private schools kept in his father's family; in 1856. he enf^ered upon an appr^iriticiship at the tiilor's trade in his native town, but soon went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued it for one year; thc^nce t) Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago, III., continuirjg at each f.r abouc .--ix ni mths, and lastly, in 1857, to Ripon, Wi<., where, in 1859, he established himself as a merchant tailor. In 18114, ho married Mi.« Marietta, danshtor of Stiilman and Catharine Bonnell. nee Dubois, of Ithaca, N. Y.; they have one son - William B. Mr. Corbett is a member of the Masonic Fratprnity. lie and wife arc members of the Kpiscnpil Church.

' E. tr. COKLI.SS (deceased), was born in Vermont, Nov. 22, 1822; he was the only son of Isaac and Abigail Corliss, who moved first to L:i Porte, Ind.; the subject of this sketch, in 1845, came to Wisconsin and settlcd.on See. G of this township; he purchasei on3 and on>half miles squire of United States land, and improved the same. Ho died May 22, 1856. Five years after Mr. Corliss settled here, his parents moved to Winnebago Co., where they lived up to the time of the death of his mother, which occurred Jan. 28, 1863; after her death his father moved to Nepeuskun Township,Winncbago Co., where he died about 1873. Mr. Corliss married, Dec. 5, 1848, Miss Emily Dorchester, daughter of Francis and Abigail

Dorchester ; her father was born in Fartnin'^ton, Conn., in 178j, and died in 1858 ; her mother was born in Grenoa, N. Y., in 1796, and died in 1857 ; they moved We^t in 1845, and settled in Green Lake Co. (then Marquette Co.), Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Corliss had two children - Frank, born October, 1851, and Henry, born May, 1854. Mrs. Corliss stUl lives on the homestead. Sec. 6; P. 0. Ripon. She is a member of the Episcopal Church.

S. E. CRAWFORD, of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers; Sec. 18; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in AVindham Co., Conn., March 30, 1841 ; he came to the State of Wisconsin in 1847 with his father, Samuel D. (his mother having died in Connecticut), and first settled in Mayville, Dodge Co., whore his father still resides. In 1867, the subject of this sketch came to Fond du Lac Co., and became a member of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co. in the milling business, known as the " Arcade Mills." He has held the office of Supervisor two terms. Ho married, June 27, 1878, Miss Zoe A. Hodge, daughter of N. W. and Mary Hodge, who settled in Janesville, Wis., and after residing there some twenty years came to this county in 1874; they have one child - Eva A. Mrs. Crawford was born June 9, 1849.

W. F. CRAWFORD, of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers; Sec. 18; P. 0. Ripon; was born in the town of Union, Tolland Co., Conn., Oct. 4, 1842. His mother having died when he was only three or fnur days old, he was taken to the home of his grandfather and grandmother, with whom he Resided until their death, and afterward with an uncle and aunt in the same home. On Sept. 18, 1862, he enlisted in Co. 0, 22d Conn. V. I., for nine months, and was discharged July 8, 1863, returning home to Connecticut; he came in the fall of the same year (1863) to the State of Wisconsin, and settled in Mayville, Do(^ge Co.; while there he went to Milwaukee, and commenced a course of study in the Mercantile College of Bryapt, Stratton & Spencer ; before the completion of the course he again entered the army, enlisting in Co. I, 44th W. V. I., and served until the close of the war; having returned home, he finished his course of study in the Mercantile College ; in 1867, he came to Fond du Lac Co., and became a member of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers, and is so at the present time. He has been married twice ; his first wife was Miss Alice A. Mason, daughter of William C. and Ellen Mason ; her father is living, but her mother is dead ; they were married in 1874 ; she died Feb. 4, 1876, leaving one child - Alice E. His second wife was Miss Ella J. Newell, daught^ of T. V. and Esther B. Newell ; her mother was a native of Greenfield, Franklin Co., Mass.; her father of Charlton, Mass. They were married March 25, 1877. Mrs. Crawford was born Dec. 4, 1849; they have one child - Byron A.

ISAAC M. DAKIIV, City Clerk ; was born in New York City April 25, 1842 ; came with his parents to Brooklyn, Green Lake Co., in 1849 ; moved to Neshkoro in 1852, and remained until 1862; removed thence to Brooklyn, thence to New York, and in 1864, came to Ripon; Mr. D. clerked for G. Beynon two years, Coe Bros, four years, and has since been Deputy Postmaster; in April, 1879, he was elected City Clerk on tho Republican ticket. He was married at Hastings, Mich., May 4, 1875, to Ella Lathrop ; they have one child, George W., born Nov. 6, 1877. Mr. Dakin's father, Ebenezer, died at Fort Scott in 1869 ; his mother resides in Ripon.

REV. C. DAEIES, Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Church; was born in Brandenburg, Prussia, March, 27, 1841 ; come to Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., in February, 1868, where he remained but a short time, going next to Russell, Sheboygan Co., for one and a half years ; Menomonee Falls, Waukesha Co., eight years; Racine one year, and then to Ripon May 20, 1879; he was educated at Barmen, Prussia, Missionary Seminary, and was married at Russell, Wis., Nov. 8, 1868 ; to Meta Vielstioh, born in Bremen, Germany; they have five children - Elsa A. C. K., Paul B. J. and Karl A. G., all born at Menomonee Falls; Johanna L. M., born at Racine, and Clara A. G., born at Ripon. Since Rev. D.'s connection with the church, a fine, new parsonage has been built; the church debt reduced ; its membership increased, and many improvements been made.

RICHARD DART, apiarist; is a son of Anson and Eliza Dart, nee Catlin ; born in New York City May 12, 1828 ; his father was a druggist in that city for a number of years, but when Richard was quite young, his father purchased a farm .in Oneida Co., N. Y., and till 1838, was engaged in agricultural pursuits there ; he was then appointed Commissioner of the main wing of the New York Insane Asylum, which position he held for two years; in 1840, he resigned that position and immigrated as a pioneer to Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis.; having been out in 1835 with a company of men from Home, N. Y., and made some investments in the vicinity of Green Bay and other places ; landing at Green Bay in May, 1840, he formed the acquaintance of Govs. Hornei and Beall, then land agents at that place ; the Green Lake country was ju-t then coming into notice, and he with Gov. Beall started on horseback for a visit to the lake ; passing through the Brothertown woods, across the county where the city of Fond du Lac now stands, they reached the shores of Green Lake the 1st day of June ; here .he selected eighty acres of land one-half mile south of the Lake shore, which should be his pioneer home ; returning to Green Bay, he purchased a boat, and putting in their little all, which consisted of a barrel of flour, onehalf barrel of pork, etc., with a few cooking utensils with which to begin pioneer life, he with two sons passed up the Fox River, portaging^ their boat around the rapids of Neenah, Menasha and Appleton, into Lake Winnebago, and after one and a half days' rowing up the lake, reached, as they supposed, the outlet of Green Lake ; but upon following it for three days, they found themselves at Mud Lake, near Ripon ; they returned to Lake Winnebago, and, after a two-days sail, reached the outlet of Green Lake, which they at once recognized by the color of the water ; two days more brought them to their new home in Wisconsin; they were the first settlers in what is now known as Dartford, in honor of whom the village was named ; the family soon followed, and this was Richard's home for many years. His father was the first Justice of the Peace in Marquette Co.; the first Postmaster; was also a member of the Constitutional Convention of Wisconsin ; he took quite an interest in President Taylor's election, and in 1851, was appointed Superintendent of Indian affairs in Oregon ; in 1856, he paid a visit to his home in Wisconsin, but it had lost its charms ; he spent two years traveling in Europe, and the rest of his life in Washington, D. C, where he died Aug. 12, 1879, at the age of 82 years ; two sons survive him - Putnam, now in California, and Richard, now living at Ripon, Wis., and who in April, 1859, was married to Imogene, a daughter of Luther and Emma Hinkley, of Madison Co., N. Y.; they have one daughter, Arlie, now 7 years of age.

HECTOR DAWES, farmer. Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Ripon ; born in Morgan Co., Ohio, July 17, 1830 ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and settled in Ripon Township, Fond du Lac Co., on Sec. 29, where he remained for four years. His parents, George and Elizabeth Dawes, in the mean time, in 1854, came to the State of Wisconsin and settled on Sec. 30, in Ripon Township, where his father died Oct. 10, 1869, and his mother August 27, 1877. The subject of this sketch, in 1855, the next year after his parents came to this county, went to live with them, and continued to up to his marriage with Miss Jane A. Ruggles, which occurred March 12, 1857 ; her father, Gary Ruggles (her mother having died in New York State), came to Wisconsin and settled in Ripon Township in the year 1855, went to Iowa and settled near Charles City, and died there in 1874; Mr. Dawes, after his marriage, went to reside on his farm on Sec. 29, and then moved to the city of Ripon and resided there up to 1863, when he moved to his present farm on Sec. 30, where he still resides, containing 240 acres ; Mrs. Dawes was born in Broome Co., N. Y.. Oct. 21. 1832 ; they have a family of six children, viz : Fred A., born Dec. 17, 1858 ; William R., Oct. 5,' 1862 ; Maggie, April 28, 1864 ; Effie, May 26, 1866 ; Edward G., July 19, 1868, and Raymond, March 20, 1870. Edmund Dawes, the brother of Hector Dawes, enlisted as a private in Co. H, 20th W. V. I., Aug. 8, 1862, and was afterward promoted to Orderly and, while serving as such, was killed, Dec. 7, 1862, at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark.; previous to his death, his commission as Second Lieutenant of Co. H had been made out, but did not reach him before his death. Mrs. Dawes is a member of the Congregational Church.

GrEORGrE W. WEJLLIXGER, proprietor Ripon Mills, was born at Windsor, York Co., Penn., July 21, 1820 ; removed to Western Pennsylvania; resided one year at Lundy's Lane, Erie Co.; spent one year at Kingsville, Ohio ; removed to Waterford, Racine Co., Wis., in May, 1845, where he remained eighteen months ; removed to Oshkosh in the fall of 1847, and, in October, 1 848, came to Ripon ; with the exception of a few years after 1869, spent in California, Montana and other portions of the West, for his health, Mr. Dellinger has been actively engaged in milling since his arrival in Ripon ; he has built several mills and water-powers (see full account elsewhere), and now owns and runs Ripon Mills, of which he was the builder. He was married at Lundy's Lane, Erie Co.,Penn., July 21,1842,to Margaret, daughter of Capt. John Spiers, an old lake Captain, who died in 1875, aged 89 years; Mrs. D. was born at JErie, Penn., May 22, 1825 ; they have had seven children - Perry N., born at Lundy's Lane, Penn., July 22, 1843, now a resident of Greene, Butler Co., Iowa; George Chester, born at Waterford, Wis., Dec. 9, 1845, now of Pearl Rock, Chickasaw Co., Iowa; Josephine (now Mrs. W. W. Davy, of Ripon), born near Oshkosh, March 23, 1848 ; Daniel Newton, now of Butte City, Montana, the first child born in Ripon City plat, born May 25, 1850 ; Margaret Jennie, born Jan. 5, 1859 ; Earl Bertine, Aug. 1, 1863 ; they lost one child - Elizabeth Ella, an infant, in 1853. Mr. D. was for seven years a member of the City Council. He began milling on his own account in 1840.

HON. JEREMIAH DOBBS, son of Jeremiah and Mary Dobbs ; was born at Saugerties, Ulster Co., N. Y., in March, 1832 ; after receiving his education, he was employed as a clerk in a general store at Rochester, N. Y.; remained there two years; later, began the study of law, and, in 1851, was admitted to the bar at Jefferson, Wis., having removed to this State in 1849, and located at Lake Mills; engaged in the practice of his profession there until 1854, when he came to Ripon; in 1850, he was appointed District Attorney of Jefferson Co., Wis.; since he came to Ripon, he has filled several offices of lionor and trust; in 1869, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, and for many years he was Chairman of the County Board ; he was once a Director of the Oshkosh & Mississippi Railroad Co.; as a successful and skillful attorney, he is extensively known ; everything he undertakes bears the unmistakable impress of his energy ; he is of a most aifable disposition, and no person, either man or child, ever approached him with a fear of a want of a cordial welcome ; no local enterprise of any consideration fails to receive his assistance ; be is' emphatically a man- of the people, friendly, sympathetic and generous. Feb. 21, 1S54, he was married to Miss Mary A. Lampson, and by her has one son and two daughters.

CYREXUS F. DODGE was bom at Pembroke, Genesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1833 J resided there until coming to Ripon, in September, 1853 ; on arriving at Ripon, he began the manufacture of wagons and carriages, which he continued until February, 1878; the firm was H. Dodge & Son five years. Dodge & Manville seventeen and one-half years. Dodge & Mitchell two years, C. F. Dodge from September, 1877, to February, 1878, when he sold out to Treanore & Blodgett ; Harvey Dodge, senior member of the first firm, was C. F.'s father; after retiring from the business, Mr. Dodge erected Como Bay House, a summer resort at Green Lake, in the spring of 1878, of which he has since been the successful proprietor and manager. He was married at Ripon, March 28, 1856, to Phcebe A. Thatcher, a native of Pembroke, N. Y.; they have six children - Erastus Eugene, Addie May, Edward S., Nettie B., Wm. C. and Harvey. Mr. D. was Alderman several years.

GEORtwE C. DUFFIE, Principal of 'the English Academy in Ripon College; was born at Orwell, Rutland Co., Vt., Jan. 1, 1845; son of James H. Duffie, who came to Rosendale in 1853, and died there three years later ; he came to Ripon in 1 860 ; served in the army ; graduated from Ripon College in 1868 ; was appointed instructor in Latin one year ; conducted the Free Press, at Ripon, from 1869 to 1872, and was then appointed to his present position. He married Emma, daughter of A. P. Harwood, of Ripon.

H. C BVERSZ, of the firm of Eversz & Weller, dry-goods merchants; is a son of L6uis and liouisa Eversz; born in Prussia in 1846, and, with his parents, immigrated to Wisconsin in 1848; his parents settled on a farm near Ripon, where H. C. spent most of his time, attending district school and at farm work, till about 1860 ; he then entered Ripon College and was a student th6re for two years. In

1862, he enlisted in Co. H. of the 20th W. V. I., under Col. Pinkney, of Ripon ; was with the Army of the West for about one year ; was mustered out at Galveston, Tex.; he then returned to Ripon ; was clerk in the dry-goods store for A. W. Pettibone till 1871 ; he then formed a copartnership with J. C. Weller, and has since been dealing quite extensively in dry goods, etc. In 1872, he married Miss Bertha, daughter of the Rev. N. and Esther M. McLeod, then of Ripon ; they have one daughter - -Gertrude ; his wife is a member of the Congregational Church.

GEORGE Li. FIEIiD, bank cashier, was born at New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y., whence lie moved to Albany in 1852 ; after remaining there five years he came to Watertown, Wis., and became book-keeper and teller of the Bank of Watertown, where he remained over five years ; in the spring of

1863, he moved to Ripon, which has since been his home, and became cashier of the Bank of Ripon, which position he held until the organization of the First National Bank, of which he has since been cashier. Mr. Field has been Mayor of Ripon, and always takes an active interest in all improvements and matters of a public nature. He is now, and has been during seventeen years an ofiicer and member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.

CHESTER B. FISH, of the firm of Fish & Chadbourne, sign, house and carriage painters ; was born in Rockland, Knox Co., Me., in 1854 ; he is the son of S. M. and Adell Fish, with whom he «ame to Ripon, Wis., when he was about 2 years old ; in 1858, they removed to Milwaukee, where he was educated in the public schools and lived till 1868 ; returning then to Ripon, in 1872 he began the painter's trade with Mr. Craw, of this city, and, in 1876, formed copartnership with Mr. Chadbourne, of the present firm. His father died at Minneapolis, Minn., in April, 1879 ; his mother now resides in Ripon.

J. J. FOOTE, District Attorney; was born at Coventry, Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan. 23, 1830 ; came to Watertown, Wis., in the fall of 1852, and to Ripon, which has since been his residence, in 1856 ; he studied law with Charles O'Connor, Benedict and Boardman, in New York City, where he was admitted to the bar Feb. 5, 1853 ; his father, Alanson L. Foote, is now a resident of Ripon. Mr. Foote lias been Alderman, City Clerk eight years, District Attorney since January, 1879, and was tendered the nomination unanimously for Attorney General on the Democratic ticket of 1875. He was married at Watertown, Jan. 9, 1854, to Kate T. Bement, a native of Belleville, Ontario ; they have eight children - Lillie T., now Mrs. J. Mallaney, of Ishpemlng, Mich.; Anna Louise, Blanche B., Mary E., Edward P., Laura, Kate I. and Genevieve G.

J. N. FOSTER, of the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers, Arcade Mills, Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Ripon ; -was born ih Tolland Co., Conn., July 26, 1816; he came to the State of Wisconsin in May, 1846, and settled in M ay villa,' Dod.2;e Co.; in 1856, he became engaged in the milling business, having bought out Francis Hammond, and carried on the same until 1865, when he sold out his business and came to Fond du Lac Co., and settled in the city of Ripon and carried on a feed store until 1867, when he formed the firm of J. N. Foster & Co., millers, and purchased what are known as the " Arcade Mills," on Sec. 18,. Ripon Township, from David IBabcook ; this mill was built in 1856, by Tomb, Paddock & Co.; it is run mostly as a custom mill. Mr. Foster was a member of the City Council of Ripon for one year. He married Miss Ellen Duncan July 15, 1858 ; her parents were John and Elizabeth Duncan, of Hamilton, Scotland ; her father came to the United Slates and settled in Marquette Co., Wis., where he died ; her mother died in Scotland. Mr. Foster's family consisted of four children, three of whom are living - Mary E., William B. and John D. Mr. Foster is a Republican in poUtics. He resides in the city of Ripon.

WILililAM GAYLiORD, retired; was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., in 1805; he removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio., in 1886, where he was a boot and shoe dealer for twenty-five years ; in 1864, he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co.; two years later, he removed to Oshkosh, and for one year was a dry-goods merchant; he next came to Ripon in 1868, where he continued the dry-goods trade till September of 1878. He was married to Martha M., daughter of Isaac and Betsey Beebee of New York ; they have two sons - Isaac W. and Lewis B., both of whom are merchants at Beloit, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Giylord are members of the Congregational Church.

JOSEPH M. GEERY, Professor of English Literature, Rhetoric and Political Philosophy in Ripon College, was born in New York City June 2, 1840 ; took a preparatory and college course at Oberlin College ; began teaching at Paris, Kenosha Co., Wis.; taught there three winters, 1858, 1859 and I860;' was two years in the Medina (Ohio) High School; one year Principal of the High School at Brooklyn, near Cleveland; taught in all seventeen terms before coming to Ripon in 1868. Prof Geery has been College Librarian seven years; was elected Alderman and Supervisor in 1879, and takes active part in the matters pertaining to public Weal in Ripon.

HEIVRY J. CitOODAIjE, carriage manufacturer; son of Henry and Caroline Goodall, was born at Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 24, 1836; came to Laoaartine, Pond du Lac Co., in 1847, where his father, who died in Springvale in 1869, kept a blacksmith-sbop, and in which he began learning the trade at the age of 11 years; in 1874, Mr. G. came to Ripon, and has since carried on the business of manufacturihg carriages, phaetons and cutters. He has been City Marshal and Chief Fire Marshal, which position he has held five years, and is an Odd Fellow. He was married in Springvale, Feb. 26, 1859, to Harriet M., daughter of Aaron Horton, an early settler of that town ; she was born in Michigan ; they have three children - Charles C, Harry C. and Edna H.

4w. C. GOODFELiEOW, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Maiilius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 13, 1819; his parents Tobias and Polly, both died there; in September, 1845, he came to Wisconsin, and for one year resided inr Racine Co., and the fall of 1846, came to Fond du Lac Co. and settled at Reed's Corners, Metomon Township, for three years, and, in 1849, came to his present farm of 143 acres in Ripon Township ; while residing in New York State, he was employed on the canal as steersman of a canal-boat; since he has lived in Wisconsin he has been engaged in farming pursuits. He has held the offices of Supervisor of the town and Justice of the Peace. He married Miss Abigail M. Seeley, daughter of James and Sarah Seeley, of New York State, April 29, 1841 ; she was born in town of Pompey, near Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 14, 1823; they have twelve children, all living and all but two grown to manhood and womanhood, viz.: Polly E., born March 9, 1842, now Mrs. L. Dick, living in Spencer, Marathon Co., Wis.; Sarah E-, born May 10, 1844, now Mrs. Chester Cook, of Westline, Minn.; Marion, born July 14, 1846, now Mrs. Wm. Louer, of Vernon Center, Blue Earth Co., Minn.; Jane A., born May 13, 1848, now Mrs. George H. Luke, of Spencer, Minn.; Arthur D., born Dec. 27, 1849, married Miss Sarah L. Jones, of Waupaca Co., Wis.; Eveline H., born Aug. 25, 1852, now Mrs. G. W. Pond, of Metomen Township, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Almon 0., born July 4, 1854; Frank, born July 20, 1856, married Miss Capitola E. Brine, of Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Fred, born Aug. 11, 1858; Maude A., June 5, 1860; George H., May 27, 1862, and Erwin T., April 30, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Gnodfellow are members of the Second Congregational Church of Metomen Township.

LiOUIS (jrRAF, butcher, of the firm of Graf & Jussen ; was born in Prussia May 5, 1832 ; came to Baltimore May 3, 1849, where he lived two and one-half years ; removed to Milwaukee for one year ; removed then to Watertown, Wis., where he remained until 1865, when he came to Ripon and engaged as a meat-market proprietor with his present partner. He was married, at Watertown, Wis., May 12, 1860, to Caroline Bohnert, a native of Baden, Germany; they have three children - P. L. George, T. C. Ida and Helen. Mr. Graf is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.

JOHIV GRANT, grain-dealer ; was born in Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn., March 23, 1832 ; moved with his parents, at the age of 2 years, to Lorain Co., Ohio ; moved to Green Lake Co., Wis., in the spring of 1848, and to 'Ripon in 1855 ; his father, Harvey Grant, died in Ripon in 1863, and his mother, Experience Grant, resides with his family, aged 83. Mr. G. was married, in Ripon, July 10, 1861, to Ellen Morris, a native of Wales, but for twenty-four years a resident of Ripon ; they have one child - Florence N. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Congregational Church. He has been Street Commissioner three or four years.

I DAVID GREEXWAY was bom in AVarwickshire, England, March 14, 1824 ; came with his parents to Syracuse, N. Y., in 1834; resided there and at Palmyra, N. Y., until coming to Ripon Aug. 1, 1850, with his wife and three children; Mr. G. engaged in farming about three years and thenopened a grocery store on the site of the present Greonway Block ; soon after added drugs and medicines, which business he carried on until about 1862 ; he built Greenway Block in 1861 ; began the express business in Ripon ; was the first express agent, and continued as agent until he sold out his business ; in 1867, Mr. G. built the " Oakwood House," a large and popular summer resort on Green Lake, which he has since owned and managed ; in 1878, he opened a grocery and crockery store, but closed out the stock the next spring. He was married, at Syracuse, N. Y,, Feb. 19, 1849, to Caroline Chadbourne, bnrn in Lancashire, England, and died at Ripon in January, 1880 ; she had three children by a former husband, two deceased and one living - Nellie, now Mrs. David Pollard, of Ripon. William D. and George M. Greenway, his sons, are associated with him in the Oakwood House. Mr. G. has resided upon the same spot or nearly so, ever since coming to Ripon.

SILAS A. GROESBECIi, carpenter, contractor and builder; was born at Russia, Oneida Co., N. Y., May 13, 1832 ; at the age of 10 years, moved to the town of Pinckney, Lewis Co., N. Y., and in 1855, came to Wisconsin to Ripon, working at his trade ever since. His father, Silas Groesbeck,. first settled in Springvale in 1854 ; in the fall of 1855, he went to Calumet Village and kept hotel two and one-half years ; removed for three years back to Springvale, and then to Brothertown, where he engaged in farming and hotel-keeping. S. A. Groesbeck was married, at Neenah, Wis., June 15. 1858, to Emma L. Shepard ; they have three children - Alice M., Fred M. and Albert H., and lost one daughter - Jessie, who died at the age of 6 months.

-IOHjV HAAS, proprietor of Ripon Brewery; was born in Hessen, Germany in 1841, and is the son of Henry and Catharine Haas ; when he was 13 years old, he with his parents came to America, and settled on a farm in Dodge Co., Wis., where he lived for four years ; in 1855, he began work in the brewery at Theresa, Dod^ie Co., Wis., for Benedict Weber ; two years later he came to the city of Fond du Lac, Wis., where he was employed by J. & C. Frey, brewers, for two years; he afterward spent a few months in the pineries, and then began work in a brewery for Paul Hauser, in Taycheedah, Pond da Lao Co., Wis., where he continued for abjjut two years ; in 1865, he established the Ripon Brewery, of which he has since been proprietor. In 1868, he was married to Miss ^Theresa, daughter of William and Annie M. Quest, of Ripon ; they have had three children, as follows : Matilda, deceased ; Albert, deceased ; C. John. Politically, Mr. Haas is a Democrat.

THOMAS HARRIS was born in Ireland April 27, 1820, of English parents; his father was twenty-three years in the English Army, and passed through the French Revolution ; IMr. H. first settled in Canada after coming to America ; came to Ceresoo and settled on Sec. 12, in June, 1847 ; in 1855, went to Minnesota; enlisted September, 1862, as Second Lieutenant in Co. D, 8th Minn. V. I. ; served with his regiment in all its engagements until the spring of 1865 ; returned then to Ripon, and, in the spring of 1866, was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he hold for ton years ; Mr. H. has practiced law during the last seven years; has been Assessor two years; is Secretary of the A., F. & A. M., and a member of the I. O. 0. F. Lodge. Ho was married at Inverness, Canada, by Rev. Norman McLeod in the spring of 1848, to Elizabeth N. Hargrave, a native of Canada ; they have five children living - Mary E., Eva E., Caroline A., Bertha E. and Benjamin J., and hive lost one - Thomas Fremont, who died at the age of 14 months.

A. P. HARWOOD, capitalist; was born at Ticonderoga, Essex Co, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1818; entered into the iron manufacturing business at Crown Point, N. Y., where he remained until comin'^ to Ripon, in March, 1874. Mr. H. is one of the Trustees of Ripon College, and a member of the Congregational Church. He was married at Crown Point, Oct. 11, 1843, to Anna Penfield, born at Pittsford, Vt. ; they have four children - Daniel V. N., Charles L., Mary Emma and Frank J.

D. V. X. HARWOOD, Secretary and Treasurer of the Ripon Pickle Company ; was born in Crown Point, N. Y., in June, 1844. In 1865, he married in his native town, Katie JIurphy, a native of Clintonville, N. Y. ; in 1874, they came to Ripon, and he became a shareholder in the Ripon pickle factory ; was made Secretary and Treasurer, a position he has filled since that time ; they have two children - Mary A. and Elizabeth K. In politics, Mr. Harwood is a Republican. He is an energetic and active business man, and has been more than ordinarily successful in life.

SAXFORD HA.ZEN, was bom at Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y., April 6, 1821 ; came to Oakfield in 1844 ; lived in Copenhagen again, from 1845 until the spring of 1858 ; removed then to Green Lake Prairie, near Ripon, where he carried on farming until 1874, although he built a plow factory at Ripon in 1859, which he ran two years; in 1874, Mr. H. began the manufacture of the Hazen windmill, and now manufactures also the patent reversible-tooth harrow ; he made the first steel plow made in New York, and also carried on the manufacture of stoves in that State. He was married at Copenhagen, N. Y., in February, 1844, to Susan B. Wright, a native of that place; they have two children - Wayne S. and Ella J. In the winter of 1844, Mr. Hazen helped to organize the Washingtonian Temperance Society, at Oakfield, Wis.

WAYNE S. HAZEN, of S. Hazen & Son, manufacturers of windmills, and reversible-tooth harrows, was born at Copenhagen, N. Y., June 30, 1845. Was married, Sept. 18, 1872, to Ursula Gray, born in England ; they have one son - Sanford Lee.

H. S. HOIiliENBECK, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Franklin Co., Vt., Jan. 5, 1826, and is the eldest of five brothers ; he came West with his parents, Benjamin F. and Minerva HoUenbeck, in the year 1848, and first located in Green Lake, Green Lake Co., Wis.; after remaining there about sixteen years they moved to the city of Ripon, (1865), where his parents still reside. The - subject of this sketch engaged in the agricultural business from 1865 to 1875, in Ripon ; he then purchased his present farm of 140 acres, where he now resides ; he has held the office of Street Commissioner of Ripon. He married Miss Betsey Wood, daughter of Alanson and Mary Wood, of Orleans Co., N. Y., Dec. 5, 1849 ; her father is now deceased, her mother still living in Ripon; Mr. HoUenbeck has been blessed with five children, four of whom are still living - Albert, Mary, Bertha and Homer ; one died - Maggie.

HON. JOHN S. HORNER was bom at Warrenton, Fauquier Co., Va., Dec. 5, 1802 ; he was the third son of Dr. Gustavus Brown Horner, Assistant Surgeon, and nephew of Dr. Gustavus Brown, Surgeon General of the Revolutionary army ; his ancestors were English and resided in Yorkshire, near Ripon ; his paternal grandfather emigrated to the State of Maryland at an early day, and went into business as a wholesale importing merchant ; he was a near relative of Sir Francis Horner ; the subject of this sketch graduated from Washington College, Pennsylvania, in 1819, and practiced law in Virginia until September, 1835 ; on the 9th day of that month he was appointed, by President Jackson, Secretary and acting Governor of the Territory of Michigan ; as Chief Executive of the Territory, Gov. Horner did much to allay the hostile feeling then existing between the people of the Territory and of the State df Ohio, in reference to the boundary question ; the following extract from the Wheeling Gazette of Feb. 27, 1836, is worthy of reproduction in this relation: "On arriving within the Territory, in the prosecution of his duties, Gov. Horner's address, as we learn from eye-witnesses, was consummate ; it w^s a combination of personal fearlessness, tact, wisdom and prudence;" in the same article - after alluding to the troubles which existed in the Territory at the time Gov. Horner assumed his duties as Executive, mention being made of the gallant bearing of the pacificator, throwing himself among the turbulent , and lawless spirits along the frontier of the disputed Territory, at the hazard of his life, and by his fearless bravery restoring perfect order - -'the editor, who was opposed to the Jackson Administration, says : " We question whether, when his appointment shall have expired by the recognition of Michigan as a State, the National Executive can, by any office he may confer upon him, more than compensate him." When the Territory of Wisconsin was created, he was appointed its Secretary, and received orders from President Jackson to take up his quarters near the Mississippi River, in order to meet the apprehended difficulty between the Winnebago Indians and the settlers in the mineral regions of Wisconsin ; on arriving, he learned that that tribe were besieging Fort Winnebago ; taking with him a single guide, he made a perilous journey of eighty miles to Fort Crawford, called upon Gen. Taylor for a force of 120 men, and with them proceeded to the relief of Fort Winnebago ; arriving there, he demanded a council with the Indians, and received a reply that they were "falling to pieces" from starvation, owing to the nonpayment of the annuities due from the United States ; upon learning this. Gov. Horner promptly took the responsibility of issuing an order to deliver to the starving Indians one-half the pork and flour in the military stores at the fort ; this action prevented an Indian war, and was highly approved by Gen. Jackson, and Congress passed an act granting $1,000 to Gov. Horner, as a recognition of his services; as Secretary of the Territory of Wisconsin, his career was distinguished by ability and integrity ; after his retirement from this office, he was appointed by Gen. Jackson Register of the Green Bay Land Offici, and by successive' appointments by Presidents Van Buren and Tyler, held the position for thirteen years ; although he never sought office, he was continued in Grovernment positions of importance during the administrations of five successive Presidents ; he afterward served for four years as IProbate Judge of Green Lake and Marquette Counties. Oct. 30, 1834, he was married, in Washington, D. C., by the Rev. Mr. Smith, the then Chaplain to Congress, to Miss Harriet Love Watson, the accomplished daughter of James Watson, at that time in the Treasury Department of the United States ; Mrs. Horner was born in Buckland, Prince William Co., Va. ; Mrs. Horner wrote the first executive act, and it was entered upon the journal of the Territory, at Belmont, in her own handwriting, which is now in the State archives at Madison ; had six children - the eldest, James Watson, died in 1842, at the age of 7 years ; Andrew Watson, at present a resident of Albert Lea, Minn. ; Grustavus Francis, a resident of Bipon, Wis. ; William Henry, an attorney of St. Louis, Mo.; Elizabeth Love, and Mary Watson, the wife of William Lucas, formerly St. Louis, now residing at Green Lake.

NATHAX HUNTER, farmer ; was born at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y., Feb. 26, 1820 ; came to Southport (now Kenosha), in the spring of 1844 ; joined the " Wisconsin Phalanx " and arrived st Ripon (then Ceresoo), at 10 o'clock in the morning of May 27, 1844 ; Mr. Hunter was in California from February, 1856 to the fall of 1859, when he returned home ; in 1861, he went to Idaho, and engaged in mining, which he had followed in California, returning to Bipon in 1864. He was married July 15, 1845, at Ceresco, to Mrs. Isabella B. Town, born Dec. 25, 1814, at Charlottenburg, Glengarry Co., the daughter of a British soldier; she had two children - Hiram S., Postmaster of Bipon, and Edward D.; by the last marriage they have had three children - Arabella L. (now Mrs. J. H. Maxwell, of Utica, Wis.); Mary H., a teacher in the Delavan Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, and George, who Feb. 23, 1875, aged 20 years. Mr. H. has been Alderman of the First Ward several years.

DAVID mSON, farmer, was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 26, 1829 ; came to Ripon in the fall of 1854, and engaged in the livery business, which he followed uninterruptedly for twelve years, afterward .^leaving it twice for a year or two on account of ill health. Since 1855, Mr. Imson has carried on his farm in Bipon Town, except two years, when it was rented ; in 1873, he erected the stone building, which he sold to J. P. Stone in 1876 ; he also sold flour and feed one year in Ripon ; learned the blacksmith trade in New York, which he followed for a year ; removed to Napierville, 111., in 1844, for one year; to Rochester, Wis., three years; to Oak Grove, Dodge Co., six years; to Portage with a livery one year, and then to Ripon. Mr. Imson was married in Waushara Co., in February, 1854, to Robinson, a native of Ohio, who died in July, 1868 ; they had four children - Albert P. and Alice Mabel, living, and two died in infancy. He was married a second time to Cornelia Hake, Jan. 26, 1870 ; they have one child - Maud.

J. M. JENKIBfSOiV, hardware merchant, also dealer in tinware. Main street, Bipon ; his father, Robert Jenkinson, was a. native of County Wicklow, Ireland, born in 1809; at an earty age he emigrated to Montreal, Canada, where he married Miss G. PommviUe, a native of that place ; after their marriage they removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., thence to Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in about 1845 ; during his residence in Metomen he was elected to various offices of honor and trust, and was elected Sheriff of Fond du Lao Co. and County Treasurer, the duties of which he discharged with credit to himself and general satisfaction to all ; he died in the city of Fond du Lac in about 1855 ; his wife died iu Metomen in 1867. J. M. Jenkinson, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1844, and therefore was only 1 year old when his parents came to this county (Fond du Lac) ; d'lring the war of the rebellion he enlisted in Co. C, 3d W. V. C , in the town of Metomen, and was mustered in at Camp Barstow, Janesville, Wis., in December, 1861 ; returned in 1863; re-enlisted and served until October, 1865, when he was honorably discharged ; he was in active service, and participated in every engagement his command was in. Sept. 30, 1869, he married, in Omro, Winnebago Co., Wis., Susan R. Taylor, a native of Concord, Jefferson Co., Wis., and daughter of Bobert Taylor and Lydia A., nee Olin, who settled in Jefferson Co., in 1845, and moved thence to Omro, Winnebago Co., in 1847. Mr. Jenkinson and wife attend the Congregational Church ; their children are Bobert and Ella L. Mr. Jenkinson is a Bepublican. He was engaged in business in the town of Brandon several years, and has been in business in Bipon since 1875 ; has a large and constantly increasing trade.

EDWARD JUSSEBf, butcher ; was born in Prussia Aug. 22, 1839 ; came to Philadelphia in July, 1854 ; to Watertown, Wis., in 1855, and to Bipon in December, 1865 ; he has followed his present business, that of market proprietor, ever since he came to Bipon. He was married in Theresa, Dodge Co., Wis., Jan. 17, 1871, to Theresa Weber, born in Prussia; they have five children - Josie, George, Albert, Willie and Eddie.

JOSEPH KISfGSBlJRY, an early settler of the city of Ripon, Fond da Lac Co., Wis.,, was bom in County Kent, England, May 22, 1818. Aug. 31, 1839, he married in his native county, Mary A. Graves, a native of the same county, born July 23, 1820; in 1850, they emigrated to America, and settled in Ripon the same year, and it has been their home since that time ; their children are James, now of Yankton, Dakota; he married in Ripon, Wis., Frances E. Bacon ; Frank, now at Appleton, Wis.; Charles (at home with his parents), Sarah A. (wife of Richard Porter, of New Lisbon, Wis.), Harriet (wife of Edward Stallard, of Ripon), Jennie (wife of John Evarts, of Omro, Wis.). Mr. Kingsbury and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; in politics, he has always acted with the Republican party. Owns several thousand dollars' worth of city property in Ripon, and has done much toward building up and improving that city since his coming.

W. B. KI]\"GSBURY, farmer; was born at Fairfax, Franklin Co., Vt., Oct. 12, 1826; came from there to Ripon in 1854, where he has since resided, engaged in farming, dealing in land and stock-raising. Mr. Kingsbury has been a member of the County Board, City Council, Chairman of his ward, and an oflBcer of the Ripon Agricultural Association for several years. Feb. 27, 1850, he was married at Fairfax, Vt., to Charlotte S. England, who was born in Georgia in that State; they have two children living^George 0. and Frank W. Kingsbury.

JACOB KUFFESTKAM, manufacturer of cigars, and dealer in cigars, tobacco and smokers' materials ; was born in Prussia March 13, 1845 ; came to America in September, 1856, locating in Milwaukee ; lived there eleven years, and then removed to Fort Atkinson for seven years ; returned to Milwaukee, whence, in November, 1878, he came to Ripon. Mr. Kuifenkam has been a cigar-maker since he became 15 years of age, and has carried on business for himself thirteen years.

THOIIAS IjAJIBERT, boot and shoe manufacturer; was born in England in 1837, and is the son of Henry and Hannah Lambert; his mother dying when he was 18 months old, he was brought up by his grandparents on a farm in his native country; in 1855, he came to his father at Ripon, Wis., where he had settled a short time before ; here he began the shoemaker's trade with him, he having worked at it in America since 1838. After serving a three-years apprenticeship, in 1861, he enlisted in the 3d Wisconsin Battery, under Capt. Drury, of Berlin ; was in the battles of Stone River, Chiokamauga and others ; was mustered out of service at Madison July 3, 1865. He then returned to Ripon and has since , continued his trade. In November, 1866, he was married to Miss Caroline Miller, a natipe of Germany;, they have five children - Richard tl., Hannah H., Walter J., Emily, Theressa and Edwin. Mrs. L. is a member of the Lutheran Church.

A. liAlVNIJIiCjr was born in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, March 13, 1819; removed to Burnett, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1847, where for ten years he was on a farm and in the machine business; in 1857, he came to Ripon and engaged in the lumber and planing-mill business, as well as contracting, building and architectural work. Mr. L. has held various city offices. He was first married, in Belmont Cc^ Ohio, to. Margaret McCune, who died in Dodge Co.; he was married a second time, in Dodge Co., to Jane MoConnell; they had four children - Hannah Maria (now Mrs. Charles Bennett, of Ripon), Le Roy W., Alpheus M. and Elizabeth J. Mr. and Mrs. Lanning are members of the Congregational Church.

ALPHEUS M. LAIVXING, of the firm of A. Lanning & Son.; was born in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co., March 21, 1852 ; he has been for several years engaged in the planing-mill and lumber business with his father. He was married at Ripon. in September, 1876, to Maria Horton, who was born in Springvale, Fond du Lac Co.; they have two children - George Le Roy and Charles.

HERBERT LEACH. This gentleman, one of the first to engage in the manufacturing business in the city of Ripon, was born July 6, 1805, in Chenango, Broome Co., N. Y.; in 1829, he removed to Susquehanna Co. Penn., and there was engaged in milling several years; in about 1846, he returned to his native town, Chenango, N. Y. (now Corbettsville), where he remained until 1851, which year he came to the city of Ripon, which has been his home since ; imnlediately after his coming to Ripon, he engaged in the manufacture of carriages, wagons, etc., and did an extensive business for a number of years. Mr. Leach has been twice married; first in 1829, in Susquehanna Co., Penn., to Chaj:- lotte D. Wilson, a native of Washington Co., N. Y.; she died iu February, 1861 ; their children are Agnes M., wife of Stephen Fuller, South America; John A., now of Indianola, Iowa; Frank, also of Indianola, Iowa ; Mary L., wife of E. L. Town, Washington, D. C; Julia, wife of A. S. Hall, South America ; Daniel H. Name of Mr. Leach's present wife was Betsy Featherby ; she was born in Franklin Co., Penn., came to Wisconsin in 1860, married Mr. Leach in 1863. Politically, Blr. L.- acts with the Republican party ; he has recently retired from active life, and is now passing his time in ease and competence, in a pleasant home, located on the Berlin road, in the suburbs of the city, where he owns about fifty acres of land ; he is an enterprising citizen, and has always taken an active part in religious, educacational and other interests of the city of Ripon.

MATTHEW lilM BERT, mason; was born in Yorkshire, England, Nov. 21, 1824; came to Kellogg's Corners, Ilaeine Co., Wis., in 1842, where he remained one summer and one winter ; removed to Bacine, where he resided, except three months in Chicago, until he came to Ripon, Aug. 8, 1846, where he began the stonemason's trade; in January, 1852, he started for California, via New York and the Isthmus of Panama, being three months on the journey ; about six months later he sailed for Australia, landing at Sydney July 12, 1852, sponding nearly five years in Victoria Colony; in April, 1857, he started for home, via London, arriving at Ripon July 3, 1857, where he has since resided. He was married, Oct. 13, 1858, to Nancy Rrown, whose brothers, James and William, are in Minnesota, and George in the San Francisco mint; she was born in Dalhousie, Lower Canada; they have two children living - George B. and Maggie; and have lost two. Mr. L. has been Alderman of the First Ward, and six years Director of District No. 5.

GEORGE L.IMBERT (deceased) ; was born Jan. 13, 1795, in Yorkshire, England ; his wife, Margaret, and two daughters, came with him to America in 1842, and to Ceresco in 18 14 ; Mrs. L. died in April, 1863 ; the children are Elizabeth, now Mrs. Chester Adkins ; E.len, now Mrs. Samuel Hayes, of Dakota, Waushara Co., Wis., and Margaret, now Mrs. Thomas Clay, of Wautoma, Wis.

K. IvIBf DSEY, an early settler of Ripon ; was born in Wells, Rutland Co., Vt., June 10, 1809; in 18J9, he went to Harmony, Chautauqua Co.,N. Y., where he married, in 1840, Alvira Button; sho was also a na'ive of Rutland Co., Vt., born June 16, 1811 ; in 1841, they came West and settled near Janesville, Rock Co., Wis., where they remained until their coming to the town of Ripon in 1845 ; at that time, he entered 320 acres of land, of which lie afterward sold 200 acres to a mill company, buying an interest in the mill, which he retained several years ; they moved into the city of Ripon in about 1862, where they have since lived. Their children are Joseph B. and Darius P., leading farmers and stock-niiscrs of Dade Co., Mo. ; Mary, the eldest of those children ; Joseph married, in Ripon, Miss Mary Miller. Until recently, Mr. Lindsoy has been engaged in active life, but now has retired on a competence wliich he has secured by industry and untiring business energy.

JOSEPH M. EITTJLE, retired; was born at Benson, Rutland Co., Vt., Dec. 4,1819; removed with his parents to the town of Randolph (since Richmond), Crawford Co., Penn., when 7 years of ago ; at the ago of 15, removed to Rochester, N. Y. ; three years later, returned to Randolph ; came to Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis., in i\Iay, 1846 ; to Rosendale three years ; then back to Utica, and to Ripon in the fall of 1875. Mr. L. was the first Town Clerk of Utica ; afterward was Town School Superintendent and Supervisor of Utica and Supervisor of Rosendale. He was the principal man in securing soldiers' bounties during the war in Utica, and, as a test case, sued to compel the payment of all bounties. He was, married, at Randolph, Penn., Sept. 8, 1845, to Cornelia A. Thrall, born at Gouverncur, N. Y., ]\lay 2ii, 1825 ; they have four children living - Fred Eugene, residing at Ripon ; Cyrene America, now Mrs. C. H. Hamilton ; Beach Wilbur, residing at Ripon, and Albert Grant, residing at Ripon - all born in the town of Utica ; they have lost one - Caroline, who died Sept. 15, 1848, aged 7 -months.

__WILLIAM M. I^OCKWOOD, photographer; was born in Jorden, N. Y., April 13, 1835; removed with his parents in 1839, to Plainfield, AVill Co., III.; came with his mother to the town of Chester, Dodge Co., in the sprin; of 1848, where tliey resided four years ; resided in Waupun until 1856 ; spent one year in 0-hkosli, and came to Ripon in 1857; Mr. L. has been engaged in the photographer's business i^ince 1853 ; he traveled one year as collector for a Jamestown (N. Y.) manufacturing firm; tauj^ht music nine years ; was Secretary of the State Musical Society thirteen years; Vice President of the National Photographers' Association; member of the National Society of Art, and interested in various local art and musical societies. Mr. L. invented a screen to harmonize the chemical vibrations of different colors ; di'scovero 1 the photometry of colors ; took the gold medal, the hi^jhest award offered by the National Photngraphers' Asociation at Philadelphia, for the best "retouched " photographic production ; also owns and runs the pleasure steamer Camera on Green Lake. He is now preparing a lecture on "Eieetricity and Physical Science." Mr. L. was married, in the town of Elo, Winnebago Co., Wis., Sept. 29, 1857, to Eunice N., daughter of David Snyder, of that town ; she was born near Dunkirk, N. Y. lie has been burned nut three times - once at Oslikosh and twice at Ripon.

HOK. AEO^'ZO A. IjOPER, farmer; was born at Blenheim, Schoharie Co., N. Y., March 23, 1829 ; came with his parents, A. and Caroline Ryder Loper, to Sec. 3. town of Ripon, in 1847 ; his father, who was for some time Justice of the Peace, followed farming and the practice of law until his death, April 3, 1802 ;,hi3 mother died in August, 1863. Mr. Loper has followed farming and lumbering on the Wisconsin River, residing on Sec. 3, town of Ripon ; he was Town Treasurer two years, Supervisor seven or eight years, Chairman of the Town Board five or six years, member of the Assembly one term, member of the Senate one term, and was appointed Superintendent of the Census, by President Hayes, in February, 1880. He was married, first, at Ripon, in October, 1858, to Adelia Dunham, a native of Ripon, who died in December, 1859; he was married to his present wife, Phoebe Elizabeth Palmer, a native of Blenheim, N. Y., at Ripon, in March, 1861 ; they have five children - Herbert W., Adelia, Alonzo, Edo;ar and Mabel.

HENRY LiUM, proprietor Lum's Hotel ; was born at Oxford, Conn., May 4, 1831 ; was in the Mexican war in 1846, 1847 and 1848; came to Ripon in 1870; removed to Negaunee, Mich., a year later and engaged in the hotel business two years; returned to Ripon, where he has since resided, opening Lum's Hotel March 1, 1879. Mr. L. was married at Wolcott, Conn., Deo. 25, 1850, to Caroline Byington, a native of that place ; they have two children - Fannie E. and Lois E. Mr. L. was a charter member of the Knights of Honor Lodge in Ripon.

FRED W. liXJTKE, of the firm of Lutke & Herzke, dry-goods merchants ; is a son of i\ W. Lutke, Sr., and Rosa Eckhorst ; born in Prussia in 1858 ; his father immigrated to America in 1858, leaving Fred with his mother in Prussia ; he yas educated in the schools of Germany, and, in 1872 (his mother having died), he came to his father in Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he had a special course of Study in the English branches, under a private teacher; in the spring of 1875, he began clerking in the dry-goods store of Evessz & Weller, of Ripon, where he remained till August, 1879 ; in September, 1879, he formed a copartnership with Mr. Herzke, and has since been a member of the dry-goods firm of Lutke & Herzke ; he is a member of the Lutheran Church.

DAVID P. MAPES was bom in Coxsackie, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1798 ; he was the pioneer settler and founder of Ripon ; before coming to Wisconsin, he was a prominent merchant, steamboat owner and influential citizen of his native State, holding various ofiices of public trust, representing his district in the State Legislature with credit; he was one of the founders of Ripon College, and to his indomitable energy and perseverance are largely due the growth and institutions of the city ; in the history of Ripon, it will be seen that he has been prominently identified with its material interests and improvements ; to his exertions are owing, to a great extent, the public improvements of the place.

E. MAPES, merchant. Dexter, Minn.; residence, Ripon; was born in Sullivan Co., Penn.; has been a resident of Ripon for a number of years ; he is extensively engaged in business in jMinnesota, which requires his attention the greater part of the time. Sept. 13, 1858, he married in Ripon Susie C, daughter of Tyler and Susan Sheperd, who settled in the city of Ripon in 1856 ; she was born in Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y., and came to this county with her parents ; her first husband, Henry Wright, was born in Whitehall, Penn.; came to Wisconsin in 1848 ; settled in the town of Rosendale, where he held various important oihees of honor and trust until his death, Jan. 12, 1869 ; children by this marriage are George E. Wright, born in Rosendale Nov. 24, 1862; Minnie A., July 14, 1864; Hattie, Oct. 14, 1868. Mr. Mapes and wife are members of the Congregational Church. They own a large amount of property in Minnesota and city property in Ripon ; they own an improved farm in Rosendale of 320 acres of land and 800 acres in Stephen and Grant Cos., Minn.

ROBERT D. MASOIV, farmer ; was born in Goshen, Addison Co., Vt., March 29, 1821 ; moved to Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in 1835; three years later, moved to Chautauqua Co., N, Y., and, in May, 1845, joined the Wisconsin Phalanx at Ceresco, now Ripon ; Mr. M. has been Justice of the Peace, Town Collector, Town Treasurer, -Alderman of First Ward two terms and a member of the School Board several terms. He was married at Great Bend, Penn., May 15, 1850, to Eugenie Wilson, born at that place Feb. 2, 1826 ; they have three children - Ida (now Mrs. Dr. Charles E. Phelps, of Ripon),. Waldo R. (now of Minnesota) and Spencer E. (living at home).

NORHAIV A. MILEER, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Ripon; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., June 19, 1820 ; his parents, Benjamin T. and Mariah Miller, when he was 22 years of age, moved to Luzerne Co., Penn., where his father died in the fall of 1842 and his mother in the spring of 1853. The subject of this sketch, while living there, worked on the Pennsylvania Railroad as an overseer in getting supplies and as an engineer of stationary engine at Incline No. 9, also worked at Inclines No. 3 and 4, on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad; in the fall of 1853, came to the State of Wisconsin and settled where he now resides, on a farm of ninety acres ; he has been Supervisor of the town of Ripon for two years. He married Miss Olive Van Camp March 12, 1853 ; she was born in Wayne Co., Penn., Aug. 1, 1830; her parents, John and Mary, natives of Sussex Co., N. J., settled in Wayne Co., Penn., in 1823, and, in the fall of 1854, came West and made their home with Mr. Miller; her father returned to Pennsylvania on a visit and died there in 1860; her mother remained and died at the home of Mrs. Bliller in Marchr 1874.

IIATHE W lIILIiER, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Kipon ; was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1829 ; he came to the State of Wisconsin in the fall of 1849, and first settled in what is now Waushara Co.; his parents, John and Sarah, afterward joined him and remained there six years. In 1855, Mr. Miller came to this county and settled upon his present farm of fifty-five acres. His parents afterward came from Waushara Co. to this township, where his father died in 1862, his mother now living with him. Mr. Miller married, Oct. 18, 1857, Miss Roscville Wightman, daughter of Ezra and Ruby Wightman, of Rutland Co., Vt.; her father came to the State of Wisconsin in 1855 and settled in Ripon Township, and, after the death of her mother, which occurred in February, 1868, came to live with Mr. Miller; he is now 81 years of age. Mrs. Miller was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., May 8, 1837 ; they had four children, three living - George, born May 17, 1864; Ezra, Aug. 31, 1871, and Ruby, Oct. 29, 1876, and one deceased - Ella, born Nov. 14, 1858, died Oct. 29, 1865. They are members of the Presbyterian Church; Mr. Miller is a Republican in politics.

G. W. JIITCHELIj, born in St. Albans, Vt.; came to McHenry Co., III., in September, 1841, and to Portage Co., Wisconsin Territory, in March, 1843. Held the ofiice of Sheriff of said county during 1847 and 1848, and immediately thereafter the office of Clerk of Circuit Court, Register of Deeds, and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of same county. W^as engaged in merchandising until 1854, in connection with the lumber business ; moved to Ripon in the summer of 1855. Was Sheriff of Fond du Lac Co. during 1857 and 1858, and was Senator from the 20th Senatorial District (then composed of Fond du Lac Co.) during 1862 and 1863. Retained more or less of his lumber interest in the pinery during his residence in Ripon, and moved to Diibuque, Iowa, in 1865 ; engaged in lumber business in connection with his pinery interest ; moved to Milwaukee in the fall of 1875, where he now resides and is still engaged in lumbering, under firm name of Gr. W. Mitchell & Son, at Stevens Point, Wis. Was married to Lucy Pearson, at Beloit, Oct. 24, 1848 ; Mrs. M. was a native of Shelburne, Vt.; have two children, a son £yid daughter - George S., now of Stevens Point, and Alice M., now the wife of C. E. Lyman, for a long time a resident of Ripon, and at present time of this city.

J. B. MOREY, Metomen street, is a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; was born in the town of Nassau Feb. 28, 1827. He married in his native county, Nov. 16, 1848, Mary C. Coon, also a native of Rensselaer Co. In 1854, they came to Wisconsin ; located on a farm in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., where they remained about two years, at the expiration of which time they moved to the town of Ripon, residing on a farm until 1865, when they moved to the sity of Ripon, where they have resided since. They have one daughter - Miss Lena A.; Mr. Morey and family attend the M. E. Church ; he is a Republican in politics. Owns 188 acres of land adjoining the city of Ripon, 160 acres in Green Lake Co., Wis., and forty acres in Wood Co.; he was for a number of years dealer in agricultural implements iu' Ripon, and did an extensive business in that line ; has lately retired from active life and now is engaged in no business except in overseeing the management of his farms, which requires most of his time.