Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 8 of 17)

EZRA IjATHROP NORTHRUP, capitalist, was born at Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y., March 30, 1818; when a child was removed to Geneseo, N. Y.; at his majority began the clothing business for himself and running a woolen-mill in Orleans Co., N. Y., which he continued five years ; removed to a farm near Logansport, Ind., in 1844; came from there to Ripon in November, 1849, purchasing a stock of goods at Milwaukee, with which he opened the first store in Ripon Jan. 1, 1850 ; was the first Postmaster of Ripon, receiving his commission March 30, 1850 ; with Bfockway & Bellinger, ran Ceresoo Mills one year from the fall of 1850 ; in the spring of 1851, began trading produce for logs near Wausau, mostly on Trap River ;- purchased a saw-mill the next year and ran it until about ] 855 ; purchased 320 acres of land within the city limits in 1854, one eighty at government price, one at $2.50 per acre, one at $5, and one at 120 per acre, and, in 1864, sold it for $50 per acre ; Mr. N. was one of the incorporators of Ripon College, with which he was connected until 1858; was a member of the county Board in 1876 and 1878. He was married first at Ripon to Emily B. Brockway, who died, leaving one child - Leland Lewis, and to his present wife, Catherine L. Brockway, in June, 1868 ; she was born in Monroe Co., N. Y.

WILiLiIAM PAJ^IIITER, eclectic and clairvoyant physician. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in the town of Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1823 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and first settled at Pipersville, near Watertown, Jefferson Co.; engaged in his trade of carpenter for six years, then moved into the village of Watertown, where he built and was proprietor ol the Boston Hotel for two years; in 1851, he went to California, engaged in mining for nineteen months, then returned to Watertown, and, having exchanged his hotel for a farm in the town of Omro, Winnebago Co., Wis., moved his family on it and resided there for two years ; in 1855, he came to Fond du Lao Co., and settled in Ripon. Township, on his present farm of 240 acres ; since his coming here he studied medicine, and for twenty years has practiced in this county. He married Miss Harriet M. Piper, Dec. 31, 1848 ; she was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Dec. 13, 1831 ; her parents, Benjamin and Sarah Piper, came from Erie Co., N. Y., to Milwaukee in the year 1836, there being at that time only six white families in that place ; in 1837, they went to Jefferson Co., Wis., Piporsvillc in that county beinji; named after her father; in 1853, they moved to Dane Co., Wis., and purchised a section of land within twa and one-half miles of Bladison ; there her father died April 4, 1876, at the age of 90 years 4 days ; Mr. and Mrs. Palmiter were blessed with four children ; only one survives, viz., Ida M., born April 29, 1859, and married to Lewis Kellogg, of Ripon Township, Jan. 28, 1880 ; of the three children deceased, only one wag named, viz., Leo. W.

DAIVIEL B. PARKHURST was born at Stockbridge, Windsor Co., Vt., in 1823 ; came from llutland Co., Vt., to Berlin, Wis., in 1854; Mr. P. was a bookkeeper eight years in Berlin; agent of the Star Union Line four years at St. Paul ; clerk of the Wisconsin State's Prison at Waupun eighteen months, and has been agent for (ho C, M. & St. P. R. E,. .Co. for four and one-half years ; while a resident of Berlin, he was City Treasurer four years; served three years as one of the first School Commissioners under the existing school system of that city, and was Alderman one term ; in 1878, he was elected Alderman of the Second Ward of the city of Ripon. Blr. Parkhurst was married at Leicester, Vt., in 1851, to Cynthia Capron, a native of that place; they have three children - Alice, now Mrs. A. J. Parr, of Columbus, Wis., George A. and Harry E.; they have lost two children - Lottie C, died at the age of 5il years, and Charles R. was three years old at the time of his death.

S. R. PATTEN, dentist ; was born at Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1847 ; lived three and onehalf years in Massaeliusetts ; came to Shields, Marquette Co., Wis., in 1859, where he resided until 21 years of ago, and came to Ripon in 1875 ; Dr. Patten has practiced dentistry eight years. He was married at Marquette, Green Lake Co., Wis., Nov. 11, 1868, to Estelle B. Halleck,"bo-rn in Marquette ; they have three children - Elmer Eugenei Alvin Edward and Folra A. Mr. and Mrs. P. are members of the Congregational Church, and Mr. Patten is also a member of the Knisrlits of Honor.

JOHIV PEARSOX^ farmer ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Yorkshire, Engfand Dec. 19, 1839; when lie was 4 years of age, his parents, Lealious and Harriet Pearson, moved to the State of Wisconsin, and settled in Fountain Prairie Townsliip, Columbia Co., where his father died September, 1876 ; after his death, his mother moved to Kansas City, where she now resides. The subject of this sketch, in 1860, went to Colorado, and engagjd in mining for three years, then to Montana Territory, where he was cng.igod in the business of freighting, mirohandising and stock for six years; from 1869, he was associated with his brother, Mitchell Pearson, in driving stock from Texas and Nevada, and disposing of the same up to the year 1877, when he returned to Kansas City ; in 1878, he came to his present farm in the limits <jf the city of Ripon. He married Miss Miza Field, Aug. 11, 1872 ; she was born in Columbia Co., Wis., Jan. 17 1851 ; her parpnts, William E. and Josephine M., moved to Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., Wis., where they still reside; her father was a native of New York State ; her mother of Michigan. Mr. Pearson is blessed with three children - 'John M., born May 18, 1874; Mary J., born June 29, 1876, and George C. born May 19, 1879.

CYRUS PEDRICK, m.rblo cutter; was born at North Silcm, Westchester Co., N. Y.,Dee. 31, 1831; came to Wisconsin in the fdl of 1848, and to Ripon in the early spring of 1849 ; he began the marble business in the fall of 1860, and sold out Oct. 8, 1866 ; during fifteen years before and after this, Mr. P. was engaged in building, and during ten years, from the fall of 1867 to Nov., 1878, was in Milwaukee and Jliehigan. He was Alderman in Ripon one term ; he now represents Flint Bros., marble manufacturers of Rutland, Vt.

MARCBLLUS PEDRICK was born in North Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., Deo. 23, 1829 ; came to Taychecdah, Wis., in 1848; to Ripon early in 1849 ; built a houe and dated it, moving in April 9, 1849 ; this hou-e was for the Pedrick family, was 12x24 feet, and the first one built in Ripon; Blr. P.'s father, Samuel Podriuk, died in September, 1850, the second death in Ripon; Marcellus Pedrick began mason work as soon as he arrived in Ripon, putting the foundation under Capt. Mapes' mill, Taggarts Bros.', store and the Ripon House; he continued mason work fifteen years, putting up most of the buildings in Ripon during that time; then engaged in the lumber, wheat, wool and produce business; built an elevator, which he still owns; biilt Opera Hall in 1869 ; began lumbering on a larger scale in 1870, buildinj; a mill at Faircliild, Miu Claire Co., Wis. Mr. P.'s mouther lives in Ripon with her daughter, Mrs. Baldwin. He was married at Fall River, Columbia Co., Wis., Feb, 10, 1357, to Mary A. Smith, born in Yates Co., N. Y.. whose parents were early settlers in Columbia Co., Wis.; they have two children - Edward S. and Samuel JI.

JOHN PERRIIVE, residence corner of Fond du Lac and Huston streets; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1804 ; has been twice married, first wife was Sarah Degoff, second wife, Deborah

Puntup, both are deceased ; his children now living are Enoch, now of Ottawa Co., Mich. ; Sarah J., wife of John Martin, this city ; Mary A., wife of David Beebe, Neb., he served in a New York regiment during the war of the rebellion ; Harriet, wife of W. R Beebe, he was also a soldier in a New York regiment during the war of the rebellion ; Margaret and Henrietta ; one son, Joseph^ in the 111th N. Y. V. I., was captured in battle by the rebels and died in Libby prison ; Mr. Perrine came to Ripon in 1866, and has made it his home ; he owns eighty acres of land and city property. Is a Republican in politics. JOHN F. PETERSON, cutter to J. E. Brown, merchant tailor ; was born at Plahult, Breured, Sweden, Aug. 1, 1838 ; came to Moline, 111., in 1863 ; six months later moved to Galesburg ; one year later to Altona ; two years later to Chicago ; one year afterward to Galva, 111. ; six months afterward to New Boston, 111. ; one year later, to Keithsburg, 111.; another year later to Ripon, where he worked one year for J. E. Brown ; then moved to Appleton, whence in February, 1879, he removed to Ripon. Mr. P. was married at Galesburg, 111., Aug. 14, 1870, to Charlotte TJ. Tarsandcr, born in Elghult, Sweden, in 1849; they have three children - John Albert, born March 18, 1872; Helena, born March 28, 1874, and Lottie, born March 27, 1878.

A. W. PETTIBONE was bom at Fremont, Erie Co., Ohio, March 14, 1835; removed to Portage, Wis., in 1850; spent two years in California and British America ; ret'irned to Lodi, Wis. ; oame from there to Ripon in 1865, and built the Pettibone Block, in which he carried on the dry-goods business ; in 1872, he erected a block of two stores ; in 1880 he removed his business to Leadville, Colo. Mr. P. was first married to Lucy B. Peabody, at Cambria, Wis., who died May 22, 1873, leaving four -children - Fred. C, Wm. B., Alice F. and Louis A.; he married again, July 1, 1876, to Flora J., daughter of H. W. Wolcott, who was born in Rosendale, this county ; they have one child - Jessie ; Mr. P. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and I. 0. 0. F.

DR. CHARLES E. PHELPS was bom at Bergen, Genesee Co., N. Y., April 28, 1827 ; at the age of 19, came with his parents to Oak Grove, Dodge Co., Wis.; two years later, went to Berlin, Wis.; in 1851, went to California ; two years later, removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., whence, the next year, he returned to Wisconsin, which has since been his home, except during three years spent in Minnesota. Since 1875, Dr. Phelps has resided at Ripon. He was married at Ripon in May, 1878, to Ida, daughter of R. D. Mason, born at Ceresco. Dr. Phelps' father, Abner Phelps, a Major of artiHery and a veteran of the war of 1812, now resides at Waupun, and is in his 90th year.

M. M. PINKERTON, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Landaff, N. H., Dec. 9, 1815; when he was 2 years of ago, his parents, David and Susanna Pinkerton, moved to Boscawen, N. H., where they both died. The subject of this sketch came to the West when he was 21 years of age, and settled at La Porte, Ind., for three years; then returned to New Hampshire, and, in 1856, came to Wisconsin and settled in Waupun Township, Fond du Lac Co., on a farm of 280 acres ; in 1876, he caiie to Ripon Township, where he now resides on a farm of 160 acres. He has been married twice ; his first wife was Miss Jane Clarke (daushter of Samuel W. and L. Clarke, of Portland, Me.) ; they were married Feb. 15, 1842; she died Sept. fS, 1846, leaving two sons - ^Myron W., born July 1 8, 1843, and Samuel C, born Jan. 2, 1846. His second wife was Miss Sarah Noyes (daughter of Jeremiah and Martha Noyes, of Boscawen, N. H., both of whom are dead); they were married Nov. 20, 1847 ; she was born in Boscawen Sept. 1, 1815 ; they had four children, three living - Charles W., born Sept. 12, 1848, and married Miss Emma Riley, now living in Gilman, Iowa; Ella M., born May 27, 1852, and George E., born Sept. 13, 1856, and one deceased ; Enoch, born Dec. 10, 1850, and died June 17, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton arc members of the Congregational Church.

B. P. POTTER, farmer. Sec. 3; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., March 7, 1824 ; his mother died when he was an infant, and his father in 1834 ; he learned the trade of shoemaking with his uncle in Schoharie Co., but worked very little at his trade, having turned his attention to farming pursuits ; he came to the State of Wisconsin in 1854, and first located in the town of Summit, then Milwaukee Co., engaged in farming; in 1856, he moved to tliis county, and settled upon his present farm of 100 acres. He married Miss Deborah Batoheller (daughter of David and Deborah Batcheller, of Schoharie Co., N. Y.), Oct. 4, 1857 ; they have two children - Mary L., bom Sept. 5, 1860, and Frank J., born Jan. 2, 1866. Mr. Potter is a Republican.

A. B. PRATT was born at Skowhegan, Somerset Co., Me., March 27, 1817 ; came to Ripon June 8, 1856, where he has since resided and carried on business ; the first year after coming to Ripon Mr. Pratt engaged in farming, but has ever since been engaged in the lumber business, dealing in produce, and more lately in coal and Iowa and Minnesota lands also ; he has been Alderman and Supervisor of the First Ward two years ; Clerk of District No. 2, fifteen years, a nd was Deputy U. S. Marshal four years the war. He was married Aug. 19, 1852, in the town of Gray, Me. - his wife's native place - to

Lydia Ann King ; they have lost three children, and have four living - Gardner C, Lyman A., Charles- L. and Meda F. Mr. Potter, who was never ill a day in his life, is a Mason, a member of all the temperance organizations, and helped to enforce the Maine liquor law.

(mARDXEB C. PRATT, lumber dealer; was born at Skowhegan, Me., Aug. 28,1853; came to Ripon with his parents in 1856; he spent 1875-76 in the lumber business in California, and. then became his father's successor in the lumber business at Ripon, which he now carries on.

liYMAlV A. PRATT, proprietor of lumber-yard ; is a native of Maine, born 1855 ; when 9 months old, with parents, he removed to Ripon, Wis.; they settled first on a farm near the city, but, two years later, his father disposed of that, moved to the city and became engaged in the lumber trade. L. A. was educated in the public schools and college of Ripon ; in 1870, he began with his father in the lumber trade, , and, in 1876, he went into partnership with his brother, and with him continued the business till June, 1879; he then bought out the firm of Hillman & Yorty, lumber dealers, and has since continued the business alone. In 1875, he was married to Miss Fannie, daughter of J. A. and Mary Thomas, of Ripon ; their children are Mattie and Laura. Mrs. Pratt is a member of the Congregational Church.

HOX. liEWIS E. REED, attorney; was born at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y.; came with his parents to Green Lake Prairie, near Ripon, in 1858 ; came to Ripon, his home since then, in 1866. Judge Reed taught school before studying law, the practice of which he began in Ripon. He served in Co. B, 1st W. V. C, from August, 1861, to August, 1863. He has been Municipal Judge since 1869. His wife was Angeline J. Wolcott, daughter of Henry W. Wolcott ; they have two children, a son and daughter.

FERDKAXD REICHIIIIETII, baker, confectioner and proprietor of ice-cream parlors on Main St.; was born in Saxony in 1832 ; came to America with his parents in 1846, and located near Watertown, Jefferson Co., Wis., where his father followed farming ; at the age of 14 ho entered upon an apprenticeship at the baker's trade in Watertown, Wis., and continued. the trade there two years ; he spent the next five years in travel, and, in 1853, established himself in the bakery and confectionery business in Belvidere, 111., continuing the business there eleven years ; he came to Ripon in 1865, and has since successfully carried on the business of a baker, confectioner and is proprietor of a splendid suit of ice-cream parlors on the east side of Main st, In 1853, at Watertown, Wis., he was married to Clotilde Graf; they have three sons - Edward, Herman and Charles ; their first child was Caroline, who died itt infancy. Mr. R. and family attend the Lutheran Church.

EDMUXD li. RIJNAJLS, attorney ; was born at Arcade, N. Y.; studied law but did not practice in that State; came to Sec. 36, Ripon, in September, 1846 ; afterward lived on Sec. 2, Metomen, until 1852 ; May 1, 1852, came to Ripon and was elected Justice of the Peace ; in winter of 1853 and spring of 1854, was engaged in surveying and taking subscriptions for the Milwaukee & Horicon Railway ; was admitted to the bar in 1854, and began practicing law, which he has continued since, residing in Ripon ; Mr. Runals has carried on farming, tax certificates and other business in connection with his law practice. He has been Superintendent of Public Schools in Ripon and Sletomen ; Assessor of Ripon Township three years ; Member of the Assembly io 1857 and 1858 - two terms; Municipal Judge, four years; City Attorney, five years ; Alderman and Supervisor two terms - -the last time in 1879. Before coming West BIr. Runals spent four years at Bethany and Strykersville in school. He wa& married at Livonia, Mich., July, 1847, to Dorliska Avery, born near Java Lake, N, Y.; they have one child - Willie T.

JASEN C RCSSELIj, Metomen street, Ripon ; is a native of Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; was born Jan. 4, 1816. He married, in his native county, Julia Balsley, also a native of Manhus, Onondaga Co. ; in 1855, they came to Wisconsin, located in the town of Ripon, Fond du Lac Co., on a farm where they resided until 1864, in which year they moved to the city of Ripon, where they have resided since; their children are Marian S., wife of Dr. J. H. Callender, Harper Co., Kan.; Dora C, wife of C. A. Peck, Berlin, Wis. ; Louise H., wife of Rev. W. F. Randolph, Munster, Monmouth Co., N. J. ; Miss Carrie P. Mr. Russell and wife are leading members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been Trustee and Steward a number of years. In politics, Mr. R. is a Republican. He takes a deep interest in public affairs, and was always active in the advancement of the reUgious, educational and other public interests in the city of Ripon.

PETER SCHMIDT, teacher ; was born at Kappeln, Prussia, June 28, 1855 ; came to America in June, 1873, and, after remaining a short time in Chicago, entered the Amherst Seminary in 1874, from which he graduated April 4, 1877. He then began teaching in Columbia, Monroe Co., lU-r where he remained until coming to Ripon in October, 1879. He is the first teacher employed in the Germail Evangelical Lutheran School.

LOUIS SCHNEI1>ER (deceased) was bora in Prussia, Germany, Sept. 22, 1827 ; he learned the trade of a mason, and carried it on in Germany ; in 1853, he came to the United States, and came direct to Wisconsin and settled in the city of Ripon, where he was engaged in his trade of mason up to 1861, when he moved upon his farm, on Sec. 25, of Ripon Township, containing 106 acres, where he resided up to the day of his death, which occurred Aug. 14, 1879 ; up to a week before his death, he worked in the masonry of his present residence. He married Miss Wilhemina Shaver April 20, 1850 ; her parents, Martin and Elizabeth Shaver, came to'the United States, and settled in the city of Ripon in 1858 ; her father afterward went to Iowa, and died there. Mr. and Mrs. Schneider had ten children, nine living - Amelia A., born May 8, 1852, now Mrs. Hugo Snyder, of Fond du Lac Township; Lewis, May 8, 1858 ; William, born March 12, 1860; Edward, May 8, 1862; Helen E., March 12, 1864; Bertha J., May 20, 1866; Julius, April 20, 1868 ; Emma, Sept. 18, 1870 ; and Hattie, Oct. 14, 1872, and one deceased - August, born August 18, 1857, died July 3, 1858.

HIJOO SCHUIjTZ, of the firm of Schultz & Broi, dealers in groceries and harness manufacturers, is a native of Prussia, born in 1847 ; he, with his brother, came to America in 1865, and landed in Baltimore, Md., in September ; thence he came direct to Ripon, Wis., where for two years he followed clerking in a grocery store; in 1867, he went to Chicago, 111., where for four years he clerked in a meat market; in 1871, he returned to Ripon, and with his brother, P. C, established a grocery and liquor store, of which they have since been proprietors. He is a member of the I. 0. O. P., and Sons of Hermann.

F. CARIi SCHUIiTZ, brother and partner of Hugo Schultz, above named, was born in Prussia in 1840, immigrated to America and settled in Ripon in 1865, where he has since worked at the harness trade most of the time. In 1871, with his brother, he formed a copartnership in grocery, liquor and harness business.

E. li. SCOFIELiD, editor and proprietor of the Ripon Commonwealth, was born in the town of Bosendale, Pond du Lac Co., Nov. 13, 1851 ; he lived with his parents until he was 20 years old, helping to " run the farm " in the summer and attending school during the winter, when he determined to learn the printer's trade, and to that end engaged himself to Oliver Bros., of the Waupun Leader, where he remained for three and one-half years, during which time he gave good satisfaction, and mastered the profaesion ; in the spring of 1875, he came to Ripon and purchased a half-interest in the Ripon Commonwealth, and shortly after became sole proprietor. He has gieatly improved the paper since becoming the owner.

OEOROE SEATH, farmer, Sec. 18, P. 0. Ripon; was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, Dec. 25, 1807 ; he came to the United States in 1835, and first settled in the city of New York, where he lived for five years, when he moved to Delaware Co., N. Y.; in 1855, he came from there to Wisconsin, and settled in Ripon Township, Fond du Lac Co., on the farm upon which he now resides ; he has always been a farmer; his parents, George and Margaret A. Seath, both died in Scotland. He married, Deo. 20, 1833, Miss Jennie Owen (daughter of William and Allison Owen, of Scotland, both of whom died there) ; she was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, Feb. 20, 1812. They had six children, five living, viz. : George, born Oct. 14, 1834 - he was twice married, his first wife being Miss Phoebe Larrabee, who died, leaving five children, Ira, William, George, Ella A. and Oscar - his second wife was Miss Anna Harrison, and they have two children, Jennie and Pardon T., and are living in Minnesota; Allison L., born Feb. 22, 1840, married to Miss Mary Sever, and living in Minnesota - they have one child, Clinton, born July 12, 1875 ; Margaret, born May 24, 1843, married to Pardon Tucker, of Fairwater, Wis. - they have two children, Clayton W., born July 1, 1872, and Ardie, Sept. 2, 1875; Elizabeth, born May 8, 1845; James, Sept. 6, 1849, and married to Miss Abbie Welcome, of the city of Ripon ; and one deceased, John T., born April 25, 1837, died March 16, 1841.

ROBERT SHEL.DOX, farmer, Sec. 10, P. 0. Ripon ; born in Franklin Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1825 ; at the age of 11, he came with his father, Rodney Sheldon, to the State of Michigan, his mother having died when he was 9 years of age ; after remaining in Michigan three years, they came to Wisconsin, and first settled in the town of Pleasant Prairie (then in Racine Co., but now known as Kenosha Co,), where the subject of this sketch was engaged in teaming and thrashing; in 1851, he crossed the Plains to California, mining and prospecting while there ; at the end of four months, he shipped for Australia, landing in Sydney after a voyage of seventy-seven days, where he still engaged in mining ; he then packed " seven hundred miles to Victoria colony, and from there, four monchs afterward, " packed " to Melbourne, and from there shipped to Liverpool and thence to New York ; in January, 1853, came to Wisconsin, and first located at Ripon, in this county, and shortly afterward purchased the farm of 150 acres upon which he now resides, and engaged in farming pursuits ; since ^his residence here, he has made another trip to California, and returned upon the first through train on the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869. He married Miss Abbie P. Finkham (daughter of Orrin and Joanna Finkham, of Woodstock, Vt.), on the 30th of June, 1853; they were married in Green Lake Co., Wis., her parents having moved West and settled there, being among the pioneers of that county; both are no\i dead ; Mr. Sheldon's father died in 1863.

DR. GEORGE JS. SHAW, homceopathic physician and surgeon, was born at West Troupsburg, Steuben Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1827, where he resided until 17 years of age; then entered Alfred Academy; then engaged in teaching, and studying medicine for a time; graduated from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons ; attended the Western Reserve College, at Cleveland, Ohio, and began practicing in New York State; in the fall of 1855, Dr. S. came to Darlford, Green Lake Co., Wis.; two years later, he moved to Appleton, and, in 1862, to Ripon, confining himself to the practice of medicine ever since coming to Wisconsin. He was married in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1852, to May G. Goodell, a native of Oneida Co.; they have two children - William B. and Eva J. Dr. S. is a member of the Wisconsin Homoeopathic Society and of the American Institute of Homoeopathy.

S0.1IERS SHERWOOD, dairyman; P. 0. Ripon; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1825 ; his parents were Daniel and Diantha Sherwood ; he came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., engaged in farming; in 1864, became to the city of Ripon, and, after living there three years, moved to his present farm ; he is engaged entirely and largely in the dairy business, supplying the city of Ripon, now milking fifty cows and steadily increasing the number ; his farm adjoins the city limits. He married Miss Theodosia Kellogg March 31,1863; she was born in Norwalk, Conn., Aug. 3, 1838 ; her parents were Charles and Taney, Kellogg, her father a native of Norwalk, her mother of Somerstown, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood are blessed with two children - Ellen, born Dec. 30, 1863, and Ralph M., Jan. 16, 1866. Members of Congregational Church.

C. F. SHUTE, blacksmith ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., July 26, 1816 ; at the age of 16, he went to Keeseville, Essex Co., N. Y., where he learned the trade of blacksmithing, remaining there until 1856, when he came to Wisconsin and first settled in Oahkosh, remaining there one year, and from there to Ripon Township until 1859, when he went to Oregon for one year and from there to the Chippewa Reservation, Minn., engaged in his trade of blacksmithing; in 1863, he returned to Ripon Towaship to his shop on Sec. 18, which he at present carries qn, having connected with him his son, P. C. Shute, as a wheelwright ; he has held the oflSce of Justice of the Peace one term. He married twice; his first wife was Miss Margaret Adgate, daughter of Luther Adgate ; they were married Deo. 31, 1839 ; she died in 1852, leaving three children, one living - ^Frederick C. ; two deceased, viz., George Henry, and Dexter B., who enlisted in Co. H, 20th W. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., Djc. 7, 1862. His second wife was Miss Mary T. Butler, daughter of Norris and Mary A. Butler of this township ; they were married Oct. 14, 1853 ; they have four children - Phineas C, Margaret L., George D. and Herbert M. Mr. and Mrs., Shute are members of the Methodist Church. His politics are Republican.

HENRY C. SMITH, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Ripon; was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1838 ; when he was 10 years of age, his parents, Elisha and Mary Smith, came West and settled in Iowa Co., Wis., remaining there three years; in 1851, came to Green Lake Co., and in 1862 came to Fond du , Lac Co., and settled in the city of Ripon ; his mother died there in the fall of 1867 ; the next spring his father moved to the farm on Sec. 19, where he died in June, 1872 ; the farm contains eighty acres; he subject of this sketch remained with them, and now resides upon the homestead. Mr. Smith married, July 4, 1859, Miss Helen Clarke ; she was born in Madison Co., N. Y., June 16, 1843 ; her parents, Stephen and Susan Clarke, came West in 1856, and settled in the town of Brooklyn, Green Lake Co., where they now reside; Mrs. Smith had three children, two living - Jennie E., born July 7, 1863, and Fred, April 5, 1866 ; one dead - Frank, born Feb. 4, 1861, died March 10, 1868.

J. S. SOULE, farmer. Sec. 17, P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Franklin Co., Vt., Aug. 6, 1817 ; up to the age of 23 years, assisted his parents in farming; his father died in Fairfax, Vt., in the year of 1847; the subject of this sketch came to the State of Wisconsin in 1839 ; after remaining until the next year, returned to Vermont for three years; he then engaged in the business of a tanner, in the town of Fairfax, Franklin Co., Vt., for six years, up to 1850; he then went to Fairfax I'alls, and carried on the lumbering business for two years, after which he engaged in farming, up to 1863, when he came again to the State of Wisconsin, and settled in Ripon Township, in this county, on Sec. 17, where he has ever since resided. He married Miss Mariah P. Kingsbury, dau-hter of John and Sarah Kingsbury, of Fairfax, Vt., on the 14th day of March, 1847 ; she was born in Fairfax, Vt., May 15, 1829 ; they had ten children, viz.: Sarah

D WIGHT F. STIJLI^MAIV, Professor of Music in Ripon College; was born at Sheffield, Mass., June 29, 1847 ; was educated in that State ; removed to Salisbury, Conn., in 1868, where he began teaching, being also organist in Dr. Adam Reed's church for ten years ; Prof S. received his musical education principally in New York City ; was an orchestral musician during his teens ; taught music in North Egremont, Mass., before going to Salisbury ; came to Ripon in 1878, where he has since taught mu.sic in Ripon College ; he is also a composer of music, mostly for the church and concert-room, some of his compositions being " The Lord My Shepherd Is," " The India Mail," " Gallop Biilliante," etc.

JACOB C. STOIiLER, livery stable proprietor; was born in Johnstown, now Mohawk, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1815 ; removed to Bradford, Rock Co., Wis., in 1855, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits twenty-two years, and then came to Ripon in 1878. He was married at Palatine, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1842, and has six children living - Mary M., now Mrs. Cephas Perry, of Nashua, Iowa ; Christian A., Anna, now Mrs. J. P. Gardner, of Bradford, Iowa ; Gertrude, now Mrs. Fred Ilayden. of Neenah, Wis.; Luetta and Frank E.; they have lost three - George H., Eddie and Edward E. Mr. and Mr.^. S. are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

CHRISTIAN A. ISTOLLER, livery stable proprietor ; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., March 5, 1849 ; came to Bradford, Rock Co., Wis., about 1855, and engaged in farming; in 1875, he removed to Oshkosh, and engaged in the manufacture of gloves and mittens, and in 1878 came to Ripon and began the livery business in company with his father. He was married at Oshkosh, Dec. 12, 1877, to Mary P. Scott, who was born in the State of New York.

THOllAS DE VIL/IiO STOXE was bom at Marble Dale, Litchfield Co., Conn., Nov. 22, 1848; shortly after his birth, his parents removed to Stamford, Conn., where they resided until the lad was 6 years old ; allured by the stories of the great fortunes awaiting those who went " West," his parents moved, in 1854, to Tioga, Penn., which was then regarded, by New Englanders, as " out West ;" the following few years were spent in this locality, where the subject of this sketch became familiar with all the phases of pioneer life in the lumber region ; at an early age, he showed an intense love for books and also developed a fondness for the ordinary studies of the common school ; by dint of hard work summers, he managed to earn enough to keep himself in school winters. Between the ages of 13 and 15, his father, who was then in charge of the Public Document Department of the House at Washington, D. C, called the " Folding Rooms," secured for him the position of messenger. These years of 1863 and 1864 were filled with many important events at the capital, and no observing young man 14 years old could be an eye-witness of them without being greatly benefited thereby. After the close of the war, he returned to his home, and at once entered an excellent private school, where he devoted his whole time to the acquisition of knowledge, with a view of making teaching his life work. When 18 years old, he was the happy possessor of a legal license to teach school in Tioga Co., and the following wintei: found him busy in his new vocation among the " Charleston Hills." The few years following, he devoted his energies to teaching and the study of Blackstone, not failing to be made familiar with all the vicissitudes incident to such labor in those localities, including the beauties of " boarding around." The spring of 1868 found our Kentucky teacher, with all his earthly possessions in a, grip-sack, en route for Kansas. During this year, lie visited most of the attractive localities oi Nebraska, Kansas and Northern Missouri, with a view of not only finding'a place to locate himself, but for his father's family also. Finding no locality that seemed to answer the requirements, he returned to the East and again went to teaching in the same school that he taught before his trip West. But,- when the Western fever gets seated in a young man's system, there is no way of eradicating it; hence, in the fall of 1869, Mr. Stone settled at Trempealeau, Wis., where he took up his former calling. Teaching was his forte ; he never had charge of a school without being urged, by the authorities, to renew his contract. In the fall of 1871, he purchased an interest in the Trempealeau County Record, and divided his time between the duties of the office, the schoolroom and the study of law. In January, 1873, the proprietors of the Record sold that newspaper to Bunn & Luce, of Galesville, and Mr. Stone and his late partner, A. P. Booth, started the Wisconsin Good Templar, the official organ of the I. 0. G. T., at Madison, Wis. Soon after its establishment, the office was moved to Ripon, Wis. Here the entire editorial work of this paper and of the Free Press, which was soon after purchased by Stone & Cramer, was performed by the first named. On Dec. 31, 1876, Mr. Stone was married to Miss Carrie Allen, daughter of Chauncy Allen, one of the pioneer editors of Ripon ; they now have two children, a three-year old and one-year old, girls. Since its purchase in 1874, the Ripon Free Press has been edited solely by Mr. Stone, and thougth a radical, uncompromising Prohibitionist of the third party stripe, and one who never fails to express his opinion in unmistakable terms on all current topics, still his patronage has steadily increased, and the influence of his paper, as an exponent of true temperance doctrine, has extended far beyond the limits of the town in which it is published.

B. V. STRONG, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was the second of three sons of Nathan H. and Sarah Strong, of Coldwater, Mich., and was born in that place Sept. 4, 1839 ; when he was 6 months old his parents moved to near Southport, now Kenosha, WiS;, and settled there; in 1840, his father moved to Ceresco, and was one of the founders of what was known as the " Fourierite settlement ;" becoming dissatisfied with that organization, he determined to locate elsewhere ; with that intention he first reached Fox River, near what is now Princeton, and, the river being frozen over, skated down it to O.shkosh, stoppina; at various poitits ; he then returned and " stuck hLs stakes" at the point afterward called " Strong's Landing," considering that the best place to locate ; here he built himself a cabin, being the only settler there for one year, and afterward laid out what is now known as the city of Berlin. He died at Berlin in 1852. The subject of this sketch, in 1859, went to Pike's Peak prospecting and mining, remaining there nearly two years ; he then came to Pond du Lac Co., and purchased the farm of 240 acres upon which he now resides. He holds now the oiEce of Town Treasurer, and has for four years. He married Miss Phoebe J. Sage, Jan. 15, 1862; htr parents were Benjamin R. and Mariah Sage, of Schoharie Co., N. Y., who moved West in 1847, and were among the first settlers of the county ; they both died on the homestead on Sec. 10 of this township. Mr. Potter has six children - Emma A., Abbie P., Jessie M., Benjamin F., Jr., Louis G. and Luella G-., twins. Of the two brothers of Mr. Potter, the eldest, Lewis G., was killed at Fredericksburg (in our lato civil war) in 1863, and the youngest, James R., at the same place in 1864.

SAMUEL SUJIxVER, Mayor ; was born at Appleton, Waldo (now Knox) Co., Me., Oct. 21, 1819 ; came from Maine to Ripon, where he landed May 11, 1850 ; began the mercantile business Sept. 1 of the same year, in company with Dana F. Shepard, who remained in the firm less than a year ; in 1853, A M. Skeels became Mr. Sumner's partner, remainingtwo years, and afterward a Mr. Fish was his partner one year. Mr. Sumner's store was the second one in Ripon. He was a member of the City Council in 1871-73; served as Mayor in 1867, and now fills that office; was Town Clerk three years from 1851 ; has been for ten years Treasurer of the Second Ward School Board ; is a member of the Congregational Church ; has been Treasurer of Ripon Cemetery Association about fifteen years ; has been a member of all the temperance organizations ; is a member of the Lodge of A., F. & A. M ; he was Alderman in 1870, Alderman and Supervisor in 1871, and Alderman in 1872. Mr. Sumner was married at Ripon Sept. 17, 1861, to Martha J. Leonard, a native of the town of Sharon, Vt.; th^y have one child living - Lizzie, born Dec. 12, 1867; lost one daughter, Martha Ella, she was born Nov. 25, 1862, and died July 28, 1875.

JOHN P. TAGGART was born at Wyoming, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1823 ; removed to Pleasant Grove, Ind., with his brother in 1845; removed to Neenah, Wis., in July, 1848, where he followed the mercantile business, and came to Ripon in September, 1830. Although not present, his brother, William M., who removed to Greenfield, 'Mo., in 1869, was associated with him in business; they finished the large block, already begun just north of the First National Bank, and opened business the same month (September), keeping a general store. Taggart Brothers closed out their business in Ripon in 1867, and BIr. Taggart is now retired. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and was a member of the County Board io 1877. He was married at Ripon, Feb. 14, 1854, to Susan Davis, born at Utica, N. Y.; they have one child - Alice Louise, now Mrs. B. J. Martin.

MA J. HIRAM S. TOWN, Postmaster, was born at Cornwall, Canada, Jan. 16, 1833; son of Sylvanus and Isabella Town, who settled at Joliet, 111., in 1838 ; Mrs. Town, with Hiram S. and Edward D., came to Ripon, or Ceresco, July 5, 1844, and began farming, which was carried on several years. In 1849, Maj. Town began clerking in Ceresco; succeeded Wm. Starr in the mercantile business in 1857, in which he continued until entering the army, enlisting in October, 1862, in the 1st W. V. C; Maj. Town was with his regiment in all its engagements ; was promoted to Captain ; was recommended for promotion to Major, but not having men enough was mustered out by order of the War Department in March, 1865. After returning home he settled up the business he left on entering the army. He has been Sheriff two years ; State Senator two years ; Mayor of Ripon one year ; President of the Council four years; Clerk of the Ceresco School Board several years; appointed Postmaster in 1870 ; re-appointed in 1874, and again in 1878. He was married at Ripon, in June, 1855, to Emily E. Stevens, a native of Illinois, whose father, Orin Stevens, was ^t Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, and was an early settler of Kenosha Co.; they have three children - Donaldson C, Maggie Belle and Bessie Campbell.

native of Susquehanna Co., Penn.; her parents, Stephen and Lucy Tucker, were natives of Vermont; she received her early education in the academies of Susquehanna and Wayne Cos., Penn., but completed her studies at the Troy Female Seminary, at Troy, N. Y.; she began teaching when only 14 years of age, continuing her studies, however, until she left Troy in 1843 and went to Honesdale, wliere she accepted the position of Principal and teacher in the Young Ladies' Seminary at that place, where she had previously taught. In 1844, she was married, and only devoted a portion of the time to teaching until the time of Mr. Tracy's death, which occurred in 1848 ; then she resumed her position as Principal in the Seminary and remained there until 1856 ; she then came to Neenah, Wis., and conducted a private school for three years ; in 1859, she came to Ripon and has held successively the positions of General Superintendent of the Ladies' Department, Principal of same department and Matron of Ripon College, and has always, since coming here, taught algebra and botany in the College. At the time of her husband's death, she was left with two children, a daughter and son ; the daughter died three years later ; her son, James H. Tracy, graduated from Ripon College in 1868 ; he then entered upon the study of medicine in Chicago, and, a year later, entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City, from which institution he graduated ; during the Franco-Prussian war he was Assistant Hospital Surgeon, at Berlin, Prussia ; he is now settled in the practice of his profession at Escanaba, Mich.

WILLilAlI M. TREAXORB, wagon and carriage maker; was born in Scotland Jan. 3, 1830 ; came to New York City, where he resided two years, in 1852 ; removed from there to Springfield, Mass., where he remained five years; then came to Wisconsin ; came to Ripon in 1863. M*-. T. began carriage-trimming in 1845 ; he is now a member of the firm of Treanore & Blodgett, wagon and carriage makers. He was married at Pittsfield, Mass., in August, 1854, to Martha Bennett, a native of the town of Bolton, N. Y.; they have three children - Helen E., Vincent O. and Water P.; William E. died when 18 months old. Mr. T. has been Alderman of the First Ward two terms.

WILlilAM W. D. TURNER, attorney; was born at Quincy, 111., June 1, 1836, whence he moved with his parents to Edina, Knox Co., Mo., in 1837 ; this was his residence until 1859, when he moved to Lebanon, Mo., being admitted to the bar the same year. Mr. T. was elected to the convention called to determine whether Mis.souri should remain in the Union ; was the youngest member of that body and an "unconditional Union man." He entered the army in June, 1861, and was three months in the Home Guard ; raised the 20th Mo. V. I., which was mustered out in the fall of 1864. After leaving the army, he went to New Orleans, where he was Judge Advocate of the Provost Court until ]May 11, 1865, when he went to Mobile, Ala.; in 1873-74, he was City Attorney of Mobile ; in September, 1877, Col. T. came to Ripon, where he has since practiced his profession, being a member of the law firm of Dobbs & Turner; in 1876, he was the Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama, and, in 1878, the Republican candidate for District Attorney of Fond du Lac Co.

COL. C. H. UPIIAII, retired ; was born at Westminster, Worcester Co., Mass., Feb. 18, 1828 ; came to Niles, Mich., in 1848; came to Racine, Wis., where he engaged in the forwarding and commission business, in 1853 ; at Racine he was City Clerk and Comptroller, and in the army was Captain of the Commissary and Subsistence, Department of the Gulf. In 1866, Col. U. went to Shawano, Wis., and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1877, when he came to Ripon. He was married at Westminster, Mas3., in Novetnber, 1851, to Amanda E. Gibbs, a native of that State ; they have two children - Fred W. and Kittie J.

JACOB VERMIIiYE, retired ; is a native of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; born in 1804, and is the son of William and Cynthia Vermilye ; he devoted much of his earlier life to lumbering ; in 1831, he located in Troy, N. Y., and was employed in the construction of the railroad from Albany to Schenectady, N. Y., and afterward followed various kinds of business in New York till 1853 ; in April of that year, he came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 160 acres in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lae Co., and made farming his vocation till October, 1875, when he removed to the city of Ripon, and he has lived a more retired life. Oct. 6, 1835, he was married to Miss Lydia, daughter of AViiliam and Mary Miles, of Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; their children arc Nellie, now the wife of Truman Blossom, and lives in Winona, Minn. ; Caroline, now Mrs. David Meorley, and lives at Minneapolis, Minn. ; Mary, now the wife of George Lour, of Blue Earth Co., Minn.; Libbie, now Mrs. Wallace Bolsley, and lives at Nashua, Iowa ; Amanda, now the wife of Dyer Bell, of Minnesota ; Cynthia, now Jlrs. Jamos Walker, of Kasson, Minn. ; Eliza, the late Mrs. Wm. Whitman, of Minnesota, deceased; Harrison, now a merchant in this city, and who married Miss Anna, daughter of Patrick and Katie (Phelps) Hefron, of Omro, Wis., in 1865 ; they have one son - Frank. Members of the Congregational Church.

REV. J. W. WA1.COTT was born at Pawtucket, E. I., Nov. 29, 1812: son of James D; and Hannah Jenks Woloott ; moved with his father, a cotton manufacturer, to Newport, N. H., the, same year ; he received a preparatory education at Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, and entered Dartmouth College in 1835, graduating from it in 1839, in the fall of which year he entered Auburn Theological Seminary, graduating from that institution in 1843 ; Mr. W. first preached two years at Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y.; next was Principal of Monroe Academy in Cayuga Co., N. Y., two years, and then was Principal of Auburn Female Seminary until it was burned, when he came to Wisconsin and began preaching at Menasha; in the fall of 1853, he came to Ripon, living in the city twenty years, removing in March, 18Y3, out on Green Lake Prairie, occasionally preaching since that time. He was married, at Bristol, E. I., in May, 18-14, to Hannah B. Church, a native of Ehode Island, who died in July, 1849, leaving two children, who have since died ; he was married a second time, at Auburn, N. Y., m May; 1853, to Caroline, daughter of Isaac Cooper ; she was born at Croydon, N. H. ; they have two children - Dexter Cooper and Frank B.

HEITRY C. WEIiLCOMB, of the firoa of Clough & Wellcome, grocers ; is a son of the Eev. Mark D. Wellcome; born in Franklin Co., .'Me., Sept. 1, 1833; he spent much of his early life attending common and high schools of his native county, and in 1873, came West, hoping to improve his then failing health ; he settled first in Washington Co., Wis., where he tried farming lor a short time, but not finding that business very recuperative, he again resorted to travel, which he continued through, much of Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri ; in 1860, he began the hotel business in Savannah, Mo., which he continued a short time, and then came to Green Lake Co., Wis. In 1861, he enlisted as a private iu Co. I., of the 11th W. V. I., but was soon elected First Lieutenant of his company; he was with the Army of the Tennessee, and took part in the battles of Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, Grand Gulf,, Champion Hills, Black Eiver and others ; in 1863, Gen. Banks appointed him on the Provost Marshal's staff at New Orleans, where he served till the close of the war ; was mustered out of service at Madison, Wis., and at once returned to Fond du Lac, thence to Milwaukee, where for eight years he was engaged in the hotel business ; disposing of this in 1874, he removed to Eipon, and in 1879, became interested in the grocery trade. In 1872, he was married to Miss Jennie, daughter of Christopher and Abigail Newbert, of Waldoboro, Me., who died at Eipon in 1873 ; he afterward married Miss Esther M., daughter of Isaac and P]sther Herrick, of Eipon, Wis., in 1874 ; they have one son - Harry C.

JOHN WELLiER, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Ripon; was born in Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, in the fall of 1825 ; his father, William, died before he was born ; his mother, Dillie Weller, died in 1846 ; Mr. Weller came to Wisconsin Oct. 20, 1852, and first settled in- Green Lake Co. for seventeen years ; in 1869, he came to his present farm of 140 acres. He married, Aug. 30, 1848, Miss Mary, Ann Bedal, daughter of Isaac and Nancy Bedal, of Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, who came to Wisconsin in 1852, and settled in Green Lake Co.; her father died there Jan. 11, 1864; her mother then came to live with her, and died Sept. 11, 1878 ; Mrs. Weller was born in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, Oct. 20, 1825 ; they have three sons - Sydney, born Nov. 18, 1849 ; James E., Nov. 19, 1851, both born in Brighton, Canada, and Benjamin F., born in Fond du Lac Co., Aug. 30, 1854. Mrs. Weller is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; Mr. Weller is a Eepublican in politics.

JOHN WEIi^GERBER, proprietor of the Mapes House ; was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1817, and is the son of John and Mary Weisgerber; was educated in the schools of his native country, and followed farming there till about 26 years old ; July 5, 1843, he landed in New York, as an emigrant to America ; he continued farm work in New York for two years, then was employed in the salt works of Syracuse, N. Y., for ten years ; in 1855, he came to Wisconsin and, for the next two years, was proprietor of a saloon in Sheboygan ; thence he removed to Sheboygan Falls and continued the same business for two years longer; in 1859, he went to Berlin, Wis., where he opened a bUliardroom, but was burned out in January, 1860, and lost all he had ; he then kept the Arcade House for two years ; in 1862, he purchased the Dartford House, at Dartford, Green Lake Co., Wis., of which he was proprietor till 1873 ; disposing, of his property at Dartford at that time, he purchased the Mapes House, in Eipon, Wis., of which he has since been proprietor. March 15, 1845, he was married to Miss Ann M. Eesell, a, native of Bavaria ; they had three children - Caroline, now the wife of C. F. Sohultz, of Fall Creek, Eau Claire Co., Wis.; Herman, who, with his mother, died with the cholera, in 1849 ; Katie (deceased). In 1849, he was married to Miss Barbara, daughter of Fredrick and Barbara Seybold, a native of Germany; the children are as follows: Mary, Katie (now the wife of P. H. Jewson, and lives in Nebraska), Lizzie, Mena. Blrs. Weisgerber died at Dartford, June 3, 1866;

REV. JOSEPH WESTENBERGER was bom in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 10, 1845, where he received a classical education ; came to New York City in 1866, where he remained nine months; spent one summer at Bath, Jlason Co., 111.; then entered Wartburg Seminary, iu Iowa, where he received a theological education ; began preaching in February, 1869, at Madison, Wis.; ia February, 1870, was ordained to the holy ministry at Maxfield, Bremer Co., Iowa ; preached two years at Pocahontas, Mo.; Waterloo, Iowa, two years ; Prairie du Chien over two years ; Milwaukee, three years and one month; then, in November, 1878, came to Ripon, where he is Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and teacher of the parish school, preaching also at Rosendale and Brandon. Mr. W. was married in Iowa, Aug. 2, 1870, to Eliza Wegman, born in Germany, and who came to Iowa, with her parents, when 2 years old ; they have four children - Joseph, Lorenz, John and Gustav, and have lost one - Tillie, who died in Milwaukee, aged 3 years and 8 months.

CHARLES F. WHEELER, banker; was born at Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass., Aug. 25, 1837; resided ten years at Penn Yan, N. Y., spending one year in the banking business; removed to Chicago in 1856; to llipon in February, 1857; employed as book-keeper and teller in the Bank of Ripon until May, 1864, when the firm of Bowen & Wheeler, bankers, was formed, which still continues in business. He was married at Wethersfield, Henry Co., 111., Nov. 8, 1860, to Maria S., eldest dauj^hter of Rev. B. B. Parsons, now of Philadelphia ; she was born in Connecticut ; they have had one child, now deceased. Mr. Wheeler has been Treasurer of the Ripon Agricultural and Mechanical Association many years, and the family are members of the Congregational Church.

SPENCER WHITiiVG!- was bom in Schoharie Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1835; his parents, Charles and Catherine Whiting, were natives of New York, but now live in Ripon. Mr. Whiting came to Ripon, Wis., in 1854, and has since followed farming and various other kinds of business. In October, 1858, he was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of George W. and Lorinda Parker, a native of Wyoming Co., N. y., but immigrants to Ripon in 1845; they have two sons - Emmett A. and Frank A., and one adopted daughter - Edna C. They are members of the First Baptist Church.

DANIEL WILCOX. This gentleman has resided in Wisconsin for oyer thirty-three years ; is a native of Lewis Co., N. Y. ; was born in the town of Lowville Oct. 3, 1803. Jan. 13, 1831, he married, in his native town, Huldah Williams ; she was also a native of Lewis Co., N. Y. ; bora March 1, 1804; soon after their marriage, they moved to Jefferson Co.; thence to Fowler, St. Lawrence Co, where they remained until their coming to Wisconsin, in 1847 ; lived in Walworth Co. until the spring of the following year (1848), when they purchased a tract of 320 acres of land from the Government, in the town of Alto, Fond du Lao Co. ; removed on it, and immediately commenced improving it ; they resided in the town of Alto ("with the exception of the year 1854, during which they lived in the town of Waupun) until 1864, when they removed to the city of Ripon, which has been their home since ; they have had seven children, four of whom are living - Mary E., who married, in 1857, H. Harwood (he was a soldier in Co. G, 29th W. V. I.; participated in numerous battles; was wounded at Jackson, Miss., and died in the service at New Orleans Sept. 27, 1864; Mrs. Harwood and child, Esther Irene, reside in Ripon); Miss I. Irene, teacher in the Art Department, Ripon College; Cornelia, wife of H. G. Clough, Rochester, Minn. ; Herman M., a leading attorney, St. Louis, Mo. ; names of the deceased children were Eldbridge, Harriet and Daniel Monroe. Mr. Wilcox and family are members of the Congregational Church ; he believes that Christianity is an essentia! means of inward moral growth and progress in society and government, and that all political action should be prompted and controlled by the same broad, generous and unselfish purpose. During the time he resided in the town of Alto, ho was Chairman and a member of £he Side Board of Supervisors twelve years, and Justice of the Peace about an equal length of time, and, in 1854, was Chairman of Board of Supervisors in Waupun ; he has always taken a deep and active interest in the religious and educational matters of the county.

EDWIIV WILSON, insurance agent ; was born at Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 1, 1833 ; resided there nine years; then removed to Luzerne Co. ; whence he came to Ripon May 1, 1855, and engaged as clerk for Jehdeiah Bowen, with whom he remained three years ; engaged four or five year^ in the mercantile business ; in 1865, began the fire and life insurance business, being also connected with Bowen & Wheeler's bank prior to 1878. Mr. W. was City Assessor in 1877 and 1878. He was married at Factoryville, Wyoming Co., Penn., April 28, 1857, to Elizabeth S. Mills, born in Long Island ; they have one son - Edward H. They are members of the Congregational Church.

FRANK S. WILSON, druggist ; was born at Ypsilanti, Mich., in March, 1849 ; came to Markesan, Green Lake Co., Wis., in 1866, and to Ripon in 1876, where he engaged in the drug business. Mr. W. attended the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, and learned the drug business in Michigan, which he has followed exclusively since coming to Ripon.

^ GILRERT F. WILSON, grain-dealer; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., in June, 1843 ; he came to Wisconsin, with parents, John and Mary J. Wilson, and located in the town of Rosendale,

Fond du Lao Co., Iq 1851, where he afterward lived on a farm most of the time till 1868. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H, of 20th W. V. I., and partook in all its battles and movements till it was mustered out of service at G-alveston, Tex., in August, 1865. In April, 1868, he was married to Miss Hattie, daughter of Samuel L. and Sarah Whitney, of the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., and in -that year removed to the town of Ripon, where he continued for two years ; in 1871, they came to this city, where he has since been dealing in grain most of the time ; their children are Herbert E., Frank A. and Harry M.

HENRY W. WOIiCOTT, retired ; was bom at Trenton, Oneida Co., N. ¥., June 18, 1819 ; came to Rosendale, settling on Sec. 27, Aug. 17, 1815, his wife joining him October 13, of -the same year ; Mr. W. made the second entry of land in Rosendale. Was the first School Superintendent and Inspector, and held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Chairman, Assessor, etc., several years. After leaving his farm and settling in Ripon, he ran, as a member of the firm of Wolcott & Bateman, the Ceresco Mill about five years ; bought wool two or three seasons, and now is engaged in loaning money and the settlement of estates. He is Vice President of the Northern State Fair Association ; was President one year of .the Ripon Agricultural and Mechanical Society, and Secretary two years. He was married at Trenton, N. Y., to Emeline Lyman, a native of that place ; they have five children - Angelina, J., now Mrs. L. E. Reed; Flora J., now Mrs. A. W. Pettibone; Julia E., now Mrs. Fayette L. Taft, of Burlington, Vt.; Carrie B., at home, and Henry A., studying law with L. E. Reed.

AliAlNSON WOOD, proprietor Wood's Hotel ; son of Alanson and Mary Wood ; settled in Green Lake Co. in 1849, where his father died in 1852 ; his mother is now Mrs. Alson Norton, of Ripon ; Mr. Wood came to Ripon in 1856. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 32d W. V. I., Aug. 6, 1862 ; -served until June, 1865, participating with his regiment in all battles, skirmishes and marches, without receiving a scratch. In the spring of 1866, he went into the old American House wiih his brother William; two years later, bought him out; April, 18, 1872, began the mason work for Wood's Hotel; had the grand opening Oct. 12 of the same year. Mr. Wood has served as Alderman of the Second Ward. He was married at Ripon April 3, 1867, to Hannah A., daughter of Daniel W. and Avis Fisk; they have two children living - Gracie Louise and Lucy Jenks ; lost one - -Avis Marble, died Dec. 13, 1871, aged 3 years and 3 months. Mr. Wood was born at Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y., June 29, 1842, and his wife in Adams, Mass.; prior to entering the army, Mr. Wood attended Ripon College three years.

JACOB WOODRUFF, nurseryman; was born at Litchfield, Conn., Oct. 17, 1813; after three and one-half years spent in whaling, went in 1838, to Great Bend, Penn.; in 1844, left that place and moved to Green Lake, Wis., where he remained from September until January or February of 1845, when he came to Ceresco and joined the Wisconsin Phalanx; before coming to Wisconsin, BIr. W. was engaged in blacksmithing, and also for about six years in Ripon, after the Phalanx broke up ; since 1856, he has been engaged in the nursery business ; during two or three years, he was largely interested with two or three others in raising willow for baskets. He has been City Treasurer one year. Assessor of First Watd one year, Treasurer and member of School Board six years. Mr. W. was married at Great Bend, Penn., Aug. 4, 1840, to Penila Wilson, born at that place Nov. 23, 1813; they have one child - Ensign, and have lost three - Frank, Charlotte and Walter, all at the age of about 2 years.

(jrEORGE WRE]^, architect and builder ; wag born in the county of Sussex, England, in 1833; his parents, Thomas and Ann Wren both died in England; when 17 years old, he entered upon an apprenticeship at, the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he continued there for five years ; in July, 1856, he sailed from Liverpool, and landed in New York in August; thence to Ripon, Wis., where he 'arrived Sept. 1 of that year; since Mr. Wren's settlement in this city, he has followed the business of an architect and builder, and has been connected with the erection of some of the most prominent buildings of the city. In 1859, he was married to Miss Harriet, daughter of James and Lydia Kingsbury, a native of England but immigrated to Wisconsin in 1856; their children are Lizzie R., Anna E. and Fred B. Mrs. Wren is a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

CHA.UNCEY M. BAIiCOM, farmer, Sec 34; P. 0. Kosendale ; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., June 14, 1818, and is the son of Isaac and Sally Balcom, nee Greene, natives of Massachusetts ; he was a farmer in New York till 1845, when, in August of that year, he immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 34, town of Rosendale, where he has since continued farming. In Warren Co., N. Y., July 13, 1845, he was married to Mary A., daughter of William and Sophia Cook, nee Morse; their children are as follows: Daphne, now the wife of Lyman S. Curtis, and lives in Lewis Co., N. Y.; Elmira, now the wife of George Wheeler, of the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Walden, who now lives in Dakota, and Chauncey, who resides at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Balcom were the sixth family to settle in the town of Rosendale.

JOHIV R. BLACK nURW, proprietor of the Blackburn House, is a native of Yorkshire, England ; his father, Samuel Blackburn, a wool-stapler, was born also in Yorkshire, Oct. 28, 1798 ; his vmother, Elizabeth Durant, was born in the county of Sussex, Sept. 22, 1795; they were married May 22, 1823, and had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living, as follows : Amelia, now the wife of Thomas Parkin, and lives in Toronto, Canada; John R., the subject of this sketch; William K, who now lives in Clear Water, Minn., and Maria K., now Mrs. Leonard Brown, of Fopd du Lao. John R., the oldest son, was born May 7, 1830, and with his father's family immigrated to America in 1842, and settled at Toronto, Canada, where for the following four years his father was engaged in the mercantile business. In August, 1846, the family, consisting of parents and four children, landed in Mil- -waukee as immigrants to Wisconsin, and came thence to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where they settled on a farm on Sec. 34, which was their home till the fall of 1875, when they removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where they now live ; John R. made his home with, his parents on the farm till 1854, when, May 29, of that year, he was married to Miss Abigail P., daughter of Daniel W. and Sarah (Bradford) Potter (natives, her father of Connecticut, born Deo. 19, 1787, her mother of Vermont, born Sept. 9, 1798, who were afterward married and settled in the town of North Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., where Abigail was born Oct. 27, 1834; and was afterward married to Mr. Blackburn) ; they came at once to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he continued farming for- five years ; in 1860, he began merchandising at Lamartine, and continued there till 1873 ; he then removed his business to the city of Fond du Lac, where he devoted his attention more especially to the grocery trade for four years ; in the spring of 1877, he removed to the village of Rosendale, and continued merchandising till June, 1879; in the fall of 1877, he purchased the old Rosendale Hotel property, a year later rebuilt it, named it the Blackburn House and has since been its proprietor. Their children are Frank W., who married Miss Matilda, daughter of Robert and Mary J. Blair, of Fond du Lac, May 29, 1878, and is now the merchant of this village (Rosendale) ; H. Elmer, now a printer in Chicago ; Charles R., Daniel Bert, S. Elizabeth, H. Louise and Minnie M., now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HENRY C. BOTTrM, farmer, Sec. 30; P. 0. West Rosendale; was born in Addison Co., Vt., in January, 1826; he is one of a family of seven children, whose parents were Roswell and Blue Bottum, and were also natives of Addison Co., Vt.; at the age of 18, he began clerking in a store, which hfe continued until 22 years old ; for the next six years, he was engaged in the mercantile business pn his own resources, at Benson, Rutland Co., Vt. At Lowell, Mass., July 21, 1852, he was married to Miss Helen 31., daughter of Dr. Z. P. and Fannie Burnham, of that city; in November, 1854, with his wife and one son, he emigrated to Fond du Lac Co , Wis., and settled on a farm in Sec. 30, town of Rosendale, which has since been their home. Mr. Bottum was Town Clerk of Rosendale fifteen successive terms, beginning with the year 1856 ; he was Chairman of the town for three terms ; in 1868, he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the first Assembly District; was re-elected in 1869 and 1878. They have six children - Joe H., Roswell, Perkins B., George R., Sheldon 6. and Helen N.

ANSOX H. BO WE, M. B., the first physician of Rosendale; is a native of Hampden Co., Mass., born April 5, 1813 ; his grandfather, Isaac Bowe, was a descendant of Alexander and Sarah Bowe, came from England and settled at Middletown, Conn., as early as 1678 ; he was the son of Peleg and Mary (Woodward) Bowe, born Feb. 6, 1755. Was married to Elizabeth Lee May 18, 1775; they had six children, of whom Isaac, the father of Anson H., was the oldest, and was married to Eunice Cooley, and raised a family of six ; when Anson H., their youngest, was about 5 years old, they removed to

Bradford Co., Penn., where he received the earlier part of his education in the common schools, and afterward attended an academy for a short time ; in 1837, he began the study of medicine with a prominent physician of Springfield, Bradford Co., Penn., but attended lectures at the medical college of Baltimore^ Md.; he returned to Springfield, and practiced his profession there till 1846 ; he came thence to the town of Kosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., made some investments in real estate, selected the village for hisfuture home, and returned to Pennsylvania for his family, with whonj he arrived in June, 1847. He was the first physician to locate here, and has since successfully practiced his profession in this vicinity. March 12, 1835, he was married to Julia A., daughter of Reuben and Lydia Smead, nee Rowley, of 'Springfield ^ Penn; their children are Isaac, who now lives in Connecticut; Frank, of this village (Rosendale) ; Ethie, now the wife of Dr. J. C. La Favre, of Rosendale. Mr. and Mrs. Bowe are members of the M. B. Church.

HEIVRY CHURCHYARD, farmer, Sec. 30, P. 0. Ripon ; is a native of Suffolk County, England, born in May, 1830, and is the son of Isaac and Lucy Churchyard, who were also natives of Suffolk County, England ; when 14 years old, he entered upon a five years' apprenticeship to the auctioneer's and land surveyor's trade in his native county, which business he followed for two years after his apprenticeship; April 1, 1850, he sailed from London for America and landed in Quebec in May following ; he came thence to the city of Fond du Lac, where he arrived in June of that year ; he first settled on the '' Indian land," at Paysippi, Waushara Co., Wis., and two years later (1852), came to the town of Rosendale, where he followed working for the farmers by the month for one and a half years ; he then bought a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 30, this town (Rosendale), which has since been his home, where he now has 140 acres. In September, 1856, he was married to Adaline, daughter of Benona and Margaret Monett, then residents of this town, but emigrants from New York in 1854 ; their children are Ellen, Lina E., Henry, Lucy, Laura M., George, Fred, Mabel and Bennie.

GEOROE D. CURTIS (deceased) was born inthe town of Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y.,, Aug. 1, 1821, and was the third son of Henry and Hannah Curtis, natives of Massachusetts hut early immigrants to New York ; he spent much of his early life on a farm ; was educated in the common schools and academies of that county, and afterward followed teaching for five or six years. March 18, 1845, he was married to Rozella, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Tallmadge) Lyman; then a resident of Oneida County, N. Y; in April following, they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled with the first half-dozen families on " Sanborn's Prairie ; " the farm he then selected on Sec. 34, was ever after his home; here he afterward erected a fine mansion, which has become a landmark to this region, and which is, perhaps, the finest rural residence in Fond du Lac Co. Upon the organization of the town^ it was, at his suggestion, named Rosendale, and he continue 1 to be one of the most active in the management of its affairs throughout its subsequent history, down to the day of his death, being many times elected Chairman of the Town Board, besides filling other offices, for which his superior intellectual and business qualifications eminently fitted him ; he was the first to oppose the granting of license to sell liquors in the town, and through such opposition and unfiuence the right to traffic in such has never been granted within the limits of Rosendale ; he was most prominent in securing the location of the Sheboygan railroad through the town, and, in connection with his brother, Lyman Curtis, built the elevator at the depot, which has been a vast public benefit and greatly enhanced the business interests of the community ; he was also quite active in most of the movements for promoting the interests of agriculture, for which the town has for several years been characterized. Mr. Curtis was a man of much sympathy, generosity and of strong domestic tastes ; from his early boyhood up, he found his greatest pleasure athomewith some interesting book, or in joining in the conversation of the family circle ; as a husband and father,, he was strongly attached to his family and by them highly esteemed and greatly beloved ; he died Oct 21.. 1878, leaving a wife and four children, as follows : Martha C. (pow the wife of George Curtis), Rosendale ;. Elon C, now of this town (Rosendale) ; Cora M., now a student at the Oshkosh Normal School ; George H., of Rosendale.

BUSHNAL DODD, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Rosendale; is a native of the town of Cornwall, Addison Co., Vt, born Sept. 23, 1822, and is the son of Jonathan and Betsey (Kenney) Dodd, natives of Massachusetts ; he spent his early life at farming in his native county, and, in 1844j came k> Wisconsin and landed at Milwaukee April 12 of that year, and settled a short time in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., where his parents afterward joined him; in September, 1845, he, with his brother, W. H. Dodd, and C. Balcom, came to Fond du Lac, stopped one night with Dr. Darling, and, on the following day, selected their farms in the town of Rosendale ; he, with his brother, entered a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 26, built a rude home and kept bach there for a while; eighteen months later, his father arrived with the family and made that their home for ten years; then removed to Sec. 12, where they iifterward lived ; they afterward died in the village, his father at the age of 92, and mother at the age of 74. June 14, 1849. he was married to Miss Jane Rogers, who died Aug. 1, 1858, leaving four children - Charles P. (now deceased), Henrietta (now the wife of Charles A. Hendry, of Lamartine), John B. (now a farmer in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.), and Blon H. In February, 1860, he was married to Margaret, daughter of George P. and Margaret Murray, natives of Prince Edward's Island, who came to Illinois in 1854; their children are Oscar, Alice, Maggie and Carrie. Mr. D. owns 227 acres ia Sees. 12 and 13 and 105, in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.

WILLIAM DORIVBRACK, farmer; P. 0. Rosendale ; was born in Germany in 1838; came to America in 1865 and settled iij the town of Springvale, Pond du Lac Co., Wis; then to this town - Rosendale - in the fall of 1879. Was married to Miss Hoht, of Mecklenburg, before emigrating to America; her parents, Charles and Reka Hoht, came with them to America in 1865.

HUtrll EDWARDS, deceased; was a native of Denbighshire, North Wales ; was the son of John and Ann Edwards ; born April 6, 1796 ; he spent much of his life on a farm in his native country; received the earlier part of his education in the schools of Denbighshire, but completed his English studies .at Chester, England, in 1813 ; returning then to Wales, he continued the vocation of a farmer there till 1859. April 28, 1826, he was married to Mary Faulks, with whom and his family (in 1859) he immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 260 acres in Sees. 22 and 27, town of Rosendale, Pond du Lac Co., which his son John had bought of Mr. Grossman in 1851 and occupied till the arrival of his parents ; this has since been the home of the family ; here Mr. Edwards died in October, 1879, leaving a family of five children - Margaret S. (now a teacher in Virginia), John (now at home), Anna C. (also at home), P. Wynn (who enlisted in Co. F., of the 21st W. V.'L, Feb. 29, 1864; was with his regiment in all its principal movements till mustered out at Madison, Wis., in June, 1865 ; was married to Mary Lloyd, of Winnebago Co.; they have one daughter - Emily A.), Anna M. (now the wife of Peter Roberts, and lives in the town of Nekama, Winnebago Co., Wis.).

WILLIAM FREDRICK, farmer. Sec. 36; P. O. Rosendale; was born in Prussia Jan. 8, 1831 ; is the son of Daniel and Charlotte Fredrick; at the age of 17, he began the wagon-maker's trade in his native country, which he continued there until 1855. In the fall of that year (1855), he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Anna Bocks, of Prussia, and with "her, in 1856, he immigrated to America; they settled on a farm in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where they lived until 1876 ; in the spring of that year he bought a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 36, town of Rosendale, where he has since lived and followed farming; in 1879, he purchased eighty acres in Sec. 20, makins him now a farm of 240 acres ; they have one daughter, Emma. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

WICKLIFP GOODRICH, farmer, Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Somerset Co., Me., in July, 1820, and is the son of Joshua and Betsey (Robins) Goodrich, natives, also of Maine, and who afterward died there; he spent his earlv life on a farm in his native county; June 4, 1844, started for the West ; he stopped a short time in Walworth Co., Wis., and then went to Illinois, where he spent the winter; in the spring of 1845, he returned to Wisconsin, and in June, 1846, pre-empted a farm in Sec. 8, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home ; he now has a farm of 280 acres in Sees. 8 and 17, of this town (Rosendale). In June, 1856, he married Miss Julia, daughter of Luther and Lucinda Pierce, then of the town of Rosendale, but natives of Somerset Co., Me.; their children are Rudolph 0. and Ora W.

STORRS HALL, M. D., physician and surgeon ; is a native of Washington Co., N. Y.; his father. Dr. Ira Hall, was the son of Nathaniel Hall and Mehitabel Storrs, born in LeDanon, N. H., Dec. 20, 1772 ; graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1793 ; he studied medicine in Granville, N. Y., where he settled in his profession, in which he was very successful and highly esteemed. Dec. 17, 1795, he married Rebecca, the oldest daughter of Peter and Esther (Clark) Parker, of Granville, N. Y.; they had ten sons, three of whom died in infancy, two in early manhood, and three others at the average age of 73 years ; he died Sept. 16, 1816 ; the two older sons were farmers in New York ; the third, Edwin Hall, D. D., was a Presbjterian minister, graduated at Middlebury CpUege, Vt., in 1826; taught for five years,, and was then settled as Pastor of the First Congregational Church, of Norwalk, Conn., for twenty-three years; was Professor of Christian Theology in the Auburn Theological Seminary, of Auburn, N. Y., for 21 years, and Professor Emeritus of the same for one year he died Sept. 8, 1877 ; Sidney, the oldest now living, is a farmer in the town of Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., and is unmarried ; Dr. Storrs, the tenth son, was born in Granville, N. Y., May 11, 1814; graduated at Middlebury College in 1838; taught in various schools and academies in Connecticut for twelve years ; during his teaching, it was -through his influence that the first Fairfield County Teachers' Assoeiation was established, of which he was President, and through his influence in connection with others, at first unknown, but who afterward' became acquainted, that the first Slate Teachers' Association was established, and through their united influence the State Normal of Connecticut was established, of which he was the first Vice President ; in consequence of failing health, he gave up teaching, studied medicine, attended lectures at Yale University, came to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1851, and has since been a successful physician of this village ; since his immigration to Wisconsin, he has been connected with the Pond du Lac County Medical Society, which is now merged into the Rock River Medical Society ; he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Ripon College for about twenty years ; has been Secretary of the Board and member of the Executive Committee for fifteen years ; has been Deacon in the Congregational Church since 1856. September 30, 1840, he was married to Elizabeth, the oldest daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Kellogg) Scribner, of Norwalk, Conn ; they have had five children, as follows : Sidney S., who is now a physician at Morrison, Whiteside Co., 111.; William S., now a farmer in Johnson Co., Tex. ;. Charles E., now connected with the Reliance Flouring-Mills, of Neenah, Wis.; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Ira, now in the office of the Reliance Flouring-Mills, of Neenah also. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Congregational Church.

GIDEOX HINKIiE Y, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Pickett's Station ; is the son of Jesse and Eliza Hinkley, with whom he spent his early life on a farm in Androscoggin Co., Maine, where he was born Nov. 2, 1827 ; when 21 years old, he went to the village of Lisbon, where he lived till 1855 ; in August,

1851, he was married to Miss Adeline B., daughter of Reuben and Neomi Loring, of Piscataquis Co., Me., with whom and one child he immigrated to Wisconsin in the fall of 1855, and settled on a farm on Sec. ] 0, town of Rosendale, where he has since lived and followed farming ; he now owns a farm of 100 acres ; his wife died here in February, 1859, leaving one daughter, Delia E., now the wife of Milton Montgomery, and lives in Dakota. In 1861, he was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of John and Mary Wilson, of Rosendale, who died May 4, 1878, leaving the following children: Mary A., Jesse F., Wilson, Mildred A., Lina B., Chauncey B., Gabriel B.; Feb. 14, 1879, he was married to Ella E., daughter of Asa and Julia West, of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.; they have one child, an infant son. Mr. Hinkley's second wife was a member of the Free-Will Baptist' Church. His brother, Jesse Hinkley, was in the 20th W. V. I., was killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 6, 1862.

THOMAS HUGHES, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Nekama; was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in Noyember, 1820, and is the son of Hugh and Jane (Owens) Hughes ; when 12 years old, he began the tailor's trade, which he continued in his native country till 1848. Iri 1840, he was married to Miss Hannah, daughter of David and Mary Williams, natives also of Cardiganshire, and in May, 1848, they sailed from Aberystwyth, South Wales, for America, and landing in Quebec in August following,, they came thence to Milwaukee, Wis., where he continued his trade one year ; in 1849, they removed to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of forty acres on Sec. 12 ; built his pioneer shanty, and has since made it his home; his shanty has since been exchanged for a more commodious building, with the improvements of a modern farm residence ; his farm of 40 acres has increased to one of 200 acres ; here his wife died, April 4, 1872, leaving seven children, having had nine as follows ; David (deceased), Hugh (deceased), Mary, now the wife of Richard Robert, and lives in the town of Nekama, Winnebago Co., Wis.; Jane, now at home with father ; Annie, now the wife of Rees Davis, and lives in Dodge Co.; Catharine, now the wife of George Moultimore, who lives in Calumet Co.; Hugh (deceased), Maggie, novr at home; Owen, married and lives on the farm. Mr. Hughes and family are connected with the M. E. Church.

WILdilAM T. INNIS, farmer, Sees. 21 and 22 ; P. 0. West Rosendale ; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., in January, 1826. He is the son of William and Elizabeth Innis, natives also of Orange Co., N. Y., with whom he spent his early life on a farm in his native county; in May, 1849, with an older brother, he came to Fond du Lac Co., \^ts., and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 22, which his brother entered the previous year; he at once began to improve his farm, and made it his home for two and a half years ; he then returned to Orange Co., N. Y., and in March, 1852, was married to Miss Catharine, daughter of Silas and Mary A. Jessup, nee Traphagen, then residents of that county; in the fall of

1852, they came to their home in the town of Rosendale, where he has since followed farming, and where he now owns 410 acres in Sees. 21 and 22 ; was elected Chairman of the Town Board in 1864, re-elected jn 1866 ; was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the First Assembly District in 1867 ; their children are Albert C, now a resident of this town, Rosendale ; Florine, now the wife of Fredrick Scofield, Jr., and lives in the town of Springvale ; Ida, who is now at home. Mr. and Mrs. Innis are members of the Congregational Church.

Rosendale Towxship

RICHARD M. JOXES, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. King ; was born in North Wales in April, 1812 ; came to America in 1847, stopped for a short time in Utica, N. Y. ; in 1849, came to Wisconsin and entered a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 2, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home. In July, 1853, he was married to Jemima, daughter of John and Mary Williams, a native of Wales, but then a resident of the town of Utica, Winnebago Co. ; their children are Eichard M. Jr., and Mary B.

WIIiLil AM J. JONES, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Ring ; was born in Angleshire, North Wales, June 21, 1815, and spent his early life on a farm in his native county with his parents, Owen and Catharine Jones ; when 16 years old, he began the blacksmith's trade, which he continued there till 1849. In December, 1842, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Roland and Mary Hughes, and Aug. 16, 1849, they sailed for America, landing at New York ; they came thence to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which has since been their home ; he now owns a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 11, and forty in Sec. 2, and sixty acres in Sec. 1 of this town ; their children are 0(ven, who now lives on the farm on Sec. 11 ; Henry and Roland, both at home. They are members of the Congregational Church.

CHARLES E. KIMBALL, farmer. Sees. 16 and 17; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Newburyport, Mass., May 19, 1814. His father, Ezra Kimball, was a seaman, and at the time of the birth of his son, was in the marine service in the war of 1812, and afterward was taken prisoner by the British sloop Snake ; upon the exchange of prisoners, he was employed in a merchant service sent to Norfolk, Va., where he died with yellow fever ; his mother, Isabel (Southerland) Kimball, removed with him to York Co., Me., in about six months after his birth'; here they lived on a farm till he was about 12 years old, and then moved to Lincoln Co., Me., where he made his home till 1850. In Dec. 31, 1835, he was married to Miss Mercy, daughter of Samuel L. and Lydia (Curate) Whitney, and a native of Lincoln Co.; in October, 1850, they, with a family of two little girls, Christiana, now deceased, and an adopted daughter, Mary J. Durgen, now also deceased, settled at the village of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., as immigrants from Maine ; two years later, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sees. 16 and 17 (of this town), which has since been his home, and where he now enjoys the fruits of his years of toil.

CHARLES LAWSON, farmer. See. 29; P. 0. West Rosendale; is the oldest son of Stephen and Keziah Lawson ; was born in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1819 ; in 1836, he went to New York City, and was there engaged in various kinds of business till the fall of 1843 ; in the following spring he came to Walworth Co., Wis., where he followed farming for nearly four years; in 1846, he bought a farm of 160 acres in the southwest quarter of Sec. 29, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and in the spring of 1848, settled thereon ; he now owns that and thirty acres on the southwest quarter of Sec. 22. Since his residence in Rosendale he has held the office of Town Clerk and Assessor for several terms. Nov. 26, 1848, he was married to Miss Laura, daughter of William Morton, of Walworth Co., Wis., but a native of New York ; she died May 18, 1872, leaving one son - Frank, now a resident of this town (Rosendale). Nov. 25, 1873, he was married to Miss Melissa, daughter of John and Calista Adams, then of Ripon, Wis., but emigrants from New York about 1856; they have one daughter - L. Labelle. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson are members of the M. E. Church.