Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 9 of 17)

JOHN C. LE FEVRE, M. D., is the son of Rev. J. W. and S. A. Le Fevre, nee Baldwin; was born in New York City in August, 1840 ; in the fall of 1854, with his parents, he immigrated (o Wisconsin, and settled on a farm in the town of Springvale, Pond du Lac Co. His father was a Methodist minister, but after his removal to Wisconsin he devoted some of his time to farming, in connection with his ministerial work. The Doctor received his earlier education in the common schools. of the State of New York, but pursued the higher branches of his literary studies at Lockwood Seminary, in Westchester Co., N. Y.; he followed farming for ten years after their settlement in Springvale, Fond du Lao Co. In the fall of 1867, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Bowe, of the village 'of Rosendale, with whom he continued his studies for four years ; he attended one course of lectures at Rush Medical College of Chicago, but graduated at Hughes Medical College of Keokuk, Iowa, in 1876; he then returned to Rosendale and resumed his practice, and is now a successful physician of this vicinity. In June, 1864, he was married to Miss Ethie J., daughter of Dr. Bowe, of Rosendale ; they have one son - P. Edward. Mrs. Le Fevre is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Le Fevre is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

THOMAS B. LOVELL, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in Isles of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, Aug. 28, 1822. His father, John Lovell, died when he was quite young, and without a will, consequently, according to the laws of that country, the oldest son inherited the estate, and he was forced to earn his own living from early boyhood. In 1847, he was married to Miss Sarah A., daughter of John and Alice Edgeley, of Cambridgeshire, and, in 1868, they came to America, and settled on a farm in the town of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., where they lived till 1874, when he bought a farm of eighty-nine acres in Sec. 13, town of Eosendale, which has since been his home. Their children are John T., now living in the town of Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Caroline, now the wife of William Wells, and lives in England ; William, Hannah. Fred and Alice, at home with their parents.

JOSEPH LIJCIA, farmer. Sec. 17; P. 0. Eipon ; was born in Lower Canada Jan. 12, 1811, and is the son of Paul and Josette Lucia, nee Vereno, natives of Canada, but of French parentage ; when 16 years of age, he went to Bridport, Vt., where he followed farm work in that vicinity for twelve years. There, in 1839, he was married to Miss Amelia, daughter of Amab and Angette Brayman ; they came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm in Sec. 17, town of Rosendale, where he now owns 100 acres. Their children are Lucina, now the wife of Zeb Rambond, of Ripon ; Jane, now Mrs. Moses Trembley, of the town of Friendship, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Clarissa, now the wife of William Lambert, and lives in Ripon; Olive, now Mrs. J. Clinch, of the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Caroline, now the wife of Joseph Branchand, of Marinette, Wis.; Oveda, now Mrs. George Trembley, of Minnesota; Joseph A., who lives in Minnesota, and Delia, now in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lucia are members of the Catholic Church.

CHARIjES lilTMAN, retired farmer, Rosendale; is a native of Lewis Co., N. Y., born in February, 18:30 ; when 2 years old, with parents. Samuel and Lucy (Talmadge) Lyman, he removed to Oneida Co., N. Y., where they afterward died; he spent moat of his early life on a farm in Oneida Co., and, in the spring of 1846, immif^rated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in Sec. 31:, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., where he followed farming till the fall of 1 877 ; he then retired to the village of Rosendale, and has since lived a more retired life arid enjoys the fruits of his years of toil. Sept. 23, 1850, he was married to Miss A. W., daughter of W. and B. A. White, then residents of Rosendale, but immigrants from Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1818 ; their children are Emma (deceased), Clarence J., now a resident .of this town (Rosendale); Minnie (deceased), Bertha M. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman are members of the M. B. Church.

ClillVTOW MATTESOX was born in Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vt., Sept. 18, 1320, and died in Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., July 20, 1876 ; his father, Isaiah Matteson, was a native of Vermont ; his mother, Charlotte Harpending, was born in New Jersey, being an immediate descendant of one of the families who came with Stuyvesant and settled New York City ; the Harpending coat-of-arms .could be seen in the old Dutch Reformed church of St. John's a few years ago, and, even now, if the fchurch still stands ; they owned the site, and. a large portion of land surrounding it ; Clinton JIatteson was the youngest of eight children ; his education was obtained at the public school, with a few winters' terms .at an academy in the vicinity; Ms father following his profession (that of a Baptist minister), left the work of a farm, and the responsibility of its management,^ entirely to him; upon the death of his mother, he sold the farm, and gathering those things together useful to a farmer, as early as 1845, turned his face westward ; he came to Milw'aukee; Wis., by boat; there, purchasing a horse, he started on horseback for a place called Sanborn's Prairie, in Fond du Lac Co., Wi*., hearing of it through a friend who had preceded him; it proved to, be a mo.=it desirable place to locate ; finding wood, water, and tillable land, he preempted and purchased until he had a farm of fine dimensions, as well as a beautiful location, because lying evenly and solidly together, with splendid variety of soil ; this farm, with very little change as to boundary lines, comprises the estate of 600 acres left to his children ; he built the first frame house in the town of Rosendale; then returned East, and, at Marcy, Oneida Co., N. Y., married, in 1847, Caroline B. Potter. Being permanently settled in ' a place destined to rank first in agricultural industries, Mr. Matteson became identified with all matters of public interest, and gave himself heartily to the work of organizing and developing its interests; thus, in the year 1847, he took an important part in organizing the town and laying out the State road ; he was also an active member of the Cemetery Association, locating the grounds and marking out the plats ; the laying-out of the State -road, owing to the probability of its being an important thoroughfare and laid out under the laws of a new State, developed two parties, who fought hard and bitterly as to what points it should pass ; through some illegality, one party lost ground, and the matter ended in laying a very direct route from Waupun to Oshkosh, running the entire front of Mr. Matteson's farm ; he was very instrumental in inducing people to settle in that part of the county; indeed, persons would be directed to Clinton Matteson if they were in search of land or location ; for the first ten years, he gave his attention quite exclusively to wheat raising, from 1850 to 1856 raising from 3,500 to 4,000 bushels a year ; he introduced the best varieties of seed ; his first market for this product was Sheboygan, fifty-five miles distant, where he was obliged to carry it in loads, taking two or more days for a trip ; when the soil began to yield le.isbountifully of wheat, he turned his attention to sheep-raising ; in 1856, Mr. Matteson sent to Vermont for fine and valuable animals, constantly importing finer and better ones to improve his flock. About 1858-59, he became Chairman of the Board of Supervisors; in 1858, he joined the order of Free Mafons ; from tlie years 1861 to 1865, he was President of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society of Fond du Lac Co. In 1861, he married the second time, his wife being Eliza Frisbie, a native of Trenton Falls, Oneida Co., N. Y., but at this time a resident of Rosendale. In the spring of 1871, an extension of the Sheboygan & 'Fond du Lac Railroad was contemplated ; Mr. M. worked hard and heroically to secure the cooperation of .a majority of the voters of Rosendale, riding weeks over almost impassable roads ; he met with what at times seemed insurmountable obstacles, and would have proved so to a less determined man ; the object was at last gained through his personal exertions, and the road was built in the fall of 1871 ; the winter was severe, and the subject of this sketch furnished food and shelter to many a man who worked upoft a snow-bound train ; Mr. Matteson, with his usual foresight, saw the necessity of having a better class of stock, and early set to work purchasing the best breeds, selecting a kind which in his judgment would be received universally as combining the largest number of desirable qualities; he introduced " short-horns," purchasing his first animal in 1865, then adding every year, until, in 1873, he published his first catalogue, and fully established the " Rosendale Herd of Short-Horns ; " the study of this branch of industry was followed closely and systematically from the outset to the close of his life - indeed, he gave it the study necessary to a profession ; he purchased the American Herd-Books, containing pedigrees, as fast as they were published, also a condensed work of reference to English Herd-Books, thus possessing the encyclopedia of "short-horn literature ; " Mr. Matteson was in constant communication with every organization tending to promote the interests of stock-growers, and took several journals devoted to such subjects ; his experience as a breeder was acquired by conscientious and careful attention to details, together with extensive knowledge of the business, which rightfully made him one of the most prominent and successful stock-growers in the State ; he thus became widely known throughout the Northwest, as a leader in some of the great agricultural and stockgrowing interests ; he was writing, at the time of his death, a history of some of the most important and fashionable lines of pedigree ; he was, undisputably, the first to bring " short-horns " into this part of the State, as there was not a herd in Central or Northern Wisconsin until some years later ; he found ready sale for all he had to sell, many of his patrons being strangers from distant localities - from the plains of Kansas and the hills of Colorado; this became the crowning industry and work of his life; he often remarked, " If I could live ten years, what infinitely more satisfactory results might be accomplished," showing that he felt it to be one of the established industries of the world. He was a min of singular decision and energy of character, which made his virtues and foibles appear the more prominent ; he was open and honest, both in his enmities and his friendships ; after a declaration of hostilities, he would deal his opponents, as long as they could stand or crawl, the heaviest blows without the smallest ceremony - indeed, when he was upon the war-path, his valor was almost romantic, for he regarded not the number of his foes, but was ready to attack, with equal courage and resolution, a whole church or a whole town ; but his resentment was not lasting or rancorous, and, for very small concessions, he was always willing to bury the hatchet of war and smoke the calumet of peace; to his friends, he was steadfastly attached, and was ready, with chivalrous promptness, to defend their honor or promote their interest ; to his neighbors who understood him, he was uncommonly kind and obliging; one having been his neighbor f )r twenty-five years, can bear willing testimony to his uniform courteousness during that long period, which makes him feel that in the death of Clinton Matteson, he has lost both a neighbor and a friend. For his family, he provided a pleasant and tasteful home, adding whatever he could to increase their comfijrt and promote their happiness ; he gave to his children a libenal education in the best schools ; they were four in number - Madora G. Matteson (now the of John R. Patty, of Fond du Lao, Wis.), and Bela C. (his only son, now carrying on the butiness), children of his first wife; Minnie and Mabel Matteson, children of his second wife; but three are living now, Minnie, a lovely girl of 15, having died In less than two years after her father. Mr. Matteson possesssed a mind of unusual vigor and activity, the predominant traits being a clear eomprcliension and superior judgment, united to wonderful energy and excellent management; the course of his mental operations were sometimes extraordinary, being almost an actual si.;ht of future dovelopraants that seemed to present themselves first to his internal vision long before they cams to external viaw ; he was a close reader and observer of character, also possessing a faithful anl logical msmory, with ability for fine comparison, thus making him an interesting and highly entertaining coaversationalist ; he had fiie taste in discriminating the appropriateness of act or speech, and was keenly alive to what is termed the ", fitness of he enjoyed a sentiment exceedingly, if it abounded in force and effect; it was eminently characteristic of him in whatever he undertook, whether in largj enterprises' or trifling homj decorations, to do the best, to get the best - no madium ground satisfied him. Mr. Mattjson was no politician ; no one ever visited his home but felt gratified with his open-heartedness and genial hospitality, and though a man of ability and refinement, his delight was in his fields and among his herds, rather than in public life ; he was wholly free from hypocrisy and deceit, and would often own to his friends his failures and shortcomingSr both as a man and a Christian ; he was a man with the weaknesses derived from humanity, with the strength that we inherit from the soul. Never in the annals of this portion of our State has a private citizen received so marked a token of respect, for a thousand people were present to show their esteem for the dead ; it was a most befitting tribute, that nearly three hundred carriages followed the remains to the grave, where the world closed forever upon the mortal part of one whom his friends loved and his bitterest enemies respected - a man who never let pass unimproved an opportunity to do a generous and charitable act, and whose faults even " l^ned to virtue's side."

NATHASr \Y. MOOW, farmer, Sec. 25; P. 0. Rosen dale ; was born in Essex Co., N. Y.,. in August, 1827 ; his father, Jesse Moon, was a native of New England ; followed milling, blaoksmithing and millwright's trade, and also practiced medicine in Essex, Co., N. Y.; his mother, Rebecca Castle, was also bora in New England. Nathan W. spent most of his time on a farm in his native county, and, in 1850, came to Wisconsin, and settled ^on a farm on Sec. 25, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., in the spring of 1857 ; he now owns 200 acres. March 5, 1855, he was married to Miss Ann, daughter of Michael and Ann Leonard, then living in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., but a native of Ireland ; their children are Emma Tnow the wife of William T. Reed, and lives in the town of Lamartine), Jesse N., William H., John L. and Carrie M. Mr. Moon was Town Treasurer for two terms and member of the Town Board for two or three terms.

GEORGE MURRAY (deceased) was bora on Prince Edward's Island in June, 1791. and was the son of William and Margaret Murray ; he spent most of his early life at farming and lumbering, and when quite a young man learned the ship-builder's trade, at which he worked during the winters. In 1830, he was married to Mrs. Margaret Montgomery, nee Ramsey, a daughter of Malcolm Ramsey, of Prince Edward's Island ; in 1844, they removed to McHenry Co., 111., where he devoted his time to farming for the next ten. years ; in November, 1854, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and, in the following spring, settled on a farm on Sec. 23, town of Rosendale, where he died in December, 1855, leaving a widow, who died in March, 1875, and eight children - John, now in New Brunswick ; Catharine, now the wife of N. McFarland, and lives on Prince Edward's Island ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Joseph Spraig, and hves in Minnesota ; Mary A., now the wife of 0. T. Lewis, of Fond du Lac ; Jane, now the wife of H. Scofield, and lives in Minnesota ; Margaret, now Mrs. Bushnell Dodd, of this town [Rosendale) ; Ann, who died in the spring of 1857 ; Theophalus, who married Miss Surrelda, daughter of Benjamin and Caroline Bonnett, and lives on the homestead farm of 150 acres. - They are members of the M. E. Church ; his post office is Rosendale.

JOSHUA PHIIililPS (deceased) was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1799, and was the son of John and Ann Phillips ; he followed farming in his native county, and was married to Margaret Evans about 1820 ; he left his family in Wales, and came to seek a home in America about 1843, stopped first in the State of New York, and, about 1850, came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 156 acres, on Sec. 12, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; here his family joined him in 1856 ; his wife died on the farm in the summer of 1866, and he in the town of Nekama, Winnebae;o Co., Wis., in September, 1878 ; their children are Ellen, now the wife of David Price, and lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.; Ann, now Mrs. Oriel, and lives in Wales; Sarah, deceased; Eliza, now Mrs. John Thomas, of Utica, Winnebago Co.; John, who was married to Sarah, daughter of William and Martha Thomas, July 1, 1861 ; they have six children ; Julia G., now the wife of Samuel R. James ; Etta, deceased ; Hattie, deceased ; Josephine Elmer, deceased ; Sidney. Mr. Phillips owns a farm of 200 acres in Sees. 11 and 15, and 156 acres in Sec. 12 ; his brother David now lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co.; his sister Martha, now Mrs. William Price, lives in Utica also. They are connected with the Baptist Church.

HIRAH QUIMBY, farmer, Sees. 8 and 9; P. 0. Pickett's Station; is a native of Hillsboro Co., N. H.; son of David and Elizabeth (Kitdredge) Quimby, born May 29, 1806; his mother was a descendant of the Kitdredge family of New Hampshire, among whom were many eminent surgeons ; his father was a miller, and with him he worked at the trade much of the time in his native State ; he was, however, connected with a lumbering company there for a time ; in 1850, he left his home in New Hampshire, and^came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm on Sees. 8 and 9, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co.,^ where he now has 130 acres. In 1836, he was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of Benjamin Winslow, of Gofistown, Hillsboro Co , N. H.; their children are Louisa, now the wife of Patrick Rock, and lives in this town (Rosendale) ; Hiram M. and Byron B.

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WILLIAM B. RASE Y, retired farmer, Rosendale ; was born in the town of Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., Dee. 15, 1801 ; he is the son of John and Kaohel Kasey ; his father was a native of Rhode Island, but his mother of New York ; he was brought up as a farmer in his native State, and Feb. 26, 1826, was married to Nancy, a daughter of Samuel and Olive "Hale, of Washington Co., N. Y. ; in the fall of 1847, they, with a family of four children, immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in the town of Lamartine, where he followed farming till July, 1875 ; disposing of his farm at that time, he removed to the village of Rosendale, where he has since lived a more retired life. Their children are Samuel, who now lives in the town of Rosendale ; Sarah J., now the wife of Leander Knapp, and lives at Island Lake, Lyon Co., Minn. ; Olive H., now the wife of I. W. Bowen, and lives in St. James, Watonwan Co., Minn. ; Ed Z., lives also in Watonwan Co., Minn. Mr. and iMrs. Rasey are members of the M. E. Church.

THOMAS ROBERTS (deceased) was born in South Wales Dec. 15, 1815, and was- the son of James and Mary Roberts ; he was employed in the iron mines till 1S42, and then came to America, and was employed in the coal mines at Tallmadge, Ohio, for eight years ; in 1850, he came to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lao Co., Wis. ; settled on a farm in Sec. 2, where he followed farming and owned a farm of 200 acres at the time of his death, Feb. 29, 1876. In November, 1839, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Elizabeth Stone, also of South Wales ; their children are Rachel, now the wife of Joel Morgan, and lives in Nekama ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Wm. Jones, of Dakota ; Daniel, now in Utica, Winnebago Co. ; James, of this town (Rosendale) ; Mary and Mao:gie, at home, and an adopted son, William. Mr. Roberts and family belong to the Congregational Church.

JAMES W. SAIVDERS, farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Ripon : is the oldest son of James Sanders, a native of Connecticut, and Anna(Wildey) Sanders, a native of New York ; he was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1824, and spent his early life there on a farm ; at the age of 17, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade in his native county, and afterward followed the trade there till

1846, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and pre-empted a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 6, town of Rosendale, built his pioneer shanty thereon, and has since devoted most of his time to agriculture ; his shanty has since been exchanged for a commodious home with the improvements of a modern farm residence, and he now has 120 acres of land in that section. His parents removed to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled in Waushara Co., where his mother died June 21, 1862, at the age of 61 years ; his father afterward died in Winnebago Co., Wis., Nov. 10, 1876, at the age of 78 years. Mr. Sanders has been Chairman of the Town Board of Rosendale for throe terms. In October, 1847, he was married to Miss Nancy, daughter of Christopher and Joannah (Lambert) Grant, and a native of Virginia, but then a resident of this town (Rosendale) ; their children are James C, now living at Brown's Grove, Pawnee Co., Kan. ; Edwin A., who also lives at Brown's Grove, Kan. ; Amelia H., now at home ; Charles H., of Oshkosh, Wis. ; Dennison F., now at home. Mrs. Sanders is a member of the Seventh Day Advent Church.

JOSEPH SCRIBNER, Sr., (deceased), was born in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn., Oct. 30, 1796 ; his father, Enoch Soribner, was also a native of Norwalk; born Aug. 29, 1750, and belonged to the long line of Scribners, beginning with Mathew, who settled there as early as 1740 ; his mother, Betsey Benedict, was also born in that county. Joseph, the subject of this sketch, spent much of his early life on a farm in his native county, as many of his ancestors had done. In 1815, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Jarvis and Mercy Kellogg, nee Sellack, also farmers of Fairfield Co. ; four sons and three daughters composed their family, as follows: William, born in Connecticut, in December, 1815; married Mary E., daughter of Nathaniel L. and Maria Hill, nee Wakeman, of Fairfield Co., Sept. 25, 1839; immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in the fall of 1849, and settled in the town of Rosendale, where his wife died Jan. 28, 1876, leaving the following children - Mary E., now the wife of T. Cooper Hill, of this village (Rosendale); Julia, now Mrs. Joseph Mabee, and lives in Tarrytown, N. Y. ; William H., who now lives at Russell, Russell Co., Kan. ; John W., of the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. ; Ellen M. ; Charles H. and Eliza R., who are now at home. Feb. 20, 1877, he was married to Miss Maria E., daughter of Adam and Eliza Vandenbergh, a native of New York City, but immigrated to this county, with her mother, in June, 1857. The other members of Mr. Joseph Scribner's family are Martha, now the wife of Dr. Storrs Hall, of this village (Rosendale) ; Enoch, of Eldorado Mills, Fond du Lac Co. ; Joseph, of the town of Springvale ; James K., also of Eldorado Mills; Harriet, now the wife of John Cooley, and lives in the village of Rosendale. Mr. Scribner removed to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1858, and settled on a farm on Sec. 34, town of Rosendale, where he died in October, 1868. His wife now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Cooley.

ElilSHA C. STEWART, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Eipon ; was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., in November, 1827 ; when quite young, he with parents, John and Martha Stewart^ removed to Madison, Co., N. Y; and, at the age of 14, to McHenry Co., III. ; four years later (1846), with them, immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., WLs., and settled on Sec. 17, town of Kosendale, where they afterward died, and where he has since resided. In November, 1851, he was married to Lucy J., daughter of Loren A., and Phebe Rice, early settlers of this town (Rosendale), she died April 29, 1859, leaving three children, as follows - Charles L.. now of Ida Co., Iowa ; Edward C, also of Ida Co., Iowa ; Alice I., who is now at home. In 1861, he was married to Miss M. C, daughter of Fredrick and Charlotte Klampee ; they have two children - Mary J. and Willington. Mr. Stewart has been Chairman of the Town Board for three terms. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

JAMES H. SWAWEY, farmer, Sec. 9; P. 0. West Rosendale; was born in Belknap Co., N. H., Feb. 4, 1829 ; his parents, John and Nancy Swaney, were also natives of New Hampshire ; he spent the first seventeen years of his life on a farm in his native county, and then became employed in the spinning' department of the cotton works at Lowell, Mass., where he remained twelve years. Nov. 17, 1853, he was married to (leorgiana, daughter of Mark and Eliza L. Bailey, of Lowell, but a native of Greenfield, N. H. ; in the fall of 1857, they came to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., wherti he at once began the carpenter's trade, and has continued the same much of the time since ; in the fall of 1863, he bought a farm of eighty acres, on Sec. 9, and removed to it in 1864, where he has also carried on farming; they have four children - Georgia E., Mornetta, Katie E. and Willie. Mr. Swaney has been Justice of the Peace for five or six terms.

JAltlES THOJlPSOIir, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in June, 1818, and is the son of Joseph and Margaret Thompson. At the age of 16, he was apprenticed to the weaver's trade in his native town (Kilcalm) which he continued there three years ; in the spring of 1838, he sailed for America, and landed at Quebec ; in June, he settled in Dexter, Jefierson Co., N. Y., where his parents afterward joine(^him and made that their home till their deaths ; he soon became employed in the woolen mills of Dexter, and for nine years was overseer of the coloring-room ; in 1848, he bought a small farm near Dexter, and afterward followed farming there till 1856 ; disposing of his interests there at that time, he immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm on Sec. 13, town of Rosendale, where he now owns 120 acres. In October, 1845, ho was married to Miss Jane, daughter of James and Bettie E. (Taylor) McMullin, natives of County Longford, Ireland, but an immigrant to America in 1839, and settled in Watertown, N. Y. ; their children are Jennie, now deceased ; Joseph, deceased; Edmund J., deceased; Elva L. and George A., now at home with his parents. They are members of the Episcopal Church.

HEIVRY C. WARD, retired, Rosendale; was born in Rutland Co., Vt., May 3, 1820. His parents, Lorenzo and Abigail Ward, where also natives of Vermont. He passed his early life on a farm in his native State, and in the spring of 1845, came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and early in May of that year, he entered the first land in the town of Rosendale, on Sec. 36, it being the day after Mr. Sanborn, first settler of Rosendale, had made his claim; living on Sec. 36 one and a half years, he then moved to West Rosendale, where he continued farming until 1874; at that time he moved to the city of Ripon, where he has since lived a more retired life. Jan. 1 7, 1858, he was married to Minerva, daughter of Lyman and Sally Bradway, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y. ; their children are Lottie, Lucy, Myra and Carrie. They attend the Congresrational Church.

SAMUEL C WHITMEY, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. West Rosendale, is a native of Androscoggin Co., Me.; born Nov. 29, 1820, and is the son of Simuel and Lydia (Curate) Whitney. His grandfather, Benjamin Whitney, was a native of England, and with six brothers immigrated to America, and located at Cape Cod before the French and Indian war, the others afterward were scattered over Massachusetts, New York and other States, but he settled as a pioneer at Lisbon Falls, Me. ; two, of his brothers, Abram and Isaac, were soldiers in the Revolution. At New Meadows, Me., before the close of the French and Indian war, he was married to Mercy Hinkley, and they had a family of twelvei children, eldest two of whom were also soldiers in the Revolution ; the youngest, Samuel, and the father of Samuel L., was born at Lisbon in 1774 ; followed lumbering and farming fur a livelihood, and was married to Lydia Curate in 1801, the second daughter of Stephen Curate, who came from France to Boston, Mass., as early as 1771, and married Martha Hern in 1774; they had three children - of whom Lydia, the second, was born in 1776 ; Samuel, with his wife, settled at Lisbon, Me., where they raised a family of seven children, and afterward died there; Samuel L., the youngest of the family and subjectof this sketch, was brought up at farming and lumbering. Was married to Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Eunice (Tarr) Clark, of Lewiston, Me., Jan. 6, 1846 ; they came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1849, and in 1851 settled on a farm on Sec. 16, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home ; from 1849 to 1856 he was interested with M. S. Sanborn in lumbering in Outagamie Co. ; since that time, he has been farming, and he now has a farm of 300 acres in Sec. 16, and forty acres in Sec. 9. Mr. Whitney has been a member of the Town Board two terms, and was Assessor of the town one term ; their children are Harriet, wife of Gilbert F. Wilson, of Kipon ; Samuel, who owns a farm of 120 acres in this town (Rosendale) on Sec. 16<; Ellen J., now home with her parents ; Mercy, now Mrs. Frank Burgess, of Sedgwick Co., Kan. ; John, at home ; Florence, who died at the age of 3 years and 6 months.

FRED ZIWZOW, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Nov. 2, 1834, and is the son of Charles Zinzow ; he came to America in July, 1866 ; he lived for the first five years in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and then removed to the town of Trenton, Dodge Co., Wis., for three years ; he then returned to Fond du Lac Co., and settled in the town of Alto ; in the fall of 18Y5, he bought his present farm of 80 acres, in Sec. 18, town of Rosendale. In the fall of 1866, he was married to Miss Fredreka, daughter of Adolph and Ernestina Dornbrack, then residents of the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; their children are Fred, Augusta, Frank and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. Zinzow are members of the Lutheran Church.

ADAM ACKER, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Ladoga; is a native of Athens Co., Ohio, where he was born January 12, 1821 ; he is the son of John and Elizabeth Acker ; in 184Y, he immigrated to Michigan, where he followed farm laboring for fourteen years ; thence to Clark Co., 111., for five years ; in

1867, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Elder William and Mary West, nee Smith, immigrants from Broome Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1847 to this town (Springvale), where her father was the first Close- Communion Baptist minister ; her father died here in 1872; her mother, in 1869. They have three children - Charles, Rosa and Rubie M. They are members of the Congregational Church.

WIIililAM J. BARNES, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Ro.sendale ; was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in March, 1837 ; his parents, Samuel K. Barnes and Salome Torrence, were natives of Yates Co., N. Y., but later settled in Steuben Co., where they lived on a farm till 1853 ; then with their family they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm in the town of. Forest, where Mr. Barnes died in 1858. William J., the subject of this sketch, enlisted in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., inl865 ; was with his regiment in all its battles and movements till mustered out at Mobile, Oct. 8, 1865; his brother, Milton K., enlisted in the same company in 1861, was with the regiment till the battle of Chico, there was taken sick, brought home and died in July, 1862 ; Austin T., another brother, was in Co. I, 5th W. V. I., and was killed at Fredericksburg, in April, 1863. After being mustered out of service, William returned to Forest, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and continued farming there till 1868, when he bought a farm of 85 acres, 65 of which are in Sec. 1, town of Springvale, and 20 in Sec. 36, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home. In June, 1864, he was married to Miss Fidelia M., daughter of George and Sarah Chase, then of Forest, but a native of the State of New York ; they have three children - Anna M., Minnie B. and Percy L. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Barnes was Town Superintendent of Schools in Forest two years ; Clerk three years, and Chairman of the Town Board one year.

HERMAN C. BRINKERHOFF, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Brandon ; was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., May 16, 1815, and is the eighth son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Stout) Brinkerhoff'; in June. 1847, he came to Wisconsin ; entered a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 29, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., which has since been his home ; he was School Superintendent of the town one term, and was member of the Town Board for two or three terms. In June, 1848, he was married to Miss Clarissa, a daughter of Samuel and Chloe Cheeney, a native of Vermont. They have one son - Francis, who, in the spring of 1874, married Miss Jane, daughter of Hinkley and Mary Grennell, then living in the town of Waupun ; they have two children - Francis H. and Edith E.

WILLIAM A. CHENEY, retired farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Brandon ; was born in Rutland Co., Vt., Dec. 31, 1806; son of Samuel Cheney and Chloe Manley, natives of Connecticut; his grandfather, Benjamin Cheney, was also a native of Connecticut. William A. spent much of his early Ufe on a farm, and, at the age of 18, began teaching music, which he continued in his native county for ten years. Feb. 14, 1834, he was married to Miss Sophrona, daughter of Abram and Louisa Eessequie, nee Robinson, and a native of Hubbardton, Rutland Co., Vt. May 26, 1836, Mr. and Mrs. Cheney started for Wisconsin and reached Chicago in June following ; they settled in the town of Waterford, Racine Co., Wis.; in March, 1845, Mr. Cheney, with his brother, came to Fond.du Lac Co. and selected their homes ; he entered 1 60 acres in Sec. 33, town of Springvale, and built hia pioneer house, which is yet standing; Nov. 3, 1845, his family arrived, and was the first to settle in the town, and have since made their home on the first selected farm. Their children are Jerome B., married and lives at Berlin, Wis;, Mary E., now the wife of Austin Taylor, and lives in this town (Springvale); S. Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cyrenus Hall, and lives in Walworth Co., Wis.; John R., married and lives on the homestead ; Sarah J., now the wife of A. P. Fowler, and lives in Iowa ; Charles B., married and lives in Berlin, and Chloe L., who lives at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are members of the M. E. Church.

EDWARD CUKTIS (deceased) was born in the State of New York March 18, 1808, and spent the first twenty-five years of his life with his parents on a farm. In 1837, he was married to Miss Eveline, daufhter of John Eaton, who was born in New York in 1811. In 1848, they, with a family of five children, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm of 160 acres in See. 13, town of Springvale, where he followed farming till his death Feb. 5, 1877 ; his widow now lives in the village of Rosendale. Their children are Cynthia M., now the wife of John Gilehrist, of Madison, Lake Co., Dak.; John K., who now lives in Steele Co., Minn.; George, deceased; David, of Steele Co., Minn.; Vincent, who, Dec. 17, 1872, married Miss Hattie A., daua;htcr of Stephen and Harriet Grossman, of this town, Springvale (they have two children - Prank and Mary H., and now live on the homestead ; he now owns a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 24, town of Springvale); Mary E., who is now the wife of N. Nickerson, of Seward Co., Kan.; Phebe A., now Mrs. Horatio Elliott, of the town of Rosendale.

JOHX DUFFY, farmer. See. 17; P. 0. Brandon; born in Canada East July 29, 1844; son of Martin and Ann (McDonough) DuiFy, natives of Ireland, but who immigrated to Canada in 1838, and came to Watertown, Wis., in 1846, where they nowTeside ; John made his home there until 1862 ; he thL'ii came to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co.; in 1866, he purchased his present farm of 120 .acres; he has since bought eighty acres in Sec. 20. Feb. 18, 1868, he married Ellen, daughter of Patrick and Margaret Moran, then residing in the town of Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis.; they have six children living - James P., Margaret J., Ellen, Thomas H., Ann M., John F. and Martin J.; they lost one son. Mr. Dufty and wife are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

DANIEL FENELiON (deceased), was born in the County Carlow, Ireland, March 5, 1841, and was the fourth son of John and Margaret (Byrne) Fenelon, with whom he came to America in 1850, and settled in the town of Springvale, Wis., where he resided with liis parents until 1863. Married, Jan. 4, 1863, to, Mary, daughter of John and Ann (Burns) Gough, of the city of Fond du Lac; she was born in County Wicklow, Ireland ; he settled on a farm in Sec. 16, after his marriage, and resided there until his death, Sept. 8, 1871 ; his widow and three sons now reside on the farm; the sons are John H., William J. and Daniel. They are members of the Catholic Church.

CrEOR<)rE farmer. Sees. 32 and 33 ; P. 0. Brandon ; son of Jonathan Gee and Lorany Blue; born in the town of Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., July 10, 1816; his grandparents, Daniel and Mary Blue, were natives of Mercer Co., N. J., but removed to the town of Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1802; his grandfather wis apprenticed to the cabinet-maker's trade in Princeton, N. J., at the age of 14, at which he served seven years' apprenticeship; he followed his trade much of the time in New York, though for the first few years after his settlement there, he worked at the millwright trade, and built the second mill in Tompkins Co., at Fall Creek; later, he removed to Ohio, where he continued the cabinetmaker's trade for nearly twenty yea,rs, and, in 1853, he returned to Tompkins Co., where he died the following year. Jonithan, the fath3r of our present subject, was the son of John Gee, who, at th3 age of 14, was apprenticed to the weaver's trade in the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., during the Revolutionary war ; the Tories of that vicinity often met at the weaver's shop, and laid plans for the capture of Washington and his army ; this lad's patriotism prompted him to carry the news to the General's camp ; he did so, and was kept as an aid-boy by Washington until one day, when the officers were mustering some recruits in service, he formed in the ranks, stood on tiptoe, and was mustered in with them ; he served seven years as a soldier, his last siege being at the surrender of Cornwallis ; after the close of the war, he was married to Mary Hutchings, and settled in the Wyoming Valley, N. Y., where Jonathan was born, Feb. 15, 1792 ; in 1797, they removed to Tompkins Co., N. Y., and settled in the town of Virgil; here they raised a family of fifteen children, whose descendants are now scattered over many States; Jonathan was married to Miss Loraney Blue in 1812 or 1813, and was the father of thirteen children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. George was the second son, and early learned the stonecutter's trade in his native county ; in May, 1847, he came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Springvale, where he now has a farm of eighty-seven acres in Sees. 32 and 33; he also owns 120 acres in the town of Belmont, Portage Co., Wis., and has a house and marble-shop at Stevens Point ; he, with his cousin, started the -first marble-works at Waupun, Fond du Lao Co. March 1, 1836, he was married to Miss Lydia, a daughter of Rev. Caleb and Phebe Whiting, of Cortland Co., N. Y., who died at her home in Springvale, Nov. 5, 1866. Their children were Thaddeus Adelbert, who was killed in South Carolina, Feb. 3, 1865 ; Hiram E., who died when 6 months old ; Emma E., now the wife of J. H. Ward, and lives in Fillmore Co., Neb.: Geo. E., who died in Springvale when 6 months old ; Ella R., deceased ; Billington W., married Ella, daughter of Wm. and Mary Huff, dying April 6, 1877 - he was again married, to Minnie, daughter of Elijah and Albina P. Hersey, of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis., July 20, 1879, and they now live in Springvale; Florence R., now the wife of Oliver N. Lewis, of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis.

T. K. GILliETT, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O.Rosendale; isason of E. J.Gillett,D.D.,andAmanda Smith ; his father was a native of New York, his mother of Massachusetts ; his father was a Presbyterian minister in New York, but is now a Professor in Parsons College, in Iowa. T. K. was born in Chautauqua Co., N. y., in October, 1835 ; is the youngest of five children, all of whom came to Wisconsin ; he, with one sister, Mrs. Judge McLean, of the city of Fond du Lac, resides in this county ; he was educated in the common schools of New York, and, in 1849, he made his first visit to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but returned to his home in York State after a six months' stay; in February, 1854, he came a second time to Fond du Lac Co., and settled on his father's farm in Sec. 35, town of Fond du Lao, where he followed farming for thirteen years; in 1867, he purchased a farm in Sec. 14, town of Springvale, which has since been his home; he was elected Chairman of the Town Board in 1873, was re-elected in 1874, 1877 and 187D ; was nominated for the State Senate in the fall of 1879. Dec. 25, 1859, he was married to Miss Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah and Sylva Cowden, of Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; her mother dying when she wns 2 days old, she was raised by her grandmother, till she died, and then by distant relatives ; they have had two sons - Alfred E. (deceased), and Willis J.

DANIEIi farmer. Sec. 9; P. 0. Brandon ; was born in Ireland in 1817 ; son of John and Bridget Greene. About the year 1840, he was married to Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Mary Carey ; she was born in Ireland ; came to America in 1850, and settled on a farm in Sec. 8 ; afterward removed to his present location, owning his original farm of 80 acres and also 80 acres in Sec 9, where he now resides ; they have had eight children ; the living are - Maria (now Mrs. Wjn. Culbertson, of Wineconne. Wis.) ; Thomas, Elizabeth, Susan and Daniel ; the last four reside at home with their parents ; lost one son and a daughter - Bridget and John. Mr. Greene and his family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church, in th'.s town.

WILIilAM HARIIER, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Rosendale ; was born in the county of Sussex, England, in June, 1811, and is the son of Samuel Harmer and Phebe Carey, both of whom died in England ; he learned and followed the business of a thatcher, in his native county. June, 1836, he married Miss Hannah, daughter of Richard and Sarah Mitchell, nee Upton, of Sussex, England ; with a a family of eight children, in 1848, he immigrated to America, and settled in Springvale, Pond du Lao Co., Wis., which has since been his home, where he now has 40 acres in Sec. 24, having sold off much of his land ; the children are as follows: William, of Springvale: Charles, of Jackson Co., Wis.; Joseph (deceased) ; Mary (now Mrs. James Dooley, of Dole's Corners) ; Harriet (now, Mrs. Dewell, of Jackson Co., Wis.) ; Sarah (now Mrs. Charles Perry, of Minnesota) ; Peter, of Jackson Co., Wis.; Mrs. Harmer died at her home in 1858. In 1861, he married Mrs. Prances Davis, of FondduLaCj a native of England, who died just ten years after her marriage.

JAHES T. HART, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Eldorado. Mills; is a native of Westchester Co., N. Y.; born Nov. 15, 1811 ; is the son of Elijah and Blariah Hart, who were also natives of Westchester Co.; he devoted his time to farming in his native county until 1858. In 1833, he was married to Elizabeth P., daughter of Henry and Rachel Storms, also native of Westchester Co., but of Holland descent; in the spring of 1858, with his family - a wife and six children, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm on See. 1, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co.; he now owns a farm of 200 acres, 120 of which is on Sec. 1, Springvale; 40, in Sec. 8, town of Lamartine, and also a timber lot of 40 acres in West Town; their children are Emma, now wife of Isaac B. Lovett, of Westchester Co., N. Y.; Elijah, on farm with his father ; Almyra, now wife of William S. Ball, of Springvale ; Norman T., of this town ; Fannie, wife of Richard Grove, of Springvale ; Anna, at home. His oldest daughter is a member of the Dutch Reform Church; the other members of the family are Tom Paineites.

THE HAZEX FAMILY. Among the first settlers of Springvale, were the nine Hazen brothers; son< of John and Polly (Blodgett) Hazen, who wore natives of Massachusetts, but early immigrants to Lewis Co., N. Y., where these sons were born ; their father dying in 1838, eight of the brothers witb their mother came to Wisconsin in July, 1844, and settled in the town of Oakfield, Fond du La& Co., and later in the town of Springvale ; they were SewelL V., now living at Winona, Minn., to which place he removed in 1861; Calvin, now a citizen of this town - Springvale; Alonzo, now a resident of Eau Claire Co.. Wis-; James, who was perhaps the first physician in the town of Springvale, and who soon after settled in Milwaukee, but was forced on account of ill health to give up his professional work (he died in the city of Fond du Lac, Aug. 13, 1853, leaving a daughter, Nettie, who afterward, with her mother and stepfather, removed to Wyoming, and there was drawn as one of the first twelve lady jurists in the United States) ; Lorenzo, who preceded the rest ,of the family in the town of Oakfield a year (he wasa member of the Wisconsin Constitutional Convention ; he afterward removed to the city of Fond du Lac, thence to the city of Ripon and, finally, to Owatonna, Steele Co. Minn., where he is now County Judge) ; John, now a citizen of Springvale;, Sanford, now a resident of Ripon, Wis.; Chester, who was the second settler of this town - Springvale ; Loren E., who returned to New York, and is now a resident of the town of Copenhagen, Lewis Co. Their mother died at her son Calvin's home in Springvale in June, 1856.

CHESTER HAZEX, resides on the southeast quarter of Sec. 34; P. 0. Ladoga, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; proprietor of Ladoga, Brandon & Grrand Prairie cheese factories, and breeder of pureblooded Ayrshires ; he was born on the 31st of January, 1824, in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N. Y.; his ancestry are of English -origin, and came from England about the middle of the seventeenth century, and settled in Massachusetts, where his great-great-grandfather, Edward Hazen, was born Sept. 10,1660;. his son Benjamin was born in Rowley, Mass., on the 19th day of February, 1694: and his son Edward was born at Groton, Mass., May 2, 1737; and his son, John Hazen, was the father of the subject of this sketch, and was born atSwanzey, N. H., on the 17th of March, 1786, and died Nov. 22, 1838; his wife's maiden, name - the mother of Chester - was Polly Blodgett. Eight brothers, including Chester, came West, and landed at Milwaukee on the 2d of July, 1844, and immediately thereafter settled in Fond du Lac Co.,' another brother, Lorenzo, had preceded the family, and settled in Oakfield in the fall of 1843 ; Chester settled first in the township of Oakfield, but sold his claim in the spring of 1845, and bought the farm where he now resides ; has a home farm of 240 acres, 80 of which is meadow ; he has also a farm of 200 acres in the township of Green Lake, county of Green Lake, where his Grand Prairie Cheese Factory. is located ; he a'so owns an improved farm of 320 acres in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa. He was married, June 8, 1854, to Miss Jennie Atwood, formerly of Vermont ; he has had two children - Delia M., who was born Oct. 12, 1855, and Bertie, born Oct. 24, 1859, died Aug. 25, 1862. Delia was married on the 2d of September, 1879, to William Grifl&th, of Metomen. Fond du Lac Co., Wis. Of the nine Hazen brotherswho began Western life in this county, four still live in Fond du Lac Co., namely : Chester, Sewell, John and Sanford ; one, a physician, James, died in August, 1858 ; Calvin lives in Winona, Minn., and Lorenzo is County Judge of Stee|e Co., Minn., and Alonzo is in Eau Claire Co., Wis., and Loren E. is a physician in his native place, Copenhagen, N. Y. The nine brothers have an aggregate of twenty-six children, and forty-five grandchildren. In early life, Chester learned the trade of molder, and worked at the same for ten years, but his life-work has been farming; he commenced dairying on his Springvale farm in 1850, and that, together with stock-raising, continues to be his business or profession. In 1864, he built and ran the first cheese factory in Wisconsin, and it for eight years was the largest factory in the State. In 1870, he shipped the first car load of cheese that was ever sent to the New York market, by the manufacturer, from Wisconsin. The " Fond du Lac County Dairymen's Association " was organized in 1869, and was the first association of the kind in the State. Mr. Hazen was its first President. The " Wisconsin State Dairymen's Association " was organized in 1871, with Chester Hazen as President, and he was twice re-elected to the same position. He has been actively interested in agricultural enterprises, having been an official ten years in the Fond du Lie County Agricultural Society, and also for six years in the "Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association, and also four years in the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. He is President of an a.ssociation which is running a "co-operative store " at Brandon, Fond du Lao Co. Mr. Hazen is emphatically the pioneer dairyman of Wisconsin; he milks eighty cows this season - 1880. He has been practically interested for fully thirty years in securing the best dairy stock, and finally decided to try the Ayrshire, and, in March, 1873, he bought ten pure-blood Ayrshires, and, since that date, he has made a specialty of breeding that stock. He has now sixty head of Ayrshires, and, everything considered, he believes them to combine more good qualities for general purposes than any other breed on the continent. He has been a reliable Republican ever since the organization of the party. He is liberal in his religious views, and is a member of the First Universalist Society of Fond du Lac Co. The social qualities and personal characteristics of this enthusiastic dairyman are too well known to need description in Wisconsin history.

CAIiVIN HAZEW, farmer, Sees. 35 and 36 ; P. 0. Ladoga ; is the son of John and Polly Hazen, nee Blodgett, born in Lewis Co., N. Y., in October, 1811 ; he spent much of his early life on a farm in his native county. In June, 1838, he was married to Miss Pauline, daughter of Isaac and Persus Brewer, natives of Lewis Co., also ; they with a daughter, Irene, and his mother's family, immigrated to Wisconsin in 1844, and arrived in Milwaukee July 2 of that jlear. Their first settlement was in the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lao Co., near the place where the village is now located ; two years later he preempted 160 acres in Sec. 36, town of Springvale, but through a mistake could only hold eighty acres of it; he removed to Springvale at that time and has since made it his home ; ho now has a farm of 191 acres, forty acres of which is in Sec. 12, town of Waupun, the rest in Sees. 35 and 36, Springvale. Here his wife died in December, 1851, leaving three children^-Irene (now the wife of H. Finch, of Steele Co., Minn.), Jane (now Mrs. George Ballard, of Dodge Co., Minn), and Edgar, of Cottonwood Co., Minn. In Decemher, 1855, he was married to Miss Meribah, daughter of Russell and Nancy Brown, a native of New York, but an immigrant to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1848 ; their children are Jason (deceased), Fred C, Hattie L. and Spener R. ,

JOH.9? HAZESr, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Ladoga ; is the sixth of the nine sons of Jol?n and Polly Hazen ; he was born in the town of Denmark, Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1819 ; he spent his earlylife with his parents on a farm in his native county, and early acquired the habits of industry and economy which have characterized his life ; in the summer of 1844, he, with his wife, mother and seven brothers, immigrants to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Oakfield ; in March, 1846, he removed to a farm in Sec. 34, town of Springvale, where he has since lived, and now has 191 acres. In Jefierson Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1843, he was married to Miss Melissa, daughter of John W. and Anna Moore, nee Townsend, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled in the town of Spridgvale, where her mother died June 22, 1860, and her father Aug. 2, 1878, leaving eight children, four of whom now live in Fond du Lac Co.; Mr. and Mrs. Hazen have two children - Anna A. (now Mrs. B. C. Sherwin, of Springvale), and H. Sidney, who was the first child born in this town, Sept. 7, 1847.

CHARLES C. LINDSLEY, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in Madison Co. N. y., in March, 1823, and son of Eben and Thankful (Parker) Lindsley, natives of Connecticut, .bijt immigrants to New York in 1810, where our present ,subject was born ; he spent his early life on a farm in his native county ; in 1846, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; spent a few weeks in the town of Byron; then returned to Madison Co., New York, where, Jan. 19, 1847, he was married to Miss Olive M., daughter of Solomon and Olive (Thair) Taylor, and in May following came again to Fond dn'Lao Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 27 ; built, perhaps, the fourth frame house in that town ; five years later, he removed to Sec. 10 of that town; in 1870, they removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where he was dealing in real estate for four years ; in 1874, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 12, town of Springvale, and ten acres in the town of Lamartine, and has since followed farming; their children are Addison S., of Fond'du Lao ; Newton E., Louis M., Vina O. (npw the wife of J. H. Seribner, of this town). Flora A., Charles W. and Lillie B. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsley are members of the Baptist Church.

ALFRED MARCHANT, farmer. Sec. 4; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in the county of Kent, England, March 2, 1830 ; his father, James Marchant, and his mother, Mary A. Skinner, were also natives of that county ; in 1834, with his parents he immigrated to America and settled in the town of Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y.; four years later, they removed to the town of Annsville, Oneida Co.; in 1847, with his father and sister, he came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., where his mother and other members of the family afterward joined them ; in 1861, he bought a farm of eighty acres on Sec. 4, town of Springvale, which has since been his home. In August, 1858, he was married to Miss Fannie, daughter of Michael and Mary A. Mouran, natives of Ireland, but immigrants to Rosendale, Fond dii Lac Co., Wis., in 1854 ; they had two children - George and Otis G., both of whom are deceased. <

SAHUEE W. MARSH, retired. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Rosendale ; was born in the town of Rochester) Windsor Co., Vt., Sept. 7, 1801 ; when 3 years old, with his parents, Joseph C. and Susanna Marsh, he removed to Clinton Co., N. Y., where he spent his life on a farm till 1838. In 1825, he was married to Temperance, a daughter of Byron and Temperance Havans, of Clinton Co., N. Y., with whom, in 1838, he removed to La Salle Co., 111.; three years later, they removed to Racine Co., Wis., and, in 1846, to the town of Metomen, where they settled on a farm and made that their home till 1868 ; he then bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 2, in the town of Springvale, where he has since lived ; they have four children - Isaac H. (now a practicing physician of Neillsville, Clark Co., Wis.), Gurden (now a carpenter and joiner of the city of Fond du Lac), Canfield (who now owns the farm on which he and his father lives), Caroline (now the wife of M. D. Buell, and lives in Humburd, Clark Co., Wis.) He was Assessor of the town of Metomen one year. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh are members of the M. E. Church.

JOHN W. HOORE (deceased) was born in New Hampshire, March 24, 1797, and was the son of Theodosius and Hannah Wilson Moore, with whom he removed to Lewis Co., N. Y., when about 16 years old. In 1818, he was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Jonathan and Orange (Fox) Townsend, pf Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., with whom he immigrated to Fond du Lac Co. in 1845; their children are Malissa (now the wife of John Hazen, of this town), Mai'y (now Mrs. Lorenzo Hazen, and lives in Ripon), Martha (now the wife of David Lawrence, and lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.), Maria (the late Mrs. Abijah Hubbard, now deceased), Marion H. (now Mrs. Bush, and lives on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 30, in this town ; she has two sons - William B. and John C), John M. (now of Beloit, Kan.), Theodocia (now Mrs. Oscar Willard, of the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lao Co.), Augusta (now Mrs. Alonzo Lookwood, and lives in the town of Metomen), George (now in Fond du Lac City).

Ci}EORG-E MONTGOMERY, farmer. Sees. 23 and 24; P. 0. Rosendale;. is the only son of George Montgomery, Sr., and Margaret Ramsey; was born on Prince Edward's Island Feb. 24, 1826 ; his father died before he was born, but his mother afterward married again, and with her and his stepfather in 1845, he immigrated to De Kalb County, and later, to McHenry Co., Ill; in November, 1847, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 14, town of Springvale, where he lived till 1871 ; he then traded for 200 acres in Sees. 23 and 24, in the town of Springvale, which has since been his home. In July, 1852, he was married to Miss Mary A., daughter of George and Ann Gould, natives of Staffordshire, England, but immigrants to Wisconsin in 1850; their children are as follows: Eliza A.; Susannah, now Mrs. Elijah Griffith, of Rosendale, Wis.; James D., George D., William D., Fred D., Ida M., Sophia A., Abbie, Mabel D. and Martha M. Mrs. Montgomery is a member of the Congregational Church.

JOHN NEST, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Brandon; was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in January, 1845; his father died when he was only 3 years old, but his mother was long spared him; in 1857, they immigrated to America and settled on a farm of eighty acres, in Sec. 28, town of Springvale, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., where his mother afterward died. In 1860, he was married to Fredreka Springbaurn, of Rosendale, Fond du Lao Co., Wis.; their children are Ellen, Charles, Martha, Emma, Bertha, Eddie and Alvina. Mr. and Mrs. Nest are members of the Lutheran Church.

THEODORE O'CONNOR, deceased; was a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y.; born in 1810, and was the son of Timothy and Lucy O'Connor; when quite young, with his parents, he removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where his father and mother died.' In 1832, he was married in Jefferson Co., to Eunice, daughter of Joseph and Milly Dickey; she was born in that county; in June, 1854, with a family of six children, they came to Wisconsin and located on a farm in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co.; seven years later he removed to the town of Rosendale, where he continued farming until 1868 ; he then purchased a farm on Sec. 10, in Springvale, where he resided until the time of his death, which occurred in November, 1874; the surviving children are as follows: William L., who came to Wisconsin in 1857 (he was elected County Superintendent of schools in 1871, re-elected in 1873 and 1875; has taught in the schools of the county since 1864; he married Alice Bishop, of Rock Co., Wis., April 26, 1879); Lucy, now Mrs. Robert Jenkinson, of Brandon, Wis.; Timothy, a farmer residing in Dodge Co., Minn.; Benjamin F.; a farmer of Springvale, Wis.; George B., residing with his mother in this town; Ettie, now Mrs. Wallace Porter, also residing with her mother; the second son, Joseph, died in September, 1874.

EDWARD B. PARSONS, farmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Rosendale ; is the son of Samuel B. and Mary Parsons, natives of Connecticut, but immigrants to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where Edward B. was born July 6, 1831 ; in 1834, his parents removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where his father was engaged in the grocery business for four years ; in July, 1838, they removed to Chicago, 111, where his father was proprietor of a hotel for three years ; in 1841, they removed to Milwaukee and continued the hotel business for about nine months; thence to Belleville, Wis., for one year; from there they went to Summit, Waukesha Co., and continued the same business for a while, and then devoted his time to farming in that county till the spring of 1845, whence, with ox teams, they came as immigrants, to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., and settled on Sec. 2, where (hey afterward died - father, July 21, 1864, mother, in June, 1871, leaving one daughter and four sons - Maty E., the widow of the late T. G. Burgess, deceased ; Samuel H., who now lives in Phillips Co., Kan. ; Henry F., now in Sacramento, Cal. ; Edward B., who now lives on the homestead, and owns 330 acres of land in Sees. 1 and 2 of Springvale, and Sec. 14, Rosendale, and in Sec. 10, Lamartine, also has 80 acres in St. Croix Co., Wis. He has been a member of the Town Board, and has also been Town Treasurer. June 8, 1862, he was married to Caroline, daughter of Benjamin and Arabella Paddock, early settlers of Neenah, Wis. ; their children are Guy S., Elva M., Georgie. His wife is a member of the Congregational Church.

CHARLES R. PENNEY, farmer. Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Kosendale ; was bora March 10, 1820, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; son of Eli and Polly Minor Penney ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1861, and settled on his present farm of 120 acres. Has been Town Assessor for five years. Oct. 15, 1855, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Phillip and Catharine (Drummond) Blanchard ; she was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; they had two children - Clement M. and George E., both deceased.

WILLIAM PINCH, farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. 0. West Rosendale ; is a native of the county of Cornwall, England; born in December, 1815 ; he is the son of John and Mary Pinch, who were also natives of County Cornwall ; when 12 years old, he began the malting business, which he followed in England till 24 years of age. In 1840, he was married to Miss Jane, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hamley, and afterward superintended a farm for a minister of the Church of England for one and onehalf years ; after the death of the minister, in 18^2, he took charge of a farm for Capt. Collins, Pi. N. , for four years, after which he followed the butcher's trade in England till 1852; they came thence to America, and arrived at the village of Rosendale, Pond du Lac Co., Wis., June 28, 1852 ; he lived in the town of Rosendale till the spring of 1854, when he bought a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 4, town of Springvale, which has since been his home ; he now also owns eighty acres in Sec. 8 of this town. Their children are Alfred, who lives in this town ; George W., of Springvale ; Neomi E., now at home ; John W., now a Congregational minister at Escanaba, Mich. ; Pearce, now in Massachusetts ; Mary J., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Pinch are members of the Congregational Church. He has been a member of the Town Board for one term.

POSDIC C. PROCTY, farmer. Sees. 10 and 15 ; P. 0. Rosendale ; was born in Windham Co., Vt., April 8, 1828 ; son of Amos and Bathsheba (Wallace) Prouty ; came to the town of Springvale, Wis., in April, 1847, with his parents; they settled on the farm where he now resides. Married, Jan. 7, 1857, Catharine M., daughter of Philip and Catharine Blanchard ; she is a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y., residing in Springvale at the time of her marriage ; they ha-?e had ten children ; the living are Louis K., Arthur D., Dee A., Levi B., Marian A. and an infant not named; they have lost four children - Clark F., Clarence, Willie E. and Nellie S. Mr. Prouty owns a farm of 120 acres on Sec. 10, and eighty acres on Sec. 15 ; was Town Treasurer one term.

JOHN S. PYUALL, farmer. Sec. 4; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in the county of Norfolk, Eng., Dec. 12, 1834; came with his parents, Thomas and Sarah Pygall, to America in 1838, and settled in Oneida Co., N. Y., where his father worked at the tailor's trade, till 1844; they then removed to Detroit, Mich., where, in November, 1848, his father enlisted in the 1st Mich. V. I., as a soldier in the war with Mexico, and died at Vera Cruz in June, 1849. John S. went as a Captain's waiter in his father's regiment, but when they reached Mexico he enlisted as a soldier and served with his regiment till the close of the war. He then returned to Michigan and made that his home till 1853, and then came to the town of Springvale, which has .«inoe been his home. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. H, 32d W. V. I, under Col. J. Howe ; was with his regiment from Atlanta to Washington ; was then appointed Hospital Steward; was mustered out of service at Milwaukee in June, 1865; returned to his home and, in the same year, bought a farm in Sec. 4, where he now has 120 acres. In 1854, he was married to Harriet, -daughter of James and Mary Marchant, of Springvale, but a native of England ; she died in the fall of 1868, leaving one son - William H. In 1875, he was married to Anna, daughter of Conrad and Begula Butcher, of this town, Sprinjjvale ; they have two daughters - Carrie and Hattie.

GEORGE W. ROGERS, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Ladoga; is a native of Essex Co., N. Y., born in December, 1837, and is the son of Daniel Rogers and Olive Nichols, early immigrants to Essex Co. N. Y., where his father died in 1845 ; in 1847, with his mother and family, he removed to Wisconsin and settled on Sec. 38, town of Lamartine, Pond du Lac Co., where his mother died in the winter of 1858. At Sioux City, Iowa, in 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 7th Iowa V. C, and was engaged mostly in frontier service during his term of enlistment; he was mustered out of service at Sioux City, Iowa, in 1863. He soon returned to his home in Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and, in the fall of 1865, bought a farm of ninety acres, in Sec. 35, town of Springvale, where he has since followed farming. In February, 1868, he was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of James J. and Charlotte Davis, then a resident of the town of Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but a native of Pennsylvania ; their children are Alice 0., Mary C. and George E. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are members of the Methodist Church.

FREDRICK SCOFIELD, farmer. Sec. 3; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in the town of Hiidiey, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Nov. 21, 1821 ; he is the son of Miner and Lydia (^Sherman) Scofield, natives of Connecticut, but both immigrants to New York when young ; they were married in March, 1821, and raised a family of ten children, one of whom died in New York in 1844 ; the others afterward came to Wisconsin ; two now live in the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co. Fredrick, the oldest son.

came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Johnstown, Kock Co., in May, 1845 ; Nov. 24 following, he came to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., and settled on Sec. 3, where he now owns a farm of eighty acres. Dec. 20, 1846, he was married to Miss Calista, a daughter of Abel and Laura (Cushman) Bemis ; her mother dying when she was only 8 years old, she was adopted by Reuben and Lucy Tarr, and made her home with them till April, 1846, when she came to Wisconsin ; they have had eight children, as follows : Katie, the late wife of Rufus Oliver, of Waupun (deceased) ; 'Fredrick, Jr., now of this town - Springvale; Edward L., now in Ripon; EUie M., now at home with her parents; William F., deceased; Miner, deceased ; Ida E., deceased ; Benjamin P., deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Scofield are members of the Congregational Church.

JOSEPH SCRIBXEB, farmer. Sec. 3; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in Fairfield Co., Conn.;. Dec. 13, 1824, and is the son of Joseph Scribner and Sarah Kellogg, a descendant of the well-known Kellogg family of that State ; his parents were both natives of Fairfield Co., Conn.; Joseph is the fourth of seven children, six of whom live in Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; one, with his father, is deceased; he spent his life on a farm in his native county until 23 years of age ; Dec. 16, 1847, he, in company with B, Pinkney, started for Wisconsin, and reached the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., in February, 1848; he entered 160 acres of land in Sees. 31 and 32 of that town, but devoted his attention to merchandising in the village of Rosendale, and afterward disposed of his real estate in that town; in January, 1852, he devoted xchanged his stock of goods for a farm of 85 acres, in Sec. 3. town of Springvale, where he has since his time to farming, though he has been closely connected with everything pertaining to interests of the village of Rosendale. In February, 1851, he was married to Miss Olive, daughter of Worthy and Bulah A. White, then residents of the town of Eldorsldo, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but emigrants from Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1849 ; their children are Josephine (now the wife of William W. Stuart, of Montana; lately of Ripon, Wis.) ; Fred H., Angelletta (now the wife of John W. Scribner, of Rosendale), and Adelbert E. Mr. and Mrs. Scribner are members of the Congregational Church of Rosendale.

CHARLES H. SEYMLOUB, farmer. Sec. 10; P. 0. Rosendale; was born Nov. 13, 1829; in the town of Weston, Fairfield Co., Conn.; son of Charles and Ann Foote Seymour-; when 8 years of age, he removed to Westport, Conn., where he was educated, and remained most of the time until 1852, when he removed to Norwalk, Conn., where he had previously been employed as a clerk for about three years, and also taught school for about eighteen months ; resided in Norwalk until 1854, when he came to- Wisconsin and located in the village of Rosendale, where he lived until August, 185'5, when he purchased the farm where he now resides ; his parents joined him here in Si^ptember of the same year. In September, 1857, he married Cornelia S., daughter of Anson M. and Cornelia Miller ; she was born in Bedford,. Westchester Co., N. Y.; they have had one daughter - Cornelia A., who died at the age of 7 years. Mr.

HEMAN C. SHEBWIIV, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Ladoga ; the subject of our present sketch is a native of Genesee Co., N. Y., and is the third son of Bildad and Philinda Sherwin, nativesof Vermont, but early immigrants to Genesee Co., N. Y., where H. C. was born Sept.' 4, 1820 ; in 1836, he, with parents, removed to Steuben Co., Ind., where his father and mother afterward died ; in 1840, he returned to his native county, and followed the carpenter and joiner's trade for ten years. Here, Jan. 1, 1845, he was married to Sarah D., daughter of James and Maria B. Coddington, natives of New York, but of Holland descent; in 1850, they, with a family of three children, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in Appleton, where he continued his, trade for five years ; he then removed to Stevens Point, Portage Co., Wis., where he began the life of a farmer, which he has followed most of the time since. In 1863, lie was elected Treasurer of Portage Co., in which capacity he served for two years; in 1865, he disposed of his interests in that county, and removed to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.,, where he now has a farm of 170 acres, in Sees. 22, 26 and 27 ; in 1877, he was elected Master of the State Grange, to fill a vacancy of a year, and, at the expiration of this term, he was again elected to the position which he had so worthily filled ; his second term expired Jan. 25, 1880. During his official term, he visited all the counties in the State, giving lectures both before the Grangers and in public. Their children are as follows - Edwin C, Prank, Addie E. - now Mrs. M. H. Pinkertonof this town ; they attend the M. E. Church.

GEORGE W. SIZER, P. 0. Rosendale ; is a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., where he was born Oct. 14, 1820 ; his parents, Jabez and Lucy B. Sizer, were natives of Connecticut, but immigrated to Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1805, where his father enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1812. George spent most of his time on his father's farm till the panic of 1837 swept it from them ; he then rented a farnt for three years, after which he tried hotel-keeping for a. year, then blacksmithing for one year ; in May ,

1846. he came to the Territory of Wisconsin, with the determination to make fanning his vocation, unless it forced him to buy his bread. Habits of industry acquired in early life, "stimulated by a determination to regain in the West what adverse circumstances had swept from him in the East, urged him at once to secure a ho;n3 ; he entered eighty acrjs of land in Sec. 23, town of Springvale, but having little or no means, he could mike no improvements till he could earn some money with which to improve; carefully guarding his little nucleus of eighty acres, it has now grown to a farm of 280 acres, in Sec. 23 and 26, and he also has fifty-seven acres in Sec. 1, town of Lamartine. In April, 1848, he married Miss Fannie A., daughter of John A. and Fannie Newman, of Oneida Co., N. Y., but natives of Massachusetts ; her mother now resides wilh them; their children are Georgiana, Jabez W.; Helen, now Mrs. George A. Rogers, of Hudson, St. Croix Co., Wis. ; George W., Jr., Charles H., Ada D., Mary I., Frank B., Elmer M. A., Lucy B. and Louis J.

AIARTIX SK.EELS, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. 0. West Rosendale; is the son of William and Ann Skeels ; born in the town of Whitehall, Washington Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1814 ; his father was a native of Connecticut, and his mother of Londonderry, N. H., but of Scotch descent. Mr. Skeels has devoted his life to farming. In 1838, he was married to Mrs. Sophia, widow of Grove Wright, and a daughter of Thomas Richardson, then of Washington Co., N. Y. ; in June, 1849, they came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm on Sec. 4, town of Springvale, which he had purchased the previous year. lie now owns a farm of 240 acres in that section ; they had two children - James W., who enlisted in Co. B, 1st W. V. C. (was taken prisoner ; was in Andersonville Prison; was paroled and sent North, and is supposed to have died on board the steamer during the trip); Lucia S., the late Mrs. Henry Porter, who died April, 1865. Mrs. Skeels died at her residence Feb. 28, 1877, aged 74 years. Mr. S. is a member of the Congregational Church liUVI F. SKINIVER, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Brandon; is the only son of Aaron W. Skinner and Sally S. Farjisworth, natives of Massachusetts, but immigrants to Erie Co., N. Y., in 1818, where he was born in December, 1830 ; he was brought up as a farmer boy in his native county, and, in December, 1855, was married to Miss Phelinda. daughter of Amos and Alcy (Chaco) Whiting, of Erie Co., N. Y., she being the youngest child and only daughter of a family of seven children ; they soon immigrated to Wisconsin and settled first on Sec. 3, in the town of Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., which was their home till 186L ; he then bought a farm of 100 acres in Sec. 33, town of Springvale, which has since been their home; he also has eighty acres in Sec. 28, and forty-eight acres in Sec. 32 of this town - Springvale. Their children arc an infant son (deceased), Minnie L. (now a student at Oshkosh), Mary A., Frank (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church. Mr. S. has been a member of the Town Board for two terms.

NATHAN A. TINKHAM, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Ladoga; is a sou of Orin and Joanna Tinkliain, natives of Vermont, but immigrants to Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1812, wh^re his father enlisted as a soldier in the second war with England. Nathan A., our present subject, was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1821, and spent his life there on a farm till 1846 ; he then with parents came to Kenosha, Wis., to Green Laku Co., where he lived till 1866, and where his father died in 1861, and mother in 1868. In 18C3, he married Miss Maria, daughter of John and Slary Hogbin, emigrants from England to Fond du Lac Co. in 1855; in 1866, he purchased a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 22, town of Springvale, where he has since followed farming ; they have had four children, namely, Effie J., Alfred C. (deceased), Frank E. .ind Edith M. They are members of the Congregational Church.

JOHN WATSON, farmer. See 27 ; 85 acres ; P. 0. Brandon ; is a native of Roxburghshire, (Scotland, and is the son of James Watson and Isabel Douglas, born in September, 1820. In August, 1850, he was married to Agnes, daughter of John McDonald and Slargaret TurnbuU, of Roxburghshire, Scotland, who unfortunately lost her mother when quits young ; in May, 1862, he left his family in Scotland and sailed for America ; landing in Quebec, he came direct to village of Brandon, Fond du Lac Co., ^\'i3., where his brother then lived ; he worked for the farmers in that vicinity till 1865, when his wife and son, James W., who is now a teacher in this town, joined him in his Western home ; they rented a place for one year, and, in 1866, he bought a ferm of 85 acres in Sec. 27, town of Springvale, which has since been his home. Mr. and Jlrs. Watson are members of the Congregational Church.

HENRY WHEELiER, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Rosendale ; is a native of Gloucestershire, England, born Nov. 9, 1 820 ; he is the son of Richard and Mary Wheeler, with whom he emigrated to America in 1832, and settled in Oneida Co., N. Y.; in 1844, he left his father's home in New York and came to Waukesha Co., Wis., and in the following year his parents settled there also ; in the spring of 1846, they removed to the town of Springvale, then Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he and his iaihcr entered 160 acres of land, 80 acres each, in Sec. 2, which has since been his home, and where his parents afterward died. In May, 1843, he married Miss Matilda, daughter of James and Mary Merchant^ emigrants from England to the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where they have since died ; they have five children - Harriet, now the wife of Charles Clark, of the city of Fond du Lac; George T., who now lives in this town - Springvale ; Sallie, now Mrs. Willie Dood, of Dakota; Charles H., William S. They attend the Episcopal Church.

F. M. WHEEIiER, farmer, and senior member of firm of F. M. Wheeler & Co., lumber dealers ; P. 0. Brandon ; is a native of Vermont ; came West in 1855, and settled in township of Springvale, on the farm he now occupies, which comprises 216 acres of first-class land, all under good state of cultivation ;, common report styles his the premium farm ; he has a fine flock of Merino sheep; raised from the Hammond stock, which he brought from Vermont; has also raised several fine Morgan horses; he still superintends his farm, but since 1873, has carried on an extensive business in the sale of lumber, sash, doors, etc. He has been a member of General Assembly once, and Supervisor four times. In 1849,^ he was married to Miss Susan Fray, of Saulsbury, Vt.; they have two children now living - Edward M. and George F.; their only daughter, Louisa E., died at the age of 21. He is a stalwart Republican, and is a public-spirited citizen. Although not a church member, he is a liberal promoter of the best elements of society.

A. CHAPIX WHITING-, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Ladoga. This pioneer of Fond du Lac Co. was born in the town of Boston, Erie Co., N. Y., May 20, 1825 ; his parents, Amos Whiting and Alsey Chace, were natives of Massachusetts, but early settlers of Erie Co , N. Y.; he received his early education in the district schools of his native county, after which he attended an academy for a short time ; in 1844 he came to the then new Territory of Wisconsin, to try his fortune as a farmer within its boundaries; his first location was at Johnstown, Rook Co., whither his father had immigrated two years before ;. passing through Fond du Lac Co., on his way to Canada in 1846, he made some investments in the town of Springvale, to which, after spending the winter at teaching in Canada West, he returned and settled on his farm of 80 acres in Sec. 22, which has since been his home and where he now has 320 acres. Oct. 9, 185U, he married Miss Valucia V., daughter of Joseph and Lucinda B. Williams, nee Blockmar, and a lineal descendant of Roger Williams, her father being his great-grandson ; she was born in Erie Co., N. Y.,. May 20, 1826, where they were married in 1850, as above stated ; they at once came to their Western home in Fond du Lac Co., and afterivard her father joined them and made his home till his death in 1870, at the age of 82 years, leaving her as the only one of the family living - her mother and others having died in' the" East. Mr. and Mrs. Whiting have had eight children, ail of whom except the youngest have been teachers; their names are as follows: D'Everado, of Springvale; Lucinda B,, Mrs. George A. O'Neil, of Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa ; Martin, deceased ; Morgiana, Mrs. E. C. Curtis, of Rosendale ; Philinda, now a teacher of Rutherford Park, N. J.; Elmina R., a teacher of Ripon ; Robert A., now a teacher of this town, and Joseph W. Mr. Whiting was the second Clerk of the town of Springvale - held the office from 1848 to 1850 ; in 1852 he was elected Chairman of the Town Board; was re-elected in 1853 ; in 1864 he was appointed United States Deputy Revenue Collector for Fond du Lac Co., which office he held till the fall of 1865 ; in the fall of 1866 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the Second Assembly District ; he is now President of the Fond du Lac County Agricultural and Mechanical Association. Such is a brief life-history of one of Springvale's oldest and most respected citizens.

GEORGE D. WOODS, farmer. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Ladoga ; was born in Edwards Co., 111., in February, 1846, and in 1864, with parents, George and Ann Woods, removed to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 2, in the town of Waupun ; eighteen months later, his father purchased a farm of 100 acres in Sec. 36, town of Springvale, which was their home till November, 1878; his parents then removed to a small place on Sec. 2, town of Waupun, and left the farm in their son's care. In October, 1871, he was married to Miss Emily, daughter of J. M. and Abaline Hawkins, of the town of Waupun^ Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; their children are Bernice A., Ralph L. and Solomon D., an adopted son.

THEODORE HERRIilXG, fanner, Sec. 4; P. 0. Fond du Lac; born in Germany, near Leipsic, Jan. 3, 1840 ; came to this county with his parents in June, 1854 ; worked at farming and his trade (that of engineering"), until the breaking-out of the rebellion. Enlisted in Fond du Lac Sept. 14, 1861, as a private in Co. K., 1st W. V. I., under Capt. Thomas H. Green; was at the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862 ; at Jefiferson's Crossing, Dec. 29, 1862, and at the six days' fight at Stone River, lasting from Deo. 30, 1862, to January 6, 1863 ; went to the hospital at New Albany, Ind., and remained there until mustered out, Oct. 15, 1863 ; was a member of the Union League at Greenbush, Sheboygan Co., Wis. Married, Nov. 9, 1868, to Antoinette Kinsman [see Kinsman] ; they have no children living. He attends the German Lutheran Church, and is a Republican in politics ; is now, and has been for two years, Chairman of the Town ; is Treasurer of School District No. 1, and Secretary of Friendship and Fond du Lac Protection Association ; he is now a pensioner, by reason of injuries received at Stone River.