Iowa County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 2 of 7)

THOJIAS PRIESTEEY, manufacturer and dealer in harness ; is a son of George and Ellen W^ Priestley, and was born in Leeds, England, Jan. 29, 1836 ; his parents came to Wisconsin and settled in Mineral Point in 1838, and were among the earliest settlers here; Thomas grew up to manhood and learned his business here ; in 1860, he went to the mountains and returned the following year. After the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. E, 11th W. V. I. ; he was promoted and commissioned Captain of Co. B, 30th W. V. I. ; he remained in the service until Sept. 20, 1865. Since the war he has been engaged in his present business. Mr. Priestley was elected Superintendent of Schools of the city, and held that office six years ; he held the office of Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for Iowa Co. In 1868, he received the nomination for the State Legislature on the Democratic ticket, and came within forty-seven votes of being elected in his district which has a Republican majority of five hundred. He is a member of the Mai-onic fraternity, and is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery ; he is also a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Mr. Priestley was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Jane Tyack, a native of Mineral Point, Jan. 30, 1867; they have three children - Mamie W., Harry T. and Thomas M.

THOMAS PRISK, retired , is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born Sept. 1, 1805 ; he grew to manhood there, and emigrated to the United States in 1833, and came to the Territory of Wisconsin, and arrived at Mineral Point April 1, 1834; he was one of the earliest settlers who came here ; he engaged in mining, and after a short time bought land, and began making a farm ; in the spring of 1850, he went to California, and returned in the spring of 1853, and again engaged in mining. Mr. Pri.sk has been twice married ; his first wife was Hannah Provice, a native of Cornwall, England ; she died in February, 1862, leaving seven children, only two of whom survive, one daughter, Kate, now married and living in St. Louis, and one son, John, living in Colorado ; two sons were in the army during the war ; they enlisted and served in Co. E, 11th Iowa V. I. ; after servin'j; their term of enlistment, they rc-enlisted as veterans ; they were in thirteen general engagements ; after the war they died of disease contracted in the army; Mr. Prisk married his present wife. Anna Maria Cox, June 27, 1863 ; she is a native of Cornwall, England , she came here in 1848; she married Oliver Honey Church, a native of Cornwall, England ; he died in March 1850, leaving three daughters, Anna Maria, now Mrs. Warein ; Elizabeth Ann. now Mrs. Cox; Mary Jane, now Mrs. Treweek. When Mr. Prisk came here, he built a cabin by Jerusalem Spring, and hewed the logs on the inside, and they said he was making it very stylish ; he had nothing when he came, and earned what he has, by his own industry.

JOHN H. PROCTOR, farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Mineral Point; owns 200 acres of land, valued at S30 per acre. Born in Ensjland, in 1840 ; came to America in 1850, and located with his parents in La Fayette Co. Was married to Elizabeth Mathews, in 1860, a native of Ohio ; they have four children - William M.. Morris, Annis and Jennie.

R. DE LOS PULFORD, druggist; is a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y., and was born Dec. 13, 1822. In 1839, he came West with his parents, locating at Michigan City, Ind. ; during the same year, R. De Los immigrated to Mineral Point for his health, and remained here until the fall of 1840, \yhen he returned to Michigan City. In 1843, he came West again with his parents, and took up his permanent abode in Mineral Point. He opened a drug store opposite his present place of business, and has continued in the drug business since then, a period of thirty-seven years, and is the oldest merchant without change of firm name in the State. Mr. Pulford's father was a practicing physician, and was recognized as the most eminent in the Northwest. In 1852, De Los was united in marriage to Emerilla

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Hobart, of Onondaga Co., N. Y. Mr. Pulford is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is one of the most prominent as well as the oldest living member of the Grand Body of the State. He was initiated in Mineral Point Lodge, No. 1, and has been an exalted member of the Grand Body since 1848. He was initiated in 1846; was exalted Dec. 17, 1848, Milwaukee Chapter, No. 1, and was knighted Juno 27, 1851, Wisconsin Encampment, No. 1 ; in June, 1873, he was elected Grand Master of the State; he was Deputy Grand Master at an early day, and hold various other oflBces in the Grand Lodge. Mr. Pulford is now a consistent, conscientious and enthusiastic member of the fraternity.

%VILiL/IAJH RABLiI]¥, retired farmer ; is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born in the Parish of Camborne, Dec. 11, 1809. After reaching manhood, he was united in marriage on the 4th of March, 1835, to Miss Lavinia Prince ; she was born in the Parish of Camborne, April 19, 1813 ; soon after being married, they came to the United States, and came direct to the Territory of Wisconsin, and arrived at Mineral Point on Saturday evening, June 27, 1835; the next day, Sunday, the first day spent in their new home, there were seven fights; it was a new experience to them, and it did not create a very favorable impression. He engaged in mining at Linden, with his brother ; they had a cabin or sod house, built in the side-hill ; his wife came out from the Point to visit him, and, notwithstanding his protests that the place was unfit for her to live in - like the true wife that she was, and has always been - she insisted, that, if it; was good enough for him, it was good- enough for her, and she would share it with him, and she did so ; they afterward built a log hou.se ; on Sunday, when there was preaching at some cabin, they were obliged to cross a swampy place, and he would take his wife in his arms and carry her, jumping from one bog to another in doing so. Mr. Rablin continued mining about seven years. In February, 1843, he went to Dodgeviile, and opened the first tavern ever kept in that place; in the spring of 1844, he moved on his farm, four miles south of Mineral Point, and engaged in farming; in 1846, he bought the lots where he now lives, and built a small house twelve feet square ; his wife was not strong, and the place was built and partially furnished, so that they could always have a place to stop and rest, when they came in town to trade, or attend church, without disturbing their friends ; the place was familiarly known as " Castle Montgomery ; " it was a place of rest and refreshment for them, for many years. Mr. Rablin was successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising for many years. In 1867, he removed to the city and built the house where he now lives, and since then has resided here ; he has recently sold hi.s farm of 600 acres i when he came here, he had very little, but by his industry and good management he has accumulated a competency. Mr. and Mrs. Rablin have lived here over forty-five years, and are now among the oldest living settlers of Iowa Co.

E. a. REYNOLDS, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Mineral Point; owns 118 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre ; was born in New York in 1841 ; came to Wisconsin, in 1850, and located in Green Co., in 1865; settled on his present farm. Married Mary A. Thomas, in 1865; they have two children - Clarence D., born iu 1866, and Jessie W., in 1876. Mr. R. enlisted in the 10th Light Artillery, irt 1861, and was discharged in 1865; was in thirty-three different engagements and eight general battles. Religion, Methodist. Is a Republican in politics.

JOHN J. ROSS, capitalist ; is a native of Ireland, and was born in the county of Tyrone, Nov. 29. 1819 ; he emigrated to the United States, and came to Wisconsin in July, 1839, and located at Mineral Point, and was one of the early settlers here; he engaged in mining; in 1849, he went to California; started January 13, in company with five others; he returned at the close of the same year; he brought to Galena the first $20 gold piece made from California gold ; he resumed his mining operations, and has successfully carried on the business of mining and smelting over forty years; he has carried or» the business more extensively than any other person in this State; he has sold mineral as high as S102 per thousand; in June, 1865, he sold 500,000 pounds of mineral at ^70.50 per thousand, the largest sum ever realized at a single sale of mineral in this mining region ; he, with William T. Henry, owns at Lindea the largest, best and most extensively worked zinc mine in this State, and from which they are producing a large amount of mineral ; for some years, Mr. Ross has been engaged in raising fine blooded stock - horses, cattle, sheep, hogs - and he has some of the finest stock in the State; when he came here, he only had thirteen sovereigns, and by his own energy he has become one of the most successful business men irt this State; he owns, besides his large mineral and mining interests, over 3,000 acres of land; also city property; he is a member of the County Board of Supervisors from this city, and also a Dinctor in the Warren and Mineral Point Railroad; he was one of the Commissioners to settle the Iowa County Bond Debt, and has held town ofiices. In 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Sproule, in this city ; they have three sons - William S., Samuel and Charles.

HEXRY SCHELLEXGER, deceased; is a native of Erie Co. Penn., and was born in 1815; liis parents e:uue West to Kiskaskia, III, in 1819 ; he learned the trade of blacksmith in St. Louis; in 1835, came to Wisconsin and settled at Wiota, La Fayette Co., and in 184U, came to this county ; began mining and engaged in farming. In 1840, he married Miss Mariha Bigelow, a native of New York State; Mr. Schelienger died Aug. 29, 1872, leaving three sons and six daughters; Mrs. Schellenger is still living in Platteviile.

SlLA^i H. NCHELLENGER, teacher. Mineral Point; is a native of Iowa Co. ; was born April 8, 1846; he attended school here, and afterward graduated at the State Normal School, at Platteviile ; since then has been engaged in teaching and farming. He married Miss Clara M. Keene, from Grant Co., Wis., Dec. 28, 1875; they have two children - Edna May and Stella Corione.

NICHOLAS SCHILiIjEN, proprietor of the Globe Hotel; is a native of Germany, and was born in Pru.ssia June 10, 1833; he emigrated to the United States in 1857, and came to Wisconsin the same year, and located at Mineral Point, and has lived here twenty-three years ; in 1873, he opened the Globe Hotel, and since then has carried on that business. In 1860, he married Miss Anne Stiles, a native of Highland, this county ; they have seven children - Katie, Mary, Nicholas, Barbara, Henry, Annie and Clara.

E. W. SHEPARD, of the firm of Shepard & Ellis, dealers in foreign and American marble monuments and headstones ; is a native of Iowa Co., and was born in Mineral Point Dec. 27, 1857 ; he learned his trade here; in 1877, he engaged in his present business, and the firm of Shepard & Ellis have built up a good trade in this section of the State. In April, 1879, he married Miss Lucy Pierce, a native of this city.

CHARLES SHERMAN, proprietor of Pecatonica Mills, Mineral Point (owns 22 acres of land, valued at $75 per acre); born in Connecticut in 1811; came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled on bis present farm. Married Mary J. Seeley, she, too, is a native of Connecticut; they were married in 1833, and have seven children - Sarah J., Theodore, George Clinton, Emeline, Antinette, Frederick and Augusta. In politics, is a Republican.

GEN. JAMES SMITH ; is a native of Ireland, and was born in 1801 ; when only 16 years of age, in 1817, he emigrated to the United States; he attended Pittsfield Academy, in Massachusetts, John Van Buren being a schoolmate at the same time. In 1831, he, with Lieut. Knowlton, brought 750 men to (ireen Bay, Wis. ; they were distributed among the several forts; he returned to Philadelphia and New York several times for recruits ; he served in the Black Hawk war ; he served under Gen. Scott and Gen. Taylor, with Jeff Davis, Stouewall Jackson and many other officers of the late rebellion ; he saved the life of Gen. Scott at one time on their way from Portage to Green Bay ; he came to Mineral Point in 1836 ; after coming here he was visited at his own house by Gen. Zach Taylor, who wanted him to go with him and serve in the Florida war; after coming here he was in the land office until its removal ; he has lived here forty-four years, and his house is one of the oldest in the State. In 1817, Gen. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Ann McSherry, a native of Ireland; they have been married sixty-three years, and have had a large family of children.

ISAAC SUTHERS, dealer in iron and rags, is a native of Iowa Co., and was born Jan. 21, 1846 ; he has made this his home for thirty-five years. After reaching manhood, he married Miss Harriet Woolrich, a native of Cheshire, England, Sept. 12, 1868. He is engaged in the iron and rag business, and is also interested in mining. They have three children - James, Frank and an infant daughter. William and Harriet Luthers, the parents of Mr. Luthers, were natives of York.shire, England, and were early settlers here ; he was engaged in fiirming until a few years before his death ; he died in September, 1877, and his wife, Harriet Luthers, died Aug. 13, 1878 ; they left five children, three sons and two daughters, all living in this county.

J. MONTGOMERY SMITH. Searching the streets of Athens with a lantern, Diogenes illumined a truth of his own discovering, namely, that honest men are a nations rarest as well as most precious jewels, and we have discovered that of those who shine in the crown of the Republic, none have a higher worth than the faithful administrators of the law. Prominent on the roll of true and good men, we find the name of J. Montgomery Smith, a native of Pennsylvania ; he was born at Big Spring. Bedford Co., Feb. 26, 1834 ; came to Wisconsin with his father, the late Gen. William R. Smith, in January, 1838, and settled at Mineral Point. He received a common-school education, but depended principally on his father for instruction and aid in prosecuting his studies ; commenced a regular course of reading, preparatory to studying law, under the guidance of his father, in 1848, and applied himself diligently to reading history and elementary law books until 1852 ; he then made an overland trip to California ; returned to Wisconsin in 1855 and resumed his legal studies at Madison, where he spent two years in the Attorney General's office while his father held that position; returned to Mineral Point in 1859, and soon after entered the law office of Hon. J. H. Clarey, where he remained until the fall of 18ti2, when he applied to the Iowa County Circuit Court for admission to the bar, the late Judges Dunn and Crawford, having been appointed a committee with Hon. J. H. Clarey, to whom the matter was referred, after a thorough exaraition in open court ; having reported favorably, he was admitted, and has since that time practiced his chosen profession, and by diligence and industry has succeeded in establishing a large and lucrative law business. In politic.*, Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and has twice been elected District Attorney for Iowa County, although ai both elections the county gave a large Republican majority ; was also elected Superintendent of Schools, and is now serving his second term as Mayor of the city of Mineral Point ; the Democratic Convention in 1879 nominated him by acclamation f .r Attorney General, and the Third Congressional District in 1880 selected him as one of the delegates to Cincinnati, where he warmly supported Gen. Hancock. Mr. Smith is very quiet and reserved in his manners and domestic in his habits and tastes. He has been twice married, the first time in 1S62 to Antonia Hildebrand, who died in 1868. In November, 1870, he was married to Mrs. Jennie M. Crawford; his family consists of a son by his first wife, and a daughter the fruit of his second marriage. During business hours, Mr. Smith can always be found at his office, but his evenings are spent at home in the bosom of his family. He possesses one of the largest and bestselected libraries in the State. In public office he worked for the good of his constituents, and was economical, systematic and prompt in all his departments of duty. As a man and public officer, Mr. Smith possessed the unlimited confidence of the people, and through his varied career has maintained a character above suspicion or reproach. He has been a liberal contributor to churches and benevolent enterprises of various kinds, and in all that pertains to the welfare of this city or the good of his fellow-men, he is ready at all times to lend a cheerful support.

WIlililAlI SMITH, blacksmith ; is a native of Lancashire, England, and was born Jan. 26, 1832 ; he emigrated to America in 1851, and came to Mineral Point the following year and learned his trade here; in 1862, he engaged in business for himself, and has carried it on since then ; he is the oldest blacksmith now in business here ; he is a member of Iowa Lodge, No. 1 , I. O. O. F. ; also of I. 0. G. T., and the Temple of Honor. In April, 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Phillipi Gates, a native of Cornwall, England ; they have three children - Mary, Annie, Willie ; they have lost one daughter - Annie.

MARKER SPEBfSLEY (deceased) ; was a native of. Yorkshire, England, and was born in 1813 ; he emigrated to America in 1848 ; came to Dubuque the following year ; then to Wisconsin, and located at Shullsburg, La Fayette Co., and engaged in mining and smelting ; in 1856, he came to Mineral Point, where he carried on the smelting business until a few years before his death, when he gave the entire management of his business to his son, who still continues the business. He married Mrs. Ruth Spensley, born in Yorkshire, England ; she died in 18,7; Mr. Spensley died in 1876; leaving two sons - John and Calvert.

JOHIV SPElVSIiEY, proprietor of Sponsley's Smelting Furnaces ; is a native of Yorkshire, England ; was born May 22, 1841 ; his parents came to the United States in 1848 ; they came to Wisconsin the following year and located in La Fayette Co., at Shullsburg, and, in 1856, they came to Mineral. Point; he grew up and received his education in this State ; in 1872, he succeeded his father in the smelting business, and since then has been engaged in mining and smelting ; has a large farm of 400 acres adjoining the city ; has held the office of City Alderman. Was united in marriage, Oct. 8, 1872, to Miss Mary J. Waller, of Dubuque, daughter of the late Robert Waller, one of the oldest and most honored residents of that city ; they have three children - Harker B., Robert W. and Maria.

JA9IES SPENSLEY, farmer and smelter. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Mineral Point; the subject of our sketch was born in Yorkshire, England, on the 17th of April, 1833, and is the son of Richard and Alice Spensley ; when he was 6 years old his parents emigrated to America and .settled in Dubuque Co., Iowa, where he passed his early life, receiving a common English education, and assisting in his father's work; being of an adventurous turn of mind, he loft home at the age of 16, and, with an ox-team, started across the plains for California ; owing to the large emigration of that year (1850). the feed of every kind on the way was consumed, and, when within 60(1 miles of Placerviile, his point of d.stination, he was obliged to abandon his team and walk the remainder of the way ; having only about four pounds of flour and one and one-half pounds of bacon to subsist upon, he endured the severest perils, but with a stout heart ; finally, at 10 o'clock on Thursday, the 24th of August, he reached the end of his long journey ; he worked for his board until Saturday night, and, during the next week, engaged in mining, having met with some friends wiio supplied him with an outfit of tools ; continuing this employment for nearly three years, with varied success, he, in April, 1853, left the mines and went to San Francisco, intending to erabark lor Australia; he, h.iwever. changed his purpose, and took passage for New York, via Panama, and arrived at his home in July ; about this time his father moved to Galena, 111., and engaged in the smelting business at that place ; his health having become greatly impaired by exposure, he was unable to attend to any regular business during the following three years, more than to assist in keeping his father's accounts ; at the expiration of this time, having recovered his health, he removed to Mineral Point, Wis., and, forming a copartnership with his fither and brother, established himself in the smelting business, under the firm name of James Spensley & Co. ; in 1861, the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, and, from that time until the present (1880), he has conducted the business in his own name, and, by careful and judici^ais managen-cnt, and close application to business, has made it a financial success; he is. besides, lar/ely engaged in forming interests. His political sentiments are Republican, and, although he has no ambitiun" (or political emoluments, he was elected to the State Legislature in 1866, and there rendered good servii e ; all worthy matters of public interest readily enlist his sympathies, and he heartily supports any enterprise tending to the welfore of the town or State. He is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has always lent a willing hand in furthering the cause of religion in his community. Mr. Spensley was first married, on the 2-ith of September, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Todd, daughter of George and P]lizabeth Todd, of Jo Daviess Co., 111.; Mrs. Spensley died on the 11th of June, 1873, leaving a family of eight children. Visiting England in 1874, he married his second wife, Elizabeth Aon Spensley, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Spensley, of Reeth, Yorkshire, on the 12th of May; she died March 15, 1877. and on Dec. 29, 1879, he was married to Miss Annie S. Osborne, daughter of H. T. and Annie Osborne, of Mineral Point. Mr. Spensley's excellent personal qualities have secured him many warm friends, and he lives in the enjoyment of an ample competence, commanding, by his upright life, the highest respect of all with whom he has to do.

LAWRENCE SPITZBARTH, farmer; Sec. 24; P. 0. Mineral Point ; owns 40 acres of land, valued at $311 per acre ; was born in Germany in 1841 ; came to America in 1849 with his parents and settled on their present farm, containing 270 acres. His father, August Spitzbarth, was born in Germany, and married Margaret Fritch, a native of Germany; they have five children - Lawrence (the subject of the above sketch), Hannah. Benhart, John, Maggie.

J. A. SPRATIjER, dealer in groceries, provisions and crockery; is a native of Germany, and was born in Bavaria July 9, 1836; he came to the United States in 1852, and lived in Freeport, and attended school there; he came to Mineral Point in 1856; he formed a partnership with E. Kinne in 1860, and the firm of Kinne & Spratler was one of the oldest firms in the city ; they carried on the mercantile bu.siness together for twenty years in the same location they now occupy. Mr. Spratler is a member of the Masonic Order, and is Master of Mineral Point Lodge, No. 1, the oldest lodge in the State; he is also King of Iowa Chapter, No. 6. In 1859, Mr. Spratler was united in marriage to Miss Emma E. Pick ; they have nine children - Albert, Millie M., Lawrence E., Laura E., Rudolph H., Btrtha E., Fred W., Louis H. and ^Valter H.

HON. MOSES M. STRONG.* Moses McCure Strong is of Puritan stock. His paternal ancestor, Elder John Strong, emigrated to America in 1629, and settled at Dorchester, Mass. He died at the age of 94 years at Northampton. The father of Mr. Strong was educated as a lawyer and became distinguished at the bar. In 1825, he was called to the bench, whence he retired to private life. Moses MoCure Strong was born at Rutland, Vt., May 20, 1810. He derived his earliest educational instruction from his mother. He was five years at the village school, thence went to the grammar school at Castleton, Vt. In 1825, he entered the Fre.shman Class of Middlebury College, Vt. Three years after, he joined the Senior Class of Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1829. Having graduated, he entered the law office of Rodney C. Royce, and, at the expiration of one year, he entered the law school at Litchfield, Conn., where he remained one year, when, after a thorough examination in open court by the judges and members of the bar, he was admitied to practice in all the courts of Connecticut. In 1836, he removed to Wisconsin. In July, 1832, Mr. Strong was married to Miss Caroline Frances Green, daughter of Dr. Isaac Green, of Windsor, Vt. In 1833, he received the appointment of Deputy Surveyor General of the State of Vermont. In 1835, when the Democratic and Whig parties were being organized for the a]iproaching Presidential election, although Mr. Strong's father, and numerous relatives, were all Whigs, yet the leading measures of Jackson's administration met his approval, and he cut loose from his political associations, and supported Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency. In 1836, while at Washington City, he was engaged by Gov. Hubbard and others to invest large sums of money in Government lands, and under their directions, he went directly to Mineral Point, in Wisconsin, and invested the funds intrusted to him. Upon his arrival he opened a law and land agency office, and has made that place his home ever since. In 1837, Mr. Strong received an appointment from Gen. Lytle for surveying Government lands on the west side of the Mississippi River, iu what are now Jackson and Dubuque Counties. In 1838, he was appointed United States Attorney for the Territory of Wisconsin, which office he held three years, discharging its duties with punctuality and ability, and acquiring high professional distinction. In 1841, Mr. Strong was elected a member of the Legislative Council to fill a vacancy, and, in 18-12, was re-elected for the full term of four years, in which he took a prominent and active part in all ((uestions brought before it, and was twice elected as its President. He was elected as one of the delegates to the convention which assembled in Madison in 18-16, and took a leading part in framing the first constitution. This constitution was submitted to the people for adoption, and, after very exciting discussions throughout the State, was rejected. Another constitution was adopted in February, 1848, and ratified by the people in March of that year. In November, 1849, Mr. Strong was elected to the Assembly, and, at the meeting of the Legislature in 1850, was chosen Speaker. The session lasted thirty-four days, being the shortest ever held in the State, mainly due to the promptness and ability of the Speaker.

In 1852, he devoted much of his time in aiding the construction of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad, and, afterward, in constructing the Mineral Point Railroad. He drew up the charter of the La Crosse Railroad, and its adoption was due chiefly to his eiforts. He was elected its first President, and continued in its management until the financial disaster of 1857. He was also President of the Mineral Point Railroad, which he materially benefited by successful arrangements with the Illinois Central & Galena and Chicago Railroads. Mr. Strong spent six years in promoting the success of these enterprises, which withdrew him from his profession of the law, and it required years of laborious effort to regain what he had lust. Mr. Strong, from early education and habit of thought, is a firm believer in the Christian religion, and, being attracted by the beautiful and classic liturgy of the Episcopal Church, he took HU active part in organizing a church in Vermont, and was a member of the Vestry. On removing to Mineral Point, he, with a few other churchmen, organized Trinity Church in that parish, of which he has ever since been a Vestryman, and in which he received the rite of confirmation at the hands of Bishop Kemper. Since then he has been a regular communicant, and frequently a delegate to the Diocesan Convention. His religious character has nothing of asceticism in it. He has always indulged in the innocent amusements of life. Since 1858, he has avoided public Hfe, and confined hims.-lf chiefly tn his professional duties in the practice of the law. His chief care for the last few years has been to provide for the education of his son and daughter. In 1863, the two children went with their mother to New Haven, Conn., she remaining with them four years, when his son completed his collegiate course at Yale College, graduating in 1867, at the age of 21. His daughter during the same time was educated at the ladies' school, in charge of the Misses P^dwards. Mr. Strong's son remained one year longer in the Sheffield Scientific School, connected with Yale, with the view of qualifying himself for the profession of a mining engineer. He was then sent to Germany, where he spent two years in the best mining schools of the country. Since his return to America, in 1870, he has been engaged in railroad engineering, until in 1873 he was appointed Assistant State Geologist. Mr. Strong is gratified with the success of his efforts in the education of his children. Nature has endowed Mr. Strong with some rare gifts among them a vigorous physical constitution, an intellectual ability of a high order, logical, discriminating and comprehensive. He is an able debater, a close reasoner, an impressive, and occasionally an eloquent, speaker. He has acquired an enviable reputation at the bar and in the legislative councils, in which bodies, as a Parliamentarian and presiding officer, he has had no superior in the State. But his knowledge of the principles of law, his calm deliberation, his logical power and his analytical acumen, belter fit him for the bench than the bar. If elevated to that position, his ability, learning and experience will enable him to reflect as much honor on that exalted station as its sanctity and dignity would reflect upon him.

E. W. SYLVESTER, retired farmer. Mineral Point; is a native of FrankHn Co., Me., and was born Aug. 25, 1820 ; after reaching manhood, he came West to Wisconsin in the spring of 1843, and taught school near Platteville ; in the spring of 1846, entered land from Government in this county and made a farm ; in 1850, went to California, and returned in 1852 ; was successfully engaged in farming fur thirty years, and still owns a good farm of 500 acres finely improved ; when he came to Wisconsin, he only had a tew dollars, and his success is owing to his own efforts and good management ; has held the office of 'Town Superintendent of Schools, and was Assessor for many years. He was united in marriage April 23,

183fi, to Miss Nancy Howard, a native of Indiana; she came to this State in 1850; they have two children - one daughter, Nettie, and one son, Homer ; they lost two children in infancy.

MARK W. TERRILiIi, proprietor of the City Hotel ; is a native of Iowa Co., and was bora Jan. 26, 1840 ; he grew to manhood here, and during the war enlisted in Co. I, 2d W. V. I., and served over three years ; since the war, he has been engaged in the hotel business. In 1858, he married Miss Elizabeth Ann Rablin, a native of Cornwall, Eng. ; she died in November, 1878, leaving three children - Mark W., William and James R. In 1879. he married Miss Laura Andrews, daughter of the late Robert Andrews, who was one of the earliest settlers of this county and served in the Black Hawk war. Mr. and Mrs. Terrill have one daughter - Nettie.

WIL#Ii¥AM TERRILli (deceased) was a native of Cornwall, Eng., and was born in 1813 J he emigrated to the United States in 1835, and came to Mineral Point the same year and engaged in mining ; for many years he kept the " Stag Inn Hotel," well known to all the early settlers in this section of the State. In March, 1838, he married Miss Eliza Crowgey, a native of Cornwall, Eng. ; she wa& born in April, 1819. Mr. Terrill died Feb. 9, 1864, leaving one son, Mark W., and one daughter, Lizzie.

J OHM' TEMBY, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Mineral Point ; owns 133 acres land, valued at $35 per acre ; born in Cornwall, Eng., in 1835; came to America in 1854, and located in this county. Married Grace Bennett in 1857 ; she, too, was born in England ; have six children - Joseph J., Eliza J., Annie Edith, William Henry, Elizabeth and Alvin.

JOHN THIES, dealer in groceries and provisions, is a native of Germany, and was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg Aug. 6, 1846; his parents emigrated to America in 1857, and came to Wisconsin the same year, and located at Mineral Point; he grew up and attended school here ; engaged in hia present business in 1874, and has carried it on since then. In 1874, he married Miss Mary Ketter, a native of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Germany ; they have four children - Annie, Henry, John P. and Mary.

JAMES TOAY, retired, is a native of Cornwall, Eng., and was born Nov. 29, 1823; he grew to manhood there, and came to the United States in 1842, and came to Wisconsin and arrived at Mineral Point June 21, 1842 ; he engaged in copper mining, and continued in that business until 1850, when he went to California, and remained there for eighteen months, and then returned and engaged in farming in the town of Linden, and carried on that business for eighteen years, when he mo\ ed in the city, and since then has not been engaged in active business. Five years after coming to Mineral Point, Mr. Toay was united in marriage Nov. 13, 1847, to Miss Ann Vivian, daughter of Francis Vivian, one of the oldest settlers now living in this section of the State ; he came here in 1832. Mr. To.iy has held various county oflaces ; he was elected a member of the Board of County Supervisors ; he was Chairman of the Tcjwu Board of the town of Linden for five years ; he was elected President of the Iowa County Agricultural Society, and for four successive years he was elected President of the Southwestern Wisconsin Industrial Association ; when he came here, he had very little ; he owns some of the most desirably located property in the city ; he has been actively identified with the interests of the county, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. He is a consistent member of the Primitive Methodist Church.

JOHN TOAY, dece<ised ; was a native of Cornwall, England, and was born m 1820; after reaching manhood, he emigrated to America with his brother James Toay, and Philip Allen ; he came to Mineral Point the same year and began working at his trade of stone-mason and plasterer, and carried on that business for twenty years ; he was a partner of Mr. Allen's in mercantile business for many years. In the fall of 1846, he married Miss Louise Richards, a native of Cornwall, England. Mr. Toay represented the Southern Assembly District of Iowa Co. in the State Legislature ; he was prominently identified with the interests of his church, after coming to this country; was a local preacher until his death, which occurred in the spring of 1867 ; he left seven children - John R., James M., Simon, Samuel M. Mary L., Hattie and Lizzie. Mrs. Toay still resides in the place where they were married.

JAMES M. TOAY, of the firm of Martin & Toay, dealers in hardware, stoves and house furnishing goods ; he is a native of Iowa Co., and was born in Mineral Point Sept. 24, 1854 ; he attended school, and learned his trade here ; soon after reaching his majority, in the .spring of 1877. he associated with Mr. Martin and engaged in his present business, and they have built up a large and leading trade. Mr. Toay was united in marriage to Miss Louise Jacka, a native of this city, Oct. 10, 1878 ; they have one .son - John Spencer Toay. Mr. Toay is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Mineral Point Lodge, No. 1.

JOHX R. TO AY, of the firm of Toay Bros., dealers in groceries, provisions, boots and shoes; is the eldest son of John and Louise Richards Toay, and i.s a native of Iowa Co.; he was born in Mineral Point Jan. 27, 1850 ; he attended school here, and afterward entered his father's store as elerk ; he established their present business in 1877, and the firm of Toay Bros, have built up a large, successful trade. In December, 1873, Mr. Toay was united in marriage to Miss Maria Gray, daughter of Hon. John Gray, an old settler and a leading merchant of this city. Mr. Toay is a member of Iowa Lodge, No. 1, I. 0. 0. F.; also belongs to the A. 0. U. W., and to the I. 0. G. T.

PETER TOAY, deceased ; was a native of Cornwall, England, and was born in 1818 ; he emigrated to the United States and came to Mineral Point in 1840, and engaged in mining; in 1849, he went to California, and returned in 1851. Mr. Toay married Jane Martin, a native of Cornwall, England; she was one of the early .settlers here. Mr. Toay died in 1858, leaving three children - Peter, Martlia J. (now Mrs. Noble) and Annie (now Mrs. Rogers). Mrs. Toay still resides here, and is now Mrs. Jane Hills.

JOHN P. TRAMELi, City Clerk and Justice of the Peace ; is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Clark Co. Den. 24, 1820; he lived in that State until 16 years of age, when he came to Mineral Point, arriving here March IH, 1840 ; he entered the law office of Frank Dunn, brother of Judge Dunn. Mr. Tramel was Deputy Cltrk of the Courts of this county under Gen. George W. Jones, now of Dubuque. In 1844, Mr. Tramel was united in marriage to Miss Martha D. Nichols, a daughter of Col. Abner Nichols, who came to Wisconsin Territory in 1827. Mr. Tramel was appointed and served as Deputy Sherifi" under James H. Gentry, who was appointed Sheriff by Gov. Dodge. Mr. Tramel was engaged in the hotel business; he kept the Franklin House, which was burned in November, 1844, and was afterward engaged in the hardware business here ; he holds the office of Justice of the Peace ; he was first elected to that office in 1858 ; he has held the office of City Clerk for the past four years ; be is a member of the Masonic order, and has served as Master of Mineral Point Lodge, No. 1, the oldest lodge in the State; he is also vSecretary of the Blue Lodge and the Chapter. Mr. and Mrs. Tramel have sis children - Charles, now engaged in the hardware business in Chicago; Frank, now engaged in the hardware business in Englewood ; Laura, Mary, Florence and George.

SAjflUELi TRELOAR, farmer, Sec. 33; P. 0. Mineral Point ; owns 85 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; was born in Kngland in 1832 ; came to America in 1834 with his parents, and located in this county; in 1852, he went to California, where he was married to Elizabeth Lee, a native of Wisconsin ; they have six children - Lizzie J., F. Benjamin, Albert Lee, William E., Carrie J. and Forest H. He returned to Wi-sconsin in 1879, and settled on his present farm. In politics, he is a Republican.

WILLIAIfl TREWEEK, blacksmith ; is a native of England ; his parents came to Wisconsin during his early childhood, and grew to manhood and learned his trade here ; he established his present business in 1868, and has since then successfully carried on the business here, and has built up a good trade. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also a member of the order of Odd Fellows. In 1869, Mr. Treweek was united in marriage to Miss Jane Honeychurch, a native of this city ; they have three children - Anna M., Charles and Amelia.

HARMON VAN DUSEN, M. D. Amons the older class of medical practitioners in Iowa Co. Wis., is Harmon Van Dusen, who is well known among the profession, he having been twice at the head of the WLseonsin Medical Society ; though 70 years of age, his mind is very active, and, when not otherwise engaged, he alwaj'S has a book in band in the evening ; his usual custom has been to study till midnight ; a lifetime of such mental industry must necessarily result in the accumulation of a great fund of knowledge outside of medical science - -a fund easily discernible by conversing with the Doctor, but of which he makes no ostentatious display ; he is as modest and unassuming as he is studious, and reads for his own benefit and pleasure rather than for show. Dr. Van Dusen is the son of Henry Van Dusen. i farmer, and Sally Stoddard, and dites his birth at Salisbury, Conn., July 23, 1807 ; he farmed until his 18th year, supplementing a common-school education with one year's attendance at the Middlebury Academy, Wyoming Co., N. Y.; he read medicine at Pclbany and Delphi, N. Y.; attended one course of lectures at Castleton, Vt.; was admitted to practice under a county license in 182S ; practiced at Tully, Onondaga Co., until 1834, when he attended a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, receiving his diploma from the same ; returning to Tully, he continued practice there until 1847, when he came as far West as Milwaukee ; in December of the following year, he removed to Mineral Point, and here made a permanent settlement ; he has been in general practice, and had from the start, and has carefully maintained, a good standing in the profession ; he has been President of the Iowa County Medical Society since its origin ; is also a member of the State Medical Society, and was its President in 1868 and

1872. While residing in the State of New York, during the administration of Mr. Van Buren, from 1837 to 1841, Dr. Van Dusen was Commissioner of the United States Deposit Fund, a trustworthy position ; he was Mayor of the city of Mineral Point in 1876, and had previously held one or two minor municipal offices ; he has always acted with the Democratic party. Dr. Van Dusen has been a member of the Masonic fraternity over fifty years ; he joined the order in July, 1827; he attends the Episcopal Church. He has had three wives; the first was Miss Aurora Hobart, of Delphi, N. Y., they being united in 1829 ; she died at Tully, N. Y., March 1, 1842, leaving five children ; the second wife was Mrs. Margaret Ann Maun, of Syracuse, N. Y., they being married in 1843 ; she died March 22, 1852, leaving one son - Wilson H. - now practicing medicine at Montford, Grant Co., twenty miles from Mineral Point; his present wife was Mrs. Jane E. Aekley, a cousin of his second wife, the maiden name of both being Wilson ; Mrs. Van Dusen has a daughter (Mrs. Caroline E. Smith ) by her first husband, but no children by her present union ; she is a Christian woman, and .she and her daughter are communicants in the Episcopal Church. Dr. Van Dusen has partially retired from business, his rides being limited to the city and to the day-time ; a few of his old neighbors, when sick, will not call anybody else, but he is working out of the practice as rapidly as he can conveniently ; he is held in high esteem by the older citizens of the city and county, and, by some of those out of town, his retirement from practice is much regretted.

WIliLiIAM VARCOE, general agent for McCurmick's reapers and mowers; is a son of George and Elizabeth Pollard Varcoe ; is a native of Iowa Co.; was horn in the town of Linden, June 14, 1848; he attended .school there, and afterward took a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, in Chicago; has been engaged in present business since 1875; is general agent for the Counties of Richland, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, La Fayette, south half of Sauk, west half of Green and Jo Daviess, from Warren west to the river ; has a large experience in the business, and has built up an extensive trade ; belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of the Chapter and Commandery.

JOHN H. VIVIAIV, jfl. D., physician and surgeon ; is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born July 27, 1825; he received his education there and studied medicine; after reaching manhood, he came to the United States, io 1847, and came to Wisconsin and located the same year at Mineral Point, and engaged in the practice of medicine. He has practiced his profession in Mineral Point for a period of one-third of a century - a greater length of time than any other physician here. During tlie war. Dr. Vivian was appointed surgeon of the board of enrollment of the Third Congressional District, and was afterward commissioned surgeon of the 50th W. V. I; he has held the office of Mayor of the city, and has served several times as a member of the County Board ; he was twice elected a member of the State Legislature, and is now a member of the State Board of Charities ; he is a member of Iowa Lodge No. 1, I, 0. O. F., the oldest lodge in the northwest. Dr. Vivian has been twice married; his first wife was Miss Elizabeth Stansmore, a native of England, whom he married in 1849. His present wife Was Miss Amelia Stansmore, a native of England; they have five children - Amy, Stansmore, Fred, Alfred and Ellen.

WILLIADI WALKER, proprietor of Walker's hotel ; was born in Ireland, Jan. 1,1814; he emigrated to the United States in 1839; lived two years at Joliet, 111., and came to Wisconsin and settled at Mineral point in 1841 ; he engaged in teaming, and used to haul lead to Galena ; has carted lead to Milwaukee, and would bring a load of merchandise back with him, taking eight days to make the trip ; he afterward engaged in manufacturing lime, and carried on that business for some years. He built his hotel in 1860, and opened it for business the following year ; the property has cost him, altogether, over 810,000. Mr, Walker married Miss Letitia Gibson, a native of Ireland ; they had one son - William, who is not living,

JOHN B. WALLIS, former; Sec. 8, P, 0. Mineral Point (owns 290 acres of land, valued at 830 per acre) ; born in Cornwall, England, in 1846 ; came to America with parents in 1848 ; married Miss Sarah Remfry, June, 1870; have two children - Millicent A, and John B.; are members of the Primitive Methodist Church ; politics. Republican,

JOHN WASLiEY, carpenter and builder; is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born August 26, 1844; his parents emigrated to the United States in 1849, and settled at Bruce Mines, Canada; here they remained for three years, and then came to Mineral Point in 1852 ; he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; he has been engaged in building here for many years ; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Mineral Point Lodge No, 1 ; also belongs to the Chapter and Commandery, and belongs to the A. 0, U, W, He was united in marriage Aug, 15, 1866, to Miss Louise J, Wight, a native of Cornwall, England. They have three children - Ulysses, Annie and Martin M.

RICHARD WEARSfE, of the firm of Wearae & Son, foundry and maehiiio-shop ; is a native of Cocnwall, England, and was born May 31, 184'J ; hid parents emigrated to the United States, and came to Mineral Point in 1848; when he was only 11 years of age he began learning his trade in his father's shop. In 1859, when only 17 years of age, he and William Jacka started with one yoke of oxen for California ; he only had three sovereigns when they reached Omaha ; Jacka wanted to return, and did so - Mr. Wcarne went on to California, and was there three years and in British Columbia four years, engaged in mining ; since his return he has been engaged in busine.ss here with his father. He belongs to Mineral Point Lodge No. 1, A., F. k A. M. In November, 1869, he married Miss Mary A., dauiihter of Samuel Treloar, one of the old settlers of Linden. They have three children - Lulu, Charles and Fred.

PATRICK WHALiEBf, engineer on ihe Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad; is a native of Ireland, and was born in 1849 ; the family came to America in 1858; they came to Wisconsin and settled in La Fayette County. Mr. Whalen entered the employ of the Mineral Point Railroad Company in June, 1868. and has run an engine since 1873. In 1873 he married Miss Catharine Dailey, from this city ; she died October 27, 1875, leaving one son, John. He married Miss Mary L. Gerarden, a native of St. Louis, March 4, 1878. They have one daughter - Amelia.

JOHN^ H. WIIiKISfSON, blacksmith; is a native of Iowa County, and was born in Mineral Point Jan. 29, 1849; he learned his trade here; in 1870 he engaged in his present business, and has built up a good trade. He married Miss Celia Williams, from Hazel Green, Grant Co., Dec. 24, 1869. They have five children - Charlie, Henry, Frank, Willie and Leda M.

CIIARLE!^ WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Mineral Point; owns 90 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; was born in Cornwall, England, Oct. 26, 1817, and Oct. 26, 1854, he landed in America; his first location was on his present farm. He married Susanna Brock Feb. 14, 1839; she was born in Devonshire, England ; they have four children - Charles William Henry, Albert, Arnold Thomas and John S. They are members of the Primitive Methodist Church. Mr. W. is a Republican.

ALEXANDER WILSON, Attorney General of Wisconsin ; is a native of New York State ; is a son of John and Catharine Wilson, and was born in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., Aug. 16, 1833; he attended the academy there, and, after completing the course, entered Union College, at Schenectady, and graduated in the class of 1854. During the fall of the same year, he came West to Dubur|ue, where he studied law, and was admitted to the bar. In the fall of 1855, he came to Mineral Point, and engaged in teaching until 1859, when he engaged in the practice of law, and was associated with Judge Amasa Cobb, now on the bench in Nebraska. In the fall of 1860, he was elected District Attorney, and in the spring of 1861, he was elected City Superintendent of Schools. In 1862, and again in 1866, he was elected District Attorney; was appointed County Superintendent of Schools in 1863, and in 1867, he was appointed County Judge, and held that office two years. In 1877, he was elected Attorney General of the State, and was, in 1879, re-elected to *he same office, which position he now holds. Mr. Wilson is also engaged in the banking business here. In April, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Frances Sudduth, a native of Kentucky ; they have four children - Armista C, now Mrs. Muir, of Lincoln, Neb. ; Anna L., Amasa C. and Susie.

DR. J. H. WINOENDER, Jr., dental surgeon; is a native of Penn.sylvania, and was born in the city of Philadelphia ; he received his education in that State, and studied his profession there ; came to Wisconsin, and located in Mineral Point in June, 1878, and since then he has successfully practiced his profession here.

SAMUEL .1. WRIGHT, druggist. Mineral Point; is a native of Wisconsin, and was born in the town of Argyle, La P^ayette Co., July 4, 1851 ; he received his education in this State ; came to Mineral Point in 1870, and since then has been connected with the drug business. He is a member of the Masonic order. In 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Tregaskis, a native of this city ; they have one daughter - Edna.

Town Of Dodceville

ALEXANDER ALLISON, See. 29, P. 0. DodgeviUe ; was born March 27, 1812. in Fifeshire, Scotland ; is a son of David and Margaret (Webster) Allison ; came to America in 1832. and, after a short stay in Montreal, settled in Newbury, Vt., where he followed the trade of shoemakei, which he learned in Scotland. He came to Mineral Point in 1845, and soon after to the Floyd settlement, buying 40 acres of his present farm of the Government ; built a small log house and settled here ; the log house stands fifteen rods to the north of the pleasantly located frame residence which supplanted it in 1868. Mr. Allis(m has 116 acres in the homestead, and 40 of timber in Wyoming, and is well to do in the world. He married in Newbury, Vt., Elsie Barker, of his native shire ; they have three daughters - Elsie, Janet and Ellen. The eldest was born in Newbury, and the others on the Dodgeville farm. Mr. Allison i.s a Democrat, and, with his wife, a member of the Protestant Methodist Church.

JOHN E. BARTLE, the veteran settler of Dodgeville, was born in Cornwall, England. April 16, 1822. He came, with an uncle, to America in 1833, reaching Dodgeville June 29, 1833; three log huts stood near the present Stratman Wagon Factory, and a few others were scattered about to the north. Most of the travel was on the ridge, half a mile or more west of the village. His uncle, Henry Eva, began mining, but afterward bought a farm, two miles northwest of the settlement ; still later, he opened the first butcher-shop in the village, and for many years Mr. Bartle was associated with him. In 185(t. he went to California, and less than two years later returned and bought the old Rough and Ready House (Wisconsin House). In 1855, he again went to California and spent three years in the gold mines, and since 1858 has lived in Dodgeville ; since 1878 he has been in the furniture business. He married Nannie T. Grenfell, a native of Cornwall ; they have six children, all born in Dodgeville - Mary A., James H., William P., Frank C, Augusta and Frederick C; have lost four children. Mr. Bartle, doubtless, came to this village earlier than any person now a resident of it, and has furnished many interesting ftiets relating to its early history.

DANIEL BECKERLEG, Sec. 14; P.O. Dodgeville; was born in Brayne, Cornwall, England, Jan. 2, 1823. His early life was spent in mining. In 1846, he came to America, locating at White Oak Springs, near the Wisconsin and Illinois State line ; spent two winters in the Hazel Green mines; went to California in the fall of 1851 ; was in the gold mines until the spring of 1854, when he returned, and, in the fall of 1854, settled on his present fiirm. Of the 160 acres, 37 only were broken, and a log shanty was the only building ; he now has 400 acres, with good buildings and improvements. He married, in the spring of 1850, Miss Laomia Paul, who was born in Camborne, Cornwall ; she died in February, 1864, leaving five children - William, John, Elizabeth, Sarah J. and an infant daughter, who soon after died. He married again, Mary A., widow of Thomas Vincent, who, at his death, left four children - Henry B., John B., Jirseph and Elizabeth A. (Mrs. Willis). Mr. Beckerleg is a Republican.

HON. JOSEPH BENNETT, of Dodgeville, was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England, July 6, 1822. His father, a miner, died in England. The son followed mining up to his coming to the United States, in 1845, locating in Dodgeville; he remained here until 1851; then spent a year in the mines of Lake Superior. In 1852, he bought an interest with Messrs. George, Perkins & Arthur, and in 1858 they began smelting, as well as mining. Mr. Arthur was succeeded, in 1861, by James Roberts, who retired in 1864, Mr. Bennett thereafter taking sole charge of the smelting. Mr. Perkins re ired in

1869, during which year the old firm of Hoskins, Cholvin & Co. consolidated with them, thus founding the firm of Bennett, George & Co. Messrs. Cholvin and George have since retired, and the present firm is Bennett & Hoskins, operating the old Highland furnace as well as that in Dodgeville. From 18ti(i to

1870, a very heavy business was done, about $100,000 worth per annum being the average during the war. The firm owns considerable mining land, and most of their lead is now sent from Chicago to the East and South. Mr. Bennett married Miss Mary Berryman, a native of Crowan, Cornwall ; they have four children - Martha J., Edith, Joseph and Flora, all born in Dodgeville. The son is now a student at the Wisconsin State University, and the second daughter at the Platteville State Normal School. The family are members of the Dodgeville Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Bennett having been Sabbathschool Superintendent since 1864, with only a year's exception. A Republican in politics; he was Chairman of the town in 1860; President of the village five years; County Superintendent of the Poor five years, and, with Dr. Vivian and Hon. W. L. Jones, was a Fund Commissioner, to settle the railroad debt of Iowa Co. The commission was specially appointed by the County Board. Mr. Bennett also represented his district in the Wisconsin Legislature in 1876. Few of the self-made men of the county or State enjoy a more pleasant home than does Mr. Bennett.

JAIflES BENXETT, Sec. 23; P. 0. Dodgeville ; was born in Cornwall, England, Jan. 25, 1826 ; his early life was spent in the mines. He came with his wife to America, to Dodgeville ; engaged in mining until 1854, when he went, via New York and the isthmus, to California; returned in 1859, and, in February, 1860, bought 160 acres of his present farm; it was then as the hand of nature left it, not a tree cut nor a furrow turned ; began improving here, and, in 1865, went to Colorado; thence to Salt Lake City, where he visited the Mormon Temple, saw Brigham Young, etc. ; he then went to the Montana gold hills, and, in the fall of 1866, left the head- waters of the Yellowstone on a "Mackinaw " boat, and coursed down that and the Missouri River to Sioux City, a distance of 1,400 miles ; has since resided on his farm of 280 acres, on which he has built a substantial house, barns, etc. ; as he began in the State $5 in debt, he certainly has now no reason for regrets. Mr. Bennett is a member, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been Steward, etc. Is a Republican in politics, and has been Supervisor, etc. His wife was Jane Roberts, of the same county ; they have seven children - James, Mariana (Mrs. J. Pearce), Jeret J. (Mrs. Joseph Hendy), George, Thomas H., Alfred and William J., all born in Dodgeville; the two eldest sons are now in Colorado.

MICHAEL, BENNETT, Sec. 33; P. 0. Dodgeville; was born Oct. 11, 1811, in Northamptonshire, England; He spent part of laSl and 1832, in Albany, N. Y., then returned to Albany; thence he went to New Orleans, La., and spent the winter of 1833-34; in the spring he e^me up the river, and arrived at Mineral Point in June, 1834 ; was in the vicinity for a year or more; then, his skill as a penman and book-keeper having attracted the notice of H. L. Dodge, he was employed by him in the Dodgeville store for about six year;) ; was then employed for a year by J. S. Ward, of Milwaukee, who succeeded Dodge ; Mr. Bennett then began and has since continued mining. In 1849, he went, by the Panama route, to California; returned in two years, and, a year later, went again to the El Dorado ; was there five or six years, then returned and has since lived on the farm. Mr. Bennett married Sarah Tyres, of Erie Co., N. Y. ; they have two living children - William E., born Oct. 15, 1860, and Mary A., wife of Benjamin Thomas, born July 1, 1852; they also lost a son, William M., and a daughter, S. Alice, who married Edwin Pettit, of Chicago, and left, at her death, a daughter, Mary L. Mr. Bennett has 60 acres of laud and the comforts of a good home. The stirring events of " ye olden time " have left a deep impress upon his memory, and he has furnished much useful information bearing on the early history of the county.

WILLIAH BERRVMAN, Sec. 6; P. O. Dodgeville; was born in the parish of Crowan, Cornwall, Enijland, Jan. 20, 1832 ; fifteen or sixteen years later, his father, Richard Berryman, brought his family to America, and settled in Hazel Green, Wis. William Berryman tried the Superior mines, and, in 1852, went, via New York and Panama, to California ; returned in 1855, and, in the spring of 1864, went to Montana and spent twenty months. In May, 1856, he began on 40 acres of his present farm ; his means were limited, and the 40 acres new and wild ; but twenty-four years of work and good manageraent have secured to him a farm of 295 acres, on which he has erected a large and pleasant farmhouse, and a basement barn 30x72 feet, built in 1872. He married, Oct. 4. 1855, Miss Mary Jenkins, of Key Parish, Cornwall ; she was brought to America in 1845, by her father, John Jenkins, who is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Berryman have five children - Mary, Charles H., Martha J., William J. and Lillie A., all born on the Dodgeville homestead.

CHARLES AND HENRY BILKEY, Dodgeville. Charles Bilkey, the veteran butcher of Dodgeville, was born iu 1819, in Cornwall, England; came to America in 1837, and located at Mineral Point, then comprising the few houses of a minei's' settlement ; soon after his arrival came a band of Indians, led by old Worley-Thunder ; John Dorothy was interpreter, and the Chief .soon made overtures of friendship to the whites, who responded by furnishing plenty of fire-water, when a grand orgie began ; bucks and squaws, " big Injun " and lesser ones, all got gloriously full, and, as they were at least half naked, and wholly helpless, the sight was a most disgusting one. Mr. Bilkey afterward went to Wiota, where he mined three years; then, in 1842, he came to Dodgeville, and in 1844, formed a partnership with Henry Eva, as drovers and butchers ; they visited Illinois, and even Missouri, in quest of cattle, being absent sometimes from three to five weeks ; Mr. B. has never gone out of the business, and still supplies his townsmen with the juicy steak and tender sirloin. He married Catharine Paul, who died in the fall of 1866, leaving five children - Jane, Charles, Henry, Ella and Frederick J. Henry Bilkey was born in Dodgeville May 17, 185G; attended the village schools, clerked nine years in the village stores, and has been at the head of the firm of Bilkey, Kennedy it Co. since.

JOII\ BILKEY, Sec. 30; P. 0. Dodgeville; was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England, on March 15, 1810; his early life was spent in the copper and tin mines of Cornwall, and, in 1834, he came to America and settled at Mineral Point; among those who c;ime with him to the Point were William Fine, Joseph Stephens, William Kendall and wife, S. Lane, William Nickells and Andrew Crowgcy ; the party came with teams from Detroit, Mich., via the then village of Chicago, arriving at Mineral Point in May ; the country was a howlinir wilderness, the isolated settlers not having " built up the waste places " left by the Indian war. Mr. Bilkey hired out to one Stephen Terrell as a miner, at S40 per monih ; later, he began mining "on shares," Terrell having one-fourth of the ore (see article on Mineral Point). In 1839 or 1840, Mr. Bilkey settled at Dodgeville, and, Nov. 25, 1841, married Harriet Bartle, who was born May 26, 1820, in Camborne, and who came to America in July, 1841 ; they began housekee]iing in a small log shanty near the present Bennett & Hoskins furnace ; in 1848, they settled where they now live; in 1852, Mr. Bilkey went to California, spent nineteen months there, and, returning, lived throe years in Dodgeville. and has since resided on his 155-acre farm ; he also owns 40 acres to the north of Dodtreville. Mr. and Mrs. Bilkey have three children - James, John and Sarah A. (Mrs. James Glanville . James Bilkey is now in California, and the youngest son is on the homestead.

CHARLES BISHOP, a son of Matthew Bishop, who was born July 24, 1810, in St. Allyn, Cornwall, England; he came to America in 1833, and, in company with a brother, worked about a year in the Pottsville, Penn., glass-works ; in 1834, he came to Mineral Point, engaging in mining here. In 1838, he married Mary Bilkey, born Dec. 31, 1819, in Camborne, Cornwall ; she came from there to Mineral Point in 1837 ; in 1840, they removed to Centreville, Wis., where Charles Bishop was born Sept. 26, 1841 ; three years later, the family came to Dodgeville. where he received his schooling and has since lived ; began the mercantile business in 1868, in the present bank of S. W. Reese, and, a year later, removed to his present location, on the corner of Iowa and Division streets. He married Miss Nannie M. Martin, a native of Cornwall, who came to the United States in 1850 ; they have four children - Ella B., Edward M., Roscoe C. and Jennie May, all born in Dodgeville. Mr. Bishop is a member of Dodgeville Lodge, No. 119, A., F. & A. M., a Democrat, and was elected President of the village in the spring of 1880.

WILLIAH N. BISHOP, Dodgeville, is a son of Matthew Bishop, of Cornwall, Eng.; he cmi" grated to the United States in 1833, and, in 1834, came from Pottsville, Penn., to Mineral Point, where he married, in 1838, Mary Bilkey, who came from Cornwall in 1837. W. N. Bishop was born June 17, 1839, and about a year later the family moved to Centreville, Grant Co., and came from there to Dodgeville in 1844 ; the fiUher engaged in mining up to about 1850, when he and William N. began the saloon and livery business ; the saloon business was given up in 1866 ; Matthew Bishop died Dec. 29, 1872, and the mother still lives, aged 61. Their son, our subject, married Miss Eliza, daughter of John and Eliza (Rogers) Oxman ; she was born Nov. 7, 1850, in Dodgeville; they have four children - Ida B., Mary, William N. and an infant daughter. Mr. Bishop is now the veteran liveryman of Dodueville ; has sixteen horses, and keeps them going.' He is, as was his pioneer father, a Democrat in politics ; is also an Odd Fellow.

THOMAS BLACKXEY, Jr., Dodgeville, ex-Sheriff of Iowa Co., was born April 15, 1849, in Mineral Point, Wis. ; his father, Thomas Blackney, a Coruishman, married Maria Tredennick, and came to America in 1833, and removed from Pottsville, Penn., to Mineral Point in 1841 or 1842; his wife died there in 1851 ; in 1853, he went to Linden, thence to the capper mines of Lake Superior, thence to Mifflin, and, in the spring of 1860, to Highland, where he still owns property. His son, whose name heads this sketch, married, April 12, 1870, Miss Annie S., daughter of G. W. Bruce, who settled in Grant Co., Wis., in 1SH6; she was born in Sinsinawa ^lound, and is the mother of three children - Mary L., Thomas C. and Orville Le Roy ; a daughter named Eldora died when 8 months old. Mr. Blackney is a Republican, and was elected Sheriff in 1878. Has been the owner of the Blackney House, Highland, since February, 1871. Is a member of Vivian Lodge, No. 275. I. 0. O. F., and of Dodgeville Lodge, A. O. U. W.

JOHN BLOTZ, Dodgeville, was born in Nassau, Germany, Aug. 29, 1826 ; came to America in June, 1846, after a voyage of sixty-five days' duration, arriving at Milwaukee, Wis., July 3, 1846; he spent a year in that vicinity; reached Mineral Point July 3, 1847, then, hiring out, worked two years near Dodgeville; went overland to California in 1849, and thirteen months later returned by the Nicar- agua route; he next bought a farm near Garrison's Grove, where he lived until the fall of 1867, when he bousht the grist-mill of Peter Theno, who had built it three years previously; Mr. Blotz has remodeled the building, and fitted it up with new machinery throughout ; has two run of stone, and does principally custom grinding ; his farm adjacent contains 473 acres ; his house, a substantial stone structure, was built in 1873, and his 40x60-foot basement barn in 1877. Mr. B. is a Democrat and a Catholic. He married Nov. 27, 1851, in Dodgeville. Magdalena Berg, born Oct. 20, 1832, in Nassau; they have seven children - Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Kate, Leonard, Theresa and Frederick, all born in Dodgeville; the second son is now his father's miller. The family of Mrs. Blotz settled, in 1846, in the dense timber in the north part of Dodgeville Town, and she now has brothers there.

THOMAS BOSAXKO, harness-maker, Dodgeville; born in Camborne, Cornwall, Eng., April 5, 1835 ; came to Ameiiea with his parents in 1849, and, after a year spent in Hazel Green, Wis., came to Dodgeville ; partially learned his trade with E. H. Scholfield, and finally mastered it by his own efforts ; his first shop, opened in 1857 on North Main street, is now used as the bar-room of the Dodgeville Hotel ; in 1859, he began business where he now lives and works ; Mr. Bosanko was, for eighteen months, in Boscobel, Wis., and has twice been to Lake Superior for short periods of time. He married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William Temby ; she was born Oct. 11, 1839, in Platteville, and her parents were among the early settlers of Dodgeville, where she married Mr. B. Aug. 7, 1858 ; they have an only daughter - Sophia, now the wife of James Cornelius. Mr. B. united with Dodgeville Lodge, No. 147, I. O. 0. F., in 1871, and is now Permanent Secretary.

M. J. BRIWijrS, attorney at law, Dodgeville ; was born March 31, 184(3, in Kalamazoo Co., Mich. ; his father. Dr. L. N. Briggs, a Vermonter, came from Michigan to Wisconsin in 1847 ; located at Prairie du Sac ; and, in 1853, removed to Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wis. ; here M. J. Briggs attained his early education. In December, 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 17th W. V. I. (the Irish Brigade) ; his regiment served in all the battles, marches, sieges, etc., of the grand old army of the Tennessee, an army often hungry and ragged, seldom defeated, and always brave ; after the collapse of the secession hosts, this regiment was sent to the Western plains, and, while there, Mr. Briggs was commissioned 2d Lieutenant, and honorably discharged in January, 1866 ; he had served five years and two months, two years as Color Sergeant. In the fall of 1867, he began the study of law with Eastland & Eastland, Richland Centei-, Wis.; was admitted to the Richland Co. bar in October, 1868; came to Dodgeville in June, 1869, and has since resided and practiced here; is local attorney for the C. & N. W. R. R. Co. In politics, Mr. Briggs is a stanch Democrat. In 1874, he was elected District Attorney ; was President of the County Agricultural Society in 1879 ; and is now the nominee of his party for Assemblyman from his district. Mr. B. is a pleasing often eloquent speaker, and has done much effective work for his party. He married in her native village of Dodgeville, Wis., Miss Sarah Edwards ; they have three sons - Oscar G., Stanley J. and Carroll C.

THOxllAS BUCKINGHAxW, Sec. 14; P. 0. Dodgeville; was born Aug. 17,1813, in Cornwall, England ; is of Welsh descent on his father's side; when he was a lad, his parents removed to Wales, where he grew to manhood as a miner; he came to the United States and Iowa Co. in 1842; mined a few years, then began farming ; settled on his present 280-acre farm in 1848, buying it with a Mexican war warrant ; on this he has erected a good house, a 35x55 barn, and made other improvements. He married, in Wales, Elizabeth Williams, who died in 1845, leaving two children - James and Elizabeth. He married again Anne Kendrick, who was a native of Wales; they have seven children - Thomas, Richard, William, John, Mary, Anne and Martha; having lost two - Anne and Martha. Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham are members of the Welsh Congregational Church. Politics, Liberal ; had four children by the first wife, who are deceased.

GEORGE W. BURRALIi,!!. D., deceased; was born in Stockbridge, Mas.s., Oct. 18, 1824 ; graduated at Williams College in 1844 ; began medical studies with Dr. H. H. Childs, of Pittsfield, Mass. ; entered the Berkshire Medical College, and graduated as M. D. in 1847; his first year's practice was in the famous Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City. In 1848, he came West to Perry, III. ; and, in 1849, to Dodgeville. Dr. Burrall is now, with one exception, the longest continued practitioner in Iowa Co. ; he was a charter member and first Master of Dodgeville Lodge, No. ] 19, A., F. & A. M. ; and was for nine years Postmaster of Dodgeville. Married Hester Nelson, a native of Norway, by whom he has two children - George E.and Lucy H. Dr. Burrall died March 9, 1881.

THOMAS CARKEEK, Dodgeville; was born in Redruth Parish, Cornwall, England, Oct- 10, 1819 ; was educated and learned the trade of stone-mason in England ; came tv America in 1849 wi'h a wife and two children, arrivintr in Dodgeville Sept. 1 1 ; began at his trade on the 13th. and since that time has worked on the old " Rock " Schoolhou-ie, and nearly every other considerable building in the place ; himself and three others built the Iowa County Court House in 1859, and he was also one of threeto build the County Jail and fire-proof vaults, these three pieces of work being done by contract. Mr. Carkeek united with the M. E. Church in 1854; was soon after ordained local preacher; ordained local Deacon by Bishop Scott in 1866; was for six and a half years in charge of a Congregation in Ridgeway ; was released for two years, then resumed the charge; on the 26th of September. 1880, was ordained local Elder by Bishop Harris. A stanch Republican ; has served as Justice of the Peace since 1862, with the exception of one year; was also a Village Trustee in 1864, 1865, 1877 and 1878. He married, in February, 18-13, in his and her native parish. Miss Elizabeth Bishop, born Jan. 1, 1822 ; they have five children - Thomas T., filizabeth J., Minnie A., Nellie E. and Hattie A.

RICHARD CARTER, attorney at law, Dodgevilie ; born May 31, 1836, in Sussex, England ; came to America in 1S.>U ; settled in Grant Co., Wis.; here he worked as a farm hand, attending the Lancaster school in the winter; beginning at 18, he taught a number of terms; graduated at the Platteville Academy in 1859, and, while serving as Deputy Clerk of Grant Co., took a clerkship in the Legislature. The early morning of the 15th of April, 1861, found him at the office of Gov. Randall, and he then and there enlisted in the 2d W. V. I., it being one of the first if not the first enlistment in the State ; Gov. Randall sent him to Grant Co. to rai-!e a company, and, assisted by C. K. Dean, David McKee, George Hyde and G. B. Carter, he raised two full companies in five days ; he went out as Orderly of Co. C, though his services entitled him to a rank that he thought himself incompetent to fill ; he participated in the Bull Run battle, and disaster, as one of the regimental band, and of course fell under the order by which all such bands were discharged ; after wintering at home, he, in March, 1862, joined the 5th W. V. L, as Quartermaster Sergeant of the regiment; in October, 1862, he was commissioned 2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant, May 22, 1863, and about a year later was promoted to Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of the Volunteers Army ; his commission bears the signature of the immortal Lincoln ; up to May, 1865, he was on the stafi' of Gen. George H. Thomas ; was then transferred to Gen. Wilson's staff, military division of the Mississippi, as acting Chief Quartermaster of the cavalry corps ; his honorable discharge bears date Nov. 27, 1865 ; in the spring of 1866, he was admitted to the bar of Grant Co. (Circuit Court); the firm of Reese & Carter was formed Aug. 18, 1871. Capt. Carter has been an Odd Fellow since 1859 ; he belongs to Lancaster Encampment, also Washington Encampment, No. 2, R. A. M. of Platteville, and is Master of Dodgevilie Lodge, No. 119, A., F. & A. M. He is one of the stalwart Republicans, and has made many an effective speech in advocacy of his party principles. He married, Jan. 25, 1865, Miss Lizzie M., daughter of Judge S. O. Paine, of Platteville; she died in September, 1874, leaving a daughter, Emma L., born Nov. 16, 1865, in Platteville. On the 22d of October, 1875, he married Miss Mary E. Ford, of Dodgevilie, by whom he has a son, William Ford, born in Dodgevilie Jan. 28, 1879.

D. W. CLiARK, dentist, Dodgevilie ; was born in Castile, Wyoming Co., N. Y., May 17, 1844 ; his parents, Uauiel and Jane A. (Cooleyj Clark, came to Racine, Wis., in 1845, three or four years later removing to Delavan, Wis., where D. W. received his schooling; he served 100 days with Co. F, 40th W. V. I., and after the war began the study of dentistry with Dr. H. 0. Larabee, of Delavan ; has since practiced in Hartland, Waukesha and Mazomanie ; he came to Dodgevilie in 1874 ; his fiither died in 1873 ; his mother now lives with him. Dr. Clark married in Hampton, Iowa, on New Year's eve, 1874, Miss Hattie A. Campbell, a native of Ohio ; they have two children - Winnefred and Hattie, both born in Dodgevilie. Dr. Clark is a member of the Wisconsin State Dental Society, and belongs to Crescent Lodge, No. 97, A., F. & A. M., Mazomanie.

JOSEPH CLEIVIINSON, deceased ; was born April 5, 1806, in Yorkshire England ; married Betsy Sunter, who died in England leaving three children - George and James (twins) and Henry F. M., of whom James is the only one living. Mr. C. married again. Miss Jane Bell, and came to America and Wisconsin in 1846; spent two years on Jefferson Prairie, then two at Galena, III., and in 1850, settled at Highland, Iowa Co., Wis., where he engaged in smelting up to 1864; he died Dec. 12, 1867, and the widow is still a resident of Highland ; his oldest living son, James Cleminson, was born July 18, 1837, in Yorkshire ; was educated in Wisconsin ; went to Colorado in 1860 ; returned, and in 1862, went to Idaho, where he spent five years in the gold mines, returning in 1867; he, in 1870, began mercantile business in Highland ; was elected Register of Deeds in 1876 ; was appointed Under Sheriff in 1878, and, while holding that office, is the Republican nominee for County Treasurer. He married Miss Betsy A. Green, a native of New York ; five children were born to them, and all were torn from them by that grim destroyer death during the winter of 1880, the three eldest, Celia E., Adelaide M. and Marvin J. falling victims to diphtheria within seven days of each other ; George R., Jessie, an infant of 7 days, also died during the winter ; the eldest was Celia E., aged 8 years.

SAMUEL J. CORNELIUS, mason, Dodgeville; was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England, March 24, 1818 ; in early life he served an apprenticeship of six years as a stone-mason, and he has made the trade a lifelong occupation ; in 184(5, he embarked for America, reaching the then small mining settlement of Dodgeville, June 11, 184G ; worked at his trade until 1851, when he went by the New York and Panama route to California, pursuing Dame Fortune in the gold mines until April, 1855, when he returned to Dodgeville; his fa'her, returning from a voyage to the Brazils in 1859, died in his native Cornwall, in 18G2 ; his sun, our subject, in 1863, brought his widowed mother to his Dodgeville home. He married iMiss Mary Penberthy, of his native parish; she came to America in 1847, and they were married in Dodgeville; have seven children - Mary, Kate, James, Willie, Ella, Charles and Bert, or J. Penberthy ; all were born in Dodgeville, and no deaths have occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius are honored members of the M. E. Church, Mr. C. having served several years as Steward ; he is a Republican in politics, and is the pioneer mason of the village; was one of the three contractors in building the county jail, and has Worked on various public buildings.

THOMAS CUTLER, of Dodgeville, one of the leading agriculturists of his county, has resided here nearly thirty years ; he was born in England, but has resided during most of his life in the United States ; his fine farm of 240 acres, three and one-half miles east of Dodgeville Village, where ho secured his foothold as one of the substantial men of his town. This farm he improved and placed in a hiaih state of cultivation, then turned it over to his .sons who are now managing it, Mr. Cutler himself having recently purchased a splendid 160-acre farm adjoining the village on the north. This was, at the time of his purchase, an almost unbroken prairie, and, like most of the land about the Iowa Co. seat, some what rolling, yet very fertile. Here he has erected a tasteful frame farmhouse and other buildings in keeping with the requirements of the progressive farmer of to-day, including well-built and painted basement barns. As Mr. Cutler came to Iowa Co. with scarcely a dollar, and has by labor and good management secured this p)roperty, he certainly can have few regrets in looking over the past.

JOHN M. DALE, Clerk of the Court of Iowa Co., Dodgeville; was born in Toronto, Canada West, June 6, 1842; is of English parentage; the family came to Mineral Point in 1848; here he was educated, growing to manhood on his father's firm; at a later day, the parents removed to Madison, in order to facilitate the education of their children; in 1863, John M. completed a commercial course at the State University, and taught school five years. He was elected City Treasurer of Mineral Point in 1876, and served until 1878, when he was elected to his present office, for which office he is the Republican nominee of 1880. He married Eliza W. Edwards, in Cherry Valley, III; she was born in England, and they have four children - Edgerton M., William H., John and James B. Mr. Dale is now P. W. C. T. of Dodgeville Temple of Honor, of which he was a charter member. He is a partial cripple, owing to a rheumatic affection, but is a gentleman whose cheerful and courteous demeanor renders him a most pleasant companion.

D. B. DAVIS, Dodgeville; was born Nov. 28, 1833, in Carmarthenshire, South Wales; came to America with his parents in 1856, and lived here until 1862, when he went overland to Oregon, mined two years, then went to Idaho and mined until 1868, then returned to Dodgeville via the isthmus and New York; in 1869, he made a second visit to Idaho, remaining about eighteen months, and, since 1871, has been a partner with his brother, T. B. Davis, in the lime business ; theirs is the only patent kiln in Iowa Co., and is located one and a half miles southeast of the village of -Dodgeville. Mr. Davis visited California several times while in the West. He married Miss Annie, daughter of Reese Williams, who settled in Dodgeville, her native village, in 1852 ; Mr. Williams died April 28, 1869, and his wife, formerly Margaret Lewis, died Dec. 2, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have an only son - Thomas, born Aug. 22, 1879, in Dodgeville. Mr. Davis is a Republican, and his wife is a member of the Welsh Congregational Church.

JOSEPH DAVIES, retired miner; was born Oct. 7, 1822, in Camborne, Cornwall, England, where he spent his early life in the lead and tin mines ; he came to America and the then small mining settlement of Dodgeville, in the spring of 1845 ; he mined one year on the Van Meter Survey, returned to England, and married, in his and her native parish, Mary Jane Rule; returned, in 1847, to Dodgeville, and began life in the house in which they have lived ever since. Mr. Davies went to California, by the Nicaragua route, in 1852, and spent two years and nine months; was then four months in Dodgeville ; then he went again to the Golden State, and, ten months later, returned to Dodgeville, where he lived until he made his third visit, of one year's duration, to California ; in 1864, ho went to Montana, and remained until the fall of 1866, when he made one of a party of about 500 people who floated from the headwaters of the Yellowstone, in the peculiar flatboats of that region ; returning to Dodgeville, he bought his farm of 178 acres, now occupied by his sons ; in 1878, he went again to the Far West, visiting the Mormon capital, thence going to Nevada, where he remained until June, 1880; during his trip to Montana, he, with a party of others, spent eighteen nights exposed to the snows and blasts of the Rocky Mountains, and his last trip enabled him to witness the marvelous growth and development of the Pacific slope during the time which elapsed after his first Western trip twenty-eight years previously. Mr. and Mrs. Davies have three children - Mary (Mrs. Thomas James), Joseph and Thomas H. - and have lost four children ; the sons belong to the T. of H. Joseph married Miss Katie, daughter of James Cock ; they have a son, Oscar. The father and sons are Republicans.

RICHARD D. DAVIS, carpenter, Dodgeville ; was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, July 27, 1831 ; spent his early life at fivrming ; came to America in 1852, spent a year in a Cincinnati, Ohio, foundry, and came to Dodgeville in 1853; engaged for a few years in mining, and then took up the carpenter's trade ; the firm of Davis & James was founded in 1868, and their planing-mill built in 1873; the small engine then procured was replaced in 1878, by the fine twenty-horse power motor now used ; the firm also operated a feed-mill here in 1878, and, in 1879, they prepared to do planing, re-sawing, matching, molding, and to manufacture sash, doors, blinds, etc.; they built the residence of R. Gowens. Mr. Davis married Mary Griffith, bora in 1833, in Wales ; at the age of 3 years, her parents brought her to the United States ; her father died in St. Louis, Mo., and herself and mother came to Dodgeville in 1850 ; Mr. and Mrs. Davis have seven children - Llewellyn, David, Lillie, John, Orville,' Betsey and Nellie - all born in Dodgeville ; they lost two children, deceased. Mr. Davis is a Republican, and served a number of years each as Supervisor and Assessor ; is also a member of Dodgeville Lodge of Masons.

T. B. DA VIS, Dodgeville ; was born June 12, 1836, in Carmarthenshire, South Wales; his father, David Davis, died there in 1842, and, in 1856, his widow and six children came to America ; T. B. worked as a laborer until 1802, when he enlisted in Co. C, 31st W. V. I.; served in Kentucky and Tennessee ; fought at Peach Tree Creek and at Atlanta, and, after its capture, marched with Sherman to the sea and through the Carolina?, fighting at Averysboro and Bentooville ; was mustered out in July, 1865, returned to Dodgeville, and, in March, 1866, went to California; thence to Idaho; came back to Dodgeville in 1871, and has since, with his brother, been in the lime business here; the brother owns the only patent kiln in Iowa Co., and burns about 12,000 bushels of lime per annum. Mr. Davis married Miss Sarah, daughter of Richard and Mary Roberts ; she was born in St. Louis, Mo., and they were wedded July 13, 1871, in Dodgeville. Mr. Davis is a Republican, and has for several years been a member of both the Village and Township Boards.

R. A. DRAPER, cooper, Dodgeville; was born Dec. 12, 1857, in Platteville, Wis, where he received his education and learned his trade ; in September, 1879, he came to Dodgeville, and now has the only cooper-shop in the place ; he is prepared to do any and every thing in his line. He married Miss Susie, daughter of Thomas and Susan Paul, of Dodgeville, where they were early settlers. Mr. Draper is a Methodist, with his wife, and, in politics, is a Republican.

EDMUND EDMUNDS, Sec. 36; P. 0. Dodgeville; was born in Bergen Stitt, Norway, in October, 1809; married Helen Edmunds, and, in 1852, came with her and three sons to America; spent two years in Primrose, Dane Co., and settled on their present farm of 100 acres in 1854. The vicinity was then best known as " Norwegian Hollow," four of the original fourteen cabins of the Norse miners being then in existence. Mr. B. began mining, and followed it until 1866, when he bought the farm ; has since brought over 100 acres into improvement, and erected good buildings. There are now four sons in this family ; three born in Bergen, Norway, and the youngest in Primrose ; Edmund lives near Dodgeville ; Sigburn is farming in Nebraska, while Ole, born Dec. 15, 1846, and Tobias, born in September, 1852, are on the homestead. The father and sons are Democrats.