Iowa County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 5 of 7)

DAVID C. DAVIES, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Mifflin; was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in 183G; came to America in 1840 and settled at Pottsville, Penn., and was in the mines; in 1843, to the State mines; in 1846, to Wisconsin, in the spring, and bought 80 acres of land; built the old cabin, and now owns 280 acres of land, with fine house, 22x20 ; hall, 8x16 ; main building, 28x16, two .stories; barn, 36x22, basement of stone. His wife, Ann James, was born in South Wales in 1848; came to America in 1857; married in 1866, and died June 28, 1880; they had two children - William, born in 1867 ; Elizabeth, in 1869. His second wife, Margaret Jones, was born at Platteville, of Welsh parents, in 1859 ; married Nov. 30, 1880. In politics. Democrat ; in religion, Presbyterian ; is a teacher in the Sunday school and leader of the singing. Has been District Clerk two years. William Davis, the father of the above, was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in the year 1800, and emigrated to America in 1840, and to Wisconsin in 1846; died July 2, 1862; his wife, Sarah Davies, was bom in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in 1807 ; married in 1831 ; they had four children - William, born and died in Wales; Elizabeth, born in Wales, now residing with David; John, born in Wales, died in Pottsville, Penn. His mother now resides with David, and is quite hale and hearty for one of her age.

DAVID DIETZMAW, farmer, Sec. 33; P. 0. Mifflin; was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 16, 1838 ; came to Wisconsin in 1845, and is now living on the old homestead ; owns 234 acres of land : made most of the improvements. He enlisted in 1362, in the 30th W. V. I., Co. E ; was discharged in April, 1865. His wife, Miss Obennouf, was born in Germany Oct. 14, 1341 ; came to America in 1851 with her father, who died in Ohio ; her mother died in the old country ; married to Mr. Deitzman Oct. 24, 1865; they have five children - Salvanus, born Aug. 29, 1866, died Sept. 6, 1867 ; Frank C, born Nov. 18, 1867; Mary A., July 11, 1869; John E., June 1, 1873; Ida, Oct. 5, 1879, died April 1, 1880. Mr. D. is a Good Templar, a member of the Lodge of A., F. & A. M.,also Patrons of Husbandry, a member of the Christian Advents and Treasurer of the church.

JOHN DIETZMAN (deceased); was born Feb. 25, 1804, in Saxony, Germany, and emigrated to Washington Co., Penn., in 1845, and to Black Jack, Wis., and died Christmas, 1871. His wife was Hannah Rosanna Obennouf, who was born March 21, 1805; married June21, 1825 ; they brought up thirteen children - John Henry, Tronket, Ann Nancy, Charles John, David, Noah, Mary, John Solomon, Hannah, Gideon (deceased), Jacob, Sarah J., Emily M.

JOHN C. DIETZMAN, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. O. Mifflin ; was born in Saxony, Germany, March 26, 1832 ; came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; engaged in farming and mining ; now owns 200 acres of land. His wife, Melissa Nolan, was born in Coles Co., Ill,, in 1845; married in 1860; they have had

FREDERICK DOBSOX, farmer. Section T ; P. 0. Washburn ; was born in Durlinm, I'jngland, Aug. 14, 1822. Came to Illinois 1842, and then to New Diggings, La Fayette County, Wis., then to Grant County in 1862, then to Iowa County. Bought and now owns 200 acres of land and has made the improvements. Has held the office of Pathmaster, and a local preacher and class leader. In politics. Republican, and has been Justice of the Peace. His wife, Ellen Snowden, was born in Enuland Nov. 22, 1823; came to America in 1831, with her parents, who settled in Platteville ; they have since died. Mr. Dobson married in 1844; have had nine children - John Henry, born June 16, 1845; Emma, June 15, 1847, now Mrs. Beers; Lizzie, Feb. 19, 1849 ; William, Feb 13, 1851, died June 7, 1851; Mary, born April 30, 1852; Robert, Oct. 6, 1854 ; Maggie, April 21, 1857 ; Clara, Nov. 30, 1860; Fred, June 15, 1863. Mr. D. was one of nine who came from England and founded a class of Primitive Methodists, and only two of them are now living.

JONATHAN ELL»$ WORTH was a native of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y.; born in 1795; a carpenter by trade ; died in 1840. His wife, Amanda Babcock, was born in Washington County, N. Y., in 1799. Married in 1818, and they had eight children - Delecta, deceased ; Triphina, deceased; John, Ruben, died in California in 1849; Enfield, deceased; Amanda, now Mrs. Chopin, in Rock Co., Wis.; Elesta, now Mrs. Palmer, at Baraboo, Wis.; Sherman, now in Madison, Wis. Mrs. Ellsworth was afterward married to Mr. Dean, a native of Rhode Island, now deceased, by whom there were two children - Sarah, deceased ; James, in the 8th W. V. I., and died at Memphis, Tenn., in the hospital. John Ellsworth, a son of the above, residing on Sec. 29, Mifflin P. 0., was born in Yates Co., N. Y., Jan. 9, 1823; moved to Onondasa Co., then to Ontario Co., and, in 1847, to Dane Co., Wis., and to Iowa Co., Wis., in 1856, and bought and now owns 600 acres of land, and 40 acres of timber in Grant Co.; has one of the finest barns in the county, built in 1880, 54x60, 20-foot corners, basement 11-foot, hip-roof; the old barn is 34x40, 16-foot corners; house, 24x32. with wing 24x32. Has fine Norman and Clydesdale stock, which has taken several first premiums. His wife was Eliza Ann Green, born in Yates Co., N. Y., June 14, 1825 ; married Oct. 20, 1842 ; they have eight children - Amanda, now Mrs. David (who is keeping house for the younger children at Platteville); Henry, in Dane Co.; John M., at Livingston; Eliza, now Mrs. Dale Baker, residing in Dane Co., Wis.; Mattie, at home; Ruben, in Plattville ; Elenor E., Rachel M. Has been Clerk, School Treasurer and Pathmaster. Member of A., F. & A. M., at Mifflin ; Chapter at Platteville.

JOHN M. ELLSWORTH, fanner. Sec. 18; P. 0. Livingston; now engaged in stock buying at the new village of Livingston ; was born in Oregon, Dane Co., Wis., May 5, 1852 ; came to Iowa Co. in 1856 ; attended the State Normal School at Platteville two years and a half, then to the State University, at Madison, one year. Taught school before attending the University two and one-half years. His wife, Vic. B. Hutchinson, was born at Platteville in 1850. They married in 1867 ; have one child - Edward D., born Oct. 26, 1879. A member of A., P. & A. M. Lodge. Was Town Clerk two years. Owns 80 acres of land.

ENOCK ENLOE, retired farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Washburn ; was born in South Carolina Feb. 4, 1808 ; emigrated to Ulinoi.* about 1820, with his parents, to Bond County ; his parents died there ; remained there until 1827, when he came to Wisconsin ; then returned to Illinois, and remained until 1834, when he returned to Iowa Co., Wis. His wife, Louisa Kirkpatrick, was born in Georgia Feb. 8, 1808, and, in 1834, came to Wisconsin for a home. She married Mr. E. Oct. 1, 1829; they have a family of eight children married and settled near home - Udolia, James, Frank, John, Oscar W., born Feb. 14, 1841, enlisted in 7th W. V. I., in 1861, Co. C, died Sept. 1, 1865 ; Sarah, deceased ; Ashel, William. In politics. Republican ; religion. Methodists. Has been member of the Town Board several times, Collector three times, and School Dire",tor three times. Member of I. O. 0. F. When he first came to Wisconsin he settled in Iowa County, on 120 acres of land, which he sold to John Carpenter, and again bought 160 acres, and built the old home where they now reside, and owns 300 acres of land, living a retired life and enjoying the fruits of a hard-fought battle of life, but came out successful.

JOHN FERRIS, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Livingston ; was born in County Down, Ireland, May 18, 1818 ; came to America in 1847, and to Wisconsin in 1848 ; worked in the mines in Iowa Co., then went to Wingville, then, in 1849, to Iowa Co., and bought 40 acres, on which he built the old cabin ; he now owns 120 acres of fine land, and a fine house, 18x26, two stories. His wife, Mary M. Stevens; born in Pennsylvania, May 17, 1835, came to Wisconsin in 1846; married Dec. 24, 1859. They have eiirtit children - Robert, born Feb. 22, 1861; Sarah, born Feb. 2, 1863: Annie, born Dec. 9. 1865; Jiilin. born Murcli II, 1867 ; Mary Jane, born Nov. 11, 1868; Cornelius Isaac, born Oct. 29, 1872, and Elizabeth, born Oct. 22, 1876. In religion, liberal ; has bjen School Director. Mrs. Ferris' father was a native of New Y.»rk, and came to Wisconsin in 18-t6 ; sold out and moved to Iowa in 1872, then returned to Wisconsin May 24, 1880. Her mother was a native of Pennsylvania, and was married in Pennsylvania; was the mother of nine children, five of them now living. She died in Floyd Co., Iowa, Feb. 22, 1877.

WILLIAM FIELDHOUSE, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Livingston: was born in Durham, Ensrland, April 23, 18-17; came tu America; direct to Wisconsin in 1870, and worked at his trade in Mineral Point, having learned the trade of stone-mason in ihe old country. He now owns 65 acres of land, and has made fine improvements. His wife, Susan Thompson, who was born in Grant Co., Wis.. May 8, 1851. married Nov. 14, 1872. They have four children - Francis S., born Sept. 16, 1873; Carrie M., born Dec. 23, 1875; Mable L., born Jan. 17, 1877, and Roy Thompson, born March 8, 1880. is liberal in religion ; has been District Clerk two terms ; is a Good Templar.

WILLIAM FRY, farmer, Sec. 18; P. 0. Livingston, Grant Co., Wis.; was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Dec. 2U, 1821 ; learned the trade of blacksmith, and removed to Lewiston, Fulton Co., 111.. and engaged in blacksmithing; then moved to Grant Co., Wis., in 1841, and then to Iowa Co. He now owns 147 acres of land, and ID acres in Grant Co. His wife. Nancy Clifton, born in Missouri, in 1830. married, November, 1847. They have eleven children, eight living - Caroline, now Mrs. Woodward, in Eden ; William A., John C, Francis E., Ellsworth Lincon, Albert W., Levina J., Edwin Grant, Sarah M., and Mary E., infant daughter. He has been School Director and Pathmaster.

WILLIAM CirlBBOIV, clerk for J. B. Huse, Rewey; was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, December, 1851 ; came to America in 1857 ; resided at home until 1867, and learned the trade of blacksmith ; attended the State Normal School at Platteville two years, then engaged in teaching for four years, then was with Mr. Huse, at Mifflin, in 1878, and since removed to Rewey; has held the office of Town Treasurer one term, Town Clerk two terms, was Census Enumerator for 1880. is a Good Templar, and Secretary of Pecatonica Lodge.

ttEOR<^E MICHAEL <]iRUBER, deceased; was born at Steinhart, Bavaria, Germany, April 21, 1815, and learned the trade of linen weaver, from childhood, and worked at the business until 1838. when he came tci this country and settled in New York; then went to Monroe, Mich.; then to Wisconsin, in 1846, and worked in the mines at the Point and in other diggings, and in 1848 bought 40 acres of land, built the old cabin, and they now own 240 acres of land. He died April 30, 1878. His wife, Hannah Christina Emuel, was born at Nassau, Germany, March 20, 1815 ; came New York in 1847, then to Mineral Point, Wis., and worked in the family of Gov. Dodge a short time : then married, Aug. 28, 1847. They have five children - George, born in 1848, and now owner of the mills known as the Star Mills, built for a woolen-mill in 1866, and afterward converted into a grist-mill. John Henry, born Aug. 29, 1850, now in Dubuijue, Iowa; Robert, born March 26, 1852 ; John Hill, born May 11, 1853; died April 12, 1879; Charles, born Dec. 25, 1854.

FRANK GRIFFITH, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Mifflin ; was born in Marion Co., Ind., Dec. 15. 1826 ; emigrated to Coles Co., III.; from there to Iowa Co. in 1844 ; engaged in teaming and working on a farm ; he entered 80 acres and bought in company with his brother 164 acres of land ; his brother sold out, and he now owns 184 acres of land, and built a fine house in 1880 ; his wife, Adeline McReynolds, was born in Bond Co., III., in 1827. They married in 1857, and have five children - Samuel, John, Margaret A., James, infant (deceased). In polities, Republican; rehgion, liberal believer; Treasurer of Schools and Pathmaster: member of A., F. & A. M. Lodge, Mifflin; also Patron of Husbandry.

JOSEPH UARKER, dealer in general merchandise, firm of Harker & Bainbridge, Mifflin ; was born in Yorkshire, Eng.. Sept. 28, 1845; came to America in November, 1860, and was employed in the mines. Enlisted in the 5th W. V. I. in February, 1862 ; mustered out in July, 1865 ; was in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, in the campaign of the Peninsula; was wounded in the left leg, breast and arm, and thumb of the right hand, and right lung; he then returned to Wisconsin and worked in the mill and learned the trade of miller; was there until April, 1869, then went in the mercantile business ; owns town property and 15 acres of land in Grant Co. ; his wife, Margret Bainbridge, was born at New Diggings, La Fayette Co., in 1844. Married in 1866; they had five children - Louisa, born m 1866; Ella, 1868; Maggie, 1871; Mary, 1873; John, 1874. In polities, Republican; religion, liberal; member of the A., F. & A. M., and S. D. of L)dge; ha.s been Justice of the Peace and Postmaster seven years.

JOHX MARKER (deceased); was born in Arkendale, Eng., Aug. 20, 1824. In 1847, he "Was united in marriage to Mary Nicholson ; in 1848, he emigrated with his wife to America ; first settled at Council Hill, 111. ; in 1850, he moved to Linden, Iowa Co., and remained a short time and followed mining, but he soon gave this up and bought a piece of land, and went to farming, and continued until 1841, when he moved to the village of Mifflin, and, in company with Bainbridge and Spensley, opened what is known as the Penitentiary Mine; after a few years, he sold out to the other members of the company, and then, by the wishes of the firm, he was appointed superintendent of the company, which position he held until a few months before his death, which occurred Nov. 27, 1880, and was buried with Ma,sonic honors at Big Patch, Grant Co., Wis. ; in 1860, he connected himself with the followers of Christ and joined the Primitive Methodist Church, a firm pillar iu the Church of God, and so remained until the time of his death ; in 1880, his wife died, leaving him alone, and the same year he was again married to Hester A. Williams ; a short time before his death, he donated freely to a new church building in Mifflin, but, before the completion of the temple, the Great Creator having been pleased out of His mercy to remove him, he never saw the temple dedicated to the worship of the Supreme Ruler of the universe.

JA^nEI^ HIRD, flirmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Mifflin; was a son of Anthony and Phillis Hird, of Ranbeck Parish, Kirkland, County of Cumberland, Eng., born Nov. 29, 1825 ; emigrated to America March 2, 1848, and came direct to Linden, then known as Fedler's Creek, and remained there but a short time, when he went to Mineral Point and worked at his trade, which was that of a tailor ; he then went to Big Patch, Grant Co., where he married Ann, daughter of Matthew and Margaret Preston, natives of Buckden, Parish of Arncliif, County of York, E'l.a;-, who was born May 26, 1827, and came to America in 1849. They were married Jan. 28, 1849, by Hugh Calhoun, Esq., of Smitzer, Grant Co., Wis., and by this there were nine children - Anthony, born July 12, 1850, in Smitzer. Grant Co.; died April 17, 1860; Margaret, born Sept. 8, 1852, in Mifflin; died Feb. 2, 1853; Phillis, Dec. 20, 1853 (now Mrs. Richard Mills). Adam, March 21, 1856; Elizabeth, May 27, 1858 (now Mrs. Kinney, at Rewey), John Pre-ton, born Nov. 11, I860 ; Jane Ann, March 21, 1863, at Mifflin; Doroihey Isabell, Feb. 3, 1865, at Mifflin; Mathew Preston, March 9, 1868, at Mifflin. In politics, a Democrat, and Liberal in religion; has been Pathmaster, also Chairman of the board, and Assessor for several years ; a Patron of Husbandry.

WILLIAM HOLMES, farmer. See. 10; P. 0. Mifflin; was born io Southwest Virginia April 21, 1820 ; came to Illinois in 1836, and bought 40 acres of land ; in 1842, came to Grant Co., Wis., and rented land and worked in the mines about thirteen years, and then came to Iowa Co. mines ; now owns 324 acres of land, and has a fine barn 20x34 feet, sixteen-feet posts. His first wife, Rebecca Scott, was born in Jefferson Co., Ind., in 1825 ; married in 1839, died in June. 1844 ; left two children - Martha, now Mrs. T. Bowes ; John, in Linden. Second wife, Amanda Hamlet, was born in Kentucky in 1830; married Oct. 31, 1850, died June 15, 1872; left nine children - William, James, Elizabeth (now Mrs. Woodruft), Annette, Wilson, Joshua (deceased), Catharine (deceased), Andrew Jackson, Emma, Amanda, Wallace. Third wife, Ganva Hannanell, was born in Norway in 1857 ; came to America in 1871 ; married September, 1877, and they have one child - Mary. In polities. Republican. In religion, liberal. He held the office of Clerk of District No. 8, and most of the school offices since the district was organized ; three years Justice of the Peace ; Chairman of the Town Board, and member of the board seve'ral years; member of Lodge No. 153, Mifflin, A., F. & A. M.; Mineral Point, Chapter, No. 6.

FRED HUER, farmer. Sec. 5; P. 0. Montford, Grant Co., Wis.; was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1841 ; came to America in 1872, and .settled in Grant Co., Wis.; then came to Iowa Co., bought and owns 130 acres of land. His wife, Fecka Oleson, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1843 ; they were married in 1866; they have seven children - Rodolph, William, Ida, Mary, Hermann, Henry and Dora.

ROBERT R. HUGHES, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. O. Mifflin ; was born in Mifflin in 1856 ; lived at home until 1874, when he went West to Wyoming, and then returned to Wisconsin ; he now owns 120 acres of land, and has made the improvements. His wife, Lizzie Jones, was born in Belmont, La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1860 ; they were married in 1878 ; they have one child - Mary C - born in November, 1879. In politics, he is a Republican; in religion, liberal.

WILLIAM HIIGHES, farmer. Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Mifflin ; was born in Mifflin, Iowa Co., March 5, 1854; now owns 240 acres of land - the old home. His wife. Miss Susan Harris, was born in Jackson Co., Ohio ; of Welsh parentage, who came to America in 1845 ; her mother died in 1865 ; her father now resides in Belmont ; at the age of 19, Miss Harris began teaching school, and taught about two years after marriage, her husband being one of the pupils; they married in April, 1877 ; they have

Robert W. Hughes, the father of the above, was born in Wales Feb. 22, 1813 ; came to Pennsylvania in 1842 ; to Wisconsin iu 1846, died Sept. (5, 1880 ; his wife, Leah Powell, a native of Wales, born in 1823 ; married in 1850 ; they had four children - Maggie, born in 1852; married in 1873 to A. J. Davis, born March 27, 1851, died March 25, 1879, at Leadville, Colo. ; they had one child - Robert L.. born Sept. 2ti, 1876 ; William, Robert R., John T. at home, born Oct. 13, 1865; Jennitt Powell, who was received by the family at the age of 7 years, born March 23, 1861.

ANDREW HITSE, farmer. Sec. 25; P. 0. Mifflin; was born in Christian Co., Ky., July 16, 1808; emigrated to Missouri in 1828, and remained one year; then went to Adams Co., 111., and engaged in farming; in the spring of 1832, he came to Linden and engaged in mining; in 1834, they preempted a quarter-section of land, on which he now resides and has a fine home ; with the additions of land to the first quarter, he now owns 400 acres. Was iu the regiment known as the Miners Guards, Capt. John's company. Dodge's command, in the Black Hawk war. His orchard is one of the oldest in the State, and was started from the seed. He is a Democrat in polities, and a Spiritualist in religion. His wife was pjlizabeth O'Neal, a native of Montgomery Co., Tenn., born Nov. 30, 1810 ; they were married in 1828, and have had eleven children - an infant, deceased ; Charles, at home ; Eliza, now Mrs. Graham ; John ; Sarah, deceased ; James, deceased; Eliza, deceased; Robert, deceased ; David, deceased ; an infant son, deceased ; and Jesse B., now in business at Rewey. Mr. Huse has been Chairman of the Board, Justice of the Peace, School Director and Treasurer, and Pathmaster. Charles, the oldest son, was born in Missouri, in 1830 ; his wife, Mary Flanigan, was born in Illinois in 1855 ; they were married in 1875, and have three children - May Elizabeth, Ella Blanche and Jessie Eliza. John was bo'rn in Wisconsin in 1834 ; was in the war of the rebellion, and at the siege of Richmond and Petersburg ; his wife was Julia Ann Goodrich, born in Wisconsin in 1842 ; they were married in 1857 ; she died in 1870, and left seven children - Charlie (deceased), Eugenia, Elizabeth and Dell (twins), George, David and Nellie.

J. B. HUSE, dealer in general merchandise, Rewey. The subject of this sketch (a son of Andrew Huse, who came to Wisconsin in the year 1832 and fought in the Black Hawk war, was born in Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wis., Aug. 25, 1852, and has since been engaged with J. W. Rewey as clerk, until he succeeded him in business; in November, 1880, his store building - 24x40, two stories - being completed, he removed his store from Mifflin to the new and energetic village of Rewey. Mr. H. attended the Platteville Normal in the years 1874-75. His wife. Miss Mary J. Warne, was born in Linden in 1862; they were married Oct. 18, 1880. He has been Town Treasurer for five years, and was teacher of School District No. 7 in 1876. He is a member of Mifflin Lodge, A., F. & A. M.

JOHIV JESfKINS, retired miner; P. 0. Mifflin; born in Cornwall, England, Jan. 8, 1826 ; came to America in 1849; direct to Mineral Point to work in the mines; remained one year; then to Mifflin in the mines ; and then, in 1853, went to Lake Superior, in the copper mines ; then removed to Mifflin, and then again to the lake mines, and finally returned and settled at Mifflin. In politics, a Republican. In religion, liberal. His wife was Elizabeth Ann Jacka, born in Cornwall, England, Aug. 8, 1827 ; they married in 1849, and have eight children - Mary Ann, now Mrs. Miller; Louisa, now Mrs. J. W. Bainbridge ; John ; James ; Lillie, now Mrs. Graham ; Mary, now Mrs. John Harker ; Dorcas J. and Martha.

JOHN S. JOHNSTON, farmer. Sec. 15; P.O. Mifflin ; born in Westmoreland Co., England, May, 1837; came to America in 1860; settled at Grand Haven, Mich.; engaged in logging; then to Wisconsin in 1861, and in the mines; in 1863, bought 40 acres of land ; now owns 200 acres with good improvements. His wife, Margaret Anderson, was born in Illinois in 1845 ; they married in 1863 ; they have eight children - Joseph, John, Thomas, Phillip, Robert, Sarah, Isaiah, Edward. In politics. Republican. In religion, liberal believer ; was School Treasurer in 1876.

JOHN KENNEDY, deceased ; was born in Tennessee in 1813, and moved to St. Charles, Mo., in 1818 with his parents ; his father was a gunsmith by trade ; John, at the age of 18, went to St. Louis and learned the trade of blacksmith ; and. at the age of 21, removed to Iowa Co.. Wis., where he engaged in the mines, and entered 160 acres of land and built the cabin ; in the spring of 1851, he moved to Mifflin, where he resided until his death, March 27, 1880 ; he was a member of the Advent Church ; had been Postmaster and Director of Schools for over thirty years ; during most of the time he was in very poor health, not being able to work. His wife, Jane Gillhan, was born in Illinois Dec. 11, 1815 ; came to Wisconsin in 1835 with her parents ; married in 1836 ; they had one child - Mary Jane, born ia

THE KIRKPATRICK FAMILY were of Scotch descent ; the fifth generation were represented in the Revolution by a great-grandfather, who was killed, leaving four boys, who emigrated to Illinois; James K. came to Wisconsin in 1834, and settled in Iowa Co., and died there; wife died there also ; leaving a family of four sons and four daughters, of whom F. C was the oldest, a native of Georgia, born Feb. 4, 1803, and came to Illinois in 1818 ; then went to Missouri; then to Galena, on April 10, 1827 ; remained there until Wisconsin was bought from the Indians, when he removed to Grant Co., then to La Fayette Co., and then to Iowa Co.; died in Grant Co., June 3, 1877 ; his wife was Francis Speeks, born in Tennessee, Oct. 27, 1S04 ; came to Illinois with her parents; married Mr. K. about 1822, and now living in Grant Co.; by this marriage there were ten children, four daughters and six sons, of whom Mr. I. C. Kirkpatrick, a farmer in Sec. 18, P. O. Rewey, is the oldest son, born in Washington Mo., Dec. 4, 1825; came to Wisconsin in 1827; remained at home until 1847, when he engaged in farming and mining on 240 acres of land, on which he made the improvements, and now owns 840 acres uf land ; he has held the office of Treasurer of District No. 4 ; member of Town Board ; member of lodge A., F. & A. M., in Mifflin. In politics, Democrat; in religion, liberal believer; his wife, Mary Mondon, was born in Jackson Co., III., in 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1835, and settled in Iowa Co. Married Feb. 25, 1846; they had seven children - -Frederick, born May 5, 1847; Jessie, deceased; James. Feb. 3, 1855; Walter, August, 18G0; George, 1866; Frank L., 1868; Francis, deceased.

GODFREY LIXDAUER, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Montford ; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, April 22, 1829, and came to America in 1851 ; remained in Pennsylvania five years, and came to Wisconsin in 1856 ; bought 80 acres of land, and now owns 410 acres, on which he has built a fine barn, 32x42, 18-foot posts, with basement stable; a house 16x24, two stories, and has a very fine place; his wife was Mary McCready, born in town of Highland, Iowa Co , in 1852. Married in 1870 ; they have three children - Jennie, Annie and Clara Mabel. He was brought up as a Lutheran.

CHARLES LIVINGSTON, farmer, Sec. 30; P. 0. Livingston; was born in Wicklow, Ireland, March 18, 1827 ; came to America May 1, 1849, and settled in Iowa Co., and entered 67 acres of land, and now owns 309 acres. The new village of Livingston is named from the family on whose land it is situated. His wife, Jane Gvooell, born in Dublin, Ireland, 1837, married July 4, 1855 ; they have seven children - Mary J., Hannah, John, Robert, David, Annie and Hugh. In politics, Republican ; in religi in, Episcopal; has been Town Treasurer for ten years, and Pathmascer; member of the I. 0. 0. F., and A., F. & A. M. Lodges at Mifflin.

H. W. McREYNOLDS, dealer in general stock; was born in Bond Co., 111., in 1825; came to Wisconsin when quite small with his parents, who are both dead ; when old enough, he worked in the mines ; then went to Grant Co. in business; then to Rewey in October, 1880 ; he owns 160 acres of land in Sec. 31, finely improved; his wife, Jane Sparks, was born in Wisconsin, in 1845, daughter of an old settler; they married in 1861, and have five children - ^Celista, Ulysses, Eva, James, Syrina ; a member of I. O. O. F. and A., F. & A. M.

JOHN E. MORGAN, farmer, Sec. 10; P. 0. Rewey; was born in South Wales in 1807; came to America in 1836; settled in Pottsville, Penn., near the mines; then to Wisconsin in 1850; owns 120 acres of land; made the improvements. His wife was Elizabeth Jenkins, born in Wales in 1812; marled in 1837 ; died Nov. 1, 1876 ; they have two children - John, born 1848; E. J., 1843, enlisted in the 43d W. V. I, died at Louisville, Ky.,in 1863. In religion, Presbyterian ; In politics, Republican ; has held most of the school offices.

David Morgan, a brother of the above, was born in South Wales in 1824; came to America in 1843, and remained seven years ; then returned to Wales and London ; then to Russia as engineer to set up iron works; he then returned to Wales; remained a year; then to America in 1879, farming with his brother. He is a Presbyterian and Republican.

D. H. MURDOCK, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Livingston; a son of Stephen Murdock, who was born in Washington, .V. Y., in LSlo; came to VVisconsin in 1846; settled in Waukesha Co. and engaged in farming; then came to Iowa Co. in 1856 ; bought 480 acres of land, and made the improvements; now resides in Milwaukee. His wife was Catharine Jane Sherman, who was born in Vermont ; married in 1838, and died in 1877 ; they had five children - Sherman S., born Dec. 7, 1840 ; D. H. born July 23, 1842, in New York, and came to this place with his parents, and now owns 321 acres of land and well improved; has been School Director six years, and Constable several terms; Charles A., of the

CHARLES S. MILLARD, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0, Mifflin ; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 22, 1813 ; left his father at the age of 9 years, and went to work on the canal, and, at 19, went to lumbering, from 1832 to 1837 ; then went to Missouri, and on to the Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers, rafting and keel-boating; then built a wharf-boat at Keokuk, Iowa in 184-1, which was sunk by a steamer ; he then went to Louisiana and engaged in chopping wood; then on to a plantation as overseer; then returned to the North ; and, in the fall, again went South as overseer; anl, in the spring of 1846, he came to Grant Co. and pre-empted a claim of 160 acres of land and built the old cabin; he now owns 480 acres of land, 60 acres of which are timbered, in Grant Co. In 1852, he planted a locust grove, and has since cut from it 3,000 posts, besides firewood. In the year 1870, he went to Colorado, and also two trips to New York. His wife, Betsey Ann Root, was born in Utica, N. Y., May, 1819. They were married Sept. 18, 1837 ; they have five children - Albert, born January, 1842; was in the 19th W. V. I., and was killed at Norfolk, Va., March 9, 1865 ; Edwin, born March 29, 1847, in Grant Co.; Emily H., born in New York in 1842, and died the same year (this was the oldest child) ; Myron, born April 20, 1849; Harrison, born July 15, 1851, in Belmont, on a farm. In politics, he is a Republican: in religion, he is a Free-Thinker ; member of A., F. & A. M.; was J. W. twelve years, and is S. W. at present; has been School Clerk and Treasurer ; Chairman of Town Board one year; has been Pathmaster.

FRANZ MILLER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. 0. Mifflin; was born in Saxony, Germany, Oct. 8, 1834; came to America in 1855 ; settled in Iowa Co., at Mifflin, in the business of brick-making, he having learned that trade in the old country. He now owns 120 acres of land, and has made the improvements. His wife was Amelia Gundlach, who was born in Peoria Co., 111., in 1837 ; they married in 1857, and she died in 1876 ; they had seven children - Rudolph (died in 1878), Bertha, Oscar, Sidonie, Earnest, Herman, Frank, and two children belonging to a deceased sister - Isabell and Minnie.

JOHN NEWMAN, farmer; Sec. 6; P. 0. Washburn; was born in Madison Co., 111., April 6, 1832; came to Wisconsin, in 1836, with his parents, who were early settlers of Iowa Co. He bought 200 acres of land and made good improvements thereon - barn 30x30, house 18x24, two stories. Has been Director of Schools, and is a member of A., F. & A. M. Lodge. His wife, Sarah Jane Kimball, was born in Madison Co., 111., Oct. 30, 1831; came to Wisconsin in 1834; married, in 1855, to William Mundor, who died in 1865, and by this marriage there were three children - James, Carrie (now Mrs. Bonriett) and William ; was married to Mr. Newman in 1868, and have two children - Minnie M., born June 28, 1869; Izera, born Nov. 19, 1871. Mr. Newman went to California in 1857, and returned in 1867. In politics, he is a Republican ; in religion he is a liberal believer.

OEORGE NICHOLSON, farmer, Sec. 25; P. 0. Mifflin; was born in Westmoreland Co., England, April 4, 1814 ; cimj to America in 1840 ; settled in Pittsburgh, near the coal mines ; in 1846, came to Black Jack Mines, Iowa Co., Wis. He then bought 160 acres of land, on which he made the improvements; he now owns 280 acres. His wife, Hannah Brown, was born in Westmoreland Co., England, in 1815 ; they were married in 1845 ; they have eight children - Joseph (scalded to death while killing hogs), Joseph, George (in Lost Grove), Barbara A. (now Mrs. Holmes, in Lost Grove), Hannah (deceased), Mary Jane (now Mrs. Johns, in Linden), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Johns, at home) and William (butcher in Mifflin ). In politics he is a Republican; in religion a Methodist; has been Pathmaster and Clerk of School District; member of the Grange. John A., born April 11, 1856, and now at home; his wife, Hannah Livingston, was born in Mifflin in 1850; married March 19, 1879; they have one child - Barbara Luella, born June 11, 1880. Elizabeth was married, in 1874, to George W. Johns, who was born in Grant Co., and now lives in Colorado ; they have one child - Annie, born March 15, 1875.

JOHN T. NOLAN (deceased); was born in Wilkesboro, N. C, in 1796; emigrated to Tennessee ; then to Green Co., Wis. ; then to Iowa Co., and died in 1875. His wife was Lucindia Shreckenghaust ; married in 1840 ; they had seven children - Melissia, John, Pierce, Margaret, Mary, Emma and Susan. Pierce Nolan, farmer. Sec. 34; P. O. Mifflin; was born in Wisconsin Dec. 25, 1851 ; married in 1873; owns 80 acres of land ; was Pathmaster in 1880. His wife, Sarah McCord, was born in Mifflin, Wis., Jan. 21, 1852 ; they have three children - Joseph, born Sept. 4, 1873 ; Jessie, born March 5, 1875 ; died in March, 1875; Charlie, born Oct. 23, 1876.

JOHN W. OWENS, farmer, Sec. 16; P. 0. Rewey ; born in Anglesea, North Wales, in 1836; came to America in 1856; was a short time in New Jersey; then went to Wisconsin in 1857; bought 120 acres; made most of the improvements; enlisted in 1862, in the 30th W. V. I., Co. E; discharged in November, 1865. His wife, Jane R. Jones, was born in Morganshire, South Wales, in 1839 ; came to America in 1842; was married in 1861 ; they have no children. He has been Pathmaster, and held office most of the time. In religion. Congregational ; in poliiics, stalwart Republican ; owns property in Dodgevilie

JAjflES PEDLiEY, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. (). Mifflin ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1833 ; came to America in 1853; settled at New Diggings, La Fayette Co., Wis. ; came to Mifflin in 1859, and bought, and now owns, 280 acres of land, with a fine house, 16x28 feet, with wing, 16x20 feet, all two stories, and give,s some atteniion to the raising of bees. His first wife, Mary H. Bowes, was born in Durham, England, and was married in 1857 ; she died April 3, 1868; their children are Elizabeth Ann, now Mrs. Fawcett, in La Fayette Co., Wis.; Sarah M., now Mrs. Davis; James D., Mary, Hannah, William; his second wife, Henrietta Eileu Davis, was born in Pennsylvania in 1843 ; married Oct. 16, 1868 ; died May 5, 1877 ; left five children - Addie, Harrison, Eliza E., Ellen A. and Ruth. In politics. Republican ; in religion. Primitive Methodist; was Class Teacher and Sunday School Superintendent; has been Pathm;ister; elected Justice of the Peice, but did not qualify.

WILLIAM PATEFIELD (dece.sjd); was born in Macclesfield, England, Dec. 8, 1816 ; came to America in 1845, and to Clifton, Grant Co., in 1852; then to Mifflin, and engaged as a tailor. He held the office of School Director, Clerk and Notary Public, and other town offices; died Nov. 13, 1871. His wife, Rachel Upt^jn, was born in Macclesfield, England, March 27, 1819; married Jan. 27, 1840, and have eight children - Lydia, Thomas, George, Sarah Ann (deceased), Elizabeth, Mary, Willie (decea.sed) and William ; Thomas, attorney at law, collector and insurance agent, Mifflin ; born in England, March, 1844; came to America in 1846; to Mifflin in 1852; attended school, and worked round until he was 16 years of age ; then taught school ; was admitted to the bar in 1875 ; was County Superintendent of Schools from 1871 to 1873, and Justice of the Peace; District Clerk and Town Clerk in 1878-79, and Deputy Postmaster for J. W. Ilewey. He is a Republican in politics, and Liberal in religion. His wife was Sarah Jane Hiliery, born in Dubuque Co., Iowa, May 2, 1847 ; married June 8, 1870 ; died Nov. 17,1875; they have two children - John William, born March 26, 1871; George Hiliery, born March 21, 1873; died Sept. 24, 1874.

J. W. REWEY. His father, Henry Rewey, is a native of Stockbridge, Mass., who was born July 9, 1805 ; his father, John Rewey, also a native of Massachusetts, born in 1781 ; his mother was Lucy Taylor, a native of Massachusetts, whose uncle George was a soldier of the Revolutionary war of 1776. .^Ir. J. W. Rewey's mother, Mary Wiltse Rewey, was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Nov. 29, 1810, and was the oldest child of James and Nancy (Livingston ) Wiltse. James Wiltse was also a native of New York, born in Dutchess Co. Nov. 23, 1787. Nancy Livingston was born in North Carolina, May 8, 1788 ; her uncle, Philip Livingston, of New York, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. J. W. Rewey, the subject of this sketch, is the second son of Henry Rewey, born at Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y., May 26, 1835 ; his father was a mechanic - a wool carder and cloth dresser - who, seeing a family of boys coming on, determined to go West, wheie he could buy cheap land and engage in farming. Accordingly, in the spring of 1844, this determination was put into execution, when, on the 2d day of June of that year, the family bade adieu to their friends and native land, and started for the then Far West, going to Ithaca by teams, thence across Cayuga Lake by steamboat, where they were loaded into a canal-boat and towed by horse-power to Buffalo, thence across the lakes to Milwaukee, which at that time was a mere hamlet. Here more serious difficulties were met, there being no public conveyance for freight or passengers any further west. Finally, some ox-teamsters were found, who had freighted lead from the mines at Mineral Point to Milwaukee to be shipped across the lakes to the Eastern markets. A contract was immediately entered into and terms agreed upon, being that of SI. 25 for each 100 lbs. of freight and passengers for transporting the family and their effects to Platteville. The journey consumed fourteen days, and will never be forgotten by those who participated in its hardships or enjoyed its pleasures, while life lasts. On June 26, 1844, the family arrived at the home of Alexander Graham, with whom there had a friendship existed in the State of New York, and whose farm lay adjoining the homestead which had been selected for the Rewey family, located four and a half miles northwest from the village of Platteville, where they engaged in farming, or rather, in the felling of tall trees, clearing and opening a farm in heavy timber land, which was attended with many hardships, difficulties and privations. Assistance was hired to clear the first seven-acre lot, which was done by cutting and burning the smaller timber and brush and " girdling " the larger trees and letting them remain standing. The limited means brought were soon exhausted in erecting a dwelling, clearing ground and living, and from thenceforward for many years the only revenue was derived froni chopping and haulinji; cord-wood to Platteville, with a yoke of oxen - old "Jack' and "Charley" - and sellins; it at an average price of $1.50 per cord. In the summer of 1 848, the first pair of horses were purchased, from Pat Conner, trading old " Charley," the only surviving one of the first pair of oxen, paying the balance by note. Upon the advent of a pair of horses in a family of boys came joy unspeakable. They could now ride on horseback, go to church on Sunday, and do as rich folks did. Old " Bill " and " Mike " were the center (jf attraction with the boys, and were brought into requisition very often to perform errands, either real or imaginary, as the case might be. Then they could haul wood to Benton and Hazel Green, a distance of twenty miles, where they could get the very satisfactory price of $3 per cord, to do which it was necessary to start very early in the morning and be out until late in the evening, making three trips per week.

The only education was obtained by going to the district school two or three mouths in the winter time ; in the winter of 1854-55, the subject of this sketch was duly installed teacher of the district school in the village of Dallas, in Iowa Co., more commonly known as " Black Jack," receiving therefor the .>um of $17 per month and board ; he continued teaching winters, working on the farm summers, until the winter of 1859, when, on the 16th day of February, he was married to Miss Eliza A. Galbraith, daughter of Andrew J. and Melinda Galbraith, and engaged in hotel-keeping in Platteville, succeeding William Butler, then the " Butler House," which was changed, upon the advent of the new landlord, to the " Rewey House," which occupation was continued until the spring of 1862, when a co-partnership was formed with G. D. Pettyjohn, E^q., for the purpose of engaging in the mercantile business, Mr. Pettyjohn having previously bought of Isaac Hodges his store and goods, of which he very generously sold a half interest to Mr. Rewey, taking his promise to pay therefor, which co-partnership terminated two years thereafter by mutual consent.

In the fall of 1864, Mr. R. removed to the town of Mifilin, in Iowa Co., and engaged in farming, which was continued for three years, when, in the fall of 1867, he sold his farm to H. P. Woods and removed to the village of Mifflin, where he erected a store building with dwelling-house attached, and engaged in the general merchandise business, which was continued with considerable success for nine years, when he sold his stock of goods and leased his building to Thomas Alton, Jr., and J. B. Huse, of Mifflin, who had formed a co-partnership for that purpose ; Mr. R. then removed to his present home, where he had purchased quite a large farm, four miles southwest from the village of Mifflin, through which the C. and T. Division of the C. & N. W. Railroad runs, upon which the village of Rewey is located, of which mention has been made in this history. Mr. Rewey 's father's family consisted of seven sons, all of whom grew to manhood, except John J., who died in infancy, May 12, 1844 ; the balance are all living, except Henry, Jr., born Sept. 6, 1841, at Berkshire, Tio2a Co., N. Y., and died Nov. 25. 1875, in Cuming Co., Neb., in consequence of wounds received in the late war ; Addison was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Oct. 26, 1833, and now lives in Lima, Grant Co. ; Jasper L. was born Aug. 18, 1837, in Tioga Co., N. Y., and now lives at Platteville; Milton F. was born Dec. 21, 1847, in Lima, Grant Co., and now lives near Dodgeville, Iowa Co., Wis. ; Jay. the youngest, was born in Lima, Grant Co , Dec. 2, 1852. and now lives at Platteville with his father and mother, on their homestead ; the old people are comfortably situated and enjoy very good health for people of their age. Mr. R.'s family consists of his wife, Eliza A. (^Galbraith) Rewey, born Aug. 20, 1838, at Charleston, III., and their only child, Oliver, born at Platteville, Wis., April 13, 1863, having had the misfortune of losing their eldest child - Mary, born at Platteville, Wis., Nov. 29, 1859, who died at Mifflin., Wis., Jan. 23, 1872. Mr. R. has always taken an active part in public affairs; was elected County Commissioner of Iowa Co. in 1867, and was re-elected in 1869; was elected Town Clerk of the town of Mifflin in 1865, ind held that office for nine years; was five times elected Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, and served three years as Chairman of the County Board; was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature of 1868 and 1881. In politics, a Republican. Is a member of Mifflin Lodge, A., F. & A. M., of Mineral Point, Chapter, R. A. IM., and of Mineral Point Commandery, K. T. In religion, he is liberal, believing in that deep and broad principle underlying all religion - in the existence and providence of God.

C. M. REYNOLDS, proprietor of American House, Mifflin; was born in Chemung Co.. N. Y., April 8, 1835; learned the trade of carriage-maker, and came to Wisconsin in December, 1855, and engaged in the carriage-making business. He enlisted, Aug. 1 1, 1862, in the 30th W. V. I.; mustered out in 1865, and returned to Mifflin; opened a hotel in July, 1880. His wife, Louisa Halsted, was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1834; they were married in 1855; have no children. In politics. Republican ; in religion, liberal ; member of I. 0. 0. F.; has invented a car-coupler and gang-plow ; owns town property in Champaign City, III., 8 acres near Mifflin, and 160 acres in Wayne Co., Mo.

Town Of Miffj.In

H. P. RUNDGIilj, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Livingston. Grant Co., Wis.; was born in Cornwall, England, in 1820; came to America in 1853; settled near Plat'eville; came to Iowa Co., Wis., in 1864 ; bought 146 acres, and now owns 313 acres of land, and improved with a house 4(1x18, wing 26x12, as fine a place as there is in Mifflin. His wife, Eiizabeth Ann Endey, was born in Cornwall, England, in 1830; came to America in 1856; married in 1857 ; they have eight children - Alnia P. (in Montana), James A., Melissa P., Georgiana A., Earnest E., Clarence B., Oscar B., Beatrice L. In politics. Republican ; in religion. Primitive Methodist ; his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he is also a class-leader, and has been Justice of the Peace seven years.

JOHIIV SCHUSTER, farmer. Sec. 16; P. 0. Mifflin; born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Feb. 14, 1828 ; came to America in 1852 ; settled in New York ; remained there about three years, then went to Galena, then to Grant Co., Wis., and bought 49 acres of land, and made part of the improvements ; remained there about seven years, then .sold out and moved to Iowa Co., Wis., and now owns 280 acres of land, on which he has made most of the improvements ; his house is 20x24, two stories ; granary 20x 20. His wife, Mary Weller, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1833 ; came to America in 1853 ; they married in 1858; they have three children - Carrie, Willie and Katie.

PAINE T. STEVEXS, former, Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Montford ; was born in Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wis., Feb. 13, 1849, and attended school at Platteville Normal; graduated in 1873, and taught in the Graded School at Platteville one year, and then removed to a farm of 215 acres. He is a member of Wingville Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and W. M. Was School Treasurer six years, County Surveyor one term, member of the Board of Supervisors, and Justice of the Peace. His wife, Carrie Edwards, was born in Galena, Jo Daviess Co., 111., in May, 1849 ; they were married March 25, 1873; they have one child - Lorenzo - born June 27, 1876.

OEOROE W. STRONG, former, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Livingston ; was born in Portage Co., Ohio, April 28, 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in October, 1847, and settled in Mifflin, Iowa Co.; he is a blacksmith by trade ; he owns 160 acres of land ; he moved on the farm in 1875 ; in 1853, he was engaged in blacksmithing in the copper mines in Michigan. His wife, Louisa Jacka, was born in Cornwall, England, April 16, 1835; came to America in 1849; they were married Dee. 27, 1850; they have had seven children, four living - Emma, now Mrs. Miller; Fannie, deceased; Piandolph, deceased; Edith, deceased; John, George W. and Mary. In politics, he is a Democrat ; in religion, be is a liberal believer; he is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and Secretary of Mifflin Lodge ; a Good Templar, and W. C. T. He is School Director of District No. 1.

WILIilAlI THOJIAS, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Livingston; was born in Derbyshire, England, Feb. 8, 1826; came to America April 6, 1848, and direct to Big Patch, Wis., where he remained one year, then to the town of Mifflin one year; in 1850, he went to California and remained about fourteen months; he then went to England in December, 1852, and returned in April, 1853, to Big Smelzer Patch, Grant Co.; he remained there about eight years; then went to Iowa Co. in 1859, and bought and now owns 500 acres of land, with a barn 30x30, a house 16x30, and a good stock fartn ; has a good grade of Durham stock. Hia wife was Kittie Peters, born in North Hill Parish, Cornwall, England, in 1830 ; she came to America in 1852, and they were married in the spring; they have had fourteen children, nine living^Nicholas, Elizabeth A., Samuel P., George H., Sarah, William, Noah, Mary J. and Kittie. He has been on the School Board, and Pathmaster two terms.

JOSEPH WALKER WELI^S, miner, Mifflin; born in Burlington Co., N. J., March, 1816, and came to St. Clair Co., 111., thence to Wisconsin in 1838, and then to Iowa Co., Wis.; engaged in mining. He now owns 80 acres of mining land. In 1852, he went to Colorado, and returned to Wisconsin in May, 1855. Has been Justice of the Peace and Town Supervisor, under the old organization.

Town Of Arena

ETHAlUr ALLE\ BLYNN, farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; Mr. Blynn was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1819 ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1847, reaching Chicago on May 5 of that year ; thence to Janesville, where he was engaged in a stage ofiSce for about two years ; thence to Beloit, Wis., where he was engaged as clerk in a hotel known as the "Rock River House;" thence to Mineral Point about 1852 ; he afterward went to Illionois, where he was engaged on the I. C. R. R. for about three years ; he then returned to Iowa Co. Mr. Blynn was a soldier in the war of the rebellion ; he enlisted in the fall of 1861, in the 11th W. V. I.; he was connected with that regiment about teo months, and was discharged for physical disability ; in 1863, he served in the 40th, a 100-day regiment; in the spring of 1864, he enlisted in the 49th W. V. I., and served until the close of the war. He then settled where he now lives, in 1866. His wife was Miss Louisa Smith, born in Madison Co., N. Y.; they have four children - Charles A., Frank S., Eugene L. and Joseph E. His farm contains 130 acres.

JAUES ALL(IS0\, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Arena; born in Scotland in 1808; he came to the United States in 1835; he lived about three years in Orange Co.. Vt., and spent about one year in Boston, Mass.; he removed to Illinois, and thence to Mineral Point, Iowa Co., in 1840, which makes him one of the earliest of the pioneers of the county ; he was somewhat unfortunate in his earlier experience in this country ; he made a claim of a farm in Illinois, which he lost ; after coming to Iowa Co. he lived a short time at Mineral Point ; went from there to the town of Ridgeway ; he made a claim on Sauk Prairie, upon which he spent all the money he had, about $90, and afterward lost the land because he had no money to purchase it when it came into market ; he worked at the shot-tower at Helena about one year; his first permanent settlement was in the town of Dodgeville, where he bought 80 acres of land of Mr. William Ruggles, which he afterward sold and located in the town of Ridgeway, where he entered 360 acres ; he settled where he now lives in 1865. He married Mrs. Ellen Williams, formerly Ellen Perry ; has one daughter - Janet ; his present farm contains 80 acres.

EDWIN R. BOVEE, fiirmer ; P. 0. Arena; was born in the eastern part of the Sta'e of New York Jan. 22, 1825 ; he lived in that State till 1849, when he came to Waukesha Co., Wis., where he remained a short time ; he then went to Jefferson Co. and engaged in farming ; he came to Arena in 1857, and engaged as station agent ; this position he held for twelve or fourteen years; has been engaged principally in farming for several years. He was married to Miss Anne Bird, daughter of William Bird, who came to Wisconsin from England about 1843 ; Mrs. Bovoe was born in 1838 ; they have one daughter - Lunette, now a student of Ripon College ; have an adopted son - John R. The parents of Mr. Bovee, with their family, except himself, who was the oldest child, came to Wisconsin in 1843 ; his mother died soon after the family arrived in Milwaukee ; his father now lives in Waukesha Co.

WILLIAM H. BRISBANE, farmer and attorney. Sec. 21; P. 0. Arena; son of Dr. William H. Brisbane, who was Ixirn in Beaufort Co., S. C, Oct. 12. 1806. Dr. Brisbane was of Scotch extraction ; his father owned a large plantation, from whom the Doctor inherited a large number of slaves. In early life, becoming convinced that slavery was wrong, he proved the sincerity of his convictions by emancipating his slaves, some thirty in number, and saw them all settled in a free State, as free men and women. By this act, he, of course, incurred the displeasure of the slave-holders of his native State. He was ever after arrayed with the Abolition party, against the institution of slavery. He was for some time a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. In about 1846, he came to Philadelphia, and took charge of an anti-slavery paper, called the American Citizen ; but, his healtli failing, he was obliged to discontinue this work at the end of one year. He then removed to the State of New Jersey, and took charge of a church, near Camden, where he remained until 1849, when he returned to Cincinnati, where he established an anti-slavery paper called The Crisis, which wielded a great influence both North and South. He removed to Wisconsin in 1853, and resided a short time at Madison ; but came to Arena in the spring of 1854. From this time until his death, he was prominently identided with all the leading reforms of the day. At the breakingout of the rebellion, he was chosen Chaplain of the 2d Wisconsin Cavalry. In 1862, he was appointed one of the Tax Commissioners of South Carolina, and took up his residence in Beaufort. This position he held till 1870. He was, at one time. Chief Clerk of the Senate of Wisconsin, and has held other positions of honor and trust. Dr. Brisbane was as strong an enemy of intemperance as of slavery. These he regarded as the great enemy of our free institutions, and he fought them with all the energy and ability that he possessed. Yet so mild was he, and careful of the feelings of others, that he never gave offense, and all united, of whatever religious or political opinions, in their respect, esteem and admiration of the man. He was married, when but 18 years of age, to Miss Anna Lawton, who still survives him. They had ten children, only three of whom are living - Benjamin, who resides in New fork ; William H. and Mrs. Phebe A. Reeve, of Black Pjarth. Dr. Brisbane died at his home in Arena in 1878. William H. Brisbane, Jr., was born in Cincinnati in 3 838. He was with his father most of the time until he reached manhood. He enlisted, in 1861, in the 1st W. V. I. for three months. He re-enlisted in the 2d W. V. C. ; was made a Second Lieutenant, and resigned in June, 1862. He then went to New York City, where he was employed in the Custom House till 1864. He then joined the 56th New York Militia, which was ordered to Pennsylvania when that State was invaded by Gen. Lee. In 1864, he went to South Carolina as surveyor and clerk, at the front of Beaufort. He studied law, and practiced for a time in New York and Chicago. He was married to Elizabeth Sniffen ; has had eight children - five of whom are living - Henry C , John B., Mariem, Edith M. and Phoebe E. The homestead where Mr. Brisbane now resides contains about 'MO acres.

MRS. RUTH CAL.KI1VS re.sides in Sec. .31 ; P. 0. Arena; she is the widow of John Calkins, who was born in the State of Connecticut in 1803 ; his parents removed to Steuben Co., N. Y., when he was 18 years of age. He was married to his preseut widow, Ruth Crawford, born in the State of New York, in 1809; they removed to Illinois about 1836, and to Wisconsin about 1845, and settled in the town of Arena, where Mr. Calkins died in 1873. Mrs. Calkins has had eleven children, nine of whom are living - Emily, John F., Maria A., Homer, Orra, Stephen, Anson, Reuben and Louis; the names of the deceased children were Jerome and Isabel. Louis was born in the town of Arena in 1849 ; he resides at the homestead, of which he has charge. Farm contains 120 acres.

WILIilAll CALDWELL, farmer, Sec. 36; P. 0. Mazomanie ; son of John and Harriet Caldwell, who, like many others of the English settlers of this part of Wisconsin, came here under the auspices of the British Temperance Association ; they came in 1849, and settled in Dane Co., where the father died in 1861 ; mother died in 1853 ; parents had nine children, eight of whom are living, all born in England ; oldest son, John, still lives in England; William was born in 1828; was married to Mary Hannah Blakey, who came from England in 1846 ; they have five children - John, Harriet, Elizabeth Anne, William B. and Tom. Mr. Caldwell's farm consists of 484 acres.

WILLIAM J. DAVIS, manager of the hardware store of Davis Bros. (John and D. J.), son of Benjamin J. Davis, a native of Wales, and one of the earliest settlers of the town of Ridgeway, Iowa Co. ; parents have twelve children, all of whom were born in the town of Ridgeway ; eleven of the children are livint;, nine sons and two daughters; John, of the firm of Davis Bros., is at present traveling salesman for Ball & Goodrich, wholesale grocers, of Milwaukee ; D. J. is a member of the firm of Davis & Fairlamb, who are extensively engaged in the manufacture of milk cans ; they are located in Chicago ; the hardware store in Arena, of which William J. has charge, is doing quite an extensive business ; sales for 1879 were $13,000.

JOHN A. DAWSO\, farmer. Sec. 12; P. O. Arena. He is the oldest surviving son of William and Ann Dawson (see biography of S. W. Dawson) ; he was born at the homestead May 3, 1846. He was married to Mary Ann, daughter of John Porter; they have five children - Frederick T., William L., Nellie, Leonard P. and Franklin. He resides upon a part of the homestead farm ; he has 300 acres of land. His mother resides in the village of Arena.

STEPHEN W. DAWSON, farmer, Sec. 1; P. 0. Arena; son of William L. and Anna Dawson, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, to Iowa County, in May, 1845. Mr. William L. Dawson was one of tho^e early English settlers who came over under the auspices of the British Temperance Association. He settled in the town of Arena, on that portion of the homestead farm where his son Stephen L. now lives. He had seven children - three sons and four daughters ; two .sons and two daughters are still living. He enhstod in the war of the rebellion in the 2d W. V. C, Co. F ; he was appointed bugler of his company, and afterward became regimental bugler. He died while in the service, in 1862. Stephen W. was born on the farm where he now lives, Oct. 23, 1847. He was married to Mary, daughter of Hiram Carter ; they have five children - William, Agnes, Lulu, Stephen A. and Daisy. He has 380 acres of land.

LOUIS ENOCH, proprietor of Wi.scon>in House, Arena. Mr. Enoch was born in the town of Dodgeville, Iowa Co., in 1851 ; his parents. .John and Sarah Enoch, natives of Wales, are s'lll residents of Dodgeville. Mr. Enoch his been engaged in mining for many years; he still owns an interest in a valuable lead mine near Dodgeville. He came to Arena and took charge of the Wisconsin House, in April, 1880.

JOHK GOODLAD, farmer, Sec. 12; P. 0. Hyde's Mills; son of William and Ann Goodlad, who were among ths earliest of the English settlers of Iowa County who came over under the auspices of the " British Temperance Emigration Society." His father settled in the town of Arena, on the farm which John now owns ; his father went to England about 1868, but returned and settled at Osborne, Kan,, where he died, Aug, 22, 1879. He was born in 1803. Mother now lives at Stavely, England; she has six children - three daughters, who live in England, and three sons, in the United States. John Goodlad was born Dec. 23, 1830. He was married to Mary Yapp. They have seven sons and one daughter - Joseph, John, William, Henry S., Selina, Charles H., Frank and Ernest, Mr. (jloodlad has about 500 acres of land.

JOHN HODGSOBf, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Arena. Mr, Hodgson was born in England, in 1821; he is the son of Richard Hodgson (see biography of Francis Hodgson), He came to the United States with his brother William, in June, 1845, several months before his father came. His wife was Miss Ann Emery ; like many of the early English settlers, Mr, Hodgson is one of the substantial men of Iowa Co, The memory of both himself and wife goes back to the time when Wisconsin was in its infancy ; to the lime when the Indian yet lingered on the borders of civilization, and Wisconsin was still the hunting ground of the .savage, A part of the farm which Mr, H9dgson now owns was entered as Government land. He has now a pleasant home and 265 acres.

WILLIAM HODGSON, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Arena. Mr. Hodgson is the third son of Richard and Jane Hodgson; he was born in England in 1825; he came to Wisconsin from England with his brother John in 1845 ; he has been a resident of Iowa County since that time. He was married to Mrs. Harriet Dobney, daughter of Nathaniel Porter. They have three children - Ralphe. Bertie M. and Lillian L. Mrs. Hodg.son has two children by her former husband - Blanche A. and Fannie. Mr. Hodgson settled on a part of his present farm in 1851 ; he has 220 acres.

FRANCIS HODGSON, farmer. Sec. 26; P. 0. Arena; born in Yorkshire, England, in 1827 ; he is a son of Richard Hodgson, who was born in England Feb. 25, 1797, and who was married to Jane Wright, birn Jan. 7, 1800; they were married June 20, 1820, and came to America in October, 1845. They had twelve children, all of whom were born in England. Mr. Richard Hodgson still lives with his children in the town of Arena ; his wife died Nov. 15, 1875. Francis was married to Betsy Wilkinson, born in England. Mr. Hodgson, like others of this numerous family, is one of the successful and sub-itanual farmers of Iowa (Jo. He began life poor; his first successful investment was that of $o, which he borrowed to pay his wedding expenses. This investment he has never had cause to regret. From small financial beginnings, by hard work and closi attention to business, he has attained to not only comfortable, but to aflluent circumstances. His farm contains 720 acres. He has sis children - Lewis, Kate, Harriet I., Elmer F,, Walter and Wilber P,

JOSEPH S. HUGGINS, farmer, Ssc, 12; P, 0. Mazomanie ; born in the State of New Hampshire, in 1818, where he lived till 1840, when he went to the State of Iowa. He resided near Burlington, in that State, for some time ; he was also at Galena, 111. ; he was engaged in lumbering in the Chippewa River region as early as 1843. He returned to the State of New Hampshire ; went to Boston, Mass., where he lived about nine years. He returned to Wisconsin in 1854. and settled where he now lives, in 1856. He was mirried to Elizabeth Murdoaijh, born in New Hampshire; has two children - James and Susan. His farm contains 258 acres. In his younger life, Mr. Huggins was engaged in teaching, for a considerable time. He also learned the business of surveying, which he still follows to some extent.

DAVID HOIiCOHB, farmer. Sec. 17; P. O. Mazomanie; born in Oswego Co., N. Y.. in 1822; he came to Wisconsin with his father's family in 1845 , the family settled in Troy, Walworth Co.; they came to Iowa Co. in 1855, and settled wliere David now lives ; father died May, 1874; mother lives at the homestead; David took possession of the homestead farm iu 1873. He was married to Miss Annie Appleby, daughter of James Appleby ; they have nine children - Worcester, John, Florence, George, Nettie, William, Franklin, Ernest and Lulu. Mr. Holcomb's parents had eight children, six sons and two daughters ; three sons and one daughter are living, all residents of Wisconsin.

RICHARD P. JONES, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Arena; born in Wales in 1828; he emigrated to the United States with his parents, John P. and Mary Jones, in 1851 ; his parents settled at

Blue Mounds, Iowa Co., where they resided till their death ; John P. went to Galena, 111., and engaged in mining for about two and a half years ; thence to California, where he also engaged in mining ; he made two trips to that State ; was there altogether, over ten years ; he returned to Dodgeville, where he kept the United States Ho'el ; this property he owned for about twenty years, when he exchanged it for property in Adanisville, where he settled in the fall of 1875, and engaged in the mercantile trade; settled on his present farm in the spring of 1879. His first wife was Mary Watkins ; she died in 1874. His present wife was Mary Parris. He has two children by his first wife - -Martha and Mary ; has one by his present wife - Frank. His farm contains about 240 acres.

THOMAS JO]VES, farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Arena ; born in Wales in 1819 ; he came to Iowa -Co. with his parents, and settled in Blue Mounds, where his parents resided till their death ; the family consisted of the parents and five children, four sons and one daughter; the children are all residents of Iowa Co. Mr. Jones went to California in 1850, and CLgaged in mining; he was absent about four years ; he settled on his present farm in 18G6 ; his first wife was Elizabeth Edwards ; his second wife was Margaret Morris ; his third and present wife was Margaret Evans ; he has one child by first wife - Mrs. Margaret Roberts ; lost one child ; has five children by second wife - Ellen, Anna, Christie A., Thomas and Katie ; lost three. Mr. Jones' farm contains 336 acres.

RICHARD KNIGrHT, farmer, Sec. 26; P. 0. Mazomanie ; born in Leicestershire, Eng., but a few miles from the city of London, in 1834; he came to Iowa Co. from England in 1850; he remained about two years, and then went to Ohio, where he lived ten years ; he then returned to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Vermont, Dane Co., where he was married to Mary Caldwell ; he settled where he now lives in March, 1876; in June, 1876, Mr. Knight met with a severe and nearly fatal accident ; while crossing the railroad track at Mazomanie, his team became frightened at the cars, and he was thrown from his wagon with great force ; his head was so severely injured that it was thought he would not recover ; he is, however, able to be about and oversee the duties of his farm, but still suffers from the injuries he received ; he has seven children - Frank, Loraine, John W., Fred, Harriet, William and Mary. His farm contains about 150 acres.

SYLVESTER LAMPMAN, farmer and carpenter; P. O. Arena; born in the town of Swanton, Franklin Co., Va., July, 1834. His parents removed to Dane Co. about 1850; his fither still lives in the town of Cross Plains. Mr. Lampmau is a carpenter and joiner by trade, which he followed for many years; he settled on his present farm in the fall of 1S74. He was married to Fanny Farewell; they have seven children - six sons and one daughter. His farm contains 222 acres.

HENRY lilNLEY, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Mazomanie; born in Nottinghamshire, England, in 1824 ; he is the son of John and Isabelle Linley. His parents and three sons came from England to Iowa Co. in June, 1844, being among the earliest of the English settlers of this portion of Wisconsin. The family settled in the town of Arena, where his father has since resided. Mr. Henry Linley lost his first wife in England, and was married to Miss Sarah Bagnail, and came to Iowa Co. from England in 1849, and settled, with his father, in Sec. 24, Arena. His father has lived with his son Henry since that time; he is now in his 85th year. In 1856, in company with Joshua Rhodes, he built the Dover Grist-mill ; he sold his share of this mill in 1864. Mr. Linley has had seventeen children, ten of whom are living - Isabelle (now Mrs. Ellis), William H., John, Emily E. (now Mrs. John Thomas), Arthur L., Henry F., Albert, Gertrude, Herman and May A., all of whom were born in Iowa Co., except Mrs. Ellis. Mr. Linley's farm contains 315 acres.

EVAN liliOYH, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Arena. Mr. Lloyd was born in Carnarvonshire, Wales. in 1823. He emigrated to the State of Pennsylvania in 1839; he lived in Pennsylvania for about three years, and came to Iowa Co. in 1842 ; he lived some time at Mineral Point and at Dodgeville, and worked at the shot-tower at Helena as early as 1844 ; he settled on a farm, in the town of Arena, in 1850 ; afterward went to Missouri, but has been a resident of Iowa Co. most of the time since 1842. He was married to Jane Hodgson, whose parents were among the earliest settlers of Iowa Co. ; they have eight children - Richard, Edward, P]lla, Margaret, Katie, Jennie, Bessie and Robert. His farm contains 305 acres.

PETER ELOYD, Sr., farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Helena; was born in North Wales in 1810. He went to England when 12 years of age, where he lived for several years. When about 20 years of age, he went to the city of London, where he lived several years ; he then returned to Wales, and afterward removed to Liverpool, where he was employed on the police force of that city, and where he was married to Margaret Davis, also a native of Wales. He emigrated to New York, where he stayed a few months, and thence to Pittsbursh, where he was employed in a coal mine ; he came to Mineral Point in - KK the spring of 1844, and to Helena in April of that year, has resided near Old FTelena since that time ; hewas employed at the shot-tower for many years ; first, when owned by Terry & Metcalf ; afterward, by C. C. Washburne and Cyrus Woodman ; he also carried the mail from Galena to Highland several years. Mr. Lloyd lost his wife Aug. 5, 1880. He has four children - Robert H., Peter E. (now station agjent at Helena), John T. (resides in Taylor Co., Iowa) and Mary Jane (now Mrs. Alvah Culver). Has also one adopted daughter - Margaret E. His farm now contains 160 acres. He intends to make his future home with his daughter, Mrs. Culver, at Lone Rock.

PETER E. IjLOYD, station agent at Helena Station ; son of Peter Lloyd. He was born in 1850, in the town of Arena ; has been station agent at Helena since January, 1876. He was married to Jennie Foster, daughter of Charles Foster ; has two children - Dell and Owen.

A. J. LOOKMAX, merchant and Postmaster, Helena ; son of Tracy Lockman, who was born in Madison Co.. N. Y , Feb. 15, 1820, who came to Wisconsin in June, 1847, and settled in the town of Cadiz, Green Co., where he lived until 1857, when he came to the town of Arena and became Superintendent of the shot-tower at Helena, which position he retained till 1861. While connected with the shot-tower, he greatly improved the machinery for the manufacture of shot, which increased the manufacturing capacity of the tower from 1 ,500 pounds to 5,000 pounds per day. He settled on a farm in Helena Valley, town of Wyoming; this farm, containing 400 acres, and one of the best improved farms in the town, he still owns. Mr. Tracy Lockman has been one of the .solid, reliable men of Iowa Co.; has always taken a prominent part in educational interests. He was Town Superintendent of Schools for the town of Cadiz for many years. He also filled that position in the town of Wyoming for .several years ; was A.ssessor of Wyoming for about a dozen years ; Chairman of the Town Board three years, and was Knrolling Oflncer for the Third District during the rebellion. His first wife was Sarah Brown, born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., June 20, 1821 ; she died Dec. 31, 1872. His present wife was Flavia Hoskell, born in Madison Co., N. Y. He has six children by first marriage, three sons and three daughters - Andrew J., William F.. Cyrus L., Josephine H., Sarah A. and Euphemia. Andrew J. was born in Cazenovia, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1844, ho married Mary Ann Lloyd; has one child - Jessie A. He engaged in business in Helena December, 1874. Was appointed Postmaster July 1, 1874.

CHRISTOPHER MABBOTT, farmer, Section 2; P. 0. Arena; born in Nottingham^ shire, England, March, 1809. He was married in 1830, to Mary Ann Springthorpe. They came to the United States in May, 1845. and settled in the town of Arena; settled on present farm in the fall of 1847. Has had thirteen children, ton of whom are living - William C., John R., Mary Ann, Amos M., Edward J., Christopher A., Thomas S., Martha E.. George W. and Laura J. Farm contains about 200 acres.

JOHN R. :5I ABBOTT, proprietor of Helena House, Helena; son of Christopher M. Mabbott, who was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1803, and came to Iowa Co., with his family, in 1844, and settled in Mill Creek Valley, town of Arena ; parents had thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters ; nine of the children were born in England ; eleven of the children are still living, eight sons and three daughters. John R. was born in the town of Cottesmore, Rutland Co., England in 1835. He enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in the 31st W. V. I., and served until the close of the war. He participated in some of the most important events of the war, including the siege of Atlanta and Sherman's march to the sea. After the close of the war. Mr. Mabbott engaged in farming until 1872, when he came to Helena. He was married to Mary C. Villemonl ; have ten children, six sons and four daughters.

JAMES McClITCHIN, farmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Arena ; born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He came to America, with his brother Andrew, in 1842 ; he was at Mineral Point in the fall of that year. He passed the following winter in the pinery region of Wisconsin. In the spring of 1843, he went to Galena, III., where he became connected with the steamer Gen. Brooks, which was employed in furnishing the forts on the Upper Mississippi. He passed the following winter in the pine region. He traveled a good deal in his younger days, and is possessed of much information pertaining to the early history of Wisconsin. The McCutchin family is a numerous and well-known family of Iowa Co. His father, Robert, was twice married ; had five children by first marriage, only two of whom, James and Andrew, survive. Hugh, another of the five, and a prominent man, recently died. There were also five children by second marriage, all of whom are living. Robert, the father, emigrated to this country many years after the older children came. Mr. James McCutchin settled where he now lives, in 1846. He was married to Jane Gurthie, born in the State of New York ; they have eight children, two boys and six girls. His farm contains 320 acres.

WIIjLilAJI A. McKIBfZlE, grain and stock dealer, Helena ; is a son of Benjamin Mc- Kinzie, who was born on Prince Edward Island in 1795 ; was married to Isabelle IMcCloud, a native of Scotland. The family came to Wisconsin, July, 1849, and settled in the town of Ridgewaj', Iowa Co.; his father died at Blue Mounds, Dane Co., in the fall of 1872 ; his mother died in 187l> ; the parents had nine children, the oldest child, George, still resides at Prince Edward Island, he is a sea captain by occupation ; eight of the children are still living; Wm. A. was born on Prince Edward Island May 6, 1837 ; has been a resident of Iowa Co., since his parents came to the State. He enlisted in 1804, in the 42(1 W. V. I., and served until the close of the war. He was married to Nancy Ward, daughter of Wm. A. Ward; have had nine children, seven of whom are living - William, James, John, Clarence, Carrie, Adda and Bessie; one son, George, died at Milwaukee in 1877, in his 20th year, another child died in infancy. Mr. McKinzie came to Helena and engaged in the grain and stock business in the fall of 1872.

WILLIAM C. MEFFERT, harness-maker. Arena; son of Wm. L. Meffert, born at Frankfort-on-the-Main ; his mother was born at Ems, Germany ; the family emigrated to this country in 1845 ; they came to Milwaukee, thence to Mineral Point; lived for a short time at West Blue Mounds, where his father died of cholera in 1 852, a sister also died at about the same time of the same disease ; after the death of the father and sister, the remainder of the family removed to Dodgeville, where his mother still resides; his parents had five children, four of whom are living - C. C, born at Ems, now a resident of Centerville, Boise Co., Idaho; Wm. C; Minnie, now Mrs. B. E. Meigs, lives at Stillwater, Minn.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Kellogg, resides at Ft. Dodge; Wm. C. was born at Ems, Germany in 1842. He enlisted May 4, 1861, in the 3d W. V. I., served the time for which the regiment enlisted - three months ; re-enlisted for three years, at the expiration of his term of service, re-enlisted as a veteran, and was discharged August, 1865, having served a period of four years three months and twenty-one days. Probably no soldier from Iowa Co., and, in fact, but few in the service, was more actively engaged than he during the long period he was in the army ; he was absent from his regiment but once, a period of four months, when he was engaged in the recruiting service; he participated in twenty-two battles, many of which were the most important of the war, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, etc.; after his discharge, he returned to Dodgeville and engaged in business ; he came to Arena, March, 1867. He was married to Deliah Kubedeau, born in Galena, 111., in 1842.

GARDNER C. MEIGS, Arena; born in Malone, Franklin Co., N. Y., Sept. 6, 1820; his parents were natives of Vermont, and returned to that State when he was 2 years of age; when he was 9 years of age, they removed to Canada, and settled near St. John's. Mr. 3Icigs came to what is now the town of Highland, Iowa Co., in 1844, and engaged in mining; he went to California in 1850, where he remained about two years, he then returned to the town of Highland; he came to Arena in June, 1852, and was engaged in business with Mr. Henry Rowell for about two years; he then purchased a farm on Sec. 15, now owned by Mr. Thomas Jones, which he sold in the spring of 1865 ; in 1866, he engaged in the mercantile and grain business in Arena ; he continued the grain business about two years, but followed the mercantile business till the fall of 1878, when, on account of liis failing eyesight, was obliged to discontinue business. Mr. Meigs has served three terms in the General Assembly of the State, was elected in 1859. and re-elected in 1860-61 ; he served two years as Sheriff of the county, elected in 1862 ; has held most of the town oflBces, Chairman of the Board, Assessor, etc.; has been Justice of the Peace and Notary Public many years. He was married to Louisa Jane Barnard, daughter of John Barnard, of Avoca; they have eight children - Gardia A., wife of Dr. Herbert Bird; Rebecca N.; John B.; Nettie, wife of Rev. A. N. Hitch ook, of Mazi)manie ; Andrew L., Kate E., Anna Jl. and Grace C.

JAMES MELLEVILLE, farmer. Arena; born in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., England,,iii 1808. He came to this country, by way of New Orleans, in 1846; thence, up the Mississippi River to Galena. He settled in Dane Co., where he lived five years; thence, to the town of Arena, where he purcha.sed a farm, and where he lived for seventeen years; he then settled in the village of Arena. His first wife was Helen Lithsjo ; she died in 1877. His present wife was Mrs. Anne Cork ; had five children by the first marriage, all of whom died in infancy, except one son, Thomas, who enlisted in the 23d W. V. I., and died during the war.

X.AVIER MILLER, farmer. See. 11; P. 0. Mazomanie ; born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1817. He came to Wisconsin from Germany in 1853; he lived in Madison about two years, afterward settled in town of Arena; settled where he now lives in 1865, He was married to Rosa Crocker, who was born in Bavaria ; they have four children - Josephine, now Mrs. John Varath, lives in Dane Co.; Rosa, ni)W Mrs. Robert Gruber, lives in Morrison Co., Minn.; Joseph, who was born in the town of Arena in 1858; John, born in 1862. His farm contains about 200 acres.

REV. ADAJl PINKEBTON, Pastor of the Congregational Church, Arena; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1821. He was educated in his native ciiy ; graduated at the high school, and attended the University at Edinburgh for two years. He came to the United States in 1851, and settled in Tippecanoe Co., Ind., where he was engaged in teaching until the breaking-out of the rebellion. He enlisted July, 18H2, in the 72d Ind. V. I. The regiment to which he belonged served as infantry till after the battle of Murfreesboro, when they were mounted, and became a part of Wilder's brigade. He enlisted as a private of Company G ; at the organization of the company, was elected its Captain. He held that position until September, 18fi4, when he became Major of the regiment. He was severely injured by a fall while his resiment was making a charge upon the enemy. The injury he received incapacitated him for further military duty, aud he resigned Nov. 28, 1864. He went to Eagle, Richland Co., Wis., in 1865, and shortly after became Pastor of the Pleasant Hill and Bird's Creek Churches, where he remained till April, 1871, when he came to Arena and became the Pastor of the Congregational Church of this village. Mr. Pinkerton's first wife was Nancy C. Crouch; she died June, 1873. In February. 1875, he was married to Angeline I. Paine, who died in August of that year. He has seven children by his first marriage - Dr. William T. Pinkerton, who graduated at Louisville Medical College, February. 1879, and is now practicing medicine in Arena ; Mary B., wife of John W. Williams, of Richland Co.; Lizzie L., Katie B., Margaret A., Archibald C. and Anna Grace. Mr. Pinkerton is a clergyman of much force, earnestness and ability as a speaker ; conscientious in the discharge of his duties, and respected and esteemed, not only by his own church, but by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.

JOHN POPE, flirmer. Section 28; P. 0. Arena; born in Somersetshire, England, December, 1832. He emigrated to New York City December, 1855, and removed to Janesville, Wis., in the fall of 1856. He lived in Janesville one year, and then removed to the town of Union, Rock Co., where he lived seven years; removed from Union to Dane Co., where he lived two years ; settled where he now lives in the spring of 18(56. He was married to Martha Douche, who died in Arena. His present wife was Caroline Thomas, daughter of David Thomas. He has four children by his first marriage, and the same number by his present wife. His farm contains 160 acres. He and wife are members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

CHARLES PORTER, farmer. Sec. 3G; P. 0. Arena; son of John Porter, who came to Wisconsin from England in 1845, and settled in the town of Arena, where he died December, 1879. Charles was born in England April 14, 1833. He came to Wisconsin with his parents; went to California in 1854; returned in 1858. He enlisted, in 1863, in the 31st W. V. I.; served until the close of the war. He was married to Polly Miller, daughter of Andrew Miller, who was born in Pennsylvania. They have nine children, six sons and three daughters. His farm contains 80 acres.

WILLIAM E. ROWE, Arena; born in County Cornwall, England, in 1820; his parents emigrated to Canada in 1S34. Mr. Rowe came to Blue Mounds, where he was engaged in mining for several years. He was married in Dodgeville, to Miss Anna Jewell ; she was a victim of the cholera epidemic of 1849 ; Mr. Rowe also lost a daughter, at about the same time, of the same disease. Mr. Rowe removed to Dodgeville in 1850, where he was engaged for a time in mining, farming and hotel keeping ; kept hotel about two years. His present wife was Elizabeth Tregaskis, born in County Cornwall, England, April, 1822 ; her father emigrated to Wisconsin in 1834, and settled at Mineral Point, where he owned a valuable mining interest. He died in 1842. The mother of Mr. Rowe died in Canada. His father died in Missouri in 1856. Parents had seven children, all born in England, five of whom are still living. One brother, John, was killed in Missouri, by the premature explosion of a blast ; one sister, Phillippi, died in Kansas. Mr. Bowe had two children by first marriage - Mary Jane and Rose Ann ; the former was drowned in the flume at her father's mill in 1854 ; she was in her 8th year ; the younger daughter died of cholera, as mentioned above. During the many years that Mr. Rowe has resided in Iowa Co., he has been one of her most active and prominent business men, and has held several public positions. He was a member of the Legislature of Wisconsin for the years 1859, 1862, 1863 and 1864. He has been Chairman of the Town Board for several years. He is owner of the " Model Mill," on Blue Mounds Creek, in connection with which he has a fine farm and a pleasant home.

JAMES W. SLAITSON, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Arena; born in Orange Co., N. Y., September, 1836 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Reuben and Rachael Slauson, about 1845 ; the family settled in the town of Union, Rock Co., where his parents still reside. Mr. Slauson was married in Rock Co., to Susan E. P. Emery, daughter of Robert Emery, who emigrated from England to Massachusetts with his family, and thence to Wisconsin, and settled in Grant Co. about 1844. Mr. Slauson came to Iowa Co. in the spring of 1867 ; has resided in the town of Arena since that time. He has seven chil-

DEWITT C. SJfllTH, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Mazomanie. Mr. Smith was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., May, 1827; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Daniel and Charity Smith, October, 1844 ; the family settled in Waukesha Co., where his father died ; his mother still resides there. His parents had eight children, seven of whom are living ; his youngest brother, Frank, was lost on the steamer " Lady Elgin." His first wife died in 1876 ; she came from the State of New York with her parents in 1836, and settled in Walworth Co. His present wife was Sarah Bates. He has three children by first marriage - Walter, Eugene and George. Farm contains 280 acres

CHARLES STEBRITZ, farmer. Sec. 26; P. 0. Mazomanie; born in Germany in 1837 ; he came to this country in 1863, and located in Watertown, Wis. ; he afterward removed to the village of Mazomanie; he settled on his present farm in the fall of 1877. He was married to Mena Yonga, born in Germany; they have eight children, sis boys and two girls. His farm contains 120 acres.