Jefferson County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1879 (part 23 of 28)

JAMES ROtirAN, farmer; born in County Down, Ireland, Aug. 12, 1801, and came to Wisconsin in the foil of 1835. locating in Green Bay. Mr. Rogan was engaged in the distillery business in Zanesville, Ohio ; he then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and bought a grocery and provision store, which he continued until he was burnt out, when he bought a lake vessel, the Grampus, which he ran from Buffalo to other points on the lakes ; on March 2, 1837, he moved, with his family, to Watertown, Wis., and made his claim in Sec. 4, Town 9, Range 15 east; in 1848-49, he was appointed lighthouse-keeper at Milwaukee ; he was also one of the committee that named the county and town where he lived. He married, May 16, 1S29, Sarah Duffy, of Ireland; he has one child living - Sarah Jane, now Mrs. Tenney. Mr. and Mrs. Rosran are members of St. Bernard's Catholic Church.

PATRICK ROdrA^, farmer; born in County Down, Ireland, Sept. 26, 1808; came to Montreal, Canada, in 1823; lived two years there, then removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he resided until 1837, when he came to Watertown, arriving here May 15 of that year; made a claim to a fractional ijuarter-section. Sec. 11 ; was engaged in farming where the city now stands, on west side of the river; the spring he came here, he plai^ted potatoes where the College of the Sacred Heart is now located ; never, since he came here, has he entirely relinquished his farming interests ; six or seven years after he came here, he erected a saw-mill where George B. Lewis' factory is now located; carried on the mill until 1858, in connection with his other business of contracting, building, farming, etc. ; he has invested largely of his means in the building improvements of the west side of this city ; he has also invested, to a great extent, in plank-roads, railroads and other enterprises likely to benefit Watertown, being among tbe most publicspirited of its citizens ; he was a member of the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention ; he has been four times a member of the State Legislature; he organized the school .system here in 1855, having secured the passage of the act providing therefor ; he was Postmaster of this city for eight years ; first appointed by President Tyler, re-appointed in 1845, by President Polk ; he was one of the original corporators of the Watertown Gas Co., also a director of plank-road and railroad companies ; he has held nearly all city and town nflices within the gift of the people ; he never attended school but three months ; he acquire d some book knowledge while he was employed as errand boy in the office of a Notary Public in Montreal ; experience has been his teacher, and it would he difijcult to find better-informed men than Mr. Rogan is at the present time. He was married, in Chicago, Jan. 17, 1846, to Rose Craugle ; she was born in County of Down, Ireland ; they have six children - Robert Emraett, Charles Eugene, Edwin B., Louis P., Rose and Ellen E. ; lost one daughter, who died at the age of 6 years. Mr. and Mrs. Rogan are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. R.'s fiither, Peter Rogan, died at Rochester, N. Y., three years after he came to America with his family.

WIELIAM H. ROHR, merchant tailor and clothier; was born in Prussia Oct. 1, 1842, and came to Wisconsin the middle of June, 1853, locating in Watertown ; he then went to Beloit and attended the college there for three years ; in 1859, was teacher in the public school at Beloit for three years ; in 1862, and for three years after, was clerk with Fisher & Rohr, merchant tailors and clothiers; in 1865, he took his fsither's place in the firm; in October, 1876, Mr. Fisher died, and, from that date, he carried on the business on his own account. Mr. Rohr was School Commissioner of Watertown for two years and Superintendent of Schools for three years; in 1876, he was Alderman of the First Ward, and was Chairman of the Board of Street Commissioners; he was appointed City Treasurer, to fill a vacancy, which he held for three months, the term of office then expiring ; in 1873, he was a member of the Board of Supervisors, of which body he was Chairman three years. He married, June 7, 18GS Sophia Bertram, of Hanover, who died Dec. 19, 1878 ; he has four children - Amalie, Isabella, Gustavu and Max.

WILLIAM A. AND JOHN H. SCHLITETER, ciirar manufacturers. William.^ Schlueter wa.s burn in Buflfiilo, N. Y., in 1849 ; came to Watertown with his parents when quite young learned his trade under Mr. Eugene Wiggenhorn, of Watertown. Married Miss Louisa Glaser in 187- has two children - Willie, aged 6 years, and Henrietta, aged 4. Mr. Schlueter is a member of the Turne Society, of Watertown. John H. Schlueter, the junior member of the firm of Schlueter & Bro., was born i Watertown in 1854 ; learned his trade with Mr. Miller. Married Mi.-s Amelia Kreusky, of Clyman, Wis in 1S75 ; has one child dead and one living who.se name is John. He and wife are members of the Lutb eran Church and are members of the Harmonia Society also. John H. has been a member of the firm c Schlueter & Bro. since the origin of such firm, in July, 187'J, but has worked at his trade eleven years His brother, William, has worked at it about sisteen years. They now do business on Main street, betwee Eishth and Ninth streets.

CHRISTIAN SCH9IIJTZLEK, carpenter and builder; was born in Saxony in 183C where he lived on a farm with his lather till 1S51, when he came to Watertown, Wis., learned thecarpente trade and has since followed it. Married Miss Caroline Zeas the same year he reached Watertown ; ha five children - Edward. Minna. Ferdinand, Kmmaand Elcda. All are members of the Presbyterian Church Mr. Schniutzler has belonged to the Odd Fellows Fraternity for about fifteen years.

PHILIPP SCHjIIDT, manufacturer of toilet and laundry soaps. He was born in Prussia i 1832; came to Watertown in January, 1S55 ; for one year, he worked in the confectionery business here afterward in same business two y«.ars at Mayville, Dodge Co.; in the liquor business at Hastings, Minn two years; then, until 1801, he did fresco-painting in Jleinphis, Tenn. In 18(j1, he returned to Watei town and engaged in the manufacture of soajis; he has now one of the best manufactories in the WesI and is making thirty different varieties of laundry and toilet soaps. Mr. Smith is a member of the Con cordia Musical Society, Sons of Hermann; luis served as member of the School Board, etc. He was mat ried at Oconomowoc, May 22, 1862, to Augusta Krueger; she was born in Germany; they have fou children - Willie, Huso, Minnie and Eniuia.

JOHN P, SCHOENHOLS, hardware merchant; born in Germany Feb. 2, 1825; came t America in 1846, and resided in New York until 18511, when he came lo Milwaukee; engaged in rectify ing business thereuntil he came to Watertown in 1877. He was married in New York to Mary Gilde meister, April 21, 1853 ; she was born in Prussia ; they have seven children living - Lena, Johanna, Mag dalena, Martha, Lydia, Emelia and Maria ; they have lost one daughter and four sons. Mr. S. is a mem ber of St. John's Lutheran Church.

CHRISTOPH SCHROEDER, retired undertaker; burn in Vorbruck Walsrode, Hanovei Feb. IS, 1S17 ; came to America in 1844; located in Cleveland, Ohio, for about one year and a half; thei he came to Watertown ; for a number of years, he worked at the carpenter and joiner business; then h Was engaged in business as undertaker for twenty-five years ; three years ago, he retired from tha business. Mr. Sehroeder laid out and started Oak Hill Cemetery, and now has charge of it. H deserves great credit for the judgment displayed in the location and arrangement of this cemeterj He has one of the best-constructed family vaults in the country, in which rest the remains of hi children, of his mother, Mary Sehroeder, and Mary Arntz, his wife's mother. In 1843, Mr. S. mar ried Mary Arntz; she was born in Altenboetzen, Hanover, Dec. 15, 1820; they have seven childrei

ANTON SCHUMACHER, Ciiy Treasurer and manufacturer of and dealer in boots am shoes; born in Vinesbeck, Westphalia, Pru.ssia, Dec. 9, 1833; came to Watertown May 12, 1855 Worked at his trade of shoemaker over nine years for Henry Bertram. In August, 1864, he com menced business for himself on Third street; Aug. 20, 1877, his store was destroyed by fire; not withstanding his misfurtune, he immediately resumed business on the same street, and is doing thiiving trade. Mr. Sehuniaiher is one of the leading citizens of Watertowi . In April, 1878, ti was first elected City Treasurer; in April, 1879, he was re-elected by a majority of 870 - the larges majority ever given to a candidate for Treasurer. Such testimony is the best manifestation of th confidence repo.sed in Mr. Schumacher by his fellow-citizens. He was married in Watertown, Nov 23, 1863, to Frances Korherr, niece of Joseph Bursinger, of this city; she was born in the Duke dom of Baden, Germany; they have five children - Joseph Anton, born Nov. 4, 1S64 ; Ferdinand 11. July 24, 1866; Mary, Oct. 2, 1870; Caroline, Dec. 24, 1872, and Anna, Dec. 31, 1877; lost twi children - Mary Elizabeth, died Aug. 1, 1870, aged 2 years; Rosa, died Oct. 30, 1875; she was only 2 days old. Mr. and Mrs S. are members of the German Catholic Church. Mr. S. was Secretary of the Church nine years, and he was for five or six years Secretary of St. Henry's Society. He is a member of the Concordia Musical Society ; was Secretary of that Society one year.

JOSEPH fSCHlTBERT, M. I>. (dece.ised) ; was boru at Neustadt, Germany, in 1820; came to Watertown Sept. 9, 18-17 ; engaged in the drug Dusiness immediately after his location, his being the first store in the place doing an exclusive drug trade; the Doctor practiced medicine a few years in connection with his other business; he continued in the drug business until the time of his death, which was June 6, 1870. He was married in (Jcrmany June 7, IS-IO, to Kathinka Erb ; she was born at Fulda, in Germany, May 22, 1822; the children are Josephine (now Mrs. Louis Kehr), born Dec. 11, 1849, and Max J., Nov. 17, 1851 ; lost one daughter - l-'auline ; .she was born Aug. 29, 1853, died Aug. 19, 1854. Mrs. K. Schubert and her son carry on the business established by Joseph Schubert in 1847, the firm name being K. Schubert & Son.

MAX J. SCHUBERT, of tlie firm of K. Schubert & Son, druggists; was born in Watertown Nov. 17, 1851. He was married at Juneau, Dodge Co., Wis., May 20, 1877, to Ella Mertz ; she was born in Juneau March 30, 1859 ; they have one child - Tlma, born Sept. 6, 1878. Mr. Schubert is Treasurer of the Turner Society.

W. SCHULTZ, merchant and proprietor of saloon ; born in Germany Dec. 25, 1825 ; came to Watertown June 15, 1846 ; engaged in manufactnring wagons until 1858 ; engaged in saloon and mercantile business ever since. Mr. S. was Supervisor of the First Ward in 1875-76. In December, 1846, he married Caroline Ehl ; she was born in Germany ; they have six children - Caroline, Albert, Charles, Emma, Hattie and Matilda. Mr. Sehultz has been prominently identified with the Fire Department, the military organizations and the various other interests of this city.

A. G. SCHWANKE, teacher in the German Evangelical Lutheran School ; born in Prussia Jan. 29, 1847 ; came to America in 1863; located at Newton, Marquette Co., Wis.; engaged in farming until 1868; Mr S. received his elementary education in Europe, and, in 1870, he graduated from the Addis(m Lutheran Seminary in Illinois; he then taught school in Winnebago Co., Wis., for three years and a half; afterward, taugiit in Washington Co. one year and a half; came to Watertown in 1874, and has taught in the school he is now connected with ever since he came here. Oct. 6, 1872, he married Mary Otto; she was born at New London, Wis., Feb. 11, 1853; they have two children - Clara, born Aug. 25, 1873, and Louis, June 18, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Schwanke are members of the Lutheran Church.

H. P. SEIBEL, proprietor of saloon ; born in Prussia Aug. 17, 1826 ; came to Watertown in 1853 ; remained here two years, then went on his ftrm in Waterloo Town.sbip ; after a residence of a year and a half there, he returned to Watertown and engaged in grocery and saloon business ; afterward, discontinued the grocery business and has since conducted the saloon ; Mr. Seibel first located at Philadelphia when he came to America ; resided there two years and a half, then came to Wisconsin. He married Lizette Wegeman Dec. 6, 1853, in Milwaukee ; she was born in Prussia; they have five children - Emil, Laura (now Mrs. Hermann Straus), Ida Bertha and Max.

AUGUST SEIFFERT, contractor and builder; was born in the Kingdom of Prussia Oct. 24,1840; in 1869, he emigrated to America and settled in Chicago, where he was engaged as a contractor and builder, prominently identified with the erection of some of the elegant structures to be seen in that city ; after a residence of eight years in the Garden City, he removed to Watertown, where he has been extensively engaged in building, etc., having been the contractor for the erection of Turner Hall and other structures, and being at the present time City Surveyor and Engineer. April 29, 1866, he was married to Wilhelmina Puthar, also a native of Prussia, the ceremony being performed in Germany, by whom he has had three children - Anna, Lizzie and Richard.

C. B. SKIKXER, lawyer; was born in Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1828, and came to Wisconsin March 15, 1855, locating in Watertown; while in Adams he prepared for college, and, in 1847, went to Hamilton College, at Clinton, N. Y., graduating there in 1849; he then entered the Albany Law School, at Albany, and was a member of the first class; he then went to Cape Vincent, N. Y., and practiced law two years and a half; from Cape Vincent he went to Watertown, Wis., in 185.5, and has practiced law since that time. In Cape Vincent he held the offices of Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace; Mr. Skinner has held the following oflices in Watertown : In 1857, he was Superintendent of Schools for one term ; was Alderman of the First Ward one term, and also Mayor of Watertown one term ; in Dec. 20, 1870, he was appointed United States Commissioner for the Western District (.f Wisconsin. He married, in November, 1856, Frances M. Lee, of Cape Vincent, N. Y.; he has four children

JONAS H. SLEEPER, agent C, M. & St. P. Rj. Co., and grain-dealer; born in Bristol, Grafton Co., N. H.; lived in that State until 1857; he then went to Washington, D. C., where he conducted a hotel for one year ; afterward one year in Leavenworth, Kan., when he returned to Washington, where he carried on the hotel business again for one year ; in 1860, he came to Watertown and has been connected with the St. Paul Railway ever since ; he was also for a year and a half a member of the firm of F. Miller & Co., proprietors of flouring-mills here; from 1802 to 1873. he was also engaged in the lumber business; for the last ten or fifteen years, he has been dealing in grain to sotue extent. Sept. 3, 1863, he married S. Annie Hamlin ; she was born in Middletown, Vt. She is a member of the Congregati' nal Church.

(jrEORCwE W. SL.OAN; born in Farmington. this county, Jan. 24, 1850 ; graduated from the Michigan University at Ann Arbor in 1873 ; since he was 17 years of age, Mr. Sloan has been prominently identified with the educational interests of the State, particularly with the schools of Jefferson and Dodge Cos.; he taught in the public schools of these counties during the winter terms for six years prior to entering college; since then, he was for nearly two years Principal of the Juneau Graded School; one year Principal at Milford, and taught one term at Waterloo; in connection with his other school work, and during vacations for the last ten years. Mr. Sloan has given much attention to penmanship classes ; he read law in the office of Enos &, Hall, of Watertown, and was admitted to the bar in 1875; he is a son of Patrick and Ann ( Killoy i Sloan, who located on Sec. 1, in Farmington, in 1846; they removed to Sec. 22, Watertown Township, in 1853, and still reside there.

(irEORdrK A. SXERE, marble dealer, associated with Josejih Walter; born in Watertown April 24, 18.')6 : worked at jireseut bu^iness for five years; in partnership with Mr. Walter since Jan. 1, 1879.

A. SOLLIDA^ , dentist; born in Lehigh Co., Penn., Feb. 13, 1842; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1868, locating at Watertown ; he practiced on his own account in 1867, in Circleville, Ohio, under the firm name of Solliday & Moore; this he continued for one year, when he moved to Watertown and opened parlors over the Bank of Watertown ; remained for three years, then moved to his present location on the south side of Main street between First and Second, where he has been doing a highly successful business. In the spring of 1879, he wa.s elected School Commissioner of the Third Ward. He enlisted, in the foil of 1862, in the 114th Ohio V. I. a.s Principal Musician, and was after leader of the division band attached to Gen. Lawler's headquarters, and also of the post band at Galveston, Tex. He married, Oct. 28, 1869, Elizabeth A. Van Ness, of Watertown; he has one child - A. Fayette. >-rs. Solliday is a member of the Episcopal Church.

FERDINAND SPEER, butcher; born in Germany Aug. 2, 1822; came to Watertown in September. 1>47 ; he spent about two months in Milwaukee prior to coming here; Mr. Speer is the pioneer butcher of this place; he has carried on the business ever since he came here. He was married, in Watertown, in December, 1847, to Catharine Ullrich; she was born in Germany in December, 1825; they have seven children - Amelia, Bertha, Eliza, Paulina, Emma, Laura and Emil ; lost one daughter, who died at the age of 8 monlhs.

JONAS STAHL,, with the C, >L & St. P. Ry. Co., freight department ; born in Sodus Point, Wayne Co.,N. Y., June 12, 1836; came to Wisconsin in 1859; located at Oconomowoc ; remained there until Aug. 16, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. A. 1st W. V. C. ; was First Sergeant of his company; participated in all the battles his regiment was engaged in ; mustered out Sept. 10, 1864, having served over three years; <;ame to Watertown in September, 1864; was in the employ of the M. & St. P. Ry. Co. one year, then eni;aged in business as traveling salesman for H. S. JIanville, wholesale dealer in notions, etc. ; was with him six years ; then traveled in notion business for two years for himself; afterward three years and a half for prominent Milwaukee firms; he was in Junction Hotel one year with N. W. Pierce; March 1, 1878. he re-entered the service of the railway company. In September, 1861, he married Mary M. Blake; she was a native of Camden, N. Y. ; she died Juno 14, 1 S()6, leaving one son - Frederick B.. who died in August, 1867, aged 21 months; Mr. Stahl's present wife was Mrs. Mary V. Seaman, a native of Brattleboro, Vt. ; they were married in March, 1868; Mrs. Stahl has one daughter by former marriage - Hattie JI. Seaman. Mr. and .>Irs Stahl and Hattie are members of the M E. Church.

A. a. STEINER, lawyer; born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., April 15, 1851 ; came to Wisconsin in April, 1877, locating in Watertown; he received his literary education at the Hullidaysburg Seminary at Hollidaysburg, Penn. ; he commenced the study of law with Congressman S. S. Blair, of

Hollidiiysburg, and finished his law studies at Ann Arbor, Mich., and, shortly after, entered the United States District Attorney's oiSce at Grand Rapids, Mieh., as Clerk; in 1877, he came to Watertown, and, Nov. 5, 1878, was elected District Attorney of Jefferson Co.

KICHARD STEIXBKRtr, butcher, and pork and beef packer, wholesale and retail dealer; born in Germany March 18, 1844; came to America in 18(30; located in Milwaukee. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 2Gth W. V. I. ; afterward served three years in the 1st Cav. of Wa.shington, D. C. ; he served until after the close of the war in 1865, then he returned to Milwaukee and remained there until he came to Watertown in 1867. In 1868, he was married, in Watertown, to Augusta Seibel ; she was born in Prussia ; they have four children - Awald, Julia, Elanora and Amatia.

JE^JSE STONE, manufacturer; was born in Lincolnshire, England, Aug. 23, 1836; came to Wisconsin July 27, 1869, locating in Watertown; in 1861, in connection with Mr. Joseph Fox, was engaged in the cracker business; in 1867, was engaged in the same business in connection with John A. Dick; in 1869, he was admitted as partner in the firm of Woodward & Stone in the manufacture of crackers and confectionery. He married, in July, 1854, Sarah J. Welsh, of Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; he has one child - William C.

CHARLES E. STRAW, engineer of Phoenix Fire Company; born Oct. 21, 1851, in Watertown ; was educated here, and worked for his father in the painting business till 1869, when he entered the employ of the C, M. & St. P. R. R. as fireman ; served in that capacity for three and onehalf years, when he was promoted to engineer, and acted as such for two years and one month ; Oct. 9, 1874, he left the employ of the railroad company and accepted the position of book-keeper for Straw & Murphy, and was appointed to his present position of engineer of Phrenix Steamer No. 2, June 5, 1876. He is a member of B. of L. E.. Division No. 66, of Milwaukee; member of Jjodge No. 49, Masons.

REV. CiiEORGE STRICKNER, Pastor of St. Henry's Catholic^Church at Watertown ; born in Bavaria Dee. 6, 1833, and came to Wisconsio in Januiry, 1857, locating in Milwaukee; he studied philosophy in Bavaria and continued his studies with the addition of theology, at St. Francis College, near Milwaukee ; he was ordained Dec. 16, 1859. He went to Portage City and held service in the Irish church at that place until May, 1860, when he came to Watertown as Pastor of St. Henry's Catholic Church, where he remained one year; he then went to Germantown, Washington Co., Wis., and was Pastor of St. Boniface Church for four years ; from there he went to Saukville, Wis., to St. Mary's Church ; then to There.«a, Dodge Co., Wis., and was Pastor of the Catholic Church there ; then to Waterford. Racine Co., and was Pastor of St. Thomas' Church ; then to Racine to St. Mary's for one year; on account of his health, he went to Germany and on returning to this country was again appointed Pastor of St. Henry's (Jhurch at Watertown. The St. Joseph Catholic Church at Racine was built through his efforts while Pastor of St. Mary's, he raising all the funds. In Saukville, he built the school attached to St. Mary's Church,

FRED STVIiOW, shoemaker; born in Prussia Jan. 25, 1828 ; commenced shoemaker's trade when only 14 years of age; came to America and located at Watertown in 1856. Married in Germany to Mary Wruck Feb. 17, 1853; she is a native of Prussia; they have three children - Albert, Louise and Minnie. Mr. Stylow has represented the Second Ward twice in the Common Council. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F., Workmen's Society, Hook and Ladder Company, and is one of the Trustees of the Fire Department.

EDMUND SWEEXEY, general merchant; born in County of Kerry, Ireland, in 1824; came to Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1846 ; engaged in farming in that town until 1854. He served two years as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Dodge Co. Came to Watertown in 1856 ; engaged in mercantile business here ever since. Mr. Sweeney has been selected by his fellow-citizens to fill various important offices in the county - Supervisor several terms, Chairman of the County Board, County Treasurer, etc. ; he is now President of the Board of Education. He was married in Watertown April 16, 1856, to Margaret Farmer, a native of Ireland ; they have two children - Margaret and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney are members of the Catholic Church.

A. TAUCK, manufacturer. Notary and loan agent ; was born in the village of Cismar, Holstein, April 22, 1833, and came to Wisconsin the latter part of September, 1854, locating in Watertown, where he learned the trade of cigar-maker with Mr. tjrossmann ; in 1857-58, he started a grocery on his own account; in 1863-64, he entered into partnership with Mr. Miller, under the firm name of Miller & Tauck, in the manufacture of cigars; in 1865-67, he went into the manufacture of cigars on his own account ; in August, 1867, in connection with Mr. Grossman, started the present manufactory under the firm name of E. Grossman & Tauck, manufacturers of cigars. From April, 1858, to January, 1860, he was City Marshal of Watertown; in 1860-61, was Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson Co.; he also served two terms as

Assessor of Watertown, and two years as Justice of the Peace; in 1866 - 67, he was Alderman of the Fifth Ward; in December, 1873, he was appointed City Clerk of Watertown, to fill a vacancy on account of the death of the previous City Clerk, and was re-appointed for 1875-76. Ho married, in the fall of 1856, Rose Scheurm:inn, of Aari^an, Switzerland; married the second time, in December, 18till, Mar>;aret Scheurmann, of Aar^an, Switzerland ; he has six children - Elizabeth, August, William, Lydia, Fritz and Emil.

Al'<iJUST TOELjKE, cniraged in general merchandising; was born in Germany in 1834, and settled in Watertown July 7, 1851, in which city he lias since been constantly engaged in his present business, that lias grown in the mean time to huge proportions. He is known throughout the county as a capable, honorable business man, and deserving the confidence and respect he everywhere enjoys.

W. TKZdNSKI, fashionable barber, dealer in ladies' imported hair and manufacturer of hair jewelry, switches, curls, etc. Mr. Trzcinski was born in Poland May 3, 1848; his father removed to America with his family in 1854; located in Watertown. The subject of this sketch commenced learning the barber's business in 1862; he has been engaged in business for himself since the .spring of 1870. He was married, April 13, 1871, to Mary Hildebrandt, a native of P]mraett Township, Dodge Co., Wis. ; two children - Charles Fred and Guido. Mr. T. is a member of the I. O. 0. F.

FKA\K B. Tl'TTLE, attorney; born in the town of Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y. ; educated at the Oneida Academy and 51 iehigan University ; graduated from the Law Department of the latter institution in 1877, althou::h he had been admitted t(j the bar of New York State in 1S7G. April 25, 1878, he was married to Mary A. Birk, a native of Fort Plain, X. Y,

M. UHLiEMEYER, manufacturer of furniture and carved work, church furniture and carving a specially; born in Bavaria Sept. 25, 1835; came to America and located in Watertown in 1863; worked lor John Keck four years. June 18, 1867, he was married to Louisa Bubb, a native of Alsace; she died July 25, 1871. Two children survive - George and Leo ; lost two. Mr. Uhlemeyer is a member of the Catholic Church.

LOIIIS C. UHLRICH, butcher; born in Germany Feb. 12, 1850 ; came to Watertown in 1868; worked at butchering ever since he came here; commenced business for himself in November, 1875; spent two years in California prior to beginning business for himself. He was married, Oct. 27, 1878, to Minnie Schmutzler (daughter of Christ Schmutzler); .she was born in Watertown Jan. 6, 1855; they have one child - Willie. Mrs. Uhlrieh is a member of St. John's Lutheran Church ; Mr. Uhlrich of Pioneer Five Co., No. 1, Turner Society, Harugari and Workman's Society.

HEXRY VAUDEIj, liquor dealer; born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Dec. 31, 1816; came to Milwaukee in 1851 ; came to Watertown in ls55; engaged in grocery business five or six years; afterward, for four or five 3-ears in the grain and milling business ; carried on distillery for about eight years, at the same time dealing in liquors and wines; still carries on the business of liquor and wine merchant. In 1851, Mr. Vaudel was married, in Milwaukee, to Mary Viegner ; they have two children - Adolph and Henry. Mr. Vaudel was Alderman of the Sixth Ward two years.

JOSEPH WALTER, associated with George A. Snere in marble business. These gentlemen do all kinds of first-class monumental work ; they are both practical workmen, and thoroughly understand the work in which they are engaged. Mr. Walter came to Wisconsin in 1868, located at Janesville until he came to Watertown, in 1873 ; commenced business for himself in 1S75. He was born in Germany Dee. 12, 1843; came to West Virginia in 1867, and from there he came to Wisconsin ; wurked at marble business since he was 16 years of age. Dec. 20, 186^, he was married, in Janesville, to Amelia Saben ; she was born in Germany ; they have four children - Otto. Joseph, Jr., Ernest and Olga.

JACOB AVEBER, lumber merchant, also member of the firm of F. Miller & Co., proprietors of flouring-mills ; born in Germany Aug. 25, 1822; came to America and located at Northampton, Mass, Aug. 13, 1837; he was in woolen factory there until 1845, when he came to Wisconsin, located in the town of Clyman, Dodge Co., and engaged in farming until he came to Watertown, Nov. 1, 1854; engaged in mercantile business here until Dec. 1. 1877. He commenced lumber business in 1873, and, when he discontinued his other mercantile business, he gave his attention almost exclusively to his lumber trade ; he has been a member of the firm of F. Miller & Co. since May 1, 1877. He was Alderman four years; several years a member of the School Board. While a resident of Clyman, he held various offices, such as Supervisor, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Clerk of School Board, etc. Mr. Weber was married at Northampton, Mass., in October, 1844, to Wilhelniina Gloegor; .she was born in Saxony May 13, 1824 ; they have eight children living - John, Johanna (now Mrs. William Sproesser, of Watertown ), William, Frank, Lina ( now Mrs. Edward Schmutzler, of this city), Augusta, Mary and Nora ; lost two children. Mr. Weber's sons are all married ; John married Eliza Miller ; William's wife's maiden name was Josephine Ruesch ; Frank married Augusta C. Drchsel.

J, H. WRBKR, proprietor of Rock River Flouring-Mills; born in New Prussia June 21, 1833; came to America in 1853; after spending aliout two months, he went to Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis., and was engaged in milling business there for eighteen years ; then he went to Tomah, Monroe Co., where he remained three years ; then lie came (o Watertown.

GEORCii-R W. \%EBB, telegraph operator at Watertown Junction, for the C, M. & St. P. R. R. Co. ; born in Conesus, N. Y., May 31, 1852 ; son of Sailor P. Webb, a lawyer, who came to Watertown with his family in 1854 ; he died here in 1861. George W. Webb was employed as a clerk in mercantile business here for about three years ; afterward for over two years in Milwaukee ; he then went to Bldora, Iowa, engaged in agricultural implement business there for two years ; then he returned to Watertown and learned the telegraph business in 1875 ; he was located one year in La Crosse as operator; then returned to Watertown. and has remained here ever since. Feb. 4, 1878, he married Lillian L. Gibbs ; she was born in Iowa ; they have one child - Blanche L., born Dec. 23, 1878.

AUGUST WEtrEMANN, proprietor of tannery, and dealer in leather, hides, pelts, etc. ; born in Prussia July 8, 1834 ; came to Lake Mills, this county, in 1849, with his father, John Peter Wegemann, who died in Watertown in 18G0. Mr. Wegemann was engaged in farming until 1866, when he came to Watertown ; he has been carrying on tannery and leather business since he came here. He has been Alderman and Supervisor here ; prior to coming here, he held offices of Supervisor and Treasurer of Concord Township, where he was engaged in farming from 1856 to 1866. He was married in Watertown, in February, 1856, to Paulina Gojady ; she was born in Prussia; they have five sons - Albert, Charles, Max, Otto and Arthur; lost four children. Mr. and Mrs. Wegemann are members of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church.

C. E. WENDTIjAND, house, sign and ornamental painter; born in Prussia Jan. 11, 1846; came to America with his parents in 1855; commenced to learn painter's trade in October, 1867; commenced business for himself in March, 1876; prior to that time, employed by the C, M. & St. P. R. R. Co. He was married, Nov. 19, 1870, to Augusta Nilmann ; she was born in Germany; they have four children - Eliza, George, Emma and Charles. Mr. Wendtland is Vice President of the Sons of Hermann ; also holds same position in the Turner Society, and he is District Deputy of the Harugari Order. Mr. Wendtland's father, Fred Wendtland, is a resident of Ixonia, this county.

GLTSTAVUS WERLiICH, real-estate and loan broker; was born in Hamburg, Germany, May 29, 1826 ; came to Wisconsin Aug. 25, 1846, locating in the town of Emmett, Dodge Co. Mr. Werlich was in the hardware business in Hamburg, and, when he came to Watertown, he went to farming until 1853, when, in connection with his brother under the firm name of Werlich Bros., opened a general store which he carried on for five years. In 1859, he entered the real-estate business, and also the loaning of n]oney, which business he has followed up to the present time. Mr. Werlich has made the following additions to Watertown : One in the Sixth Ward of between three and four acres ; one in Sixth Ward of twenty acres; one of eighty eight acres in town limits; and, in connection with other parties, has added the following : One of sixty-five acres in Third Ward ; one of forty acres in Seventh Ward ; one of sixtytwo acres in Second Ward. He has held the following offices: In 1849, he was Constable of Emmett; in 1850, 1851 and 1852, was Assessor of Emmett; in 1853, he was Town Clerk of Emmett; in 1855, 1856 and 1857, was Alderman of Seomd Ward, Watertown ; in 1860-66, was City Clerk of Watertown. He married, April 22, 1851, Theresa Niemeyer, of Kingdom of Hanover, Germany ; he has six children - Constantine, Isabella, Percy ( Midshipman in the U. S. Navy), Julius, Olga and Meta.

DK. FRED. C. WERl^ER, physician ; was boVn in WatertoWn April 12, 1857, where he received his literary education at the High School at that place. In 1871, he left Watertown and entered the drug business as prescription clerk with Mr. Rohlfing. In the spring of 1874, he went to Chicago and entered the Chicago College of Pharmacy, and graduated March 6, 1876, receiving the title of Ph. G. He then entered the Rush Medical College, of Chicago, graduating Feb. 25, 1879, since which time he has practiced in his profession in his native town.

E. C. WICIiERT, produce and commission merchant; born in Prussia Aug. 19,1852; came to America June 13, 1869 ; located in this township, engaged in farming until 1870 ; then came to this city, engaged in saloon business one year ; then went to Oshkosh, employed in a saw-mill there about six months ; then returned to Watertown and engaged in present business in 1872. He was married in Farmington, this county, Jan. 9, 1873, to Augusta Podewell ; .she was born in Prussia; they have three children - Willie, Anna and Kiuil.

F. VVIEDERMANN, engineer; was born in Prussia in 1824, where he lived till 1853, when he moved to the Slate of Ohio, and, in 1854, to Watertown, Wis., and began running a saw-mill, which business he followed for a number of years ; he is now employed as engineer in flouring-mill, of which F,

Miller & Co.. are proprietors. He was married to Miss Willhelmenia Lemerhardt, of Richwood, Wis., in April, 1855, and has sis children, whose names and births are as follows: Augusta, born Oct. 18. 1856 ; Emma, born June 12, 1857 ; Lucetta, born March 19, 1859 ; Lue.sa, born April 27, 1861 ; Henry, born June 4, 1867 ; Mena, born June 20, 1868. Mr. Wiederman and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wiederman enlisted in Company E, of the 2()th W. V. I., in 1863, and was mustered out of the service at Brownsville, Tex., in 1S64, and has since been a resident of Dodge Co., Wis.

Al'CJl^ST WKirCwKXflORX, watchmaker, jeweler and dealer in musical instruments, guns, pistols, etc. Mr. Wiggciiliorn i.s a native of Pru.ssia ; came to Watertown in September, 1848; he has been engaged in his present business since 1861. In January, 1860, he married Katie Heep, a native of Prussia ; they have three children - Eugene, Theckle and Issidor.

C. WitiJtirEXHOKX, manufacturer of cigars ; was born in Prussia June 6, 1828, and came to Wisconsin Oct. 19, 1848, locating in Watertown ; he learned the jeweler's trade in Prussia, and at the age of 20 years, together with his father and other members of the familj', came to America, landing at New York City, and the following October went to Watertown, where, for a time, he assisted his father, who bought out the Buena Vista Hotel; in 1856, he went into the general merchandise business in Hustisford, Dodge Co., which busine.«s he continued for seven years; in 1864, he spent one year at farming, after which he entered into copartnership with his brother Eugene in the tobacco business, in which they are largely engaged, in the manufacture of cigars ; in 1857, he was Supervisor of Dodge Co.; in 1858, he was Treasurer of Hustisford. and in 1854, was clerk in the Post Office at Watertown. He married, in 1853, Ernestine Walther, of iSaxonia ; he has three children - Julius, Guido and Arthur,

EUGEXE WI«GEXH«RX, manufacturer of cigars ; was born in Prussia May 12, 1837, and came to Wisconsin in October, 1848; from Prussia he went to New York City, and shortly after moved with his father to Watertown, where he iissisted his father in the hotel business, after which he served an apprentioeshiji in the cigar business, and then went as clerk in the dry-goods business ; he next bought out his father's interest in the Buena Vista Hotel, and continued this until 1863 ; in 1858, he also started the manufacture of cigars on his own account, until the admission of his brother, when the manufactory was carried on under the firm name of Wiggenhorn Brothers, which firm is now doing a successful and profitable business. lu 1873-74, he was Alderman of the First Ward; in 1876, he was elected President of the Watertown Fire Department ; in 1879, he was elected School Commissioner. He married, in July, 1863, Maria Schuellhelm ; he has eight children - Alma, Willie, Elvira, Pereival, Hilmar, Alwin. Hcrribcrt and Hilda.

CH.\KLES H. WILBER, agent of the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company at Watertown and Watertown Junction ; son of Havens Wilber, now a resident of this city ; came here in 1854. Charles H. has been engaged in railroad business for the last thirteen yeirs ; agent for the Chicago & North- Western Railway Company for past six years. Nov. 8, 1870, he married Parmelia A. Calhoun; she was burn in Watertown, N. Y. ; they have three children - Charles Albert, Preston C. and Ausrustiis iv

^GORDEl'S J. WILBER, clerk, Chicago & North-Western Railway Company; born in Watertown, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1845 ; came to Watertown with his father. Havens Wilber, in 1854; connected with the railway company for six years. Married Elizabeth Jane Lester Oct. 9, 1875; they have one child - Rena E.

HAVENS WILBER, house-joiner; born Oct. 7, 1820, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he was educated and learnt his profession; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and located in Watertown and worked at his own business, building the Jefferson C(mnty Bank, where the National Bank now stands, etc.; in 1859, went to work for the Chicago & St. Paul Railroad, but has, in the mean time, built the houses of Mr. Daniels and Charles Stopenback ; in 1864-65, he worked for the Government in Georgia and Tennessee; was a member of the Board of Street Commissioners for 1873-75, and has been a member of the Board of Education since 1873. In politics, he is a strons; Greenbacker. Married Mi.ss Adeline Adsit, of Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1844; had five children - Gordeus J., Charles H., Byron B., Crawford S. and Mary E.

HENRY WIXKEXWERUER, hardware merchant; born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Aug. 12, 1831 ; came to Watertown in 1854; he has been engaged in business about eighteen years. In March, 1864, he was married to Sophia Kusel ; she was born in Germany; they have five children - Doras, Henry, Ella, Otto and Hugo.

HENRY WOLLERING, dry-goods merchant; born in Hanover April 2, 1824; came to America and located in New York City Sept. 16, 1847; came to Watertown in April, 1848; engaged in farming in the town of Milford two years and a half ; engaged in mercantile business since 1850. He was married in Watertown, Nov. 16, 1852, to Mary Achilles ; she was born in Hanover; they have three children living - Henry, Jr., Matilda and Lena; lost four children. Mr. and Mrs. WoJlering are members of the German Evanirelieal Luiheran Church.

M. J. WOODARI>, manufacturer ; was born in New London, Merrimack Co., N. H., and came to Wisconsin in 1854, locating at Oak Grove, where he farmed for eight years; in March, 1865, he came to Watertown and started a retail bakery, in connection with his brother George, under the firm name of Woodard Bros., which continued for two years, when they commenced the manufacture of crackers, at first witb a hand machine and afier, as their business increased, added steam-power and put in improved machinery ; this business is now being carried on with the most pleasing and profitable success. Mr. Woodard was School Commissioner of the Fifth Ward about two terms, was also Alderman of said ward. He married, in 1855, Mary Spaulding, of Maine, and has five children - Frank, Dura, Lottie, William and Myron.

STEPHEN H. WOODARD, real-estate agent ; born in New London, N. H.,Oct. 14,1827; came to Oak Grove, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1854; engaged in clerking there three years; afterward conducted the railroad restaurant and eating-house at Beaver Dam ; had charge for one year of a gang of men engaged in grading the railroad between Minnesota Junction and Beaver Dam ; afterward spent another year at Oak Grove ; then he took charge of a store at Rubicon, which he conducted several years. He helped to raise Co. E, 1 Oth Wis. V. I. ; enlisted in that company, but, after spending two months in camp, he was rejected on account of injury in his hand which he received while in the railroad business. Mr. Woodard was Doorkeeper for the Wisconsin Legislature during the extra session of 1861 and regular session of 1862 ; in 1865, he came here and engaged in the bakery business, continued in that business .several years, then engaged in real-estate and commission business ; Mr. W. has served two terms as Alderm in, and has also been elected twice to fill vacancies and has served for the unexpired terms. He was married, at Oak Grove, to Caroline Bortle, a native of Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y. ; they have two children - Emma J. and Wesley Ellsworth.

CHARLES F. ZAUTNER, manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes; born in Prussia Feb. 22, 1849 ; he has worked at the trade of shoemaker for seventeen years; for the last six years in business for himself Dec. 26, 1870, he was married to Minnie E. Krahn ; she was born in Prussia ; they have three children - Charles, Lydia and George. Mr. and Mrs. Zautner are members of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Z. is a member of the Fire Department and Harmonia Singing Society ; he is a son of John H. Zautner, who came to Watertown with his family in 1856 ; he is now engaged in farming in this township; one of his sons, Christoph, enlisted in Co. E, 20th Wis. V. I., in Augu.st, 1862 ; he was wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark.; he died Oct. 10, 1863, about two months after receiving his wound.

ANDREW ZICKERT, cooper; born in Prus.sia March 21, 1832; came to Watertown in 1857, having lived six mouths in Canada prior to coming here; engaged in present business for himself for the last fifteen years. Dec. 17, 1865, he was married to Otillia Steinbring ; she was born in Prussia; they have three children - Samuel, Theodore and Otillia. Mr. Zickert is one of the Trustees of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church ; he has been Alderman of the Second Ward.

MRS. ELIZABETH BAILEl', Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Watertown. John Bailey was born March 12, 183(1, in Pennsylvania ; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1837, and his father took up 300 acres of land in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co.; the country was quite new, woods coming to the door, through which pathways and clearings had to be made ; there was only one log house in Watertown, and they built a small shanty for temporary accommodation ; had to send to Milwaukee or Beloifc fot- provisions; wolves and wild animals surrounded them and came to the door at night, and the Indians at one time congregated so thickly as to scare the pioneers, but they were peaceable. In 1850, Mr. Jtihn Bailey bought forty acres, and his father gave him eighty, of which fifteen acres were afterward. sold. Aug. 11, 1862, he enlisted in the 29th W. V. I., and served twenty-two months; he was called the fighting-man of the regiment, and was at the battle of Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Champion Hills, etc.; he fell sick at New Orleans ; Mrs. Bailey sent and had him brought home, and the disea,se he had contracted finally caused his death of consumption. He married Miss Elizabeth Terwilleger, of Whitby, Canada, Oct. 20, 1850; he died Sept. 24, 1873 ; they had eight children - Harriett A., who died at 21 years and -1 months of ajre ; Mary A., Clara E., John T., Charles A., George, Isaac and Belle. The family are members of the Methodist Church.

ALAXSOX BOOMER, farmer, Sees. 9 and 8 ; P. 0. Watertown ; born Feb. 14, 1815, in Jefferson Co., N. Y.; on June U, 1836, he came to Wisconsin and remained in Milwaukee, prospecting for about a year ; in August, 1837, he located temporarily on a school section in Waukesha, but left in December and came to Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., and took up a claim of two quarter-sections, and at the Government sale the land was bought in his brother L. E. Boomer's name; the land was all wild, but Mr. ^Vood, who had S((uatted on one of the sections and whom they bought out, had built one of the earliest log houses erected in the township, in which Mr. B. lived till 1841, when he went back to New York ; from that time till 1845, it was in the hands of a tenant; then Mr. L. E. Boomer came West and took possession. Indians used frequently to come to trade, but they had no trouble with them, never even had anything stolen, which Mr. B. attributes to keeping whisky away from them and treating them as honorably as he would white men. At one time his brother anticipated trouble and wrote to the Governor, who sent arms to the settlers, but fortunately it proved a false alarm ; in 1849, Mr. L. E. B. built a dam and saw-mill, and made bricks as well as farming; in January, 1858, Mr. A. Boomer bought his brother out after being East sixteen years. He built himself the handsomest farmhouse in the county, in 1861, and also erected all the barns and outbuildings ; he now owns 35U acres of land, and raises principally wheat, oats, barley and corn, makes a specialty of fattening stock, keeping about forty head constantly ready for the market. Married Miss Lydia Van Wormer, of Watertown Township, January 12, 1862 ; they had one little boy who died when 1 month old ; he has since adopted two children, the first a boy, who was drowned when about 8 years old, and then a little girl named Alice, now living. He was Ward Supervisor two years.

ADAM BRrCK, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Watertown ; born Oct. 10, 1828, in Prussia, and worked as a vine cultivator in the Rhenish Provinces ; came to America in 1849 and located in Wati-rtown Township, Jefferson Co., Wis.; bou ;ht forty acres of land and built his house and birns ; he now owns sixty-three acres and raises rye, wheat, barley, oats and stock ; he al.-^o makes butter for the market. He married Mi.ss Sophie Forfmann, of Prussia, July 11, 1851), and has had seven children - -Sophie, born May 4, 1851, died Aug. 2. 1854 ; Mena, born Dec. 28, 1852, died Aug. 1, 1854 ; Mena, born Jan. 29, 1855 ; Sophie, Oct. 1, 1856; Anna, Dec. 29, 1858; Emma, Sept. 29, 1860 ; Frederick, Sept. 21, 1863. He was Treasurer of Township one year. Supervisor of Township one year. Clerk of Schools fifteen years in succession, Treasurer of Schools three years; member of Lodge, No. 77, I. O. 0. F. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.

A. W. CARLIIV, farmer. Sec. 5; P. O. Watertown ; born July 14, 1807, in Crawford Co., Penn.; came to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in Ixonia, taking up 160 acres of wild land, cutting a road two miles long to get to it. He built the first log house in that neighborhood, there beins no one between him and Hu.stisford, going north, and the nearest west was six miles away. In 1865, he sold out and bought eighteen acres in Watertown Township, and then seventy-seven and one-quarter acres on the same road, of which he has sold thirty-five, retaining in all sixty and one-quarter aires, all in the city limits. He married Miss Ella Miller, of Erie Co., Penn , June 7, 1831 ; had six children - Avaline (who is dead), Addison, Henry, Josephine, Henderson (who is dead) and Mary. Addison was in the Government employ during the war, shipping animals to New Orleans. In 1862, Henry enlisted in the 28th W. V. I. and served with them three years ; was at the battle of Helena, the taking of Little Rock, etc. Henders n enlisted, in 1862, in the 17th W. V. I.; served three years; re-enlisted in the same regiment, and served in it till the close of the war. Mr. Carlin has been a member of the Good Templars for many years.

Lr»WI« CORDE!^, farmer, Sec. 26; P. 0. Watertown; born Dec. 4, 1827," in Hanover, where he was a farmer; came to America in 1847, and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., W^is.; bought 240 acres of land, half of it from the Government. He now owns 120 acres, and raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Henrietta Hoafer Aug. 10, 1S50; had eleven children - Sophie (who died), Ann (who died), Hermann, Henrietta, Amelia (who died), Henry. Frank, Ann, Otto, Helen and Marie.

HON. H. ELIXN, nurseryman and farmer. Sec. 8; P. 0. Watertown; born March 7, 1825, in Leesville, Lawrence Co., Ind. ; moved to Illinois in 1830 with his parents, who located in Paris, where he learned his profession of nurseryman. In 1848, he came to Wisconsin and settled in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co.; bought two and one-half acres and afterward five acres of land near the College; then ten acres on Silver Creek, when he sold the first two pieces. About 1858, he bought ninety-nine acres of prairie and timber land, a tavern stand and ferryboat in Iowa, and sold it within six days. In 1859, he bought 120 acres in Iowa for $600, and, within a year, sold it for $1,200; then bought forty acres near Columbus, Wis., and sold it at an advance of $150. In 1860, bought 160 acres near Delton, on Webster Prairie, and sold it at a loss of over $800. In 1874, bought his nursery grounds and farm of sixty-two acres, on which he raises all kinds of fruit and shade trees and evers;reens suitable to this climate ; on the farm, he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Annioe Frost, of Hustisford, Wis., March 10, 1850 ; had eight children - Eunice (now Mrs. Squiers), Alvy N., Harriet (now Mrs. Hurtubise), Annie, Eudora, Viola, Benjamin and William S. (who dii d at 1) years of age). Mr. Flinn was Mayor of Watertowu for 1873 and 1874; was employed in the Quartermaster's Department in St. Louis from 1864 till the close of the war; member of Assembly for 1877, 1878, and is for 1879; was elected the first time without opposition, polling 2,034 votes. In 1879, he received 819 against 534 for J. Gibb (Independent Democrat), 5,387 for Shennick (Independent Democrat), and 183 for S. S. Woodworth (Greenbacker). He was Alderman of the Third Ward for 1877.

JOHN Q. HULL, farmer, Sec. 14; P. 0. Watertown ; born Jan. 19, 1810, iu Butternut, N. Y. ; moved with his parents to Washington Co., where he received a common-school education ; in 1824, moved to Johnsburg, Warren Co.; worked there, part of the time farming, and, for three years, in a saw and grist mill ; in 1844, came to Wisconsin and settled in Watertown Township ; took up fifty acres of land, partially improved, with log house, etc. ; afterward, added more land till he owned 108 acres, but has sold all but sixty acres ; he built his residence in 1849-50; the barn he built in 1847. Married Miss Maria Qua, of Washington Co., N. Y., May 3, 1837 ; she was born Nov. 10, 1810. William H. Norton, a nephew whom they had adopted, enlisted in a Wisconsin regiment in March, 1865. Mr. Hull was Supervisor for 1849 and 1850, was Chairman four times and held the office in all eight yesirs ; he was Enrolling Officer for the army in 1862. Members of the Methodist Church, in which he has held the offices of Trustee and Steward since 1852; he is now Chairman of Board of Trustees. Mr. H. was Executor of Thomas Mitchell's estate for ten years. Trustee of Thomas Janes for ten years. Executor of Crowley's estate and Executor of Michael Gamble's estate for three years.

JUDSON METCALF, deceased ; born Nov. 6, 1785, near Boston, Mass. ; came to Wisconsin in 1846 and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co.; bought sixty acres of land; he died in June, 1864, leaving the property to a son and daughter - Daniel Metcalf and Mary Ann Hall, who have since added fifty-five acres, making 115 in all. Mary Ann married Thomas Hall Jan. 14, 1853; he died Jan. 20, 1856. Daniel Metcalf married Miss Harriet E. Hoisington, of Farmington, Jan. 16, 1868; he died Sept. 16, 1876, leaving four children - Ella, born Feb. 10, 1862 ; Francis W., May 18, 1865 ; Myrtie A., Sept. 22, 1868 ; George D., Oct. 23, 1874. The property now belongs to Mrs. Metcalf and Mrs. Hall ; Sec. 25 ; P. O. Pipcrsville.

JOSHUA NORMAIV, farmer. Sec. 36; P. O. Pipersville ; born in 1824 in Somersetshire, England ; came to America about 1833 and landed in Canada with his parents, who died there ; came to Watertown in 1851 ; for eighteen months, was teaming to Milwaukee and through the country, taking emigrants out, buying provisions, etc.; in 1853, rented a farm in Ixunia Township, and, in 1855, went to Appleton and bought 120 acres of land for $200, and, in three months, sold it for $550, and returned to Watertown Township, bought eighty acres for $1,600, leaving $900 on mortgage, and only had a yoke of oxen and a cow ; first year did not raise enough to pay interest; in 1861, sold out for $1,600 and went to Canada, but returned almost immediately and repurchased it, giving $100 bonus; in 1866, bought thirty-two and a half acres in Ixonia for $2,000 ; in 1868, bought forty acres for $1,500 ; in 1871, bought thirty-two acres in Ixonia for $2,700 and paid for it all in two years, having to make up $2,300 to do so ; built the residence in 1876 ; everything is now unincumbered and in a thorough state of cultivation. Married Miss Martha Hughes, of Watertown Township, Feb. 22, 1853; have six children - John P., Joaima, George W., Hugh, Thomas C. and Lizzie A. He was Treasurer of School District three years and Road Overseer three years.

WALTKR PEASE, farmer; born March 20, 1799, in Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn ; his profession was that of a hatter; in 1830, went to Hartford City and carried on a hatting business, still running his factory at Windsor; in the fall of 1849, came to Wisconsin and located in Watertown, Jefferson Co., two of his sons having preceded him ; purchased fifty-six acres at first, but now owns 140 acres, which is entirely devoted to farming. Married Miss Olive Denslow, of Connecticut, Sept. 4, 1825 ; she died in March, 1834, leaving five children - Walter L., Joseph G., Oliver D., Ruby B. and Olive A. He married Mrs. Miuerva C. Griswold, of Connecticut, in December, 1854, who had one child by this marriage - Frank H., who died at 6 years of age, and three by her former marriage - Abiah B., James D. and Emma H. Griswold. In 1861-62, Oliver D. Pease raised a company in Jefferson Co., of which he was Captain; on April 9, 1862. he was wounded at Shiloh and died three days afterward. Abiah B.

Griswold came home on a visit from Chicago, and, on his return, was killed by the explosion of an engineboiler at Milton .Junction. Mr. Pease was member of the City Council of Hartford several years; he was Director of the Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank there, and he was Assessor o f Watertown three years.

trUSTAV RABBACH, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Watertown; born July 7, 1835, in Prussia, where he worked on his fiither's farm ; came to America in 18.59 ; worked in Janesville. Wis., for a time ; then moved to Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., and worked out till 1863, when he bought thirty acres of land ; in 1SG7. sold it and bought forty acres ; iu 1872, sold out and bought forty acres on the Jefferson road, and, in 1877, sold that and bought the farm he now owns, of eighty acres; built his house, barns, etc. ; he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Sophia Mass, of Prussia, Dec. 22, 180-1, and has had seven children - Minnie M., born Nov. 27, 1865; Emma M. S., May 9, 1867, died June 28, 1867 ; Ida H., born Oct. 3, 1868, died Jan. 24, 1869 ; Mary M., born Oct. 3, 1868, died Jan. 22, 1869; Anna A., born Sept. 11, 1869; Emile G. J., July 3, 1875 ; WUhelm J.. May 18, 1877, died Sept. 17, 1877.

JOHBf W. ROBERTS, farmer. Sec. 25; P. 0. Pipersville; born April 25, 1819, in Carnarvonshire, Wales, where he worked in a slate quarry ; came to America in 1 849, and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co. ; in 1853, bought eighty acres of land ; at this time, he had to haul his grain to Milwaukee, the railroad being built to Watertown two years afterward ; has since added twenty-five acres, making 105 in all; he built his house in 1853, and the barns in 1801 ; he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Catherine Humphrey, of Carnarvonshire, Wales, Feb. 15, 1837; she died, leaving two children - John G., born March 29, 1846; William A., May 13, 1848. John G. enlisted in Co. H, 27th Wis. V. I., Oct. 25, 1862, for three years, and, after that, into other regiments, in which he served till the close of the war. William A. enlisted in the 52d Wis. V. I., in 1865, and served to the end of the war. Married Miss Mary Hughes, of Anglesea, Wales, June 16, 1851 ; have four children - Owen H., born Nov. 27, 1852; Elizabeth A., Jan. 24, 1855; Thomas G., April 6, 1860; Robert M., July 13, 1S63. Members of Welsh Presbyterian Church.

THOMAS SHILiLCOX, farmer. See. 10 ; P. 0. Watertown ; born May 13, 1824, at Milton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England ; left in 1843, and landed in America in 1844 ; worked in New York City as gardener, etc., till Augu.st, 1S51, when he came to Wisconsin and located in Watertown, Dodge Co., and worked for John W. Cole, one of the first settlers in this district, till 1857, when he moved into Jefferson Co. and bought twenty acres of land on the Wilder road ; he built his house in 1800 ; now owns forty acres of laud, and raises all kinds of grain and ftock ; he was drafted twice into the army, and enlisted into Co. A, 51st W. V. I., but did not leave the State. Married Miss Mary Ann Dalton, of Nottinghamshire, England, Nov. 14, 1843; have six children - John, born June 4, 1845; Ruth, April 15, 1850; Kliza, Dec.^23, 1853; Annie, March 14, 1856; Charles, Sept. 20, 185S; William, July 26, 1863. John enlisted in the 2d W. V. C. (Washburn), in 1862, and STved three years with thjm in Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, etc. Members of the Episcopal Church.

F. W. SIDOW, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Watertown; born Oct. 2, 1838, in Prussia; came to America iu .June, 1853 ; located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co.; worked out at farming also, at Madison, in a bakery ; in 1801, bought twenty acres ; in 1863, sold it and bought forty acres ; in 1872, bought forty acres more ; now owns eighty acres; enlarged the house, built barns, etc.; he has raised all kinds of grain and stock ; he was sick with typhoid fever twelve weeks ; afterward caught cold and it settled in his back, so that he could not work for a year. Married Miss Augusta Wiegand, of Prus.sia, Dec. 11, 1863 ; have six children - Emmie, born Sept. 2, 1864; Minnie, Nov. 12, 1865; Edmond, Sept. 5, 1808; Amalia, Nov. 5, 1872; Phillipiiina, Feb. 24, 1875; Alma, Nov. 3, 1877. He was Treasurer of the township for one vcar, and is Supervisor for 1879.

FREDERICK TEICH, farmer. Sec. 32; P. 0. Watertown; born Jan. 6, 1835, in Prussia, where he was a farmer; came to America in 1801, and settled in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., Wis.; bought sixty acres of land, with house, barns, etc.; he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Caroline Iremann, of Prussia, Dec. 14, 1805 ; have had four children - Matilda A., born June 2, 1870; Hermann F., Nov. 30, 1872; Maria A., Oct. 12, 1875; Emma L., June 13, 1879. Members of the Jjutheran Church.

AUGUST TEICH, brother of Frederick ; born in August, 1837, in Prussia; came to America in 1801, and settled in Watertown Township; in 1805, bought fifty acres of land, and raises all kinds of produce. Married Misj Henrietta Shmuden, of Prussia, June 13, 1805 ; five children - Robert, born Oct. 1, 1867; Wilhelm, Aug. 4, 1809; Anna, April 7, 1872; Ada, March 28, 1874; Emma, Dec. 4, 1878. Members of the Lutheran Church.

FREDERICK YERGENZ, farmer, Sec. 36; P. 0. Pipersville ; boni April 3, 18.37, in Prussia; came to America with his parents; inherited ninety acres of land, on which he raises all kinds of grain and stock. Married Miss Louisa Bussewitz, of Pru.ssia, June 24, 1862 ; have eight children - Martha, born April 19, 1863 ; Frederick, June 21. 1865 ; Charles, July 26, 1867 ; Mary, March 9, 1869 ; John, March 3, 1871 ; Louise, Jan. 29, 1873 ; Edward, May 28, 1875 ; Hermann, Dec. 20, 1877. He was Supervisor of township two years. Members of the Reformed Episcopal Church.

JOHN VERGENZ. deceased; born March 9, 1804, in Prussia; came to America in 1852, and settled in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co.; bought 240 acres of land in May of that year. Married Miss Henrietta Dencer. of Prussia, Feb. 21, 1825. He died Nov. 14, 1865, leaving four children - John, Martin, Frederick and Augusta. The real estate was divided among the three boys.

WILLIAM WIGAJiD, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Watertown; born April 24, 1840, in Prussia ; came to America July 21, 1848 ; his lather bought eighty acres of land in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., Wis., and Mr. W. worked for him till 1862, when he gave him the farm, and the father died in fall of that year. Mr. W. now owns 100 acres and raises all kinds of grain and stock. On their arrival only three acres had been broken ; they made all the improvements themselves ; built the barns in 1850 and the house in 1852, and now all is cleared except eight acres of woodland, kept for their own use. Married Miss Philippina Pfeifar, of Prussia, Dec. 2, 1862 ; they have five children - Emma L., born Nov. 9,1863; Edward, Nov. 8, 1867 ; William, Sept. 21, 1871; Louis, May 21,1874; Clara, Sept. 19, 1876. He was Supervisor of township four years; Treasurer of township one year. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

CHARLES B. WI LK I W, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Watertown ; born in 1815, in Orange Co., N. Y. ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1839, and located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co. ; took up 160 acres of land; returned East iu the spring of 1841. In 1843, came back to Wisconsin; visited the East occasionally, but considered Watertown his home. In the fall of 1840. Mr. Wilkin and a friend tried to run some logs down the river, but at the mill-dam the logs parted and let him through, but, fortunately, the current carried him to the bank all safe, much to the surprise of his friends ; that same year,s ix or eight rafts with two men on each, went as far as Lake Koshkonong, where they waited for favorable winds three or four days, and got frozen solid, and had to remain twenty-four hours before they could get to land, when they had to abandon the rafts. In 1846, he sold eighty acres. His brother, who came in 1839, owned one-quarter section; he died in 1856, and Mr. W. inherited the property, but has since sold eighty acres of it. He now owns 180 acres; he built his barn in 1858, and his house iu 1860 ; he raises all kinds of grain and live stock, wheat being the staple.

FREDERICK WINKENWERDER, ftirmer. Sec. 16; P. 0._ Watertown ; born Feb. 2, 1837, in Mecklenburg; came to America in 1851, and worked in Milford for six months, then came to Watertown and clerked in a store till the fall of 1860, when he went into partnership with George Hemp as a dry-goods and general merchandise dealer. In the fall of 1863, they dissolved, and he and his brother ran the business till 1865, when they sold out. In the fall of 1866, he bought a stock of goods at Hustisford, Dodge Co., but in the spring moved back to Watertown, and kept store there till the spring of 1873, when he bought 120 acres of land in Farmiugton Township; sold that in 1875, and bought 120 acres in Watertown Township; sold again in 1877, and bought the farm he now owns, of 120 acres; he raises all kinds of grain and live stock, and carries on a good business. Married Miss Frances A. Bates, of Farmington, Oct. 12, 1862; they had seven children - George, born April 17, 1866; Alice, May 5, 1868; Carrie, born May 29, 1869, died July 21, 1870 ; Hattie, born Sept. 17, 1870 ; William, May 10, 1873 ; Nellie, Feb. 21, 1876 ; Jane, Dec. 14, 1878.

HENRY ARNSTEIX, merchant, firm of Arnstein & Muck, Jefferson; was born in Bohemia, Austria, April 23, 1845 ; came to America in 1869 ; landed in New York ; thence to Milwaukee and to Madison, Wis.; then returned to Milwaukee, where he remained three years ; began business in Jefferson in 1872. JMarried Miss Fannie Loebel Sept. 28, 1872; she was born March 13, 1851, in Bohemia; they have had four children, two living - Washington, born July 1, 1876, and Herbert, Aug. 17, 1878.

CHARLES BAIRENTHER, joint proprietor of tannery, Jefferson, born in Bayern. Germany, June 19, 1854 ; came to America in 1870, direct to Jefferson, where he has tince lived. In 1874, he began in his present business with Mr. Troe^er. Married Elizabeth Troeger Dec. 26, 1874; thej' have two children - Christopher, born Sept. 27, 1875, and John, December, 1878. Mr. B. is an Odd Fellow, and belnngs to the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE W. BIRD, attorney at law, Jefferson ; born in Milwaukee July 28, 1837 ; graduated at the Madison State University in June, 1860 ; on July 5, 1860, went into the law oflBce of Smith, Keyes & Gay ; studied two years and was admitted to the bar; came to Jefferson in 1863, and established in the practice of his profession ; enlisted in Co. D, 40th W. V. I., May 24, 1864, and was dbchdrged Sept. 16, 1864. Married, Oct. 2, 1864, by Rev. X. E. Chapin, at Aztalan, Wis., Miss Maria S. Sawin. born July 12, 1845, at La Porte, Ind ; they have four children, all born in Jefferson - Clare Brayton, born Oct. 27, 1868; Guy Sawin, April 16, 1871 ; Hobart, Sept. 10, 1873, and Maria Louise, April 5, 1876. Col. Bird was County Superintendent of Jefferson Co. for four years from January. 1866, to January, 1870, and from 1874 to 1876 was private secretary to Gov. Taylor; has been Chairinnn of the town of Jefferson, and member of the County Board two years. He has also been a delegate from the Second Congressional District to the last three Democratic National Conventions. In Col. Bird's family there are four generations - his children, their parents, their grandmother, Mrs. Louisa M. Sawin, aged 64 years, and their great-grandmother, Mrs. Maria Brayton, aged 80 years - the widow of Deacon Jeremiah Brayton. Mrs. Louisa Sawin taught the first school in Madison, Wis.

jrUGE IRA W. BIRD, attorney at law, Jefferson: was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., March 17, 1819 ; came to Milwaukee in 1836 ; remained two years, and, in 1838, went to Madison, Wis.; was elected member of the State Legislature from Madison at the second session ; was Sheriff of Dane Co.; also Register of Deeds three or four years ; went to California and returned in 1852; in the spring of 1854, came to Jefferson, where he has since remained ; has been Town Clerk, member of Board of Supervisors and Clerk of same; has also been elected Circuit Clerk, and .served three terms as County Judge of Jefferson Co. He married Antoinette Brayton ; had one child - Ella A., born in October, 1853, who married R. B. Kirkland, now in Jefferson. His second wife was Emily M. Howsc ; they have three children - Ralph, Belle and Janet. Mr. B. was tendered the office of Judge for the fourth term, but declined the Domination. He was the first Mayor of Jefferson, and the last President of the Village Board under the old organization.

BEXJAmX BiiODGETT, farmer, Sees. 17 and 18; P. 0. Jefferson; came to Jefferson with his jjarentff in 1 Ki ; hi.s father, Joseph, came in 1842, and took up land from Government, where hLs son Benjamin now lives ; Joseph Blodgett died with cholera on the Mississippi River in 1855. Benjamin went to California in 1852, crossing the Plains on foot, and returned in 1857. Married Miss Delia Fleming Dec. 1, 1859 ; she was born April 20. 1838 ; they have had five children, four living - Victoria Voltaire, born Dec. 14, 1861; George Wilder, Sept. 3, 1866; Thomas Paine, Feb. 11, 1872; Stuart Mill, July 18, 1875 ; George V., Sept. 14, 1860, died Sept. 8, 1861. Mr. B. enlisted, Nov. 4, 1863, in Co. E, 4th W. V. C., as Corporal, and wa.s mustered out Aug. 22, 1865 ; was, most of the time, engaged io scouting. He has 1 85 acTcs of land.

O. S. BRANDON, flour, feed and groceries, Jefferson ; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1818, and raised in Darke Co. on a farm. At the age of 23, he began in his present business in Ohio, and came to Jefferson in 1844; was here Deputy Sheriff two years, and Under Sheriff two years. About 1850, he established in his present business, which he has followed .since that time, except for a few years previous to 1862, when he was in the dry-goods trade. Mr. B. has also been Town Treasurer four years. Married Miss Elizabeth Reed May 3, 1840; she was born Jan. 14, 1817, and died April 19, 1878; there are three children - Mary Catherine, now Mrs. Seaver, born Feb. 6, 1841 ; H. W., May 10, 1843, and T. J., Jan. 1, 1845. T. J. married Miss .Mary Dodge, of Fort Atkinson; they have two children - Leeta and Bell ; he is agent in the American Express Office at Jefferson. The father of O. S. Brandon was Joseph, and born in Wheeling, W. Va.; came to Warren Co., Ohio, about 1819 ; the mother of 0. S. was Catherine (Price) Brandon ; father and mother both died in Ohio.

H. W. BRANDON, farmer, and owner of Sunny Side Farm, near Jefferson City ; was born in Versailles, (Jhio, May 10, 1843. Married Miss Sarah B. Marble March 30, 1865, at Madison, N. Y. ; she was born Oct. 27, 1846. Mr. Brandon spent seven years in Washington Territory, five years in

JACOB BRKrNKir, brower and saloon keeper, Jefferson; born March 24, 1815, in Elseni'eldt, Bavaria, (.icrmany ; loarned trade, and worked as apprentiiv ten years in Wert.sberg; came to Ameiioa iNIaroh (j, 18,54, and first worked in Philadelphia three months, then came to Jeflerson and worked at eooperinir, and trot out timber for making beer-bariels ; helped ereet his present brewery. Married Anna Kueekor in 18.54 ; they have one son - George. People are members of Catholic Church. Mr. Breunig has been Alderman several terms. For full description of Mr. Breunig's manufacture, sec " Breweries."

SYLVESTER KREWEK, tarmer. Sec. '.'4; P. 0. Jefferson ; born at Ilighgale, Vt., Aug. 12, 18(14 ; was for some time in Biaecville, Trumbull Co., Ohio, till Nov. 4, 1845, when he removed to Jefferson and bought school land for present farm, on Sections L'3 and 24. Married Klizabeth Armstrong for first wife, by whom ho had four children - Alphonso, Franklin. Horatio and Elizabeth. Alphonso and Horatio are dead. Horatio wa.s in the late war. F. B. has taught school several terms, and was known as the Brewer," and is now a doctor. Mr. Brewer married Miss Sarah Hake, for second wite, April 15, 184H; she was born in 1814; had eisjlit children by this wife - Leah (now dead), born Julv 6, 1841; Daniel, Jan. 21, 1848; Peter. Dec. 23, 1S4G ; Sarah, dan. 10, 1853 ; Sylvester H., Aug." U>, 1852; Cynthia, dan. 10, 1855 ; Jay, Jan. 13, 185!l, and Maryette, March 10, 184.5. Daniel is a Doctor, and now settled in Fairbiirv. Til.

AliONZO K. BRO\V\, Jefferson; born in Vermont Oct. 11, 1819; son of Eliada and Nancy Brown ; removed to Wisconsin in 1837, in company with his mother and brother, and settled in what is now the village of Hebron, in the town of Hebron, on the site of Cook's Hotel ; in September of the same year, removed to Jefferson, and, on the 9th of October, assisted at the " raising" of the first frame' house built in the present county seat of Jefferson ; this building stood on the present site of the Jefferson House ; Nov. 20, 1837, removed to He Kalb Co , III., where he lived for fourteen years, returning to Jetter.son in 1852. In 1 Si! 1, enlisted in Co. E, of the 4th W. V. I.; was in the Peninsular campaign ; with Gen. Butler's expedition to Ship Island ; from there to the mouth of the Mississippi and New Orleans ; then at Bonieary Point, Louisiana ; with his regiment when it attacked the rebels at Warrington, below Vicksburg ; afterward five miles below Vicksburg, where he assisted in digging the famous " Butler Ditch ;" thence to Baton Rouge, August, 1802, and engaged in the tight between Gens. Williams and Breekenridge, in which the later was whipped ; back to New Orleans, and from there to New York, in company with several thousand convalescents. In 18li3, re-eulisted in the 4th W. V. C, which formed a part of the command of Gen. N. P. lianks, in his Bed Biver expedition, and assisted at the battle and taking of Port Hudson ; July 8, lSl)3, appointed by the Secretary of War Veterinary Surgeon for the r.gimeiit ; mustered out of the service June 2, IStili, at Brownsville. Texas, whi'n he returned to Jeft'erson and was elected to the office ot City Marshal three terms; afterward Deputy Sheriff for .several years ; in 1878, was elected to the office of Sheriff of Jefferson Co.. and is the present incumbent. Married, in 1844, in De Kalb Co.. III., to Emily Darling, the fruits of the union being three children, all dead.

SOIjON brown, briekmaker and cheesemaker, Jefferson; born in Berlin, Vt., Aug. 13, 1824 ; is a son of Eliada Brown, who died in 1855. Mr. Solon Brown came West to .Milwaukee in June, 1837, and in company with a sister and mother, went to Sycamore, III., and thence to Jefferson, in November, 1837, with a hdf brother, E. G. Darling, and lived with him till of age, then went to teaming between Jefferson and Milwaukee till 1850, when ho went to California ; returned in 1854, and the nest year engaged in brickuniking till 1877 ; sometimes had three yards. Started a cheese-factory in 1877, which he still operates. Married Miss Candis Whipple in 1848 ; they have two children - Carrie A., born Oct. 4, 1850, and William .\... born May 2, 1858.

CAPT. NEIiSON BRITETT, attorney at law, Jefferson; was born at Massena Spring's, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Aug. 14, 1828 ; came to JetVerson, October, 1854; spent the summer of 1855 in Kansas ; returned in 185(i, and read law with Holmes <'^ Merriman three years, then was admitted to the bar; in the spring of 1859, he formed a copartnership with J. E. Holmes and continued law practice till 1801 ; enlisted under the first call for troops, in May, 1801, in a company intended for the 4th Wisconsin, but it did not muster with the regiment; in July, 18(!], he enlisted in Co. D, 1st W. V. C. and was elected Captain of the company in September ; the regiment carried on an almost iiulependent warfare, and was in several severe campaigns through Arkansa-s ; was afterward under Kosecrans in the Department of the Tennessee; this rigorous service proved too severe for Capt. B., and he was compelled to retire from service Aug. 3, 1803 ; in 1SG5, owing to poor health, he bought a farm and farmed it until he regained health sufficiently to resume practice, in 1875. Married Anna A. Watt, October 24, 1800; she was born in

Scotland in 1848; they have four children living - William Arthur, Bertha E., Walter C. and Marie de Lerba, aged 9, 7, 6 and 2 years, respectively. He has held the following offices : Superintendent of Townslilp Schools, Justice of the Peace ten years, and Deputy Couuty Clerk, also Police Justice six years ending with 187(); religion. Universalist ; politics, Democrat.

E. Li. BUCKIXOHAM, p;unting aud archery, JeflFerson ; born in Rochester, N. Y.; came to Geneva, Wis., in 1847, where he remained thirteen years; in 1854, came to Janesville and lived till 1858, and thence to Jefferson; wa.s in the furniture business from 18GG to 1871. Married Miss Lydia M. BaVcr, Jan. 13. 1872; she was born July 1.'). 18.52.

CHARLEM V. BULLiWINKEL, dealer in hardware and agricultural implements, Jefferson ; is a son of Ortgies Bullwinkel, and came to Jefferson Co. with his parents in 1848, and settled at what is now called Helenville. Mr. C. F.'s father kept post office at Helenville, from 1851 till the time of his death, in 1873, and has also been Notary Public and Justice of the Peace; when he first came to the county, he bought land at Helenville and ran a hotel and general merchandise store. Helenville took its name from Charles' mother, whose name was Helen ; she died in 18(5(3. Mr. Charles B. was born in Dukedom of Oldenburg, Germany, Sept. 15, 1842; came to America in 1848; he has ageneral merchandise store at Helenville; came to Jefferson in 1869, and established in present business; he has held the offices of A.s.sessor and Village Treasurer, and is now Alderman. Married Miss Anna B. Grimm May 19, 1870; she was born in Jefferson. Jan. 22, 185(1 ; they have had three children, two living - George, born June 8. 1877 ; Charles, March 30, 1879, and Anna M., who is now dead.

I. T. CARR, editor and proprietor of the Jefferson Banner, was born in town of Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y., July 5, 1831, being the closing figure of one of the grand celebrations of our nation's birth; he received a common-school education, and, at the age of 15 years, learned the printer's trade in the office of the Western New Yorker at Warsaw, N. Y., which business he has since followed most of the time. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, as private in Co. G, 22d W. V. I., and served thus nine months, when he was commissioned as' First Lieutenant of Co. K, 16th W. V. I., in which position he served through the Atlanta campaign, and, after the fall of the city, he resigned his commission at Eastport, Ga., and was next commissioned Captain of Co. A, 46th W. V. I., and served until mustered out Oct. 10, 1865; in the mean time, he joined Sherman at Ackworth, Ga., and was actively engaged in the various campaigns of this army for some time ; by order of Gen. Granger, was put in charge of the Frecdmen's Bureau at Huntsville, Ala. ; was next detailed as President of Military Commission at Huntsville, Ala., for the trial of civil and criminal cases, till September, 1865, after which he joined the army and wa.s mustered out. After Mr. Carr left the army, he worked at the printing business till 1875, then bought out and published the Green Count;/ Reformer at Monroe, Wis., for three years ; next came to Jefferson and bought out a half-interest in Jefferson Banner, and soon after became sole proprietor, and still continues in said capacity. Mr. C. is stnmgly Democratic in politics, and is well known among the press fraternity ; also has been prominently identified in the political affairs of the State. In 186t). he was Assistant Sergeaut-at-Arms in the State Assembly. His was the first n.'wspaper in the West to present Tilden's name as candidate in 1876 ; Mr. C. was Delegate to the National Convention that nominated Tilden, and labored with telling effect for his election both with his " pen and press," as well as " on the stump." Married Miss Nancy T. Popple Dec. 7, 1853; she was born May 'Z'l, 1833; there are three children - Ella E., born Oct. 1, 1854; Francis W., Jan. 31, I860 ; Charles M., March 28, 1862; these sons are in the printing business with their father; Mr. C.'s first wife died Oct. 26, 1871 ; he next married Mrs. Charlotte A. Moore for second wife May 1. 1878; she was born May 20, 1838.

SHERWOOD CHASE, hand-turner of wood, with Wisconsin Manufacturing Co., Jefferson ; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., town of Ncjrth Norwich, .\ug. 18, 1843. Enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. A, Ist Wis. Heavy Artillery, and was stationed in the fortifications in the defense of W;»shington ; mustered out in July, 1865. He came to Palmyra, Wis., in 1854; removed to Rome in 1859, and settled in Jefferson in 1866, in present business. Married Miss M. M. Ho.'-kins April 7, 1867; she was born Sept. 27, 1849; they have three children - Bertha, born Feb. 3,1871; Roy D., Sept. 26, 1872, and Thaddeus, July 26, 1877. Mr. C. is a Mason. Family are Methodists.

JOHN CHITTENDEN, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. O. Jefferson ; was born in Kent, England,Aug. 23, 1818; came to America in 1852, and to Jefferson in 1853. He married Mrs. Lucy Gilman June 2, 18()2. Mr. C. adopted one child named Emma, who married a Mr. Toplin ; they now reside in Dutchess Co., N. Y. Mrs. Chittenden was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 1, 1815. Mr. Chittenden's farm contains forty acres.

R. W. CIjARK, dry goods and groceries, Jefferson ; born in Levant, Me., Nov. 14, 1808 ; came to Jefferson in 1S57 and connected himself with the Wisconsin Manufacturing Company and was

Presidi'iit of the same, and still has stock in it; commenced in mercantile business in 1S7-1-. Married Miss Riiiida Sinclair. Mr. C. is a Universalist.

HENRY COIjONIUS, County Judge of Jefferson Co., Jeiferson ; was born in Waechter.?- bach, (iermany, March 12, 1831 ; was educated at Academic Gymnasium, in Hanan, and at Buedingen, Germany ; finished course in Primus Class in lull preparation for the University ; came to America in 1S49 and was for eight years engaged in manufacturing cigars in New York City ; in 1858-59, edited the Virijinia Staotsztitung, at Wheeling, Va.; was in the commission business in Watertown, Wis., for a time; came to Jeiferson in 18(J2. In 1870, was elected Register of Deeds, which oflfice he held for two terms; served as Town Clerk in IS75-76. Married Catherine Limper May 25, lS6ti ; she was born in Buediniren, Germany, Feb. 5, 1849. Mr. C. belonus to the Odd Fellows.

K'|>WARD COPELAND, farmer. Sec. 10; P.O.Jefferson; born in West Bridgewater, Plymiiuth Co., Mass., Jan. 26, 1825 ; came West in 1848 and bought present place; went to California in 1850, returning the .spring of 1855. He has been Village Trustee three or four years; was Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors three years, and member of Side Board three years. Married Mrs. Adelaide (Garfield) Harvey, daughter of Rev. Garfield, of Jefferson, Feb. 24, 1862; she was born April 29, 1832, in Barnard, Vt.; they have one child - Ethel, born Jan. 27, 1872. Mrs. C. has one child by her fir.-it husband - Kate A. Harvey, born Sept. 30, 1856. Mr. C. owns an eighty-acre farm.

GEORGE COPELiAND, joint proprietor of the Jefferson Boot and Shoe Factory, Jefferson ; was born at West Bridgewater, Mass., Oct, 21, 1831, and was in the boot and shoe business here for two years; in 1868, the present factory was organized and Mr. C. has been connected with it ever since. He married Miss Sarali J. Paine Oct. 3, 1858 ; she was born in Winslow, Me., Jan. 10, 1830. They are of the Swedenborgian faith,

THOMAS CONAN, merchant, Jefferson ; son of Daniel Conan, of this place ; came to Watertown with his parents in 1849 ; thence to Fox Lake, Dodge Co., Wis. Enlisted in Dodge Co. in November, 1861, in Co. A, 17th W, V. I., and belonged to the 2d Brigade, 3d Division of the 17th Army Corps ; was in all the skirmishes and battles of this division, from Sliiloh through the entire campaign of Sherman's march to the sea. Mr. C. first held the oflice of Second Sergeant, and in 1864, at Rome, Ga., was promoted to the office of Second Lieutenant, and afterward to First Lieutenant ; was then detached from the regiment and was a member of Brig. Gen. R. K, Scott's staff till the army reached Pocotaligo, S. C., where he was given command of Co. A, 17th W. V. I., which position he held till mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865. He has been in the mercantile business in Jefferson since 1867. Mr. C. was in the drug business in Jefferson one year before commencing in the mercantile trade. His ftither Daniel was one of the first men in the mercantile trade in Watertown,

GEORGE B. CRIST, carpenter, Jeft'erson ; was born in Jefferson March 6, 1844; has been in present business since youth. Married Harriet C, Tillotson May 2, 1870; she was born Aug. 22, 1845; they have two children - Marie Antoinette, born Jan. 4, 1874, and Adeline, Jan. 1, 1877. Mr. C. belongs to the Odd Follows; he enlisted, in December, 1861, in Co, D, 16th W. V. I., and mustered out July 12, 1865 ; was in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, in the siege of Atlanta, and with Sherman all through his march to the sea. His father, George, is still living, and was one of the early settlers, coming to Jefferson in 1842, where he still resides. Mrs. Susannah R. Crist, mother of Geo. B,, died in 1856.

EREO HANYl'S, night watcliman in Wisconsin Manufecturing Co.'s building, Jefferson; was born in La Fayette Co., Tenn., in 1845 ; he came to Wisconsin in June, 1864, and to Jeff'erson in 1867, and, for a time, ran the engine at the foundry till three years ago, when he engaged as watchman for the Wisconsin Manufacturing Co.

E. G. OARIiING, deceased; came from the town of Berlin, Vt., in 1831, to Plainfield, 111., and served in the State militia about one year ; in 1832, went to Chicago and constructed the second frame building in Chicago, and, in 1833, built the first .stone house for John Kinzie ; then went to Milwaukee, and built the first stone house therein 1835; in 1836, he went to Bark River, now called Hebron, in Jefferson Co., Wis., when a company, called the Milwaukee & Rock River Claim Company, was organized in Milwaukee, in the year 1835, to take up land in Hebron, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson ; in 1835, he erected a dam across Bark River, at Hebron, and started a mill in 1836, under the supervision of Samuel Wales. In 1837, Mr. Darling built the first frame house in the county at Hebron ; in the fall of 1837, he built the first frame house in Jefferson, where he moved, with his half-brother, Alonzo, and two halfsisters, MelLssa and Marion Brown, and an adopted daughter of Eliada Brown. Mr. Darling's name is well graven upon the memory of Jefferson people as one of the early pioneers.

JAMES ELLIOT, blacksmith, Jeffcnson ; was born in Merrimack Co.,N. H., March 12, 1837. Married Mary Ross May 24, 1863 ; she was born March 18, 1841. They are Baptists. Mr. E. enlisted

ADAM FANHOIiTS, liveryman, Jefferson ; came to Jefferson about 1855 ; was clerk in Jefferson House seven years and at Sawyer House three years ; Mr. F. was born in Prussia Jan. 10, 1842, and came to America when quite young. Married Miss Sarah Wagner; there are three children - Joseph, Ellen and Lizzie, aged 10, 8 and 6 years, respectively. People belong to Catholic Church. Mr. F. has been in the livery business fur twelve years.

C D. FOX, foreman in cutting-room of boot and shoe factory, Jefferson ; was born in Windsor, Conn., Aug. 5, 1851, and has been in present business since 1869; came to Jefferson in 1852. Married Su^an Beardsley, in Sparta, Wis, Dec. 25, 1871 ; she was born July 20, 1852; they have two children - Pearl, born Nov. 8, 1872, and Leonore, Aug. 30, 1874.