Monroe County, Wisconsin - Chapter 55, 1912 (part 9 of 10)

Adolph H. Schultz, prominent alike as a farmer and citizen of Monroe county, resides in section fourteen, Adrian township, where he was born July 18, 1871, and is the fifth child of a family of seven children born to Carl and Mary (Baunigarten) Schultz, both natives of Germany. Of the others, George resides in Tomah ; Fi-ed lives in ^linneapolis, ]\Iinn; Otto lives at AVinona, ]\Iinn.; Dcna, who is deceased, married Edward Baumgarten; Herman also resides in ^Minneapolis, and ]\Iary is the wife of ^Villiam Lenz. of Tomah. Tlie jiarents came to AVisconsin in an early day and were married at Columbns, this state, fifty-three years ago. They came to ]Monroe county and settled on eighty acres of wild land in Adrian township, where they estal>lished the family home, and to which they subsequently added another eighty acres, making the farm contain 160 acres. Here they built a log house and barn and set to work to subdue and improve the land, and by hard work and perseverance succeeded in transforming it from a practical wilderness to one of the choicest farms in the county for productiveness. In 1878 a new and commodious frame residence was erected and other valuable improvements were made, and ]\Ir. Schultz was considered one of the most successful farmers of his township, and was always ready to assist in any movement towards the general development of the county. He was genial, kind-hearted, and was held in the highest esteem. On April 19, 1900. he passed away, at the age of seventy-nine years. His widow, mother of our subject, still survives (1912) and resides in the city of Tomah.

Ad()li)li H. was reared on tiic lidiue farm aiul received his education in the common schools, and since boyhood has devoted his entire attention to farming, lieginning on his own resources at the age of fifteen years. He rented and carried on the home farm for five years previous to its purchase in 1902. since which time he has continued to nuike improvements and has brought the land to its present high state of cultivation, taking great pride in making his one of the most attractive farm homes in Adrian townshiji. In 1908 he built a modern residence with u]i-to-date fittings and furnishings, and in 1912 constructed a large and commodious l)ai'!i. which contains all the late ajipliaiu'cs used in carrying on a model dairy business; it has patent stanchions, concrete floors, the latest feed devices, waterworks system, silo. Other buildings are granary, sheep barns, etc., etc. His farm is well stocked with good horses. Holstein cattle and Oxford sheep.

Besides his farming opei-ations, ]Mr. Schultz is kcjit busy looking after his other business interests throughout the county. He is a director of the Farmers' and ^lerchants' Bank of Tomah. a director of the Tonuih Co-operative Creamery Company, a director

On November 17, 1897, he was married to Miss Emma Biekel, daughter of John and Mary (Bartel) Biekel, of Tomali. Mrs, Biekel died in 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. Schultz have been born four children, viz. : Lueile Violet, Mildred Dorothy, Carl John and Helen Marie Schultz.

Henry W. Schultz, who was born on the farm where he resides, in section thirteen, Adrian township, June 13, 1867, is a son and one of a family of eight children born to John and Mary (Bartels) Schultz. Of the others, John F. is deceased in 1908 ; William H. lives in Tomah ; Dr. C. L. lives in Clark county, Wisconsin; Mary is the wife of George Henry, of Tomah; Carrie is the wdfe of William Henry, Taylor, N. D. ; George died in 1910, and Ida is the wife of William Schultz, of Adrian township. The parents emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1858, and were among the early settlers of Adrian township, where they lived on section thirteen; the original farm contained 120 acres. Their first residence and barn was made of logs, which were afterwards replaced with more pretentious buildings, as circumstances demanded. Mr. Schultz was a sturdy and ambi-. tious man, and won his way to success through the pioneer struggle, and at the time of his death, which occurred on June 1, 1898, in his eighty-first year, held the confidence and esteem of the community. His wife, mother of our subject, who died in 1894, at the age of sixty-three years, was highly respected and beloved by all who knew her.

Henry W. spent his boyhood on the homestead farm, of which he came into possession in 1898, since which time he has made many improvements; the farm residence, which was built fortynine years ago, has been remodeled and the land brought to a high state of productiveness. He attended the district school when a boy, and is now counted among the industrious and worthy citizens of his township.

Adrian township. Seven children have been born to them, viz. : Eunice, Kenneth, Leonard, Clarence and Allen, twins, and Claude and Arthur, twins, both deceased.

Lewis J. Schultz, one of the representative and influential farmers of Adrian township, ]\Ionroe county, lives on section twenty-seven, and is the owner of 400 acres in Cole's Valley. He is a native of Monroe county, born in Adrian, February 15, 1865, and is the eldest of a family of nine children born to Lewis J. and Reka (Jense) Schultz, both natives of Germany. When a young man, the father came to this country and first located on a tract of wild land in Ridgeville township, and soon after locating here he took up a homestead claim in the eastern part of that township, which he afterwards sold and purchased one forty and homesteaded another forty in section ten, which he improved and there nuule his home for twenty years, then moved to Tomah, where he resided until his death in 1009, at the age of seventyseven years. He was enterprising and thrifty and generally made a success of his undertakings and enjoyed the confidence and respect of his community. His widow, mother of our subject, who still (1912) survives, makes her home in llie city of Tomah, esteemed by a large circle of friends and acriuaintances. Of their other children living. Albert resides in Outagamie county. "Wisconsin; Emil lives at Russell, this state, and Frank is in Adrian townshi]). Those deceased are Dora, Adolph. .Alatie, Gustaf and Emma.

Lewis J., subject of this sketch, was reared on the home farm and received his education in the district schools; he remained at home until he reached his majority, and then rented a farm in Adrian township and began farming for himself. He was a success at it from the start, and later purchased his father's farm in section ten. wliicli he carried on for two years, then turned it over to a renter and went to Chicago, 111., and remained one year; came back to his farm and conducted it himself until 1896. then moved to Tomah and rented the AVilliam Lee farm, and at the end of four years, in 1900, he purchased what Avas known as the Talbot farm, in Adrian township, and tAvo years later bought the Herman AVestphal farm, which he has since conducted, and where he now resides. He has recently built a large modern barn with the latest modei-ii devices and a silo, and has also added one thousand rods of woven wire fencing. He is one of the most l)rogressive and up-to-date farmers of bis town, and uses the most modern methods in his farming operations.

On :\Iay 8, 1890. Mr. Schultz was married to :\Hss Dora Seflow. daughter of Henry and ^lary (Zahrite) Seflow. prominent citizens of Kirby, Lincoln township, where they now reside. Mrs. Schultz is the third child of a family of ten children : the others are: Henry, of Lincoln townshij) : ^lary is the wife of Alexander Randall, of Marshfield, Wis.; Anna married George "W'arnke and resides in Chicago; Emma is the wife of William Schick: ^lin- nie the wife of Christ Bock, of Chicago ; Augusta married Richard Erickson, of Chicago, and Julia is now j\Irs. John Clay, of Lincoln township. Those deceased are Elizabeth and William.

Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Schultz. Those living are: Elva L., Ernest F., and Dorothy L. Schultz. Three are deceased, viz. : Raymond W., Clarence F. and one who died in infancy.

William H. Schultz, dealer in flour, feed and millstnff at Tomah, Wis., was born at Ilotsvelt, Germany, August 6, 1853, the son of John and Mary (Bartels) Schultz, and came to America with his parents and two brothers - John F. and Charles - in 1858 ; they located at Jacksonville, Wis., and purchased 120 acres of wild land and immediately set to w^ork to establish the family home, subdue and cultivate the land. By hard work, thrift and economy, his farm was brought to a high state of cultivation and productiveness with substantial buildings and other improvements, and here they lived the balance of their lives. Mr. Schultz made a specialty of raising the best grades of grain for the market and was a recognized leader of his community. He died in 1906, and the death of his wife, mother of our subject, occurred in 1903. They Avere the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living. The father was a devoted member of the Lutheran church, and contributed liberally to its support.

William H. was raised on the farm and acquired his education in the district schools up to his eighteenth year. He left the home of his parents when he was twenty, and for the three succeeding years was employed at farm work. He then went to Humbird, Clark county, and here served an appreticeship of three years as a millwright, and after acquiring a good kiiowledge of the milling business, he went to Red AA^ing, Alinn., and secured employment in the La Grange flour mill. In 1871 he came to Tomah, and taking charge of the Barnes-Doxtader flouring mills, successfully managed the business for eleven years, when he leased the property from that firm and conducted the business on his own account with gratifying success until 1888, when he purchased the Blackman feed mill, which he remodeled and made into a modern flour mill, and has since done a flourishing business in retailing flour and feed.

On January 1, 1877, Mr. Schultz was united in marriage with Miss Dena Nelson, daughter of one of Monroe county's most respected pioneer citizens. Mrs. Schultz' parents were of English ancestry, and located in this county in 1854. They had a family of four children. Of three children born to Air. and Mrs.

A Republican in his political views, Mr. Schultz has been lionored with the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens and has on many occasions been nominated and elected to offices of trust and responsibility. He was elected and served as alderman of the city council, has held the office of mayor of the city, and for two 3^ears was city treasurer. He is a man of pleasing social qualities, genial, kind and broad-minded, and takes the keenest interest in whatever relates to the material and moral l)etterment of his city. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the ^Modern AVoodmen of America, and the Woodmen of the World.

Melchor Schwarz is another one of the younger class of wideawake and successful farmers in ]\Ionroe county. A native of Wisconsin, he was born in Dane county, ^May 26, 1884, son of Anton and Helen (Mack) SchAvarz. The father was born in Bavaria, Germany, and the mother was born in Sauk county, Wisconsin. His father came to America in 1852 and located in Dane county, where he rented a farm, married and reared a famih'. In 1892 he moved his family to Monroe county and purchased 200 acres of land on Summit ridge. Wells township, which he afterwards sold to a son, Avho in turn sold to our subject, the third child in a family of five boys and three girls. After disposing of the home farm, the father moved to Sauk City, Wis., Avhere he now lives in retirement.

Alelchor spent his boyhood on his father's farm, attending the district school and assisting in the farm work until he reached his majority. He took a commercial course in the l)usiness college at Madison, and becoming efficient in bookkeeping, he was in the employ of the Schlitz Brewing Company from 1906 to 1908. His health failing by too close confinement, he went to Colorado, 1)ut after a short time he returned to ]\Ionroe county and purchased the farm where he now resides. He has made many improvements, including a large cement silo, and has the land under a good state of ctiltivation. He is largely interested in stock, raising alfalfa, and is a successful breeder and raiser of pure-bred Guernsey cattle and Percheron horses, which he raises for the market. He recently sold two Guernsey calves for $125 each, and in addition to these, he keeps a good Ilamiltonian driving team.

]\Ir. Schwarz was married at ]\Iadison, Wis., November 3. 1909. to Miss IMartha Bauml)ach. datighter of Henry Baumbach, whose parents are now both deceased. To ]\Ir. and ^Irs. Schwarz have

Theodore A. Serrurier, of Wilton, was born at xMelboiirne. Australia. April 5. 1858. a son of Theodore and Johanna (Schmidt) Serrurier. natives of France and (lermany respectively. The parents came to the United States in 1867. with a family of eight children, and located first in Chicago, where he engaged in the lumber and banking business, and at the end of seven' years removed to New Lisbon. AYis.. and emharhed in the hotel business, conducting what was known as the Commercial House. This business the father continued until 1896, at which time he died. The mother died in 1906. They had a family of sixteen children, eight of whom are living. The father received a liberal education in his native country and previous to coming to America spent eleven years in Australia, in gold mining and the hotel business. Fraternally he was a member of the ^Masonic Lodge, and politically a Republican, but later in life a Democrat.

Theodore attended the public schools until he was eighteen years of age, and for three years was a clerk in a general store at New Lisbon, and from 1877 to 1880 w^as in the employ of H. Shultz & Son at Toraah: from 1880 to 1883 he engaged in merchandising at Tomah, and in the last named year came to Wilton and purchased 160 acres of land in Wilton township and engaged in farming until 1887; disposing of his farm he moved to the village of Wilton and managed a general store for T. L. Martin. He was appointed postmaster at Wilton by President Cleveland in 1893, which position he resigned in 1895. He then engaged in the hardware business for C. Hett. where he remained until he retired from active business.

In politics he is a Democrat and in 1908 was the unsuccessful candidate for clerk of the Circuit Court. He is now (1912) Democratic candidate for the General Assembly. Fraternally Mr. Serrurier is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

He was married November -t, 1883, in Wilton, to Miss Helen Platner. Three children have been born to this union : Richard S., born August 14, 1884: Kate L., born October 30, 1885, and Edith A., born Septeinber 1, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Serrurier reside in their tine modern residence erected in the village of Wilton in 1899.

Charles Sholes, a native son of Wisconsin, was born in Jackson county, February 23, 1863, and is a son of William A. and Ellen (Marvin) Sholes, both natives of New York. When a young mail, llic fallici" caiiic to .Jarkson cHUUily aJid lor a tiiiK' worked in tile liiiiihcr woods: lie later purchased 160 acres of wild land, whieli 1)\' hai-(l work ;iiid industry lie improved and brought to a good state of cull i\ at ion. After a residence of twenty years on this i)lace. lie disposed of the land and bouf-ht a farm of 200 acres near Melrose, in .]a(]<son county, where he resided for fifteen years, then moved into the town and has since lived in retirement. Of a family of eleven children l)oi-ii to them, nine are now (1912) living, viz.: Cassius, William, Arba and llarley. all married in jNIinnesota; Ella, now Mrs. E. J. Ilitf. in ^linneapolis ; Libbie (.Mrs. G. Thiele), of Minnesota; May Bell (:\Irs. Peter Simpson) and Stella, in Melrose, and Charles, the subject of this sketch, near Sparta. Mr. Slioles, Sr., was a successful farmer and a man of influence in liis commuiiily and is now enjoyinii' the fruits of his many years of toil. The ancestors of both father and mother are traced to England.

Charles was brought up on the home farm and, until he was eighteen, attended the district schools and assisted in the farm work. xVfter he became twenty-two he. was eni])loyed in the lumber woods and on the river until he was married, then moved to Black River Falls, this state, and lived there for tAvelve years, M'hen he assumed the management of the Spaulding stock farm near Black River Falls and remained for seven years. In 1901 they moved to Melrose and, after a residence there for two years, moved to IMonroe county and purchased the Kilts farm in Sparta township, three miles from the city of Sparta, and here they still reside. The farm is improved w'ith good buildings and cultivation, and ]\lr. Sholes is considered one of the successful farmers of the township, and employs the most up-to-date methods in his farming operations. He is a Republican in political sentiment and at this time supports the princi])les advocated by Senator LaFollette. He is a member of llie Modern AVoodmen of America.

In 1888 Mr. Sholes was married, at North Bend. Jackson county. Wisconsin, to Miss Estella Sims, daughter of AV. S. and Olive Sims, jiioneers of Jackson county and well to do and highly respected citizens. They were the parents of tive chiUlren. of whom three are lixing. viz.: Estella. now Airs. Sholes: (Jeorge D., and ?]dna. wlu» married F. J. Dostal and resides in Alinnesota. The ancestors of Airs. Sholes are traceable to France on the maternal side, while the jiaternal grandfather was from Scotland. To Air. and Airs. Sholes have ])een horn six children, four of whom are now (1912) living, viz.: Charles Franklin, born Se|)tember

Charles E. Simpson, only son of Gustavus and Mary E. (Kemp) Simpson, -was born at Havana, 111., November 20. 1862. His parents were natives of Watertown, N. Y., Avhere they remained nntil 18-19. when, during the gold excitement in California, they joined the ranks of the westAvard traveler, and started overland for the tield of promised riches. Arriving at Havana, 111., after a long and tiresome trip, they gave up the undertaking and located there, where Mr. Simpson embarked in the hardware business. Disposing of his interests in Havana in 1865, he came to Sparta, Wis., and again opened a hardware store and was one of the first men to engage in this line of business in the village. He conducted a successful business from the start, which he followed for the remainder of his active life.

As a progressive and enterprising citizen and business man, Mr. Simpson ranked among the first. He was a man of marked individuality, independent in thought and action and an important factor in the early upbuilding of the town selected for his future home. He was at one time village assessor and later was an alderman in the city council for his ward, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was born in 1830 and died in 1897. His widow, mother of our subject, was born in 1832, in Watertown, N. Y., and came west, with her parents, to Havana, 111., in 1840, where she was reared and educated. She was possessed of remarkable energy and thoroughly domestic in her ways, and sought no g-reater pleasure than she found in her home and family. She died in 1901 at the age of sixty-nine years. Charles E. Simpson received his education in the public schools and the Sparta high school, and when still a .young man he entered the hardware store with his father and received a thorough knowledge of the business, and in 1896 he embarked in the same line of business on his own account, in which he has since been eminently successful, and at this time (1912) conducts the leading hardware store in Sparta.

On Angust 8, 1886. he was married to Miss Hortense Smith, daughter of D. H. Smith, of Sparta. They have four children, viz. : David G.. Grace PL, Paul and Eloise Simpson.

Samuel Sizer, a prominent and substantial farmer of section eleven. Adrian township, is one of the pioneers of that town. A native of England, he was born at Cambridgeshire, November 1, 1847, the son of Samuel and Sophia (Laton) Sizer. also natives of England and of English parentage. The same year our subject

\v;is 1kii-ii. in 1S47. his pni-ciits ('ini<rrated to the I'liilcd States and first located in W'.ilwoi't li (Mtiinty. Wisconsin, and. after a residence there t»f .seven years, tliey came to Moiii'oe county and located on what is known as the in Ailrian township, on KiO acres of i;o\-erninent land, established the family home and there sjient the balance of their active life. Sui'viviny the hardshii)s and privations of the ])ioneer and transfoi'min<:' tlieir wild land into a well cultivatecl fai-ni with comfortable l)nildings, they lived to en.io\' tlu' fruits ol llieir toil for many years; he died at the age of eighty-foui- and his widow at the age of sixty-one years. Of this family thei'e survixcs. besides our subject, one daugliter, Sophia, now Mrs. Albert 'riioinpson. of Sparta.

Samuel Sizer eai-ly attended the district schools aiul i-eiiiained on the homestead assistin<: in tlie farm work until he was twentyfour, when lie purchased eighty acres of land, all of which was wild excepting fifteen acres. He erected the first l)uiidings, which are still standing on a rise of ground a shoi-f distance north of his jiresent I'esidenee. From the first payment of -tnd (Ui this land he has. by hard work and persistent efi'oi'ts. won liis way to success and now has one of the most comfortable and commodious homes in the county and liis land is in a high state of productiveness. Besides his inodet n residence erected in 1899. he built a large anil substantial barn in 1893. lie was married in 1871 to ]Miss Lydia Burroughs, a native of Chautaucpia county. New York, and daughter of the late Samuel and Xaomia (Faidkner) Burroughs, natives of the same county. The father came to ^Vilton township and was one <»f the fii-st settlers on the (dd stage i-oad from New Lisbon to Sparta, and in this home they spent their lives. The children of ]\h'. and Mrs. Sizer are: Edmund, of Adrian; Edith, wife of Frank Speiisley. of Adrian township, and Mary, the wife of Ilerbeil (larnee. of ]\Iiiuieapolis. j\Iinn.

EdiiMUid. the son. who with his father conducts the home farm, was on Decemliei- 14, l!)l(l. united in marriage with ^liss ]\Iaggie T)arnut/.ei-. of Sparta, daughtei- of Casper and Eva (Flich) Darnut/ei'. and they have one child - Clara P^va Si/er.

]\Ir. Si/ei'. our subject, vividly recalls the hardships experienced in the early days, when he. as a boy in the wilds of the then new could ry. used to carry urist on horseback from the Ridge to the .Jacksonville mill, a distance of eight miles. It is due to such a class of pioneers as ai'e here foinul that the townshij) contains so many fertile spots. ]\lr. Sizer has always taken a keen intfM'cst in the growth and di'velopment of the town as well as in public affairs, and has been a mend)ei' of the board of supervisoi's three

Mrs. Cecilia Slayton, a lady of refineinent. was horn -Inly 2, 1847. ill Norway. Her father. Mans Ericlvsoii, emigrated from Norway to America in lSf)2 with a family of nine children, six of whom are now livinii'. The family si^ttled in La Crosse county, Wisconsin, where tlie father worked one year for his brother, then for two years engaged in farming on liis own account on a rented farm. At the exi)iration of that time, he purchased eighty acres of land in thai counly and there inade his home until his death, which occurred in 1!)()4. ]Mrs. Erickson, mother of our subject, still survives at the advanced age of ninety-one years. The father was an influential and highly respected citizen, and a devoted member of tlie Reformed Lutheran churcli. as is also the mother.

Our subject was married to ^Morey Oscar Slayton at Winona, ^linn., March 20, 1872. To this union five children were born, viz.: Elsie, born September 15, 1873; JMinnie, born January 19, 1877: Howard, horn -July 4, 1879: Sadie. l)orn -lune !), 1885, and Charles, born ( )ctol)er 16, 1887. ^Ir. Slayton was horn July 2, 1889. His father came from Vermont to Ohio and tluMice to Wisconsin and located at Sheboygan, and after a time came to Monroe county and settled in the Leon valley, purchasing what is now kiutwu as the old Alsworth farm, which he afterwards sold, and i-emoved to Red River, ^linn.. where he resided at the time of the Indian massacre. Owing to the hostilities of the Indians, he was compelled to leave that place and return to the Leon valley, where he bought eighty acres of land and made his home and spent the remainder of his life. After his death. Avhich occurred ^lay 6, 1902. his son. ]Mervey 0., came into possession of tlie farm, which is adjacent to the village of Leon, and the residence was converted into a hotel which is now kept by Howard Slayton, son of our subject, who married a daughter of W. W. Link, now one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Leon valley.

iMrs. Howard Slayton is now" the popular i)ostmistress of Leon. ]Mr. Slayton. thic husband of our subject, was a carpenter and joiiier hy trade and constructed several of the liuildings in the village of Leon. He was active, aggressive, public-spirited, and devoted to his family, home and county; a man thoroughly trustworthy, reliable and upright in all his dealings. A shoi't time after his death. ^Irs. Slayton erected a handsome modern residence at the side of the hotel, where she now resides with her family, surrounded bv a host of friends.

Charles William Smith, a resident of section twenty-eight, Lafayette township, JMonroe eonnty, Wisconsin, is a native of Sntton, Broino comity, Canada East, and was born December 18, I860, one of a family of three children born to Roswell and Lydia (Adams) Smitli. natives of Canada and Vermont, respectively. The others are : Nellie E., wife of William ^lorse, of AVinnetka, 111., and Alonzo R., one of the leading attorneys of Baraboo, Wis. Roswell Smith was a son of William and Sarah (AVinchester) Smith, and was born -luiie 22. IH'.i'.i, at Sntton. Canada East. He was raised in the Dominion and there received his education, and became familiar witli the details and management of a large stock farm. In 1855 he came to Wisconsin and assisted in the organization of Lafayette townsinp, in iMonroe county, and was elected one of the officers. lie remained here eighteen montlis, then returned to Canada, where he resided until 1868, then came back to ]\Ionroe county, and purchastnl 145 acres of land in section twenty-eight, Lafayette township, forty acres being in oak timber. This farm is considered one of the best in Monroe county, and a brook of pure water, which has but recently been stocked with trout, runs through the place and adds materially to its value. Here Roswell Smith conducted his stock farm and made his home until his death. Februai-y 27, 1912, at the age of seventy-nine years.

William Smith was a son of John Smith, a native of Scotland; he was paymaster-general of the English army, and received a grant of land from the government, consisting of 400 acres located at Sutton, Canada. The mother was born at Plainfield, Mass., and belonged to an old and highly respected family. They had nine children, six sons and three daughters. William Smith was an early settler in Monroe county, and located on land across the highway from his son Roswell. Avhere he lived until his death in 1875, at the age of seventy-three years. Sarah Winchester, his wife, and gi-andmother of Ciiarles W., Avho was also a native of Canada, died in 1880. at the age of sixty-seven years. ]Mrs. Smith, mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Lydia Adams, was born January 25, 1842. a daughter of Charles Stewart and Sarah (Reynolds) Adams, both natives of Vermont. Charles Stewart Adams was a son of Darius and Hannah (Rouse) Adams. The Adams family were originally from ^lassachusetts, and the Rouse family were of German extraction. I\lrs. Smith, who still resides on the homestead farm, is one of a family of five children ; the others are: Eliza, who married David Gunther, of

Roswell Smith was a member of Valley Lodge, No. 60, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and was a member of that body for more than fifty years. lie was a man of good business qualifications, kind-hearted and generous, and gave liberally of his means to charitable and all worthy causes that appealed to him.

Charles AV. Smith was educated in the common schools of his home town and at the La Crosse Business College. He was reared on the home farm, and early learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. During the years 1883-84 he worked at his trade at Sioux Falls, S. D., with his uncle, L. D. Adams, and two years later returned to the home farm and remained until 1887, when he went to West Superior, Wis., and continued at his trade with J. W. Hinckley, remaining there six years. From that time to 1896 he followed his trade at St. Paul and Sparta, and in January of that year returned to the home farm, which since 1897 he has successfully conducted ; he has rebuilt the barns and outbuildings, made an addition to the residence, and otherwise improved the place. He is engaged in general farming and dairying, and keeps the farm w^ell stocked with grade Durham cattle. He takes an active interest in the affairs of his town and county, and is now serving as town clerk, an office he first occupied in 1881, and again in 1901. He was town treasurer in 1905-6 and 7, and has also been one of the health otficers of his town. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Beavers.

On December 22, 1896, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Edith Schultz, daughter of John and Sophia (Hildebrandt) Schultz, natives of Germany. After coming to the United States her parents first located at Elgin, 111., where, after making a good start in life they lost their all by the failure of banks in that place. Nothing daunted, they started anew, and by hard work and economy saved their earnings, and later came to Monroe county, and located near Trout Falls, in Lafayette township, where they resided for forty-five years. The father died in 1900 at the age of eighty-five years. The mother survives and lives in Angelo township at the age of seventy-five years. They raised a family of nine children, viz : Anna, married a Mr. Cooper ; Fred, deceased ; Eva, who married John Faulkner, is deceased; AA^Uiam lives at Olympia, Washington; Sophia and Mary are deceased; Caroline, wife of August Riewert, deceased, lives with her mother in Angelo ; Edith, now the wife of our

Emil C. Sonnenburg', w ho resides on his farm of 140 acres in section nine, LaGrange township, started life with nothing but liis native ability, and lias won liis way by liard work and persistent efforts, and is counted among tlie iirogressive citizens of the county. He was born at Tunnel City, ^Monroe county, June 26, 1877, the son of Fred and Hcrtlia (Tessman) Sonnen])urg, both natives of Germany. They came to America before their marriage and were among the prominent early settlers of INIonroe county, and endured their sliai-c of hardships incident 1o i)iuneer life and the upl)uilding of tlie Icality where they settled. In 1874, Mr. Sounenburg, Sr., settled on a farm near Tunnel City, Avhere he continued to live luilil 1008. when he removed to the city of Tomah, where he now resides. His wife, mother of our subject, passed away in 1910, at the early age of fifty-nine years, and was loved and respected by all who knew her. They reared a family of eight ehildren, five of whom are living; Emil, the subject of this sketch, being the oldest. The others are Agnes, widow of Louis Kirst, lives in Minnesota; Fred is on the home farm near Tunnel City; Bertha is now Mrs. John Lackelt, of Tomah township, and Martha.

Emil was educated in the district schools, and Avas reared on the home farm, and while variously employed, retained this as his home, to which he devoted nnieh time and attention, until 1903, when he purchased his i)rescnt farm. In 1908, he built a comfortable and commodious house and has added other needed improvements. Besides carrying on general farming, he makes a specialty of breeding and raising Guernsey cattle.

On September 2, 1908. he was married to ]Miss Emma Kohl, daughter of August and Henrietta (Heinz) Kohl, of LaGrange township; they have two interesting cliildren; viz.: Ella Bertha Henrietta and Edna ]\Iay. In religious faith ]Mr. and jMrs. Sonnen])urg are members of the German Lutheran church, of Tomah.

Fred P. Sonnenburg, one of the hustling young farmers of Greenfield township, Monroe county, Wisconsin, who resides in sections twenty-three and twenty-four, is a native of this town, where he w^as born July 27, 1882, and is one of a family of eight children born to Fred A. and Bertha (Tessman) Sonnenburg; of the others four are now (1912) living, viz.: Emil. wlio is a farmer and resides on section nine, LaGrange township; Agnes lives in Minnesota, and is the widow of Louis Kirst; Bertha married John Lackelt, and lives in Tomah townsliip, and Martha. The parents emigrated from Germany to the United States in the early seventies, and one year after arriving in this country, they located on a 120-acre tract in Greenfield township, and later on purchased an eighty-acre tract in the same town, which is now owned by our subject. The farm at that time was wild timbered land with only three or four acres broken. Being possessed of that energy and thrift characteristic of the German race, the father went diligently to work to clear, subdue and improve the farm, and establish the family home. The privations and hardships were many, but by persistent efforts were overcome, and the land made to blossom like the rose. A new residence was erected in 1888 and the barn in 1895, since which time a granery, water mill and other improvements have been added. The farm is now one of productiveness due largely to the efforts of our subject, who is an energetic and deserving young man who believes iu faithful toil and reaps the reward of honest labor. In 1909 the father retired to the city of Tomah, wiiere the mother died on February 3, 1910 at the age of fifty-three years.

Fred P. was reared on the home farm, attending the district schools and assisting in the farm work ; he has always lived on this place and after the removal of his father to Tomah in 1909, purchased the farm which he is now successfully carrying on, using up-to-date methods in his operations. On October 27, 1909, Mr. Sonnenburg was married to Miss Emma Boettcher, daughter of August Boettcher, of Lincoln township, this county. They have one daughter, Dahla Leona, born October 21, 1911.

Samuel M. Steele, a progressive farmer who resides in section twenty, Byron township, was born in Wyoming county. New York, December 21, 1863, the son of James <ind ]\Iary Ann (Fuller) Steele, both natives of New York state, and for many years residents of Java township, Wyoming county, where the father still resides and owns a farm of 200 acres. His wife, mother of our subject, died in 1877 at the age of forty-five years. This branch of the Steele family was descended from an old and prominent New Englaud family. They were the parents of five children ; those besides our subject are James A., of Byron township, this county ; Emmett resides on the old homestead in Wyoming county, New York : Lyn is the wife of ]Merton Barber, of Java Village,

Samuel ^1. attended the di.strict .school of his home town, and at the age of nineteen years, came west to ^Michigan, and a year later came to Wisconsin and was first employed in the lumber woods for some time, after which he purchased a forty-acre tract of wild land in section eighteen, Byron township. ^Monroe county, to which he added from time to time until lie owned 2-40 acres, a jiart of which he subsequently sold, and since ]\Iarch. 1899. has been the owner of his present farm, consisting of 120 acres: this farm was previously owned by the late C. A. Crawford, one of the early settlers of the town of Byron and a veteran of the Civil War, who settled there some forty years ago. Since purchasing the farm. ]\Ir. Steele has made many improvements; built a residence, and in 1912 erected a barn, 32 x 56 feet with basement, and has the land in a fine state of cultivation. lie takes an active part in townshij) and county affairs and has served as town clerk for tAvo terms, chairman of the town board for six years and treasurer for several terms. He was married November 27. 1890. to ]\Iiss ]Minnie A. Root, daughter of Oren A. and Alvira (Wood) Root, of Byron township.

George P. Stevens, a representative citizen and farmer of section twelve, Adrian toAvnship, was born in AVashington county, Wisconsin, July 5, 1851. and the fourth child of a family of six children ])orn to George P. and Emily (Shove) Stevens, natives of New York and Connecticut, respectively, of the others, Caroline N. married Joseph Turner, and is now deceased, her death having occurred in 1912: Alice A. is the widow of Henry Burlingame: Nancy, who was ]\Irs. C. E. Bell, is deceased: Oliver B. resides at Riverside, Calif., and Chester H. lives at Tomah. The ancestors on the Stevens side were originally from England, while on the mother's side they were Scotch origin. The parents came to Wisconsin in the forties and first located in Waukesha county, and in 1856 moved to ^Monroe county and settled oil a f;inn in Adi'ian township, wliere tlie father died in 1866 at the age of fifty-one years, when our subject was in his fourteenth yeai-. Tlic d(»ath of llic mother occurred in 1865 at the age of fifty years.

George P. received his education in the district schools and spent his boyhood on the homestead farm, where he now resides aiul whicli came into his jiossessioii in 1875. Air. Stevens has resided in Adrian township during his whole lifetime, and has taken great pride in improving and making his farm of 145 acres one of the best in the county. He remodeled and made an ui)-todate residence with modern conveniences in 1911, constructed a barn in 1905, which, with his other outbuildings and the highly cultivated condition of his land, makes an ideal country home. In public affairs Mr. Stevens has always taken a keen interest ; he has represented his district in the state legislature two terms, 1903 and 1905, and as a member of the railway commission made himself prominent before the people, and was county treasurer for two terms. He is now serving his second, consecutive term as chairman of the town board, an office he has previously held for several terms. He has also been treasurer of his town and is one of the most popular public spirited citizens on the east side of the county.

In 1875 he was married to Miss Ida E. Jackson, daughter of W. W. Jackson, of Adrian township. The fruits of this union are four children, viz.: Harold L.. of Chicago; Grace, deceased; Ruth A., Avife of J. G. Kemp, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Leonard J., who lives in Chicago, where he is employed at contracting work.

Louis Storkel*. That intelligent "hustling" pays, is weli exemplitied by the success scored by Louis Storkel. the well known florist of Tomah. Mr. Storkel was born in Weilburg, Germany, on June 23, 1860, to Philip and Johanna (Gras) Storkel, both natives of Germany, and the parents of nine children - seven sons and two daughters. He was a strong disciplinarian and required each of the boys to learn some trade. He died in Germany in 1901. The mother is still living at the age of seventyone years.

Louis received his education in his native country and there learned the florist trade. He came to America and located in New York City, where he Avorked at his trade for a time, and deciding to try his fortune in the West, he came to Milwaukee in 1884. Not finding this city suitable for the business in which he Avished to engage, hoAvever, he came to Tomah, arriving here Avith just 17 cents in his pocket. He felt that success Avas before him and he was equal to the task of carving out for himself more than a bare livelihood. He secured employment as a laborer, Avhich occupation he folloAved for eight years. Determined to succeed in the country of his adoption, he brought to bear that indomitable poAA^er of Avill common to his German ancestors, and Avith the desire uppermost in his mind to become a landed proprietor in this country, he succeeded by thrift, economy and industry in saving his earnings with which he purchased thirty-five acres of land adjoining the city of Tomah, and erecting thereon a small green house, started in business at his trade. He prospered from tho beginning, and soon enlarged his first building to a large greenhouse containing 8,000 square feet of glass. His business continued to prosper and he began to increase his land holdings and expand his facilities until he now owns 120 acres of choice land on which he raises large quantities of small fruits and vegetables, his annual sales amounting to thousands of dollars. In the year 1910 he realized $-1,000 from the sale of strawberries and other small fruits ; in addition, he raised large quantities of tomatoes, cabbage and celery. He supplies the home market besides shipping in carload lots to other markets. His nursery stock is the finest in the county and his place is called "the Tomah green house and fruit farm," and is the largest of its kind in the state of Wisconsin.

Mr. Storkel is a member of the park board of Tomah, and the flowers, evergreens and shrubbery growing along the boulevards have been planted, managed and superintended solely by him. He takes an active interest in public affairs, and is always ready to lend his moral influence and financial aid to any worthy enterprise tending to the betterment of his community, and withal he is a high-minded, public spirited citizen. He contributes largely to the leading magazines published in the interest of his line of business.

On March 9, 1881, Mr. Storkel was married to Miss ^linnie Man. Their six children are Herman, Lena, Anna, Louis, Adolpli and Louisa, all of whom are living.

Charles Stratman, a Avell-to-do farmer of AYellington township. Monroe county, came here in 1890 and bought his farm of 240 acres in sections ten and fifteen, which he has since made one of the ideal homesteads in the county. His residence, barns and other outbuildings lend a prosperous appearance to his farm, and his water is supplied by a hydi-aulic engine from natural springs on the place. His methods of farming are thoroughly up to date - and, in short, he is a progressive farmer. He is the son of Arnt and Louisa (Neadfelt) Stratman, both natives of Germany, who came to America sometime in the forties, with a family of four children, and located in AYest Salem, La Crosse county. Wis., where they bought 160 acres of land in 1867. The father started in life with no means save his native ability to earn a livelihood by the sweat of his brow, and he worked for a long time as a day laborer, and by his close application and economical management, he saved sufficient money to purchase his farm, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1909, was a successful farmer with a comfortable home and many friends. They were members of the Lutheran church, and Mrs. Stratman is still living at "West Salem at the age of seventy-eight years. They had a family of seven children, five of whom are now (1912) living.

Charles was the youngest of the family, and was born on March 28, 1876, in West Salem, Wis. He attended the district schools until he was fourteen years old and lived at home until he was twenty-one. His first venture on his own resources was on a rented farm, which he worked for one year, and on December 15, 1898, he was married at West Salem to Miss Dora Wehrs, one of a family of five children. Her father was a stone mason by trade and came from Germany to La Crosse county, Wisconsin, in an early day.

Will F. Strozinsky is a native of Wilton township, Monroe county, Wisconsin, and was born June 9, 1870, the second child in order of birth in a family of nine children, born to Charles and Anna (Rainsaur) Strozinsky. The father was born in Prussia and the mother in Austria. The father came to America while yet a young man, in the early fifties, and located in Dorset Ridge, town of Wilton, where he worked as a day laborer until his marriage. He homesteaded a farm of 160 acres, where he lived three years, then moved to Cold Spring valley, where he purchased 120 acres in section fourteen, and there lived until he died in 1891. When he first settled on his farms they were in a wild state, which required much energy and labor to subdue, and in connection with his farming operations, he operated a thrashing machine for eighteen years. He was a kind hearted, genial and public spirited and had a wide acquaintance over the county. He was jovial and a great lover of song, but rather unfortunate in business, leaving at the time of his death many obligations, which were assumed and paid in full by his sons. The mother of our subject is now living in Tomah at the age of sixty-seven years, and is a member of the Lutheran church, as was her husband.

AA^ill F. attended the public school until he was eighteen, and early began life for himself. At the beginning of his career he worked seven months during the fi.rst summer for one man, receiving for the full time $115. He worked five more summers, and since that time has been an aggressive and hard Avorking man, whose efforts have been crowned \vi1li success. In 1897 he bought a farm of 120 acres in section twenty-three, town of Wilton, where he now resides, successfully cngnffcd in ijcneral fanning and breeding and raising full blooded Jlolstein cattle. He operates an extensive dairy and sells his cream to the Wilton Co-operative Creamery Association.

]\lr. Sli'oziiisky has Ixmmi Iwicc ma I'l-icd, lirst to ]\Iiss Bertha Wolkow. who died wilhoiit issue in l!i()."). On April 28, 1907, he married his second wife at Dorset Ridge, in Wilton township. Miss >\Iiiinie Hukat/, by whom he has three chihiren, Clarence IL, born November 20. 1908; Edwin K.. Iioni Decembei- 27. 1909, and Earl A., born December 19, 1911. In religious affiliations. Mr. and Mrs. Strozinsky are members of the Lutheran church, Avhile in politics he is actixc in llie affairs of the Re])ublican party.

John J. Sullivan", freight agent. Chicago, .Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company, is a native of Norfolk, Conn., where he was born on DeccMidiei- 25. 1861. and is the oldest of a family of six children, viz. : John J., Kate (deceased). Mary, ]Murt, Nellie and Daniel (deceased), who were born to Daniel and ]Mary (Stack) Sullivan, who emigrated from Ireland to the United States when young, settling first in Connecticut, where the father found employment in a foundry. , After remaining here for a short time, he came to Sparta, where he found employment with the Chicago. ]\Iilwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company as section foreman, which position he retained for the balance of his active life. His death oceurretl in January. 1907. at the age of seventy-six yeai's. His widow. ]iiother of our subject, is still a resident of Sparta, and enjoys the affection and esleeni of her large circle of friends.

Mr. Sullivan, the subject of this sketch received a thorough education in the publir and high schools of Spai'ta. ami while still a boy di'o\-e the <leli\-ei'>' wa<z'()ii f(U' the Amei'ican Ex|)ress Company. His lirst experience in i-aili-oad woi-k was obtained in the Ifeiglit and basgage departnu'iit at the local station in S|)arta. ]Mr. Sulli\an l)eai's the distinction of beiiiLi one of the employees in the freight (le]tartnuMit of the Chica.G'o. ^lilwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at Sparta who has seen contimial service in Ibis line since 18S1. beini; the longest in the employ of any man coniuH'ted with llie I'oad at this ])lace.

In coin])any with ]\lr. D. C. Hope, ]\lr. Sullivan established the fii'st cold storaye ])lant at Sparta, and after four years' successful operation. i)urcliased the interests of ]Mr. Hope, and has since continued the business successfully, nuiking a snecialty of buying and wholesaling' oti^s. Iviuippcd with a modern cohl slora^c \VMrehouse, he is in tlie market at all times, and in season hnys all the egg's to be had in his htcality. paying the highest cash price I'or them.

]Mr. Snllivaii is a man of sterling character, exem[)lai'y in his habits and a leading spirit in matters that come within the scope of his influence, and takes an active interest in all questions pertaining to the betterment of his city and county, lie is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin and the Fraternal Union. He has been alderman of the third ward for t"\vo years.

On June 21, 1893, ]\lr. Sullivan was united in marriage with Miss liouise Miller, daughter of Casper Miller, a pioneer and prominent citizen of La Crosse. Their children are Samuel Casper; Charles B. and John J.. Jr.

Thomas Sullivan, soldier and farmer, was born in 1848 in ^Michigan, the son of Jeremiah and Nancy (Friley) Sullivan, both natives of Ireland. The father came to America in an early da> , and to Wisconsin when Thomas was two years old. He enlisted in Juneau county, in Company C. Nineteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. William H. Blyton's regiment, and served until honorably discharged for disability. Returning to Wisconsin, he purchased 160 acres of land in section tvrenty-tw^o, Sheldon township, where he lived until his death in 1864. Ilis wife, mother of our subject, passed away during the same year. They experienced the privations and hardships of pioneer life in the then new^ country, but by hard work and perseverance subdued the soil, and became known as one of the well-to-do and most highly respected farmers of their towmship.

Thomas was educated in the common schools, and while yet a young man, at the age of sixteen, enlisted in Company D, Fortyfourth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. Tlis regiment w^as in the Army of the Cumberland, under General Thomas, and participated in the battles of Johnsonville, Duck River, Franklin. Tenn.. and Nashville. He was honorably discharged at Paducah. Ky.. July 2. 186;"). Returning to Wisconsin, he acquired a quarter section of land in Sheldoii township, IMonroe county, where he now resides, engaged in general farmino'. He is one of the representative men of his town. and enjoys the confidence and respect of the ciutununity in which he resides.

Levings N. Sweet, a prominent early settler of Lincon township, Monroe county, Wisconsin, a resident of section twentynine, is a native of Vermont, and was born at Ilinesburg, Chittenden county, in that state, May 13, 1837. Ilis parents, Ezekiel and Cleora (Mack) Sweet were also natives of Vermont of English extraction. They later settled in Madrid township, St. Lawrence county. New Y^ork, where they spent the balance of their lives. Our subject is the seventh child of a family of nine children and the only surviving member. The otiiers were James M., Henry 0., Sarah, who was the wife of D. A. Olan; Charles, Enu'ry A., Mary A., Augustus, and Norman E. Sweet. Mr. Sweet, our subject, was educated in the common schools and Potsdam Academy, and remained at home ujitil twenty years of age, when he came to "Wisconsin, first stopping at Milwaukee, where he was in the employ of the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railroad. At the end of eight months he went to Iowa and engaged in teaching school. After two seasons he returned to AVisconsin, and for one year farmed in Waukesha county. In July, 1860, he came to Monroe county, and opened a farm for his brother near Tomah, in Lincoln, now LaGrange township. He cultivated the soil and improved the place continuously for twelve years, at the end of which time he came to his present location and ])ought three forties, which was for the most part wild land. He took possession in 1871, and erected suitable buildings and has since engaged in general farming and raising of live stock. Mr. Sweet has been prominently identified with the early organization of his township, and has represented the people officially on several occasions, and was the first to aid in the erection of the Kirby LTnion church. He has been a member of Tomah Lodge, No. 132, A. F. and A. M., since the early sixties.

January 28, 1862, Mr. Sweet was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Howard, a native of Milwauke, Wis., where she was born April 5, 1845. She is a daughter of Harry B. and Avilla (Webber) Howard, natives of Ohio. Four children were born to this union, viz.: Emory A., who died June 28, 1910, at the age of forty-eight years; Warren H.. of Portland, Ore.; Arthur L., of Lincoln township, aiul Lottie C.. wife of ]\rett Rose, of Tiiiicolu jowiisliip.

Arthur L. Sweet, oiu^ of the progressive farmers of ^lonroe county, who resides in section twenty-nine. Lincoln township, was born near Tomah, in LaGrange township, June 9, 1868. He is a son of Levings N. and Sarah (Howard) Sweet, of Lincoln township,. Mr. Sw^eet attended the district school and remained on the homestead farm until he reached the age of twenty-four, when he purchased his present farm of 120 acres, whicli at that time was only partly improved. He erected a comfortable residence, large and commodious barns and outbuildings, and made other improvements, besides bringing the soil to a high state of cultivation. In addition to general farming he carries on an extensive dairy business, and has a fine herd of Holstein cattle. In fraternal matters, Mr. Sweet is a member of Tomah Lodge, No. 132, A. F. and A. M., Modern Woodmen of America, and the Woodmen of the World. He is also a member of the Union church.

On December 14, 1892, he was married to Miss Mabel A. Payne, daughter of H. S. and Beulah E. (Bisbee) Payne, of Sparta. Mrs. Sweet is the oldest of a family of three children. The others are Clarence H., who resides in the state of Washington, and Leo H., of North Dakota.

Norman E. Sweet, one of the early settlers and highly respected citizens of LaGrange township, was born in Hinesburg, Vt. His parents, Ezekiel and Cleora (Mack) Sweet, were natives of Vermont, from whence they moved to St. Lawrence county, New York, when our subject was two years old, and there died. Norman E. was the youngest of a family of eight boys and three girls, all of Avhom are now deceased excepting Levings N. Sweet, of Lincoln township, this county. Mr. Sweet came to Monroe county with his two brothers; Emery J. purchased 300 acres of land from the government, in LaGrange township, whicli at that time formed a part of Lincoln, and L. N. and N. E. Sweet purchased an interest later. In 1874 our subject sold his interest in this land and moved to section nine, LaGrange township, and purchased a farm of 120 acres ; the residence having been burned in February of that year, a new one was immediately erected, which is still in use by his widow and son, Edgar C. Sweet. In 1904 a modern barn was built and many valuable and lasting improvements have been made. A pioneer in that section, Mr. Sweet took an active part in transforming Monroe county from a wild state to one of the highly cultivated farms and good homes. He took an active interest in local matters and was known as one of Monroe county's public spirited and high minded citizens, and his death, which occurred December 27, 1893, was mourned as a great public loss.

llciiry I', iiiid {'jilliL'i'inc (Sliavcr) Barklcy. also natives of Canatla, wliere they .si)t'iit their lives. ]\Irs. Sweet is 1lu' sixtli child in order of birth in a family of nine children; those living are: Gordon, who lives in Ontario; ^Iar<iafet, AVinehestei-. Ontario; (icor^c. of AVaddinnfton. X. Y.. and Klizahelh. -who resides in ^Manitoba. Those deceast'd are Amos ami J^aney, Kliza ami Alniira. ]Mrs. Sweet is a lady of noble character, possessed of womanly virtues and a fador for good in her community. To ]\rr. and Mrs. Sweet were born three childi-cii. viz. : ("an-ie nuirricd Edwin .1. Vandervort, and resides in the town of Tomah: Kdgar Charles lives on the home r;iriii. and Jessie Irene is tln' wife of 1). C. l*ni-dy, of LaOrange township.

fJohn Peter Hai-kley, paternal grandfathei' of Mi's. Sweet, was a native of Schoharie county. New York, and lived to the age of seventy-five years; his widow. Delliah (Sperbeck) Barklcy. who lived to be 107 years of age, died in 1867. John P. Bai-klcy. his sister, and two children were onee cai)1in-ed by the Indians and held for ransom; one child, born while in cai)ti\ity. was never returned to its parents by the Indians, they claiming they would make 'Jieap big chief" of him some day. The maternal grandfathei- of Mrs. Sweet was JMiehael Shaver, a native of Canada; he married IMiss Jane Baker, and both lived to be eighty years old. Tln^ first spring after ^Ir. and ]\lrs. Sweet to(dv up their residence on the i)resent homestead, they had some annoying experiences with the Indians; Red Eagle came to the house one day and demanded admittance, and when refused on aci-oiiiit of his intoxicated condition, immediately took his hatchet and proceeded to batter down the door. lie was captured and taken to Tonuih, "where he was tined jj^ll and made to pay for the dooi". AYhile ]\lr. Sweet and others were at the trial, Mrs. Sweet remained at home, and very soon after their dejiarture, the house was snrronnded by Indians making search foi- the unruly one; among them was Artitdioke, Good Bear and others, and after being made to understand the situation, and where the other Indian was. they withdrew. An Indian trail ran across this farm and it Avas no unconnuon thing to see as man.\ as tw(^ntyfive Imlians at one time, and three ai'e now bnried near the barn.

Edgar C. Sweet, proprietor of East View farm, in section nine, LaGrange township, where he was born June IS. 187(i. and has always lived, is a Ixdiever in up-to-date methods in dairying and general farming. He received his education in the district school, and after the death of his father, assnmed the active nmnagement of the farm, and besides general farming and dairy- ing, lie is successful breeder of Guernsey cattle, Percherou horses, Poland China hogs and Prown Leghorn chickens. Mr. Sweet takes a commendable interest in the affairs of his township, and has held the otRce of treasur-er. In December, 3897, he was married to Lliss Jennie Carter, daughtin- of Arnold and -lane (Wilson) Carter, natives of New York. They have one child, Doris M. Sweet, born June 13, 1906.

Truman R. Talbot, county clerk of Monroe county, is a native of the "Badger state" and was born of English ancestry, on a farm near Whitewater, AA'is., January 14, 1857, son of Robert A. and Ann (King) Talbot, natives of Cambridgeshire, England. They came to Rock county, this state, after marriage in 1849, where they engaged in farming until the spring of 1863, when they located in section thirty-four, Adrian township, IMonroe county, on a 160-acre tract of wild land, the only building being a small log house, which was used for a home, and as time and circumstances demanded, log stables were built and later modern buildings were constructed and the land brought to a high state of cultivation. It was here that they made their home until 1888, when they removed to Tomah. where they resided until their death. He passed away in 1891, and his wife, the mother of our subject, survived until 1905, when she died at the age of eighty-one years. ]Mr. Talbot, the father of our subject, was a veteran of the Civil War, serving near the close as a private in Company A, Fifty-second Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers. He was counted among the prominent pioneers of Adrian township, and a man whose moral influence counted for much in his comnmnity. He was prominent in religious and church work, being one of the organizers of the Ridgeville Methodist Episcopal church.

Mr. Talbot, the subject, is the fifth child of a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters. The others are : Emma, wife of Francis Burroughs, of Beloit, AVis. ; Sallie, wife of I. N. Palmer, of Tomah - she is now deceased; Fred K., of Tomah; Ella, deceased, wdio was the wdfe of the late L. R. Cole; Lottie, deceased; J. E., of Sioux City, Iowa; and Millie, wife of Harry Euckhausen, of Sparta.

Mr. Talbot attended the public schools of Adrian township, and the Tomah graded schools, and began for himself on the homestead farm in 1880, and was a resident of Adrian township until his election to his present office. He taught school for several terms in his home neighborhood during the winter season, attending to his farm duties during the summer season, and during his residence there served as treasurer of his township for two years. Politically Mr. Talbot is a Republican staunch and true. He Avas first considered as the most available member of the party as a candidate for county clerk in 1906, and was elected to that office by a large majority. His efficiency was again demonstrated in 1908, by his renomination and election, and again in 1910 by a large and popular vote, reflecting great credit upon himself and giving entire satisfaction to his constituents. Mr. Talbot is one of the most progressive citizens, a man of strict integrity of character, a supporter of all worthy enterprises, and makes every effort to advance the best interests of Monroe county. Socially Mr. Talbot is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1881. the subject was united in marriage with Miss Emma Seibold, daughter of George and Armenia (Knapp) Seibold, of Ridgeville township. They have three children : Harry R., conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, with headquarters at Sioux City, Iowa; Ray G., mechanical engineer with Fairbanks & Morse at Beloit, AYis., and INIabd A. Talbot, Sparta.

Robert John Taylor, the well-known and popular druggist of Sparta, comes of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He was born at Coleraine, Ireland, April 10, 1874, and came to America with his parents who first settled in Jackson county, "Wisconsin, and later, about twenty-five years ago. moved to Sparta, where Robert received his education in the public and high schools. His first venture in business life was a position as clerk in the drug store of Edward Crane, when he was eighteen years of age, and after two years' service M-ith Mr. Crane, he entered the store of F, N. Newton, and remained in his employ for eight years, where he mastered pharmacy in all its branches. In 1907 Mr. Taylor purchased the drug business of John "\Y. Palmer, and has since, under the firm name of the Taylor Drug Company, successfully conducted the ])usiness, increasing the stock and otherwise enlarging the facilities to meet the growing demands. A leader in his line, he conducts a modern and up-to-date drug store, as his many friends will attest.

Fraternally Mr. Taylor is a member of the Masonic order, a Knight Templar, a member of the Knights of Pythias, and I\Iodern AYoodmen of America. He was married on ]\Iay 19, 1909, to Miss Lenna Waring, daughter of E. I. AYaring, of Sparta.

century ago, where a family of seven children were born as follows : Anna Jane, wife of Thomas Hunter, of Superior, Wis. ; Martha P., wife of Edward Moe, of same place ; Samuel Semple, a lumberman of Missoula, Mont. ; AVilliam "W., druggist, of Stevens Point; Dr. David A., of Bangor; Robert John, our subject, and Margaret, of Sparta.

William Taylor, father of Robert, was a native of Coleraine, Ireland, and after coming to America, engaged in farming as his principal occupation. He died in Sparta on November 12, 1908, at the age of eighty years. He was the son of William Taylor, born on the Rock of Gibraltar, and who fought in the battle of Waterloo in Napoleon's army, and Mrs. Taylor, our subject's mother, still retains the medal tendered to him at the time of his discharge by Queen Victoria which bears the date of 1793- 1814.

Robert McPherson, maternal grandfather of Mr. Taylor, was the fourth child of a family of seven children ; the others were John, James, Samuel, Thomas, Adam and Joseph. Mrs. Taylor, mother of Robert J., resides in Sparta, well preserved for one of her years, and blessed with an abundance of womanly virtues which merits the highest esteem in which she is held. She is now eighty-three years old.

Fred W. Teall, is a prominent citizen of Sparta, and a leader in his special line, that of gardener. He was born at Geneva, in the state of New York, on March 31, 1859, and is the youngest of a family of three children born to James and Elizabeth (Allsop) Teall, natives of New York and England respectively. James, the father of subject, followed the occupation of tile and brick making, and was for several years manager of the Geneva Tile Works. He introduced the first machine-made tile into the United States from Scotland. Both Mr. and Mrs. Teall spent their lives in New York state, where Mr. Teall died in 1904 at the advanced age of eighty-five years, and his widow passed away in 1906 at the age of seventy-nine. Their sons, Edward S. and Fred W., are the only surviving members of the family ; the other child was Anna Teall.

Mr. Teall, our subject, received his education in the public and Union schools of Geneva, and began business life in a nursery. In 1884 he came to Sparta and entered the employ of T. B. Tyler, as superintendent of his stock farm, which was then stocked with Pole-Angus herds, and at that time was the most extensive stock farm in Sparta township. At the end of six years he embarked in the business of gardening and the raising of small fruits, which he continued for some eighteen years, and since then he has devoted his entire time and energy to gardening exclusively. His ten-acre tract has been brought to a high state of cultivation, and is one of the most productive spots in Monroe county, furnishing the wholesale market of Sparta with various kinds of seasonable garden truck. The year of 1011 was a most prosperous and eventful one for Mr. Teall, as the success attained made it possible for him to erect a beautiful bungalow residence for himself at number 511 Jefferson avenue. The building is thoroughly modern in every way, finished in old mission, with a perfect hot water heating system, making it one of the model homes in the city.

On April 1, 1879, Mr. Teall married Miss Fannie E. Cromwell, daughter of Edwin and Julia (Tyler) Cromwell, and their five children are named respectively : Robert J., who resides in California; Annie, wife of Rev. T. B. Thompson, and resides in Rockford, 111.; Julia P^lizabeth, and Thomas T. Teall, civil engineer and county superintendent of highAvays, Sparta.

Robert J. graduated from Beloit College at the age of twenty. Annie and Julia Elizabeth are also graduates of the same college, and Tliomas T.. engineering course, State University of AVisconsin.

John Teasdale, who was esteemed alike for his sterling worth as a man, and the public spirit, enterprise and tenacity of purpose which made him an important factor in the building up and development of a rich and prosperous portion of the state of Wisconsin, was born in Yorkshire, England, on February 9, 1829, and died at his residence in Sparta, February 9. 1911. just eighty-tAvo years later, the final summons reaching him on his birthday. Many times during the last few weeks of his life, while confined to his bed Avith his life and strength fast ebbing aAAay, did he ask his son HoAvard hoAV many days it Avas until the ninth of February, it being his one great desire to live until his eighty-second birthday, and in this instance as all through life, his determination accomplished the desired end.

Mr. Teasdale left his native land in February, 1850. and settled first in JohnstoAvn, N. Y., and Avhile a resident of that state he met ]\Iiss Sarah Seymour, Avhom he Avedded at GloA'crs- A'ille, in 1854, and Avho for more than half a century assisted him to meet and conquer the adversities of pioneer life, and to enjoy the fruits of their industry, she having died in this city July 20, 1895. The year folloAving their marriage, Mr. Teasdale took his young bride, and animated Avith the same spirit Avhicli has caused hundreds of thousands of others to brave the hardships of pioneer life, he headed toward the "hmd of the setting sun," settling in Janesville, Wis., in 1855, the following year moving to Reedsburg, and in the spring of 1857, he arrived in the little village of Sparta, near and in which place the remainder of their lives was destined to be spent. Being a carpenter and joiner he immediately commenced contracting, one of the first jobs he secured being the construction of the Jackson store building, afterwards occupied by Rufus S. Dodge for many years, and now known as the Jackson building, occupied as a blacksmith shop by Mr. West. He also constructed the Dan Potter and Z. K. Jewett residences, both of which are still standing. During this time he built the first schoolhouse in the Blackburn district, north of this city. This building he contracted for $400. To show what conditions were at that time, he found on completion of this work that the town warrants Avhich he accepted for pay could only be sold for 30 cents on the dollar, and this amount he had to accept, as the money was needed. This left him with a number of unpaid bills on his hands, among them one for $20 for hardware, which had been furnished by AV alter Allen. Mr. Allen persistently endeavored to collect the bill, visiting Mr. Teasdale, who at this time was on the farm where the brick house now stands. Finally he found Mr. Teasdale and his wife wallowing around in the wet marsh one cold fall day, endeavoring to get sufficient hay to winter their only cow. Allen again insisted on his pay, and Mr. Teasdale told him that all he had was that one cow, and that if Allen would take that and leave him alone, he was welcome to it. This he refused, also a watch which was offered him. The next year Mr. Teasdale raised 275 bushels of wheat, which he sold to John Moffatt, under contract for 85 cents per bushel, but before the delivery was completed the price of wheat had dropped to 74 cents, and never again reached the 85-cent mark until after the war.

Mr. Teasdale moved on the farm north of this city, where the brick house now stands, in 1859, and succeeded there in accumulating 1,000 acres of land. His life was a busy one from the beginning, and as a result of his hard work, energy and perseverance, the brick house and other substantial buildings were erected by him, and he was considered among the most desirable and prominent citizens of his community. He became interested in the promotion of a cheese factory when the dairy business in Monroe county was in its infancy, and in this venture lost heavily. He also was a heavy loser in indorsing notes for his friends, and through these unfortunate ventures he was forced tu disj)()se of llie original farm in oi'dcr to save himself from financial rnin, and he then inoveti on In the I'omeroy farm, Avhieh he had acquired. There he remained iinlil 1884, when he moved into this city. Dnring most of his life here, he resided in the residence whei'c tlic new ('atholic chnrcli now stands, lia\iiig sold llial piopiTty to llic ('atliolics a few years ago.

Nearly llic ciilire rural telcjihone system out of this city has been laid imdcf the difccj ion of Mi-. Tcasdale, and for many years he and his old horse aixl llic "" Democrat" wagon were a familial' sight along the telephone lines.

There were three sons born to .Mi-, and .Mrs. Tcasdale, vi/. : Frank, who died in 1870, and IIoAvard and -loseph, both of Avhom survive and are residents of this city.

During llic latter part of Mr. Teasdalc's life, he Avas badly crii)|)lcd with rheumatism, the result ol' exposure of the early years, hut e\-en this was not suflicieut to pi-cvent him from taking an active interest in every enterprise arouiul him.

The deceased Avas a member of the IMasonic order and also of the I\Iethodist Episcopal clnireh in which for many years he Avas an active Avorker.

Mrs. Jeddie Thurston, Avife of the late Adelbert D. Thurston, of Leon toAvuship, Avas born June 1, 1865, in the toAA'u of Wells, ]Monroe county, "Wis., and is a (biughter of Henry and ]\Iary Nichols, prosperous and influential citizens of that toAvn. AVlien seA'enteen years of age. in 1882, she Avas united in marriage Avith ]\Ir. A. D. Thurston, and to them Aver<' born four children, all of Avhom are noAV (1912^ living, viz.: ]\linnie H., liorn November 2, 1884; Leah, born July 14. 188(i: AVilliam IT., born October 8, 1892, and Hazel, born December ti, 1898.

]\Ir. A. D. Thurston, deceased, Avas born in the toAvnship of LaPayette, Monroe county, March 22, 1864; his father, AVilliam Thurston, was one of the eai'ly and most I'cspected residents of Farmer's valley in Wells townsliiji. Mr. Tliui'stou si>ent his boyhood days on the homestead rami, attending the disti'ict school and assisting in the farm Avork. lie was wide awake and thrifty, and soon after reaching maidiood, acquireil a good farm in Leon tOAvnship Avher(^ he lived until his death, February 4, 1910. and Avas engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was kjiOAvii as a successful farmei-. ;i moi-al and upright citizen, and a man dcA^oted to his lionie and fiiniily. He Avas a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Charles Todd, vice presideiil oi' the State ]3ank of WiliDii. was boni near Homer, Cortland eouiity, X. Y.. Septeinlx'i- :5(). ls;}7. to Cliarles and ]Mai-ie ( W'illiaius) Todd, on the same I'anii \vhe)-e ins father was Itorn. and died in 1838 at the age of 1hiii\-six \-ear.-'. His wi(h)\v. mother jf our subject, survived until 1S74 and died at the age of sixty-tive years. Charles Todd. Si-., was a son of Dan Todd, a native of Connecticut, who, in 17U4, came up the Tioughnioga river in a canoe and was one of the pioneer settlers of Cortland county. lie died in 1842 at the age of sixty years. His wife, paternal grandmother of our subject, was Sarah Foot, w^ho lived to the age of seventy years and died in 1845. The maternal grandfather of Charles Todd was Thonuis Williams, whose wife's maiden name was Olive Blodgett ; they were natives of Massachusetts. luiAing l)een liorn near Springfield, that state: he was the son of Ambrose Williams and died at the age of sixtyeight : her death occurred in 1860. and tradition claims that his great great grandfather was a passenger on the ^Mayflower.

Charles Todd, Jr.. was raised on a farm whicli was sold when he enlisted as a private in the Union Army on Ai)ril 24. 1861. in Company D. Twelfth Regiment. New York Volunteer Infantry, and was nuistered into the service at Elmira "Slay 12. and his regiment was immediately ti'ausferred to Washington, D. C. He participated in the skii-mish at Blackburn Ford. July 18. 1861. and was also in sevei-al of tlie important engagements in Virginia, .ncludinu' the l)a1tle of l^ull Run. He served with distinction Throughout his term of enlistment and received hif^ honorable discharge at Elmira in May. 1863. After returning to his home in Homer he was employed for a time at general carpenter work, and in 1868 came to Wisconsin, locating in Sauk county, where he remained three years, until 1871. when he was employed by the Chicago ct Northwestern Railroad in construction work. Since the spring of 1873, Avhen he first came to "Wilton, he has been a resident of ]Monroe county, he was first em])loyed by the Chicago (fc Northwestern Raih'oad at tunnel No. 1. and for the next three years followed the occupation of railroad building, taking part in gr.-iding and track laying. His next employment was with ]Moll & O'Brien, with whom he remained three years, when he purchased a farm of eighty acres in section nineteen, Wilton township, where he was engaged in farming from 1883 to 1890. He then received from Gov. George R. Peek an appointment as messenger at the state capitol at jMadison, and served in that capacity four years. He then returned to Monroe county an<i located in the village of Wilton, which has since been his home.

where he lives and enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him. He has served as justice of the peace almost continuously since 1876, and for several terms as clerk of the township. In 1903 he became vice president of the Wilton State Bank, in which capacity he is still engaged.

Mr. Todd is a man of large, wholesome public spirit and tense patriotism. Every movement that has for its motive and impulse the advancement of the city or county, is assured in advance of his hearty assistance and support ; his energy and sagacity, which he is always willing to supplement in a financial way, have been the dominating influence of many a profitable project; his is a strong character, and one that by reason of its power and magnetism could not fail to be of effect in molding the thought and trend of the community of which it formed an integral factor.

On December 23, 1858, Mr. Todd was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Beck, daughter of William P. Beck, a substantial citizen of Homer, N. Y. She was born in 1840 and died in 1903, leaving, besides her husband, two children, viz. : Mary C, the widow of Imla Kellogg, and William E. Todd.

Herbert B. Tuttle, of section eleven, LaGrange township, who manages and carries on the 430-acre farm of Riley, Hart & Warren, known as the "Bonnie View" farm, was born in Baraboo, Wis.. September 23, 1850, the son of Albert G. and Elizabeth (Clark) Tuttle, natives of Connecticut, who came to Wisconsin in 1846. The father first stopped at Madison, then Avent to Portage Avith a stock of goods and opened the first store at that place for Nat Dean. He afterward returned to Connecticut, entering into copartnership with David ]\Iunson. He returned to Wisconsin and Baraboo in 1848 and opened the first store there. In 1853 he purchased a farm near Baraboo, at that time being a leading horticulturist of the state, for which he secured many state premiums as a producer of Russian apple trees. He was the first president of the State Horticultural Society, and a prominent man of affairs. He died in LaGrange township in 1908 in his ninety-first year. His wife, mother of our subject, died at Baraboo at the age of eighty-five years. They were the parents of four children, viz. : Albert, deceased ; Herbert B., subject of this sketch ; Merritt I., born in 1854, and lives in Montana, and Edward K., of Jackson county, AVisconsin, was born in 1857.

Herbert B. had all the advantages of the district schools and was raised on a farm. In 1876 he came to Monroe county and located in Scott town.ship. where for ten years he carried on a

200-aere erauberry luarsli, from which the yield ran as hi^h as 400 to 500 barrels a season. In 188G he was burned out and then moved to Bear Bluff township, in Jackson county, Avhere he engaged in cranberring for eleven years. In 185)7 he returned to Monroe county and took charge of the Purdy cranberry marsh, near Valley Junction. After three years he moved to his present location and has since had charge of the "Bonnie View" farm. On this place there is twenty-seven acres of a cranberry marsh, with room for 110 more.

Mr. Tuttle was married in November, 1876, to Miss Laura C. Daniels, daughter of Luther Daniels, of Baraboo, Wis. She was born in 1860 and died in 1899, leaving, besides her husband, a family of four children, as follows : Genevieve, now Mrs. Louis Armstrong, of Brooklyn, Wis. ; Ilallie, Mrs. Burt Warrener, of ]Madison ; Arthur E. and Hester A. live at home. Mr. Tuttle married the second time June 20, 1902, Miss Eva Cattle, daughter of Edward and Louisa (]\liller) Cattle, of Juneau county, Wisconsin.

Mr. Tuttle was one of the organizers of Bear Bluff township, in Jackson county, and served as clerk of the town while a resident there. In fraternal matters he is a member of the IMasonic order. The Tuttle family were originally from England and Mr. Tuttle can trace his ancestors in a direct line back to William the Conquerer. Two brothers w^ere the first to represent the Tuttle family in this country, one, John Tuttle, member of New Haven colony, owned the original farm where Yale College is now located. The Clark family came from Connecticut.

Capt. William H. VanAntwerp, of Sparta, comes from one of Monroe county's pioneer families and was born December 3, 1869, the son of Henry and ]\Iary (Loonier) VanAntwerp, natives of New York and ^Massachusetts, respectively. Both the VanAntwerps and Loomers came from prominent Llolland ancestors. Henry VanAntwerp came to INIonroe county, Wisconsin, with his father, William, in 1851. and settled in Sparta when the town was new and but a village. William was a blacksmith by trade and located in a small building on Beaver creek. He took a prominent part in polities and court affairs, and took a lively interest in all matters pertaining to the betterment of his city and county. He died in 1877. Henry Van Antwerp, father of our subject, was engaged in commercial trade in Sparta for a number of years. He died August 3, 1899, leaving his widow, who died November 4, 1911, at the age of sixty-five years.

I'urtage, Wis.. IxMug llie only ones surviviny; Lewis and Jessie, Avife of A. J. Ilanton, of ^Minnesota, are deceased. lie was reared oil u fiirni and received liis education in the public schools of Sparta. Starting' out in life, he early learned the painters' and decorators' trade, which he followed for some time and later engaged in the laundry business, and still later in the restaurant and other lines. lie is a Republican in political opinions and a eonsjiieuous work'er in the ranks of his jiarty ; he has also for years been prominent in military atfairs. tirst serving as private and later as captain of Ihe Wisconsin Xatioiial Guards. He was married to his present wife in 1902.

Cornellms Vandervoort, retired rainier of Tomah. a native of Schoharie counly. New York state, was l)()ni 31 ay 3, 1833. His parents were James R. and Mar}' (Baker) Vandervoort. also natives of New York, coming to Buffalo in 1844, they one year later continued their journey westward, locating with their family of eleven children in AVau.keslia, Wis., and after three years removed to Oconomowoc, and there purchased a farm on which he lived for ten years. It Avas in 1852. during the gold excitement in California, that our subject left the parental roof and joined the successful army of gold diggers, and during his stay there sent enough money to his father to pay in full for the farm that he had bought at Oconomowoc. James R.. the father of our subject, was tirst married to ]Miss Mcliitire in the slate of New York, and tell chihlreii were horn to them. ti\'e of whom are now living. His second marriage occurred ^Nlarch 14. 1880. with ]\Iiss Mary ]\Ioon. In eai'ly life he learned the trade of a carpentei- and became an exp(U't mechanic, and one of the best hewers of timber to be found in the country. He was a man highly resjiected in the communitN'. a sincere Christian gentleman and in religious affiliations a IMethodist. He Avas a soldier in the War of 1812. He diefl January 4. 1881.

("ornellius attended the district school until he was sixteen years of age. and at the age of eighteen, in 1852. he started overland with his l)rotlier-in-laAV and his family for the gold fields in California, making the trij) with an ox team, reaching their destination at the end of si.\ months. Their liryl stop in tlu' (it)l(len state lieiiig forty-five miles from Sacramento. They resumed their j(»ui'ney fui'ther. where they engaged in Iheir search f(U' the golden metal, .\fter one year they went to a point on the Vuba river, where the subject was taken ill with fever, resulting in a [)hysical breakdown, and l)eeoming homesick, he abandoned f'lirtliof mining explorations and re+nrned to Wisconsin, making the trip by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in New York City after a twenty-three days' trip, in 1855, after an absence of three years. Arriving at Oconomowoc, Wis., his former home, he bought two forty-acre tracts of bind on each side of his father's farm and there resided for about six years. In the l)egiiniing of the sixties he moved with his family to ]\Ionroe county and bought eighty acres of land in LaCxrange township, adding to this until he acquired 210 acres in the township, where he resided for some thirty years, since which time he has been a resident of the city of Tomah, M'here he owns a neat and comfortable residence, besides other valuable city property. JMr. Vandervoort has been a successful general farmer, and ran the first steam thrasher in jMonroe county, and carried on that business for eight years. While conducting his farming interests he was ever successful in the raising of grain and grass crops, to which he gave special attention, as well as the raising of cattle and hogs and the dairy business. After bestowing largely the real estate he has acquired to his children, he still retains a sufficient amount of the world's goods to keep him in comfort during his declining years.

Mr. Vandervoort was united in marriage with ]\liss Julia Ann Gitman in 1856. Six children were born to this union, four of whom are living, viz.: W. E., born August 12, 1858; J. L., born July 9, 1860; Jacob, born October 19, 1862; Alfred, July 20, 1865. Mrs. Vandervoort is deceased. IMr. Vandervoort is a member of the INIethodist church, the Knights of Pythias and the G. A. R. In August, 186-1:, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-first Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and served until the end of the Avar.

Frank E, Vandervort, of section eight, LaGrange township, is one of the wide awake natives of Wisconsin, and was born in LaGrange township September 6, 1867, son of Isaac, who was born in Schoharia county. New York, September 9, 1834, and Laura (Foss) Vandervort, a native of Vermont. Isaac Vandervort was nine years old Avhen his parents moved to Wisconsin, and settled in AVaukesha. which was then known as Prairieville. Two years later they moved to Merton and thence to Summit Center. Avhere they remained two years. Isaac was fourteen years of age when he and his brother purchased forty acres of land near OconomoAvoc, which they opened, improved and added to until they had one of the best farms in that section. Here ]Mr. Vandervort lived until 1860. When the Civil War broke out he offered his services to his country, but Avas twice rejected. On his third application, however, he was accepted, and in 1864 assigned to Company I, First Heavy Artillery, and served one year. In 1866 he came to Monroe county and for many years was known as one of ]\Ionroe county's most public spirited and thrifty farmers. In 1859 he married ]\Iiss Laura A. Foss, avIio died at 1he age of fortyfour years in 1885. In 1887 he maiiicd for his second wife Naomi Hoag, a native of jMonroe county. New York. James R. Vandervort and Mary (Baker) Vandervort. grandparents of our subject, were also natives of the Empire state; they also came to ^Moiii-oc county in 1866, where they passed the last days of their lives, lbdied at the age of ninety-two years and she at the age of seventyfive years. He was a carpenter by trade and a soldier in the War of 1812. The Vandervorts came from old and respected New England ancestry. The death of Isaac Vandervort occurred September 3, 1912.

Frank E., is the third child in order of birth in a fannly of eight children: the others are Edward J., of Tomah township; George, of Vilas count\', Wisconsin ; ]Mary, wife of John Trapp. of Tomah; Ody, of LaGrange township; Roy lives at Osseo. Wis.; Alvin J. and Lulu B. ]Mr. Vandervort attended the tlistrict schools and remained on the home farm until the age of twentyone, when he began farming on his own account. In the fall of 1898 he moved to his present farm of 110 acres, which at that time was all 1inil)ei-ed land but twelve aci'cs: he has since cleared Ihe balance, made many improvements and bi-onght the land to a good state of cultivation. In 1898 he erected a small frame house which he occupied until 1905. when he built a commodious and modern brick residence. His barn, erected in 1899, was enlarged in 1912, and a fiiu' stone basement added, and in the same year a silo Avas built. ^Ir. Vandervort is one of the substantial and progressive farmers of Monroe county, and takes a commendal)le interest in affairs of his town, as well as in the county. lie has represented his townslii]) on tln^ side board and is a nuMuber of 1lie ^lodern Woodmen of Amei'ica.

He w^as mai-ried on December 25, 1888, to ^liss Li'ltie Woodard, a native of Watertown. N. Y.. and daughter of Wilson and Delia (Taft) Woodard, of Tunnel City, Monroe county. They came to Wisconsin when i\Irs. Vandervort Avas one year old. and settled in Greenfield township, where they eontiinied to make their home until their death. They Avere the parents of seven children, viz.: Lettie, noAv Mrs. Vandervort ; Anna E., Avife of Byron Johnson, of Tunnel City; 1). T., of Riverside, Calif.: Tillie, Avho Avas the Avife of Frank Johnson, died in October, 1908, aged forty years; Delia, wife of Henry IMorse, of Warren ; Kittie, wife of Odie Purdy, LaGrange township, and Wilson D., of Greenfield township.

Rollie Vandervort, a native of LaGrange township, Monroe county, who resides on his farm of ninety-three acres in sections twenty and twentj^-one, this township, was born in Pleasant valley, March 25, 1886, son of Alvin J. and Lottie (Cooms) Vandervort, natives of Oconomowoe and Baraboo, Wis., respectively. They came to IMonroe county in an early day, and at that time much of the township consisted of wild land covered with stumps, with no wagon road. In 1883, when twenty-one years of age, the father married and located in Pleasant vallej^, and for several years was employed in the ]\IcKanna logging camp and later settled in Tomah. where he built a home, which lie later traded for the farm where our subject now resides. He was born in 1862 and died in 1898, aged thirty-six years. His Avife, mother of our subject, who also was born in 1862, survived until 1905, when she passed away at the age of forty-three years. Besides our subject, they had one daughter, Eva, who resides at Tomah and is unmarried.

In 1908 Mr. Vandervort married Miss Mattie Griggs, daughter of Clarence and Carrie (Griswold) Griggs, of LaGrange township. They have two children. Dales James, born November 1. 1909, and Helen L., born October 18, 1911. ]\Ir. Vandervort is a member of the Mystic Workers, and is one of the solid young men of pleasing personality of his township. He is fair and square in all his dealings, and promises to be one of the leading citizens.

Lawrence E. van Loon, a successful farmer of section twentyeight, LaGrange toAvnship, was born in Holland, June 27, 1840, son of Everhardus and Binke (LaFleur) van Loon, natives of Holland. The father died when our subject was eight years old, and a short time thereafter the mother came to America with her family of five sons, as follows : Lawrence E. ; John, who is a resident of La Crosse county ; Rinnert, deceased ; Elbertus, of La Crosse county, and Paul, of San Francisco, Cal. The mother lived to the age of forty-six years and died in 1860. The father, at the time of his death was a government official of the province of Friesland, which was a life position.