Walworth County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1912 (part 4 of 5)

Thomas Delaney and wife spent the rest of their lives on the land they first secured here and there reared their large famil) and died there, and there Mar) lived until she married William Ma^ey. After his marriage William Massey purchased his farm in Linn township, and there spenl mosl of his life and reared his family of nine children, who were named as follows: Elizabeth, Elen, George, Martha. Gertrude, Cecily, William, Frank and Emma ("not named in the order of birth).

In 1904 William Massey retired from farming and he and Ins wife moved to Chicago where hi- death occurred in [906. Mrs. Masse) now makes her home with her daughter, Ellen, wife of G ician; married Margaret Doyle and has a good farm in Linn township; William Edgar is the subject of this sketch; Frank married Frances Reilli Chicago, and lives on the farm left by his father; Emma married Gi Kenney and lives at Janesville, Wisconsin; Martha 1- a Sister of Mercy in a convent in Milwauki G trude liv< lorado; Cecil) married Arthur

William E. Massey grew to manhood on his father's farm in Linn township and was educated in the local schools. On February 22, 1898, he was united in marriage with Mary Tulley, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Ouincannon) Tulley. She was born at Delavan and lived in Lake Geneva most of her life. Her parents were natives of Ireland. Mary Ouincannon was the daughter of Michael and Bridget Ouincannon, very early settlers near Lake Geneva. Mrs. Massey' s mother died when she was five years old. Her father is still living near Delavan, where he is engaged in farming.

William E. Massey and wife have three children, namely: Earl William Joseph, born March 12, 1S89; Mary Genevieve, born February 6, 1901 ; Katherine Evelvne, born April 28, 1903.

For four years after their marriage William F. Massey and wife lived on the farm now owned by George Massey in section 21. After four years there he bought the farm where he now lives in the northeast quarter of section 21, Linn township, adjoining the brother's farm, where he had rented before buying a farm of his own. lie has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser. The subject and family belong to the Catholic church at Lake Geneva, and fraternally he belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters.

Lucien Andrew Foote

The life record of such a man as the late Lucien Andrew Foote, for mam years one of the prominent citizens of Montgomery count}. Indiana, is worthy of perpetuation on the pages of history, for in it may be gleaned many valuable lessons, for he was a man of sterling characteristics of head and heart and left behind him a heritage of which his descendants and friends may well be proud. He was the son of Andrew Foote, who was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 17S0, and he was a son of Thomas and Jane Foote. Wording to family tradition, four generations before Andrew Foote the Eamih came from Wales to Ireland between the years [680 in [690. The ancestor in the third generation before the subjeel was born during the siege of Londonderry, [690. His son Thomas afterwards resided in Rapho, province of Lister, and there reared his family. One of his s.nis. Thomas, father of \11drew Foote, emigrated t" America in 1774. landing in Philadelphia and married Janet Roan at Middleton, Pennsylvania, in [778 and they settled in Carlyle. that state. \ln.ut 1 7S 1 - they moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where they resided a number of years, then returned

Thomas S. Foote, son of the above named gentleman, married Mary Tweed, daughter of Archibald Tweed, of Clermont county, Ohio, lie was an attorney-at-law. Archibald Tweed married Jeannette Patterson in Pennsylvania and in 1798 moved to what is now Ripley county, < >hio, and reared a large family, one of whom, Jane, married \ndvew Foote. Ancestors of the Tweed family lived in the north of Scotland, the name having probablj originated from the Tweed river, or ;; a Andrew and Jane 1 Tweed)

Foote were the parents of Major Foote. The mother was born December 7. [787. Susan Greer Sunderland Foote, mentioned above, died on April 1, t858.

Maj. Lucien A. Foote was horn in Batavia county, Ohio, December n>. 1S24. In April. [833, he moved with the family to Indiana, locating at Rockville. where the father engaged in the general merchandise business. Lucien acquired such education as lie could in the common schools and he assisted hi- father in his business when a boy. < >n March 9, [849, he started with a party overland to California. At thai 1 m< all we-t of the Mississippi river was a vast wilderness. The trip with ox team- required nearly -i\ months, they arriving there in September. Major Foote located in Placerville and remained there two year- engaged in mining, then returned to Rockville. Indiana, where, on December 31. [851, he was united in marriage with Susan G. Sunderland, a daughter of John and 1 Page) Sunderland.

She was born in Rockville in [833 and her death occurred on April 1. 1858, in that town. Her parents were- pioneers 111 Parke county, Indiana.

Three daughters were born to Major Foote and wife: Mrs. Howard I' Proctor, of Chicago; Mr-. William (I. Stevens, of Versailles, Missouri; and .Mr-. Walter (urn-, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. About two years after the death of his first wife the Major wa- united 111 marriage with Amelia Ann Holt, of Madison, Wisconsin, who now survives him and lives with Mr-. Walter Curtis, of Lake Geneva.

In October. 1859, Major Foote wa- elected auditor of Parke county. Indiana, and he served in that capacity until the Civil war broke out. when he recruited a company and was elected captain of i ompanj V Fourteenth In .liana Volunteer Infantry. He resigned on accoui rj and 1 teer [nfantry, and was commissioned major of that regiment. He was a splendid officer and won the admiration of his men and superior officers.

In March, 1865, the Major moved to Crawfordsville, Indiana, and engaged in the book and stationery business several years. For more than sixty years he was a very prominent Mason, reaching by gradual succession the highest office in the gift of the order, grand master of the grand lodge. and was one of the most widely known and influential men in the order in the United States. He was a charter member of McPherson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, also a charter member of the Loyal Legion of Indiana, and at the time of his death he was chaplain of the order. He lived to be nearly eighty-six years old, his death occurring at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter Curtis, near Lake Geneva. Wisconsin, December 1, 1910, after an unusually active, honorable and useful career.

The Major was an intimate friend of many celebrated people of his day and generation. In a copy of "Ben-Hur," written by Gen. Lew Wallace, his fellow townsman at Crawfordsville, Indiana, we rind the following written by the great author himself: "Major Foote asks me to write my name here, and as I am an ancient friend of his, I can refuse him nothing. Lew Wallace, February 1, 1889."

Henry Kimball

At the outset of his career Henry Kimball, farmer and stock raiser of Bloomfield township, Walworth county, realized that the foundation of all achievement is earnest, persistent labor, so he did not seek any roval road to the goal of prosperity and independence, but began to work earnestly and diligently to advance himself, and the result has been most satisfactory, and while still young in years he has become owner of an excellent farm and a comfortable home and takes lus place in the ranks of those men who. while bettering their own condition, lend a helping hand to public improvements as well and is therefore entitled to the esteem of their fellow men. This Mr. Kimball can certainly claim.

The subject was born on the farm where he now resides in the northern part of Bloomfield township, Walworth county, June jo. 1878. He is fluson of Caspar J. and Christina Kimball, and is a brother of Lewis A. Kimball, a sketch oi whom appears elsewhere in this work, and in which will be found the Kimball ancestry. However, suffice it to say here that bis father was born in Saxony. Germany, and bis mother in Grolsheim, Germany, near

Henrj Kimball grew to manhood on the home Farm and when young he worked out by the month three or four years. He was married in 1902 to Freda ['faff, daughter of Carl Louis Pfaff and Bertha 1 Kuempel 1 Pfaff. She was born in Wernshausen, Saxe-Meiningen, German}'. She came to America in 1882 with her parent- and the resl of the family. They located at Mauston, Juneau county. Wisconsin, and lived there until her marriage. Mr. Pfaff i- a successful fanner, still living in Juneau county.

Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. I leiin Kimball, three of whom are living at this writing, namely: Marian died when about nine months "Id; Thedora, Helen and Louis are at home.

After his marriage Mr. Kimball took up farming for himself on the old homestead and has lived here ever since, lie owns one hundred and twentj cultivation, hi- labors being annually repaid by bounteous harvests, due to his skillful management and hi- close attention to hi- work For a time he carried nu butter making, but found it detrimental to hi- health and abandoned the same. Mr. Kimball is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Hobart M. Hatch, one of the most progressive and painstaking agricul turists and stock raisers of Linn township, Walworth county, 1- a worthy representative of the great middle class of Anglo Saxons from which tin- true noblemen of our republic spring; for ii 1- a fact patent to all contemplative minds that those who belong to the respectable middle class o( society, being early taught the necessity of relying upon themselves, depending upon their own exertions, will be more apt to acquire that information and those business habits which alone can fit them to discharge life's duties in a commendable manner, and. indeed, it has long been a noticeable fact that our men in nearly all walk- of life in America spring from tin

Mr. Hatch was horn in the central part of Linn township, Walworth countv. Wisconsin, on the farm where he now live-. Ma\ 3, 1861. and Ik- Inbeen contented fe in hi- home community, lie i- the son ,,f

-Mr. Hatch grew up on his father's farm and there assisted with the general work when quite young. He received his education in the public schools here, also the seminary at Lake Geneva. His father had one of the finest farms in the southern part of the county, consisting of seven hundred acres, and Hobart M. Hatch was placed in charge of the place while yet a young man, managing it in an able and satisfactory manner. With the exception of one year spent in California, he has spent his life on the homestead and is regarded as one of the most up-to-date and skillful of our general farmers. His judgment of live stuck is also equal to that of any of his contemporaries in the county.

Mr. Hatch was married on September _>_'. iS.qS, to Mary Grimm, daughter of John Chalmer Grimm and Lillian Amanda (Eshelmannj Grimm. She was born at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and from there moved to Cleveland, where she lived most of the time up to 1897, when she came to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Five children have been born to Mr. and Airs. Hatch, namely : Helen May, Lester Franklin, Dorothy, Seymour Norman and Donald Hobart.

Mr. Hatch has been a member of the town board, and he and his family licking to the Congregational church. He is a progressive Republican and is a member of the Republican county committee, also chairman of the central committee for Finn township. He is regarded as a local leader and wields a patent influence in public affairs. He is a man of broad ideas and is of genial and obliging address, so that he enjoys the confidence and good will of all with whom he has come into contact, his honesty of purpose being unquestioned.

Harry Elmer Cocroft

The gentleman to whom the reader's attention is now directed was not favored by inherited wealth or the assistance of influential friends, but in spite of these, by perseverance, industry and a wise economy, he lias attained a comfortable station in life, and is well and favorably known throughout \\ alworth count} as a result of the industrious life he has lived here for many years, being regarded by all who know him as a man of sound business principle-, thoroughly up-to date in all phases of agriculture ami stock raising and as a man who, while advancing his individual interests, dors not neglect his general duties as a citizen.

Harry Elmer Cocroft was born in Rochester, Racine county, Wisconsin, on March 7, 1807. the son of Joseph E. and Ann (Woodhead) Cocroft, an excellent old family, long influential in the affairs of southeastern Wisconsin, a complete sketch of whom will be found an another page ><i this work.

Harry E. Cocroft, the present efficient superintendent of the famous Ceylon Court farm near the city of Lake Geneva, has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits with marked success, having received excellent training on the home farm, where he grew to manhood, assisting with the general work during the crop seasons, and in the winter time he attended the neighboring schools. When twenty-one years old he left home and went to North I >akota, where he spent two years in charge of a big farm. 1 [e then accepted a position with the American Express Company at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and was with this company until 1901, becoming one of their most faithful and trusted employes. In that year J. J. Mitchell, well known Chicago capitalist and horse man. began developing Ceylon Court farm near the shores of ] Geneva, and Mr. Cocroft was employed by him. After three months in a subordinate position, he was put in charge of the farm and directed the improvements, also bought all the live stock for the place. Mr. Mitchell having trusted everything almost entirely to his judgment, Eie has also had the hiring of the men who work on the farm, and has a large force under his direction. He drew up the plans and specifications for the buildings (1 scribed elsewhere), which are regarded by all who see them a-* models of their kind, and they were built under his supervision. And he is -till working on plans for future improvements.

Although Mr. Cocroft was compelled to 1 school when only eleven years old and take up the work of a man, which he ha- continued ever sin he has found time to do a gr< 1 of home stud) and 1- therefore a -elfeducated man in the most liberal terms, being familiar with various branches of literature, science and art, familiarizing himself especially with all pha agricultural, horticultural, stock raising, landscape gardening and architectun . and after his daily work he has often late into the night, in f; and mother passed to her rest in [901, and in [904 Mr. I !ocrofl was united in marriage with Clara Griniger, of Like Geneva, daughter of John and Mar) 1 ( iie-ie 1 Griniger, an excellent German family, the pa the empire, having emigrated to Lake Geneva in early life, first living, however, near Vienna, Wisconsin, where their daughter, Clara, was born.

Mr. Cocroft is a quiet, practical man, obliging and thoroughly enamored of his work, consequently does it exceptionally well and he can claim a wide circle of friends throughout this locality.

Almon L. Peterson

The record of Almon L. Peterson, a successful farmer of Whitewater township. Walworth county, is that of an enterprising gentleman whose life has been very intimately associated with the material prosperity and moral advancement of this locality during the most progressive period of its history, and he has always been found on the right side of questions looking to the development of his county in any way.

Mr. Peterson was born in Richmond township, this county, on April 4, i860. He is the son of Oliver H. and Mary (Halderson) Peterson, both natives of Norway, the father born in 1830 and the mother in 1829. He came to Walworth county. Wisconsin, in 1849 witn ms parents. John and Carrie (Valley) Holden, the father dying the second day after landing, and he was buried in Richmond township. His widow subsequently married John Arveson, whose death occurred in i,S;_'. and in 1879 sne passed away. She was burn in 1795. Mary Halderson came to Walworth county in 1841; and the parents of the subject were married in Delavan, this county. Their family consisted of seven children, four of whom are living. Oliver H. Peterson devoted his life to farming and became the owner of one hundred and fifty-four acre-. His death occurred in 1909 and his wife died in 190S.

Almon L. Peterson was reared on the home farm and received his education in the public schools of his township and the Whitewater Normal. He has continued farming from boyhood and he purchased one hundred and fortv acres in Sugar ( reek township, which he later sold, then came to Whitewater township, three miles east of his former place, and purchased one hundred and seventy-six acres, known as the "Big Spring" farm. Here he has been mosl successful as a general farmer and stock raiser, carrying on dairying and breeding Jersey cattle.

Mr. Peterson was married on January 23, [895, to Laura Larsen, who came to Wisconsin in 1S71. She is the daughter of Peter and Mary 1 Rasmussen) Larson, both born in Denmark, where they were reared. About [858 they emigrated to America, and soon came on to Xeeiiah. Winnebago county. Wisconsin. Her father's death occurred in Oconto county, tins state, in 190S. and his widow is still living there. To the subject and wife two children have been horn, namely: Ira I.., born May [3, [896, and Almon Harold, born March to. iNgS.

Edwix George Price

It is sate to say that Bloomfield township has no more painstaking tiller of the soil than Edwin George Trice, a \er\ creditable representative of one of the old families of Walworth county, and a descendanl of thrifty Germans, many of whose estimable qualities seem to have outer ipped in him.

Mr. Price was horn in this township October 20, (859, and here he has been content to spend his life. He is the son of Caspar and Christene (Kessler) Price, both nan..- of Saxony, Germany, where they grew up and were married, making their home near Schmalkalten, Schpringstille, until 1852, and there two of their sons, twins, Godfrey and Ferdinand, were born. In [852 the famil\ emigrated to New York, and -pent one year in Pennsylvania, then came to Wisconsin and located in section 15. Bloomfield town-hip. Walworth county. There were no railroad- here at that tune and even the wagon roads were Fi M\ kept. People traveled mostlj on fool or

Junction in the winter of [902. Ferdinand Price married Bertha Steffen, of Simache, Pommern, Germany, daughter of Fred and Wilhelmina Steffen; he is farming in the west part of Bloomfield town-hip on his own farm, and he has a family; Caspar Price died Octobet 6, [883, in I ntieth year, and a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Price was born near Berlin. Germany. Her mother died in the old country, from the results of a conflagration in which their city, Deutsch Kronin, was nearly wiped out. The mother and her child, only three hours old when the fire started, were exposed to the cold, which was too severe for them to bear. The father had already made preparations to come to America, and after the death of his first wife he married again and came on to the United States, bringing YVilhelmina and her brother, Julius Edward Krause, now of Lyons, this county.

Edwin G. Price bought the farm where he now lives at the time of his marriage, this place consisting of one hundred and six acres in sections 17 and 20, Bloomfield township. The place was without improvements, not even a fence on it. Air. Price has, through years of close, persistent work, brought it up to a high standard of improvement and cultivation, and is successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising.

For nine years Mr. Price was treasurer of the school board, also served as clerk of the board for some time. He has never been an office seeker or a politician, preferring to devote his attention to his farm and home. He raises fine cattle, formerly keeping full blooded Holsteins, and he now raises registered Jerseys, his tine stock being greatly admired by all.

Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Price, the oldest, Emma, dying when thirteen years old, on January 24. 1897 : Carrie, who has remained single; Louis, who married Dagmar Langkilde, daughter of Carl and Rosa Langkilde, of Bloomfield Center; Louis lives at Genoa Junction, being employed in the Borden milk plant ; Ethel, Chester and Edith Price, the younger children of the subject, live at home. Mr. Price and family all belong to (he Lutheran church at Lake Geneva.

Walter Edward Ledger

The enterprise of Walter Edward Ledger, well known farmer ami stock raiser of Linn township, Walworth county, has been- crowned by success, as a result of rightly applied principles which never fail in their ultimate effect when coupled with integrity, uprightness and a congenial disposition, as they have been done in the present instance, judging from the high standing of the subject among his fellow citizens, whose undivided esteem he has justly won and retained. I le is the scion of one of the early families of tins township, members of which have lived to take a more or less conspicuous part in the present, with its fine farms and pleasant homes, and the) have not only aide. I in the material development, but have also done their full -hare in promoting- the civic and moral welfare of the community, being known as advocates of wholesome living, both in public ami private life, and the man) admirable characteristics of the elder Ledgers seem to be fostered in the subject.

Mr. Ledger was born on the farm where he now lives in Linn township, Walworth county. Wisconsin, on l krtobei _><), iN(>S. lie is the son of Thomas and Fannie (Shepherd) Ledger, both natives of England, the father born in Lincolnshire, and there they spent the earlier year- of their lives. It was about 1850 when Thomas Ledger emigrated to America, lie visited many parts of the country before settling permanently, and lie spent considerable time in Michigan, also came to Walworth count). Wisconsin, for a while, then returned to England about three years after hi- arrival on our shores, and while on this trip he and Fannie Shepherd were married. Soon afterwards they returned to the United State- and purchased fort) acre-. the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter ol section 23, I. inn township, comprising the farm where In- son, Walter 1 . ol this -ketch, now resides, and here he established hi- home and -pent the rest of hi- life, engaged in general farming, in which he prospered from the first, and he added to his original purchase until he became the owner of two hundred and forty acres of excellent land.

Eight children were born to Mr. and Mr-. Thomas Ledger, namel) John William lived in Linn township, south of the Ledger homestead and owned a farm of one hundred acres, and here hi- death occurred on September 27. 1890, leaving a wife and two children: Nellie married A. < i. Palmer and they live in Geneva township, this county; Maria, who married Henrj M. Turner and lived in Illinois, just aero-- the 5tate hue south from her home, died in April. [886; David owns and operates a lai rm in the southwi ern part of Geneva township; Susan, who married T. II. Speaker, lives in Richmond, Illinois; Charles lives in Rdckford, Illinois; Frances, who married Frank Brev iter and lived in Geneva township, this county, ed, as is also her husband: Walter Edward, of this -ketch, was the youngesl of the family.

Politically, Thomas Ledger, the father, was a Republican, and he took an active interest in public affair-, and at om time he was a member of the town-hip hoard of supervisors. His death ; in \pnl. [908, at an

Walter M. Ledger grew up on the home farm and he received his education in the common schools of his district. He early turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and he has spent his life on the homestead, which he has managed with a skill little less than his able father before him, keeping the land well tilled and improved so that it has increased in value rather than been depleted.

Air. Ledger was married to Eva C. Weter on October 18, 1893. She was born in Linn township, this count)', and is the daughter of Mahlon Eber Weter and Cordelia ( Mickle) Weter. Both parents came from Oneida county, New York. Mrs. Ledger's paternal grandparents, Palmer and Jane (Palmer) Weter, were also natives of the East, and her father, Mahlon Weter, came to Wisconsin with his father and step-mother when he was nine vears old, his own mother having died in New York. The Weter family came here probably as early as 1845 and located in section 23. in the south part of Linn township, and there the Weter home remained for many years. Palmer Weter remained there until late in life, then moved to the village of Sharon, where he spent the rest of his days. There Mahlon Eber Weter grew to manhood and was married to Cordelia Mickle. She was the daughter of lohn and Polly (Nutt) Mickle. She was born in Oneida county. New York, and she came here with her parents about the same time the Weters came here. The Mickle family located in section 31, in the southwestern part of Linn township and there established the permanent home of the family. Upon their arrival they had an opportunity to locate on Bloom Prairie, but. like must pioneers, they selected a place where timber and water were plentiful, but it was in the hills and rougher land, similar to what they had been used to in the state of New York. After Eber Weter was married he bought a farm adjoining his father's, in sections 32 and 33, a little of it across the line in Illinois, owning one hundred and twenty acres there, and this place continued to be his place of abode until 1903. when he moved to the village of I [ebron, Illinois.

Mrs. Ledger was one of a family of six children, namely: Emma, wife of Howard Connie, lives just across the line in Illinois, just south of Zenda; David lives near Hebron. Illinois: Eva, wife of Walter E. Ledger; Albert lives in lllinos. near his father's farm; I 'aimer lives on the old homestead: Alice is at home with her parent-.

After his marriage Waller E. Ledger, of this sketch, continued farming on the old home place, as he had done for two or three years previously and he has continued farming. He has been \en successful a- a general farmer and stock raiser, always keeping a good grade of live stock, and he is making a specialtj of dairying, for which he is exceptional!) well equipped.

Politically, .Mr. Ledger is a Republican and he is more or less active in political affairs. He is a member of the township board of supervisors and is also treasurer of the school board.

Besides his farming and dairying interests, Mr. Ledger is a director in the Farmers National Bank of Lake Geneva and a director of the .Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the town of Geneva, a company doing business in Geneva, Lyons, Linn, Bloomfield and Delavan townships.

Four children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ledger, named as follows: Albert William. Walter Mahlon, Maria Cordelia and Eunice Mary, all attending' school, two in the Lake Geneva high school.

Fraternally. Mr. Ledger is a member of the Masonic order, the Royal Neighbors and the .Modern Woodmen, lie and hi- wife belong to the Linn and Hebron Presbyterian church.

There are always lessons of extraordinary interest to he gained through the perusal of lite records such as that ol the late Joseph Stoneall, for mam. years one of the honored and influential citizens of Walworth county, and now that he has gone to the land of the Mystic Beyond, In- memory i- reverenced by a host of friends who yet linger on "tin- brink and shoal of time."

Mr. Stoneall was horn in Wilkeshire, England, about twent) mile- from Bath, probably in the year 1817. He was the -on of Richard Stoneall and wife. The mother died in England while Joseph was a youth. When be was about twenty years old he and hi- father and two sisters and brother, George, came to America. Another brother, Henry, and a cousin and cousin's wife had previousl) voyaged to our shores and it Geneva, Illinois. In

[840 Joseph Stoneall and his father came 1- the eastern part of Linn township, this county, and built a small house, when Man came and kept house for them. She afterwards married Seymour Match, i.e. .rue St' >m-.ill remained at Geneva, Illinois, and died then-. While there a nurseryman sel oul a large stock of nursery tree- on In- land, under an arrangement for l< or renting, but he never came back, and Mr. Stoneall tended it and furnished to the entire locality, supplying many orchard- here in the earl) The family experienced many hardships during the first year or two -1 their residence here. They had been tailor- in England and were without experience as fanners. They were prodigious walker- and when the) came here from Geneva, Illinois, they walked all day without food. The country was sparsely settled, mostly by young men "keeping' batch," and they found it difficult to get anything to eat. They walked about sixty miles the first day. About 1852 they bought a farm in the southeastern part of Linn township. It was new land and all overgrown with hazel brush. This they cleared and finally had a good farm. Richard Stoneall died about 1859. In 1861 Joseph Stoneall married Mrs. Lucy (Rowe) Everson, widow of Hiram Everson. Jr. She was the daughter of Lucian and Lucy ( Stillwell) Rowe, and she was born in Onondago county. Xew York, and there she lived until the death of her first husband, January 8. 1857; by her first marriage one son was born. Herbert Everson. who now lives in Sioux Falls. South Dakota. In June. 1857, she came to Genoa Junction, this county, ami she lived in that vicinity with her brother, Franklin Rowe. Daniel Rowe, her uncle and an old pioneer. also lived in that neighborhood. After her marriage she made her home on the farm in the southeastern part of Linn township. Mr. Stoneall cleared the ground, built a house and continued to improve the place, building a better house in 1880, and he proved to be one of the best farmers in that part of the county. Three sons and one daughter were born to them: Martha Louise, who married Xavnard Cornne, lives in Lake Geneva; Seymour Joseph lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Franklin Lewis died when three years and eight months old ; George Edward married Anna Rodeweg, of Saybrook, near Bloomington, Illinois, and they have three children, Winifred Elaine, Bernice Althea and Rex Milfred; George E. is running the farm; they have two hundred and twenty acres, of which sixty acres lie across the state line in Illinois.

The death of Joseph Stoneall occurred in 1897. He was a member of the Finn Hebron Presbyterian church, now known as the Hill church. although he was reared an Episcopalian. Mrs. Stoneall is a member of the 1 1 ill church ; she still makes her home on the farm where she has resided since [861. Mrs. Stoneall's parents moved to Joliet, Illinois, when she was four years old; they lived there two years and there the father 'died : then the mother returned to Xew York state with her eight children, and lived there until the children grew to maturity and married. The father had left a section of land in Michigan and that was the mother's support. She came west shortl) aiter Mr-. Stoneall came, probabl) in [865, and lived among her children. She was born in [800 and -he 'lied in iNNj. at the age of eighty-two years.

I leorge Edward Stoneall was born near where he now lives in Finn township. Walworth county. Februarj 23, [869, and there he grew up on his father's farm and attended the home public schools and the high school at

Hebron, Illinois. He was married in the fall of [894 to \nna Rodawig, of Saybrook, Illinois, daughter of William Rodawig and wife. Her father was horn in Prussia and came to Illinois about [850 and spenl mosl of his life near Saybrook.

Winefred and IVrnice. and a son. Wilfrid. He and his wife belong to the Presbyterian church. Mr. Stoneall ha-- two hundred and twentj acres of fine land on which he is successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising, lie is well known in this part of the count) and is a man of honest prin

August Krause

Another of the excellent German citizens who has long been a resident of Walworth count) and by his thrift and honorable dealings has benefited himself and family and the community as well, is August Krause, whose pleasant home is to be found in section 32, ( leneva township, in the picturesque community at the head of Lake ( omo.

.Mr. Krause was horn in the city of Deutsch Kronin, Germany, Augusl 15, 1834, and 1- the -on of Ferdinand ami [Catherine Krause. lie .grew up in hi- native community and worked on the farm- there. I le married Augusta Tell, who was horn and reared in a village near that 111 which her husband was reared. Four children were horn to them. Edward and Wilhelmina living and two who died in infancy. Within three hours after the birth -1 one of the children, in February, [868, the cit) was being destroyed b) and many hundred- were left homeless and destitute. Mrs. Krause died from the effects of the cold and exposure. Mr. Krause had already planned to come to America. He later married hi- first wife'- sister, Amelia, and brought her and his two children to the United States, locating firsl at Burling ton. Wisconsin, and lived there until [872. He then came to Walworth county and boughl fifty-eight acre- where he now lives, and tin- ha- hem their home for forty year-. Twelve children have hern bon m here in America, three of whom died in infancy; William died in March, r8< when nineteen years old: Frances, who married William Gardner, died in February, [893, I- 1 little daughtei named I vho mar

Frank lives on a farm in Linn township, near his father's home, and he married Amelia Larsen and they have one sun and four daughters; George, who lives at Williams Bay, married Lena Lindquist and they have one son and two daughters; Henry, who lives near Williams Bay, married Frances Henne and they have one daughter; Fred and Otto are at home with their parents.

Of the children by Air. Krause's first marriage, Julius Edward lives in Lyons township on a farm of his own; he married Lizzie Weyerauch and they have live suns. Wilhelmina Krause married Edward G. Price, a farmer of Bloomfield township, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.

Mr. Krause and family belong to the Lutheran church at Elkhorn. In the early days after the Krause family came to this county they experienced the hard times that beset the early settlers, but bore their privations and hardships bravely and by perseverance succeeded. The chinch bugs completely destroyed their first crops. Employment was hard to find and the family was in dire straits for a time. The father was a brick mason as well as a farmer and he helped erect many of the buildings in Lake Geneva.

Joseph Epworth Cocroft

The history of England has always been one pervaded with intense interest, especially to America, where a certain kinship is felt, for it has to do with a sterling face of people, possessing admirable qualities of heart and mind anil ever vigilant to push the car of civilization on to the edge of things, tdnbe rircumnavigators and empire builders, - even if the most sanguinary methods had to be resorted to. for they have ever had in mind the ultimate the) have taken up their work in our states we find a thriving, law-abiding community. And it is of a scion of such praiseworthy people that the biographer now essays to tell in a brief histroy.

Joseph Epworth Cocroft was born in Yorkshire, England. May 9, i8_m. the sun of Charles and Mary Cocroft. lie spent his boyhood in his native country, emigrating to America when twenn one years "Id. reaching his majority while on board the ship, the old-fashioned sailing vessel requiring si\ weeks to make the voyage, lie came on west, locating at Rochester, Wisconsin, where he made his home for over forty years, lie worked on the farm, in a saw -null and other kinds mi" employment among the pioneers, finalh saving money enough out of his earnings to buy a farm there of one hundred nineteen and one-half acres and there he made his home until in .March. t88o, when he moved to Spring Prairie, Walworth county, where he purchased a farm of seventy-seven and , medial t" acres and there he lived until November, 1891, when he retired from the active work of the farm, moved into the village of Lyons, where he has since made his home. He had been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser.

Mr. Cocroft was married at Rochester, this state, to Ann Woodhead, also a native of England, and the daughter of William and l.ydia (Tinker) Woodhead, her father having been born on \pril i. 1785, and the mother on March 1. [789.

Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. ( ocroft, namelj : Mary, who married Stuart Harris, lives at Alhambra, ( alifornia, where Mr. Harris is regarded as one of the most substantial citizens, financially, of the place; Charles, who'married Ida Cooms, lives at Lake Geneva, where he is engaged in poultry raising; William, who married Minnie Tompkins, lives in Minnesota; Allen married Cora Watkins and lives at Weyerhauser, Wis consin, where he is engaged in the lumber business and owns 1 ible land; Horace, who married Anna Bell, lives in Burlington township, Racine county, this state, where he is engaged in farming; Nettie married Edward Smith and they live in Racine; Walter, who married Rose Kingston, lives in Lake Geneva and has charge of the fine horse- of ' ieylon < ourl farm; Martha married George Ballack and they live on a farm in Dover township, Racine count}-; Susannah married C. F. lleadington and they live in Chicago, win -lie has a large physical culture class, which she teaches h\ mail. She requires a large staff of assistants and her pupils are to he found throughout the Union. Her business is conducted under her maiden name and is widely known. Her husband i- a successful hanker and merchant; Emma ( ocroft, who married Dana Albee, lives in Waterford, Wisconsin, he hem- a retired farmer; Harry is foreman on the farm of J. J. Mitchell tgo million

The mother of the above named children was called to her resl on ember 14. [869, when forty-four years of age. She 1- rememben woman of man) virtues, a true helpmeet and a faithful

Mr. and Mrs. Cocroft are both remarkably well preserved, and they find employment by working about the home, especially with their flowers, of which manv varieties are to be seen about their house. They are hospitable, obliging, genial and have a host of warm friends wherever they are known. Although now seventy-five years old, Mrs. Cocroft has all her faculties and is as active as most women at forty ; she is a lady of refinement and their pleasant home in Lyons is often the gathering place for the many admirers of this fine old couple, who fully enjoy their declining years, which are passing serenelv awav.

William H. Whiting

( )ne of the well remembered and highly esteemed citizens of Walworth county of a past generation, who performed exceptionally well his allotted task and then fell serenely into that sleep which wakes not to toil, leaving behind him a rich heritage, not only in material things but in a good reputation and an honored name, was William II. Whiting, than whom it would have been hard to have found a more genial, whole-souled, high-minded, public-spirited man within the boundaries of this county; therefore, it is with pleasure that he is given specific mention in a volume of the province of the one at hand.

Mr. Whiting was born in Hudson, Columbia county, New York, August 15, 1813. ilis father died when the subject was an infant, and soon thereafter the mother moved to Albany, and there the subject grew to manhood and received his education, with the except inn of short intervals spent at the academies of Hudson and Kingston, New York. In 1829 he became a pupil of the engraving linn of Rawdon, Clark & Company, of Albany, which city, with Philadlephia, was at that time the headquarters of bank-note engraving. Ilis father had also been an engraver, a pupil of the celebrated Gideon, Fairmon, of Philadelphia.

On the [8th of August, [834, Mr. Whiting was married in the cm of Albany to \l;n\ Jane Christian, a native of that city. Messrs. Rawdon, Clark & Company, having taken in ether partners, decided to move their establishment t<> New York City, and the linn name was changed to Rawdon, Wright. Match & Edson, and in the spring of [836 Mi'. Whiting followed them and continued in their employ until 1 S47 : however, he had been admitted a-- a

Mr. Whiting bought four hundred acres of land, in the southwestern pan oi Bloomiield township, Walworth county, Wisconsin, and in [844 Mr. Whiting made bis first visit here. He bad caused to be erected a small house on his land in 1843. In the spring <>\ [847 he and his I'ainiK came From New York to bis farm here and began building the brick house where he made his country ue. There the family resided until 1S51 and in August of that year Mr. Whiting returned to New York and became a member of the bank-note engraving firm of Wellstood, Hanks, Hay & Whiting, and he remained a member of that tirm until the American Bank Note Compan) was formed, and absorbed all the other firms. As secretary of that company he remained with the same until 1861, then returned to Walworth county, Wisconsin, and n sumed charge of his farm again and became verj well established here. He was elected one of the trustees of the American Hank Note < iompany, in which capacitv he served for several year-. 1 le was regarded as an expert in In- line. and was one of the best known engravers in the United Stale-. Ill- son Robert was born "ii his farm here, and here the death ol 'he wife ami mother occurred on November 28, 1879.

took a deep and abiding interest. Me was an able lay reader and he held services there ami taught the Sunday -chool for many years. He was the idol of a large circle of worshipers there and the especial friend and companion nected with the progress and advancement of tin- section of the state. Wild was the region into which they came. It- foresl in their primeval strength, the prairie land was -till unbroken, and the Indian- -till roamed through the dense woods, seeking the deer and 1. e which could >>e in the latter-day development of this sectiun of the state, and Edward Miller, for a period of thirty-seven years a carpenter and builder at Genoa Junction, is a connecting link between the pioneer epoch and the present, having spent most of his life here and thus been identified with the history of the county, having ever manifested the characteristic thrift of the emigrants from the great empire of northern Europe.

Mr. Miller was born near Berlin, Germany, July 26, 1846. He is the son of William and Louise (Laulauff) Miller, natives of Germany, where they grew up and were married and made their home until in October, 1855, when they voyaged across the wide Atlantic to our shores, landing at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, having continued their westward course on the Great Lakes. They settled on a farm about eight miles from that city and there resided until their son, Edward, was about fifteen years old. then moved just north of Hebron, McHenry county, Illinois, on Hebron Prairie, where the subject worked out on a farm, remaining four years at one place. He later came to Genoa Junction, Walworth county, Wisconsin, where he worked at different things, finally learning the carpenter's trade. On April 14, 1874, he was united in marriage with Anna Kaskan, daughter of Herman and Elizabeth (Bocker) Kaskan. She was born at Burlington, Wisconsin, but her parents were from Bourse-Steinford, Westphalia, Germany. They had been schoolmates there, and came to America at the same time, in 1S51, single, and both located near Burlington, Wisconsin, and here they were married about 1856. They later moved near Slades Corner, where they maintained their home for over thirty years, then came to Genoa Junction, where they spent tin- rest of their lives, the mother dying in January. [897, and the father in July, [899.

Mr. Miller's parents moved to Genoa Junction about [873 and here --pent tlie rest of their lives, the father dying in April. 1 Sj< j. and the mother in November, 1901.

After his marriage Edward Miller turned hi- attention exclusively to carpentering and building ami has followed it ever since, having been in the business over thirty-seven years, as before stated, at Genoa Junction, during which time he erected many of the dwellings, business houses and barns of the community which will long stand as monuments to his skill as a builder. having in fact, erected most of the houses in Genoa Junction and nearly all the big barns and large buildings in. general over the surrounding county. I h- has long enjoyed the reputation of building the best barns ever constructed in the countv, ome of them models in ever) respect.

Six children have been born to Mr and Mrs. Miller, namely: Emma died when nine months old; William, who was born on \pril 28, [876, in Genoa Junction, married Sadie Reynolds, and the\ have one son, J. Edward; William was a carpenter with his father until [901, when he went into the general merchandise business at Genoa Junction; Mar} married Luther Knell, of Genoa Junction, and they have one son, Edward; Elizabeth married Mahlon Toyton, of Genoa Junction, and they have two daughters, Gladys and Frances; Anna died when two and one-half years old; John Henry died when two years and twi 1 months 1 W

Mr. .Miller was reared in the Lutheran church, hut he is not narrow in his religious views and contributes to the supporl of all denominations. Me loves home and family and is honest and trustworthy.

it is always a pleasure when we can trace our ancestry hack through several generations, especially if our progenitors have been men and women of honor and usefulness, as were those of Timothy Hopkins Fellows, who traces his ancestry hack to William, father of Ephraim, father of Ahiel, father of Ahiel, Jr., the subjeel being the son of the latter and his third wife Dorcas Hopkins, she the daughter of Timothy Hopkins. This is an old Connecticut family, which settled in Wyoming Valley, or near Forty Fort. The subject was horn on March [4. [812, and he came to Kalamazoo enmity. Michigan, in 1829 and he was married on December 1. [831, to Eliza \un Duncan, daughter of William and Ruth (Gilmore) Duncan, and they had eleven children. The Duncans were of New I lampshire. The subjei t's sister, Emma, who was born in 1816, married George Field; and other sister, Lucy, who was born in [826, married Charles W. Sibley, son of John Sibley, and the) all settled at Bloomfield, Walworth county. Wisconsin, in an early day, when the country was wild and neighbors few, the subject settling here in [839, 1 ns 33 commendable record that he was chosen to represent the county at the next session of the Legislature over Capt. Albert Y. Wheeler and Dr. Lewis N. Woods. He was a keen observer and noted the trend of events and he had rare ideas as to what was best for the new state at that time, when conditions were all different to what we find today and he made a most satisfactory record as a public man.

The death of Mr. Fellows occurred on November 5, 1894, after a successful and honorable career, his wife having preceded him to the grave on April 23, 1887.

James S. Reek

Upon the role of reepresentative citizens of Walworth county of a pas! generation and prominent and highly esteemed men of affairs of the township of Linn consistently appears the name of the late James S. Reek, lie spent his life in this township and gradually won his way into the affections of the people through his genial address, his obliging and charitable nature and his unswerving honesty, - in short, he possessed those sterling qualities of character which commend themselves to persons of intelligence and the highest morality. He was a public-spirited man, delighting in the upbuilding of his native community in any way possible, and his support was not withheld from all laudable movements looking toward the general welfare of his neighbors and friends and the inhabitants of the county which knew his parents in its early history, for the Reek family was attracted to this community when it was sparsely settled and undeveloped.

Air. Reek»was born in Linn township, this county, on November 18, 1850. He was tlie son of John, Jr., and Amelia (Bennett) Reek. John Reek. Jr., was the son of John Sr., and Mary ((iarside') Reek, lie was born in Cheshire, England, August 12, 1813, there grew to manhood and married Amelia Bennett, and when twenty-two years "id he emigrated to America. I le located at Taunton, Massachusetts, where he worked as a carriage maker for eighl years, then moved to Linn township, Walworth county. Wisconsin, and here established his permanent home, literally hewing it out from the heavj woods covered th< 1 ounty in those early days.

lames S. Keek, of this sketch, was a man of determination and correct habits and established a good credit at once, and in due course of time lie was well established, owning three farms in sections 20 and 21, Linn township, aggregating five hundred and twenty acres. He became one of the most successful and substantial farmers 111 the southern part of the county. Ik believed in employing progressive methods and leaving no Stone unturned whereby he might advance his interests and those of the locality, and thus he became one of the wealthiest farmers of Linn township, lie was one the promoters of the Co-operative Creamery, whose large success was attributable to his advice and influence in no small degree, and he was treasurer of the same until 1894, when it was discontinued. He devoted much of the last six or seven years of his life to buying and shipping live stock, doing an extensive business, - in fact, was one of the most extensive dealers in the county, shipping about one car load of stock to markel a week, leaving the active work of the farm to his sons, believing that be was doing the right thing to develop their abilities, by such a course.

Politically. Mr. Reek was a Republican, and was active in party affairs, being one of the local leaders, lie was elected a member of the board supervisors in 1887, which office he held for many years.

On December 25. 1881, Jamc- S. Keek was united 111 marriage with Julia Kaye, daughter of Abram and Harriet 1 Brayshaw 1 Kaye: She was born and reared on the farm where she now lives m Linn township, this county, having never resided anywhere else. Abram Kaye was bom 111 England 111 [809 and there he grew to manhood, emigrating to America in [840, but soon returned to his native land. In [842 he brought his family to the United States, locating in the city of Baltimore, where be remained three years, then moved to near Philadelphia, where the) -pent three wars. The father was a grader of wool in a woolen null, but the work was hard and con fining and his health failed under the -train, so be came west and bought a farm of two hundred and forty acre- in I. inn township, Walworth count). Wisconsin. Here be became well established and here in- death occurred on April 21, 1875. '''s wife, known in her maidenhood as Harriet Brayshaw, was the daughtei of John and Mary (Stock) Brayshaw. She was born \pnl 1 ;, [81 1. She -pent her old age with Mrs. Reek, dying at thi ced age later buying eighty acres more, for which he also paid two dollars and fifty cent- per acre in 1848. ' II clearing had been made, the land being

Mrs. Keek was the youngest of a family of ten children, five of whom were born in England, the other five in America. The eldest was Arthur. who founded Kaye's Park along the south shore of Lake Geneva, and was a prominent man, well known all around the lake and the southern part of the county, being successful in a financial way; his death occurred in 1893, leaving a family. The other brothers and sisters of Mrs. Reek were, Addin. 1 [amnion, Mary, who became the wife of Robert Lightbody ; John B.; Sara, who married Frank E. Baker; Harriet, who became the wife of William Matthews; Abram, William J., and Julia, widow of the subject of this sketch.

Six children were horn to Mr. and Mrs. James S. Reek, named as follows: Nettie Mabel, Lillian Ethel, James Bennett. Alice K.. Robert Arthur, and Harriet, the last named dying in infancy. The others all attended the Lake Geneva schools. Alice is now in the State University at Madison and Robert is in high school at Lake Geneva.

The death of James S. Keek occurred on September 24, [911, after several months illness. Me had lived a very active and industrious life. He was a man of rare business ability, managed well and made few mistakes. Being scrupulously honest in his relations with his fellow men. he won and retained their good will and confidence. While interested in public matters, he was not ambitious to hold public offices or be a leader of men. preferring to spend bis time with his family and give his attention to his business interests. Me had the reputation of being a kind and indulgent father and husband, an obliging, genial neighbor and a man of fine ideas and many commendable attributes of bead and heart.

Charles Inch

This well remembered pioneer and prominent citizen of Walworth county who is now numbered "with them thai sleepeth," was a native of the state of \'ew York, which has been the cradle of much of our western civilization and upon which the commonwealth of Wisconsin has largely drawn lor its most enlightened, enterprising and progressive citizenship. Early in life Mr. High established those habits of industry and frugality which insured his success in later wars. Coming here when the ciiuntrx was wild and undeveloped, he secured raw land which, with the able assistance of his estimable life companion, he soon extended the area m|' cultivable land and in Aw course m| time Found himself upon the high road to prosperity with a line farm in Ins possession and mam of the comforts and conveniences ol life surrounding him, - in fact, he was one of the large land owners of the count) and on< our most substantial and influential citizens for many years, and. having exemplary habits and being public spirited, doing much for the permanent g 1 of

Charles High was horn in Herkimer county, \ew York, Maj to, t£ He grew to manhood in his native state and received such educational training as the early times afforded. He emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in an early period and there he and William Doughton built the first saw-mill. He was a millwright by trade, which he learned when a young man in \'c\\ } ork. He became very successfully established in business in Milwaukee and while living there lie was united in marriage with Xanc\ Bartlett Knife, a native of Manchester, New Hampshire, horn there mi September o. [818. She was descended from John Rolfe, who married the celebrated Pocahontas, the Indian maid:, in the early days of Virginia, told of in colonial history.

In 1841 Charles High came to Walworth county and here he entered land in Bloomfield township, section 20, and lived there a number of years. lie was very successful as a general farmer and an extensive dealer in live stock. He made one shipment of tat cattle, aggregating ten thousand dollars. He had put these cattle in the stable and fed them all winter, lie u;b one of the largesl Stock men of his day in this part of the state and no small amount of his fortune was obtained in tin- manner. By close application, the exerc^e of sound judgment and honest dealings with hi- fellow men. heprospered witli the increasing years and became the owner of thirteen hundred acres of valuable land.

Mr. High was twice married. Four children were born of the first union, one of whom died in infancy: the other three were. Eugenia Christina, now Mrs. William K. Slade, of Canton, South Dakota; Anna Mary, wife of Albert Pierce, of Hudson, South Dakota; Martha Alice, who married Robert Whiting, now living on the old homestead.

The mother of these children passed awa\ "ii March 17. 1872, at the a of fifty-three years, and Charles High was subsequently married to Margaret eck, from mar Alden, Illinois.

- High built a new home, large and attractive, just east of his tir-t home and there he spent the rest of his life, dying there on February 8, 1X77. at the advanced age of sevent} seven years, after a useful, industrious and well spent life, a life which resulted in much good to the community, in 1 to all with whom he came into contact.

\\ onderful indeed has been the transformation of Walworth county since it was first beheld by the late Seymour Norman Hatch, one of our earliest pioneers and for ninny years an influential and highly honored citizen, for when this sterling character cast his lot here he found a wide-stretching wilderness, still the domain of the various tribes of Indians of this section of the Union, and also the haunts of various species of ferocious creatures of the earth and air. But he was not a man to be disheartened at seemingly insurmountable obstacles, - in fact, being a man of courage and farsightedness, he underwent the hardships and trials incident to life in a new country and enjoyed it better than being hampered by the civilization of the old Empire state, from whence he came. He was a man whom all admired for his sterling honesty, his courage, his hospitality and his public spirit, and he is eminently deserving of a permanent place in his county's history.

Mr. Hatch was born at Leroy, Genesee county, New York, on April 12, 181 7, and there he was reared to manhood. He was the son of Hervey and Amy 1 Seymour) Hatch, the latter being the daughter of Zadock and Naomi (Munger) Seymour. The father, born April 30, 1757, enlisted at Waterbury, Connecticut, for service in the Revolutionary war, through which he served with much credit. He was a son of Steven and Mehitable (Hickox) Seymour, of Waterbury, Connecticut, he having been born in 1718. Steven Seymour was a son of Ebenezer Seymour, who was the son of Richard Seymour, who was born in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1682, and in 1668 he was the leader of a pioneer colony to what was then termed "the great swamp." now Kensington. Richard Seymour was the captain of Fort Seymour, built for protection of the settlers from Indians. He was the son of Richard Seymour, Sr., who emigrated to America in 1639 and settled at Hartford, Connecticut, and in 1650 became one of the founders of the town of Norwalk, in which he spent the rest of his life.

Hervej I latch was the son of Timoth) and Abigail 1 Porter) Hatch, he having been born in Vermont in 1792. Abigail Porter was the daughter of Moses and Sarah (Kelham) Porter, the father a soldier in the Revolutionary war, who fought at Hunker Hill, Long Island and Saratoga and was at the surrender of Burgoyne He was a selectman at Powlet in 17S5 and [787, and was a deacon in the Congregational church.

Herve} Hatch's father, Timothy I latch, was born on May 7. 1764. He devoted his life to farming in Genesee county. New York. He was a captain of militia, and was senior warden in the Episcopal church for a period of twenty-seven years. His father, Timothy I latch. Sr., was born June ---'. [728, at Tolland. Connecticut. His father was also named Timothy, and he was born at Falmouth on 1 Ictober [9, [695, and his death occurred at Kent. Connecticut, on March 30, [766. In May, 1741), he was commissioned captain of the "training band" by the General Assembly at Hartford, Connecticut. He was a justice of the peace for mam years and was moderator of the town; he was a man of large wealth and was very influential in his locality. The last named Timothy J latch was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth 1 Eddy) Hatch, he a native of Falmouth and she of Tisbury. Benjamin Hatch was a cordwainer. He was burn at Falmouth on September 7. [855, and was the son of Jonathan and Sarah 1 Rowley) Hatch. The father was born in England about [625 and he came to America with his parents, Thomas and Grace Hatch. He lived to be nearly one hundred years of age. Thomas Hatch was the ancestor of the famil) of this name in America. He emigrated to Boston. Massachusetts, in 1030. or at least nol later than 1634; his wife, Grace, was of Welsh de-cent. He was born in the county of Kent. England. He became a freeman of the Massachusetts Baj colon) in [634, and in 1639 he became one of nine original purchasers of Yarmouth township, Plymouth colony, in Cape Cod. In 1040 he tx n equal or joint proprietor with about twenty-live other men .if the township of Ham-table, and there his death occurred in [661. fie became well-to-do for that early day.

The mother of Seymour X. Hatch died while he was young. Me to manhood in the state of New York, and when he reached hi- majorit) he came west and located in I. inn township, Walworth cunt). Wisconsin, in [838, taking up eighty acre- of government land a'. mi; the northern shore of the lake, on which he located. Then he went down into Illinois, where he spent about four years, returning to Walworth count) in [842 and enti another eighty acre- from the government, bordering the south si the lake. Some years afterward- he bought one hundred and sixty acre- along the south shore of the lake, and in time he became the owner of seven bundled acres of very valuable land in this locality, and wa- one of the substantial and influential mm of tin county, and hi In- bom.

England, a daughter of Richard Stoneall and wife. Her mother died when Mrs. Hatch was a child. The father wa- a tailor and followed hi- profession in England. [837 he brought hi- daughter Man and son Joseph to

Geneva, Illinois, where the brother of Mrs. Hatch, Henry, and a cousin had already located. In 1840 the father and Joseph Stoneall came to Walworth county and settled in the eastern part of Linn township and built a small house there, and the daughter and sister, Alary, came and kept house for them. They underwent many of the hardships of pioneer life. In making the trip here they walked all the way from Geneva, Illinois, in one day. Later a nurseryman leased part of their land and set out man)- fruit trees, then went away and never came back. Mr. Stoneall took care of the trees and later they became the stock of a number of the finest orchards in Linn township.

Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Seymour X. Hatch, named as follows: Louise E., wife of Isaac Moorhouse, lives in Lake Geneva: Emily A. lives near the old home in Linn township: Norman Henry lives at Wichita, Kansas; Harvey R. lives at Zenda and follows farming; Hobart M. lives in the central part of Linn township; Mary is the wife of John Betts and lives near the old home in Linn township; Clara died when seven years of age; and George died when fourteen months old.

Mr. Hatch was active in public affairs and in the early days he held a number of the township offices. He was a most valued citizen in the community which he honored by his residence for over fifty years. The death of this sterling old pioneer occurred on August 12, 1899, his wife having preceded him to the grave on November 29, 1887.

The Hatch home was for a half century known as a place of genuine hospitality and it sheltered many people, some distinguished in the affairs of their country. The old people could relate many interesting reminiscences of tlie earl) days.

Daniel Fairchild

X(i compendium such as the province of this work defines in its essential limitations will serve to offer lit memorial t<> the life and accomplishments of the late Daniel Fairchild, for many years one of the leading agriculturists of Walworth county, a man of indomitable perseverance and strong individuality, and ye1 one whose enure life had not one esoteric phase, being able to bear crutiny. His accomplishments bul represented the lit utilization of the innate talent which was his. and the directing of his efforts along lines good judgmenl and discrimination led the way. There was in him a

Mr. Fairchild was born in section 17. in North Geneva, Walworth county, Wisconsin, on November i. [851. He is the son of Nelson and Laura 1 Kinney 1 Fairchild, a complete sketch of whom appears on another page oi this work.

The subject grev* to manhood on the home farm and there began working during the summer months when quite young. He received his educau in the common schools in that district and in Elkhorn, and he began life for himself by teaching school, which he followed successfull) for several years. He began fanning for himself on forty aire- which he bought about [876. In 1878 he purchased of his brother George the place which remained his family home the rest of his life, in section 17. adjoining his Father's farm on the east, and which place consisted of two hundred two and one half acres. Being a man of excellent ability and very industrious, he improved his farm and made it one of the finest farms in the county. He went into the dairy business in connection with general farming and stock raising, making a large success of all. lie was a practical farmer, but he also studied and investigated, constantly experimenting, always seeking to improve his methods. He was a leader in gardening and raising potatoes, lie paid much attention t" In- fnu't> and berries, which showed the result of care and scientific cultivation in their unusually good quality. His dairy barn was inspected by expen Lfter he built it and the) pronounced it the finest in southern Wisconsin at that time. It Stables fifty cows and ha- a capacity fur one hundred and ninety-five tons of hay. and is provided with the latest approved system of ventilation. I le raised his own cows, and he kepi thoroughly informed on all points touching dairying, horticultural and agricultural work, both technical and practical. He built up a private trade in Chicago winch he supplied for twenty years or more. Hi- place, known a- "Willow Glen Stock Farm," is "lie .if the attractive landed estates of the county. lt> large, convenient, substantial buildings, well kept fields, bespeak the care and industry in itagement.

.Mr. Fairchild was a man who took much interest in the ipbuilding of hi- community. He was a member of the town hoard for years and was chairman for several years. When sixteen years "Id he united with Baptist church at Elkhorn and throughout hi- life was .111 active worker both in the church and Sunday school and 1m uperintendi the Sim

Her parents were from Onondaga county, New York, and they emigrated to Walworth county. Wisconsin, in 1845, locating in section 31, one of the choice vicinities of Geneva township, northeast of Williams Bay, overlooking Lake Geneva. Mr. Vincent entered part of his land from the government, and bought more adjoining, owning altogether two hundred and forty acres. Jarvis Vincent's mother was known in her maidenhood as Phoebe Dean, and she was a Quaker. The death of the former occurred on his home farm in 1891. To Jarvis Vincent and wife six children were born, five daughters and one son, namely: Elizabeth married Hiram Cornwell and lived and died at Rockford, Illinois; Oscar was a soldier in the Civil war, in the Fortieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and his health was shattered by reason of his service, but he survived and lived until May, 191 1 ; Phoebe married A. B. Calkins and lives at Delavan, this county; Ida married J. W. Utter, of East Delavan, and her death occurred about 1879; Edna is the widow of Daniel Fairchild, of this sketch; Jennie, who has remained unmarried, lived with her mother in Delavan until the killer's death on November 2, 1910, at the advanced age of ninety-two years; she had retained her faculties to a remarkable degree.

Three children, two daughters and one son, were born to Daniel Fairchild and wife, named as follows: Jessie Laura married Charles R. Burton and lives near Delavan, and they have one son, Ralph Fairchild Burton, now two years old; Jennie is at home with her mother; Burton D. married, in February, 1910, Edith Gates, daughter of Charles M. Gates, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work. They have a little daughter. Edna Caroline. Burton Fairchild was eighteen years old when his father died, and since then he has had charge of the home place and has shown that he is a worth) successor of bis father, having kept the place well improved and well tilled.

( Ine would be compelled to cover a wide radius of territor) in southern \\ isconsin to find a more painstaking tiller of the soil than Albert Hoge. of Geneva township, but this is not to be wondered at when we learn that he - imes of the thrift) Germanic race and thai his ancestors were all people who believed in hard work and painstaking effort.

Mr. Hoge was born in Pommern, Germany, on September 3, 1807, and is the sun of Christ and Rica Hoge. The subject spent his boyhood in the fatherland, and when sixteen years old he emigrated to America, with his aunt. to Harvard, Illinois. Vfter working out a year and a half, he had saved enough oul of his earnings to paj for the transportation of his father, mother and brother, Hen. and sister, Freda, to America, which he accordinglj did, and the family located near Harvard, [llinois, the parents tinalK buying a nice home and lived there many y ears, the father dying in May, [908. The mother is still li\ ing, making her home w ith her daughter Freda, who married Augusl Prussing. Ben also worked and saved his money, learned the barber's trade.

Albert Hoge bought his farm in [899, bul rented his father-in-law's farm for four years and then moved on his present farm in Geneva town ship, Walworth county, section [9, in which he has eighty acres; he also owns fort) acres in section 20. lie built a splendid residence here in mm i. and i> now well fixed, having a well improved and productive farm, which he has kept up to a high state of cultivation, lie handles a good grade of live stock.

Mr. Hoge was married in May, [891, to Annie Rader, of Geneva township, this county. She was born in Brandenburg, Germany, and when a child was brought to Walworth county. Wisconsin, by her parents, William and Dora (Brinkman) Rader. The) located in Bloomfield township, this county, about 1S70. buying a farm there. After living there some time the) bought a farm in Geneva township, near Como, and lived there twenty-five years or more. The mother died a few years after coming to America, and the father is now living near Cienoa Junction. Bloomfield township. One daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoge. Oleda. They all three belong to the Lutheran church at Elkh

The death of Nelson Fairchild, a sterling pioneer of Walworth county, was regretted by all who knew him. He was a man who regarded homi as most sacred and friendship as most inviolable. Emerson says, "The way to win a friend is to be one." and no man in the locality of which this biography deals had more friends than the subject. Ik- was ;i man of sympaand generous nature, a pleasant companion, and especially congenial to those who cultivated all that was highest ami best h his memory is cherished in the hearts of his man) friend-, and bis influenci mains as a ble nediction to those among whom hi ' on the highway of life.

Mr. Fairchild was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, in April, [822, and there he grew to manhood, emigrating to Walworth county in 1843 and bought the farm where Daniel D. Fairchild. his son, and who is mentioned in tins work, was born, and here the permanent home of the family was established.

Nelson Fairchild was one of a family of eight children born to Samuel and Sallie 1 Alexander) Fairchild. The father was a farmer and he brought his family to Walworth county in 1844. He lived a year in Spring Prairie township, then made his home with his son Nelson, of this sketch, until his death, in March, 1856, dying at the age of seventy-five; his widow died three years later at about the same age. Samuel Fairchild was the son of Eleazer Fairchild, whose parents were natives of Ireland, from which country three Fairchild brothers emigrated to America in colonial times and founded the family in America. Eleazer Fairchild went to Canada and served as an officer in the British army, and he received twenty-one hundred acres of land for his services. He died at the age of seventy-five years, having given his attention to tin- management of his valuable land, which the city of Montreal now

Sallie Alexander, mentioned above, was the daughter of David Alexander, a native of Scotland and a tailor by trade. He also spent his last days in Canada.

and there attended tin- public schools anil learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed there and in Wisconsin for many years, having come to Walworth county in 1843, an<' m ' lS44 he boughl one hundred and sixty acres in section 17, Geneva township, to which he later added twenty acres, and here he engaged successfully in general farming and stock raising until his death.

Mr. Fairchild was married on November 13, 1N47. to I. aura Kenney. She was the daughter Daniel and Margarel 1 Lytle) Kenney, natives of Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties, \\wv York, respectively. The death of Mrs. Fairchild occured on Augusl 20, 1885.

business with his brother, George \\ .: for a number of years he was a teacher in .Milwaukee: Alson, who married Cora Bagley, was an excellent dentist, but he is now engaged in the real estate business at Mechanicsville, Iowa; Samuel lived at Marcelene, Missouri, for about twentj years, but he now resi Ft. Madison, Iowa; he married Lou Williams; Mina married Eugene Barker, of Delavan, and the) have two daughters, Elma and Ruth; he is a member f the Barker Lumber Company, of Delavan.

The Union soldier during the great war between the statas builded than he knew. Through four years of suffering and wasting hardships, through the horrors of prison pens and amid the shadows of death, he laid the superstructure of the greatest temple ever erected and dedicatee! to human freedom. The world looked on and called thoSe soldiers sublime, for it was

- to reach out the mighty arm of power and strike the chains from "II the slave, preserve the country from dissolution, and to keep furled to the breeze the only flag that ever made tyrants tremble and whose majestic stripes and scintillating star- are -till waving universal liberty to all the earth. For all these unmeasured deeds the living | will never repa) them. Pension and political power maj be thrown at their feet: art and sculpture ma) preserve upon and in granite and bronze their unselfish deeds; history may commit to books and cold type may give to the future the tale of their sufferings and triumphs; hut to the children of the generations yet unborn will it remain to accord the full m. f appreciation and undying remembrance of the immortal character carved out by the American soldiers m the dark clays in the early sixties, numbered anion;,' whom was (apt. Theodore A. Fellow-, for many decade- a highly respected citizen of Walworth county, whose death occurred at his home al (.en. .a Junction. 01 in 10, 1912.

iptain Fellows was born in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, Ma) [836. He was the son of Timoth) Hopkins Fellows and Eliza \nn (Duncan) Fellows. Tlu- lin< age of this ' William

29, 1734. Abiel, Jr., was horn in October, 1704, and he also lived at Canaan. Connecticut; he was three times married, and had nineteen children, all of whom lived and reared families of their own. His grandson is Captain Fellows of this review. Timothy Fellows, father of the subject, was the son of Abiel Fellows, Jr.. and his third wife, Dorcas Hopkins. He was born March 14. 1812, in Luzerne count}', Pennsylvania. Abiel Fellows, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and he was granted six thousand acres of land in Pennsylvania. Part of it was mountainous and apparently worthless and he traded it off. Since then it has increased to wonderful values, in view of the fact that rich veins of anthracite coal underlie it. Eliza Ann Duncan was the daughter of William and Ruth ( Gilman) Duncan, of Ackworth. She was descended from George Duncan, who emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, in 1719 and settled in Londonderry, Xew Hampshire. Me married Margaret Cross. William Duncan, son of George, born in Ireland in 1716. came with his parents to America, and he became a captain probably in the French and Indian war, for he was sixty years old when the American Revolution began. His son. John, of Ackworth, Xew Hampshire, was a colonel in the latter war, and he became a representative in the Legislature. His son, William, was the father of Eliza Ann Duncan.

Timothy H. Fellows, father of the subject of this sketch, had gone to Michigan in 1829 when he was seventeen years old and there he married Fliza Ann Duncan. December 1, 1831, and to them eleven children were born, five of whom died in infancy, Theodore A., of this sketch, being the third in older of birth, lie was three years old when the family moved to Wisconsin in the spring of 1840 and located in the southeast corner of Walworth county, when the country was wild and without roads. Genoa Junction was not started until eleven years later. The father had previously entered into an arrangement with Daniel Rowe and Delmore Duncan whereby Rowe was sent here to enter land, lie accordingly took up a large tract, including the water power site at what is now Genoa Junction, and this the) afterwards divided. Mr. Fellows' land was in secti'ons 34 and 35 along the south line of the count) and state, and there he established the family home where he and his wife spent the rest of their lives, lie not only engaged in farming, but also merchandising for some time in the early days. He was the first chairman of the town board of Bloomfield, after Geneva had been divided into four townships and the I'.loomfield township was thus created. lie became prominent in public affairs, influential in politics, and he was a representative in the Legislature two different terms in the fifties. His death occurred in November, [894, and his w i fe died 1 m April 23, 1 887.

l apt. Theodore \. Fellows grew up on his father's farm. He spent a year at Cedar Park Seminary, Michigan. In [856 he married Jane V Monear, daughter of William and Marcia (Christian) Monear. She was burn mi the Isle of Man and came to America in [844 with her parents, who located in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, later moving i" MtHenry county, Illinois, nol far from the Fellow il the state line.

The subject and wife moved t<> Minnesota a tew months after their marriage, where he prospected for claims and improved them, remaining there two years, after acquiring about a half section of land winch he held for a number of years. Returning to his father's farm, he remained there until the spring of [86o, spending the summer of that year in the mountains of what was then called western Kansas, later becoming 1 olorado rerritory, the country then being a wild frontier. Returning to his home in Walworth county, tin- Civil war coming on the meanwhile, he enlisted in Company K, Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and he was soon seeing service in the Army of the Tennessee, along the east side of the Mississippi river until after the fall of Vicksburg, July 4. 1863, when he was moved about to the Gulf of Mexico, then back to the departmenl oJ tin 1 umberland and again back to the department of the Gulf. He was in the battle of Nashville, which i< mentii 'iied by hist' >riai;s a- being pi ---jlily the ci impletesl I 'nil m v ictor} of the war. He was also at the capture of Vicksburg, Corinth and Spanish Fort, was at Fort Blakely and Mobile May. thus seeing much hard fighting and strenuous campaign work, in fact his regiment was in more engagements than an) other from Wisconsin. At the battle of Corinth Mr. bellows was wounded and he ever afterwards carried the bullet in his side. Me was also wounded in the leg at the battle of Nashville, and was disabled two or three months. He was made orderly sergeant when the company wa ized, having enlisted as a private. He proved to be a faithful and gallant soldier, winning the ad miration of his comrades and the confidence of his superior officers, con quently his promotii gradual. In July, [862, he was commissioned

Genoa Junction, Wisconsin, in December, [885, he remained here most of the time since, engaged in general farming and stoek raising on his fine farm in the edge of the village.

Captain Fellows was a member of the county board and also superviosr of Genoa Junction. He was a member of the Masonic order, also the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion.

The death of Captain Fellows' first wife occurred in January, 1004. and in February, 1005, he was united in marriage with Peryl M. Creighton, daughter of Alfred and Julia (Jones) Creighton. She was born and reared at Ida Grove, Iowa. Her parents formerly lived at Sioux City. Iowa, but they now reside in Genoa Junction. The Captain's family consists of two children. Theodore A. and Ma.xine Jeanette. Captain Fellows was a man of high Standing in Walworth county or wherever he was known. He was noted for his industry, courage and public spirit and his loyalty to friends.

William Edwin Palaier

I his well known farmer of Geneva township is a descendant of one of our old settlers who was among the first to come to the wilds of southern Wisconsin and undertake the task of clearing a farm and home from the dense woods. When the Palmer family arrived here the clearings were few and the homes far between, and all the members of the family were required to bestir themselves in placing the wild land under cultivation and in establishing a comfortable hi ime.

William Edwin Palmer was born on the farm on which he now lives in sections i<> and 11, Geneva township, this county, his birth occurring on February 2, 1878. lie is the son of Edwin Eugene and Frances Alveretta I ( hadwick ) Palmer, a record of whom and their ancestors will lie found on another page of this work; suffice it to say here that they did much toward the early improvement of the county.

William E. I 'aimer, of this sketch, grew up on the home farm and there made himself generally useful during the crop seasons when he became of proper age, and during the winter months he attended the public schools in his home district and received a fairly good education. lie has Spent his life on the homestead, which be has kept well improved and well tilled so that it has retained its original fertility. Me took charge of the place in January, [904, and ran it on the shares until lii> father's death, the latter merely directing the operations in a general waj and advising the subject as to the besl and time-tried methods of general farming and stock raising in which he had been successful through a long life of industry.

Mr. Palmer of this sketch was manic, 1 on December 4, [901, to [va \ iola Abbott, daughter of Frank Abbott and wife, a highly respected fan of this county, a sketch of wh,om appears elsewhere. Here Mrs. Palmer grew to womanhood and was educated. To the subject and wife three children have been born, Beulah Ellen, Alice and Edwin Eugene.

For a time after his marriage Mr. Palmer worked out. then farme I one year ,,11 Frank Abbott's farm, lie i- a kind, courteous ami industrious gi tleman whom everybody likes, being a man of good character.

Lawrence C. Kohn

The gentleman whose name introduces tin- sketch i- one of the pro gressive business men of Walworth county, a man whose life has been led along conservative and praiseworth) line- and. while laboring for hi- individual advancement, he ha- never neglected hi- larger duties of citizenship. He is a member of the well known firm of Kohn & Jennings, of Lake Geneva.

Mr. Kohn was six year- old when he accompanied hi- parents t<> Walworth county, in March. t88i. lie grew t<> manhood in Lake Geneva and there attended the public schools and the high school. Vfter leaving school he -pent a year in the grocery business, after which he went to Valparaiso, Indiana, and took a course at the Northern Indiana Normal School. Returning t<i Lake Geneva he worked for thirteen months in the dr\ goods store of L W. Lone, then entered the employ of ( >. < , < olb; >\ I ompany in the shoe and clothing department of their store. Me remained there over four years, then he and fohn T. Jennings formed a partnership under the firm name -1 Kohn & [ennings, in March. [901, and the) have since operated one of the popular -tore- of the southern part of the county. The) bought out the store of I. W. Lone, Mr. Kohn's former employer, dealing in men'- and boys' clothing, furnishings and shoes. Loth partn rted with nothing hut what wide trade from the southern part of the county. They have a large and well arranged store and always carry a complete, carefully selected and up-to-date stock of goods. They are also the owners of the substantial brick business block at the southeast corner of .Main and Broad streets, as good a location as can be found in Lake Geneva.

Mr. Kohn was married on October 9, 1901, to Minnie Dopke. a sifter of Charles Dopke, of Geneva township, a sketch of whom is to be found on another page of this work. Mr. and Airs. Kohn have three children. Katherine Caroline, Helene Marie and Mary Elizabeth. The subject and wife belong to the Lutheran church and are faithful in their support of the same.

George T. Tappen

One of the successful farmers and public-spirited citizens of Linn township is George T. Tappen, a man who has worked hard and managed well and therefore has accumulated a sufficiency of material things to insure comfort for himself and family and his old age against want.

Mr. Tappen was born at Rockford, Illinois, October 10, 1861. He is the son of John Matthew and Eleanor (Baker) Tappen. the mother being a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and the father of Rhinebeck, New York. They spent their early years in the East and were young people when they came to Illinois. They were married at Rockford. later moving to McHenry county, less than two miles south of Zenda. about 1863. In 1871 they went to Cloud county, Kansas, where they spent the rest of their days, the father dying in February, 1910, and the mother in July. 1904. They were industrious people and became well established in the Sunflower state.

George T. Tappen, of this sketch, was nine years old when the family went to Kansas, and there his father homesteaded government land on the prairies, which the subject helped to develop and there grew to manhood. He recalls a number of the interesting pioneer experiences, many of which were similar to the pioneer conditions here thirty-five years earlier. He farmed ' on the home place until 1893, then came to Walworth county and worked out at farm labor for some time. In the spring of 1895 he began farming for himself in Linn township and he has met with uniform success as a result of close application. In November, [906, he boughl a farm of hi. own and now has one hundred and fifteen and one-half acres in sections [O and 15, Linn township. He has a fractional forty acres in the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 10. also a fractional eighty in the cast half of the northeast quarter of section 15. lie keeps his land well improved and under a fine state of cultivation, and carries on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale.

Mr. Tappen was married on June 22. [895, to Hattie E. Medberry, of East Troy, Walworth county. Mr. and Mrs. .Tappen have one adopted child, Donald F. Tappen. His name before his adoption was Herman Schroeder, his father having died prior to his adoption by the subject and wife.

Mr. Tappen is treasurer of the town of Linn, having held that office two years. He has always been a Democrat, but is now a progressive Republican. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen.

Elry Channing Pe I Km

Conspicuous among the representative agriculturists and stock nun ..1 Walworth county is Elry Channing Petrie, of Geneva township. He has made his influence felt for good in his community, his life having been closel) interwoven with its history for a number of years. His efforts have been for the material advancement of the same as well as for the social and civic uplift of his fellow men. and the well regulated life he has led, therebj gaine respeel and admiration of all with whom he has come into con entitles him to representation in a work of the nature of the one in hand.

Mr. Petrie was born at ( ioncord, Jeffersi m county, Wisconsin, on I >< ber 5, [855, and is the son of Josl D. Petrie, Jr., and Florinda 1 Holcomb) Petrie. The father was born in Herkimer county, Xew York, and he came to Wisconsin anion;; the lirst settlers, and entered land from the governmenl in [efferson county, near Concord. He was the son of Josl and Anna ter) Petrie. The family is of German descent. The subject's -randfather IVtrie was a general in the Revolutionarj war. and he had a brother. George Petrie, who also was an officer in the patriot army. The former died in the state of Xew- York.

lost 1 ). 1 'etrie came west in later life, his mother also making the trip and ie -pc nt the balance of her life. Florinda Holcomb was born in Medina county, Ohio, and was the daughter of Webster and Abigail ( Perkins 1 lb. I comb. This family came to Concord. Jefferson county, during the forties, among the very first settlers. Both Jos) I >. Petrie and Webster Hoi comb took up their land when this country was heavily timbered and settlers were few. They went to work with determination, and in due course of time had cleared the land, put it under cultivation and had good homes. They underwent the usual hardships and privation of pioneers.

Jost D. Petrie was prominent in public affairs, and a loyal Republican, lie was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly for two terms, in 1861 and 1867, where he made a splendid record, and he also held a number of other minor offices within the gift of the people, always with eminent satisfaction to all concerned. He moved to Oregon in [882 where he made his home until his death, in June, 191 1, his wife having preceded him to the grave in February, 1905.