Burnett, Wisconsin

O. F. diRFENFIFLD, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., March 14, 1838 ; his parents removed to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, when he was only 6 years of age, and lived about six months near Milwaukee, then located on a farm, a part of which he now occupies, in Burnett, where he has 103 acres of land, valued at about $50 per acre. May 30, 1866, he married Mary J. White, who was born April 4, 1838, daughter of James and Mary White, of Burnett, who were among the first settlers of Burnett; has lost one child - Georgie, born Aug. 25, 1869, died Sept. 23, 1870 ; has no children living. His father, William Greenfield, one of the first settlers of Dodge Co., was born March 27, 1813. in Saratoga, N. Y., and died Dec. 21, 1876, in Burnett; his mother, who is still living in Burnett, on Sec. 34, was Susannah Hunt, also born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aoril 1, 1819.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

AARON MARTIIV, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Rolling Prairie; was born July 29, 1820, in Somersetshire, England; son of James and Ann Martin. Was married in May, 1842, to Martha Norman, who died in England July 2, 1846, leaving two children - Annie E., born March 5, 1843, and Susie, born July 15, 1845. April 4, 1847, he again married, in England, Hannah M. Derrick, daughter of William and Sarah Derrick, of Somersetshire, England. Came to America in 1849, landing in New York the 2d of May ; he first settled in Cuyahoga Co.. Ohio, and worked as a common laborer, sometimes at farming and sometimes on the railroad, till April 4, 1851, when he came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, on Sec. 10, where he lived till March, 1876, when he removed to his present residence, on Sec. 29, where he has a farm of 120 acres, for which he paid $7,200 ; and still owns the farii; on See. 10 - 184 acres, worth $li,500. At the present time, Mr. Martin and his present wife have had eight children, sis of whom arc living - Sarah, born in England June 29, 1848; James H., July 12, 1851; Mary J., Nov. 5, 1853; Martha C, Jan. 18, 1857 ; Albert A., Sept. 16, 1859, and Gertrude H. M., Oct. 16, 1864; Mercy was burn in August, 1849, and died at the age of 25 ; Albert William died in infancy ; Anna E. was married to F. C. Curtis, and died in July, 1S72, in Iowa; Susie is living at home, having lost her husband. Lyman Sperry.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

LORENZO MERRIIiL, farmer, Sec. 19; P. 0. Burnett; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1846, from 'New Hampshire, and settled in the town of Burnett; bought the farm he now occupies in 1857, which consists of 141 acres of land, valued at about $8,000. Was born June 21, 1818, in Hillsboro, N. H., and was the son of Samuel and Abigail Merrill, natives of New Hampshire. Was married, Nov, 2, 1842, to Mary Ann Fisk, who was born April 22, 1820; daughter of Richard and Rhapsyma Fisk, also natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Merrill was in the mercantile business in New Hampshire, but has followed farming most of the time since coming to Wisconsin. Has held the office of County Superintendent of Schools four years and Town Superintendent a number of years ; was a member of the Assembly two terms, in 1848 and 1859; was A.ssistant Provost Marshal during the late war, about a year, and Assistant Internal Revenue Asse.ssir two years. Has five children - George F., born Feb. 17, 1847 ; Sarah J., born Jan. 12, 1849; Frank H., born June 17, 1850; Edgar P., born Oct. 14, 1854, and Charles L., born April 25, 1858. Sarah J. is now Mrs. J. B.Cole, of Burnett Junction ; George F. and Frank H. are both graduates of the State Law School, George practicing law in Depere, Wis., and Frank practicing in Milwaukee.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

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