Eldorado, Wisconsin

MELrVIlV DUEL (deceased) was born in Hebron, Washington Co., N. Y., June 29,J824;^ he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and settled in the town of Eldorado, where he married, on the 27th of March, 1850, Laura Wolcott, daughter of W. C. and Mercy Wolcott, pioneer settlers and still honored citizens of the town of Eldorado, she was born in Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1813 ;^ their children are Dirg, now of Brown Co., Minn.; Delia, wife of William Carpenter, of the town of Eldorado, he was a soldier during the war of the rebellion ; Dora, Delos, Strabo, Efiie M., Lewis, Arthur, Lottie B.,

Passage source: The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880.

George (deceased) ; during the war of the rebellion, Mr. Duel served in Co. A, 2d W. V. C, was enrolled Oct. 2, 1861, and served until January 23, 1865, when he was honorably discharged ; the records of his regiment show that he was a gallant and brave soldier ; after his discharge, he returned to his home in Eldorado, where he died Jan. 8, 18S0 ; himself and his wife were the first couple married in the town of Eldorado; she owns 156 acres of land, and cheese factory, which was the first factory in Eldorado, was established by her husband in 1878.

Passage source: The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880.

JA9IES K. SCRIBT^ER ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills; was born in Norwalk, Conn., in 1828 ; is the son of Joseph and Sarah Kellogg Scribner, a farmer. The subject of this sketch received a common-school and academic education in his native place ; at the age of 21 he came West to Ro-sendale, Wis., and settled on land previously purchased by his father, of 160 acres; in 1853, he purchased an undivided half of this farm of his father; in 1858, he came to Eldorado and located on property he owned, having, in 1857, bought Barnett's saw-mill, water-power lands, and privileges connected with them. Mr. Hiram Wheeler was connected with him in running the mill, and they afterward built a small grist-mill ; Mr. Wheeler died in the summer of 1859 ; Mr. Van Ostrand then bought Mr. Wheeler's interest ; in 1867, Mr. Scribner bought out Mr. Van Ostrand, and, in 1868, he rebuilt the mills, enlarging the capacity, and has ever since been engaged in milling ; his mill now has four run of stone ; he is also proprietor of the only general store in the village of Eldorado Mills, and is the present owner of fifty acres of land in Sec. 31, 32 and 29, besides his mill property. He married, in Rosendale, in January, 1857, Laura M., daughter of Hiram Wheeler; have had eight children - Winthrop, Walter, Lizzie L., Abbie L., Joseph H., Kittie M., Harry C. and Mabel W. They are members of the Congregational Chureh. Mr. Scribner was a member of the State Legislature in 1876, and is now the Chairman of the Town Board ; politically he is a Republican.

Passage source: The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, published 1880.

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