Minnesota Junction, Wisconsin

JOJEilj ADAJIS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. 0. Minnesota Junction; born in Warren Co., N. Y., Dec. 2, 1822 ; son of Joseph Adams, who died about 1824 ; his father was from Philadelphia and of old Quaker stock ; in the town of Independence, Penn., is a church built by the Adams family over two hundred years ago. Mr. Joel Adams went to New York City in 1844; WiW there four years ; then went to California by way of the Isthmus, and reached there Oct, 1, 1819 ; kept a bakery in San Francisco ; half the people lived in tents at that time ; afterward went to Marion Co. and went to raising stock ; left California in March, 1860, and went to New York, New Jersey and to Illinois, and came to Oak Grove in June, 1860 and settled on 120 acres and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since ; has now one of the finest creameries and milk-houses in the county; house 16x24 feet and 12 feet to roof; makes about one hundred pounds butter a week, all first-class and finds a very ready market. Married, Oct. 24, 18B0, Elizabeth E. Winter, daughter of Daniel Winter, of New Jersey; have had four children - Mary E., born Sept. 14, 1861 ; George, born Oct. 19, 18G2 ; Frank, born May 28, 1864, and Alice, born April 4, 1866 ; Mary E. died in September, 1862. Mr. Adams has been on the Town Board.

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.

W. f. KAMBUSCII, of Rambusch & Mertz, capitalists, insurance, abstracts, etc., Juneau came to Watcrtow'n, Wis., in 1862; in 1867, went to Minneapolis, Minn.; was there four years, and, in 1871, entered the Foreign Department of the Post Office at Washington, under Postmaster Creswell was also appointed one of the Commissioners to Berlin in the interest of the U. S. Post Office Depart ment; in 1874, he came to Juneau and engaged in the abstract business, and finally entered into copart nership with Mr. Mertz in the same business. Married Kmily Curti.ss, daughter of Hiram Curtiss, in 1868 Mr. Rambusch enlisted in September, 1861, in the 5Ist N. Y. V. I., and w;»s honorably discharged in January, 1862. He was also Presidential Elector from Maine. The firm have sterling integrity and great business tact, and through those means have a deserved popularity.

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.

F. UEBELi, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Minnesota Junction ; born in Germany April 1, 1819 ; came to America in 1850, and to Oak Grove in 1851, and settled on eighty acres, and through his industry and steady perseverance has now a fine farm of 120 acres under good cultivation ; came here with only 50 cents in his pocket; has now a fine brick residence and good, general stock, and everything pertaining to a firstclass farm. Married, in the fall of 185-J:, Eliza Walter ; have had three children - Charley J. (born July 21, 1855), Ernest (born in 1850), Maretz (a child at home). Mr. Uebel gave his aid and support to the war. He was educated and brought up in the Presbyterian Church in the old country.

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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Read the whole chapter on Oak Grove Town - it names this place 7 more 7 times.