Rolling Prairie, Wisconsin

A. IjOCKWOOD, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Rolling Prairie; is a native of Connecticut, and was born April 22, 1.'520, in Weston, Fairfield Co. His father's name was Ephraim Lockwood, and his mother's, Mary Wilkinson, both natives of Connecticut. He was married, Dec. 25, 1844, to Betsy M. Dunham, who was born Jan. 7, 1826, in Connecticut. Mr. Lockwood came to Wisconsin in August, 1848, and entered some land near Neenah, but returned to Connecticut the same fall; Jan. 3, 1849, he sailed from Now York City for California, via Cape Horn, and spent eight days in Valparaiso, Chili, viewing the city and surrounding cvmntry ; landed at San Francisco, Cal., June 20, having been 168 days on the voyage, including the eight days spent in Valparaiso ; in San Francisco, Mr. Lockwood, with six others, formed a company for the purpose of mining, and went into Butte Co. to work, where he remained about two years, but was able to work only a small part of the time, on account of poor health ; four of the company died within three months after their arrival in Butte Co.; regaining his health, he spent about eight months prospecting in the northern part of the State; then returned to Butte Co , where he followed lumbering and mining about two years, clearing, in that time, §10.000; he then returned to the States, arriving in New York Jan. 7, 1854, having made the passage in twenty-two days, from San Francisco, via the Isthmus of Panjima ; in April, 1854, he again came to Wisconsin and purcha.sed the farm he now owns ; then returned (or his family and moved on the farm in June of the same year, where he lias since resided; has 220 acres of land, which was assessed at §50 per acre in 1877 ; in 1859, he .spent about two months in the Rocky Mountains, looking over the country ; in addition to his farming, he is doing a commission business in agricultural implements, sewing-machines, stoves, etc.; has been Justice of the Peace, Supervisor and Chairman of the Town Board. Has one child - Gertrude M., born Jan. 1, 184(5, in Connecticut, now the widow of Oscar T. Shannon, who was a Congregational minister, and was accidentally sliot in Emporia, Kan., April 9, 1878.

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.

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Read the whole chapter on Burnett Town - it names this place 8 more 8 times.