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I>. O. HIBOARD, Principal of Oconomowoc public schools, was born at Brookfield, Madison, . Co., N. Y., Feb. 17, 1851 ; he received the earlier part of his education in the public schools and the DeRuyter Institute of Madison Co. He came to Wisconsin in 1868, and located at Milton, Rotk Co., where he followed teaching during the winters, and attended school during the spring and fall terms, at Milton College, from which institution he graduated in 1875; in the fall, after his graduation, he was elected Principal of the Oconomowoc public schools, remaining one year, and in the fall of 1876 was elected Principal of the Lodi school of Columbia Co. Returning to Oconomowoc in 1877, has been re-elected to the position of Principal each year since that time. He was married July 13, 1876, to Miss Ida F., daughter of Addison and Clarissa Brightman, of Milton Junction, Rock Co., Wis.; they have one son, Carlisle V. They are members of the Seventh-day Advent Church. He is also a member of the T. of H. and Council of Select Templars.

Passage source: The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880.

HI111A9E E. liYKE, dealer in furniture and undertaker ; is a son of David and Elizabeth Lyke, nee Snyder, natives of Columbia Co., N. Y. Mr. Lyke was born in Columbia Co., N. Y. in 1831, and came with his parents to Waukesha Co. Wis. in 1845. They located in the town of Vernon, where his father followed the carpenter trade for a few years ; then removed his family, to the town of Mukwonago, where Hiram F. spent most of his tians on the farm till 1832. Going in the spring of that year to California, he engaged in mining for eight years, and in the winter of 1859 and '60, returned via the Isthmus and Mexico, to his home in Mukwonago. In the following spring, he went to Texas and spent the summer traveling through Kansas and the Southwest, and returned in the winter of 1861-62. He enlisted as a private in 1862 in Co. F. 28th W. V. I. and was promoted to the position of 1st Lieutenant, and a portion of the time filled the oflBce of Captain ; he served with his regiment in all its principal movements till June, 1865, when, on account of ill health, he resigned at Little Rock, Ark. After an illness of six weeks there, he returned to his home. He spent the winter of 1865 and '66 at Detroit and in New York. He was mirried- December, 25 1866, to the daughter of John 0. Leroy, of the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co. Wis., and immediately located at Ooonomowoc, where, in the fall of 1867, he began dealing in furuiture ; his wife died July 11, 1870, leaving one son. Prank L. His second marriage was April 8, 1871. to Miss Lottie, daughter of Moses Mead, a native of Putnam Co., N. Y., but an emigrant to Oconomowoc, Wis., in 1869; their children are Arthur D., John D., and Alice M. Mr. L. was a member of the City Council for two years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Passage source: The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880.

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