Beaver Dam City (part 2 of 3)

J. H. C'OKLiON, harness maker, Beaver Dam; was born in County Clare, Ireland, Feb. 21, 1838, and came to Wisconsin Nov. 7, 1855, locating at Wyocena ; he received his early education in Owego, N. Y.; he was engaged in farming at Fountain Prairie for four years; was one and a half years in the restaurant business in Owego ; he then for one year carried on a saloon in Columbus, Wis., after which he went to Madison and served an apprenticeship with G. V. Ott, harm ss-maker ; then as journeyman in Oregon, Wis., and Columbus, Wis.; in 1870, he came to Beaver Dam, where for four years he worked as journeyman, and since that time bus been engaged <in his own account in the harness business in the store on Center street, south side of the bridge. Mr. Conlon enlisted April 10, 1861, in Co. B, oth Wiscon.sin Milwaukee Zouaves, Col. M. C. Cobb, and was engaged in the battle of Williimsburg, Va., on May 6, 1862, where he was wounded in the thigh so severely that it was found necessary to amputate his leg June 20, 1862, at David's Island, N. 1^.; he received his discharge July 8, 1863. He married, February 13, 1871, Mary M. VVinebrener, of Beaver Dam ; he has one child living, not named. CHARLE^^ M. CROSS, gents' furnishing goods; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17, 1851, and came to Wisconsin March 16, 1855, locating in Sheboygan; he received his early education at Rosedale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and spent five summ( rs in learning the carpenter's trade with his father. On Sept. 16, 1870, he commenced clerking in Ripon, Wis., with Evers & Weller, dry-goods merchants, for one year; in 1871. he engaged in the mannfaeture of the Wheeler Windmill; this he continued for about one and a half years; in 1872, he went to Waupun and engaged as clerk for Silber Bros', general store for one year ; in 1873, he came to Beaver Dam and engaged with Crueger & Lebrkind, general store, as clerk ; from there he went to Milwaukee as traveling salesman for Rich & Silber, ladies' furnishing goods; he then returned to Beaver Dam and engaged as clerk with A. P. Lawrence & Co., for one and one-half years; he then, in connection with Mr. Hambright, i)urehased the stock of gent's furnishing goods, etc., of E. L. Hall, and under the firiu name of Cro.ss & Hambright, located at 74 Front street, between Spring and Center streets; their specialty being custom work in clothes and suitings; they are doing a successful business.

O. H. C'ROWL, retired, Beaver Dam; born in Smuhfield, Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, 1820; came to Wisconsin in June, 1847 ; located in Lowell Township, Dodge Co., engaged in farming ; 1849, went to Whitewater, Walworth Co., entered the employ, as salesman, of Pratt Bros., distillers ; 1850, had his leg broken, and resided in Milford, Jefferson Co., until 1851 , when ho went to hotel keeping at that place ; in the summer of 1852, began keeping the Green Mountain House at Oak Grove. Dodge Co. ; 1856, returned to his farm in Lowell Township, remaining there until September. 1 8()7, following, also, the occupation of auctioneer ; 1867, went to Oak Grove, from there to KoUing Prairie; 1850, went to Fall River, Columbia Co. ; went into mercantile and lumber business with 0. B. Prime ; 1871, sold out to his partner and moved to Columbus, Columbia Co.; 1872, returned to Beaver Dam where he has since resided ; 1878, bou<;ht farm of 1431 acres in Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co. ; was Deputy Sheriff four years ; 1853, was Justice of the Peace of Oak Grove; was Town A.-^sessor of Lowell, 1857-58 ; has been member of City Council and Senior Alderman ; was member of State Central Committee of Prohibition Party of the State of Wiscoasiu ; is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and Temple of Honor, of the Red Ribbon Club, and the Univorealist Society. Married at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y ., March 31. 1847, to Miss Elizabeth A. Sanders, a native of the place ; have four children - three sons and one daughter.

ANDREW CROWL, fiitherof 0. H.; born at Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 27. 1794; moved with his parents to Otsego Co., N. Y., 1804, to Peterboro, Madison Co., 1807. In 1813, entered the [J. S. A. in an independent company; served to close of war ; in October, 1815, had conferred upon him the Degree of Master JLison in Western Star Lodge, is, therefore, probably the oldest Mason in the - State, as this October will be the sixty-fourth anniversary of his initiation into the Order. He married, Dec. 25, 1815, at Peterboro, N. Y., Miss Lucy Wilber, who died in May, 1862.

DK WITT C. DAVENPORT, finisher in the Beaver Dam Woolen-Mills; was born in North Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin April 10. 1867, locating in Beaver Dam. He received his early education in Utica, N. Y. ; he ha.s worked in the following mills: Globe Mills, Utica, N. Y. ; the Little Falls Woolen Mills, and with Chandler, Congdon & Co , and McFetridge, Smith & Co., as finisher, with which latter firm he is now engaged. He married in March, 1867, Adeline Teller, of Little Falls, N. Y., and has five children - Carrie, Kczziah, Adeline, Alma and Arabel.

HENRY E. DAVIS, retired fiirmer, p. 0. Beaver Dam; born in Somersetshire, England, March 2, 1817; came to America June 5,1830 ; resided at Schenectady, N.Y., three years, then went toCoburg, Can., and remained a few mouths, when he came to Cleveland, Ohio, remaining in Ohio until October, 1849, when he came to Wisconsin ; in November of the same year, he purchased a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 10, in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co.; resided on his farm until August, 1879, when he removed to Beaver Dam, where he now resides ; he still owns the farm which he purchased when he first came to the county, and he also owns considerable additions of land lying in the same neighborhood, which he purchased later. He was married in Brooklyn, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1841, to Clarissa H. Olds ; she was born in Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass. ; they have ten children living - Persico W., Rosaletta M., Parmenus H., Lillian H. (now Mrs. Chas. D. Andrews, of Fond du Lac), Elbridge C, Delmer E., Elmer E., Clara F., Jessie M., Mary L. Mr. Davis is a millwright by trade, but has never followed that business since he came to Wisconsin.

JAMES J. DICK, lawyer; was born in We.stfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1836, and came to Wisconsin on May 1, 1856, locating in Marquette Co. ; Mr. Dick received his academic education in Westfield, and thence moved to Marquette Co.. where he engaged in teaching school; in 1858, he moved to Beaver Dam and taught in the High School of that place; in 1860, he went to Albany, N. Y., and studied law in the Albany Law School and was there admitted to practice in all the courts of that State ; from Albany he returned to Beaver Dam and has practiced law up to present writing. In 1874, he was elected Superintendent of Public Schools in Beaver Dam. Mr. Dick married Aug. 5, 1862, Helen M. Drown, of Vermont. Mr.'. Dick is a member of the Episcopal Church at Beaver Dam.

ISAAC DE YOl'Ntr, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Beaver Dam ; is a son of Joseph and Levina DeYoung; born in Bucks Co., Penn., in September, 1845 ; when 2 years old, with parents, he came to Dodge Co., Wisconsin, where his father bought a farm of 177 acres in Sec. 18, and where he died in March, 1875, leaving a son, Lsaac, and two daughters, as the only children ; in October, 1876, Isaac married .Mi.ss Lena, daughter of William and Margaret Leisess, in the town of Calamus, Dodge Co., Wis. ; they have one son - John J. Mr. DeYoung has been School District Treasurer for several terms. He and his wife are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church.

D. DICKINSON, lumber merchant, Beaver Dam ; was born in St. Joseph Co., Mich., April 1, 1843, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1S66, locating in Milwaukee ; he received his early education in St. Joe, Mich. ; in 1868, he moved to Oshkosh, and engaged for three years in book-keeping; on Jan. 1, 1872, he was admitted into partnership with R. McMillen & Co., lumber merchants, with whom he continued for five years ; in May, 1877, he came to Beaver Dam and commenced the lumber business, corner Spring and Middle streets ; he is also engaged in the lumber bu.siness in Leadville, Colo., in connection with K. McMillen & Co., under the firm name of D. Dickinson & Co. He was married, March 6, 1S71, to Mary D. Rodgers, of Newark, Ohio; he has one child living, named Jay R. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson are members of the M. E. Church.

REV. FEI.IX nO.MBROWSKI, Priest of St. Micbaers CIm.cIi, Beavor Dam ; Sun of Geoisre and Hlizabctli Doiiiliruwski ; i> prn in Poland in 1839 ; be^an his studies in the Parish Stliools of Oalis, Poland, where lie continued twelve years, after which he completed his preparation for holy orders in the Seminary of Calis in 1S()2 ; Dec. 15, 1801, he was ordained priest by Bi.--hop Marske, but did not enter at once upon the work of the ministry. In 186)^, he joined the Polish array as Chaplain of a regiment, in revolution against Russia, and in March, 1864, he was taken prisoner by the Austiian army and held as such for eleven months ; was rclea.sed in February, 18(55, and soon went to Paris, where he was priest of different churches for four years ; in 1871, he came to America and was priest of Mulberry Church, Notre Dame and Assumption, near Galveston, Tex., whence, in April, 1879, he came to Beaver Dam as ])riest of St. Michael's Polish Catholic Church.

E. EliWELL, lawyer, Beaver Dam; was born in Athens, Bradford Qo., Penn., Aug. 7, 1816, and came to Wisconsin May 31, 1847, locating at Sheboygan. He received his early education at Athens and then removed to Towauda, Penn., where he studied law with his brother. Judge William Klwell, and afterwurd practiced two years in that county; from there he went to Wyoming Co., Penn., and for three years practiced law ; he then went to Sheboygan and for eight years continued the practice of law, after which he moved to Beaver Daui and has continued the prc)fe.ssion up to the present writing. At Sheboygan, Mr. Elwell was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for one term, and 1853-54, was District Attorney for said county ; from April, 1857, to August, IStil. he was Postmaster at Beaver Dam ; the years 1807 t<i 1870, inclusive, he was District Attorney of Dodsie Co. for two terms, and from January, 1874, to 1878, was County Judge of Dodge Co.; in 187H-79 he was Mayor of Beaver Dam. Mr. Elwell married, Jan. 31, 1844, Mary E. Fowler, of Monroe, Bradford Co., Penn.; he has one child living - Edward F.

EVAN EVANS, deceased, was a son of Morgan and Annie Evans; was born in South Wales in 18:il. In 1842. he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mason, of South Wales, and, in 1^'44, came to Beaver Dam, Wis., where he followed the blacksmith's trade for three years. He died in 1847, leaving her with two daughters - Elizabeth ]<]., now Mrs. Samuel Bonner, of W^estford, and Mary A., now Mrs. Tabor Thurston, of the town of Beaver Dam. In 1849, Mrs. Evans married Mr. Owen Roberts, a son of Humphry and Margaret Roberts, of North Wales, but an emigrant to Wisconsin about 1845. He being a resident of Marquette Co. at the time of the marriage, they removed there and made that their home for four and a half years, then returned to a farm of forty acres in Sec. 7, town of Beaver Dam, which she owned prior to her second luarriage. Here .Mr. Roberts died in April, 1863, leaving her a widow wiih five children - Adelade (now Mrs. George Knore, of Calamus), Mason T., Maggie E. (now Mrs. Samuel Snowdin, of Randolph, Wis.), Katie X. (now .Mrs. Charles Snowdin, of Westford\ Abbie J. Mr. Evans was a member of the Baptist Church and Mr. Roberts of the Methodist Church.

JAMES EISIIEK, farmer; P. 0. Beaver Dam; born in Vermont March 4, 1818; came to Wisconsin in 1853, locating at Beaver Dam ; engaged at building and carpenter work ; in 1800, he took contrac'sto the amount of 850,000 ; 820,000 in January and February of that year, principally in farmliousis ; in 1870, he took and sold the contract for the union school at Beaver Dam ; in 1875, he built the Baptist Church; he also, in 1875, engaged in .selling milk, having a stock and grain farm of 90 acres in-ide of the city limits. Married, in New York, in 1841, Miss Lucy Howard, of that State; he has three children, two sons and one daughter. C. H. graduated at the Wayland University at Beaver Dam and took a commercial course at the college at Chicago, 111.; J. 11. graduated at the State University at Madison, and his daughter is now attending the University at Biniver Dam.

\V. H. FORI>, dentist, Beaver Dam; was born in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass., Oct. 20. 1840, and came to Wisconsin in April, 18(i7, locating at Oshkosh. From Ashfield he moved to Plainfield. wliere ho received his education ; he then moved to Greenfield, Mass., and studied dentisti-y with Dr. Joseph Ideals for three years; in 1862, he moved to St. Albans, Vt., where ho engaged in his profession with Mr. McGowan, under the firm name of McGowan & J'ord ; then to Oshko.sh, whero he al.so practiced his profession for about len years ; from there he moved to Beaver Dam and since has been engaged in his profession with good success. He enlisted Sept. 9, 1862, in Co. A, 52d Mass. V. I., Col. II. S. Grei^nleaf, and was in the battle of the siege of Port Hudson ; he was mustered out Aug. 14, 1863. Dr. Ford marriid, Sept. 22, 1869, Sarah Curtis, of St. Albins, Vt.; ho hits twr) children living^Francis Hoyt and Arthur King. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are members of the Episcopal Church.

REV. F. FUSSEOER, Pastor of the St. Peter's Catholic Church at Beaver Dam, was born ill Austria Sept. 3, 1825; received his early education in Saltzburg Institute, Germany ; afier he came to the United States he studied under Bishop Heani, of Milwaukee, and was ordained Aug. 18, 1850 ; he was then appointed Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Milwaukee ; after leaving Milwaukee, he had charge of the Catholic Churches at Burlington, Wis.; St. Mary's Church at Watertown, Wis.; St. Magdalene's Churcli at Sheboygan, Wis.; St. George's Church at Keno.sha, Wis.; St. Mary's Church at Riciue, Wis.; St. Peter's Church at Oshkosb, Wis.; St. Mary's Church at Cascade, Wis.; St. Mary's at Fort Washington. Wis.; St. Mary's at Belgium, Wis., and, in July, 1866, moved to St. Peter's at Beaver Dam, whic-h Church he is now Pastor of. He has also been instrumeutal in building the following churches and st-hools : St. Alphonse's Church at Wheatland, Wis.; a schoolhou.se in Burlington; a church in Walworth Co., near Delavan ; a church in Menosha, Wis.; a church in Nonhport. Wis.; a church iu Buchanan, Wis.; a church fur the Germans in O.shkosh, a church in Silver Creek, a church in Port Washington ; Church of the Holy Cross in Belgium, Wis.; a parish house in Cascade, Wis., and the St. Mary's School in Beaver Dam.

JOHN trOECwCwERIjK, brewer, Beaver Dam; was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, April 30, 1828, and came to Wisconsin in 1853, locating at Madison ; in 1855, he came to Beaver Dam, and bought the Beaver Dam Brewery, and has run it with good success ever since ; Mr. Geoggerle was School Commissioner of the First Ward one term. He married. May 6, 1857, Julia Swant, of Prussia; has nine ciiildreii - Mary, Julia, John, Frank, Louis, Henrietta, Edward, Adolphe and Charlie.

C. CkERMAIN, Beaver Dam; born in Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., June 14, 1827, where he received his early education ; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Milwaukee ; his first business was ferrying passengers over the Milwaukee River, at 5 cents ; then worked for Nat. Prentiss two years, learning the trade of carpenter and joiner; in the spring of 1845, moved into Milwaukee Township, to work on farm, assisting hi.« father, hauling wood with an ox team into Milwaukee; in 1846, went to Fox Lake, and hauled timber with an ox team for the mill-dam at that place ; he rented and worked a farm that year, and everything was killed with frost; in the spring of 1847, came to Beaver Dam ; worked at carpenter-work for Mr. Loomis, and others two years; in 1851, went to Ionia, and helped build a gristmill at that place ; returned to this county, and for a time worked at his trade, then went to keeping livery stable; in 1857-58. was contractor on the old La Crcsse R. R. ; from 1852 to 1856, was Deputy Sheriff; in 1861, was appointed Under Sheriff; in 1862, was elected Sheriff, and held the oEBces of Sheritt' and Under Sheriff until 1870, but virtually Sheriff the whole time; in 1871, returned to Beaver Dam; during that year was contractor on the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac R. R.; in the spring of 1878, built an elevator at Renville Station, Minn., which he ran one year, when poor health compelled him to leave the business and return home; was Assistant Sergeant-at- Arms for the State General Assembly of 1874, and a member of the General Assembly of 1875; is at present a member of the City Council from the Second Ward. Married, at Fox Lake, in 1851, Miss Emily A. Brower, a native of Rockland Co., N. Y. ; has eight children - Lina, Mary E., Jennie L., Nellie A., Polly D., Valbert. Alfred and Henrietta.

J. S. IwIBSON, farmer; P. 0. Beaver Dam; born in Clifford, Susfjuehanna Co., Penn., April 22, 1825 ; came to Wisconsin in September, 1840, locating at Racine, where he was for two years, engaged in selling the Cole Thrasher, and the Buffalo Pitt's Thrasher; in 1844, he moved to Lowell, Dodge Co., and commenced farming, at first with eighty acres, afterward increasing it to 600 acres; this he continued for twenty-five years, and for about fifteen years of that time was also engaged in selling seeders, thrashers, etc.; in February, 1869, he came to Beaver Dam, and engaged in the agricultural business for seven years, continuing his farming, and has now large farms in Dodge County, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas; is also engaged in raising cranberries in Monroe and Jackson Cos., Wis. ; in 1863, he was Supervisor of Lowell. He married, Dec. 8, 1846, Susan S. Eldred, of Plainfield, Mass.; he has one child - S. E. Gaines.

D. C OOWDEY, editor, Beaver Dam Ari/iis; was born in Newl'^ork City Aug. 3, 1841, and came to Wisconsin May 30, 1846, locating in Beaver Dam ; he received his education in the public schools of Beaver Dam, finishing at Wayland University; Mr. Gowdey has been conne;ted with the following newspapers : Repuhlicaii and iSentinel, Democratic Post, Deniocrrit, Citizen, Horicon Arc/us. Beaver Dam Arffus ; this last paper he, in connection with Mr. B. F. Sherman, bought out and are still publishing at the present writing; in 1866, he was City Clerk of Beaver Dam, and held the office six terms; in 1874, he was member of the Assembly, from Beaver Dam ; in 1878-79, he was Alderman of the Third Ward. Mr. Gowdey married, April 11, 1865, Adaline T. Nelson, of Milton, Vt. ; he has six children - Nelson L. M., Laura A., Hattie A., Margarettc L. and William H. W.; the last not named.

W. C. CirRIFFIS, druggist; born in Chatham, County Kent, Upper Canada, June 14, 1825; he studied with Drs. Pegley & Cross, and graduated in 1846, as physician and druggist, at Montreal College; came to Wisconsin inj 853, locating at Neenah, where he opened a drug store on his own account, and continued the same until 1856 ; he then moved to Appleton, and engaged in general merchandising, which he continued for three years; he then went to Canada, to close up a bankrupt stock for his brotherin-law; in 1S62, he went to Beaver Dam and started the drug business, his present location bein^; on Front street, between Center and Spring, known as the City Drug Store; in 1871, he was elected School Commissioner of the Fourth W'anl. He married, Sept. 10, 184:7, Margaret Aiken, of Canada, who died July 7, 1801 ; he ai;ain married, Sept. 21, 18G3, Charlotte Frost, of England, who died March 17, 1860 ; he asain married, Nov. Ki, 1870, Sarah J. Erwaj', of New York State; he has four children - Martha A,, Orvillc A., Herb.rt A. and Willie J.

T. B. 4irlCIWEL, retired, Beaver D;im ; born in Fannington, Ontario Co., N. Y., June 1(», 1819; came to Wisconsin in 18.i7, locating in Calamus Township, Dodge Co., engairing in farming, which he continued until 187"), when he moved to Beaver Dam, where he died Oct. 10, 1879; while in Calamus, he was Justice of the Peace six years. He was a moraber of the Baptist Church. Married, at Perrington, Monroe Co., N. Y., Jlay 4, 1842, Miss Sarah K. Ca.se, of Perrington, N. Y. ; two children living; widow owns a farm of 150 acres.

<;M<'0RGE C. OUKfX, retired, Beaver Dam ; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., June 6, 1813 ; came to Wiscunsin in June, 1 843; located at Jetferson Township, Jefferson Co., and engaged in farming; in. 1846, came to Dodge Co., and went to farming in Trenton Township ; in 1869, sold his farm of 360 acres, and took in part pay his present residence at Beaver Dam, to which he retired, and where he has since resided. He married, in Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1867, Miss Mary A. Hinckley, a native of Oneida Co., N. Y^. ; ha.s had a fiimily of two daughters, one only living.

JOSEPH HA^IaliER, fanuer. Sec. 36 ; P."0. Beaver Dam ; is a native of Pru.s.sia ; son of Joseph and Mary Hummer ; born in 1838 ; came to Avnerica in 18.53, and settled in the town of Westford, Dodge Co., W^is., where he followed farming until 186S ; in 1366, he bought of his father a firm of 120 acres, in town of Westford, and in two years after, sold that and bought his present farm of UiO acres in Sec. 36, town of Beaver Dam ; he now has 146 acres in that section. Fie married Miss h'rancis, daughter of Geonre and Barbara Goeshl, of Westford, in 1860 ; they have eleven children - -Michael, Albert, Edward, Frank, Francis, George (deceased"), Mc^ry E., Joseph P., Ida B., Anna R, and William G. The familv is connected with the Catholic Church.

MATHIAS HAH.UER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. 0. Beaver Dam; was born in Prussia Aug. 4, 1843 ; at the age of 8, he, with his father's family, came to America and settled on a tarra in the town of Westford, Dodge Co., Wis., where he lived for twenty-two years ; in 1875, he sold a farm of 107 acres, which he owned in that town, and bought his present one of 160 acres in Sec. 8, town of Beaver D.im ; probable value. S.50 per acre. He married Mis^ Augusta, daughter of Valentine and Mary Ptashinski, of W^estford, in 1862, she being a native of Prussia; they have had si.K children - Mary, Joseph, Albert ( deceased*, Johannah, Hannah and Phillip. Mr. and Mrs. Hammer are members of St. Mai-y's Catholic Church.

(wEORCjJE H.ALTj, carpenter; born in Painted Post, Steuben Co., N. Y., Dec. 16, 1824, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 18.i5, locating in Hustisford ; he learned the carpenter trade in Philipsport, N. Y., and afterward engaged in the carpenter business there on his own account, which he continued fi>r .six years. In 185.i, he went to Milwaukee, and hired out to Alanson Sweet & Co., lighthouse builders, and went to Lake Superior to assist in building lighthouses along this lake. In the fall of the same year, he went to Hustisford and entered the carpenter business on his own account; in 18.36, he went to Beaver Dam, and from that time until the present, with the exception of one year, in which he was engaged in the war. he has worked at his tride, his present location being corner Front and Beaver streets. He enlisted during the war, Jan. 4, 1864, in Co. D., 5th W. V. I., Col. Thos. Allan, and was engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Hatcher's Run, Va., near Petersburg, Va , and storming of Petersburg ; he was wounded above and a little back of the right temple in the battle at Spottsylvania; he received his discharge June 13,1865. Mr. Hall married, October, 184(), Jerusha A. Flail, of Coniieiticut. who died Oct. 4, 1878.

JAMES llARLEV, Superintendent Woolen Mills, Beaver Dam; was born in Scotland July 27, 182S, and came to Wisconsin in June, 1869, locating in Beaver Dam ; in Scotland, he was Superintendent of the Devonvale Woolen Mills, running between 4,000 and 5,000 spindles; from Scotland he went to Canada and was there engaged in manufacturing woolen goods on his own account, and after, as Superintendent of Barber Bros.' Woolen Mills ; he then moved to Osweio Falls. N. Y., and was Superintendent of the Oswego Falls Woolen Jlills of that place ; from Oswego Falls he went to Seneca Fall.s, N. Y., and became Superintendent of the Phoenix Woolen Mills, and from there to Syracuse. N. Y., where he was Superintendent of the Syracuse Woolen .Mills ; from Syracuse he moved to Uiica, where he was Superintendent of the Globe Woolen Mills ; then to Maumee City, where 1m wa.s Superintendent and also had an interest in the Washington Woolen Mills, which continued from 1867 to 18GS ; he then moved to Beaver Dam, where he beeomo Superintendent of the Woolen Mills of Chandler, Congdon <fc Co., which position ho now holds. Mr. Harley married, in 1855, Catherine Mcintosh, of Scotland ; he has four children - William A., David, Elizabeth aud James. Mr. anl Mrs Harley are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver Dam.

F. H. HA%VLE Y, music-dealer ; born in Floyd, Oneida Co , N. Y., Jan. 29, 1829 ; came to Wisconsin in May, 1846, locating in Waukesha; he received his early eduoition in Otsego Co. ; in Trcmton, he assisted his father on the farm, and afterward farmed it on his own account for about four or five year.s ; he then went to Steele Co., Minn., and bought 1 20 acres of land which he farm ;d for about, four and a half years ; in the fall of 1 870, he came to Beaver Dam and started in the music business ; is agent for the Smith, Kimball and Shoninger Organs and the Kimball and Hale Pianos; has also a full line of sheet music and music-books; in Trenton, he was Justice of tlic Peace for two years, and also Supervisor; in Minnesota for two years Asse-sor. He married, on March 25, I85I, Cornelia Davis of New York; has five children - Frank, Ethelinda, Frederick, Elmer aud Emerson ; the last two twins. Mrs. Hawley is a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

SILA.S HAWLEY was born in Amherst, Mass., Aug. 15, 1815; his parents were Silas and Elizabetb Marsh H.iwley ; his family are descendants of an English ancestor who early settled in Massaciiusetts ; a brother settled at the same time in Connecticut; Maj. Joseph Hawley, of Northampton, a Titan in the Ilevolutiou in eloquence and prowess, was an immediate ancestor ; with him, according to Bancroft, originated the idea of th; American Republic. He says, Hawhy was the first to discern, through thedarkness, the coming National Govcrnincnt of the Republic even while it still lay far below the horizon ; and he wrote from Watjrtowii, to Samuel Adams : ' The eyes of all the Continent are fastened on your body, to .see whether you act with firmness and intrepidity, with the s|)irit and despatch which your situation calls for ; it is time for your body to fix on periodical annual elections - nay, to form into a Parliament of two Houses.' " - H ist. of U. S., Vol. V I II., p. 1 30. President Hawley, of Cambridge University (though misspelling the name), was also in the ancestral line ; and the family, by marriage, were allied with the Edwards family, of whom President Jonathtui Edwards was the most distinguislied member. The parents of the subject of this sketch moved from Amherst to Floyd, Oneida Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1825 ; to South New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1834; to Waukesha, Wis., in May, 1816, and to Fox Lake in 1847 ; he entered young up )n a course of study with reference to the ministry ; having acquired the rudiments in the common school of his native and adopted States, he studied some five years in the academies of Holland, Patent and Whilesboro, and at the Oneida Collegiate Institute, all in Central New York ; in the latter institution, which had a full college course, he was a few years behind the late Dr. Miter, of this city; he also studied with the Rev. Stephen W. Burrilt, brother of the author of the " Geography of the Heav ens," a Presbyterian Pastor of much ability and devotion ; he was licensed in the spring of 18 55 ; ordained the subsequent year. The principal points of his pastorate have been : Cazenovia, Penn Yan, Vienna, Peekskill, N. Y. ; New Bedford, Mass., Fimd du Lac, Wis., St. Paul, Minn., and one of the beautiful suburbs ot Cincinnati, Ohio. He was married at Jocelyn's Corners, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. 6, 1836, by Rev. John Ingersoll, to Miss Melinda Benedict, youngest daughter of Stephen Benedict, Esq., of Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y., and sister of Hon. Jo.seph Benedict, of Utica, and of 0. M. Benedict, Esq.. long a leading lawyer of the Rochester bar of that State. She was a native of Sherburne; born Dee. 7. 1817. Of this union there were three children - Erskine, born in Cazenovia Nov. 3, 1837 ; died in New Bedford Aug. 19, 1842, in the 5th year of his age; Marietta, now Mrs. L. F. Stafford, of Indianapolis, Ind., born in (Jroton, Mass., Feb. 27, 1841 ; Erskine, second, born in Penn Yan Sept. 11, 1846, now, and for several years, Train- Dispatcher and Superintendent of Telegraph on the I., P. & Chicago Railway, located at Indianapolis. This wife died in Penn Yan, universally lamented, Dec. 23, 1848. He was married the second time, in Pe;in Yan, Jan, 24, 1850, by Rev. W. W. Robinson, to Miss Harriet Joy Reddy, oldest daughter of Leander Reddy, Es(} , who was born in Truuiansburg, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1826. There were two children of this union - Melinda Benedict, now Mrs. D. Royce Drake, of Kansas City, Mo., born in Vienna, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1850 ; Harriet Amelia, born in Fond du Lac Feb. 14, 1857. This second wife died, beloved by all, in Fond du Lao, May 24, 1857. He was married for the third time, in Fond du Lao, May 22, 1860, by Rev. W. H. Marble, to Miss Andalusia Gillett, the younger daughter of Deaeon KirJiland Gillett, who Was born in Arcade, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Oct. 26, 1838. There has been of this union one child - (itrace Brand, born in Fond du Lac Aug. 5, 1866. He was one of the original Abolitionists, having, though a student, taken a decided stand on the subject even before the appearance of Garrison's Liberator ; he was present at the formation of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society in the city of Utiea, forty-five years ago, when the members were driven from the place by a mob, headed by le:iding citizens, and resorted to Peterboro, the home of the lion. Gerrit Smith, pelted with brickbats and addled es;gs the whole distance. In every stage of the grand conflict, he bore an earnest and nnfaltering part. So in kindred reforms. In the late war, too, he was among the most earnest and active. His only son, educated at the semi-military academy at Peekskill, N. Y., entered the service early in the 14th W. V. I., and fought in the ten battles prior to the investment of Vicksburg, beginning with that of Pittsburg Landing ; he was wounded in the left arm at Vicksburg, in the defense of ;« most expo.sed battery, and had to submit to amputation ; his life for weeks was despaired of; and Mr. Hawley himself, then Pastor of Plymouth Church, St. Paul, exerted himself by speech and pen to hurry men to the South, or to the frontiers, to tight the hostile Sioux. Under tlie preaching of a single sermon, Aug. 10, 18G2, eleven young men of his Bible class, with many others, enlisted and went South, or against the hostile Indians - -largely depleting his congregation ; eight of these fell in a single battle with the Sioux. A failure in heakh comjjelled Mr. Hawley to retire from his fine Ciniiionati suburban charge in 1872, after a very successful pastorate of seven years. In the autumn of 187i-!, he located in Beaver Dam; from this period, though avoiding the strain of pastoral life, he has done much evangelistic and reformative labor, as well xs been active with the pen.

J. F. HEXif^LER, butcher, Beiver Dam; was born at Racine, Wis., July 21, 1849; from Racine he moved to Beaver Dam, where he has been engaged in die butcher business ; this was the first market in Beaver Dam. Mr. Hensler is doing a large and profitable business. He married, Oct. 18, 1873, Louisa Rissman, of Herman. Dodtje Co. He has two children - ^Alvin and Alida.

EDIVARD W. farmer. Sec. 26; P.O. Beaver Dam; was born at Minnesota Junction, Dodge Co., Wis., Dec. 25, 1840, and is the son of the early pioneers Samuel and Rebecca Hiuchley ; he soon removed, with parents, to a farm of 90 acres in Sec. 2(), town of Beaver Dam, which has been his home most of the time since, and now owns the farm. In 18(55, he married Miss Julia, daughter of Samuel and Julia AUard, of Beaver Dam, she being a native of Madison Co., N. Y.,but immigrated to Wisconsin in 1855; they have one daughter - Edith. Mr. Hinehley is a member of the Baptist Church. Politically, Mr. H. is a Republican.

J. M. HITCHCOCK, physician; was born in Bernardstown, Franklin Co., Mass., June 5, 1817, and came to Wi<iconsin on May 29, 1855, locating in Beaver Dam; he received his early education in Massachusetts and removed, after his father's death, to Greenfield, Mass., and assisted his uncle on the farm and in his mills for five years ; he then moved to Amherst, Mass., where he learned the shoe business, after which he farmed and ran a custom gristmill ; he then moved to Canastota, X. Y., and worked at his trade ; in 184li, he moved to Centreville, Ohio, and was Superintendent of the shoe-shop of Parker Bros., tanners; in 1845, he went to Unionville, Ohio, and commenced the shoe business on his own account which he continued for ten years ; in 1855, he went to New York and joined the Minnesota Settlement Associatioh and went to Minnesota with them and located in Blue Earth Co., and afterward moved to Beiver Dam. He studied homeopathy under Drs. Rosa & Gatchell, in Little Mountain, Lake Co., Ohio ; he originally commenced the study of medicine in 1846, and continued its study up to 1858, when he commenced tht^ practice of medicine in Beaver Dam. He has been leader of the choir of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam for fifteen years. He married, Oct. 15, 1801, Lucia B. Comstock, of Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt. ; he has two children living - Clara B. and Charles Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock are members of the First Presbyterian Church.

fi. HOIXwMAX, furniture dealer ; born in Massachusetts, Nov. 25, 1824, came to Wisconsin Sept. 22. 1845, locatim; at Beaver Dam ; he received his early education in New Boston, N. H. ; when he came to Beaver Dam he commenced the coopering business and made the first tight barrel that was made in Beaver Dam ; on Jan. 1, 1854, he farmed fifty acres of land located in Beaver Dam, and in 1870, started a lumber-yard which he continued until 1874, when he went to Colorado, in the furniture business, for one and one-half years ; he then returned to Beaver Dam, and on June 1, 1877, commenced the furniture business on Front street, between Center and Spring streets, dealing in bedroom sets and other hues of furniture, and paper hangings, and frames ; he has also the best facilities for underlaking. He married^. Sept. G, 1859, Harriet E. Taylor, of New York, and has three children - Sarah, Reed T. and Belle. Mrs. Hod'.;man is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Hodgman of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. B. IIOPKIXS, dealer in lightning rods; was born in Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., Sept. 11, 18'{0, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1S54, locating at Mineral Point; he received his early education in Dundee, Yates Co. ; was engaged, at this place, in the harness business and in baying and shipping stock ; ia 1854, he built four miles of the Mineral Point k. Warren R. R., between Warren and Darlington, after which he engaged in the lightning-rod business; in 185Gj he moved to Prairie du Sac, where, for eight years, he engaged in the lightning-rod and lumber business, and was also in the giain and stot;k business in oonnectiou with a general store, assoCiated with S. S. Wilkinson under the firm name of Hopkins & Wilkinson; in 1864, he moved to Beaver Dam, and since that time he has been exclusively in the lightning-rod business ; dealing in the old Franklyn solid iron rod, which rod was adopted by the World's Scientific Convention as being the standard rod ; he ilso kept the Stevens House at Beaver Dim, and is engaged in farming in Beaver Dam Township, where he has two farms, one of 200 acres and one of 40 acres, adjoining the city limits. Mr. Hopkins was Constable and afterward Deputy Sheriff of Sauk County for four years ; is School Commissioner of the First Ward, Beaver Dam. He married Aug. 28, 1853; has two children - Rose Ann and Emory Elmore.

li. E. HO\T, miller, Beaver Dam; was born in Beaver Dam Oct. 18, 1853 ; from there he moved to Milwaukee, then back to Manchester, thence to Watertown, Wis., and from there to Chicago, where he finished his education, and, in 18GS, returned to Beaver Dam. He then opened a general store in Manchester in connection with his brother and cousin, under the firm name of E. L. Hoyt & Co., which he continued for three years ; he then returned to Beaver Dam and kept the books and superintended the Beaver Dam Flouring-Mill, and, in 1874, was admitted as partner with his father, under the firm name of E. R. Hoyt & Son, which firm manufacture flour on a large scale.

THOMAS HUCJHES, editor and proprietor of the Dodge County Oitisen, Beaver Dam ; was born in Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec, Aug. 25, 1841, and came to Wisconsin in June, 1847, locating in Beaver Dam. In 1856, he learned his trade with the proprietor of the Dodge County Citizen, M. Cullaton ; from 1859 to 1862, worked on Beaver Dam and Madison papers; in 1862, he bought out the interest of Mr. G. H. Wells in the paper, and admitted into partnership Mr. H. A. Reid, which continued for sis years, when he bought out Mr. Reid and ran it alone for one year; he then admitted Mr. S. B. Allen, and this firm, Hughes & Allen, ran it for between six and seven years, when Mr. Allen retired and Mr. Hughes became .sole proprietor, in which he has continued up to the present writing. Mr. Huglies was City Clerk of Beaver Dam for two terms, and was School Commissioner of Thii'd Ward one year. He married, in June, 1870, May L. nnmbriii:ht, of Oak Grove; he has one child - Myrtie May.

REV. <iJEOR<iE'F. HUNTING, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam, was born in Milton, Chittenden Co., Vt., April 2-i, 1836, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1870, locating in Kilbourn City. He received a common school education at Milton, and went to the Castleton Seminary, in Vermont, where he prepared for college; he graduated in 1860 at the Burlington College, Vermont; in 1860. he moved to Edward's Mine, Lake Co., and was employed two years keeping books for the Edward's Mine Camp; here he commenced talking to the miners on religious subjects; he was licensed to preach the Gospel, in the spring of 1 871, by the Presbyterian Synod of Wisconsin and ordained before the Presbytery at Lodi, Wis., after which, he went to Kilbourn City as Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, where he remained six years ; he then took charge of the First Congregational Church at Sparta, Monroe Co., Wis., and remained two years, when he went to Beaver Dam, Nov. 1, 1879. and became Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church there. Mr. Hunting enlisted during the late war, Nov. 30, 1861, in the 12th U. S. I., and attached to a permanent recruiting party, under Lieut. J. W. Jones, at Burlingtdn, Vt., until the spring of 1862, when he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the 3d Artillery and ordered to Alcatraz Lsland, Cal.; after remaining there two and a half years, he was promoted to a First Lieutenancy and ordered to Washington to man the defenses at that place; in 1867, he was ordered to Hilton Head, S. C, where he remained .sis months and was ordered to Columbia, S. C; he then obtained a six-months leave of absence and resigned in the following September. Mr. Hunting married, Aug. 8, 1860, Frances A Maynard, of Castleton, Rutland Co., Vt. ; he has four children living - Berenice, Mary Olive, Henry Gardner and Merrill Maynard. Mr. and Mrs. Hunting are members of the First Presbyterian Church.

PROF. A. S. HUTCHENS, retired, Beaver Dam ; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1817, and came to Wisconsin April 1, 1855, locating in Walworth Co. In 1837, he went to the Dennison University, and, after graduating, taught the Latin and Greek languages there ; in January, 1849, he went to the Norwalk Academy. Ohio, as Professor of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German and Mathematics, the late Gen. McPhcrson, of the U. S. Army, being one of his scholars at that time ; in 1855, he went to farming for two years ; in 1857, he connected himself with the Wayland University. Prof. Hutchens married, Bee. 1 1 , 1844, Henrietta B. Avery, of Granville, Ohio ; he has two children - -Frank A. and Dora. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchens are members of the Baptist Church.

ED. JOHNSON, biicklayer and plasterer, Beaver Dam ; born in Columbia Co., Penn., Aug. 28, 1847; came to Wisconsin wiTli his father and family and settled in Beaver Dam Township; in 1855, moved to tho city of Beaver Dam ; in 18()4, ho wont sailinj!; on the hikes ; March 27, 1865, he enlisted in tiie 48th W. V. [.. and was mustered out March '.W, 18(50, and returned to Beaver Dam and went to learning his trade; having learned his trade, ho went to work on the Masonic Hall, and has done work on nearly all the principal business blocks in the city ; also on the Music Hall and Catholic Church.

REV. THO.HAS S. .lOHXSOX, Pastor of the Assembly Presbyterian Church. Beaver Dam ; is a son of the llov. Baker and h^lecta Johnson, a Presbyterian minister, now of Oxford, Wis.; he was born at Greeneville, N. Y., in February, 183!) ; his e-arly education was in the Academy of Newton, N. J.; after which he completed his collegiate studies at Carroll C.)llege in 18()0, and his preparation for the work of the ministry in the Theological Seminary of Princeton, N. J., where he graduated Dec. 7, 1864. From December, 1804, to December, 1806, he was Chaplain of the 127th U. S. C. T. and the 36th U. S. C. T., serving one year in each. In January, 1867, he returned to his home at Oxford, Wis., whither his parent,s removed in '855; remaining here a short time, he was called to the Assembly Presbyterian Church of Beaver Da n, of which he has since been Pastor. He has been an o icasional contributnr to the /-Jucnim/ Wisconsin and the New York Observer. >

H. N. JUSTICE, dealer in horses, Beaver Dam; born in Chenango Co.. N. Y., Nov. 19, 1823; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, locating in Waukesha Township (then Prairievillc); in November, 1845, became to Beaver Dam and engaged in keeping livery; started the first livery stable in Beaver Dam; in 1853, he went into the mercantile Ijusiness with Mr. Booth, which he continued two years; in 1863, he gave up the livery business and went into his present business. He was Town Treasurer in 1853-54. He married, at Beaver Dam, in 185(1, Miss Almenia Yates, a native of New York State. He owns seventy acres near the city.

COXitAD KELLER, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Beaver Dam; is a son of John and Johannetta Keller ; born in Prussia in February, 1839 ; he spent his early life with his father on a farm, and in June, 1858, he, with his father's family, sailed for America and reached Watertown, Wis., in the following .Vugust ; they settled for a short time in Portland, Dodge Co., but in November removed to the town of Beaver Dam, where his father hought a farm of 110 acres in Sec. 23, which has since been their home; in 1808, Conrad bought frpm his father, and now owns 240 acres in Sec. 23, Beaver Dam. He married Miss Cath irine, daughter of Conrad and Catharine Keller, of the town of Trenton, Dodge Co., Wis., in October, 1808 ; they have had three children - Conrad. Jr. (deceased), John C. anl T. S. Mr. Keller was a member of the Town Board during 1809-70, and in 1879 was elected Chairman of the Board. Democrat.

MICHAEL ROLLER, farmer, Sees. 17 and 18 ; P. O. Beaver Dam; is a native of Ozaukee Co., Wis.; born in March, 1850; his parents, Joseph and Catharine KoUer, were natives of Bavaria, but emigrated to Wisconsin in 1848, settling first in Washington, now Ozaukee County, and in 1804 r, moved to Sheboygan County, Wis., where his father owned a farm of ninety acres ; in 1870, they removed to the town of Beaver Dam and bought a farm of 114 acres in Sees. 17 and 18, and in one year aftr-r Michai'l bought it of his father. In February, 1877, he married Miss Mary A., daughter of Michael and Mary Ann Haimerl, of Beaver Dam ; they have one son - Frank Joseph. They are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church.

HEiniAN KOCH, flirmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Beaver Dam; is a native of Germany; born June 12, 1841; in August, 1851, he, with his parents. Albert and Amelia Koch, came to America and settled in tiic town of Chester, Dodge Co., Wis., on a farm, in September fillowing; two years after, they removed to the town of Burnett, Dodije Co., which was their home till 1808; then to the town of Trenton for six years ; in 1874 he bought his present farm of eighty acres in Sec. 23, town of Beaver Dam ; rebuilt the house and made other improvements, till now he has a commodious home. He is a member of the Town Board of Supervisors ; has been Clerk of School District No. 0 for several terms. Jan. 3, 1809, he married Miss Amelia, daughter of August and Elizabeth Hanf, of the town of Beaver Dam ; they have three children - Ella, Robert and Arthur. iMr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Lutheran Church.

HEXRV W. l.iA]VnER, lawyer, Beaver Dam; was born in Brighton, Somerset Co., Me., Nov. 8, 1820, and came to Wisconsin Sept. 24. 1849-, locating at Juneau. Mr. Lander moved from Brighton to Juneau, where he was? employed as Deputy Clerk until 1852, when ho moved to Beaver Dam, where he commenced the practice of law, in which he is now engaged. lie has held the following oflSces : In 1857, was Mayor of Beaver Dam, and at later dates for four terms; in 1807-08, was a member of the State Senate from Beaver Dam; on April 6, 1872, was appointed Comini.ssioner of the United States C<'urt, and on March 5, 1871, as Circuit Court Commissioner, both of which positions he now holds; in 1873, he took a general tour of observation over Europe ; in 1 863-64, was District Attorney (or Dodge Co., and is now City Attorney of Boaver Dam, and for several years was one of the Trustees of the Wayland U niversity, of Beaver Dam. Mr. Lander married, July 24, 1855, Elizabeth E. Spaulding, of Norridgewock, Maine; he has two children living - Henry B. and Dana S.

S. P. K. L.EWIS, miller, Beaver Dam; was born in Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y., Sept. 22, 1821, and came to Wisconsin June H, 1847, locating at Waukesha. In Champlain he was clerk in a general store ; from Champlain he moved to Waukesha and continued clerking; from there he moved to Beaver Dam, where, in connection with Mr. Bean, he started a general store, under the firm name of S. P. K. Lewis & Co.; this he continued for five years ; he then, in connection with Mr. Stewart, built a woolen-mill and flouriug-mill and has been in the milling business since that time; he i-i the manufacturer of the celebrated brands of flour - '"The Empire" and the "Gold Chop." In 1873-74, he was Mayor of Beaver Dam, holding the office for two terms; in 1857, he was Alderman of the Second Ward; in 1869, he was a member of the School Board, and. in 1849, was Justice of the Peace for Beaver Danj, and also, in the same year, Town Treasurer. Mr. Lewis mirried, May 26, 1847, Sarah A. Higbee, of Burlington, Vt.; he has five children - Anna A., Warren H., Fred S., Elbridge E. and Jennie S.

J. F. MoCIjURE. physician, Beaver Dam ; born in Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt., Jan. 6, 1824, and came to Wisconsin in the flill of 1855, locating at Beaver Dam. He received his literary educitim at the Chelsea Academy, and completed his medical education at the Vermont Medical College, graduiting in June. 1847 ; he practiced his profession in Chelsea from 1847 to 1855, when he moved to Beaver Dam and has been practicing up to the present time with remarkable success. Dr. McClure has held the office of Superintendent of Public Schools for four (jr five years in the city of Beaver Dam ; was also Alderman of the Third Ward for one term ; in 1867, he received and now holds the position of Pension Surgeon of Dodge Co. for the U. S. Government, and was on the Board of Enrollment during the second draft for troops in the late war; he was also Volunteer Surgeon in the army, and went to Na.shville, Tenn., to render medical service to the troops at that place. Dr. MeClure married, in 1851, Eunice S. Denison, of Koyalton, Vt. Mrs. JlcClure is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

E. C jflcFETRIDGE, woolen manufacturer, Beaver Dam ; was born in Rochester, N. Y., April 15, 18H6, and came to Wisconsin in November, 1858, locating in Beaver Dam. From Rochester he came to Beaver Dam and practiced law with A. Scott Sloan until 1864 ; then, in connection with his brother, J. A. McFetridge, built the Beaver Dam Woolen-Mills, in which he still controls an active interest. Mr. McFetridge was Superintendent of the Schools of Beaver Dam for two years, and also one of the Board of Supervisors for one term; in 1870, he was Mayor of Beaver Dam: was (;<junty Treasurer two years in 1871-72 ; in 1878, he was elected member of the Assembly for the Fourth (Dodge Co.) District, and w;is appointed during that year one of the Committee on Revised Statutes; in 1878, he was elected State Senator for two years, representing the Thirteenth Senatorial District, which office he now holds ; in 1872, he was one of the Presidential Electors from Wisconsin on the Republican ticket, which elected Gen. U. S. Grant to the Presidency. Mr. McFetridge married, in October, 1861, Frances A. Blanchard, of Michigan ; he has one child living - John Charles.

DUNCAX ^VleillLLAN, retired farmer, Bsaver Dam ; born in Nova Scotia, near Lochaber Lake, ()ct. 10, 1814; came to America in 1845, and to Wisconsin the same year, locating in Calamus Township, Dodge Co., where he engaged in farming, which he followed until 1877, when he rented his farm and purchased a residence in the city of Beaver Dam, to which he moved and retired from active pursuits. Married, in Nova Scotia, in 1839, Miss Mary McMillan, of that place, who died Sept. 8, 1872. Married the second time, in Nova Scotia, Aug. 26; 1874, Miss Mary Cameron, also a native of that place, who was born May 8, 1835 ; has seven children living, two having died ; those living are Mary, William, Alexander, Alfred, l^annie, Euphemia and Sarah ; those dead are Malcolm and Daniel.

J. W. McNITT, retired; Beaver Dam ; born in Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y., June 21, 1806; came to Wisconsin in 1845; located on Dunning Prairie, then Beaver Dam Township; engaged in farming, and carried on a nursery for a few years ; in 1865, moved to Beaver Dam, where he has since resided; in 1874, he sold his farm; in 1848, he drew up a petition, and circulated the same, for a Territorial road from Beaver Dam to Decora ; having been successful, he assisted in building the road. He was the first Assessor of the township of Westford ; was Ju.stice of the Peace fifteen years ; was Supervisor several years, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors one year : was Town Treasurer three terms; was Town Superintendent of Schools two or three terms. Married in Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y., March 18, 1830, Miss Julia Chamberlain, a native of Jefi'erson Co., N. Y.; has had a family of six children, two still living, both sons, who entered the army during the late war ; they are Henry and Albert C.

.I>AVinMoQrEEiV.(l»rmer;P.O.BciivfirDam; borninHarlfurd,SteubenCo.,N.Y, March20, 1831 ; son of \Vm. .MiQuocn,' wlio was from Delaware Co., N. Y.; his lather came from Scotland at an early date ; William and family came to Wisconsin and settled in Beaver Dam and Oak Grove in 1845. David now has 280 acres under good cultivation, and all improvements ; he has a competency through' his hard work and industry. Married, July 4, 1858, Harriet Wells, diiughter of Stephen Wells, an old an respected settler in Oak drove. Mr. McQueen is a natural mechanic and blacksmith, and is a member of the Masonic and Odd Follows' Fraternities. Mrs. McQueen pays particular attention to the cultivation of flowers, and has the largest and finest collection of plants in the vicinity. A brother, Andrew McQueen, has a fine farm in Oak Grove adjoining; another brother, George, h;is a largo and well-kept I'arm in Section ;!ll.

JOII\ MABjOXE, grocer, Beaver Dam ; was born in County Clare, Ireland, June 24, 1828, and came to Wisconsin April 1 4, 1852, locating at Beaver Dam ; in New York he engaged in the grocery business for three years, and also farmed awhile ; in 1852, he came to Beaver Dam and started a grocery and saloon, he continued until 1802, when he was burned out, losing about §8,000, having no insurance. In 1863, he commenced making brick, and furnished brick for most of the buildings now standing in Beaver Dam ; he continued this business eight years, and then entered the auction business in Beaver Dam and neiiriiboring towns; this he followed for five years. In 1876, he again commenced the grocery business, which he has continued since. Mr. Malone, when he came to the United States, had no money, and has made his way in the world by his own exertions ; is essentially it self-made man. During the war, he had a commission from Gov. R.indall as Lieutenant, and assisted in raising Co. A, 17th W. V. I.; he was Constable of Beaver Dam about eight years ; he was Deputy Sheriff under C. Germain for three years ; was also Supervisor of th'; town of Beaver Dam for one year. He married, March 4, 1851, Mary McCabe, of County Cavan, Ireland ; has eleven children - Ellen, James, Hannah Maria, John J., Patrick Henry, Catherine Elizabeth, Michael Ah^xander, Mary A., George Francis, Daniel William and Rose Ann. Mr. and Jlrs. Malone arc members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

REV. R. E. M.4X\INCjr, Assistant I'rincipal of Wayland Institute, Beaver Dam ; was born in Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., March 31, 1840, and came to Wisconsin Feb. 28, 1874, locating at Beaver Dam ; from Penfield, he moved to Salem, Mich., and assisted his father in farming, and attended the district school until 17 years of age, when he went to the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, and after to Kalamazoo College, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; from there he went to the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, at Chicago ; he graduated at the college in 1872, and from the seminary in 1874 ; he then moved to Beaver Dam, and accepted a call from the Bajitist Church at that place, and continued preaching until Nov. 1,1877; on June 29, 1877, he was appointed Assistant Principal of the Wayland Institute, which position he now holds; in 1866, he was Scliool Inspector of the town of Salem, Mich. He enlisted in the army July 22, 18(i2, in Co. B, 20th Mich. V. I., Col. A. A. Williams, and was in between ten and twelve battles, mostly in Virginia; he was taken prisoner May 12, 1864, and placed in Andersonville, G^a., until September, 18l>4, when he was removed to Florence Prison, in South Carolina, and released Dec. 6, 1864; he received his discharge in June, 1S65. Mr. .Manning married, July 22, 1862, Sarah Cook, of Salem, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Manning are members of the Baptist Church at Beaver Dam.

IjIXI^S .harsh, retired, Beaver Dam ; born Jan. 14, 1812; came to Wiscon.sin in 1854; located in Trenton, Dodge Co.; went to farming, which he continued until 1871, when he sold his farm of 107 acres, and purchased a residence in the city, to which he retired. Married, at New Fane, Vt , 1840, Miss Lucinda ."Salisbury, a nativ? of Vermont ; have had one child, who died.

JACOB MARTIX, saloon, Beaver Dam ; was born in Pferdsfeldt, Province of Rhine, Prussia, July 25, 182iJ, and came to Wisconsin in May, 1849, locating in Jackson, Washington Co,; was engaged in larminL.' and cutting timber in Prussia; he moved to Dodge Co., and engaged in farming for ten years ; then to Olmsted Co., Minn., where he farmed, after which he returned to Dodge Co., and rail the Drake Mill on his own account for one year ; he then opened a cooper-shop, and afterward .started a saloon, which, together with a farm, he has been running for the past twelve years. Mr. Martiu has been Alderman of the First Ward for three terms. He married, Jan. 9, 1853, Loui.sa Gracsslc, of Ohio, who died Feb. 17, 1865. He was again married. May 19, 1866, to .Mary A. Schutte, of Utica, N. Y. ; he has five children - Jacob, Caroline, Rosa Matilda, Litta Lizzie and Laura.

WILLIAM HEKwK, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. O. Beaver Dam ; is a native of Bro..me Co., N. Y.; is the son of William and Catherine Meigs ; born in July, 1809 ; he received a common school education, after which he devoti'd his time to farming and lumbi'rin^ in York State, till 1851 ; he then emigrated to Fox Lake, Dodge Co., Wis., and there followed farming till 1863; he gave up farming at that time, removed to Beaver Dam, and Wiis for two years employed by Mr. Hudgmanin the lumber-yard. In 1865, he bought u farm of forty acres, in Section 22, town of Beaver Dam, which lias since been his home. In 1830, he married Miss Julia, daughter of Joel Austin, of York State, by whom he had two children - Katie (now Mrs. William Lawrence, of Beaver Dam"), and Albert (now of Tennessee). Mrs. Meigs died Feb. II, 1860. Dec. 24, 1863, he married Miss Maliitable, daughter of Hiram and Sarah Stevens, of Beaver Dam; they have one son - Xewell M. Mrs. M. is a member of the M E. Church.

REV. JOHIV J. MITER, D. D., son of Thomas and Eleinor Miter; was born in Lansingburg, N. Y., March 20. 1809; upon the death of his father, when he was but 13 years of age, his mother secured him a position as cabin-boy on his elder brother's sloop, which plied between Troy and New York (Jity, on the Hudson River; his mother dying, two years later, he continued sailing for three more seasons ; possessing a native elevation of mind and an enthusiastic, sensitive temperament, who can estimate the unconscious influence upon him of the solemnity and tender beauty of the summer nights, as, during his " watch," he steered the vessel under the guidance of the old north stxr - with thoughts raised to his sainted parents, whose souls were reveling above in eternal light - in sublimating his ihoujihts, and in enabling him more readily to apprehend the sublimity and authority of the Hebrew books, and to love the calm, pure Christ, whose life was so full of strength and love, of sweetness and light, for he was soon born again," in that remarkable revival at Troy, in 1826-27, when Dr. Beman, the Pastor, aided by the evangelists Nash, Finney and Kirk, preached with such power and fervor that 500 were counted as the fruit in that congregation alone. Mr. Miter's ability in prayer first attracted the attention of Dr. Robbins, a wealthy physician, who became so much interested in him that he oft'ered to give him any pecuniary aid he might need if he would begin a course of study preparatory for the ministry ; feeling ''that it was the call of (Jod," he at once entered Oneida Institute, and, at the end of four years, joined the notable first class of forty-three under Dr. Beechor and Prof Stowe, in Lane Theological Seminary, just estab ished at Cincinnati; but, toward the close of the first year, an issue arose between the Faculty and the students on the ground of anti-slavery discussion ; it was " the time of awakening" for the American intellect, aftd of the emancipation of the American mind from the authority of the English in letters and criticism ; it was the renaissance not only in literature, but in relisiion, sociology and politics ; young men are naturally radicals and agitators, and, at such a time of intellectual and political ferment - when Channing was in the pulpit and Webster at the forum - young men of deep convi-tions of right and justice would not submit to any restrictions upon free debate ; con.sequcntly, twenty-two of that class, including Mr. Miter, withdrew from the Seminary. Mr. Miter soon afterward joined a class formed at Troy by Drs. Beman and Kirk, and thus finished his studies in what proved the germ of the Union Theological Seminary of New York. About the time that he was licensed to preach, he attended the first Anti-Slavery Convention, which convened at Utica, N. Y., in the fall of 1835, and one with that nobly courageous body of pioneer reformers, was mobbed, egsed and compelled to resort to Pcterboro, the home of the Hon. Gerrit Smith, thirty miles distant. He came West in 1837, and, after supplying, temporarily, several pulpits in and about Chicago, finally accepted a call from Knoxville, III.; after laborins; there for two years, he returned East for a helpmeet, and was married to Elizabeth D. Ayers, at Grlenville, N. Y., June 8. 1810 ; she wa.s a descendant of the Beekmans, one of the old aristocratic families of New York City, and a graduate of Emiua Willard's well-known Female Seminary ; being in full .sympathy with him in his work, she proved his cflBcient. faithful and devoted helper for thirty-five years. He received a call from Plymnuth Cluirch, then organizing in Milwaukee, in June, 1841, but declined ; they were importunate, and, one day in the fall, he was surprised at the arrival of two Milwaukee brothers, with their teams, who told him that they " had come for him ;" though his wife was then an invalid, when her sister at length sided with the strangers, he decided to go ; the next day, as he says, " all my effects were loaded in one wagon, my wife was laid on a bed in the other, and thus we undertook a journey of 233 miles over the wild prairies of Illinois and Wisconsin to Milwaukee;" here he commenced preachint;' in November, 1841, on the second floor of a building on the northeast corner of Spring and West Water streets, to a Congregation d organization of but eighteen members ; he left this field, after fifteen years of severe and successful labor, owing to failure of health ; his charge, in the mean time, had grown to a membership of 523, were worshiping in the substantial edifice (which was an elegant structure for those days), still occupied by them, on Milwaukee street, were free from debt, and had attained an influence which was felt as a power throughout the State. The teaching and preaching of Dr. Beman, that intellectual giant and master reasoner - whom he admired and reverenced - had so thrilled and impressed him, and his sense of personal responsibility was .so great, that his public efforts in Milwaukee were remarkable for their logically exact, clear and powerful argumentation, for their intense earnestness and impressive, persuasive eloquence. If was chiefly through the solicitations of Henry Finch and Judge Rose, while he was looking for a congenial rural retreat, where he might escape from the lake winds, that he came to Beaver Dam, " prospecting," in March, 1856 ; having passed throuj^h tlio county frequently sinoe 1849, over the old, and then thronged stage route - which, striking north i'roni AVatcrtown. in this county, through Oak Grove, past HylanJ and Burgit Corners and the Buck Horn Tavern, wound across the prairies to the valley of tiie Fox - he knew the attractiveness of the environment, and the delightful drives he could make from Beaver Dam tiirough the park-like "oak openings '' and charming prairies; thus the beauty and fertility of this region, togetlicr wuli the encriiy and enterprise manifested by the citizens, decided him to locate here, and he returned with his family the following May. He speedily and heartily identitied himself not only with the spiritual, but with the material development and growth of the city and country. His connection with the First I'resbyteriau Church, whose pulpit he supplied from 185G to 18()4, was indefinite during most of that time, for he hoped, if he regained his vigor, to work in a larger sphere ; but his nervous and vital energy was impaired more than he at first suspected, and, when he was satisfied that his system would never fully recover its former tone, he accepted this charge, and was installed July 20, 18tJ4. So broad was the range of his sympathy, so great his power of adaptability, so genial, consistent and - though unobtrusive - so persuasive his life, that it attracted and secured the respectful attention, and the hel]>, not only of professional men, merchants and manufacturers, but of the laboring class, and many of the best farmers round about ; for, while he rejoiced to see the plow extending its sway over the wild sward, he also earnestly desired to see the Sabbath establishing its serenity over the fields. An Anti-Slavery man, when, with a few stalwart souls, he braved martyrdom in its cause, he lived to see the North standing solidly against slave-holdeis and treason ; his brave, patriotic heart was aroused by his country's danger, and his enthusiastic speeches inflamed the patriotism of his townsmen and incited them to bravery and self denial ; his sermons and speeches in this cause of humanity, justice, authority and truth not only aroused and cheered the despondent in hours of defeat and depression - like trumpet-calls to rally once again - but were instrumental in creating a public sentiment which Lincoln awaited for to sustain him in the issuing of his immortal Emancipation Proclamation - that memorable death-stroke to slavery. As a pulpit orator he had few superiors ; calm, dignified, earnest - often intensely so - and impassioned, his magnetic power and " rare eloquence " enchained and impressed his audience. As his strength, physically, slowly but steadily declined, his intellect worked more actively and easily ; he had never suffered rust to gather on his faculties, and he kept up readily with tho advance of thought and scientific criticism, and met all the arguments of the materialists with his clear, ]iowcrful reason. His good judgment in building, his refined taste shown in the planting of ornamental .shrubs and trees, and in the loving care of flowers, are seen reflected in and about many of the beautiful and attractive homes of this city, and also in the inception and the laying-out and adorning of that 'beautiful, lovable and peaceful resting-place of the dead - Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. L. Hawley, who claims the same Alma Muter, says of him, in a tribute to his memory on the first anniversary of his death. May 5, 1870: "A Pastor here for about twenty years, he had largely grown up with the place, and had molded it as no other had. There was not an interest he did not care for ; his plastic hand was seen everywhere, molding things to order and to virtue ; it was in the municipal afl'airs of the city, in its school.'!, in its business relations, and pre-eminently in its religious, moral and benevolent institutions. The aesthetic element was just as prominent in him. He had a woman's love of flowers, and this ajsthetic property gave a charm to all his public performances, and notably to his prayers. Great, then, was the loss to this community ; every circle, every class, every interest, felt the stroke when Dr. Miter died"

WILIilAM J. ^IITER, Beaver Dam, son of Rev. J. J. Miter, deceased, was born in Milwaukee May 1(1, 1845; came with his parents to Beaver Dam in 1856; he was educated at the Beaver Dam Hiuh School, and Wayland University, of this place; learned the wholesale dry-goods business with James Bonnell, of Milwaukee; afterward, he was for four years book-keeper for the well-known firm of Sexton Bros, k Co., of Milwaukee Oct. 3(1, 1868, he was married, in Milwaukee, to Miss Mary K. Colby, who died at Minneapolis Jan. 28, 1879, leaving three daughters - Bessie, Ethel and Fannie; the wife of Rev. J. J. Miter died in Beaver Dam April 22, 1878 ; the family now consists of Wm. J., Mary L. (now Mrs. G. S. Hawley, of Watertown, Wis.), Henry B. (at present one of the Professors of Kipcni College I, Fannie I. and John C.

ABKA)I D. MOB, of the firm of Grobman & Moe, dealers in musical instrument's; the popular Sohmer Bros, piano, manufactured in New York, is sold by this firm ; they also sell the Taber organ, made at Worce.-ter, Mass., and the A. B. Chase organ, manufiictured at Norwalk, Ohio ; they make the inslrumentt mentioned a specially, although tliey deal in other instruments and musical merchandise. Mr. Moe was born in Farmerville, Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 16, 1835 ; when he was about G years of age, his parents removed to Racine Co., Wis., where they resided for four years, in what is now the town of Caledonia ; they came to the head of Green Lake, in what is now the town of Princeton ; the subject of this sketch residt'd there, and in the village of Princeton, until 1S()7, then moved to Lowell, Dodge Co. ; after six years' residence at the latter place, he csme to Beaver Dam, where he has since lived ; at the age of 21 years, he commenced leaching in the public schools of Wisconsin, at the same time he began to teach vocal music, and conducted singing schools for many years ; in fact, until his removal to Beaver Dam, he devoted his entire attention to teaching - except during the time he was in the army. He enlisted in Co. F, l^6th W. V. I., in February, 1864 ; mustered out in July, ISGS. For the last six years Mr. Moe has been engaged in selling musical instruments. He was married, in Oak Grove, Dodge Co , Wis., Nov. 10, 1861, to Miss Adelia Cook ; she was burn in Cayuga Co., N. Y. ; two children - Arthur D. and Harry.

H. C NICOIjAUS, manufacturer of cigars, Beaver Dam, was born at Mequon River, Wis., Feb. 2, 1849 ; he received his early educution there, and assisted his father on the farm ; in 1867, he came to Beaver Dam; Mr. Nicolaus le^irned his trade of cigar-maker in Milwaukee, and, in 1869, commenced the manufacture of cigars on his own account in Beaver Dam, and has continued tliis busine.ss up to the present writing. He married, Nov. 13, 1873, Angeline Dusell, of Beaver Dam ; he has three children living - Clara, Carl and Albert.

CJ. H. XOYES, fiirmer, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Beaver Dam ; is a son of S. N. and Mary A. Noyes, early immigrants to ]>odge Co., his father coming in 1844, and his mother in 1846; G. H. was born in Beaver Dam in 1852; was educated in the public schools, and has since devoted his time to farming; he now owns a farm of 94 acres in Sec. 34, within the city limits of Beaver Dam. In 1873, he married Miss Fannie, daughter of Samuel and Fannie Sunderland, and a native of England ; they have three children - Raymond A., Oliver W. and Mabel A. Mr. and Mrs. Noyes are members of the Assembly Presbyterian Church.

ALVIN F". ORDWAY, millwright, manufacturer of and dealer in mill-furnishing machinery, etc., Beaver Dam; born in Bradford, Orange Co., Vt., Oct. 3, 1833; came to Wisconsin about twentyfive years ago, having been engaged for a few years prior to that time in the construction of mills in the Eastern States; since he came West, he has been extensively engaged in the same business, being one of the best-known men in his department of work in the entire West. He was married in Milwaukee, Dec. 7, 1857, to Miss Ellen Maher, a native of Derby Line, Orleans Co., Vt. ; they have three sons - ^Guy M , Eddie A. -and Bennio F. ; Mr. Ordway located in Beaver Dam in the spring of 1858.

PRlNI>LFi PAKTKlIXiJE. farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Beaver Dam ; is a son of Reuben and Diadamia Partridge; born in E<sex Co., N. Y., in 1820, and lived tlure with his parents until about 35 years of age ; in 1854, he, with his wife and three children, started via Ohio, where they spent the winter with relatives, for Wisconsin, where they arrived in the spring of 1855 ; they first settled in Sauk Co., and made that their home for five years; thiy next moved to Richland Co., Wis., where he followed faiming for three years; in 1863, he purchased the Roxy Hiye farm of forty acres, in Sec. 35, town of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., which has since been their home. Sept. 17, 1846, he married Miss Lucinda, daughter of Seth and Olive Bunnell, she being a native of Clareuiont, N- H. ; they have had three children - Caroline (deceased), Alonzo P. (who married Miss Annie Holister, of Beaver Dam, and has two children - Royal A. and Arthur S.) and Lucretia, now of ^Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge were among the seven original members of the Arlington M. E. Circuit of Sauk Co., Wis.

C PERKY, nurseryman, Beaver Dam; born in Columbia Co., Penn., March 15, 1830; came to Wisconsin May 22, 1854, locating at Beaver Dam ; he received his early education in Columbia Co. ; he leased his father's firm, in that county, and farmed for four years, after which he came to Beaver Dam and engaged with Mr. Gould as Superintendent of his nur.scry ; in this position he remained seventeen years ; after Mr. Gould's death, the heirs ran it for awhile, when Mr. Perry bought out the heirs, one at a time, until he now controls the whole nur.scry, which is still known as the Gould Nursery, and carries a full line of nursery stock and greenhouse plants. He married, Nov. 10, 1850, Mary R. Home, of New Jersey, who died in April, 1861. He again married, in October, 1862, Mary E. Robbins, of Maine ; he has five children - Harriet E., Frank W., Eugene, Charles and Kate. Mr. and Mrs. Perry are members of the Baptist Church.

JOHX P.O. Beaver Dam ; isanativeof Monmouth.-^hire, England; is the sun of Henry and Mary Pritchard, born in 1827: in 1853, he came to America and settled in the city of Beaver Dam for one year, then worked Messrs. Geoggele & Brecher's farm fur five years; in 1863, he returned to England and stayed two years; in May, 1865, he came again to Beaver Dam and bought a farm of 190 acres, in Sections 5 and 6, town of Beaver Dam, which has since been his home. In England, in 1863, he married Miss Annie, daughtcT of J. Recs and Jane Jones, of Monmouthshire; they had one daught(r - Elizabeth M., now in England. "Mrs. Pritchard died in England in 1866. In July, 1868, he married Mrs. Catherine, widow of Dr. Melhoron, of Beaver Dam; they have one son - William. They are members of the First Presbyttrian Church.

WILLIAM VOOKHKKS PERRY, Beaver Dam; was born May 25, 1831, in the town of Lysanckr, county of Onondapi, Ntiw York ; at 1 year of age, he was rcmovcil by his parents to Allcjraiiy Co., of tlu' State aforesaid, where he resided till 185G ; from 1850 to 1856, he worked in harvest, taught di.striet school in winter, and manufactured mi\])\e sugar in the spring, by which means he earned money sufficient to defray the necessary expenses lor completing the regular (bur-years cour.sc at the Alfred Academy and Teachers' Seminary, and graduated in 185(i, having completed the full scientific course. For the two following years, he taught the High School at Carrollton, which is the upper portion of New Orleans City, having gone to New Orleans as a sailor " before the mast," from the city of New York. The j)'>/(V/f((/ c/iOT'/^c becoming too warm in that section for a person of Abolition proclivities to remain with safety, he returned to his home in Almond, Allegany Co., Y''ork State, and, in the summer of 1858, emigrated West with his parents and settled in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co., Wis., where he was married to Miss JIaria K., youngest daughter of Alexander McConnell, Esq. AJexander McConnell Wiis one of the earliest settlers in the Wisconsin Territory, and settled where he now lives in 1843. W. V. P. and wife lived with his parents until April, 18()1, when he enlistinl in the three-months service and served four months in the 1st W V. I., under Col. Starkweather; in lSt)2, he again enlisted in the threeyears service, and served as Second Lieutenant in Co. K, 29th W. V. I., under Col. Charles R. Gill, but, being stricken down with the army diarrhoea, and that followed by the typhoid and congestive brain fever, he was compelled to resign his ommission, during the winter of 1SG3. When he left Helena, Ark., his weight, avoirdupois, Was but ninety-?ix pounds, and when it is taken into consideration that he weighed 2U7 pounds at tiie time of his enlistment and was a very strong and healthy man, it tells a story of suffering not excelled only by those whose life paid the price of loyalty and patriotism. From the said illness and prostration, he has never fully recovered and probably never will. After returning from the army, he followed such occupation as his broken health would allow. In 1871, he engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, at Beaver Dam, in which he did not succeed financially, owing to circumstances over which he had no control, .^s early as 1854, Mr. Perry witnessed a fatal accident to a brakoman, while in the act of coupling freight ears, and ever afterward sought to find a preventive to such oft-recurring and fearful accident,?. In 1871, he invented and patented a safety freight coupler, very crude indeed, yet possessing the one feature of safely lifting and handling the ordinary ear-coupling link. Durin.; the winter of 1874, he gave himself up entirely to the task of perfecting a freight-ear coupler, which .should answer every and all demands asked of such an invention. A joint-stock company, for the purpose of completing and introducing on to railroads the Perry Safety Coupler, was organized at Kokomo, Ind., in 1874, and re-organized with a larger capital stock at Beaver Dam, in 1877, The Perry Safety Car-Coupling Company have spent a lame sum of mont^y in carry. ng forward the necessary experiments in order to perfect the invention, until it now ,stands without an equal in its great and humanitarian effort to save life and jirevent the most frightful accidents that are constantly occurring on the railroads throughout the world. At a casual glance, this coupler does not look unlike an ordinary draw-bar used on freight cars, but its construction is such that the gauging of the common coupling link to the different height of ears is done at the side or from on top of the ear, without exposing the operator to the least danger whatever. The ordinary coui)ling-pin is worked automatically by the incoming link, and by the construction of the draw-head the strain on the pin is reduced to one and a half inches, which so greatly increases its .strength that it cannot bo broken bj- any link which may be used in connection with it. The ]iin is also so constructed that -it cannot be lost or separated trom the draw-hSad to which it is attached ; besides, if raised and turned a (juarter of a turn to the right («- left, it will not drop home unless so desired by the operator. The draw-bar, in its peculiar shape, is so stnmg that it will withstand a greater strain or shock tiian any of the freight cars which are made at the present time on any load. This coupler is indeed a very great benefitctiim to the railroad employes, who are compelled to follow the hazardous business of coupling freight cars. The couplers which have already been put at work on the cars warrant the fact that it is all and will do all that its friends have sought or asked of it.

E. C. PRATT, lawyer. Beaver Dam ; was born in Castile. Wyoming Co., N. Y., Sept. 12,1842,and came to Wisconsin May 10, 1850, locating in Trenton Township ; Mr. Pratt attended schoil at Casdle ; he miived to Trenton Township, where he assisted his father in fanning; he finished his education at the Wayland University, and taught music 'awhile at Markesan, Green Lake Co.; in 1SG9, came to Beaver Dam and commenci^d the study of law with A. Scott Sloan and J. J. Dick; on March 10, 1872, he was admitted to the bar, and about this time he as.sisted Judge Sloan with the county records ; on Jan 1, 1873, he formed a law-partncrshiii with Judge Sloan's son, under the firm name <f Pratt & Sloan, which continued for three years ; Mr. I'ratt has since been practicing on his own account. He enlisted, Aug. 14, 1862, in C >. K. 1st W. V. C.; was discharged for disability in I8tj3, and re-enlisted in Co. H, 5th

W. V. I., Col. Allen, and was on detached service; he' was mustered out July 4, 1805. Mr. Pratt is a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

ROBERT RIELI.% Superintendent of Beaver Dam Woolen-Mills, was born four miles west of Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 3, 1831, and came to Wisconsin Sept. 23, 1854, locating in Green Co.; he served his apprenticeship in woolen and cotton goods with the Blackburn Cotton-Mills and th- Carlton Woolen-Mills in Glasgow; in 1850, he was Superiutendcnt of the Farmers' Woolen-Mills, of Kingsville, Ohio, for two and a half years, then fir one year was Superintendent of the Monterey VVooleu-Mill of Janesville; became to Beaver Dam in 1856, and engaged with the Farmers' Woolen- Mill as Superintendent, after which he became Superintendent ot the Beaver Dam Woolen-Mills, which position he now holds. Mr. Riely married, Dec. 17,1849, Elizibeth Crompton, of Lancashire, England; he has four children living - Jesse Ann, Nellie, Robert and Bessie.

IRA ROWELilj, manufacturer, Beaver Dam, was born in Springwater, Living.ston Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1836, and came to Wisconsin in August, 1842, locating in Lisbon; in 1802, he moved to Hartland und opened a general store which he continued for two years; in 1864, he moved to Beaver Dam and connected himself with his uncle John in the manufacture of agricultural implements, which business he is now carrying on. Mr. Kowell was Alderman of the Third Ward for two terms, also Supervisor of the Third Ward. He married in November, 1868, Mary Thompson, of Canada ; he has three children - Jennie, Wallie and Edla.

J. S. ROWELL, manufacturer, Beaver Dam ; was born in Springwater, Livingston Co., N. Y., April 1, 1827, and came to Wisconsin in September, 1848, locating at Hartland, Waukesha Co. : he .served his time in New York at the molding and wooding of plows ; he then moved to Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind., and went to work with his brother putting up plows ; he then moved to Oswego, Kosciusko Co.. Ind., when he was 18 years of age, and on looking about for business was advised, by his brother, to start the manufacture of plows ; he did so, having as his capital a rifle and S40 borruwed money ; this he immediately put into flour at $3 per barrel, getting three barrels for his rifle ; he then swapped the whole for castings, getting §4 per barrel for his flour in the trade ; he then borrowed sume carpenter's tools and went into the woods, where, with his own hands alone, he cut, hewed and scored the sills and frame-work for his manufiiotory, putting up the same without the aid of a carpenter ; he then dug his race and put in a flume, made and set up a wheel, shaft, pulleys, etc., and also built and put up a fan-bellows under the instruction of Mr. Aubcrson, of Fort Wayne; this foundry he ran for two or three years, saving from his profits about $1,500; he then sold out and returned to Goshen, Ind., and engaged in mercantile business; not succeeding very well in that, he moved to Hartland, Wis., where, for awhile, he made steel plows ; shortly after, he received an ofl'er from his bro.ther in Goshen, Ind., of a half-interest in his foundry and plow-shop, which ofl'er he accepted, and remained there three years, when he moved to Beaver Dam and opened a shop for the repairing of thrashers and making plows ; he shurtly after commenced building the celebrated Tiger Thrasher upon which he made, in after years, many improvements; in 1801, he commenced the manufacture of seeders in connection with his other manufactures, and, at this writing, is diing a large and prosperous business ; in 1807, was Mayor of Beaver Dam ; he was also Alderman for two terms ; Mr. Rowell is owner of the celebrated mare, "Badger Girl," whose record is 2:22i. Mr. Rowell married, Jan. 1, 1850, Mary Martha Ball of Virginia ; he has five children Hving - Theo. B., Samuel W., Elizabeth M., Lillian and Florence Belle. Mrs. Rowell is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam.

SAMliELi W. ROWELL, msmufiicturer ; was born in Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 28, 1850; he commenced his business career by learning the trade of a machinist with his father, and afterward learned all the diflerent branches of the trade in the establishment of J. S. Rowell & Co., until he became master of them all ; in 1870, he was admitted to partnership in the firm ; the firm now being J. S. Rowell, Sons & Co. ; Mr. Rowell has general supervision over the vast establishment of the firm ; he received his early education in Beaver Dam. He married, Sept. 5, 1877, Mary Millard, of Horicou, Wis.; he has one child living - Mary.

J. B. SABIBf, photographer; was born in Walden, Caledonia Co., Vt, May 17, 1846, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1866, locating in Sparta; he learned his trade with Raymond Nias, and then opened a gallery on his own account in Sparta; in 1876, he came to Beaver Dam and opened a photographic parlor on Spring street, which he is now carrying on with good success. He enlisted in 1865, in Co. G, 169ih N. Y. V. I., Col. Aldine, and was engaged in the following battles : Fort Fisher, N. C, and battles before Richmond, Va., and two or three skirmishes. He married, Jan. 26, 1870, Etta Derringer, who died July 6, 1872 ; he was again married, March 2, 1874, Ella Ehinger, of Beaver Dam ; he has two children - Birney and Mary.

EDQAIt E. SEFFEIVS, stone and brick mason ; is the oldest son of Hiram and Margaret (Walkins) Seifcns ; born in St. Joseph Co., Mich., April 12, 1852; in 1857, be, with parents, removed to Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., where he was educated in the public schools ; at the age of 14, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the mason's trade with his father, wiiich he has followed most of the time since; during the winter seasons, since 1871, he has devoted his time to teaching and has had charge of some of the leading district schools of Columbia, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac and Dodge Cos.; in 1878, he removed to Beaver Dam, which is his present home. Sept. 23, 1874, he married Miss Ida E., daughter of R. W. and Harriet Pride, of Brandon, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. ; they have one son - Bertrand U. Politically, Mr. SeflFens is a Republican.

CHARLES SCHIITTE, retired ; was born in Buckeburg in Leppe Schaumburg, Germany, Feb. 1(1, 18-_'!.l. and canio to Wisconsin in January, 1847, locating iu Washington Co ; he received his early education in Germany; he came to the United States in October, 1840, and engaged in farming eighty acres of land in Washington Co. ; in 1853, went to California and opened a general store on Feather River ; in 1854, he went to Australia and engaged in gold mining for two years; he then came back to Washington Co., via London, Eng., Germany and New York ; in 1857, he moved to Beaver Dam and built the Farmers' Brewery, now owned by Mr. Binzel ; he continued the brewing business for about eight years ; he then opened a general store under the firm name of Spuhler & Schluckebier, which he continued for nine years, after which he engaged in the insurance business, representing the Germantown and Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co. Mr. Schutte was Alderman of First Ward for tour terms, and for nine years was School Commissioner from First Ward. He married, Oct. 27, 1857, Mary Spuhler, of Bavaria; he has four children - Menu, Adolj/lie. Herman and Baldwin.

A. SCOTT SLOAN, lawyer; was born in Morrisville, Madison Co., N. Y., June 12, 1820, and came to Wi.seonsin in the fore part of November, 1854, locating in Beaver Dam ; Mr. Sloan received his education at Morrisville. and also studied law, at that place, with Congressman A. Lawrence Foster; from Morrisville he removed to DeRuyter, where he practiced law for seven years, and then came to Beaver Dam, where he has continued the practice of law up the present writing; in De Ruyter he was Justice of the Peace, and in 1847 to 1850 was County Clerk of Madison Co. ; in 1857, he was a member of the the A.ssembly from Beaver Dam, and in 1858, was Mayor of same; in the fall of 1858, was appointed Circuit Judge to fill a vacancy; in the fall of 1800, he was elected to Congress from the Third Wisconsin District ; from 18()3 to 1867, he was Clerk of the U. S. Court of Wisconsin, and iu 1808, was appointed County Judge and held that olfice by election afterward until Jan. 1, 1874 ; in the fall of 1873, he was elected Attorney General of Wisconsin for two years; in the fall of 1875, re-elected for the term of two years; he is now Mayor of Beaver Dam. Mr. Sloan married, in 1841, Augeline M. Dodge, who was born in Vermont; he has «ix children living - Florence H., Harry, Nettie, Seward, Kittie and Ledyard S.