Burlington Town (part 2 of 2)

CAPT. FBANCIS IHcClJinBFiB, farmer. Sec. 4, P. 0. Burlington ; he was bofn in Aug., 1805, in London, England ; left London in 1820, as cabin-boy on a vessel ; came to America byway of Quebec, Canada ; he 8pent most of his life sailing, either on the ocean or lakes ; was captain of a ship for a number of years ; he first visited W' isconsin in 1843 ; was captain of a vessel which brought to Wisconsin a cargo of Indian supplies; he came to live in Wisconsin in 1844; he bought a farm within one mile of Burlington village ; engaged at farming, which he has been following ever since ; from 1844 to 1861, in summer time, he sailed the lakes, and in the winter resided on his farm; he gave tip sailing in 1861; he married, at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson Co., N. Y., in Aug., 1878, Miss Frances Drake; she was bom in 1810, and died in Aug., 1878: they have four children living - Sarah, widow of Daniel Navin ; Frank, a wagon-maker, doing business in Nebraska ; Julia married Arthur Amos, a dentist living in Racine ; Charles is managing his father's farm ; the Captain was elected Supervisor of Burlington township in 1847, and served till 1849; he owns 150 acres of fine land, most of it under cultivation ; the farm is wejl-improved.

GEOBOE MATTHEWS, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Burlington ; he was born in Jersey City in June, 1840 ; came to W^isconsin with his parents in 1843 ; they located where George now lives; his father, Daniel Matthews, was born in Westchester Co., N. Y., May, 1806 ; he married, in New York City, Miss Mary Bouton, a native of W^tchester Co., N. Y. ; they had twelve children, only eight now living - George, John, Caroline, Oliver, Charles, August, William and Mary; their mother died June 20, 1858; their father married again, in Salem Township, Miss Ellen Camutt, a native of England ; they had five children, four still living - Nellie, Sarah, Clara, Delnia ; their father died in July, 1866 ; the family own 240 acres of land, finely improved, good, large bams, comfortable house and pleasant home ; George Matthews has the management of the farm.

GEOBOE MEADOWS, Burlington ; bom in I^ncashire, England, in 1804 ; came to New York State in 1841 ; remained till 1849 ; then came to Burlington and bought 120 acres of land in Sec.

33, with residence, barn and all improvements ; he lived there till 1853, then sold the land to the Western Union Railroad Co., and went to Walworth Co., where he bought the Minor farm, 296 acres, for which he paid over $6,600 ; lived there till 1870 ; then sold the farm to his youngest son, Gkorge ; came to Burlington, and bought the house and lot they now occupy ; he married, in Lancashire, England, Feb. 27, 1825, Elizabeth Greenwood, and had eleven children, four of whom are dead; those living are - Sarah, Ellen, Ann, William, Elizabeth, John and George; are all married and have families; John enlisted in the 9th Wis. Battery, in 1861, and remained with his regiment till the close of the war.

JOHN H. MEIiClUEBS, saloon-keeper, Burlington ; was bom in Recklinghausen, Westphalia, Prussia, in 1821 ; Aug. 10, 1854, came to Burlington, and located; he bought one lot, in 1857, and put up a residence close by the depot of the W. U. R. R. ; opened a saloon, and shipped produce and grain to Chicago and Milwaukee markets, and is engaged in the same business yet ; he also deals in lime, salt and cement, and does a good business; in 1860, he built a large warehouse close to the railroad station for the storage of his grain, and has gradually increased his property till he now owns over twenty-two lots, the whole four comers around the Westem Union railroad depot, including the Warner estate, which he purchased lately, and occupies the residence situated on it, and now owns the most valuable property in Burlington. He married, Nov. 24, 1857, in Wheatland, Gertie Bultmoeller, a resident there, and has seven children - Anna, Clara, John W., Laura M., Joseph W"., Emma M., Agnes E.

JOHN ]II4i}SiIjIS, farmer, Sec 12; P. 0. Burlington; bom in Westphalia, Germany, in May, 1818 ; came to Wisconsin in June, 1858, and bought a farm of forty acres and located on it ; his devoted himself to his work, and his industrious efforts have been crowned with reasonably fair success; a few years ago he purchased an additional forty acres of land, situated in Brighton Township. He married, in Germany^ October, 1849, Mary Siemon, who was born in Germany, April, 1818; they have had six children, three living - Anthony, born March, 1851 ; Theresa, October, 1857 ; Joseph, April, 1860. The younger son is assisting his father on the farm. He is now the owner of eighty acres of land, finely improved. Members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

WILIilAM V. HOOBE, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Burlington; bom in Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1818 ; in 1842, he came to Racine County and located in the town of Raymond, where he took up 160 acres Government land ; he built a residence and bams on it and otherwise improved it, and lived there until January, 1865, when he moved to the city of Racine. He was elected County Treasurer, in 1865, iu Racine, which* office he held till March, 1869 ;'at that time he came to Burlington and bought 200 acres land in Sections 21-28; he built residence and barns, and improved it. He married, in Raymond Township, December, 1844, Mary Miller, of Yorkville, and they had one child, William M. Mr. Moore, while in Raymond, was appointed Justice of the Peace, in 1849, and elected three times, up to 1868 ; he was also appointed the first Town Clerk of Raymond afler the town was organized; he also held the positions of Supervisor and Assessor several terms. Mr. Moore is now retired from public life, and resides on his farm in Section 28, Burlington ; his residence is on the bank of Brown's Lake, a beautiful sheet of water and a noted watering-place.

JACOB MUTH, saloon-keeper. Burlington ; born at HesJ^ Darmstadt, Prussia, in 1825 ; he came Uy New York, in 1846; arrived in Milwaukee, May 1, 1846, and worked in P. H. Best & Bros.' brewery for two years ; he then went to Sheboygan and built a brewery there, which he operated himself one year, and, in 1849, took in two partners, Joe and Aug. Binz ; in 1852, he sold out his interest to them, and came to Burlington ; July 30, 1852, he built a frame brewery here, and operated it till 1872. then tore down part of the old brewery, and, with some new additions, altered it into a malt-house, and used it for that purpose till 1876 ; he then sold the property to the People's State Bank, and started t moat market, but, not liking the business, he sold that to his nephew and opened the saloon he now owns. He married, in Milwaukee, in 1847, Margaret Zimmerman, of Richfield, Wis.; they have five children living - Jacob, Mary, Dora, Emma, and Lilly.

PETER NILLIS, farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Brighton; born in Germany, Jan. 29, 1809; lived in Germany till 1836, then went to Paris, France ; came to Wisconsin, Nov. 6, 1846 ; located in Burlington Township ; engaged at funning since, except when in the Mexican war ; he enlisted in Chicago, in 5th Regular Infantry, Co. B ; in 1 847, was sent into Mexico ; was in all of the battles of his regiment ; served one year and eight months ; mustered out in Chicago, in 1849, and returned to his home. He married, in Germany, Miss Anna Siebenborn, ; she was born in Germany, in 1823; have eight children - Andrew, born August, 1850; John, 1852; Mary, 1854; Peter, 1856; Paul, 1858; Michael, 1860; Catherine, 1862; Anna, 1863 ; all living. Mr. Nellis owns 120 acres of fine land, well improved. Members of the Roman Catholic Church.

FBANKLIN H. NIMS, plaDing-mill ; Burlington. Reuel Nims, father of Franklin Nims, came to Burlington, from Erie Co., Pcnn., in 1836 ; finished a log cabin that was partly built, and opened a hotel, and, Jan. 10, 1837, brought his family to Burlington. He afterward built a frame addition, enlarged his hotel, and kept it for about five years ; he then sold it, and moved down into the village and opened a hotel near the Fox River bridge, in a frame building, put up by himself, and kept that open for about three years. He married and had four children, two now living - Luther and Mary. His wife died, and he married again, in New York State, Lucinda S. Strong, of New York State, by whom he had two children - Lucinda, born in New York, in 1825; Franklin H., in Krie Co, Penn., in 1829. His second wife also died, and he went back to Ohio, to live, with his daughter Mary, who resided there. Lucinda, the only daughter by his second wife, married Wm. G. Everett, who died in Burlington, and she now resides with her brother, Franklin H. Franklin married, in Burlington, Oct. 6, 1855, Mary Meadows, and they have three children living - Eugene L., Ida L., Georgiana R. His wife died July 8, 1876, and is buried in Burlington. He married again, March 28, 1878, in Burlington, Mrs. Julia Thompson, of Racine.

JOSEPH A. NOBLE, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Burlington ; bom in Yorkshire, England, in 1846 ; came, with parents, to Dover, in 1846, where he resided with them until 1872 ; he then went to Rochester and stayed there four years, and, in 1876, came to Burlington and located on the Barnes estate farm, 217 acres in Sec. 21, which he rents, with residence, barn and all improvements. He married, in Rochester, in 1868, Mary Hannah Dobson. They have three children - Otis Eugene, Ellsworth and Elmira - all living home with their parents.

CLABK K. NORTON, farmer; P. O. Burlington; born in Rutland Co, Vt., Jan. 12, 1818; moved to Erie Co., N. Y., when 11 years old, with his parents; his father located there, and, in 1836, he went to Chicago, remained one year, and returned to Buffalo, N. Y., where he went to school in the winter of 1838-39; on April 11, 1839, came to Burlington, located and bought fifcy acres of land from Samuel Lane. He built the residence he lived in. with barns, fences, etc. ; he also owned three building lots in the village of Burlington, which he afterward sold. He married, in Burlington, Jan. 22, 1850, Mary E. Everett, and has two children - Fred P. and Lizzie M. They all attend the Baptist Church.

FBANKIilN B. NORTON, station agent, W. U. R. R. ; Burlington ; bom in Ware, Mass., March 5, 1833; his parents at that time moved to Amherst, Mass. He was educated there, and graduated from Amherst College in 1856; came West and went into mercantile business, and was engaged in selling law books one year, and then taught in different schools through Missouri and Tennessee, for four years ; then entered the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass. ; studied two years, and one year in the Chicago Theological Seminary, and graduated from there in 1864. He was then installed as Pastor of the Congregational Church in Kenosha, Wis; remained till 1866, then went to Janesville, Wis., and officiated as Pastor, in the Congregational Church ; in 1869, went to Oshkosh, where he was installed as Pastor of the Congregational Church, and officiated one year, when his health failed, from a brain disease, and he was compelled to discontinue preaching, and was unable to follow any regular occupation. He then came to Burlington and located, his health still being very poor, and he occupied his time in writing editorials for different papers and periodicals, and collecting statistics of American industry ; was at this time appointed agent for a large mining company, of Lake Superior, and also the agent of a prominent iron and steel manufacturing company. In 1873, during the money panic, which affected the West^Tn States materially, his employers became embarrassed financially, and he had no occupation. He went into business on his own account, buying black walnut lumber for Eastern manufacturers, traveling principally through Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, and continued in that business till

1875. In the summer of that year, he was taken with swamp fever, in Southern Missouri, and was dangerously ill. Returned to Burlington, in June, 1875, but was unable to follow any business till October,

1876, at which time he engaged with the W. U. R. R. Co., and in May, 1878, was appointed to the position of station agent at Burlington Station, a very important shipping point for sheep, wool and grain. He married, in Burlington, in July, 1865, Harriet A. Dyer, daughter of Dr. E. G. Dyer, one of the first settlers in this county. They have six children - Alice, Frank, Charles, Helen, Emily and Mabel ; members of the Congregational Church.

FBEDEBICK S. PEBKINS. farmer; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Trenton, Oneida Co., N". Y., Dec. 6, 1832 ; he left there with his parents in 1835 ; went to Joliet, III. ; remained there till March, 1837, and came thence to Burlington ; Origin Perkii s, his father, came to Burlington in August, 1836, being one of the oldest settlers ; the first house built in this town was a log-cabin, and was used for a tavern ; he built the first private residence in the town in 1836, which was also a log-cabin, and was located on the north side of White River, near where the woolen- mill now stands ; he brought his family irom Joliet, 111., in the sprinp; of 18H7, by wagon team, and this was the first team of horses that came from Illinois to this town ; they crossed the Fox River when very high, and thick with floating ice, in a canoe, or Indian '^ dug-out." He married in Stonington, Conn., in 1829, Maria Stanton, of that place ; have had two children - Mary and Frederick S. ; Mary died in Burlington, in 1845, and is buried here ; his wife died in Trenton, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1833, and is buried there ; he married again in Trenton, N. Y., Julia Deyer, and brought her with him to Joliet 111. ; they had one child, who died in Joliet. He bought 260 acr^ of Government land at the land sale in 1837 ; then went to California, where he died March 12, 1853 ; his second wife died in August, 1858, in Burlington, and is buried here. Frederick S. now being the only surviving heir, he is in possession of all the land formerly owned by his father, with barns, etc., and a substantial, stone residence. He married in Minneapolis, Minn., May 30, 1864, Emily Wainwright, formerly of Middlebury, Vt. ; they have four children - Frederick W., Robert S., Henry E. and Edward, all living home with their father; his wife died in Burlington, May 18, 1877, and is buried here. Mr. Perkins is a professional portrait painter, and the walls of his residence are adorned with some beautiful specimens of his art ; he is also an archeologist, and the collection of antiquities, now the property of the Historical Society of the State of Wisconsin, in the Capitol at Madison, are known as the celebrated Perkins collection.

PlilNY H. PEBKISTS, farmer; P. O. Buriington; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1812 ; he went to Joliet, 111., in 1834, at the age of 22, accomplishing the entire journey from Utica, N. Y., on horseback ; he remained in Joliet three years, and in November, 1838, came to Burlington, and bought one half-section claim of Government land from Moses Smith, surrounding the village of Burlington ; when he first came to Burlington, he built a saw-mill and a frame residence in which he lived two years; and in 1840, he built the first large frame residence in this town as a private dwelling ; it is two stories high, located on the old Burlington and Geneva road, before the village was laid out. He married in Burlington, in 1846, Ellen A. Conkey, a resident of York State; they have six children living - James, Emily, Edward, Mary, Frank and Lucius. Edward married Carrie Benson, and resides in Burlington ; Mary married Fred E. Wells, and resides in Burlington ; he built the first grist-mill in the town, which he afterward enlarged; and in 1864, and again in 1874, it was destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt in 1875. Mr. P. Perkins shipped the first flour from Wisconsin ever sent to New York.

ALEXANDER PLATE, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Buriington ; he was born in Germany, in November, 1820 ; in 1831, he went to New York City, where he lived till 1848, when he came 16 Wisconsin, and located in Burlington Township, where he engaged farming, which he has energeticallj followed ever since. He married in New York City, in 1846, Miss Mary Cotz ; they have four children - Adolph, bom Nov. 13, 1848 ; Wilhelm, May 27, 1850 ; Charlie, Nov. 5, 1853; Henry, Aug. 13, 1856 ; their mother died Nov. 26, 1867. Wilhelm married, Nov. 28, 1872, Miss Josephine Sevey, a native of Wheatland Township; they had one child, born Nov. 10, 1873; died March 1, 1879.

JOHN PRASCH, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0., Burlington ; born in Bairan, Unterfrankcn und Aschaffenburg, Germany, in 1822 ; came to Walworth Co. in 1844, and bought 120 acres of land in Walworth Co. of the Government ; he built a log-cabin first, afterward a frame house, and remained there till 1869. He married, while living there, in 1848, in Burlington St. Mary's Catholic Church, Barbara Meyer; they have eleven children - all living - Adam, Francis, John, Joseph, Philip, Mary, Anthony, Charles, William, Lizzie and Barbara. In 1869, he sold his property in Walworth Co., and moved to Burlington, and bought 273 acres in Sections 31 and 32, with large stone residence, and all the improvements, where he now resides with his family.

H ARTIST G. PBASCH, drugirist, Buriington; born in Burlington, Racine Co., Wis., Not. 11, 1854, where he received his early education ; in 1870, ho commenced clerking in the drug business for Dr. Cooper; remained with him seven years ; in 1877, he started business for himself; he opened a large drug store on Chestnut street, his present location. Sept. 11, 1877, married Miss Lizzie Kass, a native of Dunleith, III. ; they have one child - Herbert. Mr. Prasch has just been elected to the position of Town Treasurer ; he has been organist of St. Mary's Catholic Church for the past five years. Members of the Catholic Church ; he Ls a Democrat.

J AllES PRICE, farmer. Sees. 1 and 12 ; P. O. Buriington ; born in Wales March 11, 1809; he married in Wales, in 1840, Miss Sarah Lewis, born in Wales in 1810 ; they had three children, one living - Jane, born in Wales in 1843; they came to Wisconsin in 1844, located in Burlington township, bought the farm on which he is still living and working ; he built his own barn and house where he lives; his farm consists of ninety acres of fine land, situated on Sees. 1 and 12; his daughter Jane married Henry Ellerbrook, born in Germany ; he is a farmer in Burlington township ; they have two children - Sarah, who married Peter Cunningham ; Henry is living at home, assisting his fiither on the farm.

EDWABD BEINGEB, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Burlington; born Sept. 5, 1829, in Baden, Germany; came to Burlin<^ton Township, and bought a farm of eighty acres on Sec. 18, where he lived until 1870, then soldoutand removed to theold Wcinbruvj farm, which he purchased ; married in Burlington, in June, 1860, Miss Elizabeth VVeinbrun who was born inOt^rmany in 1834 ; they had three children, all livng - John, Joseph and Mary ; their mother died in 1865 ; Mr. Reinger married the second time, in 1871, Mrs Amelia Weinbrun, the widow of Michael Weinbrun, by whom she had three children, all now living - John, Joseph and Mary ; they have had three children ; all are living - Christopher, Edward and Frank ; Mr. Reinger owns ninety-five acres of well-improved land ; members of the Burlington Roman Catholic Church.

THEODORE BICHTER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. 0. Wheatland; he was born in Germany, July 25, 1816 ; came to Wisconsin, Sept., 1846 ; first worked in Burlington Township ; married, in Burlington, Nov., 1849, Miss Catherine Kabbits ; she was born in Germany, July, 1825 ; they have had ten children, eight now living - Mary, born in Aug., 1850; Henry, Oct., 1851 ; Wilhelm, Feb., 1853; John, Dec., 1854; Amelia, April, 1856; Alpheus, Dec, 1858; Theodore, Feb., 1860; Anna, Dec, 1861. Mr. Richter has led an industrious life, and has accumulated a valuable property ; he owns 160 acres of fine, fertile land, handsomely improved ; members of the Brighton Catholic Church.

HERMAN BOBEBSS, farmer, Sees. 1 and 18 ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Westphalia, Germany, Feb., 1821 ; came to Burlington Township ic 1850, and worked for various farmers until 1853, when he purchased a farm of 160 acres, on which he now lives; in Burlington village, in the same year, he married Miss Mary Efing, who was bom in Westphalia. Germany, in Jan., 1828; had seven children, five now living - Henry, bom in Oct., 1855 ; John, Jan., 1858; Gerhardt, June, 1863 ; Eliza, July, 1867; Louis, April, 1871 ; he owns a farm of 170 acres; is now building a large barn, which will cost, when completed, between $400 and $500 ; he built the stone house in which he is living ; members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

JAMES S. BOCrEBS, Jr., stock farmer ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Burlington, March 10, 1849, where, from an early day, he worked on his father's farm. In 1872, he married Annie Christie, a Dative of Canada ; they have three children - Henry C, Jessie and Glorianna. Mr. Rogers has been Clerk of the Board in the Twelfth District, also ^Marshal of the Racine Agricultural Society in 1878. Members of the Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat.

CHAUNCEY J. BOOKEB, farmer. Sec. 30 ; P. O. Burlington; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1822; came with parents and family to Burlington in 1838. He owns 190 acres of land in Sees. 19, 29 and 30 ; built the residence he occupies in Sec. 30, with barns, etc., and has greatly improved the farm. He married in Burlington, Nov., 1852, and has six children - Addie L., Annie S., Dema D., Eliza X., Emma, James C. His family attend Plymouth Church.

WILLIAM li. BOOKEB, farmer, S.c. 29; P. O. Burlington. His father, Capt. Joseph Rooker, was born in Whitehall, Washington Co , N. Y., in 1792 ; came to Wisconsin in winter of 1837- 3S to attend the land sale of Government land, then returned to Whitehall, and in Aug., 1838, brought his family out. He bought 650 acres in Sees. 19, 29 and 30, and also one quarter-section in Spring Prairie, Walworth Co. ; he finished a frame residence that was partly built on the land, and occupied it as a residence ; he also built bams and fences, and otherwise improved it. He had the reputation of being a generous, kind-hearted man, both in Burlington and Dover Townships. He married, in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1810, Sabrina Turner; they had eight children, born in Herkimer Co. - William L., James V., Daniel N., Chauncey J., Sophronia, Sabrina, Olive and Demaris ; his wife died in Burlington in 1858 ; he again married, in 1860, in Racine, Mrs. Minerva Taig, who now resides with her daughter, Mrs. J. Howland, in Burlington. He died in Burlington, Oct. 3, 1864. William L. married, in Burlington, April 3, 1834, Margaret J. Winne; they had four children - Frances E., Lloyd D., Sarah S., William D. Mr. William Rooker sold his father's farm, and now owns ninety acres in Sec. 29, Burlington.

GEOBGE E. BOSENHAUEB, farmer. Sec. 20; P. O. Burlington; bora in Bavaria, Jan. 17, 1831 ; came to Worcester Co., Mass., in 1845; was there employed in Hamilton's Southbridge Woolen Mills for nearly ten years ; leaving there, he worked for a short time in Worcester, Mass. ; aflerward in Mamaroneck, N. Y. ; came to Burlington Township in 1855, and bought a farm consisting of 120 acres; in 1867 he purchased, in addition, sixty-two acres of land in Burlington ; in 1873 he bought forty more acre^ of land situated in Wheatland. Married, in Webster, Mass., Jan., 1854, Miss Mena Holly, who was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, March, 1827 ; they have six children - Emma, born in March, 1855; Christopher, April, 1856; Willie, Feb., 1860 ; TUda, Dec, 1863 ; Lydia, Feb., 1868; Gottlieb, July, 1870. Mr. Rosenhauer was Overseer of Highways from 1858 to 1878. His son succeeded him in that position. He owns 222 acres of land, well improved. Devoted members of the Lutheran Church.

liEWIS ROYCE, lawyer, Burlington; born in Williamstown, Orange Co., Vt., April 9, 1804 ; he came with his parents to Northfield, Vt., in winter of 1806, and when be was 9 years of age, his father, Nathan Royce, died, in Northfield ; he was then sent to Samuel Adams, a farmer in Northfieid, to learn farming, who, having bought land in Williamstown, within one mile of where be was raised, took him back there, where he remained till he was 1 6 years old ; while he was there, he went to school two winterH, 181H and 1814, and had to work the farm in the summer ; all the education he ever received was during this period, and he relates how he used to rise early in the morning and study his lessons till the family were up, and he had to begin his day's work ; when he was 17 years old, he was appointed a teacher in a district school in Northfield, where he taught four months with good success, then went back to farming ; he aflerward taught two winters the same school, working the farm every summer season ; when not quite 11) years old, he went to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and stayed there two years; in 1826, he commenced the study of law in the office of Upham & Cass, in Montpelier, Vt., and studied for three years, with the exception of the seasons for school, which he taught every season ; in 1829, he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, in Montpelier, and at once began practicing in Washington, Orange Co., and Brandon, Rutland Co., Vt., till fall of 1836, then came to Genesee Co., York State, and stayed there till 1837, and, in August of that year, reached Burlington, and built a log cabin near where the W. U. R. R. depot now stands; he took up 160 acres Government land, fenced more than half of it, and broke over one hundred acres ; he was (hen taken sick, sold out this land, and moved into the village ; he bought more land, and built the large stone residence now occupied by the Sisters of Mercy, adjoining St Mary's Catholic Church ; sold that in 1846, and built the residence he now occupies. He married, in 1837, in Buffalo, N. Y., Mary Judd, of Vermont; had two children - Glacius and lona. He was elected in 1851, District Attorney for Racine Co., which he held for five years ; was also elected Justice of the Peace in 1843, the first ever elected by a vote of the people, and was also the first Supervisor ever elected io that way. He has now bden upward of fifty years practicing law, and is as hale and hearty yet as the average man, with a clear memory and good eyesight. His son, Glacius, enlisted in Chfcago, in the McClellan Dragoons, and was killed at the battle of Williamsburg, Va.

HENBY BIMKEIi, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Burlington ; he was bom in Germany, Sept. 6, 1836 ; came to Wisconsin in 1860, located in Burlington, and has since engaged at farming. He married in April, 1865, Mrs. Anna SUnnford, born in Germany; she had four children - Anthony, Susan, Anna and Matilda ; they have one child - Christina. Mr. R. was elected member of the School Board in the spriug of 1879, and u^ now filling that office. He owns 170 acres of fine land, spacious bams, granaries, and good, comfortable house.

JlXirS SSCHEIBE, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Burlington ; bora in Prussia Oct. 28, 1842 ; came to Burlington Township in 1860 ; worked at farming till the 10th of September, 1861, then enlisted in Co. E, 9th W. V. I. ; he was in all of the battles his regiment participated in ; mustered out the 17th of December, 1864, in Milwaukee, Wis. ; he then returned to Burlington Township, where he bought forty acres, where he is now living and farming successfully ; purchased in addition fifteen acres of land. Married in Burlington, September, 1865, Miss Dora Pasel, who was born October, 1849, in Burlington; they have six children - Frederick, born June, 1866; Emma, April, 1868; Amelia, June, 1871 ; Julius, May, 1873 ; Susanna, April, 1875 ; Wilhelm, April, 1877. Mr. Scheiba runs a threshing-machine in the season ; he now owns fifty-five acres of good land, finely improved. Members of the Wheatland Methodist Church.

HENRY SCHROEDER, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Burlington ; was born in Germany in July, 1849 ; came to Wisconsin in 1871, and engaged at farming ; he now has the management of Mr. Siehoff's farm, comprising 180 acres of land. He married in April, 1874, in Burlington, Miss Caroline Strohm; she was born in Germany in 1846 ; they have throe children - Matilda, born December, 1875; Lucas, April, 1877; Ernst, July, 1878. Mr. Scliroeder was elected member of the School Board in 1878 ; served one term.

CHARLES F. SCHIJLTZ, farmer, Sec. 4; P. (). Burlington; born in Prussia in 1836; came to Burlington Township, Wis., in 1861 ; he bought the farm which he now occupies and farms. Married in Burlington, in 1867, Miss Netta Koiser, who was born in Germany ; they have five children - Paul, Ernst, Louisa, Otto and Albert. He owns sixty-seven acres, well improved. Members of the Burlington Lutheran Church.

«iEOR«}E SHEARD, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. O. Burlington ; born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, June 4, 1818; he married at Halifax Old Church, England, in 1836, Martha Gill, and had two children born in England - Brook and Percival, whom they brought with them ; they came to Burlington in 1844, located and took up 120 acres of Government land in Section 25 ; he built the residence he occupies, with barns, and has a very comfortable home and good farm ; thej had six other children bom in Burlington, two of whom are dead - Frederick, Louisa, Abraham, Thomas, Mary and William ; Frederick and Mary are both dead ; the rest an; all living, but away from home, except William.

mRAM A. SiHEIiDON, hardware merchant ; P. 0. Burlington ; bom in Iltica, Mich., May 13, 1835 ; he came to Burlington with his father, Orson Sheldon, and was employed in his store until 1857 ; April 21, 1859, he opened a hardware store in the frame building now occupied by Theodore Reil, a dry goods merchant; in 1861 he moved into a store formerly occupied by his father, where he still remains ; he is one of the oldest established hardware merchants in Racine County, and carries a general stock of hardware, tinware, stoves, paints, oils, etc; he married in Burlington, Feb. 28, 1865, Paulina A. Bristol ; they had two children - Robert H. and Mabel L., Robert died in Burlington, Jan. 2, 1877 ; they attend the Congregational Church. He enlisted in a company raised in Burlington, who elected their own officers ; Mr. Sheldon was elected to the position of First Lieutenant, and held that position when the company was assigned to the Ist Wis. Infantry as Co. C, and was attached to the Army of the Cumberland.

AIVTH4INY SIEHOFF, farmer. Sees. 23 and 24 ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Germany, January, 1825; came to Wisconsin in 1844; first located in Burlington Township, where he was employed as a farm hand ; in 1851, he bought the farm where he is now living ; he married, July 15, 1851, Miss Catharine Lansing, born in Westphalia, Germaoy; they had one child, who died in infancy; Mr. Siehoff*s wife died in 1861 ; ho married again in Burlington, in 1862, Miss Elizabeth Tienberge; she was born in Grermany in 1846; they have two children living - Gertmde. born in January, 1865; Bernard, October, 1868. Mr. SiehofF has led an active, industrious life; he owns 120 acres of good land, handsomely improved. Members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

HE RH AN SIEHOFF, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O.Burlington; bom in Westphalia, Germany, April, 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in 1846 ; located in Wheatland Township, and worked at farming; in 1852 he removed to Burlington Township and entered into partnership with his brother Anthony, they farming it together on Section 23; in 1861 they separated, Herman having bought a farm in Section 15, and commenced for himself; in 1865 he removed to Section 2 and bought thirty-six acres of land, where he is now living, within one mile of Burlington ; he still owns the 120 acres in Section 15 - added to his farm, owns altc^ether 156 acres in two farms, wull improved ; married in Burlington, in 1865, Miss Mary Bofenkamp, who was born in Germany in 1845 ; they have six children - Henry, bora October, 1866 ; Anthony, September, 1868; Gerhardt, January, 1871 ; Bernard, February, 1874; Elizabeth, August, 1876 ; Mary, April, 1871K Members of the Burlington Roman Catholic Church.

EDWIN R. SniTH, Principal Buriington High School ; born in 1844 in Buriington, where he received his early education ; November, 1860, commenced teaching in the district school, continuing for two years ; in 1862 he enlisted in the Ist W. A., and joined the battery at Washington ; was engaged at the sieges of Washington and Fort Stephens; mustered out, July, 1865, and then retumed to Burlington and taught school in Waterford for two years; in 1868 he taught the Graded High School at East Troy, remaining four years ; in 1872 took charge of his present school; married, in 1871, Miss May Dickerman ; they have had two children - one boy and one girl. Family are members of the Congregational Church.

HENBY SOBBE, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. O. Wheatland ; he was born in Westphalia, Germany, July, 1846 ; he came to Wisconsin in March, 1866; he first located in Wheatland, and rented a farm, which he successfully worked up to 1 872 ; he then removed to Burlington and bought a farm, on which he is now living. He married, in Burlington, May 4, 1868, Miss Gertrude Schumacher ; she was born in Burlington Township; they have four children - liegina, born in 1873 ; Josephine, 1874; Joseph, 1876; John, 1878. Mr. Sobbe has led an industrious life, and has been very successful; ho owns eighty acres of land, finely improved. Members of the Wheatland Catholic Church.

HENBY SfiPIEKEB, farmer, section 15; P. O. Burlineton ; he was born in Germany, March 13, 1819; came to Wisconsin, in September, 1849; located in Burlington Township; worked at farming till 1852 ; he then bought a farm and located where he is now living. He married, in Burlington, in 1853, Miss Anna Luker ; she was born in Russia, in 1825 ; they had eight children, all living - Henry, bom March 28, 1854; John, October, 1856; Francis, October, 1859; Mary, January, 1863; Elizabeth, December, 1865; Anna, August, 1867; Wilhelm, February, 1869; Bernard, July, 1871. Their mother died, March 22, 1873. Mr. Spieker married again, in Febmary, 1875, Mary Luker; they have no children ; Mr. Spieker was Pathmaster for five years. He owns 234 acres of fine land in Burlington Township, and twenty acres in Brighton. Members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

CHBISTIAN MTBOHH, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Buriington ; bom in Germany ; in May, 1836, located in Burlington Township; he has the management of the farm of the late John O'Neil. He married, in October, 1862, in Germany, Miss Mary Hoffman, a native of Germany; they have eight children - John, Sophia, Eliza, Charlie, William, Henry, Frederick and Rudolph. Mr. Strohm has rented 120 acres of land from O'Neil, he working the farm. He owns a house and lot, worth $1,000, situated in Burlin(];ton village.

THEODORE TERHOBST, farmer, Sees. 23 and 24; P. O. Burlin^n ; bom in Germany, September, 1844; he came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1850; they located in Kenosha village, where they lived till 1853, ; then came to Burlington Township, located, and bought the farm which Theodore is now living on. His father, George Terhorst, was born in July, 1804. He married, in Germany, in 1843, Miss Gertrude Weyyers, born in Germany, in 1806 ; they have had two children - Wilhelm, born October, 1845 ; Theodore, September, 1844. Their father died in July, 1867 ; his wife survives him. Theodore married, in Burlington, in 1874, Miss Mary Holzheimer, bom in Bloomfield Township, Racine Co., in 1851 ; they have three children - Gertrude, born April, 1875; Barbara, March, 1877 ; Otilda, March, 1878. Theodore, his brother Wilhelm and their mother, o¥m 140 acres of good land, finely improved.

SAMUEIi TOOMBS, farmer. Sec. 19; P. O. Burlington; he was born in Buckinghamshire, England, Feb. 13, 1813 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1839, located in Burlington, and engaged in farming; by industry and strict economy, he has accumulated a handsome property. He married, in Racine, in April, 1849, Miss Artemisa Rose; she was born in Orange Co. N. Y. They have three children living - Addie (married Wm. Bushnell), Jerome and Albert. Mr. Toombs owns 100 acres of fertile land, finely improved, ^ood barns - a pleasant home.

BEBK AN UIIEN9 farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Westphalia, Germany, in August, 1826; he came to McHenry Co., 111., in 1854, where he engaged at farming; in 1857 he removed to Wisconsin ; located in Burlington ; bought a farm, on which he is now living and working. He first married in Waukegan, 111., in 1854, Miss Elizabeth Rareman, who was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1830; had three children, two living - Elizabeth and Mary. His wife died in Jan., 1859. He married again in Burlington, in June, 1859, Miss Mary Navind, who was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1824. They have five children - Bernard, Henry, John, Joseph, and Theresa. Some of his sons are assisting their father on the farm. He is the owner of 207 acres of fertile land, well improved. Members of the Borlington Catholic Church.

HUBERT WAGNER, foundry; Burlington; born in France Nov. 3,1824; he came to Pottsville, Pa., in 1844 ; remained there till 1856 ; then came to Burlington and went into business in a machine shop, in partnership with A. Zwiebel; continued with him in business till 1863 ; then dissolved partnership, and Mr. Wagner started another shop in his own name, and also a foundry in connection with it; took F. G. Cline into partnership with him in the foundry in 1871 ; he bought out Mr. Cline's interest in the foundry, and now his both foundry and machine shop in his own name. He married in Pottsville, Penn., in 1846, Salome Zwiebel, of France; have eiorht children - Charles, Hubbard, Elizabeth, John, William, Mary, Theresa, and Emma. Charles, Hubbard, and Elizabeth are married, and live in Burlington ; the rest are single, and living at home with parents. They are all members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

EIjMOND S« WARISTG, proprietor of the Exchange Hotel, Burlington; bom May 13. 1843; ciime to Wisconsin in 1868, locating at Beloit, and filling the position as clerk at the Salsbury House for one year, and the Goodwin House for eighteen months. In 1870, went to Iowa, remaining till 1874, when he went to Darlington, Wis., remaining six months; th^n returned to Beloit, and from there to Burlington, and opened the Exchange House, 1878. Married, Sept. 8, 1869, Miss Mary Payne, a native of New York State. They have one child - a girl.

HENRY WIEfSfflAJj, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Burlington, born in Germany, in February, 1819. He came to Wisconsin in 1845; located in Wheatland Township, where he engaged at farming; remained there a number of years ; then moved to Burlington Township. Married, Feb. 20, 1865, Miss Catharine Boet, a native of Germany. They have three children - Henry, Bernard, and Mary. He owns eiirhty acres of fine laad. Are members of the Catholic Church.

FREDERICK WILIiHOFT, furniture dealer, Burlington; born in Holstein, Germany, in 1823. He came to Burlington and located in 1852 ; worked here one year, at his trade of cabinetmaker; then went to Racine and worked there one year; in October, 1854, returned to Burlington and started in the furniture business and undertaking for himself; continued until 1861, when he enlisted in the Oth Wis , Co. E. ; was attached to the Western Department, and with his regiment in Kansas, Missouri and the Indian Territory, and was in the engagements at Teutonia, Mo., Arkadelphia and Prairie Grove; mustered out, Dec. 7, 1864; returned to Burlington, and went into the same business again. He married, in Barlin^ton, in February, 1856, Theresa Reinhardt, of Burlington, and has one child - Louisa, born June 24, 1857. In 1854, he bought a town lot, in block 27, and built a store and residence, in which he carries a large and varied stock of parlor and bedroom furniture, extension tables, a fiill line of upholstered goods of Eastern manufacture, besides picture frames, etc., a large portion of which he manufactures himself; also does undertaking.

CHRISTOPHER WINCKLER, farmer, Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Burlington; born in July, 1813, in Baden, Germany. Married, in September, 1836, in Germany, Miss Theresa Arnold, who was born in Buden, in 1812. They have had thirteen children, eleven now living - Theresa, Barbara, Louis, Frederick, Bertha, Adam, Eliza, Josephine, Catherine, Christopher, Bertha. Mr. Winckler, with his wife, came to Burlington Township in 1841 ; located and bought forty acres of land from an early settler, and he also took eighty acres on the pre-emption act, making 120 acres altogether; has made additional purchases of land ; now owns 260 acres of good land, well improved. Has been industrious and successful.

RET. FATHER WISRAUER, Catholic Priest, Buriington ; was bom in Austria, in 1810, where he was educated for the ministry and ordained as Priest, at Linz, in 1834. He came to Burlington in 1847, and took charge of the Catholic Church here, before the present church was erected. The first service held in the new church was on Dec. 8, 1859, at which he officiated with the Rt. Rev. Bishop Martin Henni, of Milwaukee ; has had charge of the church for thirty- two years, the only church, in this country, he ever officiated in.

FRANK X. WOLF, farmer, Sec. 6; P. 0. Buriington; bom in Baden, Germany, in 1848 ; is a son of Jacob Wolf, who was born in 1801, in Baden, Germany. Married there, in August, 1828, Miss Margaret Hauk, who was born in Germany ; had five children ; four are living - Sebastian, Foldene, Thekk and Frank. They came together to Burlington Township, Wis., in 1852. His father bought the farm on which they are now living. Sebastian, Foldene and Thekla are situated in different parts of the United States, and are prospering finely. Frank has always stayed with his father, and assisted him in working the farm. The father is now aged and feeble, therefore the property has all fallen into the hands of Frank, who is sole proprietor of the farm, consisting of 118 acres of fine land, improved. Frank married, in May, 1865, Miss Theresa Herberge, who was born in Germany, in 1849. They have had three children; only one is living - Frank, bom August, 1867. Members of the Burlington Roman Catholic Church.