Burlington Town (part 1 of 2)

Burlington Town

About the fifteenth day of December, 1835, Moses Smith and Wm. Whiting made the first mark at Burlington: Whiting claiming on the east side of the river, and Smith on the west side, near the spot where the Perkins mill now stands. They made what was called a "jack knife" claim, by putting names and dates on a tree.

On the 27th of December 1835, Moses Smith, Wm. Whiting, B. C. Perce, and Lemuel Smith built a shanty in the little grove in the river bend on the east side of Fox river. They cut a large white oak tree near where Muth's brewery now stands, built a rude log hut on the present farm of David Bushnell, spent three days prospecting and surveying on both sides of the river, and finally constructed a cabin on the west side.

In January, 1836, Enoch D. Woodbridge built the body of a log house on the east side, which afterwards formed part of the tavern kept by Ruel Nims.

In April, 1836, Moses Smith took up his residence in a shanty on the west side of the river, and in May built a log house near where the Perkins mill is situated.

In June of the same year, B. C. Perce erected a building for a store, which is now, or was recently, standing on the bank of the mill pond, just outside the present fair grounds.

In July of the same year David Buslmell located on his present farm, and reconstructed the cabin which had been put up in 1885, by Whiting and others. He acquired his interest in the claim from Whiting, all other parties having, I suppose, abandoned it. The same property was purchased at the land sales in 1889, by Stephen Bushnell who came to Burlington in March 1887. George Bushnell had been here in March, '86. At this time Burlington was known as "the Lower Forks."

In August 1886, Origen Perkins made his claim in Burlington. In September of the same year, Hetnan Loomis made a claim to the land which was afterwards his homestead, and is known as the "Loomis farm," southeast of the village.

In 1886, also, Silas Peck and family arrived, and built a house adjoining the store building previously erected by Benj. C. Perce. Later in 1886, George Newman made a claim and built upon what is knowTn as the "Ayer's farm." Jared and and Chas Fox came during the same year.

In February. 1888, Nelson R. Norton located on the claim which had been made for him by Nathan R. Darling, and constructed a frame house with lumber which he brought from Chicago. Mr. Norton had previously resided at Chicago, and built the first bridge that ever spanned Chicago river.

Early in 1887^ Origen Perkins and family permanently located at Burlington, and began their residence in a log house which he had built in the preceding year near the brick yard. Wm. F. Lyon came, also about the sam>e time, with his family, but remained only a few months, and finally settled at Lyons, in WTalworth county.

Ruel Nims and family arrived in Burlington, (which was then known as Foxville,) on the 10th day of January, 1887, and went into occupation of a log house on the east side of the river, built by Woodbridge, and which during its occupation by Nims, was the first established public house for travelers in Burlington.

From the best information I nave, I think Samuel C. Vaughan came in 1837, and that during that year, he and Moses Smith built the first mill, which was known as the "up and down saw 'mill." It is said, also, that the mill house built by Mr. Vaughan was the first frame building erected in the village.

On the 1st of September, 1837, Lewis Royce, Esq., settled in Burlington and built a house west of the present Burlington railroad depot . He came by way of Racine, and there met Ephraim Perkins and family and having a team and conveyance, conveyed them to Burlington, bringing also with him a barrel of flour. He found at Foxville, Origen Perkins, occupying his new homestead; Ruel Nims, on the east side of the river; a small board shanty had also been put up to maintain a claim on the N. W. J of Sec. 33. and was occupied by one Putnam^ as a trading shop. Silas Peck had just finished a log house wdrch still stands near the village mill. There was also an unenclosed frame for a building, on the premises afterward occupied by Origen Perkins. The log house built by Moses Smith, near the mill, was also standing, and these constituted at this time the improvements on the present site of Burlington village. Soon after his settlement in Burlington, Mr. Royce established a lime kiln, and burnt about three hundred bushels of lime, during the first year of its operation.

Pliny M. Perkins permanently settled in Burlington in 1838: Richard Brown settled in the town in 1839 : Liberty Fisk, in 1838: Ephraim S. Sawyer on the 14th of May 1838, making a claim where he now resides, and buying tw*o hundred and seventy-five acres at the land sale ; Henry Edmonds also came in '38. and was the first blacksmith in the village. His shop was in a little log house near the present site of the mill.

Clark K. Norton, Thomas Toombs, George Batchelor and L. 0. Eastman settled in Burlington in 1839; Ephraim Perkins, father of Origen and Pliny M. Perkins, Joseph Rooker and James Thompson settled in 1840. I am pained to hear, that on yesterday, [21st of Feb., 1871,] Mrs. Ruth Thompson, widow of James Thompson, was carried to her tomb. Respected and honored by friends of thirty one years acquaintance, a good and noble woman, whose long residence in Burlington is associated with my earliest recollections, has passed away. I take this occasion to cast a little leaf upon her grave, in tribute to her sterling worth of character, and to those noble, womanly virtues that adorned her life, and will long be cherished by mourning friends.

The first physician who settled in Burlington, was Doctor Edward G. Dyer, who came with his family, in 1839. He had visited the place of his future home in 1836, and had on the night of his first arrival, slept on the bank of Fox river in a shanty 10x12, on a puncheon floor, with seven other inmates. He walked most of the distance from Chicago, following Indian trails, guided occasionally, by a stray settler, whose hospitality he sought and received, and thus journeying on by the dim traces of obscure foot paths in the woods and on the prairies, he crossed a stream and sat down, in his weariness, beneath a great oak that was a landmark on his journey, and smoked his pipe ! At sundown of that day he arrived at Foxville. At this time Origen Perkins and his hired man, Moses Smith, Silas Peck, Bostwick Beardsley and Wm. F. Lyon were the inhabitants of what is now the village of Burlington.

Later in 1839, when he and his family arrived they took up their abode, and for a considerable time continued to live in the log house built in 1836, by Origen Perkins, near the brick yard, Mr. Perkins having removed to the claim he had made on the west side of the river. One whom I have long known, recalls to-day with vivid distinctness, the early years spent in that humble cabin. He remembers the rude fire place by the light of which he read his testament at evening; the Indians peering darkly into the window's; and the wild forests to the northward, the little events that childhood magnifies into epocs, the foot bridge across the river, the log house and saw mill on the west side of the pond, and the luxuriant wild grass that flourished on the bottom land west of the stream. It has passed away like a dream and I will not pause to recall it.

In 1840, Francis and Joseph Wackerman came to Burlington from New York. They were the first German family who settled in the town, but were soon followed by others in considerable numbers.

Mr. Pliny M. Perkins purchased the saw mill that was built by Smith & Vaughan, and subsequently built a grist mill in which was ground the first flour shipped from Wisconsin to New York. He opened the first store, in 1839, in a log house built by Moses Smith, and continued the business there about a year. He then, with Hugh McLaughlin erected the frame structure which constitutes the present " Burlington Hotel." The west half of the building was used for a store and the balance for a hotel, which was for several years kept by Mr. McLaughlin. The completion of the house, in 1840, was signalized by a grand New Year's ball.

In the days of the settlement of Mr. Norton, fish and game were the staple meat. The settlers sold muskrat skins to buy butter, and ammunition with which to shoot prairie chickens.

In 1840, however, times were improved. In April of that year, David Bushnell planted a crop of corn ; on the third day after planting, the rows were visible, and on the 4th day of July it was ripe and ready to harvest.

Game was abundant. Long-billed snipe and sand-hill cranes were marks for every hunter. On frosty mornings in the fall, the cranes were accustomed to gather in great numbers, and hold what David Bushnell calls " regular camp-meetings," preparatory to their long flights. Prairie wolves and deer were also, numerous.

In the winter of 1839, one hundred and five deer, in a single drove, by actual count, were seen to ford Fox river near the claim of Mr. Bushnell.

The first election was held at the house of Moses Smith, in the fall of 1836, for member of territorial legislature. This was the election at which Capt. Knapp was the candidate and elected.

The first school house was built in 1839. The first school was taught in the summer of 1838, by Sarah Bacon. The first bridge across Fox river was covered with hewed logs, in the fall of 1837.

Origen Perkins was the first justice of the peace in Burlington. On one occasion a man called upon him for a warrant with which to make an arrest. He found Mr. Perkins digging a ditch. The complaint must be made then and there, but the justice had neither paper, pen nor ink. Perhaps, Mr. P. did not deem the offense a very grave one, but in the emergency of the case, he pulled off one of his boots, took from his pocket a piece of chalk, wrote the complainant's statement on the boot leg, made him hold up his hand and swear to it, and then told him he would issue a warrant as soon as he went to the house !

The first 4th of July celebration was held in the grove on the east side of the river in 1839. Dinner furnished by Stephen Bushnell; address by Elder Lothrop, of Southport.

The first death in the town was that of Miss Amanda Hayes, who died in July, 1836. The first birth, was that of a son of George Newman, born in May or June, 1837.

In the summer of the same year the " Burlington Academy " was established, and was in operation with R. D. Turner as principal, in December, 1843.

1 must draw to a close what I have to say of Burlington. Let me add that one of its present citizens, Capt. Francis McCumber, as commander of vessels on the great lakes, brought to Wisconsin, many of its settlers in 1836-'37-'38-'39 and '40. In July, 1833, he sailed up lake Michigan in the vessel Thos . Hart , without meeting another craft between lake St. Clair and Chicago.

The original plat of Burlington constitutes the N. E. fr J of Sec. 32, comprising 144 acres, or 160 acres including the river. It was purchased at the land sales in March, 1839, by Silas Peck, and was surveyed and platted May 21st, 1839, by A. W. Doolittle.

Source changes here: from The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., by Western Historical Co, published 1879; 21,442 words in this source stream.

Burlington Town

Following the line of the Western Union Railroad, the first place of importance reached by the wayfarer is Burlington, an embryo city of 2,000 inhabitants, beautifully situated on the banks of White River near its junction with Fox River. Samuel E. Smith and William E. Whiting were the first " pale faces " to settle upon its present site in 1836. They were followed by a brother of the former, Moses Smith, who was the first to make a claim on what is now the village of Burlington. In the following year, in conjunction with Mr. Samuel Vaughan, Mr. Moses Smith erected a saw-mill and attached to it a mill for grinding wheat. It was quite a small affair, bufproved to be the foundation of an elegant stone mill, which is now the pride of the village.

In 1839, the Star of Empire having already taken its way westward, moved in its goods in the persons of other adventurous spirits, who, realizing that the Eastern States were becoming too crowded, determined upon emigrating West, and growing up with the country. Among these were Pliny M. Perkins, a miller by profession, who, in the winter of 1838-39, arrived and bought out the water-power from Moses Smith, and erected a much more pretentious mill than that first constructed. It was a frame structure, and, what is technically known as a "three run mill '* - two of flour and one of feed. In 1846, finding that the population was increasing, he built the first " big *' mill in that section, which was 40x60 feet, and four stories high.

That building ran for eighteen years, but was finally destroyed by fire. By no means discouraged at his serious loss, Mr. Perkins rebuilt the mill, but only for a second visitation of the elements as the sequel proved, which came in 1874, when his possessions again vanished in smoke and ashes. Mr. Perkins was still unappalled at his repeated misfortunes, for, upon the ruins of his second loss, a handsome mill was built up costing with its machinery $20,000, and becoming, as it remains to-day, the " pride of the village.*'

In 1871, failing health caused Mr. Perkins' retirement from active service, and he rented his establishment to his sons, James and Edward, who associated a brother-in-law, Andrew Lawton, with them in the management of affairs. But after a brief experience, the new firm sold out to Ayers & Benson, by whom it is now continued, a remunerative venture. To Mr. Perkins belongs the credit of having shipped the first flour from Wisconsin to the State of New York, and from that mill, Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee and Burlington were supplied.

After the removal of the Indians across the Mississippi in 1837, immigration began to flow in, and in 1839, was at its height. The first house erected in what is now the village, laid out about that time by the Rev. Jason Lathrop, was put up by Moses Smith in the spring of 1836. It was a frame shanty, standing on the west side of Fox River, and the south side of White River. He it was, in conjunction with Benjamin Pierce, who erected and kept the first store ; about the same time, 1836-37, Enoch Woodbridge and Enoch Putnam opened the first hotel. It was built of logs, and was kept by Reed Nims until June, 1839, when he sold out to Mr. Stephen Bushnell, who got up a grand Fourth of July dinner, at which a most excellent time was had. As business improved, and the newness of things began to wear off, came a desire for better " things," and, in 1843, Benjamin Forbes erected a brick house from bricks made in a yard opened in 1840, at the forks of the Fox River, by a man named George W. Gregg. The house still stands on Geneva street.

The first death to occur among the little band was that of Miss Alvira Hayes, who died in February, 1838, a year subsequent to her marriage, and was buried west of the village near the line between Walworth County and Burlington.

As to the most important event of record - the first birth, there is some controversy, but Mr. Charles Loomis, now a sturdy farmer living near the village, is credited with that honor, he having been born in the latter end of 1838. The first marriage celebrated was that of Miss Alvira Hayes and Mr. William McLaughlin, which was solemnized early, in 1837 ; on that occasion, a wedding cake was furnished, the '* shortening ** in which was made with fat rendered from a string of '* Red Horse " fish furnished by the bridegroom. As stated, Miss Hayes, the bride, did not long enjoy her married life, but died the following year of congestive fever. During the summer and fall of 1839, this malady, said to resemble cholera, was attended witW great mortality in the district, resolving itself finally into an epidemic which defied medical skill * After lingering for a time, the epidemic suddenly ceased, leaving a multitude of new-made graves^ to attest its severity, and form the nucleus of the present cemetery.

When the rush for land in the West was at its height many '' squatters,*' as they w^ere called - came also, but not to stay. They would look around and stake out the best country they could find, and when a bona-fide settler came, who desired that particular portion, a scene like th^ following would occur:

And thus the bargain would be clinched, and the wily S([uatter with his easily earned $10 would move off, carrying with him all the title he ever possessed.

The manufacturing interests are valuable. A history of the first and subsequent gristmills erected in the village has already been treated of in these pages, but in this connection it may be stated that last spring, from the mill now running, was shipped by Messrs. Ayres & Bens*)n, the proprietors, 500 barrels of flour to Glasgow, Scotland, and 3,000 barrels to Hamburg, Germany. In order to get the enormous quantity of work oflF their hands, the mill is run night and day ; and when it is considered that 300,000 bushels of wheat are marketed here every year, it is easy to perceive that the mill is a power in Burlington.

In addition to being the founder of such an enterprise, Mr. Perkins, in 1843, erected a large woolen-mill on the bank of Fox River, opposite to that occupied by the grist-mill. It was 36x60, two stories above the basement ; but, in 1873, upon being found too small for his rapidly-growing trade, he expended ?14,000 on improvements, making thq mill 100 feet long by 50 wide, and four stories high.

The mill first built, however, was rented to Capt. James Catton for five years, Mr. Perkins merely receiving 31,000 per year for it, and at the end of that time, or about 1850, with a snug little sum of ^15,000, Capt^ Catton drew out, and, with his machinery, moved further down stream, where he erected another mill, which, however, has become a thing of the past. Mr. Ephraim Perkins, who arrived about that time, then took possession of his brother's mill, and, in partnership with a brother-in-law of Mr. Fiske, of Kenosha, ran it for a time, Mr. Fiske furnishing the money. But the times grew hard and debt came on, so Mr. Fiske was forced to take it. He also ran the mill, mortgaging it for the means that would enable him to do so, but, finding that he could not pay off the mortgage, he was forced to let it go, and it was accordingly sold to a Mr. Thompson, of Connecticut, for which he paid about $6,000. He retained it two years, it being meanwhile run by one of Mr. Thompson's sons and a young gentleman named Ellsworth ; but they did not make a success of it, and, in 1855 or 1856, Mr. Perkins repurchased the property, for $12,000. He ran it until 1871, when he turned it on rental to his sons, the same gentlemen to whom he disposed of the flouring-mill, who kept it for five years ; but a crisis and the State banks helped them out of it, and Mr. E. N. White, the present proprietor, bought it. It is a large, two-set mill, and uses from seventy-five thousand to one hundred pounds of wool per year.

In the year 1852, Mr. Jacob Muth, a prominent and enterprising German, erected a large brewery, with which he used to turn out from fifteen to twenty barrels of the invigorating lager per day. It was a frame building, and cost $2,500. He ran it until 1872, when he concluded to abandon brewing and establish a malt-house ; he tore the building down and erected, in its stead, a large brick and stone malt-house, which he ran until 1877, when he sold out to the People's State Bank.

During a season of ten months, Mr. Muth used to malt from sixty to eighty thousand bushels of material, with which he supplied the Chicago and Milwaukee brewers. Mr. Muth still resides in, and is identified with the interests of, Burlington. The town yet includes a brewery in its list of taxable property, located on McHenry street, near the Depot, owned and controlled by W. J. Fink, who purchased the property, in 1873, from the firm of Dahl & Fink. It has a capacity of about eight barrels per diem.

The Banking Interest

is confined to the First National Bank of Burlington. There was formerly a savings institution in the town, which is now^ in the hands of John Reynolds, Esq., as Receiver. The First National Bank was organized in December, 1872, with a capital stock of $50,000. The Directors were Messrs. Jerome I. Case, Racine ; Stephen Bull, Racine ; L. M. Ayres, L. C. Anderson and C. Hall. * Mr. Case was elected President ; Mr. Ayres, Vice President ; Mr. C. Hall, Cashier, and Mr. Eugene Hall, Assistant Cashier. Ever since the Bank commenced to do business, it has paid a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent, and now holds a surplus of $10,000. The officers are still the same.

The People's State Savings Bank was organized about the same time as the National, with a subscribed capital of $50,000, $15,000 of which was paid in. The Bank ran for about six years, but succumbed, and is now in the hands of a Receiver, Mr. John Reynolds. Both the banks have offices on Main street.

The Newspapers

The first published in Burlington was the Weekly Burlington Gazette^ which appeared on April 8, 1858. The name of Mr. H. W. Phelps appeared as proprietor and publisher. It was Republican in politics, and dealt out castigation wherever deserved with no unsparing' hand. But fortune did not smile, so the editor, on December 11, 1860, issued a valedictory, and removed to Horicon, where, in all probability, he still is. From that time until 1863, the press was unrepresented, and, on October 14, the first number of the Burlington Standard appeared, which had the name of Lathrop E. Smith as editor and proprietor. He continued to publish it until August 15, 1866, when Mr. Henry S. Devereux, of Boston, purchased it. It now, under his able management, and has a circulation of 800. It is an eight-page weekly, Republican in politics, and, for the size of the place, is a credit to journalism.

The churches are numerous and well supported. The most ancient of the religious edifices in Burlington is St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, which was organized in lo44 by some members of the faith, who came from Detroit, Mich. They were joined by the Rev. Father Kundig, of Milwaukee, and, in the same year, erected a small stone building which was the first stone house built in Burlington. That they used as a church until 1859, when they erected the present large stone building. In the same year, it was dedicated by the Rev. Father Henni, Bishop of Milwaukee. It stands on what is known as the Mc Henry Road, on a high hill overlooking the village, so that the first thing seen is its tall spire, rearing aloft its head to the skies. It is 118x50, and cost $10,000, the land alone being worth, at the time of purchase, $60 per acre. When it was first built, the congregation mustered 100 persons, and now the Rev. Father Wisbauer, who arrived from Austria in 1849, " points the way " to over one thousand persons, residents of Burlington and vicinity. They have also put up a very nice parsonage at a cost of $1,500, which the Priest occupies. Connected with the Church is a very good school, which has an average attendance of 200 children. It is in charge of the " School Sisters'* - three in number - and right well do they perform their duties. In addition to other property, they have in the church an excellent organ, which cost $1,600. There are also several societies connected with it. They are the St. Cecilia Church Choir, which was started some twenty-five years ago with about half a dozen members. They now number fifteen. The leader and organist is Mr. M. G. Prasch ; President, Mr. Frank Reuschlein ; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Frank Kline. The St. Aloysius Society was started, after dying away, six years ago, with sixty members, and they number 120. Their object is to beautify the interior of the church. Officers : Rev. Father Wisbauer, President ; John Prasch, Vice President ; John Wagner, Treasurer ; Frank Prasch, Secretary. The other societies are a Yobng Men's Singing Society, organized in March, 1873, with six members, which have since increased to twenty-four ; a Benevolent Society, organized February 6, 1871, with an enrolled membership of about sixty persons, and two societies for young ladies - St. Mary's and the Heart of Jesus. They both have growing memberships, and doubtless are of considerable utility as helpers in Church work.

The Burlington Baptist Church was organized in 1843, with about fifteen persons and Mr. W. R. Manning as Pastor. The services were held in the old schoolhouse until 1851, when what is known as the Free Church was built. That was erected by a coalition with the Presbyterians and Methodists, and meetings were held alternately, but, in 1861, the Baptists purchased it. It is a stone building, and cost $1,700, but the society is now very weak, having run down to almost its original number. They still keep up their services, Mr. Martin, of the firm of Martin k Sheldon, reading a sermon on Sunday. They have also a good organ, which cost about $150.

The German Methodist Church was organized in 1864, with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kellar, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Selkeand two or three others. They bought a small brick church from the English church members, and occupied it until 1874, when they built their present large wooden building, which is capable of seating 300 persons, and cost $2,600. The first minister was Herman lleichter, who remained one year. Various ministers filled the pulpit after that, until the fall of 1878, when the Rev. Sebastian Weckerlin accepted the pastorate and took charge. He has worked it up from the former small number to a membership of 160. There is also a nice parsonage which cost, with the land, $1,300. There is still a debt of $1,050 due on the building, but it is growing small by degrees and beautifully less. The living is worth about $400 per year.

The Plymouth Congregational Church and the German Lutheran Church are organizations of earlier date, but as no records could be found, their history could not be obtained.

The secret societies are also prominent. Perhaps the most powerful of these is the Teutonia Singing Society, which was organized in May, 1853, with about twenty members. The originator, and, for many years, its leader, was Mr. Joseph Bock. Until 1870, there were three societies - a Dramatic, a Singing and a Turner's Society ; but, as none of these, singly, were powerful enough to build a hall, they united and formed what is now the Teutonia Society. In the same year, they commenced the erection of their large stone hall, which stands on Geneva and Dyer streets, paying for the land (two lots) $900. The hall itself, a very serviceable brick building, cost $9,000, and was opened in 1871 with considerable eclat, other societies being present from Racine and Kenosha. It. is 42x100 and 30 feet deep. In 1877, the Society celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, and engaged the Hessian Military Band, which played there three days, giving pleasure unbounded to the inhabitants. There is also a Dramatic Society connected with it, and, occasionally, they give performances, which are always much appreciated. In 1876, they purchased ground and laid out a park, about a mile from the center of the village, paying for the land, nine acres in extent, $1,000. It cost, altogether, $2,000, and since then they have expended $200 per year on its adornment. It forms a very pleasant and very favorite resort for the weary villagers, and, on hot summer nights, is always crowded. The Society is in a flourishing condition, and now controls a membership of sixty-five. The officers are : Fred Reuschlein, President; F. Petrie, Vice President; Richard Weygard, Secretary; and John Haas, Treasurer.

In 1848, the Burlington Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was organized, with but a very small membership. Four years affcer, the name was changed to Burlington Lodge, No. 28, F. & A. M. They then had a membership of about twenty. At present, the Lodge numbers forty, and is fairly flourishing. The following officers preside: John Reynolds, W. M.; J. E. Faitoute, S. W. : H. F.. Smith, J. W. ; E. Crawford, Treasurer ; E. R. Smith, Secretary ; James S. Rogers, S. D.; E. D. Perkins, J. D.; R. T. Davis, Tyler. They meet in the Odd Fellows' Hall.

The Odd Fellows* Lodge was organized about the beginning of 1843, with ten members. Mr. Fred Loven, of Kenosha, was the Noble Grand, and James Catton, Vice Grand. They are quite flourishing, and own about $600 worth of property, consisting of regalia and furniture. Their increase in membership was very slow for a long time, but. of late years, it has increased materially, at present numbering some fifty members. They claim title to a commodious hall, over Kantz's hardware store, which is also occupied by Masonic, temperance and other societies on "off"' nights. Their present officers are: James Edmonds, N. G. ; Richard Weygard, V. G. ; Thomas Marsland, Secretary ; E. S. Voorhees, Treasurer ; J. W. Edmonds, Conductor. When first organized, the Lodge used to meet in what is now Charley Arnold's meat market.

The principal idea connected with it is that no members are qualified until they have coaipleted the degrees. The present officers are : John Reynolds, C. of C; T. M. Martin, S. of C; Charles Healy, J. of C. ; F. H. Nims, Chaplain; H. A. Sheldon, Recorder; T. H. Marsland, Treasurer. They have a steadily -increasing membership.

The Schools

Of the early school history of Burlington, owing to the lax manner in which the records have been kept, very little can be ascertained ; but what was obtainable is here presented. The first dchool of which there is any note was opened in 1838 by Miss Sarah Bacon, who was engaged by Mr. Royce, the first lawyer in Burlington, in a house which then stood on the public square, but was subsequently removed to Chestnut street. She was followed, after the summer of 1838, by a young man named Lyon, who was then reading law, but is now known to fame as Judge of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. His pupils were not many in number, probably half a dozen. He remained but one winter, when the school was suspended until 1842. In that year, Squire Royce, the gentleman above referred to, John F. Trowbridge and John Seaton, were elected and qualified as School Commissioners, when an improved system was inaugurated. But from 1843 to 1850, school was not a settled institution. In 1851, Mr. R. D Turner opened a private school, which he dignified with the appellation of " the Academy,'* but as it was not a success, he shortly afterward gave it up. In the same year, Mr. Royce went to Racine to discharge the duties of District Attorney, and,,rfrom that year till 1857, school was again suspended. In the latter year, Mr. George Jones was appointed School Superintendent, and a young lady (name unknown) was employed to teach every summer, in order that the Commissioners might draw the money which the Legislature had appropriated to the support of education. They then had $1,500 in the treasury, of which Lafayette Pitkin was, as Treasurer, the custodian. For some time, he opposed the project of another school, but was finally defeated, and, in the following year, the present high school was commenced. While it was in course of construction, a hall in the second story of Klinger's building (now occupied by the Standard) was rented, and a school opened, with Mr. Samuel 0. Lockwood as Principal, and his wife and Miss Emily Dyer as Assistants. They remained there until the high school was completed, in 1859, when Mr. Lockwood was installed as Principal. He remained in charge a year. In the fall, a disturbance aro^e, which broke-the school up, and none was held until the following spring, when Mr. Benedict took charge. He remained a year or more, and, from that time until 1875. there was a succession of masters, who remained for longer or shorter periods. In the latter year, Mr. E. R. Smith, the present Principal, was called, and accepted the charge. The building over which he presides is a large two-story stone structure, easily capable of accommodating the 340 pupils registered there last year. It is divided into four compartments or divisions, viz., the Primary, Intermediate, Grammar and High School, which are severally presided over by Mrs. Ellen Montgomery, Miss Christie Munroe, Miss Susan McBeth and Miss. S. F. Cass, the latter as Assistant to the Principal, Mr. Smith. The course of study is the same as that required for admission to the Freshman Class of the State University, in addition to regular attendance, and it is a fact worthy of note, that nearly all the teachers furnished to neighboring schools are procured at that institution. The first School Board was organized in 1858, and consisted of Jacob Wambold and P. M. Perkins, Directors ; J. H. Cooper, Clerk, with C. P. Barnes Treasurer. The present Board is made up of Peter Foders, President ; R. Wald and C. G. Foltz, Directors ; E. Hall, Treasurer, and J. S. Crane, Secretary. The yearly appropriation is ^3,000,

Miscellaneous

The Post Office, In regard to this branch of civilization, the records are singularly inapt, and beyond the fact that the first office was established in 1837, with Moses Smith as Postmaster, no information was obtainable, the names of subsequent ofiicers having faded from the memory of even the *' oldest inhabitant."

The Fire Deparitnent is a model of efficiency. In October, 1877, in consequence of a fire which occasioned some slight trouble, twenty of the young men held a meeting and organized a company known as the " Burlington Fire Company No. 1." About $500 was raised by subscription, and a powerful hand engine, reel and 500 feet of hose purchased from the Racine Fire Department. Mr. E. S. Voorhees was elected Foreman. J. E. Faitoute, Assistant, and Charles Keuper, Foreman of the hose company. Last March, a hook and ladder company was organized, with thirty-five members, Louis Konst being appointed Foreman. At present, the Department numbers eighty men, forty-five in the engine company and thirty-five in the hook and ladder company. The men take a great deal of pride in their organizations, and have competed for and carried off a number of prizes for exhibitions of skill, including one from Freeport, of $250, also a silver pitcher obtained at the Chicago tournament, last September. * Brass Band. In August, 1875, the hearts of the young men and maidens were made glad by the appearance of a brass band, which was organized at that time, under the name of '" Brownson's Cornet Band,'* with C. A. Brownson as leader, and the following instruments and men : C. A. Brownson, E flat ; Frank J. Prasch, E flat ; Stephen Rawleigh, B flat; L. Strong, B flat; Jacob Ilumbold, first alto; John Wagner, second alto; M. G. Prasch, solo tenor; Joseph Klingle, first tenor ; II. Robering, second B flat bass ; Louis Konst, E flat tuba ; snare drum, Willie Wagner ; bass drum and cymbals, Charles Keuper. They practice in Teutonia Hall, and on fine summer nights fill the air of the Teutonia Society's park with melody, much to the delight of the crowds who assemble there.

The Agricultural Society is yet another corporation of which the Burlington people are justly proud. Some sixteen years ago, the fairs were always held at Union Grove, but, as Burlington increased in size and importance, her people became ambitious, and it was accordingly removed to that village. The grounds themselves are located on Main street, and consist of fourteen acres of land, which Mr. Pliny M. Perkins, the owner, rents to the Society. A fair is held there annually in September, continuing one week, exhibitors coming principally from the surrounding country.

enterprise and energy, and began the building up of the village, which now regards him as its founder. He located on the northeast corner of Main street, where he subsequently built the first frame house erected in the vicinity, which remained intact, until the advent of the railroad in 1856, when he sold out to Mr. P. P. Faber. That gentleman was the second settler in Union Grove; and building an addition to the premises, purchased of Mr. Dunham, became the first storekeeper. William H. Reid followed Mr. Dunham into the wilderness, and therein built the second house. In after years, he changed it into a store and post office, and dealt out groceries and mail, as demanded. The tliird house, in that portion of the county, was erected by John Roche, a portion of which was used by that worthy as a shoemaker's shop, in which he can be found to-day.

The first death to occur in the village was that of Miss Nancy, daughter of Gideon Morej, which took place November 15, 1846, she being, at that time, twenty years of age.

Aft^r the opening of the railroad, in 1856, it was considered desirable to " lay out " the village in lots, and for that purpose a meeting was held, and an association formed, consisting of Dr. A. P. Adams, President ; Mr. James Russell, Vice President ; Gideon Morey, Secretary; S. H. Skewes, Treasurer and Agent; William H. Reed, Burr Beirs, William C. Bartlett, Jeheil H. Hitchcock, Champion S. Chase and Erasmus D. Cadwell ; subsequently, James Russell (called Yankee Russell), Richard Goldsworthy, William Mildrum, John Edgoose and Homer Adams were added to it. On January 26, 1856, after the association was formed, a meeting was held, at which Mr. Homer Adams presided, " for the purpose of taking into consideration, plans for the purchase and improvement of certain lands, at present owned, conjointly, by Messrs. Harvey Durkee, of Kenosha, and the estate of Charles S. Wright, of Racine, deceased ; said land being adjacent to Union Grove.** On motion of William H. Reid, a Committee, consisting of Messrs. W. H. Reid, James Russell, Junior, and Burr Beirs, was appointed to confer and consider upon some plan of procedure and report. Mr. James Russell, Jr., was appointed a committee of one to call upon the owners of the property, and obtain their lowest figures at which it could be purchased. At the same meeting, Messrs. James Russell, Jr., William H. Reid, William C. Bartlett, Richard Goldsworthy, Burr Beirs, Ammon P. Adams, Erasmus D. Cadwell, Gideon Morey and Jehiel H. Hitchcock were appointed Commissioners to apply for a charter, open books and receive subscriptions. At a bubsequent meeting, held on February 21, 1856, Mr. C. M. Sprague was requested to provide a plat of the village, and present the same to the Commissioners, for their acceptance or rejection. This was done, and, as in the mean time, the Commissioners had not been idle, an act was passed by the Legislature, of which Joshua Stark was Speaker, on March 18, 1856, by which the Union Grove Company, with a capital stock of ^50,000, was incorporated. The province of the Company was to lay oiit the village into lots and blocks, witli the necessary streets and alleys, and to sell the lots so laid out to various bidders. Books were opened, and business coflnmenced at once, by the purchase, by Mr. W. H. Reid, of the first lot on which he erected his frame store already spoken of. The town was laid out into six blocks, each of which contained ten lots, of various sizes, with the exception of Nos. 6 and 3, which contained twelve lots each. The village itself was never incorporated, the villagers seemingly being content with their primitive form of government.

There are, at the present time, in Union Grove, three religious edifices, viz. : The First Congregationalist, which was organized on September 8, 1844, by the Rev. C. C. Cadwell, as Moderator, at the schoolhouse, Mr. L. C. North way being appointed Clerk. Of the twelve members who attended, six are still living. The Church secured the pastoral services of the Rev. Lorain Rood, who labored until November, 1845, the meetings being held alternately at Salisbury and White's Schoolhouses, in Paris, Kenosha County, and Union Grove. From that time up to June, 1850 several Pastors were called, and remained there for longer or shorter periods. At that time, the Church gave the Rev. Charles Boynton a unanimous '' call," to which he responded, remaining until May 4, 1852, during which time the first church was built. The church edifice remained on its original site on the Burlington & Racine Road, various Pastors filling the pulpit until 1864, when it was removed to the northwest corner of Grove and Park streets. In 1876, the Rev. J. B. Sharp became the incumbent, and it was (luring his pastorate that the new church, which stands on the site of the old one, was built. It was dedicated on February 18, 1878, by the Rev. J. Collie, of Delavan, and was completed, paid for and occupied inside of two years. It is a handsome building, of the material known as veneer, 40x60 feet, and will seat about four hundred persons. The living of which the Rev. James

][ ATH1AS AliBBECHT, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Burlington ; bom in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1834 ; came to Burlington Township, Wis., in 1847 ; immediately on his arrival here he commenced farming, which occupation he has been industriously following ever since ; married, Januaiy, 1860, in Burlington, Miss Mary Fay, who was born in Wisconsin in 1842 ; they have one child, Abraham ; Mr. Albrecht owns sixty acres of improved land ; members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

FBANK ALTHOFF, farmer. Sec. 2; P. 0. Burlington; bom in Westphalia, Germany, July 3, 1846 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1854 ; they located in Wheatland, and eno:aged at farming; in 1856 they bought a farm, on which they worked till 1864, and then moved to Alliance Township, Walworth Co.; purchased a farm and lived there until 1872 ; his parents, Henry and Catharine Althoff, then moved to the village of Burlington, where they are at present residing ; Frank married in May, 1869, Miss Anna Suer, who was bom in February, 1854 ; they have three children - Henry, bom in February, 1870; Mary, February, 1872; Joseph. February, 1874; in 1870 Frank left his parents and boujrht the farm of sixty- two acres of land on which ho is now living, and has well improved it.

FBANCIiii BANKES, farmer, Sec. 21 : P. O. Burlington ; born in Yorkshire, England, in 1840, and came with his parents, in 1852, to Racine County; located in Mount Pleasant, and lived there till 1868; he then left his father on the farm in Mount Pleasant, and came to Burlington and bought 192 acres of land in Section 21, with residence and bams and all improvements; he married in Mount Pleasant, in 1863, Sarah Smith, and has one child, Thomas W.; he raises hogs, cattle and small grain on his farm.

EDWABD BABBETT, farmer Sec. 24; P. 0. Burlington; he was born in County Cork, Ireland, in November, 1821 ; he came to Wisconsin in October, 1849, and settled in Burlington Township, where he was employed by P. M. Perkins as a farm hand ; he remained with Perkins till 1855; Mr. Barrett then bought the farm on which he is now living; he married, April, 1853, Miss Mary Berry, who was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1833; they have had eight children, seven now living - Julia, born July, 1856 ; Mary, April, 1858 ; Thomas, Oo'tober, 1859 ; Ellen, April, 1862 ; Catherine, January, 1864 ; Edward, August, 1865 ; William, March, 1871 ; Mr. Barrett has been Pathmaster for a number of years; he owns 120 acres of fine land, well improved; members of the Wheatland Catholic Church.

PETEB BArMANN, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. O. Burlington ; born in Baden. Germany, in 1835 ; came to Burlington direct in 1854 ; his father bought 120 acres of land in Sections 24 anl 25, and built the house and barns on it; his father died in Burlington in 1871 : his mother died in Burlington in 1857 ; before his father died, Peter bought the 120 acres owned by his father, and also bought eighty acres more in Section 25, which he afterward sold, keeping only 120 acres ; he married in Burlington, in 1866, Dina Oreibel, and has five children - William J., George P., Anthony, Brano and Leo, all living at home with their parents.

JOHN BAXTER, farmer; P.O.Burlington; was born in Wales in 1808, and came to America in 1848 ; located near Utica, N. Y., and was employed as spinner in a flannel manufactory ; came to Wisconsin in 1859, and located in Burlington ; since his residenca here he has been engaged in farming; was School Clerk for two years in his district; when be came to America he was a poor man, but since then, by economy and industry, he has gained a competence ; has a fine farm of 122 acres, and a handsome residence in the villi^e of Burlington ; he married in 1828 ; his wife was a n:itive of Wales ; she died in 18.'i9 ; they had four children, two now living; he married again, Sept. 8, 1842; his present wife was also born in Wales. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter are members of the Baptist Church.

ELLIOTT C. BENSON, livery stable, Burlington ; bom in Ohio, in 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in 1839 ; located at Kenosha, remaining one year, then going to Paris, he remained one year ; then moved to Brighton with his father, and took up a tract of Government land ; came to Burlington in 1854. Married, in July, 1848, MissElizabeth Baggs, a native of England: they have had three children - Jane (wife of Wm. Aldrich of Spring Prairie^ ; Carrie (wife of E. D. Perkins) ; and Emma. Members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Benson is a Republican.

FREDERICK BIERKNER, farmer. Sec. 20 ; P 0., Burlington ; born in Zorbig, Saxony, in 18u9; came to Burlington in 1845, July 15th, and bought seventy acres of land in Sections 19-20 ; he improved it and built a residence and barns ; has never married ; he has his farm worked by Fred Khakafsky, who lives in the house built by Mr. Bierkner, who boards with them ; Mr. Bierkner started he first tin sh'tp in Burlin^icton, in a builJing erected by himself as a residence and store.

RUFUS BILL1N<^S(, farmer; P. 0., Burlington ; born in Somers, Tolland Co., Conn., in 1803 ; when he was 21 years old he went to Utica, N. Y., J\nd stayed there four years ; then he went to Trenton Falls, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he remained six yean*. He married, in Ludlow, Mass., Oct. 4, 1830, Sarah Fuller; they had two children - Rufus M., born in Trenton Falls, Sept. 7, 1833; Levi J., in Trenton Falls, Nov. 28, 1835. On the Ist day of November, 1836, they landed at Milwaukee; went from there to Gardner's Prairie, in Walworth County, where he located and took up a half section of Government land ; he built a large frame house, improved the land, and lived there till April, 1866, and then came to the town of Burlington and boight the property he now lives on, two large lots, with residence, barns, etc., in the center of the village of Burlington ; in 1869 he sold his property in Gardner's Prairie. They had two other children born in Walworth County - Sarah F., born May 26, 1838, Amelia, Jan. 17, 1850. Sarah married Hiram T. Sharp, and now resides in Atlantic, Iowa; Amelia died May 11, 1853, and was buried in Walworth County; Rufus M. married Julia B. Bacon, and lives in Spring Prairie, Walworth County ; Levi J. married L^ora L. Washburn, and lives in Green Bay, Wis., practicing law ; hdve one child ; he enlisted and was appointed Lieutenant in the 28th Regt. Wi!4. V. I., and was with his regiment at the battle of Corinth, and at Memphis, Helena, and other battles ; he was taken sick and was disabled at Little Rock, Ark. ; was honorably discharged and came home. They are all members of the Congregational Church, of which Mr. Billings has been Deacon several years.

FRANCIS W. RL AKE, Buriington ; born in Keene, N. H., in 1823 ; came to Spring Prairie, Walworth County, in June, 1854 : bought land there and remained four years ; sold out land and residence and came to Burlington, in 1858; he first bought the house and lot now owned by Mrs. Miller, and in 1862 he bought about eight acres of land just south of the Western Union R. R. depot, laid out in town lots, about two blocks with large brick residence, partly finished, which he completed and now occupies with his family. He married, at Sexton's River, Vt., in 1852, and has three children - Francis H., Frederick and Belle. His family are members of Congregational Church.

MRS. MARTHA ROTTOMLEY, widow, Sec. 24;. P. 0., Buriington; the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Jessop; born in Yorkshire, Kngland, in 1812. She married, in Yorkshire, England, Dec. 14, 1830, Edwin Bottomley, who was also born in Yorkshire, in 1809; in 1842 they came to America; arrived at Burlington Aug. 4, 1842, and located on the farm they occupy now; he bought eighty acres of Government land in Section 24, first buying the claim to it from Mr. Flint for $40 ; then built a small shanty, in which they lived two years ; in the winter of 1843, he completed a new residence and moved into it, a large brick and frame house, with barns, etc. Mr. Bottomley died in Burlington, in 1850, and is buried here; they had seven children, six daughters and one son - Hinnah, Ruth, Arnimil, Salina, Cecelia, and Mary, all m irried and away, except Arnimal, now living with her mother in the house they built ; the son, Thomas, married Amelia Frost, of Rochester, and they also live at the homestead with Mrs. Bottomley.

HENRY BORGEBT, farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Barlington; bom in Prusmaan April, 1815 ; came to Wisconsin in November, 1845, and located on the farm where he is now living : heia a blacksmith, and has built a shop on his premises, where he carries on the business in connection with farming. Married, in Germany, in 1841, Miss Potter; she died in 1859 ; they had four children - Henry, Maiy, August, and Margaret. Mr. Borgert married again, in July, 1860, Miss Jane Hollen ; she was bom b Germany, in October, 183() ; they have four children - Herman, Anna, Joseph and Christina. Members of the Burlington Ci*tholic Church. Owns 80 acres of land.

CHBISTIAN BOUB, farmer, Sec. 3 ; P. 0., Burlington ; he came to Burlington Township, Wis., in 1847 ; has engaged at farming, excepting ten years that he was in the liquor business in Burlington. He married, in Racine, in June, 1853, Miss Caroline Schieling, who was bom in Pennsylvania, in 1834; they have had eight children, four are living - William, born April, 1855 ; Emma, July, 1857 ; Charles, April, 1865 ; John, October, 1870. Mr. Boub served one year as Supervisor; he was elected Member of School Board from 1870 to 1876; also was Pathmaster from 1867 to 1875 - eight consecutive years. He owns the building occupied now by A. Helfrich; jeweler ; he also owns two beautiful residences in Burlington, occupied by Mr. Helfrich, and Mr. Stroub ; also owns a farm of 120 acres of fine land situated on the Kenosha road, within two miles of Burlington, with good improvements. Members of the Burlington Methodist Church.

AIK^IJST BBANDES, farmer. Sec. 19; P.O. Burlington; bora in Germany, January, 1836. Married, in Germany, in 1860, Miss Henrietta Lindberg, who was born there in 1842; they have had nine children - seven now living - Caroline, born in 1864; Henrietta, in 1865; Louisa, in 1869; Augusta, in 1872; Emma, in 1874; Minnie, in 1876; Philip, in 1879. Mr. Brandos came to Wisconsin and first located in Bloomfield Township, where he worked at farming till 1874 ; then removed to Wheatland Township, where he rented a farm and lived thereon till 1875 ; then purchased the fium of fifiy acres on which he is now living, farming successfully. Members of the Roman Catholic Church.

JOHN BrSCH, JB., farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Wheatland ; bom in Westphalia, Germany, io December, 1847 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1856; his father, John B., Sr., was bom in Westphalia, Germany, in December, 1 809. He married in Germany, Miss Gertrude Sindinghofi* ; they had two children - Gertrude and John ; John succeeded his father on the farm in Burlington Township, where he is now living. He married in Burlington, May 17, 1870, Miss Mary Richter, a native of Burlington Township ; they have five children living - Henry, born in March, 1871 ; Theodore, in October, 1873; Lilly, in October, 1874; William, in October, 1876; John, in February, 1879. Mr. Busch owns 130 acres of first-rate land. Members of the Wheatland Catholic Church.

JACOB BUSCBEBT, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Burlington; born in Buff'alo, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1833 ; came to Wisconsin in October, 1842, with his parents, who located in Burlington Township, and bought a farm ; he is a son of the late Aloysius Buschert, who was born in Strasburg, Germany, in April, 1796 ; married in Germany, in October, 1825, Miss Elizabeth Trapp. born in Germany in 1803 ; they had nine children - seven now living - Gregory, Agnes, Julia, Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary and Charles ; their father died in November, 1870 ; his wife still survives him ; Charlie is the sole heir to the farm where his father lived ; he is now working it successfully, and caring for his mother and sister ; he owns 200 acres of land, finely improved ; Jacob is the owner of the farm adjoining, which consists of 120 J acres of fine land, well improved. He married in Burlington village, in June, 1865, Miss Anna Stark, who was bom in Westphalia, Germany, the IGth of October, 1842 ; they have had seven children - five are living - Frank, August, Gregory, Charlie and Elizabeth. Mr. Jacob Buschert was elected, in 1872, Director of School Board, and still holds that office. Members of the Burlington Roman Catholic Church.

BBIVJAIHIX J. BUSHHAX, saloon and restaurant, Burlington ; bom in Germany in 1844 ; his parents moved to Wheatland, Kenosha Co., when he was an infant, and located there ; his father, B. Bushman, bought 230 acres of land in Sections 32 and 33, built a residence and barns, and otherwise improved the land ; he died there in 1878, and his wife still lives on the farm with part of her family. The son, Benjamin J., married in Wheatland, April 19, 1872, Elizabeth Brenckman, of Burlington ; they have two children - William and Albert ; he moved to Burlington in 1873, and opened business in a restaurant and saloon close to the R. R. depot ; owns the house he lives in and three lots.

I> A VIB BUSHNEIjIi. farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Burlington ; he was born on the shores of Oneida Lake, Madison Co., N. Y., June 17, 1814; lived there and assisted his father on the farm till 183G, and then came to Wisconsin ; stopped a very short time at Pike Creek, then wandered across the country prospecting till he arrived at the lower forks of Fox River ; he located within one mile of the village of Burlinjrton ; engaged at farming ; built a wigwam, in which he lived for a few jears; Mr. Bushnell is the earliest settler living in the neighborhood ; in the early times they had to undergo many hardships and privations ; in 1837, the Settlers* Claim Society was organized ; its object, to protect their claims from the claim-jumpers ; in those days, a man settled and lived on a lot thirty days, had to cut so many rails, or plow so many furrows, to entitle him to his claim ; the industrious men often had trouble with claim-jumpers and loafers; on one occasion, in 1837, the society f«mnd it necessary to engage in a skirmish with the interlopers ; it took place near where the village of Burlington is now situated ; it is known as the battle of Burlington, fought by upwards of one dozen men ; no one was seriously wounded ; Norman Dyer was shot in a limb by William Curtis, who was firing in the dark, and aimed at Silas Peck, whose claim Curtis had tried to jump, but failing in his attempt, and aggravated by his failure, tried to kill Silas Peck. After rhe shooting, Curtis fled to parts unknown, but was finally captured in Illinois, and tried in Springfield. His trial was postponed, he gave straw bail, escaped, and has never been heard of since. Mr. Bushnell married in Burlington, Jan. 7, 18-46, Miss Elizabeth Thompson; she was bom in Madison Co., N. Y., March 26, 1828 ; had three children - only one now living - William K. Bushnell, born July 26, 1848 ; he is assisting his father on the farm. William Bushnell married Oct 20, 1870, Miss Adelaide Toombs, a native of Burlington Township; they have one daughter - Ida; they are living with his father, Mr. David Bushnell. He has never aspired to any political offices ; he owns eightyone acres within one mile of Burlington village ; the farm is well improved, with spacious bams and a comfortable house.

ABNEB CHAIHBEBLIN, Burlington; born in 1804, in Orange Co., Vt. ; came to Wisconsin in 1857, locating at Spring Prairie, where he engaged in farming for eleven years. In 1868, he removed to Burlington, where he engaged in mercantile business. In 1825, he married Miss Maiy Haseltine, a native of New York. She died in Burlington, Nov. 19, 1877. They have had ten children, five boys and five girls, three now dead. Mr. Chamberlin has been Justice of the Peace two years ; family are members of the Congregational Church.

WILIilAn E. CfllPSIAN, farmer. Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Burlington ; was bom near Brockville. Canada, in 1822 ; he went to Morristown, N. Y. ; then to Onondaga Co., N. Y., with parents, when he was 12 years old ; in 1846, he came to Burlington and rented a farm, and lived on it till 1841), when he bought seventy-three acres in Sec. 22, with residence and barns, and lived there till 1852 ; then sold it and went to California. In 1856, he returned to Kankakee Co., 111., and remained eight years ; in 1865, returned to Burlington and bought 146 acres of land in Sec. 28, with residence - the same farm he had rented in 1846. He married, in Onondaga Co., N. Y., September, 1846, Susan Kathan, of same place; they have DO children.

TflOSIAS CL ABKE, farmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Burlington. Thomas Clarke was born in County Longford, Ireland, May 12, 1828 ; he came to Albany, in 1850, where he was occupied in a stove foundry, taking charge of patterns, etc. He remained there till 1861 ; then came to Burlington and bought eighty acres of land in Sec. 21, with log cabins, barns, etc.; but only partly improved. He afterward bought thirty-eight acres more land in Sec. 22, and now owns 1 18 acres in all. He was never married ; his sbter is keeping house for him.

nBH. FBANCES CONKEY, widow; Burlington; the daughter of Daniel and Polly Kinney; born in Windsor Co., Vt., October, 1807 ; her parents moved to Massena, N. Y. In 1852, she married, in Massena, Lucius Conkcy, and came with him to Burlington that year. He was born in Sudbury, Vt., March 17, 1793; married, in Clinton Co., N. Y., Dec. 19, 1819, Phoebe Townsend, and had five children; his wife died, March 28, 1831. He married again, Oct. 16, 1832, in Massena, N. Y., Frances Kinney, and had three children ; he died in Burlington, Feb. 28, 1866, aged 74 years.

BENBY C. CONKLIM, Burlington; born in New London, Conn., Dec. 19, 1823; his parents moved to Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; his father, Henry Conklin. married Esther Bowk, of New London ; they had two children - Elizabeth, who died in New York Staie, and Henry C. Henry Conklin, Sr., was killed, in New York, in 1834, by a runaway team; his wife died in 1854. Henry C. came to Wisconsin in 1856, and followed his business, railroad contracting, for twelve years, with headquarters at Racine, but his residence at Burlington, where he owned a house and lot, purchased in 1856, when he first came here, and which he still occupies. He built the house himself, being a mason by trade. He also worked on the historical Victoria Bridge, crossing the St. Lawrence River, at Montreal, Canada. He married, in Ogdeiisburg, N. Y., June 22, liB49, Elizabeth Hill. They had three children, now dead ; his wife also died in Burlington, in April, 1868. He married again, in August, 1868, Mrs. Sarah Armour, widow of John B. Armour. She had two sons by her first husband - Q-oorge A. and Purly P. They are members of the <Jongregational Church.

PATBICK CONNOB, farmer. Sec. 24; P. 0. Wheatland. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, in March, 1821. He came to Wisconsin first in 1851. He worked a short time at farming in

Brighton Township ; went to Illinois and worked in different parts of the State. In 1855, he returned to Wisconsin, bought a farm, and located in Burlington Township, where he has constantly lived for the last twenty-four years. He married, in Burlington, October, 1857, Mrs. Alice O'Neil, born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1825. They have had two children - Ellen, born June 26, 1859; died Aug. 14, 1867; Johnnie, bom Sept. 18, 1862; died Aug. 12, 1867. Mr. Connor has led an industrious life. He owns forty acres of good land, fertile and productive. Members of the Wheatland Catholic Church.

JOEL HENRY COOPER, 91. D., Burlington ; bom in Windsor Co., Yt, April 20, 1821 ; was educated at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and came to Illinois in 1844, and remained one year ; in May, 1845, he came to Spring Prairie (Walworth Co.), and remained there till 1853, when he came to Burlington and located here ; he practiced medicine and kept a drug store, and was also Postmaster here for thirteen years, being appointed to that position by President Lincoln in 1861, which position he resigned in 1874; he now owns the residence in which he lives, with the ground. He was also Representative from Spring Prairie, in 1853, to the Legislature, while practicing medicine there with Dr. Mills.

HADIiEY 9I. CORSBIE, Pastor Con^egational Church, Burlington ; bom in Thomtown, Ind., Dec. 6, 1848, of Quaker parents ; remained there till 8 years old ; was then sent to Henry Co., Iowa, to be educated,, and graduated from Whittier College in 1872 ; he taught in Normal and graded schools in Pike Co.. 111.; then went to the Chicago Theological Seminary, where he graduated April 30, 1879, and commenced a pastorate of the Congregational C'hurch in the town of Burlington ; delivered bis first sermon, Sunday, May 4, 1879; at the end of his first year in the Seminary, he was sent by the Home Missionary Society up to the pineries above Green Bay, Wis., where he spent eighteen months successfullj ; then returned to the Seminary and remained two years longer. He married in Salem, Iowa, Sept. 17, 1873, Susie D. Hartley, of Salem, but a native of Indiana; his wife also graduated from Whittier College in 1872; they have three children - Maurice, born July 12, 1874; Lawrence, born Oct. 7, 1876; Arthur H., bora Dec. 30, 1877.

HENRY liEACH DEVEREIJX, editor and publisher of the Buriington Standard ; born in 1808, in Marblehead, Mass. ; his early education was received in the pride of the State of Massachusetts - the public school, ending his education with a few terms in a private academy ; lefl home at the age of 14 years and entered a printing office at Exeter, N. H. ; remained two years; then eni^a^ed in a printing office at Salem, Mass., remaining one year ; in 1825, went to Boston, where he completed ]\\s trade and remained until 1852, when he went to Winnebago Co., 111., and engaged in farming; remain^MJ five years ; then removed to Beloit and purchased the Beloit Journal, remaining about five years ; went to Delavan as partner in the Delavan Northron for one year ; he then returned to farming for about three years ; in 1864, went to Janesville, remaining eighteen months, when he went to Burlington and purchased the Standard from L. E. Smith. Married, Nov. 2, 1830, Miss Hanna N. Emmerson, a native of New Hampshire. Members of Episcopal Church.

TRUE W. DIJROIN, farmer; P. 0. Burlington : born in Caledonia Co., Vt., Dec. 31, 1816; lived there till he was 21 years old ; then went to New Hampshire ; remained four years ; in September. 1840, he came to Burlington and took up 160 acres of land in Sees. 8 and 9, south of the village of Burlington, which he afterwards sold, and bought land in Sec. 30 ; he now owns 137 acres of land in Sec. 30, including one large lot in the village, on which stood, partly finished when he bouj^ht it, a stone house, which he completed as a handsome residence in 1855, and moved into it from his old residence on Sec. 8; he married, in Rochester, Wis., Olive Stetson, of same place, Jan. 28, 1845 ; had three children - Edmund T., Mary E. and Florence 0., all living; his wife died April 28, 1857; is buried at Honey Creek; he married again, in Rochester, Ann Eliza Soule, widow of George Newman, Feb. 10, 1858, and had two children - Frank M. and Ella M. Mr. Durgin is a deacon of the Congregational Church, and has been for nine years.

CASPAR EISENRART, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Lietany, France, in June, 1832 ; came with his parents, in 1835, to Buffalo, N. Y., where they lived till 1842 ; came to Wisconsin ; located and bought a farm, and Caspar has industriously been farming ever since ; he married first in Burlingon, Feb. 8, 185G, Miss Mary Aimcnd, who was born in New York City ; have two children - Anna and Elizabeth ; their mother died July 22, J 865 ; he married the second wife in Burlington, in May, i 86G, Miss Lena Starkes ; they had seven children ; five are living - Julia, Steina, Josephine, Mary and Philip ; in the season, Mr. E. operates a threshing machine ; he is the owner of 132 acres of land, well improved.

in Feb., 1835, Eachel Cook, of Onondaga Co., N. Y., and had sik' children - Susanna, Beteey, Clarissa, Elnaihun, Amos and Arthur G. ; his wife died in Geneva, Aug. 18, 1862 ; he married again, in Aug., 1863, Laura Benson, widow of IVIilton Martin, a resident of Spring Prairie; when he first went to Geneva, in 1855, he bought 140 acres of land, and improved it and built a residence; in 1863, he moved to Spring Prairie, and, in 1866, sold the property in Geneva; his second wife owned seventy-eight acres of land in Spring Prairie, and, in 1868, he bought forty acres more in the same place; in 1869, he moved to Burlington village, where he lived throe years; in March, 1872, he bought 873 acres in Sec. 31, Burlington, with residence on it, and now occupies it ; his son Elnathan enlisted in the 22d Wis., and died of fever in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1863 ; Amos enlisted in the same regiment, and was wounded at the battle of Resaca Woods, near Atlanta, Ga., and died, June 18, 1864, at Kingston, Ga., where he was sent when wounded.

HEBSIAN FISCHER, farmer, Sees. 13 and 14; P. 0. Burlington; born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1810 ; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1847 ; they located in Burlington, bought a farm, and engaged at farming; his father, William F., was born in September, 1812 ; he married, in Germany, Miss Magdalena Brown, born July 14, 1809 ; they had one son - Herman ; his father died in July, 1875 ; his mother died in 1849 ; Herman, the sole heir to the property, succeeded his father on the farm; married in Burlington, in October, 1869, Miss Louisa Will ; she was bom in Germany, Aug. 24, 1846; have four children - Lena, born April, 1871 ; Mary. June, 1872; Herman. May, 1875 ; Theresa, May, 1878. Mr. Fischer has led an industrious life; he owns 175 acres of land in Burlington Township, and ten acres in Wheatland - 185 acres of land altogether, finely improved; he and his family are members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

CHARLES G. FOLTZ, merchant, Burlington; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1837 ; was nine years old when his parents moved to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where they remained three years, and, in 1854, moved to Burlington; Mr. F.' first clerked for Orson Sheldon, in 1854; remained with him three years, and, in 1857, commenced business with his father, under the firm B. Foltz & Son, dry-goods merchants ; they carry a general line of dry goods, carpets, clothing, etc., and are located in the center of business; he married, in Nov., 1861, in New Hampshire, Mary A. Chandler, and have three children - Charles O., Alice B., and Ernest H. Mr. Foltz is Clerk of the Congregational Church, and his family are members.

RENJAHIN FOX, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Burlington; born in Yorkshire, England ; he came to the State oi New York in 1849 ; lived there until the fall of 1851, then came to Burlington ; immediately sought and obtained employment as a miller in the Burlington Flour Mills, where he was employed for over t wen ly years. He married in Burlington, in Oct., 1855, Miss Mary Ann Wheeler, a sister of William Wheeler; she is a native of Somersetshire, England; they have had five children - all dead. He was Pathmaster for eight years; filled that position with satisfaction to the community. Mr. Fox is the owner of sixty acres of land, finely improved, situated within one mile of Burlington, on the bank of Fox River, and on the W. U. R. R. ; members of the Burlington Baptist Church.

HRN. H AR Y Ollili, widow, Burlington ; the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Mich ; she was born in Prussia in 1837 ; came with her parents to this State in 1852; her father located at Paris, Kenosha Co., bought eighty acres of land, built a r^^sidence and improved the land; he died in Paris, March, tl867 ; her mother still lives on the farm ; they had five children - Elizabeth, Peter, Eva, Mary and John. Mary married, in June, 1859, in Briurhton, Jacob Gill, who was born in Prussia Aug., 1835, and came to this country the same year as his wife's parents ; he owned the residence Mrs. Gill now occupies, and was in the saloon business; he died in Burlington, March 1, 1875; they had six children - Jacob, Peter, John, Katie, Eva and William.

AMTHONY ORASS, farmer, Sec. 17; P. 0. Burlington; he was born Jan. 6, 1812; came to Wisconsin June 28, 1844; he first located in Spring Prairie, Walw(»rth Co , and worked at farming; lived there a few years, then bought a farm; lived there till 1869, then came to Burlington l^ownship, bought a farm and settled here. Married, in Detroit, Mich., De\ 25, 1840, Miss Catharine Noblitt; she Was born in Germany in Feb. 1812; have had ten children - Nich»liis, born Nov. 23, 1841 , Apollina, July 8, 1845; Catharine, Feb. 4, 1847 ; John H., March 1, 1850; Elizabeth, April 12, 1852; died in 1875; Joseph, born Dec. 12, 1854; Frances, Dec. 14, 1856; Ann Margaret, Jan. 23, 1858; Edward, March 20, 1861 ; Johnnie J., Jan. 19, 1862. Mr. Grass owns 126 J acres of productive land, well improved, with substantial barns and a comfortable house.

jURS. F. N. CwRIEREL, widow, farmer, Sec. 28; Burlingtoo ; born in Baden, Germany, Nov. 1, 1825. She married, in Baden, March 30, 1848, Frank N. Griebel, and came to Burlington in May, 1853; he bought ninety acres of land iu Sees. 25 and 36, with residence; they lived there till 1867, and then sold it and bought ninety-two acres in Sec. 28, with residence, bams, etc. They had ten children - Maggie, Barbara, Mary, Peter, Josephine, Theresa, Leonard, Henry, Julia and Frank - all living. Mr. Qriebel died Sept. '20, 1874, and is buried in Burlington. Mrs. Griebel still lives on the farm with some of her children.

CHAUNCEY HALL, cashier First National Bank, Burlington; born in New York in 1826; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating at Milwaukee; in 1845, he removed to Racine, and remained for twelve years, engaged in mercantile business ; in the spring of 1857 he went to Ohio, where he identified himself with the banking business, which he continued till the fall of 1860, then removed to Chicago, and remained two years in the commission business; December, 1872, he located at Burlington and organized the First National Bank, one of the most successful and best-conducted banks in the State. In 1851, he married Miss Mary J. Loomis, a native of New York ; they have one child, a son - Eugene - who is assistant cashier in the bank.

EUGENE HALL, assistant cashier First National Bank, Burlinf^ton; bom, in 1852, in Racine; received his early education at Racine College. In the fall of 1874 he was engaged in the Manufacturers Bank of Racine, where he remained for three years; in 1877 he removed to Burlini;ton an i took the position as assistant cashier in the bank, which he now holds. Married, in 1878, Miss Florence Cooper, a daughter of Dr. J. C. Cooper.

ADAH J. H ANN AS, proprietor Jones House, Burlington ; born in 1843, in New York State, and came to Wisconsin in 1862, locating at Milwaukee for one year, and from there to Geneva for sixteen months ; in 1871 he came to Burlington and opened the Exchange Hotel, continuing for five years ; in 1876 he leased the Jones House, which is considered one of the best-conducted hotels m the State; married, September, 1868, Miss Frances A. Clark, a native of Canada; they have had three children, two living - Bella and Arthur J.

SEBASTIAN HEILIUENTHAL, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Burlington.; he was born ill Germany, Jan. 31, 1819 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1847, and located in Sheboygan County, and commenced farming ; lived there till 1853 ; he then moved to Walworth County and engaged at farming, and remained till 1866 ; then he came to Racine County and located in Burlington Township, where he bought a farm, and is working it with success ; married, in 1852, Miss Julia Hahn ; she was bom in Germany in 1838 ; they have four children^* - John, born July, 1853 ; Henry, February, 1855 ; Joseph, June, 1861 ; George, July, 1 863 ; Mr. Heilingenihal has been industrious, and accumulated a valuable property : he owns 140 acres of fine land, well improved. Members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

LOBENZ HESS, Assessor, Burlington ; born in Baden, Germany, Dec. 10, 1816 ; he came to New York in 1842, and in 1845 went to Worcester County, Mass., and remained there till 1852 ; in 1850 came to Wisconsin and bought a farm in Wheatland, Kenosha County, and returned and brought his family there in 1852; remained in Wheatland till 1866, then moved to Burlington; he married in Albany, N. Y., in 18+5, Margaret Glaser, a native of Bavaria ; they have four children - Elizabeth, married Phillip Kessler, living in Burlington ; John S., married Julia Kraus, and living in Wheatland : George S., married Maria Holley, and lives in Burlington ; these three his wife's by her first husband ; Ann B., his own daughter, married John Rasch, and lives in Burlington ; Mr. Hess is the agent for four insurance companies, and also Assessor, which office he has held five terms at different times ; he has also been Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for three terms ; was also Assistant Supervisor of Wheatland for three years.

GERARD HIDDING, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Westphalia, Prussia, in 1813 ; came to Burlington in 1847, bought a land claim from Herman Newuth for seventy- three acres, and brought his family here ; he married in Prussia, and has twelve children living - Mary, Caroline, William, Christine, Charles, Lizzie, Annie, Louis, August, Francis, Theodore, Louisa ; he owns 140 acres in Sections 26, 27 and 34 ; he built the residence he lives in, with barns, etc., and has improved the farm ; he raises stock and grain.

HERHAN HIIiDERBRAlVD, farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Burlington ; he was born in Germany, February, 1809 ; came to Wisconsin in 1854, and located in Burlington Township, where he has been farming since ; he married in Burlington in 1859, Miss Christina Komping, who was bom in (Germany in 1829 ; they have five children - Elizabeth, born in 18G0 ; Mary, 1863 ; Anna, 1865 ; Phena, 1867 ; Christina, 1809 ; owns 120 acres, most of it under cultivation ; members of the Catholic Church in Burlington.

CHARLES HILLHAXBT, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Westphalia, Germany, Dec. 25, 1835 ; came to Wisconsin in 1854, with his parents ; they located in Brighton Township; engaged at farming on the same place where his father. Otto Hillman, is still living ; Charles lived with his father and assisted him in working the farm till 1863, at which time he rented a farm and commenced life for himself; in 1866 he removed to Burlington Township and bought the farm on Section 23, on which he is now living ; he has had a very industrious life ; he married, in June, 1861; Miss Mary Fohs, who was born in Germany in 1844 ; they have eight children - Bertha, born in December, 1862 ; Otto, September, 1864 ; Emma, September, 1866; Caroline, September, 1868 ; Loub, October, 1871 ; Mary, January, 187i^; Charles, August, 1875 ; Ernst, September, 1878. Mr. Hillmann was Pathmaster in 1877. He owns 101 acres of good land, finely improved. Members of the Burlington Lutheran Church.

JOHN HOCKINOS, the father of William ; a blacksmith by trade ; was one of the pioneers of the '^ teetotal " movement in Great Britain ; his gifls as a wit, a singer and story-teller, together with all the characteristics of a genuine, jolly fellow, led him to indulge in the '' flowing bowl " to an extent that could have but one result : he was still young, however, when the lamented Joseph Sturges started a society in Birmingham, whose members pledged themselves to ^' teetotally abstain '' from all intoxicants. John Hockings became one of the first members of this Society (probably in the year 1834), and soon developed into a powerful speaker, becoming the most celebrated temperance lecturer in all England ; immense crowds rushed to hear him, and he was no less popular than his only successor, John B. Gough , he spoke in the great town-hall, Manchester, England, thirty-six consecutive nights, as late as the year 1P43 ; how long the meetings would have continued, no one knows, but they were brought to a close by the giving- way of a crowded gallery, a panic, the killing of several, and the serious injury of many others. His command over the feelings of his audiences was perfectly wonderful, and. the number of people who signed the pledge under his influence was equaled only by the success of the celebrated Father Mathew. As early as 1841, the writer of this sketch heard him express the wish that he could rest from his labors, and go to live on a farm in America ; his imagination was fired with the accounts he had heard of the Great West ; he believed in the republican form of government as the only form that mankind* should permit ; he came directly to Wisconsin in 1844, buying a farm near that of James Tinker, one of his old coadjutors ; he lectured but little after coming to Wisconsin, and many of his neighbors were unaware, until after his death, of his early celebrity as *' TuE Birmingham Blacksmith," by which sobriquet he was more generally known throughout the British Isles than by his own Christian and family name.

WILLI An HOCKINttS, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Burlington ; bom in Birmingham, England, in 1841 ; came to Racine Co. with his parents in 1844; his father, John Hockings, bought 112 acres of land in Sees. 22 and 27, Burlington, and built residence and barns, and improved it; his father died, Dec. 29, 18t)5 ; afler his death, the farm was divided ; his daughter Sarah, now Mrs. T. H. Marslaud, taking filly acres, in Sec. 22,' and William taking the sixty-two acres in Sec. 27. His first wife died in England, and in 1840, he married again in Birmingham, Eliza Clark, and brought her to Burlington with him^ where she died, in 1855 ; he had two children by first wife - John W. and Sarah, and four children by his second wife - William, Mary Ann, Eliza and Phwbe. William married in Btirlington, in 1863,. Helena L. MulhoIlantP, and has three children -Nellie M., Clarence W. and Alfred J., all living at home with parents; William built the residence he now occupies, in Sec. 27, in 1875, with the barns, etc.; he enlisted, Jan. 4, 18G3, in 3d Cavalary and went with his regiment to Kansas and Missouri, and was in several skirmishes ; he was ^mong the last of the army discharged at the close of the war.

NATHAN IDE, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Burlington; born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 1820, he came to Rochester, Racine Co., VVis , in 1837, and remained there till 1845, and then moved to Spring Prairie, Walworth Co.; in 1867 he came to Burlington and bought ninety acres land, in Sec. 21, with large brick residence partly finished, which he completed and also built barns, and now occupies it. He married in Burlington, in his present residence, in 1868, Augusta Brock, a native of Germany, they have six children - Alice, Edward, Charles, Louisa, Frank and Caroline ; his family all attend the Methodist Church, in Burlington.

JOSEPH JACOBS, farmer. Sec. 13; P. O. Burlington; born in Germany, March 14, 1846; he came to Wisconsin in 1854 with his parents; they located in Burlington Township, and engaged at farming, which his father followed until his death ; he was born in Germany in 1818, married in Germany in 1841, Justin Karman, she was born in Germany; they had eight children, four are living - Frank, born, 1841, p]lizabeth, 1843, Joseph, 1846, Wena, 1855; their mother died in May, 1861; their iather died Oct. 13, 1874; Joseph succeeded his father on the farm. He married in Burlington, in 1868, Mrs. Julia Kottknbosck, she was born in Germany in 1846; they have four children - Mena, born April, 1870, William, 1871, Charley, 1874, Edward, 1877. Mr. Jacobs owns 116 acres of fine land; hand- .snmely improved. Member of the Burlington Catholie Church.

engaged in teaching school for eighteen months; then went into the hotel business, which he continued for eleven years ; in 1874, Mr. Jones removed the frame building formerly occupied as a hotel, and erected an elegant brick hotel and business block. He married in 1835, Miss Hanna P. Cross, a native of New Hampshire, she died in Burlington in 1848; they had one child, a girl; married again in 1852, Mits Nancy B. Taylor, a native of Vermont; she died in Burlington, in 1871 ; they had one child, a boy. Family, members Congregational Church.

JOSEPH KEIKEBrSCH, farmer. Sees. 5, 18 and 19; P. 0.; Burlington; born in Germany, in June, 1840 ; he served three years in the Prussian artillery, was honorably discharged; emigrated to Burlington Township, Wis. in 1866; engaged at working a farm till 1868. Married in Burlington village, Oct. 1868, Mrs. Margaret Fischman, who was born in Germany, in 1839, the widow of Henry Fischman; had by him two children, both living - Henry and Frank ; by her second husband, has had five children, three are living - Elizabeth, born July, 1869, Mary, March, 1874, Margaret, March, 1876. Mr. Keikebusch owns 200 acres of fine land, situated on Sees. 18 and 19, well improved. Members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

JOHN KEMPTNER, farmer. Sec. 3; P. 0. Burlington; born in Germany, May 15, 1825. Married, in Germany, in October, 1847, Miss Theresa Ubleis, bom August, 1822; they have four children - John, born October, 1852 ; Frank, October, 1857 ; Michael, September, 1860 ; Theresa, July, 1863. Mr. Kemptner is by trade a carpenter and housebuilder ; he, with his wife and one child, came to Burlington in September, 1854; worked at his trade until 1867; in 1865, he purchased 134 acres, on which he is now living and farming ; bought an additional 36 acres of land ; now owns 170 acres of good land, situated in Sec. 3, well improved. Members of the Burlington Catholic Church.

ALBEBT KETTELHUT, barber, Burlington; bom in 1853, in Germany; came to Wisconsin in 1868, locating at Burlington, where he commenced work on a farm ; continued for three years; in 1873, commenced learning the barber business with H. F. Smith, where he remained for three years; in 1876, formed a partnership with Mr. Smith, the firm being dissolved in 1879, Mt. Kettelhnt carrying on the business alone. Married, June 22, 1876, Miss Emma Stauss, a native of Maasachuaetts ; they have one daughter. Members of the German Lutheran Church.

^NTHOIWY KIPP, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Burlington ; bom in Westphalia, Prussia, in 1828< came to New York City in 1846; there he was engaged in a starch factory, and remained until 1857 ; he then came to Burlington, and bought 175 acres of land in Seen. 22 and 23 ; he built the refidlence he occupies on Sec. 22, with barns, and made all improvements. Married, in New York, May 5, 1857, Marj^ftambrecht. and has eight children living - Mary, Louisa, Emma, Margaret, Theresa, Anthony, Lguis and Rosie. all living at home with parents.

PBAIVCIS Cir. KLIIVE, merchant and manufacturer, Burlington; born in St. John, near Strasburg, Germany, in 1833 ; he came to Pottsville, Penn., in 1841, and remained there, working at his trade of blacksmith till 1856, when he came to Racine city, and went to work for Skinner; in 1858, he commenced work for J. I. Case, and, when Mr. Case took in his first partner, he placed Mr. Kline in charge of the blacksmith department as foreman^ where he remained till 1868 ; can^ to Burlington, and entered into partnership with Hubert Wagner, in the machine-shop ; they dissolved in 1870, Mr. KJ[ine selling out bis interest, and formed another partnership with Mr. Frank McCumber, as manufacturers -and dealers in agricultural machinery ; they afterward took in another partner, Mr. Charles Leber, and contmued business together till February, 1878, when Mr. Kline bought out Frank McCumber's interest, and now owns two-thirds interest in the business, and Mr. Leber the balance ; they manufacture and carry a large stock of standard and popular plows, wagons, cultivators, buggies, etc., etc. He married, in Burlington, in 1862, Mary Ann Frasch ; has had twelve children, three now dead - Barbara C., Mary J., Adelaide F., Francis X., Philip J., Ellenora B., Lucia C, Otto G. and Clara are living at home with parents. Mr. K. resides with his mother-in-law. in a brick residence opposite the Catholic Church. He was elected Supervisor in 1875, and again in 1879, and was also Secretary of the Catholic School Board for four years. His father and mother came to Racine in 1856, where they remained till 1866, when they moved to Burfington ; he is a shoemaker by trade, and owns the residence (a stone building) adjoining that where his pon Francis lives ; they had five children, all living - Francis G., John J., Elizabeth, Mary Ann and Peter B.

(ir. KlilNttELE, gun and lock smith, Burlington ; was born in Germany in 1818; came to Wisconsin in 1840, and located in Burlington. Married in 1849 ; his wife was born in Germany; they have six children living, and have lost two. Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Catholic Church.

MRS. AjMEIjIA KOCH9 widow. Sec. 31 ; P. O. Burlington ; born in Einstein, Bavaria, Feb. 22, 1835; daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Mayer; she came with her parents, in 1847, to

Bloomfield, Wis. ; her father bought eighty acres of land in Bloomfield, with residence and all improvements ; her mother died June 6, 1865, and her father died Feb. 27, 1875. On Feb. 1, 1859, she was married, in Burlington, to Anton Koch, and located here; her husband owned 130 acres in Sec. 31, with residence and bams ; he married before, Margaret Feinstein, who died in Burlington in September, 1858; they had no children ; Mrs. Koch had nine children, six of whom are dead ; her husband, Anton Koch, was bom in Fulda, near Bavaria, Sept. 8, 1811, and died in Burlington in 1873. On Dec. 3, 1865, while Mr. and Mrs. Koi-h were at church, a hired man named Peter Frohm, while attempting to rob the house, murdered two of Mrs. Koch's children, and another child of her sister^s. three children in all, but did not succeed in finding the money that was fortunately hidden away. Her three children still living arc named Eva J., Maria E., Annie E.

BEBIVABD KBESKEIV, farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Burlington; born in Prussia, Feb. 8, 1821 ; came to Burlington township in Dec, 1844; worked as farm laborer till 1849; then bought the farm where he now lives; married, in Burlington village, in Oct., 1849, Miss Gertrude Beltman, who was born in 1828 : they have had seven children, six now living - W^illiam, born in Sept., 1850; Gertmde, Feb., 1855 ; Elizabeth, May, 1858 ; Francesca, May, 1860 ; Frank, Jan., 1863 ; John, Jan., 1867 ; Mr. Kresken served from 1870 to 1873 as Overseer of the Highways; he owns 166 acres of good land - 150 acres in Racine Co., and sixteen acres across the line in Walworth Co. ; his farm is finely improved ; member of the Burlingt'^n Roman Catholic Church.

AWTHOMY KVNST, farmer. Sec. 2; P. 0. Burlington; he was bora in Germany in July, 1818; came to Wisconsin, July 4, 1853; he went to Spring Prairie. Walworth Co., where he worked until 1857, then moved to Burlington Township; bought the farm where he now lives. Married, in Germany, in November, 1842, Miss Theresa Hahnemann ; they had seven children - Henry, bora Auffust, 1853; Louis, 1855; Mary, 1857; Hermann, 1859; Phoeney, 1861; Rc^na, 1863; their mother died in 1870 ; Mr. Kunst married again, in 1871, May Herting, a native of Holland ; ,they have one child - May, born in 1873. He owns forty acres of good land, well improved.

JOHN liEMSIBMir, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Burlington ; born in Westphalia, Germany, Nov., 1821 ; married, in Germany, in A||il. 1846, Mrs. Johanna Stahl, who was born in Germany in 1821 ; they came to Wisconsin in Aug., 1846, bought a farm, nnd located in the same place where he is now living and working ; they had two children, one living - Mnry, born in 1858. Mr. Lensing has led an industrious, active life ; by practicing strict economy, he has amassed a fine property ; he now owns eighty acres of land in Sec. 3, on the Burlington and Kenosha road ; members of the Burlington Roman Catholic Church.