Burnett Town

Burnett Town

II. S. BARRETT, farmer. Sec. 16; P. 0. Burnett Station; born Feb. 17, 1825, in Jefi'erson Co., N. Y., at Ellisburg ; son of Enoch and Pamelia Barrett, natives of New Hampshire; came to Wisconsin in June, 1848, and pre-empted a half-section in the Rock River land grant ; the next spring he came to Dodge Co., and worked for George Smith, on Rolling Prairie, for two or three summers, teaching school in winter. April 10, 1851, he married Genevieve H. Church, who was born Sept. 2, 1831, daughter of Silas and Fanny Church, who came from Jefferson Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1849, and settled in Burnett Nov. 1, 1856. Mr. Barrett bought an eighty-acre farm at Burnett Corners, and hved there till the spring of 1868; ho then sold out and bought a farm at Burnett Station, where he now resides, and has eighty acres of land which he values at $8,000, a part of the village plat of Burnett Junction being on his farm. In the fall of 1867, he built an elevator at Burnett Station, and engaged in wheat-buying, which he continued till the fall of 1871 ; then sold out elevator to John M. Sherman. In 1869, he built a cheese-factory at the station, and made cheese every summer till the fall of 1875. He was Superintendent of Schools for seven years in succession till 1861 ; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1858, and has held the office most of the time since.

W. P. CLIFFORD, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Burnett Station ; was born Feb. 16, 1820, in Canada East, son of Samuel and Deborah Clifford, natives of New Hampshire ; he eame to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, and located in Burnett, Dodge Co., on his present farm in which he has 185 acres of land, worth $60 per acre. He was married, June 20, 1853, to Mary Jane Voorhee-i, who was born March 22, 1834, daughter of Tunis and Sarah Voorhees, natives of New York, who came to Burnett in the summer of 1845 from New York State ; Mr. Clifford has four children living - Gertrude Maria, now Mrs. William

ORV[lil>.F. BlIRUIT, farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Rolling Prairie. The subject of this sketch is a son of Isaac and Lydia Burgit ; was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1824 ; when 10 years of age, with his parents, he immiiirated to Livingston Co., 111., which was their home for sixteen years, and removed from there to La Salle Co., III., where his parents both died ; he followed farming hero till 1859, and then came to the town of Burnett, Dodge Co., Wis., where he has followed the same vocation, and has a farm of 282 acres in Sees. 31, Burnett, 2.5 and 36, town of Beaver Dam, 1 and 6, town of Oak Grove. In Livingston Co., III., he married Miss Francis, dausihter of Daniel and Harriet Madison, a native of Tioga Co., N. y., but emigrated to Illinois, witli her parents, in l.'^34 ; they have had nine children, as follows - (Jeorgo, deceased, Ijydia, Eveline, Elisil, Idella, Henrietta, Emily, Clara, Esther. Mr. and Mrs. Burgit are membor.s of the Methodist Ciiurch.

JESSE B. COLE, station agent, Burnett Junction; born Aug. 10, 1844, in Jefferson Co., N. V. ; son of Willis S. and Sophronia Cole, both natives of Jeiferson Co., who went to Canada when he was an infant ; lived there tliree years, then came to Wisconsin and lived in Beaver Dam a few months, thence to Woodland, Dodge Co., where they lived about twenty years; in the spring of 1811), came to Burnett, where they still reside; Jesse B. attended the High School in Horioon, from the fall of 1858 till the close of the June term in 1861 ; the next fall, after leaving school, he worked in the railroad yard in Milwaukee about three weeks, then ran as brakeman on the old Milwaukee & La Crosse Railroad about a month, when he was obliged to leave the road on account of poor health; the next spring (lSl)2), he learned telegraphing of his brother, in New Lisbon, Wis., operated a short time at Mauston, Wis., then back to New Lisbon about a month, and was then appointed operator at Sparta. Wis; May 20, IS63, was appointed joint agent at Burnett .Junction of the Chicago & North-Western and Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroads, and h.as held that position over since ; has also been agent for the American Express Company since May 1, 1868. Was married, Nov. 26, 1868, to Sarah J. Merrill, daughter of Lorenzo and Mary Ann Merrill, of Burnett; has two children - Frederick M., born Aug. IG, 1871, and Jessie Winiiefred, April 22, 1878.

H. H. ELiKI\S, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Rolling Prairie ; one of the pioneers of Dodge Co.; was born March 31, 1813, in Grafton Co., N. H.; son of Jo»iah and Nancy Elkins ; he came West in 1834, reaching While Pigeon, Mich., on Sept. 28, where he remained till May, 1835, when he came to Milwaukee, Wis., arriving on the 10th, and, in about ten days after his arrival, commenced work on the (Jovernment survey of Wiscon.sin, continuing nine months without intermission, and most of the time for ayear and a half after that; in February, 1837, he returned to White Pigeon, Mich., and, on the 12th, was married to Emily Rollins, who was born Dec. 5, 1819, in Haverhill, N. H., daughter of Daniel and Emily Rollins ; soon after their marriage, they went to Chicago and resided there till the next fldl, then removed to Southern Illinois and lived about two years in Schuyler Co.; in the fall of 1841, he again came to Wisconsin, and, in 1842, settled in the town of Burnett, where he has since resided ; at the time he came to Burnett, there were only four houses in the town, including his own, and he attended the first caucus ever held in Dodge Co., which was at Hyland Prairie; from 1850 to the fall of 1863, he was engaged in the mercantile business in Horicon, buying wheat and wool, and running his farm at the .same time. Has lost four children - -David, Ellen, Edmund and Hattie ; has three living - Emily (now Mrs. Edwin Barnard, of Mower Co., Minn.) ; Harry, of Wabash Co., Minn., and John, who is in the jewelry business in Waupun. He was married, May 6, 1868, to Miss M. E. Collier, who died Jan. 9, 1875 ; he then married Miss Eva Heath March 25, 1876 ; has three children - Mabel E., Mary H. and Emily D.

ALFRED FARLOW, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Minnesota Junction; was born in Kentucky, near Lexington, Sept. 1, 1821; son of Uriah and Phebe Farlow, natives of Kentucky; his father died when he was an infant, and when he was 6 years old, his mother removed to Indiana ; at the age of 15, he left home and went to learn blacksmithing in Cass Co., Mich., where he remained two years, then went to McHenry Co., 111., and followed the .same business; in the fall of 1845, he came to Wisconsin and settled ill Burnett, on his present farm, having bought it the July previous. Has now 240 acres of \and, worth about $15,000 ; in connection with his farming, he is engaged in breeding and dealing in hor ses ; has now two imported Norman stallions, that cost him $4,500. Oct. 6, 1839, Mr. Farlow was married to Maria Taylor, who was born Dee. 15, 1819, in the State of New York, and was the daughter of Eldad and Louisa Taylor, natives of New York. Mrs. Farlow died Oct. 6, 1879, of typhoid fever, after only one week's illness; has five children living - Simoon A., born Feb. 14, 1846; Nancy .M., June 8, 1849; Wright C,

WILLIAM FOLSOM, farmer. Sec. 29; P. 0. Burnett; born March 21, 18.30, in Windsor, Vt.; son of Enos and Jlarj' Folsora ; came to Wisconsin in November, 1853, and settled in the town of Burnett, on Section 10, in March, 1866 ; removed to Section 29, where he now resides. Has lOlii acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Was married, in Vermont, March 16, 1860, to Fanny Lougee, wlio was born April 26, 1838, in Washington, Orange Co., Vt.; daughter of Abraham F. and Clarissa ((jilcs) Lougee ; when Mr. Folsom was 21 years of age, he went to New York City, and worked about eight months for Knsign & Thayer, mounting maps, then returned to Vermont and stayed with his father nearly a year, and from there, in company with his brother Charles, to Southern Ohio, remaining there till November, 1853, when they came to Wisconsin as before stated, and bought the farm on Section 16 together. In the spring of 1853, William Folsom, in company with Charles and Stephen Woodward, started from Burnett (April 14) with ox teams, drove to Omaha, and from there to Kansas, locating on some land about ten miles north of Fort Scott ; they remained there from the middle of July till the mi(idle of August, then gave up their claims and returned to Wisconsin. Mr. Folsom was Town Treasurer two years. Supervisor a number of years, and Chrirman for the last three years. Mr. and Mrs. Folsom are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church ; have lour children - Clara C., Charles R., Bertha F. and William H.; oldest 16, and youngest 9 years of age. His brother, Charles, born March 11, 1826, came with him to Wisconsin. Was married, in the fall of 1857, to Caroline Woodward, of Burnett, who died in February, 1862. In the spring of 1863, he married Lorissa Curtis, also of Burnett, who survives him ; lost two children, all they ever had. He held the office of Town Clerk from the spring of 1857 till his death, which occurred April 4, 1867, of typhoid fever.

NATHAN F. GOODRICH, farmer. See. 30 ; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; has resided on the farm he now owns twenty-five years, having come to Wisconsin from Enfield, (jrrafton Co., N. H., in the spring of 1854, and settled where he now lives; owns 159 acres of land, worth about $60 per acre; Mr. Goodrich was the son of Abial and Betsey Goodrich, natives of New Hampshire. Married, Ajiril 2, 1851, Sarah F. Purmort, who was born June 12, 1830, daughter of John and Betsy Purmort, also natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Goodrich has always followed farming and is now paying a good deal of attention to sheep raising. Has five children living - Marian Eulettie, born March 5, 1856; John B., April 9. 1859; Charles F., Feb. 15, 1865; Gertrude Florence, April 21, 1868, and Purmort F., June 29, 1872; has last five - Sarah E., born Jan. 19, 1852, died June 29, 1863; Mary L. W., born Oct. 12, 1853, died July 14, 1863; Catharine M., born Feb. 14, 1858, died March 12, 1858; George E., born Aug. 26, 1861, died Sept. 30, 1863, and Emma E., born Oct. 13, 1863, died Dec. 22, 1863. Marian Eulettie is now Mrs. W. A. Lockwood, of Rock Rapids, Iowa.

O. F. diRFENFIFLD, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Minnesota Junction ; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., March 14, 1838 ; his parents removed to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844, when he was only 6 years of age, and lived about six months near Milwaukee, then located on a farm, a part of which he now occupies, in Burnett, where he has 103 acres of land, valued at about $50 per acre. May 30, 1866, he married Mary J. White, who was born April 4, 1838, daughter of James and Mary White, of Burnett, who were among the first settlers of Burnett; has lost one child - Georgie, born Aug. 25, 1869, died Sept. 23, 1870 ; has no children living. His father, William Greenfield, one of the first settlers of Dodge Co., was born March 27, 1813. in Saratoga, N. Y., and died Dec. 21, 1876, in Burnett; his mother, who is still living in Burnett, on Sec. 34, was Susannah Hunt, also born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aoril 1, 1819.

FRANKLIN B. tiJROTER, farmer. Sec. 33; P. O. Rolling Prairie ; Was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., May 10, 1833 ; was the sou of Lyman H, and Lucy Ann Grover, natives of New York State, who removed to Wisconsin when Franklin was 10 years of age, and settled in Milwaukee Co., on the banks of '- Lake 5," in October, 1843 ; in the fall of 1845, located in Burnett, Dodge Co., and removed there in January, 1846, on the farm now owned and occupied by Franklin B.; Lyman Grover died in Burnett May 16, 1860, aged 59 years and 3 months; Mrs. Lucy .Ann Grover died Sept. 28, 1856, aged 62 years years and 8 months; F. B. Grover had two sisters - VVelthy, born Feb. 1, 1826; married Hezekiah Gilbert March 2, 1843; died July 25, 1861 ; Olive L., born March 1, 1829; married Frederick Cox, July 3, 1875 ; both are in Livingston Co., N. Y. Mr. Grover was married, Dec. 5, 1854, to Arvilla D. Wyman, who was born Oct. 9, 1835 ; daughter of James and Nancy Wyman, who came to Wisconsin in 1844, from Canada, and settled in the town of Oak Grove, Dodge Co.; Mr. Wyman was a native of Vermont ; Mr. Grover has three children - Lauella, born July 18, 1856, now Mrs. John

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Demedy, of Janesville, Wis.; Lucy E. and Lyman (twins), born Jan. 16, 1860 ; Lucy is now Mrs. William P. Baker, of Ransomville, N. Y., the two sisters bavins been married at the same time, Oct. II, l!S79. For the last twenty years Mr. Grover has been dealing more or less in real estate and !ive stock, and from 1868 to 1872, was a member of the manufacturinir fiini of J. S. Boweil & Co., of Beaver Dam; he now owns over 8,U(I0 acres of pine and firming lands, worth Sl.'iO.UdO, inciudiiiir his homo farm ill Dodjic Co., of 360 acres, and improved farms in Howard and Chickasaw Cos.. and Iowa and Jlower Cos., Minn.; his pine lam's are in the counties of Oconto, Lincoln and New, in Wisconsin.

nRS. I.ArRETTA T. Jl'l>I> (widow), resides on Sec. 27; P. O. B^Amtt Station; was born April 28, 1S17, in Dorchester, Mass.; maiden name, Lauretta T. Bird; her first husband was Samuel R. Jewett, who was born in Ilo)ikintoii, N. H., Aug. 28, 1810; when 21 years of age, he went to Dorchester, Mass., to live, and in the suinmor of 1842, made a trip West, to look at land; be bought eighty acres, built a log house, broke ten acres, then sold out, and bought forty acres of timber, near Beaver Dam, also took a quarter section on Rolling Prairie, in Burnett. He then returned to Massachusetts, married Mi.ss Bird at her father's residence, in Dorchester, and, October 15, 1842, again started West ; went by rail from Boston to Albany, N.Y., and by chnal from there to Bufi'alo, thence by steamer Chesapeake to Milwaukee ; were nine days making the trip ; the steamer was aground three times, and on the rocks once, but no serious damage was done to the boat, and no lives lost ; there were about 1 ,000 passengers on board, Mr. and ^Irs.' Jewett then went with team to Burnett, and lived in the house with a Mr. M. Hall, till they could get a log house built ; the family moved in soon after ; he afterward sold out, and bought again north of Sec. 27, and south part of See. 22, and in 1858 built a .stone house ; Mr. Jewett died in 1860, leaving five children - Sylvia, born Aug. 28, 1844, was the first girl born in Burnett; Hannah L., born Jan. 15, 1845 ; Zelda M., born April 17, 1847 ; Sophronia Iv, born Dec. 9, 1853; Josiah T., born Dec. 28, 1856. Sept. 11, 1862, Jlrs. Jewett was married to George B. Judd, who was born April 23, 1816, in Great Barrington, Mass., and died .\pril 19, 1S78, in Burnett; Sylvia is JLs L. B. Hules. of Waushara Co., Wis.; Hannah L., Mrs. John W. Childs, of Wilkins Co., 3Iinn.; Zelda M., married Robert R. Pinkerton, of Waupaca, Wis., and died Feb. 22, 1873, and Sophronia E. is now Mrs. August Oestrich, uf Iron Mountain. Dodge Co., Wis.; the Jewett estate embraces 195 acres, $60 per acre.

<t}EOR<wK H. stock and grain dealer, Burnett Junction; born Dec. 4, 1845, in Burlington, Vt.; son of Daniel and Mercy Lawrence, natives of Vermont, who came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856, and settled in Burnett, where Burnett Junction now is. In the fall of 1861, George H. enlisted in the 1st W. Y. C, Co. M, and remained with his regiment till the spring of 1863, when he was discharged for disability; in the summer of 1863, he went to Denver, Colo., thence to Montana and lielped build the second house built in Helena; was engaged in the mercantile business, in that p'ace and Diamond City, till the fall of 1866; then returned to Wisconsin and followed farming three years, since which time he lias been dealing in stock and grain, occasionally takiii</ a hand in politics, on the Republican side of the question ; was a member of the State Legislature in 1875, and has been on the Town Board several years. Was married, Feb. 6, 1867, to Ellen Sherman, daughter of John M. Sherman, of Burnett; she was bnrn June 16, 1845; have three children - Harriet L., born June lO, 1869; Georgiana, Aug. 7. 1^71. and Luzerne, Dec. 31, 1874.

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

AARON MARTIIV, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Rolling Prairie; was born July 29, 1820, in Somersetshire, England; son of James and Ann Martin. Was married in May, 1842, to Martha Norman, who died in England July 2, 1846, leaving two children - Annie E., born March 5, 1843, and Susie, born July 15, 1845. April 4, 1847, he again married, in England, Hannah M. Derrick, daughter of William and Sarah Derrick, of Somersetshire, England. Came to America in 1849, landing in New York the 2d of May ; he first settled in Cuyahoga Co.. Ohio, and worked as a common laborer, sometimes at farming and sometimes on the railroad, till April 4, 1851, when he came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, on Sec. 10, where he lived till March, 1876, when he removed to his present residence, on Sec. 29, where he has a farm of 120 acres, for which he paid $7,200 ; and still owns the farii; on See. 10 - 184 acres, worth $li,500. At the present time, Mr. Martin and his present wife have had eight children, sis of whom arc living - Sarah, born in England June 29, 1848; James H., July 12, 1851; Mary J., Nov. 5, 1853; Martha C, Jan. 18, 1857 ; Albert A., Sept. 16, 1859, and Gertrude H. M., Oct. 16, 1864; Mercy was burn in August, 1849, and died at the age of 25 ; Albert William died in infancy ; Anna E. was married to F. C. Curtis, and died in July, 1S72, in Iowa; Susie is living at home, having lost her husband. Lyman Sperry.

GEO. R. MAYHEW, hotel keeper, Burnett Junction; born Feb. 19, 1855, in the town of Burnett; son of George W. and Sally Mayhew, natives of Jefferson Co., N. Y., who came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in Burnett. When about 14 years of age, Geo. R. commenced clerking in the general store of S. H. Childs (his stepfather), which he continued ten years, then in February, 1879, be went into the "Burnett Junction House " (a hotel adjoining the railroad depot), which house he is still keeping. He was married in December, 1877, to Mina Ames, who was born Jan. 21, 1857; daughter of Alfred and Martha Ames, of Burnett, natives of Jefferson Co., N, Y. Mr. Mayhew now holds the office of Town Clerk, and is serving his second term. His father died in Burnett April 4, 1856, and his mother married, in September, 1868, S. H. Childs, a native of Ohio, who came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, in 1847.

LORENZO MERRIIiL, farmer, Sec. 19; P. 0. Burnett; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1846, from 'New Hampshire, and settled in the town of Burnett; bought the farm he now occupies in 1857, which consists of 141 acres of land, valued at about $8,000. Was born June 21, 1818, in Hillsboro, N. H., and was the son of Samuel and Abigail Merrill, natives of New Hampshire. Was married, Nov, 2, 1842, to Mary Ann Fisk, who was born April 22, 1820; daughter of Richard and Rhapsyma Fisk, also natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Merrill was in the mercantile business in New Hampshire, but has followed farming most of the time since coming to Wisconsin. Has held the office of County Superintendent of Schools four years and Town Superintendent a number of years ; was a member of the Assembly two terms, in 1848 and 1859; was A.ssistant Provost Marshal during the late war, about a year, and Assistant Internal Revenue Asse.ssir two years. Has five children - George F., born Feb. 17, 1847 ; Sarah J., born Jan. 12, 1849; Frank H., born June 17, 1850; Edgar P., born Oct. 14, 1854, and Charles L., born April 25, 1858. Sarah J. is now Mrs. J. B.Cole, of Burnett Junction ; George F. and Frank H. are both graduates of the State Law School, George practicing law in Depere, Wis., and Frank practicing in Milwaukee.

JOHN H. SAWYER, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Burnett ; was born in the town of Orford, Grafton Co., N. H., April 17, 1810; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1847; bought the farm he now occupies in Burnett, and returned to New Hampshire the same fall ; the next spring, he came on with his family, arriving here on the first day of June, 1848. Feb. 15, 1835, was married to Mary A. Estabrook, who was the daughter of Ilodolphus and Tami-son Estabrook, and was born May 10, 1815, in Lebanon, N. H. Mr. Sawyer followed farming, stone-cutting and mason work while living in New Hampshire, and farming alone since coming to Wisconsin. Has three brothers, Lewis, Hiram and Solomon, living in the same town, all pioneers of Dodge Co. Has two children - Joseph H., born July 9, 1845 (was married, June 15, 1870, to Alvida Fulmer, of Iron Ridge, Wis., and has one child, Matie Almira, born April 12, 1876; Joseph H. now owns the homestead on Sec. 19, 100 acres, worth about $6,000); Mary Jane (now Mrs. Lyman B. Eaton, of Beaver Dam), was bom Feb. 27, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer are members of the M. E. Church.

HIRAlfl SAWYER, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Burnett; was the son of Benjamin C. and Mindwell Sawyer, natives of New Hampshire, and was born Aug. 21, 1814, in the town of Orford,

Grafton Co., N. H.; came to Wisconsin in the f;ill of 1845, and settled on the farm he now occupies in the town of Burnett. Has held the office of Town Supervisor two yoar.s, was Chairnun of the County Board of Supervisors two years, and was a member of the Assembly in 18()(>; has also been statistical correspondent of the A<j;ricultural Depirlment at Washini;ton for the last six years. Was married, Feb. 14, 1837, to Barbara Ann Wilson, who Wiis born Oct 17, 1819, at Haverhill, Grafton Co . N. 11., and was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary Wilson, natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Sawyi'r followed stonecuttinn; in New Hampsliire, from 1829 to 1844; but, since ooniin;^ to Wisconsin, has followed farming. Lost two children - -Barbara Adaline, born Fob. 19, 1839, and died Sept. 10, 181)2 ; Hattie Ann, born April ti, 18,j7, died Sept. 20, 18G4, and has ten livinf;; - Abitiail Eliza, bi)rn Jan. 19,1841; Hiram Wilson, born June 11, 1843; Mary Mindwell, burn Aug. 23, 1845; Ransom J., born Sept. 22, 1847; Hannah Wilson, born Oct. 7, 1849; Frank Merrill, born' May 20, 1852; Alvali L., born Sept. 10, 1854; Mattie Rosette, born July 22, 18G0 ; Sarah P., born April 6, 1803, and Lewis M., born March 22, 1867. Mr. Sawyer has 180 acres of land, valued at about $75 per acre.

LEWIS SAWYER, farmer. Sec. 32; P. 0. Rollin- Prairie ; one of the pioneers of Dodge Co.; was born Jan. 23. 1819, in Grafion Co., N. H., and was the son of Benjamin C. and Mindwell Sawyer. Was married, Dec. 30, 1844, to Sarah S. Sanborn, who was born in 1821, and died March 5, 1854. Dec. 5, 1854, was married to Hannah Wilson, who was born June 4, 1810, in Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H. In Juno, 1841, Mr. Sawyer came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Burnett, in the southwest corner of the town, on Sec. 31, and, in company with M. B. Hall (now at Oak Grove) built the first house and made the first improvements ever made in the town of Burnett ; at that time, there was only a small beginning made at Waupun, Fox Lake and Be.iver Dam. and less thun two dozen houses in Dodge Co. Mr. Sawyer was one of the Clerks at the first, election ever held in this precinct: has held the office of County School Commissioner for several terms; was Coroner a number of years, and held an inquest on the body of the first suicide in the county, win 'h was the second death in Dodge Co. re(|uiring the services of a Coroner ; has been on the School Board in different capacities for over thirty years ; has also been Assessor and Justice of tlio Peace. Has two children living - Francis L., born Jan. 4, 1846, and Joseph E., born Jan. 13, 1848. Mr. Sawyer has divided his farm of 401) acres in Sec. 32 between these two sons, and now, after an active life and being identified with the interests and development of Dodge Co. fir nearly forty years, has settled down to a life of quietness and rest.

SOLO.'TIOIIV SAWYER, wheelwright. See. 32 ; P.O. Rolling Prairie; came to Wisconsin, and settled in Burnett, Dodge Co., June 10, 1845, and has lived within ten rods of the same spot ever since ; he built the first frame wagon-sliop in Dodge Co. The tuwn of Burnett was then called Winii' bago Precinct, and he attended the first election ever held in the precinct, at the house of James A. Willi ims, on what is now H. B. Sherman's Spring Brook Farm, in Sees. 20 and 21. Mr. Sawyer was born Jan. 22. 1826. in Grafton Co.. N. H. ; son of Benjamin and .Mindwell S iwyer. Married, June 26, 1853, in Burnett, Rusette Wilson, who was born Oct. 5, 1825, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Wilson, natives of New Hampshire ; has two children - Carter J., born Oct. 27, 1856, now reading law at Hartford, Wis.; and Harri, liorn Dec. 8. 1858, now engaged in trachitig ; have lost two - Ella, born April 30, 1854, died March 24, 1S74; and Geirge, born June 28, 1861, died Nov. 6, 1862. Mr. Sawyer was Postmaster at Rolling Prairie duringa part of President Pierce's administration, and the whole of Buchanan's. Owns twenty-five acres of land, which, with the buildinss, is worth about $2,500.

.IOH,V .11. SHERIIAX (deceased), born in S.iratoga Co., N. Y., March 30, 1817 ; emigrated to Illinois about 1841, and settled near Galena; not liking the country there, he removed ta Wisconsin in the sprins of 1842, and .settled in Burnett, Dodge Co.. on the farm where he resided at the time of his death, which occurred Nov. 20, 1873 ; he was one of the oMiMt residents in the county, as well as first settlers of the State. He filled many positions of trust and honor, anil served faithfully as a mamb t of the Assembly in the Legislature of 1855 ; more recently he was appointed one of the Ccimmissioners to locate the lands donued by Congress for the benefit of those who mortiraged their farms for railroad purpcwos in Wisconsin; the cares incident to the discharge of his duties in this capacity, when in ill health, undoubtedly hastened his death. Mr. Sherman was a careful, conscientious, public-spirited man. and enjoyed the confidence of his fellowcitizms ; he once owned nearly all the land where the village of Burnett Junction now is, and in selling lots, always .stipulated in the djed that the property was never to be used I'or .saloon purposes, and no intoxieatini; liquor ever sold on the promises; it is a notewo''thy fact that the; town of Burnett has never granted a license for liquor-sijlling. Mrs. Sherman's maiden name w.is Louisa Corastock ; she died Nov. 5, 1877, leaving a separate estate of about 810.000 ; .Mr. Sherman's estite was appraised at about S40,000. They left four children - Ellen, now Mrs. George H. Lawrence, of Burnett Junction ; Morvilla, now Mrs. Charles Hodge, of Le Roy, Dodge Co., Wis.; John C., now living in Burnett; and Myra

L. H. SHEPARD, farmer, Sec. 20; P. 0. Burnett; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 25; 1825, and was the .son of Amos and Chloe Ann Shepard, natives of Vermont; when 18 years of age, in the fall of 1848, his parents removed to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Burnett, Dodge Co. Dec. 4, 1S5G, he was married to Cordelia Mattoon, who was born Oct. 19, 1835, and was the daughter of Harvey and Susan Mattoon, natives of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Mr. Shepard has resided in the town of Burnett since 1843, and for the last twenty years has been engaged in selling machinery for McCormick, of Chicago ; has 2312 acres of land in Sees. 17 and 20, in Burnett, worth about $60 per acre. Was a member of the State Legislature in the winter of 1877-78. Has four children - Mintie, born Oct. 27, 1857 ; Kate, born Au-^-. 21, 1859; Guy R., born Nov. 8, 1865; and Nellie D., born July 25, 1867.

ELDIIII>(]}E SJIITH, farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Kolling Prairie ; was born April 5, 1816, in Watertown, N. Y.; son of Trumbull and Betsy E. Smith, natives of Connecticut. In Oneida Co., N. Y., Mr. Smith married Lovina, duuithter of Stephen and Mary Cooper, natives of Rhode Island ; she died in November, 1853 ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1842, and settled in Dodge Co., near Beaver Dam, and in the fall of 1844 located in Burnett, where now owns a farm of 190 acres, valued at about |50 per acre. April 16, 1854, he was married to Susan Lukins, who was born April 18, 1833, daughter of Asahel and Susanna Lukins, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Smith has five children living - Albert E., born Feb. 1, 1844; Lyman, born iMay 12, 1852; Mabel B., born April 23, 1857; George W., born Feb. 22, 1859; Charles H., born Aug. 25, 1862; have lost four - Mary Phidelia, born Aug. 22, 1840, died when six months old; Lyman Roswell, born March 10, 1847, died July 15, 1848; Bradley A., born T)?.o. 23, 1849", died Jan. 26. 1851 ; Newton Stephen, born Nov. 19, 1841, enlisted Aug. 19, 1862, in Co. K, 29th W.V. I., and died May 7, 1863, at James' Plantation, La., of typhoid fever.

AliDESf STONE (deceased^ ; born June 16, 1805, in Massachusetts, near Worcester; son of John G. and Lydia Stone, natives of Massachusetts, who removed to the State of New York when he was about 10 years of age, and settled in Madison Co. Dec. 28, 1828, he was married to Miss Harriet Webster, who was born Dec. 9, 1804, in iMadison Co., N. Y. ; daughter of Plumly and Lydia Webster, both natives of the State of Now York. In the sprins of 1829, he removed to Allegany Co., N. Y., and lived there about eight years ; then went to McHenry Co., 111., where he resided till the fall of 1845, when he «ame to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, on the farm now occupied by his widow, 116 acres, worth ^10,000. Mr. Stone was Assessor of the town of Burnett several years. Leaves sis children - Charles (living in Iowa), Mary (now Mrs. Copeland Remington, of Freeborn Co., Minn.), Nancy, William (now living in 0~hkosh, Wis.), Oscar and Sarah (who are living on the homestead with their mother) ; P. 0. Burnett Station.

]V. F. THOMAS, farmer. Sec. 28; P.O.Burnett Station; was born Aug. 7, 1826, in the town of Columl)ia, Coos Co., N. H.; his father's name was Samuel Thomas, and his mother's maiden name was Ann Folansboe : when 19 years of age, he bought his time of his father, and left New Hampshire for Canada, Oct. 29, 1845; lived about twenty-five miles eist of- Toronto till the next March, then came to Buffalo, and from there to Wisconsin, in what is now Kenosha Co. ; there he worked on a farm at $9 per month from April, 184(), till the 1st of September, 1847 ; he clothed himself during this time and saved money enough to pay for eighty acres of land in Burnett, Dodge Co., which he did ; he then worked four montlis at $10 per month, and the next season drove a breaking-team for another man to pay for breaking some on his own land ; in 1849, he built a house on his farm. Dec. 8, 1850, he married Catherine Bement, of Chemung Co., N. Y. ; has three children - William E., born May 18, 1854; Ella M. and Emma M. (twins), born Feb. 2, 1858. He owns 122 acres of land, valued at $55 per acre.

AMSi>!V TIEFT, retired farmer, Burnett Junction; hm\ Aug. 13, 1810, in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt.; sou of John Tiff'c, a native of Rhode Island, and Betsy Smith, a native of New Milford, Conn.; at the ag; of 17, Mr. Tilfc went to work for Ira Andrews, at Shelburne, Chittenden Co., Vt., to learn the' wagon-maker's trade; in October, 1831, went to Rhode Island, and worked at his trade in Providence and vicinity till the spring of 1834, when he returned to Vermont and followed the same business for sixteen years at Ferrisburg, Addison Co. Was married, Feb. 3, 1850, in South Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., to Ann Smith, who was born in Salisbury, Vt., daughter of Richard and Jemima Smith, natives of New -Jer.sey; came to Wisconsin in May of the same year, 1850, and in the fall settled in Chester, Dodge Co. Mrs. Tifft died in Chester Dec. 8, 1868. Oct. 30, 1871, was married to Phoebe Tucker, who was born in Litchfield, N. Y., July 10, 1811, and a sister of his first wife. In the spring, sold his farm in Chester (110 acres) for $4,040, and removed to Burnett Junction, where he still resides; has had three children - Alice (born Nov. 1, 1850, died Nov. 3, 1877), William F. (born Oct.

30, 1854, now attending medical Icoturos at the Vermont University, in Burlington) and Charles B. (born March 15, 185(^ now in the liardware business in Ahnapee, Wis., firm of Tift't & Hay).

AIJ«USTUS VOORHEES, farmer, Sec. 33; P. 0. Minnesota Junction; born Feb. 16, 1827, in Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y.; came to Wisconsin in May, 1845, with his parents, Tunis and Sarah Voorhces, who settled on the fiirm he now owns in Burnett, which consists of eighty acres, worth about 65,000. Was married, March 4, 18(58, to Kraily L. Falsom, who was born Jan. 25, 1839, in Montreal, Canada, daughter of Enos and Laura Falsom, natives of Vermont. In 185(), Mr. Voorhees went to Kansa.s, leaving Milwaukee in September with a company organized by Prof Daniels, to take part in the " Border Ruffian War," which, however, subsided before he had an opportunity to sec actual .service ; he remained in Kansas till the summer of 1858, when he went to Pike'.s Peak with the first party who visited thit place, prospecting for gold ; the same summer, he went to New Mexico, prospecting on the Rio Grande, but returned to Kansas in November of the same year. July l(i, 18C1, he enlisted in the 5th Kan. V. C, Co. A, Captain Ritchie; was with his regiment three years and one month, participating in eleven battles and coming out without a scratch ; returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 1806. Has six children - -John G., born April 9, 1861 ; Mary, born Aug. 11, 1870; Laura A., born Jan. 25, 1872 ; Charles A., born Not. 9, 1873; Gertie E., born Aug. 14, 1876, and Fannie E., born Dec. 6, 1879.

CHARLES WESTOX, former. Sec. 28 ; P.O. Burnett; born Nov. 28, 1819, in Lower Canada (now called the Province of Quebec) ; son of John and Jane Weston, natives of New England ; first came to Wisconsin in July, 1846, and located in Burnett, Dodge Co., on the land he now owns ; in the summer of 1850, he returned to Canada, and married Jane Gihuan, who came to Wisconsin, and died in Burnett Oct. 29, 1857 ; June 3, 1801, he married Jane Amelia Doak, who was born May 1, 1839, daughter of James Doak, Esq., of the Province of Canada ; has seven children living - Mary, born May 27, 1852; John, April 9, 1862; Marion, July 14, 1865; George, June 19, 1809; Jane Eliza, Oct. 30, 1872; Alfred Doak, Oct. 18, 1875, and William Snow, Oct. 9, 1879; Charles James, born Sept. 23, 1867, died Sept. 19, 1868. Mr. Weston has held the office of Superintendent of Schools, Cluiinnan of Board of Supervisors and Town Clerk, and in politics is Republican. His farn) comprises 420 acres of land, which he values at S22,000. Mr. and Mrs. Weston are both members of the Episcopal Church.

C^UEERN' YOUNG (deceased); was born in Mentzhausen, Germany, March 31, 1817; Mrs. Young's maiden name was Sophia Herrmann, daughter of John B. and Eliza Herrmann, and was also born in (iermany. Mr. Young was one of the early settlers of Dodge Co., having come to America in 1844, and .settled in that county ; he died Deo. 13. 1865, leaving a wife and seven children - Albert (now living in Trenton, Dodge Co.), Frances (now Mrs. Augustus Grebel, of Chester, Dodge Co.), Lucetta (now Mrs. Samuel Kcil, of the town of Trenton), George Frederick (now teaching in Iowa), Theodore, llosa and Charlie (all living with their mother on the homestead, which consists of 320 acres of land on Sec. 3, worth about $8,000)". P. 0. Burnett Station.