Cadiz Town

Cadiz Town

As is evident from the history of Exeter, Monroe, and Clarno, many of the earliest settlers came to the county from the mines to the west of us. It was probably in 1S34 tnat George W. Lot of Pennsylvania came from the mines and made, in the south-east corner of the township, the first claim made in Cadiz. Wm. Boyles from Indiana, and Stephen G. and Nicholas Hale and Bennett Nolen directly from the mines, but before the Indian war from Illinois, settled near him. Next, in the spring of 1836, came Jesse W. Shull, a Pennsylvania!!, who came to Green County from a trading house, which he had kept several years, and around which was growing up the village called for him Shullsburg.

The second wedding and the first school in the county were in Cadiz. In August, 1836, Mr. James Hawthorne and Miss Massy R. Boyles were married. , Preparatory to the wedding, Mr. Hawthorne went to Mineral Point to get a license, and, arriving there in the absence of the functionary who was to give it, was obliged to wait two or three days. In consequence of this, the weddingguests were at Mr. Boyles' before him. As he approached the house he met many who had tired of waiting and come a few miles to meet him. The ceremony proved that the minister had spent the long hours of waiting in preparing himself to shine when the bridegroom came. When everything else had been said and done that could be said and done, he had the bridal pair kneel on the puncheons while he made a prayer, in the course of which he repeated the whole of the fifth chapter of Ephesians.

The school was taught by Ralph Hildebrant in the summer of 1837, m a smoke-house built on a root-house The house, or houses, belonged to Mr. Nolen, and the school included Clarno as well as Cadiz children. There was a store "in the state" at this time, so near the territorial boundary line that its owner, Geo. Curdner, boarded at Mr. Shull's. The first death in Cadiz was that of the merchant's brother, Christopher Curdner, in 1S37.

In those days the vicinity of the Pecatonica would have answered almost all the requirements of a hunter's paradise. Even in a summer evening, one had only to float down the river for a little while, to get a shot at a deer, and years after the settlement of the county there was one place where two men speared a wagon-load of fish in a single night.

The wolves were exceedingly troublesome. It was with, if not to, their music that the hunter marched home when he carried his game from the woods. At night they serenaded him to a most unreasonable length, and, for their trouble, were often shot through the port-hole near his door. Traps of various kinds were set for them, but the number caught was much smaller than the number of domestic animals carried away. Mr. E. T. Gardner, who went to Cadiz from Illinois in 1840, had a large litter of pigs that he took great care to save. When they were small, he covered them at night with a wagon-box ; and when this enclosure was outgrown, he built them a high, tight pen by his cabin. One night there was a great noise among the pigs, mid Mr. Gardner fired his pistol into the darkness. The report was followed by a pattering of feet that sounded like rain, and the pigs became quiet; but the next morning they were all gone. Horses had to be watched almost as carefully as the pigs, for the streams were so miry that a horse that went alone to the brook was not likely to come back. Hay - and the best of wild hay grew on the bottom lands - was cut where even oxen could not stand, and carried away on pitchforks.

In 1839 Mordecai Kelly and Wm. Bridges settled in Cadiz, and before the end of 1841 John Billings, Philip Michaels and Elias Deyo were there. They all came from Indiana. Before 1S40, Martin Burt and Felix O'Fling from Illinois, had begun on Skinner creek, where Geo. Michael's saw-mill is now, the first mill in the town. It was not finished until 1841, before which time it became known as Gardner & Burt's mill. Cadiz has almost always had more mills than any other town in the county. Around four of its mills, four small villages have grown up. The saw-mill owned by C. R. and J. C. Deniston in the village of Cadiz, on Honey creek, was built in 1844 by Van Sant and Deniston. Mr. Vatf Sant hoped to build up there a manufacturing town, for which he chose the Spanish name of Cadiz ; but both he and Mr. Deniston died within two years after the mill was built. The first man who went to Cadiz with his family was David Cline. The next was John Saucerman, who lived in a tent while his house was building, and whose family suffered a great fright one evening because the baby was missing and it was believed the wolves had carried it away. Now, quite a number of dwellings are clustered around the mill ; but Cadiz, though a platted village, has never had either hotel or store. South-west of the village is David Klassv's saw and grist mill.

The saw and grist-mill at Martin was built in 1S45- 46, by Isaiah and Nathaniel Martin. The village of Martin was platted in 1869, and in the summer of 1S76, had within its limits twelve families, a store and postoffice, N. Martin's mills, including an unfinished woolen mill, and Hasse's furniture factory. The Pecatonica, which enters Cadiz after draining over half the lead region of Wisconsin, and which gives Martin its excellent water power, is always turning, seemingly to see where else in Cadiz man is preparing to make use of its strength to do his work. As yet it looks in vain. The resources of the town can never be fully developed without a railroad. A company called the "Lone Rock, Dodgeville, and Free-port Railway Co." has been organized, and during the present year its project of building a road along the Pecatonica valley, from Dodgeville via

Argyle and western Green County to Freeport, has given rise to several town meetings and some voting; but there is no immediate prospect of a road.

Browntown and Franklin are unrecorded villages. Browntown, on the left bank of the Skinner, dates its beginning from a mill built in iS^6-'qj by Wm. Brown, Henson Irion, and John Wood, and consists of Emanuel Divan's flour-mill, the usual store and blacksmith-shop of country villages, and dwellings enough to make a total of ten buildings. The store and dwellings of Franklin find the reason of their being in the saw-mill of J. E. and Geo. L. Shattuck, which is also a factory of wagon feloes and broom handles. At a very early day speculators bought a large tract of land in Clarno and Cadiz, and borrowed money of the Franklin Bank in Illinois to pay for it. They were never able to pay the bank, and so gave up the land, which was thenceforth called the Franklin land. Before the organization of the towns, the Methodists divided the county into circuits, and the name of the circuit in which this land lay was Franklin. The usual place of holding meetings in the circuit was a school-house on what is now section one of the town of Cadiz, and gradually the name was restricted to this particular place. A steam saw-mill, built there in 1854 by Benjamin Chenoweth and Henry Barber, was called the Franklin mill, and when a post-office was established there, the people wanted to call it Franklin. The postoffice department objecting, it was called Lamar ; but the place is Franklin still.

semon, on sections three and six. Cadiz's only tavern, the well known Buckhorn, was built by Joseph Paine, who soon after 1840 traded a mule for a tax title to the quarter section of land on which it stands. It was so much the fashion then "to dicker" wool, corn, lead, or some other commodity for whatever one wanted to buy, that a Green County justice once astonished a man who was hoping for money by rendering judgment in his favor for a thousand feet of basswood lumber. All the little money in the county was hoarded up to buy land and pay taxes; and how to take care of this little was an important problem. As most of it was hard money, it was necessary to deposit it somewhere. Notwithstanding his efforts to conceal it, the care of a hundred dollars - when that was all the money he had - was evident enough to give Mr. Lake of Spring Grove the troublesome reputation of being enormously rich. At one time, a neighbor went to his cabin to borrow ten dollars, and Mr. Lake told him he would get the money as soon as he had been to the spring. He went out, apparently to get a drink, but really with the hope of digging up his money without letting it be known that he kept it in the ground. As he dug he heard a laugh, and, turning around, he saw his neighbor watching him. The ground was no longer a desirable safe, and the money was moved to a straw stack. Going to the stack one day after an absence from home, he found that the cattle had uncovered his golden store. Before he could conceal it again, he was addressed by a young man who thenceforth, with his friends, looked upon Mr. Lake's farm as a place every part of which might conceal treasure more valuable than the buried riches of Captain Kidd. Of all the guests of the Buckhorn, probable none ever passed a more anxious night than Mr. M. H. Pengra passed there in 1S48, when on his way to enter land. He had with him in a shot pouch, $200 in coin, mostly in half dollars and Mexican five-dollar gold pieces. The pouch was too heavy and bulky to be easily secreted. Once when he tried to keep it in an inner pocket of his coat it broke through the pocket and fell to the ground. He sought relief by going to bed with it as early as possible, but Mr. Paine's entrance into his room an hour or two later, with a request to be allowed to sleep with him, filled the night with suspicions which murdered sleep as effectually as Mr. Paine's sudden transformation into AH Baba's forty robbers could have done it.

When Mr. Paine first bought his land in Cadiz he built a cabin on it, and laid out a village to which he gave the name of Pecatonica City. The new village did not grow as Monroe had grown. The cabin was unoccupied, except as travelers stopped there occasionally ; and, when careless pilgrims forgot to put out the fire they had kindled, there was no one to do it for them ; whence it happened that Pecatonica City was destroyed. From its ashes arose the Buckhorn, which Mr. Paine sold to John Bringold. It was always Mr. Paine's peculiarity to forget the particulars of business transactions. As passionate and turbulent as he was careless and forgetful, he often quarreled with those who had accounts with him. In the spring of 1849 ne quarreled with Mr.

Bringold about the rails on the land, and, as Mr. Bringold insisted on taking them, Mr. Paine shot him dead in the field. Mr. Paine was taken to Monroe, but, before the time for his trial, he escaped to California, where he died in December, 1875. Once since then a moment's passion, and if not a willful, at least a careless use of a gun at a charivari, cost the life of a citizen of Cadiz. In this case the unfortunate doer of the deed delivered himself up to the law, and was tried and acquitted.

Largest Farmers Ix Cadiz In 1S76 Largest Stock Raisers

town house. When Cadiz and Jordan were united in the Calimine election precinct (named in remembrance of a Winnebago head chief), the usual voting place was Michaels' mill.

Source changes here: from History of Green County, Wisconsin, by Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Ill., Pub. [from Old Catalog], published 1884; 11,449 words in this source stream.

Cadiz Town

The town of Cadiz comprises the southwest corner of Green county, embracing congressional township 1 north, range 6 east, of the fourth principal meridian. It is bounded on the north by the town of Jordan; on the east by Clarno; on the west by Lafayette Co., Wis.; and on the south by Stephenson Co., 111. The surface of the town is somewhat broken, the soil generally consisting of a rich black loam. Some clay is found in portions of the town, and in the northern part the soil is of a lighter quality, containing much sand. As a whole the town is scarcely excelled in the county for fertility of soil. Along the streams the land is frequently low, and liable to overflow in times of high water. These lower lands afford excellent pasturage, and an abundance of hay. The general excellence of this town for agricultural purposes is indicated by its large assessed valuation. This town excells in the quantity and quality of its timber. Nearly the entire surface of the town east of the river was originally heavily timbered. About all of the deciduous native timber of the county is found here. A large proportion of the timber, of course, has been removed, as is attested by the large number of beautiful farms that are found here, and especially since the advent of the railroad which furnished a ready and convenient market for wood and timber, has (he destruction of the timber been carried on.

Tlie streams of this town are numerous and impiHtant . The j)rincipal water course is tlie Pecatoni(;a river, which flows across nearly the entire western portion of the town. This stream enters the town from the west by way of section 6, flowing in an irregular southeasterly course to the south-central part of section 5, where it receives the waters of Skinner creek. It then flows due west for a short distance, and from thence in an irregular southerly course to leave the town by way of section 33, near the village of Martin, where its waters are utilized for milling purposes. This stream receives several branches in this town, the most important of which is Skinner creek, which flows across sections 3, 4, 5 and 8. From the latter section it flows back to section 5, and makes confluence with the Pecatonica. Numerous springs, giving rise in some instances to con siderable streams, are found.

Early Settlement

The earliest settlers of this town were from the mining regions of this State, farther west. The flrst settler of Cadiz was George Lot, who settled on the southeast quarter of section 36, in 1834. Lot came directly from the mines, where he had gone previous to the Black Hawk War. He was originally from the State of Pennsylvania. He remained here but a short time then moved to near Winslow, 111 , where he built a saw mill. Later ho became crazy and hung himself.

Soon after Lot, came the ex-miners William Boyles, formerly from Indiana, and Stephen G. Hale, Nicholas Hale and Bennett Nolan from Illinois.

west and followed the business of an Indian trader at Dubuque and Prairie du Chien, years before the Black Hawk War, in which he served. He established a trading post at what is now Shullsburg, in 1828, where he remained several years. He had, at the same time, trading houses at other points. In 1836 he bought the claim of George Lot, on section 36, in the town of Cadiz, to which he removed with his family and lived for many years. He afterwards removed further north in the town, and settled where he died in 1875. His widow, whom he married at his trading post at Shullsburg, in 1827, is now living with her daughter at Winslow, 111.

In the fall of 1838 Mordecai Kelly settled on section 1, where he still lives. He was born in the State of Ohio in 1808, and came to Monroe with his family in the spring of 1837, where he lived until his settlement in Cadiz.

William Bridges also settled on section 1 the following year, where he lived until the time of his death. His widow 'Still lives in the town at the advanced age of eighty-three years.

In 1840 Martin Burt and Felix O'Fling located on section 3, and began the erection of a saw mill on Skinner creek - the first in the town. The mill was finished by Gardner & Burt in 1841 and was known as their mill.

In 1843 John W. Deniston and Abner Van Sant, the former a son-in-law of the latter, came from Clarno and settled on the southwest quarter of section 23. They built a saw mill on Honey creek at that point which was the second one built in the town. Here, soon afterward, they laid out the village of Cadiz.

Henry Rush, the present chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Cadiz, in which capacity he is serving his fifth term, -was born in Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 24, 1822. In 1830 his father emigrated to the United States with his family, but before they reached their destination, which was Seneca Co., Ohio, the mother died in Canton, Ohio. The family settled in Venice, Seneca Co., Ohio, where the father died about two years later. Henry Rush was brought up in the family of Michael Oustine, who settled in this county at the time that Mr. Rush came here, but soon after removed to Minnesota, where he died Feb. 14, 1863. Mr. Rush was a volunteer soldier of the Mexican War. He enlisted at the beginning of the war, in May, 1846, in company F, of the 3d Ohio Volunteers, which was commanded by Samuel R. Curtis, who became quite noted during the War of the Rebellion. He served about fourteen months under Gen. Zachary Taylor, and took part in the battle of Buena Vista, in which he was wounded. At the expiration of his term of service he returned to Ohio, and the following spring came to this county. His first wife was a native of Ohio, and by that union he has three children - Lusetta E., Nancy J. and Rufus H. He was again married, and by the second union had two children - R, E. and Flora B. Mr. Rush is the owner of 433 acres of land.

Soon afterward came Andrew Rabb and son, Samuel, who located on section 19, and Reuben Tuttle on section 20. The former removed to Dakota, in the spring of 1883, and the latter remained but three years, when he removed to Sheboygan.

Jonathan Robinson settled on section 7, in 1854. Ezra Wescott settled on section 6, at about the same time. He lived there until the time of his death. His widow and family still occupy the place.

Events Of Interest

The first mill in the town of Cadiz was a saw mill, erected by Martin Burt and Felix O'Fling, which was finished in 1841. It was located on Skinner creek, on section 3. It was afterward known as Gardner & Burt's mill. In 1848 it was burned to the ground. It was rebuilt immediately, by Joseph Wilford, who owned the property at the time it was destroyed. It was afterward owned by Brown & Williams, and later by Arabut Ludlow, who sold to Divan & Michael. Mr. Michael soon bought Divan's interest, and in 1884 sold the property to Mr. Woodle.

The second mill was a saw mill, erected by John W. Deniston and Abner Van Santin 1843, on Honey creek. One year later, arun of buhrs was added for grinding corn and feed. This mill burned in the spring of 1848, and the saw mill part was rebuilt, but the "corn cracker" was not resurrected. The ruins of the saw mill still mark the spot.

The "Buck Horn Tavern " was the first hotel in this town. It was built by Joseph Paine in 184*7. It was a hewn log building, located on section 6. Itwasonthe mail route from Monroe to Wiota - a road much traveled in early days - and this was a noted stopping place for the traveling public for many years. Paine ran the hotel until the winter of 1849-50, and it continued to be used for tavern purposes for about ten years afterward. Paine sold to John Bringold, and in April 1850, killed him, as is related elsewhere.

In 1850 William Dale erected a large frame house on lot 13, section 3, which he opened as "Dale's Tavern." This was on the road from Monroe to Galena, which was much traveled in those days. He also had a large frame barn to accommodate teams, and erected a shingle mill, which he ran with horse power. He was an enterprising man, and did an extensive business here for some time. Two of his sons are now in business at Browntown.

The first child born in the town of Cadiz, as near as can now be ascertained, was Marietta Shull, a daughter of Jesse W. and Melissa Shull, born in the fall of 1838. She died at the age of twenty-one years.

The first wedding in the town of Cadiz, and the second in Green county, was that of James Hawthorne and Massy R. Boyles, which occured in August, 1836.

The first death in this town was that of Christopher Curdner, in 1837. He died at the house of Jesse W. Shull, and was buried on the farm of Mr. Shull, where several other bodies were interred. This was the first burying ground in the town.

Educational

The first school in the town of Cadiz - and it is claimed the first in Green county - was taught by Ralph Hilderbrant, in January and February, 1837, in Bennett Nolan's smoke house on section 36.

The first school house in the town was a log one erected on section 3, in 1840. Miss Churchill, a sister of Norman Churchill, of Monroe, taught a term of school in this building in the summer of 1841. She afterward married John A. Bingham, (now deceased). She now lives in Monroe. Her school was the first taught in the northern part of the town.

The second school house in the town was built on the northeast quarter of section 11, in 1842. James Cowan taught school in this building the following winter.

District No. 1 has a frame school house,valued at $600, on the southeast quarter of section 3. There are forty-four pupils in this district.

District No. 2 is the Browntown district. It has a small frame school house, valued at $400, on section 4. There are eighty-four pupils here.

District No. 9 embraces the village of Martin, and has an old stone school house, valued at $200, on section 32. There are seventy-four pupils here.

District No. 13 has a school house on the southwest corner of section 9. It is a white frame building, valued at $454. There are forty-four pupils here.

Joint district No. 1 embraces territory in the town of Jordan, the school house being located in that town. There are eight scholars of this district residing in this town.

Joint district No. 10 embraces territory in the town of Wayne, Lafayette county. The school building is located on the northeast corner of section 30, and is valued at $310. The number of pupils belonging to this district residing in Cadiz is forty-one.

Joint district No. 12 also embraces territory in the town of Wayne. The school house is an old building located on section 7. There are twenty-two scholars in this town.

Religious

The first public religious services in the town were held at the school house on section 11 in 1843, by the Rev. Mr. Mast, of the United Brethren denomination. He was a traveling minister, and held services here occasionally for some time. Rev. Connor, a Methodist preacher and a son-in-law of Martin Burt, held services at Burt's house at about the same time, and perhaps as early as 1842.

A Methodist Episcopal church edifice was erected on the southeast quarter of section 15, in 1870. It is a frame building, 32x46 feet in size, eighteen feet high, and painted white. The first preaching of this denomination in tliis part of the town was held at the house of Hugh Hastings, on section 15, in 1854, by Rev. Dyer. At that time a class was formed. A school house was afterwards built on the same section, at which services w^ere held until the church was built. Rev. Hurd followed Dyer. Other preachers here have been: Revs. Gould, Brainard, Jacob Miller, Jackson, Smith, and others. This was called the Cadiz circuit. The class formerly numbered seventy. There are. now only about a dozen. The present preacher is W. H. Kellogg.

In the fall of 1879 a church building was erected at Martin by what was called the "Church Society of Martin." The greater part of this society was made up of United Brethren people, but the church was intended for all denominations. The building is fi-ame, and cost, including bell and furniture, about $1,800. It is used principally by the United Brethren and evangelical denominations, although other societies occasionally occupy it.

Town Organization

The first regular town meeting in the town of Cadiz was held on the 3d of April, 1849, when the town was organized. At this election there were fifty-one votes cast and the following of* ficers were elected:

John Wood, chairman, John Kennedy and John Billing, supervisors; Wesley Swank, clerk; Philip Michael, treasurer; Elisha Ullom, assessor; John Kennedy, superintendent of schools; John Kennedy, John Wood, Isaac Diven and Benjamin Buchanan, justices of the the peace; John Denney, George Michael and Stephen Vanhorn, constables. The clerks of this election were: John Kennedy and John

Henry Rush, chairman, Thomas Crow and N. C. Tyler, supervisors; John W. Lynch, clerk; Michael Shank, assessor; B. C. Curtis, E. Vanhorn and Gustav Shultze, justices of the peace; James White, John A. Black and W. D. Sanders, constables; J. W. Montgomery, sealer of weights and measures.

A building for town purposes, known as the town house of Cadiz, was built in 1867 at a cost of $685. It is a frame building, located on the northwest quarter of section 22. All town elections, meetings of the board, caucuses, etc., are held here.

The first burials in the northern part of the town were* made on the southeast quarter of section 3. The first burial there was Thomas Michael, youngest son of Philip and Lovicy Michael, who died in January, 1843, aged three months. This was the usual place of burial in the town before grounds were regularly laid out. In 1851 Philip Michael, on whose ground the burial ground was located, laid out grounds for a cemetery, which were surveyed by the county surveyor, Samuel Spangler. The cemetery includes four acres, and is still used for burial purposes.

The cemetery on section 1, which is in use at present, was laid out many years later than the one just mentioned. It is kept in good condi-* tion.

A cemetery at the village of Cadiz was laid out and used at an early day. But few burials are made here at present, the cemetery in connection with the Cadiz Methodist Church being generally used.

Village Of Browntown

The original plat of the village of Browntown contained twenty acres, embracing the north half of the northeast quarter of section 9, township 1 north, range 6 east. It was laid out and platted by James Dale on the 3d and 4th of March, 1882- He had owned the land two years previous to that time. An addition known as Sullivan's addition, consisting of about nine acres, was made by James White in May, 1882. The addition joins the original plat on the west, and was called Sullivan's additions from the fact that the land comprising the addition belonged to the estate of John Sullivan, and Mr. White was the administrator of the estate, the addition being made in the interest of the heirs.

This has been a place of some local importance since 1846. Attracted by the excellent water privilege at this point, Messrs. William Brown, Henson Irion and John Wood in 1846 purchased theeast half of the southwest quarter, and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 4. Thir was purchased of Washburn & Woodman, who were agents of the owners. The new proprietors began at once to improve the water power, and began the erection of a saw mill that year. In 1847 they built a dam and finished the saw mill, and also put up during that year a corn mill or "corn cracker." The first dwelling house was erected by Mr. Brown in 1846, and, in the fall of 1848 he erected another building which is still occupied as a dwelling. These gentlemen ran the mills I and owned the same until 1853, when Brown purchased Wood's interest. In 1862 Mr. Brown's was sold on mortgage to Arabut Ludlow. Mr. Irion disposed of his interest to Mr. Ludlow in 1863. The latter gentleman owned the property until 1875, when he sold it to Emanuel Diven, and from thence it passed into the hands of Emanuel and Plenry Diven, who put in tl>e mill the present improved machinery during the winter of 1875-6. The original saw mill and "corn cracker" disappeared many years ago, and the present mill building was erected in 181 5, by Mr. Tobias. The mill property is now owned by Andrew Sutherland, having been purchased of Green Brothers, who succeeded Diven & Son. The mill contains three run of buhrs and is doing an extensive business. The mill is located just outside the plat, on section 4.

This point for many years was known as Brown, Irion & Wood's mill. It afterwards came to be called Browntown, when the village was laid out. This name was applied to the village after William G. Brown.

Mr. Brown came from Missouri, where he was born, although he was reared in New Orleans. His early life was passed on the Mississippi river and its branches, first as cabin boy and afterward reached the position of second mate. Later in life he learned the business of a millwright, working with Abner Van Sant for a number of years. He was an uneducated man, but was possessed of much natui-al ability. He held the office of county commissioner in 1 847-8, and later was chairman of the board. In 1858 he was elected to the assembly branch of the legislature. In 1859 he started to Pike's Peak, but at Fort Laramie he abandoned the project and went to California. He is now in Idaho Territory. He went to California first in 1849. Previous to that time he was known as William Brown; but afterward took the name of "William Grizzly Brown." He was a peculiar character and his characteristics almost became proverbial.

Henson Irion is still living in the town of Cadiz. He is a native of Ohio. He came to what afterwards became the State of Wisconsin, in 1832, and served in the Black Hawk War. In 1837 he came to what is now Green county and settled in the town of Clarno. Not until 1854 did he become a resident of the town of Cadiz, although, as stated, he owned an interest in Browntown in 1846.

The first store at what since become Browntown was opened by Henson Irion, in 1856. He kept a general stock of goods and continued in business until 1859, when he closed out and accompanied Mr. Brown to California.

After Brown & Irion went to California there was no business carried on here except running the saw mill for two years, when it was closed and has not been reopened. After this there was a period of several years when nothing was done. After the grist mill was erected, in 1876, Alfred Kelly opened a small store, and business has gradually increased until the present time.

James Dale, dealer in groceries and drugs at Browntown, is a son of William Dale, who came to the town of Cadiz, July 9, 1850, and located on section 4, where he bought forty acres of land of William Van Horn. Mr. Dale erected a building and kept hotel three years, then sold and bought a farm adjoining on the west, where he lived until his death, Oct. 23, 1857. He was born in Manchester, England, and came to the United States in 1838. He lived in Niagara Co., N. Y., and then in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, remaining in the latter place till he came to Green county. At that time his family consisted of himself, wife and five sons

- George, Joseph, John, James and Abel. The youngest three are now residents of this town. George and Joseph are deceased. George enlisted in the 5th Wisconsin Battery in the fall of 1861, and died the following year at luka, Miss. Joseph served in the same regiment for nearly four years. He died March 23, 1874. John served one year in the 1st Wisconsin regiment, company A, was then transferred to company A, of the 21st regiment, in which he served eight months. He was born in the State of New York in 1840, and came here with his parents in 1850. James Dale was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1843. He enlisted in February, 1864, in the 5th Wisconsin Battery, and served eighteen months. He has lived in this county since he came here'^with his father, except one year in Kansas and one year in Minnesota. His wife was Orpha M. Loomis, daughter of John Loomis, an early settler in this town, but now living at Walnut Grove, Red Wing Co., Minn. Mrs. Dale was born in this town, Jan. 19, 1848. They have two children - Nettie and Effie.

The Brov/ntown Hotel was built by the present proprietor, James W. White, in 1881. It is located on the main street of the village, and is a frame building, two and a half stories high. Including the furniture, its cost was about $3,000. Mr. White purchased the location on which was then a small building, of Samuel Kelly, in 1881, for $600. It includes five lots. Mr. White is a genial and popular landlord, and is esteemed by both his neighbors and the traveling public.

James W. White, landlord and proprietor of the Browntown Hotel, was born at Plattsburg, N. Y., in May, 1851. He came to this town with his parents, Michael and Fanny White, in 1854. They settled on section 5. Wlien James opened the hotel at Browntown, his parents came here and resided with him. His father died in June, 1883. His mother is still living here. James W. was married to Elizabeth Stover, daughter of Thomas Stover, an early settler in this town. They have one son - Michael. Thomas Stover was of English descent, born in Virginia. His wife, Sarah Heltman, was a native of Pennsylvania. They were married in Ashland Co., Ohio, and removed to Stephenson Co., 111., and settled near Freeport, wliere they remained till 1854, when they came to this town and located on a farm of 160 acres. He was a blacksmith by trade and an excellent workman. He carried on blacksmithing at his farm. He was fatally injured by a threshing machine. His widow still lives in this town, and her mother, who is nearly 100 years old, resides with her.

Village Of Martin

In 1849 Edward S. Hanchett obtained a right of Cyrus Woodman, who was agent of the owners of the land, to improve a water power on the Pecatonica river, at the point where Martin is now located, and began the construction of a dam across the stream. In the spring of 1850 Nathaniel Martin came here and joined Mr. Hanchett in the enterprise. The same season they finished the dam and erected a saw mill. They worked together for one year, when Mr. Martin bought out Hanchett. The saw mill was operated for many years, when it was removed and replaced by the present mill. The next improvement of importance here, was the erection of a grist mill in 1854, by Mr. Martin. The grist mill now contains three run of buhrs and still does a good business. Isaiah Martin, a brother, was associated with Nathaniel for a time.

Nathaniel Martin, of the village of Martin, in the town of Cadiz, was born in West Virginia, in 1816. When twenty years old, he went to St. Louis, and one year later, came to Cadiz, in the year 1849. He was married to Hannah Strader, daughter of Jacob Strader, an early settler in Stephenson Co., 111. She was born in Vermilion Co., 111. They had fourteen children, six of whom are living - Elias, Nellie, Horatio, Emma A., Mary L. and Julia. Mr. Martin was, in early life, a whig, later a repub- lican. He has been for many years a member of the United Brethren Church. He is an unqualified temperance man, and strongly favors prohibition. Mr. Martin's father settled at what is known as Richland Timber, in Stephenson county, and afterwards removed to Jordan, in this county, where he died in February, 1864. His widow is still living at the age of eighty-five years. In 1868, Mr. Martin laid out the village, having it surveyed by surveyor Dodge. According to the record the plat contains fortyseven acres of thesoutheastquarter of section 32.

William Edwards, of the firm of Wright & Edwards, general merchants at Martin, was born at Guilford, Surrey, England, Aug. 10, 1827. He came to the United States in July, 1855. He learned the trade of miller, in his native country, and after coming to the United States, worked at that trade in Franklin, Sussex Co., N. J., one year. He then came west and worked in a mill near Galena, 111., one year. He came to Martin in 1858 and engaged in working in the mill at this place. In 1876 he began mercantile business. He was married to Nancy ShuU, daughter of Jesse W. and Malisse Shull. She was born near Louisville, Ky., in March, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have five children - Thomas P., William, Morgan G., Eliza M. and Nora Ida. They have lost one

The postoftice at Martin was established in 1865. The first postmaster was William Hodges, who was succeeded by Mrs. Mary Ann Tyler. She was succeeded by the present incumbent, W. W. Wright.

In 1846 a village was platted by Deniston & VanSant, on section 23, called Cadiz. But it never acquired any importance. A small store was kept by David Cline at his residence for a time, and later, Asbury Brown was proprietor.

The first postoftice in the town was established here in about 1850, which is still continued. The first postmaster was Wesley Swank, who kept the ofiice at his residence. He was the postmaster until the fall of 1855, when he was succeeded by Charles R. Deniston. The latter gentleman held the office until 1860, when he was succeeded by Philip Ward. On the 11th of July, 1864, Brant C. Curtis, the present incumbent, was appointed, and has held the ofiice since that time, a period of twenty years. The postoftice is all that remains of Cadiz.

Brant C. Curtis resides on the southwest quarter of section 23, where he settled in March, 1864. He came to the county in April, 1861. He was born in Schuyler Co., N. Y., in November, 1820. He lived in the same house in which he was born forty years. His father, Charles Curtis, was born in Duchess Co., N. Y. His mother was Margaret (Bennett) Curtis, a native of Schuyler county. They lived in that county until their decease. Brant C. Curtis came here directly from Schuyler county. He was employed by Mr. Deniston, in a saw mill, for eighteen years. He has been engaged in lumbering much of his life. His wife was formerly Sarah Stone, a native of Kingston, Canada East. They have seven children - Elmira, Jane, James S., Samuel D., Addie, Edith and Oscar.

1, was erected in 1855 by Barber & Chenoweth. Henry Barber owned and operated the mill for a number of years. Roberts & Land then owned it until 18t)6, when it was purchased by the present proprietor, J, E. Shattuck. The mill has been improved very much by Mr. Shattuck, and is now equipped with a forty horse power steam en«fine. It does mostly custom work in hard wood, and has a capacity for 5,000 feet per day.

The third is located on Honey creek, on section 34. It was erected in 1868 and 18(39, by D. Klasey, the present owner. The mill has two run of stone, and is a good mill, but it does less business than in former years. As there is at times an insufficient supply of water, a steam engine has of late years been added.

A few years after the erection of the grist mill, Mr. Klasey built a saw mill which is operated by the same power and does an extensive business.

The second postoffice in the town was known as "Skinner," and was located on section 3. It was established in 1854, and Isaac Williams was the first postmaster. The next postmaster was Isaac Phillips, who held the office for a number of years, when he was succeeded by George Michael. Mr. Michael was postmaster for sixteen yearSjUntil 1881, when the office was discontinued and the postoffice at Browntown was created.

A postoffice called "Wausemon" is kept by Mrs. N. L. B. Wescoit, on section 6. This office was established in 1871, when the present incumbent was appointed postmistress. Mail is now received here daily from the eastern bound train; a catcher being employed to receive and give mail.

Joseph Paine was one of the earliest settlers in Green county. He first located in what has since become the town of Clarno; but in 1836, entered land where the city of Monroe now stands, and erected a tavern which he ran for several years. From Monroe he came to the town of Cadiz, and at one time owned an interest in Michael's mill. In 1847 he erected the well known "Buck Horn Tavern" on section 6, in connection with which he owned a farm of 175 acres. In the winter of 1849-50 he sold this property to a German, named John Bringold, and purchased the farm adjoining, on the west, now owned by Augustus Picket. Bringold was a peculiar man. Hard to get along with, never pleased with anything, and never losing an opportunity to give a neighbor a dig. On the 4th of April, 1850, a dispute arose between Paine and Bringold, regarding the removal of a rail fence. It ajjpears that this fence had been built by Paine while he owned Bringold's farm; but through some mistake regarding the exact line of division between the two farms, the fence had been laid by Paine on the land he had recently purchased. Bringold claimed the rails as his own and determined to move this fence and rebuild it on the line between the two farms. To this Paine objected and wanted the fence to remain where it was. He offered to give Bringold newly split rails, instead, if he would let the fence remain where it was. But Bringold stubbornly refused; he would not take new rails, but was bound to tear down the fence to get these particular rails. Paine appears to have been a man quick to take offense, and of uncontrollable temper when aroused. He told Bringold that if he attempted to remove the rails he would shoot him; but the latter disregarding the thieat, proceeded to remove the rails, when Paine, going to the house, procured his rifle and came back. He again warned Bringold and then shot him through the body inflicting a wound which produced death in a short time. Paine afterward claimed that he did not intend to kill Bringold, but simply to "burn him" as he expressed it; but that a sudden movement of his body just as the shot was fired, produced a fatal result. Paine gave himself up and was indicted for murder; but just before the time set for his trial, in March, 1851, he succeeded in eluding the guard and escaped. To-day there is an impression that the sheriff, who was related to Paine, aided the prisoner; but this is erroneous and unjust. Paine was in charge of a deputy. As he stated it afterward to a pioneer of Green county, who met him in California, his escape was effected in the following manner: There being no jail here at that time,a room in the court house(later known as the American Hotel) was fixed up for a cell. Mrs. Paine accompanied her husband to the cell, and the deputy locked them both in. No sooner had the jailor locked the door (which had a common lock), than Paine picked it open. He got to the head of the stairs in time to see tlie deputy sheriff vanish in the darkness. He then made his way to the northwestern part of town where he found a horse, which he mounted and struck out southwest. He was met by a relative who furnished another horse and took the first one back. A few miles further he was met by George Paine, who furnished him with a race horse, and the following morning at daybreak. he crossed the Mississippi river at McGregor. From there he made his way to California, where his wife joined him the following year. His whereabouts were known for years; but no effoi't was made to re-capture him. On the morning following his escape the deputy sheriff went to the door to awake his prisoner. After raj)- ping several times a liusky voice inquired: "What's the matter?" "Time to get up," was the reply, and the deputy left. This was repeated several times until finall}^ the deputy unlocked the door and entered, to find Mrs. Paine alone. The hue and cry that was raised is remembered by all old settlers, b«it no trace could be found, until several years had elapsed, when all inclination to punish had disappeared.

Another Shooting Affair

Another sad and fatal shooting affair occurred in this town on the 20th of February, IBVl. Jose|)h Morton and Libbie Gorton, who had been recently married, were staying temporarily at the house of Mordecai Kelly. A sleigh load of boys and young men, four of whom were brothers of the bride, went to the house of Mr. Kelly, on the evening of the day mentioned, to charivari the newly married couple. Kelly, after making some threats, which were not heeded by the boys, took down his shot gun and deliberately discharged its contents into the sleigh load of boys. Augustus M. Gorton, a young brother of the bride, but twelve years of age, was almost instantly killed, and Matthew Curran and "Lane" Campbell were slightly wounded. Kelly delivered himself up and was indicted for murder, but through some compromise the principal prosecuting witness did not appear, and the case never came to final trial.

Biographical

James Morton came with his parents to Cadiz in 1843. They settled on section 1, where James Morton still resides. His father, James McConnell Morton, was born in Nashville, Tenn. He removed to Kentucky w^ith his parents when about eleven years of age. There he grew to manhood, and was married to Mary Montgomery, who was born in Kentucky. They removed from Kentucky to Indiana, and thence to Illinois, coming from there to Green county in 1840, when they settled in the town of Clarno. He had come there the previous year and put in a crop. He remained in Clarno till 1843, when, as before stated, he came to Cadiz. His wife died here in 1864, and his death occurred in 1869. They had twelve children,- five sons and seven daughters, all of whom grew to maturity, but only six are now living. James was born in Indiana in 1827. He served in the 16lh Wisconsin regiment dur- ing the Rebellion, and spent two years in California and Oregon. lie has owned the homestead farm since 1852. It contains 141 acres. He was married to Sophia Kelly, daughter of Mordecai Kelly, and eleven children, six boys and five girls, have been born to them.

George Michael is the eldest living son of Philip Michael, who settled in the town of Cadiz with his family in 1841. Philip Michael was born in Bedford Co., Penn., March 12, 1791. He removed with his father to Ohio when a boy, where he grew to manhood. He served in the second war with Great Britain. After the war he was married to Lavicy Hall, who was born at Harper's Ferry, Va., Aug. 1, 1799. She is still living, and resides with her children in the town of Cadiz. She draws a pension for services of her husband in the War of 1812. Philip Michael removed to Indiana with his family in 1829, where he resided until he came to Green county in 1841. His first location was on section 2, in this town, where he lived several years. He then purchased a farm on the northeast quarter of section 10, where he resided until his decease in September, 1852. He died from a cancer, from which he suffered a number of years. The family, when they came here, consisted of the parents, nine sons and three daughters. All of the children are now living except the oldest son, William. One son was born here, and died in infancy. Three sons and two daughters are living in Nebraska. The others reside in this town. Like most of the early settlers, Mr. Michael came here poor, but by industry and economy secured a competence, owning at the time of his decease 320 acres of valuable land. He was a man much respected for his excellent traits of character. George Michael was born in Ohio, in 1820. He came to Cadiz with his father in 1841, beingthen in his twenty-second year. He was married in 1848 to Jane Bridges, daughter of William Bridges, who settled early in this town. Mr. Michael resided at the homestead until after the death of his father, when he received a part of the homestead estate, on which he settled and remained until 1866, when he settled where he now resides on section 3. Politically, Mr. Michael was a whig until the formation of the republican party, since which he has been identified with that party. Probably no man in the town has held official positions for a greater number of years than he. He has been in town office almost continually for thirty years. Mr. and Mrs. Michael have six children - Charles H , Philip B., George A., James E., Ellen and Emma.

Jarvis W. Montgomery was born in the town of Saybrook, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1831. He removed with his parents to Erie Co., Penn. He came to this county in May, 1842, in company with his brother-in-law, Samuel Ball, traveling all the way from Pennsylvania with teams. He lived in the town of Sylvester until seventeen years old, then went to work for himself. In 1865 he settled on section 7, in the town of Cadiz, where he purchased a farm of Joseph Briggs. This was the first farm he ever owned, and he has made all the improvements upon it. It contains 100 acres. He was married to Amanda Ball, a daughter of Gary Ball, who died in Illinois. She came to Green county with her mother from Erie Co., Penn., in 1844. Her mother died at the residence of Mr. Montgomery in March, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have six children - Robert and Marion, born in the town of Monroe; and Louisa, Grace, Frank and Leroy, born in the town of Cadiz. \/' John V. Roberts came to the town of Clarno in 1842, but is now a resident of section 12, of the town of Cadiz, where he removed in 1863. He was born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1825. His father, Isaac Roberts, was a native of Pennsylvania, and removed to Ohio with his parents when a boy. He came to Green county with Elmer Clark and David Bridge. Mr, Clark still lives in the town of Jefferson, where he then settled. The latter located near Mr. Clark and is now deceased. Isaac Roberts entered land at that time in the town of Clarno, and returned to Ohio, where he died in 1840. Christiana Roberts, his wife, removed with her twelve children to the land which her husband had entered in Clarno, in September, 1842. The family consisted of eight sons and four daughters, the eldest about twenty-five years old. On reaching their destination their worldly goods consisted of a team, three cows and $2 in money. They put up a log house that fall. The following winter was a severe one, yet, although the family was a large one, they managed to pass the winter with but little suflFering. The family centinued together for a number of years, working by the month during the summer reason, till most of them reached maturity. The mother removed to Monroe about 1862, where she died in 1864. Eight of the children are now living, six sons and two daughters. One of the sons served in the 21st Wisconsin regiment, Volunteer Infantry, during the War of the Rebellion. He is now in Texas. John V., subject of this sketch, is the only one of the children now living in Green county, the others being scattered throughout the different States of the Union. He remained at the homestead until 1854, when he went to Monroe, where he operated a saw mill for eight years, after which he came to Cadiz. He returned to Ohio in the fall of 1849, and in the spring of 1850 was married to Sarah Ann Brooke, a native of Ohio. They have four children - John W., Harriet Beecher, Sarah C-. and Naomi O. They have lost three children.

Augustus Pickett settled in December, 1867, in Green county, where he purchased a farm. This farm in an early day was owned by Joseph Paine, and it was here that the old "Buck Horn" tavern was located, and here that the noted "Paine-Bringold" tragedy occurred. Mr. Pickett's father, Hiram Pickett, was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 30, 1809, where he was reared and married. After marriage he removed to Geauga Co., Ohio, and thence to Hancock Co., III., and was there at the time the trouble occurred with the Mormons at Nauvoo, previous to their removal to Salt Lake. In 1843 he removed from Illinois to Green Co., Wis. The following year he settled at Wiota, where he resided till the spring of 1867. He then moved to Monroe, where he died Dec. 12, 1872. His wife was Harriet Pulsipher, a native of New York. She died at the residence of her son, in 1878. They had seven children, five of whom are living, Augustus, the subject of this sketch, is the only one of the family residing in this town. He was married to Sarah E. Connor, a daughter of Samuel Connor. They have three children - Clarence U., Asa S. and Myrtie L. Mr. Pickett's farm is situated on section 6, township 1, range 6, and consists of 235 acres.

^"^Hiram Smith, of Browntown, came to Cadiz in 1845, since which time this has been his home. He was born in Langdon, Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1810. He removed with his father to Vermont when he was six years old. When he was nineteen years of age, he went with his father and family to Canada, where his parents continued to reside until their decease. In 1835 he left home and went to the Territory of Michigan, and two years later to Wisconsin. He located in the town of Gratiot, now in Lafayette county, where he took government land. On coming to Cadiz he entered about 600 acres of land, and has always dealt largely in real estate. He owned, at one time, 640 acres in this town. He has no family, and has been quite liberal in disposing of a considerable part of his real estate, by gifts to friends. He still owns 548 acres. He has been assessor of this town four terms, three terms in succession. He has never sought office, but was induced to accept the office of assessor, and is said to have made one of the most faithful, efficient officers that the town has ever had. He has never tasted of any intoxicating drinks since he was eighteen years old. Never joined a secret societv, nor had an account against him in a store.

Miles Smith settled on the northeast quarter of section 36, in 1846, although he first came to the county in 1845. He purchased forty acres of land, to which he has since added enough to make 100 acres. He was born in Highland Co., Ohio, Nov. 12,1822, where he was reared to manhood. He was there married to Ruth Wright, and came to Green county in 1845, as before stated. He enlisted in the 37th Wisconsin and served through the War of the Rebellion. He was at the siege of Petersburg, and at the surrender of Gen. Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had nine children, three of whom are living - Chester, Amerida and Isabelle. Mr. Smith owns 100 acres of land. His father, Daniel Smith, now lives in Oneco, Stephenson Co., 111. He was born in 1783, in North Carolina. He is now 101 years of age.

l^William Dinger resides upon section 10, of the town of Cadiz, where he purchased forty acres of land in 1846. The following year he built a log house upon the place, in which the family lived for twenty-six years, and which is Btill standing where erected. He was born in the State of Ohio, iu 1815. He grew to manhood, and was married in his native State, to Susan Diven, a native of Green Co., Ohio, born in 1818. Mr. Dinger's family, at the time ol their removal to Green county, consisted of his wife and four children. They had six children born in this county, making ten in all, six of whom are now living - Jeremiah, Polly, widow of Joseph Dale; Solomon, Hiram, Maranda and Elmira. Solomon was born in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1845. He enlisted in the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, company K, Dec. 25, 1863, and served until the close of the war, being all of the time in active service. He took part in the siege of Atlanta and Sherman's marcli to the sea. He was in about thirty battles and skirmishes. He is now married to Mary L. Snow, daugliter of John C. Snow, and resides at the homestead. They have five children.

/^Emanuel Diven is a settler of 1846. He was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Jan. 9, 1813. His father, Henry Diven, was born in Washington Co., Penn., and when a young man removed to Belmont Co., Oliio, where he was married. The subject of tills sketch, with his parents, removed to Coshocton county in his native State in 1815, where he was reared to manhood. His early life was spent on the farm. In November, 1846, he came to Green county. He purchased 160 acres of land on the southeast quarter of section 10, on which he resides; and entered forty acres on section 15, adjoining. His homestead consists of 280 acres. He also has 100 acres on section 4. "^riiis is one of the best farms in the town. It was formerly heavily timbered, and has required an immense amount of hard labor to improve. As his surroundings indicate, he is a successful farmer. He has been married three times. His first w^ife was Jane Delong. She died in Ohio. By this union there were seven children, three of whom are living. His second wife was Sally A. Morehead, whom he married in Ohio, just previous to coming to Wisconsin. She died in July, 1854. By this union there were two children, one of whom is living. He was married the third time on the 15th of April, 1855, to Mary Beitler, born in Buck Co., Penn., . in 1833, When eight years of age she moved with her parents to Ohio, and from there to Grant Co., Wis. The result of this union was ten children, eight of whom are living. Two sons, James and Walter, served in the army. The latter, a son by his second wife, was killed at the battle of Jonesboro, Jan. 28, 1 865, at the age of seventeen years.

/^enry Diven is a son of Emanuel Diven, who came to Green county in 1846. Henry Diven was born in Ohio, in 1839, and came to this county in 1846, with his father. He engaged in tlie mercantile business here in the fall of |ss(), and has continued it ever since that time, with the exception of one year. FJe was married to C-atharine Carrothers, a native of Illinois, where her parents died. She came to thiscoun-

Isaac T. Williams resides on section 14, where he settled in the fall of 1864. He has been a resident of this town since 1847. He was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1824. In 1832 he removed with his parents, John L. and Nancy (Colestock) Williams, to Maryland, he being then seven years old. In 1844 the famil}'^ moved to Rock Island, 111., and then lo this county, settling in the town of Sylvester. They afterwards removed to Mount Pleasant, where the father died, in 1846. His wife was again married to Capt. R. R. Jennison, and died July 24, 1873. John L. Williams brought four children with iiim to Green county - Isaac, Sidney, Joseph and Cliarlotte. All are living except Charlotte who died in 1846. Sidney is the widow of Albert Jennison, Joseph is in California. Isaac, on first coming to Cadiz, worked on the construction of the mill at Browntown. He afterwards bought an interest in a saw mill of Mr. Brown, and was employed in running that from 1854 to 1859. In 1859 he went to California and was absent from the county three years. He was married to Martha J. Johnson, a native of Pennsylvania. She came to this county with her father in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have eight children - Mary, Joseph, John, James, Abner, Jasper, Homer and Edith.

Mason Palmer, upon section 8, entered a part of his farm in April, 1847, and bought the remainder of Joseph Jones. He has 140 acres. It was heavily timbered, but is now well improved, and has all been plowed except thirty acres that is still timber. He was bora in Coshocton Co., Ohio, in 1819. There he grew to manhood and was married. He came to Green county in 1846, with his family, and settled upon his present farm the following year. His first wife was Eliza Maxwell, a daughter of George Maxwell. She was born in Ohio, Nov. 7, 1818, and died in the spring of 1856. His present wife was Elizabeth E. Day, a daugliter of Daniel D.iy, who canie to the town of Clarno with his family, from Coshocton Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1845. Mr. Day died three weeks after his arrival in Wisconsin, leaving a wife and seven children. Elizabeth Day, the present Mrs. Palmer, was born in Ohio, in 1837. Mr. Palmer had, by his first marriage, five children, two of whom are living - Ellen and Maria. By his second marriage he had fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters. William Palmer, a brother of Mason Palmer, formerly lived in this town, but now lives in Missouri. Another brother, James, lives at Browntown. ^Villiam Clarno, proprietor of a restaurant at Browntown, is a son of Andrew Clarno, the first settler of the town of Clarno. William Clarno was born in the town of Clarno, July 6, 1841 . He enlisted in company C, of the 3d Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the battles of Winchester, Gettysburg, and many others. He lost his right leg at the battle of Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, 18G4, and remained in the hospital till July 25, 1865, when he was discharged. He was married to Elizribeth Peregoy, daughter of John Peregoy. This union has been blessed with six children, four of whom are living.

Jesse Raymer settled upon section 14, April 13, 1849. He first bought forty acres of Henry Downs, Avho entered it, and afterwards twenty acres on the east, of David McKibbin. At tlie time of his purchase this land was covered with timber and underbrush, only two acres of which was improved. Mr. Raymer was born in Maryland in 1816, and removed, when a child, to Pennsylvania, with his father. He lived in Green county, of that State, until he came to Green Co., Wis. He was married in Pennsylvania, to Maria Kelley, a native of Green county, in that State. They have had seven children, four of whom are living - John, Jesse, Freeman and Jane. Mr. Raymer is a cooper by trade, and was poor when he came here. He paid his last half dollar to a guide to conduct him to the village of Cadiz. He began at once to work at his trade, making sixteen barrels the week after his arrival. He followed his trade here for seven or eight years. He now has a good farm and comfortable buildings. In 1883 Mr. Raymer visited Green Co., Penn., to review the scenes of hi8 early life, and was absent several weeks.

^Nathaniel Dinger is a son of Solomon Dinger, who was born in Coshocton Co., Ohio, and was a brother of William Binger of this town. He (Solomon Binger) came here with his family in the autumn of 1850, and settled upon forty acres on section 15, but afterwards removed to section 9, which he sold, and moved to Kansas with his family. He returned and located on section 17, where he resided until his death in September, 1881, His widow, Harriet (Lynch) Binger, still lives in the town. She owns 284 acres of land. They had eight children. Those now living are - Nathaniel, Emily, wife of Edmund Weldon; Francis Oliver, Sarah A., wife of Thomas Toralinson, Brant W. and Sidney Ulysses. Nathaniel was born in the town of Cadiz, Nov. 29, 1850. He was married to Charlotte E., daughter of William Austin, an early settler in this county. They reside upon section 8.

i^Simon P. Lynch settled in 1850 on section 15, where hepurcliased 200acresof unimproved land of C. C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman, agents for the sale of lands. He built a log house and barn upon the place in'the fall of that year. He has resided here since that time. He now owns 320 acres. He was born in Coshocton Co., Ohio, in the town of West Bedford, June 15, 1824. He remained in his native county until twenty-six years of age, when he came to Green county. His father, William Lynch, was a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lynch, subject of this sketch, was married to Margaret Divan, daughter of Henry Divan, and they have eight children - Mary E., 'I'homas A. who now resides on section 21 in this town; Mattie J., wife of Frank Ullora; John W., Ellen, Annie M., wife of John Howe; Simon P. and Hester. They have lost five boys, three of

Lyman Lockman resides on section 33, where he settled in 1860. He first settled on section 16 in 1855. Mr. Lockman was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1828, When ten years old he went to sea as cabin boy, taking a trip around the world on his first voyage. He was on the sea fifteen years. During the war with Mexico he was in the naval service, and was present at the capture of Vera Cruz. He came to Wisconsin in 1851, since which time his home has been in Green county. He was married to Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of Hugh Hastings. She was born in Pennsylvania. They have six children - John, Hugh, Acta, Benjamin, Eda and Arthur. One son, William, was drowned while bathing in the Pecatonica river, June 20, 1880. He was in his eighteenth year. Mr. Lockman's farm contains eighty acres. ^Lorenzo Fuller lives on section 32, where his father, W. M. Fuller, settled Feb 22, 1854. The latter was born in the State of Massachusetts about 1805. When a young man he went to Canada and from thence to Wisconsin in 1853. He bought this farm of Josiah Martin, which was then unimproved. He died Aug. 11, 1879, and his wife has since died. They had six children, three boys and three girls. Lorenzo owns the homestead farm, having bought the interest of the other heirs. He was born in Cajiada in 1844. He was married to Lana Chawgo, a native of the town of Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. V. They have four children - Walter, Frank, Clark and Collie, v/^ Henry Shank, upon section 3H, owns the homestead where his fattier, J. B. Shank, settled in 1855. J. B. Shank was barn in Lebanon C/o., Penn., in 1809, where he grew to manhood and in his youth learned the trade of miller. He was married to Catharine Bambergar. In 1855 he left his home in Pennsylvania and came directly to this county and purchased the farm before mentioned, of George Shaffer. He first bought 240 acres, which he increased to

400 acres. He died in October, 1875. His widow now lives in Stephenson Co., 111. They had ten children, six of whom grew to maturity, and five of whom are now living - J. B., Malinda, wife of Jared Wahlford; Michael, Henry and John H. Michael, Henry and J. B. are residents of Cadiz. Henry, who lives at the homestead, was born in Lebanon county in 1848. He was married to Elmira, daughter of Elisha Ullom, of this town. They have one son - Willie A., born Jan. 20, 1874.

John A. Meacham came to Green county with his father, Hosea Meacham, in 1857. He was born in Crawford Co , Penn., in 1841. In 1863 he enlisted in the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, and served in the department of the gulf, until the close of the war. He was married to Mary E. Robb, a daughter of Andrew Robb, and they have four children - Ed. L., Nellie, John Arthur and Alta. Mr. Meacham was a teacher in Green county for a number of years, teaching fifteen winter terms. He now resides on section 21, where he settled in 1867. He owns 120 acres, upon which he has made all of the improvements, and has a good farm. He has served as town clerk seven years, member of the town board one year, and town treasurer one year in the town of Cadiz. His father, Hosea Meacham, lives on section 16, where he settled in 1857. He was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1807. His wife was Mary >:ic1)ols. She died in 1882. They had six children, four sons and two daughters.

William Bratley lives upon section 14, of the town of Cadiz, where he settled in 1859. He was born in Lincolnshire. England, in 1824. He came to the United States in 1840, as a sailor on board of an English brig called Streetlam Castle. On reaching New York he left that ship and shipped on board an American vessel. He continued to follow the sea until 1850. He then located at Savannah, Ga., where he kej)! a restaurant four 3'ears. In 1854 lie removed to the State of Now York and engaged in farming. Tn the fall of 1«57 he returned to

Savannah and again engaged in the restaurant business. In the spring of 1859 he came to Green county. His wife was Mary C. Cain, who was born at Newburg, N. Y. They have eiglit children, three sons and five daughters. Mr. Bratley's farm on section 14 contains 120 acres, and is an excellent farm. He also owns land elsewhere. In consideration of the fact that he spent so much of his life at sea and in following other pursuits, he is an exceptionally successful farmer.

John Whitehead first settled on sections 13 and 24, town of Cadiz. He was born in Ohio, Aug. 20, 1825, and died at his home in this county, Jan. 6, 1879. He was in good circumstances and in an apparent condition to enjoy life, and be a blessing to his family, and a valuble member of the society in which he moved. At the time of his death he owned 280 acres of land, and also 100 acres of his father's estate, who soon after died. His farm was formerly covered with a fine body of timber, a good part of which he liad cleared off and put the land in good conditioM. He was married to Sarah Iseminger, a native of Ohio, who removed to Green county with her parents. They have six children - Emma, William .J., Isnac E., Minnie M., Effie J., and Milton. William J. lives with his mother on the old homestead and carries on the farm. Mrs. Whitehead is a member of the United Brethren Church. ^Frederick M. Bradford was born at Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 27, 1834, and is a son of John Bradford, a native of Plymouth, and direct descendant of Gov. William Bradford, who came over in the JMayfioioer, and was the second governor of the Plymouth colony. He, Frederick M., came west with his father's family in 1840, and settled in Stephenson Co., 111., where he remained until he came to Cadiz, in 1861. His farm consists of 1 20 acres on section 31. He was married to Cynthia V. Peters, a daughter of C'omfort Peters. Slie was born in Bradford Co., Pen 11. 'i'liey have two children - Blanche, borti April 25, 1862, a teacher of music for the past four years ;and John, born Dec. 24, 1868, and is now owner of the baptismal blanket brought over in the May- Jlower. Every oldest son is named John, and takes the blanket. Frederick's oldest brother, John, a private of Capt. Silas W. Field's company A, 11th regiment of Illinois Infantry died, unmarried, June 4, 1862.

John Bradford, father of Frederick M., now a resident of Winslow, Stephenson Co., 111., was a machinist by occupation, and came west in 1838. He erected the shot tower at Helena for C. C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman, and invented the machinery for finishing shot at Helena, and put the same in operation in the shot tower at Chicago, that he superintended the building of forE. W. Blatchford. While there he invented a machine for cutting, printing and folding shot sacks, ready for sewing, also a machine for manufacturing buck shot, both of which are in operation at the present time.

Thomas Crow, on the southwest quarter of section 13, has eighty acres on that section and forty acres on section 15. He was born in Park Co., Iiid., in 1842, where he was reared to agricultural pursuits, and remained until 1864. He came to Green county with his father, Abraham Crow, who settled one mile west of Monroe, in the town of Clarno, where he still lives. Thomas Crow and his father bought the farm where he (Thomas) now lives, in 1870. He also owned eighty acres on section 2, which he sold in 1884. He was married to Margaret, daughter of John Hartwig, of the town of Jordan. They have three children - Frederick M., Frank L. and Mary Edna. Mr. Crow is a member of the town board of supervisors for 1884, and has also served a preceding year.

George W. Stites settled upon section 34 in the fall of 1868. He is a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1831. He remained in that State till October, 1852, when he came west and located in Stephenson Co., 111., living there until he came to Cadiz, where he owns 150 acres of

Michael Kratzer was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., about 1823, where he was married to Rebecca Fessler, born Nov. 14, 1824, also a native of Lebanon county. They removed to Stephenson Co., 111., about the year 1852, and in the spring of 1868 came to the town of Cadiz, settling at that time on the southeast quarter of section 23, where Mr. Kratzer died May 7, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Kratzer were the parents of two sons - John, born at Cedarville, 111., Sept. 13, 1855, and married to Sarah M. Whitehead; and Daniel, born June 14,1859. Mr. and Mrs. John Kratzer have one child - "Viola. They all reside at the homestead farm, which contains 160 acres.

'^William M. Rinehart purchased the farm on which he now resides, of John and C. R. Deniston, in 1868. It contains ninety acres and was then unimproved, Mr. Rinehart being the first resident upon it. He now has eighty acres improved. He was born in Champaign Co., III., in 1841, where he lived until fifteen years of age. He then came to Green county with his parents. His father, Martin Rinehart, a soldier of the Black Hawk War, settled in this town in 1857. He was a native of Green Co., Ohio. In 1880 he sold his farm here, and since that time has resided with his children, here and elsewhere. His wife died Aug. 19, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rinehart had nine children, seven of whom are living. William M. and Albert are the only ones residing in this town. William M. was drafted, in 1864, in company K, of the 16th Wisconsin regiment, and served till the close of the war. He participated in Sherman's march to the sea, and was at the battle of Bentonville. He was married to Mary C. Trickle, daughter of Ashford Trickle, of Monroe. They have five children - Ira, Nettie, Anna Bell, Myron and Leroy. 1^ M. P. Rhoades settled, in 1874, upon section 11, of the town of Cadiz, where he purchased land of Ashford Trickle, which was at that time heavily timbered. Mr. Rlioades was born in Champaign Co., 111., in 1838. His early life was spent in his native county. His father, Walter Rhoades, a native of Maryland, removed to Ohio, and thence to Illinois. From Illinois he removed to Iowa, where he died. The subject of this sketch came to this county first in 1863, remaining here then only a few weeks, and then removing to Iowa. In 1870 he removed to California, and returned in 1873 to this county. He served three months in the army, in 1862, as a member of the 7 1st Illinois regiment. He was married March 4, 1863. to Julia A. Trickle, daughter of Ashford Trickle, of Monroe, and they have eight children, four boys and four girls. Mr. Rhoades owns a portable saw mill, and is engaged in running the same. His father, Walter Rhoades, was a soldier in the Black Hawk War, also in the War of 1812.

^"T'rank Long located on section 4, in 1874. He was born in Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1838. His father, Abner Long, died in Ohio. Frank removed to Illinois with his step-father when ten years of age, and came to this State in 1860. He was married to Julia Craig, daughter of James Craig, an early settler of Stephenson Co., III., where Mrs. Long was born. Mr. and Mrs. Long have had nine children. He owns 160 acres of land.

K" William G. Morse, residing on section 23, was married to Mrs. Malissa (Raymond) Robb, widow of James Robb, on the 26th of July, 1883, Mrs. Morse was born in Pennsylvania, April 26, 1838, and removed to Illinois with her father, Calvin Raymond, who now lives in Minnesota. She was married to James Robb, who, on the 16th of January, 1871, was killed by a runaway team while returningfrom Church. This union was blessed with four children - Clara E., wife of Joseph McGill; Eva May, Jaspar C. and Lester.