Chester Town

Chester Town

I>. L. BAIVCROFT, retired farmer, Waupun; bora in Chenango Co., N. Y., February, 1819; son of Ezekiol Bancroft, who was from Massachusetts; he was a descendent of three brothers, who came from Wales at an early dite; one of the family was George Bancroft, the celebrated historian; Ezekiel was a well-to-do farmer, and died about 1824, at the asce of 60 years. Darius L. Bancroft remained at home until 21 years of age, teaching school winters, and working on the farm summers. Married, September 3,

1843, to Sarah Merriam, daughter of Parley Merriam, who was from Ma.ssachusetts, and is now a resident of Waupun; has reached the good old age of 84. The children are Lucy Ellen (married J. J. Hillibert, and living in the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. ) ; Mary A. (married 0. E. Tyler, Waukesha, Wis., one of the best photographers in the State); Parley H. Bancroft, died in April, 1867, at the age of 14; Charles Bancroft is living at home; Emily died when a child; Nellie is living at home; George Bancroft died Sept. 7, 1879, at the age of 19; he was a youth of great promise, and was generally beloved and esteemed; Jessie is living at home, as is also Bance. After marriage, Mr. Bancroft emigrated to Wisconsin; reached Milwaukee in September, 1843; taught school that winter, and bought a farm in the town of Genesee; kept that two years; sold out and came to town of Chester in December, 1845, and settled on 160 acres, and, through industry and good management, increased it to 320 acres; Mr. Bancroft now has one of the finest residences in the county; beautiful grounds, laid out tastefully, and finely shaded, surround the house. Mr. Bancroft has been Superintendent of Schools twenty-two years; Town Clerk and Chairman of the Town Board ten years; was elected to the Assembly in 1852; was on the Committee of Ways and Means; in 1874, was elected to the Assembly again, and was on Committee of Assessment and Collection of Taxes, and Special Committee to investigate railroads, telegraph and express companies; is acting insurance agent of Farmers' Insurance Co., of Waupun, Chester, Alto and Mackford.

WILLIAM D. CHESEBBO, deceased, was born in Albany Co., N. Y., January 13, 1814 ; son of Ebenczer and Anna Chesebro; in 1836, h^ came to Wisconsin, remaining but a short time ; he returned to New York and engaged in farming in Ot.sego Co., where he married Mary Jane, daughter of Pliny and Marilla Cha.se, Jan. 7, 1840 ;' in the fall of 1S48, he removed with his family to Walworth Co., Wis., and settled near Delavan where he remained about a year and a half; he then removed to Dodge Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Le Roy, where he lived about twenty years on the same farm ; in the spring of 1869, he sold his farm in hi Roy and took up his residence in the city of Foni du Lac, Wis., living there about a year; in September, 1870, he purchased the northjjast quarter of Sec. 20, in the town of Chester, Dodge Co.. and occupied it from October of the same year until the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 31, 1879, after nearly two years' illno.is. Mr. Chesebro leaves nine children - Ann (now Mrs. John C. Shimmins, of Richmond, Walworth Co., Wis., born Oct. 8, 1841), Clinton H. (born Dec. 1,

JAMES S. CLARK, farmer. Sec. 10 ; P. O. Waupun; was born Jan. 14, 1831, in the town of Riga, Monroe Co., N. Y., and was the son of Lucius and (Belinda Clark, natives of Massachusetts. Oct. 25, 1851, he was married to Eveline M. Hallett, who was born Dec. 24, 1830 ; daughter of Sears and Betsy Hallett, also of Massachusetts. In the fall of 184(), Mr. Clark came to Waukesha Co., Wis., where he followed teaching in winter and farming in summer till the spring of 1851, when he returned to New York, following the same business as in Wisconsin till the spring of 1856 ; he then again turned his steps toward Wisconsin, but this time accompanied by his wife, and settled in the village of Waupun, where he continued in the same business, teaching and farming, alternately, till the spring of 1858; since that time, he has followed farming, must of the time in the town of Chester, where he now owns eighty acres of land, valued at $5,000. iMr. Clark has held the offices of Superintendent of Schools, Town Clerk, Chairman of the Town Board, Supervisor, Assessor and Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors. Ho has one child - Jessie M., born Dec. 27, 1867, and has lost two - Effie E., born Nov. 1, 1857, died Dee. 7, 1870, and Clara C, born June 14, 1859, died Nov. 16, 1870.

IRA CLEMEXT, farmer, Sec. 15; P. 0. Waupun; was born Sept. 4, 1826, in Lower Canada, and was the son of John and Elizabeth Clement, natives of New Hampshire. Was married, April 14, 1852, to Eliza Case, who was born Nov. 23, 1835, in Windsor Co., Vt., daughter of Royal and Almira Case, natives of Vermont. Mr. Clement came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1845, and located in the town of Chester, where he now has 150 acres of land worth about $3,600. In 1864, Mr. Clement enlisted in the 16th W. V. I., Co. B, Capt. Kelly, and remained in the army till the close of the war. Has two children - John, born Nov. 5, 1855, and Edward Walton, born Oct. 8, 1864.

PHILANDER COLE, farmer,Sec. 19 ; P. O. Waupun; cameto Wisconsin in January, 1837, from Vermont, and settled in Rochester, Racine Co., where he followed farming till the spring of 1845, then came to Dodge Co., and located in the town of Chester, on the farm he now owns, which consists of 160 acres of land worth about $8,000. Mr. Cole was born in Windsor, Vt., Oct. 26, 1816 ; son of William and Mary Cole, natives of Vermont. Was married in Racine Co., Wis., in February, 1838, to Nancy, daughter of Benjamin and Nora Fowler, natives of New Hampshire ; to get his marriage license, Mr. Cole walked from Rochester to Racine (twenty-five miles) one day, and back to Rochester the next, with the snow six to eight incluM deep, and no track ; 3Ir. and Mrs. Cole have seven children - Scott Wallace, born Feb. 29, 1840, now lives in Waupun; James M., born June 2, 1841 ; Mariette, born Sept. 24, 1842, now Mrs. Martin Hoffron, of Monroe Co., Wis. ; Susan Elizabeth, born Feb. 12, 1845, now Mrs. T. S. Hewett, of Chester; Philander, born April 9, 1844, lives in Oakfield, Wis.; William, born Oct. 13, 1848, and Frances E., born Nov. 8,' 1852, now Mrs. Myron Morgan, of Oakfield, Wis.

JAMES DAILY, former, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Waupun; was born in County Cork, Ireland; son of Michael Daily and Ellen Hanlan Daily. Was married in January, 1841, to Margaret, daughter of Jeremiah and Margaret Sullivan. Cameto America in 1843, and settled in Boston, Mass. ; from there went to Whitehall, N. Y., where he lived five or sis years; in the fall of 1854, he came to Wisconsin, and settled in Chester, where he now owns 115 acres of land, worth about $3,000 ; Mr. Daily followed railroading till 18()8, since which time he has been engaged in farming; has four children living - Michael, born Sept. 29, 1850; Johanna, born March 17, 1853; Jeremiah, born April 15, 1856, and Mary, born March 25, 1859; lost three children - Ellen, born in Ireland, died at the age of 6, in New York ; Patrick, born in Ireland, died on the passage to America, and Margaret, died in Whitehall, N. Y., at the age of 3 years.

J AMES DAVISON, former. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Waupun ; was born in Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 6, 1828; son of John and Isabella Davison, natives of Ireland, of Scotch descent; came to America, in February, 1 844, and settled in New York City, where he was engaged in the drug business till April, 1848, when he came to Wisconsin and settled at West Bend, Washington Co., Oct. 15, 1868 ; he came to Dodge Co., and settled the town of Chester, where he is still living ; has followed farming ever since he came to Wisconsin, and now owns 400 acres of land, worth $50 per acre. Mr. Davison was eight years Justice of the Peace in Washington Co., two years Town Superintendent of Schools, and three Supervisor ; in Chester held the office of Supervisor two years. Assessor five years ; was member of Assembly in the winter of 1878-79, and is the present Chairman of the town. Was married. May 8, 1859, to Sarah, daughter of Peter and Margaret Waimer, of Ohio, of German descent; have eight children - John, born Aug. 1, 1860; James T., born Aug. 14, 1862; Mary, born Jan. 18, 1864; Robert, born May 17, 1865 ; Frank S., born June 27,1867; Peter W., born May 15, 18(i9; Charles M., born May 2, 1871, and Thomas L., born June 4, 1873. Mr. Davison's family attend the Congregational Church.

ISAAC FOWliER, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Waupun; is a native of New Hampshire, and was born Aug. 20, 181 0; came to Wisconsin in March, 1840, from Plainfield, III, where he had lived about two years and a half, and settled in Rochester, Racine Co.; he remained there till May, 1848, when he came to Chester, Dodge Co , and located on the farm he now occupies; although subject to the inconvenience and deprivations incident to the '.settling up of a new country, Mr. Fowler came with sufficient means to make himself and family as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. About twenty years ago, Mr. Fowler w;xs elected Chairman of the town for three successive terms, with but one dissenting vote, and has since held the office of Town Treasurer and Supervisor. In 1835, Mr. Fowler Wiis married to Alniira Messer, of Matheun, Mass., who died March 28, 1874, leiving five children - Gei>ri;e, born Oct. 29, 1835; Charles, born Jan. 8, 1838; Henry, born April 1, iS40; Monroe, born Feb. 25, 1846, and Waldo, born Sept. 24, 1854 - all living in Wisconsin, except Monroe, who is livino; in Iowa. Nov. 18, 1875, Mr. Fowler married for his second wife Mrs. Nancy M. Caney, of Whitewater, Wis., with whom he is still living. In religious belief, Mr. Fowler is a IJniversalist. Owns 180 acres of land, valued at about §1(1.000.

ELLIOT GLEWDIN'IVIXG, mason and fiirmer; P. O. Waupun; born in 1816, in Scotland; came to America when 21 years of age; lived in Delaware Co., N. Y., about five or six years; came to Wiscon.'in in 1845, and lived in the town of Alto, Fond du Lac Co., till 1868; then came to Chester, Dodge Co., and married Mrs. Margaret Benton, of Chester, living in that town ever since. Mrs. Glendinning was born about 1832, in County of Limerick, Ireland, daughter of George and Sarah Rowels; came to America with her parents in 1853; in the fall of 1855, married John Benton, a native of Ireland, in Washinaton Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin the same fall; settled in the town of Chester, Dodge Co., on the farm she now occupies, in 1857; Mr. Benton died Feb. 9, 1861, leaving five children, Thomas, Marv J.. Sarah A., John \V. and Magffie. Has eighty acres of land, valued at about $2,500.

BAKTHEL HERMAXN, firmer. Sec. 21 ; P. O. Waupun ; was born in Saxon Meiningen, Germany, Feb. 11, 1820 ; son of John B. and Eliza Hermann; came to America in the summer of 1850, arriving in June and located on the farm he now occupies ; is a thorough farmer, and has made that his business through life. Held the oiEce of Clerk of the School Board for three years, and is now District Treasurer, and Supervisor of the town of Chester. Was married Nov. 3, 184G, to Barbara Eliza, daughter of Sebastian and Clara Margaret Otto, of Weinshausen, Germany ; they have seven child;-en living, and have lost two - Barthel Ludwig (born Jan. 31, 1847 ), Augusta Mary (now Mrs. Herman Kreuz, of Dodge Co., Wis., born Aug. 15, 1850), William Albert (born June 19, 1852', Margaret Christina (born April 12, 1855), John Otto (born Oct. 24, 1858), Frank Edward (born Oct. 8, 1861 ), Anna Eliza (born Aug. 14. 1864, and died March 9, 1866), Laura Sophia (born Oct, 16, 1866, died April 7, 1867), and Emma Minnie (born Aug. 2, 1870). In addition to the 380 acres of .land, in the town of Chester, valued at $15,000, Mr. Hermann owns ten acres of timber land in the town of Le Roy, on Section 21, valued at $65 per acre.

JUSTIX JACOBS, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Atwater ; was born April 1, 1815, in Warren, Wa.shington Co., Vt., and was the son of Justin and Polly Jacobs.' Was married, Jan. 20, 1842, to Mahala, daughter of Ziba and Betsy Curtis, of West Troy, N. Y. Mr. Jacobs came to Wisconsin June 18, 1848, and settled on the farm he new occupies in Chester, where he owns 120 acres of land, valued at $60 per acre. When Mr. Jacobs was 18 years of age, he enlisted in the U. S. Army, and spent six years on the frontier in Texas and Florida. After that, he spent five years at the Arsenal in West Troy, i^. Y. in the Ordnance Department. He was wounded in the service, and receives a pension. Mr. Jacobs has held the office of Town Treasurer one term, and Justice of the Peace several terms, which office he now holds ; was Postmaster for about ton years at Chester (now Atwater) P. O. Mr. Jacobs has six children - Curtis (born Oct. 11, 1842; enlisted April 19, 1861, in 3d W. V. L, Co. D, and participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged up to the time of his death, which occurred Aug. 9, 1862, at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Ya. ), Justin (born Sept. 27, 1844 ; enlisted Oct. 18, 1861, in the 16th W. V. I., Co. C, and remained with his company till the war closed, except when in the hospital, and lost an eye. as the result of injuries received at the battle of Pittsburg Landing ; he is now living in Tulare Co., Cal. I, Ferniudo Seth (born July 19, 1848, lives in Chester), Nancy Jane (b'lrn July 5, 1850, now Mre. Frank Warren, of Trenton, Dodge Co., Wis.), Emma Louisa (born Aug. 6, 1854, now Mrs. Arthur Page, of Jefferson Co., Neb.), and Allie (born Dee. 27, 1865). F. S. Jacobs is Postmaster and station agent at Atwater. where he is also buyins wheat.

FRAIVK JOHXSTOJif, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Waupun ; born in County Down, Ireland, Province of Ulster, in 1814 ; son of John and Elizabeth Johnston, natives of Ireland, of Scotch descent. Mr. Johnston came to America in the spring of 1842, and first located in Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., where he remained till the fall of 1844, when he came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Trenton, Dodge Co. ; May 18, 1849, he bought the farm on which he now lives, in the town of Chester, and has occupied it ever since ; held the office of Town Treasurer two terms, and was a member of the State Legislature in 1870. Was married in March, 1859, at Oxford, Martjuette Co., Mich., to Anna Maria, daughter of John H. and Mary Ann Cleveland, natives of Italand. His second wife was Margaret Gibson, a native of Belfast, Ireland, to whom he was married in Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 28, 1867, and who died Jan. 26, 1874. June 23, 1875, he married, for his third wife, Grace, daughter of Nathaniel and Agues Martin, natives of Ireland ; she is his present wife, and was married in Pittsburgh, Penn,; has only one

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SILAS 7IARSI1 (deceased), was born Feb. 22, 1S14, in Hardwick, Vt. ; came to Wisconsin in the f.ill ol" \SW, and settled in the town of Genesee, Waukesha Co. In the fall of 1844, he came to the town of Chester, Dodge Co., and settled on the farm now occupied by his widow, on Sec. 19, where he followed farming up to the time of his death, which occurred Nov. It!, ISTH, of consumption, after an illness of about two years, leaving only one child, Eddie, who was born Feb. 7, 1864, and is now living with his mother on the old homestead, which consists of 170 .acres of land, worth about $10,000. Mr. Marsh held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the town of Chester; was a careful business man, a man of fine feelin^js, and highly esteemed by his neighbors and acquaintances. Was married Feb. 24,

1842, to Lucy Davenport, who survives him, and resides on the homestead on Sec. 19 (P. 0., Waupun). Mrs. Marsh was the daughter of Damon and Ann Davenport, of Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., and was born May 10, 1825. Mr. and IMrs. Marsh lost, three children- -ChaHes Henry, born March 22,

SPK\CER J. MATTOOX, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. O. Waupun ; came to Wisconsin in September, 1844, from Portage Co., Ohio, and settled in the town of Chester on the farm he now owns, which consists of 210 acres, valued at about §10,000; has been Town Treasurer two years. Supervisor one year, and S;hool Director for the past six years; wa.s born Feb. 17, 1821, in Atwater, Portage Co.. Ohio, and was the son of Caleb and Betsey ^lattoon, from Connecticut. July 16, 1846, married Sophia Knapp, who was born Nov. 2, 1826, in the State of New York : daughter of David and Flavia Knapp ; Mr. Mattoon has had six children, of whom four are still living - Vincy, born Aug. 21, 1847, and died Sept. 1, 1848; Adelia and Amelia, born June 12, 1849, were the first twins born in Dodge Co,, and both married the same man, John Nickerson ; Adelia married Feb. 22, 1872, and died June 9, 1873, and Amelia was married July 1, 1874; Edsar D., born Sept. 9, 1853; Helen Y., May 10, 1868, and Levi S., Dee. 7, 18(!1.

JOHIV :5IOSllER, farmer. Sec. 9; P. O. Waupun; .son of Obediah and Nancy Mosher ; born Jan, 10, 18-'l, in Morrow Co,, Ohio; came to Wisoonsin in October, 1843, and remained about a year, when he returned to Ohio; in the fall of 1845, he again came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Chester, Dod^e Co.; in 1849, he purchased the farm on which he now lives, and moved on.it in 1851 ; has held the office of Supervisor, and was School Commissioner in 1848. Dec. 18, 1840, married Julia McGrenell, who was born July 9, 1824, and died May 25, 1862; July 13, 1864, married Mrs. Sophia Williams, of Waupun, with whom he is still living; she was born Oct. 26, 1827 - daughter of .\llen and Sophia Dutton, natives of Connecticut; has three children - Orville W., born Nov. 8, 1853; Louila 51., March 22, 1858, and Waldo G . Sept. 18, 1859 ; Mr. Mosher owns 120 acres of land worth $5,000, keeps sixteen cows, and manufactures butter on the Coole}' svstem.

ROBERT MOSHER, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. O. Waupun ; came to Wisconsin in November, 1845, and located in Chester, Dodge Co., where he has been engaged in farminsr ever since; owns ninetyfour acres of land worth §60 per acre; born May 17, 1825, in Clarion Co., Ohio fson of Obediah and Nancy Mosher, natives of New England); married, April 11. 1849, Lucindi Richardson, born Feb. 14, 1823, and daughter of Ira and Rachel Richardson, natives of Vermont ; Mr. llichardson died in 1866, and Mrs. Richardson is still living. Ausr. 12, 1862, Mr. Mo.sher enlisted in Co. A, 32d W. V. 1., under Capt. C. H. Ue(^iroat, of Fond du Lac, Wis., and was discharged for inability, Jan. 13, 1863. Mr. Mosher has no children livinjr.

ATiBERT RAYMOXn, of the firm of Raymond Brothers,'Waupun; son of Lemuel and Maria Raymond ; was born Feb. 11 , 1848, in the town of Chester, Wis. Oct. 3, 1877, he married Nellie F. N. Nudd, who was born May 29. 1855, daughter of Amos and Lucy A. Nudd, natives of New Hampshire. Mr. Raymond resides on the same farm as his brother George, on Sec. 4, where they have fine buildinirs and a very desirable honip.

<iJEOR<i}E' RAVMOXO, farmer, inventor and manufacturer. Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Waufun ; wa.s born Feb. 17. 1846, and w.as the first white child born in the town of Chester, where he has resided ever since, being ang;iged with his brother, Albert, in farming and manufacturing; the Raymond Brothers were the inventors of the windmills manufactured by Althiiuse, Wheeler & Co., at Waupun; also of a rotary attachment fir windmills, and several diffiirent kinds of feed-grinders, the latest of which is a combination of soft and chilled iron, and promises to be a grand success. Jan. 28, 1874, Mr. Raymond was married to Sarah M. Cooper, who was born in the town of Chester Feb. 22, 1853, daughter of John and Ann

Cooper, of this town ; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond have three children - Edward, Adell and Edith Mary. Raymond Brothers own IGO acres of land, valued at $12,000.

lilJKE ROWELL!!$, farmer. Sec. 18; P. 0. Waupun ; was born May 10, 1815, in County Limerick, Ireland, and was the son of George and Sarah Griffin Rowells. Was married, April 16, 1849, to Margaret O'Brien, who was born May 12, 1825, daughter of Brian and Bridget O'Brien, of County Limerick. Mr. Rowells came to America in the spring of 1849, and located in the town of Easton, Washington Co., N. Y., where he followed farming till the fall of 1854, when he moved to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Chester, Dodge Co., on his present farm, which consists of 181 acres of land, valued at about $7,000. Mr. Rowells was the first of his father's fiimily to emigrate to America, but was followed soon after by his brother, George, and in June, 1852, his parents came over; his mother died at his house in Washington Co., N. Y., about three months after landing in America, and his father died in Chester, Dodge Co., Wis., 1860; Mr. Rowells has ten children living - George B., born Sept. 1, 1850, in Washington Co., N. Y. : Sirah, born Feb. 13, 1851 (^now Mrs. Michael O'Donovan, of Chester, Wis.); John G., born March 25, 1853; Bridget Ellon, born Feb. 27, 1855; Luke W., born Oct. 24, 1857 (now in the law oifiee of H. W. Frost, in Waupun); Maggie J., born July 16, 1859; Jennie A., born April 1, 1861 ; Mary, born Feb. 12, 1863; Dennis, born Jan. 29, 1865; Richard E., born Jan. 9, 1867; Nellie was born Jan. 1, 1870, and died the 21st day of the same month.

W. E. SCOTT, farmer. Sec. 29; P. O. Atwater; came to Wisconsin in the tall of 1845, and settled on the farm he now occupies, in the town of Chester, Dodge Co. ; he was one of the pioneers, and is the only man living in the town of Chester who helped to organize it, which he did in November, 1845. Has held the office of Supervisor, Treasurer and Collector, and was Justica of the Peace one term, from 1855 to 1857. Mr. Scott and his brother, L. T. Scott, were the inventors of a ditching machine which has been extensively used in this vicinity. The subject of this sketch was the son of Elhannan and Eliza P.Scott, and was "born Nov. 30, 1822, in what was then Genesee Co., N. Y. ; afterward, the county was divided, leaving his birthplace in Wyoming Co. Was married in May, 1847, to Sarah Vandewater, who died in November, 1848; April 25, 1850, he married Jennette, daughter of John and Marian Purdie, of Chester, Wis.; has seven children - Nettie (now Mrs. F. S. Jacobs, of Atwater, Dodge Co., Wis.); Eliza M. (now Mrs. Warren Page, of the town of Waupun) ; John F. and Harry W. (both in California); Flora (now Mrs. Merrill Hall, of Burnett); Belle, and David P.

JA]flEi!» TITUS, farmer, Sec. 18; P. 0. Waupun; was born Jan. 6, 1802, in Queen's Co., New Brunswick; sun of Jonathan and Deborah Titus; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1853, and settled on the farm he now occupies. He was married, Sept. 7, 1853, in Boston, Mass., to Joanna, daughter of John and Joanna Sullivan, of New Brunswick; has four children - Elvira, born June 19, 1854 (now Mrs. Lewis Bunkleman, of the town of Chester); Adell, born June 16, 1863; Jessie, born Oct. 20, 1865, and James Benjamin, born Feb. 29, 1868. Mr. Titus owns seventy-three acres of land, valued at $3,300.

HORATIO WEDGE, farmer, P. 0. Waupun ; born in Litchfield Co., Conn., Sept. 26, 1818; son of Silas Wedge, who was born and brought up in the same State and was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; his father was Isaac Wedge, who was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war ; Silas died in 1854, at the age of 75 years. Horatio started out for himself when 20 years old ; taught school and made charcoal " down " in Connecticut for about four years ; he made enough money to give him a start, and came to Racine, Wis., in 1844, and then moved to Dodge Co., built a log house and settled on 160 acres; used to go to Milwaukee in three days to market; Mr. Wedge has now, through his untiring industry and frugality, 320 acres under fine cultivation in Dodge Co., 160 acres in Minnesota, a fine residence and a competence. He married, in 1833, Louisa Smalley, who was from New York State ; the children are Henry D., born June 21, 1839, married Ellen Loveland and living in Minnesota; Ellen, born in February, 1841, died in infancy ; the next child, also Ellen, born March 18, 1842, married Julius W. Mallory and living in Minnesota; George N., born Feb. 15, 1844, married a Miss Fuller and living in Minnesota; Jane, born Sept. 25, 1845, died Jan. 27 1852; Almira A., born Aug. 7, 1847, died in infancy; Rosella, born May 20, 1849, died Jan. 28, 1873; James, born June 24, 1851, married a Miss Chessboro and living in Minnesota; Seymour, born Oct. 14, 1853, died in infancy; Eva, born Oct. 1, 1855, married Charles Colvin ; Chdrles, born Jan. 15, 1858, living on the old homestead ; Charles is married and has one child - Lee. Mr. Horatio Wedge has held different offices of trust ; has been on the School Board many years and Assessor of Waupun a number of years. Himself and family are members of the Free- Will Baptist Church, and he is always a liberal supporter of all good objects ; he lent his aid and influence to the great cau.se of national sovereismty during tfie war.

A. P. WRIGHT, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Atwater ; was the son of Seth Wright, an extensive dealer in lumber, stock and dry goods, and was born in Oxford Co., Me., March 17, 1826 ; when 20 years of age, Mr. Wright left homa and traveled about a year for Cowing & Co., of Seneca Falls, N. Y.; after that, bought goods of the same firm, employed agents, and carried on business for himself for about seven years, dealing in pumps, garden and fire enjiines, etc. In 18,54, he married Eliza Hart, of Belleville, Canada, who was born April 4, 1831, daughter of George and Eliza Hart; soon after this marriage, Mr. Wright returned to his native place in Maine, and engaged in the marble business and firming, which he followed for about a year, then removed to Trenton, Ontario, and engaged in the srooery business ; he remained in that business about two years, then went to Hastings Co., Ontario, and engaged in farming and dealing in stock, which he fallowed about twelve years. In June, IStiD, he came to Wisconsin and located on the farm he now occupies, in the town of Chester, where he continues in the same business he followed in Ontario - farming and stock-dealing. Mr, Wright owns 21:55 acres of land, worth about $12,000, Atwatcr Station and Post Office being on his farm; has four children - Ida E., born Sept. 23, 18.55 ; George N., born March 28, 1858; Frances L.. born Nov. 24, 1860, and Mary A., born iMay 14, 1868. Mr. Wright has been one of the Directors of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company for six years, and Supervisor of the town of Chester four years. His fatnily attends the Congregational Church.

GEOm^iE A. WIGGINS, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. O. Waupun ;' was born at Long Island Dec. 16, 1835; son of John H. and Eliza H. Wiggins; when George A. was about 10 yeirs of age, his parents removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., and settled at Union Corners, near Danville ; afterward lived at York, Livingston Co., and Le Roy, Genesee Co. In February, 1859, Mr. Wiggins came to Wisconsin and located in Chester, Dodge Co., and has lived in that vicinity ever since, having worked at carpenter work in Horicon about four years, kept a restaurant in Waupun two and a half years, and was in the grocery business in Waupun nearly three years, and for the last four years has been engaged in farming on Section 21, in the town of Chester, where he owns eighty acres of land, worth about $5,000 ; held the office of Town Clerk in Chester for four years. Was married, Sept. 23, 1863, to Marcia p]. Fuller, who was born Feb. 11, 1845 - daughter of A. E. and Charlotte Fuller, of the town of Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins have two children - Clara, born July 29, 1865, and Edards, born Aug. 8, 1867.

ABEL WRIGHT, farmer, Sec 8 ; P. O, Waupun ; was born in Albany Co,, N. Y., July 9, 1820; son of Lawrence and Rachel Wright; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1843, arriving Oct. 3 ; in March. 1844, he located on the fariu he now occupies, in the town of Chester. March 24, 1847, Mr. Wright was married in Schenectady Co., N. Y,, to Mary Ann, daughter of Nathaniel and Content Tompkins, who died in the town of Chester, Wis,, Jan. 25, 1848. Was married the second time in Chester, July 24, 1850, to Mrs, Eunice Jane Trivett, daughter of James and Esther Cooper, natives of New York, who died March 22, 1862, Mr. Wright has four children - Tompkins, Mary Ann, Amlinda and Samuel P, Owns 155 acres of land, worth about 860 per acre, and pays considerable attention to stock-raising.

JAMES O. ACKERMAN, M. IK, MayviUe; born in Morristown, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Nov. 19, 1841 ; came to Byron, Fond du Lac Co., Wis,, with his parents in 1847 ; here he attended school, and resided until 18til, when he enlisted in the 3d W, V. I.; was with the army of the Potomac at Antietam. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Brandy Station, second Manassas, Wilderness and Mine Run. Having re-enlisted in the 6th U, S. Reg. Cavalry, he was with Stoneman and Sheridan on their famous raids. The Doctor was wounded in the left knee at Funkstown, Md.; he was in several battles and minor fights not herein mentioned, and was honorably discharged in June, 1864. He began the study of medicine at Sheboygan Falls, Wis., with Dr. Vcstey ; graduated from the Detroit Honiicopathic Medical School in 1872 ; i-cttled in Mayville, in 1874, and practiced until 1876, when he entired the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, s;raduatiiig in 1877; has since practiced in Mayville. He married, Oct, 1, 1864, Miss Libbie H, Townsend, of Orleans Co,, N. Y.; they have three children - Mabel M. C, Jessie E. and George VV. The Doctor is Independent in politics, and is in accord with Christianity. He is a member of JLiyville Lodsre, No. 200, I. () O. F.

GOTTIilEB ALBERT, proprietor of Albert's Hotel and Restaurant, Mayville; born in Russia Jan, 6, ISJl. At (lie age <if 21, he went to Prussia and served five years in the Pru.ssian Army; came to America in 1852, locating in Mayville, He Icirned the trade of carpenter, wagon maker and millwright in Prussia. Began business as blacksmith and wagon-maker in Mayville, and sold out his shop and factory in 1872 ; sold Waupun pumps for some time, but has turned over the bu.siness to his son Julius.

In 1878, he raised his hotel, leveled off its site and built another story under the original building. Mr. Albert is a Democrat ; has been member of the Town, Village and School Boards, Street Commissioner, etc. He coni-roiled the building of the first iron bridge in .Mayville. Married Miss Charlotte Schaal in 1853; they have five i-hildren living - Julius, Emma, William, Bertha and Alvina.

JOH\ ALBERT, Mayville; born in Mecklenburi; in 1828; came to America in 1853; resided six months in Oshkosh, and over a year in Watertown ; settled in Mayville in 1856 ; here he worked more than twenty years in the Mayville turning-shop. He married Miss Louisa Kinkle iu 1859 ; they .have two children - Amelia and Charles. Mr. Albert is Independent in politics. He retired from business in 187(). Owns ten acres of land adjoining the village, where he has built a good home.

WILLIAM ALBRECHT, blacksmith and wagon- maker, Mayville; born in Prussia Oct. 30, 1848 ; came to America at the ago of 2 years with his pirents, locating on a farm near Mayville ; has spent bis life and was educated in Dodge Co. Began his business in Mayville in 1872 ; has been very successful. Ho married Miss Caroline Bahl Jan. 1, 1874; they have two children - F^dwin and William. Mr. Albrecht is a Democrat ; has been and is now a member of the Village Board. Is also a member of the Mayville Lodge. No. 200, I. O. 0. F.

JOHN A. BARNEY, Director F., A. & P. R. R., Mayville; born in Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y., June 14, 1840 ; came to Mayville, Dodge Co., Wis., with his parents, in the Ml of 1847 ; here he attended common and private .schools, also studied law two years. Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, as a private in Co. B., 10th W. V. I.; was with that regiment in its campaign in Kentucky, Tennesee, Alabama and Georda, participating in all engagements until he lost an arm at the battle of Chickaraauga, where he was captured and held ten days ; was released on parole, and commissioned Captain by brevet, to date from Oct. 8, 1862, for meritorious .services rendered at battles of Perryville and Chickamauga. On his return to .Mayville, he was Principal of the Mayville High School fifteen terms. Mr. Barney is an ardent Democrat, and has served as Clerk and Chairman of the town. Clerk and President of the village of Mayville ; was appointed Postmaster of Mayville by President Johnson, which position he resigned upon Grant's election ; was County Superintendunt of Schools for the Bast Di.strict, Dodge Co., for four years ending Dee. 31, 1874; was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate for the Thirty-first District, 1874 ; he is now Clerk of the Congressional Committee on War Claims. Married Miss Henrietta Beeson, of Lomira, Aug. 21, 1866 ; they have three children - Maud G., Hattie A. and Jessie A. Mr. Barney is a member in good standing of Mayville Lodge, No. 200, I. 0. 0. F.

CHARLES BARWKi}, wholesale liquor dealer. Mayville; born in Hesse-Darmstadt, 1837; came to America with his parents in 1845, locating in Milwaukee; his parents were residents of Milwaukee at the time of their death ; his father was in .Milwaukee and Chicago, 1832, when they were only tradingposts. Charles Barwig graduated from tiie Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee, 1857 ; he then made an extended tour tbrougii the Eist and South, settling in Mayvdle, 1865 ; began here as a distiller and rectifier, which business he followed three years; in 1861), he began his wholesaling business, which he has successfully followed ; deals in all kinds of native and foreign wines and liquors. He married Miss Eliza Schwartzburg, January, 1857; they have five children - -.Vmelia, Charles, Byron, George and Robert. Mr. Barwig is a member of the Greenback party, and a member of Vesper Lodge, A., F. & A. M. He has been President of the Villa'jre Board, and Chairman of the Town Board several terms. -

HENRY BOEHMER, foundryman, Mayville; born in Prussia Dec. 24, 1833; spent his early life and was educated in Prussii; came to America, 1848, spent one year in Albany, N. Y., and settled in ,\Iayville, November 1840; worked at his trade until lS5S,tben went to Pike's Peak and spent about four months in the mountains ; returned and joined Marling & Younker in the foundry business ; he now owns the only foundry in Mayville, where he manufactiiros farm machinery, and is prepared to do all kinds of casting. Married Mi.ss Margaret Aud in 1857 ; they have nine children - Joseph, Allouis, Mary, Edward, Henry, Katie, Mathias, Josephine and Charles. Mr. Boehmer is a Democrat; has been on the Village and School Boards; also Village Marshal. Is a member of the Catholic Church, and one of the pioneer foundrymen of Mayville.

RUDOLPH B. BOCiilSCH, editor and proprietor Dod;/r Counly Pioneer, Mayville; born in Prussia, Dec. 1, 1840, spent his early life, and was educated in his native land, taught six years in a female seminary, Berlin; came to America, 1869; taught two years in New York City; taught German, French and English about four years, Warren, Penn ; catne to Waupun, Wis., 1875; was a private teacher of German and English about fifteen months in that place; settled in Mayville and began editing the Pioneer in 1876 ; has since bought the [laper and meets with much success in its publication ; it is an eight page, six column weekly, printed in German. He married Mrs.Mary A. Holmes,, of Smethport, Penn., 1874. Mr. Bogisch is a loyal Democrat, is independent in religion, and a member of Mayville Lodge, No. 200, I. 0. O. F.

GOTTLKIB BURKHARDT, salo(.ii keeper, Kekoskee; born in Saxony, Dec. Ki, 1815. received a university educalion, and wa.s five year.s in the German Army, foufjht through the revolution of 1848; came to America in 1854; lived fourteen year.s as a firmer, in Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., and came to Kekoskee, IStiS; began and has since followed his present business; has the only saloon and restaurant in Kekoskee. Married Mi.ss Krnestina Querengesscr, 18411, who died in 18(32, leaving three cliildreu - Kiuma, Lydia. and Frank, wlio is with his father; the daughters are both married. .^I^. Burkhart is a Kepublicau. and a member of the Lutheran Church.

ALBKRT Bl'RTCH, retired farmer, Mayville; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1804 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native State ; came to Mayville, Wi.s., October, 1845; is in consequence the oldest resident of Willi imstowu; he preempted 320 acres of heavily timbered land, and saw his full share of the pioneer hardships. Not a stick had been cut on the site of Mayville, except tliat Mr. Fo.ster had made a start at building a dam. The first town meeting was held in the saw-mill, fifteen or twenty votes cast. Mr. Burtch married Miss Eliza, daughter of Judge Streeter, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.. 1827 ; they have eight living children - Louisa, Albert, Henry, Sophrona, Gideon, Maryettea, Alfred and Braiden W. Mr. Burtch is a Democrat, is one of the Village Trustees; was Chairman of the Town Board many years, and was a member of the Wiscon.sin Legislature in 18()i5. He is a well and favorably known pioneer of Dodge County. Two of his sons made good records in the Union Army.

F. C. agent F., A. & P. Railroad, and American P]xpress Company, Mayville ; born in Hartford, Washington Co., Wis., Sept. 25, 1855; he was educated in the Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee, graduating July 3, 1874; ,was two years in the employ M. & St. F. Co., as telegraph operator; was also shipping clerk for the Milwaukee Iron Company about one year; received his appointment at Mayville, June, 1878. He is regarded as one of the rising young men of Mayville, as he was trained to business from boyhood.

A. B. CLARK, farmer and gardener, Sec. 22 and 23, P. 0. Mayville; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 21, 1823 ; came to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1845; located on a prairie farm, in town of Burnett; settled on his present farm of sixty acres, in the spring of 1847 ; he has cleared most of his land of a growtli of maple and basswood timber. Mr. Clark took an active part in laying out roads and making other improvements near Mayville. He is growing the usual crops, besides garden pjroduce for the local market. Married Miss Louisa Ivory, June, 1845; they have three children - Jud.sou H., Albert, and Elvie May. Mr. Clark is a stanch Republican, and has been Supervisor, etc. Is a member of Mayville Lodge, No. 200, I. O. O. F.

ARTHUR K. DKIiAWEY, attorney and counselor at law, Mayville; born near Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1841 ; came to Wisconsin with his parents at the age of 4 years; they located for about two years in Union, Rock Co., then went to East Troy, Walworth Co.; in 1847, they settled in Port Washington, Wis., where Mr. Delaney spent his school-boy days; settled with his parents on a farm in Dodge Co. in 1856; afler two years, they removed to Horicon, where he attended the High School; in 18U1, they removed to Sparta, Wis., where Arthur studied law with Montgomery & Tyler; returned to Horicon and finished his legal studies in the office of A. J. Rising ; was admitted to the bar at the court of Judge Pulling, commenced practice in Horicon and served in the Wisconsin Legislature in 1869; removed to Mayville in 1870, and after three years opened a law office in Hustisford; returned to Mayville in 1877; in f871-72, he taught the Mayville School, having previously taught many terms while pursuing his legal studies. Mr. Delaney is a strong Democrat, and was elected County Superintendent of Schools of the East District in 1873, which position he now holds. He married Miss Anna J. Walwork, of Horicon, March 23, 1865; they have two children - -Katie B. and Alma J. Supt. Delaney is liberal in religion and a member in good standing of Vesper Lodge, A., F. & A. M.

Cil'jORtirE KNUKLi, merchant and Postmaster, Kekoskee ; born in Bavaria in 1843; was educated in his native country and came to America in 1857 ; resided in Le Roy, Dodge Co., until Aug. 1 5, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. A, 26th W. V. I.; was in the battle of Chancellorsville, and was then transfer! ed to Sherman's army ; was with this army to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to the sea; was honorably discharged on account of disabilities May 1, 1865. Settled in Kekoskee in 1866 and kept a saloon about one year ; in June, 1867, he began his present business in Kekoskee, which he has steadily increased ; he now has a complete stock of general merchandise ; he has been ten years in charge of the post office. Married Miss Catherine Adelmyer in April, 1866 ; they have two children - Mary and William G. Mr. Engel is a Democrat; has been a Supervisor three terms and is now Justice of the Peace and Town Treasurer ; is a member in good standing of Du Page Lodge, No. 71), I. O. O. F. His daughter, Eda B. L., died May 4, 187U.

GEORGE FARRIXGTON, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Mayville; born in Manchester, Eng., Oct. 27, 184G ; son of Jolin Darrington, who came to America with his family in 1857, locating in Williamstown, where the family has since resided ; George Farrington attended district school and was several years a student in the Mayvilie High School under tuition of J. A. Barney ; he has since lived on the old farm with the exception of three years in a store at Fillmore, Neb., and two years traveling in California and Oregon, he having seen the greater part of those States ; at his father's death he returned and assumed charse of the homestead, which was cleared and improved by J. Farrington and sons, and is now considered one of the best in Williamstown ; his mother and younger brothers are with him on the place. Mr. Farrington, like his father, is a Republican ; he is a member in good standing of Vesper Lodge, A., F. & A. M.

AFGUST HECKERT, farmer. Sec. 2.S ; P.O. Mayvilie; born in Prussia, 1837; was educated in his native country and came to America in 1855 ; worked as a farm hand near Mayvilie several years; he then bought his father's farm, sold it, and bought another on Sec. 1(5; in 1875, he sold this farm and bought a farm in Oak Gi'ove ; after one year, he sold this farm and purchased his present farm of 80 acres, adjoining Mayvilie. Married Miss Bertha Koch in 1862, who died in 1805. In 1860, he married Miss Anna Voigt, who died in 1873, leaving four children - Aleck, Theodore, Adolph and Anna. In 1874, he married Miss Augusta Stellmacher; they have one child - Alvina. Mr. Heckert is a Republican ; has been Supervisor, also Chairman of the Town Board by appointment. He is a member of Mayvilie Lodge, I. 0. O. F.

JOHN HENNINGER, former. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Mayvilie; born in Bavaria in 1819 ; came to America in 1848, lojating in Mayvilie, which at this time contained a mill and two log houses; he opened the first meat-market in town, which he kept about seven years ; he then built a brewery, which he owned about nine years ; then bought his present farm of 116 acres, on which he has built a brick house and good barns ; he is well known as a Mayvilie pioneer, and is closely connected with its history. Married Miss Barbara Schmidt in 1S4S, who died in 1869, leaving six children - Mary, Louis, William, Martin, John and Barbara. He married Geneveva Aich in 1870. Mr. Henninger is a Democrat and a Catholic. Has been Supervisor and Treasurer of his town.

THOMAS J. HOEY", teacher in Mayvilie High School ; born in Saulsbury Co., Conn., Dec. 17, 185U ; came to JVisconsin with his parents at the age of 5 years, and has spent bis life and been educated in DoJge Co. ; began teaching in the winter of 1808, and has taught continuously since ; he took his position in the Mayvilie School in 1875. Married Miss Rose C. Smith, of Eden, Fond du Lac Co., Dec. 27, 1876. Mr. Hoey is a well-known teacher in Dodge Co., where he has always taught, with the exception of one term in Fond du Lac Co. He is a Catholic in religion, and a Democrat in politics.

JOHN HOLiLENSTElN, wagon-maker, Mayvilie; born in Swhzerland in 1842, where he was educated and learned his trade ; has been a wagon-maker twenty-four years ; came to America in 1809 ; spent four years in Woodland, Dodge Co., and came to Mayvilie in 1873. He manufactures wagons, carriages and sleighs, the ironing being done by Mr. Albrecht. In 1868, he married Miss Dominica Zuesh ; they have four children - Jacob, Lena, John and Francisca. Mr. HoUensteiu is a Democrat and a Catholic.

CHARLES E. KITE, former, Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Mayvilie ; born in Gloucestershire, Eng.; April 24, 1829 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native land ; came to America in 1847, locating on a farm adjoining his present farm of 80 acres ; the land was heavily timbered and he had his share of the life of an early settler ; Mayvilie contained a saw-mill and one store ; Mr. Kite now has an improved farm and a pleasant home. He married Miss Clarissa Raymond in 1862 ; they have three children - Gracia L., May R. and Blanche G. Mr. Kite is a Democrat ; has been a member and Chairman of the Town Board, and was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1876. Member of Vesper Lodge, A., F. & A M., also Mayvilie Lodtre. I. O. 0. F.

ROBERT KLOiBDEN, hardware merchant, Mayvilie; born in Saxe Jan. IS, 1833, spent his early life and was educated in Germany ; came to America in 1852 ; was a resident of Delaware three years; settled in Blayville in 1855, and began the dry-goods business; after three years, he began the hardware business, which he followed several years ; was owner of a brewery in Mayvilie twelve years ; he now owns a farm of eighty acres, on which he lived two years previous to his opening his present hardware business; he has a full line of hardware, tinware, cutlery, stoves, etc., and is doing a good business. Married Miss Louisa Kroesing Feb. 19, 1859 ; they have six children - Laura, Henry, Amelia, Augusta, Matilda and Robert. Mr. Kloeden is a Democrat; has been on the Town and Village Boards, also Street Commissioner. Is a member of Lodge No. 200, I. 0. 0. F.; also of Mayvilie Turnverein and Freeman's Society. Mr. K. still owns a brewery, and makes from 400 to 500 barrels per annum.

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J. D. KOCH, farmer, Sees. 28 and 27 ; P. 0. Mayville ; born in Oldonburg Feb. 2, 1825 ; spent his early lil'e and was educated in his native country ; was a ,«oldier in the Ducal army mx years ; came to America and to Uodse Co. in 1853; worked as a laborer nearly two years, and settled on his jireseiit farm of 190 acres in 1855 ; a largo lot of this was covered with timber; IMr. Koch did pioneer work and was very successful. He married Miss Sophia Naber in 1856; they have three children - Franklin, Anna and Alma. Mr. Koch is a Republican ; has been and is now Supervisor in his Democratic town. He has thiriy head of hia;li-L;radi' Durham cattle, Leicester and Southdown sheep, horses, hogs, etc.

PARDOIV B. LAMOREIIX, Deputy Sheriff, Dodge Co., Mayville; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 1840; came to Wisconsin with his parents at the age of 12 ; enlisted August, 1862, in the 1st \V. V. C. ; was in the battles of Cape (lirardeau, Chickamauga, and others; joined Sherman, and fought through to Atlanta; the regiment was newly equipped at Louisville, and, after badly whipping the rebel Gen. Lyon, joined Wilson in his famous Alabama and Georgia raid ; was mustered out at Nashville in July, 1865. Mr. Lamoreux returned and married Miss Jennie Phelps in February, 1866 ; they have four children - Xellie, Addison, (Uinton and a babe. Mr. Lamoreux is a Democrat; has been Deputy Sheriff most of the time since 1867 ; was Justice of the Peace two years, and is well known throughout the county on account of his official life.

S. W. liAltlOKKl^X., attorney and counselor at law, Mayville; born in Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y., March 8, 1843; came to Plover, Wis., with his parents at the age of 9 ; they removed to Mayville in 1853 ; here the subject of this sketch attended school ; he began the study of law with Hanchett & Raymond, at Plover, Wis. ; was admitted to the bar at the age of 21, and practiced until the summer of 1864, when he enlisted in the re-organized 5tb W.V. I. ; was with the Army of the Potomac at Hatcher's Run, Ft. Fisher, and battles in front of Petersburg; was in charge of the distributing office at City Point, Va., for some time, and was discharged July 2. 1865. On his return, he resumed practice in Mayville. Judge Lamoreux is an ardent Democrat ; was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1872, and was elected District Attorney in the fall of 1872 ; at the close of his term he was elected Chairman of the County Board; was elected County Judge in 1877, and now holds the office; is also President of the Village Board ; the County Court has both civil and probate jurisdictiim. Judge Lamoreux married Miss Hattie A Cobb, of Summit, Waukesha Co., Wis., Nov. 22, 1866 ; they have two children - Courtney W. and Don P. The Judge is a member in good standing of Vesper Lodse and Horicon Chapter, A., F. & A. M.

JOHB^ J. Li ANGENBACH, proprietor of the California House, Mayville ; born in Prussia 1835 ; came to America in Auiiu^t, 1852 ; located in Theresa and opened a saloon ; here he also owned a farm ; in 1858, he went to Nebraska, then made an extended trip through the South ; was in Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina, returned North in 1860, and learned the brewing business, built a brewery at New Cassel, Fond du Lac Co. ; after four or five years, he sold the brewery and settled in Mayville ; here he kept a billiard saloon till 1873, when he went to California for his health ; with return of health, he opened the California House in 1874; Mr. L. also opened the Schutzen Park in 1868, which he owned till 1S7'J ; he has led a busy, stirring life, and is well known and respected in the county. Married Miss Emilie Franke, in 1864 . they have five children - Ernest, Paul, Emilic, Olga and babe. Mr. Langenbach is a Democrat ; has been one of the Village School Board, and is a member in good standing of Vesper Lodge and Horicon Chapter A. F. & A. M.

NEWCOMB C. L.AWREXCE, carpenter and millwright, Mayville; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., March !t, 1828; after pa.ssing his boyhood in New York State, he came to Mayville in 1848; began in the employ of the Wisconsin Iron Company, and was builder of the old Mavville schoolhouse ; was in the mill three years, and has since followed millwrighting and machinist work. Married Miss Elizabeth Clark in 1850, who deid in 1853; he married, in 1854, Miss Helen M. Rogers; they have two children living - Eva Isabel and Eda June. Mr. Lawrence is a Republican, and has been Town Supervisor several terms ; he enlisted in September, 1864, in the 5th W. V. L ; was with Sheridan in tbeShenandoah Valley, and was then in front of Petersburg till it surrendered ; was also in the army in pursuit of Gen. Lee, and in the final grand review at W^ashington ; was discharged in July, 1865. Mr. Lawrence is a member of Vesper Lodge and Horicon Chapter A. F. & A. M.; also of Mayville Lodge, I. O. 0. F., and the Kekcjskee Encampment.

ArGUST MAN^, farmer. Sec. 35; P. 0. Mayville; born in Prussia March U, 1834; spent his early life and was educated in his native country; came to America in May, 1856 ; worked at his trade of carpenter one year in Watertown, Wis.; bought his present farm of 155 acres in 1857; Mr. Mann was also a miller, and worked in the Kekoskee and Mayville flouring-mills about eight years; about 1865, he settled on and has since cleared and improved his farm - has erected good and convenient buildings and made a good home. Married JMiss Mary Naber in 1864; they have seven children - Charley, Eda, Emil, Rudolph, Hermina, August and Mary. Mr. Mann is a Democrat ; has been Chairman of the Town Board three terms, and is now President of the Mayville High School Board ; he is a member in good standing of the Mayville Lodge I. 0. 0. F., also of Freeman's Society.

WILLIAM JIARLIX*}, retired foundryman, Mayville; born in Prussia in 1820; was educated in Prussia, and came to America in 1847 ; spent two years in Albany, N. Y., then lived one year in Shebuygau Co., Wis. ; was one year in Chicago, but returned to Sheboygan and boui;ht a foundry, which he afterward sold; worked some time in Chicago and Milwaukee foundries, and came to Mayville in 1855 ; with H. Boehmer and others in the foundry until he retired from business in 1878. Married Agatba Boehmer in 1844; they have four children - George W., Frank, Mary and Anna. Mr. M. is a Democrat and a Catholic.

I>. XABER, merchant; born in Oldenburg iu March 2, 1836; came to America 1851, locating in Mayville. Began business for himself in 1861 ; although he has met with reverses, he has been a very successful business man ; is now doing the large.st business in town ; has a complete line of everything except hardware ; he has built up this business since September, 1877, at which time he was worth alnvst nothing; he does a strictly cash business, and his sales for week ending Saturday, Sept. 20, 1879, amounted to §1,000 cash. He married Miss AnnaKuedebusch in 1861 ; they have seven children - ^Matilda, Louisa, Lucy, Oscar, Anna, Delia and Adolph. Mr. Naber is a Republican, a member of Mayville Lodge, No. 200, I. O. 0. F., and several German societies.

JULIUS 5fARY, Postmaster of Mayville; born in Germany, 1827; spent his early life and was educated in his native country ; came to America in 1854 ; lived one year in Milwaukee ; then came to Mayville, where he lived till ho enlisted, Aug. 6, 1862, in 29th W. Y. I. ; was iu the battles of Baker's Creek and Champion Hill, through the siege of Vicksburg, and was then transferred to the army of Gen. Banks ; Mr. Nary was soon disabled by hard marching, and was transferred to the Invalid Corps : he acted as Steward some time near Lake Ponchartrain, and was honorably discharged Aug. 6, 1865. ^V as made Postmaster in 1867, and has since held the office, with the exception of eight months; be is a stanch Republican, and was appointed in a strong Democratic town bv almost unanimous request.

E. B. NORTON, farmer. Sees" 25 and 36 ; P. O. Mayville ; born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, July, 14, 1826 ; removed with his parents to Bartholomew Co., Ind., in 1833 ; his father was a native of Virginia and a pioneer settler and hunter in Ohio ; his grandfather was born in Alsace, France, and fought under Washington in the Revolution. E. B. Norton settled, in 1848, on a claim in Williamstown, of which claim he now owns a part ; he had genuine pioneer pluck ; cut the timber and cleared up his farm of 1 00 acres ; hehas the best of buildings anl improvements, and is a successful, enterprising farmer.; He married, in 1852, Miss Elizabeth Smith ; they have three children - Adeline, Clara and George. Mr. Norton is a Republican, and has served several terms as Supervisor and Assessor.

BENJAMIIV PALMER, farmer; P. O. Mayville; born in New York City May 20, 1818; was reared to the mercantile business, and came to Mayville in June, 1847, with the first stock of goods in the place ; was in business with a brother eleven years ; retired from business and made an extended tour through the West; settled on his present farm of thirty-eight acres iu 1858. Mr. Palmer is closely identified with the early history and subsequent growth of Mayville, and is one of its few remaining early settlers ; he is a stanch Republican, and has been twice Chairman of his Democratic township ; was also County Commissioner of the Poor under the old law.

F. PAUSTIAJS, miller, Mayville born in Prussia March 27, 1832 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native country; came to America, 1856; spent nine years in charge of the mill at Hustisford ; bought the Mayville mill, in 1865, which he has almost totally rebuilt ; addedtworun of stone in 1876, making seven run in all ; he also has a sisty-horse-power engine, and is thus prepared to run at all times ; as he has the only flouring-mill in Mayville, he does a large business. Married in 1860, Miss Sophia Roll ; they have five children-^AIbert, Anna, Martha, Clara and Paulie. Mr. Paustian is a Republican, and is independent of church or secret orders.

D. PULS, liveryman, farmer, and proprietor of the American House, Mayville ; born in Prussia Dec. 27, 1823; was a brick-maker and distiller, and served three years in the Prussian Army; came to America in 1848; after one year spent in Watertown, he settled in Mayville ; controlled the distillery three years, then kept the Wisconsin House about fifteen years ; he bought the American House in 1867, also owns two farms of 130 and seventy -five acres respectively, and two livery stables in the village; he carried the United States mail and express many years ; is one of the old settlers of Mayville, and one of its most successful businessmen. Remarried, Sept. 10, 1851, Miss Johanna Oehrl ; they have six children - Augusta, Alvina, Arthur, Alfred, Amanda and Adolph. Mr. Puis is an earnest Republican in politics.

JOSEPH QVICK, nierchant, Kekoskee ; born in Prussia in 1831; spent his early life and was educati'J in Prussia; canio to America in 1854; spent one year in Jlilwaukee, and one year in the Michigan copper mines ; came to Kekoskee in 185(5, ami worked for the mill company about three years ; worked at anything to which he could turn his hand until 18G2, when he begin his present business on a capital of SI 00 ; he now has a large and complete stock of goods, in value from $4,000 to S(i,000 ; he owns eighty acres of land in Le Roy, his residence, another store building, house and lot, and blacksmith-shop in Kekoskee. Married Miss Elizabeth Kline in 1857 ; they have eight children - Catherine, Frunces, Jacob, Eddie, Frank, Clemence, Louis and Rudolph. Mr. Quick is a Republican, and a member of the Catholic Church.

EBENEZER RAYMOND, retired faimer, Mayville ; born in Windham Co., Vt., Feb. 26, 1804 ; his parents lemoved to Berkshire Co., Mass., in 1807 ; here he spent his early life and was educated; in 1841, lie settled in Ohio, and remained in Portage and Cuyahoga Counties until May, 1847, when he settled on heavily timbered Government land in Williamstown ; IMayville consisted of one frame and several log houses, saw-mill, etc.; he had the usual experience of the early settlers - clearing, building, breaking-up land, etc.; he began in debt, and remained on his farm until 18t!S, when he removed to his pleasant home in Mayville ; in October, 1878, he sold liis splendid farm of 100 acres for S6,400 ; a good showing for his work as a piineer. Mr. Raymond married Miss Maria Hanson, of Washington Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, 1832; they have three living children - -Rosaitha, Clarissa M. and Charlotte. Mr. Raymond is a Republican, and has served several terms as Assessor, Justice of the Peace, etc.; he is the oldest member, and a regular attendant of Mayville Lodge, No. 200, L 0. 0. F.

AUGUST P. REIBLE, marble dealer, Mayville; born in Alsace, France, Sept. 14, 1839 ; spent his early life and was educated in France; came to America in 1852; lived fifteen years in New York City, where he learned his business ; he traveled in various parts of the United States, and settled in Mayville Nov. 1, 1866 ; he does the only business of the kind in town, and is prepared to fill any order jr anything in his line, and to guarantee satisfaction in price and style of work and stone. In June, 1863, ne married Miss Eliza Royot, of his native country ; they have four living children - Leon, Henrietta, Lillie and a babe. Mr. Reible is in accord with Christianity, and is a stanch Odd Fellow, having joined the Order at 21 years of age.

GEORGE W. ROBERTS, grain and produce dealer, Mayville; born in the town of Hubbard, Dodge Co., Wis., Nov. 30, 1851 ; is a son of Vincent Roberts, and has spent his life and been educated in his native county; was with his father on the farm until 1869, when he began business as a grain and produce dealer in Iron Ridge ; was also a buyer in Blair, Trempeleau Co. ; built his Mayville elevator in 1878, and is now doing a large business ; has bought 30,000 bu.shels of grain during September, 1879. He married Miss Clara B. Moody, of Milwaukee, June 28, 1876. Mr. Roberts is a Republican, and a member in good standinc: of Vesper Lodge, No. 62, A., F. & A. M.

COL. JACOB W/ROBY, farmer. Sec.; 3, P. 0. Kekoskee; born in Oneida Co.. N. Y., July 9, 1824 ; his [tarents were farmers, and he was educated in the common schools of the county. When about 21, he was made Captain of a boat on the Eric Canal, which position he held until the fall of 1851, when he settled on 130 acres of his present farm; about twenty acres of this were poorly cleared, upon which was a log bouse; as a result of years of toil and management, the Colonel has 170 acres of well improved, with the best of buildings, is akso owner of a 200-acre farm in York Co., Neb. He enlisted Sept. 14, 1861, with eighty-four men of Dodge Co., and received eighty three votes for Captain, voting himself for J. Adams, of Horicon ; this company was called the Lyon Guards, and was organized with the 10th W. V. L, as Co. B ; he served as Captain of this company until Sept. 20, 1863, participating ia all engagements, including Perryville, where his belt-plate was dented by a rebel bullet, and Stone River, where hi-; right arm was broken by a piece of rebel shell ; in the battle of Chickamauga, Lieut. Col. Ely was mortally wounded ; ('apt. Roby then took and retained command of the regiment, was altcrward commissioned Lieut. Colonel by Gov. Lewis, and commanded the remnant of his heroic regiment at the battles of Buzzard's Roost, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge ; was then about two months in command of the post at Tyner's Station, East Tenn. ; the regiment then joined Sherman in his Atlanta campaign and was among the foremost at the battles of Snake Creek Gap, second Buzzard's Roost, Rosaca, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee ix ^d Peach Tree Creek ; in this battle. Col. Roby was ordered to advance from the second line with his regime ' to a certain position, on reaching this position the first line began fighting ; here the Colonel's horsie was nnded ; dismounting, be advanced without orders to a position near the first line to protect his men by t. ^ shelter of a hill, from the crest of which the first line was repulsed. The Colonel tried in vain to stay the mad retreat of this, the lOlth 111. V. I. ; he then, still without orders, ordered a charge on the three rebel regiments, now in full possession of this partly entrenched hill, this seemingly reckless dash so surprised the enemy that their fire passed harmlessly over the heads of our boys, the Colonel ordered his first line to fire, which fire broke the rebel lines ; the second fire completed the rout, the Wisconsin boys still pouring a merciless fire upon the flying foe, many of the boys firing twenty or more rounds. This was one of the most wonderful as well as daring feats of the war, as the 10th did not lose a man; Col. Roby received a shot through his hat and one officer was Wounded in the shoulder. The regiment then participated in the siege of Atlanta and the battle of Jonesboro ; after helping to pur,--ue Hood over Sand Mountain, the time of the regiment having more than expired, it returned and was mustered out in Milwaukee, Nov. 3, 1864. The Colonel then retired to his farm, where be now recounts, with pride and pleasure, the exploits of his famous regiment. Among his souvenirs he has a sword presented by his company and one presented by the regiment ; also, a splendid scarf fiiven him by Capt. Donahue, of Co. E, 104th 111. V. I., whose life was saved by the charge at Peach Tree Creek. The Colonel married Miss Esther C. Moon, of Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1844. They have five children - Greorge H., Elizabeth C. and Samuel D. (twinsj, Milton H. and Eugene W. Col. Koby is a Republican in politics.

CHARLES RUEDEBUSCH,. merchant, Mayville; born in Oldenburg May 25,1832, was educated in his native country and came to America in September, 1847 ; was clerk in a Charleston (S. C.) grocery store over two years and came to Milwaukee in 1850 ; after a four-months residence here, he returned to Germany and spent a year ; on his return, he lived one year in Milwaukee ; removing to Mayvillo, he began business with H. Naber June 1, 1853 ; the firm did business till 1868 ; they owned a saw-mill, .shingle-mill and store in Shawano, Wis., besides the Mayville store; since 1868, Mr. R. has kept a general stock of goods in his present store ; he also owns two farms of forty and eighty acres each, and is proprietor of the Wisconsin White Lime Works ; his lime is considered in Chicago the best and strongest made in the State. Mr. Ruedebusch married Miss Margaret Naber Sept. 5, 1854; they have six children - Ida, Amil, Emma, Bertha, Lima and Charles. Mr. R. is a Republican; liberal in religion, and a member of several German societies in the village.

HEKRY RL'EOEBUSCH, farmer. Sees. 27 and 34; P. 0. Mayville; born in Prussia in 1835 ; spent his early life and was educated in Prussia; came to America in 1855 ; worked three years in the Cedarburg mill; settled in Williamstown and bought eighty acres of land in 1858; he now has 157 2 acres, with a large stone hou,se, good barns, etc., and has himself made all the improvements. In June, I860, he married a cousin, Miss Eliza Ruedebusch; they have nine children - -Emma, Lydia, Herman, Anna, Charles. EKza, Otto, Rhienhold and a girl babe. Mr. Ruedebusch is a Republican. He has four horses, twenty-one sheep, eighteen head of cattle and fourteen hogs.

ABOLPH SAURHERIKG, M.D., Mayville ; born in Prussia Sept. II, 1821 ; was educated in Konigsberg University; at the age of 17 he entered a drug store and studied pharmacy; passed an examination in 1842, remaining one year in the store as head clerk ; he began the study of surgery in 1844, and recommenced the study of pharmacy in the fall; he remained till 1846; he then served one year as a volunteer in the Pru.ssian garrison at Spandau ; passed his second examination in 1847, and was honorably discharged from the garrison in the same year; he then resumed his study of pharmacy, and has since devoted his whole life to the study and practice of medicine ; studied under a private tutor and won his certificate in 1850 ; resolved to seek a broader field fir practice, he landed at New York in August, 1850; spent one month in Milwaukee and settled in Mayville Nov. 1, 1850 ; he found four physicians in the place and was first supported by the Americans; he kept steadily at work, and as a result now has a ride extending from Rubicon to Oakfield and from the Horicon marsh into Washington Co.; during the first five months, he traveled on foot, frequently walking forty miles per day ; in 1853, his practice required the use of two horses; since 1854, he has constantly used three horses ; owing to new. rough roads, he rode horseback during a great part of the first five years ; was the unsuccessful owner of a .saw-mill about six months in Le Roy ; disabled by overwork, the Doctor practiced but little during 1868-69 ; he has traveled on an average since 1853, forty miles per day, 14,600 miles per year, and more than thirteen times round the world ; he has averaged fifty miles per day during 1879, and often rides twenty hours per day for a fortnight; he has, by the use of six horses, ridden 120 miles per day for five successive days ; the Doctor has the endurance of a white bear. He has been a Mason since 1854, and belongs to Aurora Lodge, Milwaukee. In polities, a Democrat; he was Town Clerk in 1858. He owns a farm of 280 acres adjoininsr Mavville, where he has a pleasant home. The Doctor has eight living children.

RUDOLPH SAtlRHERING, druggist, Mayville; born in Prussia Dec. 15, 1823; was educated in Konigsberg University; was in the 5th Prussian Regiment, Dantzic, about two years, and was discharged in 1847; was called out, and fought through the Revolution of 1848; when war was threatened between Austria and Prussia, in 1850, he again served several months; came to America and to jM;iyvill(! in tho fall of 1851 ; was with his brother Adolf, in a drug store, and learned the business of him; was about one year in a store at Iron Ridi;c, and was in the Le Roy saw-mill with his brother. In Juno, 18.")(;, he began his present bu.^iness, and has steadily increased it; has a large stock of drugs, paints and oils, books, stationery, wall-paper, etc. Dec. 15, 1S58. he married Miss Henrietta Ilaitwig; they have five children - Huldah, Edward, Rudolph, Hartha and Richard. Mr. Saurhering vs a Republican, and has been Postmaster, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, School Trea.surer, Justice of the Peace, and is now ^^ellool Clerk; was United States Ganger, from 1870, till the office was abolished; he is a member in good >t I'lding of Vesper Lodue and Horieon Chapter A., F. & A. M.

<IwEi>RGE !«iCHAU]lHI$EIMir. proprietor of the Main street moat-market, Mayville; born ill Germintown, Washington Co., Wis., Aug. 14, 1857; has spent his life, and been educated in Wisconsin; he lived four years in Milwaukee, wliere he learned his business; opened a shop in Theresa in 1877; Aug. 1 ,1879, he began in Mayville. and has done a good business, as he has a central location. He married, Sept. IS, 1878, Miss Sophia Albrecht. Mr. Schaumberg is in polities a Democrat; he is one of the youuL'est and most successi'ul of the business men of Mayville.

A'lI<,}UST SCHELLPFEFFER, farmer. Sees. 12 and 13; P. 0. Mayville; born in Prussia Ju'y 8, 1821!; spent his early life and was educated in his native country; was in the Prussian Army three and a half years; came to America and to Dodge Co. in 1852; began here as a farm laborer, and, in 1854, he bought 40 acres; he now has 240 acres of well-improved land, and has a third interest with the Mayville Brewing Co.; this may be fiirly called a good record for a man who began a.s ho did. He married Jliss Theresa Wolter Jan. !), 1858; they have three children - Henry, Bertha and August. Mr. Schellpfeft'er is a Democrat; has been Chairman and Assessor, and is now President of the town insuianee company. He is a Lutheran in reliirious belief

FREDERICK JSCHELLPFEFFER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. 0. Mayville; born in Prussia, Aug. 2G, 1828; spent his early life and was educated in Prussia, and wa.s in the Prussian Army three years; came to America and to Dodge Co. in 1853; worked as a farm hand, and used to get S6 per month in harvest; settled on forty acres of timbered land in 1856; he worked liard, and chopped out a farm of 110 acres, with good improvements. He married Miss Anna Keile in 1855; they have eight children^Prederick, Henry, Amelia, Charles, Emma, August, Louisa and Clara. Mr. SchellpfefFer is a Democrat, and has been Supervisor twice; is a member of the Lutheran Church of Mavville.

JAMES furnaccman, Mayville ; born in Sterlingshire, Scotland, March 29, 1824; was educated and learned his business in his native land; came to America in 1850; lived two years in I'ortage, Wis.; was two years in Indiana with the N.-W. Iron Co.; came to Mayville and worked two years lor the same Company, under J. White; was then placed in charge of the furnace, wliich ])osition he hi'ld until the Company shut down the works in 1875; has since resided in the village. Married Miss Elizabeth Duncan in 1854 ; they have six children - Isabella, Alexander, John, Jennie, George and William. Mr. Secular is a Republican.

IIEXRY SPIERUVIw, farmer and insurance agent, Mayville ; born in Prussia July 7, 1831 ; spent his schotil-boy days in Pru.ssia, and came to America in 184G; lived three years in Milwaukee, where he attended school; settled in Mayville in 1849; here he worked four years as a tailor; has been a land-owner during a great part of his residence in M^isconsin ; is a loyal Democrat, and has creditably filled many offices ; was first made Constable and Deputy Sheriff, and has been President of the Village Board, a member of the County Board, Chairman of tho Town Board, Town Treasurer, Village Clerk, etc.; elected to the Wisconsin Legislature in 1878 ; Mr. Spioring founded the Z'orfye County Pioneer, March, 1876. Married Miss Augusta Sprenger in 1862; they have eight children - Ida, Adrienna, Wilhelmina, Henry, Bertha, Ottilia, William and Rudolph. Mr. S. is a member of the Lutheran Church.

CiiJSAR SPILLCKE, photographer, Mayville; born in Hamburg April 12,1849; here for a time he was clerk in a large wholesale house; came to America in May, 1867 ; spent one year in Manistee, Mich., ai:d three years in Calumet Co., Wis.; settled in Mayville in May, 1871 ; was em[il<iyed as clerk, etc., about two years; began the study of photography with E. H. Wille, Mayville, and learned the art of J. Byam, of Fond du Lac, and Charles Fol(|uarts, now of Grecnbush, Wis.; has since foUcjwcd Ills chosen profession with good success, and has the only business of the kind in Mayville. Married Miss Pauline M'dlcr, of Mayville, Nov. 30, 1871 ; they have four children - Selma. Olga, Agnes and ('ecilia. Mr. Spillcke is a lover and student of music, playing several instruments with skill ; has been leader of the Mayville brass band about four years; he is a member of the Mayville Turners' Society.

JACOB" ST. JOH^, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Mayville; born in Fayette Co., Penn., Nov. 9, 1812; came with his parents to Ohio at the age of 7, and remained until 1852, when he removed to

Green Co., Wis.; settled in Dodge County in 18.>3, on the farm now owned by Mr. Hoffman; tliis farm he cleared and improved; located on his present farm of ninety-eight acres in April, 1867. Married Miss Ann Smith in 1837 ; they have eleven living children - Calvin, Cyrus, William, Alcinda, Amanda, John, Hannah, Jacob, Perry, Mary and Clarence. Mr. St. John is a stanch Democrat, and has been Assessor, Supervisor and Chairman several terms. Albert St. John died in the Union armv.

WILLIAM R. ST. JOHN, Principal of the JIayville High Schoor; born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 8, 1842 ; came to Green Co., Wis., with his parents, when quite young ; after one year they removed to Dodge Co., where they have since lived; Mr. St. John attended ihe Mayville and Horicon High Schools, and began as a teacher at 20 ; was one term in the Oshkosh Normal School, and has taught c-mstantly since; was appointed Principal of the Mayville School in 1869, which position he now holds ; he has probably taught a greater number of terms in the county thin any resident in it. Married Miss Isabel Scoular, of Mayville, Aug. 2, 187.5 ; they have one daughter - Jennie. Mr. St. John is a Democrat, and a member cif Vesper Lodite. A., F. & A. M.

' FREDERICK STOCK, teacher of German, Mayville High School; born in Prussia Aug. 29, 1826 ; came to America, when 13 years of age, with his parents, locating in Buffalo, N Y., where he attended school; came to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1843, and resided till 1851 in Ozaukee Co. as a teacher ; he then went to Baltimore, Md., and taught German about five years ; returning to Milwaukee, he taught in the Engleman School until 1861 ; then taught in the Sixth Ward School two years; settled in Mayville, January, 1863, and taught German in the village till 1872, when he removed to Oshkosh, Wis.; after teachiug in that city about four years, he returned to Mayville. Mr. Stock has led a busy and useful life as a teacher. Oct. 12, 1849, he married Miss Willielmina Milbrath, a native of Prussia, and a Wisconsin pioneer of 1839 ; they have six living children - Amelia, Henrietta, Augusta, Amil, William and Julius. Mr. Stock was born and bred a Lutheran, but is now liberal in religion.

J. 'N. TIDYMAN, dealer in lumber, grain and produce, Mayville; born in Liverpool, Eng.j in 1838; came to America in 1844, and lived twenty years in Dodge Co. as a farmer ; he has seen his share of pioneer life. Enlisted in the fall of 1861 in 10th W. V. I. ; was in battles of Perry ville. Stone River, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Peach Tree Creek, Dallas, and fought with Sherman to Atlanta ; the regiment served its time, and returned November, 1864; Mr. Tidyman was wounded at the great battle of Chickamauga ; was three months in hospital, but recovered in time to do good service. Mr. Tidyman is a mason by trade ; lie began business in Mayville in 1876 ; has a steam elevator, and the only lumber-yard in town; is doing a large business, having bought 35,000 bushels of grain in September, 1879. Married Miss Elnora Corey in 1865 ; they have four children - Maggie, Lulu, Maud and William. Mr. Tidyman is a Republican, and has been member of the Village Board. He is a member in good standing of Vesper Lodge, A.. P. & A. M., also of Mayville Lodge. I. O. 0. F.

SIMOX WASHBUR!^, farmer. Sees. 32 and 33; P. 0. Horicon: born in Washington Co., Vt.; at he age of 15, he settled with his parents in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he lived ten years as a farmer; in 1849, he sold his farm and bought 120 acres in Oak Grove, Dodge Co., Wis.; owing to the rascality of a nephew, he lost this farm ; having worked at iron making in New York State, he next tried to utilize the Iron Ridge ore in Horicon with poor success; he then bought 120 acres of his present farm of the Government ; it was rough, brushy, grubby land, and he had to literally chop out his farm and home; he now has 160 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Washburn has three living children - Freddy, Charles and Andrew. Mr. Washburn is an Independent Republican in politics, and a life-long Methodist in religion ; himst-lf and wife are members of the Horicon Church.

ALFRED WHEELER, farmer, Sec. 15; P. 0. Mayville; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1825 ; spent his younger days and attended school in his native State ; came to Dodge Co., Wis., in the spring of 1846, located on 80 acres of timbered land and began pioneer life; Mayville consisted of a log house ; he cleared this laud and added to it, and now has 227 acres under g jod improvement, a large brick farmhouse, etc. Married Miss Mary M. Brodt Feb. 8, 1857 ; they have four children - John, Leonard, Clarence and Flora. Mr. Wheeler is a Repu.blican. He has Hambletonian grade horses, besides other stock. Is independent of church or .secret orders.

DARIUS D. WHEELER, farmer. Sees. 15, 10, 16 and 9 ; P. O. Mayville; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., April 27, 1821 ; spent his school-boy days and young manhood in his native State ; came to Dodge Co., Wis., in May, 1846, and settled on 160 acres, at this time a wilderness of heavy timber ; he stuck to his business, and now has 587 acres, mostly improved, has a very large brick house, good barns, etc.. also owns 160 acres in V^ernon Co., Wis. Mr. Wheeler is raising Durham and Devon grade cattle and other stock. He is an advocate of Republican principles, and is u well-known pioneer farmer.

HENRY WINTER, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P.O. Mayvillc ; born in Warren Co., N.J., Oct. 15, 1822 ; spent his early life and wa.s educated in his native state; came to Horicon, Dod^e Co., October, 1819, and beijan as a cabinet maker ; after five yeans, he bought a tract of wild land in Hubbard which he cleared off and disposed of; Mr. Winter has cleared up over 700 acres of heavy timber since his settlement in Dodi,'e Co.; he located on his present farm of 175 acres in 1867 ; he has improved this farm, erected the buildint^s and made a good home. He married Miss Marg^iret Banghart, of New Jersey, Nov, 3, 1S-4H; they have four children - George, Elizabeth, Irvin and Franklin. Mr. W. is a Democrat, and is independent of church or secret orders"; he is a successful firmer and stock-raiser; has Durham grade cattle, Spanish Merino sheep, also horses and hogs; the farm is in charge of hLs .son George, as i\Ir. Winters has been a resident of Horieon since 1873.

liE ROY WILIilAMS, engineer, Mayville ; born in Washington Co., N. Y., Fob. 3, 183G; came to Beaver Dam, Wis., with his parents in 1842 ; after ten years, he .settled as a farmer near JIayville ; at the age of 21, he began life as an engineer; is now running a stationary engine in Boberts' elevator. He married, in 1854, Miss Susan French, of Mayville; they have two children - Clyde, who at 17 is also an engineer, and Adelaide. Mr. Williams is a stanch Republean in politics and is independent of church or secret societies.

REV. SIMOX G. WOELPEL, Pastor of the Catholic congregation, Mayville; born in Waukesha Co., Wis., March 2, 18 HI; he was educated in Milwaukee, Wis.; entered St. Francis Theological Seminary in 1859, and was ordained in 18()8; was at first A.ssistant Pastor of Trinity Church, Milwaukee; was Pastor of St. Louis' Church, Caledonia, Racine Co., Wis., about four years ; was three years in charge of a congregation at Grafton, Ozaukee Co.; took charge of three congregations in Dodge Co., and built the school building and parsonage at Lomira. On account of ill health. Father Woclfel has relinquished all but his Mayville charge; he has a pleasant home in the village, which he bought for his people: the connretration number forty families.

MATHEl'S ZIEGLER, saloon keeper and proprietor of Ziegler's Brewery, Mayville; born Dec. 30, 1833, in Bavaria; spent his early life in Bavaria and came to America September,185S; locating in Mayville he opened his saloon business in 18G1 ; purchased his brewery in 1874 ; here he is doing a large business manufacturing from 300 to 400 barrels per annum. Married Adelaide Dannhauser, 1855 ; they have five children - Louis. Amiel, Eugene, Clotilda and Adelaide. Mr. Ziegler is a Democrat, has been a member of the Village B larj several terms, and is now Village Treasurer ; he is one of the substantial business men of Mayville, where he has done business since 1858.