Clyman Town

Clyman Town

JACOB BTEGEK, former. Sees. 29 and 30; P. 0. Clyman ; born in Prussia Aug. 16 l.'^+O ; in 1847, his parents came to America and .settled on sixty acres of wild land in Clyman ; Jacob attended district school for a short time, then went at the work of chopping and clearing ; when 24 years of age, his father gave him fifty acres, to which he added forty, which he yet owns; beginning S200 in debt, he cleared the form and made a home; bought an interest in a thrashing machine when 17, and has followed the work continually since in its season, settled on his homestead of ItiO acres in 1875 ; thi.s he has cleared and improved, repairing the house, etc. Married, May 11, 18G5, Miss Maria Irving, a native (if Albany, N. Y., who came to Clyman in 1846 ; they have five children - Sarah, Mary, Ellon, Catharine and Christina. Mr. Burger is Independent in polities, voting for men and principles. Has hi.- form in good trim for grain and stock-raising, having high-grade Clyde horses, Cot.swold and Leicester sheep, with other stock ; this property he has earned, as he spent one winter in the pineries when a boy, thus earning enough to set a yoke of cattle, with which he began farm life for himself.

EDJIOXD CARY, farmer, Sees. 24, 25 and 26; P. O. Clyman ; born in County Kerry, Ireland, about 1814; came to America in 1839, and settled in Quincy, Mass., where he lived until 1853, then located in Lebanon, Dodge Co., Wis.; worked here on a piece of wild land until 1856, when he settled on 160 acres of his present form; this he has chopped and burned off, adding to it, and as a result of these toilsome years has a well-improved form of 240 acres and a good home - a successful record, as he came to our country a poor man. Married Miss Ellen McCarthy, of his native village, about 1841, who died March 3, 1877, leaving five children - Jlichael, William, John, Edward and Mary (now the wife of James Moranj ; Michael married Miss Julia Kelly May 8,1876; they have two children - Edward and Ellen G. Mr. Gary and sons are Democrats and members of the Holy Assumption Church.

PATRICK DITFFY, farmer. Sees. 17,19 and 20; P. 0 Clyman; born in County Meath, Ireland, March 15, 1807; came to America in 1831, locating in Rutland, Vt., where he worked four years in a blast furnace ; spent one year in Ohio, then returned to Vermont and lived until the spring of 1846, when he bought 100 acres of his present form, on which he settled with his family the next spring; having but little means to begin with, the family lived a number of years in a log house and did genuine pioneer work, the result of which is the well-improved farm of 260 acres, his two eldest sons owning 120 adjoining. Married, in 1841, Mi.ss Mary Liston, a native of County Limerick, who came to America and to Vermont in 1838; .she died Sept. 8, 1873, leaving eight children - Ann, James, Edward, Margaret, Patrick, Michael, William and Robert; they are all residents of Dodge Co. except Margaret, who is in a Baltimore convent, and Michael, who is in Nevada. Father and sons are Democrats. James Duffy has been Town Clerk and is now Chairman. The family are Catholics in religion.

JOHN FISHER,former, Sec. IS; P. 0. Clyman ; born in Northampton, Mass., Feb. 17,1842; son of Daniel Fisher, who settled with his family on Government land in Clyman, in 1844, thus being one of the first to settle in the town ; the family lived in a log house, and saw a groat amount of privation and incenvenience, as no roads or bridges existed, except those ])rimitive afi"airs built by the pioneers ; John Fisher attended district .school in Clyman, where he lived until 1864, when he joined the 11th W. V. I., and w;s with the regiment in Alabama till September, 1865, when the boys were discharged at JIadison, Wis. He married Miss Catherine Weinries, of Taychcedah, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Nov. 6, 1867, and has owned the homestead since, his mother dying Nov. 28, 18()7 ; his father now lives in Lowell Village. Father and son ari> Democrats and Catholics; John Fisher is now holding the office of Supervisor.

ROKERT <;iiOVER, former. See. 18; P. O. Lowell ; born in Claverick, Columbia Co., N. Y.. July 30, 1833; son of Nathan and Maria Glover; he was educated in the old Claverick Academy, and came to Clyman with his parents, in November, 1854: in the foil of 1858, he went into business in

Whitewater, Wis., where he married Miss Emma V. Fuller in September, 1861. In August, 18(j], he enlisted as 2d Lieutenant of Co. H, 13th W. V. I.; this regiment saw service in most of the Southwestern States, doing guard duty; from November, 1862, to April, 1864, Mr. Glover, having been promoted to First Lieutenant, was in charge of the recruiting station at Madison, Wis.; rejoining his regiment, Lieut. Glover served until his term of service expired, Nov. 20, 1864. He then settled on the old hometead in Clyman, where his wife died Oct. 28, 1869, leaving two sons - R. Pierce and Fred D. On the 20th of March, 1873, he married Mrs. Mary J. Bunnell, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Miller. Mrs. Glover was born in S. Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., and came with her parents to Clyman in 1845, marrying A. J. Bunnell Sept. 27, 1852, who died May 1, 1855, leaving one son - James A. Mr. Glover still owns the homestead of 120 acres, and also 120 acres in Wilkinson Co., Minn., which will be his residence in the future. He is a stanch Republican, and was Town Superintendent of Schools in old times. Is a member of the Lowell Lodge, A., F. & A. M.

GlISTAVrS HEIVKE, farmer. Sees. 22, 28, 15 and 2 ; P. 0. Clyman ; born in Prussia in 1836; came to America in 1851, and settled in Clyman ; worked five or six years as a farm hand, then settled on eighty acres of his present farm ; he did good work in ditching, breaking and fencing, owning a machine ; he has completely ditched his large farm, and also others. He now owns 440 acres, with good buildings, a good twenty-eight years' record for a man who came to the State penniless. Married Miss Augu.sta Li.-ike, who died in October, 1875, leaving seven children - Emma, Ellen, Matilda, Augusta, Mary, Louisa and Martha. On the 31st of October, 1876, he married Mrs. Ann Morehouse, who was born in England in 1837, and came to America in 1857, as the wife of Thomas Morehouse ; at his death, March 15, 1872, he left his wife thirty acres on Section 28, town of Clyman. Mr. Henke is Independent in politics, and a Lutheran in religion ; has been Treasurer and Supervisor ; is a carpenter, and was in the United States Service six months in 1864 and 1865. Mrs. Henke belongs to the Church of England.

JOHN HENXESSY, farmer. Sees. 21 and 22; P. 0. Clyman; born in County Clare, Ireland, June 20, 1828; came to America Aug. 2, 1849; worked at the currier's and tanner's trade in Connecticut three years and in Ohio thirty months ; .spent a short time in Washington Co., Wis., then went to C:ilifornia ; was in Marysvillc, Eureka, Shasta, Sonora and other towns, and served as a volunteer in the Royal River Indian war ; went to California a poor man, and returned with money enough to buy his faim of 157 acres, which he did in July, 1855, after a four-years stay in California ; he then made a trip East, and married Miss Catherine Murphy, of Mount Benedict, Mass., June 7, 1855, who died Aug. 8, 1871, leaving eight children - Edward J., John F., Thomas, x'^nnie, Dennis J., Henry, Mary E. and Katie E. ; Edward J. is in Berwick, Cal. ; John F. is in Lodi, Cal. ; Thomas and Annie reside in Chicago ; Katie is with relatives in Holyokc, and the others are on the homestead. Mr. Hennessy is Independent in politics and a member of the Catholic Church. Was Justice of the Peace and Assessor many years, declining renomination, and was United States Enrolling Officer in war times.

ROBERT IRVING, teacher; P. 0. Clyman; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1840 ; his parents, Thomas and Mary Irving, emigrated to Wisconsin in 1847, and settled near Clyman, Dodge Co. ; that section was then comparatively new, and Robert's youth was spent amidst the hardships of pioneer life; both his parents died in 1873: he was educated at Wayland University, Beaver Dam, and evinced at an early age a decided aptness for instructing pupils and managing schools ; he has, at present writing, taught school for a period of over nineteen years, and his influence in leading young people to the higher duties and labors of life has been very marked and salutary ; he is in full sympathy with all movements which indicate progress, and he inspires in those under his influence a deep enthusiasm in any work that improves the mind ; his profound interest in educational problems and methods of work will doubtless enlist his chief attention in future years as it has for over seventeen years of the past. He has never been ambitious for office, but he has been frequently selected to fill positions of trust in Clyman. He owns 120 acres of land on Sections 8 and 9 in Emmet Township.

JOHIV M. JONES, flirmer, Sec. 17; P. 0. Oak Grove; born in North Wales Dec. 21, 1821 ; came to America in 1832 with his parents; lived in Oneida Co., N. Y., until 1846, then spent three years in Plymouth Co., Mass. Returning to Oneida Co., he lived there until 1853, then settled in Clyman ; worked six years as a laborer, then bought his farm of eighty acres. His wife died Jan. 26, 1879, leaving him one daughter, Ella. Mrs. Jones was a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., and came to Wisconsin in 1849, as the wife of David Naracong, who was killed in the Union service in 1864, and left three children - Elizabeth (deceased ), Mary F. and Charles W. Mr. Jones supports men and principles in politics, and belongs to Oak tirove Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F.

HENRY LINDEllIER, fiirnier, Sees. 11 and 2; P. O. Juneau; born in Saxe- Weimar May 10, 1838; received his early education in his native land; in 1853, he came with his parents to America, and settled in Clyman, where he attended distriot school a few months, his father dying soon after. In April, 185.S, he married Miss Emily Wilke, who was born in Saxony Aug. 4, 184U, and who came with her parents to America and to Clyman in 1848. The young couple settled on their present farm of 100 acres in 1859; Mr. Lindemer bought this in a state of nature the day after the wedding, and at once b'jsran clearing and improving; built a log house, and lived pioneer fashion, the vicinity being then called "The Wild Eighties." As a result of twenty years of labor and good management, Mr. Lindemer has this well improved, a large basement-barn and modern farmhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Lindemsr have eight children - Jane, Charles, Emma, Albert, Lydia, Amelia, Augusta P. and M. Ilosa. Mr. Lindemer is a stanch Republican; has been Justice of the Peace and Supervisor; is now Assessor, and was the Republican candidate for Assemblyman in his district in 1879, which usually gives a Democratic majority of 1,500. The family are members of the Evangelical Association, of which Mr. Lindemer is a Trustee and exhortcr.

JERE:VIIAH ma honey, farmer, Sec. 4; P. 0. Oak Grove; born in County Cork, Ireland, Nov. 25, 1833; is the oldest son of Timothy Mahoney, who came to America in 1842, his family coming in 1846, and locating in Chioopee, Mass.; here he worked as a gardener, removing to Clyman, Dodge Co., in the fall of 1854, with a wife and five children; bought wild land on Sees. 4 and 5; built a small house and began the pioneer work of clearing, breaking and fencing. His oldest son, the subject of this sketch, was partly educated in Ireland, afterward attending the High School at Chieopee. He married Miss Catherine E., daughter of Timothy and Margaret Driscoll, of Clyman, July 23, 1859; they have five children - -Timothy, David, Anthony, Jeremiah, Anthony and Mary E. Mr. xMahoney sjttled on 80 acres of his present farm of 138 in 1859; of this, only 30 were improved, on which was a poor frame; he has reclaimed the entire farm, erected a good house and made other substantial improvements. Mr. Mahont^y is a stanch Democrat; has been Supervisor three years, Town Clerk four years and Chairman two vears. Himself and family belong to the Holy Assumption Catholic Church.

RUDOLPH MENGEL, farmer, Sees. 16 and 17 ; P. 0. Clyman ; born in Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis., Nov. 17, 1848; son of John and Elizabeth Mengel, who settled in Clyman in May, 1843, thus being among the very first to locate there ; Mr. M. built a small shanty, which burned in February, 1845, with most of his household goods - a hard blow, as he began with almost nothing; his wife died in 1850, leaving two children - Elizabeth and Rudolph. In 1851, he married Miss Margaret Schaller, who came from Connecticut to Clyman in 1849 ; two daughters were born to them - Paulina and Katie L. ; Mr. Mengel died Oct. 21, 1871, leaving a well-improved farm of 158 acres and a large farmhouse, which replaced the log house of early days in 18G1 ; his only son, Rudolph, has spent his life and been educated in Dodge Co. Married Miss Julia Creydt, of Lebanon, April 20, 1875; they have one daughter, Clara. Mr. Mengel is Independent in politics, and has been Supervisor and Treasurer ; has full-blooded and grade Cot,swold sheep Cloud horses and other stock.

PETER NEIS, farmer, Sees. 20 and 29 ; P. 0. Clyman; born in Rhenish Prussia Nov. 30, 1833; came to Amsrica with his parents in 1846; they spent the first winter in Watertown, locating the next spring on Government land in the Clyman openings, whore they did pioneer work in clearing and improving; Peter Neis worked many years as a laborer and thrasher to get a start. Married Miss Mary Wenker Nov. 7, 1855, who was born in Alsace, and came to Ainerica and Dodge Co. in 1854 ; they have eight children - Frank, Peter, Mary, Ellen, August, Philomena, Willis and Longanus ; Mary is the wife of John Oatmao, of Milwaukee. Mr. Neis settled on his farm of 251 acres in 1865 ; began with 140 acres pirtly cleared, with poor buildings, and now has the farm well improved and a large brick house, built in 1876. Mr. Neis is Independent in politics, and, with his family, a member of the St. Isadore Catholic Church.

EI>W.4.RI> O'KEEPE, merchant and saloon-keeper, Clyman Station; born in Northampton, Mass., Aug. 11, 1844; in 1846, his parents removed to Clyman, and settled on Government land ; this was at the time a wilderness ; he attended district school, and grew to manhood on the old homestead. Enlisting in November, 1863, in the 34th W. V. I., he did guard duty in Kentucky, afterward joining Sherman at Atlanta ; he drove mule teams through Georgia and the Carolinas, serving till the close of the war. Nov. 17, 1874, he married Miss Margaret Connolly, of Springfield. Mass.; they have two children - T. Gilbert and Hannah. In the fall of 1875, Mr. O'Kcefe settled on his farm of sixty acres on Sec. 28; built his store and began business in Clyman in 1879 ; intends to keep a general stock of goods for country trade. Mr. O'Keefe is a Democrat, and has been Town Clerk twice ; is a member, with his family, of the Holy Assumption Church.

AL.EX.4.\I>ER R.4MSAY, farmer, Sec. 33; P. 0. Clyman; born in Forfarshire, Scotlaod, Jan. 9, 1813; spent his early life and was educated in his native country, where he worked as a flax-dresser; came to America with a wife and three children in 1842, first locating and taking his first farming lessons in Rensselaer Co., N. Y. ; removed in 1843 to Andover, Mass., where he worked at his trade until May, 1845, when he settled in Clyman, on forty acres of his present farm of 320 acres, part of which is in the town of Emmet ; he began pioneer life by building a log house in the openings. Mr. R. describes the rush to Dodge Co. at this time to be wonderful, boats and hotels being crowded. Mr. Ramsay mirried Miss Ann Mair, of Forfarshire, June 13, 1833; they hivc six children living - Alexander A., David L., Annie, Margaret, Isaac and Samuel, having lost two sons, William and James, in Scotland, Agnes and Allen dying in Clyman ; John N. Ramsay enlisted Au<:. 14, 1862, in the Sigel Guards, which went South as Co. E of the 20th W. V. I. ; he was pierced by three rebel balls, and fell dead at the battle of Prairie Grove, Deo. 7, 1862; the two eldest are married and settled as Fond du Lac Co., farmers; Annie, born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., now lives in Nelson Co., Ky. ; the three youngeit, born in Clyman, are on the homestead. The Ramsays are Republicans, and members of the Methodist Church. As farmers and stock-men they have 150 grade Cotswold and Leicester sheep, grade short-horn cattle, Norman and Clyde horses, Poland and Berkshire hogs ; Mr. R. also has five shares in the Union cheese factory, built in 1879.

MARTIIV SCHUMACHER, farmer. Sees. 1 and 2; P. 0. Juneau; born in Prussia Jan. 13, 1837; spent his early life and was educated in his native land; came to America and to Juneau in 1856 ; attended district school two wintei's, and worked as a laborer until 1861, when he enlisted in Co. E, 10th W. V. I.; was wounded at Perry ville ; was in the battle of Murfreesboro, and was badly wounded at Chickamauga ; was captured and paroled for one year; then rejoining his regiment, he fought with Sherman to Atlanta, and helped drive Hood over the Tennes.see River ; the regiment having served its three-years term, returned to Wisconsin, Mr. S. re-enlisting in the 2d U. S. Regulars ; served one year in Hancock's Veteran Armv Corps, then returned and settled on his farm of 120 acres; he began with eighty acres, only fifteen of which were cleared, on which was a log house ; his farm is now cleared, and he has a large brick house and good barns. Married Miss Mary Deutsohman in 1867 ; they have five children - -Otto, Emma, Minnie, Ella and Selma. Mr. Schumacher is a Republican, and a member, with his family, of the Evangelical Association.

JAMES T. WAIjSH, Station Agent and Postmaster, Clyman ; born in Springfield, Mass., May 9, 1846 ; received his early education in Springfield, removing with his parents to Clyman in 1856 ; attended Wayland University, Beaver Dam, one term ; taught school three terms ; worked one year as assistant in the Clyman depot, and was appointed Agent and Postmaster Nov. 1, 1868. He married Mrs. Ann McGibbon in May, 1872, who married Mr. McGibbon in Providence, R. I., he dying about 1865 and leaving three children. Mr. W. owns 115 acres on Sees. 21 and 28, town of Clyman. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh have two children - Margaret L. and Ann. Mr. W. is a Democrat, and has been Town Clerk ; is a member, with his family, of the Holy Assumption Church.

REV. FATHER M, J. WARD, Pastor of the Holy Assumption Church (Catholic) of Clyman ; born in the town of Edeu, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., Jan. 7, 1847 ; attended district schools during his boyhood, and in 1863, entered St. Mary's of the Lake, Chicago, remaining eight months, then entered the St. Francis Theological Seminary, of Milwaukee, where he studied seven years and four months; was ordained Dec. 22, 1872. and was an assistant Pastor in a Madison church three months; took charge of his present congregation in May, 1873 ; Father Ward is also Pastor of the missions of St. Isadore in Clyman, and St. Mary's, of Juneau ; the latter was built in 1874, by Father Ward ; the Holy Assumption Church was built by Father Joseph Smith in 1861 ; a mission was established here many years previously, and attended by priests from St. Barnard's, Watertown ; the congregation numbers sixtyfive families, largely Irish ; St. Isadore's Mi-ssion was established, and a church built about 1841) ; the founders were S. Wenker, M. Kiefer, J. Metzger, J. Neis and others; Mr. Wenker donating the land ; this chureh was resided, re-roofed and painted in 1878 ; eighteen German families comprise the congregation.

WILLIAM WATERHOUSE (deceasedj ; came from Yorkshire, England, in 1843, with a wife and five children ; lived eight months in Connecticut, over two years in Northampton, Mass., and in 1846, settled on eighty acres on Sec. 21, town of Clyman; not having a dollar, the family fared hard, and worked hard, getting paid in stock and produce, used to live for weeks on potatoes alone, and were glad to get middlings to sustain life, sometimes grinding wheat in a coffee-mill ; money, roads and bridges were scarce. Mr. W. died in March, 1836 ; his sons, Joseph and David, sharing the farm ; Joseph, born in Yorkshire Nov. 1, 1830, owns 120 acres, on which he has made all improvements; his mother is still with him at the age of 84 ; David, born in Yorkshire Aug. 10, 1836, now owns the homestead ; he was a jnember of the 24th W. V. I., and was in the battles of Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Jonesville and Franklin ; servinp; out his time, he was dischar;»od Dec. 7, 18(54. Married Miss Sarah Sutton, of Ciyrnan, Dec. 18, 18(58; they have one dauijhter - Ida E. The brothers are stanch Republicans.

JOH^ C. WEATHERBY, farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Clyman ; born in County Durham, England, Feb. 18, 1818; received an academic education, taught two years, and left a position as teacher of mathematics on coming to America in 1842. Locating in Utica, N. Y., he married Miss Ann Jarman, June '^, 1842 ; the young couple settled on forty acres of Government land in Waukesha Co., Wis. ; July, 1842, Mr. Wcatherby began the study of law with ex-Gov. Randall, in Waukesha, and was intimate with the prominent men of the county in that day ; having owned two farms in that county, he bought his present farm of 1(50 acres of Uncle Sam in 1845 ; made his own road to this farm, the family spending the first night in a rude pole shed covered with marsh grass ; building a log house, he began pioneer life, and now has an improved farm and good home ; Mr. W. has taught more than twenty terms of school in the county, holding the office of Town Superintendent many years ; has been Justice of the Peace about thirty years ; Supervisor and Chairman of Clyman, and was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1867 ; was admitted to the bar in November, 1872, and has since practiced in the County and Circuit Courts. Is Independent in politics, and in accord with the Wesleyan Church. Mr. and Mrs. Wcatherby have eleven children - J. G., M. P., W. E., R. R., Elizabeth, Mary, Ella, T. D., Margaret, Charles and Albert.

JOHN WEAKER, former, See. 30; P. 0. Clyman; born in Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1844 ; son of S. Wenker, one of the first pioneers of Clyman. The farm contains ninety-six acres, on which is a timber-lot of value, held at $65 per acre. Mr. W. is a well-known farmer and thrasher, and has been Assessor and Supervisor. Independent in politics, and a Roman Catholic, with his family. Married Miss Angelina Bergermier ; they have four children - Hugo, John, Celia and Angelina. Mr. W. owns a steam thresher, and has done a good business during the past fourteen years ; he has all the stock and tools belonging to a well-improved farm.