Fontana-on-Geneva Lake Village (part 2 of 2)

ETHAN L. GILBERT, of the firm of Gilbert & Barber, proprietors of Lake Geneva Mills, Geneva. He was born in the town of Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1818. His father was Andrew Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert removed, with bis father's family, to Nunda, Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1832. He was apprenticed to the trade of a miller, with Mr. R. J. Baity, in the town of Nunda. Mr. Gilbert first came to Walworth in 1851, where his father had settled several years previous to the time. He cleared up a timber farm in that town, where he was engaged in farming until he came to Geneva, in 1862; his wife was Miss Betsy C. Curtis,- born in Madison Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have one daughter, Ida E.

CHARLES T. GRIFFIN, farmer and carpenter, Sec. 14; P.O. Springfield; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1822, and removed with his parents to Genesee Co. when a child. His father, Charles GrifEu, resided in Genesee Co. till his death. Mr. Griflnn came to Walworth Co. September, 1843, and settled in the old village of Lyons, and engaged in work at the business of carpentry. He lived in Lyons seven years, and then returned to Genesee Co., where he remained thirteen years, when he returned to the town of Lyons and settled on Sec. 8. He came to the town of Geneva in 1868, and purchased his present farm of Ethan Farnam. Mrs. Grifiin was Clara Traver, daughter of Wm. B. Traver. She died in 1875. Mr. GriiBn's farm contains 120 acres.

DANIEL GROSS, Geneva; was born in Chautauque Co., N. Y., but his parents moved to Warren. Co., Penn., when he was an infant, and where he lived until 25 years of age. He came to the town of Geneva in 1854, and has been a resident of this town since that time. He settled in the village in April, 1856. He was a soldier in the war of rebellion; he enlisted in the spring of 1864 in the 9tli

111. V. C, and served until the close of the war. He is a mason by trade, and has been connected with the construction of mo.st of the principal buildings in this vicinity. He had charge of the mason work in the buildings of VVm. R. Davis, Walkers Block, George Sturges' dwelling houses, the Metropolitan Block ; has done much of the work of N. K. Fairbank, etc. He has been engaged in the ice business for the last seven years. Plis wife was Mary Ann Flack, whose father was an early settler of the town of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Gross have one daughter - Mrs. Mary E. Brooks.

L. D. HALE, retired merchant, Geneva, Wis.; was born in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1818. His parents were Samuel and Sally Abell Hale; his father was a native of Massachusetts; his mother of Connecticut ; he was brought up in Yates and Steuben Cos., N. Y., to the business of merchandising ; came to Geneva, Wis., Oct. 6, 1843, and was engaged in the mercantile business until about 1865 ; since that time has not been in any active business; he owns a farm in McHenry Co., 111., and a residence in Geneva. Wis.; has been married twice ; his first wife was Rebecca Ellis, who was born in Yates Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1823, and died in Geneva, Wis.. Nov. 21, 184G ; had three sons by first wife, all residents of Kansas. His present wife was Jans E. Allen, born in Oneida Co., N. Y., June 29, 1831, by whom he has four daughters ; also a son who died in infancy ; the eldest daughter, Emma J., is the wife of W. H. Downer ; Mary A. married C Fred. Keyes, who was killed while in the employ of C, B. & Q. R.; she is now wife of B. B. Scott ; Nellie M., wife of Josia'.i Barfield, and Genevieve E., aged 13.

W. H. HAMMERSLEY, druggist, Geneva; he is numbered with the older business men of Geneva; he engaged in business herein 1865, succeeding George W. Ferris in the drug bu.'ine.ss, in which he has since been engaged. He was born in England in 1832, and emigrated to New York with his father in 1844 ; except one year's residence in Michigan, he resided in New York until 1863, when he came to Walworth Co., settled in the village in 1864, and engaged in business the following year he was elected Town Clerk in 1872, and served two years ; in 1875, elected Town Supervisor, serving as such till 1879, when he was chosen Chairman of Town Board, wliich office he still holds. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Smith, daughter of H. Smith. They have three children - Grace, wife of Clarence D. Gilbert ; Charles H. and William H.

JARBD HAND, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. O. Elkhorn. He was born in the town of New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1809 ; he removed to Greene Co., where he was married to Mary Jane Raymond, born in Athens, Greene Co., N. Y. They came to Walworth Co. in 1845 ; Mr. H. purchased the same year his present farm of Simeon Standish, where he has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. H. have four children - Temperance, now Mrs. J. M. Fish; Raymond J., Helen M., and Milton Jay; the oldest was born in the State of New York and the others in the town of Geneva. Mr. Hand's ftirm contains 100

EDMOND S. HARVEY, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Elkhorn; born in the town of Wellington, Tolland Co., Conn.; his parents died when he was a child; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1840, and purchased of the Government his present farm, where he has since lived. Mrs. H. was formerly Electa A. Pierce, daughter of Jonathan and Electa Pierce ; she was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; she came to Kenosha Co. with her parents, in June, 1836 ; her parents lived in Kenosha Co. till their death ; they had thirteen children ; Mr. and Mrs. H. have had five children, three of whom are living - p]lla, Allie T. and Carrie ; two daughters died in childhood. Mr. H. had two children by a former marriage - Mary Jane Dunbar and a son, Charles J., who was killed by falling down a mining shaft in Nevada. Mr. H. made a trip to California in 1852, and returned in 1859; Mrs. H.'s father came to what is now Kenosha Co. in 1835, made a location and brought on his family the following year.

JOHN II ASKINS, proprietor of John Haskins .^Ianufacturing Company, Geneva. He was born in' the town of Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., in 1811, where he was brought up ; he removed to Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1837, where he lived fiv£ years. In the spring of 1842, he, with his brother, James Haskins, came to Geneva and together purchased this water-power ; his brother remained here until 1876, when he removed to St. Charles, 111.; they began improving the water-power immediately after purchasing it ; they built a saw-mill in the summer of 1843, which they began operating about the 1st of January ; the mill is still standing, and was operated until 1875. The brothers also built a linseed oil factory whicli they operated several years. Mr. J. Haskins is sole proprietor; an account of present business will be found elsewhere. He lost his wife October, 1876 ; he has two children - Mary 0. and Herbert E.; lost two children.

JAMES EDMUND HEG was born Sept. 22, 1852, in the town of Norway, Racine Co., Wis. His father, Hans C. Heg, immigrated from Norway, Europe, at an early day, being one of the first settlers of Racine County. In 1849, he went to California, where he remained two years, when he returned to Wisconsin, locating on the old homestead. In 1859, he was elected State's Prison Commissioner, and he was re-elected in 18G1, but resigned to accept the position of Colonel of the 15fh W. V. I., which is noted as being the only Scandinavian regiment in the war. He was promoted General by brevet, and was in charge of a brigade at Chickamaugn, under Thomas, where he was killed Sept. 19, 18C)3. His body was recovered, and buried in the family grounds on the homestead. James E. Heg was graduated at Beloit in 1874, and is now the editor and proprietor of the Lake Geneva Herald and the Lake Geneva Cisco. He has done much to advance the interests of Geneva as a resort, being very confident of its future. He was appointed, by Secretary of State, Warner, to compile the Wisconsin Blue Book for 1881, and again appointed for the same work in 1882, the latter book being the most perfect of its kind ever issued by the State.

JASON A. HERRICK, farmer. Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Geneva ; son of Jacob Herrick, who was born in Chenango Co., N. Y.. in 1790, and afterward removed to Yates Co.; married Roxy Bradley, born in Chenango Co., in 1797 ; the latter died in (he State of New York. Mr. Herrick, Sr., came to Walworth Co. in 1841 ; he afterward married Mrs. Sarah (Corwin) Rouse; he died in 1859. The parents of Mr. Herrick had eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, four sons and five daughters; two sons and and four daughters are still living. Jason A. Herrick was born in Yates Co., in 1826 ; married Evaline Stevens; they have three children - Eda, Ernest and Eugene. Mr. Herrick resides on the homestead where his father settled in 1841 ; a part of which the latter bought of the Government.

S. B. HOWE, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Elkhorn ; he was born in Livingston Co., N. Y'.; removed to Perry, Wyoming Co., where he lived until his ISth year; he came to Delavan, Walworth Co., on Nov. 16, 1843 ; he was a resident of the town of Delavan till about 1855, when he purchased his present farm of John Hutton ; the farm was first entered and first owned by Stephen Barnes; he has 125 acres. The parents, J. C. Howe and Phebe, came to Walworth Co. in 1844, and settled on a farm in the town of Delavan, where they resided until their death. The parents of Mr. Howe had six children, five of whom are living ; Samuel B. is the only member of his father's family living in Walworth Co. He was married to Eveline Spencer, a daughter of Hiram Spencer. They have two children - Alice and William.

REV. RICHARD KERFOOT, pastor of the Church of the Holy Communion (Episcopal), Geneva. Mr. Kerfoot was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1838; graduated at St. James' College, near Hagerstown, Md., where he also received his theological education ; he was engaged as tutor in the college for several years after his graduation; he was ordained in 1860. In 1861, he was appointed Chaplain of the 3d N. Y. V. I., stationed at Fort McHenry, and Fortress Monroe ; after the war, he was pastor of a church in Cincinnati about five years, and went thence to Evansville, Ind.. for about the same length of time; he has been pastor in Geneva since 1876. Mrs. Kerfoot is a native of Indiana. They have two daughters, born at Evansville. A history of the church and a sketch of the beautiful church edifice, over which Mr. Kerfoot presides, will be found elsewhere in this history.

DANIEL LOCKE, gunsmith, Geneva ; he was born in Cheshire Co., N. H., September, 1820 ; his parents were James and Lydia Locke, with whom he moved to Tioga Co., Penn.; his father died in 1875; his mother still lives in Tioga Co., in her 89th year. The parents of Mr. Locke had twelve children, six sous and six daughters, two sons and five daughters are still living, all of whom are residents of Pennsylvania, except Daniel. Mr. Locke learned the trade of gunsmith of his father; he came to Geneva June 11, 1843 ; he has worked at gunsmithing since he first came here, and is the only one that has pursued that occupation in Geneva. He was married in Otsego Co., N. Y., to Clarissa Wright, a native of that county ; she died in the town of Lyons in this county, where Mr. Locke lived for three years. His present wife was Miss Elizabeth Booth, born in Yorkshire, England ; her parents emigrated to the State of Rhode Island when she was a child. Mr. Locke had six children by his first wife, three of whom are living ; Mrs. Julia M. Brady resides in San Francisco; Clara W. and Florence J. Eva L. died at home, Oct. 11, 1881, in her 16th year. Mr. Locke lost two sons, both of whom died quite young.

A. E. LYTLE, dealer in patent rights, and associated with George P. Conant, inventor, firm Lytle & Conant, Geneva; Mr. Lytle was born in St. Lawrence Co , N. Y., in 1842 ; he enlisted October, 1861, in the 60th N. Y. V. I., and served till June, 1865 ; came to Elkhorn the following July, and to Geneva in 1868 ; he was in the employment of N. K. Fairbanks for some time, in the fish business, and has more recently been connected with the patent rights business ; he also has charge of Ford's Opera Hall.

JOHN A. MACDONALD, homoeopathic physician and surgeon, Geneva. Dr. Maodonald was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1836 ; he graduated at the Medical College at Edinburgh, and came to the United States in 1862. His father died when he was about 10 years of age ; his mother, with her family, came to this country at the time her son came, and is now living in Canada. Soon after his arrival in this country, the Doctor entered the Medical Department of the University of Michigan ; on the completion of his course at that institution, he entered the army as Assistant Surgeon ; in this capacity he served for a time, and was then appointed Paymaster in the service, and was stationed at San Antonio, Tex. In 1868, he located as physician at Douglass Corners, Walworth Co., where he was engaged in practice about seven years. Dr. J. S. Maxon was a student of Dr. Macdonald's while at that place. In 1876, he went to Cleveland, and took a course in the Homoeopathic College of that city ; he also practiced two and a half years in the Huron Street Hospital College of Cleveland. Ttie return of a disease contracted while in the army, induced him to return to Walworth Co., and locate in the healthful village of Geneva. The Doctor is a thoroughly educated physician, and is having an excellent practice. His wife was Miss Ella Macdonald, also of Scotch descent, but a native of this country.

H. S. MANNING, fanner, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Springfield ; son of Charles W. Manning, who was born in Connecticut July 26, 1796 ; he removed to Clieiiango Co., N. Y., with his parents; he married Abiah Sutton, and came to Wisconsin with his family, except his two oldest children, who moved to the State of Massachusetts, in June, 1847, and settled on the farm wliere his son now resides, and whtre he lived until his death, which occurred Jan. 31, 1878 ; his wife now lives with a daughter in Massachusetts. The parents of Mr. Manning had eight children, six sons and two daughters; two sons and one daught r are living. The brother of Mr. Manning /John H.), resided in Massachusetts, also his sister Mrs. Emma Manning, wife of A. K. Abbott. Three brothers of Mr. Manning were in the Union Army in the rebellion, viz. : Charles B. was a member of the 8th W. V, I., and died at Sulphur Springs, Mo., during the war; Frank belonged to the 10th W. V. I., and was killed at tbe battle of Perry ville, Ky. ; another brother was connected with an Arkansas regiment; he died at his home at Lake Mills of diseases contracted in the army; another son died at home, December, 1849, also a daughter in the same month and year. H. S. Manning was born in the State of New York, July, 1839 ; he now owns the homestead ; he \yas married to Harriet, daughter of Joseph G. Palmer. They have two children - Emma and Willa. The homestead contains 285 acres.

AUSTIN MOODY, contractor and builder, Geneva. Mr. Moody was born in South Hadley, Mass-i in 1837; he first came to Geneva in 1857. In the following year he engaged in the drug business, the firm being Moody & Smith. After about one years' partnership, Mr. Moody purchased the interest of his partner, and conducted the business alone until October, 1861, when he sold out to Mr. George Ferris ; he then returned to Massachusetts, and began the business of contracting and building with his father-in-law. In 1864, he enlisted in the 61st Mass. V. I., and served until the close of the war in the capacity of Hospital Steward. After the close of the war, he went to Indianapolis, Ind., and engaged in the business of life insurance; he returned to Geneva in 1867. Since his return, he has been engaged in contracting and building. Of the many beautiful and costly dwellings at Geneva, and along the shores of Geneva Lake, Mr. Moody has had the contract for, and superintended the construction of the greater part, including the buildings of J. S. Rumsey, George Dunlap, N. K. Fairbanks, Edmund Burke, etc. ; he also built the Episcopal Church of Geneva, a beautiful edifice, built of round or cobble stone, a Gothic structure of rare beauty and design. Mrs. Moody was formerly Miss Ellen C. Sherman, a native of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Moody have three children - Irene M., Jennie S. and Henry Spencer.

GURDON MONTAGUE, Geneva; Mr. Montague is a native of Weathersfield, Conn., where he was born in 1819 ; he removed when 11 years of age to the town of Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y. ; he began to learn the trade of millwright when 16 years of age, which has been his principal business through life ; he came to Milwaukee in 1845, landing in this city on June 30 of that year ; he came to Walworth Co. in the fall of that year ; he soon after, with his brother Richard, built a saw-mill at the head of Geneva Lake, where the saw and feed mill of C. L. Douglass now stands ; he also built a saw-mill in the town of Richmond for Isaac Ferris; he came to Geneva in the fall of 1846, and has resided here since, except a year's residence in Delavan ; he built the grist-mill of R. W. Warren, and has done much of the millwrighting in this and surrounding counties. Mrs. Montague was formerly Miss Maria Post, who came to Wisconsin from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1847. They have two daughters - Eva M., wife of 0. B. Myers, of Cafion City, Colo., and Louisa 0., wife of S. M. Butler, of Englewood, 111.

JAMES B. NETHERCUT, book-keeper for John Haskins Manufacturing Company ; he was born in Geneva in 1856. His father is George S. Netherout, one of the earliest settlers of Geneva. He received a commercial education at the Spencerian Commerial College, Milwaukee ; he has occupied his present position since 1878.

CHARLES A. NO YES, Postmaster, Geneva; soa of Charles A. Noyes, Sr.,who was born in Western New York, Sept. 12, 1812 ; when about 18 years of age, Mr. Noyes, Sr., went to Buffalo, and engaged in clerking for Pratt, Taylor & Co., shipping merchants of that city. He went to Chicago early in the spring of 1836 ; then to Milwaukee, where he met and formed the acquaintance of Mr. Juno, the pioneer settler of that city. He had been in Milwaukee but a short time, when hearing of Geneva Lake, and the advantages offered by the water privilege here, he resolved to come hither, which he did the same spring. Mr. Noyes became identified with the very earliest history of Geneva, an account of which will be found elsewhere. In 1837, he went to Richmond, 111., and made a claim which included the water privilege of that town. He remained there about one year, when he sold his claim ; he then removed to Hebron, where he lived one year. Was also connected with the early settlement of Salem, Genoa and other points. He crossed the plains to California, in 1850 ; returned, via the Isthmus, in 1853, and located at Genoa, where he purchased an interest in the mills of that place. He went to Minnesota in 1857, and returned to the Pacific Coast in 1858 ; came back in 1872. He died Nov. 26, 1881. His wife died at Genoa in 1856. The parents of Mr. Noyes, Jr., had five children, three of whom are living, viz., Mary E. Rowe , Charles A. and Martha I. Fuller. Charles C. was born in Randall, Kenosha Co., in 1841 ; he enlisted at Genoa, in 1861, in the 8lh W. V. I., Co. K. He participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, up to the advance on Corinth, Miss., where he was severely wounded in the knee, which incapacitated him for further service ; he has been a great sufferer from the effect of this wound, and only an iron constitution and a determined will have been sufficient to support him. Mr. Noyes has much improved during the past few years. After he had sufficiently recovered from his wound he was appointed Postmaster at Genoa , a position he held for several years, and also held some local offices in that village. He was afterward elected Register of Deeds, serving from 1869 till 1875, a period of six years; ho afterward located on a fiirm for a time. In 1877, he accepted an apuointment to a clerkship at Washington ; but resigned his clerkship to accept the offico of Postmaster at Geneva in 1878. Mr. Noyes married Jennie Lind Umphrey, a daughter of B. B. Umphrey ; Mrs. Noyes died Jan. 19, 1882. Jlr. Noyes has one daughter - Gertie.

CY'RIL L. O.YTMAN, Geneva ; he was born in Rutland Co., Vt.,in 1815, where he lived until 20 years of age. In the fall of 1835, he went to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Illinois. In the spring of 18,37, he purchased a farm in Putnam, near Henry Co., on the Illinois River; in that State he was variously engaged till the fall of 1838, when he came to Walworth Co. In the following February he invested in real estate, purchasing several hundred acres of land from the Government. He returned to Vermont in 1839, but his home has been in Walworth Co. since 1838. He engaged in the mercantile business in 1843; sold goods in East Troy for five or six years ; he has been Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years, and was Under Sheriff for a number of years. He is a Democrat in politics, and a single man.

CHARLES PALMERTIER, lumber dealer ; is one of the prominent business men of Geneva, and is the present State Senator from this district. He was born in Greene Co., N. Y., in 1834 ; his parents, Lawrence and Mary Palmetier, were natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; the family came to Walworth Co. in 1847, and settled in the town of Bloomfield on a farm originally settled by George Edwards, and known as the Edwards farm. The parents of Mr. Palmertire moved to Lake Co., III., in 1864, and thence to Winthrop, Iowa, where they now reside. Mr. Palmertire served during the war of the rebellion, in the 8th Wisconsin, the famous Ka^le Regiment. He enlisted as a private in 1861 ; was promoted to 4th Sergeant of Co. K; was promoted to Second Lieutenant, Oct. 10, 1862, and First Lieutenant, May 5, 1865. He was at the front for the first three years of his service, participating in all the campaigns and battles in which the famous 8th was engaged. His war record is one of which he may justly be proud ; during the last year of the war, he was on detached duty ; he was a part of this time in command of Camp Utley, at Racine, and was for a time Acting Quartermaster, at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee. After the war, he settled at Geneva Lake, and engaged in the business of carpentering with S. C. Sanford ; was for a time in the furniture business, and afterward for a time engaged in the mercantile trade ; in July, 1871, he engaged in the lumber business as successor to Gilbert & Barber. Politically, Mr. Palmertire has been identified with the Republican party since its organization ; and he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, that nominated James A. Garfield for the Presidency ; and was elected to the State Senate in 1881.

EDWARD PENTLAND, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Elkhorn. Mr. Pentland is a native of the "Emerald Isle." He was born in County Down, near Belfast, Sept. 20, 1818, where he lived till the Spring of 1843, when, with his father's family, he emigrated to the United States; they arrived in the town of Geneva in July of that year ; his father settled near where his son now lives, and died in 1845 ; his wife died in 1849. The parents of Mr. Pentland had four children ; three sons and one daughter ; Edward is the only one living in Walworth Co. For several years after comino; to Walworth Co., Mr. Edward Pentland was engaged in various pursuits. He worked for some time in the lead mines at Galena; he was also, for several years, engaged in lumbering on the Wisconsin and Chippewa Rivers ; he also made two trips, overland, to California ; the first time in 1849, returning in 1852 ; he again made the trip in 1853, and was absent about two years. He was married in 1852, after his first return from California, to Mary S. Brewster, daughter of Deodat and Lois Brewster (see sketch of Laura Palmer Brewster). They have three children - Franklin, who lives in Nevada; Henry, in Kansas, and Charles at home. The parents of Mrs. Brewster came to Geneva, in 1838 ; she was among the earliest teachers of Walworth Co.; she taught the first school taught by a female in the village of Geneva. Mr. Pentland has seen much of the world, and has improved his opportunities for obtaining information, and is numbered among the most intelligentcitizena of the town in which he lives. In religion, he is a Protestant, and in politics, a Republican.

CYRUS K. PHELPS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Springfield ; he is one of the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Walworth Co. ; he resides in the northeast part of Geneva, on Sec. 1, where he has a fine location, a beautiful farm of 200 acres. He was born in the town of Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1818, but was brought up in the town of Alexander, in that county. His parents were Daniel and Betsy King Phelps ; his father died, April 20, 1868; his mother died Jan. 3, 1864. They came to the town of Geneva in 1842, and settled on Sec. 1 ; they died on the homestead of their son, Cyrus K. The parents of Mr. Phelps had five children, of whom Cyrus K. was the only son ; the daughters are Parmelia, wife of Samuel P. Jenks ; Sally, wife of Eli Webber ; Lavina, wife of George Wickwire, and Adelia, wife of David Williams. Mr. Phelps is the youngest but one, of his father's family ; he came to Geneva in the spring of 1840, and entered his present farm ; he was married to Adeline Williams, born in the town of Darien, Genesee Co. She died in the fall of 1879. Mr. Phelps has four children, three sons and one daughter, all of whom were born on the homestead ; Asa W., Jennie J., Jerome D. and Arthur H. Mr. Phelps makes a specialty of merino sheep ; he has a flock of 300, as fine as are to be found in the county, he also has several fine specimens of the Durham breed of cattle.

ERASMUS D. PHILLIPS, retired, Geneva; born in the town of Savoy, Berkshire Co., Mass., May 31, 1809; when 3 years of age, his father moved to Adams, where he was brought up ; married Catharine Browning of the same county. Mr. Phillips was a student of Williams College during the freshman years ; he studied law in the ofEce of George N. Briggs, Esq., of Berkshire Co. ; afterward removed to Bufl''alo, N. Y., and was for a time a law student in the office of Erastus Root in that city; became to Milwaukee in the spring of 183G, and was soon after admitted to the bar ; while in Milwaukee he engaged in speculating, buying and selling of laud claims ; in 1856, he came to Geneva and purchased 21 acres of land within the corporation of the village, on which he has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have two children - Darwin E., born near Milwaukee in 1850 ; he is now engaged in manufacturing at Blue Rapids, Kan. ; and Alice (}., wife of S. C. Ford. Mr. Phillips was one of the Board of Supervisors of the town of Oak Creek, near Milwaukee, and was Postmaster there twenty-one years, beginning with the administration of President Van Buren.

THOMAS H. PRICE, florist, Geneva. Mr. Price was born in Wales in 1835 ; he came to the United Slates in 1857 ; resided in Cleveland, Ohio, one year, where he was engaged in the business of a florist ; he then went to Rock Island, 111., where he was in the employment of Gen. N. B. Buford for about two years. On the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted at Omaha for three years in the 1st Neb. V. I ; at the battle of Fort Donelson he was severely wounded in the forehead ; he also participated in the battle of Shiloh, and was severely wounded in the right leg at the battle of Girardeau. After several months' confinement in the hospital, he went before a Military Examining Board and passed a successful examination; was made a First Lieutenant and transferred to the 4th Neb. U. S. C. T.; his regiment was placed in Gen. Butler's command and participated in many important engagements ; he took part in the capture of Fort Fisher, where for gallant and effective service he was made Captain; after the close of the war, he was assigned to duty in the defense north of the Potomac, and was placed in command of Fort Lincoln; he left the service in May, 1866. Mr. Price was a gallant and meritorious soldier, and s^'rved faithfully and well his adopted country in her time of peril. Since the war he has been a great sufi'ererfrom his wounded leg, and has been obliged to submit to a painful operation, which has partially restored the use of his limb. After the close of the war, Mr. Price returned to Wales, and was married to Miss Jane Evans ; he is a fine florist and has devoted the greater part of his life to the culture of plants and flowers. His green house gives evidence of his taste and skill in that direction.

GEORGE W. RANSFORD, proprietor of the St. Denis House, Geneva; he is a native of the town of Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., where he was bom in 1828; after leaving school, he was engaged as clerk in a dry goods store for a time, and was afterward engaged in the drug business for several years ; he came to Geneva in the fall of 1869, has been engaged in the hotel business since that time ; he was proprietor of the Lake House for about three years, and leased the St. Denis Hotel in 1874 ; his wife was Miss Lydia Head, born in the town of Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N. Y.

B. 0. REYNOLDS, M. D., Geneva; he wasborn in Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1824. When 13 years of age he moved to Marion, Co., Ohio, then to Marseilles, Wyandot Co., in the same State. The Doctor's early advantages were not of a superior character, and his success, and the position which he has attained in life, are due to his indomitable energy ; he began the study of medicine at the age of 17 ; he graduated at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1851, and about ten years later at the Opthalmic College of New York City ; he began the practice of medicine at Huntsville, Ohio, and came to Racine Co., Wis., in 1848 ; in 1854, located at Blkhorn, Walworth Co. ; in December, 1861, he was commissioned Surgeon of the 3d W. V. C, and served with distinction in that capacity until February, 1865. The estimate placed upon his ability as a Surgeon while in the army, may be illustrated by the following quotation from the order of Brig. Gen. J. R. West, Chief of Cavalry Division, and signed by Joseph E. Lynch, Surgeon in Chief of Cavalry Division: "The Operating Staif will consist of Surgeon B. 0. Reynolds, 3d W. V. C. ; Surgeon W. W. Bailey of 1st Mo. V. C, and no operation shall bo performed without their sanction and direction, and in all doubtful cases the Board of .Operating Surgeons, and Surgeons in Charge, will consult together and a majority shall decide upon the expediency and character of the operation." Dr. Reynolds settled in Geneva in 1866, where he soon acquired an extensive and lucrative practice ; he has always taken a prominent part in all public enterprises, whose tendency was to promote the best interests of Geneva; has been Mayor of the village since 1874. Politically, the Doctor has been a Republican since the establishment of that party, which he helped to organize ; he represented the Second Assembly District one term, being elected in 1875, and in 1877 was elected to the State Senate; his wife was Miss Mary Smith, born in Trumbull Co., Ohio. They have two sons, both of whom have received medical educations; J C., the oldest, is a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago; he also took a medical course at Bellevue Medical College, New York City, and is engaged in practice with his father. Their younger son, Willis S., graduated at the Chicago Medical College ; is located at Mitchell, D. T.

E. D. RICHARDSON, the oldest banker in Walworth Co., and one of the oldest in the interior of the State; was born in Burlington, Otsego Co., N. Y., Nov. 26, 1810; he was bred a farmer, and had the common school advantages of the time and place where he was born ; he acquired a thorough primary education early, and taught successfully in his native county several years before attaining to the age of 21 years. At that time he accepted an urgent invitation from the citizens of Cooperstown, N. Y., to take charge of the school in the village. With a single assistant. Miss Betsy Williams Spafard, who afterward became his wife, he conducted the school for three years, when his health failed, and he was obliged to give up the arduous responsibilities of the position. For a time he traveled in the then new Western country to recuperate his health, and then returned to Cooperstown, where he followed the occupation of book-keeper for several years. In 1842, having lost his wife, became West, and first settled on a farm of 160 acres, on Section 31, in what is now the town of Lyons. It was adjacent to the village of Geneva, and in 1844, five acres, on which was his homestead, was annexed by special act of the Legislature to the village of Geneva. Thus, though identified with the village since his settlement in 1842, he did not become a resident of the town until 1844. He kept posses.sion of his farm for many years - perhaps until 1854. He soon after his settlement became a clerk in Spafard's store, and was elected a Justice of the Peace. He held this office for thirteen years, and became thereby the fiduciary agent of many of the residents and non resident property holders of the county. In 1848, he began banking in Geneva, establishing the bank of Geneva. It was the first interior bank established in Southern Wisconsin. He has been its sole proprietor for thirty-four years, and through all the vicissitudes of the time has never failed to meet every obligation on demand. His career as a banker is found in the sketch of his bank elsewhere in this history. He hasbeen honored by nearly every office of trust within the gift of his townsmen. He was Town Clerk in 1845-46-50; President of Village Board of Trustees in 1856, 1870, 1877, and held many otheroflSces of trust. He was Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors in 1870. Mention is made of these offices only to show the general confidence reposed in him through the long lapse of years during which he has been a citizen of Geneva. Mr. Richardson married Miss Betsy W. Spafard, in Cooperstown, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1834 ; they had one child - Elizabeth, wife of Mr. C. E. Buell, now cashier of the Bank of Geneva. Mrs. Richardson died Aug. 30, 1841, at Cooperstown. Feb. 16, 1843, Mr. Richardson married Miss Alma 0. Spafard.

WILLIAM ROSS, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Geneva ; was born in Railway, N. J., in 1812 ; his father was Morris Ross, born in New Jersey, but removed to Yates Co., N. Y., with his family in 1823, and to Walworth Co. in November, 1838, settled on Sec. 15, in the town of Geneva, purchasing his farm of the Government; he resided on Sec. 15 a number of years, and then removed to the village of Geneva, and thence to Columbia Co., where he died. He had nine children, of whom three sons and three daughters are still living. William Ross was married in the State of New York, to P illy M., daughter of Jacob Herrick ; he came to Geneva at the time his father came, in 1838, and settled on the farm where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Ro.ss have had seven children, three sons and four daughters ; two sons and one daughter are living; Moses, who resides in Minnesota; Washington, in the town of Geneva, and Eliza, living at home. The deceased children are Adeline, who died at the age of 22 years ; Martin F., a member of the 22d W. V. L, died at Danville Ky.; Marinda, died in 1862 ; Ella, wife of A. L. Gilbert, died in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Ross are members of the Baptist Chureh of Geneva; they are the only constituent members of that church now remaining.

GEORGE ROSS, farmer. See. 10 ; P.O. Springfield; Mr. Rossis the son of Morris Ross (see sketch of William Ross). He was born in the town of Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y., in 1825 ; he came to Walworth Co. with his parents in 1838 ; he has lived in the town of Geneva since he firs', came to the county, and until 1877, at the homestead. In that year he purchased his present farm of Mr. 0. P. Standish. Mrs. Ross was formerly Miss Clarinda Gray, daughter of Elihu Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Ross have four children - Libbie, Cora, Bion and Maud. Mr. Ross has 192 acres of land.

MICHAEL ROUSE, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Springfield; he was the son of Nehemiah and Maria Rouse ; his father was a native of New York ; his mother of Pennsylvania ; they came to Walworth Co. with their family, in November, 1840, and settled on Sec. 14, on the farm on which their son William now lives. Mr. Rouse purchased his farm of Mr. B. Stork ; he died at the homestead in June, 1874 ; his wife died Jan. 5, 1875. The parents of Michael Rouse had nine children, who grew to maturity - five sons and four daughters - -all of whom are living but one daughter. The names of the surviving children are as follows: Michael, Anthony, Hannah M. ( now Mrs. E. B. Farnum), George, Lydia A., William, Amanda (now Mrs. William Wamsley), and J. Dewey. Michael was born in the town of Jerusalem, Yates Co. N. Y., June 6, 1827, married Pamelia S. Wright, daughter of Daniel Wright, who was born in Otsego Co., N. Y. They have one son, John W., born February, 1869. Mr. Rouse bought his farm of Henry Jackson ; it was originally settled by William Slork.

WILLIAM H. SEYMOUR, of the firm of Seymour Brothers, proprietors of City Meat Market, Geneva ; son of Robert and Harriet (Jaques) Seymour. The parents of Mr. Seymour were born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y. They came to Walworth Co. in the spring of 1854, and settled on the farm originally settled by Sherman S. Rockwood. Mr. Robert Seymour was born July 14, 1814, and died Feb. 20,1879; his wife was born Oct. 29, 1812, and died Oct. 19, 1878. They have six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are living. William H. was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1838 ; he came to Walworth Co. with bis parents ; he came to Geneva Lake and engaged in his present business in 1867 ; he married Miss Helen Garfield, daughter of William Garfield. Mrs. Seymour was born in Elkhorn, in July, 1845 ; they have two children, Frank and Julia. A.T.Seymour is associated with his brother in business ; was born in Dutchess Co. in 1836 ; he enlisted in 1862 in the 28th W. V. I., was a Lieutenant of Co. I of that regiment; during a part of his term of service, was Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Slack ; he served till the close of the war, after which he located at Pine Bluff, Arkansas ; he ran a plantation for a time ; he also held the offices of Postmaster and express agent for several years. Previous to the war, Mr. Seymour had spent some time in California ; he has recently returned from Arkansas. His wife was Miss Margaret Wornack, born in Tennessee.

JAMES SIMMONS is the son of John Simmons, a lawyer, a graduate of Rhode Island College in 1797. His father emigrated from Connecticut to Vermont in 1799. The subject of this sketch was born at Middlebury, Vt., June 11, 1821. He graduated with honor, from Middlebury College, in July, 1841, and commenced the study of law in the oflice of Hon. Horatio Seymour, of Middlebury, Vt., an uncle of ex-Gov. Sevmour, of New York. In 1843, he came West, and first settled in Geneva. There he completed his legal studies in the office of the late C. M. Baker, and was admitted to practice at the Walworth Co. bar, in October, 1843 ; he opened an office at Geneva, and practiced his profession for two years, at which time failing health obliged him to temporarily change his avocation ; he accordingly entered a store. In the burning of the building (Ferguson's), in December, 1845, he barely escaped with his life. The following summer, with health still frail, he returned to Vermont, and was employed in the office of a Railroad Engineer, on the survey of the Rutland & Burlington R. R., for something over a year. In the fall of 1849, with hig health somewhat recuperated, he returned to Wisconsin, spending the winter of that year in Madison, as clerk in the oflBce of " The Revisers of the Statutes." In 1849, he returned to Geneva, and for something more than a year again pract'^ed his profession. In June, 1850, he, in company with C. M. Goodsell, removed to Greenwood, McHenry "^o., 111., and engaged in merchandising for six years ; in 1856, he returned to Geneva, with the intention >.'' embarking in the grain business, but delays in the preliminaries resulted in reviving his interest while at leisure, and in his decision to again take up the profession of law, which he adopted permanently that year. He was, for several years subsequent, the partner of Hon. John Wentworth, the present Circuit Judge of the First Judicial District. In 18G0, he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court, and, by re-elections, held the office for ten years. He has also been honored by election to many other offices of trust and honor by his fellow-citizens, among whom his unostentatious but conscientious life-work has been done. To the public he is best known by his literary work, which has for many years absorbed his time and efforts. In 1868, he published his first Wisconsin Digest; subsequently, he published two volumes Wisconsin Digest ; also two volumes New York Digest, in continuation of Wait's New York Digest ; also a Digest of English Reports ; one volume Wisconsin Reports, and various contributions to Wait's " Actions and Defenses." Still another voIuilc of the New York Digest is now (1882) nearly ready for the press. He has also, in the leisure snatched from his arduous professional work, published the local chronicles of the region where he lives, in a style rarely excelled by those whose energies and thoughts are undisturbed by more pressing and weighty work. His history of Geneva is known and appreciated by all who have a local interest in the story he has so simply told, and admired by others (or the purity of its narrative. To his neighbors he is known as an upright citizen, and the true friend; to the American public, as a careful and learned member of the legal profession. Mr. Simmons married Miss Catherine McCotter, of Lyons (then Hudson), Wis., November 12, 1848. They have three children living - John B., a lawyer in Geneva, Wis.; James, a student in Beloit College, and Mary E., his youngest, who resides at home. Mr. Simmons now resides at Geneva, Wis., which has been his permanent home since 1871.

TIMOTHY C. SMITH, hardware merchant, firm of T. C. Smith & Co., Geneva. Mr. Smith was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in December, 1817, where he was brought up. He came to Milwaukee from Orleans Co., in 1842, and engaged as clerk in the dry goods house of N. S. Donaldson ; this business was conducted in the first brick store erected in Milwaukee ; he came to Geneva Oct. 4, 1844, and engaged in general merchandising under the firm name of Donaldson & Smith ; after seven years' partnership, Mr. Smith conducted the business alone. In 1865, he engaged in the hardware business ; in 1881, the present partnership was formed. Mrs. Smith, formerly Miss Helen Bowen, was born in the State of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one daughter, Mary S. B.

WM. H. SPENCER, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Elkhorn. Son of Hiram S., who was born in Vermont, 1800, and removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., when a young man ; married Miss Lois Mosely, and came to Walworth Co. in the .spring of 1845, and purchased the farm of Jlr. B. Powers, now owned by son ; he died at the homestead. Sept. 1, 1878 ; his widow still survives and lives with her son, William H.; the parents of Mr. S. have eight children - three sons and five daughters, all of whom are living, viz.: Caroline Mason, Betsey M., Harriman, Wm. H. ; Mrs. Howe and Mrs. Gates live in the town of Geneva ; John S. in Chicago ; Charles E. in Sacramento, Cal. ; the two Mrs. Harriman in Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Mason in Davenport, Iowa. The children were all born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. William H., who owns and occupies the homestead, was born in 1836 ; married Sarah M., daughter of Isaac Harris, born in Livingston Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. S. have four children - Minnie I., Mary, John C. and Etta L.; Mr. S.'s farm contains 200 acres.

SAMUEL H. STAFFORD, Geneva. Mr. Stafford was born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in 1811 ; he was brought up to the mercantile business, and was located at Eddytown, Yates Co., N. Y., for a number of years. He came to Kenosha, Wis., and engaged in mercantile trade in September, 1843 ; he came to Geneva, Sept. 26, 1848; and has been numbered among the prominent business men of the village since that time. He was engaged in mercantile business for many years; in 1865, he purchased the Lake House, which he still owns; he has always been actively engaged in business, and has acquired a competence ; he has been for many years engaged in the real estate business ; is the owner of much valuable property in the village, and of several fine farms in different towns in the county ; he is Treasurer of " The Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company." Mr. Stafford was Deputy United States Marshal of the State of Wisconsin for four years, or during the administration of Presidents Taylor and Fillmore ; he has been President of the corporation of Geneva ; also Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Mrs. Stafford, formerly Miss Eliza E. Gay, is a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y. The parents of Mr. Stafford, Elenry and

Polly (Gay) Staiford, resided in Yates Co. till their death ; his father was born in 1780, and died in 18G4 ; his mother was born in 1785 and died in 1870 ; the parents of his wife lived in Geneva at the time of their death. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have two children - Samuel H., born in Kenosha in 1844, and Mary L., wife of G. W. Van Slyck.

EDWARD STEVENS, Geneva. Mr. Stevens was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., March 1, 1808. He removed to Orleans Co. with his parents when a child. He is one of the early settlers of the town of Geneva. He came here in the sprin^; of 1839 ; he came all the way from Steuben Co., N. Y., with team, coming as far as Ohio with sleigh, intending to, make the entire journey by that mode of conveyance, but the snow failing when they reached Ohio, they came the remainder of the journey by wagon. The entire journey consumed five weeks ; now the journey would be made in thirty-six hours. Mr. Stevens settled on a ftirm in the town of Geneva, where he lived until 18.56, when he removed to the village. Mrs. Stevens, formerly Adeline Stevens, was born in the town of Sang^rfield, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have had three children, two of whom are now living - Martin E., born in the town of Geneva, in 1839, and Emma, wife of R. W. King ; both children are residents of the town of Boone, Boone Co., Neb. Mr. and Mrs. King have three children.

JARVIS VINCENT, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. East Delavan ; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1810 ; moved with his parents to Onondaga Co. when he was a child, where he was brought up. He was married to Sally A. Waterbury, born in Rensselaer Co., November, 1816. Mr. Vincent came to Walworth Co., Aug. 9, 1845, and settled where he now lives; ho purchasid his firm of the Government; he formerly had 200 acres of land ; has now 160. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent have five children, one son and four daughters, viz.: Elizabeth (now Mrs. Hiram Cornwellj, Oscar F., Phebe A. (now Mrs. Alvin B. Calkins), Edna S. (now Mrs. Daniel D. Fairchild), and Jennie E. They lost two children, Ida C. Utter, wife of John W. Utter; died Jan. 18, 1879, and Marvin E.

CHARI>ES J. WALTERS, capitalist, Geneva Mr. Walters is the son of Joel C. Walters, who was born in the town of Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., in 1810. Mr. Joel C. Walters is now a resident of Chicago. Charles J. was born in that city in 1848. He came to Geneva in 1856 with his uncle. Dr. Phillip Maxwell, oneof the proprietors of Geneva, in its early history, as will be seen elsewhere. Mr. Walters married Miss Elmina Maynard, a daughter of Mr. Norman Maynard. They have one daughter, Mary D.

SETH K. WARREN, artist, Geneva ; he is a representative of one of the pioneers of Geneva. . His father, R. W. Warren, was born in Windsor Co., Vt., Oct. 5, 1798; his father was Thomas Warren. R. W. Warren went to Essex Co., N. Y., when a young man, and afterward to Crawford Co., Penn. He came to Geneva in the summer of 1836, and was prominently identified with the early history of the town, as will appear elsewhere. His wife was Mary Knapp, a native of Cherry Valley, N. Y. They had five children, four of whom are living - Seth K., Julia R. (wife of S. Gardner), Robert W. and Mary A. (now Mrs. George P. Christensen~). The last two mentioned were born in Geneva; Seth K. was born in Essex Co., N. Y., in 1823, he being about 13 years of age when he came to Geneva with his father, and has a vivid recollection of the early days in Geneva. His wife was Elizabeth L. Church, born in Ticonderoga, N. Y., in 1829. They have one son - Louis B. Mrs. W.'s mother died in the State of New York. Her father married again, and came to Walworth Co. with his family in 1844. Mr. S. K. W. is an artist by occupation ; he began the business of the photographer in the early days of that science. He is now engaged principally in portrait painting.

ANDREW J. WEATHERW AX, merchant tailor, Geneva; he is the oldest merchant tailor of Geneva, having established his business here in 1849. He was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., in 1817, where he was brought up, and served an apprenticeship to the tailor trade. He came to Walworth Co. and settled at Darien in the spring of 1845, where he resided four years ; his wife was Miss Irene Preston. They have three children - Marian, Charles and Eda.

JONATHAN WHEELER, Geneva. Mr. Wheeler is engaged in farming and dairying, having a farm of 60 acres, lying within and adjoining the corporation. He was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1811, where he lived till he reached manhood. He afterward lived in Yates and Steuben Cos. for many years. Mr. Wheeler learned the trade of a carpenter, when a young man, and followed the business of carpentry, for many years. He came to Geneva in 1855, where he has since resided. His wife was formerly Emeline Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have six children - Martha, Adelia, Harriet, Sarah, Charles and Horace.

REV. CHAS. A. WILLIAMS, Geneva. He was born in the town of Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., in 1814. He received a preparatory course at the Salem Academy, of which his father was Prin- cipal, and graduated at Williams College in 1835. He entered the ministry as home missionary, and was connected with home missions for a number of years. In 1862, he was appointed, by President Lincoln, Chaplain of the U. S. General Hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, which position he occupied until 1865. After the war, he settled as pastor of the Westminster Church at Rockford, 111. In 1869, he came to Geneva, and established the Geneva Home School for Boys, which he conducted for five and one-half years; but failing health compelled him to reluctantly relinquish this enterprise. During the last few years, he has devoted himself, as closely as his still delicate health would permit, to literary pursuits. He is the author of " The Age Temptation of American Christians, " and is now engaged on another religious work. Mrs. Williams was formerly Miss Susan F. Hawkes, daughter of the Rev. Roswell Hawkes. She was born in Massachusetts, and is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary. Her father, a clergyman, aided in the organization of that institution, and in raising the funds necessary for its construction.

IRA WILLIAMS, grocer, Geneva. Mr. Williams is one of the older prominent business men of Geneva. He was brought up in the State of Vermont, where he was born in 1817. His father was a farmer, to which business Mr. Williams was brought up. He received an acidemieal education, and engaged in teaching during the winter, for several years. He came to Geneva in the spring of 1852, and settled on a farm in the town of Bloomfield. He sold his farm in 1868, and came to Geneva. Has been in business since 1870. His wife, formerly Alice Claxton, is a native of the North of Ireland. Mr. Williams has three children - Ivan I., Martha Jane, Flack and Frankie ; his two oldest children were born in Vermont, the youngest in town of Bloomfield. His son is of the firm of Williams & Gilbert. Mr. Williams was Assessor of Bloomfield ten years, and has been Assessor of Geneva every year but one since he came here.

E. WOODMAN, mail and express contractor, Geneva. Mr. Woodman was born in Addison, Addison Co., Vt., Oct. 8, 1812, but was brought up in the town of Jay, Essex Co., N. Y. He went to Kalamazoo, Mich., in May, 1836. In October, 1837, he went to Michigan City, where he was married in October, 1839. He kept hotel near Michigan City, and elsewhere, for many years. Mr. Woodman has had the contract for carrying the mail and express between Geneva and Springfield since July, 1855 ; his contract will expire July, 1 883, and will then have included a period of twenty -eight years. Few men, in his position in life, have so extensive an acquaintance as he. Of an active, energetic and accommodating spirit, he is extensively and fiivorably koowa. His wife, formerly Miss Almira Warner, was a native of Weston, N. Y. ; she died Nov. 6, 1880. Mr. Wheeler has no children living, having lost his entire family of five children by those terrible scourges, dyphtheria and scarlet fever.

REV. N. M. ZIMMER, pastor of St. Francis Catholic Church, Geneva. Father Zimmer is a native of Wisconsin ; was born in the town of Menominee Falls, Waukesha Co., Jan. 10, 1848. He is the son of John and Catherine Zimmer, natives of Prussia. He was educated at St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee, and ordained, in 1870, by Archbishop Henni. His first charge was at Paris, Kenosha Co., second at Grafton, Ozaukee Co., third at New Munster, Kenosha Co. He assumed his present charge May 28, 1874. He has been pastor of this church a longer time than any other clergyman, since its organization. He is not only a priest, acceptable and beloved by his congregation, but is also a genial and kind-hearted gentleman, one whom it is a pleasure to meet.