Fontana-on-Geneva Lake Village (part 1 of 2)

Fontana-On-Geneva Lake Village

The early history of the village has already been related to the reader. It was first platted by Thomas McKaig some time in 1837. The plat was tiled, in accordance with the law. May 23, 1840. Under the survey, the village lots contained not far from a quarter-acre each. Two blocks were reserved for public squares, and other lots for churches, schools and a cemetery. The first plat covered the whole of Section 36. The subsequent additions to the village plat, as given by Mr. Simmons in his history of the village, were as follows:

A certain portion of the land on the borders of the lake and extending from it to a point some distance below the mills, being mostly interval land, was reserved by the proprietoj's and marked on the }>lat as "Reservation." This is said to have originally contained some forty acres. In 1844. five acres in a square form in the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of Section 31, in the town of Lyons (then Hudson), were added to the village by the act of the Legislature incorporating it. In 1856, the village bounds were further extended by a new charter, but reduced by amending acts in 1858 and 1860, and again extended by an act of 1867. They now embrace all of Section 36, the south half of Section 25, the southeast quarter of Section 26, and the east half of Section 35, in the town of Geneva, the five acres above mentioned from the town of Lyons, and sixty- seven acres of land from Section 1 in the town of Linn. None of these additions have been platted into small lots except a portion included in Miu'sh's Addition, and a part of Section 25, platted in 1855 and called Ricli's and Ferguson's additions. In 1857, E. D. Phillips divided a part of Sublets 10, 11, 12 and 13, in Large Lot 3, and named it Philli])s' Subdivision. Several streets have been discontinued and other changes made, which, so far as imjiortant, will be noticed hereafter. The jsroprietors of the village when tii-st surveyed were R. W. and G. S. Warren, A. Ferguson, L. B. Goodsell, George L. Campbell, and Phillip and James Maxwell, each ovpning one-seventh part, but before the plat was recorded, Mr. Ferguson had conveyed his share to Goodsell & Campbell. Afterward, the proprietors

The village grew quite rapidly from 1838 to 1844. Among the early settlers now well remembered who came in during that period were the following:

The history of the village and its vicinity has been fully written by James Simmons, up to the date of its publication, in 1875. Nothing new can be found to add thereto except to bring the history down to date. Nearly all the historical matter concerning the village is compiled from that book, through the kind consent of its author, for which due acknowledgments are given here and elsewhere.

The village led an uneventful and unexcited existence for many years. Its growth was healthy, but not rapid It shai'ed the trade and traffic of the newly settled country with the neighboring village of Delavan. and increased with about the same rapidity. There was more travel, and consequently more life, in Geneva in its early days, as the Southport (Kenosha) road ran through it to Beloit. The grist-mill also brought considerable trade, which would otherwise have gone to other points, till competing mills were built elsewhere. The first competing mill was built by the Phcenixcs, at Delavan, in 1840.

The village is entitled to the credit of having organized the first temperance society in the county in 1839. It is also entitled to the distinction of having the first distillery, which was started a few months later in 1840, by Capron, Wheeler & Whipple. The two opposing elements, represented in a temperance society and a distillery, were not naturally conducive to harmony in the village, although it kept alive an enthusiasm and vigor in the society that might not have been otherwise possible. The contest between the distillery proprietors and Goodsell, the miller, a stanch leader in the temperance movement, who refused to gi'ind for distilling pui'- poses, has been fully detailed in the county history. The final resiilt was a victory for the temperance element, and gives to Geneva the credit of the law still in force exempting millers from gi-inding for distilling pm-poses. The distillery ran but a few years thereafter. The temperance society was one of the most efficient in the county till its work was superseded by the more modern work of the Sous of Temperance and Good Templars.

The War Eecokd

The part taken by Geneva in the civil war was jiatriotic, energetic and creditable. Full accounts of the companies raised in Geneva will be found in the war history of the county at large. To avoid any omission, if possible, the accounts given by Mr. Simmons, an old resident, in his history of Geneva, are given entire, as supplemental to what appears elsewhere:

" On the 17th or 18th day of April, 1861, being the day after news was received of the firing upon Fort Sumter by the rebels, from one-half to two-thirds of the Geneva Independents, with all their principal officers, volunteered for three months, under the first call of the President. In three days, sixty had enlisted, and the number was filled up to 100 in less than a week. The greater share of this niunber, three-fourths of whom were from Geneva and Linn, enlisted for three years, under the second call, which came before they were fully organized, and drilled here until the middle of June, and then went into camp at Racine. There they remained until the 14th of July, when they started for Baltimore with their regiment, the Foiirth Wisconsin Infantry, under the command of Col. Halbert E. Paine, of Racine. After some service in the vicinities of Baltimore and Washington and on the eastern shore of Virginia, they were sent to the Gulf, under Gen. Butler, and jaarticipated in the taking of New Orleans, and in subsequent operations against Port Hudson and other places on the river. While there, the regiment was mounted, and became the Fourth Cavalry. Many of oiu- brave boys died from wounds received in their many battles, others jierished by disease, and but few, comparatively, of those who went at fii-st, or of subsequent recruits, retui-ned to their homes among us.

" The citizens of our town took early action upon the subject of aiding the families of volluiteers. $1,000 being raised upon notes of individuals, who trusted in the patriotism of their townsmen to reimburse them. On the 23d of August, a special town meeting was held, and the sum of 13,000 was voted to be raised by tax for the benefit of such families and to pay such notes. In the early part of the summer, another company of volunteers was raised in this and the thi-ee adjoining towns, which became Company C, of the Twenty-second Wisconsin Infantry. , Of this company, Charles W. Smith was Captain; Darwin R. May, First Lieutenant; and C. E. Buell. Orderly Sergeant, all of whom received promotion in the service. Their regiment was in camp at Racine from August 25 to September 16, when they were ordered to Kentucky. At an engagement in the following February, near Thompson's Station, many of them were captiu'ed, and were held prisoners until May. These afterward rejoined their regiment and participated in Sherman's famous campaign and march to the sea.

" On the 13th of August, 1864, a sjjecial town meeting was held, and a tax voted of §10,000, or sufficient to pay a bountv of .§200 to each volunteer needed to till om- quota on the President's call for 500,000 more.

" On the Uth of January. 1865. another special town meeting was held, and an additional tax voted for soldiers' bounties, and for aid to the families of those in the field: but, there being some illegality about the proceedings, another meeting was held on the 13tb of February, and the siun of $6,600 voted to be raised for bounties, and $500 for aid to soldiers' families. Thus Geneva proved her patriotism by fm'nishing men and money without stint to keep full the ranks of the army of freedom, and to cherish the families of their brave boys at home. We have particTilarly mentioned but two companies which were enlisted from this town and vicinity, but we had noble representatives in other companies and organizations in all branches of the service, many of whom gave their lives, and gave them cheerfully, for their country."

Geneva furnished, during the war, 138 men, from 215 liable to militaiy duty, as by the enrollment of 1862. Not all were citizens who were credited, although it is believed that at least one hiindi'ed men of the town did personal service. Geneva raised for war purposes $20, - 100.

The first schoolhouse was built, as has been stated, in 1840. In 1848, a larger and more -commodious building was built, and the school divided into two depai'tments. H. B. Coe and Charles B. Smith were the teachers tu'st employed in the new house. In 1854, this house was enlarged by building a wing on the west side. In 1867. it again proved inadequate in its proportions, and gave place to the present school building, which was completed in December, 1867,

The present sohool district of which the village is a part is known as Union District, No. 1, and embraces neai'ly all of Geneva south of Lake Como, so much of Linn as lies north of Geneva Lake, and part of a section of Lyons. The total number of scholars by the last enumeration was 'J61, distributed as follows: Geneva, 395 males, 454 females - 849; Linn, 52 males, 42 females - 94; Lyons, 10 males, 8 females - 18,

The principal school is in Geneva Village. It is graded into five departments, with a high school. The Principal is Edward O. Fiske, of Beloit, Wis.

There is, in addition to the village school, a school in Linn known as the " Wood School," for the accommodation of scholars in the remote parts of the district.

The Geneva Gazette, a weekly, was started by David M. Keeler in 1848. It continued for something over a year, and went out of sight. It was the fii'st attem]it at jom-nalism in the town.

The Geneva Express, the second paper in Geneva, vfas sfartad in 1854. by Frank Leland and G. S. Utter. It was subsequently removed to Elkhorn and merged into the Elkhorn Independent.

The Genevan, the third paper in the town, was started in 1858, by H. L. Devereux, afterward of the Burlington Standard. It suspended in 1859, after a titful life of about eighteen months.

The Lake Geneva Mirror was the fourth paper to start - February 1, 1860. It was first issued by G. S. Utter as publisher, and J. T. Wentworth as editor. It continued till some time in 1861. It then went to the rear, while its patriotic publisher went to the front, in the Fortieth Wisconsin Infantry, to do battle for his country.

The Geneva Lake Herald was the fifth paper started in the town, and the first established. George S. Utter was the enterprising publisher. I. E. Burton was its first editor, assisted by Revs. J. D. Pulis and E. G. Miner. It was established in Aj^ril, 1872. In August, 1873, Mr. Burton became the sole proprietor and editor. In January, 1876, he sold a half interest to A. D. Waterbury, of Polo, 111., and on April 26 of the same year, the other half to J. E. Heg, of Beloit. The firm remained Heg & Waterbury from that date to November 8, 1877, when J. E. H eg purchased the interest of IVIr. Waterbury, and since that date has been sole proprietor and editor. Mi-. Heg is also proprietor and editor of the Lake Geneva Ci.sco, a weekly paper, published every Satiu-day evening from June 1 to the middle of Sejitember of each year. The jiaper, which is tastefully made up, is devoted wholly to the interests of the lake as a summer resort and watering-place. Mr. Heg is a ready writer and good manager, which accounts for the success which has followed him in both of his journalistic undertakings.

The Weekly News was established by the News Printing Comjiany in July, 1879. A daily was started under the same management, one month earlier, aud fi'om its success the proprietors were induced to establish the weekly, which has been continued ever since, and is at present permanently established, and ranks as one of the leading Independent papers of the county. It was purchased, in September, 1879, by J. S. Badger, the present editor and proprietor. Under his careful management and able editorship, it has attained to its present gi-ade of excellence.

The Daily Neivs is issued daily through the summer months, when not only Geneva, but all the country round about, is thronged with tourists and pleasure-seekers. It gives the latest news, arrivals, and has a lai'ge and profitable circulation during the visiting season. It is the first daily newspaper ever published in the county. It is owned and edited by J. S. Badger, of the Weekly News, both papers being under the same proprietorship and management.

The Bank Of Geneva

This bank is in reality the private banking house of E. D. Richardson, Esq., who estab" lished it in 18-18, and has conducted it successfully ever since. He is now the oldest interior banker in the State. He has kept his account with the Wisconsin Fire aud Marine Insiu-ance Company Bank (Mitchell's), in Slilwaukee, for thirty-four years continuously, and is, with one exception, the oldest depositor of that institution.

In November, 1871, during the week succeeding the great Chicago fire, Mr. Richardson's bank was robbed of its entire means by burglars. The funds abstracted amounted to 130,000, of which siun $17,000 was the private property of Mi-. Richardson, the balance being distributed among special depositors. To add to the weight of the blow, what funds were in Chicago were inaccessible, as they were still in a safe beneath a smoldering heap of ruins in Chicago. The Chicago safe came out all right. The home plunder was never recovered, though the robbers were traced to penitentiaries where they were serving long terms for other crimes and confessed the robbery.

No better record or guarantee of the ability and probity of Mr. Richardson, or the unquestioned standing of his bank, than is found in the fact that he has withstood the dangers and disasters of robbery, fire and panic for thirty-four years, and always met the calls of his depositors on demand. His bank has the highest rank of credit, both at home and abroad.

The Baptist Church was organized in 1840. The first meeting was held at the house of C. M. Baker. Elder P. W. Lake was the organizing minister. The first house of worship was erected in 1846, at a cost of $1,500. It was remodeled at a cost of §1,700 in 18(38, and re-dedicated November IS of that year.

Its first pastor was Rev. P. W. Lake, who labored here until January, 1844, and was then succeeded by Rev. P. Conrad, who remained only until November, 1844, when IVIr. Lake again supplied the pulpit for one year. In December. 1845, Rev. Joel W. Fish, a man of deep and sincere piety and an earnest and eloquent preacher, now widely known as an evangelist, became its pastor, and continued here iintil March 27, 1852. Rev. Caleb Blood supplied the pulpit from May, 1852, to June, 1853; Rev. P. W. Lake, from Decembor, 1854, to June, 1855; Rev. P. H. Parks, from October, 1855, to September, 1856; Rev. Noah Barrell, from October 12, 1856, to January 27, 1858; Rev. Samuel Jones, from July 3, 1858, to January 8, 1859; Rev. Thomas Bright, from September, 1859, to January, 1863; Rev. Noah Barrell again, from April 15, 1863, to March 4, 1865; Rev. E. M. Ney. from June, 1865, to May. 1866; Rev. T. Bright again, from June to October, 1S66; Rev. R. Gilbert, from April. 1867, to April, 1869; Rev. E. P. Dye, from November, 1869, to October. 1871; Rev. J. D. Pulis, from January 1, 1872, to May, 1874; Rev. J. Buchanan, from 1874 to .

"The Methodist Church building, commenced in 1865,wa3CompletedthiB year (1875), at a cost of about $2,000. The Methodist Episcopal Chiu-ch was established here at a very early day, a class of six or seven members being formed in 1837. Until the erection of this building, religious services were held in the old schoolhouse near the present railroad tui-n-table. Its preachers in charge have been Revs. Halstead, in 1837; Pillsbury, in 1838; McKane, in 1839-40; D. Worthington, 1841; Jewett and Decker, in 1842; J. M. Snow, in 1843-44; J. Crummer and Loyesay, in 1845; Parks, in 1846; J. M. Walker and R. Blackbiu-n, in 1847 - 49; R. Dudgeon and Harvey, in 1850; A. Callender and Comfort, in 1851-52; Aaron Griswold, in 1853-54; Joseph Anderson, in 1855-56; Hiram Hersey, in 1857; David Hall, in 1858; L. Salisbiuy, in 1859; D. W. CoiToh, in 1860-01; W. Averill, in 1862; Stephen Smith, in 1862-64; R. C. Parsons, in 1864-67 ; N. J. .\plin, in 1867-69 ; H. Colman, in 1869-72; S. R. Willing, in 1872-73; Rev. J. D. Cole, in 1874. Rev. J. L. Hewitt commenced his labors here in October, 1874, and continued till October, 1876. The first parsonage was built in 1844, the present one in 1858.

The Presbyterian Chnrch was first organized at the house of Josej)h Griffin, by Rev. Lemuel Hall, in the spring of 1839. The society was organized under the statute in 1851, and completed a new church in 1853.

"In January, 1851, a Presbyterian society was legally organized under the statute, and immediately commenced preparations for a new church building, but did not complete it until 1853, the slips being let in September of that year. This building, which shows the skillful and faithful workmanship of C. W. Maynard and H. B. Conant, cost the society the sum of $2,500. Previous to this, the church had worshiped in a small building on the same ground, consti'ucted of oak and standing on blocks, with ample space iinderneath for air, and shelter for hogs and sheep. This was built by subscription in 1841, and cost $500. The church, when organized, in April, 1839, consisted of thirteen members, part of them Congi-egationalists and part Presbyterians. It now has about one hundred and forty resident members.

"The pastors of this church have been the following, viz. : Eev. Lemuel Hall, from its organization until September, 1840; Eev. LeonardRogers, from June, 1841, to June, 1843; Rev. C. R. French, from October, 1843, to October, 1844; Rev. Homer H. Benson, from October, 1S44, to December, 1854; Rev. Mr. Stoddard, for three months; Rev. E. G. Miner, from May, 1855, to May, 1857; Rev. Charles Morgan, from August, 1857, to January, 1860; Eev. William S. Mather, from January, 1860, to October, 1861, when he accepted a position as Chaplain in the army; and Rev. P. S. Van Nest, from October, 1861, to July, 1866. In June, 1867, Rev. E. G. 'Miner induced to retm-n, and continued his labors here until March, 1875.

Since 1875, the pastors have been: Rev. Richard B. Bull, from August 1, 1875, to May, 1877; Rev. David L. Holbrook, present pastor, installed July 19, 1877.

The Episcopal Church. - The first services, according to the Book of Common Prayer, held in this place, were by the Eev. Dr. Buck and the Rev. Dr. Hobart, then Professors at the Theological School at Nashotah. But a regular parish organization was not effected until Januaiy 20, 1850, when the Rev. John McXamara had taken charge of the field and become its first resident minister. He remained here, doing most zealous work, until 1854. It was in token of his having come to them from the Church of the Holy Communion, New York City, that this parish was so named. During the next two years, several clergymen had charge, in turn, as follows: The Revs. William Ludlum, Studley and Peters. In 1856, the Eev. John McNamara returned, and at once a new life was infused into the congi-egation. The old building was abandoned, and the two desirable lots on the corner of Broad and Geneva streets, still occupied, were purchased, and a far better chm'ch structure was erected. The building and grounds cost about $3,000, and this was a goodly sum for the congregation of those days; but by the indomitable zeal and the generous efforts of Rector and people, it was all accomplished, and a happy, memorable day it was when at last they could gather under the roof of their pleasant church home and consecrate it to its high and holy use. According to the express terms of the pui-- chase of the church property, it is to be " devoted forever to the maintenance of a church whose seats shall be free to all orderly worshipers. " The Rev. Mr. McNamara resigned his second rectorship of the parish in 1858, and since then the following clergymen have served, viz. : The Rev. John Gossman. in 1859; the Rev. William Dasha, from 1861 to 1864; the Rev. George N. James, in 1864; the Rev. John H. Babcock, in 1866; the Rev. W. C. Ai-mstrong, from 1867 to 1873; the Rev. Robert B. Wolseley, 1873 to 1875; the Rev. Richard T. Kerfoot, the present Rector, took chai'ge in December, 1875.

It was during the Rev. Mr. Wolseley's rectorship that the beautiful rectory was built. It is a gothic structure, of two stories, and of frame, but exceedingly tasteful. It is said to be the best in the State, and the parish is certainly to be congratulated in possessing it. Its cost was about $3,000. It was at about this time that Geneva began to attract the attention of Chicagoans in search of pleasant summer homes. The splendid lake here, with its well wooded and sloping, grassy shores, ofiered just the resort they wanted; and among the earliest comers were many families in the communion of the Episcoi^al Chm-ch. These at once cordially united with the parish folk of the village in their place of worship, aiding and co-working with them in all church matters. Thus the rectory was secured, and in this way the present noble church of gi'anite was built. As the summer visitors multiplied, the need became felt more and more of a more commodious edifice. To want this and to have the pledges made were coincident, and the Festival of Saint Simon and the fall of 1880 saw the laying of the cornerstone of the new house of God. The design was furnished by the architects, Messrs. Treat & Voltz. of Chicago, and the work was done by Mr. Austin Moody, of Geneva. The building is purely gothic. The walls are of granite, fi'om the granite bowlders which are found in inexhaustible quantities throughout this region. These are not hammered, but split and laid up irregularly, but so as to present a clear front, and, this being of every variety of color and hue, produces a most pleasing effect. 'The finished look is greatly admired. The windows and roof copings are of dressed sandstone. The interior is open to the roof edge, and is forty-three feet in height. It presents an attractive appearance, both inside and out. The windows are quaint, being all of cathech-al glass and an-anged in broken quaiTias. But the chancel windows are worthy of special mention. The altar window is a triplet, and a memorial of the Rev. Dr. James DeKoven. of Racine College. It is certainly a most artistic piece of work, and is scarcely equaled in the Northwest. Many of the windows are in loving memory of departed ones, and they are all of them gems of art. The font is a rare bit of work of carved stone - a memorial, too. and all the chancel furniture, each piece a work of art and a token of loving remembrance of those gone hence. We could say a great deal more of this charming lakeside church, and yet not say half that should be said, for it stands a challenge to any other village chui'ch, far or near, to rival it in its beauty and its completeness. Its cost, as it now is, is fully $13,000. This make up for the Episcopalians of Geneva a most valuable church property indeed. The church, chapel and rectory, with grounds, are valued at not less than S20,000.

The first officers elected upon the organization of the chmch in 1850 were: E. D. Richardson, Abiel Manning, Wardens: Andrew Ferguson, Allen Gardner, Seymoiu- N. Hatch, Lewis R. Goodsell, Simeon W. Spafford. A. Hastings and Ansil D. Memtt. All of these pioneers of the chm'ch, except Messrs. Richardson, Ferguson and Hatch, ai-e dead.

St. Francis Cafliolic Church is beautifully located on Main street in the eastern part of Geneva, on an elevation overlooking the to^vn and a givater part of the lake.

Rev. Martin Kundig, a pioneer priest of Wisconsin, selected the present location previous to the year 1847, it being the center of four adjoining townships, thus giving the Catholics of this vicinity, who were but few in number, an opportunity to comply with the jirecepts of theiichurch. Rev. Kundig. residing then at Milwaukee, attended from there at intervals this congregation, holding service at first in private dwellings. Some of the old Catholic settlers recollect well that he came all the way from Milwaukee on sick calls. Under his superintendence, the first i^arsonage was built. For want of means, the second story of this small house, and at that not completed, had to be used for a place of worship pro tern. Rev. Kundig named the chm-ch after the great St. Francis of Sales Bishop of Geneva in Switzerland. In those days, Catholics came all the way fi'om Bm-lington, on foot, to attend divine service, not having then a place for divine worship of their own.

In the year 1847, Rev. Kundig gave the charge of the newly organized congregation to Rev. P. McKernan, who was the first pastor residing here, 1847-49. The following have been his successors, taken from the church records:

Pendergast, December, 1851-53. Under his charge, the present chiu-ch building he died at Beloit, on a collecting tour for the church. P. Kenny, November, 1855, November, 1856. J. Mallor, 1854-55. H. Brennan, June, 1856-57. James Stehli, March, 1857, September, 1861. J. Roch, November, 1861-62.

Rev. N. M. Zimmer, the present pastor, took charge of the congregation on the 28th day of May, 1874. Various improvements have been made since, both in the church and on the church premises; the most conspicuous are the steeple, with a bell weighing 1,200 pounds; its sound can be heard, in favorable weather, at a distance of ten miles; besides a new dwelling house for the pastor.

As at the time of organization, people, though few in number, came a great distance, so do they even now, for the St. Francis congregation comprises the Catholic population of thg townships of Geneva, Linn, Bloomlield, a greater part of Lyons and the northeast corner of Walworth, numbering in all 180 families.

On account of the great distance at which a majority of the members live, the project of building a parochial schoolhouse could not as yet be agitated in full earnest; whence the children of Catholic parents, numbering about ninety pupils, attend Christian instruction on Sundays after divine service at noon, and in the afternoon before vespers, instructions are conducted by the pastor, who is assisted by three teachers.

John Brown, James Cun-an, Thomas Delany, Daniel and Denis Leahey, James Grier, widow Pat Powers (she is dead now) and widow Hen Curran are the oldest Catholic settlers now living in this vicinity. ,

Lake Geneva Seminary

No locality in the Northwest seems to have been so favored by nature for the purposes of a seminary as the banks of Geneva Lake. Quiet and retired, yet near a brisk center of population, the seminary is favored by outside influences as an institution where education can progress without youthful sjiirits being depressed.

In 1861, a corporation was organized by the citizens of the village, called the Geneva Seminary. Messrs. J. C. Walter, C. L. Oatman, George Allen, J. H. Ford, W. W. Byington, D. Locke, T. W. Hill, J. W. Boyd. E. Kinney and others were at the head of the movement. The public square on the east side of the river was leased for its use, and Miss Anna Moody was engaged to take charge of the school. It was opened in December, 1861, continuing under" her management for thi'ee years, when she resigned her position on account of ill health. Misses Allen and Lilly were Principals of the seminary for a year after Miss Moody's departure. The seminary was organized under its present excellent management June 2, 1869. At that time, there was no boarding-house connected with the establishment, and the Geneva Hotel was rented and occujoied for that use for two years. The school accommodates at present about one hundred pupils of both sexes. Its grounds contain six acres of land, tastefully imjjroved. The property is owned by the Warner family, the faculty being composed as follows: Mrs. Julia A. Warner, Principal, Mental and Moral Philosophy. Mrs. Ella N. Adams, English Language, Literature and History; William Jay Warner, B. S. (First Semester), Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Mary A. White, B. A., Ancient and Modern Languages; Harriet B. Sloate, Academic Department; Ella B. Vedder, Assistant Pupil; W. K. Higley, Ph. C. (Second Semester), Natural Sciences; J. A. Badger, M. A. (Second Semester), Mathematics; Irmin Soellger, Instramental and Vocal Music; Harriet E. Warner, Department of Art; Elizabeth C. Miner, Assistant in Drawing.

The Board of Trustees are: Hon. John W. Boyd. President; Mrs. Julia A. Warner, Vice President; E. S. Warner, Secretary and Treasurer:' William Jay Warner, Sarah T. Wai-ner, Harriet E. Warner and Marrietta I. Warner.

The following extract from the Chicago Tribune completes the history of this educational institution, which is an honor to the villege, the county and the State;

" This institution for the education of young ladies is located at the delightful summer resort known as Lake Geneva, Wis., on the Chicago & North- Western Railway, within two and a half hours' ride from Chicago. The seminary buildings stand at the foot of the lake, on a slight elevation running down to the water's edge. It is a quiet, retired spot, conveniently near the post office, the churches, and the business portion of the village. The o-rounds ai-e pleasantly laid out in walks and drives, and are abundantly shaded by native oaks and ornamental ti-ees. The buildings are Seminary Hall, in which the sessions of the school are held, and Oakwood, the family home and boarding-house.

" In 1869, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. A\'arner pvu-chased from the stock company of the Geneva Seminary the building known as Seminary Hall, with its accompanying park, and established Lake Geneva Seminaiy as a boarding and day school for young ladies, Mr. Warner acting as Secretary and Treasurer, and Mrs. Warner as Principal. Seminary Hall was completed "and enlarged until it contains a hall for public exercises, school room, laboratory, museum, gymnasium, recitation rooms, music rooms, an art studio, etc. For the tirst live years, the boarding pupils were accommodated in whatever buildings could be secured for the purpose, but in 1874, the present elegant brick struct lu-e was completed for their use. Some featm-es of this building are worthy of mention, as it is peeuliai-ly well adapted to the uses of a young ladies' school.

~ " But two floors are occupied by the pupils and teachers, thus avoiding, to a large extent, the very objectionable necessity of stair-climbing. The rooms and halls are l&rge and hio-h', thoroughly ventilated, heated with steam and lighted with gas. Each sleeping room is intended for two occupants, and has connected with it a warth-obe closet, and also a ckessino' closet, with outside light and gas, a fixed wash-bowl and waste-pipe. Hot and cold rain and well water are supplied to each floor. The pvu-pose of the school being to furnish the parents of the Northwest a cultiu-ed Christian home where the daughters of the West may receive a thoroui^h education in literatiu-e and science, music and art. together with a symmetrical and o-enuine development of character, the family has been limited to thirty boarding pupils, and the comforts and conveniences of a thoroughly furnished home have been suj)i)lied. The Principal insists that this plan avoids many of the evils attending large boarding schools.

" The boarding home is designed for the exclusive use of lady pupfls and the teachers. To the day school both sexes are athnitted, thus secm-ing in the class work the advantages of a mixed school, while avoiding all the disadvantages of a mixed boarding school. The couree of study is designed to meet the demands of pupils who do not intend to take a full collegiate course, but is modified, when desired, to prepai-e pupils for college. While Christian in its character, the school is undenominational, and is a private enterprise, supported entirely by its current income fi-om pupils. Dm-ing the past yeai-, the faculty numbered eight teachers and

There are at present ( lSS2j four hotels in the village, which are entirely inadequate for the annually increasing crowds of pleasure-seekers and sojourners who seek a summer retreat by the beautiful lake.

The Whiting House was built in 1873, by David T. Whiting, as a summer hotel. It is situated at the foot of Broad street, on the shore of Lake Geneva. It is a threestory wooden structiu-e. with mansard roof, double veran dah on two sides, and cost nearly $30,000. It has sixty rooms, besides billiard room, barber shop, dining room, parlors and all appiu'tenances of a lirst-class modern hotel. It has a capacity for 200 guests. It was run under the management of D. T. Whiting till April 18, 1879, at which time it was leased to W. W. Watson, of Chicago, for live years. Prior to Mr. Watson's proprietorship, it was run strictly as a summer hotel, being closed except during the smimier mouths. ;\Ir. Watson now keeps it open constantly. It is under the personal management of Hon. Thomas Tolman.

The hotel is lighted with gas. Enlargements are projected, which, if carried out, would increase its capacity three- fold, and render it the finest appointed and largest summer hotel in Wisconsin.

The Lake House was built in 1837, by Grreenleaf S. Warren. Thomas D. Warren subsequently kept it. He was followed by A. D. Colton in 1845, who owned and kept the hovise till 1846, when his wife died and he rented to Harrison Rich for two years. In 1848, Colton again became the landlord, and remained such for fourteen years, keeping, diu'ing the whole period, of the best country hotels ever kept anywhere. In 1862, Colton sold the house to John S. Griffin; he to S. H. Stafford, who has owned it ever since. Stafford, in company with his brother-in-law, J. S. Griffin, kept it several years. In 1867, Edwin Woodman became the landlord. Subsequently, William Barrett, Peter Van Slyke and George W. Ransford were the landlords. In the spring of 1873, it was leased by the present landlord, Mr. Orville L. Blakeslee, who has from the beginning run it as a fu-st-class home for travelers should be run. His long exfierience as hotel-keeper and steward of the lake boats at an early day have given him a well-earned reputation as an efficient landlord and a host who knows how to keep a hotel. Few houses have sustained so excellent a reputation for over forty years as the Lake House, and today it has no superior as a well kejjt hotel in the State. It has been remodeled and rejjaired from time to time, and shows little resemblance to the Lake House of even twenty years ago. It is three stories high, contains rooms and accommodations for sixty guests, and is always full and overflowing diu'ing the summer season.

The St. Denis Hotel is the oldest hotel in the village. It was built by R. W. Warren in 1837-88. It was at first known as the Geneva House. When it was named St. Denis is not known - probably not till a very recent date. It was certainly known as the Geneva Hotel as late as 1874. Abiel Manning and A. A. Thompson became the landlords. In 1843 or 1844, Appollos Hastings bought it, and was its landlord till 1848. That year, it was rented to Harrison Rich. The succession of landlords since is too long to find space here. It is now owned by Hale & Oatman, and run by George W. Ransford, well known as a genial and accommodating landlord. The house is historic, being the first built in the town or county. It accommodates some fifty giiests, an<l is popular with its patrons, who return from year to year to remain through the siunmer.

Union House, established by Benjamin Fish in 1870, kept by John Kohn since 1881. It is at the foot of Broad street, near the depot; sixteen rooms; can accommodate thirty guests.

Kaye S Park

is situated about six miles up the lake from the village, on a tract of land commanding one of the finest views of the lake to be had. The park has an area of 200 acres, and a lake shore of over one mile, mostly natural forest, furnishing picnic and tenting grounds for thousands, also a number of cottages in connection with the house, furnishing a large number of extra rooms. The grounds are beautifully arranged and laid out into walks and drives, with fountains fed by springs, fish ponds, rustic seats and arbors. The park is reached by steamers from the village at lease nine times a day, the boats connecting with every train to the village. There is also a telephonic connection with the Western Union Telegraph lines at Harvard. Nearly central on the park shore are two fine piers extending into the lake from the exquisitely decorated lawn, which gently rises to kaye's park hou.se, some 150 feet from the shore, a tasty, inviting, well-proportioned and arranged structure, facing the lake, and replete with broad, shady verandas and balconies, from which are unobstructed views of miles in extent of the lake and its distant opposite shore.

In addition to the ordinary features of pleasure and pastime, such as is afforded by a fine, half-mile race-course, and elegant billiard and ten-pin hall, and in croquet, base-ball, boating, etc., is the well known Wyant's Museum. His museum is not a mere collection of oddities and monstrosities, but one of great value from a historic and scientific point of view. The museum is especially rich in its collection of relics of the aborigines and the succeeding Indians, and large numbers of interesting articles from the South Sea Islands.

about five miles up the lake, is owned and managed by Mr. C. F. Hall. The park has an area of sixteen acres, and a lake shore of 100 rods. It has been tastily and handsomely laid out into walks and drives, with plenty of shade in the heavy growth of oaks and maples, where the greatest of comfort may be found. The hotel was built a year ago, and called from an old Indian name of the lake, " Pish-co-ta-qua," signifying " sparkling water." This hotel is the largest on the lake shore, the largest of its kind in the Northwest, and was built upon plans intended to procure the greatest comfort and coolness during the heat of summer. It extends along the lake shore 174 feet long, and is ninety feet deep in the wing, and four stories high, making a building that is at once pleasant and homelike in appearance. Every room in the house connects, making them all breezy, comfortable and well ventilated.

The great attraction of Pishcotaqua Park House is the system of verandas by which the house is surrounded from every story, and which gives a grand total of over two thousand feet of veranda, twelve feet wide, whereon- guests may find at all times of the day a cool and shady spot. A play ground especially for children, is one of the features of the park, and one that will be appreciated by parents. A fine bowling alley, a shooting gallery, and billiard hall offer amusement to all who may desire, while a large fleet of row boats can always be obtained. Plenty of camping grounds of great beauty and convenience can be obtained at the park, and campers are made heartily welcome at all times. A few rods from the hotel are healthful mineral springs, whose waters have been shown by chemical analysis to be as highly impregnated with life-giving properties as are any of the celebrated springs of either the East or West.

Parks And Camps

The lover of rustic life may long for more rural scenes than is presented by a modern hotel teeming with life, fashion and beauty. To such, the fullest enjoyment of a summer vacation comes from camping out, or in a semi-rustic life in lake-side cottages. There are many camps and camping grounds about the lake that offer to the visitor every facility for the free enjoyment ot life, untrarameled by the requirements of society. Among such camps or parks at the command of the public, in addition to those mentioned above, may be mentioned Fontana, or Porter & Montague's Park, Camp Collie, Russell's Park and " Warwick," and private parks - Lakeside, Harvard, Belvidere, Oak Park, Englewood, etc.

Marengo Park House

This hotel is admirably located near the head of the lake in a beautiful grove of oaks. It commands one of the finest views of the lake it is possible to obtain from any point. It is managed by Misses Bissell & Reed, who came here in 1880, from Toledo, Ohio. The park is situated directly opposite Fontana, and in addition to the hotel contains a number of cottages owned by people of Marengo, 111., which has given the park its name. The hotel is a large two-story mansion with broad piazzas like a Southern planter's home, and the cottages, bathing houses, boat houses, laundry, office, and other substantial buildings which surround it add to that resemblance. A broad, beautiful lawn of many acres slopes from its front to the water's edge. Swings, croquet grounds, a dancing platform, and numerous rustic benches and decorative flower beds ar« distributed about it.

Camp Collie

Exactly opposite Kaye's lies Camp Collie, on a high bluff overlooking Williams' Bay. This camp or park was begun in August, of 1868, at the head of Lake Geneva. It was started by a few members of one of the churches of Delavan, Wis., together with their pastor, for their own recreation. In its second year, by a vote of its members, it formally received the name which it .still bears. In the summer of 1874, it was, by force of circumstances, transferred to its present locality, and its name followed it. Its principles are these : That vital Christianity sweetens and adorns all right relations among men, and is everywhere the crowning joy and glory of life, of recreation as well as of work and worship. That the simplest pleasures are the best, and that neither pleasure seeking nor dissipation are recreation. That there are places of recreation needed, not only to a retreat from business, but also from the formalities of society. The camp is owned by Rev. J. Collie, of Delavan, Wis., and is open for guests on the 15th of June. He advertises that the camp has " cottages, furnished rooms and boats to rent. Board by the day or week - single meals. Milk furnished - ice and excellent water. A laundry department, with reasonable charges. Stabling for horses. Cook stoves, and wood fitted to them, for those who do their own cooking. Fishing tackle, etc."

The Ci.Sco

Lake Geneva is also the natural home of the cisco, a beautiful silver-scaled fish about eight inches long, and which resemble greatly a herring. These fish are caught for a few days only in each year, generally in the full of the moon in June. At that time a peculiar fly is seen hovering in the air and over the water in immense swarms. The fish run in schools, and immense quantities are taken. Captain Newberry took 614 in one day, and his catch during the run of a week was about 3,000.

Village Directory 1882

Public Hall - Ford's Opera House, erected by Miss C. L. Ford in 1876; 120 feet long, two stories and basement, the upper part being the Masonic Lodge room.

History Of Walworth Coukty

In the summer of 1872, Julian S. Rurasey, of Chicago, erected a spacious and handsome residence on the eastern shore of the bay. It is located about half a mile from the village center, but in the village limits. A road formerly ran between the lake and where the house now stands, but Mr. Rumsey persuaded the Town Board to locate the road further back where it now is located. The house stands in the midst of a fine grove of large oaks, and is a charming place for the busy Chicagoan to take his otium cum dignitate during the summer days.

Fish Culture

Through the untiring efforts and generosity of Hon. N. K. Fairbank, of Chicago, a large hatching house has been established in the village at the outlet of the lake, with breeding ponds at the head of the hike, from which the hike is being annually supplied with some of the choicest fish known. Over fifteen million young fish have been imported from California and other parts of the Union, and through the personal attention of Mr. Seth Green, Thomas Welsher, Albert Lytle, B. B. Scott, Frank and William Welsher, the lake is becoming known to spnrtmen as one of the finest fishing grounds in the country. Fishing is free, and in the proper season is enjoyed by all, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, citizens and visitors.

Geneva Lake

Enough has already been written of the lake to give the reader a definite idea of its location and extent. The natural beauty of the lake itself, as well as of its surroundings, were known and appreciated from the earliest settlement.

It is surrounded by a fairly marked but not <ibrupt shore, heavily wooded. It'ia a springfed lake, deep, clear, cold, and abounding in all the game tisli common to Western waters: pickeral, pike, bass and perch have always been plenty. Its peculiar tish, for whicli it is celebrated, is the " Cisco," a species of herring not found elsewhere in the inland lakes. It inhabits deep water and only comes up once a year, generally in June, to feast on the June fly that swarms in vast numbers at that time. They come in immense schools, and bite ravenously for a few days, then disappear, being seen quite infrequently and in small numbers during the remaining months of the year. The cisco season is an event on the lake. As soon as they appear, the fact is telegraphed to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and all points within a radius of 1,000 miles. For two weeks, the lake is literally covered with fishing craft. Probably 20,000 persons enjoy the sport each year.

Since the completion of the railroad to Geneva in 1JS73, the lake has become the great summer resort for the affluent citizens of Chicago. The lands are mostly owned by non-residents, who make their temporary summer residences along^the shore.

The summer residence of L. Z. Leiter, of Chicago, was built in the summer of 1879. It is pleasantly located on the west side of Geneva Bay, between the residences of Messrs. Shelton Sturges and George Sturges, and within half a mile from the post office. It is built of brick, and is more substantial than the generality of summer residences. The grounds contain thirty-seven acres, handsomely laid out into walks and drives. A arge Dutch wind-mill, and a small, but complete astronomical observatory are features of interest. The house is finished off in hard woods, and is said to be the finest in the State in artistic design and efl'ect.

N. K. Fairbank began the erection of his residence in September, 1874. Though situated on rather low grounds, a fine view in all directions is obtained from this point which has been improved so that now there is no more beautiful place on the lake shore. The building first erected was burned in the winter of 1875 through a defective flue, but work was at once begun on a new residence which, in <mv every detail, is exactly like the one destroyed. Austin Moody, of Geneva, was the builder of both houses. It is one of the handsomest places on the lake, the grounds having been improved and ornamented by time as well as by money. Mr. Fairbank is one of the most popular of the summer residents, and the citizens have long since shown their liking for him by calling him " Commodore."

In 1870, Slieiton Sturges, of Chicago, purchased ninety acres of land, beautifully located on the western shore of the bay, of Mr. Gurdon Montague, and, in the following year, he built a handsome residence which he still owns. It was one of the first of the many beautiful summer homes that now border the lake, and, being situated on a high hill overlooking the village and bay, it was and still is a handsome and conspicuous landmark. It is the first summer residence on the shore, on leaving the village.

The residence of G. L. Dunlap was built about the same time as that of Mr. Rumsey, and the parks surrounding each join without a dividing line. It was built as was that of Rumsey, by Austin Moody.

The metropolitan character of the resort is shown in the following: There are during the summer plying daily on Lake Geneva foiu- steamboats for public convenience, and nine steamers owned by j)rivate citizens. The flot>t of 1881 was: Public steamers - Commodore, G. W. Van Slyke: Lucius NewbeiTy and Lady of the Lake, Fred Wilson: Lady Anna. Sauford & Moore. Private steamboats - Dora, T. J. Schneider, Chicago; Cisco, N. K. Fairbank: Passaic, E. T. Crane; Daisy, L. Z. Leiter; Airow, George Sturges; Whitecap, B. F. NoiTis; Piscator, Dr. Hunter, Chicago; Dot. Dr. Hunter, Elgin; Gertie, George L. Dunlap, Chicago. There are now (winter of 1882) building one public and three private boats, which will be added to the fleet of 1882.

The lake on its shores is now a succession of public parks, hotels, private residences and camps. There are not less than thirty jiiers or landings in coasting up the lake on the north shore and returning on the south shore.

(1) Dock for private boats; (2) George Sturges; (.3) L. Z. Leiter: (4) N. K. Fairbank; (5) J. T. Lester; (6) Henrv Strong: (7) H. L. Gav: (8) E. Bm-k; (9) T. J. Schneider: (10) Judge Withrow; (11) O. W. Potter : (12) Elgin, 111., Chib House; (13) new Elgin, III. club; (U) E. T. Crane; (15) Pisheotaqua Hotel, C. F. Hall, proprietor: (IP)) Camp Collie, a resort for ministers and their families, on the point west of Williams Bay; thence returning around the head of the laki^ and down the south shore is (17) Eussell's Park, public; (18), Belvidere Park, owned mostly by residents of BeU-idere, 111.; (19) Fontana, public, Porter & Montague: (20) N. K. Fairbank, fish pond; on the south shore (21) Marengo Hotel: (22) A. Sperry's Landing: (23) Harvard Park, owned by citizens of Harvard, 111.; (24) Prof. Nightingale's Lauding: (25) Bon Ami Club, Chicago; (2fi) Englewood Camp, Chicago Club: (27) Kaye's Park, public, with hotel; (28) Warwick Park; (29) J. S. Eumsey. private, (30) Geo. L. Dunlap; (31) J. C. Walter. The last-named landing is immediatelv south of the Whitinir House dock.

Thus it will be seen that the whole lake, with Geneva Village as its metropolis, has become a jjopulous living-place for the denizens of Chicago.

The Watek-Power

The water-power at Geneva is utilized at two pjints. For the upper privilege, now owned by Gilbert & Barber, the water is drawn from the outlet of the lake by an open canal to the gristmill, where there is a head and fall of fifteen feet. This is the old original power, first discovered l)y Payne and improved by Goodsell & Warren.

The lower power, some half a mile below, has a head and fall of eight feet, as now used. The early history of it, as given by Mr. Simmons in 1875, was as follows:

"The lower power within the village limits was originally claimed, as we are credibly informed, by P. O. Sprague. Whether Van Slyke, whose name we have before mentioned in connection with it ever made any claim there seems to be quite doubtful; at all events, it at some time came into the possession of Sidney Sage, from whom its recent owners purchased it in 1842. In 1843, they built a saw-mill, which was for many years in constant use, but of late it has suspended operations, either through the growing unjiojmlarity of oak lumber, or the want of logs on whicli to exercise its sharp teeth, and it now works only intermittingly, when occasion I'equires. They subsequently added carding and cloth-dressing works, which find good employmtmt in their season; also an oil-mill. There is here a fall of twelve feet, secured l)y building a dam some twenty-five rods in lengih, and there is at all times a sufficient supply of water to proj^el a large amount of machinery. The McKaig power was originally claimed by Thomas McKaig, S. W. Spafard and others, and is now owned by Dr. Tolman Wheeler, of Chicago, At this point, there is a fall of eleven feet, requiring an artificial dam of only about thirty feet, nature having furnished a substantial barrier for the remaining distance. Possibly, in the ante-historic ages, tliis barrier extended acro.ss the whole river bottom, and was the northern boundary of the lake. Here, some years since, a large building was erected by a man named Mm-ray. to be xised as a paper-mill, but the owner, having left this j)art of the country before its completion, never returiieA, and, the property having bean sold under a mortgage, the project never was carried out. The building has since been removed. The peculiar advantages of this location rendering it comparatively easy to control and apply the power, and the extreme purity of- the water flowing to it from the lake, make it very desirable, and ought to insure its improvement for that purpose, as there is here everything requisite for the manufacture of the tinest quality of writing paper."

January 30, 1875, a corporation was formed under the name of the Crawford Manufacturing Company, and the present works for the manufacture and repair of agricultiiral implements were started on the power above described. The corporators were John Haskin, A. C. Hogaboom, James Haskin, John T. Mathews, Amos Fellows, E. C. Salisbury, J. Simmons, G. Montague and J. G. Sherman.

The village has had the rare experience of having railroad connection with Chicago for several years, and then being deprived of the same - so she ought to be, if she is not, better qualified to judge of the local advantages and disadvantages arising therefrom than most towns who have never had it but once.

The only section of the old Wisconsin Central Railroad ever built reached Geneva in 1856. It was only by the aid of individual effort and subscriptions that it was brought into the village, as the road failed in the crash, with the rails laid within sight of but not into "the village. For four veal's, trains arrived and dejiarted from Geneva to Chicago daily. In 1860, the rails were worn out and trains ceased running, and for an interim of thirteen years thereafter, the village relapsed into its former state as a eoimtry town. In 1873, raikoad connection with Chicago was re-established essentially over the old line, abandoned so many years before. Full information as to the railroad ai)pears in the railroad history of the county.

Since the re-establishment in 1873, and dating from that time, Geneva has come to be the great summer resort and home of the prosperous and wealthy citizens of Chicago.

The lake on either shore has l)een studded with elegant rural homes, hotels, parks, camping-grounds, and all else to render it the most delightful summer resort in the West. This has given to the village a metropolitan air and character it had not before. It has now its opera house (Ford's) and its daily paper. All through the summer, steamers ply the lake in such numbers as to rob it of all solitude, and the hum and bustle of city life is transferred there from Chicago through all the summer months.

The John Haskins Maufacturing Company is the successor of the Crawford Manufacturing Company, and still conducts essentially the business first started in 1875. They manufacture mowers, reapers, corn cultivators, hay rakes; also a variety of wood work, and castings. The annual products of the establishment aggregate $40,000.

Geneva Lake Mills

The Geneva Lake Mills are situated on the site of the first grist-mill liuilt in the town. The present mill was built by R. W. Warren in 18-17. He sold it to one N. L. Stout in 1857, but subsequently came again into possession and ran it till 1856, when Joseph Case and S. O. Raymond became proprietors. This copartnership lasted till 1861. when Elisha D. Cogswell bought Mr. Case's interest, and for awhile Raymond & Cogswell were proprietors, S. O. Raymond being the resident partner and active business proprietor. While under this pro})rietorship, the mill was run by various parties; who furnished the wheat and paid for grinding. Among the manufacturers were Samuel Farrar, Daniel E. Sherman and others. In 1863, E. L. Gilbert bought an interest from S. O. Raymond, and in 1864 Raymond & Gilbert bought the entire interest of Elisha D. Cogswell, and became the proprietors of the mill. The fii-m of Gilbert & Raymond conducted the business till 1870. at which time Joel Barber bought the interest of S. O. Raymond. Since then, the firm of Gilbert & Barb?r have been the sole proprietors of the mill

The mill has been always fitted uj) with the most modern appliances. It has at present five run of stone and one set of rollers, and all the latest improvements for the manufacture of flour by the patent process (so called). Its capacity is, for merchant work, 15,0011 ban-els pe

Gilbert & Barber al.so own the mill below, formerly the woolen-mill, which is utilized for grinding oat-meal and coarse feed. The oat-meal (" Badger State" ) is sold throughout the country, and has become a standard brand.

Corporate History Of Geneva Village

The village was incorporated in the winter of 1844:. There are no records now in the possession of the Village Clerk coucerning the early corporate history of the village. From Simmon i' History of Geneva, the following information is gleaned:

" In the winter of 1844, the Legislature gi-anted a charter, incorporating as the 'Village of Geneva' the whole of fraational Section 36, of Geneva, with the above-mentioned five acres from Lyons. At the first election under this charter, Charles M. Goodsell was elected President of the village, and a majority of the Trustees were, like him, sterling temperance men. James Simmons was also elected to the office of Village Clerk, which proved very lucrative to him, his salary - embodied in a Boston rocking chair - having proved sufficient to support him ever since that time, and still remaining in his possession to sustain his declining years.

" This charter invested the Village Board with fall control over the sale of intoxicating liquors, and they proceeded to exercise that power by passing an ordinance entirely prohibiting the sale or giving away of anything which could intoxicate, within the limits of our village, and prescribing a heavy penalty for a violation of its provisions. This ordinance, if we mistake not, considerably antedated the famous Maine law. It was published so as to take eflect a day or two before the 4th of July, 184-^. Thomas D. Warren, then keeper of the Lake House, having continued to sell as usual on that day. was immediately prosecuted therefor. The trial came on just at nightfall, before Loren Stacy, Esq., at his log house in Hiidson, on the farm now owned by S. H. Statibrd. After a session continuing all night, attended by the usual difficulty of inducing witnesses to acknowledge that they knew whisky by its smell, taste, or effects, the jury found hiro guilty, and he was duly lined. *He immediately 1 3ok an appeal to the District Court, and the case lingered there until a change of village administration took place, and then died a natural death. This was, we believe, the only prosecution under that ordinance.

" In 1845, the village charter was amended and the control of licenses taken away from the Village Board and restored to the Town Supervisors; those who knew what was good for themselves, and understood the far-reaching beneticence of free whisky, being suspicious that fanaticism might at some time again break out at the polls. The right to levy ta.xes was also taken from the board and given to the voters at the annual elections. For about eleven years, a masterly inactivity characterized the policy of the village authorities, during which the village records were either lost or destroyed. R. W. Warren, Benjamin E. Gill, John M. Nelson and Anthony Dobbs are the only Presidents now remembered as having served during that period."

A new charter was granted by act of the Legislature, March 28. 1850, which was in many particulai-s amended in 1867 and that charter, so amended remained in force until April 2. 1879. On that day, a special village election was held, pursuant to a notice duly given by the Trustees, to determine whether the village should retain its old charter, or become re-incorporated under the general statute for the incor]ioration of villages (Chap. 40. R.. S. 1878). and a majority of electors having voted in favor of re-incorporation, the special chai-ter became supei'seded by the general law, which is now the fundamental law of the village; and the tirst election was held under that law on the first Tuesday in May, 1879. This change in the law by which it is governed did not affect its name, which is the Village of Geneva, nor its boundaries, which are described in the amended charter of 1 807.

" The following Board of Trustees, as it existed before the passage of the above act (of incorporation) were present, to wit: A. D. Colton, Daniel Merritt and John Beamsley, Trustees; and J. T. Abell, Village Clerk - who, having severally qualified, acted as Inspectors of said election."

The following officers were elected: Trustees, E. D. Richardson, President; B. E. Gill, Daniel Locke, C. Miller, C. L. Oatman; Clerk, John T. Abell; Justice of the Peace, J. T. Abell; Assessoi-, S. H. Stafford; Treasurer. E. -ludrus; Constables, D. W. Sherman. William Jewitt.

R. B. ARNOLD, druggist and bonk seller, G-eueva ; he is proprietor of the olde.st drug house in the y of Walwjrth. It wa^ established by Mr. L3wis Curtis in 1840, and continued in the possession -of .Mr. Curtis, or of his son H. H. Curtis, till 1878, when it was purch.ased by the present proprietor. Mr. A. was born in Elkhart Co., lad., in 1853 ; he earn; to Geneva with his father, A. B. Arnold, in the fall of 1865. He was engaged in the drug store as clerk, of which he is now proprietor. He graduated at the Chicago college pharmacy in 1877, and succeeded Mr. C. in business the following year. He was married to Hattie Winegar. .Jan, 1, 18S0, daughter of S, E, Winegar, who settled inlvemsha Co. in 1844; he was bora in Fort Ann, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1813, and died Nove^nber 16, 1877, Mr. and Mrs. A. have one daughter, Edith Winnefred.

JOEL BARBKR, of the firm of Gilbert & Barber, proprietors of Geneva Lake Mills, Geneva. Mr. Barber is a native of the lown of Louisville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he was born in 18:i8. His parents were Solon and Hannah Birber; his fa'her was a native of Vermont, his mother was born in Canada ; Mr, Barber came to Geneva in June, 1848, and engaged in work at his trade, that of a carpenter and joiner ; in 1866, he engaged in the manufacture of staves for flour barrels; h; bought one-hal f inferest in the water-power, now own^d by himself and Mr. Gilbert ; in 1870 (an account of the business of this firm will be found elsewhere), Mr.Barber married for his first wife, Julia L Marsh. His present wife was Miss Carrie M, Marsh, a cousin of formsr wife. They have two adopted daughters.

EPHRAIM P. BLSHOP, cmtractoranl builder, Geneva; born in Sullivan Co , N. Y., in 1826. He removed with his parents to Pennsylvania when 12 yeirs of age. His fither was a millwright by trade, to which .Mr. B. served an apprenticeship, and followed the business for about twelve years. He was also engaged in the lumber business in Pennsylvinia for son-3 tim?. He came to Chicago in 1869, where he lived one year, and then went to Woodstock, VIoH^nry Co,, III. He came to Geneva in 1872, and has been engaged in the business of carpentry here since that time. His wife, formerly Miss .Mary M. Hardy school teacher, was born in Binghamton, N. Y. They have three sons; Ernest H., Purley and Burley.

ORVILLE L. BLAKESLEB, proprietor of Lake House, Geneva. Mr. Blakeslee was born in the State of New York, but removed with his parents, at a very early age, to Ashtabula Co., Ohio; for a period of seventeen years, Mr. Blakeslee was employed on the lakes, in the capacity of steward, which afforded him an experience of great value as a hotel proprietor, a position he has for mvny yeirs occupied. After leaving the lakes he engaged in hotel keeping, first, at Con^aut, Ohio ; thence to Coneautville, Peun.; thence to Peoria, III., where he kept tha M3trop)litan, an! was also engaged in brewing for a time; thence to Evanston, III., wh^re he engaged in the grocery trade, and alsa in hotel keeping. He came to G'neva in the spring of H73, and has conluoted the Like House sinee that tims. .Mr. Blakeslee is apjpular and su !ee«fut lanihrd; his wife was Sasan L B ;rry, born in Albany, N. Y.

LAURA PALMKR BREWSTER, widow of 6. F. Brewster, a son of Deodat Brewster, one of the early settlers of the town of Geneva ; he emigrated from Vermont with his family in 1838, and settled on See. 1 in this town, where he resided until his death, which occurred Ojt. 23, 1831, in his 93 1 year; his wife, Lois Brewster, died in Auj;u3t, 1372, in her 84th year. G. F. Brewster was born in Vermont Feb. 27, 1820; he cam; here with his father in 1833, and resided at the homsstead until his death, which occurred June 16, 1872 ; he was married to Laura Palmer, daughter of J. G. Palmer, who settled in the town of Geneva from Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1853. Mrs. B. camj to Geneva in 1850 ; she, with her family, occupy the homesteid, where Mr. Deodat Brewster settled in 1838; she has five children - Eliza, Frank, Lula M,, Grace W. and Fred; she lost her two eldest children. The homestead contains 280 acres.

F. A. BUCKBEE, Justice of the Peace and Police Justice of Geneva; he was bDrn in the town of Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1828, where he lived until seventeen years of age, when he went to Rockford, III. He was engaged in farming until 24 years of age, when he engaged in the mercantile and produce business; he came to Walworth Co. in 186.3, and settled in the town of Lyons, and engaged in farming; in the fall of 1874 he went to California, and returned in July of the following year, and located in Geneva; he has served two ye.irs in the L?gislative Assembly, having been elected in 1866, and aj;ain in 1873; hi lias been Justice of the Peace since the spring of 1877, and has served as Police Justice since May, 1879. Mrs. B. was formerly Miss A. J. Hubbard Palmer, adopted daughter of Dr. A. S. Palmer, an early physician of Geneva.

CHARLES EDWIN BUELL, cashier of the Bank of Geneva; son of Ira Bueli; was born at Plymouth, N. Y., in 1836 ; he removed with liis parents to the town of Lynn, Walwortli Co., in 1846; his father, Ira Bueli, was a native of New Hampshire, born Jan. 10, 1791, and died in the town of Lynn, Aug. 16, 1864; his mother, Chloe Holoomb Bueli, born Aug. 2, 1793, still lives at the homestead. Mr. C. E. Bueli resided at home until he entered the army, August 1862 ; he enlisted in Co. C, 22d W. V. I. On the organization of the ompany, he was mide Orderly Sergeant; he was promoted to a Second Lieutenancy Feb 28, 1863, and became Fir.t Lieutenant April 18, 1864. Mr. Bueli was a gallant and faithful soldier, never absent from his c )mpany ; he participated in all the battles and marches in which hi,s regiment was eog.iged. until the army left Savannah ; in Sherman's mirch to the sea, when he obtained a leave of absence for thirty days, re-joining his regiment at Raleigh. On the close of the war, Mr. Bueli returned to the homestead; he was married in 1867 to Miss Elizabeth Richardson. He came to Geneva the year of his marriage, and has been cashier of the bank since that time. He was also Postmaster at Geneva from 1870 to 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Bueli have two daughters - Helen M. and Kittie May.

JOHN BULLOCK, artist and portrait painter, Geneva ; he is a native of England, where he was born in 1827 ; he came to the United States and settled in Philadelphia in 1858, and engaged in portrait painting; he has been a painter from his childhood, and had excellent instruction in the art before coming to this country ; he did not continue long in portrait painting in Philadelphia, as the invention of the solar camera robbed the artist of his work ; he soon engaged in landscape painting, and while thus occupied, visited, and took sketches of much of the beautiful scenery of New York and Pennsylvania; he then went to Chicago and opened a studio in Crosby's Opera House Block, but was burned out at the time of the great fire in that city ; he came here the following summer to make sketches of the beautiful scenery in this vicinity, and decided to locate here permanently; he has fitted up his studio and operating rooms in the fine.st style; he has a solar camera of the improved pattern, and in every way prepared to do excellent work. His wife is a native of England; they have six children.

JOHN E. BURTON, Geneva; he was born in the town of New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y.,Oct. 19, 1847 ; ha was educated at Whitestown, N. Y., where he took a four years' course of study, and also attended the Oneida Conference Seminary at Cazenovia one year ; after leaving school, he was engaged in teaching at Cazenovia for one year ; he then went to Richmond, 111., where he engaged in teaching for two years; he came to Geneva and took charge of the public schools at this place in 1870, and remained as Principal until 1873; while under his charge the schools of Geneva attained a high standard of excellence ; he was the first editor of the Geneva Herald, selected for that position at the birth of that paper in 1872, and became its proprietor in 1873, and remained as such until 1876 ; resigning the principaLship of the school in 1873, he was chiefly instrumental in forming the Crawford Mower and Reaper Co. of Geneva, of which he was Secretary and book-keeper for several years, and was also for a time Director and Vice President of this company, in which he was an extensive stockholder. During the time that he was connected wiih this company and afterward, he dealt extensively in real estate, both in Geneva and Chicago; atone time was the owner of the Cornell Block in that city, which he exchanged for a large tract of land in Texas. From Septembsr, 1879, till May, 1881, he was located in the city of New York, as agent fur the sale of the Tilden Sdver Jlines of Colorado, in which he was very successful, making sale to Wall street pirties at 82.50,000. He is now engaged as General Agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York ; he is a gentleman of indomitable energy and determination, which, combined with good judgment, makes him a successful business man. He is an excellent scholar, a Republican in politics, and a fluent and able public speaker; he has filled a considerable line of appointments in public speeches in various parts of the State in the Garfield campaign, and made a special canvass under appointments of the Republican State Central Committee, through the Sixth Congressional District, aiding in the defeat of Gabe Bouck for Congress ; he has filled list of appointments in every campaign since 1868. Mr. Burton is the owner of one of the largest and rarest libraries in Southern Wiscon- sin, containing over 1,(500 volumes, in wliich are thirteen different Bibles, Hogarth's Works, the complete Ante-Nicene Library, Dore's Works, " Knight's Worship of Priapus," and others which have not a duplicate in the whole State. In 1876, he built his present homo, the finest in the corporation except the houses built by Chicago parties. His wife was Miss Lucretia D. Johnson, born:in Cortland Co., N. Y.; they have four children - Howard E , Warren E , Kenneth E., and an infant daughter, Bonnie L. Burton.

0. S. CARMAN, dentist, Geneva, having located here in the spring of 1881, succeeding Dr. A. E. Oviatt; he is a young man thoroughly educated in the profession, and is rapidly building up a reputation for the excellence of his work ; he was born in Rochester, Racine Co., in 1856 ; he took a course of instruction at the Dental College, Indianapolis, Ind. Married, Nov. 9, 1881, to Miss Lydia Hall, of Indianapolis. Dr. Carman's, preceptor was Dr. James Parsons, of Whitewater.

GEORGE E. CATLIN, M. D., Geneva; he is a native of Tiogo Co., Penn., where he was born, March, 1840; his early education was such as to lay the foundation for the profession of a physician, which he afterward adopted ; arriving to the years of manhood at about the time of the breaking-out of our civil war, he enlisted in the struggle, in which he served till the close of the contest. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the 6th Penn. V. I., a regiment of three months men ; in the fall of that year he re-enlisted in the 101st Peon. V. I.; he participated in McClellan's Pennsylvania campaign, taking part in the most of the battles of that campaign, and was the bearer of the regimental colors on many a bloody battle-field; in September, 1862, he was discharged for disability, and returned to his native State and resumed his studies; but, regaining his health, he again enlisted, becoming a member of Battery E, in the regular service, 5th Light Artillery, and served as gunner of that battery through the campaign of the Wilderness, and up to the close of the war, when he was made Sergeant and was discharged at Key West, February, 1866. He came to Wisconsin in March, 1866, and engaged in the study of medicine with Dr. W. H. Borden, of Milton ; in the winter of 1866 67 he attended .\Iilton College, and also attended to his medical studies. In the fall of 1867 he entered Beloit College, where he remained two years; he then entered the Medical College of the Michigan University, where he remained during that college year, and then entered the Detroit Medical College, where he graduated as M. D., July, 1870. He came to Geneva in August of that year. He is a well-educated and intelligent gentleman, thoroughly devoted to his profession, and is having a large and growing practice. His wiTe was formerly Mifs Lucretia Vancampen, daughter of Benjamin Vancampen, a brother of Maj. Moses Vancampen, of Revolutionary fame. What Western New York boy has not read, in his boyhioJ days, the thrilling narrative of battles, capture, and escape of Maj. Vancampen? whose family were the victims of the Wyoming massacre in Pennsylvania; he himself beina taken prisoner, and escaped after slaughtering his captors; but dire vengeance was executed by Gen. Sullivan upon the savage allies of the British, in the campaign through Western New Y'ork. At the time of the Wyoming massacre, the father of Mrs. Catlin was but 2 years of age, and escaped the fate of his father and other members of the family. Mr. B. Vancampen was an officer in the war of 1812.

JOHN CHASE, proprietor of North Geneva Cheese Factory; P.O. Elkhorn ; Mr. Chase was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1811, where he was brought up ; he removed to the town of Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., when a young man ; he went to the State of Ohio in the fall of 1840, and engaged in farming ; he came to the town of Geneva in 1866, and bought the farm of G. S. Powers ; he built his present factory, known as the " North Geneva Cheese Factory," in company with John W. Newton ; he is now sole proprietor of the factory. His first wife was born in Genesee Co., N. Y.; his present wife was born in Ohio. He has one son - 0. C. Chase.

ALVIN D. CLAPP, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Elkhorn ; born at Taunton, Mass., in 1814 ; removed to the State of Connecticut, and thence to Maine, returned ti Massachusetts, and came to Walworth Co. and settled on bis present farm in March, 1847; he married Martha D. Viles. born in Anson, .\Ie., in 1819 ; her parents, Joseph and Eleanor Viles, cime to Geneva in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Clapp have two daughters - Orilla, now Mrs. Samuel Decatur, and .Mareda ; lost one son, Eli, who enlisted in the 28th Regiment, and died at Helena, Ark., in 1863.

GEORGE B. CONANT, inventor, and associated with A. E. Lytic, dealer in patent rights ; he is the son of Henry B. Conant, and was born in the town of Bloomfield, Walworth Co., in 1851. He has a natural fondness for the construction of machinery, and has exhibited an inventor's mind from a child ; his principal inventions, for which he has secured patents, are Conant's Improved Pitman Bar, Perfection Car Mover and Burglar Alarm Bell. He married, in 1870, Miss Emma Stanford, daughter of John R. Stanford, an early settler of Geneva.

JOHN A. COWLES, farmer, Sec. 0 ; P. O. Elkhorn ; son of Seth and Harriet Cowles, who settled on the farm now owned by John A. Cowles, in June, 1842. The parents of Mr. Cowles were born in Connecticut, but came to Walworth Co. from the State of New York. They resided in this place until their death. Mr. S. Cowles was born in July, 1704, and died in February, 1867 ; his wife was born in 1795, and died May 12, 1879. The parents of Mr. Cowles had three children - David S., who resided at Denver, Colo., Julius W., in Jackson Co., Kan., John A., was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1832; he has always lived on the homestead. He married Lucy Hathway, daughter of James and Martha Hathway , who came to Geneva from Massachusetts, in 1843 ; they now live in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Cowles have five children - Elmer, Fred, Minnie, Carl and George. Farm contains 240 acres.

LEWIS CURTIS, merchant, Geneva; he is one of the successful business men of Geneva; is also one of the early settlers, locating here in the spring of 1840; was born in the town of Plymouth, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1813. He removed to New York City with his parents, and thence to Syracuse ; he has been engaged in business since 18 years of age; he came to lieneva, in 1840, from Toledo, Ohio, where he had lived for several years. He opened the first drug store in Geneva, in 1840 ; has been engaged in merchandising for several years. His wife was Mary E. Humphrey, born in Ohio, and died in 1868, at Geneva. Mr" and Mrs. C. have had nine children, five now living^Hiram H.; Frances C, now Mrs. A. A. Sawyer ; Walter, Hattie and Annie Bell ; Hiram H. was born in Geneva, Dec. 6, 1844 ; married Mary A. Allen, daughter of George Allen, of the town of Linn.

W. R. DAVIS, Geneva ; was born in the town of Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1824 ; lived on a farm until 19 years of age; since that time has been almost constantly connected with the mercantile business; came to Geneva in June, 1849, and engaged as clerk for Stafford & Dewey; in 1855, he engaged in business with Mr. Stafford, which partnership continued about two years ; was afterward in company with J. J. Dewey for about three years, when he bought the interest of his partner, and conducted the business alone. During the time that he was in business, he built the store now occupied by Wachter & Ford. The father of Mr. D., with his family, came to Geneva in 1844, and died about 1880 ; he had five children, and all but two are living. Mrs. D. was formerly M. Louise Butler, daughter of Henry and Emily B.

J. J. DEWEY, retired, Geneva. Mr. Dewey was born in the town of De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1814; he removed to Coopersti)wn, in that State, with his parents, Chester and Mary Johnson Dewey, in 1827. Mr. Dewey worked in a cotton factory several years, but afterward learned the trade of a hatter, till 1S44; became to Walworth Co. in May of that year. Previous to this time, he had purchased, or rather exchanged property, in the East for a farm in the town of Geneva, where he settled and lived one year; he then engaged in merchandising; Mr. Feriiuson was with him for sjveral years. He continued in the merohantile business until 18i36. He was Postmaster daring the administration of President Taylor and Fillmore. .Mr. Dewey was actively engage! in business till 1872 ; his first wife was Eliza Bates, born in Dutchess Co., N. Y.; his second wife, Salina Meriam, she died in January, 1870. Mr. Dewey had two children by first wife, Sarah being born in Cooperstown and May in Geneva. The latter died at the age of 4 years and 6 months. The former i< now Mrs. Delavan Ford. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have two children - Mary and Nellie.

WILLIAM E. DUNBAR, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Elkhorn ; son of Samuel D., who emigrated from near Belfast, Ireland, to the State of New York, in 1833, and set'led in Rensselaer Co. ; came to Geneva with his family in 1839, and soon after settled on the farm which his son William E. n)W owns. He resided hore until his death, which occurred April 20, 1872 ; his wife died in 1852. The parents of Mr. D. had five children - James, William E, Sirah A., now th3 wife of Jxmis R Smith: RobjrtT. and Windsor S. William E. was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., July 21, 1836 ; he has spent many years in the fiir West, living for fourteen years at Silver City, Nevada. He returned in 1873 and purchased the homestead farm the same year. His wife was Elizabeth Bulloch. Mr. and Mrs. D. have six children - Lizzie, William E., Samuel J., Maud H., Walter L. and Harry D. They lost a daughter. Mr. Dunbar's farm contains 160 acres.

CHARLES DUNLAP, Geneva ; P. 0. Elkhorn ; was born in Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y., March 10, 1834; was the son of John and Cynthia Dunlap; came to Wisconsin with his father in 1839, his mother having died in the East. He was married, Dee. 21, 1853, to Miss Bethaina Crandall, daughter of Richard Crandall. Mrs. Dunlap was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., but came to Wisconsin from Cortland, N. Y.; in 1853 Mr. Dulap commenced farming on Sec. 9, town of Geneva, where he still owns a farm of 240 acres. They have six children living ; have lost one. The oldest, George B., is a farmer in Geneva. Horatio S. is a law student in the ofiice of Joseph Lyons, of Elkhorn. Alice M. died when 4 years of age; the others are Mark C, Dora H., William P. and Charles K. Mr. Dunlap served several years as Chainnin of his town ; was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature in 1875; is at present the Superintendent of the Poor and Overseer of the County Poor Farm and Poor House, Geneva. Was elected to his present position in December, 1879, to fill vacancy ; was re-elected in 1880 for three years. He makes an efficient ofEeer, and the Poor House of Walworth Co., which is said to be the finest in the State, is under his adniinistrBtion a cheerful and comfortable home, for tlie unfortunate under his care.

HARRIS DURKEE, dealer in coal, cement, etc., Geneva. Mr. Durkee was born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1825. He removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1848, where he kept hotel for a time, and also engaged in farming. He came to Elkhorn, Walworth Co.. Sept 20, 1855, and settled in Geneva the following December. Mr. Durkee was married in Vermont to Elizabeth Rodgers. They have three children - George A., Frank M. and Nellie E., all of whom are married; the two sons reside in Geneva ; their daughter (^now Clyde R. Harrison), resides at Wall Lake, Iowa. Mr. Durkee succeeded J. P. Forbes in his present business.

EXPERIENCE ESTABROOK was born in Lebanon, Grafton Co, N. H., April .30, 1813. He received a good education, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and settled at Geneva in 1839. Mr. Estabrook became at once prominent in public afl'airs, being a man of talent and thorough legal attainments. He served as District Attorney and School Commissioner before the State Constitution was adopted ; was elected to the Second Constitutional Convention, and afterward served as member of Assembly and Attorney General of the new State. Mr. Estabrook was ever alive to the importance of the greatest possible extension of educational privileges, and to his judgment is Wisconsin largely indebted for the formation of her present system ; as earnest was he also in pressing the necessity of a like broad extension of political privileges - " without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude." Although of a conservative disposition on these topics, he was in advance of all but a few leaders of public opinion, who were considered radical. Mr. Estabrook remained in Geneva until 1855, when he was appointed Attorney General of the Territory of Nebraska, and removed to Omaha, where he still resides. He was subsequently elected a delegate to Congress, and since the Territory became a State has held many positions of public trust, none of which were ever slighted. In his departure from Geneva, the county and the State lost one of her able men.

DAVID L. FLACK, farmer and dairyman. Sec. 10; P.O. Elkhorn. He is one of the prominent and progressive farmers of Walworth Co. He was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1830. He is the son of James A. Flack; was born in VYashington Cj., N. Y., in 1804-, and came to Walworth Co. from St. Lawrence Co. in lS-t3, and settled in the town of Geneva, where he still lives. His first wife was .Mary Lytic, who died in 1836. His present wife was Martha Armstrong, born in Washington Co., in 1816. David L. came to Geneva from New York in 1846. He settled on the farm where he now lives, in 1852. He has a fine farm of 200 acres, and his improvements are among the best in the town of Geneva. He devotes considerable attention to dairying, in which he uses the most approved methods. He has been married three times; his first wife was Philiiida Crandall, born in Cortland Co., N. Y., died in 1872. His second wife was Mrs. Adelaide Cady Baldwin, birn in Kenosba Co., Wis.; died in 1880. His present wife was Anna W. Moody. Mrs. F. has been known for a long time as one of the most prominent educators of the State. She was born in South Hadley, Mass.; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Seminary, and came to Geneva with her mother's family in 1858, where she taught for eight years, and established the Lake Geneva Seminary. She taught one and a half years in the State University at Madison, Wis.; was for one year in the State Normal School at Wbitewater ; then for ten years in the State Normal Scliool at Oshkosh, which she left .Jan. 20, 18S2. .Mr. Flack has thres children - Hiram C, Mary A. and .John A.

NELSON FAIRCHILD, ftirmer, Sec. 17; P. 0. Elkhorn ; born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April, 1822. Ho came to Walworth Co in 1843, and purchased his present farm, where he has since lived. He was married to Laura Kinney, born in St. Lawrence Co. Mr. Kinney is numbered with the more successful and prosperous farmers of the town of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild have six children - George, Daniel D., Albert, Allison, Mina and Samuel. Daniel D., who owns a farm near that of his father, was born on the homestead in 1851 ; married Edna Vincent, daughter of Jarvis Vincent. They have two children - Jessie and Jennie. The children of Mr. Nelson Fairchild were all born at the homestead.

JASPER M. FISH, farmer. Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Springfield. The father of Mr. F. was an early settler of Sauk Co., Wis., where he settled in 1855. Mr. F. was born in Greene Co., N. Y., in 1836. His father, Silas Fish, with his family, emigrated from the State of New York to Sauk Co., where he still lives, J. M. resided in Sauk Co. until 1867, when he came to the town of Geneva, and purhased the farm on which he now lives, of Mr. James Steadman, in 1866. In the spring of 1874, he bought another tarm of Mr. John Smith, both of which he now owns. The former contains 161, and the hitter 160 acres. He was married to Temperance Hand, daughter of Jared Hand, Oct. 29, 1859. They have six children- Lorenzo J., Mary E., William H., Silas B., Elizabeth, Charles R.

S. C. FORD, merchant, Greneva, son of J. C. Ford, one of the earliest settlers of the town of Linn. Mr. J. C. Ford was born in MiJdlefield, Otsego Co.. N. ¥., June 11, 1806. In early life he was apprenticed to the trade of a silversmith, but having a hard master he deserted that calling, and learned the trade of shoe-maker, which business he followed previous to his removal to Wisconsin, and also for several years after coming to this State. When Mr. Ford was a young man, State militia were regarded of great importance, and "general training day was as important as the Fourth of July. His son has now in his possession the commission of his father as Captain of New York volunteers, of the date Jan. 7, 1837, and bearing the signature of W. L. Marcy, Governor of the State of New York. Mr. Ford was married to Miss Catherine L. Brewer, Jan. 19, 1833; they settled in Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., and came to Walworth Co. and settled in the town of Linn in 1838; settled on Sec. 23. In 1853, Mr. Ford with his son-in-law, Mr. Merriam, went to California. They crossed the plains to that land of gold, when months were re(|uired to make the journey, which is now made in as many days. Mr. Ford returned in 1859, and resumed the occupation of farming. He finally settled in Greneva a number of years previous to his death ; he died March 2, 1878. His wife died Dec. 7, 1881, while visiting relatives at Wilbraham, Mass., the place of her birth, aged 70 years and 2 months. There are three surviving children of the family - Harriet S. (wife of William Merriam), Marian E. (wife of G. L. Phillipsj, and Samuel C. ; the latter was born in the town of Linn Nov. 13, 1849; married Alice G. Phillips, daughter of E. D. Phillips, June 8, 1880. He engaged in the dry goods business in the fall of 1876. The firm now occupy a double swre and have in connection with th:; g_'n-;ral dry goodi business, a dopartment of dress-making, and also a department of tailoring. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have one child - an infant son.

CHARLES S. FRENCH, attorney, Geneva. Mr. French was born in Burlington, Vt,, in 1856- His father, William H. French, died in Vermont. In 1867, .Mr. Fivnch, accompanied by his mother, went to Chicago, and came to Geneva the following year. He .studied law with John A. Smith, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in March, 1879. He became associated with .Mr. Smith, which partnership continued till the death of the latter, Aug. 8, 1831. Mr. French is a young lawyer of much promise. His wife was Miss Ida Newberry, daughter of Capt. Oscar Newberry.

I. F. GATES, farmer, Sec. 19; P. 0. Elkhoro. Mr. Gates was born in the town of Liecester, Livingston Co., N. Y.. in May, 1828, where he was brought up. He came to Geneva in the fall of 1848 ; he purchased his present farm of Hiram Spencer. His parents, Daniel and Betsey Gates, came to Walworth Co. from Livingsttn Co., N. Y., where they resided till their death. Mrs. Gates was formerly Miss Charlotte Spencer, daughter of Hiram and Lois Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Gates have four children - Hiram, Lottie S.. .Monroe C. and Bettie L. Jlr. Gate's farm contains 116 acres.