Fountain Prairie Town (part 2 of 11)

Town Of Sprincvale

ABSALOM BROWN (deceasedj, died at his residence in Springvale, Columbia Co., Wis., March 23, 1880, 77 years old. He was born in Cecil Co., Md., Nov. 5, 1803, being the third son of Josiah and Margaret Brown ; sis years after this, his father and family crossed the Susquehanna River into Harford Co., Md., where he bought a large tract of land lying between Bellair and Abingdon, on the Baltimore road ; his father sickened and died in a few days after he went there, leav.ing his mother and .six children in a part of the country poisoned with slavery ; care and hard work soon wore on his mother, and seven years after his father's death, his mother died ; Absalom was then put to the hatter's trade, and, being misused, he left there and went to Brown Co., Ohio, where he had relatives, where he married, at 21 years of age, Miss Abby, daughter of Tobias Woods, of Allen Co., Ohio ; she was born Aug. 27, 1810, in Brown Co., Ohio, and died June 6, 1874. They had five daughters and one son, as follows: Mary Ann (married Mr. Leatherman), on Sec. 31 ; Josiah, born Oct. 7, 1828, and died in California thirteen years ago (married there and lost his wife and had no children) ; Maria M., born July 5, 1832 (married Seth Allen, of Wyocena) ; Adaline M., born Aug. 28, 1837 (widow, wiih one son, Howard titokes), and now on the farm; Martha Jane, born Oct. 4, 1840 (now Mrs. Wm. Stokes); Elvira (unmarried), on farm with her sister, who is also sister-indaw. Mr. Brown bought a farm in Brown Co., Ohio, and lived there a few years; being an adventurous spirit, he sold his farm and moved to Alien Co., Ohio, in a very early day, where he helped lay out a town, built the first house on it, and called its name Lima - it is the city of Lima, Ohio, now ; then, thinking he would like to see more of the Far West, he and his family, in the year 1847, came by land with team to Wisconsin, where he again bought a new farm. His son went to California and died there. Mr. Brown was a good husband, a beloved father and a kind neighbor ; always benevolent, he was ever ready to help the poor ; always cheerful and happy, he had a good word for everybody, and he died a sincere Christian. His family reside on the farm, on Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Rio.

ROBERT CLOSS, farmer, Sec. 11; P. 0. Cambria; was born Feb. 4, 1803, at Llanberis, Carnarvonshire, North Wales; son of Robert and Ellen (Hughsj Closs. (Robert Gloss, Sr., was born Nov. 12, 1766, and Ellen Hughs was born in 1769.) He came to America in 1845, and was married Feb. 10, 1832, at Llanbeblig Church, near Carnarvonshire, by Rev. Wm. Bailey Williams, to Eleanor Evans, who was born March 10, 1810, daughter of Evan and Eleanor (Evans) Evans. Eleanor Evans was born near Dinorwig, and died March 20, 1861, on Sec. 11; she had twelve children - Ellen, born Jan. 15, 1833 (and was married Feb. 10, 1860, by Rev. Griffith Jones, to Wm. J. Rowland, who died in May, 1864, leaving three children, namely, John C. Rowland, born in 1860, Nellie Rowland, born in 1861, and Mary Rowland, born in 1863 and died in 1864; she was then married, May 1, 1870, by Rev. Rees Evans, to Robert Thomas, by whom she had one son, Llewellyn; see biography of Robert Thomas; ; the second daughter, Elizabeth, was born Jan. 18, 1835, and is home (unmarried) ; Robert R., born July 28, 1836; John, born Sept. 13, 1838 (married Jane Roberts Jan. 6, 1871), and hving on Sec. 11; Humphrey, born July 20, 1840 (married Ellen Hughs Nov. 27, 1867), and living at Blue Springs, Neb.; Evan, born Nov. 5, 1842, and died at thirteen weeks of age ; Jane, born Oct. 9, 1845, and died the same year; Ann and Evan, twins, born April 17, 1847, Evan died m 1853, and Ann is now at home

(unmarried); Jomina Amelia, born Sept. 16, 1849 (unmarried) ; Thomas, born Dec. 16, 1851, and died at nine months of a;.;c ; Thomas Baldwin, born Sept. ;i, 1854, and is at home (unmarried). The Closs estate is very productive and well manan;ed, with one of the finest residences irt the town. Mr. Closs was a whole-souled, generous gentleman ; had held, at differenf. times, all the offices in town, and some of the time, two or three at once ; was a Magistrate before the formation of the town ; he had long contemplated publishing a histor}' of the Welsh settlement, whic;h enterprise w;is necessarily abandoned by reason of his death. The following notice, from the Wisconsin Slate Ri'ffisler, dated Dec. 21, 1872, will be read with interest by surviving friends : " Many will regret to learn of the very sudden death of Robert Closs, Esq., of the town of Springvale, which took place on Sunday, 8th instant. As he was returning home from the afternoon meeting, ho was struck with palsy, which terminated his life in less than thirty minutes from the time he first complained. Mr. Closs and his family emigrated to this country in the summer of 1845, and settled in Springvale in the fall of the same year. He at once took an active part in looking after the welfare of his town, took the lead in its organization, and, undoubtedly, great credit should be given him for the strong Republican opinion formed, especially among the Welsh element therein. He was elected to two, if not three, offices at the first town meeting held in the town, and since, he has filled every office in the town for more or less time, with one exception. He possessed a great stock of what is called roundabout common sense." Hcmesty and integrity were his motives in all his dealings. He shared the sufferings of the pioneer without a murmur, and also greatly enjoyed the many funny incidents of the early settlement. A large circle of friends and aciiuaintances will greatly miss him. He died in the 69th year of his age, leaving quite a considerable amount of properiy to a family of grownup children. Peace be to his dust." Mr. Closs' farm consisted of (lOll acres.

N. G. COULTER, farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Rio; born Nov. 9, 1830, in Delaware Co., N. Y.; came to Wisconsin March 6, 1862 ; spent nine years lumbering, with home in Fond du Lac ; for some time dealing in real estate, and two years in merchandise ; store on Second and Main streets ; came to this farm in September, 1859. Married, Dec. 30, 1875, by H. B. Moulton, of Empire. Fond du Lac Co., Vina N. Hayes, daughter of Jonathan Hayes and Sarah (Morrison) Hayes. Mrs. Coulter was born in Aroostook Co.. Me.; have two children - Mary Helen and Mittie A. Mr. Coulter has a fine farm, with good buildinus; 40-acrc grove nicely seeded with grass ; also a half-mile trotting course ; farm in good state of cultivation, and well fenced ; will sell for $10,000 ; 285 acres in Sees. 31, 32 and 12, in Otsego ; 230 acres cultivated.

liEHIUEL HASTINGS DOYLE, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Doylestown ; born on Mount Washington, town of Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., Nov. 26, 1832 ; at about 6 years of age, went with parents Allegjiny Co., and, at 20 years of age, to the town of Otsego, this State ; June 23, 1853, came to his present home. Married, at Arkport, Steuben Co., N. Y., Dec. 3, 1856, Amanda J. Hall, who was born in South Danville, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1833, and died in Whiting's Valley, Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. It), 1857. Married, Sept. 27, 1858, Mary Jane Edwards, at Fountain Prairie, by Rev. Isaac Searles ; second wife was the daughter of David and Mary H. (Ailing) Edwards, of New England ; had two children by second wife - Edward Joseph Doyle, born at city of Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1863; Lemuel Hobart Doyle, born at Doylestown, Wis., June 15, 1868. Mr. Doyle was the son of Joseph Doyle, who was born in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 4, 1805, and Hannah (Seger) Doyle, who was born in Dryden. Tompkins Co., N, Y., May 7, 1807, and daughter of German parents from the valley of the Rhine, who were married Jan. 10, 1832, and came to New York in 1837. Mr. Doyle's mother died Oct. 5, 1839, and his father came to Doylestown, Wis., in January, 1866. The grandfather of Mr. Doyle (Samuel Doyle) was born in Providence, R. I., in 1757, and went to Bucks Co., Penn., with his parents. He enlisted in 1776 in the Pennsylvania Rangers, and served until the close of the war, being at Valley Forge during the memorable winter, and his father was killed by Indians near the present site of Doylestown, Penn. After the war, he (the grandfather of L. H. Doyle) married Mary Arbor, who was born in Monmouth Co., N. J., her parents having moved to Pennsylvania. In 1790, they went with a colony from Pennsylvania, and founded the village of Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., where he died in 1817, his wiie having died in 1836, aged 84. The great-grandtather of Mr. Doyle came to Rhode Island with Roger Williams in 1636. The father of Mrs. Doyle (David Edwards) was born in Amherst, Mass., Jan. 12, 1820, and her mother was born in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 5, 1821. Mr. Doyle was Supervisor of Otsego in 1868 and 1869 ; went to Waterloo, Iowa, in November, 1859, and returned in 1865, and purchased 235 acres on the present site of Doylestown ; laid out the town in August, 1865 ; was the first Postmaster in town, and sent out the first mail Aug. 1, 1865; resigned Jan. 1, 1880 ; was railroad and expre.ss agent from Nov. 1, 1866, until 1873, and resigned that also, naming successor in both cases ; he also distributed gratuitously 100 lots to induce settlement ; he established a nursery at Doylestown in 1866, and sold in 1878 about 100,000 trees. Attends the Methodist Church, and is a Republican. Owns 280 acres in Sees. 5, 26, 34, 85 ; 90 acres improved ; balance timber and pasture.

GEORGE HAEL, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Doylestown ; born in Kent, England, March 24, 1826; engaged in farming and hop-growing until he left London, Sept. 5,1848; landed at Hamilton, Canada, Nov. 5, where he remained one year, engaging in farming and milling ; came to the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., and remained fourteen years, farming and hop-raising; came to this county in March, 1863, where he cultivated about 300 acres of land, balance of land being timber and pasture; making a specialty of hops and barley. Married about April I, 1848, Elizabeth Russell, of Maidstown, county seat of Kent, who died in Waukesha Co., March 16, 1859. Had four children - George Edwin, born in 1850; James S., born in 1852 ; Carrie E., born in 1854; Alfred T., born in 1857 ; his son George married Frances Cowles, of Waukesha, and is now living at that place ; James S. married Florence N. Henry, of St. Louis, Mo., in 1878, and is now practicing medicine at Jamestown, Dakota ; Carrie married (in June, 1877), George Williams, who is farming on Sees. 36 and 25; in December, 1860, married Sarah A Russell (cousin of first wife), in Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., by whom he has five children - John F., born in 1862 ; Mary L, born in 1864 ; Laura A., born in 1866 ; Charles William, born in 1868; Frederick E., born in 1875; all home except one daughter, who is at boarding-school. Mr. Hall is a liberal Democrat ; attends Protestant Episcopal (jhurch. Was one year on Town Board, and Treasurer of the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company, of Otsego, Lowville and Springvale, since its organization ; his father, Thomas Hall, was Register and Relieving OfiBcer in Kent, England, about sixteen years, and died in 1851, at about 60 years of age; he was born in Westmoreland Co., and removed to Kent at 26 years of age. Owns 80 acres on Sec. 2, in Otsego, and 80 acres on Sec. 23, in Wyocena, also 20 acres on Sec. 27, in Courtland.

JO^iEPH WALTER HEAl^Y^ (deceased), born in Leicestershire, England, March 26, 1813; came to America in 1845; settled at Markesad, where he built the first mill in that place about thirty-two years ago. Married at Hudson, Walworth Co., Wis., Feb. 4, 1851, by Elder Chenev', to Miss Sarah Downs, daughter of Josiah and Amelia (La Gotte) Downs; had eleven children - Francis A., born Aug. 11, 1852, married and living at Medford, Clark Co., Wis., and has one child; Richard B., boru Jan. 2, 1855; Walter, born Oct. 10, 1857 ; Charles B., born March 12, 1859, and died Jan 15, 1863 ; Oscar E., born May 26, 1861; Charles, born Feb. 12, 1864; John, born Oct. 29, 1865; Edwin, born July 1, 1868, died Jan. 27, 1879; Sarah M., born May 10, 1870, died Jan. 28. 1871 ; . Robert, born Nov. 14, 1876 ; one daughter died at birth. Mr. Healy died Jan. 26, 1879, of congestion of the lungs. Josiah Downs was in the war of 1812 ; was 87 years of age last December, and is living in Story Co., Iowa. Family resides on See 5 ; P. 0. Pardeeville ; own 450 acres of land ; 180 acres cultivated.

WILLIAM W. HUGHE»!>, farmer. Sec. 21 : P. 0. Cambria; born March 21, 1828, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales ; son of William and Margaret (Owens) Hughes; came to America in 1846. Married in New York City, by Rev. E. Roberts, Nov. 19, 1859, to Margaret Davis, daughter of Ellis and Mary (Roberts) Davis. Mrs. Hughes was born in Carnarvonshire ; had nine children - William, born Aug. 12, 1858, died when 12 hours old ; Mary E. and Maggie, twins, born Aug. 2, 1859, Maggie died at birth, Mary E. died Jan. 22, 1874; Ellis E., born Aug. 20, 1861, died at birth; Hugh W.,^b rn Dec. 17, 1862 ; Ellis E., born April 9, 1864; Jane L., born Oct. 5, 1865 ; Maggie Ann, born Dec. 18, 1868 ; Batchy, born Ojt. 6, 1871, died same day. Mr. Hughes was Town Treasurer one year, about 1875 ; his father died Dec. 14, 1873, aged 77 ; his mother died March 2, 1877, aged 69 years and 9 months. Owns 220 acres ; 150 acres cultivated.

SIMEO]¥ HUNTLEY, farmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Doylestown; born Dec. 9, 1828, in Franklin Co., N. Y.; came here in 1848. Married at Portage, by J. J. (jluppey (County Judge), Jan. 30, 1877, to Ellen Holverson, daughter of Holven Holver.-^on ; had two children - Ljttie Imogene, born Feb. 10, 1878 ; Henry Seyniore, born Oct. 10, 1879. Owns 160 acres of land; 115 acres cultivated.

JOH^ O. JONES (deceased), born March 14, 1823; came to this country at 7 years of age from Angleseyshire, North Wales, with his parents, Owen ani Elizabeth (Morgan) Jones. Was married,

April 28, 1856, to Judith Jones, daughter of Evan and Ella (Roberts") Jones. Had four children ; all at home and unmarried - John 0., born June 26, 1857; Masrgie Adelia, born Nov. 12, 1858; Evan N., born May :il, I860 ; Owen Franklin, born Nov. 24, 1862. Hon. John O. Jones died Nov. 10, 1871, after a long and painful illness (which he endured with remarkable fortitude), from the effect of a surgical operation, performed by Dr. Cody, of Watertown, rendered necessary by an enlargement of the cheek-bone. Mr. Jones was several years Chairman of Town Board, and represented his district in the Legislature in 1859 ; later in life, declined all official preferment, choosing a retired life and the comforts of his home (which was peculiarly adapted to the requirement of a nature such as he possessed) ; he was widely known and universally respected for his honesty of purpose, benevolence, and upright manly course through life ; his was a singularly spotless reputation, and his heart a heart that knew no guile ; no man in the county has been so generally and so deeply lamented by his maay friends ; and enemies he had none. His estate contained 480 acres; 280 aere.< cultivated, balance in timber; Cambria is the post-office address of family.

REV. JOHN R. JONES, farmer. Sec. 15; P. 0. Cambria; Pastor of Welsh Presbyterian Church of Jerusalem, on See. 15 ; born in Dolwyddelan Parish, in Wales, April 29, 1811 ; son of Owen G. Jones and Ann (Jones) Jones, she being a daughter of John Roberts ; came here in 1847. Married, Feb. 12, 1870, by Rev. Rees Evans, to Maggie Jones, daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Jones) Jones, and who died July 29, 1870. Commenced preaching in 1875 to a congregation of forty-five; which now numbers fifty-five ; Side Supervisor two years ; Chairman two years ; charter member of Jerusalem Lodge of Good Templars (organized Jan. 26, 1875, with nineteen members, and now numbering thirty-five), and is also State Deputy. Owns 160 acres.

JOH\ J. JOXES, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Cambria ; born in Anglesea, Wales, March 20, 1830; son of John and Catharine (Williams) Jones; came to this country in 1867. Married, by Rev. Mr. Edwards, Angle.sea, Feb. 13, 1852, to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hughs, born May 6, 1826 ; had seven children - John, born May 1, 1853, died Sept. 8, 1864 ; William, born June 1, 1857, died Nov. 17, 1859; William J., born Oct. 9, 1859; Owen, born March 12, 1861, died April 11, 1861 ; Libbie E., born Aug. 9, 1865 ; Edward C, born April 18, 1867 ; John J., born April 12, 1871. Mr. Jones' father was killed in Anglesea, about fourteen years ago, by accidentally slipping against the cylinder of a thrashing-machine, mangling both legs in such a manner as to produce almost instant death. John Hughs (joiner), brother of Mrs. Jones, aged 31 years, was killed by the bursting of a boiler in a house which he bad built and was living in at the time (Dec. 25, 1871 ), at Fairfield, England.

RICHARD JONES, farmer. Sec. 16; P. 0. Cambria; born in Carnarvonshire, North Wales, in September, 1823; came to America in April, 1851 ; settled in Welshtown, Lehigh Co., Penn. (now called Slatington); in December following, moved to Lobarth, same county; after one year, went to town of Lynnport, same county ; then to town of Westford, Dodge Co., Wis., where he followed farming fourteen years ; then came to present location. Married in February, 1842, in Carnarvon, by Rev. William Williams, to Ann Husly, daughter of Hugh and Jane (Parry) Huxly. Parents of Mr. Jones were John and Laura ( Evans) Owens. Had nine children - Laura, born 1844, died 1847 in Wales; Jane, born 1847, married Daniel Morris; John, born 1849, married to Agnes Griffin, of Randolph ; Hugh H., born 1851, at home unmarried; Richard, born 1854, died in 1860 in Pennsylvania; William R., born 1857, is in Chicago; Samuel, born 1859, is in Chicago; Laura, born 1861, and Maggie, born 1864, both at home, unmarried. Owns 165 acres; 5 acres in Sec. 21 ; 140 acres cultivated; balance timber.

JOHN LEATHER3IAN, farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Rio; born Aug. 22, 1823, in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio; son of David L. and Sophia (Steveley) Leatherman ; settled here June 12, 1847. Married, Aug. 10, 1845, in Allen Co., Ohio, by Edward Hartshorn, Magistrate, to Mary A. Brown, daughter of .Absalom Brown (.see Brown) ; no children. Mr. Leatherman was Chairman of Town in 1863, and is now in same office ; was also Side Supervisor five years ; has been District Treasurer, School Director, Constable, and a Magistrate sis years; also now President of the "Anti-Secret Society" organization of southwest Springvale, with forty or fifty members. Owns 587 acres ; 300 acres cultivated.

LEWIS LLOYD, farmer. Sec. 1; P. O.Cambria; born June 12, 1828, in Denbighshire, North Wales; son of Lewis and Jane Lloyd; came to Rock Co., Wis., at the age of 21 ; lived there six months, and removed to present location on Sec. 1, on northwest quarter of southeast quarter, which was the first 40 acres entered in the township. Married, Sept. 15, 1854, to Catharine Williams, by Rev. William J. Jones; had seven children, all living - William E., born Aug. 1, 1855; Jane, Aug. 15, 1857; Kate J., Dec. 2, 1859; Annie, June 18, 1863; LewLs, Feb. 24, 1866; John, Aug. 6, 1868; Baldwin, Jan. 21, 1871 ; wife was born in Carnarvonshire, North Wales. Mr. Lloyd attends Calvinistic Methodist Church ; is Republican in politics ; has been Treasurer of town two years ; one year Supervisor ; also member of State Agricultural Society ; is a practical farmer, with extensive knowledge of agricultural chemistry ; a man of acknowledged ability, and widely known and respected for his good i|ualities, exemplary life and scholarly attainments. Owns 190 acres; has 100 acres under cultivation.

ERVIN McCAIiL, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Cambria ; was born Oct. 8, 1815, in Hebron, Washinton Co., N. Y. ; son of John and Nancy McCall ; his mother died in 1831, and in the fail of 1836, his father removed to Indiana with his family and settled in Li Porte Co., where he died two years after, aged 61, leaving a family of ten children. Ervin was married .May 18. 18HS, in Indiana, to Harriet Griffin, who was born April 14, 1817, in Schoharie Co., N. Y., town of Boone (now Conesville) ; daughter of Seth Griffin. In the spring of 1845, Mr. McCall came to Wi-consin to look at the country, and located some land in Springvale, Columbia Co., where he now resides ; after securing his land, he returned to Indiana for his family, and came on the farm the next September. His brother John D. came to Wisconsin with him, bought land in company witli him, and lived with him till his death, Feb. Ii6, 1851, aged 40, and unmarried. Mr. McCall's 6rst wife died Aug. 11, 1854, aged l!7, leaving four children - Nancy A., now Mrs. Richard Mason, of Almon, Allegany Co., N Y.; Susan M., who married Henry Ellis, and died Jan. 1, 1873, leaving three children - George, Effie and Ida ; Mary E., now Mrs. Rich ard Gage, of Marinette, Wis., and Almina, now J\lrs. Samuel Wilcox, of Portage City ; had lost four - Orpha, Alice and Harriet, and one died in infancy, not named ; was married the second time April 2, 1855, to Louisa Ann Wells, who was born April 20, 1820, in Chenango Co., N. Y. ; daughter of Asi Wells, who came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850, and died Nov. 2, 1869, aged 79; has four children by the second marriage - Asa Ervin, born Dec. 22, 1856; John S., Sept. 12, 1860; Sanford H., April 3. 1863, and Harriet V., Nov. 23, 1865 ; all now living at home with their parents. Has 201 acres of laud in Springvale and Scott. In June, 1865, his dwelling house (then standing on the north side of the t(]wn-line road in the town of Scott) was destroyed by fire, with about one-half of his furniture and wearing apparel ; immediately after, he rebuilt on the south side of the road, in Springvale, where he now resides. Mr. and Mrs. McCall are both members of the M. E. Church, in which he has held several official positions, and was Sabbath-school Superintendent for about three years ; Democrat.

JOHN MEREDITH, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Cambria (or Rio) ; born May 27, 1817, in the parish of St. Harmon, county of Radnor, South Wales ; his parents' names were John Meredith and Anna (George) Jleredith, both born in the <iame parish. He was married, Sept. 29, 1843, in parish of Nantmeal, county of Radnor, by James B. Evans, Episcopal Minister, to Elisabeth Scott, daughter of Andrew and Elisabeth (Davis) Scott, of the pari.sh of Nantmeal. He left there April 9, 1845, and arrived at Racine, Wis., June 11, 1845 ; livtd there three years, engaged in faiming ; came to his present location in May, 1848. Have no children. Ho was elected Constable at the first election in the town, in 1847, and also in 1850 ; was Supervisor several years, and Town Clerk 1856-57-59-61-62-67-68-69 ; was Justice of the Peace fourteen or sixteen years. Enrolled militia in 1863. Owns 120 acres in Sees. 21 and 16.

WILLIAM MEREDITH, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Cambria; was born March 2, 1827, in Radnor; brother of John Meredith; came with his parents at 16 years of age, and settled at Racine, Wis., where he lived nine years, and removed to this town. He was married, March 12, 1851, by Elder Dye, in the town of Raymond, to Julia A. Blaekman, daughter of Eleazer and Lucretia (Conklin) Blackman ; his wife was born July 2, 1826, in Erie Co., N. Y. ; have two children - Mary Jane, born Jan. 15, 1854, in this town, and married March 31, 1878, to Sumner Jennings, on Sec. 29, by the Rev. Evan Meredith, now of the town of Otsego, brother of her father, he being a Baptist minister, who preached the first Welsh sermon in this State; Delia A. was born March 2, 1859, and was married to H. D. Jennings, on Sec. 29, Oct. 21, 1878, at Otsego, Wis., by her uncle, Evan Meredith. Owns 160 acres of land, 50 acres cultivated.

HIKfH D. OWENS, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. O. Cambria ; born in Carnarvonshire, North Wales, in June, 1840 ; came to America with his parents at 5 years of age; is a brother of Morris D. Owens. He was married, March 5, 1879, by Rev. Wm. J. Jones, to Kate Howell, daushter of David G. and Margaret (Owens) Howell, who were from Drefaldwyn, Carnarvonshire, North Wales. Has 540 acres, 240 acres cultivated.

MORRIS D. OWENS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. 0. Cambria; is a son of David Owens and Jane (Roberts) Owens; born in April, 1838, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales; came to this town with his parents at 7 years of age. He was married, Feb. 3, 1873, by Rev. John H. Jones, at Rome, N. Y., to Ellen J. Pritchard, daughter of William and Jane ( Hughes) Pritchard, who were from Carnarvonshire, North Wales; have had three children - David W., born Dec. 14, 1873, died Dec. 27, 1873; William' D., born Jan. 30, 1875 ; David, Dec. 3, 1877, died March 24, 1879 ; his wife was born Jan. 29, 1841, at Carnarvonshire. Has 260 acres of land, 200 acres under cultivation.

ROBERT OIVKXS, fiirmor, Sec. 28; P. 0. Cambria; born Nov. (5, 1840, in the parish of Corwen. Nurih Wales; snn of Robert and Elizabeth (Huithes) Owens, who lived near Slanfer. Wales. Married, in Liverpool, at St. David's Church, Brownlowhill, by Rev. Mr. Davidson, to Jane Williams, who was born in February. 1835; daughter of Thomas and Loui.sa Williams, of Ffvnonp;noeuw, Wales: was married May 21, ]8U(i, and came here June 13, 1860; had two children - Edward, born May 3. 1807, at Cambria, and a son born Julv 31, ISO'.), at Sun Prairie, and died at birth.

JOHIV R. ROWLANDS, farmer, Sec. 15; P. 0. Cambria; born at Llanberris, Carnarvonshire, North Wales, Feb. 19, 1827 ; came to this country in the summer of 1845, and .settled at his present location. Married, April 2, 1853, by Robl. ap Roberts ( Ma;;istrate i, to Winuefred Owens, daughter of David and Jane (Roberts) Owens, who came to America from Dalyddelen. North Wales; had three children - David O., born Sept. 3, 1857 ; Jane W., Oct. 2, 1860 ; Ellen W., May 25, 1864. Mr. Rowlands' parents were J. R. Rowlands and Jane ( Closs) Rowlands. Mr. John R. Rowlands was elected Town Treasurer at the first town meetinj; held in the town, in 1849 ; has held the ofiBce of Supervisor several years; was elected Assessor in 1.S59, and held it ten years; was Chairman of the Board eight or nine years; represented his district in the As.seaibly in 1875 (then the Second District, there being at that time three) ; has held the office of Assessor for the past five years; is a Republican, and attends the Calvinistic Methodist Church. Mr. Rowlands is essentially a self-made man, and to him we are indebted for much that is of importance in enniiection with the history of this county; owns 130 acres of land.

WILLIAM W. ROWLANDS, farmer. Sec. 14; P. O. Cambria; born July 2, 1834, in the parish of Llanberis, Carnarvonshire. North Wales; came to America with his parents at about 12 years of age, in 1846, and settled in Springvale. Married, March 23, 1859, at Portage, by magistrate, to Jane Jones, daughter of John J. Rowlands and Catharine (Jones) Rowlands. Jlr. Rowlands' parents were Owen W. Rowlands and Ellen (.Jones) Rowlands, all of Carn.irvonshire. Had six children - Mary, born June 7, 1860, died Aug. 17, 1860; Ellen J., born June 29, 1861 ; John O., Oct 3, 1863; Catharine, Sept. 24, 1800, died July 13, 1807 ; Maggie J., born Dec. 14, 1873 ; Fannie, Nov. 23. 1878, died. Mr. Rowlands was Supervisor two years, Treasurer of the town one year. Clerk of School District No. 1 eight vears ; owns 100 acres in Sees. 14 and 15, 130 acres being under cultivation.

JA9IES SCOTT, farmer. Sec. 6 ; P.O. Pardeeville ; born April 11, 1819, at Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y.; son of Mathew and Anna (Oilman) Scott; came to Racine in 1846 ; kept the Fox River Hotel at Waterford two years, then kept a public house at Yorkville one and one-half years ; then removed to Marcellon, where he kept a hotel for a shun time. Married. October, 1847, by Ira A Rice, at Waterford, Wis., to Phcbe Maria Crippen ; they had six children, of whom two are living - Ada Maria (now wife of Russell Falconer, of Pardeeville), and Fred. L. C. Married the second time, Oct. 4. 1870, by John A. Young, to Phebe C, daughter of Jeremiah King, and widow of Morris VVilliams (who kept the " Jenny Lind House, " near Portage, and was a noted musician. Mr. Scott has by his second marriage one child - Minnie May, born Dec. 23, 1872. He has 420 acres of laud, 270 of which are under < ultivation.

. SAMUEli SCOTT, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Rio ; born in the north of Ireland May 14, 1826; came to this county thirty years ago (at the age of 28 years). Married in Otsego by Mr. Foster, a magistrate, Dec. 31, twenty-eight years ago, to Clarrissa C. Palmer, daughter of David and Mehetible (Hawley) Palmer; they had seven children - Harriet M., born Nov. 12, 1852, now wife of Theodore ].iinfni r, of Noble Co., Minn.; Jane, born Feb. 17, 1854, wife of Monre Bushnell, and living at home ; Mehitible L*., born Jan. 11, 1856, attendin'j; school at Oshkosh ; William, born Oct. 31, 1857, died Dec. 15. 1860 ; David Brainard, born Sept. 5, 1861 ; Samuel J., born Feb. 4, 1807 ; Carl C, born July 30, 18(!9 ; he owns 323 acres of land (200 cultivated) in Sees. 31, and Sec. 1 in Lowville and 30 and 25 in Wyocena. The father of Jh'. Scott was William Scott, who died at the age of 75 years, and the following extract from an obituary published at the time of his death shows the estimation in which he was lield : " The eye that beamed in kindness is .sealed in darkness, and the voice we so much loved to hear is dumb forever. We have lost a friend, but we know that what is our loss is his gain. The name of friend is one which many usurp, and which few deserve; but he was a ' friend indeed.' Who in Springvale and the surrounding country does not feel that in losing ' Uncle Billy ' they have lost a friend in the truest sense of the word ? Coming to his late residence when the country was somewhat new and sparsely settled - when men seemed to think they had broken loose from their fellows, and almost from their God - his influence, advice and reproof were always on the side of Sabbath-keeping and right, thereby showing his interest in the welfare, present and future, of his neighbors, and in upholding God's law. Uncle Billy is to do his duty to God and to man, trusting only in the men . f '"^ ^\f ^^.'^ °^ ^,,j Hs grace, and such are never deceived. The m.mature ^^^^f "'^/ P^^^ fj^^ .^C^ol can douht. Hfeless hand was a fit symbol of his ripeness for ^^^^^ ' 'Jf ^f p^^,"^^^^^^ and for thirteen For nearly five years, he had been crippled in mind and ^ody^yi^^^lP^^'^^a vigor of life, his weeks he only waited, patiently waited, never murmuring. When in the ^"^^^'^ acquiesced in the prayer had been that he might be allowed to wear out, never to rust out. J^"\,''« ^^ Wt and Uncle Sf the Lord and so reverently said: ' His will be done so "-f T^^ ]^l ^;; , "^ ^^be Billy , may we all, children, grandchildren, .gr-t-gvandch.ldre,, - JJ°- ^^° t,,, ,ften permitted to reach that ' shining shore' and join you around that gieat wnite tnrone y in pubhc and private counseled us^to do.-- ^^^^ .^ Tuscarawas Co.. Ohio Aug.

1846: died in hospital in Arkansas in 18b4 ; Ellen, born June 0 ^^'^'Oc 1^1868; George W., iZ demoliZd by artilfery. He has 160 acres of land, 65 of which are cultivated.

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HIRAM ALBEE (deceased) was born Feb. 15, 1812, in Windham Co., Vt.; his parents removed to Montgomery Co., N. Y , in 1828 ; he worked at farming during the summers, and taught school winters for several years in that vicinity. May 27, 1838. he married Jliss Mary Jane Barrett, of Fulton Co., N. Y., daughter of Sylvester and Ann (Cummins) Barrett; she was born April 30, 1817; he remained in New York till 184(5; and then came West and lived one year at Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin, and, in the fall of 1847, came to Columbia Co., and settled in the town of Marcellon, where he lived most of the tiuife till his death, May S. 1878 ; he was one of the first settlers in the town, which he helped to organize, and was the first Town Superintendent, which office he held for three years ; he was also Deputy Provost Marshal during the war, and was Justice of the I^eaco for over twelve years ; was also De])Uty Sheriff one term ; he took an active part in educational matters, and taught the district school twenty terms in Wisconsin. He was a member of the Close Communion Baptist Church, and in poliiics a Republican. He left eight children - William C, of Marcellon ; Emily A., wife of Henry Ross, of Barron Co., Wis.; Euretta, wife of Marion McDonald, of Furnas Co., Neb.; George W., of Benton Co., Iowa; Marietta, wife of Charles Dean, of Barron Co., Wis.; Deuane J., of La Crosse, Wis.; Guidetta, wife of Irvin Herreman, of Marcellon, and Fayette, who was married, March 26, 1878, to Ella Campbell, who was born Fob. 8, 1857, in Marcellon ; have one child, Lorena M., born Jan. 25, 187U; he lives on the homestead (160 acres); I*. 0. Marcellon. Mrs. Mary Jane Albec is also living on the .homestead. George W. enlisted in the 2cl W. V. C, Co. E, and was in the 8<^rvice over two years.

WILI^IAM C. ALBEE, farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. O. Bellefountain ; born Aug. 1, 1840, in Fulton Co., N. Y., son of Hiram Albee, who came to Wisoon.<in in 1847 ; lived one year in Jefferson Co., and came to Marcellon in the fall of 1848 ; was the first Town Superintendent of Marcellon ; was Chairman six years, and was Deputy Provost Marshal during the war ; taught school twenty-five terms or more ; he died May 8, 1878, aged 66. William C. was married, Feb. 11, 1866, to Clarissa S. Dean, who was born Aug. 26, 1842, daughter of Hiram Dean, who died in 1865. Mr. Albae enlisted in the fall of 1861, in the 2d W. V. C, Co. E, and was in the service four years and three months ; was with his regiment most of the time, except three and one-half months he was a prisoner in Alabama; was captured near Yazoo City ; was with Custer in Texas and Louisiana. Has three children - Hiram. Alice and Eliza; has 80 acres of land. He is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Albee is a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

GEOR<i}E W. ALLEN, farmer. Sec. 10; P. 0. Bellefountain ; -born July 4, 1862, in Otego, Ot.sego Co.. N. Y. His parents removed to Erie Co., Penn , when he was only 18 months old. He was first married in Gene-see Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1842, to Jane Van Dusen, who died in December. 1855. in Wiscon.<in, aged 34, leaving three children - Emily (now .Mrs. Emmet, west of Marcellon), Lawrence G., who died Oct. 10, 1874, in his 28th year; and Susan J. (now Mrs. George Mahaffcy, of Fillmore Co., Minn.), Feb. 3, 1856. He was married to Paulina Smith, who died Feb. 6, 1862, leaving one daughter - Prudy ( now living at home). Was married the third time, Aug. 27, 1862, to Permelia H Cook, who was born April 9, 1843, in Trumbull Co., Ohio; have five children by the third marriage - Arihur, Addie, Clother, Esther and Edmund ; have lost two - Nettie, died at 10 months old, April 6, 1864; and Lester, died March 19, 1873, aged 2 months; also lost two children of the second wife - Mary, died June 12, 1857, 2 days old ; and Luman, died Jan. 27, 18(>2, aged 14 months. Mr. Allen came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, and came on his present farm on the 1st day of May, in a fearful snowstorm ; he learned the shoemaker's trade before he was 21, and followed that business till he came West; has worked at it some in Wisconsin; has held the office of Supervisor three years, and in politics is a Reformer. Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and his daughter, Prudy, are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ; they believe (as the name indicates) that the seventh day of the week should be kept ;i8 the Sabbath; also in the personal coming of Christ, and the total annihilation of the wicked. Has 140 acres of land.

WILLIAM BARRY, carpenter and farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Portage City ; born May 15, 1821, in Paisley, Scotland ; son of John and Jane Barry; came to America in 1841, and lived in the city of New York fourteen years ; learned the carpenter's trade in New York, and followed it while living there. Was married in New York in the fall of 1846, to Isabella Smith, who was born July 9, 1830, in McDuff, Banffshire, Scotland ; daughter of William Smith, who came to America in 1839, and settled in New

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York; came to Wisconsio when 60 years of age, and died Sept. 1, 1879, aged 87 years; her mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Mcintosh, died March 27, 186G, aged 73. Mr. Barry went to Washington in the spring of 18i7,and worked on the Smithsonian Institution three years, then returned to New York, and in June, 1855, came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Buffalo, Marquette Co. ; lived there five years, then went to Portage City and worked at his trade there till the spring of 1864, then bought his present farm and has since resided on it; has three children - Angus (lives in Plattsmouth, Neb., married to Mary Heley, of Marcellon), John and Henry (both at home). Mr. Barry is Supervisor, now on his second term, and has been Clerk of the School District throe years, and is a Republican ; was in the Quartermaster's Department ten months, at Helena, Ark. ; in Gen. Buford's command during the last of the war. While in Portage he worked for Alexander Carnagie, and was employed on the court house and jail, high-school building and Fox House. Has 140 acres of land. Mrs. Barry is a member of the Baptist Church.

ISAAC BEACH, farmer. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Marcellon ; bora April 9, 1835, in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; son of Nathan and Sarah Beach, who came to Wisconsin in 184(5; lived one year in Walworth Co.; then came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1847 ; settled in Marcellon, and started the first blacksmith-shop in the town. Mr. Beach >vas married Ma-ch 18, 1856, to Clarissa Lipe, who was born Feb. 22, 1835, in the Soate of xVew York ; daughter of Abram Lipe, a native of New York State ; her mother was a native of Vermont; maiden name, Clarissa Richmond; they came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in Marcellon ; he died July 20, 1871. aged 64 years, and Mrs. Lipe died Aug. 21, 1867, aged 53 ; in the fall of 1872, Mr. Beach went to California, and spent about six months visiting friends and looking over the country ; his fiither, three brothers and one sister, are living in that State, and one bror.her, Frank, is railroading in Oregon ; his brother, Cormi, lives in Oakland ; Tyler and his father at San Jose, and Geo. D., in San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. Beach have had two children, and lost both of them - Maria was born April 22, 1859, ia Marcellon, and died in January, 1868; Roland was born Oct. 31, 18i;6, and died in January, 1872. Mr. Beach is a Republican, and has held the oSice of Supervisor one term; has 360 acres of land.

JOHX CAMPBELL, firmer, Sec. 1 and 2; P. 0. Portage; born Jan. 29, 1848, in Dane Co., Wis.; .son of John Campbell, who died when John was only about 1 year old ; his mother afterward married John Bryan, of Portage City, and went to Iowa; lived there seven years; then came back to Cross Plains, Dan-i Co., Wis., and for the last eleven or twelve years has lived in Portage. John was married, Aug. 5, 1875, to Jane Smith, who was born March 16, 1850, in New York City; she was a daughter of Daniel Smith, who came to Wisconsin with his family in 1855, and was killed in January, 1864, in Chicago, by a boiler explosion ; her mother is still living in the town of ButTalo, Marquette Co. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have two children - John, born Dec. 20, 1876, and Nina Belle, born Nov. 4, 1877. Has 80 acres of land ; is a Republican.

LEWIS H. CASS, fiirmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Bellefountain ; born April 2, 1836, in Belknap Co., N. H.; son of Moses F. Cass, who came to Wisconsin with his family in 1850, and lived one year in Walworth Co., and in the spring of 1851, cime to Columbia Co. and settled on the farm now owned by his jon ; he died Dec. 7, 1861, agad 57; Mrs. Cass, whose maiden name was Nancy A. Smith, died Sept. 1, 1879, lacking only 17 days of being 70 years old. Mr. Cass was married, Deo. 26, 1865, to Ellen Haynes, who was born Nov. 7, 1840, in Walworth Co., Wis., town of East Troy, daughter of William and Caroline B. Haynes, natives of New Hampshire, who came to Wisconsin in 1838, now living in Pardeeville, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Cass have only one child, Nancy Kvalene, born Aug. 22, 1870. He enlisted March 3, 1865, in the 52d W. V. I., and was discharged May 20, for disability. Is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor ; has 160 acres land.

O. D. COLMAIV, M. !>., Sec. 13; P. 0. Pardeeville; was born Aug. 1, 1821, in Otsego Co., N. Y., town of Springfield ; son of Franklin Colman, who was a farmer ; spent his early life on his father's farm ; read medicine with Dr. Menzo White, of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y.; his fiuher. Dr. Joseph White, w;is an eminent physician and surgeon, and had a reputation second to none in the State; he was the father of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Western New York, located in Herkimer Co., and had a more extensive personal acquaintance than any other medical man in the State. Dr. Colman came West in 1848, and located in the village of Marcellon April 1, 1849; he received his diploma in 1850, at Rush Medical College of Chicago; he remained in Marcellon till 1857, then wont to Pardeeville, whore he practiced about twenty years, then located on his farm in the town of Marcellon in 1877, where ho continues to practice his profession, his farm being carried on by his son. He was married, April 23, 1851, in Marcellon, to Miss Kate Sheffield, who was born Oct. 3, 1831, in Warren Co., N. Y., daughter of Simon Sheffield ; they lost their first child, Florence, who was born July 25, 1854, and died in October. 1856; have one sin living, Charles D., born July 13. lS5li, and married Aug. 12, 1877, to Miss Eva Cook, now livin2 on the homestead, which consists of 4:50 acres of land, with first-class farm buildings; the Doctor caui; into this ounty when there was plenty of hard work, long rides and poor pay, his nearest neighbors in the medical profession being at Portage City, Kingston and Fox Lake. He is a Democrat, and has held the office of Town Superintend int of Schools, and Chairmin of the town, and wasa member of Assembly in the Legislature of 1853.

eUFUS COMSTOCK, farmer, See. 16; P. 0. Bellofountain ; born May 2, 1818, in Ontario Co., N. Y., town of Gorham; came to Wisconsin in September, 1845, and lived in Rock Co. till the next March, then went to Marquette Co. and from there to Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton and Green Bay, then returned to New York, and was married, Feb. 10, 1848, to Irene Blodgett, who was born Feb. 27, 1823, in Gorham, N. Y., daughter of Benjamin Blodgett ; in the fall of 1848, again came to Wisconsin and lived in Brookfield, Waukesha Co., two years, then went to Gre^n Lake Co., and lived near Little Green Lake one year, then sold out and removed to his present location ; has six children - Charles, Edwin, Rosa, Adeiia, Mary and Alice ; Charles is at Warren's Mills, Wis., and Edwin in Miner Co., Dakota. Mr. Comstock is a Republican, and has been Town Clerk two years, and Assessor and Treasurer one year, and has 110; acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Comstock and all the children are members of the Free- Will Baptist Church, except Charles, and he is a Methodist.

WALTER W. COMSTOCK, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. O. Bellefountain ; was born June 17. 1822, in Ontario Co., N. Y., town of Gorham; son of Jonathan Comstock; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1849, and stayed through the winter near Milwaukee, and in May, 1850, located land in the town of Marcellon, where he remained till the next September ; then returned to the State of New York, and stayed there till the spring of 1852; then came back to Wisconsin, and has resided on the same farm ever since. He was married, Sept. 28, 1858, in Marcellon, to Susan H. Dean, who was born Oct. 5, 1839, in Livingston Co., N. Y., daughter of Harvey Dean. (See his biography.) Mr. and Mrs. Comstock have seven children - Truman 0., Clara E., Ettie L., Wallie, Phebe S., Frank C. and Edith May. Mr. Comstock is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor several years. Mr. and Mrs. Comstock and the three , oldest chilnren belong to the Free-Will Baptist Church. He enlisted in February, 1865, in the 49th W.V. I., Co. I, and was discharged on account of sickness, the 1st of the next August; was stationed at Rolla, Mo., all the time he was in the army. He has 200 acres of land in his farm.

9IAKTIN A.COOK, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Pardeeville ; was born in Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 14, 1822 ; spent his time on a farm till he was 21 years old, then followed a sailor's life on the lakes about ten years. He was married, March 19, 1848, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., to Emeline C. Griffin, who was born Oct. 12, 1828, in Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y., daughter of Dr. John W. Griffin. After marriage, Mr. Cook concluded to settle down to a more quiet life, and in November, 1848, came to Wisconsin and settled in Burnett, Dodge Co. ; lived there three years, then returned to New York, and lived six years in Rushford, Allegany Co. In the spring of 1858, he again came to Wisconsin, lived one year in Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., and one year in Buffalo, Marquette Co. He then came to Columbia (lo.; lived twii years in the town of Seott, then came to Marcellon, where he has since resided ; bought his present farm in 1802. He enlisted in September, 1804, in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, .Co. F, and was discharged at the close of the war. Have had five children, three of whom are still living - Ada, is now the wife of (jeorge Clark, of Rockford, Floyd Co., Iowa; Anson Wirt and DcForrest Grant, are living at home. Georgiana Gertrude died in Burnett, Dodge Co., Sept. 29, 1851, aged 2 years 5 months and 14 days; Adelbert Eugene died in Marcellon, Aug. 25, 1859, aged 7 years 3 months and 2 days. Mr. Cook is a Republican, and owns 80 acres of land.

JOHBi DAILV, farmer. Sec. 33; P. 0. Pardeeville; is a native of County We.-tmeath, Ireland, and came to America in 1847, when about 17 or 18 years old. He settled in Chenango Co., N. Y., where he was married in Auirust, 1855, to Ann Fagan. The next fall, he came to Wisconsin; lived in Waukesha Co. till spring, then went to Illinois and stayed till fall, then his wife returned to New Y'^ork, and he went to New Orleans, where he stayed through the winter, and went back to New York the next July. In the spring of 18G4, he enlisted in the 5th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and was mustered out at the close of the war. He was in Virginia most of the time, and participated in six or seven battles. After the war closed, he returned to New York, and in October, 18G5, again came to Wisconsin, this time to stay, and the same winter bought his present location, where he has since resided. Mrs. Daily died Oct. 10, 1876, aged about 45, after an illness of a year and a half, leaving four children - Thomas, Mary Ann, Jane (now Mrs. William Robert Shaw, of Scott), and Julia. Mr. Daily is a Democrat and a member of the Catholic Church. He has 200 acres of land.

HARVEY DEAN (decoased ), was born in the State of New York, May 21, 1814; son of Samuel Dean; was married, Sept. 23, 1836. to Eliza A. Wilkins, who was born Feb. 27, 1819, in the town of Sussex, England, daughter of Charles and Susan (Hobden) Wilkins, who came to America in the fall of 182!4 and settled in Monroe Co., N. Y.; lived there three or four years, then sold out and went to Victor (same county), and lived there till May, 1862, then came to Wisconsin. Mrs. Wilkins died in New York State Feb. 9, 1862, in her 73d year, and Mr. Wilkins died April 3, 1878, in Wisconsin, in hi.s 82d year. Mr. Dean came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850, lived in Racine till the next fall, then came to (Columbia Co. and located on See. 14, and afterward bought more land on See. 15 and resided on the same farm till his death, Jan. 14, 1865, of pneumonia, after an illness of nine divs, leaving five children - Susan H. (now Mrs. W. Comstock), of Marcellon ; Clarissa L. (now Mrs. William Albee), of the same town; Caroline S, born Dec. 3, 1843, in Monroe Co.. N. Y. (now Mrs. Nelson Thwing, of Wa seca Co., Minn. ) ; Charles, born Sept. 25, 1847, in Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y., lives in Barron Co., Wis., and Martin H., born March 20, 1863, in Marcellon, Wis., now living on the homestead with his mother ; P. 0. Bellefountain. Have 140 acres of land. Mr. Dean worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade in New York, and most of the time after coming to Wisconsin. The sons are all farmers. Mrs. Dean and youngest son are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

JOHX M. FRENCH, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. O. Portage City; was born May 4, 1791, in Essex Co., Vt.; son of Hains French, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and was in the battle of Quebec, when Gen. Montgomery was killed; was the first Clerk of the Court in Essex Co., Vt.; he was a member of the first Council, and remained in both offices till 1S13; the county was organized in 180(1 ; in 1812, he helped raise a volunteer regiment in Vermont; took a major's commission, and died in November, 1813, at Chautauqua Corners, State of New York. John M. enlisted in July, 1812, in a New Hamp.shire volunteer regiment and served one year; then enlisted in the 4th Regulars and served till the close of the war ; Was in seven or eight engasiements ; once got shot throusrh the \es below the knee and had two ribs broken ; his oldest brother. Homer, enlisted in a Maine volunteer regiment, served one year and then re-enlisted in the 4th Rifle Regiment, in the regular army, and was killed Nov. 17, in the battle of Fort Erie; his youngest brother enlisted in. a Vermont volunteer regiment, served one year, then re-enlisted and served through the war. He is now living in Canada East, aged 85 years. After the war, Mr. French returned to his native place and was married, Dec. 25, 1815, to Tirzah Day; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844 : lived in Dodge Co. two and a half years, and, in the fall of 1846, built the first saw-mill in the county, on French's Creek, in the town of Fort Winnebago. He removed to his present location in 1868 ; his first wife died April 1, 1863, in the 67th year of her age; she was the mother of eighteen children, only six of whom were living at her death ; had lost nine before coming to Wiseon.sin, and three died in Wisconsin before her death and one since ; those who are still living and those who died in Wisconsin are as follows : Ovid, born Nov. 3, 1816 ; John M., Jan. 3, 1818, and died Jan. 16. 1868; Tirzah, born Feb. 19, 1820, died Sept. 27, 1856 ; Haines, born April 21, 1822, died April 21, 1842; Olive, born June 9, 1824, died Nov. 3, 1854; Ann, born Sept. 21, 1827; Homer, born June 9, 1829 ; Volney V., Aug. 22, 1832, and William W., Jan. 8, 1824. Homer was in the Mexican war, through the whole of it, and also served in the 32d W. V. I., through the war of the rebellion ; William W. was in the 2d W. V. C., and served three years during the rebellion ; a grandson, William, son of John French, also served during the war, in the 2d W. V. C. Mr. French was married the second time, Sept. 13, 1863, to Malvina Barrows, who was born Oct. 25, 1824, in Oneida Co., N. Y. ; was educated at the Wesleyan Female College, of Cincinnati, and graduated June 29, 1849 ; has one daughter by the second marriage - Lillie, born Sept. 9, 1867. Mr. French has had nineteen children; now has forty grandchildren and fifty great-grandchildren living. Although nearly 89 years old, he retains all his mental faculties, and gives names and dates readily from memory ; he still plays the violin and seems to enjoy it as well as ever, and can dance as well as most of the boys. He was an old-time Jeflferson Democrat and still acts with the Democratic party. Has 52 acres of land, which he rents, as his failing eyesight prevents active labor.

FRANK FULiLER, farmer. Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Bellefountain ; was born Nov. 26, 1827, in Erie Co., N. Y. Was married in Allegany Co., Dec. 31, 1850, to Esther Ann Aldrich ; came West in 1852 and settled on the farm he now owns, and has resided on it ever since ; has eight children living - Albert, William, Homer, Andrew, Edwin, Arthur, Millie and Mina Ann; Albert and Homer live in Lake Co., Dakota ; William in the town of Marcellon. and all the rest at home ; have lost three - Ernest, died May 29, 1877, aged 16 ; Theodore, died in August, 1861, aged l-l years, and one, an infant, died in 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller are members of the Free- Will Baptist Church. He is a Republican in politics, and has 200 acres of land.

WIIililAlfl GOODMASr, farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. Portage City; born Sept. 17, 1819, in Somersetshire, England, son of William Goodman. Was married, March 24, 1840, in Ware, England, to Eliza Carter, who was born in 1816, in Ware, England, daughter of Thomas Carter; Mr. Goodwin was a farmer in England ; came to America in 1849, and located in the town of Marcellon in July of that year. Has four children living - Jane(lives in Portage), William (lives in Mower Co., Minn.), Henry and Mary, at home ; has lost two - Robert enlisted in 1864 in the 3d W. V. C., Co. K, and died about two months after his enlistment from an accidental discharge of his own carbine, while passing through some timber in charge of a lot of horses ; the hammer of the gun was caught by some bushes and the gun discharged ; he died two weeks after the accident, aged 24 ; Ellen died, aged 28, Nov. 25. The family attended the M. E. Church, but are not members; he is a Democrat. Has 370 acres of land, and at the present writing there is a P.)rtage company minins; for silver on his farm on Sec. 7.

DEXTBR S. HEATH, farmer. Sec. 25; P. 0. Marcellon; born Sept. 30, 1831, in Caledonia Co., Vt., son of John Heath, who came to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled in Marcellon on the farm now owned by his son, and died there Dec. 31 1876, aged 85 ; Mr. Heath has lived on the same farm ever since he was 20 years old. He was married, Sept. 18, 1864, to Mrs. Mariette, widow of Asa Langdon, and daughter of Hugh Barker; she was born June 29, 1837, in Genesee Co., N. Y.; her father came to Wisconsin when she was 7 years old, and died in Packwaukee, Marquette Co., in October, 1857, aged 64; Mr. and Mrs. Heath have three children - Allen, born Sept. 10, 1866 ; Julius, Jan. 29, 1869, and George, born July 17, 1873. Mr. Heath has 255 acres of land, and a first-class farm building.

H. T. HE»rTO\, farmer. Sec. 9 and 10 ; P. 0. Bellefountain ; was born Feb. 24, 1823, in Ripley, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. His parents removed to Erie Co., Penn., when he was 11 years old, and came to Wisconsin in 1850; his father, Thomas Henton, died in I860, and his mother died in 1832. He sailed on the lakes from 1838 to 1850; commenced, at the age of 15, on the old steamer Thomas Jeft'er.son, running between BufFaio and Chicago. Sept. 14, 1846, he was married, near Cresco, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., to Evaline, daughter of Capt. Fiancis Dorchester, a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and one of the first settlers in Fond du Lac Co., having located there in 1844. After his marriage, Mr. Henton returned to Erie, Penn., and lived there one year; then came to Milwaukee, where he resided five years. In October, 1852, he removed to Fall River, Columbia Co., Wis , and was engaged in the mercantile busine.ss three years; then he went to Ripon, Wis., and July 13, 1855, bought an interest in the Ripon and Gothic Mills, and removed his family to that place in October of the same year; was in the milling and produce business in Ripon until April 1, 1873 ; then went to Winneconne and bought the -' Lake View House," and an interest in the Winneconne flouring-mills ; remained there till March, 1878 ; then removed to his present location. Mrs. Henton died, Oct. 19, 1879, of hemorrhage of the brain, without a moment's warning, leaving one son - Henry Prcemont, born Feb. 8, 1850; had lost three sons - Francis D., died Aug. 19, 1869, aged 16 years; Harvey Howard, died in September, 1869, aged 13 motilhs, and one died in infancy unnamed. Mr. Henton is a Republican, and was one of the delegates to the convention that organized the Republican party in the summer of 1854, and was one of the committee to appoint permanent officers for the organization; has been a stanch Republican ever since, and is "determined to fight it out on that line;" was nominated and elected Mayor of the city of Ripon in the spring of 1865, while away from home, and, on returning, his first official act was issuing a proclamation calling a meeting of the citizens of Ripon to take action on the death of Abraham Lincoln. He held the offices of Chairman, Supervisor, Superintendent of the Poor, and several other offices in Ripon, and represented the village of Winneconne in the County Board. He has 240 acres of land in his home f\irm, and a farm of 146 acres in Clark Co., Wis.

I> WIGHT B. HEKKE9IA1V, farmer. Sec. 11; P. 0. Bellefountain; was born Aug. 12, 1835, in Euclid, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ; son of William Herreman, who came to Wisconsin in May, 1849, and settled in the town of Farmington, Jefferson Co., and lived there two years ; then came to Columbia Co., and settled in the town of Marcellon, where he has since resided ; was Postmaster in Marcellon eighteen years, and resigned in October, 1879. Dwight B. lived at home until he was 20 years old ; then went to Rice Co., Minn., and lived there one summer, returning to Marcellon in the fall. He was married, Nov. 11, 1857, to Polly Aldrich, who was born June 29, 1839, in Allegany Co., N. Y., daughter of Gideon P. Aldrich, who came to Wisconsin in 184!, and now lives in Wyocena, Columbia Co. Mr. and Mrs. Herreman have four children - Warren, Cara, Prudy and Wallace, all at home. He has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor ; he learned the blacksmith's trade of his father, when a boy, and now has a shop on his farm and carries on that business in addition to his farming. He enlisted March 13. 1865, in the 49th W. V. I., Co. L, and was discharged at the close of the war; spent most of his time in Missouri hunting "bushwhackers." He has lost two children - Esther Ann, born March

WILLIAM HERREMAN, merchant, Marcellon ; he was born March 21, 1803, in Livingston Co., N. Y.; his parents removed to Meadville, Pcnn., when he was 16 years old, and he started out at that age to do battle with the world on his own account ; spent about five years on the St. Lawrence River and in Canada ; then went to Meadville and stayed three years ; then went to Ohio and lived in Gi'auga Co. till 1849, and in May of that year, came to Wisconsin ; lived two years in Jeflferson Co., and in the spring of 1851, came to Columbia Co. and settled in the village of Marcellon, where he has since resided ; learned the blacksmith's trade in Ohio when 27 years old, and worked at that business till 1870, since which time he has been engaged in farming and selling goods ; had the post office in Marcellon from 1864 to 1879, and then resigned the office. Was married, June 12, 1828, in Geauga Co., Ohio, to Caroline Parsons, who was born June 27, 1811, in Hartford, Conn., daughter of Warhem Parsons; have nine children living - "William L., O.scar H., Celia M., Dwight B , Orlando A., Cassius M., Irvin T., James F. and Alice L.; have lost three - t hloe M., Mvron S. and Alonzo A.; had five sons in the army during the rebellion. Alonzo A. was in the 2d W. V. C. about two years, and died July 25, 1865, from the effects of a wound received at Vicksburg, while in a scouting party; Dwight B. and Oscar H. were in the 49th W. V. C, Co. I.; the last nine months of the war, Myron S. was in a New York regiment; Orlando A., in Government service in Nashville, Tenn., and Cassius in the permanent corps, in Madison ; also had a son-inlaw, T. M. Lockwood, in same corps as Cassius; Alonzo was a prisoner about two mouths, being taken April 21, 1S64. Mr. Herreman is a Republican and held the office of Town Treasurer five years; reads without glasses at the age of 77.; has a farm of 120 acres adjoining the village.

JAMES HODtJMAX, fiirmer. Sec. 2; P. 0. Bellefountain ; born iu Rutland Co., Vt., Oct. 5, 1825; son of Latt 0. and Mary Hodgman ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850 and settled in Lowville, Columbia Co.; remained there till the spring of 1866; then sold out and purchased the farm he now owns, and where he has since resided. Was married, March 16, 1856, to Sarah Jane Evarts, who died May 16, 1857, leaving one child - Frederick Lorenzo, now living in Lowville, Wis. Was married the second time, July 4, 1864, to Fanny Lucina Jerome, who was born in the State of New York, Feb. 7, 1852, daughter of Daniel Jerome; has three children by the second marriage - James W., born Jan. 1, 1867 ; Emma Viola, born Nov. 15, 1872, and Charles Nelson, born Aug. 26, 1875 ; has 160 acres of land. Republican.

W. H. HORTOBf, farmer. Sees. 5 and 6 ; P. 0. Portage City; was born May 17, 1835, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio ; son of Loren Horton, who came to Wisconsin in 1847, and lived in the town of Herman, Dodge Co., till his death, in April, 1839; was killed by a falling limb from a tree he was chopping. Mr. Horton was married, Oct. 8, 1857, to Sarah Whittaker, who was born Oct. 7, 1837, in Worcester Co., Mass., daughter of Robert Whittaker, a native of England; have two children - William, born Oct. 2, 1858, and Mamie, born Aug. 9, 1866; the maiden name of Mrs. Horton's mother was Mary H. Cheney, and she was a native of Massachusetts. Mr. Horion's parents were both natives of Washington Co., N. Y.; his mother's maiden name was Lucy M. Kingsley. Mr. Horton is a Republican and has 153 acres of land.

DANIEL JEROME, Jr., farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Bellefountain ; born Aug. 23, 1844, in Livingston Co., N. Y. ; son of Daniel Jerome, who came to Wisconsin in 1847, and came into the town of Marcellon in the fall of that year, and is still living in the town, aged 80 ; Mrs. Jerome is also living, at the age of 71. Mr. Jerome was married, Feb. 22, 1866, to Katie Ann Cobb, who was born Feb. 10, 1847, in Canada ; daughter of Leonard Cobb, who settled in Wisconsin when she was a child ; have two children - Nellie, born June 29, 1869, and Wallace S., born Feb. 6, 1877 ; he is Republican, and has held the office of Constable ; has 160 acres in his home farm, and 160 acres in Waushara Co. He enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in the 23d W. V. C. Co. C; was with his regiment one year, participating in four battles during the time; was then transferred to the 5th V. R. C, stationed at Indianapolis, Ind., and was discharged July 5, 1865.

E. B. LAKGrDON, or " Uncle Frank," as he is called, was the first permanent settler in the town of Marcellon ; ho came here from Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1845, arriving with his family on the 3d day of November, having selected his land about ten days before ; he took oflF his wagon-cover and used it for a tent, living in it till he got his house built ; his nearest neighbors at that time were Samuel and John McConochie, of the town of Scott ; has lived on the same farm ever since ; helped to organize the town of Marcellon, and was a member of the first Town Board ; he was born Jan. 27, 1810, in the town of Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Mass.; son of Christopher Langdon, who removed to Geauga Co., Ohio, in 1814, and died there in 1822. Mr. Langdon was married in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, on Sept. 1.

1833, to Lydia Hamblin, who was born Nov. !l, 1812, in Grand Isle Co.. Vt.; daughter of Asa Hamblin, who removed to Ohio when she was 7 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Lanirdon have had four children, but the only one living is Rosellia, who was born June 11, 1834, and married to John Braden, who died in the army from a gun-shot wound, received in battle in Missouri ; he belonged to the 14th Iowa V. I., and his deatii occurred Oct. 31, 1864; he left five children - Alma, Julia, Erwin, Datus and Herbert; she is now the wife of S. R. Peck, and has one child by the second marriage - a daughter, named Mandania. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon have lost three children - Christopher, enlisted in the 32d W. V. I., was under Sherman, and died in North Carolina in the 27th year of his age; Asa, died Jan. 10, 1862, in his 24th year, and Marinett, died Dec. 21), 1841, aged 1 year. Mr. Langdon has 191 acres of land on Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Marcellon ; is a Republican.

BARKEY I^OVELL, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Bellefountain ; born Dec. 2, 1820, in Cayuga Co., N. V. Was married Sept. 11, i842, in Livingston Co., N. Y., town of Sparta, to Elizabeth Spicer, who was born May 3, 1826, in Sparta, daughter of Asa Spicer; Mr. Lovell came from New York to Michigan in 1851, and lived in Cass Co. till Augu-it, 1865, then sold out, came to Wisconsin and bought the farm he now owns and occupies; have four children living - Nathan V., lives in Berrien Co., Mich., Henry C. and John T. are living on Sec. 11, in ^larcellon, and Mary Elizabeth is now Mrs. Alman Inglehart, of Cambria, Wis.; have lost one. Prances Adel, died March 6, 1875, aged 16. Nathan V. spent four years in the army; belonged to the 7th Mich. V. I., Co. B, almost a year; was taken prisoner at Murfre.sboro and taken to McMinnville, Tenn., where he escaped, and reported at Camp Chase, Ohi); his regiment being badly cut up, what there was left of it was disbanded, and he re-enlisted in the 7th .Mich. V. C, Co. B; spent three years with Sheridan and Custer; was with Grant when he took Richmond, and was discharged at the close of the war; had nine horses shot under him, and was once shot through the heel, but never left his regiment, and never spent a day in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lovell were both members of the Christian Church, in New York, but are not members of any church at present ; he is Republican, and has 80 acres of land.

PELEG L. PEt'KHAM, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Bellefountain; born May 24, 1819, in Madison Co , N. Y. ; his parents removed to Monroe Co. when he was in his 16th year; he remained at home till he was 21 years old ; came to Columbia Co., Wis., in August, 1844 ; lived near Columbus till January, 1846, then came up and located the land he now owns in the town of Marcellon, and has lived on it ever since. Was married, April 19, 1846, to Minerva Austin, who was born Oct. 4, 1825, in Mexico, N. Y. ; daughter of Lyman Austin, who came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled near Lake Maria, then in Marquette Co. Mr. and Mrs. Peckham have five children - John lives in Harrison Co., Dakota ; Lucretia is now Mrs. Thomas Vining, of Faribault Co., Minn., and Elizabeth, Charles and William are still living with their parents; lost one child, which died in infancy; has 280 acres of land.

E. R. PERRY, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Pardeeville; born Dec. 28, 1830, in Riga, Monroe Co., N. Y.; son of W. L. Perry, who came to Wisconsin in 1845, and lived in Dodge Co., town of Clyman two years, then came to Columbia, and lived in Randolph ten or twelve years, and died in Marcellon May 30, 1874, aged 73 years; Mrs. Perry died in June, 1835, in Riga, N. Y., aged 34. E. R. Perry was married, Sept. 17, 1856, in Monroe Co., N. Y., to Mary Richmond, daughter of Joshua Richmond (see biography of H. J. Richmond) ; she was born in Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y., and died March 26, 1876, aged 43 years, leaving two children - Charles E. and Ella D. Was married the second time, Nov. 27, 1878, to Mrs. Maria Brown, daughter of Killian Hepler, of Pardeeville; she was born in Medina Co., Ohio, April 28, 1845 ; had one daughter by her first husband, Addie E. Brown. Mr. Perry is a Democrat, and held the office of Constable in Randolph, and Justice of the Peace in Marcellon ; hiis 160 acres of land.

A. W. RESHEGUIE, farmer. Sees. 1 and 12; P.O. Bellefountain: born Oct. 30, 1848, in Susquehanna Co., Penn.; son of Lewis Resseguie, who came to Wisconsin, and settled in Berlin in the spring of 1850; he died Jan. 15, 1879, aged 69; Mrs. Ressequie died in 1151. A. W. Resseguie was married, Oct. 29, 1872, in Berlin, to Miss Lutie Leonard, of that place, and followed farming three and one-half miles southeast of Berlin till March, 1877, then sold out and removed to his present location ; has 216 acres in his farm, with gnod brick residence. In politics. Republican.

H. S. RICHJIOND, farmer, Sec. 34; P. 0. Marcellon; born Aug. 20, 1838, in Monroe Co., N. Y.; son of Joshua Richmond, a native of Vermont, who raised a family of fifteen children, three boys and twelve girls; all grew up to maturity and all married and raised families except one girl ; his first wife was a Miss Sprague, the second, Nancy Creasey, and the third, Nancy True, all of Monroe Co., N. Y.; he died Dec. 13, 1868. H. S. Richmond was married in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1858, to Mary Robbins, who died Aug. 16, 1870, aged 35, leaving three children - Harriet, Nona and Riley. Was married the second time, March 19, 1872, to Mrs. Maria Gibbs, widow of Almoti Gibbs, and daughter of R. P. McGlashan, a native of Scotland ; Mrs. McGlashan, whose maiden name was Sarah Holmes, was a native of Connecticut; they came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in Trenton, Dodge Co.; he died in 1848, and Mrs. McGlashan died May 12, 1877 ; they left seven children - James, living in Beaver Dam; Mary Ann, now Mrs. John Brown, of Beaver Dam ; Sarah, now Mrs. Ezra Parker, of Dartfurd ; Edwin, living in Beaver Dam ; Catharine, now Mrs. Hiram Hubbard, Dakota ; Maria, now Mrs. H. S. Richmond, and Frances, who married Mortimer Clark, and died April 16, 1878; Mrs. Richmond was born Aug. 3, 1839, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. Mr. Richmond is a Democrat ; has 160 acres of land.

MERRIliL H. SMITH, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Portage City ; was born in Danbury, Grafton Co., N. H., May 5, 1823; son of James and Rachel (Hoyt) Smith; in 1852, went to California, and was gone between two and three years; then returned to New Hampshire. Feb. 24, 1854, was married to Rosanna Sanburn, who was born Aug. 25, 1824; daughter of Jonathan and Mary C. Sanburn ; in the fall of 1855, he came to Wisconsin with his family, and settled on his present farm in Marcellon, and has since resided there ; was a locomotive engineer and followed railroading while in New Hampshire ; went South during the rebellion and ran an engine in the Government service during the last year of the war ; altogether followed that business about fourteen years. Has five children - Leonora (now Mrs. Daniel Damuth, of Fort Atkinson, Wis.) ; Viola, Winfield S., Ulysess Grant and Minnie Eva ; all at home except Leonora. He is a Republican, and has held the office of Assessor and Justice of the Peace. Has 615 acres of land in Sees. 20, 21, 28 and 16.

ABEL STRONG, farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Bellefountaln ; was born Dec. 17, 1822, in Nova Scotia; son of Stephen Strong; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1845, and worked out in Walworth Co. four years ; came to Columbia Co., in November, 1847, and bought 160 acres of land in what is now Marcellon ; then returned to Walworth Co.; and in the fall of 1848, came up and commenced fencing his land ; returned to Walworth Co. again in the spring ; in the fall of 1849, located on his land, and has resided on the same farm ever since. Was married in Portage City, Aug. 31, 1862, to Julia Dee, who was born May 1, 1844, in County Tipperary, Ireland; daughter of Lawrence Dee, who came to America in 1847, and settled in Milwaukee; lived there one year; then Portage City one year ; then five years in Marcellon ; then removed to Fort Winnebago, where he died Aug. 18, 1865, aged 73. Mrs. Dee is still living at the age of 68. Mr. and Mrs. Strong have three children - John Gaylord, born Aug. 14, 1863 ; Stephen Eaton, born April 3, 1865, and Sarah Jane, born March 11, 1867 ; all at home. Mr. Strong enlisted March 8, 1865, in the 194th N. Y. V. L, Co. B, and was discharged about the middle of May. Is a Republican. Has 320 acres of laud. Mrs. Strong is a member of the Catholic Church.

HIRAHl J. STRONG, carpenter. Sec. 7; P. 0. Portage City; born March 9, 1827, in Livingston Co., N. Y.; son of Amos Strong, who came to Michigan in 1831. Hiram Strong was married in Michigan, Aug. 28, 1851, to Mary Morgan, who was born July 10, 1830, in Miami Co., Ohio. Mr. Strong worked at carpenter work in Michigan ; was on the Michigan Central R. R., three years, and was division foreman on the N., I. & S. M. R. R., two years ; in August, 1855, he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Buifalo, Marquette Co.; lived there seven years working at carpenter and joiner and millwright work ; in March, 1862, removed to his present location, where he has since resided, except one year in Sparta, Monroe Co., Wis., in 1863; still works at his trade. Has only one child - Carlton Delos, born April 13, 1859; now living at home ; one daughter, Emma Amelia, was born Feb. 19, 1855, and died Sept. 2, 1863. Mr. Strong is a Republican, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace two terms, and some school district offices. Has 17 acres of land.

CASPER TURK, farmer. Sec. 17; P. 0. Portage City; born June 6, 1837, in Nassau. Germany, son of Joseph Turk, who came to America in 1845, or thereabouts, and settled in Utica, N Y. He died Sept. 10, 1854, aged 54; was run over by a train on the New York Central Railroad, and died a few hours after the accident. Mr. Turk learned the machinist trade in Utica, of " Hart & Munson," and worked at the business twelve years ; before that, had worked for the same company about eight years, running a stationary engine six years of that time. He was married Feb. 3, IStil, to Mary Harny, who was born Jan. 8, 1835, in France, daughter of Sabastian Harny, who came to America in 1836, and now lives in Utica, N. Y. Mr. Turk came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1869, and settled in the town of Marcellon, where he still resides; has ten children - Mary, Frank, Samuel, George, John, Louisa, Clara and Clarissa (twins), Joseph and William, all at home. Members of the Catholic Church, and in politics , Republican. He has 160 acres of land.

ANDREW WAITE, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Bellefountaln ; was born June 25, 1831, in the town of West Hawksbury, Canada; son of William Waite, a native of Boston, Mass. Mr. Waite came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1857, and lived in the town of Buffalo, Marquette Co., about three years, then came to his present location in the town of Marcellon. He was married in September, 1862, in Portage, to Mary Jane Smith, daughter of Harrj' Smith ; she died Nov. 27, 1866, aged 24, leaving three children - Rachel, born Aug. 7, 18()3 ; Abigail, born Dec. 21, 1864; and Mary Jane, born Nov. 27, 1866. He has 160 acres of land. Republican.

SYLVESTER WALKER, farmer. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Bellefountain ; waa born in the town of Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y., June 20, 1821 ; son of Phineas Walker ; came to Wisconsin in 1844, and lived in Kenosha Co. till the fall of 1850, then came to Columbia Co., and has lived in Marcellon ever since He was married Dec. 31, 1848, in Racine Co.,Wis., to Magdelan A. Vandy. Mr. Walker was in the 22d Wis V. I., Co. C, about four mouths, in 1865. Have two children - Clarence D., born April 18, 1861, and Minnie, born Fib. 18, 1864, both at home. He has 120 acres of land and is a Republican.

ZADOCK WAITE, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Portage City; born Aug. 1, 1825, in Canada West; son of William Waite, a native of the State of New York. Mr. Waite left home when lit years of age, came to Wisconsin and lived five years in Walworth Co. ; then went to Marquette Co. and bought land in the town of Buffalo ; lived there till the fall of 1874, then sold out and removed to his present location ; was married in Walworth Co., in 1858, to Emily Jane Carpenter, who was born July 8, 1831, in Chautauijua Co., N. Y.; daughter of William Carpenter. Have only one child - Sarah Jane, born Jan. 1, 1850, married to John Cuff, and living in Butler Co., Iowa. She has six children - Justin, Ernest, Oscar, Lillie, Mertie and Elsie Jane. Mr. Waite is a Republican ; was Supervisor of Marcellon two years, and has been District Clerk and Postmaster several years. He has 200-acre farm in Marcellon, and a 120-acre farm in Butler Co., Iowa.

DANIEL S. WOODWORTH, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Portage City; born July 9, 1827, in the town of Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt.; son of Jabez and Mehitable Woodworth, who removed to Niagara Co.,N. Y., in 1849 ; lived there two years, then came to Wisconsin and lived nine years in Racine Co. (now Kenosha), then in July, 1854, came to Columbia Co., where they both died - Mr. Woodworth, May 3, 1867, aged 83 ; Mrs. Woodworth, May 15, 1868, aged 79. Mr. Woodworth has lived on his present farm ever since he came to the county in July, 1854. He married in Marcellon, Feb. 18, 1859, to Melissa Hart, who was born Jan. 6, 1841, in the town of Forestville, county of Norfolk, Canada West, daughter of George and Eliza Ann Hart, who came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856. Mrs. Hart died July 18, 1864, aged 15 ; Jlr. Hartis still living in Lincoln Co., Dakota, aged 64. Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth have five children - Emma, Albert, Eliza, Cora and Fannie, all at home. Mr. Woodworth is a member of the M. E. Church and a Republican ; has 411 acres of land, 150 is in his home farm, 160 acres in Marquette Co., one and a half miles from home farm, and 101 acres in Sauk Co. Mrs. Woodworth is a Baptist.

Town Of Columbus

JOHN Q. ADAMS, was born in Franklin Co., Mass., in 1816 ; son of Charles Adams, who came to the town of Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., Wis., in 1846, where his wife, nee Mary Howes, died soon after, and some time during the following year he returned to the State of Massachusetts, where he subsequently died. John Q., our present subject, received his education in the common schools and academies of his native State. He came to Wisconsin in 1844 and located on a farm, in the township of Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., and made that his home for about twenty-three years. He then removed to the city (then village) of Columbus, where he has since resided, retaining, however, his farm of 350 acres. Mr. Adams was elected one of the first County Commissioners of Columbia Co., in 1846, and was re-elected in the fall of 1847, serving in 1848. He was elected Chairman of the Town Board of Fountain Prairie in 1851 and 1852 and has several times been re-elected to that office. He also held the office of Town Superintendent of Schools of that town in 1849-50, and was one nf the organizers of the town in 1849. Mr. Adams represented his district in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1853, and also his county in the Senate during the sessions of 1854-55-56 ; he was again returned to the Assembly in 1863. In 1858, he was elected Superintendent of the County Poor, and has ever since been kept in that office. He has been President of the Columbia Co. Agricultural Society several terms, and has held the office of Treasurer of the same for eleven years. Was member of the School Board of Columbus for seven years; was President of the same for three years. Politically, Mr. Adams is a Republican, and was a member of the committee on resolutions at the organization of that party, at Madison, Wis., in 1854. In Massachusetts, in 1846, he was married to Miss Lucy S., daughter of Erastus Pomroy. Their children are Louie P. (now a student at Ripon College) ; Clara and Lily (at home). Mr. and Mrs. Adams aremembers of the Congregational Church.

A. T. AUSTIN, farmer; Sec. 14; P. 0. Columbus; was born in Grafton Co., N. H., in 1827, and with parents in 1835 he emigrated to Richland Co., Ohio. Ten years later (^May, 1845), he came to Wisconsin and located on a farm in Jefferson Co. He entered a farm of 220 acres in the town of Elba, Dodge Co., in 1846, and settled there in the spring of 1847. Here he lived for twenty years and devoted his attention wholly to agriculture. Selling his interest in Dodge Co., in February, 1867 ; he bought a farm of 250 acres on Sec. 14, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis.; where he has since resided. He was married in 1853, to Miss Sarah Hathaway, of Jefferson Co., Wis., but a native of Monroe Co., N. Y. Their children are Thaddeus T. (now in California); Mercy D. (at home); Abraham S.,Gracie D., Frank, James W. and Charity S. Mr. Austin's family are connected with the Congregational Church.

CAPT. CALVIN BAKER, was born in the town of Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt., in 1803; when quite young, with his parents, Remember and Cynthia (Stannard) Baker, he removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., where his father devoted much of his time to the trade of millwright, but later removed to Michigan, where they afterward died. The family was composed of seven children, four suns and three daughters - Calvin, the oldest of these, devoted much of his time with his father, to the trade of a millwright and at building thrashing machines - but failing health forced him to quit the trade and seek some outdoor employment. He followed buying stock wool for the New York markets for several years. In 1834, he was married to Mi.ss Susanna Blodgett, of Genesee Co., N. Y., who died in 1841. His second marriage was to Mrs. Ann Scofield, of New York City, a daughter of George and Betsey Hague. Her father was a native of England, her mother of France. Mr. and Mrs. Baker came to Wisconsin in 1857, and located on a farm in the town of Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co., where he followed farming for some time. In 1862, he was engaged in the detective business, with his brother, Col. Baker. He was appointed Captain of the Quartermaster's Department at Washington, in 1863, a position which he held till the fall of 1865. Returning then to his farm in Fountain Prairie, he devoted his time to farming till 1872, when they removed to the city of Columbus, where he has lived a more retired life. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are members of the CongTegational Church.

HENRY D. BATH, deceased; was born in Schenectady Co, N. Y., in 1843; son of Levy and Agnes Bath. His father was a Baptist minister of New York, and came to Columbus in 1861, where he was Pastor of the church for a number of years. He died in this city in April, 1877, leaving four sons and one daughter, one of whom died in June, 1879, one having died in April. 1876. Mr. Bath was educated at the Grass Lake Academy, of Jackson Co., Mich. In 1861, he enlisted as private in Co. B, of the 7th Mich. V. I., under Col. Grovesnor, with the army of the Potomac ; was promoted to the positions of Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant ; was severely wounded at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, after which he came home for four months, and early in 1863, he rejoined his regiment and with it was mustered out in 1864. He then came to Columbus and read law two years with Cook & Chapin, and was admitted to the practice at Portage in 1866. He went then to Milwaukee, and was city editor of the Daily News till July, 1868, when he returned to Columbus, purchased the Columbus Transcript, and converted it into the Columbus Democrat, of which he has since been editor. In March, 1877, he, with his brother, W. E. Bath, established the Portage Democrat, of Portage City, and were editors of the same till the death of his brother, which occurred in June, 1879. Mr. Bath was married in 1866, to Louisa T., daughter of Matthew T. D. and Theodate Nowell, of Columbus. Children are Paul T. and Dane. Mr. Bath died June 8, 1880.

RICHARD BARROW, deceased ; was born at Hawkhurst, County Kent, England, in 1782, and was the son of John and Susan Barrow, with whom he spent most of his time till his marriage, in 1818, to Miss Lucy, daughter of Humphrey and Mary (Rogers) Wickham, a native of County Sussex, England. After marriage, they settled on a farm in County Kent, which was afterward their home till 1839. April 28, of that year, they sailed from London, and landed in New York (as emigrants to America) the last day of May following, locating at Oriskany Falls, Oneida Co., N. Y. They made their home there for three years ; then removed to Chittenango, Madison Co., whence in June, 1845, they immigrated to Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., and located on a farm on Sees. 22, 23 and 27, now consisting of 181 acres, and 11 acres in the town of Elba, Dodge Co. Here Mr. Barrow died in 1854. Their family consisted of themselves and nine children; the latter are as follows: Richard, born 1819, and now lives at Baraboo, Wis.; Frances, born 1820, now Mrs. John H. Valentine, and lives at Mason City, Iowa; John, born in 1825, now at Merrimac, Sauk Co., Wis.; Ann, born 1827, the late wife of George McCafferty, now deceased; James, born 1830, now at home; Seymour, born 1832, now deceased; Samuel, born 1834, now deceased; Thomas, horn 1836, now at home; Lucy, born 1839, now deceased.

JOHN BEBOW, farmer; Sec. 16; P. 0. Columbus; was born in Mecklinburg Schwerin, in 1828. He came to America in 1852 ; located in Erie Co., N. Y., where he followed farming for nine years. In 1861, he came to the town of Columbus, purchased a farm of 65 acres on Sec. 16, where he now owns 125 on Sees. 9 and 16, and also a farm of 90 acres on Sees. 8 and 17. He was married in 1852, to Miss Dorothea Minken, a native of Mecklinburg. Their children are Louisa, now the wife of Fred Prieri, and lives in the town of Leeds ; Mary, now the wife of Henry Reider, of the town of Columbus ; Matilda, Frank and Charles at home. They are members of the Lutheran Church.