Fountain Prairie Town (part 3 of 11)

NELiSON C. BISSEIjIj, merchant tailor, Columbus; was born in Susquehanna Co., Penn., 1823. His father, David Bissell, was a native of Connecticut; his mother, Hepsibleth Reynolds, was born in New York. When 15 years old, he began the tailor's trade in Montrose, Penn., and five years later, he went to New York City, where he continued his trade a year ; returning then to Pennsylvania, he worked three years at his trade in Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., and afterward at Lanesboro for a short time. Returning then to Montrose, he clerked in a hotel for two years. At Dundee, in May, 1854, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Ireton, and in August following they came to Wisconsin, and located at Columbus, where he has still continued the merchant tailor's trade. They have one daughter - Katie. Mr. Bissell was a member of the County Board of Supervisors from the Third Ward of Columbus, in 1877 , Himself and family are connected with the Presbyterian Church.

DEXTER BliANCHARD, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Columbus; this pioneer of Columbia Co. was born in the town of Rochester, Windsor Co., Vt., in 1826 ; his father, John Blanchard, was a tanner by trade, and he worked much of the time with him at the same business in his younger days. In 1 846, he and his father came to Columbia Co., Wis., and entered a farm of 247 acres, on Sees. 28 and 29, town of Columbus, where they built their log shanty, covered it with prairie hay and " kept bach" therein for about six months. They returned to Vermont in the fall, and in the following spring (1847) came again with family to Wisconsin, and located on the farm which was ever after their home till their death ; Mr. Blanchard has always made his home on the original farm, and now owns 83 acres of it on Sec. 28. He was married in 1864, to Miss Emma J., daughter of Thomas and C. J. Sallsbee, a native of Ohio but an emigrant to Wisconsin in 185G ; their children are John, William T. and Marietta.

HERMAN M. BLliaiENTHAL, of the firm of Turner & Co., proprietors of marble works, Columbus, was born in Prussia in 1853, and came with his parents to America in 1868; they located at Columbus, Wis., where he began his trade in 1870, with Miller & Graham, and has since continued his trade in this city ; he became a partner in the firm of Turner & Co. in January, 1878. He was married, in May, 1878, to Miss Mary, daughter of the Rev. F. Kluckhohn, of this city ; they have one son, Edwin. They are members of the German M. E. Church. Mr. Blumenthal is a member of the I. O () F.

F. H. BOIiTE, of the firm of Bolte & Eckoff, proprietors of the Columbus Foundry, manufacturers of the Eureka Windmill and pumpg of various kinds ; Mr. Bolte was born in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., in 185G; was educated at the Northwestern University at Watertown, Wis., from which institution he graduated in 1871 ; he entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpenter and joiner's trade in 1872, with Charles Breyer, of the town of Elba, Dodge Co., and continued with him for three years; he invented and got patented the Eureka Windmill in December, 1878, of which he and his partner are now sole manu,facturers ; he also invented the Economist Churn in April, 1879. In December, 1879, he was married to Miss Minnie Eckoff, of Columbus, Wis. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

PROF. a. M. BOWEN^, Principal of high school and Superintendent of the city schools of Columbus; was born in the tuwn of Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1847 ; when 10 years of age, he, with his parents, M. H. and Matilda Bowcn, removed to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and located on a farm near Ripon ; three years laier, they removed to Auroraville, Waushara Co., and settled on what is known as the '- Indian land," where they now reside ; Mr. Bowen received his earlier education in the public schools of Wisconsin. In 1864, he enlisted in Co. I, of the 7th W. V. I., at Auroraville; was with the Army of the Potomac, and was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864, receiving two wounds, from one of which he now carries a ball ; he rejoined his regiment at Petersburg, in August following, and was with it in all its principal movements and at the surrender of Gen. Lee, April 9, 1865 ; was mustered out at Madison, Wis., in July, 1865 ; returning then to Auroraville, he spent two years attending the common schools and teaching ; he entered the State Normal School at Whitewater, Wis., in April, 1 868, and graduated from that institution with the firstclass in 1 870 ; he was elected Principal of the West District of Jefferson, Jefferson Co., in the fall of 1870, and in the following year was elected Teacher of Mathematics in the Jefferson Liberal Institute; in 1872, he was elected Principal of the Wausau High School, and re-elected in 1873, to the same position ; he was elected Principal of the Berlin High School in 1874, and in January, 1876, he was elected to theprincipalship of the Columbus High School, and has been re-elected to that position for four successive years. The Professor is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and of the Universalist Church,

JOHN A. BOWEX, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Columbus ; son of Joseph Bowen and Catharine Allison, natives of New Jersey ; born in Morristown, Morris Co., N. J., Sept. 13, 1812 ; his father removed with the family to Seneca Co., N. Y., in May, 1833, and in November following went to Tompkins Co., where his mother died in 1834 ; his fiither then returned to New Jersey, and died there in 1836 ; John A., the oldest of a family of five children, was educated in the district schools of New Jersey ; he followed teaching in New Jersey for ten quarters, and then returned to New York, and continued there for three winters. In December, 1836, in Morris Co., N. J., he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Todd) McCord ; she is a native of that county ; they removed within a fortnight after marriage to Tompkins Co., N. Y., where they lived on a farm until 1842; immigrating thence to Wisconsin, they located in the town of Richmond, AValworth Co.; six years later, they removed to the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., and located on Sec. 10, where he now owns 280 acres; nearly twenty years after, he removed to a farm of 80 acres on Sec. 36, where he has since lived ; he also has 10 acres in the town of Portland, Dodge Co. Mr. Bowen has been Assessor of the town for ten years, and member of the Town Board for two terms. They had five clnldren, as follows : Mary C. (now deceased), Edward and Mary I. (twins, the latter deceased; the former now lives on Sec. 10, of this town), Erastus (now with his brother on the farm) and Eliza E. (now the wife of Ezra W. Richmond, and lives in the town of York, Dane Co.). Mr. and Mrs. Bowen are members of the Presbyterian Church.

A. LiOUIS BRAUCKLiE, brewer, Columbus; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany Feb. 2, 1814, and is the son of an extensive farmer in that country, Thomas Brauckle ; at the age of 20 years, he began the brewer's trade in Wurtemberg, and continued the same there till 1845, when he emigrated to Milwaukee, Wis., and there worked at his trade for Mr. Brown, till 1847 ; he then went to Racine, where he followed his trade till the fall of 1848 ; he then came to Columbus, where he worked for Mr. Jussen nearly a year; then bought the brewery of him, and has since been its proprietor. He was married March 1, 1851, to Mrs. Mary, widow of John Erhart, and a daughter of August Nussar, a native of Wurtemberg; they have one son - Peter, and have lost three children. They are members of the Catholic Church.

(SllSTAVUS BREUXINtir, manufacturer and dealers in boots and shoes, Columbus ; was born in Prussia in 1843; ho emigrated, in 1854, with his parents, Gotlieb and Henrietta Breuning, to America, and located at Watertown, Wis., where his father died, about four weeks after their arrival ; his mother soon removed to Columbus with the family, and made it her home till her death, which occurred in 1875. Mr. Breuning entered upon a three-years apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, with Julius

Fox, at Columbus, in 1858, and continued with him a year as a journeyman, after his apprenticeship. In 1866, he opened a shop of his own, in tiiis city, and has since been engaged in the manufacture as well as dealing in boots and shoes. He was married in 1866, to Miss Louisa Diamond, a native of Columbus, Wis. Their children are George and Carl. Mr. B. is a member of the Lutheran Church, his wife of the Episcopal.

WILLIA5I BUTLER, carpenter, Columbus ; was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1819 ; he was educated in the common schools of his native country ; when quite young, he began the carpenter and joiner's trade, with his father, and continued the same there till 1841. He was married in 1840, to Miss Hellen Taylor, with whom he sailed for America early in 1841, and landed in New York City in March of that year, continuing his trade in the city for fourteen years. In June, 1855, they emigrated to Wisconsin, and located in the village of Columbus, where he has since followed his trade, and has been connected with the erection of many of the prominent buildings of the city and surrounding country, among them the public school buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Butler have seven children, as follows : William Thomas, James and George, all three of whom are now in Colorado ; Charles, now in Nebraska ; Nellie, now the wife of Linton McNeel, and lives at Neillsville, Wis. ; Sadie, at home with her parents. Mrs. Butler is a member of the Baptist Church.

R. W. CHADBOtIRN, banker, Columbus ; was born in York Co., Me., in 1819, and is the son of Nathaniel and Ruth Chadbourn, with whom he spent his earlier life, on a farm, in his native county, completing his studies at the academy at Gorham, Cumberland Co , in 1841 ; he then went to the State of Virginia, where he devoted his time to teaching till 1846, returning then to Maine, whence, in 1849, he emigrated to Columbus, Wis. For the first few years, he was interested in making land entries for emigrants, and otherwise aided them in securing homes ; he gradually worked into the business of money loaning, and in 1855, secured a charter and began a regular banking business. He was married in 1866, to Miss Catherine, a daughter of Thomas C. Atwater, a native of Catskill, N. Y.; they have one son - Frederick A. Mr. and Mrs. Chadbourn are members of the Congregational Church.

EM510XS E. CHAPIX was bom in the town of Venice, Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 14, 1829, and in 1837, with his parents, removed to the town of Aurelius, near the city of Auburn, in the same county, where he remained until October, 1854, when he came to Wisconsin, first settling at Oconomowoc, and removed to Columbus in January, 1856, where he has since resided ; he received an academic education ; he is a lawyer by profession. For many years, he was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, and in that capacity has frequently entered into State and national canvasses with speech, pen and purse, to reclaim the State and nation from the theories and aims advocated by the Republican party as opposed to the broad Democratic principles of government early established and advocated by Jefferson and the fathers; he attended as a delegate from Columbia Co., and participated in every Congressional and State Convention from 1857 to 1879 ; his political course has been liberal and progressive; in the convention held at Milwaukee in 1869, by which Hon. C. D. Robinson, of Green Bay, was nominated for Governor, Mr. Chapin, in connection with a number of other prominent Democrats, insisted upon and succeeded in laying down a platform of principles indicating the new departure that ultimately overthrew the Republican party in Wisconsin, or, as Mr. Chapin put it, " With these principles, and these alone, Wisconsin must and shall be Democratic" - and it was Democratic for the next four years. During the war of the rebellion he contributed time, money and efforts to sustain the Governnienr, and not the political party in the ascendency, firmly believing that military force must be met by military force, and a rebellion against the Government must be promptly met and surely suppressed. He was opposed to any act indicating a repudiation of the national debt, or of an assumption of the rebel debt, or any part thereof, by the United States. He has ever held an aversion to the present mode of the few combined to run an "available" for ofl5ce, and he insists that the country wants and demands intelligent, straightforward, honest, good, practical, common-sense business men for official position - or that "the office should seek the man and not the man the office." Mr. Chapin has seldom permitted his name to be placed upon a ticket for any office, although often nominated and urged by his friends to do so ; yet he has held various local offices of a non-partisan character, and was placed in those positions by the aid of Republicans ; he was one of the Trustees, and also Supervisor of the village during the years 1872-73. In the fall of 1873, when it was determined to incorporate the city of Columbus, he was appointed by the Trustees of the village to draft a charter and procure the necessary legislation for its enactment. The city charter was drafted by him, and it was passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor Feb. 26, 1874, and Columbus thereby became a city - but not without some opposition. In April, 1874, he was appointed by Gov. Taylor as a member of the State Board of Charities and Reform, and was chosen by the Board ita Vice President ; he held this office till May 1, 1876 ; he was chosen attorney by that Board to conduct the examination of witnesses in the investigation of the management of the State Prison and the Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, in behalf of the State. He was one of the Commissioners named by the Legislature of 1874-75 to consider the feasibility of the removal of the State Prison, and presented a report in opposition to such contemplated change ; he had much to do toward inaugurating the present system of prison management and discipline. ^Ir. Chapin was appginted to and did represent the State at the National Prison Reform Congress held at St. Louis, Mo., May 13 to 16, 1874r, inclusive, and prepared and presented to the Governor (of Wisconsin ) a report of the proceedings of that Congress, which report may be found on pages 54 to 78 of the ''Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Charities and Reform of the State of Wisconsin." March 5, 1875, the Legislature of Wisconsin enacted a general law authorizing the establisliment of free high schools ; the city of Columbus availed itself of its privileges under the act, and the free high-school system was adopted Aug. 9, 1875, by a vote of the electors of Columbus; Mr. Chapin was elected President of the Board of Education, and in the month of January, 1876, the Columbus Free High School was fully organized and running under the new law to the satisfaction of all. The first class of seven young ladies were graduated from the high school into the university grade on the 21st day of June, 1878, as the first-fruits of this system, and at this time Mr. Chapin, as President of the Board, in presenting the diplomas, took occasion to make a brief speech, which, as he says, was the best and happiest efi'ort of his life, lor his heart was really in the work - and having been a teacher in his early life, he was master of the siiuation ; he has been Corporation Counsel ever since the city of Columbus was organized, and is now City Attorney ; he was appointed Dec. 24, 1870, United States Court Commissioner, and still holds this ofiice ; he has been a Free and Accepted Mason for over a quarter of a century ; he was one of the charter members of the Columbus Lodge, F., & A. M., No. 75, chartered in June, 1856, and subsequently its Worshipful Master ; in 1875, be was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of Wisconsin, and in 1876 was elected one of its Trustees for the term of three years, and was re-elected in June, 1879, for a second term.

A writer for the " History of Wisconsin," in speaking of Mr. Chapin, says : '' He does not allow his public duties to interfere with his professional labors, and con.«equently he enjoyS an extensive and lucrative practice as a lawyer; he stands among the first of the profession, and is held in high repute as a citizen." He is often invited to deliver lectures, orations and speeches, both at home and abroad, and complies, if, as he says, "any one can gather any comfort or happiness therefrom." Mr. Chapin was married, Dec. 28, 1853, at Aurelius, N. Y., to Miss Emily J., youngest daughter of Nathaniel and Mercy Blanchard. 3Irs. C. is a sister of the late Col. H. W. Blanchard, a pioneer of 1836 to Wisconsin, and late proprietor of the Blanchard Mills at Watertown, Wis.; Mrs. C. has in her parlors many pieces in oil, crayon and pastel - the work of her own hands - which would do credit to a more pretending artist. They have two sons - Herbert B., now in the employment of the C, M. &. St. P. R. R. Co., and Clarence E., at home attending school.

DR. E. CHIIRCHIL.L(, dentist, Columbus; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1836; he received an academic education at Springville, Erie Co., after which he began the study of dentistry with Dr. Streight, of Buffalo, N. Y., and later he continued his studies with Dr. Main, of New York City, where he completed them in 1860 ; he practiced his profession in the village of Concord, Erie Co., N. Y., for nearly two years ; in 1861, he went to Washington City for a short time, and in February, 1862, he located at Columbus, Wis., where he has since practiced his profession. In 1868, he was married to Miss Harriet L. Winch, of this city (Columbus). The Doctor is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

J0H:N B. CliEVELAND, farmer. Sees. 15 and 22; P. 0. Columbus; was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1819; he spent much of his time in Schuylersville, Saratoga Co., till 9 years old ; then removed with his parents to Sandy Hill, Washington Co., N. Y., where he lived until 1837; he then removed to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where he was engaged in the mercantile trade till 1856 ; removing from there to the town of York, Dane Co., Wis., he located on a farm and followed agriculture there till 1873 ; disposing then of his farm in Dane Co. he bought his present one of 120 acres on Sees. 15 and 23, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., where he has since resided. He was married in 1845 to Miss Julia Coleman, a native of Ashtabula Co., Ohio, who died in 1865, leaving seven children - Louisa, Fannie, Oliver C. and Horace W., both deceased; Julia, Nettie and Mary. Mr. Cleveland was Chairman of the Town Board in the town of York, Dane Co., for one term.

CHARLEiS A. COLOl^IUS, of the firm of George Linck & Co., dealers in dry goods, goods, etc., etc., Columbus, was born in Prussia in 1837. He came to America in 1855 ; worked on a farm in Orange Co., N. Y., for nearly a year ; in 1856, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and enlisted in Co. I of the 6th United States Infantry, of the regular army ; was employed most of the time for five years in the Quartermaster's commissary department, and in the Adjutant General's office ; was mustered out at Fort

MpjavR, Lower California, in 1861. Returning then to Germany for two 3'ears, in 1864, he came a second time to America, and located in Watertown, Wis.; enijaging in the commission business there, with his brother, for a short time, and in the winter of 1867-68, he came to Columbus, and clerked for Fuller Brothers, for five years. He then began business for himself, but in January, 1874, he joined as a partner in the firm of» George Linck & Co. He was elected a member of the City Council, fr.^m the Third Ward, in 1874 ; in April, 1876, he was elected City Treasurer; re-elected in 1877-78-79 and '80. He was married, 1866, to Miss Josephine Brayer, a native of Prussia, but emigrated to America with parents when 3 years old, and settled in the town of Elba, Dodge Co., Wis. They have had three children, all of whom are deceased. They adopted two - Josie, deceased, and Jessie. Mr. and Mrs. Colonius are members of the German M. E. Church.

BERNARD CONLIN^, deceased, was born in County Sligo, Ireland, in 1811 ; he was the son of Thomas Conlin, with whom he lived, in his native country, till about 1830 ; emigrating then to America, he was employed in the construction of railroads and mining, in Massachusetts, for a number of years, and was afterward employed on the Erie Canal. He was married in 1848, to Miss Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Hart) Clark ; also a native of County Sligo, Ireland, but an emigrant to America, with her parents, in 1847, and located, first, to Worcester, Mass., later, removed to Fitchburg, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Conlin came, in 1848, to Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., and located on a farm on Section 25, where he first bought a farm of 100 acres, and afterward increased it to 140 acres. He died, at his home, June 22, 1876, leaving a wife and seven children. The latter are as follows: Mary, now the wife of John Dargan, and lives in Mitchell Co., Iowa ; Ella, now in Dubuque, Iowa ; Catherine, now at Emmettsburg, Md.; Thomas, Bernard, Elizabeth and James, at home. The family is connected with the Catholic Church.

All ASA G. COOK, attorney at law, Columbus ; was born in the town of Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1823. His father, Sylvanus Cook, was born in Rhode Island in 1787, and removed to Chenango Co.; N. Y., with his parents in 1798. His mother, Mary Green, was also a native of Rhode Island, born 1790. Mr. Cook spent his earlier life on a farm in his native county, with his parents ; at the age of 17, he entered the Oxford Academy, and later the academy at Norwich, where he completed his studies in 1844. He then began teaching in the public schools of Honesdale, Penn., and afterward taught in select schools at Laurens, Otsego Co., N. Y.; in 1845, he entered upon the study of law, with Fuller & West, of Honesdale, Penn., and pursued his study as much as circumstances would permit while teaching. He next read with Charles A. Thorp, of Norwich, for two years, and later with Hon. L. S. Chatfield, of Laurens, Otsego Co., N. Y. Mr. Cook was admitted to the practice of law in September, 1849, and in October following he removed to Wisconsin, and in March, 1850, he located at Columbus. He soon formed a copartnership with Gov. Lewis, in the practice of his profession, which lasted a year ; after which he continued the pra,;tice alone till 1862, when he took in as a partner, Mr. E. E. (^hapin, and the firm was known as Cook & Chapin till May, 1869 ; since which time he has had no partner. He was appointed District Attorney, by Gov. Dewey, in 1850, and in the fall of that 3'ear was elected to the same office, for a term of two years; ho was Postmaster of Columbus from 1856 to 1861, and has held various other ofiices in the city. He was at one time the Democratic candidate for the Wisconsin Assembly, and in 1869 was candidate for the office of Secretary of State ; was also a candidate for Congress in 1870 and and again in 1874. In 1853, he was married to Sarah J. daughter of Ard. S. and Betsey Rockwell, of Otsego Co., N. Y.; who afterward removed to Elkhorn, Walworth Co., Wis., where Mr. Rockwell died in 1865. Mrs. Rockwell afterward died in the city of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have five children - three sons and two daughters. They are as follows : Hobart, (^a graduate of the State University, now a law student with his father); Henry (now at home); Charles, Bertha and Mary (^students at the State University). Mr. C. has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for nearly twenty-five years. His family is connected with the Episcopal Church.

HORACE C. COOPER, Columbus; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1815, and is the son of Chauncy Cooper and Annie Candee ; his grandfather, Daniel Candee, emigrated from New Haven, Conn., to Onondaga Co., N. Y., as an early settler ; his father was a native of New Haven, Conn., also, and after marriage removed to Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he and his wife both afterward died ; Mr. Cooper is the oldest son of a family of four children, two sons and two daughters, two of whom now live in Wisconsin. He began the trade of a cabinet-maker at Manlius, Onondaga Co., when (juite young, and continued the same there till 20 years' of age ; in the autumn of 1836, he emigrated to Detroit, Mich., where he worked at his trade during the winter ; in the spring of 1837, he entered a farm in Macomb Co., Mich., but spent the summer at Rome in the grocery trade, and in the fiiU of that year he entered some land near Grand Rapids, and spent the winter at his trade in Kalamazoo, and the summer of 1838 was spent at his trade in

Niles, going to La Porte, Ind., in the latter part of 1838 ; he was there, in 1839, induced by a friend to go to peddling ; this he continued for several years through Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, dealing largely in furs; in 1841, he opened a store at Aztalan, Jefferson Co., Wis., though he continued his peddling wagon, and in the spring of 1843, he built and opened a store at Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., to where he afterward removed, located and built a hotel ; passing through Columbus, Wis., in the autumn of 1849, he made a trade with Mr. Eaton, a dry-goods merchant, and exchanged his hotel at the Lake Mills for a store and dwelling in Columbus ; he soon removed to Columbus and began merchandising, which he continued here till 1865, and was in the trade elsewhere till 1872, since which time he has been proprietor of the Cooper House of Columbus. He was married in 1845 to Miss Julia, a daughter of James Williams, of Le Roy, N. Y.; their children are Horace C., William (now a merchant at Streator, 111.), Charles F. (now at Chicago), Alice C. (now the wife of C. F. Rogers, of Lake City, Minn.), Etta C. (now the wife of Willard Scott, Jr., of Naperville, 111.), Helen (now the wife of H. M. Brown, of this city), Julia A. (now the wife of H. C. Williams, of Chicago).

O. E. CORNWELLi, station agent for the C, M. & St. P. R. R. Co., Columbus; was born in the State of New York in 1840 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1848, and located at Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co.; in 1863, he was employed by the N.-W. R. R. Co., and stationed at Watertown for two years; he was employed by the C, M. <fe St. P. R. R. Co. in 1865, and stationed at Columbus, where he has since remained. Mr. Cornwell was elected Mayor of this city (Columbus) in 1877, re-elected in 1878, '79 and '80. He was married in 1865 to Miss Katie Atkins, a native of Maine ; their children are Ada B., Ella M. and Bessie D. They attend the Congregational Church. Mr. Cornwell is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

LEONARD G-. CROSWEIiL, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Columbus; is the son of Harman and Louisa Croswell ; born in Livingston Co. in 1835, and lived with his parents on a farm in that county, till his marriage, in 1860, to Miss Delia, daughter of William and Percilla Rosenkrans, of Wayland, Steuben Co., N. Y.; in 1861, they emigrated to Wisconsin, and located on his present farm of 124 acres, on Sec. 36, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., 80 acres of which he bought in 1861. Mr. C. was a member of the Town Board in 1877. Their children are Irene, Emily, Delia and Lois. Mr. and Mrs. C. and two daughters are members of the Congregational Church.

JOHN CROUMBIE, farmer. Sees. 5 and 6, town of York, Dane Co., and Sees. 31 and 32, town of Columbus, Columbia Co.; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, in 1813, and is the son of William and Esther Croumbie, with whom he spent much of his early life on a farm. At the age of 17, he began the stonemason's trade, and continued the same there till his emigration to America in 1847 ; he worked at his trade on Staten Island for two years, and in June, 1849, came to Dane Co., Wis., bought a farm of 80 acres on Sees. 5 and 6, town of York ; he devoted most of his time to his trade for the first eight or ten years after his settlement in Wisconsin, but since that time has strictly adhered to farming and stock-raising ; he now owns 160 acres of land in Sees. 5 and 6, town of York, Dane Co., upon which his residence is built, and 240 on Sees. 31 and 32, town of Columbus, Columbia Co. He was married in 1842 to Miss Esther, daughter of James and Mary Rooney, of County Westmeath; their children are William, now a resident of the town of Columbus; James, now in Topeka, Kan.; John and Mary, at home. They are members of St. Jerome's Catholic Church.

DATID C. DAVIS, 31. D., Columbus ; was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, Dec. 25, 1833. The Doctor received his literary education at Newcastle, Emlyn, Wales; at the age of 18, he entered the Bartholomew Medical College, of London, but owing to an aversion to the dissecting-room, he gave up the study ; his uncle, being then a member of the British Parliament, secured for him a position in the Government Printing Office, where he remained two years ; during a three-months vacation given him in 1854, he came to visit America and an uncle at Utica, N. Y.; such inducements were offered him to remain in America, that he never returned to Europe, but was connected with the Morning Herald, of Utica, for two or three years ; he was next publisher of the Mirror, a well-known Welsh paper of Utica, for three years; in 18(31, he removed to Milwaukee, Wis., and was there connected with a publishing house for nearly a year; he located at Cambria, Columbia Co., Wis., in 1862, and there engaged in merchandising for one and a half years; there, in 1863, with Dr. J. H. Williams, he again took up the study of medicine ; he attended lectures at Rush Medical College during the terms of 1865-66, but took his diploma from the Columbia County Medical Society in 1866, and from the State Medical Society in 1868 ; he began the practice of his profession with Dr. Waterhouse, of Portage, and continued there from 1867 till near the close of the year 1868 ; he removed to Columbus in November, 1868, where he has since successfully practiced his profession. While in Cambria, he served as Town Clerk, as Justice of the Peace and Police Justice, and was at one time a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from that district.

and was the author of the bill that was passed by that body and the Senate, legalizing dissection ; the Doctor has been a member of the State Medical Society since 1868. He was married in 1858 to Miss Dorothy, daughter of Richard and Gwen Roberts, of Lewis Co., N. Y. Their children are Julia M., now the wife of the Rev. L. H. Mitchell, and lives at Portage City, Wis.; Charles M.; John H.; Lemuel T.; Robert W.; George W. The family is connected with the Congregational Church. The Doctor was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge of Cambria. He was a member of the City Council of Columbus in 1876, 1877 and 1878; has been President of the School Board during the years of 1879 and 1880.

URIAH DA VIES, of the firm of Bassett & Davies, dry-goods merchants; Columbus; was born in Merionethshire, North Wales, in 1823; is the son of John and Mary Davies, his mother dying when he was only 3 years old ; in 1845, with his father and stepmother (his father having married again), came to America, and located at Union, Rock Co., Wis., where his stepmother afterward died ; his fatJier now lives with him in this city. Mr. Davies came to Columbus in January, 1840, and began clerking for Arnold & Bassett, dry-goods merchants, and remained with Mr. Bassett eight years, Mr. Arnold having sold out to Mr. Bassett during that time; May 1, 1855, he formed a copartnership with Mr. E. P. SiLsbee, under the firm of Silsbee & Davies, and as such continued the business till, Aug. 20, 1855, Mr. S. Axtell pureha.sed the interest of Mr. Silsbee, and the firm was then Davies & Axtell till 1861, when he bought out Mr. Axtell; continued the business alone four years. In 1865, Mr. Bassett became an equal partner with Mr. Davies, and in 1866 they took in Mr. J. M. G. Price, but Jan. 1, 1873, Mr. Bassett bought back the interest of Mr. Price, and since that time the firm has been Bassett & Davies. Mr. Davies was married to Jane, daughter of Ellis and Elizabeth Roberts ; their children are Jane A. - now the wife of Wm. J. Edwards, and lives in this city - Mary and Luther. Mr. D. and family are connected with the Welsh Methodis't Church.

JOHN R. OECKER, proprietor and publisher of the Columbus Republican, was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1842 ; his father, Stephen Decker, was a native of Troy, N. Y., but his mother, Sylvania Richmond, was born in Connecticut; at the age of 22 years, he, with his parents, removed to Erie Co., N. Y., where his father followed farming till 1855, when they came as emigrants to Wisconsin, and located at Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., where his father now resides ; Mr. Decker was educated in the public schools of Waupun, and in that city in 1859, he entered upon his apprenticeship at the printer's trade ; a year later, he went to the city of Fond du Lac, where for four years he was employed in the job oflfice of which Edward Beeson was proprietor; in 1867, he returned to Waupun, purchased the Waupun Times, and was its editor for one year; he came to Columbus in lS68, established a printing oflfice where he made a specialty of job work, and where he has since edited the Columbus Republican; Mr. Decker was elected Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors in 1877 ; was re-electeid in 1878 and 1879; he was married in 1866 to Miss Harriet, daughter of Abramand Lucy Shelmadine, of Waupun, who died in 1869, leaving two children - Minnie J., and Ray - the latter of whom is now deceased; he was again married, in 1870, to Miss Susan Hawxhurs, of Columbus, who died in three years after; his third marriage was to Miss Emma L. Holms, of Portage City, Wis., in 1875; Mrs. Decker is a member of the Episcopal Church ; Mr. D. is a member of the I. 0. O. F., P. of H., and also of the Masonic Fraternity.

JOSEPH 1>ERR, farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in Bavaria April 16, 1841 ; his parents, Joseph and Magdaline (Schmidt) Derr, immigrated with their family to America in 1846; they stopped a short time at Detroit, Mich., and in the spring of 1847, came to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis., where his father entered one-half of Sec. 36, and made that his home till his death, which occurred in August, 1879 ; his mother died in June, 1877 ; Joseph, the youngest of nine children, made his home with his parents until 24 years of age ; he then bought 66 acres of his present farm, which now consists of 2171 acres, on Sees. 31, town of Columbus, and 25 and 36, town of Hampton ; he was married in 1864 to Miss Rosina, daughter of George A. and Dorothea (Long) Thine, a native of Bavaria but an emigrant to America with her parents in 1848, and to Dane Co., Wis., in 1849, where her mother died in 1862 ; their children are Mary M., Matilda B.; Frank J., John, Anna D., Lizza A., Josephine R., Catharine E. They are members of the Catholic Church ; Mr. Derr has been a member of the Town Board for two terms, 1879 and 1880.

Cr. T. DODOE, dry-goods merchant, Columbus; was born at Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 22, 1834; his father, Rev. H. B. Dodge, was born at Hanover, N. H.; graduated at Dartmouth College, and soon after at a theological college in the District of Columbia, and afterward entered the work of the ministry as a Baptist preacher in the State of New York ; his mother, Eliza Beckwith, was a native of Plattsburg, N. Y.; was married to the Rev. Mr. Dodge, June 13, 1830. Five years after marriage, they removed to Ohio, where Mr. Dodge continued his ministerial labors for a few years, and then returned to Plattsburg, where he died Nov. 11, 1865. Mrs. Dodge came to this city (Columbus) soon after the death of her husband, and made this her home till her death, which occurred Nov. 3, 1878; the family was composed of four sons and two daughters, three of the former were for several years merchants of this city. Harvey K., was a soldier in the 1st W. V. I., under Gen. Starkweather, and was connected with the general pay department of the army from 1862 to the close of the war. He was married to Miss Nellie Dudley, of Naperville, 111., who died in six months after marriage. He was afterward married to Miss Julia Manning, of Columbus. Rufus S., was in the 16th N. Y. V. I., and was in the battle of Bull Run, and remained with and engaged in all the principal battles and movements of his regiment till after the second battle of Fredricksburg ; he came to Columbus in 1863, and was a member of the firm of Dodge Brothers till 1879 ; he is now in business at Sparta, Wis. He married Miss Fannie Cotton, of Beaver Dam, Wis.; they have one daughter, Nellie. G. T., the subject of this sketch, came to this city (Columbus) in 1855, and has since been engaged in the dry-goods trade. He was married in 186-4 to Miss Julia I., a daughter of M. Meade, of Columbus, who died in six weeks after marriage. His second marriage was at LeRoy, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1866, to Miss Franc P., daughter of Dorus Hinkston, a native of Clarkson, N. Y.; their children are Bessie A. and Ruth M. Mrs. Dodge is a member of the Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM W. DRAKE, farmer; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 20, 1819. His father. Col. Jeremiah Drake, was a native of Ulster Co., N. Y.; his mother, Lurinda Brockett, was born in Connecticut. Mr. Drake was educated in the common schools of his native county ; he came to Wisconsin in June, 1843, and located at Columbus in September following ; he, with his father, rented the flouring-mill at this place (then the only one in this section of the country), and were its proprietors for three years ; he removed to a farm near the village, and there followed farming for awhile ; returning to the village two years later, he began the wagon manufacturing, which he carried on, for nearly twenty years, and then resumed the business of a farmer, which he has followed most of the time since ; he now owns a farm of 200 acres in the town of Columbus. Mr. Drake has been Chairman of the Town Board for several terms ; was elected Sheriff of Columbia Co. in the fall of 1860, for a term of two years, and re-elected in 1872 ; politically, he is a Republican. Dec. 2-1, 1845, he was married to Miss Helen, daughter of Jacob and Marie Miller, a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y., but who, when quite young, removed with her parents to Albany Co., and made that her home till 1843, when she came to Columbia Co., Wis.; they have two children - Lurinda M. and George L. Lurinda is a member of the Presbyterian Churi'h.

ROBERT W. EARLL, M. D., Columbus; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in May, 1823; his parents, Marcus and Calista Earll, were both natives of that county; his mother died there in 1839, and his father afterward removed to Coldwater, Mich., where he now resides. The Doctor received his literary education in the Academy of Onondaga Hollow ; he came to Wisconsin in 1840 ; he pursued the study of medicine in Syracuse, N. Y., for two years, attended lectures at Rush Medical College of Chicago during the terms of 1847 - 48, and graduated from that institution in February, 1853; he located at Columbus, Wis., in 1851, and practiced his profession in company with Dr. Axtell for three years, and since that time he has continued the practice alone. He was married in August, 1850, to Miss Angeline, an adopted daughter of Henry Finney, of Lowell, Dodge Co., Wis., who died in April, 1872, leaving four daughters - Dora, Coie, Hattie and Ann. They attend the Congregational Church.

ABRAM S. ECKERT, farmer. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1815. Mr. Eckert lived with his parents, Solomon and Margaret, on the farm in his native county till their death, and afterward remained on the farm till 1854; emigrating then to Wisconsin, he settled on a farm in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., which he made his home for one or two years ; selling out his farm in 1856, he returned to New York for the winter, and, in the following spring, came again to Columbus ; in 1 868, he bought a farm of 36 acres on Sec. 36, which he has since made his home. He was married in 1830 to Miss Sarah A. De Graff, of Ulster Co., N. Y.; their children are Sarah M., now Mrs. Jeremiah Marshall, and lives at Lanesboro, Minn.; Oliver, now at Northwood, Iowa ; Solomon, now at 3IcGregor, Iowa; Henry, now in Winnesheik Co., Iowa; Emery, now at Nortiwood, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Eckert are members of the Presbyterian Church.

J AHES ECKERT, farmer. Sees. 20 and 21 ; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in the town of Esopus, Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1837 ; he came with his parents, Hiram and Sallie Eckert, to Wisconsin in 1855, and located on a farm of 80 acres in Sees. 20 and 21, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., where his father died April 28, 1876 ; his mother now lives with him on the farm. He was married March 16, 1876, to Miss Viola Parker, a native of Steuben Co., N. Y., but immigrated with her parents, William and Sarah Parker, to Wisconsin in 1856 ; they have three children - James C, Troup and Adella.

JOSEPH EDWARDS, farmer. Sec. 9; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1804, and made that his home till 17 years old, then, with his parents, he removed to Lewis Co., N. Y.; where he followed farming until 1837 ; emigrating then to Wisconsin, he located at Milford, Jefferson Co., on a farm; six years later (June, 1843), he entered a farm of 160 acres in Sees. 4, 9 and 17, in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., he being the second man to make a land entry in this part of the town; he moved his family up from Milford Jan. 18, 1844, and has since made it his home; he now has a farm of 280 acres. 3Ir. Edwards distinctly remembers of being summoned as a juror, at Portage, in an early day, when, upon the calling of the court, the docket showed not a single case for trial ; his house was used for the church and schoolhouse for more than a year after his settlement there ; the first minister to hold service there was the Rev. M. Jones, of the M. E. Church. Mr. Edwards was married in 1824 to Miss Maria Bill, of Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y.; their children are Mariette, now the wife of S. S. Loveless, and lives in Clark Co., Wis.; Olney, now in the city of Oconto, Wis.; James J., Norfolk, Monroe Co., Wis.; Eliza, at home; Lorilla, now Mrs. Bennett, of Luddington Mich.; Antha, now Mrs. C. S. McKinzie, of Oconto, Wis.; Maria, now Mrs. George Butterfield, lives in Oconto, Wis.; Joseph, Jr., now living at Waupun ; Theron, at home on the farm. Mr. and Mr. Edwards are mertibers of the M. E. Church.

JOIUf A. EBHART, manufacturer and dealer in harness, etc., Columbus ; was born in Saxony Sept. 1, 1834. His father, John R. Erhart, was born there in 1805, and died when John A. was only 4 years old ; his mother, Louisa Erhart, was also a native of Saxony, born 1808, and, after the death of his father, she married Ferdinand Baerholdt, and with him emigrated to Columbus, Wis., in 1856, where they now live. Mr. Erhart began a three-years apprenticeship at the harness trade when 15 years old ; in 1853, he emigrated to America and followed his trade in Milwaukee for a year ; in 1854, he went to Fox Lake, Dodge Co., Wis., where he worked two years in a shop for J. R. Decker; in the spring of 1856, he, with a partner, bought Mr. Hosmer's harness-shop at Beaver Dam, and conducted the business there till the following fall, when became to Columbus, and, in copartnership with Edward Vedder, carried on the trade two and one-half years ; he then bought out Mr. Vedder, and has since carried on the business alone. Mr. Erhart was one of the Town Supervisors before the organization as a city ; he was a member of the Village Board for two terms, and was elected a member of the City Council in the spring of 1880. He was married in October, 1858, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Andreas and Margaret Liebing, a native of Germany, born 1838, and came to Columbus, Wis., in 1853; their children are Annie A., born Sept. 9, 1861 ; IdaL., July 17, 1864 ; Charles A., born August 4, 1866 ; Oscar T., born April 20, 1870. Mr. E. and family born are members of the Lutheran Church ; he has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity since 1859.

ELIJAH FEDERLY, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1819 ; his parents, Daniel and Margaret Federly, were natives of Herkimer Co., but removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1815, where they afterward died. Mr. Federly was brought up as a farmer's son, and was educated at the district select schools of his native county ; at the age of 24, he began the ship-carpenter's trade at Clayton, Jefferson Co., and continued that most of the time for six or seven years ; he next turned his attention to the carpenter and joiner's trade, at which he worked much of his time for a number of years ; he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and located on a farm in the town of Concord, Jefferson Co., and in the following year, he removed to the town of York, Dane Co., where he lived on a farm for fifteen years ; in the winter of 1865, he located on his present farm of 180 acres on Sec. 35, town of Columbus, Columbia Co. He held the offices of Town Treasurer, Constable and Depnty Sheriff while a citizen of Dane Co. He was married in 1842 to Miss Sarah M., daughter of Edmund and Charlotte (Dickerson) Ingalls, a native of Vermont, but an emigrant to Jefferson Co., N. Y., with her parents when young ; her parents afterward came to Wisconsin ; both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Federly have four children - Charles M., who enlisted in October, 1861, in Co. B, 16th W. V. L, under Col. Allen, of Madison, was taken sick, was brought home, and died Jan. 11, 1863; Charlotte M. (now the wife of F. W. Oatman. and lives in Jefferson Co., N. Y.), Albert E. and Sarah C, at home. They are members of the M. E. Church.

JOHN FICK, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in Mecklinburg in 1827 ; he came to America in June, 1855, and located at Watertown, Wis., where he worked on a farm for six years; he came to the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., in 1861, bought a farm of 127 acres in Sees. 15 and 22, where he has since lived. He was married in 1855 to Miss Dora Scheibers, a native of Germany ; their children are Henry, Frank, John, Joseph and Mary. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

HENRY C. FIELD, proprietor of livery stable, Columbus; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1820 ; his father, Stephen Field, was born in Connecticut ; his mother, Charlotte Berry, was also a native of Connecticut, died when he was quite young ; he, with his father and family, removed to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., in 1833, and lived there on afarm till 1848, whence they emigrated to Columbia Co., Wis., and located on a farm in the town of Fountain Prairie, where his father died in 1852 ; Mr. Field lived on his farm in the town of Fountain Prairie till 1876, when he removed to the city of Columbus, purchased the livery stable of M. D. Misner, and has since been its proprietor. He was a member of the Town Board of Fountain Prairie for a number of years, and Chairman of the same for four years ; he was elected a member of the City Council of Columbus in 1877. In March, 1850, he was married to Miss Theressa, daughter of Asa and Mercy Hicks, nee Robins ; her father was a native of New York ; her mother of Connecticut; she was born in Yates Co., N. Y., in 1821, and removed to Kalamazoo Co , Mich., with her parents in 1834, where they afterward died. Mr. and Mrs. Field have five children, as follows : Carry M. (now the wife of S. V. Potter, station agent at Calmar, Iowa), William (now in Redwood Co., Minn.), Charles (now on the farm in Fountain Prairie) Henry (an engineer on the Iowa Division of the Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R.J, Louis, at home with his parents.

WAL.DO H. FIELD, farmer, Sec. 30; P. 0. Columbus; was born in Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1796 ; his father, Waldo Field, was a native of Bridgewater, Mass.; his mother, Mary Atkins, was born in Waterbury, Conn , and removed to Cheshire Co., N. H.,a few years before the Revolutionary war. At the age of ten years, Waldo H. removed with his parents to Washington Co., Vt., where they afterward died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and took part in the battle of Lake Champlain. He was married in 1840 to Miss Lovisa, widow of Zebina Lyons, nee Carey, and daughter of Theodore and Silence (Cobb) Carey, a native of Springfield, Vt., but removed to Brandon, Vt., at the age of 5 years ; in June, 1849, Mr. and Mrs. Field came to Columbia Co., Wis., and located on Sec. 30, town of Columbus, where they have since lived, and now own 31 } acres of land. Their children are Martha (now Mrs. Colville), Mary (now the wife of J. Folsom, and lives in Dane Co., Wis.) - these two are by Mrs. Field's first marriage," and by her second marriage they have two - Almira (now the wife of Hugh Twining, and lives in the town of Medina, Dane Co.), and Henry (now a resident of the city of Columbus). Mr. and Mrs. Field are members of the M. E. Church.

RET. ERNEST FITZXER, Pastor of the German M. E. Church, Columbus ; was born in Prussia in 1839 ; he came with his parents, Charles and Christina Fitzner, to America in 1850, and located on a farm at West Bend, Washington Co., Wis., and made that his home for eleven years ; Mr. Fitzner prepared for the profession of a teacher in the Academy of West Bend, Washington Co., Wis., from which institution he graduated in 1861. In October of that year, he enlisted in Co. D, 12th W. V. I., under Col. Bryant, of Madison, and was with his regiment in all its principal movements and battles for one and a half years; he was then detached and placed as member of the board, at the headquarters of Maj. Gen. Howard, where he remained until the close of the war, and was mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky., in 1865. Returning then to West Bend, in August, where he soon entered upon the work of the ministry, he was assigned to the Charleston Mission, and at the division of the mission, 1866, he removed to Green Bay, which was then added to the portion assigned him ; joining the Northwestern Conference at St. Paul, in the autumn of 1867, he was then ordained Deacon, and appointed to the charge at Oconomowoc in 1868, of the German M. E. Church. During his stay at Oconomowoc, he was married, in 1868, to Miss Lizzie Horst, of Green Bay, and in the fall of that year he was sent to New Bremen, Cook Co., 111., where he remained in charge of the church for three years ; he was next at Plattville, Wis., for two years ; in 1873, he removed to Galena, 111., and by the Bishop was appointed Vice President of the Northwestern German M. E. Normal School, which position he resigned at the expiration of one year ; in 1874, he was appointed to the charge at Fond du Lac, Wis., and, in 1877, to Madison, Wis;, and, in 1878, to Columbus, where he now resides. Their children are Edwin, Charles, William Ernest, John and Robert Philip.

WILLIAM FRANZ, farmer. Sec. 7; P. 0. Columbus; was born in Prussia in 1831, and is the son of Martin Franz, with whom he came to America in 1848, and located on a farm in the town of Lowell, Dodge Co., Wis.; eight years later, he purchased a farm of 80 acres in Sec. 17, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., and, in the fall of 1864, disposed of that and secured his present one of 208 acres in Sec. 7, of this township, and has since made it his home ; he devotes his time to farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of sheep and cattle. He was married in May, 1855, to Miss Christina Schank,^ a native of Prussia ; their children are Louisa, now the widow of the late John Boskil, deceased ; Carrie, now Mrs. Rudolph Bankie, and lives in Lowell, Dodge Co. ; Charles, Matilda, Fredrick and Mena, at home. They are members of the Lutheran Cuhrch.

JULIUS FOX, proprietor of the Fox House, Columbus ; was born in Prussia Nov. 19, 1827 ; his father, William Fox, was a tailor in that country ; his mother, Wilhelmina Kazloskie, was of Polish descent, her father, Carl Kazloskie, having escaped from Poland when he was a young man, and afterward made his home in Prussia. At the age of 14, Mr. Fox entered upon a four-years apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade at Reetz, and after serving his time at the trade, he traveled in the interest of the trade for eleven years over various parts of Europe. Jan. 26, 1855, at Reetz, he was married to Miss Wilhelmina, a daughter of Gotlieb and CaroUne Breuning, a native of Prussia, born July 26, 1830 ; May 15, 1856, they sailed from Hamburg for America, and landed in New York Aug. 2, following ; they came thence to Watertown, Wis., where they stopped a short time and then came to Columbus, where he began and carried on his trade for nine years, as a manufacturer and dealer ; he next engaged in farming for a year ; then in the grain trade for a short time ; he bought the Whitney House in 1868, changed its name to the Fox House and has since been its proprietor ; he also owns a farm of 400 acres in the town of Columbus. He has been a member of the City Council for two years. Their children are Charles (deceased), Clara, Robert (deceased), Henry, Bertha, Laura (deceased), Hobart and Ozisia. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

AUGUST FRITZ, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P.O. Columbus; was born in Prussia in 1841; his parents. Christian and Regina Fritz, emigrated with their family to America in 1857, and located at Watertown, Wis., where his father died in 1862 ; August, the subject of this sketch, enlisted in Co, E, W. V. I., in 1862, under Col. B. Pinkney, and partook in all the principal battles and movements of his regiment durinsr the war ; wa.s mustered out at Galveston, Tex., in August, 1865 ; returning then to Watertown, Wis., he made his home on the farm till 1866, when he sold there and bought his present one of 124 acres, on Sec. 34, town of Columbus, where he has since resided. He was married, March 20, 1866, to Miss Mary Holsten, of the town of Farmingham, Jefferson Co., Wis., though a native of Germany, and an emigrant with her parents to Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1849 ; their children are Edwin, Annie, Eleanora and William. Mr. Fritz and family are members of the Lutheran Church. His mother resides with him.

DASflELi S. FULiLER, of the firm of Fuller Bros., dry-goods merchants, Columbus ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., June 13, 1834 ; with his parents, L. and Rachel Fuller, he came to Wisconsin in 1857, and located at Columbus; he soon went to Berlin, Wis., where he spent one year, returning to Columbus in 1858, and in January, 1859, with his father, in the firm of L. Fuller & Son, he began merchandising, and continued the business under that name till July, 1866, when his brother, Mark R., took the place of his father, and the firm was changed to Fuller Bros. In the fall of 1866, he was married to Miss Frances, daughter of Frederick Ingersoll, and a native of Attica, N. Y.; they had three children - Agnes v., Alfred H. (deceased), and M. Roosevelt. Mrs. Fuller is a member of the Congregational Church.

liUSCIUS FULiIiER, retired, Columbus; was born in the town of Kirkland, Oneida Co., N. Y., in July, 1810; is the s^on of Daniel and Cynthia Fuller, who were natives of Connecticut; Mr. Fuller devoted his time to fiirming in his native county (excepting five years which was devoted to sawmilling), till 1857; emigrating then to Wisconsin, he located at Columbus, March 31, 1857; the first year after his arrival here was given to saw-milling at Berlin, Wis.; returning to Columbus, he began merchandising during the winter of 1858-9, and continued that business for several years; disposing of his merchandise in 1866, he has since spent his time looking after his farm of 170 acres in the town of Columbus. He was married in 1833 to Rachel Sanford, a native of England, who died in Columbus, Wis., in 1873, leaving three children - Daniel S., now a merchant of this city; Mark R., a merchant at Augusta, Wis.; and Alice V., who died in September, 1877 ; they had one son (Alfred E. ), who enlisted in Co. G, 23d W. Y. I., in August, 1863, and was with his regiment in all its principal movements, till March, 1864, when he died at Milliken's Bend, La. His second marriage was in February, 1875, to Mrs. Mary D., widow of the late E. Grover, of Madison, Wis.; Mrs. Fuller is a native of Monroe Co., N. Y., but came with her parents, C. H. and Mary A. Williams, to Dane Co., Wis., in 1846. She is a member of the Connreirational Church.

ROBERT GARNIDGE, farmer, Sec. 23; P. 0. Columbus; is a native of England. His parents, William and Jane (Richardson) Garnidge, were natives of Northampton Co., England ; his father was born in 1777, and died there in 1860 ; his mother was born in 1787, and died in 1836 ; they raised a family of four children, of whom Robert, the second and subject of this sketch, was born at Spratton, Northampton Co., in 1S16, and removed with his parents, when 4 years old, to Ravensthorpe, Northampton Co., >vhere he lived till 1845, whence he emigrated to America; he stopped first at Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio, where he was employed at farm labor for about a year ; April 2, 1846, he started for Wisconsin, and reached Columbus, Columbia Co., the 13th day of that month; he at once entered a farm of 40 acres on Sec. 22 of this town, made a few improvements, and sold it; he next bought SO acres of his present farm on Sec. 23, in 1848, and has since made it his home; he now owns 200 acres in that section. In 1849, he was married to Miss Sarah E., daughter of John and Sarah Adler, a native of Northampton, England, but emigrated to Wisconsin with her parents in 1846, where they afterward died.

Mr. and Mrs. Garnidge have three sons and two daughters, as follows ; Byron R., now in Mason City, Iowa; Jennie, at home with her parents; William H., now at Albion, Boone Co., Neb.; Charles R., at home; and Anna V., at home. Mrs. Garnidge is a member of the Congregational Church.

ROBERT GRIFFITHS, dealer in furniture and undertaker, Columbus; was born at Holyhead, Anglesea, North Wales, in 1829 , he began the carpenter and joiner's trade when 18 years old; in 1856, he came to America and located in New York City, where he continued his trade for nearly nine years ; he came to Columbus, Wis., in 1864, formed a copartnership with J. Colville in the furniture and undertaking business, and continued with him till his death ; since that time, he has carried on the business alone, and now has the most extensive business in the city. In 1864, he was married to Esther Jones, of New York City, a daughter of the late Richard P. Jones, of Columbus, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Church.

EUGEIVE S. GRISWOLD, dry-goods merchant, Columbus ; was born in Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1833 ; is the son of Amos and Phebe (Sherwoodj Griswold, natives of Connecticut, but Mr. Griswold was educated at the Academy of Fairfield, N. Y.; completing his studies there in 1 853, he went to New York City, where, for the next two years, he was connected with the Mercantile Library Association; he came to Columbus, Wis., in 1855, and was employed as clerk by his brothers in the mercantile trade for eighteen months; in 1861, he began dealing in grain, which he afterward followed for two years, and then began the dry-goods business, which he has since continued. He was married to Miss Hattie, daughter of Dudley Tyng, a native of Augusta, Me. They have three children - Florence, Ada and Edith.

WILLIAifl M. GRISWOLD, Columbus, was born in Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1823. His parents, Amos and Martha Munson Griswold, were natives of Connecticut. Mr. Griswold was educated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., from which institution he graduated in 1844 ; he studied law with A. Loomis, at Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and was admitted at Schenectady, N. Y., in 1850 ; he at once began the practice of his profession with Judge Loomis, the father of the code, and continued with him for three years ; he came to Wisconsin in 1853, located at Columbus, and for the first few years he was engaged in the mercantile trade ; he next devoted his attention to farming for seven years, and since that time has lived more retired from active life. He has been Town Supervisor several terms; was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1858, re-elected in 1859 and 1860 ; in 1868, he was elected to the Senate from Columbia Co., and filled that position so faithfully that he was again re-elected to the same in 1870. In July, 1868, he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Alfred Scofield, of Yates Co., N. Y.; their children are William E. and Mary M. Mrs. Griswold is a member of the Universalist Church.

GEORGE GRISWOLD, Columbus, was born in Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1816; was educated at Union College, of Schenectady, under Dr. Nott ; read law with A. Loomis, at Little Falls, and later with Michael Hoffman, of Herkimer, N. Y; he came to Columbus in the fall of 1850, and for nine years was engaged in merchandising ; since that time he lived a more retired life.

HARIIAN R. HANCOCK, farmer; Sec. 4; P. 0. Cdlumbus ; was born in Jeflferson Co., N. Y., in 1833 ; son of Isaac B. and Sally Hancock, with whom he emigrated to Columbia Co., in the spring of 1846, and located on a farm in the town of Columbus, where they lived for three years ; his father then removed to Fall River, where he now resides. Mr. Hancock was married in 1856, to Miss Mary R., daughter of Danforth W. and Emily Stiles, a native of Vermont, but an emigrant to Wisconsin, in 1847, and located on the farm where she now lives and where her father afterward died with the cholera. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have eight children, as follows : Nellie, Lydia, Edwin, Cora, Matilda, Herbert, Willis and Laura.

JOHN HASEY, Columbus ; was born in the town of Londonderry, Windham Co., Vt., in 1817 ; is the son of John and Rhoda Hasey, who emigrated to Genesee, N. Y., about 1828, and to Wisconsin in 1844, and afterward died in Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis. Mr. Hasey came to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1845, and located in the town of Elba; two years later, he removed to the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., where he entered a farm of 160 acres, and made that his home till 1856 ; removing at that time to the city (then village) of Columbus, he began dealing in produce, and continued that line of business for nearly 20 years. Mr. Hasey has been a member of the City Council of Columbus since its charter as a city. In 1843, he was married to Miss Albina S., daughter of F. C. Farnham, of Alexander, Genesee Co., N. Y. They are members of the Universalist Church.

SAIHUEL HASEY, P. 0. Columbus ; was born at Londonderry. Windham Co., Vt., in 1822. His parents, John Hasey and Rhoda Emmons, were also natives of Vermont, but were among the early settlers of Genesee Co., N. Y.; they came with their family to Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and later, to

Columbus, where they afterward died. Mr. Hasey, our present subject, came with his parents to Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and in the following year, removed to the town of Elba, Dodge Co., where he followed farming till 1866, returning then to Dane Co., and, in 1868, removed to Columbus for a short time ; thence to a farm of 240 acres on Sees. 9 and 10, town of Hampden, and made that his home for eleven years, and, in November, 1879, returned to the city of Columbus, where he has since lived. He was married in 1852 to Miss Mary E. Anderson, a native of Genesee Co., N. Y.; their children are James H., who was born at Danville, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1853, and lived with his parents till his marriage in 1879, to Miss Alice, daughter of Robert and Alice McBurnie, a native of the town of Hampden ; they now live on the farm in that town ; George E., also on the farm ; Mary R. Mr. Ha.sey was Chairman of the Town Board of Hampden for three term.s, and was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the Second Assembly District of Columbia Co., in 1874.

WIIjL/IAM K. HOSKEN, photographer, Columbus; was born in London iu 1836; is the son of James and Mary Hosken ; when about 7 years old, he began the study of drawing and art in his native city, and devoted his attention to that study more or less of the time there till 1857 ; emigrating then to America, he located at Altoona, Penn., and there followed various kinds of business for awhile; he next resumed bis travel, which he continued over many of the States; in 1862, he located at Madison, Wis., and there, in 1865, began work at photography; in the latter part of 1866, he removed to Oconomowoc and continued this business there till 1869, when he removed to Milwaukee; he came thence to Columbus in 1873, opened a studio and has since continued his profession in this city, doing work also in crayon, water-colors and pastel. He was married in 1866 to Miss Angeline Stowe, of Sun Prairie, Dane Co , Wis.; their children are Charles L., Edith A. and Emma J. They are connected with the Universalist Church.

CHARIiE$4 HOTON, farmer. Sec. 9; P. 0. Columbus; was born in Yates Co., N. Y., in 1833 ; is the son of Aaron and Nancy Hoton, with whom he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located on a farm on Sec. 3, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., where his father afterward died. Mr. Hoton spent most of his time with his mother on the farm til! his marriage in September, 1874, to Miss Alice McBurnie, of the town of Hampden, this county; after marriage, he located on a farm of 120 acres on Sees. 3, 9 and 10, town of Columbus, which he bought in 1859, and has managed and controlled since that time ; they have one son - Clarence.

WILiLilAJl K. HURD, farmer. Sees. 7 and 18; P. 0. Columbus; was born at Bridport, Addi.son Co., Vt., in 1820. His father, William Hurd, was a native of Connecticut, but his mother, Mary Kendall, was born in Vermont. William K., the subject of this sketch, spent his early life on a farm in his native State, and, in 1839, removed to Akron, Ohio, where he was engaged in a flouring-mill for seven months, and then clerked in boatyard there for five months. He was married at Akron in 1840, to Miss Jane L., daughter of Calvin May, with whom, in the autumn of that year, he returned to his home in Vermont; after spending a year on his father's farm, they removed to Randolph, (Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where he worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade for four years; in 1845, they removed to the town of Richmond, Walworth Co., Wis., where he bought a farm, built what was known as the old " Gravel House" and kept tavern in connection with farming for three years, removing then to the town of West Troy, Walworth Co., where he kept tavern a year, after which he continued the carpenter and joiner's trade till 1854 ; while there, he built twenty miles of railroad fence for the M. & M. road, it being the first for that company in the State ; in the fall of 1854, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 7, town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis, which has since been his home, and where he now owns 196 acres in Sees. 7 and 18 ; here his wife died in March, 1855 ; their children are James E., who now resides in Schuyler Co., Mo.; Helen, now Mrs. Alonzo Chase, and lives at Wells, Faribault Co., Minn.; Achsa L., now the wife of Monroe Phi|lips, and lives in Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis.; Arthur C, deceased; Charles M., deceased; Reuben S., living now at Kasson, Minn.; Oscar A., who now lives in Iowa ; his second marriage was in August, 1855, to Mrs. Mary A. Murphy, nee Curtis, of the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis.; she had two daughters by her first marriage - Frances M., the late Mrs. J. J. Sutton, now deceased ; Sarah A., now Mrs. Lsaac Thompson, and lives in the town of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Hurd have two children by their second marriage - William F., who married Miss Eliza Baker in March, 1879, and lives on his father's farm, and Fred W., at home; they have an adopted daughter - Mary. Mr. H. has been Justice of the Peace and Notary Public for several years.

ADOLPHIIS W. INGALSBE, Columbus; was bom in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1822; he was educated in the common schools of his native county; he went to California in 1849, and spent three years in the West ; returning to his home in New York, in 1852, whence, in the fall of that year, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located at Columbus in February, 1853, where he has since devoted his time to farming and stock-raising; he now owns a farm of 600 acres in the towns of Columbus, Columbia Co., and Elba, Dodge Co. Mr. Ingalsbe was a member of the Town Board for several terms, and Chairman of the same two years. In October, 1853, he was married to Miss Maria Butterfield, of Washington Co., N. Y., who died at her home in Columbus, Wis., in July, 1876, leaving three children, as follows: Burr, now living in Nebraska ; Nora and Millie at home with father. Mrs. Ingalsbe was a member of the Baptist Church ; Mr. Ingalsbee is an Ancient Odd Fellow.

E. E. JOXES, Columbus; was born in Flintshire, North Wales, in 1828; is the son of Edward and Arabella .Jones ; he was educated according to the school system of his native country, and, at the age of 14 years, was apprenticed to the mercantile trade, which he continued there and in Liverpool till 1848, his father having died when he was not yet a year old ; in 1848, he with his mother emigrated to America, and located at Columbus, Wis.; he engaged in teaching for a year, and then began clerking for Mr. Bassett, in the mercantile trade; after continuing with him for some years, he next became a partner with Mr. Hazelton, in the business, and, in 1861, he and Mr. Johnson bought out Mr. Hazelton,and continued the business for three or four years ; disposing of his business, he soon became employed by Bassett & Davies, in the dry-goods and general merchandise store, and has remained with them since. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Jones, of the town of Elba, Dodge Co., but a native of Caernavonshire, North Wales, and an emigrant to Wisconsin with her parents, about 1845; they have one daughter - Katie. They are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Church ; Mr. Jones is a member of the Temple of Honor.

THOMAS JONES, farmer, Sees. 23 and 26 ; P. 0. Columbus ; was born in Merionethshire, North Wales, Oct. 20, 1833 ; his father, Thomas Jones, was born in Merionethshire, and died in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., Nov. 7, 1849 ; his mother, Elizabeth Gittings, was alto a native of that shire, and died in Wisconsin in August, 1862. Thomas, our present subject, is the oldest of five children, with whom his parents landed in New York, as emigrants to America, July 8, 1845 ; they settled in the town of Macy, Oneida Co., N. Y., for nearly a year, and then removed to the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis., where they arrived June 3, 1846, where they located on a farm on Sec. 27 ; Mr. Jones made his home on the farm till his marriage in 1861, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Dan and Hannah M. Tompkins, a native of Yates Co., N. Y., but an emigrant with parents to Wiscon.sin, in 1854, and located in the town of Otsego, Columbia Co., where her father died in 1876 ; her mother still resides in that town. Mr. and Mrs. Jones located soon after marriage on a farm of 170 acres, on Sec. 22, and made that their home till Feb. 8, 1876, whence he removed to his present farm of 135 acres, on Sees. 23, 25 and 26. He has been a member of the Town Board for two terms.

JOHX A. KITZROW, farmer. Sees. 16 and 21 ; P.O. Columbus; was born in Mecklenburg in 1838; he came to America in 1857, and located in the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., Wis.; he now owns a farm of 160 acres, Sees. 16 and 21. In 1866, he was married to Miss Augusta Prien, of the town of Arlington, Columbia County ; their children are Otto, Edward, Charles and Mary. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

ALBERT EUGENE KOENIG, Columbus ; was born May 2, 1848, in Berne, Switzerland, and came to America in April, 1867 ; located in Fayette Co., Iowa, and was in the law office of Mr. Goodrich for about nine months, and then went to New Orleans, and to Cuba, and was there till December, 1870; then he went to California, from there to Shanghai, China, where he contracted the yellow fever, and, on account of ill health, returned to California, and was in the employ of his brother for three years, and then he went to New York, and, in 1876, came to Columbus, Wis., where he still lives, and is now in the employ of J. Fox, Esq.; he has charge of the livery and feed stables at the Fox House.

REV. FREDRICK KEUCKHOHN, retired, Columbus ; was born in North Germany in 1820: he was educated in the common and select schools of his native country ; at the age of 14 years, he became apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, with his father, and continued that, together with farming there, till 1848 ; emigrating then to America, he located at Chicago, where he worked at his trade for nearly a year. There, in 1849, he was married to Miss Charlotte Friday, a native also of Northern Germany, after which he soon settled on a farm of 160 acres in Cook Co., 111.; two years later, he removed to a farm in Lake Co., Ind., where he remained two years ; during the time of his residence in Cook Co., 111., and Lake Co., Ind., he devoted much of his time to the study of theology ; he joined the Rock River Conference in 1854, and was appointed to the charge of Manitowoc, Wis., for two years, during which time he built the first German M. E. Church there ; he was assigned, in 1856, to Fond du Lac, where he also built the first German M. E. Church, and remained there as its Pastor for two years, and, in 1858, to Wheeling, Cook Co., 111.; two years later, he was appointed to the German M. E. Church, of Clybouriie avenue, Chicago, where he remained for two years ; in 1862, he was sent to La Porte, Ind., and, in 1864, to Bremen, Cook Co., 111., where he remained three years, going thence to Peru, La Salle Co.. for one year. In 1868, he removed to Galena, 111., and was Presiding Elder of that district for four years, after which he was Pastor of the church there for one year. At the time of the division of the Northwestern Conference, in 1872, at his request he was transferred to Chicago German M. E. Conference, and by it was again appointed to the charge of Bremen, 111., for two years. In the autumn of 1875, he came to Columbus as Pastor of the German M. E. Church, and remained as such for three years, when failing health forced him to resign. Mr. and Mrs. Kluckhohn have six children - Fred, Louisa (now the wife of L. Hersch, and lives at Lemars, Iowa), Mary (^now the wife of H. Blumenthal, of this city), Josephine, Henry, Emma.

DAVID IjASKEY, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Columbus ; was born in the town of Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1841, and came with his parents, Richard and Dorothy Laskey, to Wisconsin in 1844 ; stopped one year in Walworth County ; in 1845, came to the town of Hampden, Columbia County, where he made his home till 1865 ; then he bought a farm on Sec. 30, town of (!olumbus ; disposing of that in 1868, he bought one of 120 acres, 87 of which lies on Sees. 33 and 34, town of Columbus, and 40 acres on Sees. 3 and 4, town of York, Dane Co. He was miirried Nov. 1, 1870, to Miss Susan, a daughter of Henry and Mary McNamara, a native of New York City, born in 1850 ; her parents were natives of Ireland, but emigrated with her to Dane Co., Wis., when .she was quite young. Their children are Albert J., William H. and Uri D. Mrs. Laskey is a member of the Catholic Church.

RICHARD IjASKEY, deceased, was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1784, and lived there on a farm till about 21 years of age; he then joined the British army as a soldier in the War of 1812, and served most of the time in Canada; at the close of the war, he deserted the army, crossed the Niagara River on the ice into York State, and located in the town of Greene, Chenango Co., where he made his home till 1844. He was married there, Feb. 9, 1826, to Miss Dorothy Johnson, a native of New Hampshire, where she was born Feb. 13, 1800, but emigrated to New York with her parents when 12 years old. In 1844, Mr. and Mrs. Laskey, with their family of twelve children, emigrated to Wisconsin, and located on a farm in the town of Lina, Walworth County; a year later (1845), they removed to Columbia Co., and located in the town of Hampden, where they were among the first families, and made that their home for about twenty-two years. In 1867, they removed to the town of Columbus, and settled on a farm, on Sec. 24, where he died in 1870, and his wife in 1875; they were members of the M. E. Church. Their children are Rhoda, born Nov. 1 2, 1826, the late wife of Thomas Smith, now deceased ; John, born Dec. 13, 1827, who owns a farm of 60 acres in the town of York, Dane Co.; Albert, born Nov. 30, 1828, who, with his brother John, owns a farm of 390 acres in the town of Columbus ; Lois, born Jan. 27, 1830, now the wife of Perry J. Kidder, and lives in the town of Columbus ; Thomas, born Sept. 30, 1831, enlisted in Co. K, 18th W. V. I, and killed at the battle of Shiloh ; Stephen, born April 13, 1833, and died in the town of Hampden ; Asenath, born Dec. 13, 1835, now Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Columbus ; Chloe, born March 7, 1837, now Mrs. L. B. Huntington, of the town of Fountain Prairie; Uri, born Feb. 14, 1839, enlisted in Co. A, 7th W. V. I., was wounded at the battle of Gainesville, Va., died at Alexandria ; David, born Oct. 23, 1841, and he now lives in this town (Columbus).

PERRY IjEE, deceased, was the son of Jesse and Jane Lee ; born in the town of Eaton, Wyoming Co., Penn., in 1816 ; he was educated in the common schools of his native county, and' devoted his time to farming there till his marriage, in 1840, to Miss Esther, daughter of Thomas and Polly Mitchell, of that town and county. After marriage, he, with a brother, turned his attention to milling (having purchased a grist-mill a short time before his marriage), and were its proprietors till 1844; emigrating then to Wisconsin, they located at Milwaukee for fourteen months, and in December, 1845, settled on a farm in the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., which was their home till 1850 ; removing then to Portage, he was proprietor of the Wisconsin House for two years, and then purchased the Lee House, of which he was proprietor till December, 1859, when it burned down. He was elected Sheriff of Columbia County in 1852, and served in that office during the years 1853 and 1854. He went to Denver, Colo., in 1860, and there, with a company of men, started South on a trip, but he was taken sick and died at Abiquiu, New Mexico, in November, 1860, leaving a wife and five children to survive him. The children are as follows: Wm. D., who now lives in Texas; Mary M., now the wife of Thomas Sanderson, and lives in the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., Wis.; Sarah, now Mrs. J. J. Sutton, of this city; Esther M., now Mrs. A. H. Whitney, of this city, and Lillian E., at home with her mother. Those who knew Mr. Lee knew well his many manly qualities, being a man who took interest in public aflairs, and whatever seemed to be for the general good of the county or community he was ever ready to support. His acquaintance throughout the county was very extended, and all who met him honored him for his courtesy, his kindness, his manhood.

JOHN W. L.EFFINGWEL.L, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Columbus ; was born in the town of Riga, Genesee Co , N. Y., Oct. 16, 1832 ; his father, Lemuel Leffingwell, was born in Connecticut, in 1798, and was a grandson of William Leffingwell, who emigrated from France to America in an early day, and was instrumental in rescuing some whites from the hands of the Indians ; as a reward for which the U. S. Government granted him the land where the city of Norwich, Conn., is now located ; his father, Lemuel, removed with parents to the town of Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., when a mere boy. There, in February, 1820, he was married to Miss Ruth Preston, a native of that county, born April 13,1803. Four years after marriage, they removed to Genesee Co., and made that their home until 1835, whence they emigrated to Monroe Co., Mich.; in 1837, they returned to Oneida Co., N. Y., and settled in the town of Vernon, whence, in 1847, they came to Wisconsin and located on a farm in the town of York, Dane Co.; he having come in the fall of 1846, and made preparation for the family, which arrived in the spring of 1847 ; he afterward purchased land near the town of Columbus, Columbia Co., to which he removed and made his home until his death, which occurred Sept. 6, 1877. He left a wife and four children to survive him ; the latter are as follows : Mary A., now the wife of Francis Smith, and lives in the town of Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y.; George, who lives with his mother on the farm ; John W. and Orrissa, now the wife of Daniel Peck, and lives in the town of York, Dane Co., Wis. John W., the third and subject of this sketch, was married Nov. 12, 1855, to Miss Amanda, daughter of Orlando and Thankful ( Parker) Wiseman, a native of the town of Gainesville, Wyoming Co., N. Y.; her grandfither, Thomas Wiseman, was a native of England, and came to America as a British soldier in the Revolutionary war, served his term under the King and then joined the American cause ; he was one of the men who watched for Maj. Andre at the time of his capture ; he afterward located in the town of Gainesville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., where he followed the weaver's trade, and made that his home until death ; he raised a large family, of whom Mrs. Leffingwell's father was the youngest but one, and come as a pioneer to Dane Co., Wis., and located in the town of York, where he died in the fall of 1876, and his wife two years later. Mr. Leffingwell has been Assessor of the town of Columbus for two terms, was elected Chairman of the Town Board, in 1878, re-elected in 1879 and 1880. He now has a farm of 230 acres. Sec. 33, town of Columbus. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church. Their children are as follows: Luella, now the wife of Calvin J. Fairbanks, and lives in the town of Hampden ; Ada E., now the wife of Franklin Feelyater, and lives in the town of Columbus ; Arthus L. and Milton F., at home.

HON. JAMES T. LEWIS. Searching the streets of Athens with a lantern, Diogenes illumined a truth of his own discovering, namely, that honest men are a nation's rarest as well as most precious jewels, and we have discovered that of those who shine in the crown of the republic, none have a higher worth than the faithful administrators of the law. Prominent on the roll of true and good men, we find the name of James T. Lewis, a native of Clarendon, N. Y. He was born on the 30th of October, 1819, and is the son pf Shubaei Lewis and Eleanor Robertson. His grandfather, Samuel Lewis, lived in Brimfield, Mass. His father, a native of New England, was born on the 27th of February, 1783, and grew up from a poor boy, with a spirit of self-reliance and strong hope, and by his sterling qualities commanded universal respect. He was a man of sturdy enterprise, and acquired large estates both in New York and Wisconsin. He was thrice married - first, on the 29th of January, 1815, and the second time on the 15th of April, 1835, to Parna Nichols, who was born on the 10th of April, 1798. She was a lady of the truest womanly qualities, a devoted wife and all that a mother could be to the children placed under her care. Her pure life was devoted to the welfare of her family, and to the influence of her teachings and example the subject of this sketch to-day feels himself largely indebted for the success of his life. His third marriage was to Mary Bugbee. He died at the advanced age of 78 years. The mother of our subject, a lady of Scotch descent, died on the 8th of October, 1834. Of Mr. Lewis' brothers and sisters, William L. was born Oct. 19, 1815, and was married Oct. 7, 1842, to Miss Eliza Ann Martin, of Clarendon, N. Y.; Shubael R. was born Nov. 3, 1817 ; was a distinguished soldier in the Mexican War - the first to scale the walls of Chapultepec, and for his gallant conduct on the field was presented with a sword ; married, Aug. 18, 1839, to Mrs. Sarah Ann (Nichols) Brown, widow of Harvy Brown, M. D. ; died in August, 1856. Hiram W. was born January 13, 1823 ; married Sept. 2, 1847, to Miss Melissa P. Tousley. Mary Jane was born Sept. 6, 1825 ; married Oscar A. Harris. Andrew J. was born May 23, 1828 ; died January 20, 1840. Lydia A. was born Sent. 22, 1831 ; died Oct. 12, 1834.

James T., the third son, after receiving a common-school education, completed a course of English classical study in Clarkson Academy and Clinton Seminary, in New York, and, in 1842, began the study of law with Gov. Selden, of Clarkson. He afterward removed to Wisconsin, and, in 1845, was admitted to the bar of the United States District Court, and subsequently to the Supreme Court of the State.