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EEANDER S. DREW, farmer. Sec. 35; P. 0. Farr's Corners; son of Dr. Leander Drew, one of the pioneers of Columbia Co.; Dr. Drew was born in Corinth, Vt., June 13, 1815; he was a student of Hanover and Dartmouth Colleges, graduating from Dartmouth when 23 years of age. He was married to Miss Alraira Shattuck, of Manchester, Vt.; they had two children - Leander S.,born Aug. 23, 1842, and Frank F., born March 9, 1844. Mrs. Drew died when her younger son was born. Dr. Drew came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located in West Point, near Crystal Lake, purchasing .of the Government 400 acres of land, on which he that season built a log house, which was, probably, the first house built in the town of West Point ; this house is still used as a dwelling ; here Dr. Drew lived alone for two years, engaged in the duties of his profession, among the sparsely settled regions of this part of the territory of Wisconsin ; in the fall of 1848, he went back to Vermont, and returned with his mother, her daughter Emily, and his two children ; the Doctor erected a new house nearer the lake, in 1850 ; this house is now occupied by his eldest son ; here, he was for a number of years engaged in the manufacture of the oil of wormwood ; he continued actively engaged in his business, and in the duties of his profession, though suffering severely, from a nervous difiBculty, during the last years of his life ; he died Oct. 30, 1857 ; his mother is still living at the advanced age of a9 years. Frank F. Drew was married to Miss Emma ShurtlifF; he now owns and occupies half of the orginal homestead; they have two children. Leander S., was married, March 15, ISGlJ, to Miss Harriet Riddle, adopted daughter of Gideon Clark, of Okee ; they have two children - Harry, born April 19, 1868, and Lois A., born Sept. IC, 1872.

JONATHAN L. FAKR, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. O. Farr's Corners; was born in the town ot Corinth, Orange Co., N. Y., July 23, 1817, where he lived until the spring of 1841, when he went to Boston, Mass. He was married in Cambridge, Mass., to Sophrona J. Parker, born in Vermont in 1816 ; he resided in Boston until August, 1855 ; he then removed to the city of New York ; he came to Wisconsin in August, 1857, and settled at Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co.; settled on his present fiirm March, 1862, where he has since resided ; has two children - Albert L., born in Boston Oct. 12, 1850, married Mary E. Farr, daughter of Nelson Burlinganic ; Henry 0.. born at Cambridge Sept. 1, 1852. Mr. Farr's farm contains 120 acres ; Albirt, whose farm adjoins his father's has 60 acres.

DAVID H. FELLOWS, farmer, Sec. 14 ; 1'. 0. West Point ; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, 1827, wliere he resided till spring of 1857, when he came to Columbia Co., and settled on his present farm, where he has since resided. He was married to Amanda Gardner, daughter of John and Elizabeth Gardner, who came to Columbia Co. from Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1856 ; her parents are deceased. Mr. Fellows has five children - Elbert, Frank, Herbert, Sidney and Chester; lost three children in infancy. His farm contains 285 acres.

D. P. tritOW, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P.O. Prairie du Sac ; was born in the town of Newbury, Orange Co., Vt., in 1813 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; he lived on Sauk Prairie, Sauk Co.. from May till November of that year, when ho settled on his present farm, purchasing the land from the Government. He was married to Comfort A. Highlands, born in Vermont; they have four children - (Jeorge, Martha E., Mary A. and Charles F. He has 340 acres of land. His son George lives on Sec. 20 ; he was born in Vermont in 1841. He was married to Libbie Sherman, born in the State of New York ; they have one child, Albert.

AMA'SA HATHAWAY, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. O. Prairie du Sac ; was born in the town of Adams, Mass., in 1800; his father removed to Rensselaer Co., N. Y., when he was a child; thence to Jefferson Co., where he lived till 25 years of age ; he learned the trade of a blacksmith ; worked at the trade of a cooper, also, for some time. Mr. Hathaway has been married three times ; his present wife was Marcia Berry ; he was quite an early settler of Wisconsin ; he lived in Buffalo Co. about sixteerv years; thence to Sauk Co ; he settled where he now lives about 1850. His f..rm contains about 140 acres.

JACOB HENRY, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. O. Lodi ; was born in Germany in 1826 ; he came to America in 1849 ; he lived in the State of New York about five years; came to Columbia Co., Wis., in 1854, and settled where he now lives. His farm contains 80 acres. He was married to Theresa Tropf, born in Germany ; they have five children - Mary, Emma, Albert, Anna and Isabelle ; Albert became deaf and dumb at the age of 6 years, from scarlet fever ; he was educated at the asylum for the deaf and dumb, at Delavan, Wis.

LYMAN HILL, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. West Point; was born at Hyde Park, in what is now Lamoille Co., Vt., in June, 1804. Mr. Hill, though not an early settler of Columbia Co., is one of the pioneers of the State of Wisconsin ; he came to Milwaukee via Whitehall and Erie Canals and the great lakes in the fall of 1836 ; he located in Waukesha Co., on the line of Walworth Co. Mr. Hill possesses an excellent memory, and it is both amusing and instructive to listen to incidents and anecdotes, as related by him, of his early experience in the wilds of Wisconsin. His home, from Milwaukee, was twentysix miles; in the winter of 1837, being short of provisions - a not uncommon occurrence in those days - he repaired to Milwaukee with a handsled, and returned, after an absence of but forty-eight hours, with flour and groceries suflicient to subsist himself and family for several weeks. Mr. Hill's first wife was Edna Preston ; she was born in Vermont, and died in Waukesha Co. in 1852. His present wife was L. Goldthwait, also born in Vermont. He had five children by his first wife, only one of whom is living - Mrs. Mary Ann Lester. Mr. Hill settled on his present farm in 1868.

WM. H. HILL, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. West Point ; son of Cyrus Hill, who was born io Vermont in 1813; he came to the State of Wisconsin about 1837; he came from Sauk Co. to Columbia Co., and settled where his son now lives, in 1850 ; his first wife, the mother of Wm. H., was Miss Rhoda M. Hill ; she died soon after the birth of her son, Wm. H. His second wife was Betsy Polly, whom he married in the fall of 1849. He has two children by his first marriage - Maria Livermore and Wm. H.;the latter was born in 1848. He was married to Mary Carneross, dautiliter of Enias Cariicross ; tliey have two children - Arthur and Harlow H. Lost one child - Cyrus E. Farm contains about 230 acres. The father of Mr. Hill now lives in Jefferson, Greene Co., Iowa.

IIERRILL JOHNSON, farmer, Sec. 20; P. 0. Prairie du Sac; was born in the State of Maine Sept. V-^, 1827. His parents removed to Northern New Hampshire when he was an infant, where he lived until 1850, when he came to Columbia Co. His father, Samuel Johnson, came at the same time; he now lives at Wyocena. Mr. Johnson settled on his present farm in 1860. He was married to Hann ih S. Colby ; born in New Hampshire. They have three children - Irving N., Ernest W.and Nellie I. Mr. Johnson's farm contains 80 acres.

REV. WARREN N. KINCw, Baptist minister, Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Farr's Corners ; born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1809, where he lived till 19 years of ape, when he went to Boston, Mass., and learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. He was married in 1830 to Cynthia Pcnnock ; he removed to Canada for two years; returned to Chelsea, Vt., where his wife died. He was married, 1833, to Jane Waldo; he began the ministry in Bridgewater, Vt. ; in 1844. enizaged as missionary among the Brotliortown Indians in Winnebago Co., Wis.; settled in Racine in 1840, where he lived tlirec years; he started for California in June, 1860, but stopped at Niearaugua, whore he labored as mis.sionary among the natives for about one year, returning in 1862 ; has four children by second marriage - Walter M., George W., Cynthia J. and Sarah A. ; the two sons were soldiers in the rebellion ; Walter M. was a member of 3d W. V. I.; George, 23d W. V. I. Mr. King's present wife is hit third, by whom he has one son, Warren ; went to California in 1869 ; remained two years ; settled where he now lives in 1878.

J. I. NEWCOIUB, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Farr's Corners ; was born in Vermont, but his parents removed to Manchester, N. H., when he was a child ; they removed to Sank Co., Wis., town of Prairie du Sac, and came to Columbia Co., and settled on preseiit farm in 1861 ; his father, Bethure Newcoinb, lives at the homestead with his son ; his mother, Hannah C, died March 22, 1871. Mr. Newcomb was married to Delia Chrysler, daughter of Wm. B. Chrysler; they have three children - W^m. B., Lizzie C. and Rosella M. Farm contains 160 acres.

G. H. OSTRANDER, farmer. Sec. 10 ; P. 0. West Pvint; was born in Albany Co., N. Y., in 1808 ; he afterward removed to Montgomery Co. ; thence to Denmark ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1865, and settled where he now lives in the spring of 1866. He married Polly Hurning; born in New York ; thev have five children - Wilson, Wilbert, Mary, Ann and Myron ; lost two children. Farm contains ill acres. Enos, aged 6 years, was drowned in the Black Piiver, N. Y., at Brownville.

JUI..IITS A. PARR, farmer. Sec. 27; P. 0. Farr's Corners; was born in Franklin Co., N. Y., June 15, 1834 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Wm. H. and Catharine Babcock Parr, in May, 1850 ; his parents settled in the town of Dane Co., where they resided till the death of his father, December, 1857 ; his mother resides in Eau Claire Co. ; Mr. Julius A. Parr purchased of the Government, a farm in the town of Maxwell, Buffalo Co., where he settled in 1861. He enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, in Co. E, 25th W. V. I. ; his regiment went North into Minnesota, after the Indian massacre of 1862 ; went South, March, 1863; participated in seige of Vicksburg, Sherman's Atlantic campaign, where he was wounded on the 9th f August, 1864 ; he came home on leave of absence ; rejoined his regiment Nov. 14, 1864; was promoted to First Sergeant, May, 1863; to Second Lieutenant, August, 1863; to First Lieutenant, September, 1864 ; in Sherman's march to the sea, he commanded Co. G, and commanded Co. D from Beaufort to Washington. He was married to Maria Welch, born in Canada East. Has 138 acres of land ; settled on his present farm in the fall of 1867.

DAL.TON PECKER, fitrmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Prairie du Sac ; born in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 7, 1810; his ancestors were from Scotland, but came to Americi over two centuries ago; the house in which Mr. Pecker was born, was also the birthplace of his mother, his grandfather and his greatgrandfather. He was married to Sally Bartlett, of Marblehead, Mass.; came to Wisconsin in 1861, and settled where he now lives ; has two children - Abner, who resides on the homestead, and Anna, now Mrs. Chas. H. Knight; has lost three children - ^Mary, Sarah and Frances Gardner. Farm contains 160 acres.

SAMUEL SCHRINER, farmer, See. 15; P. 0. West Point; was born in Lycoming Co., Penn., in 1834, where his father still lives; came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1855; in the fall of 1858, he went to Dane Co. where he lived one year, then returned to Columbia Co., and settled at Okee. He was married to Miss Melinda Woodley, daughter of Mr. John Woodley, who died at Okee Jan. 2, 1860. Mr. Schriner settled on his present farm in the spring of 1866 ; has seven children - Rachel, Samuel, Emma, Mary, Frances, George and John. His farm contains 80 acres.

JOHN R. SCOTT, farmer. Sec. 7; P. O. Okee; son of John L. and Charlotte Scott; his father was born in the State of New York ; his mother is a native of New Jersey ; the family came to

Wisconsin from Lycoming Co., Penn.; they reached Milwaukee in June, 1854, where the father died, three days after their arrival ; the remainder of the family, consisting of the mother, John R. and his sister Mary, settled at Okee, town of Lodi, July 22 of that year, where Mary died on the 27th of the same month; Mrs. Scott has since resided at Okee; she bought the farm where her son now lives in October, 1854. He was married in 1866, to Rebecca Morter, daughter of John Morter, of the town of West Point; they have four children - Winfield, Lottie J., John M. and Seth T. Mr. Scott enlisted Aug. 14,

1862, in Co. H, 23d W. V. I., he was at the battle of Arkansas Post and the attack on Vicksburg, from December 22, to the night of Jan. 1, 1863; discharged for disability April 3, 1863; re enlisted Aug. 29, 1864, and served till the close of the war. Farm contains 83 acres.

JOHN !*HARP, farmer. Sec. 30; P. O. Prairie du Sac; the eldest 'son of Michael Sharp, who was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1801 ; the family removed from St Lawrence Co. to Illinois, and then to Sauk Co., Wis., in February, 1845 ; in 1847, they settled in the town of West Point ; the parents had eleven children, ten of whom are living. John was born in St. Lawrence Co., in 1824. He was married to Lydia, daughter of Charles Evans, of Prairie du Sac ; they have one child - William Bertie ; he has 1 32 acres of land.

IKA ^iMITH, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Lodi ; was born in New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., July 4, 1831 ; his parents are Richard and Sarah (Moshier) Smith ; his father was born in 1795 ; his mother, in February, 1797 ; they still reside in Columbia Co., N. Y. Mr. Smith came to Wisconsin with his brother, William E., in May, 1855, and settled where he now lives; in fall of that year, he returned to New York and was married to Lucinda Moore; she died in March, 1876. Mr. Smith has had six children, five of vfhom are living - Isabella, Eli, Sarah A., Theron M. and Nellie ; lost second child - Ida, who died IMay 10, 1876; farm contains 105 acres.

WILIilAM B. >>»MITH, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. West Point; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y , in 1847 ; his parents removed to Rennselaer Co. when he was a child ; he came to Columbia Co. with his parents, April, 1865; his father now resides on S;c. 24. Married to Martha M. Carncross, slaughter of Enias Carncross ; they have two children - Maurice and Edith. Mr. Smith has been Town Clerk since April, 1874.

WILLI A]!!I E. SMITH, farmer. Sec. 14 ; P. 0. West Point; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., March 2, 1829; in 1855, he came to West Point, and, with his brother, Ira, bought a quarter of a section of land ; his half of this land he still owns ; he returned to the State of New York in the fall of 1859, where he remained two and one-half years, and where he was married to Miss Amelia Snyder; he bought the farm where he now resides in the spring of 1864, where he settled in 1865 ; his present wife was Dolly A. Moore, born in the State of New York. Mr. Smith has one child by first marriage - Emilv v.; also one by present marriaae - Walter E.; he has 220 acres of land.

MRS. CATHERINE Ml STOXE, Sec. 14; P. 0. West Point; formerly Mrs. Policy, widow of Mr. Ira Polley ; is a native of the State of New York, born in 1822, where she was married to Mr. Ira Policy, from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1846, and entered the farm which Mrs. Stone now owns; his family came in 1848, and have resided on the farm since that time. Mr. Polley died in 1862. Mrs. Stone has had seven children, only two of whom are living ; these are her third and fourth children, and were born in West Point - Hiram E., born 1855, and Etta M.; names of children deceased were Royal H., Herbert, John, Ernest and Inez, twins. Mr. Stone is also a native of the State of New York. Mrs. Stone has about 300 acres of land.

ISAAC VAN NESS, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Lodi ; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1835 ; son of Peter and Emma Van Ness; came to West Point with his parents in 1851. He was married to Adeline Richmond, daughter of Anson Richmond, who came to the town of West Point in the spring of 1855; he died the following year. Mrs. Richmond resides with her son-in-law, J. M. Pruyn, of Lodi. Mr. Van Ness has three children - Walter P., born June, 1859 ; Ella Edna, March,

1863, and Richmond, October, 1867. Mr. Van Ness works part of the homestead farm; also owns a farm of 61 acres, where he settled in March, 1859.

WALTER VAN NESS, farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Lodi; son of Peter Van Ness, who was born in the town of Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1801 ; when 18 years of age, he went to Washington, D. C; was engaged for about five years as overseer of a company of men employed in preparing timber for the United States Navy; he returned to the State of New York, and was engaged in conducting his father's farm till the death of the latter, which occurred in February, 1833; he resided in the State of New York till the spring of 1851, when he came to Columbia Co., and settled in the town of West Point, where he resided till the spring; of 1869, when he removed to the village of Lodi. He was Djarried to Emma Reed, born in Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1807; they have four children - Isaac,

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Walter, Martha and Mary. Mr. Van Ness has been entirely blind since 1878 ; his general health is good for one of his age. Walter was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., April, 1837. He was married to Miss Clara Shurtliff, born in the State of New York ; they have two children - Frank and Leonard. Mr. Van Ness resides on the homestead, where his father settled in 1851.

CHARLES L. BROWN, farmer. Sec. 8; P. O. Nonh Leeds; was born in Rutland, V't., September, 1826 ; he came to Wisconsin with hi.s parents, Charles and Alvina (Sellick) Brown, June, 1846 ; in July following, his father purchased the farm which hi.s son now owns, buying the claim of Nathan' Stafford, where he resided till his death, Feb. 5, 1850 ; he was born in Connecticut Nov. 3, 1781 ; Mr, Brown's mother was born May 24, 1792, and died Nov. 23, 1851 ; Mr. B. has one brother - Justin J. - - who resides in the town of Leeds, and a half-brother - ^Andrew Brown - living in Rockford, III. Mr. Brown was married in 1852 to Harriet A. Greene, daughter of Abial B. and Fanny J. (Howard) Greene ; they came to Leeds from the State of New York in 1849 ; Mrs. Brown was born in Washington Co., N. Y.; she taught the first summer school in the town of Jjeeds. Mr. B. has two children - Alfred L, born April 4, 1856, and Charles L., born Oct. 23, 1865. Mrs. Brown's father died Aug. 31, 1875 ; her mother still lives on the homestead.

OLIVER Ci}. CMILSOX, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Leeds Center; was born in the town of New Haven, Addison Co., Vt., Dec. 15, 1825 ; when he was about 7 years of age, he removed with his p.irents to Genesee Co., N. Y., where the family lived about three years, when they returned to Vermont; his father died suddenly during the return journey, but the body of the father was deposited in the wagon of the returning family, taken back to Vermont, and buried in his native town ; in the spring of 1844, Mr. Chilson came to Wisconsin ; in June of that year, he came to Columbia Co. and located his present farm, on which the following winter he erected a shanty, near the site of his present dwelling ; Mr. Chilson is, therefore, one of the pioneers of the town of Leeds ; in fact, he is the earliest present resident of the town. He was married to Lydia, M. Howard, born in Vermont; her parents died at the residence of Jlr. Chilson ; they have one son - William 0., born Oct. 30, 1860 ; have lost two children - Henry H., born Oct. 28, 1849, died Aug. 9, 1850 ; Etta, bora March 28, 1857, died April 17, 1859. Mr. Chilson's farm contains 230 acres.

GEORGE CHIPiHAN, farmer, Sec. 22; P. 0. Leeds Center; was born in Windham Co., Vt., September, 1828 ; he came to Rock Co., Wis., in 1849 ; he returned to Vermont the following spring, came back to Wisconsin in 1852; purchased a farm in Dane Co. in the spring of 1853, also 80 acres in the town of Leeds ; has been a resident of the town of Leeds since 1854. He was married October, 1860, to Martha A. Saylor, born in Vermont. Mr. Chipman's mother died when he was 2 years old ; his father came to Wisconsin and resided with his son several years prior to his death ? Mrs. Chipman's parents came to Columbia Co. from Vermont in the spring of 1855, and settled in the town of Leeds; they are still living - her father 86 and her mother 78 years of age. Mr. Chipman has two children - William, born May, 1863, and Mabel Inez, born March, 1867. Mr. C.'s farm contains 320 acres.

JOSEPH FAEBER, M. D., Sec. 21 ; P. O. Leeds; was born in Austria in 1839. He attended the medical department of the University of Vienna, graduating in 1862 ; he was Surgeon of the navy of Holland, from Feb. 1, 1864, to March, 1866, when he came to the United States. He came to Portage, where he remained till November of that year, when he located where ho now resides, engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married in 1869, to Emily Koch, daughter of G. A. Koch. They fiave two children - Helen and Edward.

JESSE W. HELDIN, farmer. Sec. 32; P. 0. De Forest, Dane Co.; was born in Armstrong Co., Penn., in 1818. He removed to Pittsburgh, thence to Steubenville, Ohio, thence to Cleveland ; loft the latter place in the spring of 1832 ; took part in the Black Hawk war ; has been a resident of Wisconsin since 1839 ; he passed several years in the pinery region. In 1847, bought the farm of Wm. Lawrence, which lies partly in Dane Co. and partly in the town of Leeds, on which he has since resided. His present wife was Mary J. Borbridge ; born in Dublin, Ireland. Has one daughter by the first marriage, and two children by the second marriage ;, the names of the latter are William and J. W. Present farm contains SO acres.

ALONZO JONES, former and breeder of imported Spanish merino sheep, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Leeds Center; was born in Hubbardton, Rutland Co., Vt., Aug. 13, 1819. He was married Dec. 31,

1848, to Mar;li,i M. H .w.inl; 1) .rn in \Va5liin;;ton Co., N. Y., in 1829. Mr. Jones came to Wisconsin, in October, 1S47, and purciiased his present farm, where he located in the spring of 1849. He has six children - Josephine, wifuof Jlr. John Lowe; Norman A., Edward H., Fanny C, John H. and Helen M. They lost their third child - Evangeline B. His farm contains 200 acres ; he makes a specialty of breeding merino sheep : has a fine flock, a part of which are the pure Hammond, and the balance are descendants from the Jarvis and Humphnv importations.

G. ADOLPH KLEINERT, farmer. Sec. 17; P. 0. Norc'i Leeds; is the son of August Kleinert, who was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1809. He came to the United States with his family in 1853, and settled on the farm where he now resides with his son G. A. He has three children; G. Adolph, who now owns the homestead and with whom the parents reside, was born in Prussii in 1840. He was married to Frederica Rennebolin; born in Brunswick, Germany. They have sis children - Adolph, William, Alfred, Edwin, Otto and Herbert. Farm contains 280 acres.

WILI^IASl C. KLEIWEKT, farmer. See. 29 ; P. O. Leeds ; is the .son of Mr. August Kleinert; he was born in Prussia in 1838 ; he came to the United States with his parents in 1853. He was married to Miss Louisa Lubi°ns, daughter of Mr. Fred Lubiens, who came to the town of Leeds, from Germany in the spring of 1849 ; Mr. Lubiens was the first German settler of the town of Leeds. Mr. Kleinert has been Chairman of the Town Board for six years, and Town Treasurer for three years. His farm contains 8<l acres.

JOHN McQueen, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. O. North Leeds ; wa.s born in Crawford Co., Penn., in 1818; hi- came to Wisconsin in 1842; was engaged about ten years in the pine region of the State, during which time his home was at Grand Rapids, Wis.; he located where he now lives about 185G. He was married to Catherine Birch ; they have five children - Ada, H. B., John, Clarence and Martha. His farm contains 400 acres.

WILLIAlfl MORRISON, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Leeds Center; son of James Morrison ; came to the United Stites from Scotland in the fall of 1842 ; tte family lived about two years near Milwaukee; thence to the town of Windsor, Dane Co., where he resided till his death in 1877 ; his mother still resides at the homestead in Dane Co. Mr. William Morrison was born in Scotland in 1829. He was married to Agnes Dawson, daughter of James Dawson, who emigrated from Scotland to the State of New York in 1842 ; thence to Waukesha Co., Wis.; thence to Madison in 1852 ; her father died in 1802 : her mother, in 1800. Mr. IMorrison has lived in Columbia Co. about twenty-five years ; he settled on his present farm in the fall of 1808. Has four children - William M., James D., Annie C. and Edwin. Mr. IMirrison has 040 acres of bind.

A. S. PACK ARI>, farmer. See. 15 ; P. 0. Leeds Center ; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1815; his father afterward settled in the city of Albany; in the spring of .1839, Mr. Packard came to the town of Milton, Hock Co., Wis.; in June of that year, he helped to raise the first house erected in Janesville, Rock Co.; he resided in Rock Co. for about fifteen years ; he came to Columbia Co. and settled in the town of JiCeds in the spring of 1854. He was married to Lydia L. Ives, born in the State of New York Oct. 3, 1829 ; she is the daughter of E. M. and Elizabeth Ives, who came from Cortland Co., N. Y., to Rock Co., AVis., in the spring cf 1845, where they lived about five years, and then settled in Sec. 15, town of Leeds, where they still reside. Mr. and Mrs. Ives have four children - Norman M., born Jan. 4, 1826; Lydia L.; Lucy J., now Mrs. Henry Clark, born March 19, 1832; Eunice, wife of G. Hall, Rio, born July 3, 1838. Mr. Packard has three children - Elizabthe F., now Mrs. M. H. Wright, of Ashtabula. Ohio; Euirene M.. now Mrs. Anna Boynton, also resides at Ashtabula, and Norman Edward.

JAMEJii \\. ROBINSON, fermer, Sec. 1; P. O. Leeds Center; was born in Castleton, Rutland Co., Yt., Oct. 3, 1822, where be resided until June, 1846, when he came to Columbia Co.; his farm now contains 320 acres, 120 of which he purchiwed of the Government, at the time he made his location. His fir,-t wife was Maria Theresa Flagg; she was born in Rutland Co. Aug. 20, 1821, and died Dec. 2, 1855 ; bis present wife was Sarepta Sc ville, born in Ontario Co., N. Y. Mr. Robinson has one son by first marriage, James F., he lives in Kansas; has two children by second marriage - Edward M. and Horton B. In the fall of 1856, Mr. Robinson removed to Columbus and engaged in the produce business; returned to his farm in 1861 ; he is engaged quite extensively in stock-raising.

THOMAS SANDERSON, former, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Leeds ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1827; be came to this country with his parents, Thomas and Francis Sanderson, in September, 1851 ; his parents settled in the town of Randolph, Columbia Co; his father died September, 1878, his mother died in 1853. Mr. Sanderson was married to Mi.ss Margaret Stevenson, daughter of Mrs. Esther Caldwell, of the town of Arlington; they have one child - Ettie. Mr. Sanderson settled in the town of Leeds, in 1862 ; he purchased his present farm in 1865 ; he is one of the largest farmers of the town of Leeds, has G40 acres of land. He was a member of the Assembly for 1871.

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$><>91ITH J. SCOTT, farmer, Sl-c. 5 ; P. O. Lowville ; was born in Chau'.auqua Co., N. Y., March 26, 1823; he came to Columbia Co. in the fall of I84."j, and made a claim in Sec. 28, town of Lowville, where he lived seven years ; located where he now lives in February, 1852. He was married to Mary Corbet, daughter of Mr. A. Corbet, of Chautauqua Co.; they have five children - Luella B , now Mrs. Ambrose Eynon, resides in Minnesota ; William A., resides in Nebraska ; Elliott C., resides at the homestead ; Helen F. and Escella. Mr. Scott is one of the prominent farmers of the town of Leeds ; his farm contains 525 acres.

C. EDWIN WOODFORD, physician and teacher, Sec. 36; P. 0. Keyser; now teaching district school No. 6; born in ODonda;j;a Co., N. Y., in 1838; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1860 ; he lived at Viroqua until the fall of 1862, when he returned to the State of New York ; came back in 1867 ; since that time has been a resident of Leeds. He was married to Celestia Castner ; they have three children - Truman, Walter and Edgar.

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JOHN L. BAYERliEIN, proprietor of '-Dell Saloon," Kilbourne City; born in Bavaria, 'Germany, in 1850; he came to this country with his parents in 1853; they lived in Schuylkill Co., Pcnn., about three years; thence to Adams Co., Wis., in 1856; he engaged in business in Kilbourn City in 1871 ; his wife is also a native of Germany ; they have three children - Fldward, Charles and Anna.

CAPT. J. BEIiL, Kilbourn City; born August, 1837 ; came from St. Clair Co., Mich., to Newport, Wis., in 1856; has resided in Kilbourn City since 1863. Mr. Bell is prominently known as Captain of the Dell Queen, which steamer he built in the fall of 1876, and was the first steamer of any importance that navigated the Dells of the Wisconsin River ; this boat he owned and operated till it -was burned, in June, 1878; the boat was rebuilt, of which he is still in command. He was married to Mary Christie, daughter of Col. James Christie, of Sauk Co.; have two children - Herbert and Ernest,

HENRY H. BENNETT, artist, Kilbourn City; was born in 1843; became to Kilbourn dity from the East with his parents in 1857 ; he enlisted in 1861 in the 12th W. V. I., served three years, was at the siege of Vicksbura; and other important campaigns; was wounded at Paducah, Ky., by the accidental discharge of his own gun ; was discharged at the expiration of his term of service, Nov. 5, 1864; he engaged in the photograph business at Kilbourn City in 1865; he now, however, makes a specialty of stereoscopic views, which he began publishing in 1868; the beautiful and romantic scenery ot this part of Wisconsin has afforded him ample opportunity to pursue his favorite study, and the hundreds of beautiful views that he has produced attest his success as an artist. He was married to Frances Douty, whose parents settled in Adams Co., in 1858; has three children - Hattie, Ashley and Nellie.

HON. JONATHAN BOWMAN, attorney at law, Kilbourn City ; is among the most prominent of the early settlers and those who gave shape to the future of this section ; he was born at Charlt'ston, Montgomery Co., N. Y., May 16, 1828, and is by profession a lawyer; he first read law in the office of H. & T. Fish, of Fultonville, in his native county, and afterward completed his studies and graduated at the State and National Law School of that State, at Ballston Springs, in 1850; he came to Wisconsin in May, 1851, and settled at Delton, Sauk Co.; soon after his arrival, he opened an office in Delton, and commenced the pra tice of his profession, and was soon enjoying the reputation of being one of the best lawyers of the county; in 1852, he started the village of Newport, of Columbia Co., in company with the late Gen. Joseph Bailey, who achieved notoriety as the builder of a dam across the Red River during the late civil war; in 1853, he moved to Newport, and, in 1862, he again changed his residence to Kilbourn City, where he has since resided. Mr. Bowman has occupied several positions of trust and honor ; in 1860, he was an alternate delegate from this State to the National Republican Convention held in that year in Chicago, which resulted in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for President; in November, 1861, he was elected to represent the First District of Columbia Co. in the Assembly ; he was elected State Senator for the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District in 1862, which office he held tor two terms, or four years ; in 1864, he was chosen one of the Presidental Ele ;tors on the Republican ticket, and was Chairman of the Electoral College for that year ; again, in 1874, he was chosen member of the Assembly from the First District of Columbia Co., by a handsome majority, there being only twelve votes cast against him in his own township. Mr. Bowman was also one of the Directors of the

C, M. & St. P. R. R. Co., from 1875 tp 1879, inclasive ; in addition, he has been the attorney for nearly all the different corporations which have been formed to utilize the water-power, both at Newport and Kilbourn City ; he was made President of the Bank of Kilbourn soon after its organization in 1867, which position he has held ever since, and still continues in the practice of his profession. In 1856, the subject of this sketch married Miss Hannah J. Davis, of Montgomery Co., N. Y.; he has five children - Ella D., Abram D., Asa, Jennie and Emma. Not among the least of this worthy gentleman's labors is the best young lawyers he has sent forth from his oflBce ; the first who achieved any note was James C. Edson. who studied with Mr. Bowman at Newport ; he commenced the practice of law at Glencoe, Minn., at the same time founding and editing the Gleneoe Rcffister ; he entered the army and returned a Colonel ; he still practices his profession at Gleneoe. The next student was Isaac A. Fancher, who afterward located in Isabella City, Mich., where he still continues in the practice of the law ; he has been elected to both the Assembly and Senate of that State. Then follows Michael Griffin, who enlisted as a private in the 12lh W. V. I., and attained the rank of Captain ; at the close of the war, he entered the office of Mr. Bowman and remained there till his election to the Assembly, in 1875; then commenced the practice of law at Eau Claire, Wis., with Judge Ellis, and was elected to the Senate in 1879. Following Mr. Griffin was Henry P. Barlow, son of ex- Attorney General Barlow, and, at the present time, a promising younu lawyer of Baraboo, Wis. Charles F. Crosby was the next; he first began to practice in Rook Co., Minn.; he was County Judge of this county for a time, and also a member of the Assembly of that State; Mr. Crosby is now practicing law at Wausau, Wis. W. H. Mybrea, the present Postmaster of Kilbourn City, is another of Mr. Bowman's students. About the same time, Thomas J. Connor, son of Thomas Connor, of Kilbourn City, also read law in the same office, and has since located at Jenny, Wis. The success of these various students indicates the excellences of the teacher.

JOHN W. BROW]«, cashier of Bank of Kilbourn, Kilbourn City; he is the son of John J. and Esther E. Brown ; his parents removed from the State of New York to Milwaukee in the summer of 1857, and came to Kilbourn City in the fall of that year, and engaged in the mercantile business ; his father was appointed Postmaster during the administration of President Buchanan, which office he held till 1865 ; was also for some time engaged in the photograph business ; his father removed with his family to Minnesota in July, 1865, returning in June, 1866; he removed to Chicago in 1877 ; the other children of the family are Robert L. C, Clarence T. and Francis R., all of whom reside in Chicago ; John W. has been employed in the Bank of Kilbourn since 1869, was appointed cashier in 1870.

JABfET CO.\E, widow of David Cone, Sec. 8; P. 0. Kilbourn City; born in Albany, N. Y., in 1807. Married to David Cone, also born in 1807; after marriage, lived in Steuben Co., three yeais; thence tt) Wyoming Co., and to New Berlin, Wis., in June, 1849; Mr. Cone went to California in April, 1850, returned in October, 1851 ; purchased and settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. Cone, in June, 1852; Mr. Cone died in August, 1877, of cancer in the stomach ; Mrs. Cone had ten children, six of whom are living - Persis, Janet, Elizabeth, Cornelia, Daniel and Alvah ; Alvah is one of the three sons born at the same time; the other two died in infancy ; they were born in August, 1857. Alvah was married to Mary Laffin, born in Columbia Co.; has three children - Harvey, Cora and Hubbard ; Mrs. Cone had five children at two births, Elizabeth being one of twins. The farm contains 160 acres.

WILLIA.Tl H. FIXCH, proprietor of Finch House, Kilbourn City; was born in Greene Co., N. Y., in 1840 ; he enli.sted in the fall of 1862, in the 144th N. Y. V. I., served till the close of the war, came West in 1865, and located at Reedsburg, Sauk Co., where, with his brother, he was engaged in the harness business for about seven years; he then purchased the Mansion House at Reedsburg, which he conducted for two years ; he sold his hotel in the spring of 1875, and purchased his present hotel. He was married to Miss Mary L. Dwinnell, daughter of S. A. Dwinneil, of Reedsburg ; they have three daughters - Eva, Es.«ie and Marion. Mr. Finch is successful and popular as a hotel man, and the reputation of his house is doinir much toward making the Dells of Wisconsin a popular resort.

M. H. HASKINS, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Kilbourn City ; born in Allegany Co., N. Y., in May. 1887; came West with her parents in August 1847 ; lived in Beaver Dam some time; thence to Le Roy, Dodge Co.; thence to Adams Co. He enlisted in the 10th W. V. I., in 1861, served three years. Married Julianiie Woodworth, native of Lower Canada ; located on his present farm March, 1869.

FRANK H1LI.I. proprietor of livery stable, Kilbourn City; was born in Ohio in 1838; came to Portage City in the spring of 1857 ; was for some time employed as foreman in surfacing on railroad, between Pardeeville and Portage City ; went to Milwaukee, and was engaged one year on what was then the M. & M. R R.; was engaged for some time in a flouring-mill at Fulton. Rock Co., thence to Pardeeville ; came to Kilbourn City in 1862, where he was engaged in a flouring-mill for about three years ; engaged in the livery business in July, 1864. He was married, in 1863, to Amelia Bunnell, a native of Ithaca,

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JOH9f HICKEY. Kilboum City; was born in County Clare, Ireland, about 1829 ; he came to the United States in 1856; went to Canada, where he remained one year; then returned to Ireland, but came back to the United States in 1866 ; he was in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana for a few months; thence to St. Louis, and thence to Kilbourn City Aug. 28, 186G, which he has considered his home since that time. Mr. Hickey has been for twelve years in the employ of the W. W. R. R. Co.

STEPHEN HrN<iiERFORD, farmer. Sec. .3; P. 0. Kilbourn City ; born in Fulton,- Oswego Co., N. Y., in 1818 ; his parents moved to Syracuse when he was a child; he lived. in Onondaga Co. till he was about 17 years of age ; he went to Livingston Co. in the spring of 1835 ; returned to Syracuse in the fall of that year ; also lived about two years in Broome Co.; he went to California in 1850, and engaged in mining; returned in 1854; removed to Branch Co., Mich., in the fall of that year- He was married, in 1843, to Miss Lydia M. Root; resided in Michigan till the spring of 1864, when he-' came to Wisconsin, and located where he now lives ; he has seven children - Mary A., now Mrs Marcius A. Rublee; Henry Clay, resides in Iowa; Orville J., Charles Sumner, Fred R.; Frances A. and Louis. Jlr. Hungerford's farm contains about 200 acres.

G. "W. JEIVKINS, II. D., Kilbourn City; born in Schenectady, N. Y., in 1824; when 16 years of age, he removed with his parents to Schoharie Co.; in 1842, he engaged in teaching at Palatine Bridge, Montgomery Co., where he taught about three years ; in 1846, he engaged in teaching in the towo of Glen, Montgomery Co.; about this time, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Biggam ; he graduated at the medical department of the University of the city of New York in 1851, after which he practiced for some time with his former preceptor. Dr. Biggam ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and settled at the mouth of Dree Creek, afterward Newport ; he located in Kilbourn City in the fall of 1861. He was married to Mary Markham, daughter of Sidney D. Markham; has one daughter, Kaii', born August, 1863. The Doctor is a very popular and successful physician, and possesses a large and valuable practice ; he is President of the Columbia County Medical Society, and a prominent member uf the American Medical Association.

<]}EORGE P. JLliSON, farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Kilbourn City; born in Norway in 1840; he is a brother of Hans Peterson ; his father settled on the farm where George now lives, in 1849. He was married to Helen Tofenson, a native of Norway ; they have four children - Dene M., Hans, Andrew and Ann. His fiirm contains 119 acres. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.

EDWARD W. KIIVGSLEY, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Kilbourn City ; born in Venango Co., Penn., in 1818 ; he came to the pineries of Wisconsin in 1837 ; in February, 1838, be went to Sauk Co., where Baraboo now stands; he a.ssisted in building the first saw-mill at that place, where the first lumber was manufactured in the summer of that year ; in the fall of the same year, he made a claim in what is now the town of Lyons, where he located in 1840; he came to his present location im the fall of 1851 ; his home has been within a radius of seven miles of where he now lives, for about forty-two years ; tl)r about twenty-five years of that time, he has been engaged during the summer season on the Wisconsin River; Mr. Kingsley is one of the earliest settlers of this part of the State; his most intimate associates during his early residence here were the Indians, who formed the principal part of the population of this part of Wisconsin at this time. His first wife was Miss Jane Gibson, who died in the spring of 1857 ; his present wife was Martha Ulson, a native of Norway ; he had seven children by his first marriage, five of whom are living ; Jefl'erson, the oldest son, enlisted'in Co. K, 18th \V. V. I.; he was killed at the battle of Shiloh ; Mr. Kingsley has eight children by his second marriage. He has 180 acres of land.

CHARLES KLEMME, merchant tailor and clothier, Kilbourn City ; was born in Germany in 1853 ; came to the United States in 1871 ; lived at Franklin, near Milwaukee, for five years, engaged in tailoring; came to Newport Township with his parents in 1876; came to Kilbourn City and engaged in his present business in March, 1880.

B. KRECH, proprietor of city meat market, Kilbourn City; born in Saxony, Germany, in May, 1839; he came to this country in 1854; lived in Beloit, Wis., about three years; tlience to Portage City, where he lived about six years; came to Kilbourn City in April, 1868; has been established in business here since that time. He was married to Anna Romal ; has six children - George, Cora, Frank, Mary, Christina and Effa.

JULIUS LEUTE, proprietor of brewery and saloon, Kilbourn City ; born in Germany in 1830 ; he came to the United States in 1853 ; lived in Philadelphia about two years ; removed to Mineral Point, Wis., in 1856 ; thence to Newport, and to Kilbourn City in 1858, and engaged in the shoemaking business; engaged in the brewery business in 1861, in the brewery built by his brother, Andrew Leute,

MA J. CHARIjES MOELiLER, proprietor of saloon, Kilboum City ; was born in Saxony, Gorniany, in 1821 ; served tiie army of his native land; came to the United States in 1852; lived in Waukesha Co., Wis., two years ; removed to Milwaukee in 1854. Married Elizabeth Brahm ; lived in Milwaukee till 1857, when he oame to Kilbnurn City ; kept hotel till 1861, when he enlisted in the 4th W. \ . I., and was made Orderly Sersjeant of Co. D ; as he had had experience in military service, he was soon after transferred to the Louisiana Artillery as Drill Ser^'eant ; was afterward promoted to a lieutenancy in the brij^ade of Gen. W. T. Sherman; buino; disabled, he resigned in January, 1864; he returned to Kilbourn City, and engafred in the hap hu.*iness, which he followed fur many years.

(hEOKGE C. MeELROV, M. I>., Superintendent of the "Kilbourn Hygienic Institute," Kilbourn City ; was born in Beaver Co., Penn., in September, 1841 ; studied medicine in Philadelphia ; allcnded lectures at the " Hygeo-Therapeutic College," at Florence Heights, N. J.; his wife, formerly Miss Amanda McMaster, born at Jamestown, Penn., Dec. 22, 1845, is associated with him in the superintendency of the institute, she having received the same preparation for her profession as her husband ; they became connected with the institute April 5, 1879, and assumed their present position in February, 1880.

CJ. M. JflARSHAlilj & SON, founders and machinists, Kilbourn City. Mr. George M. Marshall, Sr., member of this firm, was born in Canada East May 13, 1834, though his father was a native of the United States, and a cousin of the eminent Rufus Choate ; his mother was a native of Scotland. Mr. Marshall was educated at Willistoii Academy, A'^t., having removed with his parents to that Stale in 1842 ; he entered as an apprentice in a foundry and machine shop, at Burlington, Vt., in 1850, and commenced bu.siness as a carriage maker, at Shelbourne Falls, Vt., in 1856 ; came to Wisconsin iu 1>^65, and settled at Big Springs, Adams Co. He served two years as Chairman of his town ; as a member of Assembly two terms ; he was appointed by Gov. William E. Smith one of the Commissioners under Chapter 273, Laws of 1877, to examine and test such steam or road wagons as may be presented, to compete for the SI 0,000 reward offered the State, for a cheap and practical substitute for the use of horses and other animals, on the farm and road. The subject of this sketch was Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Marshall was married to Julia A. Hoyt, a native cf Vermont; has three children - Frank, Evaline and Ruth ; lost four children in infancy. Frank, who is associated with his father iu business, was born at Shelbourne Falls, Vt., April 12,1856; this firm is building up a fine business in Kilbourn City ; they are engaged in the manufacture of Marshall's patent blacksmith shears, upsets, power corn sheller, improved Jonvil turbine water-wheels.

CLARK I>. MUlVCwER, deceased, formerly of the firm of Walker, Munger & Co., Kilbourn City ; was born in Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; he came to Kilbourn City in 185G. He was married to Miss Martha Pettibone, of Warsaw. N. Y.; he died Nov. 17, 18 0. Mrs. Munger has one son - Ellis I)., born Oct. 30, 1858 ; has lost three children - Charlotte, Frank and Henrietta.

WILLIAM H. MVLREA, attorney and Postmaster, Kilbourn City ; son of Catharine Mylrea, was born in Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1853; his father came to this country from the Isle of Man in 1840; he returned to his native isle in 1849. He was married and returned to the United States in 1850. Mr. Mylrea's parents came to Kilbourn in 1856, where they still reside. They have three children - William H., Charles I-. and Susan J. William H. was educated at Lawrence University, at Appleton, Wis., which he attended about five years ; he entered the law school of Madison, in January, 1878; was appointed Postmaster at Killbourn City, in March of that year ; prepared himself for the practice of law, in the office of Jonathan Bowman, Esq., of Kilbourn City ; was admitted to the bar, at Portage, Wis., May 13, 1879.

ANDFEXI* NELSOIV, farmer. Sec. 5; P. 0. Kilbourn City; has 250 acres in farm ; born in Norway, October, 1828, came to the United States in August, 1848 ; he lived with Mr. Clark Young, in the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., for about five years ; settled on his present farm in 1854. Was married the same year to Melinda Cone, bcjrn in Genesee Co., N. Y., in May, 1835. Mr. Nelson has been Supervisor several years ; al.so Treasurer of the district several terms.

GEORtliE F. i\OBLE, retired; Kilbourn City; was born in Addison Co., Vt., in 1818; ho came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1843, and settled in Walworth Co., where he engaged at his trade, that of a carpenter; he removed to Newport in the spring of 1855 ; he came to Kilbourn City in December of that year ; he worked at his trade until about 1860 ; from that time until 1873, was engaged in the stock and produce business. Mr. Noble was the first Justice of the Peace in Kilbourn City ; has served in that capacity for about twenty years ; has also been Town Treasurer and As.sessor of Township. He was married to Miss Angeline Cornwall ; they have had three children, two of whom are living -

Andrew E., resides in Iowa, and Frank H., resides in Roseburgh, Oregon. Their daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Maria Sorrenson, died at Portase, December, 1875.

CHARLEISi A. NOYES, station and express agent, Kilbourn City; was born in New Hampshire in 1828. He removed to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1847, when he went to Two Rivers and engaged in the lumber business ; came to Kilbourn City in December, 18fi3, He was married to Bessie Ely, born in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; her father, Ambrose Ely, settled in Milwaukee in 1810. Mr. Noyes has two children - Lilly an'i Mary P., now Mrs. Edward Perry, of Kansas City.

GEORGE OSWALiD, proprietor of Oswald's Beer Hall, Kilbourn City; was born in Wurtembcrg, Germany, in 1832 ; came to the United States in the fall of 1865 ; lived in Milwaukee, where he worked at his trade, shoemaking; came to Kilbourn City in February, 1867, where he also worked at his trade until May, 1879, when he engaged in his present business. Ho was married to Louise Gobi; born in Germany. Has four children - Wilhelm, Gustavo, Louise and Clara.

WILLIAM H. PEABODY, farmer and proprietor of stone quarry, Kilbourn City; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1812. His father, Eliphalet Peabody, was a soldier in the war of 1812; he died in 1820 of disease contracted while in the army. His mother, with her family, removed to Otsego Co. about 1826. Mr. Peabody's first wife was Miss Sabrina Strong; they were married in 1841 ; Mrs. Peabody died in 1847. In 1854, he was married to Mrs. Harriet Washburne, formerly Miss Harriet Hungerford, born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1828 ; they came to Kilbourn City in June, 1857. Mr. Peabody has one son by his former marriage - Durant B., who resides in Paris, 111. Mr. Peabody is an earnest champion of temperance, and a sworn enemy of intemperance, which he has been fighting all his life. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church.

HANS PETERSON, farmer. Sec. 17; P. 0. Kilbourn City; was born in Norway Feb. 15, 1831 ; came to this country with his parents in 1840 ; his father made a claim in Sec. 19 ; his father died in Dane Co. in December, 1876 ; his mother died at the homestead, now owned by a brother of'Mr. Peterson, George P. Julson, in 1870. Mr. Peterson was married in December, 1856, to Eliza Tufson, native of Norway ; her parents came to Wisconsin in 1844, and to Columbia Co. in 1853. Mr. Peterson owned a farm in Sec. 20 for thirteen years ; purchased his present farm in the fall of 1872 ; has 120 acres. Ha.? seven children - Peter H., Mattie, Mary E., Hans J., Emma C, Augusta L., and Norah H. Members of tlie Lutheran Church.

JOHN J. PURCELL, telegraph operator, Kilbourn City; son of Joseph Puroell, native of Ireland, who came from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Milwaukee in 1855, and to Kilbourn City in 1857 ; has one son, John J., and four daughters ; the former was born May 31, 1856. He learned the business of telegraphing in the office where he is now employed, beginning in January, 1873.

WILLIAM A. RAMSAY, hop-dealer, Kilbourn City ; was born in the State of New York inl832 ; he came to Adams Co., Wis., in 1855, where he resided till 1857, when he located at Kilbourn City ; he was engaged in the grain business for several years ; has been engaged in the hop trade since 1859; also owns farm near town, of 75 acres. He was married to Margaret A. Fay, native of Onondaga Co., N. Y. They have seveu children - Olive C, George A., Minnie A., Lillian A., Wm. A., Ernest E. and Jennie C.

RICHARD B. ROSE, proprietor of Farmers' Hotel, Kilbourn City; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1823 ; came to Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1841, where he lived till 1849; engaged in the manufacture of lumber. He removed to Adams in 1849, and engaged in farming; went to California in 1852 and engaged in mining and the lumber trade; returned to Adams Co. in 1857 ; enlisted in 1864, in the 37th W. V. I., and served till the close of the war. From 1872 to 1876, was Superintendent of the County Poor Farm of Adams Co. ; came to Kilbourn City August, 1876; had charge of the Commercial Hotel for one year ; built the Farmers' Hotel in 1877. He was married to Miss Sarah E. Pike, a native of Ohio. They have one son, Harrison, who resides in Kansas.

GEORGE SMITH, grain dealer and proprietor of elevator, Kilbourn City ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1818. He came to the United States from London in the llill of 1855. He resided in Milwaukee till the summer of 1857, when he removed to Kilbourn City. He began the grain business in the summer of 1860, which business he has since followed. His wife was Miss Susan Hales, also born in England.

CHARLES W. SNIDER, of the firm of" Hansen, Snider & Co.," hardware dealers, Kilbourn City; born in Fulton, Co., 111., in 1850 ; married Miss Minnie Dunker, daughter of Henr,' H. Dunker. They have one child - Harry. His father, J. R. Snider, of Kilbourn City, was born in Clark Co., Ind., in 1822. His parents afterward removed to Yates Co., N. Y. ; thence to Steuben Co.; thence to Fulton Co., Ill, in 1837. Mr. Snider came to Newport in 1850, and engaged in the lumber business ; came to Kilbourn City in

1868. llis wife was Miss Harriet Kelsy, born in Illinois. They have four children - Nettie, now Mrs. J. G. Wilraar; Charles W., Frank R. and F. B.

WILliIAM SNOAD, Justice of the Peace and Police Justice, Kilbourn City. Mr. Snoad is a' shoemaker by trade. He was born in East Kent, England, in 1812. He came to the United States in the fall' of 1882. He lived in Albany, N. Y., till the fall of 1834; then removed to Rochester, where he lived' till 1851. He then came to Wisconsin; lived in Waukesha Co. for some time; thence to Dell Prairie in

1854. He came to Kilbourn City in 1858; was elected Ju.stice of the Peace in 1866, which office he has held most of the time since ; is also, at present, Police Justice. Mrs. Snoad is also a native of England. Has five children - Mrs. Sarah A. Armstrong. Mrs. Eliza J. Armstrong, Harriet E., William George, resides in Texas, Sirs, Victoria A. Blodgett.

ALOIVZO B. STEARNS, farmer. Sec. 17; P. 0. Kilbourn City ; was born in Womstet Co., Mass., April 17, 1824 ; his parents removed to Canada when he was a child ; he returned to Massachusetts when 17 years of age, and attended school in Middlesex Co. till he was 21 years of age, after' which he resided in Worcester till 1848, when he came to Wisconsin ; hp lived in Iowa Co. till the following spring, when he came to Columbia Co., and made a claim of his present farm, which he purchaseci when the land came into market, in the fall of 1853 ; Mr. Stearns has the honor of being the first settler of Newport Township ; his parents came to the State in 1851, and resided with their son ; his mother still lives with him ; his father died Feb. 5, 1877, in his 8Sth year ; his mother was born 1791. Mr. Stearns was married June, 1852, to Antoinette M. Calkins, born in Steuben Co., N. V., in 1832; her parents removed to Illinois about 1836 ; thence to Iowa Co., Wis., in 1843 ; they have had eleven children, eight of whom are living - Lorenzo D., Levi A., Isabella M., Nettie, Orra R., Lorena, Willie N. and Adelaide; their first child, John W., was killed by the running-away of a team, when 11 years of age ; the others, deceased, died in infancy. Mr. Stearns' farm contains 200 acres. He has served as Asse.ssor, Treasurer and Collector of Newport Township several terms.

DR. JOSEPH F. STILLMAN, physician and druggist, Kilbourn City, was born in- Ren.sselaer Co., X. V., Oct. 31, 1831 ; his parents removed to Jeiferson Co. and to Lewis Co., when he wasabout 8 years of age ; he pursued the study of medicine and received his diploma from the Medical Board in the fall of 1855 ; he removed to Oxford, Marquette Co., Wis., in the spring of 1856, where he resided till the spring of 1875, when he came to Kilbourn City. He conducts a drug store in connection witlv his medical practice. His wife was Miss Susan S. Pierce, native of the State of New York. He has ftnir children - Elmer A., Flora A., Harvey A. and Ernest J.

FRANKLI]^ C. STRAW, farmer ; P. 0. Kilbourn City; was born in Orange County, Vt., in 1832 ; he removed to Adams Co., Wis., September, 1856, and settled in the town of Dell Prairie, whore he resided; engaged in farming till the spring of 1878, when he removed to Kilbourn City; Mr. Straw still owns a large amount of land in Adams Co. ; he is owner of the '' Kilbourn Hygienic Institute." Has built him a fine residence, and made other valuable improvements to the village of Kilbourn City. He was married to Mary A. Waugh, also born in Orange County, Vt. ; they have two children - Cclia and Frank W.

PERRY ii. STROliD, attorney at law, Kilbourn City; was born at Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov. 30, 1834, while his parents were temporarily living at that place, his flither, Charles Stroud, at that time having been engaged in that locality as a contractor with the State for building the canal ; the actual residence of his parents was at Canastota, in Madison Co., N. Y., where they have ever since resided ; Mr. P. G. Stroud was educated at Oneida Conference Seminary, at Cazenovia, N. Y. He went to McHenry Co., 111., in 1854, where he married Miss Helen M. Bi.shop ; he came to Newport, in Sauk Co., Wis., in

1855, and engaged in the mercantile business there with his brother, A. B. Stroud ; in 1857, he returned to Kilbourn City, where he has since resided, and in 1858, he engaged in the practice of law, in which profession he has ever since been and is now engaged ; he has two children, a son and a daughter ; his son, Wni. S. Stroud, is about 23 years of age ; was educated at Lawrence University, at Appleton, Wis., and was admittted to the bar at the May, 1878, term of the Columbia Co. Circuit Court, after a thorough examination by ex-Chief Justice L. S. Dixon, ex-Attorney General A. Scott Sloan and Hon. E. E. Cliapin, since which time he has been in his father's office; the daughter. May D. Stroud, is now pursuing her studies at Lawrence University ; Mr. Stroud has taken an active part in the business and private affairs of the town ; also been active in politics, but has never been an office-seeker; he was a strong Republican until the Greeley campaign, since which time he has acted with the Democrats; in 1876, contrary to his wishes, he was placed in nomination for State Senator on the Democratic ticket; at the election, his own town gave him a majority, while giving a majority for the rest of the Republican ticket, the Republicans carrying the district by about one thousand four hundred majority ; in 1878, the Democrats again placed Mr.

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Stroud in nomination for the office of District Attorney of Columbia Co. ; he was induced to accept the nomination, though without any expectation of election, the regular Republican majority in the county being from 1,000 to 1,800 ; again his own town gave him a majority, he receiving 193 votes to his opponent's 60, while the Republican majority in the town was 47 ; at the time Mr. Stroud ceased to .act with the Republican party, the town, county, assembly, senatorial and congressional districts, and also <the State, in which he resided, were all strongly Republican, in which party he had a good standing, tiaving frequently represented his town in county conventions, and his county in congressional and -State conventions, showing that political preferment had no influence over his political views or actions. Mr. Stroud has a good reputation as a lawyer and a public speaker ; enjoys the confidence and respect of the people where he is best known, and is highly respected by men of all political parties for his candor and fairness in his public discussions of political questions.

<,MIiBERT B. VAIVALSTINE, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Kilbourn City; born in Onon- -daga Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, 1832 ; his parents removed to Buffalo when he was a child ; from Erie Co., N. Y., to Erie Co., Penn. ; thence to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and to Newport, Wis., in 1853 ; Gilbert B. went to sea in 1849 ; he was engaged in a coasting vessel, between New Orleans and Boston, for one year ; in February, 1850, shipped on board the Monongahela, a whaling vessel of New Bedford, for fo.ur years ; in February, 1851, landed at the island of Juan Fernandez, where he remained about sis weeksS A feeling of dissatisfaction existed between the officers and crew ; Mr. Vanalstine engaged passage on a rdpanish brig |to Valparaiso, Chili, where they remained about two months ; in May, 1851, shipped on boa o an American vessel, Capt. Wood, bound for Europe, which vessel Mr. V. and comrades left at Hong K ng, China ; shipped thence to New York, where they arrived September, 1851 ; was afterward engaged o"^ a coasting vessel between Charleston, S. C, and New York ; returned home in December of that year ; was afterward enga.ged on the great lakes for several years ; came to Adams Co., Wis.; enlisted February, 1865, in 49th W. V. I.; served about a year. Was married to Amelia V. Rea, of Adams Co ; have six children ; - Florence E., Gilbert E., Mary C, Byron R., Walter C. and John F., the last two twins ; loeat ed on present farm in 1870; number of acres in farm, 160.

IVATHAIVIEL VANALfSTIlVE, wagon-maker and blacksmith; born in Onondaga Co., N. y., in December, 1826 ; learned his trade in Erie City. Married Nancy Hawes, of Erie City, Penn.; 'lived in Crawford Co., Penn., for six years ; came to the village of Newport in 1854, and to Kilbourn City jn 1856 ; was burned out in the fall of 1866. Mr. Vanalstine has three children - -Eugene, Gilson and Lillian, now Mrs. Frank Durea, of New York City.

JRVINIw W. VOKK, of the firm of Walker, Munger & Co., proprietors of flouring and .plaijing mills, Kilbourn City ; born in Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., in 1833; his parents removed to Warsaw, Wyoming Co., when he was 6 years of age. He was married to Eliza C. Munger, of Wyoming Co.; came to Kilbourn City September, 1856 ; all the members of the firm came from Wyoming Co., N. Y., about the same time ; they were associated in the building of their planing-mill in 1858 ; in 1860, .built the flouring-mill. Mr. York has three children - George E., Hattie M. and Ernest R.

Town Of Lewiston

OLE M. BEXDIXEIV, farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Lewiston ; born in Norway in 1833 ; he came to this country with his parents, ToUag and Anna Bendixen, in the fall of 1850 ; his father settled on Sec. 17, where he still resides; his mother died in the fall of 1861 ; Ole is the only child of his jiarents now living. He enlisted, November, 1861, in Co. D, 15th W. V. I., and served three years and four months; he participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, including the siege of I.sland No. 10 and the battle of Murfre&sboro, till the battle of Chickamauga, where he was wounded and sent to the hospital, where he remained about ten months, when he again rejoined his regiment, and was mustered out of service Feb. 13, 1865; he enlisted as a private, was made a Corporal, and Second Sergeant December, 1862 ; in consideration of his gallant conduct as a soldier, he waa breveted Captain at the close of the war, to date Oct. S, 1863. He was married to Julia P. Scott, a native of Norway ; they have four children - Anna M., Josephine T., Ellen. S. and Tollag B. L. He settled where he now lives in June, 1867 ; he has 220 acres of land.

DEN^N'IS CANX'ON, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Portage ; was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1812 ; he came to the United States in 1827 ; lived in Wilmington, Del., for about four years, when he returned to Ireland ; returned to the United States, and locating in Wilmington resided there about six years; he came to Wisconsin and settled on his present farm in 18i5. He was married to Celia McCurdy, born in Ireland ; they have twelve children, nine sons and three daughters. Mr. Cannon's farm contains 120 acres.

JAMES AND WILl^IAM CLARK, farmers, Sec. 10; P. 0. Portage City; sons of Mr James and Ann ( Bain) Clark, who came to the United States from Scotland, in the spring of 1849 ; Mr. Clark made a claim of the farm now occupied by his sons, James and William, in the fall of that year, where he remained till his death, which occurred in September, 1873 ; his widow resides at the homestead. The parents had seven children, all of whom are now living - Joseph, Elizabeth (now Mrs. McFarland, of Dane Co.), James, Mrs. Ann Bobbins, William, Susan and Mary Ann; James was born in Scotland, about 1840; William was born about 184G ; Susan and Mary Ann reside at the homestead. The farm contains 240 acres. They are members of tlie Presbyterian Church.

J. P. COLBURN, former and cooper; P. 0. Briirgsville ; son of A. W. Colburn, who came to Columbia Co. from Waukesha Co., and settled on Sec. 20, Newport Township, in the spring of 1855; he was born in Genesee Co., N. V., and came to VVaukosha Co. with his parents in 1846. He enlisted, Feb. 1, 18(j4, in the 23d W. V. I.; was in Banks' Red River campaign, at the battles of Sabine Cross Roads, La., Pleasant Hills, Cane River, Bayou Sara, Spanish Fort, etc.; was transferred to the 35tli Regiment, and made a corporal of Co. C; was mustered out of service March 15, 1866. Mr. Colburn was married to Lucy C. Jacobs, daughter of Lester Jacobs : have four children^Frank L., Cora M., Lester and Lucy May. He settled on his present farm in February, 1877 ; he has 115 acres.

K. B. CRAltir, farmer and stock-dealer, and owner of Menomonee House, Marquette Co., Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Briggsville; was born in Burlington, Vt., in 1821 ; his parents removed to Clinton Co., N. Y., when he was about 12 years of age ; he went to California in the fall of 1849, and engaged in mining; returned to Clinton Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1850 ; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and settled near Briggsville, Marquette Co., but purchased his present fiirm at about the same time ; built his hotel in 1853, which, being on the old pinery road, did a large business, in the earlier history of the county ; the hotel and farm have been successively in charge of L. V. Rich, William Robinson, William Treadwell and the present occupants, Jonathan and Asa Douglass. Mr. Craig has resided on the farm since 1854. He was married to Harriet Hayes, born in Clinton Co., N.Y. Mr. Craig is engaged in buying and selling of stock.

RICHARD DEMPSIE, student, resides with his brother in-law, Mr. Joseph Hay, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Portage. Mr. Dempsie was born in Portage in September, 1 55 ; his parents, Richard and Mary Dempsie, came to Portage in 1849; his father was thrown from his wason and killed by the running away of his team, October, 1864; his mother, by a former marriage with Mr. John McDonough, had four children ; of these, William McDonough, enlisted in 1863 in 19th W. V^. L, served one year; she had five children by her marriage with Mr. Dempsie, all of whom are living. George Dempsie, brother of Richard, enlisted March, 1862, served three years.

D. D. EKiJHJUE, farmer, See. 2; P. O. Briggsville; born in Buffalo, N. Y., July, 1838; Lis father, Daniel Eighme, native of the State of New York, removed from Buffalo to Pennsylvania ; thence to Illinois, and to Lewiston Township in 1849 ; he is now a resident of Adams Co., Wis. Mr. Eighme was married to Ann Worden, born in the State of New York ; they have three children ; settled on his present farm in 1874.

DR. JOHX EWINW, farmer. Sec. 4; P.O.Portage; born in Vermont in 1816; he removed to Chautauqua Co., N. Y., with his parents, in 1835. He was married in 1835, to Angeline Needham, born in Vermont; in the fall of 1S49, he came to Columbia Co.; he lived in Lowell one year and came to Lewiston Township in the fiiU of 1850 ; settled on the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1854. He has four children - Mariette, Jasper, Malvina and Edgar A.; he lost i wo children - Oscar and Malvina, aged respectively 16 years and 14 months. Dr. Ewing has been Chairman of the Board of Supervisors one year, and Town Treasurer one term ; his farm contains 160 acres of land. Besides attending to the business of farming. Dr. Ewing has practiced medicine, more or less, for many years.

JOSEPH Cr. HAY, farmer, Sec. 26; P. 0. Portage; was born in Nunda, Livingston Co., N. Y., August, 1824; removed to Pennsylvania in 1849; came to Columbia Co. in 1851, where his father, Almon Hay, settled, locating on Sec. 17, Lewiston Township. Mr. Hay was married, March, 1866. to Harriet A. McDonough, whose mother, then Mrs. Richard Dempsie, came to Portage in 1849. Mr. Hay's farm contains 160 acres.

ANDREW ISAACSON, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Lewiston; was born in Sweden in 1835 ; came with his father's family to the United States in 1851 ; they came to Columbia Co. and settled on Sec. 22, where they now reside; his parents had three children, Andrew being the youngest. His wife is

AlVDERS JERTSOIV, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Lewiston ; born in Norway in 1821. Married to Martha S. Jertson ; came to the United States in 1850 ; lived a few months at Pine Lake, Wis., when he came to Columbia Co.; he settled on his present farm about 186ii ; has seven children - Swen, Hans, Nellie, Ann, Amelia, Martha, Sophia. Mr. Jertson and his oldest son, John Jertson, enlisted during the war of the rebellion in the 1st Regiment U. S. Heavy Artillery; John died at the hospital in Alexandria, June, 1865. Mr. Jertson's farm contains 190 acres of land ; his improvements are good.

JAMES H. JERTSOX, carpenter and builder. Sec. 22; P. 0. Lewiston ; born in Norway, 1844 ; he came to the United States with his parents, Hans and Aslang Jertson, in 1850 ; his parents soon after came to Columbia Co. and settled on Sec. 22, where th6y now reside ; Mr. Jertson is, by trade, a carpenter and builder. His farm contains 160 acres; his improvements are good. He was married to Clara C. Isaacson, daughter of liars Isaacson ; has four children - Ann M., Herman L., Gi'orge C, and an infant son.

E. F. LiE WIS, farmer and manufacturer of knit underwear. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Lewiston ; was born in New London Co., Conn., July 16, 1821 ; he removed wiih his parents to Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1830 ; then to Rock Co., Wis., in 183y, where they resided till their death ; his father died in 1858 ; his mother died in the spring of 1874; in June, 1849, Mr. Lewis came lo Columbia Co., and made a claim of the farm which he now owns. He was married, April 19, 1841, to Miss Betsey L. Barrett, born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., March 29, 1819 ; her parents removed to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, when she was a child, then to Rook Co., Wis., in 1888; her father, Stephen Barrett, was a soldier of the war of 1812; was a member of M. B. Tubb's company, New York militia; he died Oct. 24, 1877, aged 86 years ; her mother died March 10, 1879 ; they died at the residence of Mr. Lewis where they had resided since March, 1875 ; Mr. Lewis has had seven children, tiiree of whom are living - Stephen B., Franklin F., and William L.; his oldest son, Judson A., enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, 23d W. V. I., was made second Corporal of the company, afterward promoted to Sergeant, and was killed in the charge on the enemy's works at Vicksburg. May 22, 1863, at the age of 19 years and 8 months; Edward B", fifth child, born Dec. 28, 1852, June 4, 1872 ; Charles L., second child, and George W., sixth child, died in infancy. Mr. Lewis, in honor of whom the town was named, made the third settlement in the town of Lewiston, and is the earliest present resident ; he was elected Sheriff in 1856, and has served as Under Sheriff two years ; has held various township offices, and was appointed Deputy Provost Marshal for Columbia Co. in July, 1863, served till the close of the war ; during his long residence in Columbia Co., Mr. Lewis Jjiy his sterling qualities, has maintained the respect and esteem of the people, and is a worthy representative of that pioneer element of our country, which laid the foundation for our present success and prosperity as a State. Stephen B. Lewis, born July 12, 1848, graduated at the State Normal School, Whitewater, Wis., 1875, married Elizabeth Church, of Whitewater. Franklin F. Lewis, born Sept. 28, 1850, married Victorine Rockwell, of Whitewater ; has one child, Mabel.

WILIilAM McDonald, farmer. Sec. 10; P. 0. Portage City ; was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1824 ; his parents removed to Jefferson Co., when he was about 8 years of age. Mr. McDonald was married in 1849, to Elizabeth Cannon, a native of England ; they came to Columbia Co. in the spring of 1851, and settled on Sec. 26, Lewiston Township, on the farm now owned by his sons, David and John ; he bought his present farm of Hans Osmundson in 1854, where he settled permanently in 1859; has twelve children - David, John E., Nancy, Samuel, William, Ann, Margaret, Elizabeth, James, Abraham L., Ulysses S. and Julia. Mr. McDonald enlisted in the 1st Heavy Artillery, September, 1864, served till the close of the war; his father, David McDonald, was a native of Inverness, Scotland ; he came lo this country and settled in Columbiana Co., Ohio, about 1811 ; he died in March, 1870; his mother was born in West Virginia ; died November, 1878. His farm contains 484 acres ; his improvements are second to none in the town of Lewiston.

CARL PHIEHLER, fiirmer, Sec. 32; P. 0. Lewiston; was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1825 ; he came to the United States in 1850 ; came to Lewiston Township and settled on his present farm in 1851. He was married to Wilhelmina Myer; they have five children - August, Carl, Ernst, Gustaf and Lizzie. His farm contains 200 acres. Ho and wife belong to the Lutheran Church.

PETER TEKNISOIV, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Lewiston ; born in Norway in 1842; came t . this country with his parents in 1852; his parents settled in Lewiston Township, but now reside in Faribault Co., Minn. Mr. Tennison enlisted in 1861 in the 18th W. V. I.; served till August, 1865 ; he entered the service as a private ; became successively Corporal. Sergeant, Orderly Sergeant and Second Lieutenant, receiving his commission as Lieutenant in the spring of 1865 ; he participated in many of the severest battles of the war ; was at the battle of Shiloh on both days of that desperate struggle ; at the siege of Corinth, battles of Corinth and luka ; was wounded at Jackson, Miss., and taken prisoner Mav 14, 1862; was a prisoner about three months when he was exchanged ; he was also at the battles nf Chattanooga, Altoona Pass, etc.; at the expiration of his term of service, he re-enlisted and served till the close of the war. Mr. Tennison bought his present farm in 1807. He was married to Cornelia C. Oltson, born in Wisconsin ; has three children - Becca H., Oscar T. and Carl A.; his farm contains 120 acres.

AliBERT SHARF, fiirmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Briggsville ; was born in Germany in 1833; came to the United .States in 1851 ; has been a resident of Lewiston Township since that time; he settled on Sec. 27 in 1*^57 ; located on his present farm April, 1877. He was niairied to Lizzie Hilderbrandt ; they have sis children - Sophia, Frederick, Charles, Henry, William and Emma; farm contains 215 acres.

C F. SIEVVERT, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Colburn ; was born in Prussia. Germany, in 1825 ; he came to the United States in the fall of 1850 ; settled on his present farm in 1851. He was married in 1854 to Henrietta Hickithier, born in Prussia; they have nine children - Wm. Gustaf, Elizabeth. Charles, Julius, Otto, Ida, Emma and Benjamin ; farm contains about 300 acres. Mr. Siewert served as a soldier in the German army for two and <me-half years ; also served in the Union army during the rebellion for about nine months, in Co. D, 46th W. V. I. Mr. Siewert came to this country with his parents, who bad seven children ; his parents live on the farm of their son, C. F.

DEWITT STEPHENS, farmer and pilot on the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Lewiston ; born in Lamoille Co., Vt., in 1831 ; removed with his ])arents to Washington Co., N. Y.. in 1842, where he resided till 1858, when he came to Columbia Co.; he was engaged on the Fox River, between Portage and Green Bay, from 1861 till about 1866 ; from 1860 till 1871, had charge of a boat running between Portage and Oshkosh ; since that time, has been engaged as pilot for the Government ou tlie Wisconsin River. Mr. Stephens purchased his present farm in 1858, where he resides during the close of navigation. He was married to Ella R. Bissell, born in Vermont; farm contains 85 acres.

B. H. WIIjMSEX, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Colburn ; was born in Prussia, Germany, in November, 1822 ; he came to the United States in the spring of 1854; he settled on his present farm in the fall of that year. Was married, June 4, 1854, to Elizabeth Hebben, born in Germany; have ten children - Maria L., John G., Ernst A., Albert E., Matilda A., Bertha S., Napoleon J., Herman R., Charles :ind Cecelia; lost one daughter in infancy; farm contains 660 acres. Mr. Wilmsen has been Town Treas urer two years, and Town Clerk for about eight years.

Town Of Arlington

nRS. ESTHER CALDWELL, widow of the late John Caldwell, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Poy- -nett. Mrs. Caldwell w.is born in Scotland, where she was married to James Stevenson, born March 15, 1808 ; they came to this country in 1853, and settled in the town of Dekorra, afterward removed to the town of Caledonia, where they lived about two years ; then returned to Dekorra, where Mr. Stevenson died December, 1857 ; his widow married Mr. John Caldwell, who died May, 1879, in his 72d year. Mrs. Caldwell had eight children by her first marriage, six of whom are living - Jane, Ella, Maggie, Nettie. Andrew and Annie ; has one son John, by second marriage. Andrew Stevenson, at present, has charge of his mother's farm ; he was born in Scotland in 1849 ; he has lived (juite a number of years in the town of Leeds ; he has taught eleven winter terms of school ; taught eight terms in District No. 5, town of Menna. Dane Co.

WILLIAM CALDWELL, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Lodi; is the son of John Caldwell, who came to this country from Ayrshire, Scotland, 1850 ; the family consisted of father and five children : the mother having died in Scotland ; they passed the first winter in the town of Caledonia ; the following year removed to Arlington, and finally settled in Sec. 6. Mr. Caldwell, Sr., married Mrs. Esther Stevenson ; he died in May, 1879, in his 72d year ; his children by first marriage are living, excejit one daughter Janet. William Caldwell was born in Scotland in 1828. He married Miss Ann Mclntyre, also born in Scotland ; they have ten children - John, Ann, William A., Robert, Peter, Elizabeth R., Samuel Jj., Margaret, Jane O. and Katie May ; lost one son, Andrew, in infancy. Farm contains 460 acres.

JOHIV DUFF, farmer, Sec. IG ; P. 0. Poynettc ; was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in June , 1S19 ; he came to Columbia Co. from Delaware Co., N. Y.; he lived in the town of Lowville one summer ; thence to the town of Arlington, Sec. 21, wiiere ho lived eight years; thence to his present location Nov- 'M, 1863. He was married to Caroline Warren, born in England; they have eight children - Alexander, James W., Arthur E., George A., John A., Elizx, Frank E. and Edwin ; lost their fifth child, Charles S., in his 14th year. Farm contains 280 acres. He is engaged principally in stock-raising.

P. H. (jrUXlVISON, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Lodi ; was born in Canandaigua, Ontirio Co., N. Y., in 1832. He was married to Miss Frank More, born in the State of Michigan; came to Wisconsin in January, 1856. and purchased his present farm of Ephraim Hazlet April 17, 1856; his parents still eside in Ontario Co., N. Y., on the farm where they have lived for fifty years. He has eight children - Eilna M., Irwin L., Charles N., George H., Emma A., William N., John H. and Alice F. His farm contains 160 acres.

IVEK LARSON, farmer. Sec. 32 ; P.O. Lodi; born in Norway in 1829. Married Betsy Spoonam in 1853 ; came to the United States the same year ; bought present farm in 1855 ; have nine children - Lars M., Edwin C., M. Lena, Clara, Sarah, Em'ma, Adolph, Herman and M. Riber. Mr. Larson has 88 acres of land. Members of the Lutheran Church.

liOUIS lilNTX ER, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Arlington ; was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1834 ; his father's family emigrated to the United States in 1848, and settled in Erie Co., Penn.; they came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1854; settled in the town of Randolph in 1855; afterward removed to the town of Courtland. Mr. Louis Lintner settled on the farm where he now resides in the fall of 1867. He was married to Margaret Mueler, born in Hesse, Germany ; they have six children - Samuel, Frances, Henry, Benjamin, Louis and Theodore. Mr. Lintner has 324 acres of land ; they are members of Evangelical Church. His father resides with him.

OliEi J. IjIONE, farmer. Sec. 32 ; P. O. Lodi; was born in Norway in 1820; came to this country in 1847 ; lived in La Fayette, Co., Wis., about seven years ; then came to his present location. His wife is also a native of Norway ; they have three children - Magdalena, John and Lars ; their daughter, Martha, married and residing in Minnesota, died Aug. 30, 1879. Mr. Lione has 140 acres of land. He and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

HUGH McFARLAXE, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Poynette ; born at Plumb Bridge, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1875. Mr. McFarlane is not only one of the earliest settlers of Columbia Co., but also of Wisconsin ; he came to the Territory in 1835 ; he was for some time at the lead mines, in what is now Iowa Co.; he first came to Portage in 1837 ; he is one of the founders of that city, where he located permanently in 1843, where, for many years, he was engaged in lumbering and merchandising. He was a member of the last Territorial and first State Legislature of Wisconsin. He located where he now lives in 1859. His first wife was ^^Sarah Dunn, born in Ireland; she died July 14, 1862; his present wife was Ann C. Wells, born in Berkshire Co., Mass.; he had eight cliildren by first marriage, four of whom are living - Mary Ann, now Mrs. 0. P. Williams ; Matilda, now Mrs. P. L. Knappen ; Sarah, now Mrs. T. F. Knappen ; Lizzie D., now Mrs. A. Arthur Clark ; his oldest son, Andrew J., enlisted August, 1862, in the 23d W. V. I., and was mortally wounded at the siege of Vicksburg May 19, 1863 ; he enlisted as a private ; when^wounded, was First Lieutenant, and in command of his company ; he was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin ; the other children deceased died in infancy ; has two children by second marriage - Clara W. and Hugh. His farm contains 300 acres.

ANDREW jflAIR, farmer. Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Poynette ; was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in January, 1835 ; came to the United States in the spring of 1854 ; lived in Rock Co., Wis., one year ; thence to Jefferson Co., one year ; came to the town of Arlington in 1857 ; settled on his present farm in the spring of 1861. Married to Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of James Wilson ; have seven children - Charles, Mary, Agnes, Margaret, James, Thomas and Robert. Mr. Mair's farm contains 240 acres.

THOMAS MAIR, farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. O. Poynette ; was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in September, 1821 ; he came to the United States in April, 1849, and settled in Rock Co., Wis.; located where he now lives in the fall of 1855. He was married in Scotland to Agnes Jemmison, sister of Hugh Jemmison, of Poynette ; they have nine children - Charles, Janet, Hugh, Agnes, Jeanie, Mary, Sarah A., Minnie and Maggie ; lost two children in infancy ; the two oldest were born in Scotland. Mr. Mair visited his native land in the fall of 1874. His farm contains 177 acres.

MARK MEDDOWCROFT, farmer ; Sec. 1 ; P. O. Poynette ; was born in England in 1820 ; his father died in England ; he came to this country with his mother's family in 1840 ; he remained in the East till 1847, where he was engaged in work at his trade - that of a mason ; in June of that year he came to Wisconsin, and settled on his present farm. His wife was Sarah Rowley, born in England ; she died in February, 1867 ; he has had eleven children, nine of whom are living - Irene, Amanda, Jesse, Ann, Reuben and Ransom (twins), Hannah and Sophia (twins), and Millie ; lost oldest and youngest. His farm contains 315 acres ; it lies in the three towns, Arlington, Dekorra and Lowville. He is engaged quite extensively in stock-raising. His mother had six children when she came to this country ; only himself and a younger sister, now livins in Iowa, survive. -

KEV. CHARLES NCHNEIDEK, Pastor of Emmanuel's Church, of the Evangelical Association ; born in the town of Girard, Clayton Co., Wis., in 1849, where he resided with his parents until about 19 years of age, when he entered the Northwestern College, at Naperville, 111., where he remained about four years ; he entered the ministry in the spring of 1872, at Beloit, Wis.; thence to Washington the following year, where he remained two years ; thence to Madison for one year ; thenc" to Whitewater for three years ; came to his pre-ent location in the spring of 1879. He was married to Emma Thilke, daughter of John Thilke, of Prairie du Sac, Sauk Co.; have two children - Cora and Adda ; lost second child, Reuben.