Fountain Prairie Town (part 9 of 11)

EVAN JONES, farmer, Sec. 24; P. 0. Cambria; was born March 29, 1826, in Merionethshire, Wales, son of John Daniel Jones, who came to America in the spring of 1849 ; came to Columbia Co., Wis., and located in Scott, where he died in 1858. Evan was married, May 21, 1859, to Eliza Williams, who was born in the same place he was Nov. 13, 1827 ; they have four children - John D., Susan Jane, Morgan and Jane. Both are members of the Calvinistic Methodist Church ; he is a Republican, and has about 30(t acres of land.

UUCirH R. JONES, fiirmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Cambria; was born March 14, -1836, in Anglesea, North Wales; son of Richard Jones; came to America in 1857, and settled first in Kane Co., 111.; lived there three years, then came to Wisconsin, and was married, Dec. 29, 1860, to Laura Williams, who was born Feb. 24, 1840, daughter of William W. Williams, from Carnarvonshire, Wales, where she was born. Mr. Jones lived near Cambria four years, then removed to Colorado and lived in Denver three or four months ; then went to Central City and worked at the trade of stonemason, which he had learned of his father in Wales, till the fall of 1869, then returned to Wisconsin and bought the farm he now owns. Has three children - Richard R., Mary Jane and Emma, all at home. Both members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church ; he is a Republican, and has 100 acres of land.

Ci}EOR<]}E C. KEITH, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. O. Pardeeville, born April 24, 1830, in Geauga Co., Ohio; his father, Charles Keith, a native of Massachusetts, died in January, 1830, before George was born ; his mother married Joseph Hewitt, and came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1841 ; lived in Walworth Co. till 1847, then came to Columbia Co.; now living in Juneau Co. Mr. Keith was married, Oct 16, 1852, in Walworth Co., to Ann Turner, who was born May 20,1832, in New York City; daughter of William Turner, a native of Ensrland, who came to America in 1829, and died Oct. 13, 1876, aged 86; he had been a member of the Masonic Fraternity since April 28, 1826, when he joined Philanthropic Lodge, No. 568, at Leeds, and Mrs. Keith now has in her possession hi diploma, granted by the Duke of Ulster, Grand Master. Mr. Keith lived in the town of Scott three years after his marriage, then went to Marquette Co. and lived in the town of Buffalo till March, 1868; then bought his present farm, and has resided on it since. Has six children - William and Willard (twinsj, George E., Henry, Espa and Mary, all at home. Mrs. Keith is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Keith was drafted in 1861, and assigned to the 34th W. V. L,Co.A, and was in the service eleven months, and discharged at the expiration of his term ; Nov. 18, 1864, he enlisted in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, Co. G, for one year, and was discharged at the close of the war, June 26, 1865 ; held the office of Corporal. His first child, Marinette, was born Nov. 10, 1863, and died when 10 months old. He is a Republican, and has I'll acres of land.

UIL.es LANtJDON, farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Marcellon ; born in Geauga Co., Ohio, Feb. 11, 1825 ; son of Martin Langdon, a native of Massachusetts, who removed to Ohio in 1813 or 1814, and from there to Illinois in 1839 ; in May, 1844, Giles Langdon came to Wisconsin in company with his uncle, John Langdon, for whom he worked some time, helping to build a house for him, and one for S. S. Torber ; the one they built for Mr. Langdon was covered with ba.sswood bark ; he took up a claim of 80 acres, where Cambria now stands ; he then went to Dodge Co., and worked awhile putting up hay, then oame back and made a bargain to sell his claim to his cousin Samuel Langdon; then worked in Walworth Co. two months ; then went to Portage and worked for Carpenter and Capt. Low, before there was a house built where Portage now stands ; then, for about three years, he worked in the pinery winters and ran on the river summers; in the summer of 1848, he bought a part of the land he now owns, and has added to it till he has now 180 acres; in the spring of 1853, he started across the Plains for California, fell in with several others on the way to St. Louis, who were bound for the same point, and all together fitted out a team, near Jjeavenworth, Kan., of five yoke of oxen and cows, and arrived in California on the (llh day of September ; remained there till 1862; worked at farming and mining alternately with varied success; would lay up money working by the month at farming, then go to mining and lose it. After he returned to Wisconsin, he was married, in October, 1863, to Mary E. Stancer, daughter of Charles Stancer, a native of England, who came from Onondaga Co., N. Y., to Wisconsin in 1848, settled in the town of Sco t, and died in May, 1870, aged 56 years. Mr. Langdon has lived on his farm ever since he was married ; has seven children - Niley, Jessie, Milo, Frank, Harvey, Dora and Alice, all at home. In politics, Republican.

ROBERT IflcCONOCHIE, farmer. Sec. 35; P. 0. Cambria; was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, March 7, 1821, in the parish of Dalrymple ; son of Robert McConochie, who emigrated to Canada in 1831 or 1832 ; located in the township of Pickering, Canada West, and followed farming till his death. Robert, Jr., remained on his father's farm till April 28, 1847, then came to Wisconsin in company with George Lang and James Allison, young men about his own age, to look at the country and visit his two brothers, Samuel and John, who came to Wisconsin two years before, and located in the town of Scott,

Culumbia Co., and kept what was known as the " Blue Tavern;" soon after his arrival, he located 80 acres of the form on which he now lives, and loaned money to Allison to locate another 80 near his ; Lang returned to Canada, and never came back ; Mr. McConoehie broke 10 acres on his 80, and bought another 80 adjoining his, of John Dodge, for which he paid $3 per acre; he also located another 120 near by; he then returned to Canada and worked through harvest, coming back to Wisconsin in September, 1817 ; he boarded with his brothers about two years and worked his own land ; has resided in the town of Scott ever since, but made several visits to Canada during the time. Feb. 8, 1856, he was married in Portage City to Marijaret Robinson, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland. She was born March 21, 1832, daughter of Robert Robinson, who now lives in Canada ; Mr. McConoehie has six children - Elizabeth (now Mrs. Stewart Pasley, of Oiitario, Canada), M.irgaret, John, Marian, William and Hugh; lost one, Robert' - was born Oct. 11, 13tl2, and died when 4 years and 2 weeks old. He has 600 acres of land, in three farms ; once sold the home farm for $.i0 per acre, and traveled through Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Canada, and, being unable to suit himself, returned to Wisconsin, bought back his old farm at $10 per acre more than he got for it, and since that has been satisfied with his first love ; he raises grain principally, but keeps some stock ; has been successful in business ; is now 59 years old ; has never had a lawsuit. Is a Democrat, but not a politician, preferring to devote his time and energies to his own personal affiiirs, and never accepting office except in the school district, when he considered it his duty ; has been Clerk of District No. 3 for the last ten years. Both members of the Presbyterian Church.

JAIIEIS MACKI\, farmer. Sec. 18; P. O. Pardeeville ; born Oct. 9, 1827, in Syracuse, N. Y.; son of Eugene Mackin, who died in Syracuse when James was 7 years old; his mother then married John Smith, and they came to Wisconsin in 1855 or 1856, and settled in Columbia Co.; he died in 1879. James was married in 1862 to Rebecca Jerome, daughter of Daniel Jerome, of Marcellon ; has two children - Frances Winona and Ella Susan. Republican ; and owns 80 acres of land.

V. W. ^tllLLEK, farmer. Sec. 4; P. 0. Cambria; born March 23, 1831, in Steuben Co., N. Y.; son of VVm. D. Miller; c.ime to Wisconsin in the spring after he was 21 years old, landing in Milwaukee on the 1st day of June, 1852, with two cents in his pocket; he settled at that time in the town of Scott, whore he has resided ever since. Was married in Steuben Co., N. Y., when he was 18 years old, to Ema'ine Egbert, who died Dec. 19, 1874, aged 48, leaving three children - Jainey (now Mrs. George Whitman, of Barron Co., Wis.), bora March 19, 1853 ; Alfred and Elbert (twins), born May 31, 1858, and living at home. Mrs. Miller was a member of the M. E. Church. He has 720 acres of land. In politics, Independent.

C. J. ]lHUIiL.EXCUP, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Marcellon ; he was born in Hohenhaslach, Gheramt Vaihingen Koningreich, Wurtemburg, Germany, Sept. 14, 1829 ; came to America in 1848, and settled in Huntington Co., [nd. ; lived there two years, then went to Ohio and lived in Preble Co. three years, then back to Indi.ma ; went to work in Wabash Co., and, Oct. 25, 1825, was married, in Columbia City, Ind., to Cynthia Ann Wells, who was born March 23, 1836, in Marion Co., Ind. ; daughter of Hugh Wells, a native of Ohio. After his marriage, he lived in Whitley Co. eight years, then came to Wisconsin, and located July 17, 1867, on the farm he now occupies. He has ten children living - Emma A., Ellen B. (now .Mrs. Margaret Thomas, of Scott), Nancy E., Dillie H., L. V. D. May, Tolalind Viola (twins), Alzoa A., Ida L. and Otto W. ; lost one child - Hugh W., died Sept. 28, 1864, aged 1 year and 5 months. Both are members of the M. E. Church ; he is a Republican, and has a farm of 140 acres.

WlIiLIAifl OWEN^, farmer, Sec. 23; P. 0. Cambria; he was born June 4, 1822, in Anirlesea. Wales; son of Robert Owen; he worked in a slate quarry in Wales; came to America in 1846, and located in the town of Scott, Columbia Co., and has resided in the town ever since. He was Sept. 1, 1848, in the town of Scott, to Margaret Hughes, of Randolph; he thinks he was the first one married in the town of Scott, and this was the third marriage recorded in Columbia Co. ; Mrs. Owen died Sept. 3, 1866, leaving five children - William (lives in Dakota), Maggie (is now Mrs. Richard Williams, of Dodge Co., Wis.), Ellen (lives in Cambria), Robert and Richard (at home) ; had lost three - Evan died at the age of 3 months; Mary Ann died in her 17th year, and Hugh in his 12th year, both in February, 1866: was married the second time, June 29, 1859, to Mrs. Hannah Edmunds, of Milwaukee; dau.'hter of John Roberts, from Anglesea, Wales, where she was born in September, 1821. Both are members of the Welsh Presbyterian Church. He has 320 acres of land, and is a Republican.

GEORGE PAYIVE, farmer. See. 19; P. 0. Marcellon; he was born Dec. 4, 1818, in Madi- .son Co., [II.; son of Christopher Payne, a native of Somerset Co., Penn., born in 1786; he lived in Ohio, Ld'ana, Illinois and Wisconsin while they were Territories; he came to Geneva Lake in February, 1836; had land deeded at the first land sale in Wisconsin ; he died Feb. 18, 1872, in his 85th year. George Payne remained at home till he was 22 years old. He was married, at Duck Lake, Walworth

Co., June 2, 1842, to Arvilla Langdon, who was born July 15, 1825, in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio; daughter of Sylvanus Laugdou, who came to Wisconsin from Ohio in the fall of 1835, and settled in Walworth Co.; he died May 1, 18G3, at about 61. Mr. Payne remained in Walworth Co. about four years after his marriage, and in August, 1846, came to Columbia Co., and located on the farm he now owns and occupies. Has had three children, two of whom are living - Elizabeth ( is now Mrs. Stephen Woodard, of the town of JlarccUon) and Mary ( now Mrs. Melvin Fuller, of Scott) ; his son William was born May 4, 1845; enlisted Jan. 5, 1864, in the 2d W. V. C, Co. K, and was killed April 21, 1864, in a skirmish with the rebels near Red Bone, Miss. Mr. Payne is a Democrat, and has held the office of Side Supervisor, and is now one of the Directors in the town insurance company of Randolph and Scott. His sister, Mrs. Abigail Utter, was killed by the Indians on her way to Oregon in 1860 or 1861, in what was known as the Salmon Falls massacre. Mr. Payne has 382 acres in his farm. He drove team to break the first furrow ever turned where Ruckford and Uelvidere now stand in Illinois.

CHAUNCY V. ROBl!}KTS, farmer, Sec. 18; P. 0. Bellefountain ; was bom in the town of Springwater, Livingston Co., N. Y., March 21, 1831 ; son of William Roberts, who came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in Walworth Co.; lived there two years, and then came to Columbia Co. and settled in the town of Scott, on the farm now owned by Chauncy F.; he died about 1863, aged 76. Mr. Roberts was married, April 30, 1853, to Alma S. Barber, who was born June 5, 1836, in Genesee Co., N. Y., town of Byron, daughter of Hugh Barber, who came to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in Walworth Co., and died in Packwaukee, Mar(|uelte Co., about 1860; her mother died Oct. 17, 1854, aged 52. Mr. Roberts' mother died in August, 1864, aged 75. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have two children - Mary (now Mrs. John Jarvis, living near Portage) and Mark W. (single and living at home, and now holds the office of Town Clerk). Mr. Roberts has been Supervisor and Assessor two or three years each; himself and son are Republicans. Mrs. Roberts and Mark W. are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church. Mr. Roberts has 233'. acres of land in two farms.

FREKMAN Jfl. KOSS, farmer. Sec. 15; P. 0. Cambria; was born Aug. 27, 1828, in Yates Co., N. Y.; son of Morris and Mary Ross; came to Wisconsin in 1838, and settled in Walworth Co., at Geneva, and lived there till 1855. He was married, the first time, on Jan. 15, 1850, to Phoebe Herrick, a native of Yates Co., N. Y.; daugliter of Jacob Herrick ; she died Nov. 6, 1853, aged 23 years, leaving two children - Eunice A., born July 6, 1851, and is now Mrs. J. W. Gorsuch, of the town of Scott ; Mary Alice, born July 26, 1853, and died March 2, 1854. He was married the second time Nov. 14, 1854, to Mary Louisa Powell, who was born Feb. 3, 1824, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., town of Sheridan; have four children by the second marriage - William H., born Feb. 6, 1857, and now lives on Sec. 17 in the town of Scott ; George A., was born July 25, 1858 ; Ella L., born May 21, 1862; the last two are living with their parents. Mr. Ross is a Republican, and held the office of Town Clerk from 1857 to 1868 - eleven years; then Chairman two years, and since that has been Town Clerk five years; was a member of the Legislature of 1868-69. Mr. and Mrs. Ross and children all belong to the M. E. Church ; has 360 acres of laud, 40 acres of it timber, 120 acres under the plow, and the balance meadow and pasture.

JAMRS A. STKBBINS, farmer. Sec. 32; P. O. Marcellon; was born Feb. 24, 1823, in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y.; son of James Stebbins, a native of Massachusetts ; his mother's maiden name was Eunice Field. Mr. Stebbins commenced working at the carpenter and joiner's trade when 18 years old, and followed it till he was 25 ; worked at Cortland Village some time and in Syracuse, N. Y., one year. In the fall of 1845, he started West " to grow up with the country; " worked at Racine, Wis., about three weeks ; then went about twenty-five miles west of Racine, and stayed till the spring of 1846, when he came to Columbia Co., and located on Sec. 32, in the town of Scott, where he has since resided. At that time there wore only three dwellings between Fos Lake and Portage. He worked at his trade, after locating his laud, until the fall of 1849 ; then went to Massachusetts, and spent the winter, and, March 5, 1850, was married in Massachusetts to Mary B. Sherman, daughter of Benjamin Sherman; she was born Aug. 11, 1823, in Brimfield, Hampden Co., Mass. Soon after marriage, came and seitled on his farm, having built a house some time before. Have no children of their own, but adopted two boys and one girl. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican, and has been Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace. Has 200 acres of land.

WILLI AjU STKBBIIVN, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Marcellon ; was born Sept. 29, 1826, in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y.; son of James and Eunice (Field) Stebbins; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850, and bought the land he now owns, and has resided on it ever since, except two years in Pardeeville ( 1870 and 1871). He was married, April 16, 1854, to Sabrina Beach, who was born Oct. 10, 1829, in Luzerne, Warren Co. N. Y., daughter of Nathan Beach, now living in California. They have two children - Joseph Wayland, born Feb. 12, 1S55 (married to Katie Elizabeth Bezer, of the town of Scott, and living in Davidson Co., Dakota; P. 0. Alexander, Hanson Co.), and Nellie Eunice, born Dec. 3, 1864, and living at home. Mr. Stebbins is a Republican, and has been Supervisor one term. He has 130 acres of land.

HENRY SL.Iiy(;;ER, farmer. Sec. 33; P. O. Cambria; was born in Lancashire, Eng., Feb. 14, 1844; son of Andrew Slinger, who came to America in the spring of 1849 and settled in Springvale, Columbia Co., Wis., where he died, Nov. 19, 1849. His mother is still living on Sec. 4 in Springvale, at the age of 67. They .came into the county with a family of eight children and lived in a board shanty, 12x16, till fall, when they built a good frame house. They bought a cookstove soon after they came, but not knowing how to use it, set it one side, and did their cooking through the summer in the open air, over a fireplace, made between two stumps. Mr. Slinger was married Oct. 10, 1S63, to Rachel Smith, who was born July 2, 1841, in Staffordshire, Eng., daughter of William Smith, who came to America in the fall of 1848, and died March 1, 1851 : have two children - Andrew R., born Jan. 8, 1869, and Tempest Hurry, born May 26, 1879. He is a Republican, and has been As.sessor two years, and is now elected for the third term. Has 155 acres of land.

THEODORE THOMAS, farmer. Sec 34; P.O.Cambria; was born in Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 4, 1825, son of Solomon Thomas, a native of Woodstock, Vt., who came from Canada to Wisconsin in 1843, and settled in Walworth Co., and died March 20, 1854; Theodore came to Columbia Co. in the fall of 1845, and bought 120 acres of land, on Sec. 34, in the town of Scott, which was the second piece of land bought on the road between Portage City and two and a half miles this side of Fox Lake. He then returned to Walworth Co. and remained there the spring of 1848, then come back to Scott and broke 10 acres for himself and 87 acres for his neighbors; he then returned to Walworth Co. for the winter, and in the spring of 1849 came up and broke another 10 acres for himself and about 60 or 65 acres for others, running a breaking team with Robert McConochie. In the fall, he .went back to Walworth Co., and Sept. 7, 1849, was married to Elizabeth Connor, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., town of Ira; she was born June 18, 1827 ; daughter of Josiah Connor. The following spring he came on his farm (having built a house the fall previous) and has lived on it ever since ; has four children living - Maynard (on the homestead) ; J. C. (on Sec. 35 in Scott) ; Mary E. (now Mrs. Thomas Baillies of Scott, on south line of Sec. 34) ; and Lillie (at home) ; he was four days making the trip from Walworth Co. to Columbia Co., with an ox team, and $5 in his pocket, for a journey of seventy-five miles, got here and paid -$1.50 for two bushels of potatoes ; 50 cents for three pecks of oats, and had money left. Has been Supervisor two or three terms, and is a Republican with strong Greenback tendencies. He has 151 acres of land.

JONATHAN N. TRIPP (deceased) was born Jan. 17, 1820, in the town of Windsor, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, son of Thomas Tripp, a native of the State of New York. Was married in Bristol, Trumbull Co , Ohio, June 12, 1844, to Mary L. Parish, who was born Feb. 4, 1817, in Orleans Co., Vt.; daughter of John Parish, who removed to Ohio in 1834 and died in 1845. Mr. Tripp lived in Trumbull Co., Ohio, and worked at wagon-making, (lo which trade he had been apprenticed when 17 years old) till June, 1853, then came with his family to Wisconsin and located on the farm now occupied by his widow, on Sec. 29, in the town of Scott, where he resided till his death, Dec. 30, 1867, of consumption, with which he had been alBicted for several years ; he had been able to work, however, till the last two years of his life. He left four children - Julia, Cornelia E. (now Mrs. Charles Richards of Packwaukee, Wis), Charles Parish and Ida Adelle ; all at home except the one married ; Charles is a carpenter aud joiner and follows that business, Julia is a dressmaker, and Ida a teacher. Mr. Tripp was a Republican, and once held the oflSce of Justice of the Peace. He left a farm of 120 acres, which now has good buildings and is occupied by the family ; P. 0. Marcellon.

JOSEPH W. TURNER, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. O. Pardeeville ; born May 6, 1849, in Walworth Co., Wis.; son of John Turner (now of Portage City). Joseph W. was married Dec. 31, 1874, to Lida Elwood, who was born Aug. 28, 1854, in Fairwater, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; daughter of John Elwood. a native of the State of New York, now living in Markesan, Wis. Mr. Turner remained with his father till ho was 21 years old, then worked for his father four years, for 40 acres of land, and bought 60 acres more the fall before his marriage; has two children - Edith, born Jan, 3, 1876, and Robert, born April 29, 1877. He is a Republican and has 100 acres of land.

JOSEPH TURNER, farmer. Sees. 4,5 and 8 ; P.O. Pardeeville ; born March 24, 1819, in Yorkshire, Eng., town of Leeds; son of William Turner, who came to America in 1829, and died Oct. 13, 1876. (See biography of George C. Kietb.) Mr. Turner was married in 1837, to Mary Ann Brier, who died Aug. 20, 1875, leaving five children - Josephine, Henrietta, Frances Amelia, Viola and John Grant; Josephine is now Mrs. C. 0. Hubbell, of Lanesboro, Minn.; Henrietta lives with her sister in

Minnesota; Frances Amelia is now Mis. D. J. Albee, of La Crnsse ; Mr. Albce is a conductor on tlie Cliit-ago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad ; Viola is Mr.*. John Keefe. of Waujiun ; John G lives at home. Was married the second time, Oct. 1, 1879, to Mrs. Mary Clark, widow of Almon Chirk. Her maiden name was Sawyer, and she was a native of England ; she had four children by )iit first liusband - Adelbert, Alvah, Nettie and Martha. In the fall of 1878, he wont to the southern part of Minnesota and spent the winter there, and again the next fall and spent the winter; he has 940 acres of land ; is a Republican.

Town Of Caledonia

%VII^L.IA]!II BLACK, farmer, Sec. 8; P. 0. Alloa; born May 9, 1830, in Argylcshire, Scotland ; son of James Black, who came to America in 18l55 and settled in Caledonia, Sec. 10, and died Nov. 18, 1875, in the 80th year of his a^e ; Mrs. Black, whose maiden name was Janet Conk, is still living in Caledonia at the age of 82. William was married in Scotland. May 4, 1854, to Catharine White, who was born July 15, 1833, in Renfrewshire, Scotland; daughter of Peter White, who died in Scotland when she was only 5 years old ; her mother, whose maiden name was Jessie McN'air. died in 1854, also in Scotland. Mr. Black followed the life of a sailor on the '' briny deep " from April, 1848, till June, 1856, then came to Wisconsin and settled in Caledonia, where he has since resided, though he has sailed on the lakes several seasons- since ; has eleven children - James W., Jessie, Sarah Catharine, Minerva, Isabella, Flora, Mary, William C, Maggie, Katie and Violet Ann. Has held the offices of Chairman of the town. Assessor and Town Clerk, and was Justice of the Peace several terms ; he is a Democrat ; owns 170 acres of land ; none of the children are married.

JOHN DOHiJLiAS, blacksmith, Sec. 3; P. 0. Alloa; came to Wisconsin in 1868 from the village of Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he was born Aug. 18, 1846 ; son of William Douglas, also a blacksmith, of whom John learned the trade; he was born, lived all his life and died in the village of Crosshouse. John was married, July 18, 1869, in Caledonia, to Mary Hoyt, daughter of John Hoyt; she was born in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, March 25, 1838. Mr Douglas has three children - William, born June 5, 1870 ; John, born March, 1875, and Anne, born Nov. 14, 1878. He is a Republican, and owns his shop and residence with six-tenths of an acre of land. Both are members of the Baptist Church.

JOHN GRAVES, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Merrimack, Sauk Co.; born in 1817 in Huntingtonshire, England ; son of William Graves ; came to America in the fall of 1841 and lived near Rahway, N. J., about three years. He was married there, in 1844, to Margaret Fitzgerald, who was a native of County Watcrlord, Ireland, daughter of Patrick Fitzgerald. Immediately after his marriage, he went to Canada, and lived in the county of Oxford till the s])ring of 1856; then came to Wisconsin and settled on the farm he now occupies in Caledonia. Has four children - Thomas, Sarah, William P. and Maggie. Mr. Graves is a Democrat in politics, and all the family are members of the Catholic Church. He owns 226 acres of land.

HKBfRY HAMIIiTON, farmer, Sec. 16; P. 0. Alloa; was born April 23, 1829, in County Down, Ireland; son of George Hamilton; he came to America in 1851, arriving in New York on the 11th day of June; lived in Dunkirk awhile, then went back to New York City, and from there to Connecticut, where he was married in Stamford, in 1856, to Elizabeth Egan, a native of Kings Co., Ireland. Hi) came to Wisconsin in 1858, and has lived in the town of Caledonia ever since; has eight children - Mary Elizabeth, Margaret, Ellen, Sarah Jane, Isabell, James Henry, Lucy and Theresa, all at home; has been Supervisor three years, and School Director and Treasurer; he is a Democrat, and has 200 acres of land, 160 acns in his farm and 40 acres of timber.

ALIjKIV J0H\S0N, farmer, Sees. 25 and 36; P. 0. Portage ; came to Wisconsin in July, 1841, from Galena, 111., and made a claim in Caledonia (same land be now owns) in the spring of 1842 ; then went into the pinery at Grand Rapids^ and remained till the spring of 1 843 ; he then returned to Caledonia, built a cabin on his land, and lived there till the fall of 1853, when he rented his farm, and bought property in Dekorra, where he resided till November, 1800; then returned to his farm, and has lived there since ; about the time he went to Dekorra, he purchased a quarter-section of pine land in Juneau Co., and followed lumbering in winters, till he returned to the farm ; he was born in Ontario, Canada, Nov. 9, 1820; son of Kufus Johnson; went from there to Illinois in 1837; drove stage about fourteen months from Joliet to Ottawa, Spriugfield and Chicago ; then followed steamboating on the

Mississippi about four months. Was married, Nov. 27, 1843, in Dekorra, to Mary Chalfant, and were the first couple married in that town; she was born May 11, 1826, ia Hif^hland Co., Ohio; daughter of Aaron and Sarah Chalfant. Mr. Johnson has eisjhc children living - Mary Virginia, Alice, Ann Eliza, Charles, Jlmma, William, James and Lewis; lost three - Edward, Henry and Edwin. He is a Democrat, and has 240 acres of land. Mrs. Johnson's brother, Ansalem Chalfant, was born in Dekorra, Oct. 26, 1842, and was the first white child born in that town, and was also the first death in the town, being drowned June 11, 1845.

EVAN E. JONES, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Portage ; born Oct. 17, 1818, in Merionethshire, North Wales; son of Edward Jones, who came to America in 1842, and settled in Oneida Co., N. Y., where he died a few years after, and two years after the death of his wife. ' Mr. Jones was married in

1847, in Utiea, N. Y., to Margaret Roberts, who was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, May 7, 1818; daughter of Thomas Roberts, who died in Wales. Mr. Jones came to Wisconsin in July, 1849, and has lived in Caledonia ever since ; his wife died Jan. 19, 1879, about 60 years of age; she was the mother of seven children, only two of whom were living at the time of her death - Margaret, born June 16, 1850, now Mrs. Richard , Owen, of Caledonia, and Thomas E., born Sept. 16, 1858, who is married to Lizzie Jones, daughter of David Jones, and living in the homestead with his father; Catharine was born Aug. 3,

1854, died Dec. 20, 1862; Edward, born Aug. 30, 1856, died Dec. 13, 1862, and Evan, born Aug. 2, 1864, died Jan. 14, 1866 ; the last four of diphtheria. Mr. Jones is a Deacon in the Calvinist Church, of which he is a member, and a member of the Bible Society of New York ; is a Republican, and has 185 acres of land in his farm. His father was a Deacon in the same church to which he belongs upward of twenty years.

ROBERT H. JONEN, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Portage; was born Dec. 27, 1830, in Merionethshire, North Wales; son of Hugh Jones; came to America in 1851 ; lived in Rock Co., near Janesville, two years; then in the village of Union, same county, about two years, and in December, 1855, came to Caledonia, where he has since resided. Was married, Aug. 26, 1860, to Catharine, daughter of Robert Ellis, who came from Wales to New York, and from there to Columbia Co., Wis., where he remained till his death ; she was born in July, 1842, near Utica, N. Y. Mr. Jones has nine children- Hugh, David, Mary Jane, John, Robert, Winnie, Maria, Catharine and Ruth ; all at home. Is a Republican, and has 378 acres of land in his farm. Both members of the M. E. Church of Portage.

JOHN LOCKHART, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Alloa; born June 22, 1828, in Ayrshire, Scotland, parish of Tarbolton ; son of Samuel Lockhart. Was married in Scotland in 1850, to Agnes Gray, who was born in the same shire, parish of Kirkeswald, daughter of William Gray ; came to America in

1855, landing in New York on the 1st day of June; resided there till September, 1856, then came to Wisconsin, and has since lived in the town of Caledonia. Was two years Supervisor, during the war, in 1863 and 1864, and has held several minor ofiBces. The nine children are as follows : Samuel S., of Portage, William, John, James, Janet, Andrew, Robert, Maggie and Thomas - all unmarried but Samuel S. ; have lost but one - Maggie, died March 9, 1862, aged 9 months. Republican and Presbyterian. Has 259 acres of land.

CHARLES McLEISH, farmer, Sec. 20 : P. 0. Merrimack, Sauk Co., Wis.; was born Dec. 8, 1832, in Perthshire, Scotland ; son of William McLeish, who came to America in 1851 and died in 1854, in Wisconsin ; Charles arrived in Wisconsin in June, 1851, and stayed till the spring of 1852 ; then went to New York, and worked in the town of York, Livingston Co., till the fall of 1855 ; then came back to Wisconsin and bought 160 acres of land in Sec. 21, and has since lived in this town. Was married, March 9, 1859, in Portage, to Margaret Roberts, who was born Dec. 2, 1842, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, daughter of David Roberts, who came to America in 1857, and died Jan. 22, 1876 ; Mr. McLeish has nine children - Jennie, Maggie, Willie, Mary, David, Charles, Alexander, John and Isabella - all at home. Ha.s been Chairman of the town, and was School Superintendent under the old system. Democrat; and has 595 acres of land all in Sees. 20 and 21, except one 40 of timber in Sauk Co.

DAVID MARSHALL, farmer. Sec. 35; P. 0. Alloa; born Dec. 5, 1841, in Lanarkshire, Scotland ; son of John Marshall, who came to America in 1850, settled in Caledonia, and died Nov. 2, 1864; the family came over in 1851, and David has lived in Caledonia ever since he was 10 years old. Was married, Nov. 21, 1862, to Isabel Tennant, who was born Aug. 9, 1842, in Canada, daughter of Robert Tennant, a native of Roxburyshire, Scotland. Mr. Marshall has six children living - Mary, John D., Robert, William, David and Janet, all at home. Attends the Presbyterian Church, but is not a member ; Republican ; has 162 acres of land. Mr. Tennant came to Wisconsin in 1846 or 1847, and settled in Caledonia, on what was known as the "Indian farm;" he died Aug. 22, 1879, in Missouri, where he had

C. F. MOHR, farmer, Sec. 20; P. 0. Portage; born Dec. 31, 1846, near Hesse-Cassel, Germany; son of William Mohr, who came to America in 1853, lived in Buffalo, N. Y., four years, and in 1857 came to Wisconsin, settled in Caledonia, and died July 6, 1874, aged 67 ; Mrs. Mohr is still living on the homestead. Mr. Mohr was married, June 30, 1873, to Mary Eikey, a native of Sauk Co., born June 11, 1851, daughter of William Eikey, one of the first settlers of Sauk Co. Mr. Mohr has two children - Musa A.,' born May 22, 1874, and Maud, born Oct. 26, 1876. Was Town Clerk in 1877 and 1878, and is the present Chairman of the town and Justice of the Peace. Is a Republican, and a member of the M. K. Church. Has a 120-acre farm and a store in Portage, which he owns in partnership with his two brothers, Charles and August.

DAVID OWEX, farmer. Sec. 21; P. 0. Portage City ; born May 13, 1828, in Merionethshire, North Wales ; son of John Owen, who came to America in the spring of 1846, settled in Caledonia in September of the same year, and died in 1865, aged 42. David came to Caledonia with his father, and has resided in the town ever since. He was married Dec. 25, 1850, to Jane Roberts, daughter of Hugh Roberts, who came to Caledonia in 1847 ; she was born in 1832, in Oneida Co., N. Y. Mr. Owen has seven children - John A. (living on Sec. 17, Caledonia), Winnie, Roger, Maggie, Sarah, Owen and Anna; Roger and Winnie live in Howard Co., Iowa, where Mr. Owen has a 240 acre farm ; lost three children died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Owens are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church ; he is a Republican, and has held the offices of Supervisor, Treasurer, Assessor, Justice of the Peace, and several minor offices, and represented his district in the Assembly in 1877 ; has 480 acres of land in his home farm, and a 240 acre farm in Iowa. When his father came to Caledonia, he moved from Racine with ox teams ; had a covered wagon and lived in that till they had time to build a house.

JOHX OWEN, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Portage ; was born in August, 1836, in Merionethshire, North Wales; son of John Owen (see biography of William Owen, of Caledonia) ; came to America with his father in 1846, and has lived in the town of Caledonia ever since. He was married, May^ 29, 1863, in Caledonia, to Ellen Lloyd, who was born in Merionethshire, Wales, May 29, 1836, daughter of John Lloyd, who came to America in 1842, lived in Racine till 1848, then came to Caledonia, where Mrs. Lloyd died a few months after their arrival; Mr. Lloyd is still living in Howard Co., Iowa; Mrs. Owen is a .sister of E. W. Lloyd, of Cambria. Mr. Owen has four children - Jennie, Edward C, John L. and Catherine Ellen, all at home. He is a Republican ; has 400 acres of land in his farm ; has for years been a Deacon and Trustee in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, of which himself and families are members.

JOHN A. OWEN, farmer, Sec. 17; P. 0. Portage;' was born in November, 1852, in the town of Caledonia, on the farm he now owns; son of David Owen of the same town. (See his biography.) He was married, March 22, 1876, to Mary Ann Jones, who was born May 31, 1854, in Sauk Co., Wis., daughter of Thomas and Ann Jones, natives of South Wales, who came to America in 1847, and now live in Sauk Co. They have three children - Ellen Ann., born Dec. 22, 1876; David, born July 26,1878; Jane, born March 3, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Owen are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, and he is a Republican ; has 167 acres of land.

JOHN T. OWENS, farmer. Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Portage; was born April 30, 1827, in Merionethshire, North Wales ; son of Thomas Owens, who came to America when John T. was only 4 or 5 years old; lived in Herkimer Co., N. Y., till 1857 ; then came to Wisconsin and died in Caledonia in 1863, aged 62. Mr. Owens' first wife was Mary Ann Parish, and his second was Ida R. Cappler, who died Feb. 20, 1878, leaving two children - Friend Augustus, born May 3, 1872; and, Jemima J., born Sept. 1, 1873. Mr. Owen came from Herkimer Co., N. Y., to Caledonia in 1860, and has made his home in that town ever since, except two years that he was railroading in Minnesota ; while living in New York State, he followed farming, butchering, and dealing in stock. In politics, he is Republican. Has 160 acres of land.

ROBERT OWEN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Portage; was born in Merionethshire, North Wales, May 13, 1803; came to America in 1841 ; lived in Racine Co. nine years, and in 1850 removed to Columbia Co., and settled in his present location. He was married in Wales, in 1829, to Jane Evans, who was born in the same shire March 25, 1806, daughter of Rees Evans. They have had nine children, of whom only four are living - Ellen, is the wife of Thomas Jones, of Sauk Co., Wis.; Margaret, is Mrs. Hugh Williams, of Caledonia ; Jane, is now Mrs. Thomas Morris, of Caledonia. The only son, Evan R. Owen, was born March 3, 1848, in Racine, Wis., and was married May 4, 1874, to Kate Humphrey, who was bom Sept. 16, 1852, in York Co., Penn., daughter of John Humphrey, a native of Merionethshire,

Wales, who came to America in 1849, and settled in York Co., Penn., where he is still livino; ; her mother, whose niiiden name was Jane Morris, died when Kate was only 3 years old, and when 4 years old she was brought to Caledonia, where she lived with her grandfather, Morgan Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owen are members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, and he and his son Evan R. are Republicans, and have 200 acres of land.

WILLIA^I OWEN, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Portage ; was born in the village of Llanelltyd, Merionethshire, North Wales, Sept. 10, 182.5; son of John and Margaret Owen, who came to America in 1846, and settled in Caledonia in September of that year, being the first Welsh settler in the town ; he died in 1865, aged 42 years. Wm. Owen made his home with his parents till he was 27 years old, then, Jan. 1, 1853, was married to Margaret, daughter of John and Laura Jones, who came to America in 1851, and settled in Randolph, Columbia Co., Wis.; she was born Feb. 24, 1829, in Bronyfoel, Parish of Llangelynin, Merionethshire, North Wales. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have ten children - John Gwylym, Edwena Esellt and Edwyn Caradoy (twins), Aneurin, Wm. Salsbury, David G-aronwy, Owen Jones, Meirion Rhydderch, Liura Maggie and Edward Grerat. Mr. Owen was the first School Superintendent in the town, and has been Justice of the Peace; was elected Register of Deeds in 1852 for 1853 and 1854, and re-elected in 1854 for 1855 and 1856, and was a member of Assembly in the Legislature of 1865 ; was appointed to take the census in four towns in 1870, and has the appointment again for the same business in 1880. The first six years aft^r his marriage, he lived in Portage, and, in the fall of 1858, removed to Cambria, where he was engaged in buying wheat in compiny with John ap Jones, also dealing in lumber at the same time, and was d^pit agent at Cambria about four years. In 1867, he removed to the town of Randolph and went to farming on Sec. 10 ; sold out in 1873, and removed to his present location. He is a Republican in politics, aad has 637 acres of land in his farm. Both are members nf the Calvinistic Methodist Church.

JOHN PATE (deceased) was one of the oldest residents of Caledonia, and of the pioneers who buffeted the hardships of a new country, when a man had to sacrifice all the comforts of civilization in order to start a home iu the Far West. Mr. Pate was born Feb. 17, 1802, at Brown Castle, Parish of Culbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Was married to Agnes Stewart, April 25, 1837, and emigrated to America in the spring of 1842, sailing from Glasgow on the 26th of April in the ship Perthshire, Capt. Simpson, being seven weeks making the voyage across the Atlantic to the United States. He went to Albany by steamboat, thence by canal to Buffalo, then by steamboat again to Chicago, and from there to Columbia Co., Wis., by team ; he settled oo unsurveyed land in what was then Dekorra, Portage Co., Territory of Wisconsin, now Sec. 30, town of Caledonia, Columbia Co., Wis. Roads and bridges were then unknown in this region ; the nearest grist-mill was ten miles west of Madison, and their nearest market was Milwaukee. When the town of Caledonia was organized from Dekorra, Mr. Pate was its first Chairman ; was Supervisor in 1852 ; was afterward Assessor and Town Clerk, and also held several minor ofiBces. On his farm of 200 acres in Sees. 30. 31 and 36, he resided from 1845 till his death, which occurred Dec. 19, 1879, of cancer in the face. He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church from his youth up ; was a great lover of music, and composed several pieces, one of whicti entitled " Caledonia," is frequently sung in the Presbyterian Church in Caledonia. He left five children - John S., Marian, Robert, Samuel J. and William. Samuel J. Pate was born April 22, 1850, in Caledonia, on Sec. 30, and was married, Feb. 8, 1875, to Elizabeth Pearson, who was born Nov. 4, 1856, in Carlisle, England, daughter of George Pearson, who came to America in the spring of 1871, and lives in Caledonia; has two children - Mary Elizabeth, born Nov. 18, 1876, and John George, born Nov. 9, 1878. Mr. Pate is a Republican, and is the present Town Treasurer, which office he has held two years ; has been District Treasurer five years ; is a Presbyterian, and has 140 acres of land. '

MOSES PAQUETTE, farmer. Sec. 27; P. 0. Portage; was born March 4, 1828, at the old trading-post, about one-quarter mile from Ft. Winnebago ; he is the only surviving son of Pierre, or Peter Paquette, who was employed by the American Fur Company at Ft. Winnebago in trading with the Indians, and also in the transportation of their Mackinaw boats between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers at the " portage," and who was shot and killed in 1 836 by an Indian named Mazomanie, which event has already become a matter of history. After the death of his father, Moses was taken to the Catholic Mission School on the Yellow River, and afterward to the mission on Turkey River, Iowa, where he remained till the fall of 1845, and was then sent to Lebanon, Tenn., where he remained in school two years ; he then came back to Wisconsin, was employed in the store of the American Fur Co. at Prairie du Chien about a year, and then returned to Columbia Co., and lived about a year with his mother near Portage ; he then worked another year for the American Fur Co., this time at Long Prairie, Minn.; he was then engaged one season in assisting H. M. Rice in removing the Indians from Wisconsin to Long Prairie,

Minn., then traded with the Indians till 1857. He then came back to Columbia Co., and, in 1858, was married to Madaline Brisbois, who wa.s born in 1835 in Prairie du Chien. Since his marriage, he has followed farming in Caledonia on the farm he now occupies. His mother died in 1804, aged about 70 years, leavinji a quarter-section of land in Sees. 27 and 28, which was divided between him and his only surviving .sister, Mrs. Thomas Prescott. Mr. Paquette has seven children - Domitille, St. Clair, Solomon J., Peter, Daniel, Mary Ann and Moses. Has 80 acres of land. Republican in politics, and a member of the Catholic Church.

REV. TlIOMA^i PHILililPS, deceased; was born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, July 17, 1802; sun of William and Jijaiia Phillips. Was married in Wales in 1839, to Miss Gwenllian Thomas (who was born in the same county as Mr Pliillips ), daughter of Howelis and Margaret Thomas; came to America in 1846; first preached in Danville, Penn., and then in Pottsville ; and in 1851, removed to Wisconsin and settled in Caledonia, where he continued in the ministry until his death, Dec. 11, 1871 ; he was a self-made man, zealous and energetic in his work, and at the time of his death had been in the ministry of Welsh Methodist Church upward of forty years ; he had accumulated quite a library, and had some very ancient works ; among them, was a large Bible, printed in old English, which was in use in Wales when Bibles were so scarce that only one could be afforded to each parish, and this one was hung by a chain so it could be used by all, but not removed from the church. He left six children - Howell, (living in Lake Crystal, Minn.) ; David (living in Milwaukee) ; George (living in Hudson, Wis.) ; William, Thomas and Mary (living on the homestead with their mother). Have 120 acres of land; P. 0. Portage. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips buried five children - Mary in Wales ; William and David in Pennsylvania, and Joseph and John in Wisconsin.

THOMAS PRESCOTT, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Portage; born in Canada Oct. 13, 1834; came to Marathon Co., Wis., in May, 1856 ; lived there until January, 18G2 ; then came to Columbia Co., and has lived in Caledonia since. Was married, Nov. 25, 1866, to Mrs. Theresa Brisbois, widow of Mitchell J. Brisbois; she was born May 5, 1826, at the old trading-post, opposite of, and about a quarter of a mile from Ft. Winnebago ; she is the only surviving daughter of Peter Pauquette, a native of St. Louis, (see biography of Moses Pauquette, of Caledonia). Mrs. Prescott is a grand- daughter of Joseph Criee, who died at her house the 1st of February, 1867, supposed to be in 141st year of his age at the time of his death ; he had lived in the Pauquette family the last sixty years of his life, and from his statements and the best information they could get, his age as given is supposed to be correct. Mrs. Prescott had six children by the first husband ( Mr. Brisbois), four of whom are now living - Peter Pauquette Brisbois, Julia Josephine, Theodore O'Neely Brisbois and Abraham Lincoln Brisbois; Solomon Edwin died in 1851, aged 18 months, and Pauline Theresa died in 1857, aged 8 months; she has three children by the second marriage- - Mary L., Lewis Pauquette and Emma Theresa. Mrs. Prescott says her father seemed to have a presentiment that he was not going to die a natural death, and told his family that in case he should be killed (as he expected he should be sooner or later), he wished to have H. L. Dansman appointed as the guardian of his children; this was done in accordance with his wishes; soon after her father's death she was taken by the " i'ellow River " Mission School, in Iowa, where she stayed some time; then worked for a family named McDowell in Iowa, about two years, not knowing that she had any property, and supposing herself to be a subject of charity while at the school ; she was found in this situation by Henry Rice, of Minnesota, who knew her family and reported ; she was then sent to school three years in St. Louis, when she returned to Wisconsin, and has lived in this State since ; she says that her father, at his death, left thirteen sections of land, and that the heirs have received but little benefit from it as yet ; she was brought up a Catholic, and Mr. Prescott an Episcopalian. He is a Republican, and they have 120 acres of land.

ROBERT PlIGH, farmer, Sec. 22; P. 0. Portage ; born March 28, 1832, in Merionethshire, North Wales; .son of Hugh Pugh ; came to America in the spring of 1852 ; lived in Oneida Co., N. Y., about four years ; in the spring of 1856, came to Wisconsin ; he lived in Cambria two years, and in the spring of 1858, came to the town of Caledonia, where he has since resided; he learned the carpenter trade in Oneida Co., N. Y., and has followed that business since, in addition to his farming. Was married in Utica, N. Y.. Feb. 26, 1855, to Mary Lloyd, who was a native of Montgomeryshire, Wales, daughter of Watkin Lloyd ; has eight children living - Watkin, Hugh, Ellis, Ann, John, Ida, Ellen and Jane; one son, David died in 1875, 2^. years old. Republican, and has 320 acres of land in his farm. Mrs. Pugh is a member of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church.

REV. THOMAS J. RICE, ministor of the First Welsh Church of Caledonia; farm of 80 acres in Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Portage ; was born March 4, 1833, in Cardiganshire, South Wales; son of Roderick Rice, who came to America in 1846, and now lives on the farm on which he then settled, seven miles

-west of Waukesha, Wis.; Mr. Eice was educated at Carroll College in Waukesha, and entered the ministry before he was 20 years old, but was not ordained till 1869 ; was first stationed at Waukesha, and preached in tliat vicinity about seven or eight years ; in 1859, he went to Milwaukee and engaged in the mercantile business, in which he continued till 1865, preaching every Sabbath during the time; then removed to Portage and carried on the same business, still preaching nearly every Sabbath at that place and vicinity ; he left Portage and bought a, farm near Bangor, La Crosse Co., on which he lived till July 5 of that year, when his house was struck by lightning and totally destroyed, with all its contents, including his library, clothing, etc., the family barely escaping with their lives; Mr. Rice was struck on the shoulder, burning a place the size of a man's hand ; the fluid passed down his right limb clear to his foot ; they were carried out of the house in an insensible state, by a friend who happened to be staying with them over night, who was not injured ; after being burned out he lived one year with his father, at Waukesha; then returned to Bangor Village, and remained till March, 1873 ; then removed to Columbia Co., and has been connected with the First Welsh Church of that place ever since. Was married, Feb. 12, 1862, in Caledonia, to Anna Owen, daughter of John Owen (see biography of William Owen ) ; .she was born in Merionethshire, North Wales, Sept. 25, 1832 ; they have five children living, all boys - Edward Owen, GriflBth Roderick, John Hugh, George T. and William James ; lost one - David, died March 28, 1873, 7 months old. In politics, Mr. Rice acts with the Republican party.

JOHN S. KICHMOXD, farmer. Sec. 9; P. 0. Alloa; was born June 10, 1813, in Ayrshire, Scotland; son of James Richmond, who died in Scotland; came to Canada in 1830, and was appointed District Judge when only 19 years old ; was afterward engaged in the Canada rebellion ; was at the battle of Prescott and was taken, and tried several times for treason, but managed to escape the penalty ; after the rebellion, he went to the State oi New York, and lived two years at Alexander Bay ; then in Watertown two years ; then traveled five or six years, lecturing on phrenology ; in 1842, he rt;turned to Scotland, he remained till 1844, then came to America agam, and lived two years at Eagle Prairie, in Waukesha Co., thirty miles west of Milwaukee; spent the time there jhunting, lecturing and working a little, bein'.; in poor health ; in the summer of 1847, he came to Caledonia, entered a quarter-section of land on Sec. 9, and Dec. 1 of that year moved in with his family ; in 1851, while he was at work in the pinery, his house was burned ; he rebuilt, and has lived on the same premises ever since. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1829, was Jane Wallace, a descendant of Sir William Wallace; she died in 1839, leaving four children - Sarah, William, Henry and Mary - all living in the State of New York, except Williain, who lives in Illinois; his second wife was Mary Young, of Paisley, Scotland, to whom he was married in 1843; she died June 11, 1869, in Caledonia, leaving'four children - Mary (now Mrs. John Wilson, of Dekorra), Emily (now Mrs. William Muir, living on the Indian farm, in Caledonia), Lucy ( now Mrs. Rung, of Chippewa Falls) ; Loveuie was the first wife of Mr. Rung, and died iu 1877 ; his third wife, to whom he was married May 1, 1872, was Miss Urrle Fuller, of Dekorra, by whom he has three children- - John, Nettie and Jessie. He is Republican; has been Chairman of the town several years, and Justice of the Peace. He lost about $10,000 in money and lands by the Canada rebellion ; has now 120 acres in his farm.

HUGH ROBERTS, farmer. Sec. 27; P. 0. Portage; born Feb. 7, 1838, in Oneida Co., N. Y.; son of Hugh Roberts, who came to America in 1830 and settled in New York ; came to Wisconsin June 7, 1847 ; lived in Caledonia till 1870, then removed to Howard Co., Iowa, and died there in 18(39. Mr. Roberts was married, Nov. 10, 1858, to Margaret Jones, daughter of John Jones, who came to America in 1842, lived a few years in New York, two years in Racine, Wis , and came to Columbia Co. in 1848, and settled in Caledonia. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have sis children - John, Winnie, William, Sarah, Edward and David ; have lost three - Roger, Hugh and one unnamed. Is a Republican , and has been Supervisor two terms. Has 690 acres of land on his farm. Are both members of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. His brother, William Roberts, enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. C, 23d W. V. I., and died in May, 18(i3, near Vicksburg.

THOMAS ROBERTSON, Jr., farmer, Sec. 36; p. 0. Alloa; was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 1839 ; son of Thomas Robertson, Sr.; came to America with the family in 1842, and has resided in Caledonia ever since, except from the fall of 1871 to the fall of 1872 in Faribault Co., Minn. Was married, June 3, 1868. to Janet Dunlop, who was born in Scotland and came to America with her parents while yet a mere child ; she was born near Paisley, Aug. 26, 1849. Mr. Robertson has six children - Thomas Davis, William James, Jane Alice, Janet Mary, Robert Dunlop and John McCulloch - all at home. He is a Republican, and has been Town Treasurer one year; was brought up a Presbyterian, but is not a member of the church. Has 4472 acres of land in Caledonia, and a 160-acre farm in Faribault Co., Minn. Thomas Robertson, Sr. (deceased), better known in Columbia Co. as " Daddy Robertson," was born in December, 1800, in Renfrewshire, Scotland, parish of Neilston, and his wife was born in the same parish, in August, 1800 ; her maiden name was Janet Robertson, dauj^hter of Robert Robertson, and they were married in 1823; he came to America in 1840, and with his son-in-law, Alex. McDonald, now of Portage, were the first settlers in what is now the town of Caledonia ; he made a claim on unsurveyed land, in what was then the town of Dekorra, Portage Co., Territory of Wisconsin (now Sec. 32, Caledonia) ; this was in the summer of 1840 ; he did some breaking and built a house, and in 1842 his family came from Scotland to join him in his new home; they sailed from Glasgow in the ship Perthshire, Capt. Simpson, April 26, in company with the families of James Wilson and John Pate, being seven weeks on the voyage to New York ; Mr. Pate went to Chicago to meet them, and when he returned to Caledonia, found the prairie fire had swept away his homf , so his own family, and those of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pate, making in all twenlyone persons, lived in a " dug-out," which he had made for a sort of home till he could build again ; the other families left, and he lived in the "dug-out" all winter, and it was called "the castle;" the next spring he built on Sec. 32, and lived there till 1851, when they were again deprived of a home by the prairie fire, which made a clean sweep of all his buildings ; he then built on Sec. 36, where he resided till his death, in November, 1872, his wife having died in April, 1870. He was a leading politician of the Republican faith, and held the oflBce of Justice of the Peace, and was several years Chairman of the town. Himself and wife were life-long members of the Presbyterian Church. He left seven children - James, Robert, Janet. Margaret, Thomas, Elizabeth and George - all born in Scotland, except the last two. He left 500 acres of land.

JOHBf ROWIjEY, Sr. (deceased) : was a native of Connecticut, and his parents removed to Chautauqua Co., N. Y., when he was a boy. He was married, in Chautauqua Co., Oct. 28, 1824, to Sophia Kllithorp, who was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Deo. 11, 1807; daughter of Henry Ellithorp. Mr. Rowley followed farming in Chautauqua Co. till 1838, then removed to Caldwell Co., Mo , wherf he lived one year; then three years in Kane'Co., 111., and five years in Hancock Co., same State; in July, 1847, he came to Wisconsin, and settled in Caledonia, on Sec. 26, where he resided till his death, March 4, 1874, in his 75th year; he left a widow and the following children : Celestina (now Mrs. Harvey Marble), of Arizona ; Asa, living in Freeborn Co., Minn.; Sophia (now Mrs. B. Johnson), of Caledonia ; John, Emily (now Mrs. Harley T. Hoskin), of Sauk Co.; Henry and George W., living in California. John was married. May 7, 1879, to Martha Farnsworth. and is living on the homestead, as is Mrs. Rowley and Henry, who is unmarried. Have 200 acres of land between them. P. 0. Alloa. John and his wife belong to the Free Methodist Church, and he and Henry are Republicans.

WILLiIA^I M. SHAXKS, farmer and Postmaster at Alloa ; was born Sept. 17, 1827, iu Lanarkshire, Scotland, parish of Shotts : son of David Shanks, who died when William was only 5 years old. Mrs. Shanks then married John Marshall, who came to America in 1850, leaving his family in Scotland till 1851; he settled in Caledonia, and died in November, 1864. Mr. Shanks has lived in Caledonia since 1851, except about six months in Summit Co., Ohio, in 1852. Was married, Nov. 28, 1856, to Agnes Robb, who was born Nov. 16, 1829, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, parish of St. Ninians, daughter of Ralph Robb, who died when she was 3 years old ; her mother then married Duncan Stewart, who came to America with his family in 1852; lived awhile in New York, then in Ohio, and came to Caledonia in the spring of 1856 ; he Wiis the first Postmaster at Alloa, and kept the oflBce till his death, Sept. 15, 1876; Mrs. Stewart died Nov. 30, 1870. Mr. Shanks has eight children^David John, Jessie R., John S., Maggie, Agnes Lincoln, Christianna, Mary and Sarah Maud. He held the office of Supervisor two years, and is the present Postmaster at Alloa, which office he has held since November, 1876 ; both members of the Presbyterian Church ; he is a Republican, and has 240 acres of land.

WIIiLIAiV NHA:KKS, farmer. Sec. 3; P. 0. Alloa; born Oct. 26, 1838, in Renfrewshire, Scotland ; son of William Shanks, who came to America in the summer of 1846, settled in Caledonia, on Sec. 3, and died there in December, 1855. William, Jr., was married, Feb. 18, 1873, to Elizabeth Robertson, who was born Aug. 19, 1843. and was the first white child born in the town of Caledonia ; daughter of Thomiis Robert.son, Sr. ( " Daddy " Robertson " |. [See biography of Thomas Robertson, Jr., of Caledonia]. Mr. and Mrs. Shanks have only one child - Jennie Louise, born May 23, 1874. He is a Republican, and has 187^ acres of land. When his father came to Caledonia, he made the trip from Milwaukee with an ox team, taking about three weeks for the journey, Mrs. Shanks walking nearly half the way, aud carrying her daughter fsabella, then 2 years old, on her back, being afraid to ride over the rough roads with a heavy load ; the first summer they were afflicted with the ague, there being fifteen down with it at one time at the house of James Wilson. They built a log house in the fall, b>it did not get it finished before winter set in, and lived without windows the first winter ; lived on salt beef, corn bread and tea, without any change ; the snow fell at one time about three feet deep on a level, and they went six weeka at a time without seeing a person outside their own family ; Mr. Shanks was taken down with rheumatism during the winter, and the first five acres they got cleared Mrs. Shanks did the grubbing and the boy William (then 8 years old), hoed it up with an old Scotch hoe.

JOHN G. STAUDENMAYER, farmer, Sec. 8, 9 and 17; P. 0. Alloa; born April 21, 1826, in Wurtemberg, Germany; son of John Leonard Staudenmayer ; came to America, in the summer ol' 1853 and located in Caledonia, on Sec. 10, and has resided in that town ever since. Was married May 29, 1855, in Caledonia, to Margaret Naser, from his native place in Germany ; has .seven children living - Theresa ( now the wife of Jacob Joss, who is manufacturing Swiss cheese at Woodland, Dodge Co.. Wis.) ; George, Sophia, John, William, Edward and Mary, all at home, except the oldest ; lost one boy, William, who died at 11 months of age. He held the office of Chairman of his town, five years in succession. Town Clerk, eight years in succession. Supervisor, one year, Justjce of the Peace, five years, and is at present holding that ofiice. In politics, Independent, was formerly a Democrat, but for the last five or six years nat acted with the Republican party. Has 350 acres of land in his farm.

JAjflES STEWART, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Alloa; born May 16, 1822, in Perthshire, Scotland; son of Alexander Stewart, who came to America in 1852; lived in Wyoming Co., N. Y., till the fall of 1856, then came to Wisconsin and settled in Caledonia, where he died in the fall of 1872. Mrs. Stewart died in April, 1863. Mr. Stewart was married Jan. 5, 1871, to Elizabeth King, who was born on the same farm as Mr. Stewart, in 1840. Mr. Stewart has three children - Ellen, James and Margaret. Has been Supervisor one year; Republican and member of the Presbyterian Church. Has 193J acres of land.

GEORGE STliEMPFIG, farmer. Sec. 35; P. O. Alloa; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 26, 1817. Was married in Germany, in 18-48, to Barbara Naserin ; came to America in 1852 and settled in Caledonia, where he has since resided; was a farmer in Germany and has followed the same business since coming to America. Has five children living - George, born July 28, 1852; Jacob, April 4, 1855; Maggie, Nov. 30, 1857 ; John, July 14, 1860, and Mary, born Jan. 21, 1867 ; have lost three, Maggie and Barbara died in Germany, and Jacob in America. Mr. and Mrs. Stuempfig are members of the " Evangelical Association." He is a Democrat and has 177 acres of land.

JOHN TOWERS, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. O. Merrimack, Sauk Co., Wis.; born March 17, 1827, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, son of Walter Towers. Was married in Scotland, March 22, 1850, to Marion Shanks, who was born July 1, 1830, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, daughter of David Shanks. (See biography of William M. Shanks. ) Mr. Towers came to America in the spring of 1850, his wife remaining in Scotland till 1852. He worked in Columbia Co. till May, 1852, then went to Ohio and remained till the next fall, when he returned to Wisconsin to meet his wife ; he returned to Ohio the same fall, and lived there till the spring of 1855, then came back to Wisconsin and bought land in Caledonia, where he has since resided. Has six children - Walter, James, Sarah, Maggie, John and Robert; all at home, except the oldest son, Walter, who is married and lives in the same town. Mr. Towers is a Republican and has held the office of Assessor several years, and also that of School Director, which office he now holds. Has 320 acres of land in his farm and 40 acres of timber near it. Mrs. Towers is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

THOMAS WALKER, Sr., farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Portage ; born in London, England, March 27, 1806 ; son of William George and Bennett Walker ; when 13 years old, he apprenticed to learn the making of " britannia metal" goods ; paid 100 guineas, and worked five years to learn the trade ; after that he worked at making tinfoil, five years in London ; in 1836, went to Canada, where he worked at farming three or four years ; then returned to London and worked five years more at tinfoil making ; in 1845, he came again to America; lived in Boston a few months; then in Rochester, N. Y., about two years, manufacturing britannia metal goods ; he then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he got the fever and ague, which he says, -' shook all the Johnny Bull out of him and made a Yankee of him ;" from Cleveland he came to Wisconsin and settled in his present location, in May, 1851, where he has since resided and followed farming. Was married in London, in the Parish of St. Mary's, March 14, 1836, to Rebecca Hurley, who was born Dec. 18, 1813, in London, where she lived within a quarter of a mile of her future husband, and never made his acquaintance until she was 20 years old ; have eight children living - Eliza, Ellen, Rebecca, Henry, Richard, Thomas, John and Sarah ; have buried four^Thomas, William, George and Ann. Is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor. Has 80 acres of land in his farm.

ROBERT WHITELAW, farmer, Sec. 11; P. 0. Alloa; was born March 26, 1819, in Ayrshire, Scotland ; son of James VVhitelaw. Was married in Scotland, Feb. 5, 1847, to Isabella Reid, daughter of William Reid ; she was born July 8, 1823, in Lanarkshire, Scotland ; came to America in 1848, and settled in Caledonia, where he has since resided. Has ten children living - Jane, Isabella,

James and William (twins), Mary, Susan, Robert, Julia, Asnes and John ; Margaret died in 1864, at the age of 16; William is attending college at Ann Arbor, Mich., and James at Beloit College; Jane and Susan are teaching, and Isabella at Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr. Whitelaw has been Chairman of the town the last two years, and President of the Caledonia Farmers' Fire Insurance Company, ever since it was organized, which is about six yeisrs. Republican, and has 175 acres of land. Were members of the Congregational Church in Scotland, but have never joined here.

HUGH T. WILL.IA.IK, farmer, Sees. 18 and 19 ; P. 0. Portage; born in Anglesea, South Wales, in 1840 ; son of David Williams, who died in Wales in 1863. Mr. Williams cime to America in 1858; settled in Caledonia, and has resided in the same town ever since. He enlisted in August, 1862, in the 23d W. V. I., Co. C, and was in the service three years; was wounded May 23, 1803, at the battle of Vicksburg, while on board a monitor boat, by a piece of shell, which disabled him for some time ; he was afterward transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; was stationed in Milwaukee from November, 1864, until .March, 1865 ; from that time until the next July, was at Mudison, Wis., and then went to Indiana, where he remained until discharged ; was employed a good deal of the time while stationed iu Indiana, in escorting prisoners from one point to another. Was married, March 17, 1866, to Margaret Owens, who was born in Wales in 1841 ; daughter of Robert Owens, who came to America in 1841, and is now living in Caledonia. Mr. Williams has seven children - David, Robert, Sarah, Evan, Ellen, John and Thomas, Republican, and has 135 acres of land.

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EDWARD BARXETT, farmer. Sec. 18; P. 0. Doylestown ; 118 acres, 70 acres cultivated; 40 years of age ; born in Ireland ; son of William and Julia Griffin Barnett ; been in America twentyfive years. Married at Elba, Dodge Co., Wis., by Father Edward McGurke, to Bridget Conners, who was born in 1847, daughter of John and Ann Johnson Conners ; had six children, first one died very youns; - - William, born May 10, 1868; John, April 13, 1870; Julia Ann, Aug. 7, 1872; Mary, May 24, 1875, died May 24, 1877, of diphtheria; Katie, Jan. 15, 1878. Mr. Barnett is a Democrat and member of Father Murphy's Church ; was drafted into the army; paid commutation money and remained at home ; parents of Mrs. Barnett are still living at Elba.

WILL.IAM BARXETT, farmer. Sec. 19; P. O. Doylestown; 220 acres, 200 cultivated; born in county of Waterford, Ireland ; son of William and Julia Griffin Barnett; came to America thirtjyears ago; about 41) years of age (family record was lost); been in this county twenty-five years. Married, Jan. 10, 1859, at Beaver Dam, to Ann Kane, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Kane ) Kane ; had no children ; has adopted three, one girl and two boys, to whom he is uncle and guardian. Democrat and Catholic; rather liberal; parents .still living in this town ; parents of wife dead.

SAMFORD L. BATCHELDER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. 0. Fall River; born Sept. 20, 1822, at Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y., son of Hillard and Nancy Stiles Batchelder ; settled in this town October, 1866. Married, November, 1849, at Stafford, by Elder'Weeks, to Dolly, daughter of Elias Watson ; had three children - Cara M., wife of Wyman Fisk, has four girls, Maudie, Lottie, Annie and Helen ; Edgir Willis, single, at Springfield, III., telegraph operator on Wabash R. R; Frink C, operator in general office of C M. & St. P. R. R. Democratic in principle; was in Co. B, 7th W. V. I. until JMarch 23, 1862, resigned and came home; was Fir.st Lieutenant; then organized Co. K, and in August, 1862, went into 32d W. V. I ; was at Memphis on provost duty a year, then with Sherman to Meridian, February, 1863; thence to Cairo, Paducah, Ky., and Decatur, Ala.; about one year guarding bridges and supplies; then to Chattanooga, Atlanta and Savannah, and to gi'and review at Washington, May, 1865; was elected Justice of the Peace just as he was starting for United States service.

ElilHH A A. DEAN, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. O. Doylestown ; 80 acres ; born March 7, 1835, in town of Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y.; son of Ezra and Mary A. Yule Dean; his father was from Massachusetts, and his mother from New York ; came to Elba, Dodge Co., 1855 ; farming five years ; then to this town. Married Dec. 26, 1859, by Elder F. S. Brown, in this town, to Josephine, dauirhter of Joseph Millick, of Baden-Baden, where she was born March 18, 1838; has three children - Hattie Viola, born Feb. 11, 1861 ; Charles Stimner, July 11, 1867 ; Carrie Jcsephine, Deo. 27, 1869. Liberal Republican, and attends the Methodist Church ; has been five years a magistrate, and was member of Co. B, 7th W, V. I., enlisted June, 1861, in State service, and sworn into United States service, September after; last two years of time served at Fifth Corps headquarters and was present when R. E. Lee sent in flag of jtruce ; discharged July, 1865. Mr. Dean's mother lives at Columbus, and is the wife of A. L. Hathaway ; parents of Mrs. Dean are both dead.

WILLIAM J. EVAIVS, farmer, Sees. 20 and 21 ; P. 0. Fall River; 120 acre.s, 70 cultivated; born Deo. 15, 1820, at Shropshire, England; son of Jonadab and Margaret (Jonesj Evans; came to Waterbury in 1844, and in the fall of 1845, to Fond du Lac, on Sec. 30 in Byron, and to this farm in 1874. Married, April 18, 1852, at Byron, by Elder Benjamin Harrington, to Delia Simons, who was born Sept. 29, 1828, daughter of Orville and Emeline (Welch) Simons ; had six children - Margaret Emeline, born March 5, 1853, and wife of Joseph North, in town of Trenton, Dodge Co., and has four children; William Benjamin, born Sept. 24, 1854; John Orville, born March 4, 1858; Robert Deloss, born July 23, 1864; Clara Delia, born Aug. 2, 1866; one son died young, no name; Mr. Evans was several years Director of School District, and two years Magistrate; Republican, and himself and wife members of Methodist Church thirty-five years. Only brother of Mrs. Evans, Delos Simons, was in 1st W. C, and now living in Idaho, as also her father; Mr. Evans' father died in Iowa; his mother in Byron, of cancer ; has one brother living in Iowa, one in Fond du Lac ; two sisters in Byron and one in Fox Lake.

O. W. FIELD, farmer. Sec. 16; P. 0. Fall River; 280 acres, 170 acres cultivated; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y.; son of Stephen and Charlotte (Berry) Fields; went to Michigan, Kalamazoo Co., at the age of 5 years, with parents, remained there sixteen years and then came here. Married in this town, October, 1863, to Maria N. Smith, daughter of Lewis and Sylvina (_Webb) Smith ; had .six children - Mary E., born Sept. 26, 1864 ; Maud E., born April 6, 1866 ; George S., born Dec. 8, 1868 ; Oliver West, born Feb. 20, 1871 ; Edwin P., born April 25, 1873 ; Lewis G., born Sept. 10, 1877. Mr. Fields is a Republican ; seven years Supervisor, one year Chairman and fourteen years Treasurer of his School District ; his father was in Springfield armory during war of 1812.

WILLI Alfl E. FIELD, farmer by trade and doctor by profession ; P. O. Fall River ; born March 4, 1825, in town and county of Onondaga, N. Y.; son of Stephen and Charlotte (Berry) Field ; immigrated in 1832 to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., where he lived sixteen years; settled herein 1848. Married at Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., Nov. 27, 1841, by Rev. William Taylor (Baptist), to Josephine, daughter of Abram I. and Sarah (Bishop) Shaver, of New York and Pennsylvania; wife born in 1831, June 23, at Prairie Ronde; had five children - Sarah and Eliza, twins, born Jan. 17, 1851 ( Eliza wife of John Pearson, a broker and capitalist at Ripon, Wis.); Jerome E., born Feb. 16, 1852; Mary E., born Sept. 5, 1854, died Aug. 2, 1876, of consumption ; William H., born March 10, 1857, clerking fur Pearson. Republican in politics; Universalist in religion ; has held office of Supervisor, Constable and Commissioner of highway ; parents of Mr. Field broke the first ground, and sowed the first grain in Kalamazoo Co., Mich. (1828), and a sister of Mr. Field, Celista, now on old homestead, wife of T. B. Hicks, was the first white child born in that county ; when a child, she used to play with the Indians, and one day, Samuel Houston, of Texas, saw her and supposed they had stolen her; he went in and told them (Mrs. Field) he saw the prettiest child he ever saw in the Indian camp, and wanted to go and recapture it ; they soon brought her home and all had a good laugh at the expense of the old General ; in April, after the twins were born, they were living in a shanty about 16x18 feet and had the babies in a box tied to the rafters, so as to make a swing cradle, and during the night a hurricane took the roof, rafters, babies and all lOO feet into a grove ; one struck on the ground and the other in a tree, where she was still hanging when found, with a small limb of the tree sticking in her head; a brother of Mr. Field, John S., and two brothers of Mrs. Field, were in the army, one of the latter died of the measles, and the other was wounded in the shoulder ; her father was in the Black Hawk war with her uncle, William A. Bishop ; the grandmother of Mrs. Field died at Green Lake, Wis., June 11, 1878, aged 99 years 11 months and 15 days, and five years previous to her death, there were at her table at one time, representatives of five generations. Mr. Field is a successful cancer doctor, having practiced a long time and never lost a case ; he does not advertise, but has a large number of testimonials as to efficiency; he doctors on the "no cure, no pay" plan, and always gets his pay ; he studied under Judge Bazil Harrison, a cousin uf William Henry Harrison, who was believed to be the most learned and successful doctor (of cancer) in the United States; he died at the age of 103 years and 6 months at Prairie Ronde, Mich., Aug. 30, 1874.

JAMES HATTON, farmer, Sec. 9; P. 0. Fall River; 300 acres, all fenced; born at Bradford, England, July 19, 1830; son of Joseph and Mary (Robertshaw) Hatton ; settled here in August, thirty years ago. Married, April 3, 1867, at Coui-tlani, by Rev. William Lithrop, to Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Greenwood) Waterworth ; Mrs. Hatton was born in Yorkshire, England, Oct. 10, 1844; had five children - Mary Jane, born March 9, 1868; Sarah Elizabeth, born March 12, 1870; Joseph, born March 8, 1873; Grace Annise, born April 19, 1875, died March 9, 1879; Nettie Rebecci, born April 1, 1878.

NHELDEN E. HE WIIVS, farmer, Sec 29; P. 0. Fall River ; born in Massachusetts in, 1834; son of Elijah and Sabia A. (Wooster) Hewins ; went to Lorain Co., Ohio, with parents at 18 months of age, where he lived 10 years; then to Byron, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and, at 14 years of age, came to this town. Married, Jan. 15, 1856, at Byron, by Elder Harrington, to AJolia A., daughter of Chestes and Olive (Ingals) Thomas; wife born March 13, 1839; had four children - Frank K., born Oct. 0, 1850 ; Wilbur F., Dec, 21, 1863 ; Mjrtie A., March 4, 1871 ; Homer E., Dec. 5, 1872. Republican in politics; Baptist in religion. Has a well-cultivated farm of 216 acres. His brother, George W., wa.s in Go. E, 3d W. V. I., and had his arm shot off at the shoulder-joint at the battle of Beverly's Ford ; be came home, and, while boarding with Mr. McCoy, in the Lower Town in the city of Fond du Lac, Wis., was accidentally burned to death on the night of Sept. 8, 1878, the house being totally destroyed with its contents; all the inmates escaped except Hewins, and he, being disabled, perished in the flames; strong suspicion.s of foul play were generally entertained at that time ( he having lately drawn his pension), but the case was never fully investigated. Hi.s brother, Edwin M., wa.s in the 2d Kan. V. C.; was wounded, now lives in Chautau(|ua Co., Kan. Edwin M. and Eliza Shepard, now the wife of Mr. Sweet, were, about July, 1847, lost in the woods in Fond du Lac Co., and remained three dajs with nothing to eat, except the few berries they could find ; they were discovered only six miles from home, nearly famished. The father of Mr. Hewins kept the Crescent House at Appleton three years, and went to California April 5, 1853; returned March 11, five years later, and died at Pickett's Station three days after, being unconsciou.s, as reported, from the effect of apoplexy ; it was strongly suspected, however, that his death was the result of other causes, as he was in po.ssession of considerable money when he left.

JOHN HICKS, hotel-keeper. Fall River; born Nov. 27, 1817, at Dresden, Seneca Co., N. Y.; son of Asa and Mercy (Robbins) Hicks; settled in this town in 1847, and followed farming twelve years; then came to the village, and, five years ago, purchased the Fall River House, where he devotes his time and talent to the entertaining of his numerous friends and the public; the e.stimation in which, his house is held by the public is ample evidence that he is a square man and knows how to keep a hotel. He was married, March 1(1, 1840, in Kalamazoo Co., Mich., 1840, by William Taylor, to Eliza Field (see Wm. E. Field); had four children ; none now living ; has one adopted daughtt-r, 15 years of age. Was in Co. R, 11th W. V. I.; was out from October, 1861, to Feb. 27, 1863,; was discharged for disability. He was one of the first Constables in the town, and occupied the position for many years; was Supervisor, etc. He voted for the constiiutiun of Michigan in 1835, and of Wisconsin also. His son, Asa Dallas, enlisted and died at Milwaukee in the United States Hopital.

COL. MARTIN C. HOBART, farmer; P. 0. Fall River; was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1835 ; when about a year old, he, with his parents, John S. and Enice Hobart, removed to Addison Co., Vt., where they resided on a farm till 1852; emigrating thence to Wisconsin, he located on a farm in the town of Fountain Prairie, Columbia Co. Mr. Hobart received a common-school education. He enlisted as private in Company B, 7th VV. V, I., at Fall River in 1861, under Col. Van Dore ; was elected Orderly Serireant at the organiza'ion of the company; was commissioned First Lieutenant in June, 1862, and, Aug. 28 following, was commissioned Captain of his company; he was taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness in May, 1864, and, while he was held as a prisoner, he was commissioned Major and Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment; he was paroled Feb. 22, 1865, exchanged in April following, and rejoined his regiment at Blacks and Whites Station, Va., and remained with it till mustered out at Jeffersonville, Ind., July 2, 1865. Returning then to his home in Fountain Prairie, he has since devoted his time to agriculture and stock-raising; he now (jwns a farm of 120 acres in Fountain Prairie and 20 acres on Sec. 3, town of Columbus. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Wayne B. Dyrc, of Pepin Co., Wis.; their children are Frances M., Mary V. and Burr E.

JAMES H. HOYT, farnur. Sec. 19; P. O. Fall River; born in Ithaca, N. Y., March 6, 1841 ; son of Peter B. and Glorane (Malhews) Hoyt; came here at 4 years of age with p^irents ; at Columbus some time; then six years in Hampden ; then here. Married, Dec. 22, 1864, by Elder Fish (Baptist), at Fox Lake, to Julia, daughter of John and Clarrissa (Lackey) Bliss; Mrs. H. was born at Owego, N. Y., April 23, 1845 ; had one daughter who died at 3 weeks of age; has two living - Harvey, born Jan. 21, 1869; Myrta Idella, Oct. 2, 1872. Mr. Hoyt's parents were born in New York; wife's father died July 16, 1873, of consumption, aged 71 years : her mother is living with her, at the age of 82 years - a smart, active, jileasant lady (apparently about 65). Mr. Hoyt is Republican; attends Methodist and Baptist Churches (Ids wife is a Baptist) ; Clerk of district. His father started the first blacksinithshop in the t jwnship cif Columbus; set anvil undor a tree and than built a shed over it; when he came here, there were only three log houses and an unfisished grist-mill at the village of Columbus. Owns 80 acres.

AUGUST FRRDI!VA\D KIBTZKE, farmer, Sec. 17 ; p. 0. Fall River; born Aug. 29, 184t>; son of William and Amelia (Kunn) Kietzke ; came to America in 1874. Married, Nov. 5, 1875, to Albertina Johanna, daughter of Fred and Louisa (Gariie) Gann ; Mra. Kietzke was born Nov. 5, 1852 ; had one child - Louisa, born April 28, 1877. Was member of Co. 8, 2l8t Regiment, under Frederick William, in Gernianj-, Owns 140 acres.

SAMUEL LASHIEK, wagon-maker and mechanic; P. 0. Fall River; born at Union, Broome Co., N. Y., April 22, ISll); son of Aaron and Mary (Roe) Lashier (from Germany and Connecticut); settled in town of Columbus June 12, 1846 ; farming four years; was one of the first Supervisors in the town of Columbus, and has held all the ofiBces in town at different times since; was eight years Treasurer, and several years Supervisor. Married, April 22, forty-eight years ago (then 22 years of age), at Union, N. Y., by Rev. Oliver Hill, to Mary A., daughter of John and Mary (Peck) Durfee ; had five children - Harvey F., now in Todd Co., Minn., where he has been County Auditor for eight years (he married a widow (formerly Kate Barr\), and has five children - Fred, Ida, Walter, Sam and Clara); Ellen L., wife of Walter Slawso.i, whi owns a job printing office in St. Louis, Mo.; Angeline E., wife of W. H. Proctor, has six cliildrcn - Nettie, John, Willie, Walter, Clara and Freddie; Nettie, the eldest, died at 17 years of age; Mary S., wife of John E. Stittman, died March 31, 1879, left five children - Eddie, John, Arthur, Mary, Martha (died at Orange City, Fla.) ; George S., single, in store at Fall River, where he keeps a uencral stock of groceries, etc.

THEOnORE AUGUST CHARLES MILLER, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Fall River; born July 25, 1849, in Germany ; son of Charles and Rosina (Shultze) Miller; came here eleven years ago. Married, Jan. 16, 1873, to Minnie Hine, daughter of Michael and Anna (Pralap) Hine ; three children - Emma Louisa, born Dee. 31, 1876; Theodore William, Feb. 14, 1877; Elizabeth Mary, Oct. 10, 1878. Owns 100 acres.

WILLIAM C. IVASHOLD, former. Sec. 9; P. 0. Fall River; born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., in 1818; son of William and GertruJe Nashold ; came to Wisconsin May 3 - twenty-three years ago. Was married, Oct. 19, 1846, in Albany Co., N. Y., by Rev. Mr. Leffler, to Eva, daughter of Philip and Mary (Sigsbie) Christler, born Oct. 16, 1822. They have had thirteen children - one, Sarah M.,died twenty years ago ; Demosthenes D., 37 years of age Feb. 28, 1880, married Sarah Waterworth, living at Otsego, has one child. Myrtle ; Jerome R., 35 years of age Feb. 2, 1880, married Clara Tyng, and lives on Sec 8 ; Egbert D , 33 years old June 14, 1880, married Malvina Linderman, lives at Solomon City, Idaho, and has two children ; Martha E., 31 years of age July 25, 1880, wife of Asbury Kellogg, of Moore Co., Iowa, has one child ; William Mason, 29 years of age Dec. 2, 1879 ; Orpha G., 28 years old July 11, 1879, wife of John J. Keeley, of Columbus ; OrsivilleH., 26 years old May 15, 1880, wife of John F. Rockwell, of Minnesota, has one child ; Emma J., 24 years old July 20, 1880, wife of William J. Doherty, of Rio, has two children ; George W., 22 years old May 2, 1880 ; Charles D., 20 years old May 2, 1880 ; Ida J., 18 years old Sept. 11, 1879 ; Homer C, 17 years old Feb. 20, 1880. Egbert was Corporal in Co. D, 53d W. V. I., and is Sheriff in Idaho, where he also has two hundred miles of mail route, by contract ; also succeeded in getting a military post established at Fort Lemhi (two companies), after repeated attempts had failed; Keeley I son-in-law) is a teacher; four of the brothers constitute a band, of which George W. is the leader, and they play all over the State. Mr. Nashold was a Lutheran and a Republican, as are the whole family ; was a teacher thirty-two terms ; he was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun, at Cambria, Sept. 4, 1864, he having taken it along to shoot ducks, on his way to mill with his son, Jerome, holding it with one hand and driving with the other ; the dog jumped into the wagon and so discharged it, the charge entering at his throat and lodging in the brain. He owned 40 acres of land.

HEXRY NEWl^HAM. telegraph, station and express agent; P. 0. Fall River; born at Summit, Waukesha Co., Wis,, April 25, 1844 ;- son of James and Eliza (Prior) Newnham, of Bexhill, Chathiini, Sussex Co., England ; came to this town in 1875 ; was night operator fifteen months at (Lowell) Reesville. Enlisted, Sept. 1, 1864, in Co. C, 43d W. V. I.; was discharged Aug. 5, 1865, on general order, although at the time he was in hospital at Prairie Du Chien, with lung fever. Mr. Newnfam's father was ten years a sailor, and five or six years of that time was a signal man in the English navy; he is still liviiii;- at Oeonomowoc, AVis,