Fountain Prairie Town (part 1 of 11)

City Of Portage

Bros., with the exception of two years spent in the store of Loornis. Gallett & Breese. Mr. Pixley was married Jan. 20, 185(5, to Elizabeth (), Blanchard, a native of Oneida Co., N. Y. They have two children - Charles R., born Jan. 18. 1857. and Minnie L.. born Oct. 25. IStiO. Mr. P. is now serving as Alderman.

SHERiUAN L. PLL'IVIB, the subject of this sketch, was born in Monroe, Fairfield Co., Conn., July 20, 1841 ; when a lad IG years of age, he went to Galesljurg ; was there about four years, then came to Milwaulvee, where he remained, most of the time engaged in railroading, until 1866, when he came to Portage and engaged in his present business since coming to this city. Married in Portage, Aug. 27, 1872, Alice I. Stanton ; she was born in Lake Co., 111. Mr. Plumb is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

CHARLEIS PRKHIV, carpenter ; was born in North Prussia Sept. 23, 1830 ; came to Milwaukee in 1853 ; in 1855, he came to Portage and began working at his trade, which business he has since followed. He was married at Portage, Feb. 3, 1861, to Emma La Clair, who was born in Prussia ; they have six children - William L,, born Julv 17, 1863 ; Charles born March 18, 1865 ; Bertha A., born Aug. 6, 1867 ; (lustav C, born Oct. 15. 1860 : Louis, born Jan. 8, 1872, and Augusta D., born Sept. 25, 1876. Mr. P. is a member of the Temple of Honor, and has served as Alderman of the First Ward ; his father. John Prehu, died in 1857, liut his mother. Minne Prehn. is still living, being mer 80 years of age.

LiOUIS PREHX, blacksmith ; was born in Mecklenburg, Germanj', on the 10th of January, 1843 ; when he was of the age of 10 years, his parents emigrated to America, and located at Milwaukee ; his father was a farmer named John Prehn ; has lived in Portage since 1855. Was married in January, 1866, to Jliss Bertha Ncimats, who was born in July, 1846. in Prussia. He has been Supervisor two terms ; is connected with the I. O. 0. F. Has three children - George, born in 1867 ; Emma, born in 1872, and Lizzie, born in 1876. His widowed mother lives with him : he is reported as a substantial, reliable citizen ; he reports business prosperous.

JAMEN PRENTICE, physician and surgeon ; was born at Aurora. Erie Co.. X. Y., Nov. 15, 1820 ; came from Erie Co., with his brother, to Milwaukee, in 1844 ; remained there six months, when he removed to Antioch, Lake Co., III., living there one year ; then went to St. Charles, Kane Co., 111., where he studied medicine with Prof G. W. Richards ; he graduated at Indiana Medical College, at La Porte, Ind., in 1847, his preceptor being Professor of Theory and Practice in that institution : came to Fort Winnebago in 1840. and has since made this his home. Was Surgeon of the 23d W. Y. I., entering the service in August. 1862, and resigned in Feliruary, 1863, on account of ill health, antl has since been engaged in the active practice of medicine up to the present time. Was married at Bellefontaine. Columbia Co.. Wis., in 1848, to Emma Bonney ; she was liorn in Elaine ; they have three daughters - Alice (now the wife of R. J. Flint, an editor at Jlenomonee). Anna and Emma. The Doctor was a Justice of the Peace at Fort Winnebago in an early day.

JAME)^ 6. PRESCOTT, of the firm of Carnagie. Preseott & Co., lumber dealers, and manufactui'ers of sash, doors and blinds ; was born in the town of Sanbornton. Belknap Co., N. H.. March 16. 1820 ; when 16 years of age, he went to Massachusetts ; lived in Worcester one year, and then went to Lowell, where he remained until 1855, when he removed to Westfield. N. Y., where he resided until coming to Wisconsin, in May, 1856, locating at Portage, where he has lived ever since ; engaged in building, contracting, etc.; soon after coming here, he became associated with A. Carnagie in Ijuilding operations, and they were together in that business for fifteen j'ears, until 1872 ; they erected the Veeder House in 1857, the high-school building, the Columljia Co. Court House and Jail, and also built several of the principal blocks of this city ; was appointed Under-Sheritf Jan. 1, 1873, and did the business of Sheriff during the term for which William W. Drake was elected; in the fall of 1874, Mr. Preseott was elected Sheriff; lias lieen lender Sheriff all the time since he was Sheriff, with the exi'cption of a few months of the first part of Mr. Conklin's term ; was Alderman, from 1864 to 1871, of the Second Ward ; was President of the Council two years, and a member of the School Board one year. Was married in Lowell, Mass.. Oct. 20, 1851. to Sophia T. Mass ; she was born at Fairfield, Me.; thej- have two children - Allie L. and Laura E.

EDMUND S. PURDY is a native of the city of New York ; was born Sept. 6, 1845 ; is a son of F]dmund and Harriet Purdy, who came to Wisconsin, locating at Vox Lake, Dodge Co., in 1846, and have resided there to the present time ; E. S. lived there until the fall of 1868 ; has been engaged in the drug trade since he became 13 years of age ; with Frances Ibberson, of Fox Lake, for ten years ; then in Ripon one year ; engaged in business for himself several years ; took charge of the business for Waterhouse & Davis since April 0, 1871 ; Henry Merrell was a partner witli liiin until liis death, in May, 1876 ; Mr. Merrell's heirs were interested in the business until Dec. 8, 1879 ; is also eno;au;cd in the manufacture of the A^aeuuni Cream Extractor, for the last two years. Married at Portage, Sept. i:-{, 1871, to Helen M. Merrell. daughter of Henry Merrell ; she was bora at Ft. Winnebagcj July 1, 1850, and was probably the first one christened in the Episcopal Church of Portage ; tiiey liave two children - Henry Kdmund, born Octol)er. 1872, and Hattic Elizabeth, born Nov. 5. 1874. Mr. Purdy has been Alderman of the Second Ward four years ; is at present member of the School JJoard.

JOHN l>. PUGH, of the firm of J. D. Pugh & Co.. grocers ; born in Ni.rth Wales. February. 1847 ; is the son of David and Laura Pugh. who came to America when John D. was an infant, 11 months of age, locating in Green Lake Co., where they still reside ; Mr. Pugli lived in Green Lake Co. most of the time, until 1808 ; during the next tliree and a half years, was engaged clerking for J. M. Darling ; returned to Green Lake Co.. and was employed in fanning, up to the fall of 1877 : has been in liusinoss for himself since March, 187II. associated with Thomas W. Drew.

JOB PURNELL was born in Trowl)ridge, Wiltshire, England, Dec. 1, 181ft ; came to America in 1841, and located at Norwich, Conn., remaining there until lS5o, when he moved to Ohio, where he resided one year before coming to Wisconsin, to Portage, where he located in 1854, and has resided here ever since, and engaged in present liusiness, dealing in stoves, tinware, etc., up to present time, with the exception of two years that he worked for Bacon & Atkins. Mr. P. was married, at Norwich, Conn., Oct. 23. 1844, to Emma Osborne ; she was born in Somersetshire, England ; they have five children - Eliza E., now Mrs. Arthur 0. Stevens, of Milwaukee ; Mary A., now Mrs. J. F. Coss, of Milwaukee ; Susan M., now Mrs. Alex. Thompson, of this city ; Sarah 0. and Minnie A. ; lost one daughter, aged 14 months, died in 1858. Mrs. Purnell died here Jan. 3, 1879.

CwEORfirC S. RACE, route agent on the C, M. & St. V. R. R. ; born at Mineral Point, Wis., on the 15th of October, 1843 ; lived with his parents until his enlistment in the United States service at Portage, on the 15th of September, 1801. in Co. E, Capt. (ieo. N. Rithm<in<l. of 2d W. C., under command of Col. C. C. Washburn ; tlu' company went in barracks at Cold Springs, ^Milwaukee, during the winter of 1801 and 1802, for drill and discipline ; in April, 18(i2. the rigiment was removed to Benton Barracks, St. Louis. Mo., where it was mounted, armed and equipped, and thence ordered to Helena. Ark. : while there, he was Chief Clerk in Post Provost ^larshal's Office ; afterward, he was Commissary Sergeant ; was appointed Commissary Sergeant of the regiment on 1st of Septeml)er, 1803 ; he on the 1st of January, 1865. and on the 3()th of same month, he was commissioned First Lieutenant and made Regimental Quartermaster, in which capacity he served till mustered out at Austin, Texas, on the 15th. 1805 : the regiment was in the Army of the Southwest, serving in Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, and took part in several liattles ; since the war, lie has lieen clerk, liookkeeper, mechanic, and is now in railway mail service between Chicago and La Crosse. He was married Sept. 27, 180(i. to Miss Agnes Carnagie, of Pcjrtage ; they have four children - Earl. Harry, Fred and Ralph. He is a Mason and member of Temple of Honor ; lives on Pleasant street.

SYLVENl^S RACE, son of William N. and Vienna Race, was born on the 28th of February, 1814, in Berkshire Co., Mass. lie lived with his parents several years after they removed to Lorain Co., Ohio ; he came West in tiie fall of 1836, and settled in Mineral Point, Wis. He was married May 0. 1841, to .Miss Sarah Vnn Ornum, who was l>orn Nov. 12. 1823. in Chautauqua Co., N. Y. He is a carpenter and joiner, and has worked many years at his trade. While living in Mineral Point in 1840. he went to New Orleans with five boat loads of copper ore, as a speculative experiment. After marriage he took charge of a hotel for three years, and afterward farmed for three years; he tried mercantile life three years at Dodgeville. In 1850, he settled in Portage, and has been a continuous resident to date. They have had six children ; two died in childhood ; the are named George S.. F]arl, Frank A., and Abner H. : and Harriet S. Green, who from early childhood has been as a daughter, and is thoroughly identified with the family. The five are married, and ff)ur have settled in Portage, and one. Earl, is in Idaho Ter. For nearly twenty-five years, ;Mr. Race worked at his tratle in Portage ; liis wife excels as a landlady ; for several years they have owned and kept a large boarding house on the corner of Mack and Emmett Streets ; tlie\' have an average patronage of forty ; sometimes sixty to seventy per day take nn'als with them, and they have rooms to accommodate flft^- boarders. \Vhile at Mineral Point he was Jailer and Under Siieriff; he is a Free-thinker ; is a kind, social man and good citizen. Mrs. Race's father was a jirominent

Spiritualist, and she. from eliilrlhood. has professed the same faith ; she is a hid}- of good executive ability, and the Race House " is well patronized.

JIRS. !»I.\RTH.\ S. KEFiI> (nee Brooks) was horn Aug. 30, 1830, in township of Haneot'k, ^'t. ; she was married in Noxemher, 1855, to D. F. Chandler, of Vermont, and soon afterward came West and located in .Milwaukee. He was a passenger engineer on the C, M. & St. P. R.; he was killed April 28, 1857, by his engine running off the track at Beaver Dam ; his injuries were internal, and he died that day at the residence of the Hon. Scott Sloan, where he had been immediately- taken. He was born Dec. 24, 1820, in West Randolph, Vt. ; he left one son, Wallace B., born November, 1855 ; he is now ticket agent and telegraph operator at Portage, for the C, M. & St. P. R. R. Mrs. Chandler was married in January, 18C3, to Theodore Reed, who had been for several years ticket agent and telegraiih operator at Portage, for the C, M. & St. P. R., which position he held until his death in 1873 ; his only surviving son, by a former marriage, Oliver T. Reed, succeeded him in that position, and held the same until his death, in March, 1870 ; and he, in turn, is succeeded by Mrs, Reed's son, Wallace, the present incumbent of the ottice. Mr. Reed left three children, all of whom are living - .Martha H., Iiorn in 18(55; Angle E., in 1868; and Julia Maud, in 1872; the oldest is at school in .Massachusetts ; Mr. Reed and his son, Oliver T., were Masons ; Mrs. Reed's pleasant home is located on the corner of Dunn and Emmett streets.

JOHX KFi[I>, son of Andrew and Janet Reid, was born in Paisley, Scotland, Feb. 24, 1835 j came to Butfalo, .Alanpiette Co., Wis., with his parents, in 1850, where his father died, in 1854, and where his mother still resides. Mr. Reid came to Portage in 1865, and engaged in the stock and produce business, which he has since followed. He was married in Buffalo, Marquette Co., in December, 1860, to Margaret H. Mnir, born in Dunbar, Scotland ; they have five children - Anna Cr., Jessie S., Henry D., Maggie May and John J. ; a son died in infancy. The firm of Reid & Foster are the heaviest dealers in wool in AVisconsin,

DR. RICH.4RI> C. ROCKWOOI> wasborninUtica,N. Y.,Nov.23,1814 ; came to Milwaukee in !May, 1830, but returned to ITticain thefall. In May, 1837, he again landed at Milwaukee, and soon after visited Madison, Mineral Point, Blue Mounds and Dekorra, returning to the East via Chicago, in September. On the journey home, he rode, for the first time, after a locomotive, from Adrian, Mich., to Toledo, Ohio. In April, 1845, Dr. Rockwood returned to Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., where he entered land, in .Vugust, 1837 ; one year later, he moved to Wyocena, Columbia Co., where he lived until coming to Portage, in 1872 ; assisted in rolling up the first log house at Oconomowoc. He has been in practice thirty-six years, being at first the only physician between Wyocena and St. Paul, and also engaged in farming. Dr. Rockwood was Justice of the Peace, at Wyocena, twehe years and has been Alderman, Street Commissioner and Supervisor, at Portage. He married Mahala Packard, in Otsego Co., N. Y.. who died in 1860, leaving two children - Helen A. and Charles S. The Doctor married his present wife. Rosa Conlon, a native of Count}' Louth, Ireland, at Madison, in September, 1860 ; they have four children - Ernest S., Louis, Mellie A., and Edward. The Doctor is Treasurer of the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons ; at Wyocena, he kept the "Cottage Inn," from 1847 to 1859 ; was President of the Columbia County Agricultural Association in 1876.

J. H. ROWERS, District Attorney, was born in Oshawa, Ontario, July 27, 1841 ; educated in Canada ; graduated from Victoria University in the spring of 1866 ; entered Osgood Hall August, 18(j(; ; was articled to attorneys at (.)shawa, and afterward graduated from the Law I)e))artment of Michigan l^niversity, at Ann Arbor, in the spring of 1868, and came to Wisconsin immediately afterward, locating at Poynette, residing there one year and a half, practicing his profession ; . he then went to the State of New York, where he spent one year, returning to Wisconsin and locating in Portage, in the spring of 1871, when he .engaged in the practice of law, which he lias continued ever since ; has lieen District Attorney since 1874, ha\'ing lieen elected three times to this office. Married, at Portage June 12, 1872, to Miss Viola J. Padlev, daughter of Abraham Padley, who located at Lodi, about twenty years ago ; she was born at York Mills, Oneida Co., N. Y.; they -liave two children - Edith Ethelyn. born Sept. 19, 1875 ; Seldeu Wallace, Sept. 1, 1877. Mr. Rogera was one of the charter memliers of the A. ( ). U. W. of this city.

L.BO\.\RD S. ROLLESTOIV is a native of Nottinghamshire, England ; was born Sept. 19, 1834. Married, in Leicester, I]ngland, Jan, 22, 1857, to Maria Xewton ; she was born in Leicester Dec. 21, 1835 ; they have twelve children - Elizabeth A., Florence E. and Flora L. (twins), Maria L.. John P., Ida Fannie. Arthur Septimus, Ada F., Leonard W^illiam, Alice Mauil, William Launcelot and Beulah Octavia. Came to Wisconsin March, 1857, and located in the town of Lowville, on Sec. 5 ; was tliuiv six yciirs. then ino\eil to the ailjoiiiiiio; town of W^ocena, on 8ei'. 32, still retaining liis property in ths town of Lowville ; resided in Wyocena until Jan. 1, 1875. when he came to Portage, having been elected County Clerk in November, 1874; he was re-elected in 1876 and 1878. While residing in Wyocena he iield the otlices of Town Clerk two years. Justice of the Peace two years, and several times member of the School Board. Mr. Rolleston is a member of the A., F. & A. 51. Lodge. In 1854. he graduated from Kossal College, at Lant'ashire. England, he being in the first class, fourth form. During the Crimean war. he served as Lieutenant of Co. No. 6. 57tii Ilcgiment Hoyal Sherwood Foresters.

JAMES RITTHVEX was born in (Uasgow. Scotland. Sept. 8. 1814 : when 1 year of age, his parents moved to Kendall. Westmorclandshire, England, where he lived thirty-two years ; came to .Vmerica, and first located at Albany. N. V.; resided there until 185(1. then came to Chicago, where he remained until he came to Marcellon in September. 18(55 ; resided in the latter place until the spring of 1878 : worked at shoemaking when 15 years of age ; while in Kendall was employed in a wholesale gi'ocery store for fifteen years. Mr. R. was married, at Kendall. Westmoreland. England. Nov. 28. 1838. to .Vgnes Sandford. a native of Westmorclandshire. England ; they have three children living - Isalx'Ua S.. now Mrs. Walter Riddell ; John antl Allan, and have lost five - Mary Ann. 4 years : Edwin. 0 months, and three infant children. Mr. R. is a member of the Temple of Honor, (^ood Templar, and Sons of Temperance societies.

PIERCE RVAN, son of Chief Justice Ryan and Caroline Willard (Pierce) Ryan ; was born in Milwaukee. Wis., Oct. 9, 1851, and resided there until early in 1865. when he went to Boston ; lived there and in that vicinity about four years ; two years of this time at Dummer Academy, and two years with a Calcutta importing house in the city of Boston ; he then returned t<i his native city, and was with the Milwaukee Iron Company eight or nine years. Since the summer of lS7(i. has been in the employ of the C. M. & St. I*. R. R. Co.; in January. 1877. came to Portage, and remained three months, and settled here permanently in October, 1877. Was married, at Ann Arbor. Mich.. Oct. 1. 187!t, to Miss Isadorc .M. Risdon ; she was born in Ann Arbor.

JAMES S. SAIVBORX^, ice dealer and brick manufacturer: born in (xrafton Co.. N. H.. Nov. 14. 1887 ; is the son of Martin L. and Emeline Sanborn . his early life was passed on his father's farm ; at the age of 24, he took a fidl cour.se in Eastman's Commercial College, at Pough- . keepsie, N. Y.. after which he clerked in a grooory store three years in Boston ; then he spent nearly two years at Bristol, N. H., with Jason C. Draper, learning the Plymouth (ilove business ; in September. 18(j8, he came to Boscobel, Wis., where he clerked till January, 1871, at which time he took a contract to saw the wood on the Niirthern and La Crosse Divisi(ins of the C. M. & St. P. R. R., and the contract has been in continuous force to the present day. He was married June 12, 1872, to Miss Anna E. Estabrook, of Brunswick. Me.; they have since resided in Portage ; he has manufactured brick since 1873; will, in 188(1. make 2.(l(l().(l(t() lu-ick in Portage ; last winter he put up 10.0(1(1 tons of ice at Fox Lake and Waukau. for the Milwaukee market ; the ice used here is harvested at Silver Lake, near Portage; they have three children - Ellen I)., born May 7, 1873: Pwight A., born Sei)t. 12, 1875. and .Vnna L., born July (>. 1877. He aims to vote for the best men. is not active in politics, but is of Democratic proclivities ; he is a Methodist, and his wife is a Congregationalist ; she is a member of the local Shakespearean (!lub : they have a pleasant home on Prospect Hill.

JOHN M. f>>»AXI>ERSO]V was born in Ncwbiu-g. N. V.. Sept. 17. 18.38. and lived in Albany froTU his youth until he lauic West ; enlisted in Albany. N. Y.. August. 1802. in llaverlock Batterj'. and served until tiic close of the war ; was in all of the engagements his command was in after he enlisted ; the principal battles he was in were Cold Harbor, second battle of Bull Run. Petersburg, Chancellorsville and ( Jcttysl)urg ; came to Portage in ISCti and engaged in the business of cigarmaking for himself which liusiness he still continues. Married in Portage to Helen Augusta Linscott ; she was liorn in Utica. N. Y.; they have have two children - Warren F. and Harr\'.

JOHN W. SARtiiENT, freight engineer on main line P. & M. ; born in Lake Village. Belknap Co.. N. H., Oct. 21. 1838 ; his father. William T.. was proprietor of the hotel at Lake Village ; at the age of 14, he began railroad life as a water boy on a gravel-train on the B., C. & M. R. R.; at the age of l(i, he was given the position of fireman on the same gravel-train ; after a years experience, he was sent on to a passenger train, and continued there until fall of 185(3. when he came West ; he landed in .Milwaukee on Christmas. 185(j. and, on Dec. 28. he began firing on a freight running between Milwaukee and Fo.\ Lake, on C, M. & St. P ; in spring of 1857. the road was opened through to Portage ; he was for awhile engine-dispatcher at Portage, and afterward the same at Milwaukee ; in the fall of 1858, while on a visit to New Hampshire, lie came near death's door with typhoid fever; this detained him till spring of 1860. when he returned and took his old position of fireman, and that fall he was given an engine, which he run till the time of his enlistment; Co. F, 2d W. V. I., was formed entirely of railroad men. He enlisted in that company Aug. 21, 1862, and was honorahlj' discharged on surgeon's certificate of disaliilitj^ after about one j'ear's service ; on his partial recover}-, he was given his old situation on the railroad ; he was four years on the W. W., two of which was while the St. P. ran it, and the last two years by request of W. W. and consent of St. P., and he has been in continuous engineer service to date - part time freight, and sometimes passenger. Mr. Sargent has been longest in engineer service of any now living in the county. He was married Feb. 22, 1868, to Miss Julia B. Snow, of Watertown, Wis.; they have no children ; he belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ; they have boarded since marriage until this season. Mrs. F. N. Snow, his wife's mother, lives with them ; the family are social and respected.

CHARLiES SCHARIEKwasbornin Mecklenburg. Germany, Dec. 5,1852 ; came to Portage, stopping three weeks in New York on his way from Europe, in March, 1878, where he has since been engaged as book-keeper for Haertel's brewery. Mr. S. is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge, Turner's and Leiderkranz Societies and Hook and Ladder Company. He was married in Mecklenburg Feb. 15, 1875, to Carolina Kopcke, born in Mecklenburg; they have three children living - Amelia, Charles and Louis, and have lost one - Hulda, who died at Portage in July, 1878, aged 2 years ; before engaging with the Ilaertels, Mr. S. was with Schumacher & Scluilze two months.

MISS MARIA ^illAlIB, first cook at the Corning House: was born in Waterford, Racine Co., Wis., in 1855 ; her father is a furniture ilealer in Waterford ; has worked several years in private families, and two and a half years in the hotel. She is a Catholic. To her skillful hand can be ti-aced the well-prepared substantials which so attract the hungry traveler to the Corning House.

FRAIVK SCHERBURT was born in Prussia JLarch 12. 1856 ; is the sonof Christoph and Mary Schubart, who emigrated to America when Frank was 11 years of age. locating in Portage, where they still reside ; has worked at cigar-making for about eight years, and has been in business for himself during the last four and a half years as manufacturer of cigars and dealer in tobacco and smokers' articles. He is a member of the Turner Society and Hook and Ladder Company.

BEIVJAMIK SCHITLZE was born June <). 1801," in Taura, Saxony, where, when he had reached a suitable age, he was apprenticed to learn the art of butchering, the mysteries of weaving, and the rudiments of music, all from the same master : Mr. Schulze remembers having seen, when he was 13 years old. Napoleon Bonaparte's army as it passed through his native town en route to Russia, and was soon afterward employed with the Prussians in making fortifications for the purpose of retaking Torgau, on the Elba - which place the French had captured in 1810 - and was present during the fight that followed, and saw the town set on fire ; he also witnessed the shooting by Russians of three French soldiers for horse stealing, the victims being placed upon the edge of a hike, and pushed backward into the water when killed ; after finishing his aiJiircnticeship, he went to Schmannewitz, where he engaged in his various avocations, applying himself more particularly to the study of music. Here it was that he met and married Johanna Rosina Wagenknccht, the matrimonial event taking place April 25, 1824 ; Schmannewitz was the home of Mrs. Schulze's parents ; she was born Jan. 2, 1804, and also bore witness to the French Invasion ; when the news was received that the army was approaching, her father, who was a farmer, collected his small flock of cattle and ran them into" the woods, to save them from being carried off by the advancing foe, while Johanna, then but fl years of age, gathered together her younger brothers and sisters, and marched them into the village of Schmannewitz, where, a few days later, she heard the roar of cannon in the historical battle of Leipsic. In 1830, Mr. Schulze remo\ed to Tamenheim. a small Saxon hamlet, and there engaged in hotel keeping in addition to his three professions ; in 1833, he went to Sitzenroda, and purchased a farm and tavern for $1,600, living there until 1850, when he came to America, crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the sail-ship Amalia.' and bringing with him his wife, eight sons and one daughter, the eldest son, who was then 25 years of age. remaining in the fatherland, in the service of the Emperor as buglei' in one of the national liands ; the family aiTived in Portage, by way of Quebec, Buffalo and ^Milwaukee, July 28 of the same year, stopping at the old Franklin House ; a settlement was soon after made on the east side of Silver Lake, on a quarter section of land, which was soon placed under cultivation ; and here, for thirty years, they have made their home ; Mr. Schulze is 79 years of age, and his wife but three years younger. There have been born to this now aju'il foiipli' ton cliiklren, as follows : Frederick (now Sern'tMrv of :i National Telej^rapli Bureau, in Bautzen. Saxony), liorn ]\Iay 15. 1825; Charle.s (drowned in the ^lississippi River. .Vpril 17. l.S(i5), born Aug. 20, 1829 ; llenry"(now in Chieajjo). l)orn Nov. i:i, 18S1 ; Krank (dii'd .May 22. 187!)). Ijorn Jan. 14. 18:)P>; Hermann (now livini; in Oregon), born Mareli 0. 18;^(( ; l-'erdinand. born July 2(1, 188!» ; Frederick W.. born .March (1. 1842 : Saiuuel. liorn July 22. 1845 ; Minnie, liorn Feb, 17. 1847 : Benjamin, liorn Jan. 7. 1849. .Mr. and Mrs. Scliuize celebrated their fjoldcu weddinn' April 25. 1874. the occasion beinj; api)ropriately observed ; the famous Schulze iiand was. of course, present, tlie old Ljentlcnian once more taking part in the musical exercises ; there were seven children present ; a very touching poem, tifcy verses in lengtli. commemorative of the occasion, written by tlie absent son in (xerniany, was read, also one of the same length, composed by the family pastor, the Hev. A. Klein; both were publislied in tlie ('u/iiinliin ('(imifi/ Wrc/,-rr : Mr. and .Mrs. Schulze are apparently in as good health as ever, and have not vet outlived their usefulness.

ilRS. B.4.RBAR.\ SCHUI^ZE, n.'e Schwartz, widow of August Frank Schulze ; she was liorn May 1. 184(1, in Wittenburg, (termany; her deceased husband was born on the 14th of January, ISor!, in Prussia; he came to the United States in 1850, and settled in I'ortage. where lie was for many years a hardware merchant. He was married, Feb. 5, 18li0. to theeslimalile lady who survives him. From early liovhood. he was a member of - Schulze brass band," organized liv his father, and composed mainly of the Schulze family. He died on the 28d of May, 1879; they had eleven children, six of whom died in infancy: the living are Louis, liorn Dec. (>. 18(10; Oscar, born Dec. 13. 18()8 ; Herman H.. born Nov. 12. 1872 ; .Vugust Frank, born Feb. 2, 1875. and Samuel A., born Dee, 15, 1877. .VII the children reside at home. Louis is salesman in the store in which .Mrs. Schulze still retains an interest. She has a small place of about 20 acres near I'ortagi'. and her pleasant home on I'orncr of Howard and De Witt streets. Jlrs. S. is a member of the Evangelical ('liurch. and so also was her husband. He was a social gentleman, and a good citizen. The family arc :ill highly respected.

20, 1840 ; came to America in 1850, and located at I'ortage, and spent his time until 1861 on his father's farm ; he then went across the Plains to Ne\ada, and for five years was engaged in mining and music business ; returned to this county in the spring of IStili, and occupied his time in farming for two years in the town of Hampden, in this county ; then came to Portage, and engaged in the mercantile business, which he has continued ever since. Mr. S. was married in ^lilwaukee, March 2, 1880, to ,Miiiiiie A. Dent: she was born in St. Mary's Co.. >Id.. near Washington, D. C: is a daughter of Dr, Walter Brewer and ^largaret (Fowler) Dent. Mr. Dent was born in Charles Co.. Md.; he came to Milwaukee in 18.')2 : returned to .Maryland in 1854. and remained until 185!t, when he again came to .Milwaukee, and came to Portage in 18(11 ; died July Ml, 1807. Jlrs. Dent is a native of Cliarlotte Hall, St. .Marv's Co., Md,

W. SCIILIliZE, a native of Saxony, Prussia; liorn .March 0. 1842. and came to America with his parents, I5cnjamin and Johanna K. Schulze. in 1850. locating in the town of Portage, where they still reside. Mr. S.'s early life was spent on liis father's farm until the age of

21. then worked three years at the carpenter and joiner's trade, when he went to California, spending live years there. From 18(13 to 18(17, while in California, his whole attention was devoted to instrumental music and the composing of music ; returned to Portage in 18(i7 : he was a member of the firm of Si'humaehcr, Schulze & Bro., for a few years; then, in 1873, for about ten months, he carried on mercantile business at ;>Hnneapolis, Jlinn.; allerward returned to Portage and engaged in banking business, which he has continued ever since. .^larried in Portage, Aug. 9, 1872, to Miss .Margaret A. Ilaertel : she was born at Portage; they have three children - Clara, Anna and Carl, Mr, and Mrs. S, are members of the Kvangelical Lutlu'ran Church, and ^Ir, S, is a member of the A.. F. it A, M,

I.OriS SCHl^liTZ was born in Portage Seiit. 25. 185(; ; son of Christian and Maggie Schultz. both R'sidcnts of Portage : engaged in surveying, etc., on government improvi'inents from 1871 to Septemlu'r, 1878, running engine in connection with the river improvements and Wisconsin Uiver steamboats ; engineer in Haertel's brewery since September, 1878, 3Ir. S. was married in Madison. Wis,. Dec. 25. 1878, to Mary I'lihotl': they have one child - Carrie Dora, He is a ini'inbcr of the Hook and Jjadder Co.

SAMUELi SCHUIvZE, son of Benjaniin and Johanna Schulze: born in Saxony, Prussia, July 22, 1845 : came to America in 18,1(1, arriving in Portage on the 28th of July of that year. In 1803. commenced learning his trade - tinsmith - with I. W. Bacon, with whom he remained six years, with the exception of about seven months while in tlie army. He entered the United States service Feb. 14, 1865, as a.memljer of Co. D, 46th W. V. I., and was mustered out Sept. 27 following. At the expiration of his six years' service with Jlr. Bacon, he went to Virginia City, Mont. ; returning, he was with his brother Henry for awhile in Chicago ; then purchased a stock of hardware of Charles Goodyear and commenced business in 187(5, in Portage, in partnership with his brother Frank, who died 'Slay 22, 1879. Is now carrying on an extensive hardware store. Has been a menilier of the I. < )'. O. F. since 18GS.

<i}EKHAKD SCHl' JIACHER was liorn in Cologne, Prussia, April 12, 1840 ; he emigrated to America in 1854. locating in Milwaukee ; remained there about two years, and then came to Portage, and engaged in clerking for N. H. 'NA'ood & Co.. and continued to clerk for about eleven years ; has been in Inisiness for liimself since April, 18(!!t, under the firm name of Schumacher, Schulze & Bro., for three years, when Fred W. Schulze withdrew, the Arm name then became Schumacher & Schulze, and has remained so up to the present time. He was married at Portage on March 4, 1857, to Wilhelmina Schulze ; she was born in Saxony ; the^- have five children - Fred W., Samuel M. Milton, Benjamin and Ferdinand.

WUSTAVIIS A. SELBACK was born in Prussia May 1, 1838, and came to America in 1.857, locating at Columbus, Ohio, where he resided until the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted in Co. F, loth (). V. I., served six months, and eight months in the 9th 0. V. C, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. M, 9th 0. V. C. and was in all the engagements of Kilpatrick's cavalry. After the war, he remained in Columbus about a j-ear ; in the fall of 1869, he located at Appleton, Wis., and engaged in publishing the Appleton VoUcs/rcund, the first German i)aper published there, and continued its pulilication for three years, when he again returned to Ohio, and started the Mansfield CouriiT. the first German paper at Mansfield, conducted that paper a year and a half when he returned to Appleton, spending eight months there, when he came to Portage in 1874, and has been conducting the Columbia Comity W<:i-kn- ever since. Mr. Selbach was married at Columl)us, Ohio, in the fall of 1 868, to Mar}- Buerkle ; she is a nati\'e of Baden, Germany ; they have six children - Matilda, Lizzie, Charles, Lydia, Gerhart and Lotta. He is a member of the A. 0, U. W.

GEORGrE SHACK ELL, son of Thomas and Mary (Tyrrell) Shackell, was born near Banbury. ().\;fordsliire, England, June 15, 1821 ; came to Portage in 1853. making a contract to build a house for Judge Dixon, the first brick house erected in Portage ; he was the first mason in Portage ; he has followed the contracting and building ever since, and has been a master mason fortj'-five years - the leading mason of Portage. Mr. Shackell was married in Souldern. Oxfordshire, England. Oct. 17, 1843, to Elizabeth Bishop, daughter of Richard and Eachael Gough, born at that place Sept. 3, 1822 ; they have five children - William, born in England, July 15, 1846, who is a mason in Portage ; Elizabeth, born Jul}' 17, 1850, in England ; George T., born Jan. 9, 1856, at Portage : Richard G., born Sept. 7, 1859, and Francis W., born Sept. 6, 1861. They have lost three children - John Gough, born in England, Aug. 2, 1844, and died at Portage Jan. 29, 1855 ; Mary, born in England, June 25, 1843, and died June 28, 1843, and Edgar Gough, born in Portage Jan. 9, 1858, and ilied hwg. 24, 1858. Mr. Shackell is serving a second term as Supervisor ; he is a member of St. John's Church ; "Vestryman of that church for six years, the corner-stone of which he assisted Bishop Kemper in laying. His children have all completed a full course in the high school.

NOEL K. SHATTUCK was born in Bakersfield. Franklin Co., Vt., May 9, 1822, and lived there until 1845, then moving to Hamburg. Erie Co.. N. Y., where he taught in the academy, as Principal, two years ; he then went to Mounds^ille, Va, (now West Mrginia), and engaged in teaching there from 1847 to 1872, in the academy, a classical school ; was proprietor and Principal of the institution, which was known as Moundsville Academ3\ Mr. Shattuck received his education at Bakersfield Academj'. Bakersfield. Vt.; he came to Wisconsin in 1872, locating at Portage; he engaged in a commercial college a few months, then engaged in general insurance business ; Mr, S, has held the office of Superintendent of City Schools in Portage. Married at Moundsville, Va., July 12, 1853, to Emily S. Purdy ; she was born at Moundsville Aug. 31, 1833 ; have five children - Elizabeth Lucelia, Louis L., Emily J., Laura V. and Charles B.

PATRICK SHEEHAN was Ijorn on Prince Edward Island, British North America, in April, 1827 ; came to Wisconsin in June, 1851, locating at ^A'atertown, eighteen months, after he came to I'ortage. Mr. S. was bridge-tender four years ; worked at the carpenter's trade ; has been a contractor and Iniilder ; was Alderman, and is now serving as Marslial. He was married at Portage June 26, 1854,to Margaret H. Maloney, who was born in County Tipperaiy,

ALKXASiDKR 8HERET was born at Ft. Winnebago Oct. 9. 1850 ; in ISOo. he commenced clerking for D. Ferguson, in Portage : was with him nearly two years ; afterward, was at fJreen Bay for a short time : for the last eight years, he has been with E. L. Jaeger, as salesman ; in the spring of 1880, he commenced his present business, carrying on business with a partner ; they deal in fancy go<xls. notions, hosiery, furnishing goods, etc.: a fine assortment of goods in their line will always be found at their estiiblishment. which is located near Bard's jewelrj- store. Mr. Sheret s parents. Alexander and Margaret llobinson Sheret. were liorn at Montrose. Scotland : his father was engaged in the hardware trade in Portage for several years prior to his death ; his widow is still a resident of Portage. The subject of this sketch was married in Portage Nov. 1. 1876. to Miss Emma E.. daughter of J. B. Wood, now a resident of Ft. Winnebago. Mr. S. is a member of the I. (). (). F. Lodge and Encampment : he and his wife are members of the Presbj'terian Church.

A. E. ISniTH, the subject of this sketch, was born in the town of Cabot. A't.. Sept. 25, 1820 : he moved to Massachusetts and lived there about nine years prior to his coming to Wisconsin, when he came in May. 1857. locating at Plover. Portage Co.; he remained there three months, then went to Waupaca. Waupaca Co.. Wis.: was engaged in the hotel business there for eleven years, removing from there to Beaver Dam : he kept the Clark House for four years : rented the Silver House and kept both houses : sold out there and kept the eating-house at Minnesota Junction for a year and a half and from there went to Elroy Junction, and was proprietor of the eatinghouse there for six years : owned a farm in Columbia County for a number of years, and lived there in 1870 ; in 1880. purelia.sed the Corning House, of which he is at present proprietor. Mr. Smith was married in Cabot. A't., June 10. 1844. to Sarah 0. Warner, a native of Cabot ; they have three children - Clinton E.. Edna and Eddie W. ; lost one daughter, who died at about the age of 3 years.

SILiAS M. SMITH was born in the town of Bastard. County of Leeds. Upper Canada, Sept. 27. 1815. and is the .son of Silas and Phcebe Smith, who were natives of the State of Vermont He came to Michigan in 1837. locating at Orion. Oakland Co. ; came to Watertown. Wis., in May, 1842 : remained there one year : then going to the town of Aztalan. where he stayed about a year ; trom there, removed to Portlanil. Dodge Co.. where he erectetl the first house in the town, which was about 1844 : then moving again, he came to Fountain Prairie. Columbia Co.. in 184G : was the first Town Clerk, and held that office lor several successive years : was elected Justice of Peace in 1849, and held that office tor a number of years ; worked at the eari:)enter and joiner trade for a time ; was engaged in merchandising with Mr. Brayton for two or three years, and in business alone for some time, until the fall of 1857 or 1858. when he sold out. and removed to Randolph, and carried on the mercantile liusiness over the line in Dodge Co.. living, however, on this side of the line ; was appointed Clerk of the Court in December. 1871 : November. 1872. elected to the position of Clerk of the court, and re-elected in 1874 and 1876: then buying the abstract business of Alverson & Yule, in connection with C. L. Dering - the business being carried on at the present time by them under the finn name of Smith & Dering. Silas M. Smith was married at Brockville. Canada. Jan. 31, 1837. to 3Iary Ann Campbell ; she died in the town of Portland, Dodge Co.. Aug. 5. 1845, leaving three children. One son. ( leorge A., now at Lanark, HI. ; is agent for the W. U. R. R. Co. ; has been stationed there for the last ten years, and twenty years with the same companj' ; he also serv-ed in an Iowa regiment for two years during the late rebellion. Mr. Silas M. Smith married for his second wife. Cynthia M. Bennett, in Fountain Prairie. Oct. 2. 1847 : she died in Portage. June 16. 1876. leaving one daughter, who is now Mrs. Azelia M. Wilde. His present wife was Ann Jeannette Gallett. a native of Penn Van. Yates Co.. N. Y.: married Aug. 28. 1877. Mr. S. was Supervisor of Fountain Prairie in 1857 : ser\'ed three years as Supervisor from Randolph, Columbia Co.. in 1870. 1871 and 1872.

REIXHART A. KPRECHER was born in .Madi.son. Wis.. Sept. 24. 1857: resided at -Madison, until iscs, when he came to Portage. His father died in 1860. and his mother in 1868, and being a nephew of Carl Haertel. who became his guardian, he came here to live with him. He owned the Sprecher Brewery at Madison until October. 1879, when he sold it. and engaged in banking since March, 1875, and has remained in it ever since, except the summer of 1879, which he spent in Europe. Mr. Sprecher received his education in the public school, and the high school of Portage. Commercial College, etc. He was the son of Frederick Reinhart and Margaretta (HoUenback) Sprecher ; his father came to Madison in 1847,, and mother came in 1848, the year they were married. His fatlier was one of the first brewers of 3Iadison ; established his brewery in 1848 ; put up the first permanent liuilding in that year, and continued the business up to the time of his death. There were ten children in the family, and Reinhart is the only one who survives.

HON. ALVA STEWART is a native of Morrisville, Madison Co.. N. Y. ; was born Oct. 24. 1821, and came to Ft. Atkinson, Jefferson Co., in the fall of 1847, and came to Portage in the summer of 1853 ; while in Jeflerson Co. he was a member of the Assembly in 1850 ; also a member of the Senate, and member of the Court of Impeachment which tried Judge Hubbell. Mr. Stewart commenced to read law with Hon. Nathaniel Foote, of Morrisville, afterward with J. C. Curtis, of Canastota, and finally with Whipple Jenkins, of Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y.; admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1847. The Judge practiced law until February. 18G5. when he was appointed Circuit Judge and has been elected several times since, never having any opposition. He is now serving his third term. Was married, at Munsville. Madison Co., N, Y., Aug. 24, 1845, to Miss Ann MePherson ; she was born at JIunsville, N. Y.; they have three children - Ellen L., now Mrs. 0. M. Clark, of Winona, Minn.; Clara Belle, now Mrs. A. W. Walters, of Denver, Colo.; Fannie, now Mrs, C. A. Goodyear, of Tomah.

JOHN W. ST. JOHN was born in Utica, N. Y., April 13, 1841; son of William P. St, John ; came with parents to Portage May 18, 1855 ; was in office of Clerk of Court one and a half years ; several years engaged as a clerk in the lumber business, and for eleven years took the entire charge ; was engaged in mercantile and lumber business at NeillsviUe, Clark Co., for two years ; with a lumbering company on Chippewa River three years, since which time he has resided in Portage, Mr. St. John was married, in Portage, May 23, 1864, to Martha E. Harriman, a native of Clinton, Me. William P. St. John, father of J. W., was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1809, and was an extensive dealer in grain and wool until 1868 ; died November 1876, leaving one child - John W., the subject of this sketch.

Z. J. D. SWIFT was born in Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1835 ; son of Joseph and Susan Swift ; his parents moved to Greene Co., N. Y., when he was but 1 year old, lived there until 5 years of age, when they removed to West Point, N. Y.; remained there until moving to Wisconsin, in the year 1855, settling in Wyoeena ; before coming West, Mr. Swift learned the trade of painting, and served a partial apprenticeship as carpenter in New York City, Was married to Lydia A, Dow, daughter of Benjamin Dow, a farmer of Wyoeena, who came there in an early day, Jan. 1, 1859; she was born in Cattaraugus Co., N, Y,; they have three children - Edwin J., born Jan, 1, 1860 : Charles R., Dec. 25, 1863, and Edith G., Oct." 15, 1869. Mr. S. is a memlier of the A., F. & A. M., Secretary of the Agricultural Society for the last three years. Coroner of the county for a number of years. Justice of the Peace, since 1860, with the exception of one or two years Postmaster at Pacific since 1861, has been Town Treasurer, and has been Town Clerk several times ; he has also kept the plank-road toll gate since 1860.

ANDREW TARNHTZER was born in S\\-iti5erland Nov, 22, 1834; attended school there until 1846, when he cqme to Sauk Co.. Wis., among the fu'st settlers ; his father and mother both died in Sauk Co.. and were buried at J^ittle Prairie, or Black Hawk, in the town of Troy, in the Evangelical (lemetery. opposite the old homestead, which Mr. T. still owns ; he is a self-made man in every sense of the word. Mr. T. entered the ministry of the Evangelical Association in 1855, and was on probation in the Cedar Rapids Jlission, traveling all the time ; there one year ; then in the spring of 1856, the i)resent conference was foiTned, of which he was one of the founders ; he is now Presiding Elder.

JAMES B. TAYLOR is a native of Rupert, Bennington Co., Vt., born Aug. 15, 1840 ; was educated at Burr Seminary, Manchester, and Union College, situated at Schenectadj', N. Y., where he took a four years' course, and gi'aduated from that institution in June. 1865 ; came to Portage the same year, and commenced the study of law with his lirother Emmons Taylor, who came to Portage in 1857, and died here April 13, 1874 ; after reading law with his brother for a year and a half, he was admitted to the bar, and has been engaged in practice here up to the present time, and has acted as City Attorney the most of the time since. Was married at Portage, Sept, 16, 1873, to Miss Julia A. Davidson ; they have one child, Emmons Haskell, born April 7, 1875.

EZRA K. THAYER, born iii Orwell, Addison Co., Vt., Jan, 3, 1812, where he resided until coming to Wisconsin, town of Green Lake, Green Lake Co., in 1853 ; lived there for eleven years, then removed t<i the town of Marcellon. Columbia Co., where he remained up to the time of coming to Portage, in tiie spring of 1S77 : has been engaged in grocery business since November. 1879. Married at Sudbury. Rutland Co.. Yt. March 12." 1845. to Angeline E. Wallace, a native of Vermont. They have two children - Wra. W. and Isaljclla.

HENKV V. THKI>E, born in .Milwaukee. M'is.. July 15. 184;t ; his parents. W. H. and Catherine Thede. moved to Sauk City, whore they now reside, in 1S51 : Mr. T. learned his trade, that of a harness-maker, in MadLson and Mazomauic. and followed it in various places before beginning for himself at Portage in 1877. He was married at Sauk City. Aug. 28. 1877. to Josephine Sturm, liorn in Tvrol. They h;n-e one child. William, born May 81, 1878.

AliEX.4:VI>KK TH05IPS01V, born in Glasgow. Scotland, ftlay 2G, 1848; came with his parents, Ninnian and JIary Thompson, to Ft. Winnebago in August. 1850 : father worked at carpenter's trade for fifteen years, then engaged in farming in the town of Hekorra, Columbia Co., which he still continues. Alex. T. worked at carpenters traile three years, but in 18711 engaged in grocery business, and dealing extensively in clover, timothy and field seeds generally, which business he still continues. .Mr. T. was married in Portage. Dec. 18. 1872. to Susan ^M. Purnell. a native of Norwich. (Vjun. They have one child. Marv Emma, born May D, 1874. .Mr. T. is a prominent memlier of the 1. (). (). V.

A. B. THOMPSON, born in Smithtield. Providence Co.. R. I.. Aug. (J. 1825: came to Pardeeville in November. 18(i4. resided there ten years, then removed to Portage. Was married in Smithlield. R. I.. .November. 1846. to Thankful Handy, a native of that place : they have four children living - Morgie .\.. now Mrs. (ieo. W. I)usenlierry. of Portage; Philip K.. .\lice G.. now .Mrs. Frank A. Mathewson. of Pardeeville. and Frank B.. living ; Sarah, deceased. .Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Presb\terian Ciiurcii. and of the temperance societv.

MISS JEXNETTE THOMPSON, at Corning House;" was born in Butfalo. Marquette Co., Wis., in I)ecember, 1857; her parents are farmers, and were counted of pure blood in the land of Burns. " She has been for six j'ears a member of the United Presbyterian Church ; has been a vear in the hotel.

WERT F. THOMPSON, deceased, was born in Colchester, Vt, in 1834 ; lived in Ohio before coming to Wisconsin ; settled in Portage in 1858 ; was married in 18(i0. to Miss Cornelia E. Reed, formerly of Seneca Co.. N. Y. : her father. Warren S. Reed, came to Portage in 1858. and died in January. 18(i7. Mr. Reed started the rest:uirant Inisiness. at the depot, which, with enlargements, is now conducted Ijy Mr. Fox, Mr. Thompson died in May. ISiiS. and at the time of his death, was in charge of the railroad shops ; he has been a railroad man most of his life ; he was a 82(1 Degree Mason, and was buried with Masonic honors; .Mrs. Thompson and her brother reside in the Reed Homestead. " The brother. Samuel, was Iwru Jan. 10, 1844 ; he has been a resident of Portage since the age of 14. In June. 1878. he was married to Miss Julia Crane, of .Mauston. Wis. ; they have one child, liorn September. 1874. and named Wert Thompson Reed : Mr. Reed is a railroad engineer. EPHR.4IM B. TRAOEWELI., farmer ; born in the city of Baltimore. .Md.. in 1822 : in 1840. he came to Wisconsin, anil settled in Kenosha, which continued his home until the spring of 1851, when he came to Portage. In 1858, he was married, in Kenosha, to ^liss Harriet Dana ; in 18H0, he bought a farm. 200 acres, in Marcellon. Columbia Co.. Wis., which he still owns and rents ; since 1874 he has lived in Portage ; has two children - Frances, born in December, 185(i ; and .Major D.. born in 1858 ; both live in the county ; his wife died in 187(> ; he was crippled in the knee, by the cut of an ax, on patella, when a child ; Government was making the canal when he came to Portage, and water was let into the canal that same year : muscle and grit were the elements of success then, for those were rough pioneer times.

A. J. TIIRNER was i)orn in the town of Schuyler Falls (then Plattsburg). N. Y.. Sept. 24. 1882. where he lived until 1853. removing to Grand Rapids. .Mich., where he took his lirst lessons in the art of type-setting in the ottice ; returning to his native town, in 1855. he "set up' the first number of the Plattsluirg Snitini/. a paper still in existence, teaching school for a short time, and returning to Grand Rapids early the .same year: in September. 1855, he came to Portage, and was employed as a com|)ositor in the Lulipiiiiliiit otHee the second day after his arrival, and worked there until the spring of 185(). when he went to .Madison, and was engaged at his trade in the ottice of the Statr ./luinin/ for six months : at the end of that time, he was promoted to the position of city editor of that paper, and this e\ent marked the beginning of his journalistic career ; in the spring of 1857, he returned to Portage, and became one of the editors of the Record; in the fall of that year, he returned to Madison as a clerk of one of the legislati^-e coininittees. and. in tho tbllowini)- spring, he made the trip, on foot, with thai reuuirkahle genius, "Shanghai" Chandler, to Friendship, Adams Co.. where he assisted in establishing the Adrnm Cciiiiti/ hiih-pcudcut. remaining tliere four or five months ; returning to Portage, he resumed his former connection with the Rn-nnl. Tn the fall of 180(1, he was elected Clei-k of the Circuit Court, and served one term, at the expiration of which he was chosen to represent his district in the State Assembly ; returning from the State capital, he again took his place upon the Record, which he soon afterward purchased and consolidated with the Whfonsin ,Statf Ri-t/ixfer. founded a few months pre\ious by S. S. Brannan. upon the ruins of the Badger State .- he continued witli Mr. Brannan. as publisher of the Register, for seventeen years, selling! in 187S. to Judge J. T. Clark. Mr. Turner has l)een prominently before the people of Columbia Co. for nearly a quarter of a century, having filled various county offices ; he was a delegate to the National Convention which nf)minated Lincoln, was Chief Clerk of the State Senate three years, and now holds the otticc of State Railway Commissioner. To Mr. Turner is due the credit of establishing the - Blue Book ' upon its present plan, and he was for years its compiler ; he was the first Secretary of the Wisconsin Central Railway Company, afterward one of the Directors of the Portage & Stevens Point Railway, and, still later. President of the Portage, Friendship & Grand Rapids Railroad, which was consolidated with the present [Madison & Portage road. Mr. Turner was married at Friendship, Adams Co., ' Wis., :May 29. 1860. to :Mary (). Hanford. a native of Walton. Delaware Co.. N. Y.; they have three children - Fred J., Rockwell F. and Ellen B.

STKPHElif TURNER was Iwrn in Nelson Co., Va.. Dec. 14, 1818 ; came to Portage May o. 1858 ; engaged in peddling one year ; in 18()0, commenced mercantile business, dealing in gi-oceries and fruits ; continued in that for four years ; then engaged in auctioneering and speculating, in wliich he has successfully continued ever since ; owns two-thirds interest in the jewelry establishment of Turner & Parsons. ^Ir. Turner was married at ITnion Hill. Nelson Co., Va.. December, 1840, to Eliza Jane Hill, born at Tuion Hill ; they have had nine children, three of whom arc deceased - Samuel died in 1801. aged o years and 8 months ; Annie died in 1872, aged i) years; Charles died in 1872. aged 3 years and 3 months ; the children living are Bluford B.. Stephen. Jr.. Elizabeth, liUcretia. Willie and Jessie. Mr. T. is in every sense a self-made man.

ELKtiENE a. VAUIiiHAN, son of Samuel K. and Lavina A'aughan, who came to Wisconsin, locating at Waupun. at an early date ; his father died in Portage, in September, 1872 ; his mother is now living and a resident of this city ; Plugene was born in Wyocena, Feb. 28. 1853, and has been employed in John (Jraliam's drug and grocery house for the last ten years. He was married in Portage 3Iarch 24. 1875, to Sarah" A. Padley ; she was born at Lodi ; they have one son - Samuel K. - b<jrn March 12. 1870. Mrs. V. is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and iMr. Y. is a member of the I. (). O. F.

}>IRS. RICHARD ¥. VEEDER, widow of the earliest settler on this side of the canal ; her maiden name was Winopher ^'eeder. and she was born near Albany. N. Y.. April 2. 1812 ; 'Mr. Veeder was liorn Jan. 11. 1812. in ]M(jntreal. Canada, where his parents were temporarily stopping ; from the age of 10 he lived with an uncle in Boston. ^lass. ; he came to Wisconsin June 20, 1835, but stopped a while near (Jreen Bay. as he had relatives connected with the pineries; became to Portage several years before his marriage, which was on JIarch 10, 1844 ; when a -'bach." he kept travelers at his cabin, and after marriage he kept open house for many years ; they built the first dwelling in Portage (since destroyed by fire), and there was nothing here when they liuilt in the summer of 1845 ; the,y first spent nearly a year at the Indian trading-post ; the ^^'isconsin River now flows over the site of the trading post, and also over the site of their first pioneer dwelling near "the Post ;" the house Iniilt by them and now occupied by Mrs. Veeder is the oldest building in the city ; it was built for a storehouse, but has been used tor nearly everything. They have had four children - Elizabeth, born in 1845. in the first dwelling in Portage (she is dead) ; John S. .born Feb. 4, 1847 (he is now a railroad conductor) ; Hannah, liorn in 1849. is dead ; Richard T.. Jr., born Jan. 1. 1851 (he is also a railroad conductor). Mr. \' eeder is remembered as a kind-hearted man and good citizen, and was universally known as -Uncle Dick," and iiis widow is still called Aunt Dick ;" he died Jan. 19, 187(1 ; he was not a churcii nu^mber. but aftiliated with the Episcopalians. Her son. R. F.. still lives with his mother on Sec. 5. wiicrc Portage is mainly l)uilt. and which Mr. Y. bought at government price ($1.25 per acre) ; ]Mrs. A', owns two blocks in Portage beside her old home.

JOHN VERSEN, deceased, was l>orn in Paderborn, Pnnince of Westphalia. I'russia, Nov. 8, 1814 ; came to America and landed at New Orleans. Decemlier. 1847 ; remained there al)out one year ; removed to St. Louis, and worked at carriage trimming ; was in Galena, 111., for some time, where he made the acquaintance of U.S.Grant; afterward a resident of Madison ; came to Portage, Feb. 1. 1851. engaofed with his partner in harness-malving. with credit sufficient to obtain material for a single liarness. having landed at Portage with only five cents ; at tlie time of his death. May 24. 1S72. he carried on the largest harness manufactory in Central Wist'onsin. doing business where Purdys drug st«re is now located : leaving a larire estate at his death.

JOSEPH A. VERSEN, son of John Versen. was born in Portage June 9, 1857 ; educated at the High School ; served an apprenticeship of three years in the harness and saddlery business ; has been engaged in mercantile luisiness for some time, being now in the employ of of D. Fischbeck & Son, of Milwaukee, wholesale dealers in saddlery- hardware and leather. The Portage Register of Oct. 3. 1874. contained the following complimentary notice of young Versen: Joseph Versen. of this city, a boy of 17. entitled himself to the -reward of merit.' if not to the ' first premium.' by the manufacture of a set of single harness which he had on exhibition at the county fair. Though he is but a yearling in the business, his work would do no iliscredit to a much more experienced workman. He will, no douljt, make his mark in his particular line of business, if in no other direction. \Ve take pleasure in saying a word of encouragement to hini. as we do to all bovs who pursue the rightcoursc. "

SAM WAH & BROTHER, laundrymen ; Sam was born in China in 18(i3. and Charley was born in IS.'jtl : Charley came to San Francisco in 1870. and Sam in 1878 : both have lived in Red ^\'ing. 5Iinn. ; they came to I'ortage nearly a year ago. and are doing a good business on Conant street : are law-abiding, prosperous Chinamen.

MRS. ELECTA WARD, widow of Orlanilo Ward, who was one of the earliest merchants in Portage; she was lx>ni I)e('. 17, 1812, in liCe, Berkshire Co.. Mass. Mr. Ward was ))orn Jan. 22. 1812. in ^'ermont ; they were married in Carlton. Orleans Co.. X. Y.. on the 2Hd of June, 1836 ; came West in 1840. remained two years in Milwaukee, and then settled in the house where Mrs. Ward now lives in Portage; he died in October. 1871, leaving one child, Helen - now Mrs. Winne - living in Iowa : ^Ir. ^\'ard was a member of the Masonic ( )rder. and of the ( )dd Fellows ; she is a member of the First Presbvterian Church ; is still an active worker.

MARVIN WATERHOl'SE, M. D. (deceased), was born in Alden. Erie Co.. N. V., on the lilth of September. 1827 ; when at the age of 14. he was bereft of father, and. soon afterward, he and his widowed mother removed to T)arien. Walworth Co.. Wis.; in 1850. he moved to Packwankee. Wis.; his early life was passed amid the scenes and duties incident to farming. On the 1st of January. 1852. he was man-ied to Miss Maria A. Older, who survives him : they had no children. A broken leg. in October. 1853. caused him to study medicine, and he graduated from Hush Medical College, in Chicago, in 18(j0 ; he had practiced medicine, in response to local calls, since 1855; in August. 18(;4. he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the 1st Regiment Wis. Heavy .Vrtillery : was in the army one year; located in I'ortage in September. 18(i5. and practiced his profession in the city and surrounding country until pre\ (.'uted by his last illness ; in July. 18(i7. he became a member of the Wisconsin ^Medical Society ; was elected Mce President in 1871. and President in 1873; was delegate four years to the American Medical Society, and contributed several valualile papers to the society ; he was a successful physician, and had a lucrative practice : his broken liml) never fully recovered, and finally amputation was necessary ; this was done Jan. 1((. 1878. and the wounded limb rapidly healed ; but in the summer it broke out vvith ulcers, and an abscess formed, caused by taking I'old ; he endured the intense pain with remarkalile fortitude, until his iron constitution yielde(l. and he died on the 19th of October, 1878 ; he had been an active memlier of the I. O. O. F.. and was one of the original Patriarchs of Excelsior Encampment, at I'ortage ; the brotherhood conducted his obsetjuies. according to their impressive cereuKmies. He was a pulilic-spirited citizen ; at the time of his death, he was a member of the Board of Education, also, Kxamining Surgeon for Pensions ; he was financially comfortable : he was naturally cheerful, but firm and teiuicious ; all declare him to have been an honorable, high-minded gentleman, and one who acted well his part in all the varied relations of husband, citizen and healer of the afflicted.

ANDREW WEIR was born in Harthill. Lanarksljire. Scotland. April. 1821 ; he came to Ft. Winnebago. Wis.. May, 1851 ; remained there until November of the same year, then went with his lirother. John Weir, to California, where they spent fifteen months in mining, etc.; then went to Australia, where he spent fifteen months ; he then sailed for Scotland, where he arri\ed October, 1854. Mr. W. was married at Causewayhead. Sterlingshire, Scotland, May 9, 1855. to Margaret Kincaid, a native of Bowhouse, Sterlingshire, Scotland : they sailed for America, lauding in New York in June, 1855 ; came direct to Ft. Wiunel)ago ; engaged in real-estate and gi-ain business ; he now lives where he first settled. Mr. W. was one of the founders 'of the City Bank of Portage : was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors several terms, and is now in that position.

EIjISHA a. wells, farmer : born in Hartford, Conn., on the 9tii of September, 18(11 ; his parents removed to Berkshire Co.. Mass.. when Elisha was quite .young, and there the '-old folks ' resided uutil their death ; the fatlier was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Mr. Wells remained with his parents during their entire life. He was married on the 25th of June, 1828. to Miss Anna ^lartin. of Massaeliusetts ; they have had nine children ; the living are Ann C, Martha E., Horace K., Lydia \.. Lemuel M. and Mary A. He came to Portage on the 5th of 'Slay. 1855 ; present liouse was first liriek made in Portage ; lost a large residence May. 1879 ; has a small place in I'ortage, also land in Lewiston ; has documents dated 1704, signed by Ichabod Wells, a Sheriff of Connecticut at that date ; he was a town official many 3-ears in his New England home. Their yiildnt wcddiiKj" yi&s, celebrated on the 25th of June, 1878 ; kind friends and valuable gifts made it a memoralile occasion.

HORACE D. WELLS, retired farmer, was born on the 2d of January, 1798, in the city of Hartford, Coun. ; he is tile son of Elisha and Clara Deming Wells, of Connecticut ; the family trace their ancestry for 800 years, and show connection, l)v intermarriage, witli nobility and royalty. The " Magna Charta," signed hy King John, in 1215, was delivered at (runuymede to Bishop Hugode Wells, of the Cathedral of Lincoln." The ancestral tree is traced generations bejond the -- Bishop," and its branches are in a connected liue with the Wells family iu Portage. The original coat of arms ' of the Wells family bore the motto, Christ's Cross is my Light." Gov. Tliomas Wells, of Connecticut, was among their earliest ancestors in America ; real estate near Hartford, Conn., has been in continuous ownership of the Wells family for 200 years ; the subject of this sketch was married at Rye, N. Y., on the oOtli of April. 1834, to Miss Mary S. Barker, daughter of James Barker, a retired merciiant of New York (lity ; Mr. Wells was in the mahogany business at Yonkers, N. Y., from 1828 to 1843 : theuce he went to Owego, and engaged in mercantile Imsiness, together with lumbering ; in 1848, he weut to Hartford, and remained until coming West ; his residence in Hartford was once the home of Gov. Morgan of Connecticut, and when Jlr. Wells left the State, he sold it to Gov. Richard D. Hubliard. ^Irs. Wells died Oct. 6, 1852, leaving two sons - James B., born March 7, 1836, and Lemuel H., born Dec. 3. 18 - ; the latter is an Episcopal Clergyman in Walla Walla, Washington Ter. Mr. Wells first made a tour of the West in 1854 ; in the spring of 1855, he bought a large tract in Sauk Co.. of which he still owns 1,0(10 acres ; he came to Portage in 1862, and his present beautiful home of 20 acres was i)urchased soon afterward ; this is also the home of his son James B., who was married on the 20th of April, 1859, to Miss Anna P. King, daughter of the Hon. 0. B. King of Watertown. Conn. : they have two children - Mary A., born May 24, 1860, and James H.. Iiorn November. 18(32. The W#ells i'amilies are all Episcopalians ; the old gentleman, past fourscore and two years, is in delicate health. l)ut still retains the genial air and quiet dignity of the -old-school gentleman." He has always been a worthy citizen, and is blest with competency and hosts of friends.

JOSEPH E. WELLS was born in Birmingliam. England. March 22, 1842 ; came to Wisconsin in 1851, witli liis father ; his mother and otiier children came to Wisconsin in April, 1852 ; his father located at Twiggs Ferry, in Coliunliia Co., on the Fox River. Rev. William Wells, father of J. E. Wells, now living at Fort Winnebago, located a form in that town at about that time, and still owns it ; has been engaged in preaching at different points until fifteen j'ears ago, regularly ; now preaches every other Sunday, as he is called upon, Joseph E. worked upon the fai-m until the age of 21. when he came to Portage and attended scliool for about a year; then commenced clerking for I. W. Bacon, a hardware dealer, and remained with him between eleven and twelve years, then purchasing the Inisiness of the Bacon estate ; he has been in partnership with H. W. Williams for the last six years ; they also run a branch store at Waupaca. Mr. W. married in Portage. June 7, 1871, Addie E. Forrest ; she was born in New Hampshire ; they have four cliildren - Mary E.. Cora A., Maud S. and Josie A. He is serving his fourth year as Alderman of the Third Ward ; is member of the Temple of Honor and A., F. & A. M.

DANIEL WELLS, son of Walter Wells, who died in Yates Co., N. Y., was Ijorn in Hamilton, Madison Co.. N. Y.. Sept. 24. 1829. In 1858, lie removed to Yates Co., N. Y., and resided in Penn Yan and vicinity, until 1859 ; in December of the same year, he settled in Wisconsin, purchasing a farm on Sec. 26, town of Randolph, and engaged in farming until he sold out iu September,

18(58. and in November. 1868. removed to Portascc : in Fohruarv. 1870. engaged in tlonr and fci'd business, and also that of an aiiotioneer. Mr. Wells was ("hairman of the Board of Supervisors while at Handolph ; has been City .Marshal i>f Portage, and also held the otliee of Under .Sheriff for two years. Mr. Wells was married in the town of Jerusalem. Yates Co.. N. V.. Feb. 15. IS'ilt. to Martha fiallett. a native of that plaee. They have tlu-ee ehildren - Susan. Klizaheth. John W.. Daniel (>, Mr. Wells is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge.

ROBERT B. WEXTWORTH was born in the town of Buxton. York Co.. .Me., Jan. 18. 1827. and resided there until he came to Wi.sconsiu in 1848, locating at Madison. He learned the trade of printing in Portland. Maine, when a boy. and while living at Madison, worked as a journeyman printer. He pulilished the first paper that was ever issued inDodgc^Co - Dixige County Gazi'tic - which was published in Juneau, and continued tiie pul)lieation of that journal for about four years : the last two years he issued it as the Burr (><ih. He came to I'ortage in 1857, and bought the Pariacir Citi/ liraml. publishetl it just four years, and then sold out to A. J. Turner. In 18til. he erected a grain elevator, and engaged in the grain and hunt ler trade : he also carried on steaml)oating between this point and Green Bay ; in the latter business ten years, from 18(i4 to 1874. He is now interested in tiie City Bank of Portage; he and his .son own one-third of the stock of that institution. 3Ir. Wentworth was married at Fryeburg. Me.. Oct. 0. 1850. to Lydia H. I'ike : she was born in Fryeburg. ^fe, April 1, 1825. They have tiu'ee children - Ella Augusta, Winfield Scott and I'^lorence. He has been Alderman of the Second Ward four years, and member of the Assembly from Dodiie Co. in 1857, and Justice of the Peace one year.

W. S. WEXTWORTH was born in Juneau. Dodge Co.. Wis.. Oct. 15. 1853 ; received his education at the pul)lie .schools of Portage, and at the Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis.; was connected with McGregor & Co., in the lumber and grain lousiness, as clerk for one year ; afterward one year for his father until January. 1875. he was then a[)pointed assistant cashier of City Bank, and held that position until July 1, 1878, when he was elected cashier, which position he has since held ; stockholder and Director of the bank since January. 1876.

CHARLES H. WILLIAMS, freight engineer on 'the C. M. & St. P. R. 11. ; was born in \'ermont Jan. 14, 184;!. His parents came West in 1855, and settled in Beaver Dam. Wis. ; his railroad life began in 18(iO. as fireman on the old La Crosse & .Milwaukee \\. \\.: he enlisted in August. lSt>2. in the 24th W. V. I., and was mustered out on the 22d of June. 18(15, having served nearly three years. His regiment was in the Army of the Cuml>erland during the entire war, and he was in eleven regular liattles. besides skirmishes and raids unnumliercd. Some of the engagements are familiar in hist<n\y - Resaca. Kenesaw Mountain. Atlanta. Jonesboro. Franklin and Nashville : he had several close calls." l)ut came f>ut without a scratch. He enlisted from .Milwaukee, and at the close of the rebellion, he returned to his old position and -fired" until 1867, when he took charge of an engine, aiid has run as engineer to date. He boards at the Fox House ; belongs to the Temple of Honor. Cliarley is well liked."

RE%\ MATTHIAS WITTEXW VLER was born in Switzerland Aug. 9. 1840 ; came to America in June, 185;!, locating in the town of Washington. Green Co., Wis.; resided there until 1862 ; then entered the holj- ministry ; was ordained in 1864 ; his first charge was the church at Lomira. Dodge Co.; remained there for tive months and was then stationed at Waupaca Mission, embracing five counties ; while in charge there, he traveled every day and had to preach about every other day ; remained until lS6;i ; the conference then sent him to Fox Kiver Circuit ; was one year t'onnectecl with that ; in 1S64. was sent back to Waupaca Mission, where he remained two years ; in ISli)!. was sent to Two Rivers Mission, and was located there two years ; in 18<)8. came to Winnebago Circuit, was also two years in that place ; then sent to Dunn Co. Circuit and was there three years; then, in 187;!. to Buffalo Co. Circuit : was Pastor there for two years ; then, in 1875. appointed Presiding Klder for four years, and now has charge of Portage Church, and has a numlier of other appointments ; has made this city his residence since 1875. Mr. W. was married in Portage Oct, 17. 18(15. to Auirusta M. 3Iellea ; she was liorn in I'russia ; they have eight children - A. R., Lydia W.. .Martha M .. Hulda S.. Kddie K.. Julia E., Fredrick F., and Henry H.'

EI>\VARD L. WILCOX, I'oreman of the round-house! ('.. M. & St. R. R.. at Portage, Wis.; born Nov. 6. 1820. in New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y.; is a son of Samuel W.. who built the arsenals for the Government at Batavia. N. Y.; the mother, Abagail (White) Wilcox, still lives in Whitestown. Oneida Co.. N. Y.. which was named after her grandfather, who was the founder of the town ; she is aged 01. in 1880. The subject of this sketch learned the trade of machinist at Willow Vale, N. Y., of the firm of Rogers & Spencer; al)out 1850, he began work for N. Y. C. R. R.. at

Scheneetad>', where he remained three years ; then was at I^a Porte, Ind.. for tlie JI. S. R. R.; afterward at (Chicago, with the C. & R. I., and tlien at BIoominsTton, in employ of C, A. &. St. L. R. R.; was for some time in eharge of the round-house, at North Milwaulvee ; was afterward foreman of the round-house at Davenport. Towa, on tlie ]M. & M. R. R. ; he ran an engine nine years between Jlilwauliee and La Crosse ; and he lias been in continuous eharge of the round-house at Portage for the past ten years ; there maj- be several other railroads with whieh he was at some time connected, as he could at any time procure work on any railroad ; in various capacities lie has served the C, JI. & St. P. Co. twenty-five years. He was married in 1S(>:-! to Miss Mary McCauley, a native of Milwaukee ; they have had five children, four of whom died in childhood ; have one son - William Henry, born Nov. 21, 1870 ; his residence is on Emmet street ; is a member of A. 0. U. W.; he is President of the Wisconsin Milling and Mining Co.. of the Black Hills. D. T. ; they own four claims together with a water-right and a mill-site ; when the balance of their stock is sold, the company will enlarge their facilities for developing the mines.

JOH^ A WITTER, photognxpher; was born in Manchester, Boone Co.. 111., April 20, 1857 ; resided there until 18 years of age, when he moved to Janesville. Wis., and to Portage Oct. 1, 1878. Mr. W. learned the photographic art at Janesville, and began liusiness Oct. 28, 1878. He is a Good Templar and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

ADDIS L. WITTER was born in "the town of Manchester. Boone Co.. 111.. Sept. 19, 1859 ; removed thence to Clinton Junction, Wis., in 1876 ; removed to Janesville for a few months in 1878. and to Portage Oct. 1. 1878. where he has since resided ; and is associated with his brother, John A., in the photographing business.

N. H. WOOD. The subject of this sketch was born in Ashfield, Mass., Feb. 21, 1820 ; his father. Nathan Wood, was born in Phillipston, Mass.; he was an orphan at 12 years of age, with only one bnither. William, who was afterward engaged in the South American trade, and died in London in 1820, with quite a fortune ; the father emigrated to Ashfield in 180O, and married Lucy Ranney, daughter of Francis Ranney, fifth descendant of Thomas Ranney, who settled in Middleton, Conn., in 1669. From 1838 to 1844, when he married Harriet J. Luke, of Hamilton, N. Y.. and opened a store in Little Falls, N. Y., Mr. Wood was a wholesale peddler, supplying the stores with small wares ; his route was from Troy, N. Y., via Syracuse, to Watertown, generally journeying through the Mohawk Valley westward, and returning through Cortland, Madison, and the counties along the Cherry Valley turnpike ; in 1848, Mr. Wood visited Wisconsin, and, with a bundle of land warrants, located lands about Portage City, then Ft. Winnebago ; in the spring of 1849, he shipped a considerable stock of goods to Chicago, as a venture; he arrived there about June 1, with the cholera raging and the population very quiet ; most of his merchandise arrived in a single vessel, a perfect avalanche of goods, which obstructed the sidewalk, resulting in a fine imposed by a petty magistrate, complaint having lieen made by a jealous competitor in trade ; the fine was placarded on the door, and brought him both sympathy and notoriety ; having only two younger brothers with him, and disliking to employ those who would offer their services most readily, he adopted, from necessity, the novel plan of handing out goods to the customer who would first reach up his monej' ; the plan took like wildfire, and in this manner he disposed of his whole stock of general dry goods, fancy goods, and many articles in the gi'ocery line, which included 100 chests of tea and 300 boxes of raisins ; the nest arrival brought an immense stock of Ijooks. stationery and engravings, bought at the New York trade sales, obliging him to close his store for three days to examine ; the opening hour of 10 o'clock, which had been placarded, lirought a throng of people which filled lioth sidewalk and street for a block ; the openings of the counters were barricaded and the merchandise placed beyond reach ; on opening the doors, the rush of the crgwd was like a stampede of Texan steers ; jumping upon the counters, they commenced handing books to the first man who got the money up ; lawyers and business men came in by scores ; book after book accumulated in their arms, until, loaded, they would journey home, to return again ; a clearance of the room for dinner was facilitated by the sale of thirty medium-sized mirrors, which reflected the suggestion of the propriety of improving the appearance by journeying home for ablutions and dinner : the afternoon so far exceeded the morning, that we lost all knowledge of time, forgot our supper, sold thicker and faster, until we observed the room was thinning : they were easily dismissed - it was past 11 o'clock ; they had sold that day. stationery in small parcels and liooks in single volumes, mostly, $1,461, a feat which retailers of books and stationery - the slowest of all merchandise - will appreciate ; the stock was soon exhausted, and Mr. Wood must replenish at the seaboard ; no one could keep up the system he had introduced, nor did he ever attempt it himself again. He sent to Little Falls for

George S. and Chauiu-ey T. Bowen, aged 1(3 and 18 years : they suc-ceeded him in 1858. and. as the firm of Bowen Brothers, were for many years one of the learling wliolesale firms of Chicago, and known throughout the United States ; Chauneey T. Bowen was afterward one of the City Fathers of Chicago ; (ieorge S. Bowen is the cek'brated railroail President and dairyman of Klgin. 111., and is interested in its extensive watch manufai-tory ; their wisdom and ability liave increased with years, but they were - beautiful in tlieir youth :" so thought Mr. Wood when C. T. Bowen. at l*i. took his books in charge : in a week lie knew the cost and price of every article in the store ; in three weeks hi' knew the amount of credit each customer was entitled to. and in a month he was authority on the amount of credit every Jew in the clothing trade of Chicago might have, and the management of collections ; and so wisely and well did he do all these things, that he maintained his position ; Mr. Wood never had the least idea of failing in business ; his bark was always near shore ; he would never owe. or sutler others to owe him. more than he was worth ; with his caution, he woukl never enter the lists of a large and hazardous wholesale trade. The miasma of Chicago in those days was disagreeable to him. and he determined upon the economical life of a tax-payer upon unpmd active property in Wisconsin : perhaps thirty years of this experience has tried his ever-hopeful nature. i)ut the future of Portage City is assured, and his last (lays may Ijrighten.

J. D. WOMKR was born in Philadelphia, Pen'n., .March 8, 1848; resided there until ll! years of age ; lived then in Pittsliurgh until enlisting in February, 18G3, in Co. B, lOdth Peun. V. I., in which he scr\'ed from the battle of the Wilderness to Jjee s surrender ; was mustered out at Harrisburg, Penn.. in August. 18(!5. On leaving the army, Mr. W. went to New York City, where he remained until 1872 ; moved from there to .Springfield, 111.; two years later, he went to (Irand Rapids. Wis., and in December, 187(!, removed to Portage, which has since been his home. Mr. W. was married at .Jamestown. N. Y.. March 1(!, 1869, to Sarah A. Wood, liorn near Westtield, Chautauqua Co.. N. Y. He is a mi'uiber of the Orand Army of the Republic, ami Captain of the Guppey Guards.

E. 3. S. WRICJHT was born at No. 2 Phipnix Court. Newgate street. London, England. July 2t). 1848 ; came with his parents. Edward and Tamar (Kay) Wright, to Wisconsin in .January, 1855, and located in the town of Moundville, Jlanjuette Co.; resided there one year: removed with his parents to Portage in 1850. Mr. Wright, Sr,, was engaged in the mercantile business in Portage for se\-eral years previous to his death. Sept. 2t), 1875, Mrs. W. died April 8. 1877. E. J. S. Wright has been engaged as clerk in the dry-goods business since ISlil ; was four years with A. D. torbes. and for the last fifteen years with the present firm of Parry & Muir, and its predecessors, Mr. W. was married at Portage, in St. John's Episcopal Church, liy Rev. Walter F. Lloyd. Dec. 17, 18(J8, to Jennie M. Tayl )r, a native of Tillicoultry, Clackminningshire, Scotland, born Sept. lit, 1847 ; they have two chihlren - Nellie JIargaret. born Dec. 5 1809, and CoUette. born July 13, 1879. Ixjth born on Cook street in city of Portage. .Mr. and Mrs. Wright are lioth members of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr. W. is 'S'estryman, and has been Treasurer for ten years (with an intermission of ten months). He has been Secretary of the Columliia County Bible Society for the last two }-ears ; he is a member of Ft. Winneliago Lodge, A., F. & A, M,, No, 33; Ft. Winnebago Chapter, No, 14 ; Ft, Winnebago Commandci-y of Knights Templar, No. 4. and is Seci'etary of Ft. WinneViago Lodge at the present time ; he has hejd the office of Senior Wanlen of the same lodge, and is one of the Stewards of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. Mr. M'rigiit's fatlier was born in London, England. Aug. 4. 1814 ; his mother was liorn at St. Noets. Huutingtonshire, England. July 5, 1824 ; her father, Thomas Kay, was born at Barnard Castle, Durham, England ; her mother, Ann Shrives, was l)orn in St. Noets. England.

FRAIWK YANKO, grocer ; was born in Bohemia .March 14. 1844 ; came to Chicago in 1854 ; one year later removed to Portage, where he resided until 18()5. when he removed to New Lisbon and engaged in clerking ; in Septemljcr. 1877. Mr. Y'anko returned to Portage, and engaged in the grocery and li(iuor business. He was married in Portage. May 10. 1870. to Amelia Hanule, born in Bohemia; they have four eiiildren living - Edith. Anna. Louis and Clara, and have lost two - Willie and Emma. Mr. Y. is a member of the German Catholic Church: was elected Alderman of the First Ward in April. 1880. His lather. Frank Yanko. died at Kilbourn June 27. 185S. ami his mother is now a resident of Portage.

GEORIirE VULE was born in Northumli.n-land County. England.. .May 3. 1837 ; he came to .Vmerica in the spring of 1853, with his parents, (reorge an<l Elizalmlh Yule, who settled at West Point, in this county, on Sec. 18, where hi' lived until 1877. when he was elected Register of DjjlIs, and was rd-ehcted in 1879 ; In had hiea Chiinn m of thj Town Boird and Assessor prior to his election to the present otflce. He married Isaballa Summers, at West Point, Dec, 25,

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IStil ; she was burn in NorthumhLTland Co., Ena;.: they have seven children - Alliort. Willie. Anne J., Fred., Addison ¥j.. rreorjre, Jr.. and an infant son.

REV. JOHN IGNATIUS ZAWISTOWSKI was born in lUissian I'oland. Aug. 11, 1S22; he was educated at the University at Warsaw ; he finished his theological education in Paris, France, remaining there from 1841 to 1845 ; his first ordination for minor orders was at the Polish capital, in 1840 ; he frequented the University at Paris, and repeated, also, his studies to a private instructor there ; he left Paris July 27, 1845; and went to Bavaria ; was ordained priest Dec. 19, 184G ; was in the convent at Wur/Juirg. In 1847, he was called to the convent at llattzburn, Bavaria ; he went to Rome in 1851, and was sent to the East Indies as an apostolic missioniiry, ijy the Propaganda ; he arrived at Boml)ay, E. I., April 4, 1851 ; he remained tiiere until June 13, 1855, when he returned to Bavaria, and remained thereuntil 1857, he theli came to BuHalo, N. Y., and remained there until JMaj-. 18(;(i, then removed to Long Island, N. Y.; he came to Wist'onsin Sept. 21, 18(39 ; he lived in various places in this State before locating at Portage, which he did July 12, 1879.