Genesee Town (part 2 of 4)

HEIVRY SWAL.L.OW, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Hartland; was born in Yorkshire, England, Nov. 10, 1827. In 1847, he came to the United States, located in Dover, Racine Co., Wis., there remaining about four years ; at the end of that time, he returned to his native country for a short time, then returned to this country ; lived in Skaneateles, N. Y., a few months, then came to Pewaukee, Wis., where he lived until the spring of 1854, when he, in company with Eph Beaumont and others, crossed the plains to California. He remained in California until 1862, then returned to this (Waukesha) county, and, on the 23d of October, of that year, married in Pine Grove, Portage Co., at the home of her parents, Matthew and Fannie Beaumont, their oldest daughter, Zilpha. She was born in Yorkshire, England, and was the widow of Clifton Merrill, who, during the war of the rebellion, enlisted in Co. E, 18th Wis., and was killed at the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Immediately after their marriage, Mr. Swallow and wife went to England, and, at the end of a few months, returned to this country and located where they now reside. Their children are - Martin J., Bobbin H., Grace and Dorotha. By Mrs. Swallow's first marriage, there is one child living - Frances E. Mr. Swallow owns 170 acres, of land, located one mile north of Hartland, and within a few rods of Beaver Lake and Bark River. His farm is finely improved.

A. E. VAN DITCK, proprietor of general blacksmith shop, also manufacturer of wagons and buggies, Stone Bank, was born in Catskill, Green Co., N. Y., Feb. 12, 1820. He learned the carriage- making trade in Troy, N. Y., and worked at it in various towns and cities in that State until 1852, in which year he came West and engaged in farming, in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis. In 1854 he removed to Hartland, and there engaged in wagon and carriage making four years ; at the end of that time he came to Stone Bank and established his present business. He is thoroughly experienced in all the details pertaining to the carrying on of his shop ; uses the best material ; therefore, he enjoys the reputation of turning out work of a superior grade. Mr. Van Dyck married, in Columbia County, Wis., Miss Esther Bonner, a native of Manchester, England, (her parents were early settlers of the town of Lisbon, this county, where they resided a number of years). Their children are Edward, who married Jennie Kennegie, of Freeport, 111., and Elizabeth, now the wife of Richard Mason, of this town.

JAIIES WALSH, farmer. Sec. 26; P. 0. Merton; was born in Ridgeway, Orleans Co.,N. Y., Sept. 19, 1830. He married in Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., Jeannette G-ray, a native of Montreal, Canada. They came to Wisconsin in 1869, and purchased a farm in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., which has been their home since. They have three children - Anna, Sarah and Ella. Mr. Walsh owns 160 acres of land, most desirably located and well improved. He has filled various local offices, and is a man of much public spirit and enterprise.

JOHHV WAIiSH, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Hartland; was born in Medina Co., N. Y., July 15, 1834 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1856 ; settled in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., when he married, in 1857, Julia Poler, a native of Orleans Co., N. Y., and daughter of Jeremiah Poler, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y., and an early settler of the town of Merton ; they have five children, George W., Frank J., Harry, John and Jeremiah ; the second oldest, Frank J., is attending school at the Wayland University, Beaver Dam, Wis., and Harry, the third oldest, is clerk in a drug store at Hartland ; the remainder of the boys are home. Mr. Walsh has been Town Clerk six years, and has filled various school offices ; he owns 80 acres of land ; in politics he is a Republican.

ADOLiPH WEIIi, merchant, Merton ; was born in Prague, Bohemia, in 1822 ; he received a liberal education in his native country, and in 1846, came to the United States ; lived in the city of New York until 1848, then came to Milwaukee, Wis., where he was engaged in business until 1852, in which year he went to California, there remaining until 1855, when he returned, and married in April of that year in New Yoik City, Rosa Meyer, a native of Bavaria, Germany; after their marriage they resided in Milwaukee until 1860, then removed to the Village of Merton, Waukesha Co., where he has since been engaged in the mercantile business ; they have four children, the oldest daughter, Jennie, is the wife of James M. Pereles, attorney-at-law at Milwaukee ; the second oldest daughter, Nellie, is the wife of Thomas J. Pereles, also attorney-at-law in Milwaukee ; the oldest son, James M., is an attorney at Milwaukee ; the second oldest and youngest of the children, David, is engaged with his father in the store, and in partnership with him in dealing in wool ; he is an active and energetic business man ; Mr. Weil carries a full line of dry goods, notions, ready-made clothing, boots and shoes, crockery, and in fact everything to be found in a first-claes general store ; he has been engaged in the mercantile business the greater part of the time since he has been in the United States.

EDWARD WHIPP, farmer. Sec. ; P. 0. Monches ; was born in Lancashire, England, March 19, 1833 ; in 1842, his parents, John and Jane Whipp, emigrated to this country and settled in Merton, Waukesha Co., Wis., thus becoming pioneer settlers of that town ; here the early life of Edward was passed, amidst the hardships that necessarily must be undergone in the early settlement of any new country ; his father was identified with the early history of the progress and improvement of the town in various ways, and was elected to many local offices ; was Postmaster at Monches at the time of his death in 1850 ; his mother is still living, a most estimable woman ; Edward Whipp has been twice married ; his first wife was Jennie Dooley, she died in 1866 ; they had one child, James, now an engineer in Chicago, 111. ; his present wife was Margaret Whealen, daughter of Patrick Whealen, an early settler of Washioiiton Co., Wis. ; they have four children - Mary, Edward, Ann and William ; Mr. Whipp owns a finely located and well-improved farm ; is an energetic and enterprising citizen ; he has the full confidence of the county, and has been elected to fill various local positions.

S. Ij. worth, farmer, Sec. 13; P. 0. Merton ; was born in Catskill, Green Co., N. Y. on the 9th of April, 1830 ; in 1835, he came to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., where he married Josephine Molster, daughter of John C. Molster, an old and honored citizen of that town ; she was b' rn in Por'smouth Ohio, June 15, 1838 ; they have four children - William J., Martin L., Sarah M. and Lewis ; Mr. Worth owns 170 acres of land, finely improved and most desirably located ; he has filled the office of Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, and Assessor ; is a public-spirited and enterprising citizen.

Town Of Brookfield

EliVMf AITKEX, farmer, Sec. 31; P. 0. Waukesha; was born in Quinoy, 111., Oct. 18, 1848. When he was about six months old, his father, John Aitken, now a resident of Waukesha, removed his family to this county. He married Sarah J. Hadfield, daughter of Joseph Hadfield, of Waukesha. They have two chidren, a boy and girl - Harry E. and Jessie. Mr. A. has 200 acres of land and is extensively engaged in farming, and is possessed of much energy and enterprise.

LAUREN BARKER, farmer, See. 17 ; P. 0. Brookfield Center; was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1837. In 1845, he came to Wisconsin with his parents, William S. and Abagail Barker ; settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co. During the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. A, 2d W. V. I., and was an officer in active service in his company for over three years ; he was honorably discharged in 1865. He married in Milwaukee, Isabella Scott ; she was born in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., and was the daughter of Thomas Scott, an early settler of that town ; they have two children - Clara J. and Jennie L. Mr. Barker owns seventy acres of land. In politics he is a Republican.

- R. H. BARKER, farmer. See. 30 ; P. 0. Waukesha; was born in Yorkshire, Eng., on the 28th of April 1851. While he was a child his parents, Robert and Elizabeth Barker, came to this country and settled in Pewaukee, where he died in 1876 ; she is still living. Nov. 7, 1871, R. H. Barker, the subject of this sketch, married in Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., Rebecca Dixon, daughter of John and Matilda Dixon, early settlers and still esteemed citizens of that town. She was born in the town of Brookfield ; they have one child - John R. Mr. Barker owns eighty-eight acres of land ; is proprietor of a steam thrashing machine ; is obliging and competent, and during the autumn months does a large business in thrashing grain, clover and timothy. He has filled various school offices, and is a Democrat in politics.

FRANCIS BEIili, Sec. 1, P. O. Butler; was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in the year 1816 ; he came to this country in 1839, lived in Jersey City, N. J., one year, then went West to Rockland Co., N. Y., where he remained until his coming to Wisconsin, in 1841 ; he settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., which has been his home since. Ho has been married three times ; his present wife was Kate Keels. His eldest son, James C, is in California ; Prank, his second eldest, was in sixty-two engagements during the late war, and was a brave soldier ; he died in Brookfield ; Robert, the third eldest, served in the 5th W. V. I. all through the war, and was honorably discharged at its close ; he lives in Columbia Co., Wis. ; William, the fourth oldest of the sons, is a merchant in Nevada ; Samuel is also in Nevada ; Jane, the eldest daughter, was the wife of Samuel Harrison ; he served in the j;4th Wisconsin Regiment during the war, and was a good soldier ; he died in 1879 ; Martha E., the second eldest daughter is the wife of E. Tobin, of Wauwatosa, Wis. ; the third eldest daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of William Dougherty ; he was a soldier in a Wisconsin regiment during the war of the rebellion ; the sixth eldest son, Stewart, is in Columbia Co., Wis. ; Edward and George, the two youngest, are at home ; one daughter, Mary A., is deceased. Mr. Bell owns a well-improved farm, pleasantly located.

MRS. A. M. BEVIER, farmer. Sec. - , P. 0. Butler ; is a native of Ontario Co., N. Y., where she was married to her first husband, Andrew W. Cleveland, of Naples, N. Y. They came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted in the 24th W. V. I. He died in the service, a gallant soldier. Their eldest son, Ephraim, was a soldier in a Wisconsin battery, during the war of the rebellion ; he married Mary DeCamp, of Brookfield. The eldest daughter, Frances, is the wife of William Coleman, of Milwaukee ; Aldermorn, the second eldest son, married Emma Depue ; Andrew, the third eldest son, married Frances Curran; Myron H., fourth eldest son, married Ella Duchein ; Eva K. second eldest daughter, married Fred Cain ; " Jennie, third eldest daughter, is the wife of John Bell; Olney, fifth eldest son, is unmarried. Mrs. Bevier owns 80 acres of finely improved land. By her marriage with Mr. Bevier, there is one daughter, Cornelia.

C. A. BLODGETT, farmer. Sec. 29; P. O. Waukesha; was born near Buffiilo, N. Y., Oct. 13 1827; he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and has resided in Brookfield since that time, with the exception of a few years he was engaged in the milling business, in W^auwautosa, Milwaukee Co.; he has been elected to different offices ; was a member of the Board of Supervise rs of Brookfield several times ; Justice of the Peace and other local offices; he owns 80 acres of land. Mr. Blodgett has been married three times;

W. R. BLODGETT, farmer, Sec. 20; P. 0. Brookfield Center; was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., on the 4th of December, 1822; he came to Wisconsin in 1842, and settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., where he has since lived; he has been twice married; his first wife was Adeline Wadsworth, of Yates Co., N. Y.; his present wife was Zelphia L. Wadsworth; they have one son, William W.; he married Miss Mary Buckley; they reside in this town, Brookfield. Mr. Blodgett owns 160 acres of land ; he has filled various ofiices ; was Clerk of the town of Brookfield for nearly twenty years, and a member of the Board of Supervisors several terms.

C. V. BKOWNEIili, farmer. See. 8; P. 0. Brookfield Center; was born in Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1816; he came to Wisconsin in 1837, lived in Milwaukee a short time, then went to Wauwatosa, there remaining until 1846, when he moved to Brookfield, Waukesha Co., which has been his home since; Oct. 9, 1842, he married in Brookfield, Adeline Phillips, a native of Erie Co., N. Y., born in 1823 ; their surviving children are Emma, William, Cbauncey, Campbell, Edgar and Adeline ; the oldest, Emma, is the wife of Alansen Pease, Andover, 111.; he was a soldier in the Union army in the war of the Rebellion ; William, the secon'd oldest, served in Co. A, 35th W. V. I., three years and three months ; was in active service ; he married Annie Robinson ; they live in Buffalo Co., Wis.; Chauncey married Ellen Grogan; they reside iu this town (Brookfield); Adeline is the wife of Andrew Fortner ; they live in Canada; Campbell and Edgar are at home. Mr. Brownell owns 120 acres of land; is a Republican in politics.

MRS. MARY ANW CHAPIN, nee Davis, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Brookfield Center; she married in Bloomfield, N. Y., Ezra Chapin. He was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1818; they came to Wisconsin, in 1842 ; settled in the town of Brookfield, where he died in 1871 ; he was an esteemed citizen, a liberal and public-spirited man, and his death was deeply regretted ; during his life he filled various ofiices of honor and trust, and was a highly respected citizen. Their children are Helen E., Alice D. and Ethan D. ; the oldest, Helen B., is the wife of S. M. Darling, of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. ; the two youngest, Alice D. and Ethan D., reside with their mother, Mrs. Chapin, on the farm. Mrs. C. owns 111 acres of land, and is highly esteemed by all who are acquainted with her.

HON. HENRY CIjASEIV, merchant, also Postmaster, Marcy; was born Feb. 8, 1829, in Schwerin, Mecklenberg, Germany ; received a liberal educaticn in his native place ; he came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in the town of Menomonee, Waukesha Co.; engaged in farming there until 1859, when he came to Marcy, in the town of Brookfield, and there engaged in merchandising, which business he has been successfully engaged in since ; he also owns a well-improved farm on Sec. 3. In 1874 he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly ; he also filled various town ofiices, and has been Postmaster at Marcy since 1861. He married in the town of Menomonee, in 1850, Miss Mary Wise ; they had eight children, three of whom are living, viz. : William J., Frederick and Charlie. Mr. C. does a large and lucrative business.

WILIilAM DeCAMP, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Butler ; is a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y. ; born March 14, 1825. February 22, 1845, he married, in Moravia, N. J., Elizabeth Ellis ; in 1846, they removed to Seneca Co., Ohio, thence to Beaver Dam, Wis., in 1854, where they resided until 1857, in which year they came to Brookfield, Waukesha Co., where she died, Oct. 8, 1856 ; his present wife, Annette Whittlesy, he married in Union Springs, N. Y., on the 23d of May, 1869, she being a native of that place. Mr. DeCamp's father, Ralph DeCamp, died August, 1879 ; he was in his 89th year ; during his life he was one of the leading architects and builders of the State of New York ; he built the two first State Prisons, one at Auburn, and the other at Sing Sing ; his wife was Mary Lee, a cousin of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mr. DeCamp, whose name heads this notice, owns 100 acres of finely located and well improved land, he is a thorough farmer, and is very successful ; his children are, Hattie, wife of George Dolph, of this town , Mary, wife of E. Cleveland, also of this town ; William P., in California ; Lincoln, in Minnesota ; Annette and F. Orlando, at home. In politics he acts with the Republican party. From 1864 until 1866, he lived near Des Moines, Iowa.

JOSEPH UECHANT,, farmer and manufacturer of cheese, Sec. - ; P. 0. Elm Grove ; was born in Bavaria, Germany, on the 1st of September, 1810 ; he came to this country in 1846. Married in August of the same year, Mary Penzar, a native of Bavaria, Germany. After their marriage, they located in Ozaukee Co., Wis., where they remained until 1848, in which year they removed to their present home. Their son, Joseph, was born in this town (Brookfield) February 2, 1850 ; July 3, 1879, he married Jf-nnie R. Seitz ; they have one child, George Ellis ; their daughter, Katie, is the wife of George Michael, New Berlin, Wis. ; Mr. DeChant, owns 195 acres of land.

Town Of Beookfield

JOHX DIXON, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Brookfield Center; was born in Lincolnshire, England, July 31, 1815, April 20, 1842, he married in Auburn, Lincolnshire, Elizabeth Lumb, a native of that place, born October 27, 1814. In 1844 they came to this country, settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., where they have since resided ; their children are John Gr., Rebecca A., William H., Sarah B., Joseph J. ; the oldest of these children, John G-., married MatUda Gelden, and resides in Gratiot, Wis. ; Rebecca A., the second oldest, is the wife of R. H. Barker, of this town (Brookfield) ; William H., the third oldest, married Jennie Barker ; they also reside in this town ; Sarah E. M., the fourth oldest, is the wife of Charles M. Taylor, of Pewaukee ; Joseph J., the fifth oldest, married Annie R. Taylor, they reside in this town. Mr. Dixon owns 140 acres of land ; he has been elected to various town offices ; was a member of the Brookfield Town Board of Supervisors, several terms.

MR^. MARY A. £BLE, nee Shaw, farming. Plank Road Junction ; P. 0. Waukesha ; was born in Victory, Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1819 ; she was the daughter of Samuel and Matilda Shaw, who came to Illinois during the Black Hawk war, in 1832, and in 1833, settled near Naperville, 111., where he died, in 1858 ; he was an upright citizen, and was a soldier during the war of 1812 ; his wife is still living at Naperville. In 1834, Mary A., the subject of this notice, married in Naperville, Andrew Eble ; he was born in Baden, Germany, in 1803, came to this country a young man ; immediately after their marriage, they came to Wisconsin, settled in Milwaukee Co., thus becoming pioneer settlers of Wisconsin. Mr. Eble was accidentally shot while on a deer hunt, in Washington Co., Wis.; at the election preceding his death, he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly ; was an esteemed citizen, and in the town of Wauwatosa, where he had resided a number of years, he was chosen to fill various offices of honor and trust. Their living children are Ira, who was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, was wounded twice; Matilda J., wife of John Myers, he was also a soldier of the Union in the late war; Emory B., a leading farmer. Sec. 29, this town. Mrs. Eble owns a well-improved farm, which her youngest son, Emory B., manages ; the two oldest children are in Butternut, Wis.

CHRISTOPHER GAYWOR, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Brookfield Center; was born in County Meath, Ireland ; immigrated to Canada with his parents, James and Bridget Gaynor ; thence to Kewaunee Co., Wis., in 1858, where his father died; his mother is still a resident of that county. He married in Kewaunee County, in January, 1868, Mary Newman ; she was born in the town of Menomonee, this county, and was the daughter of Michael and Mary Newman, early settlers of that town ; they have four children living - Margaret, Mary E., Elizabeth and Christopher; two children deceased - ^Thomas and Joseph. Mr. Gaynor was Chairman of the Brookfield Board of Supervisors in 1876-77, 1879-80; four terms ; owns finely located and well-improved farm.

JOHN GEBHART, farmer. See. 27 ; P. 0. Elm Grove ; was born in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1850 ; his parents are George and Maria Gebhart, old settlers and still residents of Brookfield. He married on the 20th of January, 1874, Susanna Naurths ; she was also born in Brookfield, and is the daughter of Christian and Susanna Naurths, early settlers of that town ; they have three children - Lena, Mary and Elizabeth. Mr. Gebhart is town Treasurer at present writing, and has filled various other local offices ; he is extensively engaged in farming.

HEIVDRICK Sec. 25; P. 0. Elm Grove; was born in Smithfield, Madison Co.- N. Y., December 21, 1807. In 1831, he married, in Oneida Co., N. Y., Claris.sa M. Leland, a native o^ Grafion, Mass., born November 28, 1810 ; they came to Wisconsin in June, 1836 ; located on a farm in Milwaukee Co., where they resided a number of years ; the farm they first settled on they sold to Milwaukee Co., and the county poor buildings now are located on it ; in 1855, they moved from Milwaukee Goto this county and settled in the town of Brookfield, where they have since resided ; their oldest son, Jefferson, now a leading farmer of Brookfield, was the first white male child born in Milwaukee ; was born on Aug. 15, 1836, he married Rhoda J. Parker ; their oldest daughter, Helen M., is deceased ; their second oldest daughter, Mary, is also deceased ; Harrison M., their second oldest son, married in California, Dora Patch ; they reside in Central City, Dakota ; Sarah E., the third oldest daughter, is the wife of A. W. Coe, of Milwaukee Co. ; third oldest son, George, enlisted in Co. D, 24th W. V. I., during the war of the rebellion, was killed at the battle of Stone Rivec ; the records of his regiment show he was a brave soldier ; fourth oldest daughter, Sarah E., is the wife of J. Hanks, of Granville, Wis.; fourth oldest son, Lewis H., married Hattie Hanks, and resides in this town; fifth oldest daughter, Ella P., is deceased; sixth oldest daughter, Katie, is the wife of J. D. Warren, of Wauwatosa, Wis. Mr. Gregg owns 240 acres of land; in politics he acts with the Democratic party; in Wiiuwatosa, Milwaukee Co., he was elected to various offices.

HON. AARON V. GROOT, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Butler, Milwaukee Co. ; was born in Selienectady, N. Y., on the 18th of September, 1799. He married in 1820, at Cohoes Falls, N. Y., to Margaret Paulding; she was also a native of Schenectady; born Nov. 20, 1800 ; in 1824, they moved to Utica, N. Y. ; thence to Salem, Washington Co., where they resided the greater part of the time until their coming to Wisconsin in 1842 ; they first located in New Berlin, but remained only one year; they then moved to Brookfield, where they have resided since. Mr. Groot has been elected to several oflBces ; was Chairman of the Brookfield Board of Supervisors several terms ; was Assessor about ten years ; Justice of the Peace a number of terms ; and was a member of the Wisconsin As.^embly in 1851. Mrs. Groot is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; their children are John, Abraham, Simon, Robert, Catherine, Cornelius, Helen, Emory, Esther and Lydia; the oldest son, John, lives in Tipton Co. ; Abraham, the second son, died in 1854 ; Simon, the third son, died in 1876 ; he served in the 0. V. I., during the war of the rebellion ; was a good soldier ; Robert, the fourth son, served all through the Mexican war ; also was a soldier in active service during the war of the rebellion ; he lives in Pierce Co., Wis. ; Catherine, the oldest daughter, is the wife of E. R. Colton, attorney at law, Oshkosh, Wis. ; Cornelius is deceased ; Emory is deceased ; Esther was the wife of Robert Dunn, a soldier in a Kansas regiment during the war ; she is deceased ; Helen is the wife of H. N. Barnes of this town, Brookfield ; Lydia is the wife of Abel Kay, of Oshkosh, Wis. Mr. Groot owns 150 acres of land ; he is an old citizen and is highly esteemed by all.

CHARLES HART, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Brookfield Center; was born Nov. 2, 1820, in Lincolnshire, England; he came to this country in 1843, and in 1844, settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he married in 1850, Ann Taylor, also a native of England ; seven children - Sarah A., their eldest daughter, is the wife of W. Bingham, a commission merchant of Omaha; John W., their oldest son, is in Rising City, Neb.; Mary E., Charles B., Martha M., Theresa and Lotta are at home with their parents. Mr. Hart has held various school offices ; he erected the first saw-mill in the town of Brookfield ; also erected and ran a flouring-mill several years ; he owns 110 acres of land ; his father, Charles Hart, came td Brookfield in 1844, and lived there several years.

JAMES HYIjAND, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Butler; was born in Queens County, Ireland, in 1824 ; he feame to this country in about 1839. Married, in the city of New York, Mary Parrell ; they came to Wisconsin in 1842, and settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., which has been their home since ; their children are Margaret, John, Michael, George W., Mary and Lizzie ; the oldest of the children, Margaret, is the wife of James O'Connor; at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, he raised a company in Prairie du Chien, Wis.; was made Captain, and served in that position until the close of the war ; he is now engaged in the hardware business in Maryville, Mo. John, the oldest son, married Katie Foley ; she is deceased ; he is a farmer in the town of Menomonee ; Michael, the second oldest son, married Mary Dockery, daughter of Hon. P. Dockery, of Milwaukee Co., Wis.; they live in this town (Brookfield) ; George W., the third oldest son, married Rosa McMahon of this town; he is engaged in farming on Sec. 11 ; Mary, the second oldest daughter, is at home ; Lizzie, the youngest of the children, is the wife of James Foley ; he was a soldier in active service during the war of the rebellion ; is a leading farmer in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co. Mr. Hyland owns a finely improved farm ; has been very successful in life.

A. F. J ANSSEN, proprietor of the Brookfield House, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Elm Grove ; was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 23d of July, 1831 ; in 1851, he came to this country; lived in the city of New York until 1854, then went to Chicago, 111., where he remained about three years, at the end of -which time he came to Milwaukee, Wis., where he engaged in keeping hotel; in 1879, he purchased the Brookfield House. He married, in Chicago, 111., Louisa Plenji, a native of Mecklenburg, Germany ; they have five children - Henry, Fredrick, Charlie, Herman and Louis. In Milwaukee, Mr. Janssen was engaged for several years in keeping a retail notion store, and did a good business.

FRANK liTJTTER, manufacturer. Plank Road Junction ; P. 0. Waukesha ; was born in Prussia, on the 5th of October, 1843 ; he learned the blacksmith trade in his native country ; came to America in 1860. He married, in Brookfield, Christine Lamp ; they own a finely improved and pleasantly located farm ; he has been engaged in the manufacturing business at the Junction for several years ; the wagons, buggies, etc., of his make are widely known for their durability and the superior quality of timber used in their manufacture ; he also makes the Miller Patent Roller, which has been granted the first premium at every agricultural fair where it has been exhibited. Mr. Lutter is the principal manufacturer there is in the town of Brookfield; he is a thorough mechanic, employs none but experienced workmen, and uses only the best of material, and therefore has built up a large and constantly increasing trade.

PETER J. KITCHEIilj, station and telegraph agent, Elm Grove, was bora in county of Galway, Ireland, June 27, 1846 ; in 1851, he came to this country with his parents (Patrick and Mary Mitchell) ; they settled in Milwaukee County, where they still reside ; he received an academic education in Milwaukee. Married, in Waukesha, Wis., Sarah Tague ; they have five children - Sarah A., Peter F., Thomas A., Margaret E. and Robert E. Mr. Mitchell owns 150 acres of land ; he has been telegraph and station agent about sixteen years, Justice of the Peace for several terms, and has also filled the position of Treasurer.

JAMES B. NOBIiE, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Butler ; was born in Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y.. on the 20th of December, 1811 ; in 1847, became to Wisconsin ; located in the town of Brookfield, which has been his home since ; in early life, Mr. Noble learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, in the State of New York, and followed it there and in this State for several years. He has been married three times ; his first wife was Caroline Daggett ; she died in Bennington, N. Y. ; second wife was Ellen Higgins ; she died in this town (Brookfield) ; his present wife was Mahalia Higgins, a native of Chesterfield, N. H. ; born in 1815. Mr. Noble has been Clerk and Treasurer of School District No. 8 for about sixteen years. He also filled the offices of Town Treasurer and Justice of the Peace. He owns a finely located and well-improved farm. His children are William H., now of Pierce Co., Wis. ; Caroline, wife of J. C. Wheeler, also in Pierce Co. Mr. Wheeler served, during the war of the rebellion, in a Wisconsin regiment. Thomas J. is in Dakota ; Frank, the youngest of the children, is in Nebraska.

O. J. PATTERSON, a leading farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Butler ; was born in Stratford, Vt. on the 21st of March, 1820 ; in 1843, he came to Wisconsin ; lived in the town of Lake two year;. ; then went to Ashippun, Dodge Co., and in 1863 moved to his present home ; during the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. E, 48th W. V. I. ; was in active service on the frontier, and was honorably discharged in June, 1866. Mr. Patterson married, in the town of Pewaukee, Miss A. Perry, a native of Erie Co., Penn. ; born in 1826. He owns a pleasantly located and well-improved farm, and is an energetic and enterprising man. His parents, A. B. and Margaret Patterson, were early settlers of the West, and were for a number of years residents of Ashippun, Wis. 0. J. Patterson, the subject of this sketch, was for several years a member of the Vermont State militia, and was Captain of a company three years.

,ORRI]V G. PHILiBROOK, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Brookfield Center ; was born in Rushville, N. Y., in 1842 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Samuel and Emily Philbrook, in 1845 ; settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., which has been his home since. He married Frances Coburn, daughter of Edwin Coburn, an honored citizen of Tonioa, 111 ; they have three children - Freddie, Ollie May ; the third is an infant, unnamed. Mr. Philbrook owns 80 acres of land. Is a Republican in politics.

EUGENE PHILLiIPS, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Butler ; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1841 ; in 1844, his parents, Eli and Lavina Phillips, came to this county, and settled in the town of Brookfield, where Eugene remained until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted in Co. A, 24th W. V. I., served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged. He participated in nearly every battle his regiment was in. He married, in Wauwatosa, Wis., Maggie Bassler ; they have three children - Lavina S., Eli B.,and Benjamin C. Mr. Phillips is largely engaged in farming, and is very successful. Is a Republican in politics.

E. E. PHIIililPS, farmer ; Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Butler ; was born on the 28th of February, 1831, in Erie Co., N. Y.; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Russel and Mary A. Phillips, in 1841 ; settled in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co., Sept. 17, 1857. He married Isabella L. Leith ; she was born in Amsterdam, N. Y.; they have three children ; the oldest, Mary A., is the wife of J. R. Collins, Oshkosh. Wis.; Nellie and Willie R. are at home. Mr. Phillips owns 125 acres of land ; he has been elected to various town and school offices. Is a Republican in politics.

MONROE PHIIiLiIPS, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Butler ; is a native of York State ; he came to Wisconsin in 1844, with his parents, Eli and Lavina Phillips ; settled in Brookfield, Waukesha Co. He married in Milwaukee, in 1863, Axie Hurd, of Columbia Co., Wis.; they have three children living - Florence, Edith and Ethel. Mr. Phillips is extensively engaged in farming. He is a Republican in politics.

S. O. M. PUTNEY, a leading farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Brookfield Center ; was born in Madison Co., N. Y.; while he was a child his parents moved to Rushville, Yates Co., N. Y., where he married on the

5th of October, 1836, Sarah B. Wadsworth, a native of Middlesex, Yates Co.; born on the 9th of August, 1817 ; the same year they were married, he came to Wisconsin and bought a claim near Portage, then returned home ; in the spring of 1840, they moved to Milwaukee, remaining there until December of that year, when they removed to their present home, becoming pioneer settlers of the town of Brookfield; their children were Royal M., Payette and Clayton L. ; the oldest of those children. Royal M., was born in Rushville, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1837 ; during the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. E, 24th W. V. I., and was killed at Mission Ridge on the 23d of January, 1864 ; the second son, Fayette, died while a child; Clayton L., the youngest, resides with his parents. Mr. Putney owns 200 acres of land ; he has filled various oflSces of trust. Is a Republican in politics.

Town Of Mukwonaco

WILiIilAM ADDENBROORE, farmer. Sec. 9; P. 0. North Prairie; born 1832, in Staffordshire, Eng. ; is a son of Hy. and Harriett (Johnson) Addenbrook, who are now residents of Liverpool, Eng. ; Mr. A. studied in the schools of his native land, taking a medical course at the Birmingham Hospital; he practiced medicine on the ocean packet-ships, and in the American and English seaports, until 1852, when he came to Wisconsin and bought his present farm of 120 acres; was for nine years in the grain and mercantile business at North Prairie, selling his store and elevator, in 1875 ; has since devoted himself to his farm and apiary ; his first swarm was captured in the woods about twenty years ago ; was for a time in partnership with George Grimm, whose father, Adam G., of Jefferson, Wis., was the most successful apiarian on the continent, and first introduced the Italian bees ; the partnership was dissolved in 1879, Mr. Addenbrooke now owning one hundred and fifty swarms of pure and hybrid Italians ; he was the originator of the method of wintering the hives packed in chaff, which is found to to be most satisfactory ; he is now building a very large two-story residence, fitting up the cellar with a view to the wintering of bees ; when he went into partnership, he had fifty-seven swarms, of which Mr. Grimm took half; at the end of two years, they divided three hundred swarms between them, having more than paid expenses. Mr. A. introduced the first ferrets, and also the first African geese, into Wisconsin. Is a Democrat; was Chairman, in 1876 and 1878, and was re-elected in 1880 ; has also been Supervisor, etc., in his Republican town. Married, in 1853, Miss Celia, daughter of Isaiah and Emily L. (Harrison) Skidmore, of Staffordshire, who settled in Mukwonago, in July, 1844; Mr. and Mrs. A. have six children - Ellen H. (Mrs. John Sugden), Henry H., WilUam J., M. Louisa, Joseph J. and Harriet R.

F. S. AXDREWS, farmer. Sees. 15, 16 and 22; P. 0. Mukwonago; is a son of' John and Betsey (Smith) Andrews, and was born in Andover, Vt., March 24, 1826; the family settled on Sec. 22, Mukwonago, in 1844 ; here F. S. Andrews lived till 1850, when he located on his present farm of 195 acres ; has cleared the land of a heavy growth of oak, broken and fenced it, built a large basement barn, in 1861, has added other substantial buildings, and, in 1879, built a large and tasteful farmhouse. Married, Sept. 28, 1848, Miss Emmeline HoUister, of Bafford, S. C, by whom he has eight children - Betsey A., Anginette, Wallace P., Addie J., Alida K., Luella, Ross E., and May A. The mother of Mr. A. died in 1846, his father still residing in Mukwonago, aged 82 Mr. A. is a Republican, and has been twice chairman, and several years Supervisor, of the town. Is breeding full-blooded Spanish merino sheep, from the flock of Jasper J. Brainerd, Attica, N. Y., owning fifty full-bloods and sixty high grades; he also has one full-blood and six grade shorthorns.

GEORGE W. ANDREWS, farmer. Sees. 22 and 23 ; P. 0. Mukwonago ; born in Andover Vt. ; is a son of John and Betsey (Smith) Andrews, who came to Mukwonago in 1844, John A. buying three eighties of Government land and 320 acres of the settlers, living here until 1873, when he located in the village, his wife having died, in 1846, leaving him nine children - John, Lucy, Frederic S., George W., Andrew, Mary A., Ira B., Wesley, and Laurel G., all of whom are now in Wisconsin, except Ira D. and Wesley ; Geo. W. married Miss Roxina Hollister, a native of Canada, hy whom he has a son, J. Elmer, born Oct. 30, 1870. Owns 166 acres of the .old homestead, well improved, with good buildings; is a well-known stock-grower and dealer, buying pure-bred sheep for Western breeders ; has an excellent flock of Spanish merinos, from the flocks of Perry Craig, Vernon and A. C. Whitmore, East Troy, and has recently paid 8100 for a registered ram, from the famous Hammond flock, Shoreham, Vt.

LAUREE G. ANDREWS, merchant and postmaster at Mukwonago; born 1841, in Andover, Vt. His father, John Andrews, settled in, Mukwonago, in 1844 ; Laurel G. was'educated in the village schoo^ and in Carroll College. Married Miss Martha, daughter of Jesse Whitney ; she was a native of Rochester, N. Y., and a resident of Mukwonago. Mr. A. is a Republican. His business life began in 1869, his partner and uncle, Sewall Andrews, retiring the next year in favor of his son Clement. L. G. & C. Andrews did business until 1873, when F. A. Wood bought out Clement A., thus constituting the present firm ; they have, since November, 1879, occupied a large and well appointed store, built and owned by S. Andrews, carrying a very large and most complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and anything wanted in a farming community. Mr. A. was appointed Postmaster in April, 1875.

SEWALLi ANDREWS, the pioneer settler of Mukwonago Village, was born Feb. 5,1807. in Andover, Vt., son of John and Rebecca (Webber) Andrews ; after he was thirteen he attended school but little, being engaged on the farm of his widowed mother ; at 19 he began peddling tinware in Massachusetts, and after eight years began business in Simonsville, Vt. ; his first visit to Wisconsin was in the fall of 1835 ; Major Jesse Meacham and A. Spoor accompanied him from Chicago to Milwaukee Village, where Milo Jones joined them ; proceeding with a team to the southwest, they tented out on the open prairie, now the site of the city of Janesville ; returning, via Chicago, to his native State, he remained until the spring of 1836 ; came to Milwaukee, met Henry H. Camp, and with him reached the Indian village of Mequonago, in May, 1836; Major Jessie Meacham was one week ahead of them ; a present of two barrels of flour induced the Indians to allow them to build a bark-roofed shanty, 10x12 feet, in their village ; prior to this they built, but did not occupy, a similar hut on Sec. 22 ; these were the very first buildings ever erected by a " pale-face" in Mukwonago ; the " Los " were removed in 1837 but many returned and staid for years ; the village plot was surveyed by Martin Field and Ira Blood, in the fall of 1836 ; in the spring of 1837 Mr. A. built a store and brought in the first goods from New York City ; this was the trade center for twenty miles around, and the hardy frontier merchant reaped a rich reward ; after relinquishing mercantile business, Mr. A, owned the grist mill five years, but of late has given his attention to cultivating his farm on the outskirts of the pretty village in which he is now the oldest settler ; his substantial brick residence was built in 1842, and was one of the first of that material erected in Waukesha County. He married, Nov. 21, 1838, Miss Sarah Resigue, of Hubbardton, Vt. She died in April, 1861, leaving two sons, - Lorin, born Sept. 3, 1839 ; and Clement, born April 15, 1847. The present Mrs. Andrews was formerly Sarah J. Mason, and was born in Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; she married Edgar Meacham, who at his death, in March, 1856, left two children, Clarence and Lillian. Leona, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, died Feb. 27, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. A. are leading members of the Universalist Society of Mukwonago. Mr. A., at this writing, is a ruddy-cheeked, sturdylooking man, who can follow a team or break in a fractious colt as well as he did forty-four years ago ; he was a prominent figure in the first recorded events of his town and county. Politics, Old Line Whig Republican.

JOSEPH BOXD, farmer ; was born Oct. 10, 1800, in Warrensburg, Warren Co., N. Y., at that time Thurman's Patent, Washington Co., N. Y.; all his schooling was before his 12th birthday, but he grew up a reading, thinking and observing farmer ; his farm in East Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., was sold at a profit prior to his coming to Mukwonago, in June, 1839 ; he at once bought his present farm of 280 acres, on Sees. 22 and 27 ; Mr. B. did the best of work among the oak openings here, splitting rails like a second Lincoln ; made his farm valuable and erected good and commodious buildings upon it. Joseph Bond is one of Waukesha County's best-known pioneers, and formerly took a lively interest in public and political matters; he voted for Andrew Jackson in 1828, and has always supported his Democratic principles; was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1840, 1841 and 1846; and as a member of the first Legislature, in 1848, helped frame the State Government; this honorable and hard-working body of pioneer law makers organized the Judicial and Legi.''lative departments, made the " forty-acre " exemption law, and many others, still in force ; Mr. Bond was also a legislator in 1855, served on the County Board before and after the division of the counties, was Chairman of the County Board at the building of the court house, and from the evident respect felt for him at this d&y filled all these positions with credit.

THOMAS BRIMMER, farmer. Sees. 16 and 21 ; P. 0. North Prairie; born in Petersburg, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1806 ; Mr. Brimmer lived near this point until he was 20, then settled in Erie Co., N. Y. ; in 1844, he came to Wisconsin and bought his present farm ; built a rude house of planks, roofed with oak shingles, split out by him in Fox River woods ; this was his home eight or ten years, and was replaced by his now pleasant home ; his barns are 30x52 and 22x30 ; his 191 acres are cleared, fenced and productive ; his son is also established near him on a good farm of 80 acres. Mr. Brimmer is a genuine old settler, and a successful one; his wife, formerly Clarissa Wright, died Aug. 7, 1851, leaving four children : Sarah, Orlin, Maria and Emily ; his present wife, formerly Philura Wright, married Noah Brimmer, who died, leaving five children : Homer, deceased ; 0. Perry, Mary, deceased ; Caroline, deceased ; and William. Mr. B. is a Kepublican, and was Assessor in early times.

ISAAC BRADLEY, farmer. Sees. 18, 19 and 20; P. 0. Eagle; born in the West Ridings of Yorkshire, England, May 2, 1822; losing his father when 12 years of age, he made his home with ' William Hill, a brother-in-law, of whom he learned the trade of stone-cutter ; came with him to America, 1842, and worked on Mr. Hill's farm one year to complete the time of his apprenticeship, and the second year to repay his passage money loaned him by Mr. H. ; the next two years were spent at work on the farms by the day and month ; Isaac Skidmore then paid him $9 per month for a year and a half, he thus saving his first 8100 ; he then made a trip through South Wisconsin, doing his first stone cutting in America, at Beloit ; returning; he worked three years in the Genesee stone quarry, during this time he had bought a warrant, and located land near Neenah, Wis. ; the next two winters were spent in the pineries of Michigan, working at his trade in summer in Milwaukee ; he also worked one summer in Chicago, and one in building a college at Batavia, 111. ; after this he bought, but soon sold, an interest in the Genesee Stone quarry, also, exchanged his land at Neenah for 80 acres of his present farm ; at this time, 1853, an Indian trail led across it from Mukwonago to the northwest ; about 20 acres were broken, on which was an unfinished house, used as a weaving-room by former occupants; as a result, of twenty-seven years of ^ intelligent labor and care, Mr. Bradley has 300 acres, of which 200 are under cultivation ; his barn is 30x46 feet ; shed addition for- sheep, 21x30 feet ; stable, 18x47 feet, etc. ; his house, improved and painted, is 28x36 feet, and a pleasant home ; as Mr. B. came here on money lent by a relative, this showing speaks for itself as to the character and energy of the man ; during his life here he has worked at his trade to some extent, being foreman of a bridging gang on the Prairie du Chien Division for three summers ; his last stone wcrk was on the Milwaukee Water Works, 1873-75. He married Miss Jane, daughter of Robert Wilkinson, and a native of the East Ridings of Yorkshire, by whom he had five children - Henry W., Ella M., Irvin (deceased), Annie J. and Frank D. Mr. Bradley is liberal in religion and politics.

JOHN BlJRNELIi, farmer. Sees. 6 and 7 ; P 0. North Prairie ; born May 7, 1801, in Yorkshire, England ; at one time he managed a 700-acre farm in his native land ; came to America in 1834, and settled for three years in White Pigeon, Mich. ; made a claim (his present farm) in 1836, on which he settled with his family, June 11, 1837 ; built the largest log-house in the vicinity, ransacking two towns for men enough to raise it ; he had sent in from Michigan twenty-one barrels of flour, which were quickly snapped up by the settlers ; returning, he brought in six barrels of flour, the first head of cattle, and the first twenty hogs brought into Mukwonago ; also, brought in the first fall wheat, raising 200 bushels for his first crop ; flour in Milwaukee was worth $13 per barrel, and pork, $36 ; many of the settlers were half-starved, during the fall of 1837, when Judge Mix, of Constantino, Mich., sent in a large amount of flour made of wheat raised that year. Mr. B. first reached Waukesha with his breaking team of four horses, and, like the rest of the pioneers, went to his claim via Mukwonago ; he opened the first road to Waukesha, past Spring Lake ; his half-section, once a burr-oak-flat, is now one of the best farms in the county, the old log-house being replaced years ago by a substantial two-story brick residence ; his main barn, with basement, is 24x137 feet in size. Married, 1828, Miss Ann Walgate, who died 1840, leaving four children - William (deceased), Henry, Elizabeth, and Sarah (deceased). Married again Miss Jane Cobb, of Yorkshire, who died in September, 1879, leaving six children - Mary J., Ann, Hannah, Emma, John and Kate J. ; Helen, the third daughter, died in July, 1867. Mr. Burnell is a Democrat, and a genuine representative of the sturdy pioneers who opened up and developed this grand old county. He was fjr years noted for his first-class sheep, horses, etc., and as a dealer in horses^.

J. W. CAIRXCROSS, M. D., Mukwonago ; was born Sept. 19, 1852, in Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., of which town his parents, George and Amy Cairncross, were farmers ; after a course of study in the district schools and the Pewaukee high school, he began the study of medicine with M. R. Hewitt, a graduate and warm friend of Bellevue Medical College, New York City, and at whose instance young Cairncross entered this well and widely known medical school, graduating therefrom as physician and surgeon in February, 1875 ; locating at once in Mukwonago, he has established a most satisfactory practice. He married Miss Helen, daughter of Isaac Smith, of Pewaukee ; they have an infant son, as yet, unnamed. The Doctor is a Republican and a member of Pewaukee Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. This family originated and derive the name from the cairns and crosses of Scotland, and is one of the pioneer families in the county, settling here in 1842.

Town Of Ml'Kwonago

THOMAS CARROLL, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Genesee; born in 1816, in the County of Wickford, Ireland ; was a farmer and mason there ; sold his farm in 1850, and came with his family to America, locating in Mukwonago ; he worked the first year for W. 0. Chapin, at $13 per month, and was obliged to do this as he had exhausted his means in crossino; the ocean ; the next ten years were spent working at his trade ; he then worked the farm of a Mr. Wilson ; having saved 8200, he now bought 40 acres, but sold it in three years for $1,200, a gain of §200 on first cost; he next bought 120 acres at $2,300, paying $1,000 down ; his wife died here, leaving him seven children, Margaret, William, Michael, Thomas, Mary A., John and Lizzie ; his son David was mate on a Mississippi steamer, died at New Orleans. Mr. Carroll's present farm of 90 acres is well improved, and has good buildings. He married in July, 1871, Mrs. Margaret, widow of John CoUotoh, who was a native of County Monahan, Ireland ; born in 1821 ; he came to America in 1839, lived two years in the State of New York, and came to Wisconsin in 1841, and bought in 1844, his farm of 90 acres, which he improved, and on which he died in 1864. His wife was Margaret Brenne, of County Clare, Ireland, who came to America in 1846 ; he left her five -children, Mary A., Lizzie, Sarah, Margaret and Adelaide. The combined estate of 180 acres, is now controlled by Mr. Carroll and his youngest son. The family are Roman Catholics ; politics. Democratic.

WILDER C. CHAFIJf, deceased; was born in Weston, Vt., Deo. 1, 1813 ; after engaging fl,t cabinet making in Woodstock, Vt., for some years, he came to Mukwonago late in 1836, making a claim on Sec. 36, which he bought at the land sale three years later, and which is now so good a family home ; he built a log house and lived as a pioneer, returning in an early day for a visit to his native State ; he "was married in 1845, to Miss Amelia T., daughter of Gaylord Graves ; she was born in the town of Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and accompanied her parents in a covered wagon to Wisconsin, during the winter of 1837, a trip few would undertake now, though they heeded the hardships but little then. Mr. Chafin lived to do good work, clearing, building and adding to his farm ; at his death Oct. 8, 1870, he left seven children - Laura E., Parthena A., Mary J., Nettie, Page W., Gaylord G. and Nellie M.; Page W. died in November, 1871. Mr. Chafin was a Congregationalist and a Republican. While trying to hold a young, spirited, and at the time frightened team, he was thrown to the ground, and injured so badly as to live but two days ; a most honorable, charitable and manly man, his death was the occasion of the most sincere expressions of grief and respect by all who knew him. His wife and family enjoy a most pleasant home on the 200-acre farm south of the village ; Mrs. Chafin is a Baptist in religion.

CHARLES L. CLARK, farmer. Sec. 21; P. 0. Mukwonago; born in Whiteside Co., 111., 1838; Jiis father, Charles Clark, removed with his family from New York to Ohio about 1834, going from there to Illinois, and settling in Mukwonago in 1845 ; his elder son, Charles L. was educated here, and settled on his farm of 120 acres in 1866 ; has made the improvements himself. Married, in the spring of 1862, Miss Hannah, daughter of William Hill, deceased, who was one of the early settlers of this tewn ; they have five children - Margaret E., William 0., Alice E., Stanton R. and Ethel A. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are Congregationalists, he being an Independent Republican and a member of Mukwonago Division S. and D. of T. ; his father died in 1845 ; his mother is now living in North Wisconsin ; his only brother, William O. Clark, enlisted among Berdan's famous sharpshooters, served through the Peninsular campaign, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Charles City Cross Roads, Va. Charles L. Clark is thus the only living member of this branch of the family. Mr. Clark is breeding full-blooded Spanish merino sheep from J. J. Brainerd's flock, of Attica, N. Y., now having 114.

THOMAS COATS, "deceased; born Nov. 5, 1809, in Yorkshire, England; came to America about 1830, his family being one of the first to settle on White Pigeon Prairie, Mich; in 1835, the brothers, Thomas and John, came to Wisconsin, reaching what is now Sec. 7, Mukwonago, via Southport (Kenosha), making a claim to several hundred acres here; they then returned to Michigan for provisions and stock ; Mr. Coats made many a trip after this to the same State for supplies, the bachelor settlers meeting him, in a half-starved condition, at the Indian village of Mukwonago ; the old wagon used for these trips is still kept as a relic on the farm. Among the first settlers here, were the Sugdens, widow and six children ; part of the family located on Sec. 17, now the Hill farm; entirely destitute of means, this heroic pioneer family saw, perhaps, more of the actual suffering and privations incident to that early day, than any other in this county ; a scant supply of potatoes, eaten without even salt, was their only sustenance for some time. On the 23d of March, 1840, Jane, the second daughter married Mr. Coats, they beginning housekeeping in the log house of John Coats, who lived with them ; in May, 1842, having built a part of the present house, they removed, living for years in what is now the front parlor, doing the -cooking in a shanty under a noble burr oak, which still spreads its branches over the family roof. Mr. Coats died in 1865, leaving eight children - Mary ("Mrs. Amos Patterson), Richard and George, farming in Mukwonago, Andrew J., Ellen, Charles H. and Emma, all on the homestead; Ada J. is now Mrs. T. E. Swan, of Heart Prairie ; John, the eldest son, died in 1861 ; the 280 acres of improved land, on Sees. 7 and 8, with its large and substantial house and barns, are the result of the energy and pluck of Thomas Coats, who is missed by a host of warm friends, as a man ever open handed to the needy and always ready to encourage any enterprise that gave promise of good ; he was a stanch Repubilcan, as are his sons. A. J. and C. H. Coats are breeding the best of stock ; P. 0. address, North Prairie.

J. N. CRAWFORD, farmer. Sec. 24; P. 0. Mukwonago; born Sept. 19, 1837, in Huron Co , Ohio ; his parents, formerly from Delaware Co., N. Y., left Ohio in 1852, and settled in Baraboo, Wis.; in 1860, J. N. Crawford went to Colorado; he is a carpenter by trade, and began work among the mines; the firm of Woodbury, Norton & Crawford, of Black Hawk, Colo., erected most of the mining machinery used in that State for several years ; their contracts were with United States Senator Hill, the Black Hawk Mining Company, Smith & Parmlee, the Briggs Mining Company, etc. Mr. Crawford began empty-handed, earned a competence, and, in 1868, returned to Wisconsin, buying his present farm of 161 acres. On the 24tli of March, 1868, he married Miss Louie, daughter of Hon. Jesse Smith, of Vernon ; they have five children - Martha, Louie B., Willie N., Jessie L. and Nora. Mr. Crawford is a member of the Universalist Society of Mukwonago, is a Republican, has been Chairman of the Town, was one of the original Trustees of the Town Insurance Company, and has been its President since 1876. Mr. Crawford is one of the most successful of the breeders of fine-wool sheep in Wisconsin ; he began with registered sheep from the flock of S. B. Lusk, Western New York, and has since bought of Stickney, of Vermont, and J. H. Paul, of Grenesee, now having fifty registered animals, whicTi are hard to beat; hi s Poland China hogs are from the herds of Magee, Shepherd & Alexander, Ellsworth & Street and other noted breeders; of late, he has interested himself in Jersey cattle, having made valuable purchases from C. T. Bradley, Milwaukee.

WILLIAM M. FRAZIER, farmer. Sec. 24 and 25 ; P. 0. Mukwonago ; is a son of John and Mary (Walker) Frazier, and was born Sept. 14, 1816, in Homer, Cortland Co.; N. Y. Mr. P. is of Scotch ancestry, and resided in his native State as a farmer until June, 1845, when he settled on a part of his present farm of over 500 acres; his first visit West was in 1840; Southport (Kenosha), Milwaukee and Racine were then villages; Whitewater consisted of two or three log houses, one used as a hotel ; Perkins' mill in Burlington was the only available one for settlers in the eastern part of Racine County ; five years later he saw the Janesville and Milwaukee road thronged with teams loaded with wheat grown on land that was untouched in 1840, and four-horse stages carried a daily mail ea§h way; To show that he entered heartily into the progressive spirit of the times, we may look over his handsome cultivated fields, and at his small village of farm buildings, to which he is still adding; the log house, built forty-four years ago by James OrrendoriF, as a hotel, was for years the best in the vicinity, but was abandoned owing to its unhealthy location, Mr. P. building a log house on the site of his present frame farm house, which replaced it in 1858 ; his first barn, built with a basement, was 30x40, and since, he has built two sheep barns, one 20x120 and one 18x36, a horse barn 24x48, corn house 18x24, tpol -house 16x40, granary, colt stable, etc. He married Miss Martha M. Thompson, a native of Lodi Plains, N. Y.; they have two daughters - Lillian M. and M. Wilmina. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier are leading members of the Universalist Society of Mukwonago, he having been Supervisor of the town several terms. Town Clerk and Chairman. Politics, Republican. He has bred fine-wool sheep for twenty-five years, past, and now has a flock of 350, besides other stock.

JOHX H. GIJDGER, farmer. Sec. 19; P.O. Eagle; born in Delafield, Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1 851 ; son of John and Lydia Gudger, who came from Yorkshire, England, to Waukesha Co. about forty years ago, buying canal land of the Government; of the ten children, the four eldest were born in England ; David, the eldest son, one of the 2d W. V. I., was killed in the battle of Gettysburg ; William, the second son, is now a Kansas farmer ; John H. has lived in his native county, with the exception of five winters spent in North Wisconsin pineries , in 1875, his father bought the Skidmce estate of the widow of Isaiah Skidmore ; sold it to his son in two years, who has sold 140 acres of it, now owning 160 acres, well improved ; the large two-story brick house was built by Mr. S. at a cost of $4,000 ; he also erecting the barns and setting out the beautiful evergreens, and otherwise improving it. Mr. Gudger married, in 1877, Miss Mary Gillard, of East Troy, Wis. As a stock-breeder, he has a herd of thoroughbred Durham cattle, besides Spanish merino sheep, Norman horses, hogs, etc. Is a Republican. His father is a retired farmer of Pewaukee, his honored mother having gone to her final long rest. None of the early settlers did better than Mr. G., who earned a competence, besides giving generous aid to each, of his ten children.

Town Of Mukwonago

EDWARD HARD AKER, farmer, Sec. 10; P. 0. Mukwonago; born in Yorkshire, England, Oct. 17, 1834 ; his parents, John and Mary (Dunwell) Hardaker, came to America in 1845. Leaving his family in Massachusetts, John H. came at once to Mukwonago and bought 40 acres ; his family joined him at the end of two years. His son, our subject, was educated in England, and has been a life-long farmer ; bought his farm of 120 acres in 1865 ; during fifteen years of active and successful farming here, he has built a large and tasteful residence, a 36x42 foot barn, and other substantial buildings. Miss Mary Briley, of Oldham, Lancastershire, England, joined her sister in Milwaukee, Wis., in October, 1860, and married Mr. Hardaker there March 16, 1862 ; they have seven children - Lydia, Charles H., Cecelia, Mary A., Sarah E., John E. and James E. Mr. H. is a Kepublican, and independent of church or societies ; has usually from fifty to seventy-five excellent grade sheep, with good cattle and other stock.

JAMES HARDY, farmer, Sec. 2; P. 0. Genesee; born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, Jan. 26, 1819, son of Henry and Sarah (Reeves) Hardy, who emigrated to America, in 1842, spent a few weeks in Albany, N. Y., then came to Mukwonago, and settled on the Hardy homestead ; they were accompanied by James Hardy, and his wife, whom he married Dec. 25, 1840, she being Miss Dinah Gelder, a native of Westborough, Yorkshire ; the Hardys had been linen manufacturers in England, and found it awkward work to swing the ax ; at sight of the log shanty the elder Mrs. Hardy cried : " We never can live here," but live there they did until the next year, when they built a good log-house ; the farm was burr oak openings, there being only four or five houses between them and the river, and none oa " The Point ;" the next progressive step was to build a good frame house ; Mrs. Hardy, Sr , died May 20, 1850, and Henry Hardy, March 4, 1874; Mr. and Mrs. James Hardy have nine liviog children : Dinah, Cynthia, Mary, Sarah, Robert, John, Jane, Anna, and Elizabeth ; Henry, the eldest son, enlisted in Col. Paine's 4th W. V. I. and died at Baltimore, March 14, 1862; the next son, William, of the 24th U. S. Regulars, died at Vicksburg, Miss., Nov. 13, 1866 ; the family are now living in their fourth house, a substantial two-story brick structure ; the improved farm is provided with all needed barns, stock, implements, etc. ; one feature of Mr. Hardy's history is most marvelous ; while engaged in reaping clover for seed in the fall of 1875, he fell from the seat, directly in front of the terrible knives ; the team drew these, playing like lightning, over and through him, cutting off several toes, gashing his arms in a horrible manner, and a ten-inch gash in his chest, by which the action of the lungs, heart, etc., were exposed to full view ; the six physicians in attendance at different times agreed in pronouncing the case hopeless; Mr. Hardy attributes his almost miraculous recovery to the faithful nursing of Dr. Robert Sabin, and that of his own devoted family, during the fourteen long, weary months of his confinement to the house ; the cost of that day's reaping was over a thousand dollars ; Mr. and Mrs. Hardy are members of the Genesee Congregational Church. Politics, independent.

GEORGE HENDERSOX, farmer. Sec. 18, P. 0. Eagle; born in the parish of Orwell, Perthshire, Scotland, July 1, 1805. At 21, he left home and traveled through England and Western Europe for the ensuing three years ; the next eight years were spent on a steamer plying between Liverpool and Glasgow; he then kept hotel nine years in the latter city ; in 1850, with his wife and four children, he came to America and Waukesha Co., buying his present farm of William Ellis. Mr. Henderson has done good work during his thirty years' residence here, building barns, stable, shop, etc., and adding a brick wing to the house ; his farm of 240 acres is well improved, as is that of his son, who owns 100 acres near it. Mr. H. married Miss Agnes Duncan, a native of Maskinch, Fifeshire, on the 13th of Nov., 1829 ; they have four living children - Isabel, Agnes, George and Thomas ; the eldest daughter is wife of Gardner Campbell, proprietor of the Centennial Foundry, Milwaukee ; Agnes is Mrs. James Colman, of Puget Sound, W. T. ; George married Miss Elizabeth Hill, and is a thriving farmer ; Thomas married Miss Clara Cole, of Mukwonago, and is on the homestead. The old couple are Presbyterians. PoliticSj liberal.

WIIililAM HIIiL, deceased; born 1805, in Cheshire, England; married Miss Rachel Bradley, who was born Oct. 9, 1810, in Yorkshire ; they came to America with four children, in 1840 ; reaching Waukesha, they were unable to find other shelter than a stable, where Mrs. Hill lay sick, while her husband searched out a home, her children suifering for the bread she was unable to get them ; Mr. Hill bought 80 acres on Sec. 17, living in a log house ; Mr. Hill did good work with his ax and breaking plow, building up a good home, and a good and honorable name. He died Feb. 6, 1870, leaving six children - Jacob, David, Jane, Anne, Mary and Elizabeth ; James Hill died before his father ; Mary and her husband William Shultis are with the widow. Mr. and Mrs. H. were among the founders of the Genesee Congregational Church. «

GEORG^E G. HOWARD, farmer, Sec. 4; P. 0. North Prairie; born in SuflFolk, England, April 13, 1814; spent his younger life in his native land as a butcher; came to America in 1832 and located in Detroit, Mich., where he engaged in his business, and married, March 22, 1837, Miss Eliza Moody, of Yorkshire, Eogland ; in 1842 they came to Mukwonago and bought their farm of the Government; lived like pioneers, as they were, in a log house still standing as a memento beside the commodious frame structure, which is the reward of honest labor and care ; a further reward is the 173 acres of wellfenced and improved farm land. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have seven children - Charles, Mary A., Caroline, Benjamin, Alfred, Prances and Eliza ; the second son married Miss Mary J. Owens, and owns a small farm adjoining that of his father's, which he manages, devoting it to grain and stock. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are 'members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politics independent.

MATTHEW HO WITT, miller; Mukwonago; born in Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 2, 1838; son of Andrew and Agnes (McKaro) Howitt, who emigrated from Scotland ; Matthew attended the schools of his native county, residing there until 1856, when the family settled in the town of Lisbon; three years later he catered the flouring mill at Pewaukee, learned the business, and with B. Boorman, bought the Kellogg mill in Vernon, owned it two years, and sold it in 1864; spent a year in Sauk Co., Wis., and has since been in the milling business in Waukesha Co. ; in 1878, the brothers Matthew and John Howitt, bought and now own the water-power, grist and saw-mill in Mukwonago ; they also own and lease the cheese factory. The parents died in Lisbon, leaving ten children. Mr. Howitt married Mary Vass of Vernon, who died io 1872, leaving a son John W. ; his present wife was Miss Mary J. Small, of Lisbon; they have two children, Belle and George Roy. Mr. Howitt is a Republican, and was Chairman of the town in 1889.

WALTER IRVEVG, farmer. Sec. 20; P. 0. North Prairie; born in Alabama, Genesee Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1835; his parents, Walter and Jane (Christie) Irving, were Scotch; the father came to Wisconsin in 1846, and bought a tract of land near Madison, the family came up the lakes and joined him but did not go to Dane Co., owing to sickness, locating that fall on the present Irving homestead ; a log house stood on the improved 40 acres, the other 40 acres was openings ; Walter Irving, Jr., has owned the farm since 1860, added 80 acres, built a good house, basement barns, and improved generally. He married Miss Carrie B., daughter of P. F. Boss, one of the whole-souled pioneers of the county ; they have three children - John P., Walter W. and Lettie S., all born on the homestead^ where their grandfather died Sept. 26, 1877, aged 81 ; the widow lives, hale and hearty in her 82d jear. The old couple were Presbyterians ; father and sons Republicans in politics.

E. S. KEIiLiOGG, miller, Mukwonago ; born in 1846 in Vernon, Waukesha Co., Wis. His father, E. H. Kellogg, settled in Vernon in 1845, built a dam and saw-mill, built a grist-mill in 1856, sold to Boorman & Howitt in 1862 ; came to Mukwonago, and in August, 1864, bought the Mukwonago Mills ; he was naturally inventive, and gave his whole time to the study of milling and milling machinery ; his patent-flour bolt and his grain cleaner proving most satisfactory in their workings ; he died April 17, 1876. His son, our subject, was educated in the common schools and in Milton College, learned milling with his father, and operated the Mukwonago mill for two years, renting it one year after the death of his honored father. He married Miss Caroline, daughter of John Platner, Esq. ; she died May 2, 1870, leaving one daughter (Clara Louise) ; his present wife was Miss Luella, daughter of F. M. Payne, Esq., whom he married Dec. 24, 1878. Mr. K. is the son and grandson of practical millers ; in politics he is an independent Republican.

miiBS C. liOBDELL,, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. North Prairie; born in Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., on March 30, 1824, son of Noble and Sarah (Clark) Lobdell. After the death of his mother, his father married again, and in 1846 came to Eagle, Wis., where he died in 1862. Miles C. was educated in his native county, residing there as a farmer until May, 1 848, when he came with his wife to Wisconsin; she was born in Hamburg, Erie Co., a daughter of Wray S. and Nancy Green Littlefield, both of whom died in New York State. Mr. L bought 80 acres of his present farm then in the beautiful burr oak openings of the " School Section ;" beginning with little, they spent the winter of 1849 - 50 in a 16x22- foot house, which was merely sided up, neither lathed nor plastered, and so open that the frost could be scraped by handfuls from the inside wall on cold mornings ; Mrs. L. says she often feared her children would freeze to death, but so equal was the temperature indoors and out that they did not even take cold ; overhead on some loose boards were about forty 'bushels of onions growa as the first crop ; an ox team was used for breaking the virgin soil, for marketing the produce thereof, and for all visiting, church-going, etc. Miles Lobdell well represents the sturdy " York State " settlers of that day, who came West with the fixed purpose of making a home; his improved farm of 120 acres, his roomy and tasteful farm residence, base- ment barn and other substantial buildings are the result and reward. Of his five sons, Marion C, Dwight B. and Hamilton M. are Iowa farmers, Eugene L. and Wray 0. being on the homestead ; both the daughters - Celia N. (wife of Rev. W. H. Thompson) and Sarah Belle - are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Lobdell are members of the North Prairie M. E. Church ; Mr. L. is an old-time Whig-Republican'; has grade stock and the usual crops ; his farm was the scene of the accidental shooting of the son of Joseph Smart, in August, 1849.

WIIiLilAM Mc ARTHUR, retired farmer; Mukwonago; born in Aucram, Columbia Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1827; his parents, Duncan and Ana (Hoag) McArthur, were also New Yorkers; Mrs. McA. died in 1834, leaving six children ; the second wife, formerly Catherine VanDusen, reared four children ; the family cameWest and settled on Sec. 26, in Mukwonago. in 1849; the father died two years later, 410 acres beingdivid ed among the heirs; William McArthur buying the interests of two brothers, and living on 197 acresof the homestead until 1862, when he settled, and has since lived, in the village. He married April 17, 1851, Miss Catherine H., daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Barton; they have lost two children : Mary Alida, died Oct. 9, 1854, and George B., died Sept. 10,1863. Mr. McArthur is a democrat ; was Chairman of Mukwonago several terms, and Chairman of the County Board in 1870.

AliEXANDER MATHEWSOX, deceased; bom near Montrose, Scotland, in 1812; the family removed to Lanarkshire when he was 8 years old ; learning the weaver's trade, he worked in Scotland until 1832, when he came to America; with a brother, he began the manufacture of cotton goods in Philadelphia, they owning a factory with ninety power-looms. He married, in the Quaker City, in 1842, Miss Mary Wilson, a native of Lanarkshire; came to Wisconsin in 1856, with three children - Mary, William and Alexander, having lost three in Philadelphia; settled on the present homestead of 172 acres, when the only buildings were a log house and stable ; though a novice at farming, Mr. Mathewson made a good record, as may be seen by the improved farm, the capacious barn and tasteful home ; he died in February, 1879, honored and respected, as good men always are, his old neighbors realizing that they had lost a noble-hearted friend. The daughter married William Burt, and died Feb. 26, 1878, in Buffalo Co., Wis.; the sons, born in Philadelphia, were educated here. Mrs. Mathewson enjoys good health in her 6 2d year ; she is a member of the Genesee Presbyterian Church ; the sons have a flock of 80 fine and coarse wooled sheep, with other stock.

CHRISTOPHER NIVER, farmer. Sec. 11; P. 0. Mukwonago; born in the town of Livingston, Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1824; resided in his native State until June, 1848, when he came with his family to Mukwonago, buying 40 acres on Sec. 10, at $450, paying S250 down, and 12 per cent on the balance; 12 acres were broken, on which was a log house; the family of five lived the first summer in one room of this; as Mr. Niver says, they "borrowed their cooking;" that is, not owning a stove of their own, Mrs. Niver cooked in the open air on the stove of the family, who occupied the remainder of the cabin ; few had less to do with or more to contend with than Mr. Niver, as he was never a strong, robust man ; intelligent labor and management conquered, however, and, in 1857, he was enabled to buy 80 acres more, going in debt for every dollar of its value, and paying 100 cents on every dollar of the debt ; this is now his homestead, the 26x84-foot barn, the granary, sheep-sheds, corn and hog-house, shop, etc., being ample evidence of the good work he has done here; he has also built an 18x30 addition to his house, re-sided and repainted the original, making a roomy and elegant home. He married, in 1841, Miss Sarah D., daughter of Jacob Platner, of Claveraok, Columbia Co., N. Y. ; they have six children - Jane E. (Mrs. Samuel Funk), Helen (Mrs. B. F. Funk), Jacob M. (married Miss Cynthia Hardy), Kate (Mrs. Daniel Silvernale), Charles S. and Louisa (the two youngest, who are on the old farm). Mr. and Mrs. Niver are Methodists ; Republican in politics ; having sold part, Mr. Niver now has the 80 acres bought in 1857, and 20 acres of timber in Vernon.

F. M. PAYXE, harness-maker, Mukwonago; born Jan. 10, 1820, in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he attained his schooling and learned his trade; coming, in 1844, to Mukwonago, he began clerking for Sewall Andrews, and, after a time, began business for himself; in 1850, he went overland to California, engaged in traveling and mining two years, returned, engaged in mercantile business two years, and has since been in the harness business, having recently added a stock of groceries. He married, in 1848, Miss Harriet Eggleston, of Guilford, Conn.; they have lost two sons and two daughters, and have two living - Alice (Mrs. G. H. Abott) and Luella (Mrs. E. S. Kellogg). Mr. Payne and wife are leading members of the Universalist Society, Mr. Payne being one of its most liberal supporters ; a stanch and fearless Republican, he was Town Clerk of Mukwonago for seventeen years, and has been, for many years, and is now, Justice of the Peace; few men have been more keen observers of the ohfenges in aod progress of the Western country than he.

A. E. PERKIBfS, farmer, Sec. 36; P. 0. Mukwonago ; b6rn in the town of Lyme, New London Co., Conn., Dec. 16, 1816 ; was a native of the same town, and a schoolmate of Morrison R. Waite, now Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court; leaving his native State at 18, Mr. Perkins located on Cape Cod, Mass., his mother's birthplace; spent six years here, part of the time as master of an ocean schooner, and part as a teacher ; removed in 1840 to Monroe Co., N. Y., and engaged in farming with his father ; in 1846, he came to Mukwonago and bought 146 acres of his present estate, at $10 per acre, settled here with his family in the spring of 1847 ; to sum up his work during these 33 years, we may state that his estate now comprises over 1,200 acres of as good land as Wisconsin affords, lying in a body, though it is in three counties, and four towns ; on this he has expended about $10,000 for buildings, his spacious and elegant residence alone costing nearly $6,000 ; Mr. Perkins carries on about 560 acres, the remainder being managed by his son and son-in-law; married in Churchville, Monroe Co., N. Y., 1845, Miss Hannah E. Hadley, a native and resident of that town ; her parents being New Hampshire people ; Mr and Mrs. Perkins have three children, N. Louisa, Charles A. and Grace ; the elder daughter married Joseph Pratt, of Perry, N. Y., who occupies part of the farm ; the son married Miss Julia, daughter of O. B. Dickinson, of Mukwonago ; Grace is now pursuing her musical studies in the Conservatory of Music, Boston ; Mr. and Mrs. P. have, for 33 years past, been members of the Congregational Church, and were leading spirits in building and supporting the Mukwonago Church ; he is a Republican, and was Chairman of the town three successive years ; the family dates back about 150 years in America, a grandfather of Mr. Perkins being one of Connecticut's patriots in the Revolution ; about 1850 Mr. P. bought a flock of merino ewes of Elam Beardsley, of Racine Co., one of Wisconsin's pioneer stock -men, and during the next ten years, improved his stock of sheep by purchasing and judicious breeding, paying as high as $130 for a single animal ; in 1861 he went into partnership with E. S. Lake, of Saxton's River, Vt., they shipping from that State the same year a flock of 20 selected rams ; the next year they invested about $4,000 in 60 rams and 15 ewes, which were placed on Mr. P'e. farm and rented out during the next eight years ; this was the operation which gave an impetus to the now immense wool-growing interest of this section ; the next importation was from the splendid flock of George Campbell, of Westminster, West Vt. ; these 16 sheep were used by Mr. Perkins until 1878, when he bought a prize ram bred from Stickney's ram Centennial, which animal was awarded the $400 prize offered by Pennsylvania at the Expositi n of 1876 ; Mr. P. usually has about 500 pure-bred sheep on his farm, and says that to his success in this business he owes most of his prosperity ; illustrative of the growth of the fine-wool sheep industry, he says farmers in his vicinity, prior to his introduction of improved stock, considered four pounds a good fleece, while they are now barely satisfied with seven.

A. PliATNEK, proprietor of the Mukwonago House ; born in the town of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y., April 7, 1828 ; lived thirty-eight years as a farmer in hig native town, and was two years in a mill in Cherry Valley Village ; came to Mukwonago in 1868, bought the hotel, kept it until April, 1874, leased it two years for $1,800, and has kept it since. Blarried Miss Sally A. Shaul, of the same town, by whom he has an only son, Aaron H., born Feb. 12, 1853, now his business partner. The Platners' are Democrats, and take much interest in breeding and owning good horses ; two large barns vfill accommodate seventy-five horses, and the hotel is well kept and patronized ; Mr. P. owns the fleet and hardy stallon, Robert Bonner, and the seven-eighth Clyde stallion, Young British Champion ; his dam was by Old Farmer's Delight, he by Marquis of Clydesdale, imported from Scotland ; Old Farmer's Delight took six first prizes, and Young British Champion took three in 1879 ; this horse weighs 1,550 pounds, stands sixteen hands and one inch high, and as a draft stallion has few equals and no superiors in the State.

JOHN PLATNER, farmer. Sec. 24; P. 0. Mukwonago; born in Caverick, Columbia Co., N Y., Nov. 2, 1811 ; his first farm was in Cherry Valley, N. Y. ; this was exchanged for property in Hollowville, N. Y., where he owned a fl. uring mill; selling out, he speculated for a time, and in November, 1860, settled on his present farm of 120 acres ; this farm, previously rented and well worn out, was bought by him in 1858 ; it was fenceless and barnless ; Mr. P. has built a substantial two-story brick house, 20x 30, raised and remodeled the old house, and made it awing of the new, built substantial barns, cleared his land and made it productive, characteristic work, and well done. He married, in 1836, Miss Joanna Miller, of his native town, who died in October, 1873, leaving six children: Eva, Elizabeth, Olive, Estella, Robert and Helen L. ; the third daughter, Caroline, died as the wife of E. S. Kellogg. Mr. Planter married again in October, 1876, Miss Mary, daughter of John and Mary Frazier. Mr. P. is a RepubUcan, and was Chairman of the town ; he is, with his wife, a member of the Universalist Society ; he has superior half-blood Jersey cattle and a flock of seventy grade sheep.

THOMAS D. POWERS, 11. D., Mukwonago; born April 8, 1824, in Adolphstown, U. C. ; his father, T. H. Powers, a Vermonter, was educated in Fairfield, N. Y. ; preached over fifty years as a Baptist minister ; he married Ruby File, and Dr. Powers is their sixth child ; he was educated in the common schools and Rochester Academy ; began reading medicine with ] )rs. Williams and Cator, of Syracuse, N. Y., and graduated from the Homoeopathic Medical Academy, of Dundee, Yates Co., N. Y., in 1851; began his practice in Broome Co., N. Y., and in 1854, came to Columbia Co., Wis. ; settled in Mukwonago in 1859 ; enlisted in Co. D., 10th W. V. I., in September, 1861 ; refusing a Lieutenant's commission tendered in reward for service done in organizing the company ; this regiment was under Don Carlos Buell, who was ever careful that the rebels came to no harm from his command; the Doctor met wi(h an accident at Bowling Green, Ky., which, with an injury previously received at Rolling Forks, has; resulted in partial paralysis and a most serious disorder of the circulatory and nervous system ; while ia the service he was special correspondent for the Evening Wisconsin and several other State papers. Dr, Powers is a Republican, and a member of Unity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Holland City, Mich., where he resided for some time after the war. The Doctor has led an eventful life, and of late has patented some most useful inventions, still continuing to study mechanics in connection with his medical practice.

DAVID SMART, farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. North Prairie ; born in Newbold, Yorkshire, Eng., Aug. 11, 1812 ; lived in England as a laborer until 1845, when he came with wife and two children to America ; they stopped a short time with Richard Smart, in one of the first houses built in Waukesha Co., and that fall located on the Coats farm, part of which he worked two years ; while here a little daughter, Sarah J., was struck by lightning and instantly killed during a midnight thunder storm ; lying dead in the same bed with an elder sister, who was merely marked by the deadly fluid. In 184*7, Mr. Smart settled on 85 acres of his present farm, when the only building was a log shanty, now used for a stable, it having been supplanted by a good frame house ; Mr. S. has also erected barns, wind-mill, etc., he and his sons owning a half-section, including the old Perkins farm, besides a half-section in Minnesota - not a bad record for a man who reached the county with 10 sovereigns. Mr. Smart married, Dee. 24, 1834, Miss Martha Harpes, a native of South Cave, Yorkshire ; they have flve living children - Ann E., James, Richard, Charlotte and Franklin J. ; the eldest and youngest are on the homestead, Richard is in Minnesota, James will occupy the Perkins farm, and Charlotte is married, and settled in Dallas, Barron Co., Wis. ; Louisa, the third daughter, married John Francis, and died April 30, 1873, leaving four children - Arthur P., Lillian May, Franklin D. and Ainsworth ; the mother and an infant brother are buried in the family burying-ground on the Joseph Smart farm. Mr. Smart and sons are Republicans.

ROMEO SPRAGFE, farmer, Sees. 30, 31 and 32 ; P. O. Eagle; born in Summit Co., Ohio, March 7, 1824 ; is a son of Dr. F. A. and Bridget Sprague, who were among th^ early settlers of Eagle, the Doctor building one of the first frame houses in the town, plastered both inside and out. His second son, Romeo, lived with him till he was 26, when he went overland to California; after two years, in 1852, he returned, via Panama and New York; bought a farm in East Troy, which he sold after five years, then owning and keeping the Eagle Hotel three years, also owning the present Colyer farm ; again decided to try mining, and went as far West as Nebraska, before giving up his objective point, Pike's Peak ; on his return he sold the hotel and farm, and bought 250 acres of his present farm ; its first owner was a Mr. Stone, next H. Hammond, who improved it, followed by a Mr. Webb, next owner J. Hubbard, next David Snover, who sold to Mr. Sprague, who now has 350 acres with excellent buildings, the horse barn, hog and corn house, wind-mill, etc., having been placed here by him.- He married, in 1849, Miss R. Jane Henry, a native of New York State, by whom he has six children - Minnie, Juliette, Josephine, Harriet, Gertrude, and Romeo Franklin. Mr. S. is a Democrat, has an excellent flock of Spanish merino sheep, twenty-four head of cattle, and good horses and hogs, with the usual crops.

CHARLES B. STOCKMAN, l^mer; P. 0. Mukwonago; born April 18, 1804, in Vergennes. Vt.; losing his father at 10, he lived with an uncle in Madrid, N. Y.,for six years, " worked out" four years, then began as an employe on a St. Lawrence boat, was master of the sloop Swan for ten years, and in 1835 went to Ohio, reached Chicago in the spring of 1836, sailed on the Van Buren until July, landing and spending the " Fourth " in the bustling village of Milwaukee, a company of U. S. cavalry added to the really brilliant festivities of the occasion ; Mr. S. and a Mr. Rayness owned a grocery and also a ferry, during the summer, at Milwaukee ; his present farm was claimed by him in August, and he settled here and built a log house that fall. In 1840, he married Miss Lucinda Jones, a native of Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., by whom he has three children living - Mary E., William H., and Adell B.; an infant son, James, was drowned by falKng into the mill-pond near them. Mr. S. supplanted the log house of 1836 with a very large and tasteful frame residence in 1850, which makes a most pleasant resting-place for one who has led so busy and eventful a life. Mr. Stockman is a Jacksonian Democrat, and was the first Assessor of Mukwonago, improvising his own blanks ; he served nine years as Assessor, and was also Supervisor and Justice of the Peace.