Hustisford Town

Hustisford Town

This town is known as Town 10 north. Range 16 east, and is one of the wealthiest in the county. From a well-written article from the pen of Hon. John Hustis, which appeared in the Dodge County Directory in 1872, we extract the following :

" In former times, the Rock River divided the territory of the Indians, the Menominees occupying the east side, and the Winnebagoes the west, each having a village on the present site of the village of Hustisford. The adjacent country abounded in deer and furred animals, and the streams were full of fish. The Fox tribe of Indians formerly occupied this country, and Hustisford was known as the City of the Foxes. A tradition among the Indians represented that this country in former times was occupied by the Maudau tribes, who were expellei by the Foxes, and they in turn were driven out by the Menominees and Winnebagoes.

" On digging the canal for hydraulic purposes, at Hustisford, large quantities of Indian bones were unearthed, as if buried in a trench after a battle. On a high ridge in the southwest quarter of Section 10, the property of Charles P. Lovell, Esq., is a remarkable series of very large mounds. Indian tradition could give no account of their origin, but they are supposed to have been the work of the Toltecs, who formerly worked the copper mines of Lake Superior, and were in alliance with the Mexicans and abandoned this country, the valleys of the Ohio and Upper Mississippi, at the time of the invasion of Mexico by Cortez.

" The first settlement of the town of Hustisford was made in 1844, by one Beardsley, who located himself on the Wild Cat, where John W. Cole afterward laid off his addition to the village of Hustisford. In June, 1845, Mr. Hustis commenced the erection of a tree-dam across the Rock River, under a charter procured from the Legislature, but the graveling of the dam was not completed by his contractor, Harvey Butler, until the following year. During the spring and summer of 1845, tlie fine character of the maple-timbered land east of Rock River, and oak openings and small prairies on the west side of this town, attracted the attention of settlers, and Messrs. Sybrant Hall, Daniel Fletcher, William Jacob,, David Cardwell, Runy Sawyer, Ira Bickford, Enoch Straw, James McDermott, George W. Martin, Rauford Lovell and Croel Thompson, settled on the east side of the river, and Symmes Butler, Harvey Butler, Ira Jones, Benjamin Randall, Benjamin Ganger, George Baker, Frank Rider, Isaac Burgess, Obed Freeman, Roswell Gates, Edmunds Wiltse and many others, made settlements on the west side.

In 1845, Messrs. Gale & Porter erected a saw-mill on the Wild Cat, near its junction with Rock River, and the next year, J. Hustis completed a saw-mill on the canal below his dam. In 1851, he constructed a flouring and grist mill farther down on the canal, below his dam.

" The lands of this town are equally adapted to grazing and grain-growing, and there is no portion of the State where the farmers are more thrifty. Many of them have large sums of money loaned out at interest, and others are purchasing additions to their farms."

Among the productive industries of the town are the cheese-faccories, seven in number, some of which have been in operation a number of years, and all doing well, finding a ready market for every pound made. But one kind is made - the Limburger, which, in every market in the country, commands the very highest price.

The first death in the town was that of Mr. Porter, one of the owners of | the mill on Wild Cat, who died in 1847. Mr. Porter was a candidate, that year, for membership in the Constitutional Convention, and died during the canvass.

The have the honor of first proclaiming the Gospel here, after whom came the Congregationalists. This town has now a reputation for fine horses, there being here some of tfcre finest in the State. It is also a good stock country.

In some respects this is the most important town in the county, as here is found iron ore in inexhaustible quantities, which is destined to yield many thousands of dollars to the owners of the mines, and directly and indirectly benefit every citizen living in the neighborhood. In another part of this history will be found an account of the operations of the company now owning the mines, and an estimate of the business being done.

The first settlement of which we find record was in 1845, Caleb Northrup being the pioneer. G. Taylor, J. H. Warren, J. Loop, II. Mace and others came shortly after. The first school in the town was in 1846, located on Section 3. Rev. James W. Burton preached the first sermon in the township in 1846, and, in the following year, the German Lutherans built a house of worship on Section 35. There are now in the town eight churches. Much of the history of this town will be found in the history of the village of Horicon, and therefore we give a very brief notice of many things. The first mill was built by Larrabee & Co. in 1847, on Rock River, in the present village of Horicon. The town is traversed by two railroads - the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria, the history of which is given elsewhere. There are under cultivation in the town 21,205 acres of land, and some of the best in the county. Wheat is the principal product.

This town is bounded on the north by Le Roy, on the south by Hubbard, on the east by Theresa, and on the west by Burnett. It is in Town 12 north. Range 16 east, and is a timber country. Its first settlers were the Fosters, Mays, Palmers and others, and its history dates back to 1845. There are two villages in the town, Mayville and Kekoskee. The Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railroad traverses the eastern part from north to south, giving the farmers, merchants and others the conveniences incident thereto. There are subject to assessment 21,293 acres of land, valued at $602,915. In 1870, the population of the town was 2,305. In 1879, we find in cultivation, of wheat, 4,726 acres; corn, 785 ; oats, 694 ; barley, 398 ; rye, 140 ; potatoes, 102 ; apple orchards, 169 ; grasses, 1,223.

In the fall of 1845, Alfred Lamberson settled in the present town of Le Roy. He was followed shortly afterward by Rufus Cowles, Austin Graves, C. Holdridge, David Niles, C. and B. Parrish, Ira Hodge, H. Barnes, James Patrick and B. G. Gill. Together with their respective families, these gentlemen formed quite a respectable settlement.

In fulfillment of the command to " multiply and replenish the earth," a daughter was born unto Mr. and Mrs. Servis, to whom was given the name of Emma. W. D. Barnes was the first male child, born July 19, 1849. The first death in the town was that of a son of Austin Graves. The first school in the town was in 1849. A schoolhouse was built about the same time, on Section 12. A better schoolhouse was erected in 1854, which still stands, and the school is that of District No. 2. There are nine schoolhouses in the town. The Catholics and Methodist Episcopal denominations furnish the spiritual food for the citizens of the town, the former erecting a church house as early as 1849, located on Section 26. For the convenience of the people, a post oiBce was established on Section 25, in 1848, to which was given the name of Farmersville. B. G. Gill was the first Postmaster. Sebastian Weinberger is the present Postmaster. Another post office was afterward established in Section 1, to which was given the name of Le Roy. Gill & Lamberson were the proprietors of the first mill in the town, built in 1847, on Lamberson's Creek. Austin Graves opened the first store, on Section 1, about the year 1850. The town is in the northern tier of towns in the county, Town 13 north,

Range 16 east, and is a fine farming country, with a thrifty population. It contains 23,000 acres of land. The principal trading-point is Waupun, though Mayville comes in for a share ot its trade.

As an introductory to what we shall have to say of this beautiful little village, in the language of an eminent Chicago divine, we have read and completely absorbed the following from the pen of Capt. Charles A. Pettibone, editor of the Telephone, Juneau, under the caption of " Wausharaca, the Land of the Foxes."

" More than twoscore years ago, in the earlier pioneer days of our county, when the Indian trail and the river's windifig course were the only routes of travel, young Hustis came to Wausharaca. And here, like the heroic, hopeful heroes of classic days, he found a home and founded a new city. Beside the river's ford, at the intersection of the numerous trails from the Michigan to the portage between the upper Fox and the Wisconsin, and from the south country northward to the foot of the Winnebago, he rears his cabin, and with industry and perseverance patiently awaits the time when others, advised of the favorable location, its fertile soil and wonderful natural advantages, should come and make a home beside him. Years have passed, and where once stood the lodges of the Indian, to-day we find the workshop and the mill ; happy homes, resonant with the merry music of childish glee, abound ; and the young adventurer of other days, his head silvered with the burden of years, walks the streets of the populous village which bears his name, and sees all about him the fruition of the daydreams of his early manhood. Where once the painted warrior sharpened his scalping-knife, maybe upon the glacier-creased surface of a projecting rock, the man of news sharpens his murderous Faber and indites the present records of the town, then heads his little piece ' Hustisford.'

"The village of Hustisford is situated in Sections 9 and 10, Town 11, Range 16 east, and distant nine miles from Woodland ; nine miles from Horicon ; five miles from Neosho ; eight miles from Juneau, and twelve miles from Watertown. The original plat of the village, with its subsequent additions, possesses a most generous provision for the possibilities of the future, but at present the main part of the town extends only along the right bank of Rock River, and upon an incline gradually rising to the west. To the east, across the river, the summits of two nearly parallel ridges, which were once forest-crowned, but now, shorn of their leafy burdens, need only the plowshare to become tillable ftu-ms, rise to a considerable height above the embryo city which nestles so cosily in their early morning shadows.

" The surface of the surrounding country is broken, being a regular succession of nearly parallel ridges and valleys, running in the general direction of northeast and southwest, and extending in an unbroken chain, except where crossed by Rock River or its tributaries, the Wildcat and the Rubicon, from the nortii to the southern boundary of the county. Laterally, the general plane of these valleys is remarkably level. A brief inspection of the topography of the country shows that by the most nearly level and accessible roads, the larger portion of the east half of Dodge County is naturally tributary to Hustisford ; to the south and southeast, Ashippun, Rubicon, Lebanon, and some jwrtion of Emmet; and to the northward, Hubbard, Herman, and portions of Williamstown and Oak Grove find, by way of the level valley roads, adapted to hauling the heaviest loads, their most natural market center at Hustisford.

"With ample water-power - the best on Rock River between Rockford, 111., and MayviUe - it needs no prophetic vision to foretell tlie wonderful growth, and what a suitable connection with some main line of transportation to the metropolis will bring to this thrifty and industrious people.

" The residents here fully appreciate the situation, and on the resumption by the old management of the Fond du Lac, Amboy k Peoria Railroad, and its lately rumored extension, there is an eager interest felt by all in the probable course of the railroad.

" Speaking generally in regard to this subject, there is no doubt but Hustisford needs the railroad, and it is ecjually true that the railroad company needs the large and remunerative carrying trade whiph its location at this point would inevitably bring to it. How this mutually desired object can be best attained remains for the parties interested to determine."

Indians still inhabited the country, and, although said to be friendly, and they doubtless were as much so as it is possible for them to be, they were always regarded as treacherous. As illustrating Indian nature, Mr. H. narrated to us the following story :

Wishing to go further north and explore the wonderful fine country of which so much had been said, in company with Mr. Griffith, they secured the services of three Indians to pilot them through, a portion of the distance having to be gone by water, in a common dug-out. As they were quietly moving over the water, Mr. H., having occasion to address his companion, turned around, and, as he did so, he observed one of the Indians with uplifted arm and in his hand a tomahawk, ready to send it crashing into his skull. Quickly throwing up his arm, he arrested the blow and the Indian quietly settled down and resumed his rowing. A short time elapsed, when one of the Indians dropped the ax with which the whites had provided themselves into the stream, with the intention, no doubt, of lessening the chances of resistance of their victims. The boat was stopped and the most friendly of the three Indians plunged in and brought it up and presented it to the owners.

While the two men were becoming somewhat alarmed, they dared not show it in their actions, but, as quickly and quietly as possible, they had the Indians effect a landing, and, through the woods and in the darkness of the night, they made their escape. They afterward learned the reason why an attempt was made upon their lives. A short time previous, one of their tribe was shot by a white man, and, in accordance with their lex talionis, they must take the life of the first white man.

It is related of Beardsley that the first fall in which he lived here he used to turn an honest penny by running a ferry. He had a single ox, which had lost its mate, and when one desired to cross the rivei', for the sum of 10 cents he was permitted to mount the back of the ox, who soon landed him upon the other side.

As illustrating how near a place can come to being made famous, and yet see its hopes disappear, it is said that the village of Hustisford came within one vote of being selected as the State capital by the Territorial Legislature. The Iowa members of that body, wishing and expecting their Territory to be separated from Wisconsin, voted as their pecuniary interest dictated.

In 1845, quite a number of people settled in or near the present village, and John Cameron built the first store, which afterward became the property of Jacob Rapelye, who operated it as a branch of his store in Milwaukee. The price of farm produce about this time may be estimated from a mercantile transaction of one Beetle, a clerk for Rapelye, who sold a well-heaped iialf-bushel of fresh hen's eggs for 30 cents.

In 184G, William T. Ward opened a hotel, the first in the place. He came to this embryo village with hardly a penny, and, in five years, sold his interest in the hotel and carried out of the town .$.3,000 cash. In that day, there was a large amount of travel, emigrants coming and going, looking out new homes, returning again for their families, and a well-kept tavern was well patronized, and the proprietors grew rich. In this same year, a post office was established here, and Symmes Butler received the first apjjointment as agent of Uncle Sam to transact the postal business of the neighborhood. Since his time, four other gentlemen have occupied the position, viz., John McRae, John C. Daily, Hiram Hughes and the present popular incumbent, James Hall. The oifice has not yet been made a money-order one, but doubtless should be, as its registered letters will now amount to over five hundred per year.

The first schoolhouse was built in 1846, by Wales & Hustis, and a select school taught therein, which was continued until 1850, when a public school was organized, with Mr. James Hall as teacher. Mr. H. has long since abandoned the profession, and is now one of the leading merchants in the place. At present, there are three schools, all apparently well patronized, and ably conducted by competent instructors. The common school is taught during the winter by a male teacher with a female assistant, but during the summer months the services of a female teacher are considered sufficient.

Some time since, an association of German citizens was formed, who support from their private funds a German free school. The attendance is about seventy.

The Lutherans also have a very large and flourishing school. The number in attendance we did not learn, but judge from all the information we gained that this is really the most generally patronized, and the attendance is much larger than at both the other schools.

The first to "proclaim Christ and Him crucified " was a Methodist preacher, followed soon after by a Congregational minister, who succeeded in organizing a congregation, but which has long since disbanded. The German Lutherans were next, and have in the village and surrounding neighborhood a large following. In 1865. they erected a substantial church edifice, in which they yet assemble for divine worship. Rev. Philip Koehler is the present Pastor. The German Methodists and Americans of the different denominations hold their religious services in the school building.

Leading among the manufactories are the two flouring-mills. One, owned and operated by Mr. J. F. Koch, contains three runs of stone, with an estimated capacity for converting about five hundred bushels of wheat into flour during twenty-four hours. The necessary power is given by a seven-foot head of water. Custom milling a specialty. Mr. Koch also mills for the general market.

The other, generally known as the lower mill, is owned by the Dehne Brothers, of Juneau, but is rented and run by Messrs. Neitzel & Braendmuehl. This mill contains four runs of stone, estimated capacity per diem of twenty-four hours, between five hundred and six hundred bushels. The water-power is ample.

Near this mill is a saw-mill, owned by the Dehne Brothers. This is also rented and operated bv the present milling firm. This mill is fitted up e.xpressly for sawing hard wood.

Furniture manufiicturing is ably conducted by Mr. Ferdinand Steinborn and also by Mr. Frederick Zilisch. These gentlemen find a ready demand for the numerous articles manufiictured by them. This attests, in the best manner possible, the excellence and honesty of their work.

There are also in town two turning shops, where everything from a croquet set to an ox-vokc, or anything, though as crooked as a politician's record, can be turned out on demand.

Professional Men

Peace and quiet is the normal condition of the place, and hence there is no need for the paid services of a surplus lawyer. The good common-sense and sound legal advice of Squire Daily adjusts the little wrangles which usually form the germs of law-suits.

The school of allopathy is represented by Drs. J. A. Smith,- an experienced and successful practitioner, long a resident of Hustisford, and J. Pennett, who has his numerous friends and admirers.

The homeopathists have not as numerous a representation as their opponents ; but if there ever was a true and skillful disciple of Hahnemann, that man is Dr. E. E. Atkins, who, though comparatively a new-comer, has already attained a remunerative practice.

Mr. George Newton oflSciates as notary public and conveyancer, and contributes in no small degree to the welfare and convenience of his fellow-townsmen.

In the village limits there is but one hotel, that of the Hustisford House, by Louis Prenzlow, which has a central location and is well patronized. The Wisconsin House was burned to the ground during the fall of 1879, and has not been rebuilt.

Upon an island in Rock River, F. W. Lehman keeps the " Sportsmen's Home," a favorite resort for sportsmen from abroad during the hunting season.

Mr. Lehman keeps boats, fishing tackle, etc., for the accommodation of his guests, and his tables are always supplied with the best attainable. Liquid refreshments are among his medical supplies, in quality and variety suited to every phase of sportsmen's ailments.

One of the foremost in strictly upright and honorable dealing is Mr. J. Hall, whose mercantile stock consists of the usual variety of dry goods, boots and shoes, etc., found in a first-class country store. Having studied for years the tastes and wants of his patrons, Mr. Hall is sure to have on hand almost anything they want. This gentleman is also the Postmaster, and is a sincere believer in the infallibility of Republican principles.

Miss Emily Hall has, at her fiither's store, a full and choice selection of millinery goods, all of the most fashionable and popular styles. Her patronage is large and well-merited.

H. Matthes, a very popular merchant, also keeps a general assortment of merchandise, and his patronage is large. His customers are old ones, who during years have found no cause to transfer their patronage to other towns. Matthes has already acquired a comfortable income by strict attention to the interests of the public.

Last, but by no means least, on the list of Hustisford merchants, is Mr. August Flemming, whose store is likewise crowded with hosts of his especial patrons. If you cannot find what you want in Flemming's store it is because it is just out, or because it is on the way but has not arrived.

August Roessler presents his thanks for past favors, and attracts attention by his large stock of agricultural implements, stoves, shelf hardware, and the thousand and one articles of the trade. Roessler is also agent for thrashing machines with the popular Traction steam engines, the Triumph reapers, mowers, etc., etc. His business is steadily increasing.

In the same line of business, the Zilisch Brothers are formidable competitors for the local patronage. The stock consists of the usual assortment, and by their uniformly fair manner of treating their patrons, they have laid the foundation for a most lucrative and permanent business.

Miscellaneous

F. Voight, proprietor of the paint-shop, possesses the facilities for turning out in the best style the finer grades of work. Sign and carriage painting executed in the most workmanlike and stylish manner.

Lauersdorf Bros., August Brensecko and Julius Briesemeister are respectively the manufacturers of many of the favorite light-running but durable wagons and buggies so numerous throughout the county.

II. Bramer manufactures and keeps in stock as fine a stock of harness, double and single, saddles, and everything else in that line, as any dealer in Dodge County.

While Otto C. Hannemann, August Zilisch. Martin Vollmer, Fred Bruncke and Adolph Walther supply tlie best of leather boots and shoes, in all styles and at reasonable prices. C. Haertl with his little gouge carves out the wooden ones.

William Rathloff divides the tailoring business of the village with Fred Zimmerling, the patrons of each claiming that his tailor is positively the best.

August Lehman keeps a good and well-patronized restaurant and saloon, also deals in fancy goods, confectionery and fruits. He has the only billiard-table in town, and his place of business is a popular resort for all who visit Hustisford.

With the incoming of a railroad, and possessed of all her natural advantages, the village of Hustisford should take rank among the cities of the land, and we predict for her a bright future.

GEORGE BAKER, former, Sees. 28, 22, 27 and 23 ; P. 0. Hustisford ; born in Erie Co., N. Y., June 14, 1822 ; attended school in his native county, where he lived until 1845, when he bought 200 acres of Government land in Hustisford, on which he settled in 1846 ; began clearing this and broke ten acres the same summer; worked for some time by the month and day in both Dodge and Walworth Cos.. having part of his farm broken up in payment. Married Miss Deborah Van Blaricum Dec. 10, 1848, who died July 24, 1866, leaving five children - Polly S., Angeline, Aaron E., James D. and George W. Beginning with just means enough to pay for his first 200 acres, Mr. Baker now has 440 acres, which he devotes to stock and grain growing ; has built a large and pleasant farmhouse and several large barns ; about 1857. he bought three head of thoroughbred Devon cattle near Trenton, TI. C., and now has a herd of twenty-nine, the only herd of full-blood Devons in Dodge Co. ; he has bred the Spanish Merino sheep for twenty-five years past, now owning three hundred and twenty; has about thirty thoroughbred Poland- China hogs, besides Percheron, Cloud and Hambletonian horses. Mr. Baker is a progres.sive farmer and stock-breeder, and is an Independent Republican in politics. His sons are with him, and his eldest daughter is the wife of David Fletcher, of Hustisford.

ISAAC BLRGENS (decea.sed); born in Washington Co., N. Y., Sept. 11, 1822; came to Hustisford in 1845, and settled on eighty acres of Government land ; built a log house, in which he lived a immber of years with his father and brothers. On the 5th of May, 1848, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of John Chandler, who settled with his family on Sec. 1, town of Oak Grove, in 1845; the Chandlers built the first brickyard in Dodge Co., furnishing the brick for many of the noted old buildings therein. Mr. Burgess bought his first plow of S. S. Bushnell, and carried it from his blacksmithshop, four miles east of Beaver Dam, to his farm, his family living two years in a log house; Mr. Burgess added to his farm, built a large farmhouse and several barns ; he died Sept. 10, 1872, leaving his wile and three children - Charles, Eliza A. and Isaac. Charles Burgess was born in Oak Orove May 1, 1851, and has spent his life and been educated in the county. He married, Dec. 25, 1861, Mi.ss Florence D , daughter of S. S. and Ciiarlotte W. Bushnell, who were among the first settlers in the county. Like his father and brother, Mr. Burgess is a Republican. He now owns 160 acres, or one-half of the old estate. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have three children - Charles B., Lone H. and Clark B. Mrs. Isaac Burgess still enjoys good health on the old homestead ; her daughter is now the wife of G. C. Rice, of Oak Grove ; the younger son is now in charge of her share of the estate, on which the brothers have Durham grade cattle, grade Merino sheep and Berkshire hogs.

E. W. CHAPIN, farmer, Sec. 26 f P. 0. Neosho; born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. IG, 1844; son of Ahira Chapin, who settled with his family in Hustisford in 1848, buying eighty acres of heavily timbered Government land, and working as a pioneer settler in clearing and improving ; Indians and deer were then plenty, and the family endured many privations, going over rough roads to the Watertown mills, etc.; Mr. Chapin improved the homestead, increasing it to 19:5 acres; he died in 1866. leaving a wife and seven children ; E. W. Chapin was educated in the county and in the Milwaukee Business College. Enlisting Sept. 11, 1864, in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, he was stationed in and about the defenses of Washington, till June, 1865, when the battery was discharged ; returning to Hustisford, he has been in charge of the homestead since 1867. Married Miss Anna Coppithorn, of Ashippun, Oct 11, 1871 ; they have five sons - Frank R., R. Stuart, E. Roy, Burt and Fred. Mr. Chapin is an Independent Democrat, and a member of Neosho Lodge, 128, I. O. 0. F. The farm now contains 153 acres, upon which he has a herd of native and grade cows, also other stock and usual crops ; his brothers, Delanson, Isaac (deceased) and Ahira, were Dodge Co. Volunteers, Ahira losing a leg at Perryville.

A. M. COLE, farmer. Sees. 14, 13, and 22; P. 0. Hustisford; born in Lamoille Co., Vt., April 10, 1829 ; is the only child of Asa and Ruth Cole, who settled in Hustisford, June, 1847; Asa Cole bought 160 acres, which he soon sold to William Lehman, buying his present farm of 120 acres; father and son cleared this of the heavy timber, and in 1855, A. M. Cole bought his present farm of 120 acres, which he has cleared, erecting all buildings except his house ; he owns besides, 80 acres of marsh. Nov. 29, 1854, he married Miss Susan, daughter of James Spear, who came from Maine to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1847 ; Mr. and Mrs. Cole have six living children - John A., Susan R., Allie M., Jennie J., Delia K. and Mary. The Coles are all Republicans; A. M. Cole and son are noted breeders of full-blooded Poland-China hogs and short-horn cattle ; in 1876, A. M. Cole bought a pair of full-blood Poland-Chinas of William Bloor, of Rubicon ; in 1877, J. A. Cole bought another of Shepard and Alexander, Charleston, 111., and has since purchased of the D. M. Magee Co., Oxford, Ohio, A. C. Moore, Canton, 111., and W. W. Ellsworth, Woodstock, 111.; John A. Cole is now the owner of about sixty Poland-Chinas ; the Coles bought the full-blooded bull, Duke of Burnett, 9th of H. B. Sherman, 1872, of whom they have since bought Springbrook Lass, 25th and 27th ; they also bought four thoroughbreds of Dr. W. M. Ormond, Milwaukee and Mayflower, 2d of ex-Governor Ludington ; the Messrs. Cole now own seven full bloods and twenty-four grades, besides 110 grade American Merino sheep.

PATRICK CURLE Y, farmer. Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Hustisford ; born in County Roscommon, Ireland, 1815; came to America in 1838, and worked at his trade as tanner, in Greene Co., N. Y., until 1850 ; settled on eighty acres of wild land in Hustisford, April, 1850 ; the family saw much of pioneer life, living many years in a shanty : clearing the land of timber and a dense growth of brush, Mr. Curley added to it, and as a result of his labor, has a well-improved farm of 208 acres, a large farmhouse, built in 1863, good barns, etc.; he has made a good record, as he came to America penniless. Married Miss Elizabeth Flynn, of his native county, June, 1846 ; they have five children - Joseph, Elizabeth, Ellen, John and Mary. The family are Catholics, and Mr. Curley is Independent in politics ; has on his farm, grade Leicester and Cotswold sheep, Black Hawk and Morgan horses, besides cattle and hogs, and usual crops.

CIIARLE}^ ERDHIAX, farmer. Sec. 18; P. 0. Hustisford; born in Prus.sia Jan. 23, 1841 ; spent his early life and was educated in the Fatherland; came to America in 1857, and settled in Hustisford, where he worked ten years as a farm laborer to get a start ; located on his present farm of 112 acres in 1867 ; as it was only partially improved, he has done good work in fencing, clearing the land of stones, etc.; has earned this farm by his own labor and management. He married Miss Emma Bolsey May 9, 1867, who was born Aug. 23, 1849, in the town of Emmet ; they have three living children - Louis, Obed and Charles ; Amos died Nov. 2, 1879. Mr. Erdman is a Republican, and is in accord with the Lutheran Church of his boyhood ; has the usual stock and crops on his farm.

CHARLES N. FLETCHER, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Hustisford; born in Hustisford, Dodge Co., Wis., March 4, 1850 ; son of Daniel and Emily Fletcher, who came from New York State to Hustisford in 1845 ; he has spent his life and been educated in the county, working on the old homestead until 1873, when he settled on his present farm of 120 acres ; has rebuilt his house, built a basement barn, and is a fair type of the enterprising young farmers of the county. Married Miss Abbie A., daughter of F. C. Ryder, Dec. 25, 1873 ; they have two children - Gracie A. and Harry E. Mr. Fletcher is an Independent Republican ; has 130 full-blooded and grade Merino sheep, also Cloud horses, Poland and Berkshire hogs, and grade cattle.

DANIEL. FLETCHER, farmer, Sec. 1 1 ; P. 0. Hustisford ; bora near Toronto, Canada, Oct. 15, 1812; lie received a common school education, and lived there until 1839, when he removed to Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; in the fall of lS4.i, he settled on his present farm, which he bought of ihe Government; a few acres had been chopped, and a log shanty built; Mr. Fletcher had money enough to pay for his land and a team, and went at the work of clearing up; built the first frame barn in the town, iu 1847, and a gcod frame house in 1849 ; to reach Watertown he was obliged to unyoke his cattle, and draw his wagon over the river by hand ; he cleared and added to his farm ; has given each of his sons a farm, still owning 14t) acres, where he built a large brick house in 1874. He married Miss Emily Morgan, of Chautauqua Co., N. Y., May 22, 1845; they have four liviiig children - David J., Sarah C., Charles N. and Ruth B., all born in Bodge Co., and all residents of it, except Sarah C, now Mrs. W. C. Lymm, of Waukesha Co., Wis.; David J. owns a farm adjoining the homestead, where he is breeding grade Merino sheep and other stock ; Daniel Fletcher is now enjoying a well-earned rest. He is a Democrat ; was Assessor and Supervisor several terms, and a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1856, attending the extra session.

FREE:»I.4]V CiATES, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Hustisford; born in Oneidi Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1822 ; spent his early life and atten'ded school in Oswego Co., N. Y.; came to Hustisford in 1847, and settled on eighty acres of Government land ; only five or six houses stood in the township, east of the river ; he built a shanty, and went at the work of clearing the land and making a home ; he has owned and improved several farms in the town, and settled on his present farm of 140 acres in 1864; has improved and fenced this farm in various ways ; he began with little or nothing, and has thus acquired his own property. He married Miss Dora Erdman in 1861 ; they have three children - Charles, Emma and Maurice. Jlr. Gates is a Republican ; as a farmer, he has the usual stock and crops.

JAMES HALiTj, merchant and Postmaster, Hustisford ; born in Washington Co., N. Y., Deo. 5, 1821 ; in 1826, his parents settled in Lockport, N. Y., where he was educated and lived until 1848, when he removed with his family to Hustisford ; he bought forty acres of Government land and forty acres of a settler, working as a pioneer farmer until 1855, when he began business in Hustisford with J. McRae, and is thus the oldest r&sident business man of the place ; has carried on business alone since 1857; Mr. Hall has a general stock of goods for country trade, owning the building in which the stock is located. He is a Republican ; was Town Clerk several years, and was appointed Postmaster in June, 1868. Married Miss Elizabeth Wilson, of Lockport, N. Y., in January, 1848 ; they have two daughters - Emily E and Marv J.

E. B. HART, farmer, Sec3. 21 and 22 ; P. 0. Hustisford ; born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Nov. 11, 1814 ; when he was 8 or 9 years of age, his parents settled in Monroe Co., N. Y., where he lived until 1836, when he settled on Government land in Milwaukee Co., Wis.; reached his claim by the aid of marked trees ; lived with two other pioneers in a small shanty, bringing out his family the same fall and building a log house the next spring ; he saw his full share of pioneer adventures and hardships ; carried mail about a month between Port Washington and Sheboygan, traveling the thirty-mile route by blazed trees and Indian trails and fording the streams ; in 1855, he bought his present farm of 185 acres; paid 31,700 for 160 acres, only twelve or fifteen acres of which were improved; has cleared a great part of this himself, and made all the improvements ; Mr. Hart has a good record, as he began in the St ite with $42, and has carved out his farm and home. He married Mi.ss Amret Nichols, of Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1835; they have eight living children - Clement L., Olive, Mary H., John R., Melvina, Amanda, Emma and Eli. Mr. Hart is a Republican, and served as Assessor in Milwaukee Co.; is a member with his wife of the M. E. Church. Has Cloud horses and other stock, with the usual crops of the county.

JAMES HOOKER, fiirmer. Sees. 28, 29 and 33; P.O. Hustisford; born in Heyte-sburg, Wiltshire, Eng., July 1, 1816 ; came to America in 1836, and spent three years in Ohio as a laborer; was a short time in Illinois, then settled in Milwaukee, where he worked about six years, most of the time for Dr. Herriman ; settled on his present ftirm in the fall of 1847 ; began with eighty acres of Govirnnient land, building a log house and doing his full share of genuine pioneer work in clearing and improving his farm; he now has 147 acres, well improved, a largi- farmhouse, built in 1858, large and convenient barns, etc.; Mr. Hooker is a fair type of the successful jiioneer of the county, as he. began with a pair of oxen and a few dollars; his first load of club wheat was drawn to Milwaukee by oxen and sold for 51 cent^ per bushel. He married Miss Lois Jewett, of Erie Co., Penn., in 1845; they have two sons - William H., now on the homestead, and George W., now in New Co., Wis. Mr. Hooker is a Republican, and was Treasurer of School District No. 4, twenty-one successive years, declining re-election. He has on the farm 150 grade Spanish Merino sheep, Poland-China hogs and other stock, with the usuil crops of the county. Mr. H. is now enjoying a well-earned rest, looking back with pleasure to the early days, having since those days seen trees grow on his farm to more than a foot in diameter.

.JOHX HCSTIS, retired, attorney and counselor at law, Hustisford ; born in Philipstown, Putnam Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1810; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Knapp) Hustis. He fitted for college at the Fishkill Academy, taught by Rev. Dr. C. Westbrook, and entered Yale College in 1829 ; he graduated among the foremost of his class in 1833 ; with him were such men as James D. Dana, LL.D., now Professor of Geology and Natural History in that historic institution ; Mr. Hustis then studied law a year in the Yale Law School, and afterward in the office of J. Hine, Mount Carmel, N. Y. ; was admitted to the bar in 1830, and came to Milwaukee November, 1830; here he speculated for a time in real estate, building the first brick block in the city, 1840; this was known as Hustis' Block, and stood on the corner of Third and Chestnut Streets until a recent date. In August, 1837, he encamped sixteen miles from any house, built a log shanty, and bought 320 acres ; on this he sowed the first wheat in Dodge Co. the same fall ; in 1846, Hustisford was laid out by him, and named, as was the township, for him ; during 1845 and 1846, he built the first dam across the Rook at this point, and also a saw-mill, built the first flouring-mill, 1851, and brought his family to the village the same year. Mr. Hustis is one of the historic pioneers of the State, as he delivered the first Fourth of July oration in Milwaukee, in 1839, and was associated with Juneau, Walker and Kilbourn ; was re-admitted to the bar during the session of the first court held in the city, June, 1837, with J. H. Tweedy, J. Arnold, Col. Crocker, and others ; he was elected one of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Commissioners by the Territorial Legislature in 1840, and went to Columbus, Ohio, with $100,000 of Territorial bonds. Failing to make the loan, the enterprise was given up, although the Milwaukee dam and two miles of canal were built, giving the town a water power and a fresh impems. Mr. Hustis married Miss Laura A. Ludington, Aug. 29, 1839, in Carmel, N. Y. ; Mrs. Hustis was born in Kent, Putnam Co , N. Y., and is a cousin of ex-Gov. Ludington ; the family - consisting of three daughters - Mary E., Josephine L. and Florence L., and a son, Charles J. - has resided in Milwaukee since 1868, though Mr. H. spends most of his time in the village. He is an old time Republican in politics, has a residence and about 300 acres of land in Hustisford.

IRA JONES, farmer, Sees. 33 and 28 ; P. 0. Hustisford; born in Petersburg, Rens.selaer Co., N. Y., March 31, 1810 ; spent his early life and married in his native State; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and spent two years in Watertown ; pre-empted 160 acres of his present farm in 1845, when there was not a house between him and Watertown, where he used to buy flour and "back it " ten miles to his home. As he had a pair of oxen and a cow, and was somewhat in debt, he was obliged to get trusted for his first plow, which he also brought from Watertown on his shoulders ; his present well-improved farm of 220 acres, and modern buildings, are the result ; he has, besides, given each of his five married children farms worth from $2,000 to $5,000 each, with stock and tools to carry them on. He married Miss Penelope Green Jan. 24, 1830 ; they have seven children - Polly A... Sydney R., Seneca B., Samuel A., Flora E., Florence L. and Lydia M.; the sons all own valuable farms in Hustisford ; Polly A., is in Minnesota, and Flora E in Iowa, both married and well settled. Mr. Jones is a Democrat ; was County Coroner six years. Justice of the Peace fourteen years, and Assessor several years ; he is both a grain and stock grower, and has probably raised as much wheat as any man in the county; has at present about 330 grade Spanish Merino sheep, besides horses, cattle, hogs, etc. Few men have done better than this substantial old pioneer, as he not only raised and educated a large family, but gave his sons such aid that, with their inherited enterprise, thev are also cl issed among the most wealthy and progressive fiirmers of the township.

S. B. JONES, farmer. Sees. 29 and 32; P. O. Hustisford; born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Aug. 20, 1838 ; is a son of Ira and Penelope Jones, who settled in Wisconsin in 1843 and in Hustisford in 1845 ; he has spent his life and been educated in Dodge Co., living on the homestead until February, 1863, when he settled on his present farm of 195 acres; has enlarged his farmhouse, built a new sheepbarn, and devotes his farm to both stosk and grain raising. He married Miss Eliza Baker March 25, 1863; they have six children - ^Edgar, Eleanor, Sidney, Rachel, Flora and Eliza. Mr. Jones is a Republican; was Chairman of his Democratic township two years; he is a member of Heine Lodge, No. 152, I. O. 0. F., and a progressive farmer; has a flock of 200 thoroughbred Spanish Merino and Cotswold sheep; also has Berkshire hogs and Cloud horses ; he is also owner of a Limburger cheese factory, making about fortv-five thousand pounds per annum.

S. it. JONES, farmer. See. 33; P. 0. Hustisford ; born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Feb. 24, 1836; son of Ira and Penelope Jones, who settled in Hustisford in 1845 ; was educated in the county and lived on the old farm until he w.is 24, when he settled on his present farm of 240 acres, beginning with 120 acres ; he has broken up, fenced and improved this farm, erected a modern brick farmhouse, large barns, etc.; Mr. Jones makes a specialty of .full-blooded Spanish Merino sheep, now owning about four hundred; he also has a herd of thoroughbred Berkshire hogs and other stock. In politics, a Republican ; he has been Assessor several terras and is now President of the Town Insurance Company, organized in 1875 ; He married Miss Ann Baker in March, 1860 ; thev have two children - William H. and Cora M.

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WILLIAM LEHMANN, farmer, Sec. Ill ; P. 0. Neosho ; born in Rhenish Prussia, Jan. IK, 1802 ; was educated in the Universities of Bonn and Tubingen, and was one of the earliest German patriots who formed secret societies with the object of establishing a united Germany ; the society was betrayed, Mr. L. arrested, tried and convicted of "constructive high treasson," in 1824, and sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment in the fortress of Zulich, since razed; in 1826, having been employed as instructor to the son of the commandant of the fortress, the son, in the absence of his father, showed Mr. Lehman the plan of the fortress ; retaining the plan in his memory he drew a map, by the aid of which he made his escape soon after. Resolved to bid the Fatherland good-bye, he landed at New York in November, 1826, soon finding employment in the Berkshire High School, of Pittsfield, Mass., as a teacher of languages, as he is conversant with Hebrew, Latin, Greek, English, French, Spanish, Italian and German ; after two years, he was called to the chair of ancient and modern languages in the Georgia College, Athens, Ga ; during his professorship here, he numbered among his pupils Messrs. A. H. Stephens, A. L. Yancey, Howell Cobb, Gen. Barteau, and other noted leaders in the late rebellion ; Mr. Lehuiann well remembers reviewing and correcting the Latin valedictory of Mr. Stephens. Prof Lehmann returned with his family to his native land in 18-15, spent two years, and, returning to America, settled on his present farm of 160 acres in 1848; on this was a small log house, a striking change from the grand residence occupied by the family in Bonn ; they saw genuine pioneer life, living three years in the log house, which was then replaced by the roomy farmhouse ; Prof Lehmann's wife, whom he married Nov. 5, 1834, was Miss Harriet M., daughter of A. Van Vechten, in his day one of the leading lawyers of the State of New York, and a descendant of the noted Dutch family which settled there in an early day ; she was also connected with the Schuyler fomily. A. VV. Lehmann, the eldest son, married Miss Eveline Van Vechten of Washington Co., Wis., in September, 1876 ; they have two children^Julia E. and Harriet. The younger son, Julius, was a Union soldier, artd died in the service Aug. 20, 1864; the only daughter, Catherine T., is with her parents on the homestead. Prof L. and son are in politics stanch Republican.

G. W. MARTIN, deceased; born in Luzerne, Warren Co., N. Y., April 28, 1811, where he married Mrs. Eliza A. Prouty Aug. 2, 1840 ; Mrs. Martin was born in Athol, Warren Co., May 9, 1812, and married James Prouty in 1830, who died in 1838, leaving three children - Eunice, Helen M. and Catherine, all of whom have since died. Mr. Martin and family settled on the homestead in Hustisford, in 1846, having bought forty acres, built a log house, and leased a small plat in 1845 ; a millwright by trade ; he worked in Fond du Lac, Neosho, Hustisford, Waukesha, and other points, for many years ; at his death, Oct. 12, 1873, he left a well-improved firm of 160 acres, and four children - Jennie, Susan, Elizabeth and Julius W. J. W. Martin has spent his lile and been educated in the county ; is a Democrat, as was his father, and with his mother owns the homestead.

O. D. NIMS, farmer. Sees. 25 and 26; P. 0. Neosho; born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1836; son of Loyal Nims, who removed to Hustisford in October, 1850, and bought 107 acres of wild, heavily timbered land ; of this only one acre was cleared, on which was a log house ; this wilderness was cleared and made a home O. D. Nims lived on forty acres on Sec. 25, until Oct. 11, 1864, when he enlisted in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, and was in and about the defenses of the Capitol, until June, 1865, when the battery returned, Mr. Nims being discharged from the Sickles Hospital, Alexandria, where he had been confined two or three months by sickness. His brother, Adolphus, was killed at the battle of Perryville ; William, of the 38th Iowa, died at Memphis, and Frank died at Nashville. Soon after his return from service, Mr. Nims settled on the old homestead. Married Miss Anna Dorward, of Forfarshire, Scotland, Jan. 11, 1858 ; they have six children - Frank L., Alexander W., Anna, Almira, Lillie and Harriet. Mr. Nims is a Democrat, and a member of Neosho Lodge, No. 128, I. 0. O. F. He has native cows for dairy purposes, also other stock and the usual crops.

BARBER RANDALL, farmer, Sees. 32, 31 and 36; P.O. Hustisford; born in Berlin, Kens.selaer Co., N. Y., July 12, 1819; son of Benjamin Randall, who settled with his family on Government land, in Lebanon, Dodire Co., Wis., 1845 ; Benjamin Randall was intimate with such men as Judge Hiram Barber, and was a member of the first Wisconsin State Legislature, dying in April, 1859; the family used to live in a true pioneer fashion, sawing off the ends of the logs and using them for cart wheels, driving ox teams about the country by the guidance of blazed trees, etc. About 1851, Barber Randall settled on his present homestead ; has added to this until he now owns 800 acres in the towns of Hustisford, Lebanon, Ashippun, and Rubicon ; has several barns, and built a brick farmhouse, in 1869 ; Mr. Randall has lost three wives, by whom he has eight children - Myron, Albert, Charles, Sydney, Earnes, Waller, Lucetta and Franklin. On the 6th of Sepember, 1873, he married Miss Hattie A., daughter of Aaron Goodenough, of Genesee Co., N. Y.. who settled in Neosho in 1855 ; they have three children - Hattie B., F. Barber and Sarah E. Mr. Randall is a Republican ; has been Supervisor, Road

- Commissioner, and was in old times County Poormaster ; he makes a specialty of the breeding of Cloud horses, and Berkshire hogs ; has bred Cloud horses for the past twenty years, aud has sold horses from Minnesota to Texas ; now owns the thoroughbred stallion Champion Cloud, bred by J. Murray, named by J. B. Hays, of Horicon, and bought by Mr. Randall in 1876 ; this horse took the first prize at the Wisconsin State Fair, in 1879, and has taken first premiums at the Watertown and Dodge Co. fairs, for the past three years; has never failed in tjetting the first prizi where exhibited ; Mr. R. also owns a yearling stallion which took the first State and county prizes, in 1879, he owning in all eleven full bloods and grades ; Mr. R. bought his Berkshire stock of Canada, Ohio and Illinois breeder, also of 11. Richards, of Racine Co., Wis.; on this stock he has never yet been beaten, for first premiums, on any class exhibited at the Wisconsin state, central and northern fairs, and the Dodge Co. fair ; has about 500 grade Merino sheep, and a drove of native cows, owning a creamery and making large quantities of butter.

HFiNRY REX, druggist, Hustisford; born in Prussia July 28, 1842; came to America in 1855, with his parents, and settled with thorn in the town of Hubbard. Here he attended English school, living on the farm until 1873, when he began the drug business, in Hustisford, with Otto Fehland, a thoroughdruggist, for atutor; mastering the profession, Mr. Rex has since successfully continued it, having the only drug store in the place; he carries a complete line of drugs and mjdicines, pure liquors for medicinal purposes, paints, oils and varnishes, brushes of all kinds, toilet soaps, perfumery, toilet articles, shoulder braces, trusses, sponges, school-books and stationery, tobacco, cigars, pipes, notions, etc. He began in debt; has supported a family ; now owns store and stock, owing nothing. Mr. Rex is a stanch Democrat, and belongs to Heine Lodge, No. 152, I. 0. O. F. He married Miss Wilhelmina Dowe in 18G4 ; they have four living children - Charles, Emma, Lydia and Hugo.

EDWARD ROBERTS, stonemason, Hustisford; born April 6, 1836, in Wales, where he attended school and lived until the fall of 1850, when he came to America; spent ten months in Ohio, having made a trip through the South ; in August, 1857, he settled in Clyman, removing to Hu.stisford in 1860. Enlisted, in 1861, in the 7th Wis. Battery; was in the siege of Island No. 10, and in many skirmishes in Kentucky and Tennessee; was wounded at Humboldt, Tenn., losing part of his foot by a rebel bullet, in consequence of which he was honorably discharged on Oct. 5, 1863, and is now drawing a Government pension. Mr. Roberts is a Republican ; has served twice as Justice of the Peace ; is also a member of the T. of H., and an Odd Fellow. He married Miss Caroline Hable in Juneau, 1870 ; they have four living children - Margaret A., Amelia S., Gladius T. and a babe.

F. C. RYDER, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Hustisford ; born in Erie Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1824; thrown upon the world at an early age his younger life was a constant struggle with adversity ; he came to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1845, living there as a laborer at $10 and $12 per month for two years; settled in Hustisford on eighty acres of Government land in 1847, and lived ihree years with his brother-in-law, Geo. Baker ; worked at clearing up his firm and thrashing in summer and fall, and for John Hustis, as sawyer two winters. He married Miss Mary Van Blaricum Dec. 1, 1850, who was born near Belleville, Canada ; they lived for some time in a small, one-story sh inty, for which he sawed lumber, building it himself ; as a result of years of labor and management he has a well-improved farm of 258 acres, several large farms, and a large and well-built frame house, erected in 1866 ; has 250 graie Spanish Merino sheep, about twenty native grade cows. Cloud horses, and makes a specialty of Poland-China hogs.

ARTHUR SALISBURY, farmer. Sec. 16; P. O. Hustisford; born in Oxford, Chenango N. Y. ; spent his early life, and was educated in his native county ; came to the town of Hubbard in 1846, and bought eighty acres of good land, heavily timbered with black and white oak, miple, etc. ; after making improvements, he sold this eighty, and spent about fifteen months in his native country ; returning in 1854, he settled on forty acres of his present farm ; it was rough, stony, unimproved land, and, as a result of years of labor and management, he has this improved farm of 144 acres with good buildings. He married Miss Rhoda Merrill, of Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., April 14, 1846 ; they have three children^Williain D., Randolph M. and Arthur. Mr. Salisbury is Independent in politics, voting for men and principles ; he was the first Superintendent of Schools in the town of Hubbard ; he has over 150 grade Merino sheep, a fine drove of Berkshire and Poland hogs, besides horses and cattle ; is also devoting considerable land to oats.

J. A. SCHMIDT, M. D., Hustisford; born in Sdxe- Weimar Feb. 1, 1831 ; was educated in Reudolstadt Academy, and began the study of medicine in the University of Jena, graduating as physician and surgeon in 1856 ; resolved to join his relatives in America, he landed at New York with his mother in September, 1856 ; came at once to Clyman aud bought a farm ; here his practice began, and so increased that he sold his farm in 1858, and has since lived in Hustisford ; he opened a drug store in 1858, which he owned five years ; the Doctor has owned and sold several farms, at present owning a home.tead of sixty acres adjoining the village. He married 3Iis Johanna Lorenz in 1859, who died in 1870, leaving two children - Anna and Amelia; in 1872, he married Miss Augusta Frensike ; they have two children - Alice and Emma. The Docor. is an independent Democrat, and has been Chairman three years and Assessor two years.

EDWIIV F. UNDKRWOOD, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. O. Hustisford; bornin Herkimer Co., N. Y., March 'I'.'>. 1828 ; spent most of his early life, and was educated in Oneida Co., N. Y. June 3, 1847, he married Miss Permelia Van Slyke, in Madi.?on Co., N. Y. ; the flmiily settled in Hustisford in November, 1853, on an unimproved farm in Sec 1 7 ; they were almost penniless, and met and .surmounted many privations ; in five years, he made a farm and home of what was then a wild tract of brush and scrub oaks ; settled on his present farm of ninety-four and one-half acres, in 1859 ; this was also in a wild state, and his pioneer work of clearing and improving was renewed : as a result of this he has a well improved farm with excellent buildings and a pleasant home; Mr. and Mrs. Underwood have five children - Annie, Mary, Kugene, Nellie and KImer ; Annie, now Mrs. W. T. Gibbs, resides in Hustisford ; Mary, now Mrs. G. H. Roby, is a resident of York Co., Neb., where Eugene is also married and settled. Mr. Underwood is a Republican, and has been Treasurer of his Democratic Township. In October, 1864, he enlisted in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery; did garrison duty at Ft. Ellsworth, Virginia, and after lying sick for several weeks, was honorably discharged from Anger Hospital July 8, 1865; he is now drawing a G<ivernment pension.

AliLiEN WALES, farmer, Sees. 15 and Iti ; P. O. Hustisford; born in Madison Co., N. Y., May 9, 1834; son of Eleazer and Philena Wales, who settled in Milwaukee Co., Wis., in 1836 ; removing to Hustisford in 1846, and settled on Government land covered with timber and brush ; this he cleared and improved, building a log house, in which the family lived a number of years; Allen Wales has owned the homestead of 149 acres since 1856. He married, Nov. 27, 1856, Miss Harriet E. Tuttle, who was a native of Cornwall, Vt., and who came from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., to Dodge Co., Wis., in September, 1854; they have two children - Carrie P. and Flora A. Mr. Wales is a Republican and a successful farmer. He enlisted in February, 1864, in the 3d W. V. I. ; with the regiment joined Sherman, and was in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, etc. ; from Atlanta, he was with the pioneer corps, and kept in advance of the army throughout the famous march to the sea and through the Carolinas ; was discharged in May, 1865; his younger brother, Anson M., was of the same regiment, and was shot Dec. 24, 1862, at Fairfax C. H., Virginia.