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Penn. ; for years, no district school was accessible, but work was an absolute necessity; as early as when he was 8 years of aije, he did much of the milling and trading for the neighborhood, on horseback ; when he was 12, he drove a span of horses during the season, and drew lumber to the railroad, a distanou of about eleven miles ; occasionally, by some turn of fortune, he would get the privilege of working for his board and attending district school; at 16, he was enabled to attend the village school at Tioga for one term, and also one term of the academy in Wellsboro. About this time, he was induced to purchase a contract for a piece of land near Tioga, in order to secure a claim of $50. which had been given to him by his grandfather; the result was, that for five years he was engaged in the severest kind of manual labor, such as cutting, drawing and running logs, attending saw-mills, farming and clearing-up and improving his land. During this time, he taught school two winters, and spent his evenings and Sundays in studyiiii; such books and newspapers as he was able to obtain ; at the end of the five years, he had paid for his place, made it much more valuable, was out of debt and had a small surplus, but his health was so impaired as to reuder it doubtful whether he could longer endure the severe strain of physical labor ; in seeking to recover from this condition, he naturally turned his attention to his books, and soon determined to resume the purpose which poverty had forced him to abandon five years previously ; he at first attended Union Academy, at Knoxville, Penn., and then Alfred Academy, in Allegany Co., N. Y., where he graduated, being equivalent to preparing for the Junior year in college ; during these years, he taught school two winters in Allegany Co., but, on selling his land, he was enabled to continue his duties without further interruption ; on leaving Alfred, he went to Michigan University, where he remained one year, taking a select course; during his school life, he kept up a constant and systematic course of reading, and was strict in his attendance upon the lyceums, and generally engaged in the discussions and exercises ; on leaving Ann Arbor, he at once entered upon the study of the law, and spent the following year in Albany Law School and a law ofiice at Wellsboro; in July, 1857, he came to Janesville, entered the office of Judg Conger and pursued his legal studies until November, 1858, when he became a member of the old firm of Bennett, Cassoday & Gibbs, which continued over seven years ; then he was alone for two years ; then, for five years, a member of the firm of Cassoday & Merrill, and since, of Cassoday & Carpenter. Mr. Cassoday has a natural admiration and reverence for the law, enjoys a sharp legal contest and always thoroughly examines every doubtful question, and as business crowded upon him from the first, and his practice covered a wide range in some of the most intricate branches of the law, his professional career has been necessarily marked by constant attention and severe study. In politics, be has been a Republican ever since the organization of the party ; as a boy, he warmly supported David Wilmot, who then represented the Tioga district in Congress; his first speech in public was in favor of the Free-Soil party, in 1848; on the disappearance of that party in Tioga, and on his becoming a voter, he acted with the Democrats, until the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, in the spring of 1854, when he openly repudiated both of the old parties, and favored the formation of a new party. On leaving the University, he delivered a Fourth of July oration to his old friends and neighbors, and soon after " stumped " the county for Fremont and Dayton. Since living in Janesville, he has been more or less active in every political campaign, beginning with 1858 ; in 1864, he was a delegate to the National Convention of Baltimore, and a member of the Assembly of 1865, and as such warmly supported the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, taking advance ground on the status of the rebellious States, and substantially the same as Congress subsequently took in the work of reconstruction ; with these exceptions, and occasionally attending a political convention as a delegate, he declined all public positions, until he was elected to the Assembly of 1877,' over which he was chosen to preside, without any opposition in his own party. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and believes that Christianity is an essential means of inward moral growth and progress in society and government, and he believes that all political action should be prompted and controlled by the same broad, generous and unselfish purpose. He has a happy family, consisting of a wife and five children - four daughters and a son, and an aged mother, who, for many years, has been totally blind.

LiEVI CANNIFF, furniture dealer; born May 15, 1820, in Bellville, Ontario Co., Canada; was farming in Canada ; came to Janesville Oct. 30, 1867 ; worked at the carpenter's trade and in grocery business some time, and has been engaged in present business during the past year. First wife was Barsheba Ruttan, whom he married July 20, 1843 ; she died May 20, 1866 ; had nine children by first wife, all living - T. C, J. A., Henrietta, C. J., L. B., H. G., Sarah Ann, Ellen A., William G. For second wife, married Widow Merrell. Both members of Third Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

DANIEL F. CHAPIIV, farmer, Sees. 13 and 14; P. 0. Janesville ; owns 115 acres of land, valued at 130 per acre ; came, in 1838, to Rock Co. ; was, in 1876, Assessor of Janesville Township one term ; a native of Weathersfield, Windsor Co., Vt. ; born in 1821 . Married Miss AdeUa L. Love, of Cook Town, Rock Co. ; children are Edwin L., Frank W., Gideon, all born in Rock Co. ; Republican.

HEilVRY CHAPIN, farmer, Sees. 13 and 14 ; P. 0. Janesville; owns 116ji acres; values his land at $75 an acre ; general slock and grain-raising, lime and stone-dealer ; came to Rock Co. Sept. 3, 1838; was Treasurer of School District nine years. Born in Weathersfield, Vt., Windsor Co., July 19, 1827. Married Louisa Love, Jan. 1, 1858, at Beloit; she was born in Rochester, N. Y. ; have one child, Duet C. ; three children dead - Charles H., Lavella and Etta. Democrat.

JAMES CmjRCH, capitalist; born in Luzerne Co.,Penn. ; came to Rock Township, Rock Co., Wis., in 1850 ; located on Section 28 ; remained there about twelve years, then came to Janesville, where he has since been engaged in loaning money, building and improving his property, etc. ; Mr. C. is the owner of the fine block of business buildings on W. Milwaukee street, west of River street, and also owns a farm of 200 acres on Sections 28 and 33, Rock Township ; during his residence in that township, ' he was Justice of the Peace four years and Supervisor two years ; since coming to Janesville he has held various positions ; first. Sealer' of Weights and Measures, Assessor two years, and for the last six years has served as Alderman of his ward ; in 1878, was Democratic candidate for Assemblyman of his district. Married Sarah Van Antwerp in March, 1851 ; she was born in Ohio ; daughter of John Van Antwerp, (deceased), who was one of the early settlers of Rock Township. Five children - Harriet E., Cora, James Jr., Oliver P. and Elvira V.

GFiORCjrE W. CHITTEIVDEIV, physician; was born in the town of Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1820 ; his father, Jared Chittenden, was an extensive farmer, and for many years Justice of the Peace ; he served in the Colonial army during the entire war of the Revolution, as Sergeant of artillery, having enlisted in 1775 ; about 1790 he moved from Connecticut, his native State, to Westmoreland, where he died in 1828. The mother of Dr. Chittenden was Ascna Douglas, a descendant of the New London family of that name, whose ancestors are traced to William Douglas, who came from Scotland in 1640; her parents removed from Connecticut to Oneida Co. in 1790, when all Central New York was a wilderness; she was married to Jared Chittenden in 1804, and became the mother of six sons and four daughters ; she was a woman of rare Christian virtues, and her wise and noble life, aided by careful teaching, exerted a powerful influence in molding the character of her children ; she died in the Baptist faith, in 1851. George worked on the farm until he was 19 years of age, his early education, being at the district school, was as good as circumstances allowed ; having a decided literary taste, he at this age "began an academic course, preparatory for college, and, with the exception of one winter spent in teaching a district school, continued until the fall of 1843, when he was fully prepared to enter college, but the limited means at his command compelled him to relinquish this cherished design ; he thnrefore entered upon a course of professional study, and graduated at Albany Medical College in January, 1846 ; in April, 1846, he went to Chicago, where he practiced a few months, during which time he devoted considerable attention, investigating the principles of the homoeopathic school of medicine ; in November, 1846, he settled in Janesville, Wis., where he rapidly acquired an extensive practice; the following year he was elected Vice President of the Rock River Medical Association, embracing Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, and in this capacity delivered the semi-annual essay ; on this occasion, he reviewed the various medical systems, urging upon the profession the duty of investigating all systems and adopting all truth ; about this time he commenced a series of practical tests, to settle in his own mind the truth or lallacy of the theory of homoeopathy, and its correlative minute doses, which investigation extended through several months, until he became fully convinced and felt constrained to adopt it in his practice ; at this time homoeopathy was but little known, had few patrons, and was relentlessly aesailed by the allopathic profession, hence to adopt it involved a conflict between duty and interest. He possessed largely the confidence of the allopathic profession, and through their co-operation had acquired a goodly reputation as a surgeon. Thus, to adopt the practice of this system was to invite ostracism from the medical Association and alienation from the " regular" profession ; it included also, as a necessary consequence, a severe contest to overcome the prevailing ignorance of its merits, and the bitter prejudice intensified by opposition to establish its claim to public confidence. Notwithstanding this, the Doctor, feeling confident of its ultimate success, announced himself as a homoeopathic physician and labored zealously for its propagation. After an experience of nearly thirty years, his confidence in the wisdom of this change remains unshaken. As a means of more fully preparing himself for this practice, he attended a course of lectures in the winter of 1849-50, at Philadelphia, and graduated in March, 1850, at the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. The Doctor has been a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy most of the time since 1857, and contributed valuable articles to medical journals ; he has performed several capital operations, among them being amputations at the hip joint and shoulder joint. Politically, Dr. Chittenden acts with the Republican party though being in no sense a politician, and ever avoiding anything like political preferment; his religious views are liberal and practicnl, and he has throughout his career maintained a high reputation for strict honor and integrity. In his professional capacity, he is one of the oldest and best exponents of the science of homoeopathy in Southern Wisconsin, and is justly entitled to a prominent place among the best American physicians. Socially, he is highly esteemed, and in every relation (if life he has well earned the sincere respect and perfect confidence of all good men. In 1846, Dr. Chittenden was married to Charlotte A. Wellman, of New York Mills ; this estimable lady died at Janesville, May 31, 1847, leaving a young son who survived only four months ; Dec. 30, 1852, he was married to Miss Melissa J. Gillott, who was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., April 8, 1822; her parents, Isaac and Alma Gillett, came to that place from Columbia Co., N. Y., in 1801 ; she is a lady of a high order of intelligence, and greatly esteemed by all who know her for her sociability and cheerfulness ; she is connected with the Epi.scopal Church ; they have living two estimable daughters, Charlotte and Melissa - one daughter, Marian, died, aged 20 months - also one son, George G. Chittenden, M. D., who graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111., in February, 1879, and is a copartner with his father in the practice of his chosen profession.

JAMES CliAItK? miller; born in Scotland; came to Canada in 1855; moved to Lockport, 111., where he remained one summer previous to coming to Janesville in 1857. Married Dorothy Airis, of Scotland, in November, 1863. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.

MRS. JOHX CLARK ; was barn in Stirlingshire, Scotland, April 30, 1841, and came to America in 1846, and lived in Rock Co.; her maiden name was Agnes More. She married Mr. John Clark Nov. 8, 1861. Mr. C. died September 11, 1869. Mrs. C. first lived in Bradford and came to Janesville in 1861, where she still lives. She has two children - Wm. J., born July 29, 1862, and B. Mary. May 27, 1864. Mrs. C. belongs to Presbyterian Church.

PATRICK CliARK farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Janesville ; born in County Meath, Ireland, in 1823 ; came to America in 1851, staying in New York until coming to Wisconsin, in 1854 ; settled in Rock Co. in 1859.

W. CORliEW, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Janesville ; born in Rockingham, Windham Co., Vt., Nov. 21, 1812; came to Kock Co. July 8, 1846; bought ninety-five acres on Sec. 1. Married Miss Betsey L. Daggett, daughter of Henry Daggett, of Maine, January, 1849. He is a member of the Sons of Temperance ; liberal in religion and politics. Mr. C. was for five years engaged in hunting.

HON. HARMON S. COXGER, Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit; was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., where he read and practiced law until he came to Janesville, in 1855. While a resident of Cortland Co., he took a lively interest in political afiairs, and, while pursuing his legal studies, he purchased the Cortla,nd County Whig, which he edited with ability and earnestness for six years ; at the expiration of this period, the young editor sold it out and gave his entire time and energies to his profession ; shortly after his admission to the bar, much to his surprise, he was nominated to Congress by the Whig Convention in 1846 ; owing to the political complexion of the district, many believed -that the nomination was only an empty honor, but, contrary to general expectation, Mr. Conger was elected to the XXXth Congress, and was re-elected in 1848, although his opponent was his old preceptor,, and one of the ablest and most popular men in the district ; after serving two terms in Congress, he gave his undivided attention to his profession, allowing nothing to divert him from the pursuit of his life ; after twenty-five years' experience as an attorney, a ripe scholar, a well-trained lawyer, an honest man, he was elected Ju'lge of this circuit in 1870 ; re-elected in 1876. Free from obnoxious partisanship as it is possible for a man to be, he has proved to be a most satisfactory and capalile judicial officer.

M. M. COSfABfT, grocer; born in Plainfield, Vt., July 13, 1829 ; was engaged in grocery business in Boston for a number of years ; came to Janesville in 1869, and has been in the same business ever since. Married Mary P. Kimball Nov. 8, 1856; she was born in Irasburg, Vt., June 5, 1834; they have four children - -Alice M., Arthur H., Kate L., Clarence M., aged 22, 21, 18 and 15 years respectively. Mr. C. was School Commissioner two years ; has also spent four year.'? in California ; was one of the first Trustees of the city of Yreka, fcal. During the war, was Quartermaster's Clerk under Gen. Pitcairn, in the Army of the Potomac.

CHARLES B. CONRAD, grocer; born in Janesville Aug. 29, 1848; son of Charles H. Conrad, a native of Canada ; an early settler in Janesville, where he was engaged in business as a carpenter and joiner ; built a large flouring-mill, where the post office now stands, and, for many years, carried on an extensive grocery business ; he died Apiil 27, 1877. His widow, Harriet B. Conrad, is now a resident of Janesville. Charles H. Conrad held various important positions ; was many times Alderman of the Third Ward ; served several terms as County Supervisor, etc.

J. F. COUSENS, foreman in card-room of Janesville Cotton Factory ; born in Brunswick, N, Y., March 16, 1841. Married Sarah M. Wilson Feb. 15, 1871 ; she was born in Savoy, Mass., July 17,

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1845; they have two children - Addie K., born March 21, 1874, and an infant. Mr. 0. enlisted Sept. 20, 1861, in Co. H, 27th Mass. V. I.; was mustered out in 1864; re-enlisted March 2, 18185, in 6th U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Co. P ; was in the battles of Koanoke Island and Newbcrn ; held office of Corporal. Mr. C. came to JanesvilJe in 1875 ;_ was also in present business twenty years at North Adams, Mass.

J. B. CROSBY, General Manager of the Harris Manufacturing Co. ; came to Janesville in 1852 ; engaged in dry-goods business until the organization of the Rock County Bank in October, 1855, when he engaged in the banking business ; was the first Cashier of that institution until 1870, except during the year of 1857 ; from 1870 to 1877, Mr. Crosby was a resident of Brooklyn, N: Y. ; in 1877, he returned to Janesville and has given his attention to the manufacturing business since that time ; his father, Nathaniel Crosby, came to Janesville in 1 850, built a large flouring-mill here and carried it on until his-death in 1857.

CORXEIilUS S. DECKEK, farmer. Sees. 6, 7', 8; f. 0. Janesville; born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1820; came to Wisconsin in 1864, and located on present homestead ; owns 880 acres, 650 under cultivation ; is one of the most extensive farmers and stock -raisers in the county. Married Miss Jane E. Ashby, daughter of John Ashby, of Orange Co., N. Y. ; had eight children - Jonathan, Anne, Francis (dead), Cornelius, William, Charles, Theodore and Andrew Keen. Mr. D. is Chairman Board of Supervisors ; his son, T. C. Decker, acts as manager for his father ; he was born in Orange Co. in 1851.

JOHK P. DICKSOjV ; was, bom in Danville, Vt., April 18, 1808; in 1836, he decided to settle in the West, aud, in May of that year, left Vermont for Milwaukee, where he arrived a month later. After looking about for some time in search of a suitable location, he selected the site of Janesville for his permanent residence, and, in August, 1838, entered about 200 acres of land ; part of this he laid out as a farm, and disposed of the remainder in various ways, .selling portions of it and again adding other land as occasion served ; Mr. Dickson also acted as land agent for Eastern speculators, and gradually developed, in this manner, a business in real estate. Being one of the earliest settlers of the town, he became concerned in the conduct of its government; in 1842, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and, from that time, held the office for many years ; he has also held various other town offices ; in 1859, he was elected to the Legislature and served two terms ; in political affairs he has attached himself to the Republican party and taken a most active interest in its career and management. Mr. Dickson is one of the representiitive men of the Northwest, an early settler and one who has identified himself closely with its progress ; he has successfully borne all the hardships and privations incident to such a life, and they have developed in him, as a natural result, both physical vigor and the sturdy moral a-nd mental health which are secured by the constant practice of industry and thrift. On the 21st of November, 1832, Mr. Dickson was united in marriage to Lorinda, daughter of Mr. James Stevens, of Danville, Vt.

EDWARD L(. DIMOCK was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 13, 1819; son of Horatio and Teresa Maria Dimock, both natives of Tolland Co., Conn. ; the family is of Scotch descent, some five or six generations since ; the subject of this sketch lived in Genesee Co., N. Y., on a farm until the age of 13 : in his 14th year, he went to Rochester and clerked for two years in a dry-goods store in that city ; he then removed to Batavia, N. Y., where he remained about ten years; then he went to Buffalo, N. Y., where he was engaged two years in a like capacity, and, having saved a little money, he resolved to push farther west; accordingly, in June, 1845, he removed to Janesville, Wis. ; he engaged in mercantile business here and continued in it for six, years, when he turned his attention to banking and continued in that business until September, 1857 ; in 1858, ho turned his attention to the business of insurance, aijd is still conducting the business with success ; in the spring of 1854, he was elected Alderman of the Second Ward of the city of Janesville, and, in the spring of 1855, was elected Mayor, serving one term, and subsequently held other city offices ; he was for five years a director in the Milwaukee & Mississippi (now the C, M. & St. P.) Railroad Company ; he was also a stockholder, and for four years, endiiig with 1861, lessee of the Janesville Gas Works, in connection with Timothy Jackman ; he was a charter member and first Secretary of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee; he is a public-spirited man, and being one of the early settlers of Janesville, has taken a deep interest and contributed in no small degree to its growth and development ; at thp twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage, which was celebrated in 1876, a friend, who made the formal presentation of the gifts bestowed, said : " In the upbuilding of this beautiful little city of the prairie, it is not too much to say that you have done your full share ; and when its history is written, your name will occupy an honorable and conspicuous place upon its pages." Mr. Dimock was married, Oct. 30, 1.851, to Miss Emma C. Hauks, daughter of Col, L. B. Ilauks, for many years a prominent business man of Hartford, Conn. ; they have had five childn n, four of whom died in infancy, leaving an only daughter surviving - Mary Emma.

ElililiS DOTY (deceased), Janesville, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y., on the 6th day of September, 1838, and was therefore in the 34th year of his age at the time of his death. In 1841, he came to Rock Co. and settled, with his. father's family, in the town of Turtle. The family moved to Janesville in the spring of 1847, and the subject of this sketch remained a citizen of this city up to the time of his death. In the year 1854, Mr. Doty entered the office of Joseph Baker, then publisher of the Free Press, for the purpose of learning the printer's trade. Ho remained there until the consolidation of that paper with the Gazette, two years later, when he was thrown out of employment, and sought a situation in the northern part of the State. Returning a few months afterward, he became in some way connected with his brother, William Doty, in the publication of the Janesville Messenger. Afterward, he was employed by Holt, Bowen & Wilcox, then publishers of the Gazette, and was made foreman of their job office in 1861. Early in 1863, his connection with this establishment was severed, and he removed to La Fayette, Ind., there to engage in the publication of a newspaper. Remaining in that place but a short time, he returned to Janesville and opened a job printing office, afterward associating himself with Garret Veeder, of the present firm of Veeder & St. John, publishers of the Recorder. In 1865, his failing health compelled him to retire from a business which he was eminently qualified to pursue with success, and he disposed of his interest in the establishment to H. L. Devereux, now publisher of the Burlington Standard. During the summer of the year in which Mr. Doty abandoned the printing business, he entered into partnership with two of his brothers for the manufacture of the celebrated Doty washing machine (the invention of his brother William), and to his energy is due much of the success which has attended the introduction of that household implement. During the following year, R. J. and Hamilton Richardson were taken into the firm, which was styled Doty Brothers & Richardson. A consolidation of this firm with the Badger State Manufacturing Company was efiected in 1868, and the name changed to the Doty Manufacturing Company, which it still retains. Mr. Doty occupied the position of secretary of this company for three years, retiring as an officer in 1871, but still holding his financial interest in the concern. During the year 1870, he associated himself with Thor Judd in the manufacture of a gas machine, which had been rendered valuable by improvements made upon it by Mr. Doty. This partnership was continued less than a year, Mr. Judd assuming the entire interest. Being at leisure after the expiration of his third year as Secretary of the Doty Company, Mr. Doty began to work upon an idea, which had originated in his own mind, for the improvement of railroad car axles. On the 1st of May the first model of his anti-friction axle was completed and a patent secured. An arrangement was effected whereby George Miltimore, of this city, secured a half-interest in the invention, and together they proceeded to introduce it into use. On the first day of July, the first trial of Mr. Doty's axle was made, on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road, and it was pronounced a success. Mr. Doty's inventive genius has thus removed one of the most expensive drawbacks to railroading, and it will, in time, as the Superintendent of the BurlinL^ton & Quincy road writes, " effect a complete revolution in the manufacture of rolling stock for railroads." A stock company for the manufacture of the Doty axle was organized in October, 1873, with a capital of $500,000. The inventor had also perfected machines for the manufacture of this axle, which indicate; in a still greater degree than the construction of the axle itself, the capacity of his mind for grasping and working out difficult mechanical problems. Mr. Doty died March 15, 1874, at a period in life when he was most useful to his fellow-men, and when the latent genius within him had just begun to develop itself in practical form, and the rich ideas witli which his comprehensive mind was stored had barely reached the confines of the mechanical arena where the true civilization of our race is secured by the continuous battling of American genius. Warm, earnest and constant in his affections, possessing also a character controlled by a high standard of integrity, he was, nevertheless, of so retiring and undemonstrative a disposition that only his most intimate friends appreciated his, great worth. His intellectual powers were also of an unusual character. He was highly endowed with mechanical genius, and, in power of concentration and breadth of comprehension, either of principles or facts, in their relation to practical affairs, he had few superiors. Mr. Doty was married to Miss Olive Parker, of Janesville, Wis., April 16, 1862 ; they have one child - - Arthur.

HENRY A. DOTY, milling ; born in Janesville ; son of Ezra Philo Doty, who came to Turtle Township, Rock Co., in 1840, and to Janesville in 1845. B. P. Doty was engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds till 1865, when that business was merged into the manufacture of the Doty Washing Machine, the business being carried on by Doty Bros, as a firm until 1868, when a consolidation took place with the Badger State Manufacturing Company, under the corporate name of the Doty Manufacturing Company. Mr. E. P. Doty managed the business until the time of his death, which occurred March 7, 1869.

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JP. S. EliDRED, grocer; came to Johnstown, Rock Co., Wis., in 1842; engaged in farming there for thirteen years; in the spring of 1855, came to Janesville, where he was engaged in the lumber business until the fall of 1857 ; afterward a member of the firm of Eldred, Barrows & Lund, dealers in agricultural implements, seeds, etc., fir one year; in 1858, he established a grocery business; associated with C. H. Conrad, under the firm title of Conrad & Eldred ; in six months, Conrad retired, and he carried on the business until he took as a partner John H. Wingate for about eighteen months; after that, D. C. Wheeler was associated with him for two or three'years ; the present firm of F. S. Eldred & Co. is composed of F. S. Eldred, L. D. Jerome and Charles Trott. Mr. Eldred was connected with the old Central Bank, and has been connected with the First National Bank since its organization, of whicli he is Vice President ; Treasurer of Cotton Manufacturing Company. He has held various political and religious offices, having served as Alderman and Supervisor ; was also Justice of the Peace while a resident of Johnstown ; also President of the Pickle Company. Mr. Eldred is a native of Winfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Married Miss Sarah Wetmore June 18, 184.3 ; she was born in Winfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y.; they have an adopted daughter.

O. C EIjIiIS, superintendent of Wisconsin Shoe Company; Mr. Ellis has been in the shoe business fifteen years; was five year.-< with the firm of Progree & Smith, of Detroit, as superintendent, and previously at New Haven, Mass. Mr. E. was born in Plymouth, N. H., March 26; 1839. Married Emily Wright May 16, 1861 ; she was born in Ashton, N. H., March 13, 1839 ; they have two children - Charles W., born April 26, 1864, and E. S., born May 6, 1866. Mr. E. was educated at NorthfielJ Seminary, N. H. They belong; to the Episcopal Church. They came to Janesville in February, 1878.

liARIS ENGi-EBRETSON, of N. Hanson & Co., furniture manufacturers ; born in Norway; to Janesville in June, 1867, where he engaged in business as a cabinet maker until 1877, when he was admitted into partnership with the firm he is now connected with. Married Lena Edmundson in July, 1860 ; she is a native of Norway ; they have three children - Emil Alfred, Anna Louisa and an infant son.

FRAWK E, FEIiliOWS, proprietor of Janesville Business College and Institute of Penmanship, established in June, 1866, being the first institution of this character that was located here. The session opens Sept. 1, and continues to May 1, of each year. The school is conducted on the scholarship and partial -course plans. Full course entitles the pupil to all branches taught in the institution. Partial course comprises penmanship, English branches, higher mathematics, etc. In the theory department, all common English branches are taught. In the commercial department, commercial law and higher mathematics, etc. The educational facilities of this establishment are unexcelled, and a most thorough course of instruction is imparted to the scholar, in whatever department he may enter.

BYROX FIELDS, second foreman of the mill-room in cotton factory; born Nov. 14, 1857, in Maple Grove, South Adams, Mass. ; educated at North Adams Academy. Was in present business at Arnoldville, Mass., five years, also at North Adams two years. Mr. Fields came to Janesville in 1875, and has been connected with the cotton factory evtr since. He is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge.

D. E. FIFIEliD, lumber dealer, Dillon and Janesville ; came to Eock Co. in 1856; son of Samuel and Abigail Fifield. Married, in 1852, Miss Harriet B. Gould, daughter of James and Rebecca Gould, of Northfield, Vt. ; they had seven children, three living - Eddie G., Hattie B. and Walter S. His wife died in 1873. In 1875, he married Mrs. C. B. Hunt, daughter of F. F. Blood, of Janesville. He is at present, and has been, very largely interested in pine lands in Wisconsin and Michigan. Was elected Alderman of the Third Ward in 1870, served four years. For the past ten years, has been Treasurer of the Horticultural Society ; also Trustee and Treasurer of the First Congregational Church.

GILEIS FISHER, grocer; born in Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Penn., April 24, 1824; was farming till 1858, when he moved to Rock Co. and engaged in general merchandise trade for nine years ; then came to Janesville in 1874, and established in grocery business. Married Caroline L. Thomas Jan. 11, 1848 ; she was born in Plymouth, Luzerne Co., Penn., April 23, 1824.

JOSEPH FLiAGLER, farmer, Sec. 12; P. 0. Janesville; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating on the land where he now lives ; owns 107 acres of land. A native of Monroe Co., Penn. ; born in 1838. Married, in 1861, Miss Cornelia A. Brown, daughter of H. Brown, of Janesville ; they have two children, a son and a daughter - Mary Emma, born May 24, 1863 ; John Melville, born July 4, 1865. Mr. Flagler is at present Clerk of School Board ; has been Pathmaster two terms.

SYIiVESTER FliAGIiER, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Janesville; came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; located at Janesville, Rock Co., and carried on the grain and commission business there before removing to his farm. Married, ia 1873, Miss E. Allen, of Jefferson Co., Wis. ; have two children - Lawrence, born in August, 1866 ; Paul, born in February, 1876. Mr. F. was born in Monroe Co., Penn., in 1843 ; is a' brother of Joseph Flagler.

O. B. FORD was born in Benningtcfti, Vt., Jan. 19, 1814. His father moved to Lewision, N. Y., when Oliver was still in infancy; lived there until 1817, or 1818, then removed to Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. y. ; remained there until he was 12 years of age ; they then removed to Byron in the same county, where his father died. In 1830, Oliver was employed as a clerk in Bergen, where he remained about two years ; then he went to Phelps, Ontario Co., N Y., and was engaged in like capacity there until 1840, when he commenced mercantile business for himself for about one ypar, under the firm name of Ford & Gilbert ; afterward, for a few years, the firm was Horton, Ford & Co. ; he was also largely engaged in real-estate operations in Western New York, for several years. In 1847, he came to Beloit, Wis., and for eighteen months he was interested in land speculations, and was the owner of an undivided quarter^ interest in the water-power at Beloit, which he sold to a gentleman of the name of Gordon, from Bangor, Me. ; remaining but a year and a half at Beloit, he then returned to Phelps, N. Y., and resumed his mer^ cantile pursuits, the firm for about three years being Ford & Horton ; afterward, he was associated with Geo. W. Swift and A. Brinkerhoff, in the same business, for a few years, and also alone for some time, In 1854, he came to Janesville, purchased the New England House, and conducted it for about nine months ; he then built the Ford House, leased it most of the time, but sometimes carried it on himself for a year or two at a time ; at the same time, he was also carrying on a saw-mill, where Ford's mill now stands (Mr. Ford had acquired an interest in the water-power before his removal to Janesville). In 1859, commenced building Ford's flouring-mill ; it was completed and started the following year ; prior to this time, Mr. Ford had run the Excelsior mill, this being the beginning of his milling business. In 1868, he went to Aurora and carried on the Black Hawk and Montgomery mills for one year. About six years ago^ ho purchased the water-power and site of the Big' Mill, and erected thereon the present improvement^, cori» si.sting of mill, post-office building, etc. ; he disposed of a portion of the water-power to tbe Janesville Cot. ten Manufactory, of which company he was President for about' two years. In 1873 or 1874, he purchased at United States' sale, at Milwaukee, the interests of A. Hyatt Smith and wife in the water-power hero. Mr. Ford's first wife was Lucretia Sheckel ; she died in Phelps, N. Y., leaving two children, only - one now living - Mary N., who was born in Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y., and is the wife of B. F. Ciossitt, of Janesville. Mr. Ford's present wife was Marietta F. Drake, a native of Rochester, N. Y. Two children by this marriage, both residei ts of Janesville; Oliver C, born in Beloit, Wis., and William F., bora in Janesville, Wis.

WILLARD S. FOIiliAlVSBEE, farmer, Sec. 33; P. 0. Janesville ; born in Deny, Rockingham Co., N. H., in 1809 ; came to Wisconsin in 1849 ; purchased his present homestead and settled, in 1851, where he has resided ever since. Married Miss Rebecca Dustin in 1831, a descendant of the celebrated Mrs. Thomas Dustin, the Revolutionary heroine who killed nine Indians on the Concord River, at an early day. They have five children - Charles W., John W., George S., Willard R. and Elizabeth A. Mr. George S. Follansbee is the inventor of the " Follansbee double propeller pump," whose sroods are sold from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast. Mrs. W. S. Follansbee was born at Derry, Rockingham Co.. N. H. Mr. Follansbee is at present Director of the School Board ; is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. >

FREDERICK GARLT, farmer. Sec. 9; P. 0. Janesville; came to Wisconsin in 1854, locating in Pierce Co. ; came to Rnck Co. in 1866 ; bought his present homestead of eighty-five acres, in 1864. Married, in 1866, Miss Mary McGee, daughter of Thomas IMcGee, of Janesville Township, Enlisted, September, 1861, in the 12th Wis. Inf ; served four years: mustered out July, 1865; joined regiment at Madison ; was through engagements at St. Joseph, West Fort, Fort Scott, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley ; then was sent back to Fort Leavenworth, then down the Mississippi River; sent from St. Louis to Columbus, from there to Memphis ; was at the siege of Vicksburg, Memphis and Atlanta ; also Hot Sprinccs, Ark. School Board Director at present; Republican.

GEORG^E J. M. GlilEifl ; bom in Chicago Aug. 24, 1859 ; lived there till 5 years old, moving with his father to Janesville ; located on present farm in 1878; cultivating about 161 acres; is a carriase trimmer by trade ; raises stock extensively, especially fine breeds ; is owner of the celebrated Gojd Dust, whose pedigree is as follows ; Montgomery, Gold Dust is the property of Dr. S. S. Judd, of Janesville; was purchased by him in the South when one year old; bred by T. W. Biandt, of Montgomery, Mo.; foaled July, 1874; sired by Messenger Gold Dust; he by old Gold Dus-t ; Montgomery's dam was Dolly Rowton, bred by Capt. Jordan, St. Louis Co., Mo.; Dolly Rowtoii was by Lou Rowton ; he bv Waterloo; he by Yorkshire ; he by Priam , Lou Rowton's dam was Kate Rowton, by Iraported

Rowton ; Dolly Rowton's dam was by Old St. Louis ; her grandara by Bertrand ; Messenger Grold Dust's dam was by Hu'hland Messenger, and his grandam by Highland Messenger.

THOMAS CrRAHAM, proprietor of the Farmers' Hotel ; came to Janesville in the summer of 1853 ; he was engaged in farming in Janesville Township (or two years; then lived in Porter Township, near Cooksvillo, two or three years ; since coming to this country, ho has visited Europe four times^n 1856, when he remained but a short time; in 1857, he went there and remained till 1861, when he returned to Janesville and was employed in a grocery store; in the fall of 1866, he made his third trip, remaining but a few weeks ; in the fall of 1868, he engaged in the hotel business at his present location; in 1872, he visited Europe for the fourth time.

JOHN CirRIFFITH, an enterprising citizen and well-known merchant; reached Janesville in the spring of 1850; immediately upon his arrival, Mr. GriflBth became an apprentice of R. J. Richardson to the trade of a tinsmith, which he completed, and, in 1862, ventured into business for himself; his success was most gratifyina:, and, 1863, he began business on his present site, which has grown into one of the most extensive hardware, house-furnishing goods, farming-implement supply depots in Wisconsin.

G. M. HAIVCHETT, hardware merchant; born in Marshall, Oneida Co., N. Y., Auj;. 15, 184-1: ; son of J. M. and Juliet Hanohett, who came to Janesville in the spring of 1853 and located ; they had two children - son and daughter ; his father engaged in the lumber business, also was in the grain business and built an elevator ; G. M. was educated at Janesville High School ; commenced his business career with William J. Doolittle in 1864 ; remained three years ; in 1867, went to Cresco, Iowa, and started the hardware trade for himself ; was successful ; sold out and returned to Janesville, in 1 874, and opened his present business on the 15th of August, 1874. In September, 1866, married Miss Annie Spaulding, daughter of Mr. Joseph and Lydia Spaulding, who came to Janesville about 1835; they have had four children - Delia S., born Sept. 4, 1867 ; Fred M., July 14, 1870 ; Ella, July 9, 1872; Mary, Dec. 18, 1874. W^ife is a member of and the family attend the Congregational Church.

MAGrNlJS HANSOST, furniture manufacturer; a native of Norway; came to Janesville in 1852, and has been engaged in the manufacturing business ever since ; commenced business for himself in 1855. Married Mary Larson, a native of Norway, July 18, 1850 ; they have nine children living - Bertha Maria, Henry, Carrie Louisa, Annie Margaretta, Thorwald, JMartin, Charles Louis, Clara Christina and Hannah Elvina. Mr. Hanson is one of the leading business men of Janesville and has represented the First Ward in the Common Council of the city.

E. O. HARLiOW; bom at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1832. Married Miss Fannie Howe Aug. 1, 1854 ; she was born at Saekett's Harbor March 1, 1835 ; they have six children living, two sons and four daughters - Edward H. (a machinist, now in the employ of the N.-W. R. ' R. Co. in Chicago), born Sept. 7, 1856 ; John C. (route agent in railroad mail service between Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien), born Sept. 1,, 1858 ; Annis, born April 1. 1863 ; Susie, April 2, 1866 ; Nellie, born Jan. 25, 1868, and Theodora, born July 25, 1870. Mr. E. G. Harlow is brother of Hon. George H. Harlow, Secretary of State of IlHnois. Mr. B. G. came to Janesville in 1854, and was engaged in buying grain and produce till the war broke out, when he recruited seventy men from Janfesville, and was commissioned First Lieutenant of the 12th Wis. Bat., light artillery; was with Grant at Vicksburg; with Sherman in his famous march to the sea, and went on to Washington to the " grand review ;" at the close of the war, was breveted Captain by the President on account of meritorious services rendered during the War ; was mustered out in 1865. Mr. H. is a member and Vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church.

J. M. HASELTON, City Treasurer; born in Newbury, Orange Co., Vt. ; came to Janesville in 1846 ; clerk for J. B. Doe first year ; two years for Smith & (/larke ; one year for Wilson & Ullman; conducted the American House from 1854 to 1858 under the firm name of Haselton & Hudson ; prior to this time, he was clerk in the Stevens House nearly two years ; after 1858, he was for a year or two connected with the Hyatt House, a portion of the time as proprietor; engaged in stone quarrying a year or two; was proprietor of the Seymour House, of Oshkosh, from 1868 to 1869; was first elected City Treasurer in 1 874, and has held that office up to the present time by re-election ; in an early day, he held Various pofitions, such as Town Treasurer, Constable, etc.

DENNIS HAYES, fiirmer, Section 16; P. 0. Janesville; born in Hudson Co., N. Y., in 1855; came to Wiscjuain with his pirents in 1859, locating at Madison, Dane Co. ; purchased his partnership with his brother in the present homestead from Mr. Doolittle in 1873; has eighty acres, all under

cultivation. His brother, Michael Hayes, was born in Hudson Co., N. Y., in 185.3. Married Mis^* Elizabeth Quinn, of Center Township, Rock Co. ; they raise corn, oats and stock.

HEBKR HKLII, farmer. Section 15; P. 0. Janesville ; came to Wisconsin in 1849; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in March, 1845 ; came with his parents to this State when young ; was educated and brought up here. Owns half-interest with his younger brother, Warren Helms, in eighty acres. Raises general crops, oats, corn, etc.

R. HODGrfi, carriage-maker; born in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Aug. 20, 1823; came to America in the spring of 1848, and spent two and a half years in Camden, N. Y. ; came to Janesville in the fall of 1850, and has been engaged in present business ever since. Married Ellen Smart in the fall of 1854 ; she was born in Scotland in 1831 ; they had eight children, six now living - John, Ellen, Nettie, Lizzie, Robert and Samuel, aged 24, 22, 19, 16, 10 and 7 years respectively. Mr. H. was a member ot the City Council one term.

WILIilAM HODGE, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Janesville ; came to Wisconsin in 1850, then removed to Kentucky, living there one year ; returned to Wisconsin, locating on land he now occupies, sixty-four acres; was born in 1829, in Scotland, near city of Glasgow. Married, in 1855, Miss Mary Edgar, of Scotland ; she was born in 1831 ; have seven children, four boys and three girls - John, WUU iam, Robert, Arthur, Ellen, Jannette and Mary. Presbyterians.

S. HOL.DREDGE, grocer; born in Frankfort, Herkimer Co., N. Y., May 28, 1828; clerked at Utica three years, and came to Rock Co., in 1854 ; in 1860, settled in Janesville, and engaged in the sash, door, blind and building business for three years ; built First Baptist and First Congregational Churches ; was of the firm of Nettle, Jfiekson & Holdredge ; was also in milling business three years, since which time, he has continued in the grocery trade; began in his present business in 1872. Married Mary R. Lee, of his native county, July 6, 1851; she was born March 16, 1833; they had five children, three living - Minnie J., Romaiae C, Ada A., aged 21, 19 and 17 respectively. Miss Minnie is a graduate of the Boston School of Oratory, and has recently been elected to the Chair of Elocution and Oratory in Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. Mr. H. held the office of Township Treasurer from January, 1861, to January, 1867; was also Alderman from 1866 to 1868, and is one of the founders of the Court Street M. E. Church. -

DR. J. F. HUL<1jIIII9i^, oculist; born near Wheeling, W. Va., located in Pittsburgh, Penn., for fifceep years ; he has been a resident of Janesville, Wis., for the last nine years ; the Doctor is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, and has been engaged in practice for the past thirty years, and has made the cure of diseases of the eye a specialtj' for the last fifteen years.

J. H. HUIVTRESS, patentee and proprietor of the Huntress Harness Trace Buckle ; born in Hancock, Addison Co., Vt., Sept. 22, 1844 ; came to Janesville in 1853 ; son of Gideon Huntress; he is a tinsmith by trade, and has been working at that business for several years, a portion of the time in Chicago ; also in Carlinville, 111.

EDWARD M. HYZER, attorney; born in Janesville Dec. 10, 1854; educated in the High School and Classical Academy of the city; admitted to the bar Jan. 13, 1879. Mr. H. is a grandson of Wm. C. Chase (deceased), who came to Rock Co. in 1836; his father, Jacob B. Hyzor, a native of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., N. Y., came to Rock Co. in 1846.

JAIIES ISftrLiE, ftvrmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Janesville; born in England March 30, 1819; came to America in 1852, locating at Rock Co. in 1857. iNIarried Miss Jane Stokes in 1840, daughter of Robert Stokes, of Cambridp;eshire, England ; have four children - Jane, Eliza, Emma and William. Mr, Ingle was Roadmaster in 1875. Is a member of the United Temple of Honor. Mr. Ingle enlisted in the 35th W. V. I., under Capt. N. C. Miles, June 12, 1864 ; was wounded at Morgan's Bend ; sent to Vicks burg; was discharged May 22, 1865.

H. H. J AQUITH, night foreman in card-room of cotton-mill ; born in Londonderry, Vt., July 25, 1840, and has worked in cotton-mills twenty years ; was second overseer at Clinton, Mass., six years ; was at Jonesville, Mich., two years, and came to Janesville in 1875, ani was soon after appointed foreman in present capacity. He married Mary Ann Farrell Aug. 11, 1877 ; she was born in New York City in May, 1850. Mr. J. was nine years in cotton factory in New Hampshire.

DAVID JIEFFRI!^, proprietor of Jeffris House; born in Grayson Co., Ky., Aug. 6, 1821. Married Grace A. Monat ; she was born in Scotland June 12, 1831 ; they have six children - Susie A., aged 26 ; T. BI., aged 24, is in the grocery business in Janesville; W. S., has just graduated from Beloit College; Malcolm, David, Jr., and James, aged 16, 12 and 3 years. Mr. .Jeffris came to Janesville in 1846, and has since been engaged in fanning, lumber trade and banking. He is a member of the Congregational Church ; ho has just erected a large three-story building, 69-]x80 feet, to be used as a hotel.

REV. J£NKIN Li. JONES, Pastor of All Souls' Church ; was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, Nov. 14, 1843 ; son of Richard L. and Mary (Thomas) Jones ; his parents were noted for their independence of thought in matters of politics and religion. Rev. Mr. Jones came to America with liis parents in 1844, and settled in Jefferson Co., Wis. ; they remained here twelve years, then moved to Sauk Co., where they lived five years ; thence to Iowa Co., where the father still resides. In August, 186:i, Mr. Jones, then in his 19th year, enlisted in the 6th W. B., L. A., and served in the Western army till close of the war ; was in all the battles through which this battery passed, among them Vicksburg, Corinth, Port Gibson and others; he graduated at the Theological School at Meadville, Penn., in 1870 ; there married Susan C. Barber ; she has been Secretary of the Wisconsin Unitarian Conference three years, and assisted her husband in various ways in his general duties. Mr. J. first took charge of the Unitarian Church at Winnetka, 111., one year ; was State Missionary under the direction of the State Unitarian Conference for one year, when he accepted a call to the pastorate of All Souls' Church at this place, which position he now holds. By special arrangement, Mr. J. spends one-fourth of his time in visiting various families of the faith in different States of the Union ; in 1 873, he was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference ; for three years, he published a series of Sunday-school lessons, the first ever published in his denomination ; he has been Secretary of the Western Unitarian Sunday-School Society since its organization, and was mainly instrumental in instituting it, in 1873. He has two children - Mary Lloyd and Richard L.

F. A. JIFK.INS. proprietor of meat market ; born in London, England, March 12, 1838 ; came to America in 1852/; to Janesville in 1857; soon after, went to California; returned in 1877. Married Sarah N. Porter, of Toronto, Canada, Aug. 4,. 1860 ; she was born Sept. 7, 1842. Mr. J. enlisted in Co. D, 13th Mich. V. I. ; was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and in several hard-fought battles, among them Bentonville and Mission Ridge ; was promoted from First Corporal to Second Sergeant, and finally to Orderly Sergeant, and was recommended for another promotion at close of war. Had nine children, six living - William L., Henry A., Emma F., Fanny L., Edward and Clara A., the latter born in Santa Clara, Cal., two and a half years ago; others aged 17, 15, 13, 9 and 4 years; Charles E., Maud and Frederick A. are dead.

JOHN JOIVES, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Janesville; born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1825; came to America in 1845 ; came to Wisconsin in 1854, locating at Center Township, Rock Co. Married Hannah Fitzpatrick in 1845, a native of County Cork; were married in Ireland; have six children - James, William, Ellen, Katie, Hannah and Eloisa. Members of the Roman Catholic Church.

P. T. JOYCE, boiler-maker, N.-W. R. R. shops ; born in Limerick, Ireland, June 29, 1833 ; came to America in 1850. Married Margaret Welsh in August, 1803 ; she was born in Liverpool, England, in June, 1838. They have six children living - Mary Ann, Catharine Jane, Elizabeth, Margaret, Agnes and Robert, aged 16, 14, 11, 9, 7 and 5 years, respectively. Mr. J. was in the employ of the Illinois Central R. R. Co. five years and one year for the N.-W. Co. in Chicago, and came to Janesville in 1864. He is the present .Vlderman of the Fourth Ward.

A. C. KENT, manufacturer of fanning mills, corn planters, clothes wringers, etc. ; came to Janesville in 1861. Enlisted in Co. E, 3d W. V. C, Nov. 6, 1861 ; was Lieutenant of that company and resigned June 13, 1863. For five years engaged in distilling and vinegar business; afterward, for five years in the wholesale and retail liquor business ; since then, manufacturing ; he was born in Canada Sept. 1, 1834 ; lived in Monroe Co., N. Y., several years ; in 1853, 1854 and 1855, was clerk in the International Hotel at Niagara Falls ; came to Chicago in 1855, in the ticket office of the M. S. R. R., where he was employed two years ; in the spring of 1859, went to Colorado as a member of the Original Chicago Mining Co., which engaged in mining on what was then called Chicago Creek ; in the fall, returned to Chicago; thence went to Canada, where he remained six months in the distillery business; then removed to St. Louis, where he was for a time engaged in the marble and slate business ; afterward, for a short time a resident of Lexington, Ky. ; then came to Wisconsin. Married Harriet N. Liddle Oct. 23, 1866 ; she was born in Belleville, Canada.

J. B. IjA GRANGE, ornamental, carriage and landscape painter; born in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vt., Jan. 2, 1842. Married Anna N. Wemple Nov. 27, 1864; she was born in Johnstown, N. Y., in February, 1841 ; they have three children - Norman Z., Anna Eliza and Roy. aged 14, 9 and 5 years respectively. Mr. B. was educated at Burlington Academy, Vermont ; came West in the spring of 1856, and settled near Emerald Grove, Rock Co. Mr. L. is Captain of Bower City Rifles of Janesville.

F. S. LiAWRENCE ; bjm in Weathersfield, Vt., Feb. 5, 1824 ; he came to Janesville July 4, 1844, and, after spending a day or two here, he went to Rutland, Dane Co., bought a farm and

I remained there till 1852, when he returned to Janesville as a permanent resident; he was employed as book-keeper for a year or two ; afterward, in the mercantile business till 1859 ; from 1860 to 1864, was clerk in the oflSce of Secretary of State; was for one year teller in the Rock County Bank ; was a year or two in the insurance business. In 1868, was appointed City Treasurer ; elected to the same office in 1869 ; re-elected in 1870, 1871, 1872 and 1873 ; was also Alderman of the Fourth Ward for 1855, of the First Ward for 1877 ; member of the Council when the first fire company wag organized ; was the first foreman of the fire company ; Deputy County Treasurer in 1849 ; Deputy City Clerk in 1853 ; Secretary of the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane from 1861 to 1870 ; Trustee of it from 1864 to 1879 ; Secretary of Rock County Agricultural Society for 1877 and 1878. Married Hannah M. Fuller March 18, 1846; she was born in Litchfield Co., Conn.; is a daughter of Benjamin Fuller, who located in Rutland, Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and was a member of the First Constitutional Convention ; he died in 1850 ; Mr. L. has two children - Herbert J. and Ella l5., now Mrs. H. A. Tenney, of Fremont, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. L. are members of the Presbyterian Church.

GEORGE W. liAH RENCE, retired clergyman ; son of William Lawrence ; came to Rock Co. and purchased claims near Beloit in fall of 1836. The family all came out in 1838, and settled in Beloit. Another brother, Clark, purchased land on Turtle Creek. The father died about fourteen years ago. Mr. George Lawrence has lived in Janesville since Christmas, 1847. Commenced preaching in 1843 ; is of the Universalist faith ; was educated at Franklin Academy ; was born Sept. 25, 1816. Married Maria D. Moore in July, 1845 ; she was born in England in February, 1812 ; they have two sons - William M., born in Aurora, Jiuly 13, 1846, and Edward E., born April 14, 1848. William is Principal of the Plankington School, Milwaukee ; he graduated at Tufi'c's. College, Boston, in 1873. Went into the army in 1863, and was/ mustered out in July, 1865 ; belonged to Co. M, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. Edward was four years in American Express oiEce, Milwaukee, and is now in the cattle business in Southwestern Kansas. Mr. George Lawrence organized a church in Aurora in 1844, and next came to Janesville in 1847 ; he has been connected with the School Board for several years ; taught the first winter school in' Janesville, and was for a time Superintendent of township and village schools.

HOST. WIIiLIADi A. IJAWREIVCE, capitalist and manufacturer; came to Janesville in October, 1844 ; was employed for a few months as clerk, then engaged in general mercantile business; first associated in partnership. with Richard Stoughton; this was dissolved, and, in 1847, a new partnership was formed, composed of William A. Lawrence, E. H. Strong and Volney Atwood, under thi; firm name of Lawrence, Strong & Co., which existed until 1855. since which time Messrs. Lawrence & Atwood have carried on continuously the hardware business. In 1858, they enlarj^ed their business by adding coal, wood, lime, cement, etc., to the already extensive trade. Mr. Lawrence was Town Clerk, of Janesville, when it embraced several townships. He was elected County Treasurer in 1847, and served three years consecutively in that office, afterward one year as Deputy Treasurer. In 1851, he was elected Assemblyman ; in 1858, was elected Mayor ; in 1862, elected to the State Senate ; in 1864, re-elected as a member of that body, and was chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance. He was cashier of the State Bank when organized in 1855; he was also Secretary and Director of the Rock River Valley R. W. Co. He has been prominently connected with the various banking, manufacturing and other enterprises tending to advance the interests of Janesville. He is President of the Janesville Cotton Manufacturing Co. ; President of the Wisconsin Shoe Co., and he and Mr. Atwood carry on the extensive woolen mills known as the Wheeler iMills.

THOMAS liEECH, dry-goods merchant ; born in Kilfeach, Queen's Co., Ireland, May 5, 1832, being the son of Michael and Margaret (Breen) Leech ; came to America Feb. 22, 1849, to Wisconsin in 1850, 1851 and 1852 in Milwaukee; eight years in the mercantile establishment of McKee at Janesville; eighteen years established in business for himself, and located opposite his present store until April, 1879. Married Elizabeth Sheehan in Janesville, May 31, 1863; they have five children living - John K., born Aug. 7, 1864 ; Monica M., born June 17, 1866 ; Ita M., April 27, 1868 ; Thomas A., June 1'7, 1871 ; Prances C, July 9, 1874; lost one daughter - Caroline Frances, who died the day of her birth, jMarch 9, 1873. Mrs. L. is a daughter of Matthew and Caroline Leister, and was born in N. S., Sept. 24, 1836 ; they are members of the R. C. Church.

JESTISOIV A. liEIiAND, business manager of woolen mills; born in Springfield, Windsor Co., Vt., in June, 1821 ; was engaged in the mercantile and shipping business in New York City, from 1840 to 1869; came to Janesville ' in 1876. Mr. L. married present wife in Rockford, in 1876; her maiden name was Eliza P. Smith; she was born in Salem, Mass., in 1831. Members of First Baptist Church, of which Mr. L. is a Trustee. Mr. L. has two sons by former wife - Alexander J., born April 2, 1 855, and Frederick A., born Jan. 7, 1859. Alexander is now chief mailing clerk in Rockford Post

W. H. liEOXARD, junior editor of the daily and weekly Recorder, of Janesville, Wis., was born January 3, 1845, in Harrodsburg, Monroe Co., Ind.; resided in Green Co., Wis., on a farm from 1848 to 1857 ; from there, moved to Charles City, Iowa, where, at the age of 17 years, he began his career at the printing busi'ness, serving an apprenticeship of three years in the office of the IntelUgencer, owned and managed by Hon. A. B. F. Hildreth ; two years more were spent in the printing establishments of Chicago, perfecting his trade ; returning to Charles City, he renewed his labors in the Intelligencer office, of which he afterward became a half-owner, in partnership with one of the present owners of that paper, Maj. E. B. Dyke. On July 7, 1872, was married to Miss Ella L. Colton, of Charles City. Disposed of his interest in the printing business there, and, in the spring of 1873, came to Janesville to reside. On the 1st of July following, purchased a half-interest in the Recorder printing office, being allied with that establishment ever since. Has a wife and two daughters; the eldest daughter, Maud, being born June 10, 1874; the youngest, June 8, 1879.

.DR. E. E. liOOMIS, physician and surgeon; born in Oneida, Westmoreland Co., N. Y.; came to Neenah, Wis., in 1849 ;" removed to Fond du Lac Co. about two years later ; came to JanesVille Jan. 12, 1869 ; read medicine with Dr. Henry Palmer, of this city, and graduated from the Chicago Medical College, of the Class of '73 ; engaged in practice here ever since. The Doctor is a member of the State Medical Society, and Physician to the State Institute of the Blind. Married Miss Etta E. Boyce, of Janesville, Nov. 12, 1873.

ALLEX P. liOVE JOY was born at Wayne, Me., March 21, 1825, and is the son of Nathan Lovejoy, a pioneer of that State. The family is of Enghsh Puritan origin, and has produced some of the most noted men in American history. The distinguished Elijah and Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, were of the same lineage, and educated in the same academy with our subject, who received his education in the Wesleyan Seminary of Readfield, Me. He was raised on a farm and early imbued with habits of industry and self-reliance, which have been among the leading characteristics of his life. At the age of 18, he taught a public school in his native State, and, in the year following, was apprenticed to learn the carpenter and builder's trade, at which he subsequently worked in Maine for some years, but the larger possibilities of the undeveloped country of the great Northwest induced him, in 1850, to break loose from his Eastern home, and come to the promising State of Wisconsin. At the age of 25 years, he landed in Janesville with a very small stock of this world's goods, having made the journey from Milwaukee to Janesville on foot. For nine years after his arrival, he was engaged in building, and being a superior mechanic, as well as a man of stern integrity and high business qualifications, his success was in proportion to his merits. In 1859, he added to his business a lumber-yard, which proved so successful, that he resolved to discontinue building, and devote himself exclusively to the sale of lumber, in 1863, 1870, 1874 ; since then, he has enlarged his business, until he is the head of several extensive lumber firms in this State, and is largely engaged in the lumbering business of Northern Wisconsin, having purchased about twenty-five thousand acres of valuable pine land there. He is also connected with various other industries and enterprises in Janesville. He is a large stockholder in the Harris Manufacturing Company, of which he was elected a Director, in. 1870, and President, in 1875, which position he now holds. Mr. Lovejoy now represents this district in the State Legislature, having been elected by a flattering majority, in 1878.

ALEXAXDEK McAIjPIN, harness-maker; born in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., Aug. 22, 1842 ; came to Beloit in 1 850 ; attended Beloit High School ; settled in Janesville thirteen years ago, and has been in present business seven years at this place. Married Ellen Lawler Oct. 6, 1865 ; she was born Sept. 13, 1842. Mr. McAlpin enlisted March 12, 1862, in Battery BI., 2d 111. Light Artillery, and was mustered out June 26, 1865; was in the battles of Knoxville, Blue Springs, Greeneville, Harper's Ferry and Ro'gersville ; was 2d Sergeant in Battery ; is a Republican.

REV. T. W. MAC LEAX, Eector of Trinity Church ; born in Cheshire, England, March 6, 1848; came to America in 1854; graduated at Racine College, in 1871, and at Nashotah Theological Seminary, in 1874 ; was ordained at Indianapolis same year, and immediately took the position as assistant minister of St. Paul's Cathedral, at Indianapolis, serving in this capacity one year and a half, then had charge of the Missions at Lawrenceburg and Aurora, Ind., and built the church at Aurora ; came to Janes ville July, 1878, where he now presides, in charge of Trinity Episcopal Church. Married Fannie Appleton, September, 1877 ; she was born in San Jose, Cal., in 1856.

DR. GEORGE H. McCAUSEY, Janesville ; was bom in Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 28, 1843, his parents being Charles and Mary (Watts) McCausey; his father was descended from Scotch ancestors, who were among the first settlers of New York City, and was a man possessed of forethought, sagacity and a stern persistence ; his mother was possessed of exquisite tastes, being an enthusiastic lover of the fine arts and an incessant reader, and showed more than ordinary interest in the education of her son ; she kept him in some of the best institutions of learning in New York State until her death, which occurred in 1860, when his studies were temporarily interrupted; he had been an ardent student of difierent branches of natural science, having a special partiality for the study of chemistry and the modern languages, his early intention being to prepare himself for teaching ; the next four years of his life, however, were devoted to farm labor, \rhich was contrary to his natural tastes , accordingly, at the age nf 21 years, being free to follow his inclinations, he bid farewell to the home of his youth, and entered' upon the study of the profession of which he is now one of the foremost members ; his education in the art of dentistry extending over a period of nearly nine years, was thorough and complete ; he removed to Janesville in the fall of 1872 with small means, but full of youthful vigor he procured an ofiice and commenced work ; he soon made numerous friends, and established a profitable business ; now, after seven years effort, he finds himself enjoying a lucrative practice, with the growing respect and esteem of a constantly widening circle of friends and patrons. He is a member of the Janesville Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M. ; Western Star Lodge, No. 14, A., F. & A. M. ; Memorial Lodge, Knights of Honor, No. 318; Wisconsin Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., No. 14, and a member of the Crystal Temple of Honor, No. 32, an advanced temperance organization ; he is also incumbent of the chair of Junior Warden of Western Star Lodge, A., F. & A. M. On the 25th of June, 1872, he married Miss Eritelle A. Reynolds at Auburn, N. Y., she being a native of Lowell, Mass. ; he resided at Auburn, being connected with the office of Dr. G. W. Tripp (one of the most prominent dentists of Central New York) prior to removing to Janesville in the autumn of that year.

H. D. McKINllirEY, born in Tolland Co., Conn., March 1, 1833, but lived till his 19th year in Springfield, Mass.; then went to New York'City and spent nine years in mercantile business; from 1861 to 1865, was general contractor for the Government; among the large contracts, Mr. McKinney delivered to the United States Government Post at Nashville 56,000 cords of wood io the brief space of twenty-one months. He married Laura Irwin in Ja,nuary, 1864 ; she was born at Nashville in 1843 ; they have three children - Harry, Maude Irwin and Laura Theresa, aged 14, 12 and 10 years. Mr. M. came to Janesville in 1867, and was soon after elected Alderman, in which office he served two years. He is a iSIason, and also a member of the Royal Arcanum.

CAPT. WILLIAM JUACLOON, real estate; born in town of Bath, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Province of Maine, Nov. 20, 1807 ; son of Bbenezer and Elizabeth Macloon ; came to Rock Co. from Boston, in 1845, and settled at Janesville, after having sailed the ocean as master of many vessels for years in general freighting business between Boston, the South of Europe and the West Indies, also in the cotton trade from New Orleans to Buenos Ayres, Cape of Good Hope, Soldina Bay, Bahia, St. Thomas, and back to Boston ; on his last trip on the Atlantic he lost the bark Juan, on the south side of Cuba, from Montego Bay bound to Fagua to fill up for Bremen - -(on the coral reefs); he was part owner; he made a purchase of a sawmill situated on Rock River, at Janesville, and continued there till 1853; built his present residence in 1846, the first substantial frame house west of the river, and no doubt it was built after the ship-builders' style, to stand the gales, and weather the storms of azes ; there is not a crack or a rent in it ; in 1853 he entered the real-estate business, purchased a quarter-section in Town 3, Range 12, Sec. 33, in 1845, and has been improving it since; he raises horses, sheep, cattle and hogs; owns the Philadelphia Drug Store building and Post-office building one-half with 0. B. Ford. Married, in 1832, Miss Christianna Bennett ; have two children - William H. Harrison and Helen A. ; family attend the Congregational Church.

PERCY F. MaGEE, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Janesville; born in 1857, in Warren Co., Pcnn., near Oil City ; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1865, resided here ever since; was educated at Janesville High School; owns 160 acres all pretty much under cultivation ; is a son of the deceased Mr, Henry Magee, who was born in 1827 and died February, 1866; was in the lumber and oil business in Pennsyl-. vania before coming to Wisconsin. Mr. P. F. Magee's mother, whose name was formerly Morrison, is also a native of Pennsylvania ; his brother, Master Arland E. Magee, born in 1862, also resides with him on his farm.

1>R. C. LOFTUS MARTIN, veterinary surgeon ; born in Nottinghamshire, England, May, 1804, and son of John Martin, a farmer by occupation, and, what was a very unusual thing in his country, owned the land which he cultivated ; Charles passed his youth upon this farm, walking four miles to the village school ; at that time, the only schooling to be obtained was at colleges ; Dr. Martin, not being the eldest son, had no claim to the landed estate, and, at the age of 18, started for London, where, for three years, he was a student of St. George's Hospital, thence to the Veterinary Collefrc, London, from which "he graduated, then went into business and two years after married the daughter of his partner, and lived in one house nineteen years, till 1847, when he emigrated to America ; after spending one year in traveling through different parts of the United States he settled in Beloit, in 1848 ; here he purchased a fine larni. and lived upon it six years, when, upon the death of his wife, ho sold his property and removed to Janesville, his present home ; in 1857, he estahlished himself as a veterinary surgeon ; he rapidly grew info an extensive practice, and has obtained a good reputation as a thoroughly qualified surgeon ; Dr. Martin has been identified with the Kcpubliean party from its beginning in the State, and is a hearty supporter of its principles but not such an enthusia.st as to at all times and at all places indorse its acts ; he has been honored with places of trust ; was appointed, by Governor Randall, Colonel of Militia ; assisted in the organization of the Kock County Agricultural Society, of which he was Pretidcnt; has also been connected with the Statu Agricultural Society as^ an active officer from its beginning, being at this time its Vice President ; he has long been prominently connected with the Masonic fraternity of Wisconsin, bringing with him high te.'-timonials from the Grand Li dge of England, and has implicit faith in the teachings of the Order; hns belonged to the Masons from their beginning in Wisconsin; in 1853, was elected Grand Master of Eoyal and Selctt Masters of the State of Wisconsin, and was three times re-elected ; he is at present a pcmiancnt member of the Grand Lodge; was elected Grand Senior Warden in 1873, also Grand Scribe in Grand Chapter ; was many years High Priest of Jancsville Chapter, and also Master of Janes^illc Lodge; has been Eminent Commander of Janesville Commondcry, and is now an cfficcr of the Commandcry ; he is on Episcopalian, and has been for many ycais one of the Vestrymen of Christ Church ; he is waimly attached to its principles, and labors for ils interests. Dr. M. married Miss Ann Crcnk, the daughter of his f rmer partner ; Mrs. Martin died at Beloit in 1855, leaving no ehildien ; the Doctor, however, adopted a niece, JMLss Ann Cronk, daughter of his wife's brother, who repays liis care of her with filial affection ; she is now Mrs. James Hemming, and resides with her adopted father in Janesville; Dr. M. was the fiist President of ."^t. Gcoi'gc's Society.

JAMES K. MOLE, farmer, Sec.2C ; P.O. Janesville; born in Otsego Co ,Biitlernut Township. N. y., in 1830; came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating in Fulton, Bock Co.; in 1SG3, moved to Albion, living there five years; moved Lack to Fulton, then moved and settled on yrcscnt homestead of (if'iy seven acres, all under cultivaticn. WairicdElmira M. Cccn, daughter of Nclscn Coon, of Fulton Township, 18C3; she was horn in 1840.

C; was in five hard-fought battles - battle of Le More, at or near Fort Scott, Mc; Elm Springs, Ark.; Cain Hill, Prairie Grove and Flat Rock, Van Buren, Ark.

MOSES S. PRICHARD, Police Justice ; native of Vermont ; graduated from the University of Vermont in 1841 ; was admitted to the bar of Orange Co., Vt., the spring term of 1845 ; came to Janesville Aug. 5, 1845, when he became associated in the practice of law with A. Wyatt Smith. In March, 1846, was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he held about three years ; at the expiration of that time, he formed a law partnership with Hon. David Noggle ; in the spring of 1853, he was re-elected Justice of the Peace. In August of that year, was elected County Judge, and, from January, 1854, to January, 1858, he served in that capacity ; from that time, till 1860, he was associated with Messrs. Knowlton & Jackson, attorneys ; from 1860 to 1867, he engaged in practice alone ; in the latter year, was elected Justice of the Peace, and held that office by re-election till 1875 ; in the spring of 1878, he was elected Police Justice, position he now holds ; he served as Alderman of the First Ward in 1858 and 1859. During the period that he served as County Judge, he was for one year law partner with Hon. John M. Berry, now Judge of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, and, for two years, partner of J. W. D. Parker. Judge Prichard married Betsey Ann True Oct. 27, 1847 ; she was born in Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y.; a daughter of Elijah True (deceased), one of the early settlers of Rock Co., Wis.; he came to Fulton Township, and selected location in 1839, and, in 1840, came with his family to remain permanently ; he died in 1856. Judge Prichard has three children - Mary E., George T. and Anna M.

S. J. M. PUTNAM; born in Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., Deo. 17, 1820, and came to Chicago in 185:i. Married Jane Mellen July 15, 1845; she was born in Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1823 ; they have five children - Fanny, Fred F., Ida May, Charles Sumner and Edwin E., aged 31, 27, 21, 18 and 15 years; Fanny married R. M. King, of Janesville. Mr. P. came to Janesville Feb. 26, 1855; was in the carriage business four years; in 1859, appointed Under Sheriff, and elected Sheriff in 1860; served two years; was appointed Provost Marshal of the Second District of Wisconsin April 24, 1863, and served till October, 1865 ; in 1866, was again elected Sheriff, and, after two years, engaged in the insurance business; in 1872, was again elected Sheriff for two years; in 1875, was appointed Superintendent of Industrial School at Waukesha, and, at the end of one year, resigned ; was appointed Superintendent of State Industrial School Jan. 4, 1877, and continued until April 20, 1879, when he withdrew from the school, as he demanded an investigation of school matters, etc., which was refused him - he, however, is still the legal Superintendent.

A. J. RA IT, general manager of the Janesville Cotton Manufacturing Co. ; born in Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y. ; moved to Massachusetts when a boy; commenced working in a cotton factory when 12 years of age; was for twenty-five years in the cotton print works at North Adams, Mass.; for sixteen years as manager and owner of mills at that place ; came to Janesville in 1875.

HAMIL,TO]V RICHARDSON was bom in the town of Le Roy, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1820 ; his parents were farmers in comfortable circumstances, and his educational advantages as good as could be furnished by the country schools of the day ; when only 15 years of age, he entered the service of a mercantile firm and became a member of the family of one of its partners, a personal friend of his father's, and a most accomplished business man, with whom he emigrated to the State of Michigan, which had just been admitted into the Union ; most of the State of Michigan was at that time literally a wilderness ; its small population was located upon its southern border, but the firm with which young Richardson was engaged, plunged into the depths of the forest and commenced the building of what is now the city of Flint, one of the most beautiful and prosperous of that rich and prosperous State. They laid out !) large part of the city, built the first dam across the Flint River, erected the first saw-mill upon its banks, and were the first to establish a mercantile house in the county of which that city is the capital; their business, which included banking, was for a time prosperous, but they were overtaken by the financial storm of 1837, and the following year went into bankruptcy. From the day of the establishment until the final closing-up of their business, young Richardson enjoyed the confidence of his employers, and, to a large extent, participated with them in the management of all their affairs, and thus, at an age when most men commence their practical education, he had, as it were, graduated by passing through all the grades of establishing, conducting and finally closing a varied and extensive business ; the panic of 1837, belongs to the financial history of the country, and there are few men now engaged in business who have personal knowledge of it ; Mr. Richardson is one of the few, and to the lesson taught by experience during that crisis, he is probably indebted for the fair share of success which has attended his business efforts through life. In the year 1840, Mr. Richardson returned to the State of New York and renewed his studies at the academy in his native place, but he was too much imbued with the Western spirit to long endure the quiet of an Eastern town, and, in the spring of 1842, he again turned his face westward and located in Milwaukee, where he found employment as book-kcepsr in one of the largest commercial houses in the place ; in the year 1844. he established himself in the hardware trade in the village of Racine, but not meeting with the success which he anticipated there, in the spring of 1846, he removed to Janesville, and soon took rank among the most active and successful business men in the place ; with a view to enlarging his business, in 1850, Mr. Richardson, in connection with Mr. Truesdell, erected the Excelsior (now Baner & Hodson's) Mills, but this proved an unfortunate speculation, for the property was first nearly destroyed by fire and then by flood ; the country, too, was suffering from a general stagnation of business, caused by succession of bad crops, and Mr. Richardson resolved to try a new field for enterprise, and, in the fall of 1851, removed to California and located at Marysville, at the head of navigation on the Feather River, at that time a place of great commercial importance ; he there established .1 house for the supply of the mountain traders, and for four years, did a large and successful business ; in the prosecution of this trade he made extensive trips through the mountains, and thus became familiar with the mining operations ; on one of these journeys, he fell into the hands of a portion of Joaquine's band of highwaymen, by whom he was robbed and narrowly escaped the fate which befel so many of these celebrated freebooter's victims ; while residing in California, Mr. Richardson helped to organize and was Secretary and Treasurer as well as one of the largest stockholders, of a line of river steamers which was liuilt and managed expressly to resist the extortions of one of the greatest monopolies ever attempted upon any of the inland waters of this country ; the success of the new line was perfect and the great monopoly with its millions of capital, was forced to surrender ; returning to Janesville in 1856, Mr. Richardson again became a citizen of Rock County, and since that time has been identified with various business interests in the city. In 1858, he was married to Miss Caroline A. Pease, daughter of the late Judge Lorrain T. Pease, of Hartford, Conn., and with his bride traveled extensively in Europe during that and the following year; in 1873, he again visited Europe and made an extensive tour. In politics, Mr. Richardson was never a violent partisan ; he was identified with the Democratic party until the war of the rebellion ; in 1864, he was elected to the Legislature by the united Republican and War Democratic vote, and has since been an active member of the Republican party ; in 1868, he was elected a County Commissioner and a member of the Committee on Public Buildings which erected Rock County's beautiful Court House, and was twice afterward elected a member of the Board of County Supervisors; in 1876, ~he was elected a member of the Senate, and again in 1878. During the war, Mr. Richardson contributed largely of time and means; he was one of a committee of three which raised the 13th W. V-. I., and .lerved actively on nearly every committee organized for war purposes, in the city of Janesville.

H. F. ROBII^fSOK, Sec. 5; P.O. Janesville; born in 1820 in Wyoming Co., near Buffalo, N. Y. ; came to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled on the land which is his present homestead, carrying on the shuemaking business and farming. Married, in 1844, Miss Betsey A. Waine, a native of Allegany Co., N. Y. ; born in September, 1825 ; have three sons - Judson, born in 1845 ; Cornelius, 1848; Francis, 1863. Republican, both i'ather and sons.

DR. O. V. ROBINSOX, physician and surgeon ; born in Elizabeth, N. J., of English parentage ; engaged in practice over forty years ; was 1 icated for three years in Texas prior to his removal to Wisconsin ; in April, 1846, he went to Milwaukee, and, in November of that year, came to Janesville ; he was County Physician several years; served as Alderman of the Fourth Ward from 1871 to 1877 ; was re-elected for 1878 ; was President of the Common Council for 1873. Married Clara B. Reynolds, of New York City, in August, 1841.

WIIjIjIAM RUCirlDR, attorney; admitted to the bar in 1859; he enlisted in the Rufter Guards, afterward Co. A, 13th Wis. I. V. I., in August, 1861 ; commissioned Second Lieutenant; at the time of the organization of the legiment, he was appointed Adjutant; in July, 1862, he was appointed, by President Lincoln, Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain ; mustered out in October, 1865, as Assistant Adjutant General, with a brevet of Major. Since Jan. 1, 1866, Mr. Ruger has given his entire attention to his profession, and, through his great legal acumen and thorough integrity, has acquired 'a large and profitable practice, and is the official attorney of some of the largest corporations of the State.

JOHN W. S AliE, District Attorney and member of the law firm of Bennett & Sale ; born in La Porte, Ind. ; in 1842, when he was but six months old, his parents removed to Union Township, Rock Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 28, where his father, John F. Sale, died in February, 1845 ; his mother now resides in Evansville. Mr. Sale graduated from the Michigan University in the spring of 1866; was admitted to the bar of Michigan at the same time ; admitted to the bar of Wisconsin in the same year ; came to Janesville in June, 1866; commenced practice here Jan. 1, 1867; he was several years City Attorney, and is now serving his fifth year as District or County Attorney.

S. F. ISANBORN, furniture dealer; born m Wheelock, Caledonia Co., Vt., March 7, 1841 ; came West in 1848 and settled in Illinois, near Beloit, where he farmed for four years ; then came to Milton, Wis. ; remained four years, and thence to Sauk Co. six years; enlisted in fall of 1863, in Co. G, 1st Wis. V. I. ; was with Sherman in his march from Kinggold to Atlanta, and was wounded in the battle of Jonesboro, losing his right leg, after which he was transferred to Co. E, 21st Wis. V. I. ; mustered out May 25, 1865 ; after this, lived for some time in Newville, town of Fulton ; was proprietor of a hotel at Ft. Atkinson one year; came to Janesville in 1874; has been in present business one year. Married Cordelia M. Howard Sept. 4, 1860 ; members of Methodist Church.

1841 ; was educated at Yale College; ordained Dec. 1, 1871 ; began preaching at Racine, Wis., in July, 1871, and preached there four years; came to Janesville in October, 1875 ; previous to entering the ministry, was Professor of Belles Lettres and Mathematics at Mt. Washington University, New York City, for three years ; for one year, was engaged in literary work ; for six years, was Professor of Languages and Mathematics in Markham's Academy, Milwaukee. Married Elizabeth Farroll Sept. 28, 1864 ; she was born in England Aug. 20, 1841 ; they have two children - Carrie A. and Laura A., aged 3 and 1 years. Mr. S. has been for several years extensively engaged in educational matters; wa,s appointed, by the Stiite Superintendent, as a member ol' the Board of Examiners of Whitewater Normal yohools, and has also lectured before various Teachers' Institutes of this State.

REV. J. SCHLERP, clergyman; born in Baltimore, Md., March 20, 1853; graduated at Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1872, and at Concordia Theological Seminary of St. Louis, in 1875; ordained in Janesville. Sept. 5 of same year, by Rev. F. Lochner, of Milwaukee. Married Elizibeth Wildermuth, of Baltimore, Feb. 16, 1876; she was born in Baltimore Feb. 28, 1850; have two children - Ernest P. G., born Oct. 15, 1877, and Cora Gr. A., April 6, 1879 ; also one adopted child - Katie Spilman, aged 9 years Mr S. also has charge of the parochial school at this place.

HEIVRY SEARCH, farmer, Sec. 34; P. 0. Janesville; born in Maryland Aug. 13, 1810; resided in Pennsylvania and Ohio previous to removal to Wisconsin ; located on farm he now owns in

1842 ; he has resided there ever since, excepting two years, when he lived in the city of Janesville. In 1846, he married May Jane Ward, a native of New York; they have one daughter - Amorette. Mr. Search enjoys the esteem of the whole communitv, having always lived an upright and honorable life.

Gr. FRED SELiLECK was born April 21, 1847, and, in 1850, removed, with his parents, to Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mich., where he was raised and obtained a high-school education ; after leaving school, he went to Three Rivers, Mich., and entered a clothing store, but only remained a yeur, as he had made up his mind to learn the printing business; in 1863, he entered the office of the Kalamazoo Gazette, and then the Kalamazoo Telegraph, and in the latter office he completed his trade, but not till 1867, for in the mean time he had entered the army and remained until the close of the war; after the completion of his trade, he traveled through the South with the Boston Theatre Company, and, on his return north, accepted a position with the Detroit Free Press, which he held until compelled to quit the newspaper business on account of sickness. At this time - 1867 - he visited Mexico and Cuba; since then, ho has visited British America, writing up the Saskatchewan, Assiniboin and Red River Valleys, and the country along the line of the Northern Pacific and proposed Canadian Pacific Railroad lines. Outdoor life agreeing wirh him, he has endeavored to keep outside as much as possible, and was with Col. Burr Robbins' allied shows for several seasons, in the capacity of treasurer, during the summer and in the winter connecting himself with newspaper ofiBces. In the spring of 1878, the Janesville Daily Recorder was started, and he accepted the position of city editor, which position he still retains.