Lamartine Town

Lamartine Town

WARREl* ANDERSOIV, farmer; P. 0. Eldorado Mills, Wis.; born in Lewis Co., N. Y., May l(j, 1827 ; his parenti, Harvey and Betsey Anderson, were also natives of York State; in the fall of 1845, he, with his father, in a w.igon, started from the town of Claytoq, Jefferson Co., N. Y., for Wisconsin, coming by the way of Erie, Pcnn., Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, 111.; they arrived at the village of Fond du Lac in December of that year ; they came at once to the residence of Mr. Sauburn in the town of Rosendale, where they made their home for a few days ; his father entered a quarter-section of land in Sec. 36, town of Roiseudale, and they at once began to build a pioneer shanty thereon ; here, he with his father, kept bach through the winter, and by the spring of 1846 they had twenty-five to thrity acres cleared up ; hi.', father then returned to Jefferson Co., N. Y., for the other members of the family, and with them reached their Western home late in June of that year ; ten years later, his father sold that farm and removed to another on Sec. 32 ; here his mother died Feb. 23, 1859, and his father on March 28 following, leaving four sons, two of whom are now living - Warren, the subject of our sketch, and Charles, now of the town of Eldorado. June 11, 1851, he was married to Miss Marrietta T., youngest daughter of Phineas and Ruth M. Randall, immigrants from Crawford Co., Penn., in 1848, to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., where her father died in 1850 ; they have had nine children - Susie E.; Warren R., now of Eldorado Mills ; Bertinc H.; Nellie B.. deceased; Emma B., Josephine B., Efla and Eva (twins), and John G. They attend the Congregational Church. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

JOHIV BRALEY, farmer. Sees. 25 and 36; P. 0. Fond du Lac; son of Silas and Lydia Braley, born in Washington Co., Vt., in 1819 ; his father was a farmer (though he worked at the carpenter's trade in his younger days); John spent his early life on a farm in his native county; in 1849 he immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm near Oshkosh, Winnebago Co., where he lived sixteen years ; in the spring of 1865, be sold that farm and purchased anotlier in Sees. 25 and 86, now consisting of ninety acres, where he has since continued farming, also carries on a small dairy. In 1849, he married Miss Abigail, daughter of Ephraim and Abigail Fuller, of Orange Co., Vt., who died in 1852, leaving three children, as follows - -Betsey (now Mrs. Alvin Pierce, of Westboro, Wis.), Silas (now of Winona, Minn.), and Alvin, of Winona, Minn.; in April, 1855, he married Miss Lucinda, daughter of Jonathan and Luna McDonald, of Oshkosh, Wis., she being a native of Madison Co., Vt.; they have two children - J. Willie and Ulysses G.

FAYETTE S. BROWN, (deceased), was the son of Jonathan and Abigail Brown, born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1819 ; he was educated in the common schools of his native county, and afterward followed farming there till 1845. May 11, 1844, he married Miss Chloe, daughter of James ind Nancy Eldridge, of W'ashington Co., and in the following spring immigrated westward to make their home in the then promising Territory of Wisconsin ; they .stopped in the city of Milwaukee for one year, and, in 1846, removed to Fond du Lac Co., where he settled on a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 24, town of Lamartine ; he continued farming here till 1859, then rented his farm and removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where he was dealing in real estate for nearly two years. He died Oct. 12, 1861. His wife, who survived him nearly eighteeij years, returned with the family of five children to the farm in Lamartine, where she died March 12, 1879 ; they had six children - Fayette (deceased) ; Byron K., of Wichita, Kan.; Henry F., of Lamartine: Mary E. (Mrs. H. Priest), of Fond du Lac; George F., of Lamartine; Nellie A.

REV. JABEZ B. COIjE, Pastor of the Lamartine Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Lincolnshire, England, Feb. 12, 1845 ; ho is the son of Rev. Thomas Cole and Elizabeth Brown, and with them. May 4, 1845, set sail from Liverpool for America, and landed in New York City in June folowing ; they came thence to Sheboygan, Wis., where they arrived the 1st day of July ; his father purchased a farm in the town of Green Bush, Sheboygan Co,, Wis., where he devoted much of his time to farming, and was local minister of the First M. E. Church of that town; the subject of this sketch spent the first nineteen years of his life on his father's farm and attending the district school ; he united with the church at the age of 1 1, and when 1 9 he entered as a student of the classical course at Lawrence LTniversity of Appleton, Wis.; at the end of six years, on account of limited means and ill health, he was forced to leave off his studies at college; he soon joined the conference and was ordained local Deacon ; in October, 1871, he joined the conference at Milwaukee, and was assigned to the Clinton Circuit; while there he pursued the course of study prescribed by the canon ; in 1872, he was sent to the Wyocena Circuit in Columbia Co., Wis., for two years. Here, Oct. 13, 1873, he married Miss Cecelia E., daughter of A. A. and Ruth Cole, early sottlers of Welsh Prairie. Columbia Co.; in October, 1874, he was assigned to Shawano, Shawano Co., Wis., where he remained in charge of the church for three years; in 1877, he took charge of the church at Markesan, Green Lake Co., and, in 1S78, came to the Lamarline charge ; they have three children, as follows - Jessie E., born in 1874- ; Mary E., born in 1876; Charles F., born in April, 1S79.

LAWRENCE EXNIS, "farmer, Sec. 8; P. 0. Woodhull ; is a native of County Wicklow, Ireland ; born April 15, ISol, and is the son of James Ennis and Winford Doyle, with whom he made his home in his native country until 19 years of age. In May, 1850, he emigrated to America, and landed in Quebec, where he followed teaming for five years. April 18, 1855, he married Mis.s Letetia, daughter of Patrick and iMary Greening, nee Finland, of Canada West, but a native of County Monahan, Ireland ; they then went to St. Louis, Mo., for a few months, thence to Jacksonville, 111., for a short time, and lastly to Fund du Lac, where they lived fourteen years In the fall of 1808, he bought a firm of eighty-five and one-half acres in Section 8, town of Lamartine, where he has since been a farmer. They hid one son - James, deceased,' and are members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Fond du Lac.

PHILililP EABER, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Rhiue Province; born Sept. 7, 1832, and is the .son of John and Mary E. Faber, nee Bard ; he lived with his parents on a farm in his native country, and with them came to America in 1847 ; tiiey settled first in Washington Co., Wis., and made that their home till 1874 ; he then bought a farm of eighty acres in Section 33, town of Lamartine, where he has since lived and followed farming. In January, 1859, he married Miss Sophia, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Warner, nee Beck, of Wayne, Washington Co., Wis., but a native of Germany. They have six children - -Caroline, Carl, Henry, Elizabeth, Sophia and Hermind. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

NATHANIEL W. FANCHER, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Lamartine; was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Oct. It), 1830; his parents, Elias Fancher and Sally Worden, were natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y., but removed to Wyoming Co. shortly after their marriage. In May, 1847, he with his father and fiimily came to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Section 22, town of Lamarline, Fond du Lac Co., where his parents both died; his mother Nov. 1, 1859, and his father Oct. 12, 1875 ; ten years after their arrival in Lamartine, he bought a farm of eighty acres in the southwest quarter of Section 22, which he afterward traded for another one, and, after trading three or four times, in 1858, he got his father's homestead, which he has since owned, and where he has since lived. March 12, 186ti, he married iMiss Mary, daughter of James and Catharine Hendry, nee Greig, early settler.s of Lomartine.

JOSEPH FISCHER, farmer. Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; the subject of this sketch is a son of John aud Barbara Fischer, and was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 3, 1822 ; at the age of 14, he began ti> learn the clock maker's trade in his native place, and followed it there for eight years ; in 1844, he went to Dublin, Ireland, and continued his trade for nearly six years ; in the fall of 1849, he emigrated to America, and, in 1851, established a jewelry store on Fifth avenue, in New York City, of which he was proprietor till 1855 ; he then came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., bought 120 acres of land in Section 28, town of Lamartine, returned to New York for his family, disposed of his interest in jewelry stock thrre, and came again to Lamartine, where he has since been a farmer. In New York City, in 1852, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth F^ndimiller, who emigrated to New York in 1846, they have six children - Joseph, Jr. (a carpenter and joiner of Lamartine), Matilda, Mary E.,*JohD A.; Adelaide, Emma L. Mr. Fischer is a member of the Catholic Church, and his wife of the Lutheran.

ALBERT FOLTS, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. O. Lamartine; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y'"., Feb. 22, 1841 ; when 4 years of age, he, with his parents, John and Emily Foils, immigrated to Wisconsin, and were among the first settlers of the town of Lomira, Dodge Co., which was their home for a number of years. Oct. 12, 1861, he married Miss Arvella F., daughter of Alexander and Mary A. Sager, nee Auburn, immigrants to the town of Williamstown, Dodge Co., in 1850, but natives of Oneida Co., N. Y.; soon after marriage, they removed to the town of Byron, Fond du Lac Co., which was their home for four years; in 1865, they removed to the town of Oakfield, and, in 1874, he disposed of his interest in Oakfield, and bought a farm of eighty acres on the west half of the northwest (|uarter of Sec. 34, which has since been their home ; they have had four children - Clarence J., born June 15, 1868; Rollie L., March 18, 1864 ; two infants decea-od. not named. Mrs. Folts is a member of the Baptist Church.

PHILIP iiJREENINtt, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P.O. Fond du Lac; is a native of Devonshire, England ; born Feb. 29. 1824 : he spent the first fourteen years of his life with his parents, Philip and Frances Greening, (ui a farm at his birthplace, and then entered upon a three years' apprenticeship at the machinist's trade, which he afterward followed in England for a number of years ; in 1848, he sailed for America, and settled in Upper Canada, where he continued his trade for tbree years ; he next came to Green Bay, Wis., and there followed the same calling for two years ; in 1853, he removed to the town of

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-Chiirlestown, Calumet Co., Wis., where he was one of the first settlers; here he purchased a fiu-m, and began the life of a farmer again, which he has since followed ; in 18(53, he removed thence to Winnesheik Co., Iowa, and in five years afterward (18G8"), returned to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Byron, Fond du Lao Co.; here he was known as a farmer until 1873; he then purchased a farm of 270 acres, in Sees. 21 and 28, town of Laraartine, where he has since lived. Mr. Greening's political career has been quite an eventful one ; thouijh not an ofiice-soeker, his friends saw fit to elect him to the offices of Town Clerk and Town Treasurer for four terms each, in the town of Charlestown, Calumet Co., and Assessor one year, and Chairman of Town Board of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., for three years, and, in the fall of 1878, decided that he should represent the Third District in the Wisconsin Assembly at Madison ; politically, he is a Democrat. At IngersoU, Out., Oct. 13, 1848, he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Michael and Hannah Sage, nativis of County Tipperary, Ireland, but immigrants to Canada in 1847 ; chddren have blessed their household, as follows : Helen (now Mrs. Dennis MeKanna, of Byron), Philip, (deceased), William H., Francis, and three infants, deceased. Mr. Greening is a member of the Episcopal Church, and his wife of the Catholic Church.

WILIilA JI J. HALE, farmer. Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y.; born Oct. 1, 1801 ; when 12 years of age, he, with his parents, Daniel and Mary Hale, removed to Albany, N, Y., and, five years later, he went to Ohio, but returned to Albany in 1820, and worked at the cooper's trade for about two years ; he then went to Montgomery Co., where he followed coopering and farming until 1844. Here, in 1824, he married Miss Betsey, daughter of Isban ?]aton, with whom, in 1844, he removed to Saratoga Co., N. Y., and lived there on a farm until the fall of 185.T, when they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., settling in the town of Springvale ; they have since followed farming in the towns of Lamartine, Oakfield, Fond du Lac and Waupun, and now reside on Sec. 25, town of Lamartine; Mrs. Hale died Dec. 9, 1870, leaving five children - John (of Dakota), Cynthia A., Mrs. Kendall (of Fond du Lac), Elias A. (who enlisted in Co. F., 21st W. V. I., under Col. Sweet, and was iu the battles of Perryville. Stone River, and with Sherman in his campaigns - mustered out at Milwaukee in 1805, and, in 1872, married Jliss Laura J., daughter of Jason and Jerusha Monroe, of Lamartine - they had one son, Jesse), A. P. (now of Jefferson Co., N. Y.), and Sarah (now Mrs, Harvey Wolcott, of Dakota),

<]rEORGE W. JACKSON, farmer. Sec, 27 ; P. 0, Lamartine ; is a son of Joseph and Ann Jackson, whose biography appears in this work; George was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1838; when 10 3'ears of age, he, with his parents, sailed from Liverpool for America, landing in New York Sept. 15, 1848; they at once came to VVisconsin, and stopped for the winter in Waukesha Co,: in the spring of 1849, they removed to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., which has since been his home, and where he now owns ninety acres of land in the southwest quarter of Sec. 27. He married Miss L^'dia, second daughter of Eyre E. and Mary Crowe, immigrants to the town of Lamartine from St. Johns, New Brunswick, in 1847, and, ten years later, to Waushara Co., Wis,, where her marriage to Mr. Jackson was solemnized Nov. 13, 1858; four daughters and one son have blessed their household, and their names are as follows : Florence A., Lydia A., Jennie M., Jessie D. and Theron J. Mr. Crowe, Mrs. Jackson's father, was doubtless the oldest man in the town of Lamartine at the time of his death, Feb, 18, 1872 ; nature having blessed him with a strong physical constitution, and possessing a great deal of will-power and tenacity of life, he lived to the good old age of 99 years 4 months and 10 days ; he was born on Staten Island, Oct, 8, 1773. and married Miss Mary Morris, of Granville, Nova Scotia, April 24, 1834,

JOSEPH JACIiSOX, retired farmer, See.'35; P, 0, Lamartine; is a son of John Jackson and Hannah Noble; born in the eastern part of Yorkshire, England, Oct. 31, 1810; his fiither was a contractor for cutting timber, in which he assisted for some time; but for four years prior to his emigration to America, he was woodman and under game-keeper for a wealthy gentleman by the name of Joseph Sykes, of Roy well, Yorkshire. April 4, 1835, he married Miss Ann, daughter of George and Jane Galland, nee Lyon ,of the parish of Newbaid, Yorkshire, England, who was born March 8, 1811, and with whom, July 16, 1848, he sailed from Liverpool for America, and landed in New York September 15 fullowing, after a nine-weeks' voyage. They came thence via the lakes and Milwaukee to Waukesha, Wis., where they arrived with only an English shilling Oct. 16, 1848 ; stopping at Waukesha for one month, then removed to the town of McUanaca, Waukesha Co., where they spent the winter, and finally reached their Western home in the town of Lamartine, April 14,1 849 ; Mrs. Jackson lived wi'h her brother, Mr. William Galland, till her husband built a log shanty, to which they, with Jlr, Galland and family (the two having eleven children), remove.d; here they lived as best they could, under somewhat cramped circumstances, till September, when they removed to Mr. Dill's farm in See. 20, town of Lamartine, lived here lour years. It was here in their house, that the first day school in District 4 was taught; the teacher being 3Iary Story, now Mrs. Boyd, of Rock Piiver, Wis,; the first Sunday school and preaching of that neighborhood was also held in their house, by a Methodist minister, in the summer of 1851, after which they had regular service there by different ministers for two years, and then they held it in the schoolhouse near by; in 1S53, he bought a farm of eighty acres in See. 21, to which they removed and made their home till 1SG9, when he sold that and bought another of eighty acres in Sec. 20, and forty acres in Sec. 35, making the latter his homo since. The children are as follows : Mary J., Mrs. Benjamin Brand, of Lamartine, now deceased; George W., of Lamartine ; William, of Lamartine ; Jonah G., of Humboldt Co., Cal.; Anna E., deceased ; Hannah E., Mrs. Warren F. Cook, of Massachusetts, now deceased ; Martha, deceased, born with three thumbs on right hand ; Joshua, who died on the voyage from England ; Joshua D., now of this town (Lamartine) ; Isabella M., Mrs. Dusenberry, of Empire. Mr. Jackson was Town Assessor for two years. In England, they were members of the Primitive Methodist Church for twenty years; here they are members of the 31. E. Church.

WILLIAM JACIiSOlV, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Lamartine; was born in Yorkshire, England, Nov. 4, 1839, and when 9 years of age, wiih jiarents, Joseph and Ann' Jackson, nee Galland, emigrated to America; landing in New York, ihey came thence to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Lamartine in the .spring of 1849; he made his home with parents till about 28 years of age, when he purchased of his father the farm of eighty-nine acres in Sec. 21, which was their first settlement in the town, and made that his home till 1873, when he sold that and brought his present "one of 105 acres, in northwest quarter Sec. 22, in the same town, which has since been his home; he has also ten acres in Sec. 10. In February, 18t)S, he married Jliss Lydia, daughter of Enoch and Lydia Palmer, early settlers of Lamartine; they have four children - Helen M., Leila D., Clarence, Ida L. They are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Town Board; politically, he is a Republican.

ALBERT A. JOHXSOIV, farmer. Sees. 24,13, 15, 16; P. 0. Lamartine; is of New England descent, and a son of Jesse and Dorathy Johnson ; born in Grafton Co., N. H., in 1825; he was educated in the public schools of his native county, after which he followed the teacher's profession in that county for four years, whence, in 1850, he removed to Deerfield, Lake Co., 111., where he continued teaching during winter and farming in the summer season; iu 1859, he came to Fond du Lac Co., and settled on his present farm of 100 acres; here he conlinuod to teach during the winter terms, and devote the summer season to agricultural pursuits till 1876, when he gave up the profession after having devoted a good part of twenty years to it, and turned his whole attention to his farm. He was married to Miss Cordejia A., daughter of Guy and Lucinda Williams, of Deerfield, Lake Co, 111., in 1851; they have eleven children - Emma, now Mrs. Thomas Huston, of Fond du Lac Township ; Ella, .Mrs Henry Brown, of Lamartine; Addie, Eugene, Ettie, Minnie, Clara, Lorin, Carl, Ida, Hattie. Mr. Johnson was Chairman of the Town Board of Lamartine for two years; member of County Board for same length of time, also Town Treasurer for two years. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.

CHILI03f F. JOHNSON, deceased; was a native of Bridgeport, Vt. ; was born May 27, 1823; he made hi.s home with parents on a farm in his native State, till his marriage, Sept. 22, 1846, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Solomon Jenner, of (hat State. In 1847, they immitirated to Wisconsin, and settled iu the town of Taycheedah, Fond du Lao Co , where he followed farming for ten years ; he then purchased a farm of 2851 acres in Sees. 35 and 36, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where he continued farming and stock-raising till his death, July 23, 1879 ; he was the father of seven children, five of whom, wilh wife, survived him - Darwin (deceased); Anna E. now Mrs. B. F. Monroe, of Blair, Washington Co., Neb. ; Darwin, Jr., now an M. D. of Fox Lake, Wi--. ; Mary A. ; Frank C. ; an infant daughter (deceased) ; Wallace L. The fitting words of the Rev. J. B. Cole, Pastor of the M. E. Church of Lamartine, in his funeral notice, may well be inserted in this biograjihical sketch : " In March, 1846, he was converted and joined the churcli, and was for many years an active ofiice-bearer in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and remained until promoted to the cliurch triumphant; he was a man of a warm heart, generous impulses and great sympathy; he was a devoted husband, a kind fiither and a worthy citizen, who is very much missed ; his end was a decided victory ; as the end drew nigh he exclaimed, morning, noon and night, ' I have no fear ; I have tried to serve my God faithfully, and now I leave the rest ;' his sufferings were great, but he bore them without a murmur; he awaited the approach of death with a perfect calmness; gladly did he close his eyes on earth to open them in Heaven."

JOHN KRAEJIER, proprietor of blacksmith-shop, Lirairtine, is a son of Philip and Margaret Kraemer ; born in Washington Co.j Wis., April 10, 1855 ; when about 14 years of age, he began his trade with Seaman & Goctel, of Waupun, and, after remaining with them two and a half years, lias since continued it at O.ikfield, Burnett Junction, Fond du Lac, Brandon, Fair Water, and established the shop here in April, 1876, with a capital of §1,000, where he carries on all branches of the blacksmithing business, and makes a specialty of horseshoeing. In August, 1876, married .Miss Minnie, daughter of

Fred Kraciuer, of Fond du Lac, but a native of Germany. They have two children - Edward and Elmer. Mr. and Mrs. Kraemer are members of the Lutheran Church ; politically, he is a Democrat.

PETER W. liAIIVG, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills ; was born in Brechin, Scotland, January 1, 1810, and is the son of William Laing and Jane Montgomery, natives of Montrose, Scotland. Our subject is the oldest living of seven children, five of whom were daughters ; when 10 years of age, he was apprenticed to the flax-dresser's trade, in Montrose, which he continued there for nearly twenty-three years. May 28, 1843, he landed in New York, from Liverpool, and went thence direct to Andover, Mass., where he continued his trade in the shoe-thread factory for nine years ; in Jlay, 1852, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he purchased 80 acres in Sec. 19; he has now 120 acres in Sec. 18, 52 in Sec. 19, and 17 acres in Sec. 4, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Dec. 22, 1832, he married Miss Ann, daughter of Duncan and Fannie (Smith) Mcintosh, of Dundee, Scotland. In 1873, Mr. and Mrs. Laing paid a visit to their native laud, after an aLsence of thirty years. They were members of the Church of Scotland.

CirEORGE LiAXCjT, farmer. Sec. 31; P. O. Lamartine; is the son of Robert and Catharine Lang, natives of New York, but descendants of Scotland; (reorge was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., April 7, 1833 ; his father died when he was 2 years old ; but his devoted mother was long spared him. In the spring of 1856, he, with his mother, emigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of 120 acres, in Sec. 31, town of Lamartine, which has since been his home, and where she died, in 1879 ; he now has a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 31, town of Lamartine, and 90 acres in Sees. 6 and 7, town of Oakfield. Sept. 25, 1867, he married Miss Leila, daughter of William D. and Almira Ash, of the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., but a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y., from which, she, with her parents, emigrated in 1848. One daughter and two sons have blessed their marriage - Katie, George and William li. They attend the M. E. Church at Lamartine.

IR.4. HcCHAIN, farmer, Sees. 32 and 33 ; P. 0. Laraartipe ; was born in Westchester Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1833, and is the son of James and Sarah McChain, nee Hopkins ; when 17 years of age, he entered upon a three-years apprenticeship at the molders' trade, after which he continued it as journeyman in New York for a short time, and then came to Chicago, III., about 1848, where he remained nearly one year; in fall of 1849 he came to Fond du Lac, and took a position as clerk in the post office under Charles Tompkins, for the winter, having made a visit to his relatives, Mr. Berry's ftimily, of the town of Empire, the previous year; in the spring of 1850, he formed a copartnership with Levi Tompkins, of Fond du Lac, in the meat-market, which lasted nine years ; he was, for the next four years, molder in the Union Iron Works ; in August, 1867, he bought a farm of 136 acres in Sees. 32 and 33, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming. Oct. 7, 1858, he married Miss Lucinda P., daughter of Harvey and Mary Smith, who were among the first settlers on the Western Reserve of Ohio ; three sons have blessed their household - Albert N., Harvey J., and Frank D. Mr. McChain has been a member of the Common Council of Fond du Lac, also School Treasurer of the district where he now resides, for several terms.

RICHARD MAC09IBER (deceased), was the oldest son of Jonathan and Eunice Macomber, Quakers, of Keesville, N. Y., born Oct. 2, 1824 ; when about 20 years old, he began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed more or less for a few years ; his father being an extensive farmer, of Essex County, Richard spent much of his time in agricultural pursuits ; in 1855, he came to Wisconsin, and soon after bought a farm of 160 acres, in Sec. 8, but did not settle on it for some time. In February, 1861, he married Miss Harriet, a daughter of Norridon and Waity Bennett, who immigrated from Onondaga Co., N. Y., to Fond du Lac in 1845, with her father and family, her mother having died in New York in 1839 ; two years after their arrival in Fond du Lie she went to live with Reuben and Louisa Simmons, with whom she made her home till about two years before her marriage to Mr. Macomber; her father removed to Big Rapids, Mich., where he died March 17, 1879. Immediately after their marriage they removed to the farm in Lamartine, which now consists of 97 acres, and where Mr. Macomber died Dee. 2, 1871, leaving one son - Gerald, by a former marriage.

ASA p. MARSHALIj, retired firmer, carpenter and joiner; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of Jefferson Co, N. Y.; he is the son of John and Sally Marshall; born in 1818; when 19 years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship at the molders' trade, in the machine-shops of Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; continued there for ten years ; his health not permitting him to continue that trade longer, he then took up the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he has followed most of the time since. In 1843, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail Marshall, of Jefferson Co.; in spring of 1846, they immigrated to Milwaukee, Wis.; remaining there a few months, they went thence to White River, Mich., where he followed the trade for three years ; in 1849, he removed to a farm in the town of Lamartine,

Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which he had entered two years previous ; one year after, they returned to Michigan for three years longer; in 1852, tliey came again to Lamartine, which has since been their abiding place. Tiiey have one dautjhter - -Edna A., and are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ADAM "MENSCH, farmer, Sec. 11; P. 0. Woodhull ; is the son of Peter and Elizabeth Mensch, and brother to Peter, whose biography appears in this work. He was born in Prussia Nov. 17, 1822; came with his parents to Ohio, and in 1840 to Fond du Lao; he entered forty acres of land in Sec. 11, town of Lamartine. which has been his home most of tlie time since. Jan. 29, 1850, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Anna M. Waguer, native of Nassau, Germany, but early settlers of this town (Lamartine); they have had three children - Elizabeth, Anna Caroline ( deceased ) and H. William; members of the Evangelical Church.

PETER MENSCH,' farmer. P. 0. Woodhull; Sec. 11 ; was born in Prussia Feb. 17., 1825, and, with his parents, Peter and Elizabeth Mensch, he emigrated to America in 1836, and settled in Stark Co., Ohio, where they followed farming for ten years; April 5, 1846, they reached Fond du Lac, and soon after settled on a farm southeast of the city for one year; they then removed to the town of Lamartine, which has since been their home, and where ho has now eighty acres of land in southwest quarter of Sec. 11, which he entered in 1847. Dec. 2G, 1851, he married Miss Fredricka, only daughter of Gotleib and Fredrioka Grosse, a native of Saxony; they have two children - Fredricka, now Mr.s. Morris Lewis, of the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., John. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

CHARL,EJ4 MILIiER, former. Sees. 4 and 9; P. 0. Woodhull; is the son of Henry and Sophia Miller; born in ^^'ashington Co., Wis., Oct. 8, 1853; when 5 years of age, he, with parents, removed to the city of Fond du Lao, where he followed lumbering and teaming for a number of years. Dee. 20, 1879, he married Miss Minnie, daughter of William Smith, of Eldorado, and now resides on Sec. 9, where he has a farm of 125 acres in that and Sec. 4; they attend the Methodist Church.

CONRAD MILiLiER, farmer, Sec. 26; P. 0. Lamartine; is a son of Henry and Martha Miller; born in Prussia in 1807 ; he emigrated to America in 1836; landed at New York and then came to Detroit, Mich., where, in 1838, he enlisted as a recruit of Co. D, of the Fifth Infantry, regular army, then stationed at Ft. Winnebago, Wis.; in 1841, the regiment was ordered from there to Ft. Gratiot, Mich., where they remained till 1845, and were then sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., but Mr. Miller being on a furlough at the time, was written by his Captain from the barracks to join his company at once ; on receiving this notice, he started on foot for his regiment, but by the time he reached Jeffersou Barracks, the regiment had started for Corpus Christi, Texas ; Gen. Brooks being then at St. Louis, he detained Mr. Miller a week, and placed him in charge of a recruiting corps, with orders to take them to Gen. Vorse, then the commanding officer of his division of the army; he then returned to Newport, near Louisville, Ky., and from there took fifty more recruits to his regiment and rejoined his company at Corpus Christi; his term of enlistment expiring in 1846, he re-enlisted and served under Gen. Taylor till the battle of Monterey, where his regiment was so badly cut up that he was soon sent on another recruiting service to Mauch Chunk, Penn. ; was under Gen. Scott, at Vera Cruz, and served till 1851 ; was in the battle of Chapultepec, where they lost four Captains and Maj. Scott ; in 1848, they returned via New Orleans to Ft. Towson, in the Indian Territory; in 1849, they guarded the first emigrants to California, from Ft. Smith to Santa Fe ; returning to Ft. Towson, they were sent in 1850 to Camp Arbuckle, in the northern part of the Indian Territory ; while here during part of the years of 1850-51, he carried the United States mail from that point to Ft. Smitli ; he was discharged in February, 1851, when he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres on Sec. 26, town of Lamartine, and has since followed farming ; he now has 195 acres in that section. Feb. 5, 1852, he married Mi.ss Catharine, daughter of Joseph and Geneva KuflF, of Black Forest, Baden, Germany; they have seven children, whose names and births are as follows: Caroline, born Nov. 18, 1852 ; Annette and Louise (twins), April 26, 18.54; Winficld S., May 20, 1856 ; Emily, Oct. 24, 1857 ; Adell R., April 6, 1860 ; Mary M., May 1, 1865. Caroline, Annette and Louise have been teachers in the public schools of Fond du Lac Co. ; Miss Annette is now editress of the Lamartine Literary Journal; the femily is connected with tlie Baptist Church.

JASOX MONROE, farmer. Sec. 35; P. 0. Lamartine; was born in Jericho, Chittenden Co., Vt., May 12, 1801; is the son of Jesse Monroe (a farmer) and Susan Stone; he followed farming, the shoemaker's and cooper's trades, and various other kinds of business there till 1847 ; in June, 1847, came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 35; he now has twenty acres in another section ; Lamartine has been his home since he came to W^isconsin. Oct. 27, 1828, he married Miss Jerusha, daughter of Hiram and Rhoda Rublee, nee Moore, of Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vt.; they have had ei^ht children - Orlando, deceased ; Otis, deceased; Edgar, a druggist, of Blair, Neb.; Sidney H., of Lainartine: Almira (now Mrs. Silas Stone, of Glenbeulah, Sheboygan Co. Wis."), Laura J., Mrs. E. A. Hale, of Lamartine ; Byron F., M. D., of Blair, Neb.; Otto H., of Lamartine. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. M. has held school and various other ofBees in the town.

SIDNEY H. MOXROE, farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Eldorado Mills; is a son of Jason and Jerusha Monroe, immigrants to town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., in 1847 ; he lived with his parents on Sec. 35 of this town, till about 17 years old, when he entered upon an apprenticeship at the carpenter and joiner's trade, with Hill & M^ebster, which he continued till 1863. In November of that year, he enlisted in Co. A, 2d W. V. C., under Col. Stevens; was with the Army of the West in the battles of Oak Grove, Mo., Egypt Station, Mo., Yazoo City, Miss, and a number of other smaller battles ; was mustered out of service at Austin, Tex., in November, 1865, and reached his home in December following; he continued the carpenter's trade for three years, and in October, 1868, bought a farm of fifty-eight acres in Sees. 19 and 20, town of Lamartine. where he has since followed farming. Nov. 15, 1863, he married Miss Maggie A., daughter of David Hendry and Janet Hall,''natives of Brechen, Scotland, but immigrants to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1848; her mother died in three months after their arrival. The children are Janet H., Jason D., David D. (deceased). Sedate A., Maude A., Sarah M. and William Berthold. Mr. Monroe has been a member of the Town Board for two years ; politically, he i? a Republican.

AIIGITSTINE D. XASH, farmer. Sec. .34; P. O. Lamartine; was born in Summit Co., Ohio, in November, 1822, and is the son of Phineas and Fidelia Nash ; his mother dying when he was about a month old, he was taken to live with his arandfather Nash, near Williamsburg, Ma.ss., where he made his home till 6 years of age ; his father, having married a second time, he then returned to his home in Ohio, and lived on the farm with his father till 21 years of age; he next followed various kinds of labor in Ohio and Kentucky for seven years. Dec. 19, 1850, he married MLss Nancy, daughter of William and Mary Meridilh, of Summit Co., Ohio, and in the fall of 1851, they emigrated to Fond du Lac County, and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 2, town of Forest, which he bought in the fall of 1846, while on his first visit to this county; he soon bought another eighty joining the first in the same section, and afterward bought another farm of eighty acres in Sec. 14, to which he removed and made his home till 1867, when he disposed of his interest there and bought a farm of 121 acres in Sec. 34, town of Lamartine, for $50 per acre, where he has since followed farming and stock-raising ; he carries on a small daijy, and has 100 head of sheep. In February, 18G5, he enlisted in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., under Col. Ward, for one year; was sent to Mobile, where his regiment was mustered out in November, 1865; he held the ofiice of School Clerk in district for several years, in the town of Forest, and for nine years in the town of Lamartine; in spring of 1879, he was elected Chairman of the Town Board. They have three children - Helen A., now Mrs. Thomas Orchard, of Lamartine ; Mary F., now Mrs. John H. Quick, of Lamartine, and Charles S.

ENOCH PALMER, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is a native of the Province of New Brunswick ; he is the son of Enoch and Lydia Palmer, nee Burpee ; was born in May, 1822 ; his father being a farmer and lumberman, Enoch spent most of his time at the same business ; at the age of 17, he went to Canada West, where his father had purchased a farm, and there, with a brother, spent about three years at farming; he then returned to his home in New Brunswick, and, in the fall of 1846, with his brother, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm on Sec. 16, town of Oakfield ; in the following year (1847), he sold out his farm in Oakfield, and purchased another in Sec. 29, town of Lamartine, where he was one of the first settlers, and now has 289 acres, and 159 acres in Sec. 36, town of Springvale ; in 1850, he went to Califi)rnia, and for two years was engaired principally in mining. He then returned to Lamartine, and, in August, 1853, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of William and Hannah Tripp, of Canada West, but a native of New Brunswick, her parents having immigrated to Canada, where they afterward died - her mother at the age of 75 ; twelve children have been born unto them, as follows - Elizabeth, now Mrs. Joseph Spaiford, of Fond du Lac ; Apphia, now Mrs. Charles Galloway, of Oakfield ; Ella M., who, with her younger brother, Enoch, lives on the farm in Springvale; John M., Miiford P., Clara A., Chester, Franklin, Fredrick, Annette A., Victor. They all attend the Baptist Church of Lamartine.

GEORtJE GRAFTON PIKE, farmer, cooper and carpenter. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Lamartine ; is'a native of Mt. Vernon, Hillsboro, Co., N. H., and is the son of Ephraim and Nancy Pike; born Dec. 11, 1314; when 4 years of age, he, with his parents, removed to Burlington, \t., where he made his home for twenty-five years, and worked at the cooper's trade most of the time ; in May, 1847, he immigrated to New Buflfalo, Berrien Co., Mich., where he continued his trade for two years ; in the spring of

1849, he removed to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., settled on a farm of ei2;hty acres, in Sec. 33 ; followed farming for four years; in 18.53, he sold that, and bought a place of sixteen acres in Sec. 35, where he has since lived, and devoted his attention to the carpenter and joiner's trade, and also farming. Dee. 17, 1837, he married Miss Clara H., daughter of Charles and Nancy Grannis (nee Bean), of Burlington, Vt., but a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; they have adopted one daughter - Julia M. Mrs. Pike is a member of the Baptist Church ; politically, Mr. Pike is a Democrat.

AL.OXZO F. QUICK, farmer; P. 0. Lamartine; born in Schenectady Co., N. Y.,in 1828; son of Mary and John Quick, a shoemaker of that county; the subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his native place ; at the age of 1.5, he left home and hired out to work at farming during the summer months, and was at home winters ; in 1854, he bought a small farm of fifty acres, and lived in that place until 18G3, when he sold out and came West to Lamartine, buying the farm on which he now resides of 147 J acres, known as the Meekin place. Mr. Quick married, in Sehenectad}' Co., N. Y., in 1854, Jeannette, daughter of Eliza and Ephraim Ladd, a farmer; they have three children - John H., Elwood E., Willie W. ; family attend the Baptist Church, and he is, politically, a Republican.

AIjEXANDER a. RAMSEY is a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is the son of Alexander and Ann Ramsey; born in July, 1838. In 1841, with parents, he came to America and settled in Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; in 1843, they removed to Andover, Mass, where his father continued the flax-dresser's trade, which he had learned when a boy, in Scotland ; two years later they immigrated to Dodge Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Clyman, where he lived most of the time till November, 1875 ; in 1863, he went to California, where he followed scroll-sawing part of the time, and spent the rest in traveling over various parts of the State ; he returned to Dodge Co. in the fldl of 1866, and made it his home till 1875, as above stated; in November of that year, he bought a fiirm of 158i acres in See. 20, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., where he has since lived. March 3, 1860, he married Mrs. Jeanette, widow of William M. Kollie, and daughter of Peter and Isabelle Gardner, nee Ferguson, and natives of Scotland, but immigrants to Wisconsin in 1854, she having at time of second marriage three children - William M., now of Minneapolis, Minn.; James G., of same place ; Agnes, Mrs. James Collins, also of Minneapolis; they have five children - Alexander G., Jeannette, Margaret A., John A., and Walter D. Mr. R. has been Justice of the Peace of this town for four years. Politically, is a Republican ; they are members of the Baptist Church.

JOSEPH SCHAEFER, farmer, carpenter and joiner ; was born in Prussia May 26, 1821, and is the son of Joseph and Christina Schaefer, both of whom died in Germany. April 26, 1840, he married Mary Handshumaker, of Prussia, and, April 27, 1849, sailed for America and landed in New York, and May 17 following, reached Fond du Lac, where he followed the carpenter and joiner's trade for a number of years ; in 1850, he bought a farm of forty acres in Sec. 11, town of Lamartine, to which he removed his family, and which has since been their home ; he still continues his trade much of the time; he now has fifteen acres of land in Sec. 15. They have had eleven children - Mary A., now Mrs. John Schnuar, of Eldorado ; Daniel ; Catharine, now Mrs. Casper Hofi"mann, of Fond du Lac City ; Joseph ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Casper Jagdfeld, of Fond du Lac; John, Michael, Fredricka, Mathias, Frank Annie, Members of the Catholic Church.

JACOB SCHMIDT, farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Woodhull ; was born in Prussia July 10, 1833, and is the fourth son of Mathias and Mary Schmidt, with whom he came to Wisconsin in 1847, and settled on a farm in the town of Lamartine, Pond du Lac Co., where he now has a farm of 140 acres in Sees. 2 and 11. March 31, 1856, he married Miss Christina, daughter ot Mathias and Genoefa Reidmeeler, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany; they have had nine children, five of whom died of diphtheria, within two weeks' time, in the year 1878 ; their names and births, and deaths of the deceased, are as follows - Helena, born April 29, 1859, died Nov. 9, 1860 ; Mary, born July 4, 1861, died Aug. 4, 1878; Helena, Jr., born Nov. 29, 1863, died July 19, 1878 ; John N., born Jan. 17, 1866, died July 20, 1878 ; Michael F., born July 23, 1868, died July 25, 1878 ; Joseph G.. born July 26, 1874, died July 28, 1878 ; Catharine, born Dec. 19, 1870 ; Maggie, born Aug. 8, 1872; Dena K., born July 15, 1877. They are members of St. John's Catholic Church.

PETER SERESSE, cooper and former, See. 13 ; P. 0. Fond du Lac ; is a son of Peter and Jennie Sersse; born in Prussia in 1842 ; when 15 years of age, he began the cooper's trade with his father, and with him and fiimily came to America in 1865, and settled on a farm in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where his father followed farming, though he worked in a brewery for J. & C. Frey, in the city of Fond du Lie; in 1874, he purchased a ftirm of seventy acres in Sec. 13, town of Lamartine, where he followed farming in the summer, and the cooper's trade during the winter.

In 1874, he married Miss Augusta, daughter of Fredrick and Mena Henry, who came with parents from Germany td Fond du Lac Co., Wis., when 2 years and 6 months old ; they have three children - Anna 51., Mena and Peter F. They are members of the Evangelical Church of Fond du Lie.

STEPHEN W. SMITH, farmer, See. 20; P. 0. Lamartine; is a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y., and is the son of Phillip and Cynthia Smith, nee Smith; born Dec. 1. 181 G ; when quite youn" he, with parents, removed to Ulster Co., N. Y., and settled in the village of Woodstock, where his father followed teaching for a number of years ; in 1849, he, with wife and family, immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 20 - the east half of the southwest ((uarter - town of Lamartine, which has since been their home. April 23, 1842, he married Miss Huldah A., daughter of John and Sophia Tompkins, nee Maise. of Greene Co., N. Y. ; their children are as follows - Aletta, Emily M. (now iNIrs. Thomas Mason, of Fond du Lac), Cynthia S., Melissa (now Mrs. Jerald Maccumber, of Lamartine), Barnum E., of Harlan Co.. Neb. ; John W., of Harlan Co., Neb., and Charles Fremont. They are members of the M. E. Church ; Mr. Smith is a Republican, politically.

ORVILLE J. SO PER, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Fond du Lac; was born in Bristol, Addison Co., Vt., Feb. 2(5, 1807, and is the son of Edos Soper and Desire Drake, natives of Massachusetts; when 14 years of age, he began the trade of a millwright with his father, and afterward continued it in liis native State till 1836 ; he then immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled at Green Bay ; he built the first saw and grist mill at De Pere, Wis , and continued his trade in Green Bay and vicinity for nine years'; in 1845, he came to Fond du Lac and built the well-knowu " Soper's Mill," two miles south of the city, of which he was proprietor for twenty-five years; in 1870, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sees. 23 and 26, town of Lamartine, where he has since followed farming, and now has a farm of eighty acres. At Monktou, Addison Co., Vt., June 8, 1836, he married Miss Helena S., daughter of Captain and Sally Kendrick, nee Eastman ; they have four children - Charles K. (deceased), William E. (deceased), Rodney W. H., who married 5Ii.ss lola E. Mitchell, of Lamartine ; Delia A., Mrs. Christian Block, of McLennan Co., Tex. Mr. Soper has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for more than fifty j'cars.

MARTIN STRATZ, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Woodhull; was born in Baden, Germany, Nov. 17. 1829, and is the son of Sabastin and Magdaline Stratz ; at the age of 16, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the clockmaker's trade in his native city, which continued for tour years, and then returned to his father's farm for two years; in October, 1852, with his wife Maria, a daughter of Joseph and Maria Lehman, sailed for America, and landed in New York in the following December; they came thence to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., and bought a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 9, where he has since lived, and is now a member of the Town Board. Politically, he is a Democrat. The children are Joseph, John, Martin, Louis, Wilhelmena (now Mrs. Stephen Lisowi, of this town, Lamartiuej, Mary and Emma. They are members of the Catholic Church.

JOHN UERl/ING (deceased) was a native of Prussia, and son of John and Catharine Uerling ; born April 6, 1794, and, in 1820, married Miss Anna M., daughter of Michael and Anna Catharine Poetz, of the Rhine Province, Germany. He followed farming in his native country (ill 1850, when, in May, of that year, he, with wife and family of six children, immigrated to America, and settled on a farm on Sec. 11, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; here he died January 10, 1868, leaving a wife and five children to survive him ; their children were as follows : Michael (who married Clementina Koch, of this town - Lamartine - in May, 1854, and is the father of eight children), Mary (now Mrs. Urland Landre), Catharine (deceased), Josephine (deceased), John, of Lake Superior; Christina Margaret (deceased), Francis and William (deceased); he has twenty acres in Sec. 11, town of Lamartine, and is proprietor of a saloon ; the second daughter is Catharine (now Mrs. John Pass, of the town of Fond du Lac). William, who died in 1852; Margaret (now Mrs. Daniel Schaefer, of Fond du LacJ; John, of California ; Frank, who married Miss Margaret, daughter of JIathias and Catharine Schaefer, of this town, May 4, 1878, by whom he has had eight children, as follows: Mathias J., John (deceased), Catharine, Agnes, Christina, Cleuiientina, Josephine and John. He h.as forty acres of land on Sec. 11, town of Lamartine. They are all members of the Catholic Church.

WILLIAM S. WARNER, farmer. See. 22; P. 0. Lamartine; is a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y., and is the son of Seth Warner and Ether Drake; born Aug. 5, 1820; in April, 1821, his parents removed to the town of Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y., where his fiuher died June 30, 1840; in December, 1843, he left his home in York State for Charlestown, Portage Co., Ohio, where he followed fiirm laboring for nearly a year; in September, 1844, he returned to Genesee Co., taking passage on board the steamer "Julia Palmer" at Cleveland for Buffalo; and, April 13, 1845, he started westward to try his fortune in the wilds of Wisconsin ; coming via Milwaukee, he reached the town of Byron, Fond du

Lac Co., April 20, just thirteen days after leaving his home in New York ; he at once pre-empted eighty acres of land in Sec. 30, of that twwn, which was his home till April 1, 1858, and where his mother and the rest of the family joined him in sis months after his arrival ; his older brother havinp; immigrated to Wisconsin ahout six months before him ; here his mother died April 2d, 1852. Dec. 9, 184(1, he married Miss JIartha E., daughter of Abner and Damarius Beebe nee Wicks, of the town of Byron, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but immigrated from the town of Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y., at the same time Mr. Warner came; she died Dec. 14, 1850, leaving one son, Charles F., now of Lamartine. Oct. 22, 1851, he married Miss Hannah, daughter of James and Hannah Craig, of the town of Byron, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but immigrants from the Mohawk Valley, N. Y.; she died April 27, 1857, leaving three children - William H., of Lamartine; Esther A. (deceased) and Alice E. Nov. 2;i, 1857, he was married to Mrs. Adaline C, widow of the late William Jones, deceased, of Lamartine, and daughter of Elias and Sally Fancher, immigrant from Wyoming Co., N. Y.; they have one son - Clark E. In April, 1858, he removed to a farm on Sec. 22, town of Lamartine, where he has since lived, and now has ninety-seven acres of land - the north half of the southwest quarter, and seventeen acres of the east half of the south quarter of the southwest quarter. Mr. Warner was Chairman of the Town Board for a number of years , was also elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the Third Assembly District in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Warner are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have always taken an active part in all its interests.

JACOB WEDEMAX (deceased). The subject of this sketch was one of the first settlers in the town of Lamartine, having come in 1844 ; he was the son of Jacob and Sophia Wedeman, and was born near Albany, Albany Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1812 ; his father was a native of York State, his mother of Holland. When 16 years of age, with parents, he removed to the town of Cicero, N. Y., where, in March, 183(J, he married Miss Ann, daughter of Mathias and Sally Morris ( nee Lathrop), and, in the following spring (1837), they immigrated to Wisconsin ; landing in New York, they came, via the lakes, to Milwaukee, where they stopped for three weeks, thence to Oconomowoc for a short time ; they removed thence to Watertown, Wis., and there kept the first boarding-house of that place'. About four months later, they removed to a farm near Watertown, where he followed farming for two years ; then returned to Oconomowoc and there followed the cooper's trade, which he learned in the State of New York, when about 18 years of age ; in 1844, they removed to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where he followed farming for tliree years ; he next went to Fox River, Winnebago Co., Wis., for another three years ; in 1852, he went to California, where a little more than three years he was engaged in mining, lumbering, etc. During his absence, in 1854, his wife bought a farm of IGO acres in Sec. 29, town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., which has since been the home of the family. Jan. 20, 18G2, he enlisted in Co. A, 14th W. V. 1., under Col. Wood, of Fond du Lac; he was in the battle of Shiloh and .siege of Vicksburg, where he was killed May 19, 18G3, in the first movement; they had five children, as follows - Orrilla, now Mrs. Peter Stark, of Hortonville, Outagamie Co., Wis. ; Emily, was Mrs. Orrin Baden, of Kansas, now deceased ; Chauncy, who served three years in the late war w'.th the 32d W. V. I. ; Sarah Jane, now Mrs. George Temple of Eldorado ; William W., who enlisted in the same company and regiment as Chauncy, but discharged by President Lincoln, after the death of his father. Mrs. Wedeman is a member of the M, E. Church.

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Lamartine Town

This town, lying directly west of the town and city of Fond du Lac, Township 15 north, of Range 16 east, was named after Alphonse de Lamartine, the French poet and historian, who sprang into such wonderful popularity during the French revolution of 1848. Before that time the town had been called Seven Mile Creek, an awkward name, derived from the settlement on the creek about seven miles from Fond du Lac, and an act of February 11, 1847, erected it into a legal town, the first election being held at Peter V. Sang's house. The name was changed to Lamartine (Lam-ar-teen) by an act approved August 8, 1848. The first settler was John Parker, Jr., though the first location and claim of land were made by Edward Beeson in 1837, and perfected by Peter V. Sang in 1840. The former began residing upon the latter's farm early in 1842, and, in August, 1842, Mr. Sang became a boarder in the Parker family. The next settlers were John Parker, Sr., J. M. Loomis, Samuel Bacon and, soon after, others. The first child born in the town was Martha Parker, in February, 1843.

The first death, John Parker, Sr., in September, 1844. In January, 1847, S. Westfall, aged forty-five, was frozen to death while crossing Lamartine to his home in Oakfield (then <;alled Lime) with a yoke of oxen.

The first school was taught in the fall of 1847, by Russell Northrup, in a schoolhouse erected that year on Section 34. The town now contains eight schoolhouses and twelve districts, the schoolhouse at the little village of Seven Mile Creek being the largest in the town.

The first sermon was preached by the Rev. Morgan L. Noble in 1844, in Peter V. Sang's house. The town now contains four church edifices - one Baptist, two Methodist and one Catholic, the Methodists erecting the first on Section 34, about 1859 or 1860.

The first post office was established in 1845, called Seven Mile Creek, and Peter V. Sang was the first Postmaster, which position he retained twenty years. George H. Ferris is the present Postmaster, his ofiice being now called Lamartine.

The first town ofiicers were : A. C. Everest, Chairman ; Thomas Magee and C. H. Warren, Supervisors ; P. V. Sang, Clerk ; J. H. Fancher, Treasurer ; William Magee, Assessor, and C. E. Stowe, Justice of the Peace. A. D. Nash is now Chairman ; George H. Ferris, Clerk ; H. Gilbert, Assessor ; James Galland, Treasurer, and George H. Ferris, Justice of the Peace.

The first hotel was opened by Peter V. Sang, as soon as he had made a settlement. He did a large business, but now there is little hotel business done in the town. The Lamartine House, built in 1860, is kept by Charles De Voe, at Lamartine.

The soil of Lamartine is somewhat different from that of other towns. It is of a whitish clay mixed with black loam ; the lowlands are deep, rich and dark, while several large marshes are unfit for cultivation. Section 17 is largely a marsh, and the Lamartine Peat Fuel Company's tract of peat is in this town. The northern portion is the most heavily timbered. Sheep-raising, dairying and raising grass form almost as important branches as grain-raising in Lamartine.

There is neither mill nor water-power in the town, though the West Branch of Fond du Lac River flows across the northeast corner, and a branch of the East Branch takes its rise in the center of the town.

The Sheboygan & Fond du Lac Railway crosses the northeast corner, but only a flagstation, called Woodhull, which is also a post office, is maintained. This office was named after John Woodhull, for nearly twenty years Deputy Postmaster of Fond du Lac.

Lamartine Post Office, or Seven Mile Creek, is the business center of the town. Orchard Brothers have a wagon factory ; G. H. Ferris and the Wisnoms stores ; besides blacksmithshops, cheese-factory, schoolhouse, two churches, a Good Templar's Lodge and shoe-shop. In May,. 1848, Peter V. Sang wrote as follows to one of the Fond du Lac papers :

" Just look at it ; it is but five years since Sang moved into this town, and was then the only landholder in it ; in fact, the only resident between Fond du Lac and Waupun, remaining such for nearly two years ; and now there are not over eight sections of vacant land in the town not owned by actual settlers. We have, in the vicinity of Sang's place, a tavern, blacksmithshop, weaver, wagon-maker, tailors and mechan,ics, post office, land agency, schoolhouse, and a number of other buildings. Arrangements have been made to open a dry-goods and grocery store during the coming summer. Nearly one-third of the inhabitants of the town and itsimmediate vicinity have experienced religion, of different denominations, and the revival is still progressing. The credit for this is due to the Revs. Card, Elwell, Burgess, Elsberry and other preachers of the Gospel."

The M. E. Church, first formed by Rev. Henry Requa, in 1856, has a good edifice for worship and a good parsonage. The first meetings were held in the schoolhouse, but in 1859, the first building, costing $700, was erected. In 1867, it was rebuilt at a cost of $1,600. The first Trustees were P. V. Sang, D. E. Hutchins, Asher Williams, C. H. Warren, Ezra Stearns and E. Humiston. The present Trustees are J. Jackson, B. R. Harrington, G. W. Jackson, William Warner, J. Fisher, F. Orchard, George Lang, E. Gibson and D. Walters ; Pastor, Rev. J. B. Coe.

The Baptist Church was organized April 15, 1848, at Cyrus E. Stowe's house. The first services were held in 1847, by Elder Burgess. Services were held in the schoolhouse on Section 34 until 1861, when the church was built on land donated by William Townsend, at a cost of $1,500, and dedicated in 1863. The first Trustees were A. L. Bobbins, J. Fairbanks and E. E. Crowe. Present Trustees - Samuel Wells, William Quick and James Walters.