Merton Town (part 2 of 2)

THOMAS D. JONES, farmer. Sees. 9, 5 and 6 ; P. 0. Genesee Depot; born Nov. 6, 1834, in Llandysil, Cardiganshire, South Wales ; son of David R. and Sarah Jones, and is the youngest of twelve children ; the mother died in Wales, the father and five children coming to the United States in 1842 ; after two years spent in Licking Co., Ohio, the family settled, in May, 1844, on the 40-acre homestead in Genesee ; the trip was made with a team through the marshes and rivers of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois ; the land was bought of '' Uncle Sam," and a log house built, where Mr. J. and his two youngest children lived, during the first summer, on bread and milk for supper, dinner and breakfast, it being eaten on a dry-goods box, brought from Ohio ; their coiFee was distilled from a berry growing wild in the woods, where deer and wolves were plenty, yet Mr. Jones now avers that some of the happiest days of his life were spent there ; the oak shakes for the roof of the house were split with a curious instrument called a fro, still kept by him as a relic ; he attended the district schools under the tuition of such pioneer teachers as W. R. Williams, I. H. Castles and the Rev. Mr. Morris, completing his education in Carroll College, Waukesha ; after this he operated a threshing machine and a breaking team for a number of years, but did not carry out his intention to resume school ; he has owned the homestead of 80 acres since the death of his father, Aug. 19, 1863 ; a capacious barn was built here in 1859, and a handsome residence in 1862 ; in 1879, Mr. Jones bought the old Davenport estate of 470 acres, this giving him the position of the largest land-owner in his town ; it is worthy of remark that the Davenport estate is now unencumbered for the first time in forty-two years ; few men can show as good a record as Mr. Jones, as he began in '62 with hardly a dollar. Married, Jan. 17, 1862, Miss Margaret, daughter of Griffith Eoberts, and a native of Carnarvon, North Wales, by whom he has four children - David, Anne, Griffith and Sarah, all born in Genesee. The family are members of the Welsh Calvinistio M. E. Church, of which Mr. J. was Secretary sixteen consecutive years ; a steadfast Democrat, he was first elected Town Superintendent of Schools, was Justice of the Peace for many years, Town Clerk, and in 1870, Chairman of the Board; in 1871 and 1872 he was Assessor, and again Chairman in '74 and '75, and has held the office constantly since 1877. Mr. Jones is a stirring and able business man, worthily representing his town, in which few men have done more legal business in settling estates and in probate oases.

DAVID MORRIS, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Genesee Depot; born in Merionethshire, North Wales, December, 1826 ; spent his early life as a farmer in his native land, emigrating to the United States in 1847; learned the trade of carpenter and joiner in Oneida Co., N. Y., working t.here until 1857, when he came to Waterville and worked for a year for B. W. Edgerton ; in 1858, he bought his farm of 87 acres of David Jones, a small house and a 30x30-foot barn comprising the improvements; twenty-three years of active and honorable labor here has met with a substantial reward in the well-improved farm, the 30x46-foot barn and the tasteful 22x28 two-story farm-house ; Mr. Morris also owns 20 acres of timber in Delafield. His wife, from the same shire, married him in the fall of 1846 ; the eldest son, Edward S., was born May 27, 1847, while the parents were on the Atlantic; David J. was born Nov. 19, 1849, in Oneida Co., N. Y., and Chaunoy, Nov. 13, 1858. Mr. Morris and sons are Republicans, David J. serving his county as Deputy Sherifl in 1877 and '78 ; the eldest son is married, and settled as a railroad man in Milwaukee, the two younger being on the homestead, which is devo.ted to breeding ; among other stock, to grade Durham cattle, Cotswold sheep, Clyde horses and Poland China hogs, pure bred, from Hylett's herd, Menomonee.

JAMES NELSON, farmer. Sees. 23 and 26 ; P. 0. Genesee; born, 1800, in the County of Norfolk, Eng. ; came to America, in May, 1849, and, after a short stay in Connecticut, came to Genesee and bought 80 acres of his present farm; here he was joined, on the 2d of August, 1850, by his brother, Samuel Nelson, with his wife and three sons; the brothers did the hardest of work here for sixteen years, buying the 210-acre farm of S. Nelson, and adding 40 to the original 80 acres. Mr. Samuel Nelson married Miss Hannah Herrod, who died in Genesee, in 1851, leaving three sons - Samuel, Jr., James C. and Thomas H. ; Samuel Nelson, Jr., learned the trade of miller, working ten or twelve years in the Saylesville and Genesee mills ; he was born, in 1837, in Norfolk, Eng. Married, Oct. 26, 1862, Miss Betsey Johnson, a native of Ferrisburg, N. Y., by whom he has two daughters - Susie and Ida. The farm of 120 acres is now owned by him, his bachelor uncle living with him; the parents of Mrs. N., Edward and Polly Johnson, settled in Menominee, in an early day, and saw much of pioneer life and its hardships ; Mr. J. died, in 1875, his wiiow still living there; the Nelsons are Republicans, the uncle being a member of the M. E. Church.

JOHIV OlilVER, merchant and Tostmaster ; Genesee depot; born Nov. 24, 1843, in Oneida Co., N. Y. ; his parents immigrated from Wales, in 1841 or 1842, and settled in Genesee, early in 1844 ; the son was educated here, and resided with his parents until 1862, when he went to Chicago, and engaged in the carpenter and pattern maker's trade until 1868, when, in company with John Davis, he began business in his present store, Mr. Oliver conducting the business alone since 1874, and has increa-^od his business from $5,000 to over 112,000, carrying a complete general stock of everything needed to meet a country trade, including farm implements, also deals in butter, eggs, poultry, etc. He married, in Chicago, Miss Jane A., daughter of Moses W. and Sarah (Hughes) Williams ; her father came to America thirtyseven years ago, and her mother fifty-two years, both from Wales ; they located at an early day in Chicago, where Mrs. Oliver was born ; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver have four children - Sarah J., Elizabeth M., Margaret R. and John W. ; the eldest is a native of Chicago and the others of Genesee ; they have lost two children - Robert M. and Ida May. Mr. Oliver is a Republican, and has been Town Clerk twice, and Treasurer once; is, with his wife, a member of the Welsh Calvinistic M. E. Church.

JOHN H. PAUIi, farmer and stock-breeder; Genesee; born in Somersetshire, Eng., in August, 1819; he learned the trade of stone cutter, and in 1840 came to the United States, locating in New York State, and in Canada where he was engaged in cutting stone at the enlargement of the Welland Canal. Married in Skaneateles, N. Y., Miss Harriet Poster, of his native shire. Having boug'at 40 acres of his present homestead a few years previously, he in 1846 settled upon it, a year or so after bujdng 160 acres, where he lives, at Sheriff's sale, it being part of the Jenkins estate, which fell into the hands of Thomas De Jean, an unfortunate pioneer who built a saw-mill upon it and lost everything, ; Mr. Paul operated the mill a number of years ofter this ; Le also worked at his trade in Milwaukee, at first walking twenty-eight miles on Monday morning to the town, and back to his wife in Genesee on Saturday night, afterward residing in Milwaukee, working at his trade and improving his farm for twelve years. The land where his spacious house and large orchard stand was, when he bought, a grove of white and burr oaks. Mr. and Mrs. Paul have two children - Samuel F., now a leading wholesale silk merchant of Chicago, and Ida H., now Mrs. Thomas Steel, of Genesee ; Mr. Paul is admitted on all sides to be the leading finewool sheep-breeder of the Northwest, and his sheep have often taken premiums over those of Vermont and New York breeders; about thirty years ago he bred native sheep, and then the Southdowns, but not feeling satisified, bought of Victor Wright and Oliver Severns, Middlebury, Vt., and A. E. Douglas, Shoreham, Vt., thirty or forty pure-bred animals from the famous old Hammond and Rich flocks ; this was in 1862, and the increase of this flock, with the admirable selections made by him since, makes it difficult for Eastern men to carry off Western prizes ; his purchases since this have been made of such breeders as Lyman Clark, Addison, Vt.; A. Parker and Dr. Wright, of Whiting, Vt.; Meriner & Brunson

S. B. Lusk, Batavia, N. Y.; and Townsend, of Pavillion, N. Y.; Mr. Paul has for six years past kepb from 100 to 300 of these sheep, and has never failed to win at least one-half the premiums at all State and county fairs, where he has had personal charge of the sheep ; at the head of his flock is the noble ram " Wrinkley," an animal considered second to none on ihe continent as a stock getter, and which has never failed but once to take the first premiums where exhibited, he never yet failing to carry off the sweepstakes prize lor scoured fleece and ten of his get; Mr. P. is also the owner of Modoc, bred by Martin, of Genesee Co., N. Y., and of Golden Gate, Jr., bred by L. Clark, of Addison, Vt.; the committee appointed by the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Growers' Association to attend the Centennial Exhibition were: J. H. Paul, Chairman, J. N. Crawford and P. Humbert; Mr. Paul was awarded a bronze medal on a pen of yearling ewes and one on a flock of two and three-year-old's, George Lawrence, Jr., taking the only medal beside these awarded Wisconsin breeders ; Mr. P. is also Chairman of the committee on registered sheep, and has nearly two hundred registered in his yards ; he has spent more money and time to improve his flock than any man in the State ; his sales are extensive in the Southwest, no breeder in the State having an equal reputatiou ; in Texas, where he has many personal friends, he has for fifteen years past bred shorthorn cattle, now owning thirty or forty pure-bred animals, among them the bull " Genesee Prince,'' whose pedigree is second to none in America; beside this he has ten Hambletonian horses, six of which are eligible to register ; his young stallion Swigert, Jr., sired by R. Richard's old Swigert, is now in the hands of Maynard, the noted Waukesha trainer, and at 4 years old can trot inside of 2:50 ; he is considered the most promising horse in the county, and his time has never yet been equaled by any horse of his age here. Mr. Paul's splendid stock-farm of 300 acres has been cleared and well improved by him, and he doubtless has more barn-room than any man in Genesee. He is an independent Republican, who has ever and always refused political oflBces, and an attendant with his wife of the Congregational Church, HERMAN V. PRENTICK, retired merchant; Genesee; is a native of Bethlehem, Litchfield Co., Conn.; born March 17, 1799 ; is the youngest of eleven children of John and Martha ( Clemans) Prentice; he taugtit district school in Litchfield at 16, and took a three-years' medical course. Married Feb. 10, 1819, in her native town of New Marlborough, Ulster Co., N. Y., Miss Jane, daughter of Cornbury and Mary (Quimby) Dayton, she being twenty-four days his junior; he then taught in New Marlborough, and during the next two years in Essex Co., N. J.; in November, 1822, he engaged in mercantile business in Woodbury, Conn., going from there in August, 1826, to Clockville, Madison Co., N. Y., where he built a large combined store and residence, and carried on an immense mercantile and grain business, owning several canalboats; removed to Albion, N. Y.; he erected two brick blocks which still do credit to the town, and a palatial residence still known as the Prentice Mansion ; his mercantile, real estate and shipping interests here were very great, he owning thousands of acres of lan^there, and large tracts in Michigan ; a canalboat, loaded with all hifa household and other costly goods, started for Milwaukee, but sunk in the Erie Canal, thus entailing a loss of thousands of dollars, and crippling his operations in the West ; however, he and his devoted wife reached Milwaukee in September, 1848, but left in fear of cholera, settling in Genesee in April in 1849, on the S. S. Case farm; since this time he has dealt heavily and lost heavily in the grain and produce business, at one time owning the elevators at Genesee and North Prairie. Mr. and Mrs. P. have had six children - Mary J., widow of Gen. J. B. Lee, is a resident of Albion, N. Y.; Martha C. (Mrs. H. J. VanDusen) died Nov. 2, 1877 ; Herman V., died March 17, 1831 ; D. Homer, died Aug. 14, 1874; F. Eliza (Mrs. Horace Smith) resides in Genesee ; Ruth, died March 12, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. P. united with the Congregational Church in 1818 ; Mr. P. is a Democrat, has b«en

Justice of the Peace, and Town Superintendent of Free Schools in Genesee, and is a Ma?on, joining the order fifty years ago in Madison Co., N. Y. In their pleasant villa<;o home the old couple, in their 82d year, look back over a long, active and exemplary life, and, though Herman V. Prentice has met with many misfortunes during his wearing business life, during the past sixty-four years, no man in Wisconsin is better known, or more universally Tespected.

JAMES PROCTOR, proprietor of the Genesee Woolen Mills ; was born December, 1823, in the West Ridings of Yorkshire, England ; emigrating to America, with his brother, when 1 2 years old, he worked six or seven years in a woolen-mill in Clarkstown, N. Y., and about as long in the Middletown Mills; he next worked a few years with his brother Mathew, in Buahkill, Pike Co., Penn. ; in 1854, he located in Janesville, Wis., and, in 1855, in Madison; during the next few years, he engaged in farming, and in the factory at Monticello, Green Co., Wis., also setting in operation the Freeport Mills; in 1868, he bought the Genesee Mill of William Holloway ; this was built over thirty years ago, by Daniel Hickox, who operated it, in 1847 and 1848, as a carding mill ; in 1849, he and Lyman Holt put in machinery and operated it ; Mr. Holt retired, and, on the death of Mr. Hickox, about 1860, his widow sold to Mr. Steller, Mr. Holloway being the next owner ; Mr. Proctor has added twenty feet to the length of the mill, and put in new machinery ; it is a " one set " mill, with six looms, run by water power ; eight hands are employed ; fine flannels are the specialty here, made for the Chicago market, Mr. P. buying from 25,000 to 30,000 pounds of wool per annum. He married Miss Sarah Tittle, of Monroe Co., Penn., by whom he has ten children - Eugene, Frank J., Milton, Ellen, Hannah, Emma, James, Hettie, Lillie and William. Mr. Proctor is a Republican.

THOMAS RJEES. farmer. Sec. 16; P. O. Genesee depot; born in Llandysil, Cardiganshire, South Wales, Feb. 7, 1818; began at 16, and served a seven years' apprenticeship to a shoemaker; in 1841, he came to America, and located at the beautiful village of Granville, Licking Co., Ohio; settled, in May, 1846, in a 12x16 slab shanty in Genesee ; this was built near the residence of T. W. Jones, the slabs costing him a shilling each, and it required a day, as the roads were then, to draw a load from the Genesee saw-mill, with oxen ; a load of 400 feet of lumber, drawn from Heath's mill in Sullivan, did not arrive until midnight; when completed, the shanty cost |45 ; for four years after, he worked here at his trade, saving $1,200 in that time; his first work was to mend a poor old harness for T. H. Evans, who was so well pleased as to encourage others to patronize Mr. Rees ; his coarse boots were sold at $3 ; ladies' shoes at $1.75, and fine work at $5 ; in September, 1850, Mr. R. bought and settled upon the first 120 acres on the School Section, beginning in a log house, working well and honestly as ever, and now is rewarded by owning 200 acres of land, a substantial brick house, all needed barns and stock, and owes no man a dollar ; he was the first Welshman to rally his party to the Democratic standard in Genesee, and a good representative pioneer. His is the only Welsh Episcopalian family in the town. He married, in Wales, Miss Mary Davis, of the same parish, by whom he has had six children - Margaret, born in Wales ; David and Anne (deceased), born in Ohio ; John T., Jane and Mary, born in Genesee ; Margaret is Mrs. Owen Olive, of Genesee ; David married Miss Anne Felix, and is in a Watertown sash-factory; John T., the second son, was born August 25, 1849 ; was educated in Stewart's Academy, Waukesha, and has taught seven terms of school in Genesee and Ottawa. Is a Democrat, and is now Justice of the Peace. He married Jane Jones, of Genesee; their only daughter, Jennie L., died July 17, 1879, at the age of 2 J years.

JOHX REMINti-TOlV, retired farmer ; born in Rupert, Vt., in 1805 ; he left his native State when 13 years of age, and located in Western New York; when the Erie Canal was building, he helped dig stumps and do grading, in what is now the heart of the city of Rochester, being one of a few living men engaged in this work. He married Miss Luoinda Marble, of Casenovia, Oneida Co., N. Y., they coming to Genesee and settling on a wild farm in 1842 ; began a poor man and disposed of a small stock of cloth and leather as best he might, to settlers as poor as himself; Mr. and Mrs. Remington kept open house for travelers in early days, and many a night their floor would be covered with the prostrate forms of sleeping frontiersmen. In his house the first Methodist Episcopal sermon was preached, by the Rev. Mr. Moulthrop, in the fall of 1842, the first prayer meeting having been held there that summer ; Mr. Remington was also a pioneer merchant, and relates that he met with " business reverses, " his store having been broken into and robbed one night, about thirty years ago, by a band of (supposed) Mormons. In 1859 he built, and placed his son in charge of a warehouse and store in North Prairie ; sold out his business here, and in 1870, sold his farm; built, and for three years lived in, a new house in Genesee village ; removed again to a farm, which he exchanged with Thomas Sugden, thus obtaining the building where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Remington have had nine children - Emily, Daniel, Harriet (de- ceased), Mariette, Stephen (deceased), Alva, John, Lucinda and Mary ; Emily is Mrs. D. D. Gross, of Friendville, Neb., Daniel has a hotel in Northern Wisconsin, Mariette is the wife of the Rev. T. M. Ross, Alva is in business in Milwaukee, John is a civil engineer, and the two youngest daughters are in North Prairie, Mary being the wife of W. E. Swan, Jr., who is one of the prosperous and live young business men of his native county ; for the past six years he has carried a large and complete stock of general* n erchandise, including dry goods, groceries, drugs, boots and shoes, hardware, farm implements, notions, etc.; is doing and means to do a good and satisfactory business. Mr. Remington is an old-school Whig-Republican, and-was, for six years, Town Treasurer; is, with his wife, a Methodist.

HORACE SMITH, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. 0. North Prairie; born in Ackworth, Cheshire Co., N. H., May 3, 1816; lived in his native State until June, 1836, then removed to Cass Co., Mich; Mr. Smith reached Eagle Prairie in June, 1837, with two yoke of oxen and a wagon ; remained several weeks with Ebenezer Thomas, then settled on Sec. 32, Genesee ; this claim had been made in March, 1837, by his brother, Stillman Smith ; the Smith brothers were the only actual residents of Genesee until September, 1837, when Abram Balser settled on the present Holsapple farm; in October, Almond and Joseph Osborn made a claim (the Bratlay farm), but spent the winter in La Porte, Ind., locating on the claim in the spring of 1838 ; in October, Dr. Weeks, of Milwaukee, and Joseph Marsh, of St Albans, Vt., made a clairn on Sec. 24, building a house, where Mr. Marsh " bached it " that winter. The first family to settle in this town was that of Absalom Denny, late in the fall of 1837. Mr. Smith lived a bachelor's life here until March, 1856, when he married Miss Prances E. Prentice, a native of Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y., by whom he has eight children - Jennie M. (Mrs. T. S. Reynolds), Alta A. (Mrs. Frederick Orth), Martha E., Ada R., Minda A., Charles H. S., Allie L. and Perlie L. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; Mr. Smith is a steadfast Democrat, who has been Highway Commissioner, Justice of the Peace and Assessor many years. He has a homestead of 90 acres, and also a house and lot in the village.

THOMAS SUGrHEW, retired farmer; North Prairie ; is one of the first settlers in Waukesha County; he was a native of Millington, in the East Ridings of Yorkshire, England; born June 12, 1810, and is a son of John and Jane (Rickal) Sugden ; was educated in the common-schools of England, where his younger life was spent; first coming to America in the spring of 1834, he remained at Detroit, Mich., until fall, when he returned to his native land. He married, April 1, 1835, Miss Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Slightam, of his native village ; that same spring, the widowed mother of Mr. Sugden, with four of her children, himself, wife, and her relatives, emigrated to and have since been residents of the United States. Mr. Sugden, in May, 1836, came up the lakes on the old New York, the first boat to run from Detroit to Milwaukee that spring ; landing at Milwaukee, he made his first visit and his first claim in Waukesha County, in June, 1836, claiming the northeast quarter of Sec. 19, in the present town of Mukwonago, the farm now owned by George Henderson ; this was his residence most of the time until the fall of 1843, when he settled on Sec. 14, in Eagle, remaining here until the fall of 1849, when he located on the southeast quarter of Sec. 29, Genesee, and has since been a resident of this town. In politics, an old-time Whig ; Mr. Sugden, since the organization of the Republican party, has been one of its most steadfast and loyal members ; he was appointed Notary Public by Gov. Nelson Dewey, in 1849, and has held the office under every succeeding Governor ; also represented his district in the Second Wisconsin Legislature in 1849, in 1853, and again in 1857; has been Chairman of his town six or seven consecutive years, and held many minor offices in Eagle and Genesee. Mr. and Mrs. Sugden have three living children - Elizabeth (now Mrs. Hugh Jones, of Juneau Co., Wis.), and two sons, James and Thomas (both residents of Saline Co., Neb.).

THOMAS STEELi, M. D.; Genesee; born in Inverkeithing, Fifeshire, Scotland, Nov. 9, 1809. Dr. Steel was educated in the public schools of Glasgow, Edinburg and London ; began the study of medicine in London, about 1828, graduating as physician and surgeon iVom Glasgow University, 1833; the Doctor made his first voyage to America the following year, visited Canada, and went from there to New Orleans, from which city he returned home ; the next two years were spent by him as Surgeon on board an East Indiaman ; he also resided six months in China; returning to London, Dr. Steel, in 1843, came to America for the second time, and has since been a resident of Genesee, first locating on land now owned by Mr. Hasler, a mile west of the village ; he began as one of the pioneer physicians of Wisconsin, was provided with all needed instruments, though his drugs, etc., came from Milwaukee ; Dr. Wright, of Waukesha, and himself, were then the only physicians in Waukesha County. The Doctor married, in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1844, Miss Catherine Freeman, a native of London, England, by whom he has had eight children - Jamfts, who died of yellow fever in the United States naval service ; Thomas, a resident of Genesee ; Annie and Lillias, teachers in Milwaukee ; Catherine, with her parents ; John, a graduate of Beloit College and a teacher ; Alfred, now in Beloit College ; and Andrew (a student in Milwaukee). Dr. Steel is a Spiritualist in religious belief, and liberal in politics ; served one year, and has since refused all office ; suffice it to say that he has, during his thirty-seven years' residence here, had all the practice he haB desired, and, though not seeking it, still continues to minister to the afflictions of his fellow-men.

DAVID STEWART, farmer. Sees. 11 and 14; P. 0. Genesee depot; born in 1817, in the parish Desert Martin, County Derry, Ireland; has been a lifelong farmer. Married in Ireland, Miss Martha Sloan, born in 1819, daughter of a farmer in his parish; when he was 27 they emigrated to America, landing at New York, and reaching Ottawa in June, 1843[; here he bought 120 acres of the Government, living in a log house and making slow progress; selling out in 1845, he bought his farm of 160 acres of A. J. Cook, it being sold by William Smith; Mr. Stewart built a log house in November, where his family passed a long, cold winter); as it was unplastered, the frost penetrated often ; this was a timbered farm, Mr. S. doing good pioneer work with his ax, and selling hundreds of cords of wood to the railway company, thus clearing and breaking 115 acres, and now cultivating it; the log house is now replaced by a very large and well-built residence, and several substantial barns have been built, all helping to show the results of a busy and useful life ; Mr. 8. has been unfortunate in one respect, having had his ribs broken at different times, and a year ago his leg broken in three places, by the kick of a horse. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have eight children - Sarah (Mrs. Richard Cole), Eliza J. (Mrs. Walter Stewart), Mary M. (Mrs. Thomas Fender), Thomas S., David J., Eva A. (Mrs. M. D. Salter), John and Mattie ; the youngest, Benjamin R., died at six months. Mr. Stewart is a Republican and has been school district Treasurer and Overseer of Highways a number of years; is in accord with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. S. has a fine flock of 120 sheep, with other stock.

STEWART BROS., dealers in grain, lumber and stock ; Genesee depot ; sons of James and Susan A. Stewart, and were born in New Brunswick, the family removing to a farm in Mukwonago, Waukesha Co., in 1846; there were eight children, of which A. G. Stewart, the fourth, was born in 1841 ; educated in the district schools of Mukwonago, and in Beloit College, after which he took a commercial course in Buffalo, N. Y. ; he was also a Union soldier, volunteering in the 24th N. Y. cavalry, served three years ; his regiment doing the usual scouting and guard service of cavalry in Virginia and North Carolina, participating, however, in the desperate battles before Petersburg. He married, April 27, 1871, Miss Sarah J. Rankin, of Genesee, by whom he has one son ; Areli R., is a Democrat, and is now Town Clerk, having prior to this, been Supervisor; E. J. Stewart, born 1846, was next younger than his brother, and partner; was educated at Beloit College, which school he attended four years ; is a Republican to the backbone. About thirteen years ago the brothers joined hands in business, were in the grocery and provision business for some time in Oshkosh, and one 'summer keeping a hotel (as a summer resort) in Frontenac, Minn. ; in the spring of 1873 they bought the Genesee Elevator of W. H. Hardy, who had succeeded H. V. Prattice ; they are dealing extensively here in grain, grass seeds, lumber and fat-stock, also feed of all kinds ; their stock of lumber is large, varied and complete; their farm adjoining the village was bought of J. Davis ; here they have built one of the most substantial and elegant residences to be found in the county ; besides this, they are doing a good business at North Prairie, owning there the best elevator on this line of railway, and also a lumber-yard ; from 1200,000 to $240,000 per annum is their regular business.

JOSEPH STUBBS, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. North Prairie ; born in Seagrave, Lahcastershire, England, May 25,-1826 ; during his boyhood he served as apprentice to a druggist and grocer; came to America when 19 years of age, and spent three years in Milwaukee. Here, in St. Paul's Church, by the Rev. Benjamin Akerly, Deo. 17, 1846, he married Mi?s Mary Lilly, who was born March 26, 1826, in Smarden, Kent Co., England; in April, 1848, they came to Genesee and settled on 80 acres of the present farm ; beginning here in a log house, they had to work and plan well to support, clothe and educate their large family, for they have been blessed with fourteen children - William G., born July 5, 1847, died Feb. 18, 1848 ; Stanley D., born Dec. 4, 1848 ; Andrew T., born May 20, 1850 ; Orlando, born Feb. 7, 1852; Sidney, born Nov. 6, 1853; Orwin, bom Aug. 8, 1855; Orson, born Sept. 5, 1857 ; Vincent, born March 13, 1859; Amelia, born Nov. 21, 1860; Matilda, born Nov. 3, 1862; Etta, born June 24, 1864; George, born Feb. 16, 1866 ; Ida, born Aug. 16, 1867 ; Mary, Dec. 2, 1869, died Dec. 26, 1869. Honest industry and attention to business always wins, and as his reward Mr. Stubbs has about 400 acres of excellent land, of which 60 are in Ottawa and 8 in Mukwonago ; about 300 acres, or the main farm, i.i under cultivation ; about fourteen years ago Mr. S. bought the farm of Mr. Gary, and on this he has built a substantial farm-house, barns, etc. ; not a bad showing for a man who began with $25 in Wisconsin, and who loaned and lost even that. Mr. S. is a Democrat, and, with his wife, an Episcopalian.

Town Of Pewaukee

CHARLES BARTLETT, farmer, Sec. 3; P. 0. Pewaukee; was born in Portland,' Me., Dec. 28, 1805; when he was 5 years of age his parents moved to Chester, N. H., thence to Greene Co., N. Y., when be was about 15; in early life he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade and followed it for several years; he married in the city of New York, in 1831, to Abbie Smith, a native of Prospect, N. J.; in 1845 they came West and settled where they now live; their children are: Smith, of this town, he married Grace Mill; Adeliae, wife of Martin Weaver, Pewaukee; Abbie A., wife of George G. Young; Henrietta, wife of Alfred G. Young; Vena, wife of George Wheeler; Frank, married Julia Horn, and John. Mr. Bartlett owns 320 acres of land, most desirably located and well improved. There are few men more thoughtful and practical than Mr. Bartlett ; he has surrounded himself and family with all modern conveniences, and we find him enjoying that good, and in that prosperity and contentment which those who have devoted a lifetime to industry and integrity have a right. to expect.

HEIVRY B. BIDWEIiL, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Waukesha; was born in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1832; came to Wisconsin with his parents Zebulon and Salome Bidwell, now deceased, in 1836 ; June H, 1867, he married in Waukesha, Lomira M. Wright, a native of Conway, Mass., and daughter of John C. and Minerva Wright, who settled in the town of Mukwonago, this county, in 1848. They have four children - Emily R., Eliza C, Ida M. and Robert H. Mr. Bidwell owns 128 acres of land, finely located, adjacent to the city of Waukesha. Mr. Bidwell has a vivid remembrance of pioneer life in Waukesha Co., and has seen it changed from a savage wild to a center of civilization, net-lined with fences, and checkered with the fairest fields of cultivation.

S. T. BOLLEIS, Pewaukee; was born in Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., Feb. 27, 1821; in 1844, he came to Wisconsin and located in Pewaukee, Waukesha Co.; in 1850, went to California, and was in various places in that State until his return to Pewaukee, in 1851 ; he married in Chenango Co., N. Y., Miss M. Smith, a native of that county, a most estimable lady. Mr. BoUes possesses large realestate interest in Pewaukee, and has been ever active in promoting and encouraging, in every possible manner, the progress and growth of the village interests and has done much toward placing it in its present prosperous condition. He was elected the first President of the Village Council; was Chairman of the Town Board of Pewaukee several terms, and Justice of the Peace a number of years; is, at present writing, Notary Public, a position he has held for several terms. There is no local enterprise of any consideration that Mr. Bolles is not ready to assist in, and everything he undertakes bears the unmistakable impress of his energy and good judgment.

JAMES H. BRAIX, farmer. Sec. 15; P. 0. Pewaukee; was born in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., Feb. 21, 1851 ; his parepts were Moses A. and Martha Brain, early settlers of Pewaukee. Mr. Brain is a farmer by occupation, and is very successful; farm consists of 160 acres.

MOSES AAROIV BRAIX (deceased); was born in Gloucestershire, Eng., April 1, 1815- In 1840, he married a Miss Martha Jeflferies; she was a native of the same shire; born Jan. 3, 1812. In 1844, Mr. Brain left his family, consisting of his wife and two children (Clement J., the eldest, was born Sept. 23, 1841, and Francis E., born May 17, 1843), to make a home in America. He settled in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., and was joined hy his family in September, 1847; in 1854, his wiie died leaving two children besides those mentioned - Martha E., born June 4, 1848, and James H., born Feb. 22, 1850. In 1855, he married again. Miss P. Jefieries, a sister of his first wife; she was born March 29, 1818; by this marriage there are two children^ Frederick G., born March 3, 1857, and Leonard J., born July 6, 1859. Mr. Brain died Nov. 4, 1876. His oldest son, Clement J., during the war of the rebellion, enlisted in Co. G, 28th W. V. I., and died in the service at St. Louis, July 27, 1863.

ROBERT BRAY, Pewaukee; is a native of Lincolnshire, Eng.; was born in the town of Winterton, Jan. 10, 1853. In his native town he learned the mason's trade; Sept. 6, 1872, he married, in Lincolnshire, Emily Kendall. They emigrated to this country in 1873 ; located in Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., where they have since resided; they have three children. Mr. Bray takes contracts in brick and stone work, and, being a thorough mechanic, he is steadily engaged. He was Village Marshal in 1879.

SAMUEL BREESE, an extensive farmer and stock-grower. Sec. 17; P. 0. Waukesha; was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1835; in 1847, he accompanied his parents, Samuel and Eleanor Breese to this country; they settled in the town of Genesee, this county, where he married, in 1861,

Elizabeth Jones; they have eight children - Samuel, Mary E , Richard P , Lizzie A., Margaret H., William J., Sarah J and Laura B Mr Breese owns nearly a section of land in this county, also owns land in Howard Co , Iowa Mr. Breese is largely engaged in stock -growing, and owes his success in life to his good management and active industry; his buildings are as fine and commodious as any in the county, and his land is desirably located.

WILLiIATJI CH APMASf, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0., Waukesha ; was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Jan. 1, 1822. In 1850 he crossed the Atlantic, came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Sept. 1, 1853. He married Caroline M. Horn, daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth Horn, natives of England, who settled in Wisconsin in 1837 ; she was born Dec. 28, 1832. They have eight children : William S., George M., Susan C, Esther H., Charles N., Nettie M., Fidelia and Wesley H. Mr. Chapman and wife have resided in Pewaukee since their marriage, with the exception of about four years, when they lived in Shiawassee Co., Mich. They own 141) acres of land, and are members of the M. E. Church. His farmis finely improved and well located, possessing many natural advantages.

A. M. CLARK, one of the first settlers of Pewaukee, was born in Essex Co., Vt., Feb. 7, 1817. He came to Wisconsin in 1837, and located where the village of Pewaukee now stands, and has made it his home since. In the early history of the village, he was largely interested - in company with his father, Deacon Asa Clark - in real estate and milling, they owning the greater portion of the land that the village was laid out on, and erecting the first saw and flouring mills ; he erected the first hotel, and many more of the improvements made in the village in its infancy. Mr. Clark has been married twice ; first, in 1847, to Fidelia Bradley ; she died, leaving two children, Charles B. (now traveling salesman for Green, Button & Co., wholesale druggists, Milwaukee,) and Martha A. His present wife was Sarah Hardman ; they have two children, G. Frank and Jennie. Mr. Clark has never been ambitious for office, but has been frequently selected by his fellow-citizens to fill positions of honor and trust. He is, at present writing (1880), President of the Village Council, a position he is filling with general satisfaction to the people. He has spent a good many years of his life as a farmer, and owns a valuable farm adjacent to the village. He is active in promoting the material interests of the community and business enterprises of Pewaukee, and has always manifested an active interest in the welfare of the village, which he has been identified with from its earliest history to the present time.

CHRIST. CIjASEN, merchant, Duplainville ; was born in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany) Dec. 23, 1844; in 1867 he came to this country and lived in Sussex, Waukesha Co., Wis., nearly two years, at the end of which time he engaged in farming in Granville, Milwaukee Co., until 1877, in which year he engaged in general merchandising in Duplainville. He was married in Sussex, Wis., to Miss Bertha Gust; they have two children, Henry and Annie. Mr. Clasen carries a full line of groceries, dry goods, wooden-ware etc., and is doing a good business.

O. P. CLilBTTOBf, cheese manufacturer; P. 0. Waukesha; was born in the town of Pewauke^i Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1840; his parents were Allen and Adeline Clinton, who came to Wisconsin and settled in Pewaukee, in 1837. He was married in 186(1 in the town of Rushford, Winnebago Co., Wis., to Miss Anna E. Douglas, daughter of Barzillia Douglas, a pioneer settler of Wisconsin, and now a resident of this town (Pewaukee) ; she was born in Milwaukee County, Wis. ; they have two children, Mabel M., and Abby M. During the war of the rebellion Mr. Clinton enlisted as a private in Co. B., 1st W. V. C, was promoted Lieutenant, served three years, and was honorably discharged. He is Treasurer of the Wisconsin Dairyman's Association. In company with 0. Z. Olin, he is extensively engaged in the manufacturing of cheese, running four factories, viz. : the Waukesha cheese factory, Waukesha ; the Zion, located in Delafield ; the Bethesda, located in Genesee, and the Mukwonago cheese factory ; they manufacture about 130,000 pounds yearly. Mr. Clinton is a thorough and capable business man, and is very successful.

FRANC P. COGSWELiIj, painter, Pewaukee ; was born in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., June 17, 1851 ; his father, David F. Cogswell, was a native of Bennington, Vt., came to Wisconsin and settled in Waukesha County at an early day. He married, in the town of Lisbon, in 1850, Mary J. Potter ; was interested in many business enterprises in this county for several years, and a portion of the time was owner of and run the Pewaukee flour mills ; his wife died in Pewaukee ; he is now living at Sheboygan Falls ; their children are Franc P., and Laura E., wife of Mr. Porier, Green Bay. Franc P., the. oldest of the children, and the subject of this sketch, was educated at Detroit, Mich., and early in life learned the painter's trade which he has followed for several years. He is an active and leading member in the literary society of this village. He understands his business thoroughly, and consequently has a prosperous and constantly increasing trade in tbe line of ornamental, house, sign, carriage painting, etc.

EMAXUEIi COOK, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Duplaioville ; is a native of Yorkshire, England, born Sept. 30, 1827. In 1845 he crossed the ocean to make a home in the " New World." In October, 1850, he was married in Rome, N. Y., to Hannah Brown, she was also a native of Yorkshire, England ; in 1851 they came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Pewaukee, which has been their home since. They have one daughter, Mary Jane, now the wife of George Wilson, of this town. Mr. Cook owns 240 acres of land, and has been prosperous as an agriculturist ; his land is finely located, well improved and possesses many natural advantages. His natural characteristic in life has been one of ceaseless activity and industry, and he has made by honest eflForts a handsome property, which secures to him that independence of plenty which he now enjoys.

JOSEPH COOK, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Duplainville ; is a native of Yorkshire, England ; was born Sept. 29, 1817. He married, in his native place, Elizabeth Barker; they came to this country in 1845 ; lived in Oneida Co., New York, until 1851, when they came to Wisconsin, settling in the .town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., where she died; she was born in Yorkshire, England ; was an earnest Christian woman ;' his present wife was Jeannette Howitt, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland ; is a most estimable lady. Mr. Cook owns 220 acres of land ; his home farm is finely improved ; his life has been marked by enterprise, energy and honest effort, and he has made himself what he is, a worthy type of independent manhood, and may be justly proud of his success in life.

JOSEPH COOPER, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Pewaukee ; was born in Lincolnshire, England, March 7, 18:^7. He married in Lincolnshire, Helen Roberts; they came to this country in 1852 ; first settled in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., where they remained until 1855, when they moved to where they now live ; their children are Elizabeth, Mary, George and Henry. Mr. Cooper, in company with George Roberts, a brother-in-law, owns 202 acres of land ; they are leading farmers and have improvements that compare favorably with any in the county.

JOHIV DALiE, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Duplainville ; was born in Blackamoor, Yorkshire, England, April 25, 1816 ; he came to this country in 1845, and in 1847 married in Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., Mary Cook, also a native of Yorkshire, England; they came to Wisconsin in 1850, and have resided in the town of Pewaukee most of the time since ; they have one daughter, Esther, wife of Sylvester Redford, who has one child, Caroline M. Mr. Dale owns 90 acres of land, most advantageously located and well improved ; he has been very active in life, but of late years has. to a great extent, retired from farming, and is taking that ease and comfort that a well-spent and successful life deserves ; his son-in-law, Mr. Redford, manages the farm.

CHARLES T. DEISSNER, proprietor of the Phoenix Flouring Mills, Sec. 26 ; Waukesha ; was born in Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., Sept. 8, 1855 ; his father was the Hon. C. T. Deissner, a native of Saxony, Germany, who married Louisa Bauermeister, and was the son of D. G. Deissner, who settled in this town (Pewaukee) in 1840 ; he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1859. Charles T., the subject of this sketch, and proprietor of the Phoenix Flouring Mills married Miss Nettie, daughter of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth Rolf, pioneer settlers of Waukesha Co. ; afterward removed to near Osage, Mitchell Co., Iowa, where she was born : they have one child, Charles W. Mr. Deissner is an active and energetic citizen ; his mills are kept constantly running, and the flour has a wide reputation on account of its superior quality.

ISAAC EDWARDS, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 2; P. 0. Pewaukee; was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1834; came to Wisconsin with his parents, Henry and Ellen Edwards, in 1855 ; they settled in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha Co., where they still reside, old and respected citizens. He married in Lisbon, Mary Ann Wilkins, daughter of James and Macy. Ann Wiikins, of that town ; their children are Melinda, Cora, Julia, Ida, Irene and Nellie. In 1865 Mr. Edwards moved on his present farm ; he owns 136 acres of land, is extensively engaged in stock-raising, and is one of Pewaukee's most active and enterprising citizens ; his farm is well improved and located in a fine expanse of country, and possessing almost every advantage for agricultural and stock-raising purposes.

ADAM J. ElililOTT, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Pewaukee ; was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1844 ; came to this county in 1863 ; married in 1868 Mary Branch, widow of G. Branch, who died in 1860 ; her father was J. Beechandley, a native of England, who came to Wisconsin in 1840 ; settled in the town of Delafield, this county, in 1842, where he was a number of years a practicing veterinarian ; by her marriage with Mr. Branch there are two children, Katie G. and Georgia M. Mr. Elliott farms 160 acres of land ; farm is pleasantly located and well improved.

S. A. EOX, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 35 and 36 ; P. 0. Waukesha; was born in Oxfordshire, England, on the 9th of February, 1840. In 1853, he came to this country with his parents, Samuel and

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Jane Fox ; they settled in the town of Waukesha, Wis. S. A. Fox, the subject of this notice, married in Waukesha, Miss A. B. Smart, a daughter of Richard Smart-; they have three children - Ida J., Lucy A. and Albert W. Mr. Fox owns a finely located farm; takes considerable interest in the growing of fine stock, in which he is engajjed to quite an extent. His farm is well improved.

EIjOW FULiliER, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Waukesha ; the oldest settler now living in the town of Pewaukee, is a native of Bennington County, Vt. ; was born Sept. 2, 1816 ; when he was 12 years of age his parents, Hosea and Deborah Fuller, moved to Delaware Co., Ohio, and, after remaining there about two years, removed to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., where the subject of this sketch remained until 1835, when, in company with his brother-in-law, Isaac B. Judson, he came to Wisconsin and entered land and erected a cabin in what is now the Southern portion of the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co, they being the first settlers. Mr. Fuller married in Pewaukee, Jan. 11, 1843, Ursula M. Sears, a native of Buffalo, N. Y., and daughter of Isaac Sears, who settled in Pewaukee in 1840 ; their children are Galusha E., born Dec. 18, 1843; he married Martha Winnie, and resides in Pewaukee ; Monroe J., born June 8, 1845, died Nov. 4, 1846 ; Eugene S., born April 8, 1850, died Deo. 9, 1876 ; he was a rising young man, energetic, and rapidly advancing in his profession, that of a physician. Mr. Puller owns 160 acres of land, located close to the city of Waukesha, and finely improved ; he has been elected to various local offices, and has taken an active interest in the progress and development of the town wherein he has lived so long, being, as heretofore stated, one of ihe two who made the first settlement and entered the first land, as well as erecting the first cabin. His parents, Hosea and Deborah Fuller, settled in Pewaukee in 1837, and are now the oldest couple living in the town, both being over 90 years of age.

J. A. GrAUTHIER, farmer and house mover, Sec. 19; P. 0. Waukesha; was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1837 ; in 1838 hi.s parents, Joseph A. and Margaret Gauthier, came to Wisconsin, settling in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co. ; in 1860 he married in Pewaukee Emeline Kuney, daughter of Jacob and Louisa Kuney, who were a good many years residents of this county, and are now living in Earlville, 111. ; in 1866 Mr. Gauthier moved to Winnesheik Co., Iowa ; after remaining a short time there, removed to Abilene, Dickinson Co., Kan. ; while there he was Deputy Sheriff' three years, and was City Marshal an equal length of time ; in about 1875 he returned to this county, and has resided in the town of Pewaukee since ; children are Emma, Hattie, Joseph, Mary, Nellie, Willie and Lillie. Mr. G. is Assessor of the town of Pewaukee ; he owns 80 acres of land ; he has every facility for moving buildings.

JOHN WEIVTZ, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Duplainville ; was born in Prussia Nov. 28, 1839 ; in 1847 he came to this country with his parents, Matthias and Mary Gentz, now deceased ; they settled in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., the same year of their arrival in this country ; he married in this town (Pewaukee) Elizabeth Schmitz ; they have thirteen children. Mr. Gentz has served as a member of the town Board of Supervisors several terms, and has been elected to othpr local offices ; he owns 112 acres of land, well improved ; he is an active, public-spirited citizen, taking an active interest in everything that tends to promote the prosperity of the town of Pewaukee and county in general.

HOX. B. F. GOSS, merchant, Pewaukee, was born in Lancaster, N. H., April 24, 1823 ; at Lancaster he was educated and learned the printer's trade, and in 1841 came to Wisconsin; worked at his trade in Milwaukee until the spring of the following year (1842), when he came to Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., and entered land in Sec. 17, and engaged in farming; in 1855, he was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly; at the expiration of his term of office he moved to Freeport, 111., and there in connection with his brother, N. S. Goss, carried on a large grocery store for about one year ; he then moved to Waverly, Iowa, and engaged in the real-estate business about two years, at the end of which time he went to Neosha Falls. Kan., where he in company with his brother, N. S. Goss, and a brotherin-law, T. L. Clark, and W. J. Brown, organized into a company, purchased several hundred acres of land, laid out the town of Neosha Falls, built a dam, erected mills, and made other improvements ; he remained in active business at Neosha Falls until October, 1861, when he raised a company of cavalry, and was elected captain ; the company was mustered into the service at Iowa, Kan., into the 9th Kansas Cavalry, as Co. F.; was mustered out of the service in January, 1865, Mr. Goss having served as its captain, participating in every march, movement, etc., his command was in ; shortly after his return from the army, he sold his interests in Neosha Falls, and in 1866 returned to Pewaukee and engaged in general merchandising, and has a large trade. Jan. 21, 1851, he was married in Pewaukee to Abby B. Bradley, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., born Oct. 6, 1832 ; one child living, Clara F., wife of B. F. Boorman of Pewaukee. Though Mr. Goss has never been ambitious for office, he has been elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and other various local offices in the village of Pewaukee ; to every position he has been called on to fill, he has brought abilities amply adequate to the performance of every duty devolving upon him, and a sincerity of purpose which carried all of his undertakings to i successful issue ; he owns several acres of land adjacent to the village and Pewaukee Lake, where he has almost every variety of fruit that can be cultivated in Wisconsin, and spends much of his time in overseeing its management, and beautifying its grounds ; he has a fine collection of bird's eggs, wherein the greater part of the birds of the United States are represented, besides many from the northern parts of America and Europe ; he is perfectly familiar with the history of each species of bird represented, and can give an accurate description of its habits, nature, etc.

A. W. ORIS WOLD, a leading farmer, Sec. 12; P. 0. Duplainville; was born in Johnstown, Montgomery Co., N. Y., April 15, 1809. In 1844 he came to Wisconsin, settled in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., which has been his home since. He married in his native county, Elizabeth Cough, a most estimable woman ; they have three children - Milton S., an attorney, Waukesha; John A. and Henry W. Mr. Griswold owns 150 acres of land ; he has filled various local offices, being a number of times elected to the office of Town Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, and School Su;;erintendent.

J. A. GKISWOIjD, farmer, Sec. 12; P. 0. Duplainville; was born in this town (Pewaukee), July 1, 1845; his parents are A. W. and Elizabeth Griswold, pioneer settlers and still honored residents of Pewaukee; he married Fannie Jeffery, daughter of William and Mary JefFery, early settlers of the town of Lisbon, this county; they were married March 30, 1868 ; have three children - Alice E., Mary E., and Willard M. Mr. Griswold holds the office of Justice of the Peace; he is extensively engaged in farming, and is a man of much energy and enterprise.

ARCHIBAIiD HARRIS, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Duplainville ; is a native of Perthshire, Scotland; was born near the city of Perth in 1837;' in 1854, he came with his parents - Peter and Jeannette Harris - to this country, and settled in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., Wis., where they died. He married in Pewaukee, Elizabeth Sargeant, a native of St. Catharines, Canada ; they have four children - Robert A., Walter, John P., and Ellen. Mr. Harris owns 152 acres of land ; is engaged in farming and stock-raising to quite an extent ; his farm is situated in one of the best portions of Waukesha County, and possesses every advantage native to the county, and is well improved. Mr. Harris is public spirited, and takes an interest in every enterprise that gives promise of being of benefit to the general public.

WIIililAM HASKINS, farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Pewaukee; this gentleman, a pioneer settler of the town of Pewaukee, is a native of Gloucestershire, England; was born near Bristol in 1812 ; he married in his native country, Sarah S. Campbell ; they emigrated to this country, and settled in Pewaukee, when it was comparatively a wilderness, and endured the hardships and privations that the early settlers of any new country must necessarily undergo ; their children are Sarah A., now the wife of William BoUes, Pewaukee; Mary, wife of George Hodgson, also of Pewaukee; Martha, wife of Edward Dougherty, of the town of Lisbon, this county; Emily S., wife of John Hodgson, Jr., Pewaukee; John married Melissa A. Storms, lives in Andrew Co., Mo. ; Jane, wife of J. T. Weaver, Lisbon, this county ; George W., married Julia A. Skepper, resides in Pewaukee ; Edwin, at home. Mr. Haskins owns 80 acres of valuable land adjacent to the village of Pewaukee ; he justly ranks among the pioneer settlers of Waukesha County ; when he cast his fortunes in Pewaukee he had scarcely anything ; but, entering land, he set about improving with that untiring industry characteristic of him, and has made himself a home where he is surrounded with comforts.

HI. R. HEWITT, physician and surgeon, Pewaukee ; was born in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co. Ohio, Nov. 25, 1844; was educated in his native town, and commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. E. D. Merriman, now president of the medical society of that county ; after spending some time in the office of Dr. Merriman, he entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical Institute, City of New York, where he graduated in the spring of 1869, and in June of the same year came to Wisconsin, located in Pewaukee, where he has acquired a goodly reputation as a physician and surgeon, and for strict honor and integrity ; socially he is highly esteemed ; is a member of the State Medical Society. November 25, 1873, Dr. Hewitt married Martha Currie, a native of Caledonia, Livingston Co. N. Y., and daughter of Dr. Currie, and who in the early history of Pewaukee, was a practicing physician a number of years. Dr. Hewitt and wife are members of the Congregational Church ; they have two children, Maud and Grace.

STEPHEN HEXT, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 30; P. 0. Waukesha ; is a native of Devonshire, England ; born in 1835 ; in 1843, he came with his parents, Richard and Elizabeth Hext, to this country, they settled in the town of Delafield, Waukesha Co., Wis., where he married Martha Goodyear, daughter of John Goodyear, now a resident of Pewaukee; they have five children - Susan, wife of Joseph Seaborn, of Delafield ; Mattie, wife of A. Pope ; William, Mary and Nellie. Mr. Hext ownes 356 acres