Metomen Town (part 2 of 2)

JOHN O'HARA, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Brandon ; he was born June 7, 1824, in the city of Quebec, Canada ; his brother Charles was born in Canada June 1, 1828, and his brother Henry was born in Canada Nov. 18, 1831 ; John came to Illinois in 1845, and to Wisconsin in 1848, and took up 80 acres that year and built a log cabin ; then his parents and brothers, Charles, Henry and William, came on, and together improved the land and bought additions thereto, making now a farm of 156 acres under good cultivation. The mother died in 1864, and the father in 1879 ; Charles is a carpenter and joiner, but makes his home with the other brothers ; John is still unmarried, and so also is Charles ; Henry was married, Dec. 26, 1862, to Miss Eliza Gallop, formerly of Canada; they have four children - John A., Mary A., Lydia E. and Ellen E.; John and Henry carry on the farm. Henry has been Side Supervisor. Each of the brothers is a Conservative Independent, with decided Democratic proclivities ; all are contributors to churches, but none of them are church members ; their parents were Catholics, but the sons are Free Thinkers or Liberalists. They are respected citizens.

AL5ION OS BORN, farmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Ripon ; born at Rival, Hancock Co., Ale., June 24, 1813, son of Joseph and Mary O-born ; went with his parents to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1815 ; to Geauga Co., a year later; to Seneca, Ohio, when 10 years of age; to La Porte, Ind., at the age of 18; removed to Waukesha Co., Wis., in March, 1835, where they lived several years; removed to Mineral Point for a year and then removed to Rock Co.; Mr. Osborn kept the Ball Tavern for two years, and carried on a farm for some time ; came to Metomen, Sec. 2, in June, 1845, settling on land he still owns, and where he now resides; came to Ripon in November, 1872, and in March, 1879, began the sale of agricultural implements. He was the first Supervisor of the town of Metomen. He was married in Pulton, April, 1843, to Augusta Smith, who was born in New York State in April, 1820 ; she died Jan. 30, 1880 ; they have three children - Charles Henry, a farmer in Metomen ; Frances, now Mrs. C. W. Foster, of Sauk Co., and Porter M. Mr. Osborn is a member of the Lodge of A., F. & A. M. Mr. Osborn's father,

Joseph Osborn, was born at Cape Ann, Mass., July 15, 1784, and died at Belleville, Dane Co., Wis. Feb. 5, 1859 ; Mary Moore Osborn, his mother, was born at Bangor, Me., Dec. 12, 1789, and died at Kingsbury, La Porte Co., Ind., Sefitember, 1869.

PHILANDER K. PICKARD, farmer. Sec. U; P. O. Brandon; was born in Livingstone Co., N. Y., on May 2-1, 18-41 ; in the tall of 1854, he, with his parents, came to Wisconsin and located on the farm which he now owns. It was previously known as the '' Marsh farm." He and his father own adjoining farms. On the 4th of July, 1860, he was married to Miss Clementine R. Munn, of Metomen ; they have two children - Jennie and Frank; the daughter is a student in Ripon College, while Frank still attends the " People's College," in his home district. Mr. Pickard himself was a student at Ripon College. His farm of 14U acres is nearly all under cultivation, and he also carries on his father's farm of 181) acres; they have commodious barns and good farm improvements; carries on general farming, in connection with stock-raising, particularly of sheep. He was Side Supervisor two years, and in 1876, 1878 and 1879 was elected Chairman with regularly increasing majorities; he was one of the charter members of Brandon Lodge No. 144, of A., F. & A. M. ; his wife is a member of the Congregational Church at Reed's Corners; she is credited as a worthy helpmeet, with bearing her share of life's burdens, and winning her proportion of life's successes. Mr. Pickard is a Republican " every time," and is actively interested in local and general politics. The disinterested historian records the verdict of Mr. Pickard's fellow-citizens, " Genial, caoable and popular."

WILLIAM PICKARD, farmer, See. 15; P. 0. Metomen; was born on the 15th of May, 1816, in Otsego Co., N. Y ; he has been a farmer all his life. He was married, on the 27th of May, 1840, to Miss Emily Chamberlain ; they came West in 1854 and settled on their present farm; they have two children - Philander K. and a daughter, now married. He is a Republican and a Methodist ; his wife is a Baptist. Relieved of care and blessed with a competency, they are enjoying the calm pleasures of ripe and honored age.

WARREjV reed (deceased) was a native of Ohio. Was married in Ohio, June 14, 1848, to Miss Augusta Day, of Ohio. He came to Wisconsin in 1854 and located 160 acres, where Mrs. Reed now resides; he died in August, 1874. They had four children, all living in this county. The railroad company secured a gift of the right of way through his farm on consideration of a written guarantee of the permanent location of a depot thereon ; for some cause, the station was removed half a mile south and established at Metomen in 1873, and the post office was also transferred from Reed's Corners to the residence of E. Reynolds, near the new depot ; the above tran.sfer is viewed very differently by the different interested parties and their respective partisans. Reed's Station was named in honor of Mr. Reed. Mr. Reed and family were Methodists; he was a good citizen.

EDWIN REYNOLDS, farmer. Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Metomen ; was born June 3, 1815, in Chesterfield, Essex Co., N. Y''.; in 1821, he, with parents, moved to Addison Co., Vt., where he remained nineteen years. He was married, on the 24th of March, 1840, to Miss Dorcas H. Dame, of Vermont; they lived ten years in Chittenden Co., Vt. In 1850, he came to Wisconsin and located on his present farm in Metomen; has 160 acres, of which 150 are tillable; he is a mechanic, and built his own house; is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, particularly of sheep, and he also pays attention to fruitraising ; he has a commodious, nearly new barn, and his house is a few rods from the Metomen depot, and his wife is Postmistress. He is President of the Protective Association ; has been Assessor twice, and Justice of the Peace thirteen years, and held other local offices ; is a member of Brandon Grange, No. 52, and is also connected with the I. O. 0. F. Him.self and wife are members of the Congregational Church. They have five children - Lucy B. (married), Zilpha G., De Witt C. (married), Mary E. (married) and Washington I. Mr. Reynolds is an active Republican ; he has been promised appointment as census enumerator for this township. He asserted that he has never been confined to the house by sickness, and his wife, who was present, promptly threw in the remark, " But you have done piles of grunting." Mrs. Reynolds is an enernjetic and capable woman ; Mr. Reynolds is a well-known citizen.

GEORGE A. RUSSELL, retired farmer, P. 0. Brandon ; born in Cavendish,Windsor Co.,Vt., Nov. 6, 1821 ; the year he attained Ills majority ( 1842), he came West; during the two following winters he taught school in Waukesha Co., Wis.; in 1844, he boui;ht eighty acres of land, and partly improved it, but sold it in a year at an advance. He was married Nov. 1, 1844, in Milwaukee, to Miss Miranda Weatherbee, of Brant, Erie Co., N. Y.; they have had no issue; his parents were New England farmers in moderate circumstances, and the subject of this sketch, when he landed in Milwaukee in 1842, inventoried his cash assets at exactly $50 : by teaching and farming, he soon added to his resources, and Providence has continued to favor him to the present time, as, according to his fellow-citizens, he is reported to the writer as a man surpassed in wealth by few, if any, in the township ; for his success in life, he gives due credit to his worthy life-companion: he first met her, by a happy combination of circumstances, very soon after she landed in Milwaukee with her brother from New York, in 1844; they began wedded life as pioneers on a Waukesha farm ; in September, 1845, having disposed of his first real estate, and converted most of his personal property into cash, he entered and paid for 400 acres of prairie and timber land in the township of Alto ; he expended all his money in the original purchase of the Alto farm, but fortune favored his efforts, and he was soon enabled to improve, build upon and stock the farm ; he retained this old homestead until 1867, when he sold the land (which cost him S50U), with its improvements, for $17,000; in 1868, he bought his present homo in Brandon, and retired from active labor as a farmer; he owns several houses and lots Within the corporation limits of Brandon, and also 325 acres outside the village ; he has secured investments in different parts of the county. He has held several local ofiSces. He became a Christian at the age of 18, and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has continued an active member to the present date ; he is an earnest advocate of the doctrine of sanctification, and, for several years, meetings for the promotion of holiness have been regularly held at his residence; he is a person of strong convictions, which find ready expression whenever occasion demands ; he is in no sense a nesrative character, but is an enterprisina;, positive man. He is a Republican.

SILVESTER W. SARGEANT, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Brandon; was born June 26, 1823, in Washington Co., Vt.; he remained in Vermont until 1839, when he removed to Washington Co., N. Y.; in spring of 1845, he came to Metomen Township ; he was without any money, but was " full of days, works;" that season he worked fur and "bached" with E. F. Mansfield, who, in 1844, built the first cabin within the limits of Metomen Township; Mr. Sargeant pre-empted 160 acres in township of Alto, which he sold with his improvements in 1S46, and the same year entered the farm which he now owns ; he had 12 shillings, all told, when he landed in this township, and that he expended for an as; he now has 160 acres - 100 under cultivation ; has commodious barns and good residence, with first-class farm conveniences; dairying is his leading interest. He was married, on the 13th of February, 1849, to Miss, Isabella Graves, formerly of England ; they have had ten children - Zelia A. (dead), Emma (dead). Byron, W., Sarah (dead), Jacob, Julia, Elma, Katie, Willard P. and Matilda ; the two oldest sons, Byron and Jacob, have followed the Star of Empire," and, since 1878, have been founding new homes in Oakwood, Brookings Co., Dak. He is a member of Brandon Grange, No. 52; is a Republican. Mr. Sargeant's fiither died when S. W. was but 9 years of age, and since that time he has provided for himself; his early life was spent working out by the month, but his present comfortable surroundings betoken the success that comes from industry and economy, united with the aid of a capable and worthy helpmeet.

ZEl^AS SCOTT, hardware merchant, Brandon ; born on the 17th of June, 1818, in Berks Co., Penn.; when he was rjuite young his parents removed to Canada, where they remained till the father died, in 1860. The subject of this sketch came to Wisconsin in 1>56, and spent the winter in Brandon ; it was the season that the railroad was completed ; for the next four years he was absent most of the time, but since 1860, he has been a continuous resident of Brandon ; he has been in mercantile business from that date ; at first he ran a general store, but gradually developed into his present exclusive hardware trade. He was married, April 11, 1870, to Miss Sarah Sherman, of Canada West; he has been two terms member of Village Board ; also was a member of I. 0. 0. F., and is a member of Brandon Lodge, 144, of A., F. & A. M.; owns his store and another business block besides his residence. He is a Republican; himself and wife aiEliate with the Congregational Church ; he is a reliable citizen.

MARTIK C SHORT, Postmaster, Brandon, and editor of the Brandon Times; was born in Winnisink, Orange Co., N. Y., on the 4th of November, 1836; came West with his parents in 1851, and settled on a farm near Dartfbrd, Green Lake Co., Wis.; he attended the district school afterward at Ripon, and was a freshman at Beloit College at the commencement of the rebellion. On the 10th of November, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 31st W. V. L; by honorable promotions he became Captain of the company in which he enlisted ; he served until the close of the war ; participated in the siege of Atlanta, and was with Sherman in his march to the soa. On returning from the army in 18C5, he purchased the Green Lake Spectator at Dartford ; the following year, he removed the paper to Waupun, and, in connection with J. W. Oliver, started the Waupun Leader ; he came to Brandon in 1871, and, since that date, has been editor and proprietor of the Brandon Times. He was married at Dartford, in 1865, to Miss Sarah H. Churchill, by whom he had one daughter - Hattie. The mother died Jan. 18, 1872. His present wife was Miss Clara A. Hogle, to whom he was wedded June 25, 1876 ; they have two children - Mary and Martin. For twenty-five years Mr. Short has been an active member of the Congregational Church ; is Superintendent of the Sunday School ; is Clerk of the School Board ; is a public-spirited citizen and a radical hard-money Republican.

W. O. SLEEPER, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Fairwater; born ia Merrimack Co., N. H., in 1817; was brousfht up as a farmer ; came West in 1842 ; he took up a farm, which he now owns, in 1846. He was married, in 1842, to Miss Lavina Pierce, of Kenosha Co., Wis.; they have had no issue. Their farm consists of 200 acres, fully half of which is now under cultivation. They have brought up two nieces, one of whom is married to Georoje Lyon, of this town. Himself and wife are members of the Congregational Church at Fairwater ; he is a Republican. Mr. Sleeper's health has not been uniformly good, but he is a hard-workinc; and highly respected man.

N. A. STEVEXS, jeweler, Brandon; born in 1847 in Ohio; came to Waushara Co., Wis., with his parents, in 1852, where they remained sjven years, and then, for four years, took charge of the Temperance House in Berlin, Green Lake Co., Wis.; the family located in Brandon in 1863 ; the subject of this sketch passed the next ten years at Brandon, mainly as salesman in some of the stores of the village ; was also, for a year, an apprentice to the " art preservative of all arts," in the office of the Brandon Times. Mr. Stevens was married at Brandon, in August, 1875, to Miss Vina Councelman, of Columbus, Wis.; she died in May, 1876. He served full apprenticeship as jeweler in the establishment of J. H. Elkins, at Waupun ; about four years ago, he started a small jewelry store at Brandon ; this is more congenial to his tastes ; the business has enlarged, and he now has a full assortment of well-selected jewelry ; his repairing department has an extended patronage. Is a Good Templar, a member of I. 0. 0. F., a Republican and a Methodist.

DEACON L,OXSON STILWELL, farmer. Sees. 9 and 4; P. 0. Ripon ; was born Aug. 18, ISiy, in Madison Co., N. Y.; he removed to Onondaga Co., N. Y.. when 18 years of ago, where he remained nearly eight years, engaged in fiirraing. He was married, Sept. 29, 1842, to Miss Mary K. White, of Geneva, Ontario Co., N. Y.; they came West in May, 184C, and took up 280 acres, on which his present home is located ; the next year after settling, ho donated forty acres of land to the Rev. Marcellus Barnum, as an inducement for him to organize a church and preach to same. Elder Barnum was the first resident minister in the township of Metomen. The Deacon now owns 170 acres, of which fivesixths are under cultivation. He tells of going to Whitewater, eighty miles, to mill with an ox team. He smiles in remembrance of visiting one cabin on a cjld day, when blankets were hung around the stove and the "women folks" gathered within the warm circle, while the Deacon and other "men folks" shivered in the cold outer circle. He does not speak of these events as the sufferings and privations of pioneer life; in fact, he enjoyed these rude experiences, which all took part in with hearty good will. He did not complain when, with a company in an unfinished cabin during a driving storm, the women folks gathered under umbrellas upon the bed, and the men folk.s braved the elements as best they could. He has, from the first, been interested in sheep-raising; has now 218 grade merinos. Have had eight children - Lucian W. (married), Celia B. (married), Annette E. (married), Kate E. (dead), Hannah R. (married), Warren, Mary E. and Edith M.; all, except the youngest, have been students at Ripon College, but Edith is still attending the People's College, in her father's home district. Himself and wife are Congregationalists, and he has been Deacon about ten years ; he has held several local oSices, and is a Republican. His house is the stranger's home, and the favorite resort of the many friends of the Deacon and his worthy wife.

AliEXABTDER TURNER, manufacturer of wagons and sleighs, also general blacksmithing, Brandon ; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Deo. 25, 1847 ; his parents came to America in 1849, and settled in Dodge Co., Wis., where his father died in 1850 ; young Alexander spent most of his time in Waukesha Co., until he was 23 years of age, and during that time learned his present trade of wagonmaker ; he is called a natural machinist ; he has carried on business for himself ever since his apprenticeship ; was in business two years in Denver, Colo. Was married in Waukesha Co., Wis., Oct. 17, 1872, to Mi.'^s Agnes S. Rogers; their three children are George A., born 1873 ; James, born 1870 ; Alexander, Jr., born 1878 ; he had a shop two years in Merton, Waukesha Co. ; in 1874, he bought a shop and home in Brandon ; bis business occupies seven men, and is enlarging annually : in the wagon department, about forty farm wagons are made yearly, besides sleighs, etc., etc. ; he has a large patronage in the repairing shop; horseshoeing is also a prominent feature; he is an ingenious, hard-working "boss" machinist. Himself and wife are members of the Congregational Church, of which he is a Deacon. He is a Republican, and a Temple of Honor man.

DR. JAMES TURNER, Brandon; is a native of Scotland. His parents came to America and settled in Dodge Co., Wis., where his father died while the subject of this sketch was quite young ; his home for twenty years after the death of his father, was Waukesha Co. ; he attended the public schools, and afterward the State University, from which he graduated in 186(5 ; after graduation, he served the M. E. Church as Pastor one year at Stoughton, his health failed, and he afterward prepared for the medical profession ; spent one year in the Detroit Medical College, and his last course was taken at the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he received his medical diploma in 1871 ; while attending the Wisconsin State University, he served as a soldier in the 40th W. V. I. for 100 days. He was married in Lisbon, Waukesha Co., Wis., on the 27th of September, 1869, to Miss Susie S. Sims; they have three children - Nellie, Willie and Grace ; he practiced his profession seven years in Oshkosh, and located in Brandon ; he is in general partnership in a drug store and medical practice with J. E. lee, M. D., at Brandon; they have an extensive practice in their profession, and a liberal patronage as druggists. Dr. Turner is President of the School Board ; i.s identified with the order of Odd Fellows ; is an active member of the M. E. Church ; is a conservative liepublican, and a thorough temperance man.

NELSON VAN CAMP, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Metomen ; was born in New Jersey Aug. 9, 1823; removed with parents, in 1825, to Wayne Co., Penn.; Mr. Van Camp spent twenty-one years of his life in railroading in Pennsylvania. He was married, Dec. 31, 1848, to Miss Hannah Colburn, of Pennsylvania; they have four children - Gilbert A., born in 1850; Aurella A., born in 1855 ; Carrie B., born in 1860, and Alice M., born in 1864 ; the three oldest are married. Mr. Van Camp came to Fond du Lac Ca. in 1859, and, after living sis years in the township of liipon, he bought the present farm of 200 acres on Sees. 2, 12 and 15, in the township of Metomen; he rents about one-half his land; has good farm improvements. He belongs to the Protective Association, the Temple of Honor, and was formerly an Odd Fellow. He is a temperance Democrat, and a Methodist.

J. WARNER, harness-maker and farmer; P. 0. Brandon; was born June 28, 1832, in Wittemburg, Germany; came to America in 1849 ; he worked at his trade one year in Coshocton Co., Ohio, and afterward lived five years in Lorain Co., Ohio, where he took out his naturalization papers ; in 1855, he came West and started a harness-shop in Fairwater, and during the palmy days of that village, the shop gave employment to five workmen ; he has been two years in business in Brandon, and is the leading shop in the village. He was married in May, 1856, to Mi.ss M. B. Siegle, of his native place, Germany; have had three children - Francis H., born in 1857; Bertha, born in 1866, died in 1870 ; George L., born in 1872. Has a farm of 124 acres on Sees. 29 and 30, in the township of Metomen, near Fairwater ; he is Side Supervisor, and has held other local ofiices ; his oldest son carries on the farm ; is interested ia stockraising, particularly of Norman horses. Is Republican.

SAHUEL WEINSTOCK, merohanc, Brandon ; born on the 30th of May, 1825, in Bavaria, Germany ; came to America in 1845, and settled in New York City, where he remained till 1852, when he came to Milwaukee and spent seven years in the mercantile business ; he then weat to Rubicon and was engaged seven years in the business of buying and shipping cattle. He was married in New York, on the 22d of November, 1863, to Miss Fannie Bamberger, of Bavaria ; have had four children - Millues (deceased), Gilbert, Selina and Theresa. In the autumn of 1866, he came to Brandon, Wis., and established a general merchandise store, under the firm name of Weinstock & Bro.; in 1870, he sold out to the brother, and in the fall of the same year he started a store for himself, which he has continued to the present date - keeps everything except hardware. Is a member of the Village Board; is a Master Mason and a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Is of Democratic proclivities, but votes according to his best judgment at the time of election. He has been continuously in mercantile life in Brandon longer than any other merchant ; has a good trade from both foreigners and Americans.

HON. DAVID WHITTON, Brandon; born in Dundee, Scotland, Aug. 4, 1836. His father was the youngest child in a family of twenty-five children; he is still strong, and for several years has resided in the city of Waupun ; he landed in Boston, Mass., on the 4th day of July, 1842, with his family, consisting of his wife, his son Charles, and the subject of this sketch ; the father was by trade a stonecutter and mason, and was employed four years as foreman in the construction of the new locks on the Welland Canal ; in the fall of 1846, the family came to Wisconsin, and located in Ashippun, Dodge Co., where they remained ten years, engaged in farming; in 1856, the family moved to Waupun, Wis. Young David, now of age, spent three years as an apprentice to the carpenter and joiner's trade; this not proving congenial, he, in 1860, engaged in buying and shipping ftirm produce. Oa the 1st of January, 1862, he was married to Mis.'i Mary B. Turner, of Waukesha Co., Wis.; they have seven children - Mary E., born in Waupun May 1, 1863; Charles B., born in Waupun March 23, 1865; David, Jr., born in Waupun Feb. 21, 1867; Gracie Bell, born in Brandon March 29, 1869; Nellie A., born in Brandon April 16, 1873; Alexander T., born in Brandon Sept. 13, 1875; Susie E., born in Brandon July 22, 1878. Mr. Whitton was admitted to the practice of law in April, 1877, and is established at Brandon, and practices in Fond du Lac and surrounding counties. He occupies his own residence in Brandon, and also owns a grain warehouse. He held the offices of Assessor and Supervisor while residing in Waupun. Since his removal to Brandon in 1866, he has several times been elected Justice of the Peace, but he qualified only once; in 1873, he was elected to the Legislature from the First Assembly District in Fond du Lac Co. Esquire Whitton, from boyhood, has been known as an active Democrat. Since ISOI), he has been an efficient member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has represented the Grand Encampment of Wisconsin, in the Supreme Grand Lodge of the United States ; he is also a Royal Arch Mason.

FREDERICK G. WILKE, farmer. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Metomen ; born in Stettien, Prussia, on the 31st of December, 1831 ; from early boyhood he has " paddled his own canoe." After becoming of age, he served three years in the Prussian Army, and was stationed most of the time in Metz. In 1856, he came to America, under contract to his wealthy patron, to serve him two years for the passage money and board and clothing ; the faithful service was performed in the Wolf River country. Iii 1858, he began working for himself, having itiO, a slout hand and a brave heart. He served Almon Osborn two years, then worked the farm on shares for four years ; he then bought a farm, which he worked till 1876, when he purchased the well-known " William Brunson Farm " of eighty acres, on Sec. 11. He was married, on the 7th of September, 1861, to Miss Mary Gonyo, of Waushara Co.; they have six children - Henry F., Emma, Jennie, Sarah, John and Flora. During the rebellion he was drafted, but paid the commutation ; he also sent money for parents and brother and sister to come to Wisconsin from Prussia ; his aged father now lives with him. He is a grain-raiser, but is fond of good live stock. Himself and family are Methodists; he is a cautious, hard-working man ; is a Conservative Republican.

STEPHEN T. WILSIE, farmer. Sec. 15; P.O. Brandon; he was born Oct. 5, 1815, in Schoharie Co.. N. Y. ; from age of 5 to 20, he lived in Ohio ; in 1835, he moved to Rochester, Alonroe Co., N. Y., and that remained his home till 1856. He was married. May 18, 1843, to Miss Mary Banker, of Rochester, by whom he had five children, all now living - Edward. Hiram, Emma, John W., Ophelia C. Mrs. Wilsie died May 18, 1873, on the thirtieth anniversary of her wedding day. Mr. Wilsie worked several years at his trade of carpenter and joiner; he came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled on his present farm; he has 110 acres under good cultivation; carries on "mixed" farming. Mr. Wilsie's father came to this State in 1844, and to this township in 1846, and the family endured the privations and experiences incident to the life of early pioneers ; he died in 1877 ; the mother is now aged 87, and her home is with Mr. Wilsie ; he has been Township Treasurer once and Side Supervisor four terms ; is a member of Grange 52. Was married, Oct. 18, 1877, to Mrs. Lavina Butler, of Metomen, by whom he has one child, named Luella. Himself and wife are Methodists ; his parents were Quakers. He has been Class-Leader more than a quarter of a century, and a member of M. E. Church nearly half a century; he is social, benevolent and respected.

JOHN WORMWOOD, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O.Brandon; born in Caledonia Co., Vt., on the 3d of Jul^', LsUi ; his parents were farmers, and his early life was spent on a farm in the Green Mountain State; at the age of 19, he, with his parents, removed to New Hampshire, where he remained until 1849 ; from the autumn of 1849, to the spring of 1855, he was in the furniture business in Boston, Mass. He was married in Boston, on the 13th of August, 1851, to Miss Sarah Sargeant, formerly of Waitsfield, Vt.; they have two children - Mary Ella and John. In the spring of 1855, they came West, and located on the farm they now occupy; they have 140 acres, of which all except about twenty acres is under cultivation. He was the first Master of Brandon Grange, No. 52 ; has been Chairmen of Metomen sis times, and has held other local offices; has been Master of Brandon Lodge, No. 144, of A., F. & A. M., and is a Royal Arch Mason. Politically, he is a Republican, and defends his principles by argument and ballot. Himself and wife are consistent believers in the doctrine that the infinite love of God will ultiinatelv gather all mankind to Himself in a realm of happiness.

ANDREW J. YORTY, P. 0. Brandon; member of firm of Hillman & Yorty, wholesale lumber dealers and manufacturers, located at Winneconne, Winnebago Co., Wis.; he was born in Meadville, Penn., on the 4th of January, 1832; his father was a blacksmith, and in 1844 he came to Wisconsin with his family and located on Jeffijrson Prairie, Rock Co., where he started a shop and also took some land, which the sons carried on ; in the spring of 1846, A. J., with his father, came to Round Prairie, Metomen Township, and took up 160 acres of land, and broke up a portion of the same ; the family removed to the farm in 1847 ; the father died in 1874 ; young Andrew worked on the farm, and during the winters availed himself of the best educational advantages afforded by the county; at the age of 19, he began teaching winter schools; he taught one season in Ripon ; in November, 1855, he went to California, and for five and a half years he was subject to the -' ups and downs " incident to the life of a miner ; he returned to Brandon in May, 1861, and tor four years was a farmer in this township. He was married March 12, 1863, to Miss Jlaggie Patterson of Alto; they have three children : Lizzie, born June 4, 1864 ; Edith, born July 15, 1867 ; Andrew J., Jr., bora Dec. 2, 1871 ; since 1866 he has been in the lumber trade; he commenced the retail business in Brandon, but since 1875 he has been engaged in manufacturing and wholesaling lumber, with headquarters at Winneconne, Wisconsin ; Jlr. Yorty was Superintendent of schools under the township S3'stem in 1855 ; he was Town Clerk two years, also Treasurer one year, when he collected the largest tax ever raised in this township, as it included the bounty tax ; he has been Chairman twice, and in 18V1 was elected a Member of the Legislature from the First Assembly District of Fond du Lac Co.; has held other local olfices ; has been a member of the I. 0. O. F., and also of the various temperance organizations ; he is a Royal Arch Masoii. Is a reliable Republican ; himself and wife affiliate with the Methodist Church. Mr. Yorty and his partner are both residents of Brandon.

Source changes here: from Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, by McKenna, Maurice, published 1912; 220 words in this source stream.

Metomen Town

This name in the Menomonee language means "grain of corn," and was given to the town by F. D. Bowman. The first cabin built by a white man was by Colonel Mansfield in 1844 but he did not bring his family to the location until several other homes were established. The first entry of land was made May 29, 1844, by C. D. Higley, but the first home founded was by Daniel Eggle¬ ston, who brought his family in the latter part of June, 1845. In two years after the first settlement all government land had been taken up by actual settlers. The town was organized April 7, 1846, at the house of F. D. Bowman. Samuel Carter was chairman and A. C. Robbins, clerk. At this time Waupun and part of Alto were part of Metomen. The first resolution passed at the meeting referred to established the pay of all town officers at seventy-five cents per day unless otherwise fixed by law. At the first election, which was held at the time of the organization meeting, Almon Osborn was chosen as chairman ; Daniel Eggleston and S. A. Carpenter supervisors ; James England, E. L. Mc- Corpin and Jacob Carter, assessors; Harvey Sexton, treasurer; A. C. Robbins, town clerk; S. H. French, collector; Henry Boardman, A. C. Robbins and