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Cornelia M., now of Worcester, Mass. His present wife was Caroline Calkins, of Blilwaukee ; they were married in July, 1844 ; they have one son and a daughter, Mary, and Charles B., son of Frost and Mary Thayer Draper. Before entering into the hotel business, he was agent for capitalists in entering lands and selling the same, and looking after investments for other parties ; while in Milwaukee, this was his principal business. At Portage he sold goods, acted as trustee and assignee for various estates. He is one of the most enterprising and public spirited citizens of Ooonomowoo. His graudfather, David Draper, was one of the first patriots to enlist in defense of the rights of the colonies, and fought at Bunker Hill and in subsequent battles. In running for office, Mr. Draper has always polled a large vote ; living in a Republican city, he has been elected by a large majority to serve as Mayor for three terms, showing the appreciation of his ability and integrity as a representative of the people in the important position to which he has so often been elected. In politics, he has always been Democratic. Mr. Draper is as popular as a landlord, as he is a citizen. Oconomowoc has become pupular as a summer resort, and Draper Hall, open during the whole year, is usually crowded during the summer months. The natural attractions of Oconomowoc are unsurpassed, and Mr. Draper has done more than any other man to make it a favorite resort during the summer months ; his house is situated between Fowler and La Belle lakes, his grounds extending to both. Before coming west, Mr. Draper was engaged in trading, sometimes in West India goods, dry goods, and at other times in lumber and coal in different parts of Massachusetts. He received only a common school education, but he had a taste for mercantile pursuits, and consequently engaged quite extensively in the trading mentioned, before coming West.

H. R. EliDERKIN, M. D., was born at New Albany, Ind., in 1833, and is the son o Lathrup (a lawyer) and Martha E. Elderkin. The doctor began the study of medicine with Dr. William Cooper, of New Albany, in 1853, and after pursuing h;s studies there for three years he entered, in 1856, the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky., from which he graduated in 1858 ; he came, shortly after completing his studies, to Oconomowoc, Wis. Having been a student at Nashotah Mission when a boy, he was favorably impressed with this country. He formed a co-partnership with Dr. H. H. Warner, in the practice of medicine, and in the drug business - Dr. Warner having opened the first drug store in the village some years before that time. After practicing in this vicinity for a few years, the doctor removed to Waterville, where he continued practice till the winter of 1866-67, except a part of the years of 1864-65, when he offered his services to the United States Government, and was placed in charge of Hospital No. 11, at New Albany, Ind. He spent the winter of 1866-67 as a student at Bellevue Hospital, of New York, and in June, 1868, he settled in the practice of his profession at Fort Howard, Brown Co., Wis. Ten years later, he removed to Milwaukee, whence, in February, 1880, he returned to Oconomowoc, where he has been engaged in the general practice of his profession. He was married Oct. 21, 1862, to Miss Ann E., daughter of Samuel and Martha J. Breck, of Oconomowoc ; their children are Laura P., born Jan. 8, 1865 ; Anna R., born Sept. 17, 1868 ; Philazamia H., born Jan. 25, 1876. The doctor and his family are members of the Episcopal Church.

E. B. EliY, retired ; son of Joseph and Annie Nicholson Ely, was born in Bucks Co., Penn., in 1837. He came to Oconomowoc in 1856, and began clerking for J. S. Rockwell in a general store, and continued with him as clerk till his death, after which he remained with the stock, of goods then on hand for a time; -he began the hardware trade in 1863, and continued that business till the spring of 1879. Mr. Ely was City Treasurer of Oconomowoc in 1879. He was married in 1869, to Miss Eleanor, daughter of B. B. Frances Babcock, a native of Pennsylvania, who died Sept. 22, 1879, leaving one son, Edward E., born Jan. 4, 1871; they had a daughter, Mabel - she was born and died in 1873. Mrs. Ely was a member of the Episcopal Church.

HENRY ERREDGE, proprietor of blacksmith shop; was born in the city of London, July 10, 1828 ; son of George and Sophia (Reed) Erredge. He sailed for America in 1845, and landed in New York City, May 22, that year ; in June following, reached Waukesha, Wis. ; thence, after a short stay, he went to Lake Five, where he stopped with an uncle on the farm till fall ; returning then to Waukesha, he was employed a few weeks, by Bacon & Block, wagon manufacturers, after which he worked at the baker's trade, with George Head, of that place, for about a year ; going again to Lake Five, for a short time, he then went to Milwaukee, where, in the spring of 1847, he joined the 15th U. S. R. A., under Col. Morgan. They were soon ordered to Newport, Ky. ; thence, via New Orleans and Vera Cruz, to the City of Mexico ; was discharged at Covington, Ky., Aug. 4, 1848. Returning then via Milwaukee and Lake Five to Waukesha, in the fall of 1848, he became apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, with Clinton & Poole, and remained with them till the spring of 1851), when he came to Oconomowoc, and, with Henry Merwin, rented a shop and carried on the blacksmith trade here, till November, 1850 ; he then went again to Waukesha, but failed to find employment at his trade, so went to grading on the M. & M. R. R., and in Februi^ry, 1831, got a position in the railroad shops at Waukesha, where he remained till the shjps were removed to Milwaukee ; going to Chicago in 1853, he found work for three or four months, with Grates & MeKnight, after which he returned to Waukesha, and worked for Case & Pulling, at building and ironing cars for the M. & M. R. R. Co. ; in the winter of 1853-54, he went to Lake Five, and started a shop for himself, which he continued till the spring of 1859 ; ha then started for Pike's Peak, and got as far as Plattsmouth, when he became discouraged, and returned to Genesee, Wis., where he bought a blacksmith and wagon shop, and carried on the business, under the firm of Erredge & West, till 1862, when he joined the Quartermaster's Department, Army of the Potomac, and remained in the South till the battle of the Wilderness ; were then ordered back to Alexandria, Va. ; then, two weeks later, to White House Landing ; was discharged at City Poin^t, Va., in 1864. He then returned to Genesee, Wis., but soon re-engaged with the government, and was sent to Nashville, Tenn., in 1865, but on account of sickness, was soon forced home again. He engaged in merchandising, till the spring of 1866, when. May 15, he started for Montana Territory ; he joined Capt. Pisk at St. Paul, went thence with a team of six cows and one yoke of oxen, via Fort Benton to Helena City, Mmtana, where they arrived in October, making the trip in 100 days. He, with two others, bought a claim at " Dry Gulch," and engaged in mining, but met with no success till the winter of 1867, when, with Mr. Foroute, he bought a claim at " Tucker Gulch," where they realized $100 per day, for a time. Refusing $10,000 for their claim, they worked it about a year, and left it without a penny. He then worked at his trade at Helena City, till 1869, when he came again to Waukesha, Wis. In October, 1869, he went to Omaha, Neb., bought a third interest in a railroad hotel, which burned in May, 1870, leaving him again penniless. After a visit to Waukesha, he then went to Sun River, Montana, where he worked at his trade till July, 1873, when he received an injury from a kick of a horse, and returned to Ft. Benton ; there he, with six others, bought a small steamer, and sailed down the Missouri River to Biamark, Neb., then the terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad ; there he took the train for St. Paul ; thence down the river to St. Louis, Mo. ; thence to Oconomowoc, and engaged with I. Rowell & Sons in the foundry, till June, 1876, when he became proprietor of his present shop. He was mariied, Nov. 3, 1875, to Hannah M., daughter of H. G. Jones, of this city ; they have one daughter, Eliza; he has one son, George H., by a former marriage. Mr. Erredge has been a member of the masonic fraternity for 20 years ; he is now Master of the Ellsworth Lodge, No. 133.

JOHIV EVENSON, molder for I. Rowell & Sons, was born in Norway, July 27, 1833 ; he begin the trade of a molder when 18 years old, and continued it there till 1862, when he came to America and located at Oconomowoc, and has worked at his trade here since ; he began work for I. Rowell & Sons in 1868. He was married in Norway in 1862, to Miss Anna Sunderson, who died at Oconomowoc, Wis., May 7, 1876, leaving four children - Inger, Sophia, Eliza and Eddie. Mr. Evenson is a member of the Scandinavian Norwegian Church.

JOHIV FAIiliOW, blacksmith; was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, May 8, 1820; when 17 years old, he began the blacksmith trade with his father, Edmund Fallon, and continued "it there for about five years ; he emigrated to America in 1843, and followed his trade at Boston, Mass., till 1850, whence he came to Waukesha, Wis., and carried on his trade there twenty years ; in November, 1870, he removed to Oconomowoc, and has since continued his trade here. Mr. Fallon has held the office of County Treasurer one term ; was President of the Village Board one term, and several terms a member of that body ; has also been a member of the City Council, and is now a member of the County Board of Supervisors, from the First Ward of the city of Oconomowoc ; he has held other miaor offices in the city. He was married at Waukesha, Wis., in 1853, to Miss Catherine Coyle, a native of Cranston, R. I.; their children are - Winifred, now Mrs. John Williams, and lives at Piperville, Wis. ; Mary J. and Nellie A., now teachers in the Oconomowoc public schools ; Elizabeth, Edmund, Esther, Gerald, Malachi and Peter J. Mr. Fallon and family are members of the Catholic Church.

HORACE H. FAY, baggage master ; son of Watermin B. and Ruth M. Fay ; was born in the town of Conway, Berkshire Co., Mass., Dec. 6, 1835 ; when a mere babe, his parents removed with him to Dexter, Livingston Co., Mich., whence, in 1849, they came to Oconomowoc, locating in the village ; he began clerking for his uncle, G. W. Fay, in dry goods store, and remained with him three or four years, after which he was employed as toll-gate keeper at Hartland till 1854. At the grading of the railroad from Milwaukee to Oconomowoc, he was employed by Fay & Collins on the work for one summer ; then worked at farming for his uncle soma time. In 1839, he began farming in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., which he continued till 1868, wh3n he rem)ved to the village of Ojonomowoo, where, in 1872, he became employed as baggage master for the C, M. &. St. P. R. R. Co. He was married Nov. 6,

1859, to Mrs. Eunice A., widow of V. B. Campbell and daughter of Moses and Eleanor Kittle, a native of Wyoming Co., N. Y. Born in 1838 and came to Wisconsin with parents in 1849. Their children are George O., born Aug. 28, 1860, now married and lives in city of Ooonomowo'S ; Charles, born Dec. 9, 1862 ; Lizzie A., born Aug. 4, 1868, Katie, born April 21, 1871 ; Harry, born Feb. 8, 1878. Mr. Fay is. a member of the Masonic fraternity.

WATERMAN B. FAY (deceased) was the son of Putnam and Elizabeth Pay, and was born at Brighton, Mass., Sept. 4, 1809, and died June 4, 1879, making his ago 69 years and 9 months; his early years were spent in the quiet but laborious duties of farm life; his early training was such as developed those manly traits of character for which he was so dearly beloved by those who deeply mourn his loss, and which won for him the high regard of all who knew him ; he was one of the earliest settlers of this western clime, having left his eastern home in 1835 to seek his fortune, with his faithful companion, in this then wilderness world ; he first located in Michigan, at Dexter, Livingston Co.; there he remained until the fall of 1849, when he moved to this place ; he resided in the village until the following June, when he moved on to the farm now occupied by Mr. Gribbs, southwest of this city ; there he remained for a term of years, and then moved into and took charge of the toll house connected with the plank road; after residing there a number of years, he went to the Campbell farm at the foot of the lake ; next he removed into the village, where he was mail messenger for thirteen years and never missed but one trip to the train till disease confined hirn to his bed. He was married Aug. 28, 1833, to Ruth M., daughter of Levi and Phylinda (Warren) Parsons, of Brighton, Mass.; by whom he had four children - Horace H.,now in Oconomowoc, George now in Nevada ; Martha W., born May 4, 1840, died May 16, 1840, Mary E., born January 4, 1844, died January 8, 1844. His family aonsisted of a devoted wife, who was faithful in the highest degree to the very last, and two sons, one of whom fills the position of freight agent at our depot, while the other has sought his fortune in Nevada. Mr. Fay united with the Congregational Church of this city May 1, 1864; in the. last month of his life, he was led to feel and acknowledge his shortcomings and remissness in duty, and to rejoice that he was brought " back to his Father's house, " there to receive anew the righteous garb, to receive the ring of the Father's approval, and to partake of the rich repast prepared for every returning prodigal; he was a great, yet ever-patient sufferer, and all who saw him in his last days will witness to the fact that he exemplified the spirit of the religion he possessed in a wonderful manner. Not a murmur escaped his lips, but his common expression was, " All is well." The last expression his Pastor heard him make was, " Bless the Lord." We laid his emaciated form on yonder hillside, but long hours before the angels had borne his weary spirit to the beautiful land beyond. " Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his."

GEORGE W. FAY was born in Brighton, Middlesex Co., Mass., July 9, 1811 ; came from Boston to Milwaukee, where he was employed in the mercantile business from 1842 to 1844 ; then went to Oconomowoo in July, 1844, and engaged in general merchandising and farming ; he was with W. W. Collins six years ; then Mr. Fay went on a farm for one and one-half years ; then he returned to Oconomonoo ; twenty-three years ago,- he purchased the LaBelle House : conducted the house nine years ; he has not been engaged in active business for several years ; at the present time he is one of the Aldermen representing the Second Ward in the City Council ; has held the position at other times ; Mr. Fay broke the first ground in the place; the first brick building, where Draper Hall is now located, was erected and owned by Mr. Fay. He was married in Woburn, Mass., June 17, 1834, to Abby P. Tufts, a native of Medford, Mass. She died Sept. 22, 1841, leaving two children - George P., born July 19, 1836, now proprietor of a hotel at Bushnell, 111.; Abby L. P., born Aug. 29, 1841, now Mrs.B. B. Parsons, of Milwaukee. Mr. Fay was married a second time to Abby S. Collins, Aug. 10, 1843 ; she died June 4, 1846. and left no children. The present wife of Mr. Fay was Rebecca A. Parsons ; they were married Sept. 30, 1847, at Monroe, Wis; Mrs. Parsons was born in Bangor, Me; they have two children - William B., born Sept. 19, 1849 (proprietor of a livery establishment in Oconomonoo), and Mary E., born Sept, 14, 1854 ; both were born opposite the place where Draper Hall now stands.

JOHN FERRY, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Oconomowoc, was a native of the town of Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass. He is the son of Aaron and Elizabeth Ferry, born in 1815 ; when he was 17 years old his parents removed to Portage Co., Ohio, where he lived on a farm for six years. He was married there in June, 1837 to Miss Betsey, a daughter of Henry and Susan Convers, a native of Vermont, but removed to Ohio in 1832 ; in October, 1839, they started for Wisconsin, and landed in Milwaukee the 20th of that month, and reached the village of Oconomowoc in December, where they settled ; five years later they removed to a farm on the southeast quarter of Sec. 28, where they made their home till March, 1872. He was then appointed Superintendent of the State experimental farm at Madison, for four years ; after wbicli they lived at Watertown, Wis., till the fall of 1879, when they returned to the town of Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., and located on Sec. 23 ; they have six children : Harriet, born in Ohio in April. 1839, now the wife of S. E. Whitney, and lives in California ; Charles H., born in the village of Oconomowoc Jan. 16, 1841, the first white child born in the village ; he now lives in Watertown, Wis. ; Ann, born at Oconomowoc Oct. 31, 1842; William D., born at Oconomowoc December 3, 1844, now lives in the village; Edgar J., born July 11, 1846, now a jeweler at Postville, Iowa ; John Gr., born in April, 1854, now a jeweler at Columbus, Wis. Mr. Ferry's family is connected with the Congregational Church.

JAMES FKRGUSOJf, dealer in ladies' furnishing goods, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1850 ; his parents, James and Esther Ferguson, both died when he was quite young, his father when he was 2 years old, and his mother when he was 6. Mr. Ferguson came to Oconomowoc in 1865, and in 1871 he began the jewelry trade in Milwaukee, which he followed for two years ; returning to Oconomowoc in 1873, he followed farming for seven years, and in February 1880, sold his farm and began dealing in ladies' furnishing goods. He was married in 1871 to Miss Elizabeth Goetz, anative of Germany ; their children are Daisie, James, Gussie and Lulu. '

JO HIV FORK A, farmer. Sees. 25 and 26 ; P. 0. Oconomowoc ; was born in Norway in 1823 ; his mother died when he was quite young; his father, having saved a wealthy gentleman from drowning, afterward, as a reward, received a pension from him for life. Our subject made his home with his father at Brasper, till 1843, when he sailed for America and located in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., Wis., working for the farmers for seven years ; he then bought a farm of thirty acres in Sec. 26, in the town of Oconomowoc, and now owns, in addition to the above, 150 acres in Sec. 25 and 35 of the same town. He was married in 1851 to Eliza Martina Hanstatter, a native of Norway. He came to Wisconsin in 1849. They have one daughter, Josephine, now the wife of William Peterson, who lives with her parents.

PETER FORSYTH was bom in Norway in 1821, and lived with his father, Nelson Forsyth, on a farm till 1843, when he came to America ; landing in New York city, July, 1843 ; he came in the following August to Oconomowoc, and lived on farm in the town of Summit near the village of Oconomowoc, a short time ; then removed to the town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., and lived on a farm of 112 acres on Sec. 1, till the autumn of 1876, when he removed again to Oconomowoc, where he has since resided. He was married in 1847 to Miss Olive Lee, a native of Norway, but came to New York in 1839, and to Waukesha Co., Wis., in spring of 1844; their children are Nicholas, now on the farm in Ixonia; Olaf, now a resident of Pierce Co., Wis., Anton, in Pierce Co. John, deceased ; Melia and Herman at home. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE W. FlIIiMER, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Oconomowoc ; was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., 1823; at the age of 20 years, he began the cooper's trade in his native county, which he continued until 1845 ; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and entered 40 acres of land on Sec. 19, Oconomowoc Town. He built a cooper shop on his farm and worked at his trade for the next twenty years ; since that time he has been engaged in farming and brick-making. He was married in 1843, to Betsey, the daughter of William and Caroline Martin, a native of Canada ; the children of this union are Richard, now at home ; Mary^ now the wife of Edward Morgan, lives in the town of Oconomowoc ; Adelia, the wife of M. Thompson, lives in Oconomowoc ; Washing'on, resides in town of Oconomowoc ; Thomas, in the town of Merton, and Charles, at home. When Mr. Fulmer came in, he had to open the road from his house to Oconomowoc.

THOMAS C. FULMER, carpenter and joiner, was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1826 ; when 16 years old, he began the carpenter and joiner's trade, and followed it in his native county till 1854, when he removed his parents to Waukesha Co., Wis., and located them at the foot of La Belle Lake, in the town of Oconomowoc ; in the following year, he moved his own family from Cayuga Co., N. Y., to Wisconsin, and settled in the village of Oconomowoc, where he has since continued his trade, and has been connected with the erection of some of the most prominent buildings of the city, among them two stores for John Metcalf, one for B. D. Parsons, a residence for Dr. Miller, Lardner and others. He was iparried in 1848, to Miss Cynthia W. daughter of R. and Almira Dutcher, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y. ; their children are George G., now a resident of the town of Oconomowoc ;- Ralph V., now in Walnut, Crawford Co., Kan. ; Grave G., now at Sheboygan, Wis., Wyman F., at Oshkosh; Grant S., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Fulmer attend the Congregational Chuoch.

CARIi S. GASMAIVW, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Mapleton ; was born in Norway in 1819, and emigrated to America in 1843 with his parents, Hans and Christina (Peterson) Gasman ; they located at Pine Lake, Waukesha Co., though they purchased land in the town of Ashippun, Dodge Co.>

his father died in 1857 ; his mother at his home in the town of Oeonomowoc in 1876. Carl S. made his home with his father a year after the settlement in Dodge Co., then began working for farmers and others, teaming, etc., etc., till 1849, when he crossed the plains to California and there spent eight Wis., to which they cut their way through the woods from Stove Bank, removed in the spring of 1844, months at mining ; returning then to Wisconsin, he located on a farm in Sec. 1, town of Oeonomowoc, Waukesha Co., part of which his father had entered in 1844 or '45. This he has since made his home, and now has 140 acres on Sec. 1 and 2. Mr. Gasmann has been a member of the Town Board several terms. He was married May 4, 1855, to Mary C., daughter of Abraham and Inger Martinson, a native of Norway, horn in October, 1833, and came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1845 ; their children are, Henry, now in Dakota Co., Minn. ; Alfred, now a shoemaker at Stone Bank, Waukesha Co. ; Charles, John and Annie at home. Mr. Gasmann's family is connected with the Episcopal Church.

HERIIAX GrRUIiKE, farmer, Sees. 1 6 and 17 ; P. 0. Oeonomowoc ; was born in Prussia, Jan. 19, 1815; came to America in 1862, and settled in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., Wis.; the following year, he moved to the town of Oeonomowoc. He now owns where he is living, 118 acres. He was married jn 1845, to Wilhelmina Grasch, a native of Prussia. Their children are Eliza, Albert, Amelia, Bernhard and Mena. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOHN GRIJETT, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Oeonomowoc ; was born in Prussia in 1839 ; was occupied in farming in his native land until 1864, when he emigrated to America, going to Waterloo, Jefferson County, where he stayed until the spring of 1866. He then returned to Prussia, and after a, 14-months' stay, came back to Wisconsin, and in the fall of 1869 bought the, farm of 70 acres where he now lives. He was married, Nov. 3, 1869, to Albertina Buske, a native of Prussia, who came to Wisconsin in 1856. They have two sons, Robert and Charles.

ABNER B. HAIili was bom in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1810 ; at the age of 15 years, he began the tailor's trade, which he followed in Oneida County till 1833 ; removing then to Wyoming Co., N. Y., he continued it there for ten years. He emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Oeonomowoc, where he worked at his trade for three years. In 1846, he settled on a farm in the Town of Summit, where he followed agriculture and stock raising till 1863 ; when he returned to the village of Oeonomowoc and has been engaged in various kinds of business. Mr. Hall was Street Commissioner for eight years ; a member of City Council from Second Ward one term. He wasmarried April 7, 1831, to Miss Emily, a daughter ofHezekiah B. Round, of Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., but a native of Massachusetts, born in 1809. Their children are Hayden H.,who served three years as a soldier during the rebellion ; waa killed by the bursting of a steam boiler at Burnet, Burnet Co., Texas, Jan. 1, 1880; James J., who enlisted in Company C, 28th W. V. I., in 1862, and served with his regiment in all its principal battles and move^ ments till the close of the war ; he is now a resident of this city.

WILLIAM HAMLERwas bom near Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 11,1846; lived thereuntil he was 6 years of age ; was then sent to New York; here he attended school until his 14th year, when his mother died ; then his father sent him to the military school on Governor's Is'and for three years ; in January, 1861, he left school and went to Augusta, Me., then to his old home, and from there to New Orleans, getting there a short time before the first proclamation of President Lincoln ; then, on account of the danger surrounding him, he went to Washington, and for a time, worked in the Government Printing Office, having begun that trade while at Governor's Island; during the next four years, he traveled far and near, working through the Eastern States ; came to Chicago in 1876, and engaged on the Inter Ocean ; from .there he went to Milwaukee in 1877, and after working on various papers in the State, finally anchored where he now is - foreman of the Oeonomowoc Free Press.

CHARLEIS M. HART WELL, farmer, was bom in New Hampshire, in 1820. His parents, Simon and Thusta (Williams) Hartwell, were natives of New York ; they removed in the spring of 1825, in a wagon, to Cleveland, Ohio, it then being a small village of log horses. Located on a farm near there, he devoted his time to agriculture and dairying till 1844. He then spent five months in traveling with Judge Hayward, over the Alleghany Mountains, after which he returned to his home at Cleveland, and remained on the faim for-awhile. He-then began clerking in a paper-hanging store, where he remained till 1846, when he went to Cincinnati and was engaged in bottling and selling mineral water for two years. Coming to Oeonomowoc to visit a sister in 1848, he spent five months in this county, being favorably impressed with the advantages of the new country. Returning to Cincinnati in January, 1849, he engaged extensively in the mineral water trade till 1856, when he came to Milwaukee, and there followed painting and paper-hanging till 1858 ; he then came to Oeonomowoc and began dealing in boots and shoes, which he continued till May, 1872, and in the following autumn was elected Sheriff ot

Waukesha County. His term expiriug in January, 1875, he returned to Oconomowoc, and has since engaged in farming. He was elected Chairman of the Town Board in April, 1880, and has held several minor offices in the town and city. He was married November 3, 1850, to Miss Henrietta J., a daughter of Andrew and Jane (Tucker) Anderson, a native of Lawrenceburg, Ind., her father, of New Jersey, and died at Lawrenceburg, Jan. 1, 1848 ; her mother of New York City, and after the death of her father married Mr. Robert Hobbens, and lives in Pennsylvania. Their children are Charles A., now of Rock Island, 111. Ida J., now the wife of E. H. Berry, and lives at Rock Island, 111. Naomi Emma, deceased; May, deceased; Ella B. ; Jennie, deceased; Mabel. Mr. Hartwell's family attend the^ Methodist Church.

DAVID HASTINGS was bom in Hampshire Co., Mass., Sept. 18, 1812; and is the son of Lucius and Olive (Smith) Hastings. He began the cabinet-maker's trade at the age of 15 years, and, after Working at that for two years, he took the shoemaker's trade, which he continued most of the time till 1842. He was married Brattleboro, Vt., July 24, 1833, to Miss Mary Smith Sprague, daughter of Oliver and -Martha Sprague nee Rogers, a native of Easthampton, Hampshire Co., Mass., born in 1808. Mr. Hastings came with his brother to Wisconsin in Nov., 1842, and located on a farm on Sec. 32, where his wife and family joined him in June following; he built his present home in 1851, for a tavern and kept it as a public house for seven years ; after which he devoted his attention wholly to farming till 1868. He has since lived a more retired life. They have had eight children, as follows : Olive, who died in Deerfield, Mass.; Lucius, now at Plymouth, Iowa; Martha, now the widow of the late Thomas A. Jones, deceased, she lives at Greenville, Mich.; William, who enlisted in Company E, 16th W. V. I , died at Shiloh, April 8, 1862 ; Henry C, enlisted in Company E, 16th W. V. I., died at Shiloh April 29, 1862 ; Sarah E., now the wife of F. W. Weber of this city ; Eliza, deceased ; Horace, now in Plymouth Co., Iowa.

HORACE HASTINGS, retired, was born in Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass., in 1814 ; his father dying when he was young, he removed with his grandfather at the age of 14 years to Franklin Co., Mass.. where he spent most of his time at farming till 1843, when he came to Oconomowoc, but soon located on a farm on Sec. 25, in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., Wis., which was his home till 1869, when he removed to the village of Oconomowoc, but continued to manage his farm till 1877, when he disposed of it. Having lost his sight in 1852, he has amused himself much of the time by making puzzles and carving various kinds of implements out of wood that are truly curiosities. He was married in 1839 to Miss Sarah B., daughter of Medad and Ruth Squires, a native of Franklin Co., Mass.; born 1816 Mr. and Mrs. Hastings are members of the Congregational (yhurch.

J. SHITH HASTINGS. The name Hastings is of an illustrious family in history. The race to which it applies is of Danish origin. In the early days of the British Kingdom the Danes made frequent incursions upon that part of England and Scotland bordering upon the North Sea. It was in one of these incursions that Hastings, a Danish chief, made' himself formidable to Alfred the Great, by leading a large body of men upon the coast. He took possession of a portion of Sussex, and the castle and seaport Were held by his family when William the Conqueror " landed in England, and they held the crown for many generations." The grandfather of our subject was born in England May 20, 1746, and came to America prior to, and was married in, 1769, to Hannah Billings, of Amherst, Mass. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and afterward located at Amherst. This is the origin of the Hastings family in America. His parents, Lucius and Olive Smith Hastings, located in the town of Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass., and raised a family of six children - four sons and two daughters. The daughters now live in Massachusetts - Sarah S., in South Deerfield, and Sybil W., in Hadley, Mass. Our subject was born in Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass., Sept. 18, 1818, and came with his brother David to Wisconsin in November, 1842. His brothers Horace and Hamilton came in the following June. He located on a farm on Sec. 30, town of Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, where he made his home for two years; then removed to the town of Ixonia, Jefferson County, and engaged in cutting heavy timber for awhile. He was Assessor of the towns of Concord and Ixonia before their separation, and was one of the Board at the time of their divisions. He, with his brother Hamilton, who lived on an adjoining farm, built the Maple Grove House on the plank road from Milwaukee to Watertown in 1850, and two years later he bought his brother's interest and ran the house alone for awhile. Trading the hotel at Maple Grove for property in Watertown to Mr. John Gibbs, he returned to Massachusetts for the winter, but came again to Wisconsin in the following spring. He began merchandising at Rook River, Rock County, and Pipersville, Jefferson County, which he continued for six years. He then engaged in the manufacture of saleratus till 1863, when he sold out and engaged in agriculture in Rock County till 1867, when he returned to Oconomowoc, and has since lived a more retired life. He was married at Ashfield, Franklin County, Mass., June 26, 1839, to Miss

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Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis and Susannah (Hooper) Chamberlin, a native of Stoolcbridge, Mass., bora Aug. 11, 1820. Their children are Ellen M., born at Ashfield, Ma?s., Dec. 1, 1841; married to Calviu W. Burns, of Watertown, Wis., Sept. 26, 1860; lives now at Lime Springs, Howard Co., Iowa; Olive A., born at Ooonomowoc, Wis., June 26, 1844; mirried at Watertown, Wis., Jan. 1, 1861, to William E. Buerdin, and now lives at Ripon, Wis. ; Lewis J., born in Ixonia, Jeiferson Co., Wis., May 29, 1846 ; married Miss Josie, daughter of David Smith, of Rook County, Wis., in August 1866, and now resides in York County, Neb.

Al^TTHOlVY HOUSEB, merchant and Postmaster at Mapleton ; was born in Baden in 1839. He emigrated to America in 1854, and located in Milwaukee and engaged in clerking until February 1855 ; from Milwaukee, he came to Mapleton, and continued clerking until 1857, after which he spent a year in the same business in Oconomowoc. In 1858, he returned to Mapleton, and has been since engaged in merchandising. He was married in 1861, to Miss Kate Riggs, a native of Canada, who died in 1869, leaving five children, as follows ; John F., now a clerk in Milwaukee ; Anna S., now a student in Milwaukee ; Mary A., deceased ; Ambrose E., a student at Watertown ; Joseph, deceased. His second marriage was in 1876, to Kate Snyder, a native of Pennsylvania ; they have two children - Herbert A. and Walter. The family is connected with the Catholic Church.

OKVILLiE HATHAWAY was born in Homer, N. Y., April 13, 1819; he lived there until September 1846, when he came to Milwaukee and engaged in millwrighting there until April, 1847, when he returned to Homer, there remained until the fall of 1847, and then went to Groveland, near Mt. Morris, N. Y., and built a mill for the society of Shakers, and continued there until 1849. In July of the same year, he came to Oconomowoc and engaged in millwrighting and carpenter and joiner's work, until 1863, then purchased an interest in a mill here, which he sold out in October 1879, and since then has retired from business. Mr. Hathaway was married in Homer, N. Y., in 1844, to Maria A. Core ; she was born in Homer ; they have two children - Orville H., born in Homer, and Thomas Wilber, born in Oiionomowoc ; they have lost one daughter, Mercy P., died at the age of 11 years. Mr. Hathaway has been Assessor, Justice of the Peace and President of the Council.

RIJFUS C. HATHAWAY was bom May 24, 1816, in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y. Cdme to Wisconsin in August, 1842, and located at Beloit, Rock Co., where he remained one year, and then returned to his native town, where he remained until June 1, 1848 ; he commenced the study of law in Beloit, and afterward continued it in New York State. He was educated at Cortland Academy. He engaged in clarriage-making in Milwaukee, having commenced to learn carriage-making when 17 years of age ; he was one year in Milwaukee. May 25, 1849, he came to Oconomowoc, bought a farm in Ashippun, Dodge Co., but did not run it, being in ill health for the first five and a half years, having ague all the time ; he taught music, and played for parties, etc. Mr. Hathaway educated himself as an engineer and surveyor ; laid out the old stone mill, in 1857. In Decembes, 1857, he returned to New YorkState, and engaged in settling up his father's estate, and returned, March, 1859, to Oconomowoc; has since been engaged in the practice of law ; has been Town Clerk, Chairman Town Board of Supervisors, Assessor and Justice of the Peace, at present holding the latter ofiBce ; he has been District Attorney and County Surveyor. Mr. Hathaway was married in Homer, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1845, to Flavilla J. Hobart; she was born in Homer; they have four children - Emma J., born June 23, 1850; Lizzie M., born Dec. 15, 1851 ; Edward Clark, born March 8, 1856, and Arthur C, born June 14, 1869 ; they have lost three children - Polk H., born June 7, 1846, died May 17, 1850 ; Helen, born Nov. 8, 1848, died Oct. 9, 1849, and Hobart M., born Feb. 13, 1859, died Oct. 7, 1865.

J. F. HOPKINS, M. D., physician and surgeon; was bom in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; he began the study of medicine in his native State, but graduated from the Chicago Medical College, in the winter of 1859-60 ; he at once entered upon the practice of his profes.sion in Chicago, and in 1862 removed from there to Oconomowoc, where he has since practiced his profession. He was married in 1865 to Miss Elizabeth M. Woodcock, a native of Maine ; their children are. Forest, Mary L., Elizabeth (deceased) and Glen A. The doctor and his family are connected with the Congregational Church.

JAMES C HITCHCOCK, hardware merchant, is a native of the town of Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y. ; born in the year 1828 ; his father, Eben Hitchcock, was a native of Hartford Co., Conn. ; his mother, Nancy Baker, was bom in the town of Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y. At the age of 18 years, he began the tinner's trade, at Clinton, Oneida Co., which he continued there and at Utica, for nearly five years, and from 1851 to 1856, he carried on the trade at Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. ; going thence to Davenport, Iowa, he stopped a short time and returned via the Mississippi River and St. Louis, Mo., to Albion, N. Y., where he was married Aug. 27, 1856, to Miss Leonora E., daughter of Gilbert and Nancy

Close, a native of that town. Soon after marriage, they removed to St. Louis, where he engaged as salesman in a wholesale house-furnishing hardware store, for John J. Lock & Co. ; it being a branch of their New York house; coming to Oconomowoc in 1861, he opened a hardware store, and has since continued that trade. Mr. Hitchcock is the proprietor of the La Belle Spring, the oldest in the city, and known in an early day as the Cold Water Spring. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Episcopal Church. He has been a member of the I. 0. 0. P. for more than twenty-five years, and of the Masonic fraternity for twelve years ; he is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.

I>. O. HIBOARD, Principal of Oconomowoc public schools, was born at Brookfield, Madison, . Co., N. Y., Feb. 17, 1851 ; he received the earlier part of his education in the public schools and the DeRuyter Institute of Madison Co. He came to Wisconsin in 1868, and located at Milton, Rotk Co., where he followed teaching during the winters, and attended school during the spring and fall terms, at Milton College, from which institution he graduated in 1875; in the fall, after his graduation, he was elected Principal of the Oconomowoc public schools, remaining one year, and in the fall of 1876 was elected Principal of the Lodi school of Columbia Co. Returning to Oconomowoc in 1877, has been re-elected to the position of Principal each year since that time. He was married July 13, 1876, to Miss Ida F., daughter of Addison and Clarissa Brightman, of Milton Junction, Rock Co., Wis.; they have one son, Carlisle V. They are members of the Seventh-day Advent Church. He is also a member of the T. of H. and Council of Select Templars.

MAtirlVUS HIIjI) AHIi, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Oconomowoc ; was born in Norway, in 1835 ; he began the life of a sailor at the age of 15 years, and in 1851, with his parents, T. and Caroline Hildahl, came to Wisconsin, and located on a farm at Pine Lake, Waukesha Co. In the spring of 1852, he resumed his sailor life, at Milwaukee, on board the " Industry," then plying between Michigan City and Milwaukee ; this he followed, during the summers, till 1864, when he enlisted in Co. D,47th W. V. I., and was with his regiment in the Army of the Tennessee; was stationed at Nashville and TuUahoma, Tenn., and was mustered out at Madison, Wis., in September, 1865. Returning then to Wisconsin, he continued sailing, as mate on a Chicago vessel, till 1870, when he located on his present farm of 105 acres, on Sec. 35, town of Oconomowoc, which he had purchased in 1862. He was married in ihe spring of 1871 'to Miss Maria, daughter of Ole Nelson, of this town, born in 1849 ; their children are Josephine C. and Oielia T. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

CHARLXiS^ M. HUBBARD, cooper ; was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1827 ; he began the cooper's trade with his father, Stephen Hubbard, when quite young. When 4 years old, his parents removed with him to Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., where they spent seven years, then lived a year at Kingston, and afterward removed to Troy, for three years, and later still to Saratoga, where he lived till 1855, when he removed to Oconomowoc, Wis., built a cooper shop on the south side of La Belle lake, and began coopering here for Rockwell & Luck, then proprietors of the mill ; he ran a force of twenty - five men and shipped his barrels to Milwaukee and other points for several years. He was a member of the Village Board one term, and was a member of the Street Committee during that time ; he has been Street Commissioner one term. He was married in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1846, to Mary M., daughter of Harmon and Mahitable (Scofield) Craw, a native of Ulster Co., N. Y., born 1827 ; their children are ; Stephen ; Charles H., who served 100 days during the war, is now a printer of Milwaukee; Mary M., now the wife of B. J. Ferry, and lives at Postville, Iowa ; Ida, now the wife of H. M. Jay, and lives at St. Paul -^ Hattie, now Mrs. Frank Boyce, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Hubbard was the first man initiated in the Blsworth Lodge of Oconomowoc. Mrs. Hubbard is a member of the M. B. Church.

ORRIN HUNGERFORD was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1822, and spent his time at farming in his native county till 1854, whence he emigrated to Wisconsin and located at Kewaunee, Kewaunee Co. ; a year later, they removed to the town of Holland, Sheboygan Co., and there followed farming for sixteen years, af er which they went to the town of Parmington, Jefferson Co., and made that their home till 1877, whence they remoued to this city ; he now owns a farm of 60 acres in the town of Parmington. He was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 1, 1853, to Miss Julia A., daughter of Salma D. and Belinda Blanchard, a native of that county ; their children are, A. Elizabeth, now the wifeof Benton Woodman, and lives in Parmington, Jefferson Co, Wis.; Benjamin P., at home; Mary J., now Mrs. H. Lyman, and lives in Baraboo, Wis. ; Abbie B., born May 11, 1867, and died Aug. 15, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Hungerford are members of the M. E. Church. \

FERDXABfD HUBNER, Street Commissioner ; was born in Prussia in 1838, and emigrated with his parents to America in 1846 ; they located in the town of Ixonia. Jefferson Co., Wis., which washis home till 23 years of age. He enlisted in August, 1861, at Oconomowoc, in the 28th W. V. I., and was assigned at Milwaukee to Co. B, 26lili W. V. I., with which he served ia the Army of Virginia and Tennessee till the battle of Burnt Hickory, Ga., May 25, 1863; he came home in August, 1863, from Nashville, Tenn., on a furlough, and was transferred to the hospital at Milwaukee, where he was discharged in July,. 1865, returning to his farm in Jefferson County in 1866 ; in the spring of 1869, he removed to Milwaukee, and in December following came to Ooonomowoc ; he engaged in the commission business for two years, and in 1871 he began teaming and sprinkling the streets, which he has since followed ; he began the foundry and machine shop in 1879, under the firm of Hartmann, Hubner & Co. ; he was elected Street Commissioner in 1873, re-elected in 1874 and 1880. He was married in November, 1865, to Miss Lesetta, daughter of P. and Dorothea (Raash) Hartmann, a native of Jefferson Co., Wis., born in the town of Ixonia in 1845 ; their children are Otto, Amanda, Eddie, Ernst, Minnie, John. They are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

EDWIW HURLBUT, journalist and attorney; was born at Newtown, Conn., Oct. 10, 1817, at the age of 7, he moved with his parents to Bradford Co., Penn., from where, after attending school about seven years, he struck out for himself, going on f jot to Newark, N. J. ; after residing there one year, he emigrated to Michigan, but soon after returned East and began the study of law ; at the age of 24 he had saved $1,400 and paid $1,200 for a home, and the balance for books, only to be bitterly disappointed by finding a mortgage on the house. He was now living at Lodi, N. Y., having married Catherine Chandler on Oct. 10, 1840 - his 23d birthday. After losing his home by the unknown mortgage, Mr. H. moved to Towanda, Penn., and commenced the study and practice of law, and after finishing his sixth year, in 1847, he was admitted to the bar; in the same year he returned to Michigan, was admitted to practice at the bar, and received the appointment of Postmaster ; was also appointed District Attorney ; also received from Gov. Ransom the appointment of Judge Advocate in the State militia, with the rank of Colonel; in 1850, he came to Wisconsin and settled in Oconomowoo, where he has since resided, and was admitted in the Circuit Court, also in the Supreme Court and United States Court. In the first year of his residence in this State, he was appointed the attorney of the Milwaukee, Waterloo & Madison Plank Road; and, at another time. Chairman of the Democratic County Committee; in 1854, he was Chairman of the Senatorial and Assembly Committee, from which time he has figured conspicuously in the political affairs of the State. In Madison, at the People's Convention, where the Republican party of this State, was organized, he opposed the further extension of slavery ; in 1856 he was elected District Attorney. and in 1858, he was appointed attorney for the M., B. D. & B. R. R., now C, M. & St. P. R., R., holding the position several years ; in 1860 and 1864, he supported Lincoln for the Presidency ; in 1861, he was appointed Colonel on Gov. Randall's staff; took an active part in getting recruits for the army, contributing largely in bounties to the families of those who enlisted and pledged his services gratuitously for procuring their pensions and bounties - a pledge which he has faithfully kept. He was sent to Washington with the 4th Wisconsin Regiment, receiving an appointment in the State Commissary Department ; was appointed to the duty of inspecting troops and study ing the qualifications of officers for promotion ; in the same year, he was appointed aide to the Commander-in-Chief, with the rank of Colonel, by Gov. Randall ; in 1862, he was appointed Deputy United States Marshal, with Provost-Marshal power, to issue passes and superintend military affairs in his district ; was also tendered a position, by the Governor, of Colonel of one of the regiments, but declined, because the army was being officered by politicians, rather than soldiers ; in 1868, he gained an election to the Legislature by the Republicans ; while there he introduced a bill for the repeal of the law which deprived deserters of the right of franchise; in 1869, was appointed one of the managers of the State Industrial School at Waukesha ; in 1870, was appointed by Gov. Fairchild, to represent him at the International Congress, on penitentiary and reformatory discipline; was elected one of the Vice Presidents ; in 1872, was appointed a delegate to the International Penitentiary Congress in London, England ; in the same year, he indorsed the nomination of Horace Gre'eley for the Presidency, and has been identified with the reform movement since then; in 1873, was elected District Attorney for Waukesha Co., on the Reform ticket. In May, 1874, he was a member of the National Prison Congress, held at St. Louis, and elected one of its Trustees, and appointed on the Committee on Criminal Law Reform ; in 1875, was appointed a member of the Board of Managers of the State Industrial School for three years; the same year, he was elected a Trustee of the National Prison Association at New York, and also one of the Committee on Discharged Convicts ; he has held the positions of Trustee and President of the village of Oconomowoc, and has zealously devoted himself to its prosperity. In religious belief he is a Baptist ; is strictly temperate in his habits; is a member of Waukesha Chapter No. 37, A., F. & A. M. He has children - daughters now living. The death of his first wife occurred April 6, 1864 ; was married.

December following, to Mrs. M. H. Farner, of Waukesha, Wis. - Mr. Hurlbut is a man of positive character ; is a self-made man ; has worked his own way through life ; is self-reliant ; as a lawyer, ranks among the best talent in the State ; has an extensive practice in the several courts of this State, and in the United States Courts ; he has attended every session of the Circuit Court for Waukesha Co. for the past twentyfive years. Mr. H. is owner and publisher of the Wisconsin Free Press.

(^IliBBEjIV JEl^SElV, grain dealer; was born in Norway January 11, 1823, and emigrated to America in 1853 ; arriving in Oconomowoc August 14 of that year, he was employed on the railroad then being built through here, and on April 18, 1854, he was employed as miller in the Oconomowoc flouring-mill by Lieck & Rockwell, which position he held till September 8, 1862 ; he then rented the flouring-mill at Stone Bank, of which he was proprietor for nearly two years ; returning then to Oconomowoc, he purchased the warehouse of C. M. Birdoe, and has since been dealing in grain. He was married in Norway in January, 1849, to Maria H, Kuudstatter, who died in August, 1861 (the first burial in the new cemetery) ; she left one daughter, Maria, now the wife of William Henning and lives in this city. His second marriage was January 21, 1862, to Martha M. Nilsdatter, a native of Norway, and came to Oconomowoc in 1856 ; they have two daughters, Margaretta and Nellie M. Mr. Jensen's family are connected with the Lutheran Church.

H. G. JOIVES, tailor ; was born in EUifordshire, England, in 1819, but came to America when quite young; he began the tailor's trade in Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1833, and three years later (fall of 1837) he came to Wisconsin, and spent the winter in Brownstown, Jackson Co., and in the spring of 1838 he went to West Virginia, and located in Wheeling for a short time. He then visited Lexington, Ky., and many other places in 1844; he settled again in Wheeling, and made that his home till 3 850, when he came to Oconomowoc ; locating on a farm, he devoted his attention to agriculture for one and a half years ; then removed to the village, and resumed his trade, which he has since continued. Mr. Jones has been City Treasurer for nine years. He was married in 1844, to Miss E. S. Acton - a native of Virginia; her grandfather, Acton, was a soldier in the. Revolutionary War;' their children are Hannah, now the wife of H. Erredge, of this city ; William E., who was killed at Memphis in 1864 ; James P., at home ; Lizzie H. ; Edith, now the wife of Frank Densmore, and lives at Granville, Mich. ; Melvin A. ; Mrs. Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

WIIiL/lAM M. JONES, proprietor of the Jones House ; was born in Monmouthshire, England, in 1849 ; his father, Thomas Jones, was a native of Monmouthshire ; his mether, Esther Morgan, was born in Devonshire. In 1854, they emigrated to America, and located at Skaneateles, Onondaga Co., N. Y., whence, a year later, they came to Waukesha, Wis. ; living in the city of Waukesha three years, they then removed to Genesee, where his father died about 1859 or 1860; in September, 1861, he with his mother, came to Oconomowoc, where he soon became employed by Mr. G. W. Fay, then proprietor of the La Belle House, and remained with him in that till it burned, then spent some time with him in a hotel at Sarnia, Canada West ; spending five years with Mr. Fay, he next was employed by Mr. Bruce, in the La Belle House, after it was rebuilt, and in 1870 he was employed to work on the Townsend House in its building and after its completion ; remained with the house for eight seasons, spending three winters during that time as conductor on the North Chicago City Railway Company. He spent the winter, of 1872 at Riverside, 111., in charge of W. T. Allen's summer residence, and during the autumns of 1876, '77 and '78, he had charge of the " Caw-caw shooting club," at Marquette, Green Lake Co., Wis. In 1872, he built the Jones house, for a private residence, which was afterwards opened for a hotel, as given in the history of the house. He was married Nov. 13, 1872, to Miss Katie, daughter of Ralph Habernicht, a native of Washington Co., Wis. ; they have one daughter, Edna M. Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

EYJUAN KELJLOGtr, son of Horace and Almira (Smith) Kellogg, of the old Puritan New England stock ; was born in the town of Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass., Dec. 1, 1814; he came to Wisconsin in 1845, and located on a farm two and a half miles from the village of Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., where he built his pioneer shanty, and made his home till 1854. He next began dealing in grain ; at this place followed that line of business for twelve years, when, in 1866, he began dealing in dry goods, and fpllowed merchandising till 1879. At the completion of the C, M. & St. P. R. R., he was appointed express agent at Oconomowoc, and held that position till 1879, when he resigned. Mr. Kellogg was President of the Village Board two terms, and has been a member of the City Council for a number of terms. He was married in 1847 to Miss Emaline, daughter of Seth Leonard, a native of Mass., but came to the town of Ashippun, Dodge Co., Wis., about 1846 ; it, being one of the first mar- riages here, was quite an interesting event; a " democrat horse and buggy" was procured, the beat in the village, by the groom, which was to convey him to the home of the bride, and the two to their new home, but, after the ceremony, it was concluded to leave Mrs. Kellogg with her parents till the log house was completed ; a few days more prepared the rustic cottage for its mistress, and the happy husband returned, not in the " democrat wagon," but with the ox cart for his bride ; loading up with crockery, chickens, cats, etc., they wended their way to their new home ; their children are Harriet, now the wife of N. H. Humiston of this city ; Sarah ; Charles, now married, business in this city ; Frank, now in Plymouth Co., Iowa; Emma. Mrs.. Kellogg died in Feb. 1865. His second marriage was in August 1871, to Mrs. Maria Wright, of Oconomowoc. Mr. Kellogg and his family are members of the Congregational Church. Mrs. Kellogg is a member of St. Jerome's Church.

CirEORtirE It. KERN, grocer ; was born in Madison Co. N. Y., in 1831, and came to Wisconsin in 1844 and located on a farm in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson Co., which was his home till 1853 or '54, when he removed to the town of Ashippun, Dodge Co., and engaged in farming there till 1874, when he came to Oconomowoc, and in the fall of 1878 began the grocery trade, and January, 1879, put in a stock of drugs, and took Mr. Young in as a partner. Mr. Kern enlisted in Co. I, 48th W. V. I., in March, 1865, and served till 1866. He was married in 1867 to Miss Phebe A., daughter of Edward Groodell, of thetowri of Lebanon, Dodge Co., but a native of Fulton, Oswego Co. N. Y., and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1845. Mr. Kern was Assessor of Ashippun three years ; also Assessor of this city for three years; he has also been a member of the City Council. He has bsen a member of the Masonic fraternity for twenty years.

REV. FRANK F. KLEUISiKE, Pastor of the German Methodist Episcopal Church ; was born in Prussia in 1844, and, in the spring of 1852, his parents emigrated with him to America, and located in Milwaukee, where his mother died in June following ; removing, in 1856, to Ahnapee, Kewaunee Co., Wis., where hefollowed farming till 1867, when he spent a year at the ship carpenter's trade at Sturgeon Bay ; in 1868, he entered Wallace College, of Berea, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1872, after which he spent another year at the ship carpenter's trade at Cleveland; returning to Wisconsin in 1873, he entered the work of the ministry at Forest, Fond du Lac Co., under the Presiding Elder of the Fond du Lac District; he joined the Conference at Chicago, in 1873, and Sept. 27, 1874, was ordained Deacon at that city by Bishop Simpson, and assigned to the charge at Clayton, Winnebago Co., Wis., where he remained three years ; at the Conference of La Porte, Ind.,Sept. 23, 1876, he was ordained Elder by Bishop Merrill, and sent to the church at Brillion, Calumet Co., whence, after a two years' pastorate, he came to Oconomowoc, where he has since been in charge of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married Aug. 4, 1871, to Mrs. Amanda, widow of William Schmidt, and daughter of Charles and Mary A. Wuestenburg, a native of Pittsburgh, Penn. Mrs. Kleuske has two daughters, Mary A. and Ida P. Schmidt.

GEORGE KINNE was born Aug. 1, 1824, Vienna, Oneida Co., N. Y.; at the age of 14 years, he began the boot and shoe maker's trade in his native place, which he followed there two and a half years ; then clerked in a grocery store at Fish Creek Landing for five years; resuming his trade in 1847, at Vienna, he followed it there for six years. He was married at Vienna, August 3, 1848, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Orra and Delaney (Bendy) Wetherbee, a native of Glens Falls, Warren Co., N. Y. In August, 1853, they started for Wisconsin, and arrived at Oconomowoc in September following. Here he continued his trade till October, 1861, when he formed a copartnership with John Metcalf, and dealt in boots and shoes till 1863, when he sold out to Mr. Jletcalf. and in 1866 began the business of a dealer again with Mr. Wetherbee, and continued the business till 1870 ; since which time he has been engaged in various kinds of business. Mrs. Kinne brought the first dress model to Oconomowoc, and was the only dressmaker here for three years ; she has devoted much of her time to that business since. Their children are as follows: Cleera A., born Aug. 2, 1849, at Vienna, N. Y., died Aug. 11, 1850 ; Cynthia M., born Aug. 4, 1851, died there June 3, 1853 ; Frank W., born Jan. 25, 1855, now lives at LaCrosse, Wis.; George H., born June 2(1, 1858, died June 21, 1858 ; Charles, born June 28, 1864, now at home. Mr. and Mrs. Kince are members of the M. E. Church.

JOHN KIJIBAIilj, dealer in flour and feed ; was born in Orange Co., Vt., in 1813, and when 12 years old removed with his parents, Caleb and Betsey Kimball, to Franklin Co., Vt., and lived there on a farm till 1852 ; he went thence to Worcester, Mass., where he worked in a chair factory and at gardening for three years ; emigrating to Wisconsin in 1855, he located on a farm in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co., and followed farming and carpentering there till 1870, when he removed to Oconomowoc, and became employed as a traveling salesman for a New York glove and mitten house, in whose interest he traveled for five years ; he next traveled fijur years for a glove and mitten house at Hartford,

Wis., and one year for a Beloit house ; Jan. 12, 1880, he became interested in the flour and feed trade with Mr. R. C. Coryl. He was married at Dover, N. H., Nov. 16, 1834, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Betsey Dore, a native of Straiford Co,, N. H., born Feb. 11, 1812 ; their children were; Chase B., who enlisted at Ripon in Co. P. First W. V. C, in 1862, and was with his regiment in most of its principal movements till taken sick at Iron Mountain, Mo., and died there in the hospital in 1863; Charles W., who enlisted in Co. C 28th W. V. I., in 1863, and was with his regiment till they reached Mobile, where he was discharged on account of his disability for service ; he how lives in Washington Co., Wis. ; Jennette, now the wife of Henry Hildreth, and lives in the town of Summit ; Marchia S., now the wife of Marion Heron, and lives at Longmont, Col ; Chauncy C, who enlisted in Co. F 1st W. V. C, at Ripon in 1862, and died at' Helena with typhoid fever in 1863. Mrs. Kimball died at her home in Summit, March 16, 1862. His second marriage was Oct. 13, 1863, to Miss Mary A. daughter of Levi and Betsey Caryl, a native of Bennington Co., Vt., born July 31, 1824, and moved when young to Watertown, N. Y., and to Jefferson Co., Wis., when 18 years old. They are members of the M. E. Church.

THOUIIAIjD KIEB, tinner ; was born in Norway, in 1833; he began his trade when 13 years old, and, after working at it six years, he then spent three years trave ling through Denmark, Ger- 'many and other parts of Europe, after which he returned to Norway and carried on the tinner's trade four or five years; he came to America in 1866, locating in Milwaukee, Wis. ; he continued his trade there for two years, and in 1868 he came to Ooonomowoc, where he has since followed the same vocation. He was married in 1870, to Miss C. Gerhardene Christianson, a native of Norway; their children are Mary, deceased ; Martin, Annie, Gerhard. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

NEIiS Li A-ftSON, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Mapleton ; is a native of Norway, where he was born in 1825, and spent his time with his father at farming till 1849 ; he then emigrated to America and stopped a short time at Palmyra, Wis.; then came to the town of Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., where he bought 40 acres of timber land on Sec. 1 ; he improved gradually «b his limited means would allow, and afterward bought 20 acres more joining it ; he built his house in 1858, and kept bachelor'? hall till 1859, when he was married to Miss Ellen M, Anderson, a native of Norway, born in December, 1835, and came to Wisconsin in 1858; iheir children are Lewis A., Edward, deceased, Charles M., Adolph S., Christian, Anton G., Edward, Emma K., N. Matilda. Mr. Larson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

CHRISTIAIV lilNGER, dentist; was born in the Rhine Province, in 1838, and in 1844, came with his parents to Milwaukee, Wis. ; his father being sickly and poor, the support of the family depended upon the children, which required all their efforts. When 16 or 17 years old, he began working and studying in the office of Dr. Jennings, a dentist of Milwaukee, and continued with him for three winters, working at farming during summers ; he next worked at the carpenter and joiner's' trade for a short time, then was engaged in the mercantile trade for some time. November 5, 1871, he was married at Fussville Waukesha Co., to Miss Eva Michaels, a native of Washington Co., Wis., born Sept. 9, 1847. They removed to Jefferson, Jefferson Co., Wis.; engaged in farming for a year, then settled in the village of Jefferson, and kept a confectionery store for about a year, after which he traveled for a year or two, selling medicines ; he then resumed the study of dentistry with Dr. Townsend, at Jefferson, and remained with him two and a half years, then pursued his studies and practice with Dr. Crandall, at Port Atkinson, for six months ; returning then to Jefferson, he disposed of his effects and came to Oconomowoc, where he has since practiced his profession since Aug., 1870. Their children are as follows - George, born Sept. 19, 1863, died Sept. 19, 1863; George, Jr., born Nov. 18, 1864, died Feb. 20, 1870 ; Mathias, born Nov. 8, 1867, died March 13, 1870; Lizzie, born Oct. 9, 1869; Joseph, born Nov. 10, 1871 ; Henry, born Oct. 20, 1873 ; Anna C, born Feb. 5, 1875, died March 5, 1878 ; Christiana G., born June 13, 1876, died Sept. 3, 1877 ; Michael J., born Aug. 22, 1878, died Sept. 8, 1878; Maggie M., born Feb. 1, 1880. Members of the Catholic Church.

HlKirO IjORLEBER<jr, hardware merchant and dealer in agricultural implements ; was born in Halverstadt, Prussia, in 1848, and' in 1851 his mother, Louisa Lorleberg, emigra;ted with him to America, and located in the town of Pewaukee, his father having come in 1850 ; they removed to Waukesha not long after their location in Pewaukee, where his father died in 1852 ; his mother afterward married Mr. Mauver, and now lives in this city (Oconomowoc) ; Mr. Lorleberg began the tinner's trade at Waukesha in 1862, and after working at it two years he enlisted in 1864 in Co. B, 39th W. Y. I. ; was sent with his regiment to Memphis, Tenn, where they were on picket duty most of the time for six months ; was mustered out at jMilwaukee in the autumn of 1864 ; returning then to his home, he spent six months on the farm, after which he worked at his trade in Milwaukee for two years ; he then returned to Waukesha for two years ; forming a copartnership with John Hartwell, of Waukesha, they began the hardware business at Mukwonago, and a year later he paid his partner $800 for the SlOO interest when first invested ; he continued the business alone there till the fall of 1870, when he removed his business to Oconomowoc, and began in a small one-story building which he afterwards enlarged and used till April, 1879, when it burned ; he built, in the spring of 1880, a large two-story brick, which he now occupies and carries on an extensive trade. Mr. L. is a member of the I. 0. 0. F.

JOHN riORE]V35, carpenter and joiner was born in the city of Bostock, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, in 1829; he began the cabinet maker's trade when 15 years old, and followed it iu his native city until 1854, when he came to America and located at Oconomowoc, Wis., in December of that year, after spending six weeks in Milwaukee ; he continued the cabinet-maker's trade here for about ten years, then took up the carpenter's and joiner's trade, which he has followed since. He was married, iu 1856, to Miss Sophia Grazer, a native of Hovensal, Prussia, and came to America in 1855 their ; children are Louisa, Emma, Bertha, Anna, John, Sophia, Rosa. Mrs. L. is a member of the Catholic Church.

JAMES LUCK, retired, was born in the County of Suffolk, England, in 1818. At the age of 14 years he was apprenticed to the miller's trade in England, and served an apprenticeship of seven years. He came to America in 1839, and located in the town of Constableville, Lewis Co., N. Y., where he engaged at milling till 1842 ; going thence to Oneida Co. ho worked at his trade in the towns of Lee and Taberg till 1847. Coming then to Oconomowoc, he engaged in farming a year ; in 1855, he, in company with others, began the flouring mill now in this city, and, completing it in 1857, began operations, and he was connected with its management till 1879, when they disposed of it. Mr. Luck was married in 1844 to Miss Mary C, a daughter of Abram W. and Abigail Nye, a native of the town of Sandwich, Barnstable Co. Mass., and removed to the town of Lee, Oneida Co. N. Y., a few years before their marriage; they have had two daughters - Elizabeth A., deceased; Ellen M. Mr. Luck and family are members of the Episcopal Church.

A. liUDJBTCirTOX, proprietor of carriage and wagon shop ; was born in Broome Co., N. Y., in 1834, and came with his parents, Henry and Mary Ludington, to St. Joseph Co., Mich., when 2 or 3 years old, and thence, in 1848, with them to Racine Co., Wis. Locating at Waterford, he soon entered upon his apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade with his father; he removed to Racine in 1857, and continued his trade there till 1860, when he came to Oconomowoc, and has since carried on the business of a blacksmith, and carriage and wagon manufacturer. Mr. Ludington was appointed under- Sheriff of Waukesha Co., by C. M. Hartwell, during his term of office ; he was elected member of the City Council in 1877. He was married in 1855 to Miss Wealthy, daughter of James Berry, of Racine, Wis. Though a native of Michigan, his parents were of England. Their children are Edgar, Elmer and Ellsworth (twins), Franklin, William, Gertrude and Charles. Mr. L. has been a membsr of the Masonic fraternity for twenty-two years.

HEIVRY I.UDINGTOIV, son of James Ludington, was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1809, and began the blacksmith trade in his native county in 1828, which he afterward followed there, and at Troy, N. Y., till 1834; he then removed to London, Upper Canada, where he continued his trade till 18o8 ; removing thence to St. Joseph Co., Mich., he there worked at his trade till 1846, when he came to Racine Co., Wis. ; locating at Waterford, he carried on the carriage and wagon manufacture and blacksmithing till 1855, and then removed to Racine, where he continued till 1858; coming then to Oconomowoc, he opened a shop here, and carried on the business for three years ; then sold out to his son, who now carries on the business. He enlisted in the fall of 1868, in Co. A, 42d W. V. I., under Col. Sprague ; was on detached service at Cairo, 111., most of the time ; ivas mustered out in 1865, and returned to Waupaca Co., whither he had moved a short time before enlisting. He came again to Oconomowoc in the autumn of 1867, and in the spring of 1869 was elected City Marsha!, and was re-elected each year till 1877, since which time he has been running an express wagon. He was married in Broome Co., N. Y., in 1831, to Mary A., daughter of David Dresser, a native of Vermont; their children are George A., now in this city ; Esther, now the wife of Sherman E. ; Anthony, who lives at Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y. ; Charlotte, now the wife of J. G. Beamus, who lives in Waupaca Co., Wis. ; P. D. and Helen are at home. Mr. L. is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

HI111A9E E. liYKE, dealer in furniture and undertaker ; is a son of David and Elizabeth Lyke, nee Snyder, natives of Columbia Co., N. Y. Mr. Lyke was born in Columbia Co., N. Y. in 1831, and came with his parents to Waukesha Co. Wis. in 1845. They located in the town of Vernon, where his father followed the carpenter trade for a few years ; then removed his family, to the town of Mukwonago, where Hiram F. spent most of his tians on the farm till 1832. Going in the spring of that year to California, he engaged in mining for eight years, and in the winter of 1859 and '60, returned via the Isthmus and Mexico, to his home in Mukwonago. In the following spring, he went to Texas and spent the summer traveling through Kansas and the Southwest, and returned in the winter of 1861-62. He enlisted as a private in 1862 in Co. F. 28th W. V. I. and was promoted to the position of 1st Lieutenant, and a portion of the time filled the oflBce of Captain ; he served with his regiment in all its principal movements till June, 1865, when, on account of ill health, he resigned at Little Rock, Ark. After an illness of six weeks there, he returned to his home. He spent the winter of 1865 and '66 at Detroit and in New York. He was mirried- December, 25 1866, to the daughter of John 0. Leroy, of the town of Brookfield, Waukesha Co. Wis., and immediately located at Ooonomowoc, where, in the fall of 1867, he began dealing in furuiture ; his wife died July 11, 1870, leaving one son. Prank L. His second marriage was April 8, 1871. to Miss Lottie, daughter of Moses Mead, a native of Putnam Co., N. Y., but an emigrant to Oconomowoc, Wis., in 1869; their children are Arthur D., John D., and Alice M. Mr. L. was a member of the City Council for two years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

REV. FATHER HUGH McMAHOlV, Priest of St. Jerome's Catholic Church; was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Nov. 2, 1824 ; his pareuts, Hugh and Bridget (Connelley) McMahon, were both natives of that county, and died there when he was 17 years of age ; he began the study of Latin and Greek in 1836, in the school of his native parish, and in 1839 he entered St. Patrick's College, Armagh, where he pursued his studies till the vacation of 1842, and in September of that year he entered AH Hallows, Dublin, and continued there till the spring of 1844; coming then to America, he entered St. Charles Borromeo's Theological Seminary of Philadelphia, where he completed his studies and was ordained priest in 1848 ; his first mission was that of Christ's Church, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn. ; his second was St. Mary's, Beaver Meadows, Coburn Co., Penn, for two years ; in 1851, he went to Philadelphia, built St. Bridget's, Philadelphia, and was its Pastor till July, 1855 ; he then came to Milwaukee ; and in September following was appointed to build St. Mary's, Fitchburg, Dane Co., Wis., of which he was afterward Pastor for two years; in 1857, he went to Chilton, Calumet Co., built St. Augustine's and was built Pastor there till 1865, when he went as priest to St. Mary's, Cascade, where he remained till 1868, then St. Francis Borgia's, Cedarburg, and from there in September, 1876, he came to St. Jerome's, Oconomowoc.

GCSTAV IIACHUS, of the firm of Hartmann, Hubner & Co., proprietors of foundry and machine shop ; was born in Prussia in 1852, and came to America, with his parents, in 1866, and located on a farm at Oconomowoc for one year, then removed to Horieon, Dodge Co., where he followed farming one year; returning then to Oconomowoc, he began work in the machine shop, for J. Rowell & Sons, and has continued the machinist trade, here and at various other places, since that time. He became a member of the present firm at the establishment of the shops and foundry in May, 1879. He was married Nov. 26, 1879, to Miss Mary Bartels, of the town of Ixonia, Dodge Co., Wis. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

AliEXANDER MADOLE, farmer. Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Ooonomowoc; is a native of Down County, Ireland, born Aug. 16, 1826, and emigrated to America in the fall of 1840 ; he came as far west at that time as Richland Co., Ohio, where he was employed by a Mr. I. Clark ; traveled with Mr. Clark as a rider of race-horses, and in that business traveled with Mr. Clark over many of the States. In February, 1844, he landed in the town of Summit, Waukesha Co., Wis., and in May following, began work for Mr. George Ferry in the town of Oconomowoc at $8 per month. He soon after made a claim to forty acres of canal land on Sec. 17, town of Oconomowoc, which he partially improved, built a log house thereon, and, with a Mr. Whitney, made that his home for nearly a year ; he was employed as miller for Cotton & Rockwell, from the fall of 1844, till the autumn of 1847, and during a part of 1848-49, he was employed by them to haul flour from Oconomowoc to Milwaukee, after which he was in the employ of Mr. Rockwell only, till 1850, and then worked during the summer in a brickyard, at the village; he crossed the Plains in 1852 to California, and there engaged in mining till 1858, whence he returned to Oconomowoc, and bought eighty acres on Sec. 14, where he has since lived and followed farming ; henow owns 100 acres on that section. He was married in March, 1868, to Mrs. Catherine, widow of Samuel Walker, who was a soldier in the 6th Ohio, and was killed at Nashville, Tenn., in 1865, leaving her with one daughter, Hattie, born July 4,1861. Mr. and Mrs. Madole have five children - Susan, born March 16,1869; Hesther, born Dec. 9, 1871 ; Alexander, born Jan. 2, 1873 ; William, born April 11, 1875 ; Nellie, born Sept. 15, 1879. Mrs. M. is a member of St. Catharine's Catholic Church.

D. McL. MILLER, M. J>., physician and surgeon; was born in New York City in 1836' His earlier and literary education was in the public schools of his native city ; he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1852, and graduated from that institutioin 1856. Removing to Wisconsin in

1858, he located at Oeonomowoc, where he practiced his profession till 1862. He then joined the 28th W. V. I., as Assistant Surgeon, but was soon put on detached services and placed in charge of the hospital at Little Rock, Helena, where he remained most of the time during his term of service ; Rejoining his regiment soon after the surrender of Gen. Lee, he was mustered out of service at Madison, Wis., in October 1865, when he returned to Oeonomowoc, resumed and has since successfully practiced his profession He was married in April 1859 to Mary G., daughter of the Rev. Dr. Remington, D. D., a Baptist minister of New York City. Their children are, Nathaniel W., Jennie born October 1861, now the wife of Fred Parsons of this city; Charles born Jan. 1^ 1868 ; Thomas born Nov. 26, 1870. The doctor and family attend the Episcopal Church.

REV. FATHER MICHAEL MOIVACJHAIV, Pastor of St. Catharine's Catholic Church, Mapleton; was born in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1810; is the son of Henry and Ann Quinn Monaghan ; his father died when he was about 7 years old ; was then taken to live with his grandfather. At the age of 15 years, he began teaching English and arithmetic in the Chapel of Dunnamore, and took up the study of Latin during that time, unknown to his relatives ; when the knowledge of these facts reached them, strong objections were at once raised to his studying for the ministry ; but after much parleying an uncle gave him four lambs, which would aid him in his desired project ; he next attended a private school, and in 1819 entered the Seminary of Bodony, under the Very Rev. Francis McHugh ; here he studied the classics, and with three others passed his examination for Maynooth College, before the Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, then Primate of all Ireland. Returning home for want of means to continiie his studies, he sailed, in 1835, for America, and was sent by the V^ry Rev. John Powers, of New York, to Chambly, Lower Canada, where he pursued the study of theology till 1837. At the breaking out of the rebellion in Canada, he changed to St. Mary's, Baltimore, Md., and there continued his studies nearly a year. He returned to his uncle's in Ireland in 1838, and was ordained at Drogheda by Primate Crolly, then Primate of all Ireland, and in a fortnight after was sent as Assistant Priest to his native parish. At the Easter Conference of 1839, he was assigned to Moy, County Tyrone, for six months, and in November following was sent as regular curate to Porta Down, where he remained till 1843, wlien he came again to America. He was assigned, by Archbishop Henni, of Milwaukee, to the Archbishop of New York, having studied for that bishopric. He was then sent to the Canada missions, where he continued his work till 1852, when he returned to New York, and was Pastor at Verplanoks, CoUoback and Peekskill. In 1864, he returned to Europe on a visit; in January, 1865, he came again to Wisconsin, and was then sent by Bishop Henni to Montello, where he was given charge of the missions of the State, especially of Marquette, Adams, Green Lake and part of Columbia and Waushara Counties, holding that position till 1871. He was assigned to the parish at Mazomanie, and remained there till 1874, when he came as Pastor of St. Catharine's, of Mapleton.

CYRENCS MORRISON, farmer. Sec. 8; P. 0. Monterey ; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., in 1822, and is son of James and Minerva Morrison; at the age of 21 years, he began the cooper's trade, which he followed at Oswego, Oswego Co., N. Y., till 1853; he then emigrated to Waukesha Co., Wis., and located on his present farm, 40 acres on Sec. 8, town of Ooonomowoo, where hs followed the cooper's trade for two years, and since followed farming. He was married in 1844, to Eva, daughter of Thomas and Laney Fulmer, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., born in 1823, and died at her home in the town of Oeonomowoc in January, 1878, leaving five children - Nancy A. ; William H., now in Iowa ; Sarah A., now the wife of R. S. Owen and lives in Adair Co., Iowa; George W., in Adair Co , Iowa; Benjamin D., in Michigan. Mr. Morrison and family are connected with the M. E. Church.

RICHARD IVASH, of the firm of Nash & Coyle, manufacturers and dealers in boots and shoes was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1844. He came to Saratoga, N. Y., when 2 years old; into Waukesha County, Wis., in 1857, and located at Pewaukee. Two years later, he became apprenticed to the shoemaker's trade, at Hartland, whore and at othen places he continued his trade till 1867 ; coming then to Oeonomowoc, he worked six years for Small & McKee ; then in 1873, with Mr. Bender, formed a firm under the name of Bender & Nash, which existed till 1878, when Mr. Bender sold out to A. Ostrich, who, after three months, sold to H. N. Humiston, in July 1879; Mr. Nash and Mr Humiston divided their stock, and in August following Mr. Coyle became a partner with Mr. Nash, as the firm of Nash & Coyle; they now carry out the business. Mr. Nash was mirried, in 1878, to Miss Phebe Lain, of Pewaukee ; their children are Arthur R. ; Carrie, deceased ; Francis R., Cora Belle. They are membersof St. Jerome's Catholic Church.

(SEORGE W. OIjSOIV, of the firm of Olson & Simons, house and sign painters; was born at Oeonomowoc, Wis., in 1850 ; his parents, Nels and Mary 0 son, emigrated from Norway to Wisconsin, and located at this place in 1848. His father followed the shoemaker's trade here till 1861, when he enlisted in Co. C, 15th W. V. I., and was with his regiment till it reached Louisville, Ky., where he died in the hospiul in 1862. George W. began the painter's trade with Barry & Nelly, at this place, in 1862, and continued work here as a journeyman till 1873, when he went to Milwaukee, and clerked a year for H. Bosworth & Sons ; in 1874, he returned to Oconomowoc, and formed a copartnership with J. L. Hastings, at the painter's trade, and continued with him till 1877, when Mr. A. Simons became a member of the firm instead of Mr. Hastings. He was married Nov. 17, 1875, to Miss Ida Forbes, a native of Canada, and an adopted daughter of Pearson Gibson, of Pine Lake, Wis.; they have one son, Albert N. Mrs. Olson is a member of the Episcopal Church.

OLfi OliSO^if, farmer, Sec. 14; P. 0. Oconomowoc; was born in Norway in 1821, and began the tailor's trade in bis native country, at the age of 16 years. He served a three years' apprenticeship, after which he continued the trade there as a journeyman for two years. He cams to Wisconsin in 1843, and located in the town of Merton, Waukesha Co., where he followed farm laboring for two years; in 1848, he entered a farm of sixty acres, on Sec. 14, town of Oconomowoc, and has since made it his home and now owns 150 acres on the same section. He was married Aug. 27, 1848, to Miss Ingeberg Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1844 ; their children are Ole, now at home ; Carrie, in Colorado ; Cornelia, in Chicago, and Lizzie, at home. Mr. Olson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

OliE OIjSOIV, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Mapleton ; is a native of Norway, born in 1826 ; his father dying when he was 5 and his mother when he was 6 years old. The homestead was then leased to, parties who were to care for him and an older sister till they reached theirl5th year. At the age of 13, he began as a herder-boy, and followed that for four years, after which he worked at farm labor till 1845, when he went to live with a priest for eighteen months, and where he found employ in the city till May 1, 1847. He then sailed for America, and landed in Boston in June ; August following, he reached Oconomowoc, Wis. He found a week's work at haying in the town of Ashippun, Dodge Co. ; then went to the town of Merton, Waukesha Co. where he worked for Mr. Finch and various others till 1852 ; he then settled in the town of Aaron, Washington Co., and made that his home for five years, after which he bought his presentfarm of eighty acres on Sec. 1, town of Oconomowoc. He was married June 12, 1852 to Ingebor Nelson, a native of Norway, born 1817 and came to Wisconsin in 1851 ; she died April, 1857, leaving three children ; Annie K., who died in June, 1857 ; Ole, now at Fargo, Minn. ; Nellie L., now the wife of David Davidson, of Milwaukee. His second marriage was in 1859, to Sarah A. Halverson, a native of Norway, and came to Wisconsin in 1849; their children are Isabella A., now in Evanston, 111. Nicholas H. ; Paulina F. ; Nelson I. and Betsey A. Two of his sons are members of the Lutheran Church, the rest attend the Methodist.

E. 1>. PARSONS, dry goods merchant was born at Bangor, Me., in 1826 ; his father, Budd Parsons, was born at Belchertown Mass., in 1784 ; he was a sailor, and followed the seas for twenty-five or twenty-six years and afterward settled at Bangor ; they started from Bangor in the fall of 1840, in a sail vessel, via^the Hudson River, Buffalo and Lakes, to Chicago, where they took teams for Galena, 111., and reached their destination in six weeks after their departure from Maine; they engaged in farming there till 1847, when they came to Oconomowoc, and engaged in merchandising, which he has since followed ; his mother (Mary Hinkley) died here in 1852; his father in 1862. Mr. Parsons is a member of the City Council. He was married Deo. 25, 1856, to Miss. Julia A., daughter of Harvey Bond, of Milwaukee, though a native of the State of New York; their children are Fred, now a clothing merchant of this city ; Edgar William H. Mrs. Parsons is a member of the Episcopal Church, Mr. Parsons of the I. 0. 0. F.

HALVER PETERSON, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Monterey ; was born in Norway 1825. When about 15 years old, he began as a sailor, and continued on the Baltic Sea and Atlantic until 1854, immigrating at that time to America; he located on a farm, in the town of Ashippun, in Dodge Co., Wis., where he followed farming until 1866 ; selling his farm at that time, he crossed the road and settled on Sec. 6, town of Oconomowoc, where he now owns 133 acres. He was married in Norway, in 1850, to Anna Larson ; their children are Maria, now Mrs. Olian Hansen, of the city of Oconomowoc ; Peter, John, \ndrew and Christian. All live at home and are members of the Lutheran Church.