Oak Grove Town (part 2 of 2)

EDtrAR M. BEACH; born Aug. 3, 1839, in Medina Co., Ohio ; parents of the old Puritan stock from New England ; at the age of 5 years, lost his father, who was instantly killed by the fall of a tree; in 1854, came to Wisconsin ; attended school at Lawrence University at the city of Appleton four years, when, his health almost entirely giving away, he spent several years traveling in most of the Western and some of the Southern States-; in the ftiil of 1860, cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. The war of the rebellion found him teaching in Missouri in a district composed entirely of slaveholders ; making his way North, he enlisted in the Federal army, but on account of ill health was rejected ; still desiring to take some part in the national struggle, spent the spring and summer of 1863 at Nashville, Tenn., where he belonged to the Ordnance Department under Gen. E. D. Townsend of the regular army. On the 10th day of November, 18(>4, was married to Miss Cecelia E. Tichenor, daughter of Charles 0. Tichenor, Esq., of Appleton. Studied law with Judge N. C. Giffin, of Fond du Lac, at which place he was admitted to the bar in July, 1866 ; came to Waupun in December, 1866, where he has spent an active business life in the practice of his profession, which has been crowned with more than ordinary success ; commg to Waupun without means or friends, he has found many friends and abundant means. His fellow-citizens elected him Justice of the Peace for eight years in succession ; at one time a Postmaster under Abraham Lincoln. " A high private in the Kekoskee war." Village Clerk ; Supervisor ; in politics a Republican ; an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he has belonged since 1864 ; many years a Sunday-school Superintendent ; thirteen years a Class Leader, Trustee and Steward. Always a liberal contributor to all good objects.

J. H. BRIXKERHOFF, Postmaster; born in Seneca Co., 01>io, April U, 1835; son of Hezckiah Brinkcrhoff; he was from Adain-i Co., Penn., and was a brave soldier in the war of 1812 ; the family came to America when Peter Sturtovant was (lovernor of New York ; were of that good old Dutch stock that settled alons; the Hudson and Mohawk ; Hezekiah moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio and settled in Seneca Co., and died in 184G at the a2;e of 54; John, in 1853, went to work in a printing office in Milan, Ohio ; then went to Watertiwn. Wis., and afterward to Jefferson and Beaver Dam, and came to Waupun in 1857 and established the Waupun Times; carried that on nine years and was appointed Postmaster in 18(51 ; was elected to the Legislature in the fall of 18G4 by 700 majority ; Mr. Brinkerhoff is the present Postmaster and has been since 1861. He married Lucy T. Stoddard, daughter of Theo. Stoddard, who was from New York State ; had two children - James Edwin is with Althouse, Wheeler & Co., of Waupun ; Van S. is employed in the post office ; wife died in the fall of 1863. Married, in 1867, Jennie H. Gillette, daughter of M. S. Gillette, of Fond du Lac; have two children by second marriasje - ^lary L. and I.tila J.

CLIIVTON 11. BROOKS, merchant; born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., May 1, 1837 ; son of Sheldon Brooks, who was from Ilighgate, Yt. ; his father was Calvin Brooks, who was also a Vermont man ; Sheldon Brooks and fomily moved to New York State, and to Waupun about 1855 ; he is now living at the age of 75 and is blind; Mr. Clinton M. Brooks has been many years engaged in manufacturing organs ; he was eleven years in Milwaukee learning and working at this trade and is a thorough and competent workman ; he was with the Marshall Bros. Church Orgm Co. many years, and put up .some of the finest organs in the Western States; in 1875, he went into the organ business on his own account, and, in >[arch, 1877, came to Waupun and became a.ssociated with Amos Nudd in the furniture and organ business, which they have been carrying on successfully since. Married, Oct. 12. 1863. Imogene Keyes, who was from New York State and originally from Vermont ; have one child - William E., born Sept. 25, 1866. The firm of Brooks & Nudd are justly known for the good management of their business and fair dealing.

JOH\ BRYCE, hardware merchant; born in Edinburgh, Scotland; son of David Bryco, who died in 1856 at the age of 70; John traveled through different parts of England and was engised in teaching school at different times; he was a graduate of Bathgate Academy ; he came to New York City in >Lay, 1849, and came to Waupun in the fall of the same year; was employed as a clerk by Druramond it Smith for a time ; in the M\ of 1852, went to Australia and Melbourne ; went into the mines for awhile and afterward engaged in business there, and made and saved money ; in 1858, he returned to Waupun and became interested in the hardware trade and has been thus employed ever since, having, through his honorable dealing and good business talent, built a successful and remunerative traffic ; Mr. Bryce has never aspired to office, but has held several important town and city offices ; espoused the just cause of national sovereignty during the war, and gave liberally to its aid and support ; a brotiier, Hugh Bryce, was a soldier in the lOOth N. Y. V. t.; was wounded twice, at Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and afterward died from the effects of his wounds. Mr. Bryce and family are respected members of the Con'_'regational Church, and ho is Superintendent of the Sabbath school, and one of Waupun's most esteemed citizens.

LUTHER BUTTS, capitalist; born in Delaware Co., N. Y., June 24, 1825; son of Jacob S. Butts ; his father was William Butts, who was a native of Connecticut, and was a soldier in the war of 1812; Mr. Butts' grandfather on his mother's side was Col. William Johnson, of Pievolutionary fame; Jacob died in 1859^ at the age of 57. Mr. Luther Butts, in October, 1846, settled on a farm of 200 acres, which was bought at Government price, in Fond du Lac Co.; he carried on farming successfully twentyseven ye.irs ; durinsr this time, he speculated in land, buying and selliu'.: fiirms, and came to Waupun in fall of 1873; Mr. Butts is the owner of the opera-house," the finest building in the city of Waupun. He married, July 19,1845, Hannah Mann, daughter of Reuben Mann, a well-to-do fiirmer in Conneciicut; she died Nov. 26, 1876 ; he married his second wife July 19, 1877; her maiden name was McDaniel ; they have one boy - Luther J. Butts, born March 26, 1878. In 1878, Mr. Butt,s built a fine residence in the central part of the city of Waupun, where he now lives enjoying the solid comforts of life. In the town of Alto, he was a member of the School Board for many years, and was largely and liberally connected with the interests of that town ; he has obtained a w<>ll-de.scrved competence through his shrewd business tact and good management, and is a man of lirieral and hospitable spirit.

SAMUEL CHAMBERLI\, hardware merchant; was born in Armsburg, Canada, Sept. 15, 1820; son nf Dr. Olmsted Cliambcrlin ; he was born in Chittenden Co., Vt., near Burlington, in 1787 ; his father was Joshua Chamberlin, and wa,s a native of Massachusetts ; Dr. Chamberlin studied medicine in his native State, and, in 1820, moved West with his family; in 1821, he settled in Pontiac, Mich., where he practiced medicine till 1840; he was one of the earliest settlers in that county ; he had a lars^e and successful practice, and was a muoli respected and honored citizen. He mirried Mary Beech, of Massachusetts; the children were Stewart, Mary, Samuel, Saruh, Elsie, Charles, Almira and Augustus B. Samuel Chamberlin, in 1840, went to Boston and bought a stock of goods, and started in general merchandise business in Pontiac ; was successfully engaged till 1855, when he was appointed, by President Pierce, first mail-agent on the Detroit & Milwaukee R. R.; he resigned and went into the customhouse at Detroit; received this appointment from President Buchanan ; held that position till the election of Lincoln; in 1861, he came to Fox Lake, Wis., and engaged in buying wheat and cattle; in February, 18G3, he came to Waupun, where he became interested in the hardware business, and has been successfullv engaged in that line ever since. He married Sarah Elliott, daughter of Charles Elliott, who was from Connecticut; his ancestors were among the oldest and most esteemed settlers in that State ; Chailes Elliott, the famous portrait painter, was one of this family. Mr. Chamberlin and wife are members of the Episcojial (_^hurch.

A. li. CLARK, merchant; born in Madison Co., N. Y., June 4, 1847 ; son of Stephen Clark, who was a native of New York State and a well-to-do farmer ; his father was Samuel Clark and was from good old New England stock ; he lived to be 88 years old ; the family came to Green Lake Co., Wis., in 1854, and engaged in fiirming. Stephen married a Miss Popple, who was a native of Rhode Island ; there were five children - Mary (married George Thompson and is living in Green Lake Co.), Helen (married Henry Smith and now living in Fond du Lac Co. ), Mr. A. L. Clark is the nest in order, then George Clark (who is living at home), Wallace (living at home). Mr. A. L. Clark enlisted in February, 1864, in the 1st W. V. C. ; served his time faithfully till the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged; he was second musician in the regimental band at the close of the war, when he returned home and remained till 1867, when he went on the road for a Boston house, selling boots and shoes; was afterward connected with a Chicago concern in the same business ; in September, 1876, he became associated with Mr. H. H. Hoard under the firm name of Clark & Hoard ; they have been carrying on a very successful business ever since ; they carry a large and well-assorted stock of groceries, boots and shoes, and crockery, and, through their good business habits and gentlemanly demeanor, have made a host of friends and built up a large and growing trade. Mr. Clark married, in November, 1872, Lizzie Stanton, daughter of George W. Stanton ; have had two children - Edith, born Sept. 25, 1856 ; George, July 27, 1878. Mr. Clark held different ofiBces of trust in the town of Brooklyn and is a Mason of prominence.

M. K. DAHIj, manufacturer of plows and agricultural implements ; was born in Norway, Europe, Feb. 3, 1824 ; his father died when he was 7 years old ; he left his home when 8 years old, and served as a shepherd boy on a farm until he was 16 years old; he then went to the city of Christiana to learn the blacksmith trade, mainly lock-making ; he left his birthplace without a cent and without any more clothing than what he had on his body ; he walked 140 miles, sleeping out of doors until he reached the city on the 23d day of June, 1840, and, after serving as apprentice five years, without any compensation, except his board - to earn his clothes he had to work nights and Sundays - he left the city of Christiana in 1847, and went to Eidfos Iron Works, forty-nine miles from the city; worked on forgings and finishings for heavy machinery and navy work ; he left the iron works on the 5th of June, 1849, for the city of Drammen, for the purpose of emigrating to America, that being a seaport; he started in a saihng vessel from Drammen on the 9th of June, 1849, and arrived at New York on the 28th of September, being eighty days on his journey from Norway to New York ; during that time, he occupied a good share of it in studying and practicing writing, as he never went to school a day in his life ; being unable to find employment in the city of New York, and, being without money, he lodged with a family which came across in the same vessel, and who was going 'iVest to Milwaukee, Wis. The family stayed in New York three days, and then started fur Milwaukee, and he, getting help from them, with the promise of paying them with the first money he earned. They arrived at Milwaukee on the 26th of October, being twenty-six days on their journey ; they went from New York to Troy by steamer, then taking canal-boat to BuflFalo, then by steamers across the lakes to Milwaukee; when he arrived in that city he sold his bedclothes for §1 ; he stopped in Milwaukee four days, tryin^^ to find work, without succeeding; he then took a bundle of clothing on his back and walked all the way to Rochester, Racine Co., where he met a Mr. Seymour Johnson, a friend from Norwa}', and who had been in this country three years, and working there for a Mr. Beldon, who carried on a small foundry, wagon-shop and general blacksmithing; by the a.ssistance of his friend Johnson, he got a chance to work for Belden nine weeks for his board; then he hired out to BIy & Ely, who was starting a blacksmith-shop in Waupun ; he had not had a chance as yet to earn any money, so he borrowed $2 of his friend Johnson, and started for Waupun, walking eighty miles, arriving in that village on the 1st of December, 1849 ; commenced work for a term of six months at $13 a month ; the first money earned he paid the family that bore his expenses from New York to Milwaukee, and the next went to friend Johnson ; the Icadins: work here at Bly & Ely's was makino; plows and fanning-mills, and, after their plow season was over in the spring;, they took the blaeksmith-sliop in which to paint fanningmills ; he then went to work for S. H. Hill in the villa<;;e, at SiO per month, shoeing horses and doing general blacksmith work ; at the end of two months, he received a letter from Mr. Jones at Watertown, who carried on a machine-shop, otferini? $1 per day for turning and fitting out work for two flouring-mills ; he accepted the offer and worked for him two months ; he then returned to Waupun ; hired out to Bly & Ely for one year to take charge of their blacksmith-shop at $1 per day ; at the end of that year, he made a bargain with Bly & Ely to do all the iron work tn a plow by the piece; and this he continued to do until 1S55, having an increase in their work so that he employed five and six hands; in 1854, he also took the job of making all the locks to be used in the Wisconsin State Prison ; the 18th of June, 1856, he bought the shops of Gus W. Bly, Ely having dissolved partnership with Bly previous to this, taking in D. P. Norton as partner in Seiitember, 1856, and continuing the business of making plows and fannrnnmills until 1864, when the partnership was dissolved, and M. K. Dalil continued the business ; outside of this business, he had a farm, and in which he succeeded in making money on ; also investing in land in Minnesota and Dakota. On Nov. 24, 1854, he was married to Hannah O. Hansen, of his own nationality, who was born in Norway Oct. 25, 1835; the first child was born, and died in infancy; the second was born Jan. 30, 1857, it being a girl, Henrietta C. Dahl ; the third being a boy, Albert M. Dahl, born Jan. 7, 1859; the fourth a girl, Emma P. Dahl, born Feb. 14, 1861 ; the fifth a boy, Henry O. Dahl, born July 27, 1865, and died Sept. 25, 1865. His wife died Aug. 22, 1865. He then married a Miss Hannah Haldorsen Nov. 11, 1866; she was born in Norway Sept. 22, 1829. His oldest daughter, Henrietta, was married to Mr. 0.scar N. Olberg, of Taopi, Minn., July 14, 1875. Albert M. Dahl is following his father's trade and has now one-half interest in the business. Emma P. Dahl, his youngest daughter, was married to C. A. Olberg, of La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 26, 1879. M. K. Dahl is a member of the Lutheran Church. He was honored with being President of the Village Board two years, and being an Alderman four or five years, and Treasurer of School District eleven years and Clerk of same four years. Mr. Dahl is building one of the finest residences in the county. He deserves especial credit for the remarkable manner in which he has worked his way to prosperity and success.

DAVID FERGIISOIV, retired farmer; P. 0. Waupun ; born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1816, and emigrated to America and to Waupun, Wis., June 4, 1850 ; first settled on 160 acres in the town of Chester ; engaged in agricultural pursuits and loaning money at low rates of interest ; when the Horicon Railroad was pVojectedJie surveyed the road from Horicon to Waupun, but did not receive much remuneration for this work ; at the time of the great struggle of the North for national sovereignty, he was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the town of Chester, and gave his influence and aid to the great cause. He is a man generally admired and respected for liberality and good, sterling qualities ; his rates of interest have never been exorbitant. He married Jennett Goodin, of an old Scotch family, who were from St. Andrew's, Scotland. Mr. David Ferguson is Secretary and Treasurer of Waupun Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co., which includes the towns of Waupun, Chester, Alto and Mackford. The children are Jessie, who married Benjamin R Stouffer, son of Jacob Stouffer, a prominent citizen of Chambersburg, Penn.; Drysdale Ferguson, married, Jan. 1, 1872, a daughter of Mahlon Nivison ; they are the parents of three children - William H., born Feb. 12, 1873; one died in infancy; Herbert Thomas, born Sept. 6, 1876. Drysdale Ferguson enlisted in Co. B, 41st W. V. I.; served his time faithfully, and was honorably discharged ; in 1869, engaged in the hardware business with Mr. John Bryce ; they have been engaged in a very successful business ever since ; keep as large and full assorted stock as any concern engaged in their line of business in' this part of the country ; Mr. Ferguson is an Alderman of the city of Waupun.^ Mr. David Ferguson's next child was Thomas Ferguson, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Christiana Ferguson married J. W. Hargrave, a Congregational minister, of Cleveland, Ohio. William Ferguson is enga'.;ed in the bankins; business in Nebraska; two children died in infancy.

W. H. FERRIS, State Prison official ; Mr. Ferris was brought up in Connecticut till he was 8 years old; his father, James H. Ferris, was a Connecticut man and was born in 1800, and was a drummer boy in the war of 1812; his father was Capt. John Ferris, who was a Captain in the same war ; he was of English descent and was a member of the Queen's Guard in the old country. Mr. W. H. Ferris, when 8 years old, moved to Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ; was there fourteen years ; was in the mercantile business and attended school, and came Westj'to Fox Lake, in 1857 ; was clerk for H Germain about a year; was then with Leonard & Clark, and afterward engaged in the business under the firm name of Leonard & Ferris ; sold out and went to work for A. Rich. At the time of the war, enlisted in Co. H, 29th W. V. L; served his tine faithfully and was honorably discharged in April, 1863. While in Trenton, Mr. Ferris was elected Justice of the Peace ; also served as Constable several times. Mr. Ferris was appointed to fill a position in Waupun Prison, in 1876, and has been an officer in that institution ever since. He marriijd, in March, 1S58, Caroline E. Heminajway, dau'j;hter of Ezra Hemingway, who was a well-to-do farmer in Washington Co., N. Y. ; children are Julia C.,' born Dec. 21, 1859 f Cora E., Dec. 12, 1864 ; Neil Chester, December, 1874. Mr. Ferris' brother, George D. Ferris, was in the 77th N. Y. V. I. ; served five years, and was in thirty-two hard-fought battles ; was in Castle Thunder sis months. James K. Ferris was in the 77th N. Y. V. I., and was woun<led at the battle of the Wilderness and crippled for life. Walter M. Ferris was in the same regiment, and lost his leg in the battle of the Wilderness. A brotherin-law, Leroy Babcock, was starved to death at Andcrsonville. An uncle, Capt. Peck, was wounded at Lookout Mountain. There are not many families that have such a war record. Mr. W. H. Ferris has a fine little farm in the town of Trenton, and is in comfortable circumstances through his industry and frugality.

H. W. FROST, counselor at law and City Attorney ; born in Windsor, N. Y., March 27, 1842 ; son of Sheldon Frost, who was from Watertown, Litchfield Co., Conn.; his father was Solomon Frost and had a good record as a Revolutionary soldier; Sheldon Frost died in February, 1872, at about the age of 77 ; Henry's early days were spent on a fiirm ; he improved his spare time in study, afterward attending the seminary in Binghamton, N. Y., and, in 1867, went into the office of Mr. Barrett, a prominent lawyer in that part of the country; in April, 1870, he went to Green, Chenango Co., N. Y., and studied law with his uncle, Lester Chase, who had practiced law sucoe.ssfully for forty years in that county ; came to Waupun, Wis., April 12, 1874, and engaged inlaw practice with J. W. Seely ; in 1878, they dissolved partnership and he is doing a good and constantly increasing business. Married, Sept. 22, 1874, Cornelia E. Peck, daughter of Philo Peck, who was a well-to-do farmer in Chenango Co., N. Y. ; have two children - Nellie, born Sept. 19, 1875 ; Fannie, born May 12, 1877. Mr. Frost is attorney for the city of Waupun ; is a prominent member of the Society of Odd Fellows, and was the first member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and is now Pastmaster; he is also a worthy member of the Temple of Honor.

J. S. tJEE, monumental works; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., town of Virgil, Jan. 17, 1816; son of Samuel Gee, who was a farmer and a carpenter by trade ; his father, John Gee, served seven years in the Revolutionary war and in most of the hard-fought battles; he received from the Government, for his services, 640 acres of land in Cortland Co., N. Y. ; the family are of French descent; Samuel Gee died in 1875, at the age of 80. John S. Gee shifted for himself after he was 12 years old; learned the mason and stonecutter's trade in Ithaca, N. Y. ; he started in basiness in Elmira, N. Y., and, in 1837, went to Frenchtown; in 1838, moved to Troy, Penn., and, in 1840, to Danville, N. Y., in 1841, to Fredonia; then to Penn Line, Penn.; and, 1846, came to Waupun, Wis.; in 1853, went to California, and went into the mines; in the fall of 1855, returned to Wauuun, and has been here ever since, and is to-day the oldest mason and stonecutter in the State. Mr. Gee married, in 1835, Lucy A. Whiting, daughter of Caleb Whiting, a Presiding Elder in the Methodist Church, and a man of prominence. Children - Oscar F. enlisted in Co. D, 3d W. V. I.; was in Bunk retreat, and died from exposure; T. W. Gee enlisted in Daniell's Cav. ; was in the West and Southwest ; served his time faithfully four years; John W. enlisted in the 3d W. V. I., and received his death- wound at battle of Antietam; was shot through his left arm, thigh and lungs, and died in about six weeks; James E. enlisted in Co. D, 3d W. V. I, and served his time faithfully till the close of the war; he is now a physician, living; at Brandon; has an extensive practice; he married a daughter of Gen. W. H. Taylor; Vestalina married a Robbins, who died; she is now the wife of F. E. Sykes; Ella married Rufus Oliver. Mr. Gee has held offices of trust many times. Mr. Gee had only $2.50 when he arrived in Waupun, and owes his success to his industry and gnod management.

R. li. GrRAHAiVI, merchant tailor; born in Liverpool, Eng., Feb. 3, 1829; came to New York City in the fall of 1848; came over on the vessel Blackbird, Capt. Peabody, commander; went to Milwaukee, and worked for his board, from November till April, 1848; May 3, 1848, came to Waupun ; while on the way out West, Mr. Graham tried to enlist in the U. S. Army, but he wouldn't pass ; he wasn't big enough. When he came to Waupun, went to work for Howard & Tanner, tailors; was with them till 1853, when he engaged in business on his own account, and has been very successful ever since. Mr. Graham and wife returned to England May 3, 1870, on a trip of recreation and pleasure, and returned in August of the same year. Jan. 27, 1853, Mr. Graham married Selina W. Vial, who was born in Somersetshire, Ensr. The children were Mary Jane, died in infancy; Amelia, died when 2 years old; Henrietta, died when 14 months old; Martha, died in infancy; Harriet, died in infancy; Frankie Le;, lived to be 6 months old; Delia M., lived to be 18 months old. Mr. Graham is eminently a self-made man, and is to be commended for his pluck and energy in pushing to the front; he gives eminent satisfaction in his business, his trade extending throughout the surrounding country. He and his wife attend Kpiscopal Church. Mr. Graham is liberal and public-spirited in all charitable objects; he has been the help and mainstay of his mother in the old country. Mr. Graham has one of the pretuest residences, inside and out, in the city of Waupun.

W- W. HARRIfS, fl.mring-mill; born in Camden Co., N. Y., April 80. 1843; son of Stephen H. Harris, who was born and brouiiht up in Camden Co. ; he is now an old and respected citizen of Waupun. W. W. Harris learned the miller's trade in Waupun in 1861; in 1871, became associated with T. W. Markell; before this, it was Harris & Son for ten years. Mr. Harris has been in th3 milling business for many years, and is a master of the profession; the firm is now doing a large and prosperous business. Mr. Harris married, Nov. '26, 18l!8, Amorette Newton, daughter of N. J. Newton, a respected citizen, and one of the earliest settlers in this part of the country; the children by this marriage are, Fred L., born Oct. 6, 18()0; William M., born Oct. 21, 1870; Herbert J., born Feb. 29, 1872; Bda M., born July 25, 1874; Clyde, born Jan. 1, 1877. Mr. Harris is Director of School District No. 1; is Fire Marshal and Alderman nf North Ward.

RMIli H.4FEISES[, furniture business; born in Germany April 20, lS3(i; he landed in New York May 10, 185.); went to Milwaukee, and, Aug. 15, 1860, came to Waupun; was a porcelain painter in the old country, and, when he came to this country, engaged in carriage painting ; Jan. 1, 1862, became associated with M. Meyer, in furniture business, and, Dec. It!, 1872, Mr. Haueisen took the entire business, and has been engaged very successfully in the same line ever since; through his industry and prudence, has accumulated a competency. He married, Dee. 16, 1862, Barbett Korder ; children are, Em'ely, born Feb. 18, 1864; Nora, born Oct. 8, 1866; Hattie, born Aug. 30, 1869; Edwin C, born in January, 1871. Mr. Haueisen is Clerk of School District No. 1. He has taken all the degrees in Odd Fellowship; he is also agent for the Hamburg American Packet Co. Himself and family attend Episcopal C'lurch. Mr. Haueisen is to be much commended for the way in which he has come to the front ; it was through his own exertions only.

EDWIX HIIjLYER. insurance ; born in Portage Co., Ohio ; son of Col. David Hillyer, one of the pioneers of that county, and a man of prominence ; he surveyed the counties of Portage and Stark, Ohio ; the family came to Ohio from Granby, Mass.; Edwin commenced his business career selling goods in Ohio; in July, 1847, he came to Waupun, Wis., and engaged in business, and, in 1849, went to California ; ran the first express ever run on the Sacramento River ; there was not a frame house in Sacramento at that time ; he finally sold out his steamboat and went into the mines, and dug gold at Syracuse Bar, in which claim he had an interest; returned to Waupun in 1852, and engaged in business with his brother in a general merchandise store ; sold out his interest and built the railroad from Horicon to Waupun, and was afterward General Agent of the road ; then engaged in the in,surancc business; establi.shed the Dodge County Insurance Company ; was elected to the Legislature in 1852 ; was Chairman of Committee on Privileges of Election, and was also connected with several committees. In 1861, he raised part of a company for the 3d W. V. I., and the same year raised a company for the 10th W. V. I., and was appointed Captain ; served his time faithfully, and was honorably discharged on account of sickness, and returned to Waupun and engaged in the insurance business, which he has been very successful in ever sim-c. Mr. Hillyer was Deputy Warden at the Waupun Prison at one time, and it was he that laid out the beautiful grounds in front of that structure; he founded the library of the- city of Waupun Feb. 18, 1858, and has been librarian ever since ; Mr. Hillyer has a fine farm of 1,100 acres in Grundy Co., Iowa, mostly under good cultivation, and he owns one of the finest residences in the city of Waupun. iMr. Hillyer married in 1848; the children were Edna C, married C. H. Ford, General Agent of the North German Insurance Company, and is living in New York City ; the other children were Martha J., H. L. Palmer Hillyer, Homer W. and Frank ; Martha and Frank are deceased. Mrs. Hillyer is President of the State Temperance Alliance, and a prominent and efficient worker in the good cause.

J. T. HILLYER, retired fiirmer ; born in Portage ("o., Ohio, March 19,1819; .son uf Daniel Hillyer, who was from Conneeticut ; he was a prosperous farmer, and also for many yearsa popular hotel keeper ; he was among the first settlers in Portage Co., Ohio, and kept tavern nearly thirty years in that county, and held numerous offices of trust; he died in 1875 at the age of 80; Joseph, at the age of 21, went to Cincinnati and to New Orleans, taught school at diffisront times, also became a skillful trader, and made large sums of money at times; after something of a roving life, came to Waupun, Wis., in 1845 ; helped build the first frame house built in East VMIIage ; used to work for SIO per mouth in those days ; his ne.xt move was to engage in the mercantile business with his brother, Kdward Hillyer, which they carried on successfully about ten years ; ho then purchased a farm in Columbia Co., Wis., and engaged in agricultural pursuits; was there nine years, and returned to Waupun and pureha.sed ten acres, and now has one of the finest residences and homes in the city, and ir.is retired from active service. He married

Hepsie S. Bly, she was a sister of George W. Bly ; the family was from Huron Co., Ohio; the children by this union were Mary B., born Feb. 18, 1851, and married and living at Rock Falls, Iowa ; one child, died in infancy, Oct. 23, 1857 ; Joaphiae, bora March 19, 1862, and living at home. Mr. Hillyer was on the Town Board most of the time while in Columbia Co.

li. D. HIXKLIiir, of the firm of Alihouse, Wheeler & Co. ; born in Rookville, Conn., Nov. 8, 1835 ; son of Lucius Hinkley, a woolen manuf\icturer ; his father was Scottaway Hinkley, and was also a cloth manufacturer, he made the first blue cloth for the United States Army ; he was a descendant of the Hinkleys, who came from Trenterden Kent, England, in 1635, and settled in the vicinity of Boston, at Cape Cod and Barnstable ; the original purchase was in the possession of the family for 200 years ; one of the family was Thomas Hinkley, Governor of Plymouth Colony, a man of sterling integrity, of the good old Puritan stock of that day ; Lucius Hinkley married Laura Waterman, whose ancestors were among the first settlers in Norwich, Cona. ; she was a descendant, on the mother's side, of the celebrated Hyde family, whose descendants now lay claim to many millions of dollars that have been stored away in the Bank of England for years ; Laui-a Waterman was, from her father's side, a descendant of the Breusters, who came over in the Mayflower; Mr. Hinkley tikes a laudable pleasure in tracing back the genealogy of the family, and few can be as successful as he has been, for he follows the line back to Egbert, the earliest Saxon King of England, and has the papers to show for it. Lucius Hinkley and his family came to Waupun. Wis., in the fall of 18+3, and followed agricultural pursuits; Lucius D. Hinkley, at the age of 17, went into a carriage-shop and served an apprenticeship. In the fall of 1861, enlisted in the 10th W. V. I., C. K; was Orderly Sergeant; was in all the hard-fought battles that the regiment engaged in; was taken- prisoner and sent to Libby Prison, then to Macon and afterward to Charleston, he made his escape and got to within a few miles of the Federal lines, but was re-captured, and while trying to escape the second time, in the fall of 1864, at Columbia, was shot while near the dead line, and lost his arm ; the same year was exchanged, and came back to Waupun, and shortly after went into the office of Secretary of State at Madison, and afterward engaged in the insurance business in Waupun; in 1870, went to Chicago, and was with the Republic Insurance Co. of that city; in 1871^ accepted a position in office of the State Penitentiary ; in 187-1, became partner in the large minuHicturing concern of Althouse, Wheeler & Co. Mr. Hinkley married, Deo. 28, 1870, Ljla T. Gillett, daughter of M. S. Gillett ; had one child, which died in intanoy ; his wife died Jan. 22, 1878.

HORATIO H. HOARD, merchant; born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Jan. 26, 1855; son of Harry Hoard ; he was the son of Henry Hoard ; the family were among the first settlers on the Holland Purchase and were of English descent ; they took up a claim at the foot of Buffalo Hill ; Henry Hoard lived and died on the old homestead ; he* delivered a Fourth of July oration when 86 years old ; Mr. Harry Hoard was a Captain in the militia when he Wiis but 18 years old ; he was Postmaster sixteen years and Justice of the Peace till the time of his death, which occurred in 1862 ; he was engaged in the mercantile business at Sheldon Center, Wyoming Co., N. Y., which he carried on successfully many years. Mr. Horatio Hoard graduated at the Oshkosh High School and came to Waupun in August, 1872 ; was with John Roberts four years, and in September, 1876, formed a copartnership with A. S. Clark, under the firm name of Clark & Hoard; they have been very successfully engaged ever since; they carry one of the best assorted general stocks in this part of the country. Mr. Hoard married, Oct. 9, 1877, Elsie Wilcox, daughter of the first settler of Waupun.

NELSON HOLLENDYKE, lumber merchant; born in Holland Jan. 16, 1821, son of William Hollendyke, who was a farmer in the old country ; he died in 1852, at the age of 72 ; Nelson worked at the carpenter trade at home three years for his board, and came to New York Aug. 1, 18i-t , went to Westfield, Chautauqua Co., Aug. 12, 1844, and did his first day's work in this country; in the spring of 1845, he went to Milwaukee, and, in the spring of 1846, went to Fond du Lie Co. and settled on 160 acres and engaged in farming; moved, in 1848, to Waupun and worked at his trade; in 1851, went to Portage City, and, in 1862, returned to Fond du Lac Co. and kept a lumber-yard in the town of Brandon ; June 9, 1868, came to Waupun and has been successfully engaged in the lumber business here ever since. Married, April 12, 1845, Eliza B. Loomis, daughter of John William Loomis, a well-to-do farmer, who is now living in the town of Alto, at the age of 86. Mr. Hollendyke was a Trustee of the city of Waupun in 1869-70, and again in 1876-77. Mr. Hollendyke came to this country a poor boy and now has a competence through his untiring industry and good management. Himself and family are members of the Dutch Church in the town of Alto.

ELI HOOKER, attorney at law; born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1820 ; son of Hezekiah Hooker. The family were among the earliest settlers in New England ; Eli's great-grandfather was born in Medbury, Conn., about 1720 ; he married Louisa Roe, who belonged to a numerous New England family. Eli's younger years were largely devoted to educational pursuits ; he attended Ithaca Academy in all about fnur years, teaching school winters ; he prepared for College at Ithaca, but, having an offer to remove to the West and start a newspaper, went directly to Fond du Lac Co., in September, 1846, and, with J. 0. Henning, started the Journnl, which was the first paper in Fond du Lac Co.; sis months later, he sold out ami bought an half-interest in the Whig ; he wrote for that paper until January, 1848, when he removed to Waupun and read law with J. J. Brown ; April 17, 1854, was admitted to the bar of the Circuit Court of Fond du Lac, and was afterward admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State, and in all the courts of Wisconsin ; for twenty years or more, he has had a large and remunerative business ; he is a first-ela<s court and jury lawyer, excelling in both departments of the profession, and has all the avidity for study of his younger years. Liw, the chosen pursuit of his later years, has completely absorbed his time with the exception of fourteen months, from August, 1366, to October, 1867, when he purchased the Waupun Times, a Republican newspaper, for which he is still acting as corresponding editor as a means of recreation ; he is a vigorous and strong writer, as well as an able advocate. With the exception of a membership in a local Sjhool Board, which he held many years, has kept clear of politics ; he owes his success to having stuck to one thing. Mr. Hooker is a member of the Temple of Honor, a strong advocate of temperance, and has lectured more or less on the subject, being an expert speaker. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for twenty-five years, and Steward and Truste3 of the same ; all his influence is on the side of g)od morals, and a pure type of Christianity ; in early days was a strong anti-slavery mm, his sympathies always being on the side of the oppressed. All of his wealth is the hon est proceeds of his energies and talents well expended. He never advised persons to go to law, who had not in his opinion a good case, invariably declining to be an advocate of a bad cause ; never made a proposition of law to a jury that he did not believe to be correct. The course which he has followed has given th'! people the greatest confidence in him, and to it he attributes his success in legal practice and in life. The wife of Mr. Hooker was a MLss Catharine R. Sharp, daughter of Rev. John Sharp, who was for sixty years a Baptist preacher, now living in Waupun at the age of 86. Mrs Sharp was a descendant of the Townly family, whose property was largely confiscated at the time of the Restoration - when Charles II came to the throne of England. Mr. and Mrs. Hooker were married Feb. 19, 1851 ; they have had four children, three of whom are living - Viola A. Hooker ( the eldest child, was educated at Lawrence University, Appleton), Culver E. Hooker (the only son, graduated at the State University, in June, 1878), and Lillie Kate (the youngest, is being educated at the graded school of Waupun). Mrs. Hooker is one of the leaders in the humane and benevolent enterprises conducted by the women of Waupun, and is President of the Ladies' Temperance League of the place, and Treasurer of the State Alliance.

A. R. HOPKIXS, machinist ; resides on Madison street in Waupun, just south of the Prison ; was born April 13, 1841, in the town of Farmer, Williams Co., Ohio; son of 0. R. Hopkins, a native of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., who removed with his family to Wisconsin in July, 1845, and settled in Exeter, Green Co., where he resided until the fall of 1847; he then went to Mukwonago, Waukesha Co.,and, in April, 1851, to Madison, Dane Co., then to Milwaukee in the fall of 1853. A.R. Hopkins, when only 12i years of age, commenced his apprenticeship in the thrashing machine works of M. & M. Stone, in Milwaukee, and remained in the same shop till April, 1862. August 29, 1861, he married in Milwaukee, (reorgiana H. Calef, who was born in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 13, 1843, and died in Milwaukee, Wis., March 25, 1863; in the spring of 1862, Mr. Hopkins went to Madison, Dane Co., Wis., as foreman in the machine-shop of E. W. Skinner, but returned to Milwaukee the next December, to resume work in the shop where he learned his trade, which he continued till May, 1863, and then formed a partnership with C. E. Steller & Son, firm name " Steller, Hopkins & Co.," for the purpose of carrying on a general manufacturing business at McGregor, Iowa, to which place he removed, continuing in this business till Feb. 20, 1862 ; he then traveled as general agent for E. W. Skinner, of Madison, till November of the same year, when he returned to Milwaukee ; in the spring of 1865, he went to Chicago, 111., and went into business with his father and brother, S. R. Hopkins, firm name 0. R. Hopkins & Sons, manufacturing zinc washboards ; he returned to McGregor, Iowa, in October, 1865, and engaged in the grocery busine.ss with W. H. Field (firm of Hopkins & Field) ; July 6, 1866, he rented the Mendon House, in North McGregor, and kept it in company with T. J. Gilmore, of the McGregor News ; left the hotel Sept. 15, 1866, and lived a short time in Dubuque, Iowa, Mukwonago, Wis., and Manistee, Mich; then, in the .spring of 1867, returned to McGregor and formed a partnership with Davis, Shores & Co., in a planing and flouring mill, and in November of the same year, went into the grocery business again, which he followed till March 1, 1868, then went to Milwaukee, thence to Manistee, Mich., and back to Waukesha Co., Wis., in September, 1868; Feb. 20, 1869, and remiined until November, 1871, then went to Kansas and was connected with the Rossville Manufacturing Company, of Rossville, Shawnee Co., Kan.; came back to Chicago in November,

1872, and returned to Waupun March 20, 1873 ; he then acted as general agjnt for M. J. Althousc, and afterward for Altlmuse, Wheeler & Co., till November, 187S, when he forme 1 a partnership with Carlton Jennings (firm Hopkins & Jennings), for retailing windmills and pumps ; Sept. 13th, 187'J, Mr. Hopkins formed a partnership with his brother, S. R Hopkins, of New York City (firm name Hopkins & Co.), for the publication of anew method of book-keeping called " Exhibit Book-Keeping." Mr. Hopkins married for his second wife Mrs. Elizi Warner, who was born Sept. 20, 1846, in Kent Co , England ; has five children - Truman, Kueene, AUie, Arba J., Alma and Alba C.

O. R. HOPKIIVN, mechanic; was born ia the town of Potsdam, St Lawrence Co., N. Y., March 1, 1818; son of Truman and Laura Hopkins, natives of Vermont ; when he was abiut 16 years of age, his father died, leaving a family of six children, who, with their mother, removed to Ohio in the fall of 183.5, and settled in what was then Williams Co.; 0. R. Hopkins was one of the four men who built the first log house in the town of Farmer, in that county. On the 23d of July, 1840, Mr. Hopkins married Artemissa Sawyer, who was born March 8, 1823, in Rushville, Yates Co., N. Y., daughter of Prescott and Zeruia Sawyer. In July, 1845, he came to Wisconsin and settled in Green Co., where he remained till the fall of 1847, when to Mukwonago, Waukesha Co.; in April, 1851, he went to Madison, Dane Co,, Wis., and, in November, 1853, went to Milwaukee and took charge of the woodwork department of the Milwaukee Tlirashint; Machine Company, where he remained about fourteen years in the same business ; in the spring of 1865, he removed to Chicago. 111., ami went into the manufacture of zinc washboards, in company with his sons, A. R. and S. R. Hopkins (firm name 0. R. Hopkins & Sons); in the spring of 1866, he bought a farm in the town of Vernon, Waukesha Co., Wis., and followed farming four years, then rented his farm and returned to Chicago, where he again went into manufacturing, and continued_in that till the great " Chieaso Fire," in October, 1871, when he lost his house and shop by fire, Icsing about §8,000; after the fire, he rebuilt his shop and continued the same business with the addition of sa.sh, doors and blinds; in August, 1872, he went to Rossville, Shawnee Co., Kan., but only remained till fall, when he returned to Chicago and stayed till the next spring, then built a residence in Jefferson, one of the suburbs of Chicago, and occupied it one )'ear, then broke up housekeeping and spent some time in Ohio and Indiana ; in May, 1875, he removed with his fiimily to Denver, Colo., but remained only three months, then returned to Chicago for the third time ; stayed about three months, then went to Ohio, locating in Edgerton, Williams Co., and engaged in selling agricultural inpleraents, which he followed till May, 1870, then removed to Waupun, Wis., when- he still lives ; owns a brick re,sidence on Mill street, north of Main. Mr. Hopkins has lost five boys - Oney R.. Ettlebert R., Mas m H,, Ozro B. and Charles F., and has three living^ArbaR., Seldon R. and Truman P.

CARLTON JENIVINGS was born in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., May 18, 1846; son of L. D. and Caroline Jennings, who removed, when he was fjuite young, to East Rush, .Monroe Co., N. Y., where they lived till 1856, then went to Calhoun Co., Mich., where his mother still lives, his fiither having died Jan. 23. 1873; in the spring of 1868, Carlton Jennings came to Wisconsin and settled in Markesan, Green Lake Co., where he resided till September, 1872 ; he then came to Waupun and engaged as traveling agent for M. J. Althouse, which position he retained for two years, then tKiveled for Althouse, Wheeler & Co. in the same capacity for four years. Nov. 25, 1878, Mr. Jenuihgs formed a partnership with A. R. Hopkins, of Waupun, for the purpose of retiilin'.; windmills, pumps, etc. (firm name Hopkins & Jennings); in this business they now employ from eight to ten men, and run from five to seven teams successfully. Was married, Nov. 22, 1877, toMrs. E. M. Davis, daughter of Dafid and Hannah Rorce, of Waupun. who are both natives of Hudson. N. Y.; has one child - Elmer C, born Dec. 29, 1878.

GEORGK E. JENNINGS, merchant ; Mr. Jennings has been engaged with C. & E. W. Jones many years; he is a man of fine literarv taste, an able writer, and is generally esteemed and respected by all who know him ; he is a man of family, and owns one of the prettiest residences in the beautiful city of Waupun, whore he keeps open house; his latch-string is always out; he is a liberal entertainer; may his shadow never jrrow less.

GEORGE JESS, banker and capitalist, and Mayor of the city of Waupun; born Oct. 13, 1819, in Kings Co., Nova Scotia; son of John L. P. Jess, who was a respected citizen of that county, and lived to be 90 years old ; Mr. Jess came to Walworth Co , Wis., in the spring of 1842, and, in 1845, came to Dodge Co.: he soon purchased a tract of land in Columbia Co., and, in the fall of 1845, went to Fox Lake, Dodge C).; he purchased the American House, which was but pirtiallv completed, finished it and kept tavern till th> spring of 1846; he had been, all this time, improving his pr.iperty in Columbia Co.; he became engaged in loaning money and trading, and, in 1850, went across the Plains to California and car ried on an extensive drover's business ; handled cattle from Southern California to San Franci-sco ; also shipped from Mexico in large droves; through his energy, made a success, and returned to Fox Lake in.

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the fall of 1853, and engaged in loaning money and speculating in land, cattle and hogs; in 1876, went to Waupun and erected one of the finest buildings in the city, and engaged in the banking and exchange business, under the firm name of Geo. Jess k Co.; the concero is on a sound basis and enjoys a prosperous traffic. Mr. Jess married Maria T. Judd, daughter of Stoddard Judd, who was one of the earliest and most prominent settlers in this part of the State ; he was one of the framers of tite State Constitution, and was in the Assembly and Senate at different times; he was largely interested in railroads, and was esteemed one of the leading men of those times. Mr. Jess is the father of one child - Stoddard Jess, born Dec. 3, 1856. He married a dauL'hter of B. Chenoweth, one of the first settlers of Monroe, Wis., who is now a prominent merchant of that place. Stoddard Jess is cashier of the bank of Geo. Jess & Co., and has almost the entire charge of the business. Mr. Geo. Jess has been a member of the County Board and held other minor offices, but he is now Mayor of the city of Waupun, and is a prominent Mason.

CHARLE^^ JONES, merchant ; born on Long Island, N. Y., April 30, 1831 ; son of Gen. David W. Joaes, who was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; Mr. Jones, together with his brother, E. W. Jones, under the firm name of C. & K. W. Jones, are extensively engaged in business in Waupun ; they carry the largest stock of dry goods, fancy goods and notions in that part of the country ; also deal largely in groceries, hats and caps, in i'act, cirry a very full and complete line of all goods that are to be found in a first-class establishment of that kind ; the firm is favorably known for its fair dealing and earnest endeavors to please its customers, and the fact that they have met with such abundant success is strictly owing to their untiring industry, good management and discretion in purchasing such salable goods as always find a ready market and quick sale.

WILLIAM M. JONES, foundryman ; born in Cortland, Westchester Co., N. Y., June 12, 1822 ; .son of Samuel Jones, who was a brave soldier in the war of 1812 ; his father was Smith Jones, a New York State man, and his father was from Wales ; Samuel Jones was a farmer and mechanic ; he died in 1843, at the age of 64; William, when 15 years old, commenced to learn the iron-molder's trade in Peekskill ; worked at that trade three and a half years ; then went to Lawrenceville, Penn. Married, in 1842, Angelina Herrick, daughter of Job Herrick, who was a native of Vermont; children are Mary E., now Mrs. Walker, early developed a fine voice for music and is now considered one of the tine singers of the country; she is now in Chicago; William A., died in 1878; Frances, married A. Freeman and is living in Minnesota; Emma A., married J. H. Robbins and is living in Michigan; William M., died in infancy ; Evia D , is living at home ; Edgar H., married Emma Baldwin ; he is a molder by trade ; Delia, living at home ; Jeft', married a Gamble. Mr. William Jones, after marriage, went to Peekskill and to Port Chester, and then to Troy, N. Y., and to Painted Post, where he engaged in the stove and tinware business ; then went to KnoxviUe, Penn, and to Waukesha, Wis., in 1854, and, in 1856, to Horicon, and, in August, 1873, came to Waupun and has been engaged in the foundry business ever since. Mr. Jones was elected Constable when in KnoxviUe, and, in Horicon, was Supervisor and on the Village Board. Mr. Jones is a Royal Arch Mason ; has been connected with Masonry thirty-five years. Mr. Jones is a man of earnest convictions ; if he believes he is right, he " sticks to it ; " he has a competence through his hard work and attention to business.

E. W. JONES, merchant; born in Long Island, in January, 1834; son of Gen. David Jones, who was engaged in the war of 1812. Mr. E. W. Jones commenced business for himself when 16 years old, being engaged ia a general store at Huntington, L. I.; then went to New York City, and was there about three years, and came to Waupun, Wis., in August, 1858, and became interested in trade with his brothers under the firm name of C. & E. W. Jones ; they have built up a large and successful business through their honorable dealing and good management, and now carry one of the largest and best assorted stocks of dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries, notions, etc., to be found in this part of the country. Mr. Jones married, in 1864, Margaret Forrest, of New York City ; their children are David W. Jones and Frederick E. Jone.^. Mr. Jones is a thorough business man, and owes his success to his own personal efforts, guided by shrewd and careful industry.

F. S. KEECH, druggist; was born in the town of Waupun, four miles north of the village, May 28, 1845, and has always lived in the county ; was engaged in the livery business in Waupun, from Aug. 1, 1871, to Aug. 18, 1872; he then went into the drug business, and has followed it ever since in the city of Waupun, where he now resides. Was married, Dec. 24, 1873, to Helen Markle, who was born Dec. 1, 1852, daughter of Thad W. and Nancy Markle, natives of Indiana. Mrs. Keech is a member of the Congregational Church ; has one child - Bessie, burn July 27, 1878. Mr. Keech is a son of Isaac and Celinda Keech. Isaac Keech was a native of Suscjuehauna Co., Penn., and liis wife of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.

JAMES MeELiROY, retired farmer; born in County Armagh, North of Ireland, Oct. 17, 1809; son of William McElroy ; his father was John MeElroy, and the family originally came from Suotland. William McElroy and family came to Canada in the fall of 1821, and enajaged in farming; William died Oct. 8, 1871, at the good old age of 93. Jame.s was brought up to work, and, at an early age, earned his own living ; he used to chop wood, cleared land for from $2.50 to §(3 per acre ; by dint of industry, he accumulated enough money to buy fifty acres of wild land in Canada, which he cleared and sold ; he then bought 100 acres of Church reserve land, worked that till 1836, when lie sold out and went to Michigan to settle on ninety-three acres - paid $10 per acre, and afterward sold for $30 per a'?re, and came to Wisconsin in 1848 (he had been here in 1845 prospecting), and settled on 100 acres in the town of Alto, Waupun and Trenton, then added eighty acres more, and afterward forty more. He now owns one of the finest farms in this part of the country. In May, 1872, he moved in to the city of Waupun; through his industry and untiring energy, now has a competence. Mr. McI'Jroy, in the town of Alto, was Supervisor two years, and County Commissioner two years, and was ten yeais Chairman of Board of Supervisors. In 1863, was elected to the Assembly, and served on several committees. Married, Jan. 16, 1834, Harriet E. Taylor, daughter of Capt. John Taylor, who was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; their children are Eliza (married A. Roneyj, John W. (is farming in the town of Trenton), R. B. McElroy (is in Milwaukee in the commission business, he married a Miss Burnham), Allen T. (married a Miss Ackermau), two children died in infancy. Mr. McElroy and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have been for about forty years ; he has been Class-Leader, Trustee and Steward, most of this time. He bas been President of the Old Settlers' Club ever since its organization; has been President of the Waupun Mutual Insurance Co., ever since it started. He has been an Odd Fellow many years, and has taken all the degrees, and attended the General Lodge, and Mrs. McP]lroy is a member of the Rebecca Lodge, and she has held all the offices. Mr. McElroy has also been a Mason many years, also belongs to the Temple of Honor and Good Templars. Mr. McElroy owes his success in life to his unceasing hard work, indomitable perseverance and untiring industry.

D. S. MORSE, Justice of the Peace, was born in Windsor Co., Vt. June 30, 1816; son ' of Samuel Mor.se, who was a native of Connecticut and was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; his father was Sherman Morse, a Connecticut man ; the family were from England originally ; Samuel Morse died in 1866, at the age of 73; the family came to Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 27, 1843 (Dennis and his brother, 0. A. Morse, had been through the West before this date, selling Connecticut clocks), and came to Chester, Dodge Co., September, 1 844 ; they were among the earliest settlers in this section of the country ; they settled on about two hundred acres and lived in a log house with one room, and went through all the hardships that surrounded the early settlers ; Mr. D. S. Morse sold out his farm about 1851, and came to Waupun, where he has been ever since, engaged in buying and selling wheat, loaning money, etc., and now has a competence through his industry and frugality. Mr. Morse married, in 1838, Miss L. J. Parks, daughter of John Parks, who was a native of Vermont ; the children are 0. A. Morse, Jr., who is engaged in manufacturing carriages ; Samuel, living in Eond du Lac ; Harvey, died in 1872, about the age of 27 (he was an express agent at Beaver Dam and a much respected manj ; Hattie A., married W. S. Lawrence and is living in Waupun; Susie married D. A. Lowber, and is living in Waupun ; Sherman J. Morse is practicing law in Waupun. Mr. Morse has been a member of the School Board and Town Board many times, and is now serving as Justice of the Peace, as he has twice before ; he is a member of the Odd Fellows and has taken all the degrees, and is an honored and respected citizen.

PHELPS MOORE, livery stable; born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1827; son of S. F. Moore, who was from Vermont, and was a soldier in the war of 1812 ; he enlisted when at the age of 18, and was engaged in several battles ; he emigrated to Erie Co., N. Y., and died when about 56 years old. Phelps Moore came to Waupun in the fall of 1849; he went to La Crosse and entered 180 acres of land ; he lived in Minnesota three years ; in 1854, engaged in the grocery business in Waupun and afterward went into the livery business, which he has been successfully engaged in since ; he has the best livery stock in this jjart of the country. Mr. Moore married Anna Sl. Hewitt, daughter of George A. Hewitt; the children were Edith M., died when 2 years old; Ellis T., is attending college; Bay, is attending school in Waupun. Mr. Moore is a man of liberal spirit, and a prominent member of the society of Odd Fellows.

D. W. MOORE, M. D.; bom in Essex Co., N. Y., Sept. 4, 1825; son of Silas Moore, who was from New Jersey; he was a brave soldier in the war of 1812, and served in all the principal engagements on the frontier except Plattsburg ; he had charge of the hospital at Sackett's Harbor at one time ; he died in November, 1837, at the age of 43; his father, Stephen, and a brother, Silas, were victims during the Revolutionary war, at Valley Forge, dying from exposure. Mr. Moore's grandfather, on his