Oak Grove Town (part 1 of 2)

Oak Grove Town

With one exception, this is the oldest village in the county, and, like Hustisford, came near being a noted place, for in the early day, before Juneau was even thought of, it was the temporary seat of justice, and, had its proprietor exercised a little worldly wisdom and enterprise, it might have been made the permanent county seat.

That he might accommodate the great traveling public which was steadily pushing its way north, and add as well to his worldly wealth, Maj. Pratt, in 1841, built a log cabin on the site of the present public house in the village, and boldly erected a sign informing the interested parties that he would afford accommodations for man and beast. As may be inferred, his accommodations were rather limited, but the sight of a public house was an ever-welcome one to the travelers in those days, who usually made the journey in a lumber wagon drawn by oxen, and who were content to make their fifteen or twenty miles from the rising to the setting of the sun.

Oak Grove was on the direct line north from Watertown, and here the roads forked, one leading to the northeast and the other to the northwest ; therefore, an inn here could be said to be a halfway-house, and travelers generally endeavored to make it convenient to reach this place to spend the night. As travel increased, the necessity for greater accommodations became apparent, and Ethan Owen erected another public house, known as Owen's Hotel, and still this did not satisfy the demand ; therefore, in 1851, another was built, called the Green Mountain House. As many as three hundred teams of " movers " have been counted passing this point in one day, and they were constantly going and coming. Of course inn-keepers thrived.

Giving It A Name

The settlement being formed, it became necessary to give it a name, and that of Fairfield was selected, but when application was made for a post office it was learned that there was another Fairfield in the State, therefore it was thought best to select a different name. It was then given the name of Oak Grove, though for what reason is unknown, probably from the fact that there was no oak grove in the neighborhood. If an old settler is asked the reason why the place is called Oak Grove, he will reply as did the Dutchman, when speaking of the name of his son, " I call him Yaucob pecause dat ish his name." We call it Oak Grove because that is its name.

Post Office

Application was made in due time for the establishment of a post office in the place, and the powers that be in Washington gave heed to the prayer of the petitioners, and Ethan Owen had the privilege of first entering the service of Uncle Sam as village Postmaster. The first mail route established was between Watertown and Fox Lake, running once a week. Other routes were soon added, and Oak Grove became quite a distributing center, the citizens of the whole country lying between Fox Lake and Watertown here receiving their mail. The following-named have also served as Postmasters of the village : E. C. Lewis, A. H. Atwater, Mr. McCullough, William Ambright, John Currie, William Woodworth and John G. Lees, the latter of whom now occupies the position.

Growth

The place at first grew quite rapidly, and its prospect in 1842-43 was better than any other point within a large scope of country for the building-up of a splendid village, but its original owner was not possessed of enough foresight to enable him to take advantage of the opportunities presented, and failing in securing the county seat, which was established within two and a half miles, its growth was checked. No plat was ever made, and all sales of lots have been made as fractions of an acre. Believing it would be made the permanent county seat, several attorneys located here, among the number being the Hon. Charles Billinghurst, who was afterward elected a member of Congress, being the first representative from this district. Under head of "The Illustrious Dead," will be found a biographical sketch of this gentleman. Judge E. C. Lewis was also a resident of the place for a short time.

For some cause - it may be for the reason that the early settlers of this place, being Americans and "Down-East Yankees," did not rear as many children as our German fellow-citizens, who now principally inhabit this county - a school was not established here until 1844, when Mrs. Fuller tausht a select one in a log house erected for that purpose. At the present writing, there are two good schoolhouses in the district, Oak Grove and Clyman, No. 1, with a graded school. Miss Theresa Griscoll is Principal of the grammar school, and Miss Lilian Atwater of the primary. The average wages paid are $32 and .$20 for the respective grades. Besides the two mentioned, the Germans have also a school here with a fair attendance ; therefore the educational interests of the rising generation are well secured.

Religious

The Congregationalists were the first to enter this field, the Rev. Moses Ordway, the Presbyterian Patriarch of Beaver Dam, preaching the first sermon in 1842 or 1843. A congregation was soon ^afterward organized, composed of a very small band of zealous and God-fearing Christian men and women, who have, in spite of discouragements, held together and presented an unbroken front to the enemy. Their present membership is about seventy. In 1851, they organized a Sunday school which has at present writing an e.xistence of twentynine years. It holds its regular weekly sessions, summer and winter. The German Lutherans have also a congregation, and, having no meeting-house of their own, assemble in the schoolhouse, where thanksgiving and praise to God is offered. The Methodists, a few of whom live in the neighborhood, also assemble occasionally in the schoolhouse to sing and pray and listen to the proclamation of the Word.

This is a temperance community, there being no saloons in the place, the majority of the citizens believing, with the Apostle Paul, "It is good neither to eat meat or to drink wine, or anything whereby thy brother is made to offend," and require but little "for their stomachs' sake."

But one benevolent organization is represented in the village - that of Oak Grove Lodge, No. 7, I. 0. 0. F. This Lodge was one of the first instituted in the State, but has not been in continuous existence, taking for some years a Rip Van Winkle sleep, from which it has been awakened, and from this onward, in the name of -"Friendship, Love and Truth," they propose to do valiant service. Meet every Friday evening at their hall, in Oak Grove.

First Things

The first funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Walter Lyon, a Universalist minister, on the occasion of the death of one of Mr. Grout's children.

Oak Grove is a small but pleasant country village, with no railroad. It is a good place for a quiet home. There are at present here, one hotel, two general stores, one millinery store, one blacksmith shop, one wagon shop, one shoe shop, one tailor shop. Population, 150.

JOJEilj ADAJIS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. 0. Minnesota Junction; born in Warren Co., N. Y., Dec. 2, 1822 ; son of Joseph Adams, who died about 1824 ; his father was from Philadelphia and of old Quaker stock ; in the town of Independence, Penn., is a church built by the Adams family over two hundred years ago. Mr. Joel Adams went to New York City in 1844; WiW there four years ; then went to California by way of the Isthmus, and reached there Oct, 1, 1819 ; kept a bakery in San Francisco ; half the people lived in tents at that time ; afterward went to Marion Co. and went to raising stock ; left California in March, 1860, and went to New York, New Jersey and to Illinois, and came to Oak Grove in June, 1860 and settled on 120 acres and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since ; has now one of the finest creameries and milk-houses in the county; house 16x24 feet and 12 feet to roof; makes about one hundred pounds butter a week, all first-class and finds a very ready market. Married, Oct. 24, 18B0, Elizabeth E. Winter, daughter of Daniel Winter, of New Jersey; have had four children - Mary E., born Sept. 14, 1861 ; George, born Oct. 19, 18G2 ; Frank, born May 28, 1864, and Alice, born April 4, 1866 ; Mary E. died in September, 1862. Mr. Adams has been on the Town Board.

J. Cjt. AliLiARD, firm of Allard & Martin, dealers in general merchandise, Juneau ; was born in Pierreville, District of Three Rivers, Lower Canada, Sept. 10, 1850 ; when he was 14 years of age, he came West with his parents, who settled in Dakota Territory ; his father is still living ; his mother, however, died in June, 1868; Mr. Allard remained with his parents, assisting them on the farm, until he was 16 years of age, when, having determined to carve out his own fortunes, he first came to Chicago and engaged as clerk in a grocery, and afterward in a dry goods and furnishing store, -until he was 19 years of age, when he went to Menominee, Mich., and opened a grocery store, which he afterward sold out and engaged in the employ of Ludington, Wells & Van Schaick Co. until the year 1878, when he came to Juneau and formed a copartnership with Frank Martin (formerly of Whitehall, N. Y.), under the firm name of Allard & Martin, in the general merchandise business, which they have built up to be the largest at that point ; they are engaged also in the buj-ing and selling of produce mostly over the whole county, and run the only hay-press in the county for shipping purposes. Mr. Allard married Miss Margaret Morean, of Plattsburg. N. Y., May 31, 1876 ; they have one child - Henry D.

THEO. E. ALLEN, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. O. Juneau ; born in JeflFerson Co., N. Y., April 9, 1815 ; son of Tillinghast Allen, who came from Riiode Island and died about 1817 ; Mr. Theo. E. came to Wisconsin in 1845, settling on eighty acres in Oak Grove and built a shanty of only one room ; there were no fences and few roads ; no houses at Juneau and none this side of the river at Beaver Dam ; Mr. Allen now has a fine farm and residence through his frugality and industry. Married, Dec. 1, 1840, Martha Jane Moulton, daughter of David Moulton, of New Hampshire; David was in the war of 1812 ; he died at the age of 75 in October, 1868; they have had four children - Eugene M. (married Betsy Farnsworth and is living in Colfax Co., Neb.), Emma Jane (married Cyril Vesper and is living in this town"), Sandford B. (living in Nebraska), Myra (has been teaching school in this county. Eugene M. was a brave soldier in the 1st W. V. C., and was in engagements at Strawberry Plains and Cape Girardeau ; was honorably discharged.

JAUIEIS ANUERSON, farmer, Sec. 12; P. 0. Horicon ; born in Manchester, Vt, Oct. 9, 1782; son of Andrew Anderson, who was born in New Hampshire; was of Scotch descent; he fell off a mountain-side in Ohio in 181 G and was killed, at the age of 57 years. James married, in Manchester, Nov. 27, 1814, Mabel Collins, daughter of Nathaniel Collins ; the family were from Connecticut ; they moved to Loraine Co., Ohio, at an early date when it was all woods; went through many hardships and came to Oak Grove in 181:4 and have been here ever since, and through his frugality has now a comfortable home and eighty acres under fine cultivation. Had four children by his first wife - Ralph R., Susan A., Andrew and Nathaniel C; his wife died in the fall of 1821. Married Stacy Holt ; had five children - Calvin, Sarah, William W., Helen and Henry ; his second wife died April 29, 1835. Married, in 1837, Amanda Norton, of Connecticut ; had one child - Mary J.; she married A. Herrick and is living in Colorado. Mr. Anderson was a brave soldier in the war of 1812 and is now receiving a pension for his valiant services.

CHARLE|S$ F. ARNOLD; P. 0. Juneau ; born in Tioga Co., N. Y., Feb. 29,' 1844 ; son of Samuel Arnold, who ran a saw-mill, and was engaged in the lumber and livery business for many years ; he came to Oak Grove, Wis., in 1846, and settled on eighty acres, and carried on farming many years, and then located in Juneau, and now, together with his son, carries on an express business; his father, Oliver, was a sea captain ; sailed to the West Indies ; he and his brother were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Samuel married a daughter of Whitcomb Phelps, of New York State, and had ten children. Charles F. enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, in the 10th W. V. I, ; served under Gen. Buell and Gen. Thomas; was wounded, at the battle of Perryville, in the arm by a minie ball ; then went into the Quartermaster's Department, at Nashville, and was in that department till the close of the war, when he was employed by the C. & N. W. R. R., between Boone and Council Bluffs ; while in the employ, he met with an accident at Grand Junction, and lost his leg ; he then settled in Juneau, and is now living with his father ; has a fine stock of blooded horses - Flying Cloud stock and Norman breed. Frank, a brother, was a brave soldier, and was shot in the head and arm at Baxter Springs ; is in Lamar. Miss Lugcne married David Barber ; Amelia is the wife of A. R. Horn, Roadmaster of theC. & N. W. R. R.; Emsia married Mr. F. Smith ; Sarah is at home ; Edward is yardmaster of the rollinij mills at Bay View, Milwaukee ; Lelia, Mary and Harry are at home.

A. H. AT WATER, farmer. Sees. 31 and 32 ; P. 0. Oak Grove ; born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1816; son of Ichabod Atwater, whose father was from Connecticut, and originally of English origin ; Ichabod died in 1856, in Monroe Co. ; was one of the first settlers in that county ; Allen H. started out for the West in 1840, and purchased forty acres in Oak Grove, and returned to New York ; came again to Wisconsin, and to Oak Grove in 1842; settled on Sees. 31 and 32 ; there was only one house between his place and Watertown, and stumps stood in the street in Watertown ; no stores then. Mr. Atwater was the earliest settler in this section of the county ; he has now a fine farm of 220 acres, and everything pertaining to a first-class farm. Married, in 1842, Eliza A. Parmelee, daughter of Deacon P. W. Parmelee, of Genesee Co., N. Y. ; have had nine children - Burton C. is in Iowa Falls, Iowa ; Mary is in Bloomington, 111. ; Melvina E. is in Wright Co., Iowa ; Emery A. is with Armour & Co., Chicago Stock Yards; Regina is in Humboldt Co., Iowa; Horatio is in Dakota; Ichabod is in Dakota; Lillian and Louisa are at home. Burton C. was a brave soldier in a Wisconsin regiment during the war ; served faithfully, and was honorably discharged. Mr. Atwater has been Justice of the Peace and Supervisor many times, and also County Treasurer; was a member of the Legislature in 1854, 1870 and 1871 ; is an early settler, and one of the most respected citizens of the town.

DAVID BARBER, farmer. Sec. 25; P. O. Juneau; born in in Warren Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1826; son of Hiram Barber, whose father, David, was from Vermont, and was a Revolutionary soldier ; one ancestor was a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Judge Hiram Barber was born Jan. 25, 1800, and was fifteen years on the bench in Warren Co., N. Y. ; he came to Wisconsin-about 1840, and is one of the old&st settlers ; he is now living in Horicon, an esteemed and honored citizen. David came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled on 400 acres ; it was a wild country then, there were no roads or fences and very few white people ; Mr. Barber now has one of the finest farms in the town ; he has fifty-five head of cattle, and very fine horse stock, Gold Dust stock ; his colt, Sweet Briar, is one of the finest in the county. Mr. Barber married, in 1850, Lois GriflBn, daughter of Seneca GritEn, of Warren Co., N. Y. ; children are Anna, who died in infancy ; Emma, born July 27, 1855, and died at the age of 19; Isabella, born April 8, 1857, is teacher in Female College in Milwaukee; Grifiin, born Oct. 24, 1859, and living at home ; Fanny S., born Aug. 31, 1861 ; David, Jr., born Oct. 10, 1863, died in infancy ; Alice, died in infancyj; wife died June 2, 1871. His second wife was Miss Arnold, daughter of Samuel Arnold, of Juneau; has one child, Ina Blanche, born Nov. 7, 1877. A brother of Mr. Barber, Hiram Barber, Jr., is member of Congress from Third District, Chicago.

E. S. BEYNON, lumber-yard, Juneau; born in Watertown July 9, 1853; son of Roi'Sc* Beynon, who was from Wales; his brother, George, was killed while in the British Service in India; the family came to Watertown about 1847; were among the first settlers; moved to Clyman in 1860, and to Juneau in 1874; his father died there at about the age of 65; Enoch S. was engaged in farming several years, and finally came to Juneau and engaged in the lumber business, which he is now carrying on successfully. Married, Oct. 13, 1873, Nettie Smith, daughter of Josiah Smith, one of the earlier settlers in this county ; a brother, Thomas L. Smith, a prominent and worthy citizen of Juneau, was in the 10th W. V. I., and was wounded in the jaw at the battle of Perryville; Mr. Josiah Smith died March 20, 1873; was a man much esteemed and Deacon of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Beynon has three children, Grace, born Jan. 13, 1875; Reese, born Nov. 27, 1876; Nettie, born Oct. 22, 1878: Edward J. Beynon, a brother, was in the 50th W. V. I., served his time and was honorably discharged ; he died after returning from the army.

GEORGE A. BIRGE, ftirmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Horicon ; born in Susquehanna Co., Penn., May 11, 1819, son of Augustus Birge, from Connecticut, who was in the war of 1812, and his father was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war, as was also his brother, who was killed in the war ; came from old Plymouth stock. George taught school when he was 18 years old, and till 21 years old ; was a member of the Teachers' Institute, at Ithaca; also ran a saw-mill and rafted logs down the Susquehanna River; was one of the most skillful men in handling logs on the river. Married Mary L. Wright, of Vermont stock ; their children were Horace A., who was scalded to death in infancy, Walter and Clara, died in infancy. Mr. Birge came to Oak Grove, Section 3, fall of 1845 ; he was one of the most public spirited, and wide awake of the early settlers ; they had no flour or provisions, when he came he went to Watertown and bought goods for them, and gave them all the time they wanted. He built a log cabin, had one room, two beds and a stove ; Indians were numerous but friendly ; he went through many hard.ships, and, through honest industry and good management, now has a fine farm of many broad acres, and a fine residence. He has been a prominent Odd Fellow and a Patriarch; is an honored member of the Temple of Honor.

GEORGE R. CL,APP, lumber, Juneau; born in Salem, Washington, Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1818 ; son of Col. E. W. Clapp, who was born in Clapptown, Washington Co., N. Y.; his father, Maj. Stephen Clapp, emigrated from Massachusetts, and was a Major in the Revolutionary war, was seven years in the service ; settled in Washington Co., N. Y., bought a farm and built a flouring-mill and saw-mill, built up a large business ; he was born Aug. 10, 1752, and died May 3, 1829. Col. E. W. superseded his father in business, was also engaged in carding cloth ; accumulated property through his good management. He was Colonel in State Militia, and lived and died in the same county. He married Sarah R, Rice, daughter of Col. Clark Rice, Nov. 10, 1814, of Massachusetts stock. In September, 1845, George R. Clapp came to Oak Grove one of the earliest settlers in this county; purchased 120 acres of the Government, and worked at the carpenter's trade for about a year, then returned home and went to Vermont, and was there most of the time for six years; returned to Juneau in 1851, and bought land, has bought and sold a good deal of land in the vicinity ; sold out farming interest and engaged in lumber business about 1858, and has been carrying it on successfully ever since ; was the first station agent here on the Chicago & North-Wcstern Railway, and has also been express agent; through business tact and industry has accumulated means, built and owns one of the prettiest homes in Juneau. Has been on the Board of Supervisors and Justice of the Peace. Married, Dec. 16, 1851, Lucy Hurd, daughter of Sylvanus Hurd, of Arlington, Vt., who was one of the prominent men of that section ; have had four children - -Frances A. (married, Nov. 14, 1853, A. T. McCall, and living in Dennison, Iowa), George (born April 27, 1856, living at home, agent of American Express), Alfred W. (born May 1, 1858, living in Dennison, Iowa), John R. (born Nov. 17, 1860, won the running match, July 4, 1879, at Juneau).

HORACE COIiE, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Juneau ; born in Waterford, Vt., Jan. 5, 1824 ; son of Hezekiah Cole, who was originally from Woodstock, Conn. ; his father was in the Revolutionary war. Horace came to Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 5, 1844; then went to Watertown, where he worked for Bill Dennis; in 1845, went to Clyman and worked for Benjamin Fuller, and then for Waldo Lyon, and afterward settled on 120 acres in Dodge Co. His fiither was killed in 1847, by falling from a load of hay, and was crushed by the wheels. Horace assumed his interest in the town of Oak Grove, and, through his proper care and good management, now has a good farm of 298 acres, well improved. He married Sarah Morrison, daughter of John M. Morrison, April 1, 1853; have had eight children - Ella, married Thomas Holt, and lives in Beaver Dam ; Hezekiah, is at home ; Maria, died in infancy ; Luella, is at home ; Sarah J., Horace and Martha E. are living at home ; John C, died in infancy.

age of (J8 ; his fiither was a Revolutionary soldier ; the family came to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1847, and, in the fall of 1847, came to Oak Grove and bought 160 acres; there were no fences or roads, and plenty of Indians at that time ; has now, through his hard work and frugality, a fine farm of 250 acres under good cultivation and well improved ; has been a member of the School Board a number of years. Married, in Walworth Co., in March, 1855, Martha Willard ; had one child - -Marshall, born in October, 1857, and is living in Walworth Co.; his wife died in Juno, 1860. He married again, in September, 1862, Lucy E. Gove, daughter of Andrew Gove, a native of Vermont, Orange Co. ; ha.s had nine children - Walter, born Aug. 5, 1856; Henrietta. Nov. 16, 1865; Ella, Nov. 29, 1867"; Arlie, April 28, 1809; Benjamin, Aug. 31, 1870; James, June 17, 1872; Alice, Nov. 23, 1873; Cora, April 1, 1876; Allen, Aug. 9, 1877.

DEACOX JOHN CORWITH, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oak Grove; born in New York City Feb. 12, 1821 ; son of Luther Corwith, who was born in Southhampton, Long Island, Jan. 30, 1791, and died in April, 1876; his wife was Johanna Hallook, born in March, 1795, and died March 3, 1867. John, when 6 years old, went to live with his uncle in Orange Co., N. Y. ; he afterward removed to Cayuga Co., and, in the spring of 1845, came to Lowell, Dodge Co., and bought 240 acres, and finally settled there ; was among the first settlers in that county ; he was there till the spring of 1856, when he removed to Clyman, same county; was there till the fall of 1870, when he removed to Oak Grove and settled on 300 acres, and now has one of the finest farms in the town. Married, Sept. 21, 1847, Hulda J. Moon ; she was from Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio ; have had eight children - Agnes E., born July 4, 1848 (died Jan. 14, 1861); Charles L., born June 14, 1850 (is living at home); Ida J., born Oct. 6, 1852 (died Jan. 28, 1861); Martha G., born May 30, 1859 (living at home); Susan E., born Oct. 9, 1860 (living at home); John W., born Nov. 8, 1862 (died June 25, 1873); Mabel, born Feb. 3, 1866 (at home) ; Edward W., born June 3, 1869. Mr. Corwith has been Justice of the Peace and member of the Town Board a number of terms, also Chairman of the Board ; himself and family are members of the Congregational Church, and was one of the founders of the Church at Oak Grove. Mr. Corwith has, in his possession, an old Bible, published in London, England, in 1621, which is a curiosity; it is probably the largest Bible in the State.

MATHEW E. CROFT, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Horicon ; born in County Huntingdon, England, March 2, 1800 ; son of Peter C. Croft. Mathew E.came to Horicon, Wis., in July, 1856, and came to Oak Grove and bought 356 aore^, mostly woodland, which he cleared himself; now hiis a fine farm and improvements ; has a good creamery, and makes excellent butter, which finds a ready market. Married Frances Ward, in April, 1828 ; have had six children - William (is at Burlington, Iowa, with the

D. Davis, formerly of Horicon ; he died March 2, 1878 ; a child of his is living with Mr. Croft), Fred J. (is living in Burlington, Iowa"i, George (married Letitia Connolly Dec. 25, 1869, and their children are Katie, born April 7, 1871 ; Alice, Feb. 18, 18741. George is at home and has entire management of the firm ; he was in the Wisconsin Heavy Artillery at the time of the war ; served his time faithfully. Fred was a brave soldier, and was at the batiles of Ft. Donelson and Ft. Henry. Dr. Davis was a surgeon in the 17th Wis V. I.

SAMUEL EASTMAN, grain elevator, Juneau; born in Thetford, Orange Co., Vt., July 3, 1826; son of Jonathan Eastman, who was born March 4, 1796, and died Feb. 24, 186S ; his father, Samuel Eastman, was one of the first settlers in Vermont ; was at the battle of Bunker Hill ; he was the father of seven sons and three daughters - Samuel, John, David, Jonathan, William, Hiram and Amos, and Betsy, Mercy and Sally; all lived and died in Orange Co.; they raised large families, and Samuel Eastman, Jr., is the second one of the family who ever emigrated West ; his mother, Sallie Flanders, was born Sept. 10, 1798, and died April 26, 1861 ; when 21 years old, he went to Lowell, Mass. ; went to work for the Lawrence Corporation as a watchman; in 1849, went to Oneida Co., N. Y. ; worked on the Rome, Watertown and Cape Vincent Railway; fall of 1851, went to Livingston Co., N. Y., and worked on the Conhocton Valley Railway ; fall of 1852, went to Terre Haute, Ind., and worked on the Terre Haute & Alton Railway; in February, 1853, took the contract on the Illinois Central Railway, Livingston Co., for nine miles, and completed the road from Centralia thirty miles north ; was with Phelps, Matoon & Barnes, heavy contractors at that time ; came to Dodge Co., Wis., and Oak Grove, September, 1856 ; purchased a farm of 205 acres ; moved to .Juneau September, 1858, and went into the grain and provision business, and has been carrying on a successful business ever sinca. with his partner. Eli Hawks ; has a fine elevator on the North- Western Railway, at Juneau, also one at Minnesota Junction, and one on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Mr. Eastman is President of Juneau, and was nominee on the Greenback ticket for Sheriff of Dodge Co. Mr. Eastman married, March 24, 1851, Amanda C. Godfrey, born Aug. 18, 1825 - daughter of Lymaa Godfrey, who was from Vermont; have had two children - Louise B., born Oct. 1, 1853, married Andrew Rogers, and lives in Dennison, Iowa ; Frank S., born Dec. 4, 1859, is a graduate of Ripon College, and is with S. 11. Emmerson, of Fond du Lac. Self and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

ELI EDWARDS, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Juneau; born in Hinesburg, Vt., Aug. 8, 1809; son of Calvin Edwards, who came from Northampton, Mass. ; his fiither, William Noah, a descendant of Pierpont Edwards on his mother's side, was a descendant of the celebrated divine, Jonathan Edwards ; his mother's father was Capt. Stearns, a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war ; Calvin was born in 1772, and died in 1858. Eli came to Wisconsin, Dodge Co., July 17, 1854; moved into a log house, and settled on forty acres; now has 180 acres, and one of the prettiest residences in the country. Married, in 1835, Elvira Annon ; had three children - Irving J.; Jennie, died in 1866, when 26 years old; Estelle M., married Albert Stowe, and lives in Juneau. Irving J., born Sept. 23, 1836, in Addison Co., Vt., married Feb. 15, 1862, Annette Efnor, daughter of James Efnor, of New York ; have had two children - Charles J. (bprn in 1864), Mary (born in 1869) ; he runs the farm, and pays particular attention to the dairy business; has one of the finest creameries in the town, and his butter is justly celebrated.

\j, fj, FAIRCHILD, general news and book agent. Rolling Prairie, Dodge Co.; born in Lewis Co., Aug. 21, 1827; son of Liberty Fairchild, who was from Colebrook, Litchfield Co., Conn.; was of English origin ; he died June, 1852, 66 years old. Mr. L. L. Fairchild, after leaving home, was a clerk three years in store, and balance of the time till 1850, was teaching school and selling books; started a bookstore in 1850 at Constableville, N. Y., was there till 1856. then came to Dodge Co. ; first winter taught school at Beaver Dam, then worked as gardener awhile, then taught school again in Beaver Dam, then came to Rolling Prairie, started in mercantile business and subscription-book business, has orders from all parts of United States, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Bahama Islands; commenced the business twenty-seven years ago. Married Caroline A. Smith, daughter of Trumbull Smith, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier ; Trumbull was born at same time with two others, makin gtriplets ; Gen. Washington, .passing through Connecticut and hearing of the event, called and named them respectively, Trumbull, Washington and Green ; they had four children - Carrie, born in Constableville, N. Y. ; Liberty T., born in same place, and died at the age of 22 ; Ella May, died when 7 years old ; Rosa, born in Rolling Prairie, and living at home. Mr. Fairchild published the local newspaper at Constableville, N. Y., from 1854 to 1856.

Ij. T. FRIBERT, lawyer, Juneau; born in Denmark Feb. 16, 1816 ; his father was an officer in the civil service in that country ; Mr. L. T. Fribert came to America in January, 1855 ; was six months in Watertown and two years in Juneau, then went back to Watertown and remained six years, and for the past sixteen years has resided in Juneau ; first two years in Juneau was clerk of the County Judge ; studied law from his boyhood, practiced in old country when 20 years old; on his return to Watertown the second time, formed copartnership with Charles R. Gill, who was afterward for four years Attorney General of this State, and was also partner of Hiram Barber, now member of Congress from Chicago ; was also a partner of Charles Billinghast, who was a member of Congress from this district for four years ; was also a partner of Judge E. C. Lewis at one time ; through his known ability has a very large and extensive practice. Married, July 4, 1866, Mary Brand, of Milwaukee, sister of John Brand, of Elmira, N. Y., a wealthy and prominent citizen.

H. C GRIFFIN, hotel. Oak Grove ; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 7, 1818 ; son of Amos Griffin, who wa.« born in Greenwich, Conn.; his father was in the Revolutionary war, as was Casy Grattan, grandfather on his mother's side; the father of H. C. was in the war of 1812 ; moved to Onondaga Co. about 1808, one of the first settlers; he died at the age of 54, in 1841 ; his mother was a Grattan, and a descendant of the great Irish patriot of that name; Henry C. commenced teaching school when 16 years old ; taught school in Amber in that county twelve years ; Congden and Chandler, of Beaver Dam, were pupils of his ; came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Clyman in 1854 ; settled on 300 acres, and came to Oak Grove in February, 1867, and purchased a hotel and has been carrying that on successfully ever since ; his table speaks for itself ; he keeps one of the best inland hotels in the. State. Mr. Griffin was Chairman of the Board in Clyman ; was also one of the three Commissioners chosen to select location and build the Poor House, and his plans were carried out in building the present fine institution in Dodge Co.; was elected to the Legislature in 1860 ; was on Committee of Claims, and was again elected in 1862 ; Mr. Griffin has also held many other minor offices. Married Rebecca J. Abbott Sept. 16, 1846, who came from New York ; have had four children - Sarah E. (married E. L. Hall, of Beaver Dam), Edward A., Marcia and Mary N. are living at home.

DR. W. E. HALLOCK, physician, Juneau; born in Byron, Ogle Co., 111., July 24, 1846; son of Reuben Hallock, a native of New York ; W. ^. attended a course of lectures at the Rush Medical

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in 18GS-69 ; then went to the Universitj of Miehin;an in the fall of 1871 and graduated with honore in the spring of 187o; came to Juneau the same year and now has an extensive and constantly jrrowiiig practice and holds the office of County Physician. Married Georgie E. Brand Nov. 1, 1871, daughter of William Brand, of Polo, 111.; is of Scotch descent; have one child - Mabel E., born June 21, 1874. Jlr. Hallock enlisted April, 18(13, in the 15th 111. V. I., and was honorably discharged July 3, 18(i5 ; was in the siege of Vieksburg and went through with Sherman to the sea; was taken prisoner at Ackworth. Ga. and was confined at Andersonvillo nearly seven months.

ELI HAWKS, grain elevator, Juneau; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1829; son of Horace Hawks, who was from Franklin Co., ^la.ss.; came to Madison Co. among the first settlers about 1815, and helped to survey a good part of that county ; through his honest industry he placed himself in comfiirtable circumstances ; Eli started out in 1855 to see the Great West ; went to Illinois and Southern Wisconsin and came to Juneau the same year in October ; taught music there four years ; had a class of eighty; taught at Horicon, Beaver Dam and Burnett, and was also engaged in selling agricultural implements ; was as widely known and popular a singing-mister as was in the State ; has been f )r a number of years engaged in the grain and forwarding business, and now has a fine elevator near the N.-W. R. R. track and is successfully engaged in the grain and forwarding business. Married, in 1865, a daughter of Col. Douglass, an old pioneer of this county ; his wife died in November, 1866. He again married a daughter of Deacon Potter, of Juneau, in May, 1869 ; their children are Flora, born in March, 1870 ; Horace, born in January, 1872, died in infancy; Charley, born in December, 1873.

CHRISTIAN HEMMY, Register of Deeds, Juneau; born in Switzerland Jan. 19, 1840 ; son of David Hemmy ; came to America in 1856, and to New York City ; same year went to Nauvoo, III.; resided there two years, and was traveling three years in the Southern States ; in 1859, came to Watertown, Wis., and engaged in business several years, and, in 1863, removed to Beaver Dam, and lived there till 1874, when he was elected to the office of Redster of Deeds, and has been elected for three consecutive terms ; was also Alderman of the Second Ward at Beaver Dam, and was Assessor six years. Married, Sept. 1, 1861, Georgiana Schneckenbarger, daughter of Joseph Sohneckenbarger, who was a refugee from <jrermany during the revolution of 1848; his property was confiscated, and he was driven from home for liberty's sake. He was a Lieutenant under Gen. Hecker. Their children are Theodore P. (clerk in the office of Register), Carrie D., Albert J., Mary G., Christiana D.; George A. and Martha E. are at home. Self and family are members of the Catholic Church.

WILLIAM A. HOGG, hardware and stoves. Junoau ; born in Summit Co., Ohio, March 28, 1853 ; son of Samuel Hogg, who was an e.irly settler in Ohio, and was a respected merchant in Canfield, in that. State; the fiimily moved to Waukesha, Waukesha Co., in 1860; his father enlisted in the 28th W. V. I., under Col. Lewis, and was killed on the first day of the fight at battle of Spanish Fort, near Mobile, and died bravely in the defen.se of his country. He married Marietta Minch, of Ohio, and had four children - Clara E. married C. H. Davis, and lives in Milwaukee; Sarah L. married E. F. Mertz ; Thomas Edward is attending Normal School at Whitewater, Wis.; William learned his trade in Waukesha, and worked, four years there, then went to Milwaukee, Wis.; was there about a year, then went back to Waukesha, and afterward went into business in Pewaukee, with a partner named Barker ; was there two years, then went into business with F. B. Bartlett, in Juneau ; bought him out in October, 1878, and now carries on business on his own account; has as line and complete a stock of hardware and tinware, and everything pertaining to that line, as can be found in the county ; handles a large and complete stock of stoves in the season, and through his industry and attention to business is building up an increasing business. Married, Nov, 22, 1878, Mary D, Barber, daughter of Dr. Barber, who was one of the foremost and most successful physicians in this county; he died several years since.

H. A. JONES, farmer and stock dealer; Sec."20 ; P- 0. Juneau; born in Tioga Co., N. Y., June 23, 1828 ; son of Melzar Jones, who was from Vermont, and of English descent ; his wife's fiither and brother were in the war of 1812 ; Mr. Melzar Jones lives in New York and is 72 years old. Mr. H. A. Jones married Harriet Winchester, daughter of Samuel Winchester; had four children - Naomi, married Mr. /j. Swan, an 1 lives in Minn. ; Marietta, married and living in Pennsylvania ; Emma, married E. Le Barr, and living in Minnesota; Nellie, married and living in Juneau ; wife died March 24,1863; he married asain, Jan. 31, 1864, Sarah J. Butler; their children are Melzar, died in infan.^y ; Effie, is child at home. Mr. Jones came to Wisconsin and to Horicon fill of 1854 ; went into grocery business, carried it on successfully, sold out and went into business in Eau Claire, Wis ; moved to Oak Grove in 1864 and .settled on ninety-six acres ; his brother, Gregory, engaged in stock business ; has one of the handsomest residences in the town, and, through his good business tact and industry, has a competency.

OSCAR F. JONES, lawyer, Juneau ; bora in New York, September, 1832; commenced his studies at Ithaca, N. Y., and from there went to Freeport, 111., and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Illinois ; Judjj;e Caton and Chief Justice Treat were on the bench at that time, this was in 1852, when Douglas, Lincoln, Col. E. P. Baker. M. Y. Johnson and John Knox were in the arena. Mr. Jones came to Jutieau about this time, and commenced the practice of law ; from 1864 to 18(38, was traveling correspondent and business man for the Chicago Times; then established the Hudson Democrat in Hudson, Wis., carried that on successfully till Jan. 1, 1875, then spent the summer of 1875 on the seaboard, and was correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, and in 1876 became editor-in-chief of the Milwaukee Daily News ; resigned that position in 1877, and returned to Juneau and resumed practice of law ; in 1862, was elected to the Assembly, and was re-elected in 1863. Was Democratic nominee for the Senate in 1865, and was defeated by Dr. Judd, of Fox Lake, by about sixty majority.

JOHN LESI.iIE, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Juneau; born in Scotland Dec. 7, 1829; son of Alexander Leslie. Alexander came to Wisconsin in 1843, in Ashippun, Dodge Co., and settled on a farm in the woods. John came in 1844. Alexander was the first white settler in that town ; Indians were numerous. He died in 1854, at the age of 52. John started on eighty acres, five miles from Appleton, traded for a thrashing-machine ; then went back to Ashippun and built a flouring-mill in 1862 ; carried that on successfully till elected Sheriff of Dodge Co., in 1873; held that otfice two years, and was afterward Under Sheriff two years. After the expiration of his office, he bought a fine farm of 240 acres in Oak Grove, where he now resides. Married Emma Webster, daughter of George Webster, of Ashippun, who came from Leeds, Scotland, to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and then to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in A.shippun. His children are Robert A. (born Sept. 24, 1856), George E. (born March 20, 1858), Sarah E. (born Feb. 13, 1860), Belinda A. (born Aus;. 25, 1862). Anna L. (born June 3, 1864), Agnes (born Jan. 22, 1868), Emma J. (born June 24, 1871 ), John Dobie (born Sept. 5, 1872).

JUDGE E. C. liEWIS, capitalist and lawyer, Juneau; born in Greenfield, Huron Co., Ohio, 1823 ; son of Phillip Lewis, who was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., and came to Ohio in 1809 ; he came on a "jumper" from Buffalo to Cleveland, and then up the lake to Sandusky City ; then went to Huron Co. and commenced clearing up a farm at the time of the war of 1812 ; was driven out by the Indians ; came back after the war and settled on 160 acres, and lived there till his death ; through his industry he accumulated a competency. E. C. Lewis attended district school and seminary, and worked on the farm at home till he attained the age of 18 ; then started out for himself Commenced the study of law in Norwalk, was there three years, and was admitted in 1844, by the Supreme Court at Tiffin, Ohio. Then went South to New Orleans, Kentucky and Indiana, and finally settled in Oak Grove, Dodge Co., Wis., in March, 1847. and, in 1849, came to Juneau, and has lived here ever since; there were no houses in Juneau when he came to Dodge Co., no roads or fences; Indians were plenty. He was elected District Attorney in 1847, and held that office fourteen years; was Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit: has been Court Commissioner most of the time since he has been in the State, and member of County Board of Supervisors many times, and is now County Attorney for the North-Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroads. He obtained the right of way for these roads. Married Miss I. L. Grover, daughter of Lemuel Grover, a native of New York ; have had three children - one died in infancy j Pinkney G. is attending law school in Chicago, stands high in his class, and will graduate in about a year; he married Maggie Lowth, her father, John Lowth, an estimable citizen of Juneau, was Clerk of the Circuit Court a number of years, and a member of the Legislature ; Kitt C. has been attending Commercial College in Chicago, and is now at home. Mr. Lewis is a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity.

P. H. LEWIS, lawyer, Juneau; born in Greenfield, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1825 ; son of Philip Lewis, who came to Ohio at an early date. Philander H. went to Texas and taught school in 1856, and was there till 18(53; when they began to conscript into the rebel service, he esciped by way of Mexico and got to New York June 25, 18()3. and then went to Ohio and enlisted in the llfh Ohio V. C, and was ordered to Ft. Laramie, Idaho Territory (now Wyoming), and relieved the veterans there, who went to the front; the 11th guarded the overland stage route, and were escort for the surveyors of the Pacific Railroad; was mustered out in Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1866; then came to Jun;au, Wis , and commenced the practice of law; was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court two termi, 1877 and 1873, and is Deputy Clerk at this time, and is also Justice of the Peace of the town of Oak Grove, and Police Justice of the village of Juneau. Mr. Lewis was engaged in the grocery business, in Chicago, on the corner of Halsted and Fourteenth streets, and also on the corner of Blue Isl ind avenue and Maxwell street, from 1873 to 1877. Married Olive Grover, daughter of Lemuel Grover, Nov. 11, 1868.

CHRISTIAN LINDEMAN, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Juneau ; born in Prussia Nov. 3, 1828 ; son of Fred L., who was a shepherd in the old country ; he died about 1837, about 40 years of age; fell from a roof and was killed. In 1857. Christian eanie to Erie Co., N. Y. ; was there about three years; then came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; was there about seven years; was Drafting Clerk, at the time of the war, in Ashford ; was elected Town Treasurer in 18t)4 ; was also, at one time, Supervisor and Clerk of School District many years; came to Oak Grove and settled on 120 acres, and then added forty more; he now is in comfortable circumstances, owing to his industry and perseverance. Married Wilhelmine Stoltzmann April 25. 1857 ; have had seven children - Herman, born in Erie Co. in May, 1858; Ernest, May 5, 1860; Hertha, in Fond du Lac Co. May 12, 1862; Ferdinand, May 20, 1864; Veronica, Jan. 8, 1866 ; two died 'in infancy. Mr. Lindeman was elected Clerk of the School Board of the district in 187-1; self and wife arc members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Lindeman has, in his possession, a Bible, printed in Leipsic, in 1704 - ((uite a curiosity.

F. WILLIAM lillKCK, boots and shoes, Juneau; born July 29, 1844, in Germany ; son of Ludwick Lueck, who was a soldier in the regular army under Emperor William (before the present one), in the old country ; family came to America and Jeiferson, Wis., in 1853, and, after six months, moved to Lebanon, where his pareuts died of cholera in 1854, leaving four children. F. William was with his guardian, Wm. Scherfee, till 1859, then went to Milwaukee Dec. 5, 1859, to learn the boot and shoe trade ; was there about three years, when he enlisted in the 26th W. V. I., Co. A ; joined the Army of the Potomac : was in Gen. Hooker's command, and afterward under Gen. Sherman till the close of the war; he was in thirteen hard-fought battles ; he, wiih one other, were the only ones in his company who went through without sickness or wounds; was honorably discharged June 13, 1865. Married, Oct. 22, 1869, Phillippiene Scheuer ; have had three children - William H., died in infancy; Martin L., born July 29, 1872 ; Clara M., Aug. 25, 1875. After the war, he went to Horicon and established business for himself; carried it on successfully till January, 1869, when he took the Western fever and went to Iowa; came back to Juneau June 3, 1876, and has been carrying on a first-class boot and shoe business ever since, with constantly increasing trade

JAMES E. MALOXE, Clerk Circuit Court, Juneau; born in Beaver Dam in November, 1853 ; son of John Malone, who came to Beaver Dam in the spring of 1851, and is a successful and respected merchant there. He married Mary McCabe in 1850; they had eleven children. James E. Malone commenced to study law in the fall of 1875, in Beaver Dam, in the office of Judge Elwell, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1877. In the spring of 1876, he was elected Town Clerk, and held that office two years, and, in the fall of 1878, was elected Clerk of the County Court, which responsible office he now holds, and is the youngest man holding office in the county.

ALBERT MEKTZ, Master in the United States Navy ; son of Leonard and Kathinka Mertz ; born March 26, 1851, in the town of Shields, Dodge Co., Wis.; moved to Juneau in October, 1852; removed to Beaver Dam in June, 1855 ; in June, 1867, was appointed Cadet Midshipman in the U. S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md., from the Fifth Congressional District, by the Hon. Charles A. Eldridge, M. C; graduated at Annapolis in June, 1872, receiving the diploma from the hands of President Grant; in August, 1872, was assigned to duty as Midshipman on board the U. S. corvette Yantic, serving on the East African coast, in the East Indies and on the coasts of China and Japan, until Ajiril, 1874, when he was assigned to the flagship Hartford, under Rear Admiral A. M. Pennock, U. S. N.; during the term of service on board the Yantic, visited the Island of Zanzibar, in connection with the British under Sir Bartle Frere, in the suppression of the Zanzibar and Muscat slave-trade ; visited, also, the islands of Borneo, Phillipines. Celebes, Sumatra and Java ; returned to this country in flagship Hartford in October, 1875, having traveled, during his forty months' absence, a distance of over fifty-four thou.sand miles. In November, 1875, examined for, and promoted to, the grade of Ensign ; from January to July, 1876, served as navigating and ordnance officer of the U. S. monitor Ajax, attached to the West India squadron, on waiting orders from July to December, 1876 ; December, 1876, assigned to duty on board the U. S. corvette Wyoming, then receiving-ship at the Washington navy yard; in April, 1877, detached from Wyoming and ordered to special duty in the U. S. Coast and Geolitic Survey, under the Treasury Department, serving at first on schooner Drift, engaged in making tidal current observations between Cape Cod, Mass., and Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, afterward serving on schooners Earnest and Silliman, cmjiloyed in making hydrographic survejs on the coasts of Maine and Florida ; in June, 187S, examined at Washington and promoted to the grade of Master in the navy, ranking with First Lieutenant in the army. In July, 1878, married at Beaver Dam to Mary E., second daughter of Columbus Germain. At presant he is in command of the U. S. Coast Survey steamer Hitchcock, employed in making triangulation surveys in the lower Mississippi River.

KICHAKI> MEKTZ, Juneau ; born in Germany March 7, 1833 ; came to Dodge Co. in 1849, and settled in Shields ; in 1854, came to Juneau and became engaged in getting up abstracts of this county ; was elected Register of Deeds in 1862 ; held thatofl&ce for six years, then established a loan office and land agency ; was again elected in 1872 to the office (vf Register of Deeds by several thousand majority; held that office one term; at the expiration formed a copartnership with W. T. Rambuseh and purchased the Dodge Co. abstracts ; now carry on an extensive loan and insurance together with the abstract business. Married Josephine Hepton, a native of Germany, Sept. 1, 1855 ; have had nine children - Edgar F., born Aug. 13, 1856, married Sarah L. Hogg, and is now carrying on a successful drug business in Hartford, Washington Co., Wis.; Ella, born March 31, 1858, married M. J. Schubert, of VVatcrtown, Wis.; Dora, died in infancy ; Gustavus, died when 2 years old ; Richard H., is now a student in the N. W. University at Watertown, Wis.; May, died when 2 years old; Alfred, died when 2 years old ; Otto, born Aug. 20, 1869 ; Ida, born Nov. 5, 1872.

N. P. WASH, farmer, Sec. 29; P. 0. Oak Grove; born in New Haven, Addison Co., Vt., July 21, 1830 ; son of Gen. William Nash, who was a native of Conii'.'cticut, and was a General in the old State .^Iilitia in Vermont ; was President lor twenty-five years of the oldest bank in Middlebury, Vt., a bank that never closed its doors. N. P. Nash came to Wisconsin and scitled in Oak Grove, in Sections 29 and 30, in 1860. Married, March 29, 1860, Ellen V. Smith, daughter uf Judge Oliver Smith, of New Haven, Vt.; he was a prominent and popular man, and a stanch Republican ; have had three children - Edward P. (born Jan. 10, 1861, living at home), Henry Otis (born in March, 1863, has been attending school in Vermont), William Wallace (born Jan. 18, 1869). A brother, Mr. C. D. Nash, who is President of the National Bank of Milwaukee, owns a fine summer residence at Lake Side, Pewaukee Lake, twenty miles from Milwaukee. Mr. N. P. Nash is a public-spirited and popular man. He and his femily are honored members of the Congregational Church. He has a very pretty residence, and all pertaining to the comfort, and necessary to the management of a large and well kept farm.

JOHN NELiSOJ^, lumber, Minnesota Junction; born in Norway Aug. 5, 1834; son of Nels Johnson ; John went to school and worked on the farm in the old country, and came to America Aug. 2, 1862, by the way of Canada; then went to Rolling Prairie, and enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in the 29th W. V. L, Co. K, Col. Gill ; was in many hard-fought battles - Port Gibson, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, and up the Red River with Gen. Banks, and at Mobile at the time of the great explosion ; served his time faithfully, and was honorably discharged. Came back and worked on the prairie, and at Horicon. and was with Mr. Perry a number of years, and bought him out in December, 1876, and has been carrying on the lumber business in a very successful way, and through his industry and hard work is gaining a competency. Married Hattie Haughton, daughter of S. V. R. Haughton, of Juneau, in 1876.

WARREN A. OWEN, farmer. Sec. 20; P. O. Juneau; born in New York May 3, 1841; son of Arad Owen, who was an old settler in New York, and a soldier in the war of 1812. Arad and his family moved to Burlington, Wis., in 1842, and to Oak Grove in 1843 ; there were only a log tavern and a log store in Watertown, when his father came here. Warren enlisted in the 12th U. S. A. Infantry, April 19, 1862 ; was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Antietam, second Bull Run, and was wounded at Gettysburg, and afterward served at headquarters ; was honorably discharged April 19, 1865. Married, in October, 1865, Sophronia McGuire, of Beaver Dam; have had eight children - Clarence H., Eugene E., Emma A., George W., Alice E., Elizabeth E. (died in intlincy), Martha M. and Mary A.

JOHN P. PERKINS, blacksmith and carriage-maker, Juneau ; born in County Cornwall, England, Sept. 21, 1843 (the anniversary of the Church of England) ; .son of John Perkins; for five generations, the oldest of the family (all Johns") have been blacksmiths and worked in the same shop; John came to America in May, 1864 ; first to New York, and then to Chicago, and then to Hustisford, Wis., June 11, 1864, and started a blacksmith-shop with his father, who came over with him ; bought his father's interest out in 1868, and carried on the business very successfully till March, 1878, when he found a favorable chance to sell, and came to Juneau and built the largest establishment for horse-shoeing and carriage-shops in the village, ard has been carrying on a good and constantly increasing business; has accumulated a competency through his industry. Married Miss Josey Knowles, of Hustisford ; have had eight children - John, born March 9, 1868; Susan, Jan. 9, 1870; Alice, died in infancy; George, born April 6, 1861 ; Charley, July 2, 1873; Arthur, June 9, 1875; Mary, May 15, 1877 ; William. April 9, 1879. Mr. Perkins was elected a Trustee of Juneau in May, 1879; was brought up in the Church of England faith.

" JOHN W. PERRY, Superintendent of Dodge Co. Poor-House, Juneau ; P. 0. Juneau ; born in Windham Co., Vt., April 13, 1822 ; son of Mr. Perry, a prominent physician, and a descendant of the renowned Commodore Perry. John remained at home till he attained the age of 18, when he went to Boston and clerked three years in a bookstore ; returning to his native town, he operated a sash and blind fiiftovy from 1844 to 1849, and, shortly after, became hotel-keeper, and was thus engaged till 1855, when he went to Wisconsin and scuttled in Oak Grove ; lie selected a fine section of land and engaged in farming for ten or twelve years ; then went into the lumber business at Minnesota Junction ; carried that on successfully seven years, and, Jan. 1, 187G, was appointed Superintendent of Dodge Co. Poor-House. Mr. Perry enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and has been the recipient of public favor most of the time he has been in this State ; has iield office from School Director to County Treasurer. Miirried, Aug. 24, 1844, and had three children - John II. (married Kva Rich"), Lute (is living at home), Frank (died when 17 years old). Mr. Perry and his estimable wife deserve great credit for the management of the institution ; everything is in perfect order and scrupulously neat ; the Insane Department is well ventilated, and one can safely say that, under their good management, they have the best kept, most complete and finest establishment of the kind in the county.

H. D. PHILLIPS, farmer, Sec. 18: P. O. Oak Grove; born in Monroe Co., N. Y., May 7, 1821 ; son of Isaac Phillips, who was originally from Massachusetts, and died in 1834, about 34 years old ; his fiither was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war ; H. D. was left at the death of his father at an early age to take care of the farm, which he did with credit to himself; in 1855, he came to Oak Grove, Wis., settling on 120 acres, and, through his good management and own persevering effort, now has a fine farm of 177 acres; has one of the prettiest residences to ba found in the county, and the best of improvements and good general stock. He married Agnes Seely, daughter of John G. Seely, who was an old and respected settler in New York State. Mr. Phillips gave his aid and support to the patriotic sons of the North during the war.

W. f. KAMBUSCII, of Rambusch & Mertz, capitalists, insurance, abstracts, etc., Juneau came to Watcrtow'n, Wis., in 1862; in 1867, went to Minneapolis, Minn.; was there four years, and, in 1871, entered the Foreign Department of the Post Office at Washington, under Postmaster Creswell was also appointed one of the Commissioners to Berlin in the interest of the U. S. Post Office Depart ment; in 1874, he came to Juneau and engaged in the abstract business, and finally entered into copart nership with Mr. Mertz in the same business. Married Kmily Curti.ss, daughter of Hiram Curtiss, in 1868 Mr. Rambusch enlisted in September, 1861, in the 5Ist N. Y. V. I., and w;»s honorably discharged in January, 1862. He was also Presidential Elector from Maine. The firm have sterling integrity and great business tact, and through those means have a deserved popularity.

JOEL RICH, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Juneau ; born in Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 24, 1824; son of Martin Rich, who emigrated from Vermont at an early day with his father, Joel, who owned the land where Ithaca now stands, and thought he was getting a good price for it when he sold it for 10 cents an acre; this was about 1810 ; the present Joel Rich came to Juneau, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1844, and settled on 160 acres in Sec. 21 ; at that time, there was not a piece of land entered from his farm to the lake ; he built the first frame hou.se in Juneau ; built the dam at Horicon and put up the first frame building there ; 1,500 Indians encamped near Horicon then ; Mr. Rich was the prime mover in the struggle to get the Court House located at Juneau, canvassing the county in that interest ; Beaver Dam was called Grubville at that time ; two or three houses there ; got mail once a week from Watertown. Married, in July, 1846, Esther Wright; she died in 185^5; children were Julia E. (married H. Perry), .\llen E. (married Thomas Jones). Married his second wife, Helen M. Hart, in 1856 ; she was a native of New York ; have had five children - Joel, Nettie, Bessie and Martin A. are living at home ; Ina married Henry Slarkel and is living at Waupun. In 1873, Mr. Rich was appointed Director and Warden at the State Prison at Waupun and held that ofiSce till 1878. Mr. Rich has one of the finest residences and places in Dodge Co.

J. L. RIX, Sheriff of Dodge Co., Juneau ; born in Canada July 12, 1837 ; son of John Rix, who was born in Vermont, and came of old English stock ; he died about 1870, at the age of 59 ; he came with his family to Kenosha Co., Wis., in the spring of 1844, and in the spring of 1845, moved to Washins;- ton Co., Wis., and settled on 160 acres of Government land ; he was the father of seventeen children^ - six boys and six girls are now living ; the old farm is still in po.s.session of the boys. Mr. J. L. Rix started out for himself at the age of 21; he and his brother John built a mill, and carried on the milling business successfully some years, till the spring of 1872, when he came to Dodge Co., Wis., and engaged in the responsible position of Superintendent of the North-Western Iron Co.'s works at iMayville ; was there till elected Sheriflin 1878, and entered oflice in 1879. Married, January, 1863, Eliza E. JIaxon, daughter of Ethan .Mason, who was from New York ; children are Frances, Arthur (died in infancy), John George, Ethan M. (died in infancy), Mary P. and Jennie. Mr. Rix, in 1871, made a trip to Utah and Salt Lake ; was over most of that State ; returned after being there six months.

HORATIO ROPER, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O.Juneau; born in Rutland, Worcester Co., Mass., Jan. 1, 1799 (near old barracks, where Burgovne, the British Commander, was stationed at the time of the Revolutionary war) ; was a son of John Roper ; his father's brother Ephraim's family was twice destroyed by the Indians, and after all he married again, and raised ten sons and one daughter. Horatio married, Nov. 23, 1820, Anna Reid, daughter of William Reid, of Sterling, Mass.; their children are Joseph W. (now in Fort Dodge, lowaj, Samuel E. (was in Co. K, 29th W. V. I., is now in Madison, Wis.), John H. (died in infancy), John A. (is at home), Josiah C (is in Horiconj, Mary A. (is in Mankato, Minn.), Louisa L. (is living at home), Harriet (died April 22, 1865, at the age of 22). After marriage, Horatio went to Susquehanna Co., Penn., and then to Tioga Co., N. Y.; came to Wisconsin and Oak Grove in 1849, and settled on a farm of eighty acres. John A. Roper is now running the farm. He married Emeline Tyler April 23, 1853; their children are Stella (died in infiincy), Frank (died when 2 years old), Dora and Dena (died in infancy), Belle, Mark, John and Daisy (are at homej.

HON. ADAM SCHANTZ, farmer; Sec. 24; P. 0. Juneau; born in Germany Oct. 9, 1819 ; son of Joseph Sehantz ; the family came to the United States in fall of 1828 ; engaged in farming in Oneida Co., N, Y. and then in Oswego Co., and in 1846 came to Washington Co., Wis., and settled on eighty acres ; the father, Joseph Sehantz, died April, 1873, at the age of 79 ; Adam went into mercantile business in Addison, Washington Co., in 1857, carried it Xin successfully till 1871, and came to Oak Grove March 15, 1878, and now has a fine residence and farm of 125 acres. Married, Jan. 2, 1848, Catharine Schwartz, a native of Bavaria (as was Mr. Sehantz); have had four children - Charles, born Oct. 10, 1848, married Margaret Long; Joseph, born May 25, 1850, married Josephine Esser, and lives in Horicon ; Josephine, born Oct. 5, 1852, married John Heder, and lives on the farm ; Catherine, born Feb. 3, 1858, died Feb. 7, 1860. In 1846, Mr. Sehantz was elected Justice of the Peace of Hartford, Washington Co., Wis. ; elected Register of Deeds of same coounty, in 1852 ; in 1853, was elected member of the Legislature ; was again elected to Legislature in 1863 ; was electeS to the Senate in ] 867, and again in 1869, and again in 1872, and is now Chairman of Town Board of Oak Grove ; he has evidently been an honest representative of his constituency.

JOHjVSOIjON, County Clerk Dodge Co., Juneau ; born in Ireland April 11,1842 ; son of Patrick Solon ; family came to this country in 1847 ; mother died in Buft'alo ; his brothers, Michael and Patrick, died same year ; father and only remaining son, John, settled in Shields Township, Dodge Co., Wis., June, 1847 ; bought farm of 80 acres, through his industry and perseverance accumulated 160 acres. He again married in 1 849 ; had two sons - James is working the farm ; Thomas is traveling for tlie Cook Carriage Works of Cincinnati. John commenced for himself by buying and working thrashing machines ; his father died in the fall of 1863, at the age of 54 ; John had to fill his place ; his lather, Patrick, had been Treasurer of town of Shields for twelve years ; John was appointed to fill the vacancy, and was elected to that ofiice the following year, 1864; was elected Supervisor in 1865, and, in 1866, was elected to fill a vacancy in office of Town Treasurer; was then elected Town Assessor and Chairman of Town Board in 1870 and 1871 ; in the fall of 1871, was elected to the Legislature from the Sixth District, Dodge Co. ; in 1873, was elected member County Board of shields, served four years, and fall of 1879, was elected County Clerk of Dodge Co. He married. May 20, 1863, Margaret Boulton ; their children are Patrick H., died in infancy; Margaret Ann, born April 18, 1865; Thomas F., born Feb. 26, 1866.

JOISEPH E. SPAULDING, farmer. Sec. 29; P. 0. Juneau ; born in the town of Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Me. (on the Kennebec Riverj, Aug. 18, 1817 ; son of Otis Spaulding, who was also born in Maine, and was in the war of 1812 ; he died in 1848, at the age of 58, and his widow, Betsy Emery, drew a pension ; he was an old and respected farmer ; taught school in the winter ; his father came from Massach usetts, and was a Revolutionary soldier ; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill ; his ancestors came with the Pilgrims. Joseph came to Oak Grove, Wis., Aug. 12, 1844, and built the red store in the fall of 1844, and started in business; it was the first store between Watertown and Beaver Dam - none at Horicon or Mayville; it was the only store for many miles around ; there were no inhabitants between Atwater and Watertown, none between Oak Grove and Beaver Dam, and but one or two femilies at Horicon ; Government troops and Indians were constantly passing ; after two years, Mr. Spaulding sold out his store and purchased 160 acres in Sec. 29, and now has, through his honest industry, 250 acres, a fine home and all improvements, and is in comfortable circumstances. He married Juliet Chase, daughter of Joseph Chase, who was from Painesville, Ohio, in September, 1846 ; they have had ten children - Charles is living in New Hampton, Iowa; Otis and Mary Ann died in infancy; Harriet is living in Iowa, and Nelson is in the same county ; Samuel is living at Oak Grove ; Edward, William, Nellie and Dolly are living at home. Mr. Spaulding has been Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and has held office many times.

J. B. SPKISCER, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Juneau; born in East Haddam, Conn., Jan. 31, 1809 ; son of Amzi Spencer, who was born and brought up in Connecticut ; his father, Isaac, was in the

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Revolutionary war, iind was at the battles of King's Bridge and White Plains ; Stephen Beck with, J. B.'s grandfather on his mother's side, was at the battle of Hoyt Plains; Amzi died in New York in 1844, when about 65 years old ; J. B. Spencer moved fri)m Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., to Wisconsin in 1851, and arrived at Fond du Lao July 12, and went to the Lewis House ; then went to Spring Vale and settled on eighty acres, then bought eighty acres more, and in March, 1852, started for Caliibrnia ; went across the Plains in 107 days; got to Y^reka, in the northern part of California Sept. 7, 1852; had many adventures with Indiins and narrow escapes; was engaged in farming and mining; started back Jan. 6, 1855; mide the trip to Council Bluffs in fifty-one traveling days, and finally to Spring Vale; came to Oak Grove in 1865, and settled on si.'^ty-three acres near Juneau; has a house and lot in Juneau; through his industry and good management, he has a competency. He married Sarah Horton, of New York, in 18:57. Mr. Spencer was Town Clerk in Spring Vale two years, and Supervisor, and was in the Town Board in Juneau. He voted for Jackson, and is a war Democrat ; himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church.

ADELBERT G. STOCKING, station agent. Rolling Prairie; born in the town of Kendan, Orleans Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1845; sou of George Stocking, a native of Massachu.setts ; the family came to Winnebago Co., Wis., in 1847, and settled on 160 acres of land ; they were among the first and most respected settlers in that county ; there were no roads nor fences, and Indians and all kinds of game abounded ; Adelbert came to Rolling Prairie in May, 1873, and has been agent for the Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. and tjlegraph operator here ever since. Married, in October, 1875, Kate A. Phelps, from New York ; have one child - Charles Ray, born Sept. 10, 1876. Mr. Stocking has a fine residence and a pleasant home, and is a man of public spirit.

l>ASfIEIj H. THKOOP, retired, Juneau ; born in New York, thirty-five miles southwest of Albany, Dec. 9, 1811 ; .son of William Throop, who came from Connecticut with his father when he was 18 years old, one of the first settlers in that part of New York ; it was a wild, heavily timbered country at that time, and full of Indians; William moved to Oswego Co. about 1828, and then to Tioga Co. and was there till his death, which occurred about 1843; Daniel remained on the farm three years after his father's death ; came to Oak Grove about 1846 and bought eighty acres in Sec. 28 and carried on farming successfully ; he came to Juneau in March, 1875; when Mr. Throop came to Oak Grove there were no buildings in Juneau ; voted for Wisconsin to become a State. Married Sarah M. Owens, daughter of Abraham Owens, of Orange Co., Feb. 20, 1840 ; was married in Candor, Tioga Co., by the Rev. Riggs. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

C. B. TOZER, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Juneau ; born in Tioga Co., N. Y., Sept. 18, 1816 ; son of John R., whose father, Elishma, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war and was with Gen. Wolf in the French and Indian war before Quebec; he died at the age of 88 in 1833; John R. died in Waverly in 1871 at the age of 91 ; he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. C. B. Tozer came to Fond du Lac Co. in April, 1855, and then to Oak Grove and settled on forty acres ; through his industry and good management he has a good home and is in comfortable circum-stances. Married Cordelia Southwick Oct. 20, 1846, daughter of Orange and Rebecca Southwick, of New York State ; had four children - Charles H., born July 28, 1846, in Tioga Co., he is in Leadville, Colo., married Florence Yockey ; Orange S., born Feb. 4, 1850, he is in Leadville, Colo.; Emma, born Oct. 25, 1857; Albert, born May 12, 1863. George B. Southwick, a brother of Mrs. Tozer, is in business in Chicago and lives at 257 Robey street. Mr. Tozer is a carpenter by trade and built his own house and barn, and ha? built many of the houses and barns in the neighborhood. Himself and family are members of the Methodist Church.

E. J. TYLER, farmer, See. 21 ; P. 0. Juneau; born Feb. 7, 1845; son of Samuel Tyler, who came 'with his fomily from Herkimer Co., N. Y., to Oak Grove in 1846, one of the first settlers; he died on Feb. 17, 1866. His son, E. J. Tyler, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, in the 29th W. V. I., Co. K ; was wounded three times at the battle of Champion Hills, in the shoulder, right side and hand, but fought bravely through the battle despite of wounds; was in many other engagements - Grand Gulf, mouth of Black River, Magnolia Church, May 1, Edwards' Depot, May 15, Champion Hills, May 16, Black River Bridge ; was in the charge (23d of June) before Vioksburg. and at the siege of Jackson, Miss., up the Red River with Gen. Banks, and at the taking of Mobile, and was mustered out at Shrcveport, La. Married Amy L. Bennett, daughter of Rev. Olney Bennett, who was a native of Rhode Island, ar.d died in 1874, in .Juneau. He was a much beloved and respected man. Mr. Bennett married, Jan. 1, 1828, Elizabeth Place, daughter of Enos Place, of Rhode Island. Mr. Tyler is the father of three children - Samuel L. (born in 1S70), Emma (born in 1873), Bruce (born in 1878). Mr. Tyler went to Texas and took up a homestead in 1867 ; returned to Juneau in fall of 1875. Mr. Tyler met with a serious accident Jan. 17, 1878, lost his hand while at work with thrashing-machine at David Barber's.

F. UEBELi, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Minnesota Junction ; born in Germany April 1, 1819 ; came to America in 1850, and to Oak Grove in 1851, and settled on eighty acres, and through his industry and steady perseverance has now a fine farm of 120 acres under good cultivation ; came here with only 50 cents in his pocket; has now a fine brick residence and good, general stock, and everything pertaining to a firstclass farm. Married, in the fall of 185-J:, Eliza Walter ; have had three children - Charley J. (born July 21, 1855), Ernest (born in 1850), Maretz (a child at home). Mr. Uebel gave his aid and support to the war. He was educated and brought up in the Presbyterian Church in the old country.

A. VESPER, farmer and stock man; Sec. 5; P. 0. Rolling Prairie; born in Windsor Co., Vt., January, 1834; son of George W. Vesper, old England stock; he died in 1858, at the age of 60; family came to Oak Grove in 1853, and settled on Rolling Prairie. A. Vesper started for himself in 1853; hired out for $10 per month; then worked in Pine River till about 1857; then went to Barton, Mo. ^ and ran a steam saw-mill; he carried a " buck-saw " for awhile, and earned 18 cents per day sawing wood ; after his father's death, came to Oak Grove, and engaged in farming with his brother for one year ; then bought twenty acres for $50 per acre, the first time such a price had been paid for land in the neighborhood ; afterward, had about one hundred acres ; Mr. Vesper has been engaged in stock-dealing for many years; ships from fifty to one hundred and seventy-five cars per year; through his industry and good business management, has now a competency and a fine home and residence in Rolling Prairie. Married Sarah A. Caldwell, daughter of Samuel Caldwell, of Oneida Co., N. Y. Children are, Minnie, born Aug. 17, 1857 (married Albert Cady, and are living in Oak Grove; they have one child, Hattie, born March 27, 1878); Arthur E., born Jan. 17, 1861 (he is in Minnesota); Charles R., born March 11, 1864; Harry, born Sept. 7, 1867 (just come from Minnesota with a car-load of hogs; he is only 12 years old). Mr. Vesper is a public-spirited man, and has been on Board of Supervisors and Assessor.

GEORGE W. WARREN, farmer; Sec. 28; P. 0. Juneau; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., June 13, 1831 ; son of John Warren, who was a descendant of the old Warren family of Massachusetts ; John Warren was in the war of 1812 ; he died in March, 1860, at the age of 77. Family came to Oak Grove in the fall of 1844; settled on eighty acres, and built a log house; Winnebago Indians outnumbered the whites; fences and roads were scarce; Mr. Warren now has a fine residence and farm of 120 acres, and, through his industry and frugality, has accumulated a competency. Married, February, 1867, Hattie C. Loomis, daughter of J. B. Loomis, of New York; have had three children - one died in infancy; Arthur John, born April 24, 1870, a very promising and much beloved boy, died in Janesville, Wis., of scarlet fever, Nov. 26, 1876, aged 6 years and S months. Their only living child is Anna Mabel, a pretty black-eyed miss, born May 22, 1874. Mr. Warren and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

G. G. WHITE, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Juneau or Beaver Dam ; born in Madison Co., N. Y., Aug. 31, 1824; son of Rev. W. W. White; he was a prominent and much-respected preacher in the Methodist Church in New York State ; he came from old Connecticut stock ; came to New York as early as 1806 ; his father was in the war of 1812. A grandfather of Mr. G. G. White, on his mother's side, (Sawyer by name), was with Ethan Allen at the battle of Ticonderoga and all through the Revolutionary war; another ancestor was a Major and was at the battle of Bennington, Vt. Mr. G. G. White came to Dodge Co. by way of Chicago, in 1846 ; Chicago was deeply in mud, and the sidewalks were like elevated railroads. Mr. White now has one of the finest farms in the county 260 acres under good cultivation ; this has all been attained through good management and hard work. Married Harriet Birdseye, daughter of Levi Birdseye, who came up the Mohawk with a pole-boat and landed at Utica when there were but four houses there; Mr. White's children are Arvilla and Thomas, at home; Bennett, married Artell Osman and is living in Beaver Dam ; George graduated at the Northwestern University, Chicago, June, 1879 ; Esther, Charlie, Nellie and Archie are at home ; one died in infancy. Himself and family are members of the Methodist Church.

REV.HARRY HOLMES WIKOFP, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Juneau ; born in New Jersey Oct. 26, 1853 ; son of William H. Wikoff ; graduated at Princeton College in 1874, and, in April, 1877, at Princeton Theological Seminary, and settled in Juneau, August, 1877, as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, the leading church of the town ; has a membership of about ninety ; the roof of the church was torn oft' by the terrific wind-storm of July 9, 1878.

O. B. WILCOX, former. Sec. 23 ; P. O. Juneau ; born in Farmiogton, Conn., Sept. 20, 1827 ; son of Willis Wilcox, who was in the war of 1812 ; he was born in Granby, Conn., and his father was Amos Wilcox, of EngHsh descent. The father of 0. B. Wilcox died in 1872; he was 80 years old. Owen B. engaged in the mercantile business in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1849, in Hester; carried it on successfully until 1856, when he came to Oak Grove and settled on eighty acres ; through his good management, now has 160 acres under best of cultivation and all improvements. Married, in 1855, Sarah A.

Potter, daughter of Mathias Potter, of Tompkins Co., N. Y.; have haJ four cliildreri - Ida, liviiifj in Horicun ; Arthur is with Aihird &, Martin, in Juneau ; Lyman died in infancy ; Carrie is living in Horicon.

C. S. WIXTEK, firmer; Sec. 12; P. 0." Horicon; born in Warren Co., N. J., Aug. 27, 1833; son of Hemy J. Winter, who was born in same phice ; he was in the war of 1812, and his father wa.-i in the Revolutionary war ; he was employed in teaming for the Government, and took pay in Continental money ; had S2,0()0 which depreciated on his hands ; Henry lived to be 8S years old ; the family came to Horicon, Dodge Co., fall of 1848; Henry built a distillery and ran a store, and carried on a successful business; C. S. Winter bought 150 acres in Oak Grove, and through good management has a fine farm and home. Married, in 18(51, Alice Hazen, daughter of Thomas Hazen ; she was from New York. Lydia, formerly an old slave of Henry J. Winter, is now comfortably provided with a home, with his son, C. S. Winter; she has attained the remarkable age of 100 years and appears good for 10 more; she has been with this family sintc she was 15 years old.

D. S. WOOD WORTH, P. O.' Oak Grove ; was born in Stafford, Tolland Co., Conn., Nov. 5, 1828, and at the age of 2 years, with his parents, three brothers and three sisters, moved to Monson, Mass., where he spent his youth, attending school, and working in the cotton and woolen factories; his father took pains to give him a good school education, so that besides a good course in the common schools, he gave him one full year in the Monson Academy, which was a popular institution at that time ; in the spring of 1853, after acting as overseer in the weaving-room for four years, his health began to fail, and he felt compelled to change his business ; so, in the spring of 1853, he came to Dodge Co., Wis. His fiither. Col. Charles Woodworth, was also born and raised in the town of Stafford, Conn., and was a man of strong mind and intellectual power ; in early life he spent his time in teaching school and farming ; was a strong politician of the Whig school ; he twice repre.sented his native town in the Legislature of Connecticut; he died near his native place, at the ago of 70, honored and respected by all who knew him ; the grandfather of Mr. W. also lived and died in Stafford, Conn., was an honest, upright farmer, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war; he and his wife both lived to an advanced age; two brothers of Mr. W. served in the late war with credit; the oldest. Rev. Charles L. Woodworth, a graduate of Amherst, afterward Pastor of Congregational Church at Amherst, now Secretary of the American Missionary Association, Boston, Mass., served as Chaplain in the 27th Mass. V. L, stationed near Xewbern, N. C; tiie younger brother enli.sted as private in a Connecticut regiment, served until close of the war. In spring of 1853, Mr. W. came to Wisconsin, and invested what little means he had in eighty acres of land in Lowell Township, and i'armed for two years, meanwhile making substantial improvements on the farm, then traded his farm for a hop-yard at Oak Grove, and for two years raised hops, with only partial success; then traded off his hopyard lor real estate in the village of Oak Grove ; he then went to manufacturing small beer and bottled soda water at Oak Grove, and peddled it out in the villages of the surrounding country ; this he followed until the fall of 1860, when he started a little room 12x16 feet, the nucleus of what is now called the standard goods and variety store of Oak Grove, of which Mr. Woodworth has now been the sole proprietor for most nineteen years, and has by straightforward, honest dealing, industry, pluck and perseverance, built up a trade and a substantial business, of which any man might be proud, and that, too, in the face oi' an opposition and sharp competition, which would have crusbed a man of less energy ; Mr. Woodworth claims to-day to have as great a variety and as choice a stock of goods as can be found in any store in Dodge Co., and is ever willing and anxious to do good to his patrons, by giving them the best bargains that that market affords ; some idea can be formed of the growth of the business from the fact that its start was in a room 12x16, and now requires all the space of a building 364 feet around. Mr. Woodworth supj.orted the Republican party through the war, in its most extreme measures, for the ])urpose of wiping out the curse of slavery ; he has always been the friend of the oppressed and down-tro<idt:n. Though raised under the direct influence of the |iopular religion of the day, his religion embraces all humanity, and he finds no place for a hell or a vindictive God, except in the human breast; he fully believes that we shall all reap as we sow, and that no prayers, repentance or faith can stay the effect of violated laws. Mr. Woodworth married at Monson, Ma.ss. ; they came to Oak Grove, where they lived together until the winter of 1874, when they separated; they had two children - Francis Edgar, died in January, 1859, aged 6 years; Frances Emma, is now 19 years old, the wife of William A. Drake, of Oak Grove. He married Mary L., daughter of Gilbert Layton, of Dundee, Yates Co., N. Y., on April 25, 1875.

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JOHN N. ACKERMAN, retired farmer; borii in New York State April 22, 1812; son of Jonathan A. Ackerman, who was born and brought up in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; John N. came to Green Bay, Wis., in 1836, and came to Waupun in 1841 ; entered eighty acres in what is now the city of Waupun ; there were none but Indians here when he came ; he was a carpenter by trade, and put up the first i'rame building in Fond du Lac ; there were only four families there then, and about the same number in 0.shkosh ; Mr. Ackerman is the oldest of the old settlers in this part of the country, and his stories of ye old times are amusing, and should be preserved. Mr. Ackerman married, October, 1843, Hannah A. Ford, daughter of Chester Ford, one of the earliest and most respected citizens of Wisconsin ; cliildren are George V. (living in Dodge Co.), Marion (married S. J. Sumner, living in Waupun j, Charles H. (living at home), Alice (living in Green Lake Co.), Fred I living at home), Edna (living in Dodge Co.), Frank (living in Dodge Co. ). Mr. Ackerman has a fine farm of 170 acres, 130 acres in the city of Waupun ; he was for twenty years Justice of the Peace, and twice President of the village, and was the first Mayor of the city of Waupun.

M. J. AL.THOUSE, of Althouse, Wheeler & Co.; born in Pennsylvania Aug. 10, 1828 ; was most of his early days in Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he used to work out part of the day, and run a sawmill all night ; in this way he earned enough money to start for the Great West, and came to Waupun in the fall of 1849; had 50 cents in his pocket when he reached here; he worked at 50 cents per day at any work he could get hold of; took land on shares, sat up nights making baskets, and turned the baskets over for labor on his fiirm ; the first winter he lived here, he walkad miles every morning to chop wood for three shillings a cord ; used to work into the night sometimes, and pile the wood by moonlight ; he was " pegging away " while other men slept. Mr. Althouse owes his success in a large degree to his own hard exertions; he always was busy, no time was wasted ; in 1852, he went to drilling wells and running thrashing machines, and, in 1855, made his first pump ; went out into the woods and cut his own timber, and worked away and improved it, till now he has the finest wood pump manufactured in the United States ; in 1873, he commenced making windmills ; this branch of the business has grown to an ennrmous extent ; these windmills are superior to any manufactured, and are shipped to all parts of the United States, and to foreign countries ; 300 WL-re annually sent to India, and were transported to diSerent places on mules' backs; they have also made large shipments to New Zealand. As business increased, Mr. Althouse had to look around for suitable men for partners, to assume a share of the cares and responsibilities, and the business is now eminently successfully carried on, under the firm name of Althouse, Wheeler & Co. Mr. Althouse's sue cess is a brilliant example of the fruits of persistent effort, strict attention to one line of business, and sturdy integrity. There was no loafing in his younger days, and there is nothing in the nature of the gentleman to indicate that he will ever depart from his first and well-fixed principles ; thus true merit gains its own reward.