Platteville City (part 5 of 10)

WII^LiIAM CLIFTOX, farmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Washburn ; was born in St. Charles Co., Mo., May 23, 1817. His father removed to Callaway Co., Mo., soon after, and resided there until William was about 13 years old, when he moved back to St. Charles. He came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1834, being attracted by the lead mines, and followed mining about ten years ; then combined farming with mining. He first settled on a farm a little north of his present home ; this he soon exchanged for his present farm, now containing 144 acres ; this farm, originally mostly heavily-timbered, had been somewhat improved before he bought it, a few acres being cleared and a stone house built, but his own toil and skill have brought farm and buildings to their present state. Large quantities of lead mineral have been mined on the farm, and a quarry of limestone opened, from which large quantities of excellent lime have been burned. He was married July 21, 1839, to Miss Frances Ann Basye, second daughter of Dr. J. J. Basye, the pioneer physi- cian and minister of Platteville. They have had twelve children, five of whom are still living - E. W., J. Newton, Kev. J. Theodore (now Pastor of the Third Congregational Church, St. Louis, Mo.), Rev. Joseph J., of the Kock River M. B. Conference, 111., and Carrie (now Mrs. Arnett). Their youngest daughter, Anna Belle (Mrs. Hoppin), died recently at La Crosse, leaving a little girl, which the fond grandparents accept as a loving legacy and solace in their declining years, bringing to them unwonted sunshine and gladness. Mr. and Mrs. C. are among the oldest members of the M. E. Church in this section of the country, Mr. C. has served on the Town Board of Clifton and Lima, principally as Chairman, many years, and is very much esteemed by all who know him.

DAVID COIVDRY, farmer. Sec. 20; P. 0. Platteville; was born in Pennsylvania Jan. 16, 1834 ; removed to Wayne Co., Ohio, with his parents ; to Wisconsin Dec. 8, 1870. Owns 60 acres of land, made part of the improvements. His wife, Sarah Homer, was born in Mercer Co., Ohio, Oct. 4, 1842. Married May 4, 1865 ; they have seven children - Mary J., born Feb. 26, 1867 ; William E., born Oct. 19, 1868 ; Charles P., born Feb. 22, 1870 ; Emma R., born May 11, 1872 ; David H., born March 11, 1874; Henry F., born Sept. 2, 1876 ; Robert Roy, born June 15, 1879. In politics, Republican. Owns one-third interest in steam saw-mill in company with T. Callbway and Robert Hale, located in Ellenboro, Grant Co.

SHERHAN COOIiE Y, farmer. Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Platteville ; was born in Connecticut March 14, 1876 ; emigrated to Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1832 ; to Belmont, La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1857 ; then to Grant County, August, 1870 ; bought 55 acres, now owns 100 acres of land with fine improvements ; house 18x24, wing, 16x24, two stories; barn 34x40, 16-foot posts, basement stable. His wife, Diana Day, a native of Vermont, born Aug. 9, 1811. Married at Granby, Conn., Oct. 4, 1830 ; they have had eight children - Mary J., now Mrs. Everett, resides in Trumbull Co., Ohio ; Franklin B. left home 1861 for Colorado, remaining in Nevada about ten years, since which time they have not heard from him ; Rhoda L., now Mrs. G. S. Whitcher; Roswell D., carrying on the farm; was born Feb. 21, 1838; his wife, Mary J. Kile, born in Canada, Feb. 15, 1843; married April 15, 1874 in Nebraska; they have two children - Carrie and Edward L. Richard S. residing in Waverly, Neb. ; Alfred S., residing in Lincoln, Neb.; Timothy M., residing in Lincoln, Neb., engaged with an engineering party; Lewis E., general merchant, Cobb, Iowa Co., Wis. In politics, Democrat ; in religion, Free-Thinker ; has held the office of Justioe of Peace in Ohio and La Fayette Co., Wis. ; has held the school offices in this district. Oct. 4, 1880, there were seventeen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. The Grant County Witness says of their golden wedding :

" On Monday, the 4th inst.. one of those anniversaries occurred, which but few ever see, the celebration of the fiftieth year of their married life. Yet this event was duly celebrated in Lima, Monday. At 1 o'clock P. M., the hour fixed, there assembled the following persons of the family and invited guests: Uncle Morgan Cooiey, of Granby, Conn., a brother some eight years younger than Sherman and the jolliest old Yankee that ever hailed from the ancient lands of the Pequods and Mohegans. He knows all the genealogy of the Cooiey and Holcomb family back, away back in the history of Connecticut, well not exactly to Adam, but to the Big Injun, who was scalped in the Fairfield Swamp, in 1764 ; and if they hud any humorous or amusing characteristics, or if any event occurred in their career on which to found a good story, ' Uncle Morgan ' remembers it ; G. S. Whitcher and family, whose wife was the eldest of their children present ; R. D. Cooiey, wife and two children, of Waverly, Neb. ; Alfred S. Cooiey, wife and three children, of Eagle, Neb. ; L. E. Cooiey, wife and child, of Cross Plains, Wis. ; Mr. William Beebe and wife ; Mr. Lane and wife ; J. H. Holcomb and wife, the last three named are cousins to the Cooleys, their mother having been a Holcomb ; Mr. E. P. Dickinson, wife and Miss Ina Dickinson ; Mr, John Burney and wife. Miss Lima Burney ; Miss Ella Dougherty.

" The best of feeling prevailed. Pap Cooley's face was all over smiles, and Mother Cooiey seemed equally happy, while Uncle Morgan, humorous and joyous, told some of his queerest stories. ' I tell you I was there,' said he, ' and, Diana, I thought you was the purtiest gal that ever went into the Granby Meetin' House. I was at the wedding, T know how they were dressed. Sherman wore a swallow tailed coat, a bell crowned plug hat, and I suppose the accompanying costume of ihat ancient time. Mrs. Lane says ' the bride wore a drab colored silk dress, a white belt around the waist, a sash attached, a deep ruflBe around the neck and a white silk head-dress.'

" It was a joyous occasion, and why should it not be ? There is a proverb that ' It is our privilege to enjoy ourselves in this world, and that if we do not it is our own fault.' No use of putting on a long face, and always be in the straight jacket of restraint considering this life a probationary state, making a hell of earth, as Byron says, to merit heaven ; living with elongated faces as though the grave was photographed before us, with hell in the background, but let us rather make the best of that which we are sure of, and enjoy ourselves in this world ; why, a person can experience plenty of enjoyment after they are fifty years old. I have a strong belief and an abiding faith that there is lots of fun in this vale of tears yet, and expect to see plenty of it or, to say the least, my hopes are very buoyant on that point.

" The cat that sits in the corner and washes its face with its paw and purrs is a better type of happiness than the old cat under the stove, that lays and burns its back, and yeaws and spits at every one that passes. Let us, then, be contented and happy, enjoying ourselves, and those around us will be more likely to, as our course of action on this point is reciprocal and mutual. Fifty years of married life, a half a century, of mutual cares and joys, reciprocal in its experiences for better or worse, happy in the love and society and friendship of their family, and more happy if that life has been agreeable in the society of each other. And as time moves us along as ic surely will to last scenes, as life's milestones fly past more rapidly, as the loom of land on the other shore rises to view, our affections, our friendships will be nearer, purer and truer. No jealousies which the aggressiveness of earlier life begets and fosters, when our old heads whiten, our thoughts rise to a higher and more dignified sphere, and we realize the fact that we are friends - we are brethren. How much more firm and enduring than the friendship, the attachment between husband and wife, considering the relation, its fruits, its consequences. If they have endeavored to make each other happy, to please each other, then will they be pleased in each other's society. For the philosophy is based on reciprocal mutuality. And they can look back on the past, so well expressed by Burns.

" There were four of their children present with their families. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Mary Everett, of Cortland, Trumbull Co., Ohio ; Richard and Timothy Cooley, of Nebraska, were absent."

JOHX S. DEITZMAM, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Washburn ; was born May 12, 1844, in Pennsylvania ; came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1848 ; settled in the town of Mifflin ; at the age of 21 years he left home and worked out, driving team for $18 per month, then rented a farm and commenced for himself, and continued to rent land for four years, then bought the farm where he now lives, which originally cintained 186 acres, but has added to ic until he now owns 400 acres; 300 is under cultivation and 100 in timber. Was married to Sarah- Ann Miller April 9, 1865, who was born in Sullivan Co., Ind., March 25, 1839 ; they have eight children, viz., Anderson B., Charles W., Rosa A., Alice M., Elmer F., John A., Perley E., Lula S. Mr. Deitzman has been a member of the School Board eight years : has been a dealer in live stock, and is at present raising and feeding stock on his farm.

E. P. DICKINSON, Sec. 31 ; P.O. Platteville ; was born May 26, 1819, in the town of Johnson, Trumbull Co., Ohio; in early life, he followed the trade of carpenter and joiner; in 1845, he came to Wisconsin, locating on a farm in Harrison. Three years later, he settled in Lima, where he has owned several different farms ; has resided on his present farm of 80 acres since 1853 ; also owns about 100 acres in EUenboro ; was Treasurer of the town of Lima eighteen years, and served twice as Assessor and four or five years as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors ; until 1868, he worked more or less at his trade. He married, in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Fanny S. Whitcher, who was born in Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H.; when she was 10 years of age, her people settled in Michigan, and later removed to Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson have nine children - Elizabeth, John, Loraine, Samuel, Phebe J., William, Everett, Ina and Charles ; four of these, Loraine, Elizabeth, Samuel and Everett, are in the San Juan Valley, Cal.; William is in Arizona, John in Nebraska and the others in Lima.

GEORGE DAILY, wagon-maker, Washburn ; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Aug. 3, 1826; came to Wisconsin in 1857 ; resided in Lancaster about seventeen years, then came to Wa.shburn ; owns 80 acres of land. His wife, Adelia Carrie, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, May 30, 1833 ; married Oct. 28, 1848 ; they had eight children - Eleanor, Albert, Isabel, Lewis, Martha (deceased), George, Lyman, Cyrus. In politics, Republican ; in religion, a liberal believer.

PERRY FRUIT ; P. O. Washburn ; was born in Madison Co., 111., Oct. 26, 1819 ; continued to live there until 1846, when he came to Grant Co. and bought the farm he now resides upon of the Government, built a home, and has lived here ever since. He was married to Miss Matilda Lampkin, of Madison Co., 111., in 1841 ; they have six children living - 1. 1, (who graduated at the Platteville Normal School and is now practicing law at La Crosse), Nancy Ellen (now Mrs. A. E. Rundell), Martha G. (now Mrs. Brazelle), Henry D. (also a lawyer), Julia N. (now Mrs. E. A. Biddick), and James P., living at home. Mr. Fruit owns about 600 acres of good farming land as the reward of many years of honest toil. He is one of the pioneer members of the M. E. Church here. Assisted in building the first church in the town

EDWARD FOUJLKS (deceased); was born Feb. 14, 1812, in Wales; at 16,_he came to America and began work on the Pennsylvania railroads and canals ; in 1835, he came to Wisconsin and engaged in the mines about Dodgeville and Mifflin, being one of the first Welsh settlers in what is now Iowa Co. ; about 1845, he came to Lima and settled on the farm where he died Dec. 15, 1876. His wife was formerly Ann Burney ; they were married in Lima, she having come here in 1845, from Pickaway Co., Ohio, her birthplace ; they had seven children - Mary, George, Thomas, Sarah, Ellen, Emma and Ida, all born in Lima. Mr. Foulks was a hard-working and upright man, who earned and left a good farm and home.

SAHIJEL FRAIZEB, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Platteville ; was born Jan. 27, 1822, in York Co., Penn.; nine years later, his parents removed with him to Wayne Co., Ohio; from there with a brother - William Fraizer - he came to Apple River in 1843 ; spent eighteen months in the mines and returned to Ohio. In her native county (Wayne), he married Elizabeth Burns, and with her and two children he again came to Wisconsin, in 1851, locating upon his present farm of 141 acres, which he had purchased while in Ohio. The small log cabin stood upon the only cleared acre, and into this Mr. Fraizer moved his family. The thirty years spent here have not been wasted, as may be seen by the homelike farmhouse and capacious barn, surrounded by the well-tilled fields, once a forest. Mrs. Frazier died Oct. 17, 1865, in Ohio ; she left six children - Hector V., Mary E., John J., William C. Thomas J. and Frank E. The present Mrs. Fraizer was Mary J.McClurg, born in Ellenboro, and a daughter of William McClurg, who lives on an adjoining farm in Lima. Mr. and Mrs. Fraizer have four children - Millie M., Louis E., Daisy and Samuel F. The two oldest of the ten children were born in Wayne Co., Ohio, and the others on the Lima homestead. Mr. P. is a Republican, and has been Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, etc.

MILI/ER FISH, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Platteville; was born in Connecticut Aug. 20, 1818. Came to Wisconsin in 1855 ; a carpenter by trade ; bought 40 acres of land ; now owns 95 acres and works at his rrade. His first wife, Celista Pritchard, was born in Connecticut in 1816. Married in 1843, died in 1862. They had three children - Colinus, who enlisted in Co. I, 10th W. V. I., in October, 1861 ; taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga ; taken to Libby ; then to Anderson ville, and escaped twice, but was recaptured by hounds when nearly in the Union lines ; released from Salisbury Prison at the close of the war. Anson H., in Crawford Co., Wis.; Mary, now Mrs. Meekin Marshall, in Iowa Co. Second wife was Elizabeth Evans, who was born in Ohio in 1828. Married in 1863 ; they had two children - Samuel E., and Elizabeth J., deceased. In politics. Republican. In religion, liberal believer. Has been Clerk and Director of Schools. The second wife had two children by a former marriage - Eva, deceased, and Joseph, at home.

WILLIAm N. OLENX; P. 0. Washburn ; was born in Cleveland Co., N. C, Oct. 9, 1816 ; lived there until he was about 11 years old, when his family moved to Bond Co., 111., where he lived many years. Here he married Miss Cynthia J. McOracken, whose people moved from Tennessee to Bond Co. Mr. Gr. has followed farming all his life, and when he came to this county, in 1856, rented the place he now owns for three years ; then resided on a place near by, but, for the last seventeen years, has owned the farm he now resides on, consisting of 80 acres, west one-half southeast one-quarter Sec. 13. The farm was originally heavily timbered, but there was about 30 acres cleared when he first rented the place. He has cleared the remainder himself. Mr. and Mrs. G. have had eleven children, seven of whom are now living - Sarah, Washington R., Martha, Eli B., Charlotte V., Philip Lincoln and Cynthia E. Mr. G. has been a member of the M. E Church for forty-eight ye^rs, a local minister for twenty-five years ; assisted in forming the M. E. Church in Washburn, and has been a Trustee most of the time since. He has been an active temperance man, uniting with the Washingtonians, Sons of Temperance, Good Templars and Blue- Ribbon men, giving his influence and active sympathy to every efibrt made to stay the tide of intemperance and promote the cause of sobriety and total abstinence in the community where he lives.

ROBERT C. HAIiE, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Platteville; is a son of John and Isabella (McCoUoch) Hale (see sketch of John Hale) ; was born March 28, 1848, in Hazel Green, Grant Co , Wis.; came to Lima in 1850, and has since resided here ; was for a number of years on a small farm on Sec. 20, and located where he now is in 1873. He married Mrs. Hannah M. (Condry) Reed ; she was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, and came to Grant Co. in 1871, with her former husband, William Reed, who died a year later, leaving an only son, James Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have three children - William T., John J. and Jessie May, all born in Lima. Mr. Hale is one of the three owners of a recently purchased portable steam saw-mill, and is at present engaged in operating it in the heavily-timbered districts of Grant Co.

JOHN HAIiE, Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Platteville ; was born March 4, 1815, in Somersetshire, England ; came to America in 1840 ; landed at New York Ciiy ; spent some time in the Pennsylvania and Ohio coal mines, and six months in St. Louis. He married at Cannellton, Ind., Isabella McCoUoch, and, in the spring of 1842, came to Hazel Green, and engaged in mining there until he came to Lima in 1850. Here he bought his present 80-acre homestead farm, then in a state of nature. The first year was spent in a log cabin surrounded by the dense growth of oak, hickory, etc., which originally covered his and all the adjoining land. He has cleared 65 acres of this, and, besides, owns 70 acres on Sec. 29. Mrs. Hale died July 14, 1864, leaving nine children - John P., Margaret C, Eobert C, Sarah A., Elizabeth J., Lafayette, Alvin, George T. and Jacob A. The present Mrs. Hale was Sarah M., daughter of Jacob and Sarah Quick ; she was born Jan. 9, 1815, in Neversink, Sullivan Co., N. Y. Jan. 7, 1834, she married in Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., G. A. Graham, who was born June 25, 1815. They removed to Illinois, and, in 1835, came to Plattevile, camping-out the night of July 4, 1835, near the site of the city. Mr. Graham went to California in 1849, and died there. He wa^ one of the earliest settlers in Lima, and left six children - Robert, Alexander, William, Maria L., Emma M. and Sarah A.; Mary J. died before her father went to California. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have a most pleasant home, and look back to pioneer days as times when hardships and privations were cheerfully borne that such a home might be finally secured.

PAUIj JEARDOW, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Platteville; was born at Viocennes, Ind., Feb. 7, 1819 ; emigrated to Platteville, Wis., in 1841 ; a blacksmith by trade, which he continued to follow ; he then removed to Dodgeville in 1847, and remained until 1862, when he entered Co. C, as 31st W. V. I., as private, and elected to First Lieutenant ; mustered out in 1865 ; returned to Platteville, and bought and now owns 140 acres of land; was burned out Nov. 30, 1871, he then built a fine stone house, and has a beautiful home. His wife, Jane Nettle, was born at Liverpool, England, Feb. 9, 1827 ; came to America with her parents, who settled near Pottsville, Penn., in 1834 ; started for Mineral Point; her father died at St. Louis, Mo., where the family remained until the next spring, when they came on to the Point, then to Belmont, then to Platteville. They married in 1845 ; they have had thirteen children - Maggie, born Jan. 12, 1846, and now Mrs. Colman"; Richard, born Jan. 10, 1848, freight conductor on the Chicago &, Alton R. R., in Missouri; Frank Preston, born July 1, 1850 ; Charles A., born May 21, 1852 ; Eva J., born June 26, 1854 ; Louis, born July 10, 1856, in Colorado on the railroad as fireman ; Stephen N., born July 24, 1858, in Nebraska; Kate I., born Sept. 9, 1860; Jessie J., Feb. 20, 1863 ; Allen W., born April 1, 1866 ; Lucy A., born Jan. 4, 1869 ; Paul H., born Nov. 16, 1871 ; Helen N., born Dec. 11, 1875. In politics, Republican. In religion. Congregational, is Deacon. Has been Treasurer and Clerk and Director of School ; also Good Templar.

FARNAM JOHNSON (deceased) ; was born in New Jersey Dec. 12. 1802. In 1827, he came to the lead diggings about " Hardscrabble " (Hazel Green), and spent the summer there and at Sinsinawa Mounds. In 1828, he came to Platteville, and began hauling lead for Maj. Rountree; he was known to have hauled some of the heaviest loads that ever left the place, and was a most export driver of oxen. During the Black Hawk war, he served with credit, and later went to the Fevre River lead mines. In 1835, he married, at Old Pelmont, Miss Amanda Eastman ; she was born May 12, 1812, near Delaware, N. Y. ; her early life was spent in Ohio and Indiana. In 1830, her parents, Moses and Elizabeth Eastman, settled at Belmont ; they were among those who " forted " at Elk Grove during the summer of 1832. After his marriage, Mr. Johnson spent three years on a farm near Horseshoe Bend, Fevre River. In the summer of 1838, he bought of Elijah Mayfield 240 acres, which is still in the family ; during the fall, his wife and himself erected a log house; apertures for windows and doors were sawed out with a crosscut saw. Mr. Johnson standing on the inside and she outside ; this house stood on the site of that now occupied by Henry W. Johnson, and was torn down to make room for it when the latter married Maria Quimby, of Etna, Wis. Farnam Johnson and wife resided on this farm from Christmas, 1838, until his death, July 6, 1879. He left five children - Mary (Mrs. John Wallace) ; Elizabeth (Mrs. George Clemmer) ; Nancy (now the widow of J. W. Humiston, drowned June 27, 1878, in the Gulf of Mexico) ; Henry W. and Warren ; Henry W. enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. E, 25th W. V. I.; served in the Sioux war in Minnesota, through the siege of Vicksburg, and fought under Sherman to Atlanta ; thence marched with him through Georgia and the Carolinas. He was discharged with the regiment June 21, 1865. Is now on the homestead, containing in all 390 acres ; Warren Johnson is also here, as is the widowed mother. The former married Phebe J. Dickinson, of Lima. Mrs. Johnson is the picture of a brave old pioneer lady, and enjoys the comforts of a well-earned home.

F. W. KIRKPATRICK (deceased) ; was born in Madison Co., 111., Dec. 8, 1808. Went with his brother Jesse to Galena, 111., in 1826, and in 1827, came to Platteville, Ww. Engaged in min- ing and smelting lead for ten years ; then went to Lake Superior and worked in copper mines ; from there went to Missouri ; then came back to Wisconsin ; stayed here two years and then went to Pike's Peak for one year, after which he returned to Wisconsin, and lived here until his death. Was married to Ann R. Hamilton March 12, 1851, who was born April 14, 1824, at Springfield, 111.; have had four children, of whom only one is living - Mary Alice, who married Maxwell Faweett, and now lives at Emporia, Kan.; those deceased are Sarah J., twin sister to Mary A., Francis and Lillian ; the two latter are buried at Rock Church Cemetery, and Sarah was buried near St. Louis. F. W. Kirkpatrick died April 2, 1863, and was buried in Rock Church Cemetery. His wife lived for fifteen months after her marriage at Wingville, then moved on to the place where she now lives, and has resided there ever since with the exception of four years when she lived in Kansas. She is a member of the M. E. Church. The homestead contains 140 acres of land.

VAIiENTINE KRAIHEB, Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Pktteville ; was born Feb. 8, 1820, in Prussia ; came to America in 1841, landed at New Orleans ; spent a winter in the mines at French Village, 111., and in March, 1842, reached Platteville; engaged in mining at Big Patch, Dodgeville and Beetown ; in 1847, he bought 80 acres of his present farm ; it was timbered openings, with only log buildings upon it ; has cleared some, and added 160 acres, part of which was improved before his purchase. He married Catharine Wonn, of Prussia, in August, 1847 ; they have eight children - Maggie, Mary, Henry, Valentine, Fannie, Minnie, John and William ; all were born in Lima, as was Louisa, who died when 24 years of age. The family belong to the Lutheran Church.

THOMAS McKOWN, blacksmith, Washburn ; was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Feb. 1, 1847 ; learned the trade of blacksmith at Wheeling, Va., then removed to Keokuk, Iowa, was engaged by the United States on the Government works ; came to Wisconsin March 22, 1876, and worked for Mr. Harris; enlisted in the 129th Ohio V. I. His wife, Sarah Harsha, was born in Mifiiin, Iowa Co., in 1856; married in 1872; they have three children - Elmer, Delia F., Herbert. In politics, Republican; a liberal believer.

WILLIAM McCLUJKG, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Platteville ; born Aug. 6, 1812, in Mercer Co., Penn. Married Miss Ann Manson, who was born March 7, 1817, in Venango Co., Penn. Engaged in farming until he came to Wisconsin, which was in 1843; they came via the Ohio and Mississippi to Galena, thence, to " Whig," where they wintered ; the next spring he took up land on Buckwheat Ridge, and was there five years; afterward rented farms for a time, and, in 1843, settled on his present farm of 43 acres ; the log house and surrounding forest have given place to cultivated fields and a pleasant frame bouse. Mr. and Mrs. McClurg have three children - Mary Jane, now Mrs. Samuel Fraizer; James A. and Henry ; the two eldest were born in EUenboro, and the youngest in Lima. Mr. and Mrs. McClurg belong to the Christian Church of Platteville.

JOSEPH O. McREYNOLDS, Sec. 13; P. 0. Washburn; was born Maroh 14, 1826, in Bond Co., 111.; left there with his parents in 1836, and came to Wisconsin and settled on the farm known as the Conklin farm ; took poultry and produce to Old Belmont, where the first Legislature was then in session ; bought the farm he now lives from the Government ; owns 140 acres of land ; held office on Town Board in 1879, and has been on School Board thirteen years. Was married to Sarah Glenn, July 18, 1858; have seven children living and two deceased - the former named Walter E., William S., Jessie G., May 0., Arthur V., Bertie L., Ethel M.; the latter named Clara E., Joseph L., both buried in the family cemetery on the place. The stone house which they occupy was built on the site where the old log cabin stood which his parents lived in, and has always been a landmark for travelers. He is a member of the Masonic order at Mifiiin Lodge, and also belongs to Lodge No. 28, I 0. O. F. When Mr. McR. first came to Platteville, there was only one store kept by Maj. Rountree, and a blacksmith-shop.

JOHN McCLURG, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Platteville; born in Salem, Mercer Co., Penn., Nov. 16, 1803. Married Miss Jane Manson, of Venango Co., Penn., and came in 1844, to Wisconsin ; in May of that year, they began in a log cabin in the timber that then covered his farm of 60 acres. Mrs. McClurg died Oct. 27, 1856, leaving seven children - Henry, James, Louisa, Martin, Margaret, Albert and John; the two youngest were born in Lima, and the others in Pennsylvania ; Louisa is now in Missouri ; Henry in Washington Territory, while John is in Highland, Iowa Co.; Albert McClurg died in the Union service, and Jamei?, pressed into the rebel army, was killed by his own men. The second wife, formerly Hannah Klingensmith, died Aug. 11, 1879. Mr. McClurg now leases his farm, and will probably spend the remainder of his days here. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

GEORGE miARTO, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. PlatteviUe ; was born in Grant Co., Wis.; has always been on the farm ; now owns 80 acres of land. His wife, Sarah Chilson, was born in Adams Co., Ill; her parents were old settlers in Wisconsin; her father died in 1869; her mother is now livins in Liberty, Grant Co., Wis. Married, Christmas, 1876. In polities, Kepublican ; in religion, believer.

J. W. IflORRISOlV, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. PlatteviUe ; was born in New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1839; he resided as a farmer in his native county until 1855, then came to Wisconsin, and located on a farm in Iowa Co.; in 1858, he came from there to Lima; in August, 1864, he enlisted in Co. B, 43d W. V. I., and served ten months, or until the rebellion succumbed; in the spring of 1866, he settled on his present farm of 73 acres. He married Miss Caroline, daus;hter of Luke Moses ; she was born id Trumbull Co., Ohio, from whence her people came to Lima in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have three children - Wm. E., Carrie W. and J. Percy, all born in Lima, where the parents were married. Mr. Morrison has for the past six years been Town Treasurer of Lima.

ELIAS MEDIiEY, Sec. 17; P. 0. PlatteviUe; wasljorn in 1810, in Trumbull Co., Ohio. Married Margaret A. Espy, who was born in 1810, in Camberland Co., Penn.; in 1846, they came via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Grant Co.; they began in a log house on 80 acres of the present 200- acre farm. They have seven children - Philo H., a twenty years' resident of California; Cornelia, now Mrs. J. Carson, of Kansas ; Robert E. and Alfred, now of Lima ; Thos. Jefferson, now in Texas; Jane E., wife of Peter Klingensmith, of Lima, and Mary A., now Mrs. H. C. Haskell, of Lima., Mr. Medley has been a life-long farmer, and is now in broken health, partially caused by the labors and hardships incurred by all early settlers in timbered regions.

IjUKE MOSES, deceased ; was born in the year 1805, in Canaan, Conn.; when a young man, , he removed to Ohio, and married in Hartland, Trumbull Co., Olive Dickenson ; she was born Dec. 1, 1810, in Cornwall, Conn., and was 6 months of age when her parents removed to Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Moses came to Lima in 1855, and settled on the farm where he died May 2, 1861 ; he left two children - Martin and Caroline. Mr. Moses was an upright Christian citizen, who lived enjoying the confidence of his fellows, and who died enjoying faith in the final reward of his Maker. His aged widow, still in full possession of her faculties, now resides with her only son, who inherited the homestead.

NELSOIV NEWMAN, Sec. 1; P. 0. Washburn; miller; was born in Madison Co., 111., March 15, 1830 ; left there with his parents in 1837, and came to Lima, Wis., where they built the first grist-mill in the town in 1840, and built the second mill in the village of Washburn in 1846 ; run this till the spring of 1868, when he removed to the site he is now on and built the mill which is now run by the firm of Newman & Wagner. Nelson was married to Louisa Melvin, Dec. 23, 1858; she was born in town of Smelser, Wis., November, 1841. They have six children living - Alice, Jessie, Jefferson, Inez, Frank R., Louisa G. and one deceased, Wilber, who died in 1864 and was buried in Washburn Cemetery Mr. Newman has been on School Board fifteen years, and on Town Board one year; is also a Mason, of Melody Lodge, PlatteviUe, and is a member of I. 0. O. P., Washburn Lodge, No. 128. He is now extensively engaged in raising stock.

A. M. STEEIj, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. PlatteviUe ; was born March 8, 1830 ; came to Wisconsin in 1850, now owns 120 acres of land on which he has made the improvements ; his wife was Miss Burney, afterward Mrs. Evans, a native of Wayne Co., Ohio ; they married in 1862. In politics a Republican ; in religion, Methodist. Has been Clerk and Director of Schools, also Assessor and Pathmaster.

liYBORN WEL.L.S; P. 0. Washburn; was born March 12, 1825, in Burlington Co., N. J. His father and mother died when he was 15 years old, and he was left alone to look out for himself; went to Harper's Ferry, on the Potomac River, and worked on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for two years, then came to Chicago, and from there to Joliet and worked at the carpenter's trade for the winter, and after that came to Mifflin, Wis., and engaged in mining till the spring of 1850, then went to California and returned in 1852, but went back and stayed one year mure; then came back to Mifflin and bought 310 acres of land fiom the Moreh ad estate, and farmed it one year, sold it and bought the Morehead Saw- mill, on Lit'le Platte River, in town of Lima, and run it four years, after which, bought 160 acres of land from Grov. Dewey ; remained there two years, and then removed to Washburn, and has lived there since, except two years that he kept a Grange store in Platteville. Was married in 1854 to Emma PuUen, who was born in New Jersey Oct. 3, 1836; have five children - Lorenda, Allan V., Leslie K.. May C, Charles. Mr. Wells was Justice of the Peace for three yearn, also Assessor three years ; he kept a store in Washburn at the same time he was farming, and his son Allan was Postmaster.

GEORfirE S. WHITCHER, farmer and dairyman, of Lima; P. 0. Platteville; was born in Bath, Grafton Co., N. H., May 4, 1830 ; four years later, his parents removed to Michigan, then went to Ohio, then to Wisconsin in 1845. They located on a timbered farm in Bllenboro. Grown to manhood here, G. S. Whitcher, in 1850, went to California, and was there about six years. During this time, his parents had settled where he now lives in Lima. In 1859, he married Khoda Cooley, a native of Johnson, Trumbull Co., Ohio. His father died in 1871 on the farm, and the widowed mother in 1875, in Platteville. Mr. and Mrs. Whitcher have five children - John F., Fannie L., Lee, Nora A. and George S., all born in what is now the cheese-factory, then the home of their parents. Mr. Whitcher has a fine farm of 393 acres, originally timbered land, that is fast proving itself equal to the best grass-producing lands of Central New York. He has a herd of twenty or more milch cows, with much other stock, and very large and well arranged barns. In the spring of 1880, he fitted up a cheese-faotory, the only one in his town. It has proven a successful venture, and it is his intention to use the milk of 300 cows during the season of 1881 ; 125 cows furnished the milk for the 23,000 pounds of cheese made here in 1880. Mr. Whitcher has added a new boiler, pump, etc., and evidently means to do a good business.

EDWARD M. WOODARD, Sections 20 and 21 ; P. O. Platteville; born March 27, 1817, in Steuben Co., N. Y., where he was, in early life, a day laborer. He became cooper's apprentice in Trumbnll Co., Ohio, where he settled in 1844; ten years later, he came to Lima and settled on 10 acres of timbered land. He began with scarcely a dollar, and has literally hewed out of the original timber of Lima, a farm of 310 acres. He married Sarah Hake, who was born near Little York, Penn. The two eldest children - John W. and William W., were born in Trumbull Co., Ohio; the others - Elizabeth, Mary, Minerva, Albert, Wilson, Rhoda and Phebe were all born in Lima, where all now live, except Mary, who resides in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Woodard have lost four children.

ELIISHA WAGNER, of the Washburn Mills. The subject of this sketch was born in Ohio Oct. 9, 1819; emigrated to Wisconsin in 1852; bought 160 acres of land in Clifton; sold and bought a half interest in the mill; also owns 100 acres of land. The mill is one of the best in the county. His wife, Sarah Taylor, was bora in Lancashire, England, Aug. 15, 1814; emigrated to America in 1817, with her parents, who located in Ohio, and died there ; they were married Feb. 19, 1844 ; she died April 10, 1878, and left five children - Charles Wesley, born in Ohio Dec. 11, 1846; miller by trade, and employed in the Washburn Mills ; William Thomas, born in Ohio Aug. 22, 1848, and now in Kansas; Margaret Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Mary E. In politics. Republican; religion, Methodist for forty-one years, and held the the oflBces of Steward, Class Leader and Trustee. Has been Pathmaster, District Treasurer ; was Assessor in Ohio. They have a granddaughter, Tillie Draper, who resides with them.

F. G. WOODRUFF, farmer and broom-maker. Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Platteville ; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1831 ; came to Wisconsin in 1844; owns 80 acres of land. His wife, Elizabeth Calloway, was born in Cornwall, England, in 1838; married May, 1860. They have five children - Albert, born Feb. 16, 1861 ; Eva, June 13, 1862 ; Elsie, Oct. 9, 1863 ; Lovillia, Aug. 7, 1864 ; Jesse, July 20, 1876. In politics. Republican; in religion, liberal believer. Has been School Director, Clerk and Pathmaster. His father died January, 1866; his mother January, 1871.

Town Of Muscoda

PHILLiIP JBETIlVGiiR, was born in Germany in 1832, where he was educated, and learned the mason trade ; came to America in 1850, locatinsr at Galena, III.; remiining there six months, came to this county. In 1863, he enlisted in the 2d Wisconsin Battery, and served with them until the close of the war, and mustered out with them in Milwaukee. His home has been in this county since he first came.

MAX BEiRGrUUIiliEB, farmer; P. 0. Muscoda; farm contains 80 acres, and is l<jcated in Sec. 8, in this town ; residence in the village. He was born in Bavaria in 1833, where he was educa'ed, and learned thd tanner's trade. Aftei' learning his trade, he traveled quite extensively through Europe during six years, working at his ^rade in different places. He is a son of Simon and Madelina Bergffluller, natives of Bavaria. He came to America in 1853, stopping a few weeks in Milwaukee, and working for Pfuster & Vogle at his trade, then came to Muscoda and bought the farm which he now owns. He enlisted November, 1863, in the 2d Wisconsin Battery, which was attached to the Army of the Potomac. He served with them until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Milwaukee in 1865. In 1856, he married Miss Christina Neff. by whom he has five children, four girls and one son - Ludwig - twenty years old, who assists his father on the farm.

JOHX BIRK, farmer, Sees. 25 and 36; P. 0. Muscoda; owns 200 acres of land; was born in Prussia near the Rhine in 1811 (the country then belonged to France); was a son of John and Mary Thomas, who were natives of the same place ; he learned the tailor's trade with his father, and worked at it until 21 years old, when he engaged in farming; he came to America in 1853, and located in Mahoning Co., Ohio, where for four years he engaged in coil mining ; in July, 1865, he came to Muscoda and bought the farm where he now lives. He was married in the old country in 1839, to Miss Louisa Heints. They had three children, two came to this country with him ; she died in 1845 ; in 1846, he again married Miss Margaret Baker, by whom he had one child born in the old country, and eleven in this ; one son, Peter, enlisted in the 15th Ohio Battery, and served with it during the war, participating in fourteen battles, he was but a little over 14 years old when he enlisted. Mr. Birk has been an energetic, successful business mm.

JAMES A. BliACK, Muscoda ; was born in Montgomery Co., Va., in 1837, on the farm of his parents, Alexander and Elizabeth (McDonald) Black, who were both natives of Virginia, and whose ancestors were among the earliest settlers of that State ; his great-grandfather was born in the North uf Ireland, but emigrated to Virginia when quite young. Mr. Black came to this State with his parents in 1854 ; they bought and located upon a farm in Richland Co., where his father died in 1874, aged 74, being born in 1800 ; his mother died six years later, 1880, also 74 years of asre. Mr. Black engaged in farming and milling in Richland Co., and during the year 1871, built the Ithaca Mills, which he conducted for eight years, which he then exchanged for a farm in this town, upon which he moved and lived for two years, when he moved his family to this village. Mr. Black has always been in active life, and has accumulated an estate by his own persevering industry.

G. BOCK, farmer, Sec. 33; P. 0. Muscoda; was born in 1830 in Germany; son of Sebastian and Magtelina Bock ; came to the United States in 1852 ; located in Pennsylvania for one year ; then removed to Illinois, remaining but a short time, after which he came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1855. He married, in 1860, Christena Ramma, daughter of Mickle and Catharine Ramma, by whom he has had eleven children - Joseph V., Lina, Mary N., Catharina, Elizabeth, John, Mattilda, Anna, Emmie, Ida and Otto. He has been School Director three terms, and Road Overseer one term. In politics, he is a Democrat, and in religion, a Roman Catholic. He owns 200 acres of land.

JACOB BBEMMER, of the firm of Graham & Bremmer; was born in Prussia on the Rhine in 1842, and came to America with his parents July, 1847 ; in 1848, they located at Mineral Point; in 1866, he came to Husooda and embarked in the mercantile business and in buying grain, stock and all kinds of produce; in 1870, he built a steam elevator. He was married in Muscoda in 1867 to Miss Matilda Drone ; they have four children - three sons and one daughter. They are members of the Roman Catholic Church. He has held several town offices, and is a successful business man, and selfmade.

THOII AS B. CHESEBRO, Superintendent of toll bridge over the Wisconsin River, Muscoda; was born in Stonington, Conn., Dee. 19, 1825; came to flatteville, Wis., in September, 1836; his first business education commenced with Isaac Hodges, at Platteville ; first came to Muscoda in 1855, and engaged in the mercantile business until 1861, when he was appointed Under Sheriff, which position he held four years ; was then appointed Postmaster at Lancaster, which position he filled creditably for almost seven years ; returned again to Muscoda in 1873, and was appointed Superintendent of the toll bridge, which position he still holds ; in an early day, he volunteered to go to the Mexican war, and was changed into the Dodge Guards to gather Indians, guard and remove them ; this was in 1847 ; was in the 41st W. V. I., Co. A; enlisted in 1863 in the 100-day service, was mustered out at expiration of time. Married in 1850, to Miss Eliza J. Wiley, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has one son. Mr. Chesebro is a prominent member of I. 0. 0. P., an active citizen in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community ; outspoken and honorable in his dealings ; what he has made was by his own personal industry.

P. A. DAGGETT & SON, loan and insurance agency, Muscoda. Pliny A. Daggett was born in Massachusetts in 1843 ; came direct to Wisconsin in 1856, and located in Iowa Co., where he engaged in farming up to the time of moving to Muscoda, and engaging in the insurance business, which was in 1873. His business has gradually increased to its present mammoth proportions, viz., $10,000 per year. His duties became so arduous, he was obliged to take his son, Floyd L. Daggett, into partnership with him in 1880. They represent twelve of the best fire and life insurance companies in the county, and make a specialty of loans on farm mortgages. By square dealing and strict attention to business they justly merit their constantly increasing business. P. A. Daggett was married in Iowa Co., to Miss Margaretta L. Floyd. Her father was one of the earliest settlers of Iowa Co., having moved there in 1832. They have one son - Floyd L., born in December, 1862. He has held the office of Assessor for two years ; was the clerk of the first high school in Muscoda, and took an active part in organizing the same. Is a member of A., F. & A. M., of which lodge he is Master for the second term. Is also a member of the I. 0. 0. P., and was installed as Noble Grand Jan. 14, 1881. He has always taken an active part in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the place. He is Democratic in politics ; is a self-made man

CHABIiES H. DABIilNGTON came to Muscoda from Illinois in November, 1874, andj in partnership with H. W. Glasier, then a resident here, issued the first number of a four-column quarto (neutral in politics), the Muscoda News, on December 5. On the 1st of January, 1876, Mr. Glasier sold his interest. In August, 1876, the Skirmisher, a small campaign paper of editorial matter, was bewun and continued through twelve issues. About November was begun an educational journal, the Educator which reached a circulation of nearly five hundred. March 1, 1877, the News was enlarged to a sevencolumn folio ; May 1, 1877, it was suspended, and July 4, the Educator made its last appearance. September 1, publication of the News was resumed (a Republican paper), four column folio, printed at home. In January, 1878, the form was altered to a six column folio, and Christmas Day, 1880, it was first issued as a five column quarto.

FBAIVK A. DAVID, of the firm of David & Woodward, druggists, Muscoda ; was born in Iowa Co. in 1855 ; is a son of Isaac David and Cecelia Rouark, who were among the early settlers of Iowa Co. He learned the trade of druggist, and was educated at Platteville ; established his present business in 1874 ; was appointed Pastmaster in 1876, just at the age of 21 years, and has held the office acceptably to the public ever since. In 1875, he was married to Miss Ella Jameson, of Rock Co., by whom he has one daughter. Mr. David is a stanch Republican, enterprising, and a first-class business man. The firm carry a large stock of drugs, groceries, and, in fact, everything that is called for, making a specialty of wall paper, etc.

P. J. DEIj ANEY, saloon and billiard hall, Muscoda ; born in Ireland, County Wexford, in 1836 ; came from the old country in 1853, and located in Janesville, Wis. ; came to Grant Co. in 1859 and located in Muscoda. He was in the employ of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad previous to starting the present business, which he established in 1871. In 1859, he was married to Misa Katherine James, a native of Ireland, by whom he has three children - two sons and one daughter - all living at home. The family are all members of the Roman Catholic Church of Muscoda. Mr. Delaney has always been a hard worker, and has built up around him a nice property, and has a flourishing business.

A. C. VANDEBWATEB ELSTON, of the firm of Elston & Mclntyre, general store, and dealers in live stock, railroad ties, etc., Muscoda ; was born in Unionville, Orange Co., N. Y., Sept. 9 1845. He is a son of S. B. and Hannah E. Myers, both natives of New York, and whose ancestors were among the earliest settlers of that State. In 1855, they came to Muscoda, where he bought the Wisconsin House, and kept the hotel for fifteen years ; then bought a farm in the town of Eagle, Rictland Co.

and retired from the hotel business. He died in the war of 1879. H. C. V. Elston came to Muscoda with his parents in 1855, and lived with them until 1863, when he engaged as clerk in the store of McDonald & Graham, where he was employed four years, when he went to Chicago, and took a course in the Commercial College of Bryant & Stratton ; returned to the employ of McDonald & Graham, where he remained until the spring of 1867, when he engaged with the Merchants' Union Express Co. at Milwaukee as private secretary for the General Manager, H. B. Honsdale. Returning to Muscoda November of the year, he went into business as partner with Peter B. Mclntyre. The copartnership continued for ten years, under the firm name of Mclntyre & Elston, when Mr. Mclntyre retired from the firm, transferring his interest to his son, since which time the firm has been Mclntyre & Elston. He was married, Dec. 16, 1864, to Miss Julania Lane, who was born in Platteville, and a daughter of Henry C. Lane, who came to Platteville from Warren, Ohio, in 1837, first engaging in blacksmithing, after the hardware business. He retired from business thirteen years ago. Mr. E. has two children - one boy arid one girl. He has always been in active business life, and accumulated his estate by his own persevering industry.

GEORCirEi R. FRAIVK, Muscoda; was born in the town of Gray, Cumberland Co., Me., Mav 2, 1824. Attended the common school, also the high school at Gray's Corner and Westbrook Seminary; taught school four winters in Maine, commencing at 17 years of age. Left home in March, 1845, went to Boston; thence to Buffalo, N. Y., and, in September, to Chicago; thence to Galena, and from there to Benton, La Fayette Co., and taught school during the winter. In the spring of 1846, came to Grant Co., and engaged in teaching, speculating and farming till 1875, and then purchased a farm just over the line in Iowa Co. Has a farm of about 500 acres, and is engaged in stock-raising. In 1848, mar ried Matilda Price in the town of Harrison, Grant Co.; she was born in Indiana, and came to Grant Co with her parents, in 1836, when she was but 6 years old ; her parents, Zachariah Price and Elizabeth Price, live at Mankato, Minn., and are engaged in farming. Have seven children - Alpheus E., attorney. Dead wood, Dak.; Charles E., broker, Virginia City, Nev.; Florence C, wife of Charles J. McKittrick, merchant, Muscoda ; Noma E., William E., George E. and Freddie are living at home. Has held the offices of Town Clerk, Town Superintendent of Schools, Justice of the Peace, Town Supervisor and member of the County Board of Supervisors. Has been Deputy U. S. Marshal, Deputy U. S. Collector and Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue. In August, 1862, raised Co. B, of the 33d W. V. I.; was chosen Captain and commissioned Aug. 16, 1862, and served three years ; was commissioned Major of the regiment Feb. 4, 1865, and mustered in as such at Spanish Fort, Ala., April 5, to take efi'ect March 2, 1865 ; was in all the battles and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged, including the battle of Coldwater, siege of Vickburg. Red River expedition, battle of Tupelo, battle of Nashville and siege of Spanish Fort ; was in the charge that broke the rebel line in the first day's fight at Nashville ; was wounded while leading the advance on Spanish Fort. His father Alpheus Frank, died in Portland, at the residence of his daughter Mrs. Eliza Haskell. He was one of the substantial farmers of Gray, a man of the strictest- in tegriiy, of quiet and unassuming manner, and was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He passed his life in Gray, and there reared a large family.

VICTOR FAYASTT, of the firm of Fayant & Happier, Muscoda; carrying on butchering business ; was born at Tallahassee, Fla., in 1840. He is a son of Bartholomew and Elizabeth Becker, who were natives of France ; when 2 years old, he moved with his parents to New York, and afterward to Schuyler Co., Penn. During the winter of 1857 and 1858, they came to Muscoda. He was married in 1865, to Miss Eleanor Sterling ; they have six children.

GEiORGF F. GAY, physician and surgeon ; was born in Clayton Co., Iowa, May 12, 1848 ; is a son of John M. Gay, deceased, who first saw the light in the Shenandoah Valley, in Rockbridge Co., Va. He was by profession a civil engineer, and finished his education in Richmond, Va., during the years 1816, 1817 and 1818, and was employed by the Government twenty-five years, during that time surveyin" nearly all of the Northwestern country. His ancestors were natives of the North of Ireland, and three brothers - John, James and Robert - emigrated to America in the year 1730 ; they landed in Philadelphia, and settled as farmers in the interior of Pennsylvania, where they remained until the year 1740, when they moved to Virginia and settled on the north bank of the James River. The descendants took an active part in the Revolutionary war, and the father of John Gay was commissioned a Lieutenant at the commencement of the war, and served until its close. John Gay, although he was born, lived and educated in a slave State, was a decided Abolitionist, and strongly advocated those principles. He was an exemplary Christian, and for fifty years was a Ruling Elder in the Congregational Church ; he died in February, 1878, at the ripe age of 81. He served in the Black Hawk war with the rank of Major, and fought by the side of Abraham" Lincoln (who held the rank of Captain), at the battle of Bad Ax. He and Mr. Lincoln were warm personal friends for many years. His wife's maiden name was Sarah Thomas ; her ancestors had lived in Virginia for several generations; she also was born in Rockbridge Co., Va. Dr. George F. Gay, at the age of 10, came with his parents to Crawford Co., Wis.; where he remained for ten years, when he commenced the study of medicine. He graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111., with the class of 1875 and 1876 ; after graduation he located at Bloomington, where he practiced his profession for three years, and married Miss Minerva Woodhouse. He came to Muscoda in March, 1880, where he has since practiced his profession.

JOHK OEYER, physician and surgeon, Muscoda; born in Austria July 31, 1846; he is a son of Lorenzo and Anna (Krater) Geyer, both natives of Austria. He received his preliminary education in the old country, and pursued his medical studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and graduated at Wooster University, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1876. He first located, after graduating, at Allegheny City, and remained there until 1878, when he moved to Lawrence, Mass., where he engaged in his profession until 1880, when he came to this Stale, and located at Platteville. remaining there but a short time, when he came to Muscoda. He came to America in 1866. He was married in May, 1870, to Miss Lina B. Mueller, of Pittsburgh, Penn., her father being an old physician there, and with whom the subject of this biography was associated for six years previous to his graduation. They have three children - one boy and two girls.

T. J. GRAHAM, of the firm of Graham & Bremmer, general merchants, grain and live stock dealers, Muscoda; was born in New York State in 1832, and came to Wisconsin in- 1836 with parents, who located at Platteville, Grant Co. ; he first worked on a farm and then went to California in 1849, and afterward returned to Richland County; came to Muscoda in 1864, and established the mercantile business, which he has followed so successfully. In 1853, he was married to Miss Mary E. Sharpe, a native of Indiana, by whom he has four children - two sons and two daughters. He has been Chairman of the Town Board and was in Legislature in 1877 ; is a prominent member of A., F. & A. M.; has been a merchant for thirty consecutive years, and what he has made was by his own hard work. The firm do the largest business on the line, running three warehouses besides their large store and stock business.

HSRIIAIV C CjJROTE, of the firm of Grote & Unbrager, planing-mill and manufacturer of all kinds of furniture, Muscoda ; was born in Westphalia, Prussia, Oct. 6, 1830, where he was educated. He came to America in 1847, and located first in Milwaukee, where he worked for Mr. Schenck at the furniture business (who is now in the same business in Milwaukee), three weeks for 95 cents ; he then went to Galena, 111., where he learned the trade of cabinet-making and turning, remaining there until 1854, when he came to this State and located in Platteville, where he worked at his trade, and in February, 1855, he came to Muscoda and established the cabinet and turning business. He married in 1854, at Platteville, Miss., Jane Mann, a native of England. They have seven children ; the oldest son is now engaged in the carpenter trade at Viroqua.

THOU AS H ARKIWS, physician and surgeon, Muscoda ; is a son of William and Axey Rosencrans, who were natives of Susquehanna Co., Penn., where Thomas was born. His father was a drover, which was his principal business ; was also engaged in farming. The Doctor spent his childhood under the paternal roof, and read medicine with Dr. Partridge, of Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Penn., and graduated at the old Jefferson 3Iedical College of Philadelphia, which was established by William Penn. In 1850, he came to this State, and located at Hudson, St. Croix Co., and engaged in practice with Dr. R. Hayt, where he remained until November, 1854. His health failing, he came to Lancaster, Grant Co., where he followed his profession until the spring of 1856, when he came to Muscoda. In the fall of 1864, he enlisted as high private in the 44th W. V. I.; the following March, was promoted to Surgeon of the regiment, with the rank of Captain, and was mustered out with the regiment Aug. 28, 1865. In 1866, he located at Highland, Iowa Co., and resumed practice, where he remained until 1874, when he started on a tour through the West, and traveled through Kansas, the Indian Territory, Arkansas, Missouri, and for six weeks through New Mexico, returning to Muscoda in 1880, and resumed practice.

IIORITZ HONER, farmer ; P. 0. Muscoda ; owns 240 acres of land on Sec. 22, also 40 acres timber. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1832, where he was educated, and learned the trade of shoemaker, at which he worked eighteen years before coming to this country. His father's name was John, who was born in the same town, and trade that of shoemaker. His mother's maiden name was Mary Schmidt, who was also a native of the same town. Moritz Honer came to America in 1857 ; he worked at his trade a few months in Milwaukee, then came to Muscoda, and worked at his trade seven months ; then went to Avoca, and established business for himself, which he conducted for eight years, when he bought the farm upon which he now lives. He has served the town as Supervisor, School Commissioner and Road Commissioner. He was married October, 1858, to Miss Adeline Paffenrath, who was a native of Germany, and by whom he has nine children - four boys and five girls^all living at home. Has always been in active life, and accumulated an estate by his own persevering efforts and industry.

ABRAHAII JACKSON, teamster ; P. 0. Muscoda ; was born Feb. 25, 1833, in Lanca shire, England. He is a son of John and Sarah Jackson. His parents came to the United States when he was but 14 years of age, locating at Ft. Winnebago, Columbia Co., Wis., where Mr. Jackson remained fifteen years. He then lived in Vernon Co. for one year, going thence to Castle Rock, Grant Co., where he lived until 1881. He then came to Muscoda, where he lives at present. He was married, in 1864, to Amelia Bowden, daughter of John and Mary Bowden. In politics, Mr. Jackson is a Republican.

NELiSOlV A. McCAIililSTCiB, general hardware store and dealer in agricultural implements, Muscoda ; born in Putman Co., Ohio, and came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1850. They located on a farm in the town of Pulaski, Iowa Co., where his parents now live. He came to Muscoda in 1869, and established his' present business. He enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. A, 33d W. V. I.; served with the regiment during its term of service, and mustered out with them at Vicksburg Aug. 9, 1865.

AL.FRED.J. McCARBT & CO., bankers, established 1874. Alfred J. McCam was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., March 27, 1838-; is a son of James and Margaret Failing, both natives of New York State, and whose ancestors settled in the State near New York City, before the Revolutionary war. The great-grandfather of Alfred J. belonged to the New York militia when the Revolutionary war commenced, and fought for the cause of American independence. In 1856, the family moved to Davenport, Iowa, where Alfred remained until the autumn of 1857, when he came to Platteville and engaged as clerk in the Bank of Grant Co. (which was one of the old State banks), which position he held until 1860, when he bought a small book store, and engaged in the book and stationery business. He enlisted April 21, 1861, in three months' service ; the company not being accepted unless for three years, he returned again to business, and again enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. A, 33d W. V. 1., and was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant, in which capacity he served until February, 1865, when he was promoted to Quartermaster of the regiment. He was mustered out with the regiment at Vicksburg, Aug. 9 1865. He was married in January, 1868, to Olive McGonigal, a native of this county, by whom he has two childrenone boy and one girl. His father was born in February, 1801, and died near Animosa, Iowa, October, 1880.

S. C. McDONAliD, of the firm of Swingle & McDonald, dealers in hoop-poles, shaved hoops and box-straps, Muscoda ; was born in New York in 1831 ; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and located in Grant Co.; built fifteen miles of the railroad west of Muscoda in 1856 and 1857. Has held office of Chairman of the town for three terms ; Justice of the Peace at present, and Town Clerk one year ; had charge of railroad, buying wood and ties, up to the time it changed hands. He was married in 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Hopkinson, a native of New York, by whom he has two sons, onein the St. Paul railroad office at St. Paul. Minn., and the other is attending school at Madison. He is a prominent member of the A., F. & A. M., an active business man, and has always been identified with matters pertaining to the welfare of the place. The firm ship five million hoops and poles per year, mostly to the Minneapolis mills. It is one of the main industries of the place.

PETJER B. McINTYRE, stock-dealer, Muscoda; born in Bucks Co., Penn., July 8, 1819; when 4 years of age, he moved with his parents to Ithaca, N. Y., where they remained until 1832, when his father died ; the family then moved to Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio. In 1844, he came to Platteville, Grant Co., where he engaged in blacksmithing, having learned the trade at Warren, Ohio, remained there two years, and returned to Warren, Ohio, and married Miss Martha A. Elston, the 4th of June, 1846 ; returning the same year to Platteville, established the blacksmithing business in company with George Hawley, engaged in the business five years ; then came to Muscoda and started a livery stable, which he conducted three years, and sold the business to William Johnson ; during that time he had established a blacksndith and wagon shop, which, in connection with his brother, John B., he conducted three years, and retired from the business and engaged in farming, in which he continued until 1867, when he opened a general store at Muscoda, the old town by the river, which he conducted in connection with his farm. In 1867, he took his nephew, A. C. V. Elston, into partnership in the store, which they continued until 1877, when he gave his interest to his son and only child, Robert B., and the firm name was changed from Mclntyre & Elston to Elston & Mclntyre. Mr. Mclntyre then retired and turned his attention to deal- ing in stock, his present occupation. He has held nearly all of the town offices, and has been a respected and successful business man in the community in which he lives.

WIIiLIAM W. McKITTKICK & SON, general store, dry goods, groceries, hats and caps, etc., Muscoda ; was born in Morgan Co., Ohio, May 10, 1828 ; is a son of William and Alice Funda; his father, a native of Pennsylvania, a farmer; William was educated and lived on the farm until 1855, when he came to this State and locited at Springville, Vernon Co., where for two years he worked in the flouringmill of Graham & Sons, and then moved to Crawford Co., and bought a farm, where he lived until the spring of 1865, when he sold his farm and moved with bis family to Missouri. In the spring of 1866, owing to ill health of his family, he sold out and came to Muscoda and established his present business, and erected the building which he now occupies. In 1868, he built a warehouse, and, in 18Y1, an elevator ; since that time, has engaged in grain and live-stock trade. In 1850, he married Miss Mary A. Crider, a native of Ohio ; they have three sons and a daughter living. His sons assist in the business ; has always been in active life, and accumulated his property by his persevering industry. In addition to his business be owns two farms, one (of 160 acres) in Castle Rock, Grant Co., and one (of 136 acres) in Eagle, Richland C0.5 both of which are worked under his personal supervision.

H. P. McNELjLiY, attorney at law and Notary Public, Front street, rear of printing office, Muscoda; was born in Richland Co. in 1854 ; is a son of Henry MoNelly, M. D., of Muscoda; received his education at Madison, and established himself in present busingss in September, 1877 ; practices in the whole district, which includes five counties, and also in Supreme Court ; the youngest attorney in Grant Co. ; is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., has passed all the chairs, at present Past Grand ; has always been in active life, and is a self-made man.

MASSlIAKTBf BROTHERS, engaged in blacksmithing, wagon and carriage manufacturing, Muscoda; Henry, the oldest, was born in Pomerania, Prussia, June 16, 1842; is a son of Ernst and Lina (Wedon) Massmaun, both natives of Prussia, where his father engaged in farming ; Henry learned his trade in the old country, and came to America in 1869, and stopped first in Muscoda, afterward worked at his trade in Richland Center, Prairie du Chien and Chicago ; returning to Muscoda, established their present business in connection with his brother and Mr. Schumaker. He married in 1875, Miss Caroline Schumaker, a native of Germany, by whom he has five children - four girls and one boy. Ernst Massmann was born in Pomerania, Dec. 25, 1844, where he also learned the trade ; he was three years in the army, from 1865 to 1868 ; came to America with his brother. Was married in 1873, to Louisa Rux, by whom he has one boy ; his wife died Dec. 5, 1874. On Nov. 30, 1876, he married Marie Mueller, by whom he has three girls. '

FRANTZ X. MARKT, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 31 and 36 ; P. 0. Muscoda ; waS born in Wurtembcrg March 11, 1819; he is a son of Joseph and Cresinsia (Blessing) Markt; his father's occupation was that of cooper and brewer, and for six years was brewer for King Willhelm First. Mr- Markt lived with his parents until he was 14 years old, when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of clock-maker ; after be had learned the trade, he commenced business for himself, and traveled through Austria, Italy and Switzerland, selling his goods; the first clock he sold, he made himself, it was in twelve pieces, and he traveled some 200 miles before he made the sale, and finally sold it near the Austrian line for $1.20 ; his clocks were called the Schwaslwald clocks ; that was his first start in the business ; he made his own goods and peddled them himself, conveying them upon his back and selling them for $1.26 each ; he came to America in 1840, locating first in Jersey, remaining a short time he went to Pennsylvania ; not finding employment at his trade, he engaged to work on the Baltimore & Ohio Canal, which was then being built; he afterward moved to Center Co., Penn., where he was employed for four years as a hostler. In 1845, he was married to Miss Katie Fletcher, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania, and participated in the Revolutionary war ; in the fall of 1846, they came to this State, and located at Mineral Point, where, during the winter, he engaged in watch and clock repairing ; during the year 1847, he located on the land upon which he now lives ; he has held the office of Justice of the Peace, and also been a member of the Town Board ; they have had ten children, seven of whom are living, and five married, the two youngest ; Charles and Amanda, live at home. Mr. Markt has been a very persevering, energetic, industrious man, and accumulated an estate through his own personal efforts.

OLIVER P. MAN LOVE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 22; P. 0. Muscoda; was born in Russell, 111., Sept. 12, 1831, and was one of the first children born in that village; he is a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Hufi') Manlove, who died at the age of 28, in the year 1841. His father is now living and is 76 years of age. He is a native of North Carolina, and located in Illinois in 1824 and engaged in farminp; and milling. He moved his family to this town, and entered the land upon which ho now lives with his son Oliver, and where Oliver has always lived, with the exception of about six years. In 1854, he went overland to California, being five months on the road ; during his sojourn there he was engaged in mining. He returned in 1857, and came by water, taking passage in the Central America, which was wrecked during the passage, ofi' Cape Hatteras, having on board some five hundred passengers, only fortynine of whom were sived, and thoy were fortunately picked up by the Norwegian bark Hellm, loaded with logwood, and bound for Falmouth, England ; Mr. Manlove was one of the forty-nine that were saved. The Central America was commanded by Lieut. Heradon, who refused to leave his ship and sank with her, and has been greatly commended for his bravery. Mr. Manlove entered the army in December, 1863, and was assigned to Co. H, 37th W. V. I., participating in the battles of the regiment until the close of the war; was taken prisoner at the blowing up of the rebel fort in front of Petersburg, July 30, 1864. He has engaged somewhat in literary pursuits, and ha« contributed to several journals, among which are the Waverly Magazine and New York Weekly. He was married, Nov. 3, 1867, to Miss Carrie Carell, by whom he has two boys - Norman C, the oldest, aged 11, and Howard P., aged 4. Has served the town as Assessor two years.

GEN. J. B. mOORE, Muscoda. Gen. Moore was born in Posey Co., Ind., March 14, 1825. His early years were passed in the place of his birth. In 1837, his parents removed to what was then the Territory of Wisconsin, settling near MSiscoda. During his youth, he received a common-school education, completing his studies at the Platteville Academy during the years 1843-44. In 1853, Mr. Moore opened a store at Muscoda, and continued in mercantile pursuits for some time. He served in the Legislature of 1860 as member of the Assembly for his district, and, the succeeding year, was elected Sheriff of Grant Co., making one of the most popular officials that had held that oflSce. During this interval, the great Wdr of the rebellion had broken out. Recruiting had been actively going on from the first throughout the county ; and, at one time, it was intended to form a Grant County Eegiment, to be composed, rank, file and field officers, of the inhabitants of this county. Prominent aojong those whose names were mentioned for appointments in the proposed regiment was Sheriff Moore. Circumstances prevented the consummation of the project; but, upon the formation of the 33d W. V. I., the colonelcy was tendered to Mr. Moore, and accepted by him, the commission bearing the date of Aug. 30, 1862. On the 8th of September, he was commissioned Post Commandant at Camp Utley, Racine, at which place the companies composing the Forty-third were ordered to report. Col. Moore took command of the post on the 29th of September, and commenced at once preparing his regiment for the field. The regiment soon after left for the South, and, upon arriving at Memphis, Tenn., Col. Moore was detached from his regiment, and assigned to the command of the Third Brigade. Upon the transfer of the Thirty-third to the Fourth Division, at the request of Gen. Lawman, Col. Moore once more assumed command of his regiment. In March, 1864, Col. Moore was ordered to assume command of the First Brigade of Gen. Kilby Smith'.'* Division of the Seventeenth Army Corps. With his brigade, Col. Moore took part in the ill-fated Red River expedition of that year. Upon the organization of the detachment of the Army of the Tennessee in December, 1864, Col. Moore was assigned to the command of the Third Division. In the January followinu, he was relieved from the command upon the return of Gen. Kilby Smith. In the order announcing the change, the Commanding General took occasion to say : " In relieving Col. Moore, the Major General Commanding desires to express his high appreciation of the able, thorough and soldierly manner with which he has executed the trust confided to him in this command." He was, however, soon after returned to the command of his old division. On the 17th of August, Col. Moore was relieved by Gen. Carr, the former being assigned to the command of the First Brigade. While in command of this brigade, he took part in the attack on Mobile and Spanish Fort, leading the charge against the latter in person. A little later, he was ordered to Vicksburg, where he was mustered out Aug. 9, 1865. During his term of service. Col. Moore participated in three sieges, nine battles and eleven skirmishes. He was twice commissioned Brevet Brigadier General. The first commission bearing date April 7, 1865, for gallantry at the battle of Nashville, where he commanded the Third Division Detachment of the Army of the Tennessee. The second commission bore date April 9, 1866, being issued " for faithful and meritorious services during the campaign against the city o± Mobile and its defenses." Upon hia return from the South, Gen. Moore located at Muscoda, where he soon after erected the bridge across the Wisconsin River at that point, an undertaking which marked the turning-point in Muscoda's commercial history. Gen. Moore is at present the owner of a large amount of real estate, in and about Muscoda, which, with operating of his bridge occupies the greater portion of his time. In the political questions of the day, the General takes a deep interest, being a thorough and consistent Republican. Endowed with a kindly, generous nature, affable and public spirited. Gen. Moore is a noticeable figure among the many prominent men of Grant Co.

WILLIAM NORTHEY; P. O. Muscoda; farmer of 360 acres in Sec. 14; he was born in Cornwall, England, Feb. 19, 1836 ; he is a son of Robert and Martha Edwards, both natives of Cornwall ; he came to America with his parents in 1840 ; they located at Greenville, Mercer Co., Penn., where his father engaged in farming and copper mining. They remained there until 1854, when they came to this State. William, preceding them two years, had entered some land in the town of Millville, upon which they located. His father died in 1856, and his mother in 1859. William engaged in the butchering business at Platteville until 1859, when he went to Lancaster and kept the old United States Hotel ; also carried on the butcher and provision business there until 18,63, when he went to Woodman in the employ of the old Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad ; he remained there one year and went to Boscobel, where he was employed by the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as telegraph operator ; was also express agent; remained there until 1869, when he came to Blue River, where he was station agent and operator until Dec. 7, 1879, when he resigned and took charge of the farm where he now lives. He was married, Feb. 2. 1851, to Miss Martha J. Simpkins, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has six children; she died May 20, 1868. On Oct. 6, 1869, he married Miss Cornelia Simpkins, by whom he has six children, in all eight boys and four girls ; one son and one daughter are married. His oldest son, Louis Henry, is in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, as clerk and operator at Minneapolis. Thomas C. is in Nebraska, engaged in farming. While living in Waterstown, was twice Chairman of the Town Board.

DR. JOSEPH E. PEEBLES,surgeon and mechanical dentist, Muscoda, was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1846. Graduated at New York College of Dental Surgery, in 1873, and established practice at Marathon, Cortland Co., N. Y., where he remained until he came to this State^ in 1875, and located at Spring Green, remaining there until he came to Muscoda. He is a practical .engineer, also pattern maker, in fact, a natural-born mechanic. He did the fancy woodwork for the bank in the Smalley House, also made the patterns for the lathes for the new building of the Elgin Watch Factory. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1864, in Co. G, 185th N. Y. I., joined the Army of the Potomac und was first engaged in the battle at Hather's Run, and was wounded in the arm ; the ball still remains in his arm. Participated with the regiment in nine engagements, and mustered out with them at Syracuse, N. Y., at the close of the war. He is a son of Joseph C. and Diana Campbell Peebles ; his father wa9 a native of Vermont, and mother of New York. He was married April 15, 1866, to Elizabeth T. Gray, of Cortland Co., N. Y., by whom he has two sons.

JOHN D. PFLEISTEBER, owner and proprietor St. Charles Hotel, corner Wisconsin and Walnut streets, Muscoda, was born in Wurtemberg in 1831. He is a son of Philip and Catherine Mueller Pflisterer, both natives of Germany. His father was a soldier under Napoleon during the campaign in Russia, with the rank of a non-commissioned ofiBcer. John D. was educated and learned the butcher'.s trade in his native place ; he came to America in 1852, and located in Cincinnati, where he remained two years, then came to Champaign Co., 111., where he worked for Frank Cass, farmer and stock raiser, for ten years ; then he came to Muscoda in 1865, and bought the old Muscoda Brewery, and carried on the business until 1869, when he sold the brewery to John Postel, and bought the hotel he now occupies. In 1857, he married Miss Elizabeth Hus, by whom he had three children, who are all deceased, and his wife died in 1863. The same year he married Miss Aqna Meyer, a native of Bohemia, by whom he has one girl. He has always been in active life, and accumulated by his own economy and industry.

JOHN J. POSTEL, brewer, Muscoda, born in Florida in 1842. Came to Wisconsin in 1857 and located in Muscoda, purchased the brewery in 1869, and remodeled the same. Has worked the business up to one of the main industries of the town ; employs seven men, and ships beer all over the western portion of the State. Enlisted in 1861 in the 14th W. V. I., Co. K; mustered out as a Captain in 1865, at the cldse of the war. Married, in 1865, to Mis.s Mary Smith, a native of Wisconsin, by whom he has six children - two sons and four daughters. Is a good business man, and has built around him a large property, and justly deserves his increasing business.

mCHAEL REIIY, farmer; P. O. Muscoda; born in Luxemburg, April 15, 1817, where he was educated and learned the trade of stone-cutter and mason ; is a son of Peter and Anna Remy, both natives of Luxemburg. His father carried on the cooper, grocery and saloon business. Michael came to this State, and located at Mineral Point in 1852, where he worked at his trade of stone-cutting and mason until 1857, when he bought 300 acres of land in Sec. 30, town of Muscoda, which has been his home ever since. Feb. 2, 1862, he enlisted in Co. I, 19th W. V. I., Capt. Rawley, of Oshkosh, commanding the company. They joined the 9th Corps, commanded by Gens. Butler and Gady ; served until the close of the war, and mustered out with the regiment. His health became impaired by exposure and hardships. He was married, Aug. 14, 1841, to Katrina Herbert, also a native of Luxemburg, by whom he has had eight children - one son and five daughters - two of the girls deceased.

JOSEPH saloon, Front street, Muscoda; was born in Bavaria in 1818; came to America in 1851, and located in Muscoda. He built and run successfully for sixteen years the first brewery in Muscoda ; learned the trade of brewer in the old country. He was married the first time to Miss Barbara Kenkbarg, in 1846, by whom he had two children - one son and one daughter - and for his second wife he married Miss Lena Oswald, a native of Germany, married in Muscoda in 1853. He was in the army in the old country six years. The family are members of the German Lutheran Church ; has been on the side board two terms. He is the oldest German settler living in Muscoda.

CHARIiliS RODOLF, Muscoda; was born at Zurzach, in the canton of Aargan, Switzerland, in the year 1818; his early education was received here; at the age of 11, he attended the high school in his native town, and when 16 years age, commenced the study of law with his uncle, Henry Kodolf; two years later, young Charles quitted Switzerland, sailing for the new land of promise, America; he landed at New Orleans in December, 1833, and immediately took passage up the river for St. Louis ; arriving at that city, he attended school for a short time, when he made a second move, coming to Wisconsin and locating at Wiota, La Fayette Co., where he commenced farming during the year 1834; in 183Y, young Rodolf went to Muscoda, then a small settlement of a few houses, and engaged wirh Col. William S. Hamilton, the then proprietor of the place ; he remained here eight months, during which time he devoted his leisure moments to reading law ; returning to his farm, he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1840, when he removed to Mineral Point, taking an interest in a store with his brother, Theodore Rodolf ; two years later, Mr. Rodolf opened a store of his own at Centerville, and commenced operations in mining; for lead, and the succeeding year ran a smelting furnace at Wingville ; about this time, he began to put his legal knowledge to the proof by engaging in mineral cases before the Justices' courts ; in 1852, Mr. Rodolf purchased the Eagle Mills and moved to Richland Co.; this same year he was admitted to the bar ; up to 1858, he remained a citizen of this county, engaging in various mercantile pursuits ; the year succeeding his removal (1853), Mr. Rodolf was elected Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Richland Co., a most flattering testimonial of the confidence and esteem he had in so short a time inculcated in the minds of his neighbors and constituents ; previous to his removal from Towa Co., he had been elected to the Assembly from the Northern District of Iowa Co.; in 1858, he was again returned to the same body, this time from Richland Co., and, during the years 1859-60, he served as State Senator for the Fifteenth District, comprising the counties of Iowa and Richland ; in 1864, Mr. Rodolf was nominated'for member of Congress from the Third District on the Democratic ticket, but was not elected ; the later fortunes of Mr. Rodolf were cast in Muscoda, at which village he continued the mercantile business until 18Y6, and where he has since resided ; in 1875, he was elected Chairman of the Town Board, which position he held with credit to himself and advantage to the town until 1879 ; he was re-elected again the present year to the same position.

JOHN C. SCH AEFER, Jr., retired farmer, Muscoda ; was born in Prussia Dec. 29, 1811. He is a son of John C. and Anna Klin Schaefer. His father's business was raising grapes and making wine. He received his education in his native town, and worked for his father until 25 years old, when he established the same business for himself, which he conducted for ten years. He also served two years in the army in the old country. He came to America in 1847, and located in this county, and engaged in farming until 1875. when he retired and came to Muscoda to live. He was married, Feb. 7, 1837, to Miss Anna Margaret Meyer, a native of Germany. Peter Schaefer, a son of John C, was born in Iowa Co. in 1849. He lived with his parents until he was 12 years old. He then engaged as clerk in a general store for Mr. Daniel Zimas in 1867. He came to Muscoda, and clerked^ for McKittrick & Son five vears; then engaged in his present business, selling agricultural implements. He was married, Nov. 21, 1872, to Miss Mary Stedle. They have five children. He has been Town Clerk seven terms, and member of the Board two years.

GEORGE J. SCHULiZ, blacksmith, wagon manufacturer and general repairer of machinery ,^ Muscoda; born in Bavaria on the Rhine in 1849; came to America in 1864, and located at Burlington, Iowa; came to Muscoda in 1869, and established his present business in 1872; learned his trade in the old country with his father, who was a first-class mechanic. His business has gradually increased from the start, and he has taken his brother in as a partner, who has charge of the wagon-making department. The firm nnmo '"ill ho .Schnlz Brnther=. Genrse J. was married, in Muscoda, in 1872, to Miss Elizabeth

Michael, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has three children - one son and two daughters. He is a first-class mechanic, and has worked himself up from a poor boy, now owning his own place of business.

JOHIV SMALIiEY, proprietor of the Smalley House, Muscoda; born in England in 1828; came with his parents to America in 1838, and settled in Pennsylvania ; came to Wisconsin in December, 1855, and located at Muscoda, where he has since resided. In 1856, he opened the " Snialley House;" in 18Y4, he built the present hotel, the largest brick hotel west of Madison, on the Prairie Du Chien Division, and also one of the best managed hotels on the line, and a general resort for traveling men. In 1855, he was married to Miss Mary Carroll, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he has one son, now in the employ of the railroad at Milwaukee. Mr. Smalley has held the office of Town Treasurer, and also Chairman of the Town Board. He is a man that can be depended upon in every sense of the word.

liAlJRBJr li. THURBER, station agent for C, M. & St. P. R. R., Muscoda ; has been employed fourteen years in the same capacity by the same road ; he was born in Door Village, Ind., Jan. 17, 1841, where he was educated and learned the trade of mason ; he is a son of Nathaniel and Sarah Leland Thurber, who were natives of Vermont; they came to this State in 1857 and settled upon a farm in the town of Pulaski, Iowa Co. The subject of this sketch came two years later, and joined his parents on the farm. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 20th W. V. I.; was with the regiment during its term of service, participating in all the engagements, and mustered out with them at Madison in August, 1863. May 6, 1866, he married Miss Anna Soper, by whom he has three children, all boys.

PARKER C. UNDERWOOD, Muscoda ; was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1803 ; he is a son of Dr. Oliver Underwood and Jemima Parker ; Parker C. lived in the State of New York until September, 1834, when he came West and located at BuflFalo Grove, 111.; the following year, he came to Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wis., and his home has been in Iowa Co. since that time; he engaged in mining lead ore at what they called Upper Mines ; he sold his ore to Col. W. S. Hamilton, who had smelting works at Wiota, in what is now La Payette Co. ; his first sale of ore was 50,000 lbs., at $20 per 1 ,000 lbs.; it was the first ore sold ; he then sold out his interest in the mines, and went to what is now called Centerville, and discovered what is now called the Drybone and Black Jack Vein, which yields zinc ore ; the place was then known as the Underwood & Billings Diggings, he having given Mr. Billings an interest in the mine ; he remained in the mines about three years, then engaged some in farming. He was elected Constable, also Under Sheriff of Iowa Co., which then embraced what is now Grant, Richland and La Payette Cos. He was married. March 11, 1824, to Miss Anna Parker, a native of New York State ; she died in 1848 ; they had four sons; the two oldest, Joseph and Oliver P., are living on the old homestead, in Iowa Co.; Madison, the third son, died Dec. 8, 1880 ; Irving, the youngest, entered the army, and was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and killed at the battle of Corinth.