Platteville City (part 7 of 10)

DWIGHT TIMOTHY PARKER, Sr,, deceased, was born Dec. 21, 1821, in the irillage of Malone, N. Y. When a mere child, his parents removed to Georgia, Franklin Co., Vt., on the shores of that beautiful and historic lake - Champlain. Enos, his father, a pious, industrious and bighly respected citizen, was one of the pioneers of that region, and possessed much of that ambitious spirit and determination which so sisnally characterized his son in after years ; he departed this life only some sixteen months previous to the demise of his son Dwight, in the 76th year of his age. Mary Todd, ;he mother, whose death occurred during her son's infancy, was a sister to the late Dr. John Todd, a levout Christian, warm-hearted and noble, and a woman of rare intelligence. Here on the farm, near jcorgia Plains, where the rising sun appears among the grand old mountains, and sinks serenely behind ;he little lake, Dwight T. Parker, Sr., was reared. Assisting his father in the fields during the summer Bonths, he was taught that lesson of industry, perseverance and frugality that was never to be forgotten, [n the winter he trudged wearily through the deep snows of Northern Vermont to and from the simple listrict school, where he learned the rudiments of figures, in which he afterward proved himself so ;hcroughly proficient. For several years after his majority, a desire grew upon him for more of fame ind worldly goods than seemed likely to be acquired among the hilis and densely populated regions of 3ld Vermont. Thus, in the year 1843, he emigrated westward, his objective point being Wisconsin, then a Territory. Arrivinjr here, his first stop was made at Watertown, penniless and among strangers. From here he journeyed, principally on foot, to Lancaster, Grant Co., havino; been prompted thither with an eye to mining, then the principal vocation in that section, arriving there with but a small bundle of clothing and $12 in money, which constituted his entire worldy efi^ects. Nothing daunted, he struck out for the mining business, but not having had sufficient experience, ho met with poor success, and consequently pursued that occupatiin for only a brief period. The Boscobel Journal of 1870-71, in biographical sketches of his life, speaks of Mr. Parker as follows : " Coming to Lancaster, he sought, by working at whatever chanced to yield a return, to add to his greatly reduced purse, and we are told that while stopping with a distant relation, some question came up as to his poverty, and with a voice full of resolution, he replied that he would yet be at the top of the ladder. He took the job of digging for a mill a short distance from here, and by working night and day, completed his task, whereby he earned $50 in less than a week. We give this instance as illustrative of the indomitable will and wonderful power of endurance which he possessed. And it was by this industrious spirit, perseverance and economy that he has secured for his family a competency. * * * « Abandoning the pick and shovel for the book and rod, we next find him 'teaching the young idea how to shoot' in one of our smaller country towns. In 1848, we first hear of him in the mercantile business, as one of the firm of Kendall & Parker, located at Lancaster." Dec. 27, of this year, Mr. Parker was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of Lenhart O. Shrader, a man quite prominent in his time, whose sister, Mary E., was the estimable wife of Hon. Charles Dunn, first Chief Justice of Wisconsin, and afterward Judge of the 5th Wisconsin Circuit, and mother of Mrs. ex-Gov. Nelson Dewey, of this State. By this union four children were born, all of whom, together with the mother, are living - the eldest, a daughter, May Louise, and three sons, Dwight Timothy, Prank Arunah and Charles Dewey. The daughter, a woman of culture and refinement, and graduate both of music and letters, receiving instructions in the former at Rookford Female Seminary, and in the latter at Milwaukee Female College ; was married in February, 1875, to Andrew J. Pipkin, at present a banker and prominent citizen of Boscobel. The eldest son, Dwight, Jr., an industrious, frugal and temperate young man, inheriting many of the father's excellent qualities, though "but 22 years of age, has,'' says a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune of 1879, "shown himself to be one of the best business men in the county." For several years prior to 1876, he pursued studies at Beloit College and the State University. In January, 1879, he was elected Vice President, and shortly afterward became President of the First National Bank of Boscobel, an institution founded by his father, and of which he was principal owner and President ; but now in voluntary liquidation. Thus Dwight, Sr., was its first, and Dwight, Jr., its last presiding officer. Oct. 13, 1880, he was married to Cora B. Anderson, of Ripon, Wis. He resides on his fine stock farm in Fennimore. Frank A., the second son, 22 years of age, for some time attended school at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and afterward, owing somewhat to ill health, visited Colorado; he is at present in New Orleans. Frank is a young man of excellent habits, and possessing great pride of character. The third and youngest son, Charles D., now in his 19th year, resides with his moiher at Boscobel, at ending school. He, too, is a youth of bright prospects and fair promise.

In 1850, Mr. Parker bought the entire interest of his partner, Kendall, and for seven years stood alone, when, in 1857, discontinuing shortly afterward his Lancaster inierest, he opened a branch store at Boscobel, calling it the " People's Store," a name that soon became nearly as familiar to the people of northern Grant and Crawford Counties as their own. He was really the founder and most prominent business man of th« latter place, at the time of his death (1871) an enterprising village of about 1,500 inhabitants. '' Up to five years ago," again quoting the Journal, " Mr. Parker's time and fortune were mainly devoted to merchandising, in which, with speculating in live-stock and grain, he was always successful. During the last five years, still furnishing capital for three stores, located at Boscobel, Wauzeka and Fennimore, Mr. Parker's time has been devoted mainly to farming and stock-raising. He is the owner of about 4,300 acres of wood and tillable land in this county." Speaking of his home farm, the Prairie du Chien Courier, in its obituary notice of Mr. Parker, says : " Though he was a successful merchant, he was equally as successful an agriculturist ; he was a great lover of fine stock, and many of the most pleasant hours of his life were spent on his large farm. His stock farm, the largest in Grant Co., is situated in the town of Fennimore, about fourteen miles southward from Boscobel, and embraces nearly a score of eighties of the choicest lands in the State, 1,000 acres of which, in a body, are under an excellent state of cultivation, and the remainder heavily timbered land, a feature extremely important in connection with so large a farm. Here he put the best stock that could be found; and through a complete knowledge of the business, aided by a good judgment and well-directed energy, he became one of the most thorough and prosperous farmers in Wisconsin. This induced the members of the Grant County Agri- cultural Society to elect him their President, a position which he filled for three years, and with great ability." Speaking of him at home on his farm, the Journal again remarks : '' Mr. Parker, ever ready his fine conversational powers, and a mind well filled with all there is good of poetry or prose, will keep his guest a willing listener for hours to his quotations from Burns and Saxe, giving the peculiar dialect of the former to perfection. * * * Qf surety, Mr. Parker is peculiarly blest with a helpmate, one who has been chiefly instrumental by saving what he has by persevering industry secured. Mr. Parker is as liberal as hospitable ; we could enumerate many instances of his generosity had we the time and space." Sufiice to say, though a member of no religious denomination, he was a man of high moral character, and bequeathed, in several instances, sites for the erection of church edifices, in adJition to liberal support otherwise ; he gave generously for educational purposes, and those in adversity always found in him a friend and sympathizer. Mr. Parker was by far the heaviest real estate owner in Bosco- Tjel, being the possessor of at least a dozen buildings, and lots innumerable. In 1869, he erected here the largest and finest store building in Grant County ; occupied after its completion by Parker, Hildebrand & Oo. - Mr. Parker as the senior partner - a firm then doing the heaviest mercantile business in Southwestern Wisconsin. The last important business movement in which Mr. Parker distinguished himself was the establishment of the First National Bank of Boscobel, but a few weeks prior to his death, of which, as we have said, he was principal owner and President. The Courier, in its obituary notice of him, again adds : " He was a successful man in almost every enterprise he undertook, and at once gained the fullest -confidence of his friends and patrons by his integrity and close attention to business. The hundreds with whom he was connected in business relations bear testimony to his just, honorable and generous dealings. He was singularly devoid of ostentation. Nothing was needed to secure his respect and confidence, but honesty and industry; and for nothing had he greater contempt than idleness and affectation." Having thus given an outline of Mr. Parker's life, brief mention will be made of his last moments and death. When, on the 19th day of May, 1871, after many months of suffering caused by a tumor, the result of an accident some two years previous, he was informed that there were no hopes of his recovery, he expressed no surprise, but regretted exceedingly that he might not be spared to see his children, whom he as fondly loved as ever did a parent, grown to lionorable manhood and womanhood, under the guidance and protection of a father's loving hand. Thus, at 6:15 P. M., on the 21st day of May, 1871, his useful life out, while yet " in the full strength of years ;" and, to still more sadden the scene, at that period of the year when nature appears at her best, having but barely assumed that rich and perfect verdancy that «o pleases life, as to cause not only the winged creatures to respond in sweetest notes and creation in general to acknowledge in their respective ways, the beauties of the Creator, but man himself to proclaim life, even at its worst, well worth the living.

THOMAS A. PAIiliETT, farmer, Sec. 25; P. 0. Preston; born in England in 1828. His parents emigrated to the United States in 1840, and settled in Lee Co., Iowa. In 1847, Mr. Pallett went to ^t. Louis, where he learned the trade of a millwright, and lived about three years. He came to Orant Co. in 1850, and settled in the town of Jamestown; settled on his present farm of 160 acres in 1873. He was married to Eleeia Dean, daughter of Mandley Dean. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1841, and removed to Grant Co. from Ohio in 1848. Her parents now live in the town of EUenboro, Grant Co. Mr. Pallett's parents settled in Grant Co., town of Jamestown, in 1848. They are now deceased. Mr. Pallett's children are Thomas M., born in 1865 , William, born in 1867 ; Lettie, born in 1869, and Mary E., born in 1875. Mr. Pallett built a flouring-mill in the town of Jamestown in 1860, which he owned and operated for thirteen years. He settled on his present farm in 1873, and engaged in farming.

ALLiEJV PRITCHETT, grocer and restaurant-keeper, Fennimore. He was born in Pennimore, Grant Co., Wis., in 1848, and has been a resident of the above town up to the present date. He married Alice Day in the year 1871. Mrs. Pritchett is also a native of Fennimore, Grant Co., Wis. They have four children - Elmer, Glenny, Burt and Mabel. Mr. Pritchett is a prominent citizen of the village of Fennimore.

JOHN ROBINSON, Jr., farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Fennimore ; son of John Robinson, Sr. (deceased), one of the earliest settlers of Grant Co., who was born in Manchester, England, in 1809, and <jame to the United States when a young man. He resided on Long Island for some time, where he was married to Catharine Coil. They came to Galena, 111., about 1836, and soon after went to what is now Iowa Co., Wis., making him one of the early pioneers of the State. He came to what is now the town of Wingville, Grant Co., about 1840, where he rented a farm for two or three years. He then settled in the town of Fennimore, where he resided till his death, which occurred in 1872. He was a soldier in the war of the rebellion ; enlisted, in 1861, in the 7th W. V. I., and was discharged the following year for disability. His death resulted from the bite of a rattlesnake. He had five children, who grew to maturity - George, born in 1839, enlisted in the 20th W. V. I., and died near Springfield, Mo., during the war, of typhoid fever; Mary, now Mrs. Even B. Johnson ; Frank, John and Agnes. John was born in the town of Pennimore, Dec. 25, 1845, and married Mariette Byerly. They have three children - Ann Etta, Bertha and Pearl.

LEAXDEB C. ROGERJi^, farmer and thresher; P. 0. Pennimore; son of Jaseph G-. Rogers. He was born in the town of Middlesex, Yates Co., N. Y., in 1833. He came to Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1842. In November, 1852, he came to Grant Co. with his father. The latter, at that time, entered a quarter section of land in the town of North Lancaster, where his father settled in 1856, and where he resided till his death. Leander C. came to Grant Co. permanently in 1854, and entered quarter of Sec. 25, in what is now the town of Mount Ida. He has been a resident of this county since that time. He settled in the village of Pennimore in the spring of 1874. He was married to Emily A. Luse, born in Pennsylvania. They have three children - Seth C., Gra C. and Edna C.

CRAVEN S1HJTT1.E WORTH, merchant, Pennimore; born in Yorkshire, England, in 1825; came to the United States in 1856; lived in Madison about one year; thence to Crawford Co., where he engaged in farming ; thence to Grant Co., and purchased 80 acres of land in the town of Pennimore, Sec. 29, from Prederick Bronson, of New York City. He engaged in the mercantile business in Pennimore in the spring of 1875. He married, in England, Nancy Kaley, born in Yorkshire. They have six sons and two daughters - Job, Ellen, Farrand, Pred, Willie, Craven, Ina and Maggie. i

CLYDE R. SHO WALTER, teacher of high school, Pennimore; son of John Showalter, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1883, and came to Lancaster when a young man. He married Phebe Roberts, who was born in Kentucky, and came to Grant Co. in 1840. They had two children - Clyde and Portia. Mr. John Showalter enlisted on the breaking out of the rebellion, in the 2d W^iseonsin Cavalry ; served three years, and re-enlisted for the war. He died from disease contracted in the army in June, 1865. Clyde graduated at the State Normal School at Platteville, in 1879.

jHELFORD p. smith, farmer. Sec. 31; P. 0. Pennimore; was born in Wayne Co., Penn., in 1829. He was married in Pennsylvania to Ada Adams, daughter of David Adams. In the spring of 1853, he removed to Oswego, Kendall Co., 111. In the fall of that year, he came to Grant Co., and settled on his present farm. Has three children - Ira, Charles and Ida. The last two are students of the State Normal School at Platteville. His farm contains 160 acres; the farm was State land, and contained no improvements when he purchased it. He is one of the prominent early settlers of Grant Co. He came here poor, and by honest industry has secured a competency. Has been honored with most of the town ofiices for a series of years ; was Treasurer nine years. Town Clerk seven years, and still holds that oflBcc ; was Assessor six years, also Justice of the Peace several years.

JOSHUA SANDERS, farmer. See. 36; P. 0. Pennimore ; born in Devonshire, England, in 1837. Emigrated to Illinois and settled at Freeport about 1849 ; his father resided at Preeport for some time, when he removed to Crawford Co., Wis.; he now lives in the State of Iowa. Joshua came to Wisconsin about 1859, but soon after went to Missouri ; he returned to Wisconsin in 1861, and settled on his present farm. His wife was Mary Shultz, daugh'er of Jacob Shultz. They have seven children - Rella J., Minnie M., Caroline B., Eliza M., Nellie G., Tirzah and an infant. Has 75 acres of land.

I. W. SWIT2IER, farmer, Sec. 8 ; son of John Switzer, one of the earliest settlers of Grant Co.; Mr. John Switzer was born in Virginia Feb. 20, 1803; his parents removed to the Territory of Ohio, when he was 3 years of age, and afterward to Indiana. He came to Grant Co. in 1840, and settled on Sec. 8, town of Pennimore. He was married March 1, 1842, to Mary A. C. Dillon, born in Missouri. Mr. John Switzer died Jan. 11, 1863. Mrs. Switzer still resides at the homestead. Her children are Mary A., born Sept. 17, 1844; I. W., Dec. 5, 1846 ; Sarah E., Aug. 11, 1849 ; Eliza, July 30, 1853; Stella, Oct., 8, 1858, and Ada, April 7, 1861. The children were all born at the homestead. I. W. was married to Pora, daughter of Mr. John Dinsdale ; they have two children - Myrta and Bertram.

THOMAS TORME Y, farmer and stock -raiser. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Pennimore ; was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, on Christmas, December, 1826. He emigrated to this country with hisfather's family when he was 20 years of age. His mother died at sea on the passage to this country. His father brought three children with him from Ireland; the oldest son had come over in 1835". The family lived for a few months in the city of Lowell, Mass., where Thomas learned the business of slating.

The family came to the town of Highland, Iowa Co., in May, 1848, where the father died December, 1849. Thomas Tormey was married in Iowa Co. July 8, 1850, to Honora Norris. She was born in Ireland; she died July 27, 1872. His present wife was Margaret Lawless, born at Patch Grove, Grant Co., October, 1842 j had eight children by first marriage - two sons and six daughters, all residents of Grant Co.: has three children by his present wife - one son and two daughters. He is one of the most prominent stock-dealers of Grant Co.; is an extensive land owner - has 720 acres in town of Fennimore, and 320 acres in town of Liberty. He has been Chairman of Town Board three years.

WIljIilAM WEAVER, manufacturer of boots and shoes, Fennimore ; he was born in Niagara Co., N. Y.; came to Graut Co. in March, 1873, and in the spring of 1875, established his present business; Aug. 20, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 33d W. V. I., and served until the close of the war. In 1867, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Daniels, a native of Allegany Co., N. Y.; they have two sons and two daughters.

JACOB WOIiE, M. D., Fennimore ; born in Wurtemberg, Germany ; graduated at Tubingen University ; he occupied the position of physician and surgeon in the German army for five years ; He came to the United States in 1868 ; he located in Crawford Co., Ohio, where he practiced about nine years; located in Fennimore in August, 1879. He was married, Sept. 20, 1879, to Anna Youss, born in Germany ; they have two sons and two daughters. The Doctor is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F.; also of the United Workmen.

PHILANDER WRIGHT, retired; Fennimore; born in the town of Belcher, Hampden Co , Mass., in 1818 ; lived in Massachusetts till 1835, when he removed with his father to Pennsylvania; his mother died when he was about 14 years of age; came to Grant Co. in 1847, and settled in the town of Fennimore ; has been a resident of this town since that time, except one year spent in Lancaster. His wife was Sarah Cramer, daughter of Enos and Anna Cramer, born in Wayne Co., Penn.; thej' have had seven children, six of whom are living - J. N., Joel W., Charles O., Albert C, Maiy E. and fioland N.; lost first child, Esther Ann.

JONATHAN WAIiKER, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Fennimore ; he is a son of Joseph Walker, who was born in the State of Massachusetts ; he moved to the State of New York, and thence to Michigan ; he came with his family to Grant Co. while the State was yet a Territory, and settled in the town of Fennimore ; he died in the fall of 1880 ; had five sons and two daughters, four sons and one daughter still living. Jonathan was born in the State of New York, August, 1838 ; came to Wisconsin with his parents. He married Louisa Eldred, who died in January, 1877 ; has ten children - five sons and five daughters. Mr. Walker enlisted in the 33d W. V. I., served till the close of the war; settled on present farm in the spring of 1871 ; farm contains 285 acres of land.

H. H. WEFEIj, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 19; P. O. Fennimore; was born in Hanover Germany, in 1837 ; came to the United States in 1853 ; lived in Richmond, Ind., about one year, thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, for about three years, afterward to Kentucky; came to Grant Co. iu the spring of 1859, and purchased his present farm ; has fine improvements, all of which he made himself; his farm contains 320 acres ; has also a farm of 400 acres in Worth Co., Iowa. His wife was Mary Plobet, born in Indiana ; they have three children. Mr. Wefel is one of the successful farmers of the town of Fennimore.

Town Of Wingville

REV. JOHN B. BACHMAN, Pastor of M. E. Church, Montfort; was born at Millheim, Center Co., Penn., Sept. 22, 1828. His father died when he was 18 years of age. He came to Green Co., Wis., in the spring of 1848 ; attended school at the Green County Seminary for three years; was afterward a teacher in that institution for three years ; entered the ministry in 1 867 ; has had charge of churches at Oregon, Dane Co., two years ; Lodi, Columbia Co., two years ; Mauston, Juneau Co.; Portage City ; returned to Oregon ; Baraboo one year ; returned to Lodi. He was then Presiding Elder of Kilbourn City District from 1868 to 1872 ; returned to Mauston, Spana, Eau Claire, Reedsburg, Black Earth, Fayette ; came to Montfort Oct. 1, 1880. His wife was Miss Eliza J. Field, born in Ontario Co., N. Y.; they have two children - E. Walton, born in August, 1854, now a student of the Medical Department of Wisconsin State University, and AUie, born October, 1863.

EDWARD BELIi, merchant, Montfort ; was born in England in 1816. He was married it> 1838 to Mary Walker (born in England, in the fall of 1816) ; they emigrated to the United States in 1839, and settled in Plat teville, where he had charge of a saw-mill for about one year, then removed to Potosi, where he lived two or three years engaged in smelting ore, then returned to Platteville ind engaged in farming; afterward to the town of Smelser for five years; returned to Potosi ; came to Montfort October, 1851 ; he took charge of a furnace for Lewis & Palliser about two years, then engaged for about a year in mining, after which he entered the mercantile business. Has had ten children, four of whom are living - Margaret (now Mrs. James Chandler), Mary E. (now Mrs. James M. Gaston), George S. and William M. John enlisted in 1862 in the 20th W.V. I. and went into camp with the regiment at Madison ; he was soon after taken sick of typhoid fever, came home and died of that disease. Two other sons, William and Henry, contracted the same disease, and the three brothers dud within a few weeks of one another. Charles, another son, died during the sanie year. Lost two other children - Beatrice and Thomas.

JOHIV BOWERS, farmer. Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Montfort; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1835; came to the United States in 1854, lived one year in the State of New York and then went to Galena, Ul., where he lived several years. He then went to Platteville, where he was married to Charlotte- Williams, born in Cornwall, England, and daughter of Thomas Williams, who came to Grant Co. in 1847. Have seven children - John Albert, Rosena, James. William S., Franklin J., Elizabeth A. and Minnie. Settled on present farm from Iowa Co., in 1878.

D. M. BILIilNGJS, farmer, Sec. 20; P. 0. Montfort; son of Henry M. Billings, who emigrated from Vermont to Mineral Point, Wis., in 1834 ; removed to Centerville about 1835, and engaged in minins, where he lived till 1847, when he' removed to the town of Eden, Iowa Co., where he resided till his death, February, 1861. His mother, Mrs. Ann Billings, resides at the homestead in Iowa Co. D. M. was born in Iowa Co., October, 1849. Married Margaret Greene, daughter of S. D. Greene. Has four children - Minnie, Frank, Fred and Mabel. Located where he now lives in the sprinsj of 1878. Mr. Billings was formerly engaged in the mercantile business, Montfort.

JOSEPH P. CHAlVDliER, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0, Montfort; son of Clayborn Chandler. (See biography of James S, Chandler,) Was born in Monticello, Lewis Co.', Mo., August, 1840; camct to the Territory of Wisconsin with his father's family. He was married to Louisa, daughter of Daniel Thomas, who came to Grant Co. from Pennsylvania, in 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have ten children, five sons and five daughters- - Frank, Fred, May, Thomas, Josie, Lizzie, Hattie, Clayborn, Clara and Henry. Lost two children. - Mr. Chandler settled on his present farm of 260 acres in the fall of 1861.

ELISHA CARRIIVGTOIV, farmer; P. 0. Montfort; born in the town of Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1832; his father died when he was an infant; when 10 years of age, he removed with his mother to the State of Ohio, but he returned to the State of New York in the spring of 1849 ; he went back to Ohio in 1851 ; he came to Grant Co. in 1852 ; he removed to Iowa Co. in March, 1866, where he lived about two years; he then settled in the town of Clifton, Grant Co.; he has been a resident of Iowa and Grant Counties since he first came to Wisconsin ; he settled in the village of Montfort Dec. 24, 1877. He was married to Caroline, daughter of Adam Keith ; her father came to Grant Co. about 1847; he now lives in Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Carrington have ten children, four sons and six daughters - Gertrude L., Ella J., Jane L., William G,, Adam M,, Henrietta K., Elisha L., Bertha D. and Mabel S. Mr. Carrington is the present Town Trea.surer of Wingville ; he was Chairman of the Town Board of Clifton two years, and of the town of Wingville in 1880.

JAMES S. CHAlVDIiER, Montfort; son of Clayborn and Mary J. Chandler; father was born in Boone Co.. Ky. ; he removed to Missouri, where he married ; he came to Grant Co. with his family in the fall of 1844, and located at Potosi,, where he lived fur some time, and then returned to Missouri; returned to Wisconsin with his family in 1847, and settled in the town of Highland, Iowa Co., where he lived two years, and then settled in the town of W^ingville ; he was engaged in the mercantile business in Montfort from 1850 until 1856, then removed to Minnesota; was absent about three years, when he returned to Grant Co. ; he died at Boscobel in 1863 ; James S. was born in Lewis Co., Mo., in 1835 ; in 1850, when only 15 years of age, he went by the overland route to California ; was absent about three years. He was married to Margaret A. Bell, a daughter of Edward Bell; she was born in Grant Co.

MRS. MARGARET CHANEY, Centerville, Iowa Co.; widow of Ezekiel Chaney, who was born in Kentucky about 1820; his parents emigrated to Illinois when he was a boy; he came at an early day to the mining regions ol' this part of the State of Wisconsin. He was married in Iowa Co. to

Mrs. John Russell, formerly Miss Hughes. Mr. Chaney followed the occupation of mining for many years. He enlisted in 1861 in the 11th W. V. I. ; was severely wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, and died at Memphis, Tenn., in the fall of 1863. Mrs. Chaney has three children by her first husband; she had five by second marriage, four of whom are living - William H., Lewis, Isabelle and Clara ; all born in Iowa Co.; William H. was born at Centerville in 1855.

THOH AS J. DAVIS, hardware merchant, Montfort ; son of Benjamin J. Davis, who settled in Iowa Co. about 1844; his parents were natives of Wales; they settled in the town of Ridgeway, from the State of Ohio; Thomas was born io^the town of Ridgeway in 1852; he engaged in the hardware business with his brother Daniel in the village of Arena, Iowa Co. ; afterward engaged in teaching several terms of school ; he came to Montfort and engaged in his present business Nov. 14, 1878.

AIjEXANDER DUKCAN, harness-maker, Montfort ; born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1830 ; his parents, emigrated to Canada in 1836, and to Lockport, Will Co., 111., about 1839, to Racine Co., Wis., about 1842, and to Iowa Co. about 1847 ; in the summer of 1849, Mr. Duncan was engaged as raftman on the Wisconsin River, where he had the misfortune to lose his left leg, having it crushed between a raft and the rocks at Conlt's Rapids ; this misfortune induced him to learn his trade, that of harness-making; he was engaged as an apprentice at tJalena, 111, and at Dodgeville, Wis.; he came to Montfort in May, 1870, and look charge of a harness-shop; he bought the business in December, 1880. He married Mrs. Frances R. Shaddock, daughter of Richard H. Palmer. Mr. Palmer is one of the earliest pioneers of Wisconsin ; he was born in Halifax Co., Va., in 1805 ; he went to tralena, 111., iu 1826 ; settled near Platteville, Grant Co., in 1830 ; afterward removed to La Fayette Co., thence to Dubuque, afterward to Jo Daviess Co., 111. ; he came td Montfort in 1851, and was a soldier in the Black Hawk war ; has been engaged in mining the most of his life ; has been married twice ; had ten children by first wife and one by second ; has five children living. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have two children - George and Francis A. Mrs. Duncan has three children by first marriage - Eva, William and Lucretia.

Cir. W. DAVIS, harness-maker, Montfort ; son of R. J. Davis, of Iowa Co. ; he was born in the town of Ridgeway, Iowa Co., in 1856 ; he served his apprenticeship with Mr. M. C MefFert, of Arena, Wis.; he engaged in business at Lime Springs, Iowa, in 1877 ; came to Montfort in December, 1880 ; his wife was Kate E. Wilson, daughter of Job Wilson, of Iowa Co.

DR. PETER DE WITT, Montfort ; born in New Jersey in 1804 ; he removed to the State of Ohio when about 14 years of age, with his parents ; he came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1852, and settled in the town of Kendall, La Fayette Co.; he came to Montfort in November, 1856 ; he was engaged in the practice of medicine for twenty-five years. He was married in Ohio to Levina Bowles ; they have five children - Elizabeth, Joseph M., Mary A., Thomas, born in Ohio. in 1834; John, born in 1836 ; enlisted in the 6th Mo. V. C. in 1861, and served till the close of the war as First Lieutenant; he was assassinated at Matamoras, Mexico, in 1866; Isaac, born in 1843 ; enlisted in the 20th W. V. I. in 1862; he participated in a number of important campaigns and battles ; was at the seige and surrender of Vicksburg ; at Spanish Fort and Fort Morgan, etc. ; he served till the close of the war. Dr. De Witt's present wife was Mrs. Sarah Morrill.

ROBERT DIGGLE, farmer, Sec. 23; P. 0. Montfort; born in England in 1826; he emigrated to Philadelphia in August, 1854, where he was engaged in the calico print works of that city, which business he had learned in England. He came to Grant Co. in October, 1869, and settled on his present farm. He was married in England to Betsey Whittaker, who died in Philadelphia ; his present wife was Mrs. Sarah Shapco't, formerly Miss Powell, born in Somersetshire, England, about 1822. Mr. Diggle had six children hj his first marriage, four of whom are living, viz.: Joseph, James, George and John. Mrs. Diggle has four sons by her first marriage - William, John, Henry and Richard. Mr. D.'s farm contains 160 acres. Ho and wife are members of the Advent Church.

JOHN DUNIV, P. O. Muscoda ; son of Judge Dunn ; a native of Illinois, born Feb. 14, 1824 ; he came to this State with his parents in 1837, and located with them at Oak Grove, La Fayette Co., where he engaged in farming and field-surveying for three years ; in 1850, he made a trip to California (overland route), and remained there ten years ; the first year he engaged in mining, and the succeeding years in stock-raising ; on his return to this State, he bought a farm in the town of Wingville, which he still owns and manages. He was married in I860 to Miss Elizabeth Howard, a native of Illinois ; they have five sons and four daughters ; the two oldest sons are in Kansas, engaged in stock-raising ; the remaining children are at home.

HENRY EASTM AX, banker and lumber dealer, Montfort ; born in Canada in 1830; he to Wisconsin with his parents (the latter now deceased) in the fall of 1845, and settled in the town Smelser, Grant Co.; he went to California via the isthmus in 1849, and engaged in mining, where he stayed two years ; he then engaged in business in Guttenburg, Iowa, for one and a half years ; thence to -Galena, 111., where he engaged in the lumber trade, where he remained about six years ; he ihen remuved to Jackson Co., Wis., and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, where he stayed about four years, when he returned to Grant Co. and located at Hazel Green, where he kept hotel; he came to Montfort in 1863. Was married to Mary Honeywell ; they have four children - Morton H., Maggie, Cora B. and Orval B.

L.EROY EliJLISS, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Montfort; born in Perry Co., Ohio, in 1835; he was Ibrought up in Washington Co., in that State ; he went to Indiana in 1854, but returned to Ohio the following year ; he removed to Richland Co. in 1856, where he stayed one year ; thence to Iowa Co., where he Jived till 1861, when he enlisted in the 3d W. V. I.; served two years, when he was discharged for disability ; he returned to Iowa Co. and was married to Mary A. Culbertson, born in Iowa Co.; they have four -children - Prank B., George R , Jennie May and Mary L. Mr. Ellis bought his present farm in April, 1880.

FRANKLAND, proprietor of Prankland House, Montfort; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1825 ; he came to the United States in 1849 and settled in the village of Jefferson, town of Hazel Green, Grant Co., thenes to Pairview, in the same town, and engaged in mining ; 'he first came to Montfort in 1853, where he was engaged in work for a time in the furnace ; he returned to Pairview in 1854 and engaged in butchering; thence to the town of Benton, La Fayette Co., where he Mved about seven years, engaged in farming and butchering ; he then purchased a hotel in the town of New Diggings ; afterward to the village of Benton, where he purchased and kept the United States House ; thence to Montfort in April, 1874, and purchased his present hotel of J. S. Chandler ; was also engaged in butchering for two years. He was married in Yorkshire, to Miss Elizabeth Hird ; they have eight children, six sons and two daughters - John (now in Colorado), Elizabeth (now Mrs. James Bunt, of Montfort), Jane A. (now Mrs. James Hoskin, of Benton), Edward, James, Samuel, Christophef and William.

E. W. FOWLER, proprietor of saloon, Montfort ; was born in Sussex Co., N. J.; brought up in Susquehanna Co., Penn.; he came to Grant Co. and settled at Boscobel, and engaged in his present occupation ; he came to Montfort July, 1880. Married Rosalie L. Stephens.

JAIIE!!^ GASTON, farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. O. Montfort ; was born in Chester Co., Penn., in 1815 ; his parents died when he was a child ; he removed to Champaign Co., Ohio, when 21 years of age ; 'he came to Grant Co. in 1847, and settled in the northeast part of Fennimore ;. he settled on his present 'farm in 1850, which he purchased of Washington Bennett, the original settler. He was married in Ohio, Ellen Chapman, who was born in 1819. Mr. Gaston's farm contains 240 acres. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GOTTFRIED HESS, wagon manufacturer ; was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1824 ; became 'to the United States in 1850 ; he lived a few months in Pittsburgh, Penn., thence to Milwaukee, where he lived till the spring of 1851, when he came to Grant Co. Mr. Hess entered the Prussian army in 1846, and served about four years ; he enlisted Jan. 11, 1865, in the 44th W. V. I., and served until the close of the war ; he was a non-commissioned" officer in both the Prussian and Union armies. He was mariried to Lucinda Schree, born in Pennsylvania in 1834; they have four children - Lucelia, George, Etta and Ellen.

REV. NEIiSON A. HITCHCOCK, minister of the Second Advent Christian Conference, Montfort; born in Windsor Co., Vt., July 9, 1812 ; when he was about 5 years of age, he removed with his parents to Otsego Co., N. Y.; in 1822, removed to Oneida Co.; in 1828, he removed with his father's ifamily to the town of Mexico, Oswego Co. Here he was married in 1833 to Matilda Avery, born in the State of New York. He began his ministry in 1832, as an exhorter among the Methodist people ; in 1836, -owing to doctrinal differences, he separated from the Methodist denomination and joined the Now York Central Christian Conference; in 1843, he began preaching the doctrines of the Second Advent Church, which resulted in his separating from the Christian Conference. He removed to Milwaukee in July, 1846 ; he preached there for a time, where he established a church ; he has been preaching at different points in Wisconsin and Illinois since that time, though owing to declining health, he discontinued regular preaching in 1873 ; he settled in Fennimore in that year ; came to Montfort in May, 1879. He has five children - Martha M. Miller, whose first husband - Willard W. Shepard - was killed at the battle of Pea Ridge; Mary M. Parker; Philo, now Pastor of a Second Advent Church at Mifflin; William A.; and Alvirus N., Pastor of the Congregational Church at Mazomanie ; has lost three children.

1IR!>$. NANCY J. HYDE, Montfort ; widow of the late David Hyde, who was born in the State )f Connecticut in 1797 ; when he was 9 years of age, his parents removed to the State of New York, vhere he was married to Martha Cowan, who died in the State of New York ; he afterward came to the State of Wisconsin and settled in the town of MiflSlin, Iowa Co., where he was married to the subject of this iketoh, then Nancy J. Lightner; they were married in 1865 ; came to Montfort in December, 1873, where Mr. Hyde died in 1875. Mrs. Hyde was born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., in September, 1825 ; she was Harried to Mr. Joseph P. Brought, who died in Pennsylvania ; she has one son by her first marriage - William M. Brought ; she had one daughter by her second marriage - Rachel S. Hyde, who died in 1 876, in ler tenth year ; four children of Mr. Hyde by his first marriage are living. Mrs. Hyde is a member of ;he M. E. Church

GEORGE HELIiEB, farmer and miner. Sec. 13; P. O. Montfort; son of Matthew Heller, who emigrated from Germany to Iowa Co. in 1841 and settled in the town of Highland, where he still ives; George was born in Germany in December, 1838. He was married to Nancy Parish; has two jhildren - Victor and Nancy.

HARIDA HOWARD, barber, Montfort; born in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 27, 1853; he came to Platteville, Wis., in 1865, where he learned his trade, and where he lived until he came to Montfort May 17, 1878.

GEORGE W. KENDRICK, Montfort; born in Frederick Co., Va., in 1819; he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1845 ; he lived in the town of Mifflin, Iowa Co., till the following year, when he 3ngaged to work on a farm in the town of Clifton, Grant Co. He was married to Sarah A. Tucker in the spring of 1847 ; she died in the spring of 1862 ; his second wife was Catharine Herman ; he has three ohildren - Sarah J., Edward J. and Eleanor A. His father, George Kendrick, was also a native of Frederick Co., Va., and a soldier in the war of 1812 ; he came to Grant Co. in 1848, and died of cholera soon after. Mr. Kendrick's present wife was Miss Pamelia Messersmith, born in Alton, 111., in 1824 ; married to Mr. Kendrick in October, 1877 ; her father, John Messersmith, was born in Pennsylvania in 1790, where he was married to Elizabeth Schell ; he went to Galena, 111., in the spring of 1827, and located near Dodgeville in the fall of that year, where he removed his family from Galena in the fall of 1828 ; he located a farm here, and also engaged in the business of mining and smelting ; he was at one time the owner of valuable mining lands ; he died on his farm in the fall of 1855 ; his wife died in Madison in 1876, in her 84th year. Mr. M. had ten children - four sons and six daughters ; four daughters and one 3on are still living - Henry, resides in Jasper Co., Mo.; Mary, now Mrs. William H. Virgin ; Pamelia, now Mrs. Kendrick ; Matilda ; Charlotte, now Mrs. Davis, resides in Missouri ; names of children deceased are John, George, William, Eliza and Jane. '

DAVID KITCH, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Montfort ; born in Mercer Co., Penn., in 1830. His father, Martin Kitch, died when he was an infant. His mother afterward married Mr. MoLimans. The family emigrated to the Territory of Wisconsin in May, 1845 ; they reached Galena on the 2d of May of that year, and Willow Springs, Iowa Co., Wis., on the 9th of that month, and settled near Mineral Point in the fall of that year ; the family afterward settled in the town of Fennimore ; his mother now lives in that village. Mr. MoLimans died in the fall of 1877. Mr. Kitch has been resident of Grant and Iowa Cos. since 1845. He was married to Sylvina Merritt, daughter of Aaron and Isabel, born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1826 ; she came to Wisconsin in 1849. They have had four children, two of whom are living - Frank L. and Minnie I.; children deceased are Martin, an infant, and Milton, who was married to Fanny Welles, and died February, 1880, leaving a widow and one child - Fred M. Mr Kitch's farm contains 120 acres.

JOSEPH H. lilNCOIiN, wagon-maker and blacksmith, Montfort ; born in Chester Co., Penn., in 1827. He came to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled in Platteville in June, 1844. His father was Kzariah Lincoln ; parents now deceased ; they had seven children, four sons and three daughters ; the sons and one daughter are still Hying. Mr. Lincoln came to Montfort, and engaged in business in 1851. He was married to Margaret Laird, daughter of Thomas Laird; she died May, 1870. He has three children - Mary E., Eva 0., Ezariah T.; lost one child.

KIRS. ElilZABETH LAIRD, widow of Thomas Laird, who was born in Ireland Nov. 15, 1815. He emigrated with his parents to Philadelphia, when a child, and where he resided till he had reached manhood. He was married to Mrs. Laird, then Elizabeth Twining, daughter of John Twining, born in Bucks Co., Penn., May 2, 1819. They were married July 23, 1835. About 1835, they removed to Delaware, where Mr. Laird was engaged in a cotton factory ; they removed to Illintjis about 1842; they settled at Galena in 1844, and came to Grant Co. about 1846; settled in Wingville about 1850. Mr. Laird was engaged in various occupations. He died in 1877. Mrs. Laird has three sons and five daughters - Sarah (now Mrs. Ira Scofield), Nancy (now Mrs. Thomas DeWittJ, Sophrona, Susan (now Mrs. Robert Moran), Thomas, Jessie P., Fremont and Seward. Thomas was born in Wingville October, 1853 ; is engaged in civil engineering;. Mrs. Laird has lost five children; all died in infancy except Mrs. Thomas Lincoln.

MRS. ANN LEADBETTER, Montfort; was bora in Butler Co., near Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1814. She removed to what is now Peoria, 111., in 1827, and thence to Galena the following year. She is one of the few early settlers remaining whose memories date back to years preceding the noted Black Hawk war, and who remember vividly the stirring events of that period. She was married in 1828, near Galena, to Mr. Samuel Moore. They came to Grant Co. in 1848. Her second husband, Mr. Leadbetter, died in California. She has seven children - Nancy Jane Moore, Eugene Moore, Alexander Moore and Susan Moore (now Mrs. Parish) ; by second marriage - Martha, Lucretia and Asopheena.

EDWARD B. MOBfTEITH, farmer. Sec. 30; P. 0. Montfort; was born in Wigtonshire, Scotland, March, 1822; is a brother of Mr. John Monteith, of the town of Fennimore. He came to the United States in 1848 ; he lived in Vermont for about three years, thence to Janesville, Wis., where he lived about three years. Is a stone-mason by trade. He came to Platteville in 1854, and was employed in the building of the State Normal School building of that village. He settled on a farm in the town of Liberty; came to his present location March, 1869, which he purchased of Mr. James McCubben. Mrs. Monteith was born in 1823. They hdve seven children - Elizabeth (now Mrs. Jacob Smith), Jessie (now Mrie. Alexander Smith), James R., Isabel (now Mrs. Walter Smith), Martha J. (now Mrs. James Preston), Mary A., Margaret E. (now Mrs. Miles Helm). Mr. Monteith's farm contains about 400 acres.

JAUES R. MONTEITH, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Montfort; son of Edward B. Monteith ; born in Janesville, Wis., in 1853. Married Lizzie A. Borger, daughter of Daniel Borger; she was born in Wisconsin ; they have four children - Margaret A,, Nettie A., James I. and Llewellyn C. His farm contains 80 acres.

AliONZO D. MILJLS, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Montfort ; was born in the town of Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1812 ; his parents removed to the State of Illinois when he was a child ; he came to Mineral Point in the then Territory of Wisconsin in 1837 ; the following year he settled at Centerville, where he lived about eight years ; he then settled on his present farm, where he has since resided ; has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Emily Jane Townsend. whom he married at Centerville ; she was born in Wisconsin. His present wife was Mary E. Denson, born in Ireland ; has had fifteen children - seven sons and five daughters are living. Mr. Mills was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Dodge when Wisconsin was yet a Territory ; he has held thai office for about twenty years.

AUGrSTUS MATTHEWS, station agent, Montfort; was born in Washington Co., Ohio ; he came to Richland Co., Wis., from Morgan Co., Ohio, in March, 1857 ; he resided in Richland Co. till 1862 ; he then removed to Blue River Station, on the Madison & Prairie du Chien Railroad, where he resided till June, 1880, when he assumed his present position. He was married to Elizabeth Boswell, born in Ohio, of Quaker parentage ; they have four children - Ella (now telegraph operator and book-keeper at the station), Clara, Althea and Edward E.

HENRY E. MOORE, Montfort; bom in the town of Mifflin, Iowa Co., March, 1845 ; son of Daniel B. Moore, a native of Kentucky, one of the early settlers of Iowa Co. He settled in the town of Mifflin, where he resided till his death, which occurred in the fall of 1845 ; Mr. Moore's mother, now Mrs. Orrin Goodrich, was America Parish, daughter of Levi Parish ; parents had nine children, seven of whom are living; Henry E. entered the army as teamster in 1864 and served about six months ; his first wife was Mary Blackney ; present wife was Susan Nolan; has five children by first. wife - Levi, John, Henry, Adelaide and Samuel ; one by present wife - Maud.

THOMAS S. PRESTON, Sec. 28; P. 0. Preston; born in Grant Co. in 1857; his farm contains 240 acres ; he is the son of Matthew Preston, one of the prominent farmers of the town of Fennimore; born in yorkshire, Eng., in 1829. Married to Elizabeth Little, also born in Yorkshire, Eng. ; emigrated to the United States in March, 1851 ; first settled in Sec. 18, town of Wingville, where he resided till 1861, when he settled in the town of Fennimore, where he now resides ; his farm contains 440 acres, with fine improvements, all of which he made himself. Mr. Preston lost his first wife in 1865 ; he returned to England in 1868 and married his present wife, Abigail I. Hazeltine ; he has six children by first, marriage - Jane, James, Thomas, John, Margaret and Matthew ; has seven children by present marriage - Lizzie, Charles, Albert, Wesley, Mary, Fred and Eli.

HENRY PARISH, miner and farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Montfort; born in Grant Co. about 1843 ; his father, Uawson Parish, was one of the earliest settlers of Grant Co. ; he was married to Alice Russell, born at Sauk City, Wis., in 18+6 ; they have three "ihildren - Jennie B., Walter and Leo R. A sad accident occurred to the family of Mr. Parish Aug. 3, 1880. Two bright and promising boys of Mr. and Mrs. Parish - Loren R. and William H., aged respectively 11 J and 9 J years, on the morning of (iu! day mentioned, started for Mineral Point with a wagon-load of mineral, called black-jack ; by some unknown cause the wagon was capsized, and the boys were buried beneath the heavy metal, and, when found, life was extinct.

JAjHES PETTYJOHN, miller at Blue River Mills; son of Garrison and Martha Pettyjohn. His father is a native of Georgia, his mother of the State of Illinois; they came to the Territory of Wisconsin about 1840. They were married at Platteville. His parents were residents of Grant and Iowa Cos. until they removed to Minnesota in the spring of 1830. His parents have six children - James, Flora, Adda, Reuben, Prank and George. James was born in Iowa Co. in 1853. He learned his trade at Liberty Mills, near Lancaster.

WlIiLIAH STEVENS, Montfort; was born in Cornwall, England, October, 1797; he was brought up to various occupations, including mining, smelting, etc.; was engaged in Belgium at the business of smelting for a time. He was married, in Cornwall, to Jane Mann ; emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843; came first to Hazel Green, thence to Benton, in what is now La Fayette Co. In the spring of 1846, he returned to Cornwall and brought over his family, consisting of his wife and ten children ; he settled near Benton and engaged in mining ; he resided in Benton about ten years ; he then removed to Dodgeville, where he lived many years engaged in farming ; he settled permanently in Montfort about 1867 ; he purchased the Wingville Hotel when he resided in Benton, which he owned for many years. Mr. Stevens was engaged in mining, more or less, until 1876, and still owns valuable mining interests. His first wife died in Dodgeville ; his present wife was Mrs. Enoch Bernard ; her maiden name was Emily De Witt, daughter of Isaac De Witt. Mr. Stevens had thirteen children by his first wife, ten of whom are living, six sons and four daughters ; has three children by his present wife, two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Stevens had seven children by her first marriage, five of whom are living. Mr. Stevens, though now in his 84th year, retains much of the vigor of his earlier life; he possesses, naturally, an iron constitution. Has always been a hard-working man, and has had many narrow escapes incident to his long life as a miner. He is possessed of many remarkable anecdotes of his pioneer life. He has crossed the Atlantic five times.

CrEORGE P. SMITH, carpenter and builder, Montfort ; son of George Smith, who resides on Sec. 20. George Smith was born in Alsace, then a province of Prance, now belonging to Germany, Jan. 17, 1813; came to America about 1839 ; he lived in Bufialo for a time, thence to Michigan City, Ind. ; here he was engaged for some time in driving stage between Michigan City and Chicago ; afterward removed to Hickory Point, Ind., and engaged in farming; was also engaged for a time on a canal, near Joliet ; lived in Indiana until 1866, when he came to Wisconsin and settled where he now lives. He was married in Indiana to Rebecca M. Goodrich ; has five children - J. W., Caroline Wayne, Sarah C. Brown, Catharine E. Morrison and George P. ; the latter was born in Lake Co., Ind., in 1850 ; came to Wisconsin with his parents. He was married to Harriet Mills, daughter of A. D. Mills; has four children - Bertha M., Minnie E., and Ada M. and Addie B., twins.

JACOB SCHMITTEN, tailor, Montfort ; was born in the city of Cologne, Prussia, on the Rhine, April 20, 1837 ; he came to the United States March 28, 1866 ; he learned his trade at Cologne ; he settled at Green Bay, Wis., where he was married to Catherine Mans ; she died at Green Bay. Mr. Schmitten went to Milwaukee in 1873, where he worked at his trade and was married to Josephine Frattinger ; he lived in Milwaukee about five years, when he removed to Platteville, where his wife died Jan. 2, 1879. He located in Montfort in 1880. Has two children by his first wife - Anna C. and John P.; two by his second wife - Edward and Mary B.

JOHN A. THOMAS, druggist and Postmaster, Montfort; was born in Franklin Co., Penn., in 1844 ; his father died in Pennsylvania; John A. came to Wisconsin in 1860, though his mother, with the remainder of her family, had come to Grant Co. several years previous to that time. He was Register of Deeds for the years 1861 and 1862. He enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., and served three years. Was for seven or eight years a resident of Lancaster; he settled peraaaently in Montfort in 1873 ; in 1874, commenced business here under the firm name of Thomas & Billings; bought his pxrtners interest in the business in 1875 ; was appointed Postmaster February, 1873. He was married to Miss Lucelia Hess, born in Montfort ; they have two children - Frank and Fern. Mr. Thomas is the present Town Clerk of Wingville ; has held that oflBce for three years.

JAMES T. TAlTIiOR, furniture dealer and undertaker, Montfort ; born in England in 1826 ; he emigrated to New York City, in December, 1846, thence to Bristol, Conn., and engaged in copper mining, thence to New Jersey, where he was also engaged in mining, thence to Hatfield, Mass., in 1848, where he stayed one year, and had charge of a mine ; he went to Hazel Green, Grant Co., in April, 1849, which he made his home till the fall of 1865 ; in the fall of 1868, he came to Montfort, and engaged in his present business. His first wife was Miss Ann Wills, born in England; they were married at Hazel Green in September, 1849 ; she died Nov. 17, 1872. His second wife was iSophia George, who died April 14, 1879 ; he has seven children by first marriage - John W., Abbie A., Margaret, S. H., S. J., Mary T. and Lilly G.; his two oldest sons J. W. and S. H., reside at Linden, Iowa Co.; the former is a lawyer and banker of that place, and the latter a law student. Mr. Taylor has been a teacher of vocal music for many years ; has taught singing schools at various points in both Iowa and Grant Counties. He is a member of the M. E. Church.

WILLIAM A. THOMPSON, clerk for Mr. Schenk, Montfort; born at Sun Prairie, Dane Co.. June, 1853 ; his parents were natives of Scotland ; he was engaged in teaching school in Dodgeville for three years, has also taught in Grant Co.; he came to Montfort, May, 1880. He was married to Hannah Bennett, daughter of Matthew Bennett ; they have two children - Frankie and Gordon.

SAMUEL T. TUCKER, blacksmith, Montfort; born at Quincy, 111., Jan. 1, 1832; came to Wisconsin in 1837, and settled in Grant Co., but the family returned to Illinois the following year, where his father died ; his mother and family returned soon after the death of his father, and settled in the town of Lima, Grant Co.; his mother died in 1846. She was married, after the death of Mr. Tucker, to Mr. Boshford ; she had five children by first marriage, and two children by second marriage. Mr. Samuel T. Tucker was married to Frances R. Hamilton ; they have eight children, two' sons and six daughters. Mr. Tucker came to Montfort in October, 1853.

JOHiy THOMSOX, retired farmer. Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Montfort ; was born in Scotland July 7, 1794; became to America in 1832; he was for several years engaged in gold mining in the Eastern part of Virginia ; he removed from Virginia to Illinois where he resided about three years ; he came to Wisconsin and settled near Platteville in 1840, and engaged in farming ; he settled on his present farm about 1847. He was married in Scotland to Mary Nes, they lived together fifty-five years ; she died November 10, 1875 ; has had five children, four of whom are living - David (resides in California), Thomas (deceased), Grace (widow of James Sandemon), Mary (now Mrs. Henry Gilfrey), and Margaret ( now Mrs. Robert Chandler).

THOMAS A. THOMPSON, carpenter and builder, Montfort ; born in Canada near the Vermont line in 1840 ; his father died in Canada; his mother afterward married Mr. William Cook, and removed to Illinois about 1855; they came to Grant Co. about 1856, and settled in Clifton, where his mother still resides; her husband, Mr. Cook, was a soldier in the army during the rebellion, and died of disease contracted while in the service ; Thomas is the only child of his mother living by her first husband ; she has six children by her second husband. Thomas came to Grant Co. in 1868, from Plattesburg, N. Y. He was married to Jennie Row; has three children - Alymer, Frank and Albert S.; he learned his trade in Boston, where he worked about six years ; his father was a native of Scotland, his mother of Canada.

GREENBERRY THOMPSON, farmer. Sec. 10; P. 0. Montfort; was born in Jackson Co., 111., Jan. 15, 1815; his parents removed to Arkansas when he was a child, but afterward returned to Illinois, where they resided till their decease ; he was one of the early settlers of Grant Co.; came to the county in April, 1846, and settled where he now lives about 1848. He was married in Illinois to Charlotte Henderson, born in Jackson Co., 111.; they have eight children - General Marion, Jefferson Lafayette, William Spencer, Serena, Sophronia, Ephraim, Olive and Emma; lost one daughter.

THOMAS THOMAS, Sr., P. 0. Preston; was born in Bristol, England, County of Gloucester, May 26, 1808. His father and mother were Welsh, and removed to Cowbridge, a small inland town in Glamorganshire, South Wales, the place of their nativity. When he was a child 9 months old, he was brought up and remained in this town until he left for America on board the Nestor, of Plymouth, Capt. Smith, and set sail from Newport, in Monmouthshire, South Wales, bound for Philadelphia, and arrived there on the 1st of May, after a voyage of seven weeks. He was 22 years of age at the time ; remained in Pennsylvania, and worked in the coal mines in Pottsville about three years, an employment which he had not been accustomed to follow. The mine he worked in is the one that has been on fire for the last forty years. About this time, be heard of the lead mines, in what was then called Michigan Territory; and, in company with a Mr. Williams, left Pottsville for Galena, which was what was then supposed to be the chief town in the mining district. They reached Pittsburgh by going afoot ; traveled 350 miles, averaging thirty-five miles a day. They took a steamer from Pittsburgh to Louisville, and thence to St. Louis. There they took passage on board the Winnebago, a boat that plied between St. Louis and Galena. The boat was detained by an accident to the machinery at the Rapids ; and. while lying still, passing boats informed them of the Indian excitement near Galena. Part of the passengers returned ; but they went on to Galena in the steamer Olive Branch, arriving there May 5. Mr. Thomas hired out to a Mr. Streeter, at $20 per month and board, to work a mine he owned on Fever River, near White Oak Springs. After he had worked three days for him, he advanced him $40, to send for his family, consisting of a wife and one child, which, with what he had left with her, was sufficient to bring them to him by stage and cabin passage. After working for Mr. Streeter awhile, he went into partnership with Morgan Lewis, a native of Wales, to pre-empt some land. He and his family and Mr. Lewis left Galena with two yoke of oxen, two cows, a plow and the necessary implements for farming purposes, with as much provision as would last them four or five months. On the road, they were informed by a Mr. Mayfield of the timber and prairie, where he now resides. As Mr. Mayfield had already claimed this land, he resigned it to them for a mere trifle. Mr. Lewis had a mortal hatred of Indians, owing to some of his friends on Pox River being killed by them. He would never give an Indian anything to eat, even if he knew that a morsel would save a whole tribe from death.

We were now among them - had cut hay and built » cabin. I treated them with civility ; but ' Lewis was opposed to this, and frequently gave them just cause for resentment. I was gathering some withered grass that I had cut for feathers to fill a bed-tick, when an Indian accosted me, and, pointing to our cabin, put his finger to his mouth, and signified by his gestures that he wished me to give him something to eat. He stood west of me a few paces, and I, supposing that their village was at Fennimore, pointed with my pitchfork in that direction, signifying as best I could that he must go to his own wigwam for what ne wanted to eat. He supposed that I threatened him with my fork, and cocked his rifle. I then stuck the fork in the ground, and went good naturedly toward him, offering him my hand, which he rejected with disdain, presenting a visage haughty and severe. He turned and left me. It was not in my nature to refuse his request, had 1 not been instructed by Lewis, who said that if we were kind to them once they would expect us to be so every day. I admired the haughty bearing and noble spirit of the Indian, and had a great desire to see how they lived in their villages with their families. I did not anticipate trouble on account of what had passed ; did not mention it to Lewis, as I wished' him to accompany me to their village. It was Sunday morning, and we started in search of them; but took the wrong direction. When we were returning about 5 o'clock, I made for the cabin, and Lewis for the timber, in search of the oxen. When I was about 200 yards from the house, I met the same Indian I had seen on Saturday. His face was painted black as tar. I spoke kindly to him, and he nodded, I thought, in the same kindly spirit. He took his knife from its pouch, and drew the back of it across the back of his own neck, and said in English these words, ' Squaw one papoose kill wicked Sioux !' I understood him to mean that his wife and child had been murdered by an Indian of that tribe. Just at this moment, a pig, the only one we had, ran by. He appeared excited ; was about lo take aim. I struck the end of the barrel gently with my hand to turn it aside from the mark. This made him mad. He stepped back a few paces, and shot the hog near the heart, and killed it! I could not help myself, so I pocketed the aflfront and left him. When I got to the house, I learned that he had been there the greater part of the day. He helped liimself to what he wanted to eat. He had gone to the cradle several times, and appeared either to pity or admire the baby. I apprehended no danger; got something to eat, and chopped firewood till it was nearly dark, when I heard Lewis running toward the house. He at the same time gave us to understand we were about to be murdered. *-»*** We were surrounded by fire and cheered by Indian yells, who were made joyful by seeing our dismay. We could see them plainly by the light of the fire they had kindled. They were many - we but two - with only one gun. The vegetation was waist high in the timber - rank and dry - there being no cattle to impede its growth, so that the fire leaped from tree to tree, and presented a picture worthy in every sense of the infernal regions. Here Lewis disappeared, and left us to what he supposed to be our fate. I would certainly have followed his example, had I been at liberty like him. He believed our case was hopeless, or he would not have acted thus, for he had in is bosom the heart of a man. In about an hour and a half from this, perhaps 12 o'clock in the night, it became evident to us that it was not the intention of the Indians to put us to death ; and, supposing the fire would burn up all we had, I carried our trunks to a clear spot over which the fire had already passed unnoticed by our enemies. We shouldered the best of our clothing; tied the baby on my wife's back with a blanket, and left for Fennimore Grove, a distance of six miles. Here we found the Indians acting as they had done wiih us, so we started in the morning for what is now called Linden, in an ox cart. We missed the road, as it snowed about six inches, and we made our bed under the cart, and arrived at Linden about 10 o'clock in the morning.

Mr. Thomas worked in the diggings three years ; then purchased 160 acres of land, the same where he had previously lived. When he returned, he found Morgan Lewis living in the cabin where he continued to live all alone for twenty years. Mr. Thomas' children are Thomas, born in Pennsylvania and

Mary Ann, Tanner, Elizabeth, Susie, Abner, Sarah, Lewis, Benjamin and Mark, all born in Wisconsin. Tanner and Lewis were in the 7th W. V. I., and belonged to the Iron Brigade. Tanner fought in every battle in which the Seventh was engaged. He re-enlisted as a veteran, and was pierced by a minie ball in the forehead, while leading Co. A in a charge at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864, in his 26th year. He was Second Lieutenant of Co. H, but commanded Co. A in this battle. Col. Finnicijm in his letter on Tanner's death says :

As it was God's will that he should fall, his State can chronicle his name among »he bravest and most devoted of her patriots, who have fallen in this mighty contest for the principles involved; and you can have the cheering intelligence that notwithstanding all the temptations of vice thrown around the soldier, he never swerved from the path of rectitude and right, and died in the Christian's hope.

Lewis enlisted with Tanner Jan. 1, 1864, and was shot through the right lung in April, when Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant, and has a pension. The ball went clear through, within one and a quarter inches of his back bone, and he is, and will always be, troubled with his lung. Abner raised a company of 100-day men, and was Lieutenant in Memphis under Gen. Washburn.

THOMAS THOMAS, Jr., Sec. 31_, son of Thomas Thomas, Sr., was born in Pottsville, Penn., in 1833; his first wife was Elizabeth Dinsdale; his present wife was Mary Heathcote. Had seven children by first wife, three of whom are living, Mary, Helen and Anna ; has three children by present wife - Orville H., Mattie and Nellie. His farm contains 240 acres. Mr. Thomas has been Justice of the Peace several terms.

W. H. VAN DUSEN, M. D., Montfort. son of Dr. Harmon Van Dusen, who came to Millwaukee about 1848, and to Mineral Point, Iowa County, the following year, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine for over thirty years ; he still resides at Mineral Point. Ur. W. H. Van Dusen was born in Onondaga, N. Y.. July 3, 1847. He read medicine with his father, and graduated at the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, March, 1869. Began the practice of medicine at Mineral Point, thence to Linden, Iowa County. He located at Montfort in 1873. He was married to Elsie H. Montgomery, born in Galena, 111. They have three children, Harmon L., born April 15, 1873; Anna M., born March 11, 1877; and Frank W., born April 2,1878; lost second child, Clarence, born July 30, 1875, died Feb. 14, 1877.

CHARLES G. VAN BrBEN, merchant, firm of Johnson & Van Buren, Montfort. He was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1837 ; he came to Wisconsin in January, 1860. He lived in Iowa County until 1869, when he removed to Castle Rock, and engaged in the mercantile business. The above mentioned firm still continue the business at Castle Rock, Mr. Johnson having charge of the store at that place. They opened their store in Montfort in 1874. Mr. Van Buren removed here in the spring of 1879. He was married to Frances Leggett, born at Mineral Point. They have two children - Jesse M. and Florence.

WILIilAM J. WEBBER, farmer. Sec. 29; P. O. Montfort, was born in England in 1840 ; came to Wisconsin from England, October, 1859 ; came to Mineral Point, where he attended school the following winter. Enlisted at Mineral Point in 1862, in Co. E, 30th W. V. I. ; he served two years and three months, when he was discharged for disability. He was married to Mrs. Josephine Kelvey, daughter of Xavier and Josephine Wachtler. She was born at Vicksburg, Tenn, in 1841. Her parents were early settlers of Grant County. Mr. and Mrs. Webber have five children - Clara A., William, Leon, George and Josephine; Mrs. Webber has two children by her first marriage - John and Edmund. Mr. Webber's farm contains 275 acres.

Town Of Clifton

JOH\ ALliIiBi', farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Martinville ; was born in Cheshire, England, July 21, 1821 ; came to America in 1856, and settled in the town of Clifton, Grant Co., Wis., on Sec. 14; farmed there two years, and on S. Millard's farm three years, and then bought the place where he now lives from J. Allen Barber, in 1861, and has lived there ever since. Was married to Harriet Hough, in Church of England, England, by Kev. Pierunes ; have seven children living - Elizabeth, John, James, William, Charles, Joseph N., George A.; also two deceased - William and George, the former buried in England, the latter in Rook Church Cemetery, Clifton. John Allen owns 161 acres of land, and has been a member of the town board two years. His son, William, has been a Good Templar seven years. There is a breastwork thrown up on his farm, about one hundred rods long, which was evidently used in battle in early times.

J OSEiPIl AIiLEi]V, Livingston, dealer in general merchandise and live stock ; was born in Cheshire, England, Oct. 3, 1843; came with his parents to America in 1854, and settled in the town of Clifton, where he helped his father on the farm until 21 years of age, at which time he went to farming for himself; farmed for six years, and, in 1871, started a store in Martinville and stayed there until the spring of 1880, when he moved the storehouse and stock to Livingston, and occupied it until September, when he built the store he is now in, which was the second store in the town. Was married to Agnos Watson, at the City Hotel in Mineral Point, March 21, 1870 ; she is the daughter of Jonathan Watson, town of Lima ; they have four children - Mary Jane, Frank E., George H. and Nellie. Has held the oflfice of Town Treasurer five years ; is a member of the Masonic Order at Montfort, Lodge 165.

JOHN ALLEN, Martinville; was born at Cheshire, England, Sept. 26, 1845. His father, William Allen, removed to Clifton, Grant Co., Wis., in April, 1854, and settled on Sec. 14, and owns 280 acres where he resides. John Allen commenced business for himself in October, 1872, as a farmer, but soon went into partnership with his brother Joseph in the mercantile business, also in buying and shipping stock, in which they have shown great enterprise. Mr.' A. was married, April, 23, 1879, to Miss C. K. Hartsook, who was born in Berrien. Berrien Co., Mich., Sept. 2, 1854. They have one child - Dora Frances.

WILLIAM ALLEN, Sec 14; P. 0. Livingston ; was born in Cheshire, England, Jan. 31, 1819 ; was a farmer theie until 1854, when he came to America and settled in the town of Clifton, Wis., on Sec. 24, owned by Isaac Burton ; lived there two years and then bought the place where he now lives ; owns 280 acres of land on Sees. 13 and 14 ; has held the office of School Clerk six year.-*. Was married to Mary Hough, Nov. 15, 1840, at Prestbury, in Cheshire, England. She was born July 1, 1820, in Cheshire, England. Mr. Allen and wife lived in the little log cabin, which still stands on the place, until 1863, when they built the house which they now occupy ; they have had ten children, of whom seven are living - Joseph, John, Kate P., George, Elizabeth, Sarah and James; the deceased are William, Mary Jane and John ; the first two are buried in Rock Church Cemetery, John was buried in England. Joseph married Agnes Watson. John married C. E. Hartsook. Kate married John Person. George married Martha Fieldhouse, and Eliza married Joseph Biddick. All are now living in the town of Clifton.

WILLIAM. ANDREW, Sec. -12; P. 0. Liviugston ; was born in England June 16, 1819 ; was engaged in mining lead there until 1843, when he left England and went to St. Louis; left there in 1844 and settled in the town of Clifton, where he followed mining until 1874; bought the farm he now lives on from J. T. Brown, and has 400 acres of land ; has also 360 acres in the town of Lima, on Sees. 6, 7 and 8 ; also, 175 acres in Waterloo. Is engaged in raising fine stock on his farm. Married Anna Pierson, in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1848 ; she was born in England in 1826 ; have had eleven children of whom ten are living - Martha, James, Mary, Jane, Sarah Rosie, William W., George Albert, John Joseph, Lily May, Phoebe, and Anna, who died in Yankton, Dak. He has been a liberal contributor to all charitable purposes. Was Chairman of the Town Board of Clifton for one year, was also School Clerk, and was one of the founders of the first school in the town.

PETER BIDDICK (deceased); was born in Cornwall, Eng., in Parish of St. Issey ; was a carpenter by trade, and worked in London twelve years at his trade ; left England in 1852 and came to America ; landed in New York City, and worked at his trade for six months there, and then came to Platteville, Wis., and worked as a carpenter for two years ; rented the farm where Mahlon Fawcett now lives, and lost his first wife, Hannah Watson, there, whom he married in England in the year 1846, and who had five children, of which four are living - Maria, George K,, Gideon J. and John T., and one deceased, William, who died May 25, 1875 ; buried at Platteville; Hannah, his wife, died April 20, 1S56 ; after her death he left the farm and moved to Iowa Co. for one year, then bought a farm from the Government, and, on March 2, 1857, married his second wife, Catherine Rundell, who was born May 3, 1819, and by whom there are two children - Fred and Irene. Was a member of the Primitive Methodist Church at Platteville, and was also a member of Manchester Unity in England; he died March 17, 1878, and was buried in Platteville Cemetery; left to his estate 319 acres of land; the family live on the farm on Sec. 1 , which John T. and Gideon rent from the estate. Gideon is a member of the Masonic Order at Wingville, Lodge No. 134.

BEXJAMIIV BOURRET, Sec. 26; P. 0. Livingston; was born in Iowa Co., Wis., Dec. 26, 1846 ; left there with his parents when 6 years of age, and came to town of Clifton and settled on the farm where he now lives ; has lived there ever since except the year 1877, when he lived at Belmont and kept the United otates Hotel ; his father died at home June 22. 1868, and was buried at Platteville, in the old cemetery ; his mother was born July 26, 1814, and had thirteen children, of whom nine are living - Mary S., Frances, Peter, Benjamin, Michael, Josephine, Eli, John L., Henry; the names of those deceased are Matilda, Lewis, Aurilla and Joseph. Benjamin took charge of the farm after his father died, and now owns half of 160 acres. Was married, June 6, 1876, to Martha J. Power, in Shullsburg, Wis. ; have two children - Addie May and Eugene. Benjamin is a member of the I. 0. 0. P., Washburn Lodge, No. 228, and has passed through all the offices in the lodge.

GILBERT H. BIIIVKER, Sec. 14; P. 0. Martinville; born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1820, and, in 1838, went to Pennsylvania to his parents; worked there with his father one year; in 1839, went to Winnebago Co., 111., and settled on farm; left there in May, 1851, and came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Clifton : bought 160 acres of land from Adam Keith, who bought it from the Government; sold his farm to Nelson Millard in 1870, and bought from Adam Keith the farm known as the Shipley farm ; has lived there since except five years, when he lived in Muscoda, engaged in the drug and stationery business. He was married to Nancy Keith in 1846, who is now 53 years old ; both are members of the M. E. Church ; he has been class-leader for twenty years, and is still a leading worker of the church ; is also a member of the Town Board ; have four children living - Sarah A., Ellen L., Henry J. and Scott. Sarah was married to Joseph Dorao, who lives in Virginia. Ellen L. married Dr. P. D. Stonard, who died Dec. 19, 1880; Henry J. married Sarah A. Fischer, and lives in Martinville.

JATVE ffl. ClilFTOJV, Sec. 14; P. 0. Martinville; born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1831 ; left there in 1838, and settled in Coles Co., 111., on farm with her parents ; came to town of Clifton in 1844; in 1856, settled on the farm where she now lives. Was married to G. T. L. Clifton, in 1846, by Rev. Ross J. Perry ; her husband died in the house where she now lives, Sept. 8', 1872, of consumption, and was buried in the Rock Church Cemetery ; ho was a local preacher in the M. E. Church for twenty years. Mrs. C. is also a member of that church ; she has now 97 acres of land., and built the house they now live in, about ten rods from the old log cabin ; has had nine children - Elmore T., James, Lewis D., Curtis, living ; Sarah E., Elias, Ora Ann, Nelson A., Eddie E., deceased, all buried in Rock Church Cemetery.

ADAM COOK, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Livingston ; was born in Ireland in 1825 ; came to America in 1833. and stopped in Illinois for one year, and then came to the town of Clifton, Wis., and settled on the place where he now lives ; bought 135 acres from land agent at Mineral Point. Was married at the age of 18 to Nancy Thatcher in Canada, by whom there are seven children - Benjamin, Semantha, Levi, Rachael, Cecelia, Elizabeth, Ira; was divorced in 1879, and was married to Mrs. EUenor Bayley May 2, 1880, who was born in Watertown, Jeff'erson Co., N. Y., July 7, 1849, and came West with her parents and settled at Lancaster ; she has four children by her first husband and two by her second - Frank M. and Murtel F. Mr. Cook was in the French war in Canada at the age of 14, and was also in the late war eight months in the 47th W. V. I. Mrs. Cook is a Baptist.

GEORGE DRINK WATER, Sec. 15; P. 0. Martinville ; was born in England in 1840 ; left there with his parents when he was 10 years old, and came to America, where they settled in the town of Clifton, Wis.; rented a farm from N. Millard for two years, when his father bought a farm for himself and George; in 1869, bought the place where he now lives, containing 112 acres, and was married to Mary E. Rieser, who was born in Ohio Feb. 13, 1847 ; have four children living - William A., George W., James L. and Frank ; one deceased, Annie.

WILIilAM JR. GLLiIfS, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Annaton ; was born in 1833, in Pulaski Co., Va. ; was a son of Washington and Agnes Ellis ; lived with parents till 21 years of age. Came to Wisconsin at the age of 15, with his parents, in 1848, locating at Ellenboro, Grant Co., Wis.. ; labored ou a farm for wages three years, and, in 1859, he married Elizabeth Cox, a daughter of John and Agnes Cox, who were farmers by occupation. His wife was one of a fannily of five children ; William Ellis being one of a family of ten. He had ten children - John M., Abraham L., Emma A., William H., Lily B., Elzaphan. James H., Phebe B., Earnest 0. and Reatha S. Is the owner of 160 acres of land, valued at $3,000. Enlisted in the 25th W. V. I., Co. H, under Capt. Swan ; served three years. He then returned to Grant Co., locating in Clifton, in 1865, where he has since lived ; has been prosperous as a farmer ; has one child deceased, Elzaphan. Has one son, John Ellis, who was married in 1880, to Miss Anna Hildreth, of Mineral Point. Has been Road Overseer one term. Republican in politics ; and a member of the Disciples' Church.

MAHLON FA WCETT, Sec. 26 ; P. O. Washburn ; was born in Frederick Co., Va., Sept. 15, 1802; came with his parents to Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1809, where they settled on a farm; lived there till 1835, when he moved to Greene Co., Ohio, and commenced farming, at which place he remained four years ; then went to Paintersville, Ohio, and commenced as a merchant and continued as such for eight years. He then bought in a grist-mill, and was in that business two years, and, in 1853, moved to Grant Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 34, on the farm then generally known as the J. D. Morett farm. He was a millwright by trade, and worked at that more or less until he was 50 years old; Moved from Sec. 34 to the place where he now lives. Is a member of the M. E. Church, but was raised a Quaker, and remained so till 30 years old. Was Chairman of Town Board and member of School Board eight years. Was married to Jane Gilchrist Jan. 10, 1828, in Belmont- Co., Ohio ; she died Nov. 6, 1831, and was buried at Flushing Cemetery. Had two children by first wife - Jefi'erson H. and Sylvanus S. Was married the second time to Sarah Beattie, Sept. 17, 1833, in Belmont Co., Ohio; by this marriage there are fourteen children, of whom ten are living - divelyn, Beattie, Clinton, Mahlon, Salathiel, Sarah C, Mary Etta, Lorenzo D., Julia M., Clarence A. Those deceased are Joktan, John T., Harriet Jane and one other unnamed. Sarah E. Beattie was born in Virginia Oct. 1, 1810. His son Mahlon was in the 33d W. V. I. ; his son Beattie left home in 1857, and has been gone ever since ; is now in Custer City, Idaho. Mahlon Pawcett owns 100 acres of land - 80 acres in Sec. 26, and 20 acres timber in Sec. 34; has voted for every President since Jackson, always voting the Whig ticket, and since then ihe Republican, except when he voted for John P. Hale. His son Clinton now lives in Montana.

WIL.LIA1I FISHER ; P. 0. Livingston ; was born in Cornwall, England, March 7, 1825 ; learned the blacksmith trade and went to London, where he worked at his trade about a year ; then went to Cambridgeshire, England, and worked there eighteen months; he then returned to Cornwall, and went into business for himself in the Parish of St. Issey. Stayed there two years, and, in 1871, came to America with his family, and settled in Martinville, town of Clifton, Wis., where he started a blacksmithshop ; he remained at Martinville nine years, -when he removed to Livingston, and built the first blacksmith-shop in the village. He married Arabella Nance, July 17, 1849, in Oxton, London, England, who was born in Cornwall Padstow, England. They had four children, of whom two are living, Sarah Ann and William ; deceased are Charles F. and Mary Jane. Charles was buried at Rock Church Cemetery, and Mary Jane in Parish Church Cemetery, St. Issey, England. Mrs. Fisher has been a member of the M. E. Church nine years; Arabella was a member of the Church of England. Mr. Fisher is a member of the Good Templars.

THOMAS FRY, Sec. 3; P. 0. Martinville; born in Mercer Co., Penn., Oct. 24, 1836; left there at the age of 15, and went to Iowa with his parents, where they farmed three years; left there and and came to Ellenboro, Wis, where he worked on a farm with his father till 1861 ; then removed to town of Liberty, where he broke prairie till the fall of the same year, when he enlisted, in 1861, in the 10th W. V. I., Co. F ; was in the ranks eighteen months, and was then mustered in as wagoner, and continued as such till 1864. After being honorably discharged, he came home to town of Liberty, and went to farming for himself; rented for five years and then bought 167 acres on Sees. 11 and 12; lived there eight years and then moved to the place where he now lives. Owns 160 acres in Sec. 3. Was married to Orrel Bacon, by B. F. Wyne, Esq., of Platteville, Oct. 2, 1861. She was born July 15, 1843. They have eight children living - Irene P., Addie B., Willie J., John, Aurora, Nellie, Homer, Alta.

HFRHilAN (;rlJ]\'DL.AH, Sec. 10; P. 0. Livingston; was born in Fulton County, 111., June 23, 1854, and has always engaged in farming ; commenced for himself at the age of 18, on the homestead, at the death of his father, and then, in 1878, bought the farm where he now lives from his brother, and owns 80 acres. Was married to Catharine E. Kunkel, in Germantown, Juneau Co., Wis. They have one child, Ferdinand P. Is a member of I. O. 0. F., Washburn Lodge, No. 228.

GE^ORGE W. HAKE, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Annaton ; better known as " Uncle George," is one of the leading farmers in the town of Clifton, and is noted for his truth and veracity ; he was born in 1826, in Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio; was a son of George and Hannah Hake; his father was a cooper by trade; he lived with his parents until 21 years of age; came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1844, in company with his parents ; located near Platteville ; began encountering both wind and tide for himself four years after his arrival, working on a farm two years for wages ; he then bought 120 acres of land, and in company with another young man, bought a breaking team, consisting of several yoke of oxen ; in two years, he had improved and paid for his home. In 1851, he was married to Phebe Derwacter, a daughter of Michael and Eliza Derwacter. He has five children - Sarah F., Phebe A., Loren L., George G. and Mary M. He owns 500 acres of land valued at $11,200, also keeps a dairy ; he received a common-school education ; has been a member of the Town Board three terms ; has been Koad Overseer ten years; Treasurer of the School Board for twenty years. Politics, Republican; members of the Disciples' Church; three children married, the rest living with their parents.