Platteville City (part 9 of 10)

CHARLES A. PERIN, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Beetown; born in 1852, in Delaware Co., Iowa ; was a son of Daniel Perin, who came to Wisconsin in the same year ; located on Rattlesnake Creek - lived there until 22 years of age. He was married at the age of 20, to Elizabeth Wilson, a daughter of William P. Wilson ; have three children - Perry E., Josiah and James C. Politics, Republican. Has 120 acres of land, valued at $1,200.

liORENZO PRESTON, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Beetown; born in 1819, in the town of Oxford, Shenango Co., N. Y.; in 1843, emigrated to Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis. His abilities as a public officer were made known to the people of his county in the discharge of his duties as Constable as which he served four terms, and, in 1854, was elected Sheriff of Grant Co.; served two years, then serving two years as Under Sheriff. After retiring from office, he followed mining for twelve years, then went to farming; has 190 acres of land; has been successful. In his boyhood served an apprenticeship as a printer. Was married in 1848, to Miss Sophia Trenary, a daughter of William Trenary, of English descent ; had four children, three living - Lucinda J., William A., James H. Has been Assessor for five years ; is a Greenbacker ; religion, Universalist.

THOU AS PRIDE AUX, farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Bloomington ; born in 1842 in Grant Co., Wis.; was a son of James Prideaux ; has been a farmer all of his life ; enlisted in 1864 in the 33d W. V. I.; was in three battles. He was married, in 1872, to Ellen Hudson, a daughter of Benjamin Hudson. He has four children. He is a member of the M. E. Church; has 160 acres of land, valued at $4,000.

ROBERT PORTER, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Beetown ; born in Ireland in 1813 ; when 5 years of age he came to America, and located in Pennsylvania, where he lived for sixteen years, and learned the blacksmith trade, and, after 1834, he spent seven years in traveling; in 1841, he came to Grant Co., Wis., settled at Potosi, and followed his trade, but soon became a prosperous liquor merchant. In 1851, he married Miss Margaret Griggs, a daughter of Alexander Griggs. He has 468 acres of land. Has six children - John, Martha, Robert, Mary, Alice, Ulysess G. He has been on the Town Board four terms ; was Chairman twice ; was Assessor three terms. Politics, Republican.

HARIiEY S. SPRAGIIE, farmer, Sec. 18 and 19; P. 0. Beetown; born in 1840 in Grant Co., Wis. ; was a son of Frederick A. Sprague, a large farmer. Mr. Sprague went into the army at the age of 21 ; enlisted in Co. C, 6th W. V. I. ; was a First Lieutenant ; served four years ; was engaged in twenty- four battles. He was married, in the fall of 1865, to Miss Grace Johnson, a daughter of Harvey Johnson, of New York. He has three children - Blanche, Cora and Albert ; has been Assessor one term and Town Treasurer one term. His politics are Republican. He lost two brothers in the war - Egbert and Albert. His father died Oct. 3, 1844; his mother died March 9, 1848.

JOHN STURIHER, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Beetown ; born in 1820 in Prussia, Germany. At the age of 26, he emigrated to America ; was a son of Peter Sturmer. His father, being a shoemaker, attempted to teach him the trade ; but, not liking that occupation, led him to seek other pursuits to gain a livelihood, and he chose that of farmer ; settled in New York in 1847. Two years later, he moved to Grant Co., Wis. ; stopping at Potosi ; thence to Beetown, where he now lives. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Barbary Barton, a daughter of John Barton. He has ten children - John, Mary, Joseph, Albert B., Jacob L., Elizabeth S., Clara, Ellen, William, Minnie M. (deceased) and Adaline. He is a member of the Catholic Church. Politics, Democrat.

A. W. VEDDER, farmer. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Hurricane Grove; born in 1809, in Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y.; was a son of John N. Vedder ; resided there until 21 years of age, then moved to Chautauqua Co.; lived there ten years. Married Eliza J. Dagget; his first wife died; he then married Susan Hogle in 1839, a daughter of Andrew and Hannah Hogle; has six children, two by his first wife, and four by his present wife ; has been on the Town Board two terms, and member of School Board four terms; has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000. Politics, Republican.

REUBEN WARD, farmer; P. 0. Lancaster; born in 1840 in Vermont; was a son of Solomon Ward ; came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1855. He married in New York in 1865 ; located in Beetown, and has lived there since ; was in the war three years, and was wounded in the face ; owns a large farm ; is a Republican.

GEORGE W. W ATTERHOUSE, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. North Andover ; born in 1858, in Grant Co., Wis.; is a son of Charles and Elizabeth Watterhouse; his mother's surname was Elizabeth Hutchcroft; he lived with his father until 21 years of age. Married in 1880 to Erla Briggs, daughter of Edwin Briggs ; is a promising farmer; politics, Greenbacker.

Town Of Glen Haven

JAMES AJLDERSOBT, dealer in general merchandise ; business was established in 1874 by Peacock & Atkinson; in 1879, Mr. Alderson purchased a half interest with Mr. Atkinson, son of one of the former owners, and in the spring of 1881, Mr. Alderson became sole proprietor, and was appointed Postmaster in April, 1881 ; he was born in Yorkshire, England in 1836 ; came to America in 1844, and with his parents located in British Hollow. He married Catherine E, Dodge, a native of England.

JAMES ATKINSON, farmer and miner, proprietor of the Peacock & Atkinson mine ; North Andover; born in England in 1826; came to America in 1853, and settled in British Hollow, located on this place in 1870. Married Agnes Ann Peacock, a native of England; they have six children - ^Robert, Christopher, Frances Maria, Eliza J., Otto and Blanch.

JOHX BARE, Sec. 19 ; P. O. Glen Haven; owns 360 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; born in Yorkshire, England, in 1827 ; came to America in 1850, and located in Ohio ; in 1854 he removed to Wisconsin and setiled in this county, and with the exception of two years spent in Texas, he has lived in this county. Mr. Bare has the finest farm in this locality ; his dwelling house was built in 1870, at a cost of $4,000. He married Mary Ann Chase, a native of Missouri ; they have eight children - Frank, Annie E., Olive Matilda, John, Ida Rebecca, Mary Jane, Lincoln and Freddie.

BASHEOKD & HUMPHREY, dealers in general merchandise, Glen Haven ; business was established in 1871. Mr. Bashford, the senior member, was born in New Hampshire in 1814 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1836, and located in Cassville ; in 1845, he settled on a farm north of Cassville, and farmed until 1862, when he removed to Glen Haven and engaged in the mercantile trade until the close of the war; in 1871, he formed a partnership with Mr. Humphrey, and has continued in merchandising since. He married Elizabeth K. Blessing, a native of Western Virginia ; they have two children - Martha and Charles. Mr. Bashford was elected to the Legislature in 1859 and in 1870 ; in 1864, he was Sergeant-at-Arms to the State Senate. Mr. Alfred Humphrey, the junior member, was born in Patch Grove in 1849 ; he came to Glen Haven in 1871. He married Jennie Calvert, a native of Canada ; they have three children - Harry, George and May.

L.E WIN BIGGIN, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. O. North Andover ; born in 1835 in Derbyshire, England ; was a son of Thomas and Sarah Biggin, of England ; resided there until the age of 35, when he emigrated to America ; located in the town of Glen Haven, where he has lived since ; is a prosperous farmer; has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000. Was married in 1858, to Mary Parker, a daughter of Thomas Parker, in England ; has six children - Alice M., Thomas, Harry, William L., Sarah A., Joseph. Politics, Greenbacker.

J. B. CLEMOXS, Sec. 16 ; P. 0. North Andover ; owns 80 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1833; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located with his parents at Cassville; he settled on his present farm in 1815. Married Emma Duncan, a native of Canada; they have four children - Scott, Clara, Stella and Etta.

JOHN CCRRY, Glen Haven Hotel ; born in 1842 in Jo Daviess Co., 111.; was a son of James and Jane Curry; lived there for three years, then went to Stephenson Co., and lived there until 1855 ; then to Grant Co., Wis.; located near Lancaster ; lived there until he enlisted, in 1864, in Co. A, 41st W. V. I.; served five months ; came back and lived with his parents until 1866. In the same year, he was married to Miss Eliza Tisherness, a daughter of Louis and Mary Tisherness ; moved to Beetown in 1872 ; resided there for seven years ; then to Glen Haven in 1879. Is the proprietor of the Mississippi House ; has three children - Alma, Albert B., Louis C. Politics, Republican ; Road Overseer four terms ; School Director two terms.

HENRY BORTLAND & SON, dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds and building paper. Glen Haven. Henry Dortland was born in Prussia in 1828 ; came to America in 1847 and located in Kenosha; came to Glen Haven in 1873. Married Mary Pluecker, a native of Prussia; they have five children - Henry, Frank, William, Mary and Amelia ; Frank, his son, was born in Kenosha.

B. P. GRINTER, physician and surgeon, Glen Haven ; has been engaged in the practice of medicine since 1845 ; he was born in Russellville, Ky., in 1820 ; he went to Iowa in 1845 and located at

Garnavillo ; he soon after removed to Guttenburg, and thence in 1860 to this place. Married Louisa Sixbey, a native of White Pigeon, Mich.; they have two children - Myron and (Jora. Mr. Grinter also carries on quite an extensive grain and commission business in partnership with his son, Myron, who was born in Guttenburg in 1855.

HEILERMAXJV, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. North Andover; owns 691 acres of land ; born in Germany March 1, 1828 ; he landed in America the 1st of July, 1849 ; in July, 1854, he returned to Germany, where he remained until 1865, when he again came to America and settled in Clayton Co., Iowa ; in 1867, he came to this county. Married Annie Greve, a native of Hanover, Germany, born Oct. 23, 1832 ; they have three children - Mary Elmonde, Peter William and George Herman. Mr. H. has been a member of the Town Board three years.

REV. WIIililAM JACKSON, farmer and local minister, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. North Andover; was born in 1843 in Lincolnshire, England; son of William and Jane Jackson ; resided there eighteen years ; then to Billingsbar, where he lived until 1866 ; then to America, stopping for four months in Clinton Co., Mich.; then to Grant Co., Wis., where he has since lived. He was married in 1868 to Sarah Mason, a daughter of Richard Mason, of England ; they have five children - William M., Herbert, Edwin, Francis and Frederick. He has 100 acres of land, valued at $3,000. Politics, Greenbacker. He has been a local minister in the M. E. Church for sixteen years.

ISAIAH JOHIVSOIV, farmer. Sec. 10; P. 0. North Andover; born in 1809 in New Jersey; is a son of Isaiah Johnson ; lived there until 1821, thence to Clermont Co., Ohio, for forty-four years, and, in 1865, came to Wisconsin, locating where he now resides. He was married in 1853 to Miss Nancy Winter, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Winter; she was born in 1812; they have five living children, seven deceased ; those living are Caroline, Augustus S., Laura, Granville and Mortimer. He has been Justice of the Peace eight years, Eoad Overseer five years, and Clerk of the School Board twentyone years. Has 160 acres of land, valued at $6,000. Politics, Greenbacker. Member of the M. B. Church.

JOHIV KEIIili, saloon and meat market. Glen Haven; born in Germany in 1841; came to America in 1855, and settled in Glen Haven. Married Lena Krapp, a native of Germany ; they have six children - Joseph, Katie, Frank, Martha, Lizzie and Gertrude. Members of the Catholic Church.

HARLOW KIDD. Sec. 25; P. 0. Glen Haven; owns 68 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; was born in this town in 1851. Married Annie Baumgartner, a native of Cassville; he is a son of E. A. Kidd, a native of England, who was born in 1809, and came to America in 1819; his wife was Susanna Marlow, also a native of England ; they have four children - Joseph, Richard, Franklin and Marlow.

liEROY H. KILBOURHIi', farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Glen Haven ; born in 1851 in Grant Co., Wis., in the village of Jamestown ; was a son of James A. and Sophia Kilbourn. Was married, in 1879, to Miss Emma C. Shrader, a daughter of Lenhart 0. Shrader, of Lancaster; has one child - Bessie; has 452f acres of land, valued at $16,000. In politics, a Greenbacker.

JACOB KUENSTER, Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Glen Haven ; owns 960 acres of land ; born in Prussia in 1832 ; be came to America, and his first location was in this town ; he has been twice married, first to Dnratha Miller, a native of Germany ; she died in 1870 ; they had five children - Alexander, Charles, Henry, Altena, Laura. Married again to Matilda Vogt, a native of Germany ; have four children - Amelia, Albert, Louisa and Jacob.

PATRICK POWERS, Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Cassville ; owns 300 acres of land, valued at $31 per acre ; was born in Ireland in 1826 ; came to America in 1850, and, in 1854, located on his present farm. Married Catharine Allen, who was also born in Ireland ; they have eight children - Ellen, Mary, David, Catharine, James, Margaret, Thomas and Julia. They are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

JOHN RYAN, farmer. Sec. 15 ; P. 0. North Andover; one of the most prosperous and leading citizens of Grant County, who has held many prominent positions. Born in 1837, in Cassville, Wis., is a son of John and Deborah Ryan ; left Cassville at the age of 5 years, and emigrated to Clayton Co., Iowa ; located on Turkey River, and lived there five years, returning to Cassville, where he fpent two more years ; thence to Patch Grove in 1852, and in 1859 came to Glen Haven, where he has since resided. In 1860, he married Catharine Lewis, a daughter of William Lewis, formerly of Grant County ; she was of Scotch descent. Has seven children - Cora A., William E., James E., John E., Myron L., Reeves A. J. and Lulu. Has been a member of the Town Board five terms, two terms of which he was Chairman ; has been Assessor five years. Justice of the Peace eight years, a member of the School Board seventeen years ; at present is President of the Parmer's Insurance Co. Has 340 acres of land, valued $15,000. Has been appointed administrator for a large number of valuable estates, among which was the estate of Senator Young, who was murdered not long since. Has been an old war horse in the Republican party until the last few years, when he has marshaled all his forces in the Glreenback cause.

JAlflES M. RYAW, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. O. Beetown ; born in London, England, in 1833. Lived there two and a half years ; came to New York in 1836 ; lived there six months and moved to Grant Co., Wis., the same year ; located at Cassville, then moved to Clayton Co., Iowa, near Guttenburg ; lived there five years, back to Cassville for two years, then moved to Patch Grove, where he lived until 1852. Became dissatisfied and emigrated to California, and followed mining for five years ; saved $2,000, came back to Wisconsin and located at Glen Haven, where he now resides. Married in 1858, to Elizabeth A. Brown, daughter of Jesse S. Brown. Has nine children - Frank, Effie A., Charles H., John, Lily M., William A., Levi J., Leroy J. and Clyde. Polities, Greenback. Is one of the well-to-do and prosperous farmers of Grant County.

WILLIAm D. RYAN, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. North Andover. The subject of this sketch is a nativeof Grant County, his father being one of the old settlers of the State and atillerof the soil. Heis a son of John and Deborah Ryan. Born in 1840, in the villageofCassville, but soon after crossed the beautiful Mississippi River into the fertile regions of Iowa, and located where the village of Guttenburg now stands, where he spent five years ; then returned to Grant County, where they have since lived. William is the youngest of three sons, who are the three leading farmers of the county in which they reside. He married, in 1864, Mary Parker, a daughter of Patrick and Mary Parker, by whom he had six children - AUie, Francis B., Mary D., Julia E., Lo J. ; his first wife died in 1875. He married again in 1876, to Mary Power, a daughter of Patrick and Catharine Power, by whom he has three children - Elgie J., Glendora A., and an infant. Has 170 acres of land, valued at $7,000. Politics, Greenback. Is a member of the Catholic Church ; has been School Treasurer one term ; has been appointed administrator for for many valuable estates ; is one of the many prosperous farmers and stock-raisers of Grant Co., Wis.

JACOB ISCHALLENBERGER, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Cassville; owns 310 acres land, valued at $15 per acre. Born in Switzerland in 1810, came to America in 1818, and located with his parents in Pennsylvania. In 1849, he removed to this county and settled on his present farm. Married Margaret Brookens, a nativeof Penn.sylvania. They have five children - Jane, Maria, Hester, Rebecca and Joseph ; are members of the M. E. Church.

JAIHES THOMAS, farmer ; P. 0. Beetown ; born in 1821 in Cornwall, England ; was a son of Hannibal and Elizabeth Thomas ; lived there for twenty-five years, and, in 1846, he emigrated to the beautiful and fertile regions of America; located at Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis., for one year; thence to Racine Co. for four years ; thence to Beetown, where he lives at the present time. He married in 1866, Miss Susan Richman, a daughter of Seth Richman, of Ohio ; had one child, deceased-^James N. He has 1,650 acres of land. Has been Pathmaster one term. School Director one term. Is a member of the M. E. Church. Politics, Democrat. Has been a prosperous farmer, and one of the luckiest miners of the age.

ANTON VOtrT, Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Glen Haven ; owns 80 acres land, valued at $40 per acre ; born in Baden, Germany, in 1848; came to America in 1852; located with his parents in Butler Co., Ohio; settled in this county in 1869. Married Caroline Winney, a native of this county. They have one child - ^George. Mr. Vogt has been Town Treasurer three terms.

OTIS M. WAY, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Glen Haven ; owns 90 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1831; came to Wisconsin in 1841, and settled with his parents in Lima, this county ; removed to this farm in June, 1851. Married Louisa Mayer, a native of Milwaukee. They have two children - Melinda and Edmund.

JAMES WILDMAN. farmfr. Sec. 8; P. 0. Glen Haven; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Was born in Ireland Aug. 15, 1810 ; came to America in 1835, and located in Ulster Co., N. Y.; in 1856, he removed to Wisconsin, and settled on his present farm. Married Margaret Mclver, also of Ireland; they have six children - Henry, William, Letitia, Annie Margaret, Samuel and Louis. Are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM WILDMAN, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. North Andover ; owns 160 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Ireland in 1841 ; came to America with his parents in 1843, and located in New York; removed to Wisconsin in 1856, and, in 1867, he settled on his farm. Married

J OHN' WIIiSON, blacksmith, North Andover; business established in 1874; born in En. gland, in 1840 ; came to America in 1871 ; settled in Glen Haven ; removed to this village in 18Y4- Married Elizabeth Clifton, a native of England ; they have three children - Thomas, Edith and Fred.

Town Of Little Grant

HON. DEIiOS ABRAHS, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Bloomington. The subject of this sketch is a gentleman who is honored by all who know him, and has held many prominent positions in the community in which he resides ; as for enemies he has none, but is noted by all for honesty and veracity, and has aroused his neighbors from their lethargy and slumbers many times on important political questions. He was born in 1834, in Montgomery Co., N. Y.; was a son of Anthony and Scyntha Abrams ; he received a common-school education. His aged mother died in 1855, and his father in 1871 ; their loss was long mourned by all who knew them. Delos Abrams is one of nine children, seven of whom are living ; his brother, Andrew Abrams, died in Africa in 1879, as a missionary ; he is also a brother to the noted Dr. Charles Abrams, of Fayetteville, La Fayette Co., Wis. Delos lived with his parents until 21 years of age, when, in 1855, he married Miss Martha M. Harvey, a daughter of James Harvey ; she is one of five children ; they have four children - Mary A., Susie K., Elizabeth B. and Harvey. Mary A, is married to Charles Alexander, of Carroll Co., Iowa. Mr. Abrams is a Republican ; was School Clerk eleven years ; Justice of the Peace two years ; Assessor one year ; Chairman of Town Board two terms, and was elected, in 1876, to the honorable position of Representative in the State Legislature on the Republican ticket, with a majority of 206 - the largest ever given in his district ; he has never been defeated in any political effort ; is running a large farm of 606 acres of land, valued at $16,000 ; is also the proprietor of one of the finest dairies in Grant Co., and is a Royal Arch Mason.

WILiLlAlK E. ADAmS, farmer. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Little Grant ; was born in Patch Grove, Grant Co., Wis., in 1850, a son of Henry and Hannah Adams ; his father was born in New York ; his mother is a native of Pennsylvania. William lived with his father until he was 20 years of age ; lie received a common-school education ; he then worked for William Humphrey eight years. Was married in 1876, to Miss Mary Van Dusen, an orphan girl, who came from New York in company with the family of J. K. Lum ; they have three children - Hiram, Lulu, and an infant. Owns 200 acres of land, valued at $5,000 ; has been School Director one term. Politics, Republican.

HENRT BAR]VHART, miller, Sec. 22; P. 0. Bloomington; born in 1820 in Butler "Co., Penn.; was a son of Philip and Elizabeth Barnhart, where he resided until 1845 ; he then emigrated to Wayne Co., Ohio ; lived there until 1852 ; then to Medina Co. for one year; thence to Clayton Co., Iowa, where he lived for twenty-three years ; then to Allamakee Co. for two years ; then to Prairie du 'Chien, Wis., for two years ; thence to Grant Co. in 1879, and built the mill known as the Barnhart Mill, where he now resides ; he is a millwright by trade, and has built grist-mills, saw -mills and woolen factories ; has 23 acres of land in Iowa, valued at $1,300 ; has 30 acres of land and the grist-mill where he now lives, valued at $14,000. Was married in 1850, to Eliza H. Creamer, a daughter of Peter Creamer, of Dauphin Co., Penn.; has had eight children, seven living - Emma H., Henry N., Mary J.,Edmond R., Susan, Lillie E., Fred W. (deceased), Elizabeth. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. L, 6th Ohio V. C; served three years ; has been Justice of the Peace two terms. Politics, Greenbacker.

MBS. CATHERINE COOPER, housekeeper. Sec. 36; P. 0. Lancaster. Catherine Oooper, better known as Mrs. Catherine Specht, was born in 1845, in Germany, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Specht ; lived with her parents until 20 years of age ; came to America in 1860, with her father; located at Lancaster for a few years, thence to Little Grant. Married in 1863, Andrew Cooper ; lived with him seven months, when they separated ; have one child - Herman ^Jooper ; she has been a hardworker, and has accumulated some wealth ; she has a fine storerooin on Maple street, Lancaster. She is -a member of the Lutheran Church.

J. B. CHURCH, farmer and merchant. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Mount Ida ; born in 1826, in Onondaga Co., N. Y.; was a son of Ezra and Rachel Church ; when he was 6 years of age, his father moved to Chautauqua Co.; his father died when he was about 14 years of age, and he was obliged to work wherever he could get anything to do to support himself and mother. At the age of 21, he married Mary, daughter of Amos and Livonia Parker ; he built a saw-mill in company with his brother, and followed the lumber business for four years ; he then came to Grant Co., Wis., in September, 1853 ; located in Little Grant, where he has 230 acres of land, valued at $6,000 ; has had ten children, six living - Francis H., Charles W., Wallace W., P. A., Ida E. M., Emma S. In 1880, he built a store in Mount Ida, although he had been merchandising for two years on his farm ; the winter of 1872, he visited Florida for his health. He was a member of the Town Board four years ; Town Assessor eleven years ; Justice of the Peace fourteen years ; School Clerk thirteen years. He is a Royal Arch Mason. Politics, Greenbacker ; was an enrolling oflScer at the time of the war.

ABfWREW CAIRNS, farmer. Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Little Grant ; was born in 1845 in Delaware Co., N. Y.; was a son of Alexander and Margaret Cairns, now of Grant Co.; lived and labored for his parents until 30 years of age ; came to Grant Co. in 1860, located on Little Grant, and is still residing upon the old homestead. Has kept the Little Grant Post Office for five years. He was married in 1874 to Cornelia Abraham, a daughter of Ezra and Margaret Abraham ; they have two children - Everett and Charles. Politics, Republican. He has been Pathmaster two terms. School Clerk two terms. Assessor two terms, and is Chairman of the Town Board at present. Is the owner of 560 acres of land, valued at $11,500 ; has always been a farmer, and a prosperous one as such, and is one of the most enterprising men in the community where he resides.

ROBERT DAVIDSON, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Mt. Hope; was born in 1830 in Scotland; was a son of Robert and Jeanette Davidson ; came to the United States in 1857 ; located at Ryegate, Caledonia Co., V^t., and lived there seven years, following farming; thence to Liberty, Grant Co., Wis., in 1865 ; lived there three years ; then to Little Grant, where he has siuce lived. He was married in 1857, to Mary Ross, a daughter of James and Jane Ross ; they have seven children - Robert M.., James R,, John H., Jesse M., Mary J., Mattie A. and Sarah G. He has 224 acres of land, valued at $3,500. Has three brothers and one sister in Vermont, where his parents live. Is a member of the United Brethren Church. His politics is strictly Republican. Has been Director of the School Board one term.

WILiIilAm R. lilNTON, farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Mt. Hope ; was born in 1848 in Franklin Co., Ohio ; was a son of Dutton and Elizabeth Linton ; he was raised on fiirm and lived with his father until 20 years of age ; when 7 years of age, his father moved to Wisconsin and located at Mt. Hope, in Grant Co., where he lived until he was of age; he then moved to Little Grant, where he has since lived. He was married in 1875 to Sarah J. Hinton, a daughter of Christopher and Sarah Hinton ; is farming in company with his brother; they are the owners of 120 acres of land and a good blacksmith shop.

ELIZABETH L.YJVESS, farming. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. -Little Grant; is a widow of Barney Lyness (deceased) ; she was born in in 1849 in Germany ; was a daughter of Sebastian and Barbara Kistner ; she emigrated to the United States in company with her parents at the age of 9 years, locating at Strawberry Point, Iowa ; lived there until 17 years of age, then came to Grant Co., Wis. In 1866, she was married to Barney Lyness, and has lived in Little Grant since ; has five children - John C, Annie B., Rosa E., Mary M. and Elizabeth. In the early part of her husband's life, he followed the occupation of steamboating, but in his latter days was a farmer ; his politics were Democratic, and he was a member of the Catholic Church. She is the owner of 40 acres of land, valued at $1,000. Her husband was 45 years of age when he died.

JOHN MORROW, farmer. Sec. 5 ; P. O. Little Grant ; was born in 1822 in County Down Ireland; is a son of John and Sarah Morrow ; lived with his parents fourteen years ; is a stonemason by trade ; he lived a short period in Scotland ; in 1849, he came to the United States and settled in Livingston Co., N. Y.; lived there until 1857, then moved to Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis., for one year. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 33d W. V. I., and served three years; was in fifteen battles. Was married in 1844 to Martha Addams, a daughter of James Addams, of Scotland ; they had seven children - Sarah, John, Annie, Jane, Adam, Willis N. and Richard ; he was married a second time to Helen Leighton, a widow of John Leighton ; she was a daughter of Peter N. Thornton, of Bloomington, by whom he had four children, three living - Maroaret, Agnes, Franklin and MoBunless. Politics, Repuolican. Is a member of the United Brethren Church. Has 390 acres of land, valued at $6,000.

THORNTON OATES, farmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Lancaster; was born in 1848 in Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis. ; was a son of James and Sarah Oatea ; lived with his parents until 21 years of age. He was married, in 1873, to Elizabeth J. Edwards, daughter of Joseph and Jane Edwards ; he has three children living. Has 160 acres of land, valued at 82,000 ; has been Koad Overseer. Politics, Greenbacker, and is a member of the M. E. Church.

EDWTJT OATJES, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Lancaster; is a native of England; was born there in 18-11 ; is a son of James and Sarah Gates, with whom he resided until 21 years of age, and followed farming. He enlisted in 1862 in the 33d W. V. I., Co. G- ; served three years ; was in nineteen battles ; wounded in camp with a bayonet by scuffling, for which he draws a pension. Was married, in 1866 , to Mary A. Edwards, daughter of Joseph and Jane Edwards ; has six children - James, Elsie C, Nelson L., Joseph W., Ernest E. and John H. Has 263 acres of land, valued at $4,000. Has been Eoad Overseer three terms ; School Clerk, three terms ; Director, five terms; Assessor, five terms; member of the Board, one term. Politics, Republican.

PATRICK O'CONNOR, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Bloomington ; was born in 1829 in Sligo Co., Ireland ; is a son of John and Catherine O'Connor, with whom he lived until he was 21 years of age, when he emigrated to England, where he resided for ten years, when he went to Scotland, where he lived for one year, then to England for a short period, then emigrated to America in 1863 ; he located in Ohio for one year, thence to New York, but soon wended his way to Boston, Mass., where he lived for two years, where he was also married, in 1865, to Catherine Nangle, a daughter of Thomas Nangle ; then he removed to Grant Co. ; in 1866, settled in Patch Grove for a short period, then to Little Grant, where he has since lived. Has eight children, all of whom are living - Mary, Catherine, John, Elizabeth, Mathethis, Thomas, Annie, Peter. He has 194 acres of land. Politibs, Greenbacker, and is a member of the Catholic Church.

GARDNER PRITCHBTT, farmer. Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Lancaster ; was born in 1851 in Little Grant, Grant Co., Wis. ; was a son of Phillip and Margaret Pritchett; lived with parents until 25 years of age, when he married Miss Betiie Oates, a daughter of James and Sarah Oates. Has been Road Overseer one term; School Clerk one term. Owns 160 acres of land, valued at $2,500; has one child - Viola M. Politics, Republican.

D. A. PARKER, farmer. Sec. 2; P. 0. Mt. Hope; born in 1832 in Shenango Co., N. Y.; was a son of Araasa and Livonia Parker; when 2 years of age, he emigrated to Warren Co.,Penn. ; lived there twenty years; he then came to Grant Co., Wis.; in 1855, located in Little Grant, where he has lived since, with the exception of one year, which he spent in Nebraska, and two years in Missouri. Married, in 185^, Mary Underwood, a daughter of Willis Underwood ; had three children, two living - Sophronia E., Emma E. Married the second time Elizabeth Tyler, a daughter of Lewis Tyler. He enlisted in 1862 in the 20th W. V. I., Co. I ; served three years ; was in seven battles ; has been Constable two terms; has 40 acres of land, valued at $1,000. Is a member of the United Brethren Church. Politics, Republican.

CHARLES E. WETMOlfcE, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Bloomington; was born in 1822 in Trumbull Co., Ohio; he is a son of Josiah and Elizabeth W^etmore, with whom he lived until 1843; he then came to Grant Co., Wis. ; located near Millville, where he lived up to 1852, when he went to California and resided for three years ; then to Grant Co., near Millville, for five years, when he moved to Little Giant, where he has lived since, and followed farming. He was married, in 1851, to Abigail Dubel, a daughter of Michael and Abigail Dubel ; they have two children - Charles E. and Emily E. He has been School Director for one term. Politics, Republican. Has 85 acres of land, valued at $2,500. Has been very prosperous as a farmer.

Town Of Liberty

JOHN G. ABIjEITER, farmer; P. 0. Annaton ; was born in 1829, in Wurtemberg; was a son of Leonard Ableiter ; living; with his parents until he was 14 years of age ; then worked for himself fourteen years ; then went to Switzerland for four years, when he again returned to Germany, where ho resided but six months; then came to America, in 1854, locating at Chicago; then to Grant Co., Wis., near Platteville, for two years ; then to Liberty, where he has lived since he was married to Miss Mary Elais, a daughter of Bernard Klais, of Mineral Point. They have five children - George, Albert, August, Mary and Annie. He has 148 acres of land. In politics, he is a Democrat, and a member of the Anglical Church.

HENRY J. BAYMAN, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Stitzer; was born in 1858, in Liberty, Grant Co., Wis. ; was a son of Anton and Mary Bayman. He has lived with his parents for twenty-three years. His father was born in Germany, in 1808 ; came to America in 1863, halting in Illinois for two years." Henry has five brothers and sisters - Charles, William, Henrietta M., Mary and Minnie. The three eldest are married. His father and mother are still living.

FRABTK A. BOWEN, farmer. Sec. 32; P. 0. Lancaster; was born in 1852, in Trumbull Co., Ohio. He was a son of Moses and Tracy Bowen. He came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1855, in company with his father; located in Liberty; lived with his parents until he was 18 years of age. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Sylia Gleasun, a daughter of A. S. Gleason ; but, in 1878, was divorced. He is the owner of 80 acres of land, valued at $1,000. His politics are Republican.

SOL.OMOX CXOUGH, farmer. Sec. 11 ; a native of Maine; born in Sangersville Aug. 19, 1832. He moved to Illinois with his parents in 1839 ; and, in the fall of 1843, they came to Grant Co. Feb. 10, 1854, he was marrird to Miss Frances Shaw, a native of Illinois. They have one adopted daughter - Ella A. He has been a member of the Town Board, and was Chairman of the same for a number of terms, and is at the present time. He has been Treasurer of the School Board over sixteen years.

miCHAEIi FINNEGAX. farmer ; P. O. Lancaster ; was born in 1852, in Ireland ; came to America in 1855, in company with his father; located in Indiana for two years; then to Illinois for one year; thence to Grant Co., Wis., in 1859, locating in Liberty, where he has lived since. He is a single man ; has a fine farm of 200 acre.'. In politics, a Greenbacker, and is a member of the Catholic Church.

W. W. FORD, merchant, Stitzer ; was born in 1849, in Williamsfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio ; is a son of A. J. and Clorinda Ford ; began for himself at the early age of 13 years; he worked two years for H. Johnson on a farm ; he then took an eastward course, locating for two years in New York State; then werded his way to Grant Co., Wis., in 1866, where he followed farming for two years; then went to Kentucky for one winter, going to Cleveland, Ohio, in the spring, where he resided for two years clerking ; then returning to Grant Co., Wis., followed farming for two years. He married Miss M. N. Brackett, a daughter of A. M. and Mary Brackett, of Little Grant; then returned to Cleveland, Ohio, and once more clerked for Southwaid, Clark & Co., for eighteen months, when he returned to Grant Co. in 1874, followed farming for two years near Lancaster on the old Barber farm ; he then followed staging lor three years; then to Stitzer (or two years where he followed the mercantile business; has a fine house and lot, store building in Stitzer; has three children living - Grace, Fred and Fay; one deceased, William ; has been Treasurer of School Fund for one term ; has kept Post Office at Slitzer for two years. Politics, Republican ; Justice of the Peace two years.

HEIVRY GRATZ, farmer. Sec. 26; P. 0. Stitzer; was born in Germany in 1827; is a soa of Eustace Gratz; he lived with his parents until 25 years old; he came to America in 1852, locating id Chicago for one and a half years ; then to Indiana for four years, working on a railroad, but soon wending his way to Hazel Green, Grant Co. for four years ; then on Yellowstone River for two years, returning to Hazel Green for one and a half years, and in 1865 he enlisted in the 44th W. V. I., Co. K ; served severj months or until the end of the war. He was married in 1854, to Mary Kaufman, a daughter of George and Margaret Kaufman ; has ten children - Louisa M., George F., August E., Mary Ann, Rosa W., Henry G., AVilliam 6., Minnie, Lewis and Sophia C. Politics, Republican; has been Pathmaster one term ; has 160 acres of land ; is a member of the Evangelical Church.

ADAM HIRSCH, shoemaker, Stitzer; was bom in 1858 in Platteville, Grant Co., Wis., is a son of Leonard and Louisa Hirsch ; lived with his parents seventeen years, then became apprenticed to shoemaking trade under Louis Heberline, at Liberty, for two and a half years ; from there to Fennimore, where he worked a short time with Mr. Weaver ; then to Lancaster for eight months, working in the shop occupied by C. Wentzell ; then to Stitzer, where he is the owner of a fine shoe-shop. He was married in 1880, to Louisa Fisher. Politics, Eepublican ; is a member of the Evangelical Church.

STEPHEN KEKISOX, mason, Fennimore; born in 1821 in Canada; was a son o^ Benjamin and Tina Kenison ; he lived with his parents until 11 years of age; he then lived with his uncle Stephen Hays ; he then went to Massachusetts for three years and six months ; then to Franklin Co., Vt., for thirty-five years and six months, following farming; he then emigrated to Grant Co., Wis., in 1879, locating in Fennimore for two years; then to Liberty, where has lived since. He was married in 1828, to Elizabeth Lathan, a daughter of Joseph and Angeline Lathan, of Vermont ; has had seven children - Dudley F., Myron S., Mary J., Eunice M., Sarah J., Ella L., Charles F. His politics, Democratic, and is a member of the Catholic Church,

JOHIV liIND, hotel, Stitzer; was born in 1848 in Berks Co., Penn.; was a son of Henry and Jeanette Lind ; lived with his parents until 14 years of age, then came to Liberty, Grant Co., Wis., in company with his parents, but soon after arriving, went to Lancaster and learned the carpenter trade with Henry Messie and William Alcorn, with whom he worked for six years. He married Annie Schoenberger, a daughter of John and Annie Sohoenberger ; then to Liberty for two years ; then to Allamakee Co., Iowa, for two years ; then returning to Liberty, where he has since lived. Has three children - Jennie M., Mary J., Emma L ; is the proprietor of the City Hotel at Stitzer ; also the owner of a saloon in the same place Politics, Republican, and is a member of the Evangelical Church.

BARNARD KcCORMICK, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Lancaster; is one of the many respected citizens of Grant Co., Wis. ; he was born in 1809 in Ireland ; he was a son of Martin and Bridget McCormick, of Ireland, with whom he lived until 21 years of age, and, in 1832, came to America, locating at Toronto, Can., for a short time, thence to New York for two years ; he then wended his way westward to the city of Chicago, where he lived for one year ; thence to Galena, 111., for fifteen years, and followed mining; he then came to Liberty, Grant Co., where he has lived since. He was married, in 1839, to Alice Nailas, a daughter of Feral and Alice Nailas ; they have eleven children - Martin, Bridget, John, Frank, James, Catharine, Mary Ann, Alice, Barnard, Margaret,, William ; he is the owner of 480 acres of land, valued at $9,600. Has been Road Overseer four terms ; School Clerk three terms. Politics, Democratic, and a member of the Catholic Church.

FREDRICK MARTIN, farmer; P. 0. Annaton ; born in 1828 in Germany; was the son of Andres Martin, of Germany ; lived with parents until 14 years of age, then wandered for eight years, then returned and lived with his parents until their death, which occurred in 1852 ; he then came to America in 1856, and located at Pittsburgh, Penn., where he resided for three years, then to Liberty, Grant Co., Wis;, where he has since lived. He was married, in 1851, to Sophia Duncler, a daughter of Gottfried and Crisinia Duncler, late of Grant Co. ; has six children living and four deceased - Louise, Antonia, Catherine, William, Edward, Frederick ; deceased are Nathalia, Mary, Emma and Mary. Has been Assessor for two years; School Clerk one term ; Treasurer one term. Politics, Republican. He has 120 acres of land, valued at $2,000. Is a member of the Evangelical Church.

CONRAD NAPP, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Lancaster; born in 1855 in Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis. ; is a son of Conrad and Elizabeth Napp ; he lived with his parents until 21 years of age ; they were of German descent. He owns 80 acres of land, valued at $1,800; his parents moved into the town of Beetown when he was but 3 years of age, where they lived for eight years, then returned to Lancaster, where they resided for seven years ; thence to Fennimore for nine years, and then to Liberty, where he has lived for two years. He was married, in 1875, to Emily Roth, a daughter of Jacob and Margaret Roth, of Liberty ; have two children - Jacob C. and, Edith. Politics, Greenbacker.

ANDREW RITCHIE, farmer. Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Stitzer. The subject of this sketch is a pioneer, and has always sought a private life ; he was born in 1812 in Scotland ; he was a son of Thomas and Jennette Ritchie ; he left his parents at the early age of 11 years, and followed herding for three years ; he then came home and went to school for one year, then followed mining for a few years, then went to Glasgow and attended lectures ; he finally emigrated to America in 1839 ; he landed in Quebec, Can., where he lived but a short time, then to Montreal, but while on the voyage passed through a narrow escape by a collision between the two vessels. Lady Elgin and Royal George ; he then visited many places in that portion of the country ; he arrived at Lewiston, N. Y., following blasting for awhile, when he went to the Genesee Valley and worked for three years, then to Canada for nine months ; returned to Sandusky, Ohio, where he lived for five years, and, in 1848, he came to Grant Co., Wis., locaiing in Liberty, where he has lived since. He was married, in 1842, in New York, to Anna O'Brien, a daughter of Patrick and Margaret O'Brien; he is the father of nine children - Thomas, Sarah, Andrew, Samuel S. William (deceased), William W., Perry, John H., Mary W. He has 607 acres of land, valued at SIO,- 000; also 160 acres in Nebraska. He lives chiefly on the interest of his money. Politics, Republican. Has been School Clerk for many years ; has been Town Superintendent ; was Justice of the Peace for ten years ; has been member of the Town Board for many terms, Chairman two terms, and never had a law suit in his life.

PHILIP SHUHIIIN, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Annaton ; born on the Isle of Man in 1839 ; he was a son of Thomas and Ann Shimmin, and at the age of 5 years he came to America in company with his parents, locating in Jo Daviess Co., 111., for tweoty-two years, and at the age of 21 he married the widow of William Robinson, whose life was lost in the falling of a factory in Massachusetts, leaving one son - John, who was brought up by the latter husband ; she was a daughter of James and Sarah Brown. Mrs. Shimmin was also married at the age of 1 6, but they were soon separated ; Mr. Shimmin came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1867; located in Liberty, where he has since lived; he has 247 acres of land, valued at $3,000; has seven children - Thomas B., William B., Philip G., Sarah J., Ellen M., George R., Charles L. Has been Road Overseer three terms, and School Clerk two terms. Politics, Republican. Member of the M. E. Church.

GOTTLIEB STRINBKEIVIVER, farmer, Sec. 14; P. 0. Stitzer; was born in 1814, in Germany. He was a son of Michael and Elizabeth Steinbrenner, of Germany. He came to America in 1853, locating in Pennsylvania for one year and seven months ; then to Galena, 111., for eighteen months ; then to the town of Harrison, in Grant Co., Wis., where he resided for nearly nine years ; then to Blake's Prairie, in the same county, for two years, when he moved to Liberty, where he has lived since. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Girock. She was a daughter of Conrad and Christina Girock, of Germany. They have five children - John G. and John, Mary, Louisa, Christina. He has 200 acres of land, valued at $3,500. In politics, he is a Republican, and a member of the Evangelical Church. He has been School Director for one term, and has lived where he now resides for sixteen years.

ROBERT E. THOMPSON, farmer. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Annaton ; was born in 1851 in Grant Co., Wis., and is a son of William Thompson, a native of Scotland. He lived with his parents till he was 18 years old. His father died in 1878, leaving the son to look after the welfare of his aged mother. He has 200 acres of land, valued at $3,000. He was married, iu'1877, to Elizabeth Day, daughter of James and Sarah Day, of Little Grant. They have one child - Charles. In politics, he is a Democrat.

JOHN F. WEFEIj, merchant, Stitzer; was born in 1855 in Germany; is a son of Adam and Mary Wefel ; lived with his parents until 24 years of age ; came to America when but 3 years old, locating in Liberty, Grant Co., Wis. He followed farming until 21 years of age ; then went into the mercantile business at Stitzer ; is one of a family of five children, all of Grant Co. ; two brothers deceased, both died in the same night. In politics, he is a Republican. His father is an enterprising and prosperous farmer. He is a member of the Evangelical Church.

W. J. WEIR, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Liberty Ridge. He was born in Grant Co. His father, Thomas Weir, came to the county in 1840, and located in the town of Potosi. In 1856, he bought the farm, which is now worked by the son, and where he lived until his death, which occurred Feb. 9, 1879. W. J. Weir was elected Justice of the Peace, in April, 1879. He was married, April 1, 1880, and has one daughter - Mamie. He is a member of the I. O. 0. P. ; and, in politics, is a Republican.

JOHN WILKINSON, farmer; P. 0. Stitzer; was born in 1821 in Yorkshire, England ; is a son of the Hon. Charles Wilkinson, of England. He lived with his parents until 16 years of age ; was a cloth-dresser by trade ; but, at the early age of 16 years, began as an apprentice in a blacksmith's-shop. He came to America in 1842; located in Paterson, N. J., where he resided for nine months; then to Pittsburgh, Penn., for nine months ; then taking a westward course to Davenport, Iowa, for one and a half years; then to Galena, 111. ; thence to Mineral Point, where he resided for seven years. During all this time, he followed the occupation of blacksmith ; and, in 1850, he wended his way to the golden regions of California, where he wandered around for eighteen months ; then returned to Mineral Point for the period of two years; then to Liberty, Grant Co., Wis., in 1854, where he lived for ten years ; then to Dallas Co., Iowa; then returned to his old home in Liberty, where he has since lived. He was married, in 1850, at

Mineral Point, to Miss Grace Pace, a daughter of Richard and Mary Pace, who were from Cornwall, England. He had nine children - Joseph H., Christopher, Charles A., Charlotte, Lillie, Helen, Rosalie, Richard (deceased) and John. He has 215 acres of land, valued at 84,000; has been Pathmaster five terms, and School Director one term. In politics, a G-reeiibacker.

FRANK WITZIG, farmer; P. 0. Annaton; was born in 1840, in Germany; was a son of Martin Witzig, who came to America in 1854; located in Liberty, Grant Co., Wis.; entered 100-days' troops ; served four months. He was married, in 1866, to CatharineBunson, daughter, of Andres Bunson. He has seven children; has one boy crippled for life. In politics, Democrat. He lives with his mother, Annie Witzig, and was born in 1811, in Germany. She came to America in 1854, stopping at Watertown, Wis., for one month ; then to Clifton for one year ; then to Liberty, where she has since lived. She was married to Martin Witzig. They had eleven children, one deceased in Germany and three in the United States; seven living - Adam. Joseph P., Mary A., Frank, Joseph, Joan and Catharine. The deceased are Peter, John, Joseph and Rosey. Her husband died in 1862. She then married John Wealing, in 1866, who died the same year, eight weeks after marriage. He has 160 acres of land, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Cburch.

Town Of Jamestown

WABDEBT ANDERJ^Oiy, Jamestown; born in Shelby Co., Ky., Aug. 1, 1818, and emigrated to Jamestown, Grant Co., Wis., in 1842 ; removed to Illinois, where he resided for three years; in 1845, he removed to Wisconsin again and settled permanently. His property is in village lots ; probable value, 81,000. In politics he is a stanch Republican; was formerly a follower of the old Whig party. Public offices held by him : Town Board, Justice of the Peace, and, at present (1881 ), Postmaster. He married Sarah A. Calvert Oct. 16, 1877.

HARIION BliSHOPP, farmer; P. O. Jamestown ; born in Prussia in 1822 ; has 80 acres of land, the probable value of which is $4,000. In politics, a Democrat. He served as a soldier in Prussia. Married Theresa Vosberg ; they have five children - Joseph, Catharine, John, Barbara, Harmon.

CIJTHBERT BBADWELIi, P. 0. Fair Play; born in England on the 30th of January, 1820 ; came to America in 1830 ; remained four years in Schuylkill Co., Penn., and moved to Wisconsin in the spring of 1835, and located at Jamestown ; followed mining for some years. Owns 160 acres of land ; probable value, $8,000. Is with the Republican party in politics ; is a Protestant. Wife's maiden name, Mary Haley ; she was born in Ireland ; have five children - Winfield, James, Olive, Emma, Mary.

FRA]!)rK BBOWIV, P. 0. Fair Play ; native of Baden, Germany ; born Oct. 10, 1807 ; emigrated to Hazel Greea in 1844. In politics, a Democrat; in religion, a Catholic. Married Catherine Mans, a native of Germany; born in 1817; they have had six children - Mary A., Christena, Peter, Francis, Henry, William F. (died April 2, 1872). Peter served in the army in the 25th W. V. I., and was honorably discharged.

MICHAEL CAIiVEBT (deceased); born in England in 1810; emigrated to this country in 1831, and settled in Galena and followed mining, then removed to Fair Play, Grant Co., Wis., where he died ; since his decease the family have kept hotel ; in politics he was a Democrat ; in religion, was of the Protestant faith. Was the father of ten children - Sarah, Mary, John, Joseph, Lizzie, Maggie, Maria, William, Ned, Martha.

RANSOM B. EOIiTS, Jamestown ; was born in New York in 1843 ; occupation, mining ; in politics, he is a stanch Republican. Married Ann Thurtell, of Jamestown, Wis.; they tave two children - Edward R. and Eva May. Served in the army ; enlisted in Georgetown, in Co. I, 25th W. V. I. Are of the Protestant faith, but are not members of any denomination or sect.

BflCHOIjAS HOFFMAN, Jamestown ; is a native of Germany, born in 1841 ; immigrated here in 1852 ; his occupation is farming ; he has 21 acres of land; probable value, $1,100. Is a Republican in politics. Married Eliza Trumbull, of Batavia ; they have one child - Clara, aged 14. Served in the army three years ; enlisted in Dubuque, Iowa, in the 5th Iowa V. C.

JOHN HIER, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Fair Play ; has 125 acres of land; probable value, $5,600. His polities is Democratic ; he is of the Roman Catholic faith. Has held the offices of Assessor, term of

1862, Chairman of the Board two years (1865), Town Treasurer for four years, and has been Chairman for many years. Was born in the eounty of Wexford, Ireland, in 1830 ; immigrated with his father, four brothers and three sisters, in 1852. Married Margaret Williams ; they have four children - Ellen G., Henry P., Mary F. and Celia V. Came to Wisconsin before the days of railroads ; marketed all his produce in Galena, 111.; commenced mining and found a great quantity of lead on the Williams land ; owned one-third interest in the mine ; put engines on mines, which did not prove a paying investment.

JACOB HUHrSAKER (deceased) ; was born in Union Co., 111., May 24, 1823 ; immigrated to Wisconsin in 1847, where he engaged in mining ; he operated the mines in the town of Hazel Green known as the " Hunaaker Mines ; " afterward he engaged in farming, which he followed until the time of his death, which was caused by a team running away with him, Aug. 21, 1875. He married Matilda Palleit, a native of England; she was born in 1830, and is the mother of six children - Charles, Phebe, George, Thomas, Nellie and Albert.

FRANK KAIiSER, farmer; P. 0. Fair Play ; from the boundary line between Belgium and France ; has 200 acres of land, the probable value of which is 88,000. In politics, Democratic. He served in the army under Louis Phillippe, of France. He married Mary Widerbolt, a native of Germany ; they have four children - Joseph, Henry, Frank and Eugenie.

JOHN KEMP, farmer ; P. 0. Jamestown; has 133 acres of land, the probable value of which is 87,000 ; was born in Cornwall, Eng., in 1830; emigrated to this country in 1843; settled in Hazel Green, Wis. In politics is a Republican. His wife's maiden name was Jane Roberts, born in Cornwall, Eng. ; they have six children - Charles, John, William, Royal, Alfred, Edna. Are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

BENJAmiN KIIiBOURN, Jamestown ; native of Kentucky ; came to Galena by steamboat Feb. 25, 1828. Married Lydia Dewey ; have three children - John, Edward and Flora. In early days he followed mining as an occupation, but of later years has followed farming in connection with mining ; is the owner of 700 acres of land, the probable value of which is $25,000. In politics a Republican. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Jamestown. Mr. Kilbourn has a remarkable memory, and talks of matters which occurred fifty years ago, as though but a few years back ; remembers in the fall of 1827 and the spring of 1828 the Government levied a duty on foreign lead. The law didn't go into operation until the following June ; in the meantime, there were three cargoes of lead brought to our ports, and the consequence was that it caused a glut in the market, and lead sold that fall in Mineral Point at 85 per thousand.

REV. TIMOTHi: J. LEWIIS, Jamestown ; born in New York in 1825 ; moved to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled in Rock Co.; is a minister of the Gospel; has been a member of the West Wisconsin Conference twelve years ; stationed at Jamestown, Grant Co., Wis., in 1880 ; prior to his ministry he followed the business of carpenter and joiner. Politics, Republican. Served in the navy one year ; shipped in the navy as a common sailor, and a year in the Mississippi squadron ; was aboard the iron-clad Choctaw. Married Ellen Himebaugh, a native of Pennsylvania; have six children - Francis E., Henry B., Fred F., Mina B., Timothy G., Hattie May.

ER ANK LIN Li YSTER, cabinet-maker and undertaker, Jamestown ; was born in Illinois Nov. 5, 1828 ; be has 10^^^ acres of land ; probable value, $1,500. Public offices held by him ; Justice of the Peace for fifteen years ; Assessor seven years ; was census enumerator in 1880 ; County Supervisor, and at present (1881) is County Coroner. Married Hannah Nehimire, who was born in Germany ; they have eight children - Henry L., Frank M., Albert N., Mary C, EUie H., Fannie F., John C, Maggie E. Settled in Jamestown, Wis., in March, 1856. In politics, a Republican.

KIREN MURRAY (deceased) ; born in Kings Co., Ireland, in 1799 ; emigrated here in 1825, and was engaged at New Orleans; came to Galena, Dl., March 17, 1828, and engaged in mining; then settled on his farm in 1833 ; he has 240 acres ; the prolDable value is $12,000 ; he died in January, 1874, and was buried at Sinsinawa Mound; he was the oldest settler in this part of the country. In politics he was Democratic ; in religion, a Catholic. He married Bridget Carroll, a native of Kilkenny Co., Ireland; born Sept. 29, 1813; they have nine children - Martha, Lawrence, Nicholas, Samuel, Thomas (died in December, 1874), Kiren, Mary, Catharine, Michael (graduated and received a diploma from the St. Clara Academy at Smsinawa Mound).

PATRICK MURRAY (deceased) ; born in Kings Co., Ireland, in 1809 ; died July 8. 1877 ; in politics, a Democrat ; in religion, a Catholic. When he first settled here he followed mining with some success ; afterward engaged in farming, which has been continued by the family since his decease they have 240 acres of land, the probable value of which is $12,000. Mr. Murray married Mary Sheridan, a native of County Cavan, Ireland ; they have had eight children - William (dead), Michael, James, Catharine (dead), Sarah, Joseph, Theresa, Agnes.

E. D. PEAKE, teacher; Jamestown; was born in Hamden, Delaware Co., N. Y., July 27, 1836, and engaged during the earlier years of his life, up to 1862, in farming, lumbering and schoolteaching ; circumstances prevented his enlisting at the outbreak of the rebellion, but he soon afterward followed the strong inclination of his mind, and entered the Quartermaster's Department, going to Florida as a lumberman, where he remained from August, 1864, to June, 1865 ; he was at Jacksonville, when many Union soldiers entered that prison-pen, and the Abolition sentiments entertained by him were heightened by the brutality shown at that place ; soon after returning North from Florida, Mr. Peake taught school in Anawan, 111., and in the summer of 1866, came to Jamestown, where he has since resided ; has held the oflSce of Justice of the Peace, but is no office-seeker.-^ Was married, June 1, 1871, to Miss Martha E. Judd, of Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y.; they have no children ; is Republican in politics.

DR. AKCH SAMPSON, Fair Play; born in Fairfax, Vt., May 16, 1818; attended Burlington University, Vermont, graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in 1843 ; immigrated to Fair Play, Grant Co., Wis., in the fall of 1845, and commenced practicing medicine; his property is in village lots, the probable value of which is $1,000. In politics, a Republican ; was formerly a follower of the old Whig party ; in religion, is of the Protestant faith ; public offices held by him are Justice of the Peace, Town Superintendent, and at present (1881) Postmaster at Fair Play. Married Sophronia Gibbs, a native of Jericho, Vt.; is the father of three children - Emma, Charles, Florence; one son deceased - Charles.

EDWARD WARD, Jamestown; was born in Cornwall, England in 1826; follows farming as an occupation ; has 145 acres of land, probable value, $7,500. In politics, a Republican. Married Mary Symons, a native of Cornwall, England ; have two children - Elizabeth A. and James ; are of the Protestant faith, but are not members of any particular denomination.

JOSEPH WEBER, Jamestown; born in Prussia May 6, 1819; emigrated herein 1846;' settled in Galena for six years, and then removed to Jamestown, where he settled permanently ; he engaged in mining, and afterward began farming ; probable value of farm, $5,000. Politics, Democratic; is a Catholic. Married Catharine KuUe, who was born in Prussia April 2, 1821 ; was married in Prussia in 1843; they have eight children - Martha, born Sept. 29, 1843; Anton, July 13, 1845 ; Joseph, Sept. 20, 1847 ; Henry, Jan. 14, 1850 ; Fuldine, March 17, 1851 ; Joecheim, Nov. 12, 1854; Ceewille, Feb. 14, 1859 ; Catharine, May 16, 1861.

Town Of Paris

PETER CASPAR, farmer; P. 0. Jamestown ; son of Peter Joseph and Ann Clara Caspar; was born near Coblentz, Prussia, July 8, 1829. His father came with his family in June, 1842, to the United States, and settled in Milwaukee. Here his father died in August, 1850. The mother moved to Smelser in 1857. Peter remained at home until 1853, when he commenced business for himself. He was married, July 15. 1853, to Miss Maria C. Messersmith, of Jamestown. They have nine children - Elizabeth, now Mrs. Bonn, living in Smelser ; Catharine, now Mrs. Keier, in Beetown ; Peter at home ; Anna C.. now Mrs. Hafner, in Jamestown ; Josephine, now Mrs. Pickel, in Smelser ; Margaret at home ; Andrew at home ; Ferdinand at home and John at home. Mr. Caspar has been Chairman of the Town Board of Paris, and member of the County Board since 1867, and still holds the office. He was County Commissioner under the Commissioner system of county government. In 1869, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and successively since. He has been Clerk of School Board tor the past twenty-five years. He is a member of Wana Lodge, No. 4, A., F. & A. M., and of Hoffmung German Lodge at Lancaster of I. 0. 0. P. He is a Republican in politics.

CYRUS A. HORNBEEK, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Dickeyville ; son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Mitts) Hornbeek ; was born in Carroll Co., Ind., Feb. 28, 1842. His father moved to Paris, Wis., in 1844, and bought a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 21, Town 2, Range 2 west, where he still resides. Cyrus enlisted in Co. I, 25th W. V. I., Aug. 6, 1862 ; served through the war, and received his discharge June 7, 1865. He was in the Army of the Tennessee. He was married, Feb. 1, 1870, to Miss Mary Shinoe, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Preston) Shinoe, of Paris, Wis. They have four children - Melvin,

Albert, Orville and George. His farm contains 210 acres. He also owns the ferry across the Platte River. Mr. H. has held the office of Town Assessor, also that of Constable for several terms.

MORGAN VANMETEB HORNBEEK, farmer; P. O. DickeyviUe; was born near Delphi, Ind. His father and mother moved to Paris, Wis., in 1844, and are still living on the old homestead. They were married Feb. 14, 1833, and have six children living - Sarah, now Mrs. Beckett, living in DickeyviUe ; Morgan V., Cyrus A., Martha J., now Mrs. Smith, living in Dakota ; Mary Elizabeth with her parents ; Cynthia, now Mrs. Williams, living in Georgetown, Wis. Morgan V. enlisted 6th of August, 1862, in Co. I, 25th W. V. I., in company with his brother, Cyrus A. ; served through the war; was discharged June 7, 1865. He was married to Miss Margaret Smith, daughter of Maxime Smith, Oct 17, 1869. They have three children - Cass Elmi, Arthur B. and Leone V. His farm of 70 acres is on the northeast quarter of Sec. 21, Town 2, Range 2. He is Clerk of the town of Paris, and a Trustee of the Union Church. He has been Town Supervisor and District Clerk several years.

THOMAS LONOBOTHAM, farmer ; P. O. DickeyviUe ; son of Elijah and Rebecca Longbotham ; was born in the Parish of Ripon, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, May 13, 1807. Was married in 1840, to Miss Hannah Wreakes ; she was born at PeLworth, near London ; they came to the United States in 1841, and settled in Rigsby Hollow, Potosi; here he followed smelting about two years; then moved to the Menomonee Diggings and mined for about three years ; then, in October, 1846, entered three forties and commenced farming, where he still resides. He now owns about 770 acres in the town of Paris ; the homestead is on Sec. 22, Town 2, Range 2 west. Mrs. L. died July 27, 1880, leaving six children living - William, now living in Thomasville, Neb ; Elijah and Thomas, now living in Rockford, Iowa; Rebecca A., John and George, at home. Mr. Longbotham has been Clerk of the Town of Paris about twenty-three years in succession, and member of the School Board many years.

FREDERICK MARING, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. DickeyviUe ; son of Caspar Ortes and Margaret Maring, was born in Burch, Ewrach, Bavaria, Aug. 10, 1807 ; he came to the United States in 1841, and lived in Pennsylvania one year ; then to Galena, ID., where they remained a year ; then to Hazel Green, where they lived thirteen years, and followed mining three years ; then engaged in farming, etc.; in 1856, settled in Paris on Sec. 21 , where he now resides and owns 163 acres. He was married in Pennsylvania in the spring of 1842 ; has ten children living - the eldest, Pestus, is at home; he enlisted in Co. I, 25th W. V. I., Aug. 6, 1862; served through the war and was discharged June 7, 1865 ; he is a member of the Town Board, and a member of the fraternity of Odd Fellows ; Louisa, now Mrs. Wackershauser, in Paris, Wis.; Catharine, now Mrs. Montag, residing in Iowa; Magdalena, now Mrs. Hoffmeister, in Potosi, Wis.; William, DickeyviUe ; Mary, now Mrs. Schneider, in Wausau, Wis.; Mitchell and Friederick, at home ; Barbara, now Mrs. Schmeltz, in Dubuque, Iowa ; Leone, at home.

MICHAEIi MONTAG, farmer. Sec. 27 ; P. 0. DickeyviUe ; owns 185 acres ; son of Henry and Martha Elizabeth Montag ; was born in Katharinenberg, Saxony, Prussia, April 10, 1846; his father was born in the same place, and his mother at Eisstrut, Saxony ; she died in August, 1 870, aged 46 years ; his father moved to the United States and settled on Sec. 27, Town 2, Range 2 west, where Michael now lives. He was married Jan. 9, 1871, to Miss Catharine Brant, daughter of Andrew and Victoria Brant, of Jamestown ; they have five children - Henry, Justin, Charles, Dorothea and Andrew. He is a School Director, a Republican and a Catholic. His father was Burgomaster of his native village in Germany, and, after he moved to Wisconsin, he was elected, in 1867, Justice of the Peace ; he is still living in DickeyviUe ; he was the second German who settled in the town of Paris ; a zealous Catholic, he helped to build the St. Mary's German Catholic Church at Jamestown, and afterward the " Holy Ghost " Chapel, German Catholic Church, at DickeyviUe.

ANDREW SCHMITT, merchant and farmer; P. 0. DickeyviUe; son of Michael and Margaret Schmitt; was born in the viUage of Zeuthern, Baden, Germany, Jan. 25, 1832; he came to the United States in September, 1852, landing at New York; thence he went to Newark, N. J., where he worked as a clerk in a store ; the next year, he visited a sister in St. Louis ; from there went to Menomonee, Dunn Co., and worked for Knapp, Stout & Co., at lumbering and in their store ; remained with them until the spring of 1857, when he came to Dunleith and commenced business for himself as a merchant ; the same year he started a branch store in Jamestown, and. in 1860, he opened another branch in DickeyviUe ; soon afterward, he moved to DickeyvUle and discontinued his other two stores, and is still engaged in general merchandise ; he built the hotel in DickeyviUe, and owned it for many years ; he is also engaged in farming, and owns about 600 acres ; has a fine vineyard ; deals in stock, and has a fire insurance agency. He has been Notary Public and Postmaster in DickeyviUe since 1861; was elected Justice of the Peace the same year ; Chairman of the Board for the town of Paris in 1862-64 ; Town Treasurer in

1865, and successively ever since to the same oflSce. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also an Odd Fellow. Is a Republican in politics; in religion, a Catholic. He was married June 11, 1856, in Menomonee, to Miss Christina Scheppele, from Baden, Germany; they had four children - Louisa, now Mrs. May, of Jamestown, born June 11, 1858 ; John A., born May 28, 1860 ; Rosa, born Jan. 8, 1868 ; Christian P., born Feb. 12, 1870 ; having lost his wife in 1872, he was married July 13, 1874, to Miss Elizabeth Schmeltz ; they have two children - Barbara, born Sept. 22, 1875, and Joseph George, born Feb. 22, 1880. His mother, at that time a widow, came in 1854 with the rest of her family, and settled in St. Louis, where she died Sept. 11, 1857. His brother, Maximilian, resides in St. Louis, and carries on a manufactory for plows and also a carriage factory; his sister Katharina (Mrs. Gaus), also lives in St. Louis, and owns several large business blocks, also the Iron Mountain Hotel. His sister Josephine (Mrs. Kastner) resides in St. Genevieve, Mo.

SAL.Z1IA1VN, farmer. Sec. 25; P. 0. Dickeyville; owns 160 acres of land; son of Adam and Anna Salzmano ; was born in Gusladen, Prussia, Nov. 18, 1815 ; he came to the United States in 1849 ; settled first in Ohio near Cincinnati; lived there about two years; went to Kentucky, near Covington, where he remained about five years ; thence to Galena, 111., three years ; thence to Dickeyville, where he lived on a rented farm for four years ; then on Sec. 36, town of Paris, three years ; then, in 1866, he bought the place where he lived until the 29th of July, 1877, when he died suddenly in the field while at work. He was married Feb. 2, 1843, to Miss Theresa Junemann, daughter of Martin and Theresa (Hartung") Junemann, of his native place ; she siill resides on the homestead in Paris ; they had eight children, six of whom are living - Anna, now Mrs. Jentz, living in Hazel Green, Wis.; EUzabeth, now Mrs. Ginter, living in Conception, Mo.; Barbara, now Mrs Weagel, living in Benton, Mo.; Caspar, living at Ishpeming, Mich.; Henry J., at home ; Frank, at Corwith, Iowa. Mr. Salzmann was a member of the Holy Ghost Chapel, German Catholic Church, at Dickeyville.

JOSIAH. WIIjLjEY, farmer; P. 0. Jamestown ; son of Henry and Grace Willey ; was born in the parish of Mullion, Cornwall, England, Aug. 18, 1819 ; he has a sister (Mrs. E. Dewing) residing at Lancaster, and four brothers - Richard, residing at Little Grant ; James, in Richland Co.; Edwin and Thomas, in Carroll Co., Iowa. Mr. Willey came to the United States in 1845, and settled near Benton, Wis ; he moved to the town of Paris in 1858 ; he owns in all 187 acres in Sees. 25, 26 and 35, valued at 810,000. He was married in 1849, to Miss Christiana Thomas, of the parish of Mullion, England ; she was born Dec. 25, 1825 ; they have seven children - Grace T.; Charlotte I., now Mrs. Bedford ; John H., living in Carroll City, Iowa; Addie E., now Mrs. Cundy, living in Colorado ; Abram N., Josiah R. and Mary E., at home.

Town Of Waterloo

GEORCjtE K. CURTIS, farmer and carpenter; P. 0. Burton; born in Torrington, Litchfield Co., Conn.; son of Loren and Phebe (Pritchard) Curtis; came to Harrison in 1863, and to Burton in 1869. July 7, 1866, married by Loren Wade, to Harriet, daughter of David and Catharine (Klindeings) Burkholder; has three children - -Eldora, Daniel E., Rosa E. Enlisted February, 1865, in Co. G,47th W. V. I., and was out nine months. Is at present in charge of the United Brethren Church, at Pleasant Grove, seven miles east of Darlington, which has thirty-two members ; was licensed by Platte River Mission Conference December, 1879. His mother was a descendant of Hotchkiss, who came over in the Mayflower. His father was of French descent (Curtis) of Canada.

DAYID DODCirE, lumberman, Lancaster; born in Erie Co., N. Y., May 29, 1848; son of Daniel and Mary (Harwood) Dodge. Married April 25, 1872, by Noble Johnson, of Delaware Co., Iowa, to Jennie, daughter of C. V. Steers ; she was born March 7, 1853 ; have two children - Willis C, born July 15, 1873; Frank L., Oct. 5, 1877. Mr. D enlisted in Co. B, 1st U. S. A., and served one year. Is a Republican and a First-Day Adventist. Was four years lumbering in Iowa, and is now erecting his mill on Sec. 2, in Waterloo ; has 30 horse-power and a 56-inoh saw ; cuts 5,000 feet in twelve hours, with five men.

JOSEPH DOLiL, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Burton; 352 acres; born April 1, 1820, at York, Penn.; son of Joseph and Susan (Hoar) Doll; came to Grant Co. in 1854. and soon after to Waterloo (now Burton), where he worked at his trade (cooper) three years. Married Oct. 22, 1843, in Knox Co., Ohio, by Rev. William Maynard, to Mary Ann, daughter of Nathan and Penelope (Worman) Head, who was born Aug. 20, 1820. Had eleven children - Jones A., born Jan. 27, 1846, married Jennie Hallaway, now in Kansas ; Mary Jane, born Dec. 26, 1848, wife of Frank P. Mink, has four children living ; Oliver, born Sept. 24, 1849, married Theresa Oakleaf, has five children ; Sarah Alice, born Dec. 14, 1851, wife of George Potts ; Amanda E., born Sept. 5, 1853, wife of John H. Hunt, of Burlingame, Kan., had four children, one living - Mjrtie; Henry T., born Nov. 16, 1857, married Minnie Elwell ; William B., torn Aug 9, 1859: Charles E., born Jan. 4, 1863; and an adopted daughter, Lou, born Jan. 23, 1865, been with them five years; Margaret Ann, born July 29, 1844, and died March 11, 1853; Thomas R., born Nov. 6, 1855, died Jan. 11, 1858 ; John W., born Jan. 27, 1868, died May 11, 1868. Mr. Doll is a "Congregational" Democrat, and has held office several years in his town. In 1880, the steamer Penguin, Henry Specht, proprietor; John Specht, Captain; Henry Specht, Engineer, ran up the Grant River fifteen miles, and took wood and supplies, cum, etc., from Mr. Doll's barnyard. He states that in 1857, the snow covered the stocks of corn, and was seven feet deep on the level, also that hay sold in Dubuque at 8120 per ton, and that his brother chased a deer from the yard, and caught and killed it fifter a short race, the deer being unable to run in the snow. Mrs. Doll's parents left Maryland when she was 3 years old, and settled in Hampshire Co., Va.; she left there at 15 years of age, and to Ohio, where she remained until her marriage. The maternal grandfather and grandmother of Mrs. Doll were of English and German descent. Her mother died about four years ago, aged 82 years ; the father is living at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, aged 80 years, Jan. 29, 1881. The m'other of Mr. Doll was 83 years of age when she died, fourteen years ago.

J A]fIE$i$ li. GBAUAin, blacksmith ; P. 0. Burton ; born March 27, 1837, in Virginia ; son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Deigh) Graham ; came to Grant Co. in 1860 ; at Big Patch two years. On July 4, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 20th W. V. I., and was out three years. Married Aug. 13, 1866, by B. P. Mayne, of Platteville, to Mary E., daughter of Pliny and Rosanna (Bulson) Holmes, born June 13, 1848 ; they have no children. In 1855, Mr. Graham struck a lead one mile south of Fair Play, and sold one- fourth interest for $4,000 ; his partners - Cook, Kincade and Mace - are all dead ; Mace became a prominent man and resided at Dubuque, where he died a year ago.

GEORGE S. JOHIVSON, merchant, Burton ; has 500 acres of land in Sec. 22 ; was born Deo. 26, 1833, at Lockport, N. Y.; son of Lorenzo and Arminda (Griffin) Johnson, of Rhode Island and New York. He was married April 22, 1855, by Father Schrouenbach, of St. Andrew's, to Ann, daughter Patrick Brady; they have had eight children - Arminda, born March 8, 1856; James A., born Aug. 3, 1858, married Nettie Dixon, of Beetown ; George E., born July 16, 1866 ; Eliza Jane, born Sept. 3, 1863, died Aug. 1, 1864 ; twin boys, born Jan. 16, 1869 ; one died at birth, and Charlie died Aug. 23, 1869; one girl, born March 23, 1873, died at birth; Mary Ann, born July 18, 1860. was crushed to death in a cane-mill, Oct 3, 1876 ; she was assisting about the mill and her clothing caught in the machinery, the arm and shoulder being torn off, leaving the heart and lungs visible ; other portions of the body were horribly mangled and ground with the clothing, so that it took an hour to gather up and remove the remains from the machine ; she was a remarkably active, inielligent girl, and beloved by all. Mr. Johnson started in the mercantile line in 1878 ; he has a general stock of dry goods, stationery, groceries, hardware, boots and shoes, drugs and medicines, cigars and tobacco, glass, crockery, paints and oils, cutlery, etc.; he is located two miles above Burton on the Grant River, and is rapidly absorbing the trade of the town and the surrounding country ; he is a live man, and people know it. He states that the steamer Waterloo, -of Waterloo, twenty-five tons burthen, was launched in 1852, Capt. A. S. Cash proprietor, and was afterward taken to New Orleans, and finally to Panama; the scene was witnessed by 1,000 people, who had a dance in the evening, and a fine flag of forty feet was presented by the ladies present.

CIlABIiEI$$ F. XE WM AN, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Lancaster ; owns 80 acres of land ; born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1849 ; son of Richard L. and Rachel (Haskell) Newman ; came to Grant Co.twentyfour years ago ; has owned and run two threshers. Was married Feb. -2, 1880, by Andrew Walker, to Adaline, daughter of Widow Keen; she was born Feb. 1, 1844, and has five children by her first husband, Horace Albee, of Great Bend, Penn., who died in 1878 - Roby, Nellie, John A., Laura and Amy. Mr. Newman was Constable two years.

AIjOIVZO oaks, wagon-maker, Burton ; was born at Rockdale, Dubuque Co., Iowa, July 24, 1849; son of William and Mary (Head) Oaks; came to this county and started a wagon-shop in 1879. He was married Sept. 3, 1876, by Hiram Gilmore, to Jane K., daughter of Joseph K. and Isabel (Clark) Quick ; they have had three children - Harvey Ray, born Aug, 23, 1877, died Sept. 8, 1877 ; Bertha, born Dec. 5, 1878 ; Amos Jerome, born Dec. 21, 1880. Mr. Oaks has been Town Clerk four years.

HUBERT SCHUEIiTEB, shoemaker; P. 0. Burton ; was born Jan. 21, 1847, in Prussia - son of Mathias and G-erthrude Schuelter ; came here in 1854, and ifbllowed farming until his enlistment, in October, 1863, in Co. A, Ist W. V. C; served two years ; assisted in the capture of Jeff Davis, and received $317 of the reward. He was married Dec, 31, 1869, to Florence, daughter of Emerson and Mary (DrouUard) Chapman; they have had five children - Anna, born Nov. 28, 1869, died Dec. 5, 1872 ; Henry, born Jan. 6, 1871, died at 1 year of age; Lena, born Jan. 26, 1874; Anna B., born Jan. 8, 1877 ; Henry A., born Aug. 5, 1879. In politics, Kepublican ; in religion, Catholic. He has been Constable four years. Assisted in organizing the Good Templars Lodge.

WILLIAM B. SLOCUM, farmer. See. 11; P. 0. Lancaster; was born Sept. 2, 1822, in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; son of of Job and Lydia (Bolt) Slocum, of Vermont; came to G-rant Co. in 1843 ; after a, short residence at Cassville, came to Waterloo and ran a cabinet-shop three years ; from there to a farm in Bloomington ; thence to Rice Co., Minn., and returned to Bloomington, and to his present location in 1868 ; his father died in 1860, aged 74, and his mother in February, 1880, 90 years of age. He was married Nov. 28, 1849, by Elder Chapin (Baptist), to Sarah Jane, daughter of Abner and Emma (Green) Beardsley ; they have six children - Charles H., born Sept. 12, 1850, who married Sarah Harper, of Orient, Iowa ; they have two children - Walter and Jennie; Alice E., born July 26, 1852, wife of E. N. Faocher, lumber dealer of Iowa ; they have two children - Mabel and an infant; Grace L., born March 13, 1854, teaching school in District No. 2, Potosi; Clara L., born July 26, 1856 ; Wilfried J., born .Tuly 3, 1858 ; Mary E., born Dec. 8, 1865. Mr. S. is a Republican and a Congregationalist. He has been several years Town Clerk, Chairman and Justice of the Peace. Owns 170 acres of land.

Town Of Harrison

BENJAMIIV A. GRAVES, Sec. 2; P. 0. Platteville ; born in Mercer Co., Penn., Dec. u' 1825. Married Miss Lurancy Ray July 25, 1845 ; she was born Feb. 14, 1828, in Trumbull Co., Ohio. In 1848, they came to Wisconsin, where Mr. Graves began as a teamster in this town ; heafterward rented farms for a number of years until enough was earned and saved for the purchase of a farm of his own in 1858. This farm he sold to a brother in 1875 ; he then bought his present 107-acre farm of George Mc- Fall. Mr. Graves is a member of the U. B. Church, and a Republican ; has been Constable, etc. During the last eight months of the rebellion, he served as one of the 44th W. V. I. Have eight children - George, Roswell, Mary A., Arnold, Martha, Lulu, Lurinda and Hattie ; they lost two - Joab, aged 6, and Lorenzo, aged 2.

OBED KING JONES, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Platteville ; born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 17, 1833 ; son of Chauncy and Elizabeth (Brown) Jones ; has 240 acres on which or part of which his father settled in 1840. His wife was Miss Susie, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth Janney, of Washington Co., Mo.; they have two children - Nellie and Frank. Mr. Jones has two children - De Forrest and Lottie, by a former marriage. He is a Republican, and belongs to the M. E. Church. In the spring of 1877, he began the manufacture of cheese, and, in the spring of 1880, built the only cheese factory in his town. Chauncy Jones came from Hancock Co., 111., to Harrison in the summer of 1837 ; he was accompanied by a cousin, Obed King, and they built a small log cabin near where 0. S. Jones now lives. Mr. Jones was by trade a stone-mason, and was one of the workmen on the old Platteville M. E. Church. Mr. King settled permanently in the town in the fall of 1837, and Mr. Jones in March, 1840 ; Chauncy Jones, Sr., grandfather of 0. S. and 0. K., came in 1839, and located on Sec. 12, in Harrison. Mr. King met a tragic death in June, 1840, being killed by the falling of a tub full of rocks while in the bottom of an unfinished well. 0. S. Jones was Chairman of Harrison in 1879 ; was Town Superintendent of Schools many years, and is an old-time teacher in the town.

J. W. KAUMP, Sr., Sec. 13; P. 0. Platteville ; born in the village of Wehrendorf, Hanover, in November, 1811 ; came to America in 1833 ; landed at New Orleans, and came from there up the Mississippi to Grant Co.; engaged in mining at Big Patch until the fall of 1836, when his brother, A. H., and himself, settled near where he now lives, entering the same land which they have cleared and improved, and now own. Until his marriage, they kept bachelor's hall, and bj the division, J. W. came into possession of 240 acres. He married, Sept. 27, 1837, Phoebe Flynn, who was born in February, 1822, in Posey Co., Ind.; she came to Grant Co., in 1835 ; they have had fourteen children, eight of whom are still living -

Town Of Mount Ida

William A., Mary E., Catherine F., Elizabeth A., Eliza J., Louis S., Emanuel A. and Alfred S. All were born on the home farm, the eldest in the log cabin of the " bachelor brothers." The Kaump Brothers are now the veteran settlers of Harrison. In 1863 and 1864, J. W. Kaump was one of the County Commissioners. He has also been Chairman of his town many years ; also Treasurer and Assessor. Henry Utt and himself named the town of Harrison in honor of the victor of Tippecanoe.

A. H. KAUMP, Sec. 14; P. 0. Platteville ; was born in the village of Wehrendorf, Hanover; in November, 1815 ; came to America in the spring of 1835, arriving in the fall of the same year at the Big Patch Diggings ; engaged in mining here with his brother, J. W., until the fall of 1876, when they entered the land now constituting their respective farms ; the land was heavily timbered, and the entire vicinity a forest. Only John Shipley, Abraham Wavers and perhaps one or two others preceded them as settlers in this town, of which the Kaump Brothers are now the veteran pioneers. A. H. Kaump married Napcy Utt, by whom he has five children - John W., Henry H., Mary J., Ruth A. and Emma L.; all born on the Harrison homestead. Mr. Kaump is a Methodist and a Bepublican.

JA1IE$$ L.IKEXS, Sec. 17; P. 0. RockviUe; born Jan, 10, 1812, in Washington Co., Va.; his parents, John and Margaret (Davis) Likens, removed to Wythe Co., Va.; here he was reared as a farmer. During three years of his young manhood, he followed flat-boating on the Western rivers. From Vincennes, Ind., he went to Isle No. 100 on the Mississippi ; thence to Galena, 111., where he spent the winter of 1831-32 ; his next location was Dodgeville, Wis., where he followed mining six years. In 1840, he located near RockviUe, and, in 1846, settled on his present farm. He married Artilla Crocker in 1839 ; she was born near the Kanhawa Salt Works, Virginia, and came to Wisconsin in 1835 ; they had ten children - William W., George W., Sarah J., John, James, Benjamin F., Samuel, Artilla, Josephine and Emma ; all were born in Grant Co.; the three eldest sons were in the Union service during the rebellion, the eldest, William W., serving as Captain of Co. H, 43d W. V. I.; George W. was a Sergeant in the same company, he died Nov. 20, 1864, at Johnsoaville, Tenn. John Likens, after the war, graduated at the University of Wisconsin, only to be cut down by the merciless sickle of death in December, 1873. James Likens is one of the genuine old settlers of Harrison and the State. He is in politics a Republican, and has held various town offices. His eldest son is now an attorney at law in Harvard, Neb.