Rochester Village (part 4 of 4)

The privates were : Thomas G. Button, George Bristol, Abraham Bent, H. E. Benedict, E. Benedict, P. K. Corbitt, Joseph and W. S. Carpenter, S. Cropley, James Charlesworth, G. Campbell, John Dunner, Moigan Davis, Henry Darling, James Dowse, died at Memphis, cember 19, 1863; R. M. Fellows, C. M. Fogg, ^ied at Eastport, January 17, 1865; J. W. ller, died on hospital boat, April 10, 1864; Ralph Cruber, J. G. Gardner, C. F. Groat, died in Wisconsin, August 29, 1863; H. C. Harrington, died at Eastport, January 31, 1865; John Healey, Geriford Knopker, died at St. Louis, July y, 1863 ; Charles Kleinert, Oscar Lambert, H. B. Lock, J. R. Loomis, died at Memphis. October 16, 1863 ; J. McOlaskey, J. W. Musbock, M. Mulrowney, Edward Matteson, William Neff, died at Andersonville, October 5, 1864, C. L. Newman, T. L. Newell, V. Plate, W. I. Pierce, F. W. Plummer, Orrin Farrington, C. Powderly, H. A. Russell, Daniel Reynolds,i John Richtor, A. A. Schoonmaker, H. P. Smith, A. J. Samis. died at Racine, June 26, 1863; W. H. Stout, died at La Grange, January 14, 1863; W. H. Smith, William Stephenson, died at St. Louis, August 1, 1863; D. B. Stowe, died at St. Louis, December 7, 1863 ; J. T. Sonies, C. W. Stetson, BenjamiA Selby, Jay Tymeson, F. Vanderbeck, T. G. Vincent, died at Moscow, March 4, 1863 ; J. A. Head, William Wells, died at Kenosha, May 21, 1865 ; G. L. White and Anthony Wilson.

The Thirty-ninth Regiment was organized under the call for volunteers for 100 days. The regiment mustered at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, and left the State for Memphis on the 18(th of June, 1864. At that point, it went into camp on the Hernando road, and was principally engaged in guard duty in that vicinity. The only engagement of note, in which it participated, was in resisting the dash of Gen. Forrest into Memphis, which occurred at daylight on the morning of August 21, and was attended with no loss.

Company G of the regiment was raised chiefly in Kenosha County, and went into camp with the following roster: Robert Graham, Captain; J. V. Quarles and Horace A. Gaylord, Lieutenants; A. Aums, John Bentz, E. C. Bently, Lewis Brachel, Frank Boin, Cornelius BuUer, W. Bassenger, Edward Baldwin, 0. J. Benedict, E. M. Buswell, 0. E. Bishop, L. A. Bisby, F. Bellingham, James G. Buddie, J. H. Bailey, N. D. Bailey, W. Cook. Ira Cook, H. Campbell. P. Carey, Sr., P. Carey, Jr., C. H. Curtis, C. F. Coonley, Calvin R. Cobb, C. W. Dimick, Henry Downey, M. E. Derbyshire, E. H. Durkee, C. R. Doming, William Emnetl, Edward Eddington, C. H. Foggett, Sereno Fisk, Jr., J. H. Fink, John Fuzsard. William Gardner, L. H. Hugunin, M. M. Hale, Charles Heller, T. A. Healey, E. G. Johnson. Thomas Jordan, John Jones, D. F. Kennev, F. H. Lyman. R. Leston, Leonard Lee, D. Lester, Q. D. Mowry, P. F. Mills, J. C. Mitchell, C D. McNiel, G. McNiel, R. S. Nellis, Jr., John Neep, A. I. Owen, L. L. Owen, M. M. Orvis, L. A. Pease, H. W. Phillips, Joseph Riggs. W. T. Reeve, A. Smith, J. S. Windells, George Secov, W. B. Slocum, F. H. Shepherd. F. A. Stebbins, J. B. Treadwell, R. N. Tappan, J. H. Talcott, 0. W. Tavlor, E. Tremlett, N. S. Wright, J. H. Washer, M. Wilkins, J. Volmer, M. D. Wright, B. Whitman and J. H. Winsor. The regiment was mustered out of service at Milwaukee, September 22, 1864.

The Forty-third Regiment entered the service under the call of July 18, 1864, say the records, and rendezvoused at Milwaukee. After a service of two years in Tennessee and Illi - inois, the regiment returned to Madison and was mustered out. Company G was made up o recruits from all parts of the First District, including the following from Kenosha: P. Her - man, A. Sohnly, Patrick Hopsley, Edwin Mann, William Guenther, A. Baker, William Ozann. Edward Mvnck, Peter Fetter and M. Nolan, which are all that could be obtained from authentic sources.

Recruiting for the First Cavalry was begun June 30, 1861, and thus a "splendid body o men " rendezvoused at Ripon. Rut that point being deemed unsuitable for winter quarters, m change of base was effected to Kenosha, and a camp established on ground south of the cemeterv-

Two or more companies were in part enlisted in Kenosha County, but in the absence of tbt^ records, an imperfect list of the recruits there obtained can be furnished the reader. Tht? , regiment was mustered into service March 10, 18G2 : and on the 17th of September following, started to St. Louis, where the men were (piartered at Benton Barracks. Soon after, it wa:3 ordered to Cape Girardeau: and, until 1863. was engaged in suppressing the rebellion in Missouri and Arkansas. While in the latter State, on the morning of August 2, 1862, the Rev. George W. Dunmore, Chaplain of the regiment, was killed.' He was minister of the Congregational Church at Kenosha, at the breaking out of the war, but resigned his pastorate to enter the service.

On Jane 18, 1863, the regiment was ordered to Tennessee, where it became a prominent Feature of the First Division,- Second Brigade Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland. It took part in the battles of Shelbyville, Chickamauga, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw, Plantersf ille. West Point, the siege of Atlanta and the capture of Davis - the fleeing " President of the Confederate States ** - and everywhere contributed, in a marked degree, to add luster to the profession of arms and the State of Wisconsin.

Squadron M was enlisted under Capt. Connatty, a teacher in the Kenosha public schools, issisted by George W. Barter and John A. Owen. The roster of privates, nearly, if not all. from Kenosha County, is as follows: A. T. Robinson, Edward M. Cooley, died at Patterson November 13, 1862 ; T. W. Brown, J. Henderson, R. L. Phillips, G. G. Gray, G. W. Barter, L. Locken, 0. E. Waters, H. G. Hubbard, L. Phillips, H. T. Wakefield, J. C. Whitney, A. J. Hodge, J. Smith, Jr., R. M. Judd, T. Funston, E. R. Shepard, G. H. King, H. B. Butts, W. B. Young, C. Valier, L. Paxon, Philip Warren, H. Dwelle, C. W. Mulvey, J. K. Doming, M. A. Loll, 0. H. La Grange, J. A. Owen, J. Hager, E. A. McKenzie, John Ogden, D. Gunn, W, J. Goodrich, P. Winters, died at Anderson ville^ May 5, 1864; L. Davis, A. C. Parks, J. E. Lathrop, F. Sharl, A. Sargent, W. Wolf, J. A. Healey, D. Rogers, A. J. Barter, M. S. Warren, died at Helena, September 17, 1862, G. H. Lawrence,.T. B. Roberts, D. P. Church, I. J. Connatty, E. D. Taylor, drowned at Chickasaw, Ala., March 5, 1865; Julius Baum, John Casridy, C. D. Hooker, T. L. Carpenter and H. C. Esselstyn.

In addition to Company M, Companies A and F were furnished with recruits from Kenosha County, and commanded by citizens of Kenosha City ; Company A being led bv Capt. Thomas H. Mars, Lieut. Levi Howland (who served in the first regiment, under the call for 75,000 men), ilso Sergt. H. S. Curtis; and Company F, by Capt. John Hyde, supported by Lieut. G. H. N^ichols and Sergt. W. Thomas. The roster of privates of both companies has been destroyed.

Of the artillery branch of the service, the Seventh Battery was liberally represented from Kenosha County. Among them was Sergeant J. H. Bridgraan, who enjoys the honorable distinction of being the first man in Wisconsin who enlisted in the volunteers from that State. The battery was mustered in at Milwaukee in August, 1861, or ordered and St. Louis, where it ^as quartered at Benton Barracks. After remaining there for two weeks, the command was )rdered to Cairo, and from that point into active service, engaging in the " skirmish '' at Bird's Point and the campaign which began at New Madrid and concluded with the capture of Island JIo. 10. After the reduction of that stronghold, the battalion accompanied Grant to Vicksburg, mgaged in protecting the rear of his command until the evacuation of the city on the hill by Peraberton. It was then returned to Memphis and occupied Forrest's attention in the vicinity )f the city almost constantly, being attached to the Sixteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee, vith which it remained until the peace at Appomattox Court House absolved the army from iirther service.

The following is the roster of recruits from Kenosha County : J. H. Bridgman, M. D. Smst, John Grates, Albert Crandall, Joseph Hoffman, Edward White, James McBride, Lydon A. Briggs, Henry Christman and Alva Schwartz. ,

A portion of Company K of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery was enlisted at Kenosha iud mustered into service in September, 1864, at Madison. The company officers were W. H. fennings. Captain ; Isaac U. Jennings, Charles Law, James Mack and Joseph E. O'Neill, [iieutenants. The regiment was moved to Alexandria immediately upon being "sworn in," irhere it was assigned to the army corps ; division brigade engaged in protecting the defenses of W^ashington. During its term of service, Company K occupied Ft. Lyon and suffered no loss )y death. The following is a list of members who volunteered from Kenosha County : P. 3auber, N. P. Fox, F. W. Beckmann, D. Harles, Arthur Ames, Francis S. Borchardt, John Wagner, Henry Thurn, Elisha Stonebraker, William Toes, James Moran, Michael Glass, B. CoyKendall, Frederick Sanders, A. J. Stover and E. Carpenter. Lieut. John E. Henry died since the war.

In addition to responding to the calls of the authorities for troops, Kenosha furnished the following soldiers to the quota of other States : William Shepherd, Walter Stebbins, Charles Dana, Horace Baldwin, R. I. Blish, Louis Martin, George Newberry, H. Clark and T. Aspinwall to Battery B, Chicago Light Artillery ; H. W. McDonald, Northwestern Cavalry ; Dennis Hines, Lieutenant Company A, Fremont Rangers ; Frank Holderness, J. G. Northway and John Silsbee to the Nineteenth New York Artillery. Also, William Nelson, Ship's Corporal ; Charles Briggs, Landsman, and Frank B. Morehouse, seaman, on board the United States steamer Carondelet ; J. Fuller and M. Neill, seamen on board flag-ship Black Hawk, and Marc Ehle, seaman, but to which ship attached is unknown.

The draft was enforced in Kenosha County during the war, once on November 10, 1862, when there were 8 drawn from Kenosha ; 21 from Somers ; 23 from Pleasant Prairie ; 26 from Bristol ; 33 from Paris ; 34 from Brighton ; 18 from Randall, and 14 from Salem ; again, September 17, 1874, with the following prizes : Twenty-three to Randall ; 20 each to Pleasant Prairie and Wheatland ; 5 to Paris; 4 each to Bristol and Salem, and 3 to Somers.

The following soldiers arfe buried in the cemeteries of Kenosha, where their graves are properly marked ; but there are quite a number of graves occupied by those fallen in the battles for liberty, whose resting-places are included under the head " Unknown " :

JOHN a. ACHENBACH, II. D. (Homceopathist), Rochester ; born in Grand Duchy of Darmstadt, Germany, Feb. 2, 1841 ; son of Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Achenbach. Attended school until he was 11 years of age, in Germany; came to America in 1852, with his mother, and settled in Fond da Lac Co., Wis. ; there fourteen years ; attended the district school about four years. At the age of 22 years, was sent out as a minister to Columbus, Wis. ; was ordained Deacon at Milwaukee, in 1865; ordained Elder at Galena, III., 1868 ; at Blue Island, III., one year ; Lancaster, Wis., one year ; Charles City, Iowa, two years ; Michigan City, Ind., six months. His health failed, and he abandoned preaching. Commenced to study medicine at Clay Co., Iowa; practiced five years. In 1875, was City Missionary for the American Foreign Christian Union one year. Afterward graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College, and practiced medicine at Chicago and at Burlington, Wis. ; thence to Rochester, Oct., 1876. Married Christina, daughter of William H. Stober, of Charles City, Iowa, April 11, 1867; they have five children - Willie G., born May 9, 1868 ; George H., June 22, 1871 ; Clara A., March 3, 1873 ; Nettie E., May 30, 1875 ; Dora M., Jan. 20, 1878. The Doctor is a member of the Teoaple of Honor. The family attend the Methodist Church.

MRS. MABY ADASS, widow; born in Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H., Jan. 4, 1815; daughter of David and Rachel Whitman, who emigrated to Michigan in 1835 ; they had seven children. Mary married John B. Wade, Oct. 1, 1839 ; they had four children; came to Rochester same year; one son living - Lawrence W. - in businei»8 at Bay City, Mich. Mr. John B. Wade was killed by the Indians in California in 1851. Robert Adams married Mrs. Wade, Jan. 13, 1869; he died Sept. 30, 1878; buried in Rochester Cemetery. Mr. Adams was a native of England, and came to America in 1840. In 1849, he engaged in the hardware business in the town of Rochester. He accumulated a nice little furtune, and was spoken of in very high terms.

AliljEW ASPOTAIili, farmer ; P. 0. Rochester ; formerly a manufacturer ; bom in Yorkshire, England, Parish of Halifax, Oct. 6, 1822 ; son of James and Mary Aspinall ; his mother died about 1868; lii» father in 1874. Allen came to America in the spring of 1849; settled in Rochester, at the English settlement. His occupation was different branches of manufacturing - weaving, spinning, wire- work for fanning-raills, etc. ; was employed by J. I. Case, R. E. Ela and others. He bought the place on which he now lives about 1869. Married Miss Harriet, daughter of James and Anna liadcliff, of Yorkshire, England ; have had seven children, three now living - Emma, born Feb. 5, 1849 ; Hannah, July 5, 1852 ; James A., Nov. 22, 1853 ; Mary Ann, Dec. 9, 1845 ; died in 1847 ; Sarah Ann, bom Feb. 1, 1847 ; died Feb. 28, 1872; their mother died March 11, 1855. Mr. Aspinall married again March 1, 1859, Miss Elizabeth Davidson, formerly of Ireland ; they have had six children, five living - Agnes, born Dec. 4, 1859; Philemon, Sept. 24, 1861 ; Edwin, Dec. 19, 1863; died March 4, 1864; Edna, born Feb. 24, 1865; William, July 18, 1869. Mr. Aspinall became a citizen of the United States in 1865. He is liberal in his religious views, and a Republican.

THOSEAS BEAL'MOXT, butcher, Rochester ; born in l)over, Racine Co., Wia., July 16, 1 848 ; son of George and Ellen Beaumont, formerly of Yorkshire, England. Thomas was educated at the Dover district schools; commenced his business at Rochester, Oct. 9, 1874. He married Miss Mary R. Jones, daughter of George and Rosetta Jones, of Burlington, Wis., Nov. 18, 1874 ; they have one child - Clarence H., born July 22, 1876. Thomas Beaumont was elected Constable in 1875; elected Justice of the Peace in 1876; is a member of the Masonic order; also of Odd Fellowship and Temple of Honor. Family attend the Baptist Church.

PHILO BELI>EN, farmer; P. 0. Rochester; born in the town of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Cmn., Oct. 22, 1815; son of Jonathan and Love Belden ; came to Rochester, Wis., in the spring of 1837 ; owned and carried on a saw-mill in 1840, and a flouring mill in 1844 ; was Town Supervisor a numbtf of years ; elected to the State Legislature in 1852 ; again in 18(>2, also in 1 865, and to the General .^^sembly jn 1870; was elected to the Senate for two years. Married Miss Mary F. Belden, of La Porte, Ind.; they have four children - Henry W., Edward J-, Albert 0., Allen H. Henry W. enlisted in the 24th Wis. V. I.; was promoted to 2d Lieutenant in the" 37th Wis. V. I.; promoted to Ist Lieutenant; afterward Captain of his company. Edward J. enlisted in hoavy artillery, and was stationed at Washington, D. C, during the term of his service. Albert 0. enlisted when President Lincoln called for sixty-day men, at the age of 15 years.

MATTHEW BliACKB URN, farmer, Sec. 5: P. O. Rochester: born in Yorkshire, England, Feb. (>, 1823 ; son of John and Frances Blackburn, who came to Racine Co. with ten children, six boys and four girls, in 1842; their mother died 18<)4; was buried at Honey Creek Cemetery at Rochester ; the old gentleman is still living, at the agj of 85 years ; they located on Sec. 5. Mathew married Miss Caroline Anderson, daughter of William and Katherine ; her father died in England ; her mother lives in Dover, Wis., a widow. They have five children - Clarence M.,born June 29, 1865 ; Isabelle F., Nov. ^), 18t>7; Kate L, June :i, 18(58; Walter G., Sept. J), 1871 ; Arthur W., Nov. 2, 1878.

HENRY CADY, Postmaster, Rochester; born in Windsor, Vt., Aug. 21, 1809; son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cady ; they settled at Utica, N. Y.; Henry Cady came to Racine Co. in the spring of 1839 ; worked at his trade in Rochester as carpenter and joiner ; was in that business about fifteen years ; owned a farm of 200 acres on Sec. 10 ; worked that about fifteen years ; was appointed Postmaster in 1873. His pioneer life was full of deprivations and hardships, but he left many pleasant memories of the hospitality of the early settlers and their hearty welcome to strangers. Mr. Cady married Miss Mertia Hickox; they had seven children, six living. The mother of these children died in 1849. Mr. Cady married again, Miss Sarah Whitman, Oct., 1851, daughter of David Whitman, of Port Huron, Mich.; they have two children - Luella L., Lizzie S. Mr. Cady was Deputy Sheriff of Racine Co. from 1843 for several years ; has been Justice of the Peace, and has held other minor offices.

JOSEPH E. COCROFT, farmer; P. 0. Rochester; born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, May 9, 1821 ; son of Charles and Mary Cocruft; his mother died in England. He came to America with his father, in June, 1842; located on Sec. 12, town of Rochester. Married Miss Ann Woodward, daughter of William and Lydia Woodward, of England, Feb. 17, 1848. They had twelve children, eleven now livinsr. Mrs. J. E. Cocroft died Dec. 13, 1869. Mr. Cocroft married again, May 30, 1877, Ann Jenkins, born in England. He has been elected Supervisor several times ; methber of the Temple of Honor; religious views liberal; Republican.

THADDEUS EABLE, farmer, Sec. H, northwest quarter, 196 acres; P. O. Rochester; born in Chittenden Co., Vt., Dec. 4, 1809; son of Calvin and Eunice Earle. He left Vermont for Michigan, in the spring of 1834. The fall of 1836, he made a claim in the town of Rochester, where he now lives. Married Miss Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Jones. Feb. 16, 1843. They have had four children - John, born Nov. 7, 1843; Lyman, November, 1845 ; Eunice, April 29, 1848; Harriet, May 17, 1850. Harriet married Edwin Baker, Jan. 1, 1876. The family attend the Free Will Baptist Church. His son, John Earle, enlisted in the 39th Wis. V. I., Co. D., under Capt. G. W. Hoyt, in 1864; was stationed at Memphis, Tenn., on picket duty; this regiment was 100-day men ; discharged in September, 1864.

R. E« ELA, farmer, formerly a manufacturer; P. 0. Rochester; born in Lebanon, Grafton Co., N. H., May 5, 1812; son of Benjamin and Abigail Ela; came to Rochester the year of the first land sale, about 1839; started a fan ning-m ill manufacturing establishment; added to it the manufacture of wagons, carriages, plows and farming implements, until 1871. Was elected one of the Supervisors in 1850 ; was chairman of the board three or four years. Capt. John Trowbridge and himself were nominees for the Territorial Legislature. Trowbridge was elected. They were friends, and neither made any personal efforts. Mr. Ela married, April 26, 1842, Miss Nancy E. Hubbard, of Rochester. His wife died, Oct. 15, 1842. He again married, Miss Nancy Jane Royce, daughter of Philander B. Royce, of Putneyville, N. H. They had three children - Emily J., born Oct. 24, 1851 ; died March 31, 1854; Ellen A., born Aug. 15, 1853, now Mrs. J. C. Woodworth, of Warren, III.; Ida Louise, Oct. 12, 1855. Mrs. Nancy J. died, Aug. 11, 1856. He married again, at Elkhorn, Emily C. Montgomery, daughter of Rev. Samuel Montgomery. Their children are, William M., born Oct. 27, 1858 ; Edward G., Jan. 30, 1860, died Sept. 7, 1860; Edith Celia, born Oct. 6, 1861; May Hazeltine, July 20, 1867; George, Oct. 11, 1868; Edwin Stanton, Dec. 30, 1871 ; Emerson, July 7, 1875. Mr. Ela is the largest landowner in the township ; owns considerable land in adjacent counties ; is a very enterprising man. Several of his farms in the town of Rochester are being carried on shares.

WILLIAM FOBEMAIV, farmer; P. 0. Rochester; born in Isle of Trent, County of Kent, England, Sept. 22, 1839; son of John B. and Sarah Forman ; the father was killed at the battle of Resaca, State of Georgia, May 25, 1865; he enlisted in the 22d Regiment, Wb. Y. I., in 1862, as a private, at the age of 63 years ; was taken prisoner and thrown into Libby Prison ; was in many battles ; William came to Racine with his father and two brothers in 1848 ; they worked farms on shares for a number of years; in 1873, William bought the farm he now lives on. He married Miss Vilanta Flint, Jan, 1, 18G0, daughter of Eben and Eliza Flint, of Vermont; they have three children - William, Jr., born May 17, 18G2 ; Harrison, Sept. 10, 1863; Estelle, July 11, 1865. Family attend the Methodist Church. Republican.

BENJAMHV F. FOWLEB, farmer; P. 0. Rochester; born in Woodbury, Vt., Jan. 26, 1830 ; son of Benjamin and Nora Fowler; came to Will Co., 111., with his father, in 1837, and to Wisconsin in April, 1840. Married Miss Anna Dennis in 1854, daughter of William and Sarah Dennis, from Kent, England; they have had eight children - William A., born Dec. 5, 1856; Irene, March 25, 1858 (died March 23, 1865) ; Frank, Jan. 10, 1858; Mary A., Jan 15, 1862; John C, June 13, 1866; Nora A., Oct. 22, 1807; Carrie, March 4, 1874; Reuben A., Oct. 13, 1876. Mr. Fowler enlisted Aug. 27, 1864, in the 1st Wis. Heavy Artillery, Co. L, under Capt. P. H. Ray; was stationed at Alexandria, Va., during the remainder of the war; discharged in July, 1865. Is a member of the order of Odd Fellows and Tenople of Honor. Family attend the Free Will Baptist Church.

27, 1810 ; the son of Benjamin and Lydia Frost ; came to Rochester in June, 1836, and located a claim on the southwest quarter of Sec. 9 ; wbjb obliged to purchase of William Jones and pay him $100 to get a title, which was one of the tricks of an early day, as there was no pre-emption law at that time. Mr. Frost has 177 acres, and cultivates 65 or 77 acres. He married in Vermont, in October, 1838, Mia Amanda Bailey, daughter of Samuel and Christina Bailey, of Westmoreland, N. H. ; they have had twelve children - nine living - Julia A., born Nov. 16, 1841 ; Amelia A., Nov. 12, 1843; Nelson 8., Dec. 5, 1845 ; WUliam H., Aug. 15, 1847 ; Mary A., Aug. 19, 1849 ; Olive M., May 10, 1851 ; Byron P., Nov. 18, 1854; Edward M., Sept. 9, 1856; Myrde L., Aug. 31, 1860. Julia A. married WiUito H. Waddell ; Amelia, Thomas J. Bottomly ; Mary A., Emily Freeman ; William H., Olive Bb^ne; Byron P., Mary Wannamaker; Olive, Thomas A. Noble.

WIlililAM MATES, farmer; P. 0. Rochester; bom in Ryegate, Caledonia Co.,yt. ; son of Ezra and Elizabeth Gates; left Vermont in the spring of 1837 ; went to Michigan, thenoe to Illinois; came to Rochester in February, 1840 ; carried on the carpenter and joiner business in the village about tea years. Married Miss Marinda Fowler, daus;hter of Mr. Benjamin and Nora Fowler; they had two children - John, born Feb. 6, 1841 (died in November, 1854); Louba, Feb. 15, 1844. Mr. Gates was elected Assessor in I860, and has held the office since. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, Temple of Honor, and is a Granger. His family attend the Universalist Church.

JOHN OIiEAS§iON, Town Clerk, and dealer in general merchandise, Rochester; born in Auburn, N- Y., Feb. 26, 1846 ; was the son of Edward and Julia Gleason; came to Rochester, Wis., in 1867 ; was employed by Mr. Joseph Jackson as a mechanic. Married Miss Jessie, daughter of W. C. and Ann Sproat, June 5, 1878. Went into business f<»r himself in 1877; elected Town Clerk in April 1876. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., Temple of Honor, and Son^ of Temperance.

GEOBGE M. HEA1.Y, farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. Rochester; born in the town of Mansfield, Windham Co., Conn., April 7, 1833, was the son of Jedediah and Abigail Healy, who came to Wiscoosin in January, 1841, located at Rochest r, and bought eighty acres on Sections 7 and 8, and afterward twenty acres of meadow; his son, George, who now hus the old homestead, has added thirteen acres. The old gentleman died Oct. 5, 1874; his wife followed him Nov. 5, one month later. This farm is located on the road which was formerly the old Indian trail from Weatherford to Delavan. The farm is one of the bent in the country, and produces fine crops ; Mr. Healy raises fine domestic stock, cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses and mules. He married Miss Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Lucina Kelley, of Caledonia, Wis.; th.y have five children - Charles J., born Feb. 18, 1861 ; William E., Jan. 1, 1865; Elton C, March

FRANK E. HOYT, farmer; P. O. Hoch str; born in Cabot, Washington Co., Vt., March 16, 1824; the son of William S. and Lucia Hnyt, who came to Rochester with three children, one boy and three girls, and located on Sec. 0, south ha f houthwesst (juarter, where he now lives with his son Frank E., at the good old aire of 79 years, and is niuarkably active for a man born in 1800. His wife dicni Sept., 185-, and was buried at Honey Cn- k ' enu^tcry, Roihester, Wis.; her life was one of devotion and industry ; she was an affectionate motlier jiikI a good wife. Mr. Frank E. married Dec. 29, 1848, Miss Eunice D. Emerson, daughter of Sti.ltuan and Maria Emerson, of R^ichester, Vt ; they have two <ihildren - W'illiam E., Jr., born Jan. 12, 1851 ; Katie M., born Nov. 12, 1859; married to William H.

Dalton April 20, 1879, of Allen's Grove, Wis. Mr. Frank E. and son carry on the farm ; are engaged in breeding Ayrshire cattle, and have taken first premium at the and county fairs whenever exhibited ; his original bull is now 4 years old. Mr Hoyt has been Chainnan of the Board of Supervisors several terms; in 187(> was Chairman of the Building Committee of the new court house at Racine ; was a member of State Assembly for 18r>IM)0.

ABRA]!! JACKSON, dry goodf and general merchandise ; P. (). Rochester; born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 11, 18.'U; son of John and Ann Jack.son ; cime to Rochester with his father and mother, who had nine children, and came from Yorkshire, England. Mr. John Jackson opened a boot and shoe and general merchandise store in Rochester village in 1842 ; he died in 18 4<) ; his scms, Abram and Jo.seph, succeeded their father in business, divided the branches, and have separate stores - Abram the dry goods, Joseph, boots and shoes. Abram married Miss Jane, daughter of Orrin and Clarissa Wright, in June, 1856; they have three children - Dwis^ht P., born April 11, 1858; Leigh Hunt. Nov. 8, 1859 ; JoHn Fremont, Nov. 16, 1861 ; is a member of the Masonic Order, and liberal in religious views.

JOSEPH JACKSON 9 boot8, shoes, and general merchandise ; P. 0. Rochester ; born in England March 11, 1825; the son of John and Ann Jackson, who came to America about 1828, and settled in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; they moved to Rochester in the spring of 1842, and opened a boot and shoe and general merchandise store, which he continued for a number of years ; he died in the fall of 1846, and left nine chiMren : two of his sons, Joseph and Abram, are now doing business in separate stores and different branches of trade. Joseph married Miss Emily Grant, adopted daughter of Timothy £. Qreen ; they have four children - Irene Jane, Ella A., Jasper E., bom July 1,185(); Fidelia E., July 1, 1864. Mr. Jackson has been elected Town Clerk several times, and to other minor offices ; has been a leading spirit in three temperance organizations in the village ; is a Mason in good standing, and an advocate of Odd-Fellowship.

' REUBEN NORTH, Jr., farmer ; P. 0. Rochester ; born in South Lincolnshire, England ; son of Rcul^n and Mary Ann North ; came to America and settled in Rochester; his father came about 1855, when about the age of 55 years ; he enlisted in Co. G, 2d Wis. Cav., under Col. Washburn, as a private ; aflerward was Chaplain in the 1st Ark. Vol. Cav.; was in many engagements; was honorably discharged at the close of the war, Aug. 23, 1865, and returned to his home in England 1876. Reuben North, Jr., has held many town offices - Supervisor, School Commissioner, Town Clerk, Justice of the Peace, etc. Member of the Universalist Church, and Trustee of the same.

A. J. RUSSELIi. flouring-miii, Rochester; born in Cabot, Vt., Jan. 6, 1833; was the son of Henry and Emily E. Russell ; came to Rochester June 1, 1850, with his father, a carpenter and joiner by trade. They farmed in the summer and worked at their trade in the winter. Mr. A. J. Russell went into his present business May 1, 1864. He married, Oct. 9, 186-. Miss Harriet E., daughter of Dayton B. and Elizabeth Newbury, of Massachusetts ; they have two children - William Arthur, born Sept. 3, 1863 ; Emma, March 15, 1874. He was elected Town Clerk, and served in 1873 and l874. Mr. RoBsell was one of the principal movers in raising subscriptions for building the Rochester Seminary, and is now Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee.

JOHN SAWYER, farmer ; P. 0. Rochestei ; born in Spencer, Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 3, 1805 ; was the son of William and Esther ; came to Rochester about 1850 ; bought a farm of eighty acres on Sec. 18. Married Miss America Soule, of New York State, March 2, 1829 ; they had eight children ; five arc living. Mrs. Sawyer died Aug. 14, 1851. He married again, Oct. 9, 1862, Miss Sarah Buck, of Holton, Me. ; they have had one child - William Eugene, born June 15, 1865. Family attend Baptist Church.

EDWARD F. SmiTH, farmer; P.O. Rochester; born in Dover, Wis., Sept. 27, 1853; son of Edward and Charlotte Smith ; came to Rochester in April, 1877 ; purchased a farm of 126 acres on Sec. 1. Married Miss Nettie Cocroft, June 27, 1877 ; daughter of J. E. Cocroft, of Rochester ; they have one child - Vernard Clark, born July 16, 1878. Attend the Methodist Church. Republican.

CHARLiES N. SOULE, farmer; P. 0. Rochester; born in New York, April 27, 1827 ; son of George and Harriet Soule ; came to Wisconsin, and located on Sec. 8, Rochester Township, with his father, in 1846 ; went to California in 1849, landing in Sacramento ; from there went to the mines ; was trading and mining at one trading-post ten years ; owned a water ditch, which supplied the miners with water ; went to Downersville, on the Yuba River, in the fall of 1850, and purchased a claim in company with four others ; remained in California eighteen years, and returned to Rochester in the fall of 1866. Married Miss Mary Cooms, daughter of Elder Cooms, of Rochester, in 1867 ; they have had four children - Elmer L., born Jan. 12, 1868; Eugene F., Dec. 15, 1869; Rosa, Dec. 10, 1872; Alden, Oct. 20, 1876.

ALLEN STETSON, farmer, southeast quarter of Sec. 6; P. 0. Rochester ; born io Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., July 16, 1820; son of Jesse and Amy Stetson; came to Rochester with \m family in 1841. Mr. Jesse Stetson purchased two quarter sections in Sees. 1 and 4, and died in 1872. His son, Allen, bought, in Sees. 5 and G, a farm of 160 acres, in 1845, and still carries it on snccessfullj. The past year he has been raisinjr a very fine breed of hogs (Berkshire), and has been awarded first and second premiums at the State and county fairs for them ; he is also raising Ayrshire cattle, and has taken the premiums at the State and county fairs on these ; wheat, com and oats are other products of his farm. He married Mis^ Emily, daughter of T. C. and Emily Hoyt, of Rochester, April 8, 1845 ; they have had eight children - Alice Jane, Amy A.; Charles A., died in 1855 ; George H., died in 1857 ; Eva E.; Clinton A., died in 1876; Carrie L., Annie E. He was elected Supervisor in 1878; Town Clerk for three years in 1869 ; religious views, liberal ; Republican.

JOHN R. WILLEY, farmer ; P. 0. Rochester; born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Nov. 18, 1818 ; son of John R. and Jane Willey. Mr. Willey lefl England in June, 1843, for America ; came to Racine County in August of the same year. Married, in October, 1846, Miss Jane, daughter of Andreas and Ingebar Anderson ; they have had seven children, five are now living - Mary Ann, Emma B., John, Samuel and Jennie. Mr. Willey has been elected Town Supervisor two terms ; also Town Clerk. He is a member of Odd- Fellowship. Liberal in his religious views and politics.

JOHN WOOD| blacksmith,' carriage work, and farming machinery, Rochester ; bom in Meltham, Yorkshire, England, June 21, 1826 ; son of John and Nancy Wood ; he came to Wisconsin in June, 1842; located in Milwaukee County ; the first hard labor he ever did was on the building of the canal. Mr. Wood is a natural mechanic. He came to Rochester in the fall of 1844 ; worked about a year on a farm, then went into the emplov of Mr. Ela, who at that time was doing a large business in the wagon and farming machinery manufacture ; he remained with him until he went into business for liimself, about 1855; he now has his sons with him, and carries on a large business. He married, in 1846, Miss Sarah, dan^ter of William and Nancy Crowthers, of Yorkshire, England ; they have had six children, four now living - WUliam B., born Sept. 23, 1849 ; Henry C, March 20, 1852 ; John F., Sept. 3, 1854, died June 4, 1855 ; Albert J., born Jan. 15, 1858 ; Emily J., died very young ; Phoebe J., born April 22, 1866. Mr. Wood is a Knight Templar. Was elected Justice of the Peace and held the office several years. Has married many a couple.

Source changes here: from Racine County Militant; an Illustrated Narrative of War Times, and a Soldiers' Roster; a Pioneer Publication Undertaken in the Interest of Patriotic Americans in Racine County, Wisconsin. A Home-made Book, About Home People, for Home People, by Leach, Eugene Walter, published 1915; 221 words in this source stream.

With the assistance of a number of old soldiers and others who have responded to our appeal, we are able to include in this "Roster," the names of the soldier dead who are buried in the cemeteries of the county. We are not fully persuaded that the names of all of them are in these lists, for the reason that we have not been able to give this feature the time and attention necessary to assure completeness and accuracy. So far as it goes, however, it may be accepted as reliable.

Soldiers Buried in Cemetery at Union Grove ADAMS, HOMER BLACKBURN, ROBERT BUSWELL, JOHN S. CADWELL, COL. E. S. War of 1812. CADWILL, PHINEAS

Soldiers Buried in Cemetery at Rochester AIREY, NEHEMIAH BARNES, LEVI War of 1812. BLACK, ROBERT BERGER, CHRISTIAN BUTLER, NATHANIEL BENJAMIN, AMBROSE CAMPBELL, WILLIAM COFFIN, H. R. COOMBS, OILMAN DARLING, NELSON DARLING, SIMEON DOBSON, WILLIAM FOAT, F. W. GAMBLE, POMEROY GIPSON, OSCAR HULBARD, JULIUS A. JOHNSON, JAMES LAPHAM, JEFF. McKENZIE, MONROE MERRILL, OBADIAH J. MARKHAM, ISRAEL War of 1812.

Elsewhere

The following is a list of names of soldiers of the Civil AVai-. who were long resident in Racine county, Wis., but who enlisted from, or were credited to, other counties or states. Unless otherwise specified they should be credited to Wisconsin. The date given is that of enlistment.