Rosendale Village (part 1 of 2)

Rosendale Village

CHAUBfCEY M. BALCOM, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Rosendale ; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., June 14, 1818, and is the son of Isaac and Sally Balcam, nee Greene, natives of Massachusetts ; he was a farmer in New York till 1845, when, in Au;j;ust of that year, he immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 34, town of Piosendale, where he has since continued farming. In Warren Co., N. Y., July 13, 1845, he was married to Mary A., daughter of William and Sophia Cook, nee Morse; their children are as follows: Daphne, now the wife of Lyman S. Curtis, and lives in Lewis Co., N. Y.; Elmira, now the wife of George Wheeler, of the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Walden, who now lives in Dakota, and Chauncey, who resides at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Balcom were the sixth family to settle in the town of Rosendale.

JOHX R. BLACKBURIV, proprietor of the Blackburn House, i.s a native of Yorkshire, England; his father, Samuel Blackburn, a wool-stapler, was born also in Yorkshire, Oct. 28, 1798 ; his mother, Elizabeth Durant, was born in the county of Sussex, Sept. 22, 1795; they were married May 22, 1823, and had a family of seven children, four of whom are now living, as follows: Amelia, now the wife of Thomas Parkin, and lives in Toronto, Canada ; John R., the subject of this sketch ; William R., who now lives in Clear Water, Minn., aiid Maria E., now Mrs. Leonard Brown, of Fond du Lac. John R., the oldest son, was born May 7, 1830, and with his father's fimily immigrated to America in 1842, and settled at Toronto, Canada, where for the following fiur years his father was engaged in the mercantile business. In August, 1846, the family, consisting of parents and four children, landed in Milwaukee as immigrants to Wisconsin, and came thence to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., where they settled on a farm on Sec. 34, which was their home till the fall of 1875, when they removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where they now live ; John R. made his home with his parents on the farm till 1854, when, May 29, of that year, he was married to Miss Abigail P., daughter of Daniel W. and Sarah (Bradford) Potter (natives, her father of Connecticut, born Dec. 19, 1787, her mother of Vermont, born Sept. 9, 1798, who were afterward married and settled in the town of North Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., where Abigail was born Oct. 27, 1834; and was afterward married to Mr. Blackburn) ; they came at once to the town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he continued farming for five j'ears ; in 1860, he began merchandising at Lamartine, and continued there till 1873 ; he then removed his business to the city of Fond du Lao, where he devoted his attention more especially to the grocery trade for four years ; in the spring of 1877, he removed to the village of Rosendale, and continued mei'chandising till June, 1879; in the fall of 1877, he purchased the old Rosendale Hotel property, a year later rebuilt it, named it the Blackburn House and has since been its proprietor. Their children are Frank W., who married Miss Matilda, daughter of Robert and Mary J. Blair, of Fond du Lac, May 29, 1878, and is now the merchant of this village ( Rosendale) ; H. Elmer, now a printer in Chicago ; Charles R., Daniel Bert, S. Elizabeth, H. Louise and Minnie M., now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HENRY' C. BOTTIJM, farmer. Sec. 30;' P. 0. West Rosendale; was born in Addison Co., Vt., in January, 1826 ; he is one of a family of seven children, whose parents were Roswell and Elue Bottum, and were also natives of Addison Co., Vt.; at the age of 18, he began clerking in a store, which he continued until 22 years old ; for the next six years, he was engaged in the mercantile business on his own resources, at Benson, Rutland Co., Vt. At Lowell, Mass., July 21, 1852, he was married to Miss Helen M., daughter of Dr. Z. P. and Fannie Burnham, of that city; in November, 1854, with his wife and one son, he emigrated ti) Fond du Lac Co , Wis., and settled on a farm in Sec. 30, town of Rosendale, which has since been their home. Mr. Bottum was Town Clerk of Rosendale fifteen successive terms, beginning with the year 1856 ; he was Chairman of the town for three terms ; in 1868, he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the first Assembly District; was re-elected in 1869 and 1878. They have six children - Joe H., Roswell, Perkins B., George R., Sheldon G. and Helen N.

ANSOX H. BOWE, M. !>., the first physician of Rosendale ; is a native of Hampden Co., Mass., born April 5, 1813; his grandfather, Isaac Bowe, was a descendant of Alexander and Sarah Bowc, who came from England and settled at Middletown, Conn., as early as 1678 ; he was the son of Peleg and Mary (Woodward) Bowe, born Feb. 6, 1755. Was married to Elizabeth Lee May 18, 1775; they had six children, of whom Isaac, the father of Anson H., was the oldest, and was married to Eunice Cooley, and raised a family of six ; when Anson H., their youngest, was about 5 years old, they removed to

Bradford Co., Penn., where he received the earlier part of his education in the common schools, and afterward attended an academy for a short time; in 1837, he began the study of medicine with a prominent physician of Springfield, 15radford Co., Penn., but attended lectures at the medical college of liakimore, Md.; he returned to Springfield, and practiced liis profession there till 1846; he came thence to the town of Rosendalc, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., made some investments in real estate, selected the village fur his future home, and returned to Pennsylvania for his family, with whom he arrived in June, 1847. He was the first physician to locate hero, and has since succes.sfLilly practiced his profcs.-^ion in this vicinity. March 12, 181)5, he was married to Julia A., daughter of lleuben and Lydiii Smead, nee llowley, of Springfield, Penn; their children are Isaac, who now lives in Coniiceticu ; Frank, of this village (Kosendale) ; Ethic, now the wife of Dr. J. C. La Favre, of llosend.*lo. Mr. and Mrs. Bowe are members of the M. E. Church.

HENRY CHURCHYARD, farmer, Sec. 30, p. O. Ripon; is a native of Suffolk County, England, born in May, 1830, and is the son of Isaac and Lucy Churchyard, who were also natives of Suffolk County, England; when 14 years old, he entered upon a five years' apprenticeship to the auctioneer's and land .surveyor's trade in his native county, which business he followed for two years after his apprenticeship; April 1, 1850, he sailed from Ljndon for America and landed in Quebec in May following ; ho came thence to the city of Fond du Lac, where he arrived in June of that year ; he first settled on the -' Indian land," at Paysippi, Waushara Co., Wis., and two years later (1852), came to the town of Roscndale, where ho followed working for the farmers by the month for one and a half years ; be then bought a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 30, this town (Ro.sendale), which has since been his home, where he now lias 140 acres. In September, 185(i, he was married to Adaline, daughter of Benona and iMargaret Monctt, then residents of this town, but emigrants from New York in 1854; their children are Ellon, Lina E., Henry, Lucy, Laura M., George, Fred, Mabel and Bonnie.

GEORCJK b. CURTIS (deceased) wa^ born intlie town of Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1821, and was the third son of Henry and Hannah Curtis, natives of Massachusetts but early immigrants to New York ; he spent much of his early life on a farm ; was educated in the common schools and academies of that county, and afterward followed teaching for five or six years. March 18, 1845, he was married to Rozella, daugh.ter of Samuel and Lydii (Tallmadge) Lyman, then a resident of Oneida County, N. Y ; in April following, they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled with the first half-dozen families on " Sanborn's Prairie ; " the farm he then selected on Sec. 34, was ever after his homo; here he afterward erected a fine mansion, which has become a landmark to this region, and which is, perhaps, the finest rural residence in Fond du Lac Co. Upon the organization of the town it was, at his suggestion, named Rosendale, and he continue 1 to be one of the most active in the management uf its affairs througlumt its subsequent history, down to the day of his death, being many times elected Chairman of the Town Board, besides filling other offices, for which his superior intellectual and business qualifications eminently fitted him ; he was the first to oppose the granting of license to sell liquors in the town, and through such opposition and unfluence the right to traffic in such has never been granted within the limits of Rosendale ; he was most jiiMminent in securing the location of the Sheboygan railroad through the town, and, in connection wiih his brother, Lyman Curtis, built the elevator at the depot, which has been a vast public benefit and greatly enhanced the business interests of the community; he was also quite active in most of the movements for promoting the interests of agriculture, for which the town has for several years been characterized. Mr. Curtis was a man of much sympathy, generosity and of strong domestic tastes ; from his early boyhood up, he found his greatest pleasure at home with some interesting book, or in joining in the conversation of the family circle ; as a husband and father, he was strongly attached to his family and by them highly esteemed and greatly beloved; he died Oct 21. 1878, leaving a wife and lour children, as fallows : JIartha C. (now the wife of George Curiisl, Rosendale ; Elon C, now of this town (Rosendale); Cora M., now a student at the Oshkosh Noraial School; George H., of Rosendale.

BUSHNAL, DODD, farmer, Sec. 12; P. 0. Rosendale; is a native of the town of Cornwall, Addison Co., Vt., born Sept. 23, 1822, and is the sou of Jonathan and Betsey (Kenney) Dodd, natives of Massachusetts; he spent his early life at farming in his native county, and, in 1844, came to Wisconsin and landed at MUwaukee April 12 of that year, and settled a short time in the town of Pewaukee, Waukesha Co., whore his parents afterward joined him ; in September, 1845, he, with his brother, W. H. Dodd, and C. Balcom, came to Fond du Lac, stopped one niglit with Dr. Darling, and, on the following day, .selected their farms in the town of Ro.sendale ; ho, with his brother, entered a farm of 100 acres in Sec. 20, built a rude home and kept bach there for a while; eighteen months later, his father arrived with the family and made that their home for ten years; then removed to Sec. 12, where they

lived; they afterward died in tlie village, In? father at the age of 92, and mother at the age of 74. June 14, 1849. he was married to Miss Jane lli)gor.s, who died Aug. 1, 1858, leaving four children - Charles P. (now deceased), Henrietta (now the wife of Ch;irlo.s A. Hendry, of Laniartinc), John B. (now a farmrr in the town of Utici, Winnebago Co., Wis.), and Bion II. In February, IKtJO, he was married to Margaret, dau'.'litor of George P. and Margaret Murray, natives of Prince I'idward's Island, who camo to Illinois in 1S.")4; their children arc Oscar, Alice, Maggie and Carrie. jMr. D. owns 227 acres in Sees. 12 and 13 and 10."), in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.

WILLIAM fanner; P. 0. 'llosendale ; was born in Germany in 1838; came to America in ISli.J Mnd settled in the town of Springvalo, Fond du Lac Co., Wis; then to this town - Ilisondale - in the fall of 1879. Was married to Miss [loht, of iMeoklenburg, before emigrating to America; her parents, ('liarlcs and Reka Iloht, came Avith them to America in 1S(J5.

HUGH EDWARDS, deceased; was a native of Deiibigh.shiro, North Wales ; was the son of John and Ann Edwards; born April (!, 179G; ho spent nmeh of his life on a farm in his native coun!ry; received the earlier part of his eduL-ation in the schools of Denbighshire, but completed his Knglish studies at Chester, Engl;'.nd, in 1813; returning then to Wales, he continued the vocation of a firmer there till 1859. April 28, 1820, ho was married to Mary Faulks, with whom and hi.s fami'y (in 1859) he immigrated ro Wisconsin and settled on a firm of 2tjl) acres in Sjcs. 22 and 27, town of Rosand.ile, Fond du Lac Co., which his son John had bought of Mr. Crossman in 1851 and occupied till the anival of his parents ; this has since been the homo of the finiily ; here Jlr. Edwards died in October, 1879, leaving a family of five children - Margaret S, (now a teacher in Virginia). John (now at home), Anna C. (also at home), P. Wynn (who enlisted in Co. F., of the 21.st W. V. I., Feb. 29, 18C1; was with his regiment in all its principal movements till mustered out at Jladison, Wis., in June, 1865; was married to iMary Lloyd, of Winnebago Co.; they have one daughter - lOmily A.), Anna M. (now the wife of Peter lloberts, -and lives in the town of Nekam i, \Vinncbago Co., Wis.).

WILLIAM FREI>RICK, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Bosendale; was born in Pru.sMa Jan. 8, 1831 ; i.s the son of Daniel and Charlotte Fredrick; at the age of 17, lie began the wagon-maker's trade in his native country, which he continued there until 1855. In the fall of that year (1855), he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Chri-tian and Anna Bocks, of Prussia, anj with her, in 185G, he immigrated to America; they settled on a farm in the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., whore they lived until 1876 ; in the spring of that year he bought a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 36, town of Roseridale, where he has since lived and followed farming; in 1879, ho purchas'^d eighty acres in Sec. 20, niakiuLT him now a farm of 240 acres; they have one daughter, ' Emma. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

WICKLIFF tiiOODRICH, farmer. Sec. 8; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Somerset Co., IMe., in July, 1820, and is the son of Joshua and Betsey (Robins) Goo-irich, natives, also of Maine, and who afterward died there; he spent his earlv life on a farm in his native county; June 4, 1844, s'artcd for the West; he stopped a short ti,me in Walworth Co., Wis., and then went to Illinois, where he spent the winter; in the spring of 1845, lie returned to Wisconsin, and in June, 1846, pre-empted a farm in Sec. 8, town of Rosendale, which lias since been his home ; he now has a farm of 280 acres in Sees. 8 and 17, of this town (Rosendale). In June, 1856, he married Jliss Julia, daughter of Luthtr and Lucinda Pierce, tlicn of the town of Rosendale, but natives of Somerset Co., Me.; tlieir children are Rudolph 0. and Oi-a W.

S rORRS H.\LL, 11. !>., physicim and surgeon ; is a native of Washington Co., N. Y.; his father, Dr. Ira llall, was the .'^on of Nathaniel l\A\ and Jlehitabel Storrs, born in Leoanon, N. II., Dec. 20, 1772; graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1793; he suidied medicine in Granville, N. Y., where he settled in his profession, in which he was very sueecssful and hii;hiy esteemed. Dee. 17, 1795, lie married Rebecca, the oldest daughter of Peter and Es;her (Cfirk) Parker, of Granville, N. Y.; they had ten sons, three of whom died in infancy, two in early manhood, and three otiiers at the average age of 73 years ; he died Sept. Ki, ISKi ; the tw.i older sons were farmers in New York ; the third, Edwin Hall, D. D., was a Prcsbjterian minister, gradiiitcd at Middlebury College, Vt, in 1826; taught for five years, and was then seitled as Pastor of the First Congregational Church, of Norwalk, Conn , for twenty-three years; was Professor of Christian Theology in the Auburn Theological Seminary, of Auburn, N. Y., for 21 years, and Professor Emeritus of the same for one year he died Sept. 8, 1877 ; Sidney, the oldest now living, is a farmer in the town of Granville, A\'ashirigton Co., N. Y., and is unmarried; Dr. Storrs, the tenth son, was born in Granville, N. Y., Jlay 11, 1814; graduated at Middlebury College in 1838; taught in various schools and academies in Connoeiicut lor twelve years ; during his teaching, it was through his iiifluoaj3 thit the fir.--t Fairlijld County Toajhers' Assosiatiou was established, of which he was President, and through his infiuence in connection with others, at first unknown, but who afterward became acquainted, that the first Slate Teachers' Association was established, and through their united influence the State Normal of Connecticut was established, of which he was the first Vice President ; in consequence of failing health, he gave up teaching, studied medicine, attended lectures at Yale University, came to the town of Koscndale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1851, and has since been a successful physician of this village ; since his immigration to Wisconsin, he has been connected with the Fond du Lac County Medical Society, which is now merged into tlie Rock River Medical Society ; he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Ripon College for about twenty years ; has been Secretary of the Board and member of the Executive Committee for fifteen years; has been Deacon in the Congregational Church since 1856. September 30, 1840, he was married to Elizabeth, the oldest daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Kellogg) Scribner, of Norwalk, Conn; they have had five children, as follows: Sidney S., who is now a physician at Morrison, Whiteside Co., 111.; William S., now a farmer in Johnson Co., Tex. ; Charles E., now connected with the Reliance Flouring-Mills, of Neenah, Wis.; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Ira, now in the ofiice of the Reliance Flouring-Mills, of Neenah also. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Congregational Church.

«ll>EOX HlkliLEY, farmer. Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Pickett's Station ; is the son of Jesse and Eliza Hinkley, with whom he spent his early life on a farm in Androscoggin Co., Maine, where he was born Nov. 2, 1827 ; when 21 years old, he went to the village of Lisbon, where he lived till 1855 ; in August,

1851, he was married to Miss Adeline B., daughter of Reuben and Neomi Loring, of Piscataquis Co., Me., with whom and one child he immigrated to Wisconsin in the fall of 1855, and .settled on a farm on Sec. 10, town of Rosendale, where he has since lived and followed farming; he now owns a farm of 100 acres ; his wife died here in February, 1859, leaving one daughter, Delia E., now the wife of Milton Montgomery, and lives in Dakota. In 18(51, he was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of John and Mary Wilson, of Rosendale, who died May 4, 1878, leaving the following children: Mary A., Jesse F., Wilson, Mildred A., Lina B., Chauncey B., Gabriel B.; Feb. 14, 1879, he was married to Klla E., daughter of Asa and Julia West, of TJtica, Winnebago Co., Wis.; they have one child, an infant son. Mr. Hinkley 's second wife was a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. His brother, Jesse Hinkley, was in the 20th W. V. I., was killed at Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 6, 1862.

THOMAS HIIOHES, farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Nekama; was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in November, 1820, and is the son of Hugh and Jane (Owens) Hughes; when 12 years old, he began the tailor's trade, which he continued in his native country till 1848. In 1840, he was married to Miss Hannah, daughter of David and Mary Williams, natives also of Cardiganshire, and in May, 1848, they sailed from AberystwytTi, South Wales, for America, and landing in Quebec in August following, they came thence to Milwaukee, Wis., where he continued his trade one year ; in 1849, they removed to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lao Co., Wis., and settled on a fiirm of forty acres on Sec. 12 ; built his pioneer shanty, and has since made it bis home; his shanty has since been exchanged for a more commodious building, with the improvements of a modern farm residence ; his farm of 40 acres has increased to one of 200 acres ; here his wife died, April 4, 1872, leaving seven children, having had nine as follows ; David (deceased), Hugh (deceased), Mary, now the wife of Richard Robert, and lives in the town of Nekama, Winnebago Co., Wis.; Jane, now at home with father; Annie, now the wife of Rees Davis, and lives in Dodge Co.; Catharine, now the wife of George Moultimore, who lives in Calumet Co.; Hugh ( deceased), Maggie, now at home; Owen, married and lives on the farm. Mr. Hughes and family are connected with the M. E. Church.

WIl^HAM T. INXIS, farmer. Sees. 21 and 22 ; P. 0. West Rosendale ; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., in .January, 1826. He is the son of William and Elizabeth Innis, natives also of Orange Co., N. Y., with whom he spent his early life on a farm in his native county ; in May, 1849, with an older brother, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 22, which his brother entered the previous year; he at once began to improve his farm, and made it his home for two and a half years; he then returned to Orange Co., N. Y., and in March, 1852, was married to Miss Catharine, daughter of Silas and Mary A. Jessup, nee Traphagen, then residents of that county ; in the fall of

1852, they came to their home in the town of Rosendale, where he has since followed farming, and where he now owns 410 acres in Sees. 21 and 22 ; was elected Chairman of the Town Board in 181)4, re-elected in 1866 ; was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from the First Assembly District in 1867 ; their children are Albert C, now a resident of this town, Rosendale ; Florinc, now the wife of Fredrick Scofield, Jr., and lives in the town of Springvale ; Ida, who is now at home. Mr. and Mrs. Innis are members of the Congregational Church.

RICHARD M. JONES, farmer, Sec. 2; P. 0. Ring; was born in North Wales in April, 1812 ; came to America in 1847, stopped for a short time in Utica, N. Y. ; in 1849, came to Wisconsin and entered a farm of ICtii acres in Sec. 2, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home. In July, 1853, he was married to Jemima, daughter of John and Mary Williams, a native of Wales, but then a resident of the town of Utica, Winnebago Co. ; their children are Richard M. Jr., and Mary R.

WILLIAM J. JONES, farmer. Sec. 1; P. 0. Ring; was born in Angleshire, North Wales, June 21, 1815, and spent his early life on a farm in his native county with his parents, Owen and Catharine Jones; when 16 years old, he began the blacksmith's trade, which he continued there till 1819. In December, 1842, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Roland and Mary Hughes, and Aug. 1(5, 1849, they sailed for America, landing at New York; they came thence to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lae Co., Wis., which has since been their home ; he now owns a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 11, and forty in Sec. 2, and sixty acres in Sec. 1 of this town ; their children are Owen, who now lives on the farm on Sec. 11 ; Henry and Roland, both at home. They are members of the Congre'.rational Church.

CHARLES F. KIMBALL, farmer. Sees. 16 and 17; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Newburyport, Ma.ss., May 19, 1814. His father, Ezra Kimball, was a seaman, and at the time of the birth of his son, was in the marine service in the war of 1812, and afterward was taken prisoner by the British sloop Snake ; upon the exchange of prisoners, he was employed in a merchant service sent to Norfolk, Va., where he died with yellow fever; his mother, Isabel (Southerland) Kimball, removed with him to York Co., Me., in about six months after his birth ; here they lived on a farm till he was about 12 years old, and then moved to Lincoln Co., Me., where he made his home till 1850. In Dec. 31, 1835, he was married to Mi.ss Mercy, daughter of Samuel L. and Lydia (Curate) Whitney, and a native of Lincoln Co.; in October, 1850, they, with a family of two little girls, Christiana, now deceased, and an adopted daughter, Mary J. Durgen, now also deceased, settled at the village of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., as immigrants from Maine ; two years later, he bought a fiirm of 120 acres in Sees. 16 and 17 (of this town), which has since been his home, and wiiere he now enjoys the fruits of his years of toil.

CHARLES LAWSON, farmer. Sec. 29; P. 0. West Rosendale; is the oldest son of Stephen and Keziah Lawson ; was born in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1819 ; in 1836, he went to New York City, and was there engaged in various kinds of business till the fall of 1843 ; in the following spring he came to Walworth Co., \Vis., where he followed farming for nearly four years; in 1846, he bought a farm of 160 acres in the southwest quarter of Sec. 29, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and in the spring of 1848, settled thereon ; he now owns that and thirty acres on the southwest quarter of Sec. 22. Since his residence in Rosendale he has held the office of Town Clerk and Assessor for several terms. Nov. 26, 1848, he was married to Miss iaura, daughter of William Morton, of Walworth Co., Wis., but a native of New Vork ; she died May 18, 1872, leaving one son - Frank, now a resident of this town (Rosendale). Nov. 25, 1873, he was married to Miss Melissa, daughter of John and Calista Adams, then of Ripon, Wis., but emigrants from New York about 1856 ; they have one daughter - L. Labelle. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson are members of the M. E. Church.

JOHN CLE FEVRE, M. D., is the son of Rev. J. W. and S. A. Le Fevre, nee Baldwin; was born in New York City in August, 1840; in the fall of 1854, with his parents, he immigrated lo Wisconsin, and settled on a farm in the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co. His father was a Methodist minister, but after his removal to Wisconsin he devoted some of his time to farming, in connection with his ministerial work. The Doctor received his earlier education in the common schools of the State of New York, but pursued the higher branches of his literary studies at Lockwood Seminary, in Westchester Co., N. Y.; be followed farming for ten years after their settlement in Springvale, Fond du Lac Co. In the fill! of 1867, he beean the study of medicine with Dr. Bowe, of the village of Rosendale, with whom he continued his studies for four years ; he attended one course of lectures at Rush Medical College of Chicago, but graduated at Hughes Medical College of Keokuk, Iowa, in 1876; he then returned to Rosendale and resumed his practice, and is now a successful physician of this vicinity. In June, 1864, he was married to Miss Ethie J., daughter of Dr. Bowe, of Rosendale; they have one son - P. Edward. Mrs. Le Fevre is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Le Fevre is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

THOMAS B. LOVELL, flirmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in Isles of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, Aug. 28, 1822. His father, John Lovell, died when he was quite young, and without a will, consequently, according to the laws of that country, the oldest son inherited the estate, and he was forced to earn his own living from early boyhood. In 1847, he was married to Mi.ss Sarah A., daughter of John and Alice Edgeley, of Cambridgeshire, and, in 1868, they came to America, and settled on a farm in the town of Fond du Lac, B^ond du Lac Co., Wis., where they lived till 1874, when he biiuglit a farm of eighty-nine acres in Sec. 13, town of Roscndnle, which has since been his home. Their cliildren are Jolin T., now living in the town of Waupun, Fond du Luc Co., Wis.; Caroline, now the wife of 'William Wells, and lives in England ; William, Hannah. Fred and Alice, at home with their parents.

JOSEPH LiUCIA, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. llipon ; was born in Lower Canada Jan. 12, 1811, and is the son of Paul and Josotte Lucia, nee Vereno, natives of Canada, but of French parentage ; when 1() years of age, he went to Briiport, Vt., where lie followed farm work in that vicinity tor twelve years. There, in 1839, he was mairicd to Jli.ss Amelia, d.iughtcr of Amab and.Angette Braymin; they came to Fond du Lac Cj., Wis., ami settled on a farm in Sec. 17, town of ilosendale, where he now owns 100 acres. Their clii dren are Lueiii i, now the wife t>f Zeb llamSond, of llipon ; Jane, now Mrs. iMo.5es Treniljley, of the town of Friendship, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Clarissa, now the wife of William Lambert, and lives in Ripon ; Olive, now Mrs. J. Clinch, of the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; Caroline, now the wife of Joseph Branchand, of Marinette!, Wis.; Ovedr, now Mrs. George Trenibley, of Minnesota; Joseph A., who lives in iMinnesota, and Delia, now in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lucia arc members of the Catholic Cliureh.

tJHARLES LV31AN, retired farmer, Ilosendale; is a native of Lewis Co., N. Y., born in February, 1820 ; wiien 2 years old, with pireiits. Samuel and Lucy (Talmadgcj Lyii'an, he removed to Oneida Co., N. Y., where they afterward dieil; ho spent most of hii early life on a firm in Oneida Co., and, in the spring of 1846, immiir.ited to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in Sec. 34, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., where ho followed firming till the fall of 1 877 ; he then retired to tiie village of ilosendale, and has since lived a more retired life an] enjoys the fruits of his years of toil. Sept. 23. 1850, he was married to Miss A. W., daughter of W. and B. A. White, then residents of Rosendale, but immigrants from Oneida Co., N. Y., in IStS; their children are I'hnma (deceased). Clarence J , now a resident of this town (Rosendale); Blinnie (deceased), Bertha M. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman are irembors of the M. E. Church.

CLINTON MATTESON was born in Shaft.sbury, Bennington Co., Vt., Sept. 18, 1820, and died iti Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., July 20, 1870; his father, Isaiah Jlattcson, was a native of Vermont ; his mother, Charlotte Ilarpemling, was born in New Jersey, being an immediate descendant of one of the families who came with Stuyvesant and settled New York City; the llar[)cnding coatof-arms could be seen in the old Dutch Reformed church of St. John's a few years ago, and, even now, if the cliurch still stands; they owned the site, and a large portion of hind surrounding it ; Clinton Matte.son was the vonngest of eight children ; his education was obtained at the public school, with a few winters' terms at an academy in the vicinity; liis fither following his profession (that of a Baptist mini.'-ter), left the work of a farm, and the responsibility of its management, entirely to him; upon the death of his mother, he sold the firm, and gathering tlio-o things together useful to a farmer, as early as 1845, turned his face westward ; he came to jMihvaukee, Wis., by boat; there, purchasing a horse, he started on horseback fir a place called Sanborn's Prairie, in Fond du Lac Co., Wi-^., hearing of it through a fiiend who had preceded him; it proved to be a uuvt desirable place to locate; finding wood, water, and tillable land, he preiimpted and purchased until he had a farm of fine dimensijns, as well as a baiiutil'ul location, because lying evenly and solidly together, with splendid variety of soil ; this farm, with very little change as to boundiry linos, comprises tiio estate of COO acres left to his children ; he built the first frame house in the town of R'lsondale; then returned East, and, at Marcy, Oneida Co., N. Y., married, in 1847, Caroline E. Potter. Being permanently settled in a place destined to rank first in agricultural industries, Mr. Matteson became identified with all matters of public interest, and gave himself heartily to the work of organizing and developing its interests; thus, in the year 1847, he took an important part in organizing the town and laying out the State road; he was al.so an active member of the Cemetery Association, locating the grounds and marking out the plats; the laying-out of the State road, owing to the probability of its being an important ihorouglifirc and laid out under the laws of a new State, developed two parties, who fought hard and bitterly as to what points it should ])ass; through some illegality, one party lost ground, and thi; matter ended in laying a very direct route ii-om Waupun to Oshko>h, running the entire I'ront of JMr. fthitlcson's farm ; he was very instrumental in inducing people to settle in that part of the county; indeed, persons would be directed to Clinton Matteson if they were in search of land or location ; for the first ten years, he gave his attention quite exclusively to wheat raising, from 1850 to 185G r.iising from 3,500 to 4,000 btishels a year; ho introduced the best varieties of seed ; his first market for this product was Sheboygan, fifty-five miles distant, where ho was obliged to carry it in loads, taking two or more days for a trip ; when the soil began to yield less bountifully of wheat, he turned his attention to sheep-raising ; in 1850, Mr. Matteson sent to Vermont for fine and valuable animals, constantly importing finer and better ones to improve his flock. About 1858-59, he became Chairman of the Board of Supervisors; in 1858, he joined the order of Free Mafons ; from tlie years 1861 to 18C5, he was President of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society of Fond du Lac Co. In 1861, he married the second time, his wife being Eliza Frisbie, a native of Trenton Falls, Oneida Co., N. Y., but at this time a resident of Rosendale. In the spring of 1871, an extension of the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac Railroad was contemplated; Mr. M. worked hard and heroically to secure the eoiiperation of a majority of the voters of Rosendale, riding weeks over almost impassalje roads ; he met with what at times seemed insurmountable obstacles, and would have proved so to a less determined man ; the object was at last gained through his personal exertions, and the road was built in the fall of 1871 ; the winter was severe, and the subject of this sketch furnished food and shelter to many a man who worked upon a snow-bound train ; Mr. Matteson, with his usual foresight, saw the necessity of having a better class of stock, and early set to work purchasing the best breeds, selecting a kind which in his judgment would be received universally as combining the largest number of desirable qualities; he introduced " short-horns," purchasing his fiist animal in 1865, then adding every year, until, in 1873, he published liis first catalogue, and fully established the " Rosendale Herd of Short-Horns ; " the study of this branch of industry was followed closely and systematically from the outset to the close of his life - indeed, he gave it the study necessary to a profession ; he purchased the American Herd-Books, containing pedigrees, as fast as they were published, also a condensed work of reference to English Herd-Books, thus possessing the encyclopedia of "short-horn literature ; " Mr. Matteson was in constant communication with every organization tending to promote the interests of stock-growers, and took several journals devoted to such subjects ; his experience as a breeder was acquired by conscientious and careful attention to details, together with extensive knowledge of the business, whicli rightfully made him oae of the most prominent and successful stock-growers in the State ; he thus became widely known throughout the Northwest, as a leader in some of the great agricultural and stockgrowing interests ; he was writing, at the time of his death, a history of some of the most important and fashionable lines of pedigree; he was, undisputably, the first to bring "short-horns" into this part of the State, as there was not a herd in Central or Northern Wisconsin until some years later ; he found ready sale for all he had to sell, many of his patrons being strangers from distant localities - from the plains of Kansas and the hills of Colorado; this became the crowning industry and work of bis life; he often remarked, " If I could live ten years, what infinitely more satisfactory results might be accomplished," showing that he felt it to be one of the established indastrios of the world. He was a man of singular decision and energy of character, which made his virtues and foibles appear the more prominent ; he was open and honest, both in his enmities and his friendships; after a declaration of hostilities, he would deal his opponents, as long as they could stand or crawl, the heaviest blows without the smallest ceremony - indeed, when he was upon the war-path, his valor was almost romantic, for he regarded not the number of his foes, but was ready to attack, with equal courage and resolution, a whole church or a whole town ; but his resentment was not lasting or rancorous, and, for very small concessions, he was always willing to bury the hatchet of war and ^moke the calumet of peace; to his friends, he was steadfastly attached, and was ready, with chivalrous promptness, to defend their honor or promote their interest ; to his neighbors who understood him, he was uncommonly kind and obliging; one having been his neighbor f>r twenty-five years, can bear willing testimony to his uniform courteousness during that long period, which makes him feel that in the death of Clinton Matteson, he has lost both a neighbor and a friend. For his family, he provided a pleasant and tasteful home, adding whatever he could to increase their comfort and promote their happine.'^.s ; he gave to his children a liberal education in the best schools ; they were four in number - MadoraG. Slatteson (now the wife of John R. Patty, of Fond du Lac, Wis.), and Bela C. (his only sen, now carrying on the business), children of his first .wife; Slinnie and Mabel Matteson, children of his second wife; but three are living now, Minnie, a lovely girl of 15, having died In less than two years after her father. Mr. iNLitteson posscsssed a mind of unusual vigor and activity, the predominant traits being a clear comprehension and superior judgment, united to wonderful energy and excellent management; the course of his mental operations were sometimes extraordinary, being almost an actual sight of future developments that seemed to present tliemselves first to his internal vision long before they cams to external view ; he was a close reader and ob.server of character, also possessing a faithful and logical memory, with ability for fine comparison, thus making him an interesting and highly entertaining conversationalist ; he had fine taste in discriminating the appropriateness of act or speech, and was keenly alive to what is termed the " fitne.ss of things;" he enjoyed a sentiment exceedingly, if it abounded in force and effect; it was eminently characteristic of him in whatever he undertook, whether in largj enterprises or trifling hom3 decorations, to do the best, to get the best - no madium ground satisfied him. Mr. Matt3S )n was no politician ; no one ever visited his home but felt gratified with his opeu-heartedness aud genial hospitality, and though a man of ability and refinement, his delip;ht was in his fields and among his herds, rather than in public life ; he was wholly free from hypocrisy and deceit, and would often own to his friends his failures and shortcomings, both as a man and a Christian ; he was a man with the weaknesses derived from humanity, with the strength that we inherit from the soul. Never in the annals of this portion of our State has a private citizen received so marked a token of respect, for a thousand people were present to show their esteem for the dead ; it was a most befitting tribute, that nearly three hundred carriages followed the remains to the grave, where the world closed forever upon the mortal part of one whom his friends loved and his bitterest enemies respected - a man who never let pass unimproved an opportunity to do a generous and charitable act, and whose faults even "leaned to virtue's side."

KATHAX W. MOOX. farmer. See. 25; P. 0. Rosendale ; was born in Essex Co., N. Y., in August, 1S27 ; his father, Jesse Moon, was a native of New England; followed milling, blacksmitbing and millwright's trade, and also practiced medicine in Esses Co., N. Y.; his mother, Rebecca Castle, was also born in New England. Nathan W. spent most of his time on a farm in his native county, and, in 1850, came to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm on Sec. 25, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., in the spring of 1857 ; he now owns 200 acres. March 5, 1855, he was married to Miss Ann, daughter of Michael and Ann Leonard, then living in the town of Eldorado, Pond du Lac Co., but a native of Ireland ; their children are Emma (now the wife of William T. Reed, and lives in the town of Lamartine), Jesse N., William H., John L. and Carrie M. Mr. Moon was Town Treasurer for two terms and member of the Town Board for two or three terms.

(jrEORCJK MURRAY (deceased) was born on Prince Edward's Island in June, 1791. and was the son of William and Margaret 3Iurray ; he spent most of his early life at farming and lumbering, and when ([uite a young man learned the ship-builder's trade, at which he worked during the winters. In 1830, he was married to Mrs. Margaret Montgomery, nee Ramsey, a daughter of Malcolm Ramsey, of Prince Edward's Island ; in 1844, they removed to McHenry Co., 111., where he devoted his time to farming for the next ten years ; in November, 1854, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and, in the following spring, settled on a farm on Sec. 23, town of Rosendale, where he died in December, 1855, leaving a widow, who died in March, 1875, and eight children - John, now in New Brunswick ; Catharine, now the wife of N. McFarland, and lives on Prince Edward's Island ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Joseph Spraig, and lives in Minnesota ; Mary A., now the wife of 0. T. Lewis, of Fond du Lac ; Jane, now the wife of H. Scofield, and lives in Minnesota; Margaret, now Mrs. Bushnell Dodd, of this town (Rosendale); Ann, who died in the spring of 1857 ; Theophalus, who married Miss Surrelda, daughter of Benjamin and Caroline Bennett, and lives on the homestead fijrm of 150 acres. They are membei's of the M. E. Church ; his post ofiice is Rosendale.

JOSHUA PHIL/lilPS (deceased) was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1799, and was the son of John and Ann Phillips ; he followed farming in his native county, and was married to Margaret Evans about 1820 ; he left his family in Wales, and came to seek a home in America about 1843, stopped first in the State of New York, and, about 1850, came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 156 acres, ou Sec. 12, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; here his fiimily joined him in 1856 ; his wife died on the farm in the summer of 1866, and he in the town of Nekaraa, Winnebago Co., Wis., in September, 1878; their children are Ellen, now the wife of David Price, and lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.; Ann, now Mrs. Oriel, and lives in Wales ; Sarah, deceased ; Eliza, now Mrs. John Thomas, of Utica, Winnebago Co.; John, who was married to Sarah, daughter of William and Martha Thomas, July 1, 1861; they have six children; Julia (J., now the wife of Samuel R. James; Etta, deieased ; Hattie, deceased ; Josephine Elmer, deceased ; Sidney. Mr. Phillips owns a farm of 200 acres in Sees. 11 and 15, and 156 acres in Sec. 12 ; his brother David now lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co.; his sister Martha, now Mrs. William Price, lives in Utica also. They are connected with the Baptist Church.

HIRAM QUIMRY, farmer. Sees. 8 and 9 ; P. 0. Pickett's Station ; is a native of Hillsboro Co., N. H.; son of David and Elizabeth (Kitdredge) Quimby, born May 29, 1806; his mother was a descendant of the Kitdredge family of New Hampshire, among whom were many eminent surgeons ; his father was a miller, and with him he worked at the trade much of the time in his native State ; he was, however, connected with a lumbering company there for a time ; in 1850, he left his home in New Hamp- .shire, and came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm on Sees. 8 and 9, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., where he now has 130 acres. In 1836, he was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of Benjamin Winslow, of Goffstown, Hillsboro Co , N. H.; their children are Louisa, now the wife of Patrick Rock, and lives in this town (Rosendale) ; Hiram M. and Byron B.

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WIIjIjIAM B. rase Y, retired farmer, Rosendale ; was born in the town of Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., Dec. 15, 1801 ; he is the son of John and llachel Rasey ; his father was a native of Rhode Island, but his mother of New York ; he was brought up as a farmer in his native State, and Feb. 26, lS2ti, was married to Nancy, a daughter of Samuel and Olive Hale, of Washington Co., N. Y. ; in the fall of 1847, they, with a family of four children, immigrated to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in the town of Lamartine, where he followed farming till July, 1875 ; disposing of his farm at that time, he removed to the village of Rosendale, where he has since lived a more retired life. Their children are Samuel, who now lives in the town of Rosendale ; Sarah J., now the wife of Leander Knapp, and lives at Island Lake, Lyon Co., Minn. ; Olive H., now the wife of I. W. Bowen, and lives in St. James, Watonwan Co., .Minn. ; Ed Z., lives also in Watonwan Co., Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Rasey are members of the M. E. Church.

THOMAS ROBERTS (deceased) was born in South Wales Dec. 15, 1815, and was the son of James and Mary Roberts ; he was employed in the iron mines till 1842, and then came to America, and was employed in the coal mines at Tallmadge, Ohio, for eight years ; in 1850, he came to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. ; settled on a farm in Sec. 2, where he followed farming and owned a farm of 200 acres at the time of his death, Feb. 29, 187f5. In November, 1839, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Elizabeth Stone, also of South Wales ; their children are Rachel, now the wife of Joel Morgan, and lives in Nekama ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Wm. Jones, of Dakota ; Daniel, now in Utica, Winnebago Co. ; James, of this town (Rosendalej ; Mary and Maggie, at home, and an adopted son, William. Mr. Roberts and family belong to the Congregational Church.

JAMES W. SANOERS, farmer, Sec. (i ; P. 0. Ripon : is the oldest son of James Sanders, a native of Connecticut, and Anna ( Wildey ) Sanders, a native of New York ; he was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1824, and spent his early life there on a farm ; at the age of 17, he entered upon an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade in his native county, and afterward followed the trade there till 1845, immigrating thence to McHenry Co., 111., where he continued the trade for one year ; in April, 1840, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and pre-empted a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 6, town of Rosendale, built his pioneer shanty thereon, and has since devoted most of his time to agriculture ; his shauty has since been exchanged for a commodioiis home with the improvements of a modern farm residence, and he now has 120 acres of land in that section. His parents removed to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled in Waushara Co., where his mother died June 21, 1862, at the age of 61 years ; his father afterward died in Winnebago Co., Wis., Nov. 10, 1876, at the age of 78 years. Mr. .Sanders has been Chairman of the Town Board of Rosendale for three terms. In October, 1847. he was married to Miss Nancy, daughter of Christopher and Joannah (^Lambert) Grant, and a native of Virginia, but then a resident of this town (Rosendale) ; their children are James C., now living at Brown's Grove, Pawnee Co., Kan. ; Edwin A., who also lives at Brown's Grove, Kan. ; Amelia H., now at home ; Charles H., of Oshkosh, Wis. ; Dennison F., now at home. Mrs. Sanders is a member of the Seventh Day Advent Church.

JOSEPH SCRIBIVER, Sr., (deceasedl, was born in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn., Oct. 30, 1796 ; his father, P]noch Scribner, was also a native of Norwalk ; born Aug. 29, 1750, and belonged to the long line of Scribners, beginning with Mathew, who settled there as early as 1740; his mother, Betsey Benedict, was also born in that county. Joseph, the subject of this sketch, spent much of his early life on a farm in his native county, as many of his ancestors had done. In 1815, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Jarvis and Mercy Kellogg, nee Sellack, also farmers of Fairfield Co. ; four sons and three daughters composed their family, as follows: William, born in Connecticut, in December, 1815 : married Mary E., daughter of Nathaniel L. and Maria Hill, nee Wakeman, of Fairfield Co., Sept. 25, 1839; immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in the fall of 1849, and settled in the town of Rosendale, where his wife died Jan. 28, 1876, leaving the following children - Mary E., now the wife of T. Cooper Hill, of this village (Rosendale); Julia, now Mrs. Joseph Mabee, and lives in Tarrytown, N. Y. ; William H., who now lives at Russell, Russell Co., Kan. ; John W., of the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. ; Ellen M. ; Charles H. and Eliza R., who are now at home. Feb. 20, 1877, he was married to Miss Maria E., daughter of Adam and Eliza Vandenbergh, a native of New York City, but immigrated to this county, with her mother, in June, 1857. The other members of Mr. Joseph Scribner's family are Martha, now the wife of Dr. Storrs Hall, of this village (Rosendale) ; Enoch, of Eldorado Mills, Fond du Lac Co. ; Joseph, of the town of Springvale ; James K., also of Eldorado Mills ; Harriet, now the wife of John Cooley, and lives in the village of Rosendale. Mr. Scribner removed to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1858, and settled on a flirm on Sec. 34, town of Rosendale, where he died in October, 1868. His wife now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Cooley.

ELISHA C. STEWART, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Ripon ; was born in Oswe<;o Co, N. Y, in November, 1827 ; wlien quite youm,', lie with parents, John ami .Martha Stewart, removed to Madison, Co, N. Y, and, at tlie au'o of 14, to Mellcnry Co , III. ; four years later (1S4G), with them, immigrated to Fond du Lac Co, Wis, and settled on See. 17, town of Kosendale, where they afterward died, and where he has since reside 1. In November, 1351, he was married to Lucy J, dauirhter of Loren A, and Phebe Rice, early settlers of this town (Rosendale), she died April 29, 1859, leaving three children, as follows - Charles ]i.. now of Ida Co, Iowa; Edward C, also of Ida Co, Iowa; Alice I., who is now at home. In 18(51, he was man led to Miss M. C., daughter of Fredrick and Charlotte Klampee ; they have two children - iMary J. and Wiilington. Mr. Stewart has been Chairman of the Town Board for three terms. IIi:iisclf and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

JAMES H. SWANEY, farmer. Sec. 9; P. O. West Rosendale; was born in Belknap Co., N. II., Feb. 4, 1829; his parents, John and Nancy Swaney, were also natives of New Hampshire; he spent tlie first seventeen years of his life on a farm in his native county, and then became employed in the spinning department of the cotton works at Lowell, Mass., where he remained twelve years. Nov. 17, 1853, ho was married to '.corgiana, daughter of Mark and Eliza L. Bailey, of Lowell, but a native of Ureenficld, N. II. ; in the fall of 1857, they came to the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he at once began the carpenter's trade, and has continued the same much of the time since ; in the fall of IStio, he bought a farm of eighty acres, on Sec. 9, and removed to it in 181)4, where he ha.s also carried on firming ; they have four children - Georgia E., Mornetta, Katie E. and Willie. Mr. Swaney has been Justice of the nee for five or six terms.

JAMES THOMPSON, famcr, Sec. 13; P.O. Rosendale; was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in June, 1818, and is the son of Joseph and Margaret Thompson. At the age of IG, he was apprenticed to the weaver's trade in his native town (Kilcalm) which he continued there three years ; in the .spring ol' 1838, he sailed for America, and landed at Quebec; in June, he settled in Dexter, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where his parents afterward joined him and made that their home till their deaths; he soon became employed in the woolen mills of Dexter, and for nine years was overseer of the coloring-room ; in 1848, he bought a small farm near Dexter, and afterward followed farming there till 1856; disposing of his interests there at that time, he immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm on Sec. 13, town of Rosendale, where he now owns 120 acres. In October, 1845, ho was married to Miss Jane, daughter of James and Bjttie E. (Taylor) MeMullin, natives of County Longford, Ireland, but an immigrant to America in 1839, and settled in Watcrtown, N. Y. ; their children are Jennie, now deceased ; J.s.'ph, deceased; Edmtind J., deceased; Elva L. and George A., now at home with his parents. They are members of the Episcnp.il Church.

HENRY C. WARD, retired, Rosendale; was born in Rutland Co., Vt., May 3, 1820. His parenis, Lorenzo and Abigail Ward, where also natives of Vermont. He pa.'-sed his early life on a farm ill his native State, and in the spring of 1845, came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and early in May of that year, ho entered the first land in the town of Rosendale, on Sec. 3G, it being the day after Mr. Sanborn, the Hr.^t settler of Rosendale, had made his claim ; living on Sec. 30 one and a half years, he then moved to We>t Rosendale, where he continued farming until 1874; at that time he moved to the city of Ripon, where he has since lived a more roiired life. Jan. 1 7, 1858, he was married to Slinerva, daughter of Lyman and Sally Bradway, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y. ; their children are Lottie, Lucy, Myra and Carrie. They attend the Consreirali uial Cliurch.

S.4ML'EL L. WHITNEY, farmer. Sec. 10; P. 0. West Rosendale, is a native of Androscoggin Co., .Me.; born Nov. 29, 1820, and is the son of Samuel and Lydia (Curate) Whitney. His gra'idfalher, Bjiij.imin Whitney, was a native of England, and with six brothers immigrated to America, and loca'ed at Cape Cod before the French and Indian war, the others afterward were scattered over M issachu>eits, New York and other States, but he settled as a pioneer at Lisbon Falls, Me.; two of his broth-rs, Abrani and Isaac, were soldiers in the Revolution. At New jMeadows, Me., before the close of the French and Indian wir, ho was married to Jlercy Hiiikley, and they had a family of twelve children, the eldest two of whom Were also soldii rs in the Revolution ; the youngest, Samuel, and the father of Samuel L., was born at LisUon in 1774; followed lumbering and farming for a livelihood, and was married to Lydia Curate in 1801, the second daughter of Stephen Curate, who came from France to Boston, Ma'^s , as early as 1771, and m irried Martha Hern in 1774; they had three children - of whom Lydia, the second, was born in 1770; Samuel, with his wife, settled at Lisbon, Me., where they raised a family of seven children, and afterward died there; Samuel L., the youngest of the family and subject of this sketch, was brought up at farming and lumbering. Was married to Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Eunice (Tarrj Clark, of Lewiston, Me., Jan. G, 1840 ; they came to Fond du Lae Co, Wis., in 1849, and in 1851 settled on a farm on See. 16, town of llosendale, which has since been his home ; from 1849 to 1856 he was interested with M. S. Sanborn in lumbering in Outagamie Co. ; since that time, lie has been farming, and he now has a farm of 300 acres in Sec. 16, and forty acres in Sec. 9. Mr. Whitney has been a member of the Town Board two terms, and was Assessor of the town one term'; their rhildren are Harriet, wife of Gilbert P. Wilson, of Ripon ; Samuel, who owns a farm of 120 acres in this town (Rosendale) on Sec. 16; Ellen J., now home with her parents; Jlercy, now ]Mrs. Frank Burgess, of Sedgwick Co., Kan. ; John, at home ; Florence, who died at the age of 3 years and 6 months.

FRED ZINZOW, farmer. Sec. 18; P. O. Ripon ; was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Nov. 2, 183-t, and is the son of Charles Zinzow ; he came to America in July, 1866 ; he lived for the first five years in the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and then removed to the town of Trenton, Dodge Co., Wis., for three years ; he then returned to Fond du Lac Co., and settled in the town of Alto ; in the fall of 1875, he bought his present farm of 80 acres, in Sec. 18, town of Rosendale. In the fall of 1866, be was married to Miss Fredreka, daughter of Adolph and Erncstina Dornbrack, then residents of the town of Metomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; their children are Fred, Augusta, Frank and Ida. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Zinzow are members of the Lutheran Church.

ADAII ACKER, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Ladoga; is a native of Athens Co., Ohio, where he was born January 12, 1821 ; he is the son of John and Elizabeth Acker; in 1847, he immigrated to Michigan, where he followed farm laboring for fourteen years ; thence to Clark Co., 111., for five years; in

1867, he married Miss Sarah, daugjiter of Fllder William and Mary West, nee Smith, immigrants (rem Broome Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1847 to this town (Springvale), where her father was the first Close- Communion Baptist minister ; her father died here in 1872; her mother, in 1809. They have three children - Charles, Rosa and Ruble M. They are members of the Congregational Church.

WIIiLiIAJl J. BARIVES, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Ro.=endale ; was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in March, 1837 ; his parents, Samuel K. Barnes and Salome Torrence, were natives of Yates Co., N. Y., but later settled in Steuben Co., where they lived on a farm till 1853 ; then with their family they immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm in the town of Forest, where Mr. Barnes died in 1858. William J., the subject of this sketch, enlisted in Co. H, 14th W. V. I., in 1865; was with his regiment in all its battles and movements till mustered out at Mobile, Oct. 8, 1865; his brother, Milton K., enlisted in the same company in 1861, was with tbe regiment till the battle of Chico, there was taken sick, brought home and died in July, 1862; Austin T., another brother, was in Co. I, 5th W. V. I., and was killed at Fredericksburg, in April, 1863. After being mustered out of service, William returned to Forest, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and continued farming there till 1868, when he bought a farm of 85 acres, 65 of which are in Sec. 1, town of Springvale, and 20 in Sec. 30, town of Rosendale, which has since been his home. In'June, 1804, he was married to Miss Fidelia M., daughter of George and Sarah Chase, then of Forest, but a native of the State of New York ; they have three children - Anna M., Minnie B. and Percy L. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Barnes was Town Superintendent of Schools in Forest two years ; Clerk three years, and Chairman of the Town Board one year.

HERMAN C. BRIXKERHOFF, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. O. Brandon ; was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., May 16, 1815, and i.s the eighth son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Stout) Brinkerhoif ; in June. 1847, he came to Wisconsin; entered a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 29, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., which has since been his home ; he was School Superintendent of the town one term, and was member of the Town Board for two or three terms. In June, 1848, he was married to Miss Clarissa, a daughter of Samuel and Chloe Cheeney, a native of Vermont. They have one son - Francis, who, in the spring of 1874, married Miss Jane, daughter of Hinkley and Mary Grennell, then living in the town of Waupun ; they have two c'lildren - Francis H. and Edith E.

WILLIAM A. CHESfEY, retired farmer. Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Brandon ; was born in Rutland Co., Vt., Dec. 31, 1806; son of Samuel Cheney and Chloe Manley, natives of Connecticut; his grandfather, Benjamin Cheney, was also a native of Connecticut. William A. spent much of his early life on a farm, and, at the age of 18, began teaching music, which he continued in his native county lor ten years. Feb. 14, 1834, he was married to Miss Sophrona, daughter of Abram and Louisa Ressequie, nee Robinson, and a native of Hubbardton, Rutland Co., Vt. May 26, 1836, Mr. and Mrs. Cheney started for Wisconsin and reached Chicago in June following; they settled in the town of Waterford, Racine Co., Wis.; in March, 1845, Mr. Cheney, with his brother, came to Fond du Lao Co. and selected their homes; he entered 160 acres in Sec. 33, town of Springvale, and built his pioneer house, which is yet standing; Nov. 3, 1845, his fomily arrived, and was the first to settle in the town, and have since made their home on the first selected farm. ' Their children are Jerome B., married and lives at Berlin, Wis;, Mary E., now the wife of Austin Taylor, and lives in this town (Springvale); S. Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cyrenus Hall, and lives in Walworth Co., Wis.; John R., married and lives on the homestead ; Sarah J., now the wife of A. P. Fowler, and lives in Iowa; Charles B., married and lives in Berlin, and Chloe L., who lives at home with her parent.s. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are members of the M. E. Church.

EDWARD CURTIS (deceased) was born in the State of New York March 18, 1808, and spent the first twenty-five years of his life with his parents on a farm. In 1837, he was married to Miss Eveline, daughter of John Eaton, who was born in Now York in 1811. In 1848, they, with a family of five children, immigrated to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 13, town of Springvale, where he f )llowed farming till his death Feb. 5, 1877 ; his widow now lives in the village of Rosendale. Their children are (lynthia M., now the wife of John Gilchrist, of Madison. Lake Co., Dak.; John K., who now lives in Steele Co., Minn.; George, deceased ; David, of Steele Co., Minn.; Vincent, who, Dec. 17, 1872, married Miss Hattie A., daughter of Stephen and Harriet Crossman, of this town, Springvale (they have two children - Frank and Mary H., and now live on the homestead ; he now owns a farm of 160 acres in Sec. 24, town of Springvale); Mary E., who is now the wife of N. Nickerson, of Seward Co., Kan.; Phebe A., now Mrs. Horatio Elliott, of the town of Rosendale.

JOH1V DUFFY% former. Sec. 17; P. O. Brandon; born in Canada East July 29, 1844; son of Martin and Ann (McDonough) Dufly, natives of Ireland, but who immigrated to Canada in 1838, and came to Watertown, Wis., in 1846, where they now reside; John made his home there until 1862; he then came to the town of Springvale, Fond du Luc Co.; in 1866, he purchased his present farm of 120 acres; he has since bought eighty acres in Sec. 20. Feb. 18, 1868, he married Ellen, daughter of Patrick and Margaret Moran, then residing in the town of Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis.; they have six children living - James P., Margaret J., Ellen, Thomas H., Ann M., John F. and Martin J.; they lost one son. Mr. Duffy and wife are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

DANIEL FENELON (deceased), was born in the County Carlow, Ireland, March 5, 1841, and was the fourth son of John and Margaret (Byrne) Fenelon, with whom he came to America in 1850, and settled in the town of Springvale, Wis., where he resided with his parents until 1863. Married, Jan. 4, 1863, to Mary, daughter of John and Ann (Burns) Gough, of the city of Fond du Lac ; she was born in County Wicklow, Ireland; he settled on a farm in Sec. 16, after his marriage, and resided there until his death, Sept. 8, 1871 ; his widow and three sons now reside on the farm; the sons are John H., William J. and Daniel. They are members of the Catholic Church.

CirEORGE <jrEE, farmer, Sees. 32 and 33; P. 0. Brandon; son of Jonathan Gee and Lorany Blue; born in the town of Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., July 10, 1816; his grandparents, Daniel and Mary Blue, were natives of Mercer Co., N. J., but removed to the town of Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1802; his grandfather wis apprenticed to the cabinet-maker's trade in Princeton, N. J., at the age of 14, at which he served seven years' apprenticeship; he followed his trade much of the time in New York, though for the first few years after his settlement there, he worked at the millwright trade, and built the second mill in Tompkins Co., at Fall Creek ; later, he removed to Ohio, where he eontiaued the caoinetmaker's trade for nearly twenty ye^rs, and, in 1853, hi; returned to Tompkins Co., where he died the following year. Jonithan, the fathjr of our present subject, was the son of John Gej, who, at the ago of 14, was apprenticed to the weaver's trade in the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., during the Revolutionary war ; the Tories of that vicinity often met at the weaver's shop, and laid plans for the capture of Washington and his army ; this lad's patriotism prompted him to carry the news to the General's camp ; he did so, and was kept as an aid-boy by Washington until one day, when the officers were mustering some recruits in service, he formed in the ranks, stood on tiptoe, and was mustered in with them ; he served seven years as a .soldier, his last siege being at the surrender of Cornwallis ; after the close of the war, he was married to Mary Hutchiugs, and settled in the Wyoming Valley, N. Y., where Jonathan was born, Feb. 15, 1792 ; in 1797, they removed to Tompkins Co., N. Y., and settled in the town of Virgil; here they raised a family of fifteen children, whose descendants are now scattered over many States; Jonathan was married to Miss Loraney Blue in 1812 or 1813, and was the father of thirteen children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. George was the second son, and early learned the stonecutter's trade in his native county ; in May, 1847, he came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Springvale, where he now has a farm of eighty-seven acres in Sees. 32 and 33 ; he also owns 120 acres in the town of Belmont, Portage Co., Wis., and has a liouse and marble-shop at Stevens Point ; he, with his cousin, started the :first marble-works at Waupun, Fond du Lac Co. March 1, 1836, he was married to Miss Lydia, a daughter of Rev. Caleb and Phebe Whiting, of Cortland Co., N. Y., who died at her home in Springvale, Nov. 5, 1866. Their children were Thaddeus Adelbert, who was killed in South Carolina, Feb. 3, 1865 ; Hiram E., who died when 6 months old ; Emma E., now the wife of J. H. Ward, and lives in Fillmore Co., Neb.: Geo. E., who died in Springvale when 6 months old ; Ella R., deceased ; Billington W., married Ella, daughter of Wm. and Mary Huff, dying April 6, 1877 - he was again married, to Minnie, daughter of Elijah and Albina P. Hersoy, of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis., July 20, 1879, and they now live in Springvale; Florence R., now the wife of Oliver N. Lewis, of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis.

T. farmer. Sec. 14 ; P.O.Rosendale; isa son of E.J. Gillett,D.D., and Amanda Smith ; his father was a native of New York, his mother of Massachusetts ; his father was a Presbyterian minister in New,York, but is now a Professor in Parsons College, in Ljwa. T. K. was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in October, 1835 ; is the youngest of five children, all of whom came to Wisconsin ; he, with one sister, Mrs. Judge McLean, of the city of Fond du Lac, resides in this county ; he was educated in the common schools of New York, and, in 1849, he made bis first visit to Fond du Lao Co., Wis., but returned to his home in York State after a six months' stay; in February, 1854, he came a second time to Fond du Lac Co., and settled on his father's farm in Sec. 35, town of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming for thirteen years; in 1867, he purchased a farm in Sec. 14, town of Springvale, which has since been his home; he was elected Chairman of the Town Board in 1873, was re-elected in 1874, 1877 and 1879 ; was nominated for the State Senate in the fall of 1879. Dec. 25, 1859, he was married to Miss Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah and Sylva Cowden, of Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; her mother dying when she was 2 days old, she was raised by her grandmother, till she died, and then by distant relatives ; they have had two sons - Alfred E. (deceased), and Willis J.

DAJflE.L, former, Sec. 9; P. 0. Brandon ; was born in Ireland in 1817 ; son of John and Bridget Greene. About the year 1840, he was married to Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Mary Carey ; she was born in Ireland ; came to America in 1850, and settled on a farm in Sec. 8 ; afterward removed to his present location, owning his original farm of 80 acres and also 80 acres in Sec 9, where he now resides ; they have had eight children ; the living are - ^Maria (now Mrs. Wm. Culbertson, of Wineconne. Wis.); Thomas, Elizabeth, Susan and Daniel ; the last four reside at home with their parents ; lost one son and a daughter - Bridget and John. Mr. Greene and his family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church, in th'.s town.

WIIjIjIAML HARHER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. 0. Rosendale ; was born in the county of Sussex, England, in June, 1811, and is the son of Samuel Harmer and Phebe Carey, both of whom died in England ; he learned and followed the business of a thatcher, in his native county. June, 1836, he married Miss Hannah, daughter of Richard and Sarah Mitchell, nee Upton, of Sussex, England ; with a a familyofeight children, in 1848, he immigrated to America, and settled in Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which has since been his home, where he now has 40 acres in Sec. 24, having sold off much of his land ; the children are as follows: William, of Springvale: Charles, of Jackson Co., Wis.; Joseph (deceased) ; Mary (now Mrs. James Dooley, of Dole's Corners) ; Harriet (now Mrs. Dewell, of Jackson Co., Wis.) ; Sarah (now Mrs. Charles Perry, of Minnesota) ; Peter, of Jackson Co., Wis.; Mrs. Harmer died at her home in 1858. In 1861, he married Mrs. Frances Davis, of Fond du Lac, a native of England, who died just ten years after her marriage.

JAME!>$ T. HART, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Eldorado Mills; is a native of Westchester Co., N. Y.; born Nov. 15, 1811 ; is the son of Elijah and Mariah Hart, who were also natives of Westchester Co.; he devoted his time to farming in his native county until 1858. In 1833, he was married to Elizabeth P., daughter of Henry and Rachel Storms, also native of Westchester Co., but of Holland descent; in the spring of 1858, with his family - a wife and six children, he emigrated to Wiscon.sin, and .settled on a farm on Sec. 1, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co.; ho now owns a farm of 200 acres, 120 of -which is on Sec. 1, Springvale; 40, in Sec. 8, town of Lamartine, and also a timber lot of 40 acres in West Town ; their children are Emma, now wife of Isaac B. Lovett, of Westchester Co., N. Y.; Elijah, on farm with his lather; Almyra, now wife of William S. Ball, of Springvale ; Norman T., of this town ; Fannie, wife of Richard Grove, of Springvale ; Anna, at home. His oldest daughter is a member of the Dutch Reform Church; the other members of the family are Tom Paineites.

THE HAZEX FAlIIliY. Among the first settlers of Springvale, were the nine Hazen brothers; son-^ of John and Polly ( Blodgett) Hazen, who were natives of Massachusetts, but early immigrants to Lewis Co., N. Y., where these sons were born ; their father dying in 1838, eight of the brothers with their mother came to Wisconsin in July, 1844, and settled in the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., and later in the town of Springvale ; they wore Sewell V., now living at Winona, Minn., to which place he removed in 1S61 ; Calvin, now a citizen of this town - Springvale; Aloczo, now a resident of Eau Claire Co.. Wis ; James, who was perhaps the first physician in the town of Springvale, and who soon after settled in Milwaukee, but was forced on account of ill health to give up his professional work (he died in the city of Fond du Lac, Aug. 13, 1853, leaving a daughter, Nettie, who afterward, with her mother and stepfather, removed to Wyoming, and there was drawn as one of the first twelve lady jurists in the United States ) ; Lorenzo, who preceded the rest of the family in the town of Oakfield a year ( he was a member of the Wisconsin Constitutional Convention ; he afterward removed to the city of Fond du Lac, thence to the city of Ripon and, finally, to Owatonna, Steele Co. Minn., where he is now County Judge); John, now a citizen of Springvale; Sanford, now a resident of Ripon, Wis.; Chester, who was the second settler of this town - Springvale ; Loren E.. who returned to New York, and is now a resident of the town of Copenhatjen, Lewis Co. Tlieir mother died at her son Calvin's home in Springvale in June, 185(i.

CHESTER HAZEK, resides on the southeast quarter of Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Ladoga, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; proprietor of Ladoga, Brandon & Grand Prairie cheese factories, and breeder of pureblooded Ayrshiros ; he was born on the 31st of January, 1824, in Copenhagen. Lewis Co., N. Y.; his ancestry are of English origin, and came from England about the middle of the seventeenth century, and settled in Massachusetts, where his great-great-grandfather, Edward Hazen, was born Sept. 10, 16()0; his son Benjamin was born in Rowley, Mass., on the 19th day of February, 1694: and his son Edward was born at Groton, Mass., May 2, 1737; and his son, John Hazen, was the father of the subject of this sketch, and was born at Swanzey, N. H., on the 17th of BLarch, 1786, and died Nov. 22, 1838 ; his wife's maiden name - the mother of Chester - was Polly Blodgett. Eight brothers, including Chester, came West, and landed at Milwaukee on the 2d of July, 1844, and immediately thereafter settled in Fond du Lac Co.; another brother, Lorenzo, had preceded the family, and settled in Oakfield in the fall of 1843 ; Chester settled first in the township of Oakfield, but sold his claim in the spring of 1845, and bought the fiirm where he now resides ; has a home farm of 240 acres, 80 of which is meadow ; ho has also a farm of 200 acres in the township of Green Lake, county of Green Lake, where iiis Grand Prairie Cheese Factory is located; he a'so owns an improved farm of 320 acres in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa. He was married, June 8, 1854, to Miss Jennie Atwood, formerly of Vermont ; he has had two children - Delia M., who was born Oct. 12, 1855, and Bertie, born Oct. 24, 1859, died Aug. 25, 1862. Delia was married on the 2d of September, 1879, to William Griffith, of Metomen, Pond du Lac Co., Wis. Of the nine Hazen brothers who began Western life in this county, four still live in Fond du Lac Co., namely : Chester, Sewell. John and Sanford ; one, a physician, James, died in August, 1853 ; Calvin lives in Winona, Minn., and Lorenzo is County Judge of Steele Co., Minn., and .\lonzo is in Eau Claire Co., Wis., and Loren E. is a physician in his native place, Copenhagen, N. Y. The nine brothers have an aggregate of twenty-six children, and forty-five grandchildren. In early life, Chester learned the trade of molder, and worked at the same for ten years, but his life-work has been farmiug; he commenced dairying on his Springvale farm in 1850, and that, together with stock-raising, continues to be his business or profession. In 1864, he built and ran the first cheese factory in Wisconsin, and it for eight years was the largest factory in the State. In 1870, ho shipped the first car load of cheese that was ever sent to the New York market, by the manufacturer, from Wisconsin. The " Fond du Lac County Dairymen's Association " was organized in 1869, and was the first association of the kind in the State. Mr. Hazen was its first President. The " Wisconsin State Dairymen's Association " was organized in 1871, with Chester Hazen as President, and he was twice re-elected to the same position. He has been actively intere.sted in agricultural enterprises, having been an official ten years in the Fond du Lac County Agricultural Society, and also for six years in the "Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association, and also four years in the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. He is President of an a.ssociation which is running a "co-operative store " at Brandon, Fond du Lac Co. Mr. Hazen is emphatically the pioneer dairvman of Wisconsin ; he milks eighty cows this season - 1880. He has been practically interested for fully thirty years in securing the best dairy stock, and finally decided to try the Ayrshire, and, in March, 1873, he bought ten pure-blood Ayrshires, and, since that date, he has made a specialty of breeding that stock. He lias now sixty head of Ayrshires, and, everything considered, he believes them to combine more good qualities for general purposes than any other breed on the continent. He has been a reliable Republican ever .since the organization of the party. He is liberal in his religious views, and is a member of the First Universalist vSociety of Fond du Lac Co. The social qualities and personal characteristics of this enthusiastic dairyman are too well known to need description in Wisconsin history.

CAIiVlM HAZEN, fiirmer, Sees. 35 and 36 ; P. 0. Ladoga ; is the son of John and Polly Hazen, nee IBlodgett, born in Lewis Co., N. Y., in October, 1811 ; he spent much of his early life on a farm in his native county. In June, 1838, he was married to Miss Pauline, daughter of Isaac and Pcr>us Brewer, natives of Lewis Co., also ; they with a daughter, Irene, and his mother's family, immigrated to Wisconsin in 1844, and arrived in Milwaukee July 2 of that year. Their first settlement was in the town of Oakfioid, Fond du Lac Co., near the place where the village is now located; two years later he preempted 160 acres in Sec. 36, town of Springvale, but through a mistake could only hold eighty acres of it; he removed to Springvale at that time and has since made it his home ; he now has a liirm of 191 acres, forty acres of which is in Sec. 12, town of Waupun, the rest in Sees. 35 and 3G, Springvale. Here his wife died in December, 1851, leaving three children - Irene (now the wife of H. Finch, of Steele Co., Minn.), Jane (now Mrs. George Ballard, of Dodge Co., Minn), and Edgar, of Cottonwood Co., Minn. In December, 1855, he was married to Miss Meribah, daughter of Russell and Nancy Brown, a native of New York, but an immigrant to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1848; their children are Jason (deceased), Fred C, Hattie L. and Spener R.

JOHN HAZEN, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Ladoga; is the sixth of the nine sons of John and Polly liazeu ; he was born in the town of Denmark, Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 19, 1819 ; he spent his early life with his parents on a firm in his native county, and early acquired the habits of industry and economy which have characterized his life; in the summer of 1844, he, with his wife, mother and seven brothers, immigrants to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of OakBeld ; in March, 1846, he removed to a farm in Sec. 34, town of Springvale, where he has since lived, and now has 191 acres. In JeflFerson Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1843, ho was married to Miss Melissa, daughter of John W. and Anna Moore, nee Townsend, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled in the town of Springvale, where her mother died June 22, 1860, and her fither Aug. 2, 1878, leaving eight children, four of whom now live in Fond du Lac Co.; Mr. and Mrs. Ilazen have two children - Anna A. (now Mrs. B. C. Sherwin, of Springvale), and H. Sidney, who was the first child born in this town, Sept. 7, 1847.

CHARLES C. liIIVDSI.EY, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Rosendale; was born in Madison Co. N. Y., in March, 1823, and son of Eben and Thankful (Parker) Lindsley, natives of Connecticut, but immigrants to New York in 1810, where our present subject was born; he spent his early life on a farm in liis native county ; in 1846, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; spent a few weeks in the town of Byron; then returned to Madison Co., New York, where, Jan. 19, 1847, he was married to Miss Olive M., daughter of Solomon and Olive (Thair) Taylor, and in May following came again to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 27 ; built, perhaps, the fourth frame house in that town ; five years later, he removed to Sec. 10 of that town ; in 1870, they removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where he was dealing in real estate for four years ; in 1874, he bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 12, town of Springvale, and ten acres in the town of Lamartine, and has since followed farming; their children are Addison S., of Fond du Lac ; Newton E., Louis M., Vina 0. (now the wife of J. H. Scribner, of this town). Flora A., Charles W. and Lillie B. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsley are members of the Baptist Church.

ALFRED MARCH ANT, farmer. Sec. 4; P. 0. Ro.sendale; was born in the county of Kent, England, JLirch 2, 1830 ; his father, James Marohant, and his mother, Mary A. Skinner, were also natives of that county; in 1834, with his parents he immigrated to America and settled in the town of Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y.; four years later, they removed to the town of Annsville, Oneida Co.; in 1847,. with his father and sister, he came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., where his mother and other* members of the family afterward joined them; in 1861, he bought a farm of eighty acres on Sec. 4, town of Springvale, which has since been his home. In August, 1858, he was married to Miss Fannie, daughter of Michael and Mary A. Mouran, natives of Ireland, but immigrants to Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1854 ; they had two children - George and Otis G., both of whom are deceased.

SAMUEL W. MARSH, retired, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Rosendale; was born in the town of Rochester. Windsor Co., Vt., Sept. 7, 1801 ; when 3 years old, with his parents, Joseph C. and Susanna Marsh, he removed to Clinton Co., N. Y., where he spent his life on a farm till 1838. In 1825, he was married to Temperance, a daughter of Byron and Temperance Havans, of Clinton Co., N. Y., with whom, in 1838, he removed to La Salle Co., 111.; three years later, they removed to Raeine Co., Wis., and, in 1846, to the town of Metomen, where they settled on a farm and made that their home till 1868; he then bought a farm of 120 acres in Sec. 2, in the town of Springvale, where he has .since lived ; they have four children - Isaac H. (now a practicing physician of Neillsvillc, Clark Co., Wis.), Gurden (now a carpenter and joiner of the city of Fond du Lac), Canfield (who now owns the farm on which he and his father lives), Caroline (now the wife of M. D. Buell, and lives in Humburd, Clark Co., Wis. ) He was Assessor of the town of Metomen one year. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh are members of the M. E. Church.

JOHN W. MOORE (deceased) was born in New Hampshire, March 24, 1797, and was the Bon of Theodosius and Hannah Wilson Moore, with whom he removed to Lewis Co., N. Y., when about 10 years old. In 1818, ho was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Jonathan and Orange (Fox) Townseud, of Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., with whom he immigrated to Fond du Lac Co. in 1845; their chddren are Malissa (now the wife of John Hazen, of this town), Mary (now Mrs. Lorenzo Hazen, and lives in Ripon), Martha (now the wife of David Lawrence, and lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.), Maria (the late Mrs. Abijah Hubbard, now deceased), Marion H. (now Mrs. Bush, and lives on a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 30, in this town ; she has two sons - William E. and John C. ), John M. (now of Beloit, Kan.), Theodooia (now Mrs. Oscar Willard, of the town of Oaktield, Fond du Lac Co.), Augusta (now Mrs. Alonzo Lockwood, aud lives in the town of Metomen), George (now in Fond du Lac City).

MONTGOMERY, farmer, Sees. 23 and 24; P. 0. Rosendale ; is the only son of George Montgomery, Sr., and Margaret Ramsey; was born on Prince Edward's Island Feb. 24, 182() ; his father died before he was born, but his mother afterward married again, and with her and his stepfather in 1845, he immigrated to De Kalb County, and later, to McHenry Co., Ill; in November, 1847, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on Sec. 14, town of Springvale, where he lived till 1871 ; he then traded for 200 acres in Sees. 23 and 24, in the town of Springvale, which has since been his home. In July, 1852, he was married to Miss Mary A., daughter of George and Ann Gould, natives of Staffordshire, England, but immigrants to Wisconsin in 1850; their children are as follows: Eliza A.; Susannah, now Mrs. Elijah Griffith, of Rosendale, Wis.; James D., George D., William D., Fred D., Ida M., Sophia A., Abbie, Mabel D. and Martha M. Mrs. Slontgomery is a member of the Congregational Church.

JOHN NEST, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Brandon; was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in January, 1845; his father died when he was only 3 years old, but his mother was long spared him; in 1857, they immigrated to America and settled on a farm of eighty acres, in Sec. 28, town of Springvale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where his mother afterward died. In 1860, he was married to Fredreka Springbaurn, of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; their children are Ellen, Charles, Martha, Emma, Bertha, Eddie and Alvina. Mr. and Mrs. Nest are members of the Lutheran Church.

THEODORE O'CONNOR, deceased ; was a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y.; born in 1810, and was the son of Timothy and Lucy O'Connor; when quite young, with his parents, he removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where his father and mother died. In 1832, he was married in Jefferson Co., to Eunice, daughter of Joseph and Milly Dickey; she was born in that county; in June, 1854, with a family of six children, they came to Wisconsin and located on a fiirm in the town of Metomen, Pond du Lac Co.; seven years later he removed to the town of Rosendale, where he continued farming until 1808; he then purchased a farm on Sec. 10, in Springvale, where he resided until the time of his death, which occurred in November, 1874; the surviving children are as follows: William L., who came to Wisconsin in 1857 (he was elected County Superintendent of schools in 1871, re-elected in 1873 and 1875; has taught in the schools of the county since 1804; he married Alice Bishop, of Rock Co., Wis., April 26, 1879); Lucy, now Mrs. Robert Jeukinson, of Brandon, Wis.; Timothy, a farmer residing in Dodge Co., Minn.; Benjamin F., a farmer of Springvale, Wis.; George B., residing with his mother in this town; Ettie, now Mrs. Wallace Porter, also residing with her mother; the second son, Joseph, died in September, 1874.