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Mounds, where he entered land of the Government, on Sec. 32, in 1851 ; purchased and moved where he now lives, in 1866 ; a son of Halstein Oleson and Esther Knutson. Married Miss Rachiel Ulrickdatter, a daughter of Ulrick Thompson (the oldest Norwegian settler in these parts, came to Iowa Co., in 1847), by whom he has seven children, six living in. Wisconsin ; the oldest son attended the university ten terms, and is now learning the mercantile trade in Madison, he having taught school previous; the next son is attending the same school and preparing himself for a collegiate course. Mr. Halstein has always taken an active part in all public and educational affairs, and realizes the want of an education, hence has endeavored to give his children all the advantages he could. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics, Mr. H. is thoroughly Republican. He has a beautiful farm of 220 acres, one-fourth mile from West Blue Mounds, and very near the new depot, adapted to stock and grain, worth $8,000. Mr. Halstein is a first-class farmer, a good business man, a kind neighbor, and respected by ' all, and richly deserves his beautiful home.

JOHIW^ HAGERTY, farmer. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Mt. Horeb ; born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1822 ; a son of Thomas Hagerty and Mary Keagan. In 1851, married to Miss Susan Leitch, a native of Ireland (about one of the oldest Irish settlers in the township) ; came to Wisconsin in 1852 ; located at Milwaukee, where he remained three years; then came to Vermont Township, and settled on a farm; moved on the place where he now lives in the spring of 1862; has a nice place one mile from the new railroad, containing 75 acres, worth $2,000. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Politics, Democratic.

O. IIAIVSOX, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Blue Mounds ; native of Norway, a son of Hans and Mary Anson ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850 and located where he now lives. Dec. 15, 1857, he was married to Miss Joran Hanson, of Blue Mounds, by whom he has had six children, five of whom are living - Henry, born Jan. 20, 1859 ; Thomas, born Aug. 25, 1860 ; Mary, born May 28, 1862 ; John 0., born March 1, 1870; Martin Q., born May 8, 1871 ; Otto H., born Dec. 26, 1878; Otto H. died March 18, 1879. Mr. Hanson has been Chairman of the Board for ten consecutive years. District School Clerk for fifteen years ; has always taken an active part in all school and public affairs ; Republican in politics. The family all belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Has a beautiful farm of 260 acres nicely located, with running water on the place, adapted to stock and grain, valued at $4,000, with first-class improvements.

BT. HERB JORIVSOM, farmer and stock-raiser. See. 23 ; P. 0. Blue Mounds ; a native of Norway, born in 1820, a son of Herbjorn Kittlcson and Aslong Alefsdaughter ; came to Wisconsin in 1849 and settled where he now lives in 1854. In 1854, he was married to Miss Sonef Johnson, by whom he had three children ; she died, and in in 1866 ; he was married again to Miss Betsey Johnson, by whom he has three children, all the children living in Wisconsin ; the whole family belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Evangelical Church ; in politics he is conservative - always desires to vote for the best man ; has a nicely located fartn of 120 acres near the n^w railroad, worth $3,500 ; he is about the oldest Norwegian settler in the township ; has been Assistant Supervisor, Clerk of School Districtj Trustee of Church and one of the Building Committee of the Church; has always taken an active part in all church and school affairs ; is a good farmer, a man that attends strictly to his own business, hence has the respect of the neighborhood.

IRA ISHAM, farmer and stock-raiser, See. 10 ; P. 0. Blue Mounds ; this old pioneer was born in Pennsylvania Jan. 22, 1814; a son of William L. Isham and Hannah Green. Married Mary Ann Clough, by whom he has had eight children, six of whom are living, five sons and one daughter ; came to Wisconsin in November, 1844, and located at Blue Mounds and run what was known as the old Brigham Tavern and farm ; purchased the place where he now lives in 1846 ; has been member of the Board of Supervisors for ten years, besides holding school offices ; though not well educated himself, he felt he must give his children all the advantages he could, and he did, always taking an active part in all educational affairs ; helped to start the first school in the town ; all his sons that were old enough went to the late war, and the duties of farming his large farm all devolved upon himself ; he has worked very hard, still he is smart and active, and runs his farm of 200 acres ; it is beautifully located, adapted to stock and grain, with a number of living springs, near to the depot, worth $6,000. As he expresses it, he is a " Repubhcan all over ;" a good business man, a kind neighbor, and therefore commands the respect of all ; Mrs. Isham is a member of the M. E. Church ; Mr. Isham is the oldest settler living in the town of Blue Mounds.

G. LEITCH, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Mt. Horeb ; born in 1835 ; a native of Kilkenney, Ireland ; a son of George and Susan Leitch, natives of Ireland ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1852, and loea'^ed at Milwaukee; came to Blue Mounds, and located whore he now lives, in 1855. In 1865, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Lowe, a daughter of Richard Lowe, of Mt. Horeb, by whom he has three children, viz.: Elizabeth T., born June 20, 1866 ; George S., born Deo. 9, 1869, and Richard A., born May 1, 1872. Mr. Leitch is about the oldest Irish settler in Blue Mouods Township ; has always taken an active part in school and church affairs ; has never sought oflBoe outside, as he has had all he could do to run his little farm of 96 acres, which is nicely located and well adapted to stock and grain, worth $2,000. Mr. and Mrs. Leitch belong to the M. E. Church of Mt. Horeb. Republiean in politics. He has been Superintendent of Sunday school and Trustee and Steward of the M. E. Church. Runs his own place, is a first-class farmer and a good business man.

AMOS liOWE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 14; P. 0. Mt. Horeb; born in Lincolnshire, England, Nov. 17, 1832 ; a son of Richard and Elizabeth Lowe. Nov. 10, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary Barrows, a native of Canada, by whom he has had twelve children, ten of whom are living - Charles R.,born Sept. 10, 1857; Moses T., born March 19, 1859; Elizabeth A., born Nov. 10, 1860; Aaron A., born March 23, 1862. died May 7, 1863 ; George T., born Jan. 11, 1864 ; John L., born Dec. 28, 1865, died May 13, 1871 ; Mary B., born Nov. 1, 1867 ; William A., born Sept. 18, 1869; Lucy M., born Sept. 19, 1871 ; Edward P., born July 15, 1873; Fannie P., born Aug. 2, 1875, and Romanzo S., born July 10, 1877. He first came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1848, and located at Cross Plains; remained there until he moved on the place whore he now lives, in 1864 ; has always taken an active part in all public affairs, and has held office a number of times ; is at present Justice of the Peace, and tries a great many cases ; his decisions are pronounced good. He has a farm near the depot of 220 acres, worth $6,000 ; he runs his own farm, with the help of his sons ; is a first-class farmer and a good business man. In politics, he is thoroughly Republican. They belong to the M. E. Church. He is one of the oldest English settlers in the township.

RICHARD LOWE, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Mt. Horeb; born in 1808 in Lincolnshire, England; a son of Thomas and Mary Lowe. In 1831, was married to Miss Elizabeth Tesdail, by whom he has six living children, viz.: Amos, born Nov. 17, 1832 ; Lucy, born Oct. 25, 1836 ; Edward, born Jan. 16, 1839 ; Dawson, born Sept. 1, 1841 ; Elizabeth, born May 6, 1845, and Fannie, born Aug. 2, 1848. Amos, trie oldest, is a successful farmer in Blue Mounds ; Edward and Dawson are in California. Mr. Lowe came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, and settled at Cross Plains, where he farmed it until sixteen years ago, when he moved to Mt. Horeb ; he owns 40 acres of land right in the center of the town, within eighty rods of the new depot, which he is laying out into town lots, valued at $3,000 : he lost his wife on the 27th of February, 1876. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican in politics; has always been an active, hard-working man, and has always taken an active part in public afiairs ; is the oldest settler in the town, and is remarkably smart for a man of his age ; his mind is as Bound as ever ; is a man that is respected by all, and he justly deserves his handsome competency in his old age.

ROBERT MARTIN, farmer, stock-breeder and feeder, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Mount Horeb. This old pioneer was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1823, a son of Hugh Martin and Ann McCracken. May 30, 1850, was married to Miss Isabella Anderson, of Pennsylvania, daughter of George Anderson and Jennie McKee, and sister of the Hon. Matt Anderson, of Cross Plains Township, by whom he has eight children, some of whom have received good educations and are settled in life - Anna M., graduated at Wisconsin University June 18, 1879, and now lives at home; George W., the oldest son, has been West, speculating and farming ; R. Newton, just married, and runs an adjoining farm ; Jennie, graduated in high school, and has finished freshman class in university ; David L., Willie, Samuel and Albert are at home. Mr. and Mrs. Martin came to Wisconsin from Pennsylvania in the spring of 1855, and located in Pine Bluff, Cross Plains Township, in the old stone house on the Mineral Point road, before the railroad was completed, and were noted far and wide for their kindness and hospitality to traveling strangers ; they then went to Illinois and purchased a farm, sold that out and returned to Wisconsin, and settled where they now live in 1865. Mr. Martin has a beautiful stock farm of 320 acres, worth $12,000, with springs in every field ; he buys and feeds stock the year round, is a first-class business man, and one that can be depended upon. In religion, they belong to the Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. Martin is conservative. Has always taken an active part in all school affairs and matters pertaining to the interest of the town ; has accepted the office of School Treasurer, but seeks no office.

H. MICKELSOIV, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Blue Mounds ; a native of Norway ; born in 1832, a son of Michael and Betsey Gilverson ; came to Wisconsin in summer of 1852, located in Vermont Township, and remained eighteen years ; then removed to Blue Mounds, on farm where he now resides. In 1852, wag married to Miss Julia Mickelson, of Blue Mounds, by whom he has six children, all living in Wisconsin, and all at home except Miss Betsy, who married C. A. Bragger, and resides at Mt. Horeb. Has a beautiful farm of 180 acres, adapted to stock and grain, with living springs on place, worth $6,000 ; two-story frame house and bank barn, and all other first-class improvements. The whole family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Mickelson is a first-class farmer, and respected by his neighbors ; his word can be relied upon ; has always taken an active part in all school and church affairs. In politics Kepublioan.

PETER OliESOJi" MOE, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Mt. Horeb ; he came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1864, and settled at Black Earth ; moved and bought the place where he now lives in 1866. In 1842, he was married te Miss Annie August; by whom he has twelve children, two sons in Minnesota and tbe balance of the family in Wisconsin. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church ; in politics, he is Republican. He has a fine farm of 80 acres, well watered, and commands a fine view of the surrounding country, first-class improvements, worth $2,500, two miles from Mt. Horeb ; he runs his own farm with the help of his children ; he made all the improvements himself, and is a first-class farmer.

O. C. NUUBSOX, general merchant and Postmaster, Mount Horeb ; he was born in Norway in 1843 ; is a son of Nuub Rustebakke and Olang Eustebakke. Was married, in 1877, to Miss Mary Ann Albertson, of Vermont, by whom he has two children - Nora 0., aged 2 years, and Geneveva S., aged 7 months. He is Republican in politics, and himself and wife are members of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. He came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1861, and located at Black Earth, where he clerked for a number of years ; came to Mt. Horeb and started for himself in the general merchandise business in 1876 ; the same year, he was appointed Postmaster and still holds the office; he carries a general stock of about $5,000, and keeps it up in good shape ; buys all kinds of produce, and has excellent facilities for handling butter ; has a fine store and dwelling, facing east, about eighty rods from the new site for the depot ; calculates to build a larger store on the corner. Mr. Nuubson is a first-class business man, attending strictly to his business, and justly merits his fine property and increasing business.

J. W. RACEIiT^ & BROiS., blacksmiths and machinists. West Blue Mounds, Iowa Co., Wis. J. W. Raeely was born in Pennsylvania in 1852 ; came to Wisconsin in 1859, and located at Verona ; learned his trade at Mazomanie. Married Miss Gusta Gratz, of Iowa Co., in 1879. Has been established in business since the fall of 1874. R. A. Raeely is a partner and the machinist; came to Wisconsin the same year as J. W. ; they are sons of Peter and Hannah Raeely; they reside in Dane Co., and their shop is just across the line ; they have all the improved machinery ; make a specialty of horseshoeing and machine repairing ; are noted far and wide for doing their work well ; they are, in every sense of the word, first-class mechanics and straightforward business men, and justly merit their increasing business. In politics, they are Republican.

JOHN RIDER, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Blue Mounds ; born in Massachusetts in 1813 ; a son of John Rider and Mercy Brigham. In 1839, was married to Miss Lydia Johnson, by whom he has had six children, two of whom are dead, three sons and one daughter living in Wisconsin. Mr. Rider is about the oldest settler in the township ; came to Wisconsin in May, 1847, and located where he now lives ; has always been active and foremost in helping along the improvements of the town ; in school affairs he has also taken an active part, and has held the office of School Treasurer. Thoroughly Republican in politics; a good farmer and first-class business man ; is a man that can be relied upon, and commands the respect of the whole community. Mrs. Rider died in 1868.

OLE O. SA.IiE, farmer. Sec. 32; P. 0. Blue Mounds; born in Norway in 1829; a son of Ole Oleson Sale and Julia Sale ; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1850, and settled in Ozaukee Co. ; remained there five years, then came to Vermont Township and located on Sec. 34 ; then moved and purchased the place he now lives on, in 1867. He held offices in Vermont; has been Supervisor of Blue Mounds one year, and Treasurer eight consecutive years ; has also been on the School Board. Married, in 1860, to Miss Emma Johnson, by whom he has ten children, all living at home. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. He is conservative in politics, always voting for the best man in his judgment ; has a fine farm of 185 acres, adapted to stock and grain, five miles from market, worth $2,500. Mr. Sale started a poor boy ; owed $30 on his body when he landed in the country ; by hard labor, he has worked himself up, and justly deserves his comfortable home.

JOHIV SAMPIiE, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Blue Mounds. This old bachelor pioneer came to Wisconsin in 1840, and settled in Grant Co.; located where he now lives in the fall of 1846 ; was born in

Ohio, in 1812; is a son of James Sample and Sarah Bush; he was the first Assessor of the town; at present is one of the School Directors ; has always been ready to help in all public improvements ; has a fine farm of 140 acres, near the new railroad, adapted to stock and grain, worth $3,500. In politics, he is a Republican ; is a man of honor in every sense of the word, and is respected by all.

PAUIj a. SJLETTO, manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes. Mount Horeb ; is a native of Norway ; born in 1837 ; is a son of Arne and Rachael Sletto ; came to Wisconsin in 1848, and located in Rook Co. ; remained there five years, then went to Dodgeville and embarked in the boot and shoe business, where he remained four years ; then went to Springdale and engaged in farming ; sold out and moved to Mount Horeb, in 1872, when he again went into the boot and shoe business ; has a store and dwelling combined, valued at $500 ; carries a stock of $1,000, and does a general repairing business ; he is about the oldest Norwegian settler now living in Dane Co. A Republican in politics and a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Evangelical Church. Mr. Sletto is a first-class business man, and one that can be relied upon in every particular.

JOHN W. SMITH, farmer. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. West Blue Mounds ; born in Southampton, England, in 1841 ; is a son of John Smith, of Vermont Township ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850 ; located in Vermont; purchased and moved on the place where he now lives in 1867. The same year, he married Miss Elizabeth Powell of Blue Mounds, by whom he has three children - Emma E., born March 23, 1868 ; William H., born Aug. 17, 1870 ; John E., born Dec. 20, 1873 ; has a good farm of 80 acres, one mile from the new depot site, worth $2,000 ; has been District School Clerk four terms ; always taken an active part in all public affairs. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of Thomas and Hannah Powell. Mr. Smith was all through the late war ; enlisted October, 1861, and mustered out in September, 1865 ; Co. B, 11th W. V. I.; was in all the battles the regiment was engaged in. Is a first-class farmer and a good business man. Politics, Republican.

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ANDREW E, THOMPSON & CO., Mt. Horeb, general hardware, coffins, paints and oils, wagon manufacturing and carpentering. Andrew E. Thompson was born in Norway, in 1851 ; came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled in Vermout Township ; learned carpenter's trade, and located at Mt. Horeb, in 1874 ; embarked in hardware trade in 1878, and carries a good assortment of everything in his line. In 1874, was married to Miss Betsy Mickelson, of Blue Mounds, by whom ho has two children. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics, he is a Republican ; a good mechanic and good business man. The company, John A. Barsness, is a young man, a native of Norway ; born in 1858 ; came from the old country when a little boy and lived for six years near Racine ; came to Black Earth Valley and has lived in the vicinity ever since ; bids fare to be a good business man. Politics, Republican.

CHRISTIAN TORESON, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec, 1 ; P. 0. Mt. Horeb ; born in Norway in 1843 ; is a son of Rieir and Betsy Torrison. In 1867, was married to Miss Rhoda Arneson, of Blue Mounds, by whom he has six children, all living in Wisconsin ; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1860, and located in Ridgeway, engaging in farming, moving from there to Green Co., and then came to Dane and purchased the farm he now lives on, in the spring of 1880. The family are members of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Toreson is a Republican ; he has a fine farm of 160 acres, adapted to stock and grain, three-fourths of a mile from Mt. Horeb, with first-class improvements. He enlisted in the late war in 1862, in the 30th W. V. I., Co. B ; mustered out in the fall of 1865.

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WIIililAM W. ABBOTT, blacksmith and general repairer - horseshoeing a specialty; Mt. Vernon; born in Maine, in 1810; is a son of Michael and Alice Abbot; came to Wisconsin in the .spring of 1852, and located in Dane Co.; settled where he now Uves in 1854. Married Miss Elizabeth Gupgil (deceased), by whom he had five children, three of whom are living. Mr. Abbott is a Democrat in politics ; a good business man and a good mechanic ; has a nice property, consisting of shop, dwelling and building-lots, worth $2,500.

EVER K. BANG, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Pino Bluff; born in Norway in 1866 ; a son of Knud Knudson Bang and Julia Eversdatter ; came to America in December, 1858, and located in town of

Springdale ; purchased the farm he now lives on in 1868 ; lived two years previous in Blue Mounds. He was married to his first wife in 1860, by whom he had two children, who are living in Wisconsin ; she died in October, 1866 ; in 1868, he was again married, to Miss Annie Arneson, by whom he has four children. He has a fine farm of 80 acres, with first-class improvements, valued at 83,000. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Bang made all his improvements by hard work ; in politics, he is conservative, believing in voting for the best men.

JOHW BEAT, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Springdale. This old pioneer is a native of Perthshire, Scotland, born on the 22d of November, 1826 ; a son of David Beat and Janette Watson, who came to America ; his mother is dead, and his father still living in Madison ; he came to Wisconsin the 3d of July, 1844, and located first near Janesville ; remained there two years and then settled on Sugar River, in the town of Verona, in the summer of 1846 ; moved on the place he now owns in the fall of 1856. In 1850, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Edi, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, and daughter of James and Mary Edi, who came to this country and have since died; by her he has had seven children, five of whom are living - Mary Ann, born Nov. 13, 1851 ; David, born April 14, 1853 ; James, born Sept. 13, 1855 ; John, born Aug. 30, 1857 ; William, born May 4, 1858 ; Wilham and Robert (twins), born April 20, 1859; f William died May 12, 1858; William, the twin, died Sept. 16, 1859); Nora L. Beat (adopted), born Sept. 16, 1869. Mr. Beat is about the oldest Scotch settler living in Dane Co., and is a self-made man ; is well informed on general topics, and a great reader of history ; has a fine collection of the best works, and is constantly adding to his library ; he is noted far and wide for his hospitality ; he never was known to turn a stranger from his door ; has always been an active man and a hard worker; a kind husband, an indulgent father, an honest man in every sense of the word, and enjoys the respect of all his neighbors and the community at large ; he secured in Mrs. Beat more than his better half, a lady who fills the place of wife, mother and neighbor, in the full sense ; it is pleasant to sit by their board and hear the old Scotch tales and songs " that 'minds ye o' lang syne." He has a beautiful farm of 300 acres, with a two-story frame house, and one of the finest barns in the country. His youngest son, Robert, is a young man of promise; he remains at home, working the farm ; David, James and John, have settled on neighboring farms in Nebraska, and are doing well ; David and John are married ; Mary Ann lives at home. Blr. Beat is a stanch Republican.

JOHX I. BEKftE (deceased), came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1845, and located where his widow now lives ; he died Nov. 7, 1879 ; he was a native of Norway, and was one of the first settlers ; he also was one of the organizers of the town, and had held many prominent positions in the town, and fulfilled the duties to the satisfaction of all ; he left behind him a clean record, and was mourned by the community at large. Mrs. Berge's maiden name was Julia Lee ; she was married to Mr. Berge in 1844, by whom she had seven children, one in Iowa and six in Wisconsin ; she runs the homestead farm, with the help of her eldest son. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Springdale. The farm consists of 160 acres, nicely located, with first-class improvements. Mrs. Berge is a lady of unusual capabilities, and respected by all.

MICHAEL BKOWN, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Clontorf ; a native of King's Co., Ireland ; born in 1823 ; is a son of John Brown and Mary Martin ; came to America in 1844, and located in Westchester Co., N. Y., where he remained one year, then moved to Ohio ; returned again to New York, and then moved to Wisconsin in 1849, and located at Pitohburg, Dane Co.; sold out there and purchased the place he now lives on, in the spring of 1851. Married Miss Margarette Lynch in 1851, a native of Canada, by whom he has had twelve children, eleven of whom are living, six sons and five daughters, all living in Wisconsin. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church of Pine BluflF. In politics, Mr. Brown is conservative, voting for whom he thinks is the best man ; he has been School Ijistrict Treasurer, and always has taken interest in town affairs, though never seeking office. Mr. Brown is about the oldest Irish settler living in the neighborhood; he has a beautiful farm of 160 acres, near the new depot, with first-class improvements, worth $35 per acre ; he is a first-class farmer, an upright man in every sense of the word, and can always be depended upon.

A, D. COIiEMAN, carriage and wagon manufacturer, repairer and painter, Mt. Vernon ; born in the State of Pennsylvania, in 1857 ; is a son of D. B. D. Coleman and Levina Mathews ; came to Wisconsin in 1878, and located at Mt. Vernon, and embarked in the business he is now engaged in. In 1878, was married to Miss Belle Conner, daughter of John Conner, of Pennsylvania, by whom he has one child - Jessie, born Deo. 11, 1879. He is a thorough mechanic and a good business man, and bids fair to make his mark; has a fine shop, new house and large lot, worth $1,000. In politics, he is a Republican.

PATRICK CORR, general merchant and Postmaster, Clontorf ; born in Tyrone Co., Ireland, in 1833; came to America in 1856 ; came to Wisconsin in the winter of 1858, and located in Dane_ Co.; commenced the mercantile business in 1864, and has followed it successfully since ; was appointed Postmaster in 1866. In 1856, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Corr, by whom he has ten children, «ight sons and two daughters. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church of Pine Bluff. In politics. Democratic. Mr. Corr has a fine fartn of 80 acres, together with store and dwelling three-fourths of a mile from the new depot site ; he carries a complete stock of everything, and pays the highest price for all kinds of produce ; his store building is 24x60, nicely located, facing north. He is a self-made man, having worked himself up from a poor boy ; a good business man ; has always taken great interest in school affairs and matters pertaining to the good of the town, though never seeking office.

O. B. DAHIiE & SON, general merchants and produce buyers and Postmaster. Herman B. Dahle, the oldest son of 0. B. Dahle, and the company of the concern, runs the store at Mt. Vernon, while his father, 0. B., runs a large establishment in the town of Perry ; born in 1855. Married Miss Annie Kittleson, of Perry, in 1877, by whom he has two children. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Republican in politics. They carry a large assortment of goods, and keep them up in good shape ; in every respect first-class business men.

J. DONALD (deceased) ; born July 5, 1842, a native of New York, a son of the Rev. James Donald ; died Oct. 9, 1868. The subject of this sketch died in the prime of life; he was a first-class business man, and very ambitious ; it was not his choice, when starting out in life, to remain on the homestead with his parents, as he wanted to go farther West, but duty to his aged parents held him. His father, the Rev. James Donald, preached for twelve years through Dane Co., and he always attended his father on his trips ; he came to Wisconsin in 1855, and located where his widow now lives. In April, 1868, he was married to Miss Ellen Sweet, a native of New York, and daughter of W. Sweet and Sallie Clark. John S. Donald was born Jan. 12, 1869, the only grandchild in the Donald family, a bright young man, and a great comfort to his mother. Mrs. Donald still lives on the old homestead, a beautiful place, worth $3,000, with first-class improvements. Mr. Donald was a kind husband, a thoroughly moral and upright man, and his death was an irreparable loss, not only to his family but to the community at large, who all speak of him in the kindest manner. Sec. 29 ; P. O. Mt. Vernon.

JOHN DICK, farmer. Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Mt. Vernon. This old pioneer was born in Bbenshire, Scotland ; a son of James Dick and Elizabeth Thompson ; learned the trade of shoemaker in the old country; came to Wisconsin in 184;3, and located in Green Co.; came to Dane Co. in 1867. In 1843, he was married to Miss Sarah Lawler, a native of Ireland, by whom he has had eight children, five of whom are alive, one son and four daughters, all living in Wisconsin. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 31st W. V. I., and was mustered out July 11, 1865 ; never was in hospital ; was at the siege of Atlanta*, and with Sherman on his march to the sea. He has a nice farm of 40 acres near the village, worth $800. He is a Republican in politics.

W. H. DRYDEN, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Mt. Vernon ; born in Bedford Co., Tenn., in February, 1820 ; a son of William Dryden and Abigail Henderson ; Mr. Dryden was raised in Illinois ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located where he now lives in the winter of 1847 ; it was a wilderness when he came, and he passed through many hardships in early days. In August, 1841, he was married to Miss Martha Balch, a native of Lawrence Co., Ala., a daughter of Theron Balch and Alpha Boyd, by whom he has had six children, all living - Elizabeth, now Mrs. John McDonald, of California; Abigail, now Mrs. John Beat, Jr.; John and Albert are in California ; W. T. is married and lives in Blue Mounds ; Nathaniel, the youngest son, is at home, assisting in running the farm. Mr. Dryden has a beautiful farm of 240 acres, with two-story stone house, living springs on the farm, adapting it to stock as well as grain. Mr. Dryden was one of the organizers of the town ; has held the office of Supervisor a number of times, and has always worked for the good of the town. He is a stanch Republican, fearless in his principles for the right, hence commands the respect of the community in which he lives. Mrs. Dryden is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Mt. Horeb.

HlJiirll E ADIB, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Mount Vernon ; a native of Perthshire, Scotland, born in 1814; a son of William Eadie and Margarette Davidson ; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1851 and stopped in Verona until 1857, when he moved and purchased the place he now lives on, in the spring 1857. He was married the same year to Miss Christina Black, a native of G-lasgow, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Eadie are members of the Presbyterian Church of Mt. Horeb. In politics, he is a Republican. He has a fine farm of 194 acres, suited for stock and grain, three miles south of Mt. Horeb. Mr. Eadie is about the oldest Scotch settler in the neighborhood ; he made all his, improvemeats, which are first-class j he is an honest man, a kind neighbor, and respected by all.

STEPHEN W. EliLIS, general merchant, Mt. Vernon ; Mr. Ellis is a native of Wolf borough, N. H. ; was born in 1812 ; a son of Joseph Ellis and Mary Willey. In 1850, was married to Miss Louisa Jjyford, by whom he has two children living in Wisconsin; came to Wisconsin in 1869, and located at Windsor, then moved to Madison, and started in business where he now is in October, 1879 ; he has one acre of \knd, store building, dwelling, and barn worth $1,000. The family belong to the Free- Will Baptist Church. In politics, Mr. Ellis is an old-line Democrat.

H. N. farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 30; P. 0. Mt. Vernon; a native of Erie Go.t Penn. ; born in 1819 ; a son of Robert Fargo and Ellen Randall ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1854, and settled where he now lives, which consists of 160 acres, adapted to stock and grain, with a fine growth of timber, three and a half miles south of Mt. Horeb. Mr. Fargo has held the offices of School Treasurer, Clerk and Director. In 1845, he was married to Miss Hannah Spenoe, of Pennsylvania, by whom he has nine-- children ; Eugene, the oldest son, is on the railroad ; Ambrose is in Dakota ; George is a school teacher and book-keeper in St. Croix Co. ; Eunice, now Mrs. Arthur Williams, of Colorado ; Jessie, now Mrs. Thomas Brader, of Iowa ; John, Harvey, Ralph and James are at home. They belong to the Methodist Church ; Mr. Fargo is a Republican ; a good farmer and a self-made man.

H, HABOIiDSOX, deceased. Mr. Haroldson came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1852, and located where his widow now lives; was born in Norway in. 1829. In 1856, he was married to Miss Betsy Knudson, by whom he had eight children, seven of whom are living on the homestead. Mr. Haroldson was a good business man and thought much of by his neighbors ; was a very active man, and left his family in comfortable circumstances ; Knud Haroldson, the oldest son, runs the farm, a fine place of 160 acres, adapted to stock and grain, with first-class improvements. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

PETER HAROLDSOSr, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Mt. Vernon ; born in Norway in 1827 ; a son of Harold Knutson and Anna Paulson ; camg to Wisconsin in 1851 and located at Manitowoc, and remained there two years, then came to the town of Verniont and remained there a number of years, and removed to the town of Springdale in the spring of 1861. In 1854, was married to Miss Julia Oleson, by whom he has four children - one son and three daughters, all living at home. The family all belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics, Mr. H. is Republican ; has always taken an active part in all school and church afiairs, and held responsible positions ; has been member of Board of Supervisors ; is now School Treasurer, and one of the Directors of the Library Association at Mt. Horeb j is a good farmer and business man.

JAMES P. HENDERSON, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Springdale ; born in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1842 ; a son of William Henderson and Hannah Peters, natives of Scotland ; came to America with his parents in May, 1844, and first located in New York City ; they purchased the farm they now live on in 1851. He married Miss Ellen Brown, of Jersey, by whom he has six children, four sons and two daughters. James P. owns and runs the old homestead, his father and mother still living on the place. William Henderson and Hannah Peters were married in Scotland in 1826 ; the family consisted of eight children, four of whom only are living - Bethia, now Mrs. William Reaoch, of Verona; Jane, now Mrs. William C. Brown, of Michigan ; Alex P., a prominent business man in New York City, and James P., who is living on the old homestead ; they are the oldest Scotch couple living in the county, having lived together over fifty-three years ; they are still hale and hearty, arid hold their memories remarkably. The farm consists of 200 acres, nicely located, with two-story stone house, and the finest stone barn in Dane Co., being 36x84 feet ; the stone were all quarried from the quarry on the farm, which is considered to be a No. 1 stone ; they are about five miles from Verona, and the new depot; value of place, 15,000 ; the family belong to the First Presbyterian Church of Verona ; Mr. Henderson is conservative in politics, a good farmer, and a man respected by his neighbors.

FURHAN HOUSEIi, farmer; Sec. 25, P. 0. Springdale; a native of New Jersey; born in 1815 ; a son of Jacob Housel and Ose Hull ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, and located where he now lives. In 1840, he was married to Miss Margarette Carpenter, by whom he has had twelve children, nine of whom are living ; two sons in Nebraska, and the others in Wisconsin ; has been Treasurer of the school district eighteen years, and Supervisor one term ; always has taken an active part in all school and public afiairs. In politics. Democratic. He has a fine farm of 120 acres, well improved, about five miles from Verona Corners, valued at $3,500 ; Mr. Housel has been afflicted with rheumatism, for some

A. JACKETT, Jr., retired farmer ; Sec. 12, P 0. Clontorf; born in 1815 ; a native of Washington Co., N. Y., and son of Abraham Jackett and Kachael Stockwell ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1849, and located where he now lives ; has held office of Supervisor, and Director and Treasurer of school district. In 1838, he was married to Miss Lucy Taylor, of New York State, by whom he has three children, all living, in Wisconsin ; rents his farm to youngest son, containing 116 acres ; two miles from depot; valued at $30 per acre; Mr. Jackett is one of the oldest American settlers in the township. Kepublican.

MICHAEL JACKETT, farmer and stock-raiser; P. 0. Clontorf; born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1820 ; a son of Abraham Jackett and Rachael Stockwell; came from New York and remained one year in Illinois, then came to Wisconsin, June 4, 1847, and located where he now lives ; about the oldest American settler in the town, and was one of the first organizers of the town ; been Supervisor and held school offices for years ; has a beautiful farm of 240 acres adjoining the new depot grounds, with first-class improvements, the north branch of Sugar River having its source on the farm; valued at $10,- 000. He married Miss Mary Knapp, of New York, in 1845, by whom he has bad six children, five of whom are living - two sons, married, and farming in Nebraska; one daughter, married, and living in Verona, and two sons at home, assisting in running the farm. In politics, Mr. Jackett is conservative, believing in voting for the best man ; he is a self-made man, having worked himself up to a competency, and justly deserves his beautiful home ; a first-class farmer and a man who can be depended upon.

H. JOmVSOHir, Farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Clontorf; born in 1815 ; a native of Norway ; came to Wisconsin in 1848, and located where he now lives. Married, in 1841, to Miss Caroline Christ, a native of Norway, by whom he has five children - two in Dakota, one in Greene Co., Wis. and two at home. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, nf Springdale ; has been School Clerk for three years. Politics, Democrat ; has a fine farm of 80 acres with good improvements. He is about the oldest Norwegian settler in the town - all wild when he first came ; no nearer market than Milwaukee ; is erecting a new two-story frame house ; probable value of farm, $3,000.

HICHAEL JOHNSOW, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 30; P. 0. Mt. Vernon; bom at Bergen Stift, Norway, Jan. 4, 1832 ; received a common-school education ; occupation a farmer ; first settled in the town of Windsor ; subsequently removed to Vienna, and to Springdale in 1856, where he now resides. He has held a great many responsible positions, and has filled them with honor to himself and a faithfulness to his constituents, as the following record will show : Has been Justice of the Peace, and still holds same, for nineteen years ; Town Treasurer seven years ; was elected Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors seven consecutive years, in 1872-73-74^75-76-77-78; Member of Assembly in 1874-75-76, and was again re-elected, receiving 2,601 votes against 1,481 Republican. Michael Johnson ib an honest Democrat. His family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church ; he has always taken an active part in all church and school affairs, and, in fact, anything to promote the welfare of his town and fellow citizens ; he was one of the first settlers of his nationality in the town of Windsor ; he is what you may truly call a self-made man ; has a beautiful farm of 336 acres, nicely located, with first-class improvements, all of which he has put on since he purchased it; a large, two-story frame house with large barns and granaries, and accommodations for stock; carries the water to each department in pipes. He sets no value on his beautiful home, as he calculates to live and die there. He is a firstclass farmer and bu-siness man, and justly merits his comfortable home.

C. J. liEWIS, farmer and carpenter, P. 0. Mt. Vernon ; born in 1847, in the State of New York; a son of Leonard Lewis (deceased) and Elizabeth Allen (deceased); came to Wisconsin in 1850, and located in the town of Springdale ; came to Mt. Vernon in 1852. Married Miss Luoinda Bunnell, of New Jersey, a daughter of James Bunnell and Mary Hull. Mr. Lewis and wife are members of the Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon, of which he is Clerk; has been School District Clerk for the past two years ; is quite a naturalist, and has some very fine prehistoric relics, taken from the mounds by himself ; has a fine place of 5 acres in the town, with good improvements, worth $1,000. Republican in politics, and a good man.

JOHK Mt^ISnVEY, farmer; Sec. 8; P. 0. Mt. Horeb; born in 1810, a native of the North of Ireland ; a son *of William McKinney ; came to Wisconsin in 1849 and located at Milton, and remained five years ; came to Springdale and located where he now lives, in 1854. In 1842, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Arnold, who died Nov. 24, 1878 ; they had eight children, five of whom are living, one son and four daughters - Mary, married Harvey Scott, and lives at Mazomanie ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Joseph Harmon, living at Edgerton ; Anna, now Mrs. John Arnold, living at Fulton, Wis.; Sarah J. and John A. remain at home ; Sarah J. has been a teacher in the public schools. Mr. McKinney has 120 acres of land, nicely located, with good improvements. They belong to the Presbyterian Church at Mt. Horeb ; in politics, Mr. McKinney is a Republican.

JAMES P. McPHERIf^OIV, Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Springdale ; born in Dundee, Forfarshire, on the River Tay, Scotland ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850, and located where he -now lives. Has been a prominent man in public affairs and politics, as the following record will show : Was elected Chairman of the board for the years 1853 to 1871 inclusive ; elected County Clerk in 1858 ; elected Chairman of the County Board in 1861 and 1870 ; was one of the first County Superintendents of the Poor, elected in 1854 and ra-elected in 1856, and resigned the Superintendency when he was elected as County Clerk ; appointed Postmaster in 1866, and still holds the office; has been Town Clerk for years, and Clerk of the school district ever since he came; elected Justice in 1863, and has held the office ever since, with the exception of three years ; has always taken a great interest in all public affairs pertaining to the welfare of the town, and has made a very efficient officer. In 1842, he was married to Miss Mary Burns, a native of England, by whom he has nine children. He has a fine farm of 160 acres, adapted to stock and grain, five miles from Verona Qorners. In politics, Mr. McPherson is a thorough Democrat ; he is a great reader and a good writer ; was one of the writers for the last history of Dane Co.

HEWRY J. MILES, farmer, Sec. 25; P. 0. Springdale; born in Pennsylvania in 1843; a son of Thomas B. Miles and Clarissa Burch ; came to Wisconsin with his parents when a little boy, in June, 1846, and located on the old homestead, where he now lives, and which he purchased in 1874. The same year he was married to Miss Ellen Morrison, of Scotland, by whom he has two children - Thomas H., born Oct. 15, 1875, and Marian E., born April 20, 1878. The homestead farm consists of 200 acres, with first-class improvements, worth $6,000. He enlisted, in the last call, in the 47th W. V. I., in February, 1865, and was mustered out in September of the same year. He is a Kepublioan in politics. He has filled the offices of Justice of the Peace and Treasurer of the School District. He is a first-class farmer. Thomas B. Miles (deceased) was one of the oldest settlers and first organizers of the town, a prominent man in the town in an early day, and was always ready and willing to help in any enterprise for the promotion and welfare of the community ; he was the first Postmaster of the town, appointed in 1850, and held it until he resigned in 1866 ; he was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1805. He was married in 1836 to Miss Clarissa Burch, who was born in New York in 1814. They raised a large family, three sons and six daughters, all living in Wisconsin ; Mrs. Thomas B. Miles is still living on the old homestead ; Thomas B. Miles died in March, 1878.

Minor and Liddy Dorman ; came to Wisconsin in 1852, and located in Rock Co.; then moved to Sauk Co., where he remained two years, and came to Mt. Vernon, where he now resides, in the spring of 1856. In 1841 he was married to Miss Sarah M. Rogers (deceased), of New York, by whom he had four children, two of whom are living, a son in Missouri, and a daughter at home. Mrs. Minor died in 1869. Mr.* Minor has a beautiful place of two acres, and new dweliing,right near the village, worth $1,500. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and a Republican in politics ; he learned the trade of tanner, currier and boot and shoe maker, but, since losing a limb in the service, has been incapacitated for labor ; enlisted in 1861, in 2d W. V. I., Co. H.; was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, and mustered out while in hospital, in September, 1864. Is a man respected by all.

Al^DREW PETERSOIV, general blacksmith and repairer, Mt. Vernon; born in Norway in 1827, where he learned and worked at his trade twenty years; came to Wisconsin in 1868, and located at Madison, where he remained only a short time, and then came to Mt. Vernon, where he now resides. Married Miss Amanda Anderson in the old country in 1856, by whom he has five children, two in Chicago, and three in Wisconsin. The family belong to the Norwegian ^Evangelical Lutheran Church, and he is a Republican in politics ; has a well-appointed shop, dwelling and six lots, right in center of the town, valued at $1,500.

THOMAS THOMPSON, farmer. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Clontarf ; born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1812 ; is a son of Thomas Thompson and Catharine Crombie; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1848, and located where he now lives. In 1834, he was married to Miss Isabella Birvie, by whom he has five children - John C , married and living in Iowa ; James, married and living in Missouri ; Francis, married and lives on north eighty of the old homestead ; Eliza, now Mrs. William Leslie, of Verona ; Charles lives at home and assists in running the farm. Mr. Thompson was Superintendent of the town two years, and has been Clerk of School District for twenty years ; has a fine farm of 160 acres, well improved, worth 14,500 ; he is about the oldest Scotch settler living in the town. The family belong to the Baptist Church ; politics, Democrat.

T. THOMPSON, farmer ; Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Mt. Horeb ; a native of Norway ; born in 1819 ; came to America in 1839, and remained one year in Walworth Co., and then moved to Iowa and followed farming ; came to Springdale in the spring of 1846, and purchased the place he now lives on. In 1851, he was njarried to Miss Julia Thoreson, by whom he has had ten children, nine of whom are livins; - one in Iowa, three in Minnesota, the other five arc at home ; the family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Springdale. In politics, Mr. Thompson is a Democrat ; he is about the oldest Norwegian settler in the town ; has always been identified with the improvements of the town ; was the first one to start the school in his district ; has been Constable two years, and Supervisor three terms ; has a beautiful farm of 250 acres, near the Mt. Horeb depot, with the best of improvements, all of which Mr. Thompson made himself by hard work ; his farm is considered to be one of the best in the town.

EVER THORSOX, farmer and stock -raiser ; Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Clontarf; a native of Norway; born in 1818 ; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Wiota; moved, and purchased the place where he now lives, in 1844. Married Miss Annie Thorson in 1844, by whom he has four children - Andrew, There, Thomas, and Caroline ; Thomas and Caroline live at home. Mr. Thorson is about the oldest Norwegian settler in the town ; he has a fine farm of 244 acres, with good improvements, worth $4,000 ; the family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics, Democratic.

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HENRY Hii AliGARD, farmer. Sec. 20 ; P. 0. Oregon ; born Feb. 20, 1882, in Cayuga Co., N. Y.; son of Joseph and Eliza (lleemer) Aigard, both natives of Pennsylvania ; the family settled in Waukesha Co., Wis., in 1844, and, in the fall of 1846, on Sec. 17 in Oregon ; began on Government land in the openings; the mother died in 1875 ; the father, marrying again, went to Coldwater, Mich., where he died in June, 1877. H. N. learned blacksmithing, and at one time owned a farm adjoining his present farm ; was also the Storytown blacksmith two years prior to 1867, when he settled on his present farm of 202 acres ; Mr. Aigard has also cleared 25 or 30 acres, built a handsome farm-house and good barn, etc. He married Miss Phoebe A. Smith, born in Jefferson Co., N. Y. They are members of the Free Baptist Church. Mr. A. is a Kepublican, and this is his fourth term as one of the Supervisors of Oregon ; he has bred Durham grade cattle, merino sheep, etc.; is associated with 0. S. Shepard in a country store, on Sec. 18, where his partner is in charge.

J. N. AMES, farmer. Sees. 13 and 14; P. 0. Oregon; was born July 7, 1822, in Steuben, Oneida Co., N. Y.; bis grandfather, Nathaniel Ames, born April 25, 1761, in New Hampshire, was a farmer and a Protestant M. E. preacher ; served under Washington, and experienced the miseries of that winter camp at Valley Forge ; in 1800, he settled in the wilderness near the headwaters of the Mohawk River ; his wife, once Sarah Hall, born in Albany Co., N. Y., was the mother of eleven children ; of these, David H. Ames, born near Albany, married Betsy Norton, of Herkimer Co., N. Y., and a granddaughter of the Revolutionary Gen. Norton ; D. H, Ames served through the war of 1812, is now a pensioner, and lives, aged 88, near Trenton Falls, N. Y.; his wife is. aged 81, and both are vigorous. John N. was the only one of their eleven children to cometo Wisconsin. Grandfather Ames, wife and five children, viz.: Frances, Jonathan, Naomi, Persamus and Ira, settled on Sec. 22, town of Oregon, in the summer of 1845 ; J. N. came with them, and lived on the original half-section until 1870 ; Nathaniel Ames removed, after fifteen years, to Oregon Village, where he died in August, 1863, doubtless the oldest white man who ever lived and died in Dane Co.; a Mason, he was buried by that order ; his wife died in July, 1851, agid 84. J. N. Ames married, in his and her native town. Miss Mary A., daughter of Eusevious Ball, who was born in Massachusetts ; he was of Revolutionary ancestry, as was his wife, Keturah Weld ; she was bom in Orange Co., N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Ames have five children - F. M., John F., Sarah A. William L. and Florence A., all born on the old Oregon farm. Mr. A. has 244 acres, lying on both sides of the track of the C. & N.-W. R. R., two miles south of Oregon Village, and in the heart of the best farming land in this section of Wisconsin ; on this he settled in 1870, then building a large two-story farm-house, substan- tial basement barn and other buildings ; yet he began in Oregon with $100, earned as monthly wages ; few men have made more constant progress or a more pleasant home. Mr. A. is a Liberal in politics and religion.

O. K. BARTIiETT, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Oregon ; born Nov. 16, 1821, in the town of Strafford, Orange Co., Vt.; resided in his native State as a farmer until the fall of 1844, when he came to Milwaukee; J. S. Prary and himself then proceeded to Oregon on foot (see sketch of J. S. Prary) ; after a look over the country, he hired out to Dr. Pox, and, while in his employ, was badly hurt by a thrashing-machine accident ; he entered an 80 on Sec. 34, Pitchburg, that fall, and spent the winter with one Dike, in a shake-roof shanty, his nights spent in a windowless loft, and his days at rail splitting. His present wife was Mary Preston ; her sister, Jane Preston, married P. Ross, and, in the fall of 1845, she accompanied them from Stafford, Vt., to Wisconsin ; Mr. and Mrs. B. were made one in Madison soon after, and began housekeeping in a log house, with furniture made by hiin, he manufacturing tables, chairs, etc., with an ax from the forest trees around them ; five years later, just before a trip to the East, Mr. B. burned this homely furniture, and, on their return, more was bought in Milwaukee. In 1854, he built a good frame house; soon after this sold out, then resided for a short time in Dunntown, and later in Iowa; in Oregon Village he built four houses, selling three, his sister, Mrs. Prary, owning one he built for her; Mr. Bartlett settled on his present farm of 120 acres in 186G; has erected two houses and mnny other improvements upon this. Mr. and Mrs. B. have one son, Preston V., born June 17, 1851, in Fitchburg, His wife made a visit East in 1862, and he one during the Centennial.

REUBEN BOYCE, farmer. Sees. 35 and 36 ; P. 0. Brooklyn ; born in Grafton Co., N. H., Nov. 26, 1826 ; son of Reuben and Polly (Watleigh) Boyce, who left Onondaga Co., N. Y., in July, 184.3, and came up the lakes to Racine, and, in August, 1843, bought the Boyce homestead of J. A. Griffith; he had broken 27 acres and built a 16x18 log house, where, for a time after, the Boyce family settled ; here sixteen j/ersons lived, though part of them slept in the adjoining county (Green); the smallness of the cabin and proximity of the county-lino explain this. Reuben Boyce, Sr., held many official positions, Chairman of Oregon, etc. His son has proven himself worthy of his heritage, having erected a substantial farm-house in the place of the pioneer cabin, also the needed barns, stables, etc.; he has 480 acres as the home farm ; 200 on Sees. 31 and 32, Oregon, besides land in Trempeleau and Grant Counties. He married in the town of Brooklyn, Miss Ann M. McLoughlin, born Aug. 1, 1831, in Clark Co., Ohio; her father, W. W. McLoughlin, was one of the foremost of the pioneers of Wisconsin, a member of the Legislature, Chairman of Brooklyn ten or twelve years, and lost his life from exposure on a return from Madison, where he had been to look after the interests of his town in war times. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce, have six children - Willis C, Prank L., Clara L., Jesse W., Anna L., and Fred L., all born on the homestead. Mr. B. is a Republican, and was Chairman of his town in 18 ; has devoted much time, money and work during the past ten years to the breeding of superior stock ; his Clyde stallion. Banker, bought of Lysaght & Oglesby, was imported from Canada ; he weighs 1,960 lbs., is sixteen hands and three inches high and cost Mr. Boyce $1,600 ; a year ago, this horse and five of his colts took the sweepstakes and special (Anderson) prizes at the State fair. The name and face of Reuben Boyce are familiar on the fair grounds at both Madison and St. Paul, where he has captured many premiums with his superb stock of horses and Puland-China hogs ; his Durhams have taken off many ribbons at the county fairs, but his specialty is horses; a pair of 5-year-old grade Clyde mares, weighing 3,550 lbs., are among his drove of draft horses, which is a hard drove to beat in Wisconsin.

HAMKY BUOWJV, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Oregon; born in Strafford, Orange Co., Vt., June 28, 1819 ; was a farmer in Vermont; resolved to come West ; he came up the lakes to Milwaukee, and with a teamster rode across the wilds of Wisconsin, reaching Madison, June 2, 1846 ; his route led past Watertown, across sloughs and marshes full of water, and over the swollen, unbridged streams; near Watertown they drove through a small lake about two and a half feet in depth ; after looking over Dane and Rock Counties, Jlr. B. bought his present 160-acre farm in July, of the Government, later adding 40 acres, on which was a log house ; sowed wheat that fall, and during the winter got out fencing for 50 acres ; Sept. 2, 1848, hfe married, in his and her native town. Miss Harriet Chandler ; returning, they spent the first ten years in the log house ; he then erected the large and pleasantly located farm-house, which burned, with all its contents, Sunday, Oct. 15, 1876 : on thi^ site he again built, an equally fine home, which, though unfinished, was occupied four weeks after the fire. Mrs. B. died Aug. 9, 1871, leaving two children - Adeline and Prank E.; George E., the oldest son, died in March, 1867, aged 19 ; Adeline, Mrs. L. W. Chapin, lives in town of Rutland; Prank E., grew to a sturdy young manhood, and while visiting friends in Iowa Co., Wis., joined them in a hunting frolic, accidentally discharged his gun, by which his forearm was shattered, and, in spite of the care of the best physicians and the tender nursing of heartbroken parents, died Jan. 18, 1879 ; he was born Oct. 6, 1858. The present Mrs. Brown was Miss Amelia, daughter of Keuben and Eachel Slauson ; her father was born in Conneeticut, and her mother in -Orange Co., N. Y.; they settled in June, 1846, on the farm where they still reside, in Union, Rock Co., Wis.; she was born there and married Mr. B. June 22, 1873. Harry Brown is one of the early settlers of Dane Co., who has made a record of progress, his 160-acre farm being almost a model, and he still is as active in its management as when he was clearing and breaking it thirty-four years ago.

PATRICK BIJRKE, farmer, Sec. 9; P. 0. Oregon; born in County, Leitrim, Ireland, in 1820 ; he attended the once forbidden and sequestered " Hedge " schools of old Ireland ; came to America in June, 1842 ; settled and remained in Vermont until November, 1848, when he came to Dane Co., and at the first sale bought the first 40 acres of school land ever sold in Wiscoasin ; Cassius Pairchild did him a good turn, and, by interceding with Levies, the Land Agent, secured it to Mr. Burke at $160. Mr. and Mrs. Bufke began in a log house or claim-shanty, and a couple of years later built one of their own ; the boards and shingles were hauled from Milwaukee ; ten years later he bought another 40 acres, on which was a part of his present and pleasant farmhouse; he now has 240 acres, 180 of which are cultivated. He married in his and her native county, in 1842, Miss Margaret Cowan, born in 1822 ; they have four children - William, Francis B., John D. and George C. The oldest, is a grain and stock dealer in Friend, Neb.; F. B. studied at the State University; graduated at the Northwestern University, Watertdwn, and is now teaching in Clyde, Kan,; John D. took an academic and partial business course at the Northwestern Business College, Madison ; the two younger sons are on the old homestead, and all are attendants of the Catholic Church.

WIIiLiI A.M. W. CASE, of Case & Warner, Oregon ; born in the town of Rutland, Dane Co., Wis., Feb. 14, 1848 ; his father, C. B. Case, born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., was a very early settler in Union, Rock Co., he coming, two years later, to a farm in Rutland, where he died Aug. 11, 1876; his Martha M. Case, born in Ripley Co., Ind., is still living. W. W. Case has spent his life, and been educated in Dane Co. ; began business as a traveling man for Terwilliger & Lindsey ; followed this two years, then farmed it two years, and, in company with a brother, 0. M. Case, began business in the village Dec. 12, 1878 ; the brother retired in favor of Mr. Warner Sept. 17, 1879. Mr. Case married, Jan. 1, 1872, Miss Hattie B. Kocher, a native of Monroe Co., N. Y., born Feb. 19, 1854; they have two children - Jessie E. and Mark R. Mr. Case is a Republican.

R. B. CHANDLER, of the Bxchange Hotel, Oregon, is a native of Oxford Co., Me. ; at 18 he went to Lowell, Mass., where he was employed in building locks and dams ; was also in charge of gangs of men in damming the Merrimack at Lawrence, and controlled 1,500 men in the building of the South Hadley and Holyoke dam; in 1843, he was in Mexico, and from 1848 to 1852, in California; the year 1852 found liim on a farm in town of Primrose, he having visited the State ten years before ; Mr. C. has expended much in ditching and improving his farm of 320 acres in Primrose, erecting a house at a cost of $3,300, which was destroyed by the tornado of May 23, 1878 ; he then came to Oregon, bought, and has since kept, the Bxchange. He married Miss Mary Cross, a native of Vermont ; they have three children - Warren B., Hannah, and Alma. Mr. Chandler is an independent Democrat, and a wholesouled old settler.

G. R. COIiBY, farmer ; Sec. 18, P. 0. Oregon; born in the town of Holland, Brie Co., N. Y., June 15, 18.33; his father, Bzekiel Colby, born Aug. 12, 1790, in Corinth, Vt., was a pioneer of 1808, in Brie Co., N. Y. He married Anne King, born Sept. 6, 1794, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. ; was a soldier of 1812, and a life-long farmer; he came West with the three youngest children in 1850, locating on Sec. 16, in Oregon. The parents lived, about fifteen years prior to the father's death, with Q. R. ; the sire died June 4, 1880, the mother still surviving ; she and her daughter Ruth (widow of James Smith) are with the son G. R., who settled on part of this present 187-acre farm many years ago, and has erected every building upon it, and the fences, etc. ; during a few years in early times, he worked by the day and month to help the old people ; he spent 1863 and 1864 in the gold mines of Oregon and Idaho. Is a Republican and a Mason in good standing. He married Mrs. Jennie Shepard, of Bvansvillo, Wis. ; she was born in Indiana, and her former husband, Freeborn Shepard, died, leaving a son Ernest ; Mr. and Mrs. Colby have a son, Eugene, born Aug. 12, 1879. A niece of G. R. Colby married Edwin Cook, and located with him in Northern Wisconsin, where they perished by shutting themselves in a cellar during the memorable fire of 1871.

F. C. COMSTOCK, merchant, Oregon ; born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1839 ; son of William and Fanny Coiustock, both natives of New York, who settled on Government land in town of Dunn

Dane Co., in the spring of 1845 ; they began poor, and entered 40 acres at a time, as their means would allow ; the father dying in 1875, on the 200-acre farm, F. C. did his share of breaking and improving here, and later ran a thrashing machine, dealt in horses and other stock ; was two years in the grain business in Oregon. He married Sarah Newsham, in Erie Co., Penn., her birthplace; she died May 22,* 1874. Mr. Comstook formed a partnership with E. P. Tracy, and they have been in mercantile business in Oregon Village since October, 1878 ; carry a complete general stock of dry goods and groceries, hats, caps, clothing, and have a separate store, opened in April, 1880, for the sale of boots and shoes ; Mr. C, also handles agricultural machinery. Is a Democrat.

JOHN H. COWARI>, boot and shoe maker, Oregon; born in Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, England, Oct. 30, 1824; his only schooling was an attendance of part of two winters at Upwell, Tenn. ; at 15, he left his father's farm on Exmore Drove, and was apprenticed to learn his trade ; since that day he has devoted himself, body and soul, to his profession, with a degree of success second to that of no living man ; until his emigration, he worked in London and elsewhere. Married, in Cambridge, Dec. 26, 1851, Miss Martha, daughter of Rev. Francis Chapman; she was born Sept. 8, 1822, in Cambridge. Resolved to better his fortunes in Republican America, he was among the third vessel load of emigrants landed at Castle Garden ; this was Aug. 3, 1855, and he brought his family at once to the house of Charles Hunt, Rutland ; three months later, he located in an unfinished house in Oregon Village, so open that it was common for them to remove tubs full of snow from the rooms during the winter. Began business in the old Bennett shoe shop, and, in 1859, built a home of his own. Mr. Coward has not been off the shoe-bench ten days since his landing here, twenty-five years a9;o ; is a Methodist Episcopalian, with his wife, also a Good Templar ; has six children - John, Martha, Frank, Fred, Hattie and Cassius ; the second born died when two years old. Mr. Coward is a bom Republican. His splendid work in fine boots attracted the attention of leading men of Madison years ago, his first customers for patent-leather boots being Delaplaine and Burdick of that city ; his shop is now well lined with lasts made to conform with the shape of different feet, many of them for noted men of the county and State.

T. B. COWDKE Y, merchant tailor, Oregon ; born in the town of Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Penn., Jan. 7, 1828 ; four years later, his parents settled on Sturgis Prairie, Mich., and were soon warned to leave by hostile Indians ; they found refuge among the French settlers of Climax Prairie ; after their return to Sturgis Prairie, his mother died, his father, Bly Cowdrey, returning to Pennsylvania, thence to Dane Co. in 1844 ; is still hale and hearty at 81. T. B. Cowdrey has led a busy and eventful life, roving through various States, following his trade a great part of the time ; he located in Oregon in 1862 ; has been burned out twice, and been in the merchant tailoring business thirteen years. He married Miss H. M. Yager, of Belleville, Wis. ; they have one son, De Forrest B., born Dec. 6, 1862, in Oregon. Mr. Cowdrey is a liberal Democrat in politics ; is Senior Warden in Oregon Lodge, No. 151, A., F. & A. M., and a member, with his wife, of the Oregon M. E. Church, of which he is a Trustee.

CHARLES H, CBOIVK, agent and operator of the C. and N.-W. R. R., Oregon; horn in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1831 ; his father's people were early settlers on the Holland Purchase, and his mother was of Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; they came West in 1847, and still reside at Brodhead ; the son, our subject, was educated in the Ball Seminary, Hoosac Falls, N. Y. ; began teaching district school, and finally taught a number of terms in the old seminary, where he last studied ; the illness of a sister called him West in 1848 ; he settled in Wisconsin, and taught school in Porter, Rook Co., and in Footville, where he married Miss A. E. Richards, a native of Connecticut. Was station agent at Footville two years, and, in 1864, succeeded Hy Bdgerton at Oregon. Mr. C. became a Mason in Footville, and was the founder of the Oregon lodge, doing all preliminary work, and interesting others ; was the first Master, and held the position eight years. Mr. Cronk is a Republican, and a live business man, owning one of the finest homes in the village ; has four children - ^Waldo B., born in Footville, Fannie B., Anna M., and Claude H., all born in Oregon.

JAMES DAY, mason, Oregon; born in 1817, on the Isle of Wight, county of Hampshirei England ; grew to manhood and learned his trade there. Married Eliza Stone, who was born in the village of Areton, the birthplace of the "Dairyman's Daughter." In 1851, Mr. Day and family came to America ; he worked at his trade two or three years in New York City and less than two years in Western New York ; came to Fitchburg, Dane Co., in Sept., 1855, and settled in Rome Corners the next December. His wife died here in March, 1869. On the 12th of April, 1870, he married Mrs. Emma Colby, born in Dover, England, Feb. 14, 1825 ; is a daughter of Thomas Rodgers and Esther (Ford) Rodgers, who died in England. Mr. R. and family came to America in 1832 ; he was a shoemaker, and died in Janesville. The daughter married Marvin Colby, a shoemaker, in New York State ; they settled, 1857, in OregoQ, where Mr. C. died in Marci, 1869, leaving three children - Annette, Elizabeth, and Mortimer. Mr. and Mrs. Day have a large and pleasant home in the village, partly built by him in 1874 ; Mr. Day has worked at his trade forty years ; he united with the M. E. Church in England ; has been Steward of the Oregon Church twenty-four years, and a Trustee twenty years. Republican.

DE WITT 0. DEVINE, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Oregon ; born March 19, 1814, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y. ; eighteen years later, the family settled in Erie Co., Penn., where he married Hannah Clark, who, at her death, left a son - Clark. He married again in Cheshire Co., N. H., Miss Paulina Bailey ; they came West in August, 1846, and settled on the farm of 80 acres, where Mrs. Devine died in 185-, leaving four children - Alonzo, Judson, Charles and Hannah. His farm, like all those in the " Devine Settlement," was onoe burr-oak openings. In 1852, he married Mrs. Hannah, widow of Joseph Camp, who died leaving four children - David, Thomas, Alfred and Mary ; her maiden name was Hannah Smith, and her birthplace New Jersey ; George and Ella are the children by this union. Clark Devine was one year in the Union service, and died in a St. Louis hospital ; Thomas and Alfred Camp served three years each, though the latter came home a physical wreck, and is now in Oregon Territory ; Thomas was a musician, and is now in Portage, Wis. Mr. Devine is a member of the Baptist Church, and a Kepublican ; his pioneer experiences have resulted in his securing a valuable farm, with first-class buildings.

JAMES B. DEVINE is a son of Joseph and Caroline (Thomson") Devine, and was born in 1844, in Walworth Co., Wis. ; yielding to a sudden impulse, he walked up the railroad track to Madison, a distance of fourteen miles, on the 1st of April, 1864, and enlisted in the 37th W. V. I. ; was dangerously sick with both yellow fever and typhoid fever during the first part of his service, and was only saved by the care and good sense of a nurse ; recovering, he participated in the final struggles made by a dying Confederacy at Eichmond and Petersburg; after the two-days fight of April 1 and 2, 1865, part of the rebel works having been captured and the rest silenced, Mr. Devine, believing them abandoned, offered to cross the lines if his Lieutenant would stop the firing of his company; it was stopped, when Mr. Devine and Thomas Applebee crossed, entered the rebel works, and the Union occupation was the result ; he was mustered out in July, 1865, returned, and is now in charge of his father's homestead. He married Emily P. Glidden, born in Oneida Co., N. Y. ; their eldest is an ethereal-looking boy of 9 summers, who weighs 166 pounds, and has weighed 172 - "a good chunk of a boy;" there are three children - Joseph A., Burnet M. and Erma E. - but only the eldest is unusually large.

' JOSEPH DEVINE, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Oregon ; born Dec. 23, 1809, in Fabius, Madison Co., N. Y. ; is the eldest of the nine children of Joseph and Amy (Griswold) Devine; the nine, in order of age, were: Joseph, Manus G., De Witt C, Polly, William R., Bennett, Sally, Adeline and John. No more genuine type of the pioneer can be found in the Northwest than the man whose name heads this sketch ; in 1831, he was in the now State, then Territory, of Michigan ; Cbicago was then a fort and trading- post ; Milwaukee, almost unheard of; he made two later visits here, and came West with a family in 1844, spent a year in Walworth Co., Wis., and, in the spring of 1845, settled on his present farm of 79 acres, which he has made a good home. Mr. Devine is a Baptist in religion, and a Republican ; was Assessor twice, and Supervisor many years after ; was once Chairman of the Town, pro tempore. He married Miss Caroline Thomson, born Feb. 16, 1816, in Cheshire Co., N. H. ; they have five living children - Ellen, William, Mary, James B. and Alice C. No family in Dane Co. did more to save the Union t.lian his, all the four sons volunteering; Albert served three months, and died at Sulphur Springs, Mo. ; William fought at Pilot Knob, Corinth, and through the Red River expedition, serving three years ; is now an Iowa farmer ; Henry enlisted in the regular army, served six months, died at Atlanta, and is buried at Marietta, Ga.

MANUS O. DEVINE, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Oregon; born May 4, 1812, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; in 1832, he settled in Erie Co., Penn., and resided there until June, 1847, when he came West and bought his farm of acres in Oregon; this was wild, new land, whieh he has brought under cultivation, erecting a barn, etc. William Devine, born in 1818, came with Joseph to Walworth Co., Wis., in 1844, but afterward returned, and after the death of his father, in 1850, settled up the estate, and the same year came to Oregon with his mother, brother John and three sisters ; he owned an excellent farm adjoining his brother's, on which he built a large and tasteful residence ; he died, a single man, in March, 1880. M. G. and Adeline, also single, lived with him during these thirty years in Wisconsin, anil are now on his farm. Bennett Devine, born in 1821, came West in 1845 ; he died in Union, Rock Co., Wis., in January, 1871, leaving a widow and four children. John Devine, born Nov. 6, 1831, is one of the farmers in the " Devine Settlement," and has been since 1850, having a ferm and a family. Polly, born in July, 1816, married Kobert Blair, who died in Pennsylvania; she has three children, and lives in Brooklyn, Green Co. Sally Devine died in Oregon, as did the aged mother.

J. M. DOOIilTTJLE, proprietor of the Oregon meat market ; born Nov. 21, 1836, in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y.; is a son of Edward L. and Sarah (Williams) Doolittle, both natives of Massachusetts ; J. M. learned shoemaking, and resided in the State of New York till he came West in 1867 ; began farming in Stoughton, and later near Janesville ; came to Oregon in 1872 ; has the only meat market in the village, and does a good local business. He married, Feb. 22, 1867, Miss Mary J. Goff, of his native town; they have two children - Frederick, born April 21, 1870, in Janesville, Wis., and an infant son, born July 18, 1880, in Oregon. Mr. Doolittle is a Kepublican, now Deputy Sheriff, and is a member of the Oregon Lodge, A. 0. U. W.

WIIililAM H. DKAHER, farmer. Sees. 14 and 11; P. 0. Oregon; born in Hamilton, Monroe Co., Penn., Nov. 20, 1835 ; his parents, Simon and Mary Draher, were from Northampton Co., Penn.; the family came West in July. 1851, spent three years in Union, JS,ook Co., Wis., and, in March, 1854, settled on 120 acres of the present farm of 280 ; it was oak openings, and most of the clearing and breaking was done by the Drahers ; Mrs. Draher died Nov. 30, 1873 ; the father, with W. H. and John A., now own the farm. They are stanch Eepublicans, W. H. serving as Supervisor in 1876-77 and '78, and Chairman in 1879. He married Miss Susan Babbett, Christmas Day, 1868; she was born near Girard, Penn.; they have two children - Isaac and Velma. John A. Draher married Miss Mary E., daughter of Schuyler Gilbert, Esq., of Oregon, March 27, 1873.

EDWARD W. DWIGHT, Oregon ; is a lineal descendant of John D wight, who came from England to the colonies in 1635, located at Dedham, Mass., and founded a family famous in the annals of New England ; he was one of the five trustees placed in charge of the first free school ever taught in America, said school being instituted in 1644, and supported by town tax; the daughter of Jonathan Edwards, the world-famed theologian, married Timothy Dwight, their son ; Timothy was a noted preacher of his time, a chaplain in Washington's army, and author of the war ode, "Columbia;" after the Revolution, he was made President of Yale College ; his son, Dr. Benjamin W. Dwight, born Feb. 10, 1780, in Northampton, Mass., married Sophia Strong, born Jan. 1, 1793, in Heath, Mass., and descended from an historic New England family ; they had six children - Benjamin Woodbridge, Sophia, Theodore Williams, Mal-y, Edward Woolsey and Elizabeth ; the daughters have gone the way of all the earth ; of the sons, the eldest, a Presbyterian clergyman, is Principal of Dwight's High School, Clinton, N. Y.; is the author of the Dwi^t Genealogy and many other valuable works ; T. W. Dwight, LL. D., is a graduate of the Yale Law School; the graduates of his law school, established in New York City, 18 - , are at once admitted to the bar of the State ; no law school on the continent has won a more extended fame or is more highly extolled by the best legal talent of America and England. Mr. D. has been in the highest positions in the courts of New York, and was one of the Committee of Seventy (Anti-Tammany). E. W. Dwight, born at Catskill, N. Y., April 8, 1827, studied classics under his oldest brother, and, when 18, went on a whaling cruise of a year's duration ; returning to his native shores, he resided in York State until September, 1847, when he located on a farm in Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis.; seven or eight years later, he went to Iowa and spent a year, then settled on his present farm ; Mr. D. has a half-section, with excellent buildings, most of the improvements having been made by himself and wife ; she is Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Lull) Foote, born March 31, 1827, in Clinton, N. Y., where they were married May 16, 1848 ; they have four children - Mary S., Delia E., Edward F. and Theodore W.; the eldest was born in Spring Prairie, and the others in Oregon. Mr. Dwight was a Republican, from the troubled and stormy birth of that party up to the time its leaders sold it out for gold ; in 1861, he was Assemblyman from his District, and took an active part in the preparations made by that most historic of our Legislatures to meet the South on the battle-field ; a secret caucus was called, and among such men as Randall, King, Schurz, Harvey, Nobles, etc.; Senator Worthington alone seemed to realize the magnitude of the coming struggle ; he wanted a million dollars placed at the disposition of the^tate officers for war purpose?. Mr. D. was elected Chairman of Oregon in 1855, served until 1861, and from that time till the close of the war, doing more than all others to secure for the town her splendid war record, of which she is so justly proud, neglecting his own interests for those of the people ; he personally hired most of the substitutes, walking the streets of Madison with hundreds of dollars in his pockets with which to pay them off ; over $4,000 was thus disposed of, himself and Nathan York (Aseociate Supervisor) giving at one time their private notes for $2,600, which the town paid, the brothers, T. W. and E. W., making speeches in the Oregon churches, which resulted in the prompt filling of the quota of 1864, a $5 bonus being offered for the first to come forward; since war times, Mr. D. has read and studied much on the questions of finance, and taken a stand which has resulted in his nomination as an Elector from his State on the Greenback platform of 1880.

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HENRY EliLS WORTH, farmer, Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Oregon; is a son of John Ellsworth, who was born, as was his wife, in Ontario Co., N. Y.; her maiden name was Eliza N. Green ; they came West and settled on the Oregon farm in 1845 or 1846 ; of the 200 acres only a few were broken, and here, in a log house, Henry Ellsworth was born April 14, 1849 ; eight years later, the family settled in Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wis., where the father owns a stock farm of 600 acres ; he spent 1864 on the Oregon farm, and has since been an Iowa Co. man. Henry Ellsworth attended district schools up to his 16th year, was three years in the Platteville Normal School, taught one term, and married, when 19, Miss Amelia Barnheisel ; she was born in Niles, Trumbull Co., Ohio, her father, Greorge B., settling in Grant Co., Wis., in 1857, he enlisted in Co. C, 25th W. V. I., and died in hospital at New Albany, Ind., in 1865 ; his son Martin enlisted in Co. C, 2d W. V. I., was fatally shot at second Bull Run, lay nine days on the battle-field, which, with two amputations of his leg, rendered death a boon. Mr. Ellsworth was for three years in business in Highland, Iowa Co., and then settled on the Oregon farm, where he has built a pleasant home. He is a Democratic Greenbacker, and was two years a Justice of the Peace ; is now Master of Oregon Lodge, 151, A., F. & A: M. Mrs. E. was educated in the Lancaster High School and the Platteville Normal School ; she began at 17 and taught nine terms ; is now the mother of five children - John, Laura, Anna, George and Eliza ; the two eldest were born in Highland, and the others on the Oregon farm.

M. J. FISHER, of Powers & Fisher, Oregon ; born in Cooksville, Rock Co., Wis., Oct. 1, 1849 ; his parents, J. W. and P. S. Fisher, settled in Rock Co. in 1845 ; they were New York State people, and settled on a new farm in Oregon in 1847 ; the neighborhood is known as Fisher's Valley, and here J. W. Fisher ended his life-work, dying Qot. 19, 1877, leaving six children - Marshall J., Frances M., Edwin, Charles, Henry and Maude. M. J. attended the common and select schools of Oregon, also the Evansville Seminary ; he taught seven winters, first in 1871 ; was hotel clerk in Leroy, Minn., and at Beloit, Wis.; was in the mercantile business from 1876 until August, 1880, when, with C. E. Powers, he bought the livery and sale stable of C. Waterman ; it is the only one in the village, and business opens up well for the firm, who have ten horses, and are prepared to furnish good rigs at fair rates ; Mr. Powers has been in the mercantile business here for several years past, sind the firm still maintains a stock of groceries, jewelry, watches, notions, etc. Both are Republicans, Mr. F. also, belonging to the Orders of A., F. & A. M. and the A. 0. U. W. He married Anna Story, of Oregon, and has two children - Max and Clyde. Mi's. Powers was Frances Munger, a native of Madison Co., N. Y.

GEORGE H. FOX, M. D., Oregon ; is the eldest son of Joseph G. and Mary (Lalor) Fox. J. G. Fox, son of William and Ellen Fox, was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, April 12, 1822 ; was educated at Waterford Seminary ; came to America (first time) in 1834 ; came West in 1844, living in Fitchburg with his brother George, while reclaiming his then new I'arm in Oregon. Mr. F. was elected Register of Deeds in 1851-52. He is one of the oldest and most successful of the Oregon farmers, owning 360 acres well improved. Mary (Lalor) Fox died Aug. 30, 1850, leaving four children - George H., born June 6, 1846; Anna C, died June 16, 1878; Joseph P. and Ellen; by the present wife, formerly Harriet L. Adamson, he has a son, John F. H., born, as were all the children, on Sec. 10, Oregon Township. George H. Fox attended district school six months, and, in 1857, entered the select school of Margaret Payne, of Evansville, Wis.; he studied under private tutors until 1861 or 1862, entered the State University and attended until June, 1865 ; he began the stijdy of medicine under Drs. William H. and Phillip Fox, and, in August, 1866, entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City; took the first course, and, at the age of 21, began practice in Dayton, Wis.; returned to Bellevue in the fall of 1868, took the full course, and graduated in March, 1869 ; practiced thirteen months in Dayton, then located in Oregon, where he has built up a large practice. He married, in Buffalo, N. Y., Lucy Allen, a native of Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y.; they have five children - May, Paul, ' Lynn, Anna C. and Neil. The Doctor is a member of the Wisconsin State, American and Dane County Medical Associations, and of the Oregon Lodge A. 0. U. W. Is an Independent Democrat.

REV. MATTHEW A. FOX, Oregon ; he was born in County Longford, Ireland, in November, 1812; after a course of instruction under a private tutor, he entered Trinity College, Dublin; in May, 1836, he reached the New World and located in La Grange Co., Ind., where he united with the Presbyterian Church, having studied theology under the Episcopal creed, in Ireland ; in 1838, began preaching as a licentiate ; was ordained in April, 1839, by the Presbytery of St. Joseph, Mich. ; during 1839, he took charge of the Brooklyn and Newburg churches, near Cleveland, Ohio ; in 1845, he c-.ame to Wisconsin and settled on a new wild farm four miles north of what was afterward Rome Corners ; twenty years were spent here, ten in a log house "through the roof of which one could study astronomy."

As the sketch of the Oregon church shows, Elder Pox was the first Presbyterian minister to locate in this section of Dane Co., and for thirty-three years has he ministered tO' the spiritual needs of his people, his scarred hands of a Sunday in former days showing labor well and faithfully done on his farm, which he still owns, 300 acres on Sees. 13, 14 and 24, Fitchburg. In 1866, he built his pleasant village home. Elder Fox married, in Ireland, Elizabeth Cletcher, who died in March, 1874, leaving four children - William, Edwin, James arid Marion (Mrs. Dr. Osborn) ; two sons, Loftus and Charles, died before this ; the present Mrs. Fox was Mary Nelson, widow of Judge Armstrong, of Janesville. Elder Fox is an excellent type of the pioneer preacher, erect, strong and manly, one whose labors and example have left a deep impress on the hearts of his townsmen.