Stoughton City (part 12 of 13)

JOHIV McWIIiLIAMS, Sec. 25; P. 0. Oregon; born near Cornwall, N. 0. ; his parents' Kobert and Elizabeth (Brownell) McWilliams, settled, ten years later, in Oneida Co., N. Y. ; the son grew to man's estate here; in the fall of 1843, he accompanied a family named Augur, via the lakes, to Milwaukee, thence by stage to Madison, and in September, 1843, he began work for Mr. A. on his then new farm (the present farm of Arthur & Fox) ; his rude shanty was a mile from any house; during the winter and summer he split 7,000 rails ; the next year he hired out to Dr. W. H. Fox, and continued in his employ five seasons ; bought 40 acres of his present farm, in 1845, and set out apple-trees on it, in 1846, a few of which may yet be found in his large and most productive orchard ; in 1850, he was in Janesville, and continued as a farm hand during 1851 and 1852. Married, in 1852, Catherine Travis, born in Chenango Co., N. T. ; twenty- eight years ago they began life in a part of the present farmhouse ; Mr. McWilliams then had, and now has, 165 acres, on which he has performed many a hard day's labor, resulting in a wellmproved farm, on which he has erected good buildings. Mr. and Mrs. McWilliams have four children - Mary 0. (Mrs. Albert Hook), Adelbert, Elmer arid Charles. He is a Democrat ; was the first Collector of Fitchburg, in 1848, and was Collector and Treasurer three years during the war ; personally subscribed and paid $125 to carry on the war, and did much to encourage the war spirit in his town; was Chairman in 1876, and has been Supervisor twice and Assessor three terms ; he has been successful as a fruit-grower, not failing to secure an apple crop during these twenty-eight years ; 120 acres of his farm are now under cultivation. In 1844, while splitting the rails, his money gave out, and his last shirt was on his back, yet pioneer pluck never gave out. Wandering through the woods ofie day, rifle in hand, he descried a noble buck. His shot hit the mark, and, following the bloody trail half a mile, he came upon his game limp and lifeless. The carcass was hauled home by the breaking-team of George Watters, who was presented with the fore quarters. A yoke of oxen, hitched to the backwoods " crotch," took himself and wife for the first visit to her parents.

liEVI niUTCIILER. See. 17 ; P. 0. Stoner's Prairie ; born June 7, 1834, in Warren Co.» N. J. ; son of J. G. and Mary (Metz) Mutchler, both natives of New Jersey. He married, .March 8) 1856, in his and her native county. Miss Anna M. Messenger; his parents accompanied them West, they reaching Dane Co. April 12, 1856; 360 acres were bought, 40 in Verona; the mother died in 1858, and the father Aug. 6, 1876. Levi Mutchler now owns 210 acres, on which twenty-four years ago the only building was a small log house and his frame house, which he has thoroughly remodeled ; the old barn was also built, but to the present owner is due the building of two good frame houses, a barn and granary. Mr. and Mrs. M. have -four children - Ida E.; Lida P., Walter and Philip, all born on the Fitchburg homestead. Mr. M. is a Kepublican, and has held school ofiSces ; the family are attendants of the local churches.

SEWELL NYE, deceased; born in State of Maine, March 9, 1829; his parents, Sewell and Anna (Nutting) Nye, were also of Maine; the family came West in 1846, locating on several hundred acres of land on Nine Spring Prairie, where the old couple ended their days. Sewell Nye married, in Madison, Wis., March 11, 1868, Miss Electa B., daughter of Isaac and Electa (Edwards) Briggs; Electa Edwards was a lineal descendant of Jonathan Edwards, and Isaac Briggs, a cousin of ex-Gov. Briggs, of Massachusetts ; their daughter, Maria S. (now Mrs. Hiram Johnson), came West and began teaching in Kenosha, Wis., in January, 1855 ; the present Mrs. Nye joined her in March, 1859, and during the next nine years taught in graded schools ; three years in Kenosha, and the remainder in Bock, Trempealeau and Dane Counties. After the marriage, Mr. Nye resided on the farm until 1873, when he went to Madison and spent about two years ; at his death, March 23, 1879, he left three' daughters by a former marriage, and an only son by the second, Frederic Sewell, born Aug. 14, 1873, in Madson. Mr. N. died a member of the Congregational Church ; a life-long Bepubliean ; he was Station Agent and Postmaster at Syene fourteen years ; at the earnest request of the railroad company and the neighborhood, his widow succeeded to the vacant positions, and has been very successful thus far in discharging the duties. ^She has also bought out the iliterests of the heirs to the estate, and is now sole owner of the fine farm of 172 acres ; few ladies have shown equal business tact. Mrs. Nye has been a church member since the age of 18, and for the past fourteen years a member of the Congregational Church of Madison. The first Mrs. Nye, formerly Eliza Cathcart, died in June, 1864, leaving three daughters - Mary A., Josephine P. and Almira.

E. S. POSTLE, farmer. See. 34; P. 0. Oregon; born in 1833, in Allegany Co., N. T. ; son of Cyrenus and Olive Postle, who settled early in the " forties," in Koek Co., Wis. ; four years later they settled in Pitchburg, and in 1855, in Oregon Village, Mr. P. keeping the Exchange Hotel until his death, in December, 1869 ; his widow has a pleasant home in the village ; Samuel Green, deceased, was born in 1807, in Washington Co., N. Y. ; he married, in October, 1835, Nancy Chase, of Phelps, born in 1816, in Ontario Co., N. Y. ; they came West in 1850, and settled on the Green homestead, in Pitchburg, where he died May 6, 1879, leaving three children - Mason M., Mary J. and Allen J. ; the latter served from August, 1862, until July, 1865, in the Union army, and is now at Ft. Laramie, W. T. ; Cyrenus Postle left seven children - Lyman E., Ethan S., Orson M., Justin P., Cyrenus M., Olive M. (Mrs. W. H. Myers) and M. Van Buren. E. S. Postle married, Feb. 22, 1862, Miss Mary J. Green, and now resides on the Green homestead, which, with his own adjoning land, makes a 160-acre farm. The Postles and Greens were always stanch Democrats. The former were Baptists, and the latter Presbyterians.

P. M. PRITCHARD, farmer, Sees. 33 and 32 ; P. 0. Pitchburg ; born in Solon, Cortland , Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1816; his parents, Harvey and Lydia (Kelsey) Pritchard, were Connecticut people; after learning the foundry business of his father, he came West in 1842, visited Bacine, Delavan, etc., and reached Janesville early in June ; William True, a former schoolmate, had made a location near Indian Ford, and Mr. P. joined him by following an Indian trail, thence up the Catfish past Third and Fourth Lakes, and by a trail to what is now known as Oak Hall ; he then entered 80 acres of his present farm and sought more civilized regions ; his skill with the clarionet was brought into requisition at Janesville, July 3, and Milwaukee, July 4 ; his affairs in the East were in a bad shape, owing to the panic of 1837, and this caused his removal with his family in June, 1843 ; a terrific storm burst upon the little party as they were nearing Janesville, and, the horses and wagon becoming mired down, the brave wife, after the extrication of one of the horses, mounted him and rode into the then village, though she had a narrow escape from drowning while crossing a stream swollen by the freshet ; a gloomy outlook for them, as their entire capital was $2.62 ; finally the doorless and floorless cabin of Mr. True was reached, and here with carpets hung for doors, and bedsteads made of poles, they began life in Wisconsin ; it was two or three years before Mr. Pritchard was able to build even a log house of his own ; but since this time his progress has been rapid ; 200 acres of splendid land, a tasteful brick farmhouse, three or four substantial barns, with windmill, outbuildings, etc., are his reward. He married Miss Lydia Guild, in Predonia, N. Y., July rO, 1837; she was born in Otsego Co., N. Y. ; they, have four children - Helen and Hahneman, born in Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y.j Cora and Lydia, born in Pitchburg. The Pritchard Bros, were a noted band of local musicians in the early history of Dane Co. and Wisconsin, as they played from Milwaukee to the Mississippi, and the State line to Watertown and Baraboo, all keeping the pledge made to their mother to drink only tea and cofiee while thus engaged. E. P. Beebee, a cousin, was also with them, and the five were a " whole team " at music.

JESSE STEVENS, Sec. 30; P. 0. Stoner's Prairie ; born in Orleans Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1822 ; he farmed it there until September, 1845, when he brought his family up the lakes to Milwaukee, and, two weeks later, settled on part of his present 177i-acre farm. He is the only son of John Stevens, who began life at 16, with an ax and a sickle for an inheritance. He married Abigail Kuowles, of a noted Massachusetts family, Knowlesville having received its name from them. The old couple came West in 1852, and built the house where their only son, our subject, now resides. He married, Oct. 12, 1843, Miss Sarah Parsons, daughter of William and Silence (McComber) Parsons, both old residents of Conway, her native place, in Massachusetts ; Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have three living children - Sarah P. (now Mrs. Irvin Mudgett) ; Clara S., now Mrs. W. A. Vroman ; and Cora L., now Mrs. D. T. Newton. They lost their eldest, a son, John W., in Orleans Co. Mr. Stevens has proven himself one of the progressive and substantial old settlers of his town, as his farm, thirty-five years ago a wilderness, is now under cultivation, with the exception of 50 acres. Is a Greenbacker, of Whig-Republican antecedents ; was Postmaster of Stoner's Prairie from 1862 to 1872. Is a Methodist, with his wife.

CHESTER SUTHERLAND, Sees. 11 and 12; P. 0. Syene; born Jan. 22, 1817, in Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y.; his father, Joshua, was born in Eastern New York, and his mother, Sarah (Wolcott) Sutherland, in Vermont ; Mr. S. learned the trade of carpenter ; in 1840, through the agency of a cousin, Chauncy Sutherland, he bought the northeast quarter of Sec. 11 ; this was entered in June, 1837, by Elisha Starr, of Milwaukee. Forty years ago, Mr. S. paid his first tax on this land, 12.08 ; on the same land, in war times, he paid $200, besides revenue tax. Mr. S. began by leasing his land while he worked at his trade in the new Territorial capital. He married, Sept. 21, 1845, in Madison, Wis., Miss Sarah A., daughter of Orlin and Abagail (Geer) Rood, of Vermont ; the next October they began housekeeping in a log house, built on the farm in 1842 ; it stood thirty or forty rods to the northeast of the large and tasteful frame house now superseding it ; Mr. S. has added 165 acres, and has every acre fenced and producing something. Mr. Sutherland is a Republican ; was one of the three County School Commissioners when Sauk and Columbia were also under their jurisdiction, and was Town Superintendent under that system ; has also been Justice of the Peace and Town Treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland have si? children - Henry, Quincy, George, Albert, Frank and Anna. The eldest married Miss Sarah M. Haight, of Fitchburg, and has erected a home of his own on 80 acres of the old farm ; Quincy is a doctor, and George is a lawyer, and both reside and practice in Janesville, Wis.

JAMES TERWILLIC;!-ER, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Syene ; born in the town of Green, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1818 ; spent his younger life and learned the carpenter's trade in New York State. Married, in April, 1844, Miss Emmeline Williamson, born in the town of Chenango, Broome Co., N. Y. ; in the spring of 1845, he came, via the lakes, to Chicago, thence with a team, via Madison, to the house of Chester Sutherland, Fitchburg, and spent the summer, Mr. T. buying 160 acres, on Sec. 13, that summer ; Eli Gill is now its owner, and Reason Runey did the first breaking ; in 1856, Mr. T. sold, and bought 160 acres of his present farm ; here his wife drove the cattle, he holding the plow ; the farm was burr-oak openings, and he has done all that has been done upon it, having the good taste to allow the noble burr oaks to stand on the gently rising knoll where his house is built ; he has 230 acres, with saitable buildings ; is a non-oflfice seeker, a Republican, and favors'the greenback. Mr. and Mrsv. T. have six children - Marcus W.,Mary J., Sydney, Susan, William and Sarah A. ; the two youngest are with their parents; the eldest, a merchant in Oregon ; the second, Mrs. James Lindsay, wife of his partner, and the third a farmer in Dunn Township ; Susan is the wife of Theodore Wackman, a carriage-maker in Dayton, Wis.

J AHES TRAVIS, Sees. 13, 24 and 25 ; P. 0. Syene ; born in the town of Green, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1825 ; son of Stephen and Mary (Timson) Travis ; his father was born near Peekskill, N. Y., and his mother in New York City; in 1846, they, with their children, James and Catherine, and a nepheWj C. B. Travis, located on Sec. 24, Fitchburg ; James Travis worked six years as a teamster, hauling produce and goods over the bridgeless roads to and from Mijwaukee ; thirteen days - were often spent in making the round trip. He married, in the fall of 1852, Miss Laura A. Sutherland, of Genesee Co., N. Y. ; they lived eighteen months on the farm of Rev. M. A. Fox ; in August, 1854, they began on 80 acres of the present farm, and in what is now the kitchen and woodhouse ; Mr. Travis began in Wisconsin penniless, and worked until he was 22, before receiving a dollar ; to-day he has 200 acres, 120 under cultivation, substantial barns, windmill, etc., and a most pleasant home. Mrs. Travis died Nov. 17, 1878, leaving four children - Julia A., Arthur L., Sadie M. and Mary A. Mr. T. is a Democrat; was Assessor one year, Supervisor three years, and Chairman two years. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; devotes his farm about equally to grain and stock, and, for sixteen years past, has bred fine Morgan horses. His brother, D. B. Travis, located, in 1845, on a farm adjoining his on the south.

DAIlflEIi L. YAN HOESEN, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Madison. As the name indicates, this gentleman is of good old Knickerbocker stock ; his father, John Van Hoesen, was a native of Kinderhook> and his mother, Mary Wessells, of Montgomery Co., N. Y.; their son was born Julyll, 1818, in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y., and resided in New York State up to 1854, when he came West, buying the old Stoner farm ; this was one of the first farms claimed in the County of Dane, and was the choice of the man for whom the beautiful prairie was named ; Mr. Van Hoesen has erected the farmhouse and done most of the building and fencing here. He is a Democrat, and has been Supervisor, Assessor and Chairman (see county records). He married Prances, daughter of Chester and Lucy (Eoot) Darling ; she was born in Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., and has two daughters - Kittie, born in Oneida Co., and Helen, born in Fitohburg.

JOSEPH VROMAN (deceased); was born Jan. 30, 1816, in Manlius, Oneida Co., N. Y.; his parents, Jacob and Rachel (Towles) Vroman, removed to Indiana and died near Vincennes, when he was a young lad; relatives took him back to New York, where he grew to manhood ; coming West in 1836, he wintered in Madison, then went to Potosi, Wis., and later to La Fayette Co., Wis.; in 1839, George Vroman and himself entered 320 acres on Stoner's Prairie, and 300 of it comprises his estate. He married Mary Westrope Dec. 17, 1840, and that fall began life on this farm in a log house ; one settler only lived between him and Madison ; in 1843, his brother George built for him the first framed barn in the town - it still stands ; himself, brother and W. A. Wheeler also built the noted Badger Mills of early days. Mr. Vroman was one of the honored pioneers of the State and county, serving several terms as Supervisor, Chairman, etc.; he died Dec. 15, 1869, leaving five children - George W.," Harriet (Mrs. Isaac Sherman), Emmeliue (Mrs. S. D. Moore), Hiram and William A ; all were born on the homestead in Fitchburg ; Hiram Vroman married Mary, daughter of W. B. Westrope, at or near her birthplace, in La Fayette Co., Wis. He is a Democrat, and has been Town Clerk and Chairman of his native town. His pioneer mother is with him ; she was born Oct. 9, 1821, in Lawrence Co., Ill; her father, Abner Westrope, born in Kentucky, first visited Southwest Wisconsin in 1828, and, in 1830, settled permanently near Belmont, La Fayette Co.; his wife, Sarah Ashbrook, was also a Kentuckian, and they saw much of frontier life; during the Black Hawk war (summer of 1832), the family were in Fort De Sallust, Mrs. V. well remembering the excitement and alarm among the settlers ; she was the first white woman in Fitchburg, and is now its oldest settler.

GrEORGE VROMAIV, Sec. 30; P. 0. Stoner's Prairie; born near'Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., March 22, 1814; leaving his native State, he came up the lakes to Milwaukee, which he reached July 11, 1836; most of his time was spent here and in Mineral Point and Madison up to September, 1838, when he settled in Madison, residing there until 1862, when he settled on his 144-acre farm ; Mr. Vroman served an apprenticeship of seven years as a carpenter in New York, and was the leading spirit in erecting the Badger Mills in 1842 ; Joseph V. and himself entered a half-section in Fitchburg in 1840, part of which is now the estate of the late Joseph Vroman ; on this, in 1843, George V. built the first framed barn. He married, March 24, 1844, Miss Amy Wardwell, born March 24, 1827, in Steuben Co., N. Y.; they have two living children - Edgar J. and Alfred H. - and have lost seven children ; George F. died Aug. 20, 1847 ; William H. died Dec. 8, 1847 ; Mary E. died Aug. 8, 1852 ; James B. died Oct. 27, 1875 ; Jennie F. and Samuel F. died Feb. 15, 1875; Hiram A. died Sept. 3, 1876. Mr. Vroman is one of the pioneer settlers of the State, and a man well known and respected. He is a Republican.

HEXRY WEST, Sec. 6; P. 0. Madison; boru near Mauch Chunk, Penn., Aug. 18,1832, son of Paul and Sarah (Graves) West ; after the death of her husband, the widow married Jacob Zink; who came West and located near Verona Corners, May 7, 1845 ; he now lives on the old Abbott farm, in Verona ; his wife died while on a visit East in the winter of 1875 ; her parents, a brother and three sisters, are all buried in the same old Pennsylvania cemetery, the youngest dying at 74 and the eldest at 92. Henry West went to Kansas in 1857, made and lost a claim, and made some money at hunting in various parts of the Northwest. He married, Oct. 29, 1859, Phoebe A. Burch, born May 8, 1840, in Erie Co., Penn.; they were married in Verona, and began on 40 acres of the present farm, $500 in debt ; to-day he owns 220 acres in the homestead farm, and 138 in Verona ; has re-built hi? house, built a basement barn, set shade and fruit trees, and literally made his own home by labor and judicious management; they have five children - Clara, Ralph, Bertha, Stanley and Edna; little Graoie died Jan. 20, 1874. Mr. West is a live, stirring farmer, and a Republican in politics.

Town Of Black Earth

JOHIH' ADAMS, Black Earth; born in Pulaski Co., Ky., in 1819; wten about 13 years of age, he removed with a half-brother to the State of Indiana, and thence to Winnebago Co., 111., about 1837; he removed to Dodgeville, Iowa Co., in 1839, which he made his home till 1849; in the latter year he removed to Blue Mounds, where he engaged in business ; came to Black Earth in the spring of 1863. His wife was Miss Eliza Blanchard, daughter of Ashael and Elizabeth Blanchard. Mrs. Adams was born in Cortland Co., N. Y. ; she removed with her parents from Orleans Co., N. Y., to Iowa Co., Wis., in 1844; her father died at Dodgeville, in 1852 ; her mother died at Blanchardville in 1871. Mr. Adams has been a prominent and successful business man ; was elected Sheriff in 1863, served two years. He has five children - Alva, John, Frank, Elizabeth and William.

FRAXK ADAMS, merchant. Black Earth ; was born at West Blue Mounds, Iowa Co., Wis., in 1854. He was married to Miss Emnla Wilson, daughter of Henry Wilson. He engaged in the mercantile business Auguslj, 1879 ; he was, for several years previous to that time, engaged with his father in the stock business; has one child - Clarence H. His father, John Adams, was one of the pioneers of Wisconsin ; he was born in Kentucky in 1819 ; when 13 years of age, in company with his half brother, he went to Indiana, thence to Illinois, and to Dodgeville, Wis., in 1839 ; he came to Black Earth in the spring of 1863 ; he was elected Sheriff of Dane Co. in 1863, served two years. He was married in 1846, to Eliza Blanard, born in the State of New York, and came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1844. Mr. John Adams is an active, energetic and successful business man ; has been variously engaged as merchant, stock-dealer, farmer, etc. ; he was a member of the State Legislature in 1869-70 and 1872. Has five children - Alva, John, Frank, Elizabeth and William. Alva is engaged in the hardware business, at Alamosa, Colo., he was a member of the first Legislature of that State, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati in 1880. William is with his brother Alva.

S AMUEIj B ARKEjR, merchant. Black Earth ; born in Leeds, England, in December, 1817 > came to the tlnited States in the fall of 1848 ; he lived six years near Akron, Ohio ; came to Madison in 1854 ; bought a farm in the town of Vermont; has lived in the village of Black Earth since 1869. He was married to Sarah Lawson, also born in Leeds ; they have five children - William, Richard, Anna E., Samuel and Eva. Mr. Barker has made two visits to his native land during his residence in this country.

THOMAS B ARBEiR, hardware dealer, firm of Barber & Son, Black Earth ; born in England in 1817. He married Rachael Shaw ; came to Wisconsin from England in 1847, and Settled in the town of Berry, Dane Co., where he lived about eight years ; located in the village of Black Earth in October, 1855, and engaged in selling farm machinery, which he still continues in connection with a general hardware business. His wife died in 1877 ; he has five children - ^his two oldest sons, James S. and John S., are at Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kan., engaged in the hardware business ; David A. is associated with his father in business; Mary E. and Hannah L. Mr. Barber visited his native land in 1878.

GEORGE BATE,. Black Earth. Mr. Bate is one of the pioneers of Dane Co.; he was born in Worcester, England, in 1817 ; he was apprenticed to the trade of tallow-chandler and grocery business ; he emigrated to Wisconsin from England in the spring of 1845 ; he settled in Sec. 21, town of Berry, Dane ^ Co.; this farm he still owns ; also owns another farm in Sec. 30 ; he came to the village of Black Earth in May, 1870, and engaged in the lumber trade the following year. Mr. Bate lost his first wife in England ; his present wife was Esther Hale, from the State of Maine, of English parentage ; they have two ' children - William F. and Beda A.; the former was born in the town of Berry, Jan. 9, 1860 ; he is his father's successor in the lumber trade.

M. C BURIVETT, Postmaster, also of the firm of Burnett & Son, publishers and proprietors of the Black Earth Advertiser, Black Earth; born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1811 ; he removed to Ohio with his parents in 1815 ; he came to Racine, Wis., in 1849 ; thence to Illinois, but returned to Wisconsin and settled at Moscow, Iowa Co., where he lived eight years ; he was Postmaster and Justice of the Peace at Moscow; came to Black Earth in 1859; was appointed Postmaster here in 1865 ; has also been Justice of the Peace most of the time since he came to Black Earth. He was married, in 1837, to Jane McNish; they have had two children - Edwin, the older son, died Sept. 23, 1871, in his 33d year; Clar-

HICHAEIi CAREY, farmer. See. 39; P. 0. Mazomanie; born in County Clare, Ireland, about 1820; he emigrated to West Troy, N. Y., in 1852, where he lived one year; thence to Janesville, Wis., where he lived about four years ; he came to Dane Co. and located on his present farm in 1857, where he has since lived. He was married to Margaret Crawley, of Janesville, Wis.; born in County Cork, Ireland ; they have seven children - Daniel, James, John, William, Honora, Ellen and Maggie. Farm contains 125 acres.

SAMUEL CHARLESWORTH, attorney and Justice of the Peace, also Notary Public, Black Earth ; born in Lancashire, England, in 1819. He was married to Elizabeth Catlin ; came to Wisconsin from England, in 1845, and settled in the town of Black Earth ; he engaged in farming for some time, but has been in public business most of the time since he came to Wisconsin. He was Deputy Sheriff of Dane Co. for seven years ; has been Justice of the Peace for about seventeen years ; has practiced law in a Justice's Court for several years ; he has one daughter - Annie, now Mrs. James E. Beardsley.

RICHARD J. COIililE, dealer in hardware, groceries and notions. Black Earth ; born in the city of London, October, 1857 ; his father died in England ; he came to this country with his mother and sister ; his mother died in 1861 ; his sister is now Mrs. John A. Adams. Mr. Collie was clerk for Mr. Barber in the hardware business for four years ; was also clerk for Isaacson & Nordrum ; he engaged in his present business June 1, 1879. He married Miss Tillie Knutsen, of Lodi.

JOSEPH COOPER, farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. O. Mazomanie ; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1826 ; came to Wisconsin in 1847 and settled on his present farm, where he has since resided. He was married to Rebecca, daughter of George Lockwood ; her parents came from England to Wisconsin in 1845 ; they have seven children - William, Joseph, John, Mary, Harriet, Lucy and Bessie ; they have lost three children - Sarah A., aged 22 ; George, aged 19 ; James died in infancy. Mr. Cooper's farm contains 240 acres.

REV. HEIVRY DOCKHAHI, Pastor of Methodist Episcopal Church, Black Earth; was born in the State of New York in 1826 ; he went to Canada in 1846, and engaged in teaching; entered the ministry in 1849 ; he resided in Canada till 1873, when he came to Wisconsin ; he resided at Monroe three years ; his first station in Wisconsin was at Mazomanie, where he preached one year ; came to Black Earth in 1878. He was married to Lois Landon, born in Canada ; they have three children - Ogden A., Eva and Alida.

JOHN DRAKE, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. O. Black Earth ; was born in Portage Co., Ohio, in 1835 ; he removed to Indiana with his parents, John and Mary Drake, when he was a child ; they came to Dane Co. in 1851 ; an older brother of John's came several years previous to that time ; he died in 1866 ; the family settled on the farm now owned by John in the fall of 1852 ; his mother died in' 1864 ; his father died in 1868 ; they are buried on the farm. Mr. Drake was married to Harriet, daughter of William B. Haydon, who died in 1858 ; they have six children - Walter, Alva, Gracie, Fred, Hattie B. and Frank; they have lost three daughters. The farm contains 120 acres.

JOHN A. ELIilOTT, farmer, Black Earth ; was born in Maine in 1827 ; he removed with his parents to New Hampshire w'hen he was abou^ 8 years of age; he went to Chicago in 1854, thence to Janesville, Wis., but returned to New Hampshire; in November, 1857, he came to Madison; he lived one year in the town of Verona, thence tQ Blue Mounds, where he lived about nine years ; he removed to La Fayette Co., where he lived two years, thenee-to Black Earth; he owns a farm on Sec. 27, but resides in the village, where he has a pleasant home ; his house is built upon one of those mounds so common in this valley, supposed to have been the burial-place of some important personage of that race whom we call Mound Builders, "and know no more." In excavating for the cellar of his house, some of the remains of this personage were found ; this is one of the most extensive and interesting of the many mounds found in this vicinity, supposed to have been the work of a pre-historic race.

JOHN FITTON, retired farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in Yorkshire, England ; when a young man he went to Derbyshire, where he was employed as overseer in the weaving department of a cotton factory for a number of years. He was married to Hannah Robinson ; emigrated to Wisconsin in September, 1848 ; he bought his farm of the Government, where he settled in 1849 ; he sold his farm several years since, retaining sufficient for a homestead; his wife died July 27, 1879. Mr. Fitton was one of the first Justices of the Peace of Black Earth, to which office he was re-elected, serving three jears ; he was Treasurer of the school-district in which he lives for seventeen years. Mr. Fitton is a rep- tesentative of that class of pioneers that is fast passing away, and which will soon be known only to history and to the memories of a younger generation ; a class of men who had reached mature life while Wisconsin was yet a Territory, and who know so well, by experience, the sufferings and trials of pioneer life in Wisconsin.

SAMUEL GOOD.L AD, miller, of the firm of Stanford, Logan & Co., Black Earth. Mr. Goodlad was born near Sheffield, England, in 1835 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, from Stavely, Derbyshire, England, in 1846 ; the family settled in what is now the town of Arena, Iowa Co. ; in February, 1863, his father returned to Kngland, where he remained until June 1, 1869, when he came back to America, and located at Osborne, Kan., where he died Aug. 29, 1879 ; his mother and her three daughters reside at Stavely, England ; her three sons live in America. Mr. Groodlad was married to Ann Reeve, who came to Wisconsin with her parents, from England, in 1844; they have two children - Harold and Emma B. Mr. Goodlad is a miller by trade ; he served a part of his apprenticeship at Hiokox Mill, Iowa Co. ; has been engaged in the milling business about thirty years.

JOHlKir GORST, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; Mr. Gorst was born in Cheshire, England, about 1827 ; he came to Wisconsin with his brother, in 1845, and settled in the town of Black Earth ; he located where he now lives in 1848 ; his father emigrated to Wisconsin in the fall of 1846, and entered the land now comprising the farms of his three sons - Thomas, Charles and John ; the father died April 27, 1863; his mother died in 1877. Mr. John Gorst was married to Prudence Copley, daughter of James and Mary Copley, who came from England in 1846, and settled in the town of Black Earth ; her father died Jan. 14, 1863 ; her mother died Sept. 15, 1872 ; Mr. Gorst has eight children - Charles, William, Robert M., Drucilla, George, Sarah C, Wealthy and Bessie ; lost one daughter, Sarah H. Farm contains 114 acres ; Mrs. Gorst's father's family consisted of parents and five daughters, only three of whom are now living - Martha, Mary and Prudence ; her parents had thirteen children, eight of whom died in England. Charles, the eldest son of Mr. Gorst, graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa; he is now located at Lime Springs, Iowa ; William A. is a clergyman, of the Methodist denomination.

F. HICKSTINE, Black Earth Meat Market; born in Prussia, in 1834; a son of Peter Hick- Btine and Louisa Shultz. Married, in 1861, to Miss Gusta Sawade, by whom he has had twelve children, eight of whom are living in Wisconsin, six sons and two daughters - Mary, Frank, Willie, Max, Otto, Charles, Ferdinand and Emma. Mr. Hickstine came to America in 1866, and located two years in Milwaukee ; moved to Black Earth in September, 1868, and embarked in the butcher business, which he has carried on successfully ever since ; he has two business houses on Main street, with seventy-six feet front, valued at $3,000. The family belong to the German Lutheran Church. Democratic in politics.

JOHIV M. IVES, farmer. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in Liverpool, England, in 1825 ; his parents emigrated to the city of New York when he was a child ; his father afterward went to the city of New Orleans and engaged in business ; during the war between Texas and Mexico, he went to the latter country for the purpose of seeing the country, and with a view of locating there with his family ; he was arrested by the Mexican forces, accused of being a spy, and was condemned and executed as such. Mr. Ives was sent to Pennsylvania to reside when about 10 years of age, where he lived about fourteen years, and where he learned the trade of a blacksmith ; he went from Pennsylvania to St. Louis, where he stayed about one and a half years ; thence to Dane Co., where he has since resided. He was married to Sarah Ann Heald, daughter of Amos and Hannah Heald, who emigrated to Wisconsin from the State of Maine in 1843 ; they still reside in Black Earth. Mr. Ives settled where he now lives in 1856 ; has two children - Clara and Guy. Farm contains about 100 acres.

JOHN MUSKAT, proprietor of saloon. Black Earth ; born in Prussia in 1847 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents from Germany in 1854 ; his father settled in the town of Berry, where he still lives. Mr. Muskat came to the village of Black Earth and engaged in business in 1869. He was married to Edith Farge, born in Milwaukee ; they have three children - Emma, Edith and Charles.

ML. H. MYERS, carriage-maker, Black Earth ; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1823 ; he came to Milwaukee in May, 1846; thence to Waukesha; he entered land in the town of Dane, Dane Co., in June, 1846, but returned to Milwaukee, where he worked at his trade till the following spring, when he settled on his land in the town of Dane. He was married to Armilla Barney, formerly from Ogdensburg, N. Y.; his wife died in August, 1849 ; he then went to Milwaukee and resumed work at his trade, where he married Almeda Gifford ; in 1851, he returned to his farm, where he lived two or three years ; his second wife died in 1853; he went to Clifton, Dane Co., in 1854, where he worked at his trade till 1858; was then engaged in farming for two years ; he went to Canada in October, 1859 ; thence to Oswego Co.,

N. Y., in the spring of 1860 ; in the spring of 1861, he returned to Dane Co.; resided in Dane and Sauk Cos. till 1865, when he settled in the village of Black Earth and engaged in his present business. Hi» present wife was Matilda Hifford; has one child by second marriage - Ada, now Mrs. Edwin Baldwin,, has one son by present marriage - Albert H.

OLOF C. OLSEBT, of the firm of Johnson & Olsen, merchants, Black Earth ; born in Norway in 1848 ; came to Wisconsin from his native land, in October, 1871. He resided in La Crosse three years^ where he was engaged as clerk for Marcus Anderson, a prominent merchant of that city. He came to> Black Earth in 1875, and engaged as clerk for the firm of Isaacson & Nordrum, for several years. He entered into business with his present partner, Mr. Johnson, in January, 1879, under the firm name of Johnson & Olsen. He was married to Amelia Mendota, daughter of Carl Erikson, of Black Earth ; has one daughter - Munritz.

DR. PHILIP D. PAUIi, Black Earth; born in the province of Nassau, Germany, in 1849 - came to the United States in 1867. He engaged in the mercantile business at Black Earth, in 1870. In 1871, he became connected with Dr. Disruth, oculist, and made a special study of treating diseases of theeye. He now devotes his entire attention to treating diseases of this organ, and has acquired a reputation, not only at home, but elsewhere. About one-half of his time is passed at his home in Black Earth, an(i the remainder in visiting different sections of the country. He was married to Hattie E. Piper, born ii» Hull, England ; they have three children - Graoie, Harry and Willie.

W. P. RANDALiIi, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in. 1813. He removed with his parents to Ohio about 1826 ; he and a brother went to Winnebago Co., 111.^ in 1835 ; they were among the earliest settlers of that county. He was married to Deborah A. DriscoU ; came to Dane Co. while Wisconsin was still a Territory, and settled in the town of York ; thence to the; town of Reedsburg, Sauk Co. ; came to the present location in 1869 ; has four children - William H. residesin Nebraska; Mary M., wife of Dr. Gleason, of Mazomanie; Alice, now Mrs. James Barnes, of Nebraska^ and Laura, wife of Q. Vancamp, who resides in Nebraska. His farm contains 80 acres.

LfliOYD A. ROBERTS, farmer, Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in Massachusetts ip. 1811 ; his father died when he was a child. After the death of his father he went to Franklin Co.., N. Y.,, and lived with a sister until he was 18 years of age. He then went to Geauga Co., Ohio, where be wasmarried, in 1833, to Matilda Boker, a native of the State of New York. They removed to Racine Co., Wis., about 1842 ; to Black Earth, and settled on the farm where Mr. Roberts now lives, in 1849. His. wife died in the fail of 1872 ; his present wife was Mrs. Mary E. Carpenter. Mr. Roberts has four children - William B., resides in Nebraska; Lewis O., lives in Mazomanie; Elmira, now Mrs. William Ellsworth ; Eben, who resides in Kansas ; lost five children, one son and four daughters. His farm contains. 160 acres. Mr. Roberts, and his son, William B., enlisted in Co. A, 11th W. V. I. ; served two years^ and was discharged by reason of disability ; his son, William B., served till the close of the war. Another son, Lyman H., enlisted in 1863 in the same regiment, and died in the service.

J. E. STANFORD, of the firm of Stanford & Logan, merchants, also of the firm of Stanford, Logan & Co., owners of Black Earth Mills, Black Earth ; was born in Franklin Co., Mass., in 1831.. He was married in 1855, to Olive M. Hatch, born in Windham Co., Vt , in 1836. He learned the trade of a tanner and currier in Massachusetts ; lived some time in the town of Whitingham, Vt. ; came to- Menasha, Wis., in 1856, where he engaged in the business of chair-making for about two years; came to- Black Earth in 1858, and engaged in the grain and produce business. He enlisted February, 1865, ia the 49th W. V. I., was honorably discharged Sept. 12 of the same year; he returned to Black Earth and engaged in his former business ; in 1866, with Mr. Logan, he engaged in the grain and produce business. In the spring of 1868, Mr. Goodlad became connected with them in the milling business, under the present firm name.

ANTHON STEENSRUD, proprietor of saloon. Black Earth ; born in Norway ia 1843_ His parents and eleven children emigrated to Wisconsin from Norway in 1852, and settled in the town of Vermont, Dane Co. ; his father died in the spring of 1878 ; his mother resides at Albert Lea, Minn. Heand two brothers, Ole Andrew and Arne, served in the Union army during the rebellion ; Anthon enlisted July, 1861, in the 6th W. V., I. and was mustered out of the service November, 1865, having served over four years ; he was in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, till the battle of Antietam, where he was wounded ; when he had sufficiently recovered, he was placed on detached duty, wherehe remained during the war; after the close of the war, he lived in Pierce Co., Wis., for two years ; camje; to Black Earth in 1867. He was married to Miss Inger, who came to this county in 1861.

THOIIAi^ H. TAYLOR, depot and express agent ; Black Earth ; born in Cornwall, En^ gland in 1847 ; came to the United States with his parents in 1848 ; has been employed at the depot at this place since 1868 ; has been depot agent since 1872. He was married to Addie Ward, daughter of G. S. and Amelia Ward. Mr. Taylor is the son of Thomas Taylor, who was born in Cornwall, England, in 1819, and has been for the greater part of his life engaged in mining ; he entered the mines at Cornwall about 1830. where he worked till 1848, when he emigrated with his family to the State of Connecticut; he worked for some time in th; copper mines, near Bristol in that State, thence to Dover, N. J., thence to the mining regions of Pennsylvania, where for about one year he had charge of a copper mine for the American Mining Company, and was engaged in other mining interests in the East ; he came to Wisconsin in 1855, and took charge of the lead mine at Blue Mounds, Dane Co. ; here he remained several years ; was for some time employed in the mines of the Lake Superior region, and elsewhere in the Northwest ; in 1866, he went to New York City and was engaged by S. S. Wycoff & Co. to go to Mexico, and attend to their mining interests in that country, he was in Mexico two or three years ; he then returned to Wisconsin, and has since resided at Black Earth. His wife was Elizabeth Grills. He has four children - John, a Congregational minister, now of Mallrose Island, Mass. ; Thomas -H., Henry P. and Mary Elizabeth ; has lost four children - two sons and two daughters. *

JAMES TURK, retired farmer, Black Earth; born in County Kent, England, in 1811. He was married to Ann Ashtown, born in Sussex Co., the same year ; he came to New York in the summer of 1850, and to the town of Black Earth in the fall of the same year. Mr. Turk served an apprenticeship to the trade of a miller, in England ; he ground the first grist ground at the Black Earth Mill ; he was employed as miller at this mill for several years ; he then settled on a farm in Sec. 23 ; he located where he now lives, near the village, in 1868; has had eleven children, seven of whom are living - Elizabeth, Ann, Harriet, Jane, Charles, James S. and John; two sons, William and Alfred, were soldiers in the war of the rebellion, belonging to Co. A, 11th W. V. I.; William was killed in battle, and Alfred died of disease, while in the service ; Eliza, afterward Mrs. George Wheeler, died at Litchfield, Conn ; another child died in infancy.

JOHN TURK, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in England, County Kent, in 1817 ; emigrated to New York in 1842 ; he lived in the city of Albany, N. Y., eleven years, engaged in the brewery business ; he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and settled on his present farm, which he had bought in 1851 ; he has a well-improved farm, on which he built his house in 1861, at a cost of $1,500, and a beautiful grove of evergreens surrounding his home, which he planted himself; he has 124 acres of land in his farm ; also, 35 acres of timbered land. His wife was Miss Augusta leley ; has three children - Samuel W., Frederic H. and Willis F. ; lost four children.

JESSE WALKER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. 0. Black Earth; born in Windham Co., Vt., 1814; he came to Wisconsin in 1837, but returned to his native State ; he came back to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled on Sec. 23, in this town, where he lived about five years, when he settled on his present farm. Mr. Walker made all the improvements on his present farm ; had formerly 200 acres, has now 190. His first wife was Diantha Lord, of Vermont. His present wife was Mrs. Julia A. Budlong, formerly Miss Myers. Mr. Walker has four children by first marriage - Warren, Loren resides in Iowa, Jane, now Mrs. A. Dickey, lives in Minnesota, and Charles lives in Iowa. Mrs. Walker has two children by first marriage - Clara, now Mrs. Frank Churchill, and Charles. Mrs. Walker was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y. ; came to Wisconsin in 1864.

JOHN WALLIS AND SONS (Nicholas, Richard and John, Jr.) ; Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Black Earth. Mr. John Wallis, Sr., was born in Cornwall, England, in 1824; he was engaged in mining for many years ; he came to Wisconsin with his family from England, in 1 850 ; settled in the Lake Superior region, and engaged in mining ; came to present location in Juno, 1879 ; purchased their farm of William Beaty. Mr. Wallis has six children - Mary Jane, Nicholas, Richard, John, Annie and Alberta. Nicholas is in the Black Hills, attending to mining interests which they have there ; their farm contains 365 acres, well improved and in a good state of cultivation ; besides general farming, they are engaged quite extensively in dairying, and own a one-third interest in the Black Earth Cheese-factory.

HENRY WILSON, farmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Black Earth; born in County Kent, England, in 1812. He was married to Mary Homewojd; came to the United States in 1837 ; lived in Oneida Co., N. Y., for" six years ; came to what is now the town of Black Earth, and settled on his present farm, in 1843. Mr. Wilson is therefore one of the first pioneers of Dane Co. ; he is, in fact, the earliest settler now living in the town of Black Earth, having resided on his present farm a period of thirty-seven years. He has a finely improved farm of 160 acres; his house is surrounded by one of the most beautiful groves of evergreens found in Dane Co. outside of the city of Madison ; he has also 40 acres of timber-land, and a farm of 240 acres in the town of Vermont ; has eight children - Alfred, Charles, Ellen, now Mrs. James R. Young ; William, John, Eliza, now Mrs. Homer Wardwell, of Owatonna, Minn. ; Martha, now Mrs. David A. Barber, and Emma, now Mrs. Frank Adams; the first four mentioned reside in Steele Co., Minn.

Town Of Berry

REV. JOHN WILiLIAM BLUM, Pastor of St. Franciscus Xaverius Church ; born in Cologne, Germany, in 1848; was educated at Essen Gymnasium, at the University at Bonn and Innsbruck, at Tyrol, where he completed his theological studies. He afterward pursued the study of jurisprudence at Bonn ; came to the United States in 18Y5 : went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was for some time editor of the Columbia, a German Catholic weekly; thence to Cincinnati, where he was editor of the Wahrheitsfreund, the oldest Catholic weekly in the United States. He afterward attended the Seminary of St. Francis, near Milwaukee, for fourteen months ; was ordained March 24, 1878 ; was Pastor of a church at New Castle, Fond du Lac Co., afterward, of St. Mary's, at Marytown. He assumed the pastoral charge of the present church May 28, 1879.

WILLIAM BOWHAHf, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Mazomanie. Mr. Bowman is one of the early English settlers, who formed so large a part of the pioneer element of Dane and Columbia Counties ; was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1814; came to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled on the farm where he now lives. He was married to Mary Burchell, born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman have had no children, but have an adopted son. Mr. B. is a Republican in politics.

EDWIN DIMINT, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Mazomanie; was born in Dorsetshire, England, about 1834 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, George and Agnes Dimint, in June, 1847 ; his father settled on the farm where Edwin now lives, the same year ; his father died in the village of Mazomanie, in the fall of 1879 ; his mother died May 5, 1872. Mr. Dimint was married to Miss Ann Wightman, born in England ; came to this country with her parents, from London, in 1856 ; they have four children - Lizzie A., Alfred E., Emma A. and Lilly. Mr. Dimint's farm contains 96 acres.

JOHN GrRAV. farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. Mazomanie; was born in Leicester, England, July 4, 1819; he came to Wisconsin from England, in the spring of 1845 ; he came by way of New Orleans, and up the Mississippi River to Galena, 111., and thence to Dane Co., Wis. He was married to Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Joseph Harrison, who settled in Dane Co., from" England, in 1846 ; Mr. Gray preempted a farm on Sec. 10, in the town of Berry, where he lived from 1849 to 1862, when he settled on his present farm ; he was the first Town Clerk of the town of Berry ; has held that office ten years ; his farm contains 200 acres ; he has five children - Charles, born June 10, 1850 ; he resides in Michigan and is station agent on the Michigan Southern Railroad ; Mary Ann Johnson, resides in East Troy, Walworth Co. ; she is a graduate of the State Normal School at Whitewater ; Albert William, born Nov. 3, 1854 ; David H., born March, 1857, and Harriet L., born April 27, 186.1. Their first son, Joseph, born July 5, 1848, died in March, 1869.

* JOHN HAGEIIANN, blacksmith. Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; born in Germany in 1831 ; came to the United States in 1855 ; came to Sauk Co., Wis., the following spring, and to the town of Berry in 1857 ; his brother, August, came to this country with him, and was associated with him in business till 1876; he died Feb. 26, 1880. Mr. Hagemann was married to Christina Longeneckhara ; has six children - Bertha, Hermann, Edith, Amel, Hartwick and Edmond. He is engaged in general blacksmithing; he and his brother were members of Co. C, 45th W. V. I. ; enlisted in the spring of 1865 and served till the close of the war.

WILLIAM HAWLEY, farmer. Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; son of Samuel and Hannah Hawley, who cam? t j Dane Co. from England in 1814 ; the family consisted of parents and six children, four sons and two daughters ; the sons and one daughter are living. William was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1825. He was married to Mary Ann Norton, whose parents settled in Dane Co. about 1846; they have seven childreo - Helen, Samuel A., Mary M., Hannah, George, Emma and Luther ; lost their second child. Mr. Hawley was a member of the 49th W. V. I. during the last year of the war of the rebellion.

OTTO KERE, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Cross Plains; Mr. Kere was born in Prussia in 1822 ; he came to the United States in 1847, and settled where he now lives in June of that year. He was ffliirried, in 1849, to Augusta Wadershedid ; she died in 1850; his secoad wife was Amelia Pappelpaum ; tis present wife was Johanna Festhe ; he has seven children by present wife - -four sons and three daughters. Mr. Kere is not only one of the prominent early settlers of the town of Berry, but also a prominent and representative man of Dane Co.; has been a member of the Legislature of Wisconsin, elected in 1872 ; has been two terms County Commissioner ; has been a Justice of the Peace thirty years. Town Clerk ten years ; he is a Democrat in politics ; has 320 acres of land in his farm.

FREDERICK KOHLlflAlVN, farmer. Sec. 11; P. 0. Mazomanie ; born in Prussia, in 1821 ; he came to this country with his father, Charles Kohlmann, in 1847; the family located in the town of Springfield, where the father was soon afterward murdered, being waylaid and shot just as he had started for Milwaukee, on foot, driving an ox team, his object being to purchase a wagon in that city. The object of the murderer was to secure about $100, which his victim had in his possession. The supposed murderer was tried for the crime, but was not convicted, and is still a resident of the town of Springfield . Mr. Kohlmann settled on his present farm in 1849. He was married to Elizabeth Setimann ; have one daughter, Amelia, now Mrs. John Stapleman ; has 200 acres of land.

FREDERICK SCHUMAIVIV, farmer, Sec. 2, P. 0. Mazomanie; born in Saxony, in 1832; lie came to this country with his parents. Christian and Susanna Sohunaann, August, 1850 ; his father settled in the town of Berry, where he died in 1867; his mother died in 1873 ; when they emigrated to the United States, the family consisted of parents and eight children ; two more children were born in the *own of Berry, making five sons and five daughters; the children are all living but one son, Ernest, who (was killed by being thrown from a horse, in 1876. Frederick, the subject of this sketch, and the eldest was married to Susan Zimmerman ; they have twelve children - six boys and six girls ; lost one Mr. Schumann is Chairman of the Town Board of Berry ; has held the office of Town Clerk for seven or eight years. He enlisted, in February, 1865, in 45th W. V. I. ; served till the close of the war ; his farm contains 140 acres ; he and family belong to the German Lutheran Church.

WILIilAM. SESTOX, farmer. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; Mr. Seston was born in Derbyshire, England ; in 1817, came to Dane Co. from England; in 1845, he entered his present farm of 400 acres. He was married in England to Miss Ann Peacock ; they have five children - George, Eliza A., Mark, Lewis and Elizabeth.

WALTER 1ST AX BRIDGE,- farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in Sussexshire, England, in 1821 ; he came from England to the State of Wisconsin with two brothers, Wil/iam and Frederick, in 1855; on the death of their mother, in 1853. Frederick retured to England; William lives in Kenosha Co. ; Mr. Stanbridge bought his farm of Mr. Thomas Barber. He was married to Sarah Wightman, daughter of John and Sarah Wightman, who came from England about 1845 ; her father died in Black Earth, in 1867 ; her mother died in Colorado, October, 1874. Mr. Stanbridge has two sons - Frederick W. and John W. His farm contains 150 acres.

Town Of Vienna

ASA A. BOYCE, farmer, See. 6 ; P. 0. Dane Station ; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., June 12, 1821, where his f.ither, Abraham Boyoe, died April 21, 1831 ; removed to Q-eneseo Co. in May, 1832; he came to Kaciae Co., Wis., in April, 1844; in the fall of that year, he returned to the State of New York; in June, 1846, returned to Wisconsin with his mother; resided in Waukesha Co. till October of that year, wheo he went to Rock Co. ; in April, 1847, he settled where he now lives. He was married, in October, 1846, to Charlotte W. Bemis, bi)rn in Hamilton Co., N. Y. ; they have an adopted daughter - Mrs. Lily Haokett, of Columbia Co. Mr. Boyce was elected to the General Assembly in 1851, and again in 1864 ; he has also held various town offices ; he was the first Supervisor of the town, elected in the spring of 1849 ; was also the first Justice of the Peace, which office he held for eighteen years ; he held the office of Supervisor during the late war, and it was due largely to his influence that the quota of the town was raised without resort to drafting. His farm originally contained 80 acres ; he has now 320 acres in his home farm ; also owns a farm of 1(50 acres on Sec. 5.

HIBAM CRAMER, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Windsor ; was born in Fulton Co., N. Y., in 1815 ; he learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, which business he pursued for many years ; he was one of the earliest settlers of Rock Co., Wis., where he removed from the State of New York in 1844 ; he settled where he now lives in 1854. He was married to Regina Ableman, whose parents settled in Rock Co. in 1844; they have seven children - five sons and two daughters. Mr. Cramer's farm contains 425 acres.

JOSEPH DEMIWG, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Waunakee ; was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, March 11, 1822, where his mother died; his father afterward removed to Athens, Ohio; thence to Quincy, 111., in 1832. Mr. Deming came to Wisconsin and settled on his present farm in November, 1846. He was married to Betsy Fisher, born in the State of New York ; they have eight children - Henry W., Rufus G., Rose M., Arthur B., Edgar M., Charles C. P., Chester C. and Josie May; have lost two children - Joseph Willard, born 1850, died 1863; another son died in infancy. Mr. Deming's father died in California, May 1', 1880 ; Mr. D. has held various town offices ; has been Town Clerk since 1 865 ; his farm contains 320 acres.

OLiE H. FARIVESS, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Norway Grove ; was one of the early Norwegian settlers of Dane Co. ; he was born in Norway in 1826 ; came to the United States in the spring of 1847 ; in the fall of that year he purchased a part of his present farm, where he has since lived ; he has now a well-improved farm of 530 acres. His first wife was Gertrude L. Esse, born in Norway ; she died January, 1860 ; his present wife was Anna Nelson, also born- in Norway; has four children by first wife, lost two ; has seven children by second marriage, lost three ; Mr. Farness is a member of the Liberal Lutheran Church.

WIIililAlI W. FISHER, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Waunakee ; is a son of Willard and Rebecca Fisher ; his father was a native of Massachusetts, his mother of Vermont ; he was born in Ohio in 1840, where his parents had removed from the State of New York; he came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1846 ; they settled on the farm now owned by their son, where his father now lives ; his mother died in 1874. He was married to Elmira Newton, born in Dane Co. in 1854 ; her parents settled in Rock Co., from Pennsylvania, in 1850, and afterward removed to Dane Co. ; her father is deceased ; her mother resides in Illinois. Mr. Fisher has two children - Rosa and Edna ; his farm contains 200 acres.

JOHN AND WILLIAM HOWIE, farmers and fruit-growers. Sec. 33; P. 0. Waunakee ; born in Scotland, came to this country with their parents, Andrew and Mary Howie, in 1840 ; the family lived in New Jersey a short time ; thence to Albany, N. Y. ; they lived in Albany and vicinity for four or five years; thence to Hamilton Co., where they resided till 1855; they came to Wisconsin in the fall of that year ; they lived in Milwaukee till 1858, when they removed to the town of Westport, Dane Co. ; the family afterward settled on the farm now owned by the brothers, John and William, where the father died December, 1865 ; their mother died in 1860 ; when the family came to this country, it consisted of parents and six children, afterward ten children - six sons and four daughters ; nine of the children are living, of whom John is the oldest and William the fifth child ; John was born in Scotland in 1832 ; he was married to Mary Lament; has three children - Jean, Neil and John ; farm contains 200 acres. The brothers are engaged quite extensively in the nursery business, and in orcharding ; their orchard contains from fourteen to fifteen acres, and their nursery about three acres.

UBS. KABIilKf LABSEN, Sec. 16; P. 0. Dane Station; the widow of Thor Larsen, wha was born in Norway, in 1813, where he married his present widow, Karen Opdhl, also born in Norway ;. they came to this country in 1847 ; came directly to Milwaukee, thence, on foot, with others of their countrymen, to the town of Vienna ; they were among the earliest of the Norwegian settlers of this town. Mr. Larsen died June 2, 1875 ; Mrs. Larsen has four children - John 0., born in Norway, March, 1844, married Ida Kellogg, of Cherokee, Iowa, where they reside ; Blias, born May 10, 1850, married Josie Have, reside in Madison ; Ann M., born Nov. 28, 1855, and Marcus, born Oct. 19, 1857. Farm contains 180 acres.

SAMUEL P ASHLEY, farmer. Sec. 6; P. 0. Lodi; born in the city of Derby, England, November, 1813 ; his parents removed to Nottinghamshire when he was an infant; he came with his^ father's family to the city of New York in the fall of 1833 ; the' family then consisted of parents and six children, five of the children are still living ; they resided for a short time at Newark, N. J. ;. they removed in the spring of 1834 to the city of Williamsburg, where his father, John Pashley, died about 1845 ; Mr. Paahley removed to Milwaukee in 1848 ; he settled on his present farm in the spring of 1853, he had purchased the farm in 1849. He was married to Elizabeth Johnson, born in England; she died in the fall of 1873. Mr. Pashley has had eight children, only two of whom are living - Sarah E., wife of Dr. Irwin, of Lodi, and Mrs. Mary A., widow of Dr. John T. Russell ; farm contains 245 acres.

DAVID BOBEBTSON, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Arlington ; was born in Scotland, Jan. 14, 1816 ; he came to Wisconsin from Scotland in 1842 ; he settled where he now lives in the fall of 1845 ; he entered his first 40 acres of land in 1847. Mr. Robertson having settled in Dane County several years before Wisconsin became a State, is one of the earliest pioneers of the county ; he has devoted all his life to agricultural pursuits, and but few have been more successful than he ; he is a large land-owner, owning 1,600 acres of land in the town of Vienna, nearly all in one body ; he also owns land elsewhere ; he is extensively engaged in general farming and stock-raising. His first wife was Mariette Mcintosh ; hisptesent wife was Hannah Thomas, daughter of Jacob Thomas, of the town of Dekorra ; he has five children by first marriage, four sons and one daughter - David H., Jane, John L., William and Prank.

THOMAS WILLIAMSOX, farmer. Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Waunakee ; was born in England in 1840 ; he came to this country wih his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Williamson, in the fall of 1851 ; the family settled in the town of Burke, Dane Co. ; father now resides with son ; his mother is deceased ; Mr. Williamson settled where he now lives in 1868. He was married to Eliza Whistance ; they have eight children - five sons and three daughters ; Mr. Williamson's farm contains 80 acres.

Town Of Westport

C. H. AR]VOLD, farmer, Sec. 9; P. 0. Waunakee ; owns a farm of 320 acres in the town of Mazomanie ; was born in Pennsylvania ; he came to Wisconsin from Broome Co., N.. Y., October, 1854 ; he purchased a farm on Sec. 9, town of Westport, which he owned four or five years ; also owned a farm on Sec. 10 ; purchased his farm in Mazomanie about 1868. He was married to Mahala Tifft, born near Troy, N. Y. ; they have one daughter - Esther ; lost a son - George, who died in 1876, aged 13 years.

IRA P. BACOHV, Waunakee; Mr. Bacon was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., in 1822; he came to Wisconsin in 1851, and located in Baraboo, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits ; he settled on Sec. 5, town of Westport, in 1862. Mr. Bacon has been Justice of the Peace for fourteen years ; is now dealing quite extensively in real estate ; is also engaged in stock-raising. His wife was born in England ; they have one son and five daughters.

CLAUDIUS ELIilS, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Windsor; was born in Tioga Co., now a par* of Schuyler Co., N. Y., in 1822 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1855, settled on his present farm in 1856. He was married to Janet Rood, also born in what is now Schuyler Co., N. Y. ; she was born in 1819 ; they have three children - Brasier R., lives in town of Windsor ; Elmon R., lives in town of Burke ; and Alice S., now Mrs. David Davis, of the town of Windsor ; both sons were soldiers during the rebellion, the older, Brasier, serving three and a half years. Mr. Ellis was Chairman of Town Board during the rebellion, and it was largely due to his exertions that the quota of the town was filled; about $18,000 passed through his hands as bounties to soldiers. He has 125 acres of land.

ELI M. COOPER, farmer, Sec. -1 ; P. 0. Waunakee; born in Madison Co.. N. Y.,in 1833; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Martin and Chloe Cooper, in June, 1841 ; settled in Fond du Lao Co. ; his father removed to Minnesota in 1860, where he still lives ; his mother died in 1879. Mr. Cooper went to Baraboo from Fond du Lao Co., in 1860 ; he came to Dane Co. in 1865 ; now resides on the farm of his father-in-law, I. P. Bacon ; he owns a farm on Sec. 4. He married Julia Bacon ; has four children - Ira, Carrie, Earl and Frank.

CmEORGE C. fish, farmer, Sec. 5; P. 0. Waunakee; was born in Pennsylvania, Augusti 1842 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, in the fall of 1853 ; his father, Asahel Fish, a Christian minister, settled in the lown of Dekorra ; he now resides in the town of Springfield. Mr. Fish settled on his present farm in the spring of 1866 ; he has 220 acres ; is engaged in general farming. He was married to Miss Stewart, daughter of Lathrop Stewart; they have four children - Edith B., Jesse M., Julius and Clara S.

EDWIST J. POSTER, station agent, Waunakee ; was born in the village of Waterloo* Jefferson Co., in 1847 ; his father, E. H. Foster, came to Wisconsin from the State of New York, in 1843 J Mr. Foster was brought up in Jefferson and Dodge Cos. ; he was engaged as telegraph operator and station agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. for several years ; was afterward engaged in the drug business for about one year, at Ripon, Wis. ; engaged as station agent for North- Western Railroad at Waunakee in August, 1875. He was married to Fannie Boorman ; born in England ; daughter of Charles Boorman, of Waterloo ; they have three children - G. Le Roy, Leta Maria and Leon P.

CHA RLES HUDSON, merchant and Postmaster, Waunakee ; was born in Leicestershire* England, in 1833 ; he came to the United States in 1860 ; he resided sometime in Madison ; he removed to what was then known as Lester Post Office, in May, 1861 ; he was there engaged in selling goods ; he lived in town of Vienna several years; he came to Waunakee in fall of 1871, where he has since been engaged in business ; he was appointed Postmaster at Waunakee, Dec. 5, 1871 ; was also Postmaster at Lester ; as a merchant he keeps a general stock of goods, including drugs, groceries, dry goods, etc. He was married to Sarah Osborne, born in England ; they have two children - Charles W. and Frederick 0.

REV. W. G. MILLER, Pastor of the Church of St. Mary's of the Lake, also of St. John's Church, Waunakee ; Father Miller was born in Racine, Wis., in 1850 ; he was educated at St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee, and ordained in 1872 ; he passed a few months in Milwaukee after his ordination ; thence to Sun Prairie for about two years ; he assumed his present charge in July, 1874.

WILLIAM MOONEY, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Windsor ; was born in County Dublin, Ireland, in 1809 ; came to the United States in June, 1832 ; he lived in the city of New York about seven years ; thence to the city of Albany, where he lived one year ; he then returned t,o New York ; thence to New London Co., Conn., where he lived about seven years ; he then returned to Albany, and thence to Milwaukee in the fall of 1847 ; in the spring of 1848, he removed to Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., Wis.,' where he resided till March 1865, when he settled where he now lives. He was married to Laura Ableman, born in Albany Co., N. Y.', in 1813 ; they have three children - Laura, now Mrs. Henry Ashley, of Madison ; Stephen D. B. and Emma C; they lost their two oldest children, William and Elizabeth R. The farm contains 220 acres. They are members of the Congregational Church of Windsor.

MICHAEL O'KEEFIli, Waunakee; son of Thomas O'Keefe ; he was born in Sullivan Co., N. Y., in 1846 ; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1850 ; his father engaged in the grocery business in Milwaukee, but removed to Madison in 1851 ; his father was engaged as contractor and foreman on the M. & P. du Q. R. R.; also on the M. & St. P. and N.-W. Railroads; afterward engaged in farming in the town of Westport ; Michael owned a farm in the town of Westport, which he sold, and now resides in the village of Waunakee. He has been Ti:easurer of the town for four years, also Constable for about three years.

MARTIN O'MALLiEY, farmer. Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Waunakee. Mr. O'Malley is a member of a numerous and well-known family of pioneers of Dane Co.; his father, Michael O'Malley, with his family, landed in Milwaukee direct from Ireland, in the summer of 1845 ; the family consisted of the parents and ten children, eii;ht sons and two daughters ; he settled on Sec. 15, town of Westport, in the fall of that year; the names of the children were as follows: Thomas, John, Patrick, Michael, Martin, Dominick, Mary, James, Joseph and Hannah ; six sons and one daughter are now living, all residents of the town of Westport except the Rev. James O'Malley, of Oshkosh. John died in California in 1852 ; Michael died, about 1848; Mary, afterward Mrs. Timothy Kinney, died about 1860. Martin O'Malley was married to Margaret Ford, a native of the State of New York ; they have five children - John, Mary T., Alice Gr., Grace and Eveline. Mr. O'Malley has 515 acres of land; also, with his brother Dominick, owns a farm in Kansas.

BAlfMOISD PACK HAM, firm of Packham Brothers grain and .stock dealers, Waunakee ; was born in Jordan, in the State of New York, in 1845 ; his parents were natives of England ; his father was born in 1810, and came to the United States in 1835 ; he married in the State of New York, and came to Milwaukee in 1848, where they lived ten years ; thence to Madison in 1858 ; his father died in 1876 ; his mother still lives in Madison ; Mr. Peckham has one brother and two sisters - Mary, William (who is associated with him in business) and Alice. Mr. Peckham came to Westport and engaged in the milling business, in 1865 ; cominued in this business ten years, when he came to Waunakee and engaged in his present business. He was married to Alice Keepers ; they have one child, Bessie. Packham Bros, are doing quite an extensive business ; their warehouse contains an engine of 25-horse power, and contains the necessary machinery for scouring grain, a process that they were the first to introduce in the State; in 1879, they handled 500,000 bushels of wheit.

JAMES RIIiEY, Waunakee, proprietor hotel, confectionery, etc. ; he is also Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace ; he is one of the pioneers of Dane Co. ; was born in Cheshire, England, March 5, 1832 ; came with his parents to this country in May, 1846, and settled in the town of Springfield, Dane Co. ; he has lived within a few miles of Waunakee since he first came to the county ; he settled in the village in the spring of 1872 ; he wa'? Deputy Sheriff of Dane Co. from 1873 to 1878. He was married to Euphemia Ford ; they have had eight children, seven of whom are living - Mary E., Alice E., Amelia E., William T., Fred, Laura B. and Rose M.; lost a daughter, Jeanette.

ROBERT W. TOWNE, merchant, Waunakee ; son of Oliver and Mehitable Towne; his father was born in Massachusetts, and his mother in the Sta'e of Maine ; they removed to Chicago in 1846, where Robert was born July 6, 1847 ; his parents removed to Palatine, Cook Co., 111., where they lived about three years ; thence to Dane Co., Wis., about 1853, and settled on a farm in town of Westport, Sec. 5 ; his father died December, 1857 ; his mother, now Mrs. Noyes, resides in village of Waunakee ; in 1869, Robert went to Floyd Co., Iowa, where he was ena;aged in farming ; he returned to the town of Westport in September, 1876, and engaged in the hotel business in this village ; was burned out February 3, 1879 ; he was elected Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1878 ; has also been Notary Public since spring of 1878. He was married to Eliza A. Bleckley, daughter of William Bleckley, an early settler of the town of Vienna ; has three boys - Ralph E., Roselle and Robert L. ; he is now engaged in a general merchandise business.

DR. XATHAlVIEIi WHEELER, Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Waunakee; was born in the town of Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Conn., August, 1822; his parents removed to Northern Ohio in 1833; he tiame to Madison in 1853 ; has been a resident of Dane Co. since that time ; his education was obtained in the State of Ohio ; he was for some time a student at the academy, Norwalk ; studied medicine with Dr. William Groute, of Lorain Co. ; he is a graduate of the medical department of the Western Keserve College at Cleveland ; began practice in Lorain Co. ; from the spring of 1850 to the winter of 1853, practiced in Huron Co., Ohio ; after coming to Wisconsin, he resided in Madison till 1860, when he located where now lives. He was married to Pamelia Turner, also born in Litchfield Co., Conn., in September, 1821 ; they have four children - Arthur A., a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago, now located at Madison City, Iowa ; Clara, now Mrs. Hngh Stewart, of Mazomanie ; Albert and George. On account of poor health, the Doctor practices much less than formerly. Has a farm of 50 acres ; is quite extensively engaged in fruit culture.

Town Of Dane

ABCHIBAIiD ARRIES, farmer. Sec. 10; P. 0. Lodi; was born in England January, 1829 ; he came to the United States with his parents in May, 1841 ; they settled in Otsego Co., N. Y. ; they came to Wisconsin in June, 1848; lived in Janesville two years; settled in the town of Dane in 1850 ; his parents have been dead for several years ; Mr. Arries and his brother, Mansfield, entered onehalf section adjoining, a part of which constitutes his present farm ; he has 205 acres ; his brother still owns his farm of 215 acres ; but has recently removed to Kansas. Mr. Arries was married to Jane Story, born in Scotland; her parents emigrated to the State of New York in 1841 ; Mr. Arries has two children - Robert and Elizabeth ; his improvements are among the best in the town of Dane ; he is engaged principally in stock-raising.

' C^EORGE W. BELL, farmer; P. 0. Hyer's Corners ; was born in the State of Ohio in 1834; his father, Robert Bell, was born in Pennsylvania ; his mother was a native of New Jersey ; his parents were married in Ohio, and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1840, and settled in Racine Co.; they came to Dane Co. in 1846, and settled on the farm where George now lives ; father died in October, 1857 ; mother died in January, 1858. Mr. Bell was married to Annie V. Manning, born in Canada ; they have one adopted -daughter - Addie C. Mr. Bell's parents had twelve children, of whom George is the youngest; nine of the children arfe living. Mr. Bell's farm contains 127 acres.

ALFRED C. BITNEY, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Lodi; was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July lU, 1837 ; his parents were natives of Canada ; they removed to the State of New York about 1836 ; the family came to Wisconsin in 1856 ; they lived at Port Washington for about one year, when Alfred and his brother Eli came to Madison ; thence to Oak Hall, where Mr. Bitney lived several years, then returned to Madison, where he lived about four years ; thence again to Oak Hall, where he was married to Marian E. Johnson, and where he lived several years. He enlisted, in the fall of 1864, in the 8th W. V. I., and served till the close of the war. He settled where he now lives in the spring of 1870 ; he has four children - Jessie, Lena A., Austin and Ellery ; his farm contains 120 acres; his father, Charles Bitney, died in Sandusky, Sauk Co., in the fall of 1874; his mother lives with her children in Nebraska; Mrs. Bitney was born in Norway, April 25, 1840 ; her parents, Ingebert and Helena Johnson, settled in Erie Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1845 ; they came to Dane Co. and settled in the town of Dunn in the spring of 1849, where they still reside.

nORGAN L. BOYCE, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Lodi ; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1823; his father died when he was a child ; his mother's family removed to Genesee Co. about 1832 ; they came to Wisconsin in 1846 and settled in the town of Genesee, Waukesha Co.; they came to Vienna, Dane Co., in February, 1847 ; Mr. Boyce made a claim of his present farm at that time. He was married to Lydia L. Wilkins, daughter of John Wilkins, now of the town of Arlington, Colorado they have three children - Arthur W., Prank M. and Mary L.; his farm contains 280 acres. Mr. Boyce has held all of the town offices ; was Justice of the Peace for twenty years ; was once Town Superintendent of Schools for the town of Dane ; was the Democratic candidate for the General Assembly, ex- Gov. Parwell being the opposing candidate - Mr. Boyce being defeated by about seventy votes.

ARTHUR J. BBERETON, farmer. Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Hyer's Corners ; was born in King's "Co., Ireland, about 1833 ; he is a brother of Mr. Hugh Brereton, of this town. His first wife was a native of Ohio : his present wife was Miss Cynthia M. Towns, born in Canada ; he has two children by his first marriage - John and Charles P.; has five children by his present marriage - Annie M., Henry A., Hiram, Willet W. and George. Mr. Brereton has 303 acres of land.

HUGH H. BRERETON, farmer, Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Hyer's Corners; was born in King's Co., Ireland, in 1827 ; he came to America with his parents, George and Ellen Brereton, in 1847 ; the family settled in the Province of Lower Canada, where his mother died ; the family came to Dane Co. from Canada, in November, 1852 ; his father died in the town of Roxbury the following February. When the family came to the United States, it consisted of father and six children - three sons and three daughters, viz., Harriet, Hugb H., Arthur J., Ellen, George H. and Elizabeth K. ; all came from Canada at the same time except Harriet, who came in 1854 ; four children are still living - Harriet, Hugh H., Arthur J. and Ellen. Hugh H. was married to Miss Maria Dunn, born in Lower Canada ; they have eight children - George K., Thomas B., Mary, WiUiam L., Arthur, Albert, Bertha and Hubert. Mr. Brereton settled on his present farm in 1854; has 295 acres of land ; he is known both as a successful farmer and as an honorable, upright gentleman, commanding the respect of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintaoce ; he has been Chairman of Town Board three jears, and Justice of the Peace eight years ; he and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

CHARLES CHIPMAN, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Dane Station ; was born in Windham Co., Vt., in 1811; He was married to Esther Robinson, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June, 1834; they came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1845, and settled in Wilton, Rock Co., where they lived till the spring of 1855, when they came to Dane County, and settled in the town of Springfield, on the farm where their son, Charles R., now lives ; Mr. Chipman settled where he now lives in the spring of 1866 ; has four childreni - Martha, now Mrs. Henry Chipman ; Charles R., Mortimer E. and Mary E., now Mrs. L. H. Ford ; lost one daughter, Laura, wife of James E. Ford, who died January, 1866.

WRH. CHRISTINA DOAXE, Sec. 23, P. 0. Dane ; Mrs. Doane was born in Scotland,, about 1830 ; her husband died in Scotland; she came to the United States about 1848 ; she came to Wisconsin in 1853 ; has resided where she now lives since sh^ first came to the State ; she has two sons - Andrew and Peter ; she owns a fine farm, which originally contained 320 acres, but having given 80 acres to each of her sons, the farm now contains 160 acres.

IIVGEBRIGT JOHANESON, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. O. Lodi ; was born in Norway, July, 1820 ; he left Norway for New York in April, 1844, which port he reached after a tedious voyage of eight weeks ; he went from New York to Buffalo, via the Erie Canal, thence to Chicago, via the lakes, where he arrived in July ; thence, on foot, to Wyota, a distance of 135 miles ; here he resided about two years, engaged in work at his trade, that of a blacksmith ; thence to Belvidere, 111., where he was engaged in the manufacture of plows for about two years ; thence to Rockford, where he was engaged in the same business for a few months. He was married, in 1848, to Johanna Steim, born in Norway; they have five children - John I., Bell I., Joseph, Mary and Ellen ; lost three children - Bell, Edward and Esther. Mr. J. entered his present farm in 1850, being the first Norwegian who entered land in the town of Dane ; he settled here the following year ; he has about 200 acres. Mr. Johaneson belongs to the liberal branch of the- Lutheran Church.

ALBERT A. liAMONT, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Lodi; born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1822 ; lived for some time in Ontario, Livingston and Allegany Counties. He was married to Sarah M. Chase, of Livingston Co. ; removed to Michigan in 1849 ; returned to the State of New York, Chautauqua Co., about 1851 ; came to Wisconsin, in December, 1852, and settled on Sec. 22, town of Dane; located where he flow lives in the spring of 1869. Mr. Lamont is one of the largest and most successful farmers of this town. He has 540 acres of land here, also owns real estate in the towns of West Point and Lodi, Colorado Co. He has seven children - Esther A., George W., Walter A., Jennie W., Byron E., Eugene and Boyd A.

JOHN LOCK WOOD, firm of Roland & Lockwood, grain and stock dealers, Dane Station;, born in Norway, May, 1844. He came to the United States in 1863; went to Chicago, then to Madison, Wis., in 1864, where he lived till 1870 ; thence to Middleton, Dane Co. He came to Dane Station, and engaged in his present business in 1872. He was married to Anna Lewis, of Iowa Co. ; they havefive children. Mr. Lockwood has been Town Clerk for three years.

WILLIAM RAPP, farmer, Sec. 15; P. 0. Dane Station ; born in Northampton Co., Penn., in 1822. His parents removed to Mercer Co. when he was about 12 years of age ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1844. He made a claim of the farm which he now owns in the fall of 1845, where he settled in the spring of 1846. Mr. Rapp is the earliest settler of the town of Dane now living in the town

He was married to Eliza Steel, daughter of James Steel ; they have five children - Eliza J., now Mrs. Peter B. Doane ; Isabella, now Mrs. William Fellows ; Howard, Byron and Eva. His farm contains 320 acres.

WILLI AM. B. REYXOLDS, farmer, Sec. 30; P. 0. Hyer's Comers; born in Vermont, December, 1823. His parents removed to Canada when he was a child, where he lived till 21 years of Age ; went to Ohio in 1844, and to Wisconsin in July, 1845. He resided in Waukesha Co. till October, 1849, when he came to Dane Co., and settled in the town of Roxbury, See. 22. He settled where he now lives in March, 1867. He was married to Cornelia Bowers, daughter of Zachariah Bowers, who came from the State of New York to Dane Co. in the fall of 1848 ; they have five children - Alfred R. lives in the town of Dane ; Addie, now Mrs. Harvey Knapp, lives in Sauk Co. ; George W., of the town of Dane ; William 0. and J. Preston. Mr. Reynolds has held various town offices ; was Chairman of the Town Board of Roxbury, in 1866; Justice of the Peace of that town for three or four years; member of the Town Board of Dane for two years. His farm contains 337 acres.

ROBERT S. RIDDLE, farmer, Sec. 4; P. 0. Lodi ; was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1802, where he lived till 26 years of age ; then went to the city of New York, where he worked at his trade, that of a carpenter and joiner, for about fourteen years; thence to Otsego Co., where he lived seven years ; then returned to Delaware Co. ; he came to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled on his present farm, where he has since resided. He was married, in New York City, to Mary Dunning, born in Sussex Co., N. J. ; they have three children - Benjamin P., lives in Minnesota; Joseph H. and George; his farm contains 120 acres.

SAMUEL RIDDLE, farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Lodi; was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1816, where he lived till 33 years of age ; he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and, June 15 of that year, he entered a part of the farm which he now owns. He was married, to Maria Steele, born in Delaware Co., N. Y. ; they have six children - Emery E., lives in Smith Co., Kan. ; Matilda M., now Mrs. Terrill, lives in Lodi ; Maria S., now Mrs. I. Brown, lives in Sauk Co. ; Enimett B., lives in Kansas; Martha D. and Elmer E. Mr. Riddle's farm contairis 280 acres.

ROBERT STEELE, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Lodi ; son of Mr. James Steele, who came with his family to Wisconsin from the State of New York in June, 1848, and settled on Sec. 9, town of Dane, where he still resides. Mr. Robert Steele was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1832. His first wife was Rhoda Ann Bower, born in Orange Co., N. Y. ; she died Feb. 2, 1864. His present wife was Mary Hanley, born in the State of New York. Mr. Steele has four children by his first marriage - John W. (lives in Dakota), Josephine (now Mrs. William Bitney), Robert B. (born April 19, 1860, is a teacher byprofession, now engaged as Census Enumerator "for, the town of Dane) and William W. (resides with his grandfather Steele). Has two children by his present marriage - Mary C. and James Eddy. Mr. Steele enlisted in August, 1862, in the 23d W. V. I. ; he was mustered into the U. S. service as 2d Lieutenant of Co. H ; was promoted to the 1st Lieutenancy in January, 1863 ; he was in Sherman's Vicksburg campaign at the battle of Arkansas Post, bombardment of Grand Gulf, and Grant's siege of Vicksburg ; came home on furlough in August, 1863 ; re-joined his regiment at Brasieur City, La. ; he was in all the campaigns and engagements in which the 23d took part up to about the time of his resignation, from sickness, in June, 1864 ; in the fall of 1864, with Capt. G. H. Murphey, he raised a company, which joined the 42d Regiment, Mr. Steele being 1st Lieutenant of this company ; they were assigned to the post of Cairo ; he served till the close of the war. Mr. Steele's farm contains 240 acres.

JOHN THILKE, Prairie du Sac, Wis. ; general agent for all kinds of musical instruments, also agent for six different kinds of sewing machines.