Stoughton City (part 3 of 13)

J. S. PARKINSON, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Sun Prairie; born in Wisconsin May 1, 1850; educated at Wisconsin University, at Madison ; he is a son of John and Catharine Parkinson. Married, Dec. 5, 1879, Donna S. Raymond, daughter of Sylvester and Lydia Raymond. Mr. P. has been Census Enumerator for this county. He owns 80 acres of land, valued at $3,000:

RANjSOM PRATT, farmer ; residence in Sun Prairie Village ; farm on Sees. 7 and 8, Sun Prairie ; born May 6, 1823, in Otsego Co., N. Y., town of Milford ; when 4 years old, his father, Daniel i7att,died, and when 9 years old he left home, working out and taking care of himself from that time.; he worked in his native county till 1847 ; theo eame to Wisconsin ; lived in the town of Bristol seven years ; then removed to Medina and lived on Sec. 18 till 1866 ; then sold out and removed to Sun Prairie Village, and two years after bought his present farm. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1846, was Barbara Bentley. She died in Medina in 1856, leaving no children ; he was again married, in 1858, to Elizabeth Yerxa ; she was born in the Province of New Brunswick, June 18, 1833 ; daughter of Michael Yerxa : has three children by the second wife - Barbara, who is a successful teacher in the graded school of Sun Prairie, Herbert and Ernest, all at home. Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor ia Medina. Has 143 acres in his farm, and 3 acres with his reisidence in the village. Both are members of the Baptist Church.

MATHEW BODERJUUJIVD, farmer and stock-dealer, senior member of the firm of Kodermund & Son; was born in Germany, and came to America with his parents when 12 years old. They located in Washington Co., and he was married there in 1853, to Susan Dahne, and in the fall of 1860, went to Madison, where he was engaged in the brewing business with his brother, John Rodermund, till 1872 ; then removed to Sun Prairie, where he has since resided. Has six children, his oldest son, Mathew J., is unmarried and in partnership with him in business ; Mary is now Mrs. John Beyler, of Madison ; John lives in Hancock, Mich.; Josephine, Theressa and Anna, unmarried and at home. Mr. Rodermund is a Democrat, and has an 80-acre farm on Sec. 17, in Sun Prairie, and one of 120 acres in the north of Dane.

HISIVRY ftOOD, retired merchant. Sun Prairie ; came to Wisconsin in 1855, from Steuben Co., N. Y., and located in the town of Burke, where he farmed it seven years, when he came to Sun Prairie, and in 1863, engaged in the grocery business, which he continued till 1876 ; he then sold out to his oldest son, Francis H., who added clothing and gents furnishing goods, and still continues the business at Sun Prairie. Mr. Rood was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1816 ; was married in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1838, to Matilda Nudd, who died in that county in 1850, leaving two children, the oldest one Lucy, married a Mr. Cady, went to Kansas and died there soon after marriage ; the youngest one, Nancy, is now the wife of Olin Van Zandt, of Biraboo, Wis. In 1852, Mr. Rood came to Wisconsin and married in Madison, Nancy Nudd, a sister of his first wife, and then returned to New York ; she died Dec. 17, 1879, leaving three children - Francis H., James B. and Ellen, all at home. Mr. Rood is a Democrat, and has been Supervisor.

BOSWELIi ROWE, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Sun Prairie ; born Sept. 9, 1814, in Oneida Co., N. Y., town of Paris. Was married in that county in 1845, to Mary Ann Farward, a native of England ; came to Wisconsin in June, 1 844, located his present farm, returned to New York in the fall, and in June, 1845, came on with his family, and has resided there since. Has had four children - Sarah Maria, died at 9J years in 1848; the living are James Francis, married, and living in Sun Prairie on Sec. 26 ; Alfred Duane, married and living on the homestead ; and Ida, now Mrs. Francis Buell, of the town of Sun Prairie. Republican, Has 16U acres of land, worth f50 per acre. Members of the Presbyterian Church.

A. L. SWEET, farmer. Sec. 2; P. 0. Sun Prairie; born Jan, 23, 1822, in the town and county of Leeds, Canada; came to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled on his present location. Was married in 1845 to Eliza Pierson, a native of the State of New York, daughter of Richmond, who came to Wisconsin in 1 845, and lived in Dane Co. several years, but now resides in Nebraska. Mr. Sweet has three children - Edmund Theodore, who is married and living in Colorado ; Annie E., now the wife ofAlfred Cobb, of Colorado, and Charles Edwin, married to Ella Heker, and living on the homestead. Has 220 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Republican, and member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Sweet is a Methodist.

JOHIV A. TAYLOR, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Deansville ; has been a resident of Sun Prairie and occupied the same farm since October, 1845; he was born in Madison Co., N. Y., March 31, 1817. Was married in his native county, Nov. 25, 1841, to Tilla F. Ferguson, who was born Jan. 28, 1825, also in Madison Co. His father, Nathan Taylor, was a hatter, and worked at that business till he was 18 years old, but has followed farming since that time. Has six children, as follows : Rosalia, now Mrs. 0. R. Pandal, of the town of Sun Prairie ; Julia, now Mrs. John West, of Kansas ; Henry, married and living in Sun Prairie, on Sec. 34 ; Carrie, Lenow and Herbert, at home. Mr. Taylor has held the office of Constable and Side Supervisor, and has been class-leader several years, and Trustee in the M. E. Church, of which he has been a member over twenty years. Has 157 acres of land, worth about $40 per acre. Is a Republican.

S. A. TENANT, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. O. Sun Prairie ; came to Wisconsin in March, 1869 ; firs* located in the town of Burke, and' removed to his present location March 18, 1880 ; was born in the town of Beekman, Clinton Co., N. Y. ; son of S. W. and Haanah Tenant. Has been Clerk of School Board. Was mirried, in 1869, to Harriet Rider, daughter of Daaiel and Lois Rider; have two children - Eugene E. and Harriet M. Members of the Congregational Church. Has 68 acres of land.

CHARLES A. WHELAN, merchant, Sun Prairie : came to Wisconsiu in 1848 ; first located at Sugar Creek ; removed to his present location in 1850 ; has engaged in farming and mercantile business since he came to the State. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, M W. V. I. ; participated in the battle of Bull Run, but most of the time was on detached service. He was married, in November, 1864, to Alvira L. Ballard, daughter of Adam and L. Ballard. Mr. and Mrs. Whelan are members of the Baptist Church. They have two children - Albert Charles and Lucius Cary.

FRANCIS L. WARNER, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Deansville ; came to Wisconsin Nov. 10, 1847 ; born in Livingston Co., N. Y., October, 1828 ; son of Daniel and Mahetabel Warner. In January, 1850, he was married to Catharine Roe. Mr. Warner served during the late rebellion as Sergeant of Co. H, 1st W. H. A. He has held the office of Town Treasurer, and was for four years Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Presbyterian Church. They have four children - Alice J., Albert L., Edith M. and Edmund H. Mrs. W. is a daughter of Joseph and Cynthia Roe. Mr. W. owns 350 acres of land, valued at $12,000. He is a Republican.

DAVID WIIiDER, retired farmer; was one of the pioneers of Dane Co., having came to Madison in December, 1838 ; he lived there till the spring of 1839 ; then went to Mineral Point and staid one summer, returning to Madison again in the fall : in the spring of 1840, he went to Milwaukee, and, in company with Jesse Clark, carried the mail from that place to Madison, he taking the Milwaukee end of the route and Clark the Madison end, meeting at the half-way house, in Jefferson Co. ; he went on horseback, and was the second mail-carrier on that route ; in the fall of 1840, he returned to Madison, and staid there till January, 1842 ; then went to what is now the town of Bristol, and drove a breaking team which he owned, and was a resident of that town up to May, 1877, at which time he rented his farm and removed to the village of Sun Prairie, where he now resides. Was married in Bristol, in October, 1844, to Ruth Nichols, who was born March 7, 1825, in Canada ; her father, Sheldon Nichols, was a native of Rhode Island ; came from Canada to the town of Bristol in 1842, and died in September, 1871, at the age -of 84 years and 11 months. Mr. Wilder has seven children, as follows : Helen S., George W. (married and living in Bristol), Howard N. (widower, and lives in Minnesota), Hattie (now Mrs. T. L. Waddell, Freeport, lU.j, Esbon W. (single, and lives in Minnesota), Phebe J. and Carrie E. (at home). Mr. Wilder was born in Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1815, and suggested that name for the town in which he lived in Wisconsin at the time of its organization. He is a Republican, and they are both members of the M. E. Church.

E. A, WOODWARD, M. D., residence and office Sun Prairie Village ; is a native of the town and county of Litchfield, Conn. ; born March 3, 1817 ; he is a graduate of the Berkshire Medical College of Massachusetts ; his diploma is dated Nov. 2, 1842, making him the oldest graduate of the medical profession in Dane Co. ; his first practice was in his native county, where he remained till 1855 ; then came to Wisconsin, and practiced in Madison till January, 1859, when he located in Sun Prairie, where he has practiced since, except when in the army. He entered the service, in the fall of 1861, as Assistant Surgeon of the 12th W. V. I., and resigned in 1862 on account of rheumatism; went out again, in the fall of 1863, as Assistant Surgeon of the 36th W. V. I. ; was pr6moted to Surgeon, and served in that till the close of the war; on ihe 25th of August, 1864, he entered the rebel lines, by order of Oen. Hancock, to take care of the wounded and see to burying the dead after the battle of " Ream's Station, Va.," at a temporary hospital erected about three miles from the fieldof battle; he had two rebel surgeons as assistants, one of whom had been Surgeon in the army of Gren. Walker, of filibustering fame ; the battle was fought on the 25th, and on the 27th he performed and superintended over forty capital operations between sun and sun ; he was then taken to Richmond, and stayed in Libby Prison about a week, when he was sent back North in the first truce-boat that went out, but the twelve men who volunteered to go with him were all detained as prisoners, and only four of them ever returned North ; his Hospital Steward, Dr. Hand, a graduate of Beloit College, who was one of the twelve, died of starvation at Andersonville ; while the Doctor was at Annapolis, Md., he made a full report of his operations while inside the rebel lines, to Gen. Hancock, and was highly complimented by him for the completeness of the report, which is now on file at Washington. The Doctor pays special attention to surgery, and excels in that branch of his practice. In addition io the duties of his profession, he finds some time to devote to literature, having written several pieces of poetry of considerable merit. Was marned in 1839, in Plymouth, Conn., to Miss Mary Newton, of his native county, and has two children ; his son, G. B. Woodward, is in the mercantile business, and a member of the firm of Woodward & Stone, of Watertown, Wis., but resides in Sun Prairie, and .his daughter. Belle, is the wife of George Moloney, Esq., of Sun Prairie. Independent in politics, and attends the Episcopal Church, of which hia wife is a member. In closing this biography of Dr. Woodward, it is but fitting to state that he is largely known in the State through his poetical writings, in which he has earned quite a reputation, many of which have been published by the press of this county. The following has been selected from his many^ poems for insertion in this work :

We regret that space will not allow of other of his poems, or that we had not obtained them in time to have inserted them in the chapter devoted to the literature and poetry of the county.

Town Of Cross Plains

HON. MATHEW ANDERSON, practical farmer and fancy-stock breeder, Sees. 26 and 2Y ; P. 0. Pine Bluff. The subject of this sketch is a native of Londonderry, and was born in 1822 ; he is a son of George Anderson and Jane McKee ; came to Pennsylvania with his parents, in 1834; then to Ohio in 1847, and then to Wisconsin in 1860, having previonsly came on and bought the land in 1853. In 1847, he was married to Elizabeth C. Harner, of Ohio, by whom he had six children, three of whom are living in Wisconsin - David, just graduated at Lodi, and is assisting on the farm ; Charlotte, married to Mr. Peter Kehl, the miller of Lodi, and Mary Belle, married to John W. Anderson, and resides at Kendall, Monroe Co., Wis. Mrs. Mathew Anderson died March 30, 1880, and her remains were taken to Bellefontaine, Ohio, to the family burying-ground, Mr. Anderson being one of the charter members of the cemetery association ; she was an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church, a pure Christian, a faithful wife and mother, and a kind neighbor ; she was not only a great loss to her family, but the whole community were mourning ; she was cheerful and resigned to the last, never murmuring, accepting the grim messenger with a smile. Mr. Anderson has been a very active man in politics and scientific and practical farming ; he received a common-school education ; was born in Londonderry, Ireland, March 9, 1822; was elected Mayor of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and member of the City Council in 1857, 1858, and 1859 ; was Chairman of Town Board of Cross Plains in 1861 and 1867 ; was appointed Postmaster at Pine Bluff from 1865 to 1868 ; has been President of the Dane County Agricultural Society for the last six years; was elected to the Assembly in 1871, and to the Senate for the year 1878, with no organized opposition, receiving 1,958 votes; and then again to the Senate for 1879, and re-elected for 1880 and 1881. Mr. Anderson is a Democrat ; he has a beautiful farm of 370 acres, with almost every convenience, worth $20,000, adapted to both stock and grain, and is considered to be about the best farmer in Dane Co. ; he is enterprising in every sense of the word, and is respected by all his neighbors and acquaintances ; a thorough gentleman, liberal and kind to his help, he has all the improved machinery, feeds stock quite extensively, and, in fact, is admitted by all his neighbors to be a great acquisition- in any neighborhood.

CHARLES H. ARLAXD, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Cross'Plains. Mr. Arland came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, with his parents, from England ; is a son of Thomas and Ann Arland, who were among the earliest settlers of the town ; he was born in England," in 1842. He has been married twice ; the first time to Miss Addie Dodge, by whom he had one child - Charles 0., born in 1879. He was married the second time to Miss Mary E. Hodgson, a native of England, by whom he has had three children - George H., aged 4 years ; Nettie B., aged 3, and Lizzie, aged 1 year. Mr. Arland is a Republican ; all arc members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has lately taken up lands in Dakota, where he intends moving ; he is a thorough business man, and reliable in every sense of the word.

JOHN BAER, deceased ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850, and settled in Milwaukee, and then came direct to Cross Plains ; he was born in North Germany, March 15, 1809 ; died August 18, 1877. In 1 858, he was married to Miss Julia Pollenbeck, by whom he had seven children, all living in Wisconsin, Mr. Baer was a prominent man in the community, always taking an active part to further the interests of the county ; in church and school affairs he was ever ready to lend a helping hand, and was a great loss to the place; his widow, Mrs. Julia Baer, carries on the mercantile business just the same, with help of her family, and has proven herself to be a first-class business woman ; they carry a large general stock, and do a large trade ; the store and farms are valuable. All the family belong to the German Catholic Church of Cross Plains^

JAMES BARLOW, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 17 and 20 ; P. 0. Pine Bluff ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1879, and located on Sugar River ; he remained there two years, and then located where he now lives ; he was born in Cheshire, England, in 1822 ; a son of John Barlow and Mary Wild, natives of England. Mr. Barlow has been married twice ; the first wife's name was Elizabeth Morrow, by whom he had one son, who now lives at Clear Lake, Iowa; second wife's name, Mary A. Brown, "J whom he has two daughters - Clarissa, aged 15 ; Estella, aged 13. Mr. Barlow has a beautiful farm of ^00 acres, valued at $6,000 ; there is a living spring on the place, noted for its mineral qualities. Mr. Barlow is a Republican ; never would accept of an office. Member of the Episcopal Church. He has always been a hard worker, and now richly deserves his beautiful home.

SYIiVESTER BELL, farmer, Sec. 10; P. 0. Cross Plains; Mr. Bell was one of the pioneers of the town ; was a native of England, and came to Cross Plains in 1844, and located on the old homestead, where his widow still lives; he died Jan. 21, 1870. James Bell runs the farm. James married Annselena Paull, in 1877, by whom he has two children - James H., born July 13, 1878 ; Charles E. born Nov. 15, 1879 ; James is a good farmer and business man. Republican in politics. The farm eontains 160 acres, adapted to stock and grain, valued at $3,500.

F. A. BOLLICir, farmer and stook-raiser. Sees. 6 and 7 ; P. 0. Cross Plains. Mr. BoUig is about the earliest Grerman settler in Cross Plains; he came Oct. 16, 1854, direct from Germany, and settled where he now lives ; bought his land from the Government ; he is a son of P. A, and Elizabeth Bollig, and was born April 11, 1812. He married Elizabeth Garlanburg, by whom he has six children, five boys and one girl ; two are living in Minnesota, and one in Iowa, the other two in Wisconsin. The whole family belong to the German Catholic Church. Mr. Bollig is a Democrat; he has been Treasurer of school district for* three years, also Treasurer of Church Society ; has a beautiful farm of 340 acres, valued at $5,000.

C. A. BBEIVDLEJB, blacksmith and machine repairer. Cross Plains ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, and located at Cross Plains in 1865, where he has since been in business ; he is a son o Anthony and Sophia Brendler. In 1869, he was married to Miss Ellen Thomas, by whom he has five children, all living. Mr. Brendler was all through tTie war; he enlisted in 1861, in the 2d Mo. V. I., Co. I, under Gen. Lyon ; served four months', then enlisted in 3d W. V, C, and remained until the war was over, then re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer. Republican in politics. A thorough business man, and one that can be depended upon ; has a first-class business, has all the improved machinery, and pays especial attention to shoeing horses ; has always taken great interest in educational matters, and has held the office of District Clerk for nine years,

M. BBEXDLEB, proprietor of the "Brendler House;" Cross ^^lains ; is a son of Martin and Magdalene Brendler, and was born in Germany in 1819 ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1849, and first stopped at Milwaukee, then located a farm in Sauk County ; sold that and built the stone block, in partnership, that adjoins the mill, and, in 1867, he built the hotel which he now occupies. His first wife's name was Julia Grassier, who died Oct. 7, 1859. . He was married to Miss Eleanor Brendler, by whom he has six children, five of whom are living - four daughters at home, and a son at Boscobel. Otto Brendler is a young man only 17 years old, and is operator and clerk at Boscobel, and fills the place with honor ; he is a young man of first-class business qualifications. Mr. Brendler is thoroughly Americanized, and takes great interest in educational affairs ; has given his children all the opportunities possible, and believes in letting them follow the dictates of their consciences regarding religious matters, he himself being a strong Roman Catholic ; he lived in Austria ten years, and, in 1848, was a member of the National Guards defending the city of Vienna against the aristocratic party. In politics, he is Democratic ; his hotel is a resort for traveling men, and noted far and wide as being the best hotel on the line, not excepting any in the cities ; is an honest man in every sense of the word, and therefore commands the respect of the entire community.

MARY BREWNAN, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Pine Bluff; is the widow of William Brennen, who came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and always had resided in Cross Plains up to the time of his death, which took place at Ft. Rice while he was in the service ; he was a member of Co. E, 50th W. V. I. Mrs. Brennan rents her farm and lives on the same with her two youngest daughters. They are all members of the Roman Catholic Church; Mrs. B. is a native of County Monahan, Ireland, and she was born in 1830 ; she has had four children, all living in Wisconsin ; she has a 40-acre farm, valued at $800, well located and adapted to stock and grain.

JOHN BROPHY, farmer and stock, Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Cross Plains; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1862, and located in the town of Cross Plains ; bought the farm he now lives on in 1866 ; he is a son of James and Catherine Brophy, and was born in Queens Co., Ireland, in 1 831. In 1854, he was married to Miss Ellen Shea, a native of Ireland, by whom he has five children, all living ; four at home, and Catherine, who married Dennis Connell, and lives at Madison ; he has a beautiful farm of 92 acres, valued at $3,000, situated on the north slope of the Black Earth Valley, with a fine view, and a portion of the farm is on the table-land above the bluffs. Mr. Brophy has been a prominent man in all public and educational affairs ; he has been on the Board of Supervisors, and is at present Justice of the Peace; is a Democrat, and belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.

0. Cross Plains ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and located in Waukesha ; he has worked all over the line of the C, M. & St. P., from Milwaukee to the river, and settled in Cross Plains in 1856 ; he is a native of Wicklow Co., Ireland, and was born in 1819; is a son of James and Catherine. In 1861, he was married to Johanna Keaney, of Cross Plains, a native of Ireland, by whom he has five daughters, all living at home. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church ; Mr. Byrne is a Democrat. He has 80 acres right adjoining the village, valued at $2,500, and another 80 in Sec. 6, worth $2,500 ; Mr. Byrne commands the respect of the community, and the railroad company place implicit confidence in him.

WILliIAM CUIiliAlf, general merchant, blacksmith and veterinary surgeon, Pine Bluffs; is a son of William Cullan and Catharine Morrison ; was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, April 21, 1839 ; came to America in 1845, and located at Albany, N. Y., where he remained four years, then came to Wisconsin and located at the town of Springdale ; in the spring of 1849, he embarked in farmipg; sold farm and moved to Pine Bluff in 1861, where he still continues. On the 19th of October, 1857, he was married to Miss Mary Dunn, by whom he has "seven children living, having lost three - William, born Dec. 10, 1859; Joseph, born Oct. 22, 1865; Francis, born Sept. 9, 1868 ; John, born Oct. 11, 1870; James, born Dec. 18, 1872 ; Annie, born Sept. 28, 1876 ; Louis, born Aug. 21, 1878 ; William attends mostly to the store, and he is a first-class business man ; they keep a full assortment of first-class goods, and a child can get used as well as a grown person ; Mr. Cullan attends to the blacksmith shop ; makes a specialty of shoeing horses and putting up medicines ; he is, probably, as good a veterinary surgeon as there is in the county ; they keep a full line of medicines and drugs, and the low prices and courteous treatment they give their customers, go to show that merit will win; he has a fine property of 11 acres, shop, dwelling, double stone store and dancing hall overhead, valued at $6,000 ; Mr. Cullan and son are enterprising, energetic and thorough business men. Democratic in principles, and are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

W. J. DAHMEN, general merchant and attorney at law. Cross Plains. The subject of this sketch came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1849, and located at Milwaukee ; he came to Cross Plains in the summer of 1857, and embarked in the grain business, which he followed for two years ; he was then appointed Postmaster, which office he held for six years ; in 1859, went into the mercantile business, which he has followed ever since successfully ; he is a native of Prussia, and was born in 1836, a son of Christian and Helen Dahmen, of frermany. In 1864, he was married to Miss Catherine E. Sandganger, now dead, by whom he has four children, all living at home. In 1880, he was married again, to Miss Anna M. Wagner ; Mr. Dahman and family are members of the German Catholic Church ; he is a Democrat. He carries a general stock of goods to the amount of 14,000, and does a first-class business; is a man of medium height, light complexion, happy and cheerful disposition, and a leader in all public affairs, a firstclass business man and justly merits his large trade ; he has considerable property in the county ; his double stone store, which he occupies, is valued at $3,000 ; 142 acres in Sees. 9 and 10, valued at $2,500, and a store at the station, besides other Western lands ; When Mr. Dahmen first came to this county he was a general counselor for his countrymen, and finally worked into a law library and practice ; his judgment is good, and he has a natural ability and liking for the business ; he also takes great interest in educational affairs ; his children's names and ages are as follows: Christian 0., born Dec. 16, 1865 ; Peter J., born March 20, 1867 ; Helena, born Sept. 16, 1869 ; Gerhard H., born May 25, 1873.

JOSEPH EHRIIAN, butcher; P. 0. Cross Plains; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1878, and located at Madison ; came to Cross Plains in the spring of 1880 and opened a meat market; he is a son of George and Mary Ehrman, and was born at Baden Baden in 1836 ; he is a member of the German Catholic Church ; has three chiHren, all at home ; he pays the highest cash price for all stock, and peddles in all the townships in the western part of the county ; is wide awake and enterprising, and is a good business man ; Democrat.

(GEORGE ELL. WOOD, farmer and stock-raiser, Sees. 18 and 19 ; P. 0. Black Earth. Mr. Ellwood came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1856 from Ohio ; is a son of Joseph and Dorothy EUwood, of England; he was born in 1846. In 1876, he was married to Miss Victoria Howery, of Cross Plains, by whom he has three children - Charles D. Elwood, born Feb. 18, 1877 ; Sarah, born Jan. 30, 1879 ; Clarence W., bom May 27, 1880. He has a fine farm 'of 140 acres, adapted to stock and grain, valued at $2,500. Mr. Billwood runs his own farm. He is conservative in politics ; is a good practical farmer, and a man that can be depended upon.

ANDREW ERRICKSON, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Black Earth; born in Norway in 1847; '8 a .ion of Errick and Clara Anderson ; married Mary Oleson, of Vermont, by whom he has four children -

Ida, born Aug. 23, 1872 ; Betsey, born June 27, 1874; Clara, born Jan. 3, 1877 ; Otelia, born May 28, 1880. They belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Mr. Erriokson came to Wisconsin in 1853; purchased the farm he now lives on in 1878, valued at $1,200. Mr. Erriokson is a Eepublican.

RICHARD FARREIili, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Pine BTuff; is a son of Timothy Parrell and Margarette Cullahan, both of Tipperary Co., town of Kare, Ireland. Mr. Farrell has seven children, all living at home, excepting Timothy, who is married, and lives on a farm adjoining ; Timothy, aged 26 ; Margarette, 23 ; John, 22 ; James, 16; Ellen, 14 ; Michael 9, and Agnes, 7. Mr. Parrell located first in Dane Co.; never has never been an office seeker ; has' given his children a good schooling and worked hard. They are all members of the Roman Catholic Church. He married Ann Casey, daughter of John Casey and Ann Berry.

F. X. FREDRICK, Postmaster and harness manufacturer. Cross Plains ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1860 and located at Waukesha, where he remained one year ; in the spring of 1861, he removed to Cross Plains and opened a harness-shop. He was appointed Postmaster July 1, 1871, which office he still holds ; he is. a Director in the public school, and has always taken a great interest in educational affairs. He is a son of P. X. Fredrick and Mary J. Meyer ; was born in Germany in 1837. In 1861, he was married to Miss Susan Bentzmiller, by whom he has five children - Mary Josephine (bora Jan. 10, 1864), Elizabeth (born Feb. 16, 1867), Mary F. (born Sept. 25,' 1871), Robert B. (born Oct. 18, 1872) and Susan A. (born Oct. 23, 1876). Mr. Fredrick carries a fine line of harness, hardware and all kinds of fancy goods belonging to the trade, also a large stock of ready-made work ; runs oa an average two men ; he learned his trade in Ohio, and has worked in eight different States ; there were only two or three dwellings in the place when he came here ; by strict attention to business and careful management, he has built himself up a lucrative trade, which he richly deserves ; he is very enterprising, and in. all public affairs which tend to elevate and improve, he is ever ready to lend a helping hand. In politics, he is generally Conservative.

H. GARFOOT, farmer, thrasher, and stock-raiser, Sees. 21 and 16; is a son of William and Mary Garfoot, old settlers; first came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; was born in England in 1850. April 23, 1878, he was married to Miss Sarah Williamson, by whom he has two children - Birdie (born Feb. 25, 1879) and Leonard (born April 8, 1880). Mr. Garfoot is a first-class farmer and business man ; he runs a thrashing machine and huUer, and is paying considerable attention to fancy stock ; he is owner of the celebrated " French Surprise," stallion ; he has a fine farm of 120 acres, worth $3,000.

JOHIIf GARFOOT, farmer and thrasher, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Cross Plains. Mr. Garfoot is a son William and Mary Garfoot, and was born in England April 12,1845. In 1862, he was married to Miss Emma Simpson, by whom he has seven children - Ira N. (born March 31, 1866), Eva A. (born Dec. 23, 1868), James W. (born Nov. 27, 1870), Alvah H. (born Dee. 17, 1872), Ralph J. (born Sept. 23, 1874), Addie B. (born Dec. 13, 1876) and Mary E. (born March 16, 1879). Mr. Garfoot has been School Clerk for nine years ; is a great reader and energetic and enterprising. Was in Co. C, 30th W. V. I. ; enlisted in 1864 and was mustered out in 1865. Is a Republican. Has a fine farm of 80 acres, nicely located, and valued at $2,500.

WIIililAM E. GARFOOT, farmer, Sec. 7 ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, when but a boy ; he was born in England in 1847. May 24, 1876, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Haynes, of Cross Plains, by whom he has one child - Frank W., born Nov. 22. 1879. Mr. Garfoot is a «on of William and Mary Garfoot, old pioneers of the township ; Mrs. Garfoot is a daughter of William and Mary Ann Haynes, also old settlers. Mr. Garfoot is a Republican. P. 0. Cross Plains.

WILiIilAlI GARFOOT, farmer and stock-raiser ; Sees. 8 and 9 ; P. 0. Cross Plains. This old pioneer came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, and located on Sec. 21; he bought the place where he now lives in 1872; he was born in Rutland Co., the middle of England, in 1813 : a son of John and Elizabeth Garfoot. In 1844, he was married to Miss Mary Bessell, a native of England, by whom he has seven children, all living in Wisconsin - John, born April 12, 1845; William E., born Sept. 16, 1847; Henry R.. born Aug. 21, 1850 ; Lizzie M., born May 15, 1854; Sarah A. and Mary J. (twins), born Oct. 7, 1858 ; George W., born May 20, 1861 ; Birdie E. died June 15, 1871, at the age of 7 years and 5 months. Mr. Garfoot has always taken an active part in both -common and Sunday schools ; he has held offices in both ; passed through a great variety of hardships; he has a beautiful farm of 1^0 acres, adapted to stock and grain, valued at $3,500. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. Church.

KE YRAN GORMAN, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Cross Plains. The subject of this sketch is a son of James Gorman and Catharine Lawler, and was born in King's Co., Ireland, Dec. 22,

1821 : he left Ireland Feb. 1, 1849, and came to Wisconsin July 4, and located at Middleton in 1856, and then moved on to the farm where he now lives in 1861. In 1856, he was married at Madison to Catharine Phalen, by whom he has eight children, all living at home, assisting in running the farm - Mary, born Dec. 13, 1856 ; Catharine, born April 5, 1858 ; James, born July 19, 1859 ; Ann, born Sept. 19, 1860; Ellen and Reran (twins), born Oct. 21, 1862 ; Michael, born Oct. 10, 1869 ; Margarette H., born Nov. 5, 1873. Mr. Gorman has a beautiful farm, adapted to stock and grain, every field well watered, and no waste land to speak of, situated parallel with and adjoining the village, worth $75 to $100 per acre, and he is considered as good a farmer as there is in the valley ; an upright man in every sense of the word, believes in paying his debts ; has always been a hard worker, and richly merits his beautilul home and pleasant family ; he is beside a great reader, and is well posted on general topics and ancient history. Is a Greenbacker ; believes legal tender should circulate, as it is of more benefit to the laboring class. The whole family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. i

JAMES HAYNES, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 5; Mr. Haynes is a son of Thomas and Mary Haynes, of England, where he was born in 1832 ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located in the Black Earth Valley ; bought the farm he now lives on in 1866 ; in 1858 he was married to Miss- Jane J. Sams, by whom he has nine children - Edward J., born Aug. 20, 1859 ; Nellie 0., born Nov. 8, 1860; Mary J., born Feb. 26, 1862; Thomas B., born Jan. 9, ISe'i; Sarah M.,born Feb. 27, 1866 ; Lillian J., born Feb. 14, 1870 ; Anne E., born June 6, 1873 ; John S., born July 31, 1875 ; Emma B., born Jan. 13, 1878. Mr. Haynes has one of the richest farms in the valley, of 240 acres, worth ^8,500 ; he has taken an active part in school and public affairs ; has been School Clerk ever since 1867, Chairman of the Board of the town of Berry, and member of Board of Cross Plains ; is a Republican in politics ; himself, wife and daughters are members of the M. E. Church of Black Earth ; he is a first-class farmer and business man. P. 0. Black Earth.

EIHLTL O. HERBfGr, miller ; Cross Plains. The subject of this sketch was born in Wisconsin in 1857 ; he is a son of Gustavo and Theresa Hering, of Cross Plains ; March 15, 1879, he was married to Miss Augusta Prion, of Pheasant Branch, whose father is a large land-owner ; Mr. Hering went to school until he was 17 years old, and then run the mill for his father from 1871 to January, 1880, when he took full charge of it himself, and has run it very successfully, drawing trade from far and near ; the mill is a four run of stone, three-story, stone, and one of the best mills in the county ; they have all the modern improvements. Mr. Hering belongs to the German Lutheran Church ; in politics he is conservative ; a young man of thorough business qualifications, and his genial and affable manners and strict integrity oombined, bespeak for him a bright future.

PAUIi HINRICHS, station agent and lumber dealer ; Cross Plains; was born in Berry, Dane Co., Wis., in 1857 ; is a son of Charles Hinriohs, the merchant, at Madison ; mother's name was Augusta Rieck ; he has been connected with the C, M. & St. Paul R. R., for the last eight years ; has lived in the city of Madison most of his life ; first commenced as operator at Madison, then at Eagle, then at general train dispatcher's ofiBoe in Milwaukee, was appointed agent at Cross Plains in 1880. July 1, 1880, he purchased the two lumber yards at Cross Plains, and is adding a new stock, which will make it as good an assorted yard as there is on the line. He is an unusually good business man - commands the entire confidence of the railroad corporation and the community at large, and richly deserves his growing trade. Medium height, light complexion and a cheerful disposition ; is an unmarried man, and in politics Democratic.

ANDREW J. HOWERY, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Pine Bluff; is a nativeof Virginia, where he was born in 1835 ; a son of Philip and Elizabeth Howery ; came to Wisconsin in 1849. In 1865, he was married to Elizabeth Carden, of Cross Plains, by whom he has four children ; he has a fine farm of 100 acres, which is worth $4,000. Mr. Howery is a Democrat. He runs his own farm, with the help of his boys, and is a first-class farmer.

_ JOHN HOWERY, P. 0. Black Earth, Sec. 19 ; this old pioneer came to Wisconsin, in the sprmg of 1845, from Virginia, where he was born in 1822 ; is a son of Jacob and Catharine Howery, of Montgomery Co. ; he first located near Pine Bluff, and stayed there until 1852 ; sold out, and then bought where he now lives ; married first time in Wisconsin to Ellen Howery, of Virginia, by whom he had five children ; married second time to Miss Polly Trevett, from New York, by whom he had two children ; the children all live in Wisconsin, and the sons assist in running the farm. Mr. Howery has 240 acres of land, valued at about $5,000 ; he has just completed a two-story framehouse ; the farm is well adapted to grain and stock. Mr. Howery is a Democrat in politics ; is about the oldest citizen living in Cross Plains ; has been a member of the Board of Supervisors, Constable one year, and Pathmaster two or three years Mr. Howery takes an active part in public affairs ; is a genial gentleman of the old Virginia stamp.

CARL JACOB!', general merchant, Cross Plains ; is a native of North Germany ; a son of Carl and Wilhelmina Jacobi, and was born, in 1846 ; came to Wisconsin direct from Germany, in 1869, and located at Black Earth, and embarked in the mercantile business ; came to Cross Plains in 1872, where he still continues in business. In 1872, he was married to Miss Emmelie Hinrichs, a daughter of Charles Hinrichs, the merchant, of Madison, by whom he has two children - Richard, aged 7, and Laura, aged 4. Mr. Jacobi is one of the best merchants in the Black Earth Valley ; carries a stock of about $6,000, and keeps it up in first-class shape ; a full assortment of everything. Mr. Jacobi was one of the prime movers in the Cross Plains Produce Market Company, and was Secretary of the Institution ; it was composed of a club of nine, who erected a large warehouse ; they run it themselves for a number of years, and now rent the same. In connection with his large stock, he carries a general assortment of furniture.

THOMAS RWITDSOBT LEE, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; is the oldest Norwegian settler in the township; came to Wisconsin in 1849; he is a son of Knud Gilbertson Lee, and was born in Norway in 1831. In 1854, he was married to Mary Knudson, of Blue Mounds, by whom he has five children - Annie, born July 27, 1857 ; Knud, born March 31, 1853 ; Christian, born Sept. 17, 1850; Severt, born Feb. 27, 1847; Mattie, born March 11, 1870. Mr. Knudson has a fine farm in Cross Plains, worth $4,000, and another in Vermont valued at $1,200 ; he is a self made man, having worked himself up without any help ; he speculates some in stock ; is a good business man and a first-class farmer. Republican in politics, and a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

liDWARD l/AMPMAX, general merchant. Cross Plains; is a native of Wisconsin; a son of Stephen Lampman and Elenor Graves; was born in Dane Co., Jan. 24, 1851. He was married, at Cross Plains, in 1875, to Miss Mary Philippi ; they have one child - Sadie, born Nov. 1,1877. He has been engaged in the general merchandise business for fourteen years, first with his father ; in the year 1874, he embarked for himself, and has carried it on successfully ever since; a glance at his store, and the way in which he keeps his stock, will convince you at once that he is a first-class business man ; he carries a full assortment of everything, and has a good trade, which his manner of doing business and genial manners warrant. He is a thorough Republican.

STEPHEX IjAMPMAJf, retired farmer. Cross Plains; born in Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt., in 1806, and came to Wisconsin October 20, 1849, and located his farm of 240 acres, which he still owns, lying in the towns of Middleton and Cross Plains. March 23, 1844, was married to Mrs. Eleanor Warren, by whom he has two children - Edward Lampman, the merchant ; and Miss Millie A. Lampman, who lives at home. Mr. Lampman is a son of Stephen and Eleanor Lampman. Mrs. Lampman was born in Fairfield, Franklin Co., Vt., in 1811, a daughter of Barnabas Graves and Abigail Goff, of the Puritan stock who came over in the May Flower. Mr. and Mrs. Lampman retain their memories, and can relate early incidents as if they happened but yesterday. Their farm is valued at $7,000.

WILHELM L.OEHRER, farmer. Sees. 15 and 22 ; P. 0. Pine Bluff; born in Prussia in 1808, a son of Hobart and Gertrude Loehrer. In 1831, he was married to Catherine Barnish, of Germany, by whom he has five children, three boys and two girls, all living in Wisconsin. He was the first German settler in Pine Bluff. A Democrat in politics. Member of the German Catholic Church, and believes in paying his debts. Has 447 acres of choice land, worth $11,000. '

THOMAS McAULEY, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Pine Bluff; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1850, and located near Pine Bluff; remained there ten years, and moved on the farm he now occupies in 1860; is a native of the North of Ireland, and was born in 1827; father's name, John McAuley ; mother's, Ann Crow. In 1854, he was married to Bridget Quigley, by whom he has five children - Mary Ann, born Feb. 3, 1855 ; Kate, July 3, 1856 ; John, March 4, 1859 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 17, 1861 ; Peter, April 20, 1863. Mr. McAuley has a nice farm of 80 acres, well located, and valued at $2,500. He is a Democrat, and the family all belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Runs his own place with the help of children.

J. MARKINCjt, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 1 ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1852, and located where he now lives; he is a native of Prussia, and was born Jan. 1, 1831, a son of Adolph and Madalena. In 1857, he was married to Miss Julia Gilletts, by whom he has three children - Adolph, aged 20 ; Madalena, 18 ; Margarette, 16. Mr. Marking has a beautiful tract of land in 'Sees. 1 and 11, worth $4,000. He has held the office of Roadmaster two years. Belongs to German Catholic Church. Democrat in politics. Has always taken an active part in town affairs ; is a good farmer and business man.

Towx Of Cross Plains

CATHERIJfE MILIiS MARDEW, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Cross Plains; is a widow of James Mills ; Mrs. Mills came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located at Black Earth, and came to the farm where she now lives ; in 1849, Mr. Mills lost his life in California. They were married in 1836; there are six children - Amos, horn April 18, 1839; James, Sept. 20, 1841 ; Jennie, July 28, 1846 ; H. B., Jan. 27, 1848 ; Samuel, March 1*7, 1850 ; Nelson is dead ; Jennie was the first white child born at Black Earth. Alfred Marden is a son by the second husband ; he was born April 18, 1857, and is in the employ of the railroad company at Cross IPlains; Amos is Deputy Sheriff of the county ; James is engineer on pay car, and H. B. is conductor on the C, M. & St. P. R. R. ; Jennie is married and lives at. Madi'on. Mrs. M. has 40 acres on Sec. 11, worth $2,000, with a beautiful spring of water on the place.

EDWARD MURPHY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Pine Bluff; the subject of this sketch was born in Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1827 ; is a son of Edward Murphy and Mary McCarty he first came to Wisconsin in 1855, and located where he now lives. Oct. 27, 1851, he was married at Rochester to Miss Julia Brannen, a native of Ireland, by whom he has had twelve children, nine of whom are living, and all at home assisting in running the farm - Thomas E., born Sept. 25, 1852 ; Mary, born July 20, 1854; Margarette, born Dec. 15, 1856 ; Lawrence, born Sept. 23, 1858 ; Edward, born Sept. 19, 1860 ; Thomas, born Aug. 5, 1862 ; Elizabeth born June 4, 1864 ; Dennis, born Aug. 9, 1866 ; Julia, born Aug. 26, 1868 ; Eveleen, born Aug. 6, 1870 ; Anna, born May 25, 1872; Rose, born March 20, 1875 ; Thomas E., died Sept. 30, 1853 ; Elizabeth, died Sept. 28, 1879; Rose, died April 15, 1880. Mr. Murphy has a beautiful farm of 320 acres, adapted to stock and grain, and valued at from 110,000 to $12,000 ; he runs his own place, allowing Lawrence, his oldest son, to superintend and go ahead ; he is a man of good, sound judgment and one of the best farmers in the county ; everything is kept up in good shape, and the crops are always harvested when they should be ; he has one of the finest barns in the county and contemplates building a new house, for which he has a beautiful location all prepared ; he is an outspoken man ; never runs in debt ; a Democrat, still never was bought, believes conscientiously and votes accordingly ; he has been a very hard worker and passed through a great many hardships, consequently is now preparing to take it a little easy arid let his boys take the lead, and they are capable, as he has brought them up with good business habits ; makes companions of all his children and gives them good advice, consequently, they are gentlemen and ladies, and temperate. Mr. M. is one of nine brothers who all came to Cross Plains together ; something singular and very rare, he never was in court, never had a law-suit and never was a witness. The whole family are consistent members of the Roman Catholic Church; Lawrence is Treasurer of the St. Mary's Catholic Total Abstinence Society. Mr. Murphy is respected by the whole community.

JERRY MURPHY (deceased) ; came from Ireland in the fall of 1845, and located in Canada ; then came to Wisconsin, and located in Cross Plains in 1854 ; was a son of Edward M. Murphy and 3Iary McCarty. He was married in Canada in 1850 ; they have eight children, all living in Wisconsin - Ellen born April 4, 1851 ; Edward, Feb. 12, 1853 ; Mary, Oct. 15, 1854 ; Dennis, Jan. 24, 1857 ; Kate, Aug. 12, 1859; Sersfield, Deo. 5, 1864; Robert, Oct. 15, 1867; Hannah, Oct. 29, 1871. Ellen married James Riley, and lives at Cross Plains; Dennis Murphy runs the farm; Mary is a successful teacher in the public schools ; Edward is the teacher in the High School at Middleton. The farm of 240 acres is well adapted to stock and grain, and is worth $10,000. Mr. Jerry Murphy died on the 12th of March, 1880, and was buried at Pine Bluff. He was not only mourned by his family, but the whole community, as he was a very prominent man ; was a member of the board, and always took an active part in all public, church and educational affairs ; was a member of the Roman Catholic Church, which his family now attend ; was a Democrat in politics, and an honest man in every sense of the word. He brought up his femily in such a shape that they are an honor to his memory. Sec. 31 ; P. O. Pine Bluff.

T. C. MURPHY, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. P'"ne Bluff; is a son of P. 0. Murphy, deceased ; his mother's name was Bridget Tully ; his native place. County Meath, Ireland, where he was born in 1840. Jan. 11, 1866, he was married to Miss Johanna Borman, by whom he has three children - William (born Nov. 11, 1867), Elizabeth (born Dec. 18, 1868) and Annie (born Nov. 11, 1870). Mr. Murphy has a good 80-aore farm, well watered and timbered, worth $2,500. He is a Roman Catholic, and Conservative m politics ; a great reader of history and other works, and well posted on the general topics of the day ; a good business man and a genial gentleman.

JAMES QUICJIiEY, farmer and carpenter. Sec. 1, Springdale, Sec. 4, Primrose ; P. 0. Clontarf ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850, and located at Middleton for a short time, and then went to Springdale ; he is a son of Felix Quigley and Rose Connolly; was born in Fermanagh Co.. Ireland, in 1846. Is a young man, a Democrat and a member of the Roman Catholic Church. His different farms are valued at about $4,000 ; they are adapted to stock and grain. Mr. Quigley is a good business man, active and full of fun, and a great worker ; h's parents are both dead.

MICHAEL QUIGLEY, farmer and stock; P. 0. Pine Bluff. The subject of this sketch came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1849, and bought Government land and located at Cross Plains ; is a son of James Quigley and Elizabeth Lennen, and was born in the 'North of Ireland in 1826. Married Miss Margarette Kerns in 1848, a native of Ireland, by whom he has three children - one in Iowa, one ia Colorado, and James, who lives at home and runs the farm ; Mary Ann married Joseph Murphy, and lives in Iowa. Mr. Quigley was a very active man in public affairs in an early day. Held the office of Supervisor for twelve or fifteen years ; was Constable in 1850, and has tried to make himself generally useful to mankind ; is a great reader of history, and has a wonderful memory and is well posted on all public affairs. He first landed in New York in 1847, where he remained until he moved to Wisconsin. In politics, he is an old-line Democrat. Belongs to the Roman Catholic Church at Pine Bluff.

GERTRUDE ROSI>$BECK, druggist, Cross Plains; is a native of Prussia, Germany, and was born in 1842 ; is a daughter of Adolph Stumpf and Anna Mary Rixon ; came to Wisconsin iu the fall of 1852, and located at Cross Plains ; Mrs. Rossbeck is a first-class pharmacist, and is often called on in cases of sickness ; she has performed some wonderful cures, and now has a large practice in this and adjoining counties ; she has the only drug store in the town ; is a first-class business woman ; has three children - one son at home, one child in Minnesota and another in Wisconsin ; her store property and lots are nicely located, and valued at $2,000, and 35 acres in the town of Berry, valued at about $900. She has been in business for herself eight years, and has run it successfully. Belongs to the German Catholic Ohurch.

JOHN W. THOUAN (deceased) ; was about one of the earliest settlers, there being only three families when he came to Cross Plains in the fall of 1839 ; he was born in Pennsylvania April 1, 1806. Was married in Ohio, in 1835, to Miss Mary Hoover, who was born Feb. 9, 1814. Mr. Thomas came to Wisconsin in 1837. and located at Mineral Point ; remained there two years, and then opened the first hotel at Cross Plains ; afterward bought the tract of land, half a mile from the village, which his widow now owns ; it is valued at $5,000. There are seven children, all living in Wisconsin, they having lost three. Mr. Thomas died May 19, 1855 ; he was a prominent man in the early settlement of the county. Mrs. Thomas passed through a great many hardships in an early day ; she still has good health and a strong memory, but has lost the use of her eyes. Mrs. Thomas is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WASHINGTON THOMAS, farmer ^nd thrasher. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Cross Plains : was born at Cross Plains Dec. 10, 1 844 ; is a son of the oldest pioneers, J. W. and Mary Thomas. In 1866, he was married to Melissa Heffling, by whom he has five children, three boys and two girls, all living at home. Mr. Thomas is running the old homestead farm near the village, which is a beautiful place, adapted to stock and grain. Mr. Thomas is a Republican. He never would accept of an office. He has always taken an active part in school affairs ; is enterprising, a good business man and a good citizen.

L. M. TREVBTT, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Mount Horeb; born in New York in 1816 ; a son of Louis and Sarepta Trevett. In 1843, he was married to Miss Mary Cross, a native of New York, by whom he has four children, all living in Wisconsin; his daughter Orcelia is a teacher. Mr. Trevett came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1860, and located where he now lives ; he has 182 acres of land, nicely located, adapted to grain and stock, within half a mile from the new railroad, worth at least $4,000 ; he has always taken an active part in all enterprises tending to elevate his fellow man. In poliics. Republican. He runs his own farm, and is a first class farmer and business man. Mrs. Trevett and ^daughter. belong to the M. E. Church.

ENGELBERT UEBERSETZIG, saloon and dancing hall. Cross Plains; came to America in the spring of 1849 ; first located at Springfield, Dane Co., where he engaged in farming ; after selling his farm he moved to the town of Cross Plains, in 1858, and built the building he now occupies ; is a son of Arnold and Adelia Uebersetzig, and was born in Prussia in 1821. In 1863, he was married to Catherine BoUenbeck, by whom he has six children - Christian, aged 16 ; John, aged 14 ; Juliana, aged 11 ; Christena, aged 8 ; Anna, aged 5; Catherine, aged 2. Mr. U. has always been a prominent man in the town ; has held the office of Constable four years ; was Assessor for ten consecutive years ; the Democratic Convention is always held in his hall ; he has thirteen lots and one dwelling, besides his hall, valued at $2,500. Democrat in politics. All the family belong to the German Catholic Church.

HENRY WILLE, farmer. Sec. 17; P. 0. Cross Plains; c^me to Wisconsin- in the fall of 1860, and located where he now lives ; he came from North Germany, where he was born in 1830 ; he is a son of Christian and Ohristena Wille. In 1854, he was married to Augusta Witteg, by whom he has three children - Augusta, aged 26 ; Bertha, aged 22 ; Richard, aged 11 ; he has a beautiful farm of 16fk acres, valued at $4,000, with first-class improvements, and a beautiful living spring. The family belong to the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Wille believes in voting for the best men, and will not hold oflSce himself; is a good business man and a first-class farmer.

HENRY WINKEIi, general merchant. Postmaster and farmer, Sec. 22 ; was born in Prussia in 1824 ; is a son of Winand and Gertrude Winkel ; came to Norwalk, Conn., in 1854, and embarked in the butcher's business ; came to Madison in the Spring of 1857, and soon moved to Pine Blufi', where he opened a general mercantile business, which he still follows ; was appointed Postmaster in 1870, which office he still holds. In 1855, he was married to Miss Bertha E. Rouhling, by whom he has five children, all in Wisconsin ; Winand, his oldest son, received a first-class education, and has been teacher in the Milwaukee parish school for five years ; is a fine musician, both instrumental and vocal. Mr. Winkel is a prominent man in the township ; has been Town Clerk for seven years, and Notary Public ; in politics he is Conservative ; has a fine farm of 75 acres adjoining the village, valued at $2,000, and a two-story stone store, 50x23, valued at $3,000. All the family belong to the German Catholic Church. Their children are Winand, aged 22 ; Bernard, aged 20 ; Gertrude, aged 18 ; Mathias, aged 14 ; Diedrick, aged 9.

JOHN ZEHNPFENNIG-, boot and shoe maker and Justice of the Peace, Cross Plains; came to Wisconsin Aug. 5, 1850, and located at Madison, then came to Cross Plains in 1867 ; born in Prussia in 1830 ; a son of Theodore and Catherine Zehnpfennig. In 1853, he was married to Lucy Scharf, of Madison, a native of Prussia, by whom he has four children - Mary, born Aug. 23, 1854 ; Catherine, born Oct. 8, 1857 ; Lucy, born March 6, 1859 ; Hellena, born Dec. 12, 1863. Mr. Zehnpfennig has always been a prominent man in the county ; was Alderman of the city of Madison, from 1859, four years ; now holds ofiioe of Justice, which he fills with credit ; does u, good boot and shoe business ; is enterprising, and a good citizen.

Town Of Cottage Grove

A. AMUNDSON, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Door Creek ; was born in Norway May 14, 1827 ; son of Amund AslaksoD ; came to America in 1850, arriving in Dane Co. on the 19th of July ; worked at the shoemakers' trade in Cambridge, Dane 'Co. a short time ; then went South, working at his trade in the following places : St. Louis, Mo., Helena, Ark., a short time in Mississippi, also in Memphis, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky. ; altogether spent about tiine months in the South ; thou returned to Wisconsin and started a shop in Cambridge, and carried on the business about two years ; then, in 1854, came on his present farm in Cottage Grove. He was married, in December, 1852, to Tarbor L. Laathe, daughter of Lars Laathe, and has eight children - Anna Louisa, Betsy Gurine, Larsena Amelia, Amund Jacobus, Lars Olaus, Torbor Laurine, Johan Arendt and Albert Willie ; none of them married but Betsy G., and she is the wife of Alex Costvet, of Cottage Grove. Mr. Amundson is one of the Supervisors of the town. Republican and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 200 acres of land in Cottage Grove, and 240 acres in Iowa.

DAVID W. BEECHER, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove; was born in the State of New York Oct. 23, 1845; his father, Amos Beeoher, came to Wisconsin in 1841, and settled on Sec. 7, Cottage Grove, where he resided till 1S78, and now lives in Nebraska. David W. was married, in 1872, to Elizabeth McKune, a native of Philadelphia, born Nov. 26, 1846, daughter of Henry Mc- Kune, who came to Wisconsin in May, 1855, and now lives in Cottage Grove. Mrs. McKune, whose maiden name was Nancy Archer, died in September, 1879, aged 62 years. Mrs. Beecher has two children - Dora A. and Etta M. He was in the 47th W. V. I., Co. E, during the last eleven months of the war. Democrat, and has 96 acres of land adjoining the village of Cottage Grove, worth $60 per acre. Amos Beeoher kept a hotel called the " Cottage Grove House," from the time of his settlement there till 1870 ; his wife, whose maiden name was Harriet Wells, died in August, 1850. Mr. McKune has four children, three besides Mrs. Beecher - James, Jennie and Mary.

THOMAS BLACK, farmer. Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Door Creek; came to Dane Co., May 8, 1844; he was born in County Derry, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1832 ; his father, James Black, came to Canada in 1842 and died there ; his mother remained in Canada, near Bath, and he with an elder brother, James, and sister Jennet, came to Wisconsin in 1844, arriving in Milwaukee on the 4th of May; came direct to, Dane Co., and settled in what is now the town of Pleasant Springs on the 8th ; he remained till about the mid- die of June, and,s;ottin!; honi33ick, he ran away from his brother, footed it to Milwaukee, was there about a week, then took pa3.sa'^e on thj Vandalia to Chioag), and thenoe made his way baek to Canada, where his mother lived; in I8i6, he camj back to Wisconsin, arriving; in Milwaukee on the 4th of May again, and came direct to his present location. He was married, in 1852, to Eliza Lemon, who died July 22, 1876, in her 46th year, leaving eij^ht children, as follows:* Sarah Jane (now Mrs. Henry Durfey, of Cottage Grrove), Jame^ H., Nancy A. (now Mrs. Edward Whiting, of Columbia Co., Wis.), William J., George W., Caroline Louisa, Charlotte and Isaac; last four at home; had lost two, one in infancy and Edward, 6 years old. Mr. Black has been Chairman four terms. Side Supervisor four or five terms, and Town Treasurer one term. Democrat, and has 164 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

ORVAIV BRO W.\, farmer, Sees. 8 and 17 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove ; was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, July 18, 1820 ; his father, Rafswell Brown, a native of Columbia Co., N. Y., went into Ohio in 1815 or thereaboats, and cams from there to Wisconsin in 1841, arriving in what is now the town' of Cottage Grove on the 27th day of May ; he settled on Sees. 8 and 17, and his was the fourth family that settled in the town ; the three men who were there with their families bjfore him, were William C. Wells, Horatio Catlin and Amo5 Harris; he re-sided in the town till his death, Aug. 29, 1866, at the age of 70 years and 6 months; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the service about nine months ; he had been a member of the Baptist Church about forty-seven years at the time of his death. Mrs. Brown, whose maiden nam.; was Minerva E. Smith, died March 16, 1873, aged about 70. The subject of this sketch was married April 21, 1847, in Sun Prairie, to Clarinda A., daughter of Samuel and Almira Bailey, who came from Essex Co., N. Y., to Wisconsin in 1846, settled in Sun Prairie, and resided there till his death, Jan. 13, 1864 ; Mrs. Bailey is still living at the age of 81 years. Mr. Brown has six children^Maria L., born Feb. 22, 1849, now Mrs. T. L. Hacker, of Cottage Grove ; Ida, born Deo. 15, 1850, now Mrs. Robert Gibbons, of Marathon Co., Wis.; Norman Brown, of Sun Prairie, born Oct. 2, 1854; Roswell, born Jan. 11, 1857; Samuel, born March 24, 1858; and Herbert 0., born Feb. 16,1867; they have lost two - Stella, born April 13, 1862, and died Aug. 13, 1863; Kitty Gertrude, born May 31, 1864, and died Sept. 26, 1865. Mr. Brown has been a resident of Cottage Grove longer than any other man now living in the town. He has never held any office except that of Constable ; is a Republican, and a member of the Baptist Church. He has 118 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

WILIilA-H BUNKER, farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove ; he was born in Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1833; son of Gorham Bunker, who came to Wisconsin in 1836 with his family, and settled in Walworth Co., and died there in 1875, aged 74. Mr. Bunker was married in Burlington, Wis., 0.;t. 31, 1859, to Miss Carrie E. Whipple, a native of Chittenden Co., Vt., born Aug. 9, 1832, daughter of Joseph Whipple. The second year after his marriage he went to Minnesota, lived one year in Dodge Co., then went to Muskegon Co., Mich., and resided there till June, 1874, when he came to his present location ; they have two children - Elwin, born March 4, 1863, and Eugene J., born Aug. 16, 1868. Mr. Bunker was one of the Board of Supervisors in 1869, and is now District Clerk. In politics, he is a Democrat. He has 294 acres of land, worth $35 per acre.

GEORGE S. BUTLER, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Door Creek ; was born in Franklin Co., Vt., June 14, 1812. He was married there Feb. 28, 1843, to Eliza Dancan, who was born Dec. 20, 1814, in Saratoga Co., N. Y., daughter of John Duncan, who died when she was a child only 8 years old. Mr. Builer came to Wisconsin in October, 1845, and settled in his present location, where he has since resided ; fhey have had three children - Jane Ann, born Nov. 6, 1843, married Alton Emerson, of Cottage Grove, and died June 8, 1886 ; Louisa, born Dec. 7, 1845, and died Feb. 28, 1847 ; the only surviving child, Maria, is now the wife of Frank Markham, of Pleasant Springs. Mr. Butler is a Republican. He has 1 10 acres of land, worth about $4,000.

HARVEY CAMPBEIiLc, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Door Creek; was born April 19, 1819, in Clinton Township, Knox Co., Ohio ; was married in Mansfield, Ohio, May 27, 1847, to Melissa Reynolds, a native of Franklin Co., N. Y., born March 20, 1818. Mr. Campbell came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in his present location in 1853; is the present Chairman of the town, although a RepubUoan in a Democratic town ; has never held any other office except that of Town Clerk, which he held one year ; has three children - Louisa, Florence and Jessie, all at home. Florence and Jessie are successful teachers. Mr. C. has a farm of 186 acres, worth $40 per acre.

HIRAM CAMPBELLf, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. O. Door Creek ; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Oct. 2, 1816; when two years old, his father, Cyrus Campbell, removed with his family to Knox Co., Ohio, where he lived nine years ; then went back to Licking Co. and staid five years ; then lived in Knox Co. seventeen years ; came to Wisconsin in 1849, and died April 15, 1869, in the 80th year of his-age.

Mr. Campbell, Jr., was first married ia Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 28, 1840, to Ruth A. Bronaon, a native of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., born Jan. 28, 1813, daughter of Levi Bronson ; she died Dec. 26, 1854, leaving only one child, Emarilla, now Mrs. Jay Campbell, of Cottage Grove. His second wife was Adaline Washburn, married July 12, 1858, and died March 4, 1874, leaving no children. He was again married June 25, 1878, to Catharine Ames, by whom he has no children ; his first wife lost one child in infancy. He is a B,epublican, and has 258 acres of land. His son-in-law, Jay Campbell, works a partrf)f his farm ; was born May 30, 1828, in Tippecanoe Co., Ind. ; came to Wisconsin in 1863 ; was maified Sept. 3, 1863, and has six children - Mary Loi.', Clara, Nellie Euth, Myra Frances, Ad^Jine and Emarilla Bell - all at home. Kepublican and member of the M. E. Church.

WIIiLIAlI CRANE, M. D., residence and office, village of Cottage Grove ; was born in the town of Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., April 10, 1811 ; emigrated to Ohio in 1836, and located in Portage Co., where he read medicine with Dr. P. C. Bennett, of that county ; graduated from the Cleveland Medical College and commenced practice in 1840, in Geauga Co., Ohio, where he remained till 1851 ; then came to Wisconsin and practiced eight years at Portage City, coming to his present location in 1859. He was married in 1843, in Painesville, Ohio, to Maria Pease, a native of Syracuse, N. Y. ; they have two children - William, married, and living at Oshkosh, Iowa, and Carrie Eugenia, at home. He has been Town Clerk several years,^and ia a Democrat.

A. L. DURFEY, farmer, Sec. 34; P. 0. Door Creek ; born Aug. 10, 1817, in St. Lawrence, Co., N. Y. ; his father, Alanson Durfey, emigrated to Licking Co., Ohio, in 1827, and died there in 1849. A. L. was married there the first time in 1843, to Almena Wells, who died in 1848, leaving three boys - Charles, JeflFer,on and Seth ; Charles enlisted in August, 1862, in the 23d W. V. I., Co. I, and died at Young's Point of chronic diarrhoei, in 1863 ; Seth died at 6 months old, and Jefferson lives in Kansas ; he enlisted in February, 1864, in Co. A, 156th I. V. I., and was in the service till the close of the war. Mr. Durfey married again in April, 1851,' Miss Ellen Hoover, a native of Licking Co., Ohio, and has six children by the second marriage - Flora, now Mrs. Isaac Bjecher, of Cottage Grove ; Henry, married and living in Cottage Grove ; Kate, Edgar, Delila and Lillie, the last four at home ; "he came to Cottage Grove in 1854, and has resided in the town ever since. Has been Justice of the Peace four years, and Supervisor several terms. He is a Democrat, and has 210 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre.

H. Li. FARR, farmer and general traveling agent for collections and sale of agricultural implements; residence and farm on Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove; was born in Shoreham, Vt., Aug. 12, 1837 ; his father, Horatio Farr, came to Wisconsin in September, 1851, and still resides on Sec. 9, at the age of 76. Mr. Farr was married, Sept. 29, 1865, to Miss Pauline, only daughter of Charles Drakely, one of the earliest settlers in the town of Blooming Grove, having settled there in May, 1843. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, in the 33d W. V. I., Co. F, as a private ; was soon after elected Sergeant and acted as Sergeant- Major ; in 1864, was transferred to the 5th W. V. I., commissioned as 2d Lieutenant, and served till the close of the war. He now has a farm of 163 acres, well watered and well stocked ; has a small herd of short-horns ; owns the stallion " Green Mountain Boy, Jr., " and is breeding some very fine horses ; he is also breeding pure-blood Poland China hogs ; has two good dwelling houses on his farm, and considers it worth $8,000. In 1859, he went to Pike's Peak, starting in March ; drove a pair of mules all the way, and returned to Wisconsin the next October, having never slept in a house from the time he started till he reached home again. For the last nine years he has been acting as general traveling agent for collections, and sale of agricultural implements. Republican.

HORATIO FARR, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. O. Cottage Grove ; was born in Pomfret, Vt., Aug- 18, 1805; when eight years old, his father, Abijah Farr, removed with his family to Essex Co., N. Y. town of Crown Point, and died there Aug. 16, 1849 ; his mother, whose maiden name was Roxana Hastings, died Aug. 3, 1844, aged 61 years. Mr. Farr was first married in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1829, to Sarah Munn ; she died in 1850, aged 37 years, leaving four children - Lucia S., now Mrs. Orlando Pond, of Independence, Iowa ; Hosea, who died in Essex Co., N. Y., in 1872 ; H. L. Farr, now of Cottage Grove, and RoUin F., of Kansas. His second wife, to whom he was married Sept. 30, 1852, was Lucinda E. Burrows, who was born in Crown Point, N. Y., April 21, 1821, daughter of Samuel and Mary (ivans) Burrows, natives of New Hampshire ; has three children by the second marriage - George and Charles at home, and Seraph S., now Mrs. Thomas Willey, of the town of Deerfield, Dane Co., Wis. ; all three born in Cottage Grove. The children of the first wife were all born in Essex Co., N. Y. Mr. Farr <!ame to Wisconsin in 1852, arriving in Cottage Grove on the 22d day of October, and has resided there ever since. Democrat, and has 100 acres of land in his farm, worth about $50 per acre.

Biographical Sketches

ALBERT GASTON, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove; has lived in his present location since June, 1846 ; he was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., town of Kichmond, Dec. 5, 1805 ; son of Alexander and Huldah Gaston; his father died in 1823; after the death of his father, he came to Columbia Co., N. Y. ; lived in the town of Austerlitz two years ; went from there to Madison Co., N. Y., and thence to Seneca Co., where he lived a couple of years, and then returned to Madison Co. for about two years; he went from there to the town of Phelps, Ontario Co., and, in 1830, or thereabouts, he went to Michigan and settled in Washtenaw Co., and was married there, Sept. 11, 1834, to Adelia E. Chittenden, a native of Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., born Oct. 16, 1815 ; when 9 years old, her father died, and her mother, whose maiden name was Azuba Abbott, married Mason Hatfield; came to Michigan in 1830 and settled in Washtenaw Co. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston have three children - Albert W., Vincent C. and Celia E., now Mrs. Fred Bird, of the town of Montrose ; have lost one. Grove P. ; was born Jan. 13, 1840, and'died in October, 1849. Mr. Gaston had six brothers and four sisters, and he is the only one of the family now living. Republican, and has held the office of Town Treasurer one term; has 185 acres of land, worth $50 per acre. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

V. C. GASTOX, farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. O. Cottage Grove ; born July 24, 1843, in Washtenaw Co., Mich. ; son of Albert and Adelia Gaston, of Cottage Grove. Mr. Gaston enlisted March 14, 1864, in the 36th W. V. I., Co. P, as a private, and was in the service till the close of the war ; during the time was in five general engagements, viz., Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Farmville, Long "Bridge and one other, all in Virginia. Was married, Sept. 4, 1867, to Miss Adeline, daughter of Caleb Gurnee, who came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; lived in Washington Co. till 1864, then settled in Cottage Grove ; she was born Dec. 29, 1842, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. Mr. Gaston has only two children - Adelia and Adelia (twins), born Oct. 5. 1869 ; has never held any office except Justice of the Peace. Republican, and has 60 acres of land in his farm.

T. L. HACKER, farmer. Sees. 8 and 17 ; P. O. Cottage Grove; was born in Medina Co., Ohio, May 4, 1846 ; son of Henry and Anna (Drohman) Hacker, who came to Wisconsin in 1853, and settled in Cottage Grove, on Sec. 9, where they resided nine yeirs, and are now living in Franklin Co., Iowa. Mr. Hacker enlisted in the 37th W. V. I., Co. A, March 24, 1864, as a musician, and was in the service till the close of the war ; after he left the armv he went to Iowa, where his parents had removed during his absence ; he there published a paper, the Ackley Independent, for about three years. In February, 1874, he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in farming, at his present location ; the following May he was appointed by Gov. William R. Taylor to a clerkship in the executive office at Madison, which position he still retains, having been re-appointed by Gov. Ludington, aad also by Gov. Smith. Mr. Hacker was married March 31. 1870, to Miss Maria L. Brown, who was born in Cottage Grove, Feb. 22, 1849; daughter of Orvan Brown ; has four children - Henry C, Archibald, Fleda and Mary. Independent in politics. lias 120 acres in his farm. Mrs. Hacker is a member of the Baptist Church.

A. li. HARRIS, farmer and mechanic, Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove ; was born April 16, 1824, in North Penfield (nbw Webster). Monroe Co., N. Y. ; son of Levi and Remember (Medbery) Harris ; when 14 years old he went to learn the millwright's trade, and served an apprenticeship of six years and worked ten years at the business after his apprenticeship ; went to Indiana in 1843 ; lived in La Fayette and vicinity nearly a year ; ' came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1844 ; helped build the first mill in Janesville, and came to Madison the last of March, 1844, where he worked at carpenter work till 1849. On fhe 7th of March, 1849, he married Miss Mary E., daughter of Roswell Brown, Esq., one of the first settlers in the town of Cottage Grove ; the 4th of May following he returned to Orleans Co., N. Y., where he resided till September, 1852; when he came again to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Cottage Grove; he resided there till 1870, then rented his farm and went to St. Charles Co., Mo., and remained there till October, 1876 ; then returned to his farm in Cottage Grove, where he has since resided. Has seven children, as follows - Lucia, now Mrs. Robert Maine, of Portage Co., Wis. ; Allen Medbery, living in Minnesota ; Charles R., living in Madison ; Bertha L., Elwyn, Mary and Arthur, last four at home. Has been Town Superintendent, Justice of the Peace, and was Public Administrator under Territorial government, appointed by Gov. Dodge. Republican. Has 131 acres of land, worth $4,000. Himself and wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN KETCH AM, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Door Creek; has been a resident of Dane Co. since April, 1846 ; came td /Wisconsin in the fall of 1845, and spent the first winter in Janesville. He was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., May 23, 1816 ; when 2 years of age, his father, David Ketchum, removed with his family to Monroe Co., N. Y., and from there to Orleans County in 1832 ; went to Michigan in. 1850, and died there in 1864. Mr. Ketcham, Jr., was married, in Orleans Co., in 1840, to Lucy

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Ames, of that county, and lived there till he came to Wisconsin in the fall, of 1845. Has five children - Mary, now Mrs. Ellis Washburne, of Buchanan Co., Iowa ; Asa, living in same county in Iowa ; Isaac, married and living in Madison ; Kate, married to George M. Leonard, and living on the homestead, and Luey J., married to Prank Bingham, of Cottage Grove. Republican, and has 132 acres of land, worth about $50 per acre.

H. G. KLIXEFEIiTER, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Nora; born Oct. 22, 1843, in Marion Co., Ohio; son of Peter Klinefelter, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Wisconsin in 184Y ; settled in Cottage Grove on Sec. 36, and resided there till his death, in November, 1863, at the age of 61 ; Mrs K. 18 still living in Iowa. H. G. was first married Nov. 6, 1868, to Lydia Hoffman, who died four years after marriage, leaving one child - Lillian ; was again married, Nov. 6, 1873, to Frances A. De Noe, a native of Dane Co., born in May, 1848; his two children by the second marriage - Harlow Jay and Maribel. Sept. 15, 1861, he enlisted in Co. D, 7th W. V. I. ; in March, 1862, was transferred to "Battery B, 4th Regulars ; remained two years ; then re-enlisted as a veteran in the 7th W. V. I., Co. D. ; in the spring of 1865, received a commission as 2d Lieutenant in Co. F, 51st W. V. I. ; was afterward promoted as 1st Lieutenant, and served till the close of the war in that capacity ; participated in fourteen or fifteen battles during his term of service ; received a gun-shot wound in the right shoulder at the battle of the Wilderness, which disabled him about three months. Republijoan, and member of the M. B. Church. Has 120 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

TH01IA8 A. McCRYSTAL, farmer Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove; born March 17, 1848, in the city of Milwaukee ; his father, Ambrose McCrystal, came to Dane Co., and settled in Cottage Grove in 1850 ; remained a couple of years, then went to Madison and lived there eight years ; then back to Cottage Grove and died there in 1858 or 1859. Thomas A. enlisted in February, 1865, in the 50th jW. V. I., Co. I, and was in the service till June, 1866, being at Ft. Rice, Dakota, after the war closed; after returning from the army, he attended the University at Madison two and a half years, except when teaching during the winter ; in the fall. of 1869, went to Colorado, where he spent nearly two years; was Engrossing Clerk in the Legislature the first winter he was there, and afterward taught school two terms ; returned to Wisconsin in the fall of 1871, and the next winter taught school in Montello, Marquette Co.; he then farmed it one year in Cottage Grove, and, in the spring of 1873, went to Nebraska, where he remained about a year and a half; taught school in winter and hunted bufialo in summer ; has taught school in Cottage Grove every winter since except one, and then taught in Westport ; has followed farming every summer except the one of 1875, when he was an attendant at the Insane Asylum at Madison ; he is the present Town Clerk of Cottage Grove, and has held the oflSce four years in succession. In the fall of 1877, ran on the Democratic ticket for County School Superintendent, but was defeated. Democrat, and unmarried ; occupies the homestead of 80 acres with his mother.

O. A. MELiAAS, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Door Creek ; born in Norway Jan. 1, 1812 ; son of Andrew Johnson. Was married in Norway in 1839, to Martha M. Melaas ; came to America in 1844, and settled in Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis. ; lived there five years, then came to present location ; has three children - Ole O. Melaas, Carrie, now Mrs. Andrew Flom, of Madison, and Andrew 0. Melaas at home. Democrat and Lutheran, and has 422 acres of land.

O. S. OLMAIV, merchant and Postmaster at Door Creek; was born Nov. 4, 1848, in Pleasant Sprinijs, Dane Co., Wit. ; son of S. S. Olman, a native of Norway, who came to America and settled in Dane Co., in 1844, and now lives in Cottage Grove. 0. S. Olman was first married in October, 1872, to Julia Tarsan, who died in 1874, leaving no children. Was married again July 6, 1S76, to Anna N. Sime, who was born in Cottage Grove Jan. 5, 1851 ; have two children - Maria Christina and Nellie Sophia. Has been in the mercantile business since the spring of 1872, and been Postmaster during the whole time. Republican and member of the Lutheran Church ; has 2} acres of land with his store and dwelling.

THOMAS STEELE, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Cottage Grove; born in County Londonderry, Ireland, parish of Maghrafelt, Aug. 21, 1810; came to America in June, 1842 ; lived in Canada till lo46 ; then came to Wisconsin and settled in Cottage Grove, where he has since resided. Was married, June 16, 1854, to Esther Houston, a native of the same county in Ireland, born June 26, 1834; her father, John Houston, came to America in 1846 and died in April, 1875, at the age of 70 years. Mr. and Mrs. Steele have nine children, as follows: William John, Margaret, Agnes L., Mary Jane, Thomas, Esther A., George A., Grace Ellen and Lillie Ruth. Mr. Steele has never held any office but that of Assessor, which he held two years. He is a Democrat, and his oldest son Republican ; has 230' acres in his farm. Family are Presbyterians.

BEAMAK STICKLE, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P.O. Cottage Grove; was born April 10,1794, in Morris Co., N. Y. ; son of George Stickle ; was a teacher in his youth ; read law and practiced for nearly forty years, in addition to his farming, which was his main business; was first married, Deo. 16, 1818, to Phebe' Vandervort , who died in 1868, aged 74 years. His second wife, to whom he was married soon after the death of his first, was Mrs. Mary Spoor, nee Strong. He has five children - Jacob, a capitalist of New York ; George, living in Wrightstown, Brown Co., Wis. ; Commodore, in the mercantile business in Minnesota; Charles B., living in Cottage Grove on Sec. 5, and Samuel, living in Minnesota. Mr. Stickle, in the 87th year of his age, retains all his faculties; is very active, and oversees his farm of 160 acr^. Republican in politics ; was formerly a Whig, and has never missed a Presidential election since he was old enough to vote ; is a strong temperance man and has rendered efficient service in the lecture field ; never drank a gla^s of beer or whisky in his life, and has been a member of the Presbyterian Church over seventy years

Town Of Deerfield

AliLiEN E. ADSIT, farmer. Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; was born in the town of Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Dec. 30, 1817 ; while a child, his father, Stephen H. Adsit, removed to Otsego Co., N. Y., and lived a few years in the town of Butternuts, then went to Guilford, Chenango Co., and back to Butternuts, where he remained till the fall of 1845 ; then started West; spent the first winter in Michigan, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846; he settled in Deerfield, where he resided till his death, Nov. 7, 1876, in the 83d year of his age. Mrs. Adsit, whose maiden name was Betsy E. Hyar, died Feb. 3, 1877, within nine days of 85 years old. Allen E. Adsit came to Wisconsin in 1846, arriving in Deerfield on the 22d day of June, and has resided on the same farm ever since. Has been Chairman of the town fifteen years altogether, and was an active Democrat till within the last few years ; he is now identified with the Greenback party. Has 280 acres of land in his farm, and is unmarried.

A. E. ANDEKSON, farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; born Sept. 15, 1844, in Norway ; his father, Andrew Anderson, came to America in 1 850 ; settled in Deerfield, and still resides there. A. B. Anderson was married, in 1860, to Carrie Davidson, daughter of Lars Davidson, and has no children ; he -enlisted, in January or February, 1862, in Co. B, 15th W. V. I., and was in the service two and one-half years ; was slightly wounded in front of Atlanta, while with Sherman ; was in the 4ih Army Corps, and came back to Nashville with Gen. Thomas. Republican, and Lutheran, and has 300 acres of land in his farm.

HANS AUBY, farmer. Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; born July 4, 1824 ; came to America in 1843, arriving in New York City July 4 ; settled in the town of Deerfield, in 1849. Married Hilga Halverson in 1847 ; has eight children - Helen, now Mrs. Halvor Osmundson, of Cottage Grove ; Lewis and Charles, both married and living in Dakota ; John, now living in Minnesota ; Benjamin, at home; Lizzie, now Mrs. L. J. Grinde, of Madison ; Henrietta arid Mary at home ; has held the office of Supervisor ; is a Democrat, and a member of the Lutheran Church ; has 122 acres of land; he was born in Gjerpens Prestegjeld, near the city of Skien, Norway ; son of Lars Auby, a farmer.