Stoughton City (part 4 of 13)

BENJAMIN BALDWIN, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; has been a resident of Wisconsin since 1837. On the Ist day of October, in that year, he settled at Aztalan, Jefferson Co., and followed shoemaking about two years, then carried on the mercantile business five years, and in connection with it started a saleratus factory, and run it a year and a half, when it was burned and he lost what he put in it. In 1845, he built a hotel at Aztalan, called the " Jefferson County Hotel," which was the only one of prominence between Milwaukee and Madison ; he owned this house some time, keeping it himself, and sometimes renting it, till 1854; he then purchased the " old Hyer farm" and hotel at Deerfield Corners, and removed to that place, where he has since resided ; followed farming, hotel-keeping and merchandising up to September, 1877, when the hotel was burned, and he has since confined himself to farming. He was born Dec. 4, 1810, in Bennington Co., Vt., town of Dorset, and was a son of Edward P. Baldwin, who died in Dorset; his wife was Louisa M. Tyler, a native of Northfield, Vt., by whom he has five childreu, as follows: Wilmot lives in Nebraska ; Benjamin F., living on the home farm at Deerfield ; Royal, in Nebraska; Henry and Carrie E., at home ; has been Postmaster twenty-four years in Wisconsin - twelve years at Aztalan and twelve years in Deerfield ; was Deputy under the first Postmaster at Aztalan ; has served as Justice of the Peace twelve years, and Clerk four or five years, and Supervisor in Jefferson Co. three or four terms. Democrat, and has 286 acres of land on his farm.

H. B. BENNETT, blacksmith and wagon-maker, and Postmaster, Deerfield ; was born June 8, 1829, in Lincolnshire, England, ia the parish of Quadring, and was the eldest of a family of fourteen ciiildren, who all grew up to maturity and were all married ; they are all living in England, except H. B. and one brother, Isaac, who also lives in Deerfield ; his father, Henry Bennett, received a premium of $50 from the Government of England for raising so large a family without aid ; his parents are still living in England; he came to America in 1850, and was married in 1854 to Mary A. Spooner, a native of Norfolk, England, daughter of Robert Spooner, who came to America in 1848, and now lives in Marshall, Dane Co.; Mr. Bennett has no children. He has been Postmaster at Deerfield since 1869 ; he is a Democrat. He has a farm of 80 acres on Sees. 16, 21 and 22, and 5 acres in the village, with a residence and shop.

ISAAC B. BENNETT, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Deerfield; was born in Lin coln.shire, England; son of Henry Bennett. He was married in England in 1863, to Emma Spencley ; came to America in 1869, and settled where he now resides, on the farm of his brother, H. B. Bennett, which he has worked ever since. He has four children - Eliza Ann, born Dec. 10, 1864 ; Henry, born Jan. 1, 1867 ; Edward E., born Oct. 1, 1870 ; and Bertie E., born March 18, 1873. Mr, Bennett has been School District Clerk and Director in School District No. 5.

S. S. BUE, farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; was born Nov. 23, 1829, in Norway ; son of Sjur Arentson (Haujsgjerd) ; his Norwegian name was Sjur Sjurson (Hauysgjerd), but the farm he now owns was named Bue before he bought it, and he takes that for his family name ; he came to America in 1850, traveled a little over two years in diflFerent States, and, in December, 1852, left New York City for Aus- <ralia; was gone abuut five years ; spent three years in Australia and one in Norway ; came back to America, and settled in Deerfield, Wis., in 1857. He was married in November, 1857, to Martha Anderson, a native of Norway ; they have had nine children, four of whom, died within two weeks, of diphtheria, in November, 1878; their names are as follows: John Brown, aged 15; Emma Bertha, aged 11 ; Hannah Karena, aged 7 ; and Albert Julius, aged 7 months ; those living are Ingabor Malena, Sarah Martina, Andrew Seward, Thea Carina and Aaron Mathew, all at home. Mr. Bue has been Supervisor two years and Justice of the Peace two years ; he is a Eepublican and a Lutheran. He has 180 acres of land, worth about $30 per acre. He was in Co. H, 49th W. V. I., the last nine months of the war.

LOWS CHRISTOPHER, farmer. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; was born June 24, 1842, in Norway; son of Christopher Gunderson (Lee), who came to America in 1850 ; lived in Illinois till 1853, then came to Deerfield, where he still resides. Louis was married in 1877, to Miss Martha Severson. He has held the office of Supervisor and some school district offices ; he is a Republican and a Lutheran. He has 139 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.

JULIUS GERICKE, farmer. Sec. 25; P. 0. Kroghville; he was born March 12, 1844, in Prussia; his father, Julius Gericke, came to America in 1854, settled in Milford, Jefi'erson Co., Wis-i and died in Dane Co., Aug. 29, 1879, aged 64. Julius, Jr., was married in 1872, to Thoretta Klattai they have five children - Fred, William, Hermann, Charlotte and Minnie. In politics, he is a Democrat- He has 120 acres of land, worth $25 per acre.

PETER B. GRINDE, farmer. Sec. 30 ; P. 0. Nora; born Feb. 22,1839, in Norway; son of Bottolf J. Grinde, who came to America in 1846; settled in Deerfield, and still lives in that town. Peter was married Jan. 24, 1878, to Julia Christopher, a native of Norway, and has one child, John Benjamin, born July 24, 1879. Has been Town Clerk two years and Chairman five years. Is a Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 140 acres of land, worth $30 per acre'

LARS Ol^SON OROTLANH, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Kroghville ; born January 23, 1851 , in Norway ; son of Ole Larson Grotland ; he came to America in 1 856 ; lived four years in Whitewater, Wis., and came to Deerfield, settled on Sec. 24. and died there in January, 1863. L. 0. Grotland was carried, Sept. 29, 1873, to Betsy Maria Gustavison, and has three children - Bertha Louisa, Rosanna Matilda and Mary Henrietta ; has 120 acres of land in company with his brother, Cornelius O. Grotland, who nr^'"^'^ and living with him ; he was born June 19, 1860 ; his mother, whose maiden name was Rebecca "ikingson, is living with the brothers, at the age of 65 years. Republican.

JOHN HAL VORSEN (CJRENA), farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Kroghville, Jefferson Co., Wis. ; horn June 28, 1829, in Norway ; son of Halvor Johnson Grena; came to America in 1858, lived at Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., Wis., five years, and came to Deerfield in 1863 ; has resided there since. Was married, in 1857, to Christiana Peterson, who was the widow of Hans Hanson, and had two children by her iirst husband - Hans Hanson and Christiana Hanson; has three children by the second marriage - Anna

Halvorsen, Peter Halvorsea and Mary Halvorsen. Hepublican, and has 120 acres of land, worth 83,000. Was in the army the last nine months of the war, in the 16th W. V. I., Co. Gr, and went with Sherman to the sea.

EGIiE HAIiVERSOlV (SOBIEB), farmer. Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; born Feb. 24, 1836, in Norway; his father. Orsbornson Sobier, came to America in 1843, lived in the town of Muskego, Waukesha Co., Wis., two years, and then removed to the town of Medina, Dane Co., where he is still livino;. Ej;le Halverson was married, in May, 1874, to Johannah Conway, and has three childrenr - Harman, John and Lida. Republican, and Lutheran ; has a farm of 180 acres. He enlisted Dec. 2, 1861, in the 16th W. V. I., Co. B, and served till the close of the war, three years and nine months ; he was wounded at the siege of Altanta, by a musket ball which passed through his left forearm, and disabled him about six months.

K. O. HEIMDAL, farmer. Sec. 8; P. 0. Deerfield; born Oct. 19, 1830, in Norway; his father, Ole Heimdal. came to America in 1844 ; lived in Dane Co. about nine months, then in Jefferson Co., one year, then returned to Dane Co., and resided in Deerfield till his death, in November, 1871, at the age of 73. K. 0. Heimdal was married, in 1860, to Miss Sarah A. Adsit, who was born in the town of Butternuts, Otsego Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1832, daughter of Stephen H. Adsit, who came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, settled in Deerfield, on Sec. 5, and died Nov. 7, 1876, aged 83 years. Mr. Heimdal has eight children - LillieL., Charles Y., Eleanor B , Fred A., Jessie L., Nettie A., Mary A. and Sarah G., all at home. Is the present Chairman of the town, and has held that office and Town Clerk several years each, Treasurer one year, and was a member of the Assembly in 1^1. Democrat, and has 170 acres of land.

EREK A. HEllLE, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Cambridge ; born May 24, 1830, in Norway, son of Andrew Erickson (Hemle) ; came to America in 1850 ; lived one summer twenty-five miles west of Milwaukee, in Wisconsin ; then lived in Chicago through the winter ; then worked in a saw-mill one summer at Grand River, Mich. ; was in Chicago again a short time in the fall, and about Christmas came to Dane Co. and lived in Christiana till the next March (1852) ; then worked a month near Madison ; then spent another summer in Illinois, part of the time in Chicago, and part of the time on a railroad west of Chicago; in October, he came to Wisconsin again, and spent several years working in the pinery during the winters, and running the river in the spring, and worked at farming in Dane Co. summers ; he settled in his present location in 1858. Was married in 1864, to Ellen Johnson, and has seven children, and all go by the name of Hemle - Andrew E., Albert E., Susan, Ida, Albert, Cornelius and Martha, all at home. Republican in politics ; Lutheran in religion. Has 180 acres in his farm.

HEIVRY B. HOWE, farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Nora ; was born Sept. 13, 1833, in Norway ; son of Henriok Howe, who came to America in 1844, and settled in Pleasant Springs, and resided there until his death in 1866, aged 66 years. Henry B. was married in 1856, to Kari Hauge, a native of Norway and daughter of Neri Hauge, who also came to America in 1844. Mr. Howe has eight children - Anna, Henrick, Edward, Emma, George, William, Dorcas and Francis, all at home. Has been on the Town Board and held several minor offices. Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church ; has 150 acres of land, worth $40 per acre ; came to Deerfield in 1856. The original name was spelled with a Norwegian letter, o", which has no representative in the English language, and the name was pronounced in two syllables, giving the a the long sound, thus - Ha-vee - and he changed it to Howe.

liARIS IVERSOX (HUSEBAE), farmer. Sec. 8; P. 0. Deerfield; born in Norway, in April, 1828, son of Iver Olson (Husebae) ; came to America in 1854, and came direct to Wisconsin; lived in Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., two years ; then came to Deerfield and has lived there ever since. He was married in 1844, to Sigri Amundsdaughter (Henjum), a native of Norway, and has six children - Anna, Unni, Iver, Amund, Johannes and Susie, all at home. Democrat and Lutheran. He has 96 acres of land in Deerfield and 60 acres in Cottage Grove.

EliUm,^ JOHNSOIV (HENJUM), farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; 'born May 23, 1831, in Norway, son of John Larson (Henjum) ; came to America in 1854, and settled in Deerfield, on his present farm. He was married, Nov. 1 8, 1854, to Darthe S. Hanuhe, a native of Norway, and has eight children - Anna, now Mrs. Knudt Evenson, of Deerfield ; Une, John, Sulfest, Susan, Hellen, Louisa and Ole, all at home except the one married. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Lutheran Church.. He has 160 acres of land, worth about $5,000.

li. O. LARSON, farmer, rentin's on Sees. 29 and 32; P. 0. Nora; born Npv. 12, 1849. in Norway; son of Ole Larson (Mydland), who came to America in 1851, and settled in Columbia Co., Wis., town of Leeds, and died the same year he came. Mrs. Larson is now married to Ole Johnson (Hauge), and lives on Sec. 25, in Deerfield. L. 0. Larson has lived in the town of Deerfield since he was 8 years old. Is unmarried ; Republican and Lutheran. Has been renting the farm he now works for four years.

NELS A. liEE, farmer, Sec. 20; P'. 0. Nora; born April 26, 1841, in Norway; his father, Andrew Nelson Lee, came to America in 1841, and came direct to Wisconsin, and settled in what is now the town of Christiana, and lived there two years, then lived in Pleasant Springs about two years, and, in 1845, removed to Deerfield, where he resided till 1876, since which time he has lived in Dakota. Nels Lee was married, in January, 1864, to Mary Regve, and has two children - Sever A. Lee and Julia Ann Lee. His brother, Sever Lee, who now lives in Dakota, was in the army the last year of the war, in the 15th W. V. I., and was a prisoner five months of the time, two months in Andersonville, and.tbree months in Florence. Mrs. Lee's two oldest brothers - Stark S. Regve and Peter Regve - were ministers of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod. Peter, who was in the army about one year, in the 15th W. V. I., died in Polk Co., Minn., in 1879, and Stirk S. is now preaching in Houston Co., Minn., and itheir brother, Lars S. Regve, is a professor in the Norwegian College of Decorah, Iowa. Mr. Lee held the office of Town Treasurer in 1863. Republican, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He has 80 acres of land in Sec. 32, 10 acres in Deerfield, and 100 acres in the farm he is on.

THOB LEVERSON (SFFARTDAL), farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; born in Norway. May, 1818; son of Lever Oleson (Svartdal) ; came to America in 1848, and settled in Deerfield, and has lived in the town ever since. He was married, in 1848, in Deerfield, to Sarah Hanson, and has had seven children, as follows - Sweney ; Anna, now Mrs. M. Lindas, of Medina ; Julia (deceased), Olena, Mary, Elizabeth and Lewis, all at home except Mrs. Lindas. Democrat and Lutheran. Has 300 acres of land.

CHARLES MAYER, merchant, Deerfield; born June 7, 1833, in Germany, province of the Rhine ; came to America in 1860 ; lived in Chicago ten years, in the commission and mercantile business; came to the present location in 1870. He was married, in Chicago, in 1864, to Augusta Hein, a native of Prussia, daughter of Christ Hein, who came to America in 1866 ; she died Aug. 16, 1880, aged 46 years 7 months and 9 days, leaving three children - Julius, Edward and Walter. Is the present Town Treasurer, and has held that office and School District Treasurer for five years. He is a Democrat. Has a farm of 200 acres on Sees. 9 and 16, and deals in grain, live stock and real estate, in addition to his mercantile business. Has a warehouse in the village of Marshall, Dane Co., Wis.

LARS NELSOW (WALE), deceased; a native of Norway. Married in Norway, and came to America in 1844 ; he settled in Deerfield, where he resided till his death, in February, 1874, at the age of 70 ; he left three children, all sons, having lost two before his death ; those living are Alexander Larson (married, and living in Adams Co., Wis.), Lars L. Nelson and Joseph L. Nelson (both single, and living in Deerfield) ; Lars L. owns 200 acres of land on Sees. 21, 28 and 29, and Joseph L. has 200 acres on Sees. 19 and 23, where they reside, and their mother is living with them. P. 0. Nora. Republicans, and members of the Lutheran Church.

NELS OLSON (GRATLAND), farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Cambridge ; was born in Norway September 27, 1801 ; emigrated to America in 1845 ; lived in Chicago two years, and worked the first hand-press for John Wentworth on the Chicago Democrat ; came to La Grange, Walworth Co., Wis, in 1847 ; lived there five years, and came to Deerfield, Dane Co., in 1852 ; he first settled on Sec. 13, but the man he employed to make his claim for him ran away with the money, and he then went on Sec. 27, in the spring of 1854, and still resides there. Was married, in 1849, to Mary Ingabor Halderson, a widow, who had oneeon, Knudt Nelson (he having taken the name of his step-father), now a lawyer of Alexandria, Minn. He was a member of the Assembly in Dane Co. in 1868 and 1869, two terms; they have two sons by the second marriage ; the oldest one, William Nelson, was educated at the Marshall Academy and State University at Madison, and admitted to the bar in 1878 ; the second son, Henry Nelson, was educated at the Marshall Academy, is unmarried, and has a farm of 147 acres. He is the present Assessor of the town, and a Democrat, though his father and brothers are Republicans. All members of the Lutheran Church. Knudt Nelson was three years in the army, in Co. B, 4th W. V. I. ; was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Pt. Hudson, and was in prison twenty-nine days.

OSJIOSfD OLSON (QUALE), farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; born in February, 1835, in Norway; came to America, in 1850, with his father, Ole Osmondson (Quale), and has lived in Deerfield ever since. Was married, in 1860, to Ella, daughter of Nels Davidson, of Deerfield, and has six ohudren - Ole Johannes, Ingbor Sophia, Helena, Anna Maria, Marthea and Lonisa, all at home. Democrat and Lutheran. Has 445 acres of land.

C. F. W. POHLMAXN, farmer, See. 26 ; P. 0. Kroghville ; born in Germany March 18, 1841 ; his father, William Pohlmann, eame to America in 1856 ; lived in Waterloo six months, then at Lake Mills a year and a half ; then removed to Deerfield, where he still resides. C. P. W. was married in 1866, to Mary Grutzmaoher, and has four children - Emil, Charlie, Helena and Louisa. Held the office of Supervisor one year. Enlisted, in August, 1862, in Co. D, 29th W. V. L, and was in the service three years. Republican in politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church. Has 105 acres of land, wnrth about 12,500.

JOHIV A. QUA.1IME1V, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Deerfield; bwrn Jan. 9, 1844, in Norway; son of Ammund L. Quammen, who came to America in 1847 ; settled in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., and lived there eight years ; then came to Deerfield, on Sec. 15, where he still resides, at the age of 78. John A. Quammen was married, in 1869, to Anna M. Halverson, and has four children - Caroline, Herman, Amelia and Lewis, all at home. Has been Town Clerk ten years and Chairman one year. Democrat in politics, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 168 acres of land, worth $4,000. He was an only son, but had four sisters - Susannah, now Mrs. Osmund Wik, of Deerfield ; Lucy, now Mrs. Sam Peterson, of Fargo, Dakota ; Emaline, now Mrs. Ole Anderson, of Leeds, Columbia Co., Wis., and Sophia, single, and living with him, as are also his parents.

liARS T. ROTHE, farmer, Sec. 32; P. 0. Nora; born in Norway Feb. 28, 1819, near Bergen; son of Torger Rothe. Was married in Norway, in April, 1844, to Ingaborg Davidson (Molster"); came to America in the fall of 1844, and settled in what is now the town of Deerfield, and has resided in the town ever since ; has ten children - Torger, married, and living in Mower Co., Minn. ; Julia ; David, married and living in Stoughton, Wis. ; Andrew, Carrie, Minnie, Anna, Christina, Martha and Herman ; all at home except the two sons that are married ; Andrew, who lives in Polk Co., Minn. Mr. Rothe has been Chairman of his town two terms ; Supervisor, Treasurer and Clerk several terms each ; has lost two children - Carrie, died April 20, 1850, aged 4 years, and David died Jan. 19, 1849, 2 years old. Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 246 J acres of land in his farm; formerly raised nothing but grain, now raises mostly stock and tobacco.

KXUDT SEVERSON (HEMLiE), farmer, Sec. 24; P. 0. Kroghville; born in May, 1830, in Norway ; son of Severt Steven (Hemic) ; came to America in 1850 ; spenf. four years in Wisconsin ; ther^ spent several years knocking around through the Northern and Southern States, and settled down in Deerfield on his present farm in 1852. Was married, in 1862, to Caroline Lewson, and has nine children, as follows: Severt, Betsy, Louis, Andrew, Frankie, Cornelius, Ann, Minnie and Bertha. Republican and Lutheran, and has 118 acres of land.

THORS SVEXSOW (VOXIiB), farmer. Sec. 8; P. 0. Deerfield; born May 24, 1825, in Norway. Was married, in 1858, to Christina Gundersan; came to America in 1861, and settled on his present location ; has nine children - Martha, Helen, Betsy, Gustav, Simon, Carl Theadore, Clara Sophia, Herman Eli and Alfred. Democrat, and member of the Lutheran Church. Has 80 acres of land.

JOHIK T. TVESME, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Deerfield ; born in Norway Aug. 22, 1840 ; son of Thomas J. Tvesme, who came to America with his family in 1858, and settled in Deerfield, where he still resides. John T. was married in 1864, to Miss Betsy A. Gunderson, a native of Norway, and has four children - Andrew Sever, Gunder, Thomas and Bernhardt. Democrat, and member of the Lutheran Church of the Wisconsin Synod. Has 90 acres of land, worth 140 per acre. His brother, Andrew T. Tvesme, enlisted in November, 1862, in the 15th W. V. I., Co. H, as Sergeant, and died on the 22d day of the next May at Island No. 10, of diarrhoea, in the 22d year of his age.

ERICK WILLIAMS, deceased ; was born and married in Norway ; his wife was Christina Bochtun ; came to America in 1844, and settled on Sec. 32, Deerfield, and resided there till his death, Dec. 25, 1879, at the age of 76 ; he left seven children, as follows : Cornelius, married, and living in Chicago ; Julia, now the widow of William H. Miller, lives in Stoughton, Wis. ; Christina, now Mrs. Nels Anderson, of Deerfield ; William, married, and living in St. Louis, Mo. ; Bell, now Mrs. C. F. Eltzholtz, of Denmark, Europe ; Betsy, deceased ; and Nels B., who was married in 1878, to Caren Paulson, of Chicago; she died June 16, 1879, aged 28, leaving no children; he is now living on the homestead, and his mother is living with him. Has 140 acres ; Republican ; P. 0. Nora ; Mr. Williams' son was a member of the Methodist Church Cornelius E. Williams enlisted in the commencement of the war, in Chicago, in the 15th W. V. I. ; had a Lieutenant's commission, and served till the close of the war.

G. D. WILLEY, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Kroghville; born April 8, 1839, in Farmington, Trumbull Co., Ohio;'son of G. D. and Julia Ann (Abrams) Willey. Mrs. Willey died in Ohio in April,

1852, and Mr. Willey came to Wisconsin with the balance of his family in the following June ; he located in Deerfield ; afterward went to Michigan, then to Illinois, and finally died in Nebraska, June 6, 18Y9, at the ace of 69. Gr. D., Jr., remained in Deerfield when his father went to Michigan, and has resided there ever since. He was married, Jan. 1, 1866, to Eleanor Wardwell, who was born June 8, 1847, in the village of Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., Wis., daughter of Isaac Wardwell, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y., who came to Wisconsin in 1840 ; built the first Louse in Lake Mills, and has resided there ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Willey have fbur children - Jennie, Julia, Flora May and Arminta ; lost their first child, Seymour Sidney, who died Nov. 18, 1870, 3 years old, and was buried on his birthday. Mr. Willey has held the offices of Constable and Town Clerk. Has always been a Democrat till now, but from this time hencefortlt is a Republican. He is a firm Spiritualist in religious belief. Has 90 acres of land in his farm. He enlisted Aug. 30, 1864, in the 42d W. V. I., Co. H, and was in the service till the close of the war.

ROBERT WOELFFER, farmer, Sec. 35; P. 0. KroghviUe; born Jan. 10, 1829, in Prussia ; came to America in 1850, arriving in New York City on the 13th day of July ; came direct to Wisconsin and settled in Waterloo, Jefferson Co., and lived there till 1868 ; then came to his present location. Was married in 1854, to Augusta Heidermann, and has eleven children, as follows: Max, who is a harness-maker in Cambridge, Dane Co. ; Charles, who is a blacksmith; Sellma, now Mrs. Robert Rothke, of KroghviUe ; Ernst, Robert, Julius, Frank, Ida, Arthur, Frederika and Eliza. Mr. WoelfiFer is one of the present Supervisors of the town, and has held the office three terms previous to this. Democrat, and has 203 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.

Town Of Windsor

GEORCmE BAXTER, deceased ; was born in Londonderry, Ireland ; was marriod there to Mary Addy, a native of the same county ; came to America in 1834 or 1835, and lived in Upper Canada, twenty miles east of Toronto, for several years, and then removed to Philadelphia, Penn., where he lived till 1853; then came to Wisconsin and bought land in Windsor, but lived seven or eight years in Madison ; then went on the farm, where he resided till his death, Feb. 6, 1866, leaving nine children - Sarah, Charlotte, Joseph, Mary, James, Jemima, Eliza, George and Maggie. Mrs. Baxter died in 1857, in Madison. George Baxter, Jr., was born May 9, 1844. in Philadelphia, Penn.; was married Nov. 17, 1867, in Randolph, Dodge Co., Wis., to Mary E. Martin, daughter of Richard Martin, now living in Kansas; she was born Nov. 5, 1848, in Colden, Erie Co., N. Y. ; have no children. Blr. Baxter enlisted March 24, 1865, in the 65th 111. V. I., Co. C, and was in the service till the close of the war ; had to run away to enlist ; went to Chicago for that purpose, and was followed as far as Madison by his father, who then gave up the chase. Was Assessor three years in succession in Windsor, and is now Coroner of Dane Co. ; has also been on the Board of Supervisors. Owns 170 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Mrs. Baxter is a member of the Congregational Church.

THOMAS BEWICK, farmer, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Windsor ; born in Hettan, Durham, England ; son of Thomas and Dorothy (Stephenson) Bewick ; his father was a farmer when young, but in after life a railroad contractor. Thomas, Jr., first kept books for his father, and afterward became a sub-contractor and Railway Inspector, which business he left when became to America in 1849 ; he arrived in Milwaukee in September, worked a few months for Mr. Saville, manufacturing millstones, and in January, 1850, bought the farm on which he now resides. Was married in London, England, in 1840, to Clara Chilton, who died in Windsor, in August, 1855, leaving seven children living (having lost three before her death) - Thomas S., living in Iowa ; William, Clara (now Mrs. E. L. Colby), Stephenson, Ebenezer, John and Mary; the last six all living in Nebraska; Mary is the widow of A. Bridges, and is practicing medicine in Beatrice, Neb. His second wife, to whom he was married in December, 1856, was Mrs. Jane Boyton Cox, of Windsor ; has four children by the second marriage - Charles, Esther, Dora and Elizabeth, all at home. In politics, independent, and has 160 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. When a boy, Mr. Bewick attended school in his native village till he was farther advanced than his teacher ; then quit school and pursued his studies alone with such success that he is now a good Greek and French scholar, and is said to be one of the best mathematicians in the State. In the fall of 1877, he visited England, returning the next spring satisfied to spend the remainder of his days in his adopted home.

tauqua Co., and built the first woolen factory in that county. Mr. Bknchar was married in February, 1843 in W^arren Co., Penn. (where he lived the last seven years previous to coming to Wisconsin), to Bethia Cooper, who died in the winter of 1852, in the town of Windsor, leaving four children - Horace and Harvey, both married, and living in the town of Burk, adjoining Windsor; Jane, died in 1875, and Henry, living in Dakota. Mr. Blanohar came to Wisconsin in 1846, and in September of that year located on his present farm, where he has since resided. His second wife, to whom he was married in the fall of 1854 was Mary Keynolds, who was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, daughter of J. Keynolds, who died when she yas only 10 or 12 years old. Has four children by the second marriage - Martha, now the widow of Ashley Jenner, late of Chautauqua Co., N. Y. ; Hattie, Willie and Minnie, at home. Held the office of Chairman two terms, and Assessor three terms ; Eepublican, and both members of the Baptist Church. He has 320 acres of land, worth about $40 per acre ; keeps 40 to 50 head of cattle, 12 to 15 horses, and raises some very fine ones ; milks from 20 to 25 cows winter and summer; makes cheese in summer, and butter in winter.

J. E. CARPENTER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. 0. Windsor; born Sept. 21, 1824, in Strongville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ; son of Caleb and Susan Carpenter, natives of Vermont ; came to Wisconsin in April, 1844; lived a couple of months in Kenosha; then lumbered in Michigan till the next spring, and in June, 1845, came to Dane Co. ; located some land in Windsor ; he then returned to Ohio, and staid two months, then to Chicago, and in the fall went back to Ohio, and came from there to Windsor with an ox team, in company with S. H. Sabin (now living in the west part of the town) ; thej were just four weeks making the trip, and camped out all the time. He has been a resident of Windsor ever since. Was married in that town Dec. 15, 1846, to Caroline M. Reynolds, who was born in Keeseville, Essex Co., N. Y., June 12, 1830 ; they were the first couple married in the town of Windsor ; has four children - Mary (now Mrs. G. W. Welsh, of Arlington, Columbia Co., Wis.), Ida, Frank and Charlie, at home. Mr. Carpenter is a Republican, and has held the office of Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and Assessor, and was Treastirer four years. Has 120 acres of latd, worth $5;000.

ORRIIV CHAHBERLAIX, farmer. Sec. 30; P. 0. Windsor; born July 30, 1806, in UnderhOl, Chittenden Co., Vt. Was married in his native county, Feb. 6, 1827, to Louisa Benedict, who was born in the same county Jan. 17, 1805 ; came to Wisconsin in May, 1846 ; located on his present farm, and has resided there ever since. Has had six children, four of them still living; the oldest child, Mary H., was born in Vermont, July 6, 1831, and died May 8, 1864, in Windsor; Byron is married, and living in the town of Windsor; Danford 0. was born Aug. 15, 1837, and was married May 17, 1869, to Margaret Murphy, of Windsor, and has two children living - Herbert A. and Orrin A. ; last one, little girl, Louisa, died Oct. 9, 1875 - living on the homestead; Alvin was born Dec. 6, 1848, and was married Feb. 7, 1874, to Victoria Jones, daughter of William Jones, one of the oldest settlers of Windsor, who died Feb. 11, 1859, lives in Madison; Martha Ann was born in Vermont, July 15, 1841, and is living on the homestead with her father; Cassiug died Dec. 29, 1866, aged 22 years and 3 months. Mrs. Chamberlain died July 23, 1870, at the age of 65. Cassius and Alvin both enlisted in February, 1865, in the 2d W. V. C, and were in the service till the close of the war. Mr. Chamberlain has held the office of Supervisor and Assessor, and several school offices. Republican, and has 145 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

JAMES CLEMENTS, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Token Creek ; born Sept. 27, 1809, in Waldo Co., Me.; son of Hall Clements ; was married in Maine, Dec. 26, 1830, to Lydia Stephenson, who was born Dec. 26, 1805, in Belfast, Me., daughter of Charles Stephenson; Mr. Clements came to Wisconsin in 1849, arriving in Windsor on the 5th of May, and located on the spot where he now resides; was seventeen days making the trip from Maine to Wisconsin ; came from Belfast to Boston by steamsr, and by railroad from there to Albany, thence by canal to BufiFalo, and then by steamer again around the lakes to Milwaukee, and thence by team to Windsor ; has had six children, as follows: Phebe (deceased), Lydia (now Mrs. Sylvester Raymond, of Vienna), Jerome B. (married, and living in Bristol), Wade (deceased), and another one named Wade, married, and living in Mitchell Co., Iowa, and Abner L., married Nov. 26, 1873, to Lena, daughter of E. P. Sherman, Esq., of Windsor, and have one child - Edna Rowena, and lives on the homestead ; Mr. Clements held the office of Justice of the Peace when he first came to Windsor ; is a Democrat, and has 120 acres of land, worth about $45 per acre.

DENNIS CROWIiEY, Deputy SherifiF, grain and lumber dealer, De Forest; born March 10, 1835, in Addison Co., Vt.; son of Daniel Crowley, who came to Wisconsin in 1837, settled in Watertown, and died in 1845 ; Mrs. Crowley still lives in Watertown, at the age of 74. In 1861, Mr. Crowley bought a 320-acre farm in the town of Windsor, on Sees. 15 and 16, lived there till 1869, then sold out

:and went to Iowa, where he stayed one year, thea returned to De Forest, where he had bought property previous to his going to Iowa; in 1872, he, in company with several others, built an elevator at De Forest, which he operated about ' four years, in the meantime building five dwelling houses in the village, from 1872 to 1874; in the fall of 1872, he opened a general store and lumber-yard at the station, run the store one year, then sold out to John Ariens, but continued the lumber and wheat trade till 1875; in October, 1875, he, in company with his brother Cornelius, bought a cranberry marsh of 700 acres in Wood Co., Wis., stayed about a year, then came back to De Forest, and in the spring of 1877, built a warehouse, and was in the wheat trade again about a year, then formed a partnership with H. S. Grinde, and run the elevator one year, and since that has been a general dealer ; was Chairman of the town five years though a Democrat in the strongest Republican town in the County; was Assessor three terms, and was appointed Deputy Sheriff in January, 1878, and still retains that position. Was married Jan. 8. 1878, in Madison, to Annie Oakes, who died in Windsor in 1879 ; has one child - Daniel Edward, born July 6, 1879.

SIDNEY B. C09IBS, farmer. Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Windsor; born Jan. U, 1840, in Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ; his father, Elias Combs, came to Wisconsin in October, 1846, settled in the town of Windsor, and died there May 16, 1870, aged 73; Mrs. Combs, whose maiden name was Almira Sprague, Oct. 18, 1866, aged 63. Sidney B. was married June 12, 1872, to Mrs. Jerusha M. Combs, daughter of N. P. Spalding, of Windsor (see his biography"), and widow of John M. Combs, who died May 7, 1862, from wounds received at the battle of Ft. Donelson ; he was in Co. D, 2d Iowa V. I., enlisted in November, 1861, was wounded Feb, 14, 1862, and died May 7, 1862, leaving no children. Mr. Combs is the youngest of a family of five boys; Nelson is a carpenter, and lives in Sun Prairie; Selden died July 14, 1862, in Windsor, leaving a widow and three children ; John M. (mentioned above), and William, a wagon-maker by trade, but at present keeping an eating-house in Madison ; he was in the 7th W. V. I., served from January, 1864, till July, 1865. Mr. and Mrs, Combs are- members of the Congregational Church. He is a Republican, and has 87 acres of land, worth about $4,000.

ST. li. DAHIi, merchant, De Forest; is the only man living in the village that was there at the time he came. He was born in Norway, in the State of Valders, in January, 1844 ; son of Lars N. Dahl ; served two years at the shoemaker's trade in Norway, and came to America in 1861. He worked in Madison till July 14, 1864, then came to De Forest, opened a shoe-shop, and has continued in business ever since. In about 1870, he commenced selling groceries, notions, etc., and kept on increasing his and now carries a general stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, notions, etc., and still carries on his shop. He was married, in 1865, to Emily Williams, who was born July 24, 1842, in Tellemarken,, Norway ; has seven children living - Lars, Tina, Bertina, Bertha, Emma, Josephine and Ida; lost one child, William, who died at 7 weeks old. Republican - at present Justice of the Peace, and both members of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE DURKEE, merchant and Postmaster. De Forest; born in Franklin Co., N. Y.; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1854, and stayed one winter with his uncle, Charles Durkee, then spent his winters in the pinery, and his summers farming in Leeds, Columbia Co., Wis., till 1871 ; then went into the mercantile business in De Forest, which he still continues ; was Postmaster in Leeds eight years, and has held the same office nine years in De Forest. He was married, in the fall of 1860, to Lydia A. Lord, who was born in Maine, Sept. 19, 1840, daughter of Samuel R. Lord, who came to Wisconsin in 1852, and died in Dekorra, Columbia Co. Mr. Durkee has nine children - James, Edgar, Myra, Lula, Eugene, Frank, Mabel Estella, John and Albert. Mrs. Durkee is a member of the Congregational Church. His father was Martin R. Durkee ; his uncle, Charles Durkee (with whom he lived a short time in De Forest), who was elected to Congress in 1850, re-elected in 1852, and, in 1855, was elected to the United States Senate, where he served his constituents in an able and acceptable manner for six years. He was afterward appointed Governor of Utah, which position he held five years, and died on his way home from there, Jan. 14, 1870. He once owned 1,200 acres of land where De Forest now stands, and sold out to T. N. De Forest, in honor of whom the village was afterward named. Republican in politics.

SOIEON ADAMS FOWLER, farmer, Windsor ; farm in Vienna, on Sec. 25 ; born May 27, 1819, in Oneida Co., N. Y., and is a descendant of the old Narragansett nation. His father, James Fowler, died in the State of New York, and his widowed mother emigrated to Wisconsin with her family of nine children, in 1834. She landed in Green Bay, and located in Brothertown, Calumet Co., where she died Feb. 22, 1875. Simeon came to Dane Co. in 1844, worked at Token Creek, in what was then the town -of Windsor, till 1845, then took up some Government land on Sec. 25, in Vienna, whicb he still owns. Broke 15 acres the first summer, and continued improving his own farm, and working a part of the time for others till 1853, then went to California, starting from Madison on the 15th day of March; was onemonth and one day reaching San Francisco ; remained in California little over twenty-five years, most of the time mining, with indifferent success ; returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 18Y8, and has lived in Vienna and Windsor ever since. He was a Democrat till 1861, and since that Republican. Is unmarried, and owns a farm of 220 acres, worth $8,000 ; has three brothers - David, John C. and Laton, living in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wis., and his sister, Roxana, is living with his brother, John C., who is unmarried ; David has a family, but Laton has lost his wife. His brother, William, was in the army during the rebellion ; had a leg shattered in battle by the explosion of a shell, and died when it was amputated. His brothers, Russell and Gerret Smith, died while he was in California, and one sister before he went.

J. F. (wllili, teacher, Windsor; born Jan. 28, 1857, in the city of Madison; his father, James M. Grile, is a native of Vermont; came to Wisconsin in 1856, and engaged in the mercantile business in the city of Madison, having just returned from a three years' residence in California. At the end of the, first year, he sold out, and went on a farm in the town of Dane, where he remained about twelve year.s, then returned to Madison, where he still resides, and is in the mercantile business. Mrs. Gile, whose maiden name was Judith L. Rowell, died in 1866. J. P. was educated at Madison and Beaver Dam, and has followed teaching since 1875. Oct. 11, 1879, he married Miss Virtue Hall, daughter of William M. Hall, of Richland Co., Wis. ; she was born July 13, 1860, in the town of Windsor. Immediately after his mariiage, he rented the " Combs House" at Windsor Village, and has been keeping it since, and is also teaching the village school, and is the present Town Clerk.

A. D. GOODRICH, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Windsor; born April 26, 1819, in Otsego Co., N. Y. ; came first to Wisconsin in 1846 ; went back to New York, and, in 1847, returned to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Burke; lived there till the spring of 1867, then came to Windsor, and bought his present farm. He was married, in 1866, in Windsor, to Miss Helena Bruce, who was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., March 2, 1845, daughter of Abram Bruce; has only one child living - Ada, born Sept. 28, 1872 ; lost two children - Alpheus, 6 years and 6 months old, and Anna, 4 years and 2 months, both died within a week, in 1874, of diphtheria. Mr. Goodrich held the office of Chairman, Justice of the Peace and Assessor, in the town of Burke, and is independent in politics and religion. He has about 1,000 acres of land, 320 acres of it in Windsor, worth $40 per acre, and balance in Burke, worth $25 per acre.

Dr. li. D. CJOODWIN, practicing physician. Sec. 15; P. 0. De Forest; he was born March 21, 1812, in Grafton Co., N. H.; is a son of Ezra Goodwin, who lived to be 95 years old, in Bath, N. H.;, his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Sanborn, died in 1860; when 21 years of age, he left New Hampshire for Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he resided about twenty years in the town of Groton ; came to Wisconsin in 1854 ; lived in Milwaukee three years, then spent two years in Davenport, Iowa, and, in 1859, came to Windsor, where he has resided ever since, and practiced medicine for the last twenty-five years. He was a mechanical engineer in his younger days, though he read medicine and commenced practice while young, following it but a short time, however. He was married. May 31, 1835, in Groton, N. Y., to Lucy Pierce, who died in Windsor, Wis., in 1864, aged 50 years, leaving two children - Phosa S., who is married to N. B. Wilcox, and Lucy V., who is married to A. B. Campbell, both living with the Doctor on the homestead ; two children died in infancy. Although living on his farm and having only a country practice, he has booked as high as $3,000 per year. Has 120 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. He was a Democrat till 1852, and since that time a Republican. On his way from New Hampshire to Tompkins Co., N. Y., while a green boy only 21 years old, one little incident occurred which is worthy of notice : On reaching some point in Eastern New York where he expected to take a stage coach, he found the regular coach had gone some time before, and the landlord where he stopped told him there would probably be other passengers enough in a short time so he could send out a special coach. Soon after, the landlord came into the sitting-room where he was, with a gentleman, who proposed to join him and take a special coach, as he. with a few friends, wished to go to the same point. After starting, the gentleman who first made the proposition asked his young fellow-traveler his name, residence and destination ; he then introduced him to the other gentlemen, first to John R. Tracy, Lieutenant Governor of New York ; then to John A. Dix, Secretary of State ; A. C. Flagg, Comptroller, and Atty. Gen. Young, afterward Governor of New York. Lieut. Gov. Tracy then introduced the first speaker as Wm. L. Marcy, Governor of New York. He felt, as he expressed it, like a " cat in a strange garret," but Gov. Marcy commenced asking him questions about his native place and prominent men of New Hampshire. As it happened, he had just been diligently reading a recently published gazetteer of the State, and was able to answer all the questions, and was highly complimented by the Governor of being so well posted for a young man, while if he had questioned him on any other subject he might

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A. W. GRKEMMAIV, merchant, Windsor Village; he was born March 30, 1841, in Northampton, Fulton Co., N. Y.; son of James Greenman ; when 16 years old, he commenced clerki'ng in a general store, and has followed the mercantile business ever since ; was in business for himself in his native town five years, and three years at Ballston Spa; in 1871, he sold out and went to Chicago; was in business there about six months, then came to Dane Co. and located at Windsor Station, going into business with his brother George, firm name Greenman Brothers, where they still continue in business, carrying a general stock of dry goods, groceries, etc., such as is usually found in a country store, and ready to meet all the wants of the community in that direction. Mr. Greenman was Deputy Postmaster from the time he commenced business in Windsor till March 1, 1880, and was then appointed Postmaster, which ofiice he still holds. He was married, Aug. 12, 1875, in Portage, to Charlotte Plankett, daughter of William Plankett, a native of England, who came to America in 1846 ; she was born in Vienna, Dane Co., Wis., Aug. 5, 1850; they have three children - Le Koy, born July 21, 1876; Walter, Feb. 7, 1878 ; Burton, Feb. 14, 1880. Republican.

H. S. CjtRIjVDE, station agent and grain-dealer, De Forest; he was born Nov. 27, 1845, ia Norway, near Bergen ; his father, Sjur Grinde, came to America in the spring of 1847, and the next fall settled in the town of Windsor on Sec. 8, where he still resides. H. S. Grinde spent his early life on his father's farm till April 1, 1874, then engaged in the mercantile business at De Forest in company with A. Molstad, firm of Molstad & Grinde ; continued in that till April, 1876, then sold out his interest to his partner, and spent two mouths traveling in Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota ; then returned and started a lumber-yard at De Forest; April 16, 1877, he bought the elevator at De Forest and commenced buying wheat; in the spring of 1878, he sold out the lumber business, but still continued dealing in grain ; June 1, 1877, was appointed station agent at De Forest, and still retains that position. He was married, May 18, 1873, to Carrie Engesalther, daughter of Michael J. Engesalther, of the town of Vienna; have three children - Gertrude Josephine, Seward Clarence and Sadie Mabel. He has been Chairman, Supervisor and Town Clerk of Windsor. Eepublican, and members of the Lutheran Church.

REV. R. O. mijli, Lutheran clergyman in Haugus Synod, Sec. 16; he was born Aug. 14, 4840, on the western coast of Norway ; son of Ole 0. and Kari 0. Hill ; his father died when he was 9 years old, and his mother when he was 19 ; he had a common-school education in Norway; emigrated to America in 1856 ; was first employed in farming among the Americans for eight years, attending school a part of the time ; finished his education at the Chicago University, and was ordained to the ministry in 1872; he first located in Ogle Co., 111., where he remained five years, then, in the spring of 1877, came to the town of Windsor, where he still resides ; he has charge of eight congregations, six in Wisconsin and two in Illinois, and preaches in both the English and Norwegian languages ; was Sabbath school Superintendent at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicago two years. He was married, July 4, 1861, in Ottawa, 111., to Martha Govig, a native of Norway ; she was born Aug. 7, 1840 ; is a daughter of John and Martha Govig, now living in Ogle Co., 111.; Mr. Hill has six children - Ole Cornelius, John Martin, Ole Johan, Rosa Evangeline, Cora May and Knut, all at home, and the boys carry on the farm ; one son, Knut, died at 6 months old. In politics, Mr. Hill is a thorough Republican.

OLE S. HOLUM, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. De Forest; born Aug. 21, 1847, in the town ox Windsor; son of Stephen Holum, who came from Norway and settled in 1845, lived on Rook Prairie two years, and settled in Windsor in 1847. Ole S. Holum has always lived in Windsor, except two years in Madison, and came to his present location in 1869 ; he is unmarried. In politics, he is of the Democratic faith, and in religion a Lutheran. He has held the office of Supervisor, and was Town Clerk for several years ; was Register of Deeds two years (1877-78), and resided in Madison during that time. His sisters, Martha and Sugeri, are living with him on the farm. He has 204 acres of land adjoining the village of De Forest.

AlIUND HAEKXEISS, farmer. Sec. 19 ; P. 0. De Forest; was born Feb. 2, 1849, in the town of Windsor, Dane Co.; son of Ole Haukness, who was born in Norway, came to America in 1848, and settled in the town of Windsor, where himself, wife, and seven other members of his family died Wthin one month, in the summer of 1854. Mr. Haukness was married in 1870, to Emily Johnson, who Was born in the town of Vienna, May 17, 1849, daughter of Michael Johnson; they have two children - Martha and Oscar. Mr. Haukness is one of the present Supervisors of the town of Windsor, and held the same office three years ago. He is a Republican, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He has 160 acres of land, worth about $4,000.

K. A. JOHNSON, 6 ; P. O. Morrisonville ; he was born Oct. 8, 1848, in the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., Wis.; his father, Andrew Johnson, came from Norway in 1845, settled in Leeds, and is still living on the same farm. K. A. Johnson was brought up on the farm in Leeds, and, in 1874, he purchased the lumber-yard of Long & Henderson, in Columbus, ran it seven months, and then sold out to Spoor & Henderson, and went back to his father's farm, where he stayed about a year, then bought his present farm, wher6 he has since resided; he has 194 acres of land, 34 acres of it in Windsor, and 160 acres adjoining it in the town of Leeds, Columbia Co., altogether worth about $7,000 ; he pays considerable attention to stock-raising, and is just starting a herd of short-horns. Mr. Johnson holds the office of Supervisor in Windsor the present year, and was elected Justice of the Peace three times in Leeds, but only qualified the first time. He is unmarried, and a member of the Lutheran Church.

RICHARD JONES, farmer. Sec. 24; P. 0. Sun Prairie; born in 1828, in Montgomeryshire, Wales ; his father , Nathaniel Jones, came to America with hfs family in 1844, settled in Dodge Co., near Watertown, and died in January, 1857. Richard was married in Greene Co: in 1857, to Jane Curadine; she was born May 13, 1836, in Wales, daughter of John Curadine, who came to America in 1847; they have five children - Elijah, Ulysses, Nettie May, Ella Jane and Sarah A.nn, all at home. He is a Republican ; has 394 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre. Mrs. Jones was born in the same shire as her husband, and is a member of the M. E. Church.

WILIilAM JONES (deceased), was a native of England; came to America in 1833, lived about a year in Eastern New York, then went to Springfield, Mass., where he was married, Dec. 3, 1835, to Miss Mary Aytes, who was born in East Granby, Conn., May 10, 1813, daughter of Anson and Nancy (Griffin) Aytes, who both died when she was a child; in August, 1840, Mr. Jones removed to Ohio, and lived in Cuyahoga Co. till the fall of 1846, when he came to Wisconsin aad settled in the town of Windsor, where he resided till his death, Feb. 11, 1859, in the 57th year of his age; he had in all nine children, of whom only two are now living ; Mary J. is now the wife of Charles Davis, of the town of Cherokee, Victoria, now Mrs. Alvin H. Chamberlain, of the city of Madison ; the two oldest children, Willis and James, died in infancy; Eliza Ann died at 7 years old, in July, 1847 ; Esther Ann died in September, 1859, aged 6 years ; John died in his 16th year, in April, 1861 ; Wallace died Dec. 10, 1861, in his 12th year; Ellen was married to David Aldrich, and died May 15, 1872, in her 30th year, leaving two children - Jessie L., who died in 1875, and William S., now living in Windsor ; Mrs. Mary Jones is now living on the homestead, which consists of 80 acres of land on Sec. 32 in Windsor ; P. 0. Windsor.

DAVID W. EEWIS, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Windsor; born June 7, 1830, in Addison Co., Vt. ; son of Norman and Rachel (Warner) Lewis, who came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled in the town of Burke, where he was accidentally killed by falling out of a wagon, in 1860, while returning home from a Sabbath school, of which he was Superintendent; Mrs. Lewis is still living with her son, the subject of this sketch, at the age of 74 years. Mr. Lewis was married, in 1857, to Jane Russell, who was born in Quebec, Canada, Dec. 15, 1835, daughter of Andrew and Helen Russell, natives of Scotland, who came to Canada and from there to Vermont, and, in 1846, came to Wisconsin and settled in Jefierson Co., whore they still reside. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have six children, as follows : Norman R., Calvin A., Jean- «tte W., James Henry, Ida Blanche and Shirley D., all at home. Republican; has been. Supervisor and Town Treasurer in Burke ; are both members of the Congregational Church.

liUKE MOWRlf (deceased), was born in the town of Smithfield, Providence Co., R. I. ; son of Angell and Mercy Mowry ; worked at the machinist's trade from the time he was 18 years old till he was 45. Was married, in Lowell, Mass., in 1843, to Miss Fanny Wheelock, who was born in Plymouth, Vt., March 14, 1814; came to Wisconsin in 1856 ; settled in the city of Madison and lived there till 1861 ; then lived one year a mile south of the city, and, in 1862, bought a farm on Sec 22, in the town of Windsor, where he resided until his death, Sept. 14, 1875, leaving a widow and four children - Bainbridge, living on the homestead; Wheelock, farmer, married and living in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa; Duane, married and practicing law in Wonewoc, Juneau Co., Wis., and Ella, who is living on the homestead with her brother Bainbridge, and her mother ; they have 120 acres of land, worth $6,000 ; P. 0. Windsor. For the last thirty years of his life, Mr. Mowry was quite deaf, and had to use an ear-trumpet. He was a Republican in politics, and his oldest son, Bainbridge, is of the same political faith, but the two younger sons are Democrats. Wheelock enlisted in Chicago, in 1864, in the 23d 111. V. I., called the " Mulligan Guards," and was in the service about a year. Bainbridge Mowry was Town Clerk for the last five years previous to 1880 ; has also been Constable, and is now Justice of the Peace.

J. C. PINNEY (deceased). He was one of the first settlers in the town of Windsor, and one of its most prominent citizens ; he was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., Feb. 7, 1803 ; emigrated to Craw- ford Co., Penn., in 1815 ; came to Wisconsin and settled in Windsor, Dane Co., Aug. 12, 1846, and died July 29, 1863, leaving three children - 8. U. Pinney, of Madison ; J. A. Pinney, of Windsor, and Matilda T., who is now the wife of B. P. Chamberlain, of the town of Windsor. Mrs. Pinney, whose maiden name was Polly Miller, is still living with her daughter in Windsor, at the age of 78 years. J. A. Pinney was born April 16, 1836, in Crawford Co., Penn.; came to Wisconsin with his father, and has always followed farming ; was married, Sept. 26, 1855, to Miss H. B. Shafer, of Lawrence, Mich. ; she was born Oct. 14, 1835, near Oberlin, Ohio, daughter of J. J. and Lydia Ann (Dodge) Shafer; Mr. Pinney has five children living - Albert T.. Eddie, Harvey, Alice and Alma, all at home except Albert, who is married, and lives in the town of Windsor; has lost three children - Cora, who was accidentally killed Sept. 1, 1866, at the age of 4 years, lacking 9 days, by a heavy sled falling on her while at play ; Stella, who died Oct 26, 1868, aged 9 years and 3 months, of typhoid fever, and Nellie, who died Sept. 7, 1869, aged 2 years 4 months and 8 days, of dropsy of the brain. Mr. Pinney is a Democrat, when the party is honest, and votes from principle; has 80 acres of land in his home farm, and in interest in other land. Both are members of the Baptist Church.

R. PLACKETT, M. D., Windsor Village; was born In Leicester, England, July 16, 1843; his father, William Plackett, came to America in 1846, and died in Vienna in the fall of 1871, ; Mrs. Plackett is still living in Windsor ; read medicine in the office of Dr. N. P. Bunnell, of Lodi, Wis., and is a graduate of Rush Medical College of Chicago class of 1871-72; located in the village of Windsor in April, 1872, and has been practicing there ever since. Was married, in Marquette Co., Wis., Nov. 29, 1874, to Miss Louisa M. Downing; she was born in Springfield, Dane Co., May 30, 1854, daughter of Arnold Downing, a native of Philadelphia, Penn. ; has one child, Ella, born Feb. 18, 1876. Republican in politics.

SAMUEL H. SABIN, farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Windsor; was born in Ohio in 1824; he i one of the pioneers of Dane Co ; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled where he now lives in 1847- He was married to Adelia Bordine, daughter of Mrs. Polly Bordine, who settled in Sun Prairie in 1845 ; they have nine children, four sons and five daughters. Mr. Sabin's farm contains 270 acres.

S. T. SANDOSf, farmer. Sees. 29, 30 and 32, residence on 29 ; P. 0. Windsor; born Feb. 11, 1832, in Bristol, England ; his father, Thomas Sandon, came to America in 1845, and settled in what is now the town of Burke (then included in Windsor), and resided there till his death, in 1863, aged 62 ; Mrs. Sandon died in 1865. S. T. Sandon was married, Aug. 11, 1857, in Windsor, to Sarah Farweil, who was born in Vermont Feb. 3, 1840; has four children - William H , married to Rosa Greenman and living in Windsor ; and Samuel, Eliza and Bertha at home. Has been Supervisor, and in politics votes for whoever suits him. Has 339 acres of land, worth about $35 per acre. In August, 1851, he took his team and helped remove the Winnebago, Chippewa and Menominee Indians to Southern Kansas, or, rather he started for that purpose and went as far as Lexington, Mo., where he had a sun-stroke and was obliged to return to Wisconsin. In 1852, he went to California, starting on the 22d of April with an ox team, and was a little over six months making the trip ; he located near Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., and was engaged while there in mining, lumbering and farming.

E. P. SHERJIABI, farmer, station agent, grain and stock dealer. See. 26 ; place of business Windsor ; was born in Waldo Co., Maine, Sept. 9, 1828 ; son of Elisha and Lucy Sherman, natives of Massachusetts ; he lived on a farm till he was 14 years of age, and then commenced to -' paddle his own canoe ;" he first " sailed the ocean blue " in a " fishing-smack " in company with his father ; then learned the baker's business and finished up his career in his native State by tending saw-mill ; during this time he attended school in winter till he was ] 8 years old, and after that spent his winters in teaching ; he came to Wisconsin in 1853 ; bought his first land of W. P. Flanders, of Milwaukee, on Sec. 26, in the town of Windsor, Nov. 7, 1853, and that town has been his home ever since. The second year of his residence in Wisconsin, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and the next year Town Clerk, and since that has been Clerk eight years. Treasurer one year, and is the present Chairman of the town ; he followed farming in summer and taught school winters for about a dozen terms after coming to Wisconsin; in the spring of 1872, he built a store in the village of Windsor, rented it for the milliner business and started a lumber yard at that place ; the mxt November he was appointed station agent of Windsor, which position he still retains; the same month he commenced dealing in stock and grain, and has continued it ever since ; Aug. 15, 1864, he took his brother, H. H. Sherman, into partnership with him in the whole business, which they carried on together till May 1, 1830, at which time they dissolved, E. P. retaining the railroad agency and continuing the grain and stock dealing and, H. H. taking the lumber-yard and cheese-factory, which they had built in 1875 ; they have handled about $100,000 worth of grain, stock and lumber, per year for several years, and sold $26,939.24 worth of hogs during the eleven months previous to Jan. 1, 1880. Mr. Sherman has 220 acres of land, all improved, worth |40 per acre; has 145 head of cattle, 110 head of sheep and thirty-three hogs ; milks twenty cows and makes cheese; shipped two car-loads of hogs from his own farm in 1878. Was married in October, 1852, in Maine, to Eliza Jane Grafton, who was born in that State ; her father, David Grafton, came to Wisconsin in 1854, and is now living in the town of Burke. Mr. Sherman has two children - Arline, now the wife of Abner L. Clement, of Windsor, and Fannie, living at home. He is a Republicin, and has been ever since, the organization of the party ; and himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

H. H. SHERMAIV, proprietor of the Windsor cheese-factory, and dealer in lumber, flour, salt, etc., Windsor Village; born Dec. 27, 1809, in the town of Knox, Waldo, Co., Maine ; son of Blisha and Lucy (Hatch) Sherman, was brought up on a farm, an,d when 21 years of age. commenced teaching school winters and continued to work at farming in summer ; has taught school in all fifty-five terms up to date ; was five years in the insurance business in Bangor, Maine, previous to coming to Wisconsin ; in the spring of 1874, he sold his farm of 200 acres in Maine, and came to Wisconsin in July ; went into liusiness at Windsor Village with his brother, E. P. Sherman, under firm name of '" Sherman Brotheis," and continued the same till May 1, 1880, then dissolved partnership and divided up the business, he retaining the cheese-factory and lumber business, which he still continues at Windsor Village, dealing also in flour, salt, etc. (For extent of company business, see biography of E. P. Sherman.) Has been three times married, first to Eliza D. Doty, of Montville, Maine, Aug. 20, 1835; she died April 20, 1865. at the age of 50 years and 5 months, leaving four children. His second wife to whom he was married, Dec. 7, 1865, in Maine, was Catharine H. Mariner, of Lincolnville, Maine, she died Nov. 1, 1877, at the age of 57 years and 8 mimths, leaving no children. His third wife was Mrs. Emma A. Roll (nee Smith), a native of New Hampshire, to whom he was married in Windsor, Wis., July 6, 1879 ; his oldest son, Augustus A., came to Wisconsin in 1854, is married and living in Portage Co. Was in the army during the rebellion, in the 3d W. V. C., Co. F ; his only daughter, Adelaide, is now the widow of Olis C. Toby, who died Marcli 24, 1880 ; she is living in the town of Knox, Waldo Co., Maine ; the two younger boys, Frank A. and Fred Milton, were in the service about two years each, in the 4th Maine V. I., Co. H. Frank A. was wounded in the wrist at the " battle of the Wilderness," and had his arm amputated abgve the elbow soon after in Washington ; after the war was over he entered Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N. H., graduated, and is now Professor of Mathematics in the same college, and is married. Fred M. is married and living at Great Falls, N. H. Was School Superintendent and Selectman in Maine, and was Class Leader twelve years, and Recording Steward twenty years in the M. E. Church, to which he belonged in Maine ; and was Sunday-school Superintendent twenty-five years ; is now Trustee and Treasurer in the Congregational Church in Windsor, of which he is a member. In politics, Republican.

JA11E»$ SPAIiDING, farmer. Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Token Creek ; was born July 4, 1829, in Claremont, Sullivan Co., N. H. ; son of Lemuel and Lucy Spalding, who removed to Vermont in 1831. Mr. Spalding was married in Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 25, 1849, to Electa Hunt, who was born Sept. 2, 1824, in the town of Windsor, Windsor Co., Vt. ; came to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled where he now resides ; haa ihree children - Fred, Harry and Emma, all at home; one daughter, Ella, died Feb. 8, 1874, aged 16 years ; has 150 acres of land, worth $4,500, and is a Republican. Mrs. Spalding is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NATIlAllir P. SPALDING (deceased) was among the first settlers in the town of Windsor, having settled on Sec. 34 in June, 1844, when there were but three houses in the town, and their nearest neighbor five miles away ; he was born July 20, 1806, in Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vt. ; when he was 16 years old his father, Zacheus Spalding, removed to New Hampshire, and he was married in that State Sept. 20, 1831, to Miss Maria Spalding, daughter of Lemuel Spalding, a native of New Hampshire, and still living in that State, at the age of 93 years. Mr. Spalding resided in Windsor till 1864, then removed half a mile south, into the town of Burke, where he resided till his death, Dec. 19, 1868, leaving four children - Jerusha M., now Mrs. S. B. Combs, of the town of Windsor ; Elbert N., Lucy E, now Mrs. J. F. Hill, of Martin Co., Minn., and Charles H. living in Windsor. Mr. Spalding was the first Postmaster in Windsor; was appointed in August, 1846, and held the oflBce till he resigned, a short time before his death. Elbert N. Spalding, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Token Creek, was born Nov. 26, 1833, in Sullivan Co., N. H., and was married Oct. 14, 1855, to Harriet Bartholomew, who was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, June 5, 1837 ; her father, William Bartholomew, came June 3, 1850 ; has only one child living - Frank W., born April 19, 1858; Eddie was born May 25, 1862, and died Sept. 21, 1864; has been Town Treasurer, and is a Republican ; has 154 acres of land, worth $35 per acre; his mother is still livmg with him in Windsor.

H. J. SPAULiDIlVO, farmer, residence Windsor Village ; farm on Sec. 36, Vienna ; born Oct. 16, 18-tl, in Ludlow, Vt. ; son of Warren Spaulding, who came to Wisconsin in 1853, settled at Token Creek, and died in November, 186!*, aged 84 years ; his mother, whose maiden name was Almira SpafFord, died in 1854, of typhoid fever, aged 56. Her father was from Scotland, and was one of the first settlers in Windsor Co., Vt. ; her brother. Arch Spafford, was Town Clerk of Ludlow, Vt., for twenty-five years in succession, then missed one year, when he was re-elected and held the office till his death, and his second son has held the office ever since, making over forty years that the office has been in the family. H. J. Spaulding was married, Nov. 15, 1862, in Windsor, to Cornelia Farwell ; she was born March 4, 1842, in Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt. ; her father, James Farwell, came to Wisconsin in 1846 and settled in the town of Windsor; he died March 12, 1877, aged 76, and Mrs. Farwell died Feb. 26, 1874, aged 72 years. Mr. Spaulding has only one child living, Arthur, born Aug. 22, 1866 ; Charles died July 4, 1877, aged 6 years and 7 months. When 17 years of age, he commenced clerking in a dry-goods store at Token Creek, and followed that business about two and a half years. April 14, 1861, he enlisted in the 1st W. V. L, Co. B, being the first man who enlisted from the town of Windsor, and the only one from the town in that regiment ; was gone from home about six months ; after he returned from the army, he farmed in Windsor about three years, then bought a farm in Vienna, where he resided till 1 874 ; then went to California ; started on the 22d of March and reached Sacramento on the 29th ; returned to Wisconsin the next December, and since that time has resided iu the village of Windsor; still owns a farm of 120 acres, worth $4,000, which he rents. Republican, and himself and wife are members of the Congregational

E. A. SPENCER, farmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Sun Prairie; born May 5, 1817, in Perry Co., son of William Spencer, a native of Somerset Co., Penn. ; spent his early life on his father's farm till 18 years old, then was engaged in the mercantile business about five years, then read law in the office of Thomas Hood, Esq., of Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced in Ohio till 1858, four years of the time being engaged in railroading, in addition to his practice ; was two years one of the Directors and two years President of the Scioto & Hocking Valley R. R.' Co. In May, 1858, he came to Wisconsin, locating in Madison, and practiced there till the war broke out, when three of his four sons went into the army, and he bought a farm in Windsor, which he has owned ever since ; Jan. 1, 1864, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State (Ex-Gov. Fairchild then being Secretary), was iu that office till September, 1869, then followed farming again till 1872, when he resumed the practice of law again in Madison ; in April, 1879, he returned to his farm, where he intends to spend the remainder of his days. Mr. Spencer was a member of the State Senate in Ohio, and served from the commencement of the session of 1855 to the close of the session of 1857 ; has also held some town offices in Windsor; was married in Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1838, to Ann Maria Chilcote, daughter of Elsor Chilcote, a liative of Indiana; has four sons - Robert H. was in Co. H, 10th W. V. I., and served three years ; started out as 2d Lieutenant, was promoted to a Captaincy ; taken prisoner at Chickamauga, spent sixteen months in prison atLibby, Columbia and Charleston, and finally escaped while on his way back to Columbia by jumping from the train, and reached our lines at Dalton, Ga. ; afier serving his time in the 10th, was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 47th W. V. I., and served till the close of the war ; he is now living in Algona, Iowa ; William E., his second son, went into the 2d Auditor's office in Washington in March, 1862; was afterward Clerk of the Senate two years, and is now in the Treasurer's office ; James C. was in Co., H, 37th W. V. I., three years ; went out as 1st Lieutenant, and came back a Captain ; he is now living in Baraboo, Sauk Co., Wis.; Charles A. went out as a private in the 40th W. V. I., and after his discharge was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the 47th W. V. I., Md soon after received a Captain's commission, and served till the close of the war ; he is now Postmaster at Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Mr. Spencer has 200 acres of land in his farm, and in politics he is a Republican.

DANIEL STOKER, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Sun Prairie ; born June 8, 1825, in Franklin ^0., Me.; son of Joseph Storer; came to Wisconsin when 20 years old, in July, 1845, lived in Portland, Dodge Co., till 1857, then sold out and bought in Windsor, where he has since resided ; was married in Portland Jan. 20, 1847, to Emma Palmer, a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y., daughter of Nathan Palmer, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and died soon after arriving in Portland; Mr. Storer has five children - Andrew (married and living in Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa), Prescott, Earl, Willie and Dency Vernetty, the last two at home. Republican, and has 242 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Both members of the M. -E. Church.

SJUR S. VANttSNES, farmer, Sec. 18; P. 0. De Forest; born in May, 1826, at Vangsnes, Norway ; son of Sjur Sjurson Vangsnes, who came to America in 1844; settled in Rock Co ,

Wis., lived there till 1848, then came to Dane Co.; settled in Windsor, and died June 9, 1878; his wife died in Minnesota five years previous ; was married in the fall of 1848, at Little Bull Palls, Wis., to Ella Oles, who was born Sept. 15, 1826, in Norway; her father, Ole Thurstonson, came to America in 1842^ and settled in Rock Co., near Beloit, and died in 1849 ; her mother is still living with her at the age of 88 ; has seven children - Emma, Ida, Betsy, Ole, Samuel, John and Ann, the three boys and Ann living at home ; Ida and Betsy both married and living in Chicago, and Emma married and living at Wanakee, Wis. Republican ; has held the office of Supervisor and Constable, and was Clerk of the school district nine years ; was also Trustee, and had charge of the building of the Lutheran Church in Vienna on Sec. 24. Has 264 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Both are members of the Lutheran Church.

DANIEL D. VINCEIVT, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Windsor; born April 20, 1847, in Schoharie Co,', N. Y.; son of Samuel Vincent, who came to Wisconsin in 1849; settled in Kenosha Co., and lived eight years in the town of Bristol, then came to Windsor, located on Sees. 22 and 23, where he resided till his death, Aug. 31, 1874, aged 62 years; Mrs. Vincent died Oct. 12, 1873, aged 55 years and 6 months. D. D. was married July 4, 1872, to Miss Maria Peckhara ; she was born Aug. 18, 1849, in Greene Co.,N. Y., daughter of Pardon L. Peckham, who came to Wisconsin in May, 1846, and lived in Arlington, Columbia Co., till 1865, then removed to Sun Prairie, where he is still living. Mr Viocent has three children - Samuel, Herbert and Katie ; has taught school thirteen terms in Columbia and Dane Counties; has 100 acres of land, worth 840 dollars per acre. In politics - doubtful; both members of the Congregational Church.

C. E. WA.BNER, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Windsor; was boru Feb. 23, 1836, in Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; his father, Samuel A. Warner, came to Wisconsin in 1852, land located in the town of Windsor, where he still resides at the age of 69. C. E. Warner spent his early life on his father's farm, and was engaged in that business in the town of Windsor till the spring of 1864 ; he then, in company with George Weeks (afterward Capt. Weeks), of York, raised a company for the 36th W. V. I., and he was elected Captain of the company (B) ; his regiment was assigned to the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac (Gen. Hancock's Corps), about the 20th of May, 1864, and remained with that corps till the close of the war ; he assumed command of his regiment on the 18th of June, at Petersburg, having received a commission as Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel, all within 100 days ; he lost an arm on the 14th day of August, 1864, at the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., which obliged him to be absent from his command about two months, when he returned and again took command of his regiment; he participated in the pursuit of Gen. Lee, and was present at the time of his surrender at Appomattox Court House ; his regiment was mustered out of service in July, 1865, and he returned to the' quiet of farm life in Windsor. In 1866, he was elected to the State Senate, and served the two following sessions of the Legislature. He was married in February, 1867, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Alanson Noble, of Beloit, Wis.; has five children - Ernest, Edith, Bessie, Fannie and Floy. Republican, and has been Superintendent of the Poor of Dane Co. for the last three years ; himself and wife are both members of the Congregational Church.

AMBROSE WOODBURN, farmer. Sees. 31 and 32 ; P. 0. Windsor ; born March 3, 1823, in Windham Co., Vt. ; when about 20 years old his father, David Woodburn, died, and he took his mother and one brother and one sister, and started West with $80 in his pocket ; he arrived in Dane Co., Wis., in September, 1845, having $3 of his money left; leaving his mother and the children with a brotherin-law, P. Powers, he started for the pinery, and when he arrived at his place of destination, 25 cents was all the " filthy lucre " he possessed ; he worked in the pinery three years, and only saw one white woman during the first year and a half of the time. In the summer of 1848, he came back to the town of Windsor, entered some land, and the next winter was married to Mrs. Jane Leeland, daughter of Prescott Lawrence, who died in Vermont in 1841, aged 63 years ; her mother died in Windsor in 1877, aged about 84; Mrs. Woodburn was born in Vermont, Nov. 15,1828, and was one of twelve children, who all came to Wisconsin some of them as early as 1838 ; her first husband, Chauncey Leeland, died in 1851, in Windsor. Mr. Woodburn has seven children - Charles, married and living in Burke, Dane Co. ; Mary, married to Harvey Blanchar, also living in Burke ; Ellen,, Laura, Alonzo, Edward and Melvin, the last three at home. Mr. Woodburn has held the oiBce of Supervisor one or two terms, was a Democrat previous to the war and a Republican since. Has 221 acres of land, worth $40.

Town Of Medina

R. ARIAWS, merchant, Marshall ; was born in Prussia Dec. 28, 1824 ; came to America in 1857 ; located in Madison (after living in Milwaukee about six months) ; remained in Madison about a year, then went to Bristol, from there to Columbus, and finally settled in Deerfield in 1860, and engaged in the mercantile business ; he went from there to Transit, Jefferson Co., then worked a farm on shares in Deerfield awhile, when be bought some land and made a farm in the town of Deerfield ; in 1867, h^ sold his farm and engaged in merchandising again, which he continued till 1870 ; he then went to the town of York, built a large store and run it two years ; then built a cheese factory, and run that three years ; in. 1875, the store and factory were both burned ; he rebuilt the store, run it one year, then sold out and went, to Milwaukee ; bought six acres of land, built a house and barn on it, and at the end of one year sold out and came to Marshall ; bought a store building and went into business, which he still continues, keeping^ dry goods, clothing, crockery, boots and shoes, notions, etc. Was married in 1860, to R. Radle, who died Feb. 19, 1862, leaving one child, William, who died when 1 year old. Was married in 1863, to Frederica Korth, and has seven children by the second marriage - Anton, Henry, John, Gerath, Nowalles^ Ivy and Milton ; was Postmaster at Deerfield two and a half years. Is a Democrat, and a member of th& Catholic Church ; Mrs. Arians is a Lutheran. His father, Arian Arians, was a farmer ; lived and owned property in Sansbuck, Prussia.

GALARD BAKER, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. O. Marshall; born June 16, 1822, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; came to Wisconsin in fall of 1845 ; settled in Jefferson Co., near Watertown. Was married there, Feb. 21, 1874, to Adaline Sperry, who was born Nov. 18, 1827, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio; her father, Elisha Sperry, in 18*46, settled in Jefferson Co., and died in 1874; Mrs. Sperry died in 1871. Mr. Baker came to his present location in the fall of 1864; has had six children - Mary M. (deceased), Sarah A., Loren, Orlo, l<]dward and Frank, all at home except Orlo, who is mai-ried, and lives in Marshall. Republican ; has 103 acres of land, worth $35 per acre, and 5 acres of timber.

H. H. BEEBE, M.D., Marshall; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1823 ; read medicine in Genesee Co., N. Y., with Dr. R. Andrus, and was a graduate of the Eclectic College, Philadelphia ^ he came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1847. and commenced practice in the fall of 1848. in the town of Sun Prairie; in 1853, removed to Marshall, and has practiced there since ; is an allopath in practice; in May, 1860, he formed a partnership with Dr. J. C. Bliss, who resides in Marshall, while Dr. Beebe resides on his farm of 140 acres, half a mile from the village ; has resided on the farm for the last seven years. Was married, in Waukesha, in 1849, to Sarah Foss, of Chicago, and has only one child living - -Harriet P. (at home) ; lost a daughter, Kate, who died in 1876, at the age of 26.

C. E. BEIiLi, merchant and Deputy Postmaster at Marshall, was born in New Brunswick, at Swan Creek, Nov. 26, 1826 ; when he was four years old, his father, John Bell, removed to Holton, Me., where he was brought up. He was married there, Aug. 26, 1847, to Georgia Ann Currie, a native of Richmond, N. B. ; in 1850, he went to New Brunswick, and lived fourteen years in Carlton Co., engaged in the ministry of the Free-Christian Baptist Church of New Brunswick, which is the same as the Free- Will Baptist Church in the United States; he came to Wisconsin in 1864, traveled about four years, and in 1868 settled permanently in Marshall, and has carried on business there since as a furniture-dealer and undertaker ; is Deputy Postmaster, and keeps a stock of groceries, confectionery, notions, etc. His first wife died in October, 1870, leaving three children - Elizabeth, married to W. H. Porter, of Marshall, and died Nov. 29, 1873; George Currie, married, and living in Waterloo, Jefferson Co., Wis., editor and proprietor of the Waterloo Journal; and Emma Jane, single, and living at home. Was married the second time, Nov. 7, 1872, to Louisa Clayton, of Madison, and has one child by the second marriage - Elizabeth Geraldine. He is a Republican.

THADDEUS BIGELOW, farmer. Sec. 16; P. 0. Marshall; born April 6, 1839, in Otaego Co., N. Y. ; his father, Edwin B. Bigelow, died in Albany, N. Y., in 1865, aged 62, leaving six children - Edmund B., Governeur M., Edna J., Florence E., William W. and Thaddeus; Mrs. Bigelow, whose maiden name was Huldah Howe, came to Wisconsin in 1868, settled in Medina, and died in 1873, aged 66 ; Edmund B. is married, and lives in Leadville, Col. ; Edna J. is the wife of William L. Gott, a lawyer, of Otsego Co., N. Y. ; Florence is Mrs. Charles A. Caryall, of Sedalia, Mo.; and G. M., W. W. and Thaddeus arc living on the homestead of 120 acres, on Sec. 16, worth $30 per acre. Thaddeus was.

married, in October, 1860, to Eliza Baker, who was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., daughter of Lucius Baker ; has two children - Jerome and Genevieve,

E.' J. BROOKS, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Marshall; was born Jan. 25, 1826, in St. Albans, Franklin Co., Vt. Was married there April 20, 1845, to Calista M. Tracy ; she was born Nov. 15, 1825, in the same town he was. Went to California in February, 1852, via Panama, and spent seven years mining in Butler, Calaveras and Tuolumne Cos.; was home once during the time about a year; in 1860, he returned to Vermont, and farmed it till Aug. 16, 1862, then enlisted in Co. E, 12th Vt. V. I., and was in the service nearly a year ; participated in the battle of Gettysburg and several skirmishes with rebel cavalry ; after his discharge he resumed farming in Vermont till April 2, 1866, when he started West with his family, arriving in Medina on the 5th following; has resided on his present farm ever since ; has only one child - Zebbie T.,born Oct. 15, 1850; lost two - Volney T., died June 7, 1853, aged 7 years; and Mary, died Sept. 19, 1850, 2 years old. Mr. Brooks is a Republican, and has been Supervisor, Treasurer and Justice of the Peace in Medina; Mrs. Brooks is a member of the M. E. Church; he has 108 acres of land, worth $35 per acre ; his father, Asahel Brooks, died in Vermont, Dec. 23, 1836 ; and his mother July 21, 1842, also in Vermont. Mrs. Brooks' father, Zebbie Tracy, died in Vermont, Oct. 12, 1860; and Mrs. Tracy came West, and died in Medina, Sept. 9, 1870.

NELSON T. BROMLEY, farmer. Sec. 1; P. 0. Waterloo; was born Sept. 10, 1819, in Danby, Rutland Co., Vt.; son of Joshua and Anna Bromley, who died in Vermont; in 1833, Mr. Bromley went to Geauga Co., Ohio, where he resided till 1846, then came to Dane Co., Wis., and settled at York Center, being one of the first settlers in that town ; he remained there till 1866, then sold out and removed to his present location. He was married in 1852 to Ruhama Peck, daughter of William Peck, of Lake Co., Ohio; she was the oldest of ten children, and was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1812; her mother died in Walworth Co., Wis., July 17, 1869, aged 77, and her father died in Medina, May 4, 1875, aged 87. Mr. and Mrs. Bromley have had four children, but none of them are now living; the oldest child, a daughter, died in infancy, in Ohio; Lucy Ann, the second child, also died in Ohio, at 6 years of age; Joshua B. died in York, Wis., in 1855, aged 7 years ; and Nelson Ervine died also in York, at the age of 8 months, in March, 1859. George Graham has lived with them most of the time since he was 4 years old. Mr. Bromley has 840 acres of land, 240 in Dane Co., Wis ; 80 in Dodge Co., Wis.; 300 in Monroe Co., Wis., and 200 in Freeborn Co., Minn. In politics, he is a Kepublican.

DR. J. CLARK BLISS, of Marshall, was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1846; son of Starm R. Bliss, who came to Wisconsin in 1862, and settled near Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., where he still resides; Dr. Bliss remained on the farm till about 26 years of age, then commenced reading medicine with Dr. S. S. Judd, of Janesville, Wis.; remained there three years, and graduated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in the spring of 1875 ; practiced in Royalton, Waupaca Co., Wis., from the summer of 1875 till May, 1880, when he came to Marshall and formed a copartnership with Dr. H. H. Beebe, where he is now practicing. He was married in September, 1876, in Weyauwega, Wis., to- Miss Sarah Edwards, who was born in Weyauwega in April, 1854, daughter of Edward Edwards, a native of England; they have two children - Annie Gertrude and Waldo J. He enlisted in August, 1864, in Co. B, 42d W. V. I., and was in the service till the close of the war. In politics. Republican. Mrs. Bliss is a member of the Baptist Church.

WILLARD COLE, farmer. Sec. 2; P. 0. Marshall; was born Feb. 18, 1818, in Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y.; his father, Willard Cole, Sr., went from there to Springwater, same county, thence to McKane Co., Penu., came to Wisconsin in 1844, and died in Medina in 1851. Mr. Cole came to Dane <3o. in Oct., 1844, entered the land he now owns, and has resided on it ever since. He was married Nov. 20, 1853, to Laura Paulina Muzzy, daughter of Sardine and Elorsey Mfizzj ; they have had seven children - a daughter, Olive, died at 2J years old, and he has six boys living - Henry, Frederick, Wesley, Clark and Clarence (twins) and James, all at home. He is a Republican ; he has 80 acres of land, worth $40 per ; there were only eight families in the town when he came.