Stoughton City (part 5 of 13)

HENRY C. CRUGER, farmer. Sec. 25; P. 0. Waterloo; was born Jan. 8, 1842, in New York City ; son of Jefferson and Mary Cruger, natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y.; his ancestors were French Huguenots, and, when driven from France, went to Denmark, and thence to America ; three of them came to the United States and one went to the West Indies ; when 12 years old, his parents removed to Iowa, and lived there till 1866 ; his father died in 1876, and his mother is still liviug with him in Medina. He enlisted Jan. 26, 1862, in Co. K, 34th Ind. V. I., and was in the service two years and ten months; wa-i in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, and Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; was in the siege of New Madrid, Mo., and the siege of Vicksburg, where he received a gunshot wound in his left forearm, whioli disabled him, and he was discharged Nov. 7, 1864 ; he has lost the use of his arm entirely, and receives a pension of $18 per month; after his discharge, he returned to Iowa, remaining there till Oct. 1, 1866, then came to Wisconsin, but returned to Iowa the next spring. Sept. 15, 1867, he was married to Miss Mary A. Cruger, daughter of Christian Kinlin and widow of his brother, Jefferson Cruger, who died of chronic diarrhcea, April 23, 1864, in New Orleans, La., leaving two sons - Elmer L. and Henry J.; she has three sons by the second marriage - Ernest L., John W. and George P. (twins). Mr. Cruger has 20 acres of land, worth $600. He is a Republican.

ASA E. DEWK Y, farmer, See. 2 ; P. 0. Waterloo ; was born Feb. 27, 1823, in Vermont ; his father, David Dewey, and his mother, whose maiden name was Patty Egleston, was a native of Connec" ticut; when he was 5 years old, his parents removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y.; he lived in that county tiU 21 years of age ; in the spring of 1844, he came to Wisconsin and located the land he now owns, bu' lived in Waterloo a part of the time for about two years. He was married Aug. 2, 1846, to Elizabeth A., daughter of Sardine Muzzy, of Medina (see his biography) ; they have three children - Grin Adelbert, married, and lives in Deanville, town of Medina; Sarah Jane, now Mrs. John Wilt, of Minnesota; and Amy Caroline, now Mrs. Charles Porter, of Minnesota ; they have lost one child, Juliette, who died at 5 months old. Mr. Dewey is a Democrat : he has 75 acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

JAMES FBENEY, farmer. Sec. 16; P. 0. Marshall; born in 1830, in County Galway, Ireland ; son of Jorham and Catharine Feeney, who never ,left Ireland. He came to America when about 18 years old ; lived in Massachusetts three years, and came to Wisconsin in May, 1854 ; first settled in Deerfleld, Dane Co., and remained there three years, then went to Waterloo, and was in the boot and shoe business till the war broke out ; in 1861 he enlisted in Co. B, 16th W. V. I, but his company was consolidated with Co. A, after the battle of Shiloh, in which he was engaged ; was in the service three and a half years, all the time with his regiment; went with "Sherman to the sea," came home via Washington, and was discharged at Madison ; he then went into business again in Waterloo, and continued there till the fall of 1868, then bought his present farm and moved on the next spring. He was married, Dec. 27, 1855, in Massachusetts, to Honora Melony, a native of County Galway, Ireland ; has six children - James, Katie, Martin, Mary, Frederick and Lizzie, all at home. He learned the shoemaker's trade in Ireland, and always worked at it till he came on his farm in the spring of 1869 ; has 160 acres of land, worth $40 per acre. Democrat, and all members of the Catholic Church.

JOH\ GASKIN, merchant, Marshall ; born in Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1855 ; his father, Geo. K. Gaskin, came to Wisconsin in 1857 or 1858 ; lived in Deerfield, Dane Co., two or three years, and in 1861 enlisted in Co. A, 29th W. V. I.; was in the service about six months, and died at Helena, Ark., April 4, 1862. He left four children - Madgie, John, Charles E. and George W, all living in Marshall, and all unmarried except John ; he was married, Jan. 1, 1877, to Louisa Martin, daughter of C. F. Martin, of Marshall, and has one child, Effie J., born Jan. 11, 1879. He commenced clerking in 1869, in the general store of Lyman Mallary, at Marshall, and April 1, 1877, bought a one-half interest in the same, and now carries on the business under the firm name of " Gaskin & Co." In politics. Democrat.

-H. C. (jtIjAGOW, tinsmith, Marshall; born Feb. 8, 1837, in Alt Ruppin, Prussia; his father, William Glagow, came to Amerifa in 1848 ; lived in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., two years, then in New York City two years, and in 1852 carae to Wisconsin ; settled in Windsor, Dane Co., and died there in 1859 or 1860. Mrs. Glagow, whose maiden name was Emily Bonhaff, is still living in Madison. Mr. Glagow was married, Aug. 6, 1874, in Madison, to Miss Minnie Amp, a native of Madison ; have two children - William and Rosa; learned his trade in 1860, in Madison ; remained there three years, then went to Kansas and spent two years in Lyon and Saline Counties; then about a year in Grimes Co., Texas, then back to Madison a year, and in Chicago a few months; in 1872, he went to California; worked at his trade in Marysville and Los Angeles about four years ; spent six or seven months in Virginia City, Nev., and in the winter of 1877 returned to Wisconsin and went into business in Marshall, where he still continues to carry a stock of hardware, stoves and tinware. He is politically a Republican.

JOHIIf HART, farmer, Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Marshall ; was born Sept. 17, 1817, in Huntington Co., England, parish of Somersham ; son of Edward and Mary (Byson) Hart. Was married in England, in Upwellohurch. County of Norfolk, in 1844, to Ann Singleton, a native of Norfolk, near Lynn ; came to America in 1846, and lived in Peterboro, Madison Co. N. Y., fourteen years ; came to Wisconsin in 1860, and has lived in the town of Medina ever since ; has three children - James, married and living in Minnehaha Co., D. T. ; Mary is the wife of George Wood, and Jane is now Mrs. Robert Hart, all living in same county as James, in Dakota Territory. Mr. Hart has 120 acres of land, worth $4,000. Republican, and himself and wife members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOSFiPH HART, farmer, Sees. 23 and 26; P. 0. Marshall ; born Feb. 3, 1823, in Hunting;- tonshire, England ; son of Thomas and Charlotte (Hewit") Hart ; his mother died in England in 1827, and hip father came ^o America in 1846, and died in Medina in 1859. Joseph came to America in 1840 ; lived in Madison Co., N. Y., till 1846, (except one winter i^ Michigan), then came to Wisconsin and settled in his present location, on the northwest quarter of Sec. 26. Was married, June 14, 1848, in Medina, to Mary Jane Smith ; she was born Sept. 23, 1829, in Medinai Co., Ohio, town of Seville; her father, Samuel Smith, came to Wisconsin in 1844, lived one and a half years in Racine Co. (near Kenosha), and in October, 1845, came to Dane Co. ; settled in Medina, on Sec. 26, and died in February, 1875, in his 80th year, in Gratiot Co., Mich. Mrs. Smith, whose maiden name was Electa Gould, died in 1869, in Medina, aged 76. Mr. Hart has four children - Helen Charlotte, now Mrs. C. L. Thompson, of Marshall, Edward Hewitt, married and lives on the home farm ; Joseph Charles, single and living in Prattville, Cal., and Eva, at home, also unmarried. Mr. Hart, in coinpany with four others, started for California March 31, 1853, with ox teams, and was five months and sixteen days making the trip; remained there till the fall of 1854 and returned via the "isthmus route;" has been Chairman and Assessor, and was on the board part of the time during the war. Republican, though he voted for Greeley and acted with the Democrats a few years. Universalists ; has 100 acres of land, worth S35 per acre.

THOMAS HART, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Marshall; born Feb. 11, 1817, in Somersham, Huntingtonshire, England, son of Thomas Hart, who came to America in August, 1846, and lived in Medira until his death, July 6, 1859, in his 69th year ; his own mother died in England in 1827 ; her maiden name was Charlotte Hewit; his step-mother was Elizabeth Boon, of England; she is still living on Sec. 26, in Medina. Thomas Hart came to America in the spring of 1840 ; lived in Madison Co., N. Y., about two and a half years; then returned to England, and in the spring of 1844 came again to America ; remained in Madison Co., N. Y., till the spring of 1845, when he came to Wisconsin and located in Medina, where he has since resided on the same farm. Was married, in 1864, to Miss Mary D. Norton, daughter of Robert Norton, of Jeiferson Co., Wis. ; she was born in Milwaukee Co., Wis., April 1, 1841 ; they have three children - Lottie, Thomas and Grace, all at home. Was Treasurer of the town insurance company three years. Republican. Has 162 acres of land, worth $4,000.

S. W. HOYT, hotel, Marshall; born June 1, 1819, in Caledonia Co., Vt. ; came to Wisconsin in May, 1845, and located at Lake Mills, Jefferson Co. ; lived there ten years, the first two years in a hotel l^the Lake Mills House), and then started the first harness-shop in the place (having learned the trade in Vermont) ; he run that business six years, and was in the grocery business two years ; in 1855, he went to Waupaca Co., Wis. purchased a tract of land in the town of Dayton, platted and built up the little village of Parfreyville ; kept a hotel called the " Dayton House," and also run a general store in the village all the time he lived there, which was about ten years ; he then sold out and returned to Lake Mills, where he was engaged in the mercantile business ; in the fall of 1868, he, in company with several others, organized the " Agricultural Manufacturing Company" of Lake, Mills, and traveled for four years as general agent for the company, and. spent two years inclosing up the business; in 1874, he went to farming, and followed that until September, 1879 ; then exchanged his farm for the brick hotel in Marshall, known as the " Marshall House," which he continues to keep. Was married, Nov. 30, 1848, in Lake Mills, to Catharine M Stiles, who was born in Franklin Co.. Mass., April 18, 1825, and daughter of Ezekiel Stiles, who came to Wisconsin in 1843, settled at Lake Mills and died there Jan. 3, 1853, aged 68 ; Mrs. Stiles, whose maiden name was Mary King, died July 12, 1855, aged 64; have had four children, but none of them are now living; Kate L. was born Dec. 8, 1851, and died Nov. 5, 1878; Alice L., born Jan. 28, 1860, died Dec. 14, same year ; Frederick M., born Nov. 11, 1861, died Feb. 3, 1862, and Lucy A., died in infancy, July 30, 1863 ; Kate L. was married to Isaac L. Farwell, of Lake Mills, and died one year and twenty-six days after her marriage. Mr. Hoyt was a Democrat in his younger days, but voted for John P. Hale in 1848, and has been a Republican ever since the party was organized. Mrs. Hoyt was a strong Abolitionist while that party was in its infancy, weak and unpopular, and did all she could in the cause, although not allowed to vote ; she now advocates the right of woman to stand on an equality with man at the ballot-box, and in all the vocations of life.

S. W. KIlVGr, contractor, builder and lumber dealer, Marshall Depot; born Feb. 11, 1832, in Orleans Co., N. Y. ; lived there till he was 21 ; then went to Illinois and lived four years in Winnebago Co. ; returned to New York and was married in September, 1857, toSophronia L. Barber, of the town of Kendall, Orleans Co. ; then went back to lUindis and remained till 1859, when he came to Wisconsin and located in Medina, where he has since resided; his wife died of consumption in the fall of 1861, leaving:

BO children ; his second wife, to whom he was married in 186ij, was Loretta J. Fuller, of Marshall ; have one child, Frederick, born Sept. 7, 1867. Mr. K. commenced working at the carpenter trade in 1853 ; followed that and teaching while living in Illinois, and also in Wisconsin, up to 1874 ; then bought out the lumber business of L. H. Bartlett, and has followed his present business since ; taught school thirty terms in all. In politics, an uncompromising Grreenbacker, and in religion, Universalist.

ISAAC C. KNAPTOIV, farmer, Sees. 21, 20, 17 and 16 ; P. 0. Marshall ; he was born Dec. 25, 1836, in Yorkshire, England, city of Otley; son of William and Jane (Oarnelley) Knapton, who came to America in 1848 with a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, leaving one married daughter in England ; came direct to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 7 in Medina, where he bought forty acres of land, and also took up 160 acres of Government land on Sec. 17 (being the northwest quarter), but did not remove on it till the fall of 1853. Isaac remained on the farm with his parents till the death of his father, Jan. 28, 1858, and, the 1st day of March following, was married, in Medina, by Lorenzo Hatch, Esq., to Mary, daughter of Robert Agnew, who came in 1852 ; she was born Nov. 1, 1840, in County Down, Ireland, parish of Donaghdee, twelve miles from Belfast; Mr. Agnew settled on Sec. 16 in Medina ; was bitten by a rattlesnake Aug. 24, 1860, and died the' 1st of September following ; Mrs. Agnew is still living with Mr. Knapton, her son-in-law, at the age of 86 oo the 2d day of October, 1880, being the oldest person in the town of Medina. Mr. Knapton has had five children ; the oldest, Priscilla Aon, died at about 2 years of age, in 1861, of diphtheria, which was the first case known in Medina, or that part of the town, at least; Edward Robert, born April 28, 1861 ; John Harvey, Jan. 20, 1867; Edith Perry, Aug. 20, 1869, and Priscilla Ellen, Jan. 1, 1874 - all at home. He has been School District Clerk ten years. Town Treasurer one term. Assessor six years, and is at present holding that office. Has 160 acres of land, worth about $25 per acre. Republican.

WILLIAM KNAPTON, farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. DeansviUe; he was born Oct. 26, 1828, in the town of Doncaster, West Yorkshire, England ; his father was William Knapton, and his mother Jane Carneley; they were married at Doncaster Church, and came to America with their family in 1848; located on Seo. 7 in Medina, then went to Sec. 17, where he died in 1858, aged 60 years ; Mrs. Knaptoa is still living on Sec. 17, in her 79th year. Mr. Knapton was married, Oct. 16, 1853, to Ann Fallows ; she was born July 30, 1827, in the city of Manchester, Lancashire, England; her parents, Thomas and Ann Fallows, came to America in 1848, and settled on Sec. 8 in Medina; Mrs. Fallows died in 1864, and Mr. Fallows is still living, at the age of 79, with his son-in-law, Mr. Knapton; Bishop Samuel Fallows, of the Reformed Episcopal Church, is a brother of Mrs. Knapton, and was only 12 years of age when his parents settled in Medina, where he grew up to manhood ; Mr. Knapton has seven children - William T., Samuel F., Plannah Jane, Emma L., George Henry Grant, Lillie M. P. and Heber - all at home. He has been Supervisor four terms and School Director six years ; has been Class-leader, Steward and Trustee in the M. E. Church (of which himself and wife are members) for a number of years. Has 141i acres of land, worth $4,000. Republican.

JOHN KRAIIER, merchant, Marshall Depot; he was born March 11, 1823, in Pulda, Kurhessen, Germany ; came to America in 1847, landing in New York City Nov. 7 ; lived in Boston three and a half years, working at shoemaking, which trade he had learned in Germany. He was married, in Boston, May 20, 1850, to Maria Graeff, a native of Weinheim, Baden, Germany. He went from Boston to Milford, Mass., and worked at his trade nearly twenty years for one man, Benjamin D. Godfrey; in 1870, he came to Wisconsin, and worked about six years for Atkins, Steele & White, of Milwaukee: in 1876, came to Marshall Depot and went into the mercantile trade, which he still continues, keeping a general stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, notions, etc. He has but one child - Carrie, born in Boston May 20, 1851 ; she was married, in 1875, to H. E. Crowell, of Chicago, and has one child - Clarence, born in 1876. Mr. Kramer is Republican, and himself and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

GEORGE LEWELLIN, farmer. Sec. 12; P. 0. Watertown ; born March 7, 1814, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., town of Springport ; his father, Lewis Lewellin, was a native of Pennsylvania ; came to Wisconsin in 1845, settled in his present location, and has lived there ever since. Was married to Eleanor Weeks, daughter of Joseph Weeks ; she was born in Franklin Co,, N. Y. ; has only one child - Lewis, born April 12, 1854, unmarried and at home; one son - John M., was born Aug. 31, 1858, and died Oct. 9, 1859. Democrat, and has 750 acres of land, 500 of it in Dane Co., worth $35 per acre, and 250 in Jefferson Co., worth about $25 per acre.

JOHN LINDSAY, harness-maker and dealer in boots and shoes; born July 10, 1837, in Down, Ireland, twelve miles east of the city of Belfast ; son of Alexander Lindsay, who died when

John was only 11 years old; learned his trade in Donaghada, Ireland, and Glasgow, Scotland, where he went when about 15 years old; stayed two and a half years, then came to America in summer of 1854; lived in Milwaukee till fall, then came to Marshall, and worked at farming from 1855 to 1859, when started a harness-shop in Marshall, but sold out in 1861 to T. Oleson, and, Aug. 17, 1861, enlisted in Co. B, 7th I. V. I., and was in the service till Aug. 21, 1864 ; was wounded near Petersburg, Va.; remained two months and thirteen days in the hospital, and was discharged at Whitehall, near Philadelphia ; was in nineteen engagements during his term of service in the Army of the Potomac; after his discharge he went with the 44th, as sutler's clerk, a few months, and in July, 1865, went to Salisbury, N. C, and clerked in a general store two months ; then went to Montgomery, Ala., in the same business till last of December, and Jan. 1, 1866, he returned to Wisconsin, and engaged in harness-making in Rio, Columbia Co. ; February, 1867, came back to Marshall, and bought a half interest in the business he had sold to T. Oleson, who had added a stock of boots and shoes to his stock of harness ; April 15, 1875, he bought out the whole business, and still continues it. Was married Dec. 15, 1868, in Marshall, to Miss E. A. McPherson, who was born April 4, 1850, in Lewisville, N. Y. ; he has been Chairman, Town Clerk and Treasurer, and is a' Democrat.

SARDINE MUZZY, farmer. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Marshall; born Aug. 10, 1806, in the town of Leicester, Worcester Co., Mass. ; went to Ohio when 17 years old, and lived in Medina Co. till 1843 ; then went to Lake Co., 111., and staid one year; in the fall of 1844 he came to Wisconsin, and settled in his present location, took Government land and stuck to it. Was married, in Ohio, March 26, 1827, to Elorsey C. Luna, a native of Connecticut, a daughter of Sheldon Lum ; has ten children - Elizabeth (now Mrs. Asa Demey, of Medina) ; Elorsey (now Mrs. George Giles, of Iowa) ; Sheldon 8. (living in Marshall) ; Austin L., in Michigan ; Laura Paulina (now Mrs. Willard Cole, of Medina) ; Samuel E. (lives in Michigan), James and Andrew C., in Medina; Adaline J. (now Mrs. Amos Thompson, of Medina), and Charles, living in Iowa ; Francis died at 15 months old, the next spring after coming to Wisconsin ; four of the boys w§re in the army during the rebellion : Austin L. was in Co. C, 11th W. V. I., four years, and was Second Sergeant ; Samuel and Andrew were in Co. E, 48th W. V. I., and were in the service one year; Charles was in Co. B, 7th W. V. I., and was in the service during the last fifteen months of the war, in the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Muzzy was Assessor four years, and Chairman one year ; Democrat; has 160 acres of land, worth $40 per acre, and 5 acres of timber; both members of the M. E. Church.

TRBAIVE PARSONS, cooper, Marshall ; born Dec. 20, 1801, in the town of Hawley, Mass. ; son of Simeon Parsons ; when 1 2 years old, his father removed to Crawford Co., Penn., and died there, Nov. 17, 1841, aged 67 ; Mrs. Parsons came West, and died, March 14, 1848, in Marshall. His first wife was Mary Dewey, of Massachusetts ; was married Jan. 10, 1828, and she died Feb. 23, 1835, leaving three children - 7 William K., living in Medina, one mile south of Marshall, born Oct. 30, 1828 ; Nancy Fidelia, born July 10, 1830, now the wife of John Chase Cummins, of Dakota ; and Ann Dewey Terrill, born Nov. 15, 1833, now the wife of John Hart, of Buffalo Co., Wis. ; A. Judson, died in infancy. His second wife, to whom he was married in Connecticut, Oct. 23, 1836, was Fanny, daughter of Asa Sheldon ; she was born Sept. 20, 1796, in Berkshire Co., Mass. ; has two children by the second marriage - Harriet Maria, born April 5, 1839, now Mrs. Edward Hart, of Medina; and Fanny Eliza, born Aug. 28, 1841, now Mrs. George Allen, of Marshall. Mr. Parsons came to Wisconsin in September, 1847, and his family came in the fall of 1848, and has lived in Marshall ever since; he went to learn the cooper's trade when 17 years old, worked at it seven years in Ashtabula Co., Ohio., and followed the business about forty years ; has also worked at mason's work ; held the ofiice of Town Clerk ten years. Assessor three years in Medina ; Republican and Baptist, and Mrs. P. Presbyterian ; has a farm of 125 acres adjoining the village of Marshall, worth $2,500 ; was the eldest of nine children ; all grew to maturity except one, and now he has only one brother and one sister left; his brother, William C., lives in Iowa, O'Brien Co.

WILLiIAIl K. PARSONS, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Marshall ; born Oct. 30, 1828, in Crawford Co., Penn. ; son of Urbane Parsons, of Medina (see his biography) ; came to Wisconsin with his father in the fall of 1848. Was married in Medina, Sept. 12, 1852, to Ann Hart, daughter of Thomas Hart; she was born Aug. 15, 1833, in Upwell, England; has five children - Orlando U., born March 31, 1854; Mary E., April 16, 1856; Charles T., April 20, 1858; Laura N., Jan. 10, 1861 ; and Fannie E., May 21, 1874, all at home. Has been on Board of Supervisors; Republican. Has 100 acres of land, worth $30 per acre.

PHILANDER PORTER, deceased; was one of the first settlers in the north part of Medina, having come there from Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in May, 1845 ; he took up Government land on

Sec. 2, where he resided till his death, Sept. 28, 1874; he was born Deo. 11, 1813, in Oneida Co., N. Y., and went to Cattaraugus Co. when about 21 years old. Was married there March 24, 1839, to Aurilla Prentice, who was born in the town of Hanover, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Feb. 29, 1816; daughter of Salmon and Edna (Sweet) Prentice, natives of Vermont ; Mr. Porter at his death left six children, having previously lost two - Edna at 2i years old, and Mary Adalaide at 16 months; those living were Maria, now the wife of Rev. Allen FoUensbee of the M. E. Church, residence, Hamlin, Minn. ; Charles E., married to Miss Amy C. Dewey ; Euretta M., now the wife of Smith Pierce ; and Martha Amelia, now Mrs. Jason Butler; last three living in Renville Co., Minn. ; Dellona, now Mrs. Theron Burr, living on the homestead in Medina ; and Isaac Prentice, single, and living with Charles E. in Minnesota. Mr. Porter was a member of the M. B. Church from the time he was .16 years old till his death ; was Class Leader for a number of years, and most of his life held some official position in the church ; zealous and faithful in the discharge of his duties, he won the confidence and esteem of bis associates and acquaintances ; the first sermon preached in his neighborhood was at his house in October, 1845, by Rev. Pope Allen, of the M. E. Church ; the homestead, which is occupied by the widow, Mrs. Aurelia Porter, consists of 80 acres of land with good buildings. P. 0. Waterloo.

WILLIAM H. PORTER, farmer and mill-owner, Marshall; was born in Essex Co., Mass., Nov. 10, 1830 ; his mother died in Massachusetts Sept. 23, 1854, about 56 years old, leaving but two children - William H., and one daughter, Martha, who died Jan. 23, 1855, aged 22; he with his father, William F. Porter, came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856, and located in Dane Co., where they purchased a large tract of land in Medina, at the village of Marshall. Mr. Porter, Sr., returned to Massachusetts in 1865, locating in Boston, and died Nov. 20, 1878, at the age of 72, in Jacksonville, Fla., where he had spent his winters for the last ten years. His second wife, to whom he was married Oct. 13, 1856, was Elizabeth Lane, of Haverhill, Mass. ; she is still living in Brighton. Mass. William H. Porter still owns about 900 acres of land, over 600 of it being in and around the village of Marshall; he also owns the grist-mill on Waterloo Creek, known as the " Marshall Mill," and is one of the stockholders in the Marshall cheese-factory, and is also salesman and Treasurer of the company; was one of the founders of the Marshall Academy, and Treasurer for three years ; has been School District Treasurer for eleven years in succession, and Postmaster at Marshall ever since Andrew Johnson's Administration ; is the present Chairman, and has held the office nine years in all, and is Republican to the backbone. His first wife, to whom he was married April 26, 1870, was Elizabeth M. Bell, daughter of C. E. Bell, of Marshall ; she died Oct. 26, 1874, leaving one son, who died one year after. Was again married, Dec. 26, 1876, to Nettie, daughter of James H. Page, of Dane Co,, now of Kansas, and has two children by the second marriage - William and James.

M. S. SMITH, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. "Marshall ; was born Oct. 29, 1840, in Northern Pennsylvania ; his parents removed to Chemung Co., N. Y., when he was only 4 months old ; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled in Medina, where they are still living, on Sec. 17 ; his father, Jesse M. Smith, is now 75 years old, and his mother, Rheuby Smith, is 78 ; they were among the first settlers of Medina, and he once held the office of Supervisor, and was Deputy Sheriff two terms. M. S. Smith enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. A, 29th W. V. I. ; was in the following battles while in the Department of the Mississippi: Port Gibson, Champion Hill, and in the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson; then transferred to the Department of the Gulf, and in the battles of Carrion Crow Bayou, Moss Lane, Pleasant Hill, and innumerable skirmishes ; was Corporal of Co. A, and brevetted Second Lieutenant by Gov. Fairchild, for "meritorious services "" at the battle of Champion Hill; in June, 1864, was transferred to the 7th U. S. 'H. A. C, with the rank of Second Lieutenant, and was mustered out of service in October, 1865. Was married, Dec. 25, 1867, to Amelia Mory ; she was born in Medina, Nov. 12, 1850, daughter of Silas Mory, who came to Wisconsin in 1846, and is still living in Medina. Mr. Smith has 80 acres of land, worth $1,500. In politics, a Democrat. Both are members of the Baptist Church.

PETER VAN liOAJV, farmer, carpenter and wheelwright; was born Dec. 2, 1829, in Delaware Co., N. Y., town of Roxbury ; son of Tobias and Dolly (Snyder) Van Loan ; when 7 years old, his father died, and his mother married Jonathan J. Bacon, who now lives in Binghamton, N. Y. ; she died about five years after her second marriage. Mr. Vaa Loan, Sr., removed with his family from Delaware Co. to Greene Co., N. Y., in 1830, and died in that county. Peter learned the carpenter's trade there, and was married in the same county, in 1851, to Lucy B. Beers, who died in Marshall, Wis., Feb. 12, 1869, leaving three children - Olin L. (married and living in Marshall), Lillie A. and Minnie May (at home), vir. Van Loan came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1855 ; lived in Otsego, Columbia Co., till June, 1857; then came to Dane Co., and located in Sun Prairie, on Sec. 8 ; in 1866, he sold out there.

and removed to Marshall, where he has resided since ; worked at his trade in Marshall till 1875 ; then bought a farm of 80 acres on Sec. 11, which his son carries on, and he has been engaged in carriage and wagon making for the last few years. Was married the second time, Nov. 2, 1870, to Eliza Jane, daughte of Col. Lewis Morrill, one of the first settlers in Medina, having come there from Aroostook Co., Me., in 1846, and died in March, 1874. Mr. Van Loan has held the office of Justice of the Peace. Independent in politics, and himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

C. T. WEEKS, farmer. Sec. 3; P. 0. Marshall; was born Dec. 15, 1820, in Vermont; when 3 years old, his father, Joseph Weeks, removed to Kendall, Orleans Co., N. Y. ; when 14 years old, he went to work in Geaesee Co., N. Y., and in 1845, came to Wisconsin ; staid one summer in Watertown, and returned to New York, July 1, 1847. Was married to Lovina Lewellin, who was born Aug.'lS, 1825, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth CGearheart) Lewellin, and sister of George Lewellin, of Medina, Wis. ; came again to Wisconsin in the fall of 1847, and located on his present farm ; has no children. He has held the office of Chairman several years, and has also been Supervisor and held some other offices in the town. He is a Democrat, and member of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Weeks is also a member of the same church. He was Sabbath-school Superintendent for several years, and Class-leader for twenty-five years ; has held all the offices in the church, up to local preacher.

JOHN THOMAS WHITE (deceased) ; was a native of Chatham, Kent Co., England; son of Thomas and Mary Ann White, who both died in England ; he came to America in the spring of 1845, and located on Sec. 9, in Medina, where he resided till his death, June 1, 1874, at the age of 57. He was married, Deo. 20, 1847, to Miss Lydia Haight, who was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 5, 1819 ; her parents, Isaac and Lois (Ellis) Haight, were natives of Dutchess Co., N. Y.; lived in Cayuga Co. a few years, then in Niagara Co., and, in May, 1846, came to Wisconsin, and located in Hampden, Columbia Co., where he died in 1862 and Mrs. Haight in 1868. Mr. White, at his death, left only one child - Frances, who was born Sept. 15, 1850, and married in March, 1867, to Koberfc Knopton, son of William Knopton, Sr., and has six children - Mary Ann, Minnie Ellen, John Elmer, Lydia Elnora, Frankie Elferetta and Edmund. Mr. White's oldest child, Mary Ann, was born Aug. 28, 1846 ; was married to Francis Hoag in September, 1867, and died Sept. 2, 1872, leaving three children - Frances G., Elmer D. and Frankie L. Mr. White's only son, James, died in 1858, 2 months old.

JOSEPH WILT, farmer, See's. 1 and 11 ; P. 0. Waterloo; born March 14, 1817, in Alsace, France ; when 14 years of age, his father, Joseph Wilt, came to America and settled in Medina Co., Ohio. Mr. Wilt came to Wisconsin from Ohio in 1843 ; took up Government land in what is now Medina ; settled on it, and made the farm he now owns, and where he has lived ever since coming to the State. In 1851, he married Miss Mary Groshong, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., and has seven children - Andrew, Charles, Albert, Clara, Willie, Katie and Eleanor, all at home and unmarried. Mrs. Wilt was born June 28, 1830, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wilt is not a member of any church. In politics. Democrat.

ENGELiBERT ZIMPRICH, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Marshall; born March 19, 1833, in Bohemia, Austria, in the village of Rothsdorf; his father, Joseph Zimprich, came to America in 1852; settled in the town of Milford, Jefierson Co., and died in that county. Mr. Zimprich was married in December, 1864, to Mary Arct ; she was born in the same village he was ; he came to Dane Co. in the fall of 1867 ; lived in Sun Prairie two years ; then came to Medina, and has lived since in his present location ; has eight children - John, Rudolph, Emma, Hattie, William, Eddie, Jay and Albert, all at home. He has been Supervisor three terms, and School District Treasurer three years. Democrat, and has 80 acres of land, worth $3,000,

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XICHOIiAi^ AliTEMUS, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Monroe Co., Penn., in 1829; when 16 years old, he became apprenticed to the harness-maker's trade, which he followed, together with merchandising, in his native State till 1855 ; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 2, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where he now owns 240 acres. He was married, in Monroe Co., Penn., in 1852, to Sally A. Saylor, a native of that county ; their children are Emma 0., Sarah A., Charles S., Ida D., Oscar P., Edgar D. and Theodore N. Mr. Altemus is a member of the M. E. Church.

JOHN ArSTINSOX, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1815 ; he came to America and to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled on his present farm on Sec. 2, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co.; he now has a farm of 300 acres. He was married, in Norway, in 1837, to Margaret Austinaon ; their children are - Emma, now deceased ; Emily, now Mrs. Jens 0. Cold, and lives in Stoughton ; Inger, now Mrs. Theodore Davidson, and lives in Minnesota; John J., now on the farm ; Austin, now in Polk Co., Minn. ; Margaret, deceased ; Andrew J.. Thomas, in Polk Co., Minn.; Mathew, at home.

THEODORE BAILEY, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., May 30, 1803 ; when a year old, his parents removed with him to Steuben Co., N. Y., whence, in 1821, they went to Crawford Co., Penn., and two years later to Mercer Co., Penn., where they died; when 18 years old, he went to the town of Erie, Erie Co., Penn, and there followed teaming principally till 1842, going thence to Port Stanley, Canada; he was employed on public works till November, 1850, when he removed to Alabama and engaged in the livery-stable and staging business till the spring of 1855 ; he came then to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., Wis., and bought his present farm of 120 acres on Sees. 20 and 21. He was married, in April, 1834, to Nancy A., daughter of Daniel and Nancy Chidester, a native of Cooperstown, N. Y.; she died June 9, 1868, having had one son - James S., who was killed in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va.; his second marriage was celebrated Sept. 12, 1869, to Mrs. Emily Lyon, nee Warren, a native of St. Johnsbury, Vt., she having two daughters by a former marriage - Martha, now Mrs. George Burnett, of Stoughton ; Emma, Mrs. A. E. Gilbert, of Dunkirk.

JAMES Gr. BAKER, U. S. express agent, and book-keeper for Johnson & Melaas, Stoughton; was born in Norway in March, 1837, and in 1856, began clerking in Kongsberg, Norway, which he continued till 1859 ; sailing for America April 23, 1859, he arrived at the town of Black Earth, Dane Co., Wis., June 8 following, where he spent the summer ; he came to Stoughton in the fall of that year, attended school during the winter, and in the spring of 1860 began merchandising, which he continued for about ten months ; he then followed farming in the town of Dunkirk till 1864, when he came again to the village and engaged in mercantile trade till 1867, when he sold to N. Anderson & Co.; he was appointed agent for the Merchants' Union Express Company in 1866; was also agent for the American a short time, and in 1869 became agent for the U. S. Express Company, and in 1876 also book-keeper for Johnson & Melaas, clothiers. Mr. Baker was a member of the Town Board before the village charter was granted; he was elected Village Treasurer in 1879, and re-elected in 1880. He was married, in 1861, to Adeline Nelson, a native of Milwaukee ; her parents emigrated from Norway about 1844 ; she died in 1866, leaving two daughters - Mary and Amelia ; his second marriage was in 1868, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Jerome and Jane Chidester, a native of Kenosha, Wis ; they have one son - Arthur C. Mr. Baker is a member of the Lutheran Church.

A BNER B ARIiO W, retired ; is a native of New Hampshire ; born in the town of Stratford, Coos Co., June 19, 1799 ; his father, Abner Barlow, was a native of Connecticut, and removed to New Hampshire prior to the Revolutionary war ; his mother, Eunice French, was a native of Vermont, and lived till nearly 93 years old ; the Elder removed with his parents, in 1807, to Dutchess, and a year later to Herkimer Co., whence in 1812, he settled in Chautauqua Co.; here, when about 29 years old, he began the work of the ministry as an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church ; in 1835, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located at Kenosha, where he continued his labors for nine years ; he was ordained Elder by Bishop Roberts at Chicago, in 1842, and, in 1844, came as a home missionary to the town of Dunkirk, and settled as a local preacher in this town ; his first services were held in private dwellings or some schoolhouse, but he faithfully pursued his labors under the embarrassing circumstances of pioneer days, till he can now look back upon a life well spent in the service of his Lord. He was married in Chautauqua Co., N. T., in 1823, to Polly Strunk, a native of Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y., who died in June, 1876, leaving six children - Lafayette, now in Rice Co., Minn.; Sophia, now Mrs. Kieser, of Rice Co., Minn.; Elizabeth, now the widow of the late Sylvester Giles (deceased), of Chicago; Byron, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; Eunice, now the wife of David McNiel, and lives in Stoughton ; Brainard, a farmer of this town ; Henry, deceased ; Frances, now in Stoughton.

THOMAS BEA.TTIE, retired ; Stoughton ; is a native of England ; born in County Northumberland, in 1830 ; at the age of 14 years he became apprenticed to the miller's trade, which he followed in his native country till 1850 ; he then immigrated to America, and continued his trade in Chicago till 1858, when he located at Dayton, Green Co., Wis.; two years later he removed to Monroe, Green Co., purchased the flouring-mill, and was proprietor of the same till 1862, when he enlisted in Co. B, 31st W. V. I.; was elected Second Lieutenant, and afterward promoted to First Lieutenant, and served with his regiment in the army of the West, and with Sherman till mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky., in 1865 ; returning then to Monroe, and to Dayton in 1866. He run the mill at the latter place till th'e spring of 1867, when he came to Stoughton, and with Mr. James Norris engaged in milling till 1878. Mr. Beattie was President of the Village Board for two years, member of the County Board for the same length of time, and was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from his district in 1879. He was married in 1857, to Ann Taylor, a native of England; they have two children - Margaret A. and Henry T.

ANDREW A. BERGOm, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1827 ^ he came to Wisconsin in 1853, and settled at that time in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co.; In 1859, he bought a farm of 40 acres on Sec. 4, and in 1868, bought his present farm of 80 acres on See. 9 ; he now has 120 acres. He was married in Dunkirk in 1860, to Betsey Hanson, a native of Norway ; she came to Wisconsin in 1859 ; they have had six children - Mattie (now dead), Andrew, Hans, Nels, Mattie, Johan (deceased). Mr. B. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOSEPH BETEXS, farmer. Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Warren Co., N. Y., in May 1817 ; his father, Joseph Bevens, was a native of Connecticut, but died in Warren Co., N. Y., about 1846 ; his mother, Dorcas Eastman, was a native of Connecticut, but died in Wisconsin. Mr. Bevens removed to Wisconsin in 1842, and settled near Pulton, Rook Co., where he followed farming and trading till the spring of 1855 ; he then removed to the town of Dunkirk, and located on Sec. 14. He now owns a farm of 283 acres. He has been a member of the Town Board three terms, two of which he was Chairman. He was also Assessor of the town for one term. He was married in New York in 1840, to Harriet N., daughter of Joseph Glazier, who died in the town of Porter, Rock Co., Wis., in 1854, leaving four children - -Edson, now in Florida ; Alva J., now a farmer of this town ; Elma J., now the wife of A. J. Martin, and lives in Dunkirk; Orin N., now married and lives on the farm. His second marriage was in Chicago in June, 1855, to Laura H. Rice, nee Miller, and a daughter of Levi Miller, a native of Massachusetts. Mr. Bevens' family is connected with the M. E. Church.

JOHN BKICKSON , dealer in groceries, crockery etc., etc., Stoughton ; was born in Norway in April, 1831 ; he followed the seas much of the time for a few years before sailing for America, in April, 1857 ; landing at Quebec, he came thence to Dane Co., Wis., and devoted his time to farming, in the town of Cottage Grove, till the autumn of 1862, whin he removed to Stoughton, and has since been engaged in his present business. He was married, in the spring of 1864, to Miss Isabel Olson, a native of Norway; their children are Kate, Ida, Laura, Hattie and Ole. Mr. Brickson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

DAVID D. CAMP, jeweler, Stoughton; was born in Bradford Co., Penn.; in 1832, removed to Lee Co., 111., in 1850, where his father, Joseph Camp, afterward died. In the spring of 1852, he with his mother came to the village of Stoughton, Wis., where he at once began the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed most of the time till 1862, when he began the jewelry trade, which he has since carried on. He was married at Stoughton in 1857, to Mary, daughter of Justin and Reumah Piatt, a native of Genessee Co., N. Y. ; their children are Perry P., now with his father in the business ; Ervin, Key and Myrtle.

MITCHEIi CAMPBELL, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1812 ; he landed in New York City April 23, 1832, and lived in Westchester and Orange Counties till 1840, when he removed to Milwaukee, Wis.; but soon after settled on a farm in the town of Caledonia, Racine Co., Wis., and iu the fall of 1842, he went to Van Buren Co., Iowa ; and in June, 1843, located in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., as one of its pioneers. He made his claim to 160 acres on Sec. 23 ; and now has 360 on Sections 14, 15, 22 and 23. He was married in the State of New York, to Mary Kerns, a native of Ireland,- who died in Dunkirk, May 14, 1852, leaving five children - Thomas, now in Arizona ; Charles, in Iowa; Louisa, Mrs. Robert Hobkirk, and lives in Mitchell Co., Iowa; Mary, Mrs. George Chinn, and lives in Mitchell Co., Iowa ; P. Mitchell, who now lives in Butler Co., Kan. His second marriage was April 24, 1853, to Mrs Margaret Roberts, nee Dailey, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Dailey, and a native of Tazewell Co., W. Va., born in 1818. She was married, in 1841, to Mr. Norman Roberts, a native of New York, who died in Dunkirk in 1849, leaving her with four children - A. M., now in the West; L. D., a teacher in this State ; Cyrus A., a farmer of this town ; Mary J., who died at the age of 22 years. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have three sons - George N., now a farmer of this town ; James H. and Hubert, at home. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the M. E. Church.

, JOSEPH C. CAWNOIV, farmer. Sec. 26; P. 0. Hanerville; was born in the town of Tompkins, Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1828 ; In 1835, his parents, Joseph and Rachel Huyck Cannon, emigrated to Chicago with their families; two years later, they located in the town of Caledonia, Racine Co.,. Wis., whence, in the autumn of 1843, Mr. Cannon came on a prospective visit to the town of Dunkirk, made a claim to a farm on Sec. 24, and, in the following spring, removed his family here. Mrs. Cannon died July 3, 1846 (was the first person buried in the cemetery) ; Mr. Cannon died on his farm Sept. 23,. 1850, leaving a family of five children, three of 'whom now live in Dane Co. Joseph C. made his home on the farm tUl 1859, when he, in company with others, crossed the plains to California, and spent eighteen months principally at helping to survey a railroad from Pulsom to Auburn and Passerville ; he returned to tlje farm in 1860 ; now has 238 acres on Sees. 23, 24 and 26, including the homestead. He was married, in March, 1856, to Hannah, daughter of Hiram and B. M. (Hayward) Dickson, a native of Delaaware Co., Ohio, who came to Dunkirk with her parents in 1845 ; her father died in December, 1855 ; her mother now lives with her. Mr. and Mrs. C. have five children - Charles H., born in December, 1856; Joseph H., Nov. 9, 1858, now married and lives on Sec. 24; Alice E., April 30, 1863 ; Minnie E., born Aug. 8, 1866; Eva M., Sept. 3, 1870. Mr. Cannon's family is connected with the M. E. Church.

FRAXKLIN CHAPPELL, retired, Stoughton; was born in the town of Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1809 ; his parents, Asel and Sabrina Trowell Chappell, were natives of Connecticut, but removed to Onondaga Co., N. Y., in an early day. Mr. Chappell removed to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1835, and ten years later to .Dane Co., Wis., where he located on a farm in the town of Rutland as one of its early settlers; here he made his home and devoted his time to agriculture till May, 1879, when he removed to the village of Stoughton. He was a member of the Town Board of Rutland one term. He was married, Nov. 21, 1830, to Mary, daughter of John B. and Lora (Thayer) Holden, a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y., born in December, 1811 ; their children are - Fidora E., the late wife of Eri P. Danks, of Rutland, now deceased ; Evalun P., now a resident of the town of Rutland ; Harriet A., who died at the age of 18 years ; Otsie Z., now the wife of Albert Tusler, and lives in Rutland ; Mary E., now Mrs. Wm. Graham, of Rutland ; Lucy B., now the wife of H. Woodcock, of Stoughton ; they had one child who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Chappell are members of the M. E. Church.

J. C. CHIDESTER, Village Marshal, Stoughton; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1822; his father, Daniel Chidester, was born in New Jersey, and removed to New York when a young man, and there devoted his time to farming ; his mother, Nancy Thomas, was a native of Otsego Co., N. Y. Our subject emigrated to Wisconsin in 1844, and located at Kenosha, then Racine Co., where he followed farming six years, after which, in 1850, he removed to Dane Co., and located on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, and there continued the same vocation till 1866 ; he then settled in the village of Stoughton, and has.^since engaged in various kinds of business. He has been a member of the Village Board for five or six years, and was elected Marshal in 1880. He was married, in 1847, to .Jane, daughter of Benjamin Clark, a native of Otsego Co., N. Y., and who came to Wisconsin in 1844 ; their children are - Emma J., now the wife of H. J. Rhodes, and lives at Durand, 111.; Carrie, now Mrs. J. C. Baker, of Stoughton, and Cora, at home. Mr. Chidester's family is connected with the M. E. Church.

LORENZO D. CLARK, H. D., homoeopathic physician and surgeon, Stoughton ; is a native of Vermont, born in Windsor Co. in 1841 ; in the autumn of 1854, he, with his parents, removed to Wisconsin and located at Union, Rock Co., where he spent much of his time at farming till 1863 ; he then began the study of medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., and, in the fall of 1864, came thence to Madison, Wis., where he was a student in the office of Drs. Bowen and Ingman till the autumn of 1865 ; he graduated from the Cleveland Homoeopathic College in February, 1866, and returned to Madison as an assistant to Dr. Ingman till the spring of 1868, when he removed to New Lisbon, Juneau Co., and there practiced medicine till 1869, when be located at Stoughton, and has since successfully practiced his profession. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Sibbie Ashley, of Eandolph, Dodge Co., but a native of York State, and removed to Wisconsin in 1844 ; they have one son - Charles M. The Doctor has been a member of the Village Board and School Board since his residence in Stoughton. He and Mrs. Clark are members of the Baptist Church.

BEN JAMIW F. COMPTOJf , farmer, Sees. 23 and 24 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in the town of Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1835 ; he is the son of James and Phebe (Lamoureux) Compton, natives of New York, and with whom, in the spring of 1841, he emigrated to Wisconsin and located in the town of Richmond, Walworth Co.; in 1855, they removed to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., and bought the present farm of 80 acres on Sec. 23 and 160 acres on Sec. 24 ; his father died here in March, 1872 ; his mother now lives with him on the homestead, and was 93 years old in April, 1880, doubtless the oldest person living in the town. Benjamin F. enlisted in 1864, in Co. Gt, 38th W. V. I., under Col. James Bentliflf, and was with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac till mustered out at Delaney. House, Va., in April, 1865, when he returned to Dunkirk. He was married Aug. 16, 1861, to Miss Susan, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Wiltsey) Herrick, a native of New York ; they have two children - Lannes and Jessie. Mrs. C. is a member of the M. E. Church.

JOHIV CRUSE, farmer. Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Hanerville ; was born in County Eoscommon, Ireland, in 1842; his parents emigrated with him to America, and settled in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., Wis., in 1855 ; four years after, he, in company with Joseph Cannon and Charles Dearborn, crossed the plains to California, where he spent three years at mining, farming, teaming, etc., returning to Dunkirk in 1862. He enlisted in 1864 in Co. I, 38th W. V. I., under Col. Bentliif, and served with his regiment in the Army of the Potomoc, until mustered out at Washington, in June, 1865 ; he then returned to Dunkirk and settled down oix his present farm of 125 acres. He was married Nov. 25, 1867, to Margaret Mahana, a native of New York, who came to Wisconsin in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Cruse have one daughter, Josephine.

GEORtrE W. CURRIER, Stoughton ; was born in the town of Topsham, Orange Co., Vt., May 9, 1847 ; his father, Edson Currier, is a native of Orange Co., and has followed trading and staging for a livelihood ; his mother, Lucinda (Graves) Currier, was born in Vermont, in October, 1822, and died in September, 1878, leaving three sonSj of whom our subject is the oldest; he emigrated to Wisconsin in October, 1866, and made his home with an uncle in the town of J"ulton, Rock Co., for about a year, spending the summer at farming; in the fall of 1867, he attended the Albion Academy, and, during the winter, taught his first term of school at Oakland, Jefferson Co.; in the spring of 1868, he attended school at the academy again ; after this, he spent twenty months teaching in Minnesota, and again returned to Dane Co., Wis.; he spent his time in teaching in the town of Rutland, Sun Prairie, and the village of Cambridge; he graduated from Albion Academy in 1872, and was elected Principal of the Stoughton schools in September, 1873, and was re-elected for four successive years : during the last session of the 44th Congress, he was appointed to a position in the House of Representatives ; in September, 1878, he was elected Principal of the Shawano public schools, and, in 1879, he declined re-electiou and returned to Stoughton, and has since been engaged in the insurance business ; he was at one time proprietor of the Stoughton Courier, and also the Republican nominee for Clerk of the Court in 1874; he was again re-elected Principal of the Stoughton public schools in July, 1880. He was married in 1874, to Augusta, daughter of S. C. and Julia A. Head, who died five weeks after marriage ; his second marriage was in March, 1876, to Annette, daughter of Dr. B. and C. A. Burdick, of Edgerton, Wis.; they have two children - Louis Claire; born June, 1878, and Kate L., born June, 1880. Mrs. C. is a member of the Baptist Churchy

EUGE\E W. CURTIS, wagon-painter, Stoughton ; was born in Toronto, Canada West, in November, 1850 ; in 1858, with his parents, Rutland P. and Elizabeth Curtis, he came to the town of Sullivan, Jefferson Co., Wis., and in 1863 removed to Oconomowoc, where he began the painter's trade with A. Bartlett in 1865, but completed his apprenticeship at Waterton, with Goodrow & Straw in 1867 ; he went in 1868 to Whitewater, and worked there five years for Winchester & Partridge ; after which he spent two years at Monroe, three at Palmyra and two at Wonewoc, Wis.; whence, in the autumn of 1879, he came to Stoughton, and has since been foreman in the " gear department " of the paint shop in T. G. Mandt's wagon factory. He was married at Palmyra, Wis., in 1871, to Miss Sophia, daughter of S. Seamon, and a native of Jefferson Co., Wis. Their children are Mabel and Ada.

EARL K. CUTIiER, wheelwright, Stoughton; was born in Albany Co., N Y., in 1848; when two years of age, with his parents, Elijah and Roxiana M. (Westcot) Cutler, he removed to Rut- land Co., Vt., wnere his father devoted much of his timo to the molder's and machinist's trades, and later in life to farming and saw-milling, and in February 1866 he died in that county. Our subject, E. K., came to Wisconsin in March, 1866, and located at Waterloo, Jefferson Co., where he worked at the carpenter and joiner's, trade during the summer; in the fall of the same year he removed to Stoughton, and began work at the wheelwright's trade for A. Flyte, and continued there for seven years, when he began the same work for Mr. Mandt, and has continued ab the same for the last seven years. He was married in July, 1869 to Diancie K. Heffelon, a native of Vermont, who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1863. They have had five children - Earl A. died May 29, 1877 ; Elmer B. died June 2, 1877 ; Edgar A. died June 4, 1877, all of whom died of the scarlet fever. They have two now living - Leta U. and Verra E.

CHARLES DAVIS, Stoughton ; is a native of Jefferson Co., Wis.; born at Milford in 1847 ; his father, D. 0. Davis, was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., September 12, 1802; his mother, Ophelia Waite, was born in Broone Co.', N. Y., in December, 1822 ; his parents were early emigrants to Jefferson Co., Wis., and, in 1849, removed to Stoughtou, where his father followed the miller's trade most of the time till his death, which occurred in 1873. Charles enlisted in Co., A, 50th W. V. I., in December, 1864, and served with his regiment in the Army of the West, spending most of the time in Dakota, till mustered out at Madison, Wis., June 16, 1866 ; he then returned to Stoughton and followed the carpenter and joiner's trade till 1875, when he began work for Mandt in the " gear department " of the wagonshop. He was elected Village Clerk in 1880. His mother and sister reside with him in this village.

JOHN DAWS, hardware merchant, Stoughton ; was born in New York City in 1833 ; his father, Edmund Daws, emigrated from England, and located in that city in 1827, and followed the cabinet maker's trade for a few years ; his mother, Maria Hager, was born at Schoharie, N. Y., and was of Holland Dutch descent; in 1837 his father came to Wisconsin, and claimed what was afterward known as the " Toppin farm, " in Rock Co., where our subject and the other members of the family joined him in the following year. In 1840, they removed to the town of Cold Springs, Walworth Co., and in 1844, located on a farm where the city of White Water now stands. Mr. Daws began his apprenticeship at the tinner's trade at Palmyra, Wis., in 1848, and completed it at Janesville in 1850 ; he afterward spent a few months at the trade in Milwaukee, in the employ of C. phepard & Co.; and in the autumn of 1851 he came to Stoughton and opened the first hardware and tin store in the village, which he has carried on most of the time since. He enlisted in the band of the 11th W. V. I., in 1861, under Col. Harris, of Madison, and was with the Army of the West till mustered out at St. Louis in the fall of 1862 ; he enlisted in Co. E, 52d W. V. I., in 1865, and was elected Sergeant of his company, and with it was stationed at Leavenworth, Kan.-, till mustered out in the fall of that year. Mr. Daws was a member of the second Village Board after its incorporation as a village. He was married in 1864 to Miss Libbie Powers, a native of Ohio, who emigrated to Wisconsin a short time before marriage. Their children are Edward, Agnes and Julius. Mrs. Daws is a member of the Congregational Church.

CHARLES L. DEARBORIV, dealer in agricultural implements, Stoughton ; was born in Tioga, N. Y., in 1833, and spent most of his time at farming there till 1855, when, with his mother (his father having died), he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Fulton, Rock Co. ; four years later he went to Nevada and engaged in mining till the fall of 1860, when he returned to Wisconsin and located at Stoughton ; he then engaged in the grocery trade under the firm of Dearborn & Roots, for about four years ; in 1866, he went to Montana Territory, and followed mining, stock-raising, etc., till the autumn of 1875, when he returned to Stoughton for the winter ; in the spring of 1876, he went again to Montana and engaged in the stock trade between that and Western Kansas and Nebraska he has since spent most of his time in traveling between these points, trading, and has been dealing in agricultural implements in Stoughton since the spring of 1880. He was married in January, 1862, to Fidelia Ford, daughter of Nelson Ford, a native of New York, who died in the fall of 1875, leaving three children - Henry (deceased), William and Jay T. His second marriage was in the fall of 1877, to Frankie, daughter of Nathan Parker, of Stoughton ; they have one son, Lynn. Mr. D. is a member of the Baptist Church.

CORNELIUS DOWNEY, farmer. Sec. 28 ; P. O. Stoughton ; was born at Ashburnham, Worcester Co., Mass., in 1852; when ten years old he came with his parents, Daniel and Hanora Downey, to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., Wis., where he has since resided; his father died here in 1874, and his mother in 1867 He was married in 1872, to Miss Kate Downey, a native of Ireland ; their children are Daniel, Cornelius, Anna and Nellie. They are members of the Catholic Church.

WILLIAM H. DUMOND, proprietor of restaurant and dealer in groceries, etc., Stoughton; was born near Toronto, Ontario, Co., Canada West, in 1825, and when 16 years of age ho began the cabinet maker's trade, which he afterward followed there till 1862; he then removed to Stoughton, Dane Co., Wis., and continued his trade for one year, and has since followed his present business. He was married in 1848, to Hannah Wilson, a native of Ontario County, Canada ; their children are Lena, now the wife of Reuben Hebner, and lives in the town of Dunkirk ; Ellen, now Mrs. William Bell, and lives in Dunkirk ; Fannie, Alice, Emma and William, at home.

GIJTTORM ELIilNGSOlV, buggy ironer, Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in 1836 ; he began the trade at the age of 14 years, and continued it in Norway till July, 1869, when he immigrated to Stoughton, Wis., and has since been at work for T. G-. Mandt. He was married in Norway, Aug 13, 1859, to Atelea Matilda Anderson ; they have one son, Walter M., who now works with his father. Mr. Ellingson and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

MOSES FiiVIERSON, Stoughton ; was born in the town of Warner, Merrimack Co., N. H., in 1829, and, with his parents, Bliezer aijd Lois Emerson, he emigrated to Wisconsin in May, 1846. They located the 15th day of that month on Sec. 6, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where his father died in the following autumn. His mother died at Stoughton in April, 1878. Mr. Emerson made his home on Sec. 6, till 1863, when he built on and removed to Sec. 7, and there continued farming till 1869. He next removed to his present home at Stoughton, and, in 1872, resumed the butchering business, which he began here in 1856, and carried on, in connection with farming, for two years. Mr. E. has been a member of the Town Board for two or three terms ; also. Town Assessor and Treasurer one term each. He was married, in 1856, to Lavina M. Kelley, a native of the town of Warner, Merrimack Co., N. H., who, with her mother and family, came to Wisconsin in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson have two daughters - Emily and Almira B.

ANDREW ERIKSON, furniture dealer, Stoughton : was born in Norway, Dec. 3, 1843; at the age of 16 years he began the furniture business in Norway. He came to Wisconsin in May, 1872, and located at Stoughton, where he followed farming a short time, after which he spent a few months at railroading in Arkansas ; returning to Stoughton in 1873, he has since been engaged in the furniture trade, and carries a stock of about $1,200. He was married in 1872, to Betsey Gregerson, a native of Dane Co., Wis., born in the town of Pleasant Spring. They have one daughter - Louisa B. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

KNUD ERlCKSOBf, manufacturer of wagons, carriages and plows, Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in June, 1841 ; when 17 years old, he began the blacksmith's trade, and, in 1862, became proprietor of a shop near Christiana, Norway, which he conducted till 1867 ; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and settled at Stoughton, where he was employed by Mr. Leland for four years, and two years for Mr. Mandt at making plows. He built his present shop in 1873, and has since engaged in the manufacture of plows, wagons and carriages. He was married in Norway, in 1865, to Anne K. Nelson ; their children are ErickK., Julius, Betsey, Amelia, Carl, Johan, Jergan E. andSevert N. Mr. Erickson and family are connected with the Lutheran Church.

ArGUSTUS G. ESTES, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Milwaukee Co., Wis., in 1844 ; his father, Elijah S. Estes, was born in North Carolina, in 1815, and settled in the town of Lake, Milwaukee Co., Wis., in 1835, and, in the following year, he was married to Zebiah Walker Wentworth, of Chicago, 111., but a native of Maine. They' removed in 1852, with their family, to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., and settled on Sec. 13, where A. G. has since made his home, and now owns a farm of 80 acres, though his parents have returned to Milwaukee. Mr. Estes was married, in 1868, to Martha A., daughter of John Roach, a native of La Payette Co., Wis. ; she died in 1876, leaving two children - Freddie R. and Jessie L. His second marriage was in May, 1879, to Mrs. Helen Wright, nee Mitchell, a native of Massachusetts, though of English descent. Her father, Allen Mitchell, was a native of England, and came to America about 1840, and to Wisconsin in 1848. Mrs. Estes has three sons by her former marriage - Willard W., Arthur A. and John J. Mr. Wright died in 1872.

J. li. ESTES, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in North Carolina in 1833; he removed to Racine Co., Wis., in 1838, with his father's family, and, after making that their home for five or six years, they spent a year in Iowa, then returned to Racine Co., Wis., and, in 1846, settled on Wheeler Prairie, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co.; he crossed the plains to Oregon and Northern California, where he spent seven years at farming and stock-raising ; he returned to the town of Dunkirk in the fall of 1859, and has since resided on his present farm of 70 acres. He was married in Dunkirk in 1860, to Mary Evans, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in 1861, leaving one son - John A. - who died a short time after his mother. His second miuiiagc was in 1862, to Mrs. Eliza Byer, nee Mann, a native of Pennsylvania; she came with her husband, William H. Eyer, to Dane Co., Wis., in 1855 ; he died in 1859, leaving her with two sons - Alvin E. and John H. - both of whom are in Beloit, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Estes have one daughter and three sons - Bosella, Willis E., Wilber W. and Theodore J.

O. N. FAIjK, druggist, Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1842, and, at the age of 10 years, came with his parents to America, and settled on a farm in the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis.; in 1857, they removed to Whitewater, where, in 1862, our subject enlisted in Co. H, 27th W. V. I,, under Col. Critz ; he was first elected Sergeant in his company, and afterward promoted to the position of First Lieutenant, and as such served with his regiment in the Army of the Grulf and Southwest, till mustered out at Madison, Wis., in September, 1865. He came to Stoughton in the spring of 1866, and has since that time been engaged in the drug trade. He was married in 1866, to Miss Mary Johnson, a native of Norway, but an emigrant to Wisconsin in 1850 ; they have four children - Clara, Idella, Fredereka and Nelson. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

AMOS FliYTE, manufacturer of carriages and wagons, Stoughton ; was born in Monroe Co., Penn., in 1823 ; he began the wagon-maker's trade in Northampton Co., Penn., when he was 19 years old, which he afterward followed there till 1849, when he emigrated to Wisconsin and located at Janesville. Rock Co., and worked at his trade there till 1851, when he removed to Stoughton ; he bought out a Mr. Hoffman, where his present shop now stands, and began at once the business on a small scale, which he has gradually increased till he now gives employment to six men. He was married in 1853, to Sophia Mann, a native of Pennsylvania ; their children are Esther and Luella. The family is connected with the M. E. Church.

REV. M. F AliK G JERTSEN, Pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1847 ; he received his classical education at the College of Bergen, but his father, Johan P. Ojertsen, being called to the Norwegian (Lutheran) Church at Racine, Wis., in 1864, they emigrated to America before our subject had completed his studies ; he clerked in a marine furnishing store in Milwaukee for eighteen months, and, in 1866, entered the Scandinavian Augustina Seminary and Theological Seminary of Paxton, 111., where he completed his studies in 1868, and September 27 of that year he was ordained Pastor of the Lutheran Church at Leland, 111. ; in October, 1872, he was called to his present charge at Stoughton, and now serves the congregations at Stoughton, Pleasant Springs, Rutland, Primrose, Madison, Whitewater and Argyle, Wis. He was married in La Salle Co., 111., in 1869, to Sarah A. Mosey, a native of that county ; their children are Johan P., Maria R. and Nora ; his parents also live with him.

AliEXANDER M. OREIGr, farmer. Sec. 15; P. 0. Stoughton; is a native of Scotland; born in Kinrosshire in 1819. He sailed from Edinburg for America April 7, 1841 ; landed in Quebec May 22, following, and spent the summer months at Manchester, Ontario Co., N. Y., when in November he came to Wisconsin. He settled in the town of Norway, Racine Co., and devoted his time to farming there for twenty-five years. In 1866 he removed to the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where he now owns a farm of 180 acres. He was married in Racine Co., Wis., in 1848, to Grace Oleson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1843. Their children are Isabella, now the wife of Charles Johnson, living in Dunkirk ; Andrew, at home; John, a cabinet-maker, now at Morris; William, at home. Mrs. Greig is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He was Chairman of the Town Board of Norway, Racine Co., a number of years, and was at one time a member of the Board in Dunkirk.

OTIS GUERIVSET, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Grafton Co., N. H., Nov. 18, 1819, and is the son of Amasa and Nancy (Jessaman) Guernsey. He emigrated with his family and his mother to Wisconsin in 1845, reaching Kenosha June 12, and the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., the 27th day of the same month. He bought a farm of 115 acres on Sec. 19, where he resided for nearly 4 years, then removed to his present farm of 180 acres on Sec. 18. He enlisted in Co. D, 7th W. V. I., in 1861, under Col. Van Dor, and was with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac ; was veteranized in 1864 and mustered out at Madison in 1865, after which he returned to his farm in Dunkirk. He was Assessor of the town one term ; was married in New Hampshire in 1840 to Adeline, daughter of Dr. Aldrich, a native of Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H. Their children are Nancy J., who died when young ; Adelaid, now the wife of Allen Bowles and lives in Pierce Co., Wis. ; Moses, now in Mitchell Co., Iowa ; Elmeda, deceased ; 0. Freeman, now at Fort Dodge, Iowa ; Amasa, also at Fort Dodge, Iowa ; Eben, at home ; Mary Eldora, deceased; Ellen, now Mrs. George Haynes, of Rutland; Ida, now Mrs. Ira Palmer, of Stoughton ; Alice, now the wife of Richard Devoll and lives in the town of Rutland.

OSMUND GUNDERSON, of the firm of Grunderson & Co., tobacco dealers, Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1844; he came with his father, Gunder Osmundson, to the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., in 1848, where his father still lives ; Osmund made his home in that town, till 1864, when he went to California, and was there employed at farming and dairying for nearly four years ; returning to Wisconsin in December, 1867, he located at Bdgerton, where, with Thomas Hutson, he was jinterested in the dry-goods trade for two years ; he was next employed by Taylor & Brown, stock and grain dealers, for seven vears ; he moved to Stoughton in August, 1877, and engaged in the hardware and stock business with Mr. Botha till August, 1879, when he disposed of his interest in the hardware and stock trade and began dealing in tobacco with Mr. Jensen, in December following. He was married in 1872, to Miss Betsey Johnson, a native of Rook Co. ; their children are Clarence and Adolphus. Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson are members of the Lutheran Church.

HARK IT W. IIAf>E, dealer in dry goods, boots, shoes and groceries, Stoughton; is a native of Bangor, Me. ; his father, Richard R. Hale, was born in New Hampshire, and removed when comparatively a young man to Bangor, Me., where he followed the tanner's trade for a number of years ; his mother, Jane S. ^ennett, was a native of Maine, and was the mother of five children, of whom our subject is the fourth; he was born August 27, 1839 ; the family emigrated to Stoughton, Wis., in 1855, where Mr. Hale followed farming most of the time for many years ; he died in February, 1880, at the age of 84 years ; Mrs. Hale died in the autumn of 1879. Harry W. tpent only a short time in Wisconsin in 1855, when he went to St. Louis, Mo., and followed clerking till 1860, after which he continued the same line of business in Alton, TIL, for seven years, returning to Stoughton in 1867 ; he then began merchandising for himself, and has since engaged in that business. He was married in 1864 to Ellen, daughter of Ogden M. Isham, a native of New York; and who came with her parents to Dane Co., Wis., in 1847 Mr, and Mrs. Hale have two children - Percy I. and Clara.

OSMON H AIjVERSON, Stoughton ; was born in the town of Cottage Grove, Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, and spent his time at farming till 16 years old; he then went to Marshall, where, in 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 29th W. V. I., under Col. Gill, and was with his regiment in the army of the Gulf, till mustered out at Shreveport, La., in 1865, having participated in the battles of Ft. Gibson and Vicksburg, and was also at the Bed River expedition with Banks ; he followed clerking in a hotel at Madison from 1865 to 1868 ; then came to Stoughton and continued clerking till 1875, when he began business for himself

STEIVER H AliVERSON, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Norway, in 1822 ; he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1845, and located on a farm of 40 acres in the town of Dunkirk, where he made his home for two years ; then settled on a farm in the town of Dun, where he lived till the fall of 1879. He then removed to his present home of 200 acres on Sec. 4, town of Dunkirk, which he has owned since 1857. He also has a farm of 406 acres in the town of Dun, and has engaged in the manufacture of brick in this town since 1858. He was a member of the Town Board of) Dun for ten years. He was married in 1848 to D,orcas Evans, a native of Norway, who cama to Wisconsin in 1844; she died in 1874, leaving eight children - Hyatt, now a resident of the town of Dun; Monis, also in that town; Martin, Mary, Abner, Matilda, Enoch and Alfred, at home. . Mr. Halverson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

JAMES HANER, retired farmer, Stoughton ; was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1803 ; his father, Cornelius Hanev, was a native of New York, but was of German descent ; his mother, Mary Satterle, was born in New Jersey, and was of Irish origin ; James spent his time principally at farming and carpentering in New York till 1844, when he came to Wisconsin and located at Hanersville, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co. ; here he followed farming until 1879, when he removed to Stoughton, and has since lived a more retired life. He was married in New York in 1833, to Saloma Chidester. Mr. and Mrs. Haner are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Haner was the founder of the village by that name m Dane Co., and was the second Postmaster at that place.

HANS R. HANSEN, machinist, Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1845; he devoted sever* years of his life to working in a cotton factory, and seven in a nail factory, in Norway ; he came to Stoug'iton in 1870, and has since been employed in T. G. Mandt's wagon factory; he has been firomaa of th& machine shop since 1875. He was married in Norway, in 1867, to Caroline Jackson ; their children are Martin, Halena, Carl A. (deceased), Inger, Jo,?ephino (deceased), Carl J. (deceased), Joseph, and an mfant son, now living. The family is connected with the Lutlieran Church.

HENRY HERRKCK, farmer, Sec. 25; P. 0. Edgerton; was born in the town of Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1814, and is the son of Stephen and Sarah (Sealey) Herrick, natives also of New York, and both of whom died in Schenectady Co. Mr. Herriok moved to Dane Co., Wis., in 1845, and settled on his present farm as one of Dunkirk's early settlers ; he has been Town Treasurer for three successive terms. He waw married in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1835, to Nancy, daughter of Henry Wiltse, a native of that county ; their children are Eliza A., now the wife of William Taylor, and lives in Wilson Co., Kan.; Judson, now a resident of Kansas; Susan, now Mrs. B. P. Compton, of this town ; Newell, who now lives in Arizona; Frank, who is now married and lives in this town; Emma, now Mrs. Thomas Campbell, and lives in Arizona ; Miles, in this town ; Henry, at home.

JOHX M. HIBBARD, Postmaster, Stoughton; was born in Walworth Co., Wis,, in 1849; his father, Richard Hibbard, was a native of Massachusetts, and his mother, Mary Mason Hibbard, was born in the State of New York ; they settled in Walworth Co., Wis., about 1843, and lived on a farm till 1852 or 1853, when they removed to the village of Troy, where Mr. Hibbard engaged in mercantile business for a number of years ; he died there in 1878. John M. came from Troy to Stoughton in 1865, and spent a year attending school, after which he went to Milwaukee and followed clerking in a grocery store till 1869, when he returned to Stoughton, Sept, 11, and was at once appointed Deputy Postmaster, under A. C. Croft, holding that position till Feb. 20, 1875 ; he was then appointed Postmaster at Stoughton. He was married, in 1870, to Miss Jennie, daughter of E. E. and Helen Warren ; they have three children - Fleta B., Waldo W. and Loretta.

A. T. HIGBEE, farmer. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; is the son of Philip and Delia (Luse) Higbee, natives of New York. He was born near Oswego, Oswego Co., N. Y., in 1834, and spent his time principally at lumbering in the Susquehanna River district till 1865 ; he then emigrated to Stoughton, Dane Co., Wis., and, in February, 1866, became proprietor of the Higbee House, which he enlarged and greatly improved, and was its owner and proprietor till December, 1877, when he sold the hotel, and, in April, 1878, bought his present farm of 80 acres. Mr. Higbee was Deputy SheriflF of Dane Co. for two terms. He was married in Tioga Co., N. Y,, in 1854, to Miss Addie, daughter of Luther and Sarah Dearborn ; they have one daughter, Fredrica.

CHARIiES M. HINTZ, cigar manufacturer, in Frankson's new building, Stoughton ; was born in Prussia in 1854 ; he is the son of Henry and Sophia Hintz, who with their family emigrated to America and settled in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1866 ; Charles M., the subject of this sketch, began the cigarmaker's trade in that city in 1870, with Adam Kieser, and afterward worked at the trade there in diiferent shops, till June, 1875 ; removing then to Stoughton, Dane Co., he was employed at the trade by J. S. Hutson till Nov. 5, 1878, when he became the partner of Mr. Hutson in the business ; he purchased the interest of his partner, Aug. 11, 1879, and now carries on quite an extensive business, and gives employment to ten or fifteen men, manufacturing about 400,000 cigars per year, which are sold in Stoughton and surrounding towns. Mr. Hintz was married June 19, 1878, to Amelia S., daughter of R. R. Walker, of this village ; they have one son, Walter C.

H. A. HOVERSOIV, Justice, Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1822 ; when 14 years old, he entered upon a five-years' apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, and received from his " boss " his board and 24 cents for his services during that time ; when his apprenticeship was finished, he returned to kis father's home and engaged in farming till about 25 years old. In April, 1848, he sailed for America, and arrived in New York city fourteen weeks after ; thence he came, via Buffalo and Milwaukee, to Clinton, Rock Co., Wis., where he worked at his trade for three months, when he heard of Stoughton and resolved to remove hither ; he made his home with a farmer near the village, and carried on his trade for three years; then, in 1851, settled in Stoughton, where he continued the boot-and-shoe trade for eleven years, after which he dealt in wheat and produce much of the time for four or five years. He was elected Treasurer of the town of Dunkirk in 1857, and a member of the Town Board in 1859 ; he was elected tiie first Assessor of the village, and has held that oifioe ever since, except one year spent in Norway ; he Wiis Police Justice of the village for two or three years, and has been Justice of the Peace for six years; lie is now Justice of the Peace, Assessor of the village, member of the School Board and Census Enumerator. He was married, in 1862, to Maria Larsdatter, a native of Norway; their children are Homer (now deceased), Louis, Saxe, Homer and Burns (twins), and Annie.

HARRISOX HCIili, farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1813; his father, Eliphalet Hull, was born May 9, 1786, and died in Winnebago Co., Wis., May 9, 1860 ; his mother, Polly Van Camp, was born also in New York, July 4, 1792, and died in Erie Co., Penn., May 11, 1853, leaving nine children, five of whom now reside in Wisconsin. Oursubject removed to Erie Co Penn., with his parents, about 1830, where he dovoted his time to farming till 1865 ; then came to Dun kirk, Dane Co., Wis., where he now owns a farm of 97 acres on Sec. 6. He was married in 1855, to Almeda, daughter of Peter and Milley (Miller) Kellogg ; her father was the son of Joseph Kellogg, and was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Deo. 16, 1801, died in Douglas Co., Minn., Aug. 30, 1867; her mother was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1796, and now resides with her. Mr. and Mrs. Hull have one son, Charles. They are members of the M. E. Church.

J AHES S. HUTSON, proprietor of the Hutson House, Stoughton ; a native of Michigan ; his parents, John and Mary Hutson, were natives of Lincolnshire, England, but emigrated to America and located in Cass Co., Mich., where James S. was born in 1841 ; in 1851, the family removed to Wisconsin, and, in 1855, located at Edgerton, Rock Co., where the father of our subject built the United States House, and was its proprietor for a number of years ; he afterward died there ; his widow still resides at Edgerton. James S. made his home at Edgerton till about 1859, when he engaged in farming in that vicinity for two years; in 1861, he went via the Isthmus to California, and followed stock-raising, dairying, etc., for about two years, after which he returned to Edgerton and engaged in the cigar manufactory for a time. He next went to Atchison, Kan., where he continued the cigar manufactory for nearly a year, then followed railroading for about the same length of time, and, later, he went to Lawrence, thence to Humboldt, where he resumed the cigar trade for two years ; in 1872, he returned again to Edgerton, Wis , and there followed the same line of business for nine months, and, in September, 1874, removed to Stoughton, where he continued the cigar trade for some time. Dec. 10, 1877, he became proprietor of the Hutson House. He was a member of the Village Board in 1875-76. He was married in Kansas, Sept. 9, 1871, to Carrie H., daughter of William B. and Fannie Johnson, a native of New York. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and I. 0. 0. F.

HUIiliET HUTSON, farmer. Sec. 23; P. 0. Hanerville ; is a native of Linc«lnshire, England; born in 1831 ; his parents immigrated to America in 1836, and settled in St. Joseph Co., Mich., whence in 1854 they removed to the Indian Ford, Rock Co., Wis.; two years later they settled at Edgerton, where his father was proprietor of the United States House for a few years ; HuUetmade his home in Rock Co. till 1 872, when he bought his present farm of 50 acres on Sec. 23, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co. He was married at Stoughton, Wis., Jan. 1, 1861, to J. E., daughter of Elias Davis, a native of Ohio*, their children are John E., Clara E,, Harry S. and Rosa I.

GOUTE INGEBRETSON, farmer. Sees. 10 and 11 ; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Norway, in 1815, and spent his time there with his parents, Ingebret and Berget Thorston, till 1843 ; he then emigrated to America, stopped a year at Racine Co., and in April, 1844, settled on his farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., where he now owns 120 acres, and has since resided, except one year spent at Decorah, Iowa. He was married in Norway, in May, 1843, to Carrie Severson; they have three daughters, all of whom were born in Wisconsin - Gurov, now the wife of Gr. D. Jacobson, and lives at Decorah ; Bergetta and Gunnel. Mr. Ingebretson's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

CH AUNCB Y ISH AM, farmer. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; this pioneer of this town is a native of the town of Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y. ; born in September, 1816 ; he spent his time with his parents, Chauncey and Fannie (Modock) Isham, on the farm in his native county till about 1835, when he went to Boston, Mass., and there had charge of the stable and horses then used on the Dedham branch of the Boston & Providence Railroad ; shortly after the panic of 1837, he located in the town of Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., where he was Superintendent of a division of the road crossing the Green Mountains, for three years. He was married July 27, 1840, at Lebanon Springs, Columbia Co., N. Y., to Jane Arnold, of Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., and in the autumn of 1841, they removed to Earlsville, Madison Co., N. Y., where he purchased and run a hotel till early in 1842; he then started for the West in June of that year ; arrived in Janesville, Wis., having come from Chautauqua Co., N. Y., with a team in three weeks ; he at once selected his location, and made his claim to 160 acres on Sees. 7 and 18, town of Dunkirk, Dane Co., and afterward bought more; then sold, and now has 200 acres on Sec. 8, of the same town. Mr. and Mrs. Isham have had five children - Arnold Herbert, a promising young man, born Feb. 23, 1849, and died July 23, 1880 ; Mary J., born in August, 1852, now the wife of John Doolittle, and lives in Stoughton ; Theressa R,, born in March, 1854, now the wife of Seymour Stoughton, and lives in the village ; Fannie R., born in February, 1856, now Mrs. Richard Sigglekow, and lives in the village of Stoughton; Carrie E., born in November, 1858, now at home.

FREDRICK W. ISHAM, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. O. Stoughton ; is the son of Elijah and Louisa Isham, natives of the town of Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., but removed to Warren Co., Penn., where F, W. was born, in 1832, and afterward returned to New York and located in Chautauqua Co., whence in 1839 they came to Wisconsin and settled at Janesville ; in 1846, they removed to a farm in the town of Kutland, Dane Co., but later still they settled in the town of Dunkirk, where they died. Fredrick W. enlisted in Co. D, 7th W. V. I., in 1861, under Col. Van Dor, and served with his regiment in all its principal battles and movements ; was veteranized in 1864 ; was wounded in the left arm in the battle of Petersburg, and lost a limb in the battle of Five Forks, Virginia, in 1865 ; he was discharsred from service at Washington, in June, 1865 ; he returned then to Dunkirk, and has since devoted his time to farming; he has been Town Treasurer for a number of years. He was married in 1857 to Cordelia, daughter of Ebenezer Davis, a native of New York, and who came to Wisconsin about 1850 ; their children are Rosella, Charles and Lewis.