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liEVI KITTIIiSON, farmer. Sec. 20; P. 0. Utica; born in Norway in 1845, and came to the United States with his parents, Kittil and Annie Kittilson, in 1 853, and located in the town of York, Green Co., Wis., where his father died in 1854. In 1862, Levi and his mother came to Christiana, and settled on Sec. 20, where he has since lived, and now owns a farm of 204 acres ; his mother lives with him, and is 78 years old. He was married in 1865, to Annie 0., daughter of Ole and Ambjov Holton, a native of Christiana ; born Aug. 1, 1845, probably the first child born in the township ; her parents came to Wisconsin in 1843 ; her father was a teamster between the lead regions and Milwaukee, and was stricken with cholera, and died at Johnstown, Kock Co., in 1857 ; her mother died in 1876 ; have had seven children -

Carl 0., Andrea, Albert N., Barnard G., Christian 0. (deceased), Christian 0. (living) and Sophia L. Mr. Kittilson has been a member of the Town Board, and Justice of the Peace for two years. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. ^

CHRISTIAN KNUDSOTV, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Christiana ; born in Norway in 1846 5 he spent his time at farming in that country till 1868, when he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located at Bdgerton, Rock Co., where he worked at farming and tobacco growing fpr three years; he came to this town in 1871, and worked his present farm of 120 acres on shares till 1877, when he bought it. He was married here in 1876 to Miss Isabel, daughter of David and Martha Knudaon, a native of this county; they have two children - Matilda R. and Herman U., and are members of the Lutheran Church.

HAIiVOR liARSOX KRAVIK, farmer, Sec. 36; P. 0. Christiana; was born in Norway in 1820, and came to Wisconsin in 1843, and settled on Sec. 35, town of Christiana, Dane Co., where he now owns 240 acres, and 89 acres on Sec. 25, which he bought, except the 40 that he entered. He was married, in Christiana, in October, 1845, to Christie Christopherson, a native of Norway, and who came with her mother to Wisconsin in 1842 ; they have four children - Lars C, who now lives on Sec. 35 ; Martin C, on same Sec. 36 ; Ellen C. and Maria H. Has been a member of the Town Board several terms. The family belong to the Lutheran Church.

AliGERlVOX D. liASHER, farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Christiana ; son of Aaron and Susan Lasher; was born Jan. 6, 1850; his parents were natives of the State of New York; his mother from Albany, and his father from Schoharie Co.; came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 120 acres in June, 1842, which his father entered from the Government in the town of Christiana, where he made it his home until his death, which occurred in April, 1880 ; his mother died December 18, 1869, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the eldest, and with his brother and sister owns the farm of 140 acres, 20 acres on Sec. 27.

Olili H. liEE, proprietor of the Clinton Grist-mill; was born in Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1847 ; his father came from Norway in 1843, and settled in Oakland, where he was afterward married to Miss Ingeborg Olson ; they have had two sons ; Ole H. is the eldest; his brother, Samuel H., died at the age of 7 ; his parents came to the town of Christiana in 1865, and settled on a farm ; in 1873, Mr. Lee, Ole H, and Tostensen Bros, purchased the grist-mill at Clinton ; they afterward bought out the Tostensen Bros.' interest and became sole proprietors until the death of Mr. Lee, which occurred July 27, 1880 ; since that time, Ole H. owns and runs the mill. He was married, in Christiana,' in 1871, to Miss Sina, daughter of Andrew and Maria Johnson, born in Christiana in 1848 ; they have three children - Ingborg M., Herman W. and Samuel A. H. Are members of the Lutheran Church.

li ARS K. 1.IER, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Christiana ; is a native of this town ; was born in 1848 ; his father, Knud 0. Lier, was born in Norway in 1818, and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843, settling at that time upon this farm; his mother, Anna Larson, also came from Norway in 1843, and was married to Mr. Lier here in 1845, Lars K. and Eliza, now Mrs. Ole Gunnelson, being their only children. Our subject has always made this his home, and now has a farm of 120 acres. He was married, in this town, in 1872, to Gunnel Olson, a native of Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., born in 1848 ; they have one daughter, Alma Louisa, and are members of the Lutheran Church.

HEXDRICK L.. LEIN, farmer. Sees. 35 and 36 ; P. 0. Christiana ; was born in 1825, in Norway, and in the autumn of 1845, he came with his parents to America and settled on Sec. 35, town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., where his father entered 40 acres and made that his home till he died June 16, 1875, at the age of 84i years; his mother died in February, 1874, aged 86 years, leaving two sons and one daughter ; Hendrick L., being the second, has always made it his home on a farm, and now owns 169 acres on Sees. 26, 35 and 36, and 13 acres in Oakland, Jefferson Co. ; he was married in Christiana, in 1851, to Miss Gunnil, daughter of Johanas and Eli Nasset ; they have ten children - Lars E., now a farmer in Minnesota ; George A., a harness-maker of Clinton ; Martin J., Joseph B,., Abel E., Ella M., Herman 0., Gustavus T., Oscar H. and Dedocia. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

A. It. liUND, manufacturer and dealer in harness, etc., at Cambridge ; was born in Norway in 1840 ; he emigrated with his parents, A. J. and Mary Lund, to America in 1848, and located at Cambridge, Dane Co., Wis., in 1850, after spending some time in New York City, Manitowoc, Wis., and in Milwaukee ; his father was a shoemaker by trade, but devoted his time to merchandising at this village for several years; he died here in 1878 at the age of 75 years ; his mother died in October, 1879, at the age of 68 years. Our present subject enlisted in Co. H, 20th W. V. I., in 1862, under Col. Pinkey, of Eipon, and served with his regiment in the Army of the West till 1863, when they were transferred to the 27th W.

V. I., when he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of his company, and served as such until he was mustered out at Little Kock, Ark., in 1865 ; he returned then to Madison, Wis., and to Cambridge ; he engaged in distilling at Fort Atkinson, Wis., for a year; then resumed the mercintile business wiih his father for three years ; he began the manufacture of harness at this village in 1870, and has since been engaged at the business, keeping two or three men employed most of the time. He was married in Milwaukee, in March, 1862, to Hannah, daughter of R. and Elizabeth Reinertson, a native of Norway, who came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1843 ; their children are George, Albert, Adolph, Andrew, Josephine and Norman. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

GILBERT a. IIOEIV, farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Christiana ; is a native of Norway, born in February, 1849 ; he emigrated with his parents, Grulbrand and Brithe Gulbrandsen Moen, to America, and settled on Sec. 32, town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis. ; a year later, they removed to the town of Pleasant Springs, whence, in 1867, they came again to the town of Christiana and settled on See. 24, where he now owns 80 acres, and also 80 acres on Sec. 26 ; his parents now live with him. He was married, in Christiana in 1875, to Miss Julia, daughter of Ole and Julia Hendrickson, a native of Wisconsin, born in the town of Oakland, Jefferson Co., in 1852 ; they have two children - Bertha G. and George O. They are also members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Moen has devoted his time to teaching for several winters.

ALBERT J. JffASSET, farmer. Sees. 35 and 36 ; P. O. Christiana ; was born in Norway Dec. 30, 1833, and emigrated with his parents, Johanas and Ellen Jensen, to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled on Sees. 35 and 36 of this town, where his father entered a farm and where he has since made it his home; his mother died in 1852 ; he now owns a farm of 155 acres. He was married in Christiana, in 1855, to Sarah Ann Larson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; she died in 1875,Ueaving eight children - John, Lars, Mary Ann (who died in July, 1880), Gustav, Hannah, Adolph, Ellen and Josephine. His second marriage was in 1879, to Mary Johnson, a native of Norway ; they have one son (Abel), and are members of the Lutheran Church.

HALVER NERISON, farmer. Sec. 18 ; P. 0. Utica ; was born in Norway in 1829 ; his parents came to America in 1844, and, in August of that year, settled on Sec. 18, town of Christiana, and bought a claim of 80 acres, and the next year his father entered 40 acres, which he improved and made it his home until his death, in 1874 ; his mother died in 1846 ; Halver has now a farm of 160 acres. He has been Justice of the Peace eight or nine years. He was married in Pleasant Spring, March 22, 1860, to Martha Howe, a native of Norway, and who came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in Pleasant Springs ; both are deceased ; they have one daughter - Ann. Members of the Lutheran Church.

JOHX C. OHNSTAD, farmer, Sec. 16 ; P. O. Christiana ; was born in Norway in 1828 ; he followed different kinds of employment till 1852, when he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Christiana and worked as a farm hand ; in September, 1854, went into the pineries, spending four winters at that, and then engaged in rafting lumber down the Wisconsin and Mississippi to St. Louis ; in the fall of 1857, he bought a farm of 120 acres on Sec. 16, Christiana, and 20 in Deerfield, and settled then on the 120 acres in Christiana, where he has since devoted his time to farming and stock-raising. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Anna, daughter of Brick Johnson, a native of Norway, born in 1842, and came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1845 ; they have ten children - Christian, Martha M , Lena, Anna, Erick John, Andrew, Henry, Peter Otto, Nina and Edward T. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

TOSTEN OLSOX (deceased); was a native of Norway, born at Bjorland Stavanger; when a young man, he spent five years in the employ of the Government of his native country as mail-carrier ; in 1824, a crew of fifty-two, including Mr. Olson, set sail, on the 4th day of July, in a small sloop, as the first emigrants from Norway to America, and, after gliding smoothly over the " ocean waves " for a few days, they lost their course and sailed far to the south, arriving at the Island of Madeira ; during the voyage, they partook too freely of a cask of wine which they found floating on the water, and on nearing the port of Portugal they neglected to show any colors till fired upon from the harbor ; a lady of the crew, being the only sober one, thought the cause of the trouble must be because they had shown no flag, and suddenly hoisted it, when the firing at once ceased ; a few minutes later, the Danish Consul and two others went out to intercept the crew ; finding them to be Norwegians, and the first to emigrate, he invited them to dine with him, which they gladly accepted ; after dinner, he addressed them for a short time, giving them courage and a parting advice, and again got their sloop directed toward America ; after a fourteen weeks' perilous voyage, they reached the harbor of New York City early in September, 1824, having added one to their number during the voyage, a girl having been born on board the sloop ; none of the crew being able to speak or understand the English language, they found great difficulty in making their wants known, but finally disposed of their vessel for money enough to take them to New Jersey, where they found employment at cutting timber ; their hardships were not yet ended ; poverty and sickness came upon them as a monster, want stared them sternly in the face, and they had no possible means of alleviating it till the charity of the good Quakers of that State ministered to their needs till health was again restored to all ; Mr. Olson again turned his course Westward, and, later, settled in Michigan, where he served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade ; moving thence to Illinois, he entered a small farm near the Fox Kiver, built a shanty thereon, and for a time prosperity seemed to favor and reward him for his industry ; the Indians in that vicinity set fire to the prairie grass, which burned his shanty with all be had in it, but he again rebuilt, and made his home there for several years ; in 1840, Mr. Olson, in company with Mr. Amund Anderson, emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., where he entered a farm of 80 acres and afterward made his home most of the time until his death, which occurred May 7, 1874. He was married, in 1844, to Gure Olson, who, with six children, survive him ; the children are as follows : Ole Tostenson (now a tobacco grower at Clinton, Dane Co., Wis.), Morgan Tostenson (now a resident of Christiana, Wis.), Jacob Tostenson, also of Dane Co.), Isabel (now Mrs. Douglas Hattley), Lena (who married 0. A. Hoff), and Ann (now Mrs. William Brownty, of Clinton, Dane Co., Wis.).

CHRISTIAN C OliSOJf, dry-goods merchant, Cambridge ; is a native of Norway ; born in 1854, and emigrated to Wisconsin, at the age of 10 years, with his parents, Ole and Ingeborg Peterson ; they settled, in 1864, in the town of Moscow, Iowa Co., where his parents now reside, and where he spent his time till 1867 ; he then began clerking in a dry-goods store at Monroe, Green Co., Wis., with the firm of Ball & Young, but soon became employed by Mr. D. S. Gascott, and remained with him one and a half years in grocery trade; he next clerked five years for Mr. B. Chenoweth, in dry-goods trade, at that place ; and in March, 1876, he came to Cambridge, Dane Co., and, with Mr. W. W. Hodges, began merchandising under the firm name of Olson & Hodge, which lasted two years ; he was next a member of the firm of T. Slagg & Co., and in November, 1879, became successor to the last-named firm. He was married at Warren, 111., in September, 1878, to Mary E., daughter of John W. Force, a native of" Sauk Co., Wis., born in May, 1860.

KITTIIi OI/SOX, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. Christiana ; born in Norway, in 1816, and devoted his time to farming in that country till 1853 ; he then emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and, in 1856, located on his present farm, where he now owns 80 acres, and he also has 10 acres of timber in another section in this town. He was married in Norway, in 1840, to Ambjor Severson, who died in Christiana, Wis., in 1877. His second marriage was Aug. 6, 1880, to Turena Hanson, a native of Norway. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

REV. JACOB A. OTTESEN, Sec. 20 ; Pastor of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Christiana, Pleasant Springs and Deerfield ; is a native of Norway, born June 1, 1825 ; his father. Rev. Otto C. Ottesen, was also a Lutheran divine, and for several generations his ancestors were prominent ministers in the Lutheran Synod of Norway ; our subject entered the college of Drammen at the age of 12 years, and completed his college course there in 1844 ; he soon after entered upon the study of theology at the University of Christiania, and graduated from the same in 1849, and was ordained by the Bishop in 1852. He was married in Norway June 11, 1852, to Chatinca Doederdsin ; on July 7 following they sailed for America, where he was called to the pastorate of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Manitowoc, Wis. ; he was one of the originators of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod in 1853, and has at all times taken an active part in all affairs pertaining to the interests of his church ; he was called, in 1860, to the pastorate of the churches of Pleasant Springs, Christiana and Deerfield, Dane Co., and has since been their regular Pastor. He has one son. Otto C, a graduate of Decorah, Iowa, and now a theological student at the Norwegian Lutheran Seminary of Madison.

THOIHAS K. POTTER, proprietor of the Cambridge cheese-factory; is a native of Jefferson Co., Wis. ; born in the town of Oakland Oct. 11, 1855 ; he lived with his parents on the farm in his native town till 1871, when he began work in the Excelsior cheese-factory of Oakland, under Robert Roberts ; remaining with him in that factory for two years ; he was next employed to run a factory for Mr. Stephen Paville in the town of Lebanon, Dodge Co. ; in 1875, he run the factory at Ft. Atkinson for Olain, Gates & Co., and, in the spring of 1 876, came to Cambridge, bought and has since been proprietor of this factory, where he now has a capacity of 48,000 pounds per year. Mr. Potter was married, in August, 1878, to Miss Josephine, daughter of John and M. J. Gates, a native of the town of Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis. ; they have one son, Cameron.

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AMUND A. PKESCOTT, general merchant at Cambridge; was born in Norway March 3, 1823, and devoted his time principally to farming in his native country till 1844, when he sailed for America; landing in New York City in August; he came thence to Chicago, where he spent a few weeks, then went to Michigan pineries, about fifty miles north of Muskegon, where he found employment for two summery and five winters; he bought a farm on Sec. 3, town of Christiana, Dane Co., in 1849, where he afterward devoted his time to agriculture and dealing in real estate for many years ; he came to Cambridge in the fall of 1868, and has since been engaged in the mercantile trade, dealing both in dry goods and groceries. He was married, in Christiana, Wis., in 1849, to Martha A. Johnson, a native of Norway ; their children are Betsey, Andrew, who now lives in Iowa ; Sarah, Albert, Emma, Christina and Peter. Mrs. Prescott has two daughters by her former husband, viz., Betsey, now the wife of Nels Stevens, and lives in Buffalo Co., Iowa ; and Maggie, now Mrs. T. C. Lund, of Stoughton, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Prescott are members of the Methodist Church.

Olilj li. QIJAliEY, farmer, Sees. 9 and 10; P. 0. Cambridge; a native of Norway; was born in 1831, and emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents, Lars and Betsey Olson, in 1850 ; they settled on Sec. 9, town of Christiana, Dane Co., where his father bought a farm of 120 acres, and has since resided on this section. The mother of our subject died in January, 1880. Mr. Qualey has resided on this section most of the time since his immigration to Wisconsin, and now has a farm of 287 acres on Sees. 4, 8, 9 and 10. He was married, in the town of Deerfield, in 1857, to Betsey Severspn, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; their children are Louis S., Anna A., Betsey M. and Sever B. Mr. Q. was a member of the Town Board for one terra ; the family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

OLE ROIiFSON, farmer, Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Christiana; was born in Norway in 1835 ; he is the son of Gunsteen and Caren S. Rolfson, natives also of Norway; the former born in 1798, and the latter Jan. 1, 1-800 ; they emigrated as a family to Wisconsin in 1844, and reached the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Aug. 19 of that year; they settled soon after their arrival on Sec. 26, where his father died Dec. 6, 1873, and hb mother Aug. 11, 1880, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the third ; he now owns a farm of 120 acres on this section. He was married, in Christiana, in 1857, to Isabel, daughter of Ole Knudson, who came with his family to Wisconsin in 1840, settling then in Kacine Co., and, in 1843, they came to the town of Christiana, where her mother died in 1844, and her father in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Rolfson have eight children, as follows : B. Gr., Caroline C, Berthina 0., Isabel S., Theodore, Julius G., Carl Johan and Oscar E. ; the family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

GlJIiLICK F. SAUE, farmer. Sec. 2, Christiana, Sec. 35, Deerfield ; P. 0. Cambridge ; was born in Norway, Feb. 2, 1821, and was the only child of Tosten and Anna (Gullicksdatter) Olson, with whom he emigrated to America in 1840, and landed in New York City the 11th day of August, and in Chicago the 30th day of the same month, where his father died the 5th day of October, and mother the 8th of October following their arrival. He then, an orphan boy, in June, 1842, came via Racine, Milwaukee, Whitewater and Fort Atkinson, to the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., where he entered 114 acres on Sec. 2, Christiana, and Sec. 35, Deerfield, and bought 55 J acres on Sec. 2, of Christiana ; he now owns a farm of 1,000 acres in the towns of Deerfield and Christiana. He has been a member of the Town Board for several terms. He was married in Deerfield in June, 1844, to Diana Torgeson, a native nf Norway, who came to Wisconsin with her brother in 1843. Their children are Torger, GuUick, Ole and Louis, all of whom are at home. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

REV. O. M. SAVIO, Utica, supply Pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Churches in the towns of Christiana, Pleasant Springs and Deerfield ; was born in Norway in 1850. He graduated from the Normal School at Tronkjim, and came to America in 1873, and stopped in Minnesota. He graduated from the Lutheran College atDecorah, Iowa, in 1877, and was ordained at Madison, Wis., April 4, 1880, hy the President of the Eastern District of the Norwegian Synod. He came as supply to these churches April 11, on account of the ill health of the regular Pastor. He was married in Fillmore Co., Minn., July 12, 1880, to Augusta Stakke, a native of Norway, who came to Minnesota when only three years of age.

OAVID W. SCOBIE, manufacturer of wagons, carriages and agricultural implements, Cambridge; our subject is the son of Andrew and Jane Scobie, and was born in Scotland in 1842. At the age of 10 years he, with his parents, emigrated to America, and located at Cambridge, Dane Co., Wis., whence, after a short stay, they settled on a farm in the town of 0-ikland, Jefferson Co., whore his parents lived till 1868; and th-i removed to Marquette Co., Wis., where his father died Feb. 20, 1873. His mother mw resides in this village. Mr. Sobie enteriiJ upon his apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade at this place in 1862, but in the autumn of that year he enlisted in Co. D, 29th W. T. I., under Col. Gill, and served with his regiment, under Colonels Gill, Green and Hancock, in the Army of the West and South till mustered out at Shreveport, La., and discharged at Madison, Wis., in July, 1865 ; he then returned to his home in Oakland, and after a short time re-entered upon his apprenticeship with Mr. Adam Wilson, at Janesville, Wis., and in 1868 he came to Cambridge, and established himself in business, then with limited means and a limited capacity, which he has gradually increased till he now gives employment to seven men during the summer months and twelve during the winter months, and manufactures about 250 Flexible harrows, of which he is the patentee ; the number of carriages and wagons manufactured yearly are proportionally less, as he makes a specialty of the harrows. From all his sales he receives annually about $7,000. He was married at Cambridge, Wis., in 1869, to Miss Rosanna, daughter of James N. Kennedy, a native of Jefferson Co., Wis., born in the town of Oakland, in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Scobie have three children - Dora J., Mary B. and James A. The family is connected with the Presbyterian Church.

MOISS S JURSEW, farmer. Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Cambridge ; was born in Norway Dec. 27, 1834 ; he emigrated to America in 1854, and arrived at Milwaukee, Wis., the 4th day of July of that year; he went thence to Whitewater, and then to Stoughton, Wis., and lastly came to his cousin John E. Johnson's, in the town of Christiana, Dane Co. ; after spending nine years in the employ of Mr. Johnson and others, he bought, in 1862, his present farm of 160 acres, and has since made this his home. He was married, in November, 1862, to Lucinda Knudtson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1860; their children are - Martha M., Severt M. and Albert C. Mr. S. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

ANDREW SWAN, farmer, Sec. 6 ; is a native of Norway; was born in 1834, and emigrated with his parents, S. and Dagna Swan, to Wisconsin in 1848, reaching the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., in October of that year ; settled on Sec. 12, where he resided until 1856 ; he then located on his present farm of 150i acres, 80 of which lie in Sec. 1 of Pleasant Springs, the remainder in Sec. 6 of Christiana. He was married, in 1856, to Julia Knudson ; she was a daughter of Iver and Anna Gilderhuus, with whom she came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; Mr. and Mrs. Swan have six children - Edward D., Anna M., George S., Ida C, Oscar C. and Gustav A. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

KITTIJL KITTILSOJT TEIGSETH, farmer. Sec. 32; P. 0. Utica; he is a native of Norway, and was born in 1829 ; he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1846, and settled with his parents on this section ; he now owns a farm of 200 acres, which lies on Sees. 16, 32 and 33. He was married, in this town, in 1858, to Anna Ashlackson, a native of Norway, and who died in 1861 ; his second marriage was in 1862, to Christie Hellickson, a native also of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1853 ; theii children are - Andrew, Betsey and Henry. Mr. T. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

CHEISTER TELLiEFSElV, merchant, Clinton ; he was born in Norway in 1821, and came to Wisconsin in 1843, spent one year, and in 1844 returned to Norway; in 1846, came with his parents, Tellef and Hage (Christiansen) Olson, to Wisconsin, and located in Christiana, where his mother died in 1850 ; his father died in 1865. Cliester began clerking in a store for Warner Earll at Clinton, in 1848, and remained with him one year, when he went to Cambridge and clerked two years for David Davidsen ; then bought Mr. Davidsen's stock and removed it to Clinton, and has since been merchandising here. He has been Town Treasurer ; since 1870, has also been Postmaster. He was married, in Christiana, in 1851, to Miss Hage Osmendson, a native of Norway, and came to Wisconsin in 1S44 ; they have nine children - Serena, now Mrs. John Halversen; of Clinton ; Anna, now Mrs. Ole Mathison, and lives in Clinton ; Charles, married ; Theodore, Louisa, Hannah, Amelia, Henry and Ellen. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.

HELLICK O. TEXliEY, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Utica ; native of Norway ; born Nov. 18, 1843. At the age of 10 years, he came with his parents, Ole and Ingeborg Texley, to Wisconsin ; soon after their arrival in Christiana, in August of that year, he came to live with his uncle, Gulbrand Gulbrandson, on Sec. 17, where he has since resided ; his father died the fall after their arrival ; his uncle, July 7, 1880 ; his mother still lives in this town. Our subject owns a farm of 120 acres, and has been Assessor of the town for six consecutive years. He was married in November, 1877, to Anna S., daughter of Stephen and Ingeborg Egre, a native of Dane Co., Wis., born in the town of Christiana in September, 1857 ; they are members of the Lutheran Church.

OliE THOSTENSON, tobacco-grower, Clinton; P. 0. Christiana; was born 'in the town of Albion, Dane Co., Wis., in 1844; his father, Tosten Olson, was one of the first Norwegian emigrants to

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America, sailing in a small sloop from that country in 1824 ; he settled in the town of Albion, on a farm, in 1840, where our subject was born, and spent his time tUl 1860 ; he then enlisted in Co. K, 3d W. V. I., in the three-months service, and, at the expiration of his term, returned to his home, and, in the fall of 1861, enlisted in Co. H, 15th W. V. I., under Col. Hans Hage ; he was promoted, in 1862, to Second Sergeant of his company, and as such served with his regiment in the Army of the Cumberland, and took part in the battles of 8tone River, Perryville, Chickamauga, Chattanooga and others ; during the months of July and August, 1864, his regiment was with Sherman as far as Atlanta, when they were sent back to intercept Hood at Nashville, and on the return he was taken sick and placed in the hospital at Chattanooga, but was afterward transferred to Hospital No. 3, at Nashville, whence, after examination, he was sent to the General Hospital at Louisville, Ky. ; later still, he was transferred to Mound City, 111., and thence to the Medical Hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, and while there his term of service expired, and he had regained sufficient health to be mustered out with his regiment at Madison, Wis., Feb. 15, 1865 ; he then returned to Albion and spent the summer at home, but, Dec. 10, 1865, he left for Leavenworth, Kan., where he was employed to drive a six-ox team from that city to Ft. Union, N. M,, then engaged in hauling Grovernment provisions between those points ; they got as far as the Amboy Crossing, on the Arkansas River, and were there " snowed in," and all were discharged but himself and three others, who were kept to care for the teams ; April 10, 1866, they resumed their journey, and reached Ft. Union the 15th day of May following, after which he returned to Leavenworth, and was there employed by a stage company to drive between Manhattan, Kan., and Denver, Col., and in whose employ he remained till December; after spending the winter in Denver, he was again employed by the stage company, and sent with a drove of horses and mules to Ft. C. M. Smith, W. T., whence he went via Cheyenne to Laramie City, W. T., and was there employed as foreman to run railroad ties down the Big Laramie from the mountains to Laramie City, and while the river was frozen over he was sent by this company to inspect wood at Peabody Station, Utah, and 'in the spring of 1868 he resumed work on the Big Laramie ; he went, in the autumn of 1868, to Ft. Laramie, and spent the winter with a ranchman by the name of Jule Coffee, and in July, 1869, he returned again to his home in Wisconsin and engaged in growing tobacco, principally, till 1874, though he spent the winter of 1872 at select school, Chicago; in the autumn of 1874, he was employed to travel with a dramatic troupe through Southern and Central Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin, and after spending the winter in that way he came home again for a short time, when he soon returned to Minnesota, and was sent by Sheriff J. R. Harris, of McCauleyville, up the Red River of the North to hunt an escaped prisoner; he went as far as Ft. Grarry, Canada; returning then to his home in Albion, he removed in 1877 to Clinton, where he has since been engaged in the tobacco culture ; his mother now lives with him.

AlWDREW THROXSON, farmer, Sec. 15; P. 0. Cambridge; is a native of Dane Co., Wis. ; born in the town of Albion, in 1848 ; his parents, Tosten and Caroline Thronson, emigrated from Norway and settled in that town in 1843, where his father afterward died ; his mother died in the town of Christiana, in 1871. Our subject was married in this town, in 1872, to Sarah Ingebrightson, a native of this town ; their children are Sophia, Benda A. and Mary B. The family is connected with the Norwegian Methodist Church. Mr. Thronson has a farm of 120 acres.

JiEIaS TOKttUSOW (HOIiTEN), farmer, Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Utica; born in Norway in 1824, and came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in Christiana; in 1868, he located on his present farm, where he now lives, consisting of 240 acres on Sees. 21 and 28. He was married, in 1852, to Ambjor Olson, a native of Norway, who died in 1875, leaving five children - Ole Olson and Anna Olson, by her previous marriage ; Olena, now Mrs. Kittil Hanson, living in this town ; M. Serena, now 'Mrs. Martin Lawson, living in Christiana, and Betsey T. His second marriage was to Carrie Smithback, nee Olson, in 1879 ; she had three children by Mr. Smithback ; she had four children by her first husband, Mr. Johnson, as follows : Ole, Christopher, Betsey and Albert. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.

HELLICK TOSTETVSON, farmer. Sec. 28; P. 0. Christiana; is a native of Dane Co.; born in this town ; his parents, Tosten and Christie Leverson, emigrated from Norway to this county and town in 1842, and located on this farm, where hisfather died in 1857 ; his mother still resides with him on the farm ; the family consisted of four children, as follows : Grunder ; Hellick, our subject, who now owns 198i acres on Sec. 28 ; Martha and Anna. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

OUNBTEL OLS$EN VINDE», deceased ; was born in Norway, in 1810, and died in 1845 ; he was brought up as a farmer's son. After his marriage to Gure Peterson, they sailed, in 1838, for the United States, landing in New York City ; from there they found their way to La Salle Co. 111., and, in 1840, came to Beloit, Wis., where he and Jernund Kundtson procured an Indian canoe and sailed up the Rock River to the Koshkonong, and up the creek by the same name till he reached Sec 26, Christiana - probably the first man in tbe town. He claimed 200 acres and settled on Sec. 35, where he made his home until his death. He left the following children : Betsey, born in 1840, deceased ; Ole Gunnelson, born Feb. 6, 1842, now living on Sec. 35, and has 120 acres of land ; was married, in 1866, to Lisa Rundtson ; she was born in Christiana ; they have four children - Gustave, Annette, Peter and Jens ; Mrs. Vindeg died in 1853. The family were all members of the Lutheran Church.

JEWS PETERSOX WEHUUS, farmer. Sees. 35 and 36 ; P. 0. Christiana; was bom in Norway in 1814, and came to America in 1842, and settled on his farm on Sec. 35, of this town, where he has since lived ; he was married in Christiana, in 1862, to Gertrude Jansen, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1861 ; they have two children - Christie and Gure. The family are members of the Lutheran Church ; owns a farm of 110 acres.

Town Of Albion

AXDREW ANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O.Christiana; was born in this town in 1846; his father, Amund Anderson, was born in Norway in 1806, and emigrated to America in 1836, stopping a few years in La Salle Co., 111. ; in 1840, he came to the town of Albion, Dane Co., Wis., and located on Sec. 2, as one of its first settlers ; he then entered a farm of 100 acres, and has since made it his home. Andrew, our subject, made his home with his parents until his marriage, in 1869, to Sarah Hendrickson, a native of Jefferson Co., Wis. ; he then settled on a farm of 40 acres, which is a portion of his father's original entry ; they have three children, viz. : Alfred, Oscar and Isabel. Mr. and " Mrs. Anderson are members of the Lutheran Church.

EBEN AXDERSOIV, farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Norway in 1816; he came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled on Sec. 7, town of Albion, where he now owns a farm of 138 acres; he was married in Norway in 1844, to Julia Halverson; their children are Ole, Andrew, now in Iowa ; Halver, in Iowa also ; Gunder, Anna, now the wife of Fredrick Fredrickson, who lives at Stoughton, Wis. ; Ingebor, now Mrs. Louis Peterson, who lives in Minnesota; and Betsey. Mr. Anderson's family are members of the Lutheran Church.

acres, which he began to improve about two years later ; he now owns 120 acres ; his parents, Osmund and Sarah Johnson, came to Wisconsin in 1852, and two years later removed to Minnesota, where his father afterwards died, and where his mother now resides. Our subject was a member of the Town Board one term. He was married, in the town of Christiana in 1847, to Gunvor Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1843 ; their children are Asmund J., Sarah and Betsey J. Mr. S. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

OliE O. ANDERSON, farmer, Sec. 4 ; P. 0. Albion ; born in Norway, in 1825 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1848, and began working for farmers in Albion, Dane Co., and vicinity, till he could pay a debt incurred by his emigration to America ; three years later, he found himself able to buy a claim to 80 acres of land on See. 4, for which he paid $360 ; he now owns 360 acres on Sees. 4 and 9. He was married in Albion in December, 1851, to Julia Peterson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; their children are Susan, now the wife of 0. N. Bosness, who lives in Pofe Co., Minn. ; Sophia, Mrs. Martin Mason, of Egerton, Wis. ; Nicholas, Andrew, Peter, Maria, Henry, Martin, Joseph, Elizabeth, John and Olive. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Lutheran' Church.

SERN E. ANDERSON, farmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Christiana ; is a native of Albion, Dane Co., Wis. ; born in 1848 ; his parents, Amund and Isabel Anderson, who emigrated from Norway to La Salle Co., 111., in 1836, and to Albion, Dane Co., Wis., in 1840, where they still reside. S. B. has always made his home with his parents, and now owns a farm of 60 acrts on Sec. 2 of this town. He was married, in 1874, to Helen Mathison, a native of Norway, who emigrated to Wisconsin, in 1867 ; their children are John A. and Josephine A. - Mr. and Mrs. A. are members of the Lutheran Church.

JOHN D. B. ANDREWS, farmer. Sees. 9 and 10 ; P. 0. Albion ; born in Norway, in 1845, and came with his parents;* Andrew and Bertha Anderson, to Wisconsin, in 1849, and settled on Sec. 9, town of Albion, Dane Co., where his father bought a farm of 160 acres, of which our subject now owns 120 acres ; his father died here in 1873 ; his mother died July 11, 1873, leaving four children, of whom he is the youngest.

JOHN S. BCIiLIS, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Edgarton ; is a native of Columbia Co., N. Y. ; born in the town of Chatham in 1816; his father, Robert BuUis, was of Holland Dutch descent, and was born in Columbia Co. ; his mother, Mercy Son, was a native also of Columbia Co., N. Y. ; they had a family of five children, two girls and three boys, the subject of this sketch being next to the oldest, and all were born in New York, two in Columbia, and three in Rensselaer Co. ; three of them are now living ; they afterward removed to Warren Co., N. Y., and later to Washington Co., where his father worked at the blacksmith's trade, having previously followed that in other counties ; in August, 1842, his father, with his two sons, John S. and Edwin, and his son-in-law, Giles Eggleston, and their families, emigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Albion, Dane Co., where they entered land, his father and brother on Sec. 23, and he entered 211 acres on Sec. 13, which has since been his home; his father worked at blacksmithing at Milton during that winter, and, in 1843, began the trade in Albion, which he afterward carried on for several years ; he died July 10, 1850 ; his mother died April 2, 1847. John S. has devoted his time wholly to farming in Wisconsin, though he worked at the manufacture of satinet in New York from the age of 15 years till he came West in 1842. He was married in Washington Co., N. Y., April 10, 1839, to Eliza, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Clawson) Groesbeck, nee Berry, a native of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. ; she died in Albion, Wis., Dec. 23, 1843, leaving two children, viz., David H. S., born Sept. 19, 1840, and died May 4, 1844 ; Hellena, born Nov. 7, 1842, also deceased. His second marriage was July 3, 1844, to E valine Groesbeck, a sister to his firtt wife ; she died in Albion Nov. 15, 1849, leaving two children - Robert L., born July 2, 1845, and who was married Nov. 9, 1876, to Delphene, daughter of L. and Elizabeth Davis, and now lives on the farm ; Phebe M., born Feb. 14,, 1848, now Mrs. George A. Higday, of Evansville, Wis. His third marriage was Jan. 1, 1851, to Ann M. Prime, nee Hurd, daughter of Zenas Hurd, a native of New York ; sh^ died April 6, 1866. Though Mr. BuUis has never connected himself with any church, he was one of the most active in aiding the Methodist Episcopals in this town in an early day, acting as Steward for them for several years.

JOB BUNTING, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Bussyville ; was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1823'; son of George and Mary Bunting; parents both deceased ; they died in England ; Job followed brick-making and various kinds of business till 1844, when, -with his brother George, he started for the United States, coming to Wisconsin and locating in the town of Albion, and settling on 40 acres on Sec. 3. He was married in Albion, Wis., in 1847, to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Ann Noble, a native of Derbyshire, England, and came to Wisconsin in 1844; they have had six children - Alice (now Mrs. David Wititt, who lives in Jefferson Co.), Anna Salina (now Mrs. Henry Abbott, who lives in Albion), Isaac C. (now married to Miss Sarah Brown, and lives on the farm), Sarah Ann (died in December, 1879), Joseph, Elizabeth and Amos G. In 1850, Mr. Bunting moved to Janesville and followed teaming for three years, and, in 1853, he settled on his present farm of 100 acres. Membsrs of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ETHAN L. BURDICK, Albion; was born in De Ruyter, N. Y., in June, 1829, and cume to Wisconsin with his parents, Samuel P. and Mary Burdick, in 1849, and settled in the town of Fulton, near Koshkonong Lake, Rook Co., Wis., on a farm of 270 acres, part of which was in Dane Co.; in 1857, he came to Albion Center, his pirents moving there a year or two before ; hebegan merchandising at this place, which he continued until April, 1880, when he went to Florida, where he is at present, and is engaged in lumbering, running a saw-mill, etc., leaving the store in Albion in charge of his son. Mr. Burdick was married at Newmarket, N. J., in 1853, to Ann F., daughter of Reuben F. and Sarah F. Randolph, a native of that place ; she died July 21, 1879, leaving one son - Randolph T., born July 31, 1855, now a merchant of Albion. He was married, Deo. 24, 1878, to Julia E., diughter of William Osborn, of Milton, Wis. A member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. Was Postmaster for a number of years.

BENJAMIN BUS.SEY, farmer. Sec. 15; P. O. Albion; was born in Yorkshire, England, in October, 1820 ; his father, Benjamin Bussey, was a native of Yorkshire, and a farmer, Benjamin, Jr., working on the farm with him until 1845, when he sailed from Hull for America, and landed in Quubec six weeks and two days later, and came, via Montreal, Niagara and Buffalo, to Milwaukee, and reached the town of Albion June 8, 1845, and settled on his present farnj, which his brother entered ; he now owns 360 acres. He was married in Albion, in 1853, to Jane, daughter of Thomas North, a native of England, and came to Wisconsin with her parents about 1846 ; they have seven children - John (at home), Su-aniij'h (now the wife of Alfred Abbott, who lives in Dakota), William, Frank, Helen, George and Ezra. Members of the Methodist Church.

SAAIIIEIi CLARKE, farmer. Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Albion ; was the first Englishman to settle in this town; he was born in the town of Yorkshire, England, in 1822 ; son of James and Judith A. Clarke.

Mr. Clarke c^me to America, landing in New York July 4, 1842, coming direct to Wisconsin, locating in Albion and settling on his present farm ; he now owns 80 acres ; his parents joined him six years later, and made their home with him until the death of his father, which occurred Oct. 26, 1869, aged 72 years ; his mother is still living, and resides on the farm. Mr. 0. has been Justice of the Peace for twelve years, member of the Town Board for two terms, and Town Treasurer one term. He was married in Albion, in 1845, to Ruth Marsden, a native of Derbyshire, England, who came with her parents, Samuel and Ann Marsden, in 1844, to Wisconsin ; her father died Feb. 5, 1863 ; Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have two daughters - ^Sarah Louisa (now Mrs. James Whittet, living in the town of Sumner, Jefferson Co.) and Martha. Members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

HENRir C. COON, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in the-town of Wirt, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1835; came with his parents, Jonathan and Martha Coon, to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled on his present farm of 120 acres, where his father died in 1850 ; his mother still lives with him, and is 74 years old ; he has always lived on the farm. Has been a member of the Town Board one term, and Justice of the Peace two or three terms. He is a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. His sister Miranda is also' a member of this church, and lives with him.

LiORENZO COON, retired farmer; P. 0. Albion Center; was born in Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1818 ; his parents, Klisha and Sylvia Stillman Coon, were natives of Rhode Island, but removed to Berlin, Rensselaer Co., where they were married, and afterward settled in Alfred, where Lorenzo was born ; he worked at the carpenter's trade in Alfred, but spent his time principally at farming near town until 1842, when he came to Wisconsin in June of that year, and entered a farm of 80 acres in Sec. 27, town of Albion, made a few improvements and spent two years in this vicinity ; then returning to New York, he worked at the carpenter's trade in Alfred for nearly four years, then again removing to Wisconsin in 1847, where he worked on his farm, and after two or three years settled on the same, where he remnined until 1879, when he rented his farm and removed to the village of Albion. He was married in the town of Alfred, N. Y., in 1846, to Bmiline, daughter of Ezikiel and Clarrisa Lanphear Sanders, a native of Allegany Co., N. Y., and her parents were natives of Rhude Island ; they have three dau<^hters - Elmira P., now the wife of Albert C. Burdick, who lives in Albion ; Viola S., now the wife of Thomas J. Burdick, and living in Alfred, N. Y. ; Sylvia M., now Mrs. Randolph B. Thomas, who lives in the town of Albion. Neither Mr. Coon nor any member of his family uses tobacco in any form. He and his family are members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church.

R. E. CRESSOX, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in Broome Co., N. Y., in 1847 ; his parents, George and Sarah Cresson, were natives of Broome Co., and still live there. R. B. went as Captain's waiter with Capt. John Garcey, of 2d Division, 20th Army Corps, and was his Orderly when he became General of the Army of the Potomac until 1863, and then Army of the Cumberland ; came to Albion in 1865. Went into the army from Broome Co., in 1862 ; took part in the battle of Lookout Mountain, and was with the oiily division that went to the top of the mountain.

BARTON EDWARDli$, farmer, village of Albion ; R 0. Albion; was born in Washington, Co.,, B. I., May 24, 1816 ; his father, Daniel Edwards, was born in that county July 13, 1757, and when about 20 years old, as was the custom with young men in that vicinity of those days, was employed on the island of Rhode Island during hay harvest ; the man for whom he worked began asking him a few weeks before the first Fourth of July celebration, if he did not mean to attend at Newport ; the young man gave evasive or negative answers to the repeated questions, till the old gentleman proposed to pay him wages if he would go, and also proposed that he hitch the oxen to the cart and take the women, while he himself would walk ; the young man accepted the proposition ; contrast then and now. In 1835, the Edwards family removed to Allegany Co., N. Y., where the father of our subject lived a somewhat retired life, but he began work at the wagon-maker's trade at the age of 20 years, and devoted his time to that in the summer, and followed teaching during the winter principally, till 1842 ; he then emigrated to Wisconsin, and located on a farm of 120 acres, in the town of Albion, Dane Co., where he followed farming till 1849; he next removed to Janesville, and there followed the cabinet-maker's trade for nine years ; in 1858, he returned to Albion, bought a small farm, and has singe devoted his time to agriculture and the carpenter's trade, also making a specialty of collections, and transfers of real estate. He has been Town Clerk and a member of the Town Board one term each, Notary Public eight years, and Justice of the Peace for nineteen years. Mr. Edwards was married in Allegany Co., N. Y.,in 1839, to Deidamia, daughter of Alpheus and Abby S. Greene, a native of DeRuyter, N. Y. ; she died in 1872, leaving two chil(^ren - A. Addie, now the wife of George P. Torrey, and lives in Boston, and Arthur W., now a druggist of New York City. His second marriage was in Nov. 5, 1873, to Elizabeth Dunn, nee Randolph, a daughter of Reuben and Sarah Ran- dolph, a native of New Market, N. J. ; her mother now lives with them, and is 81 years old. Mrs. Edwards has two children by her first marriage - Gertrude Dunham, now Mrs. Buten, of Milton Junction, Wis. ; Alfred S. Dunham, a farmer of Milton, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. E. are members of the Seventhday Baptist Church.

HOLIVEB HOIiTOX GUIilKSOX, farmer, Sees. 5 and 6; P. 0. Utica; born in Norway in 1823 ; emigrated to America in 1846, and settled on his present farm, where he now owns 160 acres. He was married in Albion, Wis., in 1852, to Isabel Olson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1847 ; their daughters are nine, as follows : Annie, Rauhel M., now the wife of Andrew Brectson, and lives in the town of Pleasant Springs ; Julia, now Mrs. John Bjornson, and lives in the town of Christiana ; Olena, Isabel, Helena, Etta, Josephina and Tena. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

EDWARD GUNDERSON, farmer, Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; born in Norway in 1835 ; came to Wisconsin in 1870, and located in the town of Albion, Dane Co. In the spring of 1878, he bought his present farm of 116 acres. He was married in Norway in 1857 to Esther Grunderson, who died there in 1869, leaving two sons - Gilbert and Gunder, who now reside with their father. Mr. G. and sons are members of the Lutheran Church.

SAMUEL HAIili, farmer. See. 14; P. 0. Albion; born in Derbyshire, England, in 1818; son of Henry aud Ann Hall, also natives of Derbyshire ; devoted his time to farming in England until 1845, when he and his brother George, then a young man, sailed from Liverpool April 28 of that year, and after a voyage of thirty days landed in New York City ; came immediately to Wisconsin, locating in Albion, and settled on his present farm of 100 acres, where he has since lived. He was married in England, Dec. 25, 1843, to Sarah Unwin ; she died in Albion in 1865, leaving no family ; married his present wife in Albion, April 18, 1866 ; her maiden name was Ann Wright, daughter of William and Martha Wright, a native of Derbyshire, and came with her parents to Albion in 1844, where her mother died ; her father went to California after the death of his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have two children - Martha A. and George W. H. Members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

C. R. HEAD, M. D., alopathic physician and surgeon, Albion ; is a native of Allegany Co., N. Y. ; his father, Solomon Head, was born in Pennsylvania, and, at his father's death, hired quite a " landed estate in the Susquehanna River country, but lost it all through litigation and the attempt to settle up his affairs. He afterward settled in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and there devoted his time to the mechanic's trade for a term of years; later still, he removed to Alfred, Allegany Co., where he was married to Sarah Coon, and raised a family of six children, of whom the Doctor is the third, and was born in 1821. The family removed to Milton, Rock Co., Wis., in 1839 ; but the Doctor spent the winters of 1839-40, in Pulton Co., III., and, in the following summer, rejoined his father's family at Milton. He devoted his time to teaching during the winters of 1841-42, 1842-43, at Foster's Ferry, Rock Co., Wis. In the spring of

1844, and, while pursuing his studies at the academy, he spent his leisure hours in a doctor's office at Alfred Center. Soon after leaving the academy, he attended a course of lectures at Castleton, Vt., and in the autumn of 1844, entered the college of physicians and surgeons of New York City. He returned to Wisconsin in the summer of 1845, and began at once to improve a farm which he had entered in July, 1841. While chopping in the woods one day, a man came in great haste for him to visit a sick man near Koshkonong, and from that day he was compelled to continue the practice without being able to return to the college till 1847, there being at one time seventy-two cases of fever under his care in 1846, compelling him at one time to ride five days and nights without sleeping. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1848, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession at Albion. He was appointed Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment for the Second Congressional District in 1863, and held that position till August, i865. He was elected a member of Assembly in 1853; re-elected in 1855, and in 1862, was returned a third time to the House. He has been President of the Board of Trustees of Albion Seminary for twenty-seven years, and is now a member of the Board of Pension Surgeons, located at Madison. He was married at Albion, in 1854, to Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Rachel Potter, a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and who came to Wisconsin in 1848 ; they have two sons - Louis R., now a student at the State University, and Mark A., a student at the Albion Academy.

MARTISr Jj. HOLIiO, farmer, Sec. 2; P. 0. Christiana; was born in Muskego, Racine Co., Wis., in 184£ ; his parents, Lars J. and Mary Hollo, came from Norway to America in 1839, and to Racine Co., Wis., in 1840, and to Dane Co. in 1843, and settled in Christiana, where they afterward died. He was married in 1865, to-Mary Hansen, a native of Norway, and came to Wisconsin in 1852 ; they have

LEMUEL O. HUMPHREY, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Albion; waaborn in Kensselaer Co., N. Y., in September, 1827. His father, Lemuel Humphrey, was also a native of this county, and was proprietor of the Stephentown Woolen Factory for twenty-five years, his three sons being engaged in the business with him. In 1841 they settled in the town of Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., and farmed till 1844, when they came to Wisconsin, and located on Sec. 10, and built a log house, which yet stands, and entered 160 acres and followed farming. His father died in June 14, 1876. His mother, Abigail Rose, died in Albion, in 1872. Mr. Lemuel 0. has been Town Treasurer one term ; Assessor one term ; Chairman of Town Board four terms; also side Supervisor several terms; was a member of the Assembly in 1871. He was married in Albion, Wis., Oot. 1854, to Mary F., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Day, natives of Hancock, Ma.ss. ; came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1846 ; they have had three children - Harlow, deceased; Hubert, now at home ; Mary J., died in 1878, ^ged 13 years. Owns a farm of 244 acres. Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

RUFUS P. HIJMPHBEY, deceased ; was bom in Rensselaer Co., N. Y. ; his father, Lemuel Humphrey, was proprietor of the Stephentown Woolen Mills for many years, and he spent most of his earlier life at work in the factory with him. In 1841 they removed to the town of Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., whence, in 1844, they emigrated to Dane Co., Wis. In 1854 Mr. Humphrey settled on his farm on Sec. 3, town of Albion, where he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits till his death, which occurred Feb. 1, 1877. He was married in the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., Oct. 22, 1850, to Lucy, daughter of Samuel Day, a native of Hancock, Berkshire Co., Mass. ; born July 26, 1824, and died March 16, 1879, leaving one son - Henry, who was born on this farm, on Sec. 3, town of Albion, Nov. 24, 1852. He was married Sept. 6, 1874, to Miss Susan B., daughter of Theodore N. and Susan M. Crandall, a native of Westerly, R. I. ; born in 1856. Her mother, Susan M. Chase, was born March 15, 1815, and was married to Mr. Crandall Oct. 31, 1839; she died Oct. 14, 1856, leaving four children, of whom she was the youngest, and was only 9 weeks old at the time of her mother's death ; she was then taken to live with her aunt, Mrs. 0. P. Saunders, and with her came to Wisconsin in 1866.

HALVER JACOBSON, farmer, Sec. 12, P. 0. Busseyville; was born in Norway, Feb. 14, 1829 ; and is the son of Jacob Halverson. In the spring of 1854, he emigrated to America, and landed in Quebec, then came to Milton, Rock Co., Wis., and spent the summer at farm labor for J. Groodrioh, and in the fall made his first trip to Albion, but again returned to Milton and continued working by the month for farmers ; also spent one year at Whitewater in a brick-yard. In 1855, came to Albion again and worked his present farm of 80 acres on shares for one and a half years, then bought it, and has since been farming and raising tobacco quite extensively for twelve years. He now owns 100 acres, and also owns 160 acres in Kossuth Co., Iowa. Was married in November, 1855, to Hannah Johnson, a native of Norway, born in 1846, and came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1844. Have nine children - Jacob M., Matilda Gr., now Mrs. John Tolifsen, and lives in Stoughton ; John E., Mary M., Caroline C, Osena N., Henry N., Hannah E. and Julius T. Members of the Lutheran Church.

ANDREW JOHNSOlllf, farmer. Sec. 5, P. 0. Utioa: was born in this town in 1857 ; his parents, Asle and Mary Johnson, emigrated from Norway to Wisconsin in 1849, and located on this farm, where they still reside. Andrew and his brother Thomas, who was born in the town of Albion in 1851, now own the farm of 142 acres. Thomas was married July 10, 1879, to Betsey Peterson, a native of Norway. They have one daughter, Martha. Their father was born in 1812, and their mother in 1828, and raised a family of four sons, the two above named and Ole, who now lives in Dakota, John, now a resident of Edgerton, Wis. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.

THOMAS LANGWORTHY, farmer. Sec. 23, P. 0. Albion ; was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in May, 1828; his father, Nathan, and Lucy A. (Dye) Langworthy, were also natives of New York. Father and himself spent their time in farming in New York until 1866, when, with his family Thomas emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and settled on his present farm of 155 acres. He was married in Madison, N. Y., in 1857, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Elniathan and Mariah Clark. They have five children - Alice, the wife of Prof. Theodore Comolien, of Jefferson Co., Wis., FrankUn, Angelica, Cora and Clara. Are members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. Member of the Town Board one term.

LEWIS O. LEMf, farmer, Sec. 11, P. 0. Busseyville; was born in the ^town of Albion, Dane Co., Wis., May 8, 1846 ; son of Ole 0. and Ture Lein, natives of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin about the year 1841 ; his parents were married in Dane Co., in the fall of 1843, and settled on

Sec. 11, wbore his father entered a farm of 120 acres ; he died in the fall of 1851. Lewis 0. spent his time on the farm until about 1869 ; he spent five or six years in traveling through Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and Illinois ; in 1876 he settled on the farm, of 60 acres on Sec. 11, and has since devoted his time to farming. He was married in Steele Co., Minn., in March, 1876, to Betsey Olson, daughter of Ole and Betsey Rude. They have two children - Oscar and Josephene. Mr. Lein merchandised in Owatonna, Steele Co., Minn., one year. Are members of the Lutheran Church.

THOMAS L,. LiEIN, farmer. Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Busseyville ; was born in Albion, Oct. 11, 1854 ; son of Lars T. and Ture Lein, who were early settlers in this town ; his mother came from Norway in 1842, and his father in 1853 ; he lived on Sec. 11 till 1868, when he, with his parents, came to Sec. 12, where he now owns 120 acres in Sees. 11 and 12, and 20 acres in the town of Sumner, Jeiferson Co. Thomas was married in November, 1879, to Mary Kittleson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1870 ; they have one daughter - Tilda Betsina. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

HENRY MARSDEN, farmer, Sec. Il ; P. 0. Albion ; son of Samuel and Ann Marsden, natives of Derbyshire, England, who came to America in 1844, to Wisconsin same year, and settled in the town of Albion, on Sec. 11, where he entered a farm of 480 acres, and afterward added, until, at the time of his death, he left an estate of 677 acres ; his death occurred Feb. 5, 1863 ; the mother is still living, and is 84 years of age. Henry was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1832 ; is a graduate from Bailey & Lincoln's Business Commercial College, in 1857 ; for three years he spent his time farming in summer and teaching in winter; took up the trade of a carpenter in 1859, and followed it for about eighteen years in connection with farming. He has been a member of the Town Board two terms, one of the terms he was Chairman, Assessor, etc. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Margaret C, daughter of James and Margaret Whittet, natives of Scotland, aod came to America with her parents in 1850 ; they have four children - James C, Maggie, Arthur and John M. They are members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

JOB MARSDEN, farmer. Sees. 11 and 14 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1830, came with his parents, Samuel A. and Ann Marsden, to America in September, 1844, and settled on Sec. 11, town of Albion, where his father died Feb. 5, 1863; his mother is still living. He was married in Albion, in 1855, to Priscilla, daughter of Mathew and Mary Marsden, natives of Derbyshire, England, who came to America in 1833, and settled in Jo Daviess Co., 111., where her father died ; her mother and herself came to Dane Co. in 1855 ; they have two children - Malissa M., now Mrs. Walter Vickers, who lives in Albion, and Aimer E., at home. Owns a farm of 115 J acres. They are members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

SAMUEIi MARSDBX, proprietor of Old Tobacco plantation, located on Sec. 11 -, P. 0. Albion was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1841 ; his father, the Eev. Samuel Marsden, was also a native of that shire, and came with his family to America in 1844,*and reached Albion Sept. 15, and settled on his present farm, where he followed farming and local preaching ; he died Feb. 5, 1863 ; his mother is still living and resides with her son. Mr. Marsden was married, June 7, 1863, to Miss Jeannette 5L, daughter of James Calder, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to Wisconsin with her parents when young ; the result of this union has been seven children - Annie K., Emma J., Lucy A., Joseph W., Margaret I., Lillie J. M., Jonathan S. Qwns a farm of 236i acres of land in Sec. 11 ; discovered lend on his farm in 1873 ; was one of the first to raise tobacco in this town. Are members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

DANIEL MAXSON, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in the town of Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., March 8, 1801 ; is a son of Benjamin J. and Martha Sanders Maxson, natives of Hhode Island, both deaf and dumb ; Mr. Maxson removed to Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1821, and followed farming there till 1849, when he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Albion ; he now owns 80 acres. He was married, in Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1826, to Susan Minor, a native of Petcr.iburg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; she died July 26, 1879 ; there are two children living - Mariette, now Mrs. B. C. Hall, and lives in this town ; Lyman H., married to Caroline S#arthout, and lives on the farm. They are members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church.

JIARTIN NELSON, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in Norway in 1850 ; came to America in 1870, and settled in Dane Co., Wis. He was married, in the spring of 1880, to Mrs. Helen, widow of Ole Olson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1850; she was married to Ole Olson, who died in 1869, leaving her with three children, viz., Even, Christian and Salina. She has «. farm of 110 acres on Sees. 3, 4, 9 and 10. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are members of the Lutheran Church.

K. E. OLSON, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Albion ; lie was born in this town Deo. 18, 1847; his parents, Even and Sarah Olson, emigrated from Norway in 1843, and settled on Sec. 10, town of Albion, Dane Co., Wis., where his father died in 1870 ; his mother resides with him on the farm of 125 acres, which he owns, on Sees. 9 and 10. He was married, in the spring of 1868, to Christiana Frysland, a native of Rook Co., Wis., born in August, 1848 ; their children are - Serena C, Rudina J., Edward C, Caroline L., Mary and Anna H. Mr. Olson and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

KUND OSMONSON, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Albion ; he was born in Norway in 1812, and came to Wisaonsin in 1843, and settled on his present farm of 80 acres on Sees. 9 and 10 of Albion. He was married, in Wisconsin, in 1851, to Ann Martinson, who came from Norway in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Osmonson are members of the Lutheran Church.

PAUL PALiHITEB, farmer. Sec. 17; P. 0. Albion; was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1819 ; his parents, Jonathan and Margaret Palmiter, were natives of Rhode Island, but removed when young to Rensselaer Co., N. Y., where they were afterward married, and then settled at Alfred, Allegany Co., where they afterward died. Paul, our subject, emigrated from Alfred to Wisconsin in 1841, reaching Milton, Rock Co., Sept. 12, where he followed " working out " till 1843 ; he then came to the town of Albion, Dane Co., and worked for Uncle Adin Burdiok till 1845, when he settled on his present farm, and has since made it his home ; he now owns 240 acres. He was married in Rock Co., Wis., in 1847, to Sarah, daughter of Thomas Benjamin, a native of Alfred; Allegany Co., N. Y. ; their children are Blverton and James Orville. Mr. and Mrs. Palmiter are members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. /

STEPHEN R. POTTER, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1826, and is the son of Deacon Joseph A. and Rachel Potter, who came to Albion, Dane Co., Wis., in 1848. Mr. Potter spent h;s earlier life at farming in Oneida Co., N. Y., having removed to that county when 10 years old ; when 16 years of age, he began clerking for his brother at State Bridge, which he continued during the summer seasons, but spending his winters at school ; in 1849, he emigrated to Wisconsin, and in 1851 settled on his present location, where he now owns a farm of 165 acres. Mr. Potter has been elected to the offices of Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Town Superintendent of Schools, and has been a Trustee of the Albion Seminary for seventeen years. He was married in Albion, in 1850, to Harriet, daughter of Duty J. and Mary Gr. Green, a native of Allegany Co., N. Y., and who came with her parents to Albion in 1842; their children are Mary A., Dora J., Hattie M. and Edith B. Mr. and Mrs. Potter are members, of the Seventh-day Baptist Church ; his father died here in March, 1863.

JESSE SAUNDERS, farmer, Sees. 27 and 28; P. 0. Albion ; was born at Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1798 ; he removed to Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1821, whence, in 1841, he emigrated to Rock Co., Wis., arriving there Sept. 14 of that year, and, March 14, 1842, he entered his pioneer shanty in the town of Albion, Dane Co., having bought his land here in the fall of 1841, being five 80-acre lots ; he followed merchandising in connection with his farming for several years ; he was Chairman of the Town Board for a number of years, and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Albion Seminary for twenty years. He was married at Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., in the autumn of 1821, to Esther Coon, a native of Petersburg, Rensselaer Co.; she died at Albion, Wis., in the spring of 1875 ; they had nine children, as follows : Henry, who was a, soldier in the 1st W. V. C., now deceased ; R. D., now a farmer in this town ; Stephen C, also a farmer of this town; Eliza A., now Mrs. Joseph M. Wood, of Albion ; James, who enlisted in the 4th W. V. I., and died in the army ; Duty J., a farmer of Albion ; George, who enlisted in the 4th W. V. I., and died in the army ; Lucy A., now Mrs. Samuel Burdick, of this village ; Orcelia V/., now Mrs. Elisha Mann, of the village also. His second marriage was July 15, 1876, to Jane E. Whitford, a native of Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y., and who came to Wisconsin about 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders are members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church.

WILLIAM SHORT, deceased, was born in the northern part of Ireland in 1814; his parents died when he was between 3 and 4 years old, and he was taken at that time to live with an uncle, and at the age of 6 or 7 they started for America, and his uncle died during the voyage, so he landed at New York City an orphan and friendless boy of perhaps 7 years; he worked his way up to Ft. Ann, N. Y., and in a few years was known as a canal-boy on the Brie Canal, and remained there until about 1843 ; he then bent his course westward till he reached Wisconsin, and that year entered 240 acres on Sec. 25, town of Albion, Dane Co., built him a dug-out on the hill-side, and lived there for a time ; then returned to New York, and came again in 1845, and settled permanently on his farm, and devoted his time wholly to agriculture until his death, on Nov. 8, 1877. He was married in Albion, in 1848, to Margaret, daughter of Thomas and Sally (CUrk) Son, a native of New York, and who came to Wisconsin in

1845 with hor mother; Mrs. Short died in 1852, leaving one son - William Arthur - who now lives on the homestead of 300 acres ; he was married in March, 1879, to Miss Lorata, daughter of William Hemhill, of Sumner, Jefferson Co., Wis. ; they have one son - William Gr. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Short are members of the M. E. Church.

OGOROE SIL.VERWOOD, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. BusseyviUe ; was born in Yorkshire, England, Dec. 25, 1827 ; worked at the weaver's trade when a small boy; but at the age of 15 years he was a farmer ; in 1856, came to America and settled on his present farm ; owns 100 acres of land, 80 acres in Dane Co., and 20 acres in Jefferson. He was married in Jefferson Co., Wi.'., in December, 1859, to Mary Cooper, of Derbyshire, England ; she died in June, 1868, leaving one daughter, Ann. His second marriage was in Nov. 17, 1869, to Helen Calder, a native of Wisconsin, and of Scotch descent ; they have four children - Thomas, Mary, George and Emma. Members of the Primitive Methodist Church.

JOHX J. HOIS, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Edgerton; was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., on November 22, 1819 ; his father, Thomas J. Son, was a native of Columbia Co., N. Y., he died when J. J. was only 12 years old, leaving him the oldest of five children, who, with his mother, Sally (Clark) Son came to Wisconsin October, 1845, and located on his present farm in Sec. 36, where he bought of S. Page one-half interest in a farm of 444 acres ; now owns 112 acres; there are now living three children - Mrs. Pierce Burdick and H. C. Son, both of Edgerton; has been a member of the Town Board and for several terms Assessor. He was married in Albion in 1848, to Miss Matilda, daughter of Abram and May BuUis, a native of Wayne Co., N. Y., and came to Milton, Wis., in 1845, where her mother died, her father is still living. Mr. Son's mother died Oct. 12, 1877, aged 80 years. Mrs. Son is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

FREEBORN SWEET, farmer. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., June 21, 1809 ; his father, Jonathan Sweet, was a native of Rhode Island and settled in Otsego, Co., N. Y., in an early day, where he followed farming for a number of years, then removed to Oneida Co., where he afterward died ; his mother, Mary Brimmer, was a native of Otsego Co., N. Y. Freeborn, the youngest of nine children, devoted his attention to farming. He was married in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1839, to Sarah , Tripp, with whom, in August, 1841, he arrived in Albion, Dane Co., Wis., and settled on his present farm as one of the first settlers in the town of Albion ; he entered a large tract of land, four sections, in one farm, which he has gradually disposed of, until now he has 158 J acres in Sec. 23 ; he has been connected with the various offices of the town and has taken an active part in all its affairs ; his wife died in Albion in 1847, leaving one daughter, Josephine, the wife of Calvin Hull, and lives at Milton, Wis. His second marriage occurred Dec. 24, 1850, to Anna C, daughter of Lawrence and Sarah Barker, a native of Gourtland Co., N. Y., who came to Wisconsin in 1848 ; they have an adopted son, Dennis H. Taylor. Mr. Sweet's daughter was the first white girl born in Albion.

JOHN H. TAIili, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Albion ; son of William and Martha Tall, who were natives of Derbyshire, England, and came to America in about 1850, and settled on Sec. 11, Albion, Dane Co., where John was born in 1858, and where he has lived the most of his life. He was married June 2, 1880, to Eliza Dickerson, widow of William Dickerson and daughter of George Colthorp, a native of England, and who came to Wisconsin in 1862 ; Mrs. Tall has four children - Weekman, George, Louisa and Laura Dickerson. Own 240 acres of land. Are members of the Primitive Methodist Church. Mr. Dickerson was a native of England, and came to Wisconsin in 1855 and died in 1874.

REV. JAMES WIIiEMAlV, farmer. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Albion ; was born in Derbyshire, England, Aug. 12, 1826 ; he is the son of William and Susannah (Summers) Wileman, the latter of whom died when he was only 2 years old, and, after his father's second marriage, he went to live with an uncle, John Slater, in Derby; in the summer of 1844, Mr. Slater and his family, including our subject, sailed from Liverpool for America, and reached New York City in August, after a thirty days' sail ; they came thence to Milwaukee, where they waited a few days till a selection of a home could be made by Mr. Slater; Albion was decided upon,.and the family reached their destined home on the 15th day of September. Mr. Wileman was one of the original members of the Primitive Methodist Church, and for many years was one of its local ministers. He was married in 1847, to Esther, daughter of Samuel and Ann Marsden, a native of Derbyshire, England, and who came with her parents to 'Wisconsin in 1844 ; their children are Samuel W., James, Henry, Sarah A. (now the wife of William Abbott, and lives in Dakota), Ann P. (how the wife of Isaac Dickinson, and lives in this town) and Esther E. The family is connected with the Primitive Methodist Church. Mr. Wileman and sons now own 480 acres in this town.

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1822, and is the son of John and Frances Alderman; his father dying when Walter was quite youni^, his mother immigrated with her son to America in 1830 ; they spent two years in Buffalo, N. Y., aodthen removed to Detroit, Mich., where they lived for six years, and where Mr. Alderman began work in a hotel ; coming thence in 1838 to Milwaukee, he continued the same line of labor there till 1844 or 1845, when he again turned his steps westward and came to the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co.; he pre-empted 40 acres of land on Sec. 3, town of Dunkirk, but built his shanty on the line between the towns of Dunkirk and Pleasant Springs, and afterward removed to his present home on Sec. 34 ; he^iow owns 1 60 acres on Sees. 34 and 35 of this town, and the 40 ^cres on Sec. 3 in the town of Dunkirk. He was married in Milwaukee to Caroline Wettelson, a native of Norway, and who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1840 ; their children are Caroline (now the wife of Iver Johnson, and lives in Kansas), John (now a merchant, at Crookstown, Polk Co., Minn.), Frances, Orrin, Fredrick, Turena and Elizabeth, who are now at home. Mr. Alderman's family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

JOHX W. AMES, farmer. Sec. 2; P. 0. Door Creek; a native of Massachusetts; was born in Bristol Co. in 181Y. His parents, Sylvanus and Sarah (Pope) Ames, were also natives of Massachusetts, and with their family" removed to Orleans Co., N. Y., in 1835, where Mr. Ames afterward died. John W., the subject of this sketch, emigrated to Illinois in 1846, and located in Winnebago Co., where he followed farming till 1850 ; he then removed to this county and town, and located on his farm of 160 acres, which lies on Sees. 1 and 2. He was married at Rockford, 111., in 1846, to Mrs. Eleanor Wheeler, nee Buckbee, a daughter of Jesse Buokbee, and a native of Orange Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Ames have seven sons - Allen B., now a teacher in Becker Co., Minn. ; Charles, who died at Leadville, in April, 1879 ; Sylvanus, now in Minnesota ; Jesse, George, Fred and Henry, who are now at home. The family is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. J. ATKIBf SON , farmer. Sec. 31 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; a native of Yorkshire, England ; was born in 1845 ; he is the son of John and Sarah Atkinson, with whom in 1848, he emigrated to America and to Wisconsin ; stopping a short time at Milwaukee, they came thence to Stoughton, Dane Co., but soon located in the town of Dunn, and in 1859 removed to this town and section, where his parents have since lived. In 1868 Mr. Atkinson went to Grundy Co., Iowa, and there followed farming till 1874, when he removed to Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, where he was employed in a grain elevator for a year, whence he went to Wav^rly, Iowa, and continued the same business for two years ; he returned to Dane Co., Wis., in 1877, and located on this place, where he has since devoted his time principally to agriculture. He was married iti Grundy Co., Iowa, in 1870, to Miss Emma, daughter of A. W. and Jane (Patterson) Bean, a native of Dane Co., Wis. ; born in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson have one son - Frank, and are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

L*. S. BliACKlIAN, deceased ; was born in Connecticut, in 1793, and when a mere babe his parents, Peter and Lois Blackman, removed with him to Oneida Co., N. Y. here his mother afterward died. In 1844 Mr. Blackman with his family removed to Rock Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Bradford, where he devoted his time to farming till 1857 ; he then came to Stoughton, Dane Co., and made that his home till 1864, when he removed to this farm of 240 acres, on Sees. 30 and 31, which his sons had previously purchased ; he died here in December, 1878. Mr. Blackman was very active in all affairs pertaining to the interests of the town of Bradford while he lived there, and was Chairman of the Town Board of that town for several terms. He was married in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1817, to Oliva Hulburt, a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y. ; born in 1798 ; their children are Adeline M., now Mrs. P. N. Mills, and lives at Whitewater, Wis.; Sherman H., now in Chicago; Dr. W. W., who is now a physician at West Mitchell, Iowa; J. C, who was in the Quartermaster's Department of the 42d W. V I. during its service, and is now in Fremont, Neb. ; E. N., who lives on this section ; Mary J., now Mrs. S. A. Hunt, and lives in Spring Valley, Minn., and D. C, now in Buffalo, N. Y.

ELIilllfG BOTTOLFSOK, farmer. Sec. 16; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Norway, May 12, 1838 ; he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., in 1857, and, afler working by the month at farm labor till 1859, he went to North Manitou Island, Michigan, and there followed chopping for three years ; after which he returned to the town of Pleasant Springs and remained here till the fall of 1864 ; becoming then employed by the Q-overnment, he was sent to Arkansas, where he was employed on a provision train for six months ; returning again to Pleasant Spring, he bought a farm of 145 acres, on Sees. 16 and 28, in 1866, and has since made this his home. He was married in this town, June 13, 1867, to Anna Anderson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1848 ; their children are Andrew and Martha (twins), Oscar B., Charles, Christina, Julia and Hendra. They are members of the Lutheran Church

EDWARD BRICKNON, farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. McFarland ; he was born in Norway July 27, 1820, and in 1847, emigrated to Wisconsin ; he settled on Sec. 12, town of Dunn, Dane Co!, where he entered a farm of 80 acres, and afterward removed to Sec. 7, town of Pleasant Springs, where he has since lived; he now owns a farm of 345 acres on Sees. 6 and 7 of this town, and Sec. 12 of the town of Dunn. Mr. Brickson was married at Janesville, Wis., in 1849, to Orsa Hunt, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1842 ; they have ten children, as follows: Hendra, Mary, Peter, Mattie, Jacob, Christina, John, Anna, Andrew and Abram. Mr. B. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

EDWIW T. CLiEVEN, farmer. Sees. 1 and 12; P. 0. Utica ; he was born in the town of Norway, Racine Co., Wis., Jan. 25, 1850 ; his parents were emigrants from Norway to that county, his father coming in 1842 and his mother in 1843 ; in 1866, they removed with their family to the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., and located on Sec. 12, where thev have since lived ; Edwin T. lived with his pai'ents till 1873, and then bought his farm of 80 acres on Sees. 1 and 12, where he has since resided. He was elected a member of the Town Board in 1875, and elected Town Clerk in 1877, and re-elected Clerk in 1808. He was married, in this town, in November, 1872, to Miss Inger Gilderhuss, a native of this town, born in 1849 ; they have one daughter - Edna A., and are members of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. eleven's parents emigrated to Illinois in 1839, and to this town in 1844, where her father died about 1857.

TOSTElUr E. .CliEVEN, farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Utica ; he was born in Norway Oct. 27, 1824; in 1842, he sailed for America, and located in the town of Norway, where his parents joined him in the following year, and made their home there until their deaths, his mother's occurriag in 1868, when she was 68 years old, his father's in 1878, at the age of 84 years. Mr. Oleven removed to Dane County and town in 1866, and located his farm of 140 acres. He was married, in the town of Norway, Bacine Co., Wis., May 4, 1846, to Miss Mary Olson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1843 ; their children are Ed, now a farmer in this town ; Esther, now the wife of 0. A. Drotning, who lives in this town ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Ed Bjorn, who lives with her father ; Henry T.; Thomas and Annie S., who at home. The family are connected with the Lutheran Church.

E. M. CRAJVDAIiLi, farmer, and manufacturer of sorghum molasses, Sec. 24; P. 0. Utica; he was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1823 ; his parents, Joseph S. Crandall and Olive Coon, were also natives of Madison, and in 1830, with their family, removed to the town of Grenessee, Allegany Co., N. Y., where they settled on a farm, and where E. IV^ lived till 1851 ; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and located on his present farm of 92 acres, and has since devoted his time to farming and fruit-growing, and, since 1860, has been engaged in the manufacture of molasses. He was School Superintendent of the town fjr five years, and Town Assessor for two terms. He was married, in Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1846, to Miss Frances G. Green, who died in Dane Co., Wis., in October, 1874, leaving four children - Elba D , now a farmer in the town of Albion ; Orville G., Maroella M. and Luella ; his second marriage was in Grant Co., Wis., in 1877, to Mrs. Sarah Palmer, a native of Erie Co., N. Y., who came to Wisconsin about 1844. Mr. Crandall is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

EDWIN DROTNING, farmer. Sec. 13; P. 0. Utica; a native of Dane Co. ; was born in this town in 1851 ; his parents, Amond and Elizabeth Drotning, emigrated from Norway in 1843, and located at Madison, where Mr. Drotning found employment in a hotel for awhile ; they removed to this town in 1846 or 1847 and settled on this section, where they have since resided. Edwin was educated in the district schools and Albion Academy, and, in 1871, he began clerking at Stoughton, Wis., for Anderson & Lindes, dealers in dry goods and groceries, and, after continuing with them and another firm there for nine months, he went to Utica, Wis., and there clerked for F. E. Olson for two years ; going then to Norway, Goodhue Co., Minn., he was employed as clerk by B. J. Borlaug for eight months ; then became a partner in the dry goods and grocery trade at Nerstrand, Minn., where he continued the business three months; returning then to Utica, Wis., he clerked for W. H. H. Coon till May, 1880; he then ben-an improving his farm of 100 acres on Sees. 12 and 13 of this town. He was married here Sept. 9, 1876 to Miss Caroline, daughter of T. E. Cleven, a native of Racine Co., Wis., born in 1855 ; their children are Adolph E., Anon F. and Theodore M. Mr. and Mrs. D. are members of the Lutheran Church.