Stoughton City (part 8 of 13)

GUNDER EDWARDS, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; a native of Norway; was born in December, 1841 ; losing his father when 9 years old, and being the only son, he remained in his native country till 4859, when he emigrated to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Burke, Dane Co. ; here he made his home and followed farm laboring till 1862. He then enlisted in Co. I, of the 23d W. V. I., under Col. J. J. Gruppey, and served with his regiment in the Army of the Tennessee, Mississippi and Gulf, till mustered out at Mobile, Ala., July 4, 1865, then returned to Madison, Wis., where he was discharged July 23, following; returning then to the town of Burke, he bought a farm, which he soon sold and settled on another in the town of Madison, near Fourth Lake ; in 1869, he bought and removed to his present farm of 155 acres on Sees. 21, 22 and 28, town of Pleasant Springs. Mr. Edwards has been Town Treasurer one term and District Treasurer for nine terms. He was married, in the town of Burke, Dane Co., Wis,, 1862, to Tjorder N. Torgeson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1850; their children are Eddie N., Mary 0., Emma A., Theodore, Alfred, Tilla A., Anna K. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are members of the Lutheran Church.

PETER I. ERDAHIi, farmer, Sec. 16; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Norway Feb. 9.' 1842, and, in 1847, with his parents, I. P. and Anna Erdahl, he emigrated to Wisconsin; they located first on Sec. 11, town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., and afterward removed to Sec. 16, where he has since lived, except the year 1875 spent in Stevens Co., Minn., and the time served in the army. He enlisted in April, 1861, in Co. K, 3d W. V. I., under Col. C. S. Hamilton, and served with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac and with Sherman's army ; was veteranized at Murfreesboro in January, 1863, and served as such till the close of the war, and was discharged at Madison, Wis., in July, 1865; he then returned to his home in this town and has since been engaged in manaating his farm of 150 acres on Sees. 16 and 17. He was Town Treasurer for one term. He was married in Winnebago Co., Wis., in May, 1865, to Sarah J., daughter of Francis and Anna M. Hawkins, a native of New York, and who came with parents to Wisconsin when young ; their children are Anna M., Francis A., Henry E., Lewis J. and James B. Mr. E. and family are connected with the Lutheran Church.

CHRISTIAN FELL AlVD, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Utica ; was born in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., in January, 1859 ; his parents, Ole G. and Hattie 0. Felland, came here from Norway in 1845, and settled on Sec. 25, where Christian was afterward born. He was married, Nov. 24, 1879, to Miss Sophia Koe, a native of this town, born Aug. 26, 1859 ; they have one daughter, Hattie. Mr. Roe bought his present farm of 100 acres in April, 1880, and has since resided upon the same. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

OLE G. FELLAND, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Utica ; a native of Norway ; born in June, 1825, and emigrated to Wisconsin with his mother in 1845, locating then on See. 27, town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co. He made that his home till 1867, when he bought and removed to his present farm of 120 acres on Sec. 24. He was married in this town in 1850, to Helga Felland, a native of Norway, and who came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1847 ; their children are Gunder, now a farmer in this town ; Elsie, now Mrs. 0. 0. Holtan, and lives in Chicago ; Lena, now the wife of 0. K. Roe, and lives in this town ; Christian, now a farmer of this town; Turena, Olaus," William, Louis and Emma. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

PHILO GII.(BERT, farmer, Sees. 24 and 25 ; P. 0. Utica; born in the town of Richburg, Allegany Co., N. Y., in June, 1835; emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., with his parents, Zina and Prudence Gilbert, in 1849, and located on this section, where his father lived till April, 1880, when he removed to Milton, Rock Co. Our subject has always lived on this section, and now has a farm of 130 acres. He was a member of the Town Board for one term. He is a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church of the toT^n of Christiana. ,

HALVER G JOTIL, farmer. Sec. 14 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; born in Norway in 1841 ; when about 2 years of age, his parents, Knudt and Tona Gjotil, immigrated with their family to Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., and settled on this section, where they now reside, and where Halver now has a farm of 116 acres.

G. T. GULLIKSOJT, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; born in this county and town in 1851, his parents, Tosten and Torbia Gullikson, having emigrated from Norway about 1849 or 1850. Mr. GuUikson began farming for himself in 1874, and in 1878 he purchased this farm of 140 acres, where he has since lived. He was married, in July, 1875, to Miss Ellen Olson, a native of Norway, but an immigrant to Wisconsin in 1870 ; their children are Tilla and Mary. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

Town Of Pleasant Speings

GREGrOR HALYORSOIW, farmer, See. 8; P. 0. Stoughton; a native of Norway; bom in 1822, and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1847. He settled then on his "present farm of 160 acres, where he has since lived. He was married in Norway in 1846, to Miss Gunnel Hellickson, who died in this town in 1859, leaving' three children - Halver, now a farmer of this town; Hellick, a farmer in Minnesota, and Anna, now Mrs. Alex Norman. His second marriage was in 1859, to Betsey Hellickson, a sister to his first wife; she died in 1869, leaving three children, viz., Die, Gullick and Gunnel. His third marriage was in 1871, to Barbara Paulsdatter, a native of Norway ; their children are Paul, Torkin, Edward, Betsey and Gurena. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

OLE! H. HAVE, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Utioa ; a native of Norway ; was born in 1825 ; he emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents in 1844, and located on this farm, where he has since lived, and now owns 200 acres. He was married here, in 1373, to Miss Ingebor Overland, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1871 ; their children are Hendra and Emma B. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

OLE A. HOLT AN, farmer. Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1844, and, when 2 years old, his parerts emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and settled on this section, where our subject has since lived, and now owns a farm of 100 acres, and 40 acres on Sec. 1, town of Dunkirk. He has been a member of the Town Board for one term. He was married in this town, in 1869, to Isabel Anderson, a native of La Fayette Co., Wis. ; their children are Alfred 0., Henry S., Kebecca T., John D. and Thomas A. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

K.IVUT J. HOSIEY, farmer, carpenter and joiner. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Norway Aug. 19, 1838, and, in 1843, with his parents, John and Berget Torguson, emigrated to Wisconsin and located in Racine Co. ; in 1845, they removed to this county and town, and settled on this section, where his parents afterward died and where Knut J. has since lived, and now owns a farm of 80 acres ; he began the carpenter and joiner's trade in 1864, and has followed the same, principally in this vicinity, since that time. He was married here, in November, 1877, to Anna Thompson a native of Norway, who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1870 ; their children are Johon and an infant daughter. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Lutheran Church.

EZRA HORTON , farmer. Sec. 4 ; P. O. Door Creek ; a native of New York ; was born in Oneida Co. Feb. 12, 1816 ; his parents, Erastus and Tephena (Burley) Horton, were natives of Connecticut, but emigrated to Oneida Co., N Y., about 1815, and, in 1820, with their family, removed to Oswego Co., where our subject made his home till 1842 ; emigrating at that time to Wisconsin, he settled in the town of Oakland, JeiFerson Co., whence, in 1844, he came to this town and located his present farm of 162 acres. He was the first Tax Collector of this town. Mr. Horton was married in Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1847, to Clarissa Tyler, a native of Herkimer Co.', N. Y., and who came to Wisconsin in 1846 ; their children are Chester, Emmet and Clara (now the wife of Edward D. Lawrence, and lives in the town of Cotlage Grove).

LEWIS O. IVERSON, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. Stoughton; a native of Norway ; was born in February, 1840, and, in 1844, he, with his parents, Ole and Angeline Iverson, emigrated to Wisconsin; they settled on Sec. 22, in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., and afterward removed to Sec. 23, whence, in 1855, they came to his present farm of 80 acres on Sec. 21 ; he also lias 40 acres on Sec. 20 and 30 acres on Sec. 28. He enlisted in Co. H of the 2d W. V. I. in 1861, under Cupt. Randolph, and served with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac till wounded at the battle of Gainesville, Va., Aug. 28, 1862 ; he was then placed in the hospital at Belle Plaine, and, after four months, re-joined his regiment near Fredericksburg, but, on account of inability for service, he was again sent to the hospital and there transferred to the medical department, where he served the remainder of his term and then re-engaged with the Government to serve in that department till the close of the war. He returned to Pleasant Springs in 1865, and has devoted his time principally to farming. He was Town Treasurer for five years and Town Assessor for three years. He was married in this town, July 1, 1864, to Miss Julia Bottolfson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1858 or 1859, and died Aug. 25, 1879. His second marriage was July 25, 1880, to Asber M. Hanson, who came from Norway in 1860.

OLIVER JOHNSOX, farmer. Sees. 28 and 29; P. 0. Stoughton; is a native of Norway; (fas born in July, 1834, and, at the age of 10 years, he, with his parents. Amber and Esther Johnson, emigrated to Wisconsin and located at Whitewater, Walworth Co., whence, in 1852, they removed to the iown of Pleasant Springs, where our subject now owns a farm of 200 acres and where he and his parents iave since resided. .Mr. Johnson held the office of Town Assessor for two years, Town Treasurer for two years and Town Clerk for a number of years ; he has been a member of the Town Board several terms, and was elected Chairman of the board in 1880, which position he now fills. He was married in this town, in 1859, to Miss Signs Scolen, a native of Norway, and who came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1850 ; their children are Andrew S. (now in St. Paul, Minn.), Anna B. and Henrietta S. Mr. Johnson and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

ERICK E. LADD, farmer. Sec. 35; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Norway, Sept. 30, 1832; he immigrated to America and to Dane Co., Wis., in 1852, where he followed all kinds of farm labor in the town of Pleasant Springs till February, 1853 ; going thence to Winnebago Co., 111., he was there employed at farm work by one man for twenty-one months ; he came again to the town of Pleasant Springs in January, 1855, and went into the Wisconsin pineries, where he spent five months, and then went down the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis, with lumber and shingles, whence he returned to this town for a third time, and located on his farm of 116 acres. In February, 1856, he was married to Miss Bertina Barentson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1851 ; they have six children - Mary (now Mrs. Hans Iverson, who lives in Minnesota), B. N., Caroline, Susan, Julia and Nels A., who are at home. In 1872, Mr. Ladd had a team run away with him while on his way to Madison, throwing him from the wagon and breaking his limb, arm, and all the ribs on his left side, but after two months' confinement to the house, he again resumed business.

JiTEIiS li ARSOIV, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Utica ; was born in Norway in 1848 ; he emigrated to Wisconsin in 1869, and made his home in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., till Sept. 27, 1870. He then enlisted in the 17th Regular Infantry, U. S. Army, and served withhis regiment in the Dakota Division till the expiration of his term of service, when he was discharged at Cheyenne Agency, Sept. 27, 1875 ; he then returned to the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., and has since been engaged at farming; he now manages a farm of 180 acres for Mrs. 0. Lxrson. He was married in January, 1876, to Miss Martha Olson, a native of this town, born in 1853 ; Ihey have two children - Lewis Olai and Peter Levi. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

T. O. LiONGEMOE, farmer. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Norway, Oct. 14, 1842; his parents emigrated with their family to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled in the town of Christiana, Dane Co., where his father, Ole ToUefson, afterward died ; in 1862, T. 0., with his mother, removed to this town and settled on Sec. 16, where he now owns a farm of 175 acres, and has since resided. Mr. Longemoe was Town Treasurer of this town for one term. He was married in July, 1876, to Miss Hannah Severson, a native of Dane Co., Wis., born in this town in 1855 ; their children are Ole A. and Caroline A. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

OliE K. liUNDE, farmer, Sec. 35; P. 0. Stoughton; a native of this county; was born in this town July 5, 1850 ; his parents, Kittil and Tora Lunde, emigrated from Norway to Dane Co., Wis., in 1845, and located in this town, where his father afterward died, and where his mother still resides ; Ole K. began work for T. G. Mandt in the wagon-manufacturing establishment, at Stoughton, in 1870, and continued the trade with him till 1877 ; he then bought his present farm of 223J acres, on Sees. 34 and 35 of this town, and has since devoted his time to farming. He was married in Stoughton, Wis., May 17, 1877, to Miss Addie Severpon, a native of Dane Co., Wis., born in 1852 ; they have two children - Clarence H. and Daisie B They are members of the Lutheran ChuiKsh.

liUDWIGr MICHELBT, breeder of Jersey and short-horn cattle, improved stock of hogs and poultry. Sec. 4; P. 0. Dsor Cieek ; was born in Norway, in 1824 ; he immigrated to Wisconsin, in 1865, and located on his farm of 80 acres, in the spring of 1806. He was married here in 1866, to Mrs. Gura, widow of Kundt Brickson, a native of Norway, but was among the early settlers of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Michelet are members of .the Lutheran Church.

OliE O. MOB, farmer and teacher. Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Utica ; a native of Norway, was born June 26, 1833 ; he received his early education under the private tutorship of a Seminarist of his native parish, and at the age of 19 years, he began teaching, which he continued six months in each year for seven years, in his own parish ; he entered the seminary of his county, for teachers, in 1860, and passed his examination for his State Diploma at the same in 1862, after which he resumed his profession there for two years. He sailed for America in the summer of 1864, and reached Stoughton, Wis., the 3d day of August of that year ; after visiting friends at that place, he began teaching in the church schools of Dunkirk, and has since been engaged six or seven months of each year in training the youth of the towns of Dunkirk, Christiana and Pleasant Springs, in the doctrines of the Lutheran Church. He bought his present farm of 80 acres on Sec. 11, town of Pleasant Springs, in 1871, and has since devoted his summers to farming.

He was married in this town in March, 1871, to Miss Anna 0. Tjon, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1861 ; their children are Olaus, Gurena D. and Martin Oscar. Mr. Moe has been a Deacon in the Lutheran Church or Synod since he came to Wisconsin.

IYER MOHrSON, farmer, Sec. 24; P. 0. Utica; a native of Norway; was born there in August, 1845 ; when he was only a year old, his parents Mona and Iver Simonson, emigrated with the family to Wisconsin, and located on Sec. 25, town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., where they still reside, and where Iver made his home till 1862. He enlisted in February, 1862, in Co. B, 15th W. V. I., under Col. Hague, and served with his regiment in the Army of the Cumberland, till mustered out at Chattanooga in December, 1864 ; he then enlisted in Co. Gr, of the 9th U. S. V". V. I., and served a year under Gen. Hancock, in the Army around Washington, till mustered out in February, 1866, at Indianapolis; he then returned to Pleasant Springs, and lived with his parents on Sec. 25, till. 1869, when he bought and removed to his present farm of 80 acres on Sec. 24. He was married in the town of Pleasant Springs,- in 1875, to Miss Carrie Hanson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1870 ; they have two children, as follows : Martin H. and Cora J. They are also members of the Lutheran Church .

SIMON MONSON, farmer. Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Utica; born in Norway in 1840, and came with his parents, Mons and Inger (Iverson) Simonson, to Wisconsin, in 1844, who settled at that time on Sec. 25, town of Pleasant Springs, where they have since lived, and where he now owns a farm of 120 acres, and 20 acres on Sec. 8, town of Christiana. He was married in this town, in 1866, to Miss Susan Olson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1846 ; their children are Ida L., Martin J., Emma C., Clara S., Benney 0., Betsey S., Lewis A. and Julia G. Mr. and Mrs. Monson are members of the Lutheran Church..

OLE O. OFTELIE, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in November, 1832, and emigrated with his parents, Ole B. and Thone 0. Oftelie, to Wisconsin, in 1846, locating at that time on Sec. 36, town of Pleasant Springs ; his father has since made that his home ; his mother has sin;e died there. Our subject bought his present farm of 120 acres in 1868, and has since resided on the same instead of making his home with his father, as formerly. He was a member of the Town Board for several terms, and has been Assessor of the town for four years. He was married, in this town, in 1868, to Miss Elsie Felland, a native of Norway, born in 1845, and came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Oftelie are members of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE PARISH, farmer, Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; a native of England ; was born in Oxfordshire, April 11, 1821, and is the son of William and Mary Parish, both of whom were also natives of that shire, and both died there. April 10, 1845, our subject set sail from London for America, and landed in New York City May 18, following ; he soon settled near Troy, N. Y., where he followed farming till 1851, when he emigrated westward till he arrived at Stoughton, Wis., in October of that year ; he located on a farm in the town of Rutland, Dane Co., for two years ; then removed to his present farm of 138 acres, where he has since lived. He was married, in Troy, N. Y., in 1846, to Miss Ann, daughter of Timothy Miller, and a native of Oxfordshire, England ; their children are Sarah J., now the wife of Horatio Merriman, and lives at Fort Atkinson, Jefferson Co., Wis. ; Josephine, now Mrs. George Nichols, and lives in this town ; Charles, now a farmer in Grundy Co., Iowa ; Frederick, Anginetta and Henrietta (twins) and Hattie.

JACOB M. PATTERSON, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. 0. McParland ; a native of Trumbull Co., Ohio ; was born Sept. 22, 1825 ; his father, John Patterson, was born in Pennsylvania in 1802, and removed, when a small boy, with his parents, to Trumbull Co., Ohio where they were among the first settlers of the town of Brookfield ; here he early learned the trade of a wheelwright, but afterward devoted much of his time to the manufacture of wooden clocks. He was married there, in 1823, to Elizabeth Meyers, a lady of Welsh descent, and then a resident of the town of Hubbard, Trumbull Co. ; a family of nine children - four sons and five daughters - was given them. In 1846, they all removed to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 5, town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., where Mr. Patterson made an entry of a farm and lived, principally, till 1870, when he removed to Grundy Co., Iowa. Jacob M. entered a farm of 120 acres on Sec. 5, and soon after bought more ; he now has 200 acres on this section and 40 acres on Sec. 8. He was a member of the Town Board for three terms. Mr. Patterson was married in this town, 1849, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Charles and Margaret (Heyer) Steward, and a native of York Co., Penn. ; she was born in 1832 ; her mother dying when she was only 10 years old, she was then taken to live with relatives at Marietta, Ohio, and, with her grandmother and uncles, in 1842, emigrated to Madison, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have nine children, as follows : George M., now a farmer in this town ; Talitha M., now the wife of Peter Hurd and lives in the town of Cottage Grove ; Lorena J., Alma D., Eunice C, Charles ¥., William E., Frank L. and Harley J.

JOHM PATTEKSON, farmer, See. 32 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; a native of Trumbull Co., Ohio ; was born there in 1833 ; his father, John Patterson, was born in Pennsylvania, and removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio, when a boy, and there early learned the wheel-wright trade. He was married there to Elizabeth Meyer, with whom and a family of nine children, he emigrated in 1846, to the town of Pleasant Spring, Dane Co., Wis., where they arrived the 28th day of April, and lived till about 1870, when they went to Grundy Co., Iowa ; John bought a farm in the town of Dunn, in 1856, and ten years later, removed to the town of Sun Prairie for three years, then came to this town, where he now has 280 acres, on Sees. 28, 29 and 32. He was married in Dane Co., Wis., in 1856, to Sarah J., daughter of John Lynch, a native of Ohio ; they have eight children, as follows : Ida P., now Mrs. Harvey ; Hawman, who lives at home ; Orrin W., Dora, Edgar J., Etta, Everett James and Myrtie.

PETER QUAMM, farmer, Sees. 30 and 31 ; P. O. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1835, and came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1866 ; he settled then in this town, and, in 1870, bought his present farm of 100 acres. He was married, in this town, in 1871, to Miss Julia Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1868 ; they have one son - George W. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

GUNDER KITTELSOW REXDEN, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Door Creek ; born in Norway in 1823 ; he emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843, and located on Sec. 3, town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., where he lived for about three years, then removed to his present farm of 240 acres, and has siinoe made this his home. He was married, in 1851, to Miss Turena Tollefson, who emigrated from Norway in 1845, and died here in 1854, leaving two children - Kittel, now a farmer in Minnesota; and Tollef, who died at the age of 22 weeks. His second marriage was in 1856, to Torger Olson, a native of Norway, and an emigrant to Wisconsin in 1843 ; their children are Kittel, also a farmer in Minnesota ; Tona, now Mrs. 0. A. Drotning, of this town ; ToUia and Lewis, at home ; and Tilla, now deceased. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.

TOLiIilP KITTELSOX RENDEBT, farmer. Sec. 3; P. 0. Door Creek; born in Norway in July, 1826, and, in 1843, with his parents, Kittel aad Jorund Kittelson, he came to Dane Co., Wis., and settled on this section, where his parents afterward died - his mother, March 18, 1852, and his father in March, 1870 ; Tolliff has made his home on this section since he came to Wisconsin, and now owns a farm of 200 acres on Sees. 3, 9 and 10. He was a member of the Town Board one term, and was Town Treasurer in 1879. He was married in this town in April, 1855, to Miss Clara Halverson, who emigrated from Norway to Wisconsin about 1850 ; their children are Charles T., Halver J., Jane S.. George J., Sarah J., Torge A., Hendra, Anna, Tilla, Bertha, Nicholi A. and Frederick A. Mr. K. and' family are members of the Lutheran Church.

HEIiliICK K. ROE, farmer. Sec. 22 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; born in this town in December 1847 ; his parents, Knudt and Anna (Johnson) Helliekson, came from Norway to La Salle Co., 111., in 1839, and, in 1842, to Muskego, Racine Co., Wis., whence, in 1843, they came to this county and town, and located on this farm, where Mr Helliekson made his home till his death, which occurred in 1874 or 1875 ; Mrs. H. still lives with her son on this farm. Mr. Roe has always lived on this farm, and now owns 160 acres. He and his mother are members of the Lutheran Church.

OLiE K. ROE, farmer, Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born on Sec. 22 of this town in 1851 ; his parents, Knudt and Anna Hellikson, emigrated from Norway, and settled in Illinois in 1841, and three years later removed to this town, and lived under three large oak trees on Sec. 22 until they could put up their shanty ; Mr. Hellikson often went to Milwaukee with his ox team for provisions for himself and neighbors. He died on his farm in 1875 ; Ole K made his home with his parents till 1873, when he bought this farm of 120 acres on Sec. 23, and has since resided on the same. He was married Nov. 26, 1875, to Miss Lena Felland, a native of this town, born here in 1855 ; they have one son, Carl, and ^re members of the Lutheran Church.

JEROME S. SCOIiEN, farmer. Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; a native of Norway, was born Jan. 1, 1832, and came with his parents, Sven and Elizabeth Scolen, to Dane Co., Wis., in 1850, and settled in this town. Five or six years later they settled on this farm of 230 acres, where he has since resided ; he has 56 acres in the town of Dunkirk, and 10 acres in Sec. 28 of Pleasant Springs. His father died here in November, 1870 ; his mother still lives on this farm. Mr. Scolen was married in this town, Jan. 1, 1868, to Rebecca Erickson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin about 1866. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Lutheran Church.

Town Of Eutlanb

SEAHON SEAMONSOX, farmer, Sees. 9 and 1(3 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Norway Nov. 12, 1828, and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843, settling at that time in Jefiferson Prairie, Kock Co.; in 1846, he removed to this town and located on this seetion, where he now owns a farm of 80 acres, and has since lived. He was married in this town in August, 1860, to Isabel Knudtson, a native of Norway, and who came to Racine Co., Wis., in 1846, and later to Dane Co. Mr. and Mrs. Seamonson are members of the Lutheran Church.

WILLIAM SBAMOWSOIV, farmer, Sec. 16 and 17 ; P, 0. Stoughton ; is a native of Norway, born in February, 1840 ; his father, Seamon Aslakson, emigrated to Wisconsin in 1842, and stopped in the town of Muskegon, Racine Co., where William and his mother joined him in the following year ; they soon removed to Rock Co., and settled five miles east of Beloit, whence, in August, 1846, they came to the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., and located on Sec. 9, where his father soon after died ; his mother died there in 1873 ; Mr. Seamonson made that his home till 1865, when he bought his present farm of ]00 acres. He enlisted in Co. D, of the 23d W. V. I., in August, 1862, under Col. J. J. Guppey, and served as Sergeant of his company in the army of the Tennessee, Mississippi and Gulf, till mustered out at Mobile, Ala., July 4, 1865, whence he returned to Madison, Wis., and was discharged July 23, following. He was elected a member of the Town Board in 1867, Town Treasurer in 1868, Chairman in 1869, and was re-elected to the last position in 1870, '71, '72, '74 and '78 ; he was elected a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from his District in 1876, and was Assistant Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly during the session of 1878. He has always taken an active part in the politics of his town and county, and has been three times chosen a delegate to the Republican State Convention. He was married in 1865, to Miss Randy Christopher, a native of Norway, and who died in 1874, leaving two children - Cornelia C, who died in June, 1875 ; Charles S., now living. His second marriage was in October, 1877, to Miss Isabel GuUikson, a native of this town, born in 1854 ; their children are Randy C. and Thomas A. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Lutheran Church.

ANDREW C. SHARPE, farmer, Sec. 13 ; P. 0. Utica ; born in this town and on this section in 1852 ; his parents. Christian and Christiana Olson, emigrated from Norway, and settled on this farm in 1850, where they have since resided, and where Andrew C. now owns a farm of 120 acres, which he bought of his father in 1877. Mr. Sharpe was married in January, 1880, to Miss Parena Gjorda, a native of this town ; born in 1854. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

OLE K. TEISBERG, farmer, Sec. 15; P. 0. Stoughton ; born in Norway in 1840; at the ase of 3 years he, with his parents, Knudt H. Aasne Teisberg, emigrated to Wisconsin, and settled in Milwaukee Co. ; six mouths later, thov rumoved lo the tnwn of Cottage Grove, Dane Co., whence, in 1846, they came to this town and section, where Ole K. has since lived, and now has a farm of 150 acres. He has been a member of the Town Board for three terms, and Town Treasurer for two terms. He was married in this town, Jan. 1, 1868, to Miss Anna Scolen, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; their children are Anna L., Julia Caroline, Carl 0. and Samuel H. Mr. and Mrs. Teisberg are members of the Lutheran Church,

Town Of Rutland

Co. in 1818 ; his father, Joseph Bell, was bora in Sussex Co., N. J., and settled on a small place in Warren Co., where he devoted his time to various kinds of business. The mother of our subject, Elizabeth Parker, was also a native of Sussex Co. Almon emigrated from New Jersey to Dane Co., Wis., in 1848, and settled on Sec. 21, town of Rutland, where he has since lived, and now haa a farm of 120 acres. In 1852, he left his family on the farm in this town, and crossed the plains with an ox-team to California, and there engaged in mining for nearly three years ; whence, in 1855, he returned to his home in Rutland, and has since been engaged in farming. Mr. Bell has heen variously connected with the public interests of the town, holding every oflSce in the town except that of clerk, and serving in the capacity of Chairman for three or four terms, and Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years. He was married in Warren Co., N. J. in 1842, to Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mercy Shampnor, a native of New Jersey ; their children are John S., now a resident of this town ; Winfield S., now a carpenter and joiner in the town of Oregon Theodore P., now in Iowa ; Aaron in this town ; William H., now a resident of Dunkirk ; Mary A., now Mrs. Alonzo Devine, who lives in Oregon ; Laura, now Mrs. John Parish, who lives in Rutland ; Almon H.

HARVEY BIGLOW, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. Brooklyn ; a native of Vermont ; was bom at Weathersfield, Windsor Co., June 12, 1799 ; his father, Silas Biglow, was bora in Winchendon, Worcester Co., Mass., in 1767, of English parentage ; he died in Windsor Co., Vt., at the age of 66 years. The mother of our subject, Elizabeth Boynton, a lineal descendant of Col. John Boynton, of Wethersfield Vt. a commander in the French and Indian war, was also a native of Massachusetts ; she died in Vermont in April, 1833. Harvey, a farmer by vocation, devoted his attention to agriculture in his native county till 1845, when, on the 13th of May, with his family, he started for Wisconsin, and arrived at Janesville June 1, following. A few weeks later he selected his present location in the town of Rutland, Dane Co., entered 120 acres, and bought a claim to 80 acres more. Here he has since resided, and now has a farm of 190 acres on Sec. 29, and 40 acres on Sec. 20. Mr. Bii^low was one of the School Commissioners of this town under the Territorial law ; was at one time Town Treasurer ; has been a member of the Town Board far two or three terms, and Chairman of the same for one year; he was married in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1824 to Lorinda, daughter of Benjamin and Hulda Page, a native of that county ; they have had five children viz.: Lory A., the late wife of Sherman L. Miller, of Porter, Rock Co., Wis., now deceased ; Hamilton, formerly of this town, now deceased ; Malcom P., who died at the age of 23 years; Lucy, now Mrs. Elnathan Sewell, of Evansville, Wis.; Lucius P., who married Florence Douglas, of Janesville, Wis., in 1872 ; they have two children - F. Edna and Roy ; they lost one son, Arthur. Mr. Biglow's family is connected with the Baptist Church.

JEROME BIXB Y, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Stdughton ; was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1827 ; his father, George Bixby, was a native of Connecticut, and his mother, Eunice Taylor, was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1799. In 1847 our subject, with his parents, emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Dunkirk, near Stoughton, where he lived till 1852, then removed to the town of Rutland and located on Sec. 10, where he now owns a farm of l40 acres ; he has been a member of the Town Board for two terms.

JAMES COURTIER, farmer, Sec. 34 ; P. 0. Union ; a native of Pennsylvania ; was born in Bradford Co., in December, 1825 ; his father, John Courtier, a farmer, was also born in Pennsylvania and of German parents ; his mother, Nancy Doroughty, a lady of Irish and Welsh parentage, was a native of Pennsylvania. In the autumn of 1839, Mr. John Courtier with his family emigrated to Licking Co., Ohio, and two years afterward removed to Ripley Co., Ind., whence, in 1842, they came to Wisconsin, locating then in the town of Johnstown, Rock Co., for two years ; they then removed to the town of Union for two years, and in 1846 settled on Sec. 32, town of Rutland, Dane Co., and two years later still they settled on Sec. 34 of this town, where Mrs. Courtier died in 1864; Mr. Courtier died in Marion Co., Iowa, in 1870. James has made his home on Sec. 34, of this town, since their location there in 1848; he now owns 85 acres on Sees. 34 and 35, of Rutland, and 40 acres on Sec. 5, town of Union, Rock Co.; he was married in Union, Rock Co., in December, 1860, to Mary Ellen, daughter of Jesse and Nancy AUer, a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Wisconsin in 1842 ; their children are Lelan B., Jesse U., Lemuel B. and William C. Mrs. Courtier is a member of the Baptist Church.

ERI P. DAXKS, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; a native of Vermont; was bosn in Addison Co. in February, 1824 ; he is the son of Oratio Danks, a native of Massachusetts, and Ruby Hall, a native of Vermont ; before Eri was a year old, his parents removed to Portage Co., Ohio, where his father died about six years later ; in May, 1848, the subject of this sketch emigrated to Wisconsin and selected his present location, entering 110 acres on Sec. 1, town of Rutland, Dane Co., where he now owns 150 acres ; he spent the summer improving his farm, and on the 15th day of October, 1848, started for Ohio, where he remained during the winter; returning to Dane Co., Wis., in the spring of 1849, he again resumed work on his farm, but devoted his attention to teaching the following winter, and since the close of the school, has devoted his attention wholly to farming and stock-raising. Mr. Danks has been variously connected with the offices of his town, and has been a member of the board for a number of terms. He was married in the town of Union, Rock Co., Wis., June 22^, 1850, to Pidora E., daughter of Franklin and Mary Chappell, a native of New York ; she died Nov. 2, 1859, leaving three children - Henry, Martin and Morencie (who is now the wife of Martin Penewell, of the town of Dunn) ; his second marriage was May 1, 1860, to Sarah J., daughter of John K. and Eunice T. Richardson, a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and who came with her parents to Rock Co., Wis., in 1844, where her father afterward died. Mr. and Mrs. Danks have six children, viz., Albert E., Eunice A., Millie M., Adelbert W., Harvey E. and Claude N. The family is connected with the Baptist Church of Rutland.

Town Of Eutland

JOSEPH DE JEAN, farmer, See. 29 ; P. 0. Kutland ; a native of New York; was born in Genesee Co., Feb. 12, 1816 ; his father, Stephen De Jean, was born in Paris in 1785, and, at the age of 16 years, and at the time of a rebellion in Paris, made his escape from that city and sailed for America ; he stopped for a time at Albany, N. Y., but later went to Genesee Co., where he located; he was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was married to Cornelia Koiise, a native of Genesee Co., N. Y., but of French and English parentage. When Joseph was only 6 weeks old, his parents removed with him to Chautauqua Co., where he lived till 1837. He was married there Nov. 9, 1836, to Almira, daughter of Benjamin and Catharine (Strunk) Lee, a native of Chautauqua Co. ; March 1, 1837, they left Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., for Wisconsin, traveling four days in their sleighs ; they then exchanged them for wagons, in which they completed their trip to Chicago, 111., in twenty-five days; in his attempt to get through that city, he mired in the mud in front of the Tremont House, which detained him a half-day, and compelled him to send his household goods to Milwaukee by the boat, while he drove through the country with his teams ; he settled in the towD of Waukesha (then Prairieville), Waukesha Co., where he joined his father, who had preceded him ; landing in Waukesha with only $4, he was compelled to sell his only horse for flour at $30 per barrel, and paid at the rate of $50 per barrel for pork and $5 per bushel for potatoes ; he removed, in 1838, to Janesville, Rock Co., and, in the spring of 1840, he came to the town of Rutland, Dane Co. ; entered 40 acres on Sec. 30 - "broke" 10 acres - built his log shanty, to which, Oct. 10, he removed his family as the first pioneers of the town ; he kept adding to his 40 acres till he now owns 160 acres on Sees. 29, 30 and 31. Mr. De Jean has always taken an active part in the affairs of his town, and has been a member of the board for several terms ; he was also Deputy County Sheriff for several years; Mrs. De Jean died Aug. 23, 1877, leaving seven children, viz., Catharine, now the wife of David Hodgson, who lives in Peabody, Kan. ; John, now at Ft. Collins, Colo. ; Mary, now Mrs. A. W. Barber, of this town ; Salina, now Mrs. Sidney Slater, of this town ; Charles, now a farmer of this town ; Ellen and George William at home; they had lost four - Harrison, who enlisted in Co. E, 23d W. V. I., in 1862, and died at Vicksburg in 1863; Cornelia, the late Mrs. H. Thompson, deceased; George W., who died at the age of 12 years; Franklin, who died at the age of 15 years. Mr. De Jean was married, Oct. 15, 1878, to Mrs. Hannah A., the widow of the late William B. Lockwood, of Rutland, who died Sept. 4, 1874. Mrs. De Jean is a native of Windsor Co., Vt., and came to Wisconsin in 1852 ; she has two children - Sarah J., now the wife of A. J. Parker, of Rutland; and Henry D. Lockwood, of this town, and who enlisted in the 23d W. V. L, in 1862; was brought home by his mother in June, 1863, on account of sickness, and was discharged at Madison. Mr. W. E. Lockwood enlisted in 1861, and was discharged in 1862, on account of disability for seryice. Mrs. De Jean lost six children - Emerson A., Emily, Harvey, Sophia W., Horace A , Mary A.

SOLiON DEVOIili, farmer. Sec. 14; P. 0. Stoughton ; a native of Vermont; born in Weathersfield, Windsor Co., in 1823 ; his father, James, was the son of James Devoll, and was born in Massachusetts; he removed with his father's family to Vermont when quite young; Solon's mother, Eliza Gould, was a native of Vermont ; our subject emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1852, and settled on See. 23, town of Rutland, where he resided till 1872, then removed to this section ; he now owns 200 acres on Sees. 13 and 14. Mr. Devoll was Assessor of the town for a number of years, has been a member of the board for several terms, and Chairman of the same for a number of terms. He was married in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1849, to Prances M., daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Stow, a native of that county ; their children are De Wane, S. Calvin and Carrie, who is now the wife of Amasa Guernsey, and lives at Fort Dodge, Iowa.

HIRAII H. DOAW, farmer, Sees. 1 and 2 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; born in Penobscot Co., Me., in 1832; he is the son of J. L. and Rachel Doan, natives also of that State, and with whom he emigrated in 1849 to Dane Co., Wis. ; they located on Sec. 2, town of Rutland, where they still reside. H. H. enlisted in Co. H, 10th W. V. I., Dec. 4, 1861, and served with hi^ regiment in the Army of the Tennessee, and with Sherman ; was veteranized in 1864, and was mustered out at Madison July, 1865. He then returned home, and has since devoted his time to farming ; he now owns a farm of 65 acres on Sees. 1 and 2. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Lucia F., the only daughter of Absalom and Electa (Danks) Burbanks, natives of Vermont, and who emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1845, locating at that time on Sec. 1, of Rutland, where they have since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Doan have three sons - Thurlow, Elmer and Ernest.

JOHX DUDLiEY, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. 0. Union ; a native of Vermont ; was born in Orleans Co., in 1823 ; his father, Timothy Dudley, was a native of New Hampshire. At the age of 19 years, he removed with his parents to Orleans Co., Vt., where he was afterward married to Patience Jackson.

John, the oldest of eight children, spent his time at farming in Caledonia Co., to which his father removed when he was quite young ; at the age of 18 or 19, our subject returned to Orleans Co., whence, in the fall of 1844, he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and spent the winter at work for S. W. Graves in the town of Rutland ; in July, 1845, he went to Janesville, Rock Co., and worked for Mr. Chapin for three years ; he returned to Rutland in 1848, and bought his present farm of 120 acres on Sec. 35 ; however, he did not locate upon it at that time, but was employed by Mr. Chapin Biglow and others till 1852, when he began to improve his farm, and has since made it his home. Mr. Dudley has been a member of the Town Board for two terms. He was married in the town of Porter, Rock Co., Wis., in 1852, to Rhoda C, daughter of William and Jane (Cheney) Simmons, a native of Rutland, Vt., who came to Wisconsin in 1849 ; her parents came in 1846, but died in Minnesota - father, in 1871 ; mother, in 1872.

HAYHOW FliATT, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Stoughton; born in the County of Norfolk, England, in 1828 ; his father, Joseph Flatt, a farmer, was born in Norfolk in 1793, and emigrated to America, and to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1852, and to Dane Co. in 1853, where he died in June, 1876 ; his mother, Ann Coates, a native of the County of Norfolk, died there in February, 1852. Hayhow immigrated to America in October, and spent the winter, chopping, in Medina Co., N. Y., whence, in the spring of 1852, he went to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he met his wife, who had just arrived from England; immigrating to Dane Co., Wis., in 1853, they settled on Sec. 13, town of Rutland, for the winter, and, in the spring of 1854, removed to the town of Dunkirk, for two years ; he then returned to Sec. 13, Rutland; three years later, removed to Sec. 12, whence, in 1861, he came to Sec. 11, where he now has a farm of 120 acres ; 'he also has 20 acres on Sec. 12. Mr. Flatt was the second man to begin the tobacco culture in Rutland, his first crop being in 1864. He was Assessor of the tawn one term, and a member of the board two terms. He was married in Norfolk, England, in 1850, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Ann Wortley, and a native of that county; she died in Dane Co., Wis., in 1854, leaving one daughter, Eliza, who died soon after.

ANDREW GrILIilES, farmer, Sec. 36 ; P. 0. Cooksville; was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, about 1827 ; he early learned the weaver's trade with his father and brothers, and followed that and the business of a herdsman there till 1845 ; with his brothers, in May, 1845, he sailed for America, landing in New York City the last day of that month ; he came then to the town of Porter, Rook Co., and, in 1847, settled on Sec. 36, town of Rutland, Dane Co.; he now has a farm of 132 acres on Sees. 25 and 36. He was married in Auohtermuchty, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1843, to Hannah, daughter of Joseph McClaren, a native of that shire.

GEORCitE GILIilES, farmer, Sec. 25 ; P. 0. Cookville ; a native of Scotland ; was born in Fifeshire Dee. 31, 1823 ; he is the son of James and Jennett Gillies, also natives of Fifeshire, and both of whom died there ; when George was about 12 years old, he begjin the weaver's trade with his father, and followed that business there till 1845 ; he sailed in May of that year from Liverpool for America, and landed in New York City the last day of the same month ; he then came to the town of Porter, Rock Co., and, two years later, to the town of Rutland, Dane Co., locating at that time on Sec. 25, where he now has 120 acres. He was married at Janesville, Wis., in August, 1850, to Jennett McCarra, a native of Fifeshire, who came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; their children are Agnes W. (now the wife of Charles Warrington, who lives in Mitchell Co., Iowa), James (at home), Jennett (now Mrs. Henry Douglass, and lives in Porter Rock Co., Wis.), George W., Jonna M., Robert S., Maggie E., John E. and Hattie B. (who are at home). The family is connected with the Congregational Church.

JAMES GILiIilES, farmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Cookville; was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1815 ; he is the son of James Gillies, a weaver by vocation, and with whom, at the age of 13 years, he began the same trade, and continued that business there fifteen years ; in May, 1845, he sailed from Liverpool for America, and landed in New York City on the last day of that month, and came thence to the town of Porter, Rock Co., Wis. ; a few months later, he bought 80 acres on Sees. 35 and 36, town of Rutland, Dane Co., to which he then removed, and upon which he has since resided ; he now owns a farm of 231 acres on Sees. 25, 35 and 36, of this town. He was married in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1841, to Elspit, daughter of William and Betsey (Pigge) Hume, a native of that shire ; they have two children - James H. (who married Isabel Newman, and resides on this farm ; they have two children - Ines M. and William) and Jennett (now the wife of Nathan T. Slosson, who lives in this town). The family is connected with the Congregational Church.

SERENO W. GRAVES, farmer, Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Brooklyn ; was born at Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vt., in October, 1810 ; he is the son of David J. Graves, a native of Leominster, Worcester Co., Mass., who, at the age of 5 years, removed with his parents to Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vt.; he there fol- lowed fanning till 1847 ; then emigrated to the town of Kutland, Dane Co., Wis., where he died, in December, 1873, at the age of 88 years ; the mother of our subject, Pol'y Leland, was also a native of Massachusetts ; when she was a year and a half old, her parents emigrated to Chester, Vt., where she grew to womanhood and was married; she died in Berkshire in 1817, leaving four sons; S. W., the oldest of these, spent his boyhood days at faroaing in his native county, but, at the age of 18 years, went to Wethersfield, Windsor Co., where he learned the stonemason's trade, and afterward followed that line of business during the summer seasons and devoted his time to teaching during the winters ; June 10, 1844, he started for Wisconsin, and landed in Milwaukee on the 26th day of the same month, and, July 5 following, selected his location and made his claim to 320 acres on Sees. 28 and 33, town of Kutland, Dane Co., which he afterward entered, improved, and has since made his home ; he now has 286 acres on these sections. Mr. Graves was the first Clerk of the town of Kutland, holding the office for two years, and has been variously connected with the offices of his town and county ; was Assessor of the town for seven years, member of the board for several terms, and Chairman of the same for seven years ; he has been County and Deputy County Surveyor for eight years, and has been a practical surveyor for over forty years ; he has been Justice of the Peace for thirty-two years ; was a member of the Assembly in 1861, and was the Republican nominee for the Senate for the West District in 1874. Mr. Graves was married in Wethersfield, Vt., in March, 1841, to Marinda Blakesly, who died in the following year. His second marriage was in Burke, Caledonia Co., Vt., to Malvina Denison, a native of Ludlow, Vt.; she died in Kutland, Dane Co., Wis., in December, 1845, leaving one son - -A. Denison, who enlisted in the University Company of the 40th W. V. I. in 1864, and died in December, 1864. He was again married, in 1846, to Mary E,. Dudley, nee Reed, daughter of Silas and Hannah Reed, of Plainfield, N. H. ; they have had five children - Ellen (now the wife of Laselle Brewer, who lives in this town), Leland J. (who died at the age of 16 years), Mary L. (now the wife of Griffith Gehu, of this town), Sereno J. (who died in infancy) and Marinda B. (now Mrs. Clarence Cole). Mrs. Graves had two sons by her first marriage - William H. Dudley (now a residept ef Marion Co., Kan.) and Edward D. (who died at the age of 24 years).

HENRY S. HAN AN, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Rutland; was born in the town of Penn Yan, Yates Co., N. Y., in 1832 ; he is the son of Lyman and Mary (Comer) Hanan, with whom, in 1835, he removed to Erie Co., Penn., whence, in 1850, they came to Kutland, Dane Co., Wis., and settled on See. 17, where they bought a farm of 160 acres, and where Henry S. has since resided, and now owns 154, acres; his father died here in 1856, at the age of 65 years, his mother jp 1865, at the age of 75 years. Our subject was married, in Rutland, in 1857, to Louisa A., daughter of David and Louisa Tipple, a native of New York, who came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1848 ; their children are - Herbert E., now with A. P. liusk, in Stoughton ; Clarence, Florence, now Mrs. Jacob Paul, who lives in Rutland ; Gertrude I., E. Estelle, Lillie L., Mary, David T. and Henry Ray. Mrs. Hanan is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

SAMUEL S, HOWIiAND, farmer, Sec. 10; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Leeds, Upper Canada, in 1820 ; his father, Thomas F. Howland, was born in England, and emigrated to America when 20 years of age ; he settled in New Jersey for a few years and then removed to Upper Canada, where he died at the age of 85 years ; the mother of our subject, Susan Gordon, was a native of Genesee Co., N. Y.; S. S. followed lumbering principally, in Canada, till 1854, whence he emigrated to Illinois and spent the winter in Stephenson County ; in April, 1855, he came to the town of Rutland, Dane Co., Wis., and located on Sec. 10, where he has since resided, and now has a farm of 140 acres ; he also owns 10 acres in the town of Dunn. He was married, in Canada West, June 5, 1847, to Charlotte, daughter of Stephen Huokins, a native of Vermont; she died in Dane Co., Wis., Dec. 24, 1866, leaving three children, having had four, as follows : Freeman S., who died in Canada June 22, 1851 ; Hubert G., now in Kansas ; William W., at home ; Lou J., now the wife of George Patterson, who lives in the town of Pleasant Springs; his second marriage was May 31, 1868, to Orette N., daughter of Joseph and Susan Osgood, a native of Vermont; their children are Milward- S., Charlotte O. and Elbert E. The family is connected with the M. E. Church.

N. H. INGRAHAM, farmer. Sec. 34; P. 0. Union; was born in Bradford Co., Penn., in 1815 ; in 1825, his parents, Daniel and Esther Ingraham, natives of Connecticut, removed with their family from Pennsylvania to Geauga Co., Ohio, whence, in 1854, N. H. emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and located in the town of Oregon, and, in the following year, removed to the town of Rutland, and, in 1864, settled on Sec. 34, where be now owns 120 acres. He was a member of the Town Board for three terms. He was married, in Geauga Co., Ohio, March 1, 1842, to Nancy M., daughter of Henry and Nancy (Loyd) Whemple, a native of Oneida Co., N. Y; she died March 15, 1857, leaving four sons - Eugene, who died April 4, 1878 ; Melvin, who enlisted in Co. C, Feb. 14, 1865, and served with his regiment till mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 29, 1865 ; Henry M., now in Kansas; Gardner, ^at home; his second marriage was July 10, 1857, to Lois A. Lacy, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Wisconsin in 1856 ; they have two children - Franklin B., now in Bvansville, Wis., and Uan;ie L., at home

THOMAS D. JEHU, farmer, Sec. 22 ; P. 0 Stoughton ; he was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1825 ; in 1842, his parents, Thomas E. and Elizabeth Jehu, emigrated to America and settled in Racine Co., Wis., where they afterward made their home till their deaths ; our subject removed to Dane Co. in 1854, and settled on Sec. 22, town of Rutland, where he resided till 1866 ; he thjn emigrated to Montana Territory, where he engaged in mining for six years ; returniog to his farm in Rutland in June, 1872, he has since made it his home; he bought, in 1875, a farm of 200 acres, 160 of whish lie on Sec. 27, the other 40 on See. 22, making him now 200 acres on Sec. 22, and 1 60 acres on Sec. 27. He was married, in this town, in 1853, to Annie, daughter of Hugh and Sarah Jehu, a native of Wales; they have one son - Hugh, and are members of the Presbyterian Church.

WILIilAM MORBISOX, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Rutland ; was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1823 ; when he was 13 years old, his parents, Martin and Mary (Rutter) Morrison, natives of England, and who had emigrated to America in 1816, removed to Utica, Oneida Co., and in 1840 to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where they settled on a farm, and where his father died in 1851 ; his mother died in Niagara, in 1876. Mr. Morrison emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1850, and located on this section, where he has since lived ; he now owns a farm of 215 acres on Sees. 17 and 20. He was married in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1847, to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Susan Remmington, a native of Rome, N. Y. ; they have had eleven children - Ellen, now Mrs. Edwin McPherson, who lives at Northwood, Iowa ; Detta, now Mrs. John Ellis, who lives in Orleans, Neb. ; Henry, now a farmer in Rutlaud ; Harriet, now Mrs. Edwin Ellis, who lives on this farm ; Frank, who died at the age of 5 years ; Edwin, a farmer of Rutland ; Elesta, now Mrs. Edwin Smith, of Oregon, Wis. ; William, Susan, Maude and Leonard, at home.

HANS PETERSOX, farmer. Sees. 15, 16 and 23; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Norway Dec. 9, 1827; he is the son of Peter and Gunnil Halverson, the former of whom is still living in Norway, and is in his 86th year. Hans began the shoemaker's trade at the age of 14, and continued it till 22 years old, not even losing a single day ; he was then appointed to superintend a large farm in the southern part of Norway, and in that position he was retained for two years. April 1, 1852, he set sail from Tunsberg for America, and landed at Quebec after a five weeks' voyage ; he came thence to Dane Co., Wis., and stopped in the vicinity of Stoughton, where he followed various kinds of employment for two years ; he then went to the town of Oregon, and there resumed his boot-and-shoe trade ; in 1859, he formed a copartnership with S. H. Severson and began the dry-goods trade at Stoughton ; Mr Severson, however, sold out in the following spring, and Mr. Peterson continued the business till 1871 ; he built and now owns the brick building in which Brickson & Lethe now carry on business in Stoughton ; in 1871, he bought his present farm of 140 acres, and has since turned his attention to agriculture. He was married at Stoughton, in 1859, to Martha Thompson, a native of Norway; they have one daughter - Caroline. They are Lutherans.

S. PETERSOSf, farmer. See. 23 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Norway in 1835 ; he came to America in 1865 ; stopped in Chicago for nine years, and in 1874 came to Rutland, Dane Co., wheie he then bought this farm of 80 acres. He was married in Chicago, in 1869, to Elizabeth EUingson, a native of Norway; they have three children - -Peter, Sena and Nils-; they are members of the Lutheran Church.

OEOROE W. PRICHARD, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0, Oregon ; was born in Decatur Co., Ind., in 1837 ; his father, Thomas Pnchard, was born in Scott Co., Ky.,'in 1806 ; emigrated to Decatur Co., Ind., when 18 years old. He was married there, in 1827, to Quintilla Corbin, a native also of Scott Co., Ky. ; they had a family of five children, of whom George W. is the third, and with them, in 1850, immigrated to Dane Co., Wis., locating at the time of their arrival on Sec. 8, town of Rutland ; his parents have since made it their home. In 1860, our subject bought his present farm of 70 acres on Sec. 9, to which he then removed, and on which he has resided ; he has been a member of the Town Board for fi^e years ; was elected Chairman of the board in 1879, and re-elected to the same in 1880. He was married, in 1858, to Sarah, daughter of William and Maria Bossingham ; she died in 1860, having two sons - William and Thomas (twins), the latter of whom is now deceased. His second marriage was in 1863, to Phoebe, daughter of George W. and Roxy King, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y. ; their children are Alta and Erie.

Town Of Dunn

DAVID UTTER, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. 0. Stoughton; born in Rock Co., Wis., in 1847 ; when quite young his parents removed to the town of Rutland, Dane Co, and settled on Sec. 11, where they now live ; David has a farm of 140 acres on this section. He was married, in this town, in 1873, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Conner, a native of Canada, and came to Wisconsin about 1860 ; they have one son - Jesse, and are members of the Free- Will Baptist Church.

FREDERICK R. USHER, farmer. Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; born in Chautauqua Co., N. T., in 1841 ; he is the son of Newell Usher, a native of Madison Co., N. Y., and a manufacturer of woolen goods by vocation in Genesee Co., but later, he turned his attention to farming in Chautauqua Co.; the mother of our subject, Annie Isham, was born in Madison Co., and died in Chautauqua Co. F. R. emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1861, and settled on Sec. 12, town of Rutland, where he now owns 186 acres. He was married, in Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1861, to Carrie, daughter of Franklin and Sophia Roberts, a native of that county ; their children are Frederick B., Fraoklin, Charles R., Duane D., Annie S. and Elbert. Mr. Usher enlisted in 1860, in the 9th N. Y. V. C., and served with his regiment nine months.

AliDERT WATERMAN, farmer, Sec. 17 ; P. 0, Rutland or Oregon ; born in the town of Royalton, Windsor Co., Vt., in 1815 ; his father, Jonathan, was the son of Robert Waterman, and was born at Plymouth, Mass., and with his parents removed to Vermont about 1810, where he afterward married Sarah Child ; they raised a family of thirteen children, of whom our subject is the third, and when he was about 5 years old they removed to Orleans Co., Vt. ; he left his home in Orleans Co. in 1837 and emigrated to Illinois ; stopping near Springfield, he devoted his attention to teaching for seven years, and afterward taught a year near Peoria; in 1845, with his brother, who was then a merchant in Milwaukee, he went to Maquoketa, Iowa, and there engaged in merchandising till 1849 ; he also bought the first village lot sold in Maquoketa; he came to Dane Co,, Wis., in 1849, and engaged in hotel keeping and merchandising till 1860, and since that time has lived on this farm of 94 acres on Sees. 17 and 18. Mr. Waterman was Town Treasurer for one year. He was married, in Hampden Co., Mass., to Jane C, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Moore, a native of Connecticut ; their children are Susan, now Mrs. Albert Pound, who lives in Sauk Co , Wis. ; Nellie, now Mrs. H. C. Rouse, who lives in Whiteside- Co. , 111. ; Lucia, now Mrs. Adolph Blanchard, of this town ; Frank, a farmer of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Waterman are members of the Presbyterian Church,

EGBERT BENNETT, Sec. 36; P. 0. Oregon ; born June 4, 1819, in Albany Co., N. Y. ; in 1821, the family removed to Scoharie Co., N. Y., and in 1838, to Chenango Co., N. Y., where Mr. B. farmed it. Here he married Margaret M. Holmes, born Feb. 17, 1817, in Albany Co., N. Y. In June, 1846, Mr. B. came to Rock Co., Wis., and the next year to Oregon, where a brother had bought 80 acres for him ; Mr. B. now bought 10 acres, and built a frame house in 1849 on the site of Netherwood's Block ; he thus plowed and sowed the business portion of Oregon village until October, 1858, when he settled on his present farm ; owns 120 acres in Dunn, 80 in Oregon and 10 in Rutland ; he also deeded to his son the original 80 in Oregon ; Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have an only daughter - Huldah C. (Mrs. M. M. Green) ; their only son, William C, died Oct. 5, 1878, leauing a wife (formerly Louise J. Griffin) and two sons - William C. and Louis J. Mr. Bennett is a Republican of twenty-five years' standing ; at one time was Chairman of Dunn, and Supervisor four years ; has held all the offices, except that of Master, in Oregon Lodge, 151, A., F. & A. M.

ADAM BRAM, farmer, Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Madison ; was born in Switzerland in 1842, and, in the spring of 1853, with his parents, he emigrated to America and to Wisconsin ; after spending a fortnight at Milwaukee and nine days at Madison, they settled on a farm in the town of Springfield, Dane Co., where bis father died in June, 1869. Adam, with his brother, began business in 1861, by carrying on his father's farm ; at the end of the first year the partnership was dissolved, and our subject continued to manage the place and 80 acres of his own, adjoining that of his father ; in 1870, he sold a portion of his farm in Springfield and bought here, where he now owns 302 acres on Sees. 5 and 8 ; he sold the remainder in 1877 and bought another farm of 76 acres in the town of Fitchburg. Mr. Bram was married, in the town of Springfield, Dane Co., Wis., in April, 1864, to Miss Mary Zwikee, a native of Switzerland, and who came to Wisconsin in 1852 ; their children are Katie, Mary, Louisa, Fred and William. Mr. B. and family are members of the Reform Church of Madison.

WIIiLIAM COaiSTOCK, deceased ; was born in 1808, in Rhode Island ; he was the second of eight children of Aaron and Patience (Spencer) Comstock, and with whom he removed, when a young man, to Delaware Co., N. Y., and there devoted his time principally to farming till the spring of 1844 ; emigrating then to Wisconsin, he located in the town of Union, Roek Co., whence, in the following autumn, he removed to Sec. 31, town of Dunn, Dane Co. ; he entered 40 acres at the time of his settlement in this town, and gradually added to it as his means would permit, till his estate now numbers 200 acres ; he died Feb. 7, 1874. He was married in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1837, to Fannie, daughter of Luke and Thirza (Shaw) Chapin, a native of that county, born in 1810 ; their children are Frank C, Melissa A., now Mrs. Orrin Grout; Cooley, who married Damaraa Johnson (they have two daughters - Lela and Fannie, and live on the homestead) ; Edgar, who married Miss Annie Main, and lives at PaoU, Wis.

WAIiTER M. DICK, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. Oregon ; a native of Scotland ; was born at Bannockburn, Sterlingshire, in February, 1816 ; his father, a boot and shoe dealer in the city of Glasgow, dying when Walter was quite young, he was, at the age of 12 years, apprenticed to the weaver's trade in a woolen factory of his native town, and afterward worked his way through all branches of the business. April 1, 1846, he set sail, with his family, from Glasgow for America, with the object of establishing a factory at Newark, N. J., for the manufacture of "tapestry-velvet carpet," upon which there was then a patent in Scotland, but not in America ; landing in New York City in May, he went thence to Middleton, Conn., where he completed the arrangements for the enterprise, and,' in October, 1846, he removed to Newark, where the factory was soon started and manufactured the first goods of that kind in America. Competition from Scotland and financial embarrassment soon forced them to sell out to other parties, who removed the factory to Troy, N. Y., and retained Mr. Dick in their employ for eighteen months ; in May, 1849, he emigrated to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 19, town of Dunn, Dane Co., where he bought 80 acres of unbroken land, and has since improved and made it his home. Mr. Dick has always taken an active part in all the affairs of his town and has been a member of the Town Board for several terms. He was married, in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 9, 1846, to Ellen, daughter of Alexander Inglis, a native of that city ; their children are Walter, who is now io business in St. Louis, Mo. ; Alexander, a farmer, of this town ; Isabella, now the wife of William Robinson, who lives in the village of Oregon, Wis. ; Elizabeth, at home ; Hellen, Mary J., William, Edward and Randall. Mr. Dick's family are connected with the Presbyterian Church.

J. F. DOUGLAISS, farmer. Sec. 27; P. 0. Stoughton; was born in Penobscot Co., Maine, in July, 1822, and in the autumn of 1840, he emigrated with his parents to Vermillion Co., 111.; in July, 1842, they came to Dane Co., Wis., and located in the town of Rutland, and in 1845 removed to the town of Dunn, and settled on Sec. 14 ; three years later he bought and removed to this farm on Sec. 27 ; he now owns 160 acres on Sees. 22 and 27. Mr. Douglass has been Town Treasurer one term, and a member of the Town Board two terms. He was married in the town of Rutland, Dane Co., Wis., in 1846, to Nancy Damman, a native of Penobscot Co., Maine, born in April, 1830 ; their children are Robert A., who enlisted in the 8th W. V. I., February, 1864, and died at Vicksburg, in June 1864 ; Jeremiah, who now lives in this town ; Marilla, now the wife of William Hulse, who lives in Ohio ; Margaret, now Mrs. Albert Southerland, who lives in Fremont Co., Iowa; Orra A., now Mrs. William Neye, and lives at Syeue, Dane Co., Wis.; Cornelia, Mrs. George Green, who lives in Nebraska; Carrie, Mason, Edward, Flora and John. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass are Free-Will Baptists.

EUGEWE EIGrHMY, general merchant at McFarland ; was born at Catskill, Greene Co., N. Y., in March, 1834 ; he is the son of Jacob and Permelia (Dennis) Eighmy, with whom, when quite young, he removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., where he followed farming" till 1855 ; he then immigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and made his home at Madison till 1856, whence he came to McFarland, and engaged in the grain and lumber trade till 1859 ; removing then to his farm in the town of Dunn, he followed agriculture till 1872, when he returned to McFarland, and has since been engaged in merchandising. He was married in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1859, to Sarah M. daughter of Stephen and Rebecca (Palmer) Johnson, a native of that county; her father of Connecticut, and her mother of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Eighmy have two daughters - Nellie M. and Belle E.

FREEMAN EIGHHY, grain and lumber dealer at McFarland; was born in Dutchess Go., N. Y., in April, 1830 ; he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in September, 1856 ; stopped a short time at McFarland, then went to Madison, and thence to Bever Dam ; whence, in 1858, he returned to McFarland, and lias since been engaged in the grain and lumber trade. He was married in Dane Co., Wis., in 1862, to Eliza, daughter of Adolphus and Sophia Siggelkow, a native of Germany, who came to Wisconsin with her parents when 10 or 11 years old ; they have four children - Freeman, Amelia, Albert and Frank W.

CALVIN F ARNSWORTH, farmer. Sec. 28 ; P. 0. McFarland ; was born near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, in December, 1817 ; his father, Holden Farnsworth, was born in Rutland Co., Vt., but his parents were natives of Connecticut ; when Calvin was about 8 years old his parents removed with him to Burlingon, Vt., where his father died a year later. At the age of 9 years he was sent to Dorset, Bennington Co., to live with his aunt, and made that his home for twenty years. He was married at Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., in September, 1846, to Mary Cramer, a native of that county, and with whom a few weeks after he started for Wisconsin ; they located on this section, where he was one of the pioneers and has since lived ; he now has a farm of 250 acres. Mrs. Farnsworth died here in October, 1856, leaving three children - Adelia, now Mrs. William All, who lives in the town of Albion, Dane Co., Wis.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Stephen Chandler, who lives in Dunn, and Holden, at home. His second marriage was in 1857, to Adelia Cramer, a sister to his first wife; they have one son, Reuben, born in March, 1859. Mr. Farnsworth has always taken an active part in the affairs of his town, but has not been an office seeker. The family is connected with the M. E. Church.

O. O. FORTOBf, dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, clothing, etc., McFarland ; was born in Norway in 1833, and in 1855 he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., locating at Stoughton a short time ; he then came to McFarlapd, where he has since resided; he began merchandising in 1862, and has continued at this place since, carrying quite an extensive stock of goods in the lines above mentioned. He was married, in this village, in 1862, to Mary Olmstad, a native of Norway, who came to'Dane Co., Wis., in 1858 ; they have five children - Anna S., Sarah 0., Hannah M., Oscar 0. and Mena L., and are members of the Lutheran Church.

ORRIN GROUT, farmer, See. 31 ; P. 0. Oregon; was born in Franklin Co., Vt., in 1829; his mother, Orrilla Bennett, dying when Orrin was only 11 years old, he went then to live with an uncle, and with him remained until he reached the age of 21 years, after which, he worked for another uncle for four or five years ; he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1855, and located on a farm in the town of Oregon ; in 1859, he removed to the town of Dunn, and in 1861, bought his present farm of 121 acres. Mr. Grout was Town Clerk for two years, member of the board for three terms, and Assessor one year. He was married in November, 1858, to Malissa A., daughter of WilUam and Fannie Chapin Comstock, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y., born in 1836, and came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1844; they have one daughter - Clara D. Mrs. Grout is a member of the M. B. Church.

MATHEW M. GIINSOIiUS, farmer, Sees. 26 and 27 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1832 ; his father, Henry L. Gunsolus, of Mohawk Dutch descent, was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1811, and died in Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1873; Mathew's mother, Jane A. Lingenfelter, was also a native of Montgomery Co., born in 1811, and now resides in Jefferson Co; the famUy consisted of six sons and three daughters, six of whom still live in New York ; one son, having come to Wisconsin in 1861, and enlisted, in 1862, in what was then the "Stoughton Light-Guards," was transferred to a gunboat on the Red River, and killed, in 1863, by the explosion of a boiler; one of the girls now resides in Minnesota. Mathew M., the oldest of the family and subject of this sketch, spent his time at farming in his native county until 1852, whence he removed to Genesee Co. ; in May, 1856, he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and located in the town of Dunn ; six years later, he removed to the town of Pleasant Springs for three years ; then returned to his present farm of 120 acres in 1866. Mr. Gunsolus was married in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1848, to Mary Lee, a native of England, but who emigrated to New York, with her parents, when young; Mrs. Gunsolus died in Dane Co., Wis., in 1858, leaving one daughter - Mary - who died soon after her mother. His second marriage was in Dane Co., Wis., in 1860, to Mrs. Henrietta Case, a native of Canada, and who came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1859 or 1860 ; they have three children - Alida, Edward and Laura. Mrs. Gunsolus has one daughter by her former marriage - Clara, who is now a teacher in this county. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the M E. Church.

JONAS JOHNSON, carpenter and joiner, McFarland ; was born in Norway in August, 1825; he emigrated to Wisconsin in 1855, stopped six months at Milwaukee, whence he came to Stoughton,' Dane Co., and thence to McFarland, where he has since lived. Mr. Johnson was the first blacksmith at McFarland, which he continued, in connection with other business, till 1860; then began carpentering and building, which he now follows. He was married in Norway, about 1845, to Bertha Everson, who died in

Dane Co., Wis., in 1855, leaving one daughter, Mary, who is now deceased; his second marriage was in 1857, to Christina Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin that year.

SURE JOHNSOBT, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. 0. McFarland; was born in Norway in 1838, and emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1856 ; locating at that time in the town of Blooming Grove, he there followed farm labor and farming till 1865, except five winters, which he spent in the pineries; he located in 1865 on Sec. 3, town of Dunn, where he now has a farm of 117 acres ; he was a member of the Town Board for two terms, Town Treasurer for two years, and Census Enumerator of Dunn in 1880 ; he was married in Blooming Grove in 1862 to Betsey Anderson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1854 ; they have six children, as follows : Lena, John,_Mary, Christina, Sarina and Ellen. Mr. Johnson and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE KEEIVAX, farmer, Sec. 20 ; P. 0. McFarland ; a native of Ireland ; was born in Kings County, in August, 1818 ; when 16 years of age, he, with two brothers and two sisters, emigrated to America ; their parents, John and Catherine, had previously died in Ireland. The family of five children settled in La Grange Co., Ind., where the subject of this sketch worked at the boot and shoe maker's trade for four years; Mr. Keenan was married in La Grange Co., Ind., in 1839, to Miss Matilda, daughter of William and Ellen Fox, a native of Ireland, and who came to America in 1852; soon after marriage, Mr. Keenan, with his wife, a brother and sister, et al., emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and located in the town of Fitchburg, whence, in 1857, he removed to Sec. 20 of this town, where he hag since lived ; he now owns a farm of 680 acres on Sees. 16, 20 and 21. Mr. and Mrs. K. have had eight children - Catherine, now Mrs. John CoUaday, and lives with her parents ; Anthony, who died at the age of 28 years ; Charlotte, Mrs. Horace Colladay, who lives in this town ; William, a farmer in this town ; Carrie, at home ; George, a student at the State University ; Fannie and Adeline, at home. Mrs. Keenan had the pleasure of buying the first washtub ever brought to Madison.

MICHAEL li AliLEY, farmer. Sec. 21 ; P. 0. McFarland ; was born in County Koscommon, Ireland, in 1821 ; May 4, 1841, he left his native county and set sail from Dubhn via Liverpool for America, and landed in Boston, Mass., in June following ; here he followed the business of a gardener till 1855, whence he migrated westward till he reached Dane Co., Wis.; he then settled in the town of Madison, and there followed farming till 1859, whence he removed to this town and located on this section, where he has since lived ; he now has a farm of 384 acres on Sees. 21 and 28 ; he was married in Boston, in 1846, to Ellen McCarthy, a native of that city, and who died there in 1848, leaving one son, James, who is now in Minnesota ; his second marriage was in Boston, in 1849, to Mary Keegen, a native of County loscommon, Ireland, and who died in Dane Co., Wis., in 1856, leaving three children - Ambrose, at home ; William and John, who are now in Minnesota ; his third marriage was in 1858 to Margaret Connahan, a native of Ireland ; their children are Sarah and Stephen. Mr. and Mrs. Lalley are members of the Catholic Church.

WILiIilAM liARLOR, farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. Syene; he was born July 23, 1810, at Tenakill. Queen's County, Ireland; his father, Patrick Larlor, of said place, was for many years a Representative from that county in the British House of Commons, and was Magistrate of the county until his death, when his son Richard succeeded him as a member of the House of Commons ; the mother of our subject was Ann Dillon, of Queen's County also. On the 14th day of April, 1837, William Larlor left his father's home and went to Liverpool, whence, on the 25th day of the same month, he set sail for America on board the packet-ship Pennsylvania Swallowtail, and landed in New York City June 3, following ; after a five-days stay in the city, he again pushed his course westward ; passing up the Hudson on a steamboat, he then took the canal for Bufialo, thence to Detroit, Mich., and from there he went to Lima, La Grange Co., Ind., where he purchased a farm ; in 1839, he visited Chicago, Waukegan (then Littleport), Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee, and in 1843, emigrated from Indiana, via Chicago, to Madison, Wis., and settled in what is now the town of Oregon, Dane Co. ; returned again to La Grange Co., Ind., where, in 1844, he was married to Amelia, daughter of William and Ellen Fox, a native of Ireland ; in 1846, with his wife and one child, an ox-team and a fixed purpose, he again starfed for Wisconsin, and made the trip of 300 miles in ten days ; arriving at Oregon and finding his claim "jumped," he selected his present farm of 150 acres in the town of Dunn, having his deed signed by James K. Polk, then President of the United States. Mr. Larlor has always taken an active part in the afiairs pertaining to the interests of his town, and served two or three terms as Chairman of the board ; he was nominated in 1878 for Assemblyman from his district. Their children are : Patrick E., who enlisted in the 31st W. V. I., and died at Washington in May, 1865 ; William, a farmer in this town ; Mary, Ellen, Ann, Kate, Emma, Alice, Richard, now in Iowa ; James and John, at home.

Town Of Middleton. 120T

SAMUEL MAXSON, clerk for F. Eighmy and Town Clerk, MeFarland; was born in Franklin Co., N. T., in 1853, and is the son of William and Lucinda Manson, with whom he came to Dane Co., Wis., in 1 854, and located at that time on Sec. 29, town of Dunn, where his father afterward died, and where his mother now lives ; Mr. Manson began clerking for Mr. Eighmy at MoParland in 1875, and has been with him as such ever since that time. He was elected Town Clerk in 1874, and reelected in 1875-78-79-80.

JOHm M. SAMPSON, farmer. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Stoughton ; he was born in Penobscot Co., Me., in 1820, and is the son of Robert and Nancy (Mains) Sampson, who were also natives of that'county, and afterward died there; Mr. Sampson emigrated to Wisconsin in 1850, and, after spending a year at Milwaukee at the caTpenter's trade, he came then to the town of Dunn, Dane Co., and located on Sec. 28, and, ia 1855, settled on this farm of 104 acres. He has been Chairmau of the Towa Board for four successive years, and was a member of that body for three years as Side Supervisor. He was married, in 1859, to Elvira, daughter of Ezekiel and Prisoilla Emons, a native of New York, who died in 1873, leaving two daughters - Sylvia P. and Alice ; he was married, in 1874, to Mrs. Sylvia J. Gregory, nee Angel, a native of Vermont ; she has two daughters - -Ida M., now Mrs. H. Hover, and lives in the town of Dunkirk ; Alice G., now a teacher in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Sampson are members of the Baptist Church.

JOSEPH WAIiSH, farmer. Sec. 32 ; P. 0. Oregon ; he was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in August, 1814; he immigrated to America in 1836, and located at Burlington, Vt., where he followed laboring for a nunibei of years. He was married, in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1838, to Margaret Shirlock, a native of County Kildare, Ireland, but emigrated in 1834 ; "hey had one son - Thomas, who was born at Burlington, Vt., in 1846, and with whom they removed, in 1849, to Dane Co., Wis., locating at Madison for two years ; they then settled on his present farm of 142 acres, which he purchased before leaving Vermont. Thomas was elected Town Treasurer in 1869, re-elected in 1868; was elected a member of the Town Board in 1869 and in 1870, and has held the office of Town Assessor during the years 1878-80. He was married, in 1880, to Margaret, daughter of Timothy and Mary Cusick, a native of this town.

Town Of Middleton

FRITZ AliBRECHT, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 11; P. 0. Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1853, and located in the town of Middleton ; is a native of Mecklenburg, and was born in 1852 ; is a son of Charles and Mary Albrecht. In 1873, he was mairied to Miss Mary Hinnerichs, a native of Mecklenburg, by whom he has three children, viz., William, aged 6 ; GustofF, aged 3 ; Fritz, aged 6 months. Mr. Albrecht and family belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church. In politics, he is Democratic. He has a beautiful farm adjoining the village of Middleton, and valued at from $6,000 to $7,000.

JOHN J. ALBRECHT, farmer. Sec. 26; P. O. East Middleton; is a son of Charles and Mary Albrecht, of Mecklenburg, Germany, where he was born in 1846. In 1870, he was married to Miss Mary A. Pierstorf, of Middleton ; they have four children - Charles Albrecht, aged 9 ; John, aged 7 ; Augusta, aged 5 ; Rosetta, aged 1. Mr. Albrecht came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856, and located in the town of Middleton ; located where he now lives in 1870 ; has a fine farm of 120 acres one mile from East Middleton, and eight miles from Madison, valued at $5,000. It is well adapted for grain and stock ; two-story frame house and other good improvements. Mr. Albrecht is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Independent German Lutheran Church at Middleton.

ELISHA BAILEY, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 16 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to this State in the fall of 1845, and located where he now lives ; he is a native of Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y. was born Sept. 2, 1820 ; his father's name was Oliver Bailey ; his mother's name was Sarah Bailey. He married Barbara A. Hayes, of Middleton, in the winter of 1851 ; Mrs. Bailey is a native of the State of Ohio; they have three children - two at home and one married and living at Eeedsburg, Wis. Mr. Bailey has a beautiful farm of 230 acres, situated one mile south of Middleton, and about eight miles from the capital; it is well adapted for grain and stock ; valued from $9,000 to $10,000. Mr. Bailey has been Chairman of the board for eight years, and Treasurer four years ; he was one of the charter members of Middleton Lodge, No. 180, A., F. & A. M., and was the fifth voter in the town; he is a good business man and a thorough farmer, a man who is respected by all.