Stoughton City (part 9 of 13)

SAMUEIi BARBER, station agent C, M. & St. ?. R. R., Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1848, and located at Black Earth ; farmed it at first and then went into the mercantile business, and_ afterward buying wheat ; he first came to Middleton in the spring of 1863, and took charge of the station, and has held the position ever since, performing his duties satisfactorily to all. Mr. Barber was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1822 ; his father's name was William Barber, his mother's name was Mary Braddock ; his father was a large cotton manufacturer in England ; his mother was a relative of Gen. Braddook. He married Mary Wood, of Yorkshire, England, in 1848 ; she is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; they have three children - Charles P. Barber, is in the hardware business in Kansas ; Nellie, who married James Harrisoh, of Detroit, Mich. ; Mr. Harrison is Cashier of one of the largest drygoods stores of Detroit ; and Sarah M., who married W. J. C. Manning, who is in the hardware and tin business at Middleton; Miss Nellie, who married Mr. Harrison, was telegraph operator for twelve years before she was married. Mrs. Manning was a successful music teacher for years before she married. There were only two houses in the place when Mr. Barber first came to Middleton ; he has a beautiful residence in the south part of the village. There were shipped and billed at this station in 1869, 449,000 bushels of wheat, 80,000 bushels of barley, and other produce in proportion. Mr. Barber is a genial gentleman, ever ready to answer questions and give information, which accounts for his popularity.

EDWARD BELLi, farmer. Sec. 27; P. 0. East Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1845, and first located at Cross Plains, Dane Co. ; he located where he now lives, in Middleton Township, in the winter of 1867 ; his native place is Lincolnshire, England, where he was born the 9th of August, 1838. His father's name was Sylvester Bell ; his mother's name was Jane Craggs. He was married in the fall of 1867 to Miss Mary E. Brassington, a native of England ; they have one son - Francis J. Bell, aged 12 years. Mr. Bell has a nice farm of 80 acres, valued at $4,000, three and one-half miles from Middleton, and nine miles from Madison. In politics, Mr. Bell is Republican.

JOHN E. BRUMifl, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 29 and 30 ; P. O. West Middleton ; is a son of John P. and Dorothy Brumm, of Mecklenburg, Germany, where he was born in 1839. In 1861, he was married to Miss Prederica Blumenthal, of Middleton, a native of Prussia, by whom he has had three children - John H. Brumm, aged 18 ; Charles Brumm, aged 16 ; William Brumm, aged 13 ; they are all living at home. Mr. Brumm came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1852, and settled in Middleton ; he purchased the place he now lives on in the fall 1866 ; it is a beautiful farm of 220 acres, valued at $8,000, eleven miles from the city and three miles from East Middleton ; admirably adapted to stock, as there is timber, prairie and water. Mr. Brumm intends building in the center of his farm, and going into stockraising entirely. He and his family are all members of the Independent German Lutheran Church of Middleton. Mr. B. has been Chairman of the Board of Supervisors three terms ; has held the office of Treasurer two terms and Assessor two terms ; he is also Trustee of the church, all of which he has filled with honor to himself and pleasure to the community. Politically, he is a Democrat ; he is a man who is respected by all for his honesty and square dealing.

CHARLES D AHLK, farmer, Sees. 30 and 32 ; P. 0. West Middleton. The subject of this sketch is a son of C. and Sophia Dahlk, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, where he was born in 1831 . In 1864, he was married to Miss Esther Lilliebridge, at Middleton, a native of Connecticut. Mr. Dahlk came from Germany in 1857 and located at Middleton; he bought the place he now lives on in 1878. Mr. Dahlk is a member of the Evangelical Church of Middleton, of which society he has always been a Trustee ; he is also Superintendent of the Sabbath school. Mrs. Dahlk is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at East Middleton. Mr. Dahlk enlisted in 1864, in the 42d W. V. I., Co. I, and was mustered out in 1865 ; was in all the battles his regiment participated in, while he was in ; he has a beautiful farm of 280 acres, valued at $10,000, situated eleven miles from Madison and three miles from East Middleton, well adapted for stock and grain ; he is now erecting a two-story brick house on the site where his new house burned in the spring of 1880. Mr. D. is a hard worker, energetic, and an honorable man in every sense of the word; he has made all of his improvements, and justly deserves his elegant home.

JOHN DAHIiK, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 31 and 32 ; P. 0. West Middleton ; is a son of C. and Sophia Dahlk, of Mecklenburg-Schwarin, Germany, where he was born, in 1832. In 1875, he married Mrs. Louisa Messerschmidt, who had three children ; Mr. Dahlk had four children by his first vrife, and two children by his present wife; the Messerschmidt children adopted the name of Dahlk, and their names and ages are as follows : William Dahlk, aged 19.; Clara Dahlk, aged 14 ; Henry Dahlk, aged 13 ; Willie Dahlk, aged 11 ; George Dahlk, aged 10 ; Ida Dahlk, aged 8 ; Helen Dahlk, aged 5 ; John Dahlk, aged 3; Liddie Dahlk, aged 1. Mr. Dahlk came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1857 and located at Middleton ; he purchased the farm he now lives on, in 1861 ; it is a beautiful place of 120 acres, adapted to stock and grain, valued at $6,000, situated eleven miles from Madison, and three and a half from East Middleton ; there is a fine two-story brick house on the farm, with other out-buildings in proportion. Mr. Dahlk is a Eepublioan ; the family all belong to the Evangelical Church of Middleton, of which Mr. Dahlk is a Trustee. The first Mrs. Dahlk died in January, 1875 ; the present Mrs. Dahlk is a native of Brunswick, and was born in 1839. Mr. Dahlk is a first-class farmer and a good citizen ; together with business on the farm, he runs a threshing machine in the fall.

R. E. DAVIS, merchant, Middleton; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and first settled at Attica, Greene Co. ; attended the Madison University in its infancy ; he then went to Missouri ; after returning, he located at Cross Plains and embarked in the grain business ; remained there four years and then came to Middleton in the fall of 1865, and went into the grain business again ; he then turned his attention to politics, and was elected State Senator four successive terms, viz., 1869, 1871, 1873 and 1875 ; he ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1877; he then turned his attention to the mercantile business and opened a general store at Middleton, in the fall of 1879, where he is now located, doing a large business, carrying a stock of $8,000 ; Mr. Davis is a native of N. Y. ; was born in Wyoming Co., in 1831 ; his father's name was Jepther Davis ; his mother's name was Harriet Conger. He married Emeret Mittimore in Madison in 1861 ; Mrs. Davis is a native of New York State ; Mr. Davis is an active business man and enterprising ; he has a beautiful residence in the south part of town, and enjoys the good things of this life ; he is a prominent Odd Fellow, and was elected Grand Master of the State at the last session of the lodge, in June, 1880. In politics he is a Democrat.

W. A. De liaMATTK, Sec. 28 ; farmer and thwoughbred stook-raiser ; P.O. East Middleton. The subject of this sketch is a nativeof Chenango Co., N. Y., and was born in 1834 ; he is a brother of the Kev. Gilbert De La Matyr, the celebrated Greenback Congressman ; came West in the spring of 1855, and settled where he now lives ; Mr. De La Matyr received injuries in the army which partially unfitted him for hard labor, so he took up his old trade of teaching the high schools ; he is one of the most successful teachers in Wisconsin, and receives the highest salary ; he has lately removed his family upon the farm, and contemplates going into the stock business largely ; his farm of 273 acres is valued at $10,000 ; is admirably adapted for stock, as there is water, shade and prairie ; he has already forty head of thoroughbred and grade cattle, and upward of one hundred hogs of the Chester White breed ; Mr. De La Martyr has held a number of prominent positions ; he was Captain of Co. K, of the 29th W. V. I.; enlisted in the winter of 1862, and was in the army almost three years ; was wounded at the battle of Champion Hills ; he was a member of the board who examined commanders of colored troops at Cincinnati. Politically, he is a genuine Republican. He was married to Miss Lucy Morris, of New York, by whom he has three children, all living at home ; he is a thorough business man, a kind husband and fa;ther and a perfect gentleman.

J. H. DE PARCQ, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Pheasant Branch ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1856 and located at Watertown, where he ran a paint shop ; he came to Madison in the spring of 1859 and entered into same business, which he ran successfully until the fall of 1877, when he removed to his farm at Pheasant Branch, where he now lives ; he was born at Waterloo, Belgium, in 1829, a son of John Francis De Parcq and Mary Ann Leblic. In 1862, he was married at Madison, to Miss Rebecca Ambody, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he had six children, all living at home, viz. : J. H., aged 17 years ; Prank, 13 ; Ernest, 10 ; Florence, 5 ; Harry, 3 ; Alma, 9 months. He has a beautiful farm of 175 acres at the head of Lake Mendota, and overlooking a beautiful surrounding scenery, valued at $8,000 ; he also owns the Pheasant Branch Brewery, which was sold at one time for $8,000 ; he rents the brewery, and runs his own farm with help of boys. Mr. De Parcq is a Democrat, a thorough business man, good neighbor, and perfect gentleman.

JOHX EMERY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 30; P. 0. West Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1862 and located where he now lives ; he is a native of Northern New York, and was born the 22d of June, 1828 ; is a son of Solomon and Annie Emery. He married Miss Julia A. Hedding, of New York, June 22, 1848, by whom he has three children - Charles Emery, age 28, married Katie Woolston and is a farmer of Dane Co. ; Cyrus Emery, age 24, is a farmer, and married Mary Hines, of East Middleton; Daniel Emery, age 22, married Emily Wilmorth, and is a successful school-teacher, having taught seven terms in only two different districts. John Emery, the subject of this sketch, was in .the late war ; enlisted in 1863 and was mustered out in 1865, in Co. K, 3d W. V. I. ; was in all t he battles his regiment participated in (fourteen in all) ; was with Sherman at the siege of Atlanta and Savannah, and in his march to the sea ; he is thoroughly Republican, well posted and generally wide awake : he has a beautiful farm of 120 acres, worth from $4,000 to $5,000, adapted to grain and stock ; it is on a divide, overlooking the country for miles around.

JOHN FINDORFF, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to in the summer of 1855 andjiooated at Middleton ; purchased the farm he now occupies, in 1860 ; he was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1840 ; is a son of John and Lisette Findorff. March 16, 1866, he was married to Miss Lisette Harloff, by whom he has had seven children, viz., John, born May 20, 1867- Gustof, Dec. 19, 1868; Josephine, Nov. 20, 1870; Paulena, Oct. 6, 1872 ; Hermena, Oct. 26, 1874; Predericka, June 10, 1876; Albert, Sept. 8, 1878. All are living and at home, with the exception of Paulena, who died March 3, 1873. Mr. Findorff and family belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church of Middleton, of which he is Trustee, Treasurer and Clerk ;'in politics, he is Conservative has held the offices of Assessor, Treasurer, and been a member of the Board of Supervisors, all of which he has filled creditably; he has a beautiful farm of 90 acres, valued at $4,500, finely located, overlooking the capital and lakes, with first-class improvements, and 40 acres in Sec. 10, worth $1,000. Mr.Findorfi' is a first-class farmer and business man, enterprising, and a good man in the community.

F. FRIEMAXSi', farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 2 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1855 ; moved on to the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1866 ; was born in Germany in 1840. In the spring of 1862, he was married to Miss Agnes "Wolf, by whom he has three children, all living at home. They belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church. Mr. Friemann is a Democrat. He has a fine farm of 73 acres one mile north of Middleton, adapted to both stock and grain, worth $2,500. He has held the office of Road Overseer; is a good practical farmer.

F. G-AULT, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 1 and 2 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1848, and settled at Pheasant Branch, Middleton, Dane Co., Wis., where he still resides. He is a native of Belfast, Ireland ; born in 1826, and first came to this country in 1839 ; his father's name was Frank Gault, and his mother's name was Deborah McCall. He married Mary Eyre Gyles, of Dundalk, Louth Co., Ireland; they were married at Milwaukee in 1850; they have two children; the daughter married R. L. Wintersmith, Jr., of Elizabethtown, Ky., where they now reside ; is a general merchant in the place ; F. G. Gault lives at home and runs the farm ; he is 25 years of age, of good, sound judgment, and a practical business young man. Mr. Gault has figured some in politics, as the following will evidence: He has been Chairman of the board; member of the Legislature in 1858; Treasurer of the Bounty in 1859-60 ; candidate for the Senate in 1863, and fairly elected by the people ; but was counted out by the soldier vote at Camp Randall. In 1867-68, was again elected to the Assembly. He has been done his duty fearlessly, adhering to the right, no matter what the consequences. Mr. Gault is about the earliest settler in the town, there being but five settlers in the north half of the township when he came. He is quite an historian, and occasionally in his fanciful moods coquets with the poetic muse. He has been peculiarly fortunate in securing a good deal more than his better half, who sustains the relations of wife, mother and neighbor. Mrs. Gault has but few equals, and no superiors. Mr. Gault has a beautiful farm it the head of Mendota, of 150 acres, worth $8,000, right in sight of the city and surroundings ; it presents an old-country scene.

HEIVRT GOODWIN, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 27, 34 and 35 ; P. 0. East Middleton ; first came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1849, and first located in West Middleton ; in 1863, he went to Nevada and engaged in teaming lumber and supplies to Virginia City ; he remained there eight years, and then returned to East Middleton and purchased the place he now resides on ; Mr. Goodwin is a native of Derbyshire, England, and was born in 1836. He married Miss Mary Hope, in Middleton, in 1857 ; she was a native of Scotland; she died very suddenly on the 11th of June, 1880, leaving a little infant only a few days old, and eight other children ; she was a consistent member of the M. B. Church at East Middleton ; she is not only missed by her family, but by the community at large ; the names of the children are as follows ; Charles, aged 22 ; Joseph, aged 20 ; Ralph, aged 17 ; William, aged 14 ; Mary, aged 13; Francis I., aged 9 ; John, aged 5 ; Henreyetta, aged 3 ; Daniel, infant. Mr. Goodwin has a beautiful farm of 248 acres, worth $10,000 ; it adjoins the village of East Middleton, and is adapted to stock-raising; only two and a half miles from Middleton Station, and eight from the capital ; he is a good farmer, and a thorough man in every respect.

RICHARD GREEN, grain merchant, stock and lumber dealer, farmer and stock-breeder, Middleton; came to Wisconsin in 1851, and located in Rock Co. He first came to Middleton June 17, 1861 ; embarked in the grain business, and, by hard labor, industry and perseverance, has accumulated a fortune of $100,000 and upward ; he has built two large warehouses and a fine residence besides owning store buildings, an interest in the large lumber-yard and general stock business; a short distance from the town he owns several farms, where he has branched off into the fancy-stock business for his own amusement; he has a fine herd of " short-horns" of the finest kind, and a flock of imported '- Cotswolds." Mr. G-reen was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1836. Married Miss A. H. Bush, of Middleton, in 1863. Mrs. Green is a native of Missouri ; they have five boys, the oldest about 14 years ; all living at home. Mr. Green's father's name is Joseph Green ; his mother's name was Ruth G-reen ; his father is still living in Green County. There were only three houses in Middleton when Mr. Green came. Politically, he is a Republican.

JAMES HARLOFF, farmer and general stock-raiser, Sees. 20, 29, and 32; P. 0. West Middleton ; is a native of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, born in 1 824, and is a son of Joachim and Dora Harloflf. He married Miss Dora Elver, of Germany, by whom he has seven children living, viz : Lisette, born Sept. 22, 1849 ; Wilhelm, born Sept. 14, 1853; Alvina, born Jan. 13, 1857 ; Carl, born Dec. 10, 1859 ; Gustav, born Nov. 9, 1861 ; Maria, born May 1, 1865 ; Paul, born Oct. 8, 1868 ; Francis and Minnie, twins, were born Dec. 20, 1851, Minnie died at birth, and Francis lived until she was 19 years old, and died Jan. 10, 1871 ; Lisette is married to John Findorff, a farmer, and resides in the town of Middleton ; William, the oldest son, is a miller at Chippewa Falls, Wis. ; the other five children are all living at home. All the family belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church of Middleton. Mr. Harloff came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1852, and purchased the 40 acres where the church now stands ; he sold that and bought just a mile north ; after selling again, he purchased where he now lives, in 1870 ; he has a beautiful farm of 260 acres, worth from $8,000 to $10,000, adapted to stock-raising, about ten miles from the city, and five iniles from Middleton Station ; when Mr. Harloff first came, it was comparatively a wilderness ; by hard work and industry he has accumulated a competency ; he is an honest man, respected by all. Conservative in politics. He still runs his own farm.

WARREN W. HA WES, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 34 ; P. O. East Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in September, ] 848, and located near Middleton ; he moved on to the farm he now occupies in the fall of 1878 ; he was born in New York State, in 1827 ; his father's name was Mathew Hawes, his mother's name was Joanna Wood. Mr. Hawes married Miss Eliza Fargo, a native of Pennsylvania; they have six children, all living in the State of Wisconsin. Mr. Hawes has a beautiful farm of 130 acres, well adapted to stock and grain, nine miles from the capital, and four miles south of Middleton, valued at $5,000. Mr. H. was one of the first who started for the gold-fields of California, going in 1849, and remained there one year and a half, following mining ; he is -turning his attention at present to the raising of short horns, and going some into tobacco-raising. In politics he is a Republican.

ANTON HEIM, farmer and stock, Sees. 12 and 13; P. 0. Pheasant Branch ; came to Wisconsin the same year as his brother did, in 1848 ; located on the farm where he now lives, in the fall of 1851 ; is a son of John and Elizabeth, of Bavaria, and was born there in 1826. Married the first time in 1852, to Catherine Wolfling, from Germany, by whom he had one child ; his second wife's name was Agnes Persians, whom he married at Madison, in 1879. They belong to the German Catholic Church of Madison. Mr. Heim is, a Democrat. His farm is adapted to stock and grain, 120 acres in all, worth $5,000 ; he runs his own place, is a first-class farmer and good business man.

JOSEPH HEim, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 12 and 13 ; P. 0. Pheasant Branch ; came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1848, from Bavaria, Germany, where he was born in 1818 ; he is a son of John and Elizabeth Heim, of the above place. In the same year that he came, he was married, in Rochester, N. Y., to Miss Theresa Spahn, a native of Bavaria, by whom he has had eleven children ; seven are living, viz.: Elizabeth, aged 28 ; Rose, aged 26 ; Kate, aged 24 ; William, acred 22 ; Julia, aged 20 ; Mary, aged 16 ; Herman, aged 10; they have lost four ; Kate married John Boltz, and they reside in Madison ; Rose is saleslady in Mrs. Earlich's store, in Madison ; William is a baker in Madison. Mr. Heim has a beautiful farm of 120 acres, right at the head of Lake Mendota, with two-story brick .house and fine barns, valued at $8,000, the improvements alone costing between $3,000 and $4,000. Mr. Heim is a good business man and farmer ; he belongs to the German Catholic Church of Madison ; in politics, he is a Democrat.

C. HELLER, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 23; P. 0. East Middleton; came to this country in 1850, and seitled in Ontario Co., N. Y., where he remained five years ; he then came to Middleton in the fall of 1855 ; he purchased the farm he now lives upon in 1869 ; his father's name was Conrad Heller ; his mother's name was Mary Meyer. Mr. Heller was married in New York, in 1855, to Miss Henrietta Waker, by whom he had six children - Katie, aged 22; Henry, aged 20; Caroline, aged 18; Mary, aged 16; Emma, aged 11 ; Clara, iged 7. Mr. Heller has a beautiful farm of 80 acres, valued at $5,000, adapted to stock ; he has a three-story stone house, facing south, from which you can see the capital and surrounding lakes, seven and a half miles distant. They belong to the M. E. Church of Mid dleton ; he is a Eepublican in politics. Mr. Heller is a thrifty farmer and a good business man ; his son Henry assists him on the farm, and is a promising young man.

REV. W. M. HOYT, Middleton; came to Wisconsin in August, 1868, and located in Middleton ; he is the son of Thaddeus Hoyt and Hannah Seymour, and was born in Delaware Co., N. T., in 1812; Mr. Hoyt has had two wives ; in 1842, married Mary A. Bennett, of New York, who died in 1847. In 1849, he married Mary A. Hitchcock, a native of Norwich, N. Y. Mr. Hoyt founded the Presbyterian Church at Middleton, and had had charge of the same all the time. In 1839, he graduated at the New York University, and, in 1842, he graduated at the Theological Seminary of New York. He went direct from the seminary to Chenango and took charge of a church, where he remained nearly twenty-four years before locating at Middleton. He has been preaching thirty-eight years, and, what is more wonderful, has never missed a Sabbath from his labors. It has been hard work to build up his present church, but he has never looked back, and now has the society in a healthy condition. Mr. Hoyt has a very large library, some old books dating as far back as 1509. He has a beautiful place in the center of the village, 9 acres of land, valued at $4,000.

E. S. HUJVT, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 34 ; P. 0. East Middleton. The subject of this sketch was born atKoyalton, Vt., in 1836 ; he moved to Wisconsin in the fall of 1856 and located first at Yerona, this county, and opened a new farm ; after selling the same, he located where he now lives, in the fall of 1867; he is a son of S. B. Hunt and Polly Kimball. In 1855, he was married to Sarah Jane Kiohardson, of Rochester, Vt., by whom he has three children, all living in Wisconsin ; the oldest son, Ira L. Hunt, married Miss Ida Schweinkert, and remains at home and runs the farm ; Sarah E., married Henry Cowie, and resides in Verona Township ; Eddie M. Hunt lives at home. Mr. Hunt enlisted, in 1864, in Co. B, 11th W. V. I., and remained in the service one year and three months ; he was in all the battles the regiment participated in, winding up with the nine-days' siege of Mobile. Mr. Hunt has a beautiful farm of 133 acres, with first-class improvements, worth $6,000 ; he raises hogs, largely of the Chester white breed, and has all the conveniences for the business ; he is a thorough farmer and business man. Eepublican in politics, believing the office should seek the man. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are members of the M. E. Church.

H. B. KXOWLTON, farmer. Sec. 3 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1850, and located on the farm he now lives on in the spring of 1869 ; he was born in the State of New York in 1810 ; his father's name was Ephraim H. B. Knowlton ; his mother's name was Annie Lepper. Married Elizabeth Flanders, of Vermont, in 1842 ; they have two children, one daughter in Chicago, who. married John Tiedeman ; and Thomas E., who owns and runs an adjoining farm. Thomas E. married Margerie Bethel, of Oregon, Wis. Mr. Knowlton has a fine farm of 80 acres, worth $4,000, three miles from Middleton ; he is a Democrat of the old-fashioned kind ; his father was one of the pioneers of the county.

JOJHIV liOBCH, general merchant, Pheasant Branch; came to Wisconsin in 1851, and located at Pheasant Branch, and first worked at his trade of wagon-making ; he embarked in the general merchandise business in 1863, and has carried it on successfully ever since ; he is a native of Prussia, and was born in 1 842 ; he is a son of J. and Christina Lorch, who are both dead. Mr. Lorch has been married twice ; his first wife was a daughter of W. A. Wheeler, of Madison ; they were married in 1864 ; she dying in 1872, leaving one living child - Alice. In 1874, he was married in Madison to Miss Ottilie Eeuter, a native of Hamburg, Germany, by whom he has four children - Ottilie, aged 7 ; John, aged 6 ; Wauda, aged 3 ; Josephene, aged 18 months. Mr. Lorch has a fine store and residence in the center of the village ; carries a stock from $5,000 to $8,000 ; he is one of the best merchants, keeping his goods up in good shape, and always' has a full assortment ; in fact, he can be called one of our self-made men.

GEORGE H. XEAIi, farmer and stock -raiser. Sec. 20; P. 0. Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the fall, of 1851, and located where he now lives ; he was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1827 ; his father's name was Joseph Neal ; his mother's name was Fanny Dales. Mr. Neal was married, Deo. 8, 1857 ; to Miss Jessie Gillatly, a native of Scotland ; Mrs. Neal was born in 1830 ; they have four children - Charles H., aged 21 ; Jessie, aged 19 ; Frank A., aged 18 ; Mary Jane, aged 8, all living at home ; Mr. Neal belongs to the Church of England, and Mrs. Neal is a Presbyterian. In politics, Mr. Neal is a Eepublican ; he has a nice farm of 80 acres, with fine improvements, worth $5,000, about ten miles from Madison. Mr. Neal is a brick-maker by trade, having worked at it since a boy in the old country, and six summers in this county ; he is turning his attention considerably, of late, to stock. '

H. F. NIEBUHR, farmer and stook-raiser, Sec. 15 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came from' Mecklenburg, Grermany, where he was born in 1818 ; came to Wisconsin June 28, 1850, and located where he now lives ; he is a son of John and Mary Niebuhr, of Germany. He married Miss Louisa Mowingle, of Middleton, a native of Hanover, Grermany, by whom he has three children ; he has a fine farm of 160 acres, valued at $8,000, well adapted to stock and grain, eight miles from MadLson and one and oue-half from Middleton. The family all belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church of Middleton. Mr. Niebuhr is a Democrat.

JOHN NIEBUHR, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 23 ; P. 0. Middleton ; is a son of John and Sophia, and came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1851 ; settled on the farm where he now lives. In 1854, he was married to Miss Sophia Bleeker, by whom he has nine children, two of whom are married ; the family belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church, of which Mr. Niebuhr is a Trustee ; he has a beautiful farm of 320 acres, seven miles from Madison, valued at $15,000. There is a two-story brick house on the place, with other first-class improvements, costing, in all, upward of $8,000 ; the farm is well adapted to stock and grain. Mr. Niebuhr votes always for the best man, regardless of party. He commenced with only 80 acres, and by hard work has accumulated a competency, which he justly deserves.

C ORT, farmer, Sees. 15 and 16 ; P. 0. Middleton ; born in Germany in 1828, and emigrated to America in 1858 ; remained in New York two years, and then located where he now lives in the fall of 1860. In 1864, he was married to Miss Caroline Witenburg, of Middleton ; they have four children, all at home - Louisa, aged 14 ; Charles, aged 11 ; Armanda, aged 9 ; John, aged 6 ; they are all members of the Independent German Lutheran Church of Middleton. He has a beautiful farm of 160 acres, worth $5,000, a fine two-story brick house and other improvements ; Mr. Ort raises mostly grain ; he is a firstclass farmer and attentive to business.

li. M. PAIiMER, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located where he now lives in the fall of 1845 ; he has held the offices of Supervisor and Justice ; was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1816 ; his father's name was Isaac Palmer, and his mother's name was Esther May. He married Jane A. Downing, in 1847 ; Mrs. Palmer was born in Indiana Co., Penn.j in 1826; they have six' children, one in Iowa, one in New York and the other four at home; his farm of 160 acres is beautifully located, one mile from Middleton and eight from the City of Madison ; he has a large two-story stone house, facing the main road, which equally divides his farm ; Mr. Palmer works his own farm, is a man of unusual endurance, and holds his age remarkably.

A. PAUIi, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. East MiJlleton; born in England in 1833, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1855. He was married at Middleton, in 1872, to Mrs. Liddie Drake ; Mrs. Drake has two daughters, and they are still at home ; the eldest, Emma Drake, is 20 years old ; Amelia Drake, 17 ; Miss Emma is a successful teacher in the district schools. Mrs. Paul is a member of the M. E. Church at Middleton. Mr. Paul is a Kepublican. He has a fine place of 10 acres, situated near the village, valued at $1,000.

JOHN ]PIEH, hotel. Pheasant Branch ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1855, and located where he is now ; was born in Kurhessen, in 1829, a son of George Pieh and Elizabeth Hetterich. On the 29th of October, 1850, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Lorch ; the names of the children and dates of births are as follows: John P., born Aug. 30, 1853 ; Rosetta, Jan. 1, 1856 ; Mary, April 4, 1858 ; Christina, Jan. 23, 1862 ; William, Dec. 12, 1864 ; Julius, Aug. 8, 1868 ; George, Aug. 22, 1871 ; and Lovina, Feb. 15, 1875 ; they have lost five children. Mr. Pieh has a hotel at the head of Lake Mendota ; he also runs a butcher and produce shop ; his place is a favorite resort for summer visitors, who come both by boats and carriages. Mr. Pieh is a good business man, enterprising, and wide awake ; his property is valued at from $2,000 to $3,000. Democratic in politics.

C. W. POPE, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 26; P. 0. East Middleton; came to the State of Wisconsin in 1842, and went directly to the pineries, where he logged at first and then run a saw-mill; he remained there until he located where he now lives, on Sec. 26, Middleton, in the fall of 1853. Mr. Pope is a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., and was born in 1821 ; father's name, Samson Pope ; mother's name, Lydia Pope. He married his first wife in the year of 1844 ; her name was Maria Lyon, by whom he had seven children ; three are living and remain on the farm assisting in running the same ; she died in 1867 ; his second wife's name was Fannie Lyford, by whom he has eight children, all living at home ; he has a beautiful farm of 160 acres, valued at $8,000, overlooking the city and lakes, about seven miles from Madison and one and a half miles from East Middleton, adapted to stock-raising, having living water on the place ; he runs his own farm with the help of his boys. Conservative in politics ; cheerful in disposition and respected by his neighbors.

DAVID RICHARDSON, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32, Middleton, and Sec. 5, Verona ; P. O. East Middleton ; was born in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vt., in 18^6 ; his father's name was Josiah Richardson ; his mother's name was Sarah E. Barker. Mr. Richardson first came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, and settled where he now lives. He was married in 1853 to Miss Lucy A. Hawes, of Verona ; they have four children, all living in the State of Wisconsin ; Mr. R. has a beautiful farm of 165 acres, valued at from |6,000 to $7,000, well adapted to stock and grain ; he has about forty head of purebred Devon and a large flock of merino sheep ; he has maple trees set in rows on the road-sides, to the number -of 500 ; also has an orchard on the place of 1,500 trees; his buildings are in the center of farm and command a view for miles around ; on the place is a wonderful cave, running into the lime-rock, under the ground some 1,000 feet; it is a place of great resort; there are in the cave some of the finest beds of ochre in the country, and they seem to be forming continually ; the farm receives the wash three miles one way and two the other, and can properly be called the cave basin ; the wash being gradual, naturally makes the farm richer. Mr. Richardson, in politics, is a Greenbacker. Mrs. Richardson died the 10th of May, 1876, of heart disease.

A. A. ROWLEY, M. D., Middleton. The subject of this sketch is a son of Dr. N. C. Rowley, one of the first practitioners in Middleton, was born in Ohio, in 1841 ; his mother's name was Sarah H. Davis ; Dr. R. graduated at Rush Medical College in the spring of 1868, and has been in continual practice since in Dane Co.; he has a very large practice and good success. In the spring of 1865, he was married to Miss Olivia Wheelwright, by whom he has three children - Jesse N., aged 14 ; Edna, aged 11 ; Antinous G., aged 5. Dr. Rowley has the finest residence in the town, also runs a drug store. He .is a determined Republican ; social, wide awake and enterprising.

GEORGE W. IS ANFORD, farmer and apiarian. Sec. 27 ; P. 0. East Middleton. The subject of this sketch is a son of J. D. and Sibbel Sanford, and was born on the old homestead, at East Middleton, Oct. 29, 1844. He married Miss Leora A. Van Buren, of New York, in 1863 ; they have three interesting daughters, viz., Jessie, Josie and Mary, aged respectively 16, 14 and 2 years. He has a beautiful 80-acre farm, one mile from East Middleton, valued at $5,000. Mr. Sanford enlisted in the late war in 1864, and was mustered out in 1865 ; was in Co. B, 11th W. V. I. ; he was in all the battles his regiment participated in, and in the last battle of the rebellion, the charge of Blakely at the siege of Mobile, when he received injuries which disabled him for manual labor and caused him to seek lighter employment ; he chose bee-culture, and he makes it a specialty on scientific principles ; it is really wonderful to see him perform with them ; he extracts the honey from the comb with his patent " honey extractor," and replaces the comb again for the bees to fill ; the extracting of the honey is a great saving to the bees, as they do not have to build new combs ; a good season, Mr. S. says, the honey can be extracted every week; he has extracted and sold as high as four tons in a season, and he ships all over the United States ; has had one swarm make as high as 60 pounds per week ; he keeps the thoroughbred Italian bees, raises his own queens and makes all his swarms, never allowing them to swarm in the old way ; he has taken first premiums a number of times at State fairs for best Italian bees, for best bee-hive, best extractor, and also for best method of handling bees. Politically speaking, Mr. S. votes for the best man. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace ; is now Secretary of the Town Insurance Company, and Master of the Grange. As to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford's religion, they are " free thinkers," believing, as most all sensible people do believe, that all are not called to preach the Gospel. Mr. S. is a thorough business man, and practical in all things ; Mrs. S. is a lady of fine mind, and has few equals and no superiors.

J. D. SANFORD, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 27 ; P. 0. East Middleton ; first located his farm where he now lives, and paid " Uncle Sam " for the same in the spring of 1836 ; came to Madison in 1839, and moved on to his farm in the fall of 1841 ; he was born in New Haven Co., Conn., July 27, 1813 ; his fathers name was Jared Sanford ; his mother's name was Abigail Wooster. Mr. Sanford married Sibbel Hayden, in Michigan, in 1835 ; Mrs. Sanford was born in the State of New York in 1809; they have twelve children, five living in Wisconsin, four in Minnesota, two in Nebraska and one in Dakota. Mrs. Sanford's father's name was John Hayden ; her mother's name was Lois Babcock. Mrs. Sanford was the first white woman in tho tbwn of Middleton. She belongs to the first M. B. Church at East Middleton. They have 160 acres left of the large tract he first purchased, having sold some and given some to his children ; it is beautifully located near the village, and valued at $8,000. Mr. Sanford brought the first drove of sheep into Dane Co. He has brought up a large family of children and educated them and started theni all in good shape, costing him upward of $25,000 in land and money ; he never has had a mortgage on his premises. Republican in politics. He is hale and hearty, and as cheerful and full of jokes as a boy.

CHARIiES SCHEWCK, minister of the Independent Grerman Lutheran Church at Middleton, and farmer, Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Middleton. Kev. Mr. Sohenck, the subject of this sketch, was born in North Germany in 1823, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, and located atRoxbury, Dane Co., where he farmed and preached the gospel ; moved to the town of Middleton in 1858, where he still continues in the ministry, having charge of four large congregations; is, a son of Fritz and Ellen Schenck, of Germany. He was married, in 1849, to Miss Christena Granzow, of Germany, who died in 1879. Mr. 8. has seven children, all living in Wisconsin ; has a beautiful farm of 120 acres, valued at $5,000, eight and a half miles from Madison, from which he has a view of Lake Mendota and the capital. Mr. Schenck is an earnest Christian man, a good neighbor and citizen. In politics, he is conservative.

THOMAS SCOTT, farmer, Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in September, 1852, and located at Middleton ; born in the north of England in 1822. Mr. Scott lost his first wife in Scotland in 1845 ; she was a native of Glasgow ; second wife he married in Wisconsin, who died in 1864 ; is a brother of Joseph Scott, who died at Middleton in 1854, a prominent man of the county. In early days Mr. Scott was a railroad contractor. He has a beautiful farm of 40 acres, one mile from the station, with a fine view, valued at $2,000. In politics, he is a Democrat.

JOHX STA ACK, farmer, Sec. 22 ;_ P. 0. East Middleton ; is a son of John and Eliza Staack, of Germany, where he was born in 1850 ; emigrated to this country in 1869, and located in Wisconsin ; purchased the farm he now lives upon in the fall of 1878, and the same fall was married to Miss Rosada Prien, of Middleton ; they have one boy - John G. Staack, aged 18 months. Mr. and Mrs. S. belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church of Middleton. Mr. Staack is a Democrat ; has a beautiful farm of 120 acres, within one-half mile of the village of East Middleton, worth $4,000, which he is improving in good shape. He is a first-class farmer and good manager.

S. ST ACE, farmer and stock, Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1857 and worked in the pineries on Wolf Eiver ; came to Middleton in the fall of 1857, and engaged in farming ; he purchased the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1867. Mr. Stace is a native of Sus- sex, England; was born in 1832; a son of George Stace and Jane Ralph. In 1859, he was married to Ann Scott, a native" of England, by whom he has two children - George, aged 18, and Maggie, aged 20 ; both are at home ; George assists in running the farm, a beautiful place of 160 acres, one and a half miles from Middleton, valued at from $5,000 to $6,000, adapted to stock and grain. Mr. Stace is a Democrat, a first-class business man, and good farmer.

J. TAYJLOR, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. Bast Middleton ; first came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, and located where he now lives ; he is a native of Sussex, England, and was born in 1814 ; he is a son of Jesse Taylor and Elizabeth Billings ; Mr. Taylor was married to Miss F. I. Bayls in the fall of 1840 ; Mrs. Taylor's native place - Monroe Co., N. Y.; she was born in 1818; they have three children- Elizabeth, the oldest, who married E. H. Brunson, and they reside at Beaver Creek, Minn, be is a farmer, William J. Taylor is located at Pipestone, Minn., farming and practicing medicine ; Orvill J. Taylor, the youngest, is an attorney-at-law at Sioux City, Iowa, and very prosperous. Mr. Taylor, the subject of this sketch, is an old resident of the place; there were only four families in the place when he came; he has a farm of 54 acres adjoining the town, and valued at $3,000. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are both consistent, members of the M. E. Church at Middleton ; he is a firm Republican.

OTTO TUPFER, farmer. Sec. 25 and 30 ; P. 0. Middleton ; came to Wisconsin the summer of 1847 ; first located in town of Springfield, Dane County, came to this town in the fall of 1868. He has held office of Roadmaster four years ; native country, Germany; he immigrated in 1847; his father's name was John Tupfer; his mother's name was Julianna Bertrie; Mr. T. was born July 19, 1841. Married Louisa Neabuhr, March 21, 1865 ; wife was born in Germany; her father's name was Henry Neabuhr; her mother's name was Sophia Maack; they have six children - Louie, aged 14 years ; Amelia, aged 13 years ; Lizzie, aged 12 years ; August, aged 10 ; Otto aged 8 years ; Matilda, aged 5 years. Mr. and Mrs. Tupfer are members of the German Lutheran Church at Middleton. He has 480 acres of land worth from $15,000 to $18,000, about 350 acres under cultivation, and the most substantial and durable buildings.

DANIEL VERNOSI, deceased; the subject of this sketch first came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1849 and located at Cross Plains and entered land ; he then moved to Middleton in the spring of 1862, where he was in active life until his death, which event occurred Nov. 30, 1879, at the age of 52 years and 10 months ; probably he was not only the greatest loss to his family, but to the whole of Dane Co. that could have happened; he was a very active business man, dealing largely in stock, and also Je:il- ing with almost every man in the county ; he was widely known, loved and respected by all ; he raised a large family of fourteen children, who are all living, and every one holding good positions; two in business at Middleton and other portions of the State, and three in Nevada. Mrs. Vernon's maiden name was Mary Ann Goodwin, and they were married at Cross Plains in the fall of 1852 ; her native place is Derbyshire, England, and she was born in 1830. Mr. Vernon was a member of the M. E. Church, and Mrs. Vernon is still a member; she lives on the homestead of 197 acres, worth about $10,000, adjoining the village of East Middleton ; two of her sons are at home and work the farm ; Sec. 23 ; P. 0. East Middleton.

W. WHAIjEIV, farmer and stock, Sec. 10; P. 0. Middleton; came to Wisconsin in the spring 1860, and located at Middleton ; bought the place where he now lives, in 1863; he is a native of County Waterford, Ireland, where he was born in 1829. He married Mary Welch, a native of Ireland, by whom he has five children, all living - Thomas, aged 18 ; Henry, aged 16 ; Kichard, aged 13; Kate, aged 20 ; Mary, aged 17. The family are members of the Catholic Church of Westport. Mr. Whalen is a Democrat; he has a beautiful farm near the village, "worth from $6,000 to $8,000 ; he runs his own farm with the help of liis boys, who are energetic and hard workers.

-lESSH WHEELWRIGHT, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 34; P. 0. East Middleton; is a son of Thomas and Sarah Wheelwright, of Lincolnshire, England, where he was born in 1817. He was married, in New York, in 1844, to Miss Mary A. Gilbert, by whom he has one child - Oliva M., aged 33 years, who married A. A. Rowley, M. D., of Middleton, Wis. Mr. Wheelwright has a beautiful farm of 140 acres, near the village, and valued at $4,500. Mr. Wheelwright came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1849, and passed through a great many hardships incident to a new country ; he was the first man that opened the stone-quarries, and drew the first stone for the railroad culverts ; he is a first-class farmer, and a good citizen ; belongs to Grace Church, Madison. Mrs. W. belongs to the First Baptist Church of Middleton. In politics, he is Conservative.

WASHINGTON WHITNEY, farmer. Sec. 22; P. 0. East Middleton; came to Wisconsin and located at East Middleton, where he now lives, in the winter of 1856 ; he is now Justice of the Peace, and has been Supervisor; his native place is Dalton, Coos Co., N. H. ; he was born in 1807. His father's name was Joshua Whitney; his mother's name was Electa Startwell ; his father was in the Revolutionary war three years. He married Adalaide Post, in Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1832. 'Mrs. Whitney is a native of Ohio; they have three daughters, all married - Emily A., married Rev. L. T. Poote, and resides in Rochester, N. Y. ; Jennie E., married James 0. Gordon, who resides at East Middleton, and is in the U. S. Revenue Department; Ella B., married J. C. Blood, and resides at Lyndenville, Orleans Co., N. Y. Mr. Whitney has 32 acres of land adjoining the village, worth $3,000. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney are both consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Bast Middleton. There were only a few houses in the place when he came. Mr. W. is a firm Republican ; he builb his present residence right on the old Black Earth wagon road.

J. F. WIliLIAMS AND W. C. WILiIilAOTS, farmers. Sees. 21 and 28 ; P. 0. East Middleton ; J. F. Williams and W. C. Williams, his son, first came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1853, and settled on Sec. 21, where J. F. now resides. Mr. J. F. Williams was born in Massachusetts in 1804, and married Adeline Allen, who was a native of Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt., and born in 1802 ; she was a descendant of Ethan Allen; they celebrated their golden wedding Jan. 5, 1875 ; Mrs. Williams died June 30. 1876. Mr. Williams has been a consistent member of. the Baptist Church for fifty-four years. Mr. Williams married, for his second wife, Mrs. Julia Herrick, in 1877 ; he had by the first wife nine children, three of whom are living - one in New York, one in Green Co., Wis., and W. C. Williams, the subject of the f illowing sketch : W. C. is a native of Tompkins Co., N, Y., and was born in 1842. He married Chariotte Tavlor, of Middleton, in 1863,iand bought the place he now occupies, opposite the old homestead. Mr. Williams enlisted in Co. B, Uth W. V. I., in the fall of 1864, and remained in the army until the close of the war, being in all the battles his regiment participated in ; the most important one was the charge of Blakelv at the siege of Mobile. They have seven children, viz.: Prank M., aged 1 6 ; Manly R., aged 15 ; Wallace R. and Lyman A. (twins), aged 10 ; Nettie M., aged 6 ; Mary H., aged 2 ; Wert C, aged 8 months. Mr. Williams has a beautiful farm, four miles from Middleton, and about eight and a half miles from the city of Madison, valued at not less than $6,000 ; he works it himself with the help of his boys, and is gradually working into the stock business. He is a determined Republican, and backs up his principles with good arguments ; he is well posted on the affairs of the Government and the general topics of the day ; a thorough business man and first-class farmer, and as cheerful and happy as the day is long.

JASPER YOUMGr, farmer, Sec. 29; P. 0. East Middlcton; wag born in England in 1830 ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851, located at Madison, and engaged in the stone-quarry business ; moved on to the place where he now lives, in the spring of 1871 ; is a son of William and Sarah Young, of England. On the 22d of September, 1872, he was married in Madison to Miss Nellie Oberst, a native of New York State, by whom /he has five children, viz.: Charles Henry, aged 7 ; Ida May, aged 6 ; Frank E. and Emma F. (twins), aged 3 years and 6 months ; Florence E.; aged 2 ; Mrs. Young is a daughter of Barney Oberst and Sarah Thayer. Mr. Young has a fine farm of 80 acres, valued at |4,000, ten miles from the city, and adapted to grain and stock. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Y. is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Young is a Republican.

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JOSEPH ARNBERGrEK, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 33; P. O.'West Blue Mounds; born in Austria, in 1828 ; a son of Charles and Antonia Arnberger; came to Wisconsin in August, 1855, and settled where he now lives. He married Miss Antonia Kegel, a native of Austria, by whom he has six living children - five in Wisconsin, and one in Dakota. A Democrat in polities, and a Roman Catholic in religion. He has always taken an active part in school affairs, but has never sought oflBce. He has a beautiful farm of 160 acres, worth |3,000, calculated for grain and stock ; Mr. Arnberger is the best farmer in the county ; he has taken first premiums at State and county fairs for best wheat and grains ; keeps his farm up to grade, never letting it run down ; has first-class improvements, and all the conveniences for feeding stock ; he is a practical farmer, and a good business man, and richly deserves his elegant home.

SAMUELi BATTY, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; first came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1846, and located where he now lives ; is a native of Yorkshire, England ; born in 1820 ; a son of John and Ellen Batty. Was married to Miss Martha Copply, a native of Yorkshire, by whom he has eight children, all living in Wisconsin ; the two oldest children were born in England ; Walter is married, and lives on the old homestead and runs the farm with his brother John. Belongs to the Primitive Methodist Church. Republican in politics. Mr. Batty has always taken an active part in church and school matters ; has a beautiful farm of 360 acres, adapted to stock and grain, worth $20 per acre.

CJEORGE BEATY, farmer and stock-raiser. See. 36 ; P. 0. Mt. Horeb ; a native of Pennsylvania ; born in 1808 ; a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Beaty ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1854, and settled where he now lives ; about the second American settler in the township ; his first wife's name was Mary Way, by whom he had three children - two daughters and one son ; William and Mary are living in Iowa ; Elizabeth married Mr. McNaul, and lives in Vermont Township ; for his second wife, he married Miss Sarah E. M. Nace, a native of Virginia, where she was born in 1824, a daughter of Peter F. Nace and Mary Noftsinger. Mr. Beaty has always been an active business man ; before he came to Wisconsin he was engaged heavily in the mercantile, lumber, and foundry business, which he carried on very successfully ; he is what you may truly call a self-made man. He has always taken an active part in all town affairs ; has been Chairman of the board for several years, and hold several other town offices. Republican in politics, and in religion, member, of lihe Baptist Church. He has a beautiful farm of 168 acres, worth $7,000, with first class improvements, in the southeast corner of the town, two miles from Mt. Horeb and the new railroad ; he also has 20 acres one-half mile from Black Earth, worth $800. By hard labor and economy he has gained a competency, and richly deserves his beautiful home ; respected by all as an honest man in every sense of the word.

ROBERT G-. BEIjL, farmer, stock-raiser and nursery-man. Sec. 10 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; was born in 1811, in Dunfishire, near Carlysle, Scotland ; a son of William Bell and Ellen Graham ; came to Wisconsin in 1857, and located where he now lives. Wns married, in London, in 1847 ; has one son - Robert W. Bell, who was born in 1850. Mr. Bell has always been an active man ; was about the first fruitgrower in the State ; has a beautiful farm and a forest of fruit trees, with first-class buildings and three living springs on the place, valued at $4,000. Mr. Bell's health has failed of late, and he has given up the charge of the farm to his son, who was lately married to Miss Lena Greenwaldt, of Middleton. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church. In politics. Republican.

(JEORCi^E BOOTHE, farmer, See. 6 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, in 1828; came from Eno;landin 1849, and located in St. Louis, where he worked at his trade of moldei for sixteen years; settled where he now lives, in 1860. In 1850, he was married to Miss Eliza Coldwell, a native of England, by whom he has two children, living in Wisconsin - John E., 25 years of age, is married to Miss Corra E. Leach, of Iowa Co. ; they have one child - Frederick G., born April 26, 1879 ; Minnie M. Boothe is 11 years old, and lives at home. Mr. Boothe has always taken an active part in public aflFairs ; is a first-class farmer, and enterprising ; has a fine farm of 60 acres, with a good brick house and all first-class improvements, worth $3,000. Conservative in politics ; believes in voting for the best man.

PETER BURIVS, farmer, Sec. 33 ; P. 0. Elvers; born in 1830, in County Longforth, Ireland, a son of Patrick and BriJget Burns. In 1857, he was married to Catharine O'Neal, a native of Ireland, by whom he has six children, all living in Wisconsin. Democrat in politics. All the family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. He has 120 acres of land, nicely located, worth $2,500, adapted to stock and grain. He runs his own farm with the help of his children. A first-class farmer, and a good manager.

S. J. COIiDWEIili, farmer. Sec. 6 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, in 1835, a son of John and Harriet Coldwell ; came to Wisconsin in the winter of 1849, and located where he now lives in the spring of 1850. In 1857, he was married to Miss Catharine Lloyd, of Iowa Co., a native of Wales, by whom he had two children, both living in Wisconsin. In 1873 he lost his wife, and in January, 1875, he married her sis'er, Miss Jane Lloyd, by whom he has two children; his second wife died in the spring of 1880. Mr. Coldwell has always taken an active part in all town afiairs ; has been Chairman of the board for eight years, besides holding other important offices. Enlisted in the fall of 1861, in Co. E, 11th W. V. I. ; re-enlisted in the fall of 1862, and was rejected; enlisted again in the fall of 1 864, and was received in Battery D, 1st W. H. A. ; mustered out in the fall of 1865. He owns 160 acres of land; one of the best farms in the valley, valued at $25 per acre; a fine stonequarry on the place, Besides running water. In politics he is Democratic.

P. K. DENEEN, farmer. Sec. 29; P. 0. Elvers; born the 29th of March, 1855; a son of P.M. and Hannah Deneen. In the fall of 1875, he was married to Miss Bridget Power, by whom he has three children - Hannah, aged 4 years ; Michael, aged 2 years ; Patrick, aged 6 months. Mr. Deneen has been member of the Boad of Supervisors, Treasurer of the School Board, etc. Democrat in politics. AH the family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. He has a beautiful farm of 228 acres, worth $4,000. Mr. Deneen runs his own place ; is a first-class farmer, and a good business man.

P. U. DENEEN, farmer, Sees. 20 and 29 ; P. 0. Elvers ; this old Irish pioneer came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, and settled where he now lives ; was born in County Cork, Ireland, the 17th of March, 1817. Married Miss Hannah Deneen, a native of the same place, by whom he has six children - Mary, aged 28 ; Patrick K., 26 ; Michael, 22 ; Abby, 24 ; Hannah, 20 ; John, 18. Mr. Deneen has been District School Clerk, and has always taken an active part in all town affairs ; has a fine farm, nicely located, only half a mile from Elvers Mills. All the family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. In politics he is Democratic.

AARON DENNE Y, farmer. Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Black Earth. This old pioneer came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1853, and settled where he now lives in the fall of 1854 ; a son of Edward Denney and Jane Donaldson ; was born in County Down, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1811, and one of the oldest Irish settlers in Vermont. In 1850, he was married to Miss Jane Ann Mains, by whom he has two children - Thomas, born Aug. 1, 1855, and Eliza Jane, Dec. 7, 1858 ; Thomas is at home' running the farm, a good business man ; Eliza married Robert A. Steele, and lives in Nebraska. Mr. Denney is a Democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Denney is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Denney has always been a prominent man in the township, being identified with almost all the improvements ; he helped to build six of the district schoolhouses ; been Town Clerk for eleven years, Superintendent of Schools in 1857, been Assessor, and is now Justice ; he has a good education, and retains his faculties remarkably for a man of his age ; he reads a great deal, and sports with the poetic muse occasionally ; has a fine farm of 120 acres, nicely located, worth $3,000 ; he is about to erect new buildings, which will enhance the value of the farm considerably.

CHARIiES ELVER, miller, farmer and fancy-stock breeder. Sees. 20 and 21 ; ^. 0. Elvers; born in Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Prussia, April 14, 1849, a son of John and Mary Elver, of Middleton, Dane Co. ; came from Prussia with his parents in the summer of 1852. In 1869, he was married to Miss Minnie Lohff, by whom he has Lar children - Albertina, born in 1870 ; Ottilia, 1873 ; Howard,

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1875 ; E'more, 1878. Mr. Elver is worthy of especial mention, as he is really the life of Vermont Township ; he has one of the finest mills in the whole country, and the flour is noted far and wide ; formerly, he has shipped abroad ; the last year it has kept him busy supplying home demands ; he also owns a fine mill in Dodge Co.,* known as the " Kockwell Mill " ; he owns 163 acres of land, and water-power in the berg of Elvers, valued at $14,000 ; he is a first-class business man, public spirited, thoroughly Americanized, and a gentleman ; everything about the place runs like clock-work. Sept. 14, 1878, he got the post office established and named " Elvers " ; he has all the conveniences for feeding stock, and breeds Poland- China hogs, short-horns and Cotswold sheep. The family belong to the Independent German Lutheran Church. In politics he is Democratic.

NEILS J. FIELD, farmer, Sec. 11 ; P. O. Black Earth ; born in Norway, in 1855 ; came to America in 1860 ; is a son of the Rev. J. N. and Gunhild Field ; his father established the Norwegian Lutheran Church, which is built on the farm. N. J. is a Republican ; belongs to the Norwegian Lutheran Church; he runs the old homestead farm ; it is a beautiful place, adapted to stock and grain ; 160 acres, -worth $25 per acre.

JOHN FITTON, Jr., farmer. Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Black Eirth ; born 7th of March, 1830, in Yorkshire, England; is a sfra of James and Martha Fitton. On Chrismas Eve, 1860, he was married to Miss Charlotte B. Philling, a native of England, by whom he has six children - James H., aged 20 ; Martha H., aged 18 ; Julietta, aged 16 ; George E., aged 12 ; Amelia M., aged 9 : Fanny Jane, aged 6 ; he has a fine farm of 76 acres, worth $1,500. Republican in politics, and member of the Primitive Methodist Episcopal Church ; for the past few years Mr. Fitton has been a great sufferer with rheumatism, not being able to walk ; he bears it with Christian fortitude ; having been always an active man in the town, ho is greatly missed ; he came to Wisconsin in March, 1856.

THOMAS FBAWLEY, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 16; P. 0. Black Earth. This old pioneer came to Wisconsin in 1850 ; located where he now lives in 1854 ; is a native of the County Limerick, Ireland ; is a son of Thomas Frawley and Mary Fitzgerald. Was married to Miss Hogan, a daughter of Michael Hogan and Elizabeth Burke, by whom he has nine living children - M. S., born Sept. 13, 1848; Henry, born March 13, 1850; T. F., born March 6, 1853; Mary E., born Aug. 29, 1858 ; John C, born Jan. 14, 1859 ; Hanora A., born March 25, 1861 ; William, born July 30, 1863 ; James, born Feb. 26, 1866 ; Edward, born Jan. 23, 1870. M. S. Frawley, the oldest son, graduated at the State University in 1873, and has been School Superintendent in Second District for the past seven years, a place which he has filled with honor ; he is about accepting a position in the high school at Eau Claire, Wis.; Henry graduated in 1874 at same school, and is now a successful lawyer at Deadwood ; T. F. graduated at same school in 1875, and is also a successful lawyer at Eau Claire ; the other six children are all preparing for a collegiate education ; John C. is at present a freshman. It has been the ambition of Mr. Frawley to have his children all educated, and he may well be proud of them ; he has always taken an active part in all public affairs in the township ; he has a beautiful farm of 160 acres, worth $3,000. The family all belong to the Roman Catholic Church. In politics, Democratic.

J. GULSON, farmer. Sec. 9 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; is a native of Norway ; came to Wisconsin direct from Norway and settled in Vermont Township in 1851. In 1852, he was married to Miss Tora Anderstadt, by whom he has four children ; oldest daughter married and lives in Minnesota ; two sons and one daughter at home. Mr. Gulson has always taken an active part in all public affairs ; has been a Supervisor for fifteen years ; the family all belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Church ; he is a Republican in politics. In 1868, he met with a serious accident, in which he lost the use of his hand in a mower ; he has a beautiful farm of 120 acres, worth $2,500, adapted to stock and grain.

AUG-UST LANGE, farmer, stock-raiser and grain-buyer. Sees. 15 and 16 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1852, and settled at Blue Mounds and followed blacksmithing, which Arade he learned in the old country; came on the place he now lives in 1853. In 1850, he was married to Miss Dorothy Lerbople, by whom he has four children, one in Iowa and three in Wisconsin. Mr. Lange has one of the best farms in the township, with first-class improvements, adapted to stock and grain ; he also owns a grain warehouse and four dwellings at Mazomanie, where he buys all kinds of produce during the year. The family belong to the Evangelical Church ; in politics, he is a Republican ; he has often been sought after for office, but has always refused ; was in the 49th W. V. I., Co. A ; enlisted in the spring of 1864, and mustered out in the same fall. He is a good business man and a thorough farmer; owns 140 acres in Sec. 16, is valued at $3,000.

JOII\ liOMRS, general merchant and Postmaster at Elvera; was born at Mecklenberg- Schwerin, Prussia, in 1828 ; is a son of William and Catherine Lohrs ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1855, and located in Middleton ; came to Elvers in 1877, and started in general mercantile business, builuing a two-story frame store, hotel and othef improvements necessary for a first-claSs summer resort. In 1857, was married to Carolina Elver, a native of Prussia, by whom he has three children living, viz., William, Kosetta and John F. The hotel and store property, is valued at $2,000, nicely located opposite Elver's Mill, with a mineral spring adjoining, and is destined to be a summer resort. Mr. Lohrs carries a good stock of staple and fancy groceries, and his reputation is such that all know that a child will receive the saine treatment as a grown person. The whole family belong to the Independent German Luthern Church. In politics, he is a Democrat.

PETER liYNCH, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 5 ; P. 0. Mazomanie ; a son of Patrick Lynch and Mary Lines; born at County Kerry, Ireland, June 29, 1843; came to America in the autumn of 1856 ;, came to Wisconsin in 1861 and located in Iowa Co. ; sold out and went to California in the spring of 1863, where he remained three years, mining, farming and brick-making; he bought the Charles Boothby place, where he now lives, in 1874. In 1874, he was married to Miss Minihan, a native of County Cork, Ireland, by whom he has three children - John F., born Sept. 18, 1876 ; Peter L., born May 5,, 1878, and Mary, born Sept. 6, 1879. The 40 acres where Mr. Lynch's house stands was an old Indian camp in 1848, and a great many relics are still on the place ; Mr. Lynch is quite a naturalist, reads considerable, and keeps posted on general and scientific topics; he has 124 acres of land, about the finest farm in the Blue Mounds Valley, a two-story firame house and all first-class improvements, valued at 83,000 ; he is a first-class business man, a good citizen and neighbor ; Democratic in politics ; all are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

M. A. MICKELSON, farmer and thresher. Sec. 26 ; P. 0. Elvers ; Mr. Mickelson was born in the town of Springdale in 1852 ; his parents came from Norway the same year. On the 17th of June, 1877, he was married to Miss Sarah Miohaelson, a native of Iowa Co., by whom he has one child - Alma, born April 25, 1880. He has always taken an active part in educational affairs ; is Supervisor of the town at present ; Republican in politics ; conservative in local affairs, always voting for the best man ; family belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He has 160 acres of land, worth |2,000, adapted to stock and grain ; Mr. Mickelson runs a threshing-machine in the fall, and his success is attributable to the way in which he does his business - always correct and straight.

A. P. MOEN, farmer, Sees. 14 and 22 ; P 0. Black Earth ; a son of Ole and Sarah Moen ; a native of Norway ; born in 1849. Was married, in 1872, to Miss Anna Larson, by whom he has two children - Anna Louise and Sarah Maria. Has 120 acres of land, well adapted to stock and grain, worth $1,500 ; Mr. Moen is a good farmer and business man ; the family belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Church of Vermont Township ; politics, Republican.

JOHX S. NACE, deceased; born in Virginia in January, 1834; moved with his father's family to Black Earth in 1854. In 1859, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Beaty, a daughter of George Beaty, Esq., of Vermont, who came from Pennsylvania in 1862 ; he moved into Vermont Township near his wife's parents, where he resided until his death, which occurred Oct. 24, 1872 ; he had built up around him a considerable property, had gained and sustained the respect of his neighbors and acquaintances, was noted for his benevolence and kindness, and was not only a great loss to his family but to the community at large ; for a number of years he had taken a great interest in religious affairs ; was always qctive and enterprising, and had held many important positions in the town ; the whole surrounding community followed the remains to their last resting place, making a procession of seventy teams ; the pallbearers consisted of six young men who had been members of the deceased's Bible class. Mrs. Elizabeth Nace was married again the 9th of December, 1875, to Mr. U W, McNaul, of Pennsylvania; she has three children by the first husband - Mollie, born in 1861 ; Maggie, born in 1867, and Peter, born in 1869 ; Mrs. McNaul still lives on the old homestead, a beautiful farm of 140 acres, worth $5,000 ; Mollie is married and lives in Iowa; the other two children are at home. In politics, Mr. McNaul is Republican.

HANS O. OPSAIi, farmer, See. 35 ; P. 0. Mount Horeb ; born in Norway April 9, 1834 ; a son of Ole H. and Kare Opsal ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1854 and settled where he now lives. On the 22d of March, he was married to Miss Thora Bersvenson, a native of Norway, by whom he has fourteen children, all living, three in Iowa, one in Kansas, and ten at home assisting in runniuir the farm. Mr. Opsal is a Republican ; the family all belon: to the Norwegian Lutheran Church of Springdale. He has been Assessor five years, School Clerk, Director and Treasurer fur years, and one of the Directurs of the Farmers' Insurance Co.; always taken an active part in all school affairs and public improvements ; has a fine farm of 100 acres, adapted to stock and grain, three miles from the new railroad, worth $2,000.

PETER C. PAULSON, farmer, stock-raisor and thresher, Sec. 12 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in Norway in 1833 ; son of Christian and Caroline Paulson. In 1860, he was married to Miss Annie Anderson, of Vermont, by whom he has' seven living children - Andrew, born Aug. 28, 1861 ; Carl, born April 3, 1864 ; Albert, born March 7, 1866 ; Carrie, born Nov. 5, 1869 ; Annie C, born Oct. 30, 1871 ; Ida, born May 11, 1876 ; Laura S,, born Sept.- 5, 1879 ; they came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1853, and settled in Vermont Township ; he purchased the place he now lives in 1860 ; it is a beautiful stock farm of 280 acres, well watered, with first-class improvements, worth $5,000, three miles south of Black Earth. Mr. Paulson has always taken an active part in all church, school and public affairs ; has been Town Treasurer for seven years. School Director, Treasurer and Clerk, and Trustee in the church ; he is a Republican in politics ; the family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. He is about the oldest Norwegian settler in Vermont, a first-class farmer and 'business man, a man of his word, and respected by all; he has one of the best farms in the valley; has run a thrashing machine regularly through the neighborhood for the last twenty-five years.

J AllES QUIIVIV, farmer, Sec. 19 ; P. 0. West Blue Mounds ; is a native of County Limerick, Ireland, born in 1802, a son of David Quinn and Jane Blackwell. In 1836, he was married to Catherine Canary, a native of County Limerick, Ireland, by whom he has two sons - David, aged 30, and James, aged 28 ; David is married, and runs the old homestead. All the family belong to the Roman Catholic Church; in politics, Mr. Quinn is Democratic. He is one of the oldest Irish settlers, coming to Wisconsin in the summer of 1855 ; he has a fine farm, adapted to both stock' and grain.

T. REIIiliY, farmer. Sec. 32 ; P. 0. West Blue Mounds ; a native of County Meath, Ireland, born in 1833 ; a son of James Reilley and Margaret Tully ; he came to Wisconsin from Pennsylvania in 1860 and located at Cross Plains ; remained there five years ; purchased the place he now lives on in 1865, containing 140 acres, well watered, and adapted to general farming, worth $3,500, with first-class improvements, about two miles from the now railroad. In 1867, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Perry, daughter of Thomas Ferry and Ann Tracy, natives of Canada, by whom he has six children, viz.: Annie, horn Sept. 28, 1868 ; Maggie, born April 2, 1870 ; Mary E., born May 14, 1872 ; James, born June 27, 1874 ; Thomas, born Oct. 18, 1S76 ; Josephine, born May 7, 1880. The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church ; in politics, Mr. Reilly is a Democrat ; he has always taken an active part in the town affairs, and school and church ; enterprising, a first-class farmer, and a man that can be relied upon.

ANDREW SCHINDLER, farmer. Sec. 24; P. O. Black Earth; born in Switzerland in 1847 ; a son of Casper and Sarah A. Sohiodler. Married Miss Minnie Stalkop, of Green Co., by whom he has two children - Andrew W., born Aug. 1, 1876; Sarah, born March 3, 1878 ; the family are Lutherans. In politics, Mr. Schindler is conservative, believing in voting for the best man. Has always been a farmer.

C SCHLOUGH, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Schlough were both born in Hungary. Mr. Schlouch died in June, 1880 ; Mrs. S. is.now running the farm with the help of her children; they came to Vermont Township in 1857, and have raised a large family of children - eleven boys and two girls, all living. The family belong to the Congregational Church. Mr. Schlough was a Democrat. Has 200 acres of land, worth from $4,000 to $5,000, nicely situated in the Blue Mounds Valley.

JOHN SMITH, farmer and fruit-grower. Sec. 32 ; P. 0. West Blue Mounds ; born in Lancashire, England, in 1814; a son of Joshua Smith and Phoebe Voss. Married Miss Hannah Fenner a native of London, by whom he had seven children - three of whom are dead, the balance live in Wisconsin ; the oldest English settler living in the township ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850, and located where he now lives ; has been a member of the Board of Supervisors five years ; has always been ready to help schools or any good enterprise ; runs his own farm, adapted to grain and fruit, a fine place, worth $3,500. Mr. Smith belongs to the Republican party ; a good farmer, and a man who can be depended upon.

I. C. STEELE, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 7; P. 0. Black Earth; this old pioneer came to Wisconsin the 28th of May, 1848; from Delaware Co., N. Y., where he was born in 1818; a son of Robert Steele and Nancy Dunshee. In 1842, he was married to Miss Ann M. Tyler, of New York, by whom he has five children - one in Iowa, one in Nebraska, one in Colorado, and two at home. Mr. Steele is the first American settler in the township ; has always taken an active part in all public affairs has been Justice fifteen years, and Chairman of the board two years. Has 200 acres of land, valued at $4500 one of the finest farms in the valley, first-class improvements, adapted to stock and grain. The family belong to the M. B. Church. In politics, Mr. Steele is Republican.

and Christie Arneyson, natives of Norway ; he was born June 18, 1852. Married Annie Knutson in 187Y, by whom he has two children - Christena and Clara. All the family belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Church, of Vermont Township. In politics, he is Eepublican. His farm is adapted to stock and grain ; Mr. Steensrud is a good practical farmer.

01.E OLSON TORSRUD, farmer and stock-raiser. Sees. 2 and 3 ; P. 0. Black Earth ; born in the southern part of Norway in 1826 ; a son of Ole M. and Emma Torsrud ; came to Wisconsin in 1852, and stayed at Springdale the first summer, and then went to Illinois, cutting wood ; came back in the spring and worked at mineral point; then moved on the place where he now lives in 1857. He was married to Miss Anna A. Bid, by whom he has four children, all living in Wisconsin ; Republican in politics, and a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Church ; he has always taken an active part in public affairs ; has been School Clerk and Treasurer for eighteen years; been Supervisor two years; Town Treasurer nine years, and has been Town Clerk for the last eight years. He has a beaatiful farm of 120 acres, two miles south of Black Earth, adapted to stock and grain, worth $3,000.

JOH]!lf VORRATH, farmer. Sec. 17 ; P. 0. Elvers ; a native of Bohemia, born in 1816 ; a son of Michael Vorrath and Walburga Sigle ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1857, and located at Black Earth ; located on the place where he now lives in 1873. The family belong to the Catholic Church. He is a Republican in politics. In 1837, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Beck, by whom he has one son, John, who is married and runs a large farm in the western part of the township. Mr. Vorrath has a fine farm one-half mile from Elver's MUls, adapted to stock and grain, worth from $1,200 to $1,500.

Town Of Blue Mounds

C. A. BRAOGER, hotel and livery; P. 0. Mount Horebj born in Norway July 16, 1844; is a son of Arne Bragger and Amburg Grove. In 1873, he was married to Miss Bertha Miokleson, of Blue Mounds, by whom he has two children - Grustava, born July 26, 1875, and Annie Louise, born July 27, 1877. Mr. Bragger is a fancy painter by trade, which he learned in the old country ; he perfected his trade in this country, and worked at it up to the time of building his hotel at Mt. Horeb ; came to Wisconsin in 1872, and first stopped at Madison ; came to Mt. Horeb in 1878, and built the hotel and other improvements, thinking that at some time he would reap a benefit should the projected railroad go through ; his- most sanguine hopes are about to be realized, and he is already building an addition to meet the required wants ; his property is valued at $3,000. He is conservative in politics, always voting for the best man. The family are all members of the Norwegian Lutheran Bvaagelioal Church. He is thoroughly Americanized, and has always been an active business man.

OliE CHRISTlAlVSOBf, farmer, stock-raiser and teacher. Sec. 27; P. 0. Mount Horeb; born in Norway in 1846 ; a son of Christian Oleson and Jarand Olsdatter; came to Wisconsin in 1870 and located in Ridgeway, working; located where he now lives in the fall of 1872. On the 26th of June, 1874, he was married to Miss Maggie Larson, of Blue Mounds, by whom he has had four children, one of whom only is living - John L. Christiansen, aged 5 years. For a young man, he has held a great many responsible positions ; is holding the office of Town Treasurer for the second term ; has been teacher in the Norwegian Lutheran school in Springdale for six years, and Blue Mounds two years ; is President of the Norwegian Circulating Library at Mt. Horeb ; has always taken an active part in all school and public affairs, and is destined to make his mark ; he is of medium height, light complexioned, and a thorough gentleman ; Republican in politics, and the whole family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which he is Clerk. He has a fine farm, adapted to stock and grain, and well tilled.

JOHN COLLINS, farmer and butcher ; P. 0. West Blue Mounds ; born in Hertfordshire, England, in 1815 ; a son of William Collins and Mary Smith ; he came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1851, remained one year, and returned to his native country and remained there two years; returned again to Wisconsin and settled in Blue Mounds ; purchased and settled on the place where he now lives in 1859. [n 1836, he married Miss Sarah George, a daughter of William and Maria George, of Hertfordshire,

England, by whom he has had ten children, two of whom are living at home ; two sons were the first volunteers in the late war ; Thomas is and has been in the English army for nineteen years. The family were raised in the Church of England ; in politics, Mr. Collins is a Republican. He has a fine farm of 40 acres near the new railroad, worth $1,000 ; Mr. Collins has followed the butchering business in connection with farming, for the past nine years ; he is a good business man.

WILLIAH CUNWEEX, farmer and stock-raiser. See. 10; P. 0. Blue Mounds. This old Irish pioneer came to Wisconsin in 1855, and located first in Watertown ; bought and settled on the place he now lives on in the summer of 1857 ; a native of County Tipperary. Ireland, born in 1816, a son of Michael Cunneen and Mary Shaday. In 1841, he was married to Miss Mary Hearty, a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, by whom he has five children, four sons and one daughter, all living in Wisconsin. The whole family belong to the Roman Catholic Church ; in politics, Mr. Cunneen is a Democrat. He worked himself up from a poor boy, and has a beautiful farm of 230 acres, adapted to grain and stock, with living water on the place, a good house, barn and all other first-class improvements, worth $6,500, within one mile from the new depot. Mr. Cunneen has always taken an active part in school afiairs ; he is public spirited, a first-class farmer, and a good business man.

J. Ei. DOWWS, M. D., Mt. Horeb. Dr. Downs, the subject of this sketch, is worthy of especial notice ; he is a Dane Co. boy , was bom in 1855 ; a son of N. H. Downs and Louisa M. Paine ; graduated at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1878 ; took a regular high school course before graduating ; first located at Dell^ Rapids, Dakota, and then moved to Mt. Horeb, where he has decided to make it his permanent home ; a man about medium height, good disposition, sanguine and bilious temperament ; has a continually growing practice, and a ride of sixty miles. February, 1879, he was married to Miss Mary E. Baldwin, of Hepworth, Iowa, a daughter of S. R. Baldwin. The Doctor's parents reside at Mazomanie.

TORY ERICKIS»ON ENttAW, farmer. Sec. 29 ; P. 0. West Blue Mounds ; born in 1841 ; a son of Erick Thorenson ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850, and settled where he now lives. Married Miss Mary Nelson, of Blue Mounds, in 1859 ; has a fine farm of 220 acres, with running water, adapted to stock and grain, with first-class improvements, about four miles from market, worth $4,500. Has never sought office, but has always taken an active part in all public improvements ; is enterprising, and a good farmer. The family belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics, Mr. E. is a Republican.

O. R. FRYER, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 8 ; P. 0. West Blue Mounds ; this old pioneer is a native of city of Lynn, County Norfolk, England, where he was born the 6th day of July, 1818, a son of Thomas Fryer and Jane Jex; came to Wisconsin in 1843, and located where the city of Janesville is ; remained there until 1848, making it his home while he followed the lakes as engineer ; then moved to the town of Deerfield, Dane Co. ; was one of the first settlers on Liberty Prairie, next to Richland Co., where he built and ran a saw-mill ; thence to Badaxe, from there to the State of Minnesota, and, in June, 1856, returned to Wisconsin, and settled in Blue 'Mounds, where he now resides. In 1848, he was married to his first wife. Miss Eveline Cushman, a daughter of Col. Cushman, of Vermont, by whom he had seven children, four of whom are living. In 1858, he married his second wife. Miss Sylvia Powell, by whom he has had ten children, eight of whom are living, all in Wisconsin - Louisa, bom Oct. 1, 1861 ; Ellen, Jan. 7, 1866 ; May and Minnie, twins. May 22, 1868 ; George R., Dec. 25, 1869 ; Rose L., June 26, 1871 ; Sylvia _R., Dec. 31, 1872 ; Julia E., Sept. 6, 1874. Mr Fryer is a Universalist. Republican in polities. Has always taken an active part in all public affairs, and a great interest in the educational matters of the town ; has been Chairman of the board a number of years. Justice of the Peace thirty years ; has a beautiful farm near the new railroad, one and a half miles from West Blue Mounds, nicely located, and worth $8,000. Mr. P. runs his own place, is a good manager, and a good business man ; about the oldest settler living in the township.

HELGE HALVORSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. 0. Blue Mounds ; a native of Norway ; born in 1835, a son of Halver Gullickson ; came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in Blue Mounds. In 1860 he was married to Miss Cornelia Gullickson, by whom he has six children, all living in Wisconsin. Has been member of the Board of Supervisors ; has always taken an active part in all school and church affairs. The family all belong to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics, he is Republican. Has a beautiful grain farm of 118 acres, three miles from the new railroad, worth $3,000. Mr. Halvorson is a good farmer, a man that can be depended upon, hence he is respected by all.

EVER HAI..STEIN, farmer. Sec. 7; P. 0. West Blue Mounds. This old Norwegian pioneer came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1849 ; worked two years in Mineral Point, and then settled in Blue