Wyocena Town (part 3 of 3)

REV. THOMAS KEESfAN. born in County Tyrone. Ireland, .\pril 15. 1820: lived in Ireland until ]X4i. then emigrated to Philadelphia with frieuils ; received his education in part in the old country, studying mathematics, grammar. Latin, etc.. to some extent. Aftercoming to Philadelphia, was a stiKlent of IJev. P. Ratferty. a [)riest. receiving instructions from him for three years. Then entered the seminary of St. Cliarles Borrenea. located on Eighteenth street. Philadelphia ; was a student there for two years, but (jn account of ill-health! was compelled to leave the institution. .\t the solicitation of his friends, he came West (as he had acqiiired a thorough (iernian education) to this State in 1S52 : ordained for the Diocese of .Alilwaukee July I'.l. 1851. Prior to his ordination, since coining West, had been engaged in teaching and being taught. One of his teachers was the present Hishop of La Crosse. Attended lectures, studied theology and attended school while he remaine<l in .^lilwaukee. In 1855, he went to Brighton. Kenosha ('o.. and remained there a year and a half; from there, went to East Troy. Walworth Co.. staying there one year and a half when he removed to Oshkosh. where he remained nine years until coining to I'ortage in October. 18(i7. Has paid many of the debts of the numerf)us churches he has been connected with. Built the church at Omro and Payden ; commenced the church at Oshkcjsh. Had charge of a mission that now has nine priests. While at Oshkosh. in that city there are now three parish priests, when there were none there but him.self He now has several missions that he attends to - one permanent at Lodi. In 1871. he traveled over six countries of Europe - France. Belgium. England. Holland. Scotland an<l Ireland. His lather and mother. Patrick and Bridget (Owens) Keenan. came to Philadelphia in .\pril. 1.^47 : his father died in 1848. and mother in ]87(i. l)oth dvinu' in IMiiladelphia.

AliO\%<> C. KEIiLOGCi was born in Clinton. Vermillion Co.."lnd.. July 8. 1S45. s(m of Orri.son and Theodosia Kellogg: he came with his parents to Calamus. Dodge Co.. Wis., in 1852 : received his medical education in Chicago, and engaged in the practice of his profession at Portage in 1S70. In 1875. lie was elected amember of the Democratic State Central Committee, and is still a member of that body : in 1877. he was elected Superintendent of City Schools, and still occupies that position. Tlic Doctor was married in this city to Harriet B. .Vckerman in SeptemVier. 1871 : she was born at Three Mile Bay. Jetferson Co., X. Y.; they have three children - .\lonzo F.. James liossiter and Harriet Ruth. Mrs. Kellogg, before marriage, was engaged in the Hungerford Collegiate Institute at .\dams, Jetferson Co., X. Y.. as a teacher of oil painting, and afterward taught in the Wesleyan l''emale Seminary at Wilmington, Del.

T. li. KEX^.AX^, attorney at law : was born in Morristown. St. Lawrence Co.. N. Y.. Feb. 22. 1827. where he lived until the age of 20. when he went to Xorvvalk. Ohio, and studied law with his uncle. Jairus Kennan : came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1851. and located at Oshkosh: was admitted to the bar of Wisconsin Oct. 2.'i. 1S51 : removed to Portage abfiut Oct. 1. 1855. .Vt the breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted Aug. 22. 18(11, in Co. D. lOth W. V. I., and was cf>inmissioned First liicutenant. and recruited half of his company: resigned July 12. 18()2 : the following summer he was app(jintcil I)e|)uty Provost Marshal of Marquette Co.. serving until near the clo.se of the war. resided at Pewaukce about ten years : going then to St. Louis, where he was employed as general agent for the Xorthwestern Life Ins. Co.; then for a short time practicing law there, and ivtiirniiig ajjain to Portage in JIarch. ISTo. He was married at N'ortli Fairfield Hnron Co., Oliio, Sept. 30, 1S50. to Loa Brown: she was born in Borodino. Onondaga Co.. X. V.; they have six children - K. Kent (a lawyer of .Alilwaukee). Chester T. (in college at Hipon). Loa B. (in\^ollege at Kipon), Mary B. (at home). Ciiarboth J. (at home) and Thomas L.. Jr. Thomas L. Kennan.^Sr., was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court Nov. (J. lS7(i. having been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin many years earlier, also to the United District and Circuit Courts several years prior to 187G.

FR.^\K KELM was liorn in Prussia April 2. 1835 ; came to America in October. 1S57, and lived in tlie State of New Voriv for nearly one year ; then came to AVisconsin. and lived in Oslikosh and al.so in AVaupaca Co. until the war l)roke out. In the fall of lS(il. he enlisted in Co. C. nth \V. y. I., and ser\ed until the tall of IStU ; was in Co. A of some regiment for one year of this time ; he never went to the hospital, nor was he e\er absent from his regiment a single ilay. and participated in every V)attle they fought. After leaving the service, he went to Oshkosh and resided there until he came to Portage Sept. 29. ISlili. lie has Ijeeu connected with one lumlier-yard ever since coming here. He was married in Portage to Miss Wilhelmina Fischer ; she was born in Saxony ; they have two children - Lena and William. Mr. Kelm is a member of the Hook and Ladder Co.. and of the Leiderkranz Society.

ANDREW KIEFER, the subject of thi.s sketch, was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, April 2S. \s:'M : came to Xew (Orleans Dec. 1. LS45 ; in February. lS4(i. went to Cincinnati. Ohio, where he learned his trade of Ijarber. remaining two years, when he returned to Xew Orleans, where he spent at portion of the time' for several years ; he then removed to St. Louis, and was engaged in business on l)oard ^lississippi River steamboats for three years. si)ending about seven years in the South ; he then lived for two and a half years in Buffiilo. X. Y.. prior to removal to Portage. May 1. 185(i ; 3Ir. Kiefer has been engaged in present business ever since he came here. He was Akierman of the Fourth Ward in 18(i()-^(il ; City Treasurer of Portage in 1874-75 : connected with the Fire Department from its organization to the present time, and has been of material assistance in maintaining its etticieney. holding the office of Secretary for ten years. Secretary of the Hook and Ladder Co. since its organization ; President and Secretary of Leiderkranz Society several times ; Secretary of the German Cemetery Association since its organization. Mr. Kiefer was married at Watertown. Wis., to Henrietta Arenliurg ; she died July 14. 18(34, leaving two children - one now living, Andrew J., born July 20. 18()2 : lost one son, George Henry, born July 3. 18(54. died Sept. 10. f870. His present wife is Wilhelmina Anacker. and was married Feb. 23. 1868. at Portage ; she was born in Hesse-Cassel. Germany : they have three children - Charlotte E.. born Nov. 1. 1868 ; Emma Louisa. Feb. 13. 1873. and Fred W.. Sei)tember. 1878.

H. L. KIND was liorn in Prussia June 23. 1814: came to Chicago in June. 1854. and to Portage in September of that year ; he has lieen in the grocery business twelve years, but worked eight years in eleyators before going into Inisiness for himself Mr. K. was married first in (ierraany. February. 1836, to 3Iaria Spangl)erg, who died in 1847 ; in June. 1848. he married Susanna Frederieka Kind, Ijy whom he had ten children : the children are all dead but Ida ; Mr. Kinds second wife died March 30, 1875, and he married his present wdfe, Henrietta Brick, Aug. 28, 1875 ; she was born in Kolberg, Germany, and came to Milwaukee in 1849. and to Portage in the spring of 1855. Both are members of the German Lutheran Church.

ALiOIS KLENERT, of the firm of Klenert & Son. was l>orn in Portage July 23, 185(); resided a short time in .Minnesota, but this city has been his home since the time of his birth : he is the son of Anton and Catharina Klenert. Alois was married in Portage Aug. 1. 1878, to 3Iary Wurst : she is a native of Austria ; they have one son, Fred, born July 6. 187!'. Mr. K. is a menimer of the I. ( ). O. F.. Leiderkranz and Turner societies.

A. KOENIG, merchant tailor, and dealer in clothing and gents' furnishing goods : was liorn in Prussia, July 13, 1823: engaged in tailoring at the age of 15 years: caiue to Milwaukee in 1854, and to Portage in 1864," Mr. K. was married at Portage July 29. 1865. to Louisa M. Blass. who was born in Xew York City ; they have two children - Clara Augusta and Laura Louisa,

CirEORGE KRECH, a native of (iermany. liorn in Saxony, Oct, 8, 1838 ; came to Xew York City, landing there Oct. 7. 1857 : came directly to Beloit : resitled there four years, then came to Portage, and has been engaged in the butchering business since the fall of 18(il : was dealing als(j in stock for several years ; at present not engaged in that Inisiness. Marrietl Catherine Dunnan in Portage. June. 1866 : they have one child. Kittle.

OTTO KKISCH, lioin ill Boliomia. Oct. 4, 1831 ; cixiiK- to America in the latter part of SeiJteinlier. 1S54. and in Xoveralier of same year eame to Portage ; commenced saloon business here in 1855 ; in 1856, he was employed by Charles Haertel. and remained «ith him two years and two months : since then he lias been in business for himself. Mr. K. was elected City Treasurer for two years. 1870-71. Was married to Madeline Sihliss in Portage, Feb. 7. 1857 ; she was liorn in Kleinwetzheim. Hesse-Darmstadt, ffermany ; they have four children - Alois, Anna, Ida and Otto. Mr. K. is a meinlier of the Lciderkraii/C and A. (). I'. W. societies.

MRS. JIARV .1. LA KOWE, ncc Bryce. was born Jan. 5. 1834. in Albany. Oswego Co., N. Y. Mrs. La Rowe was born Aug. :i, ISHl. in Amwell. Hunterdon Co.. N. J.: the family came West in 1848 ; before her marriage, she taught school several years in Columbia and Manpictte Cos. She was married Aug. 14. 1854. to S. Hamiltnu La Kowe. of Kingston. Marquette Co.. where he was engaged in general merchandizing ; he removed his business to Portage in 18(i2. and kept the express office in connection with his mercantile liusiness ; he died in 1808. leaving three cliil(h-en - 8. Hamilton, born Feb. 5. 185(5. in Kingston; ^[arv Estelle. born at Kingston Dec. l(i. 1857. and Frank F.. born on ]>ec. 25 (Christmas). 18(17 ; the oldest son has bought land and is fanning near Sioux Falls. Dak.; the other two are at lK)me. The family attiliated with the K|)iscopal Church ; she still owns a pleasant home on Conant street, but has disposed of ail other real estate ; she is the daughter of .\rcliie Brvce." of Portasje.

JAMES M. LAWSOiV was born at (ilasgow. Scotland. March 28. 1849 ; came to America with his parents in 1852 and located in Packwaukee. Marquette Co.. Wis.; in 1808. moved to Kingston, (jreeu Lake Co.: two years later moved to Washington. Mich., where he was general salesman for the Washington .^Iining Co.; six months afterward, moved to South Saginaw. Mich., where, for three years, he was book-keeper, general salesman and paymaster; came to Portage in 1873, where he has since been with Schumacher & Schulze. He was married to Sarah P. Smith, at Portage. Oct. 11. 1870 ; she was born at Racine; they have one child - Fred S.. born Oct. 5. 1878. He is a memlier of the A.. F. & A. 'S\. 1 Hiring the past ten years. .^Ir. L. has been engaged in the fire-insurance business, representing five of the leading comjianies - Fire Association. Boston rnderwritcrs, St. Paul Fire and .Marine. Continental, of New York, and Westchester, of Xew York.

AIjFREI) lee. carpenter : was born in London. Kngland. March 25. 1843: came to America in 1850. and located in Portage, where he has since residi'd ; he worked three years in the car-shops, and has followed carpenter work and lathing the balance of the time. He was married at Portage Oct. 24. 18()8. to Mrs. I". A. Harmon, liorn in (iermany ; she died Feb. 8. 1880, leaving one son - Frank T. W.. born Oct. 27. 18(i!t. .Mr. I^ee is a member of the 'SI. K. Church.

PATRICK LEXXOX was born in County Armagh. Ireland. iSIarch 17. 1817 ; came to America and landed in New York City ; spent seven years in Upper Canada ; then resided at Crown Point. N. Y.. until he came to Wisconsin, in .Ahiy. 1840. locating on Sec. 31. town of Ft. Winnebago. Mr. L. was married at Crown Point. N. Y.. .Alarch 8, 1840, to Julia Rnddey. who was born in Ireland ; they have had ten children - Catharine, Terrence, John, Mary Ann. James. Margaret. Patrick and Kdward. now lining ; James, aged 1 year and 1 month, deceased ; Bridget, aged 15 years, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Fiennon are both memliers of the St. ^Mary's Catholic Church. Mr. L. was Town Treasurer of Fort Winnebago six years. Supervisor three years. School Director and Clerk of the School Hoard for severtil years ; he owns 240 acres of land - 200 on Sec. 31. town of Ft. Winnebago, the balance on Sec. 24. town of Lewiston. Ijcing still the owner of the land on which he first located in Columbia Co. ^

FRAXKIilN^ 11. LEWIS, lumlier dealer; was born in Hopkiuton. Washington Co.. R. I.. Jan. 0. 1S48 ; rainc to Wisconsin in the spring of ]8(i5. locating at Werner, Juneau Co.; was engaged in lumber liusiness. having his residence there until 1870. when he came to Portage ; since 1872. has lieeii in business for himself manufacturing at Werner ; since coming to Portage in 1870, has continued his manufacturing at Werner ; he has large lumber-yards at Portage, and is owner of extensive tracts of pine lands on Yellow River. Wood Co. Mr. Lewis deals in salt, cement, sash, doors, lilinds. etc.. in connection with his lumber business. Was married in Werner. Juneau Co., . Sept. 17. 1874, to Miss Vir>rinia L. Bacon ; she was born in Lee. Penobscot Co.. Me.

HEIVRV LITTLE was born in the t(jwn of (Jardner. near Augusta, Sle.. May 19, 1848 ; moved to Xew Ork'uns in 1S57. and attended school in that city until he came to Wisconsin with his father. William Little, to Fairfield. Sauk Co., in February, 1801 ; his father died there in 1863. Henry lived in Fairfield most of the time until he came to Portage in 1805. and was engaged in farming ; and since coming to this place has been engaged in the livery and omnilius business. Mv.

R. J. LIjOYD, horseshoer and jobber ; was born in Wales in 18.39, and eanie to America in 1S4G. and settled in Oneida Co.. N. Y.. where he remained nine years ; in 1855. he uame to Oxford, Marquette Co.. where he lived till IStil!, when he located in Portage, which is still his home. On the 2()tli of May. 18(50, he was married to Miss Jane Watkins. formerly of Pennsylvania ; they have six children - William. Wallie. Robert. Lillie. Daisy and Lawrence. He has been proprietor of one shop ever since lie came to Portage ; he owns his shop on Main street, and his house on Conant street : employs one journeyman, and has a good run of patronage. Himself and wife are memljers of the First Presb_yterian Church of Portage.

SAMUEL'S. LOCKHART is a native of Ayrshire. Scotland : son of John and Agnes Lockhart. who came to America with tlieir family in 1853. locating tirst at Williamsburg, L. I.; in 1854. they removed to Caledonia in this county, locating on Sec. 3 ; they now live on Sec. 9, in the same town, engaged in farming. Samuel S. w^as born Nov. 20. 1850 ; he passed his early life on his father's farm ; attended the high school of Portage, where he graduated the summer of 1874 ; prior to this had attended the district school of his own town, and had also taught some ; his tirst graded school was at Pardeeville. where he taught the summer of 18T() ; in the fall of the same year, entered Randolph public school, and had chai-ge of that as Principal, until the summer of 1878 ; during vacations studying law in the office of James B. Taylor ; was elected Clerk of the Court in November. 1878, which office he now holds. Married in the town of Randolph, March 29. 1879, to Hallie L. Marvin, daughter of Hon. G. G. Blarvin ; she was born in the town of Randolph. 3Ir. L. is a memlier of the A.. F. it A. M.

ROI>NEV O. LOO.^SIS, is a native of German Flats, Herkimer Co., N. Y.; born Sept. -17. 1833 ; came to I'aciflc. Columbia Co.. Wis., in September, 1852. and has resided in this county ever since ; was employed in the store of N. H. Wood as clerk until 1857. when he became a member of the firm of Wood. Loomis & Osborn ; at the expiration of one year. Mr. C)sborn retired, and the Ijusiness was conducteil under the firm name of AVood & Loomis for one year : then the firm of N. II. Wood & Co. was formed, which consisted of N. H. Wood. R. O. Loomis. Geo. H. Osborn and Frank E. Wood ; in 1801. the firm name was again changed to AVood. Loomis & Osborn ; from 18(j3 to 1.S65. the business was carried on bv Wood. Loomis & Co.. Jlr. C. R. Gallett becoming a memljer of the firm ; from 18(J5 to 18(37, the firm was N. H. Wood & Co.; in the spring of 18(i7. LI. Breese became associated with them, but the style of the firm name was not changed ; in 1869, the present firm of Loomis. (rallett & Breese was formed. Jlr. Loomis married Susan Wood, Sept. 8, 185G, at Dubuque, Iowa ; she died C)ct. 5, 1865, leaving two children; one. an infant eighteen months old, survived the mother Init a short time: one son. Fred W.. was born ]March 30, 1859. Jlr. L. was married the second time at Ly(ms, N. Y., to Isabelle H. Cole, Oct. 23. 1867 ; she was born in Lyons; there are three children bv this union - Isabelle Chester. Marv Emily and Frank Breese.

JOSEPH LIIWWMw, born in Bohemia Dec. 25. 1825 ; came to America in 1848, worked in New York City from June to October of the same year, then came to Milwaukee ; December to May. worked in tannery ; in the spring of 1849, commenced liuying hides, wool. etc.. running a small tannery a short time liefore coming to Portage ; he learned the tanner's trade in Europe: in 1851. he came to Portage and engaged in buying hides, which business he is still engaged in. l)esides carrying on the tannery ever since he came here : he commenced the boot and siioe business in 1857. and has Ijeen in his present location since 1859. His present wife was Mary Rohn ; she was born in (Germany : they have five children, two girls and three lioys. Mv. L. has two daughters by a former marriage.

ALEXANDER 3IfI)f>IVALI>, one of the four oldest settlers of Columbia Co.. was born in the parish of Kilmarnock, near the bridge of Spean. Inverness-shire. Scotland. April 23. 1817 ; parents both McDonalds. Mr. McD. came to America in July, 1836. and for a year traveled in Canada and the I'nited States ; in 1837. engaged with the Government survey in Michigan ; in December. 1838, he came to Madison, Wis., where he was ill about a year; in June. 1839, removed to Ft. Winnebago, and was present when (fen. Scott had a conference with the Winnebagoes to induce them to remove to a reservation ; in 1840. he joined the (ioverninent survey in Wisconsin ; t«ok up 160 acres in Caledonia, a portion of which lie still (jwns ; was a contractor in the C. & N. W. Ry, at 1. " and other points ; was Sheriff of Columbia Co. in 1851-52, and is now giving his attention, in addition to carrying on his farm, to an agency for the sale of sewing machines. Mr, .McD. married in the town of York. Livingston Co.. N. Y., April 5. 1853, to Mary A. Crawford.

l>EWiTT C. MeWl'FFIK. express messenger between Portage and Ashland, on the Wis. Cent. K. K.: born in Lafayette. Wis., on the 15th of November. 1848. He came into Columliia Co. with his parents in 1853; they settled on a farm in Springvale. where they li\-ed twenty years : in 1878. they sold tlie tarm and moved into Rio. Devvitt began railroad life as clerk in station office at Rio. on the C, M. <& St. P. R. R.. in 1870 : he was express messenger in 1871 between Portage iind Horicon, and then he was two years at Portage as telegi'aph operator and express agent : he served a year and a half as engineer of a iiuartz-inill at Silver City. Xcv.: since fall of 187(). he has been express messenger on Wis. Cent. R. R. He was married on the 28tli of August. 187!'. to Miss Harriett S. Race, of Portage. He is a Republican. Li\es in brick house near 8t. Pa(d dejjot.

1*. JlefwIXX «'as born in County Monahan. Ireland, in 182!t: came to America in 184(i : resided in \'ermont. New York. Ohio and California, prior to locating in Portage in 1857; was engaged in mining while in California ; learned the molder's trade in Vermont; began the grocery business in 1857. in which he has continued ever since. His present wife. Catherine (raffnev. is a native of East Canada. They have ti\e children - .Mary, aged 1 1 : Catherine, aged Id ; John T.. aged 8 ; Margaret Celia. aged 7. and James, aged 4. Mr. anil Mrs. McOinn are both members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

"MICHAEL moKENXA, coppersmith, at Portage machine-shops of the ('.. M. & St. P. R. R. ; was liorn in January. 181S. in Dul)lin. Ireland ; served a seven-year apprenticeship in Dublin ; he came to the ruited States in 18411. and settled in Butfalo. N. Y.. where he remained five yeai-s. working at his trade ; then spent five years in l)etroit. and after that two years for M. C. R. R. at Marshall. Mich ; spent one year in Chicago, and located in La Porte. Ind.. where he remained eleven years in the employ of the .^I. S. R. R. : in fall of 1872. he came to Portage and began work for C, M. & St. P. R. R. Co.. and has been in their employ continuously to date. Before leaving Ireland, he was married. DecemVter. 1848. to Miss Mary Dolan. who died in 1878, leaving one daughter. Catherine IX McKenna. who is established as milliner and dressmaker on Cook street. Portage ; she also keeps a stock of fancy notions : she has more than a dozen employes :" before starting her business this season, she made a visiting tour of England and Ireland. The family affiliate with the Catholic Church. He belongs to no society except the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Insurance .Vssociation. " He is the onlv coppersmith in the employ of the railroad company at Portagi'. and is reported as a first-class mechanic.

' D. A. jieKEXNEY was l)orn in Malone. Franklin Co.. N. Y., July 18. 1880 ; resided there until he was IS years of age, then came to Berlin, (!reen Co.. Wis.: remained there until he came to Portage in the fall of ISlil ; while at Berlin, he was employed as a clerk in a store ; after coming to Portage, he was in the photograph business until 1868, when he went to Washington. 1). C. where he remained until 18()4 - in the (lovernment service one year - connected with the construction of buildings there and in that vicinity. In lS(i4. he returned to Portage, and has been, most of the time since then, with P. S. Hollenlieck. furniture dealer, being employed as finisher and salesman. .Mr. McKenney was married at Berlin. Wis.. Jan. 1. 185!>. to Miss Elizal)eth Behan ; she was born in Syracuse. N. Y. They have tour children - Charles T., Wni. 1).. Clara and (rcorgc.

FELIX MflilXDON, son of James and Sarah McL.. was born in the town of Annaloist. County .Armagh. Ireland. Oct. 81. 1812 : came to Peru. N. V.. in May. 1881 ; lived there six years, and in Franklin and Chemung Cos.. until the fall of 1845. when he came to Shullsburg. Wis., in April, 184it : moved IVfim there to Portage. ^Ir. McLindon has been engaged in various pursuits: was Postmaster of the Assembly in 1858: has l)een Constalde twenty-seven years. Justice of the Peace during the last four years: was Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly in 184!*. He was married in Peru. Clinton Co.. N. Y.. Jan. 28. 1888. to >Iargaret. daughter of Wm. and Elizabeth Watson, born in Scotland : she died Dec. Iti. 1877. leaving three children - Martha J., now Mrs. D. L. Beardslev, of Odessa. Minn., born July 1. 1842: James, of La Crosse, born July lit, 1S44. who is an engineer on the Southern Minn. R. R.. and was married in September. 1874. to Ellen McLaughlin;

Robert E., horn at Fort Winneliago, April 16, IH.')!. is an engineer on tlie M. & St. P. P. R., and was married June 2.'!. 1S79. to Teresa MeSorley. Mr. Meljindon was for several j-ears President of tlie St. Josepli's Total .Mistinenee Soeiety. and is now its A'iee President.

JOHIV H. 91Ani>EN was horn in County (Jalway. Ireland. Aug. 25, 1.S3!) ; came witli his parents, Miehael and .Mary Madden, to America in 1847 ; located in Racine Co., resided there initii 1851, and then removed to Buffalo, Mar<inette Co. His mother died in ;\Iay. 1877 ; his father is now a resident of I'ortage. Mr. Ma<lden is carrying on iiis farm of 240 acres on Sees. 20 and 20. in the town of Buffalo, and is also engaged in the mercantile business at Portage. He was married in ;\Iontello, Marquette Co.. Wis.. Jan. 11, 1864. to Maria Eagan, a native of County Roscommon. Ireland ; her parents, who were old settlers of Columbia Co., now reside in Marcellcju. 'Sir. and Mrs. Gladden are memliers of the Catholic Church. Mr. M. was a meml)er of the Board of Supervisors for three years : als(j Roadmaster in the town of Buffalo. They have nine children - >Iary Ann. .Martin James. John. Wni. llenr\-. Catherine, Thomas Francis, IMargaret, Clara and Estella.

TH03IAS llIAl>l>ElV came to Wisconsin, in ISfjO, with his father, Michael Madden, who located in Butlalo. .Maniuette Co.. Wis., and who is now living with his son, Thomas C. in Portage. Mr. Gladden was engaged in the dry-goods and grocery l)usiiiess at Lyons, Iowa, for nine years, from 1860 to 1860 ; enlisted in Co. K.lSth W. V. I., and served until discharged on account of disaliility caused \)y sickness ; ong'aged in farming from 1869 to 1872 ; traveling salesman three years ; in business at Portage one year; at ^Montello one year; then on a farm one ye.ar. Slv. Madden married Hellen Hendricks, who died in 187:^.. leaving one daughter - Mary Ellen. He married ills present wife. 3Iarv .\. Oa'le, a native of WLsconsin, Sept. 17, 187i).

PETER E. MAHOIV, l>orn in Meath Co., Ireland, Dec. 4, 1846; canie to America with liis parents. Edward and Mary Malion, wlio settled in Milwaukee, where they resided six years ; came to Portage in May. 1855 ;' father died Jan. 31. 1871 ; mother is still resident of Portage. The subject of this sketch has worked at carpenter and .joiner's trade the past sixteen years ; is carpenter, contractor and builder. He was married in Portage, Jan. 24, 1876, to Elizalieth O'Brien ; they have two children - .Mary, born March 4. 1878. and Edward, born Nov. 15, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. ^lahon are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Mr. M. has been Chairman of the First Ward Board of Supervis(jrs three years, and is now serving his fourth year as Alderman of the same ward.

DR. EDWIX C. MAIXE, homeopathic physician ; born in North Stonington, New Lon- <lon Co., Conn.. July 2(1, 1821 ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1850 ; made it his home for a year and a half in Dane and Rock Cos.; in Madison foi' about four years ; came from ^ladison to Portage in October. 1856 ; engaged in student practice with Dr. J. B. Bowen, at Madison, and ever since coming here has practiced houKcopathy strictly. I)eing one of the oldest physicians of that school in Wisconsin. .Alarried at North Stonington, June 13, 1852, to Ellen L. Wheeler ; she was born at Noi-th Stonington : they have three children - Lilla M., Clinton Dewitt and Thurlow Wheeler. Dr. .^I. was for five ^ ears member of the Board of Aldermen ; is a Mason an Odd Fellow, also belongs to the Temple I)f Honor. Good Templars, etc.. and member of the State Jledical Homcfopatliic Association.

THOMAS 3IALOY, liorn in Vermont; came to Wisconsin in 1855, locating at La Crosse ; he was in the employ of the C M. & St. P. R. R. Co. until about Ave jears ago ; after leaving the railroad business, he enteretl into partnership with IMr. Sanborn in the Ijrick and ice Inisiness : he has been in the brick liusiness six years and the ice Ijusiness two years. He was married at La Crosse, in June, 1850. to JIary Quinn, who died in January, 1874. leaving two children - Annice H. and (ieorge S\. Mr. M. and his daughter arc members of the Episcopal Church.

ESTHER F. 9IARSH, widow of Darius Marsh, a former physician in Portage; she was born on the 2d of .\ugust. 1802. in the town of Brookfield, Otsego Co., N. Y. ; her deceased Jnisband was horn on the 25th of December, 1708, in Litchfield, Conn. ; on the 1st of April. 1815. when a mere lad. he enlisted as bugler, in the I'nited States Army, and he served until his honorable discharge, on the 1st of i^I arch." 1810 ; ^Mrs. Marsh's grandfathers, on ))oth sides, were Revoluti<j)iary soldiers, and of the old English Puritan Stock. They were married Fel). 1, 1820, in Broome Co.. N. Y. He was educated as i)hysician. and practiced the healing art several years in the East ; came West in 1846. and settled iii (Jalesburg. Knox Co.. 111., where he practiced his profession: after residing in other places in Illinois, he came to Columbia Co. in 1856. and located at Ft. Winnebago, near Portage; in 1861, he enlisted in Capt. Coffin's company, to try the fate of a second war ; he was honorably discharged in April. 1862, because of injuries received at Bowling Green.

Ky. ; for some time after the war. he practiced his profession in and about Portage, but lived on his farm in Ft. Winnebago ; he applied for a pension, and on the day that he received his pension papers, he was seated in the City Hotel playing liis fife to an admiring group, while waiting for his conveyance home: suddenly, in tiie midst' of a martial strain, lie dropped lifeless, and thus the veteran of two wars passed away on the Sth of JIay. 1871 ; the family then moved into Portage, where they still reside ; tliey had eigiit cliildren. two of whom died in childhood ; the living are - William L.. born Jan. 11. 1S21 : fleorge \\'.. born Sept. 21. 1S2H : Andrew J., born Feb. 28. 1820 ; Ksther 'SI.. Ixmi Aug. 11. 1882 : Mary E.. born Feb. 18, 1884. and Clarissa A., born Oct. 20. 1840 ; all the children are married. Dr. Marsli was a -- Sevcntli Day Adventist," and that is the faith of Mrs. ^larsli. Her youngest daughter. Clarissa, was married on the 8d of Octolier. 1850, to Samuel Crouch. Jr. ; on the 2(Jth of September, 18(n. he enlisted in the 10th W. \. I. ; he died on the 17th of Marcli, 18()2, as a result of exposure, at Xasln ille. Tcnn. ; he left but one child. Albert 8. born Aug. 11. 1802 : Mrs. 3Iarsh and this widowed daughter. Mrs. Crouch, live in one home ; Mrs. Marsh draws a pension, as a widow of soldier of 1812, and Jlrs. Crouch draws a widow's pension for her sacriticc in the reliellion : the old lady, though nearly fourscore, retains use of all her faculties ; she is still cheerful, and is only waiting till the shadows be a little longer drawn ; only waiting till the Father calls. .Mv child, come home.' "

GEORdiE W. 9IAR$>«'II was born in Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1823. and resided in Broonic and Chenang(j Cos. until 1847. when lie went to Boston. Mass.: spent six years in that city, and studied short-hand ; removing from Boston, he came to Pacific, Columbia Co.. in December. 1854. and remained there until he enlisted in 1801 ; was the first man who enlisted in Portage, in the Portage Light (hiardsat first, afterward Co. (1. 2d W. V. I.: served until Aug. 2. 1801, when he was discharged for injuries received at the first battle of Bull Bun, July 21, 18(n ; Oct. 7, 1861. he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Fremont Bifles of Portage City, afterward Co. D, loth W, V. I.; served about two years in this company, on detached duty most of the time; Post Adjutant at Louisville, Ky., and afterward detailed as Commissioner of claims at Huntsville, Ala., and on (Jen. Rosecrans' staff, detailed to do duty at bouisville, Ky.. in charge of discharge oftiee : resigned after about two years' service, and coming to Columbia Co., where he has lived most of the time since ; after resigning, he spent several years in teaching ; was afterward Deputy County Clerk for two years ; Coroner from 1858 to 1802 ; Town Clerk in Pacific for five years ; janitor of the court house now, and in the insurance business with L. S. Rolleston. He was married in Smitliville. Chenango Co.. N. Y., March 12, 1848, to Maria Pick ; she was l)orn in the town of (Ireen in that county ; they have four children - Ellen A. (now Mrs. ( Jabriel Budal, of Lodi). F]mma J.. Esther A. (now .Airs. W. 11. Kenyon). and (leorge A. While in the army, Mr. Marsh was the accredited correspondent of the >Iilwaukee Snitiurl. writing under the noni ile plume of " Agawau,"

JOHX ^lARSllALL, boot and shoe maker, was ))orn in Lenarkshire, Scotland, in 1.S87 : his father was a shoemaker, and John served an extcndt'd apprenticeship at home - calls himself an apprentice for the past thirty years, and has not learned it all yet. He was married in 18()0 to Miss Ellen Phclan. of Manchester. England ; came to America in 1805. and ever since has been a resident of Portage. He lias nine children, all living at home - Robert, born in 1801 ; James in 1803; Nellie in 1805 ; John in 18t;7 ; Thomas in 1809 : Henry in 1871 : Willie in 1878; Annie in 1875 ; and (leorge in 1877. His two oldest sons are his assistants in the sho]). Since the exhibition of his work at the fair, some vears asjo. he is often called the Premium Shoemaker."

WILLIAM ME ACHER, M. D. The subject of this sketch, a native of Bungay. Suftblk Co., England, was born on the 27th of .May, 1888, and "is the son of William and Sarah Ami (Brown) -Meacher. At the age of ten years, William attended part of a winter term of school and one summer term of the same length in Monroe Co., N. Y.; later, he spent a little less than two years in school in Wisconsin, whither he moved with his father in the summer of 1844 ; at the age of 22. he conceived a desire for literary culture, and. giving himself with avidity to the work, at once l)egan the arduous task of educating iiimself ; beginning with grammar, arithmetic and spelling, lie spent the forenoon in study and de\oted the afternoon to work on the farm, or carpentering, during the summer, and in the winter employed his evenings and Sundays with his liooks. .\fter one year's diligent study, lie spent two months in a select school in the city of Portage, and in the following winter taught the school of his district, receiving a comi)ensation of $18 per month and lioarding iiimself; in early life it iiad been his desire to become a iihysician, liut it seemed lieyond his reach. During this winter, iiowever, he determined to accomplish his purpose and gratify his desire. .Accordingly, in the ensuing spring, with the encouragement of T>r, O. D. Coleman, of wiioin he liorrowed books, he began his studies at home, dividing his time between tliem and his work to support his family. At the expiration of two years thus spent, he mortgaged his tarm of 40 acres for $250, and witli this money pursued a course of study at Kush Medical College of Chicago, and in the following summer began practice in Waushara Co., Wis.; meeting with little success, he sold his laud in the fall for 1500, paid his former loan, and with the balance attended another term at the college, and graduated in the spring of 18G2, six years from the time when he first began his private study of grammar and spelling. It had been a long and tedious work, l)ut as he compared his condition now, the master of a noble profession, with his former state, when, as a boy, he was oliliged to toil as a day laborer, or when, as a sailor upon, the lakes, he was thr<jwn into the company of those whose influence tended only to degrade, he did not regret his course, and felt that he had made a noble sacrifice, and what he had gained repaid him a thousand-fold for all that it had cost him. It is worthj' of mention that during all his former varied career, though at times associated with reckless and abandoned i-haracters. he had never contracted any of the haliits ol' drinking, gambling, or using toliacco. After his graduation, witlKJut means. Dr. Meacher Ijegan his practice in the village of I'ardeeville, and, liy the aid of his friend and benefactor. Dr. Coleman, managed to make a living. He engaged in this work liecause it was his natural preference, and he considered it the noblest of iill professions ; beginning at the Ijottom, his career has marked a gradual gnjwtli. and each year has added to his practice and reputation. Thoroughness in his professional work has alwa3-s been his motto, and to this may be attrilnited his remarkable success. Of late years, he has devoted himself especially to surgery, and in all his surgical operations, his constant practice is to make a careful stud}- of his case, both by reading and observations, before beginning it. During the war, Dr. bleacher was commissi(^ned Assistant Surgeon of the 16tli W. V. I., and later, served for four months as contract surgeon. He was at the siege of Atlanta, and participated in the famous march to the sea. Aside from his iirofessional duties, he has shown a public spiritedness. and been honored bj- his fellow-citizens with positions of trust. His ambition, however, has ne^-er led him to desire political honors, he finding in his profession ample .scope for his best talents. His political views are Democratic, though he is not a partisan ; in his religious sentiments, he has always been a " free thinker.' He is a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity, having taken thirty-two degrees, and makes the principles that underlie this brotherhood his religion. Dr. bleacher was married in the winter of 1854 to 3Iiss Jane E. Clayton, an orphan, of Oak Creek. Milwaukee Co.. and by her he has had two sons and three daughters, of whom the eldest, a son. died in infancy.

«OR»OIV H. !IIERRF>LL was born in Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y., July 24, 1807 ; resided in Utica. Jacket's Harlior and Oswego until 1830 ; then removed to Geneva, N. Y., and carried on the drug business until 1840, when he came to Ft. Winneliago, Wis., and engaged in merchandising and farming, with his brother Henr>-, six or eight years ; then came to Portage and purchased his present location, where he has lived ever since ; he is real-estate agent, and is also agent for various property owners of the city. iMr. M. was married, at Geneva, N. Y., to Mary C. Tippetts. who died at Portage in 1841 : they had two children, liothof whom died before the mother. His second wife (deceased) was Alvira Tompkins, of Fox Lake, Wis.; liorn in Canada ; they had three children, all deceased. Mr. M. was married again, in 1862, to Jlrs. Milo Pettilione, nee Eliza Dibble, born in New York City ; came to IVjrtage in 1852 ; she had three children - Frank R.. now a resident of Chicago ; Jessie, deceased, and Flora E., living at home.

HENRY L. :^IERRELIj was horn at Ft. Winnel)ago July 22, 1848, in the same house in which he now li\es (the same having been removed to Portage) ; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Low) Merrell ; mother died when Henry was 5 years of age. A portion of Mr. Merrell's farm is a part of the old homestead ; he was engaged in the drug business up to the time of his father's death. May, 1876 ; since then attended to matters pertaining to the settlement of his father's extensive estate ; in 1875, Mr. M. purchased an orange grove of 15 acres and 1.10(» trees at Orange City, Fla.; spends winters there with his family. Mr. M. was married in Portage, Sept. 5. 1872. to Ida M. Miller, born in Portage, daugliter of Dr. Fred K. and Amanda Miller, early settlers of Portage, hnving located here in 1850 ; they have one child - Frederick H., born May 17, 1873.

JULIUS METTLER, butcher and stock-dealer; was born in Switzerland Jan 4, 1830 : settled in Newark. N. J., when he first came to America; then coming tf) Sauk City. Sauk Co., Wis.. where he remidned ele^'en years, when he came to Portage and engaged in present liusiness ever since coming here. Married, at Newark. N. J., in the fall of l854, Barbara Abbath ; she was born in Baden, Germany ; have nine children - Thecla, Amelia, Julia, F]mma, Bertha, Julius. Jr.. Carl, August and Joseph, ^Mr. JI. is a member of I, O. 0. F. and A. 0. I'. W.

JOHX MKTZIjKK, l"X't anil shoo nuikor ami repairer ; borii in Haden. Prussia, in 184S ; came to America in lS(i7. and settled in J*(jrtaij;e in spring of isyo ; has earried on tlie business since 1871) : employs one j<jurneyman. Was marrie<l. on the 20tii of .March. ISTl. to !Miss Fanlina Daiip. formerly of Erie, Peiin.; has three children, named ("arrie. Charley and Johnny. The family affiliate with the Catholic Church ; his shop is on Cook street, and his house on Bronson avenue.

CHARLES 9IOIIR is a native of (lermany ; was horn in Ilesse-Cassel Oct. 15, 1S36. and came to America in lS5:i ; engaged in steaniboatinj; on the lakes four years liefore cominu; to Wisconsin ; in 1857. he located in tlie tcjwn of Caledonia on a farm, and remained there until 186(1 : he commenced teaciiing school in this county, and taught most of the time for four years ; went then to Milwaukee and clerked in a wholesale grocery for nine months, after wliicii he was employc<l in tiic ollice of the l'><iiniii<<,- VnlhisfrriKul. attending to their collections ; he then was engaged in lumliermaiiufiicturing one year, also made a business of raising hops one year ; then traveled for the Bdiaur it- \'ii//,xf'ri mil/ one season ; then coming to Portage Septemljer. 18(!!1. he commenced his present l>usiness of merchant and dealer in hops. ^Ir. M. was married in Portage. July 1. 18t>2, to Mary Arntz ; she was liorn in l^russia ; they have one son - Charles. Jr.. aged 17 years. Mr. and Mrs. Mohr are memliers of the (ierman Metiiodist Churcii.

<irEOR4irE W. 9I0RRIN01V, son of Cxcorge T. and Harriet T. Morrison, who settled at Soutli|)ort, Wis., in 1S45. and came to Marcellon. Columbia Co.. in 1849 ; remained thereuntil 1S57 ; from there removed to Portage; mother died in June. 18(j(>. and father in (>ctol>er. 1878. Mr. Morrison was Ixirn in Jordan. Onondaga Co.. N. Y.. April 2ti. ]8y,!l ; engaged in farming while Tiving in Marcellon ; was in the City Hotel here for five years, his father being proprietor ; lived in Brandon. Fond du Lac Co.. for three years, in mercantile business ; from there went to town of York. Uane Co.. and again occupied his time in farming : thence to Lowville. and farmed there for three years, then coming back to Portage, where he entered the store of Gates & Austin as a clerk, remaining witli them six years; hetlicn went into business witli his brother, James <i..and has continued it to the present time. .Married in Portage July (>. 18(13. to >Iiss 'A. K. .Marrs : she was born in tile town of Paris. Edgar Co., 111., Sept. 5, 188!t (daugliter of Sylvanus 11. Marrs. who was among tlie early settlers of Portage) ; they have four children - .Vrtliur J., Stephen F.. ^Marion K. and ( Jeorge W., Jr. .Air. M. is a member of tlie A. 0. V. W. and Temple of Honor. Mrs. Morrison s father died in Portage .March 17, 1851; her mother also died here Nov. 11, ISliS; they were both natives of Clark Co.. Ind.. and came to Watertown, Wis., in 1840, and came to I'ortage in 185(1,

JOHN MUKLIjER, the subject of this sketch, was l>orn in Hesse-Darmstadt. (Jermany. June. 18:58. and came to New York City in 1802. remaining one year there, when he came to Portage, and engaged in the coopering business ever since ; worked alone at lirst. and now employs three men ; manufactures all kinds of cooperage. Was married in Pcu'tage. October. 18(17. to Anna Schlcisman; she was liorii in' Hesse-Darmstadt, (rermany ; they have four children - .\ una. Charles, Louis and Fannie.

|>.4 VII> ii. MFIR, a native of Dunbar. Scotland ; was born July 11. 1S4(). and is the son of Daniel and .\nn .Muir. who came to America in 184!), coming directly to .Manpiette Co.. Wis., and engaged in farming; lived there until 1801. when they came to Portage, where they now reside. J), (i. >Iiiir commenced business here as a clerk, and continued as such until 1805. when he went into the mercantile business with Parry & Hebb. under the firm name of Parry, Bebb & Muir, wiiich firm e.xisted for four years, when the present firm of Parry & Muir was organized. .Married in the town of Buffalo. .Mar(|iiette Co., Wis.. Oct. 20. 18(;:5. to Catherine H. Cairns; she was born in I'eebles. Scotland ; tliey have four children - Carrie. Annie. Wilberforce D. and John D. Mr. M. is a member of the Presbyterian Church; he has been one of the choir singers in that church for sixteen years. He is a cliarter member of tln' Temple of Honor.

<i;EOR<wE MTRISOX was bom in Aberdeen. Scotland. .March 17. 18:!:! ; moved to Montrose when:! years of age. and lived there until he came to America, locating at Milwaukee, in 1850, where he remained until (X'tober. 185:], when became to Portage; in 185S, engaged in liusiness in the manufacture of furniture, nudertakiug, etc.. which he still continues. .Mr. .AL was married in Portage, July li. 1804, to Jane Dalton, a native of the city of York. England ; she died July 17. 18(10. leaving one child - Richard W. - born July S, 180(! : he was married again. Nov. 20. 1808. to Fannie K. Wailace. a native of Essex Co.. N. Y.: they have two children - Wallace, born Sept. 7, 18(i0; Mary F., born July 20, 1870. Mr. M. is a member of the I. 0. O. F. Lodge.

BRYAX MURPHY was born in County Carlow. Ireland : came to America in the fall of 18(55 : located ;uid engaged in the fruit business in New York City : resided there about ten years ; removed to Riclimonil. A'a.. and continued the same l)usiness ; was in business for himself six years : came to Portage, Wis., from Richmond. August. 187!l ; commenced the grocery business in this place in November of the same year. Mr. Murphy was married in Brooklyn. N. Y.. Nov. 6, 1870. to Catherine Sheehan. a native of County Limerick. Ireland; they have had six children - ;\Iary Ellen, born July 13. 1870 ; an infant son. born JIarcli 8. 1880 ; Edward Emmett. born Oct. 1. 187i. died Sept. 2. 1875 ; John, born Julv lit. 1873. died Aug. 2. 1875 ; Bernard, l)orn Sept. 21. 1874, died Aug. 19. 1875 ; Annie, born April 12. 1878. died Aug. 29. 1878. :\Ir. and Mrs. Murphy are members of the Catholic Church.

HENRV SfEEF, the subject of this brief sketch, was born in the town of Bluck Rock, near the city of Butl'alo, N. Y.. July 21, 1838 ; when he was 18 years of age. he came to this county, locating in !Marcellon, May, 1 85(j. and engaged in farming ; he commenced farming on his own account in ISlJO. He was married at Jefl'erson. ^\'is.. December. 18()1. to Helvetia L. Reese ; they have seven children - Clella R.. William J. J., Carrie L.. Delia ilay, Henry Alden, John H. and Sarah. During his residence in ^larcellon he was Town Clerk about eleven years : he was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1876. and re-elected in 1878. Mr. N. enlisted in March. 18(35, in Co. F. 194th O. Y. I., and was mustered out Oct. 24. 18(55. Is a member of Pardee Lodge. A., F. & A. 51.

DAVID M. BfEILL was born in Perthshire. Scotland, Feb. 2.1852; son of John and Margaret (Moreland) Neill. who came to New Y(jrk in 1859 ; remained there one year, then removed to Caledonia. Wis., and located on Sec. 36. where they now live ; when 10 years of age. he left home : attended high school in Portage two years : commenced clerking in the grocery store of John Fulton. March 19. 1871 ; remained there until July of the same year ; Aug. 10. 1871. he entered the employ of Purdy & 3Ierrell. druggists, in which store he has remained ever since. 3Ir. Neill was married at Fox Lake. 5Iay 20. 1875, to Alice A. Purdy. daughter of Edmund and Harriet Purdy. born at Fox Lake: they have one child - Edmund - b6rn at Portage. July 26, 1877. Mr. N. is a member of the ( )dd Fellows' Lodge.

HENRY NEILIj, County Superintendent of Schools ; was liorn in the parish of Kincardine. Perthshire. Scotland. 3Iarch 26. 1849; came with his parents. John and Margaret Moreland Neill. to New York in 1859, remained there one year ; in the spring of I860, they located on Sec. 36 in the town of Caledonia. ColumljiaCo., Wis.: engaged in farming until 21 years of age ; taught school until 23 years of age ; spent three years at Thayer College, in Kidder. 5Io., from the spring of 1872 to June. 1876 ; entered Beloit College. September. ls7(i. graduated July 3. 1878. withdegTee of A. B.. full classical course ; he taught district school in ("'aledonia in the winters of 1878 and 1879 : commenced teaching in the Portage High School in September. 1879 ; elected County Superintendent of Schools, November. 1879 ; taught the' high school until the holidays; resigned his position in the school Dec. 24, 1879, to assume the duties of the office which he now holds. 3Ir. Neill is a member of I. O. Ct. F. lodge.

WILLIAM NIEMEY'ER was born in Hanover, (iermany. Jan. 2, 1830 : came to New York and engaged in tailoring in 1850. remained there one and a half years, then came to Milwaukee : removed to Portage in 1854 : carried on the tailoring and clothing Inisiness until 1861. then engaged in the grocery l)usiness. which he has carried on ever since. Mr. Niemeyer was married in Portage. July 11, 1857, to Caroline A\'entzel, a native of Prussia ; they have seven children - Albert J.. Lizzie. Charles, William, (Jeorge. Henry and Emma. Mr. N. is a member of the Lutheran Church, and of the I. 0. O. F. lodoe.

JOHN J. O'KEEFE, born in North Hadley 3Iarch 29. 1852 : removed from therewith his father. John C. O'Keefe. in May, 1853. and came to Wisconsin, locating at Pacific, near Portage, where he remained for aliout two years, then moved to Portage, and has resided in this vicinity ever since. 5Ir. O'Keefe .engaged in (iox-ernment surveying for a numlier of years and steamboating part of two years. He was elected City Clerk in the spring of 1878 ; re-elected in the spring of 1880 ; member of the Board of Education from the Third Ward. .Mr. (JKeefe received his education in Portage.

M. DE WITT OliDER, son of Amos and Ann Older, was born at Farmersville. Cattaraugus Co.. N. Y.. Dec. 20, 1831 : came to Walworth C<x. Wis., in 1838, his parents 1 icing the third family in the town of Darien : moved to Boone Co.. 111., in 1852: two years afterward removed to >[arquette Co.. Wis., then went to Minnesota, where he aided in the organization of ^lartin Countv and towns: left Minnesota on account of the Indian massacre in 1862; returning to lIR>i>. MARY A. OWKNS, nee Parrish. wife of John T. Owens; she was born July 12, 1828. in the city of I'eterliorough. England; he is a native of Wales: she sailed from Liverpool in the good ship Milan, on the 14th of May. 1848, and reached New York on the IHth of June. 1848. which was the shortest passage of sailing vessel recorded up to that date : she lived twelve years in I'tica. N. Y. ."^Iie was married in 1S.")() ; in the spring of lS(i() they came West, and bougiit land in Caledonia Township, where they lived till 1S7H: since which date she has resided in Portage. Had four children; three are dead: the other. Anna, is marrietl to a son of Thomas Walker, of Caledonia, and now lives in Bremer Co.. Iowa. She keeps a stock of fancy notions, and also does stamping. .8he is a member of the Presbj'terian Church, and is a reliable and useful member of society.

ABRAHAM PADLEY is a native of England : was born at Staley Bridge. Lancashire. Oct. 27. 1828 ; came to .America with his mother in the fall of 1840 : lived at New Y'ork Mills until he came to Wisconsin. February. 1857 ; acquired his musical education at Utica, N. Y. When first coming to this State, he settled at Lodi. in this county, where he resided one j'ear ; then moving to the town of Dekorra. where he remained six years, in the hotel business and owner of tlie ferry : moving from I)ekorra to Pojnette. he engaged in the mercantile business, where he li^ed for seven years ; was Vostniaster for about five years during his residence in this place, and then, coming to Portage in the fall of 1871. he engaged in the music liusiness. dealer in pianos, organs and all kinds of musical instruments, and teaching vocal and instrumental music. ^Ir. Padley was marrieil in Whitestown. Oneida Co.. N. Y.. August. 1840. to Jliss ^lary A. Walker, a native of Rome. N. \'. They have two children - Viola J. (now Mrs. J. H. Rogers, of this city) and Julia E. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church ; also belongs to the I. O. O. F. Society.

WIIjLjIAM T. parry, son of ^\'illiam and Catharine Parry; was Ijorn in Bangor. Xoi-th Wales. 'Slay 17, 1837 ; came to America in 1840 ; to Wisconsin in Septemlier of the same year, locating at Nianehester. (ireen Lake Co.: lived thereuntil 1858. and engaged in farming: in 1850, came to Portage : clerked for aliout six years with A. D. Forbes ; in 1805. the firm of Parry. Bel)l) & Muir was formed ; they were together about four years, when the firm became Parry & >luir. and has continued to present time. Married Margaret Williams June 30, 1857, at Randolph, this county ; she died June 30. 1860. leaving two children - Mary A. (now ^Irs. Thomas Moss, of Hudson, Wis.) and William. Present wife's maiden name was Annie R. Roberts ; were married Aug. 27, 1807. at Westminster Church. Utica. N. Y.: Mrs. P. was born near Bala. North Wales: they have four children - Lemuel R.. Floy. Richard and Pierce. Mr. Parry is an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church, and has lieen Superintendent of Sabbath school for the last eleven years. William I'arry. father of William T.. died in Cambria: mother is still living; she resides at Randolph, in this county.

JAMES PATERSON was liorn in Dumfries, Scotland. Sept. 27. 1827 : came to America in 1851 ; spent one year at .\tliens. Penn.. two years in Steuben Co.. N. Y.. and the balance of the time, until coming to Columbia Co. in 1857. at Franklinville. Cattaraugus Co.. N. Y. In the fall of 1800, Mr. P. entered the store he is now connected with; spent the summer of 1870 in Scotland. He was married at Portage. June 5. 1808. to .\gnes Reid. l)orn in Hamilton. Scotland. Both are members of the Preslnterian Church. They have one son - James, born in Ai)ril. 1800. Mr. 1*. is a member of the Curling Club.

ROBERT C. PIXLEY was born in London. Canada West. Oct. 14, 1832 ; lived there until the spring of 1850. then came with his parents. Bemus J. and Mary Pixley. to Portage. Wis., arriving April 15. 1850. Father died in the house where he .settled. August. 1870: mother died May. 1870. leaving four children - William B.. of Stockton. Cal.; Jonathan B.. now in Minnesota : Han-iet M.. now Jlrs. Philo .M. Plumb, of La Crosse, and Robert C. the subject of the sketch. Mr. P. was engaged in teaming for six or seven years : in the fall of 1850. he went to New Lisbon. Wis., and carried on grocery, livery and express 1)usiness. initil 1801 : he then spent one year in California ; has l)een a resident of Portage ever since, dealing in hides, furs. etc.. since 1802. with .Vrthur