Biographical history of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, with accompanying biographies of each; engravings of prominent citizens of the counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families, Part 81

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 938

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lle married, in 1859. Miss Hattie Tripp, who died in 1861, leaving one child. Blanche, who died at the early age of two years. Mr. Arnold continued in the practice of his pro- fession until Angust, 1562, when he decided to enter the military service of his country. and accordingly enlisted in Company C. Thirtieth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. On the organization of the com- pany he was elected its Captain, and was com-

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missioned as such by Governor Lewis. He continued in this capacity until the close of his service, and during the first year of this time he remained in this State with his com- mand, where he was engaged in enforeing the draft. The second year of his military career was mostly spent at Fort Rice, on the Dakota frontier, and the last year he was connected with the military operations in Kentucky, and was mustered out at Louis- ville, that State. On his return after the close of the war. instead of engaging in the practice of his profession he determined to engage in agrienltural pursuits, and to make for himself a fine country home. Previous to entering the army he had purchased eighty acres of his present farm. and, after spending about one year in the State of New York visiting friends, he purchased 160 acres adjoining his eighty acres, which he immediately began to improve. This loca- tion is one of the most beautiful in the State of Wisconsin, and rendered more so by the labor and industry of many years. Captain Arnold's fine brick residence is situated upon an elevated and commanding site, surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, and the view from his residence and adjacent elevations are grand and beautiful. His farm now con- tains about 400 acres of excellent land, where he has for many years been largely and sue- cessfully engaged in breeding short-horned cattle and Berkshire swine.

1864, and has ever since affiliated with the Republican party. He was a member of the Assembly branch of the Legislature in 1870, and in 1878-'79 was a member of the State Senate. In 1880 he was again a member of the Assembly, and was chosen speaker of that body. He was made a Mason in 1860, in the Trempealeau Lodge, and in 1889 was one of the chief organizers of the Charles H. Ford Grand Armny Post, No. 257, of Gales- ville, and was the first commander of the post. Captain Arnold has held many local offices, including chairman of the board of Supervisors for many years. Ile has been many years a member of the State Agricul- tural Society, and its president for two years. IIas been an important factor in the County Agricultural Society, serving several times as president. For a number of years he has held the office of president of the board of trustees of Gale College, and as vice-presi- dent of the faculty. While a member of the Legislature he obtained the charter for the Galesville & Mississippi River railroad- which now forms the stub from Trempea- lean to Galesville-and was president of the company during the construction of the road, and until it was transferred to the North- western Railroad Company. This scheme rendered its promotion very unpopular, until after the road was completed and its advan- tages to the village began to be felt. He has done a large amount of surveying, and his services in that direction are still in frequent demand.

Ile is also well known in the political field in the State of Wisconsin, where he has been called by his fellow citizens to honorable and February 1, 1869, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Mary Douglas, a daughter of Hugh Donglas, a well-known pioneer of Melrose, Wisconsin. They have five chil- dren, three sons and two daughters, viz .: Archibald, Mollie D., Gerald, Alex. and Beu- responsible positions. He is of Democratic ancestry, and cast his first presidential vote for James Buchanan, in 1856. Later, in the słavery issue, he indorsed the views of Stephen A. Douglas, whom he supported in 1860, but voted for Abraham Lincoln in lah. Captain Arnold is esteemed by his

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low citizens as a gentleman of culture and ability, and is recognized by all as an enter- prising and progressive eitizen.

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ICHOLAS WEINANDY, County Clerk of Buffalo county, and a resident of Alina, was born in the town of Alma, May 15, 1858, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Lellig) Weinandy. His parents were natives of Rhine Province, Prussia, and were married in their native land. They emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1856, and located in Grant county, Wis- consin, where they remained about one year, after which they moved to Buffalo county. Here the father pre-empted a elaim on section 5, range 12, township 21; improved his farm and lived on it until the time of his death, October 24, 1887. His widow is still living at the old homestead. Mr. Weinandy was a soldier in the Prussian army, in which he served about four years, three years under the regular law and one year subsequently during the troubles of '48. 1Ie and his wife were the parents of eight children, namely : Jacob, Nicholas, Margaretta, Josephine, Elizabeth, Franciska, Elizabeth (2) and John. Of these five are living; Jacob, Nicholas, Franeiska, Elizabeth and John.

following fall took charge of the school at Buffalo City, Buffalo county, where he taught until the fall of 1890. During the autumn of 1587 he was nominated as Clerk of the Cirenit Court on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated, losing the election by a small majority. In the fall of 1890 he was brought out by the same party as a candidate for County Clerk, was nominated and elected by a majority of 626. He was installed into office the first Monday in January, 1891.

Mr. Weinandy was married at Buffalo City, June 25, 1880, to Josephine Stein, danghter of John P'. and Elizabeth (Back) Stein. Her father was a pioneer of this State, having moved here in 1846 and settled in Eau Claire. In 1851 he came to Buffalo county and engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Weinandy have two children, Oscar F. and Oliver R.

Mr. Weinandy may be termed a self-made man. Beginning life as a teacher of a dis- triet school, he has worked his way up to his present position of prominence and trust. Judging from his past success, it may safely be predicted that he has a bright and useful career before him. In his religions faith he is a Catholic.

The subject of our sketch secured his pri- AMES P. MALLERY, one of the pio- neers of La Crosse county, has been a resident of the town of Hale, Trempea- lean county, since 1867; he made the elaini of his farm in March of that year, and located there the following June. He was born in Corinth, Saratoga county, New York, in 1533, a son of D. P'. Mallery. At the age of twenty-two years he accompanied his father to La Crosse county, Wisconsin, and six years later he enlisted in Company A. Third Wis. mary edueation at home, and at the age of fifteen was sent to the Galesville University, where he studied two terms. In 1874 he was employed to teach the district school in John's valley, Lincoln township, this county. The next two winters he taught in the Stein's district, working on the farm during the summer. In the spring of 1876 he taught one term in the Dry Cally distriet. In the fall of 1578 he again entered the Galesville University, remaining there one year, and the consin Cavalry. From the time of his enlist-

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ment in 1861 to the time he was mustered , and respected people, who were born in the out at Madison, Wisconsin, January 30, 1865, same year, and had lived together more than fifty years, passed from this life to that of reality within the rising and setting of the sun ; they had attained their eighty-third year. Darling P. Mallery was appointed Constable after the death of his father, before he was twenty-one, and held a town office every year up to the time of his death, when he was also Justice of the Peace. he was in active service, excepting three months of 1862, when sickness prevented him. He participated in some of the most impor- tant engagements of the war, and although he escaped the bullets of the enemy, his health was inneh broken by exposure, and he has never recovered his former strength. In Missouri he took part in the battles of Mon- ticello, Cabin Creek, Taborsville, Maysville, Little Osage, Cone Creek and Granby; he was also at Devil's Backbone, Arkansas, Dripping Springs, Cane IIill, Perryville. Dallas and Prairie Grove, also in Arkansas, and at Baxter Springs and Honey Springs, Idaho Territory. He was a gallant and faithful soldier, and freely gave his efforts in behall' of the cause he esteemed holy and just.

. James P. Mallery was married in 1866 to Angelina E. Barry, who died July 15, 1877, the mother of six children: Henry D. died at the age of nineteen years; Jane Lorinda died at the age of nine years; Alfred E. was one year old when he died; George W., Nettie N. and Melvin II. are all at home; Mr. Mallery's second wife was Miss Theresa Jane Anderson, who was born in Washington county, Wis- consin, a daughter of Samuel Anderson, one

Darling P. Mallery, the father of James P., was born in Saratoga county, New York, of the pioneers of that county, but now a in 1809, and married Polly M. Creel, who resident of the village of Ilartford. Mr. and Mrs. Mallery have two daughters: Millie May and Mary Ethel; they are genial, hospitable people, and are held in high esteem by a wide circle of acquaintances. was born in the same year as her husband. To them were born three children, one son, James P., and two daughters; one of the danghters is the wife of M. J. Whitney, and the other is married to I. A. Wells. In 1855 they came to Wisconsin, and settled in the town of Burns, La Crosse county; here Mr. Mallery became a prominent and well- TILLIAM COX is one of the early settlers of the town of Hale. He resides on section 25, town 23, range 8 west, where he and his stepson, Oliver F. Jacobs, own a fine farm of 160 acres of good land, well improved, and here they live sur- rounded by all the comforts of life. He was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1525, and when he was ten years of age his parents emigrated to America, locating near White- water, Walworth county, Wisconsin, and here onr subject grew to manhood. He enlisted known citizen, taking an active interest in commercial and politieal movements, and aiding the growth and development of the county. Ile was Deputy Sheriff of the county for eighteen years, and was Justice of the Peace and Supervisor. Later he removed to Trempealean county and settled on a farm adjoining that of his son; he purchased this land in 1853, and there he and his faithful wife passed the remainder of their days. Mr. Mallery's death occurred on the morning of February 13, 1592, and his wife passed away , June 7, 1862, in Company D, Twentieth the evening of the same day. These worthy Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and

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participated in many important events of the years a pensioner by virtue of his service in war, including the siege of Vicksburg and the important event at Yazoo City, Browns- ville and siege of Fort Morgan. He also

this war. He was Captain of the company which he had raised, and fought in the cele- brated battle of New Orleans under General took part at Meadville and at the siege of Jackson. He was married to Miss Lavina Spanish Fort, and received his discharge at Galveston, Texas, July 14, 1865. Although never wounded, like so many other brave Vail, a native of Dutchess county, of German aneestry, who survived him many years and several times visited her son, the subject of soldiers who fought for their country in the , this sketeh, after he came to Wisconsin. late war, his constitution was very much ; They were the parents of ten children who shattered by his service in the army. Re- turning to Whitewater at the close of the war, he removed to Trempealeau Prairie the same year and settled on a farm, and soon after wedded Mrs. Jacobs, nee Catherine Ann Pierce, daughter of Zadick Pierce, a native of Massachusetts. Of the three children born

grew to maturity, three sons and seven daugh- ters, but two of whom are now living. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in his native State, and was for many years engaged in the service of the Delaware & IIndson Canal Company. Ilere he was mar- ried, in 1549, to Miss Hattie Simonson, a to her first marriage, two, Eliza and Willie, I native of New Jersey. In 1852, when the are deceased. IIer son Oliver F. was born in Walworth county, May 23, 1863. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cox three children have been born, but only one, Emery Elmore, is now living. A son, Charles Edwin, died at the age of one and a half years, and little Ella died at the age of two. Mr. Jacobs, the first husband of Mrs. Cox. who served in Company E, Forty-third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. died at Keokuk, Iowa, during the war of the Rebellion.

gold fever was at its height, he became pos- sessed of the gold fever and went to Califor- nia. Going around Cape Horn, he reached San Francisco five months after leaving the port of New York, and remained on the Pacific coast until 1855, when he returned home by way of the Isthmus. In the fall of the same year he decided to seek a location in the West, and came to Buffalo county. lle went as far north as the present site of Lake City, Minnesota. While on an ex- ploring and hunting expedition he selected his present land and at once made his settle- ment, and here he and wife have lived for a long period of thirty-six years, and have been prominently identified with the growth and development of the country during this long period. Mr. Hallock has ever been one of the representative men of Buffalo county. and has been called upon to serve in various official positions, the duties of which he has discharged with fidelity. In 1869 he was elected to the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, and served in that body in a most

AMES L. HALLOCK, of the town of Nelson, Buffalo county, is numbered among the well-known pioneers of West Wisconsin. Ilis home and farm are on sec- tion 3, town 23, range 13 west, where he set- tled in 1855, entering his land on November 17 of that year. Mr. Hallock was born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1823. ITis father, Peter Hallock, a native of Dutchess county, New York, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his widow was for many acceptable manner. In his political senti-

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ments he has always been a stanch Republi- can and has always possessed much influence in the councils of his party. Ile is still a Republican, with strong prohibition princi- ples. The confidence which his fellow-citi- zens have had in the integrity and ability of Mr. Hallock is well illustrated in his almost uninterrupted continuance in official posi- tions. Besides his service in the Legislature, he has been chairman of his Town Board and Justice of the Peace for not less than twenty years, and still occupies the latter position. He is of a cordial and genial dis- position, fair and honorable in all his deal- ings with his fellow-men, and possesses the confidence and esteem of all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Hallock are the parents of two sons and three daughters. They lost one daughter.

MIL J. HANKEY, general merchant at Trempeleau, has been engaged in this business since 1868. His store build- ing, an elegant structure, is located on the corner of Main and Second streets, is two- stories high, has a basement thirty-four feet in width by seventy in depth, and was erected by him at a cost of about $7,500.

Mr. Hankey was born in P'russia, in 1844, the son of Gotlieb Ilankey, who died when his son was a child. When a lad of ten years onr subject came to the United States with his mother, who located at Beaver Dam, Wis- consin, where he was educated and began merchandising. He came from that city to Trempealeau, where he at once entered into business, and for three years was associated with Thomas Veltum, now of St. James, Min- nexota, but since that time has been alone.

consin and a daugliter of Thomas MeCnne, , who was born aud reared in Ohio. His father, a native of Scotland, was an early settler of Ohio. He and his wife came to Wisconsin with their son Thomas, where they lived until they died. Thomas MeCune married Caroline Bentley, a native of Dutchess county, New York, who was then living with her parents, Tabor and Deborah Bentley. in Oak Grove, Dodge county, Wisconsin. Mr. Bentley is dead, but his wife, the grandmother of Mrs. Han- key, is still living in Dodge county, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. McCune were early settlers of Oak Grove, where he died August 22, 1865. In the fall of 1874 the mother moved to Cali- fornia, and died there December 7, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. McCune were the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, of whom Mrs. Ilankey is the eldest. The second child and older son, Samuel Tabor, was killed by the cars at St. Paul, Minnesota, leaving a family; Duley Elma became the wife of Thomas Veltum, and now resides at St. James, Minnesota; and William Henry, the youngest of the family, also lives in Min- nesota.

Mr. and Mrs. Hankey have two children: Lena and William T. The latter graduated at the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy in May, 1891, and is now engaged in the drug business in Cleveland, Ohio; and Lena is as- sisting her father in business. They lost their youngest child, Adelbert Grover, who was born February 4, 1876, and died April 7. 1887.

ENRY HUBER, Sheriff of Buffalo county, Wisconsin, was born in this county, July 29, 1860. His parents, Casper and Rosa (Bauman) Huber, were born

Ile was married in 1869, to Mary Frances MeCune, of Beaver Dam, a native of Wis- in Germany and Switzerland respectively, the

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former at Württemburg, Germany, and the latter in the city of Lenzburg, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. His father was a shoemaker by trade. Emigrating to the United States in 1851, he located first at Philadelphia, where he resided for one year, and then removed to Cincinnati, where he lived about four years, working at his trade. In 1857 he left Cincinnati for the West, and took up his abode in Buffalo City, Buffalo county. A year later he settled on a home stead claim in the township of Belvidere, and began farming. In this ocenpation he con- tinued until the time of his death, which occurred November 9, 1891. To him and his wife eleven children have been born, viz .: Gustave, Robert, Oscar, deceased; George, Henry, whose name heads this sketch; Rosa, who died young; Albert, Charles, Ferdinand. Selina, now Mrs. John Lindrude; and Emily. now Mrs. J. Mourning.

The early life of Henry Huber was spent at home, assisting his father and attending the public schools, until he was twenty. At that age he came to Alma and engaged in the butchering business. On the first of May, 1882, he opened a hotel on Main street, the Massasoit House, which he conducted three years and sold to Mr. Leanhardy. After that he was engaged in the manufacture of soda-water for two years. Disposing of that business he went to Wabasha and opened the Commercial Hotel, which he carried on one year. Then he returned to Alma and re- opened his butcher business, in partnership with Fred Hemrineh, and together they are still conducting it. May 1, 1890. he and his partner purchased the brewery of John Hem-

elected by a majority of 127 votes. He was duly installed in office, and is now discharg- ing the duties of his responsible position in a manner that gives satisfaction to the people.

Mr. Huber was married at Alma, May 10, 1852, to Anna, daughter of Henry and Anna Bube, then of Cincinnati. Mr. Bube was killed on a Government steamboat while he was serving as first mate, his death being the result of an accident. His widow is now living at Alma. Mr. and Mrs. Huber have five children: Dora, Oliver, Alice, Oscar and Frederick.

Socially, Mr. Huber is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 154, A. F. & A. M., of Alma, and the A. O. U. W., No 52. He is one of the rising young men of Buffalo county, and has the confidence and esteem of the people. It is safe to prediet that he has a bright and prosperous future before him.

B. AND D. P. GIBSON .- Among the well-known pioneers of Trem- pealeau county, are Milo B. Gib- son and his brother, Delorm P. Gibson. residents of the town of Albion. Their father, Adam U. Gibson, was born August 8, 1809, in the state of New Hampshire. of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His father was also named Adam and belonged to an early New England family.

Adam U. Gibson was one of seven chil- dren, three brothers and four sisters. All were born in New llampshire and eventually became widely dispersed about the country and probably all have now passed away. as rineh, which they remodeled and improved, | the subjects of this sketch have no know- and in which they are now making a popular brand of beer. doing a prosperous business. ledge of any living members of their family of the father's generation. Adam U. Gibson lived at home till the age of twenty-one

Mr. Huber was nominated for Sheriff in 1590 by the Democratic party, and was years, when he went to the Dominion of

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Canada, where he was married to Rachel Lindsy, a native of that country. In about 1835 he removed with his wife to Wisconsin, locating in Iowa county, and engaged in the occupation of milling, near Fort Hamilton, now called Wyota. In 1854, resolving to change his location, he started out with one charles Pike for the purpose of locating a future place of residence. They went up the Mississippi at that time as far as St. Paul, where Mr. Gibson thought some of locating, but finally returned to Iowa county without having selected a location. In 1856, accom- panied by a man named George Rossman, he again started northward with the determina- tion of making a permanent settlement. The families went via Mississippi river to Foun- tain City. and thence across the country with teams. They inade locations in Buffalo county, near the county line of Trempealean. Mr. Gibson lived a few years in Buffalo connty, when he removed across the line to Albion, Trempealean county, where he re- mained the rest of his life. The land on which he settled in Buffalo county he pre- empted from Government, but his farm in the town of Albion he obtained under the homestead act. This was the final settle- ment of Mr. Gibson, and here he lived until death, which occurred October 19, 1884, at the age ot seventy-three years. The wife and mother had preceded her husband to the other world several years previously.

Mr. Gibson, Sr., was a most excellent citizen, honored and respected by all. He had seen men of the world and was an ex- cellent judge of men. In 1851 he crossed the plains to California, returning three years later via the Isthmus of Panama. In his political connections he was a Democrat of the Jackson school. Ile possessed strong powers physically, and was an industrious, enterprising citizen. Ile and wife were the

parents of four sons but no daughters. All the children are now living: John L., the eldest, is now a resident of West Superior; Nelson, the second son, lives in Pioche, Nevada; Milo B. is the next in order of birth, and Delorm P. is the youngest of the family. It has thns been seen that the two younger brothers are the only representatives of the family residing in Trempealean county.

Milo B. Gibson resides on section 6, where he has a fine farm and a pleasant home. He was born in lowa county, Wisconsin, July 17, 1841, and educated at the common schools. He was severely injured when a boy, which rendered him somewhat crippled in his youth, and by his father's request entered the drug store of Dr. J. N. Clerner, at Argyle, as a clerk, and later was engaged as a clerk in a dry-goods store. He, how- ever, followed his father's family to their new home in 1857, the year after the family came. lIe was at this time sixteen years of age. lle continued to reside with his father's family until the age of twenty years, when he started ont for himself. The first land that he owned was in the town of Albion, and he and family have occupied their pres- ent home since about 1870. His farm con- tains 240 acres of land under excellent state of cultivation, and on which he has made all improvements. He was married October 18, 1862, to Mary Harvey, a daughter of Robert and Eunice (Duncanson) Harvey. The parents of Mrs. Gibson spent their early lives in Nova Scotia, removing thence to Dodge county, and thence to Buffalo county, in 1856, where they lived till death, where the mother died December 13, 1871, and the father March 31, 1886. Mrs. Gibson was one of nine children, six sons and three daughters, all of whom are living in 1891, and a number of whom are residents of Mon- dovi, Buffalo county. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson

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have five children, four daughters and a son: animals abounding so that excellent meat Maggie is the wife of Albert Gott, of Stan- was abundant. The great fear of the settlers ley, Chippewa county, Wisconsin; Ida and Ona are twins: the latter is the wife of G. II. Inglesby; the next in order of birth is Lydia; Nelson, the only son, is the youngest of the family, and was born July 25, 1871. Mr. Gibson is chairman of the town board of Albion in 1891, and is one of its successful and representative citizens.

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Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 938

Author: Lewis Publishing Company. cn
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 938