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They had ten children, namely: Isaac, the father of the subject of this sketch, who was born at Montville, Connecticut, October 23. 1793, and married Sarah L., daughter of Dr. Alpheus Rogers, March 23, 1816. She was born at Salem, Connectient, November 14, 1792, and died at Stafford. New York, October 31, 1886, aged 93 years. He died July 4, 1857. aged 64 years. Their marriage was blessed with nine children. eight
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sons and one daughter, namely; Isaac, a Baptist minister, born at Salem, Connecticut, January 10, 1817, and married Elizabeth Chapman, May 11, 1846; Lyman, born January 16, 1819, married Roxana Thoms, November 21, 1843; Enoch Brown, born February, 1821, married Mor- ella M. Churchill, November 12, 1844; Lorenzo Dow, born November 22, 1824, married Sarah A. Rich, the daughter of a prominent farmer of Batavia, New York, April 14, 1848; Sarah Ann, born September 12, 1826, married Coridon S. Thompson, April 14, 1847; Robert, born August 10, 1828, married Ellen Burdick, March 30, 1852. She died January 18, 1893, when he married Frances Minerva Joslin, Novem- ber 12, 1896; John Griffin, born November 11, 1830; Henry DeShon, born December 7, 1858; Joseph Elliott, born November 3, 1834, married Emily Foster in 1857.
To Lorenzo Dow and Sarah Ann Fargo, six children were born, as follows: Sarah Augusta, born June 6, 1851, married October 19, 1871, to Hans J. Anderson, of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, and has six children, viz., Mabel Gertrude, Walter Scott, Lynn Bicknell, Lute Fargo, Adele Augusta and Herbert Rich, now living at Lake Mills; Carrie Elizabeth, born May 15, 1855, married December 6, 1882, to Dr. Frederick Thomp- son Bicknell, and now living at Los Angeles, California; Mary Azile, born May 23, 1857, died January 23, 1864, aged 6 years and 8 months; Arthur Scott, born December 12, 1858, died December 24, 1864, aged 6 years, and 12 days; Elmer Lorenzo, born December 11, 1860, died August 8. 1862, aged one year, 7 months and 29 days; Herbert Lorenzo, born Oc- tober 8. 1864, died March 16, 1880, aged 15 years, 5 months and 8 days.
Lorenzo Dow Fargo possesses the unlimited confidence of his friends, whose name is legion, and throughout his varied career has maintained a name and character above reproach. Unselfish and self-denying in all his actions, he has labored for the upbuilding and welfare of his fel- low-man, and standing upon a noble principal, he feels that he needs no other platform. A marked feature in his character, and one worthy of imitation, is his generous benevolence. Possessed of a liberal com- petency, he devotes a considerable portion of his annual income to the different benevolences of various kinds, and in all that tends to the betterment of mankind, he is always ready and willing to lend a cheerful support.
As one of the closing events of a busy life, Mr. Fargo and his wife have just made a gift of five thousand dollars to the village of Lake Mills for the purpose of building a Free Public Library to be known as the "Lo- renzo Dow Fargo Library." In making this liberal donation he requests that one department be devoted to the dissemination of temperance liter- ature and the promotion of the temperance cause, which has always been a cause which laid close to his heart. 1
It is Mr. Fargo's desire that the shelves of the library contain whole- some literature, as he considers this an essential part of a broad system of education; thus cultivating in the minds of the youth a taste for a litera- ture which informs and inspires, and furnishes the incentive and oppor- tunity for wider study to the pupils of the schools and teaches them "the science and art of reading for a purpose," rather than a pastime; it will also give to men and women, who are weary of treading a narrow round,
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excursions in fresh and delightful fields. In addition to the book and reading rooms, which are on the ground floor, the second story will contain well arranged rooms for the meeting of clubs, literary societies, etc.
Mr. Fargo relates many interesting incidents of Pioneer life in Wisconsin which would add to this sketch, but having already published the most of them in the Jefferson County Union, of which paper he is an occasional correspondent, it would hardly be necessary for us to repro- duce them at this time. As a pioneer, Lorenzo Dow Fargo stands alone in his neighborhood, all his early associates having either emigrated to other parts of the Country and established for themselves new homes, or have been called "across the river, " whilst he, with his ever faithful. wife are only "waiting 'till the shadows are a little longer grown."
His life has been a striking example of sobriety, industry, fidelity to purpose, and thrift without parsomony, and is a living example that principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or chariots. He was always a tenderhearted. conscientious, charitable man, and his only capital in early life was his integrity and honor; he never closed the door of his heart against the pure, the noble or the beautiful, and the world will be better for his living.
In closing this sketch, we cannot refrain from quoting a sentiment- of Sir Walter Scott, which applies so well to our Subjects. In speaking of a true man and woman, he says: "The man I call deserving the name, is one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than himself; whose high purpose is adopted on just principles, and never abandoned while heaven or earth affords means of accomplishing it. He is one who will neither seek an indirect advantage by a specious road. nor take an evil path to secure a really good purpose." And speaking of a true woman. he says: "Her soul is in home, and in the discharge of all those quiet virtues of which home is the center .. . . She sympathizes in his sorrows, diverts his fatigues, and shares his pleasure."
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ARTHUR AMASA PORTER.
EPUTATION for enterprise of the right sort is a mighty help towards success and it was this kind of a reputation which makes the subject of this sketch among the most prominent young men of Columbia county.
Arthur Amasa Porter, son of J John Lorenzo and Ann Eliza (Boies) Porter, was born at Pacific, Columbia county, Wisconsin, on the north one-half of the northeast quarter, section 23, town 12, range 9. July 15, 1857, where his boyhood days were spent ..
Upon reaching his majority, he taught school in different parts of his native county for about twelve years, until 1889, when he was commis- sioned postmaster of the office at Pacific, which position he held until he was elected Register of Deeds for Columbia county in 1894, and reelected in 1896. During this time he made a complete abstract of titles of Columbia county, which are now his personal property, and which, in conjunction with real estate, furnishes him a very lucrative business.
In the fall of 1898 the Republican party of his county showed their appreciation of his ability and tact, by electing him chairman of the County committee, which position he still fills to the entire satisfaction of his party.
He was married April 23, 1883, to Mary A. Rhynesmith, daughter of John L., born October 18, 1832 at Passaic, N. J., and Elmyra (Harvey) Rhynesmith, born April 22, 1835, at Lycoming Co., Pa., and granddaugh- ter of Charles Rhynesmith, and great granddaughter of John Rhynesmith, of "Bingen on the Rhine. " She was also a grand daughter of Francis Marzell on her mother's side. Two children are the result of thismar- riage, Hazel E., born May 13, 1889, and Gladys Marion, born May 11, 1894.
Mr. Porter is now living in the city of Portage, and though the began his life as a poor boy, hewing out his own way, he now is in com- fortable circumstances, and still owns his interest in the farm, which his father bought when he first came to Wisconsin. His father, John Lo- renzo Porter, son of Amasa Porter, was born in Seneca county, New York, September 14, 1828, and came to Pacific, Columbia county, Wis- consin, from Erie county, New York, in the year 1856. He married Ar- temesia Bates, Nov. 1, 1849, who died November-,1850, leaving one son Dewitt D., who was born July 20, 1850, and now lives in Portage, hav- ing married Sarah Merwin, has three children, Vinnnie, Mamie and Frank. May 12, 1854, he married Ann Eliza Boies, who was born Octo- ber 1, 1826, in Erie County, New York. She was the daughter of Warren Boies, who was born October 27, 1728, and died September 16, 1839, and Polly Patterson, daughter of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Gibbs) Patterson, who was a direct descendant of Israel Gibbs, of Lenharn, York- shire, England. By this second marriage there were three children
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Arthur Amasa, the subject of this sketch, Leslie Lewllyn, born June 20, 1859, living at Oregon City, Oregon, and Frank Flint, born October 31, 1862, living at Denver, Colorado, and married to Alma Peterson, having one child, Doris E.
John Lorenzo Porter was among the old and most prominent citizens of Columbia county, having settled on the large farm in the town of Pa- cific, section 26, north one-half of the northeast one-quarter and part of section 23, town 12, range 9, which was his home until 1889, and where his three youngest children were born, when he moved to Portage to spend his days in well earned ease.
In 1873 Mr. Porter was elected to the Wisconsin legislature: he was an ardent republican and a forcible speaker, and at once took a leading position among the members of that body, being a man of strong convictions, of more than ordinary intelligence and breadth of in- formation, an omniverous reader, well thought of by his neighbors and a useful, upright citizen. He died at Portage, Wisconsin. June 16, 1897, and is "at rest " in Pacific cemetery, and lies side by side with his father and mother and many other relatives who were buried there years ago.
Amasa Porter, grandfather of Arthur Amasa Porter, was born March 12, 1804, and died at Pacific. Wisconsin. April 13, 1872. He married Eliza Weatherlow, May 18, 1826. She was born October 10. 1802, and died January 25, 1873. Their family consisted of seven children, viz .. Samuel W., born March 3, 1827, died December 6, 1889. He was mar- ried to Eunice Calkins, having two children, who died in infancy: John Lorenzo, the father of the subject of this sketch: Jacob Wilbur, born September 1, 1830, married Martha Calkins, and had eight children: Adora Eller, Adilla Flower. Stella Cummings. Anna Wrighton, Eugenia Fairbanks, Grace Love and Mark; Erastus Alexander, boru August 21, 1834, married Maria Bump, and have four children, Orlo. Almon. Wil- liam and Lida Jones; Sarah born March 29, 1837. married Benjamin F. Bull, they having five children, Guy. Milton, Lorenzo, Frank and Zella: Mina, born November 3, 1838, married Peter Drake, and has four children, Earl, Carl, Mark and Kitty: Lavina and Schuyler. died unmarried.
Eliza Weatherlow's father, Samuel Weatherlow, was born January 31. 1776, and died February 18, 1862. He married Lavina Daly in 1798. She was born August 16, 1784, and died July 16, 1855.
Alexander Porter, great-grandfather of Arthur Amasa: grandfather of John Lorenzo and father of Amasa, was born December 16 (or 14,) 1756, at Hebron, Connecticut, and died at Freedom; New York, and he was the son of John and Sarah Porter. He enlisted June 11. 1775 in the sixth company, "Champions," eighth regiment, connnanded by Abijah Rowell. April 28, 1783, he married Zurviah Phelps, who was born April 24, 1762, and died December 12, 1841. She was the daughter of Silvanus and Zurviah (Sweetland) Phelps, who were married July 16, 1755.
Alexander Porter had eight children; Lucinda; Polly, married Cal- vin W. Moffett, who had eight children. Edwin, Lucina, Adaline. Louisa. Sager, Orlando, Erastus, Chauncey, Calvin W. and Amanda Sturtevant,
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of Cleveland, Ohio; Hannah, born May 2, 1790, and died April 9, 1878. She was married to Eli Hyde, and had nine children, Abijah, born April 15, 1810, married Eunice Green and had two children, John H. and Clark; Reube; Eliza, married October 28, 1836 to James Calker; Almina; Nelson; Sylvester, born May 1, 1820; Julius, born March 27, 1822; Laura; Harriet, born December 21, 1827, married to Francis C. Heath, June 20, 1857; Alexander Jr., settled in Northern Pennsylvania, had a number of children, one being Dr. Abel Porter; Arathusa, born October 4, 1796, died March 18, 1864, was married October 1817, to Luther Battles and had ten children; Zerviah, born December 18, 1818, mar- ried James E. Keyt; Edwin D., born July 22, 1820; Mary; Sarah, born December 25, 1823, married John Presby; Luther, born September 29, 1826; Newton, born May 10, 1828; Henry, born September 18, 1830; Alexander, born January 11, 1833; Lorenzo D., born October 1, 1836; John T. born November 14, 1839; Sophrona, married Nathan Corwin and had five children, Harvey, Mary J. Lingenfelter, Angeline Haws, Charles Corwin and Juliette; Emele Applebee (Keokuk, Iowa) and Amasa.
Alexander Porter's, great-grandfather of Arthur A. Porter, ances- tors as far back as we can trace them at present, are as follows: 1 John Porter, born in England, went to Dorchester, Massachusetts 1630, and to Windsor, Connecticut, about 1639. Married Rose --. He died at Windsor, April 22, 1648, and she died at Windsor, July -, 1647. 2 John Porter, born in England, 1620, first child of above (came to this country in ship "Planter") married Mary Stanley, 1650. She was the daughter of Thomas Stanley, from England, 1635, thence to Hartford, Connecticut, 1836, thence Hadley, Massachusetts. He died at Windsor, August 2, 1688, and she died at Windsor, September 13, 1688.
3 John Porter born January 3, 1651, first child of above, married De- cember 16,1669, to Joanna Gaylord, daughter of Walter Gaylord and Mary Stebbins. Walter Gaylord was the son of William Gaylord, Windsor, 1637-1673. Mary Stebbins was the daughter of Edward Stebbins, Hart- ford, 1639-1650. John Porter died January 4, 1699, and his wife died in 1716.
4 David Porter, born October 10, 1685, first child of above, married January 3, 1707, to Anna Phelps, daughter of Capt. Tim Phelps, son of William Phelps, from England to Dorhchester, 1634, and Mary Griswold, daughter of Edward Griswold, from Kenilworth, England, to Windsor, Connecticut. David Porter died- -, and his wife died at He- bron, January 24, 1767.
John Porter, born September 18, 1714, fourth child of above, married June 22, 1738, to Sarah Mack, probably daughter of Elisha Mack, son of Josiah Mack, from Scotland, originally, to Lynne, Conn., (?) and Mary Ellis, daughter of John Ellis, Sandwich, Mass. John Porter died Oct. 3, 1762.
Alexander Porter, born at Hebron, Dec. 14 or 16, 1756, seventh child of above, married April 28, 1783, to Zurviah Phelps. He had three bro- thers and four sisters, John, born Feb. 10, 1741 or 1742, died Oct. 3, 1762; Daniel, born June 21, 1744; Lydia, born March 16, 1747; Mary (or Mar- gary) born May 31, 1749; Joel, born Jan. 28, 1751 or 1752; and Ann. Lebanon, Conn. record.
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Arthur Amasa Porter's mother, being a Boies, was of French des- cent. The name Boies was originally Du Boies and their progenitors came from France, and were Hugenots. During the persecutions of the Protestants from Charles IX (1560) to Louis XIII (1610-1643), when the Protestant power was crushed by the influence of Cardinal Richelieu, then the power behind the throne, they fled to Scotland and took the name of Boies. During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, they went to Ire- land and afterward emigrated to America. Deacon David Boies came to America about 1727, settling in Hopkinton, and removed to Blanford, Mass., and died in 1752 at the age of 63; he was the father of Joel Boies (No. 1). There were four Boies brothers, Elias. David. William and Joel; Joel married Betsy Blair, he died March 28, 1809, aged 54; his wife died February 16, 1854, aged 92. They had nine children. Nancy, died Oct. 8, 1799, aged 15; Charlotte, died July 29, 1815. aged 32; Warren. died Sept. 16, 1839, aged 53; Joel, died Feb. 16, 1845, aged 62; Wilder, died Oct. 4, 1850, aged 58; Jarvis Eber, died March 8, 1873, aged 78; William. died March 14, 1885, aged 84; and Watson.
Warren Boies had seven children. Charlotte. born Aug. 4. 1815, mar- ried M. C. Woodworth, Sept. 8, 1840 and died April 5, 1893; their chil- dren being Albert, Frank, Lida, Lucy and Lovina Winans: Hilton Warren, born Dec. 14, 1817, married Evelyn Rockwell April 16. 1851. died Dec. 1876; Nancy, born Dec. 1, 1819, married John W. Palmer Feb. 1, 1844, died in 1897; her children are Alzina Curtis, Ralph L., Mary E. Teeter, Warren J., Laura and Estella; Lorin K., born June 17, 1821, died Feb. 12, 1846; James J., born Sept. 22, 1824. married Lucy Stock- well Nov. 15, 1853, had two children, Mollie and Lucy: Eliza Ann, born Oct. 1, 1826, married John L. Porter; Antoinette, born April 29, 1832. Warren Boies, born Oct. 27, 1788, died Sept. 16. 1839, married Polly Patterson, Feb. 20, 1812, who was born June 29, 1789 and died January 3. 1853.
Mr. Porter has just reason to feel proud of his long line of ancestry.
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WILLIAM DWIGHT STILES
RECORD of a good life is its own best eulogy, and the history of a worthy man is his most lasting epitaph. Among that class of men, we find none more worthy, than William Dwight Stiles, of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, who was born in Wendell, Franklin county, Massachusetts, December 26, 1830, and came with his parents to Wisconsin in the fall of 1843, settling in the town of Waterloo in the spring of 1844. Having received a good common school education, he in addition to assisting in farm work, engaged in teaching school, in which profession he was very successful. Being an active, pushing young fellow, he began to think of instituting a home of his own, with a wife to enjoy it with him. He was married at Waterloo, by Rev. Isaac Heaton, November 7, 1855, to Martha Bryan Hawthorne, who was born July 9,1832, in county Antrim, Ireland, a daughter of John and Martha Hanna Hawthorne. She died at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, January 12, 1898, after a happy companionship with her husband of over forty-two years. She was a loving and faithful wife, a devoted mother, devout Chris- tian, a kind friend and neighbor, and her loss is keenly felt by her fam- ily and friends. They had five children born to them, viz, Eva Letitia, born November 30, 1856, who was a successful school teacher, until her mother's declining health made it necessary for her to resign her position and remain at home; Clara Amanda, born May 20, 1859, and died June 4, 1873; Cyrus Dwight, born August 4, 1864, married November 27, 1890, to Flora DeMerit, and has one son, Ralph DeMerit, born June 12, 1898; Wilbur, born January 31, 1866, married to Irene Simmons, December 6, 1894, she being of the eighth generation in direct descent from Elizabeth Alden, oldest child of John and Priscilla Alden, of Plymouth, Mass. They have one son, Dwight Hawthorne, born February 23, 1898; Lynn Boyd, born March 18, 1875, married September 14, 1895 to Litta Sause, of Milwaukee, and had one son, Vivian, who was born June 21, 1896, died July 28, 1896.
Mr. Stiles' grandparents, on his mother's side, were Samuel and Ruth (Marble) King, both born in Massachusetts. Samuel King served in the Revolutionary War, and was engaged at the battle of Saratoga. A journal kept by him is still in existence, and contains a detailed account of the surrender of Burgoyne. Samuel King was a minister of the Bap- tist denomination, and at the time of his death was engaged in the Home Missionary work in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Stiles' grandparents on his father's side, were Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cutler) Stiles. They were born in Massachusetts and had four children, viz .: Ezekiel, the father of the subject of this sketch, born July 28, 1784, in Wendell, Massachusetts, and died January 3, 1855, at Lake Mills, Wisconsin. He was a farmer and served in the Revolution-
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ary War; Sullivan, born in Wendell, Massachusetts, and died in New York; Benjamin, born in Wendell, Massachusetts, and died in Canada. He was a Justice of the Peace by appointment of the Canadian Govern- ment; Silas Dean, born in Wendell, Massachusetts, and died at Milford, Wisconsin. He was a farmer, and for a time lived in New York, also in Illinois, and was a Justice of the Peace in both states. He married Mary Wyeth in Massachusetts and came to Wisconsin in 1837, settling in the town of Milford. They had five children, viz .: Hannah, born in New York, and died at Milford, Wisconsin, at the age of 16 years; Mary, born in New York, and died at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, at the age of 33 years. She married Edward Duncan, and had one daughter, Mary, now the wife of Edwin Lamb, of Montezuma, Colorado; Elijah, born in New York, May 13, 1831. During the Civil war he enlisted with the Union troops as a carpenter. He married Mrs. Harriet Eselstyne Furgeson, and now lives at Richland City, Wisconsin; William Pitt, born in New York, and died at Milford, Wisconsin, at the age of 23 years; George, born in Wisconsin and died at the age of 16 years.
William Dwight Stiles, the subject of this sketch, is the son of Ezekiel and Polly (King) Stiles, she being the daughter of Rev. Saumeul King and was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, November 28, 1790; her mother was Ruth Marble. They were married June 18, 1811, by the bride's father, at Wendell, Massachusetts, and removed to Concord, Erie county. New York in June 1831, and to Jefferson county, Wisconsin, in Novem- ber, 1843. The family spent the winter in Milwaukee and in the spring of 1844 settled on section 36, in the town of Waterloo, where Ezekiel died January 3, 1853, and Polly, his wife, died July 12, 1855. Both are bur- ied in the cemetery at Aztalan. They had eight children: Samuel King, born April 6, 1812, at Wendell, Massachusetts. married Ann Potter at Milford, Wisconsin, April, 1850, died at Lake Mills, May 6, 1857, and is buried at Aztalan. Three children were born to them, Elihu Burritt, lived one year and buried at Aztalan; Milo Judson, who died in Iowa; Henry, living in Iowa; Cynthia, born March 28, 1815, at Wendell, Mass- achusetts, married at Springville, New York, January 7, 1836, to Reuben Holman and died November 4, 1864, at Parfreyville, Waupaca county, Wisconsin. She had eight children; Henry Marble, born February 19, 1837, and died November 1, 1882. He enlisted as a blacksmith with the Uuion troops and served in that capacity the last year of the Civil war; Harriet Amelia, born March 10, 1838, married to Lucius Hebard and lives at Parfreyville, Wisconsin: Clark Ezatus, born April 12, 1840, married Ann Hawley and lives at Parfreyville, Wisconsin, was a member of the 16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers and marched with Sherman to the sea; Mary, born July 4, 1841, married Edwin Heath and died May 9. 1872; Elbert Manley, born August 5, 1843, married Cordelia Whitney and lives at Denver, Colorado. He was a member of the 42nd Regiment, Wiscon- sin Volunteers; Julius Dwight, born April 19, 1847, married Alice Martin and died November 29, 1887; Joel, born February 10. 1850, mar- ried to Ellen Palmer and lives at Parfreyville, Wisconsin; John, born March 13, 1852, and married to Libbie Palmer; Ruth Marble, born November 13, 1818, at Wendell, Massachusetts, and married at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, to Joseph Sherman in June 1854, and died April 10,
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1890. One son, Frank, was born to them and died at the age of two years; Elizabeth Cuttler, born April 25, 1821, married June 1845 to Silas Duncan at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, and died December 6, 1892. She had . two sons, Dwight, who died at the age of 26, and George still living at Parfreyville, Wisconsin; Catherine Mary, born April 8, 1825 at Wendell, Massachusetts, married November 30, 1848 at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, to Samuel Weeks Hoyt. Four children were born to them, three of whom died in early childhood, one, Catherine Loraine, married Isaac Latimer Fargo, but died of consumption in one year, at the age of 26 years; Benjamin Dwight, born January 18, 1828 and died February 9, 1831; William Dwight, the subject of this sketch, and Benjamin Franklin, born at Springville, New York, July 16, 1833. He was a member of the 38th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, serving with the Army of the Potomac at the siege of Petersburg, and during the closing campaign of the war. He took part in the grand closing review, and was mustered out at Washington, July 1865. In 1867 he settled at Fremont, Dodge county, Nebraska, where he still resides.
William Dwight Stiles has always been among the most prominent men of Jefferson county, and while not parading as a politician, has taken a deep interest in the business affairs of his county, and is a man whose judgment and counsel could be relied upon, for they were based on good common sense.
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