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farm with her son George L. They were the parents of six children: Hiram, Joseph S., Cephas W., Carrie (Mrs. W. E. Alkire), Addie M., and George L., above mentioned.
George L. Howard, proprietor of the old Howard farm, a fine estate in sections 28 and 33, Lima township, Pepin county, was born on this farm August 16, 1872, son of Lucius and Betsey (Kinney) Howard. The young- est of his parents' six children, he attended district school in this township, and later the Durand high school, also taking a two years' course in the agricultural college at Madison. He was brought up to farming and has always resided on the parental homestead, which, when he was 24 years old, he rented, operating it on that basis for four years. He then purchased the homestead and has since operated it as proprietor. The farm contains 320 acres and in addition Mr. Howard owns sixty-four acres of timber land on the island. He carries on general farming, giving particular attention to stock raising, his stock including full-blooded Jersey cattle, registered Shropshire sheep and Poland-China hogs, all of which he has found profit- able when well cared for. In addition to these interests Mr. Howard is secretary, general manager and treasurer of the Co-operative Creamery Company at Tarrant, a concern which does a business of $75,000 a year; and is also a stockholder in the Inter-County Telephone Company, and a stockholder in and vice president of the First National Bank of Durand. Most of his time, however, is devoted to the farm. In politics he is a Re- publican, with independent proclivities, but has not aspired to local office. Fraternally he belongs to the camp of Modern Woodmen of America at Durand. On July 1, 1902, Mr. Howard was united in marriage with Mary E. Field, who was born in Eau Claire, Wis., daughter of James Henry and Mary (Ward) Field. Mr. Field was born at Berlin, Wis., October 18, 1848, and in early life learned the tinsmith's trade, which he followed as a jour- neyman for a number of years in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, northern Wis- consin, and other localities. From 1884 to 1908 he resided in Ashland, Wis., and then came to live with his daughter, Mrs. Howard, at whose home he died February 26, 1915. His wife, who was born near Wheeling, W. Va., August 6, 1853, died in Ashland, September 11, 1891. Their daughter, Mary E., who was the eldest of five children, was educated in the schools of Ashland, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are the parents of three children: Alice Ethel, George Field and Edwin Lucius, all residing at home.
Emil R. Klein, one of the leading farmers of Cross township, Buffalo county, was born on the old Klein farm in Belvidere township, this county, July 21, 1878, son of Gottlob and Marie (Steinman) Klein, of whom a memoir appear in this work. At the age of four years, in 1882, he was brought by his parents to Bohri valley, in Cross township. Like the boys of his day and age, he attended the district school, his education being later supplemented by a year's study in the high school. He grew up on the parental farm in Cross township, assisting his father on the farm. To better equip himself for the practice of modern farming, in 1900 he took the agricultural short course at the State University of Madison, Wis., and was graduated with the class of that year. He then returned to the farm and was associated with his father until 1902. That year his father retired
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and Emil purchased 260 acres of the home farm, this being the tract that he is now operating. Since becoming the owner and proprietor he has made valuable improvements on the place. His barn he has remodeled and enlarged, its dimensions being now 50 by 100 feet, with full basement, concrete floor, and with modern and sanitary equipment throughout. He has also erected a large silo of the best make, 14 by 45 feet, with a capacity of 145 tons. There is running water both in his residence and barn, and both are lighted by electricity from his own individual farm plant. Mr. Klein is one of the wide-awake, hustling farmers of the present day. His farm is well cared for and its well cultivated fields and the surroundings give evidence of hard work and good judgment on the part of its owner. He is doing a profitable business, following general diversified farming, and is engaged extensively in the breeding of pure-bred Shorthorn cattle, having a herd of about 50 head. He has taken a prominent part in town affairs, having served for 15 years as school clerk and three years as chair- man of the town board, by virtue of the latter office becoming a member also of the county board, on which he rendered good service. A man of sound judgment, clear foresight and unswerving principle, he has all the qualifications of a useful and reliable citizen. He and his family have a large circle of friends and stand high in the community. They are mem- bers of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Klein was married Aug. 27, 1903, to Adeline Mueller, who was born in Belvidere township, Buffalo county, May 17, 1885, daughter of Carl and Amelia (Will) Mueller. Her father and mother are now residents of Winona, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Klein have five children living: Luverne, Adaline, Millar, Evelyne, and Kenel, all residing at home.
Gottlob Klein, formerly engaged in agriculture in Bohri valley, Cross township, Buffalo county, but now living retired in Fountain City, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, March 12, 1842. At the age of 14 years, in 1856, he came to America, and in the spring of 1857 he settled on a farm in Belvidere township, Buffalo county. There he resided until 1882, when he moved to Bohri valley, Cross township, where he had previously pur- chased land: a tract of 180 acres in section 6, together with 40 acres across the road in section 7; also 40 acres in section 8, 20 in section 5, and 15 on the Trempealeau river, all being well improved. He took up his residence in section 7, on which tract there was only a house. There he built a fine barn, 36 by 60 feet, which was the first balloon frame barn in the section. In May, 1891, he bought 160 acres of the old John Sutter farm, in sec- tions 6 and 7. These extensive holdings he retained until 1902, when he sold 260 acres to his son Emil, and 200 acres to his son Henry G. The same year he and his wife retired to Fountain City, where they are both now living, and where in February, 1918, they celebrated their golden wedding. Mr. Klein's career as a farmer was marked by persevering industry and enterprise and rewarded with prosperity. He was a successful breeder of Holstein cattle, and was one of the first to employ horse-power in thresh- ing, operating a machine which had wooden cylinder teeth. For a number of years he served on his district school board and was for some time a trustee of the German Lutheran church at Fountain City, of which he
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is a member. Mr. Klein was married in Belvidere township, Buffalo county, Wisconsin, Feb. 8, 1868, to Marie Steinman, who was born in Switzerland, Jan. 22, 1846, and who came to America in 1865, resided two years in La Crosse, Wis., and then came to Belvidere township, Buffalo county. Five children have been born of this union: Henry G., of Fountain City; Adolph, who died in infancy; Clara, now Mrs. Rudolph Fried; Emil R., of Cross township, and Oscar J., who resides in Clinton, Iowa.
Andrew J. Wallace, president of the Bank of Durand, though other- wise a retired business man, was born in Ontario, Canada, Feb. 19, 1838, son of Charles and Lucy (Hovey) Wallace. The father, a native of Massa- chusetts, was a contractor and builder who, after various migrations, set- tled in Durand, Wis., in 1862, where for many years he followed the same business. Andrew J. was the fourth born of his parents' eight children. He attended common school in Ontario and Massachusetts, and the high school and an academy at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and when 19 years old began working as a farm hand. Later he taught school for one term in Iowa. In 1860 he came to Durand, Wis., which at that time was but a small ham- let. For about a year he was employed here in working for others. At the end of that time, or in June, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company I, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, and served until the fall of 1863. He was dis- charged for disability and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., returning home to Durand in poor health. For a year or two afterwards he was employed as a steamboat agent. Then, in 1867, Mr. Wallace opened a hardware store which he conducted alone until 1879, when he took as part- ner William C. Hammond, the style of the firm being Wallace & Hammond,. which was continued until Mr. Wallace sold out in 1888. On account of poor health he spent the winter of 1888 and 1889 in California. Subse- quently elected county clerk of Pepin county, he served in that position for four years. In 1895 he became clerk in the Department of Statistics at Madison and was thus occupied for two years. He then engaged in the insurance business in Durand, and was thus occupied until 1915, writing fire, life and accident policies. In 1884 Mr. Wallace assisted in organizing the Bank of Durand, of which he has been president since 1905. Aside from attending to his duties in this office, he is now living retired, having acquired a fair competence. In politics he is a Republican, and in addition to the political offices already mentioned, he has served as alderman, super- visor, city treasurer and assessor of Durand. Mr. Wallace has been a member of the Masonic Order since 1864, and his record therein, as far as he has advanced, has been one of distinction. He received the symbolic degrees in Durand Lodge, No. 149, of which he was worshipful master in 1870, 1881, 1882, 1885 and 1888. In 1880 he received the capitulary de- grees in Menominie Chapter, No. 53, and was dimitted to Durand Chapter No. 61, in 1885. In 1881 he received the order of knighthood in Eau Claire Commandery, No. 8, and in 1889 was grand junior warden of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. He was high priest of Durand Chapter in 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1900. In 1894 he was elected grand scribe of the Grand Chapter of Wisconsin, and was grand king in 1895, deputy grand high priest in 1896, and grand high priest in 1897. In addition to his
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Masonic affiliations, he belongs to Charles Coleman Post, G. A. R., of which he is past commander and the present quartermaster. Mr. Wallace was married, March 7, 1871, to Sarah A. Fraser, who was born in Walworth county, Wisconsin, daughter of John and Jessie (Draver) Fraser. Her parents came to Durand in 1863, her father being a prominent lawyer here for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have no children of their own, but have an adopted daughter, Sarah Fraser, who is the child of Mrs. Wallace's brother, Horace Fraser.
Charles Wallace, who died in Durand, Pepin county, in 1889, at the advanced age of 87 years, had for 27 years been a well known and highly esteemed resident here. He was born in Massachusetts in 1802 and be- came a contractor and builder. When a young man he went to Canada, where he married Lucy Hovey, a native of Ontario, and later he returned to Massachusetts accompanied by his wife. After residing there for a while, they joined the tide of westward emigration, locating in Minnesota, from which state they came in 1862 to Durand, Pepin county, Wis. Here Mr. Wallace followed his trade for many years. Though he never aspired to public office, he was closely identified with the business life of Durand and assisted largely in the development of the place. During the last few years of his life he was a widower, his wife having died in 1875. They were the parents of eight children: Olive, Henrietta, Sophronia, Andrew J., Albert H., Mariette, Frederick and Eugene.
John Fraser, formerly a prominent lawyer of Durand, Pepin county, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and came to the United States as a young man, settling directly in Wisconsin. He was married in this state to Jessie Draver, who also was born in Glasgow, Scotland. They resided in Walworth county until 1863, and then came to Durand, where Mr. Fraser practiced law for a number of years, serving for a while as district attorney. Both he and his wife died here, Mr. Fraser in 1895 and Mrs. Fraser in 1896. They had a family of nine children, of whom their daugh- ter Sarah A., became the wife of Andrew J. Wallace of this place. The others are Jenette, Elizabeth, Davina, Margaret, Frank, Leila, Annabel and Horace.
William Boyd Newcomb, pioneer, one of the most picturesque char- acters in the history of Pepin village and county, and who may, indeed, be called the father of the village, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsyl- vania, Nov. 24, 1822. His father, Samuel Newcomb, Jr., was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his grandfather, Samuel Newcomb, Sr., was a soldier in the patriot army of the Revolution, serving under Gen. Anthony Wayne, in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth. The old home of the family was at Dartmouth, Devonshire, England. Mr. Newcomb was a direct de- scendant of Thomas Newcomen, who is credited in the Encyclopedia Britan- nia with the invention of the first practical steam engine. He acquired a good common school education, and in 1843, having attained his majority, came west to Fort Madison, Iowa, where he engaged in teaching school. He afterward went to Dubuque, where he taught during the winter of 1845-46. In 1846 he came to Pepin with his sister, Nancy F., who returned to Fort Madison the following year. Mr. Newcomb went to Menominie,
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Wis., in 1847, and worked as a lumberman and pilot. On June 19, 1849, he married Hester Foster, who was born in Adams county, Ohio, opposite Maysville, Ky., Jan. 18, 1825, daughter of Abner and Mary (Wanisford) . Foster. In 1850 Mr. Newcomb came to Pepin township to live, and in the following year made a claim to the southwest quarter of section 25, town- ship 23, range 15, and built a house on what is now lot 2, block 9, which was the first house in the village. He received a patent of the land from the United States government, Oct. 2, 1854. On this land the village was platted by A. W. Miller, county surveyor. Mr. Newcomb spent most of his time as pilot on the Mississippi river until obliged by failing health to retire. He always took an interest in public enterprises. At one time he purchased the outfit of the Pepin Independent, which he sold to Capt. Wilson, who removed it to Menomonie. He joined the Republican party soon after its formation and was ever afterward one of its active members in Pepin. Among the various public positions he held were those of justice of the peace, postmaster, township treasurer, county treasurer, and he was the first county recorder. On the breaking out of the Civil War Mr. New- comb helped to form a company of troops, with whom he marched to Madison, and while with them received a lieutenant's commission, but his anticipations of military usefulness were cut short by poor health and he was obliged to return home. Though a pioneer in a new country, and a river man, and often obliged to come into contact with men of rough type, he was himself a man of strong moral and religious character. He was a member of the Methodist church from his youth, and a licensed exhorter. He also belonged to the Masonic lodge and the Independent Order of Good Templars. By his death, which occurred June 10, 1882, Pepin lost one of her most useful and honored citizens. His wife died Dec. 29, 1898. They were the parents of the following children: Orrin J., born June 13, 1850; Mary E., born Nov. 5, 1851, who became the wife of L. O. Fuller; John .F., born Nov. 2, 1853; Isaac M., born May 9, 1855; William Boyd, Jr., born Nov. 6, 1856; Samuel H., born Aug. 18, 1858, who died in infancy, and Frank, born Dec. 4, 1867.
William Boyd Newcomb, the present county judge of Pepin county, was born in Pepin, Wis., Nov. 6, 1856, the fifth child of William Boyd, Sr., and Hester (Foster ) Newcomb. He attended common and graded school and also the Pepin high school, but helped to support himself at the early age of ten years, working at anything he could find to do. When strong enough he was employed at harvesting and threshing, beginning when about 14 years of age, and at 16 or 17 used to spend the harvest season on farms in Minnesota. During this period he attended school in the winter and with his earnings assisted his parents, being thus occupied until the age of 21. In 1879 he began teaching school in Pepin county, and followed that profession for several seasons, but found it uncongenial, as he could not stand the confinement. During the vacations for three years he worked on a river steamboat, at intervals. When 22 years old Judge Newcomb bought land in Pepin township and engaged in farming, operat- ing his farm up to the time of his removal to Durand in 1904, and his mother spending her declining years with him. This property he later
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disposed of. In 1882, 1883 and 1884 he was in North Dakota, engaged chiefly in farm work. In May, 1897 he assumed the duties of his present. office as county judge, in which he has served with ability and to the public satisfaction up to the present time. He was previously clerk of Pepin township for five terms from 1888, and county treasurer two terms. Since its organization he has been a stockholder in the Pepin Pickling Company. He is the present secretary of the Odd Fellows lodge in Durand, belongs to the camp of Modern Woodmen of America at Pepin, which he has served as venerable councillor, and is secretary of the Equitable Fraternal Union. In politics he has always been a Republican. He is chairman of the Durand branch of the Eau Claire Chapter of Civilian Relief, and a member of the Pepin County Liberty Loan Committee. Judge Newcomb was united in marriage Nov. 30, 1897, to Elizabeth Jane Reid, who was born at St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada, daughter of James and Mary (Beatly) Reid. Her parents came to Wisconsin with their family in 1858, locating in Pepin, where they remained about two years, and then moving to Fall City, Dunn county, where for five years Mr. Reid followed his trade of blacksmith and horseshoer, at which he was an expert. From Fall City he went to Missouri to enlist in a Missouri regiment whose captain he knew, and served about two years, being attached to the regiment as black- smith. . After his return from the army he went from Fall City to Louis- ville, Wis., where besides following his trade he bought land and engaged in farming. There his death took place May 16, 1910. He was a man of superior education, having been trained for the Episcopal ministry. His wife died Dec. 31, 1908. They had a large family, numbering ten chil- dren, of whom their daughter, Elizabeth Jane, was the second born. She was educated in the schools of Louisville, Dunn county, and was first mar- ried to Andrew Broatch, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 25, 1851, and came to Pepin county with his parents when about four years of age. They settled on a farm in Pepin township, where he grew to manhood, and himself became a land owner and farmer in Pepin township. He also oper- ated a threshing outfit and in the winter engaged in buying and selling meat. His death occurred in January, 1883. Of the marriage of Andrew Broatch with Elizabeth Jane Reid two children were born: James B., single, a contractor and builder, and manufacturer of cement blocks, now carrying on business in Pepin, and Anderwana E., who is the wife of Charles F. Percey, who is connected with the post office at Nelson, Wis., as driver of a mail route, having been appointed under civil service rules. Mrs. Newcomb is a member of the ladies' branch of the G. A. R., and also of the Eastern Star lodge in Pepin.
Swan Erickson, who is successfully engaged in agriculture on a good- sized farm in the immediate vicinity of Durand, Pepin county, was born near Guttenburg, Sweden, Sept. 25, 1862, son of Erick Bryngelson and Anna Grata Johnson. Both parents died in Sweden, where the father followed the occupation of a farmer. Swan Erickson was the eighth born of their children. He attended school in his native land, where he remained until the age of 20 years and then came to the United States. Locating first at Eau Claire, Wis., he obtained work on the St. Paul & Milwaukee
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Railroad, in the construction department, and was thus occupied for one year. He continued for four years to reside in Eau Claire, doing various kinds of work, and then went to St. Paul, where he followed the mason's trade, working on the Gt. Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads. Re- maining in St. Paul until 1899, Mr. Erickson then went to Staples, Minn., in the employ of the Northern Pacific, being engaged in construction work for about nine months. From there he went to Helena, Mont., finding employment in that place as a mason and on construction work for the electric street car system, residing there from March, 1890, to January, 1891. Having by this time saved some money he resolved to follow a more independent career and accordingly came to Durand, buying 220 acres of land on the outskirts of the city, two acres lying within its limits. Here he has since been engaged in general farming, raising high grade Shorthorn cattle and other good stock, with profitable results. His farm is a well improved and valuable piece of agricultural property, and Mr. Erickson through his own enterprise and industry has risen from the position of an ordinary wage-earner to that of an independent land owner, and is one of the prominent and respected citizens of Durand township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and while for the most part endorsing the principles of the Republican party, is a believer in Prohi- bition, supporting that cause on every good opportunity. Mr. Erickson was married, July 26, 1891, to Miss May Phelps, who was born in Grand Haven, Mich., daughter of David W. and Sarah (Smith) Phelps. Her father was born in Massachusetts, in 1829, and her mother in Vermont, in 1831. They settled about 1869 or 1870 at Fall Creek, Pepin county, Wis., from which place they came to Durand. Mr. Phelps was a farmer by occu- pation. He became a prominent citizen of Durand township, and was also well known and popular beyond its limits, as he was elected county treas- urer, in which office he served efficiently for four years. He was also justice of the peace in Durand for a number of terms. In 1890 he and his wife moved to the state of Washington, where both died, though Mr. Phelps had spent the last two years of his life in southern California. The death of Mrs. Phelps occurred Jan. 23, 1907, and that of Mr. Phelps May 12, 1912. Their daughter, May, was the third born in a family of four children, the others being Frederick A., Dolly and Cora, all of whom are living except Dolly. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson have had six children : Amy Blanche, who died at the age of 13 months; Cora Grace, who is a school teacher, residing at home; Lloyd Edward, Roy Harold, Edgar Lewis and Wilfred Herbert, who also live at home with their parents. Mr. Erick- son is a member of the Fraternal Reserve Association, being the present treasurer of Durand Council, his wife acting as secretary.
Joseph Morgan Hardy, for many years well known in Pepin county as an expert agriculturist, but now deceased, was born in Erie county, New York, August 7, 1850. His parents were Perry E. and Lucina (Hulett) Hardy, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and New York, the father being a farmer by occupation. Coming to Wisconsin in 1858, they settled on a farm in the Chippewa Valley, about five miles from Durand, where they resided until well advanced in years. Mr. Hardy then retired, he and his
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wife taking up their residence in Durand, where both subsequently died. They were people of strong religious convictions and he was one of the founders of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Durand. Their family consisted of eleven children, of whom John Morgan was the eighth in order of birth. Joseph Morgan Hardy in his boyhood attended district school at Oak Grove and subsequently the Durand Academy. Trained to agricultural pursuits, he resided for a number of years on his parents' farm, and when in his twenty-first year was married, February 8, 1871, to Elizabeth Clarke, who was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, daughter of Almond D. and Elvira (Hazen) Clarke. His father and mother are both now deceased. Mr. Hardy resided on the parental homestead for about one year after his marriage, and then moved with his wife to Eau Claire, where he worked at the machinist's trade. After two years spent in this manner, he became heartily tired of city life and realized that nature had meant him for a farmer. He therefore resumed his true vocation, purchasing a tract of wild land at Red Cedar, Dunn county, which he cleared and improved, giving his attention to diversified farming and dairy- ing. So successful was he in this enterprise that Sunny Brook Place, under which name the property was known, became famous all over the state as a model farm. Many times it was visited by writers on agricultural topics and publishers of magazines or farm papers, who found congenial employ- ment in describing the beauty of its location, the substantial construction and convenient arrangement of its buildings, its abundant supply of the most modern implements and machinery, and the scientific method and system under which all its operations were conducted. Pictorial illustra- tions of this farm were printed many times in agricultural papers and mag- azines, showing it to be a model farm home. Mr. Hardy also operated a farm in Pepin county and was engaged to some extent in lumbering. At various times he served on the school board, and in politics was a Repub- lican. Like his father, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Red Cedar, which he helped to build. A man of strong mentality and great physical energy, he accomplished a vast amount of work of a useful and enduring kind, and in his death, which occurred December 4, 1913, the community in which he lived lost one of its foremost and most highly esteemed citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy had no children of their own, but adopted and reared three boys and one girl, including the daughter of Mrs. Hardy's deceased brother. This niece resides with Mrs. Hardy at Durand. The Odd Fellows' lodge at Durand counted Mr. Hardy as one of its most interested and useful members. Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke Hardy, who sur- vives her husband, was, as previously stated, born in St. Lawrence county, New York, where also her father, Almond D. Clarke was born, in 1814, and her mother, Elvira Hazen, in 1820. It was in 1852 that the family came to Wisconsin, locating in Dane county, about twenty miles from Madison, where Mr. Clarke engaged in farming and was thus occupied for many years. In course of time his wife died and the household being now broken up, he gave up his farm, and the rest of his life was spent in visiting his children, with whom he resided successively, his most frequent or perma- nent home being with his daughter, Mrs. Hardy. He was a very public-
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