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Charles Mills, George Miller, John Sherer, Francis T. Skinner, Albert W. Stockton, Eman- uel Taylor, Jabob Van Pool, Daniel Wallace c, Stephen J. Wallace c, John W. Wildemouth c, Ja- cob Yonder, Horace Alby, Peter F. C. Bartle, George Myers a, Joseph Moody, John D. Nicks, Robert J. Nimmick, Ole Oleson a, E. E. Otta- way, Ole Paulson c, E. Pierson, W. R. Peck- ham, Charles W. Peckham, Peter Penny, George E. Perkins, George L. Ramsdell, John Reeves, c, W. F. Rose, Frank E. Seeley, Thornton J. Smith, David R. Taplin, Albert Truesdell c, William Waddell, Hiram Wallace c, M. J. Welton c, De- Witt C. Wood, John Young, O. M. Byington, John D. Brockover, James A. Blair, John C. Bock, William E Classin, John Craig, Edmund . Doseh, Darius P. David, Martin Gray, Ansel Hurlburt, Thomas Harris, Ole Hlangeson, Al- bert J. Hoyt, James Lewis, George T. Logne, Adam J. Logne, John M. Logue, John L. S. Logne, Warner C. Moore, Robert C. Mckinney, Neal Pettygrove c, Samuel J. Robinson, Cutler Salmon, Albert W. Willetts, William Racy a, William E. Booth, R. F. Carver, Dolas Colwin, John Cove, Cassins C. Dean, Marcus P. David, David G. Gillis, William Willoughby, James M. Waldeck, George W. Wilsey, Andrew Young, M. Bennett, J. Lafayette Hoyt c, James W. Joslin, Timothy Manning &, J. M. Sutton c, II. S. Milner, Joseph C. Privet, James K. Pur- cell, C. C. Sutton, William Wright c, Henry Gear b, Seth Rogers, Andrew E. Oleson c, Chris- tian Munson, c, Julius C. Jenks c, George W. Breese, William Brown c, J. M. Keepers, Wil- liam Perrigo, W. W. Sanborn.
Quartermaster : W. H. Downs.
Company B.
Privates: J. W. Wildermouth, George W. Freeman c, Henry Scher a.
Company F.
Private: Aaron Sutton c.
THIRTY-SIXTII WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Company A.
Lieutenants: A. S. Ripley, James F. Lnnn. Privates: J. W. Barrett, E. C. Bristol, Wil- | L. Bennett, S. Beaver (corporal), Lorenzo Beck
liam Davolt, Adam Fry, J. A. Hill, B. C. IIal- lin, M. Iloe, E. J. Long, Joseph Miller, C. II. Pearce, C. II. Rist, J. P. Rollet, Ezra Reagles, A. C. Weston, John Welsh, Pattrick Wallace, J. D. Fazel, David W. Davis c W. T. Lewis c, George W. Ferris, Ezra S. Bailey c, Daniel A. Diball a, Henry J. Haydon c, A. C. Sheble, Daniel Beggs c, John Black a, Daniel Graves c, John Jacobs c, A. J. McNurlen c, J. C. MeIn- tire c, J. B. Norris c, John Rosenbanme c, George M. Wright c, A. J. W. Wood c, John G. Wood c, Peter Ilamilton, James Bolton c, C. F. Smith c.
Company B.
Privates: Samuel Drake, William Recobs, . George Kite, Thomas Hester.
Company C.
Private: Michael Hull.
Company H.
Captain: Austin Cannon.
Lieutenants: Cyrus Peek, G. S Morris, James G. Merrill.
Privates: Samuel W. Hill, O. P Peck, Samuel Bovee, A. H. Bush, Patrick Dargan c, T. A. Dunston, Alfred II. Dow, John D. Fazel, Solomon Flick, John Gordon, Leo W. Mayfield, M. Munson, O. A. Northrup, Edward B. Par- rish, John G. Parrish, John Popp, James A. Parrish, R. J. Passmore a, Samnes A. Pease c, Cornelins Stetler, Eli Stewart, M. Vandusen a, Stephen Welsh, John E. Howell, E. D. Tiche- nor c, S. W. ITill, Lester C. Jacobs c, Samuel- Oleson c, M. C. Luli c, Fred Acken a, John Brennan c, Alanson Dagett c.
SIXTHI WISCONSIN BATTERY.
Captain, Henry Dillon.
Lientenants: Samuel F. Clark, Thomas R. Hood, John W. Fancher, Daniel T. Noyes a, James G. Simpson, John Jenawein, Sylvester E. Sweet, Alta S. Sweet, L. N. Keeler.
Privates: Alonzo B Avery (bugler), Riley O. Allen, O. J. Burnham (bugler), Byron Bab- cock, James II. Bailey, W. M. Bailey, Fred T. Baker, George W. Barney a, James Bratt, John
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with, Edward R. Bell, Victor A. Bennett, Christian Berger, Henry J. Bynes, George A. Bickford, William S. Booth c, William II. Il. Booth, Robert L. Booth, A. P. Briggs, George D. Brown a, Edgar E. J. Burdick, Christian Burga, E. M. Burnham, E. W. Barbarin, W. A. Burnham bugler, Bradley Benson c, Henry P. Bowers, Marion Bancroft, George W. Bene- diet, Orman W. Bush, Frank Benoit, Robert E. Zanks c, B. F. Brown, corporal, Luman II. Calkins, Coulter Campbell c, John Campbell, R. B. Carpenter, John B. Chaffee, A. M. Clayman, Levi Clayman, William Colborn, A. P. Clayton, D. L. Carpenter, William Cavens Silas S. Caspar, Avery Colborn, John Colborn, Edgar P. Dixon, James Doyle, Ferdinand Daggett, George D. Dalrymple, Silas C. Da- vis, Herman Demmer, Augustus Dilley, W. II. Dowden, H. P. Dunning, M. Dziewanow- ski, sergeant, Rezin L. Dye, corporal, Dan- icl J. Davis, Henry W. Dunning, Addison W. Day, Evan W. Evans, John C. Eagion, Albert D. Elston, David Evans, Isaiah Emer- son, Levi J. Emerson, George Fisher, Hugh Flannery, John A. Flemme, Jules Francois, Stephen A. Ferris, Charles II. Fernald, Francis Francois, Sylvester J. Gould a, Daniel Good- win, sergeant, Thomas Goodman, Peter Green, Henry T. Grinnell, E. A. Grover, Charles II. Gerhart, Robert Grey, Daniel W. Grey, George W. Grey, Henry C. Gardner, A. J. Gardner, . George W. Giles, William A. Gordon; Ser- geants: J. G. S. Hayward, Sidney Hawxhurst, Joseph M. Hood, William HI. Hamilton (pro- moted to lieutenant-colonel), Alexander J. Hood. Charles Hutchinzon, and L. Bruce Honn a, corpo- rals; John T. Higgins, N. B. Hood, corporal, Ed- gar F. Hayes, Edgar K. Hill, corporal, Watson T. Hays, Albert Hauxhurst c, Asa Hatch, An- drew Herron, Thomas J. Hungerford, Edwin Hungerford c, Milton Hungerford, R. Ham- mond, George T. Hill, E. J. Herdman, William JI. Harrington, Daniel W. Hays, John J. Haz- ard, John G. Haskins c, Albert Hurd, William II. Holmes, Jonathan O. Ide, John B. Jackson,
Hiram P. James, corporal, George B. Jones, Wilder B. Jacobs, Thomas C. Jackson, Benja- min I. Johnson c, J. L. Jones, Griffith Jones, Enoch Johnson c, Thomas R. Jones, N. B. Jaquish, Ilenry S. Keene, quartermaster ser- geant, John Keller, August H. Knapp, corporal, Jacob Kencig c, Andrew J. King, Fred King, Franklin King a, Joseph Lester, Michael Lar- sen, Lyman Leach, Robert II. Lloyd, Samuel F. Landon, Jay G. Lambertson, Fred Malish, quar- naster sergeant, John C. McCann, Lewis II. Miller, Henry W. Miller c, Andrew J. Morse c, P. B. Moss c, Patrick McMahan, Hiram M. Morey, Michael W. Murphy c, Armstrong Moore, J. Marden c, A. W. Maxwell, Charles K. Max- well, Charles F. Neefe, corporal, Julius F. Neefe, Nelson Newbury, Edward J. Orr, John H. Price, William N. Piper, Frank W. Parrish, Jerome E. Parker, John W. Proctor, R. M. Proctor, E. J. D. Perry c, Alva B. Page a, Charles II. Pickard, D. A. Paddle- ford, II. R. Phillips, W. Phetterplace, J. O. Phetterplace Alexander Ray, William Runyon, Edwin Ricker, C. E. Richardson, Alonzo Rose, Moses Rose e, Alfred Rich, Benjamin F. Run- yon, John W. Robson, Byron W. Reynolds, J. B. Rogers, c, Levi Reed, Henry Robson, Rollin Randolph, Ernest Reynolds, Ozin Stoel, D. S. Stewart, Alpheus Sanderson, S. A. Sanderson, Fred. C. Schmidt, Luzi Schneller, P. J. Seiders, Henry Sigrist, Hiram W. Sheldon, Asa Sheldon, George W. Spencer a, Cris. Stolz, Fred Swartz, Aaron Southard, William B. South- ard, William A. Stewart, John S. Stewart, Al- exander Stevans, George W. Simonds, John II. Seiders, N. L. Sweet, John M. Sweet, Byron W. Telfair, Charles E. Trowbridge, Menzo Tenant b, Augustus Trunkhill, Gilbert L. Thomas a, Grif- lith, Thomas, Benjamin Tutin, Levi Verneps, I. Van Brocklin, C. B. Worthington, corporal, David Wallace, Hiram Wallace, P. J. Walport, Mar- tin Weaver c, Abram Weaver, Solomon F. Wheeler c, H. F. Wheeler, William W. Wy- man, E. S. Williams, A. F. Wentworth, John Wolf a, George Weller, William West.
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FORTY-SIXTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Company II.
Captain, A. Hoskins.
Lieutenants: Steven Norris, John J. Bovee, Fred S. Lovell, A. B. Smedley, Charles II. Ford, William G. Ritch, N. Stewart, D. DuBois, D. L. Downs, G. R. Turner.
Sergeants: George W. Lawton, James M. Hoskins, William Ogden, John Hart, D. W. Richardson.
Corporals: Arthur B. Ewing, Richard Law- ton, William Turnipseed, Thomas L. Dobson, Thomas M. McCarthy, J. R. Burgett, Ransom N. Francis, William W. Lilly.
Musician, Daniel U. Withrow.
Privates: Jonathan Turner, Elijah Allbaugh, David Anstin, Marshall Anstin, E. J. Barnett, William Barnett, Joshua Barnett, William J. Bar- nett, William J. Baker, Hiram Bender, Elias E. Bender, Aaron Boman, Jr., Joseph Benton, Jr., V. L. Benjamin, Henry L. Bevier, James R. Campbell, John A. Carpenter, William II. Clift, George Clark, Hugh M. Clark, Joshua Clark, Benona Davenport, Robert Drake, A. M. Deets, Alonzo De Pee, Nathaniel Ewing, John Ewing Stephen Foard, Samuel Fetty, William Fair- brother, Oliver Guess, Abner Gray, Louis Herbert, Olney Hoskins, Elwin P. Handy, Albert Hopkins, Albert Howe, Emmett Jaquish, F. G. Lawton, Willett Leplen, Michael Lynch, John A. Morrow, St. Clair S. Miller, John M. Miller, Orrin Mallette, William Minett, Elijah Merry, Ambrose Osborne, Elias Peckham, Law- renee Roach, Calvin P. Rice, Jonathan Stout, Simon P. Spry, James G. Slater, Jasper N. Smith, Mahlon Stewart, Harvey Smith, Noble Sngdon, C. D. Stewart, David Thompson, Olvier Totten, Joseph Thornton, Thomas W. Todd, David Vance, William Wulfing, Jesse W. Wentz, Thomas Whitcraft, Benjamin Wine- gardner, II. J. Welker, Fernando Walker, J. S. Waller.
SECOND WISCONSIN CAVALRY. Company F.
Captains: Charles M. Palmer, Newton De- Forest, R. R. Hamilton, FrancisMI. Poynter.
Lientenants: H. W. Wadsworth, M. F. Cnt- ting, Thomas H. Damon c, George H. Stem, J. R. Trusdale.
Privates: J. H. Waggoner, W. M. Fogo, Nicholas N. Pelton c, James Ripperdam c, James Logue c, Nathan L. Beele c, William Bartle c, Walter Bowe William D. Birge c, Garrett Joseph Cody c, Craigo, Joseph M. Cringo, Harvey F. Decker a, L. Davis c, Alvardo Goodwin b, John J. Jeffrey c, B. F. Lilly, John M. Long c, Michael McDonald Andrew Halstinson c John U. Hewitt c, George MeKenzie c, Willis Maze c, Henry Moll c, George MeGuire c, A. McAllister c, John HI. H. McFarlin, James Nelson, William J. No- ble Joseph A. Pettet c, Miles Palmer, Joseph Squiresc, M. B. Sweep c, T. F. Shepherd, George W. Washburn c, Levi Bump c, II. G. Myers, William W. Harvey, L. Furstenberg, Walter Palmer, L. A. Mathews, Orrin Welton, Jeseph Trusdale, D. J. O'Hara, N. J. Weller, Thomas Graham, Thomas Kanouse, Lyman Creed, Allen Brewer, Arthur Culver, Joseph Thompson, R. J. Allen, James Poole, F. D. Fowler, V. D. Niles, N. D. Ward, William Nichols, Frank Harris, Francis Patch, I. R. Trusdale 2d lieutenant, Gerge R. Mitchell, surgeon, William Ward, Willis Brew- er, fl. G. Hewett, Theodore Wharton, John MeKane, Alexander Smith, W. T. Kinney, Jo- seph Kerris, Joseph Craig.
THIRD WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Company F.
Alfred Beckwith, Henry Allen.
SIXTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
Company A.
Allison Fowler a, J. O. Keys a. Company E.
Peter Hamilton, Joseph Denmon, Jr. Company K. Joseph Kennedy, R. M. Brown.
SEVENTII WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Company C.
Henry Colbert.
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Company F.
John A. Drew.
EIGHTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
Dr. A. W. Bickford, surgeon. Company F. Benjamin F. Groves 6, Eli M. Groves, died, W. C. Groves c.
TENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Company G.
I. T. Potts c, H. II. Benson. Company K.
T. Tallage.
THIRTEENTHI WISCONSIN INFANTRY. P. Burns.
SIXTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
Company C.
D. G. James, N. L. James. Company D.
Henry Wildermonth c.
Company F.
Rodolph Martin, lientenant .; A. T. Northrup (t.
SEVENTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY Company I.
William Blackman.
Company F.
James Morlan.
EIGHTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY. M. B. II. Cunningham.
NINETEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
Company A.
G. W. Cooper.
Company B.
Ira Monroe.
UNASSIGNED.
William Knapp, David Ogden.
TWENTIETH WISCONSIN INFANTRY. Company B. A. Bingham c, Joseph Moon c, Henry Fazel. FIRST WISCONSIN HEAVY ARTILERY. Company C.
Privates: II. A. Culver, George W. Putnam, Miner Robinson, W. G. James.
Company A.
Privates: Norman Markley, Andrew J. Reeves.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Thomas Armstrong, company D, 22d Wis- consin Infantry; George Miller, company B, 25th Wisconsin Infantry; Seth Butler, 29th Wisconsin Infantry; B. B. Brownell, 31st Wis- consin Infantry; L. Williams, company H, 31st Wisconsin Infantry; E. II. Liscim, 33d Wis- consin Infantry; C. E. Clossin, company G, 33d Wisconsin Infantry; J. Sennett, 33d Wis- consin Infantry; George Hoke, 37th Wisconsin Infantry; Lewis Henry, company C, 38th Wis- consin Infantry; L. Sippy, company B, 40th Wisconsin Infantry; W. M. Fogo, 42d Wis- consin Infantry; N. M. Tenney, 43d Wisconsin Infantry; Henry Tenney, 43d Wisconsin Infan- try; Henry Collins, company F, 43d Wisconsin Infantry; Charles M. Collins, company F, 43d Wisconsin Infantry; John Walworth, chaplain, 43d Wisconsin Infantry; William Minett, com- pany HI, 46th Wisconsin Infantry; W. B. Hoyes, 49th Wisconsin Infantry; W. II. Wey, 50th Wisconsin Infantry; W F. Fisher, com- pany A, 50th Wisconsin Infantry; George J. Jarvis, 3d Wisconsin Battery; D. P. Nichols, 4th Wisconsin Battery; George W. Alvord, 7th Wisconsin Battery; Alexander Craig, 7th Wis- consin Battery; Charles Gale, 5th Wisconsin Battery; George W. Mayfield, Iowa Cavalry; John Dondna, Iowa Infantry; W. J. Burchamer, company A, 10th West Virginia Infantry; Sol Townsend, company C, 4th West Virginia In- fantry; J, W. Watts, company G, 9th Indiana Infantry; N. Bingham, company K, 156th Illi- nois Infantry; M. L. Sherman, company K, 52d Illinois Infantry; A. G. Pate, 38th Illinoi- In- fantry; C. G. Mickle, 4th Minnesota Infantry; E. J. Davis, company E, 20th Iowa Infantry; John Seewright, company K, 24th Iowa In- fantry; J. A. Burns, company II, 101st Indiana Infantry; George Hamblin, 11th Illinois In- fantry.
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CHAPTER XIV.
THE HONORED PIONEER DEAD.
In this chapter it is not the design to men- tion or to give a sketch of all the deceased pioneers of Richland county, but to briefly sketch the lives of some of those who have been called hence, to whom it has not been con- venient to refer at length in other connections. Yet many of those who are here noted, of necessity receive attention elsewhere, as their deeds have indissolubly connected their names with the progress and development of Richland county, and therefore all matters treated of in this volume. Sketches of old settlers who are deceased, which do not appear in this chapter, will be found elsewhere, either in the town or general county history.
PIONEER DEAD.
Alexander Sires died at the residence of F. M. Stewart, in Henrietta, on the 11th of April, 1869, aged about seventy-three years. Mr. Sires was one of the first settlers in the north- ern part of Richland county. He laid out the village of Siresville, now Woodstock, and it was first named after him.
E. P. Young, one of the pioneers of Rich- land county, died at Richland Centre on the 24th of June, 1870. E. P. Young was of Quaker parentage. Ile was born in the State of New Jersey, in 1798. When about eleven years of age he emigrated with his parents to the then "far west," and settled in Knox county, Ohio. Here he continued to reside until 1852, when he removed to Richland City, Wis. Three or four years later he came to Richland Centre, where he spent the evening of his days. When about thirty years of age, under the ministry of that
eminent divine, Rev. James Scott, he united with the Presbyterian Church, and for nearly forty years, at Frederickstown, Ohio, at Rieh- land City and Richland Centre, he was a ruling elder in the house of God. He held the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends, and his death, while not unexpected, was sincerely mourned.
On the 11th of December, 1870, John Worth, an old and highly esteemed resident of Ithaca, died.
David Jaquish died at the residence of his son in Madison, in April, 1875. Mr. Jaquish was a pioneer and a veteran. He has served as a soldier in the war of 1812. For over twenty years his home was in Richland county, at the time of his death, being a resident of the town of Ithaca. Ile was eighty-three years old.
On Sa urday, May 22, 1875 D. A. Johns, of the town of Eagle, after getting into his wagon to drive home from Richland Centre, was taken with an apoplectic fit. He was carried home the same evening insensible and died the fol- lowing day, May 23, 1875. Mr. Johns was seventy-seven years of age, and had been a resident of Richland county for twenty-two years, He was an industrious peaceable citizen, much esteemed by his neighbors and acquain- tances for his social qualities and uniformly up- right life. He left an aged wife and sev- eral children. Thus passed to his rest another of the pioneers of Richland county, whose il .- dnstry had provided a good home for his family, and left an example worthy of memory and imitation.
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Died-on the 30th of August, 1875, Michael Ghormley, one of the oldest settlers in the town of Henrietta, aged seventy-nine years. Ile left a wife in ber eighty-sixth year, one son, James Ghormley, and many other relatives and friends to mourn his loss. He was beloved by all who knew him. He was noted for his piety and Christian example, and die ? as he lived-a Christian.
Morris Sexton died in the town of Buena Vista, March 1, 1876, of paralysis, aged sixty- two years Mr. Sexton was a native of the State of New York. He came to Wisconsin in 1849, and made a settlement at what is now known as the village of Sextonville, the place being named in honor of him as its founder. Ile creeted and opened the first house of public entertainment on the Black river road north of the Wisconsin river. There his native energy and enterprise found ample opportunity for developement in making improvements, laying out roads and inducing emigration. Being well adapted to pioneer life, he seemed much attached to its excitements and highly enjoyed its various duties and responsibilities, and secured the confi- dence and esteem, by his uniform kindness and . liberality to the needy, of a large circle off vids and acquaintances. Though past the median of life. he still fondly cherished the remembrance of his pioneer experience and as infirmity and reverses had cast a shade over his prospects he naturally sought sympathy with nature in the hope of finding again some of the bright days of his pioneer life, and in 1873 he removed to Bar- ron county in the northwest part of the State. About three weeks before his death Mr. Sexton came here in company with his wife to visit his old home and many friends. Here his health which had been for some time impaired, entirely failed, and, as stated, he died on the Ist of March.
During the carly part of September, 1876, the following pioneers died :- Alexander Chisholm, and Mrs. M Copenheifer, of F'aney Creek, and Willis P. Breese, of Orion.
Miles Randall died in the town of Willow, Jan. 9,1877, aged fifty-seven years. Mr. Randall was one of the early settlers of the county, having moved here with his family in 1855. Ile had been an invalid for seven years previous to his death, and had not been able to even feed himself.
Henry B. DeHart, of the town of Bloom, died on the 3d of January, 1877, aged seventy years. Mr. Dellart had been a resident of the town of Bloom for about twenty-two years, having with his family located there when it was a wilderness, and had cheerfully borne the bur- dens incident to pioneer life. He was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. Ile left a mother-in-law, eighty-one years of age, and three sons.
Jacob Simons died at his residence near Sairs mills, July 14, 1877, aged eighty-five years. "Father" Simons, as he was called, was born in the State of New York. He came to Wis- consin in 1842 and became a resident of Rich- and county. He had been a professor of relig- " for sixty-three years, of the Disciple Church. h. vas a consistent Christian, Lived what he prote sed, and died in the assmance that his work on earth was well done. He was loved and respected by all who knew h'm. His fun- eral took place at Woodstock and was conducted by Rev. G. G. Ilamilton.
John C. Davis, another of the pioneers, died in the town of Rockbridge, Oet. 14, 1877, aged fifty-one years. Mr. Davis resided in this county for over twenty years. In 1864 he went into the army, was assigned to company K, 17th Wisconsin regiment, and went with Gen. Sher- man in his march to the sea. While in the service he contracted a disease from which he never recovered and which was evidently the cause of his last sickness and death. Mr. Davis was much esteemed by a very large circle of friends and acquaintances.
William II. Downs died Nov. 5, 1877. Mr. Downs was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1819, and had only such opportunities of educa-
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tion as the new country afforded at that time; but these he improved to the best advantage. He made choice of the carpenter and joiner's trade as his occupation, and in early life he set- tled at Bellefontaine, Ohio, and resided there while he remained in that State. In 1855, in company with a number of other families (most of whom are still residents here), he came to this county with his family, and located where Richland Center now is, and took an active part in all the improvements and interests of the growing town, which at times seemed destined to struggle hard for even a subsistence, but in all these trials and hardships he was always actively engaged for the general good, hopeful and cheerful. In 1861, when the War of the Rebellion was inaugurated and a call was made by President Lincoln for volunteers to preserve the Union, Mr. Downs was among the first to enroll his name to defend the flag of our Na- tion and perpetuate our constitutional compact. He was assigned to the 25th regiment of In- fantry, in which he soon received the appoint- ment of quartermaster, in which capacity he served about three years, much to his own credit and the general satisfaction of the regiment, showing excellent qualification for the office. In the second year of the war he consented that his only son should enroll his name as a vol- unteer, and was received as a drummer; but Eddie's career was only a few months, for he died in camp quite suddenly from some disease which seemed not to be fully understood by the surgeons. This was a sad anl heartfelt be- reavement to the family, and especially to Mr. Downs-a sacrifice which he laid upon the altar of his country that few could appreciate, a sacrifice of priceless value, and doting parents only could realize its magnitude. The loss of his only son and the long exposures of camp life were obviously preying upon the health and constitution, which had until then seemed to be proof against all hardships, and it was neces- sary to seek for rest and some recuperative process to sustain life, and he accordingly re-
turned to his home, but he never seemed to regain that strength of body and vivacity of mind which were so peculiar to him in former years. The seeds of disease were evidently sown in the constitution, which medical skill could not eradicate. The community was greatly startled and thrown into profound sor- row Monday, Nov. 5, 1877, at the news that one of the oldest and most prominent citizens had passed away very suddenly while sitting in his chair. While it was well known that he was in feeble health, and that he might piss away at any time, none anticipated that his dis- ease would enlminate so suddenly. But two days before his death he was about as usual. He seemed to realize his feeble condition greater than did any who surrounded him, for in his memorandum of the previous Thursday he wrote: "My last day at the office." And true enough it was the last! Some years before, he had a partial stroke of paralysis, from which he never fully recovered, and since which time he had been subject to bad spells. Mr. Downs has held several offices of trust, with honor to himself and profit to his fellow citizens. For some years he held the office of postmaster in this village, and soon after his return from the army he was elected as justice of the peace, not more by the sympathies of his fellow citizens than a convic- tion of his unquestioned integrity and qualifi- cations for the discharge of the duties of the office, which he held until his decease. In the several relations of life Mr. Downs was much esteemed. As a neighbor he was kind and obliging; in his friendships, true and charita- ble; in his family, considerate and indulgent. His home was a sanctum of rest. Though not a member of any particular Church, he was a firm and consistent believer in the doctrines and promises of Christianity, and often expressed a consoling prospect of that better life where sorrow, disease and death never reach the happy spirits of the redeemed. His funeral was largely attended. The interment
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HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY.
was conducted by the Masonic order, with its usual services and ceremonies, as he was for many years a worthy and esteemed member of that ancient and honorable fraternity.
Jacob Kronskop died at the residence of his son-in-law, J. L. R. McCollum, in Sextonville, Feb. 7, 1878. One by one the old land marks of the county passed away. Jacob Krouskop was born in one of the eastern States in 1800. HIe passed the most of his early life in Belle- fontaine, Ohio, from whence he came, in the spring of 1851, with a large family to Richland C'o. Wis, and settled at Sextonville. With characteristic energy, he erected a saw-mill there, the first in that region, and soon after- ward a grist mill. In speaking of him, Rev. J. E. Irish, who had known him since his first settlement in Wisconsin, said:
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