History of Dane County, Biographical and Genealogical, Part 33

Author: Keyes, Elisha W. (Elisha Williams), 1828-1910
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Madison, Wi. : Western Historical Association
Number of Pages: 998

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Horace A. Goold, who is now living in retirement in the town of Oregon. Dane county, is another of the valiant ones who re- sponded to the call for men during the early sixties, and as a mem- ber of a Wisconsin regiment risked his life that the nation founded by the fathers of the Republic might continue to exist. Mr. Goold was born in Concord township, Erie county, N. Y., December 9, 1834, and is one of seven children born to John and Fanny (Wheeler) Goold, the father being a native of Vermont and the mother of Massachusetts. Only two of the children of these par- ents are now living, Cornelia, who is the wife of Wm. Northey of North Yakima, Wash .. and Horace A., who is the subject of this review. John Goold came with his family to Wisconsin in 1842, driving the entire distance from the state of New York, and first selected a location in Rock county, near the present site of Johns- town, where he preempted one hundred and twenty acres of govern- ment land. There the family resided about three years, when the father died. The mother then disposed of the farm in Rock county

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and rented a place near the city of Madison, where she and the children resided one year, and then removed to Lake View and later to the town of Oregon. About two years later they moved to the town of Union, in Rock county, then to Rutland and finally to Grant county, where Mrs. Goold died, August 12, 1895. Horace A. Goold was thrown upon his own resources quite early in life owing to the poverty of his parents, and at fifteen years of age he began working by the month as a farm hand. This he continued until about the time of his marriage, when he purchased eighty acres of government land in Grant county. Later he sold this and pur- chased forty acres in the town of Woodman, in the same county, to which he afterward added forty acres more and continued to re- side thereon for a period of forty-one years. In 1902 he sold this farm and bought a very convenient home in the village of Oregon, where he and his good wife are now enjoying a well-earned respite. In regard to Mr. Goold's military career it can be said without reservation that it was one of which he may well be proud. He enlisted on August 13, 1862, as a private in Company I, Twen- tieth Regiment of Wisconsin infantry, and served with that com- mand until more than three months after the surrender of Lee, being mustered out of the service on July 14, 1865. With his regiment he participated in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., in which his company lost three killed and thirteen wounded, was engaged throughout the entire siege of Vicksburg, and in the battles of Atchafalaya, La., Fort Morgan, Ala., Brownsville, Tex., Spanish Fort, Ala., Van Buren, Ark., Yazoo City and Franklin Creek, Miss. Mr. Goold was married, January 27, 1856, to Miss Sarah Jane Law .. rence, daughter of Luke and Mary (Hunt) Lawrence, of Cam- bridgeshire, England, where Mrs. Goold was born on January 24, 1839. The Lawrence family came to America in 1849, the mother dying on the sea during the voyage. The father settled with his children, thirteen in number, in the town of Rutland, Dane county, and later moved to Grant county, Wis., where he died December 15, 1863. Of his children only two survive, Mrs. Goold and her sister, Mary A. To. Mr. and Mrs. Goold there have been born five children. Fannie Margaret, the wife of A. F. Koschkee, of Mt. Hope, Grant county ; Melinda, the wife of A. Fleckensteine of Chicago ; Horace Luke married Miss Nellie Pratt and resides in the town of Oregon. Fred C. married Nellie Ashmore and resides in Grant county ; and Lottie L. is the wife of H. W. Linton, of Bara- boo, Wis. In politics, Mr. Goold is a Republican.

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Christ H. Gorder is a well-known farmer of Perry township, where he settled in 1871 immediately upon his arrival in the United States, and has lived on the same farm during almost the entire period. He was born May 18, 1849, in Christiania, Norway, son of Harold and Carn (Peterson) Johnson, the former a veteran of the Norwegian army. Christ received his education in Norway and when he came to Wisconsin in 1871 was employed for several years as a farm laborer. Soon, however, he procured a farm in the town of Perry, containing one hundred and twenty-five acres and began to work it for himself, meeting with much success. This prop- erty he has owned ever since that time though for a short period he rented and worked at the mason's trade. Returning to farming he made that his permanent occupation and carries on an extensive general farming business. One brother of Christ Gorder, Hans A., lives in Norway and one sister, Guneil, who married Hans Hanson, resides in Iowa. The other two members of the family are de- ceased. Mr. Gorder married in 1871 Miss Anna Olson, a native of Norway and six children blessed the marriage, of whom three are living. Clara married T. O. Thompson of Mount Horeb and Hannah married Charles Dickinson and resides in Iowa county and Minnie married Edward Dickinson, of Iowa. Mrs. Gorder died and in September, 1899, her husband married Mrs. Mary (Ander- son) Hanson, daughter of Arne and Carrie (Gilbertson) Anderson. Three children were born to Mrs. Gorder by a former marriage; Hannah, (Mrs. Emil Smouldt), Clarence A. and Della, all of whom reside in Madison. The family attend the Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr. Gorder is a Republican in his political sympathies but has never devoted much of his time to active participation in poli- tical matters.

Emil A. Grabbert, a farmer, residing at Fitchburg, was born at Middleton, Dane county, May 20, 1879. His parents, Frederick and Minnie W. (Lubcke) Grabbert, were both born in Mecklen- burg. Germany, the former in 1845 and the latter in 1853. The father came to America as a young man and located at Middelton, where he bought eighty acres of land, partly improved, and began the life of a farmer. Sometime later he sold this place and bought one hundred and sixty-seven acres of unimproved land, upon which he erected buildings and made his home. He married in 1870 and his death occurred in 1885. In 1887 his widow was married to William Schmedeman, who was for nine years a member of the county board of supervisors. Emil A. Grabbert is the youngest of three

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children born to his parents. Emma is the wife of Louis Messer- smith, of Fitchburg, and Randolph is a farmer in that locality. Emil was educated in the home schools and has always lived with his mother, managing the farm left by his father. He pays con- siderable attention to stock raising, though he carries on a general farming business. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the lodge at Middleton, and all the family are members of the Lutheran church. Few young men in the community are better known or more highly esteemed than Emil A. Grabbert, as he possesses in a marked degree all those qualities that go to make a good citizen, honesty and industry being his distin- guishing traits of character.

Charles Grabow, Jr., one of the progressive and representative farmers and stock-growers of Cottage Grove township, has gained prosperity through his own efforts and his life has been character- ized by unselfishness and by that sterling integrity which ever be- gets popular confidence and esteem. He was born in Germany, November 20, 1862, and is a son of Charles and Christine Grabow, the former of whom passed his entire life in Germany and died in 1880, when the subject of this sketch was eighteen years of age. Charles Grabow, Sr., served three years in the German army and his vocation was that of farming. Charles Grabow, Jr., to whom this sketch is dedicated, was reared on the farm and secured his early - educational training in the excellent schools of his native land. Upon the death of his father he assumed the burden of providing for the needs of himself and his aged mother, and in this connection it should be noted that the latter is still living and is an honored inmate of his home, where she is cared for with deepest solicitude and affection in her declining years. After his father's death Mr. Grabow secured work on a farm and he thereafter continued to be thus employed until the time of his marriage, after which he worked by the day for two years. At the expiration of that time he immigrated to America, being accompanied by his wife and her parents. They took up their residence in Dane county. where Mr. Grabow was employed as a farm hand for the ensuing seven years, in the meanwhile carefully saving his earnings. so that he then was enabled to purchase his present fine farm of eighty acres, in section 21, Cottage Grove township. He has made many improvements on the place and is thorough and energetic in the carrying forward of all portions of the farm work, so that his success has been pro- nounced. He is a man of strong intellectuality, taking a lively in-

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terest in all that concerns the welfare of his home county and state, while his generous and genial disposition has gained to him the esteem of the community in which he resides and in which he is regarded as a valuable citizen. He gives his support to the cause of the Republican party and both he and his wife, as well as his mother, are members of the German Lutheran church. June 1, 1886, Mr. Grabow was united in marriage to Miss Ernestine Sim- don, who was born in Germany, May 8, 1864, a daughter of Chris- tian Frederick and Henrietta Wilhelmina (Fry) Simdon, who came to America with their daughter. Following is & record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Grabow: Lizzie Marie, the oldest, died in infancy ; Herman Frederick, who was born August 20, 1881, died on the fifth of the following month ; Otto Paul, who was born April 20, 1889, died May 22, 1890; Anna Augusta, born December 2. 1890, died April 2 :. 1891, and the following are the names and dates of birth of the five living children,-Martha Lena Augusta, February 2, 1892 ; Charles Frederick, December 20, 1894; William Albert. December 29, 1896; Lizzie Amanda, May 16, 1898; and Mary Ida Elizabeth, June 27, 1903.

Daniel Grady (deceased), son of Lawrence Grady, was born in Ireland, one of a family of nine children. When he was eighteen years of age he came to America, leaving his parents in the old country. He came to Fitchburg, Dane county, and remained for several years with his brothers. He bought the place where the family now reside, and which was his home at the time of his death, December 23, 1900. Mr. Grady was twice married ; his first wife was Hannah, daughter of Patrick and Sarah (Brooks) Meehan, of Pittsfield, Mass. Mrs. Grady's father was a native of Ireland who settled first in Pittsfield. Mass., and came west to Richland Center. Richland county, in 1851. He was a hotel-keeper, and followed that business most of his life. He died in Casenovia, Richland county, in April, 1882 ; his wife died at Baraboo, in 1884. Mrs. Grady was one of six children : Mary, married John Regan of Milwaukee : Michael ; Mrs. Grady ; Sarah (deceased), married Henry Reynolds ; Patrick. of Lincoln ; Catherine, married Frank Plummer, of Baraboo. Mr. Grady had four children by his first wife: Helen of Fitchburg : Caroline, married Otto Vethein of Middleton : Arthur and Willie. twins; Arthur married Miss Alva Brown, a resident of Fitchburg township, and Willie has a farm near Fitchburg. Mr. Grady was married to his second wife, Mrs. Arthur Callahan, July 9, 1828 ; she had two children, Mary and Daniel, who both died in infancy.

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They have also had four children ; one daughter, Catherine, is mar- ried to Isaac Lewis, of Madison, and one son, Daniel, is at home. Mr. Grady was a Democrat and a member of the town board.

George F. Grady, a farmer of the town of Dunn, was born in the town of Fitchburg, Dane county, January 17, 1864. He is a son of Frank M. and Antoinette (Dunn) Grady, the father a native of Ireland and the mother of Canada. Frank Grady came to Wiscon- sin in 1854, getting work as foreman of the "76" farm in the town of Burke. After a few years he purchased a farm in the town of Fitchburg, where he remained until his death of December 19, 1893, as the result of an accident while returning from Madison. Shortly after the widow moved to Madison, and George started life for himself. He had had splendid opportunities for an educa- tion, but had never taken advantage of them. Until 1900 he devot- ed his time to trotting horses and then returned to the old farm. On December 4, 1902, he married Sarah, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Cunningham) Lally. Mr. Lally was a native of Ireland who first saw the light of day in August, 1822. He came to Amer- ica in 1841, working for some fourteen years for Captain Cook of Boston, and then coming to Wisconsin. For three years he was employed on the William White farm and then purchased two hun- dred and seventy acres in section 21 in the town of Dunn. Here he remained until his death, which occurred March 9, 1895. Mr. Lally was married three times; his first wife was Ellen Mecarty, who died shortly after giving birth to a son, James, now retired and living in Grand Forks, N. D .; he was married a second time to Mary Ellen Kegen, the mother of Ambrose M., living in Madison; John, deceased, and William H., a conductor on the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul railway, making his home in Chicago; his third wife, Margaret Cunningham (died in 1900), was the mother of Sarah (Mrs. Grady), Charles, deceased, and Stephen, a farmer near Mauston, Wis. Mrs. Grady was born June 13, 1859, and re- ceived her education in the schools of the town of Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Grady have no children. Since their marriage they have lived in the town of Dunn, on a well-improved and finely equipped farm of one hundred and sixty acres. There are eight children in the Grady family, seven of whom are living,-James S., a con- tractor of Madison; Nellie (Mrs. Martin Lyons) living in Madi- son ; George F., the subject of this sketch; Nettie, Frank T., Law- rence Edward and Charles W., all living with the mother in Madi-

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son. Mr. Grady is a Democrat and takes an active interest in poli- tical events. He and his wife are members of the Catholic church.

Patrick H. Grady is a prosperous and highly respected citizen of the town of Oregon, in Dane county, where he has been engaged in the noble occupation of tilling the soil for several years. He is a native of Rutland county, Vermont, and his parents-Thomas and Anna (Hart) Grady-were both born in the Emerald Isle. The father first came to Wisconsin in 1857, and worked as a com- mon laborer for about one year; then returned to Vermont and worked as a quarryman for sixteen years. In the month of March, 1876, he again came to Wisconsin and took up his residence at Lake View in Dane county, where he was employed as a common laborer for the ensuing two years. He then bought one hundred and twenty acres of land in the town of Oregon and began general farming. He greatly improved the farm and met with a success that was commensurate to his efforts. He died at his home in Oregon in August, 1904. Thomas Grady and wife were the parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this review was the first- born, the names of the others with additional facts concerning them being as follows: Thomas married Jane Condon and resides in Oregon ; William married Anna Dietrick and also resides in the town of Oregon; Hannah married Charles Martin and resides in Oregon village. Bridget married George Montgomery and resides at Lake Mills, Wis .; Anna married Adolph Piller and resides at Oregon village ; Maggie is the wife of Dill Joslin of Yankston. S. D .; Mary and Michael reside in Oregon village. Patrick Grady re- ceived his education in the district schools of his native state, and also attended school in Massachusetts; where his parents resided before removing to Wisconsin. At the age of thirteen years he be- gan work as an employe in the cotton mills of Massachusetts, and was thus engaged for seven years. He then came to Wisconsin and worked on the railroad while the rails were being laid from Evans- ville to Madison, in 1876. He continued at the railroad work for about three years and then began working as a farm hand, continu- ing so employed for about sixteen years, during the last five of which he was employed at the asylum farm, near Madison. He then rented a farm in the town of Springfield, on which he resided for five years, and then moved to the town of Oregon, where he and a brother purchased two hundred acres of land. In the divi- sion of the same, later, our subject retained eighty-eight acres, upon which he now resides, surrounded with a reasonable amount of the

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comforts of life. The possession of these is the result of his per- sonal efforts, aided by the counsel and sympathy of a faithful wife. He was married on October 16, 1894, to Miss Catherine Doylen, born in the town of Blooming Grove, the daughter of John and Mary (Finlay) Doylen. Mrs. Grady has two sisters, both of whom reside in the city of Madison-Mary, the widow of Frank Roland, and Margaret, the wife of Fred Simon. Mr. and Mrs. Grady have four children, all of whom reside at home; Mable, Anna C., Leo, and Raphael F. In his political views Mr. Grady gives allegiance to the Democratic party, and he and his wife are members of the Catholic church.

W. F. Grady, of Oregon, was born at Bellows Falls, Vt., June 22, 1863. His father, Thomas Grady, of whom mention will be found in connection with the sketch of Patrick Grady, and his mother Anna (Hart) Grady, were natives of Ireland. Mr. Grady received his education in the Oregon schools, supplementing his studies in the Oregon high school by work in the schools of Madison and Evansville. He came to Dane county with his parents in 1876, and since starting out for himself at the age of twenty-two, has divided his time between teaching and farming. He taught school at Waunakee three, years, and has also taught sixteen winters. He had some experience in farming during his boyhood, and turned that knowledge to account when he decided to take up farming for a livelihood ; that was some five years ago, and he owns at the present time a farm of one hundred and twelve acres, mostly un- der cultivation. Mr. Grady has been assessor of Oregon for the past four years, and also serves as treasurer of the school funds. He is a member of the Catholic church of Oregon. He is the third of a family of four sons and five daughters ; their names are Patrick ; Thomas; W. F., the subject of this sketch; Michael; Mary ; Han- nah ; Bridget ; Anna : Maggie. He married, October 19, 1892, Miss Anna M. Diedrich, daughter of Peter and Katherine (Aniel) Died- erich, who came from Germany in 1871, when Mrs. Grady was six years old; they settled in Dane township on eighty acres, which they cleared and on which they built a house. They are still living near Waunakee; they had a family of twelve children, of whom all except two. Anna and Casper, are living; the others are Mary ; Peter ; Math .; Michael: Susan; Anna, (Mrs. Grady) ; Katherine ; Lena ; Joseph ; John. Mr. Grady is a member of the Modern Wood- men of Oregon ; he and his wife have seven children, all living, Francis D., Henry J., and William, born in Springfield, Thomas L.,

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born in Waunakee, Lillian C., Nora and John, born in Oregon. The older children attend school in Oregon.

James Graham is a retired farmer of Stoughton and a veteran of the Civil War. He is a native of Canada, son of Edward Graham and grandson of Robert Graham, the latter a farmer in Canada during his entire life. Edward Graham married Isabella Sheffield. daughter of Robert Sheffield, also a native of Canada. Edward Graham was born in Canada and there engaged in farming. While a young man he served as a volunteer in the English army under General Brock in the war of 1812. His son James was born Sep- tember 28, 1820, in Martin township. near Toronto, Canada, spent his youth and early manhood at the parental home and came to the United States in 1857. He first lived in the town of Rutland, Dane county, and worked out by the month on farms in that neighbor- hood. After four years of this life he commenced to work on shares which he continued for a year. In the spring of 1862 he vol- unteered as a private in Company D. Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was active in the battle of South Mountain and Mr. Graham participated in the battle before he succeeded in reaching his regiment and aided in carrying from the field wounded members of his own company without recognizing them. He was so badly hurt at the battle of Antietam that he was obliged to accept honorable discharge on account of disability after three months service. Returning to Dane county he resumed farming and from that time followed various occupations until 1904 when when he retired from active labor. July 25. 1848, Mr. Graham married Miss Elizabeth Wagner, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca (May) Wagner of Canada and ten children were born to the mar- riage: William ; Eli; Hannah, the wife of Augustus Eddy ; Eliza- beth (deceased), the wife of Frederick Myers; Samuel; Bertha. Mrs. Gilman Austin ; Esther, widow of Charles Deboux; Hiram, Nettie (deceased), wife of John Stump : Mabel (deceased), wife of William Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are members of the Bap- tist church. Mr. Graham belongs to the Philo C. Buckman Post No. 153 G. A. R. of Stoughton and is allied with the Republican party.

James H. Greening, a pioneer farmer of the town of Mazomanie. was born in Worcester, Worcestershire county, England, Decem- ber 31, 1841. His father, John Greening, was born in Hereford- shire, England, in 1815. His mother, neć Maria Kelley, was born in Worcester, England. in 1816. John Greening was a shoemaker

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by trade ; his wife was a straw braider. On June 10, 1847, with his- family, he landed in New Orleans after a harassing passage of seven weeks in a sailing vessel. Coming directly to Mazomanie he settled on forty acres of section 7, and later obtained one hundred and sixty acres more of the same section, where he built the house. in which James H. Greening still lives. Beside James H. there were six children, Clara E., wife of Charles Kerr of Mazomanie; Charles F., a merchant of Grand Meadow, Minn .; Elizabeth, wife. of William S. Parr of Mazomanie; Anna E., deceased, widow of Frank R. Warner; Amelia, wife of L. C. Oulmonm, Minneapolis ; Laura V., wife of Hon. W. A. Nowlan of Grand Meadow, Minn. John Greening passed away February 22, 1900; his wife died June 18, 1897. On May 13, 1864, James H. Greening enlisted in Com- pany K (Captain C. H. Barton), Fortieth Wisconsin Infantry (Col. W. A. Ray) and served for one hundred days as orderly ser- geant of his company. While in the service he saw no actual fight- ing, the regiment being assigned to guard and picket duty in the vicinity of Memphis. It was some months before Mr. Greening re- covered from the effects of his camp life. His education was such as the home schools afforded. With the exception of five years spent in the woods near Juneau, Wis., he lived with his parents until their death. Both he and his father were stanch Republicans, and as such James Greening has been elected, at different times, to all of the town offices. In 1870 Mr. Greening married Ella J. Richards of Platteville. She died in 1874. On July 15, 1890 he married Leora M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Laws of Vermont. This union was blessed with four sons; J. Claude, born April 6, 1891; Paul Edgar, born August 1, 1892 ; Frank Russell, born March 29, 1894; Wilbur Charles, born October 15, 1895. Mr. Greening is a member and commander of A. R. McDonald post, No. 59, Grand Army of the Republic. He is also a member of Crescent lodge, No. 97, Free and Accepted Masons, and has been high priest of Chap- ter 59, R. A. M. For thirty-three years Mr. Greening made a good deal of sorghum, the superiority of which is vouched for by all who try it.

John W. Greenman was a farmer in the town of Vienna from 1862 until 1897, when he retired and moved to Morrisonville. He. is the son of James Greenman and grandson of Jeremiah Greenman of Providence, R. I. Jeremiah Greenman was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War. James Greenman was born at Providence in 1805, was educated in Rhode Island and married Miss Mary Washington

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White, who was born in Rhode Island in 1812. They lived for a tinie in Fulton county, N. Y. and came to Dane county, Wisconsin, in 1874. Here they lived for two years and then went to Redfield, S. Dak., where Mr. Greenman died in 1885 and his wife in 1890. Of their six children, but four are living :. James Greenman was a carpenter. His son, John W., was born in Fulton county, N. Y., May 7, 1833, was educated in the home schools and learned the blacksmith's trade. He was a manufacturer of wooden measures in Jefferson county, N. Y., and in 1858, came to Dane county where he engaged in farming. During one winter he resided in Aurora, Ill., and also for a time he was in Columbia county, Wis. In 1862 · he purchased a farm in the town of Vienna and made that his per- manent home. He is also the owner of property in S. Dakota and in Wood county, Wis. In 1897, he sold the farm and since then has resided in Morrisonville. Allied with the Republican party,. Mr. Greenman has held the office of constable and has been. treas- urer and clerk of the school board of Vienna for twenty-one years. January 16, 1856, he married'Miss Melissa Tarbull, who was born in Adams, Jefferson county, N. Y., November 21, 1839, daughter of Obijah and Olive (Hemstreet) Tarbull, who came to Vienna from New York in 1862. Mr. Tarbull was a veteran of the Civil War and three sons also served in the Union army. To Mr. and Mrs. Green- man were born four children. Edward J. the oldest son, was gradu- ated from the Northwestern Business College at Madison and is a dealer in farm produce. He married Miss Viola Hyde and they have one daughter, Edith. Edward J. Greenman resides at Bethel, Wood county, Wis., as does also his sister, Alice Marilla, who married Thorben Ohnstad. Mr. and Mrs. Ohnstad have seven children ; Addie, Jessie. Melissa, Clara, Raymond, Hazel, Leonard. Grace Greenman, the second daughter of John W., Greenman, is Mrs. Wil- liam McIntosh of Lodi, Wis., and has three children; Verna, Ed- ward, and Lawrence. Jessie the youngest of the family, was first married to Andrew Quammen who died in 1892. One son, Robert, blessed the marriage. After the death of Mr. Quammen, his widow married Walter Sutherland of Tomah, Wis., Mr. Sutherland died in 1902, leaving one son, Roy.

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History of Dane County, Biographical and Genealogical, Part 33

Author: Keyes, Elisha W. (Elisha Williams), 1828-1910 Publication date: 1906 Publisher: Madison, Wi. : Western Historical Association Number of Pages: 998

Author: Keyes, Elisha W. (Elisha Williams), 1828-1910
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Madison, Wi. : Western Historical Association
Number of Pages: 998