History of Dane County, Biographical and Genealogical, Part 39

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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win his way with the debt of his transportation to pay. His suc- cess and prosperity are due to the thrift and industry which has characterized his life. His domestic happiness can well be the envy of his neighbors.

Lorenzo Hatch is a retired farmer of Marshall and an old resi- dent of Dane county. His ancestors were members of the Connecti- cut Colony and both his grandfather and great-grandfather, the latter a major in Connecticut militia, served the patriot cause in the Revolu- ionary War. Wells Hatch, the father of Lorenzo, was born in Con- necticut in 1790, received his early education there and married Miss Mary Rexford, likewise a native of Connecticut. Ten children blessed their marriage of whom but one, Lorenzo, is living. Their early married life was spent in New York and in 1814. Wells Hatch took his family to Virginia, where in the operation of a saw-mill and a farm his son Lorenzo assisted him. Lorenzo was born in Chenango county, N. Y. March 17, 1823, attended the Sherman Academy in Chenango county, N. Y. and accompanied his parents to Virginia. Early in the year of 1851, Lorenzo came to Wisconsin and pur. chased a farm of ninety acres near Marshall, where he now resides. This he worked and improved and has made a pleasant home. In 1848, he married Miss Clara E. Adsit, a native of New York and daughter of Stephen and Betsey Adsit, early settlers of Dane county. Four chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hatch; Adsit C., Susan M. Mary and Josephine. Some time after Mrs. Hatch's death in 1858, Mr. Hatch married Miss Amelia Kellogg and three children were born to them: Guy and Edith, both deceased, and Lorenzo, Jr., who is a graduate of the Medina high school, a prosperous farmer and town clerk. Mr. Hatch was again left alone by the death of his wife in 1879 and married Mrs. Achsa A. Parfrey, who died in 1893. Mr. Hatch has been prominent in town affairs and is a Democrat in polit- ical sympathy. He has served on the board of supervisors, for some years as its chairman ; has been assessor and justice of peace.

Halvor Haugan, a prominent farmer of Pleasant Springs. was born in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane county, Wis., October 17, 1849. His parents were Ole and Malan (Grunhild) Haugan, natives of Ever Telemarken, Norway. In 1848 they started for America on a sailing vessel, the trip consuming eleven weeks. After landing in New York they came west by way of the Erie canal to Buffalo. thence to Milwaukee by steamer and from Mil- waukee to Pleasant Springs by ox-team. The first year here the father earned a living by hauling wheat to Milwaukee, the trip taking a week each way. The price paid was worth the trip, as it

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never fell below forty cents a bushel. After hiring out for a year the father bought one hundred and twenty acres of partially im- proved land in Pleasant Springs township. There he built his home and passed the rest of his days. Ole Haugan was a Repub- lican in politics, and a Lutheran in religion. He helped build the old log church where the Lutherans of the vicinity first worshipped. Four children were born to him and his wife; Halvor. the subject of this sketch, Samuel, a farmer of the town of Dunkirk, Ole, work- ing the homestead farm, and Rachel, deceased, the wife of G. Nel- son. Halvor Haugan's education was limited. He worked hard as a boy and stayed at home until he was twenty-eight years old. In 1877 he bought a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in sec- tion 27, where he still resides. All the improvements on the place Mr. Haugan has made. He built. his barn in 1883 and his home, one of the finest in the county, in 1888. Later he added forty acres to the farm, and today is known as a grower of high grade tobacco A Republican in politics, he has served three years as school clerk and two terms on the town board. In 1904 and 1905 he was a dele- gate to the Farmers' National Convention, and has served on the state central committee. He is a member of and an active in the West Lutheran church of Pleasant Springs. On January 27, 1876. he married Ingebor Everson, a native of Norway, who died Febru- ary 2, 1900, aged forty-two. Seven children blessed this marriage: Emma, wife of Charles Huber of Pleasant Springs, and the mother of three children, Vilbut, Inez and Halvor H .; Lena, wife of Erick Hoverland, a farmer of Pleasant Springs; Regina. Oscar, Nora, Ruth and Harry, the last five being all at home. By his thrift and energy Mr. Haugan has developed into one of the most prominent and successful farmers of the community.

The Hausmann Brewing Company was represented for many years by Joseph Hausmann who was born in Baden, Germany, May 26, 1828, and was the son of Jacob and Anna Hausmann. He came to America in March, 1852, locating first at Freeport, Ill., from which point he move 1. in 1854, to Portage, Wisconsin, where he worked in the brewery business until 1859. In 1863 ho located in Madi- son. Previous to this time, about 1858, William Voight had built up a small brewery on the corner of State and Gorham streets, (on the site now occupied by the Hausmann brewery), and the breaking out of the Civil War, the establishment of Camp Randall, and the conse- quent influx of not only soldiers, but many civilians, greatly increased the business of the brewery, and it was during this flush of business that the plant was purchased by Joseph Hausmann. He is a man of

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much business ability and under his management the plant was en- larged from time to time, by the building of the brew-house, ice- houses, cooling and storage rooms, etc., until it occupied more than two-thirds of the block. Mr. Hausmann carried on the business in his own name unt.1 1892 when it was incorporated and three of his sons were actively associated with him in the business. Joseph Haus- mann was president of the corporation, William P., vice-president, Carl J., secretary and treasurer, and another son, Otto B., was also in- terested as a stock-holder. October 22, 1902, the senior member of the firm retired, Carl J. was elected president and Otto B., vice-president. Mr. Hausmann's death followed not long after his retirement. Joseph Hausmann served in the army in his native country and saw fourteen months of active service in the revolution of 1848-49 and received a sabre wound on one check. He was married July 1, 1858, to Miss Sarah Blass, who was born in New York city, February 11, 1839. They had six children, Albertina, born March 7, 1859; William P., born March 7, 1861; Carl J. born February 3, 1863; Otto B., born April 27, 1865 : Oscar, born November 20, 1867, and died October 21, 1879, and Clara, born November 15, 1869, and died March 6, 1871. Mr. Joseph Hausmann belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the family is connected with the German Catholic church.

Rev. Christian J. Hausner, the able and honored pastor of St. Mary's church, at Pine Bluff, Cross Plains township, is one of the earnest workers of the Catholic church in Dane county and is well entitled to representation in this publication. Father Hausner was born in Pleasant Prairie township, Kenosha county, Wisconsin, February 6. 1873, and is a son of Christoph and Katherine (Engel) Hausner, both native of Simern, Luxemburg, (Germany), where the former was born in 1831 and the latter in 1841. Christoph Hausner immigrated to America in 1856, becoming one of the pioneer far- mers of Kenosha county, where he has since maintained his home and where he is held in high esteem by all who know him. He is a communicant of St. George's church, in the city of Kenosha, and has been active in the parish work for many years. His marriage to Miss Katherine Engel was solemnized February 6, 1862, and her death occurred November 18. 1898. Of their twelve children four died in infancy, and concerning the others the following data are en- tered, the names being mentioned in the order of birth :. Henry, died March 12, 1898; John is a farmer in Kenosha county ; Matthew completed his educational training in the Catholic normal school at St. Francis, Wisconsin, and was thereafter a successful teacher, following the pedagogic profession fifteen years and now being a

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traveling salesman, with residence at Keoltztown, Osage county, Missouri; Susan is the wife of Henry Beien, of Kenosha, Wiscon- sin ; Mary and Frank remain with their father on the old home- stead, of which the latter has the general charge. Rev. Christian J., of this sketch, was the next in order of nativity ; and Katherine is the wife of John Radigan, of Kenosha. The subject of this brief tribute secured his rudimentary, education in the district school near his home and thereafter continued his studies in the parochial school of St. George's church, in Kenosha. In 1889 he entered St. Francis Seminary, at St. Francis, Milwaukee county, where he com- pleted the prescribed course in 1898, being duly graduated and be- ing ordained to the priesthood on June 19, of that year. He said his first mass in St. George's church, Kenosha, on June 26, 1898, and his first charge was that of assistant in St. Joseph's church, in the city of Milwaukee. He was then appointed pastor of St. Mary's church, at Bristol, Kenosha county, with Wilmot as a mission This latter charge had been vacant sixteen years, and Father Haus- ner succeeded in infusing much of vitality into the spiritual and temporal life of the parish, where he remained four years, at the expiration of which he came to his present charge, where he labors with all zeal and consecration in his holy calling. Since he came to the parish a new rectory has been erected at a cost of $3,500 and many improvements made in and about the church. He has merited the good will and high esteem not only of his own people but of the whole community.

Hank H. Hawkinson is a substantial land owner of the town of Dunn. His birthplace was McFarland and the date, September 22, 1861. His parents were Hans and Christene Hawkinson, natives of Norway. Hans Hawkinson came to Dane county in 1857. For sev- eral years he earned a livlihood by hiring out to different farmers, accumulating enough money to purchase sixty-one and one-half acres of land in the town of Dunn. From time to time he added to this until in 1883 it contained some two hundred and eighty odd acres. Hank Hawkinson received his education in the district schools of Dunn township. When twenty-two years old he purchased two hundred and sixty-four and one-half acres of the homestead, the father retaining eighteen acres to which he retired when he gave up active farm life. Since 1883 he has conducted this farm with great success. In politics Mr. Hawkinson is a Democrat. In religious af- fairs he unites with the Norwegian Lutheran church. On March 1'5, 1882 he married Carrie, daughter of Mike and Marie Larson of the town of Pleasant Springs. Mrs. Hawkinson was born December II,

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1857. in Norway, and she received her education in the schools of Stoughton. Her parents came to Dane county when she was three years old. By her union with Mr. Hawkinson she is the mother of seven children,-Harlie Julius, born August 1, 1883; Alfred Marvin, born February 23, 1885; Bennie Christian, November 14, 1886; Leman Clarence, born July 1I, 1892; Ella Maria, born July 3, 1894; Clara Hannah, born December 14, 1896; and Edwin Samuel, born October 2, 1899. All the children are living at home. By frugality and per- severance Mr. Hawkinson has become one of the prosperous citizens of the community. His wife has truly been a helpmate, as well as an inspiration. Mr. Hawkinson had one sister, now Mrs. Roge, of the town of Rutland. His mother died in 1901 while making her home with this daughter.

John D. Hayes, Madison's pioneer blacksmith and horseshoer, whose place of business at 212 and 214 South Pinckney street, was born in the capital city June 3, 1859. He comes of good Irish stock, his parents, Dennis and Ann (McCormick) Hayes, having both been born on the Emerald Isle, the father in the city of Limerick and the mother in the County Tipperary. Dennis Hayes was a tailor who learned his trade in the city of Limerick and from the time of his coming to this city in 1847 to the time of his death, August 3, 1862, was employed in the M. S. Klauber company. He was an honest up- right man, well and favorably known among his neighbors. His wife died at the age seventy years in 1882. She was a kindly, motherly woman, one of those ever ready to assist in case of sickness. They had four children. James, for many years yardmaster for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, met his death in a railroad accident. Patrick died in 1881 at the age of twenty-three. He was a skillful horseshoer, learning his trade with Judge Anthony Donovan, for whom he worked six years. Margaret is the wife of Frank Brad- ford, a conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The youngest was John D. He received his education in the public schools of his native city and served his apprenticeship as a horse- shoer under Judge Donovan, for whom he worked eight years, in the same shop which he now conducts. In 1886 he purchased a half interest in the establishment and two years later assumed entire con- trol. He is one of the three oldest men following this vocation in the city. On November 25, 1885, Mr. Hayes was united in marriage to Mary, daughter of Peter and Mary (Naughtin) Barry of Madison. Mrs. Barry was an aunt of Rev. Father John M. Naughtin of St. Raphael's church, Madison. Mr. Barry was a native of the same city in Ireland from which Dennis Hayes hailed, coming to Wiscon-

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sin in 1842. For many years, until his death in 1904, he conducted a grocery store on 'Main street in Madison. Mr. and Mrs Barry had four children. James H. was for several years private secretary to ex-Senator William F. Vilas and a graduate of the department of law of the University of Wisconsin in the class of 1884. From Mad- ison he went to Milwaukee, where he was connected with the legal firm Jenkins, Bottom and Vilas and later,, in Chicago, with Keep & Loudan. His death occurred in 1893. He was a most promising young man and his death cast a pall of gloom over the whole com- munity. Miss Sarah Barry makes her home in Chicago. Bridget resides in Madison. Mary became the wife of John D. Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have five children; Mary, for some time librarian for Prof. Harper of the department of botany of the state university; Martha, John, Margaret and Sarah Romona. The family are mem- bers of the Catholic church. Mr. Hayes is prominent in Catho- lic fraternal circles, being a Catholic Knight, a Forester and a Knight of Columbus. Politically he is a Democrat and as such served two consecutive terms of two years each in the city council. He fathered the twelve o'clock closing ordinance for saloons and was influential in the passage of many of the measures relating to streets. At the present time (1906) he is a member of the board of water commis- sioners.

George Haynes is numbered among the prosperous farmers and exemplary citizens of the town of Rutland, where he has resided for several years, although his residence in Dane county covers the period of Ins lifetime, with the exception of the first two years. He was born in Washtenaw county, Mich., December 22, 1854. and is one of five children born to Marvin H. and Angeline (Speer) Haynes, the father being a native of the state of New York and the mother of Washtenaw county, Mich. Of the children born to these parents four are living, the names and places of residence of whom are as follows : George, the subject of this review, resides in the town of Rutland; Almon, of the village of Brooklyn; Nora, the wife of Zala Baldwin, of the city of Madison, and Irene, who is now Mrs. Lewis Ford of the village of Brooklyn. The parents of these children came to Wiscon- sin and settled in the town of Rutland, Dane county, in 1856, and for about two years the father worked as a common laborer, seldom if ever receiving more than fifty cents per day. He was then employed in a saw and grist-mill for four years, as general manager, and gave up this position to become a soldier in the Union army He enlisted August 10, 1861, in Company D, Seventh Regiment of Wisconsin in- fantry as a private, and served with it until February 25, 1863, when

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he was discharged on account of disability caused by a wound received at the battle of Gainesville, Virginia. The Seventh Regiment, to which Mr. Haynes belonged, became a part of the celebrated "Iron Brigade," the history of which is familiar to every one who has taken more than a passing interest in the part that Wisconsin took in the Civil War. The engagement at Gainesville, Va., August 28, 1862, was one of the bloodiest battles of the war, and the fact was attested in the calendar of many a Wisconsin homestead, as it was fought by the "Iron Brigade" alone, which suffered severely in killed and wounded, Mr. Haynes being among the latter. After being mustered out of the service he purchased forty acres of land in the town of Rutland, later added fifty-six acres, and resided on this farm about thirty years. He then sold out and bought a comfortable home in the village of Brook- lyn, where he lived in retirement until his death, October 6, 1902. The mother died in Madison, December 30, 1904. George Haynes, whose name introduces this memoir, was less than two years old when his parents moved from the Wolverine state to Wisconsin, and he received his education in the seminary at Evansville, Rock county. At the age of seventeen years he began as an apprentice to learn the trade of a carpenter, but after one year he found that the work was too hard for him, so he returned home and worked as a farm hand until he reached the age of twenty-two. He then began working rented land, paying cash rent for about fifteen years, when he was able to buy a farm of one hundred acres in the town of Oregon. He then sold this farm and bought another in the town of Rutland, upon which he has since had his residence. The date of his marriage was October 29, 1876, and the lady of his choice was Miss. Ellen Guernsey, who was born in the town of Dunkirk, February 24, 1857. Mrs. Haynes is one of eleven children born to Otis and Adeline (Aldridge) Guernsey, of whom seven are living, as follows: Adelaide, now Mrs. Bolles, of Knapp, Wis .; Freeman, who resides at Voltaire, N. D .; Amasa, of Huron, S. D .; Eben, of Voltaire, N. D .; Ida, now Mrs. Palmer of Stoughton, Wis .; Alice, the wife of B. J. Kehoe, of Madison, and El- len, who is the wife of the subject of this review. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are the parents of five children, the names and other facts con- cerning whom are given as follows: Ernest E. married Silvia Wilcox and resides in the town of Dunkirk; Iva Maud is the wife of Asa Goodrich, of Milton, Rock county, Wis .; Leila Angeline, now Mrs. Geo. Jackson of Milton, Wis .; Marvin Otis and Ida Frances reside at home. Mr. Haynes is a Republican in his political affiliations, and though he has never sought office he has served as school director for a number of terms. His religious views are expressed by a member-

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ship in the Methodist church, and his standing is very high in the community in which he resides; for he is known as a man of much energy and natural ability, a kind and loving husband and father, pub- lic spirited and ever ready to assist a worthy cause.

Charles R. Head, M. D., was one of the honored pioneer physi- cians and surgeons of Albion, where he was engaged in the prac- tice of his profession for nearly half a century and where his death occurred June 19. 1906, about two months prior to his eighty-sixth birthday. Dr. Head was born in Alfred, Alleghany county, New York, August 30, 1820, being a son of Solomon and Sarah (Coon) Head, both representative of families founded in America in the colonial epoch. The mother was a descendant of the prominent old Maccoon family, which was settled in Rhode Island in an early day. Solomon Head was a contractor and also owned a large farm in the Susquehanna valley, near Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania . from which state he removed with his family to the state of New York, where they maintained their home for a number of years. They then set forth for the wilds of Wisconsin, settling in Milton, Rock county, as pioneers of 1839. In 1843 Solomon Head established a home in Albion township, Dane county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of government land, the entire tract be- ing in the wild state, and here he reclaimed a considerable portion, both he and his wife remaining on the homestead until they were summoned from the field of life's endeavors. Both were zealous and devoted members of the Seventh-day Baptist church. To them were born six children, and of the number only two are now living, Sylvia and Henry, both of whom remain resident of Albion town- ship. Dr. Head, subject of this memoir, passed his youth in the state of New York and received good educational advantages, hav- ing attended college at Alfred. that state, and Castleton. Vermont. and having secured his medical education by private study and by attendance in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, from which celebrated institution he was graduated with the degree of doctor of medicine, in 1848. He forthwith rejoined his parents, in Albion, Dane county, Wisconsin, where he entered upon the active work of his chosen profession, in which he there con- tinued for forty-five years. None unfamiliar with the conditions which obtained in those early pioneer days when he first essayed his labors in this section can fully understand the arduous and un- remitting toil, the self-abnegation and the generous fidelity which actuated this typical physician of the day. The country was thinly settled, roads were none or of the most primitive type, and in sum-

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mer's heat or winter's rigors and storms Dr. Head made his way, night or day, over many weary stretches of road to minister to those in affliction, and his kindly ministrations and cheerful pres- ence brought comfort to many an isolated sufferer. His name was a familiar one in almost every household in the region and his prac- tice extended even beyond the environs thereof. When he was called to his final rest, in the fullness of years and honors, there were many of the representative families, of even the second and third generations, who felt his loss with a sense of deep personal bereavement. He was significantly humanity's friend, and he rode and wrote during a long and active life, bearing comfort and conso- lation and encouragement into many a home. The family retained possession of the original farm in Albion township, gradually add- ing to its area until it comprised a valuable landed estate of two hundred and forty acres, and of this property Dr. Head also had the general care and supervision during his father's declining years. The place has since been divided among his children, with the ex- ception of the homestead of eighty acres which he retained to him- self until his death and which continues to be the residence of his widow. The doctor was a stanch supporter of the Union cause during the climacteric period of the Civil War, and from 1863 to 1865 he was surgeon of the board of enrollment. For three terms he served as a member of the assembly in the state legislature,-in . 1854. 1856 and 1863, and he was uncompromising in his allegiance to the Republican party. He stood in all things for the highest type of citizenship, doing all in his power to further the material, moral and civic development and prosperity of his county and state and having been especially interested in educational affairs. He was one of those primarily instrumental in founding Albion Academy, for the support of which he contributed generous sums of money, besides furnishing a large amount of material for the construction of the academy buildings. For forty years he was president of the board of directors of the institution. His religious faith was that which made for faithfulness in all the relations of life, and his was a symmetrical and noble and useful manhood. May 13, 1854, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Head to Miss Seraphina Potter, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (West) Potter, of Rensselaer county, New York, who removed thence to Wiscon- sin in 1848, purchasing a farm in Albion township, this county, where they passed the residue of their lives. Dr. and Mrs. Head became the parents of four children, namely : Charles R., who died

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in 1858; Grace, who died in infancy ; Dr. Louis R. who is a repre- sentative physician of the city of Madison, where he controls a large practice ; and Mark A., who is one of the successful agricul- turists of Albion township, residing on a portion of the old home- stead ; he was engaged in the drug business for a number of years but was compelled to retire on account of impaired health.

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History of Dane County, Biographical and Genealogical, Part 39

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