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Melchior Kalscheur, of Middleton, was born at Cross Plains, . July 27, 1870. His father, Jacob Kalscheur, was born in Gottes- kirchen, Prussia, December 4, 1827, and came to this country with his parents about the middle of the century, having already served in the Prussian army. He located at Cross Plains about 1851 or 1852. There in 1855 he met his wife, Josepina, daughter of Mel -. chior Conrad, who was born in Neunkirchen, Bavaria. April 23, 1836. They were married the following year, and upon the home- stead then located and established they reared their family of twelve children, eleven of whom are still living. The father still lives in his early home. The grand-parents of Melchior Kalscheur, both paternal and maternal, were among the carly settlers of Dane. The former, of Prussian birth, John and Theresia (Cohnen) Kal- scheur, came to Springfield in 1850, and the next year located at Cross Plains. The maternal grandfather, Melchoir Conrad, also came first to Springfield, but did not change his residence to Cross Plains until 1860. There he became the owner of a large farm of six hundred acres. Mr. Kalscheur is a buttermaker by trade. In politics and religion he follows the family traditions, being, like his father and grandfather, a Democrat and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He has served in the office of town clerk. On
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May 29, 1900, he was married to Miss Rosa Acker, daughter of George and Josepina (Faber) Acker, of Springfield, and they have three children, Josephina R., Cazilia T., and Elizabeth H.
Kampen Bros. is a leading mercantile firm of Morrisonville, who have owned a general store in the village since December, 1899. The firm consists of Oscar A. and Adolph J. Kampen, the sons of Henry and Augusta (Winrich) Kampen, who lived in the town of Leeds and Morrisonville. Henry Kampen was born in Caden- berge, Germany, November 11, 1850, was educated in Germany and learned the shoemaker's trade. He came to Leeds in 1869, married Miss Augusta Winrich. who was born in Leeds, December 25, 1857, and engaged in farming. He bought and sold several farms and finally opened a hotel in Morrisonville. At the time of his death in July, 1902, he had retired from active business. His widow lives in Morrisonville. Eight children were born to them; Adolph J., Alma (deceased), Arthur (deceased), Oscar, George (deceased), Jacob, Eleanor and Julia. Adolph J., the eldest son. was born in the town of Leeds, February 28, 1876, attended the public schools of Columbus and Madison, Wis., and was employed as a clerk by Keeley, Neckerman & Kessenich of Madison. He was also for a time clerk in Ogilvie's dry goods store in Madison. May 15. 1901, he married Miss Tinka Knutson, who was born in Columbia county, Wis., December 22, 1883, daughter of Gabe and Bertha (Peterson) Knutson, who came to Columbia county from Norway. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kampen, Am- let and Walter. Oscar A. Kampen was born in the town of Leeds, Columbia county. September 13, 1880, attended school in Colum- bus and graduated from the high school at Madison in 1899. In December, 1899, he with his brother Adolph. opened the store in Morrisonville of which they are now proprietors and they have established a large and thriving business. In political affiliations Mr. Kampen is a Democrat.
Fred J. Karberg, a prominent citizen of Mazomanie, was born in Berry township, Dane county, November 8. 1859. He is the son of William and Minnie (Hacker) Karberg, both of whom were born in Germany, the former on February 20. 1823, and the latter in the province of Pomerania, June 17, 1836. William Karberg received his education in his native land and in 1834 emigrated from Germany with America as his destination, being accompanied by his family and his parents, both of the latter dying within a year after arriving in Wis- consin. The mother of Mrs. Karberg also came to America and died in Berry township, Dane county. Arriving in Dane county, William
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Karberg settled on a farm of eighty acres at Marxsville, and lived thereon until 1903, since which time he and wife have made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Asa Hawley, of Berry township. The mar- riage of William Karberg and wife occurred on March 31, 1855, and the fiftieth anniversary of that event was celebrated by a beautiful golden wedding on March 31, 1905. Both of these honored parents are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and the father gives allegiance to the Republican party. Six children were born of this union, the names of whom and other facts concerning them being given as follows: William, the eldest child, died in 1876, at the age of eighteen years; Fred J. is the immediate subject of this sketch; Lewis is a jeweler at Sauk C.ty, Wis .: Robert is a traveling salesman, out of Minneapolis, Minn .; Theresa is the wife of Asa Hawley, of Berry township ; and Walter. Fred J. Karberg received his educa- t'on in the common schools of the locality where he was reared, and later took a course at the Northwestern Business College, at Madison. He then engaged in farming for a time, but being inclined toward mercantile pursuits he engaged in that line of business at Marxsville and followed it very successfully for ten years ; and although now prac- tically retired he retains an interest in the Lochner & Karberg mercan- tile establishment at Marxsville. It should also be stated that in his youth he followed teaching for a short time. He is a Republican in his political affiliations, and has been a delegate to the county conven- tions at Madison for a number of years. At the present time he is the treasurer of Berry township. He is a member of the Evangelical Lu- theran church, and also of the Modern Woodmen of America. Wal- ter Karberg, the youngest of the children named above, was born in 1869, and was educated in the common schools. He is a farmer by occupation and owns the old homestead of eighty acres, and there he is engaged quite extensively in general farming and stock-raising. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the order of the Modern Woodmen of America, and his wife and he are members of the Evan- gelical Lutheran church. He was married on June 17, 1903, the lady of his choice being Miss Flora Fehlandt, daughter of William Feh- landt, of Madison, Wis.
Robert Keenan, of Oregon, was born in Fitchburg, September 16. 1854. He is the second son of John and Flora (McKee) Keenan. natives of Ireland. The father came from the old country and the mother from New York city to Lima, Ind. ; they came from Indiana to Wisconsin by team, by way of Chicago and were married in the town of Dunn, Dane county. They were among the earliest set- tlers, coming with the Foxes in 1843. Mr. Keenan took up gov-
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ernment land, one hundred and twenty acres, in Fitchburg .- for- merly Greenfield, a part of the precinct called Rome,-improved it and added to it until he owned at the time of his death in Decem- ber, 1871, a large farm of four hundred and sixty-eight acres. Mr. John Keenan was chairman of the town at the time of the Civil War and assisted in getting recruits for the service. He had six children, four sons and two daughters, all living; they are J. A. Keenan, of Battle Creek, Ia .; Robert, the subject of this sketch ; Jennie. (Mrs. Joseph Bennett), of Lancaster ; Charles, of Battle Creek, Ia .; Agnes and George,-who make their home with their mother in Madison,-the latter being employed by the Avery Ma- chinery Co. They were all born in Fitchburg and began their school life there at Oak Hall or the "old red brick." J. A. attended the university of Wisconsin for two years and George for three. Robert Keenan has been a farmer most of his life, beginning for himself when twenty-seven years old. He purchased the farm of one hundred and nineteen acres, where he lives, some eleven years ago. It is an improved property and he uses it chiefly for stock raising, making a specialty of short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs. Mr. Keenan is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Mod- ern Woodmen, of Oregon, and of the Presbyterian church. He was united in marriage, December 14, 1881, to Miss Ella York, daughter of Nathan and Phoebe Ann (Bartlett) York. Mr. York was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and his wife in Newark, N. J. They came to Oregon in 1854, bought a hundred and sixty acres of land, improved it and finally sold it and moved into the village of Oregon where they now reside. They have had six children. two died in infancy : Mrs. Henrietta Lamont, of Oregon; Mrs. St. John, of Monroe; Mrs. Coward, (deceased) and Mrs. Robert Keenan : the last has had three children, Flora May, York and John. all born on the old homestead where their father was born and which was the early home of the family. The daughter was gradu- ated from the high school of Oregon, in 1901. and the two sons are now in attendance at the same school.
William Keenan, the occupant of the old Keenan homestead in the town of Dunn, was born in the town of Fitchburg. Dane county, December 19, 1852. His parents were George and Matilda Elizabeth (Fox) Keenan, natives of Moat, County Meath, Ireland, where Mr. Keenan was born August 18, 1818, and his wife February 18, 1818. Mrs. Keenan was the daughter of Rev. William Fox, a Presbyterian minister and her mother was Eleanor Lynn. In 1833, while Mrs. Keenan was still a girl, the family came to America settling first in
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Cleveland, and later in Lima. Indiana, where quite a number of the Fox family had settled. In 1842 she became the bride of George Keenan, and the following year the young couple came to Wisconsin with the rest of the Foxes, locating in a fertile valley extending from the town of Fitchburg into Oregon. For seven years George Keenan and his wife lived in Fitchburg, and then moved to the great farm in the town of Dunn, 'six miles away, where Mr. Keenan passed away July 10, 1891. Late the same year Mrs. Keenan moved to Madison, where she made her home until her death, which occurred October 13. 1905. While paying for his first claim George Keenan worked at his trade of shoemaker in Madison, walking twelve miles night and morn- ing between his home and his place of business. George Keenan was the father of eight children,-Catherine became the wife of Elijah Tussler and died in 1894; Anthony died in 1876 at the age of twenty- nine : Charlotte is the wife of Forrest H. Colladay of Madison ; Wil- liam is on the old homestead in the town of Dunn: Caroline is the widow of the late Paul Tannert and resides in Madison ; George is a practicing physician of Madison ; Frances is the wife of A. B. Wine- gar of Madison ; and Adelaide makes her home in Madison. William Keenan received his education in the schools of Dunn township and had the benefit of three years study in the University of Wisconsin. On November 30, 1876; he married Alice Ann, daughter of Willianı McLain and Mary Ann (Kirk) Colladay, of the town of Dunn. (See sketch of Charles M. Colladay.) Mrs. Keenan was born February. 21, 1852 and received her education in the schools of the town of Dunn and the Albion Academy. By her marriage to Mr. Keenan she is the mother of four children,-Harry Anthony, born August 20, 1877, mar- ried Pearl Netherwood of Oregon village, and is now a practicing physician in Edgerton, Wis .; Mabel Claire, born July 21, 1879, lives at home ; William MeLain, born December 5, 1881, lives at home ; and Paul Oscar, born October 10, 1884, now attending dental college at Chicago. Mr. Keenan is a member of Oregon Camp, No. 1372, Modern Woodmen of America, and is the present Chief Forester of that camp. The large farm of two hundred forty acres which Mr. Keenan manages is one of the finest in the county.
Charles Kehoe, member of the Economical Rug company at 128 State street, was born in Massachusetts, August II, 1871. He is a son of Edward and Mary (Thompson) Kehoe, now residents of Ever- ett, Mich., where for forty years the father conducted a first-class hos- telry. He is now retired. Edward Kehoe enlisted in the Union army during the Civil War, but hostilities had ceased before the regiment to which he belonged was called into service. Both Mr. and Mrs.
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Kehoe are natives of Birmingham, England, and members of the Episcopal church. The father is seventy-nine years of age and the mother some eleven years younger. Charles Kehoe is the only child. His education was received chiefly at home, an eye affliction rendering him incapable of attending school. While sitting on his father's doorstep when still very young he was struck in the eye by a stone thrown by boys playing in the street, resulting in total blindness in the optic. His first labor was for his father in the hotel business at Fair- bault, Minn. He remained with him until he was twenty-nine years of age and then came to Madison to work for Mr. George Dow. In 1899 he established the rug business which has been highly success- ful. On January 26, 1884, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Kindoll, a native of Sweden. Her parents are both dead. They have no children.
Lorin F. Kelley, of Marshall, is assistant cashier of the bank of Marshall, which position he has held ever since the organization of the institution, in which he had a promnent part. Of New England descent, Mr. Kelley's father, William Penn Kelley, was born in Rhode Island and his maternal great-grandfather shared in the ex- citing incidents of the "Boston tea party." William P. was born in Rhode Island at Blackstone, November 30, 1828, attended schoo! in New York and became a farmer. He married Miss Jane E. Warner, a native of Lima, N. Y., and after their marriage in 1848, they came to Wisconsin and located in Columbia county. From there they moved to Dane county in 1850 and purchased a farm. Mr. Kelley died in 1893 and Mrs. Kelley lives in Montana. Nine children were born to them, of whom eight are living. Lorin F. was born in Medina, Dane county, Wis., April 16, 1861, attended the Marshall grade schools and the Marshall Academy, and en- tered a dry goods store as clerk. Some years later he opened a drug store in Marshall, which he has managed successfully for twenty-three years. To this has been added a well stocked jewelry department. Mr. Kelley is also a stockholder in the bank of Mar- shall. Hee is a member of the Prohibition party, having formerly been a Democrat, and was village treasurer for 1905. For seven years he held the office of town clerk. July 1S, 1892, Mr. Kelley was married to Miss Emilie C. Kaiser, who is a native of Germany and the daughter of Carl Wm. Kaiser and Henrietta (Gray) Kaiser, who came to Wisconsin in 1858. Mr. Kaiser was a veteran of the Civil War and died in 1868 from the result of wounds received in the war. Mrs. Kaiser died in 1903. Of their ten children, nine are living. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley have two children; Ruth E., born in
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August, 1893, and Esther A., born in 1896. Both attend school in Marshall. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Kelley is clerk of the Modern Woodmen and secre- tary of the E. F. U.
Michael Kelley, of Dane, is of Irish ancestry, although born in Walworth county of this state, October 24, 1863. His mother, Margaret (Coin) Kelley, came to this country first, locating in Wheeling. Va. She was at that time about sixteen years of age, having been born in 1823. His father, Michael Kelley, born 1820, came to Pennsylvania in 1843 ; their marriage occurred in 1845 ånd they came to Walworth county in 1850. The forty acres of land purchased in Walworth was their home for eighteen years, when they came to Dane, settling first in Roxbury'and afterward in Dane township, where they owned one hundred and sixty acres of land. and there Mr. Kelley died in 1883. His widow, now living, is aged eighty-three years; they had ten children, of whom eight are living. The subject of this sketch received his education from the common schools of Dane township; he follows the occupation of a farmer, and owns one hundred and fifty-two acres of land in the corporation of Dane. He raises about forty acres of tobacco, and from twenty- two to thirty acres of sugar beets, being the largest producer of the latter in the county. He has been an extensive stock-dealer for fourteen years, handling. in 1905, about four hundred and sixty head of horses. He has served as the assessor of Dane township for three and as chairman of the village board for four years. Both he and his father were Democrats and Catholics. He married. November 4, 1890, Mrs. Frances (Wohlfahrt) Christmann, who was born in Germany, February 11, 1863, daughter of Joseph and Johanna (Illing) Wohlfahrt, natives of Germany. where Mrs. Wohlfahrt died in 1891, and where her husband still lives at the age of eighty-one years. Mrs. Kelley had, by her first husband. John Christmann, one child, Mamie. To Mr. and Mrs. Kelley have been born five children. Michael, died July 24, 1905. aged thirteen years ; Hannah, Hazel, Helen, Russell.
William T. Kelley, who is recognized as one of the progressive young farmers of the town of Oregon, where he was born and has claimed a residence during the greater part of his life, is the eldest of a family of four children born to Warren S. and Jane E. (Grif- fith) Kelly, former residents of Dane county. The father was a native of the state of New York and the mother was born in Dane county. Wis. The children of these parents, aside from him who has been mentioned as the subject of this review, are: Philip, who
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served three years in the regular army, stationed in the west and but recently mustered out, is a resident of Rockford, Ill .; Frank and his father reside at Lone Rock, in Richland county, Wis .; and Joseph makes his home with William T., whose name introduces this memoir. The father was one of the early settlers in Wiscon- sin, and with his parents first settled in the town of Verona. He remained at home until he was about twenty-one years old, then began his independent career as a farm hand. William T. Kelly became dependent upon his own resources at an early age, and when twelve years old began work as a farm hand. Later he was employed by D. Kingsley, and also Hess & Schmitz, of Madison, with whom he remained until 1893, when he married, and the fol- lowing year he purchased ninety-nine acres of land in the town of Oregon. He resided on this farm about six years, and then sold it and bought eighty acres, upon which he now resides. He is a man of much determination and natural ability, qualities which have stood him well in hand, as is evidenced by the prosperous con- ditions with which he is surrounded, and which are the results of his individual efforts. The date of his marriage was in December, 1893, and the lady of his choice was Mrs. Kathrine (Elliott ) Clark. born in Pennsylvania, May 1, 1857, the daughter of William and Martha (Fincher) Elliott. She is the eldest of three children, born to the above named parents, the others being Anna, who is the wife of B. G. Kline, and Thomas, both of whom reside in the village of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have no children. In politics the subject of this sketch is strictly independent, and in his social relations he is one of the leading members of the lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America, in the village of Oregon.
Clarence Kellogg, clerk of the state supreme court, was born in Madison. May 25, 1844. His parents were La Fayette and Rosy O (Catlin) Kellogg, the former a native of New York and the latter of Vermont. Mr. Kellogg was one of the early settlers of Wisconsin, coming here the year after the establishment of the territory. In 1840 he was made clerk of the territorial supreme court and continued to hold that position until the organization of the state in 1848. He was clerk of the first and the second constitutional conventions and clerk of the assembly. Upon the organization of a separate supreme court in 1853 he was made its clerk and continued to hold that position until his death in 1878. He was a Mason and a well-known man. La Fay- ette Kellogg was twice married. His first wife was a daughter of Horatio and Arvilla (Farr) Catlin. She was the mother of four child- ren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eldest; the others were
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Edward C., deceased; Charles L., a resident of Montana; Carrie R., now Mrs. Brigham Bliss of St. Paul. By his second marriage to Miss Helen R. Adams, he had one child, Helen J., who is now living with hier mother in Madison. Clarence Kellogg received his education in the schools of Madison and was for a time an attendant of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Upon the completion of his studies he entered the service of the state as deputy clerk of the supreme court, serving under his father. This was in 1860. In 1867 he resigned but five years later resumed his place as deputy, serving as such until the death of his father in 1878, when he was appointed clerk and has since held that position. On October 28, 1868, he married Mies Julia A., daugh- ter of Harry and Julia A. Adams, natives of Vermont and now both deceased. To this marriage has been born one son, Harry L., an at- torney of Milwaukee. Harry L. Kellogg married Miss Grace Hop- kins, by whom he has three children,-Cornelia H., Julie, and Grace. The subject of this sketch is not a member of any secret society and takes little interest in politics.
John Kennedy, of West Port. is one of the many instances which the history of this country affords, of boys who, with no other as- sistance than that afforded by their own industry, prudence and energy has risen from poverty to comparative affluence, given to their families the benefit of a good education and fitted them for places of usefulness and emolument. Mr. Kennedy's father died in Ireland in 1842, when he was a mere child, and he came with his mother to Amer- ica in 1847, being then only seven years of age. After remaining for about two years in the vicinity of Cincinnati, the family came to Mil- waukee, and in 1853 to Westport, where the mother made her home until her death, March 10, 1885. John Kennedy began his education in Ireland and continued it during his residence in Ohio, and in the schools of Westport township. He began to work early, turning his attention to whatever opportunity offered, on the railroad, the steam- · boat or in the quarry. He also worked by the month for ten years on a farm. In 1865 he bought eighty acres of land, adding at different times sixty, twenty and eighty acres, until he is now the owner of two hundred and forty acres, upon which he has made all the improve- ments. He is a general farmer and stock raiser, and takes pride in keeping good stock of all kinds. Mr. Kennedy has for years been a member of the school board. He is a Democrat and a member of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic church. He is the only survivor of a fam- ily of four children. His brother Richard died in Westport, and a sis- ter, Catherine, in Ireland. The paternal home was in Kilkenny and his parents' names Jolin and Julia (Whalen) Kennedy. In 1870 he
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was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Powers, a native of Mass- achusetts, and the daughter of Thomas and Helen (Lynch) Powers, natives of Ireland who settled first in Massachusetts and finally came to Westport where both died. Mrs. Kennedy died, December 12, 1888, aged thirty-eight years, and Mr. Kennedy married his second wife, in 1889, Mary Carhorm Coughlin, who was born in Ireland, and who died January 1, 1906. Mr. Kennedy has nine children, all born to his first wife, of whom Julia, the second child, and Josie the seventh, are dead ; the others are Rev. Richard V. Kennedy, pastor of the Cath- olic church at Rush City, Minn., and one of Archbishop Ire- land's priests; Thomas, a dentist of Janesville; Ellen, who lives at home ; Mary, a graduate of Platteville normal school and a teacher at that place ; John, a farmer at home; Grover, a student at Miss Rich- · mond's private school, at Madison; Lilly, a graduate of Middleton high school.
Michael Henry Kennedy, of Waunakee, a prosperous young farmer, was born in Westport, November 3, 1873. His father, Martin Kennedy, was born in Ireland, in 1840, and his mother, Ellen (Hogan) Kennedy, in 1845. Martin Kennedy was reared and educated in Ire- land coming to Dane when a young man with his mother and two brothers, Richard and John. He was a farmer by occupation, Democrat in politics and with all members of his family belongs to the St. Mary of the Lake Catholic church. He died May 22, 1889. To himself and wife were born nine children, John died aged twenty-three years; Michael H., the subject of this sketch; Richard; Theresa; Mar- tin; Anastatia; James; Columbus; Mary. The paternal grandfather of M. H. Kennedy was John Kennedy, who was born and died in Ire- land; his wife, Julia (Whalen) Kennedy was born in Ireland, came to Cincinnati and settled near the city where she remained for two years and then spent one year in Milwaukee, and came to Westport in 1853. She died March 10, 1885. The maternal grandfather was Michael Hogan, mentioned in this work. The common schools of Westport township furnished the opportunity for an education to Mr. Kennedy, and he chose farming as his vocation. He owns two hundred and thirty-three acres of land, which is run as a general farm, giving special attention to stock raising and the cultivation of tobacco. On his farm which he bought in 1904, he has built a large tobacco shed. He is actively interested in the welfare of the community, having served on the school board for nine years, and is now serving his fifth year as chairman of the board of the town of Westport, his constitu- ency being Democratic. He married, September 23, 1903, Miss Re- becca Jones, born in Westport, October 7, 1880, and they have one
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