USA > Wisconsin > Dane County > History of Dane County, Biographical and Genealogical > Part 58
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100
564
HISTORY OF DANE COUNTY.
sity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and in 1869-70 prosecuted his technical studies in the celebrated Rush Medical College, in the city of Chicago. from which he was graduated February 2, 1870, duly receiving his degree of doctor of medicine and coming forth specially well equipped for the exacting work of his chosen pro- fession. Shortly after his graduation he established himself in practice in Sun Prairie, and in this part of the county he controls a leading professional business, having been most successful in his work and being held in affectionate regard by the many fam- ilies to whom he has ministered. From 1872 to 1879 he was asso- ciated in practice, and also in the conducting of a drug business in Sun Prairie, with Dr. C. G. Cross, having been in the employ of this pioneer physician and druggist for two years prior to forming the alliance noted. Since 1879 he has individually continued in the drug business, in connection with his practice, while he is one of the leading citizens and influential business men of the town .. In 1889 he erected the building in whcih his drug store is now located while he also owns the business block occupied by David Assorsky. The doctor owns three hundred and twenty acres of valuable land in Clark county, South Dakota, while he disposed of a tract of two hundred and forty acres which he previously owned in that state. He has been the artificer of his own fortunes, is a clear-headed and reliable business man and has attained distinctive success. He has one of the finest residence properties in his home town, of which he served as president in 1884, in which year the improve- ment of the streets was inaugurated, while he was also prominently concerned in securing the establishment of the municipal water works, at all times showing a public-spirited interest in local affairs. He was postmaster of Sun Prairie for four years, during the ad- ministration of President Harr son, being a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party. He is a member of the state and county medical societies and also that of central Wisconsin, being president of the last mentioned. He also belongs to the American Medical Association. He is master of Sun Prairie Lodge, No. 143, Frec & Accepted Masons, and was the first ven- erable counsel of the local organization of the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is now medical examiner. On November 20, 1872, Dr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Ada A. Annis. daughter of William Annis, of Livonia, Lorain county, Ohio, and now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Lewis have no children.
Tollef Lewis, a furniture dealer of the village of MacFarland, was born in the town of Dunn, June 14, 1865. His parents were
565
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Thomas and Bertha (Ommondson) Lewis, natives of Norway, and one of the first families to settle in the town. Thomas Lewis worked for some years for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- way Company, first cutting wood and later keeping boarding house for the construction gang. He then purchased a small tract of government land about three-quarters of a mile from the rail- road station, and built his home. The farm he continued to en- large until at the time of his death he had one hundred and sixty acres. In 1882 he retired, and he and his wife made their home with their son Tollef until the mother's death in 1898; the father then went to 'Stoughton to live with another son and died there in 1900. To Thomas and Bertha Lewis were born four children : Ben, a farmer near Stoughton ; Anna, (Mrs. H. Lewis) lives near MacFarland ; Eric, a retired farmer, lives in Stoughton ; and Tollef, the subject of this sketch. Tollef Lewis was educated in the pub- lic schools of MacFarland. When seventeen years of age he started life for himself, he and a brother working their father's farm on shares. Five years of that labor enabled him to buy eighty acres from his father, on which he did general farming until 1899. In 1901 he bought several lots in the village of MacFarland and built a modern business block, where he carries on a well-patronized fur- niture business, transferring his stock from the Anderson block in which he had conducted his business since 1899. The same year that Mr. Lewis erected his business block, he built a beautiful home just on the outskirts of the village, on a part of the old homestead. In politics he is a Republican and is at present a supervisor, having been elected on that ticket; in his religious work he is affiliated with the Norwegian Lutheran church. May 18, 1887, he married Hannah, daughter of Jert and Randie Heltne, residents of Norway. Three children blessed this union, Theodore G., born October 19, 1890 ; Raymond B., born August 12, 1893 ; and Mabel, born in Aug- ust, 1895, and died a year later. Mrs. Lewis died in September, 1895, aged twenty-seven years. On December 23, 1897, Mr. Lewis led to the altar M'ss Julia Johnson, daughter of Halvor and Anna (Larson) Johnson of the town of Dunn. Three children have been born to them-Lillian L., July 2, 1899; Helmer E., February ?, 1901; and Earl, January 24. 1904.
Mathias Lindas is a dairy farmer and manager of the Medina Creamery in the southern part of the town of Medina. He is a native of Norway and his parents, Hans Mathias and Kari (Ender- son) Lindas, were born in Norway, married there and came to America in 1857. They obtained a farm in Medina, Dane county.
566
HISTORY OF DANE COUNTY.
Wis., which became their permanent home and there Mr. Lindas died in 1860 and his wife in 1902. Seven children were born to them, of whom four are livng. The family have always been associated with the Lutheran church. Two sons of Hans M. Lin- das, John and Andrew, served in the Civil War; John with Com- pany A, 29th Wisconsin Volunteers and Andrew with the 40th Wisconsin Volunteers, Company K. Mrs. Lindas was married a second time to Arent Hanson and one daughter, now Mrs. O. S. Huseboe, was born to them. Mathias Lindas was born in Nor- way, October 17, 1847, attended the common schools and the Mar- shall Academy and learned the cooper's trade. For a time he worked as clerk in a store but preferring a more active life he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which he has managed successfully and improved in many ways. He is a Re- publican in his political opinions and is a member of the board of supervisors, which office he has held several times. He takes an active part in local affairs. Mrs. Lindas was before her marriage Miss Anna Leverson, daughter of Thore and Signe (Skalvek) Le- verson, who came to Deerfield from Norway. Anna Leverson was born in Deerfield, September 14, 1851, and was married to Mr. Lindas, June 27. 1874. Six children have blessed the marriage; Josephine Maria, Andrew Mathias, who died in infancy; Sarah Emelia, Carrie Henretta, Theodore Aaron and Agnes. All the family attend the Lutheran church.
Andrew A. Linde is a prominent business man of De Forest, cashier of the state bank, and representative of one of the old fam- ilies of the county. His father, Andrew P. Linde, (see following sketch) came to Windsor in 1847 and has ever since made Dane county his home. Andrew A. Linde was born in De Forest, Dane county, Wis., January 24, 1864, attended school in Windsor and a ded his father upon the farm until he was twenty-two years of age. He became interested in the live-stock markets and has dealt in stock for a number of years, carrying on his operation in all the leading markets of the middle west. He still owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres and his home, but occupies himself mainly with his other business interests. In the organization of the De Forest state bank in 1902, Mr. Linde took an active part and has since been its cashier. In political sympathies he is a Democrat and takes a prominent part in local affairs. Active in the promotion of the Windsor free high school, he has also served as supervisor in Windsor township and as a member of the village board. June 18, 1890, he married Miss Nettie Knudtson, who was
567
BIOGRAPHICAL.
born in De Forest, January 23, 1871, daughter of Knudt and Car- rie (Erickson) Knudtson. Mr. and Mrs. Linde attend the Nor- way Grove Lutheran church. Knudt Knudtson was born in Nor- way. January 9, 1840, son of Knudt and Sarah (Oleson) Knudtson, both natives of Norway. Mr. Knudtson, Sr., died in Norway and his widow came to Wisconsin in 1868, and now lives in De Forest, ninety-five years of age. Her parents lived to be one hundred and three and one hundred years of age, respectively. Knudt Knudtson came to Madison in 1861, worked for a time in a machine-shop and moved to De Forest in 1879, where he was a blacksmith for many years. He married Miss Carrie Erickson and six children were born to them; Kate, Nettie, Edward, Emma, Oliver and Sadie. Nettie is Mrs. Andrew A. Linde.
Andrew P. Linde was an early settler of Dane county, where he came with his parents in 1847, and has for many years owned one of the largest farmis in the district. His father, Peter Jenson, was born and educated in Norway, was married there to Miss Martha Berdal and came with his wife and seven children to the United States in 1844. One of their family died in Norway. For three years they made their home in Spring Valley, Rock county, Wis., and in 1847 came to Windsor township, where Mr. Jenson ob- tained one hundred and ten acres of government land and made it their home, improving and building upon it with the aid of their sons and making a substantial property. Mr. Jenson was at first a Democrat but afterward became a Republican. With his wife he attended the Norway Grove Lutheran church, which his fam- ily still continue to support. Andrew P. Linde, his son, was born January 20, 1828, in Norway, attended school in Norway and taught himself the English language after he came to America. He has always occupied himself with his extensive farming interests and for a number of years, farmed a tract of five hundred acres. At present his farm consists of two hundred and forty-three acres of valuable property, well under cultivation, a short distance north of the village of De Forest. Always active in local affairs, Mr. Linde is a Republican and has held the office of school treasurer for many years, has served as constable and often represented h's lo- cality on the town board. September 13, 1850, he married Miss Anna Hovey, daughter of Peter and Ragnhild (Stein) Hovey, both of Norwegian birth. Mr. Hovey died in Norway and his wife came to the United States with her family in 1845 and lived in Rock county. afterward in Dane county and Boone county, Ill., where she died. Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Linde; Peter
568
HISTORY OF DANE COUNTY.
(deceased), John, Joseph, Martin (deceased), Rachel (deceased), Martin, Andrew A., Rachel, Adolph, Olons (deceased), Carl, Mar- tha and Herman.
Carl A. Linde, assistant cashier of the state bank of De Forest, is a brother of A. A. Linde and son of A. P. Linde. He was born in Windsor, Dane county, Wis., January 1, 1873, attended the home schools and entered the store of A. Moldstad at De Forest, as clerk, when he was fifteen years old. After six and one-half years with this firm he went to Madison and was employed as clerk by Keeley, Neckerman and Kessenich. In 1902 he was made assist- ant cashier of the newly organized state bank in De Forest, in which h's brother was heavily interested and has since held the same office. He is also a stockholder in the bank. A Democrat in political affiliations, Mr. Linde holds the office of village treas- urer and is actively interested in everything which tends to promote its welfare. December 26, 1903, he married Miss Margaret A. Moran, who was born in De Forest, Wis., daughter of John and Ellen Moran, now of Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Linde have one son, Carl Adrain, born October 13, 1904. Mr. Linde is a member of the Norway Grove Lutheran church and his wife belongs to the Roman Catholic church.
John Lindsey, (deceased), born in County Down, Ireland, July 10, 1837, was the son of Alexander Lindsey, a teacher by profes- sion. . He was educated in Ireland and learned the trade of a har- ness-maker in Glasgow, where he went at the age of fifteen years. He came to the United States in 1854 and settled in Milwaukee where he resided one year, when he came to Marshall and engaged in the harness bus ness ; he sold out in 1861, and entered the army as a private in Company B, Seventh Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, August 17, 1861. He was in the famous Iron Brigade, and took part in nineteen engagements with the army of the Potomac, and was severely wounded near Petersburg, Va. He was discharged, Aug. 21, 1864, near Whitehall, Pa. After the war closed he returned to Marshall and opened a boot, shoe and harness store, in which he continued until 1898 when he engaged in general mercantile business and opened a hotel. For the latter purpose he built, in 1897, a fine building which is now occupied by his family. He died Dec. 27, 1904. In politics, Mr. Lindsey was a Democrat and was chairman of the town board for a number of years, also town treasurer, and, in fact, held at different times, nearly all the town offices. He was married, Dec. 9, 1868, to Miss Christie McPerson, born in Louisville, N. Y., April 4, 1850. She
563
BIOGRAPHICAL.
was the daughter of Elijah and Margaret (Buchannan) McPerson of Marshall, who came to Dane county in 1864; Mr. McPerson was a blacksmith by trade; in politics he is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, as 's also their daughter, Mrs. Lindsey. Mr. Lindsey belonged to the fraternal order of Free Masons, and he and his wife had one foster- daughter, Mrs. Kate M. Harger. Mrs. Lindsey's paternal grand- parents were Moses McPerson,-who served and was wounded in the War of 1812,-and his wife Sarah (Jackson) McPerson, who came to Wisconsin in the pioneer days; both of whom died in the state of their adoption.
George H. Litch has been identified with the agricultural inter- ests of Dane county during all of his active life, and though not a native of the Badger state, he was so young when his parents established their residence upon her soil that he has no knowledge of any other place of abode. He was born in the village of Thet- ford, Orange county, Vermont, on May 6, 1858, and is one of five children born to George H. Litch, Sr., and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah W. Preston. The father was born at Norwich, Vermont, September 16, 1823, and the mother is a native of Straf- ford, in the same state, where she was born September 2, 1827. The children of these parents were as follows: Luella Frances, now the wife of Ed. Lazier of Rochelle, Ill. ; Susan Soph'a, the wife of George Dow of the city of Madison ; Mary Adeline, the widow of B. J. Knight of Rochelle, Ill .; George H., whose name introduces this review, and Eugene P., who also resides on the old homestead. The parents of these children came to Wisconsin in 1858 and first bought forty acres of land in the town of Dunn and began general farming. They remained on this farm but two years, however, and then turned it in as part payment on one hundred acres which the father bought in the town of Rutland, paying the difference in cash; and he added to this from time to time until he owned at the time of h's death more than seven hundred acres of land, part of his possessions being in Illinois. George H. Litch, the younger, re- mained at home and worked under his father's direction until he had reached the age of twenty-three years, and then he and his brother, Eugene P., were taken in as partners by the father, the latter retiring from active participation in affairs and appointing the subject of this sketch, as manager of the entire estate. This partnership continued about eight years or until the father's death, April 27, 1891, when the estate was divided. In this divis on our subject received the old homestead. upon which he and his mother
570
HISTORY OF DANE COUNTY.
has since resided, and he has made extensive improvements, hav- ing built large barns and sheds, and also a new residence, which in all its appointments and furnishings corresponds well with the average home in the more pretentious city. Mr. Litch is a well- preserved man and does not look to be more than thirty-five years old. He has never married, and his mother, who, despite her many years of strenuous life, is still enjoying good health, shares his home with him.
Mathias Lochner is one of the progressive and up-to-date far- mers of the town of Fitchburg, and he is justly entitled to recogni- tion as a pioneer resident of this part of the Badger state. He was born in the kingdom of Prussia, Dec. 21, 1828, and received his education in the public schools of his native land, although the opportunities were very limited. He remained in Prussia until he had reached the age of twenty-two years, and then migrated to America, in 1850, with Wisconsin as his final destination. Locat- ing at Milwaukee, he first secured employment on a steamboat, plying the great lakes, and later turned his attention to farm work in the town of Sun Prairie, Dane county. He was thus employed only one summer, and was then taken sick and returned to Mil- waukee. After he had sufficiently recovered his next employ- ment was chopping cord wood for one winter, after which he worked in a brick yard for three months and then went to Ken- osha. From the latter place he went to Chicago, where he was employed by a large lumber company, but remained in that place only about three months, and then worked on a farm in Illinois for seven months. He then came to the town of Berry, in Dane county and purchased six yoke of cattle, which he used as one team for breaking new ground, and he remained in Berry for three years, at the end of which time he was married. Purchasing forty acres of land, he resided thereon for twenty-four years, and then dispos- ing of his farm he removed to the town of Springfield and worked a farm on shares for one year. He then removed to Marshfield, Wis., where he resided five years, and then returned to Dane county, locating in the town of Fitchburg, which place has been his home since 1882. A sister of our subject, Mrs. Peter Marks, re- sides in Brooks' addition to the city of Madison, and another s'ster, Anna, is also living. Mr. Lochner was married in May, 1858, to Miss Barbara Smith, who is also a native of Prussia, born March 1, 1836, daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lochner there have been born ten children, of whom the following facts are appropriately given, in connection with the re-
571
BIOGRAPHICAL.
view of their worthy parents: John married Elizabeth Marks and resides in the town of Berry; Matthew married Bridget Kenney and resides in the town of Fitchburg, where he now fills the re- sponsible position of town treasurer; Mary was the third child in order of birth, and is deceased; Peter married Katie Croud and re- sides in Madison; Nicholas married Tillie Kettlepeter and resides in the town of Springfield; Henry married Mary Holt and resides in Madison; Willie and Michael reside at home; Katie married Fred Tupp and resides in the town of Madison; and Frank died in infancy. The subject of this review proved his loyalty to the coun- try of his adoption when the integrity of the nation was being at- tacked in the early sixties. On February 13, 1865, he enlisted as a private soldier in Company K of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Wis- consin Infantry, and served with that command until July 17, 1865, when he was mustered out, peace having been restored. During his term of service he remained at Nashville on guard duty. Mr. Lochner gives an unswerving allegiance to the tenets of the Demo- cratic party, although he has never been an aspirant for public of- fice. He and his wife are members of the Catholic church at Mad- ison.
John Lockwood, of Dane, was born in Norway, May 30, 1844. His paternal grandfather was Justice B. Lockwood, born in Phila- delphia, Pa. In 1792 he was captain of an American vessel, and during the French revolution, was captured and finally landed in Norway. He remained there and died in 1835. His wife was a Miss Reimers. Mr. Lockwood's maternal grandparents were na- tives of Norway and died there. John Lockwood, Sr., was born in 1820, and educated in Norway and was a commission merchant. He died there in 1889. His wife was Sophia (Blix) Lockwood, born 1815 and died 1890, in Norway. They had seven children of whom six are living, two in Boston, three in their native country, and one, the subject of this sketch, in Dane. When he was twenty- one, Mr. Lockwood came to Chicago, having received his tuition in the common and private schools of Norway. He remained in the city about a year and a half and then came to Madison and three years later to Middleton where he remained two years. In both of these places he was engaged in the grain commission business. From 1872 to 1893 he was in the grain and live-stock business in the village of Dane ; then he sold out to Caldwell & Neill Co. For ten years he has been in the mercantile business, with his son, O. C. Lockwood, as manager. Upon the death of his son, in 1899, he took possession of the business, and in 1902. entered into a partner-
572
HISTORY OF DANE COUNTY.
ship with Mr. O. S. Jacobson. The firm is now Lockwood & Ja- cobson, and is the leading general store of Dane. In politics, Mr. Lockwood is a Democrat; has been assessor and town clerk for about twelve years, and has for many years been a member of the school board. He is an attendant and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Anna Larson, born in Norway, Dec. 19, 1847, became his wife August 12, 1867. She is the daughter of Ole Larson. Her mother was a Miss Kari, and they were both natives of Norway ; they came to Rock county in 1848. Mr. Larson served four years in the Civil War and died in 1902, aged seventy-two years. His widow is now living in Iowa county. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood have had seven children,-John S., who died in 1885; Ove Carl, a graduate of Valporaso normal school, died in 1899; Justice B., educated in Madison academy, died in 1892; Anna T., educated at Madison Academy ; Norman R., educated at Madison high school; both of these reside in Madison; Cora May, educated in the Lodi high school, is at home; the youngest, John S., is still a student of the high school of Lodi.
A. R. Loveland has served as postmaster at the village of Ore- gon in Dane county since July 1, 1897, and no better evidence of his efficiency and courtesy is needed than the mere statement of this fact. He is a native-born citizen of Dane county, having first seen the light of day in Rutland township on Aug. 20, 1854. His parents are Carpus E. and Emily L. (Colvin) Loveland, both of whom are natives of the state of New York, but they have re- sided in Dane county for more than fifty years, and have had the extreme 'and somewhat rare pleasure of celebrating the golden anniversary of their marriage. The father followed farming for a time, and then clerked for a number of years, but he is now living retired in the village of Oregon, his son who is the immediate sub- ject of this review being one of the happy family circle. Carpus E. Loveland was a member of the legislature of Wisconsin, in 1870, was a member of the county board of supervisors for a number of years, and also officiated for a time as justice of the peace. A. R. Loveland received his education in the excellent schools of Rut- land township, and as he has never married, he has always made his home with his parents. He is a member of the Masonic order, holding membership in the lodge at Oregon, and in politics he gives an unswerving allegiance to the Republican party. Aside from the office of which he is now incumbent he has never been a seeker of political honors.
573
BIOGRAPHICAL.
A. L. Lund of the Lund Drug Co., of Cambridge, is the owner of a large drug store and also carries a stock of books, stationery, etc. He has always engaged in mercantile pursuits and built his pres- ent store in 1903. His father, O. J. Lund, was born in Bergen, Norway; there received his education and married and worked at the trade of the shoemaker and tanner until 1847. A. L. Lund was was born in Christiana, Norway, and came to the United States with his parents when a boy. Mr. Lund was employed in shoe- making in New York city, Milwaukee, Chicago and Janesville for several years and came to Cambridge in 1855. Here he resided un- til 1861 when he went to Milwaukee, returning some years later to Cambridge to spend his last years with his sons. Two children, Alfred J and A. L., were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lund. Mr. Lund died in 1877 and his wife in 1878. A. L. Lund attended the home schools in the different places where his parents resided while he was a boy and lived with his parents until the outbreak of the war when he enlisted as a private in Company H, Twenty-seventh Wis- consin Infantry, in January, 1862. His regiment was part of the Army in the West after Vicksburg, Miss., in which battle it had a share. It was the first regiment to enter Little Rock, Ark. Priv- ate Lund was promoted to second lieutenant but was obliged by a severe attack of fever to return home where he spent the next two years in efforts to regain his health. When sufficiently recovered to work he engaged in distilling at Fort Atkinson but sold the business after a short period and returned to Cambridge where he became proprietor of a hotel. For some years he traveled for a commercial house and in 1903 opened his present store. Mr. Lund is a Republican but not an active politician. Like his parents he is a member of the Lutheran church. In March, 1862, Mr. Lund was married to Miss Hannah Reinertson of Milwaukee and the mar- riage was blessed with six children. George, the oldest, is in busi- ness with his father as is also the youngest son, Norman. The others in order of their age are Bert, Adolph, Andrew and Joseph- ine. Mr. Lund is commander of the F. H. Potter Post, No. 229, G. A. R. of Cambridge and has held the office for eight years. Be- fore that time he was active in other offices of the post.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.