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Theodore Lund, who has always engaged in farming and is a na- tive of Dane county, is of Norwegian parentage. He is the son of Benn and Matilda Lund, both natives of Norway, who were mar- ried there and came to Wisconsin about 1860. Of their family of thirteen children, Theodore is the youngest but one. Benn Lund re- sided for a short time at Rock Prairie when he first came from Nor-
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way but soon purchased a farm in the town of Blue Mounds. Later he moved to Perry township and bought a farm which is now owned by his son Theodore. Theodore was born in Perry town- ship, April 25, 1869, and at the age of twenty-two years began to work out as a farm-hand. He soon was able to rent a farm and later purchased a farm in the town of York, Green county, where he resided for eleven years. This property he sold and now re- sides in the town of Perry where he bought one hundred and sev- enty-seven acres of fine farm land and has a pleasant home and well-equipped farm. Benn Lund died in 1906 and his widow still resides in Perry. Theodore was married in September, 1893, to Miss Carrie Gilbertson, a native of Norway, daughter of Gilbert and Caroline Gilbertson of Blue Mounds. Five children were born to the marriage, all of whom reside with their parents; Elvin Lloyd, Ida May, Clara Irene. Artie William and Obert Raymond. Mrs. Lund spent part of her girlhood in La Fayette county, where she was educated. She is the oldest of a family of twelve children. Mr. Lund is a member of the Republican party although he does not take an active part in local affairs. He attends the Norwegian Lutheran church.
Thorvald C. Lund is numbered among the representative busi- ness men and popular citizens of Stoughton, where he is incum- bent of the responsible position of manager of the Mandt Wagon Company, which represents one of the important industrial enter- prises of Dane county. Mr. Lund was born in Sarpsburg, Norway, November 3, 1847, and is a son of Halvor T. and Maren C. Lund, members of sterling old families of Norway. They immigrated to the United States in 1864, locating in Cambridge township, Dane county, Wis., where they remained until 1872, when they removed to Blanchardville, Lafayette county, where they engaged in the hotel business. The father died in 1892, and the mother now main- tains her home in Stoughton. They became the parents of four sons and one daughter, all of whom are living. Thorvald C. Lund was reared to maturity in his native land, where he received a col- legiate education. He was seventeen years of age at the time of accompanying his parents to America, in 1864, and here he initi- ated his active business career by taking a position as clerk in a dry-good store at Beloit, Wis., in 1865, later being similarly en- gaged at Cambridge, Dane county. In 1871 he removed to Stough- ton, where he entered the employ of T. G. Mandt as bookkeeper at the wagon factory. He was finally promoted assistant manager of the business, thus continuing as the capable aid of the founder
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of the enterprise until 1883, when Mr. Mandt organized the Stough- ton Wagon Co., of which Mr. Lund was elected secretary, a posi- tion of which he continued incumbent until 1898, when he resigned his office and engaged with the Johnson Electric Service Company, of Milwaukee, in the capacity of office manager. He remained with that concern for a period of eighteen months, at the expiration of which, in 1890, he returned to Stoughton and again became asso- ciated with T. G. Mandt, who at that time effected the organiza- tion of the T. G. Mandt Vehicle Co. After the death of Mr. Mandt, in 1892, the company was reorganized, being then incorporated un- der the present title, the Mandt Wagon Co., and becoming a branch of the Moline Plow Co., of Moline, Illinois. Mr. Lund was .then elected local manager of the business, in which capacity he has since continued to render most effective service. The Mandt Wagon Co. has grown to a position of marked relative priority in its line, its factory now being one of the largest of the sort in the Union, with a yearly output of twenty-five thousand wagons, four thousand manure spreaders and five thousand sets of farm sleighs. Employment is given to more than five hundred men. Within the period of his residence in Stoughton Mr. Lund has been honored by his townsmen with several city offices. The first office to which he was thus called was that of police justice, later he was city clerk for two terms and he also served as a member of the board of aldermen. He was clerk of the board of education for many years, and has five times been elected and served as mayor of the city, each of his administrations having redounded to the best interests of the city. In politics he is a stanch adherent of the Republican party. though he was aligned with the Democracy for a few years, in the early seventies. During 1873-4 he was assistant and later su- perintendent of public property under the administration of Gover- nor Taylor. This office he resigned in 1874 and returned to his former position with Mr. Mandt, after having passed one and one-half years in the state service, at Madison. June 8, 1868, Mr. Lund was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Johnson, who was born in Cambridge, Dane county, Wisconsin, and they have three children, all of whom were educated in the excellent schools of Stoughton, Arthur H., Mattie E. and Christine M.
Gunder Lunde, of Pleasant Springs, is one of the leading young farmers of that locality. He is a son of Iver G. and Anna (Juve) Lunde, both natives of Hardanger, Norway, who came to America with their parents when quite young. Iver Lunde came over in 1842 in a sailing vessel which was six weeks en route. He landed
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in New York but very soon started west and secured a tract of wild land in section 23, Pleasant Springs. First a rude dug-out made his home and later a log cabin. After six years spent in clearing his farm, the western fever was still upon him and Cali- fornia became his goal in 1849. The perilous journey overland was made with ox teams but after four years of mining, Mr. Lunde re- turned to Pleasant Springs, married, and obtained another farm of wild land, one hundred and twenty acres in section 14, the present Lunde homestead. A log house was first built and gradually many improvements were made. Mr. Lunde and his wife lived there the remainder of their lives and became honored members of the com- munity. The family has always been interested actively in the Western Lutheran church, of which Iver Lunde was one of the founders. Its first meetings in the early days were held in a sort of a brush shelter on the Juve farm: Five children were born to the Lundes, of whom four are living. Knute, the oldest, is a far- mer of Albion, W's .; Christina is house keeper for her brother, Gun- der, on the old home farm; George is a farmer of Pleasant Springs. His wife was, before her marriage, Miss Susan Wittleson. Gunder Lunde was born at Pleasant Springs, November 1, 1869, was edu- cated with his brothers and sister at the district school and has al- ways worked on the farm. In 1898 he bought the home farm and has since carried on a general farming business. He raises tobacco, grain, etc., and considerable stock. Like his father, Gunder Lunde is a Republican but does not take an active part in politics. He is also a warm adherent of the Western Lutheran church and promi- nent in its management.
Ole K. Lunde, a substantial farmer of the town of Pleasant Springs, was born at Pleasant Springs, Dane county, Wis .. July 19, 1850. His parents were Kittle and Torger (Oleson) Kittleson, na- tives of Telemarken, Norway. In 1843 Kittle Kittleson and his wife (grandparents of the subject of this sketch) came to America in a sailing vessel. They landed at Quebec, came to Milwaukee by steamer and from Milwaukee to Pleasant Springs by team, where they located on a farm on section 9. Ole Lunde's father died in 1852, and the widow married his brother, Gunder Kittleson. Both Gunder and Kittle Kittleson were Lutherans and assisted in the construction of the old log Lutheran church. Mrs. Kittleson had two children by her first husband. Ole K. Lunde and Jorand, the wife of T. G. Mandt of Stoughton. Five children blessed the sec- ond union,-Charles, deceased ; Tobias, living in Pleasant Springs ; Tonne, the wife of Osmund Drotning of Pleasant Springs ; Ella, the
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wife of T. O. Mandt of Windsor ; and Lewis. Ole K. Lunde had such educational advantages as the schools of the vicinity afforded. He lived at home until he was twenty-three years old and then went to Stoughton, where he worked in a carriage factory for five years. In 1877 he located on what was then known as the Grims- rude place. where he has since made his home. All the improve- ments on the place have been made by Mr. Lunde. While he does general farming and a little dairying, his specialty is tobacco. As a Republican Mr. Lunde is now serving his town as supervisor for the sixth year. He has also been a member of the school board. His church affiliations are with Christ Lutheran church of Stough- ton. On May 24, 1877, he married Augusta, daughter of Helger and Berget (Oleson) Severson, natives of Norway, who came to Pleasant Springs in 1843 and passed away in their home there. To Ole and Augusta Lunde have been born seven children,-Clar- ence, who died at the age of eighteen ; Daisy and George, both at home; Adolph and Oswald, twins, Oswald having passed away; Joseph and Ovedia. Mr. Lunde is a hard-working and industrious citizen.
Orin N. Luraas, a prominent farmer of Dunkirk, was born on the farm which is now his home, October 1, 1856. The pioneer of the family in Wisconsin was John Nelson Luraas, father of Orin N., who came from Norway in 1839. John was born in Telemarken, Norway, Dec. 25, 1813, married Anna Olson Berg and first located at Muskego, Racine county. Wis., of which he was one of the founders. After four years in Muskego, the family changed their residence to Dane county and arrived in the town of Dunkirk, June 16, 1843. Here Mr. Luraas obtained a farm of two hundred and ninety acres in section 3 and was the first settler in the vicinity known as Wheeler Prairie. The five years between October, 1868, and the autumn of 1873 were spent by Mr. Luraas and his family in Webster county, Iowa, and from there they returned to the farm in Dunkirk, where they lived until 1886 when they moved to Stoughton, where Mr. Luraas died in 1890. Nels Johnson, father of John N. Luraas, joined the family in Wisconsin in 1845 but lived only two years after his arrival. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Luraas ; John, Orin N .. Cornelia, the wife of Ole Nel- son, Isabel (Mrs. Sam. Johnson), and Anna (Mrs. Ole Lewis). Orin N. received his education in the schools of Dane county and Webster county, Iowa, and has always engaged in farming. He is the sole owner of the old homestead and a successful and prosper- ous farmer. Oct. 25, 1888, he married Miss Lena Johnson, born 37-iii
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May 4, 1862, daughter of Sure and Bertha (Anderson) Johnson, who were natives of Norway and pioneers of Dunn township, where they lived on the same farm over forty years. Six children blessed the marriage ; Florence L., Valborg L., O. Melvin, Joel, A. Burn- ette and Lydia N. The family are stanch adherents of the Nor- wegian Lutheran church, of which Mr. Luraas' father was a most devoted member. They are active in church work and belong to the First Lutheran church in Stoughton. Mr. Luraas is a Republi- can in his political affiliations.
Richard Lynch, 302 W. Wilson St., Madison, is a native of Ire- land. His parents, Michael and Mary (Buckly) Lynch, were both born in Ireland. His father was a railroad contractor, and in com- pany with his uncle by marriage, John Noonan, built the second railroad into the city of Baltimore about 1833. The father came to this country in 1829, but lived only about seven years; he d'ed in Georgetown, Maryland. Mrs. Lynch married the second time and although Richard had no own brothers or sisters, he had twelve half-brothers and sisters; of these there remains only one, T. J. McCarthy, of St. Paul, chief ticket agent for the Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha Railway. His mother died in Galena. Ill. From Maryland, Richard Lynch went with his mother to Boston, where he lived one year. and then moved to Stonington, Conn., where he remained until he was about twenty-eight, and where he was educated. Dec. 10, 1854, he came to Madison by way of Chi- cago, Afton and Janesville, coming from Afton to Janesville by stage. The country was new then and Madison a little village in the woods, but he located here and his fortunes grew with the growing city. He followed his father's business of contracting, and interested himself in the affairs of public welfare. He is a Republican, and has several times been nominated for city offices. He married Miss Margaret McMahon, daughter of Peter McMahon, a native of Ireland, where Mrs. Lynch was born also. Their wed- ding occurred June 10, 1857. They have three children living, Mrs. Timothy McCarthy, Mrs. Patrick Lynch and Mrs. Robert Kerr, all residents of Madison. The children were all educated in Madison. Charles P. Bennett, a son of Mr. Lynch's half sister is, and has been for over twenty years, secretary of state of Rhode Island. His home is in Providence, and another nephew is a leading physician of the same city.
Michael L. Lyons, proprietor of the Lion Laundry of 313 Will- iamson street, Madison, was born in Oswego, N. Y., May 8, 1858. His parents were Michael and Elizabeth (Gorahan) Lyons, both
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natives of Ireland. The father was a hotel-keeper for a number of years, and upon his retirement from that business he went to farming. About 1870 he brought his family to Dane county, set- tling in the town of Westport, where the father died at the age of eighty-seven years. The mother is still living. Michael L. was the fourth of eight children-John, the night watch in the state capitol; Patrick, died in Madison at the age of fifty-one; Martin, employed in his brother's laundry; Edward, lives in La Crosse ; Ella, Margaret and Timothy, all deceased. Michael's education was received in the district schools of the town of Westport. His first labor was done on a farm, but agricultural pursuits did not ap- peal to him, and he quit to learn the blacksmith trade under his brother, Patrick. For a time blacksmithing furnished him a means of livelihood and then he drifted into the laundry business in 1884: For twenty-one years Mr. Lyons was actively connected with the management of the F. F. F. laundry of Madison, severing his con- nection in 1905 to engage in the same business with Nels A. Ladd. The Lion Laundry, which these two gentlemen now conduct, is probably the most completely and most modernly equipped plant in the state. Mr. Lyons is a Republican in his politics, belonging to the La Follette wing of that party. He has served two years as under-sheriff of his county and was for some years a member of the Madison police force. While serving in the latter capacity he served on the governor of Ohio the first requisition Gov. La Fol- lette ever issued. He is a member of the Catholic church. Fra- ternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and has the distinct on of being the second Madisonian to take the obligations of that order.
Ole P. Lysager is a member of Rutland's Norwegian community and owns a fine farm in the township. With his father, Paul Ly- sager, and his brother, he came to America in 1878. Paul Lysager was born at Vaage, Gudbrasdalen, Norway, and there married Miss Gertie Sveum, a native of the same place. There their s'x children were born and Mr. Lysager had a small farm. Mrs. Ly- sager died in 1875 and her husband and two sons, Ole P. and Paul, soon embarked for America. The daughters, Mary, who now lives at Black River Falls, Annie, the wife of S. O. Haugen of Dunkirk and Mary, who is Mrs. S. Sveum of Dunkirk, soon followed them and all located at Pleasant Springs. Ole P. was born in Vaage, January 25, 1862, attended school in Norway and after assisting his father in making a start in the new home, purchased for him- self a farm of eighty acres in the town of Rutland, which is his
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present home. It is sometimes called the "Old Coburn place," but under Mr. Lysager's careful management has been improved very greatly, the buildings remodelled and new barns, etc., erected. Considerable tobacco is raised and grain, hay, etc. In October, 1888, Mr. Lysager married Miss Annie O. Rustom, also of Nor- wegian birth. Her parents, Ole and Ingabret Rustom, are living in Norway but four of their children came to Wisconsin. John lives with his sister, Annie; Ole lives in Green county; Mary is Mrs. Thomas Klevan of Pleasant Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Lysager have five children, all at home; Nora, Alma, Paul, Henry and Alvin. They attend the schools of Rutland and Stoughton. Mr. Lysager is a Republican and interested in school affairs. He has held sev- eral local offices and been a member of the school board. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Stoughton.
James McCarthy is a native of Ireland and has been engaged in farming in the town of Dunkirk, Dane county, since 1857. He was born in Kinnaigh parish, County Cork, Ireland, August 15, 1834, son of John and Ellen (Murphy) McCarthy, with whom he lived until his seventeenth year. In 1851 he took passage for the United States and landed in Boston, Mass. in May of that year. For six years fol- lowing he lived in Lewiston Falls, Maine, where he was employed at various occupations and in 1857 traveled west to Wisconsin, locating in the town of Dunkirk. He purchased a farm of forty acres, which formed the nucleus of the present fine property of three hundred and twenty acres which is his homestead and he also now owns a farm of two hundred and forty acres one mile east of his home. The land was quite unimproved when purchased by Mr. McCarthy and of all the in- provements have been made by him, buildings erected, etc. In 1855 Mr. McCarthy married Miss Catherine Driscoll, also a native of County Cork, Ireland, and a large family blessed the marriage. Ele- ven children grew to maturity; John J., Charlie (deceased), Cornelius, Ellen, who is the wife of William Nichols, Timothy, James, Jr., Wil- liam D., Thomas H., Joseph, Frank J., and Edward. John J., is a prac- ticing attorney in Nebraska and member of the house of representa- tives from his congressional district. Thomas H. is a well-known physician of Janesville, Wis., Joseph is connected with the Hollister Drug Company of Madison, Wis. William is also practicing law in Nebraska. The other sons are successful farmers. Mr. McCarthy and his family are devout members of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. McCarthy has for many years been identified with the Republi- can party and takes a warm interest in school matters, for several terms serving as clerk of the school board of the town of Dunkirk.
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Alexander McCaughn, of Lodi, Columbia county, was born in Antrim, Ireland, July. 1822. where his parents, Charles and Sarah (Christic) McCaughn, were also born, and where the former died in 1837, aged sixty years. After her husband's death, Mrs. Mc- Caughn came, in 1841, with her family, to New York. After a short stay in the city. Alexander came with his mother to Dela- ware county, N. Y., where she died in 1857. The son continued his residence there for fourteen years. In 1855 he removed to West Point, Columbia county, Wis., and two years later changed his residence to Dane county, and settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. McCaughn. It consisted orignally of one hundred and twenty acres, but Mr. McCaughn subsequently increased it by the purchase of eighty acres more, thus owning at the time of his death, a farm of two hundred acres. The farm was uncultivated at the time of his first occupancy, and it is to his energy and in- dustry that all of its improvements are due. The property is operated for stock raising and general farming. Mr. McCaughn was a Republican, but did not care for active participation in politi- cal affairs. He and his family were associated with the Methodist Episcopal church of Lodi. He was twice married, but had no chil- dren by his first wife, Margaret Steele, daughter of Robert Steele. She was born in Deleware county, N. Y., and died in 1874, aged fifty years. In 1875, Mr. McCaughn married Mary Steele. daughter of Samuel Steele and granddaughter of Robert Steele, who was born in Iowa county, in 1855. Samuel Steele was born in Delaware county, N. Y., in 1824, and his wife, Ruth Far- well. was born in Ashtabula county. Ohio, in 1833. He came to Iowa county, Wis., in 1848, where he married and resided a num- ber or years. He afterward lived for a time in Illinois, later in Minnesota, and finally, in 1871, returned to Wisconsin and settled in Baraboo. His wife died in 1885. but he remained in his home until 1899, when he took up his residence with his daughter, Mrs. McCaughn. until his death in 1901. He was a farmer by occupa- tion, a Democrat, and later a Prohibitionist in politics, and both he and his wife were members of the Congregational church of Bara- boo. Of his seven children there are still three living. Mrs. Mc- Caughn's maternal grandfather. Isaac Farwell, was born in Charleston, Cheshire county, N. H., May 14. 1804, and his wife, Mahala (Daniels) Farwell, was born in Rutland, Rutland county. Vt .. December 30, 1801. They were married January 10, 1825, at New Fane, Niagara county, N. Y. and came to Rochester, N. Y. They were afterward among the early settlers of Ashtabula county,
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O., and later came to Iowa county, Wis., where both died, Mrs. Farwell in 1873 and her husband in 1883. Five children were the issue of the marriage of Alexander McCaughn and his second wife, Mary Steele : Charles, born May 13, 1876 ; William, born January 21, 1877; Rollo, born July 17, 1880; Emery S., born February, 1884 ; Howard, born August 2, 1887. Of these the eldest died in infancy. The others were educated in the common and high school of Lodi, and William resides at present in that town. Rollo and Emery S occupy farms in the vicinity of their former home, and the youngest, with his family, lives upon the old homestead. Beside the chil- dren born into the family, Lura West, daughter of Iola West, and niece of Mrs. McCaughn, who was born in Baraboo, February 7, 1883, was adopted when she was two years old, and has made her home with Mrs. McCaughn since that time.
Frederick S. McChesney, of Waunakee, is a native of Vienna township, Dane. His genealogy as preserved in the family is as fol- lows: 1. John McChesney in 1763 immigrate to America when six weeks old; he married Abigal Stevens, of Rupert, Vt., and died in Oswego Co., N. Y. in 1824. John McChesney and probably several brothers served in the Revolutionary War; he also served in 1812 as did three or four of his sons, one of them the grandfather of the sub- ject of this sketch. 2. John McChesney, born 1795, was an early set- tler of Selkirk, Port Ontario, Oswego county, N. Y., to which place he came before 1812 with Robert, James, and William, his brothers, and there died in 1832. He married Betsey Winch (see below). 3. Rudolph McChesney, born in Richland, Oswego county, N. Y., Decem- ber 21, 1824, married 1856 Hannah Sharp (see below), daughter of Job Sharp, and a native of Easington, Durham county, England ; died October 1, 1891 ; his children were, Rudolph, born August 21, 1857 and died June 29, 1862; John, born June 7, 1859; William, born July 17, 1861 ; and died September 19, 1889; Frederick S. (subject of sketch) born May 6, 1864; Joseph B., born July 19, 1860; Elizabeth Ann, born January 2, 1869 and died January 21, 1888; Rosa, born September 10, 1874. 4. Frederick S. McChesney married March 16, 1892, Miss Amelia Bresemann, daughter of John and Minnie (Dabe- low) Bresemann, all natives of Strasburg, Germany, who came to the village of Dane in 1890 and there reside. Their children are six; Cora Elizabeth, born February 7, 1893; Harvey Winch, born June 22. 1894; Oliver Frederick, born March 26, 1899; Rudolph John, born March 14, 1903; Esther Hannah and Lester James, born April 30, 1905. The maternal great grandfather of F. S. McChesney was Benj. Winch, born 1767; an early settler (1801) of Pulaski, Oswego
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county, N. Y. where he built the first house ; he came to Rock county, Wisconsin, in 1849; he was civil engineer, and surveyor in both Os- wego county and in Rock. He was united in marriage to Betsey Smith, born at Whitesboro, N. Y. in 1772;, and who died October 15, 1843. Betsey, daughter of Benj. and Betsey (Smith) Winchney, was born in Worchester, Mass., 1791 and died in Oswego county, N. Y., in 1879. Maternal grandfather was Job Sharp, a native of England, who died there in 1842; his wife Margaret (Dixon) Sharp died 1871. The father of the subject of this sketch was educated in N. Y .; came to Rock county in 1848, and to Dane about 1850. He owned in Vienna township eight hundred and forty acres of land in one farm, and other land amounting to about seventeen hundred acres. He was an independent in politics as was also his son Frederick. The latter was educated in the common schools, the academy of Madison and the Northwestern Business college, being a graduate of the last. He is a carpenter and wagon-maker by trade, and also a farmer. He owns three hundred and sixty acres of land which is run for general farming and stock-raising. He has a consider- able acreage of tobacco and keeps short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs.
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