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in connection with his profession ; he has been secretary of the Central Wisconsin Medical Society since 1885 and of the Wisconsin Medical Society since 1890; he is a member of the council of the American Academy of Medicine. He has served as a member of the United States board of examiners for pensions, and is also an occasional con- tributor to the literature of his profession, and a member of the literary fraternity Alpha Delta Phi. Dr. Sheldon was married at Buffalo, N. Y., October 30, 1868, to Miss Emma L. Hodge, of that city, niece of William Hodge, a pioneer of western New York. She was graduated from the Buffalo Female Seminary with the class of 1867. She is prominent in the social life of the city and is at the present time the president of the Woman's Club. Both Dr. Sheldon and his wife are members of the Congregational church and actively interested in its work; the doctor is a deacon of the church, and for fourteen years was superintendent of the Sunday school in connection with his church. Four sons and one daughter were born to Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon,- William Hodge, born October 8, 1869, died April 22, 1874; Sidney Roby, born April 11, 1873, was graduated form the electrical engineer- ing course of the University of Wisconsin in 1894; Walter Hodge, born December 3, 1874, also a graduate of the University of Wiscon- sin with the degrees of B. A. and B. S. and later received the degree of M. D. from the Rush Medical College, Chicago, and after serving as interne in St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, and spending a year in study in Vienna. Berlin and London, has entered upon the practice of medicine in company with his father. He was married June 14, 1906, to Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert D. Waite of Ports- mouth, Ohio. Stuart, born August 23, 1876, graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1899 with the degree of B. S. ; gradu- ated from the Rush Medical College in 1902, then became interne of the St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon, and is now in the general practice in that city. Helen Miriam, born December 3, 1884, married Charles Lyman of Arizona, formerly of Madison, to whom one child has been born.
Patrick Sherlock, who has recently taken charge of the manage- ment of "The Sherlock," one of the leading hostelries in Madison, comes to his new duties well equipped in a business way with those qualities which are likely to insure success. Neither is he a stranger to the people of Madison or to the traveling public, as the years spent as a resident of Dane county makes him acquainted with the one and a more or less of a varied career has brought him in touch with the other. Mr. Sherlock was born in the county of Westmeath, Ireland, in March, 1842. and is a son of William E. and Julia (Mc-
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Kiernan) Sherlock, both of who were also natives of the Emerald Isle. The father was a master mechanic in his native country, and after com- ing to New York, in the autumn of 1842, he worked one year in that city as a contractor. A disastrous fire visited the metropolis at that time and in the conflagration Mr. Sherlock lost his savings. He then continued his journey westward, and finally reaching the territory of Wisconsin he purchased a homestead in the town of Cottage Grove, Dane county, the place consisting of one hundred and sixty acres. He continued to work at his trade after coming here, and among the con'- tracts which he secured and fulfilled was a job of plastering the pion- eer Block in the city of Madison. He also erected the Vilas residence, where A. O. Fox now resides, and many other buildings yet remain as monuments to his handicraft. He paid but little attention to farm- ing during his first year's residence in Wisconsin ; in 1853 he sold his Cottage Grove farm and purchased what is still known as the Sherlock farm. on the south shore of Second lake in the town of Dunn. There he resided, engaged in agricultural pursuits, until about the year 1880, when he removed to Madison and became the owner of what has since been known as the Sherlock Hotel building. He then continued to reside in the capital city until his death, May 31. 1889. His wife, who had shared with him all the vicissitudes incident to a life in a new country, passed away on December 12. 1880, at the old homstead in the town of Dunn. They were the parents of four children, three of whom were born in Ireland and the other in Cottage Grove. Of these children, Margaret Olwell, the oldest, died in Redlands, Cal .: Ed- ward is in the life insurance business in Brooklyn, N. Y. : Patrick E. is the subject of this review, and the youngest is Mrs. Julia Osborn, who is associated with her brother in the ownership of the Sherlock Hotel. Patrick E. Sherlock was about six months old when his parents came to America, and was less then two years of age when the family took up its abode in Dane county, so that our subject can lay just claim to being a life-long resident thereof. And this is literally true, excepting his early childhood and the time during which his business interests have demanded his attention in other places. He received his education in the schools of Madison, and after reaching the years of maturity managed the homestead farm in the town of Dunn for a time. He then entered the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company and continued so engaged until 1892. after which he spent a number of years in the far west, engaged in the mining in- dustry. He has been a member of the Board of Trade at Chicago for for the past ten years. In 1905 he returned to Madison for the pur-
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pose of making it his permanent residence, and on July 1, 1906, as- sumed the management of the hotel which bears the family name. Mr. Sherlock adheres to the principles of the Democratic party, but he has always reserved the right of his own judgement in selecting the men best fitted for an official position when their claims are sub- mitted to the electorate for a final decision. In his fraternal rela- tions he affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Catholic church.
Henry Shetter, of the village of McFarland, was born in York, Penn .. May 21, 1833. He was the oldest son of John and Mary (Stewart) Shetter, also of Pennsylvania. The other members of the family are Susan (Mrs. Fred Reed), of McFarland; Sarah, ividow of William Crooks, of McFarland; Jolin W., of Stoughton ; William H., of McFarland. . Henry Shetter received his education in the district schools. In company with his parents he came to Wisconsin in 1845, first settling in the vicinity of Koskonong Lake Six months later found the family located on a claim in the town of Pleasant Springs. Two years later they sold this claim and built a blacksmith shop on the road between Madison and Cam- bridge, where Henry worked until his enlistment on January 14, 1864, in Company D Seventh Wisconsin Infantry. He saw serv- ice in the engagements of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill. Spottsyl- vania. North Ann River. Petersburg. Ream Station, Yellow House Tavern, Weldon Railroad, and Gravelly Run, being wounded at the latter place. He was offered promotions, but refused to accept them. On November 15, 1865, he received an honorable discharge from the army while a patient in the army hospital at Camp Ran- dall. After the war he drifted to McFarland. where for seven years he was engaged in business. During Governor Luding- ton's administration he secured a position as night watch in the state capitol at Madison, and served fifteen years, retiring during Gov. Scofield's administration. Since that time McFarland has been his home. He owns fourteen acres in the village and a sum- mer home at Edward's Park. Politically he is a Republican, but has never been elected to any office. He is not a member of any church. In 1855, Mr. Shetter married Ellen Hoffman. daugh- ter of Philip and Matilda (Sunderman) Hoffman of Cottage Grove. Mrs. Shetter was born May 6, 1832, and was educated in the schools in the vicinity of her home. To this union have been born nine children,-Fifilena Adeline, born May 15, 1856, died December 9, 1891 : Barbara Jane, born August 2. 1858 : Anna Eliza, born Febru-
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ary 15, 1860; Emelina. August 5, 1862; Ulysses Grant. July 24, 1864, died January 13, 1901 : Aletha May, August 23. 1866 ; Jennie (Mrs. L. E. Dolan of Cedar Lake, Ia .. ) August 23, 1868; Maud Belle, July 31. 1820: and Frederic, August 12. 1874, married Marie Jacobson and lives in Madison. Mrs. Shetter died February 11, 1906. Though crippled for life in the Civil War and unable to do manual labor. Mr. Shetter has accumulated enough of this world's goods to enable him to settle down and spend the rest of his days in comfort.
J. H. Sholts, of Oregon, was born at Sun Prairie, September 15, 1813, of German parentage. Jacob and Christine (Stine.) Sholts. They came to the United States in 1859 and settled in Sun Prairie. Dane county, where their children, except the oldest, (Mrs. Custer. of Dunn township) were born and reared and where they remained until their death. The children were all educated in Sun Prairie, and the subject of this sketch started out for himself when he was twenty-one years of age. He has always followed the oc- cupation of farming and has lived in Dane, except two years spent in Dakota. He owns a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres of improved land, which is devoted to stock-raising and gen- eral farming. He has lived on the place a year, has built a new house and made other improvements. Mr. Sholts is not a member. but attends and supports the Presbyterian church ; he is a Demo- crat in politics. He married. March 17, 1900. Miss Ethel Devine, daughter of Alonzo Devine, of Oregon township; Mr. Devine and his wife were among the early settlers of Dane. and have both passed away. Mrs. Sholts was born in Oregon township, as were 1 three children. Gladys, Robbie and Earl.
Herman Showers is a prominent contractor of Stoughton, where many well-known buildings testify to the excellence of his work. He was born in the town of Dunkirk, Dane county. Wis .. August 17, 1864. son of Charlie and Elizabeth (Holloway) Showers, the former born in Cayuga county, N. Y., in 1834, and the latter a na- tive of North Carolina. Charlie Showers began to work at the brick and stone mason's trade when he was seventeen years old and followed the sante vocation after he came to Dane county in 1852. Herman learned the same trade at his father's side and at the age of fifteen was earning as much as many an older man. In 1882 he engaged in his present business in which from the first he has been successful. He built the Methodist Episcopal church of Stoughton, the Hub building, two stores of brick on Main street owned by James S. Hutson, did the spire work and plastering on
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the Baptist church and erected many other edifices. Mr. Showers has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Blanche McNeil. daughter of David and Eunice (Barlow) McNeil of Stoughton, anu two children, Rowena and Ray, were born to this marriage. Mr. Showers then married Miss Mary Tellefson, daughter of Ole Tel- lefson, a farmer of Dunkirk, and five children were born to them, Walter, Charlie. Grace. Harry and Florence. Mrs. Showers is identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Showers is a member of the Republican party and always interested in local affairs although his business engrosses so much of his time that he has little left to devote to active politics. He is a member of the organization of Beavers.
Anton Shuster is a well-known farmer of the town of Medina. where he owns and operates a farm of one hundred and fifty acres. He was born in Bohemia, Germany, and was brought by his par- ents. Frank and Antona (Bedner) Shuster. to America, when he was but two years old. Frank Shuster and his wife were both natives of Bohemia and crossed the ocean in 1854, coming directly to Wis- consin. Their first home was in Jefferson county and in 1866 they moved to Dane county, where Mr. Shuster bought a farm in the town of York. This he sold and another farm was purchased and after living in several different homes in Dane county, he finally retired and lives in Sun Prairie. Mrs. Frank Shuster died in 1901 and of their ten children but six are living. The family are de- voted members of the Catholic church, whose edifice, in Sun Prairie Antone Shuster was instrumental in rearing. Antone Shuster was born December 18, 1852, and attended school in both Jefferson and Dane counties but early began to help his father with the duties of the farm which he later made the business of his life. He mar- ried, in 1878. Miss Theresa Stangler, also a native of Bohemia and daughter of Frank and Rose Stangler. who came to Wisconsin in 1866 and settled in Sun Prairie. The Shuster family circle com- prises eleven sons and daughters; Edith, the oldest ; and in the or- der of their ages, Anna, Martha, Rose. Ella, Josephine, Charlie, Mary. George, Maggie and Leneta. All have attended the home schools. Mr. Shuster is a Democrat in his political sympathies but has never taken an active part in politics or aspired for office.
Farrand Kayley Shuttleworth, attorney at law, was born April 17, 1863, two miles east of Fennimore, in a log cabin, on a farm in Grant county, Wisconsin. Mr. Shuttleworth's father was of Scotch and English parentage and his mother of Greek and Irish. Mr.
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Shuttleworth married Elizabeth C. Dames, June 9, 1893, and has a son, Farrand Dames, twelve years old. and a daughter, Saadi Sapho, six years old. Mr. Shuttleworth received his education in the com- mon schools of Wisconsin, having been graduated with the class of '92 from the college of law of the University of Wisconsin, and since graduation has been practicing his profession in the city of Madison, Wisconsin. By his own efforts he has worked up a good and substantial clientage and excels as a jury lawyer. He has an independent mind, is an original thinker and has considerable at- tainments as a literary man. Mr. Shuttleworth is public spirited, is a Republican in politics, loves a good story, and is a good con- versationalist.
Rev. Bernard Albert Siepker, pastor of St. John's Catholic church at Waunakee, was born at Potosi. Grant county. December 11, 1862. His parents came from Germany to Wisconsin in the pioneer days and spent the remainder of their lives in the home of their adop- tion. The father. John Siepker, was born in 1817 and the mother, Bridget (Muntergall) Siepker, in 1816. They were married int Potosi, and there Mr. Siepker interested himself in mining, being the owner and operator of a lead mine. After his death in 1888 his widow came to Waunakee and remained there until the occurence of her own in 1892. They had seven children, four sons and three daughters, of whom all the sons and one daughter survived them. but the daughter died May 17, 1905. Mr. Siepker was a stanch Democrat and all the family were members of the Catholic church. Rev. Bernard A. Siepker received the rudiments of his education in the common schools of Harrison. Grant county, and afterward at- tended the Catholic parochial schools of Potosi, and was gradu- ated from St. Francis seminary in 1888. He served for one year as the assistant pastor at Oshkosh, and in September, 1889, came to Watinakee, where he has since officiated as pastor of the Catholic church. In politics, he belongs to the Democratic party.
George Silverwood, a pioneer farmer of Albion, is a native of Yorkshire, England, where he was born December 25, 1821, son of Thomas and Mary (Hoyle) Silverwood. Of a family of six broth- ers and sisters George was the only son to come to America. He was brought up as a farmer and lived in England until after he reached the age of twenty-one when he embarked on a sailing ves- sel for, the United States. He reached Milwaukee without a penny in his pocket and began to work out at once. Continuing his jour- ney to Albion he was there employed by the settlers in clearing land, etc., and soon was able to purchase a farm of his own. The
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farm which he purchased contained one hundred acres. twenty acres of which lav in Jefferson county, and was all wild. The first dwelling on the property was a little log house afterward re- placed by a more commodious home. Many other improvements have been made and Mr. Silverwood has always made it his home. He was first married to Miss Mary Cooper of Derbyshire, who died in 1855. Mr. Silverwood, then married Miss Helen Calder of Wall- kesha county. daughter of James Calder of Perthshire, Scotland, and Dunbar (Keith) Calder. One daughter was born to the first marriage. Ann (deceased). who married Knute Brusrud and after his death became Mrs. Morris Hain of Rock county, Six children blessed the second marriage ; Thomas, who is an attorney of Green Bay and married Miss Lizzie Will of Waukesha county and has two children, George P. and Ralph J. : Mary Dunbar, who is Mrs. William Slagg of Albion and has two sons, Lowell S. and Stan- ley W. : George Henry, a farmer of Albion who married Miss Cora Russell of Lisbon. N. D., and has one daughter. Helen G .; Emma Elizabeth. who married Jens T. Naset. March 23, 1903, a carpenter and farmer of Albion, and has one child, Bulah S., born April 9, 1905 ; Buelah H., died in infancy ; Percy W., an attorney of Val- ยท paraiso, Ind. The family have always been active members of the Primitive Methodist church of Albion Prairie. Mrs. Silverwood died in June, 1900. and her husband still lives on the old farm. He is a Republican but has never desired office.
Andrew H. Sime is one of the popular traveling commercial sales- men who maintain their home in Stoughton, and he has followed his present vocation for nearly a score of years. Mr. Sime, like many other representative citizens of Dane county, is a native of Norway, where he was born Januarx- 20, 1854, being a son of Hal- vor W. and Anna Nagel (Orebeck) Sime. Mr. Sime passed the first eighteen years of his life in his native land, where he was ac- corded good educational advantages. In 1873 he immigrated to America. making Wisconsin his destination. He first located in Stoughton, and for several years thereafter he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, in the meanwhile showing his ambition and his desire for broader knowledge, by attending the district schools as opportunity presented and also by becoming finally a student in what was then known as the Norwegian Academy, in the city of Madison. In this institution he remained three months, duly profiting by the advantages there offered. After completing his educational work Mr. Sime identified himself with mercantile pursuits, having been employed several years as clerk in the cloth-
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ing department of the establishment of Johnson & Melaas, of Stoughton, and, later being made manager of the firm's branch store at Edgerton. This position he retained one year, at the expiration of which, in 1888, he initiated his very successful career "on the road" as a clothing salesman, representing Mayer, Engel & Com- pany, of Chicago, wholesale dealers in children's and boy's clothing. He remained with this concern five years, when the firm retired from business, and he then entered the employ of the extensive and wholesale clothing house of Kuh, Nathan & Fischer Company, with which he since remained,-a period of thirteen years' service. His assigned territory is a desirable and attractive one and he enjoys marked popularity with the trade as well as with the concern which he so efficiently represents. Mr. Sime was married in 1891 and for the ensuing four years maintained his home in Chicago. In 1895 he purchased his present attractive home in Stoughton, and in this thriving little city he and his wife are surrounded by a wide circle of loyal friends. He is affiliated with the local lodge and chapter of the Masonic fraternity, the Eastern Star, and also with the lodge and uniform rank of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent & Pro- tective Order of Elks, and the Oriental Order of the Palm & Shell. His political support is given to the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of Christ church, (Norwegian Lutheran). November 19, 1891, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Sime to Miss Ella M. Olson, daughter of Knut and Christine (Holm) Olson, well known residents of Stoughton, who came to America from Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Sime became the parents of four children, of whom three are living: Eleanor A., Ruth C. and Oliver O. Sep- tember 1, 1906, Andrew H. Sime, his brother, John O. Sime, and Maurice A. Hemsing opened a new and up-to-date clothing and men's furnishing store in Stoughton, under the name of "Model Clothing Company," under the management of Mr. Hemsing. Mr. Sime and his brother, however, continue in their positions on the road in the wholesale clothing business.
Edlen P. Sime, for some years engaged in mercantile pursuits at Madison, is a native of Norway, who served his adopted country well at the time of the Civil War. He was but six years of age when he was brought to Wisconsin by his parents, Peter Olson and Synera (E.Il- ingson) Olson of Voss, Norway. The little family made the perilous journey in a sailing vessel which was one month en route. They landed in New York city and immediately continued their journey westward to Wisconsin. In Christiana township, Dane county, Mr. Olson purchased one hundred and sixty acres of wild land, which was
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unimproved and covered with timber. A log house was built and with infinite energy and patience the pioneers began to make the place hab- itable. Mrs. Olson died in 1850 and her husband married again. Two children were born to the first marriage ; Edlen P. and Breta, who married and live in Madison. The second marriage was also blessed with two children : Rachel, who lives in Jackson county, Wis., and Lars (deceased). Edlen P. was born in Voss, October 9, 1840, and had but little opportunity to attend school in the new home. Schools were few and necessary work at home arduous. At the age of ten years the boy went to live with Iver Sime and there he remained until the out- break of the war, when he enlisted, September, 1861, in Company H, Fifteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, a Scandinavian regiment, captain, Knute Sime. colonel, Hane Hegg. The regiment was as- signed to the Army of the Cumberland and fought at Island No. 10, Perryville, Stone River, etc. At Stone River, Mr. Sime was wounded in the right side and left on the field where he lay unattended for thirty- six hours. He was sent to Nashville and thence to Louisville and spent many months in hospital. At Exchange Barracks he was detailed for light duty but was soon stricken with small pox and again was unfit for service for some weeks. After his discharge, February 13, 1865, he returned to Dane county and located in Madison which has ever since been his home. In 1871, he married Miss J. Larson, of Deer- field, daughter of Holden Larson. Their charming home at 1221 Rut- ledge St. was built in 1884. Mr. Sime is a member of the Society of Norwegian Pioneers of Dane county and also of the Dane county veterans of the Civil War. His first vote was cast at Louisville for Abraham Lincoln and he has always been a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party.
John N. Sime, one of the thrifty and prosperous Norwegian farm- ers of the town of Cottage Grove, was born in that town. July 15, 1856. His parents are Nelse T. and Mary N. Sime. John's edu- cational advantages were very limited, being only what the schools of his native town afforded. Until he was sixteen years of age he remained at home and then started farming the father's place with his brother. After a few years he built the home where he now resides. On November 12, 1890, he married Martha Melhime, daughter of Ole and Breta (Moe) Melhime. Mrs. Sime was born in Grant county, Wisconsin, August 18, 1867, and received her edu- cation in the schools of that county. By her marriage to Mr. Sime she is the mother of eight children, seven of whom are still living. Mabel Josephine, born August 27. 1891, died November 29, 1899.
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Neli was born February 21, 1893; Bertha Oline, April 20, 1895; Elmer Oscar, June 6, 1891; Helen Mildred March 25, 1898; John Melvin. May 15, 1900; Arthur Theodore, June 14, 1902; and Thomas William, March 12, 1905. Mrs. Sime was one of eleven children, seven of whom are living,-Eric lives in Grant county ; Martha, Mrs. Sime; Anna is the wife of Andrew Moe, a farmer of Grant county ; Lena is the wife of W. O. Havy of Stoughton ; Tillie is the wife of August Zimmerchied of Oshkosh; Ida makes her home with her parents; and Thomas Martin, who married Breta Hoveland, lives on the old homestead with the parents who have resided there for thirty-five years. In religious matters Mr. Sime and his family give zealous allegiance to the Norwegian Lutheran church. In politics the head of the family is a Republican, but while he casts his vote with regularity and labors for the advance- ment of his party's cause, he has never accepted office. With the stolid persistence so characteristic of his race Mr. Sime has per- severed, and has not only succeeded but has prospered.
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