History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 155

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1304


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ROBERT MONTEITH was born in Newton Stewart, Wigtonshire, Scotland, March 4, 1840 ; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, July 4, 1852 ; lived at Janesville until October, 1853, when he removed to Fennimore, Grant Co., where he resided until 1861 ; on the 31st of August of that year, he enlisted in Co. H, 7th W. V. I., and was made Orderly Sergeant ; was promoted to Second Lieutenant, February, 1862; to Adjutant, December, 1862, and to Captain, November, 1863; was mustered out at expiration of term of service, September, 1864; he returned to Boscobel, Grant Co., where he was employed as book-keeper until he came to Madison, January, 1869, to accept a position as clerk in the office of the Secretary of State, which he held five years, and has been Assistant Superintendent of Pub- lic Property since 1875. He married in Madison Oct. 19, 1871, Mary L. Welch ; she was born in Mad- ison; they have three children-Robert W., Jessie and Ida.


JOHN J. MORAN, machinist, roundhouse of C., M. & St. Paul R. R., was born in Saco, Me., in 1854. In 1870, he entered the machine-shop of the Marquette & Ontonagon R. R., at Mar- quette, Mich. In 1874, he began work for the C. & N .- W. R. R. Co. in their machine-shop in Chicago; also, two years in the employ of P. W. Gates, then re-entered the C. & N .- W. R. R. shops, remaining a short time, and came to Madison Ang. 24, 1877, and was employed by the C., M. & St. Paul R. R. Co. Is unmarried; belongs to no secret societies ; is a good mechanic; and is a member of St. Raphael's Church.


CHARLES E. MORGAN, merchant ; dealer in dry-goods ; store, corner of Pinckney and Mifflin streets ; residence, No. 4 Langdon street. Was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1816. Was educated, mainly, in the public schools of New Haven. At the age of 14, he began his mercantile career as a dry-goods clerk ; was some years in a wholesale store in the city of New York, and was afterward in the retail business in Western New York. Was married, in 1852, to Miss Naomi Seymour, who died in 1862, leaving one son, Will- iam E., who is now (1880) in his second course of lectures in the Chicago Medical College. Mr. Morgan came to Dane Co. in 1854, and settled on a farm for his health, where he remained six years. From 1860 to 1867, was County Book-Keeper. In the summer of 1867, resumed the mercantile business, and, having excel-


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lent patronage, has continued it to the present time. He married his present wife in 1864 ; her maiden name was Sophie Hotchkiss, of New Haven. They have one son, Henry H., in the public school at home. Has been Justice of the Peace for two terms in this township. Is of decided literary tastes, and is a genial and successful business man.


W. A. P. MORRIS was born May 10, 1832, at Morris, N. Y. ; is a son of Jacob Morris, a native of Flatbush, L. I., who, after the Revolutionary war, settled at Butternuts, N. Y. (the part of the town in which he located being afterward called Morris) ; his grandfather, Lewis Morris, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Morris graduated at Hamilton College, N. Y., in 1854. Was married, Jan. 7, 1856, in Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., to Harriet P. Grannis, who was born at Poultney, Vt., Feb. 28, 1838; they have four children, viz., Howard, Arthur Breese, Charles Marcius and Julia Sophia. He began the practice of law in 1870, and is now a member of the law firm of Sloan, Stevens & Morris.


JAMES E. MOSELEY, was born in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Conn., Jan. 20, 1830. In 1852, moved to Madison Co., N. Y., locating at Cazenovia, near Syracuse. Came to Janesville, Wis., in May, 1856, where he remained until November, 1858, when he came to Madison and engaged in the book business, which he has since followed. He is a Director of the First National Bank. Married Flora L. Williams at Cazenovia, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1857 ; she was born in Charlotte, N. C. They have four children living-Sophie W., Harry L., Anna B., and Flora C. Mr. Moseley and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.


HIRAM N. MOULTON, firm of Moulton & Chase, contractors and builders, was born Aug" 14, 1818, in East Hartford, Conn. Learned his trade while at home. He worked less than a year as journeyman, and then began taking jobs, and has carried on the business, continuously, for forty-two years. He came to Madison in the spring of 1854. Klauber's, now known as Bowman's Block, was one of the first buildings he erected. During the war he did the wood work in the north wing of the capitol. Many buildings, public and private, tell of his skillful handiwork. He was married, in 1859, to Miss Ellen Bowman, formerly of Vermont. They have two children-Nellie and Fred, both at home. He owns a farm of 143 acres in the township of Burke, four miles from the city of Madison, where he resides, but continues business as formerly. He served several terms as Alderman, while living in the Fourth Ward. During his twenty-five years experience, Madison has developed wondrously, as a city of beautiful build- ings and first class improvements.


HENRY Z. MOULTON, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dane Co. ; son of Zebina and Han- nah (Taber) Moulton, who were the parents of twelve children, all of whom are now living in Vermont, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, except one, who died in infancy ; the father died when Henry Z. was about 2 years of age ; his mother has remained a widow and is now living with her youngest daughter, Emily P. Winship, of Owatonna, Minn. The subject of this sketch was born in Plainfield, Vermont, March 31, 1836, and came from there to Wisconsin in the fall of 1849, and located at Roch- ester, Racine Co ; resided there with the exception of two years' residence in Walworth Co., until 1861; then going to Mazomanie, Dane Co., where he engaged in general insurance business, until he was elected to his present positlon, in November, 1878; while a resident of Mazomanie he held several official positions of importance, among which are those of Town Clerk, District Clerk and Justice of the Peace. He has always been an active Republican, having been elected to his present office on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1878 ; in 1880, he received the unanimous nomination of his party, and was re-elected Clerk of the Court by a handsome majority, on a largely increased vote over 1878. He was married, in Waterford, Racine Co., Wis., July 3, 1855, to Mary A. Merrills; she was born in London, Canada, and was an adopted daughter of Lewis D. Merrills, a prominent farmer of Waterford ; they have three children-Lewis H., now of the firm of W. U. Hoover, general merchants of Mazomanie; Florence E. (now wife of Fred A. Smith, a druggist) and Fred W. of Mazomanie. Mr. Moulton is a member of the A., F. & A. M., A. O. U. W. and I. O. G. T .; was Master of the Good Templars' Lodge ; at present he is D. C. T. of the first district of Dane Co. Good Templars.


CHARLES A. NEBEL, barber, Madison, Wis. ; was born in Sauk City, Sauk Co., Wis., Aug. 21, 1856, and is the son of Charles and Lizzie Nebel; he learned his trade in Baraboo, and in 1876, came to Madison ; here, in the spring of 1879, he opened business for himself. His father and mother are both still living in Madison, Wis. ; his father, Charles, was born in Ratzburg, Germany, Nov. 24, 1820 : came to America in 1850, and settled in Sauk City, where he lived for twenty-five years, engaged in mercantile business. He married Lizzie Hoffman, July 8, 1850 ; they had a family of twelve chil-


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dren, of whom ten are living, viz., George, William, Edward, Charles, Gustave, Emil, Arthur, Oscar, Matilda and Agnes.


T. A. NELSON, house and sign painter, Madison, Wis. ; he is the son of Neilson and Inger Nelson, and was born at Fossum, in Norway, Sept. 27, 1831 ; he learned his trade in the old country, and has worked at it ever since he was 14 years of age; in 1853, be came from Norway to Milwaukee, from whence be removed, July of 1862, to Madison, where he has since remained, engaged in his present busi- ness; he has done work on the asylum for the insane, on the university, the capitol, and other publio buildings of Madison ; for nine years he was in partnership with Mr. Pollard. Nov. 15, 1854, he was married in Milwaukee to Olsne Olson, who was born in Norway Aug. 20, 1837 ; they have had eleven children, of whom ten are now living-William B., Otto, who is dead ; Annetta B., Lewis, Jennie, Thomas P., George, Hiram, Edith and Amy, the two last named being twins, and Ingwel. Mr. N. is a Mason and has been through thirty-two degrees of that fraternity ; belongs to the Odd Fellows, in which society he has taken all the degrees, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias.


. JOHN H. NICHOLS, agent for American Express Co., Madison, Wis. ; is the son of Robert and Elizabeth Nichols, and was born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1846 ; he went to Madison, Wis., with his parents, in 1856. In 1861, he enlisted for three months service in Co. K, 1st W. V. I., or what was known as Gov .. Fairchild's Company ; when this term of service expired, he re-enlisted in the 11th Regimental Band as drummer ; after serving in this capacity for thirteen months was mustered out and came home only to again enlist, this time in the 1st Brigade Band, in which he served until the close of the war; after the war closed Mr. N. was in the employ of the American Express Co., for several years, and in September of 1878, was appointed as their agent at Madison, Wis. May 15, 1872, he was married to Miss Matie W. Garner ; they have three children-Gussie May, Howard G. and Lulu. Mr. N. is a member of the society of United Workmen.


WALTER C. NOE, Secretary of the Madison Plow Co .; was born in Norfolk, Va., in 1852; came North to attend Racine College, in 1868, where he attended school until 1871 ; was in St. Louis two years in mercantile business ; in February, 1874, he came to Madison, and was interested in the Garnhart Reaper Works. He was married in 1877 to Miss Jessie, daughter of Seth Bartlett, a prominent pioneer of Madison Township; they have one son, Walter Bartlett ; Mr. Noe resides on Wilson street ; he has considerable property (real estate) in the city and suburbs of Norfolk, Va .; his father was a large contractor and builder ; the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 found him the owner of one hundred working negroes, representing an investment of $100,000; these all left the plantation to test their new freedom, but within three years all returned and asked to be put on the old basis. Mr. Noe's oldest sister is the wife of Judge Cole, of the Supreme Court. Walter C. lived in Norfolk during the war, and has a vivid recollection of the thrilling events of that historic period ; he is an energetic and popular business man, and is now thoroughly identified with his present location and manufacturing interests.


JOHN B. NORTON, Vice President Madison Plow Co .; was born in Georgia in 1826; for several years he carried on a book and job printing office in Lowell, Mass. He was married, in 1850, to Miss Caroline M. Fowler, of Andover, N. H .; they have four children ; three of them reside in Madison; Claude R. is a physician in Philadelphia ; Mr. Norton came to Madison in 1855 ; his residence is on Wis- consin avenue ; he was for many years connected with the State Journal; he has uniformly declined pub- lic office, and has devoted all his time and energies to his own business ; is a Trustee of the M. E. Church, a capable man and a respected citizen.


F. W. OAKLEY, United States Marshal ; is a native of New York City; resided there until he came to Beloit, Wis., in November, 1854. He enlisted in the spring of 1861, in Co. K, 7th W. V. I .; Aug. 23, 1862, he was wounded at Rappahannock Station ; made Assistant Quartermaster and assigned to duty in the Twenty-Third Corps; detached and assigned to post duty in Kentucky, where he purchased supplies for the troops operating in Tennessee. having charge of the posts at Paris and Mt. Ster- ling, Ky .; he served in the army until November, 1865, when he returned to Beloit and remained there till 1870, when he came to Madison ; he was employed as a clerk in a hardware store in Beloit prior to entering the United States service. He was elected City Treasurer of Beloit, in the spring of 1866; was also appointed Post master the same year, and served until he was appointed United States Marshal, in July, 1870.


ROBERT B. OGILVIE, dry goods and millinery, Nos. 190 and 192 Main street, Madison ; he is of Scotch parentage, and was born in Canada, in December, 1847; he was educated mainly in Canada ; came to Madison in 1867, and clerked three years for J. M. Dickenson ; in 1870, he formed a partnership with O. N. Bugbee in the same business, which he has since continued ; Mr. Bugbee retired in


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1875, and Dexter Curtiss became associated with him in the firm of Ogilvie & Curtiss. He was married in 1876, to Miss Susie A., daughter of M. H. Irish, who was at that time the popular proprietor of the Park Hotel ; they have one daughter, named Jennie ; their residence is on Gorham street. Mr. Ogilvie removed, in 1880, to his new store, where he has one of the largest stocks of dry goods and millinery in Madison; he began clerking in this city at $3 per week, and has gradually developed in business ability and success, until now he is sole proprietor of his large mercantile establishment; industry, integrity and affability are the factors of success.


HON. HARLOW S. ORTON, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; was born in Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1817 ; he attended Hamilton Academy two years and Madison Uni- versity three years ; he then went to Kentucky, and there taught school and commenced the reading of the law ; in 1837, he located at La Porte, Ind., and was admitted to the bar in 1838, and in the same year commenced practice in Porter Co., in that State, and in 1843, was appointed Probate Judge of that county for the term of seven years ; came to Milwaukee in 1847, and to Madison in 1851; he was Private Secretary to Gov. Farwell in 1851, member of the Assembly in 1854, 1859 and 1871, and Judge of the Ninth Judicial Curcuit from 1859 to 1865; he has held his present position since April 18, 1878.


JOHN GEORGE OTT, was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Oct. 16, 1827. He came from Europe directly to Madison, reaching here Sept. 1, 1850; he settled in the Third Ward, where he now resides. He was engaged in mercantile business for about seventeen years ; carried on a brick yard for five years; commenced the insurance business nearly eight years ago, and is engaged in the general fire and life insurance business now. He married, in Madison, April 24, 1854, Lucy L. Sigglekow, who was born in Schwerin, Mecklenburg. They have five children-Alma, Leonora, Harlow, Lillie and Elgin. They lost two-one son died at the age 16 months, and Ida, who died at the age of 6} years. Mr. Ott has been Secretary of the Madison Relief Association about seven years; one of the founders of Turner Society, only three of the first members are now alive-Christian Heinrichs, Fred Sauthoff, and him- self. Founded the German Masonic Lodge ; is the fifth oldest member of A., F. & A. M., Madison Lodge, No. 5, raised Oct. 20, 1853 ; is a member of the Madison Maennerchor; Treasurer of the Local Board of Underwriters for many years ; was four and a half years in the City Council, and Supervisor two years.


AMOS PARKER, watchmaker and jeweler, gold and silver plater, etc., Madison, Wis., is the son of Robert and Polly Parks Parker, and was born in Springfield, Vt., May 10, 1820. At an early age he removed with his parents to New Hampshire, in various parts of which State he lived until coming West. He went to Madison, Wis., in June, 1855, and kept a retail jewelry store until the fall of 1878. In Oct. 1879, he began in his present business; he had previously done much of the same sort of work in connection with his jewelry trade. He married Miss Sarah Fisk. They have two children-Frank E., born in New Hampshire, and Fred, born in Madison, Wis. Mr. Parker is of English descent.


FLETCHER A. PARKER, Professor of Music in the University of Wisconsin, was born in Ashland Co., Ohio, Dec. 26, 1842, where his entire boyhood was spent, with the exception of a short residence in the neighboring city of Cleveland. He prepared for college in the public schools of Ashland, and continued his studies in the Ohio Wesleyan and Northwestern Universities, until interrupted by the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion. He entered the service as a private soldier in the Chicago Mer- cantile Battery, with which company he saw much active service in the West and Southwest, until pro- moted to the rank and position of Senior Ist Lieutenant, in the 1st La. H. A., which post he occupied at the time of his resignation, in the autumn of 1864. On his return to civil life he resolved to devote him- self to the study of music, for which he had shown a strong passion, and some talent, early in life. He had, during his youth, received instruction from the best teachers of his native town and Cleveland. In pursuance of this purpose, he enrolled as a student in the Boston Music School, from which he graduated June 26, 1868.


After teaching a short time in Boston and vicinity, he removed to Bloomington, Ill., where he engaged as a teacher of music, remaining until the fall of 1878, with the exception of eighteen months spent in Europe. This visit to Europe was made for purposes of study and comparison of methods, ample facilities for which were found in the city of Stuttgart, Wurtemberg. While thus engaged he was invited to fill, temporarily, the position of Professor of Piano in the Royal Academy of Music, London, which post he occupied for several months with such success that he was offered the position permanently, but declined. He was appointed Instructor in Music in the University of Wisconsin, in the fall of 1878, and elected Professor in the same institution in the summer of 1880. The technical instruction is based upon the method of Prof. Plaidy, of Leipsic, and the vocal method is that known as the Italian. He is organ-


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ist at the Presbyterian Church. As a teacher he is systematic and successful. His method is philosoph- ical, and, like all true education, aims to develop the best powers of the pupil.


FRANK E. PARKINSON, born in Fayette, La Fayette Co., Wis., Oct. 16, 1842, where he resided until he came to Madison, in 1862; entered a machine-shop and worked at the machinist's trade one year. Studied at Mineral Point one year ; was employed one summer on the Mississippi River with the Northwestern Packet Company ; attended the University of Wisconsin, from 1864 to 1869, and grad- uated from the scientific department of that institution ; commenced the study of law in the fall of 1869, at Shullsburg, Wis., and was admitted to the bar in 1872, Fifth Circuit ; engaged in practice at Stough- ton in 1873-74-75. In 1875, he came to Madison, and has since remained here. Was School and Vil- lage Clerk of the village of Stoughton during the three years he was there; City Attorney of Madison since April, 1880. Married, at Stoughton, Dec. 23, 1869, Nellie Belden ; she was born at East Whately, Franklin Co., Mass .; they have two children-Maud and Eve, twins.


JOHN BARBER PARKINSON, A. M., Professor of Civil Polity and Political Econ- omy, is the first Professor elected from the Alumni; he was born near Edwardsville, Madison Co., Ill., April 11, 1834; in 1836, his parents removed to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm near Mineral Point. At the age of 16, he entered the Preparatory Department of Beloit College, at Beloit, Wis., where he con- tinued two years ; in the spring of 1852, his father having fitted out an expedition for an overland trip to Cali- fornia, he was placed in charge of it ; after five months spent on the plains and three years in the mines of Cali- fornia, he returned home. In 1856, he entered the University of Wisconsin, where, four years afterward, he graduated with the highest honors of his class; in 1860, he was appointed tutor by the Regents, but, in 1861, he resigned, to accept the office of Superintendent of Schools of La Fayette Co., Wis., to which he had been almost unanimously elected. He has twice been the nominee of the Democrats for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but was defeated, as the Republican party was largely in the ascend- ency in Wisconsin. In 1866, under the law reconstructing the university, he was appointed by the Gov- ernor one of its Regents ; this position be held one year ; in 1867, he was elected to the chair of mathe- matics in the university ; in 1873, his professorship was changed to that of civil polity and international law; he resigned in 1874. He purchased, in 1871, a one-fourth interest in the Madison Democrat, and, for a short time, was on its editorial staff; during that year, he was Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. From 1874 to 1876, he was one of the editors of the Madison Democrat. In 1876, he was chosen President of the Wisconsin State Board of Centennial Managers, and, during the same year, he accepted an election to the chair of civil polity and political economy, which position he still occupies. He was married, in December, 1861, to Miss Frances J. Gray, daughrer of Maj. Robert Gray, a pioneer veteran of Mineral Point; Mrs. Parkinson was born in Mineral Point, in 1839 ; they have seven children-Marshall M., Mary, John M., Benn C., Henry G., Stanley B. and Harriet. Their residence is a five brick, on State street. Family are Congregationalists. A notice of Prof. Parkinson's lectures and publications will be found in the chapter on literature in this volume; his style of writing is clear and concise, simple and forcible ; it exhibits pruning and trimming-characteristics of culture. His periods are usually short, his thoughts lucid, his conclusions convincing. Prof. Parkinson is a forcible. speaker and a successful instructor ; his clearness in illustration and earnestness of manner give to his efforts as a teacher not only a happy effect, but a distinctive character ; he has the enthusiasm of an amateur with the skill of a professional.


AUGUST PAUNACK, saloon keeper and proprietor of stone-yard, Madison, Wis .; was born in Saxony, Germany, Aug. 10, 1828, and is the son of August and Susan Paunack. Mr. A. Paun- ack reached Madison, Wis., direct from Germany, May 13, 1854 ; he is by trade a stone-cutter, having learned that business in Germany ; from the time of coming to Madisou, he has been in the stone-cutting business, and, in 1875, began, in addition, the keeping of a saloon. Aug. 13, 1871, Mr. P. married Miss Johannah Fahrenbruch, who was born Aug. 13, 1843 ; they heve four children-Minnie Wilhelmina, born May 10, 1872 ; Augusta Anna, born July 26, 1874; August Willie, born Sept. 15, 1877, and August Oscar, born April 3, 1879 ; they belong to the Lutheran Church. For three years Mr. P. was in the army of his native country, and served during the revolution of 1848-49 ; he belongs to the Odd Fellows and also to the Madison Relief Association.


SILAS E. PEARSON, State Carpenter : was born Sept. 18, 1827, in Springfield, Mass., and learned his trade in Roxbury ; received his education in the public schools of his native county ; came to Wisconsin in 1846, and remaied four years in Walworth Co., also lived in Sank Co. three years, and in June, 1853, came to Madison, where he has since resided. Was married, in September, 1849, to Miss Melissa Morse, of Walworth Co .; they have one daug hter, Mary J. ; owns a pleasant home on Lake


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street. Mr. Pearson enlisted in Co. A, 23d W. V. I., and served until the close of the war; was mustered out at Mobile, Ala., July 4, 1865; was in over twenty battles and never received a scratch ; has worked at his trade all of the time since coming here, except when in the army. Was six years State Carpenter previous to his enlistment, and since 1876, has held his present position ; is a member of the A., F. & A. M. ; he is Trustee, and his family are members of the M. E. Church.


REV. AMES C. PENNOCK, retired ; was born Oct. 6, 1815, in Jefferson Co., N. Y .; he resided in that county until the fall of 1844, when, having been recently married to Miss M. Imogene Christian, they removed to Aztalan, Jefferson Co., Wis., where he sold goods and dealt in real estate for three years ; his father was a Methodist preacher, and well supplied with books, and the son early acquired those habits of study which produce the same results as more extended school privileges ; he was licensed as a local preacher in 1842; in 1848, he joined the Wisconsin Conference of the M. E. Church; he traveled the Aztalan, West Bend and Oconomowoc Circuits ; during the second of his three years with the Oconomowoc people, his devoted wife, Imogene, died of quick consumption ; she left one son, Eugene D., now a railway conductor in Iowa ; the next year he was stationed at Waukesha, and afterward at Milwaukee. His health requiring a climatic change, he was the transferred from Milwaukee to Stillwater, Minn .; when his Conference was divided, he hecame a member of Minnesota Division with which he remained until 1862, doing parish work. He was married to his present companion in September, 1853; her maiden name was Elizabeth J. Page; she was born Feb. 25, 1830, in Utica, Herkimer Co., N. Y. ; her early opportunities for culture were such that, at the age of 16, she was an acceptable teacher, and, with increas- ing usefulness, she continued an educational worker till her 24th year, when she was married to the subject of this sketch ; they have four children-Florence I., now wife of Rev. I. S. Leavitt; Minnie L., Henry W., now a junior in the University of Wisconsin, and Carrie M. On the 7th of September, 1878, was celebrated the silver wedding of this worthy couple; choice prose and poetical productions, prepared for the occasion, were read, interspersed with appropriate music; one of their gifted daughters, Florence, read one of her appreciated poems to the happy group of kindred spirits on that occasion. Mr. Pennock located in Madison in 1871, and during the years of his residence his time has been largely devoted to literary work. He had in 1867, published the " Fall and Rescue of Man," and in 1877, he issued his work on the " Problem of Evil," which is now in its second edition ; he has written also a volume of poems, and has engaged in other literary labors ; theological and scientific themes are his specialty ; his mind is both analytical and philosophical ; has an established reputation as a writer and thinker. Is a Master Mason. Himself and worthy wife are appreciated workers in social and religious circles. The following poem, selected at random, is from the forty-fourth page of an unpublished. volume of poems by Mr. Pennock :




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