History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 162

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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TIMOTHY A. BROWN, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Mazomanie ; born in Andover, Windsor Co., Vt., in 1817 ; he went to Ohio in the fall of 1837 ; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1838 ; he set- tled in what is now the town of Vernon, Waukesha Co., where he engaged in work at his trade, that of a carpenter and builder ; he removed from Waukesha Co. to the town of Leroy, Dodge Co .; he settled where he now lives in 1856. He was married to Maria Hazelton, who came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1837 ; they have two children-Austina A. (now Mrs. Benjamin Wightman) and Luella (now Mrs. C. Yohanna). Mr. Brown's farm contains 180 acres ; he is engaged principally in stock-raising.

REV. HENRY CLEMENT, Pastor of Salem's Church of the Evangelical Association, Mazomanie. Mr. Clement was born in the town of Sumter, Sauk Co., Wis., in 1850 ; his father, Henry C. Clement, a native of Switzerland, was one of the pioneers of Wisconsin, having settled in Sauk Co. in 1847 ; Mr. Clement remained on his father's farm till 18 years of age, when he began his preparation for the ministry ; he attended school for two years at the Northwestern College ; entered the ministry, in

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1871, in Mazomanie ; at the end of one year, he went to Appleton, afterward to Horicon, thence to Shaw- ano Co. for two years, thence to Green Co. for three years, and returned to Mazomanie in the spring of 1880. He was married to Miss Ida Meyer, daughter of Henry Meyer, who settled in Sauk Co. about 1845 ; they have three children-Ida M., Henry B. and Sarah S.

NATHANIEL T. DAVIES, Mazomanie. Mr. Davies was born in Cornwall, England, in April, 1835 ; his father, John F. Davies, with his family, emigrated to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled in Dane Co. ; the family then consisted of the parents and four sons ; the father and the four sons are still living ; Mr. Davies went overland to California in 1852, driving an ox-team, and occupying over seven months on the trip ; he remained in California till the summer of 1856; engaged in mining and in the cattle trade ; he then returned, and went to Grand Rapids, Wis., and engaged in the lumber trade on the Mississippi River ; in January' 1858, opened a lumber-yard in Mazomanie ; in 1867, he, with his brother George, bought the ruins of the foundry and machine-shop, which had been burned, and re-built the same ; Nathaniel became sole proprietor in 1874; was burned out in 1877 ; re-built, and disposed of this prop- erty in June, 1880, to Nicholas Kirch. His first wife was Mrs. Fruight, born in Germany ; his present wife was Mrs. Frances J. Watkins, born in New York. Mr. Davies had six children by his first mar- riage ; his first wife had three children by a former marriage ; his present wife also had three children by a former marriage.

THOMAS DAVIES, retired farmer, Mazomanie; was born in Northampton, England, in 1830; he came to this country with his brother John in the spring of 1848, and settled in Sec. 22, town of Black Earth ; two other brothers, Charles and Frederick, had come over in 1845 ; Charles died in Janesville in 1876; Frederick died in Vicksburg, and John died where he first settled, Thomas being the only survivor of the four brothers. Mr. Davies owns a farm of 240 acres in the town of Vermont; he retired from farming and settled in the village of Mazomanie in 1868. He was married to Miss Susan Wright, daughter of Thomas Wright, who came from England in 1849.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON, laborer, Mazomanie; born in Canada, in 1843; he came to Mazomanie in 1858. He enlisted, July, 1861, in the 6th W. V. I. ; was severely wounded in one of his feet at the battle of Antietam, from the effects of which he now draws a pension ; he was discharged December, 1862; he re-enlisted Angust, 1864, and served until the close of the war. He was married to Mary E. Riley, born in Wisconsin ; they have four children-Percival, Alexander. John and Henry.

GEORGE DRAPER, retired farmer, Mazomanie ; was born in England, March 22, 1820. He was married in England, to Miss Lucy Fenton ; they left England on Mr. Draper's 25th birthday, March 22, 1845 ; they arrived here May 17th following, and settled on Sec. 10, town of Berry, where Mr. Draper and family resided till September, 1868, when they removed to the village of Mazomanie ; they have three children-George C., born Feb. 21, 1850 ; Eliza J., now Mrs. A. H. Varnell, born Ang. 13, 1852 ; and Olive E., born Dec. 14, 1854, now Mrs. Hugh McCarger ; they lost their first child, Lucy E. ADAM DUNLAP, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Mazomanie ; born in the town of Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1813. He was married to Harriet Labolt, in August, 1842; they came to Wiscon- sin in June, 1845, and settled in the town of Sauk Prairie, Sauk Co. ; settled on present farm December, 1848 ; they have had ten children, five of whom are living-Erin, who resides in Spring Valley, Minn. ; John ; Mary, now Mrs. Webster Emly, resides in Minnesota ; Erwin and Jennie, now Mrs. William Davis, of Portage City ; four children died in childhood ; Addie, a son, died in 1879, at the age of 18 years. Mr. Dunlap's parents came to Dane Co. in 1849, where his mother died; his father died in Cheboygan Co. Mrs. Dunlap's parents resided in Onondago, N. Y., until their death. Mr. Dunlap has practi- cally retired from farming ; his son John resides at the homestead, and carries on the farm. The latter married Miss Emily Taylor, a daughter of Richard Taylor ; has four children-Jesse, Ida, Mary and George K.

REV. THOMAS M. EVANS, Pastor of M. E. Church, Mazomanie; born at Mineral Point, Wis., in 1852 ; he is the son of the Rev. James Evans; he was educated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., where he graduated June, 1876 ; he began his ministry at North Freedom, Sauk Co., where he remained one year ; thence to Kendall Circuit, one year ; he assumed pastoral charge of the M. E. Church at Mazomanie, September, 1879. He married Miss Ella James, of Sparta.

THEODORE FREEMAN, proprietor of Freeman House, Mazomanie. Mr. Freeman was born in the town of Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y., in 1831, where he was brought up to the business of farming, which occupation he pursued for many years; he came to Mazomanie in 1862; he kept the American Hotel for one year; was engaged in the livery business about eleven years. He purchased his present hotel in 1876, which he had rented for three years previous to that time. His wife was Miss Naoma Hopkins, born in Yates Co.

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W. H. GLEASON, M. D., Mazomanie. Dr. Gleason was born in Canada in 1833; he re- moved with his parents to Green Co., Wis., in 1844: he began the study of medicine with Drs. Akin and Morris, of Green Co .; he entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1863, where he took his first course of lectures; he was then engaged in practicing about ten years before completing his course ; he was about five years at Mauston and New Lisbon, and about the same length of time at Ft. Dodge, Iowa; he grad- uated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa, in 1873; located in Mazomanie in May, 1874. He was married to Mary Randall ; they have one son-Clarence A., born in 1854.

GEORGE GREENE, retired farmer, Mazomanie. Mr. Greene was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., in 1810; his parents, James and Altha Green, were natives of Connecticut, and removed to the State of New York about 1806, where they resided about four years, when they returned to the State of Con- nectieut, where Mr. Greene resided till 26 years of age; he then went to the State of Indiana; thebee to Prairie du Chien, Wis., in 1837, where he stayed about one year ; then went South to New Orleans, where he remained a few months, and then returned to Connecticut ; he spent about eight years traveling in the State of New York ; four years of this time, was engaged in the sale of Yankee notions, and for four years was engaged as agent for a malleable iron manufactory ; he afterward lived in Troy about three years; thence to Richland Co., Wis., in 1849, and where he removed his family the following year ; here he lived seventeen years, engaged in farming ; he then removed to Spring Green, where he lived two years; he lo- ested in Mazomanie in 1869. He was married to Dotha E. Foote, born in Delaware Co., N. Y .; they have two children-Martha E., now Mrs. David D. Davies, druggist, and Postmaster at Spring Green ; James B, of the firm of Cooley & Greene, hardware dealers, Mazomanie.

JOHN GREENING. farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Mazomanie. Mr. Greening was born in Here- fordshire, England, in August, 1815. He was married to Maria Kelley, born in Worcester, England, in_ October, 1816; they came to Wisconsin from England in June, 1846, and settled on the farm where they now live; they had three children when they came to this country-James H., Clara and Charles F .; four children were born in Wisconsin, viz., Lizzie M., now Mrs. W. S. Parr, resides in Iowa Co .; Aunie, now Mrs. Frank R. Warner, resides at Grand Meadow, Minn .; Amelia C., now Mrs. L. C. Oulmann, resides in Buckingham, Ill .; and Laura V. James H., born in England in 1841, enlisted in the 40th W. V. I .; served 100 days; resides at home. Charles F. enlisted in Co. A, 11th W. V. I., in the spring of 1864; served till the close of the war.

CURTIS W. HASELTINE, farmer, See. 33 ; P. O. Mazomanie. Mr. Haseltine was born in Andover, Vt., Sept. 12, 1817; he went to Chicago in the fall of 1836, and to what is now the town of Vernon, Waukesha Co., the same fall, where he lived about twelve years ; thence to Waukesha, wbere he was engaged in the mercantile business for about three years ; Mr. Haseltine's early advantages for education were only such as the common schools of his native State afforded fifty years ago ; in early life he turned his attention to the investigation of animal magnetism, mesmerism, phrenology, etc. ; thre investigation of spiritualism also elaimed his attention, and he became convinced after careful and continued investigation, that disembodied spirits can and do hold converse with those still in the body ; during six years, from 1853 till 1859, he traveled over a large part of the West and North west, lecturing on his favorite subjects ; and the subject of spiritualism has found few abler expounders or stronger champions than be; he has resided in the town of Mazomanie since 1859 ; Mr. Haseltine owns a large tract of land, and is at present engaged quite extensively in dairying; his wife was Miss Merial Thomas, born in Ver- mont; she died June, 1874; Mr. Haseltine has nine children, five sons and four daughters. Politically, he is a warm adherent of the Greenback party, and supports with enthusiasm his favorite system 'of currency.

ORIEN HASELTINE, farmer, Mazomanie. Mr. Haseltine was born in Windom Co., Vt , in 1816; he came to Wisconsin with his brother, C. W. Haseltine, in 1836, and settled in Vernon, Wau- kesha Co .; he removed to the present town of Black Earth, Dane Co., in 1848 ; settled on Sec. 26, his farm including the site of the present village of Black Earth ; Mr. Haseltine laid out and started that village, giving it the name of Black Earth from the river of the same name ; he removed to Mazomanie im 1870; he owns a farm adjoining the village. His first wife was Miss Dorcas L. Pierce, born in Vermont. His present wife was M. Elizabeth Whitney ; Mr. Haseltine has seven children by first marriage-Calista D., Naney, Ellen, Oren P., Rollin B., Erwin M. and Nora.

JOHN B. HICKS, Superintendent of Mazomanie Flouring-Mills, Mazomanie. Mr. Hieks was born in Canada in May, 1842; he went to Milwaukee in 1860. He enlisted in 1861, in the 2d W. V. I .; he participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part; remained with the regiment till they were mustered out of service in 1864; he then re-enlisted in the 6th W. V. I .; he was then engaged for some time on detachod duty ; at the close of the war he returned to Milwaukee ; he had

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learned the miller's trade with his father in Canada; he resumed his trade on his return to Milwaukee, after the close of the war; has been engaged in the mill at Mazomanie since 1878. He was married to Miss Margaret Kearney, of Waukesha Co .; they have five children-Clarence, George, Mamie, Lizzie and Alice.

REV. A. N. HITCHCOCK, Pastor of the Congregational Church, Mazomanie. Mr. Hitch- cock was born in Green Co., Wis , in 1854; his parents came from the State of New York to Wisconsin in 1837; Mr. Hitchcock entered the preparatory course of the State University at Madison in 1872, and graduated from the university in 1880; he began his ministerial work, however, when but 19 years of age, being more or less engaged in the work during his preparatory and college course; he took pastoral charge of the Congregational Church at Mazomanie July 1, 1880. His wife was Miss Nettie Meigs, of Iowa Co. ; they have two children-Etha T. and Ella.

HENRY HOWARTH, attorney and Justice of the Peace, Mazomanie; was born in Man- chester, England, in 1814; he came to this country in 1850, and settled on Sec. 5, town of Mazomanie, one mile east of the present village, where he still owns a finely-improved farm of 80 acres, and where he still resides; he also owns a farm in Sauk Co. Mr. Howarth was for nine years Assistant Register of Deeds of Dane Co .; has been Justice of the Peace for fourteen years ; he was admitted to the bar May 5, 1870, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession and as Justice of the Peace. He was married to Eliza Turner, born in England; she died Dec. 8, 1876; Mr. Howarth has three children-John Will- iam, born in 1841, Henry B. and Mary E .; he lost one son, the third child, James; his eldest son, John W., has the honor of being the first enlisted soldier of the town of Mazomanie at the breaking-out of the rebellion ; he enlisted in the 1st W. V. I., in Capt. (afterward Governor) Fairchild's company, for ninety days ; at the expiration of his term of service he re-enlisted in the 10th W. V. I., served three years, and was honorably discharged for disability. Mr. Howarth was first elected Justice of the Peace in 1852, whee there were but thirty-two voters in the town ; at this election he received twenty votes ; he has also held the office of Town Clerk for two years.

DANIEL HUMPHREY, farmer, Mazomanie ; was born in Canada in 1820; he came to Milwaukee in 1850, and was engaged in railroading for several years, first as laborer, then as foreman, and afterward as contractor; he located where he new lives about 1855; in 1859, he went to the island of Cuba and engaged in railroading, but the breaking-out of the civil war in the United States in 1861, so affected the business interests of that island, that he returned to his home again. He was married to Miss Sophia Hamilton, born in the State of New York; they have one child, Jennie, now Mrs. Walter Curtis. Mr. Humphrey's farm contains 240 acres.

MRS. FANNY N. JOHNSON, Sec. 3; P. O. Mazomanie; she was born in Londonderry, Windham Co., Vt., in 1825. She was married to Mr. A. M. Johnson, who was born in the town of Wes- ton, Windham Co., Vt., August, 1821; they came to Waukesha Co., Wis., in the spring of 1855; in Sep- tember of that year they came to the village of Black Earth ; they lived in the village about thirteen years, where Mr. Johnson engaged in the mercantile business ; he was also Town Treasurer for some time; they settled on the farm where Mrs. Johnson now lives, in 1868; Mr. Johnson died July 1, 1872. Mrs. Johnson has four children-Walter A, born July, 1851; Edwin C., bern March 26, 1858; Herbert E., bern Jan. 31, 1861 -; Oren N., born May 16, 1866; she has lost three children-Orlo P., died March '10, 1875, aged 20 years; the others died in childhood. Edwin C. owns the homestead, consisting of 160 acres ; Walter A. and Herbert E. own the balance of the farm, 80 acres. Mrs. Johnson's parents, Thomas and Lucinda Park, came to Wisconsin in 1855; they now reside with their children ; Mr. Park was bern in 1796, in Windham Co., Vt. ; he was married in August, 1819; his wife was born in 1800; they have had twelve children, nine of whom are living, four sons and five daughters. Edwin C., who owns the homestead, is engaged quite extensively in dairying and gardening.

JONATHAN JONES, druggist, Mazomanie; was born in Wales in 1832; he came to the United States in 1851, and entered the Western Reserve College, at Hudson, Ohio, in 1854, where he graduated in 1858; he was engaged in teaching for some time; he came to Dane Co. in the summer of 1859; was Principal of Haskill University for one year; has been engaged in the drug business since 1860. Mr. Jones is a minister of the Congregational Church ; at present he has charge of the church in Wyoming Valley, Iowa Co. He was married to Sarah E. Sutherland, born in England.

HENRY H. KIRCH, miller, at Dover Mill, born in Arena, Iowa Co .; resides in town of Mazoma- nie; P. O. Mazomanie ; he was born in Germany, in 1847; came to this country with his parents, Niche- las and Barbara Kirch, in 1857; his father settled in the town of Berry, Dane Co .; his father now lives in the village of Mazomanie, where he owns considerable property ; also owes the Dover Mill, of which Henry is miller. Henry H. was married to Sophia Felance ; they have two children-Eda and Nicholas.

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AMBROSE LANG, proprietor of Mazomanie Brewery, Mazomanie; Mr. Lang was born in Germany, in 1825 ; he came to the United States in 1854, and located in Madison, where he lived twenty- six years ; he purchased the Mazomanie Brewery of Mr. Charles Schlew, in May, 1880. Mr. Lang has ten children, seven sons and three daughters.

JOHN LEES, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Mazomanie ; born in Shropshire, England, in April, 1803. His present wife was Miss Jane Jones, born in Llangollen, Denbigshire, North Wales, Feb. 25, 1818; they came to the United States in 1845, and settled on their present farm, where they have since lived. Mr. Lees had four children by a former marriage, and has eight children by his present marriage ; the latter are Belinda J., now Mrs. E. A. Wright, of Milwaukee ; Fannie, now Mrs. Robert Roberts ; Margarette, now Mrs. Mark Johnson ; Sarah, now Mrs. B. F. Fowler; Richard H., William E., Lydia, now Mrs. Bailey, and Robert. Mr. Lees' farm contains 160 acres.

REV. A. S. LEITNER, Pastor of St. Barnabas' Church, Mazomanie ; Father Leitner was born in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1848; he emigrated to Michigan from Europe in 1867 ; he was educated in Europe, and was ordained in Detroit, Mich., in 1872 ; he went to Milwaukee in 1879, and took charge of his present church in April, 1880.

L. A. LINCOLN, merchant, Mazomanie ; was born in Windsor Co., Vt., in 1823; he came to. Madison in March, 1856 ; he came to Mazomanie in June of the same year, and engaged in the produce business, which he still continues, in connection with merchandising ; he began the mercantile business in 1860, with S. E. Waterhouse and Luther Clark ; these gentlemen were also natives of Vermont, and prominent early settlers of Mazomanie; Mr. Clark is now a resident of Albion, Boone Co., Neb .; Mr. Waterhouse is deceased. Mr. Lincoln was married to Helen Reid, born in Halifax, Vt .; they have three children-Flora H., Nettie S. and Walter A.

JOHN C. MORRILL, farmer, Sec. 12, town of Arena, Iowa Co .; P. O. Mazomanie; Mr. Morrill, though now a resident of Iowa Co., just over the line from Mazomanie, was, for many years, a resident of Dane Co. ; he was born in Caledonia Co., Vt., in 1826. He was married to Harriet Paine, also born in Vermont ; he came to the town of Mazomanie from Vermont, and settled on Sec. 18, in Sep- tember, 1857, where he lived ten years ; thence to Sec. 7, where he lived nine years ; thence to his pres- ent location. He bas seven children-William C., who resides in Dakota ; Ida F., now Mrs. Charles By- water, lives near Salt Lake City, Utah ; Lorenzo A., lives at Greeley, Colo .; John C., Charles F., Clarence H. and May. Mr. Morrill has 325 acres of land ; is engaged in general farming.

REV. PETER B. MORRISON, Pastor of St. Luke's Church ( Protestant Episcopal), Mazo- manie ; was born in Philadelphia, in 1829 ; he was educated in the grammar and high schools of his native city, and came to Wisconsin in 1851, and entered the Theological Seminary at Nashotah, where he graduated in 1854 ; he was ordained Deacon, by Bishop Kemper, on June 11, of that same year ; his first charge was at Berlin, where he organized a parish, and where he also had a large missionary field ; he remained at Berlin two years; he then returned to Philadelphia, but remained but a short time, when he returned to Wisconsin and took charge of a church at Columbus, where he remained three years ; he then accompanied Bishop Clarkson to Nebraska and Dakota, where he remained about ten years engaged in missionary work, in the valley of the Missouri ; he returned to Wisconsin, in 1874, and located at Eau Claire, where he remained four years, thence to Monroe; he came to his present charge June 1, 1880. His wife was Miss Mary L. Breck, daughter of Mr. Samuel Breck, who came from Pennsylvania to Wis- consin in 1842, and settled in Waukesha Co. ; they have five children-Samuel S. resides in Rice Lake, Barron Co., Wis. (he was married to Miss Marietta Holbrook ; has one child-Thomas P.) ; Lloyd Breck, Helen Doane, now Mrs. Stillman J. Smith, of Eau Clair ; Harry Y. and Frank L. Mr. Morrison took the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, at the time of his graduation.

STILLMAN MOULTON, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Mazomanie. Mr. Moulton was born in Montpelier, Vt., April 2, 1823 ; he came from Cabbott, Caledonia Co., Vt .. to Rochester, Racine Co., Wis , in 1844, where he built a factory, and engaged in the manufacture of fanning-mills ; he came to Mazomanie in 1860, where he also built a fanning-mill factory, which was burned in May, 1865. He enlisted, August, 1864, in the 1st W. V. H. A., and served till the close of the war. He purchased his present farm, which contains 183 acres, in 1866. His wife was Miss Mary J. Jones. born in Carrollton, Vt .; her parents came from the State of Kentucky ; they have four children-Charles F., Emmet C., Willet N. and Edgar S. Mr. Moulton's father was a native of Randolph, Vt. He was married to Hannah Tabor ; they had twelve children, eleven of whom are still living, the oldest being in his 70th year.

EDMOND MURPHY, proprietor of saloon, Mazomanie; Mr. Murphy was born in County Cork, Ireland, about 1842 ; he came to the United States in 1865; he lived in Newburyport, Mass., for three years; he came to Wisconsin in May, 1868 ; he began his present business in Mazo-

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manie in April, 1876. He was married to Margaret Lynch, born in Massachusetts ; they have two chil- dron-Julia and Timothy.

JOHN MURRISH, of the firm of Murrish & Sons, Mazomanie ; was born in the County of Cornwall, England, March 8, 1820 ; at the age of 6 years he was sent to a common country school, and passed rapidly through its limited course of study ; at the age of 10 years he was sent to the mines to earn his living; beginning with the first stages of practical mining, he passed through every branch of the best Cornish system, and was promoted to the position of Superintendent of mines at the age of 23 years. From childhood, Mr. Murrish has been a close observer of nature and passionately fond of the sciences of geology and minerology. In 1846, he was married to Miss Jane Richards, of his native village. In the fall of 1847, Mr. Murrish was tendered the position of mine agent, in the Isle of Man, but, desirous of seeing the New World, he emigrated to this country in the spring of 1848; his object in coming to this country was to study the geological formations, and an examination of the lead and other mines of the State of Wisconsin ; to obtain this information he worked several years as a practical miner, making Min- eral Point his home; he subsequently engaged as Superintendent of mining operations at Mineral Point. He was among the first to call attention to the importance of manufacturing the zinc ore of our State, and took a very active part in the preliminary work of starting this important branch of industry .. In 1869, Mr. Murrish was appointed by Gov. Fairchild as Commissioner of the survey of the lead district ; in 1872, the survey was extended to the central part of the State; after finishing his work for the State, in 1872, he engaged to explore for E. P. Allis & Co., of Milwaukee, and in the spring of 1873, visited the iron- ore beds of the State of Tennessee. The house of Murrish & Sons was established in 1865 ; they do a very extensive general merchandise and produce business. Mr. Murrish has three sons and three daugh- ters, all residents of Mazomanie ; his oldest son, Samuel, was born in England ; John R., Louisa J., Annie M., Mary L. and William J. were born in Wisconsin.

THOMAS S. NORTH, farmer, Mazomanie; was born in Derbyshire, England; he came to Wisconsin from England with his father's family in 1844, being among the first who came under the auspices of the British Temperence Association ; the family consisted of parents, Robert and Dorothy North, and two children ; Mr. North is the only surviving member of his father's family. He enlisted in the fall of 1864, in 1st U. S. H. A., and served one year ; was then discharged by order of the War Department, and appointed Clerk in charge of the Record Room of Pensions at Washington; this posi- tion he held four years. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Hayes, born in Liverpool, England ; she came to this country in 1845 ; her parents came the following year ; they have eight children-Jessie, Flor- ence, Stanley, Frank, Frederick, Edwin, Ada D. and Sidney.

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History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 162

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

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