History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 163

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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MAJ. ARTHUR B. PLATT, Mazomanic; Maj. Platt was born in Wales, about 1819; he entered the British military service Nov. 8, 1842. His father was a distinguished officer under the Duke of Wellington, and participated in the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns; it was in virtue of this fact that a commission, that of an Ensign, was granted to Arthur, who joined the 31st Regiment; he accompanied his regiment to India, where he remained five and a half years, and participated in the terri- ble war with the natives that was being waged at that time; he participated in five general engagements, viz., Moodkee, Ferezshah, Budawall, Alliwa and Sobraon ; he received a medal for gallant conduct at the battle of Moodkee, and was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the field ; two days later, the Captain of his company was killed, when he took command of the company ; the terrible battle of Ferezshab was then being fought; he had been in command but a few hours, when he fell, severely wounded in both legs by a discharge of canister from the enemy's batteries; Capt. Platt returned to England in 1847; in 1849, he was placed on the General's staff and ordered to the West Indies, where he served till 1853, when he was ordered to Canada, but recalled to England in 1854, and accompanied his command to Gibraltar ; but the fatigue of service causing his wounds to trouble him, he retired from the service and emigrated to Wis- consin in 1855, with the intention of engaging in farming : at the breaking-out of the rebellion, in 1861, he was commissioned Major by Gov. Randall, joined the 11th W. V. I., at Camp Randall, served till July 9, 1863, when he was discharged by reason of ill health ; he was for some time in command of the Iron Mountain R. R. in Missouri, having eight companies under his command; was in active service during his term of service ; was at the battle of Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg; on account of failing health. he resigned July 9, 1863. His wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Thornber.


JOHN PORTER, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Mazomanie; Mr. Porter was born in Danbury, Conn., Dec. 10, 1802; his father removed to the town of Brookfield when John was about 2 years of age. He was married, in 1826, to Elizabeth Barlow, of Brookfield, Conn. She died Aug. 18, 1836, in Sullivan Co., N. Y., where Mr. Porter had removed in 1831. He was married, Aug. 20, 1837, to his present wife, Miss Nancy A. Wilson, who was born in Sullivan Co., N. Y., in 1816. Mr. Porter had five


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children by his first marriage, only one of whom is living-Mary E. Carter, widow of Mr. Jonathan Car- ter; has had seven children by his second marriage, five of whom are living-Nehemiah W., lives in Kansas ; Stephen V., in California ; Eliza M., Henry P. and Harvey W. Stephen and Nehemiah served in the 11th W. V. I. in the war of the rebellion, the former serving during the war, the latter during the last year of the war ; another son, John F., was a member of the 23d W. V. I., died in the service. Mr. Porter's farm contains 120 acres of land ; he is engaged quite extensively in dairying. Mr. Porter is one of the oldest Good Templars in the town of Mazomanie. He and his wife belong to the M. E. Church.


HENRY POWELL, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Mazomanie; Mr. Powell was born in the city of Worcester, England, in 1834 ; he emigrated to this country from England with his parents in June, 1845; they lived a few months in the city of Milwaukee, where his father was engaged as clerk for Hol- tou & Goodall, who at that time kept a furnishing store for emigrants; the family came to Mazomanie in the fall of that year, and settled on the farm where Mr. Henry Powell now lives ; the family at that time consisted of parents and three sons-William, Henry and Alfred ; Henry is the only surviving member of his father's family ; his father was a lawyer by profession ; has resided in the village of Mazomanie from 1863 till about the time of his death ; he taught the first term of school in the town of Mazomanie. Mr. Powell enlisted September, 1864, in the 1st W. H. A., was discharged for disability in March, 1865. He was married to Emma Hayes, whose parents came to Mazomanie from England, in 1846; her father died June 19, 1876; her mother died April 14, 1878. Mr. Powell has five children-Mary, William, Laura and Bessie (twins), and Ruth. His farm contains 270 acres.


REV. E. PROUTY, Pastor of Baptist Church, Mazomanie; Mr. Prouty was born in Ohio in 1844 ; his parents, Barnabas and Rebecca Prouty, with their family of eight children, came to Wiscon- sin, and settled in what is now the town of Bear Lake, Sauk Co., in 1854; the parents still reside where they first settled, and six of their children live in the immediate vicinity of their parents; another is a resident of Nebraska. Mr. Prouty was ordained February 14, 1870 ; previous to his coming to Mazomanie, he was Pastor of the Baptist Church at Spring Green and at Boscobel; Mr. Prouty has a great fondness for mechanical pursuits, and before what he believed to have been his duty prompted him to enter the ministry, was engaged in his favorite work ; he became an excellent machinist without serving an appren- ticesbip to the business ; while Pastor of the church at Boscobel, he invented what is known as the " Prouty Power Printing Press," which has become celebrated as the cheapest and one of the best printing presses now manufactured. During two years of his residence at Boscobel, he published a paper called the Temperance Watchman, using one of his own presses. Mr. Prouty is a member of the State Board of Missionaries. He was married to Charlotte W. Weller, daughter of William Weller, an early settler of Richland Co., Wis. ; they have three children-Lodemie E., Minerva E. and Winnie P.


WILLIAM E. REEVE, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Mazomanie ; Mr. Reeve was born in En- gland, March, 1829; his father, Charles Reeve, was one of the early English settlers, and an agent of the English Temperance Emigration Society ; he settled here with his family in July, 1844 ; his father now resides in Iowa Co. ; Mr. Reeve has been a resident of Dane Co. continually since he came with his father's family in 1844, a period of thirty-six years; he has resided on his present farm since 1850. His first wife was Fanny Gorst, whose father was one of the early English settlers of the county; his present wife was Mary Rodgers ; he has six children by first marriage-William, Thomas, Margaret, George, Charles and Ralpb ; has two children by present wife-Bessie and Percy. His farm contains 70 acres.


THOMAS ROBINSON, farmer, Mazomanie; born in Lincolnshire, England; came to America with his parents in 1844, who settled in the town of Mazomanie ; his father, William Robinson, died in 1871 ; his mother, Elizabeth, died in 1865 ; a brother, William, and a sister, Mary J., went to New Zealand in 1867, where they now live. Mr. Robinson was married to Miss Sarah Cutler, daughter of George and Sarah Cutler, who came to Wisconsin from Liverpool in 1849; father now resides in Mazo- manie; mother died in 1875 ; her parents had four cdildren, two sons and two daughters ; three of the children are living ; Mr. Robinson has six children-George W., Francis T., Herbert J., Clarence, Sarah B. and Cutler.


REV. HENRY SCHELP, Presiding Elder of Madison District of the Evangelical Associa- tion of North America, Mazomanie ; Mr. Schelp was born in the province of Waldelk, at Hagen, by Pymont, in 1830; he emigrated to the United States with his .parents, in 1848, and settled in Freeport, 111. ; he began his work in the ministry in Freeport, in 1853 ; from Freeport he was sent to Iowa, where he remained one year : he was then engaged in the work of the ministry in Illinois for three years, thence again to Iowa for one year ; he came to Wisconsin in May, 1858 ; was Presiding Elder of Madison District for two years, thence to Fond du Lac District for six years ; he was re-appointed to Madison District in


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May, 1879. He was married to Mary Shover, born in Pennsylvania ; they have eight children-Mahlon H., Henry W., George S., Charles E., Anna S., Bertie L., Edwin N. and Lydia A.


HENRY SCHILDT, Postmaster, Mazomanie; Mr. Schildt was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1820; he removed when quite young with his parents to Brunswick ; he served six years in the Ger- man 10th Army Corps ; came to America in 1847 ; lived in Canada two and a half years ; settled in Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1850 ; he came to Wisconsin in 1859, and located in Wyoming, Iowa Co., where he engaged in farming. He enlisted March, 1862, in Co. F, 6th W. V. I .; he was severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg; went into hospital at Little York, Penn .; in fall of 1863, was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps ; was engaged for some time as Clerk in the Provost Marshal's office at Washing- ton ; when sufficiently recovered from his wounds, was promoted to the Captaincy of Co. F, 6th W. V. I .; he joined his regiment in front of Petersburg, where he was again wounded; he was discharged July, 1865; after the war he located in Mazomanie, where his family had lived since he enlisted; he was for three years Assistant U. S. Assessor, and for nine years was book-keeper for Mr. Hover ; was appointed Postmaster Oct. 30, 1878. He was married to Mary Schreiber, born in Hanover, Germany; they have six children-Andrew, born 1850 (Andrew went into the army in 1863, being too young to be received as a soldier, he remained with the army as waiter, etc., until he was finally accepted as a drummer boy; he went through the campaign of the Wilderness ; was at the siege of Petersburg, and served till the close of the war) ; Augusta, now Mrs. Clark, of Mazomanie; Henrietta, a teacher in the public schools at Minneapolis, Minn. ; Stillman, Albert and Mary.


SAMUEL SHOWER, retired farmer, Mazomanie ; born in Union Co., Penn., in 1810; he came to Dane Co., Iowa, in 1845 ; he settled at Cross Plains ; thence to the town of Black Earth ; he settled in the village of Mazomanie in the spring of 1869. He was married to Waltena Stern; they have six sons; they have lost two sons and two daughters. Members of the Church of the Evangelical Associa- tion.


WILLIAM SHOWER, retired farmer, Mazomanie ; Mr. Shower was born in Union Co., Penn., in 1805; he came to Cross Plains, Dane Co., in 1844, and engaged in farming, where he lived till 1864, when he sold his farm and removed to the village of Mazomanie, where he has since lived. He was married, March 19, 1828, to Miss Sophia Etiam; have therefore lived together over fifty-two years. They are members of the Evangelical Association.


T. F. STAIR, M. D., Mazomanie. Dr. Stair was born in Virginia in 1843; he removed with his parents to Green Co., Wis., in 1856; he entered the State University at Madison in 1864, where he continued three years; he graduated at the Chicago Medical College in 1871; he began the practice of medicine at Monticello ; came to Mazomanie in the winter of 1874 and purchased the property of Dr. Bishop. He was married to Miss Margaret Fulton, daughter of Mr. George Fulton; they have three children-Peter, John and Crystal.


JOHN B. STICKNEY, depot agent, Mazomanie; was born in Lancaster, N. H., Aug. 4, 1828; he came to Milwaukee in 1851. where he lived about one year ; thence to Fall River for about three years. On the completion of the Prairie du Chien Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, in 1856, Mr. Stickney came to Mazomanie and took the position of depot agent at this place ; this position he has held since that time-a period of twenty-four years-a greater length of time, doubt- less, than any other person has occupied a similar position in the State of Wisconsin ; he has also been express agent for the same time. Mr. Stickney has also dealt considerably in real estate, and has been engaged each season for many years in handling fruit; owns a fruit orchard at Grand Traverse, Mich., of 2,000 trees ; he has accumulated a fine property, and has a beautiful home in Mazomanie. His wife was Miss Charlotte W. Moore, also born in Lancaster, N. H .; they have three daughters-Alice, Mary and Nelly. RICHARD TAYLOR, retired farmer, Mazomanie ; born in Sussexshire, England, in Novem- ber, 1819; came to America in the spring of 1840; lived one year near Milwaukee; in the spring of 1841, removed to Sauk Prairie; he spent three winters in the pineries of Wisconsin, engaged in lumber, ing; during the summer season, was engaged in the manufacture of brick. He was married in December, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Richards, who came from England in August of that year. In the spring of 1846, he located on Sec. 19, in the town of Roxbury, on the farm now owned by his sons, Alfred and Percy, and where he lived until October, 1850, when he settled in this village; has four children-Daniel (who lives in Minnesota), Alfred, Emily (now Mrs. John Dunlap) and Percy.


MRS. SALOMA B. THOMAS resides on Sec. 35; P. O. Mazomanie; born in Canan- daigua, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1808; her parents were Elisha and Rebecca Hickox ; the family removed to Lock- port, N. Y., in 1827, where they resided till their death. Mrs. Thomas was married May 1, 1828, to Isaac N. Briggs ; they removed to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., in January, 1833, where they lived till 1847,


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when they came to Wisconsin and settled in Sauk Co .; they settled on the farm where Mrs. Thomas now lives in the spring of 1853; Mr. Briggs died in the village of Mazomanie, April 28, 1872 ; he was born in the State of Vermont in 1790 ; he was an officer in the war of 1812; his father was a soldier of the Revolution, and his grandfather of the French and Indian war of 1755; Mrs. Thomas has a son who served in the army of the Union during the late rebellion; hence, all the noted wars in which this country has been engaged have had a representative of the Briggs family. Before the war put an end to slavery, Mr. Briggs was an earnest Abolitionist, and assisted to freedom many an escaping negro slave; he was a member of the Masonic fraternity for sixty-one years; always liberal in his views, religiously and politi- cally, and took an advanced position in all the leading reforms of the day ; he died in the village of Mazo- manie, April 28, 1872. Her present husband, Mr. Thomas, was born in the State of Vermont, Feb. 26, 1808; he resided many years in the State of New York, and has resided in Wisconsin but a comparatively short time. Mrs. Thomas has three children-Mrs. Rebecca Dexter, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Johnson and Me- lancthon J .; the latter was born in 1846; he enlisted in the 17th W. V. I .; was promoted to a Lieuten- ancy in the 48th, and served during the war; he is now a prominent attorney of Dodgeville, Iowa Co.


C. J. TRAGER, carriage manufacturer, Mazomanie ; Mr. Trager was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1835; he came to the United States in 1854 ; he settled in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., where he learned his trade; thence to Herkimer Co., where he lived about eight years, and where he was married to Miss Sophia Hisinger, born in Bavaria ; they have four children-Mary, George, Charles and Emma ; they have lost five children. Mr. Trager is doing quite an extensive business in the manufacture of carriages and wagons ; is also engaged in selling farm machinery, plows, etc.


WILLIAM WHALAN, merchant, Mazomanie; Mr. Whalan was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1828; his parents removed to St. Lawrence Co. when he was 3 years of age; Mr. Whalan came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854, and settled in the town of Springdale, Dane Co., where he was engaged in farming for thirteen years; he came to Mazomanie in the spring of 1868, where he has since resided, engaged in his present business. He was married to Miss Lydia Fay, born in St. Lawrence Co .; they have five children-Theresa, Lydia, Ella, Almeda and William.


CURTIS WHELAN, wagon-maker and blacksmith, Mazomanie ; was born in Queida Co., N. Y., in 1827; his parents removed to Oswego Co. when he was 15 years of age; thence to Orleans Co., and to Walworth Co., Wis., in October, 1849, where Mr. Whelan was married, February, 1850, 'to Martha C. Rowley; they removed to Dane Co. in May, 1850, and settled at Suo Prairie, where they lived seven years ; they then settled on a farm in the town of Mazomanie, where they lived two years ; settled in the village in 1859; they have four children-Lydia Alfarata, now Mrs. Frank L. McCraken ; Helen Crarina, C. Rowley and Charley E. Mr. Whelan's parents still live at Sun Prairie. Mrs. Whe- lan's parents were natives of Vermont ; they came to Walworth Co., Wis., from Western New York in 1846; her mother died in 1874 ; her father, a Baptist minister, lives with Mr. Whelan.


DAVID WHITNEY, retired carpenter and builder, Mazomanie; Mr. Whitney was born in the town of Ellington, Tolland Co., Vt., Feb 17, 1799; when 12 years of age, he removed with his parents to Delaware Co., N. Y. ; in 1813, his parents removed to Hudson, in that State ; in 1816, Mr. Whitney went to Berkshire Co., Mass., where he served four years' apprenticeship to the business of cabinet-making ; iu 1823, he went to Monroe Co., N. Y., where he lived till 1847, when he removed to Waukesha Co., Wis., where he lived till 1855, when he came to Mazomanie. He married Eliza Edgworth, born in the State of New York ; she died in 1840, leaving her husband and four children, three of whom are living- Melissa, now Mrs. D. W. Bronson ; William H. and Sarah V. Waterhouse. Though now in his 82d year, Mr. Whitney is still strong and active, and has not altogether given up labor at his trade.


WILLIAM W. WHITNEY, farmer and millwright, Mazomanie; was born in Enfield, Mass., in 1808; his parents removed to Delaware Co., N. Y., about 1811; he resided for many years in the State of New York ; learned his trade, that of millwright, at Scottsville, that State, where he worked about thirteen years. He was married to Elizabeth White, of Rochester, where he resided about two years; came to Wisconsin in May, 1845; lived in the town of Wheatland, Racine Co. one year, then bought a farm in Mukwonago, where he lived until 1866, when he came to Mazomanie ; his wife died in 1869. He has five daughters-Miriam, now Mrs. O. B. Haselton ; Martha E., wife of L. Andrews, a merchant of Mukwonago, Wis. ; Cora, resides at home ; Florence, telegraph operator at Prairie Du Chien, and Ella, by profession a teacher.


REV. W. H. WINDOW, born in Abergavenny, England, Jan. 7, 1814; his parents were members of the first Wesleyan class formed in that borough ; received a liberal education, read medicine in that country and emigrated in 1832. In 1833, was married to Miss Eleanor L. Saunders ; in 1834, entered the regular ministry of the M. E. Church, at the Mr. Carmel Conference, and was appointed


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to the Rushville Circuit, Illinois ; thence to Jacksonville, thence to Rushville, thence to Quincy, thence to Macomb, where, during his pastorate, the leading physician, Dr. Thompson, dying, he was called to minister to the sick on account of the great scarcity of physicians at that early day ; he furnished a supply for his pulpit, and devoted his whole time to the practice of medicine, and at the ensuing annual conference asked and received a location. In 1867, he removed to Wisconsin and supplied the Lowell charge; was, in 1868, re-admitted into the annual conference and appointed to Randolph ; then to Fond du Lac, then to Waupun, then to Allen's Grove, then to Watertown, and last to Shopiere, where, being seized with hemorrhage of the lungs, he was compelled to retire from the regular ministry ; he was ordained Deacon by the venerable Bishop Joshua Soule, and Elder by Bishop Thomas A. Morris; in 1839, in company with the late Dr. George Peck, he dedicated the first M. E. Church in the village of Stephenson, now the city of Rock Island. In 1838, he was called to mourn the loss of his wife, whose last words were, " Come, Lord Jesus ;" one of her children survives, Thomas J. Window, of Littleton, Ill., now doing a large business in stock. In 1839, he was married to Miss Rebecca G. Little, of Rushville, Ill., by whom he has five children-Emma, now Mrs. Parrott, whose husband, Thomas P. Parrott, is largely engaged in stock-raising ; William H., in business in Rushville; Winnie R., now wife of Prof. A. G. Gibbs, of the same city ; Susan, now Mrs. Van Horn, of Allen's Grove, Wis., and Arthur J., who is a leading druggist and grocer in Mazomanie, Wis., where his father and mother now reside ; all are members of the M. E. Church.


A. J. WINDOW, of the firm of W. H. Window & Son, druggists and grocers, Mazomanie; was born in Littleton, Schuyler Co., Ill., and was educated at the Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., and graduated in chemistry in Knox College, Galesburg, Ill .; was engaged in the drug busi- ness in Pewaukee from 1876 until the summer of 1880, then came to Mazomanie and engaged in the drug and grocery line. His father, the Rev. W. H. Window, has been a minister of the M. E. Church for over half a century. They keep a full stock of pure drugs, perfumery and fancy goods, and, in fact, every- thing that comprises the stock of a first-class drug store; they are doing a lucrative business, and enjoy the great respect and esteem of a widening circle of friends and patrons.


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WILLIAM BARDSLEY, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Ashton ; born in Lancashire, England, in 1805 ; a son of James Bardsley and Ann Stevenson ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1846, and located where he now lives ; in an early day he was elected Chairman of the board for ten consecutive years. In 1828, he was married to Miss Betty Bardsley, a native of Lancashire, England, by whom he has five children-one in Iowa, one in Minnesota and three in Wisconsin ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Henry Harding, of Springfield ; Joseph R. married Miss Albina Pledger and runs the old homestead ; they have five children ; J. E. resides in Black Earth. Mr. Bardsley is one of the pioneer Englishmen of the town ; came when there were no improvements, with only $1 in his pocket, and a family of a wife and five chil- dren ; by economy and hard work they gained a competency, and the hardest blow he has ever felt was the loss of his faithful wife and companion, who died the 25th of April, 1880 ; though over three score and ten he is hale and hearty, and busily engaged in cutting up the old log house which sheltered him in early days. Democrat.


WILLIAM BARDSLEY, Jr., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Wannakee; Mr. Bardsley is the son of William Bardsley, who came from England to Dane Co. in 1848, and settled on Sec. 15, town of Springfield, where he now lives. William, Jr., was born in England in 1838; came to this country with bis parents in 1848; he has been a resident of the town of Springfield since that time, except an absence of two years, from 1864 to 1866. His wife was Miss Mary Walworth. His farm contains 121 acres.


WILLIAM W. BRADLEY, deceased. Mr. Bradley was a native of the State of New York, born Jan. 3, 1823; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1855, and located where his widow now lives. Feb. 20, 1844 ; he was married to Miss Rebecca Northrop, who had four sons; he died Sept. 22, 1860. The sons-John W., born Dec. 16, 1844 ; Caleb H., Feb. 27, 1851 ; George E., July 10, 1853; Will- iam, May 8, 1859-run the farm in partnership; John, the oldest, is Clerk of school district; the Brad- ley brothers are all thorough temperence men, good farmers and command the respect of the community. Republican in politics. The farm contains 240 acres, worth $30 per acre, situated only four miles from Middleton.


WILLIAM BULLOCK, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 35; P. O. Middleton ; this old pioneer was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1821 ; a son of James Bullock and Ellen Whip; came to Dane Co., Wis., July 2, 1842, and purchased the place he now lives on in 1845 ; he is the earliest white settler in the town; he really settled in Springfield in the first place, as he put in winter wheat and worked in the town the first year he came ; he has held the office of Supervisor, and helped lay out most of the roads ; Treasurer of School district for ten consectutive years ; in fact, has always taken great interest in all church and school affairs, and affairs pertaining to the good of the town. In 1845, he was married to Miss Charlotte Howard, by whom he has two children living in Wisconsin ; married, for his second wife, Miss Nancy A. Bacon, of New York, by whom he has had eight children, five of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock belong to the Baptist Church of Middleton. He is Republican in politics. He has a beautiful farm of 185 acres, nine miles from Madison, with first-class improvements and abundance of fruit.


JOHN CAIN, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Waunakee ; born in Tyrone, Ireland, April, 1822; em- igrated to the United States about 1850 ; he lived in the State of Connecticut about two years, also in the State of New York several years ; came to Wisconsin about 1855, and settled on Sec. 14; located where he now lives in 1876. He was married to Eliza Jane Mason, born in Ireland ; they have five children- Jabn, Robert, Maggie, and Horatio E. and Earnest J., twins. Farm contains 260 acres. Mr. Cain is a Republican in policies.




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